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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-31
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT,

Chicago. July s1.-OATS-with final
delivery day at hand for July options and
all eyes turned upon the court where the
hearing was being held on the temporary
Injunction against the alleged corner in
July oats. business in grains was quiet at
the opening. Traders did not know what
to do. few deals in July options were
closed out by traders whosdid not want to
take chances. Bearish influences were at
work in oats Fine weather and liberal
receipts, at 243 cars. worked against COW
ermg and September, after opening a
shade higher. at 324c, held near &c early
In July a few bids put the price of new
stun to CSC, gain of &c. Brokers for the
bulls were in the pit offering to sell to
anyone indiscriminately and about 100000
bushels of short stuff was covered.
Trade in oats lapsed dull as the session
advanced. Deliveries were fair but much
of the July stuff had to be secured from
the bulls and the July prices closed lie up,
at sc September slumped to 314d31Ac,
ton of the court in modifying the injunc-
ton against the July corner by re-
president of the board to indorse down
margins on 50, 600 bushels of short sales
had little effect except to deter any pos
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. wheat opened Va
Nc up. at 705sQ70Ac, on little covering,
but fair weather, lower cables and heavy
receipts brought a dip back to 701ac. July
covering opened Nc down to nc up.
at 15M76c, and steadied near 7554c Local
receipts were 349 cars-7 cars of contract
grade; Minneapolis and Duluth reported
152 cars. making total for the three
points of 5Ol cars, against 1873 cars last
July wheat slumped very sharply, selling
at one time lower than September. The
close was very weak and sac down. AT
69a4c. September closed weak and 7k6lc
down, at 6911@69asc
CORN-July corn opened unchanged at
SOC, in spite of steady cables and very
small receipts Trade was dull and the
price early dipped to 5Ss4c. September corn
was influenced by only 81 cars arriving,
1 settled back with July to 55a4 @55Hc. Bust
ness was hanging fire
V1S1ONS-Provisions had good sup
port on scanty hog receipts early. Lqul-
dation by outsiders and light business
however, brought dips after the early
gain September pork opened unchanged
at $3.50, and sold at $16-S5: September lard
dipped to s10.75. an6 September ribs 21ae
up. at s1o.35. and sold at SIC. z71s.
WHEAT-Cash: No. 2 red, 74c; No.
red, 67@70c; No. hard winter, lie: No.
hard winter, &c: No. 1 northern spring
76c; No. northern spring, 74c; No.
northern spring, 6S@72c.
CORN-No. SIC: No. 8, 5ea57c:
OATS-No. 2, zsa29lzc; No. 8: 2s.kc.
Sept, 81. 321k; Oct, 81. 80
KYE-July, SIC; Sept, 52c.
BARL4EY-Oct. (old), 4S@65c; Oct. (new)
40G50c.
s.35-
TIMoTHY-Aug.. $40; Oct. ss.75@s-se.
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A Grand Celebration.

Prof. Geo. w. Jackson's famous
Twenty-third Regiment band will cele-
brate August / In beautiful Topeka at
Garfield park. assisted by Miss Henriet-
ia Vinton Davis, the talented elocution-
list of Washington, D. c., and Albert
Young, of Lawrence, the renowned i'm
personator and the citizens of Topeka
and Shawnee county. This promises to
be one of the grandest affairs ever held
in Topeka. Committees: Hon John NJ.
Wright A. NJ Thomas, A. T. Allen,
Fred Stonestreet and H. w. billiard.
reception: Hon. w. I. Jamison, Clarence
Odell, Robt. Turner, Robert Keith and
H l. Monroe, entertainment; G. w
Brown, NJ L. Perry. H. E. Searcia and
Geo. S. Oliver, arrangement; Geo. W.
Jackson, bandmaster: G. w. Brown,
manager
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Spending a Week in Rome.

Rome, July 31.-The Very Rev. Chas.
p. Gannan, professor of Sacred Scrip
ture in the Catholic university of Amer
lea at Washington, is spending the
week in Rome in order to make the per-
sonal acquaintance of the directing
members of the pontifical commission
on Biblical studies which is presided
over by Cardinal Parocchi. Father
Grammar was most cordially greeted by
Cardinal Parocchi and tomorrow will be
received by the pope and Cardinal Ram
polla, the papal secretary of state. He
will go from here to Lucerne and ex-
poets to arrive in the United States
about October /.
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Doesn't Want a New Trial.

Norfolk, Va, July 31.-Convicted by
a jury of numbering his wife. William
Treadwen will not sanction the appli-
cation of his counsel for a new trial
He declares that he secured the pistol
with which he killed his wife with the
intention of killing himself as well. He
desires that sentence be executed as
soon as possible. After shooting his
wife Treadwell turned the pistol upon
himself and was weeks recovering from
the wound.
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Half Block Burns at Glenwood Springs

Half a block on the river front was
destroyed by a fire that started in a
little chop house. The buildings de-
stroyed include a three-story frame
house. whose upper floors were used
as a lodging house. On the third floor
the little son and daughter of Pete Lip
son were sleeping. Both were badly
burned and both may die. The prop
erty loss will not exceed $10,O
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Good Outlook for woman Suffrage.

London, July Edmond Barton,
premier of Australia, replying today to
a deputatfon of woman SuffragiSts
headed by Lady Henry Somerset said
the outlook for woman suffrage was ex-
cellent throughout the Australian COM
monwealth. The success the move n ent
already had met with in four out of
the six states. he said. presaged the
ultimate adoption of the plan through
out the whole federation.
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Lynched at Last.

Camden, Ark, July Slice Newton,
a negro, has been lynched by a mob
in the Cornie bottoms, rs miles from
Magnolia A month ago the negro was
found in the room of two young
ladies, daughters of a prominent family.
Their screams frightened him away
Twice he escaped custody. He was be-
ing taken to Magnolia by officers when
the mob appeared and took the negro
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Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas City, July 31.-CATTLE--Re--
Gsipts, 1o9T head inci9d1ng z.5 ~ psa a OF
"a. S5QS60; Texas and Indian steers. s. 500
42O; Texas cows, $255@3.75; native cows
and heifers, 81. 75@6.50: stockers and feed
ers. $26Oa525; bulls. s.. 5oq3. IS: calves. $s-5o
Q525.
steady to strong. Bulk of sales, $7.5el17. IS; :
heavy, $7.65@7s0: packers. $74oa7.6o; me-
dunn, $745a7.7O light, 81 20Q7. 621z; workers..
s.. soar 621a; pigs, $685. 30.
SHEEPReceirts, 5000 head. Market
steady Muttons. $360d4.7 Is: lambs, $4.5fs1D
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Kansas CITY Produce Market

Sept. 62A G62Hc: Dec, 64A @64lzc. Cash
No hard, 6z1kq6s1zc: No hard, 6la6sc;
No. hard 58@6ec. rejected hard. 5g652c:
No red, 651k@6Sc: No. 8 red, s2d62zc-
CORN-Sept-. 43tc: Dec, 34ssc. Cash:
No. 2 mixed. 57G5Sc; No. white, 631zQ64c:
No. white. 62lzc.
RYE-No 2 H1k@45c.
HAY-Cnoice timothy, $1000611.o 90; choice
prairie, $6-75Q7.00-
BUTTER-Creamery.1 sszc: dairy. fancy.
1sc-
EGGS-Fresh, 141zc.
WHEAT-Receipts, ZIG cara
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Suddenly Lost His Mind.

Fort Scott, Kan, July 31.-City Attor-
ney B. Hudson of this town was as
sau1ted on the streets here by an in
sane farmer named Anderson, who used
an iron weight Spectators grabbed the
man and held him until two policemen
arrived and overwhelmed him. Ander-
son is an old and respected farmer who
seems to have suddenly lost his mind.
He is a stranger to Mr.. Hudson, whom
he certainly would have killed had not
the force of the blow been broken.
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St. Louis livestock Market

st. Louis. July 31--CATTI.E&Receipt
1900 head, including 3.100 head of Texans.
Market steady to strong. Beef steers,
"a. 45d850: .stockers and feeders, g. 70d5 %;
COWS and heifers, $254525; Texas steers.
81. 9OQ5.50; Texas cows and heifers, 81. 500
800
HOGS Receipts, 5000 head. Market
steady to strong. Pigs and lights. 1850
7.65; packers, N-55Q7S0; butchers 1850
steady. Natives, $3-25d40o; lambs. $4,000
5.75: Texans. $2-00Q3B.
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The average rate of assessment of
swine for the state is $1.91 for the entire
state. 1t ranges from SO cents head in
Meade county to $3.45 in Shawnee.
There is a general falling off in the
aggregate number of live stock over the
state Last year there were 693, 148
horses, valued at $9,363, 516.. This year
there are 680.685 head. with an assessed
valuation of $4,000, 065. The principal
'horse' counties are Sumner with II ,048;
Jewell with 13, 1875; and Reno with 14,791.
The average assessed value placed on
horses in the state is $14.69 a head. 1t
runs from $5.35 in Meade county to
$2343 in Franklin.
Notwithstanding the great amount of
talk on the part of the packing houses
regarding the shortage of cattle, the
shortage is not anywhere near SO great
as the shortage of hogs. There were B.
| 139, 725 cattle reported this year, against
3,202, 804 last year. The assessed valua-
ton this year is s22 loo. 423: last year.
| 1924, $50, 708. The average value is $7.03
! a head. It runs from $3.96 in Atchison
county to $1240 in Smith.
The principal cattle counties are But
| Ter, Greenwood and Lyon. The south
| west is generally called the cattle
country, but the assessors figures prove
cattle in these counties this year as COM
pared with last is as follows:
Butler ..-..... .....-......-... g. doS g, SAC
Lyon fV,oVI Io,1V<
There are 1878 sheep in the state.
| Wallace county leads with 1928, and
Butler comes next with 8,151. The as
sessed valuatio for the state is 1924, 959,
an average of 70 cents head The
average varies from 30 cents in
| Comanche county, to $196 in Jackson
| county.
| The assessors returns show that
Kansas people are indulging in the lux
uries of life. Particularly is there an
increase in the number of pianos in the
| state. There are this year 1850 pianos,
with an assessed valuation of $648, 619
Last year there were 12,515 with an
| assessed value of $54276S. The average
value is $39.79 1t varies from $3.50 in
Ellis county to 1912 in Doniphan.
| Shawnee county leads in the number OF
pianos. It has 1902 .Wyandotte comes
next with 1.430, and then Douglas with
LOIS Sedgwick has only GIL
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The Presidents BUSY Dav.

Oyster Bay, n. Y, July 31-President
Roosevelt disposed of a large amount of
public business early today with the as
sistance of Secretary Loeb. The president
had guests at luncheon today Adolph
S. Ochs and Stanford Newell. United
States minister to The Hague, who is in
this country on leave of absence. He call
ed merely to pay his respects.
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To the many friends who so thought
fully aided us in every possible way,
and by their sympathy and presence
cheered US in the valley of the shadow
which we SO recently passed through.
we want to express our sincere appreci-
alton. d. E Wetherbee. I. May Wether-
bee.
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Chicago. ILL.,. July s1.-BUTTER-Mark
steady. Creamery, 16QlSkc; dairy, b1zV
1Sxc
CHEESE-Marl<et steady. Twins. 100
10Ac: daisies, 10kQ101zc; young Americas
1OAI11c.
EGGS--Marlxet steady. Loss on. cases
returned. 175z@18c.
ICED POULTRY-Market steady. Tur-
keys. 121z@13hc; chickens, including
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Range of Prices on Stock.

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall. Commissions.
Grain, r, Pro g Cotton and ., Stocks:
4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock company, Kansas City. Mol ..-
New York. IulY q.
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New York Money Market.

New York. July 31-Noon-MONEY-
prime mercantile paper, 1905 per cent.
sterling exchange steady, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at $4-s7a4@4.Ss for de-
posted rates, A86 and $4.SS73; commercial
bills, $4.S4az@4.
SILVER-Bar silver, 53Hc; Mexican dol
lars. 411zc.
BONDS-Government bonds steady. To
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Wool Market

st. Louis, July 31.-WOOL-Market firm.
Territory and western mediums, 16G171zc:
Inc. 12Q161zc: coarse, 12Q151zc.
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Kansas CITY Grain.

Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth street. Telephone
4S6 Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock company, Kansas City, Mol
Kansas City. July 81.
Open High Low Close Yes
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FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
NGES-Mediterranean sweets, best
sizes, $4.O0M450; late Valenc.s. AS5d5.0o.
LEMONS-Fancy California, s.. IS ;choice,
s. Is: fancy Messina. $3.50
BANANAS-Market lower being 3lkc per
h. and running from $1-75d250 per bunch.
PINEAPPI 4ESEVery scarce and higher.
APPLEs-Native. sO@75c Per bu.; $3.50
per Dbl.
PEACHES-Arkansas Albertas 90cd1 90
per 4-basket rate: free stone, 7e6S0c.
TABLE POTATOES-Kaw Valley ESQ
per bu.-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. grown radishes
per dozen buncnes S@1oc: nome grown
lettuce per dozen punches. I0c:keme grown
green peas, per bu., TIC; home grown wax
beans. 40c per 1e-bu. basket: home grown
asparagus, 30c per dozen punches: home
grown caulifiower 65@75c per doz. head;
home grown cabbage, S5c per 100 lbs; wa
termelons. $15@22 per 100: Arkansas cante-
loupe, standard crate, $2-00NI2 IS. % hr
crate, S1.25; standard basket. l0o9II IN:
cucumbers, 30c per " bu. basket: toma-
toes, soc per " blu. basket; dry onions, $50
BUTTER EGGS. POULTRY.
EGGS-Case count. 13c; candled. loss
off, 14lEc.
BUTTER-Country, 12hc.
POULTRY-Hens, 7c lb.: ROSTERS $50
each; ducks and geese 4c h.: turkeys "a
sc h.. live spring chickens, 10c h.
HAY
PRAIRIE HAY-By car ............$5.0o
PRAIRIE HAY-By ton ................. $40
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New York, July 31.-SUGARLRaw Arm.
molasses sugar. 2Hc- Refined steady.
Crushed. Sis; powdered, $475; graduated.
COFFEE-Market steady. No. Rio.
SIC.
leans. 3SQ41c.
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Topeka Hide Market.

Topeka July 81
Prices paid in Topeka this week based on
Boston quotations.:
GREEN SALT CURED NO. l. $40
GREEN SALT CURED NO. 2..... no
NO. / TALLOW OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Go
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Cotton Market.

SIC
New York, July s1.-COTTON-Middlin
8 15-16Q91sc.
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Range Of Prices.

Furnished by j. E. Gall, Commissions,
Grain, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office ITO West Sixth street Telephone
ass Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock company, Kansas City. Mol
Omen High Low Close Yes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-07
SWEPT BY TORNADO.
Carroll County, ILL.,, Suffers From Wine
and Rain

Mount Carroll, H., June 7.-Carrol
county was yesterday swept by tor
nado, the second one that has visited
this section in three years.
Many persons had narrow escapes
from death, a large amount of live
stock was killed. and property valued
at $4,000 was laid in ruins.
The storm came up from the south
west, passing over the village of Thom-
son without doing serious damage
When a mile east of the village it de-
scended upon the country place of
George N. Melendy. one of the finest in
York township, and in two minutes
three new barns and number of other
buildings We're in ruins.
From there the cloud jumped eighty
rods to jerks Melendy's, where it un-
rooted and badly wrecked his residence.
The family escaped by going to the cell
lar
Next it struck the farm of Timothy
Dunshee, wrecking a new barn, and
passed on to w. B. Shoemaker's, where
a large barn was demolished.
Jumping across the highway, the
cloud unroofed the Baptist church and
tore out one end of the building
Telephone lines are down and full
particulars can not be obtained
A cloudburst is also reported from
Chadwick, washing out bridges and do
ing much damage.
Reports of many head of live stock
having been killed are now coming in.
A conservative estimate places the
damage done by the storm at $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-07
Mark Twain as Pilot.

st. Louis, Mo-, June MARK Twain
returned to his old trade yesterday, ant
for half an hour piloted a Mississippi
river steamer in an excursion up and
down the water front.
On the steamer were the Count and
Countess de Rochambeau, members OF
the French mission to the United
States, number of Mr.. Clemens rela-
tives and party of st. Louis ard ex-
position officials.
Mr. Clemens farewell to the river
was impressive. He was at the wheel
for half an hour. Soundings were
taken by the captain of the steamer and
the result of each throw of the lead was
called up to the pilothouse in the usual
way, the pilot responding as was the
custom in the days forty years ago
when Mr.. Clemens was a pilot on the
river.
MARK twain, quarter two, five and
one-half, six feet
The steamboat for the excursion was
the city's harbor boat. During the trip
1t was rechristened the Mark Twain by
the Countess de Rochambeau.
The trip was up and down the river
front, the steamer going as far north
as the junction of the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-07
Denison Boy Suicides.

Chicago, June 7.-Sitting on Wooded
Island and in Jackson Park. with 8
copy, of The Sorrows of Satin" al
his side, Arthur Dee James, 80 years
old, committed suicide by cutting his
throat and gashing his left wrist with
a razor. His motive for the act is g
mystery. James was employed as city
salesman for a local flour company
whose officials say that his accounts
are straight and that he was to have
received raise in wages of So a week
He was engaged to a young woman in
the south.
At the outbreak of the Spanish
American war, James enlisted in the
51st regiment of Iowa and later served
in the Philippines. He came to Chi
cago from his home in Denison, Iowa.
about a year ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-07
IOWA NEWS ITEMS.
TempIeton.


Theodore A. Schoeppner, proprietor
of the Oak Brush poultry farm, made
large shipment of broilers last
Thursday, the first of this season. They
will clear 25 cents pound. Mr.
Schoeppner has his poultry plant in
excellent condition and also about
fifteen hundred young chickens, the
majority of which are thoroughbreds.
Audubon.
The Fourth of July will be celebrated
in Audubon with program of unusua
interest Hon. j. p. Dolliver will de-
liver the address of the day and Local
talent will fill in if necessary. The
celebration will be under the manage
ment of the Columbia club and hugo
time is expected.
LeMars.
One of the big elephants belonging
to the Campbell Bros. show became
unruly on Thursday night while being
taken from the circus grounds to tho
depot and made a hot foot to the north
end of town where he aroused the
neighborhood by his believing and
pawings. The animal was evidently
wrathy at his keeper as he took him
around the waist with his trunk and
gave him q good shaking before the
other circus men made him desist. i
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-07
SKUNK FARMING IN IOWA.
dubuque Times.l

l. L
| Secretary John Simpson, of the state
department of agriculture, is in receipt
of letter from C. r. Hamilton. of
Huntsville, Ala, asking for information
regarding skunk farming as an Iowa
industry. Mr.. Hamilton says he has
been reliably informed that the indus
try has been carried on in Iowa and fine
bred skunks exhibited at the Iowa fair.
and he desires very much to obtain in
formation as TO how the industry is
carried on. Mr.. Hamilton's letter fol-
lows:
Huntsville. Ala, May 81, 1902.-Sec-
retary of the Iowa State Fair Associa-
ton, Des Moines, Iowa-Dear Sir: I
was talking to lady today who. for
years was resident of your city, and
attended the state fairs every year for
ears. She told me of gentleman that
exhibited at your fair skunks that he
breeded from year to year, this was
along in the eighties. Why / write you
is TO get some information il possible
on skunk farming as an industry /
thought possibly. by writing to you,
that you could give me this gentleman's
name that exhibited those skunks at
with him on the matter. I have ex-
hausted all my information in inquir-
ing into this industry. l will appreciate
any information you will be able to give
me on the matter, and the gentleman's
name. in question, If possible, an early
reply will be duly appreciated. Very
truly yours, c. r. Hamilton
Secretary Simpson. tho being in close
touch with agricultural pursuits of
Iowa, could not recall ever having
heard of skunk farm in Iowa. tho he
had from personal experience learned
of the occasional presence of this spe-
cies of animal in different parts OF the
state. But unwilling to depend entirely
upon his knowledge he conferred with
Hon. John Cownie, one of the oldest
and most experienced agriculturists in
the state. Mr.. Cownie, however. was
as much in the dark as Secretary
Simpson himself, never having heard
of the skunk industry in this or any
other state. If there is a man who has
the push and energy to engage in the
raising of skunks, either in Iowa or any
other state, Secretary Simpson would be
pleased to receive notification of the
same, together with name and address
of the person engaging in such busi-
ness
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-07
ROOSEVELT NIL AID
President Confers With Senator
Hanna and Others on the
Coal Strike.
He Is Anxious to Aid in Set.
Element OF the Miners
Troubles.
Strike Order in the Virgini:
Coal Fields Not Generally
Observed.

Washington, June THE president
today had long conference at the
white house with Senator Hanna on the
coal strike. The president conveyed to
Hanna the IDEA that he would like very
much TO do something toward settling
the strike. Nothing definite was decided
upon. The president also sent for Car
roll d. Wright, commissioner of labor,
to get his views on the situation; also
as to what might properly be done by
the government looking to a settlement
of the controversy. 1t is probable other
conferences will be held. The president
will be in readiness at any time TO ex-
tend aid. if it is found he can be Of
service in settling the existing differ
enceS.