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Remains of Memphis Woman to Rest
in Vault Here Temporarily.

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Dur
ward of Memphis. Tenn. who died yes
terday morning at Sibley Hospital. will
be held tomorrow afternoon at = O'Clock
at the apartment of her sister, Mrs.
Joseph f. Gotta, in. the Montgomery,
North Capitol street. The remains will
be placed temporarily in a receiving vault
and later sent to New Orleans for inter-
ment.
Mrs. Durward was sixty-six years of
age and a native of Glasgow. Scotland.
She lived in New Orleans for many years.
For several years past she had resided in
Memphis with her son. II. F. Durward.
night editor of the Associated Press, who
is now in this city.
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Joyous Jennie Thinkers.
TREASURY STATEMENT.

The condition of the Treasury at the
beginning of business today was as fol-
lows:
Trust funds-God coin. 1851 ,267, 1863;
silver dollars, $4S5,964 silver dollars of
1890. ST. l53; silver certificates, $4S5, 1854
General fund-Standard silver dollars in
general fund, $685. $50; current liabilities,
$1O636O, IT,; working balance in Treasury
offices. So, S53.954: In banks to credit of
treasurer of the United States, Sal, lib,
80; subsidiary silver coin. SIG Ia, 5O7 ;
minor coin. $2,176, 1913: total balance in
general fund, $1O2,6l1, 115.
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LIVERPOOL Grain Prices.
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. August 13.-Butter-Firm
receipts. 6761 pounds; creamery extras
Cheese-Steady; receipts. 2,O66 pounds
unchanged.
Eggs-Easy; receipts, 1865 crates
state. Pennsylvania and nearby. selected
white hennery, fancy, 29a31; state Penn
sylvania and nearby gathered whites, Odd
20; western firsts, 211ha23.
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BALTIMORE GRAIN.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, August 13.-WHEAT-
Firm: spot contract 1.O3&: spot No. red
western. 1.O6N; August, od dosA: September r
bushels: southern by sample. 92al 20; southern
on grade, GOAL 03.
CoRN-Quiet: spot contract, 1871; year, 3d.
receipts. 9.17S bushels.
OATS-Easier: new No. white. 44a44Ia; new
No white, 421.a431a; new No. mixed, Al 2a
AZ: receipts. 1920 bushels.
RYE-Steady; No. 2 western domestic. 76a77
receipts, 15H bushels.
HAY-Steady. unchanged.
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WILL LAY TRACKS SOON.
Contract Let for Washington, SIP,
Springs and Gretta Road.

President 8. 8. Yoder of the Washing
ton, Spa Springs and Gretta Railroad
Company announced this morning tina,
the building of the road from 18th and H
streets northeast to Berwyn Heights, Md
will be begun shortly.
Mr. Yoder stated that the contract for
the construction of the road has been let
to Harry A. Allen & Co. of Chicago. The
line will run a distance of about nine
miles and will enter the District by way
of the Bladensburg road. 1t will run
through Bladensburg and thence to East
Riverdale and Berwyn Heights
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, August 13.-Leading COM
mission houses gave the wheat market
moderate support today which caused
fair rally following considerable weakness
at the opening. Prices at the opening
were Il higher to asais lower. september
being at 971s to ora and December at
941s to 95. September dropped to 9''sa9'a
in the first few minutes. but quickly ad-
vanced again to around 911s. December
held within the opening range for time.
Weak cables, liberal local receipts ana
additional rain in parts of the corn belt
caused weakness in the corn market early
in the session. Prices at the start were
&c higher to iac lower. September being
al "a to 641ls. After selling off to 1874 the
price of September advanced to 64A.
The feature of trading in the oats pit
early in the day was the buying of the
May delivery by country houses ana
shorts. September opened shade lower
to 1sc higher at 367sa37 to 3Iis and ad-
vanced to 37Iss1L Trade in provisions
was quiet Opening quotations were 2i:c
higher to 10c lower
Wheat-Sentiment became more bullish
as trading progressed. feature of trad
ing was the purchase of line of Decem-
Der wheat, estimated at 3,OO0,OOO bushels,
by a former bull leader. Late in the day
September advanced to 9S7s and December
to 96. The close was strong at almost
the top. with September up 1al1s at !,sss
a9Ss4, and December Mas higher at ?5h.
The corn market rallied, with wheat
sentiment in the pit becoming decidedly
bullish late in the session. September
advanced to 65is The close was strong.
with September up q at 65c.
Close: neutrality-suspicious.. 9Sssa9Ss4: De-
cember, 95a4; May, 99ss.
Corn-September, IS; December. 5alsa
54A: May, 551s.
Oats-september, 371s: December. 375s:
May, 1913.
Pork-September, $3.50; January. 1890.
Lard-Septernber,' II .4Oa11 1917: October.
11.35: November. 100; January. ?97h:
Ribs-september, lilo; October. 1o.sa,a:
January S.95aS.971a.
Rye-Cash. 7Oa71: September. 20.
Barley-Cash. 47a67.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 3.65a37o; October,
3.6Oa31O.
Clover-Cash. 11.6O; March, 1910.
New York Grain Prices.
NEW YORK. August 13.-Flour-Re-
ceipts, 15.439 barrels: sales, $500 barrels.
Unsettled. with quiet trade.
Wheat-Receipts, 1000 bushels. Com
mission houses were fair sellers of wheat
this morning. and prices eased off about
PC at the start. September. 1.O5s4 l. O6ss:
December. 1.0isa .O3R.
Rye-Dul: new No. . western, rs;
nominal f. o. b. New York.
Corn-Receipts none.
Beef-Steady.
Liverpool Grain Prices.
LIVERPOOL, August 13.-Wheat-Spot
No. red western winter nominal; fuS
lures steady; September IS Ad, December,
IS 71sd: March, IS 6lsd.
Corn-Spot. new American mixed Wia
Galveston), steady, 6s I'd: futures quiet;
September, rs 4d: October. IS 4s4d.
Hops-At London Pacific COAST, firm,
lbs
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Government Securities.
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. August 13.-The cotton
market opened easy at decline of 4a15
points in response to lower cables, re-
ports of rain in Texas, realizing by recent
buyers and renewal of bear pressure
The market soon firmed up on general
buying, and. after rallying to within or
8 points of last nights finals, ruled rather
Quiet during the middle of the morning.
Futures opened easy. August 1885
asked; September 12.38 asked; October.
1924; December. 12.21; January, 1915;
March, 1918; May, 1918.
The market was weak and unsettled
during the late forenoon on indications of
an increase in the new crop movement
owing to larger receipts reported at Hous-
ton and the Texas detailed report showing
rains at a number of points in that state.
There was little bull support in evidence
and prices sold off to a net loss of 21a22
points, under bear pressure and liquida-
ton.
Spot quiet; middling uplands, 1850; mid
ding gulf, 12.S5.
Estimated receipts at the ports today,
LOO bales, against 1879 last week and
5,3o3 last year. For the week, 10000 bales
against 9,O5S bales last week and 2i,O3S
last year. Today's receipts at New Or
leans. AZ bales, against 5O2 last year,
and at Houston. 1854 bales, against 2,6SJ
last year.
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Naturally.

From the Wasp.
81 was mimicking Prof. Bore yesterday
and he caught me-"
What did he say
Told me to stop making a fool of my
self"
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Saes.-Regular call. ~ O'Clock nonn-Washing-
ton hwy. and Elec. A, 81 600 At $50
z, omn Electric Cons. 5s, $1,000 at 1885.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone IS 81 900
at lOa. $1,000 at 1O3. 81 900 at los.
sMasningten hwy and Elec. pfd.. so at o.
Mergenthaler Linotype. : Mt 21;,
Lanston Monotype loo at lGa.' II at II. 100
az ado loa 30 100 at 1884, 100 at 1Sai 100 at 1881.
After cal-Lanston Monotype 100 At 1885,
100 at 1875. 100 at 161s, 100 at 1874 100 at
los: 2oo at 1875. 80 at 167s 100 at 1915 400
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FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, August 13.-Bullion amount
ing TO G5S,OOO was taken into ,ba
Bank of England on balance today
PARIS, August 13.-Closing: Three
per cent rentes. 9s francs ~ centimes
for the account.
Exchange on London. % francs Ish
confines for checks.
BERLIN. August 13-Exchanee on
checks. ~
Money. per cent. Private rate of
discount, !. per cent
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Bar silver. steady. % led per ounce.
Money Ian per cent.
The rate Of discount 10 the open market for
short bills Is lAa1S pcr cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for
three month bills is I-i6slis per cent.
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL, August 13.-Closing: Cot
ton-Spot, moderate business done; prices
3 points higher; American middling, fair
1926: good middling, $50: middling, 672;
low middling, 6.54: good ordinary, 6.2S;
ordinary. SOB. The sales of the day were
1000 bales. of which 100 bales were for
speculation and included $500 American
Receipts, 1000 bales, including 300 Amer
lean. Futures opened steady and closed
weak. August, 6.531.: August-September,
q 431s; September-October. $40; October
November. 6.39s: November December
639: observation-disclosures, $50: January
February, $50; February March. $50;
March-April. 6.3Sla; April-May, $50 May
June, 6.3s; June-July. 6.371a; July-Ausust
63R
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The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., bank
ers and brokers. Hibbs building. members
New York Stock Exchange. Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of
Trade
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Another rabid dog was shot In the bust
ness section OF Lynchburg, Va. by
policeman after the dog had been chased
for two miles. During the chase the
dog was seen to bite more than ten other
CANNES which chased him on his run.
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished by F.. +. Hutton & Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange; Thomas L.
Hume manager 1901 Il st. NV
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-22
SIGoURNE Y.

Sigourney-Al Brolliar was over
from HedriclS Friday.
Fred Fishburn spent few days al
home last week. He and Chas. Utter-
back took trip up north.
Friends here will be glad to know
that Fay Club, son Of Calder Club,
is making good at his work in Sioux
City. He is in wholesale hardware
store there and Is chief billing clerk.
G. A. Schilling and wife OF Sortl.-
English, spent Friday here with her
mother Mrs. Welsch.
James w. Jones of Ollie, was trans
acting business here Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown and little
daughter returned to their home in
Eft. Madison after short visit here.
Miss Grace Farmer came from Os-
kaloosa for visit with her parents.
Mrs. Fischer. sister of Mrs. Bruins,
and granddaughter came this week
from New Mexico for visit.
Lon Pfaff has been suffering with n
poisoned knee, which he got while
playing ball in Washington.
Dan Devine went to North English
Friday looking after business.
John Mitts and Grant Raglan were in
Ottumwa Friday on business
Mrs. s. Il. Praff and children return
ed to their home in Arkansas after a
visit here at the home Of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Page.
Mrs. Richards went to Webster Frs
day to visit with her mother.
Harry Bland returned to his homo
in Ottumwa Friday after a visit here
| with his sisters.
J. F. Priest was a Hayesville visitor
| Friday.
Ray schiling went to Hedr.ck thia
| week for a visit.
Mrs. b. c. Kelly was up town Nom
day morning and Is improving rapidly.
| Col. Mackey is confined to his horna
and is very weak.
| Mrs. Grace Hadley and daughter
Helen are visiting here at the Woodin
home.
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DlssOLvEs INJUNCTION

Eddyville. July 2O.-(speciaD The
temporary Injunction granted Mayor
w. L. Hays on June 16 restraining
the members of the Eddyville town
council from interfering with or
changing the appointees of the mayor
has been dissolved by Judge D. M. An.
derson Of Abba, after having the case
under advisement for some days. On
May the mayor appointed the regu.
lar standing committees of the town
council, but ON June 7. by unanimous
vote of the council the proceedings
of the previous meeting relating 70
and the appointment of the standing
committees was stricken from the
minutes and the minutes otherwise ap-
proved.
The question therefore arose as o
whether the street and alley commit
tee headed by R. ] Oldham, or the
same committee with VIM. M. Stubar
at the head was the legal committee,
SO according to the latee decision R ].
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BIRMINGHAM.

Birmingham-Mrs. David HOFFMAN
was quite i'll the past week, being pois-g
Toned by eating Ice cream.
Isiah Robson was taken suddenly
i'll Thursday morning at his home
with heart disease.
Mrs. Beardsley was called to New
Virginia Saturday by the death Of her,
brother
Will Spencer wife and mother of,
Stockport spent Sunday at the S. b.
Shott home.
John N. Hearne is preparing to,
thoroughly overhaul his residence and
expects to begin the latter part Of this
month.
Mrs. Webb Barker visited her sis
ter and other relatives here last week.
Mrs. Jones moves to Madison this
week make her home.
Little Nellie Shot was taken suns
denly Ill Friday night at her home in
North Birmingham.
Miss Esther Burch spent over Sunr
day at Stockport with Miss Maudes
Johnston.
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corporations do not always make
money. A corporation is simply an
organization that is liable to all laws
of failure and its success is just as
dependent on good management as Is
the private firm.
There are some corporations max
Ing money, some just managing to
keep even and hoping for better sales
and profits, some are failing and some
the owners know are going to fail I'M
less expenses can be reduced.
The investment of money in bust
ness enterprises should never be dis
couraged, nor should those enterprises
be oppressed unnecessarily. If stock
holders are making big dividends
then it would seem that the more di
rect way to get at them would be to
tax their income That would lie
making the proprietor pay in proper
ton to what he gets.
To levy tax on the corporation
would very likely result in making
the workingman pay the tax. It woult
be practical excuse to keep from
raising the employees wages.
The man who has no money car
get it honestly only by working for 1t
To get work he must go where some
one needs his services. Who is@i
that needs the service of the working
man?
1t is the man who has the nerve tt
invest his own money and what Ii,
can borrow in line Of business tina
gives employment.
That is the man who needs encour
aSemont Almost every institution
that is employing labor in this coun
try has at some time in its histor.
had some mighty dark days. Only the
man who has had to dig and worry II
pay his bills for material-bills tina
came due the same day that the pa.
roll had to be met-can realize wha
some of his neighbors are up against
| Men who have never had any ex
perience in practical business lif,
should, before they make laws bind
ing upon business institutions, get tht
advice Of those who have successful
business record.
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KANSAS AGAINST
The TAFT Plan
INCOME TAX is PREFERRED OVER
THE CORPORATION TAX PLAN
IN THAT STATE.

Topeka July 20.-Kansas does not
take kindly to the corporation tax
scheme backed by President Taft and
Senator Aldrich. Aside from side
tracking the income tax, which is pop
ular in Kansas, the people here believe
that it discriminates in the laying of
taxes. The entire Kansas delegation
can break with the administration
and vote against the corporation tax
law and not hurt themselves at home
Since prosperity hit the state the
farmers have been investing a portion
of their surplus in corporation stocks.
mostly home stocks. Some of them
have bought railroad and industrial
stocks of the east, but the bulk of
Kansas money has gone into home
corporations. For this reason tax
on corporation profits hits a tender
spot out here.
Thinks Big Bondhoders Escape.
II have not given the matter much
consideration" said Gov. Stubs, but
it looks to me as if the scheme was
not feasible-certainly not as feasible
as an income tax.
''The corporation tax catches people
with small incomes who are unable to
stand the drain of taxation, while II
does not strike the bondholder and
the promoter who really should be
compelled to pay tax on their in
comes"
The income tax amendment will
carry almost unanimously In Kansas.
1t always has been popular out here,
perhaps because the people have fig
ured that it would hit the idle rich of
the east. Still an income tax will yield
much revenue from Kansas from now
on.
Big Revenue Seen in Inheritance Tax.
The state tax commission figures
that the inheritance tax will within
the next five years net the state a half
million or more in taxes annually
When congress was planning to put a
federal tax on inheritances last winter
| the Kansas legislature instructed It's
delegation in congress to work and
vote against the bill. Most other
states Of the union did the same
thing.
The reason was that the Legislators
wanted the inheritance reserved fol
the states. Attorney General Jackson
insists that the corporation tax should
also be reserved to the states, and be
lieves that IL the state legislatures
were now in session congress would
| hear from them in no uncertain tones
! The advantage the proposed taa
would give the individual merchant
| or manufacturer over his competition
who happened to run a company store
or factory is the chief objection Kan
sas people have to the scheme.
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w. ]. Pilkington, the editor of the
Merchants Trade Journal of Des
Moines, was given absolute control OF
all the stores in Dexter Ia, for an ex-
tended period in which to conduct an
experiment as to the value of modern
business methods in the stores Of a
country town. The business men OF
the town, realizing that they had
everything to gain from the expert
ment, lent their assistance. The re
port for the month Of June shows that
the Pilkington plan is a success. The
total business for that month showed
an increase of 1S1 per cent or $2,33S6e
for eight stores over the correspond
ing month Of last year. A grocer's
business showed an increase Of So pei
cent, a hardware man 80 per cent. 6
drug store and general merchandise
store rs per cent each. Modern bust
ness methods will increase the bust
ness of any concern
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-22

The volume of business done in OF
tumwa is ever increasing and expand
ing. Ottumwa's business men are
continually extending their trade ter
ritory and are reaching out and bring
ing to this city new and desirable pa
tronage. This splendid increase is due
to the aggressive spirit of some of OF
tumwa's institutions. Its retail mer-
chants have the best bargains offered
by any stores in the country, and they
let the people know of these bar
gains. The fact that goods can be
bought cheap amounts to nothing I'M
less those who want to buy are told
of it. That is where the newspaper Is
useful. The Courier has nearly $4,000
circulation N this part of Iowa and
through it the families of the central
part of southern Iowa are kept inform.
ed as to the bargains to be found in
Ottumwa stores. Ottumwa Is growing
and 30 is it's business.
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SOLID TRAIN
OF SPREADERS
LlTcHFIELD MACHINES PASS
THROUGH oTTUMWA ON
SPECIAL.

The caliope whistles footing all the
notes in the scale, attracted large
number of people to the Milwaukee
freight yards this morning about 8
o'clock to see the cause of the I'M
usual noise. An immense train loaded
entirely with the Litchfield Manure
Spreaders on its tour from the factory
at Waterloo to it's agents Parlin and
Orendorff, at Kansas City was respon-
sible for the excitement. Two of the
Milwaukee's engines were coupled to
the large train which consisted OF
twenty-six cars all loaded with the
spreaders. A demonstration car and
caboose completed the train. The
large engine In the lead of the train
was decked out I'M the national colors
and carried pendants with the initials
of the firm. The cars were likewise
hammered in large lettered signs SO
that those who saw the train pass
at great speed might see what was
being carried. An open or fiat car at
the rear of the train bore number
Of the machines that were open to
view and were used for demonstration
purposes. On this car the steam cal
iope was quartered and filled the air
with its shrill notes apprising the ma
tives along the line that something
was doing. The train stops enroute
at each station and will reach Kansas
City tomorrow afternoon. The special
arrived here late last night.
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FosTER's WEATHER
BULLETIN
Copyrighted 1909 by w, T.
Foster.)

Washington, D. c., July 17.-Last
bulletin gave forecast of disturbance to
cross continent IA to 1S, warm wave
13 to II, cool wave 16 to 90. This
was expected to be the most severe
disturbance of the month, the severe
weather to cover five days in crossing
the continent and the most severe
storms to occur within the week of
which July II is central day.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about 20, cross Pacific slope by
close of 81, great central valleys
longitude los to S5-about % to "a,
eastern parts of the continent 25.
Warm wave will cross Pacific slope
about 20, great central valleys %,
eastern states "a. Cool wave will
cross Pacific slope about %, great
central valleys %, eastern states 27.
Moderate temperatures will prevail
during the transcontinental passage Of
this disturbance. Rains will be mod
crate and in many places below the
usual amount, with tendency to dry
weather. In front of the storm center
temperatures will go considerably
higher from "a to 26 and then go to
about normal again. Force of the
weather events will increase "a to 26
and after the cool wave passes a great
rise in temperature, with some very
uncomfortably hot weather may be ex-
lpected.
Next bulletin will give general fore
casts of August weather and will be
very important bulletin. l have not
yet made out detailed calculations for
August-these bulletins are written
two weeks before they are published
but August will make or unmake the
corn crop and have much to do with
maturing Of flax and spring wheat.
l will not be able to give dates of
the first killing frosts till about the
middle of August but the usually cool
dates in August will be given in next
bulletin. Up to June the crops prom
Used will except too much rain in some
sections south Of parallel 40.
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DAMAGES SOUGHT
BY A W O M AN
NANCY j. JONES SUES THE TOWN
OF AGENCY FOR
$4,000.

Claiming that she received severe
personal injuries as result of the
careiessness Of the officials of the
town of Agency City in not keeping a
sidewalk in proper repair, Nancy Jones
has filed suit with Clerk George
Phillips asking for damages in the
amount of $4,000. Mrs. Jones puts
forth in the petition that at about 1880
o'clock September 25, 1907, while she
was making her way along the street
she accidently stepped into hole in
the sidewalk, wrenching her foot and
ankle SO badly that the use of her left
foot was permanently impaired, and
that she is unable to go about her reg
ular household work In the usual man
ner. On the grounds that, the town
authorities had sufficient time to fly
the walk from the time 1t broke until
the time of the accident, and because
the hole was not fenced in to prevent
mishaps, nor light displayed to war;
the public Of danger, Mrs. Jones asks
for judgment in the sum of $4,000.