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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-26
THE CASH TRADE
CORN AND OATS KICKER, BARLEY LOWER,
RYE STEADY.

LIE SIEAuxs =
FLAX-Receipts, s cars, against s cars last
year. Shipments, 30 cars. Duluth, e. cars.
Closing prices: Minneapolis, cash, $1.1osa; to
arrive. $1.10%.
OATS-No. white oats closed at $780, Re-
csipts, "a cars; shipments, ITO cars.
y CoRN-No. 8 yellow corn closed at 4s7sc.
Receipts cars; shipments, cars.
FEED AND COARSE MBAL-Coarse cornmeal
and cracked corn, in sacks, sacks extra, $1s.75@
$40; No. / ground feed, 2-8 corn and 10
oats, 75-lb sacks, sacks extra. $19. 25@ 80;
No. 2 ground feed, y corn and n oats, s0lb
sacks, sacks extra, $40 1920; No ground
feed. 1-s corn and % oats, 7o-lb sacks, sacks
extra, SIC. 25@2O.5o.
MILLSTUFFS = Bran in bulk, SIS. rs;
shorts, $15.5o@15.75; middlings, SIT. 25@17 10;
red dog, s1e5o@2o; all b in Minneapolis;
in 2oo-lb sacks 81 per ton additional; In 1oo-lb
sacks, 81 so per ton additional; red dog In 14Os
s1s + b. Shipments, 1,079 tons.
BARLEY = Feed grades closed at 3s@40c;
mailing grades, 41@4sc. Receipts, 10 cars;
shipments, AZ cars.
RYE-No. closed at 56N @5sAc. Receipts,
cars; shipments, none.
HAY-Receipts today. 1o4 tons. Timothy,
No. 2, se@s.5o timothy, No. 3, sos. tim
SO. 5o@n; prairie No. I, $9.5o@fo; prairie,
No. 9, ss5o@s5o; prairie ri NO No; g. Ss;5 90
No. e. $5@7; rye straw, $6@7.60; wheat and
oats straw, $4@4.75; potatoes, white, 60@65c;
red, 50@55c.
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THE FLOUR MARKET

SHIPMENTS VERY LIGHT-BUsINEss STILL
VERY DULL
Posted shipments were the nghtest for some
time confirming the former reports Of dull bust
ness and lessened output. New inquiry Is slack
and buyers with orders pending are stu hold
ing off. There is no foreign business. The saw
ing feature Is in the certainty that result
of present dullness good business must come
eventually but all the milling sales Offices re.
i port no Indications Of Improvement yet.
4 Shipments IS, 439 brls.
First patents quotable at 81 3t@A.46; Sec
b ond patents, $4.20@430; first clears, $860@
& $3.50; second clears; $2.4O@2.5 IS. 49,
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ExTENuAT1Ne CIRCUMSTANCES
N Mottox per Ridere.

IL 4hoeSoA pSa
eyes, gentlemen, this man who
stands before you is guilty., said the
lawyer for the defense. But he has
the right to most extenuating circum-
stances. Yes, gentlemen, because with
the dose of poison which he used he
might have killed at least twenty peo-
pie and he only killed five. Therefore,
he has saved the lives of fifteen peo-
pie. -
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OEIICAGO GRAIN

WHEAT AND CORN MARKETS FIRM4-oATs
IN SYMPATHY.
Chicago, June 26.-The wheat market opened
Arm today because of the continued rains in the
southwest and northwest. which are interfering
sadly with harvesting operations. Small receipts
at Minneapolis and the comparatively firm tone
Of the Liverpool market. which failed to reflect
the full decline Of yesterday on the local board,
were also bullish factors. September wheat
opened &c higher at 83Ac and sold up to $3.50,
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ssc, close at s21Ac; July sshc closed $50;
October, soTe, closed soXc;. Cash lose: No. !
northern, TIC; No. 2 white oats 88hc: No. 8
barley, 481hc: No. fax. 91.07. Receipts,
wheat, 1873 cars last year LIB.
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LIVERPOOL. GRAIN, June e--Gose Wheat,
spot nominal, futures steady July Is 13ad;
spot arm; American mixed, old, 10 II Nd; fu-
lures firm; July, As sgd; September, As SID :
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NOT A PLEASURE TRIP.

Chicago News
you look out at this beautiful scenery 1-
Second Stranger-Oh I'm not travelling fol-
pleasure My wife's with me.
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Ral1roads entering the YARDS reported receipts
Western, s; Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, 10;
Minneapolis & ST. Louis, ID; Chicago. st. Paul,
Minneapolis omahs, L.; Great Northern Mp 81 81
Northern Pacific, 8; Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
ciic, i; total. l16.
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ARIZONA copprRs.

The market on the curb remains quiet, with
very little stock changing hands Slightly
lower prices are the rule. We are probably
In for period Of dullness, and many brokers
say they would not be surprised to see little
more liquidation and slightly lower prices.
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ST. LOUIS Ora,

ST. LOUIS GRAIN, June 2e.-Close-whe
higher; No. 2 red, cash. elevator, ss@s9c;
se septic, Der sos @sS%e; No hard. s3Ssse
Corn higher; No. 2 cash, soc; track, 81 q
51Ac; July, 5oc; September, BE Oats Lower;
No. 2 cash, 87ci track, 37h case; July, 36Ac;
September, 35Nc; No. 2 white, Al Nc
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WHAT HE CAME roR.

Flow did you come to get mixed up in this
alteration 2" asked the prosecuting attorney.
''Oi didn't come to git mixed up in IT, an
swered Pat; ''Oi come to collect bill ay fool
dollars an twinty-siven cints.'
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DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The following are the receipts and shipment
at the principal primary wheat markets:


RECEIPTS AND sH1PMENTs, JUNE Is.
Received-Wheat. IT cars, 1850 bu; corn,
rye, 1,2eo bu; max. 8,720 bu; -four. 600 brls;
milistufrs. IS tons; hay 1o4 tons oarlots, 1855.
Shipped Wheat. so cars, 49, 500 bu: corn,
fax. SO, 800 bu:, -four 25439 brls millstuffs.
Lore tons; linseed oil. 1850 lbs; oil cake,
$4,000 lbs; car lots, 429.
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A SURVIVOR,

Washington Evening Star.
$50 you are still unmarried" said
the girl friend.
Yes answered Miss Cayenne.
"And when I see the disappointments
of the girls who are married l begin to
believe there is, after all, something in
this doctrine of the fittest.''
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KANSAS CITY GRAIN, June 2e.-Nose-
ber, BHc; cash. No. hard, TN @soe; No. s,
72@7so; No. 4. e9Q74c; No. red a@e2c,
nominal; No. 9, 7s4soc, nominal; No: 4, TOO
cember 46Nc; cash No. mixed, 49c; No. 3,
4s4c; No q white, b0c; No. 8. soc. Oats, No.
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GOOD STEERS SELL
TODAY AT s5.25
sTocKERs AND FEEDERS STEADY,
ALSO Mich COWS.
Hogs Strong to DC Higher, Altho Re-
ceipts Fairly Liberal Quality Fair
to Good and Demand Active-P Prices
Range from $500 to $6.45-sheep
and Lambs in Demand at Good
Steady Prices.

South st. Paul, Mimi, June 26.-Estima ted
receipts at the Union stockyards today: Cattle,
LOCO; calves 700; hogs, 5000; sheep, 1,2oO;
cars, 116.
The following table shows the receipts from
Jan. 1, 1906 to date, as compared with the
same period in 1905:
Year Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars
1905. -. 102.912 27,722 463,3 126,47S 1O,S24
18Oo... lib, 662 "a, 800 49,, 4SS 30, 5S2 IL, 324
Increase. $685.. 2,732 $3.50. $3.50. 49,.
Decrease. l0,750 49,. 1917 S4.1O4 5o(
The following table shows the receipts thu!
far In June, as compared with the same periot
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MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, M,nnesot. Ira

MIDWAY HUHSE MAhKEI, M1nnesota IraHs
fer, st. Paul, June 26.-Barrett Zimmerman
report receipts larger and the selling is {
little heavier than the opening of last week
Mules are coming In easier, but prices ars
drafters. choice, $50 to 1925: drafters, com
mon to good, s155 to $3.50; farm mares. extra
S125 to $3.50; farr mares, choice, $40 to SIPS
livery choice, sizes to $3.50; delivery, common
to good, $50 to $165; drivers, $135 to $3.50
mules according to size. $140 to S225
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WHEAT RECEIPTS BY ROADS, JUNE e6.
Cars-Milwaukee 20; Omaha. s: st. Louis 2;
Great Northern. S5 Northern Pacific, 4; Soc
line 8: Rock Island 1: Great Western, l.
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THE DAYS REPORTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES


No
yeno corn o .
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AND COARSE GRAINS,

CHICAGO SEEDS AND COARSE GRAINS,
June 28-Rye, cash, 62064c; July, 61hc; Sep
TENDER. e21hc.aFlax, cash northwestern 81 IL y !;
southwestern, 81 .Os; September, S1.134. limo
thy, $4.25. Glover, cash, $11. Barley, cash.
42@54c.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE, June 2e:-Eggs, 1871
@17c; checks, 9@12c; receipts, 26,274 cases;
market steady. Butter, creamery, 2011c; imita-
ton, 1sc; ladies', 16@161ac; receipts, 10000
lbs; extra renovated, 1S@1shc; renovated, II
l17hc; market firm. .f5e
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JUST THE PLACE.

Puck.
Hammond Rantor .treading)-It Is impossi.
BILE. 1t says here, to keep eggs in Honduras for
over two days
Thaddeus Thespian-Zounds wish we opened
in Honduras tomorrow instead of in Bridge
port.
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"Ha has been made doctor of laws
"Well, the laws need doctortn'.
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{; CHICAGO PROVISIONS, June 2e.-Provisions
were firm. Trading was small; September pork
opened &c higher at $685. Lard was up a
shade at $s.s2h @s.s5. Ribs were &c higher at
$915.
hibs, July, s9s2h; September, $9.25@9.27h.
CHICAGO PRODUCE, June 2e:-cheese,
Young Young americas, i9iiMc Poultry, i've
strong; turkeys 1oc chickens: nkc; springs,
80 to 6o-lb weights. enc; 80 to 75-lb weights,
~ @sc: 80 to 11olb weights. 8@ac. Butter,
steady; creameries, 15@20hc; dairies, 147e @1sc.
Eggs, easy at mark. cases included, 12@lSc.
NEW YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, June %.
centrifugal ee test, 8 17-32@S 1890; molasses
sugar. : 25-a2@2 ri SIC; refined firm; crushed,
5.4oc; powdered, A. soc; granulated, 4.7oc COT.
fee steady; No. Rio, INC. Molasses STEADY !;
New Orleans, 30@3Osc. e..
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NEW YORK PROVISIONS, June 2e.-Beef
steady. Pork firm; family, $40: Lard easy;
prime western, $S.76. =
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,AuKEE FLOUR AND GRAIN, June 20

Flour, steady. Wheat, steady; No. north
ern, s75a @ss1sc; No. 2 northern. s4h @s7hc;
September, ssasc bid; puts, sage; calls, sc.
Rye, dull; No. 1, e5@65hc. Barley, steady;
standard, gS@3shc. Corn, hrmer; No. cash,
SOY @51c; September. $3.50 asked; puts, SIC;
calls 52Ac. 49, i. l..
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Monday, June 25:

Hog prices strong to SC higher. Receipts
range from $500 to sS45; bulk, $3.50 to $685.:
Quotations light; common to fair, $500 to
$500 good to cho Ice seq "a to So; mixed
to to s ssts ssssy 5' s:ss
$3.50 to So; rough stays, s475 to 1925. AZ
co. 80 lbs, se.45; los, 22s lbs, $40; IS. sls
ST. $s4s g. rs 1Ss ;sss e 2ss g. lbs 49,
e. a 1884, 81 g. o bs So s ~ SO lss
1925; Fl. 2s2 lbs. $3.50.
| Pigs Roughs and Underweights-s, 426 lbs
81 stays sos and Is sS I'o 40 49, lbs $3.50
lbs, IS; 2, BIO lbs, s.; boar, $50 lbs, s.;
| boars, 3Oe lbs, $3.50.
Some steers good enough to sci s52 Coco
quality tstss and
0G Butcher es st ser LIS lbs. s6as; g. sst
us s: osxs AND s4s s., lbs; 4s iss
So; !. 1,02o lbs, 49, LOO lbs s2.76i 1, sae
rs sns i1. e. s $40 i5 ss
$2.25; l. $50 lbs, 81; 1, $50 lbs, 1885, 1, 500
' Butcher Bulls, 1.4so lbs. ST.; i, l,a2o lbs
Yea Veal calves-l2 1873 lbs, s.; 4. 1ss lbs. 81
II, 1853 lbs, $500; &c, 12s lbs, s4.1si 2, 1oe
IDS, II; 4, l00 IDS, coOVi 1, afo AUS $Sou.
| Stock and Feeding Steers. TAO lbs, SO: so
q CAS- lbs. $3.50; l, $50 lbs, $3.50 l, 500 lbs
i 49, VIZ; sss i H' saSo; i, $50 lbs. $3.50
| 2, $40 lbs, $40.
Stock Cows and Heifers-1, $40 lbs, 1915
$40 = 81 lbs, S2s5; 75o o lSs' IS SIG p
I, $50 lbs, s.; i, s2s lbs, s1;75; -, -
Stock and Feeding Bulls es8 lbs: 20
3, 1,le0 lbs, $40; 5, 114s lbs. g: 40; /. l.oel
lbs, s225; 2, 1856 lbs, s2.25; 2 eeS lbs, 81 j,
, Mitch Cows and Springers-3 cows, l calf
s1o5; cows, 800; 2 cows, SEQ; cow. calf
$33; cow, 1 calf, $50. ....
| SHEEP-Good sheep and lambs in good de
! mand at steady prices. No demand for common
lightweight lambs One string Of choice lambs
| found a ready sale at S7.25. Sales: -
Killing Sheep and Lanbs-1o spring lambs, q
| lbs, $7.25; II spring lambs. IS lbs. 81: II
s ewes, lit lbs, $3.50; 2 spring lambs. IS lbs
s.; 5 spring lambs Sc lbs. IS; spring lambs
Is lbs, So; 2 bucks. 115 lbs. "a.
Stockers and Feeders lambs. IS lbs. 50; II
ewes, 81 lbs, 81.
Among the shippers on the market were: Riley
Bros. Ellsworth. Wis; B. johnson. Prescott
Wis; NJ Kinseila. Millvills: A. 7; schilling
Delano: J. Allen. River Falls. Wis: E b
Brabec, Waverly; W. ]. Rausch. Howard Lake
J. Anderson, st. Croix Falls. Wis.,; G. Schmidt
Osceola. Wis.
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Flour, receipts. 1909: sales. $50; firm with
slow trade. Wheat. receipts, 5000 bu: sales
100000 bu; the continuation of rains in both
winter and spring wheat states with red rust
; reported in Minnesota. gave wheat firm tone
and sc to Nc advance this morning: July,
ber 90G90%c. Rye. dull; No. 2 western, Csc
nominal. o New York. Corn, receipts. 49,
TOO bu: sales. 30. 600 bu: opened easy on the
July, 57K @57hc; September, 57A @57Mc: De
cember, $3.50. "a ~ -4 y 1-s-f@
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PROVISIONS

NEW YORK METAL, June 28.-Lead ant
copper quiet and unchanged. 1870
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OMAHA LIVESTOCK. June 2s-Cattle-Re-
steers S4.Se@550; cows and heifers S3@4.60;
western steers. So ha94 so: stockers and feeders.
81 1904 calves sage: bulls and stays, $2.75
m450. Hoes-Receipss 10000; market shade
to SC higher; bulk OF sales. $6.S71a m6.4o. Sheep
Receipts. 800; market strong; lambs, S625@
T25; sheep, SSi6.50.
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PUTS AND CALLS.
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION,

2 pm. report: =
September wheat. s2A @s2%c.
Calls-September wheat, S3hc.
Curb-Septsmber wheat. $3.50. ~.~ r
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MINING AND CURB STOCKS

Total sales, LII 500 shares.
Money closed at 2% ga per cent: high, 81,
ow, 2N; last loan, 8: ruling rate "a.
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SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK June 2s-Receipts
Cattle 400; hogs, 5,400. Hogs-Strong. Sales
81, 200 lbs, $3.50; II, PAS lbs. s632h; IS. $40
lbs. $6.40 Cattle-Srong; stockers steady
Sales: Beeves-16. 1.176 lbs. 81 30; 16. 1900
lbs, 81 SIS; 49, 1890 lbs. 1925 Cows and Heif-
ers-1o $40 Tbs S3.4a: TO- 9S7 lbs, 1886; II.
1920 lbs $4.so. Suckers and Feeders-1o. 7eo
lbs $40; s, $40 lbs. 1918; 8. $50 lbs, lbs.
Calves and Yearlng@S. 40 lbs, 20; 10, $50
lbs, So. 80; 4, $40 lbs, S4.1o.
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. NEW YORK OIL, June 28.-Petroleum steady;
refined, all ports, $7.75@7.S0. -
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK, June 2e.-Cattle-Re
ceipts, $500; market strong; beeves, 10;
ers. S265@4.5o: Texans, s26o@4.40; calves
s275@8. Hogs-Receipts. 1900; market DC
higher; estimated tomorrow. $1,000; mixed and
s.s ss 4 rough heavy, ss2Sae 20; light, se.so@
e.s2it; pigs. $6.5o6e.8O; bulk OF sales. So. 90 Y
@e. co. Sheep-Receipts. $4,000: market steady
sheep. $475@e.50; lambs. S5.eo@7.75.
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tle-Receipts, 600, including 1000 southerns
market strong; native steers. $4.25Q5.9O; south
ern steers. s8.25@5: southern cows. 81 LOG
$50; native cows and heifers, S2@b.2S; stock.
ers and feeders, s2.75@4.5o; bulls, s2.5o@4;
calves, s. 50@5.75; western fed steers, $500
$50; western fed cows, s26O@4.25 Hogs
Receipts, 10000; market 2h@5c higher; bulk
ers, s6.4o@6.521a; pigs and lights, $55od8.46.
sheep-Reeeipts, 5000; market strong; mutt
$6.bO@86o: fed ewes, $4.76@5.90.
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ST. LOUIS IIvEsTooK, June 2s.-Cattle. re
ceipts. $780, including $500 Texans marke
lower beef steers $s.bo@5ss; stocksrs ant
Texas steers, s3Q46O; cows and heifers, sea
$50. Hogs, receipts 10000; market steady
pigs and lights, $5.1o@85o; packers. S5e5@
g. 60; butchers and best heavy, $6.45@86O
sheep, receipts. 1000; market lower; natives
$3@6; lambs, $4@s.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

DULUTH GRAIN, June 2e-Wheat was slow
today and at no time was the market active or
snappy. July opened Nc up at s4he, sold at
s4Ac fell off to s3Kc, and closed Ac up at
fairly active and firm: exporters found good
demand and sold considerable: July opened un;
nc up at $1.13N. September gained Nc and
October asc. Oats gained Nc.
The close: Wheat. to arrive, No. l northern,
s4Ac; No. 2 northern. $3.50: on track, No,
northern s4hc; No. northern. $3.50: July.
s4Mc; seYember, esc; December, SIC; No. !
fax, on track. 81. 1855 July, s1.1sH September,
$1.1s5h October. SLIPS. Oats to arrive, Csc;
oats, On track. ssc: July, s9c. Rye, oIc. Bar.
ley, 4S@4Sc. Cars inspected: Wheat. %. last
year 30; oats, 81: barley, 3S; fax. 62. last year
g.. RECEIPTS, wheat, ~ bu; oats II, 7s2;
fax, g. 405. Shipments, wheat, 1,436: oats,
1873 100; barley, 2OTe; hax, $3.50. .,a 5.sa5-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-12
LEVI sKIDMORE's CASE.
Mother Trying to Recover $5,OOO
 She Placed in Attorneys Hands.

The affairs of Levi Skidmore took an unexpected turn Saturday. It seems that last week Mrs Elizabeth Skidmore, his mother, went to Balti- more to have her son placed in a sanitarium there. She took with her, she claims, about $5,000. At torney Bronson wired Cans & Ha- man lawyers in Baltimore, to get possession of the money, and Mrs Skidmore voluntarily gave it up and the lawyers placed it in bank, in their name, for her. Attorney Bron- son admits all this. But he adds that in his opinion some one must have afterwards advised Mrs Skidmore to demand the money from the lawyers and that she did so upon that sugges- tion. Her demand was refused, hoY- ever, and she then brought suit. The firm of Cans & Haman is one of the most prominent law concerns in the whole south. When Mrs Skidmore surrendered the money to the law yers she stated to them, MT Bron- son says, that it was the accumula- tion of her sons savings, but when she demanded it back she claimed part of it was her savings of<twenty years in the dressmaking business.
 Mir Skidmore is now in a sanitari- um in Baltimore, having been de- clared mentally unsound. He is a member of Nosahogan lodge. I. o. O. F., and it has been stated that that organization will assist in clearing up the tangle.
 
 Mir Skidmore was formerly in the stationery business and Is credited with having saved considerable money Of late his actions were deemed very strange and as he was constantly speaking of investments it was feared he would lose his money in speculation if not given the protection of conservator. There is an action pending in the probate court for the appointment of such an officer over MT Skidmore and on Monday next there will be a hear ing upon it. Eaa.Ej IIE Ias
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-12
TEACHER HOLDS FORT.
Town of Chaplin Divided Over School
 Ruction.

Willimantic, March 12-The school board of Chaplin, true to the fradi- tional precedent of school boards in general is having its trouble that have not only divided the board but have also split the town into two factions.
 One one side stands Miss Helen Iitchfield, a propossessing teacher, on the other E. A. Frink, an angry pa rent. Innocent of any malicious intent F years old son of the latter is eli- toying a seven days fame as being the cause of the ruction.
 Miss Litchfield, who is the daughter of Chaplin merchant, says sfe caught young Frink passing notes in school. She called him aud made him set in conspicuous seattintf front of all the others where they could lool: upon him and be reminded of the aw- ful consequences of sin.
 She kept him there two days and then she sent him back to his regular place. Not a great while afterwards she caught the boy again violating the rule and she made him take the seat and retain it for two weeks. The boys father made complaint to the school duu tut1 uItItcu III V. <hs Knight 10 smooth the matter over. He called at the school and suggested that the boy be sent back to his seat. The teacher rel,elled. The school visi- tor insisted and Miss Litchtield got her back up and quit-quit right there and then--leaving the school visitor to run the school any old way he wanted to.
 The next day the school board hal a new teacher on hand. He was ;l man named Chester and he went tc the school. when To and behold, Miss Iitchfield had returned. Some things were said. Mir Chester insisting he was going to run the school and Miss Iltchfield maintaining that she was there for that purpose and would not desert unless she was put out bodily. Then Mr Chester did all that he could do-he beat a retreat and Miss Litch- field called the pupils 10 order and read the morning lesson just as though nothing had happened.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-12
YOUNG HEN CAME BACK.
Vaudeville Troupe Started to Tour
 State, But Grew Tired of It.

Thinking there was a barrel of money in the show business and that 1t was easy to fool the people in the jay towns such as Bristol, Thomaston and other villages, party Of young men in this city week or two ago organized a company to travel around the state to give vaudeville productions. The artists are well known young men and the manager of the company was "COnkus Hea- ley. "Conkus" and his troupe were booked to play their first engagement in Bristol Friday night. Besides "Conkus'' there were Frosty Ca- hill and Abe Landiller who are well known for their clever dancing in the Talma minstrels the past year: .Slasher'' Murphy, who has juggled a lot of scenery at Jacques ana Polls; Red Kiely and several more who had desire to appear be- fore the footlights.
 The hall was hired all right and the show was ready to go on. Con- kus'' was to do a monologue stunt, followed. by the dancers. Murphy was to appear in skit, and the oth- CTS were to do little of everything. But Murphy saw the handwriting on the wall and saw that there was not to be an over abundance of money in the box office and before the per- formance was to start he hooked on to enough money to pay his way home. Alas! the crowd did not ap- pear, so the fellow in the ticket omce thought 1t was better to get away with what he had, so the few dollars that was taken in he put in his pocket and "skidooed" for the sta tion. But he did not reckon on the manager of the hall, for the latter was soon on his trail and made him come good before the troupe left the town. When expenses were paid the actors had about 60 cents to carry the bunch to Waterbury. It was an impossible feat, but they had to make the best of their lot and they pro- ceeded to find hunks for the night.
 The next morning some of them started to beat it for this city and as the roads were good they made pretty good time. Others landed in town yesterday morning and it IS likely that their theatrical ambitions have been ended for a while.
 How did you make out?" some one asked Conkus yesterday. Bum,
 was the reply. Are you going to make another try?'' Not on your life. have changed my mind. l sin't going to be an actor.