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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04
MARKETS TODAY.
Liberal Receipts Have Depress-
ing Effect on Wheat.
Corn a Trifle Easier Because of
kains.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Unchanged II Natives
Bring $500 to $6.I5.
Hogs Steady = Bulk Sales From
$3.50 to $3.50.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.

Chicago, Aug. 4.-WHEAT-Ltbera re-
ceipts had a depressing effect today on
the local wheat market. there being con-
siderable selling by cash interests. Trad
ing, however, was light, owing to lack
of demand. September opened &c to so
&c lower, at 731sQ73Ac TO 73Ac, sold at
1880, and then declined to 7z5su73c. Min
neapols, Duluth and Chicago reported re-
ceipts of 645 cars
Later selling became general and prices
broke sharply, September declining TO IT'S
ore The weakness was due principally
10 decline of nearly &c a busheI in the
was weak with prices at the lowest point
OF the day, final quotations on the Sep
TENDER delivery being down 17sQ11zc, at
CORN-The corn market was trifle
easier because Of rains in portions of
the corn belt Trading was quiet. Sep
tember opened unchanged to 1sc lower, at
491zQ4S5ac, and sold off to 1880.
The weakness of wheat caused increased
selling in the corn pit and the close was
weak with September of Ease. at 49
OATS-Oats were firm on good demand
by commission houses. Offerings were
light. September opened &c higher, at
olAc, sold at 3l1sq317zc, and then advanc-
ed to S1A Q31ssc.
PROVISIONS-Desp a firm market
for hogs the provisions market was
rather weak. Offerings were not large,
but the market lacked support. Septem-
down 21zQ5e, at $S.s5. Ribs were 21kc low
WHEAT-Cash No. ? red, 72A@7sAe;
No. red, 71szQ72s4c: No. 2 hard. 71Ad
12Ac; No hard, T0S<sG71s4c
CORN-No. ?. 1890; No. 3. 491zc.
OAIS-No. ? new. 29724S0c; No. new,
2914 @297sc.
IMoTHY3sept,. s4.So@4S7.
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DAMAGE SUIT APPEALED.
katy Railroad objects to $4,000
Labette County Judgment.

An appeal has been taken to the su-
preme court of the state by the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas Railway com
pany from q judgment of $500 dam
ages and 1925 counsel fees which was
awarded to Arthur W. Davis, of Par
sons Kan, by a jury in the district
court of Labette county
MI Davis sued the company for $40. =
500 and $500 counsel fees for the des-
truction by fire Of a grain elevator.
mill and a WarerOOm at Parsons. which
ne claimed was due to the negligence of
the railroad company
According to the petition in the suit
a spur Of the railroad company's tracks
runs near where this property stood In
January, 1904, a coal car was run down
on this spur and of the end of it into
the street. Some days later an engine
and Wrecking crew was set to work to
pun this car back on the track Mr.
Davis alleges that this engine was de-
1ecltve and not able to do the task as
signed to it and in the efforts of the
crew to get the engine to do the Job
and unusual fire was built in the engine
box. This fire threw sparks from the
locomotive stack which set fire to the
elevator and mill and caused them to
burn down 1t is Mr. Davis claim that
the company was negligent in assigning
q defective engine to do this work and
that If an engine in good condition hal
been put on it, it would not have been
necessary to build such an enormous
fire in the engine and sparks sufficient
to set fire to his buildings would not
have been blown from the stack.
The railroad company appeals from
the Judgment awarded to Mr.. Davis on
the ground that Judge Thomas J. Fan
nelly, who presided at the trial erred
"a the admission Of certain evidence and
in his intsructionh to the jury.
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Kansas City, Aug. 4-Close-NNI 1t1At
Receipts today, 326 cars Market closed
10111zc lower, with quotations as follows
Sept. 67szc; Dec, Tlzc: Cash; No , hard
661z67Oc: No 3 hard, 65550661zcs No : red,
675kQ6Sc; No. red, SIC.
CORN-Market 1za1c lower. Sept, 4l1zc;
Dec, 42c. Cash: No. 2 mixed, 41Q4719c
No. > white, 49Q4914c; No. 3 white, AGO
4715c.
0ATS-Marlet unchanged. No. 2 white,
341ld351zc.
RYEEMarlzet steady, 55d57c.
HAY-Choice timothy, $10.25Q10.50; choice
prairie. S750dS.00
BUTTER-Creanery 20c; packing, l41zc.
EGGS-Fresh, 1Sc-
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Louisville and Nashville and Amalganat-
ed Copper were down about point u
P, St. Paul, Pennsylvania, B. r. 7. ana
American Smelling made large fractional
declines. The holiday in London left the
market free from influence from that
quarter.
There was some recovery on short COW
ering, but prices touched lower lever
after the bank statement. Reading de-
cline reached rs points. Anaconda s points.
Colorado Fuel 2ss points, Northwestern )
points. Delaware and Hudson and Pressed
Steel Car 2 points and St Paul. o. p.
n Y Central. Ontario and Western ana
some others about a point or more The
closing was easy and near the lowest.
There was enough buying to effect soEie
restoration of opening losses, but the de-
mend was soon sufficed and prices sagged
again. Northwestern fell "a points, Read
Pennsylvania Colorado Fuel, Republic
Steel preferred, Pressed Steel Car, Nat
ional Lead and Sugar ! point Mlnneapo-
lis and St. Louis rose ~ points.
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Sterling. Kan, Aug. 4.=sterling is
going to have a new play house 1t
will be ready for use in thirty days 1t
"a s beauty and is nearly fire proof as
3 building can be made. The walls are
IF brick and the floor will be Of ce-
ment. The building VIII seat about
2Oe people. An entirely new set of
Tcenery IS now being painted in the
h41iidinE. The public helped a little
1Sout 1850, and the owner Of the
kssilaing did the rest
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Chicago, Aug. 4-CATTLE-Rece TO-
day 400 head Market steady. Beeyess
ss.70Q6 20; cows and heifers. SlO0qo.2o'
stockers and feeders. $2.40Q425; calves
*. O0G70O. -
Receipts today $3.50 head; esti-
mated Monday, 1000 head Market STEADY
to strong. Mixed and butchers. So ~
good heavy, Sc. 15G6. 521z; rough heavy, y; 80
46O5; light, Sc 30d6.771s; pigs, $5o0G6-40'
bulk Of sales, Sc. 20d6. As.
SHEEP-Receipts today. 1000 he1a-
nngs s. 40G6.10; lambs, s450q1.T5-
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Isensan ..stncl,., on Cuba.

Mcpherson. Aug. 4.-Rev Father
Martin. writing back to Chase friends
from cuba, where he and his mother
went to live some time since, says the
longer he stays there the better he
likes it, He says the trees are green
the year around and that vegetab lies
ana flowers are planted any month
during the year He is delighted with
the country and the people and says
his and his mothers health is much
better than it was in Kansas.
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AN OPINION ON ADVERTISEMENT
They Need Not Agree to Make Their
Action Legal.

In Tribune, Green county, there was
a disagreement between the three ap-
praisers appointed to appraise land for
school purposes and I. L. Dayton,
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton. has been asked for an opinion as
to what course should be pursued
when appraisers do not agree.
He has replied that the appraiser
not agreeing with the majority of the
board may make a minority report but
that this does not affect the validity
of the appraisement if it is made in
good faith
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rwo MEN ARE ADRIFT.
Abandoned on a Scow in the Gulf of
Mexico.

New Orleans. Aug. A-News that two
men are adrift in the Gulf of Mexico
On scows has been received here. Four
days ago these men were cast adrift in
a storm which broke the towing line
between the tug Wilmot and four scows.
The tug was then 60 miles out from
Mobile, which port she left last Monday.
When the seas broke the towing line
those on the tug We're forced to watch
their comrades drift away, frantically
signaling, but helpless before the storm.
The tugs agents say the men have
provisions aboard sufficient for two
weeks.
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CORN


Kansas City. Mo- Aug. 4-CATTLE-
Receipts today, 100 head. Market IN
changed. Native steers, 81 O0Q6. 10; soutno
ern steers, 81. 95G450; southern cows, 5z9o
Q325; native cows and heifers, 2OOQ2sz2 ;
stockers and feeders, s. 25Q4.40; bulls, $40
$3.50; calves, $2.50Q575; western fed Steers
S.. 100000; western fed cows, s. 50QA-2o
Receipts today. 4.000 head MAT
ket steady. Bulk of sales, s. 3046.59 .
heavy, $6-2566.3 80; packers, S6.S0q6-511z'
lights, Sc. 30Q6 20; pigs. s.. 25Q600
SHEEP-None on sale.
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New York. Aug. -MONEY-Money on
call nominal No loans Time loans firm.
Sixty days, 4 per cent: 90 days, 41za4sz per
cent; six months. 57k157z per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 53z0
% per cent; sterling exchange firm al
81 1914 q -S535 for demand and at $482400
4.S21A for so day bills; popsted rates, s4S3
and S4.S6; commercial bills. $4.8274 S21z
SILVER-Bar silver. 64ssc; Mexican dol
lars, 501ke.
BoNDs- Government bonds steady.
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Chicago, III. Aug. 4.-CH EESE-M rket
strong. Daisies, 12Q1214c; Twins, IQlAc;
Young Americas, 12d12izc.
POULTRY-Alive poultry steady. Tur-
keys, 12c; chickens, 111zc; springs. 12Q15e.
BETTER-Market firm. Creamery, 100
21c dairy. 1515q1S1kc.
EGGS-Mariet firm. At mark, cases in
clll5e1- 121sGIl5lac.
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Sentiment in general seems to have
become decidedly more optimistic,
practical assurances of heavy crop
yields, the growing buoyancy of the
iron and steel industry and the rela-
lively heavy volume of orders booked
in general lines for fall and winter
requirements being the principal slim
ulanT. The essential soundness Of
mercantile trade is testified to by the
July and seven months returns of fail
ures to Bradstreets, which point to
fewer failures and smaller liabilities
than in any but the best of years.
Railway earnings are very heavy.
Evidences multiply that the momen-
dustfy Will receive a further impetus
and that the year as whole will sur
pass any previous period in the coun-
try's history.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending August
number 10 against ITO last week, IT'S
in the same week in 1905, ia in 1904.
161 in 1903 and 169 in 1902.
In Canada failures number %,
against a last week and % in this
week a year ago.
Wheat, including -four. exports
from the United States and Canada
for the week ending August were
2,895s020 bushels, against 1,70S,705
last week. 1.401,696 this week last
year, 1,379,19s in 1904 and 8.831,199
For the past five weeks of the fiscal
year the exports are 9,S37,30S bushels.
against 5,424,2S7 in 1905. 6.650.372 in
1904 and 32,507145 in 1901
Corn exports for the week are 623,-
146 bushels, against 539.073 last week.
1.013,675 year ago and 273, 1865 in
1904.
For the fiscal year to date the ex-
ports are 3.2S5.719 bushels. against
4,747,763 in 1905 and 2,583.e 500 in
1904
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Galveston, Tex, Aug 4-COTTON-
Market lower, at l0szc per pound
New York, Aug. 4+COTTON-Quota
tons per 100 pounds: Adiddling uplands,
5000; nliddling gulf 5000.
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New York. Aug. Market
frmer- Street price: Extra creamery, ZIG
2116c Official prices: Creamery, common
to extra. 17621c; western imitation cream
cry, extra, 1S5kG19c.
EGGS-AIarkef irregular today. State of
Pennsylvania and nearby. fancy selected
white, 24625c; do, choice. 22Q28c; do,
mixed 22023c; western hrsts. 1S12S1sc; DO.
seconds. 161z6177ec-
POULTRY-Alive poultry nominallX IN
changed. Dressed poultry barely steady.
Western chickens, 13Q14c; turkeys IQl3c;
fowls l16714c
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To Construct Cen Houses.

Leavenworth, Aug. 4.-Ground was
broken at the federal penitentiary
yesterday for the construction of the
two front main cell houses. Only a
few prisoners were placed at work, but
within a few days this number will be
increased to several hundred and the
work rushed through. The authori-
ties will be unable to complete these
cell houses this year, but will finish
the foundation and put up some of the
st eel 11.n1-Ir
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Secretary Wilson Returns.

washington, Aug 4.-Secretary Wiz
son returned to the department Of ag-
riculture today after visiting Philadel-
phia, Jersey City and New York where
he inspected slaughtering and packing
houses. "On the whole said the sec
rotary conditions in the packing
houses in the three cities named were
good" The trip just ended IS but one
Of a number which the secretary viii
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New York. Aug 4-sJGAR-Raw sugar
firm. Fair refining, 3ssc; centrifugal, IS
test. S5sc molasses sugar. Csc Refined
sugar steady. Crushed, $3.50; powdered,
80: granulated, $3.50.
COFFEE-Market steady. No. Rio.
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Wall st. New York Aug z-STOCKs-
Opening prices Of stocks in the market
today declined easily under light offer
ings There was drop Of 3 points in
Great Northern preferred and Reading.
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Wcclzln Grain Lctter.


FURNISHED by J. E Gall, Commissions.
Grain, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office 10 W. Sixth st. Telephone 4Se.
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Bank CIearines.

The following table, compiled by Brad
street, shows the bank clearings at the
principal cities for the week ended Au-
gust ,, with the percentage of increase
and decrease, as compared with the cor
responding week last year:
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hange o. FEIce9 on sIOlEZ9s
Furnished by J. E. Gail. Commissions
Grains. Provisions. CorEon and Stocks-
O6ice ITO W. Sixth St. Telephone 4SS.
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FULL CREAM CHEESE.
KANSAS z. A.-12c ID.
NJ Y STATE (white)-14c ID
BLOCK SWISSz16c ID.
BRICK-14s ID
IIMBERG ER-Per H.. 14c.
DAISY-2o lbs. each, 13c per h.
DAIRY TWIN, TO box. per Ii 10
BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY
FURNISHED by Cope & Co, ia Kan Ava
POULTRY-Hers, 75zc H.; spring chick
ems 1zc ID
FcsGS=Fresh. 1zc doz
COUNTRY BUTTER-Fresh 1se77Ec
FURNISHED by the City Hay Market. 81
quincy street,
PRAIRIE HAI-Loose or baled. s90o0
ALFALFA HAY-Loose. sasoa1o.a.
TIMOTH Y--Best. 5000
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Furnished by j. E. Gail. Commissions
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Onice 40 w. Sixth st. Telephone 1851
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Topeka. Aug. 4.


furnished By Charles " OH Packing Co
Yards close at noon on Saturdays.l
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Chicago. Aug.
Open High LIZ Aluas. Z.

National Board of Trade Kansas CITY.
FURNISHED by J. E. Gall. Commissions,
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office 10 W. Sixth St. Telephone 1856
Kansas City, Aug l.
Open High Low Close Yes
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Iopelsal Aug. 4
fPrices paid IN Topeka this week based
on Boston quotations.1
GREEN SALT CURED commitments 2atc
NO HORSE ........-4.-..a.....ssZs ofBG ~
No. TALLOT .........s...s.s.-.ssssss.f exc
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ball Printing Co. 912 N Kansas ave.l
Petro & Eoodford, prescription
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-06-20
~ z 79 77777
SWITCH BOARD.
Total, S2s. 100

Total, s2s.400 s23,7O0
The producer plant costs $500 more than steam
plant and operates at 500 per month less
expense.
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Remnants
Remnants
Remnants

Many other items will be added to the
above and the sale will give you an oppor=
tunity Of buying big lot of attractive
merchandise. All departments, except
groceries, will be represented and the lover
of good bargains will be delighted with the
values offered
There will be big bargains in Waists
and Skirts, Ladies' Muslin Underwear,
Hosiery and Corsets, Bargains in Millinery,
Fancy nafasois aud Umbrellas, Mems
Clothing, Gents Furnishing Goods Dept,
Mems Hats and Boys Caps, Shoes, Lace
Curtains, Rugs, Mattings Bargains in Dry
Goods, Etc, Dress Goods, White Goods, Etc.
Remember that the items mentioned
above do not by any means embrace
complete list Of the special bargain-offer=
ings that will be given
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-06-20

The Supreme Court on Monday
handed down d decision in the
somewhat famous Butler PROXY
case appealed from the Chancery
Courtl of Franklin county. The
case was styled, d. F. Butler VS..
the State ct I'll. The report Of the
decision by the jackson news
papers and correspondents is
rather conflicting. While all state
that the decision of the Chancellor
was afiirrneds il is also stated that
the State failed TO get judgment
for the missing county funds,
amounting 10 some 50, 900,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-06-20
a Trip to the County Farm.

By Invitation Of Supervisor z.
r. Jones the editor of The Leader
Hast Saturday morning enjoyed q
lrlde behind one of Mr.. Jones'
Ispry three-year-old colts out to
| the County Convict Farm, scarce
1.-TWO miles east OF the court house,
las the crow flies.
| We noticed q number of changes
and improvements since our last
visit over q year ago-new fenc-
| ing, branches and creeks cleared
lup, q new and better jail house for
prisoners, and new ground field
on the east side, under the plow
this spring for the first time.
There were on the day of our
visit is county convicts on the
farm, four white and the rest col
|ored. In the poor house, which
is under the same management as
the farm, and conducted in CON
|nection with it, there are six
inmates, three white and three me-
groes. OF the former one is
an old, helpless white wo-
man, who says she is seventy five
years old, and whose mind is al
most gone. Two of the negro
paupers, one blind and the other
who hs' never walked a step in
his liz were wards of the county
years ago when DR.. @. Cowart
had charge of the county's poor
on Fair River.
The crop prospect on the farm
lis good. There are so acres in
oats, 40 acres in cotton, three
acres 10 sweet potatoes, two acres
in ribbon cane, about rs oI 80
acres in corn, and a good patch of
Irish potatoes and an average
country garden. Also two good
pea patches, but we thought there
had been an oversight in not SOW
ing the corn fields in peas, as they
are being laid by.
There are over 40 head of hogs
on the farm, and it is The calcula-
ton Of Supt. John S. Miller to.
make enough meat from these to
supply the farm another year.
There are 81 head Of cattle, some
Of them milk COWS In the pen with
spring calves, which furnish an
abundance of milk and butter.
Supt. Miller informed US that
he has about 200 bushels of last
years corn III his crib and bay
and fodder to burn. The oat
field was being cut the day of our
visit with rev reaper and self q
binder and with a large supply of
new oats, there is no likelihood Of
the farm running short on either
gram or forage.
For work stock the Farm has
two good mules and four large
brood mares, il beng the intention
of the management to raise their
own horses and mules for the farm
hereafter, a most excellent idea.
The convict labor that goes to-
the farm is some raw some
mean and contrary, and the sup
ply and quality always uncertain,
and yet ID spite of these draw
backs, the Farm Committee of the
Board Of Supervisors, with the
faithful cooperation Of Supt.
John Miller, are making q success
of the management and proving
this the best solution of the
county convict problem. For
the last two years the discipline
on the farm has been excellent and
the convicts are kindly and hu-
namely treated. Dune Magee is
back again as chief guard, and
both Supervisor Jones and Supt.
Miller compliment him on bis
good service.
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Gard Of Thanks.

We wish TO thank every kind
friend, who III any way took part
ia the last rites attendant upon tic
laying away of our daughter,
Mary Iii our deepest sorrow,
Ne jet felt tha kindly influence
of their love and sympathy and
cur gratitude goes ont TO eaeh one.
Mi. and Mrs. J0s. Connolly.
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Bargain Days
Friday, June n
Saturday, June 23.

This big sacrifice sale will embrace
splendid bargains in Dress Goods, Silks,
White Goods, Dry Goods, Wash Goods,
Hosiery, Corsets, Ladies Underwear, Shirt
Waists, Skirts, Fancy ParasoIs, Fans,
Umbrellas, Table Damask, Towels, Bed
spreads, Embroideries, Millinery, Napkins,
Mems Shirts, Suspenders, Mems Clothing,
Mems Hats, Shoes of all kinds, and
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-06-20
StarkvilIe Normal.

Lincoln county teachers will
leave for Starkville at noon Mon
day. June 25th. The route will
be by Durant. Upon reaching
|Starkville they will be promptly
carried to the Al. and Nj. College
Dormitory. Upon reaching the
college ask for Lincoln county
quarters. The railroad fare will
be one fare, plus rs cents. Board
$12 per month.
EDGAR GREEN,
Supt. of Education.