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IoBBERs' QUOTATIONS.
Sugar. Coffee. Kec.

wFNANNNF NFteRH@~l @HhAaa
Sugar (saek basls)-D. O., zoos
beet, ssSs; Golden G.. 9s4s; extra g.
ssss; powdered. s6is; fruit Of berfy
sugar s60s; boxes, ssc cwt advance
over sack basis CIssa I-4c \ paid foi
n Is days).
TuFpenslne-In In caaes, 6ae, In wood
barrels, 6ihc; IN iron barrels, soic; Ii
l0-eass lots, 6zc.
Lead--Strictly pure white lead, In
ton lots, 7lei 5O0-lb. lots, 81 less; lesa
than sO0c lbs. etc; red lead and Iish.
aFge, 40 higher than white.
Rlce--Imperial Japan, No. !, S6,3s;
Southern Japan, ss7s66; broken, VIC
head; fancy. N@s7s
cofee--M Mocha, 2sG28c; Java, fancy
zs@2sci Java, good, 20@2lc; Java,
ordinary, i7@2Oci Costa Rica, fancy,
iB@zOc; costa Rica.. good, io@lec;
AFbuckle. sIG-N cwt; Lion, sis.7s
ewt; Colomhia coAee, he lb.; Sal
vadcr. lIbei4ac.
sali--Bales 81 7s-2s. bale, s2.2s:
! .lss Of 60-ss, hale. s2.2s; bales Of
GOA bale. gas; bales of is-lOs,
bale GAS; bags. sos. hns, tom Sls;
bags Voc; geEuine Liverpool ton, Si7;
bags. Soc. aground $3.50; zoos, ton.
$780, y. S. v. r, 70 s-ih cartons.
$2.2si r. $. ". n. S-Ib. cartons. sl.7s;
Liverpool, lump, per ton, so,
Raisins-Isoose muscatels. 3-crown,
7 cents; 4-erown, 7ici bleached.
seedless Suitanas. oAc@I2c; un.
bIeached seedleSa SuItanas, 6i cents:
London layers. 3-crown. whole boxes
Of 20 pounds, 500; 2.crown, $i.7S
Nuts WaInuts. tF@i7e pound;
aIherls. 1 Brazils, i6c; pecans, II
aSOc; hickory, iOe; Virginia row pea
nuts, 8 cents; chestnuts, Itai
AN i0c, Ohio 2se; eoeoanuss, dozen,
)0clsl: pine nuts, i0NI2c pound.
Dried Fruits Applies, Sle per 10;
peaches. iO@i2c; pears. IliGai4c;
Italian prunes. s06e; California hgs,
white, in sacks, TAe per pound; black.
I@7e; bricks. 7sc022s per box;
Smyrna. l6@i7Ae per pound; dates,
Persian. 6l@7c pound.
Hops, Wool. Hides. Etc.
Hops-New Oregon. 7GDeic lh;
oO7, 2iG4c; 1906. ltGlise,
Wool Valley. medium. laaisic;
b.; coarse, i2@i3e; Eastern Oregon.
@l6c, as TO Shrinkage.
Eildes-Dry hides. No. /, i4lc H.; 4
~ KIP. No, !. laie b.; dry saited,
ne.ihlFd less; dry cali, Isle To-;
lifted steers 7i@sc h.: salsed cows.
lc Ib.; stays and bulls, 4ic lb; kip,
le lb.; calf, lie h.; green stock. lc
ISL sheepskins. shearlings, lO02sc;
hort wool, S0@40c; medium and
ing wool. according to quality, sO@
)c; dry horses, sOc@sl.sO; dry colt,
'e; angors. sOc@$i; goat. common,
)G2Oe
Mohair- Choice, is@l0c ID.
Oregon crapsroos-Per 100 lbs,
I@s
cascara Sagrada (ehi,tim bark)-
06e per ID,
Oils, Lead. Esc.
Linseed Oil-Raw, s-barrel lots,
Ie; l.barFel lots, sse; In case, Ole;
piled, s-barrei lots, Sc; l-barrel
'ts, SIC; In cases, 6Sc.
Gasoline Union and Red Crown,
Ols., Isle; cases, 22Ac. Motos. hbls., /
iie; easss, 25lc. e6 degrees. bblss
K; cases, 57ae. Engine Distillase,
ols. &c; elsss. l6e.
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Dressed Meats-Hogs. fancy 7 a
9Ae, ordinary 6a6Ae. large Sc; veal,
eStra ei@oe. ordinary 607e, heavy
Sc; mutton. fancy 6a7c.
Baeon-B Breakfast. lsa2lse, pic.
hies IOc. cottage roll iIic; regular
ehors clears, smoked isc, do an.
smoksd i2ci clear bellies, unsmoked
Ne, do smoked lse; shoulders. lie.
Hams--i0-i7 lbs, lse; i4-i6 lbs.
Sc; 1870 lbs, isc.
Lard-Keltls leaf. los, l4e; do s.,
i4ae: do @-lb. tins, i3ic; steam rem
dersd, los, l5c; do s., iSis; COM
pound, Ble.
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Grain. Flour, Hay, Rse.


Wheat--Traek prices Club, SOC;
bIus-ssem, Osci turkey red. o2e; red
Russian. &c; Valley. 0ic.
Flour Patents, $3.50; stralghsa,
ssos@42O; exports, $40; Valley,
N,4sI ii.aaek graham. $40; whole
wheat, s4.6s, rye. $50.
Barley Feed, $26.sO; rolled. s2S@
$3.50; brewing, sz7,
oass-No. | white. s3lt gray, $50
Hay = Track prices: Timothy --
Willamette Valley. fancy, SIS; do.
ordinary. si2; Eastern Oregon. mix
ed. $3.50; do, fancy. $3.50; alfalfa.
sii.sO@i2; clover. Sl2.
Aillstufs Bran. s26,so; mIddlInss.
vs. shorts country s3i, shorts,
rity, $50;ehop, s1z.
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RESTAURANTS

TOXIC RESTAURANT. Ssl Bond
street, opposite Ross. Higgins &
Co; coffee with pie or cake, 10 cents;
irst-eIass meals; regular meals Is
cents and up
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FOR RRNT-HoUsEs

FOR RENT-TWO NICELY FUR
hished rooms in private family In
quire 62i Exchange street. nps
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AUCTION AVE coMMrssroN

MARTIN OLSEN, AUCTION AND
Commission House. Furniture re-
pairing, uphoIsterisg, carpet laying,
etc; just opened up in Welch
Block, Fifteenth street, between
Commercial and Bond. Give me 4
trial. nnn
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OsTEOPATHa
SWEDISH MAssAcrNo.
MAssAGrNd.


NINE AND PROFESSOR HAR-
RIS, eolored face and scalp
massasing; cures dandruff; stops hair
from falling in three treatments.
Prof Harris. the chiropodist. Give
Us call. 4ss Commercial street, up
stairs, rooms 2-3. ~
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SITUATION WANTED.

UPHOLSTERER WANTED AT N.
Nelson Furniture Co, sO4 Bond
street, next 10 N. r. Express Office.
ns'
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FOR SALEONE LOT, SALOON
on Astor street; cory corner; sa-
loon fixtures; furnished rooms;
price. $500. J. r. Nowlen. 47s
Commercial, lO4-tf
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FOR MrscRLLANEoUs
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LOST AND FOUND
CITY REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE BUSINESS BLOCK;
the Waldorf, Kinney and Cribler,
corner Eigth and Astor, two lots,
io0xiiO; house IOOxiiO, 40 rooms up
stairs; hall 4OxlOO. J. r. NowIen.
473 Commercial l0-4-tf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-04
BACK TO THE ROD.
Civilization About to Encounter a
Reverse in New York.

New York, Jan. 4.-That the rod will
again become an integral part of edu-
cation In New York city is expected
as the result of an investigation made
py a special committee of the school
BOARD 1t is expected that the commit
tee will report in favor of corporal pun
lsnment under certain restrictions. Not
only nave the teachers of New York
been asked regarding their opinions on
corporal punishment, but the committee
mas asked and received opinions from
hundreds of teachers in almost every
city in America These teachers are
overwhelmingly in favor of restricted
corporal punishment. In 26 of the SO
largest cities in the country, the COM
m1ttee learns, corporal punishment is
allowed and the investigations of DR..
Elmer E. Brown, United States COM
missioner of education, lead that Off
Ger to express the opinion that corporal
punishment, judiciously administered.
is productive of the best results in most
of the largest cities.
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ANOTHER HOPE GONE.
The Hungarian Brings No Word of the
Mount Royal

Portland, Me-, Jan. Another hope
that the missing Canadian Pacific
steamer Mount Royal, with her 40 pas
sengers and crew, might be towed into
port, was dissipated on the arrival here
today Of the Allan line steamer Hun
garian. AS the latter ship was 20 days
out from Glasgow and a week overdue
shipping circles in London were led to
believe that she had fallen in with the
Mount Royal, which left Antwerp De-
cember 7. for ST. John and expected to
hear she was being towed into Portland.
No trace of the Mount Royal was seen
by the Hungarian. The Allan liner had
a hard passage, due to heavy head
winds, but sustained no damages.
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FUNERAL OF col. MURDOCH.
Public Offices at Wichita Closed for
the Hour.

Wichita, jan 4.-The funeral Of
Col. M. M. Murdoch, was held at the
family home Friday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Despite. the Indictment wealth
err, hundreds of citizens were pres
ent to pay their last respects to the
dead. The funeral was. in charge of
DIR. G. S. Sargent, pastor of Ply
mouth Congregational church. A male
quartette composed of B. B. Hull,
Jack Shields, w. r. Morrison and Dr.
Murray Kirkwood, sang Nearer MY
God to Thee" and Remember Now
Thy Creator" and chanted "The
Lords Prayer"
The body was inferred in the fam
lily vault in Highland cemetery.
The relatives of Mr.. Murdoch who
attended the funeral were: Mrs. Lee
vera Stotler and Mrs. Ella Pember-
ton of Emporia, sisters of Colone,
Murdoch; Mrs. Mary Stotler of Okla
homa City; Mrs. H. L. Woods, of Wei
lington, nieces of Colonel Murdoch;
T. B. Murdoch and daughters. Alice
and Lena, of Eldorado.
All the public offices in the city
building and the court house were
closed at 8 o'clock to enable employees
and officials to- attend the funeral,
and most of the business houses of
the city were closed for an hour af-
ter 4 o'clock out of respect to the
dead
Every foot of space in the large
room, aside from that occupied by
the drab casket, was taken up with
flowers So numerous were these
beautiful offerings that wreath was
piled on wreath, and the entire house
was filled with their perfume. Friends
in Wichita and not a few from out
side the city sent beautiful tokens of
their sympathy and sorrow. and many
of the organizations and business con-
Germs of the city added similar gifts.
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Big Year for the Banks.

New York. Jan. 4.-Bank clearings
for the year 1907 at nearly all cities in
the United States as reported by r..
G. Dun & Co., reflect larger settlements
through the banks than in any pre-
ceding year, notwithstanding the re
striction in payments during the last
three months
Omitting New York city, where the
smaller value of stock market opera
lions reduced the volume of bank set
Elements very materially. total ex-
changes for the year are $57,588,711,-
972. an increase of AZ per cent COM
pared with 1906. and 14-S per cent
over the figures of 1905. There Is a
small loss in New England and the
middle Atlantic states due almost
wholly to losses at Boston and Phila-
delphia but in all other sections of the
country an increase is shown The
west leads in the percentage of gain,
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to have the election of delegates
brought home to the people, so that
in each ward, for instance, we could
select our immediate representatives.
This call makes all that impossible.
In addition it prescribeS require
ments not authorized by the statutes
and not within the power of the state
central committee. Some of the re-
quirements are in direct conflict with
the statute. Some of them are very
burdensome. One in particular is the
requirement that before there can be
a Taft ticket and a Foraker ticket
there must be a petition signed by
twenty times the number of the can
didates, for delegates and alternates.
That would mean in this city about A.
600 signers or petitioners.
THE unreaSonableness of the re-
Quirement that there shall be 1000
petitioners to authorize a ticket is
SHOWN not only in the fact that the
law makes no such requirement., but
that in cases where the law authorizes
county and city officers to be nomina-
mated by petition only 500 are neces-
sary to nominate any county officer
and only SO names are necessary to
nominate any municipal officer
If In the contemplation of the law
90 slgners are enough to authorize
placing a mans name on the ticket
for mayor of Cincinnati or Cleveland.
certainly it is beyond anything con
templated by the law that 1000
signers should be necessary to elect
lot of delegates and alternates to
merely attend a state convention. Such
thing is unnecessary, as we'll as bur
densome. 1t should be enough for
each party to select its own ticket and
| then let the people vote their pref
erence.
THE counties are not bound to fol-
low the order of the state central
committee, but whether they will do
so or not I am not advised So far as
I am personally concerned, shall
make no effort to comply with such
uncalleo for, illegal and arbitrary
conditions"
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MILLS START up.
Much Idle Machinery Has Been
Set in Motion
Since the Beginning of the
New Year.
NUN Hr~v Ir~- aDun NJ
FINANCIAL SITUATION
Continues to Show Improvement
Throughout the Country.
Premium on Currency Has
Practically Disappeared.

( New York, Jan. Ar. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
. Business quieted down at the con-
clusion of holiday sales. as is Gus
tomary, and time was devoted to
stock taking while manufacturing
plants were overhauled and repaired.
Much idle machinery resumed on
January 2, and more mills will re-
open next week, but in many leading
industries there, will continue to be
a reduction in output until the out
look is more definite. The curtail-
ment is general in the iron and steel
industry and at New England cotton
mills. Clothing manufacturers have
received numerous cancellations, and
in some lines buyers have asked de-
lay in shipments of spring goods I'M
til the situation is more fully devel-
oped. There is better feeling as to
mercantile collection, since the clos
ing days of December brought no
special pressure in the money market.
have resumed, and others are to open
next. week, but the curtailment of
production has been so general that
not over so per cent of the capacity
will then be in operation, according
to estima ties by some of the best au-
thorities in the trade. This extensive
reduction in output makes the statis-
teal position strong, and predictions
of sweeping cut in prices have not
materialized. Hides are generally
weaker, except that light receipts of
heavy sole leather hides sustain that
variety.
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FORAKER BOLTS.
He Refuses to De Bound by the Call
of the Committee.

Cincinnati. Jan A fat refusal
to be bound by the conditions of the
call for the Republican state conven-
ticn, which is to name a state ticket
and select delegates at large to the
national convention, is the conclusion
reached by United States Senator j.
B. Foraker, and announced in a state
ment given to the press here.
Primaries for a test of strength be-
tween Taft and Foraker as candi-
dates were provided for in the off,
cial call, and the method provided is
sharply criticised by Senator Foraker.
The statement in part follows:
ST am not sure 1 understand the
call, although I have read it several
times. If L do, it is another case of
asking for bread and getting stone.
My idea in requesting primaries was
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New york Stock Market.

Wall ST.. New York, Jan. 4.-STOCKS-
Opening prices of stocks. today showed
mixed changes from last night. which
were small for active stocks. Some of
yesterdays strong features reacted sharp
ly American Sugar and National Biscuit
declined 1 point and Northern Pacific and
Southern Railway large fra ctions.
After considerable irregularity during
which many of the active stocks sold well
below yesterdays closing the market
gathered strength and rose briskly in
spots The Hill and Copper stocks were
in the best demand American Can pre-
ferred gained AS points, Chicago Great
western Debentures 81 points North
ern Pacific lM points. American Sugar
and National Biscuit IL points and St
Paul Great Northern preferred. Illinois
Central, Louisville and Nashville, ANAL
gamated Copper, American Smelling and
Corn Products preferred ! point. Read
ing received a point at II o'clock and
checked the rise. Union Pacific preferred
fell point and Missouri Pacific III points.
The market closed irregular. Prices in
the last hour continued to move very IT.
regularly. A rise of ~ points In North
ern Pacific overcan1e the effect of the fall
in Reading. American Wooden preferred
rose 5 points, the common. United States
Rubber second preferred and Atlantic
Coast Line ~ points. the American Ag-
riculture Chemist stocks points, Chica-
go Great Western preferred and Colo
RADIO Fuel and Railway Steel Spring L
point Northwestern and Great Northern
Ore Certificates fell 1 point. There was
some profit taking towards the last.
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but there is a small increase in the
south and at Pacific coast points. At
Chicago there is a, considerable gain;
also at Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit,
Milwaukee and other leading centers.
In the far west Kansas City, Minnc-
apolfs, st. Paul and Denver show
much larger clearings than in any pre-
ceding year. st. Louis reports an in
crease and Baltimore small gain,
but a Louisville and New Orleans is a
decrease. The progress of events
during the year is quite clearly re-
each quarter eseeA Us
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RABBI SURPRISED A MOB.
He Was Policeman Disguised and
Had Club.
Chicago. Jan.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Dressed in the
garb of a rabbi. Policeman James r.
roach last evening dispersed crowd
of hoodlums who short time before
had stoned Rabbi William c. Cobb,
pastor of the Bichur Choiem temple.
The police upon being told of the at
tack on the rabbi. decided as bit of
strategy to don the rabbits robe.
Roach was promptly showered with
missiles by the mob when he appeared
on the street. Angered at the attack.
the policeman forgot his rabbinical
costume and welding his club with
suddenness and vigor, put the sur
nrised mob to flight.
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Topeka, Kan, Jan. g.
view of the grain market by Thos. !.
na yels, Droker, Columbian Building. To-
WHEAT-The wheat market during the
past week has been an interesting one
spectators and grain men. Prices sold
as low as sl.03% early In the week due,
tb was as. SAD a to heavy selling by. Patten.
lhe Dig chicago manipulation. The drive
made at the market looked more IKE a
. snake out and the elimination of weak
noioers than anything else, as the price
quickly bounded back to fraction above
sloI, practically regaining all lost ground
snce one week ago.
ne situation promises interesting de-
VeIopments in the near future. The price
OF o. May wheat. Chicago market. one year
q as 80 was 1o1sc. Yesterday it closed at
same time last year. The bears and short
sellers are pretudiced against the price,
SPECTATORS who rig up the market with
money and muscle in order to unload at
high Price. millors of bushels which they
spondent writing under date of January .,
says:
TT has become plain that, though this
years wheat crop in the United States
was 100.O00,o 600 bushels less than last years
the exports for the current crop year will
ing crop year. But fully half of the years
exports will be from the surplus carried
over last July from former crops.
Assuming that prices remain high, that
importing countries will take all the
United States can spare and that crop
conditions are favorable, removing the in
ducement to hold wheat, it may be safely
assumed that the United States will ex-
port at least $50 million bushels. and pos
sibly 165 million bushels, during the crop
year. The exports for the first six months
of the. crop year were approximately 80
million bushels, leaving 90 to So million
bushels to go out in the next six months.
which is at the rate of "a to 2A millions
bushels weekly.
Home consumption of wheat Is figured
at 5A bushels per capita for Sc million
people. The census report of 1900 indi-
Gated an average consumption of 5E bush
els per capita, but the statistics since then
indicate clearly approximate annual
consumption of 81 bushels for each person
in fllei country. esr ''sss7-
CORN-The strength in corn for this
time of year during the past week has
ready been surprising. Receipts are
small and demand is good. 1t is said
roads at the disposal of shippers and
country elevators are empty, so the pro-
Queer has every opportunity to markt
his crop when he feels disposed to- SELL
This is just what have argued all along
The, farmer in his present financial con-.
dation. will have something to say about
debating the price for his corn. With
more liberal receipts from the farm, to-
gether with cold weather, see little to
cause any material decline in prices and
the market will likely be carried higher.
ebfore any break of sonceQuence takes
place.
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Kansas City Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 4-CATTLE-
Receipts today were 1000 head, including
200 head of southerns. Market was steady.
Native steers, $3SoQ6. so; southern steers,
s4.00@4.50; southern cows, $2.25Q3.25; ma
tive cows and heifers. 81. 5@4.75; stockers
and feeders, s.. 2544. 40; bulls, s.. O0@4.00;
calves, 81 0006.75; western steers, 5000
450; western cows, $2.50@4.00.
ket 10c lower Bulk of sales 81. 35@4. So
heavy. s4.45@450 packers, 81 35Q4.5O; pigs
and light, $4,000 IS
= SHEEP-Market nominally steady. Nut
tons, $4.OO04. 80; lambs, S550G5.75; range
wethers. $4.25@5.75; fed ewes, S3O0Q4.40.
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Goldf1eld Force Reduced.

Goldfield, New, Jan. 4.-Seven COM
panies of United States troops under
command of Col Reynolds, have left
Goldfield by special train bound for
their respective California posts. The
troops remaining in camp, about 135
men. have been divided into two full
companies Captain William H. Was
sail and Lieut.. Goodwill, will be in
of,r,, n, q nd
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Evidence of Prosneritr

New York. Jan. Am evidence of the
countrys prosperity and remarkable
purchasing power is to be found in the
annual report of the appraiser of the
port of New York The value of mer-
ehandise imported in 1907 in excess Of
importation in 1906 was s67, 900, 900.
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Big Estate Left to Harvard.

Newport, r. L, Jan. At is has been
learned that Harvard university is the
residuary legatee under the will of
Frederick Sheldon, who left an estate
valued at several hundred thousand
dollars The estate is made a trust
under the will, the income to be paid
to Mr. SheIdons wife during her life
and afterwards to Mrs. Sheldon's sis
ter and her daughter. On their death
the entire estate reverts to Harvard