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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
GENERAL PRODUCE
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS OF THE MINNEAPo.
LIS PRODUCE EXCHANGE.

Saturday June 20.-Extra creamery but
f Ter w sssi packing stock lower Strictly
veal, trm. Poultry, weak.
BuITER.-Extra creameries, per lib, zoe;
hrsts, AGO. seconds, Ice; diaries, extras, 17c;
hrsts, lie; seconds, 15c; packing stock. lac.
EGGS-New laid eggs ut marx, cases in
clnded, l2lac, and shipping cases, l2c; EGGS
per o asz i4
shrunken and dirty, $3 per case; checks, $2.oO@
per case, according according to Quality ,n 49,
1oe; Young Americas, fancy, 13c brick No. !,
round, l4@14hc; Swiss, No. ?, round, l2c;
Swiss Swiss, No. block 14@1laahe; Swiss, No. 2
GtN foG Gfliss @Esd coops
9hc; turkeys, thin, small, unstable; chickens,
14@l5c; broilers, a-lb (peepers), lb, 12@lac;
i1 GEESE seuf T henvy sc S ducks young
>, DRESSED MEATS-veal. fancy, per ID, 10
nMe to fair to good &c; small or overweight, &c;
10 a9e milk lambs peits off, 12@1sc hogs, light,
@4 peEsFs c Sno Sea- eFf SaS Se g.
ToMAToEs-Florida, per e-basket crate, So;
ONIONs-Per sack, S1.75.
sn CABBAGE-New, per large crate $a75@4;
POTATOES bu. small lots. roc: lots,
No. 1, sacks extra, Goo; medium, sacks extra,
PoPooRN-old rice, per h. 4@5c; new rice,
NEW .HoNEY-Fancy. white. lib sections,
lie; choice, lib sections, 15@16c.
DRIED PEAS-Fancy yellow, per hu. $l.75;
medium \, $50; green, fancy, sl.75; medium,
BEANS-Quotations include sacks: fancy
navy, per bu, $3.50; choice navy, $3.50; >medi-
UNI ,,; handpicksd s225; medium: fair. s175;
cy, 81; brown. fair to good, $1.4O@1.65; Lima,
APPLES-Ben Davis. $3.50; Willow Twigs,
S.; Badwins $5.25@575.
PINEAPPLES-Per crate, $2.75.
CHERRIES-sour cherries, 24-qt case, So; IT,
oRANGEs-california navels, fancy. $3.50
budded seedlings, $2.75@3; Michaels, 1865 to
2sSs, S3.5o@4; late Vaencias, all sizes, $40
lemons soes to $685. os 60 CHOICE, s4so GS
fornia' fancy as to size, So; choice, as to size,
GRAPE FRUIT-Per box, $3.50
TANGERINES-Per half box So. So
STRAWBERRIEs- case, $500; 16-qt
case, LAO.
RED RAsPBERRIEs-24-qt case, 81.
GGooRRIR1A,1NSTnSnI71s,qt ease, sl6o@1;d5
CALIFORNIA FRUITS-Cherries per box
$3.50. apricots, per crate, 81. 25 peaches, pei
box, 81 .50 plums, per crate, $15O.
punches, $2.5o@2.75; small punches, s225.
VEGETABLES-Wax beans per bu, samoa
I Pe ettace, per- do asss
| soc; cucumbers, per doz, 656l7Oc: celery. pei
dog, 81; potatoes, per bu, s1.75@2: asparagus
per doz. s5c@s1 new beets, per doz lunches
blu, 81. 2S SQUASH summer, per doz, 75c@S1
caulifiower doz, $250M3. .. - .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

BOSTON COPPER MARKET, June 2o.-Clos.
lngquotations: Adventure, 5@5A; Allouez, e@1
9h @10A; Bingham, 27A @2s1a; British Column
bla, 81 @ "a Calumet & Hecla. 45o@465; Cen
Copper Range Consolidated, 52M @53; Continental
Zinc. 1914 @15; DAILY West, 41M @42A; Domin-
lon Coal 9oG91; Dominion Steel, 15@15h; Elm
7Ms; MASSACHUSETTS,, 81 az; Maydower, .1G11S;;
No MohaWk . 44@45; Montreal s BOSTON, / @1M;
0 oia Geio ny 5@iA oid Dominion
bid; Quincy, 1oo@1Oa; Santa Fa, 155@2; Shan
non Copper Co.. II u @11A; Swift & Co., lOs1
lO97a Tamarack, 114@1S; Trimountain, s60ST:
Trinity, 81 @6A; United Copper Co., 20 asked;
United States Mining, 221s Q22A; United States
o. l2@12h; Utah. 2sA age; Victoria, "a
andotte III @1A. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

NEW YORK METAL MARKETS, June 20
Is I'd higher: while futures declined IS, with the
former position closing at G126 Is Cd and the
quiet closing at 2S@28. 25c. Ns
There was decline of Is Cd in the London
copper market. spot closing at G56 Is Sd and
futures at G55 12s 3d. Locally copper remains
dull and nominally unchanged. Lake and electro
lac. y e "
Lead was quiet and unchanged in London at
Sl13 Sd and In New York at 4.121hc
London, while locally it remained nominal but
was a shade easier: at 6@6121
Iron closed at SIS Sd In Glasgow and at Aes
AID in Middlesboro. Locally iron was quiet and
nominally unchanged; No foundry northern is
quoted at $10.50@20; No. 2 foundry northern.
$1s.50@19; No. | foundry southern and No.
foundry southern soft at $19@19.5O. warrants
nominal. '-A2'o 20
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
LONDON CLOSING STOCKS

LONDON CLOSING STOCKS, June Coon.
81 S-1e; Anaconda, AZ; Atchison. ss acs atchi
son preferred. e8h Baltimore & OHIO, seM !;
C Gan LAT. Pacific, PAN Chesapeake & Ohio,
waukee & st; Paul, 1941A; DeBeers, 2oS Denver
3 Rig G sea de-, 2sh Denver Rio Grande pre-.
Erie second preferred, 81; illinois Central, 1851
Louisville s Nashville l121t Missouri, Kansas,
folk & Western, 65; MOI folk & Western pre-.
ferred, 91h, Ontario s Western, 954; Pennsyl-
Reading first preferred, 40; Reading second pre-
ferred, s3h; Southern Railway. 241s; Southern
Union Pacific SIX; Union Pacific preferred Sc:
United States Steel, 80: United Sattes Steel
preferred, Sly; Wabash, Is; Wabash preferred,
49A.
Bar silver, steady. 24ssd per ounce Money,
2@2A per cent The rate Of discount In the
cent; for three months bills is 2A62T per cent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
THE FLAX ACREAGE
DULUTH ESTIMATE OF ABOUT e,7oo, 900 FOB
THE NORTHWEST,
Dulnth Commerciol Record.

Duluth COmmefc1aI Record
Estimates on fax area are beginning to come
quite freely and are justifying the position as.
sumed by the Commercial Record few weeks
ago, viz, that the worst was known and the
tendency would be to cut down the early esti-s
mates of decrease; in other words, that the area
would prove larger than expected.
From returns already it does not look tho
Minnesota would decrease more than Ii per cent,
North Dakota possibly 20 per cent, but prob
ably not, and South Dakota not far from
stand-Off
This would give the northwest an area of prac-
tically 2,700,O0O acres, and the entire country
close to 3,10O,00O acres, compared with 37O0,-
600 acres last year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

One Fare For the Round Trip
To Eastern points 500 Line Midsummer
excursions Get particulars at Ticket Of
fee, 119 South 3rd Street.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

NEW YORK MINING STOCKS, June 20
Adams Con-, 10; Alice, IS; Breeze, IS; Br,lns-
wick Con-, O3; Comstock Tunnel, OT15 Con,
Cal. and Va, 1878; Horn Silver. 100; Iron
silver. IT'S; Leadville Con-, o.; Little Chief, O6;
Ontario, 900 asked; Ophir, 1856; Phoenix, O$
asked; Potosi, 80; Savage. 10; Sierra Nevada
10; Small Hopes, 30; Standard, $50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGs.

New York, June 2O.-The following table, COM
piled by Bradstreet's, shows the bank clearings
at the principal cities for the week ending June
49, with the percentage of increase and de-
crease as compared with the corresponding week
last year: .. a.. -. ...r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

carey's MagnesIa Cement Roehnq,
The only roofing material that grows bet
ter with age. Try 1t. w. 8. Mott Com
pany. Both phones, S76.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

If you need money and have something
you wish to dispose OF, Just try an ad in
the classified columns Of The Journal
Only cent per word. no ad less than 20
cents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

If you are tired taking the large, old
fashioned gripping pills, try Carter's Little
Liver Pills and take some comfort; A
man can't stand everything. One pill a
dose. Try them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
THE OUTLOOK CONFUSING
MUCH UNCERTAINTY AS TO CROPS AND
THE IRON INDUSTRY. 49,


New York, June 2O.-R G. Dun e. 90 g wool,
~ review of trade to-day says:
pnseasonably low temperatures, together with
excessive precipita ton at many points. have
retarded the distribution OF merchandise. Taking
the country as a whole, however, the net result
has been satisfactory. Better crop prospects, ac-
celerate forwarding business and erlarpinp order
lists of manufacturers. Railway earnings TINS
thus far reported for June exceed last wears
by SO per cent and those Of 1901 by ID 8 per
cent. :
Conditions in the iron and steel industry are
sufficiently confusing to present any definite
tendency, altho factors calculated to produce
weakness appear to preponderate speciaf sales
of imported pig iron have been made at conces-
stons but this is attributed to delay in transpor
tation and forced sale by owners. Yet a few
months ago, similar concessions were impossi-
BILE and it is apparent that the combination of
unprecedented home production and conservative
buying has taken control of the situation away
from sellers. Three depressing factors have ex-
tsted-the labor situation, condition of crops and
the decline In prices of stocks, altho ali have
improved and may soon to exercise any
baneful effects. Meanwhile uncertainty as to
the future course of prices of iron and steel prod
ucts has become generally acknowledged and
even experts in the industry hesitate to eSpress
decided opinion. Latest reports of imports
show large decrease, except as to ore, while
the export trade in finished steel tends to ex.
pand.
At cotton mills there is fair current activity.
low have not only ceased to seek business for
future delivery. but refuse to consider PROPOSE
lions, else place their figures at prohibitive
position. Demands are chiefly limited to irnme
date consumption. Lower grades of lightweight
woolens for next spring have been opened at
advances of % to cents yard. Reports re-
garding the footwear industry are satisfactory
Foreign trade is remarkably we'll maintained.
considering the numerous factors that operate
Failures this week were 213 in the United
States, against 1874 last year, and "a in Canada
SALT LAKE MINING STOCKS, June 90
Carisa, 1913; DAILY West, ALSO; Lareine, 5;
Martha W an 2A Star. 2sA; Victor, II;
24h; Black Bess, 90; Ben Butler, 10: Califor.
mia; 10: Century, Sc; Merepr. 1s5; DAILY Judge,
1925; Eagle and Blue Bell, 9; Grand Central
Lower Mammoth, %; Mammoth, 1oe; Mayday
1917 !; New York, 221a;; Ontario, $50; Petro, SO
King, 65 Tetro, 81; Utah, 81; Uncle sam
23%; u. S. A., 20; DAILY, 200 asked
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

Be sure and read the Classified Ads
in to-night's issue ;ggpn viii find them very
interesting and maybe OF some financial
aid to YOU
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
TeIephone.

Your ads to The Journal. Call up
either line, No. o. b Ask for the Want AID
department and state what you want No
extra charge for, the service:
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EisI;!zS;'1 EI i 4 Ell

Office 300 Mic, Phone. Main 800. Union Depot.
Leave. aDaily. bEx Sunday. csun. only: Arrive
b 900 amlSt Cloud, Fargo Grand Forks b 455pm
b10:00 ami :. .Tntah, Aberdeen, Fargo. :. ID 540pm
all .Ol Flyer to Pacific Coast alO 40
am Wilmar, S. Falls, S. City, pm -
b10:00 ami Watertown, Browns Valley ID 540pm
b 3:05pml. Princeton, Milaca Duluth. Ib1240pm
b 6:10pml. Wayzata and Hutchinson lib 8:55am
q 6 :O2 Puget Sound Express az 5 I
pm l. Montana and Pacific Coast pm
a 8:4Opmi Breck., Fargo. G.Forks, Win'gla 7:10am
a:4Opm Wlmar, S. Falls Yank., S. City Ia 7:10am
Gas am Minnesota and Dakota Express|a 6:50am
b1a aa6Dm minneapolis to Duluth s d5an
b 3:05pml short Line. lb1240pm
Sleeper for II Al train ready at ! p. m.
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mot included in totals because containing
other items than c1earings. d
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

st. Peter s--ReE. II. Reeves morning, "Diyine
Paternity Great Strength to Faith and Stimu-
lus to Hope; evening, members grand rally:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26
1.-THE LAND OF THE SKY

This is the title of an attractive booklet
just issued by the Passenger Department
of the Southern Railway, descri tive Of
Western North Carolina. The book is
beautifully illustrated and gives the pres,
pective tourist an excellent idea of the at
fractions of the charming mountain coun
try. To those contemplating trip for
either health or pleasure, during the
spring or summer. it would be we'll to sp
ply to a representative of the Southe IT
Railway for copy Of this booklet.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY.

Two young men (married prcfe r@d) for
positions in our machine shop GToG
wages an a chance for advanc- m Mt
Previous experience not nece ssary. We
can also give employment to enc or two
coed machinists and one or two you G
men who have had couple of years ex-
perience at the machinists trade. al:o one
fireman. In answering give full particu.
lars. past and present occu ,atioo, age,
whether married or single, etc. Apply II
Gisholt Machine Co., Madison, Wis
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26
A SPRING AND SUMMER TONIC.

Go to the glorious mountains Of western
North Carolina the Land of the Shy
and Sapphire Country" natural para
disc at all times of the year. pleasaE
spot, full of life. of color and emf ymen
rich with possibilities for health 'oo
recreation For temperature and climae
it is unexcelled. Reached by the south
ern Railway. 225 Dearborn ST, Chicago.
III.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26

was also county commissioner nine
years. He was born ON FEBRUARY 2, 1881,
in Switzerland and came to this country
with his parents when he was thirteen
years old and settled in Ohio. He was
married in 1855 and in April, 1866, he
settled on the farm where he now lives in
section "a in the town of Lime.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26
IF you ARE A FARMER
and have ONE CENT

Ruy rostal card and send to the New Yor
Tribune Farmer, New York City. Tor free
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The Tribune Farmer is National Illustrated
Agricultural Weekly for Farmers and their fami.
lies and stands at the head of the az icultural
press The price lie 81 90 per year. but ifycu
like il you can secure il witbvour own favorite
local newspaper. The Free Press. at bargain.
Both papers one year only $I.so.
send your order and money to the Free Press
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26

nice berry saw something shine in the
grass near the berry. l stopped to see
what it was and there lay rattlesnake
two feet long his head right near that
berry. l did not pick that berry but l
killed the snake. The woods were full
OF ginseng, the root of which is valued
very highly by the Chinese for medicinal
purposes.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
JUDGE HARMON THE GUEST
q OF ST. LOUIS OHIO SOCIETY.
Former Attorney General of United
States Greeted by Eighty Sons
of Buckeye State.

Judge Judson Harmon Of Cincinnati o..
former Attorney General of the United
States. was the guest of honor at the sew
enth annual banquet of the Ohio Society of
St. Louis, held at the Mercantile Club last
night. The banquet was the most largely
attended and brilliant social function given
by the society.
About eighty members. their wives and
guests attended. In the course of the BAN
Quet the dining-room presented an at
tractive spectacie. Numerous Moral decoTa-
tons and endless colored lights. combined
with the handsome costumes worn by the
women. formed brilliant picture. The
menu included ali the deiicacIes In season.
and the supper was admirably served
The banquet was TO celebrate the centeD-
NAL anniversary of Ohio's statehood The
date OF that event IL similar to the Louisi-
ana Purchase. In the speeches this feature
was brought out forcibiy. showing the con-
Eection between the two Territories in point
of age and history. Love for the mother
State appeared to be the prevailing senti-
ment OF the evening.
The Reverend A. N. Campbell pronounced
the Invocation before the guests were seat
ed. Elias s. Catch. president OF thu society
presided and acted as POSTMASTER He
oIeped the speaking with clever address
of welcome. which he concluded by intro
dGcing Judge Harmon
Judge Harmon responded to the toast
ohio and the Louisiana Purchase" Crr,'S
7. Walbridge delivered an eloquent address
in which ne spoke of the Worlds Fair
and st. Louis In the cour-c of the cv.,Iin-
vocal selections were rendered by Nr. and
Mrs. George Carrie. accompanied OF tie
piano by Rodney Saylor.
Al
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
THREATEN TO QUIT ON APRIL I.
Delay in Building Cabanne Sewer
May Affect the Worlds Fair
Drainage Plans-Meeting to
Be Held Monday.


Unless the contractors accede to the de-
md:.is of the sewer workers for an increase
| that the men employed on all public work
nos being done in ST. Louis will strike next
Wednesday.
Sewer and Water Pipe Laborers' Union
No. l met Thursday night. and decided that
a strike would be ordered April if the con-
| tractors did not grant the concessions de-
mdnded.
The important improvements upon which
work will be stopped are:
The Arsenal street sewer tunnel employ
ing 10 mon.
The Ninth street sewer EMPLOYING eighty
men.
The laying of water pipes in North St.
Louis. forty men employed.
sewers i'll Tower Grove district, 10 men
employed.
West End sewer 100 men cmpiove,I
Besides these improvements there are
numerous smaller ones which the strike will
affect
The contractors with whom the u-ion has
been treating are Peuhler & Cooney. Hill
& O'Meara and Mcintyre & Teesc. These
firms have under contract work costing in
the aggregate about $4,000.
The union has about 800 members and of
these the contractors say. about $50 are eN
perienced sewer workers. while the others
are common laborers. The contractors So
that the experienced men are making FRI -
S25O 10 $50 for an eight-hcur day. and a
satisfied. They claim that 1t is the ,aborers
crease.
The employers say that increase in wages
Will be granted to those workers who are
worthy of it. and that inexperienced men
will be paid the present scale. which, in
some cases. is 81 a day.
DECIDED TO STRIKE.
4 committee composed of union men
waited upon the contractors last Thurs
day. but, as the committee was not en-
powered to act. the employers refused TO
discuss the wage proposition with the union
representatives. This committee made its
report at a special meeting Of the union at
No. 5000 Easton avenue last night and the
decision to strike was the result.
The contractors will meet next Monday,
and a proposition in the nature of a COM
promise may be offered the union
On Account OF the Worlds Fair laborers
in st. Louis are being paid better wages
than ever before. 1t is said that after the
Fair wages will be lowered. Some of the
contractors have offered TO make two-year
contracts with the sewer workers at the
present scale of wages, but this offer has
been rejected.
A strike among the sewer workers would
be most serious at this time As result of
the work now in progress. streets have been
torn up. These streets cannot be repaired
until the sewers completed The
Cabanne sewer is an imprcveme that di-
recily affects the Worlds Fair. as it is in
tended to drain all that territory adjacent
TO the Fair grounds
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
ACCOUNT KEEPING CRITICISED.
Report of Committee Will Condemn
management of Penal InstItutiOns.

Representative Patterson. chairman of the
House committee which visited the penal
and reformatory institutions will oHer a
report Monday. II will criticise the systems
OF account keeping. The two PcnitentariN X
and the Asylum for the criminal Insane
put an entire pay roll i'll one voucher. The
Pontiac RefoImatory has separate
voucher in the State Auditors office for
each Cmployc each month. These vouchers
ere not always consecutive. SO it becomes
a difficult task to ascertain the exact pay
Io'l : tua ton.
Mr.. Patterson strikes particularly at the
Pontiac RefCrmatory. He declares that poor
discipline is maintained among the older
boys. and he describes some of the school,
rooms dirty. He says that the grounds
are unkempt and that there is Il general air
oil sloveniness about the place.
Mir. Patterson says that In spite of ST.
perinten6ent Mallory's refusal TO furnish
payroll figures he had ascertained that a
number CT increases in salaries had
CURED since July. 1901. and he gives list
Of them. furnished he says or unquestion-
able authority. Appended to the report is
that salary paid employees has not been in
creased.
Conce rning the Jolie. Penitentary Mr..
Patterson says that the discipline is excel
lent and that the institution Is standard in
all the true respects. The dollhouse Is
diticns impaired by the inst.tution's
proximity to the s-eel works.
Mr.. Patterson says the discipline OF en-
ployes at Chester does not compare ravora-
bly, with the conditions at Joliet and that
there is certain lassituJc and laz.ness
Asylum Of the Criminal Insane IS ce-cr.s,d
:.s n disgrace to tle s.ate. bat AIR pat.er-
son highly compliments the phy.cian in
charge. Doctor Walter K. Songer