OMAHA DAILY DEE: SATURDAY, JANUARY
100.K
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CENSUS BLANKS ALL OUT
issesitri Bsosivs Iiatrnctiom Itgtriing
Ferftratnee of Thtir Da .its.
DLI MAN MURDERW AT PLEASANT PLAIN
Bageae Waterbury of Des Moines One
of Roh Hldere Jeleeteil to
Ride with President at
Inaaa-nratlon.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DEB MOINES, la., Jan. 6. (Special. )-The
. xecutlve council today sent out the last 01
:he schedules and blanks for the taking or
;h census ef the state. These blanks will
have reached the county auditors by Mon
day at the latest and the work of taking
the state census will then be In full swing.
Many of the counties have already begun
work. Some of the auditors cal'.rd the a-
. ssnrs together December 31 and Instructed
them In the work of taking the assessments
ind gntherlng the census figures. The
counties In some Instances began work this
v.eek. Ulnnks were sent to such counties
first, and It Is expected that all will lie at
.vork by week after next. Over half of the
'ounty auditors will hold the meetings of
ilia assessors tomorrow to Instruct them In
ihe wnrk. Borne will hold the meetings
Monday and the rest will hold their meet
ings a week from tomorrow. The secretar
f the executive council will also send per
sonal letters to every assessor In the state,
-o that If the auditors forget anything the
etter will cover It. The recommendation Is
Oso being made to the county auditors to
:irn In their reports as fast as a sufficient
-umber have been gathered to be worth
'vhlle. In this way the executive council
ill be able to know If the work Is not
olng done properly and cun return the
schedules for correction.
Pleasant Plain Murder,
A murder was committed at Pleasant
Main last night. Christian Wolmsdorf, an
id man 75 years old, was found dead by his
'ife on her return from doing the chores.
"an Rhepperd, a man of poor reputation,
has been arrested for tho deed. It Is
Maimed that Mr. and Mrs. 'Wolmsdorf were
ot on the most pleasant terms for som
Mme recently. Mrs. .Wolmsdorf clnlms she
"iw a stranger enter the house. Soon after
-he went to the house nnd saw Shepperd
'inning from It. On entering she found
'Volmsdorf dead. The nxe was found In Its
'oeustomed place, but very bloody. Con-
Idershle mystery surrounds the affair and
f Is not unlikely that Mrs. 'Wolmsdorf will
;i!so be arrested.
To Ride with President.
Eugene Waterbury, who was with Roose-
elt In the charge up San Juan hill, has
'fen Invited to be one of the fifty Rough
'llders In the president's bodyguard nt the
i-nugural. The bodyguard Is to be made up
"f fifty from the company nearest tho presl
""nt when he wns at the head of tho Rough
IMder regiment. Eugene Waterbury was a
-ember of the company and has been In-
!ted by Colonel I.ewellyn, the New Mexico
"nicer In charge of enlisting the squad to
not as one of the guard.
Investigate Charges.
Hon. John Cownle, representing the State
'oard of Control, leaves tonight for Daven
port, where Inquiry will be made Into the
'induct of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, a
ate Institution managed by Frank J. Ses-
Ions. The Interest which the board thus
'nnlfests Is the result of complaints made
1 'iat Inmates have been submitted to cruel
nd Inhuman treatment and that as a re
'tlt ho less than seven boys have broken
-way from the institution and sought lib
erty within a week. '
Court Arenas Again.
Joseph Clarke of Ln Salle, Warren
' ounty, was slugged on Court avenue In
i!iis city and robbed of all his money last
' Ight. Clarke had come to the city to
urchase goods for his general store in
A Salle. He was found wandering back
ef the Grant Club building, several blocks
from the scene of his assault. He admits
e!n- Intoxicated. At the police station
ho stated that he had been on Coitrt avenue
l the evening and entered some saloon,
lie remembers being hit over the head1 and
Vnew nothing after that till he woke up
In the police station. Clarke Is a pros
reroua merchant of La Salle and hasn't
cent left of the several hundred dollars
':at he brought to the city for the pur
rose of buying a stock of goods.
Railroad Increases Force.
For the third time In three months the
fork Island has Increased Its force nt the
Valley Junction shops. The last order is
for fifty men and these will be put on as
fist as they csn be found. Tho order calls
for eighteen machinists, ten bollermttkers,
l no blacksmiths and twenty helpers. For
ii time there was a report that the road
vould abandon Its Valley Junction shops
and the order Is gratifying to the peo
ple of that village.
After Riant -of-Way.
Frank S. Cummins, civil engineer a ml a
I'. Chamberlain, right-of-way agent for the
l iterurban railway here, are at work In
V e territory between Westover and
ranger, west of this city to determine
i 'io right-of-way between those two points
The rest of the route for tho road has been
rranged for. It is expected there will
! . no difficulty In obtaining the rlght-of-x-'.y
between the two points. Contracts
i r the construction thus far let have been
..bout completed and no further contracts
ill be let till spring.
MaasflEananf
Railroad Man Dies Suddenly
CKDAK . RAPIDS. I., Jan. 6.-Speelnl
V.icgranO-Mlchnel Mlnton, an employe
"f the Rock Island round house, was found
lead In the pit under un engine that he
Via gone to wipe today. He was found
i.i fifteen minutes after his death, as u
;r .ng of men came on nt that time nnd
ho had been seen to go under the engine
l-iat before the change. Ho was lying on
his back with a piece of wa.Me clasped
lii his hand. He was. apparently, In ex
' -llent health Just before his death and
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Ghlrardelli's Ground
Chocolate is not only a
delicious drink, but it is un
surpassed for the making of
cake, pastry and candy. It
is the perfect combination of
sweetness and purity.
More convenient and economical
than cake tfaiotblato.
MIMIC
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Omaha Weather Report Saturday Fair
Bennett's Great Grocery
Headquarters for the Best Groceries at Lowest Prices
A TOMATO AND CORN SPECIAL.
Saturday uniy.
5 f.ms Champion Tomatoes . B-V?
i cu.is I. X. L. Corn "c
$1.S
Fifty (lo.fO) Green Trading Stamps.
Fnrtv (Sl.nci Oreen Trading Stamps with
thi'ee pounds finest Java and Mocha
coflee u
Thirty ($:.00 )Green Trading Stamps with
pound lea IC
Ten ill.O") Green Trading Stamps with
quiirter pound can pure ground black
pepper -c
Twenty i$:X' Oreen Trading Stamps
with package Nabisco -c
Twenty (IJCi) Green Trading Stamps
with package Festlnoa 25c
Ten tfl.uoi Green Trading Stamps with
one pound package imported Sul
tanas 18e
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
three packages Bennett's Capitol
mincemeat
Ten SI .Chi Green Trading Stamps with
can Imported sardines U4o
Ten (Jl.001 Green Trading Stamps with
pound can Bennett's Capitol baking
powder 24c
Ten J1.00 Green Trading Stamps with
with two packages Bennett's Capitol
oats ...i -Oc
Ten (Jl.wi Ure:i Trailing Stamps with
two packiig-.j Bennett's Capitol
wheat -Oc
Te.i (11.00) Green Trading Stamps with
eight bars Bennett's Bargain soap.Sc
T'llrty (1.1 CO) Green Trading Stamps
with gallon Jug catsup .-"c
Ten (II .( I Oreen Trading Ktanips
with dofen dill pickles l-'c
Twenty -'.) Green Trading Stamps
with pound full cream New York
cheese IMc
Ten (Jl.WJ) Green Trading Stamps
with can Diamond 8. fruits :se
HERE YOt ARE SEK THE
BI'NCH OF THEM:
Three hundred and ten stamps
over ten pages of your book HI. no
worth, with that little order that
don't amount to ti.90.
FINEST LINE DHIKlJ FIU'ITS.
California raisins, pound Sc
Cleaned currants, pound 10c
CANDIES
Twenty (12.00) Green Trsding Stamps
with box Bennett's Special Choco
late Creams 25c
Mixed candy, pound..
Gum drops, pound
...10c
...luc
CIGARS
Surburg's Golden Scepter smoking to
bacco, one pound $1.14
One-half pound fc
Three nnd one-third ounces 3oc
Farmers' Twist, for smoking or chew
lug. 6 plugs 2sc
Bull Horn Havana cigar clippings,
pound package 18c
Four (40c) Green Trading Stamps.
Saturday, our first Saturday in 1905, First Saturday in thi
Phenomenal Inventory-Clearance Sale offers many inducements
to the buyer who must make a dollar go the longest stretch.
This Is a sale in which a dime doos the work of a quarter a sale In which
gK)(ls are sold at prices In most cases Just half what the price should lie.
It's a unique sale. It's n sample of Hennett hustle. It's u sale of seasonable
wantft-nch department ofTorlnj: Its generous quoto.
We know you are Interested you have already shown you appreciate the
advantages the hie money-saving advantages that sttind out like sore thumbs
in this nnnnnl Inventory sale.
Kead the bargains in this nd and come with a slim or a fat purse to the
store Saturday. '
A Crockery Caler
act for Saturday
10O piece Soiui-I"rirce'iain Dinner
Sets, nice golt) tilled-iu decoiu
tions, f,,ld hanJles. and Uuolis.
splendid values at $Ul. 7 OO
for Saturday .O CJ
llavilaml & (Vs White Hanson
Tea (.'tips and Saucers, 25 C
i i ; vi : "tim'i :s--TTrr A' to ti i i:
dom.au ;ui:i;n tkaimno
stamps un all whitk china
Toll PKCnKATlM!. Pinucrwnre
not luiiudi'd.
lilack English Tea Pots, nice mined
decorations, three sizes.
4Mc. U!Sc and JC
l'irty ($5) Green Tmdlng Stamps.
Popular Colonial Pattern of Tunil
lers. regular $1.0 values Qfl,
Monday only JuC
Fifty (?.") Green Trading Stamps.
No. 2 Rochester or No. 2 Electric
Lamp Chimneys,
each DC
Heavv Hrass Lamp Rumors, No. 1
or No. 2. r
each Jt
Watch
Repairing
Bring your troublesome
watch to our hospital treat
ment right priced right.
MAIN FLOOR.
Art Bargains
for Saturday...
4,000 foot Iiemnant Moulding for ev
ery style of picture, sold Saturday at
a heavy discount.
WITH DOUBLE GHEEN TRADING
STAMPS UP TILL NOON.
Pyrography Money Savers rt.
$1.00 bulbs UC
Christy Panels, stamped r
regular 8.'c 0C
Artist Materials, Artist Materials
We're Headquarters.
Jappaned Box Water JL(n
Colors ... tUC
Sjieclal Whatman Water Color J
Paper, good size
SECOND FLOOR.
Meats, Meats
Omaha's Leading Market
Vic
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i2i
25c
25c
Everything Guaranteed, Quality
the Best, Prices the Lowest.
Pork Loin,
at
Pork Shoulder Hoast, ff 1
at O2C
Pork Chops, 3 lbs.
for !
Spare ltibs, 4 lbs.
for
CHICKENS
Frpsh Dressed Koost- 7
ers, at 2C
FRESH LEAF LARD
FIFTEEN POUNDS f ((
FOK ...I,UU
Hams!
Hams!!
4.000 pounds of
Cudahay's Choice
Selected Hums,
Diamond C. Brand,
btl hnma.
Kvery one guar
anteed sugar cured
and well trimmed,
average 10 pounds
K 124c
Fifty ($5) Green Trading
Stamps with each ham.
Delicatessen Section
Our 53rd Department
All kinds of home-made
Sausages, cooked
meats,
sausage
purest and best
made.
To introduce oar new sec
tion, we will give Double
Green Trading Stamps with
All Purchases made in it
Saturday.
.New Encland Pressed Hum,
Export Pork Sausage,
Export Frankfurters,
Hungarian Pork Sausage, amok.
ed or freah.
Jellied rigs Feet,
Tongue Sauknge,
Meckrlhurger Mettnnrat,
Draumachnrelger Liver Sausage,
Schwrltaer Liver Keaae,
Mortadella In Rladdera,
Smoked Spare niba,
I'ollalied Suae,
Smoked Rolled Tongue.
i
Saturday Inventory Clearance
in Dry Goods Section
LADIES' FUR COATS
ASTRAKHAN COATS MAItKED 37.50 PA
at.
ASTRAKHAN COATS MAItKED $47.50
ASTUAKIIAN COATS MAItKED 57.50 . 2 5Q
NEAH SEAL COATS MAItKED 50.00 30 00
NEAK SEAL BOX COAT MAItKED 72.50 yj
NEAK SEAL AND MINK COAT MAItKED Z f
58.50 at Jowl
NEAK SEAL AND BEAVEI! COATS Marked Z1 E(
02,50 at jj i JU
NEAK SEAL AND MAItTEN COATS Marked ZJ PA
00.00 at ...Ji.DY)
CHILDREN'S AND MISSES' CLOAKS
Full length, all sizes, beaver, kersey, zibeline and mixtures
black, tan, red, brown, navy and fancy prices Z Q C
9.90 to 5.00 divided into two lots $4.95 and. .JljD
LADIES FLEECED Wit APPEItS Now tliej:go T C
prices were 1.25, 1.50 and 1.75 all at. .'V; 3C
LADIES' KIMONAS AND SACQUES Our om- 'ZQ
plete stock in four lots $1.48. 95c, 69c and. . ....
LADIES' VESTS AND DltAWEItS Heavy soft 'ZQ
fleece, fine rib, 05c quality at . ?C
Special Clearing Sale of Fine Comforts
All bur fine 2.25 and 2.50 Bed Comforts made of the finest
materials, tilled with the finest white cotton IOC
extra large sizes special for Saturday,' eacti V . .'. . . !)
All our very fine 2.75, 3.00 and 3.25 Bed Comforts noth
ing finer, extra large special for Saturday, 2 50
All our neavy Comforts, Worth up to 1.19 Satur- J
day, each JQ
All our Children's Crib Comforters, worth up to
49c Saturday, each JC
Wool Blankets, worth 8.50 to 4.50 Saturday, Z PA
only $5.00 and. J3U
GOLF GLOVES
Al a Pair VoT ln(,ieH aUil olilhlren all our Imported Golf
Oir, Gloves, worth up to 0."io u pnlr C
Saturday, pair , . . DC
A A TiCn a Pa ur ,inu h,P0,',e,, (Jolf GJovps for Iadifs and
tJv a A all children, worth up to 75c pair
Saturday, pulr J DC
DOUBLE GHEEN TRADING STAMI'S OX ALL (JOLF tiLOVES.
Saturday
Shoe Sale
Men's (Dr. Packard's) Cushion
Sole vici kid and kid lined,
hand sewed shoes, up-to-date
styles, 5.00 J A A
values for
Men's patent pony colt, balmo
rals, bluchers and button shoes
newest Wall Street drop toe,
young men's shoes, A. ((
5.00 shoes for vU
The best working shoes for men,
soft leather, double shoes,
seamless cut, bellows tongue,
union made, lace or congress,
all guaranteed,
at
2.00
Galvanized
Tubs
Galvanized
Buckets
Big Inventory sale In the Hardware
Section Saturday only.
No 3 best quality Galvanized
Tubs, at
No. 2 best quality Galvanized
Tubs, at
No. 1 best quality Galvanized
Tubs, at
Thirty (S.'MtOl Green Trading
with any of the above.
Ten-quart Galvanized
Bucket, at
Twelve-quart Galvanized
Bucket, at ,
Fouiteen-quart Galvanized
Bucket, at
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading
with any of the above.
Al Waffle Irons,
at
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading
Saturday.
72c
64c
56c
Stamps
I9c
22c
24c
Stamps
74c
Stamps
A SensaitionaJ
Half-Price Sale
tfffB-il-liltt a paiMWi
Men's, Yoin Mens
Boys and
Children's Suits
and Overcoats Only
Men's Sizes, 32 to 50
Young Men's Sizes, 20 to 36
. Boys', 10 to 20 years
Children's, 3 to 16 years
Brokaw Bros.' World Famed Hand
Tailored Clothing.
Hirsh-Wickwire . Co.'s Renowned
Suits and Overcoats.
Bennett's Special Suits and Overcoats
$20
$15
12.50
7.50
6.25
4.25
3.75
2.50
Children's Suits Latest Styles
3.75
3.47
2.98
2.48
1.98
1.68
.1.48 1
98c
..75c
50c
40.00 IJrokaw Uros.' Suits
or Overcoats, in this half-price
sale '.
30.00 Ilirsh-Wickwire's Suits
or Overcoats, in this half-price
sale
25.00 Ilirsh-Wickwire's and Bennett's
Special Suits or Overcoats, in this half
price sale
15.00 Ilirsh-Wickwire's and Dennett's Special
Suits or Overcoats, in this half-price
sale
12.50 Dennett's Special Suits
or Overcoats, in this half-price
sale
8.50 Bennett's Speciaf Suits
or Overcoats, in this half-price
sale
7.50 Bennett's Special Suits
or Overcoats, in this half-price
sale
5.00 Bennett's Special Suits
or Overcoats, in this half-price
sale
What we sold for Seven-fifty,
yours for t
What we sold for Six-ninety-five,
yours for '.
What we sold for Five-ninety-five,
yours for
What we sold for Four-ninety-five,
yours for
What we sold for Three-ninety-five,
yours for
What we sold for Three-forty-five,
yours for
What ve sold for Two-ninety-five,
yours for
What we sold for One-ninety-flve,
yours for
What we sold for One-fifty,
yours for
What we sold for One Dollar,
yours for
Sale starts Saturday, A. M., and will continue for seven
days only. We must reduce our clothing stock by 35,000.00.
THE EARLY BIRD GETS TIE WORM!
KAUFMAN'S ORCHESTRA ON THE NEW BAND STAND SATURDAY EVENING 7:30 TO 10:00-
nriTiiiM'im miumammiimiiiimikvaamaa
CORNET SOLO BY DR. A. D. LAIRD.
j.ikod with the boys In the hnp about the
cold weather. He wan not known, to have
been affl'ctid with heart diocave. The
ooornor is Invpstlftatlns his death.
Secret Arrrt Reported.
BROOKI.1NK. la., Jan. 6.-A secrtt ar
rest Is believed to have been made in the
mysterious murder of Hermit Reed, who
was shot to death and robbed at the
threshold of his hermitage. Bloodhounds
followed a trail loading from the hut to
a point one-half mile north and there
i-Hiled around a dwelling. They were
then taken from the trail and officers
reused to hur.t further for the slayers.
It Is believed that the murderers were
fumiliur with the grounds.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE
Tear Opens with Email Stocks ia thi Hand
of Dealers.
W. C. T. V. to Meet.
MISSOURI VALLEY, la.. Jan. 6 Spe
cial.) The regular monthly meeting of the
local chapter cf the Women's Christian
Temperance union will be held tomorrow
afternoon at J:30 at tho home of Mrs. Idl
B. Wise on Third street. The following
women will partlcipato In tin program:
Mrs. Augusta Livingston, Mrs. W. H.
Hamilton, Mis. Irene Taylor, Mrs. J. H.
Beverliige and Mrs. Dollle Burgess.
Team Goes Through lee.
ON'AWA, la.. Jan. 6. (Special Telegram.)
William McKay of Turin, while crossing
the Missouri river on the Ice at the Decatur
and Onawa crossing today with a double
rig broke through and was rescued with
great aifllculiy. His feet became entangled
in the relim and only prompt usslstunce
f ived his life. The team was drowned.
Ward llenles Repot t.
SIOl'X CITY, la.. Jan. 6.-E. K. Ward,
general manager for the Great Northern
Railway company, denies the repo. t that hi
would succeed Fred A. IJt l:i in, general
manager of the Burlington linen tu'xt of the
Missouri river, v. lute resignation will take
effect January 10.
Ilunur for Oltauiwa !ua.
.NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-W. 8. iu:sell of
Ottumwa, la., today was elected presi
dent of the American Plymouth Rock
club.
GROSS EARNINGS OF RAILWAYS INCREASING
Storms Delay 'Ira Hie, but Increase iu
Water Supply Causes Aetlvlty in
Several l.lues Condition of
Wheat Improves.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Dun s Weekly Re
view of Trade tomorrow will say:
Aside from some hesitation at the south,
owing to the recent fall In tho price of
col Ion, business conditions are favorable
and optimistic sentiments are evidenced by
extensive preparations for active trade. As
annual reports uppear It Is tound thai the
closing months of 1:) made a much better
exhibit than the ttrt half, which scans the
new year with smaller stocks of good:! in
the hands of dealers, assuring liberal con
tracts In the near future tor replenishing
supplies. A few minor labor controversies
havu arisen, but the Fall River mills are
more active, and In most branches of man
ufacture there is a steady decrease in the
proportion of Idle machinery, one promi
nent producer of woolen goods reporting Do
per cent of all plants In operation, titorms
have again caused temporary delay to
traffic, but the ample water supply Is a
beneficent Influence, more than orlsetiing
any difficulty to transportation. The ag
gregate gross earnings of the rallrad In
Kectnilier were i i per cent larger than In
the same month of liMl. Winter wheat
conditions have Improved and the partial
recovery in cotton may prevent the threat
ented curtailment of acreage. Buyeis are
arriving In the leu ding markets, und In an
other wc-ek liberal orders for spriug deliv
ery will be pi. it . IHspatches from other
elites are general.. encouraging.
As Inventories and repairs me completed
the various department of the iron and
Bteol Industry steadily extend operations,
and lh sentiment is In striking cnntrat to
the conservatism that prevailed a year ubu.
New business Is gradually coming forward
the need of consumers being felt In all
sections of the market, while production is
no longer retarded by adverse weather.
Ample water ha restored full output at
coke oven., removing the fuel difficulty and
also facilitating transportation. The mar
ket howa little evidence of Inrtntlon or
JlifltltU dooUIUous, a wore wholesome tone
pervading Ihe industry than at any recent
date. Minor metals developed some irregu
larity, owing to annual statistics of supply,
but the consumption of coal Is very heavy,
necetsitatiiiK full operation of practically
ull collieries.
A di elded change in the tone of country
hides lifted the price of buffs to 10 cents
and offerings were limited. Other grades
of domestic hides are quiet. Leather 1
itulet, though steady. Footwear factories
lire busy on orders for early spring deliv
ery und low stocks In the hands of jobbers
and retailers prove continued activity.
Prices are firmly held. As prices of cotton
goods have not declined In proportion to
the fall In raw material buyers are not
Increasing purchases In the primary mar
kets for cotton goods. Low stocks explain
the steadiness and the position of the mills
was strengthened by the partial recovery
In the cotton market. Worsteds led In the
opening rales of heavy weights, but all di
visions of woolen goods are strong.
Failures tor the week numbered IM In the
T'nlied Status, against tiW last year, and 3
in Ctinndu, compared with 37 a year ago.
nil A USTII KKT'S 1IKVIKW OP TRADE
Seasonable Quiet Rules the Jobblng
Trnde at I'reaeat.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 Brndstreet's tomor
row will Bay:
Seasonable quiet rules distribution at pres
ent. Consideration of last year's favorable
results and preparations for what Is con
fidently hoped to be a prosperous year's
trade engrosses wholesalers and Jobbers,
fold weather, however, makes for a fair
retail trade In winter goods, and this, with
necessary replenishment, of broken stocks.
Induces a fulr reassoi ting demand at lead
ing centers. Buttressing the expectations
of a satisfactory spring trade to come are
the fair volume of orders already booked
in leading Hues of diy goods, shoes, cloth
ing and kindred articles and tho generally
small stocks reported carried In final dis
tributors' hands. Western Jobbers' stocks
are reported lu to 30 per cent smaller than
a year ago st this date, and tills fact,
counted with die knowledge lhat Ihe com
ing three and six months' business will ;
compare with a reduced volume a year ago,
leads to the belief that comparisons from
now on will fa or the present year.
other femures coming to hand suggestive I
of favorable interpretation are the activity j
In many lines of industrial effort, notably !
lion and steel and lis many side lines. A !
cloud on the Industrial uctlvlly In Mew
Kngland Is, however, the stagnation in tho
bituminous rool trade growing out of the
car short ige lu that section. Congestion
on the railways Is not confined to this sec
tion entirely, foal, coke, lumber, ore and
grain trades note the presence of this as a
disturbing element In the central west,
south, southwest and uvrlhwvsU Decem
ber gross rallwny earnings promise to
show a g.iln of at least 8 per cent nnd to
close the year litit with a slight gain over
liR'3. hitherto the best recorded. The whisky
market shows Increased activity and
strength at leading markets. Tho strength
of Iron and steel prices. If anything, out
runs demand, which, though quieter, still
exceeds other years at this period In the
volume of new business coming to hand.
Hardware is nulling seasonably well and
a larse business is looked for. Huilriiiiir
I material Is slower, in keeping with weather
I conditions. Tin la lower and coffee Is not
so active. Anthrnclto coal Is helped by
cold weather. Bituminous coal Is strong
at recent advances, but the question of
deliveries on account of car congestion Is
a problem, particularly In New Kngland.
Business failures for the week ending
January 5 number L'ti2. sgalnst 2ii.s Inst
week, 312 In the like week in 1904. 33i in
wa, 346 In mi and ST2 in 1901.
In Canada failures for the week number
IS, as against - last week and 40 In this
week a year ago.
Wheat, including flour, exports for tho
week ending January 6, aggregate 4.411.917
hu., against 9K1.140 bu. last week. 3..'iO!i.324
bu. this week last year, 6,uS.l int. In 19i3
and 3.6H7.710 bu. In ISol. From July 1 to
date the exports aggregate 3il.170.?i4 bu.,
against k:iUi'!i bu. last year, 134,165,176 bu.
In VMQ and HS.TSJ-.Kto bu. In 19nl. !
Corn exports for the week are tho largest !
since March, l!tf. and uggregate 8.(A.533
bu., against 1.52,342 bu. last week. 1.249.599
bu. a year ago, ;.86,IS1 bu. In 1902 and
136.873 bu. In KX'l. From July 1 to date the
exports of corn aggregate lR.SVi.iw'J bu.,
against 29.t73.'6 bu In 19o3. 13,619.318 bu. In
i.02 and 19.463,415 bu. In liKJl.
OFFER BRYAN COLLEGE PLACE
Trustees of Illinois College Will
I rge Him to Aeeept Tres
tdenejr. JACKSONVILLE, 111.. Jan. .-(8peclal
Telegram The trustees of Illlonls college,
from which Bryan was graduated in 1881,
have decided to urge him to accept the
presidency of the Institution In place of C
W. Bornea, resigned. It Is believed that he
will acept In a short time when he comes
to deliver lectures here along economic
lines.
Trustee M. F. I'unl.ip read a letter from
Mr. Bryun embodying his views on tho sit
uation snd the boa-U Is satisfied that its
most distinguished alumnus will accept.
William Brown, with whom Mr. Bryan first
read law, Is on the board,
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