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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15

London, May 1l.-Foreign Secretary
Lansdowne has proclaimed a British
Monroe doctrine in the Persian gulf
and has notified the competing powers
that any attempt on their part to es-
,ablish a naval base or fortified post in
chose waters means war with Great
Rri,ain. 81 say" said he, that we
should regard the establishment OF a
naval base in the Persian gulf BY any
other power as a grave menace to Brit
;.h interests and we should resist it
18th all the means at our disposal
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15

Governor Mickey, of Nebraska, has
arranged for conference of seven rep
resentatives from each side; the bust
ness mems association and the unions;
with the governor as chairman. The
opinion is generally expressed that the
end of the Omaha strike is in sight.
The strike situation at Montreal is
getting worse. The strike has drawn
in the employees of the Canadian bag
gage transfer company and there are
great piles of baggage awaiting deliv-
cry and transfer. A detachment of
cavalry came from Toronto.
A special session is called of the Mon
tana legislature to provide for Mon
tana exhibit at the st. Louis fair.
u. 5. Consul General McWade, cables
from Canton, China, that bubonic
plague is increasing in number of
provinces, and the famine in Kwangsi
is becoming terrible.
The big dye house at Plymouth,
Mass, began to settle and after week
the foundations were down four feet.
The machinery was removed but there
is no hope of saving the building.
QuiclSsand is responsible for it all.
A resident of Bristol, England, seek
ing information concerning opportuni-
ties for investment in California wheat
lands, amused the managers of the
state board of trade by the inquiry in
a postscript to his letter; What lam
guage is spoken in northern califor-
MAP"
The postmaster general has turned
over to the treasury of the United
States for safe keeping the money
found in the possession of c. F. w.
Nicely at the time Of his arrest in con-
ncction with The Cuban % stall fraud.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
A Private Gas Well.

Arkansas City, May 9.-John Hamil-
ton is the only man in this part of Kan
sas who has his own natural gas well
to supply gas for his household pur-
poses When the Arkansas City Natural
Gas and Oil company abandoned its
well it was plugged up and Hamilton,
who owns the land, tapped it with a
small pipe and pipes the gas to his
house. The flow is more than enough
to light and heat his entire house, but
it is not strong enough to be of value
for commercial uses.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
Colorado Exhibit In Allegiance.

Denver, May s.-The plans for the
Colorado exhibit at the worlds fair are
being held in allegiance pending the
reply from the mayor of st. Louis and
President Francis to a communication
forwarded to them by the state worlds
fair commissioner. If favorable re-
ply is not received there will be no
building or exhibit at the exposition.
The letter asks what is going to be
done regarding the regulation of
charges for hotels, cabs, carriages and
all conveyances.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
Wichita Live Stock.
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Japan has a standing army of $50, 900
men, perfectly drilled and trained
Edward VII and Victor Emmanuel
kissed each other in public at Rome.
The semi-unnual assemblage of the
M. L. bishops of the world is in session
at Meadeville, Pa.
The mercury dropped seven degrees
below freezing point in Colorado and
Wyoming on April 30
The cruiser Albany, now on the
Asiatic station, is to be ordered to the
Pacific for repairs next autumn.
The Connecticut house of representa-
tives rejected u bill granting women
the right to vote by vote of los to 60.
The Colombian congress has been
called to meet on June 20, when the
Panama canal trcrty will be acted
upon.
Braddocls, Pa, and vicinity has suf-
fered million dollar forest fire loss.
Watson and Simpson, where there are
oil wells, are reported destroyed.
In San Francisco a four story brick
building occupied by the American
Milling company, of which Charles
Laume is the chief owner, is destroyed
by fire. The loss is about 100000.
The foreign office has given out the
decision that Austria will not be repre-
scented at the st. Louis fair; but that
Hungary may send exhibits of fine arts,
home industry and industrial educa-
tional departments.
The larger daily newspapers have
very many news items about the May
strikes, coming from all over the world.
There is quite a percentage of these
dispatches which give particulars of
satisfactory adjustments.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
Canal q Political Issue.

Kingston, Jamaica, May 9.-Late adj
vices from Bogota, Colombia, say that
the canal treaty ratification is being
made political issue by lobbyists,
against the wishes of the Isthmians,
who demand the canal or indepen-
dence.
Nothing definite has been done re-
garding the converting of the Colon
bian congress, which, if not convened
by May 80, will make impossible the
ratification of the canal treaty within
the stipulated time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15

Washington, May 6.-The party OF
German land holders and experts in
agriculture who are to make tour OF
the United States spent the day in
Washington sightseeing. They re-
NAMED here until yesterday when they
left for the West, stopping first at
Martinsburg, w. Va, where fruit
nursery will be visited. John l. Schultz,
assistant chief of the department OF
agriculture, will accompany the Ger
mans on their tour.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
snortInr Good. Were In It.

Chicago, May Fire destroyed the
fve-story building at 15l-153 Wabash
avenue, causing loss of s15O,OOO. The
building was occupied by several mer-
camille firms, whose stock was COM
pletely destroyed. The principal losers
are the Waterbury Clock Company,
Spiegele Bros, tailors, and A. G.
Spalding & Co. The latter firm used
the two upper stories of the building
as a storeroom and their loss is heavy,
as both rooms were full of valuable
snortinp goods.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
Fatal Collapse of Building.

Denver, May 1.-THE building at
1910 TO 1914 Larimer street, occupied
by Michael Bros clothing store, with
rooming house on the second floor,
collapsed. Several persons were in
jured, but so far as known nobody was
killed. The building was being re-
modelled and the temporary supports
were not properly placed. The loss on
the building is not large, as it was an
old and cheap structure. The Michael
Sons estimate the damage TO their
stock at SAC. 900.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
A Noted Man Dead.

Cheyenne, Wyo., May s.-Captain
William Fl. Strope is dead of pneu-
monia. He was born in New York 70
year ago. When a child he went to
sea, travelling all over the world. AS
pony express rider for the Wells Fargo
company he made great ride across
the continent in 1857, carrying the
inaugural address of President
Buchanan to San Francisco.
During the civil war Captain Strope
was in command of gunboat on the
Mississippi.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
A Fine Strategem.

Joplin, Mo-, May For several
evenings Mrs. George Grofield had
been accosted by two men on her way
home. She reported the matter to her
husband, who, wearing his wife's
clothes, strolled down the avenue.
Two men were standing at their usual
corner. One of them approached and
said: "Come on, little girl. You need
not be so bashful." Then Groffield
drew heavy club and struck the fell
low blow that stunned him. He soon
put the two men to flight
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
At Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs, Colo, May g.
Twenty thousand people warmly well
coined President Roosevelt when the
special train bearing the presidential
party arrived from Denver at $40 p.
m. The president was received by
Mayor Harris and reception commit
tee OF 200 citizens. Uniformed men,
consisting of two companies of high
school cadets, the uniform rank Knights
of Pythias, uniform rank Odd Fellows,
members of the Mckinley club and 10
G. A. z. veterans were in line.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
Chinese Rebel Leader Killed.

Victoria, b. c., May 1.-THE steamer
Olympia brings news that one of the
leaders of the revolutionary movement
during the end of the last Chinese year
was secretly assassinated in Hong Kong
and the corpse conveyed to Canton for
the inspection of the authorities The
victim was very prominent rebel
leader, surnamed Hung. 1t is sus-
pected that other revolutionists who
are missing were secretly murdered
bv emissaries of the Chinese gown
ment
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
For Uintah Indian Allotment.

Washington, May s.--Inspector Nc
Laughlin, of the Indian bureau, has
been ordered to proceed to the Uintah
reservation in Utah to negotiate with
the Indians who own the reservation
for the allotment of part of their
lands and the cession of the remainder
to the government. The law providing
for this authorizes the authorities
arbitrarily to open the reservation
in case of failure to reach an agree
ment. The reservation is a large
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
Electric Companies Have Trouble.

Los Angeles, Cal, May ia gener-
al strike of electrical workers and out
side linemen was declared, between
300 and 400 men going out Last week
the several electric companies were
served with notice to, the effect that
unless all linemen were granted an
increase of about 20 per cent in wages
the men would strike. The wages at
present paid average SO day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
observation-disclosures.

Washington, May 7.--Final permits
sion reached the Italian, British and
German embassies for the allies repre-
sentatives to sign with Mr.. Bowen,
Venezuela's phenipotentiary, the pro-
tocols submitting the question of
preferential treatment to The Hague
tribunal for arbitration. As soon as
the allies can agree as to whether The
Hague convention shall be signed
separately among the three powers or
jointly, the signatures will be atfix-
ed
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
Bubonic Plague In Peru.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, May 11.-Con-
siderable alarm is felt here at the
reported appearance OF bubonic plague
at Callao, Peru. The local board of
health has ruled that no vessels from
Peruvian ports shall call here, and the
Ecuadorean gunboat Catopaxi has been
ordered to stop such vessels.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
A Cowmen,s Break fast.

Hugo, Col, May 6.-President Roose-
welt was treated to a cowmen's break
fast here. A mess tent had been erected
at the side of the track and when the
presidents train arrived breakfast was
ready. 1t was partaken of standing
and then the president shook hands
with his hosts. The train pulled out
amidst chorus of cowboy yells
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
Another Santa Fe Flyer.

Topeka, May 9-On June the Santa
Fe will institute new train service
between Colorado points and the east
The new train will be known as the
Colorado flyer The equipment of the
train will be a counterpart OF the Cali
fornia limited except that chair car
will be added in place of the dining
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-05-15
Railroad Shops Idle.

Ell Paso, May 1.-Two hundred and
fifty machinists, boiler-makers and
helpers in the Ell Paso and Northeast
ern shops at Alamagordo, N. NJ, went
on strike because the superintendent
of motive power discharged their fore
man
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08
WHEAT AND CORN LOWER
FORMER STEA1Es SOMEWHAT AFT
Err WEAK OPENING.
GeneaI Selling by Commission Houses
Causes Loss That Is Not Regalned,
Though Traders Still incline to the Bull
Side-Corn Is Also Sold Heavily.

CHICAGO, June 6.-Wheat opened weak
and, although the market steadied some
what later IN the session, the close showed
a loss for July of H@9sc. Corn closed
firm at shade lower than yesterday
oats closed strong at gain of 80 c.
PROVISIONS were down 5@71ac to he.
General selling by commission houses
caused the early weakness in wheat. July
showing loss at the opening of Il Q38c
TO 9s QAc at 75Ac to 1850. Weather
Improvement, lower cables and outside
though buying orders became more nu-
merous after the first half hour inducing
better feeling, the market never recover
ed the early loss. Local traders were
still inclined to the bull side, and under
their manipulation July went to 75Mc
me "a close BENG steady at 755sc. loss Of
AT4sG, s TRACE wa was fairly large but
Clearances Of wheat and -four were
equal to 11S,500 bu. Primary receipts
were 225.3O0 bu. against $40, 900 bu a year
receipts Of PIT cars, which with local re-
ceipts of % cars. l of contract grade
made total receipts for the three points
or 24o cars, against 251 cars year ago.
Corn Down and UP.
The cables and weather caused commits
also early in the day, and the opening
showed considerable weakness. but some
OF the early sellers, on the upward tend
ency Of wheat became buyers and the
market f1rmed up, fully recovering the
early loss; Crop reports were rather bull
ish and local traders bought freely late
IN the day. The close was steady at the
nigh point, 4SAc. a shade below yester-
days close. Local receipts were 402
cars, with 25 of contract grade
:, =; rush Of selling orders caused a. de-
cline In oats at the opening, but later
the market, became strong, the close
showing July. 7s@Ac higher at 36s4c,
after ranging between 3614c and SIC. The
strength was largely due to the drought
situation in the East. Cash demand was
poor. Local receipts were 1853 cars.
The provision market weakened on SELL
ing OF pork credited to some of the large
packers and of ribs by brokers. The
market was steady early in sympathy
with the hog situation, but on free offer
ings, with no support, prices could not
hold and closing figures were 15c lower
for September pork at sic. 80, 5871kc off
Tor lard at s.. S71a, and TIC down for
The estimated receipts for Monday are:
Wheat, As cars; corn, ATS cars; oats. 2O5
cars. and $4,000 head of hogs.
Range of Quotations.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Omen I Hob / T ovU I OI0Sa
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08
Charge

NEW YORK. June 6.-Today's stock
market was free from liquidation of the
character that was in evidence during
the week and operations were largely
professional. AS stock market loans made
on Friday carry over until Monday. the
money conditions caused no actual pres
sure during the Saturday session and
operations based upon ii are simply an
ticipatory and in the nature of surmises
over future effects on the part Of pro-
fessional operators.
The bank statement evidently impressed
this class as threatening a further cur
tallment in loans. Instead of a decrease
Of not more than So coo, 00O as was an
t1cipated, the banks showed a decline in
cash resource of So, 4S3, 700 AS the larg-
est part Of the gold for export was not
Withdrawn until the middle Of the week.
1t is estimated that it did not figure for
its full effect upon the weely averages,
so that the conditions of the banks is be-
lieved to be worse rather than better than
the showing BY averages. The local con-
traction of S7.S37 500 reduced the reserve
requirements considerably so that the re-
duct1on in surplus was only 81, $50. 500, but
this more than cuts in half the previous
surplus. bringing it below the 1000, 900
mark.
Loss In Cash Explained.
A further loan contraction seems to be
indicated for next week. The large loss
IN cash Is attributed to belated with
drawals by trust companies to comply
With the clearing house requirement for
. per cent of cash reserves which went
into effect on June 1. There was some
early rise of prices which seemed
due to covering by shorts, but the selling
after the bank statement carried the av-
erage level below last night. Atchison
and Union Pacific were notably pressed
for sale and the delayed planting of the
corn crop was the motive assigned. New
York Central also ran off sharply at the
last to new low record for the move
ment; Amalgamated Copper f1uctuated
feyer1shly within a fractional range and
closed Ac lower on the day.
Bonds have suffered in sympathy with
stocks. United States Is and the old As
advanced Il per cent and the SO u per
cent, as compared with the closing call
of last week
CLOSING Iee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08

to offset the fear of monetary strin-
gency next fall. In view of the with
dTaWaI of trust companies from the
clearing house agreement the locking
up of funds for their propose preserves
will be avoided. At the same time spec
ulatiOn has been sharply contracted,
values are on a much lower plane and
our foreign Indebtedness greatly re-
duced. Our financial condition is there
fore much improved. The process of
reimbursement has been going steadily
along, somewhat painfully to some, but
for the betterment or all. After such
a prolonged period of depression i'm
mediate recovery cannot be expected,
and further declines are not impossi-
BILE; yet the market has certainly
reached a safe trading basis, where
good stocks can be advantageously
bought on the weak periods and sold
out again on the good rallies, which
will be frequent the coming week. Sc
curities are rapidly reaching a basis
of intrinsic merit.
Henry Clews.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
was steady; winter patents, So. 60@3. 70;
straights. $3.2O@3.5O; spring patents, So
9S;70; straights, $3.4o@3.7o; bakers,
No. 3, 74@79c; No red, 75% 1889.
Corn-No. 2, 4S1se; No. 2 yellow. 4sc. Oats
Se e No So Ahi 9e% sSo aa R RRIte 8sg
51@5114c. Barley-Good feeding. 4S@46c;
fair to choice mailing, 50@54c. Seed-No.
1 fax, $1.10: No. 1 northwestern, $114;
prime timothy. $3.SO@3.S5. Pork-Mess,
per Dbl, $16,S7h OF. I.ard--Per 100 lbs,
s8.70@8.7015. Short Ribs-Sides 0Qose),
SO. Is $3.50. Shoulders-Dry sailed (boxed).
s8@81211. Sides-Short clear (boxed),
$9.62A @9.75. Whisky-Basis Of high
wines, $1.30. Clover-Contract grade.
$11.50@11.75. Receipts-Flour, 10. 200 bbls;
wheat, 21,300 bu; corn. 351500 blu; oats,
18S,5O0 bu; barley. "a 900 bu. Shipments
Flour, $500 bbls; wheat, 2S,e00 bu;. corn,
3S9, TOO bu; oats, 201,30 bu; rye, 108,800
blu; barley, 5000 bu. On the produce ex-
change today the butter market was firm;
creameries, 15@22c; diaries, 15118c.
mark, cases included, 155zc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08
London Stocks.
CONTRACT WORK.
Sewer on Fairfield Avenue From Wabasha
to Custer Street.

Sewer on Fairfield Avenue From Wabasha
to Custer Street.
Office of the Board of Public Works
City OF st. Paul, Mimi. June z, 1908.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works In and for the
corporation Of the City Of St. Paul, Min
nesota. at their office in said city, until
p. m. on the 18th day OF June, A. d.
1903. for the construction OF sewer on
Fairfield avenue from Wabasna street to
Custer street. In said city, according to
plans and specifications on file In the Of
fee of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
In q sum Of at least twenty (20) per
cent or a certified check on a bank Of
st. Paul, In the sum OF at least ten (10)
per cent Of the gross amount bid, must
accompany each bid. Said check shall be
made payable to the Clerk Of said Board.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids
JOHN s. erode,
President.
Official: R. L. GORMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works.
June 2-1o02-1nt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08
MINNEAPOLIS.

neapolis-Another good display Of
strength was made in wheat putting con-
fidence into the bulls and showing an
undertone of frmneSs. The wires brought
nothing new on the bull side. There was
plenty Of bull material, but it was largely
ceived earlier in the week. In consequence
the bears rather looked for a setback,
since there was no new incentive to bull
iShneSS and the market was carrying a
pretty fair load Of small lot stuff likely to
be sold out over Sunday. AS expected, this
end-of- the-week liquidation developed and
the selling out weakened the market and
forced declines in all options. Yet the
market stood the pressure well and re-
acted after the load was off so that even
while the wheat was selling fractionally
below Fridays close. the tenor of the
market was such as to encourage q hold
er rather than otherwise.
A bear argument has been that the best
people were not on the bull side and that
the advances were largely on buying by
smaller and less important element al
ways quick to take hold on crop damage
news. This may be, yet it is noticeable
that some representative houses, both in
the Minneapolis field and on the outside
are committed to the bull side while
among the estimators and crop observers
the best people are found taking careful
note of the recent winter wheat damage
reports In all articles analyzing the situa-
ton.
Local receipts were 1873 cars, against
237, and Duluth had "a, against IL. The
closed at 71Ac and December at 71Am
71$c. The cash market was active and on
sales of choice No. l northern to arrive
the figures were S0H 1S0Ac The SPOT
stuff also sold well. The following was
the range Of prices:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08
CHICAGO Produce.

CHICAGO, June 6.-Butter-Firm;
creameries, 15@22c; diaries, 15@1Shc.
Eggs-Steady; at mark, cases included,
1SA @14Ac: Cheese--New, steady; twins.
1ORc; daisies, lie; Young Americas, liz
@11Hc. Live Poultry-Firm; turkeys. 10
@12c; chickens, 1215913c.
London Stocks.
LONDON, June THE steady influx of
gold promises to bring about an early re-
duction in the bank rate. The uncertain
conditions on Wall street acted as a check
on all the markets of the stock exchange
last week and the continued weakness of
South African shares contributed to the
general depression. THE only steady mar
ket was for some foreign bonds. particu-
iarly French securities, which were af-
fected favorable by the sultan's consent
to the unification of the Turkish debt.
- American securities closed better on
Saturday, when it was found that the ru-
mors that leading operators were en-
barrassed Were lacking in confirmation;
but very apprehensive feeling still pre-
walls regarding this market. Canadians
were also depressed, with the exception of
Grand Trunks, which were firm on unex-
peetedly good traffic returns.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08
GHAS | HAAS COMMISSION CO
Live Stock Commission Merchants

Live Stock Commission Merchants.
Nsrds. South st. Paul. MINI. an5
Union Stock Yards. Chicago. 90.
AL correspondence WIN receive prompt
RtIentlol- Liberal advances made on
consignmentS. Instrumentation Stock
Yards any Commercial Agency
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08
SECURITIES REMAIN FIRM.
Frost-O'Brlen Company Gives Movement
OF Local Stocks and Bonds.

Local securities hold generally firm
without perceptible f1uctuation North
American Telegraph is up another point,
100 shares going at II. A large block of
Security bank stock was transferred this
week at a slight advance over the mar
ket
1t Is the current opinion in local finan-
cfal circles that the directors Of the Min
neapolis Trust company will declare a
dividend at the next meeting. The stock
viii probably be placed upon 6 per cent
basis.
The following Is the movement Of st.
Paul and Minneapolis securities as quoted
by Frost-O'Brien company: