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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
LOCAL STOCKS And BONDS
$1,000 OF INDIANAPOLIS
WATER COMPANY 0s SOLD.
Bulls Have Things Their Own Way
Upward Tendency of
Stocks.

Respecting the wishes Of the officers OF the
Midland Portland Cement Company, no bid
prices on the stock were asked for at the call
OF the local exchange. on the call for the ask
price the preferred was offered at 97h and the
common at 42t1. showing a loss OF PA points
for the preferred and a gain of ~ for the COM
mon The 5 per cent. bonds of the company
were offered at 971z.
There was a bid for American Central Life
. points higher. Atlas Engine Ia up and Brown
Ketcham preferred 1 point higher.
Home Brewing Company stock made a new
high mark. with a bid Of III. and Union Trac-
-tor- comma stock showed a gain OF y point.
Columbia National advanced x and Con-
sumers' Gas showed a gain of so points.
Indianapolis & Martinsville fves showed a
gain OF y point In the bid, with the ask price
unchanged.
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Money Rates Abroad.

LONDON.-Money, 2%d3 per cent: discounts,
3hG3k and 3AQ3%. Consols. So 7-16GS615.
PARIS.-Three per cent. rentes, S5f 27hc for
the account.
BERLIN.-Exchange on London, pom 50Apf for
checks. Discount rates: Short bills. 2 per cent.
three months bills. 3S.
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Poultry and Other Produce.

Cheese-Wisconsin. 13c; New York full creams
lsc. Swiss. Ice: brick. &c. limburger. 10.
- i3c. hens. sc: cocks 4c.
capons. lie. young ducks, SC; springs. g610c,
geese. &C per ID.
Butter-ChOice roll. lie; Elgin creamery. sc.
state. &c
Eggs-Firm at &c.
Wcol-Local dealers are paying for wagon lots.
Good medium understandable unwashed nc.
coarse and braid. &c: heavy merino- i0aI9c.
half-blOod. l2alic; bury and cotted. I2al4c:
Western. i2c.
Feathers-Prime geese. sc per ID: prime duck.
zoe per ID.
Game-Rabbits. 759sOc per doz. sOas5c Der do,
for drawn
Beeswax-Soc for yellow. sc for dark.
HIDES TALLOW.
Green-salted Hides-No. 1. nc; No ? sac
No. I calf. 1Oc: No. > calf. sc.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-The market for coffee
futures opened steady at an advance OF 10 to 10
points on a scattering demand. attracted by
smaller primary receipts and hrmer European
markets. There was continued selling. however.
BY importers and Wall-street interests. and
while II did not seem that these sales were made
with a view Of breaking prices. the market soon
developed a declining tendency that resulted in
its closing steady. unchanged. on December and
January 10 3 points higher on the other positions
Sales were reported OF III .000 bags, Including.
February. 5.I5c: March. 75M5S5c MAY. $50
Lice. June. 6.10c: July, 6.25a6 35c: September
6.45d6. e0c; November, 6.10c; December, 6.TO66 S5c'
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Sheep-Although there were more lambs here
to-day than heretofore this week the supply was
not large and not sufficient 10 encourage compe-
tition from all buyers. Practically all 81 the Of
ferings were lambs. and they were uniform in
quality and condition. There was no occasion
for active competition between buyers. hut there
was a good shipping demand. end with some as
sistance from butchers the offerings soon changed
hands at fully steady prices compared with those
prevailing for several days past. The supply of
lambs averaged from s. 10 5 lbs. and All sold
at SIS. There were not enough sheep 10 establish
a range in prices. but there IS probably no doubt
they would have sold up 70 quotations.
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NEW Feb. 1S.-Cotton steady.
Sales, $500 bales. Ordinary, IL Slice; good ordi-
goods middling, 1910; middling fair, 14hc- Re-
ceipts. 2.593 bales; stock. 3e, loo bales.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Cotton-Spot closed
quiet q points higher. Middling uplands, Is. 75c;
middling gulf, lac. Sales. 2,210 bales.
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Treasury statement.

WASHINGTON.-Thursday's bank statement
of the treasury balances in the general fund,
exclusive of the $50. 600. 600 gold reserve in the
division Of redemption, shows:
Available cash balance. 1924, 10. 0S3
Gold lOl S37 ia
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EAVYHOGSWERESTEADY
WITH A RATHER ACTIVE DEMAND
FROM PACKERS M SHIPPERS.
Light Grades Weak to Five Cents
Lower-CattIe About ~Steady-Sheep
Active and steady.
Receipts and Shipments.

CLANlntAAr DIV
CATTLE-Receipts .
Shipments u
SHEEP-Receipts 900
shipments :
UNION STOCKYARDS. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb.
1S-While not large. the receipts OF hogs to-day
were a good average for Thursday. and the quail
ity and condition OF the consignments was again
generally satisfactory. The market opened with
buyers trying TO press prices a little. and rather
early in the day good competition developed be-
tween packers and shippers for the best medium
TO heavy hogs and all such kinds were salsble
at quotably steady prices compared with yes
terday. In fact. there has been very little or
no change in the average prices for this class OF
hogs in three days. and the top for the same
period has been the same. The demand for
lighter grades continues unimportant, and prac-
tically all dealers reported weaker prices for
this class to-day. while frequently sales were
considered sc lower than equal kinds sold yes
terday. The class OF hogs showing the least
strength are those that averaged under 10 lbs.
Apparently there were just enough hogs in the
morning receipts 10 accommodate the more i'm
portant orders. and a prompt clearance was
made at current prices. There We're not a great
many hogs came in late: in fact. hardly enough
TO affect the market in any way. and with nearly
all buyers still in the field the last arrivals sold
usually at morning prices. The extreme range
in sales was from Sass to $50. the good medium
TO heavy hogs selling usually at S.30G5.40. and
the good lights at S5G5.l0. Quotations:
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-The dry goods market
has strengthened in tone in sympathy with the
higher level of raw cotton, and manufacturers
are less inclined to make concessions than at
any time. Buyers are undoubtedly in need OF
goods. and are paying asking prices for what is
wanted Immediately. Considerable delay Is ex-
perienced in the shipment of merchandise owing
to the blockaded condition of railroads.
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NEW YoRK.-Bar silver. 5sAc, Mexican dol
lars. 46hc.
LONDoN.-silver bars, q 7-1sd an ounce.
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Eleven Hurt i'm Collision.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. 1S.-Eleven persons.
including the crews of both cars, were in
jured in a collision between two street cars
to-day.
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Metals.
SALES OF REAL ESTATE.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1S.-Metals active. Lead firm
at 81. 371z. Spelter strong at $3.50.
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Wool.

ST. LOUIS. Feb. B.-Wool steady; medium
grades, combing and clothing. I7G21hc; light
fine, 15Q17l4c; heavy fine, 12ql41c; tub washed.
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Alcohol. s255a275; asafoetida. soc: alum. 2A
q4c; camphor, 95c4Sl; cochineal. soc: chloro-
form, 5sdS5c: copperas. bri. Sc: cream tartar.
pure. 32a35c: indigo. 65GSOc; licorice. Calab..
genuine, 35d40c: maRnesia. carb.. ? or. 20d22c;
morphine. =. & w. per or. S2.45G2. 20; oil berga-
mot. per 10. 50: opium. s3.5Od3. 20: quinine. p. &
w. per OF, .30435c: balsam copabia, 55U60c soap,
CASTLE, FIR, lSg1Sc; soda, bicarb.. 2%q5c; salts.
Epson. 1Ad4c: sulphur -four. 2%d5c; %saltpeter.
S4l0c; turpentine, 1n77c; glycerin, 161zn20c:
iodide potassium, 81. 5d2.5O: bromide potassium,
45Q5Oc: chlorate potash. 15d20c: borax. 9di2c:
cinchonida. 23434c: carbolic acid, &c; cocaine.
muir. e. GOT4
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THE JOBBING TRADE.

cThe quotations given below are the selling
prices OF the wholesale dealers
Candies, Nuts, Figs.
candies-Capital stick candy (brls}. Sc ner II.
common mixed. Sc. grocers' mixed. Size: Banner
twist stick. 7izuscs Banner cream mixed O.
Derby mixed. 7iac.
Nuts-S0ft-shelled almonds. l5c; Brazil nu,s
l0c. niberts. lie. peanuts. roasted. T4Sc: mtxsd
nuts. he
Flgs-New Smyrna. &c per 10.
ConI and Coke.
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Drugs.

Bags. &c per ton extra, ground floor or dumped
In cellar. SOC per ton extra, second floor or car
ried in cellar. From wagon. 25c per ton extra,
by wheelbarrow, chute or basket.
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COFFEE FUTURES.

,l.OOO indianapolis Water Co. fves......
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Seed clover. prime. Sc. 25a6. rs. English clover.
IS. 1901: alsike, S7.50GS.50 Timothy, prime. 81 rs
az. Fancy Kentucky bluegrass. 81 506l 10;
extra clean. 60q roc. Orchard grass. s1.75a3; red
top, sOcGS1.75. English bluegrass. Sl.5Oq2.
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Good to choice steers. 1.s5O lbs and up

Prime to fancy export s3656 400
Good 10 choice butcher bulls....-...... 3.O0T $50
Common 10 fair bulls ................ 2.50G 2T5
Fair to best veal $500 T25
Fair to good heavy calves----.-..-.... 3.O0q $50
-RenrpeoptatF va Coloe- Ctoars
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-27
MECHANICAL REFRIGERATOR.

The scientific engineer has achieved
one more victory over natural ice, and
now has constructed refrigerating
machine for freight cars which forms
an Integral part of the car and does
away entirely with the constant neces-
sity of reflling the refrigerator with
Ice during its journey.
This new device, which has recently
undergone successful tests. consists of
small refrigerating machine for each
car. located in an enclosed casing be
meath the car, and deriving power by
gearing connected with the axle of
one Of the trucks. The machine in
cludes a compressor for condensing
the gas, usually carbonoxide. circulat-
ing pipes which cool the car. and a
condenser for abstracting the heat
from the condensed gas.
The principle underlying Is that COM
mon to most systems of mechanical
refrigeration, and is based on the fact
that a gas expanding extracts heat
from the vicinity, While a gas being
compressed absorbs heat. The func-
ton of the condenser is to withdraw
the heat from the gas that has been
compressed, and for this purpose water
is employed, which in case of need
can be supplied from engine hydrants
while rainIwater from the roof of the
car is also employed Week
W.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-27
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1904.

The proposal that the United States
shall establish game refugees for wild
animals in various forest reserve tracts
is explained by Alden Sampson. the
game preserve expert, who last year
was sent out by the government to
study the question. It is intended to
prevent recurrence of what hap
pened with the buffalo. Out of the
former millions less than 1000 buffalo
now remain, but it is hoped that their
number will increase. There are left
two large herds of elk, one of about
10000 in the Yellowstone park, and
the other of about 5000 in the Olympic
mountains in the state of Washington.
There is also band of 100 in Cali
fornia, and there are smaller bands
elsewhere. The antelope and the
Rocky Mountain sheep are nearly ex-
terminated, but refugees would be
formed for them also. The overflow
from the refugees would furnish hunt
ing in their neighborhood, as now oc-
ours with the Yellowstone park ami
mails.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-27

(
It is not the change Of base of the
Boston Pilot that makes some folks
mad, but the persistency of the re-
publican campaign workers in fore
ing it upon them. People who refus-
ed the paper at their stores had it de-
livered at their homes and others who
never heard Of it before, have had it
thrust upon them. To make things
worse the Irish World is now coming
with the Pilot, SO that between both
Of them they ought to be. able to do
something. However, a man has a
right to refuse to purchase what he
does not want and he is also within
his lines in denying anybody or any
thing admittance to his home which
in his opinion is not for the good of
himself and his family. He not only
has a right to do this, but it is his
bounden duty to do it himself, lest
1t should be overlooked If left to
someone else. Never mind about
your neighbors. Let them manage
their own affairs to suit themselves,
but don't be whipped into accepting
literature that does not suit you
through fear Of being termed boy
cotter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-27
MODERN RAILROAD LUXURY.
More People than Ever Now Enjoying
the ConYeniences of Travel

II observed" said an infrequent
Traveller, & that more people than ever
before, many more, now travel in par
Tor cars. There are plenty of people
who ten or twenty years ago would
never have thought of riding in any
sit-up car who now take, on q day
| journey, seats in parlor car, and this
not for its exclusiyeness, but for its
greater comfort.
s.sIt is by no means the person of
wealth alone who now travels in par
lor cars. The man of moderate means,
and in fact the man of very moderate
means as well, lives now at home In
greater comfort than ever before, and
when he goes abroad he likes to travel
in like or better manner. And If he
Is geing-ea altournay sefA any distance
by day he takes seat in parlor car
and he takes to ft very kindly and
naturally and unostentatiously.
And still the modern train of lux
ury is a wonder, and familiar as it
may be we must admire it all the
same and most OF all must admire the
train that combines Within itself all
the many modern features of luxury
in travel; the train which, drawn by
tremendous engine that could, it would
seem. haul range of mountains If it
could be placed on wheels, has pom
derous sleeping cars in which one may
go to bed in comfort in one state to
wake UP hundreds of miles away In
another; parlor cars from which one
may look through broad-framed win
doWs, as though great picture frame
upon great gallery Of marvellous
pictures constantly changing; dining
car In which one may dine as Iuxuri-
ously as he would, while the train flies
at fifty miles an hour past towns and
villages. and, over streams and across
the open, country, and an observation
car, whence one may see the earth it
self shoot out behind him.
"Truly one of the wonders of the
day is this train, a train that the
trackmen on the road still stop to gaze
at, with pride and admiration, as it
thunders by; train that one may en-
joy though his purse be not so very
fat, but one whose luxuries could not
have been commanded at any price a.
scant fifty years ago, when such trains
We're quite unknown, when every body
rode in sit-ups."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-27
sANIDWAsP USES A HAMMER.

The deliberate use Of q tool by a
little sandwasp might well be sup
posed to indicate reasoning power.
uralist. DR. Peckham, watched a wasp
dig a hole In the earth and deposit
therein an egg, together with spider,
which she had stung into paralysis, to
feed the grub which should be Matched
in due course Then she filled up the
hole with sand or earth and damned it
down with her head.
When at last the filling was level
with the ground, she brought a quaint.
ty of fine grains of dirt to the spot,
picked up a small pebble in her man.
dibles and used it as hammer in
pounding them down with strokes,
thus making this spot as hard and firm
as the surrounding surface. Before
we. could recover from our astonish,
ment at this performance, she had
dropped her stone and was bringing
more earth. In moment we saw her
pick up the pebble, and again. pound
the earth into place with it. Once
more the whole process was repeated
and then the little creature flew away
1.-THE whole of this performance"
writes Sir Herbert Maxwell in Memo
ries OF the Months lis so unexpected
that even DIR Peckham's high reputa-
ton as a scrupulous observer might
fail to convince skeptics that he had
not been deceived; but behavior on
the part of wasp of the same species
has been recorded Independently by
DR. Williston of Kansas university"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-27

M. Charles Bernard, Of the French
navy, is urging a plan of Arctic ex-
ploration on the general lines of Nam
sens drift across the polar basin, with
modern improvements He proposes
to take two ships, force them into the
Ice pack north OF eastern Siberia and
let them drift with the pack at dis
lance Of 60 or 80 miles apart, remain
ing In constant communication by
wireless telegraphy. He believes that
If they start from the right point they
twill incontestably cross in the very
immediate neighborhood Of the north
pole The proper starting point, in
M. Benard's opinion, is In longitude
159 east. This is almost exactly the
spot in which the Jeanette was
wrecked in 1881. She was crushed in
the ice and sank on the 18th of June
with all her co1ors flying. The crew
took to the boats and started for the
Siberian coast in three parties, of
which only the one commanded by
Engineer Melville made its way to
safety. Wreckage from the jean
nette was afterward found at Cape
Farewell. the extreme southern point
of Greenland. on exactly the opposite
side of the polar regions from the spot
where the ship was abandoned, and
this was the principal consideration
that encouraged Nansen to undertake
his successful experiment. Had the
Jeanette been built like the Fran it
is more than probable that De Long
would have had the honor of first rails
ing his flag above the pole M. Be
nard's plan appears promising, but
meanwhile let us not forget Peary,
who proposes to reach the same end
by method that leaves even less to
chance, says the New York World.
The American explorer believes that
reaching the nole is nnW a mare mat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-27

4 s.g & &
Congressman w. Bourke Cochran. In
an address at Bar Harbor on Septen-
Der 6, said among other things: There
are extraordinary features in this can
vass. A party, after eight years in
power, does not assert that superior
stewardship has been of value, but
that change would matter but little.
Editorials and speeches of the repubIi-
cans seek to show that the difference
between the parties is so slight that
one is but a paraphrase of the other.
But we democrats think the platforms
are not alike, but that they are the
very opposites, and wide as are the
differences of the parties wider still is
the difference between the candidates.
Never in the history of political parties
has there ever been a spectacle like
this. Here We have one party assert
Ing that the other party has the very
tyre of man for the presidency. If
imitation is the sincerest form of fat
terry, the democrats may feel highly
fattered. But If we believe that Par
ker is the man, let us take the original
at Esopus rather than the imitation
dressed up for the occasion at Oyster
Bay" y
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-27
Another Great Free Offer.

The wonders of. the new discovery
for examining and treating the sick
and afflicted have been investigated
by a great many people since the
Radio Chemic Physicians located their
suite of offices in the Commercial
Building, 10 Bank street. A large
number have been benefited and cured
by the scientific and conscientious
treatments of these skilled and ex-
per1enced specialists Others, who
would have liked to secure the ser
vices of the X-Ray Doctors, have been
prevented by the throngs OF people
waiting for treatments. 40 such rs
nave never been under the care OF the
RADIO Chemic Physicians is now ex-
tended an invitation to come to tho
Office within the next two weeks FOR
q gratuitous X-Ray examination, and
IN addition free trial treatment, No
matter what the nature of the disease
1s, they will give you their services
absolutely without charge or compen-
s3tlon on any day excepting Sunday.
Inc offer is limited in time only, and
includes also free trial treatments with
the A-Ray, Violet Light and Mechani~
cal-A1agnetIc Machine
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-27
HEARD IN PASSING

President Roosevelt has sent his
picture to the father of twenty-five
children. Pictures are not good to
eat.-Hartford Post.
The greater part of New Britain
citizens are keenly DESTROYS of intro
ducing Mr. Roberts to the virtues OF
the paster judiciously applied.-New
Britain Herald
A Danish scientist has discovered a
new electric wave by means OF which
he can make typewriter work in an
other room. No n1oresonOvef ereadtng
by the typewriter when the boss is
shut up in his private office.
The armored cruiser South Dakota
was launched at San Francisco both
with prayer by an Episcopal bishop
and with the breaking of bottle of
champagne against the bow. An at
tempt seems to have been made TO
please all tastes.
Robert B. Armstrong, assistant Sec
rotary of the treasury, relates that a
newly appointed collector in one of
the interior ports had occasion recent
ly to pass up the appraisement Of a
state of Venus de Milo imported for a
local magnate. The collector ordered
the case OpeIeu, 1OuuQ the STATUE WAS
without arms and entered upon his re-
turns "of. no commercial value; dam
aged in Importation. &C Chicago Jour
nal.
James s. Hogg, the big and breezy
ex-governor of Texas, is in New York.
A reporter rounded him up the other
day, and this is an extract from the
picturesque interview: You think
we are all broncho busters and bad
men in Texas, don't you? UmphI If
we killed one-half as many men in
Texas as you do here in New York,
you would be getting out a red-head-
ed extra every minute. That isn't
overstatirlg the case a bit. You
thrash out papers by the carload ev-
cry minute now. BY the eternal, l
don't know what YOU do it for. Mo-
body could read sein all. Fl don't do
anything but sit over at the Waldorf
and eat and try to read them, and it
is all can do to get through the
headlines. And don't you know, half
I read is about women being murder
ed. What in the deuce do you want
to kill the pretty things for?"+-Hart-
ford Times
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-27
TYPEWRITER IN GLASS CASE.
Effort Made to Suppress the Noise OF
the Machine.

b f
Effort Made to Suppress the Noise of
the Machine.
The noiseless typewriter is some
thing the experts are now working on
and they hope to evolve machines that
will do the work with a quarter of
the noise.
I'm this strenuous age" said a
manufacturer of typewriters, every
thing that makes noise is tabooed in
offices and other places where men
and women use their brains more
than their bodies. Every little
sound causes irritation.
cit has been found that there is
much complaint against the rtypewrit-
ing machine It's clicking, the din of
the busy keys, disturbs the heads of
firms, even though they shut the
doors to their private offices tight and
sometimes even stuff cotton in the
keyholes. Then, too, it interferes
with conversations by telephone.
'In the stress of business this little
annoyance caused by the typewriter
adds just one more element to in
crease the fatigue incident to the
days work.
1--WE are experimenting with ma
chine that we think will fill the need
for noiseless typewriter 1t is al
most encased in rubber, and the sound
is muffled by several ingenious de-
vices.
"We now and then make machines
to order for nervous customers, who
have worked on ideas of their own
for getting rid Of the typewriter din.
We have made a few machines en-
.cased in glass, with levers protruding
under the glass to move the carriage
adjust the paper. etc.