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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-14
MARKETS TODAY.
Indifferent Cables Starts Wheat
ON Down Grade.
Corn Opens Strong and Senti-
ment Is Bullish.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Are Steady, Hanging
from 81 to $40.
Hogs Are from Five to Ten
Cents Higher.

Chicago, Oct 14.-WHEAT-Whe open
ed easier today. due to Indifferent ca
bles favorable weather and increased re-
ceipts at Duluth. December was ls@Ac
lower at the start, opening at 791sd7914 c,
and with a. slight advance to 793sG7915c.
the price worked back to 791sc. Receipts
at Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago were
619 cars.
December C lased 1ac lower, at 1870.
CORN-Corn opened strong, December
selling up to $3.50, after opening I'M
changed, at 451Ac- Higher cables, small re-
ceipts and good shipping demand COM
ceipts were 2S2 cars.
December closed &c higher, at 1850.
OATS-Oats were quiet but steady. De
cember opened unchanged to sc lower,
at 37A@31ssc, but later sold at 37lac- Re
ceipts were IA cars.
PROVISIONS-An improved cash de-
mand, together with firm prices in hogs,
pork opened &c higher. al $12.15: January
/ lard was a shade higher. at $6.e215, and
ribs were also up a shade, $3.50
WHEAT-Cash: No. 2 red, S10S2c: No.
red, S0dS1c; Nos hard winter, 7s15679c;
No 3 hard winter. 76GI77c; No. northern
spring, sic: No. northern spring. soc; No
8 spring. 76d79c.
CoRN-.No. 2, 45a4G46c; No. 3, 451k@46c.
| OATS-No. 2, 354Q36c: No. 8 35d3512c.
Oct. 96c: Dec CSC: May, Sl.02
TIMOTHY-Dec., $30245; jan, $3.05; Oct.
$2.97l5.
BARLEY-Cash: 43M5Sc.
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FUSIONISTS RATIFY.
Immense Crowd Listens to
Speeches by Low and Others.

New York, Oct IA fusion ratifica-
ton meeting was held last night in
Cooper union and a great throng of peo-
pie gathered there to see and hear the
candidates.
r. Fulton Cutting presided and among
the vice presidents on the platform were
Charles F. Fairchild. Henry George,
William 7. Jerome, Eugene A Philbin.
General Stewart. L. Woodford, Cornelius
Vanderbilt and Carl Schurz.
Speeches were made by Mayor Low.
Mr.. Jerome. Frederick w. Hinrich the
candidate for comptroller, and others.
Mr.. Low said his administration stood
for the city's welfare and not for the
private pocket of any citizen. He ac-
cused Tammany of extrava gance in the
conduct of the city departments in the
past and continued:
Nobody doubts that the candidate
for mayor is a Republican. 1 have
never pretended to be anything else.
But in the administration of the city
of New York I have known no party.
The immense patronage of the mayor S
office has not been used to build up a
personal machine for the mayor him
self"
The mayor said Grab bills" were in
troduced in the Legislature favored
mostly he regretted to say, by Repub-
licans. He said he was non partisan
enough to fight them off
Mr. Jerome. who was received with
great enthusiasm. said the administra-
ton had been the best this city had
ever had, and it should be continued in
power.
At meeting of the German-American
Reform union at the Terrace Garden,
Mayor Low was endorsed for reelection.
The union is composed of three delegates
from each of the assembly districts in
Manhattan and the Bronx. No attempet
was made to endorse George B. McClel-
lam but the conference decided to sup
port every Democratic candidate for the
assembly, a move on the part of the
Germans to oppose Senator Plat.
A temporary Democratic organization
was formed to fight Tammany hall and
to support Mayor Low and the fusion
ticket At the meeting addresses were
made by District Attorney Jerome and
former Congressman Campbell.
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New York STOCK.

Wall Street. New York Oct. 14.-STOCKS
Opening prices in the stock market adj
vanced all around. helped by the strength
of the London market United States Steel
preferred, Amalgamated Copper, Sugar and
Canadian Pacific gained a point each.
There were very heavy dealings in United
States Steel at an advance of Is point,
the first block of $500 shares being fol-
lowed by a transaction in 5000 shares
Dealings were a moderate scale.
Selling of the Canadian group of stocks
led to some realizing elsewhere and open
ing gains were partly lost Canadian Pa
cific reacted rs points Detroit United
Railway declined eSI4 points. Twin City
Rapid Transit 21b points and Minneapolis.
St Paul and Sault Ste Marie 1ss points
The general market ignored this influence
late, and some of the$s leaders rallied
to well above their first prices. Baltimore
and Ohio. Louisville, Reading common and
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Chicago Livestock Market.

Chicago, Oct. 14-CATTLE%Recei to-
day, $4,000 head. Market steady. Good to
prime steers. $5.10Q5.75; poor to medium,
sS-5Od4. .; stockers and feeders. 81. 25d4.2 %:
cows, $1.40d4.50; heifers. $2OOd5.O0; can
ners 81 4Oa26O: bulls, $200a4.45: calves,
81. 50a725; Texas fed steers, 81. 75@3 IS;
western steers. s.. O0G4.60.
HOGS-Receipts today 1900 head, esti-
mated Thursday, 10000 head. Market
mostly 10c higher Mixed and butchers
S. 450610 good to choice heavy, $5.45Q590:
rough heavy. $500G5.40: light, S5.40Q600:
bulk of sales, s.. 46lI5.75
E SHEEP-Receipts today, 10000 head.
Sheep and lambs steady to 10c lower.
Good to choice wethers. 5000 90; fair 20
choice mixed. s2O0d3.O0: western sheep.
81. 25G4O0: native lambs, $3.50d5.65; western
lambs, S400d525.
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A FICTITIOUS MORTGAGE.
Jury Acquitted an Emporia Man
After a Confession.

Emporia, Kan, Oct 14-Bert Dryden
was acquitted by a district court jury
here last evening. Dryden was charged
with the mortgaging of fictitious cattle
for $500 at the Citizens National bank
Dryden was arrested last July at the
request of the bank. It was found that
he had borrowed the money and dis
posed of it and there was no security
Dryden owned no such cattle as he had
mortga ged.
However his father settled for the
amount with the bank and then the
bank wanted the county attorney to
dismiss the case which was impossible
after Dryden, had already confessed. A
strong point in Drydens defense was
that the debt was paid. In arguing the
case Dryden's attorneys, Buck & Spen-
Ger argued that Dryden was drunk
when he got the mortgage.
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second preferred, Illinois Central, St Pau!
and Colorado Fuel were among those
higher than yesterdays close. WeStlng-
house Electric gained 2A points and Lo-
City Rapid Transit recovered its loss.
The price movement turned downwards
in sympathy with reaction of 112 points
in Amalgamated Copper Some stocks
touched the lowest of the morning. South
ern Railway preferred Wisconsin central
b pnIf ana an niaht here was
rise of IL points in Consolidated Gas.
The market lapsed into seni-staenation
with the uncertainty caused by the If
regular movement.
Bonds were steady at noon.
The pressure against Amalgamated Cop
per continued until it was forced down
to 345s. Some of the other metal stocks
became heavy, but the market in general
in the dividends of the Vulcan Defining
stocks caused offers of the common stock
at Is and the preferred at so, compared
with previous transactions at 24s4 and 20
Minor speculation gave the only evidence
of weakness, railroad stocks falling into
neglect as soon as selling began. Twin
City Rapid Transit returned to its low
Paul and Sault Ste Marie went, a point
lower. Canadian Pacific shared in the
weakness of these Sc stocks s and lost ST.; las
preferred. Metropolitan Street Railway,
North American. Biscuit. Rock Island pre-
ferred and Wisconsin Central preferred
fell off between / and points and Pull
man points. There was drop of 10
points in Third Avenue. The Vanderbilt
stocks, after long neglect. came into de-
mand and al rise of 1 to 113 points in the
group caused a stiffening in prices at other
points. Canadian Pacific more than re-
covered its loss
New York. Oct 1.-THE feature of the
stock market in the early trading today
was the apparent liquidation in the vari-
Gus stocks of the Canadian group. Cana
dian Pacific. which opened with a full
point advance on London 5 lead. soon lost
Paul and Sault Ste Marie common. after
a fractional advance, declined points.
Twin City Rapid Transit lost 21a points
and Detroit United Railways 31a points.
Aside from the disturbed condition of the
stock market throughout the Canadian
hroyinces particularly in Montreal. there
was no news to account for the break in
these stocks.
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Kansas Citv Produce Markes.

Kansas City, Oct. 14-Close--wHEAT-
Receipts sssl foday' I21 ears Quotations;
hard 73c: No. hard, eSd72c; No. 4 hard,
61@67c; rejected hard. 59G61c; No. 2 red.
S2MS3c; No. 3 red. S06S1c-
coBN I,,ls 1855; Nay, s77sc Cash;
4115c: No. white 401Ec.
OATS-No. white, Ss@39c; No. 2 mixed,
35636c
RYE-No 2. 531kc
HAY-Choiee timothy. ss5oa1OOO: choice
BUTTER-creamery. 1s7za1sl4c; dairy.
fancy, lie
EGGS-F'resh, 1S1hc
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Kansas City Livestock Market.

Kansas City, Mo. Oct. 14.-CATTLE-
Receipts today 5000 head, including $500
head of Texans. Market steady to, strong
Native steers, $4.00u5. 40: Texas and Indian
steers s215d3. so: Texas cows. $1,000. so:
native cows and heifers. s1.5Od4.0e; stock
ers and feeders, $2.O0d4.00 bulls. 81 75Q
20: calves, $2.00d6.00; western steers, IS 6l
also; western cows, S1.50d2. 40.
HOGS Receipts today, 1000 head. Mar
ket 5010e higher. Bulk of sales. S560d5.So
heavy, $3.50 5.65: packers. $56065.70: me-
dunn, s.. 65a5. so; light s5.65d5.90 workers..
50. SOn590: pigs, S5-50d5.S5-
Market steady. Muttons, S2-60d3.95: lambs,
s2-90d5.25; range wethers, $210q3.25; ewes,
g. 2563. As.
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N | {: J; : 4; J: :,
lQeNesyakC hEagoS sLkOusRR Train nj IN

Three Express Trains East every day in the year
Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars on all
Trains. Trans Contine entail Tourist Cars leave
Chicago Tr1-W eeki- Tuesda ys and Saturdays
at $50 p m, on Wednesdays at 1896 .. NJ.
Chicago to Boston without change. Modern Din
ing Cars serving meals individual club plan.
ranging in price from 35c to 81 90; also service
q Ia carte. Direct line to Fort Wayne, Find1ay.
Cleveland, Erie. Buffalo. Rochester, Syracuse,
Binghamtoa. crantons New York City, Boston
and all points East. Rates always the lowest.
Colored porters in uniform in attendance on all
Coach Passengers. II You contemplate a trip
East. call any convenient Ticket Agent or
address JOHN Y. CALLAHAN. Genr Agent.
11S Adams ST., Chicago, III.
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st. Louis livestock Mark...

St. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 14.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts today. $500 head. including 5000
head of Texans. Market steady to strong.
Beef steers. S3.S0d5.50: stockers and feed
ers 50. 45d4.00: cows and heifers. s.. 25d4-00;
Texas steers. s2.30dS.75, Texas cows and
heifers 81. 00d2.70
HOGS-Receipts today. 5000 head Mar
lket strong to 1oc higher. Pigs and lights,
S.. 30d5. IS; packers s5.20a5,65; butchers
and best heavy $535d5.90.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 1900 head
Market about steady. Natives, $3.50 70 80:
lambs, 81. 40G550
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Mail Clerks in Trouble.

Atchison, Kan. Oct. 14.-Several Mis-
souri, Pacific mail agents have been
summoned to appear before the federal
grand jury at Leavenworth this week
moned to give testimony on an alleged
attempt to defraud the government in
weighing mails 1t is impossible to find
out who is involved. Another report is
that the trouble is over a northern
Kansas postmaster who has not been
acting right.
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SENT to State Reformatorv.

Emporia, Oct. 14-Jerome Sehope was
arraigned before Judge Madden on the
charge of stealing a valuable horse
from a pasture near Bushong. Schope
took the horse and sold it at Usage
City the same day. and then came
home. At his preliminary trial he
waived his side of the case. Tuesday
afternoon he appeared before Judge
Madden and was sentenced to the state
reforlnatorV at Hutchinson
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Liverpool opening cables: Wheat I'd
higher: corn I'D higher.
Liverpool 1:S0 p. m: Wheat sd higher;
corn sd higher
Grain receipts at Chicago: Wheat, 104
ears; graded. 0. Corn, 2S2 cars; graded, S.
Oats, IA cars; graded. T.
Grain receipts at Kansas City: Wheat.
228 cars; corn, &c cars; oats. 50 cars A
year ago: Wheat, 154 cars; corn, Is cars;
oats. IL cars.
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat I'd
higher; corn sd higher.
Chicago: Privileges for tomorrow: De-
cember wheat-Puts, 7S1ac: calls, 1880. De-
cember corn-Puts. 45c; calls, 45s4c.
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for governor and adopt as a political
slogan. They crucified him.. and then
they ought to trot out Bill Mackey for
chairman of the state committee and
place tag on his back with this in
scription, Here is one of the chief cruci-
fiers -
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t; 6 months, 5

cent; 80 days, 5 per cent: months. 5
asa per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 51k66le
per cent; sterling exchange steady with
actual business in bankers bills at $4.S5&
A. $500 for demand and at $4.S215M4. S21z for
60 days: posted rates, "a. So and $4.S615: COM
mercial bills, $4S2
SILVER-Bar silver. 6Ozc; Mexican dol
BONDS Government bonds steady.
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Topeka hide Market.

Topeka, Oct. IA.
Prices paid in Topeka this week, based
on Boston quotations:
GREEN SALT CURED FLAT. --..--..71zo
NO. 1 TALLOW 4c
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Furnished by ]. E. Gall. Commissions
Grain. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office 10 West Sixth street Telephone
4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co. Kansas City. Mol
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SUGAR and Coaee Marker.

New York. Oct. 14.-SUGAR-Raw sugar
firm Fair refining. 3ssc; centrifugal 96
test, 37sc; molasses sugar, 31sc Refined
sugar firm. Crushed. $5.S5: powdered, $4.S5;
granulated, S4.75.
COFFEE Market steady. No. Rio,
MoLAssEs- Market steady.
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Mr. Lawrence Resigns.

]. w Lawrence. division superin-
tendent of, the Rock Island at Cedar
Rapids Iowa, has resigned. His sue
! cessor has not been appointed.
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Ran 90 OF Prices

FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions,
Grain. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office 40 West Sixth street. Telephone
4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co.. Kansas City, Mol
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Ch1caeo Produce Ma-k..

Chicago. ILL.,, Oct. I4-BUTTER-Marlx
steady. Creamery. 15lkM2Oc: dairy 14d1Sc.
EGGS-Market steady. 1SG19c
CHEESE-Marl<et steady Daisies 11isc;
Twins. lie: Young Americas. 111sc.
POULTRY-Market easier Turkeys, pc;
chickens, hens, 9Izc; springs, 1O19c.
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New York Money Market.

New York. Oct 14-MONEY-M Money on
cali steady at Is.6215 per cent: closing bid
AT ia. per cent and offered at per cent
Time loans easier; 70 days 4GzH per.
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Mrs. Observation-Disclosures ready,J Ohm.
Mr.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS change my
overalls-
Never mind taking them off. John, You
Statesman.
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Cotton Market

New York, Oct. 14-COTTON-Sale to-
day. $50 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet
and 10 points higher Quotations per 100
gulf s995
: Galveston. Tex. Oct 14-coTToN-Mar-
ket lower at 9asc per pound.
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Topeka Marke..

Topeka, Oct. IA.
MIXED ...... ....-......-...........S5. 0GlI5. 20
HEAVY 49,. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4.e5q5. 10
i4i''n DRY LOT CATTLE. ''-4O@''4O
COWS etH1Fs5s AND HEIFERs S soOa s s0
GRASS CATTLE
COWS 6 ~ zS2,t, 3 50S q
LII -'-'N9 CALVES ''''' -'' .
VEAL CALVES GRAIN. -... -s2-50aS-2'
NO. 2 WHEAT 49,. - CSC
NO. WHEAT ....-- .62q63o
Yellow Y Eli 5 4ND MIXED CORN ....... $50
NO. 2 OATS ...---- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Boo
No . F RN5f AND VEGETABLES. &c
FURNISHED by S. E. Lux, successor to W.
o. Anderson & Co, 30 Kansas ave.
"U1 FRUITS
Colorado peaches, per box. 81 10
California ounces per box............. 1.60
Colorado Pears. per box.....-........... 200
Idaho Italian prunes, per crate....-... LIS
T99sE gGaRRs Late P Psf per box
LEMONS California, per box. 50. 75@s. IS;
BANANAs- Fancy Port Unions. 81 25@
C GKSAPEsNc oncord, a6a2sc per basket,
according to quantity.
APPLES SO per 5,, Dbl;
POTATOESEKaw Valley, Coo per bu:
Colorado Pearls, 70q73c per blu.
SWEET POTATOES-Virg per bbl
SO rs: Oklahoma. in bu. boxes, per box,
100 Muscatine. Ia, sacked per bu., $780,
Muscatine, Ia. barrelled per bu., $1.15.
HUBBARD SQUASH-Per doz., 200.
NEW CABBAGE-$1.0 0u1.2 per cwt
ONIONS-New Colorado, per bu., S0aS5c;
Spanish onions, per crate, 81.
CELERY-Fancy Michigan Blue Ribbon
per doz., soc; Colorado Jumbo, per doz.,
CANTALOUPES-s so per crate
CRANBERRIE S-Per Dbl, $7.25.
DATES-5lzc per ID
COCOANUTS-$4 per sack; soc per doz.
HONEY-24-rack cases, 50. 35.
OYSTERS-New York Extra Selects, per
can 35c; New York Counts. 45c.
FULL CREAM CHEESE.
Kansas Y A, per Observation-Disclosures. 13c
New York State, white, per lb.-..-..--...I 4c
Brick, per d. -l41.c
Limburger. per 1b-.--.......--.--.-.---... lao
Block Swiss. per lb-.-........----.---.----1 51so
BUTTER. EGGS, POULTRY.
BUTTER-Country, 121sc:
EGGS-Case count, 161zc.
Hens. nc h.; ROSTERS 15c
each; ducks, SC h.; geese, 4c h.; turkeys.
SC h.; broilers, Sc ID.
HAY.
Market very dull and weak
NEW PRAIRIE HAY-LooSe. Sc. 00dI7- 90
NEW PRAIRIE HAY-Baled.. 6-50d07-tl
NEW ALFALFA HAY-Loose.. 7-00CdS- on
STRAW-Baled ...--- -.-.-.--.--. 0-VV4o-5u
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Market Gossin.

FURNISHED by A. G. Goodwin Commits
sion Company, Commission Merchants
and receivers and shippers of grain.
Room No. 8. Columbian building. Inde-
pendent telephone 1881
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Nov york Butter market.

New York Oct. Receipts
today, 7,1S1 packages. Market very firm.
State dairy, 15d1sc; creamery, 1ea21c-
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Wool Market

st. Louis. Mo-. Oct 14-WOOI-AAGarket
nominal Territory and western MEDIUMS
1lmlsc: fine medium. 15Q17c; fine. 15a1ec.
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Chica go, Oct. IA.
Low Close Yes
Kansas City Grain.

Kansas City Grain.
FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions,
Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office no West Sixth street. Telephone
4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City, Mol
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-07-30
Large Water interests Concerned.

Interests involving millions of dol
lars and the completion of several
large water works depends upon the
decision of Attorney General Miller.
says the Denver News.
The opinion has been requested by
Senator Taylor. who recently bought
the four Oldest water rights on Divide
creek. in Garfield county. There were
fifty-five respondents. and every one
objected to the transfer. The court
gran.ed the petition. and this party ap-
pealed
The question Attorney General Mil
Ter has to determine is whether an ap-
peal to the Supreme Court arrests the
decree of district judge regarding the
change in the point of division in a
water right.
II the attorney general decides in the
affirmative ii will tie up many munich
pal and corporate enterprises of magni-
tude. besides the transfer OF a large
number of smaller and private water
rights
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-07-30
kearsarse's Great Run.

Washington. July 2S.-The Navy
Department received report to-day
from Captain Hemphill. giving some
interesting details of the run of the
big battleship Kearsarge across the At
lantic. Captain Hemphills' dispatch.
dated Bar Harbor to-day. reads as fol-
lows;
"Kearsarge steamed 2.SS5 nautical
miles in nine days, four and one-half
hours; average speed. 1910. Expert
ence variable. head winds. force three
to eight; slower four hours on account
of taking seas over turrets; slowed TO
ten knots on account OF fogs and ice
bergs; consumed 1,14S tons of coal; av-
erage daily consumption, 1854 for all
purposes; average speed for engines.
1860"
1t is explained that the winds ex-
perienced. the force of which is given
from 4 to s, amounted to almost gale.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-07-30
Campers Must Have Licenses.

]. NJ. Woodward. state game COM
missioner. returned to Denver recently
from the western part of the state,
where he went to look at the condition
of affairs over there and especially the
condition of the trout in the streams
of the state. He stated that he had
placed 100000 spawn in the fish hatch
cry at Steamboat Springs. He said that
while the trout In the state were not
healthy at this time they were much
better than they had been. He stated
that during the spawning season the
fish ate but little. and became very
poor. but that from now on they would
improve and before n month was over
they would be in excellent condition.
Mr.. Woodward stated that he had
come to the conclusion that 1t was n
part of the duty of his Office to look
after the forest reserve. Especially did
IL come under his province when 1t
came to granting licenses for camping.
There has been a law on the statute
books" said Mr.. Woodward. since
1901, which stated that every party in
the state that goes camping should
have a camping license. | do not be-
lieve that one party in fifty gets one of
these when they go out. discovered
something over thirty of these parties
while | was out on my last trip over
the state and failed to find a single
license.
IL am going after this matter and l
am going to see that the law is en-
forced or dropped. one of the two. The
state ought to have the money for
these licenses and the law ought TO be
enforced. Then, too, if all campers had
to get licenses and did get them. it
Il hs. fptt hot
have irresponsible parties in the for
ests of the state who set fire to the re-
serves. | consider that this much of
preserving the forests OF the state be-
longs to this department as well as to
the land board"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-07-30
PANAMA SITUATION APPEARS
LIKELY TO PROVE SERIOUS

Washington. July 2S.-Consul Gener-
al Gudger. at Panama, yesterday made
the following report by cable to the
State Department of the episode at
that city:
Last night about 10 o'clock soldiers.
headed by the commander-in-chief,
searched the governors house. The
governor escaped and tried to reach
the consulate. but was intercepted. He
took refuge at the house of an Ameri-
can. The streets were lined with SOL
diers, who arrested the secretary of
state and departmental employees. The
department has money
Another dispatch yesterday from Mr.
Gudger says the governorship had
been rendered. but 1t is not known to
whom. 1t is added that the situation
is grave. Acting Secretary Loomis
has decided to await further advices
before taking action. 1t happens that
the navy is weak on the Pacific side
at this moment. owing to the absence
of the Pacific squadron in Alaskan wa
ters. But In case of need either the
Bancroft or the Panther could be
speedily dispatched to Colon and de-