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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-20

A missionary convention in san Francisco will
precede the quadrennial conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church at Los Angeles. The
missionary convention VIII assemble on April Is
and will continue until the afternoon Of May =
An .onE prominent missionaries who will speak
are Bishop Moore. who comes from Corea: Bish-
ops Tho8urn and Warne. of India. and Bishop
Har;Zell Of Africa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-20

II. Croker. Mrs. Louis p. Drexter has also
bought several valuable pieces Of business prop
erty south Of Market-st
Five thousand tons of the best California feed
barley were sold ,his week to the Russian gov
eminent for the use Of cavalry I'm Manchuria.
This sale had an immediate effect on the barley
market. as there now remain only five thousand
tons Of choice feed barley. and for this negotia-
tions are already pending.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-20

One Of the largest real estate transactions for
months was the sale this week OF the ROsenthal
Building. on the south side Of Narket-st, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh SITS. for $4,000. An
unknown woman is the purchaser from William
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-20

Designs have been approved for the new
University Club house at Yan1ess-ave. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
SPOKE TO STRIKERS.
Mass Meeting at Auditorium Addressed
by Union Leaders,

The mass meeting of the machinist
strikers on the Santa Fe at the Audi
| torium last week was attended by
about 400 people.
An opportunity was presented for
the leaders of the strikers to present
what they termed their side" of the
controversy between them and the
| Santa F'e railroad company.
| The audience was made up mostly
of the local strikers and their fam
/ lilies, although there were others in
the meeting. The audience was en-
thusiastic. The speakers ELECTED round
after round of applause from their
sympathiZers.
| T. L. Wilson began his speech by
declaring that public sentiment WASH
worth fifteen cents. He continued and
] said that he had noticed that public
sentiment was always with the sue
cessful side, and he wanted to show
that the strikers would eventually be
successful and he wanted to arouse
sentiment favorable to the strikers.
Wilson declared that the Santa Fe
officials did not expect to win In the
fight with the union. He declared
that the strike was forced upon the
machinists by capitalists in Wall street
who wanted to manipulate the stock
market. He declared that when the
strike began Santa Fe stock was at 50
and that it was now 81. The connec-
ton which the strike has had in rails
ing the price of stock he neglected to
state.
Both Wilson and J. d. Buckalew
took occasion to criticise the judges
who granted injunctions against the
strikers to restrain them from doing
any violence to the property and en-
ployes of the Santa Fe. Wilson de-
clared that he would not go before
one of the judges and expect to get
justice.
]. d. Buckalew talked for half an
hour about labor organization and the
benefits of organization. His remarks
were interspersed with quotations
from the Bible and he had the audi
ence with him from the start.
Both of the strike leaders declared
that the strike was forced upon the
men by the railroad company. Will
son said that the trouble was started
when the Santa Fe dismissed the dis
trict secretary of the union, Mr. Smith,
at San Bernardino, and when the COM
pany put ignorant men to work in the
shops there with the expectation OF
making the machinists teach them the
trade.
The strike leaders say the Santa Fe
is trying to get the union men to go
back to work, but that none of the
men will be allowed to go back until
all are taken back, and Mr.. Wilson
predicts that the time will soon come
when a settlement will be made.
Santa Fe officials have frequently
announced that none of the machin-
lists who went out on the strike will
ever be taken back into the employ
of the company.
The reports come from the west end
of the Santa Fe that T. L. Wilson,
fourth vice president of the Inter
national Association of Machinists, has
been working for votes among the
machinists there for the coming cleo
said. wants to be reelected fourth vice
president of the order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
WH|PSAWED.
Day in the Wheat Pit Opened
With q slump.
Prices Ran Off From Three to
Four Cents.
STAMPEDE FOLLOWED.
Rush of Buyers Sent it Back
Nearly to High Point.
Corn Followed the Course OF
Wheat in the Main.

market @hips s - Wildly today, falling
With improvement in temperatures in the
northwest and immediate danger of frosts
were offered at the start. Few traders
seemed inclined to buy. The consequence
of September were 1q11ac lower, the price
ranging from $1O141-0 114- DECEMBER was
do Tpa 1@dsc to 29z1se at S-o5g d sr+;o
Scalpers were about the only buyers early
dropped to for the 9esree
month and $1.061h for December. Then oc-
CURED stampede to buy: Damage re-
nc at a time prices rushed back toward
the higher level of last nights close.
Without pause September went to Sl.0S1s
and December to $1093s- Offerings We're
greedily swallowed up and all the
showing of crop conditions returned Min
neapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported re-
ceipts of 243 cars, against 80 cars year
ago.
Dispatches from Winnipeg stating that
crop obstruction in two oGfh 81 the
wheat area of Manitoba, sent prices still
higher. = Se eIal reached SlOs ana BE
to cover and under reinstatement of long
lines sold out early: There was some un-
loading by longs with profits. For a time
the selling movement held sway. 1t was
helped by reports from Minnesota that 10
crop: So sensitive was the market that a
quick reaction to $106s for September and
movement took possession again and back
went prices to SLOTS and $lOsA. Senti-
feeling Regarding the lei real extent of crop
damage caused tiTnid longs to close out
and closed easy at that fgure-a net loss
of &c. December sold off to A.07ss, buqt
rallied to s1.OS1s in the final trading-a
CORN%Corn values suffered with the
early break in wheat, September beng
down a4d1Ac, at 5S|q54asc, and December
starting KQasc to a44Ac lower. at 54g5413c
The bear movement was helped also py
fact that the cables showed indifference
to advances in American markets The
quick upturn in wheat values, however,
prevented a further decline and the corn
market steadied. September eventually
Corn was steady while wheat strength
held. September advanced to 55Ac, ana
December touched 54asq643sc The market
531@53asc for December-a loss of 112c.
a break of 1asc in the price of the Sep
TENDER option which went to 34ssc, ana
sequent trading. The opening of the other
grains and liberal receipts were the Emo mo
on the decline and brought about a reac-
hogs held provision prices steady at close
to previous closing figures. There was
marked selling eb by te sbs 1a9 all
offerings, packers and outside interests
buying. September pork was 2a2c- Ih1lgneI;
at S11.60; lard unchanged, at S6S712s ana
ribs unchanged at T35, AZ. |
WHEAT-e :, ea, y no red ba3 s1@aaldid52 G
/ O5: No. 8 hard, 81 OOG10 3; No. 1 northern |
s1.15a1 IS; No. 2 northern. s1-Ooa1.15' No.
e Co OR 3. 5514a651zc; No. 3, $40
oAiT%No. 2, s2as2hc; No. 3. s11k@32c.
FLAx-Cash: NV, s124; s.-W., $1.161A;
Aug, g 1 S33; Sept s J. 81: Sent sm
CLOVER-Aug., $l1.75:
RARLEY-CaSh: 37q53c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
SCHOOLS BEGIN SEPTEMBER 90
Date of Opening of New Term Post
poned a Week.

At a called meeting of the board of
education held Wednesday night it
was decided to open the public sch ools
on September 20 instead of September
13, as previously announced. This
was done so as to give the contractors
at work on school buildings over the
city a little more time to finish and
also to let the children attend the
state fair.
The contractors were present at the
meeting and after the board had
thoroughly canvassed the situation it
was concluded that a delay of a few
days would be for the best interests
of everybody concerned. The work on
the Lafayette and High school build
ings is not progressing as rapidly as
was expected.
The board also considered the paw
ing of the grounds about Lafayette,
Potwin and Washington school build
ings. 1t was decided to do this before
school opened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18

the baggage car broke. Engineer
Heatherington saw the baggage car
start to leave the track and, throw
ing the throttle wide open, assisted
in throwing the car out OF the way
of those following. One hundred men
were put to work on the wreck and
the track was clear at 10 o'clock last
night
The wrecked train was the first of
five special trains scheduled to leave
Chicago over the Santa Fe at inter-
walls of three days on account of the
Knights Templar conclave to meet in
San Francisco next month. The train
left Chicago at 10 p. m Tuesday and
left Kansas City at 1920 a. m. yes
terday, forty minutes ahead of the
schedule time. The train was in
charge of w. ]. Weiss of Cincinnati.
When it left Topeka the train consist
ed of the engine, one baggage car,
three tourist sleeping cars and two
standard sleeping cars. One of the
standard sleeping cars was to have
been detached at Topeka, twenty-one
miles east of the scene of the wreck.
The California and Denver trains and
the Colorado Flyer leaving Kansas
City at 6:55 o'clock avoided the wreck
by using the Emporia cutoff between
Holiday, sixteen miles west of Kan
sas City. and Emporia, los miles west
of Holiday. The wrecked train was
due to arrive in San Francisco Aug
uSt %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
CAVALRY TEAM CHOSEN.
This Branch of Army Finishes Com
petitive Shooting.

Junction City. Kan, Aug. 1s.-The
four days shooting in the army cav
airy competition was completed at Fort
Riley late Wednesday,. In this compe-
tition, it was possible for marksmen to
make 1000 poihtS. Following is the
team of twelve cavalry marksmen, who
will participate in the national COMPETE
ton with scores and medals: Quarter
master Sergeant Benjamin A. Ander-
son, Tenth cavalry, distinguished
marksman, 1874, gold medal; Captain
Harry Lat Cavahaugh, Tenth cavalry,
500, gold medal: Captain Thomas Q.
Donaldson, Jr., Eighth cav airy, SIG, gold
medal; Quartermaster Sergeant Berk-
ley E. Baker, Troop D, Third cavalry,
SIG, gold medal; Sergeant SAINT Johnson,
Troop G, Third cavalry, 799, silver
medal; Captain Sherwood A. Cheney,
engineers, 1872, silver medal; First Ser
cavalry, 1872, silver medal; Captain
William H. Hay. Tenth cavalry, 7S9,
silver medal; Second Lieutenant Alden
NJ. Graham, First cavalry, 7S5, silver
medal; Sergeant Henry Torbonn, Troop
D. Fourth cavalry, 1855. silver medal:
Private James Logan, Troop I, Ninth
cavalry, 7S4, silver medal; Captain
Selah Tonpxins, Seventh cavalry, 1888,
silver medal.
score is a negro. The army pistol COM
petition commences today. The navy
and marine corps teams and national
guard teams from Massa chusetts,
Rhode Island, Washington, D. c., and
Pennsylvania arrived in camp today for
the national competition. Fifteen states
will be represented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
The Ran Recruit.

Major General Henry G. Corbin, who
is to succeed Gen. Wade in the Philip
pines, was reared on a farm in Ohio,
and takes a great interest in recruits,
particularly if they be from his own
state.
They are amusing and pathetic, the
raw recruits from the farms and viii
lagos of the west" said Gen. Corbin re-
Gently. And they make, in the end,
the best soldiers in the world.
But at first they are too ingenious,
too boyish, too naive. For instance:
AN Ohio lad was doing his first SEN
try duty. To ard fro he paced. The
landscape was fertile, and lonely and
quiet, and the young recruit, as he re-
garded the green fields, fell into a
reverie. His pleasant inland home rose
up before him. He thought of his faith
er and mother, his school days, his
sweetheart.
In the midst of his dream the ma
jor passed, and the youth forgot to sa-
lutte.
Instantly the major turned on him.
g Don't you know who am, STRIP he
said, in a terrible voice.
q No said the recruit, softly. and
thinking it was a friend from home.
some friend of his family's, he asked in
a gentle voice:
DO you know me?' LOS Angeles
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
New York Stocks.

Wall ST., New York. Aug 1s.-STOCKS
The stock market opened active today
ceptions o of one or two of WI" vest ene
strong stocks, which reacted slightly on
realizing. United States Steel preferred
below last night General Electric rose
113 points and Sugar fell * points. There
were gains of Is point in Atchison. Read
Rio Grande rose a point and Smelling IA
points.
The break of "a points in Sugar and
pressure upon the United States Steel
stocks stopped the rise and prices fell
Of the early strong features. United
States Steel preferred was carried q point
H Wn1s last last nignt and the common MALT
Western preferred A 19l points. The tone
OF the market was dull and irregular at
IL o'clock.
A buoyant rise in the local fractions
steadied the market Manhattan was car
r1ed up Y point by jumps and the Metro
po1itan Traction and Brooklyn Transit on
the curb shared in the movement Sugar
the common rising IA points and Denver
and Rio Grande was lifted 2ls points.
ray anS e Rrefreq f ae
very light The market was again easier
at noon.
A rally of a point in United States
Steel preferred and gain of much by
Reading kept the undertone firm. The
average movement, however, was narrow.
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis
preferred rose a point and Kansas and
Texas preferred Il point.
A rise of over point in Amalgamated
Copper was the feature of the mid-after-
n nc smel Il Gontinned stTong rising
Louis and Atchison preferred gained 1
point, United States Leather preferred N
Western preferred 27s points. Metropol-
itan Securities reacted over a point and
Northwestern lost ~ points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
MIR. CURTIS ALLOTMENT.
Is One of 247 Lucky Members of the
Kaw Tribe.

A dispatch from Washington giving
details of the allotments to Congress
man Curtis and his family says:
Representative Charles Curtis, who
has been in the city to consult officials
of the Indian bureau about the award
of $155,976, made by the commission
in favor of the Kaw Indians, as a COM
promise in settlement of the claims
one-half million dollars, has left
Washington. The investigation of the
claims of the Indians was provided
for in a bill prepared during the last
congress by Mr.. Curtis, who is himself
a Kaw Indian, and is familiar with the
various treaties made by the govern
ment with the Kaws.
This bill provided for the appoint
ment by the secretary of the interior
of a commission to consist of employees
of the government. The secretary Sc
lected as commissioners three en-
ployes of the interior department. The
bill was outlined by Wasshunga the
chief of the kaws, and adopted by the
members of the tribe in council.
The agreement for the settlement of
the claims is the first in the history of
the government where Indian claims
were settled by a commission on which
the Indians interested were not repre-
scented. 1t is understood that the Kaws
have signified "a willingness to accept
the compromise recommended by the
commission and that it will be formal
ly ratified soon by a council. If this
is done the last of the Kaw claims
against the government will have been
disposed of.
When the fund just allowed is dis
tributed. each of the 247 members of the
Kaw tribe will be the owner of 405
acres of land and will also have re-
ceived from the trust fund now being
held by the government about $3.50.
with interest. The trust funds are be-
ing distributed in accordance with an
act of congress directing that the mem
bers of the tribe be paid ten per cent
of these funds, annually, for ten years.
Only one payment has been made.
On the Kaw roll are the names of
Representative Curtis and his three
minor children. Permelia Curtis, Harry
K. Curtis and Leona ]. Curtis. who will
receive in all. 5000 and 1920 acres of
land. The Kaw lands were distributed
under the provisions of the Kaw agree
ment, directing that each member re-
ceive $50 acres as a homestead, and 245
acres from the division of the surplus
lands. Mr.. Curtis and his children are
now receiving more than 800 annually
in interest. The interest will decrease
as the fund is apportioned among the
members of the tribe,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
ARE GOING TO ST. LOUIS.
Topeka People Choose the Exposition
Instead of Summer Resorts.

Colorado people deny that the ST.
Louis fair has hurt the summer tourist
business in that state and this may
be true but the fact remains that
fewer Topeka people have gone to the
western mountain resorts this summer
than for many years before. The same
thing is true of the northern lakes
and the sea shore, although the low
railway rates offered for the G. A. r.
encampment in Boston have tempted
a good many to the Atlantic coast
during the past week. However, the
great majority of Topeka people have
Louis or are doing without a summer
vacation in order to visit the EXPOSE
ton this fall.
1t may be that the cool weather
which, up to the last week prevailed
in this section accounts for the fact
that few Topeka people have gone
mountain or seaward and if the mer-
curry continues to mount in the Their
mometer there may still be a hegira
for the cool resorts. Such a state of
affairs would certainly cause many
Kansas people to postpone their visits
to the fair until fall for St. Louis is
one of the hottest places on the map
during a really warm summer. So
far. however, or until the last week
luck has favored the exposition in the
matter of weather, and most of the
travel from Topeka since the first of
June has been in that direction.
OF course most of the few Topeka
people who have summer cottages in
Colorado are occupying them this
summer But even they either visited
the fair early in the summer or are
planning to go this fall.
The northern lake resorts seem to
be much less popular this summer
than usual with Topeka tourists. Sew
eral owners of cottages up there have
rented them this season. The Luding-
ton craze which drew half the Topeka
population to the Michigan resort the
past three or four seasons seems to
have died down and there is only one
Topeka family there this year
The few people who have gone to
the lakes or the Atlantic coast have
planned to stop in st. Louis either
going or coming SO the exposition must
be admitted to be great drawing card
in this town. There has been some
California travel from here this sum-
mer but nothing like that of last year
and the City of Mexico, which not to
have visited is, in Topeka, to confess
ones self untraveled. has been gener-
ally overlooked this season by the
blithe birds of passage from this
village. I----.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
MOI by Comparison

You have snowslides out i'm vo,,r co,,.,
try, believe, he asked of the man WIZ
mad spoken OF Colorado as his home.
Much snow come down with one of
Ten thousands of tons"
How deep would a man be buried -
overtaken by one of them % a
From 20 to 100 feet
for" enougnt
But think of being buried under n
Yes, but l ran for office in nv state
lasI year ana was buried under 200 feet
guess your snowslides don't amount to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, Aug. 1s.-CATTLE-Receip to-
day, $500 head. Market steady to 1oc
higher. Good to prime steers, $025Q6.25
poor to medium, $35565O0; stockers and
feeders, 81 OOd4. 90; cows, 8. OO@4.50: heifers
81. 25d5O0; Gamers, s1.25Q2.50; bulls, $2OCq
400; calves, s.. 100000; Texas fed steers
So. 5OG4.75.
HOGSReceipts today, 1900 head: esti-
mated Friday, 10000 head. Market. 10Q15c
lower Mixed and butchers. 50 20q6. 40
good to choice heavy, $5:30Q5: 40; rougn
heavy, 81. 75d5.10; light, $5OOQ5.S5 bulk OF
sales, s. 25G5.35.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 1900 head.
Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice
So. 2514 90: western sheep, $3-50G4.00 native
lambs, g. 50G5. 70; western lambs, $S-55d5y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
Kansas City Produce Market

Kansas City, Aug. 18.-C1ose-WHEAT-
Receipts today, 1863 cars. Quotations
were lower. Sept s4%ge43sc; Dec; sag
96G99c; No. hard, 9Od96c; No. 2 red, $102
@1.O4; No. red, 9sc@s1.OO; No. 4 red, $50
CORN-Market lower Sept, 1880; Dec.
47a471sc; May, 47d471sc. Cash: No. mix
ed, 501kcc No. 8 mixed, Soc; No. white,
511zc No. white, 501kc.
OATS@Market lower. No. 2 white, 34A
@35c; No. 2 mixed, 331z@3419c.
HAY-Choice timothy. $3.50; choice prai-
BUTTER~Cr 14Q16c; dairy. 12c.
EGG5Fresh, 171zc-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
Chicago Produce.

Chicag go, Ill, Aug 1s.-BUTTER-Mar
ket firm. Creamery, 1314a1713c; dairy, II
013c.
EGGS Market easy. At mark, cases in
cluded, 130161zc
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, 50
sac; Twins, 7AQSc; Young Americas, So
SIC
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Tur-
keys, 12c; chickens. 11G111zc; springs, 13c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18

tive steers, ss.75a5 So; southern steers, s215
@4.O0; southern cows. g 0OdS.25; native
feeders, g. 50Q45O: bulls, s. 00@3 80; calves,
81. O0Q45O; western steers, s.. 50G5 so; west
ern cows, 81 75G3. So
HOGS-Receipts today, 1000 head Mar
ket strong. Bulk of sales, IS. o005. 20; heavy,
81 90Q5.15: packers, S5.00q5.25; pigs and
lights, $5.O005. 20
SHEEP-Receipts today, 1900 head.
Market steady. Muttons,- s. 25d4. 60; lambs
$300G5.S5; range wethers, $S.25Q4.00; ewes,
81 506I3 20 -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
New york Money Marker.

New York, Aug. 1s.--MONEY--Money on
call 15d1 per cent, closing offered at l
per cent: time loans steady: 60 and go
days, 2Qz4 per cent; months. 31z per
cent
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 1914
per cent; sterling exchange firm, with ac-
tuaI business in bankers bills at $4.8StD
4.SS05 for demand and at 81. 8S35G4. $40 for
so day bills; posted rates, 4.S6Q4.S61z and
$4 S904. S91h; commercial bills, 4S544. S5ls.
! SILVER-Bar. silver, 575sc; Mexican dol
lars 451Rc.
BONDS Government bonds steady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
Open High Low
S.. louis Live Stock Market.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 1s.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts today, 5000 head, including 4.OcO
head of Texans. Market steady and easy.
Beef steers, s4.OoQ5.50; stockers and feed
ers 81 25G3. 75 cows and heifers, $255Q4.5O;
Texas steers, S. 1898. 80; Texas cows and
HOGS Receipts today, 5000 head. Mar
ket slow and SC lower. Pigs and lights.
s.. OO05. As; packers, $5.1od5.S5; butchers
and best heavy, s5-1oq5. 40.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 1000 head.
Market steady. Natives, s3.50d3. rs; lambs,
So 50G5 Is; Texans, S3.50G3.70.