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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
Iorn--December. 52Ac: May, 4ohc.
MILWAUKEE GRAIN AND FLOUR Doc :

Flour. steady. Wheat, weak. Close: No. /
northern. s31a "a Sac; No. northern s2M SIC !;
May. s01s a Sic, asked. Rye. steady: No. l. IS i
M57c. Barley. dull: No. 2. &c; sample, SEQ SOC.
Oats; steady: standard. se1a M37c Corn, dull
Wbeat-Puts. s0lsc bids calls, Size
.Gorn--Puts, 43lsc asked; calls, 43-c asked
ST. LOUIS GRAIN, Dec 15-Close: Wheat.
lover; No. red cash elevator. nominal; track
91& @92c; December. 9OMc; May, soy GlSO:sc;
July .745sc; No. hard, 77M79c. Corn, lower
No. cash, &c: December. 42c: May, 413s a
41kc; July. 41Ac; track. 421ac. Oats. Lower:
No. cash, BIC; track. 37hc: December SO Z 6:
May. 37a4c; No. white, SOC.
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oMAryA 1Iur eTocy n

OMAHA LIVE STOCK, Dec. 15.-Catt]e-Re-
ccipts, $500: market slow to steady: native
steers, $3@5.25; COWS and heifers, $2.5o@3.5o:
| $3.50: range cows and heifers, 81 25m3 -:
stockers and feeders, S2.5OM3.25
Hogs-Receipts II 800: market 90 Zoe lower:
| heavy. 81 .300l4.4O: pigs. $40l4.30.
| [Sheep--Receipts 5000: market steady sheep.
sheep, $2.25l4 lambs, s4.5OM5.JO
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HIDES, PELTs, TALLow, WOOL.

Green salted horse or mule hides,
large -. 1915 215
Green sailed horse or mule hides
1nedluM ......... 80 ,1.75
Green salted horse or mule hides
small Observation-Disclosures. 1 10 90
Dry. nint Montana. Oregon. Washing
ton and Idaho butcher hides, fat. iii
Montana bulls and fallen hides. lO
Dry flint Minnesota, Dakota, Wiscon-
sin ana similar ..............111b 10
Green salted pelts, large to small.
each .......... 80 mon :
Dry flint calf skins =. .............16 ID
Dry Tint territorial pelts. per ID. 10 II
e dio", IN CAKES.
l aanoW,: 1 IN barrels .................. 39t
Wool, medium. unwashed 10 !. oil
Wool, coarse \. 1874 M161.
Wool, tine, nnwashed ...............12 oil
| Ecathers. goose ................... 40 m45
!Eht ueiss, uuch IA GEin
Feathers .t IIsF" 80. -. 81. g 81
Dry ginseng root. per III Sc oo@e. q
Green. for planting. per lb,.$: .:.....115@
seneca root, per lb ....s...-........:. $50 81
Beeswax. yellow 2s
bees"aA, oar ~
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: KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Dec 15-Close:
675sc May, e91s M69Ac:
cash, No. 2 hard. II @I3c: %. 3. 670D7Gc: No 2
red, S3@S31sc; No. g. s0ms2c. Corn--Decem-
ber, 81 7sc: May. 3sl4c: cash, No mixed, :39Gl
50 &c; No. , white. 500 391sc: No. 3. soc cats
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ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK, Dec. 15:-Cattle-Re
cepts, $500, including 1000 Texans; market
'siew; barely steady;sbeef steers. $4,000 .35 :
with extra fancy up to SO; stockers and feeders.
steers. So. 25M $50.
Hogs-Receipts. 5000: market opened steady
with downward tendency: pigs and lights. S435
@i6o; packers. 81. 45M4.65; butchers and best
heavy. 81 5504.7O. -
Sheep-Receipts: LOCO; market, steady: sheep,
$3@3.50 lambs, $4@5.35.
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KANSAS CITY. LIVE STOCK, Dec 15.-Ca tile
400, including 500 southerns; mar
ket DC to 10c lower: native steers, S4M5.15;
southern steers, $2.50M35O: southern cows. 81 50
@2. 20; native. COWS and heifers. $214 stockers
and feeders, $3Gl3.90.
-Hogs-Receipts. 5000: market &c to 1Oc lower:
heavy: 81 1904: 90: packers, $4.50M4.60; pigs
and lights. S4.406I4 60.
,Sheep-Receipts, 500; market steady: sheep
S250M4: lambs, $4.25M5.25.
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CHICAGO SEED AND COARSE GRAINS, Dec
15.-Rye. December. sic: May. SIC. FLAX cash
northwest. 81: southwest. 93c; December, g3c:
May, 9S1sc. Timothy. December. $500 Janu.
ary. 50; March. 500 Glover, December 81
Barley, cash. 36M SIC.
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Among the shippers on tile market were: A.
Birehard, AHamocse \. D.: Berg & Hagan,
Johnson, Lindstrom: 4. Oleson, Zumbrota; Riley
Brothers. Ellsworth. Wis: c. Gardner, Ham
mond. Wis: II. Hitter Monticello; w Nc
Coy, Elmwood. Wis: II. Kaye, Maiden Rock.
Wis; e.. Peters, Pepin, Wis: f. W. Schneider,
Alma, Wis; f. Hansen, Cochrane, Wis.
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New York, Dec. 15-Opening prices in!
the stock market were higher than last
night and there was a. considerable de-
gree Of activity: The specialties led the
advance, Brooklyn Transit rising rs and
Manhattan, Sugar and Smelling about a.
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HOG PRICES RANGE FROM s4.20
TO S4.55 WITH FAIR TRADE.
The Better.Grades of Butcher Cattle in
Strong Demand at Firm Figures
The Sheep Division Not So Active
To-day but Trade Fair and Prices
Firm on the Good Killers.

The following table shows the receipts Il
ar in December, as compared with the sa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-03

The Democrats are flibustering i'm the
House to prevent the passage of important
measures. in revenge for the unseating of
James j. Butler because he was fraudu-
lently elected Who is this James ]. But
Ter, in whose behalf the House Democrats
are expressing so much Indignation? He is
in the politics of st. Louis what his father
has been about the City Councils-the pro-
moter of corrupt practices. The father is
who obtained city franchises by bribing
members of the council as vocation He
is now under a State prison sentence for
bribery. Under the Nesbit law, which puts
all the election machinery i'm the hands of
Democrats, Jim Butler turned a Repub-
the face of the returns at the election last
November Butler had 6,2SS plurality. A
House committee investigated and reported
That committee found so many frauds and
Irregularities in forty-one precincts that it
recommended that the whole vote be
suspicion. with an enrolment of SID vot-
ers. As a means to test the quality of this
enrolment. registered letters were sent
three weeks after the election TO the adj
dresss of the names enrolled. Now a reg
istered letter Is ferret which finds man
If he is to be found in the vicinity to which
the letter Is addressed. OF the 25.179 regis
tered letters 12e0s were returned with the
Endorsement that the persons TO whom they
were addressed could not be found The
postmen were told that 1863 of these sup
posed persons had removed to some place
unknown. or these 4.s6s the names of only
245 appear In the city directory. Moreover.
OF the z,l7s names registered. l6.oi5 were
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-03

bent on peace. 1t is the bureaucrats-they
and they alone-who stir up the embers or
strife. That which has rendered second
Franco-German war improbable to-day Is
the irresistible awakening on the continent
of liberal internationalism. which stimuli
taneously has elevated Mr. Jaures, the
Socialist, in Paris. and has dethroned Count
Beiestrem, the monarchist. in Berlin. In
France. as in Germany. socialism is the
only alternative to bankruptcy, by which
We mean that socialism is the only faith
which can be expected 10 act as an antidote
TO military extravaganza. Democracy has
had It's opportunities. and il has failed TO
cope with the economic situation. The auto
crat was tolerated because IL was believed
that his high-handed efforts were success
ful IN producing prosperity. Ii the Kaiser's
position is now insecure. IL is clearly be-
cause he cannot point To results and be-
cause he stands condemned by his own
standard implied in the words real poll
TIKI" Socialism provides an Infinite variety
of fields for international cooperation.
each nation serving instead of emulating
and caviling at the other. The revolt
against imperialism in Germany, like the
revolt against Imperialism in France, will
be followed by a revolt against imperialism
in Great Britain, just as soon as we. like
our neghbors, find that our military ex-
penditure is insupportable. The condition of
Europe suggests considerations which are
profoundly encouraging to humanity, and IT
is not unlikely that We are on the eve or
great democratic uprising which will real
ize many of the ideals of practical liberal
ism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-03

He made large fortune in the manipu-
lation of gas companies In a manner which
did not win for him any popularity. Ii
occurred to him that a seat in the United
States Senate was of the things he
needed and he went TO Delaware to pur-
chase 1t. After struggle of thirteen years
he has struck his flag. and yesterday Mr..
Alice, a supporter of Addicks, and Repre-
sentative Ball, anti-Addicks, were elected
to MI the two vacancies. On Saturday a
delegation of Addicks's supporters went to
see him and told him that the time had
come when he must retire absolutely unless
he wished to see an anti-Addicks Republic
an and a Democrat elected TO the Senate.
He would not believe his friends at first.
but he was finally persuaded to accept the
offer made by the regular Republicans.
namely, that the Addicks Republicans name
any man for senator except Addicks leav-
ing one for them to name. For the present
at least Mr.. Addicks is beaten. 1t would
be a great satisfaction to know that he
was beaten for good.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-03

The Congress which expires tomorrow
seems to have been unfortunate in the
use of its time. At the beginning of the
session the Senate took up, as the regular
order the ship subsidy bill, to which sew
eral weeks were devoted before a vote
was reached. Doubtless the bill was re-
garGed with favor in the East, but it
had no popular support in the central
West. The more it was discussed the
more unpopular il became-a fact sena-
tors did not seem to realize. After the
bill was sent TO the House there was
not day from the date of its reception
until it was killed in committee that 1t
votes of that body. If it had been a bill
to subsidize a line Of steamers from two
or three Atlantic ports to South Amer
lean ports it would have commanded favor
in the West, but. being a measure designed
to promote the interests of an existing
steamship line in the European trade,
public sentiment away from the Atlantic
States was hostile TO it. Nevertheless.
it wasted much valuable time. Then the
Philippine question was brought up in the
Senate, and many days were wasted By
Carmack, Patterson and others in denounc-
ing the policy of the administration. The
army was slandered and its best officers
were held up as fiends. For time class
Of people who read and do not think were
Carried away by the charges. The courtesy
of the Senate was invoked to permit the
continuance of this conspiracy TO blackcn
Weeks were wasted in this alleged debate
the outcome of which was the act pro-
viding for civil government in the Philip
pines. When these two topics had been dis
posed of the Nicaraguan canal bill. which
the House had passed, was taken up, dis
route bill. These measures disposed of
the Senate had no time to consider other
important matters, including the impossi-
BILE Cuban relief bill of the House.
The House began it's work promptly and
passed a number of important measures.
including the isthmian canal bill, the i'm
migration bill and the statehood bill. 1t
talked loudly on the proposition 10 ex-
tend tariff relief to Cuba, while its state
hood bill had better never been passed.
as it was the bill with which Senator
Quay and the Democrats have blocked
business in the Senate all the present
session. The House has been in posi-
ton to do more business than it has done.
but it has not taken up several important
subjects for the reason there is no likeli-
hood that the Senate, with its Anticipated
customs, could reach them.
Nevertheless, during this session some
important legislation has been completed.
The bill reorganizing the army was passed.
and bill creating the new Department
of Commerce and Labor. Moreover, what
is more important, all of the legislation re-
garding trusts which the President prom
ised In his addresses last fall. and which
Republicans promised on the stump, has
been enacted Yet Congress. If the two
branches could have worked together,
might have accomplished much more.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-03
NINE. HUMBERT'S ART.


London Telegraph.
New stories are appearing daily about the
wonderful Nine. Humbert The latest refers
to her artful lodges for putting persons off
the track of the cryptic Crawfords. In the
days of her ostensibe splendor, she was ne
gotiating for a loan of 10000 from
wealthy Partisan who had his doubts about
the existence of the two Americans. Come
down to my Chateau of Wives Faux. she
wrote one day to the Partisan. Robert
Crawford is one of the house party and
you shall see him. am sure that you will
like him, for he is not bad fellow, and, in
any case he is better than his brother.
The reluctant lender started for Wives
Faux, and at the rustic station Nine. Hum
berts carriage was waiting for him. He
also saw the lady herself on the platform of
the station. She was waving tiny hand
kerchief at a man who was in departing
train, and who, in his turn, waited fare
wells with bandanna in her direction. AS
the train went out of view Nine. Humbert
rushed up to the Partisan, saying: "Oh, my
dear sir, I'm awfully sorryo Would you be-
lieve 1t? That's Bob Crawford who has just
gone off in the train. He is called away on
most urgent business to Paris. He received
a telegram this morning from his secretary,
and he had to rush away. All the same you
can come along to the chateau" The Pa
risian accompanied Nine. Humbert to her
carriage and the house was duly reached.
Inside, the hostess handed the new guest
over to a footman, who conducted him up
stairs to a room. Nine. Humbert suddenly
called after the man servant, saying: "Bap-
tiste, you need not get the new room ready,
as the gentleman will not stay long, and he
is pressed for time. Take him to the blue
bedroom. You know, the just left by
NJ. Robert Crowford." The guest from Paris
was accordingly ushered into the place indi-
Gated by the mistress of the mansion AS he
was washing his hands his eyes fell on
crumbled bit of blue paper. He hesitated
before picking it up, but the recollection
that he was about to be called upon to lend
large sum of money made him act. He
took up the paper, opened ii, and found
that the contents ran:
m. Robert Crawford, at Mime. Hum
bert's Chateau des Wives Faux. Come at
once Paris; pressing business"
The Partisan was now satisfied that Rob-
ert Crawford was no mythical being, but a
living person. He went down stairs all
smiles, enjoyed Nine. Humbert's hospitality
until the following day, and lent her the
money that she wanted.
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Ii is reported that the advocates of the
ship subsidy bill are not disposed to give
ators and representatives appointed. with
Senator Frye for chairman. 10 investigate
the conditions and needs of american ship
ping and report to the next Congress. 1t
can be added that no investigation will be
able TO show that subsidies should be paid
TO American ships for the European trade.
when the competition is so great that there
Is little money in II and will be less for
outsiders when the Morgan combination
becomes operative
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-03
GEN. BOOTHS ERROR.


Memphis Commercial Appeal.
I'VE have 1900 criminals" said General
Booth. of the Salvation Army, land if the
rich do not give us funds to carry on our
work We will turn the 1900 loose and give
them the addresses of the rich men," This
strengthens the mystifying theory that
nothing was made in vain. The burglar and
highwayman may be used to advantage.
But is not this form of religion a tri1e
ultra militant? Passing around the hat or
the contribution box. telling people to "let
their lights shine" ETC.. or laundering de-
nunciations against those who refuse to
contribute to the cause of religion, used to
suffice. Then came in the church entertain
ment or bazaar with its multifarious meth
DDS of extorting coin from the close-fisted.
Many complained that "Rebecca at the
WELL" with her pink lemonade drawn up,
dripping with coolness," in an empty and
highly ornate oyster can: the soup in which
slumbered in deaths embrace the yet fugi-
tive oyster; the grab-bag into which arms
were plunged to the elbow, only to extract
an exciting bunch of rubbish; the chances
in the various raff1es-that all these are
species of hold-up. But General Booth goes
beyond all this, and threatens to turn loose
an army of thugs with the names and ad-
dresses of those who possess what is worth
while seeking, unless the rich purchase i'm
munity by liberal contribution to the cause
chased immunity from the border banditti
in the days of Robin Hood. This Is a form
of strenuosity in religion that few will fam
cy unless they belong to the criminal class,
and who would rejoice to have their devil
GUS ways Of life receive high religious sane
ton.
But whether the infirmities of advancing
years have impaired the vigor of his in
tellect or whether a sudden access of zeal
has produced in him binding hallucina-
ton, or whether dominion and success have
produced in him an arrogance and temerity
unusual in sensible people, are questions
that may be pretermitteds but the fact re-
mains that the venerable salvationist has
unfortunately and agregiously erred. He is
using the exact argument of the criminals
whom he is harboring and endeavoring to
reform. These claim that the world owes
them a living, that the rich have every
thing and will give them nothing, and that
they have a right to take as a matter of
self-preservation. If these 1900 criminals
are guilty of having committed crimes they
should be turned over to justice and pun
ished; if they have paid the penalty of
their crimes. they should not be encouraged
by suggestion to enter anew upon life of
crime.
General Booth should hasten to repudiate
his Incorporate utterances.
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IN THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE.
Money Needed for the Defense of Pow.
and Howard.
Louisville Herald.


Louisville Herald.
Another call is made upon lovers of JUS
tice and fair play to contribute funds for
the defense of Caleb Powers and Jim How
ard. The retrial of both prisoners is APP
preaching, ana they are wholly without
funds to employ counsel, procure witnesses
~ meet the costs of court records neces-
sary to protect them i'm the fight for life
These appeals have been made before,
funds are nevertheless as urgently needed
now as ever before i'm the interest of fair
trial and the protection of these men
against the influences of political passion.
We publish elsewhere an appeal signed
by number of the most prominent and
peace-loving citizens of Louisville, asking
FOR contributions TO the defense, merely in
order that the accused may have the bene-
fit of the utmost chance to lay their defense
before the court. They do not contend that
Powers and Howard are either guilty or in
nocent. They do recognize. however. that
political excitement has enveloped the
cases that they have not yet been proven
guilty to the satisfaction of the public
As 1T stands, both men are TO be tried be-
fore courts provided with abundant means
to procure conviction, and the prosecution
is supplied by the Goebel reward fund with
enormous funds to induce witnesses to tes-
tify. 1t is the sense of fair play and human
sympathy that leads these gentlemen to
appeal for assistance that will enable the
accused to bring forward their defense.
A considerable sum will be required to
meet the expenses of the trials. and all who
can contribute are requested to do so in
any amount however small or large
The custodian of the fund is Col John H.
feathers, cashier of the Louisville National
Banking Company, an ex-Confederate DEM
ocrat. and all contributions should be sent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-03
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE.
Interesting Problem Affecting the
Worlds Coinage Currency.


Minneapolis Tribune.
The appointment of a commission to con-
slider the possibility of establishing a uni
form rate of exchange between gold-using
and silver-using countries will give new in
terest to this subject 1t is understood that
Congress has about decided to authorize
the appointment of such a commission, on
the request of Mexico and China and the
recommendation of the President. The pur-
pose of this movement seems not to be
generally understood. 1t is not intended to
do something for silver in the phrase of
the mining camp senators. 1t does not seek
to revive the iridescent dream of ''bimetal-
lism."
The real purpose of the movement is TO
help Mexico and China to aoJpt the gold
standard as 1t has been adopted in India
and Japan and as we are about to adopt il
in the Philippines. That is to say, these
countries have a large amount of silver
money, which they cannot retire. They de-
sire to adopt the gold standard with con-
slant ratio to silver, and keep this money
in circulation, preventing further decline by
exchangeability with gold at that fixed
ratio.
This Is exactly what France and the
United States did with the great volume of
silver one inherited and the other foolishly
coined; only We were rich and strong
enough to maintain silver at the old ratio
with big gold reserves and free exchange
ability. India and Japan undertook only to
sustain silver at lower ratio. The Japan
csc silver yen exchanges for only half a
gold yen, and the Indian rupee for only is
pence instead of "a. Just so, are pro-
posing. to coin a Philippine peso, bigger
than our silver dollar, but worth only
half our gold dollar.
Mexico and China want US to help them
do the same thing with their currency.
Their plans seem to be to hoard gold to
sustain their silver currency at a uniform
ratio far lower than the old, but somewhat
above the present depressed commercial
value of silver. They want gold-standard
countries to cooperate by agreeing to
maintain a uniform ratio of international
exchanges. Really this seems to be a mat
ter for determination by the laws of trade
and finance. on which governments can ex-
ercise little influence; but it can do no
harm to investigate the subject
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other votes were cast and counted on
names not appearing either on the official
registry list or in the directory.
These facts lead the Brooklyn Eagle to
declare that the fraud SURPRISES the
Gravesend precedents. and should bring
shame to the people of the district and the
people of the State" The Democrats of
the House see the matter in a different
light than does the independent Demo-
cratic paper in New York. They not only
sustain the frauds. but they have called
the attention of the country to them and
their purpose to revenge the unseating of
the man who perpetrated them by stopping
Congress from doing business
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-03

In recognition OF Mr.. Bowens work in
the settlement of the Venezuelan contro-
versy some OF his fellow-townsmen in
Brooklyn rendered him a complimentary
reception and banquet. He felt obliged to
decline the invitation for diplomatic rea-
sons. In very polite letter to the commit
tee he said his position as Venezuelan plen-
ipotentiary was so peculiar that he felt he
must consider himself as temporarily for
eigher In this country. He added: This is
the view taken of me by the government
Of the United States, and 1 beg that you
win kindly present it to my Brooklyn
friends who have been interested in the pro-
posal to honor me. with a dinner" 1t is in
deed peculiar position for an American to
be placed in. but 1t is altogether honorable
70 Mr.. Bowen.