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MARKETS BY ASSOCIATED PREsA
Chicago Live Stock Markets.

Chicago, Sept. Notwithstanding
$500; strong; good to prime, $3.50
6.35; poor to medium, $3.60@4.50;
stockers, $2.25@4.oo; cows. $25o965o;
Texans, s3.50@5.5O
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; &c higher.
mixed butchers, $5.60@6.20; good to
choice heavy. s5.9o@6.20; rough heavy,
$3.50 @5.S0; light, s5.65@6.15; bulk
sales, $5.So@6.00.
sheep-Receipts, $4,000; strong:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-24
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago. Sept. 23.-Wheat- No. 3
red, s1.15@1.16; No. 8 red, $1.o7h@
1131a; No. 2 hard, s1.10@1.12k; No.
8 hard, s1.03@1.o9; Dec. opened,
s1.1OA @1.1oA; highest, s1.14; lowest,
s1.1o%; closing. $1.13N @11S%; May
$1.14ss @1.14h.
Corn-No. 2and No. 2 white. 511z@
81; No. 8 and No. 8 white. Six q ST.
No. 2 yellow, 53A@54A; No. 8 yellow,
53@531s; Dec. opened, 50@50A; high
est, 50as; lowest, 49A; closing. 5oA@
sos; May, 49M @49A.
Oats-No. 2, 30@30k; No. 3, 291k a.
80; No. 2 white, 30k@32A; No. 8
white, so7s @311a; Dec. opened, 31%;a
highest, Biz; lowest 30as; closing,
30M; May, 33A @33ss.
Pork-sept., $11.35; JAN, $13.12@
Lard-sept., s7.12@7.15; jan, $3.50.
Ribs-Sept, 1852; Jan, $3.50.
| Rye-Sept., rs.
| Timothy-s2.75.
Clover-$11.s5. I
Barley-Cash, 37@54.
Flax-s1.09@1.15h.
Chicago Butter and Egg MARKER.
Chicago, Sept. 23.-Butter-Firn;T
creameries, 14@19K; dairies, 16@16M.
Eggs-Steady; .14@17A.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-24

Receipts To-Day.
Wheat, Sc cars; corn. III cars; oats,
1874 cars.
Estimated Receipts Tomorrow.
Wheat, 119 cars; corn. 200 cars;'
oats, 1S9 cars.
Primary Receipts.
Wheat today 1,64o.0oo bushels and
last year $4,000 bushels; corn today
$4,000 bushels and last year $4,000
bushels.
Shipments.
Wheat today $4,000 bushels and
last year 2S5,000 bushels; corn today
$4,000 bushels and last year $4,000
bushels.
Liverpool Cables.
opening-Wheat y higher; corn,
unchanged.
closing-wa,eat, " higher; corn, "
lower.
Hog Market.
Receipts today. 10000; left over
1000; estimated tomorrow, 100000;
official receipts yesterday, 1922.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-24

New York Butter and Egg Market.
New York, Sept. 23.-Butter-Firm
street prices extra creamery, 19h@20.-
Eggs-Easy; unchanged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-24

New York Poultry Market.
New York, Sept. 23.-Poultry-Alive
steady; dressed, dull; chickens, 11@
2; fowls, 12@121k; turkeys, II.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-24

Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago, Sept. 23.-Steady; turkeys.
10; chickens, 101s; springs, IL.
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Peoria Produce Market.
Peoria, Sept. s3.-Corn-No. 8. S..
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TcDArs MARKETS

This market Is furnished BY thI
Cassidy Commission company. mems
bers Chicago board Of trade. Local
ONCE rooms % and 80. Holman block,
= 9. French. local manager.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05

Charlotte, N. ca reservoir of the
municipal water works located near
the center of Winston-Salem, N. e.,
broke at o'clock Wednesday morning
causing the loss of nine lives and the
injury Of four or five persons.
The north side of the reservoir.
which is 80 feet high, tumbled over,
falling upon the home and barn Of
Martin V. Peoples. There were about
500, 900 fallons of water in the reser-
voir. aud the stream rushed northeast
to the Southern railway cut and thence
to Belos landing distance of half
mile Four tenement houses were
washed several hundred yards.
There were several miraculous es-
capes. A cOlored man and his wife,
named Davis, after their house was
turned over, fioated on their bed to
the railroad junction, distance OF
500 yards. They lodged on heap Of
rubbish and walked out without a
scratch.
The reservoir was built in 1881 by a
aompany composed of 60 citizens. Ten
years ago it and the entire water plant
was sold to the city. Soon thereafter
10 feet was added to the height Of the
reservoir, which was full OF water
when the collapse came.
The city has just had large stand
pipe completed. Ii is full of water,
and the town is prepared to supply
- cry demand.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05

Boston-With smoke pouring from
her four tunnels, leaving black trail
which could be seen for miles, the
U. s. armOred cruiser West Virginia,
built by the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing & Drydock company, tore through
the water over the 44-mile course
from Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise.
The contract for her construction
called for speed of 22 knots. an
hour, maintained for hour hours. She
exceeded this rate easily, covering the
SO nautical miles at the rate of 22.14
knots an hour. Conditions were per.
feet, the sea being calm and there was
very little breeze.
The first "A miles of the course
were covered in one hour, SO minues
and SO seconds, or at the rate of 22.19
knots an hour. The return trip was
made in one hour, SO minutes and "a
seconds. or at the rate of 22.09 knots
The whole course was covered in
three hours, So minutes and 33 sec
Onds.
These times, while taken by the u
s. navy trial board. are not official.
Alterations for tidal corrections will
have to be made from the reports OF
the commanders of the mark vessels
which will be forwarded to Washing
ton
While the West Virginia did not
make as fast time as the Colorado,
which turned up 22.26 knots an hour
on her official trial on Oct. "a, her
performance was grand one. The
official trial was really the first hard
test she has had since she was built
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
In the Other Pocket.

II cant quite make your change
said the storekeeper, painfully re-
counting the pile of pennies in MS
hand. ITS a cent out OF the way
"Oh, never mind" returned the num-
ficent buyer. But it's my cent was
the unmoving rej0inder.
Sometimes it does happen to make
a difference if we know who owns the
cent The New York Press tells this
story of man who, early one morn
ing recently, came to the assistant
treasurer of a church.
Il attended service yesterday" said
he, "and | made mistake when you
took up the collection. had penny
and tive-dollar gold piece in my pock-
ct. think"
Here he stopped to take breath, and
the other man interrupted him with
some impatience. He had heard just
that complaint before. Somebody was
always hunting five.dollar gold
piece.
Il think you are mistaken" said he.
We had no five-dollar gold pieces in
Sundays collection"
That's just what am tryip - get
at" said the old gentleman. ''You
out to have had one. | meant to put
mine in the basket, but made mis-.
take and dropped in the penny in.
stead. Here Is the gold piece
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Repulsed Russians Advance.

TOkiO.-Manchurian headquarters, In
a report dated Nov. /, says:
"On the afternoon of Oct. 30, in front
of the left detachment of the left army
a force of the enemy, consisting of a
regiment of infantry, three regiments
of cavalry and two batteries of artil-
lery, advanced from Litewentun, Han
santai and then northward.
"Our detachment, after the fight sue.
ceeded in repulsing the enemy.
Our detachment> sustained only a
slight loss, while the enemy's cavalry
lost heavily. Fifty of the Russians
lost their horses. The Russian cavalry
retreated in all directions and in dis
order, leaving 13 dead.
The column of the left army, on the
night of Oct. 30, seized and burned a
village about 400 yards northwest OF
Chenglienpao."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
RUSSIANS BLAMED
Coronor's Verdict Rendered In
Hull Tragedy. =.
On Killing Of the North Sea Fisher.
men It Says They Shot Without
Warning or rovocation-Russian
Government Did not Participate in
the Proceedings Which Occupied
Only About Three Hours.

Hull, Eng.-"That George Henry
Smith and William Leggett were, at
about 1890 a. m. on Oct. 22, while out
fishing with travis aboard the British
steam trawler Crane, with board OF
trade marks exhibited and regulation
lights burning, killed by shots fired
without warning or provocation from
certain Russian war vessels at dis
tance OF about a quarter Of a mile"
The above Is the text of the jury's
verdict at the coroner's inquest on the
fishermen victims Of the North sea
tragedy.
At the request of the British govern
ment, represented by the Earl of Dy-
sart, solicitor of the treasury, this con-
servative award was rendered by the
first court of inquiry preceding the
sessions of the international tribunal.
The government asked the jury not
to find verdict Of wilful murder or
mans]n lighter, because delicate nego.
tiations are going on, which should
not be made more difficult and they
ought not to let anyone think they had
prejudged the case before having heard
both sides"
In consequence the jury simply set
forth the facts proved by the evidence
of physicians, experts on explosives
and the trawlers themselves.
To the verdict the jury added the
following rider: "On this occasion,
probably the most momentous in the
annals OF the British empire, the jury
would record their appreciation Of the
efforts made by the governments in.
terested to arrive at a satisfactory con.
clusion Of the matter, which we feel
has no parallel in the history of the
world"
ST. Georges Hall, large auditorium
which had been specially fitted up for
the o"caaon was quite inadequate to
Accommodate the crowds that wished
to listen to the evidence.
The interest was intense and there
was some excitement, but no demOn.
stration occurred. A great number of
people gathered in the vicinity of the
building to await the verdict, and the
space inside the hall was filled.
The British government, the Board
of Trade, the officers of the Gamecock
feet and the relatives of the deceased
and wounded fishermen were represent
ed by counsel, but the Russian gov
ernment did not participate. The pro-
ceedngs occupied only about three
hours.
The testimony consisted of medical
evidence, by which it was proved that
the death of Smith and Leggett was
tho result of ehell and machine gun
wounds; then an expert identified
fragments of shells by private marks,
which, he said, were undoubtedly Rus
sian; and the stories of captains and
mates of the trawlers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05

Mt. Vernon, N. Y.-The explosion Of
more than a ton of dynamite under
the Bond street bridge here recently
shook the city and the surrounding
country within radius of five miles,
probably killed at least one person
and injured nearly 40 others, two oil
whom may die.
The man supposed to have been
killed was an Italian in charge OF the
dynamite. He was seen at his post OF
duty Just before the explosion and no
trace of him has since been found.
There were 2300 pounds of dynamite
stored at the side Of the deep rock cut
running from the western limits of
the city to the New York, New Haven
& Hartford station, to be used Tor
blasting path for additional tracks.
The explosion tore hole In the
ground so feet deep that is now full
of water from hidden spring, wreck
ed the Bond street bridge over the
tracks and broke all the windows with
in quarter of q mile
The force of the explosion was down
ward, but the upheaval along the
sides of the cut hurled large stones
for blocks. Many houses were shifted
from their foundations, walls were
stripped of plaster and furniture was
splintered.
A heavy train bound from New York
was just pulling out of the Mt. Ver-
non station when the explosion occur
red, and the engineer stopped. In an
other minute this train would have
reached the bridge
Most of the persons injured were
caught by falling ceilings and walls in
the houses nearby. Stoves in stores
and dwellings were overturned and
many fires were started, but. in each
case the flames were quickly eXtln'
guished.
William f. Ryan, foreman OF the
gang of workmcn employed on the
blasting operations, was arrested.
The cause of the explosion Is un
known.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Amends Declaration.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-The amended pe.
tition of Col. William F. Cody in his
divorce suit against his wife has been
filed here. After alleging in the first
cause of action that Mrs. Cody had
at divers times made threats to poi
son Col. Cody and made an attempt
TO do so on Dec. 26, 1901, the second
cause of action goes on to state that
Mrs. Cody, by insulting words and ac-
lions drove Col. Cody and his friends
from their home on various occasions.
Mrs. Cody must file a cross petition,
n any. within two weeks, and the
case will come to trial about Jan
her real one, quite as much to conceal
Nor identity as to catch the boys.
do not recollect any chorus girl of the
name of Smith. Jones, Brown or Den
nis,-New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
STEAMER SINKS.
Workmen Making Test Pinned Under
Steel Hull.

Quincy-Two men were crushed to
death, two more were severely and
a number of others less seriously in.
jured at the yards OF the Fore River
Shipbuilding company at $50 Wednes-
day afternoon.
The dead: Louis J. Crump, aged
"a, of 118 3Oth street, Newport News,
Va; William Johnson, aged 2S of
Camden, N. j.
The severely injured, but who will
recover, are Jacob Stapleton OF 8 Clio.
yer street, Neponset, and Louis Rob.
erts OF Winthrop park, this city.
In addition to these there were
jured, but not enough to warrant de-
tanning them at the hospital, which is
located in the shipyard and to which
nearly all the injured men were taken
for treatment.
The accident was caused by the set
constructed for the Standard Oil COM
pany. The men were at work be-
meath the vessel when II settled and
were crushed against the ground.
The steamer was one of the two
which the Fore River company is
building for the company and is num-
bered 1872. II was within three weeks
of launching, and it was being given
a water test to see If it leaked. The
steamer is about $50 feet long and OF
about 600 tonnage. The water, with
which 1t was being filed for the test,
added about Is tons to the weight OF
the vessel, it was stated by officials
of the company, but this fact, was
stated, was not responsible for the ac-
cident.
While the steamer was being filled
about 80 wOrkmen were busy under
meath looking for leaks. They in
cluded caulkers, ship carpenters and
clippers. While engaged in their
task, the boat suddenly began to move
backward slightly and the shores
which were supporting the craft were
knocked out of plumb and allowed the
boat to settle down on the men under
meath.
The boat took drop of about two
and half feet and tipped very slight
ly to the port side, on which the men
killed were employed. The whole
thing was done so quickly that other
workmen in the yard did not realize
for few moments that anything out
Of the ordinary had happened until
the cries from the injured workmen
were heard
An official of the company, who was
directing the operation of snoring up
the boat. said he did not believe the
water test had anything to do with
the settling Of the boat. He said he
thought the accident was caused by
the workmen knocking out some of
the blocks under the keel, and that
the accident would have happened II
no water had been pumped into the
boat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Students Have Heads Smashed.

Boston--A wild rush by squad OF
policemen with drawn clubs on a
crowd Of several hundred Technology
students on the steps of the Rogers
building on Boylston street, an un'
merciful clubbing Of the students from
the steps, a call for ambulances and
the carting off to the hospitals Of
cut open during the onslaught, was
the grand finale of the recent Har-
yard:Tech Republican parade.
Somebody blundered. Some police
man in brief authority lost his head"
with the result that thousands of peo-
pie witnessed a scene which they viii
not soon forget,
While the Tech boys were lined up
on Boylston street in front of the
building, with the line extending to
Clarendon street, somebody passed
word around that crowd of Harvard
men were coming up Clarendon street
to take possession of the steps That
was enough The Tech boys broke
for their sacred steps. Several nun
IIea OF them eiuwaoa to tho top at this
point, squad Of policemen had been
placed on top of the broad flight Of
steps which leads I" the entrance of
the Rogers building. These STOP
were the scene or battle between
Harvard and Tech men four years
ago. which the police evidently re-
membered.
This is the ALTAR" which Tech men
don't wish profaned with Harvard
men during a joint Republican par
ade. They can go anywhere else in
the city of Boston, but not on those
sacred steps.
Last evening the Tech men were
where they We're met by the policemen
with drawn clubs.
Then there was such smashing OF
heads as caused a groan to go up
from the thousands of people on the
street.
The Tech boys were smashed right
and left and hurled down the steps
and over the steep sides in a mass,
Policemen from the sidewalk also
rushed into the melee. 1t was Won
der that somebody wasn't killed. AS
it was, the drug stores and physicians
in the vicinity were kept busy for
some time attending to the wounded
Tech men, some of whom were so
badly cut that they were sent to the
relief station
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
St. Petersburg Anxious.

st. Observation-Disclosures is consider
able anxiety here over the military sit
nation.
Little news has been received from
Mukden. Gen. SakharOff's telegram OF
Nov. merely indicating that matters
were at a deadlock around Shakhe.
The Japanese have made some tenta'
tive moves on both tanks, which were
checked; but there are no signs yet
of a general advance by their army.
Foreign reports from Port Arthur
are decidedly gloomy. While the au'
thorities continue to profess confidence
in Gen. Stoessels ability to hold out,
the popular feeling is that the heroic
garrison, which already had made a
historic defence, must now be near the
limit of human endurance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Fears the End Is Near.

St. Petersburg official repoi L.
from Toxic describing the desperate
assaults on Port Arthur beginning Oct.
26 have created visible depression at
the war Office.
The sustained character of the bonn
bardment with siege guns and the
preaching of the walls by underground
mines but, above all, the fact that
the Japanese government, after weeks
of silence regarding the operations of
the besiegers, has given out these re-
ports before actual success has
crowned their efforts, convinces the
military authorities that. after long
preparation, Gen. Nogi is not only
making a supreme eifort to carry the
fortress, but feels confident of success.
ess tender to Mr. Flint. A few days
later the York Herald contained let
ter from her accusing him OF lack OF
gallantry in refusing to allow a
as to he handy for the rescue If her
saddle slipped round. as it had done
a few days before: in saying. Keep
that side. ma'am." gruffiy to her at
the starting point. and beating her as
badly as he could. She defantly
challenged him again for the next
year, OndOn Chronicle.
fp t~x
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Eva Booth Commander.

st. John, N B.-A telegram from
Salvation Army headquarters in Tor
onto to the local commander, Col. John
d. Sharp announces the new commits
sioners for the army in the United
States and Canada.
Miss Eva Booth, who for eight years
has been in command in Canada, will
be commander in the United States,
with headquarters in New York. She
will leave Canada Nov. 29. She will
have Commissioner Kilby as deputy
commissioner. He has been in charge
of South Africa and will have particu-
lar jurisdiction of the western section
of the United States, with headquarters
in Chicago.
Booth Tucker, now the head of the
army in the United States, will return
to England, but his future charge is
not announced.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
She Loved Order.

"My mother was terrible neat
woman" said Mrs. Black, reeling on
length OF yarn. 80 was mine"
chimed in Mrs. White. who was darn
ips a table cloth with stitches like EN-
broldery. | should say she was most
tie neatest woman that stepped into
the meet!n' house.
And particular" went on Mrs.
BLACK. "Sne never hung out her
clothes hit or miss, same's do. The
stockings had to hang together, and
The towels were all congregatcd in one
bunch. | used to say to her, What's
the USE? I'd say, They'll dry just as
well, whichever way you do it,; but
she'd set her mouth, and so on her
own way
speaking of being orderly" said
Mrs. White. nobody that ever | heard
of could hold a candle to Mrs. Beane
down Pmmtree way. Yon know she
married the minister. him that was the
father of eight. Well. those little
mOtherless things had got into the hab-
it of taking care of one another The
biggest sat by the littlest in church,
and the one that was most responsible
sat by the one that was most liable
TO go to sleep. Well, what did Mrs.
Beane do the first time sac went to
church after she was Mrs. Beane? She
arranged them according TO their
height.
1T makes me nervous as a witch,
says she. TO see that jagged line O.
heads. I've got to have some sort Of
order So the biggest sat by her, and
afte. that they trailed off down to the
littlsa, at the end. 1t looked kind OF
neat, must say; but. dear me! I'd
rather have had EN- as jagged as a
broken comb, if that littlest mite could
have had good lap to put her head
in when she dozed off. Youths Com.
paniOn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Almost Four Octaves.

Is It Miss Nina David or Miss Neena
Oah.yeed? If the wonderful young
colorature Is a kinsw0man OF Felicien
Cesar David. whose "l.e Desert" is
a masterpiece OF French Ode-symphony
composition. she is bound to he Miss
Dah.veed. In America, as a rule. we.
the common people, drop all affecta'
tions and call names as they are spell
ed. Smith Is Smith, David is DAVID.
Solomon is Solomon. The STAGE vi
course, likes the odd. Nearly every
chorus girl appropriates a name ,na'
Is supposed to be more attractive thah
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
People in Distress.

Mobile, Ala.-A letter dated Oct. 20,
received here recently from George.
town, Grand Cayman, gives details OF
the storm which swept over that isl
and about two weeks ago.
The schooner Albatross has not
been heard from since the storm. The
people are suffering from the direct
poverty. There is not a pound of food.
stuff in the whole island for sale, and
hundreds Of persons have nothing to
eat.
The British steamer Den Clune is
ashore on the reefs on the east end
of the island. She was bound from
Port-au.Spain to Gulf port, Miss. She
has a hole in her bottom and has been
bllged and probably will be a total
loss. The sloOp Goldfish also is re-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Shiftjnu the Blame,

Listen says the author. his face
wreathed with smiles of delight.
Here is letter from a gentleman
who says: 1T may interest you to
know that | began reading your latest
story yesterday evening on the train
going home. Before | realized where
| was had been carried so miles be.
yond my destination.
The candid friend raises his eye.
brows thoughtfully
But" he suggests. possibly it was
the motion of the train that put the
person to sleep."-Valley Weekly.