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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16

esting developments in this line. They
are embroidered In cotton matching
rhe girdle linen In color.
In the trimming line very stunning
Is an edging Of tiny balls which is used
In conjunction with net or lace.
Pettcoats are made with adjustable
aounces both in silk and muslin.
The waist pictured is Of a tan and
brown mixture carried out In burllng.
nam silk. The fronts are cut In four
pieces. with a seam running from
Sooulder to waist line. The seam near
est the side is slightly gathered at the
bust. Over vest Of tucked taffeta Ia
a shawl collar Of the silk edged with
braided design which crosses surpllce
fashion at one side. The chemisette ls
Of tucked white null, and the sleeves
are leg OF mutton trimmed with round.
ed turnover cuffs
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16

They are mostly used for motoring
Batiste all overs are embroidered in
ecru to match pongee.
A lingerie frock this season Is not al
ways one that will visit the tub.
The accordion plated blouse is one Of
the seasons assured styles. The sleeves
are also plated in the same fashion.
Jeweled lockets exqulsitely carved,
worn about the neck suspended from a
long chain, are fad.
A pretty new French slipper has a
design of embroidery and beads run.
ning all around II.
Shaded leather belts and stocks fas-
tened with hammered copper buckles
are new.
The attractive hat seen in the cut Is
Of gray chip simply trimmed with sew
eral shades Of gray blue velvet about
the crown. Where the hat folds and
tits at the side 1t is filed In with
sprays Of forgetmenots.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
CHIC STYLES

1t Is the sleeves and shoulders that
govern the new styles. Miracles can
be accomplished with the new sleeve
trimmings and the right shoulder ar
rangements. Epaulets that form the
top OF the sleeve are q favorite adorn.
ment of the up TO date sleeve.
Win these plated skirts will be
worn short jackets with rather long
fronts.
Mohair Of the new silky weave Is to
be very much worn. 1t Is particularly
good style when In checked design.
Pale green and white. rose and white.
rnd coral and white are new blendlngs.
Dozens Of new mriles have come out
The linen craze has brought out inter.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
MoussEINz CHIFFON BALL GOWN,

and here and there chou OF white
satin ribbon. The bodice Is cut lower
In front than In the back. The sleeves
have a circle of pink roses above
nouncings OF tulle. leaving the arm
bare beneath the roses. On one side
OF the decollete waist Is circlet Of
roses and on the other ribbon bow.
Invisible checked taffeta Is very much
used both for the elaborate afternoon
toilet and tailor made gowns.
An attractive checked taifeta In
framboise color Is made with a skirt
stitched down In panels marked by
bands Of white soutache braid ana
dts closely TO the figure in the upper
portion. Toward the Aase the soft silk
Is slightly draped In Louis fashion and
caught up at intervals by tabs OF
embroidered linen over full plating
OF the silk. creating a unique effect
The corsage Is semibolero cut up In
broad straps. each bordered with
white braid passing beneath a girdle.
q tabled bask.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
EVENING DRESS MODES.

White spotted tulle Is the rage for
young girls evening frocks, and moth.
ing Is more suitable to the freshness of
youth than this material But It must
De made oyer a vaporous skirt to give
II snowy effect The most success.
Iul OF these spotted tulle dresses have
nrst an underskirt of taffeta covered
win a second skirt Of mousseline and
then the tulle. On the bottom of tho
SKIRT Is wide Louis XVI. plating
yith a narrow ruching on each side
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
Pretty Rose Colored Boas for
Evening Wear.
The COVERT CLOTH JACKETS
They WIN Be Much in Evidence Dur
ing the Coming Season-The New
Sleeves and Shoulder Arrangements.
Short Jackets and Plated Skirts.

Very lovely for evening wear are the
aeicate shades Of rose colored ostrich
Boss The curl OF the feather gives a
wonderfully foamy effect that Is emf.
aently becoming. These sumptuous
soas are quite the leading novelties Of
the season.
White panama cloth 10 to be very
smart this season both for suits and
separate skirts worn with silk waists.
Panama cloth viii also make the
incest kind OF walking costumes both
N plain color and In a figured design
which is almost Invisible except In Ger.
tMfR lights.
The covert cloth jacket win be in
evidence this spring in all the VARYING
lengths. The only difference between
fhe new jackets and those OF last year
. that in the recent models the bust is
Aakher and the sleeves. which are Of
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
BIDS WANTED.

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED FOR UP
per structure Of the new st. Marys
hospital; plans and specifications can
be seen at the Office OF the architect at
ST. Marys hospital all bids to be In
on or before May 81; right Is reserved
to reject any or all bids.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP,

NOTICE - HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the partnership heretofore existing
between the under signed. doing bust
ness as Kallunki 4 Anderson. In Ald.
erbrook, Cedar street. Astoria, ore.
has this lay been dissolved by mu,ua,
consent. Jocoo Anderson retiring from
said ilrm. and Andrew kallunki con.
unnlng In the business. All oulAtani.
ins accounts are due and payable TO
tho said andrew Kallunki. who win
ray and loes hereby assume all the
debts Of said rrm existing to this date
Dated at Astoria. Ore. May .. 1905.
]. ANDERSON.
A. KALLuNkL.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16

vest over this vest are hreTeIle-TIke
Pieces OF henrietta trimmed with Grape,
which are drawn Into the waist with
Grape rosettes TO form a ginile. The
sleeves finish at the elbow with double
rutties Of mousselIne de sole.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
ELECTRIC BARRIERS.
FOUND.

FoUND--IN UNIoNTow.. :, NEAR A.
", Aliens branch store, lady's purse
containing money; owner can have the
same by calling at A. v. Aliens branch
store and paying charges.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
REAL ESTATE.

HERMosA PARK LOTS. THE MOST
exclusive property nt seaAide. ore.
Facing the Pacific ocean IN oregon's
prettiest summer resort. thea. lots are
u good investment at $3.50 to $3.50 each.
Inspection invited. A. Gilbert. Jr.
Seaside. ORE
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sSSffJGRI|AT|SA SfGRI|IA
Colutnbua Ohio Nav a :,

Columbus, Ohio, May 40, Ioo3.
Six years ago l had severe attack q,
lnhamnatory Rheumatism. I was laid ur
In bed for six months, and the doctors
had did me no good. They changed med.
icines every week and nothing they pre-.
scribed seemed to help me. Finally I be.
gan the use OF S.S.S. My knee and elbow
joints were swollen terribly, and at one
time my joints were so swollen and pain.
tul that could not close them when
opened. was so bad that could NOT
move knee or foot. was.getting discour.
aged, you may be sure, when began s. s.
s., but as saw 1t was helping me contin.
ued 1t, and to-day am sound we'll man
and have never had return Of the disease.
5. 5. s. purified my blood and cured me
OF this severe case Of Rheumatism after
everything else had failed. have roc.
commended 1t to others with good re-
suits. R.H. cuAp1,aw
1855 Mt. Vernon Ave.
The poisonous acids that produce the In.
aammation and pain are absorbed into ths
blood and Rheumatism can never be con.
quered till these are neutralizsd aud 81.
tered out Of the blood and system. s. 8. &.
goes directly into the circulation and Al.
tacks the disease itself. 1t purifes and re.
stores the blood to a healthy. yigorou,
condition. 1t contains no potash, aif ali OF
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J. ! J. J |. { !: !" ]: ] !. ] J
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
ODDS AND ENDS.

The smartest kind of shirt waists can
be made Of two hand embroidered linen
pillowcases.
A dainty brown parasol Is edged with
three broad tucks Of coarse ecru linen.
Goats Of pongee come for summer
wear having collar and cuffs OF suede.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
soFTNEss OF sEALsKIN.
Es RivaIed By Human Hair where
DandrufE7 IT, Eradicnted.

sealskin il admired the world over for
Ms softness and glossiness; and yet the
human hair is equally as soft and glossy
when healthy; and the radical cause OF all
hair trouble Is dandruff, which IS caused
by pestiferous parasite that saps the
vitality Of the hair at its root. Newbro's $
Herpicide Is the only preparation that Is
fatal to the dandrun germ. without dan
drUn there Is no falling hair, but a Iux-
Trsant growth Of glossy. soft hair is GER
taiE. Securing the scalp won't cure dan
arun XIII the dandruff germ. Thous-
Ants OF women owe their beautiful suits
ef hair to Newbro's Herpicide. Sold by
leading druggists Send 1oc. in stamps
10 The Herpicide Co.. Detroit. Mich.
Eagle Drug Store. s51-s5a Bond ST.,
Owl Drug Store. 64s Com. St., T. b.
xAzTin Prop. Special Agent
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OFFICE OF c. O. NJ, VANCOUVER

oFf1CE OF c. Q, NJ. VANCOUVER
Barracks. Wash, April is. 1905.
Sealed proposals, In triplIcate, viii be
received here until II o'clock a. m.
Nay IL. 1905. for furnishing foragr
and bedding az pos,s In this depart.
ment. for the year ending June 80,
1905. Information furnished here or
by quartermasters at posts. U. 4. 70,
serves the right to reject or aeeep, any
or all proposals., or any part thereof.
Envelopes containing proposals should
be marked Proposals for forage and
bedding At" addressed II. q,
HoDGsoN. c. Q. II.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
SINGING.
MILK DEALERS.

STRICT LAWS referring TO the purity
OF milk are being enforced everywhere.
You need hay no fear about the quail
ny OF the milk we serve you. It's pure
and fresh. Choose either morning or
might delivery and get Fresh Milk OF
THE sLooP.JEFFERs CO., 10Th and
Duane streets.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16

me tailored order, are set In the arms
eye with a square effect. The cuffs are
stitched In tailor fashion.
The gown illustrated is a costume
for the first months of deep mourning.
II Is made Of lightweight henrietta
cloth and Grape. The underskirt is
entirely Of Grape, and the pointed over
skirt effect has band of the same
handsome material Mousseline de
sole is tucked into tiny chemisette,
and the fronts Of the waist simulate a
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16
RATES..
Astorian Free Want Ads,
CALL FOR slps.

OFFICE CONSTRUCTING QUAR-.
termaater. Astoria. Ore. May !, 1905
Scaled propoaais In tripiieate will
he received at thla once until 10
o'clock a M. May Is. 1895. for replank.
ing approach To wharf at Fut Co.
iumbia wash. United s,atea reserves
the right TO reject any or all propo.-
ala Plans can ba seen and apaeir-
Cations Obtained at this once. Infor-
nation furniahei on, application. I'm.
vssopcs should DO marked Proposals
fo~ RepaArw' and addressed Captain
Gsodaie. ouartermanter. Astoria, ORE.
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EMPLOYMENT OFFICES.

MAX sTRAEL & CO., EMPLOYMENT
ofice. 535 Bond ST. Phone Red 2sOl.
All kinds of help furnished on short
notice. Call or phone.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-16

FOR SALE CHEAP--HULL OF THE
schooner webfoot, capacity 400 thou
sand feet OF lumber; tight ana sound:
suitable for floating wharf or lighter.
Apply to C. II. Calender.
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FOR sALE--MlscELLANEous.

FOR SALE - HIGH COUNTER.
about feet long Apply at Astor-
ian ofiice.
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'hs Swift Specific Company, Atlanta,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-15
ROOSEVELT FIRES PALMER
President Summarily Removes the Pub
lie Printer for Disobedience
of His Orders.

OYSTER BAY, l.. l., Sept. 9.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has taken summary ac-
ton in the case of Frank w. Palmer,
public printer and head of the govern
ment printing office at Washington, by
removing him from office.
Last Monday the President directed
Mr.. Palmer to send TO him his resigna-
ton to take effect on the 10Th inst. At
the same time he directed him not to
take any further action in the cases of
Oscar j. Ricketts,, foreman of printing,
and l.. c. Hay, a division foreman in
the government printing office, whose
designations Mr.. Palmer had requested.
Mr.. Palmer had given Ricketts, and Hay
until Tuesday to show cause in writing
why the charges he had made against
them should not be operative III remOv-
ing them from their positions in the
event of their failure to resign. In di-
rect disobedicnce of the Presidents in
structions Mr.. Palmer on the 9TH instant
notified Ricketts, and Hay that the time
which they might have in which to an
swer his charges would be extended until
Saturday, the 9th instant. As this was
not only a violation of the Presidents
specific instructions, but as the case of
Ricketts, and Hay had been placed in the
hands of the Keep commission for inves-
tigation the President felt it was time
to take positive action regarding Mr..
Palmer. He therefore removed him
from office by telegraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-15
GAR AGREES TO
PAY THE MIKAD0.
SECRET TREATY BETWEEN THE
RULERS OF RUSSIA AND
JAPAN.
Five Hundred Million Dollars to Be Paid
Within Five Years-Komura and
Witte Not Consulted.

NEW YORK, Sept. ga dispatch to
the World from London today revives
abe frequently and officially denied
stories that secret treaty has been
made between the Emperors of Russia
and japan.
''The Intermediates in the negotia-
ton," says the dispatch, were the
American and German ambassadors at
st. Petersburg. 1t provides that the
Emperor of Russia-not the empire
shall pay $50O,O00,000 indemnity to
Japan in five years, less the amount
which Russia will pay Japan for her
care and maintenance of Russian pris-
Dners of war, $100,000,00O as provided
In the treaty of Portsmouth. 1t is re-
ported also that Russia agrees in the
treaty to give Japan free hand i'll
China.
THE compact was made without the
knowledge even of Baron Komura and
M. Witte."
Baron de Rosen today gave out an
emphatic and unqualified denial of the
above story. Baron de ROsen declared
the report had not the slightest founda-
ton and was absurd on its face.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-15
LET INNOCENT MAN
HANG FOR MURDER
Awful Confession of Wretch Just Before
Suicide-Kept Secret for
Thirty Years.

MINOT, \. D., Sept. 11.-''When my
lifeless body is found notify my mother,
Mrs. Catherine Herzig, of Girard, o..
The enclosed letter will reveal my iden-
tity and the awful secret of my wretched
life. l can endure it no longer"
The foregoing note was found by Frank
Dyer, who lives on claim near Hidden
wood, this county. 1t was written by
one of his harvest hands called Frank,
who has disappeared.
In the letter the writer, who signs
himself Charles HerZig, says:
Dear Mr.. Byer-In the early 20 Charles
Sterling, a supposed tramp, was tried for
the murder of Lizzie Grombacker, a beau
tiful young woman residing near Goungs-
town. in MaLoning county, O. He was con
victed on crcumstantial evidence and was
hanged for the crime in the county jaii Al
Youngstown.
Charles Sterling was an innocent man. !
am guilty of the murder of that young girl.
CHARLES HERZIG.
Byer and his neighbors have made a
search without success for the body of
Herzig.
YOUNG O., Sept. 1.-THE
murder of Lizzie GrOmbacher occurred IN
1874 and Charles Sterling, a tramp, was
hanged for it in 1877 after two trials.
Sterling maintained his innocence to the
end Nothing could be learned of the
Herzig family, supposed to live near
Girard. No one knows Mrs. Catherine
HerZig at Girard, although inquiry was
made of the postmaster. 1t was said
that a family of that name had formerly
lived in that vicinity, but no one knows
them at the present time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-15
EDITOR IS MURDERED.
Mystery Surrounds the Killing of Jacob
II. Thompson in New
York

NEW YORK, Sept. GA mystery of
unusual proportions was today developed
in the circumstances surrounding the
death of Jacob H. Thompson, for forty
years an editor on the New York Times,
by positive evidence that he was muir
dered on the night of September { by Il
brutal clubbing in a prominent hotel
situated in one of the busiest residence
and business sections of New York city.
This fact was disclosed today by the
coroner's autopsy. This examination
showed that Mr.. Thompson had been
struck over the head at least a dozen
times with blunt instrument and had
been strangled as well.
No one has been found who admits
having the slightest knowledge of what
transpired in the editors room in st.
James hotel at 100 West Forty-ffth
street, from the time he entered it early
Thursday evening until he was found
about 9 O'Clock yesterday morning by a
chambermaid. who told the coroner that
she saw him half sitting and making
convulsive movements with his hands.
He was then fully dressed and was
wearing riding boots. An unfinished let
ter was lying on the desk as if the writ
er had just laid down his pen.
The mystery is further complicated by
the fact that at first reports were sent
both to Mr.. Thompson's brother and to
the hospital which was telephOned to
for aid. that he was only suffering from
heart failure
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-15
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
MILWAUKEE, SEPTEMBER II.
Egg and Dairy Markets.

MILWAUKEE - Eggs - Market steady.
The produce boards official quotation,
is Ice for fresh laid, at mark cases re-
turned. Sales of good candled stock on the
street in a small way run about 1SQ1S1ac.
Dlrttes, checks and seconds, 12W14c.
Butter-Market steady. Elgin price on
extra creamery is PIC. Local price. extra
creamery. lie; prints. 22c; irsts. 100; sec
onds, 17Q1sc; dairy, fancy, 1Sc; lines, 15@
lie; packing stock, 14014hc.
Cheese Steady: American full cream.
twins, 11Q1f1ac; limburger, per Id. 91aQ10c
off grade. SQ9c; fancy Brick, 10Q101zc low
grades, SQS12c; imported Swiss, 2jc; fancy
Block, new, 11A@11$4c; new Round Swiss,
1112Ql2c; loaf, old. 1tG1415c; Sapsago. 1Sc.
$50 boxes twin cheese and 245 boxes dais-
les; 100 twins sold at 10 15-16c and 80 lie;
all daisies sold at 11-16c
ELGlN, Ill, Sept. 11.-[Special. Butter
aggressive rise in Erie, which reached pa
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. 11.-Butter-Firm;
cre0meries, 1TQ20c; dairies, 1612G1Sc. Eggs
Firm; at mark, cases included, 13A01634c.
Cheese-Firm; daisies, 11a Q12c; twins, II
Q1112c; Young Americas. 11Ac.
ceipts, 1899; street price, extra creamery,
21Q2112c; official prices, creamery, common
to fair, 1IG1Sc; renovated. common to ex,
ira, 15020c; western factory, common to
extra, 15@17Ac; western imitation cream
cry, extras, 1919c; do frsts, 1SG1Slac.
Cheese-Firm; receipts, 1919; state. full
cream, small, white fancy. lie; do fair to
choice. 11A@11Ac: do colored fancy, 12c;
do fair to choice, 11A@11Ac; do large white
Eggs-Firm; receipts, 671O; state, Pennsyl-
vania and nearby fancy selected white 26QO
&c: do choice, 25026c; do mixed, extra 25c;
western extra firSts, 210D22c; frstS, poe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-15
MURDERED IN HOTEL.
Another Mysterious Killing Battles the
New York Police Depart

NEW YORK. Sept. 11.-What may
develop into another mysterious hotel
murder like that of Jacob II. Thompson,
a we'll known editor, was discovered yes
terday in an obscure hosiery at Sixth
avenue and Fifty-siXth street.
Finds Him Dead.
maid in the hotel was drawn to room
occupied for the night previous by Alfred
krattinger, q public accountant, who
lived with his wife, father and brothers
in West Fifty-secOnd street. The room
was broken open and krattinger found
dead in the bed. At first it appeared to
be a commonplace suicide such as cor
Oners handle q dozen times q week. \
systematic examination of the body and
the room was made by the detectives.
Evidence of Murder.
1t was observed that the transom of
the room was half open while the room
showed none of the usual preparations
for suicide by gas. When the coroner
came to examine the body closely he no
ticed that the face was not blackened Or
discolored, as frequently happens in
asphyXiation cases. Then he saw a large
bruise just over the right ear, near the
temple, as might have been caused by a
hard fall or a blow from a heavy stick
or blunt weapon. The coroner could not
determine from cursOry examination
whether the skull was fractured. That
will be determined today by the cOron-
ers physician.
Valuables All Cone
Frattinger's brothers told the coro-
ner that there should have been found
ON the body a diamond pin, worth
$11O0 and a considerable amount of
cash. The only thing found in the
pockets was Il cheap pocket knife. There
was no trace of the diamond pin.
1t was subsequently ascertained by
the coroner that the hotel register had
been tempered with and the time Of
Krattinger's arrival changed. The hotel
employees professed entire ignorance as
to who made the change.
Slayer Escaped by Window.
Krattinger's father and brothers de-
clared after the examination that they
were positive the accountant had been
murdered in his room early yesterday
morning for his money and pin. and
that the thief and murderer had es-
capped by the Sixth avenue window,
after arranging the body neatly and
turning on the gas to create the impress
sion of suicide.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-15
Other Crop Averages.

The average condition of barley when
harvested was SIS. against $50 on
August 1. 1905: S4.7 reported Septem-
Der 1. 1904; S2.1 at the corresponding
date in 1903, and a teu-year average of
S34
The average condition of rye when
harvested was 90.S, against $50 re-
ported September 1, 1904; S41 reported
September l, 1903, and a ten-year aver
age Of S5.S
The average condition of buckwheat
on September l was 91.S, against 92.6
one month ago; 91.5 on September l,
1904; 80 at the corresponding date in
1908, and a ten-year average Of $50.
The average condition of fax on Sep
TENDER 1 was 94.2, as compared with
96.7. one month ago, and S5.S on Septem-
Der l. 1904.
The average condition of tobacco on
September l was Sd. against 81 one
month ago; S3.7 on September /, 1904
S3.4 at the corresponding date in 1903,
and @ fve-year average of S1.3.
The average condition of potatoes on
September 1 was 500 against 81. one
month ago, 91.6 on September /, 1904
S43 at the corresponding date in 1903,
and a ten-year average Of 500.
The average condition of rice on
month ago; S9.1 on September l, 1904
and 93.6 at the corresponding date in
1903.
Increase Glover Acreage.
Of the thirteen principal clio -er seed
producing states. one, namely. Illinois,
reports an increased acreage; four.
namely. Ohio. Utah, California and
Colorado, report no change in acreage,
and all the other principal states re-
port decreases. In Ohio and Utah con-
ditions are reported the same as their
ten-year averages. while in all other
principal states conditions are above
such average.
The number of stockholdings now be-
ing fattened is per cent less than the
number one year ago. Reports as to
size and weight of stOckholdings indi-
cate q condition of go, as compared
with 94.2 one year ago, and seven
wear average of "a Z