DAIII CHOPS SKORT,
CUT WORTH FAR MORE
(Qsvernmcnt Final Estimate Shows
Great Decline In Cereal
Production.
IlICES MAKE PAEMEES HAPPY.
Waey Will Get Half a
Dollars Mora This
than Last.
Billion
Ysar
of
The government report shows n
fbortage of 785,fS7,0OO bushels In total
gopa as comporod with the crops of
fjW, which were the lnrgcst ever rnlsed
lh this country, and a shortage of 377,
&S7,000 bushels as compared with the
yields of 1905, whleu were also very
Hire.
The chief shortage is In the corn
crop, with 335.000,000 bushels, oats
With 211,000,000 bushels nud wheat
WTiih 101,000,600 bushels.
3here Is something of au offset to the
fcfc losses in the feeding grains In the
of 0,431,000 tou of buy as
red to that 1900. and of
8,45888 tons as ess-pared to the crop
' FreailDent features of the final revis
it " its crop est 'state fsr tbe year
ft? the Department of Agriculture were
JIm laereases in use in the reperts of
a seeded to spring wheat, esrn and
4Mb. In earth of these particulars as
Int. s la the ewtluastsd wasjrt: ; of
vprtng wheat ana onto tfeo ssstlai re
pot tan more or less osuatar h the
Ceaaral Impressions af specnlatsrs. In
few Instances, sweh as the weight of
ass, the figures given ware at variance
aS& all the experiences af the trade
far the year to date. .
Flsraree of la Baanrt. '
,. The report gave final esUtiMites of
Jstrsage, production and value of farm
Craps, showing winter whasvt axsrewge
Ca he 28,132,000, praAnctiaa 40a,441",JWO
CaTf&els and value per aisaaat Hi cents.
Irprtog wheat acreage was 17,sT9,0)0,
i ir . i , , 1 - i
CROPS 91 UNITED STATES FOB THBEE YEARS.
fRSaier wheat
Bythtg wheat
T
!iatal wheat
Bartej . . . .
haatwaeat
Usasaed ..
Total
Day, ton
taadoettm 224,645,0 buataeis and ral
St n cents.
Oara acreage was OO.seiM, prodae
fM 202,320,600 bttsbels and ralue
7 cents.
Oats acreage was &U&t7,M0, produc
tasa 754,443,000 hoslKas and vfliuo 44.3
It was annaanoed that the total rai
ns af the farm craps Car WW was $3.
sHoOO.OeO, an increase of $428,000,000
tar 0C.
The farm valae em Dee. 1 af the four
craps already meatfoaed follows: Corn,
UJMOMVW; winter wfceaiu $St,217.
K; spring wheat, fim.320,000 ; oats,
f3saJU,0e0.
(The comparative prima far aha grain
i for the past three yeam fallow :
1007. 1008. filOS. 1004.
ivVasat ....81.7 66.7 74.8 Ui.4
Clan 51.7 3tM 41.2 44.1
)ats 44.3 Sl.T &.l 31.3
rsa. 73 J 58.0 (W.7 W.8
, flJaaay ....44 41.5 4.8 42.0
iackwaeat 68.8 SO.t 5H.7
(flu 95. 171 !W.3
' ratatses ...01.7 m.l 61.7 4,13
Usy ....fll.8 1107 $8.5!
FARMER 6 I A SSSEBT.
Taare Are Colamlslng Poaslbllltlta
Even ia Beath TaUey.
The erase of "bemestakiac" which Is
Beeaaa to have reachad Da limit iu the
chelce af Death Valley aa a ealauiziug
MardMlrty. With the Mea ef trans
faranag the most arid aad mart deso
late portion of the great Ajaerlcan des
ert lute farm land, a aunaber af traets
(save keen hontestaked, irrlgatloa s-rs-
eass have been ptanaed, and ether
nraparatlona are bow la progress for
toagmniag the roclamatloa af. Death
.Valley. A raUroad is already built
tram Oreenwater, at the seuthK'n end
of the valley, to the sorex works owned
fry the celebrated "Borax" Smith of 20-
as ale team fame, aad there Is sn auto
saobile stage Una through the valley.
Even enthusiasts do not claim that
totping water from Teleacape Peak
across the Funeral range into the vat
ley Is also wider oouM deration.
Labor Wiru Clvla r4rmtla
The significant feature of the bamjuet
nreoedlng the annual meeting of the Na
tlonal Civic Federation at New York was
the warning contained in the speeches of
Oampers and Mitchell, tbe labor leaders.
that the proosed reUm-tlon In wafji
wauM be fought to a iiuish. (lomiwrs
wanted to know If the soil was leas fer
tile. Its treasure less valuable, or if lu
boring men had boon roe leas industrious,
and held that every such rtxluctioo of
wages to meet such condition as uow cx
iat bad only made matter woiku, 'Hi
reason he advanced waa that "when you
reduce the la'.ioriug man's earaiiiK capac
ity you reJuce hi comtuuiiiig power, niul
thereby intiiiHifr sliat was already imd
enough." lie tueretore gave notice f'ia
in this instniu the employers would uu
"hove the plain iiailiiig they bad a few
rears tga. lie tuna lue Aniericnn woric
ingman bad come to the coiicIohIou that
was not rptipuub'itt' for the bnsacial
breakdown and 1 1 lit lie was not coins to
be the chief sufferer. Andrew t'urin'-jie
eKike a Btroug word for wt currency
aa the true remedy (or the eiixtiiiK i.-ou-Me.
He did not ihiuk the aanirnl '..ink
was pecewary. When the federation iwt
u Tuesday Auguxt Itoltuoat rmieni-d a
prraldeut, and Sclb Ixw, former Mayor
of New York, was fleeted to the varaot
office.
JEFF DAVIS' DEBUT.
Arkansas Senator Delivers Maids
Speech.
Breaking all traditions and preca
dents, United States Senator Jefferson
Davis, of Arknnsns, addressed his col
leagues on "trust
control of bust
ncss," after , nine
days' service. Up
to a few years ago
It was an unwrit
ten law that no
Senator should ad
dress his fellows
In a set speech no
less he had served
lit least one terra
ML.s,w..rt ..aw. Then Senator Bev
crldge reduced the time limit of sena
torial apprenticeship by speaking aftsr
three months occupation of a Sonata
seat. Davis' purimse to estahdllsh a
new record hud been widely advertised
and there was n large crowd to hear
hi in.
In istis Davis whs Attorney Gencul
of Arkansas und, while in this position,
secured the Democratic nomination far
Governor. Although bitterly opposed
by practically every newspaper In tha
State he was elected by one of the
largest majorities ever given In Ar
kunsas. Three times he was elected
Governor. lie Is of a restless, nerveus
teinpeiumejir, devoted to bis family, an
enthusiastic lover of I woks and a keen
Htm lent of men. Ho Is of fine appear
ance, being over six feet tall, Hl
daughter Is his constant companion and
stenographer. Senator Davis Is a
nephew of the illustrious Southerner
whose name he bears.
TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS.
Government New Building Largest
v ' in the World.
Coincident with the departure of fit
Atlantic fleet for the Pacific, there wal
luld down in the Fore River shlpyardi
St Qulncy, Mass., tlie keel plates of the
bsttl4ilp North Dakota, which la ex
pectvd to be far more powerful then
the most effoctive ship now under the
command of Hear Admiral Brans. TJia
blggost vessel In the Puolfk bound fleet
Is of lfl.0 tonnage, but the North. Da
kota Mill be of 110,000 tons dtepl-W-ment;
nearly 2,000 tons heavier than
1907. bu.
40,442,00
124.045,000
1000, bu.
402.888,004
242,372,!KHJ
1U5, au.
i 4 J8,4ajB4
204,510dX
034,087,000 735,200,070 92,79,4W
2.5f,320,lOO 2,927,416,001 2,7atJBMM
75443.010 Ull4.It04,522 WiSjAYft
ai.!m,)o -U74,HBa 27,w,t
ir.:U17.0)0 178,010, 1S4 13Qsn,t3M
14,-juo.ooo 14,041,037 ijmeS
21.000 25,578.140 28,477,7m
2!T,U4x,000 308,038,382 20t,741UM
5,137,908,000 0,023.800,235 6,&15liSEfr
B8,Srf,000 ui,145,U5IJ 80,581,013
the famous Dreadnought, ef the SSS
bsi navy, and 23 per cent mora efSfc.
tfve in gun-fire than the latter. T&e
?iorth Dakota will be CIO feet long.
It Is already figured out thai ths
launching will take place next 0tfxr,
or la ten montlis from the time af tfe
laying of the keel. Although the Hal
vns laid only recently the Norefj Ah-
kola la rcgnrdedi as nearly 8 per cMtt
tUiJHiuxi. lAtug before the keel eMB&l
were iJaood In iwnltlon the ship wta
cwiMilotely laid down in the stekMoft
ami over 50 per cent of all the plans to
tlie coiisU-uctlou ef the ship were 4a
veioped and approved.
The North Dakota la a slater ship of
the IfWaware, now being built at New
port News.
"Could Cat Pare la Two.
According to newspaper declarations,
the public service commissiea for New
Ycrk City will, in iu coming report t
ttie Ijpginluture, make some rather stairt
Hng declarations and suggestions ia re
gard to the railroad companies of the elay,
It is hlntod, for instance, that the oaa
mission wilt declare that with proper cap
italicatlon, tlie railroads could carry pas
seagers at leas thaa half the fares new
uharged, and still make large profits. Ia
totaliug up the business for the year eatf
ing June 30, it was found that the re
cents or ail the .New York City cam
uauiea amounted to $(((1,003,770. The to
tal oiwrathig egpouae for the year wre
!'T,()i:i,WZ, lviug a balance ef S29,
080,714.
Money is suffering from bad clrculatloak
Pennsylvania miser who spent only 9
cents last year la dead. 11 just ceulda'l
bear the increase in living expenses.
An Aurora (III.) physician baa discov
ered tbat peanut are a beauty diet. This
ought to be a circus for some people.
An Eastern banker says, "Wi want
more common Hense. We want also more
dollar, which are not so common new.
If prkiis of bread and meat keep on
coming dowu, pretty soon the average
man ran afford to eat tbree meals a dsy.
Chief Spryhuck, the Indian who drank
a quart of blue paint. 1 carrying the
"decorative interior" fad to an extreme.
With l,:t()0,(KN) divorce suit In ten
years, the United State is plainly in need
of a national "Stay-Married Association."
After a while it may dawn on the army
recruiter (lint the average soldier oesn't
look ii'toti a mouth us any greagraft.
Secretary Cortclyou is trying to inr
Push us with the fact that stocking were
nude to be worn and not to hoard money
in.
James J. Hill rays 4he railroads need
bilHimx of dollar. From present proa
m-cIm. it will be xouiutiino before they
Au Italian count one American heiress
mnrried turiu-d out to bo an ex-convict.
Sonte of the other cotiul haven't yet been
convicted.
Tln.ke people who will fail to notice the
aLsciice of "In tlod We Trust" from the
m w toi-dollni gold piece will be largely
iu lue majority.
SESi
pHSVEEiaY
.1. T--I
t)
1164 Henry II. crowned King of Eag-
lead.
1500 Columbus arrived a prisoner ' in
Spain.
1502 Ilngnenots defeated at Dreni.
1680 Sir Rdnmnd And roe, first royal
gowrnor of New England, arrived
in lioston.
1773 Destruction of cargo of taxed tea
in Boston harbor by citisens disguised
aa Indians, known as the "liostoa
Tea Tarty."
1775 British Parliament passed aa act
for confiscating all American ves
sels and impressing their crews into
the British navy.
17sT United States Congress appointed
Francis Dana minister to Russia.
1789 Bank of the United States began
to discount. ,'
1703 City of Toulon retaken by Napo
leon from the British.
t
1S03 The United Btatea took possession
f af Louisiana.
1812 Bonaparte arrived at Faria from
his Russian campaign.
1845 Battle of Moodke.
1S48 Park theater, New York City, de
stroyed by Br.... Louis Napoleon
took th oath of allegiance and was
proclaimed President ef th French
Republic. . . .Asia tie cholera appeared
among United States troops ia Texas.
1851 J. M. W. Turner, eminent English
landscape painter, died la obscure
lodgings in London, under an assum
ed name.
1S52 Pegu annexed to the Indian em
pire.
1869 First train crossed the Victoria
bridge at Montreal.
1800 The passport system abelinhed is
France by Napoleon III South
African Republic established, Paul
Kruger president.
1861 Federals attempted to blockade
the channel of Charlestoa harbor.
18C3 den. Grant established his head
quarters at Nashville.
1804 Gen. Ilardee escaped from Savan-
I nah with 15,000 troops. .. .President
, Lincoln called for 300,000 volunteers.
1885 Thirteenth Amendment to the Con
stitution proclaimed.
1374 Italian parliament voted an an-
anlty to Garibaldi... .Emigrant ship
Cospatrick bnrned at sea, with loss
of 405 lives.
1870 'All awards made in payment of
the Alabama claims, leaving surplus
of about 158,000,000.
1883 Cantilever bridge at Niagara Falls
opened for traffic.
1884 World's industrial cotton exposi
tion opened in New Orleans.
1885 House of Representatives passed
the presidential succession bill.
1891 Violent earthquake in Sicily.
1804 War between China and Japan de
clared ended.
1807 William Terries, emineat English
actor,' assassinated.
1899 House of Representatives passed
the currency bill.
1900 Martial law proclaimed an Cape
Colony.... Gen. Leonard Wood as
sumed oflice as governor geaaral of
Cuba.
lOOaUnlted State Senate passed Cv
baa reciprocity bill.
Horn CoasaiMB'ttoa Havsa.
Commissioner of Health Dixon ef
Pennsylvania has Inaugurated a oa
paign agaiaet tuberculosis involving a
henseo-aauae kispectioa and instruction
try vlsiUat aurene, wbe will go to the
home af every persoa applying te the
State DtsaMuaary for treatment. It will
be the duty of the visitlog nurses to in-
sarost tile patient and the paticat's fam
ily how te obtain the requisite amount of
fresh air, the most desirable foods, and
'haw he eendust themselves so as te avoid
lafeeaksa. Every member of a hoaaehold
la weiea a consumptive lives will be in
spected, and where there ia a sign ef ill
health the suspected person wiH be per
snaded to adopt precautionary measures.
La this way it Is hoped the State will
be able to check the spread of "the great
white plague" by discovering hundreds
of cases In the early stages when a cure
is probable. The difficulty which has
been experienced in sanitarium work
heretofore is that cases are not reached
until they are too far advanced to be
susceptible of cure.
DIs Proat la CIo.
President George J. Whelan of the
United Cigar Stores Company, when on
the stand in the govern ment'a suit against
th American Tobacco Company, testified
that the company had paid a 12 per cent
dividend in 1005, 20 per cent in 1000 and
40 per cent In 1007.
Bl Order for Wheat.
A Greek giving the name of Llzeras
ha created a sensation In Baltimore grain
circles by giving the exporting firm of Gill
Jc Fisher an order to buy 1,500,000 bush-
,el of wheat for shipment to Athens.
j While giving no credential or evidence of
hi ability to pay, he referred to a promi
nent New York bouse. It is said that if
the order la filled it will take Bv steam
ers to carry the grain.
A rough estimate of the census of .'uba,
now being tabulated, rhice th popula
tion of the islaad at TiCS.UMi.
The geological survey is planning to es
tablish an experiment station in Pittsburg
for the study of mine disasters with a
view to abating the dangers of under-
gtoutid explosions.
At tbe annual meeting in Ixmdon of the
Imperial Bank of Persia Sir Lenel Henry
tirillin read a cablegram from the man
ager of the bank at Teheran, sfving that
a display of troops has been made in the
Persian capital, but that the situation is
quieter. The exile of the late Premier
ilaair El Mulk and two princes has been
canceled.
KENTUCKY'S TOBACCO WAS.
Night Riders Inflict an Aggregate
Loss of Nearly 81,000,000.
The Inst exploit of the Kentucky
toltocco night riders In sel.ing the city
of Ilopklnsvllle, destroying 2tKi.OtiO
worth of proerty mid seriously wound
ing two mm, bus nroiwd nn Intensity
of Interest throughout tlie State nud fur
beyuAd Its Imnlers. Tlitc riders arc
th SiKist conspicuous fenture of the
war that Is Is-lng waged by the tobacco
growers of Kentucky ngnlnst the Ameri
can Tobncco Coinimny. By reducing
the coinK't!tlon In the buying of tolm'-
co to practically tiotliltt-t the company
forced down the price of leaf tobacco
until the growers say tliey run not real
ize enough to pay for raising It. The
tobacco crop Is a mainstay in ninny
parts of Kentucky, and thousands de-
uend on It for their dally bread. Hie
'vrna'DPa fli.tnrttiltWMl In futvn tlio l,rtr0
up.
The plan proposed In the beginning.
and which is still being followed, was
to form n cotnMnatlon of the growers
to ofKiec the combination of the manu
facturers and by withholding the. to
bacco make the tobacco trust come to
terms. Many associations of growers
hnve been formed In the different to
bacco raising regions of Kentucky, But
some of the growers did not come Into
the association rnnks and others grew
weary of waiting and sold their crops.
The more violent ""men In the associa
tions hnve resorted to the measures
that gave rise tothe night riders, and
by destroying the projierty of the to
bacco nninny and the growers , who
are not allied with them have sought
to carry through their plan by force
and terror.
The Ilopklnsvllle rail was the second
time In twelve months flint the night
riders seized and terrorized n city. On
December 1, 1000, they entered Prince
ton, Ky., a town of several thousand
Inhabitants, about thirty miles north of
Ilopklnsvllle, took jiossesslon of the po
lice and fire departments, the water
works, the telephone and telegraph of
fices and with the town shut off from
the rest of thetvorld dynamited and w.t
fire to the Stegef & Dollar nnd the
John C. Orr tobacco factories, ' wtilch
were allied with the tmst.
The first appearance of the night
riders was in November, 190(1, when
they destroyed some tobacco bams and
small fnctorles In Todd County, with a
loss of about $10,000. Tlie first raid
came on the night of November 11,
1900, when masked bands entered the
towns of Eddyville and Kuttawn, situ
ated close together in Lyon nnd Cald
well Counties, nnd destroyed the plnnts
of the American Snuff Company nnd
M. C. Rice, with $20,000 low?.
Besides these there have bet-n many
Bmuller raids and visits to Individual
growers. Tobacco barns have been
burned, growers who refused to ptol
their tobacco have been taken from
their homes and whipped, houses have
been fired Into and the occupants
wounded. The aggregate losses by
these raids nmount to nearly $1,000,000.
TO LIMIT IMMIGRATION.
Japanese and American Officials Out
line Flan at Tokio.
There Is reason to believe that the
entire question, of emigration of the
Japanese to America has Iteen satisfac
torily settled, nt least for the present,
after u series of confi'rences between
United States Ambassador O'Brien and
Minister of Foreign Affairs Huyaxhl in
Tokio.
It is understood that at their last
meeting, the representatives of the Jni-
anese government outlined a plan by
which it Is agreed to limit emigration
to students and commercial men hav
ing means of supisirt, nud entirely to
prevent Japanese laborers from going
to America. This arrangement will en-
tall the closest supervision on the part
of the Japanese authorities. As the
agreement is verbal, Ambassador
O'Brien accepted VC provisionally, but
maintained that any violation of its
terms would seriously emborrass a
friendlv trovernmeur. It is said that
Foreign Minister Hayatdii Vlll exercise
absolute control.
TREATIES OF LATIN NATIONS.
Central America Peace Conference
Closing in Washington.
The Central American peace confer
ence, which has been In session in
Washington for some time, has practi
cally concluded Its labors ami It Is
known that the delegates are ready to
sign seven treaties. The mmt Import
ant step toward the preservation of
peace In Central America consisted in
the agreement of the treaty estubllnh
lng a iierniuneiit court. The other treti
ties will Is?:
One of extradition, one for tlie estab
lishment of a Central American peda
gogical Institution and for the estab
lishment of nn International Central
American bureau similar to the bureau
of American republics at Washington;
a financlul convention, a treaty for hte
establishment of better communication
between tlie countries, and a general
treuty of peuce and amity.
Hrowavllle t'aso ta t'oart.
The right of President Roosevelt to dis
charge "without honor" the negro soldiers
who were on duty at Brownsville, Texas,
at the time of the famous riot in that city
will be tested in the Supreme Court of
the United States. To this end an action
investigating the validity of the Presi
dent's order has been begun in. behalf of
Oscnr W. Reid, one of the discharged
II1CI-. in the I'uited States Court for the
Southern District of New York, with the
purpose ul carrying it to the highest
rirmnal ns speedily as practicable.
Snricrry tar Insanity,
Dr. N. M. (Iweusby of Kaltimoie has
treated Kiiinething of a stir in medical
cm le by averting that dementia pree-
cox, or iireeneioux insanity, had lieeu
cine;! in recent cases by the use of the
Knife to relieve the thyroid gland of au
rxccx of certain chemicals iu the blood
or tlie secretions, lint or live cases so
tieiited, all Inn one are said to have re
covered, whereas the disease lias gener
ally been regarded as incurable. Dr,
pit'i'.ia of th" Jeffi-rsou Medical College,
linvevrr, j that the theory on which
Owenfby dp: r;iled Ha not been proved.
s CHICAGO.
An improving tone afipears in business
ciicles, although actual recovery In ac
tivity is not looked for before a return
to normal bankiog conditions is effected.
Seasonable wenthcr brought a heavier
movement in the leading retail lines, and
the absorption of necessaries and Christ
mas goods advanced to gratifying pr.ipfir
tlons, dealings generally relic. .. ..g a :;t
tr disposition among buyers.
Wholesale branches mainly enter upon
the usual quiet attending the close of the
Jf-ar, bnt there was a fair aggregate of
demands for immediate delivery and snt
ihiactory mail orders were received l'cr
spring merchandise. Mercantile collec
tions show more promptness at western
points, although extensions are not infre
quently asked, particularly where the
shortage of currency yet remains severe.
Defaults in this district again include
none of special significance, and the num
ber this month thus far is less than a
year ago. Requests for accommodation
in January increases and current settle
ments afHhe banks involve some renew
als, but the financial exhibit required of
borrower discloses little disturbing week
ness among manufacturers and distrib
uters, and this create a more confident
feeling as a basis for future financing.
Money remains quoted at 7 per cent
minimum on local loans required for for
warding of foodstuffs, but higher rates
are made for commercial paper bought by
outside banks. Augmentation of gold re
serve and note circulation strengthens
the situation and permits an expanding
shipment of currency to the interior.
There is no decline in outputs of rails,
aire and footwear, and there is better
inquiry for pig iron, although some con
turners hold for lower cost.
Failure reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 23, against 18 last week and
25 a year ago. Those with liabilities over
fo.OOO number S, against 7 last week and
in 1900. Dun's Review of Trade.
NEW YORK.
Holiday buying lias had the center of
the stage,. and retail business has felt very
perceptibly the influence of the spirit of
the season. While much more marked
than some time ago, however, the volume
of retail buying as a whole is not up to
expectation, and is certainly well below
a year ago at this date. Sentiment aa to
the outlook for trade next year is very
mixed.
Conditions in financial circles are still
slowly but quite surely approaching nor
mal. From the country at large- there
is reported a continued easing up of the,
situation as regards -cash payments, and
several cities are practically on a ca4h
basis.
A very favorable feature in the present
period of repression is the tendency to
ward enlargement of our export trade.
This is most notable in the grain trade.
Business failures for the week ending
Dec. 19 number 208, against 284 last
week, 227 in the like week of 1000, 235
in 1005, 240 in 1004 and 243 in 1003.
Canadian failures for the week number
40, as against 50 last week and 20 in
this week a year ago. Bradstreet'a Com
nercial Report.
Chicairn Cattle, common to Drime.
$4.00 to $0.30; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00
to $1.85; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $4.25 : , wheat, No. 2; i)7c to 09c ;
corn, No. 2, 57c to 58c; oats, standard,
47c to 48c; rye No. 2, 70c to 80c; nay,
timothy, $11.00 to $18.00; prairie. $9.0f)
to $12.50;, butter, choice creamery, 24e
to 29c ; eggs, fresh, c to 27c ; potatoes,
per bushel, 48c to 57c.
Tiulinnnnolia Cattle, shinninc. $3.00
to 3UI.00: hoes, cood to choice hfcavy.
$4.00 to $4.05; sheep, common to prime,
f.3.00 to S4.25 : wheat. Jo. 2. 95c to 97c
corn, No. 2 white, 53c to 55c; oats, No. 2
white, 49c to 52c.
St. Louis Cattle. S4.50 to $5.85 : hogs.
$4.00 to $4.85; sheep. $3.00 to $5.00;
wheat, o. ai.vi io ei.u- ;-s--uru,
53c to Mc ; oats. No. 2, 48c to 49c ; rye,
No. 2, 75c to 79c.
Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $5.10;
hoes. $4.00 to S4.80: sheep, $3.00 to
$4.25; wheat, No. 2, 99c to $1.01; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 55c to Otic; oats, imo. &
mixed, 47c to 4Sc ; rye, No. 2, 81c to 84c.
net rolt Cattle. $4.00 to $5.50; hogs,
M-00 to $4.40; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75;
wheat. No. 2, $1.01 to -fLUii; corn, ao. o
yellow, 00c to 01c; oats. No. 3 white,
53c to 54c ; rye, No. 2, 80c to 82c.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern,
1Y7 tn sl. 09: corn. No. 3. 57c to 59c;
oats, standard, 51c to 52c; rye, No.1,
SOc to Slebarley, ro. woe to uc;
pork, mess, $M.52. '
Ttffln Cattle, choice shinning steers,
$4.00 to $5.90; hogs, fair to choice, $3.50
to $4.00; sheep, common to gooo mixeu,
$4.00 to $5.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $7.25; .
New York Cattle. St.s to
l.KO to 5.'J5: sneep, m
$4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.03 to 1.04;
corn. No. 2, Otc to one; oats, naiurat
white, 57c to 59c; butter, creamery,
to 30c : eggs, western, 27c to 31c.
Toledor-Wbeat. No. 2 mixed$1.00 to
$1 fr corn, No. 2 mixed, 59c to 81c;
oaisNo. 2 mixed. 53c to TAc-, rye No.
J, 79c to SOc; clover seed, prime, $10.0U.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
Thomas W. Lawson has been elected
President of the Bay State Gas Comptu-y
of Delaware.
The chief of staff of the army has rec-
1...1 th construction of officer'
....nrter at the army war college in
wiuiiiixrtou at an expense of $100,000.
It is reported that Ileinrivh Conreid of
the Metropolitan oiera house in New
York has had trouble with the director
of the company and will retire at the end
of the present season.
Fire in a stable in Mast Ninth street,
New York City, spread to an adjoining
i" ;i. i; ..nnuiiiir the deiuh of one man
nnd injury to another nmu ond a woman
Mlio were overcome by smoke. Nine
horses in the Httibie nio supposed to have
hvn burned.
I,. v;iiim IV Hons of Boston issued
a statement that be found iu the body
of William Fainsvvorth Baker, the Boston
young man wlio died under suspicious cir
cumstances in l'.agota, N. J., more than
enough arsenic to kill several strong,
, .i.i it un nlo stated that the
lll'UIWi. lit. ... .
embalming tluid used in preparing th
J bodv for burial contained no arsenic.
TAIT SPEAKS IN BOSTON.
Secretary of War Defends Admin
istratlon Against Critics.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association of Bostoti gave a dinner
the other ulglit ot which Secretary of
War Taft was the guest of honor.
IT'-re the Secretary delivered tlie reply
' ' Roosevelt administration to Its
c - s : Wall street. Mr. Taft placed
Hi' 1 1 : i t . : u for the passing financial
liinvy where he and the President be
ll." it iielongs. o defended Presi
dent Roosevelt's ollcles In resjMvt to
dishonest and Inw-brenkliig corpora
tions, nnd h:i hi that the President had
been made a target by rich nud pow
erful enemies.
Secretary Taft declared the Presi
dent was and Is making n fight for the
honest business man. None but the
shifty, and mendacious has been hit
und none but tills class is raising a
clamor against the President, he 'de
clared. Following are extracts froh; Secre
tary Tnffs sech :
For eight or nine mouths past '.here
were ninny indications that the loanable
capital of the world was near exhaustion.
The conclusion cannot be avoided that
the revelations of irregularity, breaches
of trust, stock johhiiiK. over-Issues of
stock, violations of law. und lack of rigid
Mate or national .control of insurance
companies, railroad companies, traction
companies, and limincinl corporations
shocked investors nnd made them withhold
.what little loanable capital was available.
It would seem that our svstem of cur
rency is not arranged so as to permit its
volume to lie increased letniMirurily to
counteract the sudden drain of money by
tne Hoarding in n panic.
The fright which seizes the depositor
ond leads him4o board his money sprends
lilte wildfire and is as unreasoning and
unreasonable as the spirit of a nioli.
Hie trust magnates, solidly Intrenched
with great financial resources, are not the
rues who suffer most from panic. It is
the great body of business men aud wage
farners.
It is said that the administration has
arraigned the whole business community
as dishonest. 1 denv it. '
I am earnestly opposed to government
ownership of the interstate railways. Gov
ernment ownership means State socialism,
an Inoreose of power in the central gov
ernment that would be dangerous.
YELLOW RACES UNITING.
Hobson Says It Is Now the White
Man Against the Torld.
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson,
representative iu Congress from Ala
bama, says the whole world is changing
front aud thut we are Hearing the time
when it will be the white man against
all the rest. He said:
"The Japanese ure proceeding to or
ganize the Chinese on military lines,
teaching them in a far-reaching prop
aganda to hute foreigners und prepare
for war. Japuu Is furthermore propa
gating unrest In India, aud the Japan
ese victory over Russia has shaken the
white man's prestige wherever he Is
guiding tho destinies of men of other
colors ull over the world. The whole
trend of events -Is, therefore, toward a
contest by the yellow race, aided by
the other colored races, u struggle to
wrest from the white man his present
supremacy.
"The control of the sea is tlie white
man's only chance for maintaining his
supremacy and his civilization, and all
than these mean.
"l.'nfortunately, as the yellow races
are utiitliig. the white races ure still
divided. A nation of the white race
that controls the ocean has already
leut Itsplf to make possible Japanese
victory over Russia, nud Is now lend
ing itself to make jiosslble Japanese
victory over America. As a matter of
fact, tlie yellow wave that is forming
Is ulreudy moviikg eastward over the
Pacific Ocean and lapping the shores
of America, and Anierlcu 'a facing west
ward to check this wave is in the in
terest of all the white nations of tlte
earth, of the white man's supremacy,
of the ierietuatloii of pence."
The Nobel prizes were awarded, tbat
for literature going to itudyard Kipling.
The treasurer of a Canadian railroad
confessed to stealing $185,0lKI iu eighteen
yea rs.
Advices from Loudon indicated 'hat
Ambassador Bryce may quit his post in
this country.
Richard Miller of St. Louis won high
piaise iu Frauce, one of his painting
being bought by the Minister of Fine
Arts.
Mr. Taft, wife of the Secretary of
War, whose ship was caught In a storm
off Boulogne, "hud a narrow escae from
death.
Mrs. -Alhertoii won her breach-of-prom-isi
Vuit ugainst Captain Yarde-Huller, the
Iioudou court giving judgment for, dam
ages und costs.
The financial program of Japan was
formally settled at the meeting of th
council of the elder statesmen on Mon
day. It involves a reduction in the tx
peuses of the army aud navy for the next
six years, whereby the government will
save y.HK),IXHI,(KSI.
Dispatches from Santiago. Chili, indi
cate thut ulsmt S.innj laborers in the Tar-
apnea nitrate fields have gone on strike
aud business is paralyzed. 1 he situation
is considered critical ami warships aud
troops have been sent to the troubled dis
tricts, but up 'o the present time there
has been no violence.
Foreign newspapers expressed varied
opinions on the siguitieance of the sailing
of tlie American lleei on its globe-girding
expeilit ion.
1 lie cabinet of the Shall of I'ersia re
signed because if the delay in executing
soldiers who fatally nttaiked 'IVIi.uln
shopkeepers.
A terrible storm swept the Atlantic
coast of Kurope, a I'rem h s, liooner sink'
ing off Niarril in view of thousands.
among whom was the premier.
"Russia warned China on I lie failure of
the Japanese pact, saying that in case an
agreement is not soon reached it will give
uolilicatiou that the convention is ended
There could not be a more horrible
txample of legislative Inertia than the
first session of the sixtieth congress,
which began on Monday, Dec. 2, and .
ended on Saturday, Dec. 21. The pe
riod between those dates nominally In
cludes three full legislative weeks. Had
congress been so minded It might have
done an Immense amount of work dur
ing that time and public business would
hnve been expedited to such on extent
that an adjournment could hnve been
taken about a month earlier than will
now be possible. Both the house and
sennte were In session at frequent in
tervals, nnd for a brief time during
part of several days the Congressional
Record shows that tlie time of congress
was almost absolutely wasted. Noth
ing of permanent value was done ex
cept to perfect the organization of the
house and senate. The money of the
people was thrown away, aud for all
the value to the country both houses;
might have met on Monday morning,.
gone through formal organization, lis
tened to the President's message Tues
day morning, and adjourned Tuesday
night to meet again after the holidays.
Pliousands of bills were introduced ir
the house, but all of them were handed
In and put in a box while the bouse
was not In session, for the introduction
of bills in the lower house of congress
Is not part of the legislative program.
In the senate one statesman after an
other rose nnd presented a bill, which
was read by title and referred to the
appropriate committee, the same proce
dure being taken In the house. The
committees of the house were not an-;
nounced until Thursday, Dec. 19, and'
Bnal adjournment came two days later.
After having done nothing for three-
weeks congress displayed its Christmas
spirit by adjourning for two weeks
more, so that the first real busines
session of the . sixtieth congress will be
opened Monday, Jan. 6, five weeks-
after the day set by law for the repre
sentative's of the people to begin to
represent things.
The Postofflce Department Is going to
seek the aid of Congress to prevent the
railroads from putting into service
bluff" trains with a view to capturing
mail tonnage and later abandoning'
them. This fact Is disclosed iu the re
port of the department regarding the
transportation of the mails for the cur
rent year. It Is alleged that prior to
the reweighing periods, which deter
mine the routes and compensation ev
ery four years, It has been the custom,
of some railroads to put on new fast
trains with a view to capturing the
malls. Having been successful, such n
rond, tinder the present law, must re
ceive pay for tbat mail during the suc
ceeding four years wehther It contin
ues to carry it or not. Accordingly
some of the railroads have been accus
tomed to tuke off their "bluff" trains
soon after the reweighing, allowing the
inalls to be diverted to another rond,.
but continuing to receive pay for trans
porting them until the next reweighing.
period, when the trick is repeated.
Speaker Cannon announced his ar
rangement of tlie new committee' oiu
appropriations, with Tnwney of Minne
sota at its head and Livingston of
Georgia as the ranking Democrat. T:tw
ney has come out squarely for the iol
Icy of retrenchment, which the Siik
er was known to favor, and he will be
the recognized "watch dog of the treas
ury" during the life of this Congress.
In a statement Chairman Tnwney re
ferred to the estimates for the next
yeur's expenses being over $100,000(t00
over the estimates for the curroi., year,
and said this would mean a deficit of
$(3,000,000. Hence the necessity or
rigid economy and the avoidance of
new enterprises.
The roller skaters of Washington are
an interesting sight. There are 50,000
children of skating age in Washington,
nud 30,000 are whizzing around the
streets mounted upon two skates, while
the balance of them, more or less con
tent with au equipment of one skate a
child, are doing a complicated hop
whizz, undismayed by the frequent
complications which ensue. The asphalt,
streets are really a temptation not
easily resisted, and nfter dark the roll
er skaters seem to have grown sudden
ly aud mysteriously taller.
Before the swearing In of the two
new Senators from the new State of
Oklahoma they drew lots In the pres
ence of the Senate to determine which
should have the long term and whk-U
the short. Tlie blind Senator, Gorev
drew tbe two-year term, and smilingly
congratulated his colleague, Senator
Owen.
In tlie Senate the committees havt
been changed so us to fill vacancies and
make places for the new memls-rs.
Knox gtss to the front, ns expected,
by becoming chairman of the rules cam
inittee, wliere he will have the duty of
defending the legality of the measures
proposed by the majority. Other im
portant chairmanships are: Appropria
tions, Allison; finance, Aldrich; foreign
relations, Culloni ; interstate commerce,
F.lklns; naval affairs. Hale; isstolIhvFv
Penrose, und Philippines, Ixlge.
The Treasury and Law department
of the Federal Government are so ;:
what ut li'.,'.,' I'hcaiLs as to what consti
tutes real whisky in the Intent of tlie
pure foods act, and an appeal to the
Supreme Court Is contemplated In or
der to straighten out the muddle.
There are any nuuiHer of the toilers
of Washington who mirke their homes
lu Baltimore, 4n miles away. Living
in the latter place la some 30 jht cent
cheaiMT thau In the town laid out by
the father of his country.