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Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

Kansas CITY options closed as fouOwsi
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Articles. open.l High Low. ClOse.I Yes'y.

~Clearances we're 5000 blu. Of corn, 600 bu.
Of oats and wheat and flour equal to 247, 900
bu. T.
Liverpool closed %QNd higher on wheat
and unchanged TO hd lower on corn.
Omaha Cash Prices.
WHEAT-No. 2 hard, saQs7c; No, 3 hard,
0nQ95c; No. 4 hard, S7dSgc; No. 3 spring,
yzslSJe; no grade, S0d86ho.
CORNING. 2, 624c, No. 3, 62Q62hc; No. 4,
6lrHezc; No. 2 yellow, CSC; NO. 3 yellow,
GSe; No. 2 white, 64ho; No. 8 white, 64Mc.
OAIS-No, 3 mixed, 37q3Sc; No. 3 yellow,
Sf4@SSho; No. 3 white, S71sGS9c; No. 4 white,
SiskSyc; standard, 39c.
RYE-No. 2, &c; No. 8, 65c.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

The percentage of actual reserve of the
clearing house banks today wal 26. 81
The statement of banks and trust oom-
panles Of Greater New York not reporting
to the clearing house shows that these In
sutulions have aggregate deposits Of 81, $685.
go, 700; total cash on hand, s155, 49,, 300, and
loans amounting to 81, 226. $40, 800.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MAPKET
Cattle and sheep steady-HoEs Five
Cents Higher.

CHICAGO. Aug S-CATTLB-Receipts
estimated at 500 head. market steady;
beeves, A.1bd1ib. Texas steers, StOOGb.4 40
western steers. $4,000 20, stockers and feed
ers, S15Gb.l5; cows and helfers, R.25a6.A0;
calves, S6.50GS.B.
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 1000 head;
market &c higher; light T.5GS20; mixed,
81 @dS.2O; heavy. S115dS17h; rough, Nl5g
40; good to choice heavy. S40dSl1R, pigs,
S1OdT.95. bulk OF sales, 1.65QS05.
SHEEP mi LAMBS-Receipts estimated
at 1900 head; market steady; native, 2I5u
A75; western, 200qA76; yearlings, &4.SOa
d77b.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
81. Joseph Live Stock MARKET.

ST. JOSEPH, Aug. 2S.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 100 head. Market steady; steers.
S5.0Oq7.2O; cows and heifers, S225Q4.50;
calves. $3O0aI75.
HOGS-Receipts, 5000 head. Market
strong to SC higher; top, s7.s5; bulk Of sales,
S7.70Q7.S0.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-None on sale.
Lambs. Sb.OOd7 80.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
" Minimum temperature for tw,
ending at 8 9. m.
DISTRICT AVERAGES.

Very warm weather prevailed throughout
the corn and wheat region Friday, but II
is decidedly cooler in the northern and
western portions this morning. Showers
occurred in all portions except the st.
Louis district since the preceding report,
and lighter in the southern portion.
J., A. WELSH,
Local FOTecastter, Weather Bureau.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Kansas go GraIn and ProvIsIons.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2S.-wHEAT-Sep-
tSsmbSeF glss; DsSe ,m0 Sssei Nay sS4s'
Gcul OF; No, 3 hard, 94d99e; No. 2 red,
u .03Nl. 035a; No, 3 red, u.OO41 o..
CORN-September, 6Oc; December, 52Ac;
May, S5so. Cash; Unchanged; No. 2
mixed 6She; No. 3 mixed, 6Sci No. 2 white,
tNq6ci No. 3 white, 64h464hc.
oATS-unohanged 70 1c lower No. 2
white. 4lg4Se; No. 2 mixed, S7GSSo.
HAY-Unchanged TO soc higher; choice
timothy, 81; choice prairie, a.759S.M:
choice alfalfa. SIS. 6OQ1t.5O.
BUTTER-Creamery extras, 2Tc: firsts.
16o; seconds, Se; packing stock. 19hc.
EGGS-ENtras, sc; firsts, 2lc; seconds
and dirties, l2e; sOutherns, loss Off, l4e,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
PeorIa Market.

PEORIA, ILL.,. Aug. 2s-CORN-MaTket
steady; No. 2 yellow. 6SAde91kc; No. 8
yellow, 6sh66sc; No. 2 6stkc; No. 5, 6s1kc;
No. 4 size; no grade, 651sc.
oATs-Higher; standard. 8IEa36Ae; No.
3 white, S6hg96hc
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Sc. Louis General Market.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. &-WHEAT-Lower;
track, No. 2 red, cash, N.0291.07; No.
hard, sseaSl,O5i September, 97%e; December,
~CoRN-L6wer, track No. 2 cash, ssI4e
September, 64%e; December, 5S%c; No. z
white. 70d70he-
oATs-Lower; track, No. 2 cash, SEC;
September, 36&c; December, 36hc: No. Z
white. $50.
RYE-Higher at 9Shc.
FLOUR-Lower; red winter patents, $A9C
q6,2O; extra fancy and stratghts, S4.6OaAS IS,
hard winter clears, $4.159A5O.
SEED-Timothy, $3l093.4O.
CORNMEALr-$33O.
BRAN-Weak; sacked, east track, ssca
SlN.
.HAY-weak; timothy, NOW@l5OO; prai-
rie, S9.OOar.W.
IRON COTTON TIES-SOc.
BAGGING-7c.
HEMP TWINE-7c,
PROVISIONS - Pork, steady; jobbing.
S22g, Lard higher; prime steam. tIs7hg
u,97A. Dry salt meats, steady; boxed
extra shorts, Sl212lk; clear ribs. S12.l2Ik;
short clears, $l23. Bacon (boXed), steady;
extra shorts, Slal2s; clear ribs, slal2h.
short clears, 1888.
POULTRY-Steady; chickens. I2c
springs, 15ci turkeys, lie; ducks, lOc; geese,
BUTTER-steady; 2Sa2sIkc.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

LONDON. Aug. 2s-American securities
on the Stock exchange today were dull on
either side Of parity until near the close,
when prices hardened f~ractionally, only
to decline again. The close was uncertain,
the anxiety regarding Il. II. Harriman's
health being the unsettling factor.
London closing stocks:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Bank CIearinEs,

OMAHA, Aug. 2S.--The bank clearinRs
for today were 81 56, $3.50 and for the
corresponding date last year 81, eos, AIS. IS.
The total cltarings for the week were
$14, 496, S95.07, and increase of 50. 91S, 846.SS over
the corresponding week for last year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 28.-WHEAT-No. 1
northern, n-O54L@; No 2 northern, u.@8
l0; December, 9S3kc asked.
OATS-7hd57&c.
BARLEY-Samples, tSa67c.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
CIearInE House Bank stntement.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-The statement Of
clearing house banks for the week shows
that the banks hold SIS, 1859, $50 more thar
rule. This is a decrease Of 81, Ss9, SIS in the
proportonato cash reserve as compared
%i,n last week. The statement shows:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Wool Market,
MetnI Market.

ST. LOUIS, NO., Aug. 2.-wOOL-Steady
territory and western mediums, 23H28c
fine mediums, 22q24c; fine, lSdl9c.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

good wsthers. stOOa44O; fair to good ewes.
&56Am
quotations on feeder stock: fair to choice
lambs, &.75a65o; fair to choice yearlings.
Ae066@: fair to choice wethers. H50Q426.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8-The condition
of the treasury az the beginning OF bus,
ness today was as follows:
Trust Funds-Gold coin, tSSo65, So; sill
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

hHnshn HehuS HItOFHoy """
BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 8,-Fred 8
jackson Of Kansas was today elected pres
ident Of the Association OF Attorneys GEN
eral, which closed It's convention To-Day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Duluth Grain Market.

DULUTH, Aug. &-wHEAT-September
closed at $3.50; December, SIC; No. 1 north
ern. n.OON; No. 2 II northern, s3AO
OATS-S6c-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-METALS-Lead,
market duh at A.S. Spelter, market weak
AT S5 67b.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

LIVERPOOL. Aug. 8-WHEAT-spot.
No : red western winter quiet S.. Flu
q sad March, 70 ga
coRN -sDOL stsAdyA new American
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

SlLVER-Bar, steady at 25Ad per ounce,
MONEY-hq% per cent
The rate OF discount In the open market
for short bills Is rs per cent; for three
months bills, IN per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

Sunday,
RECEIPTS.
Hogs. Sheen. Horses

Receipts and disposition Of live stock a.
the Union stock yards, South Omaha
Neb., for twenty-four hours ending At
p. m. August Is:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

mixed. via Galveston, S. 5kd: old Ameri-
can mixed. 6s Sd. Futures, steady: Sep
tember, Sc 4Ad; october. IS SD.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
WEATHER IN THE GRAIN BELT
Fair aud Continued Cool f. Predic-
tion for sunday.

All Neb.. Aug. q. 100.
Showers we're general over the middle and
lower Missouri valley during Friday nigh,
and extended eastward over the upper
Mississippi and Ohio valleys and lake
region, and rains continue general through
out the lake region this morning. While
the showers In Nebraska were not heavy
IN any section, they were fairly well dis
tributed over the eastern and southern
IN the extreme northwest I'm the preceding
report is extending down over the central
valleys. and is accompanied by decidedly
cooler weather, and temperatures are very
much lower over the upper valleys and
west into the mountain districts this morn
ing. Freezing weather Is reported In the
western Canadian provinces, and light
troSts occurred in the provinces and north
ern Montana last night. With the area of
high pressure extending over the central
valleys, the indications are for fair in this
vicinity tonight and Sunday, with cooler
tonight and continued cool Sunday.
Record OF temperature and precipitation
compared with the corresponding day OF
the last three years.
Minimum temperature Id. C s. IS s.
Normal temperature for today. u degrees.
Deficiency In precipitation since March ],
$50 inches.
Deficiency corresponding period in 1908,
10 Of an inch.
Deficiency corresponding period in 1907.
b.51 inches
L. A. WELSH, Local F-orecaster.
Corn and wheat Region Bulletin.
For Omaha. Neh. for the t.yeptv-f four
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
BROKER AND INVESTOR

The relations between the broker or Stock Ex-
change member and bis client, the investor
M points out the advantages 10 DO gained In pur-
chsFing Investment securities through a Stock EK-
change house. and describes In detAli the method
Of buying and selling securities.
We invite requests from Investors for this book
let, a copy Of which will be sent 10 any address
without cost,
BALL & WHICHER
MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
III Broadway Ill Fifth Avenue
FEW YORK
FRACTIONAL LOTS DEALT IN
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
HOGS SELL FIVE CENTS HIGHER
sheep and Lambs in Large Receipt
Most Days, hi sheep Prices
Remain steady and Lambs
Advance sharply.

The following table shows the receipts
for the year to date, compared with last
year; lse; lsOs; i In 90 Dec
Hogs .......... L,67T,121 1910. 464 ...... 1S2 94S
Sheep .......... 946, 063 e67, 276 ..,.. 2l,2l9
The following table shows the average
price OF hogo at South Omaha for the last
several days, with comparisons:
Evening star., 1909-03-07
SCIENCE NOTES.

A new and interesting insulating ma
terial was described at a recent gather
ing Of the New York section OF the
American Chemical Society by DIR. l.. N.
Baekland I've Its substance is a coal
tar product and has the chemical name
of ylenglyc col -anhydride,
but is known as Bakelite 1t possesses
some of the combined properties Of amber.
hard rubber and celluloid. 1t does not have
the flexibility of rubber or celluloid. but
IL is harder and stronger than either or
them. withstands heat and is not at
tackled by any solvents nor by most chem
icals Furthermore. 1t is much less ex-
pensve 1t Is totally insoluble and in
fusible and does not soften even at tenn
peratures as high as $50 c. At the tenn
perature of melting glass 1t chars with
out entering into fusion
After several years of test and expert
ment a report has recently been made by
the United States geological survey on
the subject of fuel briquettes, which Is
exceedingly favorable. In all tests the
use of briquettes seems to have Increased
the evaporative efficiency of the boilers
and generally decreased smoke density.
The most favorable. results were noted
in the use of briquettes In place Of coal
In locomotive firing.
The oil. lamp has been abolished from
the railroad cars of Canada by q recent
enactment of the Dominion railway COM
mission, which requires that In the future
all car lighting must be done by COM
pressed oil gas, acetylene gas or electric
ity. Both the railroad company and its
employees are held responsible for the OBJ
servance Of this regulation, a fine being
laid for each offenSe.
Evening star., 1909-03-07

ceipts for them and a horde of lazy and
grating officials fed upon the spoils of
government. The administration OF Gov.
Magoon did away with the former evil.
but left the latter still subsisting, and in
consequence government is enormously
extensive under the new republic and the
cost of living is frightfully high Every
thing taxable is taxed to the utmost. and
so per cent of the food of the people is
imported paying duty of from 30 to 60
per cent of its imported value.
The municipal organization, as proposed
by the advisory commission and pro-
mulgated by the governor, breaks the
bonds of official dependence of the mu-
inequalities upon the central government.
and the latter can now intervene in mat
ters of local authority only when some
action is taken in violation Of general law
or foreign treaties In such cases the
resident may suspend the execution of
municipal ordinances until they can be
investigated. In certain cases the gov
ernors of provinces may exercise the pow
err of suspension: the mayor is also in
vested with the veto power
As a result of the sudden transition
Evening star., 1909-03-07

from leading strings to roller skates. SO
to speak. the municipalities could not at
first stand alone. Many points in the
new law which are familiar to every
American school boy formed insur-
mountabe stumbling blocks in the new
local administrations, and floods of tele
grams and letters poured into Havana
requesting constructions of the new law
and asking trivial and absurd questions
One mayor Systematically vetoed every
action of his municipal council. including
a resolution by that body demanding his
suspension from Office, and threw the
written notice of the same out of his
office window, threa tening to send the
messenger to Jail. The main source of
trouble was the political differences be-
tween conservative mayors and liberal
majorities in the councils. both sides en-
deavoring to put their respective parti-
sans into the many lucrative and useless
positions in the municipal government.
Recognizing the impossibility of an
swering. through ordinary channels. the
multitudinous questions propounded by
the perpleXed local statesmen. it was de-
cided to refer them to Maj Blanton Win
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ship. who was member Of the subcom-
nittee on the municipal and provincial
law. for his decision and answer. In a
surprisingly short time Maj. Winship
smoothed the way for a sane and effective
administration under the new law, and
before his term of service ended in Cuba
he had the satisfaction of seeing the
municipal machinery all over the island
working regularly and methodically.
There is no tax on unimproved real es-
tate in the country districts of Cuba.
The expenses of the general govern
ment are covered by the customs duties.
consular, revenues and fees upon the
transfer of real estate and a few other
sources of revenue derived from what is
known as voluntary taxation, such as
hunting licenses. permits to carry arms
and similar items Considerable income
is derived from mining industries.
An attempt was made by Maj. Winship.
supported by the other American members
of the commission. to introduce a system
Of taxation on real estate, based upon an
Evening star., 1909-03-07
TOY BASKET BALL.
Device Enables a Person to Play the
Game Alone.

Following the ever-popular puzzle craze
and other one-man games. comes solitaire
basket ball. made possible through the in
genuity of an Oregon man. The toy Used
in playing this game is an ingenious one
and requires more skill In it's manipulation
than might be at first supposed. 1t con-
sists Of an elongated body. with a chan
mel. or grove. therein. Standards sup
porting a basket rise on the sides and
below the basket is pivoted gate, which
swings in the channel. The ball is pla ced
in The end of the channel nearest the
Evening star., 1909-03-07

fust ended In the island republic.
When the peace commission. composed
of Messrs Taft and Bacon. went to Cuba
during the chaotic condition following
President Palma's resignation and nego-
tiated the terms under which the insur-
rent liberals headed by Gen. Pine Guerra,
laid down their arms, one Of the stipula-
&ions of the agreement approved by Mr
Taft uss the promise that certain re-
forms in the organic laws Of the country
.ho,,ld he established by the provisional
government under the authority OF the
1-nited states When Gov. Magoon was
annointed to administer the islands az
fairs one of his first official acts was the
organization of an advisory law commits
sion. composed of nine Cubans and three
Americans, to whom was intrusted the
drafting of the organic laws mentioned IN
the agreement including munlclpal law.
a provincial law. judiciary law and
modern electoral and civil service laws.
Subsequently the governor called upon
the advisory commission to draft other
laws including a real estate law. a game
law and system for the organization OF
the armed forces of the republic, TO-
gether with a military penal code ana
law of procedure for courts-martial and
law of executive power
In all the commission drafted eighteen
important laws and large number OF de-
crees on various SUBJECTS: so that, In
stead of being simply a committee or
ganized to study and present few re-
forms of organic law. that body became.
practically, the congress of the country.
as the duly elected Congress had been de-
ciared in recess and majority or ns
members ousted. on the ground OF illegal
fly i'm the elections, by the governor at
the beginning of his administration.
=
From the beginning of its labors the
overshadowing personality Of Alfredo
Zayas. the present all-powerful vice pres
ident of the new republic. was the DOM
mating influence in the commission. 1t
is worthy of note that his opponent in
the electoral campaign. DIR. Rafael Mon
toro. conservative candidate for vice pres
ident. was also leading member of the
commission. Zayas. In the rough-hewn
cast of his features. with deep-set eyes.
prominent nose and protruding underlp,
bears striking resemblance to some OF
the earlier portraits of President Lin
coin. Torriente. the great cartoonist OF
Cuba. was struck with the resemblance
and often mentioned it.
Montoro. tall. cOurtly and an eloquent
orator. had represented the short-lived
first republic at the court of ST. James.
He bears the title of Spanish marquis:
but does not use it In these days of re-
publican simplicity. Other and less wide
~ known members of the commission
were Manuel Maria Coronado. proprietor
of La Discussion, the leading daily news
paper OF Cuba: Prof. F. Carrera Justiz.
who occupies the chair of municipal law
in the Havana University and has been
offered the post of minister to Spain:
Era smo ReQueiferos, elected senator In
Evening star., 1909-03-07
HE arrival In

oO o
Washington Of Col.
e. H. Crowder Of
the general staff.
U.S.A.. recalls the
work Of the ad-
visory commission
Of Gu b q, oV e r
" h o S Q delibera-
tions that omcer
presided during the
two years Of Amer
lean administration
Evening star., 1909-03-07

FIE evolution of the
government print
service has been
along slow-mov!ng
lines. The vicissi-
tudes of early con-
tract printing, with
it's frequent changes
and Investigations.
was followed by
the purchase Of the
largest individual
printing office and
DrA c al nv, u
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cred in sets of six in alternate coiors.
The blue paper has been printed In black,
a blue shield stamped on its face. the city
and state printed in red and each sheet
given a red serial number. The white
sheet has at the same time been printed
in black and red, and it also carries the
red serial number.
Mr.. +. a. NJ. Lawson. superintendent OF
money order printing. is an ''old hand in
the big printery, commencing at the foot
of the ladder in 1890 and climbing hand
over hand to his present position. He
has twice been honored with the presi
dency of Typogra phical Union. No. lOl;
sent as delegate TO the International
convention and served on many standing
and special committees Mr. dawson is
a member of Mount Herman Lodge. a. +.
and 4. NJ, No. 179; keystone r. A. Chap
ter. No. 81: Washington Commanders,
X. T., and Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine.
can be played by several contestants. each
with one of the toys. or all using the same
one at different times. Obviously. in this
case the person who catches the ball in
the basket the greatest number of times
out of d given number of tries, Is the
winner
Evening star., 1909-03-07


KHR. ARTHUR f. BARKER, the statis-
AvA tician, entered the Office of the su-
perintendent of documents us a stenogra-
pher in 1899 by transfer from the Navy
Department, was promoted through sever
al grades in the office. and in 1905 was ma de
assistant superintendent of documents.
After the passage of an act requiring the
public printer to classify his office Mr..
Barker acted Secretary and chairman
of the boards on salaries and wages and
on personnel. and the result of the labors
of these boards has been transmitted to
Congress in the annual estimates and also
published In Senate document No. EsS
Sixtieth Congress, second session. Mr..
Barker first entered the government serv-
Ice In 1880 as a clerk in the population
division of the census office. He was ad-
vanced to chief of section in this division.
and upon the completion of the statistics
of population was transferred to the divi-
sion of manufactures and later detailed
to field work in the collection of statistics
of manufactures and coal mining He
left the government service in 1894 and
was for several years engaged in business
in Boston and New York.
THE position filled by Frank c. Wal
- lace in the government printing
office, foreman of printing. has under
gone a great change III recent years. 1t is
a vast clearing house for detail such as
can only arise in the largest shop in the
world. A majority of the workers refer
to him as Frank Wallace. d familiar
respect not justified by personal acquant-
aEce in many instances.
Mr.. Wallace entered the service from
the wild and woolly west," and, work.
ing gradually up the ladder of success,
was promoted from place to place until
he landed in the chair of the foreman of
printing.
THE assistant foreman of document
/ printing. John Greene. jr.. is some
times jocularly referred to as johnnie
on the spot when troubles about" and
this is an excellent illustration of the
work of this official. To assist in meeting
emergencies and devise means for pro-
ducing seemlDg impossibilities are daily
occurrence in the government printing
service AS an understudy to Charles r..
Young Mr. Greene has had an opportunity
to become familiar with all varieties Of
rush work. and his knowledge OF imposi-
ton has stood the Office in good stead in
days gone by.
A daily average of twelve tons OF ma
chine composition handles the usual rcu-
tine. which would require about 100000
worth of foundry product under hand
COMPOSING conditions. An incredible
amount Of matter is constantly stand
Evening star., 1909-03-07

= GOVERNMENTAL proofreadng has
~ been a serious question for years.
but gradually harmonious arrangements
have been effected in every branch of
the service. according to the statement
OF an old employe. Since Frank A. Kidd
has been in charge of this work a man.
ual of style and instructions to copy
editors has been distributed which has
done much to prevent incongruities, and
effect material saving of time and
money Always prominent in union
matters, he was selected last year to
preside over the destinies of Topographic
cal Union. No. 1O1. With all his numer-
Gus duties. he still finds time for fra
ternal and social gatherings. He is a
member of the committee on printing
for the inaugural ceremonies March 4
next.
Evening star., 1909-03-07

Mr.. Berg with the presidency of the local
union, and he has served as a delegate to
the deliberations of the International con-
vention. For five years he was treasurer
of No. 1O1. and has served loyalty on
many standing and special committees.
Fraternal and charitable circles have the
benefit Of his counsel. and though not a
mixer Is well known by men high in
official and private life
THE assistant superintendent of work
at the government printing office is
a young man in years yet ripe in expert
ence. Jerome Kendall was introduced TO
the printing service as a comp" subse-
quently served eleven months in charge of
contract printing in the Philippine print
cry. returned to the parent country as
assistant to Chief Purchasing Agent
Moores, and was promoted to his present
position by Mr.. Leech last year.
MIR. Kendall has participated in the sue
cess Of the front Office" in endeavoling
to bring order out of chaos. and is widely
known among workers in the printing
craft