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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1906)
K Terdict for Dr. Pierce AGAINST THE Ladies' Home Journal. ' Sending truth after a He. It Is an old ssnaxfm that "a lie will travel seven leagues while truth Is getting its boots on , " and no doubt hundreds of thousands ? of good people read the unwarranted and malicious attack upon Dr. 11. V. Pierce = and his "Favorite Prescription "published jln the May (1904) ( ) number of the Ladles' IHome Journal , with its great black dls- iplay headings , who never saw the hum- I Tble , groveling retraction , with Its Incon spicuous heading , published two months Hater. It was boldly charged in the sland- rous and libelous article that Dr. Picrce's jFuvorito Prescription , for the cure of "woman's weaknesses and ailments , con tained alcohol * and other harmful Ingredi ents. Dr. Pierce promptly brought suit against the publishers of the Ladies' Some Journal , for § 200,000,00 damages. Dr. Pierce alleged that Mr. Bok , the -editor , maliciously published the article containing such false and defamatory matter wit/ } the intent of Injuring hia "buslne&iflurthermore , that no alcohol , or -other fujurious. or habit-forming , drugs -are , ory/er ivere , contained In his "Fa- vorite Joresofiption" ; that said medicine ils mader fpum native medicinal roots and contains/no harmful ingredients what- cvcn/a/d that Mr. Bok's malicious stata- were wholly and absolutely false. rotrnp.tion nrint.pfl hv said Janrnn. ( were ftt thqy Prc"- m/'Jrmn 'eminent cjrgntets. all o ( certified thUr , it Hid riot .con tarn nj- - . Eeso facts wefe afso oioven in the'tiTal of action In the Supreme Court. But the Tbuslness of Dr. Piurco was jrrcatly Injnred by -the publication of the libelous nrtlcle with 4ts ercat dlsulay headings , while hundreds of thousands -who read the wickedly defamatory mrticle never saw the humble provellng re fraction , set In small type and made ns incon- tsplcuous ns possible. The matter was. however - ever broutrht before a jury in the Supreme 'Court of New York State which promptly rendered a verdict in the Doctor's favor. Tims his traducers came to erief 'ana their "bcso slanders were refuted. for Train. The average number of passengers dn each railroad train in the United States in 1904 was 0.25. This repre- csenta a growth from about 39 a train in 1S9S , but is still far below the development - opment attained abroad. In 1898 Ger- Mnany carried an average of 71 persons -an each train , and India had the large "figure of 189. The development of the electric railway in the United States zand the frequent train service help to Jkeop down the average. On each of the 212.000 miles of railway in 1904 there -were carried on an average of 104,198 jpassengers. That is to say , the aggre gate passenger mileage of the country , raceording to the Railway World , dlvld- ' < ! by the mileage of the track , gives the figure named. In Germany , as far Iback as 1898 , this figure was 342,000 jpersons ; in France it was 283,000 in 3897 ; in India , 289,000 , and in Aus tria , 214,000. The figures for Great Sritaln are not obtainable. Remarkable Echoes. President Murphy , of the Chicago "National League Club , told at a ba.se- ( ball dinner a remarkable echo story. "There was a man , " he began , "who 3iad a country home in the Catskills. jHe ! was showing a visitor over his grounds one clay , and , coming to a hilly iplace , he said : " 'There's a remarkable echo here. ! I you stand under that rock and shout , f he echo -answers four distinct times , i -with an interval of several minutes tbetween each answer. ' "But the visitor was not at all im pressed. He said , with a laugh : " 'You ought to bear the echo nt my splace In Sunapee. Before getting Into a > exl at night I stick my head out of rthe window and shout , "Time to get , William ! " and the echo wakes me at seven o'clock sharp the next cnorning. ' * ' Detroit Free Press. Xot Iiove , but Business. "That's Mr. McFront. His daughter fis one of the most charming - " "Yes. I've been out at his house and 12ie has asked me to call again. " "Get out ! You can't make me be- Eieve you call on his daughter - " "No ; I didn't call on his daughter , fimt to collect a bill. " Philadelphia TPress. STOMACH PAINS Dr Williams' Pink Pills Brought Re lief , and Cure for Splitting Headaches as Well. Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills , a remedy bich has beeu before the American people ple for a generation , is still acoomplish- 3ng wonderful results as is evidenced by Tthe following interview with Mrs. Ra phael Gardner , of Wilsey , Kaus. "It was very strange , " fihe says , "I mever could tell what caused it and xueither could anybody else. For a loug Ttime I had bad spells with my stomach. 'The pain would commence about my Saeart and was so deadly agonizing that 1 -would have to scream aloud. Sometimes nt would last several hours and I would Uliave to take laudanum to stop it. Be- rsides this I had a headache almost con stantly , day and night , that nearly crazed rrne , so you see I suffered a great deal. .And whbii I think of the agony I eu- edured it still makes me shudder. " 'Doctors , ' did you say ? Their medi- eiue made me sicker. I couldn't take it -and I kept growing worse until a friend Advised me to take Dr. Williams' Pink IPills , and I did. I began to feel better 'sand was soon wholly converted to this -wonderful medicine. It did mo more -good than I had ever hoped for. I kept .on with the pills and now I recommend tfchem to all who suffer. " Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured severe cases of indigestion , bloodlessness , influenza , headaches , backaches , lum- bngo , sciatica , neuralgia , nervousness -and spinal weakness. The gennino Dr. "Williams' Piuk Pills are guaranteed to lie free from opiates or any harmful .drugs and cannot injure the most delicatr system. At all druggists , or from the IDr. Williams Medicine Co. , Schenectady , IN Y. , postpaid on reoeipk ef price , C six boxe wr f&ftO. GIVE BRYAN THE GLAD HAND. Fifty ThouHnnd Westerner * Hall We- braxlcan In IIlw Home Town. W. J. Bryan -was welcomed home at Lincoln by a concourse of 60,000 persons. The welcome w s entirely non-partisan. The principal ad dress was made by Gov. Mickey , a Re publican. Two hours before Mr. Bryan arrived the crowd began as sembling , and was packed around the station , on the plat forms of freight and ( ' . - press buildings , rnd on the side- I \valks and in the GOV. MICKKV. street for nearly half a block away. There was a roar of welcome as the train rolled in , and Mr. Bryan appeared on the platform. His only verbal expression as he looked down en the multitude of faces was : "Great Scot , what a crowd ! " The crowd includ ed many visitors from other States. The police forced an alley from the train to the carriages in waiting. Show ing no signs of fatigue , but bowing right aud left , and smiling broadly , Mr. Bryan made his way to the carriage. Seated with him. were Gov. Mickey , Mayor Brown and John E. Miller , president of the Lincoln Commercial Club. Two hours before the time for the exer cises at the capitol grounds a crowd esti mated all the way from 30,000 to GO.OOO struggled for points of vantage around the speakers' stand. Mr. Bryan was escorted to the stand by Gov. Mickey from his private office in the state house. A prayQ er by the Rev. George W. Martin , 'pastor of the Methodist church at Normal , Mr. Bryan's suburban home , was followed by a brief speech of welcome by Mayor Brown. The crowd showed some impatience as the Governor proceeded with his speech , but he asked it to bear with him for a few moments. The cries for Bryan in- creased. As Gov. Mickey concluded and . . Mr. Bryan arose there was renewed cheering - j j ing and handclapping. Mr. Bryan began j i by saying that in his travels he had learned - j ed the Arabic language contained GOO , words meaning camel , and that since rejj { turning to the United States he had wish- td that the American language contained as many words meaning "I thank you. " , He declared the happiest part of the long journey was the homecoming , and then i went into a general description of his i travels. [ Following Mr. ' for- Bryan's speech the - mal reception took place in the corridors * 1 of the ? capitol , in which Mr. Bryan shook hands with the thousands who passed be fore him. Simplified Spelling Doom. Close on the heels of President Roose- velt's official indorsement of the reform ed spelling favored by the simplified spelling board , it was announced that Rev. " Dr. Walter W. Skeat , the noted Anglo-Saxon scholar of Cambridge , England - land , and Dr. .Taanes A. Murray , editor of the Oxford English dictionary * had joined the ranks of spelling reform. Andrew Carnegie , whose money endowed the work of the board , expressed "delight , but not surprise" at the President's attitude and thought that this would settle the adopp tion of spelling reform bj the majority of the English-speaking race. The spelly ing board has received a great mass of inquiries for lists and primers of the new spelling rules. Nevertheless the press of England and largely of this country has j ridiculed unmercifully the President's acc tion. President Eliot of Harvard'said the new st3rle did not appeal to him and he thought it would toe a long time before it would become popular. John Wauamaker has adopted the new spelling for his advertising ; vertising and likewise S. Plaut & Co. of I Newark and the editors of a number of E trade papers. Prof. Matthews calls attend tion to the fact that the board does not attempt such radical changes as newspaper - , per articles would imply , as they have gone no turther than the 300 words listed. \ Also to the fact that Editors Smith of the Century Dictionary , Editor Funk of E the Standard and the editor of Webster's are all members of the simplified spelling board. Insurance Rates Cut Off. | The first decision rendered -by ex-Presi- dent Grover Cleveland as referee for the big three life insurance companies will prevent English policy holders from continuing - tinuing to get a reduction on account of the income tax law , and will result in a big saving to the companies. According to the English law , those who were sub ject to the payment of an income tax are allowed to deduct the amount paid for them for life insurance premiums on EngP lish policies , but not on American policies , j Consequently , the American companies have been in the habit of absorbing this tax by granting a rebate. Mr. Cleveland holds that this can no longer be done under - , der the ew rebate law. One effect will be to curtail the amount of foreign busi ness. The new Rate law is now under weigh. { The Cuban uprising has run out of yeast. The Sons of the Revolution are quite a active in Cuba. \ Russia is looking fos-the sudden step-oft t of Gen. Trepoff. . Corn promises to be abundant and high ] u 14 feet in Kansas. Will the next presidential message bi signed "Theodor Ruzvelt ? " Trust that the earthquake has no idea of making a tour of the world. n When -words are spelled by sound school teachers -will look for another job. l "Small bills are needed r * exclaims the Washington Star. Right you are ! Henceforth we are supposed to begin to Josh Billings our way through life. Secretary Wilson is determined to make the Chicago packers ipaste up or shut up. " Fifty-three job holders were assassinat ed in Russia last month. After all , that is cheaper than muck-raking them out oft J fl their jobs. I Q . . 4 Sinners should not forget that hell with one " 1" will be just as hot New York Herald. " The thing to do with a Milfe Trust is to sterilize and bottle it New York Commercial. It is suspected that the Ruf Riders were the first advocates of simplified spelling. Washington Post Mistur Rosvelt's konversion adz gratly to the hops ov tbe speling re formers. Thay think thay own the erth New York World. If tbe strength of the Cuban insur rection could be measured by tbe num ber of its generals , there should be no doubt of its success. Philadelphia Rec ord. ord.It It seems school teachers are paid a trifle more than mill hands , which is one example of tbe working of the New England conscience. New York Here aid. The Congress of Brazil voting an ap propriation of $666,000 for tbe relief of a sister republic is a fine example of South American generosity. New York Tribune. ; The train wrecker is possibly the most execrated of criminals , and yet i he cannot cause as much suffering as does the bank wrecker. New York American. Cuba affords an indication of what may be expected of a certain class of patriots when they get their feet no : longer in the public trough. Philadel- pbia Record. The quick lunch is now said to be the chief cause of divorce. The courts and the doctors have not yet agreed which is 'the quicker , tbe lunch or the divorce. J New York Tribune. If you read over that list of simplified - fied words you will notice "klst. " That's probably Mr. Carnegie's personal cou- tribution to tbe movement. Philadelr phia North American. Burglary by automobile is cropping out in new fields. The possesion of mo torcars by the dark-lantern fraternity indicates that it is enjoying its share of tbe general prosperity. New York , , World. Now It is Mr. Shonts and Mr. Gom- lers l who are calling one another liars. It really is not a matter of very great * importance } to the public if tbey both are , so long as that canal is built. New York Press. Edward of England has done a good stroke in Pacific Railways , thanks to a tip : from Morgan , of Wall street. How pleasant to the eyes of commoners are the courtesies of kings ! New York World. Miss Abby Mayhem , of the University of Wisconsin' , says that women wi'l ' never be free until tiioy discard petti- coats. < That is to say , they will continue - tinue in clothes confinement Washington - ton < Post. A New York dentist demands settle- rnent of a bill for $2,110. A physician recently asked a fee at the rate of $300 a day. Not much fear that the sick will die disgracefully rich.New York 'Inierican. Those Cuban insurgent generals ivould find it safer to follow tbe usual practice and let the privates do the fighting , providing there are any pri- vates in the insurgent army. Philadel phia Press. Coal went up another 10 cents yester- day. Ice costs small consumers about twice as much as last year. People who want either heat or cold in their house keeping are sadly out of luck. New York World. Whatever may be sra of England's boasted mastery of the seas , her gov- eminent is not afraid to reduce her naval expenditures in tl'e face of the military powers of Europe. Philadelphia - phia Record. The phonetic spelling craze will not be without profit if it teaches tbe people that the President's name is Roz-e-velt , not . Ruzvelt , as so many insist on spell- ing ] and pronouncing it. Philadelphia North American. If we rise up and call blessed a man wbo increases the grass crop , what shall vt vv do if the government succeeds in the project of making each hen lay two eggs where but one egg was laid be fore . ? New York Herald. f.c Secretary Root's tribute to the "in comparable beauty" of the women of Argentina who pelted his train with ; flowers was not the language of diplo macy or of gallantry. Travelers agree tbat the composite feminine type of Ar gentina is irresistible. New York Sun. The burning of 5,000 cans of food and decayed fruits at Chicago the other o day was the first official bonfire lighted to celebrate tbe pure-food victory in legislation. It must be said that it made , a good fire , even though the fumes did not add to the purity of the atmos phere of the dumping grounds. New York Tribune. The London Lancet , in possession of all available facts , concludes that with regard to disease and cleanliness the meat Imported from tbe United States and Argentina Is to be preferred to the home product New York Sun. It is pleasing to learn that Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan returned from Europe b "in a cheerful frame of mind. " It J might prove a disastrous summer for * j us if he should be displeased about jJ anything the country had done in his f absence. Washington Post t Woman cooks of New York are forming a union. Tile layers have secured a 25 per cent increase Boston , Mass. The German Metal Workers' Union is the strongest union in the world. Painters of Louisville , Ivy. , have obtained - tained the eight-hour day and an advance of 10 per cent. Seventeen new local unions have been formed by the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' Alliance in the last quarter. Electrical workers of Grand -Rapids , Mich. , with the exception of three shops , have been granted the eight-hour day. The labor organizations of America gained 1,204 new unions last j-ear. embracing - bracing a membership of 300,000 individ- uals. During the first six months of 1000 fifty-three divisions of street railway ems jfloyes effected written agreements with employing companies. The agitation for an advance in the wages of sheeting weavers employed at Oldham , England , has resulted in an increase - crease of 5 per cent being conceded. Even at the increased rate of wages , it not easy to get spinners and weavers enough to allow die New England cotton mills to fill all the orders they might get. The union bakers of Chicago succeeded in establishing a new wage scale in every shop but one in that citj * . They received a fiat increase of $1 per week over the old scale. The anti-sweating committee , appointed by the Sydney ( N. S. W. ) labor council promises to make astounding revelations regarding the sweating tactics of some Sydney employers. The earliest mention of a strike fund occurred in the strike of the Parisian stocking weavers , in 1724 , when a crown a day was subscribed for every striker , and all blacklegs were boycotted. The Patternmakers' Association of San Francisco has returned to outside asso- ciations that contributed to their aid after - ter the earthquake 45 per cent of the fund sent in. It was not needed. The Retail Clerks' International Association - ciation will begin the payment of sick benefits to members who have been in continuous good standing upon the books for a period of twelve months or more. In Bombay ( India ) cotton mills an average worker , laboring thirteen hours a day , earns about 32 cents a day , that is in mills equipped with the best modern machinery - chinery and built in the most approved style. , The average wages of American work men is double that of the English and nearly treble that of the German work- ' men'according to statistics published by the Department of Labor , covering the year 1903. The Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America has decided to establish a mutual benefit department. A mortuary fund will be maintained similar to tiips.e cf the railroad brotherhood , from which death claims will be paid. The New York Electric Club is the so cial end of the New York Electrical Workers' Union. Its avowed object is to cultivate and elevate the social condition of the organization. The club has at present a membership of 450. There is a great scarcity of unskilled laborers at the iron and steel making cenfi tors of Pennsylvania , $2 a day being the wages paid. Thousands oJf men caj : find work with good pay all through the West , where mining and railroad building are in orogrcss. After a struggle lasting nine months and five days the strike of the mainteb nance of way employes of the Denver and Rio Grande railway in Colorado and New Mexico has ended , the officials of the road having conceded the full rate of pay for foremen that had been demanded by the Committee representing the strikers. The other day the gold beaters quit work at every Boston shop in response to the national decision to establish an increase - crease in wages from 7 to S cents per book for piece work and from $18 to $21 n week for week workers , also to bring the foremen into the union , and to elimib aate what is called the "outside shop. " In a resume of the work of the past two years , made in view of the approach- ing biennial convention , which opens at Niagara Falls Sept. 17 , W. D. Huber , general president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters , says that while there were many strikes and some lockoats , almost [ ill were settled successfully and satis factorily to the men involved. During the past three months G2 new charters were panted , and 378 in ail were added during the past two years. Process , a labor organ , says in its List issue that trade unionism is doing more to Americanize the immigrant than anything else , not excepting the churches , qml backs up the assertion by attributing the statement to the commissioner of la- . > or. Discussing the matter , Progress says that it is due to trade unionism that the a immigrant so soon learns the nature of he American government , because as soon tl as he becomes a member of a union hetl sees that the term government in the ti United States is not synonymous with oppression , as it is in many of the coun tries & the old world. The trade union iraws him out of the clannish spirit which heretofore not even his religion has been able to overcome. The article closes by e saying that the labor union man soon ° comes to realize ihat the best available ! moans to save the body and better condia tions is through the means of the union. 53 The United Cloth Hat aad Cap Makers" of America have placed a per capita tax of 10 cents per year fo ? support of the i tuberculosis sanitarium conducted b3 * the . * organization of Denver -for the benefit of _ its members. The same organization has declared for international socialism. c * The McGuire memorial fund for the benefit of the family of the late P. J. f McGuire which is being raised by volun'l 'l tary subscriptions among the members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners has reached $3,755.91. The fund for tfce relief of California sufferers by this organization aggregates $15,843.7. Secretary Wilson has made a compu tation showing that it would require an investment of $550,000,000 at two per cent to reproduce revenues enough to run the Department of Agriculture for one j'ear. This is an illustration , be . said , of what is being done for the farmer. The income to the department from all sources , including the direct appropriations , revenues from forest reserves < , and the allowance for public printing is a little more than $11,000- 000 a year. When the new meat in spection ] law , tbe work of exterminat ing tbe. cattle fever , ticic , and the gypsy and brown-tailed moth , and the irrigation of dry land farming have been put in operation , the department will have a pay roll of over G.OOO per sons. < About half of these are scien tists , trained along special lines. The average salary is less than $900 a year. Over 12,000,000 pieces of literature are circulated ; each year , and this amount will be greatly increased as nsw lines of investigation are begun. One of th new lines provided for this year is grain inspection , and this promises to be one of the largest fields of scien tific labor. The \ census burea will soon begin collection of marriage and divorce sta tistics ' under tbe census authorized by Congress. A few special agents will go into the field at once to confer with county authorities and others as to scope < of the information available. Over 200 clerks will be sent out to gather statistics on marriage and di vorce from the records of counties , State courts and like available sources of information. It is the intention to gather data in large centers like New York and Chicago this summer , and later J to obtain it in the rural districts. The census will cover the last twenty years. President Roosevelt is deeply interested ' in it. " Uniform divorce legis lation in tbe States is expected to grow out of it. * _ Nowhere in tbe world are bank de posits increasing in a greater ratio than in the United States. The French , just ly 1 ; famed for their economy and savin ? proclivities , are easily outclassed by the Americans , reputed spendthrifts aud the most extravagant people on earth. Official figures just at hand show that in France from 1SS5 to 1S05 bank deposits increased from -$182,000- 000 to $579,000,000 , or 218 per cent. In the United States during the samfc years tbe deposits increased from $1- 248,000,000 to $4,735,000,000 , or 271 per cent This great increase is properly chargeable to the prosperity enjoyed in the United States rather tban to a . healthy growth of the habit of economj' . Hereafter every man in the military . service of the United States will his thumb print taken and filed with the records of his enlistment , so that tbere may be no mistake in his identi fication whether dead or alive. The impression } of different fingers will also bu taken , so that tbe loss of a thumb- would not shut off means of identifica tion. This system has been adopted on recommendation of a board appointed by Acting Secretary Ainsworth. The board found that tbe chances of finger prints of two persons being alike was one in 64,000,000,000. The system will also be employed for the detection of deserters and to prevent fraudulent in dorsements. The Postmaster General has issued a fraud order against the Vineless Pota to Company of Chicago , which has been advertising a substance at $4.50 per bottle known as potatine , which ws guaranteed to produce as many pota toes in a bin of sawdust , without vines or foliage , as could be grown on an acre of ground , within a period of sixty flays. flays.A A statement made by the Secretary Df the Interior showing the allotment of funds under the provisions of the national irrigation act , says tfcat the sum of $41,000,000 derivable from the sale of public lands is available for this purpose. Work will be continued or begun in. fifteen western States. - \ - A force of fifteen special sgents of the Interior Department which had been furloughed for several months on account of lack of funds , resumed ag gressive investigation of land frauds in the Western and Southern States under the appropriation which became effec tive July 1. The Isthmian Canal Commission has issued invitations for proposals to fur nish not less than 2,500 Chinese labor ers for canal construction over a period of not less than two years. The work ing day is to consist of ten hours , with \ all overtime paid for at the time-and- a-half rate. * . The War Department has awarded the entire issue of Philippine bonds to . the amount of $1,000,000 to Fiske & Robinson , New York , at 102.28. These certificates bear 4 per cent Interest , are redeemable in one year and are accept able as security for public deposits. It is the sixth Issue of its kind. The Postofflce Department has decid ed to test at Baltimore the use of auto mobiles in the collection of mall. If successful , the system will be extended The progress of trade generally is reflected In a. midsummer activity which exceeds all former experience. This week's developments sustain encourag ing views of the trade outlook. Fac tory work has recovered from the ad verse effect of the hot wave , while crop reports carry a most assuring tone , corn having continued excellent ad vance toward an unprecedented har vest Leading industries remain press ed to the limit of prodmction , new de mands for manufactures make increas ing aggregates , and distributive deal ings steadily expand in staple mer chandise. The raw-material markets testify to strongly sustained absorption of sup plies , and the average of cost rises to a higher level , due to advances estab lished this week in iron and steel prod ucts. Heavy construction shows head way under the influence of more sea sonable weather. Bank exchanges for August compare favorably in growth with those of the corresponding month- last year , mercantile collections arc good and trading defaults less. Current demands show best in man ufacturing and jobbing branches. Pri mary foodstuffs exhibit some results of accumulating stocks in lower values and decreased shipments. Other lines , however , maintain a strong position. Retail traffic is remarkably strong , store stocks of summer wares are well reduced and , country buyers place heavy orders for dry goods , boots and shoes , clothing and millinery. Failures reported in the Chicago dis trict number 25 , against 19 last week and 28 a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade. Better weather and defi I nite assurances of large crop yields stimulate fall and winter buying , which is close to its zenith. Most leading markets re port buyers present in unprecedented numbers , and the volume of August sales exceeds all records for that month , except at a few points where weather conditions have been unpro- pitlous. Sales of dry goods , clothing , shoes , leatber , hardware and other iron and steel products , and lumber are very \ large. The fall shipping season. Is also apparently at its height , shipping iI ping forces are working overtime , and the railroads are working to their full capacity , with a car famine predicted for the not far distant future. A sim ilar movement of winter wheat bas partly 1i relieved tbe strain on the rail roads and made'for a little more stead iness in the price of that cereal , which , however 1 , has sagged slightly as the 1i feeling grows that spring , like winter , wheat \ will prove a large crop. Brad- street's Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle , common to prime , $4.00 to $6.80 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.00 to $6.20 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.0Q $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 67c to 70c ; corn , No. 2 , 47c to 49c ; oats , standard , 28c to 30c ; rye , No. 2 , 55c to 57c ; hay , timothy thy , $10.00 to $16.50 ; prairie , $6.00 to $13.00 ; butter , choice creamery , ISc to 23c ; eggs , fresh , ISc to 22c ; potatoes , 40c to 50c. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to $6.25 ; hogs , choice heavy , $4.00 t6 $6.40 ; sheep , common to prime , $2.50 to $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 69c to 71c ; corn ; No. 2 white , olc to 52c ; oats , No. 2 white , 30c to 31c. St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $6.50 ; hogs , $4.00 to $6.35 ; sheep , S4.00 to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 70c to 72c ; corn , No. 2 , 45c to 46c ; oats , No. 2 , 29c to Sic ; rye , No. 2 , 59c to OOc. Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $5.25 ; hogs , $4.00 to $6.50 ; sheep , $2.00 to $4.75 ; wheat , No. 2 , 70c to 72c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 49c to 50c : oats , No. 2 mixed , 30c to 31c ; rye , No. 2 , 59c to 61c. Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to S5.00 ; hogs , $4.00 to $6.50 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 72c to 74c ; corn. No. 3- yellow , 52c to 53c ; oats , No. 3 white , 31c to 32c ; rye , No. 2 , 57c to 59c. Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern , 75c to 77c ; corn , No. 3 , 48c to 50c ; oats , standard , 30c to 31c ; rye , No. 1 , , 57c to 59c ; barley , standard , 53c to 54c ; pork , mess , $16.95 , Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers , $4.00 to $6.25 ; hogs , fair to choice , $4.00 to $6.75 ; sheep , common to good mixed , $4.00 to $5.50 ; lambs , fair to choice , . $5.00 to S8.50. New York Cattle. $4.00 to $5.75 ; hogs. $4.00 to $6.75 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 75c to 7Gc ; corn , No. 2 , 53c to 55c ; oats , natural white , 36c to 37c ; butter , creamery , 18c to 24c ; eggs , western , 17c to 21c. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed , 71c to 75c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 52c to 54c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 31c to 33c ; rye. No. 2 , 55c to 56c ; clover seed , prime , $7.15. Notes of Current Svents. San Francisco will build a teniporary city hall , two stories high and costing : § 80,000. Private Harold Bing of Minnesota , a : member of Troop H , Fifteenth United States cavalry , was struck by a paseenger train and probably fatally injured at Rutherford , Pa. Vice Chancellor Pitney appointed J. K. Ixmekel and Robert A. Messier receivers of the Reeves Engine Company of Tren ton , N. J. The liabilities arc $311,000-