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A Book on the Erie Canal.
Buffalo Fxnress

From me Nun alO fN"Iess
The Buffalo Historical Society has In
press a volume of original papers relat
ing tc various phases of New York state
canals The contributors include several
of the men who have been most prominent
in procuring legislation favorable to canal
interests and in the creation OF the barge
canal Senator Hill contributes an elab-
crate review of waterways and canals In
the state. Gen. Francis V. Greene. chair
man of the New York state committee on
canals. 1890. writes on The Inception of
the Barge Canal Project; Col Thomas
w Symonds writes on The United States
Government and the New York Canals,
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House of Colonial Design Sold.

Shannon & Luchs real estate brokers
report the sale of 714 Newton place north
west, which is new dwelling Just about
completed and is two-story/ brick OF
the colonial design. 1t is one, OF a row
recently erected and is sod to Mr. G F.
Reed. who will occupy the properly as
his home. The consideration in the trans
action was S4.:3..D
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Increase in Home Owners,


AS one result Of this chance in the at
titude of the public toward real estate ia
this city there has come about an i'm
p.essive increase in the number of homie
owners. The acres OF houses that have
been built during the past decad are not
now owned by the persons who bu'!
them or even by these who seek an In
ves.ment for their money through rents
but by the parsoGs who occupy them. II
is !mpossio e to estimate what such
statement as that means to the furur' ct
the city and the confirming OF ally
values.
The one fact however. Is seen clearly
that this city has been developing along
the lire of becoming more and more q
city of homes. where persons OF moderate
means are able and do own the houses
wherein they reside. OF course there
have been the people to be supplied an
important essential in the making Uf cijch
a market as ex SITS at present and which
has been characteristic of realty opera
tons for several years past bur a so Il
may be noted vital consideration that
houses have been built to meet the de
mand both To price and as to design
and interior plan
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Woman's Reason.

From the Omaha Bee
DO women dress to please menu asks
a fashion writer. Partly and partly to
make other women green with envy.
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Greene: ten four-room brick houses. Bells
court northwest. for j. +. Mann, through
Moran ~ GCld"1berg: twelve lots nea"
the corner OF 18th and Rosedale streets
northeaS-. tor Miss J. RyoE: lot on E.hs
street northwest near I'd and lot on NJ
street northeast near l2tf 10 Mr..
TAYLOR.
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Tolstoy's Revenge.
Frcm the Strand Magazin".

=
Nothing caused Toistoy, the boy more
annoyance about this time than the
knowledge that he was very plain fea-
tured. TO be revenged on nature he de-
ternlined to make himself still uglier, and
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do yea believe there is anything i'm
luck? asked the young man.
Yes answered the homegrown philos-
opiler. There is . lot. of Intelligence
and perseverance in it.''-Chicago News.
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Tacoma Wheat Clearings.

TACOMA, Wash, November "a
Total wheat clearngs for the week end
ing November II were 135,S37 bushels
for the United Kingdom.
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years past become history. then it will
be realized that this period is one Of the
most important in the material develop
mant of the city. II will be noted then
that AL this activity will seem not only
to be reason able, but absolutely required
oy the demands of the situation.
Apartment House Popular.
The central feature of this decade OF
progress is, of course the growth of the
population. And without stopping TO an
swer the interesting question why the
city has been adding to the number of
its citizens it is worth while to note how.
amply the demands arising from this con-
dition have been met. I: wi b. found
that the apartment. house has been In
troduc7d and domesticated. aid is ncU
one of the institutions OF the city.
It Will also be noted that a compe..
change has taken place in the natrre q
the realty market. and instead of Its r.
ing the principal commodity and III ma ,
object of speculative and iuvestIc eHt buj
ing. houses ind improved p Operty Of va
r:ous kinds are mainly dealt in. Toda :
tn average investor ard purchaser. whets
he turns toward the realty market, wants
10 buy improved property ard 20. ur!al
proved
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Facilities for House Buying.

The purchaser has been met with term
VIII en- rendered the buying of home ~
easy and convenient az is pos 10 male
such a transaction. The movement h..
gone on. reaching proportions that have
far surpassed the expectations of expe-
rienced market observers and giving TO
indications that the end has yet teeu
reached
People buying houses instead of renting
them may be said to be the feature of
the current period OF realty in this city
II explains in part the volume of trans
actions, for as property comes to be held
by more people. the changes that occur
are more numerous and the number of
offerings inCrea SEES.
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DoOoOOOOOOC


with this end in view cut off his eye
brows. ~. -.
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FINANCE AND TRADE IN
MARKETS OF THE WORLD
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. November Flour re-
ceipts. 81 los barrels: exports, 17.i21 bar
| rels. Market steady to firm, but quiet.
Minnesota patent, 525a5.65: winter
straights. 4.JOa4.6O; Minnesota bakers,
42Oa4.65; winter patents, 4.5Oa4.9O; winter
extras. 3.5Oa3.90; winter low grades,
3. 4Oa3.SO.
Rye flour, quiet; fair to good 4.15a4.60:
choice to fancy. 4.JOa455: buckwheat
flour, steady. 2.7Oa2 s5 per 100 lbs
Cornmeal. steady; fine white and yellow,
l.7oa1.75; coarse, 1.6Oa1.65; kiln dried.
3S5.
Rye, dull; No. q western. s3f.ob, New
York.
Barley. steady: mailing. 6sa7o elf. Buff
falo; feeding. 6iA elf. New York.
,e Wheat .,nn receipts 111''oo bushels
2 red. 1.1O7sa1.11a elevator; No.
II northern Duluth. 1137s fob.
afloat; No. hard winter. 1.1o7s fob,
af1oat. A new high record for the season
was established in wheat this morning.
Trade was active and prices advanced
rapidly on higher cables, bullsh winter
wheat news and increased outside buy
ing. The close showed y to &c net rise.
December. 1.11Aa1.1lA. closed 1.11A; May.
LII I-16a1. IFS, closed 1.111s.
Corn receipts, $50 bushels: exports,
1000 bushels. Spot. steady; No. 2. 7OA,
nominal elevator, and ia. nominal, TO.
b.. afioat to arrive: No. =, 20. spot. OPP
ton market was without transactions.
closing net unchanged. December closed.
711a May. closed, 7oA.
Oats-Receipts. $1,000 bushels. Spot,
market firm; mixed, 26a32 lbs. S21sa:,S
natural white. 26as2 lbs. 5O1aa53hs; clip
ped. white, 34a42 lbs. 541sa6O.
Feed-Firm: spring BRAN 2.35a236O;
middlings. 2335a23.6O; city, 1885.
Hay, firm: shipping, 6oa65; good to
choice, 75aSO.
Hops, steady: state common to choice.
1908. 1la14: 1907, 3a6; Pacific coast, 1908.
GALL 1907, 3a6.
Hides. steady: Bogota, 1SAal9h: Cen
trail America, 1914
Leather. quiet: acid 23laao9.
Wool. quiet; domestic fleece, 30a32ls.
13.ooal3oo beef hams. 23.Ooa31 90;
packet, l4.5Oa1o.5O; city extra, India
mess, 2o.50a26,00.
Cut meats. steady: picked bellies, 91sa
1O1a picked hams, 1Oa11.
Lard. firm; western. 9.SOa99O: refined.
steady: continent 1920; S. A., 11.25;
compound. 7Aa7k.
Pork, firm: family. 1SOOa19.o 0:; short
clear 2o.OOa22.OO; mess, 16.OOa1625.
Tallow, quiet; city, SIS; country, Jka
6Ss.
Cotton seed oil, firm; prime crude, 301sa
81 do. yellow. 3S1aa39h
Petroleum. steady; refined New York,
$780, Philadelphia and Baltimore, S.45;
do. in bulk. 4.9J.
Rosin. steady; strained common to
good, 29Oa2.95.
Turpentine quiet. ~.
Rice, quiet; domestic, fair to extra,
2Aa6h: Japan, nominal.
Molasses. firm: New Orleans, open
kettle. good to choice, 2Sa42.
Sugar-Raw. barely steady: fair refin-
ing, 3.42; centrifugal. SO test, 1892; mo-
lasses sugar. 317: refined. quiet; No. 6.
$50: No. Z, AS; No. 8. 40: No. Q. 4.35;
No. 10, 4.25: No. IL, 400: No. IL. Ais;
No. Il. 40; No. H. 4.O5: confectioners'
A. 40; mold A. 5.25; cut loaf 90;
crushed. $50: powdered 500; granu-
lated, 400; cubes, 5.15.
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THE FOREIGN MARKETS

LONDON, November 7.-Tradine on
the stock exchange during the week has
been much disturbed on account of poll
tics on the continent. first the situation
In the Balkans and then the Casablanca
incident. the effect Of which were largely
neg a.dy by the favorable impression
the elections in the United States
Toward the end of the week, however,
favorable advices regarding the CONT
mental disputes created a more confident
feeling and the market finished more
cheerful with many Of the early losses
In foreigners and Kafirs wiped out. Con-
soils moved narrowly during the week
and closed 3-16 lower on uncertainty re-
sarding the financial aspects Of the forth
coming Irish land purchase scheme and
the number of new issues coming out. but
home rails rallied smartly on the settle
ment of the prolonged cotton lockout.
The feature OF the week was the buoy
the price OF the metal here and in the
United States. which induced fresh spec
ulative ventures. under which Rio tintos
gained 31a and Amalsamated points.
American securities have been the
brightest section The republican sue
cess at the elections In the United States
created more confident feeling. and It is
considered that this considerably assisted
the revival in trade which has already
commenced. United States Steel received
for rails, rising to 6H points on the week.
while other issues. though occasionally
checked by continental and British real
izations. finished with a net gain of from
. to points.
Money again became more plentiful dur
ing the week and was In easy demand.
Discounts fell in sympathy. and although
France continued to take the gold arrfv-
ais. it is anticipated that there will be no
advance in the bank rate this year in
view Of the plentiful money supply in In
ternational centers.
BERLIN. November THE tone on the
boerse today was firm and price were
higher.
PARIS, November 7.-After q hesitatine
movement on the market today prices be-
came strong upon the buoyancy In New
York and the belief that the check In the
Franco-German negotiations would be
overcome next week.
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TREASURY STATEMENT.

The condition of the Treasury at the
beginning Of business today was as fol-
lows:
Reserve fund-Gold coin and bullion
$3.50, 600 900.
Trust funds, to redeem outstanding GER
tificates-Gold coin. 1855 555, $50: silver dol
lars. SASS, 600; silver dollars of 1880
q, 604, 600; total. $1.34S. .869; general
fund. $135. 336. 267: deposits in national
banks, $131, AIS. $50: in Philippine treasury
8, 978, 114; awaiting reimbursement 1884,
52l current liabilities. Sill, 1882.
Saturdays statement of the Treasury
balances in the general fund.- exclusive
of the $50, 100000 gold reserve, shows:
Available cash balance. 1852. So, 200; gold
coin and bullion. $50. AT, 739; gold certifi-
Gates, $40 2O1 $50.
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NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT

NEW YORK, November THE state
ment of clearing house banks for the
week Give days. shows that the banks
hold sO.279.075 more than the require
ments of the 25 per cent reserve rule.
This Is a decrease of s.. 900. $50 In the
proportionate cash reserve as compared
with last week.
Loans 81 .32a. 142. 100 decrease $10.225. 500:
deposits 81 1896. 10000. decrease $14.495.-
400: circulation 1854. 100. decrease $780,
400: legal tender SIS. 393. 800; decrease
!ss7, 800; specie $s01. 116.9o0. decrease
1888 900; reserve required s34a. $780, 25.
decrease s. 623, $50; surplus $30.27a.975. de-
crease $1,000. $50: ex-United States depos-
les 80 .592.375. decrease s. 10000
The percentage Of actual reserve OF the
clearing house banks at the close OF bust
ness yesterday was 27.43.
The statement Of banks and trust conf
panies of Greater New York not members
of the clearing house shows that these
SlC17. 600; total cash on hand. $1O3.-
700.
Money on call nominal; time loans
strong but dull; sixty days 3 and ninety
days 3Aa3h: six months, 3%a4.
Close-Prime mercantile paper 4 to AZ
per cent. Sterling exchange easy, with
actual business in bankers bills at 4.8S55a
4. 1856 for sixty days and at 4.S565a4.S $50
for demand. Commercial bills, % .83lsa4. S3aass
Bar silver, 90. Mexican dollars. As. Gov
eminent bonds steady. Railroad bonds
strong.
The Financier will say:
The statement of the associated banks
of the city of New York for the week
ending November was surprising, In that
Its results were directly opposite those
anticipated. Instead Of an expansion in
loans and deposits, due to increased bust
ness on the stock exchange. the state
crease Of SIC. 222, 800 in loans; making the
reduction in that item $20,O0O.OOO since
October d There was g. corresponding
decrease of $13. 2S3 500 in deposits. a con-
traction OF almost $27,O0OOUO in three
weeks
The cash decrease for the week was
$6.S45.lOO. which was very much more
The decrease In deposits less reserve re-
quirements was something over 81. 000, 900,
but this did not make up for the loss
or cash reported above, and the surplus
reserve for the week therefore was re-
duced $2.024.225. standing at $31.474.75O
the lowest figure reported since last
March. The surplus reserve OF the New
York banks has been decreasing steadily
Tor some weeks past, and while this is a
normal movement at this season Of the
year. the surprising feature Of the case
Is that the banks have lost only a mini
mum OF the usual average to the interior
Tor crop purposes. The summary Of the
state banks and trust companies in
Greater New York not reporting to the
New York clearing house showed for the
week decrease In leading items similar
to that OF the associated banks, loans
having fallen of $4,836. TOO and net de-
positS $2,964,400.
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MANCHESTER CLOTH MARKET.

MANCHESTER. England, November Z.
In the cloth market during the week
manufacturers experienced a better in
CURRY from India and China. but these
proved difficult to negotiate. and only
moderate business resulted. Fine shirt
ings and light cloths ruled at steady
prices. The Mediterranean markets alb
sorbed fair quantities. but the home trade
was quiet.
The settlement of the cotton lockout
came too late to affect the weeks mar
ket in yarns. Trading was dull, but the
expectations Of forthcoming resumption
Of work brought more inquiry.
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NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET.

NEW YORK, November 7.-Beeves-Re-
ceipts. 1.346: feeling steady. Dressed beef
hrm at ~ to 1OAc for natives sides. 8 to
7c for Texan beef. Exports today. $40.
Calves-Receipts. 106; veals steady. Good
veals, $50. Indiana fed calves. 4.25a
Dressed calves steady: city dressed veals.
to lac: country dressed, to 12c.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. 6.S65 Sheep
steady; lambs firm to a shade higher:
Sheep, ESQ to 4.25; culls. 200 to 225;
lambs, 600 to 6.65; culls. 1886 to 4.25:
yearlings. 500.
Hogs-Receipts. 1,944; nominally steady.
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position to this program Is looked for on
the part Of a number of state legislatures.
and a populistic appeal to Congress along
the same line of opposition Will not De
surprising. The railroads believe their
demands for a marking up of freight
rates are entirely justifiable and In har-
mony with the prevailing upward ten
dency of commodity prices. and that seri-
Gus opposition will fade away under the
light of an educational campaign. They
price of the only thing they have to sell,
when everything else Is moving in the
same Notwithstanding with the pos
sible exception of wages, and they will
follow as a natural sequence
4
Wall street bears in mind grateful re-
membrance the fact that positive direc-
ton was given to the upturn In prices at
the beginning of the last inning of the
market and political campaigns at the
date of ex-Gov. Herrick's visit to the
financial district along in September. 1t
was on that occasion that Gov. Herrfck
made the rounds Of the big men Of Wall
street and gave them assurances that It
would be to the interests OF the business
men of the country to vote for Taft.
Very soon after this visit change in the
attitude Of the financial people and their
associates in the manufacturing and mer-
odHthe "orlu became apparent. very
soon thereafter contributions to the re-
publican campaign funds began to in
crease, and the inspired word to be
passed along the line that all would be
we'll in the event of Mr.. Taft's success.
Gov. Herrick had no difficulty in con-
vincing the big people of Wall street that
he was authorized to speak and is
pledges were believed. Consequently he
is regarded in this vicinity as being a
prophet we'll worthy of honor and as
being rightly close to the next admins
tration.
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LONDON BOARD OF TRADE.

LONDON. November THE October
statement Of the board Of trade shows
decreases Of $34 $4,000 in imports and
$26. 559. 900 in exports. The decrease in
imports includes $40. 600 900 in food and
SIS. 600 600 in raw material. In exports the
decrease is In manufactured goods and
|comprises $15.O0O,OOO in cotton and wool
&xtiles.
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THE FOREIGN BANKS.

= LONDON, November 7.-Bullion amount
ing to fl70OO0 was withdrawn from the
Bank Of England today for shipment to
Egypt.
PARIS, November 7.-Closing-Three per
cent rentes, 96 francs for the account.
yg-Exchange on London. % francs 10 CEN
times for checks.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

sales.-Regular call. II O'Clock noon-Capita
Traction 5s. 81 900 at 117k.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. 4s. ii 600 at S4A
Washington Rwy. and Elec. CON-, so at 81.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., so at S91s.
Washington Gas. Is at 65, % at IS, 25 al
84%. d at 64A, 10 at 64K. Is at GAN. % at
64A. % at 64M, at 644s
Bell Telephone Of Pa, at 991a.
Mergenthaler Linotype, l at 2l6h.
Greene Cananea, 30 at 121z. 100 ut 12as.
Mitchell Mining, 100 at u.
L. =. Trust 10 at 95h.
American Graphophone pfd., ) at 90. 8 at 90
After call-W ashngton Gas As, $1,000 at 100
81 900 at 100. 81 600 at 100.
MerCcnthaler Linotype, u at 21S.
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Stock Exchange Conditions
Lovely for Professionals.
BUYERS RUSH TO MARKET
Enormous Realizing Sales by the
Wary Operators.
MANY NEW STOCK RECORDS
Nearly a Million Shares Changed
Hands During the Two Hours
Session.

NEW YORK, November 1.-THE excite
ment in the speculation was maintained
today, as is witnessed by the transac-
tions of nearly million shares during the
two hours session. The list of different
issues dealt in is an unusually long one,
thus testifying to the variety and breadth
of the market. The dealings, in fact,
gave many signs of widespread buying
fever. such as breaks out in periods of a
great bull market. The character of the
attendance in brokers offices and the
floating discussion In the financial district
showed this also The digestive power of
the market itself was the best illustration
of this condition.
Enormous realizing sales were made
from time to time by the wary profess
sionaI clement, which is distrustful of the
ability of such an element as has come
into the market to take good care of it,
self. But the flood of buying orders was
uninterrupted and the speculative appe-
tite gave no evidence of being appeased.
1t was stimulated by the roseate views
of the industrial outlook contained in
published reports of great orders placed
for commodities. wholesale assumptions
by mills and sudden activity in CONNER
cial lines. These reports were borne out,
canvass of the commercial agencies,
whose weekly reports testified fully to the
revival in progress. In the case of some
detailed reports of railroad orders on an
enormous scale for new equipment and
other outlay there came specific denialS.
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1t is the expectation in railroad circles
that before the end Of 1909 the rise in
freight schedules will be very generally
In effect all over the United States. Op-
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Markets Animated Close.

A lively effect on the speculation was
caused by the belief that the railroads of
the country were embarked upon a con-
certed attempt to secure higher freight
charges. The temporary injunction
granted against the enforcement of the
order of the interstate commerce commits
sion for reduction of Missouri river rates
fed the conviction that railroads are to
have freer hand in fixing charges Some
effect on prices was made in the second
hour by the extensive realizing sales, but
new points of strength were developing
when the market closed in great anima-
ton.
The sharp reduction in the banking sur
plus was predicted before the market
closed. although the statement was not
published until afterward.
The bond market was active and strong.
Total sales, par value, $5,24O,OOO
United States bonds were UNCHANGED on
call for the week.
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Bar silver, quiet, Z35Sd per ounce.
Money, I per cent
The rate OF discount In the open market for
abort bills IL 2 per cent. ezsI5
The rate 81 discount IN the open market fer
three-montl yflh n 2a2 Lie per cent.
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The shares of the United States Steel
Corporation have reflected better than
anything else the sense of confidence in
the industrial future of the country and a
speedy restoration of boom time. There
Is some talk heard OF hard and fast deal
between the incoming administration and
the steel trust, but no proof Is forth.
coming. 1t stands to reason. however,
that a business which gives employment
and which Is representative Of collateral
industries of even greater magnitude will
be treated kindly, especially in view of
the fact that the shareholders in this
group Of corporations aggregate 100000
to 400. 600 in number.
Substantial basis exists for expectation
of largely increased business In the iron
trade. Railroads are getting themselves
In shape to put in big orders and even the
equipment concerns. which have been I'M
der the harrow for year or more, are
growing cheerful over the prospect of q
renewal of activities. In some quarters
there is much talk Of steel rails being put
on a basis of $24 per ton. Pittsburg Is the
the way. does not find extensive credence
in circles close to the management of the
principal railmaking companies. At the
present range of prices for iron and steel
priducts rails at $2S per ton are cheaper
than almost anything else on the list,
Rails, it must be remembered. are sold
gross tons (2.240 lbs.). whereas nearly
everything else that comes out Of the mills
is marketed on the basis of net tons
(2,OOO lbs.)
A comparison with rails at $28 per gross
ton and structural shapes at S34 per net
ton really marks a difference OF about $40
per ton against the rails. And then
again railroads are not particularly anx-
ious to beat down the price OF rails They
are at the present time too unanimously
engaged in the campaign for the raising
of freight rates to be doing much for the
of their business.
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DULUTH, Mimi. November 7.-Wheat-
No. / hard. 1881; No. / northern, 1OoN
No. 2 northern. 1O3A December, lO2K
May, 1861; November. 1O41a.
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New York Mining Stocks.

Total sales for the day. e62. 100 shares.