Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1903.
IS
CONDITION OFOaAMSIRADE
Holiday Gosdt the Principal Attraction
- aud Tit j Sell Eetter Than UicaL
VERY FEW CHANGES IN PRICE OF STAPLES
ber H Mad Preparations for
Start la a aa Aetlv Campaign far
Spring? Baslaes th First
af tk Saw Year
Retail trad last week u never better.
Merchants from all sections of the coun
try tributary to this market report their
ales far In excess of former years. The
most noticeable leature they say was the
large number t costly purchases mailt Dy
people, ior C hristmas presents. In fact, the
big bulk of the goods bought for that
Eurpos was of a much higher quality than
i generally the casei
In a wholesale way jobbers who handled
Christmas lines also report their sales very
heavy. They were rushed up to the Inst
minute to keep their customers sunnlted.
In nearly alt lines local stocks of holiday
goods were cleaned up much closer than
usual, which of course Is a source of great
satisfaction to all concerned.
Staple lines were naturally mors or tesa
neglected hist week. Retailers are anxious
at thia time of the year to keep their
stocks down for Invoicing purposes the first
of the year. The lack of cold weather
also had a tendency to make seasonable
lines rtrsr to some extent. Both retailers
and jobbers, though, are Just aa well sat
isfied that trade on that class ol goods was
not heavy, for they had enough to do to
iook alter me traae 01 tne noiiaay cnr
acter.
There la very little to be said of the mar
ket situation. At the end of 'the year
markets are generally featureless ana this
rear la no exception to the general rule,
After the first of the year a number of
changes would cause no surprise. Borne of
them will be In the nature of advances
and other will be reductions, but present
Indications are that with the exception of
hardware present values will be maintained
on a very firm looting.
gar May Bell Higher.
There were very few chanrea In the gro
cery market last weeK. sugar is quotea
the same as It was at laat report, both
on refined and raws. The demand, for this
season of the year, has held up remarkably
well and In view of the general conditions
prevailing the opinion among those best
posted Is that sugar Is at a very low point
and that tt la difficult to tell what the next
move will be. Several of the beet sugar
refiner have withdrawn temporarily ffom
the market, not caring to self on the pres
ent basis. That would certainly Indicate
that they have contldenc In the future
market. '
Cortes la still hardening In price and the
market may be said to be Hfi'Ho higher
than It was a weeK ago. una largest
buyer ar operating freely and many who
a few weeks ago bad little faith In the
talk of higher prices have now changed
their views and are among the heaviest
buyer. Kverythlng at the present time
seems to Indicate that the market will ad
vance l(tT2e and possibly more before the
top la reached. i
In tha line of conned goods, dried fruits
f,nr rrnrrrlM. farinaceous roods and In
fact ail other staple lines, are selling In
' practically the same notche they wer
a week ago. The local supply of nuts Is
well cleaned up, and In fact It-U said that
there were practically no peanuts In town
for two or three day. Other Christmas
tinea wer cleaned up heavily aa well.
Ha Carnage 1st Hardware.
Trade with hardware Jobber was more
or lesa limited last week, the same aa usual
at thia time of the vear. There were, 01
course, a good many rush orders for holi
day lines, but staple good moved slowly.
Retailers were bufy taking care of their
holiday line and besides that are prepar
ing to take an Invoice of their goods the
first of the year.
The market is In practically the asm
Jos 1 1 ion it wa a week ago, although both
obbers and retailer are watching to see
what tne nrsi 01 me year win uruis wnu.
As mentioned a week ago it would cause
no surprise If there should be some reduc
tions made on certain lino, but at the
some time no radical change are looked
foe. Th general onlnton la that the hard-
war market during the coming year will
be In the same healthy condition that It has
been -for several years past and that the
reductions. If there be any, will be con
fined to those line that wer forced too
high. -
normal Dry Goods Trade.
The dry good trade last week wa In
about the same condition It generally Is
just prior to the holidays. That Is, order
were few and of small- site. Most of the
trsvellna- man for local house are In for
a ahort rest, but when they .start out after
the first of the year they expect to do a
Met business Dom in advance ana lmmo
dlsta orders. Retailers, so the report ta.
have done a very nice business during the
last few weeks and as a result their stock
have been materially reduced. That means
a good many filling In orders. Not only
that, but It will make retailers more will
ing to place their spring orders early than
they would be otherwise.
The market for all cotton goods Is In the
gam strong position It has been for some
time cast. There have- been no new de
velopments of late, but at the him time
It become more evident to thoee In a po
sition to know that desirable Knee are
going to be not only high priced but very
scarce, rot mat reason tney say me mer
chant who waits until late In the season be
fore making bis purchases will have to take
what nobody else would nave.
Ooodl Dmu4 for Footwear,
Leather goods lobbers report trad for
last weeg aa being tuny a go 00. as tney
could reasonably expect for thia season of
the year. There was quite a big demand for
holiday lines, such as slippers, and that
together with usual numb-jr of sising-up
orders mud business Quite brisk.
After the first of the year it la thought
that advanoa orders will come In very
frot-ly, aa merchants have a good deal of
contldenc In the future market, and for
that reason will not be afraid to place tbelr
order on th present basis. Their trade all
this year ha also been of very satisfactory
froportlon. which gives them more than
he usual amount of confidence In future
business.
Th rubber good trad has been rather
quiet owing to the exceptionally fine
weather that ha been experienced. What
rubber good men want la a snow storm.
Fvn.lt and Prod).
Th demand for fruits and vegetables last
weeg wa a record breaker. Local jobbers
had all tney could do tu All the oidris I hey
received and at th close of business on
Thursday night they found they had very
little stock on hand that could be classed
a holiday goods. The supply of Christmas
iree ana iJtiuetmas aecor&tions was prac
tically exhausted and S.U such lines as crsn
Iwrl.. a Jkpv a...... I . I .. n r. . . ....
everything of that description sold so freely
that there waa but little left.
Th demand for poultry of all kinds was
also of very liberal proportions. Receipts
wer much heavier than anticipated and as
a result prloes did not rarge as high, which
no doubt accounts for th brisk demand.
Most of th stock that wss carried over
.v-nnsirass was or an inrerior quality.
The egg market has eased oft a littls In
warm weather, butter is about the sam
aa it waa a week ago.
ISVtlAL FEATVHH OF THE BARKS
Bad of Year Flada Increase of Loan
hy Hew York Associated Bank.
new tork. Deo. I.Th Financier this
wee says:
Th striking feature of the New York as- 1
o-ulated ixuiks laat week wa the incre&A
of ia.iJ2 w-j In loans. This was notable!
eniny because of the fact that loan ex
pansion In the last wsrks of the year Is j
quit unusual, banks generally being in
no condition to extend liberal accommoda
tion to borrower until after the turn -of
the new ear. The excellent resurv condl-l
tlon of th Institution. tu the previous t
ran tne accumulation or funrn tn ths baults,
11 anlicipatl.Hi of the ditibtiraemetit of in
terest and dividend Immediately after th
bes-innlr.g of the year, doubtless euoour
Jtiwd liberal lending, whit h will account
tor the above noted Increase. - -
t aah reserves Increased by th net
mount of t! 967.800, th specie gain being
JJ ft V0, while 4ho Waal Under waa
tJ07,thU. The tncreaa in speclw largely re-
.wwo payments ivr iinpiHtKtl golj ouriug
the week. Th dt-posils hit, UKineuted
w.-vc.. or 1,1M. In exci-aa of the total
il 11 In loans and in tn-.li. Henc the
statement showed a good balance.
The required reserve was Increased
thourh the higher deposits by 14 4w iu. liy
peducling thervfrom Ul net skIii In tsh
leaves i,4bu.& a the deA'rcas la surilus
reserve to 1! 5,4,2. Calculated upon' the
taste of deposits, leM those of t i.-,k4 nut
public funds, the surplus la C:14 .awl. Ttt
statement waa douLtlvkS made rising
avarageo fir cash, ther having been paid
for the assay omc 0.1 Friday ll.noi'.COi) In
cd.titk.n to the amount diatiura-id f, Hi.
Week s assay of bullion, this amount rr-pre-aeiilug
the balance due on previous as
says, the abov aanie-1 sum counted for
only One day, or ono-flrth of ths amount
In the statement.
The d-u.y avexag f clearings for flv
day was tm.OOO.WO. sralnst fiS7.mn,nra In
the previous work, indicating increased
bueinemi In the commercial markets and
also some of the changes Incident to the
close of the year. The clearings on Hatur-
day, representing Thursday s trartsMCtiana,
were $.u,;4.7V!l or much above the aver
age. One minor fenture of the statement
wss a decreaee of 1741. ! In circulation. Tne
loans were in excess of the deposits hy .a.-
tts.luo. Comparisons of loans show that
nine of the largest banks increased this
Item by tlt.Mu.'M,. fteven of these Institu
tion gained f2.4tu.otaj net In cash. .
REPORTS Or THE CLEARING BOVSB.
Traasaetleas af the Associate Beaks
Darin; tk Past Week. ,
NEW TORK. Dec. M.-The following
table, compiled by Fradstree s. shows the
bank clearing at the principal cities for
the week ended December 24, with the per
centage of increase and decrease as com-
psred with the corresponding week lastJ
yean
CITIES. Clearing- I no. ttc.
New York... tl,l7.!M).Ho 1
Chicago 175,6X6.0X7 M.7 ......
Hoaton 134.M4.2H6
Philadelphia 113,sl,6.tl .t
St. Lotils .43.:9 100
8an Francisco 17,4W,?0 1.4
Baltimore ' $2,175,693 US
Cincinnati 20.4M.6K l.g
Kansas City 22.2M.5!4 S6 I ......
Cleveland , 14.tl4.il72 17.0
Minneapolis 17.0Ki.842 24.1
New Orleans..., I8.0oo.0:tl H9.4
Detroit .... 10,56,63 81.0
I,ulsvlll 10.123,146 t4t7,
OMAHA 7.J46.373 2 6
Milwaukee f,2''0.9'-0 31.
Providence 7.570.9OO 29.0
Buffalo d.048.073 14. t
St. Paul s.71,J7S 14
Indianapolis 6 07S.PU tl.t
Los Angele .XU,KT7 - 66.0
Ht. Joseph 4.W1.414' .(
Denver ' 4.'7,74 MS
Richmond 4,776.238 8.0
Columbus - 4.670.4) SS.3
Beattle f.fWO.670 28.4
Washington 8.112.634 24.0
Bavannah ,...'....r... f.182.84'.! v....
Memphis 6,644.971 86 8
Albany , 1.4X1.2X7 41.2
Unit Lake City I.IM7.0K3 8.5
Portland, Ore 8,479.903 4 7
Toledo t.060,871 27.7
Fort Worth 8.648,227 16.4
Peoria - 8.23.93 26.6
Hartford 2,176,7X7 10.9
Rochester I.tr.t23 23.0
Atlanta 2.9D2.651 80.6
Des Moines 8,149. 490 60.7
New Haven 1.64.133 31.8
Nashville.... 2.611,027 16 i
Spokane, Wash , l,l',6.X4l . 4 3
Grand Rapids t,0;,3K 42.9
Bloux City l,4-!6.2fto 8.2
Springfield, Maes 1.272.6S3 6.6
Norfolk I,s6.37s 82.1
Dayton 1.606,810 7.9
Tacoma t,44.Mi 28.8
Worcester K.3.K43 80.1
Augusta, On Z.VV1.247 23.2
Portland, Me '.... 1,3X8.744 27.8
Bcranton 1.7X1,776 69.0
Topeka 1.632.320 - 1.4
Syracuse 1.873.914 87.2
Evansvllle ' 1,829.633 6.8
Wilmington, Dal 1.193.662 7.1
Birmingham 1,822.157 t.T
Davenport 831,023 20.8
Fall River 1.120.6M1 11.8
Utile Rock 1.S.-M.149 76.1
Knoxville 1,3,528 67.4 ......
Macon 9.000 7.8
Wllkesbarr 1,089.044 60.8
Akron 744.600 20.2
Springfield, 111 660.2X5 82.6
Wheeling, W. Va.... 720,712 20.6 ......
Wichita 806.034 20.8 ,
iToungstown 604,838 28.7
Helena I 1,03Q,P6X 73.6
Lexington 66.642 11,0
Chattanooga 828,826 44.2
Dowell 43a.542 2(8
New Bedford.... 667,672 41.0
Kalamazoo (m.68 66.6
Fargo, N. D 783.809 48.6......
Canton, O tn3,00t 78.2
Jacksonville,- Fla 718.748 14.7
Qreensburg, Pa 4U.828 14.1
Rockford. I1U ,. 468.9 4.1
Springfield. O.. ... 448,716 88
Binghamton 437.800 84.8
Chester, Pa m . 4rC.63f 46.6
Blooming-ton, 111 8ti2,658 17.0
Qulncy, 111 348,840 S.l
Slouz Falls. S. D.... - 289.078 68.0 ...... I
Mansfield, 0 231,711 82.6 '
Jacksonville, 111 194.267 14.6
Fremont, Neb 173.7M 22.7
! Decatur, III 2A8.686 146.8
Houston 16,139,618 30.6
Galveston 11,797,000 41.8 -
Guthrie 906,672
Charleston, B. C 1,499,820
Totals, V. 8. ....... 81,988.475.098' 7.41. j
Outside N. T S40.14,663 19.74...... I
CANADA.
Montreal
Toronto ,
Winnipeg
Halli'ux
Ottawa
19,060.2061
14.4Xv.fiM
s,S39,721
1.814.961
7.8
1B.7I
49.4
13.
1,048,804
17.7
Vancouver, B. C...
Quebeo
Hamilton
St. John, N. B
Victoria, B. C
(London
1.2KI.901
9.0
28.2
84.4
88.6
1,635,1601
1.0b8,630
86,613
637.143
41.1
- 866.4631
16.91
Totals, Canada..
I 49,616,996
.t
Balance paid In cash.
INot Included In totals because contain
ing other Items than clearings.
INot included in total because or no com
parison tor last year. ,
Clearing Hons Averages.
NEW YORK. Dec. . The statement of
average of the clearing house banks of this
city for the five days of the week shows:
Loans, z.z;z,uo, increase iis.cauu; depos
its. fb65, 918,700, increase 817,634,700; circula-
l,,n lk 1lA ACf ..r.a .1 7l Iln.l
tendera, .!, 902,000, decreaae J07,uoo; - sptcie,
.ln 1A1 fiTA InnM. i.t t! k.,1- wmarAt '9Q.
0b4,3u0.' Increase f2.96I,imO;' reserve required,
tJti,47,t75, Inoraa.e $4,406,675; surplus, 112.-
6i4,tai, decrease i,4(h.i6; sx-unitea btate
deposits, fL,7w,50, decrease fl,44s,0u0.
. Bank Clearing tor Week.',
OMAHA. Dec. M. Bank clearing for th
week, a compared with th corresponding
ween last year:
" 101. 1905.
Monday tl.4O4.l'06.4B i 11,879.630.84
l uetHiay l,l,5.i'i ) l.o.itu.M
Wednesday 1.110.809 6-1 l.OM.ltoM)
Thursday L096 8d6.9 l,40i,i9.S3
rnuay "Hnllday
Saturday 1.2S4.S51.U" l,107,O2.06
An Increase of ttjo.09j.27 aver th corre
sponding week last ysar.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Doe. I. Cloa: Prim mer
cantile Paper, nominally bW! per ' rent:
. . i i .. .. V. .. . .......... I I V I 1. 1
P""li... ini. ..'111,1,1., WILI1 u.li.TiD
bin at x4.gouiq-4.tu ror demand, ana at 4.M;
fa4..H4 for sixty days' bills; posted rate
nominal, at i,sitni ana HJii-':-
Treasnrjr Bala area.
WASIIINOTON, Dee. M. Today" state
ment of the treasury balances In the gen
eral fund, exclusive of tlCO,0OO,0uO gold
reserve In the division of redemption,
Shows: Available cash balance, 8!l03,l:
gold, tUM.O.litfu .
Chicago Frodaeo Market.
CHICAGO, Dec J6. BUTTER Market 1
steady; creameries, lf.'u.3c; dallies, 14ti21c.
EUtiS Kasy: at mark, caae iuoludeJ,. 24
tTic.
POULTRY Alive, easy; turkeys, lOtfillc;
Chickens, 6u-W6e; springs, SiiKa
Trade Movement at York.
NEW YORK. Dec. 18. The export of
peel from th port of New York thl
wek ware 114.130 la gold and 11,017.138 In
sliver.
The Imnorts of xeneral merchandise this
i weeK we valuta at ...ino.ius.
Now York Prodneo Market.
NfCW YORK. Deo. M POCLTRY Mar.
ket for live poultry ta nutot: western chick
ens, too; fowls, uc: tuiKejs, i.ujc; arenard,
weak; western chicken
s, lu(jUc; turkeys.
14-aiiO.
- Oil City Oil Market,
OIL CITY. Dec. 16 OILS Credit bal
ance. l.w. Certificates, no Did; no runs
or shipments reported today. 'Transit of
fice cloaad from Thursday to Monday on
account of CltrUtiuaa.
Foorla
Grain Market.
PEORIA, Deo,
M CORN' -Steady; new.
No. 1.
87 Ac:
new. No.
4. JtrVC
WHISKY On
th
basis of
11.17 for
flulahed gooda.
Kansas City Prodare' Market.
KANSAti CITY. Dec. M EtlGB Hlsher:
Missouri and Kansas stock, cases returned,
itc ; new No. 8 whits wood case Included.
Vc mor. - " .
Wool Market.
ST. LOl'13. Dee. 14 -WOOL- Nominal:
territory snd western m-dlum. Incise; fin
umiuiu, Atiiit:, Itii-.. wluv.
Want Heeelvor Naased.
St. Joseph' hospital waa named ae ex
cutor of the eslat of Bartholomew Reu
ter. Joseth C. Heuter holds a t lu n sgslnst
(lie estate assrrKStiug 41. 4 ami tin
asked the court to nam a receiver for th
I'remiae In older that he may rocovvr his
clalui, U.tUer KB Uilcrcsb
Oi!ADA LIVE STOCK-MARKET
Bo'.h Oorafed Stsen and Coin Consider. bit
Hi;br for th Week. .
HOGS ALSO SHOW IMPROVEMENT
A Cmare with m Week Age Haady
Weight ghees aad Lambs Mar B
aoted fltroaa- aad Active
Other Abotst Steady. '
SOUTH OMAHA. Dee. .
Recelnts were:
Cattle. Hogs, bneep.
.... 2.8.1 6.133 4.1U
1.970 7.6,8 t.:0J
Official Monday ....
Official Tuesdsy
Official Wednesday.
Official Thursday...
1.274 , 8.297 1,3.8
.... 678 7.124 702
.... Holiday
.... 436 4.567 1.938
limcial Friday
Official Baturdayt..
Week ending Dec. 26...
... 7.129 82.7X4
...18.775 67,s:(3
...1X401 51.763
14 6X0
2.fM5
46.K76
weeK ending Dec. 19...
Week ending Dec. 18...
Week ending Dec. 6....
Week ending Nov. 28...
Stsme week last year...
...1350 46.S.-0 66.461
...19.61 37,o!t 30.3"1
... 8.879 27.196 13.206
RECEIPTS FOR THE TEAR TO DATE.
The fol owtns tahla shows the receipt or
cattle, hogs and sheep at South Oinnhl
tor the year to data and comparison with
asi year;
1901. 102. . Inc. Deo.
Cattle 1 rwo 4 9i8.2ia 62.284.
tings 2.194.6X 1.212,308 17.61
Sheep 1.844.529 1.729.047 116,482
Average crioes nakl for hcCS at South
Omaha for the laat several day with com
parisons:
Date. I1S03. lM2.U901.19W.18rJ.Ur3.D89U I
De-i. 1...
4 84
4 8IH:
4 40?,!
4 Ctwi
4 87
K
4 82S
I 4 63) t 74! 8 S5J
Its! t 76 28
8 :i
De. I...
Dec. t...
Deo. 4...
Deo. 6...
Dec. ...
011
6 13
I to
f 88
4 64
149
22
v:
4 X
4 77'
8 81j
t W
8 86
1 tl
8 83
8 21
24
16
6 06
6 09
in
4 Mi
I 85
I 18
8 SO
I 15
I 13
I 17
8 13
113
t li
Deo. T ..
6 04
4 si
Deo. I...
Dea. ...
Dec 10..
Dec. 11..
Dec. It..
6 07
4 78
4 82
4 J3S
05
12
08
t 6
11
890
12
8 29
t 81
8 17
8 ;
4 4tS
13
14
6 16
m
' I
4 44
4 !!.
4 77
8 .
1 ;
Dea. 13,.
i 1
.
6 09
6 16
6 11
21
4 81
I 20
Dee. M
4 K6
8 SI
8 27
8 21
Le. IB...
I
6
4 84
I 95
8 24
PC. 16...
4 01
I to
Use. 17...
Deo. 18...
Deo. 1...
4 4H
6 22,
6 84
6 26,
6 12
6 04
4 83
4 731
8 81
4 261
6 14
t8
t 28
8 2S
8 321
t 34
J 87
4-1
8 31
6 01
6 o;
s
4 77
8 92
Ie.
Deo. 21...
Dec. 12...
Dee. 13...
Deo. 24...
4 79
8 91
4A1
4 021
4 04
8 83
1 23
4 84
6 00
6 M
4 81
4 89U
6 16
4 80
2 4
4 46'4,
47'
11
X
t 2V
26
6 09
4 86
4 89
3 26
Deo. 1...
.1
Dec. i
4 6874.1 4 36, 6 19
4 11
I 60j
Indicate Sunday.
Indicates holiday. "
The official number of car of stock
brought in by each road was:
Cattle. Hog. Bheep.M r a.
C, M. St. P. Ry
16
11
15
v. r. system
C. N. W. Ry...'. "
F.a 2. '& M V ft-. It
C, bt. P., M. & O
B. ft M. Ry
C, B. tj. Ry
K. C. a- Bt. J 11
C, R. 1. & P., east
V., R. I. & p west.. ..
Illinoli Central
Chicago Ot. Western. ..
7
4
1
1
i
Total receipts.,... 16
The disposition of the day'e receipt waa
as follows, eacn ouyer purcnaswg ius num
ber OI head maioaiea:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep,
447
72
Omaha Packing Co....
Swift and Company...
Cudahy Packing Co....
Armour Co
Cudahy Pack. Co., K..
Armour, Bloux City...
Other buyer
1,01s
. 1
1,431
W3
C877
... 60
... 1
1,607
Totals
.. 428 4.661 1.433
CATTLE There were several cars of cat
tle? reported this morning, but they were
all consigned Direct to local packers and as
a result a test of ths market waa not made.
For that reason there is little to be said
of the oattle situation in addition to what
has already been published. It should be
noted, however, that ths Chicago
has olo.td loo to lfio lower than the high
miln
A ,. A .1. .. n-leu4
steer at thl point can safely b quoted
36c to 4oo higher, owing to the small num
ber that nave been on saie mis -
Pu-k.n all had ta have a few and a a r
suit It wa an easy matter for salesmen
to force prices up at rapid rate. Warmed
p cattle ar now seinng irom .w w e-oi
1 1 . m smi an 4a m OK
tit n-nori from 14.00 to 84.50. and good
to choice from 84 60 to 16. 10, The bulk of
XYjC cattle coming forward, however, are
slrt fed and for that reason galea abov
14.75 have been very scarce.
The cow market waa active and atronger
most all the week. Receipts were lljciit
and th demand arood. The greatest Im
provement was on the kinds selling around
IZ.60, or, in other words, tne meaium ciass.
The aood kinds also Improved considerable.
and even cannera ar a little better than
they were a week ago. The general market
could best be described by calling It 16o to
le hlicher. Cunners sell from fl.75 to
12 2K. fair ta mod erades from t2.2 to f2.75.
and good to choice from 82.75 to 83.25, with
something prime from that up.
Bulls are about 10c. to 16o higher for the
week and veal oalves ar still selling in the'
same notche they have for soma time past.
Stockers and feeder have been In light
upply all the week and the demand has
benn sufficient to make th better grades
sell to a little better advantage. The im
nrnvement. however, has been confined
fart-el to vearllno of aood auaHtv and to
good to choice cattle, weighing from 800 to
i0 pound, common cattle ar no more
thn st--adv for the week.
HOGS There was a email run of hogs on
sale this morning, and as the demand waa
nulte brisk the market advanced fVfflOc.
Medium weight hogs sold largely around
84 65. Heavie sold from M.60 to 84.61. . The
lighter hogs went largely from 14.60 to
4.65. while those weighing under 200 pounds
sold all the way down to 84. 26. It f very
evident that packer are not at all anxious
for these lightweights unless they can buy
them about a quarter undsr thai heavy
hoars. There was not much chan- In the
market from start to finish, andlgs re
ceipt were very limited an early clearance
mra K,f4A . ' . . '
Vo ths week recfilnt show a decrease as
compared with laat week, but a gala over
the corresponding . week of last year.
Prices have improved steaauy an me wee
and there I a net gain of about SC over
last week's closing prices. This advance
carries prices to the high point of the
month. Representative sales: 1
a.
ga. Fr. Kfc At. . tv.
... 4 N 4 tf.4 Ml 4U
t.1 4 W - It IM 40 4 M
II 4 H W M 4 M
h-0 4 It 141 M 4 U
IM) 4 II U 2M 140 4 M
a 4 n 7 m m lu.
IN lit M Ml U K
... 4 4 l . t 4 11
... 4 44 ( -1-4 ... 4 47 Si
4 4 M M tu 4 17 i
M 4 44 41... 171 140 4 414
M 4 M ' ? il 144 4 57 Si
M S W i to 4 67(4
K IH II... .....rM t 4 tT
... 4 4 47 MI ... 4 47
4 4 t 4 ... 4 40
44 4 M II 121 M IS
to 4 M II tut III IN
140 4 M 61 t H IN
1M 4 44
-Receipt of cheep have been
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SHEEP-
about normal for Christmas week, but
compared with laat week there Is a big de
"r-tT.L""' ."".n !"J!
cunsquntly a test of th market was not
mad.
Th market for tne week la not much
different from the close of last week. There
has been an active demand for handy-
wele-ht sheen and lambs, and aa supplies of
that aina nave oeen ratoer iimitea tu reel
ing on that olaa 1 a little better. The
market could not be quoted higher, but at
the same time there Is more strength no
ticeable than there wa a week ago. Heavy
sheep as well as lambs have not ahown
ny improvement ana can u quotea no
mor than .steady. Th earn I trus of th
cart fat kind.
mere r.ave oeen very iew iwu.ri uu sai
this week and price have remaine-d un
changed.
- wuotaiion ror corn-tea stceg: t:notcs
wsstern lambs. S6.00fte.M; fair to good
lambs. 14.6 t(6.; good to choice-yea rl'ncs,
t3.TS.44. 36; fair to good yearllnps, tS.f-fjr3.7t;
good to choice wethers, U toS.bO; fair to
food wethers. tl0uii4.a6; good to choice ewes,
: ttU10; fair to good ewes, 1 4ct2 W;
choice feeder lamti. 11 u.j4 10, fair to
feeder lambs, tt26il0; hahy lamua, K 'Oft
It: feeder yearling.. 13 SSaifcV feeder
wethers. Vt 15136; feeder awes, tl 75-3J K;
culls, lLOOicri.75. Repraaentatlv sales:
Av. Price.
E?l westers; lamb 71 6 14
t.'4 fed ewes 106 t 00
6&t fed wa 107 t 00
Kanana City LIv Stock Market.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. W.C ATT LK Re
ceipts, 1.1-0 head. Including 6-0 southerns)
market steady to !"c losrer; export und
dressed beef steers, 14.85; fair to good, fl 50
ijii.:-5; western led steers, t3.1bn41o; stocki
er, and fteders, II. too 4 ou; southera lr,
it h-'iti southern cows, 11 luatl.; native
. owi. II 5o'-i3 Ssi: native belters. U.S-ll 00:
bu Is. lioi-ijl.oo: calves. 12. ars. 60; receipts
tor ire sv-it, iv.vje rmo. ...
HOtiiir-Kec-rli't 4 head; market Ee
hit-list; top. J4I.0; bulk of s ilea. 14 4iuH ;
M,avy, ,;4.wt,Mi.ts; ytxaers, 4-4-tv, ils ,
n1 light. 14 2T.e4.60: reCflpts for the week.
J3.Sv hend.
SHF.KP AND MMHB-NO receipts: msr.
ket nomlnsllv ftealy: nitlve lam. 84 fil
': western lambs. t4.2f-4iA.10; fed ewes,
tl.iNn8.60: western fed venrl'nirs. H 6o-4.-,
stnekers snd fced-rs, t2 0 tf3.9o; receipts for
the week, 6,900 head. t
CHICAGO LITE! STOCK MARKET.
with
Light
Re tiers f AH Stock
Higher Price for Hogs.
1 CHICAGO. Dec. 26. CATTDT3 Receipts.
too head. The market was nominal. Good
to prime steers, to.0o,J5.i5; poor to me-llum,
83 2!'u5.iX): Blockers snd feedern tl.754.iO;
cows, fl.60ti4.00; belfers 12 i'li4..6; csnners,
tl.6"a2 40; bulls, f20Ofii4.2B; calves, t2.0ii44.25.
ttousj Receipts todny, -43.000; estimaten
Monday, 45.000 head. The market whs 10a
higher; mixed and butcher. t4.6i4 80; good
to choice hesvy, $4 4 80; rough heavy,
14 404.55; light, $4.264. 66; bulk of sales,
4 f-1:4 K6.
SI1KKP AND LAMBS- Receipts, 1.100
head. The market for sheep and lambs
was steady. Oood to choice wethers, 13. 6J
64.00: fair to choice mixed. t2.7MT3.60: west
ern sheep, 3.iKe4.00; nsllve lambs, 14.0. tf.
. m; western iamb. 4.uor(6.ti(.
St. Lals lit stock Market.
ST. LOCIS. Deo, 26. -CATTLE3 Receipts.
400 head. Including 250 Texans; market quiet
out stea.iy; nauve snipping snd export
Fteers, f4.26uS.40; dressed beef and butcher
steers, t4.U0tfj,i.25; steers under l.Ooo" lbs.,
3 7oii6.00; Blockers nd feeders. t2.15 60:
co wh and heifers, t2.2634.60: canhers. 1.7:.4i
2.10: bulls. 2 60-03.00; caWes, t3 5046.50; Texas
a n.i iivomn steers, z.40i4.iv; cow ana
heifers, t2.lol5 2.75.
' HOU8-leorlpts, 2,000 head: market lOo
nigner: t Iks. ami Hants. n.Wt.Sb: backers.
I4.404j4.7h; butcheu and best heavy, 4.46
4.80.
SHEEP AND LAMBS No reoelnts: mar.
aei nominally uncnangea.
Kerr York Live Stock Market.
NEW TORK. Deo. 26. BEEVES Re
ceipts, 915 head. There was no regular mar
ket today and no sales reported. Exports,
795 cattle and 6.220 Quarters of beef.
CAL.VES Receipts. 4 head, with nothing
doing. The feeling was nominally s.eady.
V. 1 , U t. , M l.AM UtJ W .AA.nl. A IVT
head. The market wa steady, Oood sheen
soia at 3.txj .per juu pounas. blieep ana
yearlings, mixed, at 4.26; fair to prime
tamns at o.;i (70.JU.
HOOS Reeelbts. 7.137. Feel ns? nominally
St. Joseph Live Stack Market.
BT. JOSKPH. Mo.. Dec. 26.. C ATT T. IT
Receipts. it.o head: steady: natives. ll.OoO
o.w; cows ana neirera, si.ttuwt.4u; stockers
and feeders, 2.01i8.90:
HOQS Receipts, i,7M head: market 610c
nigner; light, 4.n.(B4.ju; medium and heavy,
i. ivy .t)0.
Bllt-E? AND LAMBS-No receipt.
Slow City LIT Stock Market.
CTi-VTT-V CTTV T T- no FT-1 -
gram.) CATTLE Receipts, 100 head: un
changed: beeves. t3.7f&-5.00: cows, bulls and
mixed, fl.5u&3.26; stocker and feeders, f2.0
4l3 40; calves and vearlinrs.. i2.2.i(&8 25.
nous Receipts. 2,000 head; market &S10O
higher, $4.3o(i4.60; bulk, 14.60.
Stock la Sight.
Followlnr are the reeelDta of live stock st
tne six principal western cities yesterday:
Cattle, llogs. Blieep,
Omaha
Chicago
4667
1,935
13,000.
4,t00
1,000
8.783
1,000
1,200
Kansas city...;
St. Louis
Ft. Joseph
tk.oux City
Totals !,8t6 29.840 1135
OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKET.
Condition of Trad and O,notatlona on
Staple and Fancy Prodaoe.
EOO 8 ReeelDta mora liberal: fresh stock.
16tjC'7o.
LIVE POULTRY Hens. 7c: soring
chickens, -; roosters, according to aye.
wuoc; turkeys, 12c; ducks. tUc: geese. (Six to.
j-.tjoatii1 ruuuBr-Receipts, uoeisi;
turkeys. 13iTl5c: old tomi 14c: ducks. loiJ
lie: geese. it&lOc: chickens. iHiic.
w u TT liK Packing stock, 12'13o; choice
to fancy dairy, in tuba. liiiLbc: separator.
24c.
FRESH FISH Trout. 10o: nlckerel. 6c:
pise, c; perch, 7c; blucflsh, 15c; whitens!),
tc; salmon. Ha; Ltddock, 10c; codllsh, 12c;
80c; lobsters, green, per lb.. 28c; bulineads.
no; catfish, 14c; black bass, 20i26c; halibut,
reusnspper, lie; lobsters, bulled, per in.,
13c; crappies, 12c; herring, 6c; whit bass,
uc uiuenns. Be
OYSTERS New York counts, ner can.
43c: Ber cal.. 82.00: extra aalecta. ter can.
Hue; per gal., tl.76; standard, per can, 27 o;
per gai., i..
H K A 1M KHI tnn XI A Fill
HAY Prices uuoted br Omaha iX'hols-
ale Dealers' association. Choice No. 1 up-
coarse, 86.00. Rye straw, te.60. These prices
V I ..V. ) B.W IU.UIWUI, U.W.
are lor nay- or good color ana quality.
uemana iair una receipt light. ,
OATS 37o.
RVB No. 8. "&
VEGETABLES.
POTATOTC"1 nlnrsilo MAc- T Irot a. ner
ww, , i'.'u.uv, imiiva, wiuiw. i
SWEET POTATOES - Illinois, per bbL,
a.-o.
CELERY Small," per do., 2CBc: larg
rnll'nrnla i.TKn
ONlONb- New hoie rown, dry, per lb
jc; epanisn, per crave, ii.fco; Colorado yei-
iow ana rea, i-ac.
CABBAOEJ Wisconsin Holland. SMe.
TURNIPS Canada, rutihuu. re lb..
4c; wnne, per ou., 600.
CARROTS Per bu.. 60e,
PARSNIPS Per bu.. 60c,
REETS-P.r ln bin
CAUL1FLOWKH Tallfnenla. ' nee M-ata.
Mn (V.
TOMATOES California, per t-baaket
.crate. 12.26
CUCUMBERS-Per do.,
FRUITS.
It
A PfT Va r-1 1,.,. 1 . j .. 1 1 a n . - .. f.
11.60; New York Greenings, Baldwins and
other varieties. 116 . -
GRAPICS-Pony Cstawbaa, tOc; Imported
Malagas, per keg, f6.o0f-4,0t.
CRANBERRIES Jersey, per
per box, fi75; Wisconsin BeU am
Bell and Cherry, U.
bbl.. 17.50:
and Bugle, ft;
QUINCES-Callfornia. per box. ..
trop i-ii. va mTa
ORANGES Florida Flrt.ni. and Russets
all Blues, 3.251 navels, larae sise. 13.00-bt.50.
LEMONS -California tinrv. xiiO to
sizes, it; cnoice, 240 tu 170 sizes, 13.60.
. FIGS California, per 10-lb. cartons. 860:
Imported Smyrna, t-cruwn. 14c; (-crown, ltxil
7-crown, ISc.
COCOA NUTS Per sack, ft; per do., 6O0.
Asd-AAiua rrrimn, per uux OK 3U pags., IZ:
r DV-IU. uoxea. PC, UrieOUU StUUaO
antes nee r.t. 1? AT.
BANANAS Per medlum-slxed bunch. 12.00
62.60; Jumbo. t2.75ft,3.2D.
MISCELLANEOUS.
-.:!; Wisconsin twins, full cream,
12V; Wisconsin Young Aiuei.ua, 13V;
block Swiss. 15c; Wisconsin brick, Lfa;
v lsconaln limberger, lie.
HONEV-Nebraska. per 14 frame. 13.26;
ui.u uiju i,uiu!Kuu, pei t rrames. sj.w. .
HAPLU Sl.'GAR-jhio, per lh 10c.
CIDER-Per bbl 16.76; per H-Wbl., IS.J5.
I'OPCORN Per lb., ttt; shelled, iLi)yt.
rtuftam xtAisti-per cas cf i uoa.,
packed, hoc. . .4 ..
NtiTS-Walutt. No. 1 oft shall, per lb.,
15c; hard shell, per lb., 14o; No. t, soft shell,
per lb., 13c; No, t hard shell, per lb., 12o;
Braxlls. per lb., lie; filberts, per lb., Uo;
aimonos, son neu, per lb., no: hard shell,
hur Ih 1-1.' r.,ur, I r ..a- Ik !!... . ..11
per lb., 10c; peanuts, per lb.. 64c; roested!
peanut, per lb., 7c; Chill walnuts,' UtilSc;
large ilekory nuts, per bu., 11.50; shell
tl-.?; Jtalian chestnut.
barks, per bu., .'; black wnlnutn. uer bu..
.aa. iiaiian cnestnuts, per jd., iva.
No. 1 salted, 7c; No. I salted, 6c: No. I 'veal
calf. 8 to 12 lbs.. fMc: No. 1 veuV calf. II to
15l lbs.. 6c; dry salted hides, k'12c;. sheep
pe)t. Soi,',ba; horie hide, fl.60160. '
, , LABOR AND IXDISTRY.
Tiber ars 1200.000,000 worth of mule In
tne Lnittu eiatea.
Secretary of Afrrlcullur Wilson any th
farmer have paid tno foreign bondholder
Most cf the wooden toothpick- used in
this country are made from white bitch la
lain.
Ohio now grow mor than 4,000,000 pounds
or tobacco annually, 'ine crop ha In
creased six-fold in a decade.
An 611-uropelled motor railroad coach I
In course of construction for the Great
Northern railroad of Ureal Britain.
Nearly 10.000 barbers have been rerlatered
under the hew law In New York state which
forbid th knights of the raaor to ply their
trade.
The present crop of beet sessr 4a all-
mated at 200.0U) tons. Experiment In
em-ay In sugar beets with Bordeaux -mix
ture lor th control of teal blight have
been nigniy sauaiaAiiory,
Th original coat of th Sue canal was
Its deuth wa for many vears
a6.ouo,ooo.
maintained at twenty-five feet. In lfe-5 It
tne surface. 1 his brousht. Its cost to a
little more than tl00.0u0.uuo. It net profit
verag iu per t:-n( a year.
Our manufacturer require annually about
t7.kJou worth of Lgyrtlan cotton. To
UDtly this need the Agricultural depart
mem haa grown a numoer of experlnient
a ... , i. . , ... , v. . u . . u
pies ot hbrr g-own In at year in these tl
perlment patches haw been ubmlitcd to
e i nerts In this country and Kuroo. inl
several of them have been pronounced equal
to ut nest, s-m)u.u.
THIRD Of RECEIVERS TO DIE
Fndst ok B. Centltrt, Whi Fattel A.wa;
During Wek, Union Faciflo Trntt.
CLARK AND ANDERSON GO FIRST
Oliver W. Mlak ( This Famoas
Beard, Still Active lis Bast,
ess, Visits, Omaha Dar
las; the Week.
Frederick R. Coudert of New Tork, who
died recently. Is the third member of the
former board of receiver of the Union Fa-,
clflc railroad to die since the receivership
was dissolved In 1898.
The receiver of the Union FadlUft. were
appointed In 1891 by United States District
Judge Dundy. They were: Frederick R.
Coudert, E. Ellery Anderson, S. If.. H.
Clark, Oliver W. Mink and John W. Doane.
Of these Mr. Coudert. Mr. Anderson and
Mr. Clark ar dead. The first order of the
court was for the appointment of three
receivers for the supervision of the affairs
of the Union Faciflo proper, which waa
then composed of the Union reel no. Union
Faciflo, Denver A Oulf (now known aa the
Colorado tt Bouthern), Oregon Short Una
and Oregon Railway and Navigation com
pany. The three original receivers ap
pointed to take charge of this property
were E. Ellery Andersdh, 8. H. H. Clark
and Oliver Mink. Later, at the request of
stockholders In the subsidiary companies
of the Union Pacific, two more members
In the persona of Frederick R. Coudert and
John W. Doane wer added, and this board
controlled the affair of the company until
the reorganisation commitTee took control
after the sale of the road at auction In
November, 1897.
. Win Receiver West In.
When the receiver took control of th
properties various Issues of bonds wer
outstanding amounting ta t7B,46S,7S6, besides
government subsidy bonds amounting to
tr.3.639.612, upon which tl8.193.19g of unpaid
Interest had accrued. The total funded In
debtedness amounted to 1130,202,493. Fore
closure proceedings were Inatituted by the
government In 1.S96 under the first and
aecond mortgages, th second being a gov
ernment lien. A decree wa rendered two
year later. .
Th main line f the Union Pacific, ex-
tending from Council muffs to Ogden, Utah,
In all 1,048.01 miles of road, was then aold
to satisfy the Judgment and It was bought
for 163,398,856 by th reorganisation commit
tee and the receivership was closed. . The
total amount realized by the government
from It claims against th company waa
860,201,856. ' Judge Dundy, the man who
appointed the receivers, "also has sloe died.
Oliver W. Mink, one of th two surviving
receiver, was in Omaha the first of last
week. He 1 at, present acting aa receiver
for the Amea estate In Boston, where his
home la, and cam her to look after some
matter In connection with the big fire
which recently destroyed th buildings
owned by the tttata at Jones and N'inth
streets, and In which four firemen lost their
Uvea.
, -...., -.-., hhui
fiflSSIP ON C0MM SS ON ROW
Wholesale Frodneo Market - Look
Tired and ttorta After th
Christmas Rash, .
The wholesale produce market looka like
an empty tan-colored, bottle. Th parsley
1 parched and withered with thirst and the
head lettuce- has such a head,! A few sore-
throated turkey ar prolonging the ;aeon
In draftjTcrates; a few dyed and bedlxtned
Christmas wreath ar hanging around. .
Nothing new will be attempted until after
New - Year' day. The ' market, accoiding
to th herder of imported fruit and vege
table, cleaned up beautifully thia lime.
There wa Just enough and hardly a pound
more. Turkeys got through the day at be
tween IS and IS' cents for flrt-clas bird,
the market did not go lower and will con
tinue about th same, with a nice demand
for Sunday and again for Friday. All poul
try la what la technically termed strong,
owing to steady demand In view from city
and county.
Artichoke from California are promised
for the Immediate future. They are lnfre-
quent visitors In this market, for Nebraska
people do not know the delight of th
tarchy and many-leaved art!. In Califor
nia now they may be aeen In groups at
vary atrset corner where A green produce
hop stand.
Cucumber will "not go higher than tl,
I where they now rest propped against the
roof. No on I going, to pauperise himself
for the saka of having a few cucumbers In
mid-winter. Watercress from Arkansas
Spring urvlved th b'.iixard and th busi
ness of Christmaa week and I still asking
for patronage. Th Christmaa demand for
cider was anergetlo and the Russet, Motts
anorNehawka went off at a great pace.
PLEASED WITH THE OUTLOOK
Dr. Stevenson Retnrn front East,
Where Be Presented Financial
. Neoda of Bellevno Collego.
I n4 neltavua enlleve t-iss 411.4 nrf,irn.d
I - - - -
I to ni nom in umim inim in wnera
b nas been ror tour roontns on a nuanciai
mission in th Interest of th oollefe.
''My ucce wa sufficient to sustain my
courage," waa th answer Dr. Stevenson
made to a qseatlon as to what he had
accomplished. t"Th collars of th big atoal
combine and other financial transactions
haa caused some apprehension In financial
circle and mad men of thia class a little
chars' about granting support to col-
letyo' continued Dr. Stevenson, "but we
feel That full contldenc will be restored in
a very short time." , , .
Dr. Stevenson is on of a committee ap
pointed by th Presbyterian general as
sembly to rale fl6.0OO.O0O for th colleges
under the influence ot that denomination.
While east h presented th qlalma of
Bellevu to flv different presbyteries, ad
dressed churches and other . organisation
and submitted his proposition to numerous
Individuals with means and interest tn thl
work.'
DC. Stevenson will' spend th holiday
season with ht fam!?j In O-rsha.
PARTY-THAT, WILL GO NORTH
Ten, ' Member ot ' tU-ratf Exchange
Leave Omaha Taesday (or
tha Twin titles. -
e.
Tuesday morning will find all th offi
cers of th Omaha Grain exchange In -th
Twin cities looking for what may be found
of interest to grain dealer. Those who make
up the party are: O. W. Wattlea. 8. A.
McWhurter, ' E. E. Bruce, A. L. Reed. A.
H. Merchant. Arthur C. Smith, T. P. Kir-
kendall. N. B. Updike, A. B. Jaqulth,
Nathan Marriam.
We will not fall to take advantage of
I anything which may turn up to b of help
I to OmAha.' aald Secretary A. H. Merchant.
Of to aunneapoii exenang. jnen iners
1 no telling but what we may pick up
someone who want to build an elevator
or a mill in Omaha. Th party may b
there two or three day."
Brlstew Goes to Kansas.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 16. Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Bristow ha (on
to Kai sai fur a few days.
. FRATTI.B OF TUB TOl SiGSTKRS.
"Now boys," said th teacher, "can you
tell me what It la that follow th ftngT"
"I can," aald one of the bright ones. "Well.
Tommy, what la It follows th flag?" "An
auction, ma'am." (
"What distinguish) foreigner aided the
Americana In th revolutlonT" asked the
teacher of the Juvenilo class.
"Qod," promptly answered a small rupll
who had been to Sunday achool.
Teacher Johnny, ' what would you do If
another boy called you a story-teller T
Johnny (aged ) Ta my facet .
Teacher Tea.
Johnny About how big a boy T
Tommy O! that'a a hew fence over there.
ain't Itf
Mother No. that'a merely a new coat
of paint on it.
Tommy O! 1 that a coatV It looka more
like a aweater. It ain't got any buttona
on It.
Fapa-Josephlne, you cam Into church
lata thia morning. .
Josephine (aged 10, Jovially) I think so.
When I got there Dr. Peter waa knee-
deep In th litany.
Tommy Tou know that great big piece
of cake In the pantry, mammal
Mamma Yes, dear; what about Itf '
Tommy Didn't you aay It would make
me alck If I at ltT
Mamma Yes.
Tommy Well, It didn't."
Little Beasle'a nurse had taught her to
aay her prayers In Oerman. Shortly after
she waa spending the night with her small
cousin, Elsie, . and when it waa time to
retire Bessie said hesprayer first. Elsie
listened In astonishment for a minute.
then exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, Beanie
thinks Qod Is a Dutchman!"
"My aon, what does thia mean? "Have
you lost your situation again!"
"Out again, dad. - But It' all your fault.
Trj didn't get me the right kind of Job."
"Well, what kind of a Job do you wantT"
"I want to work at a Job where there
Isn't any work to work at."
RELIGIOUS,
Rev. Richard L. Hurtsell. rector' of St,
Mary' church, Rondout, N. Y., I spoken
of as likely to be one of tne new Ameri
can bishops In the Philippines.
Rt. Rev. Thomas Fielding Scott, the first
bishop of tho Episcopal church in Oregon,
Was elected to that office In ItwS. The fif
tieth anniversary of Ids consecration will
occur la Portland on January V next.
Rev. Victor M. Hauichton waa Installed
aa rector of Christ Kplscopal church ut
fcxeter, N. H., last Sunday, Succeeding his
father, who occupied the position from
18i5 up to a few months ago, when he
was obliged to retire on account of fulling
neaitu.
The railroad department of th Young
Men Christian association ha issued a
pamphlet. "Progress." telling of It growth
ll'h. ... il.n. t V, .. .1 A i , . Ll mAmKAa In
A .IV IOII1VWJ UinUtll 1 I LIU VW I.IDI1.W.1,
iti'l, and has now 62,348. It had two years
ago ninety buildings, valued at ii,oo,oou,
and now ha fl,Ul,Uu0 Invested in buildings.
Rev. George 11. Gutterson. ugent for the
New England statia of the American Mis
sionary aoi-iety, Ims lately shouked that
lectlca by his report on Its physical, ln-
teilectual. moral and religious degeneracy.
a.o as ......... . . ...... ....w. . V V
mn.sioi.ary work .at home,
Kev. Dr. Wli'.lam Henry Roberts of Phlla
delphla, who ho L-een the stated clerk of
the general assembly of (he Presbyterian
church dt the Untied States of America
for twenty years, said the other day
'Since 1 became stated clerk the church.
wnlch haa now l.lou.OoO communicant and a
constituency of 4,000,000, has doubled in
membership and in the expansion of its In
terests. The church haa mission estab
lished In fltt-mn foreign eountr.es,
Member of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians In New York presented to Arch
bishop Farley a gold chalice of eld Celtlo
design in 'honor of his grace's first anni
versary as arcnoisnop. ine cnaiic is
tac simile of one made in the ninth cen
tury and Is built tn line of the ancient
chalice of Ardagb. The same soheme of
onamellng and chasing is carried out as In
the ancient vessel. '1 he chalice of Ardagh
Is now in the Royal Irish academy at Dub
lin,
Rev. D. C. White recently became pastor
of a church near. Donegal, Pa., from which
his predecessor resigned, his patience worn
out by nooaiums who pemiaied in disturb
ing tne services, Mr. .White bee&n
series of revival meetings, but the hood
lums made 11 impossible for him to con-
tltiiaa rlvl,n Via luirrnwari law rtnclr A n it
boughUa revolver. At the opening ot his
next meeting he laid the book and gun
side by side on the pulpit, read the statute
I covering disturbances in church and quietly
informed his bearer that he expected
them to keen oulet. The rowdies re
spected the 44-ca liber revolver and Mr.
While ha had no mora trouble. But he
carefully unllmbers his artillery every time
before ottering up his opening prayer.
Recently the Hough Avenue Con arena
tlonal church in Cleveland oreuted
I much
comment by employing a
ores agent who 1 had ' been for'
ineriy ernuioyea 111 tne same capacity ny a
theater, and now the Franklin Circle
Church of Christ bus Inaugurated a nov
elty in church advertisement in the shape
01 a highly-colored blotter. This Ololt
contains an Invitation to worship at the
edifice, a picture of whtcth appears. on the
large sheet of ink absorbent, th Invitation
being extended to traveling men in paitio-
ular. These blotter will soon be found on
the writing tables of every hotel and club
In the city. Rev. Edgar D. Jones and his
congregation expect much from the inno
vation. They will be distributed oy Bun
day school scholar.
. OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Newfoundland haa a greater proportion
of widow and orphan than any other
country. ,
Just 100 year were occupied In lowering
the mile trotting record from three to two
minute. - -
But two nation, th Japanese and the
South Sea Islands, do not use th kiss us
form of expression.
The man who used to weigh 200 pounds
is prouder of the one pound that ha has
Inst by faithful exercise -than h la of all
th 199 pounds that lie haa left.
Newfoundland Is th Vreatest fishing
country in the world. Two-thirds of its
people are engaged In harvesting the
ocean's wealth amid the greatest peril.
In a farmhouse near Taunton. Mass..
lives the last descendant of the Mas.-mnolt
Indians, Princess Teweelerna, of the Wan
pa nostra, she is called Mis Mitchell by
her neighbors.
Fewer deer by 600 were shot In Main In
the open season of 9u3 than In 19U2. and
only one man waa killed by mistake-for a
deer. The tax on hunters, from all ac
counts, saves both the deer and the men.
The front end of the car was found to be
covered with Siesi bee and small insects,
crushed as If by a thumb against th iron
and glass whan the run at the rate of ISO
mile an hour wmu .Irvtuliml Yossen, Ger
many. An Investigation of the rrent forest fire
of September, iKtt, In Washington and Ore
gon, aim-loses a total toss aggregating
nearly fl5.0U0,0u0. Most of th destruction
was due to carelet-itrirss arul might easily
have been avoided.
Only twenty-six of seventy-two applicants
for positions In the fire department of
Rochester came UD to th requirements of
flv feet seven Inches In height and 135
pounds In weight, the weight Increasing
with esch Inch of height.
A cost-guard fleet In the Philippine In
cludes twenty vessels, each 140 feet in
lenath, which cost fl.0o0.(A manned by
Filipino crews ana American engineers
These boats carry the malls between the
Island and enforce customs laws.
Th fall In the Iguazu river, which form
ths boundary between Argentine and Bra
til and rivals the Ohio in slue, although
practically unk-own to th world are sec
ond only to Uhb-.-! of Niagara. The main
Volume of wi , moving with great ve
locity round the inner or Brasllllun bank,
rushes Into a long, narrow gorge, at one
point in which' the water make a clear
leap of ZIO feet.
It I known that a person hunting In the
winter time should be careful not tu run
th munle ot his gun Into the snow, lest
the end pf the bore become filled with snow
and th gun burst when fired. While the
snow, would be almost Infinitesimal In
weight. It would havtt to start Instantly
into motion, at the rate of perhaps a third
of -a mile a second, when the powib-r is Ig
nited. While tt may be hard to realise it,
more fore would probably b-t required to
accomplish this result than the strength
ot the gun barrel could stand, and th
barrel Would reuptux under th strain.
TWO MEN OF TI1E IIIIRT1ETII
Chuflain I. Ptrcy BilTr, Formtrl Omaba
Fattor, and Birjeiiit Wmis,
ORMER FRIEND OF, WILLIAM J. BRYAN
Week, Row First I.leotenant, Uavei
Bright Record at tho Vnlversjty
of Nebraska, Where
Ho Won Honors,
Among th officers of th Thirtieth regi
ment to arriv from Manila at Fort Crook
today Omaha clergymen will find a former
fellow ot the cloth In th person of Chaplain
IL Persy Silver, who was at one Urn rector
cf th Episcopalian Church of th Good
Shepherd. Mr. Silver was appointed Feb
ruary I from this city, was accepted July
27 and Immediately assigned to th rcgl
tnent with which he ha lnce remained.
II cams to Omaha during 1S9S and recelvod
the chars of th Good Shepherd. He was
a strong friend of Bishop Worthtngton and
of W. J. Bryan, to whom It Is aald Is due
his appointment. Mr. Silver ta a Lincoln
woman.
Charles W. Week, first lieutenant and
on of the battalion adjutant of th
Thirtieth, will be known to fame by all
student of th University of Nebraska.
It wa there he began hi career aa a
soldier. Mr. Week waa born In Iowa, but
was transferred to this state later and
Invaded the atat citadel of knowledges
War knowledge seemed to be hi favorite
and In th 1896-1896 achool year -be first
burst into glory aa sergeant major of th
battalion. Ha waa a junior and the sailing
direction of the great school do not admit
a Junior to the commissioned rank. Cap
tain Gullfoyle, then of the Ninth cavalry,
was commandant at the university and
Sergeant Major Week was not far from
his star soldier. In th competitive drill
which always and th military year tn a
blase of glory Week carried off a medal,
at Infantry Individual and In artillery
astonished the regular officers from th old.
Second foot who acted a Judge by th
way In which he trifled with th regula
tion breech loadera.
The following year Mr. Weeka cam Into
hla university commission and when at
rumors of war the commandant wa with
drawn became temporarily commandant of
the battalion. ' When tha Second Nebraska
waa organised Week enlisted aa a private
In Company F. this being May , 1898, and
served until October 14 ot that year, being
promoted ta a sergeahcy. Hi regular
commission waa obtained June 1, 1899, and
ha wa accepted one month , later, being
placed as second lieutenant In th Six
teenth Infantry. With hla promotion-In
order a first lieutenant, February 1, 1901,
he waa transferred to the Thirtieth in
fantry, . ,
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