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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
\ Merry Christmas and A Long, Happy Life to ALI
rAE MIDDLE CLASS NEGRO.

That there will be class distinc-
tions among peoples is as natural as
the proverbial wheat and chaff which
is gathered up together for a final
separation of the good, bad and in
different 1t is in the final analyza-
tion Of the common product that diff
ferent grades of the general whole
are discovered, and we get a distinc-
tive margin on quality So regarding
the people that make up what is es-
sentially called society among Ne
groes which readily permits of three
distinctive classes, perhaps more no.
ticeable in our race than any other,
the upper, middle and lower classes.
Professionals seem to be associated
with the first, and it may or may not
include teachers, lawyers, editors,
preachers and so on. The second may
or may not include porters, housemen,
chauffeurs, walters and so on, while
the third may or may not include
common laborers, hod carriers and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

general building workers. This much,
whatever may be their vocation or oc-
cupation in life, a close study of con-
ditions will reveal that character and
manhood and not the vocational or
occupational is surely determining the
good from the bad, and this will never
depend on any imaginary lines that
men might draw for themselves.
Truth will finally take away from
them what they seem to have, and
give II TO them who really hath. In
looking over these so-called classes,
from a little experience one can see
that perhaps the middle class are
building more solidly than any other
on the basis of honesty and sturdi-
ness of character. They seem to avoid
the deceit and hypocrisy which so
often characterizes the so-called upper
classes, and are freed fro mthe ignor-
ance of the lower ones.
The upper ones pretend to furnish
the leadership of the people and de-
pend largely, yea, altogether, on the
lower classes for support, while the
middle classes exemplify what real
cooperation the race might possess
and seem to furnish more real man
hood and wommanhood than any.
Slowly but surely truth is swing
the facts around to common under
standing of who is who in this old
city as to manliness and womanliness,
and people are beginning to become
suspicious (and sometimes JUSTIFY of
the upper ten" who has victimized
him in some. manner, and are casting
confidence and his society lot with
those whose only pretensions to class
are clean living and honest purposes.
In this class none may be excluded on
account of mental or particular physi-
cal condition, but surely and positive
ly on moral grounds. There is mid
die class in this city of this kind, and
strange to. say it numbers individuals
in its ranks who happen to be men
who sweep the streets or climb the
ladder with hod on the shoulder to
the progressive teacher or the re-
spectacle minister.
CHAS. A. STARKS.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

The moral phase of the Negro prob
lem is the most serious part of the
whole aggravating question. To inn
prove the standard of the life of the
masses is the only solution.
AS with other races, the standards
in the homes are set up by the women
who preside over them. Therefore
to bring about reform the woman
hood of the race must be taught how
to instruct their children in those vir-
tues that have made the most ad-
vanced races what they are.
We are prone to think that the Ne
gro is by nature religious, and there
fore moral. He is both; but he is not
enough of either when it comes to
living up to fundamental principles
every day. Because of his crude con-
ception of what the Christian religion
really is he too often practices one
thing and breaches another. Often
the foremost woman in the church is
so far from model for her less am
bilious sisters that they look with
contempt upon her and discredit re-
ligion This Misrepresentation of the
genuine article takes many forms and
sometimes the one woman is com
bination of all. She allows beer
drinking, card playing, and rag time
music at her home. She is loose in
her conversation. Her language is
often smutty. Her demeanor becomes
woman of the street. Her home is
a hangout for sliding elders" and
loafing, hungry preachers Her house
is poorly kept. Her children are too
young to be men and women and too
old to be children. They are there
fore the freshest things in the neigh
borhood. They run the church. They
sit on the front seat. chew gum, talk
and keep their gang giggling. To
speak to them is TO throw a match
into a magazine of powder. .zs..s-...
These wise and talented youngsters
of the leading sisters, get into the
choir and start trouble for the Choir
listers. They get religion and start
trouble for the deacons. These chill
dren of too many of those who aspire
to leadership in our local churches
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
CHRISTMAS DAY.

Day of love and day of days,
Bells aloft, a glad song ringing!
What is all the joy about
What the message you are bring
ing?
Day of days and day of love,
Birthday of our Lord, the King!
Teaching us that we should have
Love for all-for everything.
Love, the great need of the world,
Through it's lack all thugs must
sorrow;
Love, the key to happiness
And a brighter, fair tomorrow.
Christmas is to teach this lesson,
Birthday of our Lord and King
Universal brotherhood,
This the tidings glad you bring.
-Marilda Gardner
1925 East Eleventh street.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
WORDS OF PRAISE.
Father cyprian, Priest in Charge OF
the st. Monica's Roman Catholic
Church Commends the Sun.


Church Commends the Sun.
Dear Mr.. Crews
l enclose a check for five dollars as
a token of appreciation for your pa
per, The Kansas City Sun, which you
so kindly send to me each week.
congratulate you most sincerely as the
Editor of such an exquisite paper;
venture to state it is the most ably
edited paper of its kind have ever
found. l read it with great interest
each week and the five priests of the
parish here Cat Goth and LocusD
praise 1t very highly. / hope | shall
have the pleasure of receiving your
worthy paper in all the future.
would be glad to have you and others
call at st. Monica's and see our Christ
mas decorations. A special feature of
our Christmas is the representation
of the vent at Bethlehem in beautiful
statues or figures. We have the sta
BILE, the shepherds, Mary and Joseph,
the infant in figures. The figure OF
the Divine Infant is Of pure wax made
in Rome; it was blessed by the Pope,
taken to Bethlehem and placed ON the
very spot in Bethlehem where Jesus
was born 1914 years ago. This makes
1t very valuable to any Christian. Our
services on Christmas morning are at
$3.50 and 1915, with Mass, sermon
and Benediction.
With best wishes for Merry Christ
mas, / am, Sincerely,
FATHER CYPRIAN, o. F. M.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
THE MORAL PHASE OF
THE NEGRO PROBLEM
Pointed and Singing Article from the Pen of th
Gifted Mamie H Burroughs of the Ma
tional Baptist Training School.

presume too much on the standing and
influence of their mothers and give
our churches all kinds of trouble.
What we need is a new type of wo-
men in our homes as mothers, and a
new type of women in our churches
as leaders and examples for the
young.
The wig wearing, gum chewing,
beer smelling, mouth running, street
trotting, home neglecting, convention
fever type of women are out of style,
and from them may we soon be de-
livered. Amen and Amen.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
80 4N4s4k4s4

1t is announced that the Ivanhoe
clubs annual dance will be carefully
guarded against those who would at
tend upon their nerve instead Of in
vitation. Personal cards will be taken
up from each guest at the door and
those who do not come clean will be
refused admittance.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
Cbe First Christmas
(Luke 2: S-19.)

And there in the country shepherds abiding in
the fields keeping watch their flocks by night.
And To- the angel of the Lord upon them, and the
glory of the Lord shone round about hem and they
afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold,
bring good ngs of great JOY which shall be all people
For unto you is born this day the city of David
Jour- which is Christ the Lord
And this shall be sign you ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddlng clothes and lying in a manger
And suddenly there with the angel multitude of the
heavenly host praising Cod and saying
Glory God in the highest and earth peace good will
toward men.
And it pass, the angels gone away from
them into heaven the shepherds said another Let
go unto Bethlehem and this thing which
pass, which the Lord hath made known unto
And they with haste, and found Mary and Joseph,
and the babe lying in manger
And when they had it, they made known abroad
saying which told them concerning this child.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

Mr. E. A. RobihAon, secretary of
the Business League, is all o. K, and
any statement to the contrary is un-
fair and misleading. He will have the
new membership cards ready for dis
tribution at the social meeting of the
league to be held New Years eve and
will receive the names of all who wish
to be restored to the Business League.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
THE SUN FOR $1.oo DURING
JANUARY

We will send the Sun for 1915 to
any address in the United States for
$too, II ordered now and accompanied
by the cash.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
IN M EMORIAM.

I'm mGmOhIHms
=. IN sweet and loving memory of my
dear mother, Mrs. Annie Johnson, who
passed away five years ago December
"a, 1909.
"Memory's mirror shows no blot,
Memory's heart forgets thee not"
MRS. MIDGEE MOORE.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
ROLL OE HONOR.

The Sun is proud of and extends it's
sincere thanks to the following Afro
American business firms and individt
uals for the reason that they have
the high distinction of having had
an advertisement in every one of the
fifty-two issues of this paper during
the, year 1914. The growth and de-
velopment of their business can be
largely attributed to the wise and
persistent advertising. They are as
follows:
DR.. Theo Smith.
F. J. Weaver.
Caldwell & Chapman.
Mrs. c. A. Smith.
Madame p M. Dabney.
A. w. Harris Printing Company.
Love Regalia Company.
T. e. Grear, 2211 Vine.
Mrs. E. Norles, 1877 Paseo.
DR.. e. c. Bunch, dentist.
Miss Ruth Bradley, real estate.
Moses Dickson Regalia Company.
Mrs Lille Williams, dress making
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

Cactus will remove corns and bun
i-ns.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
ROCK ISLAND ROAD
IS AUCT!0NED OFF
STOCK is PUT ON THE BLOCK AS
RESULT OF FORECLOSURE
ON TRUST MORTGAGE.

New York, Dec. 22.--Ownership Of a
railroad, represented by millions of dol
lars worth of stock. was auctioned Off
today on the steps Of the New York
county court house.
The old stock of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railway company
was put up at foreclosure sale and was
bid in for $7,135,3OO without competi-
ton by James N. Wallace chairman OF
the protective commission for the four
per cent collateral trust bonds of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail
road company, against which the stock
was collateral. The foreclosure action
was brought by the Central Trust Co.
of New York against the railroad COM
pany for interest due on bonds valued
at $71,353,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
STOCK. MARKET IS
UNUSUALLY QUIET
n,,INEss IS RECORD BREAKING
SLIGHT CHANGES IN PRICES
ARE MOSTLY DECLINES.

New York, Dec. 23-Apart from i.s
record breaking dullness-sales IN VIZ
Arst hour amounting to little Lioi
than 10000 shares-the stock marke'
was featureless throughout the morn
ing St. Paul, Reading and ROCK IS
lands sold under yesterdays low prlces,
likewise Amalgamated and lew u
the cheaper copper stocks.
The features Of the bond group weis
twn noint declines in Wabash As anu
Minneapolis and st. Louis As.
New York, Dec 23.-Early traa,hs 8
in todays stock market lnolca1eu
Continuance Of the recent dull ana mar
row movement. A majority OF Tue
active issues were unchanged, or az
fractions above and below YESTERDAY
close. Reading was the only STOCK ~
move more than slight fraction. gain.
ing g.. which it soon lost. steer was
a trifie lower at the outset, out re-
covered on dealings which included d
block of 1000 shares. Otherwise the
overtu+n was in small lots and by the
ana IF the first thirty minutes business
fell away to minor proportions Win
lower, trend. :,
An unusual situation was reachHo ~
the early afternoon when steel fell TO
its minimum price Of AZ. Many otne =
prominent stocks were off from 70
points and new low prices were estap-
lished all around.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
DOUGLAS SCHOOL HAS
HOLIDAY PROGRAM

Parents and friends of the young
sters were guests this afternoon of the
pupils of the eleventh room at the
Douglas school. A holiday program
was given by the children consisting
of the following numbers:
Song: Italia, by school.
Piano solo: Eolian Harp, Marjorie
Kenney.
Duet: Juanita, Alice Emery, Mar
guerite Potter.
Waltz: Nights of Gladness. violins
Catherine Worrell, Mary Fairchild;
piano, Violetta Erbes.
Dance: (Sylvia) Harriet Myers, lie
ola Yeomen, Marjorie Kenney, Eliza
beth Millisack, Violet Seaburg, lila
Keister -
Piano solo: Cloister Bells, lila Keis
ter.
Duet, Massa's in the Cold, Cold
Ground, Grace Arnold, Alice Emery.
Recitation The Night Before Christ
mas, Katherine Worrell
Song: Silent Night, Harriet Myers
Grace Arnold, Alice Emery. Marjorie
Kenney, Violet Seaburg, Letha David
son. lila Keister, Gertrude Harlan.
Minstrel Sketch: William Woodrow
Earl Butler, Leola Organ, William Muir
ray, Merle Steller. Everett Kelley
Franklin Buchel. Frank Kemp, John
IStirnemann.
The pupils Of the two higher rooms
of the school gave their program this
afternoon and many of the grown ups
we're there to see the work Of their
children and young friends in the exer
cises. Following these the school clos
ed for the holidays.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
ITALIAN SCARE
BOOSTS WHEAT
INCREASE IN INSURANCE RATES
TO MEDITERRANEAN COUN-
TRY AFFECTS MARKET.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-Wheat prices
scored fresh advance TODAY, ,hIlu-
enced by a sudden increase OF insuf-
ance rates against Italy becoming IN
volved in war. Export demand was
strongly in evidence, and particularly
so from Italy. There were also ad-
vices that country offerings were very
light After opening CSC Off to shade
up, the market made general ascent
with May, which was in the lead, 60
ing more than &c above last night.
The close was unsettled, Is a "A TO 9sc
under last night.
Corn hardened with wheat. Some
what larger receipts. however, acted as
check on the bulls. The opening
which was unchanged to 1sc higher,
was followed by slight reaction and
then by a moderate rise all around
The close was A@ss to 7sc above
last night.
One of the leading elevator com
panies was conspicuous on the buying
side of oats. The result was firmer
prices, although otherwise the volume
of trade was small.
Realizing sales by packers weakened
provisions. Demand was chiefly from
shorts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
Courier's Markets of World


For the first time in several days the
markets showed extreme quiet and
hogs retain the same quotations as on
Yesterday. No changes We're recorded
in the other markets. Today's prices
are:
Hogs Corrected daily by Jno Nor
rell & Co)-t20@15O, $50; 150@1SO
$3.50; 100000. $3.50; 20O@24O, $685.;
240@S0o, $3.50; 800 and over, $3.50;
Ottunnwa Hay Market.
No. timothy. $13; No. , timothy
and Mol mixed. $12; No. 8 timothy
and No. mixed, $1O@11; Glove, hay
$12: oat straw, Sc; wheat straw, $4@5
Wheat-$1.05@1 Ito; corn, SIC; rye,
soc: oats. 42@43c.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat-No. I. SIC; No 2. 29c:
country butter, srocers pay, 20@25c.
Poultry {These prices are paiti to
producers): Hens, 91s @10Rc; springs
9h q 1O1ac; geese, &c; ducks, 10@11c;
turkeys, dressed. 25c springs, zoe;
zoe
Eggs-Doz, CSC.
Wool ana Hides.
Wool--Bright medium, 1915 @20kc;
sem1-bright medium, 16h@17Ac: fine
Delane, 14R @1skc, fine Merino. 111a q
lSkc: bury, Is 20 aye less.
~ Hldes-Cured, II 9ac; green. No. i,
lOHc: No. 2, 91ac; No. / horse hides
$3.50; No. 2, $3.50.
RETAIL PRIcES-Flour AMI Feed.
flour and feed--Graham flour, per
sack, 30c;~eorn chops, per cwt., SITS;
shorts, per cwt, $i.65: bran. per cwt,
sl.5o; corn, new, per bu.. zoe; hay, per
cWt.. 75c; straw, per cwt.. 400 soc;
meal. per sack, 2Oc; corn and oat chop
per Scwt. $1.75; corn chop, 20 los. 4oc;
OIL meal. per cwt., So.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
80 creamery butter, 3sc; country butter.
Eggs-Doz, s5c.
Poultry-Geese, dressed, h., Ice;
turkeys, dressed. 27hc; springs. zoe;
hens, dressed, zoe; ducks dressed, zoe.
n esh and Salt NFish.
FRESH fish--Catfish, h., zoe; trout,
l!1sc; halibut, 171ac; salmon, 171ac;
plckerel, 15c; black bass, Csc; pike
17hc.
Salt fish-Mackerel, 1O@25c: herring,
pail, roc.
Can oysters. so@35 to 5O@55c.
Fruits.
Fruit-Bananas, 20@25c; lemons,
Soc; oranges, 30@50c; casaba melon,
ACC; malaga grapes, 25c h.; apples, h.,
3, and SC; kumquats, basket, 3Oc.
Vegetables.
Cabbage, per head, 5@1Oc: Spanish
onions SIC; cauliflower 15@25c; garlic
20 cents per pound; turnips, per lb., &c:
mangoes, 4 for Csc; cucumbers, 15c;
fresh tomatoes, zoe h.: spinach 12c:
head lettuce. 10@15c; radishes 5@7hc;
parsley. and 10c bunch: shallots,
h., TIC; wax beans h.. 15c. green
beans. h., 15c: oyster plants, 2 for 15c:
rutabagas, h., &c; horseradish 10c root;
celery, bunch, 5@12hc; leaf lettuce, &c;
leek, 5@10c bunch; endive, 10c; pota-
toes, pix. zoe; blu. 75c; parsnip5, 4c h. /;
celery. 5 and 10c bunch; brussels
sprouts, 30c box; new carrots, 7hac
bunch; oyster plant, TIC.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
EDDYVIuLE.

Sheriff Knox Of ottumwa was Wis
itor here Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs /. S. Burton and little
daughter went to Rockford, Ia, Tues
day for weeks visit with relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Scribner Of Nor
folk, Nebr.. are visiting this week at
the Lincoln Lee home and with other
relatives and friends.
-a DR.. E. M. Knox was a caller in Givin
Tuesday.
Mrs Thomas Martin and children OF
Marshalltown are visiting this week at
the parental J. E. Bescoe home.
L. A. Fitch, cashier Of the Eddyville
Telephone Co, came down from Oska-
loosa Tuesday on business here.
Miss Bertha Werner who has been
employed in Oskaloosa for some time
is assisting Mr.. Harold in the Eddyville
Savings bank this week
Mrs. G. Fry who makes her lIome
with her son Charles Fry is very SER
iously III this week.
o. H. Seifert was business caller in
Abba Tuesday.
Geo. Hartman, Ernest -Pickerell and
Tom Smith who are attending college
at Ames came home Wednesday to
spend their vacation with relatives in
Eddyville.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24

the dog tax to 50 for males and to IS
for females.
Second, that all dogs be required to
wear collar with registered license
number attached, same to be provided
by the owner upon payment by the
owner of fifty cents; furthermore, that
it be misdemeanor for any person
to keep or harbor any dog or dogs
without providing same with collar
and license number.
Third. that all dogs running indis-8
criminately at large be declared pub
lie nuisances and that they may b
killed by any person without said per-
son being liable for damages to tn
owner Of the dog.
Fourth, that it be the duty Of the
township trustees to see that the above
provisions are enforced and that some
person be employed by the trustees
to destroy all unlicensed dogs, said
dog catcher to be paid out Of the dog
tax fund for each dog killed, further
more that suitable penalties be pro-
vided for violation of this law.
Talks on alfalfa and how to grow II
were made by M. r. Daniels OF Pu-
laski and v. G. Warner Of Bloomfield.
H. E. Eddingfeld of Mt. Pleasant
spoke on the ups and downs OF the
exhibitor making the fair circuit and
talks on the wool market, the cost OF
producing wool, the best Shropshire
and best Merino wool were made by
C. D. Fortune of Bloomfield, Judson
Blakely of Grinnell, H. NJ. Logan OF
Hillsboro and Harry Russell OF West
Grove The convention closed late In
the afternoon and most of the visitors
have already left for their various
homes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
chioaoo Liv. Stock: OPENING.

Chicago, Dec. 23-Market slow
weak; guilty good; receipts $4,000; left
over SS1; estimated tomorrow $4,000:
bulk, $7.05@7.20; light, $6.S0Q7.2O;
mixed, $6.9O@7.25; pigs, $5.5O@7.10;
heavy, 06.S5@7.25: good heavy, $7@
1926; rough, $6.s5@7; Workers, $7o5@
1925.
Cattle-Market strong to 15c higher;
receipts 5000; estimated 5000; beeves
S5.40@10; Texas, S5.30@6.S0; western
$5.10@S: cows and heifers, $3.1OWS.25;
calves, $6.50@9.5Q.
Sheep-Market strong 10c to- 15o
higher; receipts $4,000; estimated to
morrow $4,000; native, $5.50@6.30;
western, $5.5O@6.25; yearlings, $6.60@
7.45; lambs, native, $6.25@s.60; west
ern, $6.5OmS6O.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
Chicaoo Cash Grain.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-The cash gram
market follows:
Wheat-No. 2 red. $1.25@l27; No. 2
hard, $1255s @1.27A.
Corn-No 2 yellow, 66A @66 &c: No.
yellow, SSH @65Mc.
ard, 491a @49Ac.
Rye-No. 2, $1-10k.
Barley-57@72c.
Timothy-$4.75@7.
Clover-$12.50@15
Pork-$17.
Lard-$10.35
Ribs-$9.62M1O.25.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
Omaha Live Stock,

Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, Nebr. Dec. 23.-The
live stock market follows:
Hogs-Market lower; receipts, H.
500; heavy, $6.75@715; light, $3.50
40; pigs, S5.75@6.75; bulk of sales
$6.95@7.
Cattle-Market steady; receipts, 2,
200; native steers, $6.75@9.75: cows
and heifers, $5.25@7.25: western steers,
$6@S.25: calves, $7@9.
Sheep-Market higher; receipts 400:
yearlings, $6.50@725: wethers, $3.50
$780, lambs, $7.50@8.45.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
Nav York Money; CIosino.

New York, Dec. 23.-Mercantile pa
per-4@4k&.
Sterling exchange-Steady; 60 day
bills, $4.S2.75; for cables $4.s6.25; de-
mand, $4.85.65.
$, Bar silver-48ssc.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
ST louis Live Stock.

ST. Louis, Mo, Dec. 23.-Live stock
prices follow:
Hogs-Market weak to sc lower;
pigs and lights, $5.75@73O; mixed and
butchers, $I10@I35; good heavy
$7.20@7.35.
Cattle-Market 10c to 15c higher;
native beef steers, $7.50@1O; cows and
heifers, $5@9.25; calves, 5000.
Sheep-Market steady; receipts $50:
native muttons, $4@5.50: lambs, $50
$50; yearlings. $5.50@7.50.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
Chicago Live Stock; Closing.

Chicago. Dec. 23.-The closing live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market steady: receipts, o.
900; left over, $751;: estimated tomorrow
$4,000; light, $6.S0@7.20; heavy, $6.S5@
1925; mixed $6.90@7.25; rough, $6S5d
Z.
Cattle-Market strong; receipts, s.
900: top, $40.
Sheep-Market strong; receipts. 49,
900; top, $685..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
Omaha Cash Grain.

Omahd CASH OrdIn.
Omaha, Nebr.. Dec. 23.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No hard, $11s@1.19k;
No. 3 hard, $117@1.1Sh.
Corn-No. 2 white, 63@63Ac; No. 3
white, 62A @63c; No 2 yellow, 62A q
CSC; No. 3 yellow, 621a@62Ac; No. 2
81 q @62c; No. 8, 61A @61%c.
Oats-No. 8 white, ASH @46kc.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-24
SPECTATORS KEEP
HOG PRICES HIGH
LIBERAL /RECEIPTS FAIL TO
SHAKE STRENGTH OF THE
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-Despite liberal re
ceipts, spectators were active buyers
of hogs and helped to steady the mar
ket.
Cattle advanced owing to the supply
on hand being abnormally light.
Sheep and lambs found ready out