THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1002.
BIG CROWD ATTENDS RACES
HeTj Trick end ,'Hr Wbd Bender
Tksi Time Out of the Question.
COLLAPSE OF SULKY WHEEL MARS RACE
Fortaaatelr Neither Bars Nor
i Driver Art Injnred la the Insist
Contests Ara Close nn
Eseltlag. , I
FREMONT, Neb.. July 4. There wit
big turnout at the Driving park thle after
noon and some hotly contested races. The
track wae not In the beet condition, end
a strong wind blew down the homestretch,
which made fait time en Impossibility.
Abagall Leland won the 1:23 trot after Ave
harrt-fni.aht heats. Vanity 8. who nan
been picked upon ae a winner, was third.
In the third heat of the 2 35 class a wheel
on the bay gelding's (Antler) sulky broke,
throwing the driver, who fortunately es
caped with no serious Injuries. The horse
waa caught Just as he reached the wire
and won the next two heats. Star Oneida,
one of the speedy horses In the 2:36 race,
behaved badly In the first heat and was
distanced. Results:
Trotting. 2:23 class:
iw--.ii T .1.,1 k im CA a r
ii v.
Hill farm. Morse Bluffs Ill
Little Raven, blk. m., John Rav-
nor, Parsons, Kan 1 I
Vanity 8, br. g., William Bher.
lock, Fredonla, Kan
Infellce. b. m., 8. Bruen, Mad-
leon, la
lord Titan, blk. m, J. C.
Graves, Guthrie, Okl. ........ S B
Colonel Woodbine, ch. m., J. J.
Wright, David City I I I
Tom Well, br. g., Bradenburgh
M. WalL Fremont I J 1
Time: 2:26, 2:23. 2:23, 1:28. 1:2ft.
Pacing, 2:36 class:
Antler, b.. g , J. 3. Engel,
Omaha 114 1
Quy Catnn. b. h., A. B. Robin
son, Mapleton, la 1114
Rubber Neck. ch. g., 3. T.
tUusher, Bern, Kan 4 111
Miss Young, blk. m.. Mrs. J. C.
Clarke. Stanton, Neb I 4 t 1
Star Oneida, blk. in., C. J.
Orunke, Fremont. Neb de
Time: 1:25, 123. 1:3, 1:32. 1:80.
tSUNN DEFENDS HIS TITLE
AU-Areas4 Athlette Champion De
( feats Other Contestants at
' Lens; tslaad.
KUW TORK, July 4. Adam B. Ounn
ef Buffalo, who won the title of all-round
athletic chsm Dion at Buffalo last year.
ably defended hla title today at Celtic
park. Dong Island. The only other con
testants were F.dward 8. Merrill of Mil
waukee and Myer Prtnsteln of Syracuse,
K Y
Ounn by his clever showlnar In each of
the ten events, outranked the other two
and won again with a total score of 4.2W4
points. At Buffalo last year Gunn's win
ding total was only 6,739. John Flannaann
of the Greater New York Irish Athletic
association and John R Dewltt of Prince
ton university contended In an all-around
weight competition, which Flannagan won I
JnJ JouS'.venU PP " "
the four events.
There was a long program of track con
tests in addition to tne au-arouna events,
and one of them, the three-mile run. re
sulted in a dead heat between A. O. Bowen
of the University of Pennsylvania, who la
the Intercollegiate champion, and Jerry
Pierce, the Seneca Indian, representing the
Pastime Athletlo club of this city, after
a well-run race. In which Bowen cut out
the work after the first half mile had been
Covered. Both runners agreed to toss a
coin for the first medal and Bowen won.
They will meet again tomorrow In a one.
mile race In the Knlghta of Columbus
games, which will take place on the same
track.
RECORDS GO GLIMMERING
-Weetenr Reoords Are) Beatea at
Meat Bold at Raveas-
wood.
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CHICAOO. July 4. Two western A. A. V,
track records were sent flylnc at the cen
tral Young Men's Christian association
track meet at Ravenswood today and an
other was badly beaten in all but a techni
cality. Qeorsre Smith, the bis snrinter
from the First regiment, broke the quarter
tnlle record of the central A. A. U., mak
ing the distance In 0:60 3-6. The former
record, hold by William Moltney, waa
1:61 3-6. M.'B. Herbert of Notre Dame
ran tne Z2u-yard hurdles In remarkable
time and not only beat the central A. A.
17. record of 0:24. but excelled the col
legiate conference record of 0:25 i-e. Fred
llall of Hyde park, who holds tne western
two-mile record, ran a mile from the
thlrty-nve-yard mark In 4:28 3-5.
The central A. A. U. record la 4:39 1-6.
t
SETTLE FERGUSON MATTER
Pitcher Mar Remain with Bt. Paul,
hat Crlbhlna , Goee ta '
Mlaaeapolls.
BT. PATJL, July 4. President T. J. Hlckey
r tne American association came to St.
aul today and settled the right to play
Itcher Charles Ferguson. Bt. Paul haa
een playlna him. hut Minneapolis has
Claimed mm since the season onened. Pres
ident Lennon of the St. Paul club refused
to artve un the Dlaver and Hlckev came
pare to compel the change. The local man
agers met with the league president and
(he matter waa compromised. Ferguson did
did not want to play In Minneapolis, and
Pitcher Crlbbina was turned over to Mtn-
peapoiia.
Fast Ball at Wahea.
WAHOO. Neb., July 4 (Special Tele
gram.) One thousand people saw today two
ef the fastest amateur games ever played
on the local diamond, one game lasting
thirteen Innings and won by Wahoo from
Fremont by a score of I to 1, and the
other lost by Wahoo to Springfield by 1 to
. Longenecker for Wahoo pitched hla
team to victory in the first game and In
the second game Wahoo was shut out by
,n mxirriy twining oc uemeni or Bpnng
. field. Score, first game:
R.H.E.
i Wahoo 0 0010001000011 7 2
'Fremont 0 0000001000091 1 I
tr,wk ... n T i... ,.. k
Daum, 4. Batteries i Wahoo. Longenecker
-ana jonnson; remont. Dtmt and Mini-
. ..' . ... ..... .1
Wahoo made three fsat double nlava In
ins eecona game, ecore, second gams:
' R.H.E.
Ppringfleld ...0 010104001 It
Wahoo 0 000000000 1 1
Batteries: . Wahoo, Crawford and John
son; Bpiingfleld, Clement and Bates. Ura-
Jjire: umitn.
In Santhera Association.
At Nashville Morning: Nashville, 4;
vnauanuoiia, o. Aiiernoon: masnviiie, 4;
t,nauanooga, o.
At Atlanta Morning: Atlanta. : Bir
mingham. 1. Afternoon: Birmingham, 10;
'Atlanta, 9. '
At Little Rock Morning: Uttle Rock, 4;
Shreveport, 6. Afternoon: Little Rock, ;
Bhreveport, 4.
At New Orleans Memphis, 4; Nsw Or
leans, a,
y Three-I Leasjno.
At Terre Haute Morning: Terre Haute,
; Kvansvllle, t Afternoon: EvansvlUe,
At ivrre nsuw u.
At Decatur Morning: Bloomlna-tnn. T:
Pocatur, 6. Afternoon: Bloomlngton 4:
Ixcatur. 1 "
At Davenport Davenport, 4; Rock Island,
a.
At Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, 4; Rock-
iora, e.
Oerde-a Wlai from Merrlman.
OORDON. Neb.. Julv 4 fftnerlal TWIa.
gram.) Gordon and Merrlman played base
caai lonay at juernman. score: uordon,
mi sserriuien, a.
RO MORE OIL.KD ROADBEDS.
Two Railroads Abandon nil as a Dast
Settler.
;, Two New England railroads, the Boston
aV Maine and the Boston A Albany, , are
about to discontinue oiling their roadbeds
after trying that system of dust prevention
for three years or mors. Ths New York
New Haven A Hartford, which has been
using ell to keep sandy sections of Its
.roadbed In order, hae alao atopped It. The
Xong Island railroad discontinued the
practice about a year ego.
i The railroads are taking up the oil
oaked sand and fine cinders la the see
tlona of the track affected, reports the
New Tork Sun, and replacing It with
broken stone. That Is an expensive bal
last for the ties at first, but when there
la money to spend on Rood roadbed It le
the most satisfactory kind to put down.
The rain washes It and after It Is laid the
track msnsger has no further trouble from
dust.
The worst of the oll-prlnkllng system
Is that when any particles of sand do fly
after the application of the petroleum they
stick and leave marks which the gentle
passing of the train porter's whlskbroom
does not Improve. Women have complained
to the New England roads of delicate fab
rics ruined by a spatter of oily dirt end
the Tolces of male passengers have been
loudly raised on account of collars end
shirt fronts polka dotted after a Journey
In a style never Intended by their owners.
TAB OX FREIGHT CARS.
grstens that Makes It Almost Impoa
alble for One to Be Lost.
"That freight cars are ever completely
lost Is a fallacy," said W. E. Beecham, car
accountant of the Chicago, Milwaukee A
St. Paul to a Chicago Tribune reporter.
Mr. Beecham has been connected with the
railroad since 1872 and Ays that tracing
cars Is one of the easiest and at the same
time most perplexlnng of the problems of
railroading. The railroad has a system by
which any one of ite 40,000 freight cars
can be placed absolutely within a reason
able time.
The record la kept In a room contain
ing half a dosen Immenee counting boards
filled with pegs, each peg containing a rec
ord of a different car from the time It
goes Into the service until It la abandoned.
Tiny colored tickets are hung on to the
pegs every time a car le reported ae trans
ferred to one of the many Intersecting
lines over which It travels, the ticket con
taining the car number, the name ef the
road and the date of transferring. It takes
but a mment to find any one of the com
pany's care, the top ticket Indicating Its
last known position.
The history of one of our furniture care
from October 1 to the present time might
give some Idea of how accurately the
whereabouts of a car can be known at all
times," said Mr. Beecham. "Here Is a
furniture car which started from Racine
on October 1 of last year. It was probably
loaded with furniture when It began Its
Journey, as it la among our furniture equip-
menC It left that point via the E., J. eV
E., which Intersects all the great lines run
ning into Chicago. The next day it waa
transferred to the Chicago Eastern Illi
nois, the day after to the Evansvtlle 4k
Terre Haute, on October to the Kentucky
Iron Bridge railway, then to the Southern
railway, by that railway on October 11 to
the A. W. P. It then etarted west by way
of the Nashville, Chattanooga aV St Louis
on October 12, but was turned back south
via the 8outhern railway, on November 4
Into Qeorgla, eent north by the same route
and switched off west again to
n.t. New Orleans Texas Pa
the Clndn-
Paclfio on Do-
'cember 19.
The Southern railway again took It on
January 6, turned It over to the Georgia
Southern on the 9th, from which road it
started north again by way of the Louis
villa It Nashville on the 17th; the Baltl
more ft Ohio Southwestern took It over on
the 19th, ueed It until February 11, on
which date It wae transferred first to the
Big Four and then to the Louisville A
Nashville; It then went back to the Big
Four on the 13th, to. the E.. J. E. again
on the 18th, the Chicago 4b Northwestern
on the 20th, to Its owners on the 22d, and
to the Chicago A Northweetern again on
March 7, on which date it was again .de
livered to the Chicago, Milwaukee A St.
Paul at Racine, having covered several
thousand miles In the four, months and a
half at the moderately clow rate a freight Lincilned to realise. Imports from the manu
caMravela. The average mileage of freight facturing districts being unsatisfactory. Ex-
care la thirty-three miles a day, although
some of them out-distance passenger cars
and travel 800 miles a day on the fast
freight lines across the continent.
"The life of a freight ear is about twenty
years. The only ones ever really loet are
those destroyed by fire, when no record can
be found. After a certain time one of these
pegs will show for Itself that the ear. le
not being traced, when an inquiry will be
made. It may have been heard of last in
the vicinity of Milwaukee at about the
time a great fire occurred or a wreck, when
It le reasonable to suppoee the car was
burned, although no actual proof la ever
furnished. Again proof may be given within
a few hours after the car is destroyed.
Then we turn the peg wrong end foremost
and pay no more attention te It."
WORK FOR WOHE1,
Question of Smoke Abatement Passed
Vp the Clahs.
It la well to remind ourselves frequently.
esya the Indianapolis News, that we have.
or ought to have, an unusual Interest in
smoks. The mere money loee from un-
burned smoke Is eomethlng that ought to
be strong enough to equip every smoke-
making plant in the city so that there would
be no smoke thing entirely practicable.
American Medicine quotes an experiment
made in Manchester, England, last Febru
ary, in which, at a place three miles from
the center, a sample of enow that had been
lying on the ground for ten days was melted
and the dry residue weighed and analysed.
It waa found to be equivalent to eomethlng
over ten pounds to the acre and consisted
of 41 per eent carbon, (.1 per cent grease
and 44.6 per cent ash. Another sample
very near me cuy suoweq awui
hre time the amount mentioned, or nearly
one ton of soot to the square mile per day.
The miM mlrjwt m'fth the lAAt makes It
stick to the buildings or to whatever elee
it falls on. In London the Smoke Abate
ment society is making Inquiry concerning
domestle grates, which promises to yield
valuable results. In Chicago the Edlaon
company has appropriated 120,000 to carry
out plans to abate emoke, because it recog
nises that "smoke Is horse power going up
the chimney." We hsve repeatedly cited
other valuable tnstancss of work at Chicago,
by way of contract with nothing being done
here.
To the point of 'getting something done,
American Medicine says: "Why do not
American women's clubs take up the sub
ject? It le in the line of their avowed
function ae to national houaekeeplng and
public, health. They have the time and
the ability to bring the nuisance to an
end." We believe this, and we echo the
question: Why do not women's clubs take
up this question T There have been nota
ble instances, both local and general.
where the perelstence of an organised body
of women haa resulted in bringing about
reforms, none, perhaps, as great or as
difficult to bring about as this, but, on the
other hand, women's clubs gensrally have
not united In those things. Were the
women'e clubs of Indianapolis to unite
sarnestly in this, we believe they would
make an ending of the smoke nuisance.
They ought to eet ue en example of neat
nets and cleanliness and economy, and If
they think the undertaking a great one,
they must remember that much of the first
work has been done.
No one can deny He practicability. Its
feasibility. Its desirability or its economy.
These things hare all been demonstrated.
Other cities, like Cleveland, Chicago, St
Louis, are eetting us an example, aa ex
ample that bears on us with the stinging
force that if we do not follow it wo shall
fall behind in the race. Under these con
ditions, the women's clubs should begin the
work with much In their fsvor. Ws know
of no bodies th,t might begin It wlta bet
ter nope or success.
QUIESCENT WEEK IN TRADE
Inanimate Condition Prevails in
Branches of Business.
Most
GENERAL LEVEL OF GRAINS IS HIGHER
Despite Berlona Drawbacks the Rail
road Earalags for Past Half Year
Are Vapreeeaented Commer
cial Fallares Moderate.
NEW TORK, July 4 R. Q. Dun A Co.'e
weekly review of trade says: Unlet con
ditions have prevailed In must branches of
business, especially in those markets al
ready affected by labor disputes. Large in
terest payments testify to the pronierlty
of the railways, Industrial corporations and
financial Institutions and aside from the
labor troubles the half year Just ended was
remarkably satisfactory. Hallway earn
ings for June exceeded last year s by .4
per cent and those of 19no by 1. per cent.
In the Iron and steel districts there hsve
been no developments of notice. Leather is
dull and hides weak. In the textile mar
kets the cotton goods sold freely at recent
concessions and the tone was steady, .while
woolen mills are more actively engaged
and buyers are In the eastern markets for
raw material. Quotations of wool made a
further slight advance and firmness is ex
pected at the Dondon auction sale next
Tuesday.
The general level of grain prices Is
higher lor the week, especially corn and
oats. Eastern markets reflected the
strena-th. but did not share the activity.
Both receipts and exports have been light,
whest arrivals amountlna to only 2.463.3'Ji
whest arrivals amounting to only 2,463,393
bushels, sgalnat 2.889,080 last year, and- ex
ports from all ports of the United States
were 1.734.639 bushels, compared with
2,874,103 In 1901.
Cotton prospects brlarhteneo. with ram in
the southwest, yet there waa no weakness.
The crop year closed with receipts of cof
fee at Urasll ports far surpassing all rec
ords and prices remained at the bottom
point
In anlte of many serious drawbacks rail
road earnings for the half year Just closed
are the largest ever reported. Total gross
earnlnga of all railroads in the United
States, reporting for the half year to date,
are 618.4it,608, a gain of 6.7 per cent over
last vear and 18.7 rer cent over 19uu. This
report Is practically complete for roads em-
D racing tnree-rourtns or tne total muenge
of the United States for five months and
Includes partial returns for June.
Commercial failures In the first half of
lfK numbered 4.166, with liabilities of 160,
874,856. Although this is an Increase of 84,
670,166 compered with last year and 118,311,-
Wa more than tne exceptionally favorable
record or lXim. it is necessary to go dsck
fifteen years to find another more gratify-
tew exceptionally heavy falluree In British
coiumDia. total naDiiities in tne uominion
of Canada for the first half of the year
were only 35,739,461, against 5.630,-' last
year, while the number of defaults, blO,
compares favorably with all recent years.
Forelara Financial.
LONDON. July 4. Oold premium at
Rome. 130. Money waa abundant in fair
demand and rates were easy today. Dis
counts were steady. The knowledge thst
large exporta of sovereigns were being
made to the Cape tended to strengthen
the market. Business on the Stock ex
change opened Idle, with prlcea fairly firm
and occasionally heavy. The approach of
the settlement was a bar to fresh engage
ments, .consols were ateadv at tne ooen-
Ing, but weakened somewhat later. Home
rails were irregular, Americans were prac
tically neglected. In view of the holiday.
They scarcely varied from parity and
closed firm. Kaffirs were Idle. A few
shares hsrdened slightly, but they closed
weak owing to fears of native trouble In
South Africa. Bullion amounting to too,-
000 waa withdrawn from the Bank of Eng
land today for shipment to South Africa.
Oold premiums are Quoted at: Buenos
Ayres, 13.60: Madrid, 36.60; Lisbon, 26.60.
rAniv, juiy 4. p. m. inree per cent
rentes, lOf 76o for the account. Exchange
on London, 26f 16o for checks. Spanish
4s closed at 81.22 ex. Interest. Prices were
heavy on the bourse today and business
waa light. Rentes suffered on account of
the realisations, due to tne conversion
news. Spanish 4s and Italians were very
firm. French rails, tramways and trac
tions were supported. Rio tlntos were
weaker. Kaffirs were adversely affected by
forced sales. The private rate -of discount
was unchanged at 2 S-14 per cent.
BK.Ki.irs, juiy . -"-Business on tne oeurse
lul,v waa r,npr,Iv flnll. Dnrttnra ,ra
change on London, 20m 46f4pfgs for checks,
uiscoum rates, snort duis, iv per cent;
three months' bills. 1 per cent.
London Stock Market.
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BAR SILVER Quiet at 14 6-18d" . per
ounce.
MONET KjjSH per cent The rate of dis
count In the open market for short and
tnree montns duis is 3 7-is per cent.
OMAHA WHOLES ALH MARKETS.
Condition of Trade and ((notations on
Stasia aad Fancy Prodnce.
EGGS Candled etock. 14tt16c,
LIVE POULTRY Chickens. 7ttS8c: old
roosters, according to its. i&bc: turkeys.
Holla ducks and geese, 7c; broilers, per lb..
VilSc.
TTER Packlns- stock. 15Uc: choice
dairy, la tubs, ls'alBc: separator, 21fi2c.
FRESH CAUGHT FISH Trout. 10c;
herring, 4c; pickerel. 9c: Dike. 9c:
percn, sc; Dunaio, dressed. 7c; sunnsn,
6c; blueflns, 9c; whitoiish, Vh.: catfish, 13c;
black baas. ISc; kaiiout. He; salmon, lfic;
haddock. 11c; codfish, 12c; red snapper, 10c;
roe shad, each, 76c; shad roe, per pair,
36c; split shad, per lb., 10c; lobsters, boiled,
per lb., 27c; lobsters, green, per lb., i&c;
Duiineaos, tuc.
PIGEONS Live, per do., too,
VEAL Choice, ac
CORN So.
OAT8-61C
BRAN Per ton. 316.
HAY Prices auoted by Omaha Wholesale
Hay Dealers association: (.noice nay. ino.
1 upland, 33: No. 1 medium, 37.60; No. 1
coarse, 17. Rye straw, $5.50. These prices
are for hay of good color and quality. De
mand fair. Receipts light.
VEGETABLES.
r AT7IJ FLOW h.K Home irown. ner doa..
75c.
NEW CELERY Kalamasoo. 30c,
POTATOES New potatoes, per bu., 60c,
GREEN ONIONS Per t'oa.. according to
slsa of bunches. liU'6x,
ABFAKAULB Home grown, per dos., VHt
7So.
CUCUMBERS Motnouse, par aoa., VU
90c. . .......
LETTUCE fer aos. Dnes, ioc
PARSLEY Per dos., 3B36c.
PAUlflH Est Per dos.. 20tU26a.
WAX. BEANS Home; grown, per market
basket, sofreuc; string beans, per market
basket, etttooo.
kHDHAKU uome arown. per id., iwo.
CABBAGE California or home-grown.
sis. 14kadc
UMUJIS-IV UUllornis, patu, ymi
lb 2c. A w. . .
TOMATO BO lexae, per tiaie.
MAVI BEANS Per bu.. It
r nuiis,
APRICOTS California, 11.40.
Pl-iCHlj) California. 11.10.
PLUMS California, per 4-basket crates,
ft I UVn 1 MM
-vT:?'..Vrnnn , 1 . I . . - V. A 1 KA.
w.no.tmen ner 24-at. CiSBS. I3.OLK0X2O.
per 34-qL caa
5PE Texas V
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l ANTALULT V1 uaeaal, inc.
RASPBERRIES Black, per 24-pie., 13.00;
rmA nr ie-Dta.. 13 W.
YVATERMELONS-2535e.
TROPICAL FRUITS.
PINEAPPLES Florida. 30 to M count,
14 60.
BANANAS Per bunch, according to else,
t RANGES Valencies, $4,764x6.00; Medl-
i.rnnHin aweets. 34.0uui4.2&.
LEMONS Fancy, iS.(si(6.50; Messlnas,
94 6WU0- Mi8CELLANEOUS.
HfiMET-Per 24-sctkn case. 32.7VS3.00.
C1DEK Nehawka, per bbl.. 33 .26; New
TproPORN Per lb., be: shelled. 6c
KI'TR Walnuts. No. 1 aoft shell, per lb..
. -. . k. .. -.4 . V, . 11 r.m r I K 1 1 U. V rt t mr ft
ouoil. luc; No. i hard she!!, c; Brsxlls, per
I ,n'cii lie; hard 'shell, lac; pecana. large, per
lb., 14c: niDeris, per 10., uc, sununui, sun
lb., lie
small, 10c; cocoauuts, per sack.
33.60.
HIDES No. 1 green. Hc; No. 2
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ic; rw. i tv. i
calf. 13 to 16 lbs., 4c; dry hides, 4&d2c; sheep
7l. knn, hlliM il liKK SA
OLD METALS A. 11. Ajjra quotes yie
following prices: Iron, country mixed, per
ton, IK); iron, stove piaie, pr ion, i.ow,
copper, per lb., 8Hc: brass, heavy, per lb.,
Jiujc; brass, light, per lb., sc; leaa, per id.,
tci sine, per lb., 1c; rubber, per lb., ee.
Mverpeel Oral, aad Prevlelena
UVERrOOU July 4. WHEAT 8 pot.
firm; No. 1 northern, spring. 6s IVd. Fu
tures firm; July if ; September, 6a 3d; De
cember, nominal.
CORN Spot, firm: American mixeo. new.
Ks 10d; American mixed, old. 6s fd. Fu
tures firm: September. ts i4a; tjctooer,
6s 27d. . . .
TEAS Canadian, steaay s s a.
PROVISIONS Hams, short cut, steady at
BSs 6d. Bacon, long clear and light, firm
at 68a 6d; long clear miaaies, nesvy,
firm at 68s 7f: short clear backs.
firm at RSs; clear bellies, s irons at Us
Ad; shoulders, square, firm at 44s 8d. lArd,
prime western, firm at Ms ea; American
refined, firm at Ms M. .
TALLOW Prime city, steady at Me M;
Australian, in London, dull at Vs.
HOI'S I acinc roast, nrm si . jus.
CHER8E American finest white, steady
at 48s 6d; American fine colored, steady at
49s.
Receipts of wheat during the last threo
days, 174,000 centals. Including 146,000 Amer
ican.
Receipts or American corn aunni nm
last three dsys, 1,600 centals.
Cotton Market.
LIVERPOOL, July 4 COTTON Spot,
good business done; prices l-32d higher;
American middling, 1-Md. Following are
the weekly cotton statistics: Total salea
of all kinds, 63,000 bales: total sales Amer
ican, 60.0U0 bales: English spinners taking,
61.000 bales; total exporta, 34.0W bales; to
tal Imports of all kinds, 14,000 bales; Im
ports American, 3,000 bales; stock of all
kinds, 822,000 bales- stock American, 68.000
bales. Quantity afloat, all kinds, 26.000
k.u., nnnnlltii A , Amerlnnn. 12 flnO
bales; total salea on speculation, 1.S00
Dales; loiai sates 10 rippntn, i,w
Oil and Roala.
LONDON. July 4 OIL Calcutta linseed.
spot, 61s 3d: linseed, 30s ed; sperm, i0.
Petroleum, American refined, Hd. Spirits,
7Hd. Turpentine spirits, 84s (d. Rosin,
American strained, 4S va; nne, rs.
Dry Gaoda Market.
MANCHESTER. July 4 DRY GOOP8
Cloths, dull and Inactive; yarns rather
steady.
Isgsr Market.
LONDON. July 4. SUGAR Raw, Mus
covado, 7s; centrifugal, 7s (d. Beet, le
DAlf RICE'S OLD SOHGS.
One of Hla Clrcas Boys Recalls the
Clown's ' Love for Children.
Dan Rice, the pet of the children year
agone, the clown of all clowns, loved boys,
says a writer In the Chicago News, and I
never heard of hie misusing a youth of
either eex. I knew of one Inetance when
a young girl, fascinated with the eawdust
snd spangle life, ran away from home to
follow his circus. Dan found it out; sent
for her, told her the truth about circus
life and Its consequences and sent her, pen
itent, Innocent and wiser, with a kind,
fatherly letter to her parents.
We boys knew how to work him. A dosen
or twenty of us would gather round the
entrance of the tent and raise such a row
as to bring him out. Then something like
this dialogue would follow his appearance:
Chorus of Boys Hullo, Dan. Hullol We
haven't got any money. Take us in, Dan,
please!
Dan Ton little derlls, can't Ton keep
quiet?
Chorus No-o, no-o-ot (long drawn out.)
Dan Then, darn your little hides, come
Inside where I can make you keep quiet.
When with three cheers for "Dan" we
would march Inside and he would make us
all alt on the outer edge of the ring, where
he would Introduce us to the audience as
his "little family," sometimes adding: "The
girls had to stsy at home to take care of
the babies." This, of course, made a hit
Dan used to sing a song entitled "The
Raging Canawl," which depicted a terrible
storm on that once popular thoroughfare.
in the height of which the "waves ran aa
high as saucers en that ragln' canawl,"
and they knocked down one of the towing
horses which was "takln in a sail,"
We had a load of Dutchmen and we stowed
'em in the hold;
They didn't appear to care for the welfare
or tneir souls. v
The captain came on deck and Implored
'em for to pray.
But all the answer he could get was, "Nix
come roust nix ror stay!
The lamentable drama of "Vllllklne and
His Dinah" was another of Dan's songs,
not original, but adapted. He usually
wrote or had written his own lyrics. Villi
kins, like many another father. ' wished
Dinah to marry, and she objected.
"Oh, papa! Oh. papa! I've not made cp my
mina.
To marry Just yet I don't feel IncUneat
To you my large fortune) I'd gladly give
o er,
If you let ma live single a
year or two
more.
The chorus Dan always asked us, "his
family," to assist in
Tooral lal looral lal looral, lal lay.
four times repeated. ,
The "papa" was obdurate and the end de
nouement follows:
As yilllklns was a-walkin' his garden
around.
He spied his dear Dinah lying dead on the
ground,
A cup tf cold nlsen lay down by her side,
And a billy dux a-etatln 'twaa by plaen she
died.
"Joe Bowers"- was another, who Intro
duced himself thus:
Oh, my name It Is Joe Bowers, I've got a
orutner ike:
I come from old Missouri, all the way from
Pike.
Joe was smitten with the charms of a
Pike county damsel, who cruelly deceived
him, as witness the last words
One day I got a letter, 'twas from my
brother Ike;
It came from old Missouri; yes, all the way
from Pike;
It brought the gol-darndest newe that ever
you did near.
How that Sally had married the butcher,
and the baby had red najn
What Sol Smith Russell was to the stage
Dan Rice was to the sawdust arena.
Without desiring to detract from the
ability of Dan Emmet as a writer of popu
lar songs It may be remembered that
still older song than his "Dixie" contained
similar Ideas and versifies tion:
Wav Anwn anuf In tei state of Alabama
Para wnar a used to no, ensia oown r
'nana.
mm mnmln earlv massa aib me uauor.
Jump In de skiff, sin' down de fibber drlff,
An l kotcn as many soc crao mm ma
ger lift.
'nnn a trir to, tlnk I see a allla-ator:
Scull my Do a l rouna an cnuca. nun swmi
potater;
rvinMn t fool him bad nohow to fix It.
Bo I up wid a brick- an' I fotch him such
a llolr
An' 'twas nuffln' but a pine knot 'pon a
big stick-
Now my ole missus she marry Will de
wMhr.
But sho soon found out dat he was a gay
riraher.
For he grabbed all her cash and he Jinked
It In hla nnrket.
An' de way he cut he stick was a sin to
Davy Crockett.
Why Ho Knew ths stones.
Chicago News: "Have you evsr had asy
experience In handling high-grade pottery?'
asked the importer of aa applicant for a
job.
"No. air." replied the applicant, "hut
can do the work all right."
"Suppose." . said the merchant, "you
ehould accidentally break a valuable vase,
what would you do?"
"I would put It together carefully, ' re
piled the Job-seeker, "and eet It where
wealthy customer would be euro to knock It
to pieces again."
"Consider yourself engaged," said the
merchant, "And now tell me where yen got
on to thar trick of the trade."
"A few short years ago," answered the
other, "I was la the 'wealthy-customer
. clam."
LUCK AND PLUCK WIN FORTUNE
Taking Opportunity bj the Topknot Tieldi
Whole Lot of Money,
NTERESTING CAREER OF JOHN W. GATES
Halls from Mlssearl aad Dlda't Need
Be Skewn A Promoter Skilled
la the Art af Grab aad
Freese Os,
(Copyright. 19na, by Victor Smith.)
Just a quarter of a century ago California
sent to New York a small, wiry, silent
man of 19 years. His fame as a plunger
in the maiket had preceded him and the
world was Informed that "Jim" Keene had
made hla way east to "take Jay Gould's
scalp." Keene has been a factor In specu
lation ever since. He Is regarded as "the
ablest operator the street has ever known.
No well could be deeper.
Two years ago Chicago sent to the me
tropolis a great, big, beefy, rollicking,
loquacious man of 46. He had no fame.
He waa an adjunct of the steel business.
He had been a commercial traveler, selling
barbed wire to the farmers of the west.'!
It he had dealt In stocks it was a mere
dabble.
Keene had made- $8,000,000 In wheat;
Oates had made aa much In promoting
steel. Keene weighs 100 pounds; Oates
welghe 100. Keene le an Englishman;
Oatee Is a Mlssourlan. Keene'a first con
tract was sprinkling the etreete of Shasta,
Cat.; Gates' first contract was hoeing a hill
of beans in a garden not far from St. Louis.
Keene haa mads himself a power in the
world of speculation by the force of intel
lect. Gates Is a lucky chap, whose success
lies In his ability to grasp, seise, grapple,
grab and freese on to opportunity.
Oates has grown so fast that be can
hardly keep track of It. himself. He did
not mean it at all. They say he used to
have a little shop beneath the Southern
hotel, St. Louis, where he retailed barbed
wire to the farmers of Missouri. At that
time his sole ambition was to make a liv
ing. He had no designs on New York and"
the stock market. Drifting into Chicago, he
went Into the employment of "Ike" Ell-
wood, after whom Ellwood City is named,
and there ran into what we now style the
steel crowd. " For a few years he was
on the road, earning $3,000 a year for him
self and $10,000 for Ellwood. He aaved
money, married and settled down.
Beeckealsg ef Opportunity.
A land agent Induced him to buy eome
acres near Chicago, and the responsibilities
of landlordism quickly developed an Inde
pendence that had been slumbering like the
Imago on a photographic plate. Oppor
tunity beckoned. Gates rushed to the em
brace.- Barbed wire was a new thing.' The
ranches of the west demanded tons of it.
There were not mills to supply It. Gates
cut the timber off hie land and eold it for
money to chip In with his coterie of friends
and build a small factory. This coterie
was much like that with which Grover
uieveiana used te fraternize in Buffalo all
good fellows, 'up to any risk and equal to
any emergency.
The sum Invested was $36,700. In the
first year the profits were nearly live times
bat sum. Some of the partners desiring
to sell. Gates generously took their Inter
eats off their hands until he owned the
mill.
Among the friends he made were . the
Moore brothers. Judge William H. and
James Hobart, Daniel C. Reld, Judge Elbert
H. Gary, B. C. Converse, William Eden
horn, Veryl Preston, Charles M. Schwab,
W. B. Leeds, W. E. Rels, Richard Trimble
snd J. B. Keefe, ail big men In the manu
facture of steel.
Oatee might now be making barbed wire
on a small scale if It had not been for the
sudden desire on the part' of eomebody to
form a steel trust. Conflicting interests
continued to conflict until the name -of J.
Plerpont Morgan was mentioned as bonding
material. The leading steel men' of the
country begged him to form a central steel
government, and for the sum of $55,000,000
be did it. Every one of the westerners
had a mill or two to sell, among them
Gates. Opportunity beckoned a second
time. The Moo res led the way. Oatee
followed. A plant at EMwood that cost
some bundrede of thousands was turnsd
over to Morgan and the Steel trust for
$2,400,000. Other plants In proportion.
The Independent steel and wire men made
fortunes. The world never before offered
so golden an opportunity. ,
The steel crowd met once a week at Ell
wood to play poker. Fabuloue pots were
won and lost. The limit was the sky,
Schwab and Oatee gave their winnings to
charity. Neither knew how to lose. They
were deluged with luck. With each jack
pot a steel plant was sold to the corpora
tion, or trust, and the steel crowd pock
eted a million. None of the "boys" came
In on less than a royal flush or bet less
than the limit.
fneeiaaled Since Jim Fish.
Gates' equal has not appeared In the
street sines "Jim" Flsk (entered the finan
cial vortex and startled the world with his
gigantic schemes, his bold, multitudinous
and successful operations, his executive
ability and bts masterful grasp of condl
tlons. It was far easier to be a power In
Flak's day than it is in Oates' dsy. En
terprlses regarded as prodigious In the '70s
would today be looked upon aa small bust
ness.
Most of the giants of the street have
had names of one syllable; that is among
the operators. Morgan is not an operator.
neither are Harrlman, Rockefeller and men
of that stamp operators. I refer to kings
of the ticker, such as Jay Oould, "Jim"
Flsk, "Jim" Keene. "Deacon" White, Louis
V. Bell, Thurlow Weed, Dsnlel Drew, and
last, but not lesst, John W. Gates,
First of all comes Keene, for he Is an
operator, or speculator, purs and simple.
He is In a class by himself. He la a
director in no corporation and never had
a partner In ths great game of stocks. He
has dealt In more . millions of securities
than all the rest put together ever
dreamed of.
. After Keene we must place Flsk, then
in their order Oould, Drew, Oatee, Weed,
White and Bell. Oates was the moat sud
den of all. He came ae a bolt of lightning
out of a elear sky and caused convulsions
ths moment he struck the street. Like
Flsk, he is of great girth, with . an enor
moue capacity for food and drink. He le a
glutton for work. Nobody ever heard of
hie being tired. He looke ready to tackle
any shape of man er beast that ever en
tered the arena, and no proposition is big
enough to frighten him'. He educated his
nsfve when he was an ordinary steel snd
wire men selling fences to the farmers la
ths southwest.
Fame at sv Bennd.
The steel and wire crowd burst upon
New York at the time when the National
Steel, American Steel and Wire, National
Tube, American Tlnplate, American Steel
Hoop and one or two other allied stocks
were attracting the attention of the epecu
latlve world. Presidents of some of these
corporations made their headquarters In a
brokerage and commission house In New
street that was the New York branch of a
Chicago establishment which had long
handled the commissions of the steel crowd
The manipulation of these stocks kept local
speculators la a ferment. The "Steel
Crowd" coined money, while the outsiders
lost it. At first Nsw York refused to take
the westerners seriously, and everybody
bought Steel and Wire. National Steel sod
American Stsel Hoop tor a quick turn.
When every men bsd his load the steel
tocks stumbled, tumbled, ten, twenty.
thirty points. Then he and his crowd
quietly and contentedly picked up the bar
gains lying around and held on until the
United Statee Steel corporation was formed,
when they disposed of their holdings on
terms that marie many of them millionaires.
Thst stupendous desl made the fame of
Oatee. Attention has never been diverted
from bltn since. He became a marked man.
He established a following that will buy
and sell anything under heaven whenever
he gives the word. All the world loves a
winner. Gates Is a winner. He likes to see
others make money, and never refuses to
tip off a good fellow.
Gates Has Had Hard Knocks.
Beneath his breexy western style, his
devil-may-care gabble, his bonhomie, there
lurks a shrewdness such as only his most In
timate friends are aware of. He has had hard
Knocks. It took him twenty years to save
$1,000,000. Today he has $12,000,000. He
has trained with a merry crowd of the
highest high-rollers the Industrial field
could furnish. There are big men In steel.
The manufacture of rails, wire, tubing,
etc., appears to enlarge capacities for
having fun as well as for carrying on busi
ness. The steel crowd can get more Jollity
out of life without eerlously Interfering
with legitimate business than any other
crowd on earth. And Gates has been a
recognlxed leader of this crowd.
He le ashamed of nothing, that be does
and his heart Is ss big as all out of doors.
No hypocrisy In that big bulkl
Gate has become such an Influence In
speculation that traders make use of his
name to boom or depress stocks. This is
the gauge by which a man Is judged in the
street. Two years ago the query was.
'Who Is this chsp Gates?" A year ago It
was, "Do you. really think Gates knows
anything?" Today the alarm goes forth:
'Gates Is buying Steel." All the little
fellows buy steel.
Gates Is a factor, and a big one, in our
commercial life.
The Windsor hotel was for years the
eventng headquarters of leaders of finance
and Speculation. William H. VanderblH,
Addison Catnmack, Jay Gould, James R.
Keene and others were to be found there.
When It was destroyed by fire the Wall
streeters, euch as were left, moved to
Delmonlco's Twenty-sixth street place.
When the Waldorf-Astoria was built and
"Del's" had moved to Forty-fourth street,
far out of range, the financial element
camped in the hostelry of Herr Bold..
Oates lives there when la New York, and
creates sufficient interest to attract mobs
to the cafes and dining rooms. He hae
made some of the waiters rich.
To Illustrate his Influence. One night he
wae chatting with Charles M. Schwab of
the Steel trust on a sofa at the end of
"Peacock alley." It Is not necessary to
tell what they talked of. It may have
been a reminiscence of poker at Ellwood.
But the next day there was a big boom In
Colorado Fuel A Iron. The shsres rose
ten or twelve points. Wherefore? Be
cause Oatee was seen in the Waldorf-Astoria
chatting with the president of the
Steel trust, wss supposed to have made a
dicker with Schwab to turn over the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company to the Steel
trust at a tremendous advantage.
The "Gates Face."
The "Gates face" la ae prevalent just
now as the bicycle fsce, the automobile
face, or the ping-pong ankle. It indicates
a man breaking his neck to And out what
Oates Is doing In the market.
Most of Gates'i great successes on Wall
street have been accidents. He was "dead
wrong" on Northern Pacific, losing a mil
lion and a half. In the Louisville A
Nashville deal he was the creature of con
ditions that he did not know existed. His
Intention waa to make a quick turn in the
market, to buy . something intrinsically
good and sell It again at a profit. To his
own amazement he found himself In posses
sion of the road. The discovery nesrly
gave blm stage fright. It would have
given a more excitable man heart disease.
Instead of perspiring, Gates drank two
quarts of wine and ate three pounds of
beefsteak, with "embellishments."
He Is magnetic. His voice Is not that
of a man who has fed on fats. Rich gravies
usually produce husklness. Oates' bari
tone, soft and mellow, and just a trifle me
tallic, Is as clear as a bell and well modu
lated. He could bellow like a bull If he
tooka mind to, but there is no necessity,
for Ufa to him Is one grand, sweet song.
Gates''chtef Interest in life just now is to
push to the front his strapping son. He
himself having achieved and arrived, it le
now hie pleasure to ees that Oates, jr.,
makee a noise in the world. The young
man Is much taller than his father, but not
so big around. Wall street Is beginning to
keep an eye on htm.
Gates goes abroad each year. He has
engaged apartments In London for the
coronation parade whlc'a cost him a small
fortune. His tours of the sonilneut usually
make an Impression. He cuts a swath.
He always travels "first cabin," as the say
ing is. His rooms at the Waldorf-Astoria
cost him $300 a week. His favorite game
is not ping pong or brllge and he wa.tes
no time at church. He dresses as well aa
a professional gambler and Is not blind to
bis own importance.
It has been published broadcast that J.
Plerpont Morgan had Oatee "pilled" at the
Now York Yacht club, and t,hat August
Belmont bad a band In the pilling. Gates
denies that there Is any friction between
him and those two gentlemen. As he hss
made millions out of Morgan and relieved
Belmont of the Louisville A Nashville rail
road, be can afford to let bygonee be by
gones.
Gates is one of the few steel men who
have not built palaces In 'Upper Fifth
avenue. He Uvea ln Chicago. Ha la in
Wall atreet for fun. ' James R. Keene Is
there tor business. That la the difference
between the two kings of the ticker. Mr.
Keene believes In basic conditions; Oatee
believes In taking a flyer. But Oates will
not settle down. He is a giant of capacity.
copper-bottomed and Steel-lined.
Gates Is a typical product of the wild
west. As an Infusion 3e makes the Wall
street blood boll. VICTOR SMITH.
Her Observation.
Chicago Tribune: "Miss Olorlana," said
the college athlete. In the outing suit, rest
ing on bis oars a moment, "let us co-educate
a little In rowing. Leave the tiller,
corns and sit by me snd taks this other
oar."
"But this Is not co-education, Mr.
Corkle," she said, noticing that tbey were
a long distance from all the others. "This
Is segregation."
And she put the boat about.
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