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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1893)
THE OMAITA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , NOVEMBER 13 , 180H. GRANT BEFORE PETERSBURG fr. How Tlying Bullets and Bunting Bomba Terrorized the Citizens. A DINNER FUR SIX FIGURED UP S1.920 for fnilinii HnliUm Military ( Drift A Suriirlncil Dnrkry Among the Volvrinm A .Novel Kscapc Toilio'n Nuvjr. Connected with the Tobacco exchange tit Richmond is a gentleman who was living "under the hill" In Petersburg during the perilous days. After several _ Bhot and shell had passed over his house his family left U for safer quarters , but one evening decided to rottirn. Every thing was qulot for an hour and then u shot t-atno booming over. This was enough for wife 'and children , but the husband got mad and declared he would ntay there that night If every gun In the federal IntrcnehmontH was turned loose upon him. Half an hour went by , and ho was patting hlmself.on the back over his grit , when the federals suddenly opened live or six heavy guns at the hill. Shot and shell roared and hissed and screamed , and this man's hair began to crawl. 1I stuck thorn , however , until boom ! blsh ! crush ! came a cannon ball as big as his head plump through one side of the house and out at the other , and then ho How Out of doors and 'Htruck a gait just a little faster than greased lightning. Singularly enough that was the only shot which over hit the hoiii-o. though do/ens foil around it. After Grant had his guns In position , and more especially after ho began reaching out for the Weldon railroad , ho could have knocked Petersburg to pieces in twenty-four hours. Ho would probably have ilono bo had there been any excuse for it , but there was none. The confederate lines were a mile and a half away , and Petersburg was hold only by noncombalants. Nevertheless Grant did not propose that any one In reach of his guns should sloop soundly or forgot his wobonco. Occasionally shots wore therefore Ditched into the city to chock any enthusiasm , and if anybody got over an hour's sleep at a time it was consid ered something to boast of. ( n the winter of 1801 a citizen , who had unexpectedly received * 2,000 In con federate currency on an old debt , deter mined to have a fjood , square dinner , and company to help eat It. llyo coffee , bacon , meal , rice and molasses were about the only provisions in market , but at a'cost of $1,0150 the citizen scraped to gether enough to justify him in inviting a company of six friends. The guests ' were in the parlor , the table set and the cook was over the stove , when a shell entered the dining room through the side of the house. The explosion - plosion so wrecked the ronm that no one would enter it. The table , pieces of T Kiuv. cmihl not have been de molished uny bettor with an ax , and the plaster in two or three rooms was shaken down. When all was excitement , and before anyone really understood just what hud happened , a second' shell plunged into the lower bedroom in an other part of the house , alighted on the bed and there exploded. All the plas ter on that side of the room and over head was shaken off , the walls bulged out , the window glass shivered into line fragments , a bureau split to kind lings , and yet a looking glass was not even cracked , and save the powder stain and scorch the bed was not damaged. Many of the missiles fell into the yards and streets. From ono yard , com prising about half an acre of ground , over thirty cannon balls wore dug out after the war. Ono shell which ex ploded In this yard made a hole which required seven cartloads of dirt to fill up again , and it threw out with the dirt a rook which two men could hardly move. A solid shot which hit a chim ney and then rolled off the roof killed a colored woman who was passing bolow. A shell which fell near a negro who was working in a garden dismembered him and cut the handle of the hoe off within a foot of the socket. A boy on horse back heard a whirr and saw a Hash , and the next thing ho knew ho was tented astride a dead horse , a cannon ball hav ing shot the animal's head off. Escapes wore both wonderful and innumerable , nnd when nnii sons the bullets in window sills , the cannon bulls in the walls and the rents made by the deadly shells , ho is amazed that anyone had the bravery to rem.iln there during those long months when everyday was full of death and every night replete with horror. Imlmii TrniiM < n Learn ICiiKllih. At the headquarters of the Depart ment of the Colorado n communication was received froiu Colonel M. M. Blunt , commanding the Sixteenth infantry at ' Fort Douglas , U. T. , addressed to 'the adjutant general of the United States army , requesting authority ta detail on extra duty three suitable noncommis sioned officers of company I for the in struction of the members of that com pany. C unpiiny I is composed of Sioux Indians and Colonel Blunt in his letter to the adjutant general says ho considers it bolter that the instructors should bo Indians , as the men would then acquire the English language more rapidly. Few people are probably aware of the fact that noncommissioned officers in Mio Indian troops are informed Hulllcicntly woJI'to act as school teachers , as the majority of the Indian soldiers speak little or no English , and communication between them and the white and colored forces Is usually carried on by signs. This is especially the case of the Apa ches at Fort Apache , Ariz. , and the Na- vnjos at Fort Wingato. General McCcok bays ho dees not see why they should not tench tholr own people to read and write the English language. The majority of the non commissioned officers have served about ilvo years at the Indian school at Car lisle and speak English without an uccont , Thu other Inilluus iindcrstuml the commands. But Gcnoral McCook tloos not alto- Rother favor Indianmildiors. "I don't think , " ho stild , "thut it Is a peed idcu to hnvo Indians hi thu army RH Holdiurs. Tt iu hard enough in thu army to inako ooil hold I urn out of white inun , and I look upon tills as u white man's government and a white man's country. The colored inun luis got his rights , too , Tlioro arc 7,000 of thum. trriio Indians can bo made useful as farm- era. nnd they could bo utilized us scouts all right. " Jcrcey Clly'a Amazon * . Jersey City has a novel attraction that U Biiro to alTuut favorably thu price of real outato and increase the divi dends of the North Itlvor ferry lines. Fifty irirlB , between the aguti of H and 18 , all beautiful , of course , huvo formed u military company and uro now cn- L'uged in drilling for future exhibitions In the cause of charity , and they are uniformed in gowns of the most fetching fashion. These young ladies uro all members of the Ccrgon Re formed church of .lurBoy City. Organization was effected under the rules governing militia companies , the oflicors , with the exception of Captain V La\VB , being elected by the members of the company. It is known UB the Girl's brlk'ado of tno Burton Reformed church , gim.tle iutorcat tUo cglrla take .in the work Is attested by the fncl thnt the at tendance at the drill is something un- tistinl In nillltnry organizations. Tlio young ladlnfl liavo tints fnr provided themselves only with whatthoycall their fatigue uniform. It Is "blue , of cour.so. The privates wear elose-llttlng. tailor- made jackets , which reach below the hljw , mid full plain skirts , which show a hit of hnck ! stoukliiL'fl above the tops of -tho patent leather shoes. The hats are the o Impossible little round affairs whieh startle the stranger In Knglaiid when ho llrst sees thoiu on the heads , that Is. the cars of English infantrymen. The only color relief in the Uniforms of the privates is a little dab of yellow forming their shoulder straps. At quurd mount , In the army head quarters , when the adjutant inspect ! ) the guard ho pays attention not only to the dL'nnllnusH and good order of the sol diers' clothes , but also to their personal cleanliness. Nothing that. Is regula tion Is neglected in the inspection of the Girl's brigade of the Uorgon lo- formed church. ( lulu Ouro for Vrternn * . The Intr.xluctlon of the Keoloy euro In the national homes for disabled soldiers has quite naturally oxcltod a great deal of Interest all over the country. The number of Intemperate members in all of the homes has always been largo and the problem of drunken ness has been the great obstacle U ) bo overcome Uy the commandants of the different homos. Nearly all the Inmates receive pensions from the government. which tfivos them a small supply of ready monov. This money and a life of almost .uninterrupted Idleness have proven in every Instance conducive to intemperance. The northwestern branch of the National Soldiers' home is located in a beautiful park near Milwaukee. It has nearly 2,1)01) ) ) inmates and is In cha-po of General Cornelius Wheeler. Two most Interesting experiments have been tried at this homo to lessen the ratio of druakennoss. The first was the sale of bcor under exacting stipula tions by the homo authorities to the in mates only. This had a most beneficial olloot. Around the boundaries of the home grounds there were no loss than twenty low groygorios. whore stale beer and vllo whisky were sold to the oljl soldiers. They would congregate in these places , drinlt to excess and then come to the city and roll around riot ously drunk until their nonsion money was all gone. They wore frequently robbed and garroted in some of those dens. Since liquor has boon officially sold at the home nearly all of those groggorics have been closed , one r seldom sees a drunken soldier on the streets and the general morale of the * institution has been improved. Liquors are sold in moderation to the old soldiers , and in consequence they very seldom leave the grounds ) got drunk and to fall among highwaymen and thieves. The second experiment was the opening of a Keoloy institute at the home on February 21 last , and since that time 225 members have taken the cure. The institute is conducted by olllccrs from.tho parent concern at Dwlght , 111. , and a regular contract has boon made with the govern ment which gives the soldiers a club rate , so to speak. The inmates pay $20 for a treatment that costs an outsider $100. $100.The The Homo Kceley club secured funds and has built a very pretty club house , where mootinjjs are held every Wednes day. Entertainments uro given and the most bcnollciont results are claimed by all of the ollicorsof the homo. The lirst homo to try this experiment was that at Leavenworth , Kan. Governor Smith says it has worked a grand reformation in that institution and in evidence of this assertion brought a regiment of 300 reformed drunkards to the World's fair on Keoloy day. A. .Scout's l'rn < llciliiant. Calvin Strawn was another famous scout for the Army of Northern Virginia , and many are the stories told of hisdar ing escapes and ingenious ruses. But on one occasion the wily Calvin was fairly caught. On being brought before Gen eral Pope ho showed what was thought to be indications of a willingness to sell his information of the enemy's strength and was ordered to bo reprieved for a day. Calvin succeeded then in making his escape , but being bard pressed by his pursuers concealed himself in a hollow - low tree. In crawling in ho foun'd the position u.iroauy occupied oy a swarm 01 oees , who promptly prepared to defend it. The bluecoats wore , however , in full view , so Calvin was not to bo dislodged for any attack , no matter how prolonged and determined. When his pursuers wore gone the scout evacuated in all haste , the honey from the honeycombs running down his faeo , stuck in his hair and covering him from head to foot , pre senting him to the world as a living per sonification of "linked sweetness long drawn out. " Presently ho saw a long line of supply and ammunition wagons bound for Pope's camp , for Jackson had burned the federal depot of supplies at Manas- sas and loft the union general facing the second battle at that point without sulli- clont rations or maskot cups. Hiding in the grass and dead leaves the confeder ate watched those illo by until the last camo. This was driven by an old negro , adorned In some brigadier general's cast-off lace-bedci.'ked hat , and who had allowed his team to straggle 100 yards or so behind the rest. . Calvin soi/ed. his ehanco and sprang out at the old chap. Covered with grass and dead leaves , which wore adhering lovingly to every sciuare inch of his honey-soaked 'body , hU hair bristling with the same glutin ous drenching and stiffened b , ? ll/mil or naments , he made an appearance that caused the old darkey to literally fall from his porch , screaming : "Gord a1 massy ! What is dat ? " Calvin Happed his arms and executed a wild , original fandango , and the aged negro lied , hlu'gorguoua heudgear fall ing over bib eyes , blinding him until he jerked It off. Once out of sight , the scout crawled in at the buck of the wagon and hid himself under the loose corn with whieh it was tilled. A/tor awhile the driver reluctantly returned , accompanied by an olllcor , to whom he again recounted the story of his apparition. " 'Twarn't no human , sah ; no , sab , 'twar jest a h'unt , or do debbil heso'f , onoor t'other. " The olllcor , looking about , saw no in dications of any one , and ordered the team on , and BO for miles Calvin was carried scot free at Uncle Sum's ex pense. When ' night cumo ho quietly slipped out 'and soon rojoineu Jackson with valuable Information. Our Now Navy. Philip Iliekborn , chief constructor of the navy , in his annual report to the eucrotury reports that good progress huu been made on vesaolsm course of con struction during the past year , although there bus been Borne demy duo to the deferred deliveries of armor plates. During the past year the following vessels have had thUr official trial trips , the results in nil cases bcingeatlbfuctory to the government trial board and demonstrating the abilities of our Bhii > - bullders to turn out the hlgheat grade of work : Monterey , of 4.00U tons trial displacement ; the Detroit , of 2,038 tons ; the Now York , 8,480 tons ; "the Maohins , 1,007 tons , and the Bancroft , 032 tons. The following vessels huvo .been launched during the year and are now being pushed to llnal completion : Columbia , Marblehoad , Olympia , Cin cinnati , Kntahdln , Indiana , Massa chusetts , Minneapolis. The tug May- ll'iwor and the gunboat 1'alos have been sold during the year and their names stricken from the naval register. Forty-seven vessels have been repaired at the different navy yards during the year. The United Stales Is now the only great maritime country which docs not possess an experimental tank , the Russians having remedied during the past year thnlr deficiency in this re spect. A Sucrmsfnl Itujr. Dock Harris , Stonewall Jackson's trusted and most secret l-cotit , one day found himself condemned to bo hung nt daylight by General Sedgwlck , Into \vhos < i bands ho had fallen. IIo was waiting in one of the two rooms of the' house which was serving just then for a prison for the llrst glimmer of the day which was to bo bis last , when ho heard. a tramning of feet In the next room and u voice declare : "Yes. he's dead enough. Hull him ill ) in the sack and take him out for burial. " Then t'.ils voice , presumably a sur geon's , departed and two others mut tered : ' 'He's too heavy for us alone. Let's got \ Big Jake to help , " then these two wore gone. Harris saw the opportunity , if there was only time onoutrh. Ills stronir shoulder heaved in the thin lath parti tion and ho was in the room. Hastily unrolling .the still warm body of a eon- federate prisoner , wounded unto death when captured the day before , ho cur ried the dead man to his own roam. Ho then rearranged as best ho could the broken dividing wall , trusting to the dim light of the lantern , which was the only illumination , to conceal the dam age. Ho was wrapping the sack about himself and had just assumed the corpse's position when the men returned witli Big Jake. One of the men stooped and tightened the cloth about the scout's head mid1 throat before the three took him on their shoulders. The sentry was passed outside the house , the picket line had been loft behind , nnl yonder , near the woods , was the open shallow'gravc. The nearly suffocated confederate found na ture failing him in spite of hisdesuorato resolve to make no sign of life. Then began , on the part of thg "re mains , " a series of demonstrations so re markable and terrifying as to cause the .superstitious pallbearers to drop them as if they had boon red hot. Ilud-not their own eyes beheld the waxen dis colored face of the dead man before they placed the sack about him ? Big Jake gave u screech of horror at the kicks and frantic movements of the corpse. "Good he's alive God , boyy , come again ! " And the trio took to their heels forthwith , looking back in time to be hold a Hying shape disguised in the Muttering rags of the shroud. And so Harris was not hung , after all , at day break. A' Child Kn.loyn The pleasant flavor , gentle action and sooth- tut ? effects of Syrup of'Figs , when in need of u laxative , and if the father or mother bo c-ostivo or bilious , the most gratifying results - sults follow its use ; so that it is the bust family remedy known , and every family should have a bottle on hand SL.OT MACHINES. One of iho .Most Novel of Thorn Is Ton Thousand Voitr * Old. Probably one of the latest -appliances of the principle.governing the operation of the slot machine ? is found in the hot water fountains which have been brought out in France , says Cassier's Magazine. Those fountains are put up in the the publio street and afford the conven ience of supplying at any hour of the day or night a certain quantity of hot water in return for a coin of certain value , which is dropped into the slot in the now so familiar way. Tlio dropping of the coin automatically governs the flow of water from the street mains through a small boiler , heated by a scries of gas jets , and similarly regu lates the quantity of tas which is ad mitted. and whieh is lighted by moans of a small , constantly maintained ig nitcd jot. The French hot-water machine brings back to mind very strikingly'the appar lliun uunl > liuu uiut u tuuii , uuu juuin u i by Hero of Alexandria , which furnishes one of many similar illustrations of the extent to which the uneiontH made use of what are often supposed to bo entirely modern ideas. Curiously enough , Hero's machine it may hero bo repeated , was oporaUx by a coin representing five druhmas The coin , in falling , struck a lover opened a valve , and lot out a smal quantity of holy water. When the coil fell off the lever the valve was closed Hero went still further , however , by inventing an automatic bartender on the coin-in-tho-slot principle. This was i vase containing three kinds of liquor in different compartments , with a fauco arranged so as to bo opened part of the way by one coin , still further yet by i larger or heavier cain , and then stil further by a still lureror or heavier coin. The extent to whieh tljo faucet was opened determined which chamber should communicate with it , and hence which of the three liquors should _ bo al lowed to escape. This machine , appar ently , has not yet boon reinvented. After a night with the boys Yourpforaclear hoatl. Brome Solt/.or. THE INQUISITIVE THAN. He U Turned Uiiwn by Ilio Jtvportor' * I'lTitoiiul Kxperlencr. "I suppose"said , the inquisitive man , who was making life a burden for his friend , in the nowppapor business , "that you reporters of ton have experience , that arc a good deal out of the run that happen to common folks. Now , I was reading a story the other day about a follow who was Kent out to report a milcide and ' when he got there ho found'it was the girl ho was going to marry. Ever hear anything like that ? " "Oh , yes , " replied the newspaperman.- "I have frlond who had a a very nlTect- Ing cxporlonco the other night. Ho is the correspondent for a Now York paper and ho Is engaged to n mighty pretty girl. The other day his girl , went to Now York. On the night bho was due to arrive there ho was bitting at his desk In a brown study and thinking mostly of his absent sweetheart. A messenger boy crawled in and hundod him u telegram. Ho toro it open and rend : 'Big railroad accident horo. One of the women killed is from Buffalo.- Short , brunette. Murk on handkerchief , Mario. Trv ' to identify , ' He jumped to his foot " Yea ! yosl" broke in the inquisitive man , eagerly , "tho woman was Ills llaiiceo. " "No , who wasn't , " enld the newspaper man , shortly. The Inquisitive man looked disgusted. "Then , " ho said , "I can't BOO anything BO utTcotlmr about it. " " \Yoll , there was , " replied the news paper man , getting up to go , "ho couldn't identify the woman and lost u chance to make a dollar or two. " And the Inquisitive man was BO angry that ho walked in another direction. AXDWALLSTREEI IfFectoftho VoteuQH the Spooulatlvo In terests d the Oouutry. TEMPORARY RISEf ! f If ! PRICES NOTED ( enctlon In PiiblloitSrnMmcnt Taken n mi Indication tlmtntlia Ailmliil'tntlloii U rroccmlliif ; .Tim . r t Much DcpciuM tin L > uiiilon. In his weekly letter concerning the sltu.v Ion on Wall street , Henry Clews says : Tl'ho uhlof event of the week has been the elections occurlng In ten states. As the ssucs wcro chiefly ot a local rather thnn mllonnl nature , votinif could hardly bo lowed ns having any direct bearing upon nveatment interests. And yet the remark- iblo uniform clmtiKO In the vote from Unit of Inst year has been very naturally re garded us glvlns n certain degree of nntton.il slpnlllcanco to the outcome. Opinion la divided upon the rcson for this turn In the wlltical weathercock. Some regard It as simply a new illustration of the popular mult of holding the government for the .line . bolng responsible for whatever nils- fortune nniy bjfall the country , no matter vho or what may tie to bhinia for It. Others think It expresses papular dissatisfaction vlth the party in power , for delay and lack of unity in adopting the silver ropcal bill. Others Incline to the vlovv that the intlciimtion of the effects of the new tariff caused the late depression , rather than the ipproheiiHlons conneetod with silver and , therefore , regard the change of majorities ns expressing dissatisflotion with the new tariff policy. While yet others think they hid u solution In the revolt of the people icatnst the wrongs and corruptions of machine ' methods of party management , riieso various explanations are of course In- luencnd by party predilections and an lin- mai.il observer would probably rule that no ono ef these causes nlono accounts fur the change , but that all have in varying degrees contributed , to It. Sout rrleo * Up Slightly , "lie thta as It may , the elections were fol lowed by ix Rctiorul temporary rise in prices , especially those of industrial stocks , but how far that was duo to any serious Importance julng at Inched to tbcso political influences it Is not easy to say , for the previous spocu- atlvc selling and some fall in prices had ; > redisposcd the market to ao. upward rc- ictloii , while reports uumo from Ixmdon of an increase of gold In the Bank of England and /fall there in the market rate of discount and buying orders for bonds came from that center , which It Is hardly supposable wore much Inlluenccd by the result of our elections. Probably the main consideration that largely affected Wall street was the reasonable probability that such an emphatic admo nition to the party in power will make it more careful about excesses in carrying into effect Its disposition to Introduce largo changes in established business and In monetary conditions. Such un Influence would very directlv contribute toward the restoration of confidence In quarters where it Is now much disturbed by pending and anticipated legislation ; : ind to this \vo urn- fer to mainly intrlbnto the effect of the elec tions in Wall street , for it is a legitimate contribution toward the restoration ot con fidence. ' fllucli I > QICIK1.4 | un i.nmlnii. "DiirinR the last half of the week the mar ket followed clos6iy the course of affairs at London , for at the moment the support of prices seems somoU'hat dependent upon affairs at that center. Not that wo need any monetary support f ram that or any source , for the eity b.inkstuo ; already flooded with Idle n.oney , and considerable curly imports of gold from jSnglniiil'appear inevitable from the present coursept'eschnnge. It has , however - over , been pretty' generally expected that the suspension 'of silver purchase1 , by the treasury would be followed by foreign orders for our securities , and holders of stocks have no doubt been Induced to buy more freely than-they otherwise might by that con sideration. So far , this expectation has been but very partially realized , and the complication of thn political situation , grow ing out of the elections , affords a now ele ment to be digested before it can bo satis factorily judged what extent of London buy ing can bo depended upon. The attitude ot the Bank of ICngland is calculated to inspire confidence. Its'high reserve is maintained ; and the fact that it has checked the upward tendency hi the money rate in the open mar ket and made no advance Thursday In its oivn.rate , shows that the managers view an impending export of gold to Now York with equanimity. To this extent , it seems likely that the London market for securities is not likely to encounter any disturbing influ ences. Considering , however , the continu ance of business uoprcssiou in this country and the now turn taken by politics it scorns reason able/to expect at least some degree of reserve in speculative business in American securities at London. At the same time , as the condition of affairs In this country may bo reasonably expected to improve , there is a reasonable possibility that this temper may soon change for ono of greater confi dence. Hound to Iliivo Hotter TlintM. "At the moment the mood of this market Is that of quiet and waiting for an estimate of the now factors In the situation. After the two great excitements of tUo silver Btrugele and the elections there is a p.iuso for rest , after which both sides will readjust their estimates and plum and resume tholr contest. Certain It In that in respect to the largo matters recently settled the future can only be greatly benefited. Business may bo still unsatisfactorily dull , but the conditions are such that It must steadily im prove. The fall truilo may have ranched such an advanced stag'.1 that no striking im provement , in it can bo expected ; but the es timate among merchants is very general that the spring will bring a marked Improve ment upon the experience of the last six months. This Is foreshadowed in the cur rent largo increase in discounting operations , consequent principally upon the preparations of manufacturers for tne business of next season , The knowledge of these fucta helps confidence , and there is parhaps nowhcro a more hopeful feeling than In bank circles , whcro the real piilsa of business is most easily full mid most correctly interpreted. Wo take it , therefore , that ttiero is nothing In thu situation to disturb confidence in the future value of securities , R > r such of them as belong to Iho purely investment class the coiii'BQ of prices cnii'tiardly fall to bo Hteud- ily upward. 1'tinding the hi to crisU largo amounts of inves'unonts have been realized upon ; the proceeds'aro still resting Idle or earning nominal Inturcbt on transient l ana , the sliver danger niiving neon removed , the owners of thusii fUnUs may bo expected to forthwith invest thorn in bonds or first class ( llvlileuil-paylns stonkfl. A demand of that character is iilwaya followed by nn Improve ment in the market for stocks ; and that demand generally goes iiy bounds and re bounds , wlii'-h afford opportunities for tran sient , operations. This tendency can nardly fall to show its eifiHils upon the stock mar- leu i at no distant day. " cmo.vU ) tutAiN .iiAitKigr. i Wlicut Urops Twi Cent * In I'rlco Under Cnioitio , Nov. \ \ , With heavier north western receipts , smaller exports , heavy selling and indications of a heavy Increase in the visible supply all against it , wtusat today lost 1.9 c. Uorn is off % a on tlio gov- eminent crop report figures , which indicated 03,000,000 bu. more than the October report. O.its closed 'a'o off. 1'rovUloas aUo sold lower , packers offering stuff. Wheat was weak throughout the day , He- ports showed that Mlnnoapolis'and Dtiluth had receipts of VW ears against 750 yester day and U7f > last year , Hradalrcut's ' state ment showing il heavy Incrciiso in the United States nnd Canada pimply and heavy sulllm ; brought tno prices still further down. Dcur- isli ruportH coutinuud tu roll In und the market irrow weaker. Cables werd noi altOKethor f.ivorablu aud the bullish feeling of yeslerdny entirely disappeared , Oper ators who bouxht then inado haste to sell and under all these bcarUh influences the price steadily declined to the close. Decem ber opened ; fc below yesterday , Yent , ' 4 ° lower , dropped another ' $0 nnd then dropped to the closing price , Ol'Vsli1 lower than its opening nnd l\o below Inst night's close. Corn was lower , May opening ' 'c off nt 4'JVc nntl losing ' < o moro Wore It rallied to close TH'C worse limn it started. Tncro was a fair business transacted at the start , but on the bearish government report and wheat's slump the sel'.lnir ' was heavy , and May landed nt the rloso at 4liO , off ; j'o from ytstarday's closing. Oats wore easy , followlne corn , nnd but little business was done. May opened " c below yesterday's close , and , with corn's weakness , lost another 'sc , closing > < c below low yesterday , nt : il"4e. Provisions wore weak , with puckers anxious to sell. Weakness in grain and In dications for he.iv.v live stock receipts wore the factors. Tonight , as i-omp.ircd with last niirht , January pork is ' . ' ( > o lower , January lard ir o , and .Jaiumrv ribs tOc. Estimated receipts for Monday : Wheat , Clears ; corn , 410 cars ; oats , ITS cars ; hogs , 28,000 head. Tno leading futures ranee-l as followst Articled , Open. limn. Low. \VllEAT Doe May CHUN Nov Sl7i MllV 11 < OATS Nor Doc 'JM-Vi May Siit : u ( , MKSSl'OIIK' Jnn 14 I' ' ) , 11 law 14 01) It on l.Aiiti Nov 8 811 H W ) a so 80 .T.in 8 15 ! S 17 ! JO PllnllT HlhM. Jim , , .10 fn ! h iiuotatloiii were as follows : I' i.otm No sales ruporU'd. WllHAT"i , _ Qlivhur I'.llTCn. V. , . .1 . .li l'll.9. coauac : NO. a ml. ou v. * UoilN No. ' . ! , 37 c. .OATS-NO , a. 28ic ( ! ! No. 2 white , 30'JOni'ii' ' ; No. 3 while , ao&iJWSi : . UYI : No. a. 44IMGc. HAHI.KV No. a , nominal ; No. n , 30c ; No. 4 , 37 i43c. l'i.\xSnKD-No. 1 , M.OH'S. Ti.MOTnv.SKiii-l'rlnmM.'JO. : I'oitK-Mi-hs , pur bbl. , Jl < -15.50 ; : lard , per 1(10 ( HH. , ju.loao.'JO : short ribs shies ( loose ) , JB.7ri1J9.OOi dry. sul'inl shoulders ( boxndl , f7.flOU7.aO ; short clear sides ( boxed ) , J8.75S 'WmsKV-nistlllers' finished goods , per gal. , $1.15. yixiAlN UnehaiiROd ; cut Umf , $0,05 ; gran ulated , J3.57 ; standard "A , " * 5.45. The follmvl.ix wcro lliu receipts and .ship ments for today. On Iho Produce uxi'.lmiKTO lotluy ImtU'r WHS dull , iiiiL'ImtiKod ; urcuinnry , lB < a27 < : : < liilry , 18 < B25e. Kj ? s , iiiilut , uiidiiumoil ; tresli,20o. OMAHA IAVK STOCK. .MA UK I ITS. Palling Off lii Nuiutirroritccolpts the I'rJn- climl l'citnro. : * SATUIIIIAY , Nov. 11. Receipts of both uattlo inul Hogs fell sharply ahort ot a week ago , while there was a big Increase in sheep. The figures are us follows : Cnttlc. llnzs. Shocp. Iterolnts this week . 20.244 2O.H02 0,824 Receipts lust week . 22,520 20,4114 : ) ,723 Same week last year. . . . 15,407 20,270 8,108 Tlio cattle markol the past week has been monotonously flnnondoeentklllers. Supplies have not boon at all excessive , and western rangers are now giving way to the more or less a cornTed iimtivo stock. Dressed beef men still complain of the scarcity of good killing grades and for this reason they have topleceout their purchases with inferior stock or go without. Tlio result Is that prices have held up firmly on all grades. In addition to the usual very peed local demand there has been an active Inquiry from eastern butchcrsas well. There has been no lack of buyers , and the only diniculty hi s been to secure enough of the right kind of slock to kill. Today's ma"kot was a fair sample of the trading ou the flvo preceding days. On ac count of the light supplies and the very fa- vbrublo tone to eastern and continental ad vices the tendency of prices for good to choice stock continues In the sellers' favor , while for the ordinary grades the market has scarcely undergone any change either for the hotter or worse. In view of the very probable decrease in sup plies from now on it is difllcult to sec how buyers can continue to hold prices down very much longer. Hotter Sliotrln ; of 1'iit Stock. There was a better showing of cornfed cattle hero today than for sonio time past and the offerings included some vcrylleslra- blo bcovna. Fair to choice 1.5JO to 1,550-lb. cornfed boevcs sold at from $4.50 up to f.'i.OS , while common to fair grass and half fat stock sold at from ? 3.f > 0 to Sl.'J. ) . Tlio sup ply of decently fat range c.iulc was vcrj meager. Some fair 1,1'JU-lb. beeves brought $3.40 , but that was about the extent - tent of the business in this branch of the trade. Tliero was a good undertone to the tmcln. n fair ninnnnt , of .ictivltv. nnd u vnvv fair and reasonably early clearance was ef fected. Butcher stock and canner values Have shown an unusual degree of steadiness all week. From a fourth to a third of the re ceipts have been cows and mixed stock. The demand has not IHMMI wholly confined to local slaughterers , and the trade has been lively in the main with prices wellsustalned. Tlio market today was active and stronger. There were perhaps twenty-live loads on sale , and they changed hands readily at from ( 1.00 to i for coir.mon to choice cows and heifers , while fair to good butchers' stock sold largely at from $1 to M.50. Good to choice veal calves sold at from $ -1 to f I.r > 0 , while (1.50 to $ ' . ' .75 bought most of the common and overgrown stock. There was a very re- spcctaulo Inquiry for rough stock ana prices ruled fully steady , sales being largely at from $1.75 to $2.50 for common to good bulla , oxen and stags. No new features have been developed in the stocker and feeder trade. Good fleshy ttock has been in aetlvo demand and firm , but the greatest strength lias been shown by the stock grades. The country demand for young cnttlo to rough through Iho winter continues very active and the supply falls consider ably short of the demand , Trading today , as ts usually the case on Saturday , was qulut , but prices ruled firm on all grades. Uoou to choice feeders are quoted at from S3. ! > 0 to & 1.GO ; fair to goo.l at from * S.W to 1.10 , with Inferior to fair grades at from Sa.iil to * 'i,75. Drop In Hoc I'rlcm. Notwithstanding a falling off In receipts of hogs of ever B,03i ) head compared with last week and the corresponding week last year , hoK values have taken u " 3u drop and the feeling has hoen weak. The market was slightly "hump-backed1 th.it is tlicro was u slight spurt about thu mlddlo of the week. This was all lost , however. uoforo thu close and the beara had It all their own way today. With the opening of the regular -winter packing season the puckers soum to bu gradually enlarging their pur chases , although apparently Indifferent at times unless abio to buy at llielrown figures , 'ihoy claim tho.v can not euro for future delivery - livery at the present prices of Ilvo hogs and the market for deferred contracts. The present light stocks , especially of dry Baited meats , however , necessitate * a production to meet the demand , which continues fairly active. Shipments continue insignificant from this point and they are not large from any of the C E IN HIGH PLAOKS ! ft iri not strange thut soint pjoplo do wrong through ignoraaco , others from iv failures to investigate as to the righlor wrong of a mutter Hut it is Btr.ingo , thut individuals und firms , who are fuily uwuro of the rights of othoi-s , will per sist tn'perpetrating frauds upon them. lli < rh-loned , woaltliv munufrcturing firms will olTor und hell to retail mer- clmnts , urtleles which they know to bo infiingoments on the rights of proprie tors , nndimllitloiiBof well known goods. Wo want to sound u note of warning to thorotailera to bow.iro of'such Imita tions itud Blmuliitionsof "OAHTK t's Lrr- TIM LIVIIS : PiLt-3. " .WJion they uro of fered to you , rofme them ; you do not want to do wrong , und you don't want to lay youraolf liublo to a luwbulU 13on Wtinklin Btid : "Honesty is the beat poli cy" ; it is just U3 true that "llonosty U thoboat principle. " other markets For thl reason Omaha has for the present ns < umic4 second plaro as a parking center , having put away 'Jl.OOO hozs for the first week of November against JO.OUO for Kansas City. A vcar afro , for thu same period , Omaha packed y.1,000 hogs , whllo Kansas City had 45,000. Those llgurcs arc very satisfactorily sujigcstlve. \V r4t of lliurol ; . Tlio week rloses with tlio heaviest run of the week and n very bad market. With pretty close to 5,000 hops on sale , lower mar kets east and'no shipping or sp'culatlvo de mand , .sellers wcro practically at the buyers' mercy , and hail to submit as gracefully ai they could to an nvoraco drcllno of fully I fie All local houses wcro in the Hold after sup plies , aud as Rollers wore , as usual on H.Uur- day. anxious to clean up their holdings , business was fairly uctlvn at the decline , nnd It did not takn very long to clear the pens. The range of prices was unusually narrow , sales showing' anywhere from a KM to a ' 'Ois ileellna on all praties. Some of the best heavy and butcher weight hogs sold up at $3.N ) . while a few very common underweight loads went at down around f3.M ) to $3.W. ( For fair to peed hogs ot all weights It was practically a $3.70 nnd $3.73 market , the big hulk of the supplies clianglnir hands at those llcurcs , as against $3.83 to $3.00 Friday and f : > .UMo0 on last Saturday , Sliopp Trliln : Itnrlintigril. Sheep receipt ! ) wcro light and mostly common Mexican lambs. There Is absolutely no elmngo In the situation , I/oca I slaugh terers all need supplies , but with eastern markets glutted and domor.illzod the feeling hero Is decidedly weak. Quotations are : Fair to good natives , W.aUyr'UO ; lair to irood westerns. i.'J3iiUK ( ; ) ; common and stock sheep , SI.3llyi2.S3 ; good to choice to IOJ-lb. lambs , $ -2.5lt ) ( , 1.00. UrnniplH nnd l > lnpnltl ( > n ot Stork. Olllclal runuliitsaml dU | < ltlui : nf uu ! { w sliiiwn liy Iliulmnk4iif Ilia Uiilun 1'i.ik Var.tn company fnrthn tvvuiily-foiif liinit-4 undlns ; at uuclocK p. in. , Novumhor 11 , 18U.1 : IIKCIillTR. sitr. > : i * . 'IIIIIMKilil Ml. * . I'arn. illnad Cars. Head. Hiil'.niui a ! rO'i tiini'osmuN. Stout City l.lvu MKCU .Miirki't. StotixUiTV. Nov. 11. lions Utiuulnts , a.OHO huiul ; nlllelul .Vfstenluy , 001 IIUIK ) ; ship ments , 1,405 hi'-ul : nmrkut 15Q'-Uc ! loner at J5.oDffi5.G5 : bulk , fO.tiOftli.GG. OATTI.U Kucclpts , 300 huud : olllr.Iul yes terday , 522 head ; shipments , 4t > l liuad ; stockers , Momly cows , higher. Stock In Sight. Receipts of llvoistock at nut four principal wc-iturn markets uturduy , N'ovimillur 11 : Uattlo. llo s. Slu-op. South Omaha 2,090 4,770 OHO Chicago 4,000 10,000 1,000 Kansas City ! t,700 fi.UOO 1,100 St. Louis 1,200 1,400 200 " Total 10UUG 20,170 2,000 It OurM Ooldi , Coughi , Sort Throat , Croup , Infla. entt , Whooping Cough , BrcnebltU And Aithtnft , A certain cure for Consumption In flr t lUgci , and a tura relief In advanced lUgei. Uie at once. You will ace the execlhnt clicet after taking th fint dose. Sold by dtalera everywhere. Largo bottlea 60 centi and $1.00. Lin . S3 SHOE . Do you wear Ihcm ? When next In need Uy a pair , ! 1 Dost In the world. ' $5.00 = 53.00 § 4.00 . $2.50 63.50 § 2.00 FOR LADIES $2.50 § 2.00 § 2.25 $1.75 DOY3 $2.00 FOH 75 DRESS SHOE , mada Inthoh ! : : ! styles , ilon't ' pay $6 to $8 , try my $3 , $3.50 , $4.00 or $ ! > Shoe , They fit equal to custom mada and loil ( tat wear as well , I t'ou wish to econocilo In your footwear , do so by purchasing VI / I Doughs Shoes , N.imo and pries stamped en 1ho bol' " ' ' ' ' " ' f " ' "hen you buy. W. T.1" ' " " ' Ijjnat/ Newman , Klaus Svonann , S. W. Uownnin & Co. ; U W. Carlson. V. S. Crossoy , So. Oinuha. SOUTJ-J. Union Stoii Yae Js Company , South Opnaha , BmCaitlo lie and > u:3 msriotla th COM MIS > n I HaiJ3 } . Wood Brothm Mrs Stock Commission Marohnnti. ? o-ithLm ha Telephone II If. ( JOHN i ) . n mM\N , WAI.TKIt h. W.)0 ) , ) , M.irUot reports by mall and wlro cheerful urnlshod upon : i ! > ullUt.ton. Castoria Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute- for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys "Worms and allays fcvcrishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd , cures Diarrhoja and TV'iud Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles , cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach and bowels , giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas torlu is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend. Castoria. Castoriru "Castorl.a Is nn excellent mcdlclno for chil "Cnstorln Li so well adopted to children Hint dren. Mothers IIUTO repeatedly told me. of Its I recommend It assuperiortoany prescription good effect upou their children. " kuowii to me. " Da. Q. C. Osaoon , II. A. AKCIICTI , U , D. , Lowell , Mass. Ill So. Oxford St. , llroolifyn , N , Y. " Castoria la the best ronicdy for children of " Our physicians in the children's depart which I nni ncriuatntcil. I liopo the day Is not ment liavu Bj > oleii highly of their experi far distant lieu mothers will const Jer the real ence In their outside practice with Costoila , Intenst of their children , nnd use Castorla In- nnd although wo only have among our Etcad of the varlousquaclc nostrums which nro medical supplies what Is known as rcKuiar destroying their loved ones , by forclujjopium , products , yet wo are free to confcus ti HJO morphine , soothing syrup and other hurtful merits of Castoria has WOPto look with agents down their throats , thereby sendlus favor upon It. " them to premature graves. " UNITED llosririi is DiPPBHainy , Dn. J. F. KINCIIEIX ) * , Boston. Mass. Comvuy , Ark , ALLEN C. SMITH , Prts. , The Contanr Company , TI Murray Street , Now York City. "IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED , " TRY OMAHA U lanyfacturers a 1 Directory BAGS & TWINES | TENTS , ETO. Morse-Coc Siioj Company. Baleiroom und om3a-in7-IIOlll | llo/mM U KacUrf-lllJ-ini-ll2l llo.mr.l St. Wo are tlia OVI.V M9iiufaturer < of llootiunl liUooiln Ilia ittle of Natirailct. Attunoral Inrllalton Itoxteadjl to all to our now factory. Klrkendall , Jones & Anier , Hand-Sewed COMI'ANV. Wliol ale mfrt. , avunti llokloa H1IO1C CO. , tiouti. tlioet Kubbur riliou Co , IIJ.- and rubber yuuiU , I'jJi' HU-IIU ( > llarn > r street. 13IK llarnur btruit. DRY GOODS. M. B. Smith & Co. Kilpalrici-KochDry UO3l-i CO. Drr Eood * . notloni. fur- Notion * , Kcntt' furnli'.i- nUliluK trooji , corner Inn iroo'li , cor. lliu aul Hill unit Howard BU. llarnujr Btri'oU. FURNITURE. COAL. Omaha Upholslcriug Jo In 50 ii liros , CUMt'ANV. WIIOLKSAI.KCOAL. UplioUteruil furultuto. 10M Karnitu : Street , . ' NlctioUt ct. | 1U.-I1U ( Omaba , Kcu < . Wtioleialo ouljr. HARDWARE. Hector & Williclniy Lobcck & Linn , ' . . COMI'A.NV. Doalo'iln Imr.lit.iro ril Corner lOlh ana Jackion Htrcotn. HATS.JETO | _ IRONJWJORKSL W. A , L , Gibbon * Co Omaha Safe and Iroa Wholtxale \VOUK-i , IlnlB. ca | . ttr.iw soodi , t-nfoi.viiulu , Jiill wool , Klovei , iiiltlen * . l.ll > Iruu tliutlcri nndllreut * and tluinvr ptrejU. uapai. ( Jut. AiHlroon , HIU mid Jacltton "CQMBlisSION. | _ LUMBER. _ " "John A. Wiikclleld , lni | irt3d.Aiuprlcau 1'ort- I'roclute , frutti of all land commit , Mll * u- I.DO cement anil ( Julour klndi.ojUeri. vtliltu lui | . LIQUORS. STOVE REPAIR 1'ritk & Herbert , Omaha Stove llcpair \VOUKH. fc'tn nipilrj Wholesale ll'iuor dealeri au < l nolur uttic'iinouH for aur ktii'Juf tin I a 1(01 ( t'arnain Bt. iui.li. fiir Dnu uas PAPER. OILS. Carpenter 1'apsr ' Co Standard Oil Co. Curry a full itaoi of jirlntlunt wrapping uncl llaflneil and lulirlcatlal rltlnK paper * , curJ vie. otli , ail * grt > a 9 , fc