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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-10-24
Stock Market

New YORK. Oct 23.-Trading assumed
much wider proportions before
O'Clock today, embracing ISSUES =, ex,
6rscription. Incessant profit taKMs
ercised little or no effect. prices a..ai a.,
ine higher levels. Unusual actiVHy
bethlehem Steel which rose 'o
"a 80 wa. conspicuous feature Ie :
ia, + Gather and sugars EXTENDED tnea
gains with metals. marines, pettoie
and fertilizers. ~. c4n-
United States Steel necame n .nu rec
trial figure later. rising to the new a;nta
ora of' 121 n with gains OF to : p1an n,,,
In related stocks. Rails were rea ~
backward but firm. Dealings UP 70 al
noon hour when almost buoyaht c nno
lions prevailed appropriated
shares Bonds were firm
dealings on q broad scale az nlshes
,.,,,.ls were resumed at the opening "
today's market, specialties ieaus h.
movement. High records were G es :,
iished nv American Beet ana Cuu '.n
20 ne sugars and Central Learner
scored a new maximum.
Gfrited states Steel's belated openns
showed = gain OF a point with as mucn ,
4, ,,,,re. Tor American Car. Pressed o.ee'
Gov W4stinrhouse, International
,,sr and inspiration Copper. Other me. ia.
issues were active ana the inquy
rails was again featured oy unusu "a
activity in Wabash issues, Denver anu anu
Rio Grande preferred, CHESAPEAKE OH"
Onto and Rock Island.
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ALBA.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Dormar Of Bid
well are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Edward Forester has returned
from short visit in Des Mofnes.
Mrs. Maude Carlson returned the first
of the week from Rock Island. III.
Miss Ethel Carr of tOttumwa is a
guest Of her sister Mrs. VIM Rodgers
of this city
Mrs. A. X. Eepp went to Charlton
Yesterday for short visit with rela.
tives.
VIM. Rector has returned from a
visit in Missouri
Miss June Dewey has returned from
a visit in Hiteman.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Scott left Friday
for visit with their son In Davenport.
Miss Aletha Fordyce of Melrose was
an Abba visitor yesterday
Mrs. James Clutch is visiting rela-
tives in Chicago.
Mrs. Edna Mason Pruett left yester-
day for a visit in Chicago before re-
turning to her home in Roswell. New
Mexico.
Mrs. Ben Strausburger spent Thurs
day with relatives here.
Mrs. Robert Morrisey of Ottumwa Is
the guest of relatives here
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EDDYviIlE.

Mrs. II. Smiffin who has been me3
ing her home in Eddyville for the r.
four months went to Des Moines
day to spend the winter with relative9
Mrs. f. s. Lathrop of Buda. ILL.,, a
CUES, this week at the Joe Johnson q
Amanda Roberts homes
s Bescoe who has been visiting q
atives in Eddyville the past week
turned TO his home at Murray FrideI
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Belzer spent
day in Abba visiting friends.
s. A. Shawver has returned from
short visit with his daughter MI
Geneva Collier at Sioux City.
number of sales have been held
the vicinity of Eddyvilie the n
week. A number from here drove OUT
the Ankeny farm on Thursday and
tended the sale
Mr.. and Mrs. j s. Burton and
have returned from weeks visit ~
relatives at Rockford. la.
Wells Roscoe has returned
south Dakota where he spent the
mer working in the harvest fields
Chas. Stuber was a business q
in Eldon Friday.
! DR.. f.. l.. Bay. Margaret Keller, u
Eastman. Mrs. w. .. Roberts and
Sadie De Selm were Ottumwa pc
gers Friday.
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RICK.

Chas. Daniels arrived home Thursday
morning from a trip to Greeley. Colo.
Mrs. c. B. Pearson of Oskaloosa was
the guest Oh A. ]. Anderson Tuesday
Harry Lynn former resident of
Hedrick was in the city Wednesday
with the Ottumwa Retail Merchants.
Mrs. Dell Saber Of Sieourney lie the
guest of Mrs. Vada Dickey and daugh-
tiers.
The Hedrick teachers were In Sig
Quincy attending the teachers institute
which was held there Thursday and
Friday.
Mrs vada Dickey was passenger
for Sigourney Tuesday.
Emmett Baber of Ollie was in He'd
rick Thursday.
o. E. Thorne was called TO Dayton,
Iowa by the serious illness of his moth
err.
Sheriff Grimes and Deputy Sheriff
Richardson were In Hedrick Tuesday.
DR.. Arthur Porter and T. c. Day
drove TO Bloomfield Wednesday.
Warren Lawson who had his ankle
broken in the football game played here
Saturday between Fremont and He'd
rick. is doing nicely.
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Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago, Oct 23.-Hay-Receipts. T.
O7s tons: shipments. "a tons. Timothy
hay steady. Demand fair and offerings
not so large. Prairie hay firm Supply
light and demand good. Choice timothy
hay ruotable at $16@1S: No. at $14.50
OILS: No. at 313@14: No. 3 at $40
10. Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri
prairie hay. choice. $14.5O@15; No. J.
s13@14; No. ., sl2m12.5O: clover hay,
$9@12 Illinois. Indiana and Wisconsin
feeding prairie hay, Sos: packing hay
$6@65O. Alfalfa hay, s13.50@1S.
Sales were: On track. choice timothy
l car at SIT. No. timothy. / car at SIS.
car at SIG, car at $17. No. 2 timothy
3 cars at $13, 8 cars at $3.50. 3 cars at
$14 No. timothy. car at Sill. Not
graded timothy. car at $13. Threshed
timothy, ! car at 80. No. clover mixed.
i car at $12 Glover mixed. cars light
at SIS.
Straw-Rye straw quotable at 500
II. Dat straw at Sos. Wheat straw at
$6.50@7.50.
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Car Lot Receipts.

wheat-ss cars. with SO of contract
grade.
Corn-s4 cars. with 81 of contract
grade.
oats-s07 cars. with 12l OF contract
grade.
Total receipts OF wheat at Minneapo-
lis. Duluth and Winnipeg today were
1,614 cars, compared with 1887 cars
last week and 4.553 cars the cores
ponding day year ago.
Estimated cars tomorrow. Chicago
Wheat, 241: corn. 1874: oats. $40.
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Railroad Time Tables
c. N. & ST. p. TRAINS.

No. Going Southwest oepe,ts
25A-Southwest Limited ). 1:45 a. na.sS
A stub train will leave station
for Junction at 1:l5 a. M. re. II
turning arrive at station as
2:04 A. m. "a
3A-Kansas City local -. 10: 40 a. ms
ssB-ottumwa to Seymour 4:45 p. M
: s3B-Local freight ...... 700 Z. M;
Going East. via cut.oM.
SA-Davenport. Chicago. SIT p nd
zSA-Leave Junction ...... 1910 q M
A stub train VIII leave station
for Junction at 1l:40 p m. r.. 4
turning arrive at station ~
1878 a. m. q,
Marion Line, Going North.
tB-Ced. Rapids. Savanna.
,esE@ oesska rapids. Marion ~, e u
9SB-Local freight ........ e:30a. ~
Marion Line. Coming South.
i03B-r ON Marion ........ 10: Is a. M
21B-From Marion ........ 1855 Q. -
s7B-Local freight ........ l:se .. ~
A-Daily. "a
B-Except Sunday.
Local freiehts depart from ana terms.
mate Ottumwa Junction.
:. n. Jacobs. Aren't
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St. Lou. Hay Market.

ST. Louis. Mo-. Oct. 23.-Hay--Inspec-
tons totaled 43 cars al on west and
IS on east side of river) and included
% timothy. clover mixed. 4 clover and
3 alfalfa. Prices and marketing condi-
tons remained unchanged Good to
choice quality timothy and clover mixed
are readily salable at firm prices, which
the ordinary and common kind moves
slowly Prairie. clover and alfalfa still
arriving in extremely small quantities,
and demand for the better grades is
not being supplied: feeling is very
strong and tendency Of prices inward
on the better qualities. while less de-
sirable grades are also benefiting by
the general scarcity.
Straw-In urgent demand and strong
Sales reported Of one spot car wheat at
IS east side and two cars wheat to ar
rive at $3.50 this and east side track
basis.
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PENN COLLEGE is
GIVEN MORE MONEY

Oska.oos Oct. %. Penn college,
according to an announcement receiv-
ed $4,000 additional funds for the
erection of girls dormitory building,
a new gymnasium and new athletic
field. This amount, It was declared.
is in addition to fund of 100000 sub.
scribed for rebuilding the school
which was DESTROYED by fire last May.
At a bond meeting the decision was
reached to locate the campus on the
new site three blocks north of the old
location. The new plans have the
sanction of the business interests of
Oskaloosa, which held special meet
ing and passed resolutions favoring
the change.
Work on the new buildings is to be
started in few weeks. it was said.
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YOUNG MOTHER DIES;
BABY TWO WEEKS OLD

Fairfield. Oct 23.-While her hus.
band and three children sat in st.
Marys Catholic church Sunday morn.
ing attending mass Mrs. Henry A.
Oliver, passed suddenly from this
world at her home on East Lowe
street. The end was due to blood
clot on the heart. A baby daughter
two weeks old with two older daugh.
tiers and son and the husband sur
vive.
Mrs Oliver had been feeling better
than usual Sunday morning and was
to have been permitted to sit up by
her physician. She sent her family
to church with the CHEEKY announce.
ment that she would be sitting up
when they came home and they would
have Il good dinner together. Soon
after they were gone she was chatting
with neighbor who came in and she
asked 10 be assisted to turn over Her
neighbOr was assisting her when she
died In her arms.
The sudden and untimely end of this
young woman is a distinct shock to
many friends in Fairfield and Jefferson
county and to the husband and little
children its force can not be meas
ured.
Mrs. Oliver was about 35 years of
age and was before her marriage Miss
Agnes Kurtz of Pleasant Plain. She
Is survived by number OF brothers
and sisters beside her immediate fam.
lily.
The funeral will probably be held
Tuesday morning at st. Mary's church,
Rev. Father Henry Hogan officiating.
Interrnent will take place in Ever
green cemetery.
Mrs. Oliver was member of Ever
green lodge Degree of Honor of this
city and was also affiliated with the
Woodmen circle of Mt. Pleasant.
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Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago. Oct 2s.-The cash grain
market follows:
Wheat-No. Q red. $1.72h q 1.73h:
No. 3 red, $1.65@1.72;. No. 2 hard s1.72h
@1.76N; No. 3 hard, $1.71@1.75.
Corn-No. 2 yellow 99h @$1.01 ": No.
No. 2 yellow, 99@$1; No. white. NOM
inal.
oats-No.. white. 5od51Nc; stand
ard. 51@52Ac.
Rye-No. 2, $1.326i.34.
Barley-S0@S1.20.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Clover-Sll@15.
Pork-$2S.b0.
Lard-$15.87
Ribs-$1460 -
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Chicago Produce.

Chicago Oct. 2s.-Butter-Market
steady; creamery. 30@34hc.
Errs-Steady; receipts. s.223 cases:
f,rsts. 30@31c: ordinary frsts. 2sh q
eskc:. at mark. cases included, ~ n "a
29hc.S M
Potatoes-Higher: receipts, ~ cars;
N,innesota and Dakota white. $1.40@
20: Minnesota and Dakota Ohios, !l.4O
M1.so: Wisconsin and Michigan white.
$1.3561.46.
Poultry-Alive. steady; fowls and
springs, 16hc.
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Smith gave the invocation and Rev.
|. S. Bussing the benedicSion.
At 1890 o'clock Sunday afternoon
a number of the local workers and del.
egates met at dinner given in the
Orchard room of the Ballingall hotel,
Miss Sara A. Brown. secretary of the
local Social Service bureau, entertain.
ed the visiting secretaries at break
fast at her home, 145 East Maple
avenue. Sunday morning and follow.
ing the afternoon program general
reception for everyone was given in
the rooms of the Commercial club.
Tuesdays Program.
The program for Tuesday. which
will be given in the Commercial club
auditorium, follows:
800 a. m. - Business meeting at
Commercial club. y
9:45.11:OO a. NJ Conference on
labor problems. Professor Reuben Nc
kitrick. chairman.
Address. The Iowa Child Labor Law
A. l.. Urick, state commissioner of la
Dor. Des Moines. Iowa.
Discussion led by Professor f. F.
Lewis. Iowa City. Iowa.
Five minute discussion, Supt. II. E.
Blackmar. Ottumwa, Iowa.
11:OO-12:15 Conference on social
research Professor H. E. Haynes,
chairman.
Address. Duplication in social organ.
ization, DR.. Lorin Stuckey, assistant
professor of sociology. Iowa City, Iowa
Discussion led by Professor Reuben
McKitrick. Cedar Falls. Iowa.
n Nscs~
Houghton. Sioux City, Iowa; Profes
sor Clarence NJ. Case, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Professor A. s. Keister. Mt. Vernon
Iowa: Professor G. H. Won Tungeln
Ames, Iowa
2:O0.4:OO - Conference on public
health. at Commercial club. DR.. NJ
Bannister. chairman. Ottumwa. Iowa.
Address, State program For the Con
troll of tuberculosis. A. z. kepford
lecturer for hoard OF control. Des
Moines
Discussion to be led by w. F. Cloves
executive secretary, Iowa association
for prevention OF tuberculosis, Des
Moines. Iowa.
Five minute discussion, Fl. V. Scar
borough. superintendent, Oakdale. Ia.
Address, Epidemiology. DR.. Mark F.
BOYD. epidemiologist OF the state board
of health.
Discussion led by DR.. A. O. Williams
Ottumwa, Iowa. 2
Five minute discussion. DR.. ]. A
Hull, Ottumwa. Iowa.
Address Some Local Conditions, DIR
B. l.. Eiker. Leon. Iowa,
Discussions
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.kao,., CITY Cash Grain.

Kansas City. Mo-. Oct. 23.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No. /? hard, $1.74@1.s0: No.
8, $1.67@179: No. 2 red. $1.69@l.73.
Corn-No 2 mixed. 9SQ99c: No. 2
white. 9S@$1: No. yellow. $l@1.02.
Oats-No. 2 white. 50@52c: No. 2
mixed. 49651c.
Rye-$1.30.
Hay-strong; timothy, s1l.50@ 1900:
prairie, 110.50: alfalfa. $3.50
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St. Louis Cash Grain.

ST. Louis. Mo-. Oct 2s.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No. red. $1.77@1.s3: No. 3
red, $1.67@1.7S: No. 4 red, $1.60@1.67:
No! 2 hard. s1.77@1.s3: No. 3,hard, S1.75
@1.77: No. hard. 1857
Gorn-No. 2. $1@1.02: No. 2 white.
s9c: No. 2 yellow. $1.o3: No. 3 white.
SSlsc: No. 3, 81: No. 3 yellow, $1.02.
Oats--No. 2, SIC: No. 2 white. 53c;
No. 8, soc: No white. 52@52hc; No.
4 white. 5l@5sc standard. 53c.
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THE RETAIL PRICES.

VbOUS 0VQ VeGQs
Flour and feed-Graham flour. per
sack. soc; corn chops, per cwt., 1896;
shorts, per cwt.. $1.S5; bran. per cwt.,
1855: corn per bu.. 1925; hay. per cwt;
5oQ60c: straw, per cwt.. 400 soc: meal
per sack, Csc; corn and oat chop. per
cwt.. $3.50; corn chop. 20 lbs. 46c; OIL
meal. per cwt. $225: wheat flour. per
sack. old wheat, $2.40@2.S5; "a ID. rye
flour. s1.1O.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
butter. 33@37c.
Eggs-Candled, s5@ssc.
Poultry-Geese, dressed, zoe; tur.
Keys. dressed. soc; dressed hens, 20
@25c; spring chickens. 26c.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Frozen, not fresh caught-Salnion.
16c H.; halibut. 16c h.: red snapper.
Ice Id; white fish. 1sc; smelts, zoe
Fresh fish-Catfish. 1Sc: bass, 25c:
trout; 1Sc; halibut, zoe; salmon. zoe:
Holsters, so each: white fish, zoe h.;
crabs. hard shell. 15c each: soft she'll
30c each: perch, 12hc: shrimp, Csc lb.:
fresh mackerel. 40c each; shads. soc
each; shadroc, 40c pair: frog legs Csc
pair; Spanish mackerel 40c each: fresh
herring. 15t: white fish. zoe: smelts
15c.
Salt f1sh-Mackerel. 1o@s5c: herring
Norway. 3 for CSC; cod 10000: lake
Ash pail. roc: salt mackerel. 10@25c:
salt white fish, 1o@35c lb.: salt cod. 10
finan haddie. H., zoe: Holland herring,
pail, s1.2s; Holland herring, $175 key
mixed: $3.50 key milchners; salt eel.
csc h.: pail snchovites. $1.2S.
Smoked fish--White fish. 20@25 lb.:
sardines, 5@25c: spiced sardines. for
Toe: box cod. 1914 @20c: fancy smoked
bloaters, 3 for Csc: smoked homeless
herring, CSC H.: smoked herring, Csc
lb.: smoked salmon. &c lb.; smoked
h.: stock fish. 4oc.
Fruits.
rruits-Bananas 1o1soc doz.: lemons
>4o@50c: oranges. 45@65c; apples. ESQ
35@65c pix. pears doz. 50@60c: water
cress 10 cents. for CSC: blueberries,
25@30c: Bartlett years $3.50: doz.. 500
GO cents: black grapes. cents h.: To-
kay grapes 17isc: Malaga grapes 12kc
h.; Michigan Bartlett pears bu.. $3.50:
Keifer pears. $3.50 per bu..: hamper, u;
Michigan grapes. 35c basket: Sickle
pears 10c h.; ounces, 10c h.: hot
house cucumbers. each 10c
Vegetables.
Notwithstanding H.. SC: toma-
toes, ripe SC: parsley and 10c; mush-
rooms ST. green beans. 15c h.; horse
ish root Zoe: beets Id &c: lettuce 30c lb:
egg plant, 10 and Is cents each: beets
40 cents peck: turnips, 35 peck; horse
radish root 10c: beets cents per h.;
egg plant. 10 and Is cents: cauliflower.
sOM40c: beets, 40c peck; turnips,
1Oc; radishes. &c: wax beans. gee: new
potatoes, peck, soc; per bushel, s1.9o:
parsley, 511Oc: new beets. bunch. for
SC; turnips, 10c: carrots. DC each; head
lettuce. 15@ Csc: sweet potatoes. 3.@
SC per ID.
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Latest Markets Of the World
LOCAL HOGS SHOW
AN ADVANCE TODAY

An advance of fifteen and twenty
cents is noted in some grades OF porkers
in the local markets today. In the re-
tail market flour and potatoes have In
creased in prices.
Hogs FURNISHED daily by Jno. Nor
rell & Co)--120@150. $s.25: 150@1S0,
$40: 1sO@22O, 1916: 220 and over,
$9.45: packers. 3S.35@S.75.
Sheep-Choice spring lambs. s7@9;
fair to gocG spring lambs, ss@6.6o;
yearling lambs, 1907; choice ewes. 81
@6; fair to good ewes, 1904.
ottumwa Hay Market.
Good timothy, 50; No. 2 timothy and
No. light clover mixed $S@s: No.
timothy and No. mixed. $6@8: clover
hay. 5000.
Corn-so@ s5c; rye, s1@1 10; oats, 40
case; wheat, $1.40@1.50.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat-No. /, s4hc; No. 3. 81 Nc.
Poultry-( These prices paid to pro.
ducers: straight run hens. 12@13c old
ROSTERS, Sc: ducks &c; geese, &c: spring
chickens, 14@15c; young turkeys. 14c;
hen turkeys. lac.
Eggs-Candled. CSC.
Wool md Hides.
Wool-Clear bright medium, 31@s2c;
chaffy and slightly bury, 24@ CSC; semi
bury, 24@26c; hard bury, ITO 1Sc:
light fine long staple, 24@26c: light
flne short staple, 20@22c; heavy fine
line staple. boise; ansora goat. long
luster. 25@27c
,Hides-No. 1 fully cured. 19c; No. l
green, lie; horse hides. $3.50 No Is;
$3.50 No. Is; sheep pelts.. 50@ 3l.bO !;
bees wax No. l, zoe: tallow No. l, INC;
No. 2, SIC.
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MjrneapoIis Closino Cr.in.

Minneapolis. Mimi. Oct. 23.-Closing
grain:
wheat-Dec. s1.S5N. May. $ls3ls :;
No. l hard. S1.s9A G1.s2ss: No. north
ern. $1.S6H a 1.Ss&: No. 2 northern.
$1.S0s @1.S7h.
Corn-No. 3 yellow. $40 95c
Oats-No. 3 white. AN a 50Ac.
Flax-$2.66@2.70
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! Omaha Live sto ok.

Omaha. Nebr.. Oct. es.-The live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market lower: receipts, $500;
heavy. ss.65@9.s0: light. ss.sO@10: pigs,
sS.50@9.50: bulk. s9.75@9.s5.
Cattle-Market steady: receipts. IA
900; steers. s6.f5@10.60;. cows and heif-
ers. S5.s5@7.35.
Sheep-Market steady: receipts, 3D.
000: yearlings, s76775: wethers. &c. 50
also: lambs. $9.90@1O.10
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Primary Movement.
Toledo Grain Seed.

Toledo. O., Oct. 23.-Clover seed
Prime cash. $10.S5: Dec, $10.65: Feb,
$10.77h; March, $10.65.
Alske-Prime cash, 5000; Dec,
5000 March. $10.50.
Timothy-Prime cash. s2.42,s; Dec.
$3.50; March. $2.57ia.
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Now York Produce.

New York. Oct Market
firmer: receipts, 1858: creamery high.
er than extras. 3s@361ac: creamery
extras. S5hc: firsts, 34@35c: seconds
321s G33Ac.
Eggs-Firmer: receipts, 6,952: fresh
gathered extra fine 800 4Oc; extra firsts
S6@3sc: firsts. 33@35c; seconds, 500
32c.
Cheese-Firm: receipts 961: state
fresh specials. 21G21Ac; do average
fancy. 20Nc.
Live poultry-Ffrm; no prices set
tied.
Dressed poultry-Dull and weak
chickens. 200 30c: fowls. 1S@24hc: tur-
keys, 20@32c.
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p.ori. Cash Grain.

Peoria, H., Oct. 2s.--The cash grain
market follows:
Corn--Market IN @2c higher: No. 2
white, S9c: No. yellow. 99c; No. 5 yell
low. 9Shc: No. mixed, 99c: No. 8
8 new mixed. CSC.
Oats-MArket IN @1Ac higher; No.
white, 507sc: standard, 5o1sc.
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Z. io,,i. Horse. and Mule..

East st. Louis. III. Oct. 23.-Horse
and mule market steady. Horses Extra
heavy draft, $175m225: eastern chunks
$I5oMlsS; good southsfns. $S5G125
Mules-1ts to 1915 hands. $150@ a70:
IL to 15is hands. s125@1SO; IA to 14h
hands, $60@fg5.
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Nav York SUGAR.

New York. Oct. 23.--Raw sugar
Firm; centrifugal, 6.52c: molasses
5.64.
cr,,shed. $3.50: mould A, IS: cubes s.:
xxxx powdered. $7.65: powdered, $3.50;
fIne eranulated. $3.50: diamond A,
$3.50: confectioners A $40; No. l.
t735.
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Kansas City Predue

kansas City>Mo.. Oct. "a Butter
Creamery. sshc: firsts, 3Ohc; seconds,
asc; packing. ZINC.
Eggs-Firsts. Sic.
Foultry--Hens, Ice; ROSTERS 11hc;
hroilers. 2lc,
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PLENTY OF HOGS
SENT TO CHICAGO

Chicago, Oct. Hog arrivals here
today aggregated the largest yet this
season and there was a consequent set
back in values.
Cattle were relatively scarce.
Receipts of sheep and lambs proved
liberal
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ST.. Louis Live Stock.

st. Louis. Mo-. Oct. 2s.The live
stock market follows:
Hoss-Market steady: receipts. 5000:
lights. $a.s5@10.3O: pigs, $s.5o@9.50;
mixed. S9.85@10.35: heavy, 10000
1895; bulk. $9.9O@1O.3o.
Cattle-Market strong: receipts, g.
600: beef steers $7.5o@11; heifers $3.50
q 1915: cows, s5.5o@7.5o; calves, $s@
11o5.
Sheep Market steady: receipts. s..
500: lambs s7@1065: slaughter ewes
s5@ 7.25; breeding ewes, $S.50@9.50:
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NV YIN VVVVSy VTVBTu0s
New York, Oct. 23.-Mercantile pa
per-8k %.
Bar silver--S7Nc.
Mexican dollars-52Mc
Time loans-363xGe
Call money-High, az; low. IA clos
ing bid, ~.
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Omaha Cash Grain.

Omaha, Nebr.. Oct. 23.-The cash
grain market follows:
wheat--No. hard. S1.10@1.1.
Corn--No. white, 90@92c: No. !
yellow, ESQ SEC: No. 2. s2@s2lsc.
Oats-No. : white. 4sh q 49c.
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Chicago Live Stock; Opening. !.

Chicago Live Stock; Opening.
Chicago, Oct. 23.-The opening live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market slow, to 10c under
Saturdays average: receipts, $1,000;
bulk, S9.90@10.25: light. $3.50 q 10. 36s
mixed. 1856 @1o.4O: heavy. 1850
1875; rough. $s.65@9.s0; pigs. 1880
$40.
ern steers. $6.25@s.50: stockers and
feeders. $4.75@7.75; cows and heifers.
s3.40@9.5O; calves, $7.25@11.S5.
Sheep-Market steady; receipts, a.
000 wethers, $7@8.25; lambs. $3.50
1880.
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Chicago Live stock; Closing.

Chicago, Oct 23-The closing live
stock market follows:
Hogs Market steady, SC lower than
Saturdays average: receipts, $4,000;
estimated tomorrow, $4,000; bulk. 1855
@10.30: light, $9.65@10.40; heavy,
$9.70@10.4O; mixed $9.75010.45; rough,
$9.70@9.S5.
Cattie-Market steady. 10c higher;
receipts. $4,000; top, $11.4o
Sheep-Market steady receipts, 49,
600; top. 1925; lambs, 5000.
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WABASH RAILWAY.

lob and lib. daily. except Monday,
T. II. Jacobs. Agent.