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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-23
IixernooI Grain and Provisions.

LIVERPOOL, June 2.-WHEAT-Spot,
firm; No. 2 red western, winter, no stock;
No. l northern, spring, IS I'd; No. l Cali
fornia, no stock. Futures, quiet; July,
IS lid; September, IS 2Ad.
CORN-Spot, quiet; American mixed. new
and old, IS Cd. Futures, nominal July,
nominal; September, 5s I'D; October,
Professionalism, steady, IS 91kd.
FLOURISH. Louis fancy winter. firm at
HoPs-At london CPacinc coast). firm
Observation-Disclosures, quiet; extra. India
mess, zoos. Hams, short cut, Il TO l6
land cut, 26 to 80 lbs, steady, 55s; short ribs,
Is to "a lbs, nrm, 66s Cd; long clear middles,
light, rs to "a lbs, 56s Cd; long clear mid
dies, heavy. IS to 40 ibsa arm a. 66s
short clear backs, 16 to 20 lbs, 55s Cd; clear
bellies, IA to 16 lbs, firm, b5s Cd. Shout
ders, square, IL to Is lbs. firm at AIS Cd.
Lard, American refined, in pals, Arm, AIS
I'd; prime western. in ~tierces, firm, SIS cd.
Pork, hrm; prime mess western. firm.
CHEEsE-Steady; American. finest white.
old, 55s; American. finest white, new,
steady, iss Cd; American, finest colored, old,
no stock; American. finest %colored, new,
TATLOW-Prime city. steady, EOS Sd
Australian, in London, dull, AS Sd.
RUTTER-Nominal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-23

MTNNEAPOLIS. June 21.-WHEAT-July,
7SXc: September, 70%c. On track: No. J
hard, 79hc; No. / northern, 1870; No. z
northern, 74hc.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-23
stock in sight.

The following table shows the receipts OF
cattle, hogs Cnd sheep at the Ave principal
markets for JSne q;
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London stock Market.

BAR sILVER-Uncertain at "a 7-lsd per
ounce.
MONEY-2hd2% per cent. The rate of
discount in the open market for both short
and three-months bills is 2S-16g2A per
cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-23
new York Live stock Market.

,e Gs% as head s ! car Of Texas steers
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Weekly bank statement.

NEW YORK, June 2l;-Ths weekly state
ment OF averages Of the associated banks
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HOGS OPENED STRONGER, CLOSED EASIER
Good Butchers stock Sells Well, but
Thin stun Goes LOwer-sheep
Market 81 to $3.50 Lower
Than Two weeks Ago.
sO1rrH OMAHA. June q.

ACCEPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE.
The following table shows the receipts OF
the year to date and comparisons with
last year:
1902. 1901. Inc. Dec.
Cattle .......... S27,O39 S5, 100 2S,063 .......
Hogs ...........1, 270,523 1,l1, i25 99,09S ......
Sheep .......... 394,314 sol, 107 ...... lO6,1sS
The following table shows the average
price of hogs sold on the South Omaha
market the last several days, with COM
parsons with former years.:
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OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Condition of Trade and Quotations on
staple and Fnncy

staple and Fancy
EGGs-Including new No. 2 cases, 14c;
'I LIVE lPooIUJLTRYLchickens. slhc; old
ROSTERS. according to age. 4Hgci turkeys
sdiic: ducks and geese. &c; broilers. per ID.
BUTTER-Packing stock, 1shc; choice
dairy in tubs; isqisG; sePaTator -zg[So' 10.
crappies, lOc; herring, &c; picKerel. &C; pike,
&C.; bluehns, SC; Whitafsh- lie: catfish. l9c:
black SnSdoc sas &c iS eo;da ashlO isc; red sSaPpas'. ice:
roe shad, each, 75c; shad roe. per GSir, S5o;
H.. zSei Holsters. green, per Ib., &c.
PIGEoNS-Live, per doz.. 76c.
VEAD-Choice. 6Qsc. .-s-.
OATS-Sc.
BRAN-Per ton, $500.
HAY-Prices quoted by Omaha Wholesale
HAY Dealers association: Choice hay, No.
/ upland, $500; No. l medium, $50; NO. l
coarse. 800. Rye straw, 800 These PRICES
are for hay u good color and quality. De-
mand fair. Receipts light.
VEGETABLES.
CAULIFLOWER-Home grown. per doz..
NEW CELERY-Kalamazoo. s0c.
PoTAToES-Northern. Toe; new potatoes
GREEN SoNioNs-Per doz.. according to
size of punches, l542oc. -.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. grown. per doz., 30
Observation-Disclosures, per doz.. 4bc9
Observation-Disclosures. DER doz., z0c.
PARSLEY-Per DOE, 30435c.
RADISHES-Per dos. 2O42bc.
WAX ~BEANS-Home grown, per market
basket, 65G75c; string beans per market
GGREkS PEAs-fer half bp- basket. 75c.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. grown. per lb.. lhc.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or homegrown
oNfoNs-New California, in sacks. per
VTfoMAToEs-Texas. per 4-basket crate.
NAVY BEANs-Per bu.. g.
FRUITS.
APRICOTS-California, S1.75.
PEACHES-California, $l.5041.75.
PLUMS-California, per 4-basket crates
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. per 24-qt.
dCSafEfRRffEs|canfornia, per box, sl5O;
hons gTEoyypn, per r s-Gt, case, N, case 3 S2.Oo.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
TROPICAL FRUITS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 30 to SO count,
"BANANAs-Per bunch according to
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, A.75G5.oO; Medit-
\ erranean sweets, A.OOQ425.
LEMoNs-Fancy, E6.Ooq6.5O; Messinas
T MISCELLANEOUS.
HONEY-Per Assertion case, $2.7543.0o.
CIDER-Nehawka, per bbl, 1925; New
PoPCORN-Per h., &c: shelled,. &C.
NUTsNWalnuts, No. l soft shell, per ID:
12c; hard shell, per ID, 11nc- No. 2 soft
shell. lOc; No. 2 hard shell, Sc; Brazils, pei
ID, lac; hlberts, per ID, I2c: almonds, soft
shell, Ice; hard shell. 15c; pecans, large, pei
To-, 12c; small, lOc; cocoanuts' per sack
HiDEs-No. l green, ehc; No, 2 green
sac; No. l sailed, 71to; No. 2 sailed sac.
veal calf, u to Is lbs. &c; dry hides, 50
l2c; sheep pelts. 75c; horse hides. !lSOq2 80
OLD MErALS-A. B. AlperD quotes thu
following prices: Iron, country mixed. pei
ton, $40; from, stove plate, per ton. $50
copper. per H.: sac; brass heavy Yyy' per 10 10
SIC: zinc, per h.. &c; rubber. per ID. &c.
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~CRITIC A HALF TRUE TALE OF A MAN WHO WON A WO

ION the whole, fthink he's precisely tn,
man fer the assignment"
Very WELL" said Mr.. Gaf. After all.
he continued, tho literary column is
going TO be worth great deal more 10 us
than the dramatic during the next three
months, and Billy Earwig can cover the
:ew openings there are left. so until you
come back well preach sturdy American
ism ana support native genius as in pre-
vious years"
Not forgetting the advertising col
umns," added Mr.. Bennearst as he bade
his managing editor good-by.
And as the door closed upon the pro-
prietor of the Morning Planet" the de-
mure face of Mr.. Peter Gaff broadened
into grin of triumph. For well he knew
that the copyright hearing in Washington
and the first appearance in New York Oi
the celebrated Scotch actress, Mrs. Willie
MacTavish, were scheduled for the same
date.
81 see Clingstone is playing the Mac
lavish for all she's WORTH" said Molly
to her husband on the Sunday morning
following the departure of MIR Bennearst.
"She dimes with them week from to-
night and that'll probably give Kitty a
chance to get few more women on her
list. You may notice have stopped ask
ing you why you don't keep your promise
to me. It's because I'm afraid you're
losing your grip in the Office
'tnv tho caid Datar tho,gbt
you might like to see Mrs. Willie tomor-
row night, so l asked Billy Earwig to
come to dinner and take you with him.
You can give him points about the
dresses. / understand she's got queer
lot, and as they were not made here IL
may be good policy to tell the truth about
them
Molly Gaff dropped her paper in amaze
ment. "Is Billy Earwig going to write
the MacTavish notice instead Of Cling
stone?"
Yes" replied her husband. "Cling-
stones going to Washington for the copy
right hearing"
And while his wife sat gazing at him
in round eyed wonder he resumed his pa
per and cigar with a countenance which
for tranquility. innocence, and naivete
could not have been matched by merino
sheep.
Peter said Molly at last. you re a
wonder. How in the world did you do it?''
Clingstone took the midnight train for
Washington, filled with sense of his own
Importance. He left note for Mr.. Ear
wig, asking him TO write a descriptive
story of Mrs. MacTavish's opening. as he
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near enough to the throne OF the Ben
ncarst dynasty TO hear the buzzing of the
wheels that move within the larger and
visible wheels of official power.
But never until this moment had Peter
regarded ClinEstono as one Of the many
who desired the post of managing editor
and against whose wilss il was necessary
for him to exercise perpetual vigilance.
We'll" pursued his wife. how long do
you propose TO let them work their So
ciety racket in Mr.. Bennearst's papcr?"
MY dear" said Peter in his most con-
ciliatcry- -peace-at-any-pric accents, you
are always worrying yourself about Kitty
Clingstone. Now. if agree to put a stop
10 what you call her society racket, will
you drop the subject all together
Yes" said Molly eagerly.
VERY we'll. then we may consider it
bargain" said Peter, as he resumed his
cigar and paper.
Our book department has been getting
rather weak lately" said Mr.. Gaff to his
employer a few days later. Suppose we
let Cl.ngstone do a signed book review
now and then. There's going to be good
deal OF publishers advertising in the
spring, and we ought to begin now to
make a bid for it,"
MIR. Bennearst liked the plan and so did
Clingstone, who now signed his name to
n literary as well as a dramatic review
on Sundays and received extra pay for
the additional work.
Mr. Gaff was also pleased and took pains
to tell Mr.. Bennearst a fortnight or so
later that Clingstone's reviews seemed to
him to be precisely what the paper want
ed, and it might even be well TO have two
n week instead of one.
There's going to be a good deal OF pub
fishers advertising this spring" he added
carelessly, land we ought to have a good
signature like his on the literary page as
often as possible If we expect to get our
share of the business. Billy Earwig car
help him with his dramatic work"
The new plan worked wonderfully well.
Everybody concerned was delighted with
it. and no one more so than Mrs. Cling
stone, who saw in ii an opportunity to
extend her social sphere by adding few
literary celebrities to her salon.
AS for Clingstone himself, he ceased
to visit Park Row and confidentially in
formed some of his friends that it was
impossible for him to describe the loath-
ing that he felt for the vulgar atmosphere
of a newspaper Office.
On Monday mornings he sent down for
the tickets which he desired, and on Mon
day nights a messenger brought his copy
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| part OF the world believing in me. trusting
many's the time
And now?" asked /.
"Now l am going to see her again
She will be on the train from Paris which
comes over that bridge there in just one
little half hour. l haven't seen her for
three years"
81 suppose her husband has died?"
ventured.
MOI He spoke with sternness.
But"
There are no butts about 1t. We are
going to pretend that drunken wretch is
dead, and begin our lives all over again.
We are going to take yacht and poke Its
nose into every corner of the globe. 1 am
going to take her out to Australia and
show her some Of those places where 1
suffered-and where the thought of her
kept me alive"
do you think that is just fair to her?
She may love you enough. but"
shes willing to risk life with me. and
I'm willing to risk it, although there was
love each other as much AS she and do
it overcomes everything"
/ had liked the man so much that
hated to see him go wrong, and made
final plea.
But her husband? The man whose
lawful wife she promised to be-"
He gave me n heavy grasp on the
arm and burst into his happy. boyish
laugh.
But, man. I'm her husband! She's my
wife,
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past. We are in the loving present, and
the soul of that is our love-
She slipped her hand into his and his
| fingers closed over 1t mechanically
There was no warmth in the action. II
stung the girl and she drew back quickly.
''If you cannot forgive my one fault as
/ freely and unreservedly as forgive
yours" she said. lit is best that every
thing should end now"
Before he could answer the hall door
closed between them. and he stood staring
blankly at the clematis vines. Half the
light had died out of the landscape and
he picked up his hat viciously and start
ed out across the fields. He was in no
mood to meet the other guests, for time
lags sometimes to. people at country
house, and they are apt to take too much
interest in things which do not concern
them. For two hours he tramped miser-
ably in any direction, and then, Just as
the sun dropped behind the distant hills,
he turned sharply with firmness of pur-
pose in his face.
The supper bell rang as he reached
the house, but she sent word her head
ached, and did not come down. He made
a pretense Of eating, but It seemed hours
before the wretched meal was over. Then
he went to his room and hastily scrawled
note, saying no matter what had been
done he could not live without her, and
praying her to forgive him for being SO
unjust. II was a penitent little note, full
of love and contrition. and the housemaid
opened her eyes at the piece of silver
slipped into her hand with the envelope.
a half hour later, when he had finished
dressing for the evening. and started
down to the parlors. he found a folded
paper under his door 1t bore his name
and he opened 1t with tremendous eager
ness.
MY dear boy" he read. when a wo-
man proves her point she is always ready
to be magnanimous. | am not the girl. I
only took her identity TO try your love,
and to convince you that man wants to
be the first and only one In the heart of
the woman he has asked to marry him
Truly. never heard of the circumstances
until you told me, and IT was on the i'm
pulse of the moment that I spoke Can
you forgive me? You were generous
enough to overlook the greater fault, and
know your heart will not be full of
hatred. malice and all uncharitableness'
toward the lesser-especially as 1 am
waiting downstairs to tell you that you
are the first and only one"
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takably as New York rejected her iast
night.
Il wonder what she'll say to that?''
said Mr.. Gaff. as he marked his initials on
the proof and sent it back to the COM
posing room.
What Mrs. MacTavish-whose proud
boast was that she never read dramatic
criticisms-said when she sat up in bed
at O'Clock that morning to see what the
newspapers had to say about her will
probably never be known, but at 10 o'clock
Kitty Clingstone tore open letter ad
dressed to her husband and bearing the
mark of Mrs. MacTavish's hotel.
Mrs MacTavish regretted in hopelessly
vulgar handwriting that 1t would be i'm
possible for her to dine with Mr.. Cling
stone on Sunday evening as she had hoped
to. She added apparently in fine spirit
of satire, that she had accepted the invi-
tation on the impression that Mr.. Cling
stone was gentleman. Now that he had
gone out of his way to insult her, she
legged to apologize for her mistake.
The copyright hearing lasted two days.
but Mr.. Clingstone took no part in the
proceedings of Tuesday. He started for
what Mr.. Earwig had written and at 8
o'clock marched into Mr.. CATS office.
Mr.. Gaff was amazed to see him back
for he had telegraphed him not an hour
before to be sure and send at least 1900
words for the Wednesday paper, and also
to arrange, If possible, for fashlight
photograph of the assembly of publishers
for the Sunday issue.
He seemed utterly dumfounded when
Clingstone informed him that he had
come back on account OF the notice of
Mrs. MacTavish which had been printed
in that mornings Planet"
why, I thought Earwig turned in
pretty good story" said the amazed Gaff.
'It's certainly better written and much
more amusing than the one in the Morn
ing STAR and what's more. he seems to
voice Mr.. Bennearst's sentiments to a T"
But they're not my sentiments" burst
out Clingstone. "and I don't propose to
have a reporter from the city room ex-
pressing any such views rs that in my
column
How can you possibly have an opinion.
when you've never seen her act?" inquired
Mr.. Gaff. quietly.
Clingstone was about to reply. but he
stopped Just in time. 81 shall cable over
to Bennearst a full account Of this and
await his instructions" he said ansrily
as he left the office.
The next morning Mr.. Gaff received a
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himself intended to write an extended
criticism for the Sunday paper.
While he was waiting for his berth to
be made up. he composed in his own mind
few sentences that he could use in pay
ing tribute to her genius, and which be
thought would serve to make her the most
amiable and delightful OF guests at the
Sunday dinner.
Somehow Mr.. Billy Earwig failed to get
the note left for him by his superior until
the next day. He 'coverel" the Mac
lavish opening in company with Mrs. Can.
occupying the Morning Planet" seats, a
circumstance that excited Il perfect buzz
of comment and conjecture among the
regular first nighters.''
The two left just before the last act,
but instead of goiGg TO th1 nearest dis
trict telegraphic office, where the critics
usually work. they proceeded to the Calls
apartments, and there, on the dining room
table, with decanter of fine rye whis-
ky-the first he lad permitted himself 10
touch that day-before him and with Kit
ty at his elbow. Mr.. Earwig wrote a
roast" of Mrs. MacTavish that became
the three days talk of upper Broadway
and still lives in the memory of that
large class whose chief interest lies in
the stage and its people.
Mr.. Gaff read it in proof shortly before
O'Clock and softened few of its asperi-
ties with deft and practiced hand
He smiled gently as he noted the skill
with which his subordinate pandered to
that policy of sturdy Americanism. :"
which was the apple of Mr.. Bennearst' s
eye; and chuckled audibly over certain
apparently innocent metaphors and COM
PARSONS in which he knew lurked ven
ON that would enter in the victims very
soul.
The public could not, of course, die
tate to the managers. but, according to
Mr.. Earwig. it could at least exercise it's
privilege of staying away from the the
aters which we're given over the exploit
ing of mediocre foreign actors.
Artists like Bernhardt and Duse de-
served and could always count upon a
cordial welcome at our hands, but the
day had long since gone by when a
woman who had exhausted her feeble
vogue in her own country could infict
herself, and at augmented prices. too, on
country which was fresh and vigorous
in its art, as well as in its commerce and
patriotism.
Mrs. MacTavish might be taken up by
certain cheap grades of society. but Amer
ican playgoers would most certainly re-
ject her as contemptuously and unmis-
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TT was September when Bill Saxton's
younger brother Gus, who had beer
L sent out to cruise for cedar. came
back to camp. He was thin and worn
and ravenously hungry, having travelled
two days with a pack heavy enough, but
empty of food. After consuming un-
numbered slabs Of bacon and otherwise
| pipe and prepared to relate his ad-
ventures. 1t was observed that he seemed
strangely excited, that his eyes shone apd
his hand trembled, but this was accounted
for when, after taking one long draw at
his pipe he said:
IT'S no use. boys; I can't help 1t.
went to find cedar and found-gold.'
So it happened that Saxton's logging
camp. so well known in Western Wash
ington. dissolved business. The "S. x
booms no longer floated down the Ho-
qulam. and the Saxton brothers, Sandy
Mcdonald, Arch Simpson, and the rest
were seen no more for a season in the
barroom of the Great Northern in town
or on the ballroom floor of the Rialto.
Far up the Slue OF one Oh tHe uIHduscu
mountain giants of the snow-crowned
Olympics they s3"nd the place Gus Saxton
had chanced upon, and, with the instinct
of lumbermen built the two proverbial
long log houses, the mess house and the
bunk room. As the months went by they
were fairly conscious of an individual
canvas bag growing heavier with each
days addition of yellow dust.
Only two members had been added to
the personnel of the camp. as it had been
mutually agreed to keep out outsiders.
Indeed, the motto OF the hastily con-
structed company had been Stand close,
and death to traitors At Christmas time
young Saxton disappeared. and when he
returned he brought with him his wife and
his five-year- old boy.
The woman was older than Saxton, and
some of the earlier inhabitants of the
harbor towns could recall. without
stretching their memories. a time when
she had dispensed liquid cheer over her
fathers bar ut the clearing. She had been
a pretty girl then, and had brought Gus
tom TO the ''Dewdrop Inn" but when
young Saxton married her her old ac-
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| from the theater to the office. On Tues
day his salary was mailed to him in the
form of a check that was several dollars
larger than it had been before the change.
In less than three weeks from the pub
lication Of his first literary. review. Mrs.
Andalusia Squeall. the author of the sue
cessful and highly combustible novel. AS
Pants the Hart lent to the Clingstorc's
little dining room the rsdiarce of ner
tangled haired, dreamy and loose
girdled presence. To meet her came Mrs.
Warburton- Wakefield, ;he leader of an
extremely smart set of women who think
they think
Molly Gaff read all about II in a week
ly society paper and was indignant
Il can't see that you're keeping your
promise TO me-" she snapped out across
the breakfast table. Here's Clingstone
with two signed articles in today's paper
and the Warburton- WakeGelds to dinner
with them last week. Heaven only knows
where they'll stop
My dear" said Mr.. Gaff softly and
without raising his eyes from his news
paper. Two signatures in The same num-
Der of Sunday paper are usually inter
preted as a sinister omen to the oracies
of Park Row"
A few days later Mr.. Bennearst sailed
for his annual European trip. and as he
was leaving his final order with his man
aging editor. he remarked that he hoped
the advertising columns would show the
results of Mr.. Clingstone's efforts on the
literary page.
I'm pretty sure 1t will; / know the
counting room feels satisfied replied
Peter. by the way, we ought to come
out pretty strong now about sturdy
Americanism and home products and all
that. The only books that they are ad-
yertising this year are American books,
and the only plays that are doing any
misunderstanding one or two made-o over
French ones, of course-are American.
Now, there's that copyright hearing in
Washington next week. Every publisher
in the country is interested in that. Sup
pose We send somo good man down there
and have him telegraph us 4 column or
two a day. Billy Earwig would make
good, bright story, wouldn't he?"
Hes not the man." said Mr.. Bennearst.
"He doesn't carry weight enough. Bet
ter let Clingstone do it,
"Clingstone!" exclaimed Peter doubt
fully. 81 don't think he'd care to go
down there"
Not care to- He'll go II send him,
hone" said Mr. Bennearst whose favor
ite specially was being obeyed promptly.