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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1899)
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY Recent Contribution ! to tha Health and Comfort of Oommtmitlei. LIGHT , HEAT , POWER AND PURE WATER fblrclr 1'ncc of Eleclrlcnl Anlomolilli-ii nt Home mul Alironil I'owcr ipnl nt M full * . Blr Wllllnm Probce , In his presidential ml- Brcfia nt the anntml congress of the London Bnnltnry Institute , raado several points to Illustrate the extent to which electricity Is ranking civilized communities healthier- . With regard to pure nlr , ho reminded his hearers how Moses , In order to prevent the pollution of the nlr , ordered that nil refuse nhould bp carried out of the camp nnd Imrncd. Wo liavo Just begun to follow the jead of Moscn hy the very modern Introduc tion of rcfueo destructors , nnd nt the same tlmo utilizing their heat for electric light ing purposes , nnd thus economizing wnnte , the highest function of the engineer. The Mosaic law was mimmeil up ns requiring elx Idnds of purity pure nlr , pure water , putt , food , pure soil , pure dwellings nnd purs bodies. Sir William said ho had recently dined In n room where there were four gas Inirncre , nnd , tnklng each gas burning as equivalent In Its air-vitiating properties to flvo persons , the cubic space was 160 cubic feet , ns against the 1,000 cubic feet per hcna fixed by law for hospitals , ntid 250 for fac tories. The air thus became stagnant nno caused RTcat distress and > severe headache to the diners. The proper amount of nlr euppply for nn adult Is 3,000 cubic feet per ( hour ; so that In n cubic space of 1,000 feet Buch n n bedroom ten feet high nnd teti ( feet square , with n single occupant the whole air contentB of the spnco should be renewed three times an hour. How far this lo from being accomplished , ns n rule , nearly every householder Is nt leant able to conjec ture. Hero electricity cornea to the rescue ; It does not vitiate the air ; It can even warn , nnd sift It from mechanical Impurities before ndmlsslon , besides promoting cleanliness in its surroundings. On the subject of pure water , Sir William eald that the maintenance of n supply of good water was the chief work of the sanitary engineer. Polluted water Is now purified and softened mechanically by Band filtration ; chemically by precipitation and ( by the action of vegetation , and biologi cally by the chemical activities and cannibal habits of living organisms. The question of the electrical purification of large bodies of < wat r is now being discussed , nnd many ex periments In that direction arc in progress. There should bo a double supply of water In largo towns , one purified for domestic purposes and one unpurlflcd for watering foodn , flushing drains , etc. Successful at tempts have already been made to assist the oxygenation oTwater toy electrolysis. A well known electrical process decomposes Beawntor into a powerful antiseptic , disin fectant and deodorizer. The liquor produced , containing chlorlno nnd chlorltes. Is laid on at Netley hospital like water. In some sea port tonns the sea water Is used for many public purposes. Here , ngaln , the agency of electricity should bo Invoked , ns the best and cheapest means of pumping up the re quired supply. Legislation Is being actively promoted In the cause of pure food , and iloctrlelty Is now employed on a consider able scale In the detection of adulterations In food , drugs , etc. Electricity is one of the dost potent agencies In modern ventilation , nnd when electric ventilators were simplified and cheapened , o as to bo generally used in dwelling houses , the health of communi ties -would ibo Immensely Improved , and their energy vastly Increased. Discussing the question as to , how far disease was car ried about on clothes , Sir William' suggested that the electric current might be utilized to cleanse them , as It proved fatal to many kinds of dangerous bacteria. Ho also , said that In spile of the reports occasionally published , that the use of the incandescent light in houses affected the eyes injuriously in n very extensive experience ho had never como across " a single Instance of such Injury. "vliiiiil Automobile * . There has been a hazy Imprerslon In some quarters , says the Electrical Engineer , that nutomobllism has gone ahead with a rush In this country , but nothing cquld be fur ther from thetruth. . With unusual slow ness the art has been taken up here , and while It is likely soon , to enjoy an unpre cedented development at American , hands jvo are still much the Inggaids In the race. This may in turn bo duo to the badness of American roads , eomo of which would shame central Africa ; but bo the cause what It may , the statistics show that hitherto the Work done hero has cut no figure at all. It would appear from data now In our possession that in Europe there nro now well over 7,000 owners of automobiles. Many Df these own more than one vehicle , so that perhaps the number of vehicles could Ibe put at 10,000. Of the 7.0UO Franco has D.OOO. Tbn general idea has been that in Franco the Interest was centered in Paris but this Is erroneous , i.Sil of the G.GOO be ing scattered nil through the departments. In Franco , moreover , nro Git ) manufacturers of automobiles , not Including makers of detail parts , 90S dealers , 1,093 repair shops , 0,939 stores for oil , gas , etc. nnd 265 electric charging plants and " " "posts. For the re mainder of Europe the figures are far from complete , but in Germany are 268 owners of automobiles , ninety In Austria-Hungary ninety In Belgium , forty-four In Spain , 304 In Great Britain , 111 In Italy , elsty-elght In Holland , 114 In Switzerland and thirty- five In Hueflln , Denmark , Portugal , etc. No such figures as these are obtainable for the United States , nnd If wo put the number ot automobiles in this country at too It will probably bo an exaggeration. The number of workers actually nt work or or- panlzlng is somewhere around 100. For tunately for our credit as an Inventive nnd enterprising nation there Is every promise nf nn outburst of activity and , as wo noted not long ago , one concern has laid out plans nnd contracts for 4,000 electric vehicles to bo built nnd delivered ns quickly as faclll- lira will allow. Other concerns , electric , oil , etc. , nro about ready to build each from three to flvovehicles a day , so thai even wllhln a single year this country may overhaul Europe. Many of our automobiles ro going abroad , but several of foreign make are bnlng brought here , and without doubt the rapid advance In the art will de pend In no small measure upon this Inter national exchange of inventions , methods , devices and Improvements. As to tbo Investment , If the 10,000 auto mobiles in Europe 'be ' averaged at Jl.OOO npleco , they have cost the buyerq JIO.OOO.OOO In this country , the like Investment , aver aging the automobiles at $2,600 apiece , would only bo 11,250,000 , but the owners nnd con tracts In hand represent perhaps ten times that amount , while companies with a nom inal paper capital of $400,000,000 have an nounced their Intention of building automo biles. The American output the coming year ought to be > worth $10,000,000 , and 1 will bi largely electrical at that. When It was first proposed to utilize the power of Niagara Falls by causing a portion of the water to he deflected Into canals or tunnolu to operate dynamos of 5,00 ( horsepower each there was a great utcry ngatnat 'Mho ruthless destroy ing of oneof the grandest works of jaturo. " It was soon shown , says the Phlla- Jelphla Itc ord , that the hysterical objectors were entirely ignorant of tha facts , and that the utilization of the force running to waste would not appreciably affect the falls. More over , the proposed plan it carried to a sue- octeful Issue would , It was said , tend to pre serve the beauty of the place from the grad ual Inroadg of email factories which were al ready upringtni ; up on the banks , using the water po-irer dlrccUy. Sufficient tlmo h 8 olapiod 4tvoo itfee Niagara Palli Power com- winjr undertook the gigantic work of ostnb- InhlnK an electric power plant on the largest caJo ever known lo permit the forming of nn ho concensus of opinion of many rlsttors or dtaadvantages of the enterprise , from a mroly utlllUirlan ntnndpolnt ; and we think ho concensus of oplnon ot many yWtorB who WOTO familiar with the surroundings before the new Installation was begun is hat the Niagara Falls Power company's un dertakings have not Injured the falls at nil is a scenic wonder , but have added im mensely to their attractiveness In many other ways. The total quantity of water which will > o drawn off when all of the dynamos shall have been Installed will not bo missed at 11 , for the normal rate of flow of Niagara ' 'nils exceeds one hundred million gallons very minute , and this corresponds to more han 2,500,000 horse power. If wo shall omputo thla with the amount of power now used or to bo utilized wo will see. bow mny man's greatest achievement In this llrectlon will appear by comparison. The ncrgy employed nt Niagara In various lectro-chcmlcal Industries , electrical rall- vays , electric lighting , etc. , amounts to bout 13,000 horse power , nnd In addition o this about 1,000 horse power of electrical orco Is transmitted to Buffalo for lighting hat city , running the trolley cars and for thcr purposes. The entire Installation nt ho falls , including the dynnmos now in perntlon nnd In the process of erection , vlll nbsorb nbout 50,000 horse power , or .bout ono-flttlcth part of the estimated lorso power ot the falls. Assuming that ho Niagara Falls Power company may vcntually utilize 100,000 horse power , the ffcct upon the flow of water would still 10 so slight that Itwould require delicate measurements to detect any diminution n the depth of the water on the brink of he falls , nnd It could not bo noticed by he eye nt all. Klootrleltv In tlie Aurora. The cause of the aurora Is still shrouded n mystery. Its electrical character can mrdly bo questioned , nnd yet when it hews Itself there Is no grent manifestation f ntmcspherlc electricity near the earth's urface. Nearly nil those who have tried o account for the existence of visible elec- rlclty high up in the air have differed In heir explanations. Fisher holds that eleo- rlclty Is produced by the coagulation of ho particles condensed from the humid apors on the margin of the polar ice caps , nd that these particles arc Illuminated by he current through them , the streamers icing columns of such brightened particles .scondlng from lower to higher nnd elec- rlcally opposed strata of the atmosphere , n all probability Ice grains play a part In ho phenomenon , for one of the features t auroral displays Is the frequent falling if frozen splcula from the sky. There Is , well authenticated case of a French artist vho , while sketching , felt them falling on Is hands. Blot is alone In maintaining hat the luminosity of the aurora is real louds of metallic matter lit up by electricity nd arranged like magnets in the nlr paral- el to the dipping needle. Do la Hive held hat the light Is created by the interchange f positive nnd negative currents between he colder nnd warmer regions of the at mosphere. The theory of Prof. Loomls ends very much in the same direction. He iclloves that the abundant vapors ascending rom the equatorial seas carry up into the ilgher regions of the atmosphere quantities f positive electricity , while the electricity the earth remains negative. The posl- Ive current Is conveyed by upper air cur- ents toward the pole , where an Interchange f electricity takes place ns soon ns a cer- aln tension Is reached. The Interchange s effected through spaces of the least re- Istance , which the upper air regions are tnown to be , nnd the streaming electricity lecomes luminous and constitutes the fa miliar auroral beams , the currents returning hrough the earth are held to be the course f the magnetic vibrations and the dls- urbanco In telegraph wires. These "north- irn lights , " which have so long mystified mariners and scientists and been n source if dread to superstitious people , have been produced on a email scale In a darkened aboratory. The smell of sulphur , which s said to have nn accompaniment of auroral llsplays , Is believed to b n further confir mation of the electrical nature of the phe nomenon being possibly caused by the ozone , nitrous oxide or ammonia which is formed n the atmosphere by the electrical dis charge during thunder storms. All these : heorles are reduced to one single explana- : lon In the minds of those who bollevo that the aurora is but the slow and silent light ning of the poles. Electrical Counter * . The twelfth census of the United States , the plans for which are already well on the way , will bo begun , so far as regards active enumeration , on Juno 1 , 1900. It will bo the first census In which all the work of record ing and computing statistics is to done by mechanical means. Electrical tabulating machines -were Introduced for this purpose toward the close of the eleventh census , but in the coming enumeration they will bo re lied upon entirely. Without such assistance the taking of the twelfth census would bo practically on Impossibility. In the eleventh census It was seven years before the final volume of the principal report that on pop ulatlon was off the presses. In the census of 1SSO the last volume was published In 1889. Congress stipulates that the four prin cipal reports ot the coming enumeration on population , mortality , agriculture and tnanufactures must bo ready for publica tion on July 1 , 1902. In addition to this strict tlmo limit are to bo taken Into con sideration the entirely changed conditions of the next census. It will embrace for the first tlmo the Inhabitants of Alaska , Hawaii and Porto Rico , and will count 75,000,000 people. Concerning each of these human be Ings who are scattered over eorao 4,000,000 square miles of the earth's surface , n dozen facts must bo recorded , Tbo taking of the census will occupy the services of more than 40,000 persons. The members ot the field force In themselves nearly 40,000 wll forward their data to headquarters In Wash ington , where It will be complied and prepared - pared for publication by a staff of 3,000 clerks In the central office. Each of the 75,000,000 cards used , on which are punched the statistics concerning each person , nro numbered to correspond with the numbers opposite the names In the schedules. They contain 228 symbols , each of which Is on abbreviation representing scene fact wltbln the range of the census enumorntlon. They are punched by means of a machine some thing like a typewriter as a clerk rends from the shedule the required Information to the operator nt 'the keyboard. In this way 700 cards can bo disposed ot In one day by one clerk. One thousand clerks are to bo put to this special work. From the punching machine the record cards go to the electric tabulating machine , -which collects all the information they convey and puts It Into systematic form. One machine does the la bor of twenty clerks under the old system From hero the record slips past to a ( orco o 1,000 clerks , who make up the tables and prepare copy for the printers. Illectrlcnl Itrultlon of I'lrc-IJnnui. The result of the experiments on the Igni tion of firedamp and coal dust by menus of electricity were given In a paper oy Herr Helse and Dr. Thelm , recently read before the Institution of Mining Engineers , sayi the Engineering and Mining Journal. The sum ot the results obtained show that In general the amount of electrical energy capable In certain circumstances of Igniting firedamp need be extremely small. This amount cannot bo definitely fixed , however as It depends not only on the quantity 01 energy , but In itbo mode of its application and other attendant circumstances. In any case- all visible sparks may bo looked upoa as dangerous. OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET McderaU R-eceipta as Usual on the Last Day of tha Week , GENERAL MARKET SLOW AND RATHER DULL Hccelii for Month InrK * ' " < for Scp- Irnilirr In lllnlorr ot the Ynril * 11 I.lttlo l.invor , Cuttle Dull niul Sheep tluict. SOUTH OMAHA , Sept. SO. neceipts wpre : Cattle. Hoes. Shucp. Official Monday C.GS3 2.95S 12 COS { I Ofilclal Tuesday G.S14 12.1CD 11,027 I Official Wednesday 8SH 9,176 o,4S3 Official Thursdny G.933 8,921 3,579 Official Friday 2.9S S.6S7 Official Saturday 1,404 8,103 1,306 Total September , 1S93..120,90(5 ( 140,073 ' 131,500 Total September , 1S9S..101.RGO 169,415 111,394 Totnl September 1S97..11 ! > , S37 123,753 4S.74G Total September , ISM. . . 7.VXVS 95,007 63,272 Totnl September , 1S93. . 75,228 49 , )1 ) " " ' Total September , 1891. . &S.553 122,670 20.3S8 Total September , 1S93. . SS.7SG 149.21X ) Total September , 1SPJ. . evu. . . KS.17S 2u3i8 ! Total September. 18S1. . . 77,479 'C.72S 10.&I7 Total September , ISM. . . SS.797 139,704 Average piltb i nld for HOBS lor Hie lam several dnyt , vlth comparisons 118 W.i In. . IllkW. Sept , 1. . . . 2 61 3 91 2 77 653 6 27 Bept. ' ' ' ' 3 G9 4 07 281 4 311 6 K Sept . . . . S GG 4 07 2 El 4 n 5 26 Sept. 4. . . . 4 04 2 71 4 21 5 61 6 31 Sapt. 6. . . . S G2 * 2 76 4 13 6 65 S 44 Sept. 6. . 3 G3 4 05 4 201 661 5 45 Sept. 7. . 3 63 4 02 278 4. 557 I C3 Sept. . , 3 GO 4 00 2 81 . i 668 545 Sept. 9. . 3 G7 3 94 2 81 4 21 5 57 Sept. 10. . 3 93 I 86 4 06 6 61 Sept. 11. . 28 2 88 4 ( M 6 563 Sept , 12. . 22 377 2 7 4 06 680 5 71 Sept. 13 , . 25 379 382 4 06 ; 673 C 70 Sept. 14. . 30 3 S3 3 83 2 69 4 08 672 5 78 Sept. 15. . 33 3 72 3 87 270 6(68 5 SO Sept. 16. . 34 3 68 3 84 2 73 4 12 ( 5 SO Sept. 17. . 3 G8 3 86 2R5 403 567 Sept. 18. . 32 2 71 4 Ot C 61 590 Sept. 19. . 33 3 74 2 SI 4 03 5 4d 6 01 Sept. a ) . . 31 3 71 4 03 4 02 5 43 G 03 Sept. 21. . 31 3 71 4 01 2 S3 3 96 5 33 6 13 Sept. 2. . . 4 35 373 3 86 2 81 * 5 20 G t9 Sopt. 23. . 4 41 3 77 3 70 2 M 4 00 ti U Sept. 24. . 377 3 SS 281 a y ; 5301 Sept. 23. . 4 41 3 82 2 9i ) 3 yi 5 40 6 31 Sept. 2fi. . 4 39 371 * 2 89 3 84 5 37 6 41 Sept. 27. . 4 36 3 715 3 78 3S8 5 20' ' 6 26 Sept. 23. . 4 44 3 Gl 3 S3 289 5 17 6 07 Sept. 29 , . 4 3. 3 64 3 81 2 91 526 6 15 Sept , 30. . 4 3G 3 67 381 2 97 330 6 IS * Indicates Sunilnv. The official number of cars of stock brought In today by each road was : _ Cattle.llogs.Sh'p.Hrs. C. , M. & St. P. Ry. . . . G . . O. & St. i , . Ry . 1 Mo. Pnclflc lly . 31 5 Union Pnc. System . 30 6 S C. & N. W. Ry . 4 P. , E. & M. V. R. R. . 1 24 C. , St. P. , M. & O. Ry. . . 10 B. & M. R. R. R . 17 26 . . 1 . . - - V * c . O ot. J . . . . 4 : C. , R. I. & P. Ry. , E. 1 2 . . . . C. , R. I. & P. Ry. , W. Totnl receipts . . . . 54 117 5 9 The disposition of the day's receipts was as follows , each buyer purchasing the number of head Indicated : Cattle. HoKs.Sheep. Omaha Packing Co . 8S6 G. H. Hammond Co . 1.G47 . . . . Swift nnd Company . 2 1,752 870 Armour & Co . SS 2,301 . . . . Cudnhy P. C. , 1C. C . 824 . iuston & Co . 17 . > T. Morris . 74 . Dayton . 90 . . . . Other buyers . 107 . . . . G99 leld over . BOO . . . . G55 Totals . 794 8,307 2,603 Receipts of cattle , as will be noted from he table of receipts above , were the larg- st for a September In the history of the urds. The nearest approach to this year vas In 1837 , when almost the same number arrived. The receipts of sheep are also the argest for a September since tile opening of the yards , going considerably ahead of nst year , when the run was considered arge. Receipts of hogs for the month fall a little short of last year. CATTLE It Is always th& same on a Saturday in the cattle yards und what is said of the trade one week would apply equally well most any other week. Satur day has come to be tbo next thing to a loliday In the cattle markets of the country. ? he yards are open nnd everyone is on mnd , but no one expects to do business or rles very hard. That Is the way it was to day. There were a. few cattle in , but the narket was slow and Indifferent and with out feature of interest or Importance. This lias been a blp week In the cattle market. Receipts have Been large and while there has been a good demand for all clnds of cattle , the market has been steadily dropping clown. During the week grass beef steers and cOrnfcd steers , excepting only the very best corn cattle , have de clined fully 25c. Cows nnd elfers have also declined in just about the bdme proportion as fat steers. A very large proportion of all the cattle received during the week were thin western eeders , and as they came In faster than hey went out Into the country the market eased off rapidly. Right good feeders , either Ight or heavy , have not been very plentiful any of the time and for the week they are no more than I5c lower. The cattle of medium quality , as a rule , have declined Just about 2lc nnd the common kinds SOff' 40c. The ffrllng among operators seem * to b that the next two ncskn will t > o tilt- cm ! ot thp big run of western cnuio for thin season , Some art anticipating n big demand for fePdlnr cattle the coming week , but still they feel Unit prlrea nro plenty high enough on feeding cnttlp even nftcr the decline of the present w ek , HOOS Kor tno last day ot the wpok there wns a largo run of hogs , nnd while that would under ordinary circumstances be excuse enough for bearing the market , there wns a still further wpnKenlng lnflu- once in the reports from Chicago. The re sult wns that the packers were nblo to buy the hogs a shadp lower ttinn yestordny. Ilenvy hogg sold largely nt J4.301i4.35 , light loads nt Jl.37'/4'ii4 ' 42H ptlnclpnlly , with a few at $1.45 nnd a oholco lend of butcher weights nt $ I.4HThe market wns reasonably nctlvo nt the decline noted nnd the most of the hogs changed hands early. I > ate trnlns , some of which did not arrive until close < o 10 o'clock , nnd not until orders generally had been filled , did not fare so well. In fact , the market closed weak at the. decline nnd very slow. Receipts of hogs this week , ns well ns of I other kinds of live stock , have been llbernl , but In eplto ot that fact the market has bc < ! n In good shape on mo'st every day. The week started out with values just where they were nt the close of the previous week , but the market eased oft a littleon Tuesdny and Wednesday. On Thursday the i market took a turn upwards and the nv- erngp price was the highest of thp month. The week closed with vnlues a little lower than they wprc at the opening. SIIK13P There were llvo fresh lends In the ynrds this morning nnd n few odds and ends carried over from yesterday. As It wns the lust day of the w > ek the demand did not appear to bo very brisk nnd the market ns a whole wns n little slow. The trade was really without nny other feature worthy of mention. Arrivals of sheep this week have been very large nnd under that Influence and the enslcr eastern markets values nt this point hnvo gradually cased oft. It Is safe nt the present time to sny that the market Is 10'iC 15o lower than a week ago on the general run of both Pheep and lambs. While the market on some days wns rather slow the trade was In pretty good shape consider ing the large receipts , nnd the condition of other murkots. A very large number of feeding lambs arrived , nnd met with quite rcndy sale during the first halt of the week. Later on , after the more urgent orders were lllled , the demand was not quite so brisk nnd the trade on some days was a little Inclined to drag. Quotations : Prlmo'nntlve wethers , JI.207H 4.30 ; good to choice grass wethers $1.9050 4.00 ; fair to good grass wethers , $3.751/3.90 ; good to choice yearlings. $4.1001.15 ; good to choice grass ewc.s , $3.40 3.65 ; fair to good grass CWPS. $3.0fJ3'3.n. ) > ; good to choice spring $3.SO@3.90 ; feeder lambs , $ l.25 f4.40. CHICAGO I.l\i : STOCK MA1UCET. IlccolptN Too Sniiill for 11 Mnrkpt mill 1'rlcvn Kndrclyoiiilmil. . CHICAGO , Sept. 30. CATTL.E Receipts of cattle today were too small to mnko a market and ejuotutlons were almost en tirely nominal. A few lots of medium grade cattle sold at unchanged prices. HOGS There wnsra fairly active demand for hogs at yesterday's range ot prices. Heavy hogs sold at $4.10ixt.7B ; mixed lots , $140Q 1.SO : light , $4.451i4.90 ; pigs , $4.10Q4.SO ; culls , J1.50JT4.00. SHEEIJ AND T AMHS Rppelpts ot sheep and lambs were light and the market wns mostly a nominal one. Sheep were salable at $1.75512.75 for Inferior up to $4.00 1.25 for choice ; lambs sold at $3.60T5.65. RECEII'TS-Cattle , 200 head ; hogs , 17,000 head ; sheep , 600 head. .St. I.iuiliH Livi- Stool ; . ST. LOUIS , Sept. 30. CATTLE Receipts , 700 head ; market for best grades shows an ndvanco ot 10gl5c on the week , but me dium and lower ciualitles and stock grades are about as much lower ; native and shipping and export steers , $5.00ifi.50 ; dressed beef steers , $ l.5XfiG.73 ( ; steers under , 1,000 Ibs. , $3.7585.00 ; stQchers and feeders , j $2.5004.75 ; cows and helfurs , $2.00fio.OO ( ; can- rers , $1.5002.75 ; bulls. $2.004.00 ; Texas and Indian steers , $3.25@4.50 ; cows and heifers , $2.20tt3.50. HOGS Receipts , 2,500 head ; market 5c lower ; pigs and lights , $4.55 4.05 ; packers , $1.40 4.60 ; butchers , $4.55J/4.G5. SHEEP Receipts , 100 head ; market steady ; native muttons , $3.404.10 ; lambs , $4.0005.50 ; stockers , $2.26Jf3.25 ; culls and bucks , $1.5003.00. _ St. Joxcpli Live StouU Market. SOUTH' ST. JOSEPH. Mo. , Sept. 30. ( Spe cial. ) The Journal quotes as follows : CATTLE Receipts , 200 head ; nominal. HOGS Receipts ? 4.-200 head ; market steady for best ; others 2&c lower ; no lights offered ; heavy and medium , $4.4004.50 ; pigs and lights quotable at $4.454.G5 ; bulk of sales. > 4.420-1.47 % . SHEEP Receipts , none ; demand strong. StoeU In Following are the receipts for the four principal markets September 30 , 1893 : Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. South Omaha . 1,164 8,103 1,306 Chicago . 200 17,000 500 Kansas City . 410 4,300 . St. Louis . 700 2,500 100 Totals 2,801 31,905 1,903 ICniiNiit City Klv < * Stock. KANSAS CITY. Mo. , Sept. 30. CATTLE Receipt ? , 440 head. Supply too light to make market ; prices nominal. Although supply this week was largest In history of this market , there was very little change In values , oholco beeves selling siteady , while common killers , stockers and feeder ® T ' declined from lOc to 2Gc , with trashy kinds' showing most dpctlnp. Heavy Hrors , $5.4o'3 > 6.S6 , light wl hts , $4,7Vfi6.00 , ( ; stockers and foedws. JlUfffS.OO ; IwtcliPT cows nnd heif ers , $3,001 ! 4. 0 ; cnnners , $2.1Sf3.00 ; western Bteprs. $3.00if-.00j | Toxnns , $ ? .Oft4.SO. 1 HOGS Receipts , 4,300 fccml , trade fairly active M sternly to Co lower prlcp * . Dusrt- I i ness for the week good nnd prices slightly i i blglipr. Heavy bogs. Jt.IOjn.50i mixed , I $ . . ' } ? . ; lights. $1.405T4.n5 : pigs. $1,2004.60. I SIIBHP Nd offering * today. Supply for j ! week amounted to 24,00(1 ( head. Decline for I I week amounts to from 6c to 15c , with stock l nnd feeding sheep showing most strengtfi , ! ' Lnmbs brought $4.2)05.00 ; muttons , $3 50 ® 1 I 4.05 ; feodlngs lambs , $3.WVr4.r > 0 ; feeding shepp , $ .1.2504.00 ; stoekers , $3.00&3.S5 ; culls , $2.2503.00. IMIAll.V lii'JM-IIAT. 31AHICKT. nf Trmlo mul riiiotntlonn on Slntilo mul Kniiry I'milnce , EGGS Receipts , light ; market flrm nt 16c. HUTTER-Common to fair , 14c ; choice , 16017c ; separator , 225J23c ; gathered cream ery , 19-JTIOc. - POULTRY Ilsns. live , 7 4o : spring chickens , 7',4c ! old and stagey roosters , live , SiiCMc : ducks nnd gceso , live , G87cj tu- kevs. live , Sc. PIOEONS-L'vc. ' per doz. . 75c. VHALS-Cholcp. Sc. OYSTERS Medium , per can , 23e : stand ards , per can , 2Cc ; bulk standard , per pil. , $1.30 ; extra selects , per can , 33c ; extra se lects , per gal. , $1.75 ; Now York counts , per cnn , 40c ; New York counts , per 100 , $1.25 , i HAY Uplnnd , choice , 17.00 ; midland , ] choice , $6.50 ; lowland , choice , $5.50 ; rye straw , choice , $3.50 ; No. 3 corn , 27c ; now oats , IGiftiOc ; cracked corn , per ton , $12.00 ; corn nnd oats , chopped , per ton. $12.M ; bran , per ton , $13.00 ; short ? , per ton , $14.00. VEGETABLES. WATEUMELONS-Good stock , crated for shipments , ] 2i Hc. CANTALOUPE Per crete , Rocky Ford , $1.75h > .oO. TOMATOES-Per crate. 600c. SWEET POTATOES-Per bbl. , $1.8302.00. POTATOES-Now. 23I25c. CRANUEHR1ES Capo Cod , $3.50. ONlONS-Retall way , COiTGOc. CELERY Per doz. , 25030C. FRUli'S. PLUMS Oregon , per crate , $1.2301.35. CALIFORNIA PEACHES Freestones. I1.06W1.10 : clings. ! > 0c0$1.00. . APPLES Per bbl. , $2.2Ti02.60 ; crabapples. per bl > ; . , :2.2Eg2.M. GRAPES New York , 20o ; California , $1.30 01.50. PEARS Hartlett , $2.5002.60 ; other va rieties , $2.0002.23. TROPICAL FP.UIT3. LEMONS-Callfornla fancy , $3.2305.50 ; choice California , $4.7505.00 ; Messina , fancy , $5.5006.00. HANANA ? Choice , crated , large stock. nor bund' . $2.0002.50 ; medium-sized bunches. $1.7ofT2.0C > . QUINCES- California , per box. $1.50. HIDES. TALLOW. ETC. HIDES No. 1 green hides , Sc ; No. 2 green hides , 7c : No. 1 salted hides , 9 Jc ; No. 2 salted hides , V ic ; No. 1 veal calf , S to 12 Ibs. , lOc : No. 2 veal calf , 12 to 15 Ibs. , Sc. TALLOW , GREASE , ETC. Tallow , No. 1 , 3&c ; tallow. No. 2. 3',4c ; rough tallow , IVSc ; white grease , 2i03V4c ; yellow and brown grease , 2V403e. CHICAGO GIIAI.V AXD PROVISIONS. Fildiri'N mill CloNliiK 1'rlccn of Sutiir < lny'n Trailing. CHICAGO , Sept. 30. All the grain and provision markets today were dull to the verge of stagnation and no material changes in values of deferred futures took place. September wheat and corn were in process of liquidation by long Interests and declined sharply. , The clos ing of the New York exchanges had u narrowing effect on trading. September wheat closed % ® lc lower ana December a shade lower. September corn declined lc and December He. December oats closed unchanged. Provisions closed unchanged to a shade lower. Another slight rlso In wheat at Liver pool , notwithstanding yesterday's decline In this market , caused wheat to open frm ! nml ntn frnntinnnl ndvntlpr * frho action at Liverpool Indicated that traders in that market took a more serious view o the Transvaal situation and caused a moderate covering movement among local shorts. There was also some outside buy ing through commission houses. Besides the strength at Liverpool the market was helped by the continued light receipts at primary points. The Impression appar ently prevailed that receipts will continue to run much lighter than a year ago and though there was u moderate amount of realizing at the opening advance , anly a slight reaction resulted at the time and prices quickly recovered. The market was In the main a scalping one and the bear element , timid at the recent strength of the market at rather adverse condi tions , were Inclined to cover all short con tracts over Sunday , fearing war develop ments in the Transvaal. Traders who sold yesterday were prominent In the buying. The strength , however , was con- lined to the deferred futures. September shorts had apparently been well lllled up and moderate offerings by long Interests resulted in a sharp break In the price of that option. It sold at onu time at lc discount under December. Winter wheat points reported an excellent milling de mand. Toward the close there was in creased selling on prospects of a Jargo increase In the visible and the ellglit ad vance which had prevailed soon disap peared. The close was rather heavy. Minneapolis and Duluth receipts were 876 cars against 1,066 last week and 1,277 a year njro. Chlcmco receipts wore SSO earn , IS cars of conttnct Krail * . Total primary receipts were 1,249,000 bu. , ngnlnil 1,602,000 bu , n ypixr KO. Atlantic port olrnrnnoM of wheat nnd flour amounted to 40,000 bu. Tbo visible U expoctpd to Incrcnso nbout 2,000.000 bu , December opened HtfMc higher nt 7SVH cold nt 73Hc , then ad- vnnced to 73T c , nnd declined to 73Hc , where It closed. September declined from 72 < iy72-\c nt tbo opening to 7H4o nnd closed ? 4 < Tle lower lit 71Sc * . The feature of a dull session In corn was the weakness of the September option , which declined to lrSc under liquidation by prominent IOUK Interests. The market was light , shorts having up- pnrontly covered thoroughly nnd prices were easily nfTocted , A bcnvy Increase in local contracts Is looked for , nnd this f. fcctcd speculation. Deferred futures were rather steady curly with wlicnt , but later followed September downward , the mar ket closing licnvy. Tbo shipping dcmnml wns fulr , consldorlnR the Now ork holi day. Hrcelpts were 1.BS3 cnrs. . December ranged from 23Hc to 10Hc , nnd closed Ho lower nt " 9'4c. September clomnl nt SUxe. Oats were quiet and Ilrm. Shorts were bidders for September nnd advanced the price of that option nbout a cent at ono time , but tbo Improvement did not hold. Defcried futures Uppt within a narrow rniiRo. The nmrkct showed ft drooping tendency Into In the day , offerings being freer nt the nilvnnco. llccolpts were " 21 cnrs. December rnnged from Ei'Ko to Etc nnd closed TtnchanKcil nt 22T c. Septem ber cloicd Uo higher at 22'ic. The cnsh dpmnnd was moderate. Trading In provisions wag mainly In tbo way of chunKliip. The opening was slightly lower In sympathy with a rather wt-nk hog nmrkct nnd kept nt a slight discount most of the session. Packers were tbo chief sellers. The cnsh demand wns not so Kood. At the close Jnnitury pork wns unchanged nt JH.7G , January Inrd a shndo lower nt JS.GOWB.ra1 , nnd January ribs a shndo lower nt K.uTHffS.lO. Estimated receipts Monday : Wheat , 245 cars ; corn , 1,250 cars ; oats , 210 cars ; hog1) , 37,000 hend. Lending futures ranged na follows : Open. Open Low. Clone. Yen'rty 72I < 70 ill ) anu ao so 30J31 31 SOX SOJ. 2SM 2214 as 24 8 124 815 810 sir 8 MO H3II 970 075 1176 070 a 70 B42K B41S 642 C4C 5 42Vi ( 60 nnu A no DGO 6 GO B07W R05 607M 610 C1U giu OU7H 610 C 10 No. 2. Cash quotations wore ns follows : FLOUR Steady ; winter patents , 1.5501 3.63 ; straights , $3.1503.53 ; spring specials , $4,20 ; spring patents. $3.4003.70 ; straights , $2.90W3.20 ; bakers , $2.0002.60. WHEAT No. 3 spring , 70071c ; No. 2 red , CORN-No , 2 , No. 2 yellow , OATS No. 2 , 22V 023c ; No. 3 white , 24' . RYE-JNo. 2 , 67 ,4c. SEEDS No. 1 llaxseed , $1.14 ; northwest , $1.15 ; nrlms timothy seed. $2.201iZ25. Clover , $6.00i8.50. PROVISIONS Mess pork , per bl.I. , $7.650 8.15. Lard , per 100 Ibs. , $3.500-3.52 . Short ribs sides ( loose ) , $4.9503.39. Dry salted shoulders ( boxed ) . $6.000 6.1214 ; short clear sides ( boxed ) , $5.4505.50. WHISKY Distillers' finished goods , per gal. , $1.22. Following were the receipts and shipments for today : Articles. Receipts. Shlpm'ts Flour , bbls . 16,000 21,000 Wheat , bu . 140,000 9,000 Corn , bu . 711,000 460.0DO Oats , bu . 280,000 451,000 Rye. bu . 11,000 2,000 Barley , bu . 115,000 19,000 On the Produce exchange today the but ter market was firm ; creameries , 16022Wc ; dairies , 1301Sc. Cheese , firm at 110)llie. ) Eggs , steady ; fresh , 16Vic. Poultry , steady ; turkeys , 9@10c ; chickens , 8@9c. 1'OSTOPiriCK NOTICE. ( Should be read dally by all Interested , as changes may occur at any time. ) Foreign mails for the week ending Oc tober 7 , 1SD9 , will close ( PROMPTLY in all cases ) at the general postofllco as fol lows : PARCELS POST MAILS close one hour earlier than closing time shown be low. Trnns-AtlaiitIa Mnllii. TUESDAY At 7 a. m. for EUROPE , per s. s. Lahn * , via Southampton and Bremen ( letters for Ireland must toe directed "per s. a. Lahn" ) . WEDNESDAY At 7 a. m. ( supplementary 9 n. m. ) for EUROPE , per s. s. New York * , via Southampton ( letters for Ire land must bo directed "per a. e. New i York" ) ; at 9 a , m ( supplementary 10:30 : a. in. ) for EUROPE , per s. s. Teutonic * , via Queenstown ; at 10:30 : a. m. for BEL GIUM direct , per a. s. Friesland ( letters must bo directed "per s. s. Friesland" ) . THURSDAY At 7 a. in. for EUROPE , per s. B. Augusto Victoria * , via Cherbourg , Southampton nnd Hamburg ; at 7 a. m. for AZORES ISLANDS direct , per e. s. Trojan Prince. SATURDAY At 5:30 : a. m. for EUROPE , per K. e. Campania * via Queenstown ( loiters for France , Switzerland , Italy , Spain. Portugal , Turkey , Egypt and Brit ish India must be directed "per s. s. Campania" ) ; at 6:30 : a. m. for FRANCE. SWITZERLAND , ITALY , SPAIN , POR TUGAL , TURKEY , EGYPT and BRIT ISH INDIA , per s. s. La Normandle * , via Havre ( letters for other parts of Europe must be directed "per a. s. La Nor- mandio" ) : at S a. in. for NETHER LANDS direct , per s. s. Amsterdam , via Rotterdam ( letters must be directed "per s. s. Amsterdam" ) : at 9 a. m. for ITALY , per s. a. Werra , via. Naples ( letters must be directed "per s. s. Werra" ) . Printed Matter , etc. oerman steamers sailing on Tuesdays takb printed matter , etc. . for Germany and specially ad dressed printed matter , etc. , for other parts of Europe ; American and White Star steamers on Wednesdays , Gorman Htcamcrs on Ttiursaays , and Cunard , French and German steamers on Satur days take printed matter , etc. , for all countries for which they are advertised to carry maii. After the closing of the supplementary trans-Atlantic mnllo named above , addi tional supplementary malls are opened on the piers of the American , English , French and German steamers , nnd re- rOSTOPKICB nmln open until wllhln t n mlnutix of hour of sailing ot steamers. Mnllft for South nnd Central Amrrlra , Went Initlrn , Klc. TUR9nAY-At 1 p. lii ! for INAGUA nml HAITI , prr s. s. DnRRry. nt 12:30 : p. m ( supplrmontnry 1 p. in. ) for ST. OROTX , ST. THOMAS , Vln St. Crolx , LEKWARl ) nnd WINDWARD INLANDS and DKMK- IlAItA. per s. s. Mndlnna ( letters for Grenada nnd Trlntdnd must bo directed per s. s. Mndlnnn" ) ; nt n p m for JAMAICA , tier steamer from Honton. WKDNKSDAY-At 8 n. m. for BERMUDA , per s. s. Trinidad ; at 9:30 : n. m. ( supplementary - montary 10:30 : a. m. ) for CENTRAL AM KHJCA. ( except Costa Rtcn ) and SOUTH PACIFIC POUTS , per s. S. Ad- viinco , via Colon ( letters for Guatemala must bo directed "per s. s. Advance ) . nt 10:30 : a. in. for PORTO RICO , per \ ' S. Trnnsnoit. via Sun Junn ; nt 11 n. m for GRENADA nnd THIN1DAD , per s s. Grcnmln ; nt 1 p. m. for MEXICO , per s . Ithnkn , via Tamplco ( letters must be directed "per a s , Ithnka" ) ; nt 1 p m for CUBA , via Havana , nl'o CAM- PICC1IE , YUCATAN , TAHASO and CHIAPAS , per s. s. Vlgllnnda ( lettris for other parts of Mexico must bo di rected "per s. s. Vlgll.incln" ) ; nt 1 p. in for OUADALOUPE , MARTlNlOtIK and DKMKRARA , per s. s. Talisman ( lottpr < t for Barbados must toe directed per Talisman" ) THURSDAY-At 1 n. m. for JAMAICA , par steamer from Philadelphia ; nt 10:30 : n. in. for HAITI , per 9. s. Denn , via Port nu Prince ( letters for Curncno , Vcnezueln , Trinidad , British nnd Dutch Gulium nm t be directed "per s. s. Dcnn" ) ; at 1230 p. m. for BRAZIL and LA PLATA COUNTRIES , per s. s. Hcvolltl1 * , via Por- nnmbuco. Bnhla nnd Rio Janeiro ( letters for North Brazil must bo directed "per Hevellus" ) ; nt 1 p. m. ( supplementary 1:30 : p. m. ) for NASSAU , N. P. . per s. s. An- tllln ; nt 1 p. m. for SANTIAGO and MAN- XAN1LLO , per n. s. Santiago il Cuba ; nt 3 p. m. for BARBADOS direct nn.l NORTH BRAZIL , per s. s > . Marnnhensf. via Pnra and Manaos. FRIDAY At 11 n. m. ( suplemontnry 11:30 : n. m. ) for PORTO RICO , via San Juan , also VENEZUELA nnd CURACAO , per s. H. Caracas ( letters for Savnnllla ami Carthagenn , via Ctirneno. must be di rected "per s. s. Cnrncns" ) . SATfHDAY-At S a. in. for LA PLATA COUNTRIES direct , per s. s. Bcllarden ; nt 10 a. m. ( supplemcniary 10:30 : a. in. ) for Il'nltl and Santa Martha , per s. B. Ande , nt 1C a. m. ( supplementary 10:30 : a. in. ) for FORTUNE ISLAND. JAMAICA , SA- VANILLA and CARTHAGKNA. per . s. Adirondack ( letters for Costa Rica must bo directed "por s. s. Adirondack" ) ; at 11 n. in. for CUBA , via Havana , per s , M Havana ( letters must bo directed "per s. s. Havana" ) ; nt U n. in. for PRO- GRESOj per s. s. Ravensdnlo ( letters for other parts of Mexico must be directed "per s. B. Ravensdnle" ) . Mnlls for Newfoundland , by rnll to North Sydney , nnd thence by steamer , close nt this office dally nt S:30 : p. in , , connecting close hero every Monday , Wednesday nnd Saturday. Malls for Mlquelon. by rnll to Boston , nnd thence by steamer , rlose nt this ofllce dally at 8:30 : p. m. Mails for Cuba , by rail to Port Tampn , Fin. . . and thence by steamer , close at this oN. . lice dally ( except Monday ) nt * 7 a. m. ( the connecting closes arc on Sunday , Wediifs- day and Friday. Malls for Cuba , by rnll to Miami. Fin. , and thenca by steamer , close nt this office every Monday , Tues day nnd Saturdny at * * 2:30 : a. m. , ( the connecting closes are on Turtidny nnd Saturdny ) . Malls for Mexico City , over land unless specially addressed for dis patch bv steamer , close nt this office dally at 2:30 : n. m. and 2:30 : p. m. Mnlls for Costn Rlcn , Belize , Puerto Cortez and Guatemala , by rail to New Orleans , nnd thence by steamer , close nt hte ofllce dally nt * 3:00 : p. m. , connecting closes here Mondays for Belize , Puerto Cortez and Guatemala. 'Registered mall closes at G p. m. previous day. "Registered mall closes at 6 p. m. second day before. TrniiH-Pncinc Mull" . Malls for Chlnn , Japan and Hawaii , via San Franclsoo , close here daily at 6:30 : p. m. up to October * 12th. Inclusive , for despatch per s. s. America Marti. Malls for China nnd Japan , via Vancouver , close here dally at 6:30 : p. m. up to October ' 3d. In clusive , for despatch per K. E. Empress of India. Malls for Hnwnll , via San Fran cisco , close hero dally at 6:30 : p. m. up to October * 13th. Inclusive , for despatch per o. s. Australia. Malls for China , Japan and Hawaii , via Snn Francisco , close hero dally at 6:30 : p. m. up to October * 19th , Inclusive , for despatch per s. s. Gnellc. Malls for Australasian Colonies ( except West Australia , which goes via Europe , nnd New Zealand , which goes via Snn Francisco ) , Hawaii , nnd FIJI iPlnndB , via Vancouver , close li ° re dally nt 6:30 : p. m. after September * 2Sth nnd up to Oc tober * 13th , Inclusive , for despatch per s. a. Aorangl. Mails for Society Islands , via San Francisco , close here dally at 6:30 : p. m. up to October * 2Gth , Inclusive for despatch liv ship City of Papeltl. Malls for Australia ( except West Autnilla ) , New Zealand , Hawaii , Fiji and Samonn Island , via San Francisco , close hero daily at 6:30 : p. m. after October * 13th and up to October * 27th , Inclusive , or on day of nrrlvnl of s. a. Campania , due nt New York October 27th , for despatch per s. s. Monna. Trnns-Pnclfln mails nrc forwnrded to port of sailing dally nnd tne schedule of clos ing Is arranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted overland transit. Registered mall closes at G p. m. previous day. CORNELIUS VAN COTT. Postmaster. Posfofllce , New York , N. Y. , September E9 , 1899. FBNC 1719 /ERPEUJWaCO BRANCH loaonj&t OMAHA nca imceui MIR JfllflES . BOYD & CO. , Telephone 1039. Omaha , Neb COMMISSION , GRAIN , PROVISIONS und STOCKS BOARD OP THADB. Dlrert wire , to Utilcaco tn > , New Tork. OerrtipondenUi John X. 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