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Foreign Futures
Northern Business

SEATTLE. March 16.-Clearings, s.. .es1, ,472;
balances. $IT4.726
PORTLAND. March -clearings, s., ,e2s, ,1s1; /;
balances S1S7, oil.
SPOKANE. March 16.-Clearings, 81, ,2e9, Gas;
balances $142, ,699.
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slOo on on the the way to this port l572OO tons,

$500; on the way to this port, 157 200 tons,
against 19T, 900.
CASH BARLEY
Good to choice feed, spot, s.. .4501. .4S&; COM
mon TO fair, S1.40@1.42ls per ctl: brewing and
shipping, s1.5sq 1.52la; cheyalier, $L55Q17O.
FUTURES
1880 N. Session
May-$1 .47ss asked
December-$1.2 241s
p. Session
May-$l. .46S bid, $1.47A asked
oats--0nerings meet with little attention and
quotations have been unchanged for some time
White, $l.S5@2, gray. nominal: red. 81 50 a
l.90 for choice. $3.50 for good and 81 e5Gl II 4
for common; black. S1-65612 per ctl.
Corn-The market remains Just as for weeks
light.
California small round yellow, s1.s0@1. IS;
large yellow, nominal western states yellow,
sacked, $i.a0; white, $1.70@1.T5; in bulk,
san tpancisco track, yellow, S1.61; white, 81. 65
mixed 81 90; Egyptian, $1.s0 per ctl for white
Rye-Nominal at 81 per ctl
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LOCAL MARKETS
San francisco Money Market

The banks report ample supplies of funds.
without any urgent demand. The chief inquiry
Is at the savings banks for real estate opera
tions. Most of the money previously deposited
in the commercial banks for use in these real
estate deals has been withdrawn. and that fea.
tnre of the market is about This leaves
the commercial banks with only the mercantile
money hand-but there is plenty of it. All
rates remain unchanged
Silver was 1se higher yesterday. Exchange
rates remained unchanged.
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
1t Is Still Lower With Very Heavy
Realizing Sales

NEW YORK, March 16.-Hutton's wire says
The cotton market was weak and active at the
opening, steadying a little from the decline, but
with light trade.
Ring uplands, 9.65c; middling gulf, 9.90c. No
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London Wool Sales

LONDON. March 16.--A good assortment OF
14T0S bales was offered at the wool auction
sales today. Bidding was animated and firm
prices ruled. Merinos were in demand for the
continent. but Americans secured the best
grades. Americans also bought medium and good
cross breds, and their purchases average 1 900
bales daily. Low cross breds irregular.
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Gold for London
New York MONEY MarLet

NEW YORK. March 18.-The National CITY
bank today engaged 81 900 600 in gold coin for
shipment to London tomorrow
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New York Mining Stocks
Boston Stocks and Bonds
THE COPPER STOCKS

BOSTON, March 16-After an extremely dull
day the market closed with a sharp rally against
the shorts. The entire list advanced l to 2
points and closed at the top, with every indica-
ton Of higher prices tomorrow.
COPPER CLOSE
The following list is furnished by E. T. Hut
ton s. Co, 490 California street, San Fran
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Deciduou. ana Citru. Fruit.

The first noteworthy arrivals of Strawberries
for the season to hand from Los Angeles
yesterday, 149 crates, containing Is small bas-
kets each, being received. The berries were
mostly In good condition and well matured and
sold readily at S1.50Q1.75 a crate. The receiv-
ers expect to be able TO supply the trade daily
from Otherwise the market devoid
of new features business in other lines being of
about the same volume the preceding day.
The trade was purchasing freely of oranges
small fruit having the call with regular trades
men, while cheap stock was favored by the ned
dlers who took some liberal lines out Of the
market Grapefruit and tangerines were in fair
request and the current shortage of lines caused
some activity in lemons but supplies OF the lat
ter were ample for all requirements. Local trad
ing in apples continued dull, but large holders of
storage stock reported the movement to points
outside the state brisk.
Apples (per box)-Fancy four tier belldowers.
s1@1.10; Newtown pippins. $1.25@1. 80 for fo,r
tier and S1.75 for three tier common to choice
60@S5c.
Pears--winter Nellis. s1.25@1.5o per box.
cooking varieties, 75c@S1.
Citrus Fruits (per box)-NaveI oranges 50 Ok
az 80 for fancy and S1.75@2 for choice: fan
gerines, T5c@$1.50; grapefruit, 81. 1908 for seed
less: lemons, S2.15Q3 for fancy, S262JO for
choice and S1.25Gl50 for Standard; lines
$40.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas. s1.25n2 per bunch
for Hawaiian and S2.5o63.50 for Central Amer
lean; pineapples, $2G4 per dozen.
Dried Fruits, Raisins, Nuts and Honey
Everything in the fruit line remains unchanged
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Now YORK Grain and Produce

NEW YORK. March 16.-Flour-R Receipts, 26-
PSI barrels: exports, i3,e7s. Barely steady with
poor demand
~Wheat-Receipts 10, 800 bushels; exports, H.
0Oo Spot, easy; No. red, $1.225s Q1.2 .245s ele-
vator and 275s f. o. b. shoat; No l northern
Duluth 81 "a f. o. b. ahoat; No. hard winter,
81. % f. o. b. afoat. Except for brief opening
advance due to war talk and higher cables,
wheat was generally weak all day and closed
&C lower. The big increase in worlds stocks
brought out considerable liquidation during the
afternoon in face of fair export trade May
CLOSED S1.1e24; July closed $l.117s.
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London Closing Stocks

Bar slver-Steady; 23Ssd per ounce.
Money-234 Gl3 per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills is 2% M2% per cent and for three
months bills pa per cent.
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New York stock List

Z. f. Hutton & Co.. 400 California street.
members of the New York stock exchange, fur
nish the following list Of bond aud STOCK sales
yesterday:
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Flour and Farinaceous GOODS

The regular routine trade is going on in all
kinds of goods, with prices unchanged.
fiour-California family extras S6@6.60 net
without discount; bakers extras. S66l6. %; su-
perhne, $4.S0@5l0: Oregon and Washington, per
Dbl, S4s5@5.75 for family bakers and patents
and $430q4.50 for cut off; Kansas patents,
90. 4UQ6oo; do straight, $6.2o@6.30; Dakota
patents. nominal
farinaceous Goods--Prices in packages. net
casn, no discount, are follows: Graham flour,
$3.50; rice -four 81; corn meal S3.25; extra
cream do. $40; meal So cat greats So
hom1ny, $3.60@4; buekwheat -four, S415; whole
wheat -four 81; rolled oats bbls, $6.T5 as. 80.
In sacks S5QT.25; extra cream do. IS; rolled
wheat, bbls $5.75, in sacks 81. .256l525: pearl
barley, $40: split peas, boxes, S5.25 for yell
low and $6.25 for green per 100 lbs.
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FUTURES
1920 a. m. Session
2 p. m. Session


Barley-The market shows no further change
OF Importance and is quiet.
Ocean freights remain unchanged at 23s 3D.
usual European options. The chartered tonnage
In port is 1,72S against 1.463 tons on the same
date last year; disengaged A., 1892 tons. against
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It. Louis wool Market

ST. LOUIS, March 16-Wool unchanged. Me-
dunn grades. combing and clothing, 20624c;
light fine 1792o1ac; heavy fine, 10@15c; tub
washed 2OM34e.
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Hay and FeedstuGs

HNftS
The market is now well supplied with hay
and the feeling is weak, without any actual
decline in prices for the good grades. Bran,
mlddlings and shorts quiet and easy.
Bran-$29. .50a30 per ton for white and S2S. 80
Q29 for red.
Middlings- -S33G55 per ton.
ts-S31 432 per ton
7 Feedstuns- Rolled barley. sso031: rolled
oats for feed, $40; mixed feed, S2SG32 for aver
age lots; oilcake meal, In 20 ton lots $3s so. in
10 ton lots $50, in ton lots $e39. 80, small lots
$40; cocoanut cake or meal at mills $26 in 20
and 10 and $26.50 in . ton lots. jobbing s27; corn
meal, S3f G3S; cracked corn, $SS039; broom corn
seed. 81. 10 penRetl: alfalfa meal and mealfalfa,
Jobbing lots $2G carload lots $25 per ton.
Hay-Wheat, f$23@126 wheat and oat, $22@
Z9:oq; aq; tame oat. s2l q25; volunteer Wild oat $50
1Z4; alfalfa, $l5@1S; stock, S12@16 per ton.
StraW-6OMS5c per bale
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Loans, Exchange and silver
wheat and other Grain.

wheat-Chicago was &c lower. This market
stood the same being quiet, with buyers hold.
ing off and some sellers inclined to shade auo-
tatons slightly to effect sales.
CASH WHEAT
California club S1.90@195; do milling 81 95
az o5: California white Australian $262 Is;
lower grades of California. Si.656lI so; northern
club. S1.e0@ 95: northern bluestem, $2@215;
Russian red, $1.STa LOO; turkey red, S1.97I5 a
9 10 per ell
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IATiF- y U II
Hides-Quiet.
Wool-Quiet.
PetrnIel1In-Stpady

Hides-Quet.
Wool-Quiet
Petroeum-Steady.
Sugar-Raw, frn fair refining, 3.36c; cen
trifugaI, 96 test S.S6c; molasses sugar, 311c;
resned, steady; crushed, 5.45c powdered, 4S5c;
CoffeeNsteady. No. Rio, SIC; No. San
tos. &C. Futures closed dull net unchanged to
10 points lower. Sales were reported of 14,2o0
bags including March 6.70M6. soc; May, $3.50;
June 6.3Gc July. 6.206625c; September, 5.90@
595c Spot, quiet; mild, steady; Cordova, ga
@13e.
easy Western factory frsts, lS1a G19lac; west
ern imitation creameries frsts, 2Od21c.
Cheese-Firm, unchanged.
Eggs-Steady; western frsts, 19c; seconds,
1914 @1Sl3c.
DRIED FRUITS
Evaporated Apples-The market continues
quiet Fancy are quoted at 81 @9Hc; choice,
ri @7%c; prime, 6@84c; common to fair. 5
acc.
Prunes-In smaller supply and steady. with
quotations ranging from 3Ac to TIC for new
crop California fruit up to 40-50s and from 6a4 c
to sc for Oregons 40-50s to 2O-30s.
Apricots-Are in a strong statistical position
with choice quoted at 9A @10c; extra choice,
1O@1OAc; fancy 1113 @13c.
Peaches-Firm. with choice quoted at 5a4 csc;
extra choice, 614 me$4c: fancy, 7ds1ac.
Rasins-Seeded at Az m6Ac; seedess, 3% a
51ac; London layers, 81 .2o01.60.
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Portland Butter Market
PORTLAND, March 16.-Butter-City cream
cry extras. 35@36c; fancy outside creamery, 35c;
store, 1S02Oc.
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EGG Market I'm Nearby Counties

SANTA ROSA, March 16.-The local egg mar
ket appears to be considerably demorallzed this
from q TO 221a cents dozen, while 10 to 20
cents was quoted for seconds Dealers have
agents securing the country seeking eggs. The
supply is not as large as in former years and
the demand appears TO be greater.
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MinneapoIi. Flax Market
POrtIaud Butter

MINNEAPOLIS, March 16.-Flax clos,
$L6412.
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med Fruits-Tas fruits he csIifOrnia fruit Gamers

Canned asparagus-The central California
canneries quote prices for the 1909 pack as fol
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Rutter. cheese and Eggs

With receipts running large and the surplus
at the stores steadily increasing. the butter mar
ket is gradually weakening and the pressure to
sell on the exchange is sending prices down fast.
There another general decline yesterday. all
grades being marked down lac, making total
decline of 315c since the market commenced to
break Saturday.
In the egg market competitive buying for stor-
age purposes in the country holds extras firm,
and they were advenced &c to 23l2c dozen.
while firsts and seconds were in oversupply and
15c lower at &c and 21c respectively. Cheese
was easy to weak for makes, and local
Young Americas &c a pound lower. while
Oregon storage fats were held at slight ad-
vance.
The following sales were made on the ex-
change:
Butter-30 cases of extras at 2S15c pound
Eggs-20 cases of extras at 23c 20 at 2315c
40 cases of firsts at 22c and 80 coses of seconds
at 21c dozen.
Cheese-50 California fancy Young Americas at
15c and rs at 141ac pound
Receipts were 44,700 lbs butter, 4.500 lbs
cheese and 150T cases eggs.
lished by the sales bids and offers on the Hoor
of the dairy exchange. Prices in the street,
while governed by the exchange quotations. gen.
orally range from 15c to &c higher owing to
the various charges to be added.
Butter-Fresh creamery extras. 2S15c per III,
steady; do frsts. 2715c, steady; do seconds.
2615c, steady.
Gheese-California: Fancy fats 1415c per Ib,
weak: do firsts, I4c weak; do seconds, 12c
weak; fancy Young Americas. HE steady; do
frsts lac, steady; storage flats, 1SEc, firm.
Oregon: Fancy fats. 15c. firm; fancy Young
Americas, 161ac. firm; Oregon storage fats,
151ac, firm do Young Americas. 16e firm.
Eggs (per dozen, cases included) California
fresh extras 231ac, steady; do frsts. &c steady;
do seconds, 2lc, steady; do thirds 2015c steady.
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Dried Fruits, Rafsins, Nuts and Honey
Everything in the fruit line remains unchanged
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Recripts of Produce

WASHINGTON
Flour. or SKIS. IL 472i 2iShorts. SKIS ...... eco
Bran SKIS ...-.. ST5f
WESTERN STATES
Onions. SKIS .......................... 2fO
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ssensment Directory. Comstoek 1IInes
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE
TUEsDAY. March 1s-lo:ao a. D..

UNITED STATES BONDS
Bid. Ask. Bid. Ask.
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sales sr0chs Hign Low Bid ASK
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onions. SKIS
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UNDER is FATHOMS.
Further Details of the Sinking of
Submarine c II.

Cromer. England. July 15.-The
British submarine. designated as G II,
which was sunk last night by the
cargo steamer Eddystone, went down
at a point Il miles northwest of the
Marlborough lightship.
Thirteen members of the vessels
crew went to the bottom with her.
and only three were saved. Lieuten-
ants Broderie and Watkins are among
the survivors. The third man prob
abb was a sailor
The cruiser Bonaventure with a
fiotilIa of eight submarines was pro-
ceeding in a southerly direction when
the Eddystone ran in among the yes
sells and collidel with IL. The sub
marine was stove in and Went down
Immediately.
The submarines c 16 and c. II in
endeavoring to avoid a collision with
the freighter. ran into each other. Q
II was damaged but there were no
fatalities on board either craft.
Battleships and cruisers with ample
salvage appliances were signalled for
and reached the scene in the course
of the morning. c II lies in Is faith
oms of water. Wire hawsers have been
passed under her and it is hoped that
she can be raised at once.
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SUGAR FACTORIES.
Bristow offered Several to Abandon
Dutch Standard Fight.

The following is from the Omaha
World-Herald: A low and un-
worthy suspicion has gone abroad
concerning Senator Burketts beet
sugar factory for the North Platte
valley 1t will be recalled that the
senator voted against taking away the
graft of the sugar trust represented
in the Dutch Standard provision of
the sugar schedule, on the ground
that it might injure the beet sugar in
dustry. Soon after that the senator
announced that he had inside IN
formation that a beet sugar factory,
to cost $1,500,00O was to be erected
at or near Scottsbluff in the North
Platte irrigation district. and that II
was going to do great things for that
part of the state Recently enorts
were made to induce the Nebraskan
to change his mind and vote against
the trust protection when the sugar
schedule gets final consideration. but
it has been a failure.
'sThev've promised Burkett, ST.
100000 beet sugar factory, you
know" explained a man who was dis
cussing the situation, with Senator
@oniy one?" demanded the Kansas
man. 80.
THEY'VE promised me five and even
sent some people into the state to
make preliminary examinations to
find where they ought to be put
Don't YOU know they've promised
EN- all ever the west this summer
everywhere they seemed to need to
do something for local opinion or
the sugar schedule? Why I thought
| everybody knew all about that
| And the Kansas senator went away
chuckIing. 1t seems that anybody
| can get the promise of sugar fac
| tory these days from Henry T OK
nard, who is representing the sugar
| trust and the beet sugar interests II
| Washington.
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BONDS ARE SOLD.
Kelly & Kelly Dispose of COunty's Old
Missouri Pacific Securities.

The firm of Kelly & Kelly bond
brokers' did Shawnee county 1aNor
ana at the same time made snug
profit by handling the old Missouri
Pacific stock owned by the county. IN
early days this stock was distributed
all over the state, and during the past
years. buyers. working presumably
for the Missouri Pacific company.
quietly bought them up for 20 per
cent eff their face value When the
buvers quoted this price to Shawnee
county. the commissioners demurred
and held out. Kelly & Kelly l2ok tIs q
into the matter, and as result the
county received 40 per cent, or Just
twice the sum offered by the company
buyer. TT
a face value of 500 each; On them
S22.5OO was realized Kelly & Kelly
recefved as commission SO per cent of
ali over $4,000 they could secure for
the stock, and their commission OF
amounted to $500. 1t is generally
understood that the Missouri Paclf1c
company had to call in these old mold
ings at any price. as it was intended to
float a new issue.
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WILL TRY THE HELIOGRAPH.
1t May Be Substituted for Telephone
in Reporting Forest Fires.

washington, July 15.-In order to as
cessflIlly utilized in the natural forests
to report fires and transmit other mes
sages in areas where there Is no quick
ncethod of communication experiments
will be made during the summer Win
irs+r1rnents like those used by the Uni
ted states army. in the Kanikasua ma
.f1onaI forest of Idaho and IN the
Stanilas forest in California If sat
= = SI4nnIenent the telephone lines and
oIher means of Communication in the
forests where easy and quick commun-
ication in connection with the hres are
essential for protection against nres on
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The construction of :he dam resulted
in the flooding of BothwelIs
drown.
The government appraisers placed
a valuation of $4,000 on the ranch.
This Boutwell, refused and appealed
to the United States district court
which upheld the appraisers and
gave the reclamation service posses
sion of the ranch in order to pre-
vent the stoppage of work of the
reservoir. The Pathfinder dam was
constructed for the reclamation of
Nebraska lands
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BIG AUTO TRUST.
Includes Number of the Leading
Factories of the Country.

New York. July 15.-Rumors of a
gigantic consolidation of automobile
manufacturing companies. which have
been current here for several weeks.
were set at rest today by the declara-
ton of officials of the General Motors
company that none of its constituent
companies had lost or would lose their
identity through the operations OF the
holding company.
The General Motors company was
formed some seven months ago as a
holding company for the Buick. Odds
mobile, Cadillac, Rainier. Oakland, Re
lance and two or three other less
known automobile companies.
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wRECKAGE 80 FEET HIGH.
Building CoIIapses killing a Number
of People.

Philadelphia. July 15.-Several
persons were killed and about a score
injured by the collapse this afternoon
of portion of a five story brick
building at the northwest corner of
Eleventh and Market streets The
wreckage is piled 80 feet high and
the number of killed will not be
definitely known until the debris is
cleared away.
The building is an old fashioned
one and was being remodeled.
Rescuers dragged persons from
the ruins They were five men, two
women and a boy.
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1T would be hard to overstste the won
derfuI change In my mother since she be-
gan to use Electric Bitters." writes Mrs.
W. l.. Gilpatrick Of Danforth, Me. "Al-
though past 20 she seems really TO be
growing young again. She suffered untold
misery from dyspepsia for % years. At
last she could neither eat drink nor sleep.
Doctors gave her Up and all remedies fail
ed Til Electric Bitters worked such won
ders for her health They invigorate all
vital organs, cure liver and Kidney trou-
bles. induce sleep, impart strength and
appetite. Only zoe at Campbell Drug Co.
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vannah. Ca. after an illness OF a few
days. Her husband. J. D. Stuart. IS a
travelling auditor for the Central Rail
road of Georgia. Besides her husband
and brother Mrs. Stuart is survived b.
one daughter. Pattie, - years old; an
other brother. Edward +. Johnson. Of
Montana, and a sister, Elizabeth John
son who lives at the Mcpherson ave
nue. address. The pallbearers viii be-
Richard ". Upshaw, Thomas Upshaw.
B. e Kinbell. Charlton Messick. James
Breckenridge and DR.. NJ w Hoge.
Burial viii be IN Beliefontaine ceme-
terry.
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a,,o,,g them being Congressman and
Ms James NJ Miller, Congressman
and Mrs. Campbell, and Congressman
and Mrs. Madison.
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HAD TO MOVE OR DROWN.
Wyoming Ranch Owner Driven Out
by Erection of Big Dam.

Cheyenne. Wyo., July 15.-An in
teresting point in interstate law was
raised in an appeal from the decision
Of the government board of apprais-
ers by A. ]. Boutwell,. owner of a
ranch Of 1900 acres situated near
the big Pathfinder da min this state.
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Cotton Market.

New York. July 15-COTToN-spo
closed ouiet 10 cents lower; middlng up
lands si2s5; middling gulf. s1S2o sales
125 bales x corroo-
Galveston. Tex. July 15.-COIION-
Market higher. 121zc-
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manded the Kansas


ali easy 1siG2 per cent: ruling rate $50
per cent, closing bid ~ offered at l i5s
eO s7axrs Ist6T3 per cent; 30 days. 21zd2ss
Der cent; Six months 3Ad39s per cent
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper "a to
4 per cent. -
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at s. $. s0l14 50 90
for SO day bills and at $500 for de-
mand: commercial bills. 485Ad4S o12
SILVER-Bar silver, Ole: Mexican dol
lars, 44c-
RONDSIGovernme bonds, steady;
railroad bonds. irregular
Do YOU know you can paint your
buggy for about 800. We viii snow
YOU The J. X. Jones Paint Co
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Rasehan Phone.

The state Journal has a specIa
baseball telephone. For all baseball
information. scores. etc, call In
dependent phone No SIS.
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Former midshipmen who have been
fonnd physically qualified for appoint
rr1en+ as second lieutenants in the army
will be commissioned in the coast artil-
Ierv corps following the assignment
of this years graduates of the military
academy to corps and regIments- For
To1.5ir. . The uoidshipTnen enlisted men IF
the army who have been found quail
fed on the preliminary examinations.
and who are soon to undergo the fina'
examinations at Fort Leavenworth'
viii he commissioned. These appoint
1nents viii fill nearly all. if not all, ex-
isting vacancies. and it looks as il
there would be few, if any, left for
civilian candidates, except for the
coast artillery corps Civilian candi-
dates for this corps are to be examined
within a few days