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Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
The disposition of the days receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the num-
Der of head Indicated.
Total

CAI1LES-ksceipts were seneralIy liberal
for a Wednesday, but the demand was quite
brisk, so that the market was In good
healthy condition throughout. The trade
opened early and the greater proportion
OF the receipts changed hands In very fair
season.
Buyers seemed to be inquiring for good
beef cattle, but the supply Of that kind was
extremely light The most OF the cattle
coming are only warmed-up and II is the
exception to find anything that Is any
where near good. The market on the bet
ter grades today was strong to lOc higher,
with others fully steady. The trade was
reasonably active and the most OF the
offerings changed hands in fair season.
Cows and heifers were also in good de-
mand and the better grades were anywhere
from strong to 1Oc higher. AS was the case
with beef steers. the most Of the desirable
offerings changed hands in very fair sea
son. The common to medium grades were
not quite so active, but they were gen.
orally steady with yesterday.
No great change took place in the market
for stockers and feeders. There was fair
showing of pretty decent feeders and they
cold generally in yesterdays notches. Com.
mon and light grades continue slow and
weak every day.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Kansas CIty Live stock MnrL rt.

KANSAS CITY Jan. 9O.-CATTLE-Re
ceipts. $500 head, including 200 southerns
Market strong to Zoe higher: top, $50
choice export and dressed beef steers, S.
1850; fair TO good, s425d6,3 q; western fec
steers. s.. 75d5.75; stockers and feeders, tS,A
cows, g. 25d3.T5 native cows, g. 36dt450; ma
tive heifers. SS.0Od6.0O; bulls $2.76G4. %
calves, So 5OQ7.S.
opened weak, closed strong; top, S. 921b
bulk OF sales, s. 1860; heavy, IS S565 92lh
packers, s6.76ds, s21h; pigs and light, IS. 75d
$50.
SHEEP AND L4AAkBs-Receipts, 800,
head Market steady to 10c lower; lambs
S6.65qI50; ewes and yearllngs 3k75G6. 70
western fed yearlings, $6.O0d66O; western
fed sheep, A.75Sf5.T5; stockers and feeders
So 3d4b
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
st. Loni. Lire stnck Mnrkrt.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. S.-CATTIE-Receipt
1900 head, including 100 Texans. Marke
strong; native shipping and export steers
S5.06Gf6. 70; dressed beef and butcher steers
t4.60G5.35: steers under 1000 lbs, So 1874 N
stockers and feeders. S2.00q+50; cows and
81 9OdiOO: calves, s. 5OdS.0O; Texas and In
dian steers, S2.5od5.5O; cows and heifers
s. 6OQ4c0.
HOGS-Recelpts 1850 head. Market wal
5d10c lower; pigs and lights $6.00G3 20
packers. $635d6.S0; butchers and best heavy
81 70d6.S5.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts l5O
head. Market steady; native muttons. So 2
@5.75: lambs. IS 25d7 %: culls and bucks
Sc 0O6J4 90: stockers, {S.25d48
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Evaporated AprIes and Drled Frnit..

NEW YORK, Jan. SO-EYAPORATED
AZ i I-fss. MaIket Is STEADY 70 hrm, with
are quoted al &c; choice, shd6hc; prime,
SGSAc
are In moderate demand on spot with
California fruit ranging from Sc 10 Sc &C
cordng 10 grade. Oregon prunes COS 10 d.
at 6hd9o. Apricots unchanged: choice,
lsc: extra choice. lsIkQise; fancy, 1920.
Peaches continue hrm choice. u012lkc; ex-
ira choice. l2lkd13Ikc; fancy, 124, I14c
Raisins are nrm' with opening quotations
than last year. The spot market Is gem
orally UNCHANGED Loose muscatel are
London layers 81 g5Qi45
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31

NEW YORK, Jan. So.-MONEY-On call,
easier, 2fd3 81 per cent; ruling rate, az per
cent; closing bid. 2 per cent; offered ~
per cent Time leans harder and dull;
sixty days, 5d6tS per cent; ninety days, 81
d5ls per cent: six months, 5A per cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-5Ad6it
per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE-weak,w with ac-
tual business In bankers bills at 81 $500
1885 for demand, and at S4.S06Od4S0S for
sixty day bills. posted rates. AS3d4 S2Ik
and 81 1904 s6i1. commercial bills, AsOA.
SILVER-Bar, 67Nc: Mexican dollars,
52ihc.
BONDS Government, steady: railroad.
heavy.
Closing quotations on bonds were as
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Metal Market.

NEW YORK. Jan. SO.-METAIs-There
was an advance % l7s sd In the London
tin market with spot and futures both
closing at els9 lis Cd. Locally the market
ranging from til.5laf20c Copper was m
changed AZ p Cd higher in the London
market, with spot closing al elO6 Is "a
market was hrm and Unbalanced with
Lake quoted az t24 T5G2. Is; electrolytic.
t24 62izd2A sTiA. and casting at S24 15d4. -
local market. but IN London declined p
Cd 70 ei9 i2s "a Spelter was unchanged
az e2e l5s In the English market and N
Is. I0g6.So locally Iron Was Cd lower In
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Conee MnrIket.

NEW YORK. Jan. 3O.-COFFEE-Mark
for futures opened steady at an advance
OF 5d 10 points on better cables than ex-
pected. continued moderate receipts at Bra
lillian points and rumors that negotiations
for a further valorization loan were near
ing conclusion. Trade interests were buy
ing the near months here and the market
maintained its early advance in the face
OF some scattered realizing. The close was
steady, net 5d10 points higher. Sales were
repOrted of 81, $50 bags, Including January az
5. i0li5 4Sc. March at 6.55c. May at 5.65c, Sep
TENDER at $500, October at 6-OOc December
at 6.05a6lOc. Spot coffee. steady; No.
Rio. &c; No. 4 Santos, Sc. Mid coffee.
steady; Cordova, 9ql2lkc.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
nOGrTON

BOSTON Jan. 30.-WOOL-The market
remains dull. though hrm. The quiet spell
as an active movement is not anticipated at
this session. Dealers are asking higher
prizes ana are not 6is'naye6 u, a. the small
staple stocks move steadily and show no
larger accumulation. Foreign grades are
io% indiana and MissoSriIcoR td three ros-
eighths blood, S4qS5c combing. quarter
blood, 1880. Texas (scoured basisl-F1ne,
re- nome ane fail clean as sG "a p caiifor Ma
(scoured basis)-iNorthern, choice, 67G6sc;
northern, good. 6Sq61c; middle country $50
gon (scoured basis)-Eastern. No. ! staple.
l2q73c; eastern, No. / clothing, 6Sd7oc; val
ley, No; ]. 6oas2e Territory staple Secured
tscoured basisJ~F1ne, ssd7oc; fine medium,
Mexico-spring secured. x, 6SqToc; No. i,
LONDON. Jan. So.-wooL-The first &C.
today The feature was the active tive oS oiSIso
tition, in which American buyers were
prominent, especially when orossbreds and
quotations, Compared With those OF the pc
cember sales were unchanged to per cent
higher, with the exception OF coarse. heavy
crossbreds, which declined I'D During the
sales n,0 900 were taken by home buyers,
5000 for the continent. l30o0 for America
and 1000 were held over for the next So
were eagerly absorbed at unchanged rates
Following are the sales: New South Wales,
1850 bales; secured. Is z5tdd2s I'D; greasy
7ddls I'd. Queensland, 800 bales; secured
IL tdq2s I'd; greasy. 74dd1s Id. Victoria,
LOO bales; greasy, sltdd1s ID. West Aus!
tralia- 100 bales; greasy, 61tdiOd New
Zealand. !. 100 bales; greasy sdd1s I'd. Cape
OF Good Hope and Natal, loo bales
secured l1d9fs 10d greasy, siSdlOlzd.
ST. LOUIS. u n. .-WOOL-Ste ady; me-
dunn grades combing and clothing. 24d2S5Sc
light nne, DnzSe; heavy hne, l6glsc; tub
washed, S5GSSc
TOLEDO. Jan. SO-sEED-Clover. Janu-
airy and February. $50; January. g. 80
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31

Abraham L. Reed ct al. TO Peter
soderberg s1a lot II, block 3. Camp
DellS auQluOns -...-....ss-s+ss..A so
Margaret Dooley 10 Claude r.. Combs.
part lot 6. block 3, r. " Smith s.... 5000
Brewer =. McCague and wife 20 Vac
Law Homola, lot 9, block 10, Mid-city
a1di'i , ~, -, 80, ."
renee :aporoski. lot g. block go,
South Omaha.....,............. 30
Union Pacific Railroad company 20 j.
b. Watkins and George A. HOag-
land, tract block g. South Omaha. l
Stephen ID. Bangs and wife 10 Cora
NJ. Dennis lots TO 8. block II, sum
NIT addluon...-... ...-.-.... ...-..,.....s <tzJJ
James Whelan et al, 10 Union Pacific
Railroad company. north 60 feet lot
T. block 3b. Omaha. ......-.- ............ 10
James McClenegha and wife TO Jo-
seph MoCleneghan, nk nek section
N-l6-s $40
Total. 81, lsi
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THURSDAY JANUARY 81 1907.

point. The market finished with an un-
certain tone. japanese imperial &C. Of 1904
closed az 102k.
BERLIN, Jan. 3o-Prices on the Bourse
today opened with general advance,
but later became uuieter.
PARIS, Jan. 0.-Prices were strong on
the Bourse today. Russian imperial IS
closed at 7675 and Russian bonds OF 1904 at
tQOOO
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
rESTERNs
IDAHO

% feeders. 75l 3 80 a feeders. 90l %
prices this morning and possibly a few
loads may have sold a little easier than
yesterday. Local demand. however was
reports from the provision market caused
buyers TO raise their bids until the market
yesterday. The trade was active when
once underway and everything IN sight
sold veiy readily. As will be noted from
the sales below, the hogs sold largely at
50 7Oa67b. whereas yesterday over half OF
all the hogs sold largely at $50. with only
q sprinkling at s675 and about the same
uuu4har haIOW Is
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Sugar aud MoIaSs -.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-SUGAR-Raw,
steady; fair refining, 23l-32c. centrifugal
SO test, 3l5-32c. Molasses sugar 1890.
Refined. steady; No. g. i3Oc; No. I. 4.35c;
No. 2. 4.20c; No. 9, 415c; No. 10. 4.o5c; No.
H. 4O0c: No. r. 3.95c; NO. lS. S.9Oc; No. "A.
cut loaf and crushed. 5.5Nc: powdered, 4.90c
GRADUATED, 4SOc: cubes, 505c.
MOLASSES-Steady; New Orleans, open
kettle 37G4Sc.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. S0-SUGAR-
Strong, centrifugal whites. 43-l6d4iIc; CEN
trifugal. yellows, 34sa4bc; seconds, 9b9
T-i6c
MoLAssEs- sOds4c.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
81. Joseph live stock Market

ST. JOSEPH. Jan. So,-CATTLE- Re-
ceipts: LBS head. Market steady; natives
stcckers and feeders, 81. nat So
HOGS-Receipts. 9,E3 head. Market &c
higher: top. s. So; bulk ~ sales IS Tsd6 So
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts 2 Sc,
head. Market steady to lower; lambs, $40
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
sioux city Live stock Market.

SIOUX CITY. Jan SO-(special Telegram }
steady; stOckers, slow: beeves, S43Olfj %
cows, bulls and mixed, S. 5Od4 Is; stockers
and feeders, SS.Ooa4S5; calves and yearlinEs,
81 T5d375
HOGS-Receipts. 400 head: market Sc
lower; selling at S6.5Oa67O; bulk Of sales,
81. 6Oq665
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts, 400 head
market steady.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
MtnneapoIis Grain Marker.

MINNEAPOLIS. Jan; So.-WHEAT-May,
q Use: No. 1 hard. S5c; No. 1 northern,
So Nc; No. northern. Sqslhc; No. 8
northern. TsG7shc.
BRAN-In bulk. S165Od16.B.
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Philadelphia Produce Market

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. a.-BUTTER.-
Fair, good demand: fair western cream
cry, S3GS315c.
EGGS-FtrTn, good demand; fresh &c
at mark.
CHEEsE-Unehanged; New York fun
dreamertes, l3%Qu4lAc
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Liverpool Grain Market.

LIVERPOOL. Jan. S0-wHEAT-Spot
strong; No. red western winter, IS Id;
futures steady: March, Is sgd; May. 6s
4lzd; January, g.. 1hd.
CORN-Spot frm; American mixed new,
~ Sd; American mixed old, As SID; futures
steady; January. As 25sd: March, 4s rs.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
New York MininE stocks.
NEW YORK, Jan. SO.-closing quotations
Treasury Sta temcnt

WASHINGTON, Jan. SO.-Today's state
ment of the treasury balance in the gem
eral fund, exclusive of the $3.50 10000 gold
reserve shows: Available cash, s242,54l.-
gold certificates, sSs,s6s,4SO.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Rest Cattle StrOnE-HOgs Weak TO
Five Cents Lower.

CHICAGO Jan. 9O-CATTLB-R Receipts,
q, 900 head Market for best strong, others
steady; common to prime steers sLOOg1 90;
s.. OOd4.5O; calves, $275aS.OO; stockers and
feeders 81 Sei490
HOGS-Recepts, 1000 head. Market was
weak to &c lower; prime shipping hogs,
S6,S71RQ69O; strong weight butchers, $3.50
$50: packing S6.SOn6.S71k; assorted light,
ts.sq6s5; pigs, S6.5Ou6.SO; bulk of sales,
s.. S0d5s7h.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, ZOO
head Market steady but slow; sheep $. 90
46O0; yearlings, $4.6Oa665; lambs, s.. T5q7. 20.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
DuIuth Drain MarLet.

DULUTH. Jan. 0.-WHEAr-On tracl
No. l northern. S2Ao; No. 2 northern, 500. G
May and July. size; September. 7Sic.
OATS-TO arrive, SIC.
RYE-SOc.
BARLEY-SoQf)c.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Milwaukee Grain Market.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. S0.-WHEAT-No. l
northern, s2qSSe; No. 2 northern, 7sGSe;
May. TSlEtqlSssc bid.
coRN-No:; cash. 42s4G421sci May. 4ss4
q46Ssc asked.
RYE-No l. S96SIc.
BARLEY-No. 4 6so sample, 47a67c
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31

the English market, with standard foun-
dry quoted at g. "a and Cleveland war
rants al SIS Locally the market was un-
changed. No. I foundry northern Is quoted
at SS.&dB6: No foundry northern,
s24 75ff26 81 No / foundry southern, $500
ffl650. No foundry southern, Si500tf $500.
ST, LOUIS, Jan 9.-METAls$-slse cad,
steady NJ s60lls. spelter, steady az wv
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Articles. open.l High Low. Close. Yes'y.
CSsh Quotations were as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR - Firm; winter patents, 81 a6d
$50; straights, 9.ood3S; spring patents
s. 70aAso: straights. SloaS.So; bakers, 200
S0
wHEAT-No. 2 spring. 7sGS5c; No. & To
s.: No 2 red TfhdTfAc.
CORN-No q SIC No. yellow, &c
oATs-Noy 2 S6te; No. white SSAc; No.
3 white, E0SSc.
RYE-No. 6za4c.
RARLEY-Fair to choice mailing. ad5sc.
SEEDS-No 1 na1. A.lS1S, No. 1 north
Eestern. lnh Timothy prime, AO.
Clover, contract grades. na8
PROVlSIONS-Shor ribs sides Qoose),
ssSIlLdS 62h Mess pork, per bbl.. tl6S7h
Lard. per 100 lbs., SOS. Short clear sides
FoiioxlnS were the receipts and ship
in4nts Of hour and grain
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Hank Clenrinra.
Wool Market.

OMAHA, Jan. 30.-Bank clearings for to-
day were Sl.n9,66l.06 and for the CORES
ponding date last year q, 7oi, 5ol46.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Fatal Pnwdcr ExDIosIon

MOUNT VERNON. H.. Jan. 3O,-A pow
der explosion has occurred at Johnston
City, Ill. -Four persons were killed.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
OIla and Ro.In

OIL CITY, Jan. So.-Credit balances. 8. IS.
runs i1s.l20 bills: average, iO6.s12 bbls.
shipments, i5sss5 bbls; average. Isl. sn
bbls
SAVANNAH. Ga. Jan. sO-oIL-Turpen-
tine, hrn. 7Ol1c.
ROSIN-Firm; A. and c. SAi0; d, $40;
2. t.ioa4i5: r. $40: q. AS; II, si46a
A8; I, $3.50; X. Is. l596.2S; N. ts.s5; N, 800;
VIC, $50; WV, S.6o.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Articles Open. High. Low. clOse.l Yesy.
A asked. B bid.
om.ha cash Prices.

wHEAT-No. 2 hard, 6s1hq7O4c; No. 9
hard. S6qeec; No. hard, SSgS6hc; No
spring, 66q70hc.
No. yellow. S7ssas7ilc; No white. 81
a39c.
oATs-No. 8 mixed. A1ea34%c; No. 3
white, 85hc; No white, s4%dS5c.
RYE-No. 2 bsc; No. 3, 57hc.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
Articles. II
B Bid. A Asked.
Peorin Market.

yellow and No. 3, aye No. 4, 4O1kc
oATS-Higher; No; white. sSc; No. s
white. SIC; No. 1 white. 361tc
RYE-FiTm; No. 2 66d6sc.
WHIsKY-On the basis OF Sl.3 for nm
ished goods.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
stock In sight.

Receipts OF live stock at the six PRINCIPAL
western markets yesterday were as fol-
loXsYa.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
London Closing Stocks.

MONEY-4&Q5 per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market
for short bills is ~ per cent: for three
months bills, ~ per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31

on the Produce exchange today the but
ter market was firm; ereameries. ndaihc;
diaries oG8e Eggs. strong; Al max.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
st. Louis General Mnrket.


ST. LOUIS, Jan. O-wHEAT-Futures.
higher; cash, weak; track, No. red cash,
77fhd7sc; No. hard, 7S14G75IFc; May, TAO
CoRN-HiEher; track. No 2 cash. 421kc;
No. white. &c; May. HAc; July, 44ssc.
OATS-Higher; track, No. 2 cash, 3So; No.
white, sstko; May, SS1tc; July. S5l1c.
s.. s6as.75; extra fancy and straight ss.i59
S45; clear $2.65d2s5
ssEEDraaT1ni9thg, steady at ;s,5Oa4Oo
BRAN-Sacked. east track, 9q9ec,
HAY--Dull; timothy, s16OO91sOo; prairie,
IRON COTTON TIEs-n.Oz
BAGGING-sAc.
HEMP TWINE-9c.
PROVISIONS - Pork, higher: jobbing,
S1715. Lard. higher; prime steamed, $9.371s.
Dry salt meats, steady; boxed extra shorts,
S9.62h; clear ribs. $9:B; short clear g SIh.
Bacon: steady boxed extra short ,SG t., $40
POULTRY-Weak; chickens. e1sc; springs.
lie; turkeys. 12Q13c; ducks. lie: geese, 6l1c.
BUTTER = Quiet; creamery. HqSShc;
dairy, Hd27c.
EGGs-steady at nhc
The receipts and shiPmenits Of -four and
w T9Ses opSls'.............. 4 sS S SSS
Corn, .l4S,VO 1900
oats, Du....'....'...........l S,VOO u5,ON
Kansas City Grain and Provisions.
KANSAS City Jan. SO-wHEAT-May
1850; July T2Ac; September, re. Cash: No
2 hard. 711Sq75c; No. g. 67q74c; No. red
| 756i76c; No. g. 6SGI74c
! CORN-May, 421kc; July, 4lNe; September
42hc. Cash; No, mixed, S9Nq4Oc; No. 8
S9lhc; No white, 1@4lkc.
! oATs-No. white. ssc; No. mixed, S7d
RYE-steady. so9sac.
| HAY-Steady; choice timothy, SIS. 50d16OO
choice prairie, s1l50d1200
| BUTTER-Creamery. SIC; packing 1s1kc
! EGGS-1|c higher; firsts, 22hc; seconds
The receipts and shipments OF grair
were; Receipts, Shipments
/ Wheat, bu...................44,00 600 400
Corn, Du.....................S 9.OO 800
Oats, bu...........,.,.......f7.0O 400
| Board of Trade quotations for Kansa,
| City delivery. The range OF prices, as re
ported by Logan Bryan. liz Board o.
Trade building. was:
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Fat Cattle Steady to Stronger and Fairly
Active.
HOGS OPEN WEAK, BUT CLOSE STRONG
Moderate Ran of sheep and Lambs,
with Demand Good and Trade
Active at steady Prices for
EverythIng Desirable.
SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. %. lsO.

The following table shows the receipts OF
cattle, hogs and sheep at South Omaha Tor
the year to date, compared with last year,
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11

wreck, aud yet are following the same track, step by step, and some are sleeping in the same cemetery. There are more 10 fol- low. The spidot's web that a breath would suader, has been and E weaving a net, cord that will become like a giaut chain that will hold them like wise. Is 1t wrong 10 take the first drink? Well, the most l eau say ou the subject is this; If no one would take the first drink wo would never have any druukards, and we would, according ,o Judge Colefidge, have no need for jlils, asyiums aud mad hous4s, ouly in a limited degree. But tine most important part of the whole les son IS that if we did not drink inc hfst drink we would never become dfunkard consequently all drunk ards owe their condition to their first drink.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
BAN ON c. o. D. LIQUOR.
der--common Carriers Under No Obligation to Receive Goods

Kansas City, July 7.-rJudge John c. Pollock of the United States circuit court. revoked the mandatory order Friday morning compelling express companies to carry c. o. D liquor and denied the temporary injunction against the Wells-Fargo Express com pany and the Pacific Express company asked by the HarvestKing Distilling company.
 All technicalities raised by the at to4neys for the compliments were N.dyed and Judgc Pollock decided the case purely on its merits After quoting several authorities the judge said in his order
 "It is clear that express companies are under no obligation or duty in common law 10 engage in c. 0. D. carriage of goods, but that the obliga- ton imposed to collect the purchase price of the article shipped is an ob- ligation that must rest in contract and not in an obligation imposed by law T
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
Bettering the Roadbeds.

Womble, July Following the arrival ot the first train here over the new Gurdon and Fort Smith railroad, tue work of bal lasting the track has begun in earnest. The first train arrived last Saturday and large crowd
 gathered here to see what was considered to be the event of greatest moment to this section
 of the state. After the last of the steel had been laid the rail-
 road men were cheered by the crowd and then served with re- treatments. The work of ball lasting the track and building the depots will proba bly take up ike rest of the summer and tall.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
SEVERE MISSOURI HAIL STORM.
The 400 Acre Farm of C. B. Stratton
 Escaped by Small Margin.

G. B. Stratton, who left Mena for Windsor, Mo, on hearing of the destructive hail and wind storm at that place last week, has sent to bis son, NJ. A, a letter aud paper giying some of the details. The account tells of the wicked looking greenish clouds that frightened everyone into caves and cellars who could reach them, and then of the hail that stripped trees of foliage and leaves destroyed all crops in it's path and and broke windows and killed etc. The hail drifted as much as two feet deep in places.
 Mir. G. B. Stratton has a farm of 400 acres near Windsor, and while half of the adjourning farm was devastated completely, Mr. Stratton's place was not injured, being just beyond the path of the hail storm, which ranged from one-half to three miles in width.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
THURSDAYS CASUALTIES.
Thirty-six Persons Killed and f,471 Injured While Celebrating inde-
 pendence Day.

Chicago, July 6. Thirty-six persons were killed and 1,47i injured while celebrating Independence Day, ac- cording to, the Record Herald, which made q canvass of the accidents in the entire United States during the past 24 hours. In chicago six persons were killed by revolyers which were supposed to be unioaded, and with he deadly giant firecrackers New York furnished seven of the dead, while the remainder of the list of fatalities are scattered oser the coun- try.
 In the list of injured many were seriously hurt and number will un. doubtedly die of their injuries. The greater number of injuries were caused by the cannon firecracker and this list is made up in a great part of children who did not understand how to handle them
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
IGNORED THE LAW.
Express Companies Pay No Attention Sibley Act Reducing Rates
 in Nebraska.

Lincoln. Neb, July 6.-Express companies doing business in Nebras- ka have failed to file schedules with the state railway commission reducing express rates 25 per cent as required by the sibley act which be came effective at midnight Thursday night. Lincoln agents stated that that they had not been apprised of any change in rates and transacted business under the old schedules. The agent of the United States Ex- press company received a telegram from Traffic Manager M. T. Jones of New York instrueting him to dlsre- gard the new law.
 Ina act prescribes fines not to ex- ceed sl000 for iufraction Of the law Attorney General Thompson stated that he did not know what course the rtate wuold pursue, but a vigorous effort will be made to enforce the act.
 The Nebraska railroads have sign lied their intention of following the provisions of the AIdrich freight rate reduction bill which Is now in effect Suits to test the legality Of the re. form legislation are pending in the federal and state courts.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
CONTRACTS LET FOR CROSSINGS
Birmingham & Hays Will Build Six and
 Lon Golf Three.

Contracts have been let for nine of the crossings that were provi ded for at the meetings of the city council the first part of the week.
 Birmingham & Hays were granted contracts 10 put in four 50 x 5 feet at S55 50 each and two 50x 5 feet at $46.25.
 Lon Golf has contracts for ttree crossings 50x4 feet at S2).50 each.
 All crossings are built under a three-year guarantee.
 Burling ham X Hays will also build 100 feet of concrete side walk opposite the Commercial Hotel and 40 feet in front oi the A. P. Hope property.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
Boys Fed by Officer.

Deputy Marshal Philpot met two boys Saturday who stated that they had been sent to Mena by their father from Talihina Friday night. They were totally without resources and had not eaten since Friday Deputy Philpot fed the boys and by questioning them learned that their names were Heath and Garrett and that their ages were 16 and 13 re- spectively. Their mother had died some two years ago and their father had driven to Talihina from his farm, sixteen miles out and purchased two tickets for .hem Friday. His ob- ject in sending them to Mena is un- known. They have relatives at Wa ters, in Montgomery county, but preferred to make their way back to their home near Talihina. and start ed for that place Saturday.