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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30
chicago wheat Market.

Chicago, Jan 0-WHEAT-LocaI hold
ers were inclined to sell wheat today on
the more peaceful news regarding affairs
in the far east and in consequence the
market ruled weak. There was a small
port from this source was not sufficient
to prevent a loss of about nc in both
the May and June delivery. An increase
in shipments from Australia was also a
bear factor. May opened a shade to A42sc
lower, at 9014 qS05sc, and the price contin-
ued to decline until S9zsc was reported.
JIIlv was 1k41[o to 1L673Ic lower Of So3L n
S2zsc, later selling off to S23sc Minneap-
oils, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts
The pit crowd thought that the leading
long was selling July and a number of re-
e., puyeTs solo o Out rGaausIng a decnne
cradle evening up over Sunday. The de-
mand was poor the latter part of the
day and closing prices We're weak with
May ssQ15c lower, at 9O14c, after it had
sold down to $3.50. July closed at 8214c
CORN-Corn was affected by the easier
wheat market. but the advices showed
only a slight loss. There was a little
commission houses took the offerings and
held prices steady at a small decline
higher, at 50l4G50ssc, eased off a trifie,
but steadied at 501sc. Receipts were 27s
cars.
May closed sake lower, at 5O1sc
OATS-Oats were Influenced by the
strong cash market and held steady, al
though the break in wheat caused moder-
&c lower at 4254 G45c, and held within
the opening range. Receipts were a
cars.
PROVISIONS showed some
weakness on heavy liquidation, May porh
leading in the selling: After opening n
off to $3.50 but rallied later to s13 121A
May lard was PIC lower, at $780, while
ribs were unchanged, at $3.50.
WHEAT-Cash: No. red 92d9Sc; No
3 red, S7a9Sc; No. hard, S1@S5c; No,
hard, 72aSSc; No 1 northern. SS032c; No
> H. -frarr M
CORNING. 3. HG41ac; No. 4, 39Q40c.
OATS-No. 2. 39c: No. 3. 3S1@c.
RYE-Jan., SIC; May. 5Sc.
FLAX-Cash: NV, Sligo; S.-W.
$1.10; jan, s1.10; May, $1101s.
TIMOTHY-Jan., s3.05; March, $40.
CLOVER7Jan., S1125
BARLEY-Cash: 3SQ60c.
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New York Stock Market.

Wall Street, New York,Jan. 30.-sTOCKS
The more cheerful feeling over peace
prospects shown in foreign markets was
reflected in the opening dealings in the
stock market here today in fractional ad-
vances running to y point in some cases.
Atchison and Union Pacific were conspic-
uous in the dealings, which were gener-
ally small.
Atchison advanced a point. but there
was little sympathetic effect in other
standard stocks and free selling of the
United States Steel stocks checked the
advance United States Steel preferred
declined to 547s and Atchison lost most
of its rise. Other stocks, however, were
not much affected. Chicago Union Trac-
ton preferred yielded l point, Iowa Cen
trail preferred IL points, Detroit United
Railway 2 points and General Electric "a
points. Sloss-Sheffield Steel moved up l
point. The market was on the upturn
again at IL o'clock and st. Paul, Union
Pacific and Sugar had returned to their
high level.
The market worked slowly upward be-
fore the appearance of the bank state
ment and fell back slowly afterwards. A
few minor stocks lost between / and IL
points. The Chicago and Eastern Hill
nois certificates rose 4 points and Pump
points The closing was dull and heavy
at small net changes.
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ONE OF HIS LEGS TOO SHORT.
Resulted in a Verdict for $4,000
Against st. Louis Transit

st. Louis, Mo, Jan. 3O-A verdict for
$4,000 against the st. Louis Transit
company was returned by a jury at
Clayton yesterday in a suit for damages
filed by A. H. W. Graefe of st. Louis.
The plaintiff asked for $50, 000 Graefe
was injured, he alleges, while attempting
to board an Easton avenue car at Gar
rison avenue. on November Is, 1901. The
car, it is said, did not stop, and the
mOtOrman shouted as he passed for
Graefe to take the next car but Graefe
seized the hand rail on the front end
and was dragged some distance
Mr.. Graefe exhibited to the jury one
of his legs, which proved, by actual
measurement, to be one inch shorter
than the other. He described the great
pain following the accident which re-
suited in tetanus, and which, he says,
has crippled him for life. The case was
called in Clayton last year, but the
plaintiff refused to allow a physician
for the Transit company to examine
him, whereupon the court appointed DR..
John Pitman Of Kirkwood to make an
official examination.
DR.. Pitman testified that, in his opin-
ion, the contraction Of muscles followed
the accident to Graefe, had fractured
the thigh bone, which had then slipped
out of its place, making that leg shorter
than the other. The tetanus, he be-
heved resulted from an injury to the
other leg, received in the same accident.
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HITCH ON LOCAL TRAFFIC.
Yoakum and Gould Have Almost
Reached New Orleans Agreement.

New York, Jan. 30.-Interests con-
nected with the ST. Louis & San Fran
cisco railroad stated today that. while
no agreement between that road and
the southwestern Gould lines had been
signed which guaranteed the Frisco
trackage rights from Memphis to New
Orleans. 1t was true that negotiations
toward that end were going on at the
present time. and that favorable con-
clusion is likely to be reached. It was
announced that such an agreement
came very near a settlement only a few
weeks ago, but that President Yoakum
Of the Frisco and President Gould of
the Missouri Pacific failed to make
final arrangements about local traffic
that were satisfactory to both lines.
and the matter was dropped. Since
then President Yoakum established a
working agreement with the Mobile &
Ohio for a New Orleans inlet
It was also learned from officials in
terested in the Gould-Frisco agreement
from Memphis to New Orleans that the
line from st. Louis to Memphis over
the st. Louis, Memphis & Southwestern
would be completed by February Is.
and would be opened for freight by
March 1. According to estimates made
today. the line from Memphis to Baton
Rouge will be completed by July 1.
While the trackage agreement now in
existence between the Frisco and the
Mobile & Ohio is satisfactory. the
Gould roads offered the Frisco a short
er haul.
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ARE BACHELORS SELFISH 2
Hub Ministers Discuss Marriage
Versus Single Blessedn ess.


Boston, Mass, Jan. 30.-The clergy
men of this city do not all agree with
the statement made by the Rev. DR..
Madison ]. Peters of Philadelphia to
the effect that the presence of 100000
unmarried men over so years of age in
this country is to be attributed to the
TACT that young men nowadays are I'M
wiling to marry because of the ignor-
ance OF young women in domestic du-
ties and of their luxurious habits.
The Rev AMI c. Dixon. Baptist,
said: IT don't lament the fact that
there are 100000 bachelors in this
country. L congratulate the women.
Many men are unfit to be married.
Women are in more danger of being
unfortunately married than are men.
Think of the drunkards who marry,
then leave their wives to earn the Hv-
ing. I don't believe that ignorance of
sale neglect to marry. The struggle
FOR existence is terrible"
The Rev. DIR. Samuel c. Gum, pastor
OF the Scotch Presbyterian church, said:
"A great many bachelors are not finan-
clally able to assume any more respon-
sibility than what they are assuming
al present. Many are supporting moth
ers and sisters. Personally I Know of
many such cases. Nowa6 avs young
women are taught to play the piano,
sing, and entertain callers, but they
cannot cook and sew
The Rev. DR.. Edward c. Applegarth
said: Cupid is as busy as ever, but
times have changed. The vast majority
OF people find it harder to make liv-
high cost of living, I think, are respon-
sible for our large number of bachelors.
The fault is in the economic system,
not in the women"
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Vanderbilt Wins Everything.

Ormond. Fla. Jan. 30.-All the one
mile events in the automobile tourna-
ment were run here Friday afternoon
and two of the ffve-mile contests. 1t
was a field day for W. K. Vanderbilt,
Jr., for he won every race in which he
entered. In his one mile class he beat
Brokaw, Breeze and Bowden, winning
his final heat in AZ 3-5 seconds. Bowden
won the 56-second class, one mile, in
the final heat in so As seconds. The
best time in this race was made by
Bowden in the first heat, 43 seconds.
A. w. Curtiss won the one mile mo-
torcycle race in SO Is seconds. In the
five mile race for gentlemen amateurs
Mr.. Vanderbilt won, his best time be-
ing 1874 2-5. He also won in the five
mile -for-all with a record time of
3:31 3-5 Louis S. Ross won the five
mile runabout race in 753 is. The
course won in good condition and the
attendance large
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Another Cut Made in the Grain
Rates.
d, K. & It. Put in IL Cent Rate
to Gulf.
MISSISSIPPI POM rs.
Reduction to 3 Cents Is AntIcl-
pated by Grain Men.
Present State of War Not Like
Iy to Last Long.

Kansas City, Mo. Jan 30--The MIS-
souri,. Kansas & Texas railroad sDruns
a surprise on the local grain market
and railroads yesterday morning oy
announcing a reduction in the rate on
grain from Kansas City to Galveston
from II cents on wheat and 16 cents on
corn to p cents on both. The Missouri
Pacific and Santa F'e announced later
IN the day that they would meet the
reduction. and it is generally oeheVeu
that all other lines interested VIII 1ol-
low with the same reduction Inc
.eT<atv'' took this action to protecl
itself as the trunk lines extending 1h'o
the grain belt had previously an
no,nced a reduction of cents IN the
rates from interior points to the gun
end the katy" having no Hne nv
the grain district, has to depehu 1 ~,
handling grain from Kansas ''
Since the cutting of rates began
Wednesday when the Great W ester
and Rock Island made reductIols: ~
Minneapolis, Chicago and Mlssla9 tidn
river Doints. the grain rate s1tual loii
has grown steadily more demoralize5u'
and it is hard to tell yet now Tar tlg
cutting will go. 1t IS queslloH VI ~ ~,
much damage the low gulf raIe "ll ~
IN the business going 10 the oIA0l
points. If that damage is felt very
much. 1t is natural to believe tnat lne
Chicago rate will be reduced to Genus.
one railroad man who is handling the
grain rate situation here on ord t,rs
from headquarters but has not the
power to fix the rates, said YESTERDAY
that he expected to see the rate to Mis-
sissippi river points go as low as Gems
fat That rate was made about I'VE
years ago. but is considered very low
and could hardly exist long.
The opinion is prevalent IN wei IN
formed circles that the present condl-
ton of low and unsettled rates cannot
last very long, as the railroads are
losing and will soon get together and
come to some agreement on uniform
rates. .
when these rate wars begin there IS
no way of stopping them until the DOT
tom is reached, and the roads see that
the situation is disastrous. and then
come together" said rate man yes
terday. ''Some fellow starts the reduc-
lions and then another fellow thinks he
can afford to go little lower. and the
first thing you know the rates are all
in a muddIe and nobody knows where
he is at Such conditions never last
long. and I think ten days will find
readjustment of rates"
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Chicago, Jan. 3O.-WHEAT-Wheat open
ed a shade lower on the more peaceful at
titude of the belligerants in the Orient.
The cable dispatches from London this
morning seemed to indicate a peaceful
solution Of the difficulty. There was
good deal of wheat for sale around the
opening, principally by holders who did
not desire to carry it over Sunday. On
the other hand there was a general dispo-
sitfon among the smaller shorts to buy
in their contracts and most of the trade
through the day was evening up. The Ar
mour interests were buyers around 90c
and pegged the market at that figure
throughout most Of the session, but dur
ing the last 30 minutes they withdrew,
leaving the market to take care of itself.
Minneapolis and Duluth received 26S cars,
against 81 cars last week and 329 cars a
year ago. It is reported that Armour &
Co. sold $4,000 bushels Of cash wheat out
of store to go to mills
CORN-Corn was strong with good de-
mand early, but considerable selling pres
sure developed later in the session and
the market eased off somewhat. There
was excellent support at the decline. how
ever, and the market closed firm, al
though a shade lower than last night.
for sale throughout most of the day
have done for several days past, although
on a smaller scale. and there was an al
most total absence of buying from the
bull leaders in the south. 1t is presumed
that they are too busy handling their
cotton deals to give pork any attention.
We think pork a purchase at present
prices.
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JANUARY WILL BE BAD.
Santa Fe Officials Expect Slump in
Railway Earnings.

One of the high officials of the Santa
Fe says that railroad earnings all over
the country in January will probably
show a decrease, largely because of the
cold weather, which disabled motive
power to a degree to largely interfere
with transportation. Some of the west
ern roads are going to show the effect of
the coal strike in Colorado.
He says, however, that the business in
sight is something enormous and that
the railroads will have all the business
they can handle for some months to
come.
Santa F'e officials are looking forward
to a very prosperous year. California
crops are looking fine and indications
point to a record breaking business from
California in consequence. This is a
very favorable factor for the Atchison,
as its transcontinental business is the
most profitable the road has to handle.
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feet at the finish of the final round,
but what they went through before
they reached that point can only be
appreciated by those who were at the
ringside. These two clever middle
weights battled and punched each 9TH
er Tor the entire six rounds. Both were
Wiling to mix 1t, their only object be-
ing to score a knockout No decision
was rendered, as it is against the law
in this state, but had a verdict been
given it would undoubtedly have been
a draw. Had the contest continued 1
DO not hesitate to say that Ryan would
have been the winner. He is a wonder
fully clever lad with his hands and he
has head which served him well when
he was apparently in danger
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STAND FOR RIGHT men.
Commercial Interests Insist on
Railroad Board.

After considerable argument in favor
of and against the movement to send
the Kansas Federation of Commercial
Interests into the coming political cam
paign, the organization adopted the
following resolution at its meeting
Friday afternoon:
Resolved. That while this organiza-
ton shall be strictly non-parusan we
shall insist on the nomination OF faVor.
able candidates for the state board OF
railroad commissioners by any political
party seeking the suffrage of the mem
bers.-'
This probably means that representa-
tiVeS of the federation will attend the
state Republican convention at Wich-
tia in March in an effort to sacure the
nomination of man satisfactory TO
them. A committee on legisla ton has
been appointed. It consists of Q. h.
Ridgeway. Kansas City; J. E. Howard,
Wichita; NJ. NJ. Sherman, Geneseo; j.
N. Dolly, Maple Hill, and Senator
Harry Mcmillan, Minneapolis. This
committee will attend the Wichita con-
vention, and has power to endorse and
work for any candidate who shall come
before it, The names of J. w. Robl-
son Of FL Dorado and j. D. George OF
Hutchinson have come up, but the fed
Grafton has thus far refrained from
giving any endorsement. The interests
of the organization, politically. are for
the present left in the hands OF TINS
special committee. But the state feder-
support of a Republican party cand1-
date, and if it is unsuccessful in secur-
ing a candidate from this party which
it can support it will turn it's strength
to one of the other parties. The feder-
alton will be able to carry with 1t sew
eral thousand votes on the office OF
railroad commissioner. irrespective OF
the remainder of the ticket.
J. E. Howard, of Wichita, has been
delegated to go to Washington to rep
resent the Kansas federation in the
interest of the amendment of the In
terstate commerce law. Many other
commercial organizations are maintain
ing Hobbies at Washington in opposition
to the railroads, who are fighting the
proposed changes.
When the Kansas legislature gathers
next winter the legislative COMMITTEES
will be on hand to support the passage
of a law prohibiting the issuance by
railroads of free passes. The shippers
are all together on this proposition
Their purpose is to discourage the use
of passes among state and city officials
on the theory that 1t is a species Of
bribery. Laws of this sort are in effect
in other states. Under the general dis
cussions at Fridays meeting there was
consideration of Equitable Taxation
Municipal Accounting" Freight
Rates" and other topics.
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MORGAN TO QUIT.
Great Financier VIII Retire
from Active Business.
Will Be Succeeded by His Son,
j. p. Morgan, Jr.
TO LIVE IN ENGLAND.
Will Occupy Alderman Abbey,
Built in 1850,
Where He Will Gather His Col
lection of Art Treasures.

New York. Jan. 30.-Rumors of prac-
tical retirement from active business by
J. P. Morgan, circulated and denied a
day or two ago when ]. P. Morgan, jr,
arrived from London. are reiterated to-
day by the American, which declares
that Mr.. Morgan, ST., has determined to
shift the burden of the great interests
to his son and spend a large part of
his time hereafter in England at AL
denham abbey. a splendid seat, built
in 1880. where he will gather his vast
collection of art treasures now loaned
to various museums and galleries
abroad
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Chicago, Jan. 30.-CATTLE-R Receipts to-
day, 500 head. Market slow. Good to
prime steers, s4.75G5.50; poor to medium,
s.. 75l14. so; stockers and feeders, 81. 25G4-00:
cows, s1-5004.0 90; heifers, $1-75N450; can
ners. s1-50G2.3o; bulls, S1-7544-10; calves,
s.. 5e197. 90.
Receipts today. S,0OO head: esti-
mated Monday, 5000 head Market shade
lower. Mixed and butchers, 81 S005O9;
heavy, 81 75d4.e0; light, s4.50q4.S5; bulk of
sales, s4s304s5.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 800 head.
Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice
wethers. 81 20d4-50; fair to choice mixed,
6. seq 400: western sheep, 81. 00G5.25; native
lambs, 81 25a5. 80; western lambs, S4509
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Kansas oity Produce marke..

Kansas city, Jan. 30.-Close--WHEAT-
May &c; july. 72ssc. CASH easH No. herd
77178c; No. 3 hard, 74Q76c; No. hard, IS
@73c; rejected hard, 62G67c; No. red, S4q
9415c; No. 3 red, 92q93c.
CORN-May, 43c; July, 43Md44c Cash.
No; mixed. 4174c; No. white, 421zc; No.
8. 41G42c.
oATs-No. white. sSassc; No. mixed,
37GSSc.
RYE-No. 2. 5OG51c
HAY-C6oice timothy, $sOOas. 50; choice
prairie, $7.25d7.50.
BUTTER-Creamery, 19d91c; dairy, fam
cy, 1Sc.
EGG&Fresh 26c
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Kansas City. Ian
Market GOSSIP

Furnished by tie H. H. Lee Commission
Company. Commission. Merchants and
receivers and shippers of grain, o23 Kan
sas avenue. Independent telephone 1851
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat sd
higher; corn unchanged.
Grain receipts at Chicago: Wheat, Is
cars; graded, 3. Corn, 278 cars; graded, o.
Oats, "A cars: graded, 6.
Northwest grain receipts today: Mime
apolis, 40 cars. Duluth, % cars. A week
ago: Minneapolis, 80 cars; Duluth, 40
cars. A year ago: Minneapolis, 302 cars ;
Duluth, q cars
Estimated grain receipts at Chicago
Monday: Wheat, so cars; corn $50 cars
oats, $50 cars. hogs, 5000 head
Chicago: Privileges for Monday: Nav
wheat-Puts. S95sc; calls, 91lsc. May corn
Puts. 1880: calls, 50ssd51c.
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Kansas City Livestock Market.

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 30.-CATTIE-
Rb aaa today. 500 head, including 90
Native steers. 50 60Q470; southern steers
100000; southern cows, s2.00d3 20; native
COWS and heifers. 81. 25q3 60; stockers and
feeders, $3.O0Q3 70; bulls, s.. 25d3 Is; calves,
q. $685. western steers. $S.5OQ4.20; west
HOGS-Receipts today. 5000 head Mar
ket steady to lower. Bulk of sales, 81. ESQ
80; heavy. $4s5a5.O 90; packers, 81. 1904 80:
pigs and lights, 81 25Q4 70.
tons, SS.50G4.6 so; lambs, $450G5. IS; range
wethers, $3.25Q4.25; ewes, 81. 50Q3. 80.
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oHINAMAN FRozE TO DEATH.
Could Not Get Out of a Refrigerator
Car

A body identified by Chinese letters
and papers found in the clothing as
found yesterday in an ice-stocked re-
frigerator car that had just reached st.
Louis from Montpelier, Ind, to be
loaded. The papers and cards were ta-
ken to the Chinese merchants in ST.
Louis and from the parts translated the
police reached the conclusion that
Yieke had been living in Toronto and
had smuggled himself across the line.
1t is thought that he attempted to
steal a ride and was unable to open
the car door after drawing It shut.
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CITY COUNCIL BACKS DOWN.
Bloomington Fears It Will Lose tho
O. & A. Shops.

The residents Of Bloomington are
alarmed over the prospects OF losing
the Alton railway shops. which cover
more than 300 acres of ground and
which employ more than 5000 men
President FELTON, has suddenly broken
off negotiations which were in progress
with the city council relative to an en-
largement Of the shops. The dispute is
over the closing of the streets and the
construction of q subway which would
cost between $50 900 and 100000 The
city council has decided to grant the
railroad all 1t asks in the hope that the
company will not move the shops.
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sielof Defeats McCarthv.

Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 30-Otto Sieloff
of Chicago was given the decision over
Jerry Mccarthy of Salt Lakek last
night at the end of 20 slow rounds. Nc
Carthy was unable to land effectively
on the eastern welterweight at any
stage of the fight. Sie1off on the con-
trary, used a left upper cut up to the
tenth round when he dislocated both
thumbs. Thereafter the fight was very
slow. Neither man was particularly
distressed at the end of the contest.
Mccarthy. if anything being the fresh
er of the two.