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New York Grain and Produce

NEW YORK, Oct. 1o-FLOUR-Receipt
t4,Ioo barrels; exports, 1900 barrels market
ouIl; Minnesota bakers, 81 J0G4 S.
WhEAT-Receipts. 49, 600 bushels: spot
easy; No. red. 81 14Is T. O. b. afoat: No /
Northern Duluth. 81 1SJk T. O. b. afoat On
llols were weak all day and closed skc net
decline. May, 81 co 9-l6a1 1OA, closed
81 1915 December closed 81 I2ib
HOPS-Quiet and unchanged
HIDES-Steady.
WCOL-Steady.
EUM-Steady.
COFFEE-SDot Rio steady; No invoice
S&e; mild, steady: The market for coffee flu
lures closed steady, with a net advance OF
10di5 points. with sales reported of 3s 76o
bags, including November, 67Oc: December
67OQ6SOc; March, 690G7c: May Z I5G17 3Oc.
July. 7.S0G7-S5c; August. 7.45c; September
7.55Q7.65c.
centrifugal 80 test, 4l4c; molasses sugar, 3i5c:
refined, quiet.
BUTTER-Easy; street prices extra cream
cry, 2OG201kc: official prices, creamery com
10 extra 1392Oc-
CHEESE-Firrn.
23c; Western fancy grades average best 2@
21hc.
DRIED FRUITS.
EVAPORATED APPLES-Arrivals are light
and while demand is small, prices are held
at about the former level. Common quoted
at 4@41kc; prime. 4Ss@5c;. choice 515@6e;
fancy, 61a 07c.
PRIyNES-Remain quiet but holders are
firm for the larger sizes and the tone as a
whole is steady. Quotations range from &c to
SIC. according to grade.
APRICOTS-Are quiet. but firm. Choice
are held at 71zc; extra choice at 10A q10hc;
fancy at 11@13c.
81 @s1kc; extra choice, So @ec: fancy, 9h@
1Oc.
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now scarce and firm and quotations show

now scarce and firm and quotations show
further advance.
Receipts were As. 500 lbs Butter. 46s cases
Eggs and 16, 600 lbs Cheese.
BUTTER-Creamery at first hands. 29c for
extras and 23@2sc for lower TO medium grades;
dairy. 21G24c: cold storage. 24c; store Butter,
1TQ20c; Eastern creamery 21E423c; Eastern
ladle- packed, 16@17c per lb.
CHEESE-11@11hc for choice mild new and
9@1Oc for lower grades; Young Americas. 110
12c; Oregon, 10111Hc: Eastern 10615c per lb.
EGGSERanch 3964Oc for large white Sc
lected, 3f@3sc for choice and 34q36c for
common; cold storage, 2711@30c; store nom
inal; Eastern. 25@2Sc for frsts and 22424c for
seconds and 21c for bakers.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 10. = Cotton futures
opened firm. October, 1012c; November
~. l2c bid December, 0.2Oc January. 10 9Oc /;
February, 10. 26c; March. I0.33c; April, 10 3sc;
MAY, 1o.3Se.
Cotton futures closed steady. October, 10 14c:
November, 10. I9c; December 10. 2Tc: January
lo-52c; February, 1o.35c; March, 10. .4ec; April
10 ale: Nay 1O.42c
spot cotton closed quiet. 10 points higher;
middiing upands, 10.B5c; middling gulf 10 soc
Sales 2S00 ba les ''
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CATTLE, SHEEP AND HOGS.
CHICAGO.

OhiCAN1O-
CHICAGO, Oct, o-cATTLE-Reoeipts
30. coo. including 1000 Westerns; market 100
15c lower; good to prime steers, So 65@6 so;
poor to medium, SO 1895 40 stockers and feed
ers, 81 30G4 Is; cows, 81 5Od4 so; heifers, S2Q
s; Gamers, 81 50Q2 40; bulls. $2q4 90; calves
So '50d7 so; Texas fed steers, $3G5 so; West
ern steers, 1904 IS.
HOGs-Receipts, 2s,OOo; market steady
good TO choice heavy, IS 90q6 10; rough
heavy, IS eo95 so' light, IS 7oae o5; bulk Of
SHEEP-Receipts, 700; market for sheep
weak lambs lower; good to choice wethers
SO 1904 30; fair TO choice mixed, SO 2563 TO-
Western sheep, S364 10; native lambs, $415;
Western lambs, S445 3d.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 1o-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 10, 600: market steady to lower; native
steers, s4as 10; native cows and heifers,
81 5o94 so; stockers and feeders, 81 1904 25
bulls 81 75G3 so; Western steers $SQ4 80.
HOGS Receipts, 1900; market steady to
lower: bulk of sales So 55G5 70; heavy, S5 701
3 50; packers 50 e5@5 s0;' pigs and lights,
sHEEP~Recsipts 5000; market steady
lambs weak; muttons. So 254S so; lambs, 81
40 10; range wethers So S0G8 So; ewes. 50 rs
OMAHA
OMAHA Oct 1o.-CATTLE-Receipts 60oO
market steady; cows and heifers, 81 5O69 Boz
Western steers, 80 90G4 80; Texas steers
50 7513 65; range COWS and heifers, SO $50
IS; Gamers. 81 60d2 15 stoekers and feeders
81 25d4; calves. s3a5 so; bulls and stags
81 1903 70.
HOGs-Receipts. 5000; market SC higher;
heavy, So 5015 55: mixed, S5 5OQ5 So; light
s. 50@5 SO; pigs, SoG55 40; bulk of sales, So 500
SHEEP = Receipts. 5000: market steady;
Western yearlings, SO 6504; wethers, So $50
q So; ewes, 1903 50 common and stockers
So 2563 rs; lambs, 81 4o@5.
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Hay and FeedstuGs.

The situation in these descriptions remains
as before. Bran rules firm. with moderate of
ferings. Receipts of Hay were large again
yesterday, being 1892 tons including 81 cars.
Choice clean lots were firm and in very fair
demand. while weather stained lots were not
wanted.
BRAN-S2CG21 per ton
MIDDLINGS- -s24@l2S per ton
SHORTS -s2o421 per ton.
FEEDSTUFFS-Rolled Barley, $23 5O624 Der
ton; oilcake Meal at the mill, S31 sO632 SO;
1obbing S33: Cocoanut Cake, S22G23: Corn
Meal $50 50q31 so; Cracked Corn S31632:
Mixed Feed, s22622 80; Horse Beans s3o@4o
per ton; Broom Corn Feed 90c per ctI
HAY--Wheat. $10Q15: Wheat and Oat S1o0
IA 30; Oat $9@13; Barley and Oat SSTi2:
Volunteer Wild Oat $7@1O: stable S9G1I
stock s5 5oa7; Glover. 1910; Alfalfa, s9a1s
per ton.
STRAW-45Q65c per bale.
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Il i, SALE

BY order OF proprietor of the Willow Livery
Stable, Mission St. between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth, I will sell at public auction
the entire contents Of stable. consisting. OF T3
good work. driving and business horses, 100
different styles OF vehicles, such as business.
top and rubber tire bugges, all kinds OF surreys,
wagonettes. 4-seaters. S-seaters. carts. light
and express and grocery wagons, 80 sets ot
single and double harness. whips. robes. blan-
to make up a hrst-class livery sable; this
stock Is in good working condition, 80 any
one desirins good horse or vehicle viii do
well to wait for this closing out sale, as every
thing must positively be sold; no reserve or
limit: parties retiring from business Sale
AuctiSneer
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EASTERN MARKETS.
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK Oct O-CIose-Arouev on cslr
y as steady 2Q2i5 per cent last loan cIosfne
20 offered ? time loans slightly arner si5tT
GAYS o09-a per cent. ninety days and slx
months 80 "a
Prime mercantile paper 455q5 per cent.
STERLING exchange. steady with actual busi-
ness IN bankers bills at 81 $1,000 S535 Tor
demand and al 81 S315G4 $500 for sixty-6sv
6llls. posted rates. s. s4G4 Sfls ana 81 seII.
commercial bills. 81 s3aa S8Is -
Bar silver STAG
IeNlcsn dollars 4E&c
irregular. 1N N-ii'@s
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Flour and MiIIstufs.

FLOUR-California Family Extras. 81 s0@
10, usual terms; Bakers Extras 81 1905:
Oregon and Washington, Jobbing at $4Q4 so
per Dbl
MILLSTUFFSLPrices in packages are as
follows: Graham Flour. So % per 100 lbs;
Rye Flour. SO; Rye Meal 81 75 Rice Flour
81: Corn Meal, 81 so; extra cream do So 60;
Ost Meal. So 75: Oat Groats 81; Honiny
50 60@3 So; Buckwheat Flour 81; Cracked
Wheat, So so; Farina- 81 IS; Whole Wheat
Flepr, IS SO: Rolled Oats bbls Sc a0Q7 90; in
boxes IS so: Green Peas. $5 80 per 100 lbs.
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Rutter. Cheese alfd Eggs.

The continued rains have more Or less un-
settled the Butter and Egg markets rendering
grades weaker. Extra fine creamery Butter
and fine large selected white ranch Eggs are
in slender supply and firm and sales OF both
at an advance over the closing quotations OF
last week reported. The medium and lower
grades Of Butter dragging and sellers are
making concessions to move them. Cheese ts
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Cash Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO. Oct 1G.-Cash quotations were
as follows: Flour. easier; No. 2 spring wheat,
81 1OAQ1 i4% No. corn. soc; No yellow,
52G52%c: No. 2 oats, 291ac; No. white. 311a
TT1AaTSc; good feeding barley, SIC; fair to
choice mailing. 39d4Tc; No 1 haNseed, 81 0S1a
No. l Northwesterp 81 IA; prime timothy
seed. 50 50; mess pork. per Dbl, 81 1901 13;
lard. per 100 lbs, 81 5I1R@7 go; short ribs
sides doose). 81 e2iaQ7 IS: short clear sides
wines 81 2e15; clover contract grade. Sl2 25.
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Butter. Cheese and Egrs

CHICAGO, Oct. TO- - On the Produce Ex-
change to-day the butter market was steady:
creamery, 14d20c; dairy 13Q17c. Eggs were
steady at mark, I4d1T2sc: frsts ISe; prime
1oQ101ac.
ELGIN, H.. Oct. 10.-Butter, firm and un-
changed to-day, selling at zoe a pound Total
sales for the week. e7s coo bounds
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DRIED FRUITS.
Visible Grain supply.

NEW YORK. Oct 1O-The visible supply
OF grain Saturday. as compiled by the New
York Produce Exchange, was as follows:
Wheat 90 89T, 900 bushels; increase, 3, 232. 900
bushels. Corn, 455B 600 bushels; decrease,
Liza coo bushels Oats. p. .53s. 600 bushels; in
crease 2532 900 bushels Rye 1.4ee. 900 bush
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Condition of the Treasury.
New York Cotton Market

WARRINGTON, Oct. 10.-To-day's staternen.
OF the treasury balance shows: Avaflable cash
balance $I5l ,4s1, ,5s4; gold. SIS, o7o, ,505.
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Northern Business.

SEATTLE. Oct 1o-Clearings. 81 .o14o94; /;
balances. $685. 666
TACOMA, Oct. 10.-C1earings, $557,76 bal
anees, S2f, 65T.
PORTLAND. Oct. 1o.-c1earings 81. sss. 7s1 /;
balances. $170, 1857.
balances, $116,4
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.13o.TT0 $50

Total sales for y years 2I4. SOS, ,26S "a u
Besides the above transactions for the past
year large business in bonds aud stocks
chiefly in the per cent bonds Of the United
Railroads of San Francisco was done in the
unlisted department. Of the exchange.
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St. Louis Wool Market.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1o.-WoOI-steady; me-
dunn grades, combing and clothing, 20626c;
light fine. 1S92oc; heavy fine. 12@16c; tub
washed, 22Q36c.
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Northern Wheat Market.
OREGON.

PORTLAND, Oct IO.-Wheat for EXPORT !:
WaIla Walla. S2cI bluestem. s5c; valley, 85c.
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Hides. TalIow. Wool and Hons

HIDES AND SkINS-Culls and brands sell
about 1hG1c under quotations Heavy saIted
Steers. 10kc; medium. 9Ac; light, &c; Cow
Hides &c for heavy and &c for light; Stays,
Calf 11hc; dry Hides. 161s 917c; dry Kip. 139
i4c: dry Calf 19c: Sheepskins shearlings' 256
75a9Oc: long Wool $1Gl so: Horse Hides,
salt. 81 IS for large, and S2q2 80 for medium.
81 S56il rs for small and SOC for Colts: Horse
Hides dry 81 rs for large and 81 so FOR me
alum, slQ1 % for small and soc for Colts
Buck Skins-Dry Mexican. SOC; dry salted
Mexiean 26c; dry Central American soc; Goal
sEius-Prime AngoraS. 75c extra large do.
a 25; large. soc; medium. 35c; small zoe.
OW-No l rendered. 4G4Hc per Ib:
No % 31bc; Grease. 21S93e.
WOOL-Fan cllp-San Joaquin and South
eYn 96711c; Southern. sGec; Southern Noun
tain 9I11c; Middle Counties free 126I4c:
do. defective 104l2c; Northern free l2914c;
dc defective. 10q12c; Humboldt and Mendo-
cine; %opsS1sS4 ltg1sSS per cropI % 2s@sOc De, IL
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Mining Stocks.

SAN FRANCIscorsTocK EXCHANGE.
Following were the sales on the san Fral
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For Eastern markets: walla Walla, sac; blue
stem, S6c
WASHINGTON.
TACOMA Oct. 10.-Wheat, unchanged. Blue
stem SEC: club SEC
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FINANCIAL
New York Metal Market.

els; increase, 80, 900 bushels. Barley, 1902,
bushels; increase, ], 1,15S, 600 bushels.
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Meat Market.

The week opened with quotations UNCHANGED
and the markets quiet and featureless.
DRESSED MEATS.
Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers
are as follows:
BEEF-5@Tc for Steers and 4@sc per lb
for Cows
vEAL-LaIge, 61a9719c; small, T@Sc per ID.
MUTTON-Wethers. TQThc Ewes 697c per
pound.
LAMB-sG9c per lb.
PORK-Dressed Hogs, 6GSc per h.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations for good sound
Livestock delivered in Sar Francisco less 400
As per cent shrinkage for Cattle:
CATTLE-Steers III AG7&c; Cows and Heif-
ers. 55hQ61sc; thin Cows. 495c per ID.
CALVES-@41sc per ID (gross weight
SHEEP-Wethers. 3AG3%c: Ewes. 30SAc
per ID (gross weight
LAMBS-S2 50G2 rs per head.
HOGS-Live Hogs. lao to 200 lbs 4xc:
200 to 260 lbs. 4hc; 130 lbs and under 4iSc:
over $50 lbs. 41ac; soft Hogs not wanted;
sows 20 per cent of; Bears. so per cent on
and stays. 40 per cent on from above quota.
fiOna.
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.
MONDAY. Oct. 1O-2 p. m
s BONDS

UNITED STATES BONDS
Bid. Ask. Bid. Ask.
As or coup. 1O6as 1067s As or cp new 131 3s 132 q
As or reg. 1868 1065s 3s or coup .1O5A log
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS.
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London CIosing Stocks.

Bar siiver-Steady, 26ssd per ounceN
Money! per cent
The rate Of discount In the open market for
snort DIS Is 2k02A per cent and for three
months bills / 1929 per cent.
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Morning Session.
Street
$50, 600 United r of F per cent. Sc 2s
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Morning Session.

Board
% Alaska Packers Assn. 127 90
leo F Gas & Electric. ....... 81 90
25O Spring Valley Water Co... 3S %
25 Spring Valley Water CO.. 50 3TI5
s., ,O00 Cal g & NJ & c 5s. 5. 81 so
Street
s.. 600 Cal G GM& 5s.... 81 3IH
Afternoon Session.
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y , = I|IIIs N"To U00FanE1
NeNy York Stock Iist.

tnif r ONO -
= a. Ohio nfd -
CaraSia1 Pacific q.
central q y ! D..
Cliee ~ Ohio .
Chicago g. Alton.
Clli g. Alton pfd
Chicago & @ "
ChicEo g. y "
chi. 1Iu & 81 p
q. II e. 81 2 pfd
Chicago T g. T
Chi r & 7 pfd ..-
r C & g. ST Louis
Colorado Southern
Colo 50 1st pfd-..
COLO So ID nfd -
Delaware e. Hudson
Del Lack a. Yes
Denver g. Rio c.
Den a. r G pfd
Erie .-----.---
Fre 1st pfd -.,.
Erie - pfd ..
HGckinE Nsiiey 90
Hocls ing Va pfd
Illinois Central
Iowa Central w
Iowa Cen Dfd 80
Kansas City So
Ksas q So pfd .
Louisville 4 Nash .
Manhattan L ..-.-
AietroUol Sccur 90.
bIetsD-ol 81 Ry 49,
AfrueaD 4. 81 Louis
II. 81 = A. s Ste N.
y. SfP g. s s u pfd
Missouri PaciDc 90.
No ksIs a. Tex.
So j a. r pfd.
Naiiorl 81 siex pa
n = Central ...-
IS rfclk g. Western
cfolk 4 " pf6
afer.0 a. Western.
rre 1Fania $1,000
fi'E Cc e. St !
.uE ---
r.lE 7st pfd-.
- ia 80.
E0c islaUd co 81.
kOck Isi co pfd
81 Loifis e. san r.
81 LMis : W ~
81 Louis s " pfd.
Southern Pacific /.
Eouthern Railway
southern Ry pfd.
Texas e. Pacific
Tol. 81 Louis A. W.
= 81 J. 4 W nd.
Union Pacific ~
Union Pacific p1d..
y abaEh -
Wabash pfd ..
Wheel 4 Lake z.
NiEcensin Central
Wisconsin Cent p1d
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Exchange and Bullion.

Silver advanced Sc
LOCAL,
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California Stock and OH ExcbaD1e
SALES.
-. =

Morning Session.
25 Paauhau Sugar. r..............15 s716
Afternoon Session
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sharply with the unmistakable transgres

sharply with the unmistakable transgres-
s'or of proper usage and does not hesi.
tate to quote violations of linguistic. and
grammatical proprieties from the works
tof reputed masters Of the English Ian
guage. He points out the. defect of q
5superhuous use of adjectives, the marring
of style by authorizations, the misuse Of
adverbs. He punctures Ruskin for writ
Ing ;..All curves are not equally beautiful
when he means mot all curves are equal
~ beautiful He advises the abandon
mept Of the expression "along the lines
as coming too near a Tnannerisin. and he
points out among other vagaries the illit-
crate use Of the word Claim" On the
perntctous use of the privilege Of coming
words, Mr.. johnson writes strongly, and
shows how often such use lapses into af-
fectation and yulgarisrn. The authors
discussion Of the art OF ,elocution Is full
Of practical suggestions.
Mr.. Orion. in his treatise on The Prog
ress OF the Ceramic Industry, in bulletin
No. SO Of the University Of Wisconsin
amplifies the field covered by the term
ceramic" which limits it in it's ordinary
meaning to the clay industries, and in
cludes, in accordance with the new
schools view, the entire field Of silicate
products as glassware and cement
which is a vitrifled silicate. The
this country has made in glass manu-
| featuring and in decoration of glass and
the introduction Of every color in its
makeup, while in cement Germany is
ahead Of us. Under the larger definition
Of ceramics is included even brick-mak
| ing, in which wonderful improvement:
have been made. The output of thu
ceramic Industries in this country aggre
gates 5000 600, 900. These industries neet
technical aid and present q fine field o
work for engineers
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THOSE LIVESTOCK RATES
What Looked Like a Considerable
...,r Advance Is Not.

What looked like an advance in
livestock rates from Spokane and in
termediate points to eastern points is
in reality no advance. Previous rates
were based on 3O-foot cars with pro-
portionate increases for larger cars.
The new rates are based on 36a-foot
cars. It is provided that shipments
may be made from different stations in
any number of cars if consolidated
into lots Of ten or more at any point
on the way. Then the cars will take
the train rate instead Of the higher
car rate. The tariff covers livestock
shipments in carloads over the North
ern Pacific and it's connections. The
same rate is made from all points. To
st. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Mime
sofa Transfer and Superior double
cars of hogs will be carried for 1892.
To Milwaukee and Chicago cars of
horses and mules must pay 1851; cat
tie, sheep and hogs, in single deck
cars, s249.40, and hogs in double
deck cars, 1851. For trainload lots,
ten or more cars, the rate on horses
is $243.6o, and 1892 on cattle, sheep or
hogs: To Sioux City, Council Bluffs,
Omaha, Atchison, Leavenworth, the
rates on carloads are $214.60 for
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs in sin
gle decks, and 1882 for double deck
hog cars. The trainload rate is
$21O.54 and $19S.94, respectively.
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to accomplish such laudable ends as
the opening of oriental markets. But
he always fails to show wherein COM
bination gives that power. 1t is nota-
BILE that he had made progress which
he confesses to be gratifying before
his merger was attempted. II now
the merger fails in.courts, lie will be
in just the position he was in during
the -four or five years in which he
laid the foundations of oriental trade.
Even under distinct ownership, as we'll
as nominally distinct management, the
Northern Pacific will have just as
great interest as the Great Northern
In opening new markets. It is. even
probable that a friendly emulation in
the oriental trade would get better
and quicker results than united eff
forts. The Burlington absorption is
not apropos, because no one has ever
objected to the combination of that
road with the Great Northern. 1t is
not a competing line.
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The Commercial club is mott any need
of any excuses for having lost its head
in the excitement over the Chicago thea
ter horror A committee Of responsible
business men have stated very calmly
some facts with regard to the situation
which it was their duty to present to the
public. It is now up to the mayor to
take such action as he sees fit. Elts course
may be the wise one, but certainly these
gentlemen of the committee, If they found
the facts as they represent them. and
they undoubtedly did, could not have
made any other report in justice to them
selves or to the public. This matter OF
protecting human life is very serious
business for those on whom the respon-
sibility rests.
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TOLD IN A LINE

Rochester. n. Y.-Bishop Thomas A. Hendrick
left last night for the Philippines.
Manila-The act prohibiting the Importation
Of all silver coin which is not upon gold
basis became law to-day.
Philadelphia-His mind weakened by over
work, Wallace S. l.. Rhoades, one of the biggest
real estate dealers In Philadelphia, committed
suicide by hanging himself.
Memphis, Tenn.-A committee Of fifty promi-
nent men has been appointed to prosecute frauds
in the recent city election and to INACCURATE re-
form in the city government. -
New York-The supreme court has declared
invalid the divorce obtained in South Dakota by
Mrs. Ellen Theresa Elder. on the ground that
collision existed between the parties to the
suit.
Terre Haute. Ind.-The eharred bodies of Mrs.
Elizabeth Wardlee and two young daughters were
found to-day in their home near here. 1t is sup
posed the building caught fire from an oyerheated
stove last night.
Honolulu--A gang of Japanese gamblers az
sassinated G. r. Glennan, a civil engineer, on
the Island Of Kauai. by setting off dynamite
under his bed Friday night. because he prevented
the gamblers from preying on the workmen.
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Here's Your Chance.

Mr. d. A. Tompkins Of Charlotte,
n. c., whom the Atlanta Constitution
describes as 1.-The great national au-
thority on all matters appertaining to
the southss chief field staple" is of
the opinion that, owing to the scarcity
of labor, the cotton crop Of the south
for some years to come will remain
approximately what it is. No matter
how high prices go, the farmers cam
not plant more cotton than it is with
in the capacity of the available field
hands to care for and pick. The
negro as farm hand gets worse and
worse and scarcer at that.
A million white men who might
otherwise be employed on the farms
are occupied nsymanufactures, com
merce and transportation. There is
very little immigration of whites from
the north or Europe. ,xs
In view of this situation, Mr.. Temp
kins INDUCES in some timely COM
ment on the lack Of a horsepower
cotton picker, which would do for
cotton what the harvester does for
cereal crops. AS much cotton can be
raised as can be picked. A horse.
power cotton picker would make ar
| increase Of so per cent in, the cotton
crop Immediately possible. 1t would
reduce the cost of picking 1O,000,00C
bales from $1Oo,ooo.ooo tos3sl ,olasi
O0O. It would, to a large extent, solve
the south's labor problem.
1t is strange that such d, machine
has not yet been invented, but it viii
be stranger still if under the stres:
of the demand for cotton at high
prices such an invention is not soor
Forthcoming. There would be mil
lions in it, of far more substantial
nature than those of Colonel Sellers
for the successful inventor. Such al
invention would be as epochal as tina
Of the cotton gin or, the reaper ant
binder.
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