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Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
leciining rcsl are Features Of Local
Wheat Pit
SEPTEMBER CtCSe HALF-CENT LOWER
Rallies rev and Cash Houses SELL on
Every Upturn-COrn Inactive aud
Prices Trine HiRher-Re-
ceipts Continue Light.
SPINNER ctCsl HAF-cENT LOWER
OMAHA. Aug. 3. 1906

OMAHA, Aug. 3, 1906.
Wheat was lower early this morning, for
eign news being bearish and cables lower.
For q time the market rested steady on
very light trade, then followed the weak,
enlng northwestern market to a new low
point. There were few rallies and cash
houses stood ready 20 sell on any little
upturn, Receipts were large and export
Inquiries few, and the northwest reported
poor cash, demand Considerable cover
IN Kansas. which probably will check re-
ceipts. Bulls are looking TO an export de-
mand or an accident to the northwestern
crop az their only help. The close was Nc
below yesterday.
Corn was active and prices a trile higher.
were beneficial to the crop, but no moisture
was reported In Illinois, from where some
complaints of drouth have been coming.
Receipts are light and the cash demand
Primary wheat receipts were 1000
bushels and shipments $1,000 bushels,
against receipts last year OF $4,000 bushels
and shipments OF 1921 600 bushels. Corn re-
celpts were $4,000 bushels and shipments
$4,000 bushels, against receipts last year 81
bushels, Clearances were l8,oo0 bushels
wheat 1851 barrels flour, 10l. 900 bushels
corn and 10000 bushels oats.
Liverpool closed sd lower on wheat and
The Modem Miller will say today
FARMERS deliveries Of whea are small
OF soft winter and heavy OF hard winter.
Most of the soft winter wheat farmers Sc
fuse TO sell at present prices. In Missouri
feeding of wheat to hogs is reported, but
returns from the threshng machines indl-
cate that the average yield per acre nearly
everywhere is the largest ever reported"
Local range of options:
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

changed prices to a decline OF tsn points
In Response 10 lower cables and heavy
selling Tor European account There was
q good deal OF demand at the decline trVIn
local trade interests and some OF the Wau
street bulls, but the market showed httle
ralying power and Il looked as II tho
failure Of the Brazilian markets 70 snow
greater agfressivenees In the advance vas
barely steady. a. a net decline OF eplQ
points. sales for the day were reportsd
% $3.50 bar Including septemecT, -, 49, sSs
January fs0c; March, 1900; May 0ci
July, 1ioq7i5c Spot Rio, steady NO. !
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

HOGb-N was another day OF uneven
hog values, and so uneven in fact that
It is no easy matter TO describe it In a
way to meet the views OF all sellers Ono
thing Is certain, the market was higher
II opened slow but stronger, and gradually
worked upward. becoming SC higher. and
for a time 5alOc higher. During the high
point the trade was very lively and some
hogs sold at wild prices. Later on II eased
on and closed with most of the advance
lost. 1t can readily be understood from
this that hogs Of the same kind and
quality sold al a wide range OF prices.
This was true especially OF heavy and
mixed hogs, as Will be noted from the
sales below. Quite a good many OF the
hogs that sold early did not get the full
beneft OF the advance, and the same thing
could be said OF those which sold on the
close. all OF which contributed TO the gen
eral unevenness OF the market. II was 10
say the least, a dificult market 70 do bust
ness on, and the price which a salesman
obtained for his hogs depended largely
upon his luck In securing the right buyer
a Just the right time. II he happened TO
be q little too early or a little too late. his
sales would show a good deal lower than
sales made at the best time.
This Is the fiTst day that the market ne
shown any advance since Tuesday Of last
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Knnsas CITY 1--we stock Market.

KANSAS CITY. Aug. 8-CATTLE-Re-
oeipts, 1000 head, including i.Soo soutnernsi
Market steady; choiee export sno dres esS
Sss; western fed steers. -. $4,000; stocksTs
and feeders, S22bG4.40i southern steers, ~ 20
d46O; southern cows, t2O0dS ~ net I'VE S oWWs'
S2oOqA5; native heifers R1OdS'Eo' puils'
&. O0ds 50; calves, t1,Sod6.0 ,.-,--. wa
HoGs-Receipts. $500 head, Market a.s 70
ts oOlis 20; packers, S6.f5a6s7h; lights, $3.50
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts 400
ewes and sheep s. 25tdb. rs; western fed year
IinRe. NBd6fb; western FED sheep, AOVp
Z ia. stockers and feeders A.OOqbS
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9, Innin Live stock Market.

ST. LOUIS. Mo, Aug. REVEAL 70
Tekans; market steady; native shipping
and export steers, 1875 $500; dressed
beef and butcher steers !aa.5G&StSS'
stockers and feeders, $2.oO@ AIS; cows
and heifers, S2.4O@b.5o; Gamers, sl'no ~
q 90: bulls, S2.4095S0; calves. tS' tan,
b7s; Texas and Indian steers. 1910 % o'Vui
cows and heifers, 32.0o43.S :,
HOGS-Receipts, 5000 head; msrket ~, ~
6lSc higher; pigs and lights, 1850 " S.sO,
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts. 800
head; market steady; native y" o mu.'o sndI
bucks, t2.6093.60; stockers, tS.eoUb'l
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New York Money Marcel.

steady. 4A@3h per cent; ruling rate, ~
per cent; closing bid 2 per cent; offered
at ~ per cent. Time loans, firm; sixty
days, 31xd4 per cent; ninety days, 4Ibd4&
per cent six months, 81 per cent
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-51+d5&
per cent.
STERLING ExCHANGE-Firm, then
easier, at $4s520 for demand and at s. S235
for sixty day bills; posted rates. A.s21sQ
94.S2.
sILVER-Bar. 649tc Mexican dollars, 5OI4c.
BONDS-Government, steady railroad,
irregular.
Quotations on New York bonds today
Ill
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

Of the day Kafnrs were dull IN the alb
sence Of outside support japanese i'm
perial S. OF 1904 closed az iO3
BERLIN, Aug. 2-Trading on the Bouree
today was quiet. '
PARIS Aug g. Prices on the Bourse
early today were steady. except for Rus
SLAMS, which were depressed and irregular.
Later the general market showed hrm-
ness, including Russians. Toward the close
there was considerable realixing In Rus
SLAMS. but the general cloae was well sus-
tained. Russian imperial IS, Ms Russian
bonds Of 1904 4eo
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

CATTLE-It seemed almost like Satur-
DAY at the cattle yards. there not being
enough cattle to make a market only
twenty-eight fresh care being reported
early The arrivals consisted OF odds and
ends and a sprinkling OF almost every
thing except right good stun. As usual
when there Is so little on sale. Il was a
difficult matter to tell just what the mar
ket was. Sellers who happened to have
something that buyers wanted we're able
to secure possibly little stronger prices
but on the other hand, a good deal Of the
stun did not sell any more than steady.
In fact, considerable proportion OF the
receipts was the klnd tnat u 10 very marc
Of the offerings changed hands in reason
able season.
REPRESENTATIVE snlea.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

arm. fair rehnIng. s%e; centrifugal ss test
s4 az lS-l6c: molasses sugar, Sc, Refined
steady; No. c. 4soe; No, Z Also; No: s.
lee No. y AO6c No. 10, 4e; No. IL, 3.s5c
confectioneTs' A. 4.65e; mould A 5l5c; cut
loaf. 55Oc; crushed. 55oc; powdered, 4.soc
formulated, 4S0c cubes 5.05c.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. g. - SUGAR =
Steady; open kettle centrifugal. 3dS 7-i6c
centrifugal yellow, s%Qtlsc seconds. shQ
9lAC
MoLAssEs-Firm. 2sasOo.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cattle steady 90 DuII--HOEs and sheep

Cattle steady 90 Duli--HOgs ard sheep
steady.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-CATTLE = I've
CENTS 1900 head; market best STEADY :
others. dull; common to prime steers,
sSeO6626; cows, t2.75G $50; heifers'
SSbO6b2S; bulls, t2O0Q4.Sb; calves
$3.OOq675; stockers and feeaers' s-'0' "
HoGs-Reeeipts. $4,000 head; market
steady: choice TO prime heavy, So -
e60: medium to good heavy. $3.50 $50;
butcher weights. $3.50 6.eb; good 10
choice heavy mixed, 3s1b96.So; packinA'
SS.b0@61b. - Al.
head. market steady; sheep, St.2hm
yearlings, $500 q 500; lambs, 5000 40
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Nen Yorl MInina stoclLs.
cnftnn Market.

closed quiet; middling uplands, loSoc; mid
dina gulf IL l6c.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. s.--coTToN--
Spot closed quiet Sales, 300 bales; ordi-
nary, i've, nominal; low middling, s9tc;
middling, l09kc; good middling lie; mid
ding fair, 1lhc, nominal; fair, lSc. Re
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Aug. 3.-lspecial Tele-
gram.)-CATTLE-Rec 200 head; MAI,
mixed, t266d4 70; stockers and feeders, SSOO
d4.oO; calves and yearlings. S'Coa8@ .o
HOGS-Receipts, 1900 head. Market eg
sales &c 06d60.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
81. Joseph Live stock Market.

ST. JOSEPH, Aug. 8.-CAITLEI-Ht
ceipts. b5s head; market steady; natives,
stocSers ana Feeders, t8.oO@S.75.
HOGS-Receipts, 1915 head market 0
a iOc lower; light, ts2o9e,sb; medium
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Recelpts, 2.Slt
head; market steady to strong; wethers'
aaS5
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on. IN Rr..n.

OIL CITY, Pa. Aug 3-Credit balances,
MS. shipments, S7.4s7. bills; average 81 :
sSf bbis Runs, 73.u6 bills. Shipments
Lima, 5ll67 bbls.. average, 3a6l2 bbls
Runs Lima. IS. sos bbls
SAVANNAH Ca, Aug. Turpen-
tine, firm 67ikc.
ROsIN-Firm; stock. y. 2s4 bills; A, b.
c. S2SoQa95: ID, SfoOdA05: K. AlOl4l5; r,
4.i2h648; G, A1S6425; n. N.sOd4,s5; l.
Sl26G4aO: X A6514 70; NJ 81 T574 90; n,
S.oods05; w @, S5.O5a5iO; w W. sS.lod5i5
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Minneapolis Grain Market.
Wheat -,,a,I
May. l79q1Sh ~ ISSIsSqt+l Isb
Sept. lI9Qi3h IShl lx~ izt3I9s 1873
Dec. 74hQ% 149sl ES's "a 't%
Flax -
Sept. u@l ! llhl ! Ia Ia u
Oct...l i Os1al Oyhl ~ W 1 Wy
NOV...l I 90 / i o. ! " i W l'...s....
Peoria Grain Market.

PEORIA. Aug 3.-CORN-Firm; No.
yellow 50lhc; No, 3, 504e No. {, 49hc; nc
OATs-HiEher; No. white. new, sldslAc
No. 8 white. new, SOlSdslc; No white
wHfsKY-on the basis of sl.2s for I'm,
ished goods
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Artisles.topsn. High Low. close.l Yes'y
5 fsR'. se5szA sssAH ss%z 'ss3s2 Ssis
Corr n
Dee. I.....Al.... ........ An 42kA

A asked. p bid.
s4 Omaha Cash Sales.
~wHEAT-No. hard, car at 67%c, 2
cars at 67jhc; No. hard, car at SIC, /
car at s6Ac, / car. at CSC; No. hard 1
CORNING. yellow, car at 47hc.
~ Omaha Cash Prices.
wHEAT--No 2 hard. 6s6Ss1hc; No. 3
hard, 66d6sc; No. 3 spring, CSC.
CORNING. g.. 4s1hd47c; No. yellow, &c;
Nos white, 4sc.
Z OATS-No. mixed 3Oc; No. white,
30ihc; No 4 white, soc.
RYE-No. 2 sic; No. 3, Soc
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
CANADA.

Balances paid in cash.
sNot included in totals. Comparisons
incomplete.
tNot included in totals because containing
other items than clearings.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Metal Market.

NEW YORK, Aug. S,-METALs---
There was a sensational advance In the
London tin market. following the consid-
cradle gains Of Yesterday spot closed 90 q
vanced Is to fl7s l5s; locally the market
was Arm and higher in consequence am
srot was quoted at $50. q 1855. The
London copper market was also mnch
higher. with spot quoted at ass % 81 and
futures at fs2 % 80; locally the tone v .
arm but no further advance in prices W.
reported, with lake quoted AZ SSe2r a.
1915, eieetrolytie a. as 81 y q 1850 and
casting al slB.000is25. Lead was ..'.-
changed al 1915 in the local market but
advanced Is Sd 20 fis lis 81 In London,
shelter was unchanged al f26 12s Sd IN
London and at .s.o9aSlo locally; Iron
was higher in the English market. with
standard foundry quoted al Sis "a and
Cleveland warrants az Sis ihd; locally
the market was unchanged. 10. ] foundry
northern Is quoted al sle.0hM 1890. No
2 foundry northern at sleb04 1900, 10
/ foundry southern at tls.2bG 1880, No
foundry southern al tl7.75dls.Oo, This
London metal market will be closed until
ST. LOUIS. Aug. S.-METALs-L.esd
quiet al $3.50. Spelter steady al &5-o2h
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
nnIuth Grnin NInrItet.

DULUTH. Aug. 3.-wHEAT-To arrive
and on track No. / northern, T5aic; No.
northern, 74bc; September and December
nc: MAY 7sl4c; September durum. No. l.
6OG6Iikc: No 2 64lSc; October No. l, sc
OATS-To arrive, on track and August
sClkc.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
,IiIMnnlee GrnIn Mnrl.et.

MILWAUKEE. Aug 3-WHEAT-Dulli
No. northern, 7sq7sc; No, northern, 76a
nc; September. 73Sc bid.
1 RYE-Lower; No. l. bS66s&o.
I RARLEY-Dull; No. 2. t6d55hc' sample
coRN-Firmer; No cash. is14aSie; Sep
tember 49Ac
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steady at Is lOd

Sc sd; December. &C. SD: March, nominal
CoRE-spot quiet; American mixed. old.
y sid. Futures, STEADY September ts SD !;
December e I'D
PEAs-CanadIan steady at s. lOd.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

sILVER-Bar, quiet 2s7bd per ounce.
MONEY-2ha2 per cent.
The rate ot discount in the open market
for short bills Is 3Gl3 l-l6 per cent; for three
months bills. 1-l6a3h per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Rank CIearfnRs.

OMAHA. Aug. 6-Bank clesrings for to-
day were Si.55O,4f237 and for the CORE
spending date last year 81 .642.7S.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
REPORT OF THE CLEARING HOUSE

Transactions az the Associated Banks
for the Week.
NEW YORK, Aug s-The following
table compiled by Bradstreet shows the
bank clearlngs at the principal cities for
the week ending August q with the per-
centage Of increase and decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
year:
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
ToIedoaseed Market


TOLEDO. o., Aug 3-SEEDs-Clover
steady; timothy, e 90. Alsike. $3.50
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Articles Open. High Low, Close. Yes,
Cash quotations were as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-Ea ~. Z winter patents q son
$40; straights, 3SDa36O; spring patents
s. 7oQ40Oi stralghts, Ss.4SdS75; bakers. $3.50
WHEAT-No. spring. 76q76lsc: No. g.
70Q76c; No 2 red. 7l4t972Ac.
CORNING. 2. 0hGSol4c: No. yellow
6ATs-No. 2, sOitc; No. white, aAa
a24c; No s white. SO2tG32c
RYE-No. >, 56c.
as tJ.t -,t;ooA feeding, S5d3so; fair TO
choice mailing. iedt6c.
western. sie Clover. &C contract grade.
1890.
PRovlsIoNs-short ribs sides Qoose),
&6GalO Mess pork, per Dbl, $1,000
tLi2h. Lard. per 100 lbs. SS.2h. Short
clear sides boxed, S9.50d96zl6.
Following were the receipts and ship
ments OF Hour and grain:
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
I1an.n. City Grain and Provisions.


KANSAS CITY, Aug. s.-WHEAT-sep-
TENDER, CSC; December 77hc; cash NO. 2
hard, 6sAqTec; No. g. e71sd69c; No. red
CoRN-September 42stc; December, E22c;
cash. No 9 mixed. 4sc; No. 3, 4sc; No. 2
white, ls19d4sate; No. 3, 4shc.
OATS-No . white, SAsdS1fc; No.
mixed. S2d33c.
RYE-Steady, 564SSc. 49,
HAY-Steady; choice timothy, $lO.2a
1880; choice prairie, S7.75dSO0
RITTTER-C,reamery, zoe; packing, 14ihc
EGQS-Market ho higher; Missouri and
cluded, lsc; case count, 171hc; cases re-
'I Receipts and and shipments of grain today
Receipts. Shipments.
Wheat, bu....,...,.....s... E3,VO0 SEl'VJO
Corn, Observation-Disclosures. 6OVOV lS'Vvv
oats, bu.. '.s.......'.'"''s'' lVU hVVO
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 3.-FLOUR-Flrst
patents. $4,000 20; second patents, $3.50
los: first clears, S2.2SGls Is; second clears,
BRAN@In bulk. S1s5O@lS75.
(superior Board OF Trade quotations for
Minneapolis and Chicago delivery. The
range OF prices as reported by r. ID. Day
& Co, l10-l11 Board OF Trsde, was:
| Articles Omen High.l Low. Close Yes'y
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Conee Market

$780, -O"r- AUG. 8-COFFEE-The
market for futures opened steady AZ IN.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

on the Produce exchange today the but
ter market was nrm; cresmeries, i64fic;
dairies, lblrGtlsc. Eggs Arm al marx,
cases included, 1870 l5i5cs hrsts. lbASe; prime
9l1Ac.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
London cIo.InR stoclt..

LONDON, Aug. 3.-Closing quotations on
the Stock exchange were'
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Grain HnrleI

LIVERPOOL Aus s-wHEAT-spot.
nominal; futures steady; September.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

The following will snow the prices paid
for the different kinds Of cattle on the
South Omaha market:
GOOD to choice corn-fed steers. =. IS. 5o916 90
Fair to good corn-fed EteerS,..,.,,. g. 65d5 30
Common to fair corn-fed steers, GSod4 IS
Good TO choice cows and heifers. 240Qf4. Is
Fair to good cows and heifers..,. g. 750iS 70
Common to fair cows and heifers /. 5O6f2 rs
GOOD to choice stockers & feeders. 650d4.O
Fair to good stockers and feeders a259f3 50
Common to fair stockers ,,.,.... 2.O0d3 rs
Bulls stays, etc.........,,...........2 5Oal. %
Veal calves 8 1905. IS
The following table shows tins average
price OF hogs at South Omaha for the last
several days, with comparisons;
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

BOSTON, Aug. 3-Call loans. Sa4la per
mt; time loans, 5Q5h per cent Ofhcial
1afnR on atocka and bonds.
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RANGE OF PRICES.
Total receipts.

The disposition Of the days receipts was
Der OF head indicated:
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HOGS ARE FIVE TO TEN CENTS HIGHER
sheep Of All Kinds In Good Demand,
with Receipts JiEht--Lambs
Are steady to q Little
Lower.

RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE.
The following table shows the receipts OF
cattle, hogs and sheep at South Omaha to7
the year to date. compared with last year:
c.o. 1903. 1905 Inc
cattle ..............,.. 54s,972 golSI 49,
hogs ..,..,.......,.....167685S l,b4426S lS2. 5sl
sheep .................. s799E s721lS h 7S29
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
MASSACRE OF MoRos.
Americans Kill Garrison of Six Hun.
dred Near JoIo.

Manila.-An important action be-
tween American forces and hostile
Moros has taken place near Jolo.
Fifteen enlisted men were killed,
four commissioned officers and thirty
two enlisted men were wounded. Two
naval officers operating with the mill
tary were wounded. An officer of the
Moro constabulary was wounded, three
of his men killed and thirteen
wounded.
The Moros lost coo men killed.
Major General Wood reports from
Jolo as follows;
"a severe action has taken place be-
tween troops, a contingent of the
naval department, the constabulary
and body of hostile Moros, at Mount
Dajo, near Jolo. opening the afternoon
of March 9th and ending the morning
of March Sth.
THE action involved the capture OF
Mount Dajo. lavacapped cone 2,1OO
feet high, with crater on the summit
and extremely steep. the last 400 feet
being at an angle of sixty degrees
Traversing its slopes are fifty perpen-
dicular ridges covered with a growth
of timber, which was strongly fortified
and held by an invisible army Of
Moros.
1.-The action resulted in the destruc-
ton of a band of outlaws recognizing
no chief, that had been raiding
friendly Moros on the target range at
Jolo, and through defiance of Ameri-
cans has stirred up dangerous condi-
dion of affairs.
"Col Joseph w. Duncan of the Sixth
infantry directed the operations.
"All the defenders of the Moro
stronghold were killed and COO bodies
were found in the works.
1.-THE artillery was lifted with block
and tackle a distance of 400 feet into
position on the lip of the crater.
Brigadier General Bliss and myself
were present throughout the action.
1.-The attacking columns were COM
manded by Mai. Omar Bundy, Capt. e.
p. Lawton. Captain Rivers, Capt. l..
M. Koehler, Captain McGlachlin and
Lieutenant Johnson.
1.-The officers and men engaged
highly commend the Moro constabu-
larry, who did excellent work, their
casualties numbering seventeen out OF
the force of forty-four engaged.
'It is impossible to conceive
stronger natural position than that at
tackled"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
MINE HORROR IN FRANCE.
Explosion Causes Loss Of Over One
Thousand Lives.

Paris.-A mine catastrophe of meal
culable horror and magnitude has
stricken the great coal center of
northern France. An explosion of fire.
damp at Z O'Clock Saturday morning
carried death and destruction through
out the network of coal mines centered
at Courrieres, and fire followed the ex-
plosion, making rescue difficult and al
most impossible.
The intense excitement and con-
fusion in the vicinity prevented early
estimates of the exact loss of life, but
dispatch received here at ABS p. m.
gave l 400 miners entombed and prob
ably lost. At S:45 o'clock Saturday
evening a brief dispatch from Lille
announced the total of 1,193 dead.
All France has been profoundly
shocked by the magnitude of the dis
aster, which Is said to be the greatest
in the history of continental mining.
President Fallieries sent his secre-
tary, accompanied by Minister of Pub
lie Works Gautier and Minister of the
Interior Dubief, on a special train to
the scene of the disaster.
The ministerial crisis was tenn
porarily forgotten, senators and depu-
ties joining in the universal public
manifestations of sorrow
The scene of the catastrophe is the
mountainous mining region near Lena,
in the department of Pas De Calias.
Here are huddled small hamlets of the
mine workers who operate the most
productive coal mines in France. The
subterranean chambers form a series
OF tunnels.
Six of the outlets are near Lena and
others at Courrieres, Verdun and
many other points. The output of
these mines is particularly combusti-
Bile and is largely used in the manu-
facture of gas and in smelling. About
1000 miners work the group of mines
and. with their families, make a popu-
lation of from 5000 to 5000 souls.
The latest advices say that the
worst fears as to the enormity of the
mine disaster have been realized. The
death list numbers LOO and the whole
OF the region stands appalled, at the
terrible tragedy, which has brought
sorrow to 5000 fathers, mothers, wives
and children.
The last great mine disaster in
France occurred in 1885, when 293 per
sons were injured and eighty injured
but that and all others sink into insig-
nificance before Courrieres.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
SWITZERLAND TRAIL.
Reported Purchase by the COLORADO &
Southern.

Denver.-The Republican of Thurs
day says: For several years there has
been talk in effect that the Colorado &
Southern is about to buy the Colorado
& Northwestern and something like
confirmation of this is found in the an
nouncement by the Colorado & South
ern of the disposition of the money
which it recently raised through a big
bond sale. OF this sum S17 900, 900 is
set aside for the purchase of other
roads. In enumerating these, accord
ing to the Wall Street Journal, Mr.
Trumbull's report mentions the Colo
RADIO & Northwestern.
Vice President A. d. Parker says
that he knows nothing about the mat
ter, as it lies entirely with Mr.. Trum-
bull. Robert Law of this city, who is
associated with Col. S. B. Dick of
Meadville, Pennsylvania, in the owner
ship of the Colorado & Northwestern,
is not informed If such deal has been
put through.
The Colorado & Northwestern is
narrow gauge line that was built seven
years ago from Boulder to Sunset in
Boulder county, with branches to Ward
and Eldora. Its affiliation with the
Colorado & Southern is close, and last
year the latter company laid a third
rail from Denver to Boulder that the
narrow gauge road might get its trains
into this city. The constitutional pro-
vision would probably not affect this
sale If made, because the two roads are'
not parallel nor competing
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
BODY LAY IN STATE.
Honors to the Late Henry c. Brown In
State Capitol.

Denver.-At 8 o'clock Sunday morn
ing the great bronze doors to the west
entrance of the Capitol swung open to
receive the casket containing all that
was mortal of Henry c. Brown, the
man who had donated the most beauti-
fut site in Denver to the state for It's
government building.
1t was fitting that for few hours at
least this honor should have been be-
slowed on the generous donor and in
trepid pathfinder. A catafalque draped
in heavy black broadcloth had been
erected upon which the coffin rested.
At the head and foot two guardsmen
took their positions and watched the
body until 12 O'Clock, when it was re-
moved to the home of James H. Brown
for the final service. Tne west corri-
dor of the capitol had been appropri-
ately decorated. On each pillar was n
standard of furled flags fastened with
Grape streamers. The archways were
curtained with the national colors
draped in graceful folds, and held in
pIace by rosettes of black. There We're
no flowers, and the lights shone softly
on the waxen features of the dead as
600 men, women and children from
all walks of life reverently passed be-
fore the bier. taking their last look at
the familiar face of the dead.