Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMATIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1901.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
Wht Araucd from Iu Frotucitd B!ep
by Coatinntal Balls.
DECEMBER CLOSES 1 TO 1 1-8C ADVANCED
Corn Ones Alanar Up Far n (lie
Thrrr-0uarter Mnrk nnil On(
f to tlir Half Provisions
Alio Advance.
CHICAGO, Nov. G.-Bulllsh foreign news
today revived tho wheat pit after it leth
argy of several monthB and also helped
other grain markets its well. December
cloned lfillio higher. December corn c up
and December oats Mc advanced. Pro
visions rinsed GQ6V4C up. .,,,,
Everything In tho wheat situation today
pointed to better priced and mor0v0
trndo for some time to come. Slightly im
proved entiles from Liverpool. Purls anil
Antwerp based on the recent rise ere
wero tho Influences for tho advance. Th to
wan continued Independent strength In tho
corn situation and this gnvo an ""tied
Impetus to wheat. December opened only
a shade higher on these factors, but rose,
steadily throughout tho, session. Many
Hhorts who havo tried to hear tho markot
wero forrcd to buy In t-t a Iom una turned
bulls when news Hrrlvcd of shortages In
the Russian Hnd Argentine crops and or
tho rmovnl of tho Import duty on wheat
Into Mexico at 3o a bushel. Sales to Mcx
ieo wero reported and Just before tho close
of tho session camo reports of a decline
In llrltlah consols, probably the result of
tho war scare. December and May wero
both bulled by professionals and sold at a.
dlfTorcnco of Just 3 cents. December closed
strong, lflHic advanced at 72c. Local re
ceipts wero 212 cars, threo of contract
grade; Minneapolis and Duluth reported
819 cars, making a total for tho threo
points of 1.131 cars, against 1,109 last week.
Primary shipments wero heavy at 1,287,000
bushels, compared with 1.250,000 bushels
last week. Seaboard clearances wero only
13Z.O04 bushels.
Corn was actlvo during most of tho ses
sion, with r strong undertone. Commis
sion houses wero buyers and tho selling
was mainly by longs taking profits. De
cember opened !4flUc higher and advanced
fairly on strong cash markots. One or two
prominent longs let go their lines nnd this
encouraged short selling again. On sales
to (points which heretofore) have been sell
ers In this market there was a reaction and
a scurrying among tho shorts. On tho rise
tliero seemed to be as much com wanted
ns thero had boon a week or so ago, when
prices wero considerably lower. Crop re
ports t'ontluuo unsatisfactory and thero Is
constant talk of feeding tho now crop to
stock. December advanced to GDHQCJ-Hc nt
one tlmo and closed llrm, ?c higher, at
6D',jO. Receipts were US curs.
Outs were nervous and actlvo under tho
Influence of corn. Tho cash situation im
proved, receipts were small and commis
sion homos wero buyers. A prominent bull
operator did much to advance the market
by his heavy purchases. December, which
opened unchanged, advanced with but
slight reactions and closed He up at 379e.
Itecelpls wero 2b2 curs.
Provisions ruled heavy early In the day,
Influenced by lower prices for hogs. Prices
were lower all around and thero was some
depression ns the result of selling by pack
ers; later there was it demund by shorts,
bused pattly on tha grain situation, and
January pork closed 24fira up at $U.82Vi,
Janutiry lard ff?7V4e up at $8.55i8.57& and
Jo unary ribs 2Vifoe higher at $7.67.
Mstlmated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat,
115 cars; corn, 150 cars; hogs, 03,000 head.
The leading futures ranged ns follows:
Articles. Open. lllgh. Low. Close. lYea'y.
Wheat
Nov.
Dec.
.May
Corn
Nov.
Dec.
May
Oats
Dec.
May
Pork
.Ian.
May
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Hlbs-
Juil.
May
7Hi 71Ji 71; 71 70i
714lH2WH 71 Ji 72a71Ur?B
UWW'H 75i 74i 75i 74i
5SJ4 fiSi RSU 68?i E7T
oS'ii'it'M ftMi 5Sft.'i 59 PMi
Gl'Mh B2U 6l'5 62 614
37 Ji 37H 37"; 37 Ji SW,
Willi 39Ti 39!ia 39i 39'i07i
14 f!2'4 It R5 14 14 82W 14 SO
II 80 14 97V4 14 80 14 97! 14 95
8 57' 8 67W S&'tM 8
8 53 , 8 CO
8 55 8 60
8 47H' 8 G7'j 8 474 8 57H 8 50
7 60 7 67JJ 7 60 7 GVA 7 63
7 70 7 80 7 70 7 80 7 75
No. 2.
Cash quotations wore as follows: i
FLOUR Sternly: winter patents, $3.40
S.50; straights, $2.90p3.80; clears, $2.603.10;
spring specials, U.WtHAQ; patents, 13.259
8.60; straights. i2.7Uff3.10. r
WHEAT No. 3. CD!iiS70c: No. 2 red, 72ft
73',4c
COIIN-No. 2. 59ic.
OATS-No. 2. XMWid No. 2 white. 41
ffllPUc; No. 3 white. 40i(S41'4c.
RYR-No. 2. 66Vi5iC6Hc.
1 1 A RLKY Fill r to choice "molting, 533580.
SHHDS-No. 1 flux. 11.46; No. 1 northwest
ern. 11.48: nrlmo timothy. $5.70(85.80.
PROVISIONS Mess pork, per bbl., $13.Kfl
13.00. Lard, per 100 lbs.. S.55g8.57H. Short
ribs sides (loose), $7.S0(7.9.-!. Dry salted
shoulders (boxed). $7.2J&'7.50. Short clear
sides (boxed), IfUOflS.-U
SUOATt-Cut loaf, 8.1038.200.
WHIBKY-Basls of high wines, $1.30.
Tho following are the receipts and ship
nn'iits for tho last twenty-four hours:
Articles. Receipts. Shipments.
l''lour, bbls 20,000 21,000
AVheitt, btl 329,000 2M.00O
Corn, bu 141,000 ;i,ooo
( ):itt, hu 328,000 3C2.OO0
llye. bu ISO.ooo .?
Hurley, bu 123,000 25,000
On tho Produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady; creameries, 14i)
SlVtc; dairies, 13ft 19c. Cheese, steady, 9!ir,
lj',c. Kggs, llrm; fresh, 20e. w
OMAHA WHOLEbALK BIAHKUT.
Condition of Trade' and Quotations
wn Staple nud Fancy l'roduce.
Kt'.OS Receipts, fair; loss off, 17c.
LIVE POULTRY Hens, 6H6c; young
and ild toasters., 4c: turkejB, ,isc; ducks
ana gfore, tfctilic; spring chickens, per Id.,
idnl'iC.
UllTTER-Coinmon to fair, 13c: choice
dairy, In tubs, loiji6e; separator. 2B24c.
f iiKHU FlHll-Wuck bass, ISc; white
baas, We; Lluellsh, lie; bullheads, 10c; blue
this, 7c; butthloes, 7c; cattish, 12o; cod, lie;
ciupplos, loo; halibut, lie; horrlng, 7c; hud'
iIuck, ivu; pike, loo; red snapper, 10c; val
nion, lie; out.tlsh, be; trout, luc; Whitehall,
OYSTERS Mediums, per can, 22c; Stand
aids, per can. 2oc; extra selects, per can,
Jc; New lork countH, per can, 4vc; bulk
btumldrds, per gal., $i.2ycal.25; bulk extra
ut'lrcls. i.6ui1,6j.
1'lGEONh-Llvi'. per doz., 60c.
VKAl-Cholcc, 6JjSc. tj
"AY-l'rlses quuied by Oinulm Whole
sale Hay, Dealers' association: Choice up
land, No. 2 utilaml, $8.50; medium.
s.ui; iimrse, ,.o0. Ilyo straw, $6. Thee
pilces are tor huy ot good color and quui-
WHEAT 'ioc.
Hy. Demand fair. Receipts, 7 cars.
CORN 6!ic.
UUAN-116.M.
UATS-3JC
V EG ET All LES.
POTATOES-Home grown and northern,
MiUWic; Salt Luke, $1; Colorado, $1,
LUU PLANT Per doz.. 7S...
L'.MtRUTS-Per murket basket. 3oc.
HlJKTS-Per halt-bu. basket, 30o.
TUnNlPS-Pcr basket, 30c. Rutabagas,
per luu lbs.. $1.25.
CUCUMliEttb Homo grown, per doz., 10
PARSLEY-Per doz., 25c.
.uB.f',ilal ruTATUKs-iionn grown, per
1?., 2!ie; geiiuluo Virginia, per bbl., $3 00;
Cleorma. tier bbl.. $2.75. '
CjititlAGE Holland Beed, crattnl, lUc.
lOMATUES Home grown, per lS-lb. has.-
All. WV.
HEANS-yax, per 14-bu. basket, 60c:
etr iik. nor U-bu. baHicct. Siip
ONIONS Homo grown, per lb 2c!
Spanish, per crate, $1.50; Michigan reds. 214c
,UI U,
CELERY Kalainuzon. nor hnh
Nfbiasku, per bunch, 304j3jc; Colorado, 40
NAVY HEANS-Per bu., $2.15.
FRUITS.
APPLES-Hen Davis, per bbl., $3.50; wlno
sops, $3.to; Jonathan, $4.uOtf3.O0; snows. $3.50:
Uullerlowers, per box, $1.60.
PEACHES Calltornla freestoao, per box.
$1: cllnes. (6c.
PEARS-Kelfers, $2; Vlkers. $2.2J; Law
ronce, $2.25.
GRAPES-Callfornla Tokay, 4-lbj crata.
12: MllfCiltH. $1.60: Concords, eastern ..
CRANBERRIES Per bbl., $7.00, per
nruta i'i.TS.
QUINCES-Per box, $1.50.
TROPICAL FRUITS.
ORANGES Mcxlcuns, $4.CO'a4.50; Florida
Lemons Faucv. $3.7Mi4.c.
BANANAS Per bunch, according to size.
$2.25K2.75.
FIOS California, new cartons, 73c; lm
ported, per lb., 12i14c.
DATES Persian, In 60-lb. boxes, per lb.,
l71Cj OttllB, PC.
MISCKILANEOUH.
NUTS New crop walnuts. No. 1 soft
hell, per lb., 12c; tiurd-sbell, per lb., 121ic;
No 2 soft-shell, lie; No. 2 hard-shell, loWo;
Brazils, per lb., 13c: filberts, per lb., 13c; al
monds, soft-shell. 17c: hard-shell, 15c; pe
cans, large, per lb., 12c; small, luc; cocoa
nuts, per 100. $3; chestnuts, 12c.
1 1 ON BY Per 24-sectlon cose, J3.C033.75.
CIDER Nchnwka, per bbl., $3; New York,
$3.50.
SAUERKRAUT Per M-bbl., $3.00.
HIDES-No. 1 green, 7c: No. 2 green, 6c!
No. 1 salted, SHci No. 2 salted, 7Hc; No. 1
vca! calf, 8 to 12',6 lbs., 9o: No. 2 veal calf,
12 to 15 lbs., 7c; dry hides, 3913c; sheop
pelts, 2527ci horjhldcs, $1.502.25.
St. Louis lirnln nnd Provisions.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 6. WHEAT Higher:
No. 2 red, cash, elevator. 72ic: track, 73$
73i4c; Dcrembcr, 73'ic; May, ibc; No. 2
hard, 70U71HC.
COHN Higher: No. 2 cash, 61Hc! track,
C2fi2'Jc; December, 60o; May, 62ic.
OATS-Hlghcr; No. 2 cash, 39C, track. 39
JIOc; May, 41!4j41ic; o. 2 white, 4104U4C
HYB Hotter at o7c.
KLOUH Firmer; red winter patents.
$3.40ft3.53; extra fancy nnd straight, $3.00ij
3,15: clear, $2.702.90.
SKKDS-Tlmothy, firm nt $..Wfl6.&5; flax,
no market.
HHAN Scarce and better; sacked, cast
track, 90o.
COHNMKAIr-Hlgher at $3.
HAY-Stronger; timothy, $S.OOtjl4.60;
prairie, $12.00frl3.50.
WHISICY-rttcady, $1.30.
H BMP Twine, 9!.
IKON COTTON TIKB. $1.00.
HAOOINa-C5(6l4c.
PKOVIHIONR-l'ork, qtilet; Jobbing, $15.2.
015.60. Itrd. higher nt $1.4.'. Dry suit
meats (boxed), In demand but steady; ex
tra short, $8.25; clear ribs, $$.25; clear sides,
$8 50. llacon (boxed), steady; extra shorts,
$9: clear ribs, $9.124: clear sides. $9.37V4.
MKTAL8 Icad, dull, $l.27Hi spelter, firm,
$1.10 bid. , .
POULTP.Y Firm; chickens. 6c; springs,
8c: turkeys, 8c: ducks, 6"Mhicl geese, 6fi6c.
HUTTBH-Creamery, l0'23c; dairy, 14y
17c.
KOnS-Hlgher at 19c.
ItECKIPTS Flour. 11,000-bbls.; whent,
32,0(i0 bu.: corn, 60.000 bu,; oats, 46,000 bu.
SHIPMENTS Flour, 9,000 bbls.; wheat,
26,000 bu.; corn, 16,000 bu.; oats, 26.000 bu.
Liverpool Grain and Provisions.
LIVERPOOL. Nov. 6. WHEAT Spot,
firm; No. 2 red western winter, 6s 34d;
No. 1 northern spring, 5s 10d; No. 1 Cali
fornia, 6s lOd; futures, steady; Decem
ber, 5s 9d: March, 6s 10V1.
CORN Spot, firm; American mixed, 5s
l;d; futures, firm: No. 4. 6s ld; Decem
ber. Rs Hid: March, Cs Id.
PROVISIONS Beef, firm: extra India
mess. 73s. Pork, llrm: nrlme mess west
ern. 73s 6d. Lord, American refined, In palls,
44st)',4ci; prime western, in tierces, dun,
46s. Hams, short cut, 14 to 16 lbs., quiet,
48s, Paeon, quiet: Cumberland cut, 26 to 30
lbs., 60s; short ribs, 16 to 21 lbs., 4Sn; long
clear middles, light, 28 to St lbs., quiet, 46s
6d; long clear middles, heavy. 35 to 40 lbs.,
47s6d; short clear backs, 16 to 20 lbs.. 45s;
clear bellies, quiet, 14 to 16 lbs., 66 Ed.
Shoulders, square 11 to 13 lbs., quiet, 37s.
UUTTEU-Steady: finest United States,
2s: good United States, 73s. .
CHKEHK wuiei; American unesi wnus,
45s; American, finest colored, 45s 6d.
TALLOW Prlmo city, steady, 28s 6d;
Australlnn, In London, quiet, 29s.
FLOUR St. Louis fancy winter, steady,
7s 6d.
PEAS Canadian, steady, 6s 2d.
HOPS At London, Pacific coast, steady,
3 61,(3 3 15s.
Receipts of wheat during the last three
days, 145,000 centals, including 142,000 Amer
ican. Receipts of American corn during
the last three days, 56,500 centals. Weather
foggy.
Kansas City Uraln and Provisions.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 5. WHEAT De
cember. 67c: May. 71Hc; cosh. No. 2 hard,
6SHc; No. 3, 67'468c; No. 2 red, 71c; No. 3,
ovtc.
CORN December. 6G5iQ6ffUc: May. 62Ho:
caBh. No. 2 mixed, 4V4o; No. 2 white, fHc;
No. 3. 65c.
OATS No. 2 white, 1HV4C.
RYE No. 2. E6Hc.
HAY Choice timothy. I12.6013.00; choice
prairie. $13,00113.60.
nUTTER-Creamery, 20c; dairy, fancy,
14(3150.
KGGS Higher: fresh Missouri and Kan
sas stock 'quoted on 'change nt 18c dozen,
loss off, enses returned.
RECEIPTS Wheat, 40,800 bu.; corn, 30,400
bu.; oats. 12,000 bu.
SHIPMENTS Wheat. 60,000 bu.; corn,
25,600 bu.; oats, 8,000 bu.
Toledo Grain and Seed.
TOLEDO. Nov. 6. WHEAT Active and
strong; cash, 75c; December, 76Hc; May,
75c.
CORN Active and strong; cash, 6014c;
December, 6014c: May, 6214c
OATH r-irm: May. hic.
SEEDS Clover. December. $5.60: March.
$5.65; cosh prime, $5.6914.
Mllrraakee Grain Market.
MILWAUKEE. Nov. E. WHEAT
Higher; No. 1 northern, 7H4(8(72c; No. 2
northern, 69147H4o; December, 72Ho.
KYK Higher; wo. l 6&V4C
BARLEY Higher; No. 2. 6814069c: sample.
558V4c.
COIIN-December, 6914c.
Peoria Market.
PEORIA. Nov. 6. CORN-Hlghcr; No. 3,
61c.
oats Higher: wo. 3 wniie, 3ic tniiea
through.
WHISKY On the basis of $1.30 for
finished goods.
Minneapolis Wheat, Floor and Bran.
FLOUR First patents, $3.S0ft3.9O: second
patents. $3.65ft3.7&: first clears. J2.25ffl2.95:
second clears. $2.30.
BRAN in uuiK, nrm, is.mso'h.w.
Dalath Grain Market.
DULUTH. Nov. 5. WHEAT No. 1 hard.
74',c; No, 2 northern, 68Hc: No. 1 northern,
71to: December, 7014c; May, 73c.
CQKN-tt)C.
OATS-39ic.
' Cotton Market. '
8T. LOUIS. Nov. 6.-COTTON-Qulet and
l-16c lower: no sales; middling. 714c; re
ceipts, 9,706 bales; shipments, 9,320 bales;
stock. 43,476 bales.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. B.-COTTON-Ensy;
ordinary, 516-16o: good ordlnnry,
6 7-16c; low middling, 7o: middling, 7Hc;
good middling. 7c; middling fair, 774c; re
ceipts, 19,574 bales; stock, 179,160 bales.
Futures steady; November, 7.26Q7.27c;
December, 7.27.27o; January, 7.19&7.20c;
tenruary, v.iao, Marcn. v.iwi.isc; April,
i.iwn.iic: Aiay, v.ii.iie; jiine. i.iwti t.uc.
LIVERPOOL. Nov. 5.-COTTON-Si)ot
moderato demand, prices unchanged; Amer
ican middling, 4 7-16d. Tho sales of the
day wero 8,000 bales, of which 600 were for
speculation nnd export nnd Included 7.300
American. Receipts. 43.000 bales. Including
37,400 bales American. Futures opened quiet
and closed easy; American middling g. o. c.
November, 4 10-oia, sellers; November nnd
December, 4 5-64C(4 H-64d, value; December
and January, 4 5-64d, sellers; January and
February. 4 l-61i)4 5-Sld, sellers; February
and March. 4 4-64jj4 5-64d, sellers; March and
April, -i 4-(hu, nuyers; April nna May,
4 4-6ld. buyers: May nnd June, 4 4-64d, buy
ers: June nnd July. 4 4-64d. buyers: July
and August, 4 4-64d, buyers.
Oil and Kosln.
SAVANNAH. Nov. 5.-OIL-Snlrlts tur
pentine, firm. 35c. Rosin, llrm.
TOLEDO. NOV. 5. Oil. North Lima. Hc:
South Lima nnd Indiana, 89c.
LONDON, Nov. 5. oil Calcutta Unseed.
spot, 32 414d. Rosin, fine, ,8s 9d. Turpen
tine, 4t)S nvju.
NEW YORK. Nov. B. OIL Cottonseed.
dull; prime yellow, 35V4o. Petroleum, dull;
roltned New York, $7.65; Philadelphia ana
uuittmore. Ji.w; I'nuaucipnia ami Balti
more. In bulk, $3. Rosin, qulot: strained,
common to good, $1.22141.45. Turpentine,
teaay. wwac.
LIVERPOOL. Nov. 5. OIL-iCottonseed.
Hull retlned. snot. 22s 6d. Turnonthie anlrlts.
quiet, 27s. Rosin, common, quiet, 4s. Petro-
I mi in, rciineu, nrm, i.insecu, nrm,
33s.
HUKar and Molasses, '
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5.-SUOAR-
Qulet but steady; open kettle, centrifugal,
3lc; ccniriiugni, grnnuiaieii, 3inc; yei
1... niLHI 11. lit... Ud,w,n,lu 1711'..
.1 , 1 " 1.1- iul 1 i-i limiiii 7T1i7li;
MOLASSES-Open kettle, strong at 2S
38c; 01 ntrlfUKul, steady at 205f24c.
NEW YORK. Nov. 5. SUGAR Raw mar
ket quiet ami easy; tair renntng. 31103 6-iccj
ceiumugai, ssi test, ac. itciincu, quiet;
No. 7. 4.30c; No. 8, 4.20c; No. 9, 4.15c; No.
10. 4.10c: No. 11. 4.u5c: standnrd A. 4.90c:
confectioners' A, 4.90; mould A, 4.66c; cut
loaf, 5.60c; crushed, 6,65c; powdered, 6.15c;
.ubes, 5.35c1; molasses sugar, 3c. Molasses,
steady; New Orleans, open kettle,. good) to
choice. 374fl2e.
LONDON. NOV. 6. HUG All Beet, NO'
vembcr, 7s 21d.
Hank ClrarliiK.
OMAHA, Nov. 5, Bank clearings today,
$1,104,012.17; corresponding day last year,
$1,008,601.48; Increase, $95,607.69.
BOSTON. Nov. S.-Clvarlngs, $28,033,953;
balances, $2,405,564.
CHICAGO. Nov. 6. C en rings. 126.730.373
bulances. $2,515,310; posted exchange. $4.8414
GJ4.S714: New York exchange, 10c discount.
CINCINNATI. Nov. 5.-Cleurlngs. $3,HS..
400; money, tiju per cent; New vorK ex
change. 20o premium.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 6.-Clearlngs, $8,236,010;
balances, $MH,292: money,- 5B6 per cent; Now
10m exenange, tve uiscounu
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
CattU BtctipU Light and ih Mtrkat RnUd
Itroig and Actirt,
HOG PRICES TOOK ANOTHER DROP
Verr Fev Fat Sheep nnd Lambs Ot
ferrd and Stronger Prices Paid All
Around, flood Feeders Mtrndy,
Others Slow nnd Weak.
SOUTH OMAHA, Nov. 5.
Receipts were: Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Ottlcial Mommy 6,331 2,u26 1d,'.i.J
Olllclal Tuesday 3,331 6.US 8,:VJ
Two dnys this week.. 8,712 7,611 24,279
Same duys last week 12.UM) S,m 36,7j2
Same week before 11,I0 H,2n6 26,11
Same three weeks ago, ..15,951 7,399 21,993
Same four weeks ago..,. 7,401 11,2.19 29.S9.'
Same days last year,...,. 2,612 7,743 8,215
Averago prices paid ror Hogs ut South
Omaha the pust nuvcral days, with com
parisons: 1
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Indicate Sunday.
The official number of cars of stock
brought In today by each road was:
Cattlc.HoKS.Sh'p.H'Ecs.
C, M. & St. P. Ry 8
O. & St. L. Ry 1
Missouri Pacific Ry.. 9 I
Union Paclllc system. 43 6 1 1
C. & N. W. Ry 3 10 ..
F E. & M. V. Ry.... 13 16 20
C St. P.. M. & O Ry 3 1 ..
B. & M. R. R. R 56 9 7
a, u. & Q. Ry 0 10 .. 1
K. C. & St. J. Ry..,.. 2
C. , R. I. c P.. east... 3 8
C, It. I. & P., west 4 11 II
Total receipts ....137 71 M 2
The disposition of the day's receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing tho
number of head Indicated:
Cattle. Hogs. Sh'p.
Omaha Packing Co 63 1.7US 474
G. H. Hammond Co 636 266 1G6
Swift and Company 688 991 ....
Cudahy Packing Co 323 9i4 9.4
Armour & Co 229 9W
Omaha, 'from Kansas C. 143
Hammond, from country 3
Swift, from country 2,0
R. Becker & Dcgan 324
Lobmnn & Co 13
W. I. Stephen 4
Benton & Undcrwqod.... ,3,
Livingstone & Schuller.. 129
Hamilton & R 283
Wolf & M 25? .... ....
Other buyers 261 .... 6.9iS
Total 3.4S9 4,908 9,4.'6
CATTLE There was a light run of cat'
tie hero today for a Tuesday, which makes
v. snnr.lv fur Mm i wn iinvs this week con
siderably smnller than for tho same days
last week. The demand was active today
on tho part of both packers and feeder
buyers for anything at nil desirable and
as a result an uctlve, strong markot was
experienced. .
There were quite a few corn-feds Included
in the receipts this morning and tho better
grades were piCKen up in goon eunon-ui
fnlK. alon.lv nriopa. The common and
warmed-up kinds wero slow sale, tho samo
as usual, but still they brought about
steady prices, as compared with yesterday.
rno cow marKei was iuu uuwu mm
stronger today. Buyers 'uti had liberal or
ders, so that sellers had llttlo difficulty It)
getting very satisfactory prices. In a good
many cases sates were nmuu o'iw; uisuci
than tlto same kind sold for yesterday.
Bulls were also In active demand today at
strong prices. Veal calves and stags sold
without much change.
Thero were not many recuers on buio to
day and anything good Bold at strong
prices. The common kinds wero neglected,
the samo as usual, and were no moro than
steady. Stock heifers of good quality wero
stronger also, but only a few wero offered.
The downward tendency of stock calves
continued today ana it is saio 10 say uiai
ih.v nrn rjin lower than thev wero a week
ago. The demand for them Is very light..
There wero only a lew western runno
hnnr utnora in thn vnrds this morning and
strong prices were paid for desirable kinds.
Cows were active anu strong 10 u. nimu
higher. Good stockers and feeders wero
Htrnnc- nnd nctlve. while common kinds
wero slow and weak. Representative sales:
BEEF STEERS.
No.
. Av.
.. 923
770
.. 825
.. 979
...10S2
..1104
..1207
..1210
Pr.
2 60
2 75
2 75
4 25
4 90
5 40
5 40
No.
39...
16...
14...
74...
IV.'.'.
16...
Av.
1269
1310
1260
1362
1069
1326
1337
Pr.
5 65
5 65
5 65
B 90
6 10
6 20
6 30
24 1
1
o
20
9 -
17
7
19
6 60
STEER8-
-TEXAS.
48 1105 4 85
bi EbltH ANU tlUIFUltO.
;8 900 6 80 65 1158
STEERS AND COWS.
E 90
7 1074
4 60
COWS.
1 60 2 1000 2 63
1 CD 1 1050 2 65
2 20 12 897 2 75
2 25 3 863 2 80
2 35 8 1066 3 00
2 50 14 900 3 00
2 50 1 1030 3 25
2 50 1 1010 2 35
2 65
HEIFERS.
2 60 6.... 916 3 40
2 75 1 1020 .1 40
3 00 2 880 4 50
BULLS.
2 10 1 13S0 2 90
2 25 1 1370 .1 25
2 23 1 RSO 3 2.1
2 SO 1 1660 4 05
2 90
STOCK COW.
2 15 1
18 ,.. 733
1 b.)
13 760
1 .wi
10 760
1 SIM
24 855
8 981
1 1130
1 610
fl 620
4 730
1 910
1 810
L 1080
1 760
1 820
1 nsn
STOCK. UALVKS.
4 375 1 25 2 415 3 6i
2 380 2 23 1 200 4 50
2 170 3 00
STAGS.
1 lfl&O 3 00
STOCK COW'8 AND HEIFERS.
1 630 2 35 1 410 3 00
2 BS5 2 60
STOCKERS AND FEEDERS
605
748
706
2 50
3..
696
3 30
8....
3....
o
C...
8....
2 55
3 10
3 20
3 20
3 20
10..
09..
1
l5"
953
935
660
812
3 4"
3 40
3 6
3 75
, 690
, 698
735
NEBRASKA.
63 cows.,..
21 steers...
830
97S
35
1 cow 1220
1 cow 910
1 steer 1250
2 S3
2 00
3 70
3 70
3 70
3 15
2 t'5
2 10
2 00
3 23
3 25
4 60
2 60
2 00
6 00
, j
3 75
3 10
2 calves..
1 calf
1 calf
3 cows....
150
9111
170
963
. 218
, 303
960
3 steers... .1025
2 steers.. ..1190
25 feeders,. 733
1 cow 1260
4 cows 1301
33 calves,.
31 calves,.
1 cow
2 60
1 COW 930
WYOMING.
1 bull 1120
1 steer 1050
5 cows 9X4
20 steers. ...1230
1 steer 1170
3 steers. ...1130
1 cow 1130
1 cow 1020
1 cow 1150
2 15
1 Bteer 1000
4 25
2 90
5 00
4 00
4 90
! steers. ...10S5
2 cows.,
1 cow,,
1 cow,,
1 cow..,
1 cow..,
1 cow,,
1 cow..,
6 cows.,
.. 910
.. 970
..1070
.. 950
..HO)
..1250
.. 9:'0
2 25
2 25
2 iO
2 75
3 r
3 25
2 t5
2 40
3 :s
3 23
3 16
3 25
2 85
2 50
2 65
2 to
8 cows,
3 Cows,
3 cows,
2 cows
1 cows
1900
10OS
850
...1063
12 cows 1016
925
4 COWS 1162
..1160 3 25
COIORADO.
, 850 3 Oil 27 feeders.. 918
. 690 3 75 0 feeders.. 775
J. R. Hunter Neb.
1 feeder..,
41 f-ders.
3 f5
f. 73
4S cows
915 3 05 1 bull 1410
1 bull 1000 3 40
Augusta M. Hnywurd Neb.
9 feeders.. 763 3 25 16 cows 692
Woodley & Hertzler Wyo.
1 steer.. ...1260 3 25 1 cow 1000
1 steer 1400 3 75 1 bull 1570
19 steers... .11S2 4 75
J. H. Guild Wyo.
101 fceedrs. 617 3 85 12 feeders.. 617
George Betnman Wyo.
20 Bteer 1150 4 60 1 cow 1220
P. Surrena Wyo.
2 bulls 1400 2 45 15 cows 1021
1 bull 1150 2 45 2 cows 1115
2 bulls. ,...1260 2 30 1 COW 10.10
1 bull 1380 3 13 It COWS 602
1 bull 1410 2 45
2 90
3 25
2 23
3 00
1 60
3 6
2 75
2 75
2 75
11 1111 in Aiimiin .eu.
2 cows 970
1 cow lOoO
1 cow H
5 cows 1032
2 cows 1130
2 cows... . 815
J.
1 bull 1550
1 COW 950
3 00
1 COW 1080
3 .V)
3 V)
3 60
3 fO
3 60
2 60
3 75
3 W
2 40
3 00
2 10
2 40
2 40
3 cows 1096
2 cows 12U5
1 cow, .
6 cows.
1 stne..
9S0
. '.ISO
.1320
Harper
Wyo.
1 steor,
,...1280
...1030
3 Si
1 cow.
2 cow 117S 3 00 7 cows 1105 3 8S
2 cows 1070 3 85 3 cows 1016 3 85
1 cow 900 3 00
A. W. Smlth-Wyo.
33 feeders.. 1067 4 15 167 fceuers.,1004 4 13
George Hcaton Idaho.
3 feeders., 1026 J 23 feeders.. 1028 3 75
24 feeders.. 1040 3 65
It. E. Hansen Idaho.
7 cows. ....1015 3 2., 3 heifers. ..1390 3 25
3 cows 925 2 85 2 bulltl 1465 2 25
3 COWS 1016 3 30
L. S. Tond Idaho.
12 steers. ...1175 3 35 1 bull 1090 2 35
2') steers. ...1111 ' 35 1 bull 1100 2 35
3 steers.. ..1113 4 3.5 1 stag 1500 2 35
M. ('. Chrlstlatison Idaho.
20 fecdcrn..lW7 05
H. R Hansen Idaho.
20 steers. ...1014 3 60
Charles Moslnnder Wyo.
14 feeders.. 019 .1 tfi 43 feeders.. 661 3 80
10 feeders.. 661 3 00 68 feeders.. 829 3 75
HOGS There was n light supply of hogs
hero today for a Tuesday, but as reports
troni other points wero nil unfavorable to
tho .selling Interests a slow and uneven
market was experienced here. Tho opening
sales wero mostly 7'.iiTfl0c lower, and Inter
on the market was lOi12'lc lower. Toward
thn closo It llrmed up a little nnd then the
extreme close was weak. Tho bulk of nil
the hogs sold nt $5.70 and $S.72V4. or Just
about 10c lower than yesterday's general
market. Trade was slow from start to
Mulsh, us buyers and sellers views did not
agree, butf still most everything was out
of tlrst hands In reasonably good season,
ReprcsentatUo sales:
No. Av. 8h. Pr. No. Av. Sh. Pr.
25 101 ... 6 30 74 233 160 5 7 J 14
14J Itfi ... 5 30 72 273 120 5 72lj,
95 158 40 6 GO G9 212 60 5 72U
1U9 2(11 210 fi M 76 221 120 5 72 (,
101 166 80 6 6714 81 221 200 5 72 'A
71 193 160 B 07'4 2.1 290 ... 6 72(4
70 192 40 6 67', 9S 226 210 5 72(4
73 ISt ... 6 6714 68 271 ... 6 72$
92 210 1 00 6 70 67 258 ... 6 72l5
68 215 120 6 70 69 278 100 B 721?
IS 277 2S0 6 70 6S 255 1 60 6 72U
72 262 10 6 70 61.... 1.356 280 5 72$
in -3.1 'iM u ,u ui .-w w a
78 219 60 fi 70 63 238 210 5 721
52 S33 120 R TO M ,.271 I2il K 7't
52 212 240 6 70 61 290 80 5 7214'
4. .dl -1U II U lU fc.ll 4U a I-
61 313 120 6 70 69 238 12v, .K
79 207 SI) 5 70 62 282 ... 78
6S......315 60 5 70 66 251 40 5 72
66 213 160 6 70 15 258 SO 6 72
79 216 80 5 70 96 165 ... 6 72
87 201 ... 6 70 67 276 4S0 6 72
b. 236 2S0 5 70 51 284 40 6 72V4
61 279 ... 5 70 Kti 275 ... 5 72U
69 276 160 5 70 63 211 120 5 72(s
41 337 ... 6 7(1 61 278 440 n 72'i
63 233 40 S 70 05 275 120 6 724
44 310 120 5 70 66 263 ... 6 72'
67 214 1 60 B 70 72 262 40 6 75
61 259 SO 5 70 60 273 10 B 73
49 239 ... 6 7214 60 301 120 6 73
48 285 120 6 72(4 G6...-.292 40 5 73
S3 219 280 6 7214 61... '...297 ... 5 73
76 235 1 60 6 72'j, 63 265 40 6 75
8 235 160 6 72(5 HI 203 100 5 75
SHEEP Tho receipts of sheep nnd lambs
wero light today as coinpured with Tuesday,
of last week, nnd but very llttlo fat stuff
was Included In the offerings. Packers
were caper for supplies, nnrt ns a result
they paid a premium for what the did
get, as Is shown by the fact thnt n string
of owes sold as high as $3.25, which is the
highest price paid In some time. The mar
ket on fat sheep and lambs could safely be
quoted strong to 10c higher all around.
Thero weru a limited number of feeder
buyers on tho market this morning, so that
trade was n llttlo slow. The best stuff,
however, sold Just nbout steady, but other
kinds were slow nnd weak.
Quotations: Choice yearlings, $3.4033.65;
fair to good yearlings, $3.2083.40; cholco
wethers, $3.30(33.50: fnir to good wethers,
3.1093.30; choice ewes, $2.90y3.25; fair to
good ewes, $2.602.90; cholco spring lambs,
J4.30O4.60; fair to good spring lambs, $4.10
4.30; feeder wethers, $3.o33.50; feeder
lambs, $3,003-1.10. Representative sales:
No. A v. Pr
85 native ewes 93 3 00
756 -Wyoming ewes 103 S 25
22 western wethers 86 3 35
13 native wethers 88 3 60
197 native wethers 101 3 50
622 natlvo wethers 96 3 50
300 feeder lambs 61 3 6C
620 feeder Iambs 63 4 00
277 feeder lambs 63 4 0)
8 native lambs 76 4 60
1 buck 130 $1 60
14 Wyoming sheep 89 2 00
438 Wyoming ewes 93 2 00
14 western ewes 90 3 35
34 western wethers U4 3 35
717 feeder wethers 78 3 33
602 feeder lambs. ,t 61 3 85
654 feeder lambs 57 3 85
13S0 feeder lambs 57 8 90
431 feeder lambs 66 3 90
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MAIIKET.
Cattle Slow to Steady Hogs Loner
Sheep Stronger.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-CATTLE-Rccclpts.
1,600 head, lncIudlng-700 head Texans and
1,0(10 head westerns; slow, steady; good to
prlmo steers, $6.00ti6.80; p'oor to medium,
$3.75W5.90: stockers and feeders, $2.00g4.50;
cows and heifers, J1.25g5.25: canners, $1.25
(2.23; bulls, J2.OOJT4.60; calves. $5.00?.60;
Texas steers, $3.0i85.00j westtrns, $3.65(W
o.25.
HOGS Receipts, 30,000 head; tomorrow,
28,000 head, estimated; left over, 5.500 head:
market 10c lower; mixed and butchers, J5.65
(6.0214; good to cholco heavy, J5.65Hi6.li5;
rough heavy, $3.l0g'..65; light, $3.50j5.75;
bulk of sales, $5.60ru.75.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Rccelpts, 18.000
head; stronger to slow; good to choice
wethers, $3.60fj'4.25 ; fair to choice mixed,
$3.00(33.80; western sheep, $3.00(33.85; nntlve
fambs, $2.50Q5.10; western lambs, $3.00l.60.
Kansas City Live Stack Market.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 6. CATTLE Re
ceipts, 11,000 natives, 1,000 Texans and 700
calves; beef steers nnd stockers and feed
ers, stendy; cows, stcadjj to a shade higher:
choice export and dressed beef steers, $3.!
J6.60: fair to good, $5.0065.85; stockers and
feeders, $2.90(fil.40; western fed steers, $4.65
t6.30; western range steers, $3.35(35.10;
Tcxus and Indian steers, $3.0OJj4.50: Texas
cows, $1.76(33.00; native cows, $2.604.25;
heifers, $2.75(35.00; bulls, $2.25fM.OO; cnlves,
$2.75(35.00.
HOGS Receipts, 14.000 head; market 10c
lower; top. $5.9714: bulk of sales, $5.50(35.83;
heavy, $3.85(36.9714; mixed packers, $5,65
5.9214: light. $5.25(35.82: Pigs. $4.76(35.25.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 10,000
head; market strong: native lambs, $4.00
4.85: western lambs, $3.75(34.65; native
wethers, $3.4n84.00; western wethers, $3.25i
3.85; ewes, $2.7530.35; culls, $2.003.25.
St. Lanls Live Stock Market.
ST. LOIJIS, Nov. 5.-CATTLE-Recelpls,
4,800 head. Including 2.800 head Texans;
market steady for Texans to strong. 10c
1. 1 .-i. r . I . r. .. 1. I .. I . . I
jwn nun iii'iirrr, f..M(i)iiii
HOGS Receipts. 8.000 hend; market I01J)
ic lower: pigs and lights, $.".6035.70; pack
rs. $5.6035.8o: butchers. jj.Sufje.OIH.
15c
crs. o.iiuiii o.w; uuiuiiern. fj.fwnfo.ui vj.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 2.000
head; market strong: natlvo muttons, $2,73
(33.25; lambs, Jl.GOflo.lO; culls and bucks,
$2.003.25.
St. Joseph Live Stock Market.
ST. JOSEPH. Nov. B. CATTLE Recelntq.
2,800 head: steady: natives, $3.0006.60: cows
nnu neiiers, ji.zosiu.id: veais, j3.u05r6.2r1:
bulls and stags, $2.00Qu,oo; stockers nnd
feeders, l.60ff4.25.
HOGS-Recelnts. 7.200 head: 10c lower;
light and light mixed, $5.60ii3.75: medium
and heavy. $5.7(X35.97i4; pigs, $4.25(05.85; bulk,
JO.lW! I.M.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 500 head;
steady to 10c higher.
Stock In' Sltflit.
The following table shows the receipts of
cnttle, hogs and sheep at the live principal
stock markets for November 6:
untile, nogs, tsncep,
South Omaha 3.3i
Chicago 1.600
Kansas City 12.000
St. Louis 1.8(0
Bt. Joseph 2.800
5.118
S.289
30,000
14,000
s.imo
7,200
18,000
10,000
2,000
600
Totals
21,181 61,318 38,783
London Stuck Qiiolnlloiis.
LONDON. Nov. 5.-2 p. m.-Closlng:
Consols, money
do account,,..
Anaconda
Atchison
do pfd ,,
B. & O ;
Can. Pacific ....
Chen. & O
C. Ot. W
C M. & St. P..
D. & R. O
do pfd
Erie
do 1st pfd
do 2d pfd
III. Central
L. & N
M.. K. & T
do pfd
N. Y. Central..
. 9114
Nor. & W
do pfd
N. Paclllc pfd.,
.. 57
.. 9114
..10S
.. 35
.. 76',4
.. 2"'li
.. 39H
.. 27
.. 31U
.. 9114
.. 1
..10714
:: !
.. 93
.. 2(Ui
.. 374
.. ia
.. 10
.. 37T4
..9114
. 7
. so;
Out. & W
. 99
.lWi
.111
,. I"4
Pennsylvania .,
Rending
do 1st pfd
no m pro
5'flS. Railway ...
,173A do pfd
, I5H fi. Paclllc
. 91'i Union Pacific
, 42U do pfd
. 7li V. 8. Steel ...
. 57 I do pfd
.144 Wabash
.IihIV do iifd
. 264 Spanish 4s ....
, 55 iRnnd Mines ..
.16214 DoReers
SILVER Bar, quiet, 2id per oj.
MONEY 2 per cent. The rate of discount
In the open market for short hills Is 31413
314 ner cent; for threo months' bills, 314 per
cent,
Wool MnrUil.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 5. WOOL Nominal;
medium grndes, 12fil7c: light flue, , 1J1 114c;
heavy line, loH!4c; tub wuehed, 12921c.
lllKlliri iui nuuvvn, limit" nuij)jiiiK uuu
port steers, J4.90Cp6.45: dressed beef nnd
butcher steers, $4.00(8,5,85; steers under 1.000
lbs,, $2.75(35.25: stockers nnd feeders, $2.00(3)
4.00; cows and heifers. $2.00(34.23; culls. 82.23
ffS.OO; Texas nnd Indian steers, $2.35-3 (.25:
CI
Naval History Revised
The Washington correspondent of tho
New York Times, In a letter reviewing tho
testimony presented to tho naval court of
Inquiry, contends that tho undisputed evi
dence given by the men who were In tho
thick of the fight, will completely chango
tho account which history would other
wise give of the battle, and proves that
for three years the public has remained la
Ignoranco of how tho victory was won. Con
tinuing, the writer says:
Heretofore It has been believed that tho
battlo was fought nnd won by tho North
Atlantic squndron nnd the flying squadron.
If tho testimony of tho last fortnight is
true It was practically fought and won hy
Brooklyn and Oregon alono except for such
slight assistance ns Texas was able to offer.
According to this version of tho battlo,
when tho Spanish ships came out tho
Amerlcnns moved forward to meet them In
accordance with tho pre-arranged plnn, with
the design of sinking them nt the mouth ot
tho harbor as they nttemptcd to escape.
This plnn proved a failure, according to
this recent testimony. The whole fire of
tho squndron was concentrated upon Maria
Teresa and sho was destroyed.
Tho other Spanish ships got safely away,
though some of them had been struck by
American shells, nnd Cervera's fleet, minus
Maria Teresa, started on Its run for
life. Tho Span(ards were fleeter than the
American vessels. They had a fleet mostly
mnd up of swift cruisers, while that of
the United States was mosly made up of
slow battleships. Once they got away from
tho American fire, therefore, It was to be
assumed that they could escape altogether.
As a matter of fact, according to the
testimony, this Is Almost what did occur.
Tho Spaniards got nwny from all the. Amer
ican ships except Brooklyn nnd Oregon,
which for somo unaccountablo reason was
able to beat all the other American battle
ships and almost keep up with Brooklyn.
Ono ot tho officers of Oregon, In describing
on the witness stnnd tho mighty rush ot his
ship, said that It went by the other Amor
lean battleships as If they wero anchored,
Tho part which the American squadron
played In this battle, therefore, ended In
that short melee at the mouth ot tho
harbor In which Teresa was destroyed.
After that tho battlo proper began, and It
was conducted by Brooklyn and Oregon
alone. The other ships could only lumber
alone In the wake of theso two, passing tho
burning Spanish ships which had headed
In shore, taking their surrenders and rescu
ing the Spanish sailors.
Texas alono managed to hang on, Just In
sight of Brooklyn and Oregon a part ot the
time, and doing what It could to help, but
that, according to this testimony, was very
little. Ono of the officers of Oregon testi
MAN WHO RIDES TUB STORM.
M. Santos-Damont nnrt III Wonderful,
Balloon,
An authorized article on the Brazilian
Aeronaut, M. SantoB-Dumont, appears In the
November Century from the pen of Sterling
Helllg:
This young Brazilian Inventor works for
the love of the thing, not for lucre. Ho has
never felt moved to apply for a slnglo pat
ent. He Is a son ot the "coffeo king" of
Brazil, the proprietor of the Santos-Dumont
plantations of Sao Paulo, the friend of the
former emperor, Dora Pedro, nnd the bene
factor and adviser of whole populations.
Santos-Dumont, the father, although a Bra
zilian by birth and nationality, was French
by descent, and had his technical education
at tho Ecole Centralo (Arts and Industries)
In Parts. Thanks to this education, he was
the first to apply scientific methods to Bra
zilian coffee culture, so that bis planta
tions became tho most flourishing In the
land, having 4,000,000 coffee plants, occu
pying 9,000 laborers, comprising towns,
manufactories, docks nnd steamships, and
served by 146 miles of private railroads. It
was on these railroads that the young
Santos-Dumont, before ho wob 12 years of
age, drove locomotive engines for his pleas
ure and developed the taste for mechanics
and Invention which saved him, coming
young and rich to Paris, from a life of
mere sporting leisure. Until 18 years ot
age, when ho completed his education nt
the University of Rio de Janeiro, ho re
mained In Brazil, always returning In vaca
tion time to the wild back country ot the
plantation, where be became a mighty
hunter, killing wild pigs and small tigers
by preference, and great snakes out of a
sense of duty.
Arriving In Europe In 1891, he in ado a
tourist trip and ascended Mount Blanc. A
part of 1891 and 1892 he spent between Lon
don and Brighton, perfecting his English,
which he now speaks as well and as often
ns French; but he always returned to Paris,
where in 1892 ho was already driving auto
mobiles. In 1894 ho mado a short trip to
tho United States, visiting New York, Chi
cago and Boston. He did not begin bal
looning until 1S97, in the summer of which
year he made his first ascent In company
with the late M. Mnchuron. In tho same
year he made twenty other ascensions, n
number ot them unaccompanied, and became
a reliable pilot of spherical balloons. Ho
has, Indeed, an Ideal figure for the sport,
uniting remarkablo strength, agility and
coolness to his Jockey's weight of scarcely
100 pounds. For this reason ho was able
to lower the volurao of tho "Brazil," his
first spherical balloon, to tho unusual min
imum of 113 cubic meters. The llttlo "Bra
zil" was always filled with hydrogen, and
after each ascension he never failed to
bring it back with him In his valise.
This Brazilian has neither tho structure,
tho complexion, nor the exuberant gestures
ot the men of his country. Ho Is pnle, cold,
and phlegmatic, even. If the words may be
applied to one so actlvo. In his moments
of greatest enthusiasm and of most lively
disappointment ho Is always the came; and
he Is as free from affectation as a child.
He has a weakness for driving dog cart
tandems and something which ban had a
vital Infiuenco over his career as a bal
loonist ho has been an Intrepid automobllo
chauffeur from tho first.
Ho began with a Peiifwt roadster of two
and a half horsepower. Ho has since owned
and driven half a dozen automobiles of con
tinually increasing speed nnd power, his
longest trip without stop being taken In
1898, between Nlco and Paris, nnd accom
plished with n six horsepower Panhard In
fifty-four hours. Latterly ho hns aban
doned petroleum In favor of electricity. In
a dainty " light-running American buggy
manufactured In Chlrago. It servos him,
ho says, better than tho more troublesomo
touf-tcuf for his morning spin through the
Bols nnd his afternoon errands from tho
balloon maker's at Vauglrard to his apart-,
mcnt In the Avenue des Champs-ElyBecs,
nnd from tho Aero club's ground at St.
Cloud to the Automobllo club In tho I'laco
do la Concorde. "I was onco enamoured tf
petroleum automobiles becauso of their
freedom" ho explains. "You can buy tho
c&sence everywhere; nnd so at a moment's
notlco one Is at liberty to start oft for
Rome or St. Petersburg. But when I dis
covered that I did not want to go to Rome
or St. Petersburg, but only to tnke short
trips about Paris, I went In for tho electric
buggy.
"I got my first Idea of putting an auto
mobile motor under a cigar-shaped balloon
filled with hydrogen gas while returning
from the Paris-Amsterdam automobllo
race in 1897." he said when he began giv
ing me this Interview, "From the begin
fied that even New York, coming up an hour
after It was all over, passed all the ships
except Texas before It reached Oregon.
If this testimony Is accepted as true, It
Is said that It will work a great chango In
the popular nnd tho historical conception
of the battlo of Santiago. It Is regarded as
significant, In connection with It, that tho
popular and offlclnl understanding of tho
battle has been built up almost entirely by
the officers of thn other ships. .
The officers of Brooklyn nnd Oregon havo
hcrctoforo been extremely reserved about
the battlo and most of tho tnlklng has been
done by others, Tho testimony of the last
two weeks gives the first real gllmpso of
Brooklyn-Oregon version of tho battle.
Ono of the witnesses In this linn was
Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Harlow,
the executive officer of Vixen. That little
ship had no business In the fight and very
properly stayed out of It; but It kept along
tho flank of tho fight nil the time, observing
It. Vixen was tho only ship which had
lelsuro to look on and noto everything;
Tho oftlccr who acted ns official looker-on,
so to speak, was Harlow, who, under In
structions from his commander, went on
deck nnd witnesses the fight, watch In hand,
dictating notes as tho battlo went on. Ills
ship, though out of the battle, kept up
with Brooklyn and Oregon.
Harlow testified that after Maria Teres
was destroyed not an American ship was
In tho battle but Brooklyn and Oregon, cx
copt for tho small part which Texas played.
Ho also testified that whon Indlann stopped
and went out of the light It had only
reached tho point where Brooklyn lay at
tho time the Spaniards enme out. Indiana's
log says that that vessel wns "soon loft
hopelessly behind."
A suggestion of this testimony was fore
shadowed some weeks ngo, when Com
mander Schuctzc, tho navtgntor of Iowa,
was on tho stand. Asked what was tho
greatest error In tho official chart, Schuclzo
bluntly replied that It gavo his ship a speed
of eighteen knots, when In reality It wns
only nlno or ten. Tho speed of eighteen
knotB waB necessary to keep Iowa In tho
light, but Schuetzc was qulto willing to nd
mlt that Iowa only made half that. Tho
full significance of this was not seen until
tho testimony of last week.
if this lato testimony Is true, tho question
will naturally arlso, how tho public could
bo long have been misled. Asldo from the
silence of Brooklyn nnd Oregon officers,'
only now broken, there is a suggestion
nbout this In tho testimony of Walnwrlght,
Hollner and Schuctzc about the way In
which tho official chart was compiled.
It was, In brief, that when the Board of
ning everybody was against the Idea. I
was told that' an explosive gas engine
would Ignite tho hydrogen In tho balloon
above It and that the resulting explosion
would end the experiment with my life. La
chambre, my balloon constructor, went to
work without enthusiasm. So far from oth
ers convincing me thnt their notions were
worth taking up, ns has been eald, I met
with nothing but discouragement."
Such a categorical statement ought to
dlspoao of the legend of a young "Maecenas
of balloon builders" who "docs not set up
himself to Invent machines, only to judge
ot those which Inventors bring to him and
of the work done by tho mechanics he em
ploys." Colonel Rcnard's assertion that M.
Santos-Dumont is not a man of science,
but un sportsman do l'acrostatlon qua a
Vbcaucoup do crancrlo (an aerostatic sports
man who .has a great deal of swagger) is
equally inexact. Sufficiently at home tn
mathematical mechanics to mako tho calcu
lations which necessarily preceded not only
the construction of his various airships,
but their very Idea; sufficiently practiced
and Ingenious to make his own models, the
young Inventor owes no more to his con
structors -and hired mechanics than ho docs
to bis theoretical friends.
INTKLLKCTITAL FKATS OK WOMH.
Examples of Their Pronrcss In the
Illtclior I'ntlm of Scholarship.
No other class ot people has mado such
Immense strides or such Immediate use ot
newly granted opportunities as has woman
kind of tho Inst twenty-five, years. It Is
only necessary to compare tho omnipres
ence of the Intellectual woman today with
her absence a few yearB ago; the honors
conferred upon her In hundreds of direc
tions, with the utter silence of tho past,
when thero wns little to say of her, except
that, "she was a good woman to work," as
tho farmer widower remarked, to 'realize
the vast changes that havo been wrought.
One of the rnrcst of the new professions
for women Is that of archaeology. Among
several of noto now engaged in It Miss
Boyd, an American scholar, has uncovered
an entlro ancient city In Crete. This 'dis
covery Is ot vast Importance to tho world of
sclenco and nrt.
A freshman at Iladcllffe, Miss Norma
Wntcrhury, has won n prize ot $100 for the
best tinnslatlon of an Ode of Horace, The
competition wns open to all Harvard stu
dents, men and women,
Sarah Orue Jewrtt, the nuthor, has ro
eelved from Bowdoln collego tho degree of
Doctor of Letters.
Miss Ellznbeth Hoy of New York City hns
been appointed by tho State Civil Service
commission examiner ot Latin for tho state
regents' department.
Prof. Anna Comstock was ono of tho in
structors In the Now York State Summsr
Institute at Chautauqua. Sho represents
tho department of nature study of Cornoll
university's extension course and Is a noted
entomologist.
Tho position of dean of women In Colo
rado State university was created for M)ss
Margaret Stratton, nn M. A. from Obcrlln.
Ttio degree of Doctor of Oriental Learn
ing was conferred upon Miss Montgomery,
sister ot a Ynlo professor. Sho Is 27 and
wns born In Turkoy of American parents.
She Is a graduate of Wellesley and of Ber
lin university.
Mrs. Southward has chargo of the library
training nt tho University of Minnesota, bo
Ing deeply versed In library science.
Miss Hyman of Chicago is appointed by
tho governor a trustee of tho Illinois In
dustrial Homo for tho Blind. Sho is totally
blind herself, but an accomplished linguist
and musician.
A young Amorlcnn missionary In China,
Miss Abblo Chapln, hns received unusual
distinction for services rendered by her dur
ing the slego of Pekln. Tho honor conferred
Is that of the Hoynl Red Cross, given by
England's king through the British minister.
The new appointee to tho chair of par
liamentary law at tho University of Cali
fornia Is Mrs, Urquhart Loo of Chicago.
.Mrs. Leo was president of tho Post Parlia
mentary club, which met at tho homo of
Mrs. Potter Palmer. Sho has traveled ex
tensively nnd hns a flattering recommenda
tion from ox-Speaker Heed.
Riifh Medical college, part of tho Univer
sity of Chicago, has admitted women to Its
freshman and sophnmoro coursos on nn
equal footing with men.
Tho two chief Intellectual honors nt Mc
Kendreo college, Illinois, wero won by Lulu
Farthing. The first was In nn oratorical
contest; tho second, a medal established by
William Jennings Bryan, fot the best thesis
upon the science of government.
A Minneapolis woman, Mrs. Kugonlc Goft,
Famous Battle of Santiago
In a New Light.
Navigators met to get up that chart every
body Insisted on having his ship put Into
tho light In a favorable position, that there
was a deadlock, a threat of starving tho
board out, And thnt tho upshot was a fnlso
and worthless chart, which put everybody
Into tho battle whether ho was or not,
though even then nobody was satisfied. It
this is correct, It is regardod ns affording
hint how, not only tha chart,, but the
whole official and popular version ot the
matter, may have been nrrlved at particu
larly In view of the unbroken silence from
Brooklyn and Oregon.
Rear Admiral Schley has testified nbout
his own plan of battlo earlier In the cam
paign, during tho tlmo he was In command.
It was to form In column nnd attack the
lending ship first, and then the next, In
stead of attacking tha enemy In the center
with the full force. That Schley, If ha had
a plan of battle, must havo had that one, It
Is argued, as being shown by tho fact that
he always kept hie ships In that formation
whenever he met susplclous-looklng ships
and also on blockade.
It appears that after Sampson's plan of a
general attack In tho harbor entrance hnd
failed, tho plan which Brooklyn nnd
Oregon followed was ns nearly tho samo ns
that which Schley Intended to two ns It
could be, considering tho circumstances. It
was also something like tho plan which, it
Is said, Captain Clark had Intended to em
ploy If he had mot tho enemy during his
famous trip up the South American coaBt
with Oregon. Ho Intended to string
the enemy out If ho could nnd attack tho
leading ship and then the second.
No ono on either eldo has questioned the
efllclcney of tho little Gloucester In smash.
Ing'up tho enemy's torpedo boats. That np
pears to have been n llttlo battle of the
Gloucester's own, which had nothing to do
with either plan nnd was not scheduled by
anybody. Tho Intention wns to havo
Gloucester sheltered under the leo of tho
larger ships.
It Is apparent that, whatever the result of
the court ot Inquiry, It has been of thn ut
most valuo to history. Hitherto the re
ports of commanding officers and other of
Iflclal documents have been tha standard.
They havo all been ex-partc and there hus
been no cross-examination. The searching
cross-examinations, tho confrontations and
comparisons with each other which havo
been Instituted In this trial. It Is eald, have
boiled down tho statements on .both sides
to something which will ovldcntly bo
nearer the truth than anything which has
hitherto been published, nnd the historian
will get more light from tho published min
utes of the Schley court than from any
aoout the battlo ot Santiago.
Is an expert historical map maker. Sho
was a teacher of history and geography
and now Is the wife of a county superin
tendent of schools. Not long ago she pro
duced some of her old maps, which so de
lighted her husband that they havo been
printed, and new ones added until now
there aro over a hundred of her famom
maps and charts bolng widely sold. Only
official surveys are used, and Mrs. Goft
communicated with every department offi
cer of the nrmy and navy before complet
ing her maps ot tho recent wars.
Tho students of Barnard college have
won a victory, although only nn act of
simple justice In gaining ndmltslonto tha
Phi Beta Kappa Honorary society of Co
lumbia college. The Phi Beta Kappa key
nre worn only by students In tha high
grades of scholarship. They arc marks ot
distinction only. But hitherto they have
not been bestowed upon girls at Columbia,
however high their scholarship.
A memorial to Roea Bonhcur was un
voiled this spring At Fontalnbleii, She was
the ploncor palntor among women, hut now
there nro many distinguished painters nnd
some sculptors, headed by Harriot Hos
mer, now living In Indiana. At tho
World's fair, Chicago, and the Buffalo ex
position some of tho best nrt nnd architec
ture wns tho work of young American
women.
An Innovation has been Introduced nt
Oxford college. Ohio. It never has had
nny but ministers for presidents. Now
Ifhas elected n woman, Miss Fannie Rob
inson. Tho new president already was
dean of Oxford nnd Is an experienced
educator.
Miss Snyder, a member of the staff at
the Woman's Medical college of Philadel
phia, spends her vacation living with tho
Indians, studying them nnd exploring for
ethnological relics, of which sho has col
lected some which are very choice.
Even tn foreign countries tho mental
leaven Is working. An Imperial dcerco.
from St. Petersburg has Just granted to
women full admission to the University of
Finland. In England nnd Franco they
have tho highest educational advantages,
while In conservative Germany they are
driving some wedges In the universities.
Trxan Oil News.
From Beaumont Enterprise, Nov. 1, 1901.
Tho Ira O. Wise well camo In last even
ing. It Is a six-Inch gusher at 1006 feet.
Slnco tho Hogg-Swalne syndicate has
wlthdrnwn their land from the market
there seems to be an appreciative advance
In the price of Splndlo Top land. Thero
havo been several buyers In tho city re
cently looking for guaher property, but It
,ls not so easy to find ns It was a few
wcoks ago.
C. E. Charachrlstl, In going over the oil
fields of Spindle Top Holghts, changed his
mind. He eald: "I saw tho well yestcrdny
and have decided that the oil and gas
prcssuro is a great deal stronger than I
stated In my European reports and will
last longer. The three brought In In a
cluster with such powerful pressure wort
convincing beyond n doubt.
Tho above news from Spindle Top Is In
deed good new for tho stockholders of
tho Omaha Texas Oil Co. of Council
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Splndlo Top. A limited nmount of stock
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