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VITAL STATISTICS. JAN. Is.
Births.

Lawrence and Minnie Denny. 80 North Rural
Mr.. and Blanche Sawyer, 4s West Sixteenth
William and Irene Peck. $50 Hosbrook street.
girl.
Ray and Bertha Bunsen. 1913 North Meridian
street. girl.
Charles and Rosapelle Mills. 1914 Montealm
Chester and Nora Potts. SO7 South Bismarck
samuel and Clara worley. 2SlS Sheldon street,
boy.
Robert and Eva Storms, Ss North Liberty
street. boy.
George and Aggie Freizee, $50 South Capitol
Frank and Ina Fox. 4O Hamilton avenue. boy.
George and Josephine Fife, 65 East Pratt
Leroy and Mrs. Hakins. 1879 Kentucky avenue.
boy.
girl.
Charles and Mrs. Johnson, boy.
Alline and Maggie Willis, 407 Hanson avenue,
boy.
Adolph and Mrs. Schwartz. 111S Olive street,
William and Mrs. Gibson. PA Miey avenue.
James and Grace Paudy. 1875 Talbot avenue.
Walter and Mary Reed, 1916 vigo street. boy.
Albert and Mary T%hormeyer, 2lO2 Barth ay-
eaue, boy.
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Deaths.

Infant worley, 2sl6 Sheldon street. inanition.
Joseph Poiaski. ST. vincent's Hospital, twenty
eight years,
George Watson. 30 North West street, forty
eight years, typhoid fever.
Mary ]. O'Reilley, IA West Tenth street,
forty years, tuberculosis.
Adam Bretz, 1923 North Capitol avenue,
eighty-two years. senility.
Daniel Otey. 92 Cottage avenue. four years.
exhaustion.
Allie Morgan, 9O5 West Twenty-frst street,
one year, pneumonia.
Infant Galaxy, ll09 Sheffield avenue, hamilton.
Charlotte Miligan. California and Maryland
streets. hfty-four years. heart failure.
Mary Baney, 1924 East Washington street,
~forty-six years. paralysis.
Walter r. Banner, l56 Miami street. two
Infant Norris, 422 Dorman street, hamilton.
Nettie Scott. Hamilton county. twenty-four
years. tuberculosis.
Mary E. Heiser, $50 East Pratt street, eighty
two years, exhaustion.
Charles Miller. 524 Miley avenue, seventy
years, senility.
Clara NJ. Buck, Ills North Keystone avenue,
Margaret Nixon, S2 raca street, seventy-tNo
years, ~pneumonia
Elizabeth Ludlow. 30 East Pratt street. twelve
days. exhaustion.
Sarah Neal. 425 Toledo street. eighty-four
years. senility.
Leola Hurt, near Sellers farm, three years.
pneumonia
Aquina Day, 232 Adams street, twenty-three
years, double lobar
John Flanagan, rs Palmer street, hfty-four
years, paralysis.
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GOOD RAILROAD OUTLOOK
RATES ADHERED TO AND PROS
Poets BRIGHT, SAY OFFICIALS.
Companies Seek n Method of Reduc-
ing Operating Expenses-Indiana
Car-Service Association.

a number Of high officials of the leading
roads in the Central Traffic Association ter
ritOry say that. Notwithstanding the large
additions made 10 the equipment of roads
during the past year, there are now no idle
cars or engines. An officer of the Lake
Shore says the movement of freight in both
directions forOs an aggregate of traffic
which is fully equal 10 that of a year ago.
An official of the Pennsylvania says the
outlook has improved greatly since the be-
ginning of the year; the lines are not so
badly cOngested as they have been, and
there is a free movement of freight on all
parts of the system. which is showing more
revenue than a year ago. An official of the
Wabash says that road is getting its share
of the competitive traffic on all parts of the
system, although the west end is doing
better than the eastern part of the road.
This condition will be changed when the
line is opened into Pittsburg. As stated re-
Gently, the Lake Erie & Western last year
was the best in the roads history, and
would have been even better could the cars
nave been furnished. Officials of the
Michigan Central say all their equipment is
fully employed and more cars could be
used could they be secured. The outlook
for business is very encouraging. The COM
pany has begun to receive the first ten Of
its forty new locomotives. General Manager
Schaff, of the Big -Four, says the road may
not be handling quite as much traffic as a
year ago., but the cost of operating has
been considerably less and earnings cOnse-
quently larger. The best rate situation pre-
walls now in the history of the road. The
trunk line situation is harmonious and the
best of feeling prevails. Through 1903, with
the exception of a few squabbles which did
not disturb the general peace, matters
moved well, and there seems TO be little in
sight to cause apprehension. In westbound
business the situation is the most encourag-
ing of many months. The immigrant prob
lem seems 10 be near solution, which has
been the only obstacle to maintenance of
rates in Western territory, and the general
opinion is that there is no danger of tariff
m~anipulatiOn or demOralizati ton
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Operating Expenses.

The present study of railroad officials is
how to reduce expenses of operation. This
does not mean q reduction of wages main
~, but a more severe application of in
genious, modern methods of making eco
nomical use of every pound of steam and
every bit Of track or equipment. This
problem presents itself sharply and stu
dents of j. j. Hills traffic and operation
methods who lave found heir way into
the service of many of the railroads of the
country have applied these methods to good
purpose. The most salient feature of the
rallrOad situation is that net earnings
almost everywhere remain stationary in the
face OF large and continued increase in
gross earnings and in expenses. The latter
increase must in the nature of things come
10 an end some time, and If expenses go on
increasing there will be a falling off in net,
resulting in passing of dividends. The rail-
roads nave been spending large sums in
the last two years TO decrease the cost of
operation by increasing the trainload. The
Improvement of track and rolling stock
that has cost so much money has not APP
parently decreased operating expenses to
any great extent. TIL roads have increased
the trainload by study of traffic and oper-
aung problems, and this is the method to
Whlch they believe they must go back and
with approaching shrinkage Of usine
thrlfter methods must be used all round.
Some of the big salaries may be cut, and
waste and conserving profit all the way
from the presidency down in order to earn
a fair profit on investments in the next
few years.
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improvement IN the Russian-Japanese situa-
ton. securities stronger. and wheat in a mar
row range and dull. That is briefly the action OF
the wheat market yesterday. The range in the
May delivery was nom s5zc to size asked. On
the peaceful outlook in the far East. May
opened at SIC and S6Hc. Toward the middle OF
the session IT sold down 70 se1sc ana al n43n
day was the close, size. II is plainly evident
that wheat prices Will not hold at the present
level If they are not manipulated in the alb
sence Of an outlook for war between Japan and
Russia. The market is much slower this week
20 far than during the corresponding time last
or, perhaps II would be better TO say lack OF
bullish news-than II was last week. and seems
nuch more ready 20 sell of.
The quality Of the new corn showing in the
Board Of Trades daily inspection reports is con-
siderably better than the quality of the corn
going into Chicago. OF 1853 cars inspected here
this week. seventy-one cars graded No. 3 white.
This is contract grade in the local marker. LIT
tie of corn going into Chicago grades contract
there. and only a small part OF II sraoee Even ,hiI
point are increasing. and the local stocks VIII
probably show a substantial increase Saturday.
A. W. Thomson.-Whea was a strong and
a weak market by spurts yesterday. The man
ufacturers of war news had their inning. Liv-
erpool closed lower. however. which would in
dictate that the English do not anticipate any
immediate action. II is hard TO predict what
WAT ana manipulation NdA " VII - ~
present position and outlook, measured by sup
ply and demand. do not warrant present prices.
and on commercial conditions wheat Is a sale.
The position Of corn is different. and Is made
so by light receipts and poor grading. There
IS a good cash demand for good corn, and l
think it should be bought on the breaks. In
provisions II is a question of the outsider buy
ing and the packer selling. Receipts Of hogs are
large. although light in weight. We have had
a good break and a partial recovery L don I
think it will hurt 10 take profits and chance
getting I'm lower. The market should partly
cover the old ground
Finley Barrell-May wheat looks high TO me.
but the other markets are just as high as Chi
cago. and there seems TO be a fair demand on
all little breaks. Armour appears 10 be very
confident Of his position and buys freely on all
dips.
Southwestern receipts continue large. The st.
Louis receipts yesterday were $4,000 bushels, and
the Kansas City $4,000 bushels. One Of the bear
fish factors yesterday was the large
receipts.
The primary receipts yesterday showed an
Increase OF 37, COO bushels over the receipts the
same day last week. The primary receipts OF
corn showed a considerable decrease from the
same day last week.
Crop conditions have become more a factor
with the wheat trader Of late. In this country
more attention is being paid to the lack of mois-
ture in the Southwest. The map day after day
shows Kansas without precipitation and no
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track. 49l4c; May. 45N945%c; July. 451kc. Oats
S97c; No. ? white, 4OqlOkc. Hay steady; tim
othy. S7Q12.50: prairie, S5d9.50. Whisky steady
Hemp Irvine. sc. Pork higher; standard mess,
iobbing, SlS.4212. Lard higher; prime, $500. Ba-
con steady; boxed, extra shorts. $50; clear ribs.
$3.50; short clear. Sz75. Receipts-Flour. 1000
bu. Shipments-FIour. 5000 brls: wheat, 10000
bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats. 1900 bu.
KANSAS T Jan. 1S.-Wheat-May, re;
July, 6S19Q6S%c; No. 2 hard, 721zq73c; No. 3.
6Sq72c; No. 2 red, SIC: No. 3. S5dS6c. Corn-May.
40A@40Ac; July. 4o%Q40Ac; cash. No. ? mixed.
Oats-No. 2 white, 4Oa41c. Receipts-Wheat,
24f. 500 bu; corn, $500 bu; oats, 1900 bu, Ship
ments-Wheat, 162, 400 bu; corn, $500 bi; oats,
1900 bu.
CINCINNATI. Jan. 1S.-Flour firm. Wheat
firm; No. 2 red. 94d941zc. Corn firm: No. 3
mixed, 451ac. Oats firm; No. 2 mixed. 39kG4Oc.
Bulk meats quiet at $3.50. Bacon steady at 81. Is.
Whisky-Distillers' finished goods quiet on basis
of S127. Sugar easy.
DILUTE Jan. 13.-Wheat-In store. No. !
hard, S6Ac; No. l northern. $40; No. 2 northern,
S2hc; to arrive, No. 1 hard, S6Ac; No. 1 northern,
S4%c; No. 2 northern, S2Ac; May. S6Ac; Decem-
Der, S5Ac. Oats-On track and 10 arrive. 37Xc.
TOLEDO Jan. I3-ClOse: Glover seed-Cash.
sc. 971A; January. $6.97Iz; February, S7.O71s: March.
S7.O7A; prime alsike, $3.50; prime timothy, 81. 40.
Wheat-May, S9l2c; July. sac; cash, 90Ac.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 13.-Wheat-Spot firm; No.
2 red Western winter, IS Sd. C~orn-SpOt firm
American mixed new, As 3Ad; American mixed
old. As 61sd.
uary, sac; May, s1hc. Corn-January, 5OBq50Ac;
March, 5OAc.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 13.-Barley firm; No. q
63464c; sample, 37g61c.
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C. M. SCHWAB; A REVIEW.

About three years ago Mr.. Charles M. Schwab
occupied a most prominent position in the United
States, and if any one in this country at that
time might be regarded as the incarnate type OF
the successful self-made young American, Mr..
Schwab surely was that type. Heaven knows how
many sermons by popular preachers, Sunday
school addresses, and so on, took him as a text
illustrating the value of industry, and ability,
and so on. President of the greatest corporation
ever formed in the United States, and only forty
years of age-what could a man ask for more in
the way of success?
Three years is a short time, but il has played
havoc with Mr.. Schwab's good fortune. No long
err president of the United States Steel Com
pany; no longer a fruitful theme for eulogistic
Sunday-school talks or popular sermons, instead
the scapegoat for every yellow Journal Mr..
Schwab may to-day be regarded as an unlucky
man. His ill-iuck, If traced to the root, will I'M
doubtedly be found TO lie mainly In his sudden
acquisition OF great riches. The formation OF the
United States Steel Company gave Mr.. Schwab
a great deal moro money. doubtless, than he
same thing for scores of other people with, in
some cases, results 20 them similar TO those in
1t takes a very strong man to stand such pros
perity as came to Mr.. Schwab in those days, and
Brought up in an atmosphere of hard work and
moderate expenditure. he was suddenly plunged
ton, speculation and extravaganza, on a scale
Utmost unexampled in the history Of the world.
new-made millionaire here ana in Pittsburg-
Never before had this country seen such osten-
tatious : luxury as in those halcyOn days. No
bearer of a syndicate paper was ever kept wait
ing in the ante-room or sent away without a sig
nature. No pool but was filled the moment 1t
was proposed. No way Of making money was de-
spised. save the one laid down originally as the
law Of nature, namely, work.
Mr.. Schwab has many critics to-day who have
not, perhaps, one-hundredth part of his ability,
and many of whom have certainly not demon
strated their moral superiority over him. Con-
siderlng everything, IL seems TO us that he is en-
titled rather to pity than to blame at the hands
of thinking men. How many Of us would have
done much better If subjected 10 the same trial
Of strength.-Wal Street Journal.
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Butter. Cheese and Eggs.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4OSe
packages. Market unsettled; extra reamery
pc; creamery, common to choice. 156211hc; imi-
tatiOn creamery, 15d1Sc; State dairy. 14d19c: rem
ovated, 13d17c: held creamery. 15d2O1kc: factory,
1SQl5c. ~Cheese-Receipts. 3,49S packages. Mar
ket steady; State full creams, fancy small col
ored. September. 12c; late made. 1O1kc: small
white. September. lie; late made. 1Olkc; large
coloTed, September, l2c; late made, 101ac; large
white. September. he: late made, 101hc. Eggs
Receipts, 1850 packages. Market steady; State
and Pennsylvania nearby average finest. Bic:
State and Pennsylvania seconds TO frsts, 27d2gc:
Western extras. Bic; Western frsts. zoe; Western
seconds, 27a2sc; refrigerated. 24q2Sc.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 13.-Butter weak and
1c lower; extra Western creamery, 23c; extra
nearby prints. &c. Eggs firm; good demand;
fresh nearby, 31c; fresh Western. 30c; fresh
Southwestern, 29q30c at the mark. Cheese
steady; fair demand; New York full creams.
choice to fancy, 11AG11&c; New York full
creams, fair TO good, 1041lc.
CHICAGO, Jan. Bon the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market was dull and easy:
creameries, 15a21kc; dairies. 14620c. Eggs firm
at mark, cases included. 23d26c. Cheese steady
at 1Od10Hc.
ANSAS CITY. Jan. 13.-Eggs firm; Missouri
and Kansas, cases returned, 21l5c; new No. 2
wildwood cases included. pc.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 13.-Butter dun; creamery.
1Sq25c; dairy, iSq15c. Eggs higher at Page, case
count.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 1S.-Butter steady. Eggs
quiet at 23q25c. Cheese steady.
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Personal, General and Local Notes.

At the Union Station package rooms the
receipts from packages for 1903 exceeded
5000. one of the best years in the history
of the room.
L. Il. Pryor, assistant to President Ram
sey, of the Wabash. was elected on Satur-
day last vice president of the Pacific Elk
press Company.
w. S. Henderson has been appointed lieu
tenant of police of the Panhandle and the
Indianapolis a. Vincennes. vice Charles
Barmfuhrer, resigned.
The earnings of the Hooking Valley road
for the first week OF January were Sill, 7O3,
a decrease of 9,73S as compared with the
first week of January, 1903.
1t is officially stated that D.. D.. Carothers.
general superintendent Of tie Baltimore &
Ohio southwestern at Cincinnati, will sue
coed J. NJ. Graham as chief engineer of the
Baltimore & Ohio on Feb. /.
A { the directors meeting of the Baltimore
4 Ohio on Tuesday Oscar q. Murray was
elected president of the several subsidiary
lines owned and controlled by the Baltimore
& Ohio, vice w. G. Loree. resigned.
The state revenue authorities of Missis-
sippi have done the unusual act of refund
ing the Illinois Central Railroad Company
the sum of $1,000 which the revenue agents
discovered had been overpaid by the COM
pany.
1t is stated that w. H.. Brimsor. superin-
tendent Of the Ohio division Of the Baltimore
* Ohio Southwestern, will be selected to
succeed ID. ID. Carrothers as general super
intendent of the Baltimore q Ohio South
western.
Auditor Merton has completed his official
report of the number Of trains arriving and
departing at the Union Station in 1903. which
shows that there arrived and departed a to-
tai of d,16S trains, on which were handled
32S, $50 cars.
John Names, an engineer on the Chicago
division of the Panhandle, has completed
his thirty-hfth year as an engineer on that
division. and, although having ample means
TO live leisurely, he prefers to continue to
run an engine
-Four Of the five dining cars built to run be-
tween ST. Louis and New York over the
Pennsylvania and Nandalia have been de-
ivered and the NTH will be received this
week. All will be put in service at once on
the fast trains.
w. II. Tennis. who represents the Erie
fast freight lines at Indianapolis, has. re-
turned from New York. He says the meet
ing Of freight men Of the Erie lines was a
success. The banquet was attended by fully
one hundred freight men and everything
passed of pleasantly.
j. l.. Host has been appointed train
master and chief train dispatcher of the
a. Newark division Of the Balti-
more a. Ohio, and chief train dispatcher OF
the Midland division of the Baltimore IL
Ohio southwestern. MIR. Host has been
trainmaster ON the b. * .. for twenty
years.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF
the Terre Haute a. indianapolis road was
held In Terre Haute yesterday and resulted
I'm the reelection OF the old board OF di-
| ~rectors. William II. Mckeen. who was pres
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SEALED PROPOSALS.


SEALED PROPOSALS viii be received AZ the
cflce Of Treasurer Marion Branch. n. n. -. ".
S. National Military Home. Grant Co. Ind.
until 1 o'clock p. m Friday. February 5th. 1874.
and then opened. for rem0delng Corridors 20
Hospital. iu accordance with plans and specinca-
tions. which may be- seen in the TroSsurer's Of
fee. Blank proposals and other Information may
be had upon application % inc. -. ADAMS.
Treasurer.
FOR WORsTED OLiNE DRAB
SHIFTING FLANNEl@chlef Quartcrmasters
Office. Chicago. H.. January IL. fas.-Scaled
PROPOSALS. ln t~riplicate. viii be received at this
once until u O'Clock noon, Monday, February L
1874. for delivery az either the New York. boston.
Chicago or san Francisco Depot, 81 $500 yards
Worsted Olive Drab shifting FLANNEL. conforms
ing 20 existing standards and oscillations Gov
eminent reserves right 10 reject on accept any or
an proposals. or any part thereof. Preferencs
given - articles OF domestic production or man
u~facture. conditions of quality and price Qnclud-
lng IN the price q foreign productions and man
ufnctures the duty thoreon) being equal. Partic-
ulars and blanks for proposals Will be furnished
upon application. Envelopes containing propo-
sails 20 81 Endorsed Proposals for Worsted Olvs
Drab shifting Flann9l and addressed 20
GeEsx-L L. ;. -. GAAe9 SuArseFn-~->~
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PETITION OF ~BANKRUPTs O THEIR


In the matter Of Nash Leibiing and Jane
Leibling. bankrupts.
No. 1851. In bankruptcy.
District Of Indiana, ss.
on this fth day OF January, a ID. 1904. on
reading the petition Of the bankrupts for their
discharge.
II Is ordered by the court that a hearing be
had upon the same on the 30th day Of January.
A. ID. 1904. before said court, at indianapolis. In
said district. AT = O'Clock In the forenoon. and
that notice thereof be published twice In the
indianapolis Journal. a newspaper printed In
said district, and that all known creditors ana
other persons in interest may appear az the eaie
time and place and show cause, II any they
have. why the prayer Of the said petitioners
should not be granted.
And IL a. further ordered BY the court that tho
clerk shall send By mail 20 all known creditors
copies or said petition and this order addressed
90 them az their places OF residence az stated.
Witness the Honorable Albert ID. Anderson.
Judge OF said court. and the seal thereof AZ In
dlanapolis. In said district. on the 4th day OF
fSEALl NOBLE c. BuTLER Clerk.
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Uith the Grain Brokers;
Present Market Conditions

moisture in the territory south Of Kansas. The
weekly snow map shows the snow line no Iurtn ~
northern boundary OF Kansas and EXTENDS a
good share OF Illinois and extends pretty gener-
ally over the ohio valley.
: 2 Z
Some corn handlers do not expect any de-
eided Improvement IN corn grading until the
grain has had the benefit OF the summer tempera-
lures. If this view proves a correct one it viii
mean very little contract corn from the West
before July IL is part OF the bull theory that
along in the spring after the freezing tempera-
West will be difficult. The grain will not have
the benefit of the freezing temperatures Of win
terminating temperatures of the spring. With
so little OF the corn going even No. 3 in the
contract corn will be scarce well along into the
summer. The small amount OF contract corn
up In mixing 10 improve the quality OF shipping
lots. A good deal OF the May buying which is
mer.
Chicago Tribune-A local shipping house offers
some evidence that the demand for red winter
wheat by millers is far from keen at the prices
prevailing in St. Louis. or even in this mar
ket. where No. ? red is held at about May price.
The shipper in question says he offered red win
ter wheat TO a number Of points in Virginia and
the mistake Of a clerk offered it delivered at
the price he intended 10 make (. o. b. cars,
chicago, a difference Of about 104c In favor Of
the Southern buyers. But the Southern buyer
evidently did not consider IL much Of a snap
after all, for there were no prompt acceptances,
and the only response came in late yesterday
from one dealer, who thought that perhaps he
might sell 1900 bushels at that figure. AS the
terms OF the offer involved prompt acceptance,
the shipper did not close with the proposition
to take 5000 bushels.
John Hill. jr.'s. exposure of bucket shop meth
DDS and other schemes for separating suckers
from their money under the title Of Gold
Bricks Of Speculation" first published in a
New York paper, is now available to the public
study OF the arts Of the bucket shop man and
presents a mass Of detailed evidence of the
means by which some local bucket shop proprie-
tors have hourished and grown rich for a season
on other peoples money. Various other swim
ding games are exposed and the book concludes
with a history Of the Chicago Board Of Trade
and the methods of dealing in grain. and Of
changes.
The Northwestern markets are still after the
speculative trade in oats. The boards of ap-
peals from the Minneapolis Chamber of Com
merce and the Duluth Board Of Trade have
formulated three grades Of white oats and three
new grades Of white clipped oats, for the pur-
pose of encouraging dealing in futures in this
grain. Clipped oats Will conform TO the grades
of white oats except that the weight will be
forty, thirty-eight and thirty-siX pounds per
bushel for Nos. ]. . and 3.