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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
BROKERS STILL
FEAR LAWSON
DECIDED ABATEMENT or ACTIVE
INTEREST I'M STOCKS - FEAR
ADVANCES IN PRICES WAS AT
TOO FAST A PACE.
BY the Associated Press.

| by the Associated Press.
New Yor Jan There was I'LL
cided abatement Of active interest III
stocks and resulting ID a heavy and
Irregular tone In The day. dealings
To some extent this was undoubted. i
due - The fear hat the advances ol
Yesterday were at tao fast a pace for
the health Of the market. There was
| a perceptible sensitiyeness to con
stant fluctuations In Amaigamated
Copper, which continues to be regard
ed as the danger point by large ele.
nent among operators since their ex-
periences a few weeks ago.
Threatening utterances from the
same source as at the time Of the pre-.
viou9 break in The stock keeps alive
this spirit Of apprehension. Tho stim
1lating effect al The Narthern secu-
4ltias decision had loat some Of It'll
force today and Tim Nor bern Gecuri
iieS On curb and all aleeks5 related ta
II on exchange we're reae i0nary. II
Is tahen for granted thar plans are far
80 NAiASft 1W1Akt@ d&Rf1fN6lIls anu GOtl
binations 10 accomplish the purpose
sought by the Northern Securities
merger. But there Is che remaining
force in the consideration that the
tern4s OF the redistribution of the
in the rneraer Will end the
control secured by Union Pacific of
the old Northern Pacific, thus in a
RELOCATING conditions to the
same state that existed before the
contest between the giants
u The railway world in 1901.
There were sust aiming points In
sae market which held prices agaiusi
any severe reaction, New York Can
.Tal, linton Pacific. Lphigh Valley
Hrle ana Reading being ii this lis
The money mariet here continue
sasy, but the rate 81 goid outgo vas
n ome sentimental Influence fl TIE
atock market.
Railroad nct earnings reported tog
November bowed good increases. liza
oortant INSTANCES being Fenasylgan
a, Union Pacific, ST Paul ana r.ehls /
Valley.
Reactionary tendency in tie markat
loweyer- prevailed ana the closing
vas weak
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
At St. Louis

b ths Associated PTess.
ST. Louis. jan. 4.-CATTLE-Rs
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
EnalIsh Girl Fond Of nons.

Miss Ruby Cooke, daughter of Lady
Cooke of Easthorpe, England, Is be-
iisved to own one OF the finest collec.
ton of dogs in the world, including
Mighty Atom, which weighs Just two
and half pounds Another of her
fads is photographlng. at which she
and her brother are experts. Also
she goes in for fine embroidery. plays
the guitar, mandolin end bspjo Tin ad.
dition 70 The Piano. Of course. and II
q famous candy maker.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
Receipts and Shipments.
BY the Associated Press.

Chicago, Jan. Following were
the receipts and shipments in carload
lots from this market today:
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.


BY the Associated Press.
Chicago, Jan. i-CATTLEt-Mod.
crate supply today resulted in bet
ter market. the demand from all
classes of buyers decidedly larger.
Prices ruled tenn20 higher for desir.
able Offering Exporters are buying
freely. while eastern shippers are
taking fair supplies. The average
quality Of offerings is very poor.
Stockers and feeders trade was soue g.
what better.
HoGS-There was COED supply
today, but the demand Of active price,
ruled stronger to a shade higher.
Bulk Of sales. $500 467lk.
SHEEP-There- was lively de-
mand. prices stronger. prime naive
lambs being 15G25 higher than yes
terday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET.
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
New Yory. Jan 4.--WHEAT-Re
ceipts, 1900. Spot. irregular; No.
2 red s1.2lh elevator; No. red,
S1.22k f. 0. b. afloat. Options closed
ga &net higher. May, s1.15 9-16.
CORN-Receipts. 10000. exports
$4,000; spot. easy; No. 2. 5f1k ele-
vator and 51% f. o. b. afloat; No. ?
yellow, So; No. white. SO: options
closed steady at Is net decline. May
50is.
OATS-Receipts, 10000. Spot,
dull; mixed, S7k; white, 37Ik G-3s-ik;
clipped white, 39d i0lk.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
reported by the Cassidy Commits.
sion Company, Cos Commercial Az
enue.
SHOCKS.

New York, Jan. 1.-The following
was the range Of prices on the New
York Stock exchange today;
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
Stocks ! Bonds Cereals

ceipts, 4iO00. otroua, beef steers,
S3D0@6.0p; stockers and feeders,
$2o00lS.65; cows and helfers, s225M
40, Texas steers, $2.5004.55.
HOGS Receipts, 10000. Steady.
range, $3.75G4.70.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
Liverpool Quotations.

BY the Associated Press.
Liverpool, Jan. 4.-CoRN-Spot,
quiet; American mixed, new, Is sd
old, As 1od
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05

I'll brave the storms Of chnkoot Pass,
I'll cross the plains ~ frozen glass
I'd leave my wife and cross the rea.
Rather than Dc without Rocky NUaa-
fam Tea.
P1nl C. Sehuf g. Son.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
Provision Market.

BY the Associated Press.
BuTTER- Firmer; creamery held
20m261a.
cHEEsE-srong; large, small
8A@a2A.
EGGS - S.endy; western, 27e2S.
! COFFEE Options closed steady
net unchanged, 70 five points lower.
Sales, 1880 bags. March, $79e.
Spot Rio, steady.
suGAR-Raw, firm; refined, firm
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-05
GOVERNMENT PONDS
Money ard Exshanns.

By tne HssUclaled Press.
New York, Jan Mooney on cali
steady, 2*3Iz per cent, closing bid
21s; offered at 21s. Time loans easy
and dull: sixty, ninety days. S*3li
per cent: six months. "a +3k per
cent Prime paper, i.iIz per cent
Exchange easy. closed frmer. demand
s4S7.ss4.s710; sixty days. $4S4 Is.
s4.S4S0. Bar silver e11k.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
KILLED AN UNKNOWk.
Northwestern Train Runs Down a
Man Walking on Track.

Sleepy Eye, Dec. Am unknown man
about twenty-five years of age was
killed by Northwestern passenger
train just west of Springfield shortly af-
ter three o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The body was brought to Sleepy Eye
and placed in charge of the coroner.
There was nothing on the body by
which it could be identified, and nobody
here ever saw the man.
The man was walking on the track
and had ample opportunity to get out
of the way of the train. He evidently
did not hear the engineers whistle, OF
had no wish to get out of the way.
After investigating the circumstances
of the case the coroner decided that no
inquest will be necessary. He holds that
no blame can be attached to the train
crew. The body will be held here for
The man was young and
about six feet tall and clean shaven.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
STERLING CENTER NEWS.


a number from here attended the
Thanksgiving ball at Mapleton.
Miss Marion Ellis of Mankato spent
Friday at the Center, returning on Sat
urday.
Lewis 1unke spent Saturday in Man
kato.
George Sharp is working for f. w.
Parks this week.
eGorge Gjuul of Mentor, Mimi, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Cyrus Williams.
S. NJ. Cove purchased piano for his
daughter, Miss Nellie.
Misses Elizabeth and Cassie Ellis and
Margaret Dobie attended church at Bass
Lake Last Sunday.
A surprise party was held at the
home of Ed. Sanborn in honor of Mss
Lula Tour. The affair was much en-
joyed.
Louis Runke spent Thanksgiving with
friends at Mankato.
Rev. Bolton of Mapleton has been en-
gagged to preach in the Sterling church
every Sunday at three O'Clock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
WAS A PRETTY CONTEST.
Basket Ball Game at Blue Earth on
Saturday Last.

Sdturody Last
From fridays Daily.
A very pretty contest of skill and ag-
ility was the basket ball game Satur-
day afternoon at the school grounds.
The Blue Earth girls had defeated the
state normal in a game at Mankato
this fall, and this as the return game,
naturally attracted good deal of at
tention. The NIankato team showed
themselves to be masters of the-no
mistresses-of the game, from the
start; the score during the first half be-
ing four to two in their favor. The
local aggregation (excuse the football
terminology) played star game in the
last half, although even then the score
went in favor of the visitors by four to
three; the final record standing eight
to five-which is no walkaway kind of
a showing either. The normalites ex-
celled in team work, sending the baD
by quick, accurate passes down the field
in zigzag course like streak of chain
lightning. The girls all acquitted them
selves well, and the spectators certain
ly got good value for their money
Blue Earth Register
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
OepaW on Homes Y

In view of recent developments in
life insurance circles, the following re-
marks, which were made by Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew to The New York
World in 1889, are decidedly interesting:
'sHonesty is too much talked about,
as if it were scarce in these days. The
business principles of today are better,
purer and more universally honest than
they were in the days of my boyhood.
81 have seen many men become veal
thy through dishonest methods, and my
experience with them has taught me
this: That most men who gain wealth
dishonesty, if they live long enough, get
poor again. It is almost an invariable
rule: and it is reasonable enough, if you
stop to figure it out for it comes about
in this way;
"a man employs dishonest methods
land yet he becomes wealthy. All his
creditors know that his career IS just q
little bit shady as regards business
methods, but he sails sereneiy along I'M
til crucial moment arrives moment
such as we had last weeb-when ready
money, cash at any price was the cry
of the maddened brokers.
Then he finds his Waterloo. The cred
it which he might have obtained, the
confidence of reliable, reputable firms
which he might have commanded, are
not forthcoming.
'"The main temptation with which the
ordinary business man of today is be-
set is the temptation to misrepresent his
capital or business prospects, and thus
obtain greater credit. But don't do it;
it does not pay. The old, old adage,
| Honesty is the best policy is the SAT-
est motto for every business man to
! follow. And I know what | am talking
about, too.
"'Be good and you'll be happy, but
YOU won't have good time may sound
very well and elicit rounds of applause,
hut it is fallacy through and through.
1t is easier, much easier, for an honest
man to become wealthy than for his
dishonest brother, who may seem to
prosper for a time; but, mark my
words, his is only temporary sue
cess"
Has Chauncey always practiced what
he preached?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
FUSS OVER SMALL BOY
ATTEMPT AT KIDNAPPING CAUSES
A STIR AT WELLS.
Chicago Woman Would Make Off With
The Sen of Local Shoe
maker; Is Baked.
Especial to The Free Press.l

Wells, Dec An attempt at kid
mapping occurred at the Milwaukee de-
pot in this city Oh Tuesday evening.
The affair has caused considerable eX
citement here. II appears that shoe
maker, whose shop is located one door
west of the Park hotel, left his wife
at Chicago some three months ago be-
cause of the bad treatment received
from his wife's large boys, who have
made his life a burden, so it is alleged
The father came to Wells and with his
six year-old son had located as above
stated a week OF so ago the wife
came here and has since been visiting
relatives twelve miles north of Wells.
Some of the shoenaker's friends told
him he had better keep an eye on the
boy as they feared the woman meant
to take him back to Chicago with her.
She secured the assistance of Wells
man who kept her posted, and Tuesday
afternoon of this week little before
train time the father missed his child.
He had left him in harness shop with
some friends and returning found him
gone. After looking for him for short
time some one suggested that the moth
er might have him at the depot. The
shoemaker and few friends immedi-
ately set out for there, and sure enough
the mother had the child hid. The faith
err proceeded to take his boy and the
mother screamed for help. In the mean
time one of the friends secured the lad
and made away with him, but the
woman made after him and followed her
husband home. She stayed at the shoe
shop all that night. She was told by the
husband that she could have a home
him, but she must keep her grown up
boys away, as he did not wish to be i'll
treated by them. Probably the end is
not yet. The sympathy of the Wells
people is with the shoemaker.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
PASSED BY WOODMEN.
Resolutions Adopted BY Blue Earth
Camp, Relating to Assessments.

The following resolutions were adopt
ed by Blue Earth camp No. 739, Mod
ern Woodmen of America:
Whereas, the clerk of Blue Earth
Camp No. 100 NJ. w. A. has lost heavily
during the past ten years by sending to
the head camp dues and assessments of
members who were lapsed and who the
clerk had faith to believe had only neg
lected to pay their dues and assessments
before the first of the month as the
head camp laws require. And
Whereas, the clerk being poor him
self and cannot afford to stand the
losses caused by carrying lapsed mem
bers. While there is now no way pro-
vided by which a lapsed member may be
temporarily carried except by the per-
sonal responsibility of the clerk. And
Whereas, a negligent or temporary
embarrassed member should pay interest
for loan temporarily made to him.
Therefore it is hereby
Resolver, that fund be established
by this camp which shall be known as
the lapse loan fund. And that the clerk
shall draw from the general fund in the
hands of the banker the sum of $50 and
place it to the credit of the lapse loan
fund.
A neighbor whose dues and assess
ments are not paid to clerk at twelve
o'clock on the last day of the month
shall have his assessment and dues paid
out of the lapse loan fund, which shall
carry him until twelve o'clock last day
of the following month. But in no case
can a member avail himself of the lapse
loan fund for longer period than one
month.
The member availing himself of the
lapse loan fund shall pay the following
sums according to the amount of his
certificate: 5 cents for $500, 10 cents
for $1,000, 20 cents for $1,000 and 2J
cents for $4,000 of the face of his policy
and also 10 cents when the general dues
are paid from the lapse loan fund. AL
gains made by the lapse loan fund shall
be credited to same and all losses caused
by permanent lapses shall be charged to
same Should the loan fund become ex-
hausted it can only be replaced by ac-
ton of the camp. Or should it increase
to 500 the gain shall be reverted back
to the general fund. W. +. Jones, clerk.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
The Need of Revision.

The ultra high protectionist tells his
eastern audience that there is no tariff,
revision sentiment in the west. When
in the west he makes the claim that
eastern republicans are not asking for
change in the schedules. Now, the ultra
high protectionist, or as he is more COM
monty called, the standpatter, cannot
fool the public all the time on this
question of the tariff, because the facts
in the case are too apparent. The re-
cent disclosures relative to the tariff
on hides have opened the eyes of
large number of people to the fact that
the packer and not the farmer is the in
dividual who reaps the benefit from this
bounty. Were the farmer to come in for
his share of the sugar, the people would
not ask that this particular schedule be
disturbed However, there is an awak
ening to the inequality of the tariff in
this instance. The Boston Transcript,
discussing the duty on hides, makes the
statement that there will be little dis
position anywhere in Massachusetts, to
question Governor elect Guilds asser-
ton in the letter to President Roose-
Welt that the duty on hides is anathema.
1t will be accepted as a truism so far as
Massachusetts, is concerned. All par
ties are agreed that the duty ought to
$50" It is an embaTa ssment to bust
ness and yields no revenue worth men
tioning. In the east it has no friends,
In the west it has been regarded as a
boon to the farmers, though whether
is it still so considered in view of the
value it has had to the beef trust is
open to question. Western politicians
have supported it as "a western duty"
as q club with which to force tariff con-
cessions from The east, and if it is abol-
ished its abolition must be by agree
ment between the sections.
The sentence in Mr.. Guilds letter.
therefore, which will attract the most
attention is that in which he declares
his belief that the republican ticket in
Massachusetts, would have been defeat
ed had not the platform contained a
plank indorsing the position taken last
spring by our delegates in congress fav-
oring immediate tariff revision" This is
the significant utterance, and its signi-
ficance is all the greater as coming from
Sir Guild, whose personal popularity
was so great factor of republican sue
cess With all due Difference to his spe-
cial opportunity for ascertaining the
drift of public opinion and after max
ing allowance for the strength of the
reciprocity movement, we think that
there were other causes that contributed
to the narrowness of the republican lead.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
WEATHER FOR NOVEMBe R.
Failed to Reach Either the High or
Low Temperature.

Through the month of November, just
past, failed to reach either the high or
the low record in temperature, it did
succeed in making slight departure
from the mean temperature established
by the weather bureau records of six
teen years. The average mean tempera-
ture of November for the period COW
cred by the bureaus statistics is 80 de-
grees; the mean temperature for the
month just past was 35.2 degrees.
The warmest day of the month was
the 18th, with temperature OF 81 de-
grees-the warmest November tempera-
ture on record is 10 degrees. The cold
est November day in the past sixteen
years showed temperature of Is
degrees. The coolest day in the month
just past, the 30th, had temperature of
s degrees.
The months precipitation was greater
than any on record save that of 1896,
when $50 inches of rain fell. Last
months precipitation was 3.O7 inches
The total was well above the average,
which is LIZ inches.
Cloudy weather predominated through
the month. There were only nine abb
solutely clear days. The partly cloudy
days numbered ten. and the days when
the sky was completely overcast eleven.
There were only six rainy days DUR
ing the month.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
Mrs. John Rhodes.

From FRIDAYS Daily.
Mrs. John Rhodes of West Mankato
died yesterday morning at 4:3O o'clock.
She had been an invalid for
many years. Two weeks ago she was
taken with internal hemorrhage. An i'm
mediate operation was advised, but post
poned by the family until last Saturday.
When upon operation it was found that
blood poisoning had set in and her life
could be spared but few days. Mrs.
Rhodes was thitry-four years of age and
mother of several children. The funer-
al was held this afternoon from the resi-
dence
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
Knocks McCleary's Argument

The Sank Center Herald, Frank Ed
dy's paper, knocks Representative Nc.
Cleary's speech into cooked hat:
1.-TWO years ago Congressman Nc
Cleary submitted an elaborate table to
show that lumber was dearer in Winni-
peg and Canada than in the United
States. In his reply to- Governor Cum
minis in his Boston speech he submitted
another table showing that steel rails
cost more in Europe than in the United
States. Despite these elaborate tables
any man who has had business in these
matters knows the statements are not
correct. But suppose they were and that
lumber and steel products are dearer in
these countries than in the United
States, how in the name of all that is
wonderful can that be construed as an
argument in favor of tariff on these
commodities? Are the business men
of the United States so short sighted
that tariff is necessary to keep them
from going into a foreign country and
buying goods that they can buy cheap
er at home? Such a proposition is the
quintessence of asininity.'
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
OFF TO MISSOURI.
Good Thunder Grading Outfit Moves
On to Other Scenes.

The Thanksgiving ball was the event
of the season and complete success So
cially as well as financially.
Mrs. Ed. Woodbury. of Barnum, Mimi,
is here visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hilkey.
Mrs. Josephine E. Wood, who has
spent the past summer in Good Thunder,
left Thursday for Merriam Park, to
spend the winter with her daughter,
Miss Valrah.
Louis Kruse and Albert Walser spent
Thanksgiving at the Sperra home.
Mrs. M. Fitzslmmons and son, Earl,
went to st. Paul Friday morning for
few days visit with her sister.
Mrs. Lillian Cornell of Minneapolis is
visiting at the John Graham home.
John Handy, student in the medical
department of the state university, is
spending his Thanksgiving vacation with
his parents.
Misses Mary and Loretta McGrew and
Ella Mountain helped to round out the
family circle on Thanksgiving day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ulrich ate turkey at
the Schweitzer home in Mapleton ON
Thanksgiving day.
A cavalcade wendell its way through
the streets yesterday. 1t consisted of
horses, mules, scrapers, graders and
general camping outfit headed for the
railroad yards where they will embark
for southern Missouri where they have
contract with the Wabasha railroad.
Thus endeth the first chapter of the
Good Thunder and Jericho railway.
Rudolph Rosin is still confined to his
home, but all are glad to hear that he is
on the road to recovery.
A Corliss engine of eighty horse power
has Just been installed at the new mill.
1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Houk will
put in dynamo for general lighting
purposes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08
Takino the isindermost.

The sage of Lake Crystal, during a
moment of deep depression, penned the
following:
Snow The Mankato Daily Review
comes out announcing cut rates for sub
scriptions. 1t follows suit with The
Free Press. They are having a cut
throat time in Mankato. It's a case OF
dog eat dog. The Union will make a
fiat rate of $3.50 per year for subscrip-
tion Can't do it for any less and live
inside pair of pants without portfolios
in the rear. Where will the ungodly
appear anyhow? If the country people
do not stay by their country weeklies
every mothers son of us is doomed to
trusts and combines and it will be case
of the devil take the hindermost."
All right, colonel, you can take the
hindermost.