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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

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Commission Merchants. Rooms 305 and
cago and Kansas City Boards of TradeI
Chicago, May 17.-WHEAT-Nine out
of every ten wheat operators seem to
be bearish on wheat and in fact on all
grains. The warm weather being the
impetus, supplemented by the belief
that crops are improving and that
wheat has been bulled enough. A trad
er who went the rounds thoroughly and
who takes a different view of the gen.
era1 situation said: The crowd is
selling scenery and the market has a
sold out appearance. In a few days
you will see general change for the
better and a tightening up of July
wheat. When the July starts to adj
vance the other months will quickly
follow"
CORN-Traders who have been bull
ish and long said they had sold out
their May because they saw more
tangable evidence Of an increase in
the country movement for the first
time in many months. 1t is all right
to talk bearish and predict a larger.
movement, they say, but so long as
prices in the sample market advance,
there is no necessity of getting uneasy
about being long on May corn but with
a break in the sample market and with
prospects of more corn coming into all
markets, they think it time to get
profits
OATS-Traders generally say they
see more evidence of liquidation by
outside holders and traders who have
been long, seem anxious to get profits
and quite few of the wise ones are
now over on the bear side.-Inter-
Ocean.
Northwest clear to cloudy, cool: Chi
cago. clear and fine.
Chicago, May 17.-John Inglis wired
US follows Saturday afternoon: ar
kansas City, Kan, May 15.-Coffey-
vile to Arkansas City, acreage small.
wheat short, promising small, head,
many fields worthless, head dried in
boot. considerable plowed UP, some
promising fields. Harvest will be very
late Heavy rains last night. Oats
good stand-"-Logan & Bryan.
John Inglis writes us from Arkansas
City, Kan: Find the condition of
wheat through the southern counties
difficult to describe. Recent rains have
freshened up things so that the present
outlook is improved. Quite a number
Of fields short and dried up it is a
question of they will pay for cutting,
and yet the lateness of the season is in
its favor as the weaker stools may de-
velop and make some wheat Proba-
bly, less than half the area is prornis-
ing and with future favorable condi-
lions may make fair crop, but we
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ence of the beast after his wife had
become historical from fear. Accord
ing to Erwin the animal leaves tracks
like an immense cat and the belief is
that it is a panther escaped from a
circus menagerie.
Erwin declares that his bulldog dis
appeared Friday night. Men armed
with shotguns and rifles will scour the
woods in search of the creature tomor-
row
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Kansas City Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, MO. May 17.-CATTLE-
Receipts 10.0O0. including 300 southerns.
Market steady. Native steers. $5.25Q6.9o;
southern steers, $4.75@650; southern cows,
s.. 25@5.25; native COWS and heifers, s.. LOO
$50; stockers and feeders, $4.00Q5.75; bulls.
$S.60q5-25; calves, s400Q7.25; western steers,
5.50@6.75; western cows, s3.75Q5.50
Bulk of sales, $3.50. So: heavy, 7.25@7. 40;
packers and butchers, 81 .00@7. IS; light, Sc. so
az. Is; pigs, s55OQS.50.
SHEEP-ReceiptS 10000. Market steady.
Muttons, $5.25@6.75; lambs, $7.50@9. %;
wethers and yearlings, S5.0Od7.75; ewes,
81 25dQ6. .; Texas and Arizona muttons,
81 1906. 80.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

The Award Will Be Made on
May %.

The date of opening the contra cts
for the next general letting by the
state board of control for the state in
stitutions has been set for next Satur-
day. May %. The dry goods contracts
will be let the 25th, the groceries on
the 26th and the hardware. meats and
flour the 9th.
On June 1 the material will be
bought for the new water main to be
built from the pumping plant to the
state hospital at Osawatomie. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
IDAHO TEAM WON.
Teams From Atlantic Fleet Competed
in Mile Relay Race.

New York, May 17.-Seven thousand
persons saw the team from the battle
ship Idaho win the one mile relay race
for the championship of the around
the-world'' fleet Of the q. S. navy from
the teams representing the battleships
Connecticut, Ohio and Rhode Island
yesterday afternoon. The Connecticut
team was second and Ohio third.
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1T CARRIES OFF DOGS.
Mysterious Animal With Voice Like a
Woman at Large.

Atlantic City. N. j., May IA weird
tale of some sort of animal that
screams like a woman and carries off
watch dogs has reached this city and
has aroused sportsmen who will search
the woods back of Pleasantville where
the animal is at present. Charles
Erwin, a farmer, reported the pres
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

sum of $4,000 has been appropriated
for this Improvement and about 800
feet of pipe will have to be laid. The
board of control will buy the material
and have the work done under state
supervision
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Chicago Live stock Market.

Chicago, May T-CATTLE-Receipt
estimated at q 900. Market steady. Beeves,
s. 1907. Is; Texas steers. $4-6OQ6. 10; western
steers, 81. 10000; stockers and feeders, $500
@5. s.; cows and heifers, $2.50qS. Is; calves,
$5.25@7. so.
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 1900 Mar
s7.0oQ7. 45: heavy, S70eG7.5O; rough, $3.50
liz; good to choice heavy. Sl597-s5; pigs,
s5.8o06.75; bulk of sales, $.25@7. 40.
Market steady. Native, $4.oO@S5o; western.
s.. 2SGs. 40: yearlings, s. 2Sg7. q: lambs. ma
tive, S6.00GS60 western, $6-2o@9.40.
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE.
WHEAT-Receipts, 4,soO bushels; ship
ments, Is, 200 bushels.
CORN-Receipts. $500 bushels; ship
ments, 10000 bushels.
Car lot receipts: Corn rs cars, with So
of contract grade; oats 156 cars.
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago, Min
neapolis and Duluth today were 2S2 cars.
compared with 269 cars last week and 361
cars the corresponding day year ago.
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To Kansas City.

We took a car Monday. You can join
if moving there. Phone 1856.
MERCHANTS T. & S.
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View york Produce Market

New York, May 17.-BUTTER-Mark
steady. Creamery specials, 26Q261zc; Off
cial, &c; extras, 2511c; third to firsts. 21@
sc; western factory firsts, zoe; western
imitation creamery firsts. 21@22c.
CHEESE-Market steady. New state
full cream specials, 13G131kc; ditto, small
colored fancy. 1910; ditto, common to fair.
SOLE; Skins, full to special, 2@11c.
EGGS-Market steady. Western storage
packed, 2214@221sc; western first, 21@22c;
seconds. 20G20hc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

New York, May 17-SUGAR-Raw, firm;
fair refining, $3.42; centrifugal, Sc test,
s.. 90; molasses sugar, s.. II; refined. steady;
crushed, $3.50; powdered, $3.50; granulated,
S4.95.
COFFEE-Market quiet; No. Z Rio, $50
sac; No. Santos, S5sG9c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

must wait for the filling period. This
is the first time in rs years that have
seen wheat so late. At this date it is
headed out here. Oats are very prom
ising- Corn up in good shape."-Logan
& Bryan.
Liverpool, May 17.-WHEAT-Whea
opened easy on heavy American and
Russian shipments and favorable re-
ports from India. Later there was a
slight Improvement in the spot demand
and private reports that the drought
In Argentine was causing apprehen-
sion.
CORN-Market unchanged at start,
later July lost SD on the poor demand
for cargoes and parcels.-Broomhal.
Worlds shipment: Wheat, Il, $40 600;
corn, f. 884 900.
Wheat on passage, increase 1890 900;
corn, increase 2,340, 900. -
India-The wheat crop of Punjab is
officially placed at 114,904 900 bushels
against 82,400,000 last year 129, O0O, 900
bushels in 1907.
The crop of the northwest frontier is
placed at S,240,000 against 1900, 900 last
year and 100000 bushels in 1907.
Chicago May 17.-wHEAT-F
and millers in the southwest are said
to be preparing to hold on the early
wheat threshings from the growing
crop. 1t is already an established fact
that the crop will be short and late.
Everything points to a very limited
| movement of new wheat to this market
| in July. 1t is practically an old crop
month for present traders. With May
out of the way there will be some re-
adjustment of prices, either cash wheat
| will have to come down or the new
crop months advance, they are too far
| apart. Any crop accidents northwest
| or southwest would mean much to the
[ buying side of the trade, with present
| conditions Germany has a poor crop
outlook and is low on supplies. We feel
| that it is a strong situation, one that
| justifies buying on all forced breaks.
| constructing has occurred as yet
| to unravel the puzzle for the corn
| trade. The high cash prices scarcity
1 of actual corn and the holding of May
| price at a high figure, all combined to
| make short sellers of the discounted
months somewhat timid. At the same
time, strong conservative people in the
| trade are taking the same side of the
| late months on the hard spots and this
position appears to be justified by the
! promise of a larger movement from
| the country in the near future.-Logan
: & Bryan. iS'-i h' -
| Minneapolis stocks of wheat de-
| creased 275,o0O bushels in two days.
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Cotton Market,

New York, May I7.-COTTON-Spo
closed quiet. 80 points higher; middling
uplands, s11.65; middling gulf, s11.9o. Sales,
100 bales.
Galveston, Tex, May 17-COTTON-
Market steady. 10 11-16c.
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Range of Prices on Stocks.

Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions.
Office 10 West Sixth ST. Phone 1885,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

Chicago Grain Market.
Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commits sions
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office Ito West Sixth st. Phone 1885,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

Topeka Kan, May II.
G. S. hides. 101zc; side brands, Sic fiat.
glue hides. 51zc flat; No. G. S. buii hides
&c; No 2 G. S. bull hides. Sc: Deacons, 25c
hides. $3.50; No. horse hides, $50; No. 3
horse hides. 75c; dry flint butcher, heavies'
lie; dry flint fallen, 16c; dry flint lights
HG1Sc; dry salts. lac; dry culls, lie
3 WOOL-Kansas clear medium coubinr
and clothing according to brightness1 II
@23c; light fine, 14@17c; heavy fine. lin
lac. Defective woods. lie to SC per lb. 1ess
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
Topeka Market.

Furnished by the Chas. Wolff Packing
Co., yards close at noon Saturday we
cannot pigs, thin sows or hogs
weighing less than ITO lbs. Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are wei finished
as we cannot use half fat stuff We give
below prices effective at once. until fur
Their notice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
Morning Grain Letter by Wire.

Commission Merchants. Rooms 305 and
S0S Commerce Building, Members Chi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17

Kansas City, May 17.-CATTLElRe-
ceipts 10000 head. Market steady to 10c
lower.
HOGS-Receipts 1900 head. Market SC
to 10c lower. Bulk of sales, 6.90q7.30; top,
$40.
sHEEP-Receipts 5000 head Market
15c to Csc lower.
HORSES AND MULES-Receipts 400
only fair quality
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kansas CITY Live Stock Sales.

THE following sales were made thi
morning at the Stock Yards. Kansa.
City, and reported over long distanc'
telephone direct to the State Journal b,
Clay Robinson & Co.. live stock commits
sion merchants. with offices at all mar
kets.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-17
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, May 17.-BUTTER-Mark
steady. creameries. 2o1s@24c; diaries, $50
&c.
EGGS-Market steady at mark, cases in
CHEESE-Market firm. Daisies. .154@
151kc; Twins, 1451@14zzc; Young Americas.
141a@1434c; Long Horns, 141z@1411c.
POTATOES-Market weak. Choice to
fancy. S2@Sc; fair to good, 75@Soc.
PouL, a,.Rs Ma STEADY 4fg Turkeys.
VEAL-Market steady. 80 to 60 lb. WITS,
6@7c; 60 to S. lb. WITS, 7QS12c; IS to no lb.
WITS, S1z@911c.
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Topeka, Kan, May II.

BUTTER AND EGGS. "
FURNISHED e sS TIE 4opsfs Rsn Dreamer,
cREAMERT B6TTER@c e5si aSa' BE s5S;
EIGIN 1BUTTER-25c
WHOLESALE prices furnished by Cope G.
Co.. 1874 Kansas Ave.l
EGGsE rg I, e country, doz. I71kc.
S So9sr II to es s0 per old
per f.; Sc; springs Prsag under under lbs sc
RW sf51ESE st0ff P PKg III AS PRODUCE
FURNISHED BY SAND and P1od hss WhOiesais
FLORIDA PINEAPPLEsIPer crate.
sTRAwBERRIEs- Arkansas. per crate
HoNEY-Per case, ss.s.
GRAPE FRUIT-Per box, $3.50
FLORIDA -TOMATOEs-Per 6 bask.s
cABBAGE-south Carolina. per crate
CRYSTAL WAX oNIoNs-per crs,s
oRANGEs-Redlands Golden, T pc. -
BAN BAIHSAsGNAs-Med. size bchs., DER h.,
s.. oo@2 Is; large bchs-. per bch. S225aS. So:
II TExAs Rev BEETs-Per dog buncb..
HONE GROWN RAD1sHEs-Per dog.
LETTbGE-Per basket. DOC.
ssFIM P6T ATmEsg TPown' per bu SOC.
per bu.. s.. IS. po'"'oss'
coLORADo PoTAToEs-Per bu., slso.
NEW POTATOES-Per bu, s1s5 Wow
LIS. ooA-' sieog
TEXAS WAX BEANs-1-s bu., box.
Texas GREEN BEANs-1-s bu. box
s1.00.
PEAS-1-3 blu. box, s1.0o
RHUBARB-Per h., Sc.
ASPARAGUS-Pe doz punches. Soc.
CHEESE-Wis. Y. A. Cheese ,,er In
171zc; Limberger, per h., 1910; wis. Yei.
low, per h., 171ac; Block Swiss, domestic
syle, h., TIC; Fish Bait, average, 20 lbs.
SIC: New Wis. Brick, 1712c.
Grain Market.
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Liverpool cables: Opening-Wheat SO
1Ad lower, corn I'd lower.
Second cable: Wheat as@9sd lower, corn
sd lower.
Chicago car lots today: Wheat o. corn
rs, oats 156.
Chicago estimated car lots tomorrow
Wheat g. corn 125 oats 227
Northwest car lots today 275 last year
315.
Closing cables: Wheat sd lower to I'D
higher; corn sd higher.
New York Stock Market.
Wall ST., New York, May 17.-STOCKS-
The opening transactions in stocks were
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must wait for the filling period. This
is the first time in rs years that have
seen wheat so late. At this date it is
headed out here. Oats are very prom
ising. Corn UP in good shape.''-Logan
& Bryan.
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Chicago, May
Open High Low Close Sa
Kansas City Grain Market.

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
Office 10 West Sixth st. Phone 1856.
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Market Gossip

Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions
Sina i,d Wesf S1+h h au az
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FURNISHED by J. b. Billiard. corner Kan.
sas Ave. and Curtis St.l
WHEAT-No. 2. $1-25. -
CORN-75c.
OATS-4SGSoc.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-07
IN GLASS HOUSES.

When it comes to printing the news,
and printing it on time, the evening
bunco steerer has 'em all beat off the
boards On page of last nights edi-
ton of the evening excuse published
down the street appeared the an
nouncement of the engagement of Miss
Marion Lawson, of Chicago, whose
wedding, according to the evening
bulletin. "has been set for June 80"
Anyone care to go?
BY backing up about two weeks and
getting in the class with the paper
which announced the wedding last
night this will be easily possib'e .
But it can be well understood how the
bunc, frantic in its efforts to fill space
with something besides ads that do
not pay for the setting, picked up a
bit of plate" a few weeks old and
showed it into the breach.
And this is the paper that set up
with virtuous indignation and howled
with a front page story when another
paper-not this one-made a like mis-
take Imitation is the sincerest flat
terV
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-07
ELIOT PAID FOR BOOK LIST
Says He Omitted Bible and Shakes
peare at Publishers Suggestion.

BOSTON, July 7.-Charles w Eliot
president emeritus of Harvard, an
picking out the thirty books for the
''five-foot shelf to be published by a
New York concern. He declares he has
personally selected the volumes.
Il selected this list of books at the
request of this publishing house." said
DR.. Eliot. 1T was a commercial enter
prise on their part I entered into it
because 1 had no other motive than
the cause of education. 1 believe that
all who read these books will be per-
manently benefited.
For this work I was remunerated
How much 1 received 1 don't care 10
make public. I did not consider that
my acting as editor could be consid-
cred as lending my name or what pres
tige [ might have for advertising pur-
poses, as has been insinuated. 1t is
a strictly business proposition and nat
urally the publisher will advertise
largely.
"NOw, in regard to the list of books:
The Bible and Shakespeare were omit
ted from the list at the suggestion of
the publisher. The reason, of course,
is that most people have read the
Bible and Shakespeare.
THE list was originally intended to
be a fifty-book list Now, any good
edition of Shakespeare would take five
volumes. The Bible would take three
out of the fifty"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-07
OkANOGAN COUNTY
MUST TRY PHILLIPS
Investigation Shows the Killing of
Siebert Occurred West of
Ferry Boundary

OKANOGAN, July Tt now seems
certain that the killing of Rawl Sic
bert by Charles Phillips occurred in
Okanogan county by about 142 rods.
The boundary line between this coun-
ty and Ferry is the range line between
ranges 81 and 80, and the government
survey at the point of the killing does
not close by over a mile with the
township next further north This
throws the boundary of Okanogan that
much further east, than was supposed.
The matter of the boundary line has
been carefully investigated by Prose-
cutting Attorney Brown in conjunction
with the prosecuting attorneys office
in Ferry county and it is conceded that
Okanogan county will have to take up
the prosecution. The trial will come
up in September
Phillips is a half breed Indian who
was born in this county near Bona
parte and whose parents still live
there He is 80 years of age and has
served two years in the penitentiary-
one at WalIa Wal1a for the murder of
a Seattle policeman, and one at KAN
loops for some depreciation committed
in British Columbia.
On the Fourth OF July last year he
was celebrating the occasion at Re-
public and became engaged in a fight
with RaWl Siebert, of that city Meth
er was seriously injured in the en-
counter, but about two weeks later they
met in the woods near the boundary
line of the tw, counties, and Phillips
killed Siebert with rifle The muir
derer escaped into British Columbia
and it was only about six weeks ago
that he was captured
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-07
ADJUSTMENTS
At the M ajestic.

There are no better acts of their
kind to be seen in vaudeville any place
than at the Majestic this week. The
Barrett Trio, did not arrive until yes
terday afternoon and is one of the best
ever brought to this city. who's
Who?" is the title of their latest bunch
of nonsense One of the trio is all
expert whistler while the young wom-
an sang a doll song, initiating five
year old child, to perfection. This
doll song never fails to make a great
hit She also acts the part of a wax
figure and does it in such a realistic
manner that the audience last night
forgot to applaud when she skipped
across the stage. The pictures this
week are exceptionally good. Lester
and Hurlbut made a great hit in their
singing and dancing act. Both are
very clever and have made a study OF
the profession for many years. The
feature of the bill is "Memora," the
young man who has every date in
history, both local and foreign, at
his fingers end. The audiences found
him a little too deep until last night
when they kept him busy telling dates
from 'B. c." to night before last.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-07
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla Walla and vicinity: Showers
this afternoon Fair tonight and
Thursday.
Washington: Showers this afternoon
Fair tonight and Thursday.
Weather Conditions.
The area of high pressure off the
north Pacific coast has moved some
what northward and the low area has
advanced a little to the eastward with
the greatest depression over Alberta
province These changes have not
been sufficient to clear the weather and
rains have prevailed over nearly all of
the Pacific mort Invest with heavy rains
IN northwestern Montana and in Al
herta. Pain has also fallen along the
eastern slope of the Rockies, in the
Ohio valley and the south Arlan..>
states UnseaSonably cool weather
contra in the northern part of the
ROCKY mountain states, and it is
w ~-p2er in California and Nevada. The
indie Aions point to showers this af-
ternoon tor this vicinity, becoming fair
tonight and Thursday
JOHN GROVER, Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-07
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.

At the meeting of the city council
last night the Evening Statesman was
designated as the official newspaper
of the city; and it, in the future, will
carry all the official notices of the ac-
tivities of the municipality The award
was made to the Statesman on merit,
and it is on merit that the Statesman
will endeavOr to retain it.
The appointing of the Evening
Statesman as the official paper is but
another indication of the growth and
development of the paper. 1t is recog-
nized as the leading local daily in the
afternoon field, and as such will do all
in its power to please the public, and
at the same time furnish an unbiased
account of what is transpiring in the
city and abroad The facilities for the
publishing of the paper, as we'll as for
gathering the news, are the best in
this part of the state and the Even
ing Statesman will continue, as here
tofore, to progress and in its progress
sion will do all in its power to build
up the community which supports it.