THE OMAITA DAILY HETC' MONDAY. TTEBIUTAKY 15. 1807. FRACTIONS ARE MADE EASY Now System of S mplifying Mathematics for Younger Pupih. ADOPTED IN COUNCIL BLUFFS SCHOOLS I'rof , IllNCj llnIMK Clif-n tin- ! < ( Iitid 11 I'rnrflcnl Text IM I'ri-pnrcil In I'riiaoiitU'i ! II a .SlU't'C-lH , Devotees of the "three r's , readlnwrltln * end 'rlthnictlc , " In common school educa tion \\otild be ( .harmed with the principles nnd methods of teaching these branches In the public schools of Council H luffs at the present time. People who struggled through the multiplication table when they wcro children not many jears ago anil Imagined they had achieved enviable distinction when they were able to repeat It Inckwards won hi be astonished at the greater \erj.itll- Ity In numbers c\lnccd by the pupils of the primary grades today In the schools over the rher. The method of Imparting- Instruction contemplates - templates not only permitting the pupils to ten Into , hut through , nml even beyond , the problems for solution. This method of teaching Is new In Council Ituffn ) and has been Introduced by I'rof. lllaey slncu ho became superintendent of the city school ; . It Is the Kjsteni adopted for common n hoots by the most progressive management' ' of the Rchool sstems of eastern cilice , and Coun cil llluffs la about the first western city to Inks ; It up. An Illustration ot the mcthojs of teaching arithmetic ulll perhaps give the bout example of the \\liolc sjslcni Iho method Is Intiodiiccd to the child , or tlm child to the method , on the first davs In school. A reporter for The Hceas given nn opportunity a fcv , days ugo to cc the work exemplified by the children In the course of their tegular studies The llrst room In the first Rraile , < om- pnsdl of children C > ears of nge , repros nts the \ery first steps In the clilld'fl public school education Severnl small objects were placed before the class nnd a child rapldlj called their names A child then pirmouiucd fioin groups of niarKu on the blickbuard "three , two , live , four , " tic. T o objects of tie same kind were then presented , and a little boy recited npldly "two ilcsl's two books , " etc , nnd from iriaiks on the board "two threes , two lives , two fouis. " Twelve marks were then plated on the hoard nnd divided Into fours , and us thn mat Us were ciase-d one bj one the chil dren iceltcd "In twelve thcie lire tluee fours , In ten ( hero are- two and ono-liilf fours , " ctr l-'lguies were then substituted for thr marli5 and Iho children were lequlred to divide ami multlpl > fract'onal parts of twelve nnd the Icfhonwas complete , with the childien of fi and ti jiats of ago having n cl ° ai Idea of the first principles of simple fiactlors SO.MI : OF Tin : I'uoru/nMs usnn. Second grade pupils , aged li and 7 , showed the nc\t step uiuvard A little girl of 7 jean recited : "In twcnlj there are two and one half eights , In sKtttn there arc two eights " etc When the third grade pupils weie i cached the problems < hc > wire piopouudin anil Folvlng l.cgnn to Ic complex tnoug'i ' to puz7le ol < u > r heads than those of the 10-jeai-old girs and Imjs This c\ampc ! was place ! on the blackboard If 2Scnti pajs for 1 > nrds what will 11 cents paj foi' 31 ? 7' 4.3' 21 ' AlniMt Immediately came the rcpl > ' If JS cintH piys for 1 % yards , 11 cents vv-lll pi > for two thirds of a yard , 33 cents will pnv for ITI jards , 7 ccnti will paj for one- third of a jaid 42c vvll' pay for two jards , and " 1 cents will piy fur one > nid. Ihc same clear , Incisive methods aio uscil to Impart Instruction In other branches , tin language work being espcciallj strong 1'rom the few o\amp'c ! > given of the \/ork done In thp prlmar > gradci , where the foundation , of the common school education are liltl , an excellent Idea may bo acquired of the charac ter of Hie work reiiulicd by the pupils of the lilKhcr grades of the public schools of the city. IMH\I , ATiu.nrirs A nn\nriT. l"a > orulilc OiiInlniiN < if Three Iml- \CI'Nlt > I'l'fslllflltM. Three university picsidents have rccentl > given puhllo cYprcnslon to the opinion that general athletics In moderation are of great benefit to the student body , and of question able value If cairleil to excess. There Is no new light revealed In this opinion , sajs Harper's Weekly , nor Is the statement applicable to athletics only ; It lias equal pertinence to an > branch of human endeavor Hut It suggests the thought that there would be less occasion for disquietude If college faculties addressed themselves to Internal remedies lather than to public bul letins The phjslclan who stops short with a dlngncols of a case gives no relief to the sufferer Wo have had before us the anal > - ( ,1s of 'the athletic situation for certainly the past five jears and the best skill ob tainable continuously omplojcd administer ing' such medicine as the disease seemed to rniiilio and the patient could endure. If the highest skill In unlvcrslt ) life has not been enlisted , it was not for want of seek ing , or because authority was lacking had the Inclination to offer Us advice been atti ring. In approaching this athletic question , two facts must he accepted as a basis for pres ent ( llscunlon and an cat nest of the future posslbllltl ° s 1 Wholesomely conducted othletlcn are proved h > experience and universally ac knowledge ! by all Intelligent men to bo beneficial to the human race. 2. Cach jc-ai of the last five has shown an emphatic Improvement over the preceding one In the provisions of uilein " healthful management and In the education of the participants along the lines of sport for spoil's sake Meanwhile , athletics In general and foot ball In particular , have been bitterly as- Railed by men who because of Ignorance could not. or because of bigoted prejudice would not. recognise thi'lr merit There has been on exhibition a tendcicy to damn ath letics because of their evils , rather than save their good by R correction of these evils Logically carried out In all dcptitments of life , where would such a policy land us ? Meanwhile , too , the belief In wholesome pport , wholesomely conducted , hns remained unshaken , .soMP M\V : iun\s IN 1:111 : rVTKIN. Marltliiii ; niul I'riiiuotliiii I'vnlnrt-N niul Hit- Stud ) of iiu.i : | Chllil , A now depaituro In educational methods , the result of which will bo watched with un feigned Interest the countrj over , was that exemplified before the Public I'ducatlon asso ciation of Now York City a few das a "go by Dr. Gros/mann , superintendent of the schools maintained by the ethical Culture fcocloty , A distinctive feature of tliCKO gehooU Is that they have no marking b > stem ; another fe.v tin o u that among seutrul hundred pupils the study of esch child \i \ attempted , thu theory of the lUhlcal c.ilttirlsis being that "thu art of peJag gy has not become t > o far a science that any general clafslllr tlons or deductions can ba made. 'Iho tjt > ti'm of promotion ai explained by the superintendent Is HkuvvUe komcthlng of a novelty. The pupil Is promoted or gradu- nt'U by the \erdlct of a council of his teach ers. Them are frequent pht > lcal examina tions and measurements , by which Incipient dljcasca are sonietlmoi discovered. Nor docs the ethical 3 > stem end with the children ; Its Bcopo Includes the parents as well The re ports cent homo convey no percentages , but n general Idea how the pupil Is progressing , with a hint at the chief fault , and meetings nro held where , the teachers talk over the IJOJH and girls with their mothers for better understanding on both sides. That scmio of thcjo features are an ad- VUIUQ upon our public school methods , sa > s the Philadelphia Hecord , may readllj bo con ceded. Whether the advance ] Idiaa can ever a bo engrafted on our common school sjstem Is another question. The probabilities are that they cannot. Hut to some extent they liavu found recognition In the chool BjBtetus of thU and other cities ; and though they may not bo furthtT followed they are well worthy the study of all who take Tioto of the tie vclopment of pcdigogy In this country. School Note * . Thp following High school freshmen re celvcd an avcrr.gc scholarship above 00 per cent for January : Efllo I.cvoy , fiessle An dress , Adolphus Shank , Martha Morltuicn Nora Blurval , Hllcn Anthes , Janette Miller Dnlght 1'leice , Frank I'etcrKon , Tnnnlo Spooncr , Htith Cultr.i , Agnes Herbert. Helen Keller , Margie Mcl'achron l.ucy Worley Itulh Wilson , Arthur Smith , Lillian Hob I'on , Ilesslo Berry , Harry Hlgglns , Hay Knodo , Arthur Jcsscn , Ilosallml Hull , May Haley , Julia Lang Julia Ilrcuer , Helen Ljneh , riorenco I'armclee , Olive Ellsworth Lolft Tlllotson , Ilrlgle McArdle , Jcanette Now lean , Kathrjn Sharrock , Lawrence Whltly. May Kdliolm , Ksthcr Curry , Vlnnle Smith , Kmmn Smith , Ilcrtha Schocnstadt Ilertha I'ampcl , Augusta Lehman , Carrie Kracht , Alex Oordon , Rdlth Lounsbury Charles 1'rltchard , Cmma Lorenren. Dorothy Prcdcrlckson , Miriam Hothchlld , Iva Hart Samuel Ilecs , Ucrnard Htilcrs , Itachct I iw ton , llcrtha Phllllppl , Henrietta tlccs , Wll lard Lampe , Ollle Hnglcr , Martha Carson Nelsle Morrison , Frank Thomas , Ida Peter son , IMlth Dumont , Mary Dletrlck , Lester Klrschbnun , ndlth Isakson , Marie Koch Vera Allen , Helen Hdwards , Mildred Clarke Nina Klnkcad , Corlnne Armstrong , Will Moore , Katie L > on , Mabel Hull , Lucy Frcnzcr , Hdward Slater. rmmtr.i olin'olN In IIMVH. The Ottutnwa Courier expresses disap pointment because "the house of representa tives at DCS Molnea has refused to pass the bill as passed by the senate requiring ex amlnatlon In algebra and phvsica on the part of teachers In order to secure a first- class certificate. The reason given by the opposition to this v. Ise provision In the house Is the very reason that should have brought about Its adoption Instead of Its rejection. The reason v\as that this provision will raise the curriculum of the country schools to a higher plane and It was feared that the teachers'would have to he paid more money. The Courier can only reiterate that the great need of our country schools , which arc the foundation and framework of our great public school sjstcm , Is a higher grade of teachers. And on the principle that people seldom get something for noth ing In this world , It should be recognized that capable teacheis deserve geol pay. Majorities In legislatures frequently hive a fatal facility for doing just the wrong thing which Is certainly what they have done In this Instance. " r.ilttcilllomil Niit < * N. John Nicholas Drown , who has just given $20 OOa to the Providence Public Llbraiy association for n new building , Is the eldest sou of the late John Carter Drown who give to IJrown .mihcrsltj Its new library building and the land upon which It stands He is in jears old , lives In Newport , and Is an earnest student of social and political questions. Cornell university takes the load In this country In the study of bacteriology , which the discoveries of Pasteur and Koch have made so familiar to us V. A. Moore , late thief ot the United States Bureau of Ani mal Industiy has been made professor of bacteriology and supplied with laboratories and appaiatus for the study and manufac ture of to\lns and anti-toxins Work Is already under waj on tuberculin , and on mallcln , the product of the giowth ot the glanders bielllus , which Is used In the diagnosis of this disease , as tuberculin Is In the diagnosis of consumption. Prof. Moore has laigc classes of students and his laboratory will In a few years doubt less add nmleilally to our knowledge of the dlscase-produclug bacteria. The amount of brain study going on at Cotnell Is very greit. Prof. Wilder Is de voting himself to the tn k of mapping the ccrcbnl figures of the brains of educated nnl moral persons Piof rith Is making a compiritlvo study for the Bering Sea Com- mitslJii of the hialns of the Alaska fin b nnd the common seal Di Stioud is mak ing an ln\estimation of the cerebellum In all typKil veitc/bratc forms , birds , reptiles , marsupial' , mammals , etc , foi which pui- po " he hw the collection the unlveislty has been making for thltty yeais , one which includes even the brains of such extinct eica.ures as the ornithorhyncus. His study will Include- the cerebellums of seventy typ- kal forms. Dr. Klngsbury Is making an Investigation for the Smltheonlan Institution of the btains of frcshwatci llshcs , Including twenty typical forms In his study. The llbiary of Cornell univeialty never lacks frltvds : It has just received two valu able gifts The first consisted of 500 more Uanto worsts from Prof. Flskc , swelling the n = k Dante collection to over 0,000 volumes This latest gift contains one book which cost $ " > 00 , the Xido-Beatlno edition of Dante , Pllntcd In Milan , 1477-147S. There Is only ono othci copy of It In the United States The other gift was from the Due de Loubat. and consisted of an exact reproduction , even to the appearance of the covers , of the "Nahua book , " a book of Aztec plcture-wrlt- lug. The pious Spanish conquerois of Mex ice dcstioved hundreds of such vvoiks. as being- the works of the devil , because they contained the religious loio of the Aztecu Ono sample only > vns sent to the pope at Home , and by him irreserved in the Vatican , where It still remains , nnd from which the icpioductlon now in the Cornell library has bsen made. llmloi-Hi'H Home INC | | | > | | IIO. GHAND ISLAND , Neb. Feb. 11. To the ndltor of The Bee Noting in youi Uaue of February 12 a report of the doings of the Grand Army at Hastings , I feel it Is a duty io Bpeak through your columns as a mem- bei of the Soldiers' home My views , I feel assured , are but an expression of four-fifths of the members of the home. If the com- innmlei of the homo has not the power to make and enforce laws for the welfare of the horns his olllea might as well be va cated , and a detail made from the rank.3 thus saving Iho expense of such office I am a republican of the old stripe and be lieve In law and discipline. Our worthy commander , I believe , Is of the populist stiipe , but he surely possesses some icpuh- llcan principle. ? , for his details to any of the various positions about the homo quali fication Is considered and politics Is not. The same may be mid of his mods of bring ing to justice offenders against the laws gov erning the homo. I note in the proceedings of the encamp ment a icsolutlon strongly recommending that the commander should bo deprived of power of discharging an offender. This I believe would bo detrimental to the wclfaru of the home , for thU h the only thing that Is looked upon with fear. Talk and repri mands mo like chaff Djprho the com mander of this power and you have opened thu gates for Insults and anything that might follow by a drunken man. It Is possible that thercmlght be como Improvements that would be beneficial to the home , and were I to know of such I would icport the same , feeling that they would icceho duo consideration.'u stood by our commanders In the timeof peril , and surely would feel that wo had lost our Itatilotlsm should wo nut stand by our com mander at present , knowing him , as wo do , to bo In the right. Wo also note a vote of thanks to the clergy of Hi nnd Island The same Is duly appreciated by ourselves , but the reporter must have oveilooked the name of Mrs M , N Klmhall a woman of rare ability and ono who has devoted more time during the past three years to the spiritual welfare of the homo than hns tl.e entire clergy , and who has In en recompensed by the conver sion of ovei seventy-live members of the home , OLD SOLDIHH , > lnI'll < i IT Ari't'Mlt'il , DHNVKH , Colo. , nb. II-Hairy Huvls , charged with the imirdei of Night Olllier Joseph Hiiilter nt North Baltimore O. , Juno 21 , 1MHJ , lm been arrexlcd In thin city He In mild to lie the lust member of the Htrntton Kiing of postolllce lobbeiu. Olllccr H.iker discovered Davis , Hob Cuiry nnd Doc Uo In the net of robbing the North Hiltlmoru postotllce. Titty killed him , but wtro uiptured. liul sniped from the Toledo , O , jail through the c'onnlvancc of turnkeyn C'uny nnil Leo were tried con victed niul hcntenced to the penitentialy for life. D.ivlH VVHH betr.iyiul to the police of Dtnvei by lila younger brother , Cius , with whom ho had been traveling through the HOiith nnd In Mexico , llfllll I'llll IIf lllN < > fll , I.APOHTi : . Intl. , Fib..Mrs AVIIIInm Swan of Klkhurt U dying. I iHt summer bug lodped In her e.tr. Her minYiin , ; was . intense , but the physicians could not ills- edge the liiBCCl A coiuull of physlclana iodiiy illgcovertd n large iimntlty | or larvae in her head , th InUrlot of which la alive with InaectB. Mm Swan became dcranned from pain , but will uoou be relieved by death. FEELING IS CONSERVATIVI Street Affairs Eeem to Have Fallen Into a Routine Course BROADER BASIS FOR CONFIDENCE LAID Sltiinlltm I2\riiuit from Ail ) OlitliniN ItriiNoiiN for Mlxntv ItiKN _ SU-ml > Improvement 111 Tune of Affair * . NRW YOIUC , Feb. 14. Henry Clews , heai of the banking house of Henry Clews & Co writes : Affairs In Wnll street seem to have fnllei Into n routine roursc , with no special ac tivity nnd no unusual causes of excitement There Is n fixed feeling of conlldence un ilcrlylng the market for bectirlllcs which keeps prices steady , but no enthusiast ! outside demand ; nnd , nt the moment , th speculative movement Is largely limited t' ' professional operators As a rule , the feel lnpr Is conservative , but In no sense timid It Is conceded that n broader Imsls for con lldcnce has been laid , and that the exist Ing situation Is exempt from rtny obvlou reasons for ml gl\lngs. There are certain tendencies quietly nm pmdtially developing which , almost unob nerved nro producing a Httndv Improve meiit In the tone of affairs. These Infill enccs nrc partlv political , partly Industrial and partly financial , nnd therefore cove a large area of Interests. In nil directions nmoug the people and In congress , n cnlme nnd more moderate view of public affairs Is bdng taken. The public nppieclatcs tha' the linger questions now up for scttlcmcn are non-political In their nature nnd re quire a ticatment which excludes metely partisan considerations. The mixing of In lluontlnl citizens of both p.irtlt.i In mcas urc-s of reform Is very obviously having It1 effect upon the organisation of the ncv administration , and Is equally eliciting' It congress the stntcstnanly spirit as dlstln KUlslird from the political. This dliposl lion U shown In Mr. McKlnley's carefulness to secure , In the selection of his irnblnct men of proved statesmanly nblllty nnd mod eratlon , nnd who are known to reprcsen the views of the conservative element In public opinion. In congress , It appears It a fleer -spirit of discussion and In the re luxation of ptrty restraints upon Individ ual judgment. This tendency Is In the blglust degree hopeful , as It promises the ascendency of stntcstmnshlp over preju dice and inetQ popullzlng , nnd because 1 shows that the country 11 returning to pn trlotlc sound sense In the Industries , there nrc signs of the beginning of the brenk-up of a Ht.ito o deadlock In which many trades have beei fast held before and since the election am which hns materl illy checked the progress of recuperation These obstacles have been mainly connected with Important staples whose prestige his n.iturally affected Hym palb.etlcn.lly othoi br inches of business an produced a miteilal Interruption of trade at the beginning of the spring season. In some cases , these hlndianccs have been connectcil with oveisupplies of certain products , In others with the efforts of com bines to enforce high prices The over stocked condition of the printing cloth fac tories has kept the dry goods Hade In com plete suspense for vvcvks or even months pu t. for this being a. staple article , which roKUlntcs the \alue of cotton goods nt lnrtv , purchases of all cotton fabrics have been postponed lest a break In this p-mlcu- hir cla s should derange the general range of prlce Toi this reason the purchase of 7nOCOO pieces of printing- cloths by the American Prlntlnc compiny during- this v.-i ek , and also additional putcliaies of 250- 010 pieces , with nn advance In price , has hud a most wholesome effect ; for It not only determines that the current prices o cotton goods are fair and noriml , but lays a Insls upon which business In this brand of tiade can be safely transacted The cotton goods trade Is thus eNnmptcd fron an em.h u m > vvhlih has caused much other * wise needless postponement of business and tin consequent improvement of tone " ems to be extending sympathetically to the woolen and worsted trades as well Al o. for the first time foi m.mv months the much depressed giocery trade shows a marked revival in Its lending branches the demand from the Interloi showing a spe cial Improvement These , nro ivest encour- gliiK symptoms. Simllai relief has como to the Iron trade also lieiently there was a collapse of tile combined attempt to maintain a price foi steel billets mueh above the views of buy- TS This- week , the Important combine which hns held steel rails at $23 nnd then fij prices so much above the market as to have almost entirely suspended silos has broken down under dlsngreuncnts and sales have been made , within the last three c'ays stated at BOOOCO tons , at from $17 to $20 per ton. This Is nn Important boon to the i.illrotds ; but the main encouragement to business which this fact conveys lies In Its evidencing that there Is a limit to the extent to which Industilil combinations can hold the Inislnp's of the country In re straint. In Wall Street this moral Is noted with special satisfaction and has distinctly Inlltienced the hopes of a general revival of business The break In the price of steel rails to the lowest ever reached wI Inevitably Ie.ul to a demand that will In nil probability amount during the yeir to 1(0)0' ( > 0 nd- d tloual tons that would not otherwise take place ; and , ns at least 9U per cent of the l > re ° ent low price of steel rails will go Into In hot. It will necessarily plve a great stim ulus to It The good cff'ct therefore o * the movement In iron which this low pi Ice for rails must necessarily cause tog-ether with the large sale of print cloths at Fill River , cannot bo ovei estimated After so nrolongcd a depression In tn s country bus iness having been reduced to a hand-to- mouth chnracter tliclo sneclal improve ments cannot sail to lea'd to wholesale iransactions In all otier channels This s the first stop , after panic conditions , he- ore a revival of prosperity fairly starts In History Invariably repeats lt = clf , and the slims are not lacking- that good times are low fairly on the way. There lomnln lint fourteen full vvoiklnp days between low and the -1th of March , when the o'd regime will give vvav to the new This should afford a sense of great relief to all business men , considering the disastrous rondltloiiH of the past , which have been lue more to the domination of Washington over trade and commercial Interests finn to any other ono cau e The tendencies townid recuperation In financial circles , though fmoribly affected by the Improving sign * In certain trades , are at the moment most Influenced by the roro friendly disposition toward our siciir- Itles shown across the Atlantic Following in easy settling day at London , thue has been a revival of orders from that m irket especially for rallroid bonds. This do- mind for long Investments rather than speciilatlvo stock0 , shoAs that careful llnrf- iHli Investors are getting over the sharp llstrust Insnlred by thp nnte-i lection tx- cltemcnt nnd taking on n more hopeful feel- ni ? us to the future of our politics and sicurltles. Also there Is nvltlcnce tint ho ail.ltratlon treaty , by affording a piom. o of better nnsured friendly relation ! ! ict wren the two countries , it Inducing a frur Inclination to take our Investments The disposition which I have previously loted of Oeimins to return to thla murknt inn received flesh Illustration this week n further Important orders from Horlln These facts are Illustrations of a tendency , yet only In Its beginnings , toward the re covery of our lost .o itlon In the greit nvi sting countries of Utirope Only one mportnnt uncertainty remains to pi event hat tendency developing Into very Impor- ant results namely , the placing of our currency upon a thoroughly sound bibla. int as the sentiment of congress develops , lu > prospect becomes more ( ncouraiIn < hat In this matter , larpu and solid ameli orations will bo ultimately accomplished In the foreign OM-hiihircH there are no lew developments Tro-e lias been quite in nppieclablo supply of bills awilnst ox- lorts of securities to Horlln and London , but the demand has sufllccd to take them Uthout rates being affected , The pro- Phs of nuldntlnt the laigo amount of expott bills held hack for temporary In- rstment s steadily proceeding , the amount still remaining to be. pent forward for co < - ectlon being estlmited at about J20CCO- CCO The eour.s ; of thb Importations of nerc'inndluo nt this port continues to Indl- ate n continuance of tne recent bahince of tradq 111 favoi of thlt country From ho beginning of the vuir to IVbruary C , bo Imports of merchandise amounted to 15200000 ngnlnst JGH'O.COO for the came lerlod of 1VI3 showing a decrciino of } ] ! > , . 00000 within five wrekH , In the gain of ox- lorts over those of last year there Is , bow- over , a M-ry mtiikol decrcas"1. CLIWS I , ( union \Vixil MnrKrl. LONDON. Fcb H-Tne arrivals of wool ( o dale for the BPCQIK ! serirr of the colonial vool sales are as * follows : NCA South Vales. 51.3S1 ; QiiieimlanU. 21,513 ; Victor ! t , 7,101 , South Australia ! ' , ( A3 ; West. Austr.i- la , 1,200 ; Tasmania 41 , New Zealand. 10- L'J , and Capo of Cloud Hope and Nat il SUOO. The total , 1W.C02 liihu , Including jO.tuO sent dlicet The Imports for the veck aggregated 39,301 bales , including IICA South Wales. 11,779 ; Vlctoila , 17.W : South Austialla. 2,001 ; West AiiMrtillii 401 ; r-npo f Good Hope and Natal , 4,8 2 ; China , ) . - U7 ; West India , 114 ; Bimln , 3Uj ; a-imauy .tU , and HiindrkH , 307 biles. The sheep tkln tale will open on February 25 , "when 4,2i5 mlu > will bo sold IiOiiiliin Urn I n Mnrlcrl. 20 LONDON , Feb. -The rainfall during 2S he pant week has been heavy and Hoods have been frequent and extensive. Wheat , li In the mnrket. wn-t Hull nnel deprossoel In nil departments rTperc TVRS n poor elc- mnml The vveaknV * i In American nnel the KPnernl n pcct favors holders , but the spec ulative Inactivity of-lwiyvrs of the reserve dampens the mnrket California wheat , prompt delivery- * * quoted nt 33 * 6d. Northern spring wneat parcels nfloat were quoted nt 31s. Poyhns ) dull. Mnlzo had a modcrato sale nt low prices. Mixed American mnlzo , nt Hies- prompt delivery , was quoted nt I2s 9d Barley slow nml barely steady. fJfj/s\ wore In better tlc mind nml firmer , owing to the close of Baltic navigation. . .Americanvhlte clipped oats , Foforuary nnd Mnrch delivery , vvero quoted nt 12s gel. . > T" ( ni.un is TIII : M'\i.t < STHIJIJT wn.ut. \Vnr nml Hiiinorfi qfAVnr Aid tlic Hear Oient | < orn. NEW YOnK. Feb. 14. Bcnrlsh fenturcs of the situation nro virtually nil the news thnt Wnll Street Is "having just now. Fac tors of ponsequenne shovvlnr/ the vast Improvement i.vhlch Jms come Into the bus iness world since last November nre for the lime hlelelcn from A lew. So fnr" ns the Industrial outlook is concerned Wnll street heeds nothing outside of nn occasional an nouncement that some factory hni cut down Us hours or thnt 'some workmen hnvo been ofollged to tnkc retliiccil my. H Is the Wnll street fashion for the present to he fohie. We nre downcnst over the out look abroad. Wnr between Greece ? and Tur key Is looked upon a * certain , und the profo. nfollltv that European powers generally will fop Involved focfore long Is equally nn ac cepted tlieory. Wnll street knows nothing of vvhnt Is going on In military circles abroad moie thnii Is known to every render of newspapers. The foremost Jmn'.tcrs In Wall street having International connec tions say postIvply thnt no Information cnn foe had In London or Paris which Is In nny way more definite than thnt which Is given In ordinary press cnb'ep. Those dispatches do not amount to much Leyond rumors , though they make plain the existing stnte of feeling nt Athens. The effect of n European iwnra \ likely to damage us severely If > vc can trust the bear oracles of Wall street. Just why or how they do not make plain. In nny con test on the othei sldp of the ocean which would embroil Important nations America , commercially nnd Industrially , could only piollt. Our farm commodities nnd the products of our factories would. In meet ing less competition , Iind a better market. It Is taken for granted thnt In any such war ns mny now teem to foe threatened , America AvouJel not become Involved. Our monpy market would feel quick pressure , for there would , tl roimhout Europe , foe more than ever a scramble for gold , but not in American history have > vc been better prcpnicd for an emergency of this sort than wo nrc Just no.v. with bank vaults all over the country crowding to ovcrllovv with funds unused , ilore oat nest attention , liecauso more 1m- mcdlite effects nio promised Is bring pibl fov Wall Mreot to tlie Investigation by the Now York legislature Into trusts. This In vestigation was resumed today with devel opments of Interest. Wall street Is becoming less suspicious of this Investigation than It was when Senator l.exow started II It Is now bellpved by fair observers that the Inquiry could not be choked off oven If all the political ptj.vers In the stjito tried to do the choking In many ways Important results may follow this Investigation What seems to bo llkelv to be one of the chief result1 * will foe the awakening It will prompt among ! Investors People who buy Sugar trust stock Leather trust stock , Tobacco trust stock , or the stocks or any of the other trusts -will hive1 put before them very clcaiiy the predomi nating disposition of the malingers of such blind pools to deal In deception. As h is been pointed out over ami over again there Is not u single trust whose eeurltles nre listed on the Now York Stock exchange which pays any ji'tvntlon whatever to the rights of stockholders They Issue no st ite- ments that anjfoqdy can undorstantl sho.v- Inif neither change" lit assets , nor earnings , nor profits , nor IOSSOH Mr Barnum's old maximum that the public likes to fop fooled has been stretcheil qut to furthest limits by tiust flmnclfs , . The man who wl'I buy 100 shares of anv trust stock aid ex pect to foe trentc-d fairly Is silly and rcr'- les * No trust'SD ' far has ever made a showdown to the public except through the courts. i The collapse ol the Cordage trust nnde deal how the game was plaveel there with all the cards market ! . In the Cot'on Oil trust ultimate b inkruptcy disclosed the bamc stnte oC affairs. There has been no exception to this rule. . In e\ery ca = o where disclosures have liecn'made the disclosures have been appalling.'Eventually ' th're are bound to foe slml'ar eMWuires among those trus's vv ilch ares now lemalnlng who pro fess to be flushed vvjth prosperity There Is no reason for any man or set of men to organlze.n tiust vvhe-t anythlnK else than bunco is tnb object. Taking the Sugar trusts ntffian example , because--ISie Sugar trust Is the most conspicuous of nil trusts at prcsenti the Investing public has been led to believe that not only has this trust foeqn rlgh along earning big dlvldenels , font tint it has year after jetir been accumulating a surulus of millions of dollars. The little , mcasley statement thnt the trust annually Issues quotes such a surplus Hut In finan cial statements thej , ' > vords "surplus" does not have the reassuring sound that obce It had. When the Erie road 1 ist went to a receivership It had a "surplus" of $10.000000 or more. When the Iluidln ; tumbled over Into fonnkruntcy PS "sur plus" was , foevond J20.COO.OCO When the Baltimore & Ohio crash came the "sur plus" there was beyond } 40,000 0 0 In not ono of these cases v.as tic "suiplus" any thing else than bunco. So It has been In all the trusts thnt have been smashed CA'NNOT nn IGNORED. Precedents may not be proof , but ? r ce- dents cannot alwavslio Ignored safelv. The building up of a big surplus Is vastly ad vantageous If It Is a real surplus Hut a surplus that Is a m\story Is a surplus that Is to besusncctcd Such a claimed .use is especially \aluafolc however to Ftoc'i market mnnlnulators trying to foist stocks upon the public at Inflated vilues And thai , much more than the handling of any staples , more than the restriction of trade , much more than the stilling of competition , Is the main aim of ccr > proup of financiers who have gone Into anv trust corporation and listed their securities upon th" New Yoik Stock Exchange The Standard Oil trust can ho cited ns an exception , for the leason that the Standard Oil trust stock Is not quoted upon the Nc > v York exchange. It Is not advertised through Wnll street It never nas been peddled to the piiblle throuch the- devices of an army of brokers under official hire. Wall street Is Intel esteel In the expecta tion thnt .Mr. Yerkes Is to bring his stocks east So much hns been heard hero of the lively antics that the-se Yerltes stocks have been in thc hafolt of cutting that tielr advent - | vent In Wall street will bo hnl'cd with considerable applause Meanwhiio the stock market lack's snap It sigs easily. Indications not to be Ig nored nre that we are having liquidation of long stocks upon an Important scile\ The Industrials are most ronsplptiouo In the .vpaleness which the market displays but they are bv no mc.ins liio only .veafc EP- turllles. Some of the richest men In Wall street , men who have been parrying tlie blgpe.st line of stocks , men who were pe-r- suadeil 'ast November victory for sound money must bo quickly reflected In business Improvement , are now regretfully letting pa They are clever men , they know nil about disguising their own moves , and thus It la thnt wo have In the market now a big boriowing demand , which seems to Indicate a short Interest much more extensive than really exists Long stocks sold are being borrowed , but as soon as cortnln liquidation progiams are completed the long stocks themselves will be all de- llve red Trm anthracite coal stocks , the tiust stocks generally , -and some of the con spicuous ( .ranger inllro.id stocks are all likely to dip downward unless something unexpectedly encouraging suddenly Inter venes. On timlorlylng conditions there Is every reason to foq Confidently bullish for a long mil. hut till after the new president Is iiMUFiiratod / .until after his socelal session of ponseW ) > shall have mot and accompllshcil-something effoitH to put up the stock mariuitl ar.o lively to 1m futile ) . The public has IjaO enough of living upon muro hone. It.wants to pee something substantial now' , before It does nny new buying In Wall street , though eveiy undei- lylng condition I * ' encouraging H ALLAWAi , I , iiMloii"Uj n ' > MiirUrl. f LONDON , P yr ( , 14 The Cretan crisis caused a slight pjtjipautlonury hiirdenlni ; of the money rates , , per the same reason the week nt the 8thl K oxcliiingo was gloomy Thcro vvasa disposition to await the tourso of events Almost all declineHpectilatorH realizing when ' itotwlfole without loss Oreek , Turkish nnu'Spanish ' securities , till 2 freely Hold from'PAils , showed decline ? ) of from 1 to 2 per-wilt. Bulgarian securities fell 3 per cent Koutn Americana vvero Hat In sympathy Paris WHS also sellliu African mining Hhtircs , Americans vvcio stagnant , Likej Bhoio vvns np 1 pel cent , most other Americans showing n decline on the vviek among thorn being the following. Hi-ndlns lists. 2 per cent ; Denver preferred nml Missouri 4s , 1 per cent. All others weie fiautlonul l.lv pi'peiul .MnrUrtN. , I.IV13HPOOL Kfb IS VVIIfJAT S jiol Firmly , demand | ioor : No , 2 rid. C d ; No. 1 California , CB GVid. ruturo. uteady und unduiuntil , bupl < nrcB ecu.ill > dlflirlbuled ; Ptbruur ) , en II'id , Muie-h , CB 2 ? d ; April , 6 3 > 4d ; Mu > und Jul > On 4d COUN Spot firm ! American mlxid IIPM , 2k 2Vid , 1'utuicn iubt | with Mny ' 4-1 hlhher unit other * unchanged ; Pebniarj , ! C ! dj .Murci , C'iil. April 2 7d , MK > ' , 2s 7 , d , July 2 M I'l/JI'Il Dull , demand iioor , Ht , Pane ) , vOn- trr in 61 I'llOV'IHIONH llucon , quiet , demand moilcrute ; CumlXTlHnd cut , U to 30 Mm , 20 C1. nhcrt rlbn , to 24 II" . ' , lonir clear , IlKlit , 33 to SS lb , , , long clear , htuvy , 40 tg 45 lti . 24n Cd , n tort clear buekii , Ilk-tit , It It * , 24 M ; chort ilinr mlddlei- , heavy , 4i to (0 ll > n , 23 > ; clear Ifllli-s to It it . , 27 * . Bhoulderi , square , 12 to U 11 , . , rs M Hnmp , rhort cut , II to 1 $ It * S5 M Tallow fine North Amtrlcnn 1S lltc-f , extrn India mem , fO , prime mew , 4 < n M 1'ork , prime tne , fine v > f tern 45 , medium ftern , dull , prime vvcMcrn , 10 * , refined , In OIIIIMOO Oil M.N AM ) l'UOVISIO. > S. Pendirrx niul CloxltiK- Prices of Sntur- OIIJ'M TrnilliiK , CHICAGO , Feb. -Wheat suffered today from liquidation that at ono time almost took on the nature of n Mamrcde. The markel was rather In need ot bull news but llttlo was forthcoming , and the Unload ing which ensued caused a break of Ho In the Mny option. Corn nnd oats were nffcctcd to a degree , closing about He lower each. Provisions showed strength all day and advanced 100I2c. Wheat opened firm at shade Improve ment on Thursday's closing prices and Im proved upon first quotations before reveal ing the true course of Its tendency , iwhlc" ! in the middle of the session became strongly downward. May started nt 7jHc nnd 7f > J4c , compared with Thursday's clos ing price of 7u'4c , then worked terminally up to TGmFi'fi'le. There vvns the turning point for the dny nnd It went down In two long rolls , landing llrst at 75'4c and nftcr n rcnctlon to "Me It renewed Its quick de scent , 74VJc being the next tciracc upon which It rested for n time. St. Louis vvns nt the bottom of the enrly ndvnncp , nl- though the disturbed condition of European politics had a slight Intlncnco at the Imme diate opening. This factor vvns lost sight of , however , when the Liverpool ctbles vvero received , showing no effects of the wnr tnlk , nnd the nttontlon of speculators was directed to a 2-cent jump In the May ou- lion at St. Louis. There was no nppuent reason for the Jump nnd it scared the local operators Into a general scramble to cover that resulted In an ndvanco to 7G't076 c. That was the high point of the dny. TA-ICII came the dtluge. When the shorts came to rescue some of their early purchases they found no market. Here was another painful surprlrc to thp altendy somewhat rattled speculators and n regular stampede of holders took place , checked once or twice by purchases of the cooler beaded ones who were on the right side ot the market and satisfied with tbnlr piofits Local and northwest receipts hnd little effect. Ku- celpts tn Chicago since Thursday morning vvero thirty-two cars , compared with 311 carloads on the corresponding two days of last year. At Minneapolis and Uultith they Avore ( KG cars , which Includes yortcrdav s In spection , against SG2 a year ago Atlantic iioi t cle irances for two days were only SVl.rf bu viels In wheat and flour together Ha croif reports from Missouri , Indl inn. llllnol and Ohio were received bv nearly all hoifc having correspondence from there Minne apolis -ales of Hour as telegraphed vvero enl ; ' ) 000 b trrels ycslord ty. Hy the limp th price had got down to 74V4C , outside sto los ! orders began to come In That brough matters to n climax and a further dtclln to " .T e ensued. The closing was net von at 7T4tg7.rftc ! Corn was rather heavy and trade con fincdistiletly to small calping trail" letlon urtll wheat began to shov so much we-ak ncFfl. It onened unchanged at 21r c. ol ns low as 23c and close 1 at 21t c. Expoi . slnco Thur = day amounted to ! I7J,00) bus > iel > Another low prlcireeotd vv.is also estab llsbcd foi oats The opening was steady and a slight advance ensued Under som scattered liuvlng when i.vhcat broke , how ever , oats did likewise and the botton price way bid at HIP finish May opened ii shade hltrher at 17fri7'-4c. ( sold to K'frfJnVJc then declined to lOVfTllVSc , where It closed Huslness vvns more active than usual 01 S iturdav. Provisions 'were ' strong nil dny. The gov eminent report on hogs In tie country showing 52 ; > er cent fewer than nt th corresponding time n year ago and mucl under the number for mn-iy years causei the firmness nt the opening nnd the ad vnnce which followed The extreme weak nc-5s of gi.iln causeel EOIUP reaction , but r good advance was nc\e nucleus score el A the close May pork was 12V c higher a $7 SO Mav lard about lOc higher at S3 ST'i-f 310 nnd May ribs about lOc higher at $40 < ffl02i { Estimated receipts Monday : Wheat. 20 is : corn SCO cars ; onts , ri"j cars ; hogs 37 000 head. The lending futures ranged as follows : Article iTf Open | iTlgli I Low I ClQHe \V bent - Tub 1 7454 71 ! > S 72U May. 7.1U 72UH Jill ) OHM Corn Feb . . 215 Mill. . . . . Julj. . . U4H -'I'll Hi Sept . . JO'S 5.-BM 20H 20 O itB- Keb . . IBM 14JS UU I'S " ' 17H [ -M < 4'1 llltt 17 Jul } . . . IS 18 V.iv. . . . 7 7fi 7 8715 7 7fi 7 fill July. . . 7 as 8 00 7 85 7 03 fcO L-mt- Jtnj . . . 3 82 . DO .1 S2S 3 ! l ( ) 3 80 JtilS- . . 3 01) ) a uix J UO 3 U7K 8 87" " Sh t Ribs Mny. . . : i rn 4 tn 3 03 4 024 July. . 1 (15 ( 4 liH 4 05 1 10 1 1(1 ' No 2 Cash quotations \\ero as tnllovvs : IM.OU11 Hi J : wlnUr patents , tl 3j4 CO Gtralhlitn , $4 10J4 SO , spring Fpecl ils , J4 " 0 , nirln ; patcntB , J4 OOW4 JO , sprint ; ttralhhts , 13 IOS3 70 bakers 53 CCKff3 40 WHEAT No 2 hprlnv. 72' < { f72'j4C , No. 3 prlii- 7)c. No 2 led , S24T ( < k3siC COHN No. 2 21\c , No 2 jollovv , 21 c OATS No 2 , 1V > 4C ; No 2 white , l iSJSI No 3 white , f. c. b. , IC lO c. HYU No 2 , 33c IIAHLHY No 2 , nominal ; No 3 , f o 2liT3)c. No. 4 , f o b , 21Sr2fc ° ' ' TlMOniY Sin ) Prime. } 2'co SUnAItS Cut lonf , f , H , ( .rnnulnted J4 rl The follovvlne were the receipts and shipments today : Articles 10 OIKI 1 11,001 207,001 .13 i 01)1 ) 1 out ; 2 t OUO OntlioProJuoo etclmu'o toil iv t n b utor uiu- Itet vvim ( inn cioiiuery. 1i"ji.ivic. ( il ilrv , 03 17e EjrpB llnu : freHb lUc Clue HO Bte.ulj , OHO10)4c. ) DreHKid poultry , llrm , turkey H , llu lUe , clilcltciiB , ( ji7e ! , iluekH lOSllc. OMAHA filJ.VnitAI , MA1IICR7. Condition of Trade mid ( tuotatioiin on b < iililt > mid KJIIICJ I'roilncc. nOOS Presh Rathcrcd , 1IH5J12C IlUTTHIt Common to fair , OfflOc ; choice to fmcy ell , 130Hc ; pcparator creamery , 20o , gath- eied creamery , USlCc , OASIIJ Ulue winded teal ducks , tl 75 ; green \\llif , II CO , redheads and mallaids , J373 ; tinull rabbits , 40juOc , Jaclvs , tl OOS1.21 , priulirels , WJ 70e , Canada ircete. law , 1000Q7UO. uniall , (4 Out ; $ 560Clinnsu Clinnsu Oomcstlo bricks , lO'sc ; Kdam , per { doz , | 1 , club house , 1-lb jirs , per doz , $3 15 , I.lmberter , f.u cy , per Ib , OVic , Ilotiucfort , V4-lb Jars , per doz , J3 CO , Youns Americas , 104C , tuln , func ) , 10'ic ViAICliolce fat , SO to 120 Ibs , arc quoted or 70714c , birKO und coarse , 4i(5c. nitissin I'orr.TitY ciiici.ens. fiTCVic : tur- Ucys lOfflle , Kcere , 1fSc , ducks , Sfiie I.IV12 rOtJI/iriV Ilenn. Cc , cocks , 3 f4c , PIG HOMS Live , 75fl 0e ; dead pigeons , not wanted HAY Upland , J4 TO ; midland , ? 4 ; lowland J3CO , rjo Etratt J3 SO , color makes the pilce on Iny , IlKlit bales tell the best , only top grades hrlnic top priced IWOOM TOItN n trcmcly slow Falo ; new crop , delivered on track In courtly ; chidcn cre-en Bclf-worKlne carpet per Ib 20240" choice erecn ninnlns to hurl , 2f2ii" rnmmor , IV4c. BWBKT l > OTA10is-On orders per bbl. , tl 75. ONIONS ( loud Block , jier bu , fl. LIMA JliANS-I'cr Ib 4c. IlIIANb Hanil plckeil navy , per bu . ! t 2:31 M " CAIlllAOi : rancy stock , pit 100 Ibs . t CIJMirtY Per doz 25e ; fancy , large , 45c. I'OTATOns-Good native doclt , per bu , 30c , ruuns MAI.AOA ailAl'lIS 1't.r kec , 17. CUANHUItmUd Cape Cod , per bbl , 1C COJf 650 Al'PI.rS-rancy , New York , Jl C081 W extra fancy , larnc Jl 75 CAUrOHNIA I'UAUS-I'cr bax. J2 Titoi'icAL rnuirs , OHANOKS Mcilcun , M 11W CO , California navilu IMs to 'OOs , JJ75 , large Uzen , U2JWJIO. ) < lrJl'6Nb ! ! Mei' ln " H 00J3 BO , choice Califor nia , J275. fours N75 3UC . llANANAh-Cbolce , larfco etork , per bunch , 11 00fl2 25. incillumlii"l luinrhes tl &OU2 W Miscnu.Nnous. . J10Ni\-Cnoice.l3014c. ClDUll-CluiIlled juice , j'cr balf bbl , 1210 , per bbl , J < OOi/4 2r > MAl'WJ 8YIHJP I'lve nal cans , each. J2 fOW 75 , bul cans per Jot2. ! . half-Ral cunn , (6 .5 eiuuit cunt. )3 ) tX > ' NIJ'JS Almonds. California , per Ib , larxe size , lie llrazlls , per Ib lOc , Kni lib v\al- nuls , iur Hi , fancy , loft i-lRll 12Ql.-.c , rtmid- ' iinlH. IKJII'/jC , lllbertB , per Ib . lOu , pecans , pol- luliiri lari'i' . 9flOp , tumbn IIOne Uiifeu likk. ory nulB , tl 23 per bu , tinull , tl r < 0 , lucoiumU. li eurh riOS Imported fancy C crovMi , 30-lb boxc 15c choice 10-Mi boxes , 3 cro\ui He. IIIDCS , TALLOW KTC IIIUIIS No 1 tre.en biles , 5V.c , No 2 cre-tn lilJcu , 4VvC , No 1 mi-til eulleO lildcn "a , No 2 luen tailed bldts Cc , No 1 vtul calf , 8 lu 12 lb < , , 7c , No , 2 veal calf , 8 ( I 1 ! lb < c , No 1 dry Hint lildCB. liQlOc , No 2 dry Hint 111 lea til He No 1 dii fullt I lildeb HiSc , lurt eurcd bliliHO per Ib Ion tbun fully cured HIIKI1 ! I'lM.TS-Oreen tulttd each. Zar * . prim tailed , theulrKii short w eel early k n ) , fiich , lie , dry Ebeullres ( short v\oolril early rklnt ) , No , 1 , each , It , uty Hint Kantuu win ] Nebrutku tutelar wool pillr , per Ib actual wtluht , 4jf.c ; dry Hint Kativjs anil NcbrHtku Murriila uuul pelts , per Ib , iirluul ntlt'hl , 1'tHc , dry Hint Colorado butcher wool pelts , pe-r Ib , actual weight , 4U5c , dry Hint Colorado llurraln wool InlU. pil Ib. uUuul Hulfht. Zl4e ; fret rut ufr , as II Is urelirs to pu > irclght on them. TAI.I.OVV' AND OlU.'Abi : Tollo , No. 1. 3o ; tallow , No 2 , 2'ic ; grtiisu white A. 3o , greanc , white II , 2c. grrare , iillow , 2c ; grease , dark , Hioi old butter. ftJZlic , tccswax , prime , rouiU tallow , Ic , OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET Saturday's Usunl Light Run 8003 Trade Conditions Improved. SATURDAY'S BUSINESS FAIRLY BRISK Cnttlc ArlUo n 1'nlljr S en lj- Priced oil All ( Jrnilci HI > K * Clone nml I'Uc Couls lllnhor. SOUTH OMAHA , I-'cb. 13-Receipts for the tlajs I ml tea tul were : Cattle HORI Sheer. Horses rcfonmry 11 SN ) 3,005 1,011 JVIirunry 12 l.HB 3,709 971 2 : refortmry 11 1,753 4116 2,176 Pefonmry 10 2.S76 4,376 MH rcbrimry 9 3374 4,126 2,4fil 21 rtbrunry S 2,037 1.2S7 3,075 rcbrimry G S03 324r r.19 Tcbrimry 5 2,020 3374 1,091 . robrtmry 4 3.GM 4.780 2.2J7 rcbrimry 3 1,721 B,7r.D l.tw Pobninty 2 2.372 6,307 913 rcbtunry 1 1.3SI 1.S7S 205s 13 Jnmmry 30 7C3 C.OC6 013 . . . The ultlclnl wwiViPi of cnr < of stock brought In totliy by etch loan" AMIS : Cattle. Hogs Sheep Hofcs. C. . M. & St. P. Hy. 2 O. k St. b. lly 1 Mo. I'nu. lly 1 1 . . 1 U. 1 . System fi 11 G . . r , K. M V. H. U. 1G lr C.St. P..M. fc.O. Hy 10 C U & M. U II 2 II . . I' . , H. & Q. lly 2 7 C. , II. 1. & P. Hy. , 13 . . 3 O. , H. I. A : I1. Hy.W 1 Totnl iccc'lpts. . 40 18 C ' 1 The deposition of the Onj's tccclpts vva i tis follows , eneli lm > cr put chasing the numbt-t of liciul Indicated : Huvers Cattle. HoR" ! . Sheep. Omaha Packing Co Wll O. H Hnmmniiil Co. . . . ir.l % 7 Swift nnd Coinp.inv. . . . 2C4 ! > 3S 4.17 Ctulnhy PaeUIng Co. . . 1" > 1 Ml 3il 11 Hcckei ft Uegnn. . . . 16 Van-nut A. Co , . S . . . . 43 Hamilton 11 ShLHock 2jn Cilehilo 1' . To. , S. C. . . . 22 K re bin & Co 79 Other fou.vors G7 Totnl S > 52 45 0 1,015 OAT'l'Li : The Htnij of totla.v a cattle market Is soon tolil The teecipts w < relight light , but ubont the name as n week afo ' 1 lie most of the cnttlo hcic weresultnblo for killers , few fresh stock cattle foeliiK reported In The market on beef ito < rs was fnlily active and Just about sleadv on all grades The ( Icmniul vvns fousK. and the few lo.ids on Hale welt- all taken catly In the do Cows and helfois vvcic also In demand at steady prices , and were all sedd uirlj. Stockcrs and feeders sold at vesterdav's prices , though theie weie haiillj tnoiiKh heic In tlrst linnili to make much of n Ust of the markcL HOC)1 ) ? The hnjiniiKit opened this morning about fk'iidj , tint tinilcr the Inlluuieo of n brlfllt ilcminil It took on mole strength The clo'c was HtinnR to Cc hlKher The tnde w.is active and the pens \\cic cloned nt nn carls hour Hiiweights broiiKht JIMJjIS-i the tame its > t terdav I.liJit niul medium weights col. ] nt f3 2jj3 | 42H the toi bclnic ' hlshu than tlie best price jestcrdaj SHUni * The rrihrKet on fhccp v.ns nrm with thu receipts filr foi the ipfct of the wt < .h oiiirvoo i.ivi : VIOPK M\HKIT. : HeiK * Vrt- Strong with tin \oftHi * ! ) < - inn nil Other MinUctM No in Inn I. CHICAGO IVb 13 T icre wns the u.iu il > -it uida > miiket for cattle receipts being onlv 0 head , nnd iilctx in eon erpiuici beluj , lnjjih romlnal Quotations wire lirm with n totd demand foi kood feeding cittle and the feu eifrtr ings v\ue mi III ! ell'poid of at jestud.ij' Tnere was an active demand for hugs an lirlces luleil tiomei lo "c higher ptr 1UO Ib balra we > ie made of common heavj to prim light weights nt fre.ni } 3 . ' 0 to J3 57"Th bulk of fit silcs eie it finm $ ) 40 to M ' 0 T.ie fe yhetp rtctlvid toda > weie dlFposi of readily at llrm and unchanged ICPK | C'ljm nion to prlmu Hocks uere salable all the \\a fiom $ J 75 up to } 4 J5 , westerns fetcblnpfioi $325 to { 4 , jeirllngs broucbt from tl to 54 40 am lambs "Old foi fiom t3 75 to K Itccelpts : Cattle , 300 head , hos , 10 CM be id bhcep , l.COO head. Cl < > I.I p KANSAS CITV , I'eb 11 CATlLi : llfcelpt land , shlpmentH , 100 lu'ul , mirket un iKtd , onlv retail trade , Texis tttr" , $3 rO < i 425 , Texas co\vs , 52 Irifl3 10 native stctm , t3 M { 4' ) , native cows and hellcis tl 50ff3 ( to , ttocKcr nnd feeders , J2 75ffl4 21 , bulls tJifJ CO HOG" * Receipts. 6 COO hi ad shipment" , 1 j head , niarlce.t steadv to tronu Inillc of salt1 ? $335340 , heavlm , t3 2 < HTf3 1 14 p ickci < t3 M 337" . inKed , 13 21f3 | tJ'4. ' lUhlt , t315'efS SO Yorkers Jl 2.5T3 V. , plt , " < ( J lOfft 24 S'Jnill * lUctlpti 3 COO head , shlpnitnts 50 head , nmrkct strorg , lambs t300ii4CTi , muttons S2 004(3 SO S < . I.oiitN I.lic MiM-U. ST. I.OI IS , l'ib 13 C-ATTI.i ; Hctelpts. TOO head , marKet bttidj , native fchlpplni ; t Jl DOffj 00 , stnclters and feeders ? J 10ff3 70. tteeiH t2 f' T4 10 , cous and mixed tl 50m t 10 , Texus and Indian steers , t300fniO , co\\t. tl 7Sff 'SI 'SIIIOOS rteeeliJts. 2000 bead , miil.et ' { HO . blshor llnht , J45i3 ! 51 , mixed S3203'0 | heuvj t3 10JT3 ' .5 3lltir : Herelpts 300 bead nnrl.it eteadj muttons , tlOOii I 40 , lamb * $ n 75CJ40 Stork In Mih ( . Hocord of rnri-lpts of ll\e ctoil. nt the fuur iirlnclp il maiKits for J'cbruari 13. ( "at ! IP HOKS Shppp OinnliT. vJ. . 0 l.'O'i 1011 . . . . 300 18000 1 ' 10 Kanms Clt > 300 C CO 3 CCO bt. Ixiuls COO 2,000 pro Totals 2 OSO 31,403 5 kll M3W YOHIC GHMJItAI. . < if tin.- Day nn General NIVV YORK Teh n ri.OUll-rterelpts 3J- 700 bbH , ixpoits 18f2l bbl Quiet nnd only barely steady , clt > , winter plteiiU , 14 fOl C5 r Minnesota patents , tl3 > { ( H5 , Mlnne-fota. Inkers , J 7003 90 winter lo Kradis. % 1 rfij ) 10 Kouth- crn Hour , Hc.-nlj lt > e Hour , slow , t-upoillne. :25 i275 , fancy , J2 ( Oi)3 00 HiiiKulicnt Hour , Irm , II 21 ltIC'v\\HiAT-Qulrt ) nt 34c . -Quiet , > ellow A.PFlprn , CSc. ItYi : I'asy No \VPftein. . \IIM3V Weuk , fdillnir , HAllLIJV MAI.r Dull WHI3AT Kcceljjt * . 42 5'0 bu , expoits , 1'3 127 in hpot wen Ik No 1 hard , New nrli iSe ) pttons opfiieil firm on HroiiK irnutbut stern mir- kulH nnd bid imp upoilx , but Inlcr tumid weak nnd dicllmd fhaipl > iindii ll'iiildntluii , nb tenco of riifh builmts and unall weekl > IA iort , neur monthu l l the dtellne elisln l'tr ' < , ntr with furthisl tlctliiK s ff'ji. lown. No 2 id , niirnai > . closed at tl'tc , ribruni } M\t ? S034i. ilotcd H14c rOHN ItccilptB , 121 (2J bu , expoits I'O . ' 0 Ml hpot iUl.l ] No 2 2 .1 Uptlonu nncnril Hum ) | nit Inter iult-1 n fluido tacit r with uhuil , n clorcd unchnnced , IVIirunij cloned ati" e ; Mu > , n 'i'c ' , clon-d at 2D'ii ' x OATK HttelptH , ' 11200 bu , ixpoits. HO Sid bu bjiot dull , No 2 2l'/ic Optic M * , dull nnd liiuly iv bleadj , tlctln ; ; uiKhnntid rebiuaiy , 21 ' , , < _ , Ma ) "H.c ti IIAV ( Julit. HhlriplHK , COS55C , kooil to cliolii , tv C7Jj7."ic. LV HOI'rt Dull , etatc , common to choice , lfc'5 [ crop , < 07c IIIDi : ' ririn , Tcxns. ilry , iOOISc , OnhPtton , , 3e , California IO'/iC i I.I3A'llliil I'lrin , hemlock nili > , lltifiios Ayres t iKht to htiity w.lshtu , Iti'ifilO'ic. ' i I'llOVISIONHllpcf linn , fainllj , Kef hams , J1S , pjckot J8(0 | SO Cut i Inn , pickled lidlleB. | 450fiH2'i ' , pl-liltd fhoiil- i Irrn , IS pltl.leil bami ISJi lard , Him , ues' . . in fctcnm 14. iilliietl , ttf id > I'urk steady , ld inctH 5i > 25i'i 50 , nion ik.ir , $ S r > 0 ! > j 10 ( Kl Tale o , dull , cltj S',1 ' , cruntrj 3ie IIUTl'lJIt llietlntK. 1fu pkrs , itind } , wti-t- rn criuinerj 12ii2l'.i. ' lilirlnn , Jl'iu. factcry , $ ] 14t < 1HKl'l3 ! : lli lpt . 1 t-tK pUga , irnUt , tt-ile arge , ' .I'ul-.o ' , unull , 'JijlJ't , pirt vklniH , ti ( i'A.c ' , full hklnm 38J e KjOS IlitplptK 5 113 pktie , llrm , Halp and . emitjhiuiln ICVjjc , upJIern , i'ulSc , ruiilhtni CiSllS'ii ' OII.H rtlroliiiin , fliady I'nlltd clcucd , fSlio , , 'inn ) lvnnli crude rlendy Marcli , ! > J'i , bid it tohln flialned , tonimcn to K KlOt \ IlICi-rirni fair to extra , 3TiWS't , Japan 4j4c if JAMES E. BOYD & CO ' Telephone IOU ! ) . Oin.ili i , V.-j , COMMISSION : PIOYISIW > : AD : SMJCi , llo.ird of 'J rude Direct vvlrcs to eiilcaio and M-u1 Yoik Corrttpondiiiis John A Uiurtn & . Co DMllIA CHAIN ANDlfOCK EXCIIA\Ofi Board of Ti'ado , o You can Lu > or till un > lhinj uiaii in en Hit arlous t-ithanki a of the country through tin Itifertinco. I'lrsl Nat , , U H Not. ( ommer- r lul Nat bahku Oinuhu , Union Nat , bank , vur.tas City , tillA.NT W. ICI2.\M21 , Telephone 1C45. Vnllco of SKtlntc f HIP ( | | ) nn n llnnril eif To the owners of lots , parts of tots nml real cstntp nhuttln * . ' on or ndjncent to the streets , nllo > s or avenues herein imineel or Minuted In vvholp or In part within nny of the districts hen In specified Von nnd pnch of joti nre hereby notified thnt the cy count II of the oltv of Omnhu. will sit ni n lioTtl of Kqttnllritlon. com- inlttce room "A , "In the city hnll , Omnhn , Nebraska , on Krltliiv the 10th elny of Peb- runrv , 1 J , . from ! > n m lo B o'clock p. iii , for the purpose of rotnlderlnR nml equnllr- HiK the proposed Ipvy of sppplnl taxes nml assessments , ns shown by " 1'ro. posed Hans of Assessment" now on Illo In the olllro of the rlly clerk nml corrept- liiK any errors thcipln , and of hcarlnc nil complaints that the owners of property so to lie assessed nml tnxeel mny make ; < ild speclnl tnvs and n ise9meit.s ! pro posed to fop Ipvlpel foplne necessary to eovor the cost of the several Imptovomcnts duly atilhorlrcd to bo made and now com pleted , nt follows : To cover the post of ln > liiK permanent slelevvalKs amounting to the sum of * 22120 | . which Rtini It Is proposed fov n repent dulv adopted fov the elty i-ounpll to assess to the real estnle aloiiR which walk Is laid , ni follows : On lot 2 , folk fi7 city S 124 02 vv 22 ft lot 3. blk f > 7. pity 40 os lot 5 blk 5S. pity 141 07 lot 7 , blk SS. illy 12' ) is lot 2 , blk 7S , Pity 127 IS o 41 ft lot 3 , folk 71 city M M lot 4 , folk 7. . . city ITO 27 lot I , folk 7fi. rliv 141 TO lot 2 , folk 7t , , pity IB < n lot T folk "il. pit } 121 VI lot 2 blk ! > 2. cltv Hi St lot < i. blk ! I2. Pity 107 10 lot 2 , blk m. ellv ! < 7 2' ) lot 3 , folk 03 , rity iniai VV SS ft lot 7 , blk JH , plly 14VI ( vv ' 6 lot 5 , blk 101 , city 4G > ; J7 Total J2.212 01 To cover thp post of constniPtliiK sewer In Sewer District No. 21B , which sum It Is propospil by a uport dul > adopted by Hie ellv count II lo nsspss on the rc-il cstnto In Halt ) district as follows- On lot 4. folk 4. Hrmls Pnik aeld $ M 03 vv .Wi ft lot 10 , folk 10 , Itemla Talk mid is | | lot 11 , folk 10. Homls Park add 4fi 70 luS ft , lot 12 , blk 10 , Hemls I'.uk add 7J 77 lot "i , sub dlv A. Uescr- voll add 2.1 S3 lot .1(1 . ( , Mill dlv folk A , HPJOI- volr add 2S 72 Total f247fll Uato pet foot of fionttiKP , $ l4ui'H ne- coidlmj to llrtiial scaHni ? biipk pioctss Po covet the con oc wldenliiK Twenty- ninth stieet at Vntes Mtieit , nnioiintliiK to the Hum of ? W41 , vvhleh sum It Is pin- , . _ -d foj a ippmt dulj adopted bj the elty poumll to n-.st ' to the real estate on each side of Twentv-nlnth ntteet. ftom ( Slant stuot lo I'arKeM street as follows On lot f , Yites AItp , d's sub. . $ 10 00 On lot 7 Yntos .S. Itped'a iu . . . . llu ) On lot S , Yatps , v. Hppd's MUD . . . . 21 K ) On lot fi. Aliens sub fii ) 01) ) On lol 10 Allen's Mib 7 fil On lot 1 , Van Camp , V > iddy's sub. . . . vo 00 on lot s Llmlsav's sub 2100 Bptwtcn HurdettK nml l > aili > i stleets at JOIIiMS pet loot frontline viz : w ii lots 11 , 12. U and 14 , Allen's sub , Jill eich 23 Cl w H loin : .s and Ji , ralrmount place , $2 SI eae h . . . . r ' .S lot 1 'V.ates & Heed's Hill ) ( ,21 , lot 2 , Vales Hoed's sub ft CS lot , ! , Yates .v. Heed's sub f > OS lot 4 , Yates .v. Heeds sul fi ( .0 lot fi Yules .t Httd's unit 5 f ] p .12 ft , folk N , Shlun's 2d add. . 30 CS lols fi and 7 folk O SU Icl.l mil's sub eich , $14 IS . 2.S OS llelwetn Hunlotte and C'.i int Bluets7 \ : Lots 2S to .u , | nc , Tali mount place- . each $1 U . s r.2 lot 11 , Palimount place 2 J lot 3S , rairnmunt place 1 41 lots ufl and 37 Pali mount pi ice , c.ieh fl L' . . . . L' s | He'tvvcen I'aikei and Drcatni strtetsl ? ; Lots G and 7 , block 1' , C impbell's -uli each $72 ; 14 M Lots 1 and S block Q , Hblnn's sub each. $7.1 . II 50 Met vv nn liuidttte and Giant streets , viz . Lot l , I'tlham place . 3(3 ( Lots 2 , . ! , t ami 5 , I'elh nn plat p , each , $ _ ' SI 11 1(5 ( Total amount . . . 'JW II 1 ho above according to usual staling Ii i Ic proe ess To eovei the eost of pvtemlltiff Chle IL.O street from Hillside HCSPIVP to IMrd stieet , amount'iiK ' to the sum of $1 S7S 00 which M.m it Is pioposed by a tepott duly adopted by the city eoumil to as-c s on the real estate espeelillv bpiulltetl as fo'.lovvst. ao cotilliiK to iisuil stalliiK biek process On lot 1" . Hillside Hescivc , 2S co On lot 1IJ. niraiio ncbciv.- . . . V0 00 On lot 17 Hillside Itesiivo 73 0) On lot IS. Hillside Ileseive . 70 00 On lot 1 ! ) Hillside Hesiive- fil 00 On lot 20. HIINIde Hesfive- M ) 00 On lot 21. Hillside Ileseive. rn 10 On lot I1. , Illl ! | IP Iti-erve . r.o ( H ) On lot : * , HIllKldo lU'veive 4ri 01 On lot L'l Ulllsldf Heservp 40 00 On lot 1III1 Ide Heservp IT , 00 on lot i ! Hillside ) Iteserve 1(1 ( 01) ) On lot 27. Hillside Ileneive 2j 00 On lot 2S Hlllsltlp lieseivr 20 01 On lot 7 folk I Hll'slde No 1 183 CO n ' 4 folk 1. Hllls'de ' No 1 , ( so of Chl- ciiK" slieet ) , 401 50 n " . W ) ft stilp feet folks 1 nml 4. HflMdo No 1 63 SO n i U ft strip bet Hillside No 1 and Hawthornei . . . 20 10 n 40 fl lot S. b'k I , Hiwthorne 2.11 20 Lot 10 , blk 1 , Hawthorne ) 2s'J 00 Total S1.S7S COTe To eovei the one-half eo I of Rrtdl s allev north of UodRp strut , from ,18th ave. to : ,0th st. In foloek l , fu-HPcnl piik , .uiionntliiK to the hum of t 11 2i wvl h stun It Is proposed by o upon duly idopted by the i Ity council to iss ° ss on the leal pstato on both s'des ' of H llu illi.\ pro i ita per foot fi outage , and usu il sialliiR bade puoec's , at the rate of } 0 IslOs per foot , an lollovvh On s CO ft of lots 4 and 21 , folk J , Cres cent pirk each $1 1S . . $ .1 78 On lots .I ami M fo'k I , Crefccent park , each Jl 7 < ! . ' 62 On lots fi ami in , folk J , Crescent p irk , each $1 17 s 71 _ J On lots 7 and IS , blk .1 , Cresetnt park eacli $ ( i Mi On lots S mil 17 , folk 3 , Citaiint park , eich $11 27 22 rt On lots 'i , 10 , 11. U , folk ! , riccent piik , e > ach $7 TiO . . . . iO CO On lots H 14 , 11 Hi , folk ! Cn scent pirk , each JT.I'J 29 OU Total . . . fill. 2.1 To cover fie cost of unpild warrintH outstamllmr , for the ope nlni ; of ISIh stieet fiom north line of Hartinan'H Hehervo tej feiitei slice t amounting with IntrrrHt to January 1 , 1S97 , to the suin of $1 7C9 01 , whlth Hum It Is proposed by a upoit duly ndo.Hed by the e Itj council , to asstws 10 the ical estate on inch Hide ! of lUth mrcet fiom U I1 Hy il ht of way lo C' liter rtrcet , that has not pild the mlillin < li vy for this purpoMC as per Hieelil ordlninco No IT. ' ! ! . I'Mcptlnp the lallvv ij light of vvnv. usual i-callns back pioeess 'I lie i.iic pel foot Is as folovs Alonir tnnt pirt ot s'reet vtidened 14 < .7 f"Pt at f(4.7 ( per fool . $ TM CO Alou - lhat lint of Htupt not ' widened , 700 feet fit < 1 7113 pur foot. 1,199 43 Total Jl'O'l H The real istalo lo ho amcshcil as fol- lot 12 , Hartinan'H add J r.IS ) , lot 12 , Hartman'H adil 117 4 < ij lot II Hattman'K add - ' . ' i'J J lot U , llartman'H add , ( ixcept rltiht of w.iv ) 07 17 " lot 2G , Haitman'H add , ( except ibht of vvajj . . . . , 12S 11 21 ft lot M > JlaitnrinV a In 42 4 'j ' lot .17. Iliu tin III'H add 12s u ) > lot 42 , Haitman's add US 51 ot"4i ( , Haitman'H aebl , ( exitpt right of wa 171 : n > d lot 47 llartinnn's ad i 12b f > l i-y A " lot hi , II lit in.in M add , . , , , til 2" > ' , -5 w " lo' ' . . ' , llailman's add tl 25 21 ft vv 14 lot 51 , llarun.III'H add . . . 12 M 40 ft w > / . lot 70 , Hartmaii's add. . 117 OS 22 ft lot ? l , Heauvoli I'lacu . . . . 117 ! .ol 21 , lieauvolr I'laro 740 Pax lot 4j , sec 27-11-1J 14970 Total Jl.iOUO- Tlm "usual xfalniB b.uk proie'in" to vhleh ipfetreiuo Is m.iilo In this nollcc , H fo'Iovvs- Oiip-thlid of Hii.h pro rata cost u.ion llio jlie-flxlh part of Iho whole ) amount of .round to bu annexm-d Unit abuiiliu ; upun ho street line aloiiK wild Improve me nlH One-fifth of hiich pro intit nut iiiion llio eond oiiD-tdxti pint of the whole ) amount h.tld fciound iie-xt adjannl Om-Hlxtli of hueh pro i it i t ps upon the bin ! one flxth pait of llm i.holeamount rilU Kround iKxt adjKi'iii And ihree-tcnthr of mid nio rnlii pofjt ipon tfop adjieint or iciiiiilnliiK enc < -half 'YOU furthir notllbd thnt said "I'jo- loii d I'lans of AKfi'MMiiunt" aio now sub- tct lo thei IrispcctlDii and ex imlmiilon of ny of the- owners of s.il I lols , p rs of utH 01 pUeef o ! real catatt ot the ) Innpec- lon 01 ixainlnailon cf ri > oth'r ; in-.oi\ nlirii'teel In said propoiml asms mi nn , at ho olllte of said city c'ctk ' aril that by rrpoit of a committee ) of Kald eniiitil inly adopted. It Is jroposed ml unlcm or food ami miillcli nt t inst It may bn ilhtrvvlKC oreleicel arid dtli rmlncil , thai thu est of mid ImprovcmcnlH uapntlvelj bo council on the seveial lolH , parlH of lol nil pUccH of real i > Hlnti > a.s shown by nald iroposed plans of aBbi woie nt Vou and < Mih of jou , are beri-by notified appear before ) said Hoard of hiUalui | > Ion at the time- and . lac about Bpeil- lul to rnako any complaint , btati mint abjection you desire concerning "ny of aid propoitcel levle-s ami IIHX ( cmmntH of peelal taxes IIUKCIILI . . . City Omabu. Neb. , 1'eforuury 11. Ib'JT.