X. GRAIN AND PRODLCE MARKET
Premium cn C&ab Whoa; Eterj where Pnti
Balls do Riiupige,
4AY AND JULY OPN HIGH, BUT FALL BACK
rr o pert of Gelling; Seed Corn Art
nut Brightest, Scarcity Being
Generally Reported Pat ur
Rons !),
OMAHA. Alarch 2, 1904:
The future market in winui was feeling
bullish ty reason ol tin tr'inluiii on caau
Wheal nverywuere anil tin- urn. rat esiluuUe
thai winter wnetil will in- iwiow me uv
erege. i ne greatest strengtii cuiik earner
In tne session lium in wneui and outs
tnrough tne covering of shot is. M.i opened
Irom point himvu tne ii.me. 01 ruluy
and urn .tun-. to ao, but later weakened in
the liait. New Juiy opened 1c over the
close, but did nut hold jim strength, ending
at rrlday quotations. 1 lie muling Hituatiuu
In the norm eo.ina to be improving, tor it
is reported thai me Minneapolis nulls win
stmt aaiu Monday, uuiutu millers havu
been buiug wheat there uud tne cash ue
tnand Is bener. r roiu tit, Ixjuib comes word
that a leading mill tiie.ru win shut down as
It has a tug slock ol hard wheal Hour and
no demand.
Talk Is heard of trouble In setting peed
tern. In Iowa It la mild germinating tests
show the seed should cause grave appre
hension. The low temperatures during .mi
vemher are said to have killed or weak
ened the germ and good results from plain
ing are problems ileal. A southern Illinois
authority says corn left In southern lilinolH,
ill Missouri and In Iowa never cmh grade, on
the market, tohort sellers, according to his
Idea, will be pinched If they persist In
thinking plenty ol contract grade Is In the
hands of the farnieis. N. H. Updike was
the principal seller ol May corn mis morn
ing. This future opened at 4H,', Vs point
over the close of rrlday. It sagged to 4tlc
on selling offers and continued me. decline
to 46o.
The range In prices of Omaha grain for
future delivery and the close Friday
and today were as follows:
Closed
Wheat 0Pen- 'Ugh. Low. Today. Friy.
Msy W B S8H ' 81 , 8HI1 87lA
July . eB U'
Corn
May 4CHH 46H 45t, Ts
July B 16 44i 44vA U
Oats
May 38VIB JSH US'i 3U 88 B
Local Cash (iraln Market.
Fair business was done over the grain
pans this morning, corn, as usual, being
the principal exchange, tin the small offer
ings and the general firmer tendency corn
advanced He. Wheat and oats were rather
firm at Friday prices. Receipts of wheat
were 4 cars In and 10 cars out; one week
ago, 4 and 11 cars. Corn receipts were 25
cara In and 4 cars out; one week ago, 25
no is oars, neceipis or oats were 1 car
In and i cars out; one week ago, tf and 6
cars.
Hepresentatlve snlea of car lots by sam
ple on track, Omaha:
Corn No. t white, 1 car, 43'4c; No. 4
white, I cars, CHc. Oats No. 4. 1 car.
V,V Rye No. 3, 1 car 62o (Mississippi
river J.
WHEAT-No. hard, 82H'687c; No. 1
hard, 7H1J8Gc; No. 4 hard. 7CV4'a77c; No. I
spring. fcVotfio; n0- 1 spring, 7tiV4ii86c; Ho.
4 spring, 7uHi6"oe-
CORN No. i, 44c: No. 3, 41VMf43e; No. 4,
40!''a-12c: No. 2 yellow, 44V-; No. 3 yellow,
42G43c; No. t white, 44c; No. white, 42tt
4V.
OATS No. I, 37038c; No. J, HVgOTc; No 4.
ti.tqMic; No. t white, 41fj'42o; No. 3 white
3!X840ci No. 4 white, 38'fl39c; standard, 41H4
41Vc.
Notes from the Eaehanare Offl.ee.
Omaha Inspections of grain were 18 cars.
Of corn, 7 ears graded No. J, 1 car No. 4.
2 cars No. 8 yellow, 1 cur No. 8 white and
2 cars No. 4 white. One car of wheat,
' graded. No. S hard winter. One car of oats
No. 8 white 2 cars No. 4 white, and 1 car
of rye. No. 8.
Grain Markets Elsewhere.
Closing price of grain today and Friday
at the markets named were aa follows;
CHICAGO.
Closed
Wheat Today. Friday.
May KM H5
July s7i,B 7j
Corn
May K3V4D 63
July fioA Sot
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat
May , 84 844
July 77H 77
Corn .
May 4rt 484
July 44Va 44
8T. LOUIS.
Wheat
May MS ....
July 82
Corn
May 4ST, ....
July 47
MINNEAPOLIS.
Wheat
May ; 97 A 9d
July 967a 97
DULUTH.
Wheat
May 6i4 6H
July 86V1B toB
NEW YORK.
Wheat
May s 9SH ....
July,... KlitB
A asked. B bid.
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET.
Uootatloa of the liny on Various
Commodities.
NEW YORK. Maroh M. FLOUR Us-
ccipts, tl.uso bbls.; exports, lu.iJj ubis. ;
leauuy neia, wun ouainess moderate; jkliu
nasuta puienU, d.luiu).4o; Jkiiuuesul uai
vis, ti.Minirt.au; wiuib.' pattlus, v.Un.Iki;
winter suaignia, u.uo(.iu; wiuler uum,
4J.uti4.0u; winter low giaues, i. 3. ku. iv r
Hour, uuili lair to guod, M.ivH.; tho.es
to tancy, ttt.tu, jiucawueai nour,
heavy.
tUnNM UAL Steady ; western, tl.llUl.12:
city, Jl.lvoilo; klin-urleu, Ul.tll
KVt Uuii; No. western, tlo, to arrive
prompt.
BAKLEY Dull; feeding, 4t)c, c. L i., Ntw
York; malting, twofexi, c. I. f., Wuftajo.
VS HfcAT Receipts, e.fc&O bu.; exports. 89,
881 bu. bpot, nrm; No. i red, l Oi nominal
levator and ll uSiul.ll nominal f. o. b.,
srloai; No. 1 northern Duluiu. 41. (.'. nom
inal f. o. b. anoai; No. i hard Manitoba,
nominal f. o. b.. atloat. Options exhibited
strong advance this morning on anotuer
cold weather scare, with shorts the buyer t,
but finally eased off on predictions of ris
ing temperature. Last priced were only a
net higher. May. SfiS'tc, closed at tw4c;
January, 3Vu4c, cloted at 93-V; Septem
ber, UHitec, closed at hi'Sc.
CORN Receipts. 4,8j0 bi.; exports, 8.715
bu. Spot, firm; No. nominal elevator and
I4i,0 afloat; No. I yellow, btic; No. 2 white,
85c Option market was dull and nominal,
closing to net higher, without sales; May
closed at &nc; July closed at 6Bc.
OATH Receipts, Sl.OuO bu.; exports, 569
bu. Bpot, steady; No. 2. 46c: standard
whtte, 48o; No. 2 white, 47c; No. 3 white.
uH.AT"u,'Ii. Sh'PP". W73H; good to
choice. fwejtl.OQ.
HOl'9 Steady; state, common to choice,
1908, 27iSc; 19uJ, 2327e; olds, ul4o. I'acitlu
Coast. Ii3. 4&31o; 11?. 23U27c; olds. !1il4c.
HIDKH-Steady; Galveston. 20 to 25 ha.
lie; California. 21 to 25 lbs.. lc; Texas, dry.
84 to 30 bs., 14o.
LKATHF.R Steady; acid. 2SifK6o.
SPUOVISlONrV-Heef. ateadv; family 111 .ISO
11 W; mesa, i)iv,,9Sn; beef bam. t.Sea
, pe.-ket. 810 6M.ri u.50: city, extra India
tnees, 1 tui no. Cut meats, dull; pirkl 'd
belles r.00nl.00: pickled shoulders, M50;
pickled hams, io .i4jl1.rM. Ird firm;
western steamed. 7 4o: refined, firm; con
tinental. 11 'SO; South America. IT 50; com-V."J,d-
W75f,S7H. Pork, steady; fmllv.
18 SO C ' ,14-76fl18 5: mes. 115.01'
Bl'TTEB Firm: extra fresh creamery,
J4"o; creamerv common to choice. ivn"4c
state dairy, lVWlc; held creamerv. 14-&aUc-renovated.
12rl7Vc: fctory. U'ljuC-; Imi
tation croernery, 14H91Kc
CHKESK-Stesdy; rtat ful" cream, fancv.
mall colored S-ptemtier. lie; Iste made
loic: small white Remember, 1?-: larza
colored September. 12c; large white Sep
tember 12c
BOGS Firm: state ami Pennsylvania,
r-earhv averae. finest. n end
pnnvlvenia firsts. 'Sc: western A'sts ld
TALLOW-Dull; rlty, 4'c; country, '4'ffl
8jC.
Pklladeltshla Pro are Market.
PHILAI'KT.PHlA March -RI TTER
Flrm good demand- etn srHprn cream
erv. HV; etr.i nearbv rrinls !S.v '
FXIOS Firm. Uo higher; frenh nenrhv
'ic. at mark; fresh wetern. 1'.c. st mqrk'
fresh southwestern. lc, at mark: fresh
ac-"rn. 17W, at mark.
CHFRSR Steady, but nulet- N.w Tork
full creams choice to fancy, I'ViUc- f,ir
to good, Jo'lOSc.
Peerla Urala Market.
PFORIA. March 26.-rORN-!'lgher: No.
I. 46c; No. 4, 43c.
LIorg.el Grata Market.
t.JVFRPOOU March !l-WH EAT-flpot.'
4ull; No. 1 Callforula, 7a. futarsa closed
quiet; March nominal; May, 6a TSd; July,
Us 7S1.
, CORN Spot, quiet; American mixed,
spot, new, 4s Id; American mixed, spot. old.
4s Cd. Futures elos.'d quiet; March,
nominal; May, 4s 27d.
CHICAGO GRAI1 AMI PKUVIIO!S.
Featarea of the Trn.llag aad t losing
Prices on Board of Trade.
CHICAGO, Manh 2S-Ioubt ss to the
severity of Injury Inflicted upn winter
wheat led manv traders to liquidate today.
Causing a weak close. Compared with last
night, final quotations on J.ily wheat ate
down ''(i'c. Corn Is up V. oats are also
up V'. i'rovislons are practically un
changed. July clo.'ed at the bottom with a los of
' and V, cents nt lu'.c. After soiling be
tween So'c nnd . may closed at li'xc.
Clearances nf wheat and flour were equal
to 114.SH0 bushels . Primary receipts were
SKiJUO bushels, against 478.3i biiRhels a year
ago. Minneapolis, lhiluth and rhlcigo re
ported receipts of iiO cars, against 3;i0 lust
week and 11)9 n year ago.
There was a fair scattered dpmand for
corn. Prices received some setbnek late In
th session due to the weakness In whett.
hut closed firm. After opening Ho to c
higher to ttiS'b Mr. July closed at 60'n
Ltc. Loral receipts wero 12 cars, with
two of contract grade.
Oats showed greatest strength during the
early pnrt of the ses-slnn. The opening cp
July was o to He higher at 3'iiC to S8'-cr.
After ranging between 3fc and 38ic the
close was at 3SHc Local receipts Were 135
cars.
Provisions were firm. The clofe was
stendy, with July p"rk S cents higher at
113 35. Jnlv Inrd was unchanged at 17.15.
Rllis closed n shade lower at 17.02Vd7 (IC.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
ArtlcleS. Opca. Htgh.1 Low. Close. Yes y
Wheat
May
a July
b July
a Sept.
b Sept.
v
July
Sept.
OiltH
July
Sept.
Pork
May July
La rd
May
July
Ttlhs
M;iv July
w I 9:m
tv:'.,i s7',
M Mx
H3, 82'l
9T. 9T
87 87J.W
83 hi
W fit's!
H4V'
83'41'Vtl
ft', f,i's
'a SI 49:
I
60k'(i MVd'i
47.: 49-
;49;rBj0 50S
! I
39 3!fr
1fi37 &
21 3i
t.tft'Kal
1 I
13 20 13
13 40 13
8S I
38
32. 32'i
20 ' 13 12
42! 13 32
I
' 13 12' 13 07
13 13 20
7 O-xJ 7
7 17: 7
I
021 97i
7 efl
7 ID
7 00
7 15
li 7 lu
I I
921 S 90 I
07 7 02
(I V2'i
02
fi 91
7 05
7 05
No. 2. a Old. b New.
Cash quotations were as follows:
FIjOCR tjulet and steady; wititr patents,
24.8'tyfi.OO; straights, t4.5ugp4.70: spring pat
ents. 4 4i.Kj4.7U; straights, 4.0iW4.aj; bakers,
t3.oei3.M.
WHEAT No. 2 spring, 92rW.0O; No. 3
spring, K6i98c; No. 2 red, 9Sij$l.fll.
ftRN No. 2. 53'aAc; No. 2 yellow, 63
0VXe.
OATS-No. 2. 3SS39c; No. S white, B3
46c.
RYE No. 2. 69c.
KARLKY Good feeding, 38(g39c; fair to
choice mnltlng, 45fJr.uc.
KKEDS No. 1 flaxseed, It. OS; No. 1
northwestern. 11.15: prime timothy. 2.8;
PROVISIONS Mesa pork, per bbl . tlllOrf
1312. Lard, per 100 lbs., Iti 82fc.K5. Short
r lis sides (loose). ft S2Vu6.f7. Short clear
sides boxed). !7.2G?7.37.
The following were the receipts and ship
ments of flour and grain yesterday:
Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, bhls 41.500 34 8o0
Wheat, bu 2.i0 Srt 4)
Corn, bu 213.700 93.100
". hu 314.100 R3,:00
Rye. bu s.ooo 2 400
Barley, bu 49.400 86.30)
on me Produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady; creameries, 14'aJtc;
ualries, 12(ti!lc. Lggs, firm at mark, cases
mcluaeu, ius'alB4c. Cheese, easy at Mj1
St. I.ools Grain and Provisions.
ST. LOIUS, March IW.-WHEAT-Lhwer;
No 2 red cash, elevator, 9ic; track, tKo2(a
l.o.; May, km,c; July, ti-,c; No. !t naru,
904iiVjC.
Weak;.-No- 2 ca8h- V4c; track,
4(j'4i4ic; May, 45c; July, 4.c.
OATS-Weak; No. 2 fja.m, 4ic; track, 4-'c:
May. 39i,c; July, 3i.c; No. 2 white. 4ttc.
r 1X.11 K IjuIi; reo winter patentN, 4.MV
4.90, special brands high as to.20: extra
t?4& "d 8trulKnt' ---7; clear, II. uy
SI-JED Timothy, steady at 2.4O(a2.0.
CoRNM EAL Steady at 12.40. wu'"w'
UHAN Steady; sacked, east track, 80
!5w9 008tea(1yi ,',t,othy "WW.floj prairie.
IRtJN COTTON TIES 82c.
HAGU1NU 6c.
HK.MI TWINE 6c.
r.J,OVI?ION8-rork' higher: jobbing.
113.2. Lard, steady: prime ateam, tti.6o.
Bacon, steady; boxed extra shorts, 17.75;
clear ribs 17. i5; short clear, I". 00.
POCLTRi-Steady; chickens, lie; springs,
l3.(Xkf3.0o per dozen; turkeys, -;13c; ducks
12c; K.'esc, 6'g7c.
BUTTER gulet; creamery, 2CQ25c:
dairy, 151619c. " '
EUUS Higher at 15c, case count.
,, . , , Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, bhls 6.0oo 12.000
Wheat, bu 22,000 87.COO
Corn, bu 69,000 e9,u
Oats, bu...., 63.000 66,000
Kansaa City Grain and Provisions.
KANSAS CITY, March 28. WHEAT
May 84c; Juy 77')77c; cash, No. 2
hard. &0i95c; No. 3. 8ti'ati8c; No. 2 red,
OATS No. 2 while. 4uc: No. 2 mlreit
S9c.
HAY Firm: choice timothy, $10.00: choice
prairie, 7.76a8.0o.
RY E No. 2, Vrfmsc.
BITTER Steady; creamery, 2022c;
dairy, fancy, 17c.
EGOS Higher; Missouri and Kansaa.
casea returned, 14c; new. No. 2 whitewood
cases Includud, 16c.
. Receipts. Shipments.
Wheat, bu 21,600 27,200
Corn, bu 12.000 8.000
Oats, bu 7,000 6,000
Evaporated Apples and Dried Kralta.
NEW YORK. March 26 -EVAPORATED
APPLES The market Is meeting with only
a moderate demand at the moment, but
prices are firmly held. Common are quoted
at 4U'5r, prime at B15c. choice at 6&
60 and fancy at 7'iiic.
CALIFORNIA PH1EO FRUITS Prunes
are attracting a little better demand ap
parently, but the general tone la still easy.
Wuotationa range from 3 to 6c, according
to grade. Apricnta are practically out of
the market, with quotations nominal at
9t7lflc for choice, 104aloc for extra
choice and lHilSc for fancy. Peachea are
Arm and show a hardening tendency.
Choice are quoted at 7tf7c, extra choice
at 7i)8o and fancy at 9yi0c.
Milwaukee Grain Market.
MILWAUKEE, March M WHEAT
Firmer; No. 1 northern, tl.0iitf1.01: No 2
northern. 9bMfi7c; old July, 88-Vo. bid.
RYK-Steady; No. 1, 72a
BARLEY .Dull; No. 2, 63c; sample, tTQi
69c.
CORN Stronger; No. S, 474Sc; July.
SoSc; bid.
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. March 26. WHEAT
May, 7c; July. MM97c; September. K3V
83c. On trark: No. 1 hard, 9ic- No 1
northern. 97i'.eVic; No. 2 northern, lic
FUlUR First ratents, 10 1546.26; seeond
patents, toOOtitllO: first clears. 13 6uiil.76'
second clears, 12 t.7.
BRAN In bulk, tl4.50.
Dnlatk Grain Market.
DULUTH, March 26. WHEAT-Tn store
No. 1 hard, 97c; No. 1 northern. No
2 northern. 93e. To arrive: No. 1 hard'
97c; No. 1 northern. 9tiic: No. 3 northern'
93c; May, Wc; July, 9fic; September.'
83c.
OATS To arrive and on track, 8c.
Toledo Seed Market.
TOLEDO, March 26 -SEED Clover, cash
and March. ti.46; April. 16.3:"; October, S.4i
prima alslke, to.lo, prime timothy, 11.36.
ioaar and Molassey.
NEW YORK. March M-SUOAR-Raw
firm; fair rertnlng. 3c; centrifugal, 94 test'
IV'. Molasses sugar. 2e. Refined, firm"
No. 8. 4. Joe; No. 7, 4 25c; No. 8. 4 2oc; No 9
4 15c; No. 10, 4 10c; No. 11, 4 06c; No. 12. 4c:
No. 13. 3 96c; No. 14. 190c: confectioners' a!
4 66c; mould A. 6.06c; cut loaf. 8.4oc; crushed
t.4uc; powdered, 4 80c; granulated, 4.70c'
CUtM'S. 4 9fc. '
MOLA8SES Firm; New Orleans open
kettle, good to choice, 31t37c.
NEW dRLKANS, March 26 SUGAR
Steady: open kettle, 2,4il -lc; open kettle
centrifugal. S'iJV; centrifugal wliite.
4 6-ltx-; yellow. Sti4c; seconds. 2T3Sc
MOLASSES Nominal; open kettle, toa1
26", centrifugal, leu lie.
8YRLP--26c.
Metal Market.
NEW YORK. Msrrh 2. METALS De
mand fair, with holders firm In their Ideas
as to values except tin. which contlnu.d
easy on the basis of t5iia.00 for spot.
Lake copper. 12.87'q t3 uo; electrolv tic.
12.ICQlS t); casting. I12.t:il2 7. Spelter,
spot and March, 6 10 20. Lead, t4l46.
The Iron market couiiuea firm wttk a good
demand.
vi.". ui.ei. ivi d ti.vwu i.ui ; receipts, i7 cara
CORN May. 45H46c; July, 44-(i44c:
cash. No. 2 mixed, 4f4r,c; No. 8, 4Li4io:
No. 2 white, 4tifu4Hc; No. 3. 46c.
THE OMAIIA
OMADA LIVE SIOCR MARKET
Desirable Bof Steera Tea t Tiftten Oenta
HiheT for the Week,
HOGS ALSO SHOW AN ADVANC
Sheep Active and Fifteen to a Quarter
Ilia-hen Than a Week Abo. Good
Lambs Ten to Fifteen Higher
nd Others Abont Steady.
SOUTH OMAIIA. March 26. 1904.
Receipts were:
Official Monday
Official Tuesday
Official Wednesday ..
Official Thursday ....
Official Friday
OllVlal Saturday
Cattle. Hogs. Sheop
3.510
6.9TI
5.617
3.820
2,0f3
68
t.l.Vi
7.904
8.673
6.895
4 901
3.902
8.41S
10.1J4
11.167
9.41
3.34.1
176
Total this week 22.029 36.996 42.709
Seme days Inst week 2.1.391 4670 34.344
Same days week before.. 16.476 36.67S 31.S22
Some three weeks sgo...l6.S2S ;tH.9S6 S6.0.S
Snme four weeks ago. .. .22.627 61.4KS 36.445
Some days last year 21.161 45.260 31.913
RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE.
The following table shows the receipts of
cattle, hogs and sheep at South Omaha for
the year to date, with comparison with
la.t year:
1904. 19o1. Inc. Dec.
Cattle 21S, 419 227.140 8,721
Hogs 6f.9,299 646. () 13,499
fheep 441, 9;!1 234.58 107.343
Average prices paid for hogs at South
Omaha for the last several days with com
psrlsons: Date. I 1904. 11908. 11902. 11901. 11900. 11S99. 11898.
Msr. 1.
Mar. 2.
8 Oil 8 221
I 6 27 1
6 11
8 07 5 321
6 97 1 I W
8 99i 6 34
4 (81 8 Ell 8 78
4 66' 3 5 .' I 3 K
6 ov
6 98!
7 021
T Oli
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Msr.
t 12
4 691
I
4 74
4 7u"
3 67' 3
8 621 2 87
I 8 82
3 45
3 60I 3 M
0 IH
8 0;
7 11
7 06
7 16
8 13
8 191
6 10, 6 3
4 711
8 061
6 39
8 41
4 721 2 631 8 76
6 18
6 l'1
7 14
4 71 3 68 1 71
Mar. 10
7 26
7 29
7 13
7 23!
7 231
I
7 19
7 10
7 06
7 19
6 07
8 09!
4 73
3 63
8 591
3 '0
Msr. 11..
Mar. 12..
Mar. 13..
Mar. 14..
Mar. 15.
Mar. Id.
Mar. 17.
Mar. 18.
Mar. 19.
Mar. 2o.
ft 10"4
E 15
R 39
t 79
t 74
6 18 6 4)
4 761
8 01
E 46!
4 79
3 r
8 63
3 61
S i.-
6 13
5 651
E (x
5 6J
6 56
6 61
6 71
5 82
5 80
5 80
4 7."
t 69
8 68
3 70
8 71
3 73
3 73
0 1
5 15
6 10
4 79'
4 851
3 5
6 04
6 04
6 15
4 94
4 89
3 66
21
3 68
47HI
6 22
3d I
6 171
4 86,
3 5S
Mar.
4 92
7 34 6 25
4 SI
3 66 1
3 75
Mar.
Mae.
Mar.
Mar
Mar.
4 95
4 961
5 01'
6 061
6 121 I
6 31
4 85'
4 90:
4 93
3 601 8 70
3 63; 3 78
3 60 ! 8 71
3 67' 3 to
) 3 65
7 45
7 ,V,
7 61
7 211
6 29
6 Si
5 761
6 361 6 87 4 89;
Indicates Sunday.
Tho official number of cars of st
btcught In loday by each road wus:
Cattle. llogs.Sheep.H
ock
r's.
1 , jm. bi. ' 4 8
Wabash I ..
Missouri Pacific 1 .. .. 1
Union Pacific 8 1
C. & N. W 1
F., K. & M. V 1 22
C, St. P.M. & 0 3
B. ft M. Ry 10 1 1
C-. H. & 0 1
C, R. I. A P., tast 1 .. ,..
C, R. I. & P., west... 8
Total receipts .... 14 65 1 3
The disposition of the day"s receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the
number of head indicated:
Huyers Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Omaha Pncklng Co 735 ....
Swift and Company 771 ....
Cudahy Packing Co 1,020 ....
Armour & Co 99s 173
Armour 4 Co., Sioux City .... 618
Other buyers 347
Total ""s77 4.083 173
CATTLE The same as usual, there were
not enough cattle in the yards this morn
ing to make a market. For the week re
ceipts are a trifle short of last week, but
as compared with the corresponding week
of last year there Is but little change.
Reef steers have made up the big end of
the receipts all the week and the quality
has been about the same as of late. The
shipping demand, as well as the demand
from lo.-al packers, has been, In good shape
and while prices have fluctuated back and
forth to qiilte an extent, still the general
tendency hs been upward. The noticeable
feature of the trade this week was the at
tention given by packers to the quality of
the cattle. They all seemed to want
smooth, even, well-finished, blocky cattle
of all weights, and those kinds are gener
ally 10S15o higher for the week. Plain and
uneven cattle have not sold so freely and
are very little h'-riier than a week ago,
while warmed-up ire probably more than
steady. Good to c oulee cattle are quotable
from 14 60 to 15.no, with something fancy as
high as 15.25; fair to good cattle sell from
14.00 to 14.50 and the short-fed kinds from
$3.50 to 4 00
The cow market has been brisk most all
the week and good lightweight heifers and
well-flnlshed cows of light to medium
weight are generally a quarter higher than
a week ago. Heavy cows and the general
run of fair to good cows and heifers are
not over lS15c higher for the week, while
canners are selling In much the . same
notches they have for some time pist.
Oood to choice cows and heifers are quota
ble from f3 40 to I4.0f), fair to good rows
from 12.50 to M.26 and canners and cutters
from 12 00 to 12.40.
nulls have been slow sale all the week
and have shown very little change,
ftologna grades sre selling largely at from
1260 to 12 86, with the good fat bulls from
13.00 to $3.26. Veal calves are In good de
mand at firm prices, as high as 15.75 being
paid for the best.
There has been a fair run of etockers
and feeders here this week for the time of
year. The market has been rather spotted,
being a little stronger on some days than
on others, but at the close of the week
there is practically no quotable change
from the close of last week. The tetter
grades on moat days have sold readily
enough, while common kinds have been
neglected to some extent. Good to choice
gradea are quotable at from $3.75 to $4.00,
with something strictly choice a little
above that; fair to good from 13.60 to 13.75
and the commoner kinds from $3.50 down.
HOGS There was another light run of
hogs here this morning and with a fairly
liberal demand the market showed an
advance of fully a nickel. Trading was
fairly active, so that most everything was
disposed of in good season. The same
as was the case yesterday, the range of
prices was narrow, the big hulk of the
hogs selling within a spread of a nickel. 1
Quality and not weight now determines
prices. Either choice heavies or lights
top the market, as Is shown by the fact
that hogs weighing 277 pounds and others
only 196 pounds sold today at: $5.17 and
206-pound hogs brought $6 20. The bulk of
the hogs sold from $5.10 to $5.16, with the
long string at $6.12. Common, trashy
stuff sold from $5.10 down.
For the week receipts have been light,
arrivals showing a loss of about lo.uoO
head, botli as compared with last week
and with the corresponding week of last
?ear. The demand has been liberal, both
rom shippers and local packers, and prices
have moved steadily upward ever slnco
Monday. As compared with the close of
last week there la a net gain amounting to
about 15c. This advance carries the mar
ket nearly back to where it was March 16.
The light receipts this week are taken aa
an Indication that farmers are not willing
to sell their hogs for less than $6.00. Rep
resentative aales:
No. At. Bh. Fr.
l 174 120 I 00
M IK W Id
12 Ill ... i 10
4 110 ... 10
M 240 110 I III
0 2!7 40 i 10
47 Hi f0 5 10
tt 2S7 0 I 10
M iM 0 I 10
M 17 SO i 10
Nil. A. Sh. Pr.
71 244 2(0 I
SiO ... I t2
4 M 0 I U
1i tii 40 i ll"t
' 2 40 C 12V
74 Ill ... ( 121.
46 264 40 i 15
'1 213 to i 15
77 134 ... 4 15
71 tit 140 6 15
0 147 ... 5 15
too alio t 10
. I" I 10 44 110 ... L lft
s 141 at I 124 5C 2K6 HA 6 16
70 J17 ... 5 12', 43 lit no I 15
4 1 ... I i2 II t0 120 ( 15
74 212 10 t I2i, 41 Su7 ... 4 IS
44 JS7 40 I 12', 44 274 u )5
tJ 12 40 ;- 40 5 15
'4 114 110 6 121, (4 234 ... I 5
J 114 ... t 121, 70 HI ... ( u
7S 210 ISO I ll'i 71 2i ... I 15
7 14 ... I U, 7.i 244 ... I It
2 17 ... i 12Vi 4 16 u ( 17'i
77 121 40 I lis 277 ... t 17',
71 225 40 1 12 74 Iu4 ... 20
II 24 40 I 12
SHEEP There were prsctically no sheep
on sale this morning, but for the week
receipts show an Increase over last week
of about 8.010 head, and as compared with
the same week of last year there is a gain
of about 11.000 head. Considering the lib
eral receipts, though, the niHrkei has been
In exceptionally good condition. In fact
trading has been very active, with the
tendency of prices upward. Ewes and
wethers can safely be quoted a quarter
higher for the week, while yearlings are
all of Kvyl5c higher. Good to choice lambs
are als lou 16c higher, but the less desir
able grades are slow and no more than
steady. The quality of the lambs coming
forward this week has not lwen at all
good, with the exception of a bunch which
sold for $5 66, and another one at $56i A
choice bunch ought to bring right around
76.
Practically the only fredera coming for
ward are short fed lambs, for which thera
la quit a demand at about the same
prices aa have been ruling (or aom tint
past.
Quotation tor corn-fed atockl Choice
DAILY REE: MONDAY, MAKCIT 28, lOOi.
lambs, roofiSnO; good to choice Mexican
yearlings, 14 !"tis 15; good to choice western
yenrllngs, I4.7i4i5.c0; fair to gool yearlings,
tclotf4 1.1; good to choice wethers. 14ili
4 9o; fair to good wethers. 4.2.m4 65; good
to choice ewes, t4.21'g4 tin; lair to gooJ ewes,
I3.7iut.15.
C1IKAGU IMt rrot K MARKET.
Cattle Nominal, Sheep and l.nmbs
Steady anl lloaa lllaher.
CHICAGO. March 26 CATTLE Receipts,
son head; market nominal: good to prime
Jteern nominal, $5 25116. 75; poor to me. Hum,
$J.t'ti6.: sfoekers and feeders. $2.7.ViH 3i;
t ows. 8t.,6Vi4 26; heifer-. I2 25. ri. 75; canners,
$l...i.2 .So; bulls, $2i"y4IO: calves, 13.0if
"; Texas fed steers. 14 t"U4 60.
HOGH-Receipts. 7,000 head; estimated
Tor Monday, lo.mrt; market 6c higher;
mixed and butchers. 15 2ijC 55: good to
choice heavy, 8T 4liu 60; rough heavv, 15 20
fjn 45; light, $7i.H"ij-i.45; bulk of sales, $6 2J
tm 45.
SHEEP AND LAM RS Receipts, 2.000
head; market steady; lambs stendy; good
to choice wethers, $4.75'u-5.3o; nutlve lambs,
14"fi6.75; western lambs, 14.6t4i5.75.
Kansas City Live Stork Market.
KANSAS CITY, March 26. CATTLE
tieeeipts, too head; market strong; export
and dressed beef steers, 14.5viji6.2i".; fair to
good. 13 6"W(i4.40: western fe.1 ieer :t ttv.t
4 .40; stockers nnd feeders, $3 Oofa.4.35; south
ern steers, . S3.6ot!i4.26; southern cows, 12. to
1i31..; native cows, 12.Ou4j4.0O; bulls. 12.50
63 70: calves, $3.flcfc60.
HOH8 Receipts, 2.5O0 head; market Be
iwKiiei , ,op, n;,; nuik or sales. IT. lofto
neavy. i..ij 2..: packers,' $o.lO'U6.22; pigs
and lights, It 26436.20.
SHEEP AND LA MRS Receipts 300
hearl; market steady; native lambs, 86.00
wes'rm mD;,, x4.75ti6.75; fed ewes,
It 0"'d-1.50: vearltnen tl fiif.-. -.- .inri....
feeders. $2.7f.'nJ.50. Receipts of week: Cat-
i- L' ' ,neaG nogs, ai,4oQ head; sheep,
li,300 head.
t. I.onla l.lve Stock Market.
RT T yiT'T a Xf ., ,-.,1, w , , -
, . ' . 1 1 . 1 1 i.e. re
ceipts. 3uu head; market steadv; native
shipping and export steers, "!4.PX.?4 25
dressed beef and butchers' steers. 83.904$
...v, n. Tu miner l.mi Ins., 83.7&'J 4.90! Stock
era Bni .. a.. .... tt ... 1 . . . .
a .. V I 11 ''TV I-'"', cows ann neirers,
12 2j3.S5: canners. $2.19472.80: bulls, $2 65
8 60; calves $4.0Ojj5.5o: Texas and Indian
f!Pw"j 3-3",-4': r"W' Old Indian steers,
.... , ,,,, t own aim neirers 3.ihti3 20
IKMJS-Receipts 1600 bend; market
nun MKI1IK, 94..XID.IR.; StOCK-
r.r-' w'5 40; butchers and best heavy.
luHonr. 55.
SHEEP AND LAMflS-Rpceplts. : ROO
-. r.-.o.. .-saiivc mutton. 14.110
I .i-'i't'.' cons aim ducks.
T-.-i'u.bv, piuiftrie, -.V"'U a.l'.
w York Live Stock Market.
NEW YORK, March 26 BEEVES Re
celpts. none and no trading; dressed beef
steady: ordinary to . Iml, ...ii.. -i.i..
6c to 8i.c. Exports today, C3o cattle, 135
sheep and 4.750 quarters of beef.
CALVES Receipts, 76 head: fewllng.
steady; veals. $6.7n; no prime or cholie veais
on sale; city dressed veals, steady at $7
((1 2c.
SHEEP AND LAMRS-Recelpts. 1.457
head; sheep, steady; common lambs,
steady: good to choice lambs. Arm; medium
sheep. $4.25; ordinary to choice lambs, 15 90
ifi'i.70; yearlings. 15 50: dressed muttons, 6
to ic; oresseu iambs, S to 10c.
HtiGSRecelpts, 2.193; none for sale; feel
ing nominally steady.
Plonm City l.lve Stork Mnrket.
SIOI'X CITY, March M.-fSpeclal Tele
tram.) CATTLE Receipts, m head; mar
ket steady; beeves. 13.5iKa4.GO; cows, buils
and mixed. $2.304j3.6A: Mockers and f"edcrs,
$3.(Mi36; calves and yearlings, $2.75(3.50;
COWS ntl.1 b.'ifra rtv..-9 rj
HOOS Rcccliit'g, 2.0110 hend; market
Btronip. 14 VirtiA 1..' hull, Ktl.l
St. Joseph l.lve Stock Market.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., March 26. --CATTLE
Receipts. 44 head; market unchanged.
HOGS-Recelpts. 1.6S3 head; market 8n
higher: light. $5.00(65.10; medium and heavy.
$5.2ifj6 26.
SHEEP AND LA M BS Receipts, none.
Stork In sight.
Following are the receipts of live stock
ror me six principal western cities yester
day: Cattle. Hogs. Sheen.
South Omaha 58 3,902 176
Chicago 800 7.000 2 00
Kansas City 600 2.500 3 10
St. I.nuls ,3u0 l.fino 1,600
mi. josepn 44 l.K3
Sioux City 500 2,000
Totals 1,802
18,685
8,976
OMAHA WHOLESALE! MARKET.
Condition of Trade nnd Quotations on
Stnple nnd Fancy Produce.
LOOS Receipts, liberal; market steady;
fresh stock, J4c.
LIVE POULTRY Hens, 10c; young
roosters, kjjSc; old rooaUrs, 6c; turkeys,
13c; ducks 9c; geese, 8c.
BUTTER Packing stock, llc; choice
to fancy dairy rolls, ;.3u.l4o; separator, 22o.
FRESH FISH -Trout, 9ia10c; pickerel,
6-4C061:: pike, c; perch, 64c; hluetish, 15c;
whitefisli, 8fc9c; salmon, 11c; haddock, 10c;
codllsh, 12c; redsnapper, 11c; lobster, boiled,
per lb., 32c; lobsters, green, per lb., 3oc;
bullheads, 11c; cattish, 13il4c; black bass,
20c; halibut, 10c; crapples, 12c; herring, 4o;
white bass. 13c; bluellns, 8c: smelts, UXtfilc.
OYSTERS New York counts, per can,
43c; per gal., $2.00; extra select, per can,
85c; per gal , $1.75; standard, per can, 27c;
per gal.. $1.3561.40.
HRAN Per ton. 118.00.
HAY Prices quoted by Omaha Wholesale
Dealers' association: Choice No 1 upland,
16.50; No. 2, 16.00; medium $5.60; coarse. $5.00;
.ye straw, $6.00. These prices are for hay
of good color and quality. Demand fair
and receipts light.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES Colorado, $1.20; Dakota, per
bu., 81.10; natives, $1.00.
NAVY BEANS per bu., $2.25(ff2.S5.
CELERY Large California, 60c, 75c. and
90c.
ONIONS Spanish, per crate, 11.90; Colo
rado yellow nul red, per lb., 3c.
CABBAGE Wisconsin Holland, 4c
TURNIPS White, per bu., 60c.
CARROTS-Per bu., $1-00.
PARSNIPS Per bu., 75c.
bEETS Per bu , 75c.
CAULIFLOWER California, per crate,
82.V5.
CUCT'MBERS-Per dm., $1.762.0O.
TOMATOES Florida, per 6-basket crate,
$3.50((4.im.
RADISHES Per do. bunches, fStr'SOc.
LETTUCE HEADS Fer do, bunches,
80c(&l flu; top lettuce, per doz., 45&jOc
TURNIPS Southern, per dui , uoc.
REETS Southern, per doi., 75c.
CARROTS Southern, per dot.. 76e.
PARSLEY Southern, per doi., IL00.
SHALLOTS Per dot., 76c.
ONION SETS Per bu of 32 lbs., yellow,
$2.26; red 12 26; white, 12.60.
SPINACH Per bu., aactrtl.OO.
BEANS Wax, per bu. box, $5.00; string,
per bu. box. $1.00..
FRUITS.
APPLE8 California Uellflowers. per box,
$1.75; Oregon fancy reds, per box, $1.90;
New York export. Greenings, Russets ana
Baldwins. (I.w
CRANBERRIES Jersey, per bbl., 7; per
box, $2 60.
STRA WBERRIES Texas, per 24-q.t. ease,
TROPICAL FRUIT".
ORANGES Nuveis, cnuice, all sixes, $2.49
fe2.bu; fancy nav.l, all sizes, $2.76.
LEMONS Caillornlu, fancy. 3..0 to 860,
$3 J, choice, 24 to 270 alses, $3.0t'(iji3.2u.
FIGS California, per lo-lb. canons, 85c;
imported Smyrna, 8-crown, 14c; t-crown,
llic; 7-cruwn, 16c.
BANANAS Per medium sized bunch,
$2ii(2 50; Jumbos, 2.7&(3.2d.
DATES Persian, per box of 30 pkgs., $2;
per lb. In 60-lb. boxes, 6c; Oriental sluffad
dates, per box, 82.40.
COCOANUTS per sack. $4; per doi., 60c
M i SC E LLAN EG US.
CHEESE Wisconsin twlna. full cream,
12c; Wisconsin Young Americas, 13c; block
Swiss, lie; Wisconsin brick, 13c; Wisconsin
llmburger, 12c.
CIDER-Per bbl $5.50; per -bbl.. $3 25.
HONEY Nebraska, per 24 frames, $3;
Utah and Colorado, per 24 frames. 13. 1
HORSERADISH Per case of 3 doi.. I
pa.'ked. sue
MAPLE SUGAR Ohio, per lb., 10c.
HIDES No. 1 green, 6e; No. 2 green, 6c;
No. 1 salted. 7c; No. 2 Baited, Sc; No 1
veal calf. 8 to 12 lbs., 6c; No. 2 veal calf
12 to 15 lbs., 6c; dry salted hides, dQcl
sheep pelts. 2Mi27c; horse hides, 11.50432 50.
NUTS Walnuts. No. 1 soft shell, per lb
15c; hard shell, per lb . 14c; No. 2 soft shell
er lb.. 13c; No. 2 hard shell, ner n iv
Brazlls. per lb.. 11c; filberts, per lb.. He
almonds, soft shell, per lb.. 15c; hard shell'
per lb.. 13c: pecans, large, per lu . 12c;
small, per lb. 10c; peanuts, per lb 6c
roasted peanuts, per lb.. 8c; Chill walnuts'
12ft Wy: large hickory nuts, per bu , 1150
shelll.arks. per bp.. $2; black walnuts, per
bu . $1 25.
Foreign Financial.
LONDON, March 26 Money was In
strong quarter-end demand today. On the
stock exchange consols were weak and
Americans showed sn undecided tendency
on fesrs of further litigation in the North
ern Securities case. They closed quietly
steady. Giand Trunks dropped on adverse
forecasts of the February revenue. Jap
anese were exceptionally firm.
PARIS. March 26 Trading on the bouree
today opened with a better tone and re
mained and closed calm. Russian Imperial
fours closed at 84.80. Th private rate of
discount wu 2 per cent. Thre per efit
raataa, i franca It caotlmtg for tb account
Exchange on London, 25 franca 14 cen
times for checks
BERLIN. March 26 -Trading cn the
bourse today was quiet and quotations
fractionally lower. Exchange, on London,
marks 4 pfgs The rate of discount for
short Mils. 3 per cent, and for three months'
bills, 8 per cent.
tVOol Mnrket.
ROSTOV. March 26 -WOOL-Pulled and
territory wools iten.lv. (Quotations: Ter
ritory Idaho Bnc, 15fiT.c; heavy fine. i.r,f
14c; fine medium. 15 u l.".c; medium. miilTc ;
low medium, irrulic wvomlng Fine, 15 7
16r: heavy fine. 13014c; fine medium. 15.f
15c; medium. I't-.jl-: low mt-dlum, ltrflSc.
Utah nnd Nevada Fine, lMil5c; heavy
line. Ktiiltc; fine medium. 15Vuh'.c; medium,
IVitidc; low medium. 19'u 20c. Dakota Flue.
l.Vgltic: fine medium. 16..jl6c; medium, 18'u)
19c; low medium. I'V.jSnc. Montana Fine
choice. lSlilc: fine medium choice, 18iil9c;
average. ltfUc; staple, 19ii!0c; medium to
choice, WjIUp
ST. LOUIS, March JS.-WOOI-Stendv;
medium grades, combing and clothing, lsrf
22c; light fine, 1f.'n17c; heavy fine, 12ql4c;
tub wished, 211131c.
LONDON. March 26 WOOI, During the
week cross-bred wools were firm and fine
merinos steadv. The arrivals to date for
the next series numbered 112.636 bales, of
which 55,0i;0 were forwarded direct.
Oils and Roaln.
OIL CITY. Pn.. March 26 -Oll-Credlt
balances. $1 71: certificates, no bid; ship
ments, so. 766 bhls.; average. 66.022 bhls.;
runs. 107.321 bbls average, 76.476 bbls. ; ship
ments, Limn, 7..1W bhls.; average, 67.1H4
bbls.: runs, Lima, 69.6S3 bbls.; average,
64.S28 bbls.
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 26.-OIL Turp
entine, ste.adv, 6Sc.
ROSIN-Firm: A, R. C and D, 12 50: E.
$2.55: F. 12.60; O. 12 66: H. 12 70; I. 11;
K, $3 30; M. $3.35; N. $3.50; TV. G., $3.70;
W. W., $1.00.
Clearing lloase Averages.
NEW YORK. March 26-The statement
of average of the clearing house bnnks of
this city lor the week shows: Loans, 1107,
763.700, Increase $8,914,9(0; deposits, tl.048,
M8.500, Increase tU.6.".4.8(.i0; circulation, 136.
9I60UU, Increase 122.2; legal tenders, $71,
9i.ii0. increase 12,684,500; specie, 1217,727,100,
Increase $IS7.oOii; reserve, 12)S,C36,0'.0. In
crease 12.772KH': reserve required. 1262,167,
125, Increase $2.914. 700; surplus, $27,468,875, In
crease $158,800; ex-United States deposits,
$38,955,900, Increase $1,603,070.
Bank Clearings for Meek.
Comparative statement of bank clearings
for the week:
1904. 1903
Mondav $1,312,440 59 $1,292,283 fit)
Tuesday 1.235.636.66 1 1P2.76S 97
Wednesday 1,269. 899. 70 1 194,788.38
Thursday 1,363.4X7.79 1.291,396.63
Friday 1.217.061.45 L2o6.340.64
Saturday 1,215.960.71 1.226.802.38
An Increase of $'-'10.991. 29 over the corre
pondlng week lust year.
Dry Goods Market.
NEW YORK, March 28 DRY GOODS
Buyers continue to refrnin from operating
t.ndor the belief that firices will decline,
nnd until thnt time nrrlvals will remain
Inactive. On the other hand, manufacturers
are firm In their Ideas nnd refuse to make
contracts except at ruling prices. Under
these conditions tho market closes qule'.ly
nnd unchanged, either as to prices or move
ment of goods.
New York Imports nnd Exports.
NEW YORK, March 28. Total Imports of
dry goods and general merchandise nt the
port of New York for the week ended today
were valued at 113.753.7t9.
Exports of specie from New York for the
week were 1999,240 silver and $770,000 gold
Imports of specie at New York during tiie
week were 848,726 gold and $48,088 silver.
ASLEEP FORTHIRTY YEARS
Remarkable Reeord of Hiram Croak,
Veteran of the War ot
If he lives until April 29, Hiram Cronk,
the only surviving pensioner of the war
of 1812, will bo 104 years old, and mathe
maticians In the little town of North West
ern, N. Y., twenty miles north of Rome,
near which Mr. Cronk lives, got busy the
other day doing some figuring extraordi
nary upon the time the old man has spent
In eating, sleeping and dressing during his
unusually long life.
"If Hiram lives tin he's a hundred an'
four," argued the prize calculator of the
village, "he'll have been aleepln' thirty
four years and eight months."
"Prove it," demanded his auditors In the
village store.
But the lightning calculator kept on, "An
ef he lives that long, which ain't saying
he will, but the chances Is all In his favor,
he'll have passed nine whole years in eat
ing and drinking."
"Prove it!" aaln yelled his auditors,
grouped about the stove in the village gro
cery. "My, If his folks heard you say he'd been
drinking nine years, wouldn't they get
mad?" was the comment from one corner,
but the lightning calculator kept right on.
"An' what's more, ef Hiram Cronk Uvea
to be one hundred and four, he will have
spent practically four years dressing him
selfputting on hia clothes and taking
them off."
Cries of "Don't believe It," "Prove It,"
and "Bosh!" followed this assertion.
"Well, perhaps you don't believe it," re
marked the village oracle, "but anyway
it's right. It's right according to my fig
ures, and figures don't lie."
'Now, there's the matter of sleeping,"
he continued. "Eight hours Is a fair av
erage, hain't It?"
"Yep," assented hla hearers.
"Well, If a man slept eight hours In one
day he'd sleep 2,920 hours In 8C5 days, or
one year, wouldn't he?"
"Might not." "How about leap year?"
chimed In soma of the auditors.
'Hain't saying nothing about leap years,"
declared the man of figures. "Stands to
reason if a man 'Sleeps eight hours in on
day, in 865 he sleeps 2,920 hours. Well, then,
In 104 years he'd sleep 104 times that or
$03,680 hours. That's what Hiram's slept,
coma April 29."
"Whew I" exclaimed the author, "but
rposln' there's been sickness in the family
and"
"Ain't a'posin' nothing of the kind," con
tinued the calculator. "Now, there's twenty-four
hours to every day, hain't thereT"
"Hain't it different in dog days," piped up
a timid little man on a cracker barrel, but
the man of figures took no notice.
"Now, 24 goes Into 803,680 Just 12.653 times
and a little fraction over. That makes
12.618 days to the year, don't It? Now.
there's 865 days, and 866 goes Into 12,858
thirty-four times and a fraction over, 243
let's see, 243 days. Thirty days to the
month; well, call It eight months. Boys,
Cronk's been sleeping thirty-four years
and eight months come April 29."
"Gee!" was the only comment.
When a boy of about 13 years Cronk en
listed in the United States army. The war
of 1812 was then rearing its close. Ac
cording to a record In the possession of
his relatives, Mr. Cronk entered th United
States military service at North Western,
N. Y., August 2, 1814, a private In Captain
Edmund Fuller's company, the 167th regi
ment Infantry, New York militia. Lieuten
ant Colonel Erastus Cleaveland command
ing. Ha served in tha defence of Sackett's
Harbor, on Lake Ontario, until honorably
discharged by reason of the expiration of
his enlistment, November 16, 1814. New
York Tribune.
HOUSES F0RARJ TREASURES
J. Plerpoat Morgan Altering; Two Old
Mansions to Irromno.
date Them.
(Copyright, 1904. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON. March 27. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) J. Ilerpont
Morgan Is expected to sail from New York
about April 8, and upon Ins arrival here he
will consult his London architects about
alterations to his two houses at Princess
Gate. Aocordlng to present plans, these
two old mansions srs to be thrown Into one,
so as to accommodate his great collection
of art treasures, which are now out on
loan in London galleries. For th present
he has no Intention of taking any of bis
treasure to A msr lea.
TREATY NOT READY TO SIGN
Anglo-French Negotiations Are, However
Frooeedinj- Satisfactorily.
MOROCCO STILL THE STUMBLING BLOCK
tnlted (Hales Will Find an Opening
for Its Commerce In a Market
Kqoal to Ibnt of Mai.
rhnrla.
PARIS, March 27. Tha application of
an Anglo-French colonial treaty are pro
ceeding satisfactorily, but the officers are
unable to say Just when It will 1 ready
to be signed. Foreign Minister Delcasse
said recently tliat tt might be signed In
three or four days and that It might not
be signed for months. The drafts nre now
In London. After their execution by For
eign Secretary Lansdowne and after pos
sible alteration they will be returned to
Paris. New Foundland continues to bo
tha only question regarded as definitely
settled.
The question ot Morocco Is proving diffi
cult of adjustment, but It can be said
positively thit soma of the main features
have been settled. One ot the most Im
portant of these Is France's willingness
to neutralise the straits of Gibraltar. It
was at flrat thought that the extension of
French authority would permit the formi
cation of the southern straits somewhat
similar to Gibraltar. France, however,
does not ask for this, and whatever rights
It obtains will not Involve French fortifi
cation of the straits.
Another feature almost settled Is the ap
llcatlon of the feature of the open door In
Morocco. A high officer pointed out today
that this open door gave the Morocco
question direct interest to the United
States. He said:
The United States Is seeking foreign
markets throughout the world, and with
the open door the United States will tlnd
an opening for her commerce. Morocco
is equal as a market to Manchuria, which
has recently attracted the attention of your
officials. Morocco Is a right agricultural
country, capable of supporting 40.0oo,0uo of
people Instead of the present 6,0o0,0ii0 or
e.nw.uiv. iney produce little and consume
much, so with the open door admitting the
I nlted States on equal terms with other
iiiuui.iii.il countries, morocco may become
new neia. ior American commerce.
If French authority Is extended over
Morocco the government's policy will cer
tainly be equality of trade conditions for
all countries alike. French authorities
sny the opposition to the M
ment In certain British quarters is due to
me mercenary motives vl a few Traders
who have trilling lntore-ts compared with
those of Franco and who ore clilfly in
terested In lending money to Morocco at
exorbitant rates of Interest
OLDEST OF DENTISTS DEAD
Was the Flrat Man to Receive a Den
tlst'a Certificate In This
Conatry,
Dr. Otis Avery, 9 ; enrg old, the oldest
practicing dentist in the world, died cn
February 22 at Honesdalo, Pa., where for
more than half a century he had practiced
his profession.
Probably the first denial diploma or
certificate ever Issued was given to Dr.
Avery on December 6, 18.13, by Dr. Ambler
of New York City. six years Inter, in
182,8. the first dental college In tho world
was established In Baltimore.
Wlien Dr. Avery began the practice of
dentistry artificial teeth were almost un
known. George Washington and Aaron
Rurr had seta. Artificial teeth were carved
out of solid Ivory Or were human teeth
attached to a gold plnte. Turnkeys were
used to extract teeth. When Dr. Avery
first practiced it was his custom to dis
locate the Jaw In order to get nt a hack
tooth,. Many of the older residents of
Honesdale can slill remember how he
said:
"Excuse me. while I dislocate your Jaw."
Dr. Avery also Interested himself largely
In mechanical research and Invention.
In 1850 he Invented a sewing machine and
sold the patent to a company. The ma
chine Is still In use. As agent of the com
pany he visited Europe and sold his patent
toa company In England. He sold a ma
chine to Napoleon III In France. Besides
making all the dental Instruments he used,
he Invented many new ones. Including
a self-cleansing cuspidor, which has since
been Improved upon and patented. In
the early '60s he devised a typesetting
machine, the main principles of which
are similar to those embodied In the ma
chines of today.
Until he died Dr. Avery was the last
living man who rode In the first locomotive
In America on Its initial trip. In 1829 the
Delaware & Hudson railroad Imported two
locomotives of the George Stephenson type
from England, to take the place of the
mules on their road between Honesdale
and Carbondalo. The "Stourbridge Lion,"
the first of the locomotives to turn wheels
In the United States, arrived at Honesdale
on August 7. 1829. The next day It took
Its Initial trip with Horatio Allen, who
died on December 31, 1899. as engineer. The
trip was a short one less than a mile.
But Dr. Avery, aa a boy, hung on the
bumpers. The locomotive nevr made an
other trip, as it was too heavy for tho
strip iron rails. What la left of the
"Stourbridge Lion" la now at the Smith
sonian institution at Washington.
Dr. Avery was born In Brldgewater,
Oneida county. New York, on August 19,
1808. New York Bun.
WASHINGTON'S CANE SAVED
Treasured Hello Passed Through
Baltimore's Big; Fir With
out Injnry.
Major W. If., H. Raleigh had In the recent
fire a cane Which was formerly possessed
by George Washington. Major Raleigh
found the cane safe and secure In the vault
of the Merchants' Credit and Collection bu
reau and carried It off to a hiding place,
which he refuses to reveal.
"In General Washington's will," said
Major Raleigh, "two canes are mentioned.
One was bequeathed to Robert Washington
of Choptank, Va., who gave It to Robert
Thompson, a relative. Later It paused to
Miss Kittle Thompson, a sister of Robert
Thompson, and finally Peter Grason Wash
ington of New York, who was nsslstunt
secretary of the treasury under Guthrie, an
ante-bellum official, who was owner of the
stick. This Mr. Washington bequeathed the
rune to the oldest male heir to General
Washington who was living at that time.
The lute Mrs. Raleigh was a granddaughter
of a Mrs. Mcpherson of Washington, D. C,
who, before her marriage, was a Miss
Washington. After some contention it was
proved that Mrs. Raleigh's brother, whoso
family name was Edwards, was the person
entitled to the possession of the cane. I
purchased the relic for my wife, and when
she died It became my property."
Although described as a cane, the relic Is
really a staff. It la of bamboo, about four
and a half feet high, and Just such another
stick as a person would suppoee the im
mortal Washington used in tramping over
hi broad acres at Mount Vernon. The
Washington coat-of-arms adorns Its gold
head, and It la encircled with a gold band,
upon which Is inscribed:
"Willed to Robert Washington, and by
him to descend to Peter Grason Washing
ton of New York."
As soon as the embers bad cooled Major
Raleigh hastened to th vault, and was
much relieved to find, after th cane hud
been removed from Its chamols-skln case,
that It bad not been scorched. Rl timer
News,
THE RIGHT LEAP YEAR CAPER
Girl Pay th Expense of Roy at
nonce nnd Kseort Tbem to
Their Homes.
It is good to be a boy In uptown Brook
lyn today, If he Is a pleasing youth with a
fund of gayety and a knack of Interesting
y.iung femininity, for In certain wealthy
circles of the Hill and Bedford section a
now social custom has sprung Into vogu
and Is being curried on to a very large ex
tent. The girl entertain the bey. Sh ray
the expenses of dances, theaters, carriages.
The fortunate youth has only to pick and
choose from among hi Invitations, getting
everything without cost to him.
It has gone so fnr thnt now In Instance
-after Instance a coterie of girl get together
nnd arrange a dance. They subscribe to
cover the entire expense ot this. Then each
girl bids some especial young man to escort
her that night. It would be more accurate
to sny that she escorts him. As a matter of
fact, what she does Is to tak a carriage
alone at her own house nnd drive around
to his. There she. finds him wnltlng, pre
cisely as a young woman normally watts
for t young man. They drive thence to the
dance and upon Its conclusion the young
man is first driven back to his homo, the
girl after she hns left him repairing to
hers.
This Is no detached case, but a new cus
tom that has grown to be quite the thing
In Brooklyn this past winter. It has been
noted with surprise, for at first It seemed
an Impossibility. But Investigations have
shown that scores of young fellows have
been favored ever since late last fall with
such socl.il bonanias, and thnt the girls
Instead of tiring of this nre proving willing
to do It more nnd more.
These girls are daughters of wealthy or,
at least, well to do parents. These past
two or three years dances In uptown Rrook
lyn have been few and far between. Ex
cept In certnln well established sets It has
been a hazardous thing to start a sub
scription. A few years ago It used to b
said that outside of one or two Hill sets a
"dollar dance" was the only kind of a
dance thnt had tho ghost of a show of
being carried through succefuiiy, that the
young men available could not be Induced
to subscribe any more. Latterly even the
"dollar dances" have proved Impossible.
With the exception of a few big events a
good percentage of the dances of the year
have been given by girls, and girls alone,
girls taking upon them every cent of the
expense.
Girls' clubs, organized Just for this pur
pose, girl s, fraternities (the Brooklyn maid
seldom says sorority) have come to b
these dance givers. Th theory of those
who have studied tho situation Is that the
girls hnve done this In self-defense. They
have found that the young fellows they
went with would not spend the money. They
have found they were having a harder and
harder time being taken out and they have
come to tho conclusion thnt the only way to
get the boy Is to foot his bills for him.
Under these circumstances the boys have
been very easy to secure.
The average youth of the glrla' dances
Is 18 to 21, tho average girl 10 to 19. The
boy is cither In school yet or he hns Just
started In business. In either case he is on.
nn allowance or a small salary which
amounts to about same thing. Nine boys
out of ten of this sort are not allowed to
tap parental pocketbooks to any extent for
additional Bums. Five dollars for a car
rlagc, 13 for flowers, 13 more for subscrip
tions to a dance, til In one single night. Is
beyond the average young fellow's means,
unless ho will Bave tip for this and deny
himself some other things, which a boy In
general will not do.
Thus when It comes to dances nowadays
In Jhese sets on the Hill the boys have
st?.ped aside.
With the girl of these families It Is dif
ferent. Before her school days are over
she has launched out Into "society," ac
cepting every possible Invitation. Her
family is much pleased. Tho more dances
she goo to the greater evidence of her
popularity and the better. Where the boy,
even of tho same family, would find It dif
ficult to get extra money at times, the girl
never has any trouble about a carriage,
flowers, subscriptions to dances. Brooklyn
Eagle.
COLONEL HAS GREAT MEMORY
Compose Novel nnd Poems In Prison
nnd 'l-rnnscrlhed Them
W lien Liberated.
LONDON, March 27. (New York World
Cablcgram-Fpeelnl Telegram.) Colonel Ar
thur Lynch, who was condemned to death
by a British court as a traitor for fighting
on the side of the Boer, whose sentence
was commuted to life sentence, and who
was liberated a year latof, has Just given
proof of having a remarkable memory.
While in prison he composed a great
number of sonnets and a historical novel.
But, as he was deprived of all writing ma
terials, he was obliged to store his com
positions in his memory. He has Just
transferred It. poetry and fiction, word for
word, to paper, and It will appear soon In
printed form.
LEGAL NOTICE.
o , ."f'.'TICE TO BIDDERS.
Seoled bids will be received at tho office
of secretary of elate up until 12 o'clock
noon of April 4, JIM. fr the" rection and
u1! "! ? c.old "'"rage building at the
feeble Minded Institute at UeatiTc and
Hisfiltal bjildlng at Milford. according "o
t V.uni U,.',"l'""'i- Public lands and
buildings. '1 1, board reserve the right to
reject any and all bids.
GEORGE W. MARSH.
Secretary of Board.
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GOVKHVMEVr JIOTICK,
0TKH M,Eii' wi'ARTERMASTERZ
Omaha. Neb., February 27. 1904 Keil.rt
Proposals. In triplicate. sul.J-ct tthe "ill
conditions, win be received i,eie u"l 10 a
m.. central standard time, Yiirch 1904
for furnishing transportation, drayagi, and
for handling stoics In Department "f the
MIsrou. I, curing year commencing July JL
JIM. U. S. teserves right to accept or rel
iirt ny ,r "" Proposals or any part
.hereof. Information furnished on spoil
cation. Biivelopes containing proposals to
be marked 'Proposal f,,,- TraiiM,ortalloa
YEH, C. Q. M. M 1. 27S 4. 2fi. Ai
COMMISSION
CO
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Capital and Surplus $600,000.
Dealers In
6 RAIN, PROVISIONS, STOCKS, BONDS
AND INVESTMENT SECURITIES.
Tt ls'I-' H V Vf'FH- 17S Ul.l- XT.
tlouai JUank & Commercial Agencius.
ltu Branch Offices.
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MINNEAPOLIS
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Tel. JMHT.
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OI-HUE CONSTRUCTING QUARTER
master. Cheyenne, Wy March 2. 1W04
bealed proposals, in triplicate, will be re
ceived at this office until 2 o'clock v m
mountain time. April and then
i.pn.-il. for the ei.iihiruction. complete, at
tort D. A. Russtll. Wy.... of u crematory
of a capacity of not I. ss than one ton per
hour, logil.cr with a suliHl.le building to
enclose K-tme. Bidders must Mibinit, with
their bids, plans met specifications n ,i.
plicate, of the crematory and bull. ling they
propose t construct. Iih.uk forms of pro- '
pos.tl unil full Information furiiihtd on ap
plication to this i.ttl.e. The United States,
rt serves the right to accept or reject any
or all bids or any part thereof. Envelope's
t.iinliiK proposals, should be endorsed
"Proposal for (i,mat..iv nt Tort D. A.
Russell. Wyo.," am! iiihliessed to Captain
. S. Scott. Quartermaster. U. ti A'., In
chatge of construction. Cheyenne. Wyo
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