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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
Evidence.

-
His wife married him to reform
him."
And she succeeded, didn't she?'
ct don't know; didn't know him
before he was married.
Neither did /; but you can see
that he don't amount to anything
now
Use Aliens Foot-Ease.
1t is the only relief for Swollen Smart
ing, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Drug
gists and Shoe Stores, Csc Don't accept
any substitute. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
No, Not Nervous.
''They say he has degenerated into
a panhandling bum"
That's true. He is now nothing
but a nervy wreck"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
Flies.

God bless the man who first invent
ed screens, and God pity the man who
is too indolent or Indifferent to place
them between his family and the
spreaders Of deadly disease. There is
absolutely no excuse for the man or
woman whose place of habitation
swarms with flies and whines with
the voices of mosquitoes. They can
be kept out, and 25 cents spent in
keeping them out is equivalent to
keeping out a doctor who would cost
s25, or possibly to keeping out much
less welcome visitor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
cutieura Proved Successful.


About two years ago my eyes got
In such a condition that I was unable.
to go about They were terribly in
famed, both the balls and lids. 4
tried home remedies without relief.
Then I decided to go to our family
physician, but he didn't help them.
Then I tried two more of our most
prominent physicians, but my eyes
grew continually worse. At this time
friend of mine advised me to try
Cuticura Ointment, and after using it
about one week my eyes were con-
siderably improved, and in two weeks
they were almost well. They have
never given me any trouble since and
I am now sixty-five years old 1 shall
always praise Cuticura. G. B. Halsey.
Mouth of Wilson, Va, Apr. 4, 190S.",
Potter Drug s. Chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04
The Place
The Price
THE MAN OF THE HOUR
FurS! FurS!
Ideal Xmas Gifts

And right now is the time to buy, the stock
both for women, misses and children is most
complete.
Beautiful Mink Sets with large bag mufrs scy-
eral styles Of scarfs to match set made of choice
lustrous skins. the entire set satin lined with
head and tail trimmings. ranging in price from
$500 to $4,000. Popular line of furs In the
Majestic Fox. Lynx. Brook Mink and French
Concy; large rug muffs, with shawl collars
shawl linings dozens OF styles to choose from at
the following prices; $500 $780, 1926. $3.50
$500, $3.50, $4,000 and up to $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON, December Reconsideration
OF the political situation kept the stoca
market in d dull state during the early
part of the week. but the action Of the
house of lords in rejecting the budget
seemed to please operators generally and
caused bears to cover freely In gilt-edged
securities. Local investors bought in the
hope that the unionst government will
be returned, and with support from con-
tinental houses consols gained full
point during the week and other gilt
edged securities advanced proportion
ately.
Foreign bonds and foreign railroad
shares continued steadily upward. Colom-
bians, however, were notable exception,
falling about seven points on fears that
the interest on the January coupons will
not be met.
Early in the week the tendency in the
American section was uncertain and IT.
regular. Fears OF an unfavorable presi-
Dental message, uncertainty regarding
the copper situation and the switchmens
strike more than offset feeble and dull
support out today less apprehension re-
Sarding President Tafts message caused
a fair recovery and made final quotations
from a point higher TO TWO lower than
last Saturday.
Although the easier monetary situation
warrants reduction in the bank rate,
the directors again deemed it advisable
10 maintain at per cent, in view or the
political crisis Their action is con-
sidered necessary I'm view of the revived
Indian and Icy ptian demands for gold
and possible Argentine Withdrawals. while
Ihe year end and election requirements
viii also help deplete the banks reserve
BERLIN, December 4.-Prices continued
strong on the bourse today on favorable
New York advices
PARIS, December 4.-Prices were firm
on the bourse today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
New Orleans Cotton Market.

NEW ORLEANS, December 4-Spot
cotton steady, lie higher. Middling
IA 7-16c Sales on the spot. 200 bales
to arrive, $40 bales.
Futures opened steady at an advance
Of two to four points on better cables
than expected. The sentiment of the
market was bullish from the opening but
what looked like quiet liquidation from
big longs held prices down. Much bullish
comment was made over the showing of
the weekly statistics, and the report from
the National Ginners' Association of s..
$780, 600 bales ginned to December !, at
tracted much attention and caused some
nervousness among bears.
The light movement was brought into
prominence by the weather forecast,
everywhere in the. belt over Sunday:
Such conditions may have the effect of
causing the movement to become even
smaller. At the highest prices were
e to points over yesterday. The clos
ing was steady at a net advance of
to points.
Futures this week closed 13 to 20 points
higher than last weeks closing. December
being the strongest month and making
gain of exactly a dollar bale. The rise
in this delivery was one Of the main fea-
lures OF the week and led to talk of a
corner. On investigation 1t was found
that the leading bear house in this mar
ker had quietly absorbed all the Decem-
up the actual cotton. During the entire
week December sold over one-quarter of
cent higher than the price of middlins
spots. The week was given up to est;-
mates of what the census bureau report
on ginning up to December 1 and the
government estimate of the crop would
be for the first report the trade generally
seemed to expect about 100000 bales,
and for the second figures we'll below
II, OOO. 600 bales. These bullish expecta-
tons were the main cause for the adj
vance.
In the spot market prices advanced
3-16c over last week, middling closing at
IA TIC. as compared with 14A last week
and 1916 last year. Sales on the spot
totaled $50 bales. against 2,O55 last
week; sales to arrive amounted to 1870
bales, against 575 last week. The demand
was poor and offerings light the week
through.
Futures closed steady. Closing bids: De-
cember, 14.72; January. 1485; March,
1913: May. 1885: July. 1912; September,
3.43; October. 1898
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, December 4.-F1our-Re-
ceipts, 2e,449 barrels. Exports. 1888 bar
rels. Dull, at the old level Of prices
Minnesota patent, 5.35a5.55; Minnesota
bakers. 4.tOa4s5: winter patents. 5.35a
$40: winter straights. 5.20a5.3O; winter
extras. 430a4.SO; winter low grades. 4.20a
40: Kansas straights. 4s5a5.Oo; Rye
-four quiet; fair to good, 42Oa425; choice
to fancy. 4.3Oa4.5O.
Buckwheat Flour-Dull; bulk. 40,
nominal. per 100 lbs.
Cornmeal-Steady: fine white and vel
$50.
Rye-Steady: No. western, s2A.
nominal. t. o. b. New York.
Barley-Quiet: feeding, e3a6S. nominal
C. I. T. New York.
Wheat-Receipts, 10000 bushels: spot
domestic elevator: No. red. 1.24l2'
nominal. f. o. b.. af1oat; No. ] northern
Duluth, 1.11A, nominal, f. o: b.. anoat'
No hard winter, 1884, nominal. +. o. D..
afioat. The wheat market was easy, un-
der lower cables, favorable Argentine
news and selling by commission houses
on, prospects of the early settlement OF
the strike, although December was HrIh
on short covering and light offerings.
The close was Ac net higher to re lower
1.12ka1.12 1915: closed, 1.121s; July,
1.4 9-16a1. O4ts: closed, 1.O45s.
Corn-Receipts, 1900 bushels: exports,
500 bushels. Spot. barely steady; No. =,
nal, delivered and 81 asked. fob. afioat:
No. yellow, nominal. Option market
was without transactions. closing "A to z
net lower. December closed 6S1s; May
closed 691s.
steady: mixed. o6a32 lbs. nominal; natu-
raj white, 26a32 lbs. 43laa46; clipped
white. 34a42 lbs. 46a4S.
Option market was without transac-
tons, closing unchanged; May closed
47s4.
Hay-Firm.
Hops-Dull. :,
Hides-Quiet. Leather firm; acid,
22a3O.
Wool-steady; domestic. 36a31:
Beef-Quiet; family. 15.0Oa1,.a: mess.
II .5oa12OO: beef hams. A.O0a26 CO.
packet, 12.Ooa12.5o; city extra India mess
q. OOa23.OO.
Cut Meats-steady; picked bellies, 13s4a
14A picked hams, 13a1314.
Lard-Easy; middle west la.ooa -. 90 20.
Refined barely steady; continent, l4.3o;
S. A., 1900: compound. 9&alO.
Pork-Steady; family. 26.O0a27.OO; short
clears, 24.5Oa2650 mess, 25.2oa2o.75.
Tallow-Steady: city (s2 per pkgo' o1a'
country (pkgs. free), 6a6sl.
Cottonseed Oil-Irregular; prime crude
5SOa5.S5; do. yellow, 5.15a5.S5; March
6.99a7.O
Petroleum-Steady; refined New York,
sos: Philadelphia and Baltimore, sos;
do, in bulk, 4.55.
Rosin-Quet; strained, common to good.
415a4.2O.
Turpentine-Steady 561a.
Rice-Steady: domestic. 2ha7; Patna,
51aa6.
Molasses-Firm; New Orleans open ket
tie, good to choice, 28a42.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining, 3.S1
centrifugal, 96 test, 4.31; molasses sugar,
3.56: refined steady: No. 8, AIS; No. Z,
40; No. s, 4.65; No. 0. AGO: No. TO- 4.55;
No. IL, 40: No II. AS; No Ii, 4.40: No.
IA, 40: confectioners a. sos; mould A.
$50: cut loaf, Cos: crushed. b.95: pow
dered, 5.35; granulated. 5.25; cubes, $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
Morgan's Equitable Purchase.

The industrial list has been somewhat
under the hammer. and for no reason
that anybody could understand unless it
be that there were more weak bull ac-
counts than anybody knew Of The
equipment stocks in particular are looked
upon as the very cheapest things on the
whole list, yet they too suffered with the
rest. Car Foundry is one of the choicest
of the equipment stocks, yet it lost q
points in week, although certain to go
on 5 per cent basis early next year
1t is earning nearly 20 per cent, has a
surplus of about S1S,Oo0.0oo. OF which
$40 O00,O is in cash, and will build it's
big new plant at Gary without having to
do a cent Of financing. That expenditure
will hardly make hole in its treasury
balance, and will increase capacity about
30 per cent.
A robust and persistent report stalks
through Wall street that the purchase of
Thomas Fortune RyanS stock In the
Equitable Life Assurance Company by
Mr.. J. p. Morgan was not for his own
account but for the account of Jimmie
Hazen Hyde. and that that young man
will in the no distant future come back
into HIS own and take formal manage
ment of the great insurance company
Mr.. Hyde sold his stock to Mr.. Ryan in
1905. with a five-year redemption clause,
under the terms of which he could buy
back his 5O2 shares at any time Withln
five years from July, 1905, at the same
price he sold at plus per cent interest.
This option expires next July.
Insurance men and close watching
bankers are saying among themselves
that Mr.. Morgan would not be taking
over the stock from Mr.. Ryan with
seven months Of that redemption clause
still unexpired. Very little has been
heard Of Mr.. Hyde lately. He has evil
IDENTIFY been pursuing quiet paths in gay
Paree and elsewhere, and the rumor is
that when he returns to New York he
will be very much chastened and sea-
soned man-entirely different from the
frivolous society beau he was at the time
of the great insurance expose.
w. G. n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
NEW YORK FRUIT MARKET.

NEW YORK, December 4.-Evapo-
rated apples are quiet, but prices are
tirmer with small offerings, December
delivery being quoted at 71aa7es: fancy
now crop on the spot are quoted at 1o;sa
Ilir, prime at ~, old crop prime at 714a
-. Prunes are quiet but firm, with
small stocks. Quotations range from
2a.a9 for California up to 30-4O's and Gas
for Oregons. Aprcots are firm. but
trading is quiet. with small demand.
Choice, 11ssa11h; extra choice, 111sa12;
fancy. 12l4a1312. Peaches are inactive
but firm on the light stocks. Choice are
quoted at 8AaT: extra choice, 7a7ls;
fancy 14aS. R6isins are steady, with
a quiet jobbing trade, and prices are
Influenced by reports from the coast.
Loose muscatel are quoted at 4a5la.
Choice seeded at 5ha6a4: seedless, 3ka5:
London layers. 1.171sa1.3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
New York Live Stock Market.

NEW YORK. December 4.-Beeves-Re-
ceipts, 2.021: nothing doing: feeling easy
Dressed beef slow. Liverpool and Lon
don cattle markets steady. Exports,
6l5 cattle and $3.50 quarters of beef
Calves-Receipts. 794; nominally steady
for all sorts. Dressed calves slow, but
steady at yesterdays quotations
Sheep and lambs-Recetpts. 344O; sheep
steady: lambs weak. Sheep, 800 to
4. 80; lambs, 7.25 to $50: culls, $50.
Hogs-Receipts, 5.131. Nominally steady
at S25 to $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
Manchester Cloth Market.

MANCHESTER, December 4-The
stagnation in the cloth market is becom-
ing more pronounced, and the trade Is
faced by situation unknown In many
years. The turnover is confined to par
cells of fancy description, where makers
give concessions In order to keep the ma
chinery working. Values show CONSIDER
q bIe irrepularitY Yarns are only sold in
retail lots at about unchanged quota
lions. Stocks continue to accumulate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
observation-disclosures
Market Out of Harmony With
Business Conditions.
COPPER WEAKENS STOCKS
Standard Stocks Not on the Beg
ging List.
ROCK ISLAND-FRISCO DEAL
Renewed Gossip Over Extension of
System to Atlantic Seaboard.
Industrials Under Hammer:
ROCK ISLAND-FRISCO DEAL
,ccial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK. December 4, 1909.
The stock market is still somewhat out of
harmony with business conditions and de-
velopments. Solvent people who are In the
thick of actualities are in every way sat
isfied with the business and industrial
situation. Every wheel is turning and
books are full of orders. There are few
localities where the merchant and the
manufacturer cannot get ample accom-
modations from the banks at reasonable
rates and for such time terms as may be
desired. Broadly put trade and money
conditions leave little to be desired by
those whose demands and expectations
are within reason.
In the stock market, however, matters
are not running along quite as evenly
satisfactory. Various things have Oc-
CURED to make the price line irregular
and in some places even ragged. For
instance, the sugar scandal has caused
the stock of the company chiefly in
terested to lose twenty points or more
within the last fortnight and it will not
be strange if there should be a still
further shrinkage in quotations. The
great mass of stockholders are of the IN
weston class, which is slow to move, but
once the leaven of suspicion gets at
work among them there is almost GER
tain to follow gradual liquidation. Clean
minded people have natural dislike to
prolonged association with a tainted cor
poration and instinctively pull away.
That is what is going on in sugar stocks
at the present writing.
Added to this moral phase is the fur
Their feeling of uncertainty as to the abil-
ity of the company to maintain dividends,
now that channels of corruption revenue
are closed. Another disturbing factor
was uncertainty as to the future of the
pending copper merger. From the inside
came continuous stream of inspired
statements that the negotiations would
proceed and the deal be consummated
practically along lines originally framed
up. 1t was added in almost every bull
letin that while such would be the out
come, there would be no further talk
Of the arrangement being made to re-
strain production of copper or have any
hand in regulating prices. Far be it from
the minds of those who are engineering
the deal to do anything to check the min
ing industry or to prevent buyers from
getting cheap metal. The proposition
was being put through on strictly benev-
olent lines, and was intended to be of
untold benefit to the general public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
New York Mining Stocks.
NEW YORK METAL MARKET
NEW YORK. December 4.

NEW YORK. December 4.-Ns fresh
feature developed in the metal situation
today, and with both the London and
New York exchanges closed. prices were
more or less nominal. Tin. dull, 81 .55a
3l70. Local dealers quoted lake copper
at 132oa135O electrolytic al 18.121aa
1872, and casting at 13.0Oa13,25. Lead
was quiet, at 4.3715a4.42. and spelter
easy, at 6.10a6.30. Iron was unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
Imports and Exports.

NEW YORK, December 4.-Imports Of
merchandise and dry goods at the port
of New York for the week ending No
vember 81 We're valued at ST., Dds, Dds
Imports of specie for the port OF New
York for the week ending today, were
S57 .59S silver and 1922, 404 gold.
Exports of specie from the port Of New
York for the week ending today were
3d. ISL 800 gold and 1,O34 $50 silver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
Rock Island to Atlantic.

ROCK lSland TO ALlaQt1C.
The Wabash would make up for the
loss of Eastern Illinois. in connection
between ST. Louis and the lakes, and
would give an owned line to Toledo and
Troy.
At the latter place Wabash connects
with the Grand Trunk, over whose lines
it has a longtime trackage arrangement
which is in effect as good as a partner
ship. The Lehigh Valley meets this Wa
bash-Grand Trunk line at Buffalo, and
affords the desired tidewater extension.
Several years ago it was the ambition of
the Rock Island party to put its nose
into the Atlantic ocean, and there was
talk at the time of its purchase of the
control of either Baltimore and Ohio or
Erie. There were reports also of its am
bition to get hold of New York Central.
These projects were abandoned. however,
but 1t is by no means certain that the
tidewater ambition was killed. Present
indications are that it merely went to
sleep. Wabash-Lehigh Valley addition
to the Rock Island system would give
it a mileage of nearly 1900 miles and
would be advantageous from almost
every point of view.
The bankers have done their best to
keep up the interest rates and have
done fairly well, although now and then
a weak spot Is uncovered in their de-
Tense. Mrs. Hetty Green, for instance,
dppedIeu III wall street Two OF lilee
days this week and loaned out several
million dollars at a full half point under
the prevailing bank rate. She was very
particular in the matter of collateral,
however. and would take only the cholc-
est of gilt-edge securities.
No mixed loans for her. Being worth
only about $1O0,000,COO she cannot afford
to take any chances. Severe losses would
compel retrenchment in the maintenance
of her S]0a-month fiat on Wurzburger
avenue, Hoboken. She let out her money
on this occasion at IA per cent for ninety
days and had a respectful BILE chunk left
when she got through. Since the death
of Russell Sage there has been no big
lender in the street who would Go this
kind of irregular thing. while the horny
handed bankers were struggling against
odds to maintain artificially high rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
New York Dry Goods Market.

NEW YORK, December 4.-The dry
goods market was quiet for the day.
Linens rule very strong and flax is re-
ported to be short. Burlaps are easy.
Fine and fancy cottons are more quiet
with some easing in prices reported on
gray cloths
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
Strong AT CLOSE
Active Buying Marks Week
End Market.
OPTIMISM Is GENERAL
Taft's Message Prospects Animate
the Brokers.
GAINS FAIRLY DISTRIBUTED
Transactions Larger Than They
Have Been at Any Time Re-
Gently on Saturday.
GAINS FAIRLY DISTRIBUTED
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. December 4.-Forecasts
Of the annual message of the President to
Congress were early available down town
today. and even obtained a certain
amount of publicity in some of the MORN
ing newspapers. They all ran substanti-
ally to the effect that the President had
decided to make no reference in his mes
sage to the antitrust laws, the question
of increased supervision of railway COM
panes and other similar matters of es-
pecial interest to the financial community,
but would refer to these topics later In
a special communication to the national
legislative body.
Upon the assumption that these pre-
dictions were correct, speculative Wall
street, or obviously a great portion of 1t.
seemed inclined to regard the postpone
ment of this discussion as a financial
development of the very first magnitude.
Therefore, yesterdays active buying Of
stocks was today continued, and in an
even livelier manner than 1t was yester-
day
Transactions In stocks were larger than
they have been at any time recently on
a Saturday half holiday, and the gains
made were more miSceflaneouSly dis
tributed and were in nearly all instances
greater than was the case Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN, December 4.-ENchange on
London. 90 marks Al pfennigs for checks.
Money, 31a and per cent.
Rate of discount for long bills, As per
cent.
PARIS, December 4.-Closing: Three
per cent rentes, SO francs 21s centmes
for the account.
Exchange on London, % francs 2o1s
confines for checks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05

The Pittsburg branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad from Fairmont to Con-
nellsville will be double-tracked. 1t is
understood the work is to begin at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05

At Twin Oaks, Amherst county, Va,
Miss Mary Feagan, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs George Feagan, was married to w.
D. Jpgtus Of WaynesboTo.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
Drivel About Copper Merger.

This kind of drivel was issued with
every appearance of seriousness and eX-
pecta ton that the statements would ne
believed Nevertheless, the laymen had
difficulty In reconciling their intelligence
to many Of the inspired reports in cir
cuIation. They could not understand
how it would be possible for the organic
ers Of the deal to put it through as de-
signed without fragrant violation of the
antitrust laws as construed by the
courts. This feeling inevitably led to
heavy and general selling of speculative
stocks, and to considerable short selling
by the bear element. All Of this con-
tributed to serious decline in the cop
per and allied stocks, and to weakness
in the whole list.
The market has not yet entirely re-
covered from the effects of this lquida-
ton, but it is getting in shape again and
improvement is already setting in. The
stocks which are SloWeSt to move in
response to this betterment are those of
the railroads which have recently au-
thorized new share issues or are about
to do so. The theoretical effect of the
new f1otations Is as tangible as the &C
tual absorption of the stocks them
selves. This class of new securities will.
however, very soon find permanent lodg-
ment to the accompaniment of a reduced
floating supply on the exchange. Stan
dard stocks. like Pennsylvania, New York
Central, St. Paul and Northwestern, do
not go begging very long. The strong
boxes yearn for them and there is the
ultimate destination.