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The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
To-day's Markets,

Chicago Union Stock Yards, Feb.
I26.-The advancing prices of the past
week encouraged country shippers
and fresh arrivals today were bulle-
tined at $4,000, almost one-half more
than had been estimated. Added to
this heavy run were about 5000 left
over from yesterday. This placed
the market in the hands OF the local
big packers and they proceeded to
knock off prices 10 to Is cents at the
opening While eastern buyers had
good sized orders, there was plenty
for them without having to compete
very strongly. Spectators who got
bit some yesterday were not inclined
to be active today After eastern or
ders had been filed the packers forced
sellers to drop off another nickel and
the close found everything selling
slow at 20 cents below yesterday and
"a big left over remained for tomor-
row. ,
The bulk today sold at $S.35@8.50,
against S8.50@S.65 yesterday; $500
$40 last Wednesday; $7.55@765 four
weeks ago; $6.40@6.55 corresponding
Wednesday in 1912; $7.00@715 in
1911; $9.80@10.00 in 1910 and S6.50@
$40 in 1909.
Top today was $3.50 early; yester-
day $S.7212; last Wednesday $8.45;
four weeks ago $40; one year ago
$6.57K; two years ago $i35; three
years ago 5000 and four years ago
$3.50
Cattle receipts were not considered
excessive today and the market was
generally steady The big packers
were out in force and the supply was
well cleared. Buyers are doing their
best to hold the market down but real
ize the supply OF cattle on feed is
smaller than usual and that prospects
are extremely bullish. Demand for
stockers and feeders was strong and
the tendency OF the market Is upward
though prices already are up to the
record limit Prime heavy selected
feeders today sold up to $50 and
many fair to good ones at $7.75.
Good fat sheep today sold at prices
steady with yesterday but the market
generally was 10 cents lower and the
day was slow and dull Buyers had
no big orders to fill and were very in
different.
The estimated receipts for tomor,
row are $4,000 hogs. G,00O cattle and
~ 900 sheep.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
Sheep Gain: Lambs Lose.

Chicago, h eb. 26.-During the week
while good lambs have receded fully
25 cents. This condition Is due main
ly to the fact that big sheep are get
ting very scarce while the high prices
area attracting in many Colorado
lambs till that part of the market is
overloaded. Not many good lambs are
coming now outside of the Colorado
contingent and as the season advan-
ces the native supply is likely to
shrink still more
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
Cash Quotations

Chicago, Feb. 25-Wheat, No. 2
red, $1.O3@1.0S; No. 5 red, 95c@s1.O0;
No. 2 hard, 91@92c; No. 3 hard, 500
92c; No. northern, 91692c; No. 2
northern, S9k @90Rc; No 3 northern,
84@S9c; No. 2 spring, 89R @93c; No.
3 spring, S5@SSc; No. 4 spring, 1870
sac; velvet chan, S5@90Ac; durum,
S7@92c.
Corn-No. 2, soc; No. 2 white, 500
50kc; No. 3, 47A @4S%c: No. 3 white
4SA @49c; No. 3 yellow, 471&@4S&c;
No. 4. 45@47kc; NO. 4 white, 400
4712c; No. 4 yellow, 45@47Ac.
Oats-No. 2. 32lac; No. 2 white, "a
@35c; NO. 8, 3l& @32c; No. 3 white,
1924 @32Ac; No. 4, 32c; No. 4 white,
S14 @32Hc; standard, 1914 @33Ac.
st. Louis, Mo, Feb. 26.-Wheat, No.
2 red, $1.O2@1.O9; NO. hard, S91a a
91lac.
Corn-No. 2, l,@4sAc; No. 2 white
491A@5O1ac.
Oats-No. 2, Som3sKc; No. white,
341a 635c.
Peoria, ILL.,. Feb. 26.-Corn, No. 4
white, 47c; No. yellow. 479474ac;
No. / yellow, 45A @46Ac; No. 3 mix
ed, 46a @4712c; No. 4 mixed. 400
46%c; samples, 35@42Ac.
Oats-No. 2 white, 3312 @34c; stand
ard, 33c; No. 3 white, 32Ac; No. 4
white, 3llhc.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
Boston Wool Market.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 26.-Donestic
wool, especially delaine fleeces. show
a lower tendency; fine washed fleeces
are steady at 31@32c, while fine sta
pie Montana brings 23c in the grease.
Secured territory is quiet and easy and
transactions in California woods are
confined to sample lots. Eight
months Texas woods sell readily at
1S@19c. Very little bidding is going
on in the west for the new clip, al
though offers Of 1870 are reported in
Montana.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
Money Market,

New York, Feb. z6.-Paper, prime
mercantile, per cent.
Sterling eXchange-Steady with &C.
tual business In bankers bills at $4.-
1926 for sixty day bills and at $4.SI..
so for demand.
Commercial bills-$4.S2A.
Bar Silver-60Ac.
Mexican DollarS-4Skc.
Bonds--Government, easy; railroads
heavy.
Money on Call-Steady, 3@3R per
cent; ruling rate, 3 per cent; closing
bid, 8; offered at ga.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
sEARs1oRo.

Mr.. and Mrs. Van Corp are rejoicing
over a new baby in their home.
Eliza Mencer is very sick with ty-
phoid pneumonia.
The Ladies' Aid was entertained at
the Mrs. s. c. Armstrong home for an
all-day meeting Thursday. Fifty We're
there for dinner. Sewing was the en-.
tertainment for the day and a good
time is reported from all present.
Homer Poyell surprised the people
of this vicinity Tuesday when he left
for Newton and came back with his
bride. who was Mrs. Winnie Eaton, OF
that city
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

1t is now feared that the wage
Garner who voted for immediate down
ward revision of the tariff, will proba-
bly, find the first tangible evidence of
downward revision in their pay en-
valonaS
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

"A Pittsburg mine owner, who paid
a million to his second wife when he
was divorced from her, is preparing
TO marry a third time. And yet"
says the Boston Traveller. some peo-
pie wonder why the price Of coal isn't
what it ought TO be-"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

A New York patriot wants to be-
come modern Joan OF Arc by Dor
rowing the cork leg of Santa Ana,
now in the Illinois memorial hall, and
wave it at the head of a regiment
dashing across the Rio Grande. Ban
zai--but hold on, that is japanese
what is the Spanish for "hurrah!"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
Flour Market,

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 26.-Flour,
first patents, $4.30@4.65; second pat
.ents, $415@4.50; first clears, $1,000
$40; second clears, $2.30@2.6o.
New York, Feb. 26.-Flour, quiet
and steady.
st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 26.--Flour quiet,
red winter patents, $490@5.15; extra
fancy and straight, $3.9O@4.75; hard
winter clears, $3.40@3.S0.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Pity the poor linotype operator.
Under a death notice published in a
Vienna paper is an announcement
that the deceased man was a member
of the VerWaltungarat der Oester-
reichischenschaft and also a member
of the Vedwaltungarat der Otto Mach
folger Asphalt und Baumeisterialien
Fabriks Aktien GesellSchaft.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

The farms of Mahaska, Linn, Ply
mouth and Jasper counties, Iowa, are
worth more than all the farms of New
Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut,
Florida, Wyoming, New Mexico or
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

THE man who is looking for some
one to entrust with a responsible
position, does not search among those
who are just the ordinary work
men," says the Ottucnwa Courier. He
is looking for some one better than
the ordinary. ne need not be so very
much better, but he must be trying
to get away from being considered
iuSt ordinary
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

There is some sense in bill that
has been introduced in the legislature
providing for a state editor to blue
pencil some of the state reports and
reduce them to a size where they will
do the state some good by being read,
while at the same time cutting down
the states printing bill. ....
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

illustrative of the difference OF
opinion on the Shankland bill for the
use OF secret ballot on saloon petit
lions, it was interesting to note the
warm Endorsement given it by Rev.
Orien w. Fifer, of Grace NJ. E. church
in Des Moines Sunday evening. Min
listers as a rule are opposed to the
maaSnra
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
Horses Steady 70 Stronu.

Chicago, Feb. 26.-Demand for hors-
es was fairly good again and the mar
ket was steady to strong. Not many
good horses were available though
there were many lockers for that
class OF equine stock. Good drafters
are selling at $20O@250, but most OF
the horses offered were farm chunks,
which went at $lz5@175.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
ExEcUTRIx NOTICE.

NXECUTKIA NOTICE.
ID Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that on the oath day of
February, A. d., 1913. the undersigned
was appointed by the District Court of
Iowa, in and for Mahaska County,
executrix of the estate, of j. 3.
Smith, deceased, late of said Mahaska
County, Iowa. All persons indebted
to said estate will make payment to the
undersigned, and those having claims
against the same will present them
legally authenticated to said court for
allowance.
Dated this 25th day Of February,
1913.
Martha j. Smith, Executrix.
j. 4. MilIigsn, Clerk 81
Z BY Frank N. Wright, Deputy. a2ws
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

If the legislature wants Iowa to
be known as the 'bootlegger state"
the Baxter New Era thinks 1t is going
about it in the right way to accom-
plish it,"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

From religious paper; For two
years preceding his death he was a
constant reader of -. He was a
great sufferer, but grace sustained
him." The suggestion that he should
have subscribed for another paper
seems directly in line with the re-
quirements of the case.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
Lamson's Daily Letter.
FURNISHED by Patton & Hasen-

Chicago, Feb. 26.
Broomhall of Liverpool wires:--
Wheat-The flrmer feeling at close
in New York yesterday caused the
market to open higher and there was
some covering by shorts and prices
had further advance of a to "a. Es-
Inmates regarding Argentine crop and
better demand for La Plata which
firmly held. Reports from India arAi
favorable and Russia unfavorable o 4
TO freezing and thawing.
Corn-Steady and later the Ameri.
can grade was advanced NC on bet
ter demand for spot
The Argentine estimate exportable
surplus is being reduced; this also Of
oats.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

The Washington Democrat is so
bluntly old.fashioned. Instead of peri
tonitis or appendicitis, it says: Tom
Harvey was operated on at the county
hospital Monday for stomach ailment."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

There Is at least one man who
has faith In DR.. Frederick A. Cook,
the arctic explorer That man is DR..
Frederick A. Cook.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
EDITORIAL KICKS.

ShtNE TNtSN0.
Fremont Gazette: During the past
two weeks the publisher OF this paper
has dropped from the mailing list the
names of a number of persons who
have failed to cash in" for many
moons and whose promises to pay
have become monotonous. We hate
terribly to part company with these
old reliables. Their faith in our abil-
ity TO. subsist On the cob end of notn-
ing is very touching. 1t shows conf
dence in our ethereal, angenc charac-
ter which, in truth the facts do not
warrant. They compliment us by
seeming to think that We can feast on
ozone and lunch on the east wind; but
it can't be done.
- - =
Montezuma Republican: Everybody
hates the "moocner." Do you know
what a moocher is? He is the duck
who buns his way through the world.
Borrows a dollars and never pays it
back, never has any cigars of his
own, begs a pass to the ball game and
tries TO get the whole family in on il.
He goes on hunting expeditions with
the boys and forgets to provide his
snare vi lHe pTONlSlOnS. ne HdS many
similar traits, but this is enough TO
enable you to spot the moocher.
- =: =.
Abba Republican: There is a Small
matter which Some of our Subscribers
and advertisers have Seemingly for
gotten. To US it is nece$Sary in our
business. We are very modest and
do not wish to Speak of it.
- - -
GFinnell Register The trade boost
ing committee of the commercial Club
still pursues a policy Of mastery In
activity.
Abba Union The Monroe county
board OF supervisors are having calls
for help by people who ought to have
guardians over them. When men with
families refuse TO support them and
are too lazy TO work when it is given
them to do should be compelled by
Iowa laws to work and support their
families. Abba has a number OF cases
where the families have cultivated
the begging habit till they have be-
gun 10 think the tax payers. owe them
living.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Pertinent inquiry from the Bur
lington Hawk-Eye: Who 'mourns at
a funeral because the deceased led a
life of sobriety?'
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

st. Louis made a new record for
its great show industry in 1912, the
total sales being S64,000,000, a gain
of $3,5O0,000. over the previous year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

The Long Beach Press admits
that it requires men of good red-blood
courage to see the rainbow spanning
the citrus fruit belt of California.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

The Brighton Enterprise insists
that the noisiest patriots are the fell
lows who expect 10 get paid for it at
the pie counter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Alex Miller has observed that
when a woman makes an error in sew
ing. she hides it by sewing on a but
ton
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

A distinction with a difference.
Most OF the city men who want 10 go
back to the farm, don't want to farm
a..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Sending pictures by wire is moth
ing new in Germany and France and
now they are talking of cabling them
across the Atlantic.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Note mas been made OF the fact
that even the insurgents love Uncle
Joe, now that he is out of politics.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

The new style dresses are TO be
known as banana peel robes" On
the fruit or on the sidewalk?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Three straight double-header sue
cesses seems to prove that Penn Col
lege has some good debaters.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

1T makes little difference how you
start in life, ii is the end you attain
which counts.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
G L A S S IF led
Using

ONIONS FOR SALE.-Phone 68 b.
Mrs. j. c. Anderson 32w1-pd
FOR SAlE.-Few bushels best seed
corn. Charles Tohrean. See sam
pies, PIT Rock Island avenue. Tel
ephone 1876. 150d2-w1
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Farmers In all parts Of Mahaska
are laying out their spring work and
making plans 10 get work started AZ
an early date.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Stick to this proposition: Land
in the corn belt is a good Investment.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

No good citizen will fail to vote
at the city election.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
WEDNESDAY MARKE1
QUOTATIONS ON STOCK, GRAINS
AND PROVISIONS, CLEANED BY
WIRE FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
CHICAGO Grain Markets.

FURNISHED by Patton 4 Hasenwin.
kle, correspondents, Lamson Bros. &
Coz
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Time will work wonders. 1t will
even remove the snow from the side
walks If we wait long enough.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

If nobody owns the ours, why
not send them to dog heaven?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
Today's Live Stock Receipts.

Uudys LIVt STUCK HeCeIpts.
Omaha-Hogs, 1900; cattle, 5000;
sheep, 10000.
Kansas City-Hogs, 10000; cattle,
G,000; sheep, 1000.
Sioux City-Hogs 5000; cattle, l.
500; sheep, 800.
st. Joe-Hogs, 1900; acttle, 1900;
sheep, $500. .-... ....
st. Paul-Hogs, 1900; cattle, 1000;
sheep, 1000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Receipts today were 1880 cattle,
$4,000 hogs and $4,000 sheep, against
1e,7S3 cattle, $4,000 hogs and 1929
sheep week ago and 13,s4s cattle.
22,520 hogs aud 26,621 sheep CORES
ponding wednesday year ago
Average price of hogs at Chicago
Tuesday $S.5S, against $3.50 Monday,
$40 a week ago, $3.50 month ago,
$6.42 year ago, 500 two years ago,
1885 three years ago and $6.43 four
years ago.
A year ago yesterday Chicago re-
ceived 1898 hogs, followed by 22.520
Wednesday On Thursday, however
43,144 arrived, followed by 39084 on
Friday, These erratic runs were due
to weather conditions.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27
LOCAL MARKETS.

Wheat, per bu. .70@75c
Oats, per bu...... go. :. 80. Csc
Corn, per bu NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3Sc
Rye, per bu. .............. .5Oc
Barley, per bu. Observation-Disclosures. 45c
Bran, per ton .... ........... $4,000
r. Shorts, per ton. .$27.00
White Middlings, per ton. go. $4,000
Oats straw, per ton. $500
Hay, per ton ........... .$8.00@10.00
Produce.
Butter, country, per Id. ..........3 3c
Butter, creamery, per 10. .38@42c
Eggs, fresh country, per doz. Use
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

GFinnell Register The trade boost
ing committee of the commercial Club
still pursues a policy Of mastery In
activity.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-27

Open. High. Low. Close.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-23
DENOUNCE STATE FAIR
FOR SALE OF LIQUOR
FIRE IN SING SING
CAUSES TERROR
Pandemonium Reigns as Pris-
oners Beat on Doors and
Plead for Release.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch. ]

lTPsI!dl 10 L Tie ll!leS- DlSpatcf.
Ossining. y. Y. July 22-Fire. start
ing from Il mysterious origin. swept
the large workshops in the prison yard
OF sing Sing late today, creating a
panic among the prisoners in the cell
house. completely destroying four OF
these structures. and causing "A dam
age OF at least 100000 II is believed
that prisoner who escaped Saturday
ana who is believed to be hiding with
III tie walls. started the FIRE by smok-
ing.
The flames We're discovered shortly
heiore the hour when the men quit
work Tor the day. AS soon as the
alarm was given the HOO inmates Of
the prison were marshaled into lines
and locked in their cells. Every guard
ana attendant IN the place was then
put TO work fighting the fire. which. in
spite Of their efforts. spread quickly
AS the thick heavy smoke filed the
p@ssageways the prisoners became
panic c-stricken. thinking the prison
proper was on fire. Pandemonium
on the doors of their cells, begging to
be set free.
The village fire department came to
the assistance OF the warden and his
stan. and with this aid the fire finally
was gotten under control For "A time,
however. the large lumber yard back
OF the prison was threatened. If this
had become ignited the entire institu-
ton would have been In danger.
In addition 10 the four warehouses
n large ice plant and several smaller
auxiliary buildings were destroyed
Embers from the fire We're carried bv
the wind far from the prison, setting
fire 10 barn owned by l. T. Wash
hurn nearly an eighth of a mile away.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-23
TRAPPED IN CAGE.
PERISH IN FLAMES
Thirty-Five Prisoners Burn to
Death in Their Anti
quated Tail.

jackson. Miss, July ."-Trnpped by
hnmes In the secOnd story of anti
qunted convict cage, the first floor OF
which Yvns used fO store hny, Srnin and
molasSes, thirty-hvc negro prisoners
were burned To death ut the Oakley
convict farm, twenty miles from here,
lBte Inst night.
While the flames rapidly destroyed
the only stairway leading TO the sec
ond floor, the prisoners frantically tore
at the heavy bars that covered the
windows. but TO no avail Their
prison attaches. but the flames drove
back members of the rescue party, and
the negroes one by one. fell back into
the names and pcrished.
Everything was in the fires favor.
The building was constructed ten years
ago of lumber taken from discarded
ncnitentary: there was no frc-iighting
apparatus at the farm, and the first
floor was filed with iunammable mat
ter.
Farmers living nearby hurried to the
jail to help the tiro o-hshters. but they
were OF no assistance. as the fire burn
ed too rapidly.
The convicts all worked in the cotton
fields Of the state farm and were
housed In the cage at night. Among
them were some desperate criminals.
serving long sentences.
The Oakley farm is one OF the most
important in the state, the state prison
hospital being located there.
Tho fire started under the stairway
On rhe first floor. The origin has not
yet been determined.
The prisoners were ordered to their
Lunks at o'clock. AZ usual aud after
that time there was no light In the
part of the building they occupied ac-
cordinR to officers I'm charge. 1t was
not until more than two hours after
Yard that they were surrounded by
smoke and flames. News OF the trng-
c'ly was first received in jackson ny
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-23
Admits That He Wronged
Former Congressman Watson
in Statement.
HE VOLUNTEERS CORRECTION
Indiana Man Not in Congress
When Employed to Work
Nor Commission.

Washington. July c2.-Martin VI.
Muihnll. profcssed cx-Iobbyist for the
National Association of manufacturers.
to-day rctrnctcd the most serious
charge he Inns made before the SEN
ntc inHestfEntinS committee.
lie swore yesterday that former
Representative James e. Watson. of In
diana, had been employed by private
interests In 1909, while he was still
member OF the House to work for n
tariff commission bill. He testified to-
day that what he had sworn to ycs.
terday was wrong; that Watson was
not member OF the House at the
time
Reports tha. Watson. who is in
Washington. was about to ask the Dis.
trict Of Columbia grand jury to indict
Mulhall for criminal libel, were heard
about the Investigating room Null
hall volunteered his rctraction after the
noon recess. He said he realized his
mistake when ne saw the date OF a
tariff convention to be held in indian
apolis in February. 1909.
The committee did not question Null
hall about the discrepancy In his sworn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-23
INDIRECT TAXES
TOO HEAVY BURDEN
New Income Law Means Simply
More Hardships for
People.
VIEWS OF SENATOR BORAH
Believes in Principle, but Thinks
Conditions Are Wrong in
This Country.

Washington. July 22.-Public discus
sion OF the proposed new income tax
came for the first time in the Senate
to-day, when Senator Borah began an
analysts OF the income tax provision
in the tariff bill. and a comparison Of
conditions in this country with those
in England. France and other nations.
where immense revenues are obtained
by direct taxation.
This VAS the first break in the pro-
gram OF tariff rate discussion. which
began Saturday 1t followed the con-
Tor two days had analyzed the new
rates and duties Of the simmons Under
wood bill, and had criticized the meas
ure because OF its departure from the
protective policy. and because of its
alleged Inequalities.
All should Feel Its Effects.
Senator Borah's address to be con-
tinued tomorrow. held the close atten-
ton of Republicans and Democrats
throughout the hour he had the floor
He declared an income tax. 10 he an
effective restraint upon Ne eXtrava-
Sances of nation, should be distri-
buted over the small incomes, so every
citizen would feel its effects Because
OF the great burden of indirect taxes
borne by American citizens, however
Senator Borah said. this principle could
not be applied in the United States
ON the contrary, he urged that the
$4,000 exemption fixed by the Senate
committee be raised TO the $4,000 fs