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FOR SALE HOUSES

$3250-o202 South Cherry St A good desirable. modern res idence; Owner has fixed price to insure quick sale. $1150-1201 East Fifth avenue Cottage rooms and hall !; water and sewer connections good repair; will sell on monthly payments. $1500-1203 East Fifth avenue Cottage. rooms and hall; j; water and sewer connections: will sell on monthly pay ments.
 $1250-1921 East Fifth avenue: Cottage with rooms, hall front and back porches, and summer kitchen; good repair: will sell on monthly pay ments.
 $1500-707 Texas St.: 1 rooms : good repair; desirable neigh bOrhood.
 S22o0-415 East Second avenue; rooms. story ill good re- pair; nice location for room CTS.
 s3o00-515 East Sixth avenue: 10 rooms, ? story, on paved street and car line: within four blocks of Union Station. $lo00--523 East Sixth avenue: 3 room cottage; conveniently located as to school and churches.
 S4o0-511 East 18th avenue: 5 room cottage.
 S'2o-521 East 18th avenue: 3 room cottage, new and a bar gain.
 $120o-1201 South Cherry St: 4 room cottage; water mad sew craze.
 $6Oo-9OS East 18th avenue: , room cottage; newly built: must be sold.
 Farms S12,O0O-360 acres, 160 in culti- vation, 200 timber, alluvial bottom, protected by leyee; we'll improved and stocked. $250o-S0 acres, 30 in cultiya- tlon' oO unimproved. suitable Tor fruit and truck; 2-story dwelling, barn, smokehouse and we'll. ' $so0-4o acres. 25 in cultlva- tlon l 1-2 miles from railroad station; 3-room dwelling. stable and barn. s3o00-S0 acres, 65 in culttva- ton; tenant houses, ? barns. good orchard; 1-2 mile from Macadam road.
 s1oo0-12o acres, 40 cleared. balance cut over; can be easily cleared; bargain for right man.
 $l300-S0 acres fine hottom land above overflow. partly deadened and ready for clear ing; a bargain if taken at once.
 s2SOO-S2 acres prairie farm, near Olena, miles north of Dewitt Ark; has 4 room dwelling, barn and fine or cnard; suitable for rice cul- ture.
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DR. c. D. SMITH,

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gymnasium. bath rooms and bowling
alleys. The gymnasium is complete
in equipment and the alleys are the
best grade continuous alley on the
market. The building is of buff brick
and white sandstone. two stories above
the basement and is the gift of Mr..
and Mrs. D. H. Stafford, who also do,
mated the site. Most of the furniture,
hich is OF mission oak was donated
by the president. Mr.. r.. w. Turner, in
memory Of his wife, The residents of
Mankato and vicinity have raised a
1000 endowment fund and $500 to
equip the building. The membership
is not confined to Mankato but ex-
tends out into the country and into
the neighboring towns All the adj
membership fee of So. The advantages
appeal to the travelling men who fire.
quent Mankato and they are joining.
Upon the dedication of the building
the association will become an accredi-
ted member of the state association
The dedication will be a big event in
Mankato. The building will be open for
public inspection.
The speakers will be Governor Stubs
and State Secretary K. A. Shumaker.
Governor Stubs is much interested in
the Young Mems Christian association
movement and donated a large sum of
money to the Y. NJ. c. A. building at
Lawrence.
The local secretary, Mr.. r. E. Nor
gan, is young man of strong individ-
uality, with good reserve of push and
energy to back up the enterprise. His
Christian character will safeguard the
spiritual influence of the Institution. He
is an athelete and will give special at
tention to physical direction.
Mankato is one of the 20 towns in
Kansas with an exclusive Young Mems
Christian association building and Or
ganiZation. The wealth of Mankato
will see that it is a financial success
and the churches are pushing it on to
a spiritual success because they realize
that it reaches into a field the church
can not penetrate.
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ICE CREAM MEN AGREE
Adjust Their Differences With the Ex-
press Companies.

At the close of the cream rate hear
ing before the railway board Friday
evening the ice cream rate case was
considered. Az agreement was reach
ed between the ice cream dealers and
the express company attorneys pres
ent without the formality of hear
ing. The board agreed to the stipula-
tions of the contract between the dis
putants, which goes into effect June
10. and is as follows:
sit is stipulated and agreed by the
parties in this proceeding, subject to
the approval of the commission, that
the complaint in said proceeding
shall be withdrawn as satisfied, and
the express companies. parties to the
said proceeding, shall put in effect the
following rates for the return of
empty ice cream packers: Twenty-Five
cents each on returned empty ice
cream packers OF over five gallon ca
pacity; fifteen cents each for return
ed empty ice cream packers of the
capacity of five gallons or less. The
said rates shall become effective in
respect to interstate business in Kan
sas on or before the 10th day of
June, 1909; and upon interstate bust
ness shall become effective on OF be-
fore the goth day of July, 1909. The
charges above specified shall cover
wagon service at point of origin and
point of destination where wagon
service is maintained or furnished by
the express companies for the collec-
ton and delivery of express packag es.
The above rates will only apply to the
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timent of reverent respect for the
memory of our heroic dead, have by
spontaneous consent dedicated the
thirtieth day of May of each year to
ceremonies in honor of the soldiers
who cheerfulIy sacrificed their own
lives to save the life of the repub-
lie. They need no praise whose
deeds are eulogy,' and nothing that
We can now say or do will add to
the glory or brighten the fame of
that gallant host who a quarter of a
century ago came thrOnging from
farms, workshops. offices and
schools, to fight, to suffer and to die
for the Union and freedom. But the
story of their sublime self-sacrifice
and their dauntless courage should
be kept forever fresh and fair in the
hearts and minds of the young, I'M
til the end of recorded time. So long
as men and women teach their chill
dren to revere the memory of patriot
heroes SO long as the peaceful pres
emit honors and emulates the example
of the war-worn past. there need be
no fear that the dead have died in
vain, or that "a government of the
people, by the people, for the peo-
Pile will perish from the earth. The
steadily growing popularity of Mem
oria1 day. and the universal interest
taken in it's beautiful ceremonies. is
one of the most hopeful develop
ments of American sentiment; there
fore
"Be it Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Kansas:
Section 1. That the thirtieth day
of May of each year shall be and
the same is hereby declared to be a
legal holiday
AS the thirtieth day of May falls
on Sunday this year, the Grand Army
of the Republic and the Kansas de-
partment Of that noble order have
recommended that Memorial day be
observed on Monday, May 81, where
other arrangements have not been
already made.
It is appropriate that so far as
convenient there should be uniform
ity in the date, and it is fitting that
Difference should be paid to the
wishes of the principal patriotic So
ciety of the United States, the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Therefore, I, w R. Stubs. COVER
nor of the state of Kansas, do here
by designate Monday the thirty-first
day of May, A. D. 1909, as a day for
the observance of the ceremonies
pertaining to Memorial day. and
urge the people of Kansas on that
day to lay aside. as far as possible,
their usual aVocations, and to OBJ
serve the said day with suitable and
appropriate ceremonies for the in
culcation of patriotism and in CRATE
full appreciation of the deeds and
services of the soldiers and sailors
of the Civil war.
w r STUBBS.
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advance and those amongst the less i'm
portant stocks. Western Union rose y,
Kansas City Southern 70 and United States
Steel ".
The market closed active and buoyant.
announcement of the purchase of $4,000,
600 of Armour & Company's bonds was
accepted evidence of the sustained in
vestment demand of capital and of the
abundance Of money supplies. Prices ad-
yanced on large dealings, the Coppers and
Southern Railway being prominent. Ana
conda and Amalgamated Copper rose 1ss,
Southern Railway 1ss. American Mailing
preferred ~, Southern Railv<.y prefer
red, Pennsylvania, Atlantic Coast line,
Chicago Great Western preferred A, st.
Louis & San Francisco second preferred.
Peoria & Eastern and Tennessee Copper
L Long Island shot up AZ points and
Reading second preferred %.
Quiet strength prevailed during the first
hour. There was no demand of conse-
quence for any Of the leaders, but prices
rose until number Of important gains
were established. st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Sault Ste. Marie. Norfolk and West
ern, Southern Railway preferred Toledo,
ST. Louis and Western, American Smelt-
ing. Sloss Sheffield Steel, United States
Rubber and Distillers' Securities were lift
ed l to IA.
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AT ROGERS HOME.
Final Tribute to the Memory of
the Dead Financier.
Residents of Fair Haven Unite
in HOnOring His Memory.
FLAGS AT HALF MAST
Business of Every Kind Was
Suspended for Five Hours.
Interment in the Family Tomb
at Riverside.

Fair Haven, Mass, May 22.-Fair
Haven, the birthplace of Henry H,
Rogers, today paid final tribute to the
memory OF the deceased financier. Proud
of his success in the industrial world,
grateful because of his benefactions to
his native town, and cherishing him as
q personal friend. the residents of the
village united today in giving express
sion to their respect for him, and their
grief at his death.
From 10 o'clock in the forenoon until
3 o'clock in the afternoon business was
suspended Drarings hung from all the
public buildings, most of which had
been presented to Fair Haven by Mr..
Rogers, and throughout the town dags
were at half mast. Everywhere there
were evidence of sincere grief of the
townspeople. n
The funeral party arrived here on a
special train from New York last Night
and the body of the capitalist was ia
ken to his summer home at FIT. Phoe-
nix. This afternoon it was carried to
the Unitarian Memorial church, which
was built by Mr.. Rogers as a tribute
TO his mother. In this Gothic edifice
the casket was placed before the altar
and was attended by a guard compos-
ed of members of two Masonic lodges,
George H. Tabor lodge of Fair Haven,
to which Mr.. Rogers had presented a
Masonic hall, and Star in the East
lodge Of New Bedford. of which the
hnancier had been an active member
for more than 40 years.
During the forenoon drenching rain
fell. The half masted flags chung stick
aly to their stats and the mourning
draperies on the public buildings hung
in sodden folds.
At 10 o'clock the doors Of the church
were thrown open and for an hour
there was a procession of school chill
dren passing by the casket. From IL
a. m. until p. m. the residents of the
town were admitted and permitted to
gaze on the features of the dead.
The church was closed to the public
at 1 p. IN. and from that time no
one was admitted except upon presen-
tation of a ticket. the distribution of
which had been limited to members of
the Rogers family and personal friends
of the deceased.
The funeral services which were held
later, were private and were conducted
by Rev. DIR. Robert Collier, the ven
cradle pastor emeritus of the church
of the Messiah, New York. Rev. Frank
J.. Phalen, the pastor of the Memorial
church, assisted.
The interment was in the Rogers
tomb a Riverside cemetery, where rest
the bodies of Mr.. Rogers mother. his
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TODAY's MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago, May 22.-WHEAT-Wheat for
May delivery continued its upward flight.
the price today touching 81 :315s. a gain OF
sc compared with the previous best mark
recorded during yesterdays trading.
There was little trade, however, in that
option, moderate demand by shorts
eral was weak owing to liberal ship
ments this week from Russia and because
OF favorable weather condition In this
opened weak with prices Nc higher to "
Q7sc lower and during the early part of
the day failed to show any recuperative
power. July opened at $1.16A to 81.
again to s1.161z.
The market was extremely nervous. the
last half of the session. On renewed buy
forced up to s1.s21@. July advanced to
$.17&4- The close was firm with July up
esqAc at $1.173sQ1.1T12. May was sc high
er at 81. 321
CORN-The corn market was inclined to
be weak, the May delivery being par
ticularly heavy owing to larger receipts
than had been estimated. Some of the
leading commission houses were sellers.
On initial trades, May was off &c COM
ed a shade to 1s@14c lower at 6SAc to &c.
69G691kc
The strength of wheat had bullish eff
feet late in the day. July sold up to 69ssc.
The close was firm with July up A0ssc at
the top.
OATS-oats again advanced to new
high records, the May delivery selling at
611sc and the July at 531ac. Covering by
shorts caused the fresh advance. Prices
at the start were a shade higher to 1sc
lower with July at 53Ac to $3.50.
PROVISIONS Provisions were easy be-
cause of SC decline in live hogs. Trade
was dull. Prices at the opening were I'M
changed to SC lower.
RYE-Cash. sSc: May, s5Gs7c.
BarIey-Cash. 731z@76c.
MISUNDERSTANDING $500.
CLOVER-May, 1910.
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impetus to general business Retail
trade. though better than year ago,
has been, on the whole, disappointing.
Business failures in the United
States for the week were 219 against
224 last week, 284 in the like week of
1908, 165 in 1907, ITO in 1906 and 179
in 1905
Wheat, including flour, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending May 90 aggregate 1,493,-
993 bushels against 1,229,900 last
week and 2.93O,254 bushels this week
last year. For the forty-seven weeks
ending May 20, this year, the exports
are 1856, 719,522 bushels. against 1885,
006,227 in the corresponding period
last year. Corn exports for the week
are 1901 bushels against 1924
last week and 1892 in 1908. For
the At weeks ending May 20, corn ex-
ports are 2S,S17,240 bushels against
44,533,S45 last year.
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TRADE IS BETTER,
Business Improves as the Crop Out
look Grows More Encouraging.
lew York. May 22.-Bradstreet

New York. May 22.-Bradstreet's
says:
weather conditions continue irreg-
ular' out a change for the better has
occurred in staple crop conditions and
retail business is slightly improved,
though disappointing and showing
evidence of the repression heretofore
evident Recorded business from job
bers and wholesalers has been rather
quiet but there is, if anything, more
assured optimism permeating the re-
ports as to the outlook for next fall
and winters trade. All indications of
activity have to do with future trade,
the expectation being that the remov-
al or tariff uncertainty will give an
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belonging chiefly to one miller. We feel
that there is but one side to this market
based on such strong commercial condi-
tions at home and abroad, but it may be
wise to have buying orders filled on good
depressions if they occur.
CORN-Corn is a tough proposition to
forecast because of the unusual situa-
conceded that country offerings have been
largely increased for a few days. Cash
prices broke cents under heavier ar
rivals yesterday. At the same time the
country bought corn for the deferred
months on the break and some of the re-
ceiverS claimed letup in country offer
ings because of the lower bids sent out
We still advise cautious sales of corn on
the strong swells--Logan & Bryan.
Chicago, May 22-John Inglis writes us
from Scott City, Kansas, as follows:
Wired you from Great Bend today Con-
d1t1onS worse the further west you go.
Acreage has been greatly reduced by p1ow-
ing up. and the recent rains have started
them to blowing again. So much thin and
blown out the farmers consider it safer
to pillow it up and put the ground in corn
and kaffir corn. Wheat looks bad. but
as it is only out four inches high and not
headed recent rains have helped it with
ample moisture on that which is fairly
promising. They may raise considerable
wheat but unless coupious rains come in
today. Heavy black clouds tonight looks
like storm coming. Logan & Bryan.
Russian shipments: Wheat. 4o4s ON.
Danubian. 544, 900: worlds shipmenfs 10 ,
10000 Corn, 1855. 000
Northwest weather cloudy and cool.
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New York Money Market.

New York, May 22.-MONEY-Money on
call nominal. No loans. Time loans soft
and dull; 60 days. 2Q21z per cent; 80 days,
21a per cent; six months, 3G3A per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 312 to
per cent.
Sterling exchange easy with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at 81. S6.25@4 Sc. 80 for
60 day bills and at $4.S7. 1904. S7.75 for de-
mand; commercial bills, $4.S5A@ Sc.
SILVER-Bar silver, 521zc; Mexican dol
lars, 44c.-
railroad bonds, irregular
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INDIAN GUIDES ENGAGED
For Transcontinental Auto Race on
Buffalo Bill's Recommendation.

New York, May 22-For the long
transcOntinental automobile race rom
this city 70 Seattle for the Guggenheim
cup which starts June l, L. H. PERL
man has engaged two Indians TO guide
the WEIGH car across the far western
states. Mr.. Perlman announced that
Colonel William F. Cody has recon-
mended the Indians and he had en-
gagged blue Hawk Him and Long
Feather Pete to act as guides. Mr..
Perlman is now instructing Long
Feather Pete how to handle the car.
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| FURNISHED by Logan and Wolcott. Gram
| Commission Merchants, Rooms SO5 and
cago and Kansas City Boards of Trade
| Chicago May 22-WHEAT-Bullishs SEN
| timent dominated the late gossip after the
close last night. Traders taking their cue
from the advance in foreign markets and
| on the uncertainties regarding the crops
| abroad. Private cables from Liverpool
| for two days have noted the unfavOrable
conditions of the crops in Germany, parts
| of Russia, Roumania and France. Rour-
mania had little rain yesterday but not
enough to affect the markets and the
| indication of the real bullish condition OF
| the crops backed up by limited supplies.
Pit traders say the market here is a
creeping one. prices moving 1rreguiarly,
as continental markets come in at differ
| ent periods. 1t is said some of the large
| holders are taking profits on the bulges;
movement of corn are much mixed. Re-
ceiving houses and large cash handlers
sfg sig aaS but that interior acceptances.
while good in a few sections are not at
all general. There is one point that trad
ers agree upon. which is that the big
movement will be larger than it has been
the railroads are getting more orders
for cars and cash premiums, which have
been and cents over the July are be-
ing cut down and can stand further re-
duction. with the break in the sample
market yesterday of 215 cents it still left
No. 8 corn to cents over July.
OATS-May oats in advancing to 6Ossc
yesterday made a new high record price
that has not been equalled in many years
and it is hard to find a period when oats
sold so high. Several of the oats special
lists figure that there are not an open in
terest to exceed one million bushels and
the expectation is that about 100000 BUSH
els will be delivered by two houses next
week.-Inter-Ocean.
Liverpool May 22.-WHEAT-Wheat
opened firm. There was active covering
by shorts on unfavorable reports from
Germany and Hungary and strength in
country markets. Manitoba offerings were
light and dearer. During the morning the
market suffered a severe reaction on ex-
pected heavy shipments from Russia this
week. The opening was I'D to Esd higher
on wheat but closed Ad lower to sd
higher.
CORN-Market dull but firm on firm
ness of La Plata offerings.-BroomhaI.
Chicago. May 22-WHEAT-No one can
tell at this writing whether the local
trade will take some profits this morn
ing, and then close the market strong and
higher for the week. or whether there
will be further good advance this MORN
ing and then later setback on general
profit taking before the close. The inn
portant fact to consider is that May
wheat in all markets in this country
s1.29 at Kansas City to s1.5S at Toledo.
These May contracts are up because cash
wheat is at fancy figures everywhere and
supplies scarce. Think of it outside OF
Minneapolis receipts, primary markets
yesterday had less than 1000 bushels OF
wheat. ST. Louis had practically no
wheat, the small stocks remaining there
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Governors Proclamation.

TO Inc People OF Kansas, Greeting:
BY custom and by statute the
American people have set apart one
day in each year in which to COM
memorate with suitable ceremonies
the preservation of the republic
through the fluctuations of the Civil
war, and to perpetuate the memory
of the brave men who fought and
fell to preserve the Union and the
supremacy of the national govern
ment.
The Kansas statute on this subject
reads as follows:
Whereas, The loyal people of
the United States, inspired by a SEN
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Kansas City, May %.
Open High Low Close Yes.


Kansas City, Mo. May 22.-CATTLE-
Receipts 100, including 30 southerns. Mar
ket steady. Native steers, $5.25@7 90 !;
southern steers $4.25G6.50; southern cows.
$2.50@4.75; native cows and heifers, s.. O0@
$40; stockers and feeders, $4.OOa5. so; bulls,
S.. 60@5. IS; calves, 4.00@6.50; western steers,
S. 2596.75 western cows, $3.25@5 so.
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market weak to
SC lower Bulk of sales, IS. 1907 Is; heavy,
s.: 15Q7. 3214; packers and butchers, $500
7.3O; light. s6.6oq7, 10; pigs, S.. 5o@6.70.
SHEEP-ReceiptS 600. Market steady.
Muttons, $4.75G6 40; lambs, S. 5O6S50;
wethers and yearlings, s47507 so; ewes,
s.. OO66.O0; Texas and Arizona muttons,
81 7506. 90.
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return of empty ice cream packers
Wnlch nave been sent out full by ex-
press and for their return over the
line OF the company forwarding the
same 1ull- The charges on such re-
turn empties must be prepaid by the
person returning them, unless an
agreement has been made with the
owner of the empties to pay charges
on the packages when delivered to
him
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He Ding Twenty-One Graves.

Laurel. Miss, May Z2.-The mystery
of 81 newly dug graves. discovered on
a plot of ground adjacent to the negro
cemetery near here has been solved by
the arrest of an aged negro. obviously
demented. He declared that God or
dered him to dig 81 graves and to
work at night only. He has been en-
gaged in the occupation nearly three
weeks. at night. The discovery of the
graves caused intense excitement in
the community.