THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SIGN DAY , OCTOBER 10 , ISUfl.
HflNEH PRESSURE STILL ON
Wall Street Suffers Another Week's Em
barrassment from Ita Effects.
NO SIGN OF IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE RELIEF
nt Tn-nnnry In I'nr Out the
AVlmlc Interest of I'liltllc Debt
UD to July 1 Will Ilclii
Out Temporarily.
NEW YORK , Oct. 15. ( Speelal.-Henry )
Clews , head of the banking nrm of Henry
Glows & Co. , write * as follows :
Wall street 1ms Buffered nnolher week's
embarrassment from the effects of money
| > rcssuro. Not that the stringency has In
creased In severity , but that , there Is ns
yet no nultcrlnt alleviation , nor any slcn
of Immcdluto oftoctlvo relief. It IH true
that about $2,7,10,000 , of sold has como to
the banks from abroad and the 1'nclllc
coaBt and Unit the settlements of the sub-
treasury nt the clearing liouya have been
more than UMinll ! ' fnvornblo to tbo banks ,
but the shipments ot currency to the In
terior have In'cn disappointingly large and
the foreign exchunBOH suggest no hope of
early Importations of st > ccie. The lialnnco
of the money movements of the week can
not bo closely estimated nt the hour of
wrltlnir. but It does not seem Improbable
that next week may open with n. some
what Improved condition ot the banking
reserves. Still , the situation of the money
market la less favorable than It has been
liopod to be at the mlddlo ot October.
The con\lnfr week , however , may be ex
pected to bring some relief. The offer ot
the treasury to pay out the whole Interest
on the public debt up to July I next placoa
nn Important resource of Bold within
rcneh. The amounts of interest payable
each ot the eight months under the offer
nro as follows :
November , IfiiU
E per cents of 1004 . $1,250,000
1 per cents of 11)23 ) . 1,623,154
3 per cents of 1TOS . 1,190.090
- $1,363,211
December. 1SD9
2 per cents . 120,520
" "
"per cents of 1907 . 5,590,520
February
5 per cents of 1MI . 1,150.000
4 per cents of 1923 . 1.G2.1.151
y per cents of IMS . . 1.499.090
Slarch
2 per cents . 126,520
4 per cents of 1907 . D,596K5
Mav
4 'per cents of 192S . 1,023.151
3 per cnnts of 190S . 1 , 190,090
5 per cents of 1901 . . 1,250,000 . „ . , . .
cents . 126.S20
Jill 1-
4 per cents of 1907 . 5.5M.D2C
Total Interest , Novcm-
ber to July 1 . J30.259.7.0
, Ifullef to Local Ilnnkn ,
The Interest duo on November li
nmountliiK to $4,363,211. payment of which
begins with Monday , the 16th hint. , maybe
bo expected to be collected promptly , and
as u largu proportion of the disbursements
will llnd their way to this center an uu-
preclablu relief to the local banks will re
sult , which may bo expected to appear
In next week's statement. During the suc
ceeding elovcu weeks bondholders will have
the option of collecting Interest la utl-
vance maturing up to July 1 , 1900 , but 1
seems doubtful whether that privilege will
bo availed of to any large extent. On the
interest duo during the Ilrst half ot 1500
the treasury Imposes a rebate for advance
jmyment of one-fifth of 1 per cent per
month , which on the July item would
amount to l.CO per cent of the Interest.
It is nn open question how far the treas
ury's offer may be accepted In respect
to the interest maturing on January 1
next , amounting to $ r .Gx,52G. : ; The rebate
upon It would bo three-tlftliH of 1 per Cent ,
if the demand were made before Novem
ber 1 , and the willingness of bondholders
to pay such a rebate would depend iirln-
cl'ially upon the condition of the money
market. It does not seem likely that much
of the January interest would be collected
unless the market rate for money should
continue persistently high for some time
to come , and that does not appear very
probable.
It would bo entirely exceptional to ex
perience" If a considerable proportion of
the money sent to the interior did not
find ItH way back to New York In the sec
ond'half of. November and during the In
terval before that the loan market would
bo growing gradually easier from receipts
of currency. It therefore Bcems qulto pos-
Blblo that , In respect to the January ln-
torcst , bondholders may prefer waiting for
its receipt In duo course to paying a con
siderable rebate for getting it earlier ; the
more so as the Immediate disbursement
of the November interest can hardly fall
to afford n quite appreciable relief. If ,
however , .the money market should re
main unexpectedly stringent the $5,500,000
of January Interest Is within reach at the
rleasnro of the bondholders and lenders
may be found willing to ray the rebate in
order to bo able to use the money at high
rates. This Is an Important stay against
further apprehension.
AVnr DofN Not Affect FliiniiccN.
At the time of writing , war between
England and the Boer republics has become
' foolhardy ut-
a certainty through Kruger's
ilitmtiim. Tlin notable fact that the event
.
'has ' boon attended with little or no aggra
vation of the financial situation In London
shows that the worst outcome of tlio war
like contingencies had been discounted In
advance. In fact , the ending of the sus-
pcnso seems to have brought relief rather
than aggravation. This war contingency
has .been a clo-ud overhanging the situation
both In Kurope and this country for quite
a long period , and BO far as wo are concerned -
corned It may be considered as having been
fairly discounted. The way in which we
would be moat affected would bo by the
stoppage of gold remittances from the
Transvaal to Ixindon , which last year
amounted to $62.000.000. If ICnglnnd does not
get these remittances to strengthen her
gold supply. It wilt make It almost Impos-
Blblo for thin country to draw much , It any ,
gold from Europe meanwhile , as It will be
resisted by the Hank of England and con
tinental bunks ; consequently , we are liable
to get In payment for any commercial trade-
balance duo us a return at securities In-
The population of the Dutch republic
numbers SOO.OOO people , of which only 300-
000 are whites , Including 225.000 Oullandcrs
or foreigners ; which -makes President
Kruger'B ultimatum to Great Britain a very
1 > old stop to take , and apparently a very
weak one , considering the. greater power in
money , men and weapons that his meager
army will have to contend with. The
outcome , providing It 19 conllncd to n war
bctwec-n the Dutch republic and Great
Britain , Is easy to foresee. It can but re
sult In a crushing defeat to President
Kruger and his seven associates , who are
really the government of his little nation.
In the event of any Kuropean nations be
coming Involved , which some , anticipate but
is not very likely. It of course becomes
u different mutter.
liiti > rffr ii < ! Would Help America.
Should France , Germany and llussla become -
como Involved by any possibility , the effect
will bo not to put < ! own American oecurl-
tit * , but to make them so sought for by
foreign Inventors a to advance them In
stead , for the reason that this country Is
BO far removed from the contest and less
likely to be Involved than any other , there-
.by making Investments In this country
safer than any other while the war lasts.
The war can hardly bo a very protracted
affair , and for that reason It Is not prob
able that the Interruption of the African
gold supply will precipitate any really acute
tlnanclal results. And , In any event , we
are haying a largo current Increase In our
homo output , while the current Klondike
Mipply Is variously estimated at from
120,000.000 to f30.000.000 per annum. Were
the African output suspended for six
mont'hH the world's supply would still about
pquul Hint of two or three years ago. So
fur as till * country Is concerned , the tttock
of cold far exceeds all precedent , and we
could well afford to take securities In
stead of cash In settlement of any creditor
balance In our foreign trade. There Is
every probability of such a balance accru
ing through the next few months ; anil
that factor will protect us from attempts
to compensate European dcliclenclea from
our resources of the metal.
Taking the Stock exchange situation as
n whole , whilst the market still remains
drooping nnd dull , yet it only awaits the
removal of the- money stringency for start
ing a revival of buying. Money may re
main active for some weeks to como ; but ,
from natural trade causes , the tendency
must toe gradually inward easier conditions.
The underlying tone of the stock market
la en strong that large operators wilt not
bo likely to wait for cheap money ; a settled
prospect will bn a Bulllclent assurance for
beginning buying. Meantime the market
is it good and reasonably safe one for'mod-
crate 'buying ' on the breaks In prices , with
quick ealcs ,
London Jloiicv MurUft.
LONDON. Oct. 15. The stock market has
taken thu outbreak of the war philosoph
ically and the event , which has had n very
little effect on prices , has on the wholn
boon rather welcome , as likely to settle
a. disturbing factor which has lone been
. \\orrylnc the market.
Mining shares have been freely bousht
hero nnd In Paris. The market was very
strong yesterday on rumors of IJrlUsh
victories , the last prices being the beat ,
the rises ranging from t to 1 point.
The other markets displayed n firmer
tendency , owing to public buying , encour
aged by easier money , nnd It Is to be
expected that ns noon ns things seltla
down n , sharp upward move will occur ,
as there Is a lot of money awaiting in
vestment.
American securities were unsettled nnd
had nn almost genera ! setback , but the
close wna above the Now York level. Bal
timore & Ohio rose % point , but South
ern I'nclllo fell 1U points , Chesapeake &
Ohio U point , Loulsvlllci & Nashville : s ,
point and most of the others from U to 'i
point.
Money was plentiful nt 2 per cent until
Monday and 3 per cent for a week , whila
three months' bills were firm at 40-16 to
4 % Per cent ,
Korolun l-'lnnnoo.
StADniD , Oct. 15. The Hank of Spain's
report for the week ended yesterday shows
the following changes : Gold in hand , in-
crtrtso 1.8S5.000 pesetas ; silver In hand , de
crease 1,123,000 pesetas ; notes In circulation.
Increase 3i4.1H > 0 pesetas. Gold was quoted
yesterday at 28.fp2.
llt'KNOS AYKES. Oct. 15.-Uold was
auotcd yesterday at 136.00.
CHICAGO CHAIN AMI PIU > VIS1O\S.
I'cnturcH of ihc Trail I UK nnd Clonlnu
I'rlcon nil Hnttirilny ,
CHICAGO , Oct. 31. Speculation on
'change ' was so excessively stagnant that
tlio oldest trader recalled not the equal.
Prices drooped within narrow limits
throughout the scission , December wheat
and corn closing wliji a los. of IWiUc and
oats Uc. Provisions were slow and closed
a shade lower all around.
wheat opened with u shade of firmness ,
following a slight advance at Liverpool and
smaller northwest receipts , but after a
slight flurry during the Initial trading there
wan not enough business during the entire
session to make the market Interesting ,
I > ear the close the heaviness became so
great that the market threatened to get
below puts , but buying against those privl-
eges caused a fractional upturn during the
am ten minutes. December opened a phadu
higher at 2\in \ ,2 , declined slowly to 72c
and closed with buyers at 72fc72Vc. ; , Chicago
received 160.cars , three of which graded
contract. Minneapolis nnd Duluth got 701
cars , compared with 1.122 the same day last
year. The total at western markets was
1,079.000 bu. . against 1,531,000 bu. last year.
Atlantic export clearances of wheat and
Hour equaled 191,000 bu. Cash demand slow.
Indications of an increase In receipts and
the heavy feeling In wheat weakened corn.
Trade was extremely dull and fluctuations
narrow. Cash Inquiry was good , but ship
ments were prnall , owing to Insulficlent
transportation facilities. Receipts. 631 cars.
December opened a shade lower at 31Vff , < i )
31 , ic. sold sparingly at 31'ic and declined
to 3fi031Hc nt the close.
Oats ruled dull nnd lower In sympathy
wlt'h ' the other grains. Receipts. 2SS cars.
December opened unchanged at 23c and de
clined to 22c ; at the close.
Provlsbnsi ruled slow and barely steady.
Packers sold lard and ribs , but toward the
close the market was at a standstill. Cash
sales ) of meats were fair. January pork
closed 5n Inwnr n $ < l.EU7M.R / U , _ Inrd un
changed at $5.15 and ribs 2V4c lower at
$1.97 % .
Estimated receipt ? for Monday : AVheat.
22"i cars ; corn , 900 cars ; oats , 333 cars ; hogs ,
3l,00i ) head.
Lending futures ranged ns follows :
Articled Open. High Low. Close. V est'y
TVheat
Oct. . . . 2 ? 70M 70) ) <
Dec. . . 72-7lHi ! 72
Mny. . . 7C 7fiX
Cot n
Oct. . . . SIN
Dec. . . 31-S1M 318
May. . . 32 ! <
Oats
DPC. . . . 23 23
May. . . . S4H
Pork-
Dec. . . . BIO Bin H07K 80-m 812l <
Jan . . . 865 OC3 ( I 60 U 62K
Lard-
Doc . . . 6H2H cam S30 032M
Jan . . . 647M 0 U 515
Ribs
Dee . . .
Jan. . . . 000 497W 4 07K 5 ( JO
No. 2.
Cash quotations were ns follows :
FLOUR Steady ; winter patents , J3.G00
3.70 ; straights. $3.30fi3.40 ; clears , $ : ! .20ii3.30 ;
spring specials , $4.20 ; patents , $3.40(83.70 ( :
straights. $2.9083.20 ; bakers , $2.30B2.GO. (
WHEAT-No. 2 spring. 71Si72c ; No. 3
spring , G4rric ( ? : No. 2 red , 7272Wc.
CORN-NO , s. 32&c : NO. 2 yellow , 32 c.
OATS-No. 2 , 23c ; Nd. 2 white , 25'ic ; No. 3
white. 24i < 825c.
RYE-NO 2 , esc.
SEEDS-No. 1 flaxseed , $1.25 : northwest ,
$1.2o. Prime timothy seed , $2.35. Clover ,
choice , $7.75.
PRO VISIONSess pork , per bbl. , $ S.05 ©
8.10. Lard , per 100 Ibs. . $5.35Q-5.37V4. Short
ribs sides ( loose ) , $4.S5fi5.30. Dry Salted
Shoulders ( boxed ) . JG.OOS6.12i4 ; short clear
sides ( boxed ) . $5.60j5.CO.
WHISKY Distillers' llnlshed goods , per
gal. , $1.22.
SUGARS-Cut loaf , $5.70 ; granulated , $3.18.
Following are the receipts and shipments
for today :
_ Artlcles. _ Receipts. Shlpm'ts.
Flour , bbls 13,000 12,000
Wheat , bu 152,000 11,000
Corn , bu ES.O.UOO . 817,000
Oats , bu 359,000 335,000
Bye , bu. 11,000 1,000
Barley , bu 114,000 82,000
On the Produce exchange today the but
ter market was llrm ; creameries. 15fi23c-
dairies , 13& < ffl9c. Eggs , steady : fresh. IGI/-C.
Cheese , strong ; creams , llH } 12Uc. Poultry
ifrm ; spring chickens , 8V i < 9c ; hens , S&SVic :
ducks , 7ic ! ; turkeys. 9&10c.
HuUcr , EKK mul Cliccnc Market.
NEW YORK. Oct. 14.-BUTTER-ne-
celpts , 2.160 pkgs , ; Hteady ; western cream
ery , Hff/IHc ; Juno creamery. 19it22c : fac
tory , 14J16c.
CHEESE-nccclpts , 4,813 pkgs. ; firm ;
largo white , llic ; small white , 12 ! c ; larce
colored. 12c ; small colored , 1214012-14C.
EGGS Receipts , 5,671 pkBS. ; steady ; west
ern , ungraded , at mark , ISifflSc.
CHICAGO. Oct. 11. BUTTER Firm :
creameries , 15ij23c ; dairies , ISUQlOc.
EGGS Steady : fresh. IGV-c.
ST. LOUIS , Oct. 14. IHJTTEn Steady
creamery , 19fo23Hc : dairy , 14@19c.
EGGS-Steadv at 15e.
KANSAS CfTY. Oct. 14. BUTTER
Creamery. 19fl22 < : ; dairy , 16c.
EGGS Market continues weak ; receipts
have been moderately .heavy . nnd seine
have arrived in poor condition. Fresh Mis
souri and Kansas stock , Jlrsts , He. cases
returned.
PHILADELPHIA , Oct , 14. BUTTER
Unchanged ; fancy western creamery , 2lc ;
fancy western prints , 21c.
EGGS Firm : fresh nearby , 19c ; fresh
western , ISVS-c ; frcsii southwestern , ISc ; fresh
southern , 17c.
CHEESE Firm.
LIVERPOOL. Oct. H.-BUTTER-Finest
United States. 88s ; Rood , 73s.
CHEESE Easy ; American finest white ,
alsCd ; American finest colored , Ms ,
SI. Iout * Or n I n mul I'rovlnlonv.
Co UN Lower ; No' , 2 cash , 31c ; track ' 32c-
December , 29'ic ; May , 30'ic. '
OATO Lower ; Np. 2 canh ; 23c : track ,
fancy
" ' " '
SEEDS Timothy , steady , $1.90'5'2.3S :
prjme worth more. Flaxsecd , tirni , at
COHNMEAL Steady , ll.7581.8fl.
HRAN Hleudy ; sacked , east track , G2c.
llm ° thy > ' siar 0 !
WHISKY-Steady. J1.23.
IRON Cotton ties and bocglng un-
cliunued.
HEMP TWlNE-VnchancPd.
PROVISIONS-Dry salt meats , steady :
boxed shoulders , J1.75 | extra shorts , $5.37" ,
clear ribs , $5.00 ; clear sides , $5.C2Vi. Bacon
steady : boxed shoulder . $3 ; extra. Hhorts
and clear ribs , $5.b7 $406.00 ; clear sides ,
RECEIPTS-Flour , 8,000 bbls. : wheaf , CO-
000 bu. : corn , loy.oyi ) bu , ; oats , 100,000 bu
SIIH'MENTS-Flour. 9,000 bbls. : wheat
30,000 bu.j corn , 60,000 bu. ; oats , 23,000 bu.
Liverpool Grain mul I'mvlnlnni.
LIVERPOOL , Oct. H.-WHEAT-Spot ,
steady ; No. 1 California , Cs3HdfCH-id ( ; No ,
1 northern springs , CsS' d ; No , 2 red west
ern winter , 6s Id.
CORN Spot , firm : American mixed , new
and old , 3a lOVjd , Futures , quiet ; October ,
3s lO id : November , 3s lOd ; December , 3s 10U ,
PEAS-Cnnadlun , 5 lOHd ,
FLOUR St. Louis fancy winter , nrm , Sil ,
PROVISIONS Beef , strong : extra India
mess , 723 Gd ; prime mess , CTs G < l , Pork ,
strong ; prime mess western , 62s Cd. Hamn ,
tthort cut. U to 1G Ibs. , dull , 4Ss Cd. lUicon
dull ; Cumberland cut. 23 to 30 Ibx. , 37 * Gd ;
short ribs , IS to 22 Ibs. . 35s ; long clear mid
dles , 30 to 35 Ibs. , U4ti6d : IOMK clear middles ,
heavy. 35 to 40 Ibs. , 33s Cd : short clear backs ,
10 to IS Ibs. , 32s Cd ; Clear bellies. 14 to JG Ibl. ,
3Ss Gd ; shoulders , miunre , 13 to II Ibs. , 294 G 1.
Lard , steady ; prime western. In tierces ,
; American refined , In palls , 30s 3d.
I'curlu MnrUct ,
PEORIA , Oct. H.-CORN-Steadyj No. 2.
OATS Quiet ; No. 3 white , Z3'i023 4e.
WHISKY Firm , on the basis ot $1.23 for
llnlflicd goods.
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
About the Usual Ban of Oattlo for a
Saturday Oomea In. .
CATTLE TRADE IMPROVES DURING WEEK
Kulf Ituti of lion * Mnrliot OIICIIN Five
Cunt * lllulior unit In Active nt
the Advance Xo KrcNh
of Slicci.
SOUTH OMAHA , Oct. 11.
Receipts were : Cattle. Hogt > . Sheep.
Olllclal Monday . C.OUJ 4.WJ '
Ofllclat Tuesday . G.57U 7,218 3.J33
Oillcinl Wednesday . 7.2S4 6,902 9,150
Olllclul Thursday . 6,1)70 ) 0,411 4,0i !
Olllclal Friday . 2.6BS 5,370 I'Sa
Official Saturday . l,73a 6.2S4 17
Total this week . .2-U2I SUM 2'JW1
Week ending Oct. 7 . 31,991 37,3'J'J ' aj.iM
Week ending Sept. 30..3J.G64 60,019 41,0 * !
Week ending Sept. 23..31.9M 3S.2M 2ib'J9 '
Average price paid for hogs tor the last
several days wlln comparisons :
Indicates Sunday.
The olllclal number of cars of stock
brought In today by each road was :
Cattle. Hogs , ll'r's
C. , M. .t St. P. ny U
O. & St. I. . Ily 2
Missouri I'uciilo Ily 17 4
Union 1'acltlc System. . . . 1 11
C. & N. W. Hy , 4
l13. . , t M. V. K. H 1 IS
S. C. & P. Uy 1
C. , St. I * . , il. & O. Uy. . . 1 4
U. & M. It. II. II 5 IS
K. C. , t St. J 2i : 1
C. , 11. I. & P. Hy. , west. 3
Total receipts 51 73 1
The disposition of the day's receipts was
as follows , each buyer purcnaslng the num
ber of head Indicated :
Buyws. Cattle. Hogs. Sh'p.
Omaha P.icklng Co 515
u. 11. Hammond Co Si
Swift and Company. . . 1,217 ,
Cuilahy Packing Co 2S 1,321
Armour & Co 1,184
Ctidahy , from K. C 5S2
U. lieclcor & Dogan 30
] < obmun & Co CD
AV. I Stephen 17
Livingstone & Schaller. . . 130
Other buyers 227 1 ,033
Totals 1,117 5,281 1,033
CATTLE There was aoout the usual run
of cattle hero for a Saturday , but a large
proportion of the receipts were consigned
direct to the packers and were not offered
for sale. All told there were not enough
cattle on sale to make any teat of the mar
ket and about all that could be said ot the
day's business la to quote it nominally un
changed.
The cattle market this week has shown
some Improvements , so far as the good
kinds are concerned. Good cornfed steers ,
good cows and good grass steers could
safely be quoted lOyi&c higher than a week
ago. In fact , grass steers of good quality
might be quoted even a llttlo better than
that.
The great bulk of all the cattle received
during the week consisted of stackers and
feeders from the range , many of them on
thu common order. The week opened low
on all kinds of feeding cattle , but the mar
ket was considerably higher on Wednesday ,
owing to thu good demand and moderate
receipts. Then ag the demand seemed to
fall off the market dropped again , so thai
at the close ot the week pretty good cattle
which are selling at $1.00 and upwards are
no more than 102 > 15c higher than a week
ago. Common feeders are very slow sale
at prices that are the lowest of the year.
HOGS For a Saturday there was a fair
run oC hogs , and though It was the last
day ot ( 'IP week and Chicago came rather
unfavorable , ther v/ero nono. t " > many.
The market npinid strong tc EC hlghsr mO
was uctlvj Tt the advance. Tliij ulTerlins
were practicallv a' ' , irtnen in good M.'iiniti.
Some good light loads brought JI.,2yAl3 >
4.37'/4. Good medium weights , on the light
order , brought $4.25(34.30 ( , and heavy and
heavy mixed loads , $1.2031.25. There were
a few pigs In the yards , but they arc not
selllnc qulto as well as a few days ago ,
those hero today bringing ; ( .15Q'1.25.
The hog market has been on the down
cradu this week. The week opened with
values Just about steady with the duo
of the previous week , but on Tuesdav the
market was a shade lower and atfuln on
Wednesday. On Thursday the marUct tO'.k
a drop of 7c nnd on Friday It was a shade
lower. On the last day of the week tlmra
was u llttlo gain in the market , so that for
the week the market was just nuout IJ'/.o
lower. As compared with the market at
other points the trade hero has boon in
fair condition and prices strong r.s com
pared with eastern markets.
SHEKP There were no fresh receipts of
sheen hero today , but quite a good many
holdovers. Tlolioop mum : t Inis ! < een i-u
the down grade this -week , all but the
best lambs and light wethers being I5ffi20c
lower than last week. The feeder market
has also fallen off in about the same
proportion an killing stuff. Besides that
the demand has been very light nnd the
market dull all the week. During the
last few days receipts have been moderate
and the surplus In the pens has hern
cleaned up , HO that at the close of the
week the market Is in a good , healthy
condition.
Quotations. Prime native wethers , J3.90
CI4.00 ; good to choice grass wethers , $3.70
3.SO ; fair to good grass wethers , $3.6023.70 :
gooil to choice yearlings. 13.6003.90 : good
to choice grass ewes. $3.10 3.50 ; fair to
go < xl graw ) owes. $3.005/3.33 : good to
choice spring lambs , $1.701J1.SO ; fair to-
good spring lambs , $ l.CO'ffl.70 ' ; common
spring lambs , J1.00B1.60 ; feeder wethers ,
J3.5003.KQ ; fecdpr yearlings , $3.GOff3.80 ;
feeder lambs , $1.031,20.
CHICAGO I.1V13 STOCK BIAHICIST.
Nominal , HORN Sltnv anil
tVrultrr , Slu'e ] > UncImiiKfil.
CHICAGO , Oct. ll.-CATTLE There were
not enough cattle offered for sale today to
make a market and prices ruled nominal.
HOGS The demand for hogs was slow
and prices ruled a shade weaker. Fair to
prlmw lots gold at $ t.27 Q'l.CO ; heavy puck
ers , f3.93W-i.2J : mixed , fl.25 < ilGO ; butchers ,
$1.300-1,65 ; common to oholco lightweights ,
$1.255l.fiO : pigs. $3.S3fi.SO.
SIIEBP The limited supply of sheep wan
disposed of at unchanged prices. Poor to
prime yearlings sold ut $1.25 4,00 ; western
rangers and feeders. $3.5083.50 ; common to
choice lambs , $3.'JofjG.2 < i ,
IlKCKlPTS-l'attle. 200 head ; hogs , 1U.OOO
head ; sheep , 1,000 head ,
KMIINIIN Ulty I.lvc NtneU.
KANSAS CITY. Oct. H.-CATTLE-Tle-
celpts , 700 head ; prices unchanged ; receipts
this week amounted to 73bUO head , bclnir
the InrgPHt for one week In the history of
this market ; notwithstanding the heavy
supply the best beeves , butcher cows , can-
norn and feeders cold steady ; common
half-fat killing steers sold lower ; common
anil trashy feeders , 20j'IOa lower ; heavy
native steers brought J5.10i < 6.15 ; light
weights , $1.5075.75 ; utockors and feeders ,
? 3.50ft5.00 ; butcher cows and heifers , $3.oof ( >
4.fc5 ; dinners , $2.2003.00 : western steers , $3.0j
fiS.OO ; Texans , $3.00fil.lO.
HOGS Ilecolpts , 3,100 head ; trade active.
prices steady ; market this week ruled
slow and prices decllnc-d about 20c ; heavy
hogs today brought $ loifjl,23 : mixed , $ I.SO
Iff 1.30 : lights , $1.25 1.40 ; pigs , $ | .lStfl.SS.
SHH15I' Ilecclpts , 330 head , mostly feed-
crs : prices steady ; trade this week fairly
active , but prices ruled 10g20a less : lambs
Hold nt $1,2M5.00 | ; muttons. $3.401)3.75 ) ; feedIng -
Ing sheep , $3.1073.0 ; feeding lambs. 1.S5Q >
4.25 ; stackers. $3.0 g3.65 ; culls , $2.00&-3.00.
St. Jimeiih Ilve Mock.
SOUTH ST. JOSEPH. Jlo. , Oct. H. ( Spe
cial. ) The Journal quotes ;
CATTLK-Hecclpts , 800 head : market ac
tive and Hteady ; natives , $1,1035. K5 ; Texas
and westerns. $3,25'35.S5 ; cow and heifers ,
$2.00if1.60j } bulls ami stags , $2.0001.60 ; year-
llngH and calves. $1,26 6,25 ; stackers and
feeders. $3.25 1.60 ; veals , $1.00 ji5.50 ,
HOClS-HecelptB , 3,300 head ; market
steady no lights or pU's ; heavy and me
dium. $ l.20fil.30 : bulk of sales , $ l,23.jl. { 5.
BHKlSI'-Uccelpts. none.
tit , J.ouU Llvu MtuuU.
BT. UDU1B. Oct. ll.-CATTLK-Uecelpts.
90) head , Including 125 Texanu ; market
steady ; native shipping and export steers ,
$1.75 t ! . > ; dressed beef and butcher steers ,
$ l,50i6,80 : * toer. under 1.000 pounds , (3.2.V9
5.00 ; stackers nnd feeders , $2.5 H5.C < i ; cows
nnd hclfere , $2.00 < ? J5.00 ; canners , $1,00 2.76 ;
bulls , $2.26 < [ M.OO ! Texas and Indian steer * .
$3.a j4.15 | ; cows nnd heifers. $2.30 3.50.
HOOS Receipts , 2.200 head ) market clored
6c lower : pigs nnd lights. Jl.10ifl.50 ; pack
ers , $1.20 1,35 ; butchers. Jl. 35f-l ? , 45.
SHKBP Receipts , 1.200 head : market
nominal ; native * muttons , $3.4Mi4.15 ; lambs ,
$3.75fl5.00 ; stockcrs. $2,10j)3.15 ) ; culls nnd
buckp. $1.505J2.75.
Slock lit Slglit.
Receipts nt western markets October 14 :
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
South Omaha . 1,739 3.2S1 \7 \
Chicago . 200 16,000 l.OJ )
Kansas City . 700 3.100 330
st. Louis . . . . . . . ; ; : . ; ; : . . . . 900 j.2oo 1.200
Totals . . 3,539 2C.SS1 2,547
OM.V.II.V ( : I2.\I3IIAI < MAIIKKT.
Condition of Trnilr unit < ln < )1n < lniin nn
Ntnitli' nini Kntioy I'roilnoo.
EGGS Receipts , light ; market firm ntl'c.
BUTTER Common to fair. He ; choice , 16
ff717e ; separator , 2223c ; gathered creamery ,
POULTRY Hens , live , " \ic \ ; spring chick
ens , 7140 ! old and stnggy rooster * , llvo , 3'4fi >
i IP ; ducks nnd geese , live , G7c ; turkeys ,
live. lOc. v
PIGEONS Live , per doz. , 75c.
VEALS-Chnlce , 9c.
OYSTERS Medium , per can , 23c ; stand
ard , s per cnn , 2 < ! c ; bulk standard , per gnl. ,
$1.30 ; extra selects , per can. 33c : extra
selects , per gal. , n.75 ; New York Counts ,
per ran , 40e : New York Counts , per 100 , $1.23.
HAY Upland , choice , $6.50 ; midland ,
choice , JG.OO ; lowland , choice , $5.00 ; rye
straw , choice , js.BOi No. .1 corn , 27c ; now
oats , JlGff20c ; cracked corn , per ton. $12 ;
corn ana oats , chopped , per ton , $12.50 ;
bran , per ton , $13 ; shorts , per ton , $11.
VEGETABLES.
WATERMELONS-Good stock , crated for
shipments' . 12'iille. '
CANTALOUPE Per crate , Rocky Ford ,
$1.75 2.00.
TOMATOES-Por crate. GOJI70C.
SWEET POTATOES Per bbl. . $1.75.
POTATOES-Pcr bu. , 20ft3t ( c.
CRANBERRIES Cape Cod , $5.25Q5.50.
ONIONS Itetnll way. BOflCOc.
CELERY Per doz. , 20fiSaC.
FRUITS.
PLUMS Oregon , per crate , $ l.lSffl.25.
CALIFORNIA PEACHES Freestones.
$1.25 ; clings , $1.10(31.20. (
APPLES Choice shipping stock , $3.00Jii
n.BOj Jonathans , $1 ; New York stock , $3.75 ©
l.IS.
GRAPES Ntw York , :0 < 321c : California ,
Jl.30fil.35.
PEARS Bnrtlett. soarco ; other varieties ,
$1'.0032.25 ; eastern Kelffer , per bbl. , $1.50.
TROPICAL FRUITS.
LI35IONS California fancy , $5.00p5.25 ;
choice California , $1.7580.00 ; Slesslna , fancy ,
$3.50jifi.OO.
BANANAS Choice , crated , largo stock ,
per bunch , $2.002.50 ; medium-sized bunches ,
$1.7352.00.
$1.7352.00.HIDES , TALLOW , ETC.
HIDES No. 1 green hides , Sc ; No. 2 green
hides , 7c : No. 1 salted hides , 93ic ; No. 2
salted hides , $ } } c ; No. 1 veal calf , S to 12
Ibs. , lOc : No. 2 veal calf. 12 to 15 Ibs. , Sc.
TALLOW , GREASE , ETC. Tallow , No. 1 ,
3 ic ; tallow , No. 2 , 3Uc ; rough tallow , IVic ;
white grease , 2i5j'3'ic ! yellow nnd brown
grease , 2V4Q3c.MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
HONEY Per 21-seotlon case , $3.0ftft3.S.
NUTS Hickory nuts , per bu. , J1.257
FIGS California layers , per 10-lb. box ,
$1.15 ; California carton , per 10-lb. box , $1.25.
MAPLE SUGAR Per lb. . 9c.
n Cly Market.
KANSAS CITY , Oct. H. WHEAT De
cember. G5lc ; May , 69V4c ; cash. No. 2 hard
Glc ; No. 3 , 61 < & 65V4c : No. 2 red , GSJI69c ; No 3 *
GlfiG'c ; receipts , 227 cars.
CORN December 2714c ; May , 2S'4c ' : cash
No. 2 mixed. 29 > Mi30c ; No. 2 white. MftfeSOc-
No. 3. 29V6 f29 c.
OATS No. 2 white , 21c.
RYE No. 2 , CaVMfoCc.
HAY Choice timothy , $3.23 ; choice pralrlo
$6.75fi7.00. (
BUTTER Creamery , ] 9J22c ; dairy , 16c.
EGGS Fresh , lie.
MiiincuiioHH. AVhcnt and Flonr.
MINNEAPOLIS , Oct. 11. WHEAT In
store : No. 1 northern , October , 6SV4c : De
cember , GSVlc ; Mny , 71Vic. On track : No. 1
hard , 70c ; No. 1 northern , 6Sc ; No. 2 north
ern , G5V4c.
FLOUR First patents , $3.70513.80 ; second
patents. $3.GOK3.60 ; first clear , $2.5082.60.
BRAN $10.50@10,75.
Toledo Market.
TOLEDO , O. , Oct , H. WHEAT Dull and
steady : No. 2 cash , 71 io ; December , 73 > Je.
CORN Dull and steady ; No. 2 mixed ,
21Hc. *
OATS Quiet ; No. S mixed , 21c.
RYE NeglectedrNo. { 2 cash , GOc bid.
SEEDS Cloversteaclv { prime cash , $8.10 ;
December and March , $5.43.
Duliitu aiitrUct.
DULTJTH , Jllnn. , Oct. 11. WHEAT No
1 hard , cash , 70Uo ; No. 1 northern , G8c ;
October , 68Jc ; December. GO sc ; May , 72ac'
No. 2 northern , G6Vic ; No. 3 spring , 62c.
XKllYIOS OK STEEL.
An EnRlnror Taken u Nnp an nn Arcli
ItiO Feet Above Ground.
William Burns , an engineer , created con
siderable excitement in Plttsburg recently
by threatening to Jump from the highest
point of the South Twenty-second street
bridge. Burns had been celebrating during
the day nnd about 3 o'clock in the after
noon ho walked out to the bridge nnd
climbed up through the network of struc
tural iron to the top of the arched span
and lay down on the very top of the arch
to sleep off his drunk.
The man attracted a large crowd by his
peculiar actions , relates the Plttsburg Com
mercial. Women were excited lest ho would
lose his balance and dneh out his life by
falling to the asphalt floor of the bridge.
Men yelled at him to como down and boys
were amused at his performance. The mat
ter was reported to Officer J. W. Channlng ,
who went to the bridge and tried to induce
Burns to descend from his exalted position.
The policeman WHS no more successful than
were the others who had made the same
attempt. The man lay stretched at full
length along the top of the arch , apparently
sound asleep anil entirely oblivious of all
that was going on below him.
Officer Channlng went to the house of
Engine Company No. 12 and had truck C
driven down to the bridge , the idea being
to run a ladder up to the top of the arch
and bring Burns down. When the truck
arrived Burns raised up to a Bitting posi
tion and , leaning over the edge ot the arch ,
called to the men on the truck :
"What are you follows up to ? "
Upon being told , he cautioned them not
to put themselves to BO much trouble.
' 'If you run that thing up here I'll Jump
Into the river ; that's what I'll do , " and ,
shaking his finger at the men who were
preparing to ralao the 'ladder ' , ho continued :
"Now mind what I'm telling you ; I'll do
it , Bure , "
There tfas determination in the man's
eye , nnd o'dlcer Channlng called to the men
on the truck to wait awhile , Tbo top of the
arch is nearly 1BO feet high , and the officer
was convinced that a jump meant sure death ,
Perhaps the man could be induced to comedown
down himself , ho reasoned , nnd one more
effort was made. After eomo moro persua
sion , Burns said :
"Well , I'll corao clown if you take that
thing away , but I don't sec why a fellow
can't take a sleep on a free bridge without
being bothcreil.-1
So Burns crawled down fho way he went
up , nnd when ho reached the bottom ho was
cheered by the crowd , which by this time
numbered several hundred. Officer Chan
nlng took Hums in charge- and sent him to
the police station on a charge of drunken-
nesa.
1IICII I'HICES I'AII ) FOIt EAHTII ,
New Yorkrrit I'ny from Ten to Thirty
OutM for n I'ullful.
Flowers do not constitute a florlst'0 solo
stock In trade in New York. He deals In
plain , evory-day earth , Persona who live
where soil Is abundant , reports the Sun ,
can haveno conception of a state of affairs
where other people are willing to pay 20
cents for a little pailfulof earth sufllclent
for the potting of one plant of medium size.
" 1 don't think there haa ver been a time , "
&ald one of the clerks In a Broadway florist' *
bouse , "when we have had BO many calla
for earth for repotting of plants as we have
had this ( all. Those who have only a few
planto , Bay one to a dozen , depend upon
the nearest florist for their earth. Either
there nro moro plants owned now than ever
before or there Is moro repotting being done ,
for after taking care of our own stock we
have been un.iblo to furnish nil the earth
n ke < l for , That is too bail , too , reckoning
from n financial standpoint , for there U
qulto a nice profit realized from retailing
dirt at 20 cents a pailful.Vc oven went
so far this fall ns to raise the price to 30
cents , but they bought Just the same.
" 1 notice that In the lnnt day or two some
enterprising man from up In the suburbs
has hit n good scheme to supplant us In
this brunch ot the business. 1 womlcr thU ;
more people don't follow his example. There
is certainly need for them , This man's
method Is very simple. Ho poildles dirt
Just as It It were fish or fruit or vegetables.
Ho loaded a wagon with nice , rich earth ,
which ho got for llttlo or nothing up In
tlio country , nnd then mrulo a hoUBc-to-houso
canvass In the neighborhood where house
plants are supposed to bo popular. He re
tailed the load for 10 to 15 cents a pailful ,
and ho assured mo that the first day ho
stnrtpd out on Ills now venture the whole
lot wns gene In a very ehort time. Ho has
been In the business now for about two
weeks and is doing well. "
OIli'S TAI.E OK WOK.
ClrciiniNlniHlnl Art-mint tit III * Kv-
| u > rl ( > mFft In Wjoiulnu.
The Triangle prints the following letter
from Mr. "Yolmson : "
Master Triangle Das vnrpoorly guto
tcnpr last vcck. Aye haf nnber liar en
Vyotnlng vat read ct nn try to vip mno met
bundle to vagon. Aye tar.k yo call ct vapon
tongue. Hno cs Srcde too an line tank Aye
ynr maken yokes on mac own nationality.
Del cs not so. Var cfer yo find yoke ct cs
on mno own self.
Odder day von Aye com to Lnramlo Aye
tic oop mao homo to bicycle vat var chain
fast on front of grocery store. Mac horse 03
not very fat nn to fallor vat rnn to store hae
com ovt en front nn say to mac :
"Hollo , Ole , yo bane goln to build yo a
horse ? "
"Vnt yo ask mac sotch quashlon as dot
for ? "
vni , .AJC sec yo jini 10 iramo uar.
Das bane yoke on mne , but Aye var tceklo
ytlst same. Aye know mne horse cs poor , hot
hae cs not cs poor na som mnmbers of to
lodRO vat Aye balong to.
Odder day Aye pick oop pockcthook met
von touaind dollar en et. Aye know som
Pylinn lese et because et hat Pytlnn charm
en et so Aye commence to advertise forte
to owner. Et var two vceks baforc Aye
llnd hem nn den hae com to mno house nn
say :
"Bo yo yentleman vat find mao tousand
dollar ? "
"Yas , Aye haf ct hnr. Aye bane lookln
for yo for two veelcs. "
Den Aye tanlt hae voitld glf mac hundred
dollar bacause Aye var honest , hot vat yo
skal tank line do ?
Bay lial hao vent to charge mne interest
on to money for to two veeks vile Aye var
huntln hem oop.
Aye yust send yo des latter to show yo
dot ve need som better tailors en to lodge.
Hno cs to sam Taller vat tnl mao hae vould
not tak yore paper. Ayevlll wrlto yo 6om-
tlng more next tern. Aye vlll close lak Mark
Hnnnn vould say ,
Yo bane respectfully mine ,
OLE YOHNSON.
Laramle , Wyo.
IMPHOVIXf ! THE LANGUAGE.
Vnlnc of "Amorlcniilmns" Acknovr-
ItMlireil Ily nil EiiKlixli AVrltrr.
Mr. William Archer writes in the Pall
Mall Magazine :
"Passing now from questions of pronoun-
elation and grammar to questions of vocab
ulary , I can only express my sense of the
deep indebtedness of the English language ,
both literary and colloquial , to America , for
the old words she has kept nllve and the
now words and phrases sno has Invented.
It Is a sheer pedantry nay , a misconcep
tion of the laws which govern language as
a living organism to despise pithy nnd npt
colloquialisms , nnd even slang. In order to
remain healthy and vigorous , a literary
language must bo rcoted In the soli of a
copious vernacular , from which It can ex
tract and abslmllato , 'by a chemistry pe
culiar to Itself , whatever nourishment it
requlre.1. It must keep In touch with life
In the 'broadest ' acceptation of the word ;
nnd llfo at certain levels , obeying a psy
chological law that must simply bo ac
cepted as one of the conditions ot the prob
lem , will always express itself in dialect ,
provincialism , slang.
"America , doubles and trebles the number
of points atwhich the English language
cornea In touch with nature and life , and is
therefore a great source of strength and
vitality. The literary language , to be sure ,
rejects a great deal more than it absorbs ;
ana even in me vernacular worca and ex
pressions nro always dying out and being
replaced by others which are somehow
-better adapted to the changing1 conditions.
But though nn expression has not , in the
long run , proved Itself fitted to survive It
does not follow that it has not done good
service In its time. Certain It , ls tliat the
common speech of the Anglo-Saxon race
throughout the world U exceedingly sup
ple , well-nourished and rich In forcible
and graphic idioms ; and a greater part of
this wealth It owes to America. Let the
purists -who sneer nt 'Amerlcnnlsms' think
for ono moment how- much poorer the Eng
lish language would ibo today If North
America had become a French or Spanish
instead of an English continent. "
TOO GOOIJ A MISMUIIY.
Tlie IIorNc Kuc-iv AVJinrc tlin SliorlfT'n
OIiI < ilrl MviMl.
"I see a number of reasons in the paper
why nn automobile is better than a horse , "
said the former sheriff of Do Kalb county
to the Chicago Post man , "but I can tell
you one rcawm that the city man does not
think nbout. "
"Well , what Is that ? "
"Listen , I wouldn't say a mean thing
about my wife not for worlds. But do you
know , Bho doesn't always believe me. "
"I do when you talk that way , "
"Well , never mind that. Listen. I have
ns good a buggy horse as any man over
pulled n line over. I drove him four years
when I wns sheriff , and I've been driving
him over since , and he's younger now than
ho was when I bought him.
"You see , long ago , before I was elected ,
I used to go with a girl out in Somonauk
township , nnd after I was sheriff and was
riding a good deal , I used to make it con
venient to get out that way a good many
times. It' right on the main south road ,
you know , and you can't get anywhere with ,
out passing the place. "
"What I want to know , " sail ] the Insur
ance agent , "Is did you charge mileage
every time you visited lier house ? "
"Sure. What's the fee and salary bill
for , anyway ? Well , I didn't marry her and ,
I'm not saying whose fault that was either.
But 1 did marry a right good woman , anl
now and then wo go buggy-riding. I haven't
been In that Somonnuk township house ,
nor on the farm , for three years.
"But that blamed horse will break his
neck to run up to the gate nnd stop every
time my wlfo and I go out that way. And
she won't believe but what I am still calling -
ing on that young lady , nnd I can't make
her think different , not to save my life.
Now , If the automobile will help a man
out of a scrape of that kind , why , It can
get very popular down In Do Kalb county. "
SOME miEAT JIACIIEMIIIS.
Moil of Murk In I'olttlcM , Art nnd M < -
iTiUuri- Who Xfvi-r Murrlril.
Samuel J. Tllden was the richest Amer
ican who over entered public life and re
mained single to the end of his days , relates -
latos the St , Louis ( Jlobe-Democrat. Ills
persistent celibacy waa remarkable , for , un-
llko Sir Thomas , Mr , Tllden was born -with
money , and thus from bis youth ivas con-
JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS
OF OMAHA.
DRY GOODS ,
M. E. Smith & Go.
"r Uip fi rand JobtMraef
Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods
AND NOTIONS ,
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
\Alesfern Electrical
V Company
Electrical Supplies.
Eleotrlo Wiring Bolls nnd Gas Lighting
.
O. W. JOHNRTON. Mtr IRI * "ow.M
HARDWARE.
L ee-Glass-Andreesen
Hardware Co.
Wholesale Hardware.
Bicycles and Sporting Goods , IJim-M H * >
ney Street.
SAFE AND IRON WORKS.
Omaha Safe
The and Iron Works ,
G. ANDREEN , Prop ,
Makes a tpcclfilty of
J3TT2T . . * ESCAPES ,
JT'J.JX.J-t HHUTTKHS.
&nd Durfflnr Proof S.ifns ana Vmilt Doors , oto
O1O 8. 14th KI. . Oinnhn. Neb.
sldereil eligible by the mammas of many
young women.
No republican of half Mr. Tllden's prom
inence has goco through llfo without marry
ing , but. Including David Bennett Hill , who
seems to ibo a confirmed bachelor , dem
ocracy's rolls show a noteworthy triumvi
rate of the distinguished celibates , James
Buchanan , the only bachelor president , be
ing the third member thereof. Buchanan is
understood to have retrained from taking
a wife- because the girl upon -whom he set
his youthful affections wns obdurate. Ho is
Bald to Tmve regretted the single state to
the day of hU death. Mr. Hill , on the other
hand. Is reported to be a bachelor from
choice.
Literature has furnished a long string of
names to the list of eminent bachelors.
Possibly the best known unmarried man of
letters to day Is Henry James , the novelist.
He maintains stoutly that the artist , no
matter what the medium of his expression ,
should remain single , on the ground that the
l.etty cares and carplngs of 'domestic life
tend to wear on delicately adjusted nerves
and exhaust the mental fiber or genius
whether its possessor bo a painter of pic
tures , a worker Inwords , a modeller of stat
ues , a composer ot music , a singer or ono
who amuses the people from the stage.
John Greenleaf Whlttler was a bachelor ,
though not from , the same cause as the
brilliant fiction writer mentioned. Whlttler
was n great admirer of the married state ,
wo are told , and in his boyhood had a blue-
eyed , red-cheeked New England girl for
his sweetheart. Together they went to
school as children , nnd when they grew to
youth's estate ho told her the story most
girls like to hear. She heard It gladly , too ,
but howas poor and a poet , and love must
wait for recognition. She promised , but
waiting is wearisome , ; before recognition
came to the gentle young verscmaker she-
forgot him as a lover , and was married to
some one else.
Edward Fitzgerald , the translator of
Omar Khayyam's quatrains , was a bachelor ,
and there was a romance in his life , much
like the one which saddened Whlttlcr's , but
there was llttlo else which they had In com
mon. The celibacy of Charles Lamb was
full of pathos , for ho remained single nil his
llfo that ho might care for his sister. Ven
erable John Burroughs , naturalist as well ns
writer , and one of the most charming of
men , has never married. Mr. Burroughs
was not even a woman hater , neither haa
any ono ever surmised that a romance caused
his bachelorhood.
The only literary bachelor who is acknowl
edged to bo a hater of women Is the English
poet , Algernon Charles Swinburne. His
sentiment appears to be based upon the fear
that a woman of little culture would be
dull beyond description as a llfo partner , nnd
the conviction that the clever , well Informed
woman la the least attractive of her sex.
Only one noted Protestant divine has been
n bachelor. Ho was Phillip Brooks , who
finished llfo as a bishop of the Episcopal
church , and seemingly possessed every
quality desirable In a model husband. The
cause of his remaining single appears never
to have been understood , even by those who
were closcet to him. Ho did not avoid the
fair , nor has any one been able to recall n
romance in Ills life. In his student days and
In his career as a clergyman he had many
friendships with women , while his passlon-
ate fondness for children was remarked
often. His letters to some of his Juvenile
friends , published a. few years ago In ono of
the magazlncfl , were models In their way ,
The bachelorhood of Sir Isaac Newton was
a puzzle to some ot Ills contemporaries , but
others know he remained single solely on
account of hlo mother. He thought the
world of her , and her affection for him was
unbounded ; but her mnternal love was
marred by Jealousy , nnd whenever her son
thought on marriage or evinced a passing
Interest oven In a pretty face she wtpt and
wrung her hands , nnd managed somehow to
check true lovo'a course. Ho finally told
her ho would filvo up nil notion of marriage
as long as she lived , After her death ho
found himself too deeply absorbed In hlf >
scientific work and too mature to think of
matrimony.
ANOTIIHIl IMIKSIIIU.VT M'KIXI.Y.
\otnl > lf Aclvrniuri-K of Uio Flrxt ( 'lilrf
Excc'iidVK of Drlinvnrr.
President McKInley Is not the first Ameri
can ot the name to hear that title , says tlio
New York Sun. The earlier one , who pre
ceded him by considerably more than a cen
tury , was President John McKluly of the
Btnto of Delaware , who spelled the name
without an "o" In the final syllable. This
President McKlnly was the Hr t chief execu
tive of Delaware. He took oflUe February
21 , 1777. Before that time the governor of
Pennsylvania , or his deputy ' , , wns the chief
executive of Delaware , but'after iho Dec
laration of Independence Delaware made
haste to sever tbo tlo that bound her to
Pennsylvania , and In sign of the separation
set up a president of her own.
President McKlnly was a Scotch-Irishman
by birth and n Presbyterian , Ho settled in
Wilmington about 1742 , when he had Just
como of age , and come time after set up as
a "practitioner of physic. " Ho was subse
quently ono of tbo founders ot tbo Delaware
Medical society. Whllo Delaware was still
In part subject to Pennsylvania , the governor
of the latter Btato appointed Dr. McKlnly
to bo sheriff of Newcastle county. Ho was
also for flftceti years chief burgess qf Wil
mington , HU dwelling at the corner of
Third and French streets was ono ot the
handsomest In the llttlo borough.
President McKlnly's term cf ofllce was cut
phort by such a mishap as has not befallen
any other American president. About mld-
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night on September 11 , 1777 , the day of th
hattlo of the Brandywlne , ho was seized In
his bed by a detachment of British troopi
nnd hurried aboard ship along with his of
ficial papers and much valuable prlvata
property. He remained thus a prisoner un
til October , 1778 , when ho wns exchanged.
You may see In the Lenox library his orig
inal affidavit , made In December , 17S2 , to th
effect that ho had lost at the hands of his
captors the sum of 1,055.
Immediately upon the seizure of President
McKlnly , Thomas McKcau , speaker ot the , ;
assembly , became acting president. Georga 5
Read , president of the council and vlco
president of Delaware , ought to have suc
ceeded to the presidency , but at the tlmo of
President McKlnly's capture Vko President
Read was sitting In congress nt Philadelphia
and there were so many British soldiers be
tween him and the clialr of the president
that for a month ho did not attempt to reach
the seat of honor. At the end of the month
he did become -president of Delaware.
There were nine successive presidents ot
Delaware , but near the close of the eight
eenth century the title was dropped and
the chief executive began to bo called gov
ernor. The first to bear that tltlo was Gun- ,
nlng Bedford. He and President McKlnly J
both Ho burled In the graveyard of the First (
Presbyterian church at Wilmington. Presi
dent McKlnly died In 179G , the- year In
which Gunning Bedford became governor ,
and n century before the election of AVllllara
McKInley as president of the United States.
ni3AT SOUTH AMI2IIICA.V LAKE
MONK lii ( lie Wurlil.
Lake Titlcaca Is unique among the waters
of the world , relates a writer In Hcrper's
Magazine. Its extent la fourteen times that
of the Lake of Geneva , nnd the level of HH
surface Is 12,545 feet above the aea. Along
Its eastern shore runs the main Cordillera , (
rising aloft nt Its southern end Into the
mighty Mount Sorata , whose broad ex
panding glaciers seem to lift themselves
like silver from the waves. The shores nnd \
Islands of the lake were who knows how j
long ago ? the cradle of a remarkable civili
zation , or oven series of civilizations. Per
haps latest among them was that of the
Inca tribe , which , rising In Its plnce , spread
northward over the hills and down a valley
to Cuzco , nnd theiico stretched forth Its
comiueilng arm over a vast area ivhoao
exact limits can no longer bo defined ,
The Incaa looked back to Titlcaca Island
ns the sacred spot whence emerged their
legendary founders , Mnnco Capnc nnd his
consort , Mama Occlo Huaco. The traveler
on the waters or round the shores or the
lake beholds many a monument of departed
greatness nnd Industrial prosperity. Ho
feels that ho Is looking upon historic
ground , nnd the dim glnmour of a well-nigh
forgotten past sheds luster upon peaks and
ranges doubtless untrodden by human foot ,
but often traveled by human eyes , nnd In
whoso names yet linger the fossilized faith
nnd pootrj of departed num.
Tlio waters of Titlcaca lake reflect no
longer the splendor of Inca religious pa-
gcnnts ; they are ploughed Instead by thrca
bustling Bteamers , on ono of which wo
voyaged 111 mllcH to the Bolivian port of
Chllllayu. Fortune favored UB with a day
brilliant and calm , when the waves lay
nplecp nnd nil the hllln were clear , Gener
ally a Etorm rages , and the voyager suffers
from such nn Irresistible combination of
mountain nnd sea slckne H that even Urn
hnrdy stokers of the engines do not bccomo
habituated to It , but Buffer 111(0 no many
newcomers.
A mi I n 11 cnril Kroin.
Detroit Free Press : "Don't It beat nil ,
81 , " said Heth GrojjglriH , an ho j > res < ' < i
ilown slightly on the scale pan In weighing
out thrrii-iiuartora of a puund of miKur.
"Did yo over see It colder than this fur this
time o' th' year ? "
Kl Green broke a cracker and thrust the
bits Into his mouth. "No , rtm't nay 't I {
ever did , " ho muttered thouihtfiilly , "JCHH \
It wuz th' fall o' 'S3. Tur'liln fall , th' fall %
o' 32 In theno jmrts. Jioci How , , ujnHt T
week In August. All th' ulipep friz. Ground ! /
wuz friz HOlId IV feet down Ijy middle o'
September. I'll never fernlt huow mother / '
bet up fur four days , 'Ithout food nor Hleup H
mull In' runtan llaiincl night Hhlrts fur th'
wheat. If It hadn't been fur thnt , fatlnr'd
lost th' hull crap. An 'IWHH h rcellzed
Bcvonty-two bushel. Hut It'n prltty cold
naow. "
\ < i OrriiNlon fur Arrnmincc.
Detroit Journal : We found Agulnaldo
very urroKant.
"And why not ? " demanded the dictator ,
hauKhtlly. "Am I tint the Ocorgu Washing
ton of the Philippines ? "
"But CJeorKti WnHhlnKtoi ) was not from
Ohio1' ! wo objected , as gently an possible ,
sliico we pitied the Ignorance of this un-
ihappy Malay ,
Agulnuldo paled ; he knew enough (
American affairs for that , . _
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