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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
A TYRANT.
Ample Evidence that Mans Position II
Growing P~recarious.

The position of the dethroned tyrant,
Man, is growing precarious. reports the
New York Sun, "Woman's Spear" which
Prof. Artemus Ward asked the strong
minded woman not to spear him with, is
becoming more and more dangerous. The
poor devil is being crowded out. Doubtless
he is getting what he deserves. Still, the
giant woman should not be tyrannous in
using her strength.
Every day the head Of the ridiculous
Samson is shaved a little nearer to the
hide. A womal relieves her husband Of
$1,000. He has no redress. says the courts.
A woman has a right to search her hus-
bands pockets and snap up such sums as
she choose, says the Missouri Solomon,
Judge George B. Sidener. Day by day the
law prunes something from mans already
b~eggarly status. Day by day his employ
ment Is taken from him. Most of the novels
and magazines are written and read by
women. A few struggling men still keep
their hold upon the typewriter's keys, but
they fight in vain against Fate, who is a
woman herself. Many men who could write
novels II they had a chance are now the
pilots OF elevators. But the elevator girl
has sprung up in Chicago. The woman
ONCE holders are numerous in the west.
The Missouri woman suffragists have fixed
their commanding eyes upon the supreme
court Of that state. They say that women
are eligible to be judges of that court. We
foresee the triumph of the gown, and man,
petty man, thrust from the bench.
The physical exploits of the women folks
are as brilliant as their intellectual sue
cesses. Women play foot ball. Women
belong to fire companies. In st. Louis the
0fhar dau fhEaa fanfnry GIRLS had q hqt
fight, described as highly scientific. Last
week Mrs. Ernest F.. Burmeister, wife of
the sheriff of Dane county Wisconsin. took
two burly convicts" to the state prison,
her '3s-caliber revolver handy in her
pocket" The country is full Of athletic
women, trained in many exercises and tall
Of their hands. Hear this plant Of weak
man ruled by a muscle Of iron; the plant
Of Hon. George R. Conover OF Chicago
against the wife of his bosom:
II married a woman who was a physical
culture teacher. She amused herself by
throwing me across the room, smashing
me with both hands, throwing me down
and sitting on me until l was almost SUI
located. We are the same weight, but I
couldn't do anything with her. She made
a punching bag of me. Once, when she
hurt her hands on me, she took a club and
put me out"
The gradual exclusion Of man from his
former vocations and avocations may be
compared to the retreat OF the red Indian
before white civilization. AS the fringe of
white settlements widened so does the
range Of feminine activities widen. In
time will man be isolated upon reserva-
lions and gynocracy prevail? Who knows?
Women can do what they will. Man is
feeble. In our ears still rings an awful
voice, the voice Of that vindictive Kansas
woman who proclaimed a year or two ago
that men must be annihilated.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKETS.
Quotations of the Day on Various
C~Ommodffiea

Commodities.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-FLOUR-Receipts,
3O,S23 bills. exports. HOOP bbis.; steady,
Winter st Gadgsa; S ss.I5ss.5 9a' Minne sStS" pa e;
ents, $4.00q420; winter extras, $2.S5@3. is;
Minnesota bakers, s3.25@8.4 40; winter, low
grades, S2.6542.95; rye flour, dull; fair TO
good. y3.iOq3.4O; choice to fancy, $3.5Oq3. CO.;
buckwheat flour, steady, $2.30d2.35, spot and
ern' sIiG; city Sis; b%rsndywine. S.4OGs'45.
RHE-Quiet; No. 2 western, {. o. b., afloat,
BARLEY-steady; feeding, Ss@4Oc, c. l..
(. Buffalo; mailing, 4sQ6O. c. 1. (. Buffalo.
WHEAT-Receipts, $3.50 bu.: spot, firm;
No. 2 red, SIC, elevator; No, 2 red, SOC, +. o,
o. b., afioat; Ne. l hard, Manitoba, 8l%c,
+. o. b., afioat. In absence of cables OF
day, but steadily held on the strength Of
corn and light offerings; the close was
steady; December, hc on, under deliveries;
May, SlbqSl b-l6c. closed Slhc; July, closed
CoRN-Recelpts. 400 bu.; exports, IS, 500
5u.; spot steady No; 2; s &c, eleSyoS ga 5S1sc.
Der corn advanced a cent on covering, and
all positions up 20 May were also affected;
the December option closed Ic higher; jan
uary, hc up, and May, unchanged; January,
5t&qS5e closed DOC; Nay As 5-lSa4s55c.
OATs-Receipts, $4,000 bu;; exports. %, 2lO
bu.; spot, firm; No. 2. 3SqSs1zc; standard
white SSJs; 40 $3.50 3 ss3tc; N0; z w whits' SsAe;
ern, nominal; white. sSa4Sc; option market
was steady and quiet.
~,HAY-ollet; shipping, 697Oc; good to
HOPS-Quiet; state, common to choice,
| 1902. 29d37c; 1901, 24d26c; olds, 7Q12hc; Pa
cihc coast, 1907, 25qSlc; 1901, 2Sq2ec; old, Ia
HIDEs-Quiet; Galveston, 20 to rs lbs,
lsc; California, q to Is lbs, lsc; Texas, dry.
"a 10 80 lbs, 24c.
LEATHER-Steady.
WOOL-Ffrm; domestic fleece, 25d30c.
PROVISIONS-Beef. steady; family, SIG 90
ml8O0; mess, $10.5O01i.OO; beef hams, 81 50d
200; packet, $l4G16; city extra India mess,
:SGa%i cut p measS q Ihenid Plskiea I eelis Is.
picked hams, $11.25d11.50. Lard, firm con-
tinent. $11; South American, Hl50; com
pound, sT.5O@I.75. Pork, hrm; family. SIS
short clear, S2l23; mess, siS00qlS.5O.
BUTTER-Steady; extra creamery Csc
| extra factory, 16ikH1Shc; COM
mon TO choice, 2la2I1kc; held creamery. 21d
26c; state dairy, 20q26c; renovated, i6hq
GHEEsE-Firm: state, fun cream. fancy
small, colOred. tall made, lac; late made,
1Slac; small white, fall made, lac; late
made, 13hQl3hc; large colored, fall made.
lac; late made, lShc; large white, fall made
lac; late made l3Adi3hc.
BGGS-Ftrm; state and Pennsylvania,
western. fancy. graded, &c; western pool
to prime, 2Oq26c.
TALLow-steady; city. sac; country.
PoULTRY-Aiive. nominal and un,
charged. Dressed. irregular; western chicks
12a121zc; western fowls lie; western tur'
KEYS. 17lauiSc.
today. but steady. as there was no pres
sure 10 sell. Copper, dull and unchanged
at Sl1.OO for standard, Sl175 for lake and
slL62h for eleetrolytic and casting. nom
at A.l2iR; spelter, weak, at A75; Iron, quiei
and nominal, unchanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29

100000 sheep in the state, valued at f1s,-
900. 900; s75 900 cattle, valued at S2g, 500. 900;
i76. 900 horses, valued at $4,000, 900.
The number Of Pheep increased during the
year over 1000, 900; cattle. over 800. 900;
horses decreased a few hundred head. The
total wool clip for 1902 was over $500, 900
pounds greater than that OF 1901.
The heavy shipments Of cattle, sheep and
horses during the closing months Of the
year thinned out the herds and hocks mate
rally, so that with the opening Of the new
year there are not so many animals in the
state as the above figures would indicate.
With promising range conditions in the
spring, however, the numbers will increase
and the close OF the coming year will
probably witness larger numbers OF sheep
and cattle In the state than ever before.
OIL Promises Much. .
An industry that is growing and soon will
be one Of the states chief sources of income
is hat Of the oil interests. During the year
no less than twenty-five wells were sunk In
the Uinta fields alone, and in almost every
instance a flow OF high grade Illuminating
oil was struck. -Four producing wells were
established. Great excitement exists there
now and the coming year will witness a
boom in those fields.
In the Salt creek fields in Central Wy
oming the Pennsylvania company put down
several additional wells, giving them about
a dozen flowing properties. The oil is lubri-
eating and is refined at Casper.
Oil and natural gas were also encountered
in paying quantities near Douglas.
High grade Illuminating oil was found in
the Bonanza fields, in Northern Wyoming.
One well was put down and demonstrated
that a large sea Of the product is to be
found there at a depth Of about 1900 feet.
In the Popo-Agie fields the English syndi-
Gates added four producing wells to their
list. making eight all told. The oil is a
lubricant.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
ALWAYS HUNGRY.
Herr KrupD, with Thirty Million DOL
lars, Never Got Enough to Eat.

lars, Never Got Enough TO Eat.
Interesting "reminiscences OF the late
Frederick Alfred Krupp, says the New
York Sun, have recently been made public
by a friend who passed much time with
him on the island Of Capri.
Much Of his time there was spent in
making trips on the water to continue the
deep-sea Investigations in which he was
so deeply interested. His lnvariable COM
panions we're a noted German scientist
who has a villa at Capri and a young in
s%tructor from the university at Cracow, in
whom Herr Krupp took a great interest,
for whose future he had already made
every arrangement.
He never made himself popular In the
ordinary sense OF the word. His chief So
cial pleasure was to make friends among
the people.
He was quite inaccessible to the guests
at the Capri hotels who sought him out as
a celebrity. So the foreign colony held
him to be disagreeable, which was a wholly
unjust verdict. In reaLa( Herr Krupp
was a moderate. simple. almost shy man.
who allowed others to follow their own
ways of life and without pretense asked for
himself merely the same right.
One OF the greatest paradoxes in the
life Of the great ironmaster was the fact
that in spite OF his fortune OF $40. 900, 900
and his yearly income Of 1880, 900, he
nearly starved. He ate according to a most
rigid Schweninger regime, taking barely
enough to keep himself alive. and the
poorest laborer that he employed enjoyed
more comforts OF the table than he did.
Wine he never touched under any circum-
stances.
nnrfn- nj. .AAI. NtNz IL AyA -.
poor and that, combined with his great
Business responsibilities. gave him at q
something of the look OF an old man. And
he always looked more than his age.
He was simple and direct in CONVERSE
ton, and the requirements of his business
led him to express as much as possible In
the fewest words. He spoke English only
moderately well, although he knew the
language as we'll as his own.
He was absorbed in all works Of art and
music, and his generous encouragement to
the artists whose pictures he bought
helped many Of them on their career. He
was especially liberal to the artists at
Capri and sold to Krupp'' was q familiar
legend in the windows OF the picture shops,
in spite OF his efforts to put an end to this
harmless advertisement.
He also took a great interest in the
music OF the islanders and used to pay the
natives to sing their folk songs in the
hotel for the enjoyment Of himself and
the other guests. One year he took back
with him to Germany a house painter and
q mason to sing for his guests at home
the songs of the natives.
He also took with him to Essen. In order
that he might undergo the SchweningeT
cure, the keeper OF one OF the hotels fire..
.,..&a 49, an a.2t,oe Ma - - T.
habitants Of Capri are said to have reason
to remember his generosity. which was
frequently Of the most unostentatious
even secretive character. And his public
benevolence was enough to make hin
loved by all the island people. whatever
the feelings of the foreign colony towart
him may have been.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
Berlin Bourse Looks Up.

BERLIN, Dec. 2S.-Prior to the holidays
trading on the bourse was light, but yes
terday trading was uncommonly strong,
with an increased business. All depart
ments shared In the upward movement.
Iron shares rose at a result Of better con-
ditions In the thine country and Silesia,
indicating good business for next year.
Some iron shares scored sensational ad-
vances. Goals also were very strong. Elec-
trical shares proited by the alliance Of
the Allgemeine Electrical company and the
Union Electrical company. 1t is now said
that the Siemens q Halske Electrical com
of Berlin and the Schuckert Electrical
company of Nuremburg will make a price
Arrangement with the new combine.
Money showed an easier tendency last
week. The statement OF the Reichsbank
issued yesterday showed greater pressure
than is usual.
At the monthly meeting Of the central
committee of the bank, President Koch
announced that the demands on the bank
were heavy. He said. however, there was
no occasion TO raise the rate of discount.
The pressure for money during the hnal
week of the year is expected to be extraor-
binary.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
All Commodities Are in but Slight Demand
on Board Of Trade,
PRICES STEADY IN SPITE OF DIZZINESS
wheat and Oats Close Unchanged
Corn Rises slightly, while Pro-
visions OsciIIate Between
Small Losses and Gains.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-There was little do
ing in either grain or provision pits today,
but in spite Of the extreme dullness the
market exhibited steadiness, May wheat
closing unchanged, May corn 1sc higher
and oats unchanged. May provisions were
21sc lower to 22Q5c higher.
the steadiness manifested in the face of a
very dull market. Receipts in the north
west. and at primary points were again
small and helped in maintaining prices.
There was a tendency early toward higher
prices, but realizing by the bull leader held
the market and fluctuations were confined
within a very narrow range. May opened
unchanged, a shade higher, at 7UAqNhc,
and. sold between 77Isc and TSsc,. closing
unchanged at INC. Clearances OF wheat
and flour were equal TO 247,40O bushels. Prt-
mary receipts were $500 bushels, against
6lS,gOo bushels a year ago. Minneapolis and
with local receipts of SO cars-wtth only
one of contract grade-made the total re-
ceipts for the three points OF 1856 cars, COM
pared with 48S cars last week and 400 cars
Corn ruled extremely dull in the absence
of influential news. Nearby deliveries were
hrmer, due to covering by a few scattered
short lines. The weather was a weakening
factor, being clear and cold throughout the
west. May was sc higher at the close at
431Rc, after selling between 43AQSBc and
A31Rc. Local receipts were 26 cars, with Z
of contract grade.
Oats ruled steady, with only a light trade,
and there was little change In prices. The
cash situation was again a bull factor and
traders were largely on the bull side. May
closed unchanged at 34c, after ranging be-
tween SSsc and 34hc. Local receipts were
172 cars.
Provisions were stronger at the opening,
Influenced by a light run of hogs and higher
prices at the yards. Packers we're not as
active buyers as they had been for several
days previously. and with no outside sup
port the market sagged and part of the
early rise was lost. The trading on the
whole was light and the close was steady,
May pork being PIC lower at S16.45, with
lard 21aq5c higher at 1856 and ribs I'M
changed at $S.671z.
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat,
so cars; corn, $50 cars; oats, 2S5 cars; hogs,
$4,000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
wEARE COMMISSION COMPANY.
board of Trade, Omaha, Neb.-
Telephone 1916.

ACACphOhG lOlOs
CHICAGO, Dec. N.-WHEAT-The wheat
market has been dull and featureless,
within Nc range. Trade has been of no
Importance either way. Argentine reports
weather settled and favorable. New York
reports 10 loads taken for export. There
were Is loads of Manitoba wheat sold from
lake ports. Argentine shipments only 80. 700
bushels. Stocks should increase literally,
as receipts lay ben 511 900 bushels and
shipments only 65 600 bushels for the week.
Flour bids from London are reported Cd
higher. Private houses here turned out As
cars and 5000 bushels of No. 2 red.
RN-Mar has been firm for the near
futures, but only very little change in the
May and July. In December there are
occasional trades in small amounts which
are hard to fill and affect prices by good
sized fractions. In January there has been
some covering by those who sold at higher
prices. New York reports 7 loads taken
for export. Stocks here will increase liber-
ally. Weather is favorable for movement
Samples were steady.
OATS-Oats have been firm and rather
active. There has been profit taking by
local bulls. The buying has been by COM
mission houses. There has been a good
shipping business, with sales today OF so, 900
bushels by one concern. 1t is said over
half the stock of standard oats is under
contract for sale.
PROVISIONS-The provision market
opened strong; sold of on local offerings.
January pork was strong and advanced on
shorts covering. There has been no special
feature TO the market: trade rather slow.
WEARE COMMISSION COMPANY.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
London Grows stronger.

LONDON, Dec. 2S.-The market is wind
ing up the year with Increased evidence or
strength. Business on the Stock exchange
last week was moderate, owing TO the holi-
DAYS and the settlement, but there was a
peTceptible inclination 20 speculate on the
Anticipated Improvement in all high-grade
securities. The rate for money has hard
ened and money was In strong demand.
The upward tendency on the exchange
was noticeable on American and African
shares. Large buying orders for American
shares were received In spite OF the disap-
pointfng New York bank returns. The pres
ence and purpose Of Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain In South Africa buoyed up
mining shares. Venezuelan bonds rose
Sharply on reports OF arbitration.
Th belief that money would be plent
early In January has created conidenc,
that the rate will be maintained when
business begins.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
FiddIer's Lucky Find.

Twenty-Five years ago City Assessor F.
I. Moore of Lansing. relates the Detroit
Tribune. traded of an old watch for an
Indifferent looking fiddle. but in spite of
its III looks Moore managed to scrapc
considerable consolation out Of It. Having
sawed II a quarter OF a eentury-it being
thu 'quarter-sawed"-the venerable nd
die was in need OF repairs, in the making
OF which Moore discovered with staring eyes
while great veins stood out on his moist
forehead. that the instrument was a Steiner,
manufactured in Germany in 1867. BY the
inscription. which was stamped on the
inner side. giving origin and date, the
Lansing assessor hnds himself possessed Of
a piece Of property worth probably $1,000.
and we trust he will place it on the tax
roll at that figure.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
81. Loui. Grain and p~rovisions.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.-WHEAT-Quiet; No.
2 red, cash. elevator, nominal; track, TAO
77lhc; May, 761Rq76hc bid; No. 2 hard. 669
72hc.
coRN-steady; No. 2 cash, .45hc; track,
f6h@45%c; December. acc.
OATS-Firm: No. 2 cash, 32kc; track,
sS1se; May. sS%e bid No. 2 white, CSC.
RYE-Steady at 49d49kc.
FLOUR-Steady; red winter patents.
g. S5q3. 80; extra fancy and straight. S3.O5q
sEED-Tlmothy, steady, s.. zoos. 40.
CORNMEAL~Steady, $2.30.
74c.
rie, S1O.50ql2.O0.
IRON COTTON TIES-N.O7h.
BAGGING-6 5-16d7 Lice.
HEMP TWINE-9c.
PROVISIONS Pork, higher; jobbinR.
standard mess. 1850. Lard. weak at SO.i71
Dry salt meats, quiet; boxed extra shorts.
$3.12lS; clear ribs, 50; short clears, IS. 80.
Bacon, quiet; boxed extra shorts, $40. 90;
clear ribs. 5000; short clear, 81.
METALS.Lead steady at $a.s5qas7h.
Spelter, dull at S4.45Q4.50.
POULTRY-Steady; chickens, Skc; tur-
keys. 11hc; ducks, l2c; geese, Sc.
BUTTER - Steady; creamery, 2Sa3Oc
EEHG Ct.ady a. OosLc Ice,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
AN ASSOCIATE OF LIN.OLN.
Lawyer of Note and Builder
of IA "spite Hotel"

of n "spite Hotel"
George Harding, one of the leading patent
lawyers of the United States and at one
time associated in patent suits with Abraham
Lincoln and Edwin NJ. Stanton. died recently
In New York City, aged &c years. He was a
man Of wealth. owning, among other prop
critics, the Hotel Kaaterskill, in the Catskill
mountains.
The Catskill Mountain house was the
leading hotel in the Catskills and was kept
by Mr.. Beach. an old friend Of Mr.. Harding.
il had been the habit OF Mr.. Harding TO
spend som weeks with his friend Beach
during the Catskill season, relates the New
York Times. Mr.. Harding generally
brought his family. That was before the
time when Bullets and grill rooms open
until late at night had been introduced as
a feature OF large hotels in this country
and the hotels in the Catskills had fixed
hours for meals and were distinguished for
a rigid adherence to a simple bill Of fare
from which nothing could move them. The
guests had to take what the hotel set before
them "or go without and they had to
arrive at the dining room before the doors
closed or go hungry 10 bed. AS the story
goes, Mr. Harding wanted some broiled
chicken for one OF his children who was
sick.
"Broiled chicken is the only thing the
child can take" he said.
There is no chicken on the bill Of fare
today"
Can't you send out and kill a chicken"
mo" was the reply. you viii have to
wait till chickens come around or be salts
fed with something else.
"well. then. " said Mr.. Harding. according
to the story as generally related in the
Catskills. II will build a hotel where l can
get chicken when l want it,"
He was laughed at by the people OF the
Catskill Mountain house, Who thought
themselves secure in a monopoly. But
within a short time they learned that Mr..
Harding had bought the finest site In the
entire region-a mountain top commanding
a magnificent view OF the river and the
surrounding cOuntry-and almost immedi-
ately the construction OF the Hotel Kaat-
erskill was begun. Tn KaGterskill IL the
most celebrated OF the spite hotels In
this country built BY guests 40 the result Of
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
BEEF STEERS.
BULLS.

HOGS-There was a very light run here
this morning and the market opened right
around a dime higher on the heavy hogs.
The ightweights were somewhat neglected
and in most cases did not advance as much
as the heavy hogs; the better weights sold
weighing 337 pounds at $6.52h; the lighter
loads sold largely at 1915 and from that
down to $6.25 for a load weighing lS9 pounds.
Trading was fairly active, so that the bulk
was soon disposed OF. - late train arrived
about IL o'clock. after packers had their
more urgent orders filled, SO that the close
of the market was slow and weak, es-
pecially on the lightWeights.
The receipts for the week have been very
light, showing quite a decrease, both as
compared with last week and with the cor
responding week OF last year. The table
above will show the exact ngures. Owing
10 the moderate offerings and the good de-
mand prices advanced Bteadily all the week.
showing a net gain of S544Oc. This advance
carries the market TO the highest point
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
KanrnE civ Live stock M,rLe.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 27.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 200 head; market unchanged; native
steers, ". 75d6.15; Texas and Indian steers,
S.7bq4.25; cows and heifers, S.75a3.OO; ma
tive COWS and heifers, S1.75a4.2j; stocker
and feeders, $2.9OQi.OO; bulls, 81. 25d4. %:
calves, $2.75G6. 90: western steers, S3.0Od6. 30:
western cows, S2.OOa3.& cattle receipts for
the week, 1900 head.
HOGS-Receipts, 1900 head; market 5diOc
higher; bulk of sales, S6.45d6.6 so; heavy,
&.47hq655. packers, $4,000. as; medium,
S630a6.60 light, S615d6.i5; Workers, Sc 400
6:45; pigs, s6.5Od6.15; receipts for the week.
26,OW head.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, none:
market steady and nominal; muttons, $500
q4.l0; lambs, S.6OG5.45; range wethers,
$S0Oa4.6O ewes, $3.OOq4.2O; receipts for the
week, 5000 head.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
New York live stool Market.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-BEEVES-Re-
celpts. 800 head; a few pulls and heifers
sold at 50 per cwt.; dressed beef steady;
city dressed native sides, Tkql1c per 10.
Texas beef, 6kd7Ikc; cables last received
quoted American steers at 12hQ131aC per
lbu dressed weight; refrigerator beef at
10ql01tc per Id. reported exports for today,
l,l6S beeves, 2,51S sheep, 5,925 quarters Of
beef and 1900 carcasses of dressed mutton.
CALVES-No fresh arrivals; AZ head OF
stale stock on sale; no trading; city dressed
veals, i1@14c per ID.
HoGS-Receipts, $40 head; no sales re-
ported.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receiptc, S31 head:
sheep and lambs steady but slow: pens
about clear; sheep sold at $4.25; lambs at
IS 1906. 90; a few head at Sc, rs; dressed NUT
ton. 5Mllac per ID. dressed lambs. Iml0c.