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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-21
Firm Cables and Heavy Re-
ceipts Impaired Strength
to Market at Opening
LIQUIDATION OF DECEMBER
Corn Opened Strong on Higher Cables
and Bad Weather-Deman Was Fair
in Sympathy With corn-cattIe Slow
Hogs Lower-other Financial Re-
ports.

Chicago, Nov. 21.-Firm cables and
heavy receipts impaired strength to
wheat at the opening. December and
May opened higher, the former Il up
at 75h to 75aa. May was shade to
Il @75ss are to 76A. Offerings We're
free at the advance and a decline en-
sued, liquidation in December being
especially heavy, causing a decline to
Az, but renewed covering brought
rally to 751a. Receipts We're GA cars,
fifteen OF contract grade.
Further liquidation in the latter part
Of the day caused a weaker feeling and
the close was easy, December u of a
cent lower at TAX and May down 1sQ
Il pf cent at 1874.
Corn opened strong on higher cables
and unfayorable weather with a fair
demand. Locals sold freely of Decem-
Der, which opened * to V higher at
5S1s to 5S1s, declining to 5S and rallied
to half and on further realizing de-
creased to SIS. Receipts were 10 cars,
six of contract.
Corn closed weak, December 11s cents
lower at 567s and May Il of a cent lower
at 43ls.
Oats opened strong in sympathy with
wheat and corn. Shorts and commits
sion houses were active buyers of May
but offerings were limited. The mar
ket held firm and December opened Il
a II higher at 303s to BOZ, advancing
to 30a. Receipts were SO cars.
There was an easier tone to pro
visions at the opening, influenced
chiefly by weakness in the hog mar
ket. Trading was light and about the
only feature was realizing by outside
longs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-21
ST. Louis Grain.

ST. Louis Nov 81
wheat-cash, esss; December, ssA@
ss3s.
Corn-cash, 1865; December, 1855.
Oats-Cash. 301s; December, 301s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-21
Duluth Grain.

Duluth, Nov. 81
Wheat-No. / hard, 1876; No. north
ern, 741s; No. 2 northern, 721s; No. 8
spring, T01s. To arrive-No. hard,
7ias; No. northern, 727s; November,
741s; December, 71B; May, 712s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-21
Money Market

New York, Nov. II.
Money-Steady, 4@44 per cent:
prime mercantile, 51a@6; sterling, firm.
d.ST@4.S7.125 on demand; 4.S3.625@
4.S3.55 at sixty days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-21
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Nov. 81.
Wheat-December. 71B; May, 1874 a
1873: on track, No. hard, 74%; No. /
northern, 7sas; No. northern, 71Zs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-21
Peoria produces.

Peoria, Nov. 81.
Corn-Steady: new, No. 8, IS.
oats-Firm; No. 3 white, 81.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-21
Chicago Produce.

Chicago. Nov. 81.
Pork-January, 1850; May. 14521s.
Lard-January, s.15; May, $50.
Ribs-January, S.o21a; May, 7.S0.
Rye-December, 50@5o1s.
Barley-Cash, 36@5S.
F1ax-1.14@1.22.
Cloyer-11.00.
Timothy-January $50.
Butter Firm; creameries, 1902:
diaries, 1923.
Eggs-Firm: %.
Poultry Turkeys, 11@14; chickens.
9@11A.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-21
National Convention Called.

Special to Times Republican.
Davenport, Nov. 21.-W. r. Benkert
today issued a call for a national con-
vention of the United Christian party,
at Rock Island, Ill, May, 1908.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-21
REPRESENTATIVE Hoe saIe,.

Chicago, Nov. PA few represen-
tative sales of hogs were made as fol-
lows:
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New York Exehanna.

Chicago, Nov. 21.-New York ex-
change was at par.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

satisfactory. the fielding average being .s57
and the batting average .25s. This eondi-
tion. though. Is due 90 the work Of q few
men. for most Of them show declines in
their records since last week. One Of the
beauties Of the Omaha team, however. is the
fact that there is not q record player in
the bunch. every man being in the game
all the time and none Of them Sinking on
even the hardest sort Of chances. II is this
sort. Of work that has given the team its
start in the race. and on it solely hangs the
chance Of Omaha's being first at the end Of
the season. stone, Carter. Dolan and
Stewart have all advanced in hitting during
the week and Indications are that the boys
are getting their eyes on the ball. II lie
not improbable that when the boys start for
Des Moines next Sunday night there will be
at least four 300 bitters on the regular
list. The records up to and including Fri
DAYS games are.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

whole business. Mr.. Walsh from New York
jumped in Immediately with a raise TO
S21, 900. Mr.. Olinger Of Chicago made It
1923, 900, after BlotchS had offered 500, 900.
Mr.. Blotchy took one more shot at S23, 900
and quit. Mr. Netchell OF Boston store,
Chicago. opened the eyes of the bidders,
after Olinger had offered S24, 600, by bid
ding $3l, 600. At this point Arthur D.
Brandeis, representing J. L. BrRndeis &
Sons Of Omaha, took a hand in the game.
To start with. Mr.. Brandeis offered S3l. 800.
For Seeley and his father-in-law Mr.. Mayer
Of Freeport, H., Mr., Walsh raised the
figure TO S32. 900. Then Nate Frankel of
the Harris-Emery company, Des Moines.
opened up a running contest with Walsh.
which boosted the price up at $50 to 500
a clip. 10 S34, 700. Twenty bids were made.
with DO one else but these two in the run
ming. = Then Netchell Of Chicago began
again, offering S85 900. Brandeis added 500
and Walsh $50. Frankel made il S35. 200;
Brandeis and Netchell added $50 apiece, and
Frankel made his final bid, $35. 250.' He
refused 10 go farther than this, when
Brandeis raised him $40, and the sale was
knocked down 10 Brandeis at S35, $50. Mr..
Brandeis paid over a certified check for
81, 900 TO clinch the bargain. He will ship
the goods at once to Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01
STOCK IS SOLD
]. L. Brandsis & Sons Of Omaha Bid it L
for $4,000.
BIG BARGAIN FOR THE OMAHA FIRM
Goods VIII BE o 10 Omaha,
where They VIII Be offered
for Sa~Ie-BiddinE Was
Spirited.
Des Moines Daily Capital.

Des Moines Danny Capital.
The entire stock and fixtures OF the
seeley-Howe-LeVRn dry goods store sold
under the receivers hammer at 1890 this
morning TO J. L. Brandeis & Sons OF Omaha
for S35 $50. Sixty days time is given for
the removal of the goods and a provision Of
the sale is that none Of the goods shall be
sold in the Rothwell building at Sixth ave-
nue. and Walnut street, which has been the
home OF the Seeley store for years. c. W.
receiver for the defunct com
pany, paid S4,650 to the Rothwells for the
cancellation Of the lease on the building,
which had four years more to run al an
annual rental Of 81, 800. H. D. Thompson of
the brokers' firm Of p. M. Hubbell, Son &
Co. bought the accounts OF the company
~totaling s5,l71, for $3.50 cash. The Des
Moines National bank shares in this specu-
lstion, which lie considered one Of the best
bargains ever made in Sees MONIES. Des
Moines dry goods merchs @, all Of whom
were represented at the Ssle, are pleased
over the sale Of the stock to outside parties
and the prevention OF bankrupt sale Of the
goods at retail in the city. No negotiations
for the lease of the Rothwell building have
as yet been made.
About forty dry goods men and attorneys
attended the sale, which opened at 10
O'Clock. New York, Chicago and Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01
NEW GAME COMES TO OMAHA
Hnbitues of the Bowling
AIleys.

Omaha is up against a new game. shuile-
board has just found the Gate City. and the
prospect now is that this alluring little
sport will replace bowling more or less
completely for the warm weather season.
At the Gate City alleys one Switchboard
table has just been put in, and 1t has al
ready become 20 popular that il seems
necessary to install another at once. All
day long former bowlers crowd around It.
and as no more than four can play at a
time. the rest can merely watch and wait
for q chance to get in.
Switchboard is a baby game OF curling
In fact. 1t resembles the famous old Scotch
game in 30 many particulars that it is a
good miniature Of the larger outdoor sport.
In each weights are slid, not thrown, down
a definite narrow course toward a goal.
The point is to get as near this goal a.
possible, and TO knock your opponents
weight away, II you can.
Curriers' use a "stane" weighing many
pounds. Shufneboarder slide q small iron
weight about a pound heavy. Curriers' play
outdoors and skim their "stanes" down
smooth ice scores Of yards. The Switchboard
devotee stands at a table twenty-seven
feet long and slides his weight down a
smooth, hardwood ssnded surface sixteen
inches wide and twenty-six feet long.
Around this playing board is a gutter a few
inches wide. to catch the weights that are
slid OF OF are Knocked off, and which then
count for nothing. Curriers' throw with their
full arm swing, and the weight OF the
body il behind 1t. In Switchboard you use
the forearm and fingers, and the upper arm
just a little.
The advantages Of Switchboard just now
are that It does not make you too warm,
is not q game Of any great exertion, and il
withai a matter OF considerable skill and
craft. A few days trial has shown that II
takes well, and it may very well be the
cause Of bowling alleys being kept open
which would otherwise have been closed
during the summer. At the Gate City
alleys a table has been set along the nth
abandoned. The Switchboard has already
grown so popular that the use OF that par
ticular alley can be well discontinued in
its favor. To see a long, narrow table on
every alley would look funny TO a bowler,
but 1t may come TO that.
The destinations OF the game are many.
II takes about as long to play II as it does
for two people TO bowl ten frames. II IL
scientific, and yet has enough OF the ele-
ment OF luck attached to II to make it
interesting. Men. women or children can
play It, as no strength is required. Tour
nRment or contest games may be easily
arranged. You don't have to polish or oil
your table. and, best Of all, there is no
noise. The weights used are fiat discs OF
iron. The game is easily learned.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

merchants were in the lists to bid on the
stock. Judge Mcvey had ordered at an
early session Of the equity court this morn
Ing that Receiver Johnston should offer the
stock and fixtures In two ways: First,
subject to q continuance OF the lease on
the building and the sale of the goods at
retail In Des Moines, and, second, subject
to removal Of the goods from this building
within sixty days. The latter proposition
was made to the bidders first. Silence
followed Auctioneer Johnston's announce
ment Of the terms. The bidders from home
and abroad put their heads together in
little groups on the second floor Of the
Seeley store and agreed not to bid, The
Dies Moines buyers didn't want the goods
sold at retail here and the outsiders
couldn't afford to put them on sale here.
They were not here for that purpose.
They came to gather in the stock at bank
rupt figures and cart II OF to their own big
stores in the larger cities. The fixtures
they cared nothing about. In the bidding,
which began a little later on the removal
proposition, scarcely more than 10 cents
on the dollar was allowed on the valuation
Of the fixtures. The Des Moines buyers
had another big advantage in the bidding,
the cost Of moving the stock to their own
stores in the city counting as nothing in
comparison with the freight bills, the re-
arrangement of the goods in the home stores
and other expense items which the out
siders had to figure in.
Almost from the start it was Seeley
against the field, so far as the Des Moines
bidders were concerned. Walter ?. Walsh.
representing Sweetser, Pembrook & Co. of
New York, did the bidding for Mr.. seeley.
He was supposed TO be speaking for his
New York firm, but his frequent consulta-
tions with Mr.. Seeley and his obedience 10
Mr.. Seeley's suggestions in the bidding
gave the other Des Moines buyers the tip
which they were not slow 10 take ad-
vantage OF. Blotchy Bros. Of Des Moines
started the ball, Harry Blotchy, repre-
senting the firm. offered SIS. 900 for the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

Country people are usually credited with
being endowed with robust appetites, as
there is nothing like pure air and healthy
exercise TO foster a relish even for
simple fare. From Brittany, however,
comes q story Of the proWess displayed by
the guests at a particular wedding feast.
which. II ii be in strict accordance with
facts, would seem to show that they are
marvellous adopts in plying the knife and
fork. II is true The party was a large one,
il being described as consisting Of upward
Of 200 persons. But then the amount Of the
solids and liquids which II lie represented as
having dispatched Is
During this wonderful meal the gallant
zoo we're served with an Oh. four calves,
fifty fowls, sixty pounds Of saussges. fifty
pounds Of butter and 800 pounds Of bread,
which were wAshs1 down with the contents
Of eight barrels Of cider and one cask
Of wine. Not a trace Of eRtables and drink
Rbles was, 1t is added. left after the meal,
ana. as nothing is said about its subsequent
effects on the party. II is TO be presumed
that IT agreed with the festive gathering,
good digestion waiting on appetite and
health on both.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01
QUAINT FEATURES OF LIFE.

The work Of completing the dome on the
federal building at Chicago is delayed by
the fact hat there are only fourteen hui
man flies" in the United States who can
do ''steeple Jack" work at such great
height, and they are all employed. The
pay looks very large to q man until he
reaches the building and looks up at the
dome where the work is to be done
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

Is that Hermann nights like Johnny Whit
taker. keeping always cut Of reach and
also on the defensive. and the other is that
he is a better man than Smith all around.
in which event Hatch might last It out
under heavy punishment
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

Lorin Eggleston, postmaster and one Of
the wealthiest merchants in Millerton, N.
Y, has made a special study Of the tramp
question for years. In company with his
wife and ]. H. Whitaker and wife OF
Maiden, Mass, he will take his vacation
In gypsy fashion this season. They will
travel through the country, the men selling
and trading horses, while the women tell
fortunes and sell lace and other gypsy
wares. In an interview Mr.. Eggleston, who
contemplates starting on the trip about
July /, when his term as postmaster will
have expired, said he had decided that the
easiest life to lead was that Of tramps ana
gypsies.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01
ANOTHER GOOD FIGHT COMING
Omaha COIOred wonder TO Meet q
Swift siK-Round Boy from
Chicago.

And now Hatch Smith, omsha's own lit
tie colored featherveight, is TO fight the
rapid firing kid" Hermann of Chicago.
The contest is scheduled to occur in South
Omaha, and the date is June 18. Blum's
hall, the familiar old Red Light thehter
rejuvenated, will be the scene of the con-
hict, and the usual interesting string of
preliminaries is promised.
Just to show that he means business Her
mann will come to Omaha this week and
finish his training here. Just what kind
Of a fighter he is may be gathered from
the fact that ne fought the fierce KID
Abel, who beat Clarence Richie in two
rounds and Tom Sullivan easily, a six
round draw after he had broken his arm
in the first round. On another occasion
Abel was matched to meet vicious Joe
Bernstein, the mar who is always looking
foF a nance TO get hurt. At the last
minute e SPANS of nausea due TO nervous
ness prostrsted Abel and prevented him
meeting the call Of time. Hermann was
in his corner for that fight, and was asked
to 60 on against Bernstein so that the
crowd would not be disappointed. The
kid" was in good training, and, although
be had a terr0rizing proposition to go
against, he never faltered. and entered the
ring as soon as he could get into lighting
toys. Bernstein was ten pounds the
heavier. 1t was a fierce fight, and the
referee called it a draw, but the specta-
tors yelled Hermann and popular sentj-
ment had clearly given him the fight even
though the official judgment did not. That
illustrates the kind of nerve that is pos
sessed by the man who is coming to meet
Hatch Smith.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

In one way Smith will have a great Rd-
vantage over Hermann from the start.
That viii be that the latter Is strictly a
si1-round man and Smith can go the TWEEN
ty-round distance scheduled much better on
that account. In Chicago six rounds is the
limit and all the Windy City boys go like
fury for that short distance. When Bart
ley came here TO meet Richie the same diff
ference obtained. He had never in his life
gone moro than eight rounds and was nat
urRlly trained for such a hight and ac-
eustomed TO II. The long journey told in
the end, as he was glad TO admit, and had
the mill been OF the short variety he would
in all probability have won and might even
have fairly been given the decision hAd il
been cut on at the end Of the sixth, any
way, evens though he tried TO save himseli
somewhat.
So It Ia more than probabl III tina Her
mann will come out and go after Smith
awfully hard al fret. six-round men are
apt TO be fierce rushers. anyway. as their
only chance 10 win is either TO land or dc
the leading al best. II viii be interesting
10 note Smiths tactics under such an at
tack Win he depend upon a cautious de-
Tense for a time. or will he enter at once
into the heat Of the AFFAIR and Try 10 give
Hermann more than he himself can dole
outf II Smith decides 10 have II over with
In short order one man or the other viii
undoubtedly be out before ten rounds are
gone, but II all depends upon the OmAhan
as the visitor is not likely 10 hold bach
even a. much as judgment would advise
Only two contingencies. both unlikely, car
allow that nght % 50 twenty rounds ons
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

The captain Of one of the ships caught
in the neighborhood of the Martinique erup-
tion and covered with volcanic ashes re-
ported that his compass danced a Jig and
boxed the entire card without coming to
a stop" A metallurgist who secured some
Of the dust from an incoming vessel and
subjected 1t TO analysis ound that it was
composed Of 8 per cent Of magnetic, the
most magnetic of all minerals, and Il per
cent of other slightly magnetic products.
Under the circumstance he is inclined to
forgive the needle in question for its
terpsichorean enthusiasm.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

A recent vacancy In the consular service
which attracted attention by the fact that
there was not the usual rush AZ applicants
TO NIL II reminds Secretary Hay Of a story.
There WAS a post in South America. he said,
in the tropical region on the east coast.
which was 90 unhealthful that il is no
small undertaking 10 get any consul 10
stay there. Al last a maj was found who
seemed 10 thrive on the climate and on
The malaria; after a number Of years serv-
ice. however. his less fortunate wife sue
eumbed TO the conditions and died. and soon
he resigned and came home. Several wears
passed by. when one day the department
received a letter from him. saying that he
had married again and had about made up
his min 10 80 back with his new wife 70
the old e0aSulats
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

A story is told Of a Ceylon planter who
wanted to go away for q days shooting.
Approaching his men, he said: Although
! myself will be absent, yet / shall leave
one Of my eyes to see that you DO your
work" And, TO the surprise Of the ma
tives. ne took out his glass eye, placed ii
on the stump of a tree, and left. For some
time the natives worked like elephants, but
at last one Of them. seizing his tin in which
he carried bis food, approached the tree
and placed IT over the eye. AS soon as
they saw that they were not being watched
they all lay down and slept peacefully until
sunset.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01
Fielding Averages.

Poor old Parke wilson His dearest
enemy could not have wished him a warmer
reception than be got On his arrival al
Denver. While the team won eleven out
OF the twenty games played on its trip, the
loss Of that last one at Des Moines set the
Colorado fans wild, and they went after
the chief Of the Grizzlies like a bull at a
red rag. Punishment is the mildest form
Of punishment suggested for him by the
cranks who are filling the columns Of
the papers with their demands for his re-
tirement Wilson hasn't yet recovered the
use of his leg. Davis still suffers from the
shoulder which kept him out of The game in
Omaha, and Mcconnell is doing the back
stop work with a badly split hand, but
these facts do not ameliorate the offense
Of the team in the least. II has lost
games, and that is a capital offense in the
estimation OF the Denver crank. Five hun
dred people welcomed the team home in its
first game with Milwaukee, just to show
how the public there disapproves of a
team that doesn't win every game.
Secretary Lawrence OF the Denver team
tells the newspapers out there that Omaha
is easy. Well, maybe, but Denver certainly
didn't find it so.
Thomas Jefferson Hickey unlimbered
himself during the week for the first time
since the season opened. The burden Of
his talk was that the Western league is
losing money. He was up at Milwaukee
and pointed to the attendance there to
support his assertion. II the Milwaukee,
Western league team is losing money, what,
pray. is the Milwaukee Hickey team doing?
With no competition. the American associ-
alton games have been drawing $50 TO
400 people. That surely doesn't look like
much Of a winner. And If, as Mr.. Hickey
says. ID will cost Mr.. Van Brunt $40, 900 to
maintain a team in Milwaukee this sea-
son, how much less will it cost Messrs.
Quin and Havenor? Unless the Duffy
outfit is uncommonly expensive II can
hardly cost more than $40 ,000 for the sea-
son, and while not much Of this will be
taken in at home, the receipts of the team
abroad will go a long way toward reduc-
ing the deficit. II is quite likely that Mr..
Van Brunt will lose $40, 900 on his Mil
waukee venture, but he stands to make
that much on his St. Joe team, so he VIII
get an even break there, Just when Quin
and HRvenor will get back the golden
ducats they are putting out for the fun Of
having a ball team cavort in front OF a
10000 grand stand full Of empty seats
is a question even Mr.. Hickey will refrain
from answering. What Is true Of MIL
waukee is true of Kansas City, and every
aspect Of the case at present indicates that
the Western still has the better Of the
struggle. Not a single Hickey town, saw
Columbus, has turned out paying attend
ance, and not a team is earning expenses.
1t surely looks more like a Fourth Of July
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

People still doubt that the element Of
luck exists in a ball game. A case in point
from ancient history: one afternoon dur
ing the time Of S~hannon's Lambs. the last
half Of the ninth inning found the score Z
to 8 in favor Of Omaha. with Minneapolis
81 the bat. two men out and two men on
bases. MoKie Hengle lifted an easy fly
over into left field, which Larry Twitchell
got under and the game was-no it wasn't
won for Omaha, not by q tugful. Just
inside the foul line stood q post about ten
feet high, to which was tied one end Of
the rope used to keep back the crowd on
overflow days. Twltchell stood beside this
post and watched the ball alight sQuarely
on top. whence it bounded over the club
house back Of the bleachers. and Hengle
got a home run on what should have been
a cinch out. And then. there's that ia
nous incident Of Norman Leslie Bakers
pointer pup and the hunt hit which Gussie
Alberts didn't field. You bet there's luck
in a ball game.