Nebraska Newspapers

    6 THE OMAHA DAILY BE Ft MONDAY. NOVEMBER 0. 1fi03.
FREE SOIL FIClir IS KANSAS
Eiploils of an Early Settler Who loueht
with Old John Brown ,
DASHING RAIDS AND BLOODY FIGHTS
The Cnnnonnilo nt 8nmtor-.1ohn Uiii'
iluileincnt-Cniililu't Stnml the
Jtolicl I'lnc A llrnva
Moliller.
I William W. Cut no , one of the early
It settlers of Kansas , now a resident of
Witnka , Minn. , has written the follow-
InK account of his cnrcor , ut the request
of the Kansas Slate Historical society ,
appeal-Hit ; in the columns of the Winona
Huimbllcnn. I was horn in Boston ,
t MUSH. , August 2,1837 ; emigrated to Wls-
conxln in ISol ; stayed tlicro until
September SIS , 18.15 , when 1 went to
Kansas. I arrived on the Pottnwntoniio
creek about November 10 , 18fifi , and a
few days later wont to Osixwaloinie.
One afternoon a few days later I was
invited to Kov. Mr. finch's honsc , and
there found S. N. Wood and a man with
him by the n'amo of Allen. They
were a'flor help for Lawrence , which
they Enid was threatened by Mis-
sourluiu. After some talk they re
quested mo to po up the creek
to "William Partridge's , ten miles dis
tant , and see if there could bo
any help obtained from those parts. I
Htnrtcil on foot right away and got to
Partridge's * late in the evening. Part
ridge rallied some of the neighbors ,
among whom were II. II. "Williams ,
Reynolds , Coughraii and others , and wo
readied Lawreneo the next evening , and
there organized our company. While
in Lawrence I spent my time in scouting
toward Lecompton and Franklin and
eating mush and molasses from the
cauldron kettles in front of the l-Yoo
State hotel. I stood three guard duties
outnidu of Lawrence on the Wakarusa
road , and remained around there until
we disbanded , when I returned to Osti-
wntomlo and lived in one ot O. C.
Brown's houses with the family of Albu
Sanborn , with whom 1 came from Wis
consin.
Attended the free state convention
and voted for the Topelca constitution at
Osawutomio in January , 18r > G. Soon
alter I jumped part of Dutch Pete Sher
man's claim , about four miles southwest
of Osawatomlo. Ho got out a warrant
against mo for assault with intent to
kill. Before going to jump Pot's claim
wo organized a free state company of
voluntc'ors called Marion rilles. 1 was
elected sargcant. Was present with
John Brown , jr. , in breaking up Judge
Cato's court at Dutch Henry's house. I
went up in May with Captain Davton's
company from Osawutomio to Palmyra
on the Santa Fo road and joined Cap
tains Brown's and Shore's companion ,
with whom I remained until the news of
Dutch Henry's massacre , when our coin-
panics returned home.
A Itulil Move.
Soon after Dr. Updcgraff , one of the
committee of safety of Osawatomio ,
wanted mo to go about thirty or * forty
miles up the crock and capture some
powder and lead that were left there
by a proslavcry storekeeper named
Hodgern , from Baltimore , for the pro-
slavery party. Myself and Buinbridge
Fuller got Rev.Adair's horse and
buggy , went up and got some sixty
pounds of powder and about the same
amount of lead , returning safely. Mot,1
four proslavcry mon going after the
lead and powder. They found none , and
on their return a warrant was issued /or
my arrest. Things were growing a little
too hot for me , so I dodged them for the
rest of the week and Saturday night
straddled one of my pursuers' horses
and with a boy named William
Broadwcll , from , Ohio , skipped
for Lawrence. Sunday afternoon
wo arrived at old man Brown's
famous camp in Hickory point. Found
Brown's boys , Charles Lonlmrt and Jim
Rcdpath , there. Wo were piloted in by
by the older Carpenter brother and the
next day started for Lawrence. When
just passing through the woods on the
south side of the Wakarusa wo ran into
Higgins and his crow , who were return
ing from Lecompton to testify against
John Brown , jr. , and others for treason.
They know us and passed jokes about
our horses. Wo wont on to Lawreneo
and they south. Wo stopped in Law
rence about an hour , mounted and
started south ; passed Higgins and crew
at Indian Jones' ' about 1 p. in. ; rode
out on the prairie about five miles
and camped for the night. Next
wont to William - '
morning wo Partri-Jgo't *
and stayed there all day. lliggins
went to Osawutoraio and reported , and
Captain'Wood started part of his 'com
pany of United States troops in pursuit
of us to Lawrence. That evening wo
were joined by Jack Baxter and Sam
Kilborn , and in a raid of twelve miles up
the creek captured ton horses , saddles
and bridles and some arms. Wo passed
us II. CJ. Hate's company of Westport ,
Mo. ; Baxter as Captain Pnto and I as
Lieutenant Kvorhard. Wo were mot as
deliverers at all the houses and fed up
to the bust. Wo receipted for all prop
erty , to bo returned in ten days on pres
entation of rccoliit nt Paola. All wont
well until about U a. in. , when wo visited
Dutch Henry's , whore a man named
Baker had two largo gray horses. Wo
did not stop to pass as Pate's company
hero. Wo found the horses , and I was
poarohing for saddles and bridles
in the log hovuls , when I grabbed
Dutch Pete by the nose. Ho jumped up
yelling murder , and ran down In the
woods , whore there were forty Ala-
bumluiiM in camp. I jumped out of the
hovel , and Baker cumo for me. Wo
played hide and seek , each armed , till
Baker was reinforced by the Alabam-
iuns , when I broke for my horses , and
the other three did the same. I was
the last , and Baker sent a shot through
my left foot. Wo reached Lawrence
two days lutor , where 1 hud my fool
dressed.
Mr. Caino tlicn goes on to describe
Ills experience when the move was made
to protect the legislature nt Topeka
in July , his capture by Lieutenant 1'er-
kins and trip to Leuompton. where ho
was turned over to Captain Sturgls ,
nt whoso camp Governor Robinson
and other distinguished free state
men were then prisoners. Ho was re
leased July 4 and went to Lawrence ,
where ho remained until Abbott's com
pany got back from Topeka and went
with them to Coal creek. Ono day ho
was summoned to moot Dr. UpdegralT ,
and carried dispatches from him to the
committee of wifely ut Lawrence , lie
scouted Captain MuCrackin and
Preacher Stewart's company to Osuwat-
otnie , attacked Mow Georgia and des
troyed it. "This was a hard week's
drive , as I was in the saddle from Mon
day morning till Saturday morning ,
with scarcely a wink of sleep nnd nut
much to vat , buOoxcitemout kept me
up. "
Fired Sumtrr'f 1'lru ( iun ,
Every year or two the confederates
light the buttle over again in. the prcea
as to who pulled the Junyard on that
"shot heard round Iho world. " And now
comes a claimant for the honor of hav
ing touched oil the first union gun in
that uiomorabln artillery duel. General
Abuor Doublcday , who died during the
past winter , hns usually 1 en credited
with having fired the first , pun from
Sumtor , lib having been cnptnin of the
artillery company which opened the
ball for the union.
Is is a matter of ofllcial record that
Ciiptuhi Uoubledny was ordered to com
mence firing first from his battery. Ho
personally took diai-go of the detach
ment nt the guns trained on' the confed
erate battery rtt Cutnming'a point , Mor
ris inland. Naturally , in the line of his
duly ns senior , he sighted the pieces ,
and tnav or may not have pulled the lan
yard , 1'erhaps had ho known what waste
to cumo of it he would have trtken the
privilege , or possibly have tendered it to
Major Anderson , the commandant. On
the confederate side tliuro was some
theatrical byplay , nnd the privilege , if
such it was , of Bending the llrst shot at
Old Glory iinsscd around among half n
do/.on civilians nnd soldiers before it was
taken up.
In btimlcr , so says .Tames Gibbon , a
veteran now living tit Erie , I'a. , the
usual routine was observed and ho , ns
private ilotailed for the work , pulled
the lanyard on the llrst piece after Cap
tain Doubledny had sighted It. Gibbon
was a soldier In company K , First United
States artillery. Ho was No. ! 1 of the
pun fqiuid at gun No. 1 In the casement.
The pleco was a forty-two pounder ,
trained upon the Cuinming's point bat
tery. Captain Doubleduy stood by and
gave the word "Fire ! "
Gibbon was born in Ireland nnd
landed in America In 1831. Ho was a
well seasoned veteran of the regulars
when the war broke out. As a member
of the gun Bquad at Sumtcr ho was tied
closely to his piece nnd performed only
Ills routine duty that day. Many deeds
of personal daring came to his notice , but
ho modcHlly disclaims credit for anything
beyond that of opening the ball as above
described , lie saw a volunteer laborer in
the tort pick up \moxploded confed
erate bomb and toss it over the wall Into
the ditch , whore its burning fuse was
extinguished. Another laborer named
Donahue mounted the llapstafl during
the bombardment and untangled the
halyard so that the flag could bo un
furled. A shall , evidently aimed at him
as lie climbed , struck the base erf the
statT , but ho finished his work and
hoisted the Hag to the very top.
ThojJefenso of Sumtor was memorial
ized by a series of medals struck olT at
the order of the Chamber of Commerce
of New York for the olllcers and soldiers
who took part. Gibbon carries one of
the medals as u souvenir of the event.
Itis of bronze , three and one-half
inches in diameter , bearing on ono side
it relief of Major Anderson , and on the
other an inscription to the "Defenders
of Fort Suinter. " There are few of the
band living today. Gibbon believes that
he is now the only , survivor. Two were
killed in the fort , some lost their lives
afterwards in the war , and many have
di6d since , Generals Dotibledny , Truman
Seymour and S. W. Crawford being
among the recent ones.
.liilinston ni n Comninmler.
Johnston was not one of these southern
men who believed that the coming war
would be of short duration. On the con
trary , from the outset , Ills opinion was
freely expressed that it would be pro-
tracted and bloody , and that the south
should prepare for it as promptly as
possible by extensive purchases of arms
and munitions of war , and by incessant
education and discipline of the material
which she had available for armies.
Neither was he ono of those who indulged
In the foolish vaunt that one south
erner could whip live Yankees. While
believing that , in the beginning of the
contest , th'o great familiarity of the
southern people with firearms , and the
fact that they were acting on the de
fensive as guardians of homo and kin
dred , would give them the advantage ,
ho know , as a soldier of experience , that
discipline would In time remove this in
equality , and that northern troops only
needed education nnd good ollicors to
make fine soldiers. This unwillingness
to underrate the foe and respect for the
soldierly qualities of those arrayed
against him continued to bo exhibited
by Johnston throughout the war , and is
thought to have been one of the causes
of his want of favor with the confederate
executive. His refusal to make the sup
posed superiority of southerners tfio
basis of his plans , and to throw his
armies in wild assault upon a veteran
fee preponderant in numbers was , in
fact , the explanation offered for his re
moval at a subsequent critical epoch of
his military career.
. It is well known that Johnston brought
up his force from Winchester in time to
join Bcauregard on the eve of the buttle
of Hull Run. The author of this book
contends that figures demonstrate which
of the two generals made the larger
contribution to the confederate success.
An analysis of the confederate casual
ties shows that Johnston's army lost 35
per cent of these actually engaged ,
while Bcaurcgnrd'surmy lost 7 per cent.
It is a historical fact that all of John
ston's troops who readied Mannssus , except -
copt ono regiment , took part in the
buttle , and equally true that loss than
one-half of Ueauregard's were in posi
tion to bo available , For the failure of
the confederate army to pursue the federals -
orals after the battle 'of Bull Run , John
ston never hesitated to assume his
sluii-o of the responsibility , though in
sisting that thu course pursued was
proper , and the only practicable ono
under the circumstances.
runt llufnre
Surgeon General Sternberg of the
army and Dr. A. C. Bet-nays of St.
Louis had Hocked together and were
diboiiBSing gunshot wounds in the lower
part of the body. Dr. Bernays greatly
interested Surgeon General Sternborg
by a proposition ho laid down that when
a man is shot in the abdomen shortly
after eating a hearty meal the danger
Is much greater.
"A ease of that kind should bo
operated upon in every instance , " said
Dr. Dornays.l'lf the bowels are empty ,
or nearly so , the sumo wound may bo
treated without operation. "
"Applying that theory to soldiers ? "
remarked the surgeon general tenta
tively ,
" 1 would say they ought to do their
fighting before breakfast , " put in the
specialist.
I'nllrcl Down the lluliel Flue.
Major Isaac B. Brown , deputy secre
tary of internal affairs at Hamburg ,
Pa. , Is the man wio tore down the con
federate Hag from the old "Andrews"
locomotive in the Transportation build-
lug at the World's fair.
Ho Is the president of the Survivor's
association , Hartranft's division Ninth
corps , Army of the Potomac , and ho has
an excellent war record. Ho has the
confederate flag and will present it to
the Corry post of the Grand Army of
the Republic. Major Brown has made
the following statement :
"I belong to the post of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Corry , Pa. ,
that was named after J. J. Andrews , the
leader of the bund of twenty-one soldiers
who went through the confederate lines
in 1803 and nt Big Shanty station cap
tured the locomotive known as thu Gen
eral and made a perilous trip through
portions of Georgia , Tennessee anjl Ala
bama. Tlio old locomotive belongs to
tire btato of Gcorcia and is now on ex
hibition at the World's fair. A week
ago last Friday , when passing through
the Transi o.-tation Lu Idlng in company
with my Uttlo boy , I happened to run
across the locomotive , and as the com
rades of my post had always taken a
great interest in anything that per
tained to the Andrews relic I gavotho
locomotive a careful examination. 1
had not boon there long before 1 dis
covered the confederate Hag In question ,
which was attached to a staff si-curoly
fastened in the stoani escape of the loco
motive. There were a few persons look
ing at the locomotive , but I climbed up
and deliberately broke the stall olT ami
touk the Hag down. I do not feel Ilka
returning to the comrades of my post ID
tell them thut 1 had seen a confederate
ling on the locomotive without at least
attempting to tear it down. "
I'lilillpil Tlirmicli Ainpntntlon.
A hundred years ago the unfortunate
people who camcjnto the hands of the
mii'Ruuiis , generally soldiers or sailors
who had been hurt in actionwere , forced
to undergo the operation necessary to
the prolongation of llfo without taking
other or chloroform , as is now adminis
tered to make the patient unconscious ,
and so frco from pain attendant upon
the operation. To secure , qulot often
the subject had to be bound by rope ; ' , so
that much as ho may desire to wince ho
was utterly unable to do so. Occasion
ally patients would show remarkable
fortitude at Iho crisis of their
troubles , but none ever showed more (
limn a soldier , who , on the morning
after the battle of Yorktown ( October
10 , 1781) ) , was brought into the hospital ,
having been shot in the knee. It was
found necessary to amputate the limb ,
and the surgeon ordered the nurses to
bind the man fust preparatory to the
operation.
"Novorl" protested the soldier. "You
may tear my heart from my breast , but
you shall not bind mo ! Can you get mea
' " '
fiddle'
a :
Ills request was compiled with , and
he proceeded to tune the instrument ,
after which ho said : "So , doctor , now
you can begin. " And ho played during
tlio whole of the operation , which lasted
forty minutes , without uttering a single
false note or disturbing his features in
the slightest.
ONCE A GREAT LAKE.
Dry I.iinil In Utiili Now Oconplntl by Ono
llnnurucl Towns null Vlllugf-4.
It was very early known ( indeed , ac
cording to a writer in the Scientific
American , tlio early settlers oould see
it ) that there hod at one time boon a
great lake on the silo of the present salt
Faku and desert in Utah. The early ex
plorers noted the presence of terraces ,
Hat topped and of ton of r.emarkably uni
form height , which they know to bo
water-formed. There were bars , also ,
across the mouths of side streams and
splits , wave-cut nlllTs at headlands , and ,
indeed , all the phenomena of lake shores
along these terraces. Not only is there
ono terrace , but several , which mark
changes in the level of the lake. Every
tourist to Salt Lake City must have no
ticed the Hat beaches clinging to the
mountain sides and have marked the
Hat desert tract in which the great salt
lake is situated , and , perhaps , have
wondered what it moans. They may
have noticed the small mountain peaks
rising from the great desert-like islands
in the sea. These wore once islands ,
and now they rise out of the lake sedi
ments in which they are partly buried.
When Lake Bonnovillo was full of
water to overflowing it had u surface of
19,750 square miles a magnitude rank
ing with the great lakes. Its maximum
depth was 1,050 feet. If the water
were to rise again to its old mark more
than 100 towns and villages would bo
submerged and 120,000 persons would bo
driven from their homos. The Mormon
temple would stand in 850 fcot of water
and 700 miles of railroad would bo im
mersed. The history of the lake is oven
moro complicated than has been indi
cated. There is evidence that long before
fore the existence of tlio overflowing
lake the site was practically dry and
arid. Tlio water afterward rose , but not
to its rim , and then another change.in
climate occurred and aridity again sot
in and the lake basin became nearly , if
not quito , dry. A second rise occurred
and this time the lake overflowed to the
ocean. Before , during and since the
period of high water the great bain has
boon the seat of considerable volcanic
activity. At times the lava has ilowed
on the margin of the lake , again it has
entered the water , and volcanic erup
tions have occurred oven in the lake it
self. At present all volcanic activity
Bccms to have ceased , though some of
the lava has been erupted in very recent
times. Not only has the level of the
water changed , but oven the level of the
land has suffered a change since the
water sank below the terrace levels.
Lake beaches are , of course , all formed
in a horizontal position , and normally
they should bo at the same level in
every part. But some of the terraces of
Luke Bonnevillo are disturbed by fault
ing and folding , and are no longer level.
These changes may possibly bo associ
ated with the volcanic eruptions.
Cnn't Miss u ItnttlosnuUe.
The writer saw an Indian kill a rattle
snake in a very peculiar manner recently ,
says the Carson Appeal. The rattler
was about ten feet from the Indian , who
was resting the rillo on his knee , up-
purontly taking aim.
Whenever ho moved the weapon a few
inches the snake would move around and
got exactly in line with it. Then to
show how the thing was done the Indian
moved about the snake in a circle , and
the reptile moved us if his tail wus a
pivot , always keeping1 his head and body
in line with the gun. .Tho Indian then
agreed to bandage his eyes and shoot the
snuko in the mouth.
The writer bandaged tlio Indian's eyes
and , holding tlio gun by his side at arm's
length , the latter pulled the trigger and
the bull entered the snake's mouth and
passed the whole length of his body.
"How did you tuko aim ? " was the
query.
"Tlio snake hc take aim , " was the rePly -
PlyVo
\Vo \ have tnlUcd with tin old hunter on
this proposition , and ho claims tiutt a
rattlesnake will always ratitfo direotly
in line with u gun or ntiok pointed at it.
Bho Can Ito Moon.
A great many native American girls
from the back districts of Miilno are now
being employed an servants in Uoston.
and their "greenness" somutiinos brings
'about amubinp ; uituntions. Recently u
lady called at a Beacon street house
wlioro one of these girls was employed ,
and rang the boll. Humantha Way back
answered the cull , ' 'Can Mra. Crocens
bo soonV" the visitor asked. "Ken HIO
bo boenV" snickered Bamantlm. "Well ,
T rtithor guess Bho ken ; she's six feet
high and four wide ! My Bakes ! You
can't BCO much of anything besides when
she's aroundl"
A llUlnir .Market.
"Yes , " eaid the old man , addressing
his young visitor "I am proud of my
girls , and bhoulaliko to see them all
comfortably mar led ; and as 1'vo made a
Uttlo money , they won't go to their lius-
bunds penniless There's Mary , 25 years
old , and a real goad girl. I shall give
her 1,000 whim she marries. Then
comes Dot , who win'tseo . ' 15 again , and
shall have 2.100 , aidthomun who takes
Eliza , who is 40 , will have JC3.000 with
her. "
The young man reflected a moment erse
so , and then norvousl" Inquired , "You
haven't ono about 50 , i.uvo you ? "
' RFPFll WAS PAW1) )
i\ljl \ jjHtlv > / ) 1 MOOI'I/
Obanges in the yrtuato.n ! Are SomowLut
MystlfyJig Up to Dats.
SYMPTOMS OF BETTER THINGS SEEN
l.nmloiiN Attitude l < KminiiriiRlng mid the
Conditions ai Ituino Am Midi us War-
rnnl OilimlMlh' | ' I'riMltclliiin Wlmt
Slay Ito i\poctoil. :
Iii Ills weekly lottoi-on the Iltiandal slttia-
foil Henry Clews , the Wall street author
ity , says :
"Insist wcelc wo noted the beneficial elect
upon prices of Wall street's anticipation of
the passage ot the silver repeal bill. The
past week has shown the cffout of the con
summation of repeal in an extensive realiz
ing of profits upon that advance , with a , eon-
sequent fall of 'J to II points In prices , anil ,
next , hi a reaction from that decline.
"For the moment there Is some halting In
operations , duo to a disposition to wait
untll estimates of the now situation created
by repeal nro more definitely matured , botli
hero and In I/union , iu some quarters dti-
appointment was felt at London becoming a
seller to the estimated extent of 3,000,000 to
4,000,000 , Instead of a buyer , r.a had been
expected , ThlseouMO was , however , noth
ing more than m'ght have , been reasonably
anticipated. In the first place. London
speculators were holding a considerable
amount of our stocks bought at much lower
prices , and in selling upon the senate's vote
they were only taking the same wise course
as our own operators that is , making sure
of their profit : * . That coin-so had
not been expected , because Lonilon
usually takes its profits after New York has
realized ; In this instance It was wiser. In
the next place , exchange stands close upon
the specie Importing rate ; and as further
purchases by London might easily start experts -
ports of gold to Now York , with u consequent
putting on the screws by the IJunlf of Kng-
land , it may have seemed inoro prudent to
llrst realize and then buy back at lower
prices. And ngrnln , our suspension of silver
purchases raises some temporarily serious
questions for London. That center has to
fuco the necessity ot an international silver
agreement or the assured certainty of the
ihuil dlscardmcnl of stiver , with con
sequences which Mr. do Kotlischild , as ono
of Great llritaln's representatives in the
late silver conference , declared would bo of
very serious financial moment , and especially
to Knglnnd. Ono symptomatic elYcot has
already appeared in the absence of a single
bid for 4.000,000 rupees of council bills offered
on the 1st insl.
Improvement Noted U Legitimate.
"As the bearings of this change will fall
first and more especially upon Loddon , it is
not surprising that the Ko.yul exchange
should show some caution about operations
that would tend to4raw gold from the Bank
of England. This ] btutlon. however , has not
prevented London from buying our bonds ,
about ono million in amount of which were
taken \Yednesihi.v. . . Those transactions ,
however , represent' ' the investment demand
rather than the speculative ; and , to that extent -
tent , they arc a Jdgjtimate expression of the
improvement of foreign confidence in our In
vestments arising from repeal. Jt Is a fa
vorable indication that the Bank of England
did not on Thursday advance its rate of dis
count us had beenexpected , in face of the
fact that the rate of discount in the open
market was only J 'bolcw the bank rate and
that gold was bcinp taken out of the bank
for export to Ncvv , York. This looks as
though the bank managers saw nothing In
the repeal act , or in the situation otherwise ,
to call for any immediate precautionary ac
tion. A few days more will bring forth more
distinct symptoms of what maybe , the effect
upon Ixmdon speculative Interests arising
from the new , conditions this slUe the At
lantic. >
"It would bo a poor result of this great ef
fort of the American people to maintain a
sound money system If it did not Issue iu a
great revival of confidence in our Invest
ments , not only throughout Europe , but also
among our own people. After such wide
spread distrust consequent upon the dangers
created by silver , it conveys an Immeasur
able assurance for tills country that it has
hud the wisdom and courage to take the de
cisive step that settles for the world the
question of monetary standards and unifies
the money of the two most civilized conti
nents.Vo have not begun to realize the im
mense significance of this action. The un
settled silver problem has been n standing
threat to finance and Investment for the
last fifteen years. Its removal gives frco
course to all that has been obstructed by
thesemisgivings. . It Is an assurance that
great enterprises extending far into the
future will no longer ho hampered by ques
tions about the monny of payment. Its
effect will bo most important among these
who control the larger movements of cap
ital , which have so long been held
iu suspense by this unsettled question of
standards. Capital demands the most abso
lute assurance on this point ; it has long and
timidly waited for that assurance and re
mained idle in its absence ; it now has all it
can ask. and we may therefore expect an
era of revived enterprise and great under
takings.
Confidence Will Come.
"This revival cannot bo expected to appear
Immediately. This first result of repeal
must bo a renewal of confidence In ordinary
commercial and industrial operations ; which ,
however , will have a bcnellcial bearing upon
a wide class of investments , and especially
upon railroad stocks and bonds. When
accumulated capital hus had time for select
ing its employments and making its plans
wo may look for the larger developments of
this now clement of confidence. It is not
too early to looic for buying of slocics In
anticipation of these larger results , Wall
street looks far ahead , and discounts the
future as far in advance as It can see Into it ,
and sometimes farther. It Is not likely to
fall to do so In this Instance ; and , from this
time forward , tl.o larger and more intelli
gent operators may bo uxncctcd to include
thcso remoter benefits of repeal In their
estimates of the current vnlueiof stocks.
"For those reasons , although there has
been already an important recovery In the
prices of stocks , wo do not think that , in
the majority estimate of Wall street , the
full benefit of the new conditions has yet
Oeen discounted. It IB possible that prices
may for some time continue to oscillate
round the present level , affording oppor
tunities for profitable turns ; but the
tendency for thai long run is toward a
further rise in pricOa. Tlio now condition's
lay the basis for tbu growth of a speculative
movement assuming largo dimensions.
That tendency must bo encouraged by the
almost uncqualed-accumulations of money
in the banks , by low rate of interest , by the
contraction of Imports that is likely to keep
the foreign I null ) ibalanco In uur favor , and
by a steady Increase m the earnings of the
railroads. " _
COJ1MI5HCI.VI , ANI > n
ICilicctJtlons ofu l-Hrcii Incrcmn III I ho VU-
Ilito Supply > V ! Hlcunril Wlit-ar.
CHICAGO , Nov. 4.H 13xpectatIon of another
largo Increase In 'tho visible ' supply , and
Urndstreet's gtat.e'm'ont that the world's
visible supply on 2SVvcml)0r l was 172,800,000
bu. , or the largest qyer recorded , and heavy
northwestern receipts , weakened wheat to
day , so that it weut off over Ic from yester
day's close.
Corn was firm anil resisted for a long time
the effect of the decline in wheat , but finally
yielded 3-lCo ana closed at that loss. Oats
acted as did corn and only yielded 1-lCc.
Provisions felt the heaviness of the wheat
market and lost all they gained yesterday.
The tendency seemed to bo against the
price of wliuat. Holders were urgent sellers ,
and the result was a heavy , drooping mar
ket from start to finish , Tlio receipts Iu the
northwest were again decidedly heavy nnd
seemed to put an cnn to all talk of an early
decrease iu that quarter , the ho DO of which
proved so much of a bull factor yesterday.
December opened at O-'l c , or % c below
yesterday's close , and sold off gradually to
lo worse , closing without u material rally at
02 > < e. May sold at 78Ko early , fell } c ,
and closed at from CVJ c to 70c , auowlnu' lo
below yesterday's close. It Is assorted by
some of the oldest In the tr.ldo that wheat
at 131V for December nnd MJ ) < c for May was
nt n lower point than touched for thirty
years past.
Corn was fairly active early In the day ,
and. receipts bolus fifty cars less than ex
pected , cllmbod from ' 40 to S8e. Later there
was somn realizing by the lone interests ,
and , In sympathy with the wcaknr&i in
\vlu\it , the gain was inoro than lost , May
closing > 4C lower than Its opening ,
Oats experienced a good day. owing to
heavy bu.xlng by yesterday's leading sellers ,
May opening ' ,0 higher than yesterday'st
close nnd going up during the day another'
'a'c. but , feeling-tho weakness of wheat , It
dropped back to yesterday's close of lU c.
In the provision market an undertone of
steadiness was developed on the firmness
in corn , but the slump In wheat caused n
ilci'llnc , compared with last night , January
pork closed Bi * lower ; .Innur.iy lard 15o to
the worse , and short ribs , sides , luo lower.
Freights were shw , with plenty of vessel
room offered. Hates were easier at lje for
who.it air.l 1' u for corn to I5uTalo. !
I'Mlmntcd receipts for today : Wheat , 200
cars : corn , MO cars ; oats , L'OO cars ; lings ,
Jli.lHX ) head.
Tno leading futures rantrcd as follows :
Arllflra , High. Io\v.
WHEAT
Dl'O . naj ; nav ;
May . 70 ; *
CHUN
Nuv . : WK an nn
. 4-J-u
May 43K -
OATS
Jfov . 2sr < r
Hoe . JS Mil
> lnv .
MKSS I'oiiK-
Jan . M 4'J ! < 11 17W M 40 14 40
l.AHD-
Nov . n : i7ji n 'tn n : io n no
Jon . s . „ ' S iV.'lj 8 4t ! 8Mi
Snimi Hllis-
Jan. . . . . . . . 7 ill ) 7 f.O 7 in 7 4i !
Cavil quotations were as follows :
Ki.oun No miles reported.
WIIKAT No. 2 spring , UlUC ! No. 3 spring ,
COc ! No. 2 red , Ill'eC.
CoilNNo. . 2 , 3'lc.
OATS-NO. U , UH-J No. 2 while. SIIMlUc ;
No. 3 while , 'JBltflUUliu.
KVB No. 2 , 47io. !
llAiu.r.v No. a , nominal ; No. 3 , 30350o ; No ,
KI.AX SEKH-NO. 1 ; J1.02.
TlMOTIlvSKii-l'rlino3.20l3.25. : )
Point Mess , per hill. , $10.75 ; lard , per
100 Ibs. , * 0.055i0.75 ; short , ribs hides ( loose ) ,
J8.00IMI.OO ; tlry sul'cd shoulders ( lio.\od > ,
J7.0037.25 ; short clear sldus ( boxed ) , JU.OOS
0.25 ,
Wiusiiv Distillers' finished goods , per gal. ,
J1.15.
SudAits tlnchaiiKOtl ; cut loaf , $0.05 ; gran
ulated , fo.57 ; slundaril "A , " 86,45.
The following were the icccipts and ship
ments for today.
HIIII'AIKNTS ,
Vlonr , buls. . . 11,000 s.nno
Wheat , bii. . . . KH.IOI ) ( ) 2:1,000 :
Corn , bu 'll-.UUO M.IIOO
OalH , bn UH.OIII )
Hye , bn Ki.ooo a.oui )
Hurley , tin. . . 10(1.000 ( T.MIOO
On the Produce exchange today the butter
market wasqulut ; creamery , 2127c ( : dairies ,
10924c , K e t bteady and nncliunged at 20
(32 ( Ic.
O.V..VIIA MVE STOCK
Hocvlnls for the I.nat Tnn Mouths Aluko a
Favorable Shinrms : .
SATUIIDAY , Xov. 4.
Receipts ot all kinds Tall slightly short of
last week , but are somewHat in excess of re
ceipts for the corresponding week last y ar.
The figures are as follows :
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Itecolnts this week . 22,020 20,434 3,723
IteculptshiNtweek . 24,712 27,858 5,010
Same week last year. . . . 10.109 22,875 5,501
Hecclpts of all kinds of stock at South
Omaha for the month of October and for the
past ten months show up favorably com
pared with the showing made by other mar
kets. The October cattle receipts were the
largest on record , beating the previous big
gest month's run by over 17,000 head. During
the past ten mouths the cattle receipts at
Chicago have fallen off 817,814 head , while
South Omaha has increased 80,340 com
pared with last year. The figures civen be
low are ofllcial and show the rapid strides
this market Is making toward second and
ultimately llrst place : , .
Cattlo. Hogs. Sheep.
Rents for Oct. . 107,340 107,581 23,151
Uepts for Sept. 88,780 140.2UO 13,384
KuptsOct. , ' 02. 90,037 115,824 15,438
UcptsuastlOm 094,228 1,204,840 207,101 !
a.uno 10mo.02 007,882 1,357,104 151,000
Increase 80,340 . : 55,140 ,
Decrease 152258
CHICAGO.
Cuttle. Hops. Sheep.
Past 10 mo'ths.2,037,0821,873,847 2,515,781
Saint ) 10 mo,02..2.955,52G 0,403,483 1,888.174
Increase 707,007
Decrease 317.8441.529.G30
KANSAS CITV ,
Cattlo. Hogs. Sheep.
Past. 10 mo'ths. 1,340,102 1,104,757 475,081
Same 10 mo 02..1,182,104 1,330,735 372,092
Increase 158,088 102,980
Decrease 328,022
( iootl I'ricos for Common Stuff. *
Conditions in the cattle market have
changed but little the past week. Hecclpts
have Kept up very well and the quality of
the offerings continues very common. The
big run of western cattle is about over , bu t
in place of them fanners are sending in their
half fat and short fed cattle in the hope of
petting ns much for them as has been paid
right along for good cornfcil beeves. In
this they have of course been dis
appointed , but this Is the only class
of cattle that have sold unsatisfactorily.
Matured dry lot cattle and decent range
beeves have Improved r it ; lit along , and sold
substantially stronger at the close thtin at
the opening of the week. In addition to the
usual good local demand there has been an
native inquiry from eastern butchers all
wcok , nnd for suitable killing cuttle the mar
ket has been u very satisfactory one.
Ct'J'ho market today was ; i sample of what
it has been all week. Keceipts wore not
heavy , the demand was good from all sources
and desirable cattle met with n ready sale
nt a shade stronger prices , while all grades
sold fully as well as on Friday. A bunch of
smooth fat 127a-lb hooves readily brought
S5.20 , while some fairish only partly finished
1.100 to 1K)0 ! ) Ib.stcorsbOld for $4.GO nnd $1.70.
There were no choice western steers hero ,
but sucli as were good enough for beef met
with u ready sale at around l.'i'i nnd ! .50.
Trade was brisk , there was a good strong
undertone and an early hour found the offer
ings practically disposed of ,
lliitcliitrx , Ciiniifirs mill Foodem.
Butchers' stock anil , canner values have
in a great measure followed the course of
- -
BALSAM , ,
It Ourei Coldi , Coughi , Sort Throit , Croup , Infill-
ensa , Whoopiny Cough , Bronehitii nd Aithmt.
A certain cure for Coniumption In flrit ittgei ,
and a lure relief In advances atacei. Die at once.
You will ice the excellent effect after UkUftho
firot dote. Bold tir dealeri everywhere. Large
bottle 160 cent ! and $1.00.
Union Stoci Yards Company ,
Soutn Opnahat
Doit Cattle Ho and3h p toirlntU tb
Wood Brothsrj.
Lire Stosk Con.mtsiton MerohitBti
foithllmaha Telephone Il5f. Chlou )
JOHN I ) . IAII MA- * ,
WAI.TKK K.VD01) .
Market reports by mall and vlro cheerful
araUhd upoo uppflCitUo
fnt cattle prices. Offerings Imvo not bctn
very extensive nrul tuts demand hns been
i-apnblo oT absorbing ovcr.vthlnp , Price *
li\vo ! nttrnncoil ilntjuR the woclt 103 to
Ifio on nil Rr.tilcs. There were not over
thltty lontls on s'alo to-Jny nnd thov rhiinpcil
hnnns freely : it fromJl.Jtt to { ? i.f > 0 for com
mon to very ( food cow anil hclfof * .
Hutvhura * stuok sold largely nt from ? J.IO to
JiUC . Tlio marital for i1 lives w.is about
steady , common InrRoto very peed venl stock
selling nt from J'J.UT ) to M. Houuli stock of nil
khi'.ls was hi 1:001 ! ( lonmnd nt strong prices ,
Inrcely around $1,75 to W..V
Tlio feeder trade wna not particularly
brisk curly In the week , but took on nulto n
boom the past two or three days. Smooth ,
well bred , llcshy stocrs inove.l off freely at
stronger prices , but tlicro 1ms boon u won
derful demand for stock steers to rough
through the winter. As n result ot this
big dcmniul common light cnttlo nnd
ycarlliiRs hnvo sold from B.V to0o ! ! higher
than n week or ton days ngo , anil
the sunpiy was notncnilv equal to Iho do-
mnnd. Huslness today , however , was not so
brisk. There was a very fall- inquiry from
the country , but regular dealers , In anticipa
tion ol "three Sundays11. o. Sunday , Men-
day aim election day , were not inclined to
purchnso very freely , but ratlicr devoted
thulr. attention to dlsnodlng of what they
already had on hand. Prices were well sus
tained , howovcr , and a good volume of busi
ness was transacted. ( ? oed to choice feeders
arc quoted nt from ? 3.2d tot.OO : , fair to good
at from $2.7ft to ssUH. with common and In
ferior stuiT at from i ! 2. > lo W.Tfi.
Slicrp Trnitn Unrliang < Ml ,
No sheen were received. There was no
change In the situation. I/ > cal killers want
some muttons , unt on account of the bad condi
tion of the trade cast they want tlio.m cheat ) .
Prices are quotably about the same jis at Iho
close of laav wcok. Fair to good natives , $2.r > 0
GJUI : ) ; fair locood westerns , $ D.C.Via00 ; com
mon and stook sheep. 41.WJt-J.y.'i ( ) ; good to
choice -10 to UKMb. lambs , fa.Xi-I.OO. ( ) (
I'ork'n Dorlilnil Uncertainty.
Weakness continues to bo the ruling char
acteristic : of tlio hog iiiarkut. The big bulk
of the offerings uro going Into the fresh meat
trade , nnd packers uro still insisting on
lower m-icos or no purchases. With the
present light receipts and big demand for
tlio fresh moat , both local nnd eastern ,
prices are very slow in going down. Knrly
in the week there was a slight spurt and
another toward the close of 'tho week on
very light receipts and the strength in pro
visions. The general market , however ,
closed fully ir > c lower than n week ago.
Approximately the total summer packing In
the west from March I to October III , In
clusive , was 0,750,000 hogs as against 7,7o , -
000 for the summer season last year , a de
crease In round numbers of over 1,000,000
hogs. The Cincinnati Prlco Current takes
the following view of. the situation :
Tlio opening of Iho now season Is attended
with rather inoro than usual uncertainty us
to thu futni-u of supply ot IIOKS and of prlc.es.
Thu record of last year , In folloctliiji u greater
dpllcloncy than the tnulo had counted on , Is
taken by snmo us an Inllnmtlon of what , tuny
bo looked for tins season. Hut conditions are
not the snmo us u ycnr njtn , and In the face of
specific stiiiumoniM pointing to a decrease In
Miipnly. a considerate vlow of IIm situation ,
with the various Inlluonce.s biivlng : i boarliig
on the question , does not warrant uvpcclatlons
of n decrease , nor an ospuclally largo liici-caso
ovnr tl-.o number markotcd last. year.
There is u feature In thoqneslion of bos sup
plies which nmy 1m entitled to recognition.
The Department of Agriculture estimates last
.liinuary , lullretliiK a lurge decrease compared
with the pivcedlngyoiir , maintained the com
parison as Ciual lo tlio preceding your In tlio
southern states , whuro lions uro produced to a
considerable e.vlont. Conditions there have
given unusual I'npiilso to thu production of
swlnu In that region tlio past year und there
Is much Informal Ion available to Indicate that
the south , with Its tendency to diversification
of crops , has docldodly unlargocl Its supply of
liozs. To whntovur uUonl this may hnvu
takuii shape tlioro nmy bo uxpoctccl a modifi
cation in the demand for the product from thu
conlors.
Feature of the Day's Trade.
The market today was weak ami lower
from start to linlsh. Keceipts were liberal ,
moro than donblo last Saturday's supply , and
the quality , as a rulo. was about up to the
recent average. The average weight of the
hogs for the mouth was the heaviest for
October in over four years , as will bo seen
from the following table :
There v.'as a fair demand for I'rcsh meat
account and a modcrnto inquiry from ship ,
pers. With lower eastern markets and very
bearish packers prices had to suffer and
sellers had to submit to a r > c and lOc decline.
The Rood to choice heavy and butcher weight
hoga sold mostly at SO and j-i.or ( > , with the
common light aim mixed packing grades at
from § 5.63 to $ , " ) .U5. Business was rather
dull throughout and the close vorv weak and
fully a dime lower all around , although ubout
everything finally sold. The bulk of the
.radius was nt from # 3.03 to $0. ns npalnst
$ : i.03 lo&IO on Friday nml $0.10 to | ( Cl8 on
nsl Sattirdiiy.
4
. \\fir.ijsn I'rlro of tines fnr Octoltcr.
Showing the nvcrago of prices paid for full <
oads of hess on this market on each day of
the month of October for the past seven
years :
.isn.irrRtrjTisiTi . :
n 01 snn.
II 214 27
4 23
1 10
I 10
4 U
I 111
Snn.
4 .18
4 ri
I 411
4 : j8
i iiiii 'i oil r > " 74i iu
a 7 : i in' ' r. in s m.
in fi r-j 4 21
n -in 4 21
ft 4IH 4 UU
Snn.I r. 12 4 M
SIn Snn , 4 IS
n 4ti I 20
.1 4S Snn.
r , n 4 28
n -j.i -is Mm.i a sn fi in : 4 27
11 u ! .1 : > u : t nai snn. n : ni 4 28
II IIA fl 111' it 111) ) ; a S7 Sun. r > an ! 40
u 12 n ni : : i 7Hi a 84 : i 8ft Hun. ' 4 ' . ' 7
Snn. > i 4i ; : l "in : i 7U : i 84 n _ i .
II 17 Snn. M SH , ; l 70 a 7-1 r. an Sun.
l ii o.i n : u : i 7s : i 71 a us nun 4 ia
Itrroinu mill l > * > iiittliin ol Stuck.
Ofltalal receipts and disposition of slock ai
shown by the books of the Union Stock Yards
company for the twenty-four IIOUM emllnn nt
G o'clock p. in. , November 4 , 18.0:1 : :
nisini-cnio.v.
't'ln > ( ) : nihrl'ioklniT : Oo. . .
Tin ; (1. II. llanimonil Co. . 114 MIKI
SwllKU.'o iUll 1.1H7 ,
Tlii' Ciuliiliy 1'iicklng ( 'o. . . f > 7- 1,117:1' : '
WlHHinalli
Slut-lair
NrlHon Morris : tn
11. llcckorA. DOKOII 40
Nlilppors mill friMU'i-H mm
l < etl over. aoo
Tola ! r..rnil
Uii StiK-lc Alurlcol.
Ciitavao , Nov. 4. Tlio bulk of tlm cixlllo
IIITO today were raiiRors , it consldcnihlc imrt
of which went direct to .sluuithttirnrH. The
mai-kut loiimlnudMuudy for natives unit west
erns. Toxns call Iu were lower. Thu duiintml
wus not bettor than usual on the lusl diiyiof
Ihu wei'k. Modorntu rocolpts nro looked for
nnd prospects nu.\t week urn rather bullish.
Tlu > WL'okt ruco pis were Ob00 head , whlcli In
7,500 loss Hum for Iho corrosnondliiK week last
year and 7,000 less thun 1801. Threo-llflhs of
this week's Mipjily cilino from thn IIIIIKOS.
there bulng i4,000 ! westerns 10,000
Tuxans.
Theru was no chaneo In the coinplc.\tim of
Iho tiheop maikct. It , wus quiet , nnd Meiuly nt
from Jf.'JO to T3.75 for poor to choice. Tlio
lamb market remained llrm ns previously
iinoled , oral from J2.75 to tl.OO for poor to
tvxtru. Itccelpts for Iho wnuk are about CO-
500 lionil , us npilnst OH,8Hn the prnvloua
week and 43,450 , thu correipondlnK week lust )
ytiur.
The first hales of. the day nld not Indlcata
much chatiKis In values of lieu ; * . Shippers were
wlllliiK to pay very clo-,11 to I'rlday's prices for
Iho h < ) S they needed , which was about a third
of the Mipply. After eastern orders hud boon
filled .sellers fared badly. They found
that local puckers had decided to buy
what rcinnmed nt KM ; olT. and Itvua
on that basis Iho later trading wus done.
The closu was weak at from fo.85 to tU for
poor grades ; there were sales us hluli ai
S0.45 to $0.50 , but fiotn JiJ.lS ' to t JO.U5 ami from
$0.20 ( lo SG.DO : wore the provulllng prices.
Koreipts worn cntlinuled ut 14,000 head ,
milking liaOI7 head for Ihu week , a1 against
l.aU.liu : ) lieud for last week , 128.0U3 head for
180U'aiO.U41 head for 1880 and 2M.8DO head
for Ib'JO.
Kccclpls : Cattle. 3,000 head ; calves , 300
Ill-nil ; Imss 14.IHHI head ; shcup , 1,001) hoad.
Tins KvcnitiKJoiU'iiul reports :
OATTI.V ; HecolptH , 3,000 bend , Includ *
Ing'J.OOOTexans ; shipments , 1,000 head ; llKhb
business with steady prices all around. Mo
bales of natives worth ini-ntloniiiK.
IIHS ! Keceipts , 14,000 head ; phlpnionti.
7,01)0 ) head ; inarkot slow and 610c lower )
rough , J5.00fl.0.05 ; mixed , } 0.1030.'J.ri ; heavy ,
SG.40HG.4D.
SIIEIP AND LAMM llocolpts , 1,000 huadi
sblpniont.s , nonu ; niaikot. .stuady ; top bhvop ,
J3.00a4.t5 ( ; top lambs , J4.004. 0.
Kaunas City l.lvn Nt < irl < Jlirl : < ct.
KANSAS ( 'ITV , Nov. 4. OATTI.I : Itoculpta ,
G.'JDOIiuad ; Rhllimciits , 3,000 head ; best cattla
wiiru steady , others lower ; Texas sti'L'r.s , $1,00
(33.00 ; shipping steers. * 1.1035.40 ; Texas and
natlvucows , J1.00Q3.0D ; btitcbur stock , * 3.50
® 4.10 ; Miockers and feeders , J2.GO3,50.
lions Heeolpls 3.8HO head ; Nhliinicnt * .
1,100 head ; maiket opened btroiiRand closed
wenk : bulk , f.VJjQO.ua ; heavy , packlni ; and
ini\i > d , $ . ' ) .H5Uti.lU | light , Vorlcurs and lilga ,
HIIIII- : ; Receipts , 3,100 heutl ; bhlpmontli
J.GUOhcud ; market slow and weak ,
Stock In Sl lit.
liecoliitsof llvostoek ut ino four principal
wcstui n markets Saturday , Novenihur 4 :
Cattle. HOKS. b'hoop.
Pnnfh Omaha . 2.303 5.485 . . . . .
Chicago . 3,000 14.000 1,000
KansasClty . li.200 0,800 8,100
Sl.l.ouls. . . . 1.000 fiOO 200
Total . 12503 23,885 4,300
Too Slow
in making clothes , this wa-s. It had to go.
And yet people thought it a pretty good
thing in its day. Some of them couldn't
believe , all at once , that there was any
thing better. Just so with every improve
ment. The old way always has some be
nighted ones who cling to it to the last. ,
Too Fast
in ruining clothes , un-making them that's
the trouble with the washboard. But it's going
now and going fast , to join the spinning-wheel.
Women find it doesn't pay to rub their clothes
to pieces over it. They can wash better with
Pearline. Less work , less wcai' , no ruinous
rub , rub , rub. That's the modern way of wash
ing safe , easy , quick , cheap. No wonder that many women
have thrown away the washboard.
I'eddlcrs nnd some unscrupulous proccrs will tell yon " this is as good us"
or "the same as Pearline. " IT'S KALSIJ Pearlinc is never peddled ,
. - scads in iilace of I'earllne , bo
4.fa 1 and if your jrrocer you romcthing
" .DECK honestrf V back. 378 M1KS J'YLH , New York.
OMAHA
BAGS & TWINES | TENTS , ETC.
licmls Omaha 1U3 OnialuTenUvroliig
COJIl'ANV. UUMI'AXV ,
Importer * nnil iiiaiinfno-
turer of Hour n ck , uniisi ; covKits.
burlniu , twliu. lIHKurnuiu Htroju
BOOTS AND SHOES.
llorse-Coc Shos Company. '
Salesroom and Onico-llQMIOMIII llo , rl 't
Factory Hlil-llSUlUl lloirnnl St.
Wo uro ths OM.v Munufaitureri of lloon enl
* * ? } Sl l S uSlou'u Sliilja to all to ImpNt
our nun factory ,
HARDWARE.
Hector & \Villiclniy \ Lubeck & Linn ,
COMPANY.
Pealnm In litrlw.ira vit
Corner Illli und Jucknon ineciitinUV touli.
HliecU. 14U4 liuuuUiHtrait ,
HATS , ETO. JIRON WOllKfik
Carpenter Paper Coi Standard Oil Co.
Curry a full ilocit of
prlntlnttl wrapplov and I Ilaflaed mad | ubrlc tlB (
writing | > * i > ri , t r4
invert , etc , 1 elU , zl gfeai , ' i