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    6 THE OMAHA DAILY HKEJ MONDAY , JULY 30 , 18.1k
11 THE CLEVER HOTEL CROOK
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IIow Detectives Protect Unausncctiug Qucsto
at Bummer Hotoln ,
WORK THAT CALLS FOR MENTAL INGENUITY
Htorlcs to Show tlio Jlnrilihlp nnd 1'rr
plcxlty of Following Ilia Ciinnliif ;
Itimciilfi HucccHifully Spfcl *
menu of .Smooth Work.
Mr. Martinet , who Is the detective In a
large summer hotel , told a New York Herald
man these stories :
The life ut a detective In a summer hotel ,
whllo an obscure one , IB the most exciting
and diversified of nny In the detective line.
It Is his duty to guard the guests not only
from outsiders , but from chance wolves In
the sheep fold. He must never blunder In
lilii arrests nor frill to Und the wrongilooer.
HI ; ) life Is rapid , anxious often cruel.
My first case this summer was n queer
one. Mr , S , anil Ills wife have been coming
here now for five yenrs. This year they
cam ? up on the 4 o'clock train , and were
assigned to room No. 26 , their old quarters.
At 0 o'clock they came down stairs , left
their room key In the office and went Into
the dining room.
At C o'clock we change desk clerks , nnd
this year wo have n new man on duty from
C o'clock to 12 , He hail never seen Mr. and
Mrs. S. About ten minutes after he came
on duty a man stepped up to the desk and
Bnld : "Give me No. 20 , " adding pleasantly ,
"You see wo have the same old room. "
I ? The clerk handed out the key and went
| v- liack to his books. Ten minutes later the
man returned , threw the key on the desk ,
Ettve the clerk a cigar and walked out.
Now , Mr. and Mrs. S. , after dinner , sat
on the piazza awhile , listening to the music ,
nnd It was fully 10 o'clock when
Mrs. S. went to the desk , asked
t for her key and went with her husband
t to tl.clr loom. A minute after we were
p startled by the news of a burglary , and Mr.
* 6. , frantic with excitement , rushed down to
tell us that all Mrs. S.'s Jewels , her laces
nnd valuable keepsakes of nil kinds were
gone , whllo trunks , gowns nnd satchels were
torn In the hasty ransacking ,
I went to their room and found It all true
but who anil where wns the thief ? "I
have not spoken to anybody In the place , "
Bald Mr. S. , "except a man whom I met on
the train , to whom I gave my card. I
. asked him to call and told him I should be
' In the rooms I had had for live years. "
This was u good clew , and with the de-
i ecrtptlon given by the clerk of the man who
had asked for the key , I telegraphed nil
over the country. I was answered by other
hotel detectives looking for the same man ,
nnd In a week we had our sleek bird landed
in town , whore ho will remain for a year at
least.
- A PRETTY JEWEL THEFT.
Thieves , you know , are a brainy class of
men. Sometimes I can't help admiring their
Ingenuity and wishing It could bo put to bet
ter account.
You know that hotel rooms mostly all lead
Into one another. When only one room is
. -wanted the door Is locked between and
IK n bureau' placed against It. This was the
I" case with Miss Varlck's room. The dresser
| f nlmoat hid the door.
One afternoon Miss Varlck locked her
door , took off her jewels , which were very
Imndsome , nnd , laying them upon * ho dresser
jvlth some other pieces which she Intended
to wear that night , sat down In an easy chair
by the window to read. The day was hot
and Miss Varlck thought afterward that she
might have dozed off. Anyway , she awoke
.with a start , looked around the room , saw
everything was all right , and was about to
nettle herself for another nap when she
happened to glance at the dresser , only to
find It empty of all her Jewels. Not a ring
even was left. She got up and stared at Its
marble top. It was as blank as n sheet.
Quickly Miss Varlck rushed to the door.
It was securely locked. Outside sat the
chambermaid on watch. Doth agreed that
it' the door coutd not have been entered , al
ii.- ( hough the chambermaid admitted that she ,
too- might have been nslcop In the heat of
the afternoon. At the olHca there was no
trace of any stranger In the house.
I really was nonplussed this time. The
rapidity of the robbery puzzled me , and
tor awhile I thought that Miss Varlck might
be ono of the somnambulists who furnish
plots for so many novels. I3ut she was no
somnambulist , as search around her room
revealed. She was quite prostrated with
fright and shock , and I really had my
Jinnds full.
In the next room were two gentlemen , old
men and very dignified. They left the after-
tioon of the robbery. As I afterward found ,
they loft within five minutes after It was
committed. I went to their room and
searched the door , but there was nothing to
chow It had been unlocked. The big hook
that held It was on Miss Varlck's side of the
door. Yet through that door seemed to me
the only reasonable way of accounting for
the robbery. The men had left very hastily.
AH I searched the door for the hundredth
tlmo I noticed that the paint around one of
the panels was scratched. Picking at the
fretwork around the panel I lifted ItJ out
easily , and the panel I pulled toward mo by
inserting a nail in an old nail hole.
"Now , " " said 1 to Miss Varlck , "sent yourself -
. self where you were on that nfternoon and
Iccop your eyes upon the dresser. "
Very quietly I slipped Into the next room ,
took out the panel , pushed the mirror of
the dresser forward and removed a pincushion -
cushion from the top. Miss Varlck sat
watching mo with eyes wide open. "Tho
very sound that woke mo that nfternoon , "
She exclaimed , "U was the swinging of
the mirror ! "
After that things were easy. Wo caught
the thieves In Boston , but not until wo
learned to know them without the wigs and
spectacles which changed them from well
known crooks to respectable middle-aged
Citizens ,
A DIAMOND DRUMMER ROHUED.
A diamond drummer came up from the
city to sell diamonds to the local stores.
At dinner ho got acquainted with ono of the
bar guests , an old patron , who has been com
ing here for years , and who Is also very rich.
After dinner they went to drive to a
road house , whtro they met two unescorted
ladles , and all had dinner together. At
dinner the drummer drank too much. Ho
became very communicative and Imparted
tlm fact to all that he had $50,000 worth
of diamonds In his Insldo pocket. "I ought
to have left them at the hotel , " said he ,
f- adding , "I have never carried a pistol In
* my life. "
, the drummer got so much under
the Influence of the chnmpagno that he
t- would not go home , declaring that he would
stay at the road house with morn congenial
company. In vain , our old patron , Mr.
Lumburd , urged him. Return homo he
would neil And after an argument that rose
almost to blows the drummer sank back In
n drunken stupor , from which he could not
be roused ,
Mr. Lumbard , after many efforts , all un
successful , started home , but not until ho
had reached Into drummer's vest pocket
nml got tin packet of diamonds , which were
in a long slim chamois case. Next morning
early Mr. Lumbard read his mall , scanned n
tclcernm , and announced that ho must co
home , saying : "I may not return this season ,
ns I nm going north and may go to Europe
upon an unexpected Journey. I will pay my
bill now. Call the stage. "
DEALING WITH A SHREWD ONR.
Within two hours nfter his departure the
drummer cnmo back to the hotel whlto with
fright , and now thoroughly sober. "Where
is that man ? " ho cried. "Where Is my dinner -
nor companion ? He has robbed me of my
package of diamonds ! "
Although the start had bon a short ono ,
the search for Mr. Lumbard was very long.
Ho had apparently gene north , but must have
cither got over the Canada border or have
redoubled his steps couth. An outgoing At *
lantlo steamer could have been taken by
him btforo noon , or ho might be In disguise ,
utmost watching our operations.
I cautioned the drummer to trrcat secrecy
and went to work , but a. blinder case was
never tackled. Wo had a clever man to deal
with. That ho had got over the border I be
lieved because lie had not pawned the
diamonds nor had he sold them to crook
shops. Of that I was certain , llut where
In Canada could he. bet My agents knew
nothing of him. Or where lu Europe , since
ho had not landed with his booty ?
One day after a mouth's search I met the
drummer , who had never left the house. "
" "that Lumbnrd Is In
believe , snld I , right
this very town , and we hall fee. "
"Right you are , " exclaimed i hearty
voice , and with A slap on the shoulder
Lumbard wheeled me about and clasped my
hand. In a second the warrant was upon
him.
him."What's this for ? " he exclaimed , laugh-
Ing. "This Is a good Jokcl What ! Ac
cused of robbing diamonds ? What :
What ! "
Then as light came upon him ho said :
"Why , those diamonds , the ones I took
from the drunken drummer , arc In your
safe. 1 put them there that night. Next
morning came wml of my mothor'i Illness.
I started north to see her , got a telegram
that she was better , flew tff to New York to
attend to Fome business , got my mustache
shaved off on account of the heat , wenl
north again nml now nm here. What ?
Have you counted them ? Be sure they're
all right. They wouldn't have been If I
hadn't taken them away from him that
night. "
A GENTLEMAN THIEF.
This was ono of the most serious hotel
cases I have ever had. because n woman's
fair name and fame were In question.
I had noticed for some weeks that Mr.
Blank was paying devoted attention to Mrs.
Beech , although that lady's husband came
up to the hotel twice n week , and she was
surrounded by five llltlo children. She was
evidently flirting with Mr. Blank ; nnd that
It was not quite open I believed from the
reputation which I knew Mr. Blank to bear
In the southern city from which he hailed.
In short , ho had b'cn Implicated In one or
two society robberies. Ills thefts had been
hidden by his family , who paid great sums
to get him clear , and he himself had got
scot free by pleading that he was an uncon
trollable kleptomaniac. The robberies were
years ago , but It Is my business to remem
ber these things against people.
Mrs. Beech , always elegantly dressed , be
gan to wear new pieces of Jewelry , and by
actual count I saw her with seventeen dif
ferent diamond rings and a dozen different
diamond bracelets , nil In a tew days. I
became very suspicious. She and Mr.
Blank were Inseparable , though in the lax
espionage of a summer hotel they had oc
casioned no remark as yet.
One day there came a loiter from n fellow
detective , telling me of n jewel robbery , two
weeks since , that had balllcd his efforts ,
and a day later , by a system we detectives
have , came another letter from another de
tective , telling of a similar robbery. The
Jewels had disappeared at social functions ,
dinners , balls and concerts.
1 searched Mr. Blank's room during din
ner and found nothing at nil. That night
Mrs. Beech appeared with a chatelaine wateili ,
precisely like the one described In a letter
In my pocket.
I did not wait a minute. Calling a hall
boy , I srild to him , stepping up behind Mr.
Blank , so he could hear me : "If you see
Mr. Blank , tell him a gentleman from the
Avergne hotel , on the seashore , Is here and
wunts to see him. Go look for him now. "
When I turned Mr. Blank was gone , as
I suspected he would be , and half an hour
later I had the pleasure of learning at the
desk that he had left for home and would
not return. It was now plain sailing.
"I would like to see you a minute , " said
I later that night , tapping Mrs. Beech upon
the shoulder. "I have a message from Mr.
Blank. "
Smiling , she followed me Into the recep
tion room. But her smile soon faded.
"Hero Is a warrant for your arrest , " said I.
"as being the receiver of stolen goods. I
have a description of the articles. Will
you give them to me now ? Or shall 1
serve the warrant ? "
"For God's sjke , " she began.
"Give mo the jewels , then. " I sold. "I
will go to your room with you while you col
lect them. No , Mr. Blank Is not here.
He has left. He told me he had given you
the stolen articles. He took them from the
seashore places he has visited. He said
I could get them from you. He described
the articles , the rings , the bracelets , that
watch "
Half carrying the almost fainting Mrs.
Beech I went to her room and got the things.
Two days later I had the reward Jingling In
my pocket , and I felt that , the end Justified
the means ns long as It cured Mrs. Beech of
her folly , as It certainly did , for she de
voted herself to- her children the rest of the
summer. Mr. Blank was arrested later and
Is now In jail. If he ever sees Mrs. Beech
again they will discover the trap I laid for
them.
The water at Courtland Is as clear as a
crystal nnd temperature perfect.
o
' HUGE SWEAT SHOPS.
IIIcli Temperature In tlio Work Ilooms of
Siigur Factories.
The East river and some points on the
New Jersey shore are lined with great sugar
refineries. In which the nature of the work
calls for an extremely high temperature.
The largest of these refineries are these of
the Havemeyers and Mollenhauer In Wlll-
lamsburg. A number of smaller ones are
scattered about near by. Great heat has to
bo generated to keep the sugar syrup boiling ,
says the New York Sun , and the men who
Icecp up the fires feel the effects of It. It Is
iiad enough at all times , but when the fur
nace doors are opened for shoveling In coal , n
liot blast Issues forth directly In the lire-
man's face which Is enough to make his hair
sizzle. A simoon from the desert Is mild In
comparison. These men work twelve hours
on a stretch , that Is , they are on duty that
length of time , but the actual work takes up
only about tui minutes each half hour. Tim
rest of the time they loll about the open
doors and windows for n revivifying breath
of nlr. When there Isn't a breath of air to
be had and there Isn't on some days the
firemen nro a pretty weary lot when they
set oft duty , and It Is little wonder If some
at them wilt down and have to bo carried
tiomu.
Another hot place In a sugar refinery Is
the mixing room. This Is on a level with
the wharf , and great vats are let down from
the tloor into which the bags and hogsheads
of raw sugar are emptied to be melted Into
syrup. The thick mass In the vats bolls
and seethes and the room Is filled with
steam. The room Is dark , the floor Is
sloppy and a misstep would be fatal. The
icat Is very great , and the men are half
mked ns they swing the big hogsheads up
to the vats and empty their contents. The
Irylng room Is a hot place , too , but fortu-
uitcly not many men are needed there to
u > cp things moving. There Is where a
good many of the reported prostrations oc
cur , and the managers are very cautious
about letting visitors Inspect the room.
Ono of the most unpleasant jobs In a
refinery on n hot day Is that of replenishing
.lie animal charcoal or boneblack which .Is
used In the filters for purifying the liquid
sugar. The quality of sugar depends en
tirely upon Its whiteness , and these filters
are constructed for the purpose of taking
out the yelUiw color , which Inheres In the
Iquor , so that when It Is allowed to crys-
alllzo it shall be perfectly clear and trans-
larcnt. The boneblack filters are Immense
iftulrs , eight feet In diameter , and twciity-
Ivo feet In length , They usually extend
Jirough two floors of the refinery building.
After being used for a time the charcoal
Ojcs Its power of absorbing the yellow col
oring , and this Is shown by the production
of a less whlto and hence Inferior quality
of sugar. The boneblack must now bo ro-
icwed. To do this a man has to go Into
the filter nnd pack It with charcoal to the
amount of thirty or forty tons. Ho carries
with him a small Incandescent lamp , at
tached to a flexible cord. A moistened
sponge Is fastened over his mouth and nos
trils. The atmosphere Is stifling and suffo
cating at best , but this work has to be done
on the hottest ns well as the coolest days ,
and It constitutes one of the most unpleas
ant parts of a sugarmaker's business.
First resort In the west Courtland.
A I'rviriitiitlou to I'liUnnm.
St. Louts Post : With a. view to switching
off a colored barber's train of loquacity from
the train of thought along which It was run
ning , 1 usked him what was his previous oc
cupation. "I was n Pullman-car porter , "
said he , "I had a run on the Pacific coast
two years ago. Some of us wanted a vaca
tion , so wo bought a gold-headed canu and
came east as n delegation to present It to
Mr. Pullman , I was spokesman , and I said :
'Mr , Pullman , we have come from California
to give you a token of regard , I have the
lionor to present ynu this cane. '
" 'Just set It In the corner. I guess 1
liavo paid for It many times over , ' said Mr.
I'ullman , "I left the cane In the corner
and all of us sneaked out of the office. " The
candor of his first statement U the only evi
dence of veracity to submit lu favor of ( ho
barber.
IIOIV THE WINDJS BLflffINC
( Contlnuc < l from First Page. )
candidates on tlio representative ticket. Al
depends on whom the republicans nominate
The popul sts have a candidate for nny
tiling In tight In the person of Jacob Deck
who devotes Ills gpjre time to lecturing or
boxerf , etc. , on the streets.
For cmmy Judge Josslo T. Davis seenu
to bo tlio only candidate. He IB a good olC
republican and will probably receive th <
nomination.
For congressman the ccunty Is solid foi
Dave Mercer.
For governor It Is hard to tell. The onlj
candidates mentioned are MacColl nn < :
M.ijors. MacColl has n great many out'
spoken friends , while If Majors' friends arc
working they aru doing It on the quiet.
I HELI'S COUNTY.
IIoMrcgc Ther < ! nro no candidates In tills
county for n place on the state ticket. The
republican Mate delegation will , In all proba
bility , be unlnstructcd , and the probability I ;
that It will bo a mixed delegation , pnrt foi
Majors nnd part for MacColl. It will be
almost Impossible to get Majors the entire
delegation for the county , but would nol
be surprised If MacColl did sonic work , but
If neither party docs any work from now on
It will probably be mixed. There Is n feel
ing In this county that Crounso could have
the delegation If he Is u candidate or would
accept the nomination , and a delegation for
him could bo secured with very little effort.
It Is very dry here , and the probabilities arc
that the "pops" will bo prancing around
a goad deal like they did In the year ' 90 ,
but they have not got the strength nor the
enthusiasm that they had at that time.
While perhaps lila county can't be put down
us safely republican wo will probably get n
majority vote for most of the state ofllcers.
GAGE COUNTY.
Beatrice The legislative candidates thus
far In Gage county arc confined to the re
publican party. Alex Graham , who repre
sented thin district In the upper house of
the legislature , Is a candidate for renomlnn-
tlon ami has no opposition , with n strong
probability that none will devclope.
In the lower house Gage Is entitled to
three members and a float member with
Saline , the latter by agreement to come
this year from Saline. The candidates so
far announced are the three former mem
bers , I > . II. James , E. B. nines , II. J. Mcr-
rick and a new one , J. C. Uurcli of Wymore.
The latter Is a strong man with his party
and It Is conceded will be one of the chosen.
For state ofllcers Gage county has two as
pirants , C. G. I'earse for superintendent
of public Instruction and W. S. Summers
for attorney general. Mr. I'earse has for
six years been superintendent of the Beatrice
public schools and stands high In educational
circles In the state. Mr. Summers Is the
present assistant attorney general and
makes the fight for the nomination on the
record he has made In the position he now
occupies. They will make a hard light for
their home delegation , with chances about
equally divided.
While It would naturally appear that
Majors , on account of location , would be
the favorite here , It Is an acknowledged fact
that Jack MacColl has many warm friends
throughout the county who are industrious'/
looking after his Interests.
NANCE COUNTY.
Fullerton Nance county "republicans are
favoring the nomination of MacColl for gov
ernor , while the leading populists are mik
ing Bryan. There does not seem to be any
one on the republican side of the political
fence who cares to enter the race for state
senator up to date. W. II. Orion of Fullerton ,
Campbell of Nance and Porter of Merrlck
are being put forward by their respective
friends as standard bearers for senatorial
honors at the hands of the populist party.
STANTON COUNTY.
Stanton Republicans arc urging the nom
ination of Prof. 0. A. Coney ror state super
intendent. He Is In every way well qualified
for the position. He Is now serving his
fifth term of county superintendent of this
county.
The party hero Is favorable to Hon.
George D. Melklejohn being returned to
congress.
E. C. Dlmlck is a favorite for the repub
lican nomination1 for state senator-from this
district. Mr. Dlmlck Is 'manager ' of the
Stanton Breeding Farm company and has
many friends In all parties.
Charles II. Chace of this city Is men
tioned as a republican candidate for repre
sentative from this district , composed of
Wayne and Stanton counties. Mr. Chace
will bo a strong candidate. He was formerly
a resident of Wayne and Is well known over
the district.
The populists talk strongly against fusion ,
but they llko Judge Robinson of Madison.
The democrats will be willing to Join forces
on Uoblnson. The democrats do not say
much , but they are "sawing wood. "
James Brooks , a farmer of this county ,
will probably bo the populist candidate for
representative.
HAMILTON COUNTY.
Among republicans the most prominently
mentioned candidates are W. II. Streeter , I.
D. Evans , A. W. Agce nnd P. M. Green for
the senate and Hon. J. 13. Cain , W. I. Fur-
ley , Ed Nugent and others for the house.
In the pop camp Hon. V. Horn seems to
be In the lead for the senate. Link Evans
will probably bo one of the nominees for
the house. His trotting mate Is likely to bo
a dark horse.
Newberry , of course , Is talked of , but
there seems to bo n large sized boot with a
particularly sharp pointed toe directed
toward a portion of his anatomy , which may
possibly land him In the tureen.
Ed Genoways , Pat Payne , William Stccle ,
F. M. Howard and W. M. Lakln are men
tioned In the same connection , and either
ono of them Is prominent enough In pop
circles to become the chosen champion to go
forth mounted on his Roslnanteo and battle
with the giants ol Private Greed and Public
Wrong.
For candidates for governor there Is a
5ood deal of unanimity among republicans.
If the selection Is narrowed down to Mac-
Cell and Majors the latter would be an easy
winner In this county. But 00 per cent of
the rank and fllo of the party nro very
strongly of the Impression that Tom ought
to remain on his farm. The present dry
season Is highly conducive to a vigorous
growth of the Russian thistle , and the gen
eral Impression Is that the hickory shirt
statesman of Nemaha ought to get him a
good heavy hoe and go after those pests
so destructive to the peace of mind of the
truly good farmer. As to Jack well , ho Is
entirely too good a man to bo removed from
: he "Big Sixth. " They need such men up
Jicre. Let us not deprive them of one of
their "very best. "
Governor Crounso would bo highly ac
ceptable to this county.
HARLAN COUNTY.
Alma Candidate : ) for the legislature on
the republican ticket : Hon. Allen Elliott ,
formerly representative from this county ;
E.V. . Poor , chairman county central com
mittee , and Andrew Richmond.
On the populist ticket : Hon. T. Fulton , the
prctent representative , has his friends , who
want him returned. Also George A , Ashby
and 0. Hull , the latter recently from Lan
caster county , are mentioned.
No democrats have , so far as can bo
earned , put In an appearance aa candidates.
H.ero Is not much of a democratic organlza-
: lon here.
J. A. Piper Is a candidate for secretary of
state on the republican ticket. Ho has been
a piomlncnt figure In politics In this part
of the state for a number of years. Was
sheriff , superintendent of public Instruction
and county clerk of this county. The latter
olllco he filled four consecutive terms. Ho
was u candidate two years ago for the
cglslature.
Jack MacColl seems to be In the lead for
; uvernor In this county on the republican
: lckct. There does not appear to bo any
lopullst candidate that can be Bald to bo In
.ho lead here.
JOHNSON COUNTY
TecuniBoh Johnson county has a candidate
or nomglnatlon on the state ticket In the
icrson of Hon. Jacob S. Dow , republican , for
commissioner of public lands and buildings.
le has served two terms In the legislature
and also a llko period as county clerk. Ho
tax been a resident of this county for thirty
ears ,
The republicans of this vicinity have three
aspirants for nomination for representatives ,
viz. , Valentine Zlnk of Sterling. David S.
Bales , also of Sterling , and Palmer lllake
of Tecumseh. The republicans also .have .
wo aspirants for the senatorshlp , viz. , Dr.
\lr \ Stewart of Vesta and O , A. Corbln of
tlaple Grove. Mayor W. It. Barton cf Tecumseh -
cumseh and John T. Iledrlck of the same
ilace are mentioned by friends an available
Imber , and It U not Improbable that they
will soon declare themselves.
Republicans are about evenly divided In
this county on MitcCqU and Majors fcr gov
ornor. ; , \
The Independent * arc for Wclr of Lincoln
for governor. , , , j
There have bten jio nncunccmcnts by th
Independents of tlm-democrats as yet of can
dldatcs for the legJMn.turc. .
SHERIUAN COUNTY.
Rushvllle MacCatl , Is the choice of th
large majority of the republicans of Sherl
dan county for governor. Majors has n few
supporters. ' '
The delegation to the c&ngrcstdonal con
vcntinn has been Instructed for Judge Kin
kald. J. A. Schamnhdrn cf Gordon was al
lowed to select delegates to the leglslattv
conventions. He Is a .good , clean man rrtii
possessed of considerable ability. He Is a
Methodist minister nml a merchant , doing busIness
Inoss In Gordon.
Tom Coffee of Chadron Is working up a
boom for himself for state senator. II
has been engaged In the saloon business li
Chadron for several years and Is supposed to
be now , althouch his business Is conductci
In some cue else's name. He represents
himself as a solicitor for stock shipments 01
the Fremont , Elkorn & Missouri Valley rail
road. He Is a good fellow and popular
though pretty schemy , and Is said to have
secured the Dawcs county delegation to the
senatorial convention. It Is not thought
however , that the Sheridan county delega
lion will support him.
Among thp populists , E. L. Heath , editor
of the Hnslivlllo Standard , has been men
Honed By a number of his party papsrs
throughout the state as a strong candidate
for secretary of state. He IH well thought o
by his party here and will bo supported by
It unanimously.
Kcm Is the unanimous choice for con
gressman. The representative delegation wll
support J. G. Gaskell for representative
Mr. Gaskell Is a farmer and school teachoi
and n resident of Sheridan county.
No name among the democrats has been
"mentioned" for anything. They are In n
hopeless minority here and none among
their number care to be sacrificed.
The scrofulous taint which may have beei
In your blood for ydars , may be thoroughly
expelled by giving Hood's Sarsaparllla n
trial.
o
Lions and leopards at Courtland.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
Facts , Theories anil Itrcorilril Oliscrvutloni
ConccrnUii ; thu Wrnthrr.
On January 13 , 1810 , quicksilver froze
hard at Moscow.
The mean temperature of the whole earth
Is about CO degrees.
The earliest snow over known In England
was on October 7 , 1S29.
In 1775 hailstones said to weigh twenty
ounces fell at Murcla , In Spain.
The average annual rainfall over the
whole earth Is thirty-six Inches.
In 1035 there was a frost In England on
July 1 that destroyed nearly all the vegeta
tion.
tion.The
The heaviest rainfall Is near the equator ,
and diminishes steadily as the latitude
rises.
In the year 310 hardly a drop of rain fell
In England , and 40,000 people died of fam
ine ;
Every civilized 'liatidn ' In the world , even
China and Japan , now has a weather bu
.
- -
reau.
When soda crackers- are damp , as though
water-soaked , the Indication * are favorable
for rain. '
Sun spots , now l > eilo'yed to have an effect
on meteorological' phenomena , were first
observed in 1611. ! i
When pigs are seen carrying straw In
their mouths the .ornen is favorable for a
change of woathej. i
The coldest place in the world Is Ya-
kutch , Russia. "The" thermometer some
times falls to 73 d grt'es below zero.
The falling snqwllakcs bring with them
all the floating dust oj the air , leaving tli'u
atmosphere cxtreriiely pure.
In 1656 a hailstorm at Norwich , England ,
wrecked houses 'and killed many animals
that could not reach shelter.
A wind moVlng-'rorty miles an' hour ex
ercises a pressure' ' 'nine pounds to the
square , foot ; at 100 mlles , or fifty-six
pounds.
In 1544 the winter was so severe In Eu
rope that In Flanders wlno was frozen and
was cut In blocks and sold by weight.
In 1S55 extremely cold weather prevailed
In the United States. Mercury froze and
forest trees were killed by the frost.
The summer of the year 30G witnessed so
much rain In Scotland that all the crops
Failed nnd the people perished of famine
by thousands.
A window cord Is an excellent barometer.
When It tighten- , the reason Is found in
the fact that the air Is full of moisture , and
rain Is probable.
In A. D. 42 the Nile foiled to rise because
of the lack of rain In the heart of Africa ,
the crops failed , and over a million people
perished In Egypt.
The wettest place In the world Is Cher-
rapungl. In Assam , where the average rain
fall for fifteen years has been 403 inches.
In 1861 It was 905.
The winter of 1812 and 1813 was one of the
most severe ever known In Russia , a fact
which partially explains the terrors of the
retreat from Moscow.
One of the heaviest snowfalls known In
this country was February 10 to 24 , 1717 ,
when the snow remained five to seven feet
deep all over New England.
In 954 a drouth began In Europe , lasting
Tour years. The summers were Intensely
liot and the famine prevailed everywhere ;
3,000,000 died of hunger.
The opening of the door of n warm room
In Lapland during the winter will be in
stantly followed by a miniature snow storm ,
the condensed moisture falling In fiakes.
The annual rainfall of Great Britain equals
9,300.000-horso power ; of Germany , 11,800,000 ;
of Franco , 12,000,000 ; of Russia , 77,000,000 ;
of the United States , 430,000,000.
In 1684 nearly nil the birds of Europe were
killed by the cold. Wolves entered Vienna
nnd other largo cities , and , driven by hunger ,
attacked people In the streets.
In 1771 an unprecedented drouth prevailed
throughout India. Scarcely any rain fell fern
n year , and hundreds of thousands died of
famine , whole districts being depopulated.
In 1887 and the following year a severe
drouth spread over north China. The loss
of life was appalling , It being estimated by
the Chinese government that 9,500,000 lives
were lost from famine.
The highest temperature ever known In
London was recorded July 15 , 1881 , 95.C de
grees ; at Paris , 104 , on August 26 , 1765 ; at
Adelaide , Australia , January , 1841 , 114 ; at
Mourzuk , India , July 10 , 1872 , 133.
The dryest place In the world Is that part ,
of Egypt between the two lower falls of the
Mile. Rain has never been known to fall
: herc , and the Inhabitants do not bctlcvo
: ravelors when told tliat water can fall from
the sky.
Aristotle was this1 first philosopher to sug
gest the real cause.of the phenomenon of
low. He said : "Tke-jumi's heat raises thu
vapor , from whlcjr the dew Is formed , us
scon as the heat .la.mo . longer present to
sustain the vapor. "
The Great Lnk&T'iSiid the St. Lawrence
valley have inore--&tarms per annum than
any other portion * of , this country. This Is
luo to the fact.'that storms originating
west of this district move directly east ,
while many originating further south move
to the northeast. ' ' " '
In the northern-pacts of Siberia the cold
Is so Intense thatj < l > w ' earth never thaws tea
a greater depth than 'five or six feet. Bodies
of the dead burled i below this remain per
petually frozen. At u1 depth of 400 feet bo-
ow the surface thd'tikrth Is still at a toin-
icrature of 10 dtKrcas below freezing ,
The hottest place on earth Is the vicinity
of Massowah. When the northwest wind
) lows from the desert the thermometer 1ms
) cen known to go to ICO. The men of tlio
Italian garrison ther.e can sleep only by tha
assistance of native * employed to. go to nnd
fro all night and sprinkle the bodies of the
sufferers with water.
The mean temperature of several leading
cities Is ns follows : Athens , 63 degrees ; Bos
ton , 49 ; Calcutta , 78 ; Charleston , 06 ; Con
stantinople , 66 ; Dublin , BO ; Havana , 78 ;
Jerusalem , 63 ; London , CO ; Mexico , CO ; Mos
cow , 41 ; Naples , 61 ; Pnrls , 61 ; St. Louis , 55 ;
San Francisco , 56 ; Savannah , C7 ; Stockholm ,
42 ; Washington , 56 ; .Zanzibar , 80.
Mrs. T. S. Hawkins , Chattanooga , Tenn. ,
Bays ; "Shlloh's Vltnllzer 'saved my life. '
I consider It the best remedy for n debili
tated tystem I ever used. " For dyspepsia ,
liver or kidney trouble It excels. Price , 76c.
Sold by Goodman Drug Co.
Lions and liopards at Courtland.
WORKING FOR THEIR BOARD
Wall Etrcct Brokers Only Making Turai
Sufficient to Cupply Daily Needs.
SUGAR STOCK STILL A LIVELY FACIOR
bVnntorliil StuhhortineM < 1M ! I lie 1 i- . < < >
'
loii.il HulU .Much '
End of tlio Turin DlKViioHlim
Anxlminly Avniltc.l.
NKW YORK , July 29. - Henry Clews ,
head of the banking house of Henry Clowe
& Co. , writes of the situation In Wull
street :
"Wo have to report another week of un
broken dullness In Wall street offnlrs. The
mniket IB cntliely In the hands of n few
professionals , who sock nothing beyond
fractional 'turns , ' enough to pay for the
ilny'H fait ,
"Naturally , the strange conflict nt Wash
ington over the duty on suijnr creates name
Interest In Sugar trust stock ; but , even In
that , the trnnsnctloiiH nro comparatively
nominal. The attitude of the Sugar trust
Interest has subjected the whole 'tiirllt re
form' question to uncertainty , and to that
extent hopes based on the prospect of the
pnsongo of thu tariff bill have \ievn \ thrown
Intu confusion. In some measure this la a
disappointment uf 'bull' expectations. It
seems Inevitable , however , that KOIIIO solu
tion of the present legislative deadlock
will be found within a row days. It IH
Incredible that the conflict on this single
Item should be allowed to Involve the de
feat or the whole tariff. There might be
a great deal of political virtue In such an
upshot , but there would be no .statesman-
ship , nnd we" have not yut seen the evi
dence that , in congress , morality carries
more force than politics. K.ieh day will
help to cool oft the heated feeling at the
capital ; the imperative pressure of public
opinion for putting an end to this tariff
suyponse nnd for freeing trade irom lln
paralysis will compel respect In both houses.
The Sugar trust may ifuem It prudent to
show some consideration for Hie country
and may Instruct Its supporters to grant
concessions , and In the worst event Hie
house would be likely to yield , leaving thu
remedy to be sought In a subsequent effort
to modify thu teiins temporarily conceded.
With all these possibilities within easy
reach the last thing to be expected Is the
complete defeat of the tariff bill , and the
result most probable is itn early settlement ,
which will set the new duties In operation
not later than September 1 , while possibly
leaving the sugar duty subject to future-
change. This course Is so manifestly the
most eligible on grounds of party policy
and FO clearly the best way out of the
extraordinary complications that It scums
entirely probable that a few more days
will bring the struggle within sight of Its
end. It therefore seems safe to regard
this hitch In tariff legislation as only tem
porary and to calculate upon the new tariff
taking effect at a comparatively early day ,
with the effects that have heretofore been
expected as llkuly to attend the new state
of things.
"The one thing the country now Impa
tiently waits for , as u. condition precedent
to a more complete restoration of confi
dence , Is the adjournment of congress.
The continued persistence of the outward
flow of gold , however , suggests one muas-
nro of protection to the public finances
which should by all means receive atten
tion before adjournment. The treasury gold
ruservcwls now close upon Ji > 0UOO,000 , which
Is but 12 per cent of Its note obligations.
How much farther the drain may be car
ried It Is impossible to Kay , nor Is there
nny assurance how far the banks may be
disposed to help the government under these
circumstances. Thu really serious fact Is
that the government has virtually ceased
to receive any gold through Its customs
revenue. All outio and no Income Is the
present condition , and such a situation
should not bu tolerated one jlay longer than
Is absolutely Inuvltulile. Neglect of taking
proper action Is all the moro
culpable , because the danger Is
easy of remedy. Congress has the
power to decree that a flxtd portion of the
customs duties shall be paid In gold , leaving
ing- the remainder to be paid In that metal
or In paper money now legally available
for that purpose/ ' ' Should a.law be passed
requiring 75 per confoftheduties to be
liquidated In gold the treasury would re
ceive $100,000,000 per annum more gold revenue -
enuo than It Is now getting , which would
at once build up the gold reserve and en
able the government to moot the export
demand without difficulty. It docs seem
that a remedy so simple and so entirely
unobjectionable should be brought to the at
tention of congress by the secretary of
the treasury und urged for immediate
adoption. "
rilOSl'KIUTY
I'lumlor of the 'Itullronils nnd
tlio lli-nicdy.
Mr. Isaac TJ. Rice , the eminent railroad
lawyer , In discussing In the August Forum
under the title "Legalized Plunder of Kail-
road Properties , " gives among others the
following Illustrations : Mr. McLeod , the
president of the company , entered on his
individual account Into a venture Involving
the purchase of a very large amount of
stock , and was called upon to furnish ? 3jO-
JOO of a certain class of bonds as "margin. "
Having only $320,000 of his own , he secretly
appropriated $30,000 from the treasury of thu
company , mingling them with his own tu
make up the amount. Shortly afterward
jelng In need of further "margin , " he har
recourse to the company's treasury In the
name manner. After he had tfuin taken
fSI2.000 of securities from the treasury , and
when there was a loss of about $120,000 on
Ihu venture , the board of directors of the
road was convened , and his action was. In
general term.f , approved. Thu preamble
o the resolution upon which this approval
was based stated the amount of securities
withdrawn as only $013,000 , and the resolu
tion itself overstated by $30,000 the amount
of the president's own securities used , lie
evidently continuing to consider the $30,000
which he had llrst taken out of the treasury
is his own. Some weeks after this resolu-
; lon was passed Mr. McLeod again had
recourse to the treasury for an additional
imount of $2u3,000 In bonds , nnd about a
nonth later he took a further amount of
; l , 000,000 In bonds and $250,000 In cash $1,000-
KW of ( he bonds nml the cash being taken
on the very day on which the company
went Into receivers' hands. When the at
tention of the court was called to these
transactions , there was a loss of nearly
1,000,000 , and securities to nearly $3,500,000
n par valuo. had In the menntlmu been
nvulved , and of course their absence from
ho treasury largely led to the downfall of
he company. At the time when thu resolu-
lon was passed no mention whatever was
nade > of the fact and the directors were
n complete Ignorance of It that by reason
of these purchases Mr. McLeod had In
curred it liability of over $6.000,000. nor did
ic deem It his duty to Inform the board
IH to the number of shares he had pur
chased or ut what price ; and , instead of
stating1 that there was a loss on thu trans
action , he stated that thu transaction was
irofltnblc. *
Many communities , In their resentment ,
nstead of mnklng common cnuse with the
security holders nnd enacting laws for their
common protection against those who
abused their trust nnd violated their public
lutles , have treated the rnllronds them
selves ns enemies nnd enacted laws against
them to Impair their efficiency and prevent
heir development. Yet the development
ind the efficiency of the railroads Is a con-
lltlon precedent to the development of the
resources of the country. It has been for
gotten that fortunes are mndo on the
bear" side us wull as on the "bull" side
of thu stock market , and much "nntl-rall-
rotid" legislation. Instead of being the
'antl-mllllonalro" legislation which It wns
ntended to be , has left to the millionaires
he amplest -scope for Increnslm ? their for-
unes by nulling "short" In anticipation of
list such legislation and during Its pro-
.
Thus our present policy , whereby we leave
security holders defenseless anil convert
rustecs und servants of properties Into
heir musters , stands condumned by the
ilstory of the last three di-cades fraught
vlth calamities and by all portents of thu
mure. The despotism consequent upon Ir-
cfponslhle administration bus corrupted
our entire system , and the hostile ItKlsln-
Ion thereby provoked has only opprcssud
ho Innocent and confirmed thu rule of thu
isurpors. As n result of this policy , conll-
lenco In our railroad securities hn been no
seriously Impaired anil the credit of our
railroads so Injuriously affected that wo
can no longer ruckon on foreign capital for
he proper development nnd clllcleney of our
allroad service , and the flow oven of
lomestlo capital Into those necessary
hnnnt'ls serins dammed up. So It has conio
o pass that In our country , rapidly growing
n population , wlmru for that very reason
nllroad Investments should have the credit
of government securities , railroads huvlnir
in nKKregate capitalization of J'-.r > OOiXX01' ( ) { |
> ut of a total of about $10noo.UXi.OX ( ) are
mnkrupt nnd In thu hands of receivers.
The full force of this calamitous condl-
Ion can IH ; appreciated only when we re
member that li IK not only rnllronds nnd
heir security holders , the shippers nnd the
ommunltles served by the railroads , that
uru the sufferers , but that the railroads
hemselvcH directly employ about 1,000,000
aborcrs who depend fo'r their moans of
iVellhood solely on the ability of these com
panies to pay fair wages , nnd that prob.il > ! >
mure than twice that number nro oiiKtiKct !
In the various Industries whoso revcnuoj
depend largely , If not tnnlnly , on the tnnliv
tcnnncc , HID proper dosuco of cltlcleiiey ,
nnd the continuous development of uiir rnll <
road system ,
Our present policy ( of rnllrom ! manage
ment ) having : disastrously failed , nml II
bolntf Imperative to adopt a new ono , It I ?
nevertheless cpsenllal , on Hi-count of the
very fnllurc of the pnM. that the now
policy tlmll not liivilvi ; MICM i.ullcnl change.1
as to e'vo ' Hsu to now and unsuspootnl
problems. It Is Imperative that the pnllc )
to be adopted , while now , Miotild not be
novel , but hp In perfect cotiRrulty wltli
the spirit of the federal constitution and
with existing lm > lltntlom > , so that the evil ?
we know may not bo followed by othors-
porhups still worse wo know not of. II
should tend only to destroy the dangerous
excrescences which hnvo grown up con
trary to the splilt of our constitution. The
object should be only to give practical
effect to the trust relations which ought tc
exist between directors nnd security hold
ers , and which must exist In ordoi Hint
wo mny ostnbllsh Justice and promote the
common welfnro. The llrst stop In the
Inauguration of this policy hap been taken
by thu Introduction in congress of a bill
ontltlc'd "A 1)111 ) to HoKtilutf Itallroad Com
panies Kngngod In Interstate I'ommorco. "
This bill proceeds on live llnrs , as follows !
1. Restraint upon the commlKdlon of those
wrongs proved lo bu most common nnd
most destructive of the welfare of railroad
companies by placing thu stigma of crime
upon them.
i. Kogulatlon of railroad elections so t\f
to maku them free and honest , In order
that the sense of trust nnd responsibility
ror thu ninnnKomont of these companies
may bu renwnkuned and kept permanently
active.
3. Assimilation of the mnnnpement of
railroad properties by receivers to that of
director ? , so as to relieve1 the t'nltod Htatos
circuit courts from thu cares of the busi
ness management of thosu properties tu
the extent that the > so untos aru foreign to
the administration of Justice.
I. Establishment of n method of public
ity of corporate1 affairs , nets of the dl
rectors and business losutts under govern
mental supervision.
5. Initiative on the part of the public
prosecuting authorltlts In respect to crimes
committed In contravention of the provis
ions of the bill.
LONDON MONI.Y .MA It KIM' .
rictlioni of .Money but ImrNtorx Are u
Mltlo Itlt Miy.
LONI1ON , July 20.-.Money Is still In un
precedented abundance. There has been no
change In rates. Thu plethora has encour
aged many Issues of new capital of first-
class existent nnd now ventures. Thu
public , however , Is too wary to induct1
another Indiscriminate company promotion
boom. The settlement at the Stock ex
change proved small and easy. The Corean
crisis unused a reaction In foix-'gn securi
ties , which had been previously firm. The
prospects of war causud little disturbance
In the silver market or eastern exchanges.
Kcundorean securities fell 9 points and
Argentines also scored a heavy decline.
American railway securities were more
or less depressed during the whole week ,
und all the closu were flat.
CHICAGO ( iltAIN MAUKKT.
Features of tlio Trailing mid ( 'losing I'rli-r *
on Suturdiiy.
CHICAGO , July 28. Prospective rain In
the corn belt dampened the ardor of the bulls
In corn today , and the other markets fol
lowed that grain In the easiness which re
sulted. There was n rally from the low fig
ures , however , and corn and wheat finished
but % c lower each. Oats closed Uc lower
and provisions at a slight decline.
Wheat was rather quiet all day , with fluc
tuations covering narrow limits. The feel
ing was somewhat easier. Initial transac
tions were at 52V c for September , a % c de
cline , but soon afterwards advanced ' /ic ,
easud off another Vic , remained quiet and
steady and closed with September at G2c.
The easier tone nt the start was attributed
to a prospective decline In corn , but the
downward course was checked , influenced
some by the Increase in the clearings for
the week , but offerings Increased the Im
pression prevailing that there would bo a
large Increase In the visible as well as local
stocks Monday. Liberal receipts are looked
for next week , and this alto had a weil'cn-
Ing tendency. There was some rain In the
northwest and the temperature was cooler.
Cables were lower.
Corn was easier and offerings were ma
terially Increased , Influenced altogether on
the prospect for rain In the corn belt today
or tomorrow. Shorts evidently covered
pretty freely yesterday , and there was not
so urgent a demand , commission houses all
having moro selling orders , and local longs
were Inclined to realize and take profits. In
itial trades were at from % c to Vic decline ,
with September at 'He , and after selling up
> 4c declined V4c for September and % c for
May , rallied from % c to He , ruled steady
and closed at 44',4c for September. The
rally at the close was the result of moderate
buying.
Oats were easier on the lack of demand.
The range for September was Vic.
Provisions were very dull. Pork was
steady at the start , but declined moderately
later on the easiness In wheat and corn.
Compared with lust night , September pork
Is 12V&C lower , September lard Is 2V4c higher
and September ribs 2V c lower.
Freights , % c for wheat or corn to Buffalo
or Port Huron.
The leading futures ranged as follows :
Artlclca. | Open. | High. | Low. I Clone.
Wheat.No. r
July. Clf ! BOK
Foptl O''i 61M ! SUM
Dec Cl MM S'US
Corn No. 2. ClWH
July WH I3U
Sept 44
Oct 4-1 14
May ,
Oath No..1. . .
July , 8 2 .12 snHii
A HIT Hii !
( -lit
May 3M ! !
I'nrk per bbl
July 12 iiax
Seiit . 12 U2K 11 ! 05 11 ! LTJK 12 O''K-
Lnnl.lODlbH
July . 0 I17ii !
' " ' '
"u'u'iii 7 00 7 DO
Short UlbH-
Jnly fl 72W ' (1 ( 7'JH ,
Sc-nt 0 70 l 80 a b'iii 0 U7H
Cash limitations were ns follows :
FI.Ol'K Winter patentH , $2 > 0ff2. ! > 0 : wlntot
HtialKlitH , flMOftL'.C/l ; HprliiK pati-ntx. J3.10W3.CO ;
splint ; etriilKlitH , Ji."W2.70 ; liakeiH. J1.IWU2 CO.
WJI BAT No. 2 KprlnK , 51"W3iu ; No. 3 wring ,
nominal ; No. 2 red. M'.UiSntc.
CO UN No. 2. Wtc ; No. 3 yrlluw. WJc.
OATS No. 2 , nominal i No. 2 white , 32if3tie ,
No. 3 whlti' , 31 33e.
HVB NIL 2. 40c.
HAULKY No. 2 , nominal : No. 3 , nominal ; Ni.
4. nominal.
FI.AX HI-JED No. 1 , J1.24.
TIMOTHY HI-JRD Pi line , fS.on05.10.
I'UOVIHIONH 1'oik. IIIWH , PIT Ml. , fl2.C2iiff
12.7214. iJinl. per 11)0 Ilia. , JO.Mi4ft7.00. Mioit
ribs Hlilt-H ( loose ) , JC.77ivfG.fcO | ; dry railed ulioul-
dTB ( InixtHl ) , ia.OUftC.12Vi ; short clear Bides
( boxed ) . f7.0W7.2 : .
WHISKY Distillers' tlnlslifd KQodn , per enl. .
$1.22.
Tlio following were tlio receipts aim
lor today.
M. l.oulH ( ii-nitrul Murlu-t.
ST. 1.OUIR , July 28. KIXUII Dull , licnvy at
rccvnt decline.
\VIIKAT I.o t Uo net on Kencrnlly bcnrmi
ni-WHi No. 2 rt-il , oneh nml July , 47c : AilKimt.
imkutl ; SrptcmlKT , WMMic ; Decvintwr.
.
e'OIIN Nt'rvnus , fllnhlly lower ; No. 2 mixed.
ciiBli , 41c : July , ll'tte ' ; AiiKUsl. llfte ; Ktptt-m-
her. iw : May , 3'Jc.
OATH Wi-nlc , lower ; No. 2 , cnxli , 275io ; July ,
2S"r ; AllKiiM , 2&c ; Ht'litemlier , 2b ! < lQ2SHc ; II ay ,
32'4e.
KVH-No. 2 reRUlar , 410 linked.
IIAHM-JV No trinllnK.
1IUAN Hlnmcer : Cle , * . lilted , cast trnck ,
l-'t.AX HIJIJD-lllKhi-r : fl.1.1.
CI.OVUK sKii : > - s.Wao ( ) .
TIMOTHY HI-JKti $1.70 fur AiiKUsl.
lIAV-r'Irim-rj cliuli-u tlmutliy , 12.00012.W.
Ill'TTKH l-'lim , uiicluinKfil.
1-J(1K l-'lrni , unvliiiiiKiil.
J.I-JAU Artlvc , llnii : 3.3' ' ) .
Hl'IJl.TIJItDull ; I3.17'4- '
CflllN MHAIrW.2082.23. .
WHIHKV-fl 2.1.
COTTON TIKH-SOc.
IIAOOINO-S'iJiT'ic. '
I'HOVIHIONB Dull , wrnk. I'ork. itnmlnnl
menu , johlilnK. 113.25. l-ard , prlmu Htrnm , IC.7S ;
cliolre , f .W. Dry dillt inealx , IIHIKH vlioulilerH.
I'i.l ' 'i ' ; IIIIIKX un < l ill' ' " . JC.OJ ; horK. 17.10. liacon.
erx. 17.UO ; IOIIKX , < 7.7S ; ilbH. J7.k7'4 ' ;
. . . .
IlKCBIITH l-'lour , 6.0VO tibia. ; wliedl. 170.000
bu. ; t-orn. W.IM ) l > u. ; oiiln. 18,000 lm.
BHU'MKNTH Klour. 7 , < W > Llil . ; wheat , 5,000
Lu. ; can , 70,000 bu. ; out * , lO.OtM bu.
\Vlu-itt Miirkut ,
MINNRArOMH. July IS. Ilecelptu of wheat
Aeru larger , U-InK 1M.WO tu. . with HblpmentH of
IU.OJO tin. Tin-He rn-elpo caino on u weuk umrkvt
irij th'1 demiiml for trnck wlirnt WIIH Unlit , Thu
nurkt-t for cnuli wheat tlcned ut ulxiutlo lower
ban the preceding day , nnd fulurm were ulxi
iliout Uo lower. The cio o : July. 64Uc , Bcpu-m-
xr. ric , December , W'.lc. On track. No , 1 hard ,
I L'llci Nonorthern. . . 5 'io ' ; No , t northern , Mo.
TrmllrtK for the < l y wu nt no time ctlv .
Hour wn * Mtmly lm dull , nml valet were tc-
rnlher ! < tlmn the production , which
City MurUptK.
KAN-HAS CITY , July IS.-WI1IJAT-UO lower ;
No. Zhiml , HOI No , 2 ml , He.
' " '
cr m" > ri "aiSc ! ilnlry ,
, > r frwl1' 8l'-
-Whriu , u.000 bit. ) corn , none :
oa * , nono.
Hlill'MlINTS-WlK-nt , C.OOO bu. ; corn , none :
Wt IB * IlOUCt
l.tvt'tlxiiil Murlu'tn.
Mynilj'OOU July M.-WlIIJAT-Qulet. but
f trad ) ; ilrnmnil poor ; hnlilcn offer moderately :
NIL 1 l-nlirarnln , 4 * 7il ; ml western winter.
* " } " } ? if ; ' . ' ' lvtl WeMi-rn yprltiR , 4i WO < * 7i ) .
POIl.V Klinij iloinatul poor ; new mixed , HMI ,
n.Oflt . | irln patent. 5 * 9.1. .
I'llOVIIIlONH lli-pf ! i-il'in ' , "sSn W.
Porlc , primemem , c < 9,1 , IMOUII , Ions nn.l nhort
clear , 'K. llm. , 56 j IniiB i-lear , 45 II * . , 3Cn 0.1.
Lard , prime westt-rn. SCs M.
Diiliilli ( iniln .Murk.'t.
m't.UTH. July 2S.-\VIll3AT-n < w , dull nn.l
lowers No. I banl. cash nml July , S.Hc ; No. l
northern , cash nn.l . July , M'je ; September , tj.l'o :
noccmber. Mdc ! ; No. 2 noitliein. cni > h , r.i,4cj No.
3. 44'te ' ; rejected. I3',4e ' ; In arrive , No. 1 north
ern , tS'.lc ' ; rye , UCc , oats , No. 2 , Sa ; No. 3 white ,
Oil MurUrt.
OH. riTV , Pn. . July 29. National Tranult
ccilllleiites opened nt M < 4 ; hlRhest , Sl'i ; lower ! ,
? . ' ? . % l''V * > * ° ifii pales , C.tHK ) bbls. ; shipment ) * ,
S..JIG Mils. ; rims , 35 , < SS.
I'lTTSIlttiio , ] . „ . , jy , | 29.-Natlonnl Trnnift
certlllenles opened ( ( t snu ; cloml at 41 ; highest
il'/ii lowest , SI ; no sales.
l-'rluro Win-tit ( { iiotutloiu.
HAN FllANCIBC'p. July 2J.-WllKAT-Qnlcl
and steady ; December , ji'jfc ; new seller , Ol'.ic.
OMAHA LIVESTOCK MAKIvliT.
Krruril IlreiilthiR KIT , Ipm of HORK ilia Vcii-
turu of .Siitnr.l.iy ut tlin Yiirili.
SATURDAY , July 28.
The receipts of hogs were the largest
today In the history of the yards , being
19,708 henil , or 263 cars. The largest pre
vious day's receipts was on July 11 , when
10,868 hogs arrived. This brings the total
for the week tip to about 72,000 , or 32,000
In excess of the receipts for the previous
week. The receipts of cattle were only
about 2,000 head , and thcro was only ono
load of sheep In the yards , 105 licuil ,
CATTLE There wns n fair demand for
good dressed beef steers , nnd the market
was strong at fully yesterday's prices. Ono
bunch brought $4.10 , being the highest
price touched In several days. There were
several other loads good enough to bring
$1 nnd above. The grasey and half fat
steers brought $3.2SQ3.7ii.
There were quite a good many cows on
the market and the trade had a llttlo moro
llfo. Prices were strong , especially on the
better grades. Quite a string of western
cows brought J2.75. I'retty fair native
cows sold at $2,002.50 , while canncrs went
at $1.00@1.75.
The trade In stockers nnd feeders did
not show any material change. Doth dc-
mnnil nnd supply wns short , nnd the mar
ket quiet.
HOGS The heavy receipts of hogs would
naturally Indicate that the supply In the
country was large and that farmers were
anxious to tell , but the fact that n good
many light weights and pigs nre coming.
Is conclusive evidence that feed Is becom
ing scarce or that the growers are afraid
that It will be short In the near future
and nre taking advantage of the present
good demand for hogs to clean up. The de
mand today was active , every ono wanting
hogs , and a good many at that. Although
the receipts were the largest on record , " the
bulk of the offerings had changed hands
by 11 o'clock. The large offerings had a
natural tendency to depress the market nnd
buyers succeeded In gutting a concession of
from lOc to IGc from yesterday's prices.
The prices paid ranged from $4.60 to $ < . ! )0 ) ,
with the bulk of the sales at from $4.70 to
$4.80. Yesterday the majority of the sales
were made nt from $4.85 to1 $4.90 , nnd at
the close of last week nt from $4.75 to $4.80.
SHEEP There was n load of mixed na
tives which sold at steady prices. The man
ket Is without any new features of Im
portance.
OIIICACU I.IVU STOCK.
I.'SB Tlmn Twenty Limilrf of Good Native
Cut tin Arrive.I . VoHtordiiy ,
CHICAGO , July 2& I < evs than twenty loads
of BOO.I native cattle nrrlve.l for the market
toilny. Totnl receipts were about l.COO head , but
moro than 1,000 henil were Texans. Unlit beef
steers met with gooil ilcmnnil at from SI.Ill to
J4.CO. Local butclmi-H plckoil up the cows and
mixed stock at from II.fO to $2,75.
With arrivals just abmit equal to the run of
the clo.slni ; day last n-ei-k , the IIOR market ruled
nKreeably active ami utraiiK. I'rtmo heavy nml
fancy light ports sohl up to tr > .3fi In several In
stances , ami tlie hulk of Koo.1 to choice
shipping lots at from 5..SO to JJ.30. A load ot
faney 3G5-1II ho s milil up to J5.3714.
SH1S1JP The fresh Kiipply was only l.COO head.
Oooil finality solil at finm ? 2 to $3 ; KOO.I 100-lb.
muttons t-elllnu at the latter figure , and fair
SS-lli. mixed lots nt $ ' - ' . I'nlr to Kuiwl SO-lli. natlva
lambs Fold at ficm J2.63 to J3.SO. I'rlmo lamba
are rinotahlL- from fl to (1.23.
Receipts Cattle , 1.50 * benil ; cnlven , 200 head ;
hoes , 14,000 lu-ad ; sheep , 1.500 head.
The Mvcnlnic Journal reports :
IIOOS Ilecelpts , 11,000 hcail ; ofllelal yesterday ,
21,101 head ; shipments yesterday , 10.8SO head ; left
over , about 1,400 head ; miallty fair ; mnrliet nctlvo
nnd firm ; packers and hhlppeis hnylnt , ' bent lots 60
hlKher ; others unchanged ; sales raiiK''d from
J5.ori 3.33 far llKht. jl.Mifiil.M for roimli packing ;
S < .9jfii.3j ! for mixed : J5.00fl5.S5 for heavy pack
ing and shlppInK lots : plK . ) . "OiM.93.
OATTLK I'lstlmatcd receipts today , l.MO head ;
official yesterday. S.177 head ; Bhlpnients yester
day , 3.KI5 head ; maiket iiilet | nnd steady.
SIII3I-3P IJstlmnlcil receipts today , l.MO head ;
receipts yesterday , 5.007 head ; shipments yester
day , MX ) headj market unchanged.
KilliBilH City l.lvo SliKiU Alirliot.
KANSAS C1TV , July 21. CATTI.I-3 Hecclpt * ,
.1,011 head ; shipments , ! ! ,3iX ) head. Market steady ;
TCXIIH kleeiB , tl.Wi3.M ; beef Bteeis , IS-IOSTI O ;
native cows , tl.25fr3.00 ; Btockcra and feeders.
. .
IIOOS Itecelpts. 10.SOO bead ; shipments , 300
head. Mm ket Milne lower ; bulk of salon , J4.J5
4.)5 ! ) : heavies. Jl.Wj5.02'i ! ' ; packers , J . ! )0f5.024 ) ! ;
mixed , | 4.W 4.03 ; lights , II. 7503.00 ; plRS , J4,70a >
' .SHI3K11 llccelpts , 3,300 head ; shipments , 100
bend. Market How and weak.
St. J.oilU I.IK' Stock Miirlcot
ST. LOIT18 , July 28. CATTM3 IlfcolptH , 10.0CO
head ; shipments , l.hOO head ; mniket dull for
natives ; Texnns Him ; Texas steels , 900 to 1,000
Ilis. , J2.kMl3.03 ; cows , } 2. 103 2. 20.
IIOOS llecelpts. 1,200 head ; shipments , 1.100
head ; mniket active , strong ; beat heavy , t5.oOU >
5.35 ; hulk of sales. J5.2f , 5JO.
BHEIJP Itecelpts. 300 head ; shipments , none ;
mm ket iiulet , steady , unchanged.
Murk In Sight.
Ilccord of receipts nf live stock nt the four
principal markets Saturday , July 28 , ISO ! :
Cattle. HOBS. Hhccp.
South Omaha . 2.0 < W 19,000 105
hlcnico . l.W 14,000 16.000
Kansas i City . . . . 3.&K ) 10,9K ) 5,304
Total . 10,100 45,853 6,806
When Baby was tick , wo cove her t'artorl * .
When she was n Child , hho cried for 7astorlo.
When she became Miss , the clunjf to Cantorla.
When she had Children , oho cave them 0 istorU
FOR SALE.
At Fremont , Neb.
The bulnniH ) of the block of A , O , No re on ,
: oiihlstlni ; uf
Nothing , Funiisliii.4 , Goals and Hats
imountlntr tn nluiit ? ; > ,000. This Ntook will
in sold ut Ions than llfty iior cunt of UN orlg-
nnlcoit , and would niiiKu a iloslrnlilo ncu-
ilt'iis for parlies dnslrin * to Mart III business ,
irt'.iunlly deslrublu to liu | .iukod : muiiid ro-
mmMl. ThoHtoru and llxturus cnn bo hud If
Apply on thu pruiiilnch nt FUKMO.NT , NUII. ,
OA.ONUUIKN. :
WM , LOTJDON ,
Commission Merchant
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
I'rUato wire * to Chlcueo and New York. AQ
: > uilucM * crdor * placoU ou Chicago Uoitril at
I'radr. /
Correnpondenca ollcltKl.
Office , room . N w fork Uf Dull4ln
TcUnuant liot.