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Many Tickets for the Event Have
Already Been Sold.

The lecture to be given by Ed
Howe, editor of the Atchison Globe.
globe trotter and writer of travel
stories, promises to be one of the most
boards for this winters entertain
ment. The lecture is being given un>
der the auspices of the local order of
the United Commercial Travellers Of
America, and the proceeds are to be
used as a nucleus for fund to be
used in building home for travelling
men in this city.
men in this city. The lecture will be
given on next Thursday evening.
The committee in charge of the at
fair consists of J. A. Worley, B. F.
Shamote and NJ. Rienbach and tick
cts have been placed in the hands Of
every travelling man who belongs TO
the local council as well as their
wives? 1--WE are going to pack that
Auditorium for the lecture" said +
A. Worley. chairman of the commit
tee, land the entertainment will be
one we'll worth many times the admis-
sion price of as cents which will be
charged.
ments for special train from Atchi-
that we will be successful, and If VIC
get the train Mr.. Howe has promis ed
to bring a band from ,Atchison to as
sist in the entertainment Mrs. Ada
Smith Fullerton, the well known
Atchison soprano, will have several
numbers on the programme"
After his return from his globe trot-
ting trip Mr.. Howe wrote a book deal
ing with his experiences which has
already had an immense sale and is
classed as one of the popular books
Of its kind. The lecture will treat of
the incidents noted by Mr.. Howe and
told in his inimitable style with
illustrations and stereopticon views.
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SPRING
People May Decide About Fixing Up
Lighting Plant.

At meeting held Friday night
the council committee on gas and cleo
trio lights adopted a resolution, which
will be placed before the committee OF
the whole at Saturday nights ad-
Journed meeting Of the council, direct
ing the mayor to call a special cleo
ton, to be held at the same time as
the spring municipal election, to give
the voters of Topeka the opportunity
the proceeds to be used in extending,
renewing and remodelling the city
electric light plant.
According to the plans of the
committee there will be more than 500
arc lights strung at street corners,
burning all night, every night in the
year. regardless of whether the moon
"shines'' Or not This moonlight
schedule has been criticised by the
citizens Of the city for many years
and it is said that the voters would
like to get a whack at it At present
there are less than $50 arc lights in
the city and this number Is said to
tax the capacity of the city light plant
and the lights are burnt only part of
the night. part of time.
City Engineer John Rodgers esti-
mates that the city could have a mod
ern. efficient and up to date light
plant by the expenditure of $4,000.
Until the city plant is remodeled or
rather enlarged, it is said the gas and
electric light committee will recon-
mend no more additional lights as it
is said that the limit has been reached
at the old plant. There are near
ly one hundred applications for new
lights now on file with the committee.
They come from various sections of
the city, but no action will be taken
on them because the plant cannot de-
liver the goods
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New York Stock Market.

Wall ST., New York, Dec Z-STOCKS-
Prices of stocks moved downward at the
outset under a volume Of offerings and
following the tendency of the London
market. American Smelling declined IL
points, Reading and Amalgamated Copper
point, Union Pacific, Baltimore and
Ohio. Brooklyn Rapid Transit, United
States Steel preferred and Anaconda large
fractions American Car rose 1as points,
Western Union ! point and International
Paper preferred y point.
Additional declines were established, al
though there was brief interval of sup
port in which Northern Pacific was mark
ed up a fraction beyond yesterdays clos
ing. Subsequently the lowest prices of the
hour were made, large proportion of the
representative stocks selling in the neigh
borhood of point lower than last night.
American Smelling was the weakest feat
ure and yielded az points
The market closed unsettled and ex-
tremely irregular. strong rally led by
the Hill stocks gave place to renewed
weakness in the Copper group, which
pulled lIsa back the whole list, On the break
samated Copper ~ points, Anaconda 2
points Union Pacific 2A points and the
list generally as low as at the outset
Pacific Coast second preferred declined
61z points. There were some feverish
rallies in the final dealings.
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100000 bushels. In 1866, 9s.ooo,ooo. II
| 19O4-5, A, 900 0OO In 1884, 10000, 900
| bushels. Already, the exports are over
double as much as in one of those
years and nearly as much as in anoth-
e rome. 1t looks like there will be a
very awkward gap to fill in between
March 1 and July 1. Argentina may
have 35 millions more than out of it's
last crop, but that won't be half enough.
Australia and India were depended on,
some months ago for 75,000,0 900 of ex-
port wheat, but their great drouth VIII
doubtless cut it down to about 15,O0O,-
600. A European expert has just hgur-
ed out the requirements of the import
ing countries at $40 millions and the
exportable surplus of the other coun-
tries at 500 millions. There is that
be only bridged over by period of
very high prices. 1t is the only logical
sequel A cable today says the Aus
tralian crop wont exceed "a million,
about half of last years, the shortage
in Victoria alone being 10 millions.
Total stock Of wheat in Chicago ele-
vators below 13. 100000 bushels. A big
Northwest elevator line concern says
deliveries of spring wheat, up to date,
nearly 1 million bushels less than same
period last year The usual December
deliveries in Chicago were under 2 mil
lion and passed into very strong hands.
Cash market everywhere very strong,
owing to the light stocks.
CORN-Corn put on good bull front
during the week and closed today 1870
higher, the new May rising 4Ac from
its extreme low recently and holding
the grain pretty well. The biggest corn
Spectator in Chicago was an open buy
er today and predicts 10c higher. 1t is
not likely the governments recent es-
innate of 1854 millions will be realized.
The Kansas state report brings it's crop
down to 5000, 900, or so millions below
last years. Nebraska's estimate is $780,
600 600, or 70 millions less. Husking re-
turns still very poor, and corn contin-
ues scarce everywhere. The east and
south complained today of the great
scarcity of supplies and wired many
orders to the west. Since July 1, ex-
ports are over 81, 900 600, a good increase
over same period last year. About 2%
millions in the visible supply and less
than l million in Chicago; only $4,000
bushels in Kansas City elevators.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, Dec. 7-wHEAT-There was a
good trade in wheat today. At the start
there was considerable selling. by commits
sion houses as the result of liberal re-
ceipts in the northwest and to easier ca
b1es. Thereafter the market rallied on
covering and the early losses were re-
gained. May opened KQN lower to a
shade higher, at s1.01MQ1. 01B, sold on to
$101s, and advanced to s1.02. Minneapo-
lis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts
of 62S cars, against rs cars last week and
The close was easy. May was off Mc.
at 81 .O1ss d1.01a
CORN-Trading in was quiet. The
market was steady and featureless: May
opened Nc lower, at $3.50, sold at SEC, and
later advanced to 56A 456asc.
The close was weak, May being on $50
&c at 555sG55%c.
OATSEThere was good trade in May
oats. The market was firm, with May up
1sc at the opening. at 53a4c. After touch
ing 531zc, the price advanced to 54c.
PROVISIONS-Proyisio were dull and
weak. A 15c decline in the price of live
hogs was the chief influence in the mar
ket. May pork was off 171kc. at 1880
Lard was 1dc lower, at $3.50. Ribs were
down 10c, at Sc. 80.
RYECash: 7SQ79c.
BARLEY-Cash: SSd9Sc.
T1MOTHY-Cash s. 60G4.00.
CLOVER-Casa: s11.00@15.oo
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little precincts along the Missouri
line that swamped u.s. one of these
precincts had about 80 votes and
| voted a thousand. The other had
bred. They were pro-slavery votes
and most of them came from Mis-
souri,. But I contested these Missouri
votes and finally won out and took my
place in the legislature in 1887"
New Officers Elected.
At the meeting of the State His
torical society held at Representative
hall Friday afternoon, the following
new officers were elected:
President, George w. Veale. To-
peka.
First vice president, George w.
Click, Atchison.
Second vice president. A. B. Whit
ing, Topeka.
The board of directors for the year
ending December. 1910. was also
elected as follows:
Cyrus Anderson, Brakeman: s. s.
Boggs, Smith Center; Paul r. Brooks,
B. Cowgirl, Topeka; Conner T. Davies.
Concordia; John S. Dawson, Hill City:
s II. Fairfield, Alma: John Francis,
Colony; Kos Harris, Wichita; E. W.
Hoch. Marion; L. Z. Humphrey. In
dependence; Margaret Hill McCarter.
Topeka; E. c. Manning. Winfield; ]
Earl Miller. Marysville; w. A. Nor
gan, Jetmore; Caroline Prentis. To-
Francis L. Pierce, Lakin: ]. {.
Postlethwaite. Jewell City; Fred II.
Quincy. Salina; w. E. Richey. Har-
veyvflle; Bertrans Rockwell. Junction
City; A. Roenigk, Lincoln; Olive L.
Royce, Phillipsburg; ]. S. Simmons.
Hutchinson; F. D. Smith, Kinsley; w.
=. Stone, Galena; D. A. Valentine,
Clay Center; A. B. Whiting, Topeka,
B. p. Waggener, Atchison: Robert M.
Wright, Dodge City; Samuel r.
Woolard, wichita
j. w. Bergman, Ashland, for two
years ending in 1909, to fill vacancy
caused by death of John G. Haskell.
At the afternoon session of the So
ciety, the president. J.. r. Meade of
delivered his address on 1.-THE
Little Arkansas"
In the evening there were addresses
by D. E. Ballard of Washington coun-
ty. by Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter
Of Topeka, and by Governor Hoch,
with short responses by the surviving
members of the first free state legis-
Iature.
New Life Members.
On payment of $40 each, the fol-
lowing persons were voted in as life
members of the association:
Luther McAfee Nellis, Topeka; P. |
q. Lowe, Leavenworth; George |
Plumb, Emporia; F. NJ. Kimball. To-
peka; N. B. Burge, Topeka; J. w |
Ashland; E. E. Frizell. |
Larned; Francis L. Pierce, Lakin: |
Mary Vance Humphrey, Manhattan; |
Mrs. P. B. Plumb. Emporia; A. H. |
Plumb, Emporia; D. E. Ballard. |
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Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Onice ITO West Sixth street Phone 4S6 j
Kansas City. Kan, Dec 5-wHEAT
Wheat travelled mostly in a circle
since a week ago and closed today a
small fraction lower. But the day
wound UP very bullish after having
touched the lowest point reached since
it struck bottom about two weeks ago.
After that there was a cent rally. 1t
Is now up 21e cents from the new
Mays low point (991s). There has been
considerable speculation within a AZ
cent range during the last few days.
in fact, every day was a lively one with
frequent ups and downs, giving plenty
OF action to spectators on either side
of the market. 1t is noticeable, how
around the 81 mark, it meets with stout
resistance and rallies sharply. Big
spectators, with long years of expert
ence. claim that the new May wheat
is splendid purchase anywhere below
$1-O4, and they are backing their judg
ment with their money. 1t was up to
$1.1218 only In October and would doubt
less be around there now, or higher,
but for the financial troubles. Now
that the latter have virtually faded
away, there's nothing apparent to pre-
vent wheat getting UP into that terri
tory again. and perhaps before the year
ends. The biggest kind of combination
of adverse Influences, aided by power
full rich bear clique, could not keep it
below 81 recently. One of the reasons
is that 1T is certainly worth the money,
and another is the enormous European
demand The foreigners appetite for
our wheat can not be appeased and we
continue exporting about 51k million
bushels weekly. 1t has kept up at that
rate longer than ever before Since
July 1 the total is 95.000,00o bushels
against so million bushels the same
period last year. Our exportable sur
plus is estimated at $50 millions. At
almost the present ratio it will be ell
gone about March Is. The crop year
ends July 1. In 1867. we exported 147.-
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R. O. CORKILL Is DEAD.
Former Topeka Contractor Loses His
Life at Salt Lake.

Word has been received by friends
in this city of the death of R. O.
Corkill at Salt Lake though the details
of the accident which was respons ible
are lacking. Mr.. Corkill and family
lived on Garfield avenue in this city
until about two years ago when he
was forced to seek another climate fol-
the benefit of his health and located
in Utah.
While resident of Topeka he was
in the contracting and building bilsi-
ness and has followed that line of
work in the west and 1t is supposed
that his death was caused by an ac-
cident while engaged in this business.
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MOVING SLOWLY.
Business Conditions Are Stead
lily Approaching Normal.
Many Industries Are Holding
Back for Sure Thing.
ARE WINDOW DRESSING
ARE WINDOW DRESSING
That Is the Way Bradstreet
i Describes Banks Action.
L Considerable Increase in
Clearings Over Last Week.

New York, Dec. 7-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Further improvement in the finan-
c1al situation is facilitating the return
Of normal commercial conditions. but
there is still a great deal of idle ma
chinery at mills and factories. In the
leading industries disposition is
shown to defer production until there
Is no probability of cancellations. and
consumers show an inclination to
place orders for forward deliveries.
retail trade is fairly well maintained.
demand for holiday goods assuming
seasonable' proportions, and colleo-
tlons are more prompt.
Few transactions in. pig iron are
as rule the furnace owners insist on
former quotations and prefer to shut
down rather than offer better terms.
restrictions Of steel production has
gone still further, some departments
now operating less than half the total
capacity. Wire mills are the most ac-
tive and output of tin plates exhibits
the greatest contraction In all divi-
stons the tonnage of new contracts Is
small and no developments are antici-
pated until after January 1.
Improved financial conditions en-
courage belief that business may not
be deferred much beyond the end of
and steel industries avoid weak statis-
teal position by preventing accumula-
ton of stocks. Coke ovens follow
iron furnaces in closing, output being
ut the rate of 100000 tons weekly
against 425,000 tons recently. There
is improvement in hides, tanners TAX
Ing more interest at the further con-
cessions in prices, and there is less
pressure to make sales by packers
and dealers.
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Weekly Bank Statement.

New York, Dec. THE statement
of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold $46,210,-
$50 less than the requirements of the
25 per cent rule. This is an improve
ment of $6,769,075 in the proportion
ate cash reserve as compared with
last week. The statement follows:
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Wolff Company Puts in Phones.

The Independent Telephone COM
pany has just completed the installa-
ton of a complete telephone plant in
the Charles Wolff Packing house
which connects every department
with a central office located in the
building. The plant is one of the
largest as we'll as the most complete
connects with the local and long dis
lance lines of the Independent Tele-
phone company all over the west.
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Bank Uearings.

Bradstreet's bank elearings report for
gregate of SAL, Ss3, 900 as against SLIPS
100000 last week and 1921 so7. 900 in the
corresponding week last year. Canadian
clearings for the week total $50. 707. 900 as
against $50, 624, 600 last week and $s2. 035 900
in the same week last year. The follow
ing a. LIST of the cities:
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Rradstreet's.
Bradstreet's says:

DIdOSlI0SL says.
Improvement is still, largely con-
fined to fnacial matters, notable in
this respect being the increased cas- Q
In call money, some lifting of the en-
barge on time lease advancing prices
for both bonds and stocks, and a low
ertng of the premium after q sudden
advance is due to window dressing, ;"
necessities on the part of the banks
Accompanying these developments,
however, has come an accumulation of
the more confident feeling noted in
general trade lines and in a few in
dustries further reinstatement of or
ders Cancelled in a panicky way some
time ago, some renewal of buying for
quick shipment from jobbers, and
where more seasonable weather has
permitted, as in the northwest, and
south. some stimulation of the de-
mand at retail for winter apparel
and for holiday specfalties. At best,
however, trade as whole is very
quiet, and industrial activity Is below
the normal for this season of the year.
AS to banking matters the situa-
ton has undoubtedly improved great
ly, and this is said. too. with full
appreciation of the fact that two large
interior banks were this week forced
to suspend. This Latter DEVELOPMENT
of wreckage coming ashore after a
storm known to- have been very de-
structive but actually past and gone.
Favorable sides to the situation are
>.
port that the issuance of clearing
house certificates or emergency cur
rency has been suspended, other re-
port that currency payments are quite
general. and the feeling is that the
payment of money over the counter
will soon be quite generally resumed
In strictly trade lines It is to be
noted there has been a slight rallying
tendency shown in many comm dities
from the abnormally low levels
1f 1aa be,Ef ,f IVA InD
sion in November. Wool is better In
tone, so far as fine staples are con-
cerned.
For thu first time in months buyers
are evincing more interest in pig iron
for future delivery, the inquiries be-
ing most numerous in the South.
Prices, however, are lower. Produc-
tlon is still curtailed, and 1t is figured
that most Of the furnaces in the Ma
honing and Shenango regions will be
out of blast by the middle of this
month. The output in. November de-
clined % per cent from that of Octo-
Der but this ratio does not begin to
the curtailment wrought
for finished iron and steel are ex-
pected to come without causing any
marked unsettlement.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending December
5. numbered 272. against 25S last |
2o3 in 1905. 123 in 1904, and PAL in |
1903
There were in Canada 26 failures |
for the week as against 46 last week |
and 80 in this week year ago. |
Wheat including flour exports from |
the United States and Canada for the |
week ending December 5, aggregated |
s,192241 bushels against 5.450324 |
asst week, s4.7e1.o20 this week last
year and 4.464,S46 in 1901. For the |
23 weeks of the fiscal year the ex-
ports are 96,675,060 bushels against |
s3.5S5,713 in 1906 and 131, $50, 119 in
1912.
Corn exports for the week are L.
1926 bushels against 710,1S2 last
week and 1,109.47T in 1906. For the |
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, Dec. 7.-Close-wHEAT-
Receipts "A cars. Steady. Dec, 92Ac; May,
&c. Cash: No. 2 hard, 921z@96c: No. 8
hard, 91@95c; No. 2 red. s35zc No. 3 red.
CORN-Unchanged Dec. 474c; May,
501zc. Cash: No. mixed, 4S1aQ51c; No.
mixed. 471x949c; No 2 white, 4S1zq51c; No.
white, 4S@49c.
Unchanged. No. white, 4s@5oc;
No. mixed. 1880.
RYE-7Sc.
HAY-Steady Choice timothy, 81. 500
300; choice prairie, $9.50@10.00.
BUTTER-Steady. Creamery, Csc; pack
ing, 1411c.
EGGsSteady. Extras, sc; ftrsts. 2Sc.
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Chicaeo Proiuce Markell.

Chicago, III, Dec. 7.-BUTTER-Market
steaedy. Creamery, 20QZ71ec; dairy, II
Q2Sc.
2OQ25c.
CHEESE-Steady. Daisies, 111z@12c
Twins. 1@111zc; Young Americas, u1z@
12c.
POULTRY-AHve weaker. Turkeys, SO
12c; chickens. S1z@10c; springs, SC.
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Liverpool opening cables: Wheat Ad
higher; corn unchanged
Car lots at K. c.: Wheat, 70; corn. no;
oats, Z.
Estimated car lots at K c. Monday:
Wheat. IA: corn. 102; oats, 2.
Car lots at Chicago: Wheat, IL: corn,
PIG; oats, 81.
Receipts of wheat in the northwest to-
day were 612 cars. A year ago 5T cars.
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Range of Price on Stocks.

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall Commissions
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
Office ITO w. Sixth st. Phone 4S6.l
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Nodd-At what age are children allowed
to act on the stage?
Todd-Oh. anywhere up to seventy-five.
Life
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CHICAGO Market.

FURNISHED by T. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Otfice 10 w. Sixth St Phone 1851
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You can do so by the
monthly payment plan. If
you have a little to start
with, The Shawnee Build
ing and Loan Association,
115 West Sixth street, will
help you. Ask the secre-
tary to explain it to you.
Open Saturday evenings,
6 to 8 o'cloc k.
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fiscal year to date the exports are 21.-
664.349 bushels against 19,462,743 in
1867.