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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
BULLS NOW CONTROL
THE WHEAT MARKET
Experts Claim that Growing
Crop Is in Bad Condition;
Urgent Demand.

CHICAGO, Nov. Anxiety among
wheat traders concerning the news on
crops was aroused by the Ohio state re-
port, which was made public yesterday
and which showed q serious deterioration
In the growing crop In that state, oWlnS
TO lack OF moisture. local crop expert,
In report published today, maintained
that the Ohio report was only a forerun-
ner Of many similar announcements and
the December government report would
show that new southern wheat In lndi-
ana, Michigan. Illinois, Tennessee and
recorded In many years. 1t was also
claimed that the condition OF the crop IN
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma would be
found TO be very low. AS a. result OF
these advices, and owing to sharp ad-
vances at the principal European cen
ters. demand for wheat here was urgent
all day and prices advanced steadily
throughout the entire session.
Demand for cash wheat showed some
Improvement and prices were a. trite
grades were rather weak. The market
closed strong at almost the best prices of
the day. with December at S1.o1s and
May at S1o5.
Local bulls were active bidders for
was was Arm all day, The market closed
strong, with prices up &c to l@sc. with
December at 619@61c and May at SEQ
62sc, almost the top point Of the sea-
oats were firm on fair demand by cash
houses. The market closed with prices
firm, &c TO i09c higher: Final quota
tions on December were 4Sl04Ssc and on
May at 6os@50Sc.
Provisions derived moderate frnness
from the strength Of grain. shorts being
trade was In lard, The close was firm at
gains OF 2s@oc to 10c.
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EYanorated Fruits.

NEW YORK. Nov. 7.-Evaporated ap-
plies OF the better grades In light supply
and the market rules firm. Fancy arc
quoted at sac: choice. 7s@73c; prime.
6Gc. old crop apples are quoted at 496c.
according 10 grade.
Arrivals OF prunes from the coast are
light and spot supplies are limited. Quo
tations range from 4c to l3c for Call
fornla and from 6ac TO 5ic for Oregon
fruit.
Apricots are active and firm, with
choice quoted at S@S3c: extra choice, So
@9c, fancy. 91G9gc.
Peaches are quiet, although demand is
slightly bettor than recently, choice. 6SGD
&c; extra choice, 7h@Sc; fancy, SS@9c.
Raisins are firm, with loose nuscatels
quoted at o1@6ac; choice to fancy seeded,
6@79c; seedless, 42@6c: London layers,
81 l2061.60 nominal.
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mand for the fruit It retailed at Is
cents a quart Fresh waInuts are COM
10 20 cents a pound. This Is the lowest
hgure at which the variety was offered
last season and people who want some
good nuts for Christmas would do we'll
10 purchase them now
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New York Sugar.

YORK, Nov, 7,-Sugar-Kaw.
tss. iai: s5so 5ssannE moasses &sse GSn!nl Sugar
E, quiet. Crushed. 5.60c. pow
o'ooc, granulated. 1900.
P quiet; No. Z Rio, 6sc; No. 4 San
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Imports and Exports.

NEW YORK, Nov. 7--Exports Of mer-
chandlse and dry goods at the port Of
New York for the week ending October
81 were valued at Sl3.696, ,060.
Imports OF specie were $l46.146 silver
and Sl91.442 gold.
Exports OF, specie were s7es,3eo silver
and SID gold
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New York Money.

{oRK, Nov, 7.-Close: Money on
mlnal
bans steady bur dull: sixty days.
cent. ninety days. 3i@3a; six
h 2944 per cent.
mercantile paper. 4 to u per
Ing exchange easy. with actual
n Ii bankers bills at i,S5.oo a
.!cr siSty-day bills and at 1856
y for demand.
'nsrcial bills. f.s3S@ES3s.
an dollars, f5c,
Wment bonds, steady; railroad
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ISsS StIrong to g IBIS hIghsr ss Light s52S@ss1.S
rough, $o.50@5.70: good to choice heavy
S5:7o@6.S0; pigs, s3,75@5.15; bulk. $3.50
6.15.
Sheep-Receipts about 1000; market
steady. Native. S2.60@4.70; western,
S26094.7o; yearllngs. S4.5o95.25, lambs
$4.29@6.40; western, S4.25M6.SO.
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METAL MARKET NOMINAL
IN ABSENCE OF CABLES

NEW YORK, Nov. I'm the absence
of London cables the metal markets were
without quotable change. Tin Is strong
in tone, with spot quoted at SSO62l@
$685..
Copper was firm, with lake quoted at
sl4I2t t@14.25, electrolytic at $4,000
14:12a. and casting at Sl375@l4.00.
Lead is reported firm at $4.SIa q 4.40,
and spelter at Si9015.00.
Iron was unchanged.
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Newhouse and Boston Buildings.

Partitions now being placed Parties
desiring space can have partitions
placed to suit their demands If ar.
ranged before November 10 Applica-
tions received by B. B. Hall, agent.
Both phones dis. 60S Dooly.
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TreasurY Statement.

udlNGTON, Nov. 7.-Today's state
The treasury balances In the gen.
mo, exclusive OF the $3.50. 900
efve, shows;
fple cash balance, $1G2.573, sos,
coin and bullion. $50. .4l7,13
g(ceruhcates, Si6 .20l $50.
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Kansas City.

ceHfs NSAS 5S6 SiTa Tet Mov Gtte.Re fo.dss
feeders, Se.75@d.50: bulls, S2.20I3. so !;
calves, S$,50@700. western steers, s3.40@
500: western COWS. s2.50@d.00.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000. market strong
TO sc higher. Bulk of sales, S5.4O96. 90
heavy, s6.o0Q6.15: packers and butchers,
So: I6Q6.lo; light, $o.S005.90; pigs, $4,000
Sheep-Receipts, 2ol; market steady.
Muttons, $3.s0@4.i0: lambs. S4,25@S.00:
range wethcrs, $3.o0@4.S0: fed ewes, So. rs
GALS.
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Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb.. Nov. 7,-Catte-Re-
ceipts. 100; market unchanged,
Hogs-Receipts. 43oo; market, steady
TO &C lower: Heavy. s5.s0@5,S5; mixed
S5.7635.S0: light, S6.5o65.75. pigs, s3.50@
800; bulk OF sales, s5.75Q5.S2d.
Sheep-Receipts, 100; market steady
Yearlings, S4,4095.oo; wethers. s4.0O@
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

PRODJCE TXCBANGE.

On the produce exchange today the
butter market was firm; creameries, zig
Csc; dalries, l9@25c. eggs. firm. at mark.
cases Included. l7@21c: firsts. 27c; prime
nrsts, Csc; cheese. firm. l29@l32c.
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LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS.,
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7-Cattle--Receints
about 500 market steady. Beeves, S.
@n5Q; Texans, SS.6Q94.65; westerns. $3S0
Wo.9Oi stockers and feeders, S2.60@460;
@S.00. T''''
hogs-Rcceipts. about 1900: market
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81. Innis Wool.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 7.-WooI-Firin: me-
dlum grades combing and clothing. l1G1
zoe: light rne, lea 16tc; heavy fine. ilW
12c; tub-washed, 20@2Tc,
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New York Produce.

YORK. Nov. 7.-Butter. lrm
;ty specials. 30d 20lc.
n and eggs. firm: UNCHANGED.
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CASH QUOTATIONS..

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
straights. si.209465 clears. s3.6o6 400. ].
spring specials. Sso0@6.l0; spring patents,
S5.1595.45; bakers. s2,9o@4.0o; No, 2
spring wheat, S1.04@1 90; No. . red. sl.o2
63Q63sc: No. white oats. 51@5l3c; No.
good feeding barley, 57@5So; fair to choice
mailing. 60Q6+c: No. ! fax seed, s1.27s0
l.36: No. / northwestern, sl.3Its prime
timothy seed, $3.S5@3.45; clover contract
grades $3.50; short ribs. sides Qoosel,
ss.37s59,0o; mess pork. per barrel, sl4,J5
short clear sides (boxcdj. sS.I5@S,S7s
whiskey. basis of high wines, sl.37.
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Total sales for the day. s621O0 share
Clearing House Statement,

NEW YORK, Nov. THE statement OF
the clearing house for the week. fve
days, shows that the banks hold $780,
219.975 m1rc than the requirements OF
the % per cent reserve rule. This is
decrease of $3,309,l50 in the proportion
ate cash reserve as compared with last
week
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The Flnancier wi

The FlnancieT will say:
The statement OF the associated banks
Of the city oil New York for the week
ending November was surprising In
that It's results were directly opposite
those anticipated. Instead OF an e%pau-
sion in loans and deposits due 10 in
creased busincsss on the stock exchange.
the statement OF actual conditions re-
yealed decrease OF $40, ,20i 800 IN loans.
making the reduction In that Item
$50 900. 900 since October *. There was
4 corresponding decrease OF Sl3.2S3o00 In
deposits, contraction OF almost SCI,
900 900 IN three weeks. The cash de-
crease for the week was SS.3i5,i00 which
was very much more than revealed by
primary estimates. Tho decrease in de-
posits csscncd reserve requirements by
something over $500. 900, but this did
not make up for the loss cash reported
above and the surplus reserve for the
week. therefore, was reduced S202t.225.
standing at $31,A74,T50. the lowest ngure
reported since last March. The surplus
reserve OF the New York banks has been
decreasing steadily for 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 Il minimum 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 10 the New York clearing
house showed fer the week decrease In
leading items similar to that OF the as
sociatcd banks, loans having fallen oil
S4,o26, 100 and net deposits 1884. 400,
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Century Printing Co.

Salt Lakes Printers, l65.167 South
West Temple. Best work at fair
prices
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Tribune Want Ads.
Bell phone 520l. Ind. phone Sa0.34S.
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The statement Follows

The percentage of actual reserve Of the
clearing house banks at the close OF bus!-
ness Yesterday was 2I.i3
The statement Of banks and trust COM
panics OF Greater New York not members
OF the clearing house shows that these
institutions have aggregate deposits Of
81 077. go 220; total cash on hand. $i0",
l79. roo. and loans amounting 10 s9I2 ,oGS
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

It does not make any differ
ence whether you are In the con-
test or motif you only have
200h votes or even If you have
not entered the contest, you
stand just as good a show Of
winning prize as somebody who
already has 100000 or more
votes, because this special prize
is to be given to tho contestant
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

ooWe nave Deen 0olulng VoteS ever
since the contest opened, while others have voted
all the votes they had, and it would not be fair to
offer this special prize to the contestant turning in
the greatest number Of votes between these dates
unless we made the provision that it must be votes
issued on business transacted between November
and December 5, as it would give Of the
testants unfair advantage others This is
reason for making the above rule.
All votes issued between these dates and voted
up to 10 m, December 5, will be counted by well.
known judges in making the decision
New Contestants Stand Just as Good
Chance Of Earning This $4,000 Prize as
the Old Contestants.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

votes which may be issued during the next 80 days
moro votes during the next thirty days and can
make greater increase than any one of the older
contestants you will be the winner of the piano
Now this means that if you earn 10000 votes and
one of the old contestants makes increase of only
100000 votes you would be the winner although the
old contestant might have total Of 100000 votes.
The prize is to be given simply on the increase
and not the total, and remember that all votes
counted in the contest for this special prize must
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-06
REPUBLICAN STATE
LEADERS FAIL TO
HOLD PEACE MEET
Defeat of Governor Forts New
Convention Primaries Bill
Is Planned.
tFrom u staff Correspondents

TRENTON, March 6.--Republican
State leaders failed to get together
here today. The plan to hold a con-
ference with Governor Fort on the
question of delegates-at-larg to the
national convention was not carried
out The inability of several leaders
to be present made postponement nee
essary.
The word has gone forth to kill or
hold up the bills that aim to place the
primaries for election of State and Con-
gressional district convention delegates
to be held to choose national delegates
under State supervision.
The bills that are doomed to defeat
were prepared by a commission which
was named by the Governor. They aim
to do away with the "cigarbox" pri-
mary.
The New Idea men win oppose the
measures because they think them in
adequate. Other opponents of the bills
argue that q primary at county ex-
pense would bankrupt the smaller
counties.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-06
FAIL TO PICK OUT
SCHOOL VICTIMS;
FUNERALS BEGIN
Parents Look Upon MOrgue'S
Grim Spectacle, Unable
to Claim Bodies.

CLEVELAND, March 6.-Of the
bodies taken from the ruins of the Col
linwood school 1877 have been identified.
The revised estimate put the loss of
life at 167. Some of the bodies are so
charrad that they cannot be identified.
In the part of the morgue where
the thirty unidentified bodies rest
there are mourners whose grief is more
intense, if possible. than that which
moves those who have claimed their
dead. 1t is a sad spectacle of men and
women gazing on what is left of more
than a score of loved ones, knowing
that one of their own is there, but not
knowing which to claim for burial.
Arrangements Tor the funerals of the
victims were discussed last night at
meeting attended by the Mayor Of
Collinwood, members of the Board Of
Education, the clergy and the under
takers. The idea of having a public
funeral of all the dead has been abau-
doned, though it is probable that where
it can be done bodies win be grouped
in one church. Last night the work +
removing the Identified bodies to their
former homes was completed. and the
undertal1ers set to work to prepare for
the intermcnt today.
The pouy of Miss Katherine Weller,
one Of the two teachers who lost their
lives in the Collinwood school fire, was
positively identified today by dentist
The body had been SO terribly burned
that 1t could hardly be distinguished
from the bodies of the smaller girls.
The Identification was established by
her gold-hlled teeth.
In fully 100 cases the funerals will be
individual, each family burying its own
dead. The first of these funerals was
held this morning. They win continue
throughout the day. In some instances
funeral services were grouped, with five
to ten bodies in one church.
The unidentified win be buried next
Monday morning, according to present
arrangements. The expense of these
funerals, together with the funerals of
children whose parents are not in a
financial condition to meet the burden,
viii be borne by public subscriptions,
which are growing larger every hour.
Already thousands of dollars have been
raised. In addition to this. q bill has
been introduced Ia the State Legisla-
ture appropriating $4,000 for the relief
OF the needy fire sufferers, This bill, it
is expected, viii become law today.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-06
TANGLED ROMANCE
/. OF FOUR LIVES IS
Barred IN COURT
Wife of Charles Berg's Chauf-
fenr Has Him Arraigned
After Alleged ElOpement.
TALE OF OHIO TRIP
TOLD BY WITNESSES
Former Justice Germanus Fig
ures in Queer Matrimonial
Complication.

The tangled romance of four lives
was revealed in the First Criminal
Court today, when Mrs Louise Ras-
chek, of Orange, and former Justice of
the Peace Emil Germanus, of this city,
appeared before Judge Howell
The woman is the WHO of Anton
Raschek, who is chauffeur for Charles
Berg, wealthy hat manufacturer of
Orange. She made a complaint against
her husband, charging him with deser-
tion.
Reveals Family Skeleton.
When the woman told her story she
caused much comment in Newarks So
cial circles.
Emil Germanus is wealthy broker
and resides at 60 Wallace street. His
banking office is located at Prince and
Mercer streets.
The Rascheks lived three doors away
in the same street. Two years ago Mr..
Germanus, who was then a justice of
the peace, married the Rascheks, and
later when a child was born Mrs. Ger
nanus became the baby's godmother.
Jewels and Wife Gone.
Raschek told his Wife he was going
to make trip West last January.
Two days later Emil Germanus alleges
that he found that Mrs. Germanus
had decamped, and had taken $500 in
money and $1,000 in jewelry. Germanus
said he located the couple in Columbus,
Ohio. Mrs Germanus returned home
soon afterward.
Raschcl1 did not return to this city
until a month ago Last night he was
passing Henry Gross's restaurant on
Springfield avenue, when Germanus
saw him and called 9 policeman
Gcrmanus had Raschek brought to
the Fourth Precinct on a charge of be-
ing a disorderly person.
Germanus told Mrs. Raschek that
her husband was a prisoner and adj
vised her to make complaint of de-
sertion.
This the wife did this morning, and
when she found that her husband
would have to go to Jail she stepped
10 Judge Howelrs desk and said she
had made the complaint at Germanus's
suggestion.
Raschek was remanded for a hearing
next Friday.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-06
Was Wrapped in a Horse Blan-
ket When Spied by
Bargeman.
VICTIM WELL DRESSED;
APPARENTLY Y REFINED
Had Been in Water Only a Short
Time-AutOpsy Is in
Progress.

The body of a well-nourished woman
was found floating in the Passaic
River at the foot of Lombardy street
at o'clock this afternoon.
Captain Jacob Thompson of the
barge Alice, saw the woman's body
floating, face upward, in the water. He
caught one of her garments with a
boathook and, fastening it, still in the
water to his boat, reported his dis
covery to the Second Precinct Police
Station.
County Physician Daniel Elliott was
notified and ordered the body removed
to Mullins Morgue.
The woman was 80 years of age, well
dressed and possessed refined features.
She wore red skirt, a plaid waist
and an astrachan cape.
The fact that the woman's body was
also wrapped in a horse blanket is
regarded as suspicious by the police,
and may indicate foul play.
County Physician Elliott stated that
from the condition of the body the
woman had evidently been in the water
but few hours.
An autopsy is now in progress.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-06
Parents, Frenzied by Fear of
Repetition of C0llinwOod
Horror, Delay Firemen.
STRANGE BLAZE STARTS
HARLEM SCHOOL PANIC
Mothers Balk Teachers Efforts,
but Children Get Out in
Orderly Procession.
Especial to the Evening star.I

NEW YORK. March 6.-rwo thou
sand five hundred pupils of Public
School No. 165. of New York. situated
at 109th street and Amsterdam ave
nue., were marched out of the school
at noon today singing America.
while flames ragged ON the top floor
and the hremen We're making a hard
fight to keep the Railways free from tho
blaze.
When the alarm was sounded the
teachers assembled the children, and in
orderly lines they went down the smoke
filed Railways and into the street in an
incredibly short time, without one of
them making the slightest outcry.
News of the fire spread rapidly, and
parents, still suddering from the details
OF the Collinwood holocaust, rushed
madly to the school, and it took all the
efforts Of the reserves from two pre-
cincts to keep them from rushing into
the burning building.
1t is believed that the fire was of in
cendiary origin, as 1t was discovered
in desk in room that has not been
used for several weeks. Several pupils
had been seen in the vicinity of the
room in which the fire started, and the
central office arc working along the
lines that there may possibly be an
epidemic of arson among the children
themselves.
A mysterious fire occurred several
days ago in another uptown school,
which the police say was started by
placing paper under the stairway.
The origin of the fire is unknown. but
the battalion chief in charge declares
that he cannot account for the blaze
on the top floor as there is nothing in
flamnable in that part of the building.
As the children marched out of the
building tho cra5ed parents swooped
down on them, and the lines of the
little rnarchers were impeded until the
bluecoats forced them back.
In the confusion the children mixed
with the crowd and could not be inn
mediately located so rumor spread
that there were several bodies in the
school. Maddened, the parents charged
the police, and a semblance of order
was restored only when firemen were
seen at the windows of the building
signaling that the fire was out.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-06
Pawn Tickets for Lost Jewels
Found in Apartment of
Rich Prisoner.
DIAMONDS TAKEN FROM
FRIENDS SHE VISITED
Mrs. Jeannette Newman Faints
When Taken Into Custody at
Her Luxurious Apartments.
Especial to the Evening Star. J

NEW YORK, March 6.--Mrs jean
nette Newman, a New York society
woman, was arrested today in her
luxurious apartments at the Hotel
Stratford, II East Thirty second street,
charged with the theft of $4,000 worth
of jewelry from society friends she has
visited at various times.
She tainted when taken to police
headquarters. but later recovered and
confessed, the police say. Detectives
Deazy, Hyams and Hughes, who made
the arrest, found in her apartments
pawn tickets for various articles.
The charge on which the arrest was
made was for the t:-eft of a diamond
and ruby ring valued at $4,000 from
Evelyn Bell, of So Central Park West.
Mrs. Newman is handsome. and
comes from family high in society
circles in the metropolis
Two detectives kept Mrs. Newman
under a constaI4 fire of questions from
yesterday afternoon until o'clock this
morning without gaining a single ad-
mission from her. At that time, how
ever the detectives say, Mrs. New
mann told them that if they would
permit her to confer with her lawyer
she might have something to say.
The lawyer was called, and little
later. according TO the detectives, Mrs.
Newman went to closet in the room,
got a suit case and from it took twenty
pawn tickets which she told them rep
resented the articles which had disap-
peared from Mrs Bells home.
She said she had been forced to take
the jewels to keep her boy in school
and to keep up appearances herself.
When Mrs. Newman was arraigned
in police court she gave her name as
Jane Norton. She was released on
s., 600 bail.
The bail was furnished by Mrs.
Henry Young, of SO West Ninety-sixth
street, a wealthy friend Of Mrs, Bell,
who lost the jewels.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-06
KILLED BY TRAIN.
Passenger Falls Under Wheels
While Boarding Cars.

MIDvALE, March CIV. F. Nc
Donald. 90 years old, OF New York
city, was struck by a train on the
Erie Railroad, Greenwood Lake divi-
sion. near Midvale today and received
injuries from which he died shortly
after being taken on board the train
He was about to board the train when
he slipped and fell under the wheels
His head was badly crushed.
Mcdonald had been visiting his Sis
ter at Boardville The body was taken
to Pompton.