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THE OMAHA SUNDAY l.KK: LWST 0. 1014. 5 C GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET Many Speculator! in Wheat Abiding by the Ball Side. CORN 13 KU1ING STRONG Deterioration of Crtnlig Crop of Wlloar Cereal Help Boont the Prlco oa All Fatwre Optloae. OMAHA. Aug.. S. 1!U. l'or a long pull, ih most successful peculators In tho traUo mako tnc Hand that the bulla In wheat market la the correct one. As viewed from an impartial standpoint, however, the writer bellevee that it will be an uphill fight to eatab UhIi higher prices until such time as the exports Increase to l.lM" tuihela of wheat or more. Those who look for high prices point nut the fact that the countries engaged In warfare will be unable to ued cropH and that they will not only be forced to make 1ft rue purii.neea froiif America during thia crop year, but that this buying will have to le kept up dur ing the next croi year and possibly dur ing the two KucceeJinc crop years. Those who view the situation surround ing the wheat market from the standpoint of a bear say that England will have to Import 24O,0un.0uo bushels wheat during this c.-op year, nnd that while our spring wheat will commence to move In a fort night, the condition wheat will be ready for shipment in three weeks. And that It Is a well known fact that England will give Its possessions preference over the wheat raised in the Vnited States. Corn was tho principal market of the lay and ruled quite, strong under short covering, because of the unfavorable con ditions, and advanced IV' for the dav. I'.normous reports of corn deteriorating rapidly met confirmation in the govern ment report yesterday. This estimate showed a shrinkage of nearly 2c0.00u.00u bushels In July, and coming on top of a short crop last year. Is liable to bring about a tight situation la tar In the sea son. Mom activity waa displayed In tin oats market yesterday than in any of the other pits, i'ricta steadily advanced and closed with net gains of Kai'.c. There was a large volume of ney buying trom the outfidfl, baked on tha belief that oats re too cheap as compared with other grains. Cash can are selling et almost double their usual discount under corn and tha general leeling Is that this dif ference fhould narrow up materially. A material improvement in tho demand for rush product waa the mint encourag ing feature I mho provision trade yester day. This demand Is entirely domestic In charucter and If there is any foieign buying tho packers are keeping the fact well concealed. Prices In the future mar ket were again sharply higher, although the disposition to realise on the bulge cost valius a good part of their gain. Hog prices wera ffic h.gher and there was a sensational advance In Liverpool spots. Bacon there was 04tl9 shillings higher, hams 14 higher and lard 40. Wheat was tWic higher. Corn was mmc higher. Oats were I'alWc higher. Clearances on corn were 2b.000 bushels, oats .0U0 bushels and wheat and flour eo.ual to 62,000 bushela There was no market at l-'v'i'pool. Primary wheat receipts were l.SWO.OOO h,.v.l nd ahlnmcnta 1.595.000 bushels asalnst receipts last year of l.fiTii.W bushels and shipments of 1.OR3.00O bushels. Primary corn receipts w ere 406,000 bush els and shipments SIl.OOO bushel against receipts last year of SU.COO bushels) and khlpments of 470.000 bushels. Primirv nut rncelnts were 2.011,000 bush els und shipments 910,000 bushels against receipts last year or l.sia.pw Dusncis m thipmenta of 83,000 bushels. CARLOT RECK1PTS. Wheat, corn. uai Chicago Minneapolis . XhUuth Cmaha Kansas City t. IjOuIs ... .603 598 122 41 90 221 98 CO 70 12 Winnipeg Ill Thefo salet were reported today; Wheat: fv;.. t hurH winter i rr giAC: 2 cart, S6c." No. S hard winter, 2 cars, 86c No. 4 lir nlntnr 1 ear Sfirt 2 cars. &"C. NO 4 mixed. 1 car. Sftc. Oats: No. 3 white, S cars. 37c; 6 cars, 6c; 1 car. W5Hc No. 4 vhlu Hi rim 37Ue: 5 Cars. 36MiC'. 1 car. 3;vc. Corn: No. 1 white, 4 cars, 79c. No. 3 white. 1 car, 79c. No. 6 white, 1 car. '.HHc. No. 1 yellow, 4 earn, 784c; 1 -car, 78c. No. 2 yellow. 1 Car. 78Hc. No. 1 yel low, 1 car, 78c. No. 1 mixed. 2V4 cars, 'KVto; i cars; 7Sc; 2-5 cars 77Hc No. 3 mixed, 2 cars, 78c; 1 car, 77tc; 13-8 cars, 77c. cample. 1 car (yellow), 77c; 1 car. 76c; 4 cars, 7f?; 1 car, 69c. rim.h. cash Prices Wheat: No. 2 hard rr.uiawo. No. 3 hard, &4Vtc No. 4 hard. Ko 2 snrlns. sSWKV. No. spring, STftSHc No. 4 spring, 85ftjN7c. No. durum, k3ft- No i durum,ICtv tto Corn: No. 2 white. 7S4'?r79c: No. 0 white. 78Vtli'i7c: No. 4 white, 7S'i78c; No. 2 yellow, 'WrfTShir; No. 3 yellow. 773i 78c; No. 4 yellow. 77'.4e77iic; Na. 2 mixed, 7Ka78'4c; No. 3 mixed. 77"a7nc; No. 4 mixed. 76Vd77c. data: No. 2 white, rV'ffSsc; standard, 37'4S7Vn: No. white. Ml? 37c- No. 4 white. 36l4fl3bHc. Barley: malting. 51fioc; No. 1 feed. 4ti31e. Rye: No. 2 714t72itc; No. 3, 7H7HrC. I CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROBI8IOM Feat a res of the Trading; and Cloalag Trlcra oa Board of Trade. CHICAGO. Aug. . After an unsettled start the wheat market today made a de cided advance influenced by Winnipeg dispatches that beyond question the KritlPh government had been buying wheut there. Sentiment also waa affected by a dispatch that federal authorities were bending every energy to provide for the Immediate transportation of American crop to foreign markets and that ar rangements were being negotiated lo bank 111 New York large amounts of Knglish government funds. Opening prices, which ranged from o lower to lo higher, were followed by an upturn all around, reaching In some caseg lu above last night. Humors that, aa a war measure Canada would remove the Import duty on wheat. led to a further advance. The close waa strong at a gain of 2o to 2c net. Corn bulged from the outset. Tha bull lsh nature of the government report was largely responsible together with con tinued absence of rain. Shorts found the September option especially hard to buy. Tho market opened He off to mc higher and then jumped quickly, gaining gs much as IHc before any reaction took place. Assertions that tha Washington flg tre did not show all of the present crop Injury carried the market atill higher. The cloae waa nervous. S'ise to I7c net his her. Oata climbed on accounut of tha Can adian prohibition of the export of oata. offerings wr very light and prices up more than IVfC. Active buyint hoisted provisions. I'.lgl.ter prices for hogs was the immedl etn reason. Transactions ranged all the way from 6f65c up. OMAHA GENERA. MARKET. BUTTER No. 1, 1-lb. cartoons, 87c; No. 1. 60-lb. tubs. 27a CHEESK Imported Swiss. 34c; Ameri can Swiss, 24c; block Bwlss, tic; twins, 17c; daisies. 17Hc; triplets. 17Sc; Young America. ISHu; blue label brick, lti'ic: iiinburger, 2-1 b, 18c; 1-lb., 30c; New York white, lc. ribH White. 14c: trout, li'ic: large crap- ples, 12c; shad roe, per pair, nuc; salmon, lik-; halibut, 10Ac: buffalo, 10c: channel catfish. 13c; pike. 13c: pickerel, c. FOILTHV Broilers, 20c; hena. 12c; cocksv 'tc; ducks, 8c; geese. turkeys. W; pigeons, per dosen, One; ducks, full feathered, 8c; geese, full feathered, fco; miabs. No. 1. 31 H; No. 2. 60c. HOGS--Kfeceipta 33,uu0 head; market, dull. bulk. $s 2Mi.&; light. 3S &.0; inlxec. ix.WusfcO; heavy. 3s. OutfjrS.701. rough, 5s.lA!iH10: pia, 37Mii80. BEEF CUTS No. 1 ribs, l"ic; No. 1 17V-; No. 3, 14c. No. 1 loins. SIVsc; No. 3. Uic; Nj). 3. UWe. No. 1 chucka. UVic; No. 2. 12c; No. 3. luc. No. 1 rounds, lic; No. 1. li'-c; No. i. 13'c. No. 1 I'Uiea. 8'c; No. i. 7tic; No. 3, 4c. Frlcea funiished by the Gliinsky Trult Co. FRUITS Oranges: Extra faccy Glen dora Yalenciaa, , 112s, 116a, Iu6a. 17m, i-jOa and 33.75 per box; Red Ball Valencias, all sixes. 33. W per box Lmons: l'.xtra faney Gulden Bowl, 30us, k), 300 per box; Fancy Silver Cord. Sxa. 3tj0a. 17 50 per box. Grapo Fruit- Extra Fancy .Vis. 34.60 per box; extra lancy 4s. 34V0 per box; extra fancy 36, 33.ii per box; Indian River b4s and tfw. ti.iu per box. Apples: !uchea, 34-tf) per bM. CALdFGR.Nl A FRUITS-Black Tla mond plums. 31.73 rer bbl. Red plums, 31.60 per tbl; Cojifomi peaches, toe per box; California Baxtlctt rears, 0-lb boxes, ti-la per box; Wsshii.ktor Hart lett pears, C '- 5 per box; Colorado Carmen peaches. ftV per box. VKUKTARLKS-Vabhase. 2Wo per lb: unions, 2 V per lb; pepper. fcV per basket; rancy tomatoes, Wc it basket: cucum ber hot-house, (2 do, barken. Too per basket; new !eets, carrots, turnips. ;'.V dot; celery Michigan, s."c los: celery, Penver, large Jumbo, II 0i per dot; head lettuce, Mr to $). per dox: leaf 'lettuce, V per dot: onions, home-grown lie per dot; radishes, 60c per dot: irarlic. Italian, i.'flc per lb: horse-radi'h, tl.au per case; shelled pop-corn, 4c per case; asparagus, home-grown, per dot, market price about SOc rer dot. POTATOES Nw potatoes. lie per bushel. WATERMELONS. IV per lb. CANTAIAJL'PKS Arttona elandsrris. I3.50 per crate: jumbos, li.00 per crate; ponys. i.i per craie. CANTHLOrPBS-ArUona standards, per basket; bananas, 11.75 to 1 .1.50 per bunch. NUTS Salted peanuts. $1 So per case; No. 1 California walnuts. lS.? per lb; pecans, 12Sc per lb; tllbertu, l."c per lb; almonds, L''e per lb: pop-corn, 4c per lb. MBSCBI.LANKOU8 Bugar velr.ut dates, ll.'JTi per box; llms. 1175 per basket; erackerjack, tt.o" per case; half caae, 11.75; checkers, 13.50 per caae; half case. ll.'O. BRADSTRIIET'I TR A DD RKVIEW Activity Has Beea C o Mailed to Its Lowest Limits. NEW TORK, Aug T.-BraOetreet will say tomorrow; The American business world has spent the week In absorbing the shock of the precipitation of the European war, and, pending the taking or necessary pre cautious, activity Iihs been curtailed to lowest limits'. This Is esieclally true of operations In large fiminctal and commer cial lines, and considering the now and varied steps that have had to be taken, the progress made lias been tu a high oegree eratirymg Kepre.ision has been widely In evidence. but absolute stagnation has been largely in export and import trace, congestion of wheat at the ports, consequent i-.pon the partial stoppage of shipping trade ond the dislocation of the exchange mar I et, has reacted back upon tho railroads and therce to the western farmers, and the movement Is slowing down. There haa been a general rise In prices of nearly all staples where open markets exist, with marked effect noted on all lines of Imported goods, which ore gen erally held lilglier. rood sums ana im ported toxtlle pi-oductn are strong. The wheat and domestic food stuffs markets H-enersllv have moved higher, but. lacg of outlet and of financing iiower, in view or tne situation auroan, cneciss rie unj ing of staples that foreigners need. There is a reeling mat uoninsua manu facturers will have fall trade mora to themselves than appeared possible a chore while ago. liradstrecfsi reports bank clearings for the w eek ended August nt $2 :ii.l 70.000 a decrease of 2 per cent from last year; bualness failures at Wi aguinst last year. DVI S REV1KW OF TRADE! Baalneaa than) Remarkable Power of Resistance. NEW YORK, Aug. ". Dun" Review will say tomorrow: Business is endued with remarkable power of resistance. adapting Itaelt to conditions almost unprecedented in the history of the world. Never hss this coun try given inoi convincing proot of Its ability to meet grave cnersncles promptly and effectively. So far as this favored country la con cerned, the worst of financial stress is over, and the markets ore gradually getting Into a position where material advantage may be derived from the dis turbance. The interruption to export trade, due to the situation In foreign ex change and the withdrawal of ocan shipping facllitlea, la now the chief causj of trouble, export freight beginning to nil un at hlnnlmr centers, but rdncerted orders are being taken to relieve thle rendition as far as Dractlcable. Commercial failures for the week In the t'nlted states were 3M compared with 26u last year; In Canada 57 against 31 last year. ' Cora and Wheat Reg-Ion Dnlletla. Corn ond wheat region bulletin of tho United Statea Jepartment of Agriculture, weather bureau, at Omaha, for the twen-tv-four hours ending at R a. m 76tl meridian time,' Saturday, August 8, 1014! meridian time, Friday, August 7: OMAHA DISTRICT. Temp. Kaln' High. Low. rail. Sky. Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Ash and. Neb... w rt .00 .in .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .Ot .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .uo Auburn, Neb... & R'ken Bow, Nb.KO Columbus, Neb. tt Culbertson, Nb. 99 Falrbuo-. Neb .lUO Fairmont, Neb. I'M Gr. Island, Nb .lOi HartingCn, Nb.mO Haatinga, Neb..K) Holdrwge, Neb. 10.1 Uncoln. Neb...l) No. I'latte, Nb.100 Oakdale, Neb.. Omaha, Neb.... 9ti Tekamah, Neb. 97 Valentine, Nb.102 Alto. la 9 Carroll, la 91 (iarinda, la. ...102 Sibley, la Sioux City, la.. 94 74 m 6ti 74 r? 72 i It. cloudy Pt. cloudy Ft. cloudy Pt. cloudy Ft. cloudy Clear Clear 70 72 73 67 72 tin 70 t 74 Ft. cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Minimum temperature for twelve-hour period ending at 8 a. m. DISTRICT AVERAGES, v No. of Temp.-- Raln rv.iriM Stations. High. 1-ow. fall. Columbus. 0 1 W 4 Louisville. Ky... K 9 M Indla'polls, Ind.. 13 94 Chicago. Ill 24 2 2 St. Louis. Mo.... 18 9 Ues Moines, la.. 24 92 S Minneapolia . 83 J Kan. City. Mo.. 32 98 Omilu. Neb li 100 i0 High temperatures prevail In Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Cooler weather Is moving over tne a -.w lieht showers occurred In all ex cept the Omaha, Ie Moines and Chicago dltrlcta. 1 A. WELSH, Ixical Forecaster, Weather Bureau. Local Securities. fjnatitlsaa tumlihea by Burn. Brlsktr a Cs., 4t On-fcha NsUosnl tank bulldlsg Htock - Fslnnoat CrmtTT t'S-, 1 Pr cant.. Fairmont tTMuwry gur. ( pr csnt.. oo-h C. B. Pt. Ily. pla Smin. C. B Rr- Brl.g. um.hs . u p Blau City Sux Vsros f t'uloa Siixk Varcs. omnba Hands . Austin, Til, water IK Rsnsan. Nb., "',"' City National Bank Bias. 4s 1W0... Council B111KS O. K. . t..... Dundaa pTlnf warrants, 7 par cant Hut Hprlnsa. 8. !., S, ; Kanaaa lltr. Ma., till Stilt, 1 P. e... Narialk. Nb., ocbool a. 1M Oiu.ha B. U P. as, II S3 Oman Oas (a. 117. City of Omaha 4a, lll Omaha C B. 8t. R- . 12 Puss found t. U P. 4, Halt Lao tkhaol a. IM gwift a Co. a. 1M4 Wuyaa, Nra , school district aa RI4. AakaA. 1001.1 it n 71 12 S . f .11 i" a - 11 w ii 1 to 4 1HI Si M M lk' n IS 1ft tUISi ItJ lio"" i lu lOlta MS, M.O 7 lai 1M Bank C learlaga. OMAHA, Aug. 1 Bank rlearingg for Omaha today were 32.011,113.71 and for tha corresponding day last year 2,S54.493.ia. The summary of the clearings for the week and the corresponding week last year la as follows: Last Year. This year. Monday I 3.u.!2,l1.7 $ 2.S3u.f,!5 72 Tuesday 2.M4.3:'4.74 3.0M 970 Wednesday S.I3.7.S 2.K18.92! 61 Thursday 4.(64 341.92 2,3!f7.01.08 Friday 3,953,800 49 2.379 129 16 Saturday 2,U4,495.6!i 2,011, 11471 Totals .31S.719.6ol.88 114,519,234 33 Boo real tat columns for barg-alna Oata ha Hay Market. PRAIRIE HAY Choice upland. 311 00O 11 40; No. 1. 310.0i(ill.00; No. 2, 38 0i7'10 00 No. 3, 3o.01ya3.u0. Mldlan. No. 1 to choloe. lO OO-oll. 00; No. 3. SX iU-g 10.00; No. 3, 3U Outo 8uu. Low land. No. 1 to choice. 3 oovi uu No. 2. 3t.0ut8.0o; No. 3 M.OOiimi.Hraw'-Choh-o oat or rve, 36.00j SO; choic wheat 4.kg5.Mk. Alfalfa: Choice. 313 OKa u.i0: No. 1, 312 0&'13.0u; No. 2. 310.001100. MlaaeaBOlla Grala Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 8.-WHKAT- oeptemDer. i nt't: no. 1 hard. 3l.H': No. 1 northern, 31 101; No. J northern, 31. 08 tl IOC. Bank af Kaalaad Cats Rate. Ik.siyON. Aug. 8, 11:30 a. m.-T!ie Hank of England discount rate was reduced today from 4) to per ceoL OMAHA LIVE-STOCK MARKET Cattle of All Kindt About Steady with a Week Ag-o. HOGS BACK WITH LAST WXEK beep aad l.ambs Active gellera All Week Prices A ova are Meaellr aad Now Qaarter Illgaer Tha a Week Aa-o. SOUTH OMAHA. Aug. I. 1M4. Receipts were: Cattle, Hogs. Bheep. Otf.c.ai Mondnv t.4.t i.M 1M- Official Tuesilav i.4 Official Wednesday.... 1T OUIClHl ll.,.v,iy Official Friday Zti hstlmato Saturday W.IHil 9,004 10. 2a 12T Six days this veek..lO.M 11.4; M.IKS Sum days last wek..ll,bn) 4..KR !H.f,i Same days 1 weeks ago 11.J91 4K.M7 fn.4:. 8tm days weeks ago 7.313 4V43J 4..S2L tm oays 4 weeks a no vfw HUM S...K14 Same day last year..l.9C. 6Mol 7.",i14 The following tablj snows the receipts of cattle, hugs and slietp at tho Soutn Omaha live stock market for tho year to data aa compared with last year: 1914. W.J Inc. Iei Cattlo 4M.S1.1 4K.Wi m.w Hogs 1.R74.5M 1.767.W 1S2,8 bheep l,329,4ol 1,170.824 luK-it'I Tne following table tnuws Cue receipts prices for hogs at the South Omaha Uvo stock market for tho last few daya with comparisons: Pate. I liH4. I19I.1.U012. 11911. '1910. Ills. IIW. July H. k "i 1 7 17! S4 8 SM 44 I 8317 201 151 3 l 1 7I July IP. July . 3 7 231 -!"?! July 21. July Julv 2 g 7I g 97 S XI I i'H 7Hi fl 7 i 3 UH 3 8! 7 24 I S ,1 7 38 8 64' I 77 7 47 : H Ail T f B linia is; 7 hi i H M S3l I 7 I7i 31 July S4. July 2l. 6 301 IK I 24 July 26. t a iTl 7 61 July 27.1 3 9.-.T.I j 7 l 6o! 3 1 7 41 3 62V 6; 1 ! 3 !Mj 7 87 3 62 4 8 67i 7 ! 6 7; 7 KM 7 271 is July ZH. July 29. July 30. July 31. Aug. 1.. Aug. X. Aug. 1 Aug. 4. Aug. 6. Aug. 6. Aug. 7.. Aug. 3.. 07 14 40 41 4J 8 ! 8 IIS 8 Ml 7 671 7 17 7 4 8 m: 7 7;i n! t 44 3 til 7 761 4i 7 00 a a ikIi k, t 611 7 49 3 HS 7 6s 7 93 1! 7 75! 7 54 33 tu) l2 7 70 7 Ml S3 7 (07i 7 fki 3 22 8 .V4 8 231 3 Ml 7 G4'l 7 ' 7 Ml S 8 17 7 96 I 7 71 7 fi 45 3 19 7 frl 7 li 7 591 8 ltt! 7 K3, 7 38, 7 9ft I 30 Sunday. frleea oat Buard of Trade. Receipts and disposition of llva stock at tha Union Stock yards In South Omaha for twonty-iour hours ending at 3 p. nv yesterday: RECEIPTS-CARS. Hogi. 8heep. Horses. C. M. & St. P.. Wabash Union Faclfio C. & N.-W., east.... C. & N.-W., west.... C, H. & Q., east.... C, U. ot g., west.... C, H. 1. At P., oast.. Total receipts Zi 1 DISPOSITION HEAD. Hogs. ... &o ... ... 2" .... Mb Morris & Co ciKlahy Packing company Huhwafts & Co .. j. V. Murphy Total Li CA1 TLB There were no fresh receipts of cattle thia morning, at least nothing of any Importance, so that tna market waa nominally steady as compared with yesterday. For the week Ilia receipts, In spito ot tho largo run on Monday, hava been very light, showing a heavy falling ot aa compared with, tna corresponding week last year. ine nest corn-ma steers, owing 10 vneir aaroltv. 4lt not show much change at any time during the week and are atill selling In about the same notches as a year ago, un me oiner nana, most smas of grass beef, aa well aa the medium f;radee of corn-feds, broke zoiiptoo esriy n the week on account ot the temporary nonev atrineencv due to the war break ing out In Europe. Aa receipts lightened up and money became easy once more the market stead ly firmed up and at the close of the week prices are Pack about where thnv were one week ago. Cows nH heifers which broke In about the same proportion as grass beef at the beginning of the week have also recov ered lost ground and are now about where Uiry were a week ago. Stock cattle and leaders suffered more break at tho beginning of the week than any other claas of cattle. On the other hand lower prices looked so enticing to buyers that the demand showed consid erable Improvement and prlcea have been firming up until they are almost It not quite as good as they were a week ago. At present writing the financial condl thin has greatly Improved and there Is a r.rv much better feeling prevalent in live stock and banking; circles. At the present time there la every reason for believing that the demand will be back to about normal by the beginning of the week. However, no one wishes to see a glut at any market point. Conditions up to the present time are very much better at the western than at the eastern market points. . , quotations on cattle: Good to choice con fed beeves, 39.Ka9.7B; fair to good cornfed beeves. 37.60ttl.25; good to choice range steers, $S.OO(q'8.76; fair lo good range steers. 37.2f8.i0; common to fair range steers. 3S.6O&7.00; good to fancy cornfed heifers, 37.7fwre.Yn; gooo 10 cnon-o gra heifers, $.2.VgT25; god to choice grass cews, $8.00iS.50; fair to good gradeslS. trt.OO; common to fair grades, 33.6008.25; itood to choice stockers and feeders. 37.60 ftSOO; fair to good stockere and feeders, $7nC(ic7.!)0; common to fair atockers and feeders, 3.008 76; stock cows and heifers, 3o.OOn.76; stock calvea, 36.00'a 3.00; veal calves, 37.00gl0.5O; bulls, stags, etc., 34.7M3 7 2 IIOOS Receipts wsre about double the site of Friday's, but ftlll they were very light, and all buyers Were out In the yarda early. ShiPPera were more particular this morning and refused to take the very common stuff, but two of the packers were competing with the shippers, and as a result It did not take long to cleaa up the big end of the aupply at figures that were quoted aa fully a quarter higher than yestorday'a uneven market. Some salesmen thought their hoge looked better than this, but as a general thing prices were just about I60 above Friday. Two of tho packers not buying a hoof. did not seem to uomer tne omur ouara In tha least, and the fact that two or three sellers waited until rather lata to dispose ot their holdings, was due mora to their own bullishness than to any weakness ot the market. The sales landed at a range of .iff(e.75, with the long string selling at 360. Today's top of tt-.r. 1. the hlahest urlce raid since Thura- l day of last week, tha day before the big bleak atartea. From Thursday of last week until Wednesday of this, prices showed a de cline of a flat dollar per hundred, whloh meant a break of about 80c as compared with the close of last week. The rapid advance of the laat three days has reoov ered a god share of this, with the result thut hogs are now gel'ing about a quarter higher than a weak ago todsy and within a dime of the big figures that were paid on tha day before the market started Its big drop. In summing up the week'a trade It might be mentioned that the con dition of the market la still a long way from normal, and while values are rapidly recovering on the present light receipts. It Is difficult to say how much of a run the trade. In its present shape would stand. In view of thia uncertainty ship, pere would do well to stick to conserva tive lines for a while yet. The action of two local f.ackers In staying out today may have been due to any of several dif ferent causes, but It Is safe to say that shippers will lose nothing by going a little slow until trade conditions become more thoroughly settled and packers have a chance to find out Just where they stand. Receipts today totaled twenty-three cara, or l.tou head. The week's supply amounts to 11. 4 JO head, being 33.000 head smaller than laat week, and 46.OH0 short of the same week ot last year. The extreme lightness of this week's receipts has boosted the year's decrease until It mow amounts to 132,08 bead. No. M .. II... 1 .. it .. At. .. l4 ...31 ...m gll. ft. Ne. w... at... at... ! .. At. ...;j4 ...rri ...7 ..tat .. iU ... ...IM ...ill ...: am. rr. SO I M at H 3a 1 ol a I o ... la 44 I at 40 I 71 IN I 76 U III 3j I 4 lit ID l I IS ...144 1 1 4 TO M IM 44... 41 ii lit IM 14... 41 is! ... I a 71... a! z7 ... 110 IS... 71 tt M IK SHEEP There were no fresli receipts this morning. Liberal rwelpts, aggregat ing some 64. (do head aaatnat 34,uuj last week and 74.UU0 during t' same week a year ago and at the same time a 3tv ad- S--;H:;HiDAM HUDSON TO BUILD PIER trade, inia nut hern to Hie shortae in ma receipts at ouisiae points totn iat weea and linn, consetenii.v cmitU.oii between total uueis ie'.ine sirvng ant active tor tnc hoeial suppiy ! inliers j nese, resulting in me iticv iinininriiMin It is generally conceded u an., thing Iiko normal sui'puea nad snown up inn olner maraeta no Itnpi a cment would liae taken place. Pexaea tne local psca ing demand mis weea theie lias been con amerabie snipping demand to eastern points, aa in the nciM.ioorhnod of ten rata of good Idaho IhhiIi sold on that account In one oa . '1 tie packers made a oetermined eftuit to Keep ihiiios down to tuo 3ft.uo inara, but toward the rlesiiig daa 01 tho weea iney tailed and w era obliged to pay nigner pr.ees. toe rloso of tne week bvuiig me hignest time, when Hie bulk of the good laiuos aold around pi.li, with some choice ones selling up to W.30. On rrlday yearlings reached 98 3b and ew es . No w etnera were in Sigut at tho week end. While the war seaie created a disturbance in the cattio and hog markets, it had no e.fect on tne sheep trade. On aocount of the keen Inquiry for kill ers this week and the bulk 01 tne receipts being on the tat order, the feeder buyera were to a large extent ilmiied in their operations, yet tha demand lor all kinds or feeders has been active und strong, closing considerably broader than a weea ago. Feeding lamba this week sold at 36 MUtt.lO. Quotations on range sheep and lambs: Hood to choice lamba, IVUMiw."; tiur l good lambs, 8i 6t4ia.0i: feeder lambs, $'. 1117.10; yearlings, good to choice, fi W 6.25; fair to good yeaiilnga, 3-i.7toiti.oi'; leeder yearlings. S.i. Je'uVi. ie; gotxi to choice wethers, 36.7:x(il.uii; fair to good, wethers, fc.5fli.7f; f,Hler wetners. I4.in 4.60; good to choice ewes. 3.YMi6.4rt; (air lo (rood ewes, 34.k'n6.15, feeder ewes. ti.X IrO 75. Representative aales: No. 4.1 fed ewes r culls 89 fed lambs 15 culls A v. ...1)6 Tr. li on 3 50 3 25 li 00 61 53 CHICAGO MVH STOCK MAHKKT Cattle Qale.t Hogs Strong frheen Steady. CHICAGO, Aug. 8 CATTLE Receipts. ) head: market nu'.st; beeves. 37 UVf 3.96; steern, 3t 4vfS. 16 ; stockerg and feed ers. 37.3iKii7.W; cowa nnd heifers, :." 9.10; calves. 38.6Vo 11. tw. ' HOGS Receipts. I.3i0 head; market strong, 90040c higher: bulk ot ssits, v l U 40; light. t.10Kf.7o; mixed. 3s 7rtf..70; heavy, 8.4tK8e.U0; rough. 8.:.4ucfe.6; high, 37. 764)9.36. SHEEP AND LAMCfU-Kecelpts. 1,000 head; market steady; aheep, t SiKft4.lt; yearlings, 34.uO"u1.W; lambs, 0"f.fUM. 1 Coffee Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 8.--COKFEE No Important change waa reported In the coffee situation here today. Local mer chants cay that nothing definite has de veloped with reference to renewed ship ments from Braall. It was reported that there were aales of I.'o 7s at u shade at 9.18 o, but' holding were firm at that figure today and Santos 4s were un changed at 14c, Private aales were reported of Decem ber at 8.20c, a reaction of about 40 points from tho high level of the week, bul there waa business later at 8.2,'ic and ih.ua transactions were surnoHcd 10 re flect the evening up of out traaes, ratiier than an attempt to forecast future val ues. An arrival of 2H .7 bnia was re ported at New York today. Rio and San toa receipts on Friday were 89.00.) bags, and clearances were reported for thia country of 2.0o0 bags from Rio on Au gust 4 and of lB.'HO bags from Victoria oa August 8, by the same steamer , Chicago LIt. Stock Market. CHICAGO, Aug. . CATTLE Receipts, 200 head; ma kt strong; beevtta. .Kt" 1.96; steers, 36.48.75; stockers and feed ers, 36.6087.9: cowa and helfora. 33.tso 3.10; calves. 38.00foil.35. HOGS Receipts, 6,000 head; market SO 08o above yesterdey's average; bulk. 8S.9Ulff9.40; light, 89.10ij9.7S; mixed. 8R.7tf 9.70; heavy, 38.404j9.46; rough, 3S.0jj85; pigs, I7.7b4j9.a. BHBE.P AND LAMBS Racetpta. 3.000 head; market strong; sheep, lYSOtftMO; yearlings, 36.HW6 90; lambs, 6.ku'j.60. Dry Goods Market. K'lTTU VnHW All. A Tltirlana 9nmm rapidly today and some grades of heavy rotton goous were oougni 10 replace mem. I .aces and embroideries advanced sharply. Borne linea of foreign dress goods were advanced 10 per cent today. Linens scarce for future delivery, cotton convertibles easy; colored Unas firm. Clearing- Ifoase Bank Ptatement. 1 NUW YORK. Aug. 8. The statement of the average condition of clearing house banks and trunt companies for the week Lows that the cash reserve In excesa of legal requirements decreased 3f1.719,( to, leaving a delict of 343,M6,0u0. Boiling Over Slow Fire is Best Way to Kill Lobsters LONDON, Aug. . Boiling over a slow tiro la the happleat death a lobster ran meet, so It haa been determined at the Jersey Marine Biological atatlnn. The experiments wsre carried out by Joseph Blne.1, a well known biologist, for the Jer sey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, whose members associated the prevalent method ot killing lobsters with medieval torture. lobsters, says Mr. Plnel, are extremely difficult to kill. Tierclng the brain does not seem to causa the lobster more than temporary annoyance, since hi brain Is a mere nerve ganglion tho slxe of a h'empseed. Ha has to be killed all over. To throw him Into boiling water falls to do the work either mercifully or quickly, since he struggles violently to escape for about two minutes. ,,, The pleasantest way to end a lobster's troubles, Mr. Slnel finds, Is the old-fashioned way of placing him In cold water and bringing him tg a boll. Aa the water warms, ha become merely laty and rolls over aa for a sleep. By the time tho, water reaches the comparatively mild tempera ture of 70 degrees, Farenhelt, he becomes comatose. At 80 degrees ho la dead. To use a human Illustration, tha biologist say it is like a person succumbing to a heat wave, with loss of consciousness and a painless and. German Aeroplanes and Motors Are Best BERLIN, Aug. I. German aviation circles are expressing pride In the part played by their countrymen In x record- making In the last few months. All the records ware made In German aeroplanes equipped with German motors. The dura tion record haa been battered four tlmea thia year by Germans. Tha first waa Bruno Langer, who set the mark at four teen hours and aeven minutes oa Feb ruary 3. This mark was raised to six teen hours and twenty-t s minute on April 6, by the Frenchnv I, Poullet, but ou June 24, Baaaerman bettered this fig ure, four days later Landmann raised It once more, and then came Boehm with the first twenty-four-hour flight ever made. Boehm (till bad gasoline enough for two hours' flying and waa compara tively fresh when ha Landed. But for an approaching 'storm be would have stayed up another half bour. HOTEL BUSINESS LARGEST INDUSTRY IN SWITZERLAND GENEVA. Aug. 4 Authoritative statis tics just published show that th hot-l business in th largest Industry of Switz erland. It employs 43.000 person. Th e.verag profit are 25 per cent annually on the capital invested, the figures being vaiital 3MOO,0ix aud earning lOWlOOO. Great Eng-ineering Feat Under Way at New York Now. COST IS HALF MILLION DOLLARS Blaarst Thlna ot Klaa Utir I n. tlertaken, bat It la Msflsg ateorilly ts gaecessfal Completion. In tlie work of Increasing the dock facilities of Manhattan Island tit dock department of New York Clly la solving several problems almost as difficult as those fared by the builders ot the raiiatun. canal. The greatest feat of all In connec tion with the construction of tleep water piers at West Forty-sixth street U the damming of the Hudson river at tbat point, liredglng operations wera at first Instituted, and after these had been car lied on to the rook bottom, It boramo necessary to construct a coffer dam to hold back tho waters of the river so ihat Ihe rock might be blasted and remivol. This dam had to be something mors ca pable ot resistance than anything nf the kind that had gone before, becauso It literally had to dam the water of lite Hudson. Tho most modern and Ingenious devices tint engineering skill has devised are being employed In the conatrucllcA uf Ula dam. When tlu veter lying between ihj dam, when completed, and the upland haa been pumped out, this dam will be hcUllna the prodigious weight of the volume of water of tho main body of the Hudson, Thia dam Is unusual In the slie and the demands on It. No duplicate of Ihe di mensions of the situation has ever been created by engineering processes. Aa to the details of tha work of con struction of plera for the accommodation of the largest r""enger steamships be tween Forty-fourth and Forty-eighth streets, on the North liver. Dock Com missioner Smith saM: "The plan In course of execution will provide one entire pier In the line ot West Forty -sixth street and a half pier in tha line of Forty-fourth street, which can readily be converted Into one entire pier by going back Into the land south of Forty-fourth street, These structures will be 1,000 feet In length and 180 feet In width, with slips between them of W feet In width. These slips will be dredged and excavated to a depth of forty-four feet below mean low water, allowing ample accommodations for tha longest and deepest steamships now entering tha port or likely to arrive here tor a number of years to coma. Tha pier and a half will furnish three berths, which will be sufficient for some time to take care of all the largest passenger steamships. "Tho construction of these piers has In volved unique engineering problems of very great Interest. The site selected la located over a shelving rock ledge twenty feet below mean low water at the Inshore end, and from forty-four to fifty feet below mean low water at a point approxi mately 130 feet from the present shore line. In order to romove thia subaqueous rock It Is necessary to uncover It by holding back the waters of the Hudson river by means of a temporary dam and by bleating It out In the dry. This method Is not only considerably cheaper than Its removal by blasting under water, but makea It possible to complete the work In a much more satisfactory manner. It ill essential for the safety of the ships which are to use these piers that the rock be removed to a uniform depth, and that . Jagged points be left to work possible 1 injury to their hulls. This uniformity I coum onlv he secured h. .li,,. ,, 0 .n,y ' erur" hy working upon :ne rpca uncovered py water. It Is pol- bio, also, through dry excavation, to leave a aqlld pillar of rock to support the pier structure and to provide for smooth, uni form pier walla at the aides of the piers. "A a preliminary to the construction of the temporary dam a contract was let for the dredging away of all soft material covering tho rock. The first contract for this dredging haa been satis factorily completed. A recent modifica tion of the plan to Include the construc tion of a half nler on the line of Forty fourth street has necessitated the ex tentlon of the dredging to Include tho entire area between Forty-sixth and iForty-fourth streets. This supplementary dredging contract haa been let and Is proceeding satisfactorily. Meanwhile a contract ha been let for the construc tion of the temporary dam and tha rock excavation. This work waa estimated by our engineers to cost 1497.500. Eleven contractors bid upon this work, their estimate ranglnr from 3487,812.90 to 3708, 128.&2. The contract was awarded to Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins, the low bid der. In view of the novelty of the work and it magnitude, I consider that the engineers of this department are entitled to great credit for the accuracy of their estimate as shown by the bidding. Work has been proceeding rapidly under this contract. It culls for tha construction of a cofferdam built with Interlocking steel pile. These pile are 70 feet und over In length and ar driven to bed rock In two parallel row, forming a succes sion of pocket approximately 18 feet In width and 24 feet In length. Theno pockets are filled with materlul dredged from the bottom of the river. When the dam I finished It will be approximately 800 feet in length and will hold back a head of water estimated at W feet. Tha pres sure ot this enormous mass of water I so great that It wilt be necessary to sus tain the steel pile by a bank ot riprap on the Inshore side, approximately 70 feet In width at tha base and reaching to an elevation of about C feet above mean low water. On the outahor side the dam will be supported by a similar embank ment of clay. When tho dam is com pleted the water between it and the shore, amounting to approximately bu.ouu.Ua gailoua, will be pumped out. It la ex pected that this operation will take three or four day to accomplish. It will leave a dry area 800 feet hi length by approxi mately 3o0 feet In width. Then this area, which I estimated at 74. 600 cubic yards of solid rock, will have to be blasted out to make the necessary slip room." Brooklyn Eagle. "A LITTLE BIT" IS TEST OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION LONDON, Aug. I While tha phraae "a liltl bit," I so easy for natlv English speaking persons to pronounce that It would seem to make a weak test for sobriety, It hui been picked out from all other tongue twister by Prof. Walter Rlppman of the University of London for foreigner to practice on. Any one wbo can say "a little bit" correctly ha noth ing ' to fear In pronouncing English, Prof. Rippman haa told the atudenta from some eighteen foreign countries' w ho are here to take th special summer course of lecture arranged for their benefit. The beginner In English usually get no closer to "a little bit" than "a leel beat" or "a Uel bid." Rut when he doe master It. the classic "prunes, prisma and per simmons" and "picked a peck of pickled iUMii'' voinea comparatively v. Relics of Napoleon j Given to Museum TARIS, Aug llsome Intereatlng Na- j roleonlc rellca have been placed, by or- ! der of tha Tsrls courts. In the keeping j of tho Carnav!et Museum. They consist,,,, of a sword glvsn by Napoleon lo General Rapp, bearing the Inscription. "Naoleon, (lenernl, to Colonel Marmler." the dagger snatched hy Oeneral Itapp from Iho stu dent Knapps at Schoenhrunn, when the latter attempted to assassinate Napoleon, and a sword of honor, bearing the In- scrlptlm, '"To Governor General Happ with thanks from the city of Panlalg, ls.-' These relics were deposited by their rwner In the hands of a woman, who had undertaken to fell them. A Ihey were neither ""Id nor returned, however, the pialter cams befoi-e the tribunal, which decided that they should l placed In the Carnnvnlet. Museum, pending Judg ment. Italian Rower Wants to Be Professional LONDON. Aug.. .-Hlnlaaglla. the giant Soulier, who defeated the best Hint England and A met tea could produce at Henley and Won 1he Diamond Suills, Is anxious to enter the professional ranks; and has Issued a challenge to Ernest Barry, tha preent professional champion. He stipulates, however, that the race shall be rowed on Lake Como, In Italy, where he has don most of his rowing, and Harry Is Just as Inalatent that It should lake place on the Thames, his home wster. The Italian offered Barry tl.Sco to go to Italy, but the Englishman refused. Aa holder of tho championship ho considers that aspirants should come to him. Blnlgaglla ha proved himself a wonder ful sculler, despite his erratic steering. This would have lost most scullers the raoes at Henley, but the Italian would run Into log booms, take a ilgtag course up tha river and still heat his man by lengths. None of those he met at Hen ley were anywhere near a match for him. MR. AND MrTTeTHIC LAWRENCE WILL LECTURE LONDON, Aug. 1-Mr. and Mrs. Peth Ick Lawrence, who, since their split with Mra. Pankhurst, have not been prominent in the suffragette movument, are going to America In tha fall on a lecturo tour. They will sail cn October 3. Recently they joined the t'nlted Suffra gists, a society with a large membership which occupies an Intermediary position between that of tho tiltramllitantg a rep resented by the Women's Social and Po litical union and the strict constitution alists. It la probable that In the councils of thia society the Pethlek Lawrences will play a conspicuous part for they are remarkably clever both with the tongue and per.. They Intend turning over their weekly journal "Votes for Women" to the society for which It will be the official mouthpiece. William Butt Has Eight Nephews in Fight Before Liege Eight nephew,' belonging to the Ninth army eoipi of Hanover. Germany, are the source of aome uneasiness to William Butt of Omaha, who is a candidate for tha republican nomination for Douglas county treasurer. Mr. Butt say he has eight nephew In the corps and that this corps I one of the bodies ot German troop engaged in the fighting at Liege. Ho haa no way of getting word as to their welfare. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AFTER BOOTLEGGERS A general round-up of alleged violator of the federal law against the dispens ing of liquor to Indian, I being con ducted on tho Winnebago reservation by 8 pedal Deputy Marshal Charles F. Smith. Several arrests have already been made, Including two or three the latter part ot the week.' These prisoner will ba brought to Omaha Monday by Deputy John K. Hide to await action by the federal grand jury. One far f'arl. "Here' one for you," said Tom to Carl, his playmate. "A dog was tied to a rope ten fee.t lunif. Twenty feet away waa a fat, juicy bone. How did the dog get to the bone?" 'oh, that la an old one," anld Cart. "You want me 1o say, 'I give It up,' and you will say. 'That I what tha other cur did." "No. you ro wrong, ror tne aog goi ine meat." "Well, how did he do It?" "Why, the other end or tho ropo was not tied. Indianapolis News. What Weald Ha Dot The farmer and hla wife watched their dog aa he chased madly down the track after the 4, o'clock train. He did It every day and always returned winded. "I wonder why he chase that train," remarked the wife with tier eves 011 a little cloud ot duat that showed where Rover waa. , , That a not what's bothering me," an swered her husband. "I'm wondering slial he'd do with It If ha caught it." If you own an automobile then you know what it is' to really enjoy sum mer. Atk the man who has just come back from a spin up tho Kinooth boulevards, or from an afternoon ride in the bracing country air what he thinks of un automobile. "With out a doubt his answer will make you an automobile enthusiast then you're going to own one yourself. When you buy, of course, you want to get a good machine, and at a mo der ate -price a combination that's easily found in the great automobile ex change of the west. The Omaha Dee's Want Ad Section. Telephone Tyler 1000 THE OMAHA BEE vryooaf RaU Btm Want AtU. Social Tests for Army Commissions May Be DrOPPCd & England 0 i.ONDOV. Aua -U . ....e.i .h. R ,, u,,1,i,i,ite. if tv,. i,hrl r,.rv remains long In power, of measure! being laken to make llrltlsh d plomats and army officers more representative of the democracy by abolishing social teats and raying higher salaries to those In the lower grades. The tmdUlon which now limits appoint- menls In the diplomatic service to young men from the nobility and aristocracy. j and which requires a private Income of ,32,(1110, has lately been severely attacked by liberal newspapers and reviews, on the ground that this rule produces a corps of gilded society buterflles without ability In practical a flairs. The whole British diplomatic service, in fact, haa been un dergoing a siege of unfriendly criticism, not only from outsiders, but from Its own ranks us well. ' Arthur Fonsinl member of Parlia ment, who spent more than eight years In the diplomatic service, testified before Ihe royal commission, which haa been In vestigating Ihe servhe, that at some posts, as at Copenhagen, he often had not more than half an hour of work a day, and lie thought this was a oommon experience of men In Ihe smaller embaa ales and legations. ' He deeinred that most of the members of the diplomatic service of other Coun tries have a better duration than the Englixli from Eton and Oxford, "There is no proftssion In which a womiin figures so prominently as In di plomacy." he added. "The wife ot a diplomatist Is an extremely Important person, and under tha present system, with Its enforced exile, out young diplo matists very often marry foreigners. In a certain embassy the wives ot the taff consist of two Italians, one Spaniard, one "wede and one German. And that Is a British embassy." HALF ALLEGED ATTACKS ON WOMEN FICTITIOUS BICRLIN. Aug. 8,-More than half of the complaints by women of having been held up and robbed are fictitious, accord ing to criminal statistics of the Berlin courts. This has been brought out In a typical case just tried. A young; woman, after a quarrel with her lover, ws found, her clothing torn and her hair disar ranged, lying In tha edge of on of tha mall lake In the Grunewald, a wooded tract west of Berlin. She said ahe had been assaulted, robbed and thrown Into the lake, and gave a description not her assailant, which fitted her lover. The man waa arrested, whereupon It trans pired that he was not near tha Grune wald at the time of the alleged asaault. The woman finally confessed that she had torn her own clothing and Jumped Into the water. She waa entfnced to two months' Imprisonment a an example to the numerous other offender. CHINESE SAUTORSTOBBED IN LONDON OPIUM DENS LONDON. Aug. .-Rald on th opium den In I-ondon's Chinatown, a district near the docks, have thrown new light on this sordid quarter, which was Unit known until nineteen Chines were brought to answer recently In th police court. The place Is a mass of opium den nd gambling house, where tha Chines Kallora oft the oriental ship lit port have been robbed of their earning. There are about 800 cf these sailors and cabin boy In port at a time. Charitable societies are now organlailnff a fund to build In this district a hotel, social club and Institute, with claaao in KukIIsIi ond seamanship. Arrangement will also be made by which the sailor may send homo part of their earning. Tha name of the new organisation i the ahlneses Merchant Service Qulld. VOTERS. OF SWITZERLAND WANT RIGHT TO GAMBLE BRRNK, Switzerland, Aug. 8 The fed eral government has received a petition signed by 101,970 voters, demanding a change In article 33 of the constitution, which permits gambling. About the only gambling in Bwllxeiinnd I in the caslnoa. patronised by tourists, and with book makers on English and French races. Public opinion on tho subject lins been growing steadily for several years. An anti-gambling committee with member from all the canton ha organised tha petition, 'Which must he considered by tho government a It haa 00,000 signature and tinder the law this I sufficient to bring the matter to the attention of tha auliorl tle. PARIS SUFFERING FROM PLAGUE OF MOSOiJiTnES PARIS, Aug. (.Tha fashionable quar ter ot Pari and sections of tho ubuib are suffering this summer from a plague ot mosquitoes. Tho soureo of this un precedented annoyance la a profound mystery, although th city authorities have been making great effort to dis cover th breeding place. I I