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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-27
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, Dec N-WHEAT-The wheat
market was firm during early trading to-
prices. The market, however, was bull
fshly affected to some extent by brisk
demand for the cash grain. Commission
houses were the principal bidders. but de-
mand was not extremely urgent. Opening
quotations showed gains of &c to 1xc with
May at 81 IN to $1.11as01.1112 After SELL
ing at $111X, May dropped back to $1.11s@
Liz.
An advance of more than cents in the
December delivery due to a stampede
among shorts was the feature of trading
in the final half Of the day From s1-1S1z
time advanced from 81. 107s@1 II to 81. 1874.
The market reacted materially late in
the session owing to talk of liberal
close was fairly steady with December up
15sc at $1.1S1s. May was 3s@1sc higher at
$1111491. liz.
CORN-Active demand by leading bulls
on initial transactions. The greatest gain
was in the December delivery, which
opened at 637sc to 641Hc. May opened at SIC
to 675sc. After touching 64ssc, December
and then declined to s714@S7%c.
Nearly all the gain was subsequently
lost on profit taking. December selling off
to 63c. The close was steady with Decem-
671sc respectively.
OATS-Oats were firm in sympathy with
wheat and corn. Offerings were light
at 457sc. advanced to 46c and then sold off
to 453zc.
PROVISIONSTrad in provisions
market was firm because of the strength
of grain. Prices at the opening were I'M
changed to 10c higher.
RYECash: soc; DECEMBER. T@S1c.
BARLEY-Cash: 53@70c.
TIMOTHY-March, $S9694o0
CLOVER-March S15.00.
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REMINGTON IS DEAD.
Noted Artist Is Victim of the Sur
geon's Knife.

Ridgefield, Conn, Dec. 27.-Frederic
Remington, the artist. died here Sun
day of appendicitis. after a brief ILL
ness. He was operated on last Thurs
day.
Mr.. Remington had Been in good
health until a week ago, when he re-
marked that he seemed slightly indis-
posed. 1t was not until "Wednesday
he suffered pain in any extent. That
night New York specialist was called
and the next day an operation for APP
pendici.is was performed The patient
seemed to be progressing favorably Fri
day and Saturday, but yesterday
change set in and death came about
$3.50.
Mr.. Remington came here last May
TO make this his permenent residence
He was in his forty-eighth year and
was native of Canton, N. Y, to which
place the body will be taken. The fun
eral service will be in the Universalist
church, Canton. Tuesday. Mr.. Rering-
ton married Miss Eva Cation of Glovers-
willie, N. Y. who survives him.
Frederic Remington went west after
q short apprenticeship as an office clerk
and became cowboy on d ranch. II
was in this western life that he found
the subjects for most of his creations
of pencil and brush.
Cuban scenes also were favorites with
him. He was member of the Nation
al Academy of Design and, in addition
10 his painting, he attained consider
able success as SCULPTOR anu dS tutiOi
of several books on western life. He
studied art at Yale and later in New
York.
Mr.. Reraingtoas father. Col Samuel
p. Remington. was a distinguished sol
der In the civil war and at one time
an editor in Ogdensburg, N. Y. Young
Frederic received his early education
at the Vermont Episcopal institute,
Burlington, VT. from which he entered
Yale The brief business career. which
Sc a Cd m n
view Of his greater desire to become an
Grtist.
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KANSAS IS REPRESENTED
James III. Patten Enrolled in Fight
Against White Slave Trafic

Washington, Dec 27.-Prominently
connected with the agitation over the
white slave traffic now engrossing the
attention of congress and in fact the
whole country Is James H. Patten, a
Kansas young man. Patten is secre-
tary of the Immigration Restriction
league of Boston, which has made an
exhaustive study of the Immigration
question and which has brought to
light vast amount of information re-
garding the insquitous traffic in alien
women.
In addition 10 his duties as secretary
of the league, Mr.. Patten is also its
legislative agent, and for the last two
years he has made his residence in
Washington during the sessions Of
congress. Here he has kept in close
touch with all matters pertaining to
immigration.
Mr.. Patten was born at Spring Hill,
Johnson county, Kansas. in 1877. He
grew to manhood at Paola and at
Kingman. His father, H. H. Patten,
founded the town of Greensburg. or
ganized Kiowa county, and was the
first mayor OF Kingman. For years
he was leader in politics in that part
of the state. Graduating from the
Olathe high school in 1898, Patten en-
tered Kansas university, from which
he graduated in 1896.
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BROTHERS MEET AT LAST
Orphans the EIkins Boys Were Parted
in Infancy.


Charles Elkins of 1908 North Jackson
street met his brother, John Elkins,
who is known as John Pomeroy. of Chi
cago, at the Santa Fe depot last Friday
for the FIRST time since the men were
babies. Mr.. Pomeroy is now visiting at
the home of his brother and will re-
main until after New Years.
At the birth of Pomeroy, who is two
years younger than the brother he is
visiting. the mother of the two boys
died and they were placed in the Home
of the Friend1ess in New York city.
The story of the wanderings Of the
two men who met for the first time in
Topeka Friday is a long story. Charles
Elkins found a home with Clayton
Jacobs of Wayne, Kan. after spending
some time with Nebraska minister.
He resided in Republic county until he
was 20 years of age, at which time he
came to Topeka He has lived here
since and has been enplovod at the
offices of the A. B. Whiting Paint and
Glass company for the last five years.
John Pomeroy or Elkins, was adopted
by NJ. Pomeroy of Holton and lived
there It'll he was 10 years old Then
the g. lily moved to Ottumwa. Ia After
another decade spent in Iowa he went
to Chicago. where he is employed by
the Union Stock Yards company
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REGISTERED TOO FAST.
Money Machines in Pay as You Enter
Cars Taken Out.

Conductors are now taking nickels on
the new pay as you enter cars and after
these fares are collected they are rung
up on a standard register. The new
tangled nickel grabbers which was in
stalled on the cars when they were put
into service are not in evidence. Two
reasons are given for their removal
And because of the removal of these
registers there came a rumor that the
men threatened to strike because the
new registers counted money too rap
idly
Albert Patten, of the local street rail-
way company. says that the registers
were removed because the mechanism
was not properly adjusted for this eli
mate and needed other repairs. Either
ing machine will be installed soon, he
says. No attempt will be made, he
says. to run pay as you enter cars with
out a fare collecting machine.
Street car conductors, however, do not
Rscribe the taking off of the nicke
grabberS to the same cause. Some OF
them say it was because the machines
registered money which was never
placed in the machine and they were
forced to go into their pockets to make
good the deficit. Both Mr.. Patten and
the men deny that there was danger oil
a strike. The conductors say the mat
ter of excess registration was taken III
with the management and the machines
taken off the cars and sent east for re-
pairs.
Meanwhile Topekans are handins
their nickels to the conductor who is 1
great deal easier to do business will
than an automatic nickel grabbing de-
vice
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From childhood he had been at heart
an artist and the latent talent within
him was awakened by the virile west
ern subjects which he encountered after
going west. Returning to New York
with depleted finances. he gained fame
by his strong sketches of cowboy life,
Indians miners, MeXicans and frontier
soldiers. He created a new school and
has done more perhaps than any other
man to perpetuate the wild life incident
to the conquering OF the west. His sub
jects ranged from types on the Cana
dian frontier to the Apache of the
southwestern deserts. His drawings of
western horses are almost without equal
Physically he was Of powerful build
and was in rugged health most of the
time.
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Death of a Veteran.

I. s. Eader, who died December ID
at the National Military home, where
he went for treatment, was twice a
veteran. The remains were brought
to Topeka and the funeral services
held December 20 at the home of his
stepdaughter, Mrs. Charles Miller, EOS
East Eighth avenue. The services at
the home were conducted by the Rev.
F.. N Lynch of the First Methodist
church and the Grand Army exer-
cises took place at the cemetery, con-
Quoted by Past Department Com
mander Charles Harris, assisted by Of
f1cers of G. G. Gage post. of which Mr..
Elder was a member. Mr.. Elder
served all through the War of the Re-
bellion, enlisting again in the Indian
war of 1868 as sergeant Of Company
L. Fourteenth regigent, Kansas Vol
unteer infantry. Mr.. Elder had lived
in Topeka for many years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-27

ing along the construction of a road
through southern Mexico This will
connect with other roads So that it will
be possible to travel from New York
city to the Isthmus of Panama by July
/, next.
This is big step, though only one of
the many which are necessary to com
plete the great Pan-American railroad.
Mr.. Thompson recently resigned the
office of United States ambassador to
Mexico in order that he might become
president OF the Pan-American railway.
He is 55 years of age and self-made
man, who has fought his way to the
top from a humble farm home near
Coldwater. Michigan. Last June he was
given his degree Ii. D., by Milton col
lege Wisconsin.
Mr. Thompson's life has been an
active one, embracing years of railroad
work before he was chosen ambassador
to Mexico. He is heart and soul in the
Pan-American enterprise, which he
feels will eventually bring the nations
of the Americas closer together in bust
ness and sentiment.
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New YORK STOCK Ntarket.

Wall ST., New York, Dec. 27-STOCKs
in ROCK Island today we're 'e Of so sensa-
tional a character as to suggest a corner
in the stock The tone of the whole
by the Rock Island developments and be-
came reactionary. The first sale of Rock
pared pared with AZ on Friday. The price then
between sales G until Until it touched 81. A sud
individual blocks transferred ran as high
as 1000 shares In other parts Of the list
opening gains had been recorded of a point
in Southern Pacific, Louisville and Nash
vile and Wabash and of large fractions
in Anaconda. Pittsburg Coal preferred
and Virginia Carolina Chemical.
Speculation continued in highly. ner-
vous state for while during which the
market was swayed by the sensational
crumbled rapidly to so, which was only
u above where it had left off on Friday.
Other market leaders slumped from to
point fell ~ under last weeks closing.
Amalgamated Copper lost 3as, Wabash
pnd Union Pacfic' consoiidated Gas ana
American Smelling 2. Rock Island jumped
again to 53112. but was supplied again at
ner and caused a quick rebound all
around Pennsylvania rallied 31s, Amalga-
mated Copper 3A and Southern Paciflc 31s:
Rock Island collateral fourS broke from 50
to 49, At II o'clock the market had re-
sumed more normal tone and was quiet:
The recovery caIried NeW YORK r;c CentraI
the rally the trading fell into dizziness in
a desire to await explanations OF the con
| tied down in the neighborhood of 81.
| Bonds were irregular.
The market became very narrow during
concentrated on a few stocks. Havana
Electric bounded up three points, wabash
AND eer and st LOUIS
Sugar and Pacific Mail l. 49,.
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WHERE THE BLAME LIES
Big Postal Deficit Due to Rural De-
livery and Second Glass Matter.

Washington. Dec. 27.-Confronted with
deficit of s17,479,77O. the present admin
istration of the postoffice department
began its operation. This was the larg-
est deficit in the history of the postal
service. So long as the deficit in the
department aggregated only a few mil
lions of dollars annually, little attention
was paid to it; but when, in the last
few years, it leaped to upward of $10,
100000, and finally. in 1909, exceeded
SIT 900, 600, ordinary business prudence
suggested that the causes be definitely
located.
These are statements in the annual
report of Postmaster General H.
Hitchcock. Concerning the results of
inquiries into the deficit, the postmaster
general saws:
! Recent Investigations have shown that
the two great sources of loss to the
postal revenues are second-class mail
matter and rural delivery.
The loss on SecOnd-clasS mail matter
has been increasing for many years,
| ntil it now amc UNITS to $64.000o00.
The loss from rural delivery, a serv-
ice begun hardly a dozen years ago
and Of unprecedented growth, reaches
as high at $4,000, 900.
In these two items alone the postal
service now suffers an annual loss OF
| more than the entire national deficit
of the last fiscal year.
While the two items mentioned repre-
sent postal activities that have undoubt-
edl conferred great benefits on the pub
lie, benefits that should not be mininiz-
ed in the treatment of this subject, the
present state of our national finances
is such as to render desirable an earn
est consideration of their cost.
simultaneously with the growing de-
felt in the postal service, the nations
income suffered last year serious de-
pletion incident to the financial depres-
sion. Thus it happened that the depart
ment's drafts on the treasury were
heaviest at time when the public funds
were lowest. This has accumulated the
Importance of the postal deficit, making
1t conspicuous among the losses to be
met by the presidents plan OF reducing
expenditures in all executive depart
mentS.
Since the opening of the administra-
ton the postmaster general and his as
sistants have adopted measures in con-
formity with the presidents policy of
retrenchment, and these measures are
being put into effect with substantial
results as will be shown in this re-
port.
1t should be stated with emphasis,
however, that economy is not to be en-
forced at the cost of efficiency.
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NORRIS La cRo1x. WAS ROBBED
BY an Error Was Made to Appear as
the Man Apprehended.

Much apology is due Morris La
Croix, Y. NJ. c. A. man from whom
$24 was stolen, whose name was, by
an unfortunate error, given for that
of the thief who robbed him. The
thief is Harry Brown. colored man
who had been employed for months
at the Y. M. C. A. building and who
took the money from La Crooks grip
{ The name of La Croix and the Of
.fense together with the name of Allen
Sawyer, new prisoner. had been
shown the reporter when he asked for
the names of new prisoners at the
county Jail. The robbed instead of
the robber had been jotted down by
the Officer
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the retailer of meats and provisions
If he is asked to retail the best cuts
of the beef and pork to all the wage
earners at 20 cents per pound. as you
must consider that these best cuts are
a very small per cent of every animal
slaughtered. The problem could be
more easily solved, if the people would
earn to use some of the Just as palata-
BILE cuts at one-half the price. some of
the most practical I think do, and if
the culinary departments of our col
leges would take this matter up they
could make themselves very important
factors in solving this question
I remain, yours very respectfully,
F. D. ENTRIKEN
Mcpherson Kan
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Kansas City. Dec. q.
Open High Low Close Fri
Kansas CITY Produce Market.

Kansas City. Dec N-wHEAT-Cash:
Market unchanged. No. 2 hard, N.09a
LA; No. 3, SL6QpI11; No. red, s122@1S;
No. 8, $1TQ122.
CORN-Marlxet unchanged to 1c higher
No. 2 mixed, 64c; No. 3, &c; No white,
&c; No. 3, &C
OATSLMarket unchanged. No. white,
SOTO; No. mixed, 43Q44c.
RYE6SGTOc.
HAY-Market unchanged. Choice tim
othy. $1250d13.00: choice prairie, SO 5d
So
BUTTER-Creamery extras, Sc; firsts
EGGS-Extras, 34c; firsts, &c: current
receipts. Sic; seconds and dirties, &c.
CLOSE: WHEAT-May. s1.064G106ss
coRN@December. eas4c; May. e0s5ci
July 65Ac.
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Two ChiIdren Die by F,re.

Loveland, O., Dec. 27.-Fire early to-
day destroyed the home of l.. Sonnecalf
and caused the death of Rose and Paul
Sonnecalf. aged and 5 years. Stanley
Lever and Cliff Lattimer, professional
ball players, tried to rescue the chill
dren but they were driven from the
house by the flames.
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Aged Woman Doctor Dies.

Rochester N. Y, Dec. 27.-Dr Sarah
woman to take medical degree from an
American college. died at her residence
here today. At the age of q she was
gradua led from the Rochester and Syr-
acuse medical colleges and was appoint
ed inferno in the Blocksley hospital.
Philadelphia For many years Mrs.
Dollay practiced in Rochester.
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ADMIRAL Dewey Is u.

Washington, Dec 27.-Admiral George
Dewey celebrated his seventy-second
birthday anniversary Sunday. The day
was passed without any ceremonial and
except for a flood of kilograms and per-
sonal messages of congratulations moth
ing disturbed the serenity of the
Dewey household The admiral has not
been in especially good health for some
time and therefore all observances were
waived
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1.-THE INMATES OF THE LOWER
STOVE SET FLOOR ON FIRE.
House at 212 Tyler Street Is Slightly
Damaged.

Carelessness on the part of the ten
ants of the two-story house at 212
Tyler street at 11:15 last night caused
floor and into the sides of the build
ing before 1t could be extinguished.
A small gas stove had been placed on
the floor without the customary pro-
lection underneath-thus the fire. The
damage amounted to about $50.
The house was occupied by Charles
r. Chute.
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Radium et Jonlin.

Golden, Colo, Dec 27.-President Vic
tor c. Anderson. of the School of Mines.
left yesterday for Joplin, Mo-, to inves-
tigate reports of discovery Of pitch
blende in the zinc belt contiguous to
that city. A number of samples from
the Joplin district have proved to be
high grade pitch blende- 1t is not
known here in just what part of the
Joplin zinc belt the radium ore has
been found
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Chicaso Produce ,iarket.

Chicago. Dec N.-BUTTER-Market
steady. Creameries, 27@S6c; diaries. $50
EGGS-Markets steady Receipts 4,02S
cases at mark, cases included, 241sQ2S1zc:
firsts. SIC; prime firsts, &c.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, 1910
16s4c; Twins, .16@16Ac; Young Americas.
16Ac; Long Horns, 161kc. 49,
POTATOEsMarket steady. Choice to
fancy, 4S@45c; fancy, 4SQ45c; fair to good,
35@40c.
POULTRY-Market strong. Turkeys.
lie; chickens, he; springs, nc.
VEAL-Market steady. so to 60 Id. WITS,
S@Sc; 50 to So Id. WITS, 9Q10c; IS to no ID.
WITS, 10Q11c.
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THE PRISONERS ARE THANKFUL
Issue Card of Acknowledgment for
Their Christmas Treat.

The prisoners at the county jail are
delighted with the treatment accorded
them Christmas and extend their ap-
probation in a statement handed the
reporter this morning. 1t follows:
Special to the State Journal.
I'VE the inmates of the Shawnee
county Jail appreciate the Christmas
dinner that was served Us by Under
sheriff Bayliss and also the candy and
nuts presented US by Deputy Sheriff
Ben Judkins and his son Buster.
I'VE also thank the Y. M. c. A. for
their Christmas trees and two or three
bushels of nuts which were not pro-
duced to the inmates of the lower cage
and which we had to sing like a Guilipe'
bird for. and We will try to have a
bushel Of crabapples for them next
Christmas.
1.-THE INMATES OF THE LOWER
CAGE"
1t seems the Y. NJ C. A. had promis-
ed the prisoners a quantity of nuts be-
sides bushel of apples and that IN
presenting the apples the Y. M. c. A.
boys asked the colored fellows to give
them song. This singing was not rel
ished by the prisoners who otherwise
enjoyed their holiday treat.
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New york Money Market.

New York, Dec. 27.-MONEY---Money on
call firm, 4a4a5A per, cent; ruling rate 5,
loans quiet and steady; so days, 1904
per cent, and go days AZ per cent, six
months 41z@411 per cent
515 Der cent
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at 81 "a. $500. "a. so
for en- day bills and at S4.S7.40 for demand;
commercial bills, $4.S3A "a 84A-
SILVER-Bar silver, 521xc; Mexican dol
lars, 44c.
bonds Government bonds steady. rail-
road bonds irregular.
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Kansas CIty Live STOCK SaIes.

morning at the Stock Yards Kansas
City, and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State journal by
sion merchants. with offices at all mar
kets.l
Kansas City, Dec. N-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1900 head. Market strong to 10c
higher.
to 1Oc higher. Bulk of sales, IS. &@S. 10;
top, IS. so.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900 head. Market
HORSES AND MULES Receipts 800
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TO PANAMA BY RAIL.
The Trip Will BE Possible by July Of
Next Year.

(By Special Correspondent
Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. 27.-Much has
been said about the Pan-American rail-
road but it is left for few enterprisins
individuals. headed by David E.
Thompson to fight the battles which
are making this great railroad posi-
bility. At present the work is center
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Topeka Hide Market
Quotations furnished by James e s,,,,, n
Hide Co.. 108 East Third Stl

FUR ouorATIoSsMRa Neo;; DEF az r.
prime, Sis to-, zoo; raccoon, medi5n,
prime, Sl-35 to $1.65; raccoon. small an
NO 2, 60c to $780, Opossum, large caseS
10 10 1 6oc to Sc; opossum. medium cased
10 J. 4oc to Soc; opossum, small cased
70 D. ] loc to SOc. Skunk, black, prime
s so % 800; skunk, short prime, 500 to
go; skunk: narrow. prime. 500 to sS.2S:
mink; medium, No. 1, 800 to s5.S: n9inI'
small. No. l. S275 to rs; mink. unnri hns.
siU to ~ Muskrat (winter), 15c to snc..
civIt cat, &c to sc; house cat, Sc to Ia:
FOX gray, Coo to 800; fox red, prime. q x,
70 70 $3.50; wolf prime mountain sal 80 ~
Ss5e; wolf prairie. 75c to 81 so; wild cat r.
2oc TO 95c; beaver. large, each IS 90. beave,,
medium. $3.50 to 500; beaver sniafI e. e
70 200; badger, No. 1, Soc All ofhS-
paqgsrs practically worthless e'
HIDE QUOTATIONS-G. s. cured bt5~~
native. No: rs lie; No. rs 10ikc: , a. 8
cured bull hides, No. rs 10%c; No IS az -
g. 8. cured side brands 40 lbs, mn, ~ ~,
flat; @ g. cured No. hides, &C flat. grs ~
frozen hides. s3zc. sreeh
(Above prices are delivered in TonsL.
hhansas; Hide prices are for week eisdinr
Grain Market.
lFurnished by J. B. Billiard. corner Ra
sas ave. and Curtis ST.
Topeka. Kan, Dec. =
CORN-5Sc
OATS-3S04oc.
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80; southern steers, s4oo@s.25; southern
COWS. S.5oqe4S: bulls 5000 70; native
Feeders, So. 800 Is; calves, $3.75@S. IS; west
ern steers. $400@650; western cows, s.. 80
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market 18c high
er Bulk Of sales, s. 1oGS.46: heavy. s. 100
100; packers and butchers $S.5@S.50; light,
s. .0O@8.36 pigs, $6.5O@7 So
SHEEPc-Receipts 1900. Market 10000
higher. Muttons, $4.40Q575; lambs, IS go
$4.oOQ7.0o; fed western ewes. $425Q6. Is.