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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-20
PERKINS AT FORT RILEY.
Humorist Tells of Stories He Used on
the Soldiers

Kansas City, Dec 2O-MeIville D. Lam
don, who is known to the lecture world
as ''Elfs Perkins, was at the Midland
hotel last night. He was on the way
from Fort Riley kan, where he lectured
Thursday night, to Omaha, Neb., where
he will fill "a date tonight.
A reporter called upon Mr.. perkins"
and asked for a story. -.-s-
Come around in an hour" said the
lecturer. Il always like to write my
own stories, so I can know they will BE-
artistic
Here is what Mr.. Perkins wrote, YER
A STRANGE MAN GOES THROUGH
KANSAS CITY.
A literary looking man, wearing a long
Persian lambs wool overcoaty was telling
stories to a crowd of fellows at the Mid
land last night. He said he talked to
2, 900 soldiers and officers at Fort Riley
the night before-many of them having
recently returned from Manila
THE soldier boys over there" he said,
wanted Manila stories, so 1 gave them
some and set them to yelling.
Il said I met soldier on the train go
ing to Fort Riley and said:
:" Well, comrade, where you been"
:" Been over to Manila.
4" What did you learn over there? ]
asked.
Wall, I learned a darned sight
Z" Now, what is one thing you learned?
Wall, learned a man could be in two
places at once
%. come off, I said No man could
be in two places at once-omnipresent
Wall, I was. I was over there fight
ing the F'ilipinos and I was home-sickr -
Two thousand privates yelled at this
and wanted more, so I told the soldiers
that I asked the comrade from Manila
what was the first battle he was in.
"Cavite,' he said. why the bullets
flew like hail stones"
why didn't you get behind a tree?"
Get behind tree?" he snapped out
regretfu1ly. ''Why. there wasn't trees
enough for the officers!'
Where have you been travelling, Flip
asked Major Jim Reed.
Been over to the Pacific coast"
What are you travelling for this time?'
oh simply for my wife's pleasure
Then your wife is with your
mo, she's in New York
Then the stranger they called Ell re.
tired to his room.
who is this Eli?" 7 asked the clerk.
why, that's old ELI Perkins. he re-
marked, dryly, when he registered that
The was just going through Kansas City
but wasn't going through her citizens
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CUT AND BRUISED.
Sixty Persons Hurt in a Colli-
sion-Three Dangerously.
Trolley Car Smashed on Rail-
road Crossing.
FREIGHT BROKEN TWO
Lost Cars Came Along Just in
Time for Crash.
BROKEN TWO
Street Car Upset and Passengers
Thrown Through Windows.

New York, Dec. 20.-Three women
were perhaps fatally injured and 81 9TH
er passengers We're bruised and badly
shaken up in a trolley car accident in
Wehaken at midnight. The victims,
mostly women were cut and bruised but
not seriously injured.
The accident occurred at a point
where the trolley company's tracks cross
those of the Erie railroad. When the
trolley car reached the tracks the mos
torman stopped his car to allow a
freight train to pass. The train consist
ed of nine cars and was moving along
rapidly. The last three cars of the
freight train broke loose some distance
east of the crossing and were not no
ticed by the train crew. After the six
cars had passed by, the motorman of
the trolley car thought it was the last
of the train and started to cross the
tracks. When he got his car in the
middle of the crossing the three freight
cars which had broken loose from the
train came rolling along and before he
could get his car over the crossing it
was struck with terrific force by the
freight cars.
The trolley car was completely turned
over and the passengers thrown through
windows, up against the cars and on
top of one another. They were struck
in the face with broken timber, glass
and everything else movable.
Ambulances and physicians were sum-
moned and a crowd which had collected
about the scene started to eXtricate
those who were caught in the wreck
The three most seriously hurt were ia
ken out unconscious and the physicians
directed their efforts to reviving them
A member of each of the injured wom-
ems families arrived and refused to al
low them to be taken to the hospital
and they were removed in the ambu-
lanceS to their homes.
What caused the train to become un-
coupled is not known. The trolley cal
was completely wrecked Traffic was
blocked both on the railroad and trolley
lines for nearly two hours.
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Topeka Market.

21O Kansas aV6nue-l
RANGES-California Washington ma
vel. best sizes, s.. so; extra choice. 1925: off
sizes, $3.15; California budded fruit, g. 75tD
TEMONS-CaIifernia 800 size, $3oOGs IS
GRAPES-Malaga, owing to quality, $500
. B I5VS A@s1kc per h., and rum
ming from S1.75Q225 per bunch
.APPLES--Q Quota tions per barrel: Jona-
Beauty. 50. 25q9 5o;s Winesaps. s. 75qa. Is;
Ben Dayis $25oa 27s y Mdas ga q Pippns
$50; 4PFk Pn dJTTpRTIa55iE VALLEY 4o@
45c per bu.: Minnesota Burbanks, 65c; Min
nesota Rural, CSC; Colorado White. zoe;
SWEET POTATOES-65c per bu
VEGETABLES
CABBAGE-Wisconsin Holland, s1,10 per
l0S ONs-spanish onions. s1.50 per crate;
Kansas grown, 75c per bu-; Wisconsin red
S' Wax BEANs-soa75c per IS bu box,
owing to quality.
can: extra select: S5c per can: standard
25c per can: bulk. standard, per gallon,
s.. 40: bulk, extra, select, LIS per gallon.
doz.; California jumbo, 7Uc per Dozen
CRANBERRIES-Bell and Cherry, SO. 10
d1O.OO per bbl; Jerseys, $9.75d10.O0 per Dbl /;
HICKORY NUTS-$2O0 per blu.
PECANS-Unpolished SIC h.; polished.
'7 BfSAlTFiEs-Fair. 5lAasc ID; Fard. sasAo
'e G1oacoANUTs-$4.OO per sack; SOC per
HONEY-Colorado, 4-rack cases, 50 so.
BUTTER. EGGS. POULTRY.
BUTTER-Country, 15c.
EGGs-Candled. loss off. zoe; case count.
POULTRY-Hens, &c 1b.; ROSTERS. 15c
each; ducks, TIC lb.; geese, &c ID: turkeys,
111zc h.; live spring chickens, &c ID.
HAY.
PRAIRIE HAY-By car. $60007. CO
PRAIRIE HAY-By ton (baled). IS. %
PRAIRIE HAY Qoose) .--........- IS 501IS. 20
ALFALFA HAY-By. load per ton... .s9.0e
ALFALFA HAY-Baled, per ton...-..$12 %
Prices paid in Topeka this week, based
on Boston quotations:
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STOCK JUDGING.
Manhattan College Will Give Exten-
sive Lessons the Next Term.

Manhattan, Kan, Dec. 2O.-The fall term
of the Kansas Agricultural college closed
Friday and the students went home for
the holidays. An unusually large attend
ance is expected next term.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the work in stock judging to be given
next term. An entire week viii be de-
voted to each of the following: Dairy
cattle beef cattle, horses. hogs and
chickens. Expert judges will be secured
from different parts of the country.
Among these will be Col. c. H. Rhodes of
Topeka and John A. Craig, the well
known author of Ames, Iowa
At the close of the course LOO pound
steer and an ordinary thin scrub steer will
be slaughtered and the dressed beef judged
with view to determining the value of the
so-called finish" put on the animal by
feeders. John Gosling. the expert, of
Kansas City, will be in charge.
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are scalping the market on a large scale.
turning it up just at the time 1t looks as
if the bottom would drop out and selling
it off when the market looks strongest,
and cables the highest. It is through
these operations that the market is being
kept alive, as the general public is not
in the market. As a rule the wheat fu-
lures generally hold steady until after the
first of the year, and the rule may obtain
again this season. The market is too high
and sooner or later will seek a lower
level 1t is true good wheat is wanted al
most everywhere but it is also a fact that
the low grades are not wanted except at
enormous discount and this state OF
affairs do not exist in d legitimate bull
market We look for dun markets until
after the holidays and the scalper will
have excellent opportunities to pull down
moderate profits.
CORN-The corn crop generally contin-
ues to make slow but sure improvement
to a marketable condition. The past week
has been most favorable, but the past two
days have been too wet. There is a
larger amount ungathered in the fields
than usual this time of the year. There
is a great disposition shown to market
corn this year at the prevailing price,
whatever that may be. 1t will take the
general public some little time to realize
prices are too high, that last two years
were abnormal, that there is a world OF
rough feed of all kinds and that corn
can not be used at fancy prices. We have
repeatedly warned the trade that there
would be a hard slump in the price of
cash corn, to a safe commercial basis,
soon as the new crop movement got I'M
der Roadway and the first urgent demand
had been satisfied. and our predictions
have been verified. The next bear market
will be in the deferred futures. We be-
live Chicago May corn is a safe sale on
hard spots for handsome profits. The fea-
ture of the week was the collapse of a
corner headed by one Thomas Cleague OF
st. Louis, heretofore unknown to fame.
Why any sane man, with limited capital,
should undertake to corner the corn crop
this season, the largest on record, is be-
yond comprehension. There have been
many attempts to do this in the past but
the successful bull deals of this charac-
ter can be counted the fingers of one
hand. with a couple of digits left for fu-
ture use.
A. q. GOODWIN COMMISSION co.
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Way, in commenting on the action of
Fogleman. says: THE editor of the
Better Way is well acquainted with Rob
ert Foglemen. and there is no more un-
compromising Republican in the state
than he. The fact that he has taken
the action above indicated shows THAI
he is too honest man to hold an Office
given him at the expense of votes
thrown out on mere technicality when
the intention c. the voter was clearly
for the other man. About two-thirds OF
the men holding certificates of election
in this state obtained them in the same
way. but it viii be a good while before
another Robert Fogleman shows up"
Garnett Eagle: Two years ago an or
ganization called the boss busters
stepped into the arena of politics. bowed
to the gallery, and then amidst the
slugged Cy Leland behind the ear. put
a placard over the old man, He is
dead" and then retired to divide the
spells of victory But your Uncle Cyrus
evidently got on his feet before the
referee counted him out and the way
the surviving boss busters are crying
for mercy and claiming FOUL would in
dictate that they didn't give the old man
enough of punch two years ago &c
even make him groggy.
Representative King, of ottawa coun-
ty, will support an amendment to the
pIeSeAL e1eCllOn law. Inc minneapolis
Better Way SAYS: John L. King has
informed the writer that he is in favor
of amending the present election law
He said that the no nomination feature
was placed in the law Just to fool geo
ple.' Verify, an open confession is gooC
for the SOUL and we trust that Mr.. Kins
will be able to so amend the law tina
even Republican can vote in 1904"
Here is an unprecedented opinion hand
ed down in the Marion Record by e
w. Hoch who, it will be remembered. i:
running for state printer. If you dom
believe it is unprejudiced, ask the mem
bers of the legislature themselves: 'W'
have already met most of the member:
of the next legislature, and it is oui
opinion that it will be an unusually
strong body of men"
E. A. Enright. of Wyandotte county
gives it out that he is going after thu
slot machines in the coming legislature
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FOR SATURDAY
NIGHT ONLY.
{ Not at Any Other lime. }

So. SO for a real French
flannel Shirt Waist were
81 and $3.50.
SI.O8 for a French flannel
Shirt Waist = most beauti-
fully tailored, was $500.
5Sc for Mercerized Saline
Waist tucked and corded,
was $1.00.
1898 for choice of any
Silk Waist in the house Tex
cept blacks, which are SOC
more. These Waists are
admittedly the very finest
in quality, the most ultra
fashionable and elegantly
tailored Waists shown in
this city. The cheapest one
in the lot has been SIS. 48,
and from that to $3.50. As
sortment and sizes somewhat
broken.
soc for Eiderdown Dress
ing Sacques that have been
SIPS, SLAB and $500, are
slightly damaged, but how
cheap!
$I.Io for heavy Melton
Walking Skirts-were 81 rs.
$3.50 for the $500 kinds.
90 for the $3.50 kinds.
SI.oS for the $500 kinds.
Not many left so don't be
slow.
soc for S1.OO and S1.25
Pajamas. Here is a chance
to treat your husband or son.
These pajamas will do more
service than three muslin
night shirts. Only a few
left.
SI.oS, So. 4S, S3.4S S3.oS
For Smoking Jackets or
House Coats that have been
So. SO, 100, SIS. 48 and Sc. so.
One case of Ladies' fine
and heavy feece-lined I'm
derwear - Special for this
offering only I7c.
One lot of Ladies all-wool
Flannel Petticoats, the good
old style, come in pretty pat
terms also all : wool Knit
Petticoats, really worth $1.50
and $1.88 $I.oo takes them
tonight. Make choice Christ
mas gifts.
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Kansas city Produce Market.

Kansas City. Dec. 2o.-Close-WHEAT-
Receipts today, 50 cars Quotations.
Dec, 627sc; May, 6S2s01k. Cash: No. 2 hard,
666t68c; No. 3 hard, 64d641ac; No. 4 hard, 50
Q60c; rejected hard. 52d55c; No. red, esq
&c: No 8 red 65Q6512c
CORN-Dec., 3sAc: May, s7ssG37!4c.
Cash: No. mixed, 3714d3Sc: No. white,
3Sd3S15c; No. 3 white, 371ad3Sc.
OATS-No. 2 white, 34c; No. mixed, 32@
33c.
RYE-No. 2, 45c.
HAY-Choice timothy, 81. 5ea12OO; choice
BUT!TER-Creamery. 25@27c; dairy. fan
cy, PC
EGGS-Fresh, 211zc.
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New ork Stock.

Wall Street, New YORK Dec. 50.-STOCkS
The stock market moved in hating
and irregular manner in the opening deal
ings. which were on a small Iscale. The
majority of stocks showed small advances,
but such speculative leaders as Southern
Pacific, PENNSYLVANIA and 3. and o. fell
back slightly.
Stocks did not hold a definite course for
any length of time and even pronounced
strength in a few stocks only acted as a
temporary check to selling elsewhere. When
Sugar, Kansas and Texas preferred and
The movement was narrow throughout
Texas Pacific was the feature of the
market. From as it was forced down to
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Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 2O.-CATTLE-
Receipts today, LOCO head. Market I'M
changed. Native steers, s.. 5Ods.cO; Texas
and Indian steers, 81. 6564O5; Texas COWS.
S2.OOd2-15; native cows and heifers. $3.50
400: stockers and feeders, $2.25G4OO; bulls.
81. s5Q515; calves, $2S5d6.O0; western steers,
s.. 00Q6 25; western cows, 81. S0d3.00.
HOGS-Receipts today, 5000 head Mar
ket strong to sc higher. Bulk of sales
$6.05d6171z; heavy. S6.121zQ630: packers i,
Sc. 00d615; medium, IS. 05d6.20; light, $50
$40; workers.. Sc. 05d6.10; pigs, $5.50a6.OO.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 800 head.
Market steady. Muttons, S3.OO64.10; lambs.
s.. 60Q5 IS; range wethers, $S00d465; ewes,
s.. GOAT 20
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MARSHALL'S FREE CONCERT
First One to Be Given Sunday at
Auditorium.

Marshalls band will give the first of
series of free band concerts tomorrow
afternoon a the Auditorium, commence
ing at 8 o'clock These concerts will be
continued throughout the winter and
are free to everybody. Tomorrow's pro-
gramme will be as follows:
/ March, "Anglo-Saxon" Masten
2. Overture. Norma" .-......... Bellini
8. Pilgrim Chorus from 'Lombardi'
Observation-Disclosures. ... Verdi
4. (aO Adagio from Hymn of Praise"
.......... ....... Mendelssohn
OBJ Funeral March from oratorio
Saul ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Handel
5. Concert waltz, "Lazarre'' .Blanke
6. March, Grand Review" 49,. Munneli
l. Medley. "All to the Good" ..-.......
.... ... ..Mackie- Boyer
g. Alta wild Flower" Losey
9. March, "A Frangesa'' ........C Costa
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Chicago, Dec 20-CATTLE-Rec to-
day, 800 head. Market nominal. Good to
prime steers, $5.4CG6.5O; poor to medium,
$3.O0d5.25; stcckers and feeders, 81. COG $50;
cows, $1.25d4.50; heifers, 81. 00d500; Gamers.
S1.25d2 40; bulls S200d4- 40; calves So O0Q7. %;
Texas fed steers. 50. 75d4. So
Receipts today. q 900 head; esti-
mated Monday 3S 600 head left over from
Friday, 1854 head. Market 10c higher
Mixed and butchers. $5.S5d6.30; good to
choice heavy, $63Cd6.55; rough heavy, $50
@6.25; light, $5.50Q6.00; bulk of sales, $500
$3.50.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 11eoO head.
Sheep 10d15c lower; lambs 15Gb25c lower.
Good to choice wethers, 50. 75QI4 &C; fair to
choice mixed. g. 1913. rs; western sheep. $3.50
GAO native lambs, s4.00Q575; western
lambs S4.00G5. 75
Official receipts and shipments Friday:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Receipts ...... ........ 5.454 37.554 1850
Shipments 900. $500. 4,46S ASS 2, 1872
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Estimated grain receipts at Kansas City
Monday: Wheat. 81 cars; corn, 80 cars;
oats, 10 cars.
Receipts of grain at Kansas City today ::
Wheat n cars; corn, ia cars; oats. II
cars. A year ago: Wheat, Il cars; corn, to
cars; oats, car
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat 40
I'D higher; corn 1zq3sd higher for the day
Receipts of grain today at Chicago:
Wheat, Al cars; graded, o.. Corn, S46 cars;
graded, Z. Oats, 175 cars; graded g.
Estimated grain receipts at Chicago Mon
1856 cars hogs, 43O6O head.
Northwest grain receipts today: Mime
apolis, 453 cars: Duluth. a cars. A year
ago: Minneapolis, 429 cars; Duluth, 10
cars.
Puts 76zkc: calls 773zc; curb, 77ssc. May
corn-Puts, 1850; calls. 1880; curb, 4S72c.
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Convicts at Prison.

Leavenworth. Kas.. Dec. 20.-Mr Nc
Claughry warden of the federal peni-
Tertiary will soon have arrangements
completed for keeping 800 convicts at
the new penitentiary at night They
will be kept in the laundry building
The basement will be utilized as a
dining room and the first and second
floors for sleeping quarters for the pris~
oners. The building will be heated by
steam 1t has strong bars at the win
dOws and with guards on the outside will
be a safe place for prisoners. Only the
best prisoners will be kept at the new
site at night
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AKansan in Porto Rico.

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. 20.-Benjamin
Horton son of Judge B. J. Horton of
this city, who went to Porto Rico soon
after the close of the war with Spain.
has been granted the franchise for Il
long distance telephone line in Porto
Rico He had previously secured the
rights in San juan. Ponce and other
towns and will connect the large towns
on the islands by his system.
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Jewelry and
+ Fancy Goods Section

81 and Sc Brooches, with
extremely fine settings, roll
ed gold plate. soc
SOC Brooches, the same as
above but somewhat smaller
each CSC
81 rolled gold Finger Rings
with settings like brilliants,
each soc
The SOC quality, exquisite
settings 25c
The SOC Stick Pins-very
brilliant, priced tonight. 25c
Others at. .Ioc, I5C, zoe
75c Belt Buckles gold.
French grey, oxidized, and
iet-choice ........... .3Oc
I Others at. .75c
Gents Cuff Buttons-ex-
tremely pretty ones
At. .25c, soc, 4Sc, z5c
Worth fully u more.
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Bic Warehonse Burns.

Minneapolis. Mimi. Dec. 20.-The
warehouse and branch esta Dlishment OF
the w. R. Mott company at III and rs
First avenue, south, was destroyed by
fire early today. The loss is estimated
al $50, 600. The building was a five stery
brick structure and with its contents
are almost total loss; partially cover
ed by insurance.
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Is Missing With Money.

Kansas City, Dec. 2o.-A man is re-
ported missing to the police today.
Kansas City to enter a medical school as
a student He had s400 when he left
home Since then nothing has been
heard from him and a search of the
schools here has been unsuccessful. His
wife in La Harpe is very anxious.
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St Paul. Mimi. Dec 20-Fire early
this morning in the main building of
the institute for feeble minded at Fart
bault. Mimi. caused a loss of over $50
600. The 800 inmates of the school were
removed in safety before the fire had
spread below the attic where. it started
The building is a four story structure
and was erected u years ago at a cost
of S1n0 600
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st. Louis Livestock Market.

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec 20-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts today, 1907 head, including 200 head
of Texans. Market steady. Beef steers,
and feeders, 81. 40q4.O0; cows and heifers,
2.25d4. so; Texas steers, S2.1514.25; Texas
cows and heifers, S2.30Q3.35
HOGS-Receipts today, 5000 head. Mar
ket steady. Pigs and lights. s.. s5G6.e5;
SHEEP~Receipts today 500 head
Market steady. Natives, $3.40Q400; lambs
$435Q5. 80; Texans, $2.70d3.s0.
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1855, with string of 1000 share blocks and
upward. The bank statement induced
some further selling which caused reac-
lions of a point in St Paul, Missouri Pa
cific and Sugar. Colorado Fuel rose IA
points and General Electric point, while
Smelling lost ! point and Anaconda III
points. Texas and Pacific was then sup
ported and the market rallied Sugar
spurted 4 points over last night and re-
lapsed ~ points, and Rock Island rose a
point. The closing was quite active and
generally firm
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Prof Loeb Arrives at Berkeley.

Loeb, the eminent biologist, who on No
vember II was chosen by the board OF
regents a member of the faculty of the
University of California, has reached
Berkeley coming direct from Chica go
He will soon begin his experimental
work in the laboratory of the univer-
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Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, ILL.,. Dec. 2O.-BUTTER-Mariz
quiet and steady. Creamery, 1SQ2S1zc; dali
ryr. 17Q25c.
EGGS-Market firm. Loss off, cases re-
turned. Csc.
HEESE-Market firm. Twins, 13c;
Daisies, 1870: Young Americas, 11Ac-
POULTRY-Marlxet steady. Dressed
turkeys, 15Q1Sc; dressed chickens, 10Q11c.
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New York Money Ma-ket.

New York. Dec 20-C1ose-MONEY-
Money on call ncminally at per cent: no
loans today: closed at 312ld4 per cent; time
money steady; sc to 30 days, per cent;
six months, 81 per cent; prime mercantile
paper. per cent; sterling exchange barely
steady with actual busfress in bankers
bills at $4S6lza4 S6ss for demand and at
s4.S21404S3 for 90 days; posted rates, s4S4
and $4.S712; commercial bills, <4S214Q4. S31z
SIBV ER-Bar silver, 1880; Mexican dol
lars. 3S1zc.
BONDS Government bonds steady. To-
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Cotton Market.

New York, Dec 20-COTTON-Sales to-
day. J., S52 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet.
Quotations per 100 pounds: NIiddling up
lands, $50; middling gulf, s. 95.
Galveston, Tex. Dec. 20.-COTTON-
Market firmer al slice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-20
SUGAR and Coffee Market.

New York Dec. 20-SUGAR-Raw
sugar steady. Fair refining. 3 7-16c CEN
trifugal, Sc test. 15-16c; molasses sugar.
3-16c Refined sugar steady. Crushed,
$5.45: powdered. S495; granulated. $4.S5.
COFFEE-Market quiet No. Z Rio, SIC.
LASSES-Market firm
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