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Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
Coffee Market.

NEW YORK. March 21,-COFFEE-Fu-
lures opened quiet at unchanged prices,
with unimpOTtant foreign news. Interior
receipts continued full, warehoIse deliver
les moderate and offerings, while small.
found no ready takers and the close was
quiet at a partial decline of 5 points. Sales,
5000 bags, Including May at 42594. SOC; Sep
tember, 4.60Qi6c; November, A75c; Deem
SIC: mild, steady; Cordova, Hql2c.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
E~vaporated Apples and DrIed Fruits.

NEW YORK, March A.-EVAPORATED
APPBES-The market is about steady I'M
at 4djc; prime, 5ka5hc; choice, 5hn6hc;
fancy. 7d7hc.
CALIFORNIA DRIED FRUITS - Spot
prunes are without further change and
show rather an easy tone under a slow
demand quotations range from Sc to nc
for all grades. Apricots are steady at ~
WlO1c Nfor boxes and 71hql0c for bags.
Peaches continue dun. peeled are quoted
at l2d1Sc and unpeeled at 6d1Oc.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
DRY Goods Mnrket,

NEW YORK. March 21.-DRY GOODS
The market has possessed the Inevitable
Characteristic OF the weekend. Cloths
are without change In many Instances.
less Independent regarding future contracts.
JobbeTs are not active. bat conditions
throughout the country warrant hope for
the future.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22

CINCINNATI, March ZL-Clearings, So
York exchange, if6c premlgm. ' Ne
BALTIMORE, March 2l.-Clearings, 81
923, 652; balances, 500, 264.
PHILADELPHIA, March I.-Clearings
SlI,3S5, SOB, balances, 50, ass, SOS.
BOSTON, March Chickering's, i ,S46,-
balances, @7l ,S01.
NEW YORK. March H,-Clearings,
1924, SIS, 557; balances, sos 100.
CHICAGO, March 2l.-Clearings, 500, 1884,
IS oai paT Fos M,Lty'4 oxcba rs~ un 1TrE g sd-
sterling posted rates Sass for sixty days
and Sass for demand.
ST. LOUIS, March H.-Clearings, 1884,
9S4; balances, SS69, 1856. Money steady at 90
s per cent. New York exchange 20c prem.
iurn
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
MInneapoIIs Whrat. Flour and nran.

MINNEAPOLIS. March 2i-WHEAT-
May, I2Aci July. 13c; on track. No. / hard,
73lac.
FLOUR-First patents. S3.7Oa8O: second
patents, Seq3.7O; FIRST clears, 32.7O; second
clears. S2.0Cu2.50.
n bulk, &2.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
Mmwnulee GrnIn Market.

MILWAUKEE,. March H.-WHEAT-
Lower; No I northern. TMc: No. 2 north
eTn. 76d16zc; May, T2&nTZNc. bid.
~RYE-Steady; No. 4. 5h9b2c.
BARLEY-Steady; No. I, 6lci sample. SIC.
CORN-May. 8kc. bid.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
St. Louis Grain and Provisions.

ST. LOUIS; March g.-wHEAT-Lower;
No. 2 red, cash elevator. 67%c, nominal:
track 72a75Sc; May. S7ke; July, 66Ac; No.
CoRN~Lower; No. 2 cash, as3kc, nominal;
track, 4Ocj May, 39kdS9Nc; July, 39xc.
O~ATS-Lower; No. 2 cash, 344c, nominal;
track, S5@S54ei May. S2%c; July. 2si4a2sAc;
No. 2 white, size.
RYE-Lower at 49c.
FLOpR-Dull. Unchanged; red winter pat
ents, $3.30q3.45; extra fancy and straight,
$3.OedS.2 IS; clear, $2.75a2.9O.
sEEDs-Timo ny, steady, $4,000. 50; prime
worth more
CORNMEAL-steady, $3.50.
BRAN-Steady; sacked, east track, S068Sc.
HAY-steady; timothy, sloOO916.o0; prai-
IRON COTTON TIEs-u.@.
BAGGING-5&66Ac
HEMP TwINE-sc.
PROVISIONS - Pork. lower; jobbing,
standard mess, $3.50. Lard. lower at So. IS.
Dry salt meats OboXed), steady; extra
shorts, s9.75; clear ribs, SO; short clears,
$40 l2h. Bacon boxed. strong; extra shorts,
s10.621a; clear ribs. SlO.S71zi short clears. $ll.
METALS-Lead, firm at $3.50. spelter,
PoULTRY-steadyi- chickens, lOa1Ohc;
turkeys, 13c; ducks, l5c; geese. &c.
BUTTER quiet; creamery, 2i429hc;
dairy, iS021kc.
E~GGS-LOWer at lie.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
NIhisI,r Market.

CHICAGO. March 2L--wHIsKY-steady.
$3.50.
ST. LOUIS. March a.-wHIsKYLsteady,
1870.
CINCINNATI. March 21.-wHIsKYLDis-
n ~ s oppu ., quI VII ~ ~ 81 % Sl,SU
finished goods,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
New York Imports and Exports.

NEW YORK, March 21.-The total i'm
ports Of specie at the port of New York
for the week were $l26,SS2 oliver and $6S3, -
2l6 gold. Total exports of specie from thc
port Of New York for the week were $500, -
6C9 silver and 81 ,OO3 gold.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
ST. Joseph Live stock Market.

ST. JOSEPH. Marcn 21.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 1856 head: steady.
HOGS-Receipts, All head; bd1Oc higher;
pigs stronger; light and light mixed, 1880
I IS; mediGm and heavy, S7.42Ma7 .52ih; bulk,
81. 90q7 so; pigs, &.S5W7. 90.
SHEEP-ReCeipts. &c head; steady.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22

On the Produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady Creaftsrtes, ia
27lRc; diaries, l4Ge4c. EsBs, ~eady; at
mark, l3Aql312c. Cheese, steady, l3d13kc.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
kansas City Grain ana Provisions.

KANSAS CITY, March 2l.-wHEAT-
May, 87sq6tc; July. d%qelhc. Cash: No.
2 hard. @auc; No, 3, Ga6gc: No. 4. 6Od55c;
rejected. 0496oc; No. 2 red. nq7Sc: No. 8.
66Q7Oc.
CoRN-April, s57sqs6c; May, s5Tc; July.
GkG35tc.. Cash: No: 2 mixed, $d3sc;
No. 2 white, Slzq39c; No. 3, CSC.
oATs-No. 2 white. S5lzqS6Ac; No. 2
mixed, 3ilzc.
RYE-No. 2, 45c.
HAY-Timothy. $3.50; prairie, HOda.oo.
BUTTER-Creamery, Ea25c; dairy, l9c.
EGGS-Ffrm; fresh Missouri and Kansas
stock, loAc, loss on. cases returned; new
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
DuIuth Grain Market.

DULUTH, March 2L--WHEAT-To ar
rive. No. ! hard. 7hAc: No. ] northern, nc;
No 2 northern nAsci Nay, 7sc; July. 75Ae.
oATs-Aay. &ho.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
: EEft STEERS
sToCKERs AND FEEDERS

HOGS-There was a very light run OF
the market opened A nickel higher, Pack
ers, though, were very slow to pay the ad-
vance and as a result the market closed
more than steady with yesterday. Good
heavy hogs sold mostly from N.3b TO $40
weights went from $3.50 to S7.8 and the
light stun from $3.50 down. The light re-
ceipts soon brought the market to q close,
even though trading was slow.
For the week the receipts have been very
light, as there Is a big decrease, both as
compared with last week and with the cor
on the other hand, has been brisk, SO that
the tendency Of prices has been upward.
AS compared with the close OF last week
there Is a net gain of about 5q1Oc, which
carries the market, 70 the high point OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22

firm at S.B for spot. Lead IN fair demand
and unchanged at A.6Ih. Iron market UNI
settled and less steady; prices nominally
unchanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
ToIedo GraIa md GOD.

TOLEDO. March a.-wHEAT-Fairly ac-
tive and weak, cash, TStc; May, H5sc; July,
72c.
coRN-Aettve and weak; March. 4sc;
MAY, age; July. 42%c.
OATS-Dull and weak; March, SIC; May,
SAC: July. Mhc.
RYE-No. I, &c.
sEEDS-ClOver, dull; cash. s7.s5i4; March.
timothy, A.60 Prime alsike, $50
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22

ket STEADY Seeves, S375dAao. cows. buu,
an1 mlSeu N[VVaA2'. s]trckers ana fte Srs
NSvyIg ~ SalN.s and Ntarilss. S25utRuI
higher at S.2eaLAS; bulk g. A087'to 't"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
Cash quotations were as follows.

Cash QuOtotIOns were as IOIIuWtI
FLOUR-Dull and easy winter patents,
SO. go; straights, s.. 36aS.4 49, spring pat
tents. $1,000. 20; straights, S3.iCq3.s0; bakers,
s.. 25G2.s0.
WHEAT-No. 2 spring, 75dT6c; No. 8. 60
I75c; Ne. 2 red, 7t@79Ac.
CORN-No. .. 42Ac; No. 2 yellow, 42lsc.
OATS-No. 2, 33hc; No. 3 white, 3iq35Hc.
RYE-NC. 2. 49AG49Rc.
B~ARLEY-Good feeding. t2a43c; fair 20
choice mailing. t7d53@c,.
SEEDS-No. / fax, SIP; No. l northwest.
ern. S1.14. Glover, contract grade. $3.50.
PROVISIONS-Mess pork, per Dbl, $500
GlS.1O. Lard, per 100 lbs. S0.O0al0.15. Short
ribs sides doose), s9.70f9.S5. Dry sailed
shoulders CboXed). S. T5dS.S7ih. Short clear
sides Oboxed). ~S1Os74glo.5O, ,
Following are the receipts and shipments
of flour and grain YeSterhAN,-- -
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
Bank Ciearings.

OMAHA, March 21.-Bank ~clearings for
this week were $3.50, 1858; decrease from
corresponding week last year, $64,5A.H.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
New York Minfnn stocka.

NEW YORK, March 2l.-The following
areythe quotations on the New York Stock
ayphanuas
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
HOGS At HIGH POINT OF THE YEAR
Fat sheep and Lambs Have Been in
Good Demand All the Week and
Prices show n Gain of Ten
GO Fifteen Cents.
soUTH OMAHA. March q.

RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE.
The following table shows the receipts OF
cattle. hogs and sheep at South Omaha for
year: 1903. 1902. Inc. Dec.
Cattle ..........2O 1854 lS0,0S3 Is, 4Sl 49,.
Hogs ..,,.,......6OS, on 620,256 80. I2,2ll
Sheep ............9 4g22 202, 26l l02. SCI .....
Average price paid Tor hogs at South
Omaha for the last several days with com
PARSONS.
pate. 1908. 1900 l1aOl. llaoo. llsas Uses. 1Ss7.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22

SIOUX CITY. Ia, March u.-fspecial
Telegram)-cATTLE-Receipts. 30; mar
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
PeorIa Market.

PEORIA, March a-coRN-Frm; No. 3
oArs-Dull: No. : white. &c
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
london stock Market.

BAR SlLVER-Steady at 22asd per ounce.
MONEE-31ku4 per cent. The rate OF dis
count in the open market for short bills
Is 3 ll-l6q3A per cent and for three months
bills is 35Ga3 LILLE per cent
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
stock In sight.

Following were the receipts OF live stock
at the six principal western cities yester-
day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22
SMART INDIANS
Organized Union and Went on Strike
 Against Themselves.

Washington Cor. Brooklyn Union.
 "The methods of the eastern laboring men have been taken up by the Indians" remarked Indian Commissioner Jones to- day. q have just been informed that the Warmers Ranch Indians of California have gone on strike under very pecu- liar circumstances. They were engaged by our Indian agent to work upon some irrigatlng ditches on their own reserva- tion, for which they were to be paid $1 50 per day. Entirely overlooking the fact that they were to be paid for improving their own property the Indians organized a labor union and struck for more pay. They also want every member of their tribe employed at the same rates, the halt. the lame, the blind. the young and the old We have decided to resist the strike, and instructions have gone out to our agent to let the Indians remain idle unti, they get ready to go to work at the origi- nal rates and terms.
 The agent describes a social gathering of a kind that is common in that country called the fiesta. which is one reason the Warmers Ranch Indians are indifferent to work. "It was held" he reports, "by the Pauma Indians on their reservation. six miles east of Pala, and was advertised to last three days. All available rooms and houses were hired by non-residents. On Sunday the fiesta was in full blast and 1t was continued until the following Satur- day. Baseball was one of the attractions here and the customary horse and foot races, chicken pulling. etc, also helped to pass the time. The principal amusements, however, were dancing, gambling and drinking, which three continued almost in- cessantly. I heard one white man who went out of curiosity to see the show say that he counted forty places where drinks were being sold, and 1t is said that a Deputy United States marshal was run ming a quiet game wide open. The War ners Ranch Indians attended this fiesta en masse, and If had wanted them to work that week it would have been impossible. It is rumored that there Is to be another big fiesta here next month, and if that be true. it will preclude the possibility of work for two weeks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22
Boys ReformatOry af East Lake.

There are sixty-five boys at East Lake, literally snatcned from the peni- tentiary and criminal lives. Thrice that number would be there if the state would furnish money with which to complete the new building. To take a wayward boy, often the victim of environment, from crime, and turn him into a useful and productive citizen is not only full of humanity, but it is also full of economy. It pays the state to do it, because it is cheaper to keep boy four or five or six years at East Lake than it would be to let him drift into crime, when the state would have to handle him in the courts and peniten- tiary, to say nothing about what he might do to other persons. A reforma- tory is therefore good economy, and the state should not only add to the accommodations at East Lake so that yOuu6 Wnllc OlleuuGTS ndy Dt otu- fenced to it, but it should also aid the establishment of a reformatory for black boys. It would pay to do both.
 The legislature cannot look at this matter in a business light without concluding it is better in every respect to prevent criminality than 1t is to let it come on in full volume, when it must be dealt with at great expense both to the state and to individuals 1 The Age-Herald presents the subject free from sentiment, idealism or hu- manity. It asks the legislature to con. slider the question from the viewpoint of practical everyday business man. Will it not pay to put wayward boys where they will, nine cases out of ten, become good citizens? Is it not waste of money to let such boys drift into criminal careers?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22

From the New York Herald.
 Foreign devils" as Europeans are courteously termed in China, are not greatly welcomed in Chinese houses, es- pecially by the women.
 ''What is your venerable age?" will, probably be the first inquiry made by your host or hostess, as the case may be-. It is the correct thing to show an interest or's life and doings. To this question the correct reply is "I have lived in vain for years, and the money years you mem daciously add to your real age the great CT will be your responsibility in Chinese eyes. If you are man the possession of a flowing beard-which in China is usually a mark of advancing years-will add very materially to the respect with which you are regarded. Not only your own age, but that of your relatives will be discuss ed, as will also your income and other matters about which truthful answers will probably not be forthcoming.
 Early in your visit you will be invited to take tea. which will be presented in tiny cups, without sugar or cream, but possessing delicacy of aroma quite un- known in the west. Birds nest soup, made from the gelatinous nests of the edible swallow: stewed tripang, or sea slug; ragout of rats; fricasse of frogs;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22
Captain Hobson.

Richmond Pearson Hobson arrived in the city last night from Greensboro, where he closed his series of lectures on "The Navy" and will leave this morning for Montgomery, where he has an ap- pointment tonight to lecture for he oen- eft of the Soldiers home at Mountain Creek. He will go from there to North Carolina to visit a sick sister; thence to Binghampton, N. Y., where he has an engagement to deliver an address at Il state fair in progress at that place.
 Captain Hobson feels very much grau- fled over the royal reception that he is meeting with in Alabama. He says that the court houses couldn't hold the crowds in many places and that, so far as he knew, his position for the supremacy of the American navy had osen unanimously endorsed by the people.
 He speaks very enthusiastically of the material prospects of Ala aoama. i1e says after all, Alabama is the greatest state in the Union, and that if he were recruit ing for the navy he wound rather have the sturdy citizenship of Alabama to draw from than any other section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22
vERs DE socIETE IN ENGLISH
Matthews in Smart Set.

Brander Matthews in Smart Set.
 This difference between American liter ature and British literature, unmistakable as 1t may be to most of us, Is never very pronounced; and Is probably far less ob- vious in familiar verse than it is in poetry of loftier aspiration. Perhaps this Is due to the fact that the songsters of so- ciety must needs be bound by the customs and the conventions of well-bred circles, which will differ only a little no matter what the divergence of the latitude. The manners of Murray Hill cannot vary very much from those of Mayfair; and, indeed, the chief distinction between the familiar verse of the two countries is that the American poets have been less interested in Murray Hill than the British poets have been in Mayfair. In other words, American vers de societe is less often a song of society itself than is It's British rival; 1t has little less of the mere gilt ter of wit; and perhaps a little more of the melower tenderness of humor It shrinks less from a homely theme; and it does not so often seek that flashing sharpness of outline which Praed delight ed in, and which sometimes suggests fire works at midnight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22
A SEA LYRIC.

By William Hamilton Hayne. in the Att lantic. There is no music that man has heard Like the voice of the minstrel sea, Whose major and minor chords are
 fraught
 With infinite mystery For the sea is a harp, and the winds of
 God
 Play over his rhythmic breast. And bear on the sweep of their mighty
 wings
 The song of a vast unrest. There is no passion that man has sung, Like the love of the deep souled sea, Whose tide responds to the moons soft
 light
 With marvellous melody For the sea is a harp, and the winds Of
 God
 Play over his rhythmic breast And bear on the sweep of their mighty
 wings
 The song of a vast unrest. There is no sorrow that man has known Like the grief of the worthless main Whose Titan bosom forever throbs With an untransated pain For the sea is harp, and the winds or
 God
 Play over his rhythmic breast, And bear on the sweep of their mighty
 wings
 The song of a vast unrest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
The Schools.

The public schools of Birmingham opened with a larger enrolment than ever before at the beginning of the schol- astic year and by the middle of October every school house will be filled and 1me twill be overerowded," said a man inter ested in city affairs "rhe high scn'ol building will certainly be crowded. The city council should delay as little timo as possible in providing for a high school bond election. If it Is decided by the voters that we must have a new high school building at least year and half will be required in erecting and furr'sh- ing such a building The present high school quarters are wholly inadequate and hope to see work started on a s20O,OOO structure by next spring. so that the building would be ready for occupan- cy by the fall of 19O5.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22
ARTIFICIAL RAIN
Can Be Produced By Means of Inter-
 estine Experiment.

From the Scientific American.
 Into a cylindrical glass vessel, four inches in diameter and eight inches high, pour alcohol of S2 degrees, to about half the height of the glass. Cover the vessel with a porcelain saucer, immerse nearly to the top In a deep water bath, and eau tiously apply heat, continuing the same until the entire vessel. with it's contents and the saucer, acquires a high heat. but below the temperature of boiling alco- hol. Remove from the bath as gently as possible, so as not to disturb the hot liquid any more than necessary, and set the vessel on wooden table.
 In a few minutes, as soon as the saucer has begun to cool down. the aI- cohol fumes which fill the upper part of the vessel will begin to condense and soon form visible clouds, just below the saucer In moment longer. the process of condensation will have reached point when the liquifed alcohol begins to fail in visible shower, straight downward to the surface of the still warm liquid. By using a microscope with, say a three inch objective and the tube arranged horizontally, these drops may be seen and even app oximately measured, the diameter being from 40 to 90 mil<rons Ca mikron Is one thousandth of millimeter) some being a trihe larger and some even smaller than these figures. If care Is used this interesting spectacle may be made to last half an hour. At the com- mencement the vapors rise nearly to the under surface of the saucer, but grad ually sinking toward the level of the liquid as the vessel and its contents cool off, leaving a clear atmosphere above them as they descend.
 This experiment places visibly before a class of school children. for instance, the whole phenomena of cloud formation, con- densation and of rain. exactly as they concur in nature, with the single excep- tion that the liquid is alcohol instead of water. Even the phenomena of the cyclone and of the rainbow may be in- troduced, the former by replacing the warm saucer with cold one; and the latter by sending a beam of condensed light through the falling droplets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22
MOTHER-IN-LAW RElGNS
 UNDISTURBED IN CHINA

lamb stewed in syrup of almonds, and even loin of puppy-all these and many equally fearsome dishes, may be set be- fore you.
 Among the villagers and the poor folks who form the river population the fare is meagre in the extreme. Their staple food consists of steamed rices rendered more savory by bit of salt fish or scrap of pork fat. But the European visitor is not at all likely to sample this diet.
 In .ne homes of the middle class the mother-in-law reigns supreme. But it is the husbands mother in this case, and 1t is the wife who has to bear the brunt of it. Her first duty of the day is to rise early and prepare tea for her husband and mother-in-law, after which she gen erally superintends the work of the do- mestic slaves shouting her orders and showing a somewhat shrewish disposition This is not the time to see the lady at her best.
 The afternoon is usually spent in em- broidery and other kinds of needlework, while in the evening the ladies sit in the courtyard watching the children at play gossiping and-smoking. Widows of some little education are sometimes employed to read novels and play to their mis- tresses, and in this way many of them earn a comfortable living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22

gencies that Judge Lynch may create. It is not reasonable to think that any judge would prefer anarchy to law or that any one of them would turn a deaf ear to a request for a special term by the governor of the state, or to a request coming from any good citizens.
 Governor Jelks thought this power should also be lodged in the chief executive of the state, but perhaps MT. Lusk's plan would prove equally as good. It is at any rate far better than the present system which forbids the converting of a special term within thirty days. The law as it stands in vites mob rule. MT. Lusk's bill, on the other hand, would give the mob ties a black eye, because it would render the law as speedy almost as Judge Lynch himself
 The redistricting bill should become law. It is good throughout, and it is difficult to see what objection can be urged against it, unless it be that 1t discountenances proceedings in the court of the esteemed Judge Lynch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22
PARIS LIKES lMPREssloNIsTs.

Paris Cable to the New York American. The city of Paris is favoring more and more the modern impressionist painters. The latest order is that for M. Besnard a chief of the impresslonlst school, to decorate the central hall of the Petit Pa lais.
 At meeting of the committee of the municipal councillors his plans were adopt ed. They represent the principal features of Paris; the origin of the city in allegory; Paris fiinging wide open It's gates to sci ence; Paris the protector of arts.
 The painter expects to devote two years to the work and will develop his ideas by grandiose swings of the brush He will receive SIP, ,0O0 a year for the sport
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-22
Mir. lusk's Redistribution Bill.

MT. Lusk's bill to create two new circuits and to redistrict the state is a bill mucn needed, because it will go far at least in relieving the congesion of business in several of the circuits. Alabama is not stagnant state, and the courts should be changed from time to time to conform to the volume of litigation pressing upon them.
 The bill, too, contains a section authorizing the judge of a circuit to convene in a moment at any time a special term, and to organize on the spot a grand jury. MT. Lusk considers this power sufficient to meet all emer-