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BANKER'S VIEW OF THE CROPS
Preidont James II. Tckeln of Cbicapo Com
mercial Nitcnal Sepora.
FAIR AVERAGE YIELD IS ASSURED
General Condition of the Farmer
One of Prosperity " the nark
ward Wrilkrr la Sot
Fatal.
la
CHICAGO. Aug. lS.-fresldent Jamea H.
Eekles of the Commmlal National bank
of tills city gives out the following num
mary of the general crop situation which
has been prepared by hi bank:
CHICAGO. Auk. 13. 1903. Experience hav
ing demonstrated the accuracy and value,
of the Information obtained from corre
spondent banks In previous years and pub
llehcd regarding crop prospects and gen
Ami hnslnnHB nn,l i I Inns. I recently HQ-
dressed a cticuhig letter to the presidents
of our correspondent banks, and also to
the nreslriont of at least one other bank In
ai-ai'v frinntv lii h states of Alabama.
Arkansas. Oeoiala. Illinois. Indiuna, In
dian Territory. Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky
Louisiana Mkhlcnn. Minnesota. Missis
sippi, Missouri, Nebraska. North Dakota,
rihhi. Oklahoma Hmith I M kola. Tennessee.
Texas and Wisconsin, making Inquiry as
to the conditions and prospects of corn
wheat, oats, rye, barley and cotton crops
In their respective counties, and asking
Im fcr AHtimflte eTnrenserl In rierccntages
both as to acreage and yield, as compared
with last. year. ....... ..
In answer to these Inquiries 1.03 detailed
replies have been received, a synopsis of
which Is published herewith. It Is not
deemed practicable to publish the replies In
full, but the analyses have been carefully
made and the substance of each la em
bodied in this report. The information,
coming as it does directly from bankers,
who are of necessity closely Informed re
garding conditions In their respective com
munities, may be accepted as reliable be
yond question. The estimated yield of
crops mav also be taken as accurate,
Insofar us It is possible to make such esti
mates In advance. I'nfavorable conditions
of weather, the appearance of Insects or
bllrrht, or other like evils, are possibilities
which must be borne In mind always until
the bnrvest is an aceonnllshed fact. V hlle
any or all of these contingencies may hup
pen In certain localities, it Is scarcely to
be feared now that their occurrence might
become so general or widespread as to
change materially the estimates here made,
except, possibly, In case of the corn crop,
which, already Inte. Is now being further
retarded by unseasonably cool weather.
Fair Average Crops.
Throughout the Mississippi and Missouri
valley lair average crops will be raised;
aithniiffh thv mi-a rencrallv backward.
blight decrease in the estimated yield are
reported in nearly all cases except in Texas
and Alabama, where unusually large In
creases are shown, particularly In the corn
crop, now virtually assured in those states.
Of the "winter wheat" states, two only
(Kansas and Michigan). snow nener
vruu conditions than last year. In Ne
braska and Wisconsin the average is with
in 1 Ter cent of the previous year. The re
maining Winter wheat states (Including Illi
nois. Indiana, Iowa and Missouri) show de
creases ranging from 11 per cent to 45 per
cent, the average estimate being 11 per
cent less than last year.
In the "spring wheat" states. Minnesota
and North Iihkoir show decreases Of
ter cent and 30 oer cent respectively; South
l)akota. 11 per cent Increase; the average
for the district belna 8 r cent decrease
In' the southern and southwestern states
wheat is relatively not so important a crop
hut shows a better average condition
Texas reporting an average increase of C6
per cent.
In the "corn belt." decreases ranging
Irom 3 per cent to 30 per cent arc reportea.
In a few extreme northwestern states.
where corn Is not an Important crop, a
considerable percentage of Increase Is
shown, although this does not materially
affect the average. The greatest filling
off Is In Kansas and Missouri, which show
an averaae of iit ner cent less In each state;
the leust In Iowa and Kentucky, with 8 per
cent less. The average decrease In
twelve principal corn producing states Is
12 pes. cent. In the south the corn crop
on the whole Is excellent. In Alabama It Is
lt6 per cent better, and In Texas 113 rer
oent batter than last year, but It should
be remembered that corn In Texas tins been
short for three years. The average con
dition of corn In all the southern state's
Is 44 per cenl better. Corn, however, as
well as small grain. In the south Is raised
chiefly for home consumption, ana. ai
though tha yield there lv some localities
this year may be Insufficient for their own
needs, It Is Important to note that those
states will not be buyers of northern corn
during the next year to any groat ex
tent.
The oats crop will be from 5 per cent to
IB per cent -short or lust year. Ha nuns,
Nebraska and South Dakota report in
creases of from 6 per cent to 16 per cent
while Illinois, Indiana. Missouri, Kentucky
Minnesota and North Dakota show ue
creases of from 4 per cent to 36 per cent.
The rye and barley crops are better in
Kansas and South Dakota, but the totals
for all states show on the average slight
decreases. These crops are notably less In
Illinois, Kentucky and North Dakota, while
substantially the same ns last year in In
dlana, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Min
neeota.
Cotton Crop Conditions.
The cotton crop la reported 24 per cent
better In Alabama and 17 per cent better
In Texas than last year, but 12 per cent
worse In Arkansas and Indian 'territory
arid 21 per cent worse in Oklahoma. Blight
gains are shown In Mississippi. Louisiana
una Missouri, ana siigm aecreuses in oeop
gta, and Tennessee. The average condition
of cotton throughout the south Is almost
exactly the same (in percentage) as las
Near. The crop Is somewhat backward.
and some complaint of boll weevil Is made,
esneclal y in lexas. wnere )n certain dls
trlcts the Insect has done serious damage
in recent years, i nus rar no auequate pro
tectlon against Its ravagea has been dls
covered, but in some localities a bus ha
appeared which preys on the weevil and It
Is thought may In time exterminate the
test. ' .-
In addition to the Information sought con
cerning crops my circular to interior bank
emoraeeu a number or Questions roira.-cln
their local business and financial conditions
the position of banks in the matter of
loans and reserves and touching ahio on
their ability to finance the crops In their
respective localities. A similar clrcula
(without the crop report feature) was sent
at the same time to every bank and banker
In forty-two or the principal cliles In the
several statea named. Thirteen hundred
and forty replies (Including both Interior
and city oanss) were received to these In
onirics. The Interior ban us report almos
without exception that they are In better
position than last year, and that not so
much discount accommodations will be re
(mired antr probably not so much current'
to move the crop's. A considerable number
report Increases In deposits since the last
Subiisneu statement, wnue nanus report In
ecreased deposits are ecatterd. and usuall
special local causes ara given fur such de
crease, in no instance nas a laiiine- off I
deposits been assigned to generally bad
business conditions.
In farming communities bankers have
been discouraging farm land and real
estate speculation. In some Instances pa
trons seeking such accommodations have
been Informed that banks will not make,
advances to meet land payments, nor per
mit large amounts of funds to become tied
up In real estate for speculative purposes.
It would seem In this manner that specula
tion In farm lands as compared with a
year ago has been curtailed. A few bank
ers venture the suggestion that it a similar
policy of confcorvatlun In reference to other
forms of simulation and extensions of
credit had been pursued steadfastly by
bankers lit all the larger cities of the
country the effect would have been bene
ficial, and that the adoption of such policy
now would do much tuwurds insuring per
manence and stability In business condi
tions. Farmers Are Prosperous.
Almost Invariably It Is said that farmers
re prosperous, and in some communities
that they have money to lend. The pre
vailing condition ot trade la satisfactory,
and collections are good.
Replies received from banks In tha forty
two larger cities Indicate that the banks
with few exceptions are strong In reserves
and in good condition to (Inane the crops.
Cholera
Infantum
Every mother should
guard aaicst this
awful dine-fine.
If bablt'K bowels are
loose, get
Wnkcfielils
Blackberry
Balsam
It nerer fails to euro. J
Many report that they have been getting
ready for the fall demands and are better
prepared than heretofore. Those reporting
"well loaned up" state that their loans
have not been extended beyond the limita
tions of prurience. t many wnere a rai.ing
off In deposits has occurred It Is (as in me
case of interior banks) assigned to local
causes. The majority or city nanus repon
deposits practically stationary, and the
number reporting Increases about offsets
those reporting decreases.
All agree that general conditions are
sound and satisfactory, and they seem to
feel that such conditions are likely to con
tinue. In a few cases tendencies towsrd
rie, linos In urosnerltv are noted, but
Usually the admission Is made that the
nausea are local, or that they are due to
labor disturbances or to tne recent conoi-
Hon of the stocK mantel, in no case
Is anv serious decline In the volume
of business reported. A number of
bankers express a belief that In their own
particular sections better times are in
siirht. On the whole they appear to view
the situation with entire confidence, and
ere quite prepared to meet an require
ments of legitimate business.
JAMES H. ECKELS.
President
8IXBY DENIES BUYING LANDS
Asserts Companies He la Interested
In Are Also Guiltless of
Charge.
ST. PAUL. Minn., Aug. IS. A special to
the Pioneer-Press from Red Wing, Minn.,
says:
"I have never bought an acre of Indian
lands." says Tarns Blxby, chairman of the
Dawes Indian commission. "An Invee-tl-
gation Is said to be Impending, and I do
not Intend to; neither have the companies
In which I am interested. They had not
one It up to the time I left, so far as I
now, and I come . pretty near knowing
what they had done."
Mr. Blxby Is spending a fortnight at his
home here. He Is a director of 'the Mus
rogee Title and Trust company and of the
First National bank.
The companies, he says, do a straight
banking and loan 'business. They stand
ready to make loans on these lands when
they are purchased, and that is one of the
urposes for which they were organized.
I cannot see how there can be any basla
or the story that lands are sold at Im
proper figures," he said. "Every parcel Is
sold under publicity. The deeds are passed
upon by the Interior- department, under
the secretary's supervision, and the de
partment Is represented by Inspectors In
the field. They go to the highest bidder.
and If I was Interested In the purchase the
only way I could get them would be by
outbidding competitors. You understand,
the sale of lands does not come under my
Jurisdiction; Mr. Wright has charge of that,
and If he became Interested ' In the pur
chase I should consider that a different
matter. But he is a very careful man, and
do not believe that he has been guilty
of any Impropriety. This la only a piece of
some business that has been going all the
time. The Dawes committee has blocked
number of schemes to rob the Indians
and each time It has left a crop of griev
ances, v From some of these storm centers
I suppose the report was started that trust
companies were engaged In buying lands
There has been nothing In my course for
which I Would not cheerfully face the
strictest Investigation, and I have every
confidence In my confreres."
RAILROAD BUYS COAL LANDS
Over a Million Dollars Paid for
Property In Maeonpln County,.
1 Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD. III., Aug. li-Deeds
to
80,000 acres of coal lands aouth of Spring
field were filed with the county recorder
of Macoupin county yesterday,, the con
sideration being $1,010,613.
The sale was consummated by the Dor-
Beys of Hlllesple, the purchasers being the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad of Chi
cago, through J. F. Cleveland, land com
missioner of that. road.
The Dorseys, B. L. of Alton and H. 8. of
Macoupin county, are also, tntersted : In
what Is known aa the. Macoupin County
railroad, a line now being surveyed from
Glrard to Dorcester, diagonally across the
oounty, running through this coal field.
Marquis of Salisbury Better.
LONDON, Aug. 16. The marquis of Balls-
bury was reported to be slightly better to
day.
A Hurt Never Hurts
After Porter's Antlseptlo Healing Oil la ap
plied. Relieves pain Instantly and heala at
tha same time. For man or beast. Price, 26a
Foreign Financial.
LONDON. Aug. 16. After a comparatively
buoyant week, due to the turn taken by tha
American market and the fact that the
settlement here Involved much less dim
culty than had been anticipated, the stock
market closed yesterday rather dull and
below the best prices recorded. Macedo
nian affairs, which hitherto had been
slightly affected by the stock market, are
thought now to nave taken an ominous ap
pearance, and this feeling had Its effect on
transactions, consols being dull and foreign
securities being lower. A certain degree of
nervousness continued on the American
market, and purchasing orders thus far
have chiefly emanated from Berlin. After
a temporary decline, the outcome of profit
taking, It la expected that the Balkan trou-
hla mav ftrlvA InvMlnn tntn ittA Am.li..n
railroad section of the market. There were
large purchases of Canadian Pacific on both
English and American accounts. Kaffirs
again had a good tone, accompanied by
improving prices.
Manchester Textiles.
MANCHESTER, Aug. 16.-The cloth mar
ket continued depressed and Inactive last
week. thouKh at the week's end there waa
a fairer Inquiry, mostly of an unworkable
character. Nevertheless there waa a alight
Increase of trade where salesmen were dls-
fiosed to yield. Calcutta bought principally
Ight goods, heavy gooda being generally
neglected. China was open at low rates for
most qualities, but little actual business
was transacted. South American bought
sparingly. Yarns were firmer, checkinr tha
Incipient business which had begun In some
quarters, and American cotton
was In
slightly better demand.
Prospecta of a Lynching.
BUTTE. Mont.. Aug. !. A special
to
tne Miner from otevensvllle. Mont., says:
The body of the 6-year-old boy named
Buck, who. It Is said, waa abducted by a
stranger two days ago. waa discovered
near here today by a searching party. His
body had been shockingly mutilated with a
knife. Later the coroner's Jury returned
a verdict that the boy had been murdered.
and charged Walter Anderson of Miasoula
with beliiK responsible. Anderson la now
in Jail at Hamilton. Cltlsens of Stevens-
vtne are highly wrought ud over the affair.
and It la said they are preparing to lynch
Anderson tonignt.
Aecldeut to Ptcnlo Party.
OR EAT FALLS. Mont.. Aug. 16-By the
overturning of a picnic wagon from St.
Peter's mission a party of nuns and In
dian girls were daahed many feet down
the side of a hill. Hlster L. ' Annunciate
was fatally Injured and Mary Reed, a half
nreea Indian girl, was seriously hurt. An
niner nun ana several Indian giria were
badly bruised and lacerated. The accident
oecurrea aurtng a neavy electric storm
flank of IlKhtmns frlKhtenln tha horses
ami causing them to dash over a atoep
emuanameni.
Quarrel Knds ta shooting;.
f hii.aueij' mia, Aug. l. Ac the re
sult of a quarrel William Brlnkley, a negro,
today shot and killed Jajnes Coyle, a while
man, at Ucrmantown, a suburb. The two
men two weeks ago had an altercation, and
today, while Coyle was standing on a street
corner with several friends. . Brlnkley ap
proached and without warning sliot Coyle,
who died in a hospital shortly afterward.
1 ne muraerer la under arrest.
Convention ef Ccettlsa Claaa.
CLEVELAND. O.. Au 18,-Tha twenty-
first convention of the Royal Clan. Order
ot Scottish Clans, will be held for four
days In this city, coramenclna: Tuesday
next, and will h attended by 2u0 delegates
from an over ma i nitea mates and Can
ada. 1 he conventions are biennial.
' Seeretary Chaw at Old Heme.
MORRISVILLE. Vt.. Aug. la-Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw came here today fur
a few days' vUu at the home of ' hla
I mower
THE OMAHA DAILY HKK: MOMIA1. AiuiM h, mu.t.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Btuineti Man Ta'k of Forming Some Sort
of Organisation.
MOVING TO PROTtCT THE LOCAL TRADE
Complain tknt Mach Business (Joes
Away from Town that Conld Bo
Held at Home If Proper
Effort Were Made.
There la talk now among the business
men of forming an association of business
men for the purpose of -pushing South
Omaha to the front. Since the Commercial
club ot this city quit business thera haa
been little doing to Interest people In the
possibilities of the Magic city.
South Omaha la now tha second packing
center In the world and the business men
feel that something ought to be done to at
tract attention of eastern Investora aa well
aa to look after tha trade of the home
merchants. It Is asserted by dealers In
various lines of goods here that a large
proportion of the trade goes to Omaha,
and steps are to be taken, ad It la claimed.
to make an effort to keep thla trade at
homV
One prominent local merchant eald, In
speaking of the proposed organisation: "I
think the merchants of the city ought to
get together and form an organlxatlon and
then arrange for a display of goods. The
new Workman temple could be chartered
for a week or two and each merchant be
longing to the organization could make a
display In a booth of hla wares. In order
to attract the people of South Omaha to
thla exhibit free entertainments In the
line of good concert, etc., could be given.
Should such an exhibit be given the people
of South Omaha would learn that prices
are Just about the same as elsewhere and
that there Is nothing aaTed by going out
side the city to make purchases. By the
giving of free entertainments at such an
exhibit I think a great many people would
be attracted and the good results would
follow."
Another merchant of prominence fell In
with the Idea heartily and remarked that
something ought to be done to Induce resi
dents of the city to do their trading at
home. It Is understood that a meeting Is
to be held some evening this week In the
council chamber for the purpose of talking
over the matter and forming a business
men's association.
Want Viaduct Opened.
One day last week It was announced
that the lumber for the completion of the
repairs on the Q street viaduct would ar
rive on Friday and that the bridge would
be open for traffic on Wednesday of this
week. When the car looked for arrived it
waa found that the lumber waa not that
ordered. Tracers are being sent for the
missing car. Now there la no telling Just
how soon the bridge will be opened. Em
ployes of the Cudahy and Armour plants,
aa well aa residents In the southwestern
portion of the city, are complaining bitterly
of this delay. It la asserted that when the
bridge was closed that only one street car
was left on the west end of the viaduct and
the service given now la practically worth
less. The city council haa been called upon
to. request the street car company to get
another car over the bridge, but bo far this
haa not been done. While the tracks are
laid the planking has not been placed at
the east end and consequently cars cannot
be run. Chief Engineer King of the Union
Stock Tarda company, who Is In charge of
the repairs, said last night that he is ready
to complete the work aa aMn aa the lum
bar arrives.'. He lays the blame for the
delay on the railroad company for losing
the car. This particular car waa traced to
Green River, and was reported due to ar
rive here Friday, but did not come. Engi
neer King states that he will open the
bridge In three days after the lumber ar
rives. In the meantime residents of the
Third Und Fourth wards are compelled to
walk to Twenty-sixth and Q streets in or
der to catch a car.
. Poultry House Completed.
The big poultry house at tha Cudahy
plant here la about completed. It will not
however, be opened until about October 1.
In talking to a Bee reporter last night
T. W. Taliaferro, general manager of the
Cudahy Packing company, said that the
work on the poultry houses at Kansas City
and at Sioux City had been stopped. The
sheds and feed houses at South Omaha
will be completed and fitted up ready for
use. Mr. Taliaferro expects that along in
October there will be plenty ot chickens In
the country, and then the house here will
be opened. . The cold storage house in con
nection with the poultry sheds Is nearly
completed.
No More Sunday Dances.
Members of the Fire and Police board
are reported aa saying that after Sunday,
August 23, no more Sunday dances In halls
over or connected with saloons will be
permitted. Since the order of the board
prohibiting these Sunday dances was first
passed several permits have been given by
the board for the reason that arrange
ments for these dances had been made
before the board had Issued its orders. By
giving notice at this time the board feels
that the order cannot be misconstrued. It
Is asserted by some of the members of the
board that .these Sunday dances have a
demoralizing effect upon the community,
Will Help South Omaha.
live atock dealers here say that the
recent rise In the Kaw river and the flood
ing of a portion of the tracks and yards
at Kansas City will divert stock to South
Omaha. "All shipments In Kansas west
of Manhattan," said a dealer last night.
'will be diverted to the South Omaha mar
ket." It Is asserted also that the closing
of the Hammond house at St. Joseph on
account of the big fire will tend to divert
shipments of live stock to South Omaha.
Dealers look for a big fall and winter trade
at thla point.
Waiting; tor Tracks.
The new western cattle division at the
stock yards Is practically completed. About
all that remains to open this division now
Is the laying of tracks. Officials of the
Burlington road have been notified that
track laying can commence at once and it
Is presumed that this work will be com
menced at once in order to have this divl-
slon ready for the heavy fall runs of west
ern cattle. Only a short stretch of track
la to be laid in order to make connections
with the Belt Line and It la asserted that
thla can be done In a few days,, providing
the material is at hand.
Murray Cornea Back.
C. Murray haa returned to South
Omaha to live. Five years ago he left this
city and located in Des Moines. Now he
Is anxious to resume his residence here, as
he says South Omaha cannot be beat. When
In business here Murray operated one of
the most popula'r barber shops in the city.
Then he took to sparring and drifted away.
Murray Is looking for a location and ex
pects to go Into buslneaa again soon.
Heapltal Beaeflt.
W. S. King, president of the South Oma
ha Hospital association, haa made arrange
ments for the use of Krug a park on the
afternoon and evening or oepiemoer s.
Members of the hospital association win
start out at once to sell tickets of admis
sion for this day only. The tickets will
be sold for ia cents each and It la expected
that e,uiie a aunt wUl be raised In tola way
for the support of the Institution. Since
the hospital association haa been Incor
porated every effort will be made to se
cure funds enough to pay current ex
penses In order that the best of care may
be given patients. Thla hospital Is sup
ported entirely by contributions.
Maale City Gossip.
A meeting of the Board of Education will
be held tonight.
E. A. Cudahy Is at hla Bummer home at
Mackinac Island.
There will be a big sale of horsea at tha
stock yards on Tuesday.
Mrs. Klllacky of Chicago Is here visiting
her son William Klllacky.
John Kennedy leaves today for York,
Neb., to spend a two weeks' vacation.
Fred Carpenter has returned from Mil
waukee, where he spent a two weeks' va
cation. E. E. Blackburn, state archaeologist. Is
the guest of Mrs. M. J. Carpenter. Twenty
second and 11 streets.
Mrs. John Raab, Twenty-first and L
streets, has returned from a two months
stay with relatives at Belmont, la.
There will be a meeting of the city coun
cil this evening to pass a number of ordi
nances relating to street improvements.
William Jetter. collector for the Jetter
Brewing company, returned yesterday
from Colorado, where he spent two weeks
visaing me resorts.
Mrs. E. 8. liarrell leaves on Tuesday for
mute. Mont., where she will visit Mrs.
K. A. Carpenter for a short time, and then
proceed on to the Coast.
Quite a number of the members of aerie
No. 154, Fraternal Order of Eagles, went
to Plattsmnuth yesterday to participate
in i no cagies picnic there.
The altar at St. Marv's Bohemian Cath
ollc church, Twenty-third and U streets,
was dedicated yesterday afternoon with
appropriate ceremonies. In these services
Father Chundolak, the pastor, waa assist
ed by Father Branek of Omaha.
PORTERS WAR ON TIPS
Fees Decreaae and Pullman Men Will
Ask for Remunerative Wagree
Inatead.
In the days to come It may be that trav
elers will have to force their gratuities on
the sleeping car porter by dint ot persua
don. The spread of the "antl-tlp league"
Is bringing the Pullman attaches to the
conclusion that tipping aa an Institution la
obnoxious, and yoon they may cease to
prod passengers with a whisk broom at the
end of a run as a delicate hint that a nickel
and two dimes are due. The fact that the
traveling public is keeping a tight hand
on its loose change may be responsible for
the conversion of the porters Into casuists,
but whatever the cause, the epoch of the
outstretched palm will be brought to an
end by the men themselves, who say they
will organize to abolish the fee system.
According to the men who are promoting
an organization of the sleeping car porters
tipping is fading Into something even less
tangible than a tradition. At the Key
stone hotel, Chicago, where several
of the sleeper attaches were trying
to form a union, much stress was laid on
the fact that buffet and dining car men are
often so substantially remembered by pas
sengers that nothing la left for the porter
but the good will of the man whose coat
he solicitously dusts.
"A man rode with me from Chicago to
San Francisco and gave me a dime," said
S. A. Bowman, a porter on a Union Pa
cific run.
"I carried eight men to Denver last night
and didn't even get a pleasant smile,"
tdded Porter W. L. Elklns.
Since the strike of the waiters and the
atartlng of the "antl-tlpplng" movement,
the man who formerly slipped a dollar Into
the hand of the smiling porter now givea a
quarter. The man who before gave a
quarter now glvea a dime, while those who
formerly gave small gratuities now keep
their change. Consequently the abolition
of the system would be but a small sacri
fice for many of the men. ,. To recompense
them, however, the Pullman, company will
be called on to raise wages. At present
a porter la paid S25 a month. Meala In the
dining car cost him one-half the regular
charge, and on long runs the ezpensea are
as great as the wages, the porters aay.
Mass meetings of the porters are being
held weekly, and a committee with head
quarters at SIS State street Is preparing a
constitution and by-laws for a union, the
purpose of which will be to atop tha tipping
custom and to force higher wages from the
company. Early next month a delegation
representing each division in the west will
demand a higher scale.
"We ought to get enough wages ao that
we would be Independent without looking
for tips," said A. L. Hundley, a porter on
the Burlington. "Tipping has faded away
until it la only a dim memory. Passengers
get angry at the company if they don't get
lower berths and take it out on the por
ter." "I have to run to San Francisco," said
Porter Bowman. "On the last trip I didn't
have a passenger in my coach. The trip
before I got 4 in tips for a three daya"
run, and my meals cost me S6. I couldn't
save much out of that proposition."
A meeting haa been set for August 20,
when an attempt will be made to form a
permanent organisation. The promoters of
the movement say that the ultimate aim la
to affiliate with the American Federation
of Labor.--Chicago Reoord-Herald.
HERMIT DIES IN BACKWOODS
Deserted by His Sweetheart, He Shuns
the Haunta of Men for Thirty
Tesri.
Honors Paquette, the hermit of the sixth
range, formerly of Quebec, Is dead. Thirty
yeara ago, in the flush of manhood, he
loved a pretty country maiden of St. Je
rome. Seemingly fortune smiled on him,
for the wedding day waa named and the
banns were published in tha church near
the girl's home. But before the hour ot
Honore's happiness arrived, even aa he
atood decked for the ceremony, a man
came with a note, and the expectant bride
groom crushed It in his hand.
The friends who had gathered learned
afterward the contents of that note. It
had told that the girl had gone with an
other sweetheart. But Honors walked
away, and no man would have known his
great sorrow. He went Into the backwoods.
Into the Laurentlan hills, and thereafter,
repelling all advances of friend or stranger.
eked out his lonely life. Few persons ever
saw him, for he chose an unfrequented
part of the range, and seldom again sought
the haunts of man.
But a few days ago some lumbermen
came by chance tipon the hermit's home.
In the little clearing surrounding the dilap
idated shack lay the old man, prone upon
the ground, one hand clutching the tin
with which he had been about to prepare
a meal. .
How long he had been there could not be
told, for the body was fast molderlng to
the dust from which it had come. A shirt
trousers, boots, scarcely holding together,
were the only protection.
The ahack had but one room, and all
that It contained was a stove, a heap of
straw for a bed, and a few cooking uten
alls. Rumor had credited the mysterious
hermit with having much gold, but all tha
treasure that has been found is a bag
containing S160. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Weekry Bank Statement.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16. The statement of
averages of the clearing house banks of
this city tor the week shows: Loans.
34.1, ; decrease, S4.3nl,6c. Deposits, $!?.
.,:; decrease, fi,it7.2uA. circulation. H3.
9jp0; Increase. $13, vw. Legal tenders. $76.
7y.oOU; decrease. il.ni6.S00. Specie. I170.&jU.
9ii; decreaae, SI.Zll.tss. Reserves, $347. 3v7,-
4': decrease, S2.2b7.wO. Reserve required.
s. 833.S25; decreaae. S3 234.. Surplus, $21,.
fxH.kiV Increase, izx.buo. Ex-l nltea Blalea
deuoaita, sjo,73,4M, decreaae, tVia.iM.
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARIiEI
Both Corn-Fed and Grail Beef Higher for
the Weak, bat Oowi Lower.
HOGS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WEEK AGO
Fat Sheep and Lambs Mot Over a
Dime Lower for the Week, with
Good Stuff In Active Demand
Feeders About Steady.
SOUTH OMAHA, Aug. 15.
Receipts were;
Official Monday ...
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
... 6.3'jO ,ot6 ltl.Tal
Official Tuesday ....
s.oili
8 24 10.5.U
(jntrlal Wednesday
Official Thursday ..
OfTlclal Friday
Official Saturday ..
,77 t)13
6.1S6
Week andlnr An. IS.. 17.409 42.0R2 3S.501
Week ending Auaust 8..16.4 37.591 36.1W0
Week ending- Auaunt 1..12.BM Wl.SWo K-VMli
Week ending July 25 1:4.114 40,1W1 41,!iiZ
Week ending July 18. ...l4.7-i4 W,7oi Ho.J'Hi
Same week last year. ...19,175 45,4115 5",liM
Kh.Clill"l's FOR THE Y MA 11 1U UAir..
The lollowlng table hhuws tne receipts ot
cattle, nugs and sheep at eouih Onii'iia tor
the year to date, and comparisons with laal
year:
11)03.
Cattle 697,871
Hoga l.bM.f.tW
Sheep 146,894
AVtirasa iirice i.m,,i
19)2. inc. Dec.
4..233 1 39,1B
1,593.613 3i."23
tilK.108 12S.786
for nous at fcouui
Oiuana tor tne last severul dais with cum
parisons:
Date.
1903. 1902. 11901. 19O0. 11S99. 1(S98. 137.
Aug.
4 97HI 7 411 l & lll 7l . t
!....! 7 3t b it b 1B 4 ii(i 3 4 3 4t
Aug. 2
Aug. 3
4 fci
6 79: 5 151 4 33
3 t7
47
Aug. 4...
Aug. 6...
Aug. 6...
Aug. 7...
Aug. ...
Aug. 9...
Aug. 10..
Aug. 11..
Aug. 12..
Aug. 13..
Aug. 14..
Aug. 15..
6 OiHI 7 89
16 101 4 43
a 6i
3 71
8 77
3 67
3 63
3 43
3 to
3 62
3 49
& (HW 7 32
6 061 7 !
5 84 4 4o
5 801 6 04
0 IU7 I i,
5 11 7 17
5 oi 5 141 4 38
5 651 6 15 4 37
3 n
- Id
6 vm
6 3 5 04 4 32 3 67
0 741 D IjU; -I US i a 01
i 4 H9 4 a) I 3
i 51
6 20 I 8 7S 5 74 4 351 3 4S 3 56
6 15H 81 1 b 77 1 4 95; I 4 3d, i 4
5:11 6 73 o 731 4 97 1 4 43 1 I 3 08
6 25 I 6 b 5 77 4 7 4 44; 3 5
Indicates Sunday. '
The official rumber ot cars of stock
bro.ight In today by tch road was:
Lame, xiogs. uumi-a.
C, M. A St. P..
6
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
Union Pacific system..
C. A N. W
F.. E. & M. V
C, St. P., M. & O
B. & M
C, B. & Q
C. R. I. & P.. east....
Illinois Central
2
1
14
10
...
6
20
2
8
1
Total receipts..
94
27
The dlsDosltion of the day'a receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the num
ber ot head Indicated:
Cattle. Hogs.
Omaha Packing company M5
Swift and Company 1391
Armour t o
Cudahy Packing company 1.633
Armour & Co., Sioux City 454
Other buyers 1
Totals 1 6.972
CATTLE There were practically no
fresh arrivals of cattle this morning and
no business was transacted. For the week
receipts show an increase over last week
amounting to nearly 2.0UU head, but as
compared with the same week of last year,
there Is a decrease of nearly the same
amount. For the year to date, however,
there Is an increase of over 140,000 head.
The market for corn fed steers has been
in good shape this week and In fact prices
tor good stuff are back to the high point
of the year, or about where they were two
weeks ago. The advance for the week
amounts to 15fe25c on all desirable grades.
The kinds that come In competition with
the western grassers may not be quite that
much higher, but still even those have Im
proved considerably. The top price ot the
week, S5.40, was puld on Friday for a
strictly choice bunch weighing l,5t,4 pounds.
The supply of beef cattie tnis week has
been none too heavy to meet the require
ments of the local demand and as a result
the market has been very satisfactory to
the selling Interests. Good to choice corn
feda may be quoted from S5.U0 to S5.40, fair
to good from 4.6J to S5.u0 and common stuff
from that price down.
The cow market has been very uneven
all the week and for that reason there Is
much difference of opinion regarding the
position of prices B3 compared with those
paid a week ago. it will be remembered,
however, that there was a big slump in
prices the first of the week, so that al
though the feeling has been a little better
since Wednesday, the market is still con
siderably lower on the average. Owing to
the unevenness In the prices patd some
sales look much better than others, but
taking the market as a whole prices are
not far from a quarter lower than they
were a week ago. All kinds have suffered
In this decline. Canners are selling largely
from 11.50 to $2.25, fair to good cows from
$2.26 to $3.75 and the better grades of grass
ers sell mostly from $2.76 to $3.25, with an
occasional choice bunch bringing more
than that. Corn feds sell up to $4.25.
Bulls, veal calves and slags have not
changed much all the week. The bulk of
the bulls sell from $2.00 to $3.00 and calves
from $4.00 to $6.00.
There have been more stock cattle on
sale this week than any time In mmy
months and the demand was also a little
better. About the middle of tho week the
market was safely KKitl&c higher, but as
Is apt to be the case, the market eased off
a little toward the close, so that prices are
about where they were a week ago. Com
mon stuff has been rather hard to dispose
of all the week. The bulk of the fair to
good cattle sell from $3.00 to $3.60, with the
better grades selling largely from $3.50 to
S3. 76 and as high as $4.U0 was paid this
week.
The market on western grass steers suf
fered a decline the first of the week In the
face of heavy receipts, hut after Monday
and Tuesday the feeling w.is better and
toward the close of the week there were
practically none on sale with which to
make a test of the market. The general
opinion was, however, that had anything
been offered It would have sold safely 10t
loo higher. Range cows and Blockers ami
feeders fluctuated back and forth about
the same as noted above for natives.
HOGS There was a moderate run of hoss
on sale this morning and the general mar
ket could be quoted strong to a nickel
higher. The lightweights sold to the best
advantage and at the opeing of the market
were mostly a nickel higher. The heavies,
however, did not move quite so freely, and
sold strong to a nickel higher. The heavy,
weights sola mostly from $6.20 to $5.22Vfc.
though some heavy, coarse hogs had to sell
down to $5.15. The medium weights sold
mostly from $5 25 to J5.30 and the choice
lightweights sold from $5. to $5.40. The
close of the market was not as active, and
If anything a little weaker, especially on
the heavy nogs.
f or tne weea receipt snow an increase
over last weeK amounting to about b.ooo
head. As compared with the same week of
last year however, there is a decrease of
about .uw neaa. i-rices nave movea up
and down quite rapidly during the weeU.
but the tendency has been upward, and a
net gain over tne close or last ween or
about
104J15c la noted. Representative
sales:
No.
At. h. Pr.
No. At. h. Ft.
to 1C4 40 i IS
fi IM 1'iO C 15
4 1 ... 5 25
(4 160 5 2
52 2.i 40 11
47 175 40 i 55
f7 tf,5 160 6 ?S
42 156 80 I 2.1
r.s ;: to 1 2s
54 273 40 6 25
1 26 110 26
67 267 40 5 15
M 171 120 t 1C
64 1ST HO I IS
2 ZM 120 I 274
70 141 00 I 174
f 314 tn I 174
TS 4 IM I 274
tn I4 50 I 174
m im ... c it
16 Xt 50 I 50
7 241 1H IN
7 231 ... I SO
11 2S2 IM SO
71 124 110 I 10
M 261 40 I 10
1 2f.il 40 6 50
6 227 60 10
T2 22 120 i SO
74 155 SO (30
f 2S 160 S to
70 234 SO I SO
71 MO ... I 324
77 217 M 111
1 221 40 I 16
7 IM ... I 40
(4 121 M I 40
tb...
, ...l-o to I II
...Iti 40 i 15
....S10 ... I 17VJ
....mi iw in
44. .
17...
...
.314
.174
ISO I 10
... t 10
tM lit
to I to
... I M
140 W
IM I 10
40 I !0
too i to
110 I t
40 l :i4
7...
...
47...
l ..
(1...
...
64...
14...
17...
6T...
K...
4...
M...
ft...
70...
Cf...
14...
Ct...
71...
St...
1...
SI...
M...
(A...
It...
it...
0...
M...
(4...
....!
,...!M
....IM
....!
....Mi
....t4
....!
....14
...Ml
I. .170 (40 4
.. JS4 M I
...lit ... 123
...nt 40 4 I'iS
...Ml 120 I 12
...34 l'O S 114
tit 10 I 11",
no i 124
1(0 I 114
... !!
IM t K4
tn t 114
40 I H4
to t ti4
..17S
..IM
,.17
..Ml
,.!4
..!
..!!
. .11
.263
..14
..tH
..174
..Ml
.140
I 114
no
I 124
i m,
I ii
I 45
i M
4 M
rr.
li.
M.
M!
I It
SHEEP There were no fresh arrivals of
sheep this morning, but for tha week there
Is an Increase over last week amounting to
about 1.6u0 head. As compared with the
corresponding week of lant year, however,
there la a decrease amounting to about
11,500 head.
The market has been In good shape all
the week, aa the demand from both pack
ers and feeder buyers haa been Quite brisk.
The first of the week the market on fat
stuff eased off about a dime, but since that
time the market haa been Just about
steady on both sheep and lambs. On most
days trading was quite active on desirable
grades, so that each day's off-olngs were
well cared for. Common stuff, of course,
)- "ared to some extent, the same as usual.
The feeder market haa shown very lit tit
change sll the week. Th demand has
been active for all good stuff and prices
have held fully steady. Heavy, coarse
wethers or common stuff of any Kind has
been a little neglected and may le a shade
easier, but the change Is scarcely enough to
be worthy of mention.
Quotations for grass stock: Oood to enoioe
lambs. $5iKi5 ; fair to good lambs, 14.
5 00; good to choice yearlings, M6oy.i5, fair
to good yearlings. S3. 2Mt3.fi"; good to choice
wethots, 3 26'a3 40; sir to good
13 (iu3.S; good to choice ewes. S2ini10;
fa'r to good ewes, S2&04I2 7V. feeder lambs,
3WWi4 2rV; feeder yearlings, 3 264(3 50: feedet
wethers. .1 cnK.j3.2S; feeder ewea, SlKsai.50.
Itepreeentatlve sales:
CHICAGO MVB STOCK MARKET.
Hogs Are Steady ta a Mekel Higher,
with Iterelnts ot Large.
CHICAGO, Aug. 15 CATTI-B Receipts,
o head; market nominal; good to prime
steers, Sj.rinVIU; good to prime steers, S3-i
4)4 90; stockers and feeders, S2 fio-4 ; cows,
$1 5ii4.5; heifers. i i'a4.75; winners, SI-6"'(
I); bulls, ti -ij4 25. calves. S3.K(j6.
Texas fed steers, S3.W84."5; western steers,
S3.2f.ti4.S5.
IK HJ.H Receipts todav, S.000 hesd; esti
mated Monday, 30,0) head; left over, none;
steady to 5c higher; mixed and butchers,
I5.10fa5.75; good to choice heavy, S-v4M
&57Vs; rough heavy. f.'"it'V40; light, Si.4(i
i.K; bulk of sales, 15 Uifoo 6rt.
HHKKI' AND I, AMUR-Receipts. S.W
hc:id; steadv; good to choice wethers. I3.25
tji3.75; fair to choice mixed, S2.6f"ti'3.2&; w1st-
ern sheep, S2.75ff3.75; native lambs, 3.Jf
8 W; western lambs, f l.3"t(5.a.
Kenans I lly l,lu Stock Market.
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 15. CATTLE Re
ceipts, 1.4i head; market unchanged;
choice export and .it-.-XBe." ;.ee: steers. $4.75
tft.hO; choice lo goo I Blocker and feeders.
LutxnA :. w, i. i .. sieerx. $2. 96ft 4 fit:
TexHs and Indian i-r.. $J.5o'a3.!o; Texas
cows, $1.5t)rn2X; ii.ithc cows. el.btK9-4.80: na
tive boifms i:i ':,'! i ; i i-niiners. fl.Kfr2.3f;
hulls r :;! :m ...u.. tM!.vc5.75 : receipts
for week, cattle. 4(i.'W head; calves, 6.793
head.
ii i7S Rerrfnts 2.000 hend: market ae
tlve to strong: top. $.".'; bulk of sales. $5.30
i6.5H; heavy, $5.aiKli6.4'): mixed and packers,
$.".:o&5.45: packers, $5.6Vfi6.; yorkers, $5.5o
tiii.f.-i; receipts ror tne weea. neaa.
BHERP AND I.AM Rf4 Receipts, none
n.ilie l.-imhs Ilt.iKKiM.St): western lamb.-.
$2.-tS.2S; fed ewes. $2.76'a4.70; Texas
llnnml vearllnES. ri.WV94.75: Texas clipped
cheep. $2.lHKii4 45: stockers and feeders, SJ.45
(U3.u; receipts fy week, 17,500 head.
St. Lnnla I.lve Stock Market.
RT. T,oriS. Ana. 15 CATTLE-Receipts,
6.6i(0 head. Including 600 Texans; market
steady; native nhlpplng and export steers,
4.2.V(jo.&0; dressed beef and lutcher steers,
$4.0i,(Wj.25; steers under 1,000 lbs., S3.C5if6.00;
Mockers and feeders, $2. 75ft 3. so; cows and
hoiroi-s 12 ilnCfi 7n: rantirn. S2.0Ofttt.2S: bulls.
$2.76'li4.'0i: calves, S3.tiu4rC.75; Texas and In
dian steers, $2.404(-3.90; cows and helTers,
11 T.Vn 2.V
HOUS Receipts, 2,000 head; market
strong; pigs and lights $4.504j4.8U; packers.
$5.3tii6.7o; butchers and best heavy, $i.4&(8
she-VP i-n T.AMRS Receints. 800
head; market steady; native muttons, $3.00
4i3.tio; lambs, $4.704j5.6; culls ana ducks,
$2.254.00; stackers. J2.9CK&8.20.
Aew York Live Stock Market.
NEW YORK. Aug. 15. BEEVES No
frouii recolnts and no tradlna In cattle
fooiino- wpnir- rnhlea unchanred. Shipments,
1,53 beeves, 500 sheep and 8,560 quarters ol
beef.
CALVES Receipts, 4; 1 car western
mlvea held over vesterdav sold at S4.C0
no other trade worth noticing. Feeling,
steady; city dressed veals, tguc per ID.
cntintrv dressed. HifrilC.
HOGS Receipts, 1,640; no trade whatever
feeling, steady.
HHKKP AND LAMBS Receipts. 1.930
sheep, steady; lambs, He lower. Sheep,
$2.50&3.85. few wethers I4.tfuait.tu lamDS
$5,764(6.80; Culls. $4.00.
St. Joseph Live Stock Market.
ST. JOSEPH, Aug. 15. CATTLE Re
ceiDts. 100 head: 6S10c higher; top steers,
$5.35: good to choice beeves, $4.C5fc6.35; fair
to good. $4.2."xlH.7b; stockers and feeders,
$3.5tNif4.00.
HOGS Receipts. 4.600 head: 6010c higher
heavy, $5.30416.424; top, $5.65; bulk. $5.3EiQl
6.55.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 63 head
Iambs, $5.40.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
SIOUX CITY. Ia,, Aug 15. (Special Tele
tram I CATTLE Receipts. 300 head
ateadv: beeves. S4.00fff5.10: cows, bulls and
mixed, $2.60414.10; stockers and feeders, $2.50
fi3.70; calves and yearlings, $2.60(3.60.
HOGS Receipts, 2,200 head; strong. Bell
ing at S5.15ijf5.30; bulk, sb.iiiq&.zo.
Stock In Sight.
Following were the receipts of live stock
at the six principal western cmes yester
day; Cattle. Hogs. Sheep,
rimubn 12 6.186
Chicago 2"0 8.000 2,000
Kansas Citv 1.400 2.000
St. Louis 6,600 2,mj0 800
St. Joseph 100 4.600 63
Sioux City 300 2.2JO t
Totals 8,612 23.8S6 J.853
OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKET.
Condition of Trade and ((.notations on
Staple and Fancy Produce.
EnP.SPrMh stock, loss off 14c
LIVE POULTRY Hens. 9Hc; spring
phb-kfns. ner lb.. 13c: roosters, accord
Ing to age, 4if5c; turkeys, lOffjllc; old ducks,
tin- vmina- riur-ka. fifftiflc.
BUTTKR Packing stock, 12H13c; cholct
Halrv lit tnhs lfflKc: setmrator. 20c.
FRESH FISH Fresh caught trout, 94
iu..- ni..ic0rl ;( nlke. luc: perch, be
buffalo. 7V4(B8c: blueflsh, 16c; whltetish, 9g
9"c; salmon, luc; naaaocx, iuc; cuunsn, i-
rHununiMr tile! lohster. boiled. Per lb.
Oo! Inbsiers. ereen. Der lb.. 28c: bullheads,
11c; catfish, 14c; black bass, 20Q2;c; Tiallbut,
10c; crappies, I2c; herring, so; wnue oass,
too; biuetlnn, sc.
un A KT u.. tnn ' t1 1 Ail
HAY Prices quoted by Omaha Wholesale
PoHleiR asoc!stiun. Clioice jso. 1 upianu,
ts im- Vn 17 R0: medium. S7.00: coarse,
$6.60.' Rye straw, $7.50. These prices are
'or hav of aood color and quality. Demand
fair and receipts light.
t'ORN 46c.
OATS-36C.
RYE No. 2. 60c.
VEGETABLES.
NEW POTATOES Southern and borne
nti r.nr t,ii Tliihtif
i i-rrviUk'PH Unma n-rnwn. ner dor. 30c.
JjtlAMS Home grown, wax, per market
b-ikeL, 704isoc; string, per market Dasaei
i. A I LI FLOWER Home grown, per doa.,
CABBAGE New home grown. Hifal'ic
'tlRKEN CORN Per dox. ICfillc
' TOMATOES Home gro.n, i. basket,
SOn.
KHt'BARR Per lb., 1c.
NAVY BEANS Per bu., 4
CELERY Michigan, per -ui... -(tfJKc-ONIONS
New home grow.., ...J. ler 1"-.
FRCIT8.
PLUMS Burbanks. $150; P. l . l'r
box $1 to; Washington. 13u; ."'"""J"'
$l.:54il.S5; Wlxon. $1.50; Kelsey Japan, JU
l ULNES-Tragedy, per box, $1 oO, Gross,
''pEACHES-Callfornla. early freestones
and early Crawfords, $1.05.
Cl'RKAN'i'B Per tf-qt. case, $-.00.
OOOSEBERRIES-Per 10-ut. case. $..50.
PEAKS-Culifornla, llartk-tt s, per box.
CANTALOUPE - Texas standard, per
crHle. per 4i crate $2.00.
APPLES New stock, h-bu, 75c. 3-bu,
bWATERMELONS-Texas26ff40o each.
TROPICAL FRUITS.
FIGS-Turkish. ls-lb. box. per lb..
ORANGES -Mediterranean, all sues.
$3 50; St. Mickes or paper rind, all sixes,
$3tie4t4.00; Valenclas. Hfco.
l!EMON8-Californla fancy 800 to 360
sizes. $l.75?t5 0i); choice, $4.50; 40 to iv
sizes. $4 IM)4.2&. . ,..
LIMES Florida, per n-un" .
MISCELLANEOUS.
POPCORN-Per lb.. 2c; .helled. Sc.
HIDES-No. 1 green, lie; .So. . green.
6c; No. 1 salted, Te; mo. a saiiru,
No. 1 veal calf, to 12 lbs.. Mfcc; No t veal
calf 13 to 15 lbs., 6'c; dry aalted hides, W
12c: Sheep pells, 254175c; horse hides, (1W
' . . . . -V..M r... 1 h
NUTS walnuts, no. i lr,"?:1.,.7
; pes
roasted nt-anuls, per lb.,
Philadelphia Produce Market.
tjuit.atiEI.PHIA. Aug. 16 BUTTER
Dull and weak: extra western creamery,
19Hc; nearby prints. Jle.
guns Firm, good demand; fresh
tc loss off; western. Sue; south
nearby,
Western,
18'19c; southern
16 a 17c.
CHEESE Firm, fair demand; New York
full creams, choice, new, 104lH.c; lr
to good new, tl 10Ve. -
Toledo Seed Market,
TDt FDO Aug. 15. SEED Clover. Oc
tob?r. tl . 75: December. $5.77V,; Augu.t. $C 60;
prime timothy, II. CO.
Liverpool Grain and Prnvlslona.
- 41 linllf A T X7NaM
ki.. i northern, si.rlns. a d Mo. Z red
western, wlular, new, 6a 4d; No, 1 Call
17c; hard shell, per lb .. 14c: No. 2 soft shell,
per lb.. 13c; No. 2 hard shell, per lb.. 1-c,
fcraxlls per lb.. 12o; filberts per lb.. , ljj N
im'nda.aoft shell, per lb.. 16c; hard shell,
per lb., 15c; pecans, large per lb . 1,
small, per lb.. 11c; peanuts, per lb., l,c,
7c.
fornln, fts M. Futures firm; September, (S
-a r c . .1 ,,' . i .' . - i
II, I " i(M,r, , nm o . I"-' " rm i , .' Ml.
t'ORN Spot, firm: American mixed. 4s W.
Futures, steady; September, 4s7Sd; Octo
ber, 4s id.
rVKW lORK (.KMCHAL M Alt kl'.T.
Uuotatlona of the Day on Various
Commodities.
NEW YORK. Aug. 15 -FI-OUR-Recclpts.
1S.2S7 bbls ; exports, 7.222 bbls. Strong and
Id higher cm some grales; winter pat
ents, l:i WiKiCt 3o; winter stridulus, '-'f
Sim; Minnesota patent, $4 7i'u 4.1',; winter
extras, $2.9n4(3.25; Minnesota linkers. $3.t
uJ 90; winter, low grades, $J7'i;Ui5. 14 yo
flour, ateady; fair to good, $:.wy3.3n; choice
to fancy, $3 3.V(i 3 fu.
( ORNMKA I stenitv: yenow western.
Si. 10; city. $1 10; klln-drled, U .ly.i3 35.
K YK unlet: mo. i western. i!c r. o. i
afloat; state, &S'ii;9Vio c. I. f.. New York
A (LEV- lu 1 teeillng. o2c c. I. f . .Nt'W
York: malting. 61V,'ii57c c. I. f , New York.
WHEAT-Receipts, fil.ltOO bu. tiiot. firm:
No. 2 red, Kc elevator, and M'-.i- f o. b.,
float; No. I nortnern. I'tiium. l. o. n ,
afloat; No. 1 hard. Muultobii, c f. o. b ,
afl oak On good nutsiue support, nminr
cables, strong northwest mnraets anil cov
ering wheat developed a further sharp rl.to
this morning, prices attaining new iiiku
levels. Near tho close, however, the mur
ket yielded to realizing and was finally but
Sc net higher; May. H''uMi7c, closed
r; September. Mii.iJ(SVV', closed Ni'-c;
Hecemner. KH's'tifUj-ine. cioseu wc.
CORN Receipts, 6.250 bu. : exports. 4.C0
bu. Spot, market steady; No. 2. 5!c ele
vator and 60c afloat; No. ; yellow, i.l'vc;
No. 2 white, 604o. Options sold up slight
ly with the west, but the market was too
dull for much response, and the weather
news was favorable again, a seioaca near
the close tindor llntihtatlon left final prices
t.r lower; September. 6:ti59c, closed b'ir;
December. Sil'itjM 11-lSc. closed 69Vi.
OATS Receipts, nil.; exports, 1 1 ..mo
bu. Spot, steadv; No. 2. Site; standnnl
white, 42c; No. 3, Sfic; No. 2 white, 4:c;
No. S white, 41c; track, white, iivtiie.
KAY I 'nil; shipping, Y&trx&c; good ij
choice. St.noilfl.05.
HOPS Firm; state, common, to rholce.
1902. 20tH24o: 1901, 14tf17c; olds. 54i8c.
HIDES Steadv; Galveston. 20 to 25 lbs.,
l!c; California. 21 to 25 lbs., 19c; Texas dry.
4 to 30 lbs . 14c.
LEATHER Quiet: acid, I3'(i25V4c
HICE Firm: domestic, fair to extra, 4'i'
fi'o; Japan, 6i(8tjc.
IKO IslONH iteer. nrm; laniny, ivimis
R5A; beef hams, S21.6OfT2.Td0; racket, $9.0iK(fi
9 50; city, extra India mess. $14 .oovfirvOfl. Cut
meats, steady; pickled bellies, f'fHc; pick
led f-hnuldcrs. "He Lard, easy; western,
steamed, $8.00: refined, easy; continent.
$8 10; 8. A.. $8 75; compounds, 7.iiit. I'ork.
tpilet; family, $17.ROlK00; short clear, $15.00
ilT.IW; mess, S15.25ij 15.75.
Kl'T I rJK r irm : extra creamery, j:e;
extra factorv. 13tT15c; cresmory, common
to choice, 1618Vio; Imitation creamery. In
StlTc; state, dairy, 14&17Hc; renovated, l.Ty)
I7r.
CHEESE l nsettiea; state, tun crenm.
.mall .rtlnrort 1 flU.r 1 1 rtTt C A 1 ,1 T 1 1
lo4c: Wrge, white, 9-o.
EGGS Steadv; state and Pennsylvania,
fancv. mixed. 21c; state and Pennsylvania.
seconds to firsts, lfpr.ic; western exirns. ij
20c; western seconds to firsts, ltWil8M.c.
TAl.ltw r-irm; city, i-tc; cimnw, .-,r,
POULTRY Alive, culet; western spring
chickens, 12c; fowls. :2M,o; turkeys, lie
Dressed, dull, easy; western broilers, Wb1
14c: fowls, 1.KH3V- . , ,
METALS The metal marKets wer iittriy
active, and business was consummated at
about yesterday's prices. Copper continued
onlet: Lake. $13.12H7tl3.25: electrolytic.
$13.12t4. and casting st $12.87. Tin was
steady: spot, tm.wrn.au. urnn. menu ,
spot. $4.20. Spelter, firm at Friday's ad
vance, 6c. Iron, nominally unchanged and
quiet.
St. Louis Grain and Provisions.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 15. WHEAT-Hlgher;
No. 2 red. cash, elevator, 817tc; truck, 2yi
83c; September. 81-VulTsc: December, 8.x)
bid; May, 87J4f87!o biu; No. 2 hard, .9u)
bOViC. ,
CORN Lower; No. 2 cash, 4Sc; track,
49c; September, 4c bid; December, fct'.o
blu; May, 6oVc. ,
OATS Firm; No. 2 wish, S3Vac; track.
S-t4u35c: September, 33V; December, 3oVaO
bid; May, 3ifec; No. 2 white, 39c,
RYE Lower, 64c.
IRON COTTON TIES $1.05.
FLOUR Steady; red winter patents, S4.0J
44.25; extra funcy and strtiight, lM.70d3.9o;
clear. $3.204j.3.85. ..,-.-
SEED Timothy, steady. J3.U'S3.2d.i
CORNMEAL Steady, 2.60.
BRAN Firm; sacked, east track, ,.15( 6c.
HAY Steadv; timothy, old, $(i.0Wr( m.oo;
new, $8,004(13.00; prairie. $8.00U 11.00.
B A GG I N G 5Mj 6 Vic.
' HEMP Twine, 6c
PROVISIONS I'ork, lower: Jobbing;
standard mess, $13.40. Lord, lower, 7.0..
Bacon, steady: boxed extra shorts, $8.12Vii;
clear ribs, $8.h7V4: short, clear. 19.25.
METALS Lead, steady, $1.10. fpelter,
steady, $5.50.
POULTRY Firm; chickens, c; sprl gs,
11c; turkeys. 14c; ducks. 9c; g 4yjc.
BUTTER Quiet; creamery, ili2uc; Ua.ry.
MAlCc. .... ,
EGGS Higher. 13V4C, loss off.
xieceiiiiH. o npim -ii .
Flour, bbls Mum ,
Wheat, bu 107(kmi
Corn, bu 3;,00 i
Oats, bu 34.0U0
8.no0
'5. ""I
U3.IR0
Kansas City Grain and Provision-.
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 15. WHEAT-Sep-tember,
72fii7214o; December, 73-Vti73c; cash.
No. 2 hard, 75VaH 7iic ; No. 3, 73'.i74is No. 4,
70ry72c; rejected, ti74i70c: No. 2 red, ic: No.
CORN September, 45't4i 40c ; December,
45tc; cash. No. 2 mixed. 474(47Vac; No- 3
white. 47fH7V4c; No. 3. 4ht.c.
OATS No. 2 white, SOUiWc; No. 2 mixed,
33V4'(i34o:
RYE No. 2. 60c. , ,
HAY Choice timothy. $9,004(10.00; choice
PIBUTTER-Creamery, 154jl"c; dairy, fancy,
15c
EGGS Firm: Missouri and Kansas, cases
returned, 13'c dox.; new No. 2 whltewood
cases Included, itc.
Wheat, bu
Corn, bu
Oats, bu
Receipts. Shipments.
...156.8O0
lr.i.ooo
3!.;il0
6.000
68.40i)
10,0)0
Duluth ' Grain Market.
DULUTH. Minn.. Aug. 15-WHEAT-To
arrive: No. 1 hard. 91Sc; No. 1 northern,
904c: No. 2 northern, sSHc In store: No.
1 hard. BIMic; No. 1 northern. 91c; No. 3
northern, 88c; September, 8oo.
OATS 35c
Hot Springs
end the
Black Hills
Hot Springs, the delightful summer
resort and natural ianitarium of
the- West, Is easily reached by trs
complete train service of the
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
Special low rates In effect from
Omaha and all points west, dally
during the summer season. Fast
dally trains with through service of
Pullman sleeping cars from Mis
souri Valley and free reclining
chair cars from Omaha. Leave
Omaha daily at 3.00 p. m.. reach
ing Hot Springs the next morning.
Summer tourist rates are also In etJert dally
Til til Chicago It North Wettern Hallway
to the summer reanrti ol loa, Minneauta
aud Northern W laconain.
Send (or IMuitrated booklet and maps, with
detailed information reiiaidiug routes, rates
sndarbedulea.wliirb will be pronillx mailed
Ufoo aphcauoo to
H. C CHEYNEY. General Afcot
1401-1403 Feroarn &U
Omaha
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