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The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02
FOR A HERO GONE.
Continued from Page H.

the divine, of the immortal within US.
rms mate principle calls US to this
Representative hall today and IN
spires these beautiful ceremonies
Ihree years ago today the Kan
sas river from source to mouth was a
terrible torrent of angry waters His
tory was echpsed and legend taxed In
this awful overflow Witnesses of the
terrible scenes can never forget them.
The valleys became a part of the
great raging stream, the overf1owing
waters crept far up on the hfllsides
houses were swept from their founda-
tons and became floating debris upon
the bosom of the rushing current
people found refuge in trees and the
piteous cries for help that pierced the
darkness of that awful night viii never
cease echoing in the memories of
those who heard theEn. In times like
these the best and the worst In human
nature is deveIoped Ghouls there
were preying upon the unfortunate
but. thank God, heroes were more nu-
merous risking life that the lives Of
others might be saved. and their deeds
OF daring would make an immortal
book.
"Such hero was Edward Graf
stFom. All his great ability and all
his splendid courage was devoted to
the noble task of rescuing the perish
ing Many owe their lives to his he
roic efforts, but without irreverence
it may be said of him, as was said of
the Ideal Man. he saved others but
himself he could not save OF the list
of lives lost in that awful deIuge none
brought more tears to the weeping
eyes or more pain to the aching hearts
of the people of Topeka than the loss
of this fair-haired tender-hearted,
courageous son OF Scandinavia, Ed
ward Grafstrom, and in token alike of
our admiration for his character and
our gratitude for his noble acts in that
greatest crisis of the city's history, and
of the love with which we cherish his
memory we place this enduring tablet
to his memory in the historic chambers
of our state capitol, here forever to
remain, as a simple token OF our love
and affection and as an Inspiration to
nobler lives on the part of all who
may hereafter stand in the presence of
this memorial of a manly man.
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Kansas Grain Dealers association says
the southern part OF the state viii raise
west part. embracing 81 counties, viii have
er1v about 1-3 as much Shipments of
corn this week from Argentine are &76S,-
COO wheat z32. .0Q0 This Is an increase OF
both over last week. Some people are be-
coming very enthusiastic on the future
of corn on account of the free alcohol
bill claiming corn viii sell higher than
wheat when this new industry gets fully
established. A busheI of corn will make
i've gallons of alcohol.
Chicago: Weather conditions continue
favorable and the market has shown signs
of strength this morning and looks as II
it might rally and do not believe in get
ting bearish around these figures. Re
ceipts: Corn fair. domestic demand good.
This is also true of oats. Looks as II
there was going to be some attempt made
to bull the July oats on the theory that
none Of the new crop viii be available for
delivery.
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New kansas Rural ROUTES.

washington. June 2.-Complete rural
delivery service. consisting Of thirty
routes. one Of which is new, has been
ordered established in Lyon county,
Kan. August L The routes follow:
New route-Hartford. s.
Old routes-Admire, L 2; Hartford. 1.
2. 3 and 4; Allen, L 2: Emporia. / to 10;
Amerieus. I, 2. Neosho Rapids. L.
Bushong, /; Reading. I, ?. 8; Plymouth,
/: Olpe. I. 2. 3.
In connection with this service, route
No. 5. from Madison. Greene county,
has been ordered established. effective
on the same date
The following rural routes were or
dered established July Is: Goff. Nemaha
county. route 3. population 243 houses
81. Seneca. Nemaha county, population
40S, houses JOE.
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Business Better Than in Same
Week of Other Years.
Feeling OF Uncertainty Regard
Ing Crops Has Disappeared.
RAILWAY EARNINGS.
Exceed Those of Previous May
By Ill Per Cent.
Bank Clearings Show a Gain Of
Two Per Cent.

New York. June 2=R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Business maintains wholesome
progress and mercantile collections i'm
prove. The weeks aggregate tran
sactfons show the effect Of the holidas
and seasonable quiet in certain lines,
but a good gain is noted in comparison
with the corresponding period of amp
previous year. Uncertainty regarding
the crops caused unusual conservatism
at the Northwest until this week when
the outlook became sufficiently en-
couragfng to restore confidence In
many jobbing lines there IS no prospect
OF vigorous activity until fall, but
wholesale distribution is now heavy
and retail business is only retarded
at points where temporary weather
conditions are adverse. Little idle ma
chinery is reported at. manufacturing
plants except in a few cases Of labor
disputes and several substantial in
creases in wages became effective on
June l. Railway earnings thus far
recorded for May exceeded last years
by Ill per cent and foreign COM
merce at this port for the last week
showed gains of $1,704,681 in imports
and S491,743 in exports. Money is re-
Il
gold has been engaged abroad, but the
security marked rules comparatively
quiet. Aside from the strike Of found
ars and mOu1ders the iron and steel in
dustry is in splendid condition. No de-
crease in activity of textile machinery
has occurred although it is believed
that some mills are overtaking orders
and the tone Of the primary market for
cotton goods developed a little weak
ness, but without and radical reduction
In quotations. Footwear will maintain
full activity for two or three months
and supplementary contracts for fall
delivery continually arrive from sales
mon or by mail. The higher prices
announced last week on sole leather
came as a surprise owing to the dull
ness OF the market and tended to make
business still smaller.
Failures this week numbered ia
in the United States against 1913 last
year. and 8 in Canada compared with
q q year ago.
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BIG MORTAGE FILED.
Ovr Two Million and a Half ON Natur-
Al Gas Properties.

A big mortgage, aggregaung 81, sos 900.
was this morning filed in the office Of the
register of deeds az the Shawnee county
court house, showing something relative
to financeeTing the distribution of Kan
sas natural gas.
The mortgage is made from the Kansas
Natural Gas, Oil Pipe Line and Improve
n ent company of Kansas to the Kansas
Natural Gas company, a corporation of
Delaware. The papers state that the I'M
prOVemert company contracted win the
Kansas Natural Gas company to lay and
construct the pipe lines leading from the
Independence fields Money was also pro-
vided to purchase rights OF way.
The mortgage papers state that there is
still owing to the Gas company from the
Improvement company the sum of 81. $685.,
900 at this time. and that to cover the
Indebtedness the Improvement company
has given in mortgage the Southern and
Northern Trunks The Southern Trunk
extends from the western terminus at
point in the public highways at the south
east corner of section % in independence
township, Montgomery county, Kansas.
eastward out OF Montgomery county
through Labette county and into .Chera-
kee county. with branch lines leading to
the cities of Oswego, Altemont Galena.
Scammon, Cherokee. Pittsburg. Weir City.
Columbus and Empire City. with apph-
ances, fittings machinery of all kinds.
rights of way, easements, privileges and
grants
The Northern Trunk line has branches
to Atehiscn. lseaVen worth. TOnganoxie.
Lawrence Topeka. Baldwin. Ottawa,
Princeton. Richmond, Colony and Welda.
The same agreement exists regarding
ma chinery and grants.
Charles K Holiday. president Of the
Excelsior Gas and Coke company of To
peka was asked concerning the inside
OF the mortgage and said: I know moth
the Topeka gas matters IN the leas. I
know nothing about It. There is no one
IN Topeka who is acquainted with the
transaction It will have no bearing on
US at al.
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GALLON IS NAMED.
He VIII Take Charge of the santa Fe
Mines.

George B. Gahon, who has been
travelling auditor of the Santa Fe, has
been appointed general manager of the
Cherokee and Pittsburg Coal and Mining
company, the lease on whose properties
held by the receivers of the Devil e. ftte
expired with the Bin of May.
The company is owned by stockholders
has been managed by Mr.. Devlin and fol-
lowing his bankruptcy by the receivers of
the estate.
Z ne lease expired with the last of May
and the stockholders decided that they
would operate It themselves under the sd
title of the Santa Fe Coal company. The
company was organized back in the early
ing success During Mr. Devlinas manage
ment an aggressive policy was maintained
and the mines put in better shape than
e4iey had been under the owners manage
ment.
We have not made any transfer of the
properties of the company back to the
company yet" said Cyrus Leland. There
have not been settled yet and until these
questions have been Strengthened out the
transfer will not be made There is no
doubt but what the transfer will be
made"
The mines of the company are located
ments have already been posted to the
employees at the mines of the appoint
ment Of Joseph Fletcher as superintend-
ent. Mr.. Fletcher has been employed by
the company for the past is years. Mr..
Gallons headquarters will be maintained
in Topeka The stockholders of the com
pany have simply gone ahead and made
these arrangements and Mr.. Leland
stated that he did not know that the ap-
pOintmeuts had been made.
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DINNER TO THE EDITORS.
Pioneer Newspaper Men of Kansas to
Gather at Lawrence June 5.

Lawrence, Kan-s June42.-Dr. w. H.
Carruth, vice chancellor of the univer-
sity, and Colonel O. E. Learnard. for
mer editor of the Lawrence Journal
have arranged for an Informal dinner
to be given in the Eldridge house June
s upon the occasion of the visit of Cap
tain Henry King of St. Louis. one Of
the pioneer editors of Kansas, who
is to deliver the commencement ad-
dress at the University Of Kansas.
To this dinner have been invited the
veterans Of the Kansas press, the
friends and associates of Captain King.
still living in the state. together with
some of the more prominent younger
editors.
The following named editors have
already signified their intention to at
tend: W. T. Yoe. South Kansas Trib-
une, independence; J. L. Bristow. Sa-
lima Journal; D. W Wilder. Hiawatha:
". Y. Morgan. Hutchinson News: S.
R. Peters. Newton; w. H. Rossington,
Topeka; 7. 3. Murdock, Eldorado Re
pubhcan A P Riddle. Minneapolis
Messenger; Frank P MacLennan To-
peka State Journal; Arthur Capper
Topeka State Capital; General J. K.
Hudson. Topeka Herald; J. L. King,
state librarian. Topeka: Eugene F
Ware, the poet laureate of Kansas:
George w Morton, secretary Of the
State Historical society. Topeka, and
Governor E. W HOch, Marion Record
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Friday, june /. 1906.

Friday. June 1, 1906.
WHEAT=This market was strong
the first part of the week. owing to
the uncertainty of the May deal. But
on the last day of the month they
found out there was plenty of wheat
to go around. And the result was a
sharp break in the May price. This
with some good rains in the parts
where it was needed greatly had its
effect on the July and September
wheat which lost all Of the gain it
had made in the last ten days. The
market as a whole is plenty high
enough, and to sustain the present
price You Will need more crop dam
age. and I think 1t will have to be the
real thing. There is no question but
that there has been lots of damage
done to the winter wheat but it looks
now as if it will take the threshing
machine to tel the amount. The
spring wheat has mostly gone into the
ground in good shape and they have
had plenty of rain. So for the time
being you will not get much help
from that source to sustain the pres
ent prices. The final official returns
for the whole of India makes their
total yield of wheat 321, $50, ,000 bush
els, again 382.752, 600 bushels in 1905,
one of the largest crops in four years.
The shipments from Argentine this
week were 2,532,000 bushels, against
bushels a year ago. These few things
go to show why the foreign markets
do not respond to our advance. The
market looks tonight as If they need
something to help sustain present
prices.
CoRN-Corn has been very
strong, and while wheat went down
it scored higher prices. and this in
the face of receipts three times as
large as last year. They are using
most everything possible to make you
think this corn is cheap. At one time
during the week they had frost, at
another time they used the passing of
the free alcohol BILL another time
they would have no hay on account of
dry weather (and think It has not
hurt the Wheat). Everything now is
bullish, and they may put it few
cents higher to get you to believe it,
Just as they gave you the bear news
when 1t was selling seven cents lower.
They were then showing you 35 cent
corn. You all know the results Of
that. They sold it up on you Now
when ever they get you to thinking
for sure you can see so cent corn.
Just sell them some and take care of
it There will be plenty of corn to
go around when the July delivery day
comes. and If [ am not much mistaken
It will be much below present prices.
Dry weather in May never hurts corn
OATS=Oats have been strong all
the week and there is no question
but that the crop will be short in
the southwest, but we must not lose
sight of the fact that 80 and 33 cents
is a pretty fair price for oats, and
also that the southwest does not raise
much of the oats at best Think I
would buy them only on the weak
spots and take profits when offered.
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Rather quiet retail conditions have
resulted from widespread rainy wealth
er, the passing OF the trading spring
holiday and the natural seasonable quiz
atness which supervenes at this per
iod. Taken as a whole, the month of
May was q very active one in retail
and wholesale trade and industry, in
which the best records of preceding
years were surpassed. Fall trade re-
ports continue exceptionally good,
though a comparatively quiet period
may be looked for pending a clearer
view Of crop conditions. Crop reports
are tinged with irregularity, due to un-
even distribution of rainfall which is,
how ever. a seasOnable development. Ac-
tivity in outdoor work has been a fea-
ture, az for some time past. Building
has been active. with natural effects
on the markets for material but lower
prices Of yellow pine are construed as
indicating fuller offerings from the cur
rent and past enormous production. The
labor situation is on the whole quite
favorable. Finished products in iron
are reported quiet but business in steel
rails for future delivery is still active.
Railway returns are still in a high de-
gree favorable.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending May 81 number
only l27 against 40 last week 154 in
the ike week of 1905. 1914 IN 1904, 157
IN 1903 and 153 in 1902.
In Canada failures for the week
were 10 as against 10 last week. and
As IN this week a year ago.
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KanSas CITY live stock Marked.

Kansas City, Mo, June 2.-CATTLE-
Receipts today $50 head, including SO head
of southerns. Market unchanged Native
steers. s4.25Q5.60; southern steers, $500
4.S0; southern cows. 81 $250q4.00;native- cows,
81 500I5. .25; stockers and feeders. SO 25d4-S0; ;
bulls. 81. .5O614.25 calves, $S.00Q6-25; western
fed steers. 50. 1882 western fed cows,
HOGs-Receipts today 5000 head. Mar
ket &c lower. Bulk Of sales, S6.271An6- 40i
heavy. $6.30Q6.371z; packers, $6aQ6.S0;
pigs and lights, S5.300625.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 5000 head
Market nominally steady Muttons, $500
s. -0096.00: FED ewes. sA75G6.25.
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OBJECTED TO JAIL.
Oklahoma Desperate En- Route to
Lansing Escapes at Burllngame.

Burlingame. Kan, June 2.-W NJ.
Nichols. an Oklahoma desperado sent
to the Kansas penitentiary in charge Of
Sheriff ". J. Garrettson. of Oklahoma
City. jumped from Santa Fe train and
escaped Friday afternoon. Nichols was
one Of 35 men being conveyed to the
Kansas penitentiary by the Oklahoma
sheriff When the train stopped here.
Nichols and another prisoner jumped
from it and started toward the timber.
The other prisoner was captured by one
Of the guards and Nichols reached the
timber and disappeared Sheriff Gar
rettson has offered a reward Of $25 for
the recapture of the convict
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Local Wheat a Triae Easier
This Morning.
Corn Opens Steady But Trading
Is Light.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
'attle Unchanged = Natives
Bring 1925 to $3.50.
Hogs Are Quoted at Five Cents
Higher.


Chicago, June 2.-WHEAT-The local
wheat market was g. rrifie easier at the
opening today because of the continued
favorable weather for the crop, but soon
became firm on reports of damage to the
Kansas crop. July kopeneC a shade to
1sNAc lower at s0ssc to e09ze and advanced
to Sl1sc Minneapolis. l. uluth and Chi
cago repored receipts of 2l2 cars.
The close was firm with July up 5d5sc
at s1Ac.
CORN-The corn market opened steady,
but trading was very quiet. July opened
a shade lower to shade higher at 4959c
to 1880
Inc close was firm with July sc higher
at 49ssQ49ssc.
OATS-The oats market was quiet and
steady. Trading was very light. July
opened unchanged to 1sc lower at 1890 to
33st c and sold up to 33z5c-
PROVISI0NS-The provisions market
was weak. chiefly because of profit taking
price Of live hogs. Trading, however, was
of small volume. July pork was down 10c
a $500 Lard was sc lower. at $S-55; ribs
were 10c to 121zc lower at S9O25z to 1905.
The board of trade will be closed Monday,
June 4, election day.
WHEAT-Cash: No. 2 red. SIC; No 3
red. s4dS5c; No , hard. S1QS5c; No. 3
hard, 75nS1c; No l northern S30S4c; No.
? northern, 81ds4c; No 3 spring, 7I63c-
CORN-No 2, 511511zc; No. 3, 50std51c.
OATS-No. 2, 331zc: No 3, S343314c.
September. 591kG6015c.
FLAx-cash: n. W. 1.121z;s. ". s1.os7z;
September $114.
Tl-lO III IY-septembe 1857
CLOVER-Cash: $l125
BARLEY-Cash. 41Q55c.
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Kansas City. June 2.-Close-WHEA
Receipts today. 81 cars; Quotations we're
unchanged and as follows: July, 73Ac;
Sept. 72s4c; Dec, 7s1sv. Cash: No. 2 hard,
7SQS01kc; No. 3 hard, 74dc7S15cj No. 2 red,
S9d91c; No. 3 red. S5dS9c.
CORN-Market highers July. 465sc; Sept.
461sc; Dec. 441sc. Cash: No. . mixed. 40
4Tlzc; No. ? white. 4S1zc; No. white, 481zc.
OATS-Market firm. No 2 white, 35q36c.
RYEEMarket steady, 54d56c.
HAY-Market weak. Choice timothy,
$13 O09713. 80; choice prairie 81. 00611-25
BUTTER-Market steady. Creamery,
1Sc; packing. 12c.
EGGIMarket steady. Fresh, 14c
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thIcnen I.ive Sfock

Chicago, June 2-CATTLE Receipts to-
day 800 head Market steady. Beeves,
s.. iOG6.OO; COWS and heifers, 81 70Q6.00;
calves, s5.o0dT %; stockers and feeders,
$2. .75q4.75.
mated Monday 1900 head. Market 5G10c
lower. Mixed and butchers, Sc 2506. .45s
good heavy, Sc. .306lS. .45: rough heavy, $615
as 25; light, S.. .20Q6.45 pigs $5.20q6.20; bulk
Of sales So 371hG6.45.
SHEEP-Receipts today. 1000 mead
Market steady. Sheep. So. 40G610; year
lings, $5.7od6.30; lambs. s.. .25Q6.7o.
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Bellevi1le. Kan. June 2.-The Repub-
lican county convention of Republic
county was held here and full ticket
nominated. State Chairman drummer
and J. L Bristow were present and ad-
dressed the convention. Resolutions
were adopted indorsing the national and
state administrations, declaring for a
primary election law and railroad
freight rate regulation. This county
stands for Bristov for senator though
no Endorsement was made.
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New York, June money Money on
Salt es- nominal. no loans Time loans steady
~ SlAty days 41zd43z per cent; 80 days and
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 5d51
PEI :" +, cen cen T. sterling exchange steady. at
s458S 80 z z -oSSO Tor demand and at S4S210d
9.ead9 9 LOT oO DAY ollls; posted rates. S4S3 and
@4;sozz, commercial bills. S4.81s< d4S2
: SLY ER-Bar silver, 671zc; Mexican dol
lars, SIC. ga ~
BONDS-Goyernmen bonds steady.
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New York, June 2.-BUTTER-Market
easy. Street price: Extra creamery, 2o0
coke Onicia1 prices. Creamery. comm on
to extra, 146120c: renovated. common to
extra, 12d161kc; western factory, common
to firsts. 12415c.
EGGAMarket firms Western frsts. lie;
seconds, 16Q161zc.
POCLTRY-Alive poultry steady. West
ern broilers, 25@26c; fowls, 1S1zc; turkeys,
11G12c. Dressed poultry quiet. Western
broilers. dry picked, 22n26c; turkeys 10
14c; fowls (xestern). 11G121zc.
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Chicago, III. June 2-CHEESE Market
steady Daisies, 10lzG10szc; Twins, 100
lO1sc; Young Americas. 10lzQ109zc.
POULTR Y-Alive poultry steady Tur-
keys 10c; chickens. 115zc.
BUTTER Market easter Creamery.
13lb119iac: dairy, 1S017lkc.
FGGS-Market easier. At mark, cases
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Grain receipts At chicago: "

Grain receipts at Chicago. Wheat. 1S
cars: Graded, . Corn, 653 cars graded,
Ia. Oats. 13s cars; graded. a.
No Liverpool cables.
Grain receipts at K c. Wheat g cars;
corn, a cars. oats, cars
Estimated grain receipts at Chicago
Aondav- Wheat, cars; corn fu0 cars,
oats. $50 ears; hogs, 1900 head.
Northwest grain receipts today. Mime
apoIis III cars; Duluth. q ears A year
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Were sevenfeen Gradnafes

Arkansas City, Kan, June 2-Tbe
graduating exercises Of the Arkansas
City high school took place last night.
Dr. Matt S. Hughes Of Kansas City de-
livered the commencement address.
There are II members Of the class
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Iashington. June 2,-The following
rural carriers have been appointed:
Kansas-Formoso, route 3, William B..
Waggoner carrier. Lulu NJ Goodman
substitute: wellington. route s, James
E Barnes carrier, George Green sub
stitute.
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D in has one
n the Iewagr last
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Nobody Arner RobeAson
Of is s
Of f.
n
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New York, June 2.-SUGAR-Raw suga
firm Fair refining. ? 15-16d2 31-32c: cen
trifugal s. test, 15-32d35zc; moIasses7 sl-
gar 2 11-16QI2 23-32c. Refined sugar arm
Srushed, $3.50; powdered, $40; granulated.
.COFFEE-Market steady. No. Rio
7ssc. hA'U'
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Review of the market for week end
Ing June l. furnished by Clay,
Robinson & Co, live stock commits
sion merchants, with offices at all
markets.
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Bank Clearings.

The following table, compiled by Brad
street, shows the bank cIearings a. the
principal cities for the week ended May
81. with the percentage Of increase and
decrease as compared with the CORE
spending week last year:
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G. A. r. Encanpnent at saIina.

Salina. Kas., June 2@The state en-
eampment of the G. A R. will be held
in SaIina next week. Department
Commander p. H. Coney. accompanied
by his staff. is expected to arrive Non
day and the session of the encamp-
ment will begin Tuesday morning.
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Washington. June 2-The following
postmaster was named yesterday.
Kansas-Clafin. Morris E. Holsington,
vice J. B Frederick, removed.
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Topeka Markets

New York. June 2.-The cotton exchane.
is closed today. 40 Il .
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weekly Grain Letter.

FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions
Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
Office 10 w. Sixth St Telephone 4S6l
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Furnished BY J. E. Gail. Commissions
Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
OfTice 10 w. Sixth st. Telephone 4SS
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FURNISHED by J. e. Gan, Commissions.
GRAIN Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Onice 40 w Sixth st. Telephone 4s6.I