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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
New YORK stock Market.

Wall St., New York, Dec. 3.-STOCKS-
the opening of the stock market today,
the extreme fluctuations being a loss of
about as much in American Smelling.
which was, however, not long maintained.
A downward drift set in which cost
Union Pacific and Lehigh Valley a point
before the bulls got under the market In
the rally prices were lifted to Yesterday .
closing after which the speculation be-
came dull and listless. st. Louis and
Southwestern lost and Lake Erie &
Western preferred ~.
The market closed firm. After long
interval of dullness and hesitation the
market began to run off sharply, Union
Pacific selling IL under yesterdays clos
ing and other important stocks also ap-
proximating their low prices of the week.
In the last few minutes there was a
strong rebound which ran to nearly a
point In many OF the representative
stocks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
TREND is UPWARD
Prices of All Grains Advance in
Chicago Pit.
UnfavOrable Weather Reported
From Much of Wheat Area.
PROVISIONS ADVANCE.
Cattle Receipts Light With Mar
ket Quoted Steady.
Hogs Five Cents Higher at Lead
ing Selling Points.
PROVISIONS ADVANCE.

Chicago, Dec. s.-wHEAT-Both foreign
and domestic news contributed today to
make firm market for wheat. Bad
weather in France and q good European
inquiry for Pacific coast cargoes were
factors. Moreover the French govern
ment was reported as having extended
the wheat bonding privilege to Paris and
perhaps throughout the country. In the
United States there was no rain south
west where needed for the winter crop.
Signs pointed to a substantial decrease
for the wheat stocks here. Opening was
Nc higher to shade lower. May started
at $3.50 to $3.50, unchanged to nc up,
touched 9614c and rallied to 965sc
Assertions that there had been a COM
pete failure in the wheat crop in Bahia
Blanca and Santa Fe Argentine increased
the Keeling of strength. Forecast of more
moderate world shipments aided The
close was firm with May at g1zc, a net
CORN-With offerings light and demand
fair, corn developed some strength. May
opened unchanged to nc higher at 475
@4sc and held at the higher plane.
scantiness of country sales added to the
feeling OF firmness and the rise OF prices
CONTINUED May closing up at 4sKc.
oATs-Trade in oats was slow but the
feeling was firm as the result of action
on other pits. May started a shade to
&c up at S47sc to S4ssQS4&c and rose to
PRovIsIoNs-Pit traders in provisions
inclined to the buying side and with the
assistance of a slight advance In hogs
changed to Sc higher with May at s1s. 80
for pork; $s.677s for lard, and s9.o71s to
BIO for ribs.
RYE-Cash: S1jAc.
TIMOTHY-Cash: ss.OO@s5o; March
CLoVER-cash: s1ooo@1Aoo; March
s145o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03

ambassador to Italy: w. r. Balsinger:
W. w. Blackburn; H. p Bope; J. ].
Campbell; d. M. Clemson; A. ] Din
key, president of the Carnegie Steel
company; A. R. Hunt: D. G.. Kerr; f.
Fl. Kind; George Lauder; Thomas
Lynch, president of the Frick Coke
company; Thomas Morrison, George q.
McCabe. w. E. Causland. John Nc
Leod, Gibson D. Packer. A. r. Pea
cock, ]. H. Reed, Emil Swenssen and
e. S. Utley, all of Pittsburg; L. T.
Brown. Atlantic City, N. J.; John c.
Fleming and Edwin s. Mills, Chicago;
William n. Palmer, Cleveland, presi-
dent of the American Wire company;
Lawrence c. Phipps. Denver. and
George H. Wightman. Boston
Messrs. Carnegie, Dickson, Corey,
Bope, Fleming, Palmer, Phipps,
Schwab. Franks and Leishmah made
speeches
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
FRIEND" TOUCHES HIM.
Brother CattIeman Tells Kansan About
Having LEAN Year.

Kansas city, Dec. 3.-Cattle raising
has it's fat and it's lean years, and VIII
liam Bates of Alta Vista, Kan, who
has made some money in the business,
has faith in the men of his business
and considerable sympathy for one
who strikes lean year. Yesterday he
met a man in the Grand Central depot
who said he was a cattleman from
Nevada. The stranger told a story of
a lean year, and Mr.. Bates lent him
$24 for car fare home.
Then the stranger disappeared
through a side entrance of the Live
Stock Exchange building at the stock
yards without saying "Goodby" to Mr..
Bates. However, his belief in, cattle
men as a class was not shaken. Bates
told e. P. Boyle. inspector of detec-
tives, about his "friend."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
PARSONS MAN ROBBED.
Held Up by Nervous Crooks on Way to
Kansas City Depot.

Kansas City, Dec. 3.-On the way to
the Union depot last night. j. A. Young
of Parsons, Kan, was held up and rob-
bed by two young highwaymen on Bluff
street. near Sixth street. While one
of the men compelled him to keep his
hands up at the point of a revolver,
the other searched his pockets in an
awkward and nervous manner. Young s
watch and chain. an annual Missouri.
Kansas & Texas railway pass, and $500
was taken from him.
Young is convinced that the men are
amateurs, but he said he did not care
to take any chances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
New York Produce Market.

New York, Dec. 3.-BUTTER-Market
weak. Creamery specials, 30c; extra, 2S1a
&c; third to first, 23@271zci creamery held.
second to special, A19@90c; state dairy,
common to finest, 2S@29c; process, second
to special,a 23@26c.
CHEESEMAN'S barely steady. Skins.
2@13c. No exports.
EGGS-Market firm. State. Pennsyl-
vania and nearby hennery white, fancy,
SIC; ditto gathered, white, 40950c; ditto
hennery brown, fancy, 45Q47c; ditto gath
cred brown, 4094Sc; refrigerator, special
marks, fancy, in local storage. 3k926c;
ditto first, 241z@25c: ditto seconds. 23@24c.
POULTRY-Alive, quiet;- western chick
ems 11AG12kc; fowls, 12Q13c; turkeys. 10
1c Dressed, easy; western chickens, 100
161kc; fowls. 12@15c: ditto turkeys. 16Q22c.
POULTRY-Alive, quiet; western chick
ems, 111k@121kc; fowls, 1Q13c; turkeys, 10
&c. Dressed, firm; western chickens, log
1870; ditto fowls, 12@17c; ditto turkeys, 15
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
New York Money Market.

New York, Dec. S.--MONEY-Money on
call nominal. Time loans, very ull; sixty
avs and 80 days, 4@44 per cent; six
months 4@4A per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper to
61z per cent
Sterling exchange firm with actual BUSH
ness in bankers bills at "a. 81 65Q4. 81. q Tor
d dav bills and 81 ST. 10 for demand. Com
mercial bills at 81. S1sz@4S2.
SILVER-Bar silver, sc: Mexican dol
lars, ACC.
road bonds steady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03

Kansas CITY. Dec. Receipts
Il 900 Including 200 southerns. Market
steady. Native steers, s475G7.00; south
ern steers, $4,000 $780, southern caws,
50 T564.50 native cows and heifers, 81 100
500. stockers and feeders, So. 75Q 5-25; bulls.
s.. 46Q475: calves. s4.ooas.25; western
100 aod.s Ss aooO Market cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
Town Burns In Tennessee.

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec 3.-Copper
Hill, town of 1900 people, located
in the famous Ducktown copper basin,
was almost completely wiped out by
fire, which started shortly after s
o'clock last night in second story of
Frank Jones' store, used as a board
ing house. An overheated stove set
fire to the building. In all, IS frame
structures were burned The total loss
win exceed $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Dec. neutrality-suspicious.
easy Creameries. 22@2sc; dairies, 29QS7c.
EGGS-Market firm. Receipts 2,176
cases; at mark, cases included, 1S1k022hc;
firsts, Bic; prime firsts, 33c.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, 1910
15%c; TWINS, 14@14Hc; Young Americas,
15A Q151Ac; Long Horns, 15zQ151zc.
POTATOES-Market steady. Choice to
POULTRY-Market steady. Turkeys,
live, 15c; dressed 2O1kc; chickens. dressed,
201kc; springs. i've 100
VEAL-Market steady. so to go lb. WITS,
9Q10c; 60 to IS Id. WITS, u@111kc; So to 10
Id. WITS, 12c,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
Kansas CITY Produce Market.

Kansas City, Dec. s.-wHEAT-Cash:
Market generally unchanged. No. 2 hard,
s2QsSc; No: 3, slQs6c; No. red. 959971sc;
No. g. 93095c
CORN-Market unchanged No 2 mixed,
44@47c; No. 8. 431z446c; No. white, 44Q47c;
No. 3. 4315@z5c.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white,
3SQ94c; No. 2 mixed. S1@33c-
RYE-No. 2 74c.
HAY-Market unchanged. Choice TIM
1900
OVERWHELMINGLY, &c; firsrts, &c;
seconds, 24c; packing stock, 19c.
EGGS-Extras. SIC; firsts, &c: seconds,
CLOSE: WHEAT-December 91hc bid;
May, $3.50 bid; July 913s@91kc sellers.
CORN-December, 4llc sellers; May,
46ss@46Zc bid; July E75sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
For a Greater Berlin.

Berlin, Dec. 3.-The Prussian gov
eminent has drawn up a bill compell-
ing Berlin and the suburban munich
palities to combine in a greater Ber-
lin. The population of the metropoI-
tan area is close to 100000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
New york. Sugar and Coffee Market

New York Dec. 3.-SUGAR-Raw
quiet; Muscovado, SO test, s.. 43; centrifugal
S6 test, 1898; molasses sugar, g test, 70 -
Refined, steady; crushed, $3.50; granulat-
ed. $3.50; powdered. $40.
COFFEE-Spot, firm: No. Rio. lSlsci
No. Santos, 135s@13azc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
Topeka, Kan. Dec. 3.

Helfers, medium to good........... 3.O013 rs
Veal extra to good. Ight......... $685. oSsS 90
Cattle must be good. Cannot use fhin
stuff.) -1
Market B gf5is Risd S 81 rz EDS 5ss cattle
FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
Co. Topeka. Kan.l
N & 3; E EGSSsI g ,4srr,
lWhoiesaie prices furnished by Cones
City Market Housed
EGGsmFresh country. candied. Csc.
&C. Fosters g: o add rS 81 tl6s
Toms c Ducks P F. sn f. oyer ice 1 Gees. Old
F. f.. SC. Pigeons. per doz.. s0c: Old Id
Di So Il RSs asT sl1ti asG o5 per dog
rabbits, per dozy s1.oo. ''seU
M T1421eEsa sE g gRgTT E AND PRODUCE.
= 's FrSlt and Prod LUCE. Wholesale
BA AZ y oS15S g. sized punches. per
bunch Suneh sssSSs7 pa larf &c. punches per
G GsA1IAA GBRAP PES basket. nc.
ALMERIA GRAPEs-Per bbi.' s5'Soa
BOX APPLEs-Fancy York Imperia,s
box si.25; Fancy winesaps. Der Dos or 81 p e.
Fancy Rome Beauties. per boz sis "a
5onasshan F Rsr box iso EaRsy
$50: Fancy ToTk fmperisfs. si.s5e: Fer Fa Soz;
COCoANUTs-Per sack original 500.
e cALTFoRN1A LEMoNs-per box. sn
0UINCEs-Per box. SIG.
PACKAGE FIGS-Per box. Il cartons.
PACKAGE DATEs-Per box, se.u.
HALLOWI DATEs-Per h.. 7c
SAYEf gsEiss bes s ssssd Sc
GRAPE ERuIT.Per bog, 81 25@L5o. ''--''
SWEET PoTAToES.Per bu.. 500.
F fESSHSn fNDfANA RED SsT'e &c aIoRB
oNIoNsPer bu;. SIS. 0A'
WHBITEE OH 3TSFep bu-, sl.sss
CALIFORNIA CAULIFLOwER - Per
crsfsi Es1RtsY9-Mammoth. per bunch on.
Jumbo. per bunch. 75c; Blue Ribbon. PEI per
HoNEY-Per 24-rack case. s3.75.
sPINACH-Per bu.. s1.o0.
G GaBE. x9ETS Pc 81 swt Grated $50.
b. TTS %dsE I SqySSs per 49, il. per
= DSE H;Ts HoLLY-Per crate rate sm
ALABAMA SMIIAAX-Per crate, IS. 90.
wreathing. coils Of about 20 yards. Hoo:
BLACK WALNUTS-Per bu, s.25.
OYSTERS-Standards. per can 60.
New York Extra Selects. per can. Se:
New York COUNTS. per can: Soc. Stand.
Selects. per gal. 80; New York Exfra
Selects, per gal. 10: New York Counts
per gal, $3.50.
CHEESElL H. cheese, per lb.. 1S1xc.
Limburger, per Id. 171kc: Wis. Yellow nes
In White
wis. Brick per h., l71zc; Block Swiss rs to
90 lbs.), per h., &c.,. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
Topeka Markets.

FURNISHED by the Chas wolr Packing
Co.. yards close at noon Saturday, we
weighing less than 10 lbs. Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished.
as we cannot use half fat stun we give
below prices effective at once, until fur-
Their notice.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
Cotton Market.
V,nsas CITY Live Stock Sales.

Galveston, Tex, Dec. 3.-COTTON-
Market steady, 15c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03

HIDE QUOTATIONS-Green CnSsa
Hid. Natives short ,ar haiEsd No; l. SIC;
side brands. over 40 flat. No. l. re: si .ie
sna Branded nat 7c: green sail c curss;
glue flat SC; green salt cured deacorsa
zach. 506ts5c; siunks. each. 25Gi5c- eAeoas'
Green incurred hides Nc less than sarna
Green frozen hides are No. 2
Green half cured. 44c less than eurea
!, Horse s,ds aide 30 green ~ s275Qa 8:
hides. .75cQS so: sheep peits. green. 35cX
s1.o0: dry. according to wool. per h.. ~
1uc.
BEESWAX-1542bc-
DRY HIDES-Dry flint, butebar,.
heavy. lsc;, dry flint cuIls. Joe: dry VS.. saIt
heavy. gs lbs; ana upl. i4c: dry salt. light
WooL-Heayy fine. lo@l2c: colo sgaio.
medium, ll9isci light fine. Is914c: heaKv1ys'
Choice medium combing. 1sQ2oc; medium
light fine and fine medium. 1471ec: heavSS'
fine. 10Q12c: Kansas, Nebraska and Clxiss
homa: Bright medium. 14016c; dark mas :
ium. 12614c: light fine. 12614c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03

higher. Bulk of sales, s7.2597 80; heavy.
$l5q7.S5; packers and butchers. $3.50
TBS; light, T.20@730
,sHEEP.Receipts 500. Market steady:
Muttons. $3.50d425; lambs, $5O0Q6.50; fed
Wethers and yearlings, s275Q6.75: fed
western ewes, s3.25@400
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
Topeka Hide Market
Topeka, kan. Der

fluctuations furnished by James C sn,,th
Hide Co.. los East Third St.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
Chicago live Stock Market.

Chicago. Dec. S-CATTLE-Receipt
estimated at 700. Market steady. Beeves,
s4.o0@75O; Texas steers, s42046.40: western
steers. S4.2566.40; stockers and feeders,
Ss.OQb.36; cows and heifers, $2.z50eE;
calves. 100000.
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 1900.
Market cents higher. Light, s6.e5@7.s0;
mixed, 6.oOQ7. As; heavy. s6.95@7.45; rough.
$5.g6Q1:15; good to choice heavy, S7.15{D
7z5; pigs, ss.50a7.a5; bulk Of sales, s7.2o9
STANDARDIZATION estimated at 5000.
Market weak. Native, s2.256Ae5; west
eFa fy sz7s g 5E; yearlings lambs.
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRiGDIicE.
:. WnoHaEAT-bu., receipts. 1000; shipments.
&C C OF receipts. 257.7Oo; shipments.
Carl lot receipts; Wheat, 10 car, with
none of contract grade: Corn, ia ears,
with 4 of contract grade: Oats, 101 cars.
Iotai receipts of wheat at Chicago, Min
compared with sos cars last week and Ia
cars the corresponding day year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
Topeka Grain Marie

FURNISHED by j. B. Billiard. corner u.
sas ave. and Curtis St.l
WHEAT-No. z s0dS6c = ~ :.
NEW CORN-33c-
oATSESo0zn.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15

Winners and losers in the Vermont
wheel club billiard and pool tournament
gathered in the Brooks house Wednesday
nipbt for the banquet which capt
George Wellman 3 team rendered to
Cant. A. E. Wood s team as a penalty
for being beaten. Capt. Wellman s team
was left behind early in the play and
thew never overlook their opponents OF
came anywhere near it. They were near
" 200 points behind at the close, rms
did not dampen their spirit and they
proceeded to plan and carry INTO enect
a banquet that proved a fitting close 70
the tournament. About 70 were present
and after the feast ippromptu speeches.
and singing kept the crowd togetheIl
until late hour. Music was furnlsheo
bv Leitsinser's orchestra.
The Estey Organ company, VIII snip
newt week to the First Presbyterian
church of Spokane, Wash, very fine
three manual pipe organ, ~ stops.
confined with the full complement OF
connIers and other mechanical accesso-
RES. The organ is furnished with the
Haskell key stop action, and is one OF
the best balanced and largest sealed or
cans that they have sent out. Added 70
the speaking stops is full Il note SET
of chimes Of the most approved make.
This organ is numbered 763, and when it
70 remembered that less than eight. years
az aoo the company built their first pipe or or,
a asu # shows a remarkable demand all
eu the country, and very extensive
o os Nearly every state in the union
y now furnished with Estey pipe organs,
and in some states over 100 organs have
heen erected. This particular organ was
sold through the c, company ~ w agea are
Messrs. Sherman, Clay 20; WIZ e.
very extensive dealers on the fa ;an
coast, having houses at gan Eta rnan msuy
Portland Spokane Seattle an reo mae
t % .ronsnort the organ, which will go
t ~ to destination without change.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15

Nv stained glass give highly orna-
mental effect to the store. l2-foot
counter runs around the fountain.
AT the recent annual thank offer
ing meeting held by the women of the
Centre Church on Good Friday the
two stanzas written by DR.. Henry Van
Dyke for an addition to the national
anthem. America, were sung for the
first time in Brattleboro. These words
were written in response to national
demand for some verses that would
represent the ideals of the whole ecoun1,,
try and be more descriptive OF all
sections. They are not copyrighted
and they are reprinted here:
I love thine inland seas,
Thv groves of giant trees,
Thy rolling plains;
Thy rivers mighty sweep,
THY mystic canyons deep,
Thy mountains wild and steep,
All thy domains;
Thy silver Eastern strands,
Thy Golden Gate that stands
Fronting the West;
Thy Flowery Southland fair,
Thy sweet and crystal air
O Land beyond compare,
Thee I love best!
The opening of the trout season. in
Windham county today finds spring far
ther advanced by almost month than
has been the case for many years, and
consequently the number of fish taken
during the next few days is likely to be
much larger than last year. Streams
that a wear ago were swollen with snow
water are now at their normal height
and in Just the proper condition to yield
large catches. While in one sense this
state of affairs is to be regretted, mean
ing as it does the slaughter Of more fish
than ought to be caught in the opening
days. anglers of the county are extreme
" thankf that the open season begins
now instead of month later as in other
narts of the state. Fishermen should
bear in mind that the law places limit
of six pounds on days catch. Previous
to the last legislature the limit was ten
Those interested in the attempt
That is being made to stock Marlboro
south pond with landlocked salmon are
anxious that all fishermen there remem..
her that IL inches is the legal length of
these fish. Several thousand salmon
were placed in the pond last
summer.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15
Births

In Brattleboro, April II, son: Alex
ander Leslie, to Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Smith.
In Wardsboro, April 8, a son, Jesse
Joseph, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph La
Marche
In Cambridgeport. April s., a son to
Mr.. and Mrs. George Martin, r.
In Woodstock, son, Donald Robert,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Abbie Jaqueth White
and grandson to Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b.
.Jaqueth of Guilford.
In Brattleboro, April 10, daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Clune.
In Jamaica, April 10, a daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs, G. E. Fisk.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15
MARRIAGES

In Springfield, Mass, April IA, Miss
Ada Alice Sanger and Arthur Sears VIII
lard
In Putney, April 8, by Rev. J. E. Der,
nv. Leslie Arthur Wood of Putney and
Mrs. Beatrice Pearl Richardson OF
Keene, N. H.
In Hinsdale. N. H., April IA, by Rev.
A. J. Harper of Brattleboro, Miss Nellie
Susan Boorn and Harry Bidwell Viii
liams.
In Hinsdale, N. H.. April IL, by Rev.
P. S. Cahill, Timothy Duggan and Miss
Cornelia NJ. Wright.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15

In Brattleboro, April IL, Albert Man
ley Prouty, g..
In Minneapolis. Mimi, s. Stephen
Perry. 70. a native of Wardsboro.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15

ANNOUNCEMENT

a valuable Suggestion Coz the sssidias
s,rsss, y Mating Photograph IRON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-15
Money and the Senate.

Former Senator Mason of Illinois re-
peats his assertion that 10 per cent of
senatorial honors are bought He quail
fies little. He does not charge a store
counter transaction, where parcel is
handed over by one person and lump
sum of money by the other. But money
is used 10 create sentiment for this man
or that. and when the person so doomed
reaches the Senate he wears the collar Of
those who have financed his aspirations,
and votes public questions according
10 the dictations of private interests.
There is ground for the complaint that
far too much money is used in politics
All campaigns show II. The Senate does
not deserve - be made a special target
in the premises. Mayoralty contests. gu
bernatorial- contests and presidential con-
tests are conducted on liberal basis so
far as expenses are concerned. Blood
suckers, in the shapes of committeeman,
spellbinders, rounders-up. and what you
please. are busy from the day the CAM
paign opens to the day 1t closes Thou
sands of men make trade of badgering
candidates and their campaign managers
for money.
And yet it is always safe to discount
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-15
For a Shorter Ballot.
From the Sioux City Tribune.

From the Sioux City Tribune.
The primary reinforces the movement
Tor short ballot. The concentration of
the nglt u. on the one office that of gov
ernor. indicates the need the utility of
concentrating popular opinion on one
leading office, and the disposition Of the
voters to Go it. 1t is a convincing arglI-
ment for a short ballot that would in
state matters, contain the names of the
candidates for governor only: in the
county for candidates for Supervisors
only. The short ballot FOR state and
county officers is the next step in line
with the commission plan for city gov
eminent. The excellence OF the latter
plan warrants its extension to the other
divisions Of the social organization. AT
the head, the national ticket and at the
foot. the city ticket, the short ballot at
lords voters opportunity 10 direct their
action free from the confusion resulting
where there is a multitude of candidates
There is no reas son why a governor of a
state should not form his cabinet by APP
pointing the heads of the various DEPART
mentS that does not apply to the fedora
government. Every reason for the feder-
al plan applies with equal force to the
state y President is responsible for the
administration Of the departments. gov
ernor should be equally SO for the depart
ments of the state. The people now SO
hold him, but refuse him the selection OF
heads by which, only, could he control
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-15
Fair Weather Prediction.

1t will be well for the weather bureau
1orecasters to maintain a discreet silence
from now forward regarding the prospect
OF clear weather. Yesterday il was def
nltely announced that the rain was over.
Inere was no moisture on the man. The
prophet on duty declared that Washing
ton tribulations were over and that the
picnic parties and excursions might pro-
coed without fear, and the lawn fetes
and strawberry festivals could be conf
IDENTIFY advertised without apprehen sion
OF postponements. Judging from this proc
lanation, Washington would soon be 50
dry as TO clanlor for rain, unthinkabla as
that might he at present This morning
heavy fog suggested a fair day but the
sign went wrong. After this experience
the public Will he just az we'll pleased il
the weather bureau cuts its prophecies to
the lowest possible point of non-commit-
tai statements of actual conditions and
leaves the future to take care of itself
Everybody is going TO carry umbrellas
any way, and until the sun shines unin-
terruptedly for three consecutive days
there will be no disposition to regulate
conduct according TO the announcements
that come from the NJ street prophecy
shop.