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THH OMAHA DAILY BKK: MONDAY. DKCEMBKK Jo, lWo. BIG PARADE OF UNEMPLOYED American Werkmta Writai Impreuiooi of London Demoni. ration. CONTRASTED VflTH CoNilTIONS AT HOME Polnta oat that If Men T hn Worn Wnrklna? W Better Off So inch ertarle Woold Have Been Possible. . one In of himself. It In flanked on either side by thos of King Flward and Queen Alexandra, while beyond them on either aide are the pictures of the emperor and empress of Russia. These portrait nocum pony him everywhere, and may be aaid to watch over hi sluniler In hi own do minion an well a abroad. Lbndou Tatler. ALL WORLD WANTS COPPER Inrrenae In Kleetrle Unllrnadln Roosts Demand ana" Mend Prices I pwnrd. An American workman who witnessed th procession Of I.OOO of London' half-atrav ing unemployed through the afreet of the West End send to the New fork Sun the following Impressions of thlp painful feature of metropolitan llf: Today I had the aomewhat rare oppor tunity for an American mechanic of peeing the army of unemployed of tendon on their, phall we pay, annual parade. Where live the man who haa not read about thrae ever and anon occurring pllgrlmagea to the West End? Ap I watch the marcher my thought fly hark to America and lie toller and dwell nn the parade and demonstration I have taken part In myself. My memory revert to the war we waged for better condition and the hardship It entailed upon u. But, and here I brighten up, aofar wa have not been compelled to march' out In search of bread and pity, and In plta of all disclaimers, what else doe thin appeal amount to? When we did go out It M mostly to show our teeth. Our grievance seem very small Indeed, when I look back end try to remember what they were. I am not forgetting that "distance lend enchantment to the view" and that wa sre apt to Ignore past suffering. But In till, moment America looms up In my eye ss God's own country, and I thank niy stsrs for knowing It as I do. In our worst day our appearance never suggested the poverty and hnpoles misery of these fel low. reatorea of the Parade. ' The narade itself? Well, there Is not a great deal to say about It. Young men '' and old men and middle aged men, all poor looking and starved looking, and mostly small and decrepit. But I for one do not attach so much Importance to the nuestlon of slxe aa some people do. The strongest, toughest and all round service nble man I a little man. Anybody that know anything about hard work will ub- scribe to that. A few blackcoated fellows were In tha line: they are not called worker here; why I cannot fathom; they are clerks more or less. And I could not help reflecting they would form quite an army them selves should they see fit to expose their plight. One has only to see the miscellaneous crowd study thv newspaper advertise ment to realize what a big percentage of that clas 4ra Idle from time to time. The bulk of the marcher wa made up of that particular aversion of mine, the man In corduroy or moleskin or whatever it i. with a dinky cap and trouser tied up with string below the knee. t can never see that outfit without be ing reminded of all sort of miserable Ihlngs, "pubs" and workhouse and doles and what not. Why a man should want to disfigure himself In that way I beyond my understanding. Tha saddest feature of the parade was the large contingent of lx.y and young fellow In the line. Thing mut b worse than bad when they are out of work. They sre cheap, you know. A Disheartening; Spectacle. I suppose to the majority of people there Is nothing more disheartening than the sight of a great amiy of unemployed like tills one. But. although It may be from sheer love of being perverse, I cannot feci that way. My sympathies go with tha poor devil that are working. If they were a little Iwtter off, we would never hear of the misery exhibitions nnd subscription and xoup kitchens. The workers would take care of their own poor If they were not so confoundedly poor themselves. That I putting It In an indigestible form, I suppose, but what I meaa 1 this: . The workers of merry England Who do work are In a hopeleaa. poverty stricken condition; their existence Is so precarious thai the least misstep will put them In tha Main boat a their marching fallow. Judging from observation since doming to England a short time ago, I consider the English worklngman' condition worse than the continental though nominally he 1T bet ter paid. x After looking Into tha circumstances of ths worker in Germany, Russia and Swe den I cannot conscientiously record their status as favorable, according to American standards, for they cannot save anything. Hut they are secure and they enjoy Ufa. Whether It Is tha frugality and abllll.r " to make a little go a long way that gives the people of these countries their ad vantage I am not prepared to say. There prubahly Is something la that, and If so, praise I due the women, who are won der when It comes to work and manage ment. But credit la due th employer for con triving to give their men. if not big wages, practically steady employment. And that Is -n-hftt count In the long run. Oie (bins 'ri"t struck me as very favor able wa tnat very few were outside of sick and other benefit societies. I doubt th English as a rule have much in that line to fall back upon. CaaiM Pointed Oat. One need not see much of the workers her to realise that they furnish the worse example of hand to mouth existence. All l heir buying Is done through hawkers and coster. When things flourish they buy tha best; at other times the worst will do. I am not advocating a credit system In shops. But In the first place, If people trade regularly In one place they become known and are trusted when necessary. It Is a good thing to be known In other places than th pawnshops. In the second place it is an Injustice 10 shopkeepers und property owners to allow this hawking. The Iniquitous system of housing In lajndon deserve a chapter itself. In this letter I will merely give an idea of the hardship It entails. Th workman Is either a householder or a lodger. If he possibly can lie will rent a house, partly , on speculation and partly for some advantages it bring. Sometimes he is able to re-let. sometimes not. Bom of his tenants run away without paying and other ay without paying and a few pay. Very often. Indeed, has haa to pay the whole rent, a matter of from 11 to 26 shil lings week, out of his Income of to at tha best of time. GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET Foreign Eicaaogas Closed mrl lew Comet. No DULLNESS CHARACTERIZES THE TRADE Liquidation in When! Apparently fiver for Present Corn Unll nnd hade Lower for torrent Month's Option. The steadv rise In the price of cupper and In the hares of the copper producing companies attracted more attention In Wall atieet last week than perhaps any other topic. Topper metal sold for 184 cent a pound, an advance for the week of I rent. Each day saw an advance of at least t of a cent, and the leading experts were Inclined to the belief that no slack ening of the price was In sight. . The record price for copper whs made In 189u. when 191 cents was the nrlce for a time. In l!il the Amalgamated Copper company formed a pool to hold the price up to 17 cents, but It broke badly and some of the participants were nearly ruined. Copper declined until the bottom was touched In 1902 at 11 Cents. The price has risen steadily since then, and Is only H cent below the record figure for ten years. The steadiness of the rise In tha last two years, with the present high figure, has brought about a remarkable boom In the commodity. John Stanton, one of the leading authori ties on copper, said that consumers are ordering freely for April delivery. Con sumption, he believes, has overtaken pro duction and the consumers are so anxious to get copper that they are not particular what prices they par- For "spot" copper, or copper for Immediate delivery, 20 cenls a pound has been paid for small lots, snld Mr. Stanton, the Philadelphia mint having ordered a considerable quantity. The de mand for the metal Is almost as strong abroad as It Is In New Tork. "In time more mines will be opened up." said Mr. Stanton, "and In another year production may catch up with consump tion. But that will take time and the year 1904 I sure to be a very prosperous one for the copper trade. The demand Is legitimate. It hua grown heavier, as has the Iron and steel business. No one who really need the metal will have to go without It. but he will have to look around a good deal and not be In too much of a hurry for delivery." Every evidence during the week lias pointed to an Increasing demand for copper for both present and future delivery In Europe and this country. One large wire concern Is said to have been In the market for 12,000,000 .pounds, but able to get only Z.OUO.OW and at prices above the current quotation. The main reason for this great and general demand Is the tremendous In crease of electric traction, copper being required for conducting purposes. The building of trolley lines and the electrifica tion of steam railroads have drained the stock of copper metal. lAst year and the early part of 1906 also aw a heavy export of copper to China, where It wa used for recoinage. China Is still taking copper for that purpose, and throughout the entire far east consumption Is heavy as a result of tha war. The stock of the copper producing com panies have been scarcely less active during the week than the metal. Amalgamated crossed par on Tuesday for the first time since September, 1901. United Copper rose 23 points on the curb, and every copper Issue wa firm. Companies seldom before heard .of were dragged Into prominence In the curb trading, and copper speculation In Boston wa the feature of the market there. A study of Amalgamated shows that fluctuations of that stock have In general followed those of the metal. Gen eral Interest In the altuation wa alio heightened by Mr. Lawson'a announcement that hi t1O.00O.0uO bear copper pool had proved a serious failure. New Tork Sun. On track. No. 1 ri" ern. die: Decern1'- UAT8 To at rl BARLET-X'fM- 4.IIICAI.O ilM ;liern. S3c; No 2 north : May. v.e. :.itid on track. Js'.-c AMI I'HtM ISIO.NS OMAHA. Dec. 23. 1906. With foreign markets closed and no news of importance , developing, the market nn tin ally was dull. The liquidation in the current delivery serrnn over lor ih tiiui being. The range of prices in all noes was small, wheat closing a little lilgner. corn a shade lower and oats practically un-clmnged. oin was dull and a sliade lower for the Trading and Hosing Bonrd of Trnde. A An estimated decrease ins In the wecaly siup- wliral lia a bunion vtlcot est unmet here. At the Miy ueuvery was up i4c. Oats were unchanged and 1 n gulu of U'tu.sv. w heal pit was ci light, after tne flrFt half hour. had a firm umlfi tone. At the opening senti- j nient was somewhat bciinsli Immhusc t im proved weather fur the movement of the crop In the northwest. (iflerinKS, nowevor, ere readily tBkeu by commission houses and shot Is and tills soon resulted in a firmer feeling, Purchases of the May de livery by prominent bulls siso strengthened the market. The most Imi'.ientlal of the . duy'a news was the estimate bv nn English statistician that the total exports of wneat I from all countries for the wee biiioiitu.i Ken tn res of I hi Prleea oni IHICAUO, ! of large piopot'l ments of w or.d today on the cli.M wheat foj Com was off 't provisions stiowl Trading In n nut the mark' OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET Steer Ten Higher god Cowi Barely Strait for the Week. HOGS ACTIVE AND FIVE TO TEN HIGHER Licht Knn of Sheen for the Week, with Killers Ten to Fifteen l.oner nnd Periling Sheen Mendy to strong. SOt TH OMAHA. I'eo. . current deliveries, but steadv for the fur to S.iMi.nm tin., a large reduction from th? month. Of the Chicago cats today twenty- shipments of Irint week. After fluctuating nine graded contract, which is .in Im provetnent on the recent proortlnn. Indi cations In the sample crowd pointed to more liberal arrivals of the dellvctable griide next week. tiats were steady, with practically no trade. There was no feature worth men tioning. December wheat closed at S2c, May at $7s,nitc and July at HS4,953,iC. Corn closed with December at 44'c, old December nt 48c, May at 44'ij-44lo and July at 44So. December oats closed at 3U4c, May al 3lc and July at 30tc. Clearances were iifm.tXO bushels of wheat. 7T5.HOO bushel of corn, 6,iH) buhels of oats and f9 barrel of Hour. I'nmary wheat receipts were 876.000 bushels and shipments 2"6,oio bushels. Corn receipts were 82il,a0 bushels and shipments 46".ii0 bushels. The dsy last year was a holiday. No cables came from Liverpool, as the market there was cloned for the holidays. Hroomhall estimates the week's shipments Moiiduy at 8.0ii0,oiin bushels, half of It from this country. He predicts a good Increase on passage. Last week shipments were t.l.ii0 bushels. Australian wheat shipments were fr2.io bushel, against 144. bushel last week and birt.onu bushein lat year. Klevator Interests llKiire that the Decem ber corn bulls will get S.oiiVJW to 2,50t),wo bushels of corn by the end of the month. . ' " I . i t. t. . 1 1 , t . ... .... t .-. ... i lose . I '1 ' within a half cent range, the market clofc,t firm. May opened unchanged to a shnde lower at S7c t" ST'SiST' ,i . sold up to M-Vi S74c mid closed at 8i ViST-V". Clearances of wheat and flour were eq.ial to too.CCO liu Primary receipts were H7fi."o bn., mm pa rod with a holiday Inst year. Minneapolis, Du blin and Chicago reported receipts of ii cars, against ivfT cars lust week. Sentiment In the corn pit was somewhat bearish because of the situation In the De cember delivery. The fact that the move ment of the crop shows a tendency to in crease snd that a larger percentage of the receipts of contract grade was a depressing Influence. Trading was small and confined chiefly to commission houses. The close wss steady. May opened a shade lower nt 44'nc. sold between 44'?i44V and 44'v, and closed at the lowest point of the day. Local receipts were 4o0 cars, with !S curs of con tract grade. Moderate demand by commission bouses and pit traders held the oivts market steady. Aside from some selling early in the day from cash houses, offerings were light. Kx port trade was reported as slightly Im proved. May opened unchanged at itl'kc. sold up to Sl'c and closed at 31V? 1TV, Ixical receipts were 214 cars. Active huylns by packers caused strength in provisions. A decrease In local stocks because of heavy shipments of meat and lard strengthened the situation. At the Receipts were: Catt'e. omvinl Monday ..! Xllclal Tuesiia'v h. Official Wednesdav 8.4m ntllchil Thursday l.M OtIVial Frldav 1.423 Ohiclal ttiturdav 72 Total this week M.2IS Total last week 2Vi Same week before 21.71 Same three weeks sgo..U.n?.t 8a me four weeks ago. . .1P.47S Same week last year 12." Hogs. Sheep 10.1 T!t 14.41 ll.51 11.517 .i f.l.Wl M.l' m.w; . 172 3.W1 ;t. o 4.4"l 17.21:! fc4 lo... :. . -.. i;.. 5.. 71.. '3.. S. . il.. . !.. J . 7 . 0. . M . P. HI . . IK 14 II 4 ITV t.'t 4 ?? M HO 4 SS HI 4 ... 4 f7V M IN 4 1 im o i rr 141 1 4 7i tn to 4 7i e 4 r7't ... 4 TS i j 4 :s ... 4 TS 4 4 'S ... 4 IT . . . !4" ... 131 ....jr: ...IM ...13 ... M4 ... 14 ... ! ... .ft ... 2 ... 117 ...117 .. M .. t( ... 110 ...110 ....IM ...Hi ...: 1: H . M . 41 . . '! . . ; . m. . .. . 14. V h . 4 11, 40 I 'S 7 .. 4 T, M 0 4 7S IN 4 7S T l.'O 4 sJi, (4 10 4 7i f. ... 4 !', (4 4" !;, 40 4 (I7v tft ... IMS 16 40 4 n It.) 4 7', 70 HI 4 7i, TH ..; ... 4 7t n .... JJ 40 4 t7't M . .S.iJ ... 4 : 7 :l 41) 4 H 14 .2?t o I 7', .... .214 ... 4 rr 44 . ;' nn 4 ;it Milk 1. 1 I . .. .... W.777 l here this morninv. and so far as could he Si.'i I juog"d from appearances. none were 42.41!' I Wanted. As noted xesteidav. the uMial hol- ".1.14.1 I In y dullness lias settled down over the tn I 4 . . o 1.1 I 0.' H IS r. o I on : oo 40 5 M 14 4 iw M I U" . . I m 14.1 OH ... 3 0" i, 5 Hi . . I mi I' i 0" 440 It IM 6 0-i . ,W 40 00 Jim on 40 4 on 4 I 00 J jo 4 (I" n o t so 4.1 I no in II no $ 1211 !! -n K on I" 4 on SO I 00 J10 140 (W :;.t m t ( its ice 0iV4 s- ... 5 oi, J2I ... IK'i 517 Ml .1." ; 144 J-4 1711 jt.'l 314 4 . Ill .4 ;7j . .10.1 ; ?7I 2tn ;7 1 .."4 .J4 2t HI prices In all departments were firm. Ru-. slnn lniievlal 4s were ! nnd Kussl.n bank' tngner. shares were V -7 .270 i is fresh lecelpts HE:CK1PT8 FOR TUB TKAR TO PATK. I "eep nd lamb market. I'a.-Kers nave ii.i'-u niacin lur iu v niii-m' The following table shows the receipts of cattle, hops and sheep at Bnuth Omaha for the year to date, comparing with Insi year: 1". 1SH " . Cattle l.til7.K fn8i4 7.1"4 Hogs 2.a6.!27 2.2o4.2tis i.H'.H Klleep 1 pyiM,; 1.742.ici :4X.:i,:t The following table shows the price paid at the river nmrkis ti.r cAttle: Good to choice corn-fed steers... .$. OfttiP r air to good corn-fed steers Common to fair corn-fed steer..., Good to choice cows ard hellers.... Fair to good cows and heifers Canners and cutters Good to choice stocker feeders., Fair to good stockers and feeders., Common to fair feeders , Veal calves Tile fnllnmlno tahl k;iows tne price of hogs at South Omaha tor the last several dais, with comparisons: ton and are not in need of anything in that line. On the other hand, the holiday de mand for cheap grndee of mutton is always light, so that packers have no piesslng call fur tno common to medium grades of sl.eep or lambs. In oilier words, there Is not likely to be any verv grent demand eltncr here or at any other market point for sheep or lambs until alter the tlrst of Ihe eai. It sometimes happens during Ihe holiday 4 llVirS 01 i ui m lew iohcis 01 nio.-ie a. in e-.-.t i to very good advantHne to till In where S 'irti ! : some packer happens to run short, but II Is J.4o"3 2o 1.7F1Ji 40 S .4KKf) 4 ( ?.(Ktj3 4il I.aiSrS.rtJ J.otd.fii.' averiig OMAHA wHOIKIHIC MgllKBT. rendition nf Iride anil Qnelatlnns nn , atnnle nnd Fnnpy l-rortaee. EGOS Fresh receipts, candled stock. . , 1.1 VK roli.TK V-Hens. 7Vie; roosters. 6c: turkrs. 1.V; ducks. ijc; spring ehlck 4iis. ,t,'iTNc; geepe. 8419c. I ni- sSi:i roi I.TuY Turkeys. lMflsc; old torn. 14TI1V; chickens, tr; old rooit et. 7c: d'Kks. 11c; geese. Pillc. Bl'TTKH I'acklng tock. lie; cholc ta fancy dairy, ISdillk:; cieamery. ildtimt; prints. 21iic. . , HI OA R ftandnrd granulated. In bbl. 16. .i per cwt.; cubvs, $6.1 per cwt.; cut loaf, li'..S0 per cwt.; No. . extra C, bag o' bhls . f. OS per cwt.; No. 10, extra C, bag onlv, $4.X) per cwt.; No. 15 yellow. im oniy, 4 s per est.; aa&a pgwatrm Hi.'n per i.wt FnE8H ri9H-Trout. lortlle; ballbut. buffalo. dress?1. c; pickerel, dressed. IS"! white bass, dressed. 12c; sunfislt, gc; perch, scaled and dressed. 8c; pike. '0c; catrlsh. Uc; red snapper, loo: stnion, Xlo; crepplea, 12c; eels, 1Sc; bullheads. 11c; Naek bass, 2Ar: hltesti. t?r; fvoit legs, per do lobsters, green, TTe: boiled lobsvers, mtol sliad roc, 45c. biuefAsh. 16c; birring. 40. HAT Prices quoted bv Omnlin Feed com pany: No. 1 upland. 17. 5n; medium, 17. 0"; coarse, ts.ornjg.sii. live straw, Iti.BO. DIUX-I'ev ton, IliftO. TKOPICAI. TRUITS PATK8-rer nox or Sa i-id. pkg.. 2; Hallnwee. In 70-lb. boxes, per lb., IHtc; Savers, per lb., ic; walnut-stuffed, l-lo. pkgr., 12.' per do.; l-lh. boxes, 11.00. O HA NUKS California Navel, all me. 12.75: Klor'da. all slses. J2.W LEMONS Llmonlera. sxtra fancy, 144 ii.r I1.25; and 3fi0 sixes. 13.7.i. FIOS Ckllfoi nla, per 10-lb. carton 7M Sic; Imported 8myma, 4-crown, 12c; crown, 14o. . HAN AN AS Fer mefllum-siaea ouncn. 1111 Kansas City and the country I he drier J re making 2'vi0 bushels u day contract grade. The price of wheat Friday night hud dropped So from the high point 3f Octo ber 28. Krlm the Inter Ocean: "The open with drawal of th Armcur interest in wheat is looked upon as a good feature lor t.ie market, as It will cause the operator to work on the news and the real mtuatlon Instead of what they believe Armour or soma other large trader Is doing, so that It can have full swing. The niarke' has run Into a period of December liquidation, and with the large Interests out it the market some of the best posted traaers last night were looking for a break ' The props of the hulls have fallen one bv one. Russian newa has little effect for the time being, (hough It probably will In fluence trading later. The At get. Una crop scare has been dissipated. Tin: European demand for whest has been disappointing, Manitoba supplying the greater part of it. Omaha Cash gale. WHEAT No. 2 hard, 1 car at 79c; No. 2 mixed, 1 car at 77Hc. CORN No. 1, i cars at ffl-rjc; no grade, 1 car at 31c. OATSNo. a, 1 car at 28V- Omaha Cash Prices. WHEAT No. 2 hard. TTtrTSte; No. 3 hard, 74iii77c; No. 4 hard, 7iMiil74c; No. 2 spring. 76 ti7sc; No. 8 spring, 73(976c. CORN No. 1 3S'4e; No. 4, 84r37Vi c ; no grade, 30c; No. 2 yellow, 38c; No. 3 white. we. OATS No. 3 mixed. 2Hc; No. t white, 28Vi29c; No. 4 white, 2Uc RYE No. 2, 61 He; No. 3, 05fiOHc. ' Cariot Recelot. Wheat. Corn. Oats v pork was up :fic at $13.!i. Lard 2ac st J7.Ku'(i 75i4. Ribs were 15c higher at 87.37V'&7 .40. Estimated receipts for Tuesday: Wheat. 68 cars: corn. 944 cars; oats, 4Ki7 cars; hogs, 37.0110 head. There will be no session of the Hoard of Trade Monday on account of Christmas clay. The leading futures ranged a follows: Articles.! Open. High. Low. Close.! Yes'y ITO ADVISES GENTLENESS Japanese Statesman Talk of Preannt State of Affair la Cor an. TOKIO, Dec. SM.-tSpeuUH Cablegram to The Bee.) Reports having been received from Europe and America to the effect that Coreans in foreign part felt bitterly tha turning of Core over to Japan. Mar quis Ito In an address to a number of Jour nalists at Seoul strongly deprecated tha error of 'certain Japanese who Interpreted tha new treaty a placing Corea tn Japan' hand and overthrowing tha Corean Um pire. Th Marquis Ito explained that It Chicago Minneapolis .... Kansas City..., Omaha Duluth St. Louis 22 421 70 ) 92 28 400 112 136 Wheat Dec. May Julv Corn tDec. il'ec. Msv July On la Pee. Msv July May Lard Doc. Jan. May May July 2J S2V 87-at7i 87Va 4 83 'riV 3H I 4SI 44N. 441' 444l I 82 Xr! S2VI 87 ,874fi-V87'''174, 8-1 M-Vfi4l83iS3ti 44 Ml 30' 13 ri 13 75 13 13 il 4S I 48 49 44'J 44i; 44 44ial44"a44i. 44ii44- 44VfjW 444l 44"'. 44-'Si144!'t,'nH I I i4j 3n','a"k' 31114' 20 bo 7 37s 7 40 7 10 7 28 7 40 ni mvsia I-n:ii!4'74i 3H'I nol WSi o I I I 13 lit) 13 75 I 13 47U 13 2i! 13 l I 13 SO Pec. L... Dec. 2 Dec. J.... Dec. 4..., Dec. 5.... Dec. 6.... Dec. J.... Dec. 8.... Dec. .... Dec. 10... Dec. a.. . Dec. 12... Dec 13... Dec. 14... Dec. 15... Dec. 18... Drc i7... Dec. 13... Pec. 19... Dec. 2fl... Dec. 21... Dec. 22... Dec. 23... Always a eonil i;ian for shtoiici K tntendllia i ..i. t...k,. -i rjur, t fk. to sena in anytning at this time to Keep in TANGKHIN1CS Florida, Date. I 1H6. 19H.:i?03. 11902. il9l. 1900.I181'. 4 42 4 Mi W I ? il 4 14 4 31 6 08 3 Kit ' I 1 4 47i 4 40; 13. 5 88, 4 64: 4 431 22i a 2, 4 , o , .1 t s se ; 8 81 3 83 : W ' 4 81'. I 4 M I 141. 4 3 4 SJ 4 43 4 87 4 K 6 24 t 061 4 4 .19 6 161 0 C9i 4 M 4 39i 4 36', I 09i 4 84 4 S3 4 32 8 07 I 4 i 4 :ll 4 6 06 , 6 111 I 4 S3 4 41 6 III 13 4 8SJ 4 78.4j 4 47 8 l 6 ll S, ? 4 83 I 4 43j 4 48 ' M! Wl ? V a M, .1 4 87?: 4 41 4 844 ' 4 33 ! 4 44 8 21 4 Mil J 4 :N! 4 i, mi 4 7il I 4 411 4 28 6 16 W1 4 4u 4 34! 6 .2 6 34 4 81V ! 4 2'7i 141 6 26 4 84Vi; 4 50 , 4 30, 01 12 4 V 4 SS 4 w A Ml l: 1171 6 IM 4 44 4 34 6 06 4 81, 4 Dl 4 4 39 6 1 4 M 4 K 4 38 , 4 45 6 18 Ofi I 4 "4 clrse touch with their commission tirtns und act on their advice. The sheep market has been In very satis factory condition all this week on deslraiil kinds of fat sheep and lambs, price? re maining Just about steady with prcvlou week until i'hurrday, when packers conid to get their orders filled and III market lost Its wire edge, prices siiKgtuK all of I'M Ibc. K"ir slirep und lamos have been In very moderate supply all the wok. while the demand wss fjlly equal to t!ie absorp tion of everything coming. In eon-eiUrnoc of this J lie tuark'-l. if MiiylliiiiK. showed a little strength during the week. Quotations for ted sheep ami lambs arc as follows: Oood to choice lainlis, Colo rudos, y7.40vr7.4if; westerns, 7.n 1 ; year )lng. Kt0ri.2&; wethers, V5.Wuu.i'; ewes, ;.;1(R.40. (Juotatlons for feeder :-hcep and lambs: Good feeding lambs. l.7Vii.S; yearlings. 4 811 3 '"i 1 o.w; wctners. jo'fio.ou; cc, .i-toiit 4 tail 3 94 I 4 ;,ui breeding ewes, M.CO'ijli.iW. 4 84' 3 Iio . I 401 i 4 83 j 4 73' 8 !4 4 7Ji 3 3: I 4 .11 3 'J4 ' R5 ' 45 I ' 52',! ' V 1 .17U ' tn ' 7 17M, 7 I'" 7 40 7 25 7 S2'4 7 4" 7 fc.r. 7 45 7 564I 7 17Va 7 40 7 45 7 87' i 7 40 7 02 H 7 32Vi 7 35 Z14 15 42 97 88 MARKET Varlons SEW YORK GKHEHAL Qnotatloaa of the Day on Commodities. NEW TORK, Dee. 23. -TTI'R-Receipt s. 2&.IK4 bhls.; exports, 8,f38 bbls.; market dull; Minnesota patents, $4 6On8.0O; Minne sota bakers, t3.6niii3.9u; winter tatents, $4.20 (S4 56: winter straights, t3.9044.10; winter extras, 82.8.V(i J.25; winter low grades, t.'.T.Va 8.20. Rye flour, quiet: fair to good, li.Snq; 4.10; choice to fancy. I4.luilt4.40. Buckwheat flour, dull, t2.10rq2.ZO, nominal, spot and to arrive. Bl'CKWHEAT Dnll, 63c, nominal, deliv ered New York. CORNMEAL Steady ; fine white and yel low. 11.25; coarse, tl.141.16; kiln-dried, $3.0)1 S3 10. RYE Nominal; No. 2 western, 75o, e. 1. f.. New Tork. BARLEY Feeding, 41V4o. c. I. f. Buffalo; malting. 4&&62C, c. T. f. Buffalo. WHEAT Recelnts. 198.UO bu.: exnorts. 24,081 bu.; spot market steady; No. 2 red. elevator ana w4C r. o. n., anoat; iso. 1 northern Duluth, Mc f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba, nominal f. o. b., afloat. The wheat market wa naturally dull to day, but owing to prediction for light world's shipments was steady, closing partly SiV net higher; May. tlStjSlHc. closed at fc; July. 88ft8ie, closed at 88e: December. SWSe, closed at 94V4c. CORN Receipts, 113,9o0 bu.; expo Is. 62. 727 bu.; spot market steady; No. 2. 58c for old elevator and 61o f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 No. 2. tOld. iNew. KLOI'R Dull and -asy; winter patents, tSSfi-gl-lO; straights. $3.6.Vfi3.W; spring pat ents, $1.75 4.10; straights. $3.60 i S.81); bakers. $2.25r63.2). WHEAT No. 2 spring. S.lVr S6'c ; No. 3. 81(S8lc; No. 2 red. 87lfiS7c. CORN No. 2. 1Xc; No. 2 yellow, 48c. OATS No. 2. 3014c; No. 2 white. Sli4'n:t2c; No. 3 white. awiSI'a.c. , RYE No. 2, 6574i6c. BARLEY Oood feeding. 37t4''d3S'ic; fall to choice malting. 4li4!e. SEED No. 1 flax, $1.03; No. 1 northwest ern. $1.(4; prime timothy, $3.35; clover, contract tirade. $13.0I. PROVISIONS Mess rork, per bbl., $12.75 1612.80. Lard, per loo lbs.. $7.624'7.55. 8hort ribs sides (loosei, $7co1i7.15. Short clear sides tboxed). $7.1,-'Wii,. The receipt and shipments of flour and grain were: Receipts. Shipments. Flour, bbls... 21 li)0 15.3HO Wheat, bu 15.0INI 37'XI Corn, bu 40B.OO11 214.00H Oats, bu 349.71H 278.1ml Rve. bu 1.. 4.0fo ioro Barley, bu 96.700 74.1is On the Produce exchange today the but ter market was steady; creameries, 17D 24Hc; dairies, 17 20c. Eggs were firm, at mark, cases Included. 18ii23c; firsts. 22c; prime firsts. 26c; extras, 28c. Ohcesf was steady, HV'lSv. Indicates Sunday. RANGE OF PRICEB. Cattle. Hogs. Omaha $4.40,Ki.i'2'4 Chicago $1 3fia.o l.tVWin Kansas City 2.0n6.-"i 4. si WIS 15 St. Ixuis 2.11:) i 4.SWJJ.I5 Sioux City 2.50''li.7& 4.80il4.ii Y ESTERD A Y'B SH I I'M ENT3. The following lNt shows the number of cars of feeders shipped to the country yes terdav and their points of destination: CATTLE. Ca:s Ballinger 8., Sidney. la. Q 1 Gold llemlrix. OrtHwnld. Iu. vj 2 G. A. Johcs Cumberland. Ia. Q W. E. Boyd. Tabor. la.-Q Paul Bostwick. Woodbine, la. N. U a Thomas Adams. Vail. Ia. N. W ! Vail Mill nnd Elevator company. Vail, la. N. W 5 John Nellen. Malvern. Ia. Wab 1 C. Lorenson. Wlsner, Neb. F. E '. Tim Priest. Battle Creek, Neb. F. E. . 1 Carson & W.. Aspenwall, Ia. Mil 1 J. Rogers. Ord. Neh.-l". P '. The official number of cars of Block brought in today by each road was: Roads. came. nogs. 11 r s CI1ICAUO I.1VK STOCK MAHKKT Cattle Stead) Hog MroaNT fo Higher sheep gtrndy. CHICAGO, Dec. 23-CATTLE-Recelpts, l.ioa head. Market steady; beeves. Wi.o'n Hi); cows. $1.35.'u4.36; heifers, $i,15'q4.80; calves, $6.ovi7.in; good to pvime steer. 8u.2i poor modlum, $.1.2.Vti5.2o; stockers and teeders. $2.U)'n4.10. IK iGH Receipts, 16.IHHI Head; estimated Tuesday, 32,HH head. Markets iron to ix: higher; mixed and butchers, $4.wi(5.i;V4: good heavy, .".OSie.20; tough heavy, $4.k.k(c 4!5; light, il.Sj-'iu.l:1; pigs, $4.6"i&.ii; bulK of sales. $fi.'Hi'ift.l0. SHEEP AND LA MBS Receipts, 1.500 head. Market steady; sheep, 4H.1Vffn.s1i; yearlings, tAiWii.oO; lambs, sd.itr.i 7.8ft. C, M. & St. P Missouri Pacific Cnlon Pacific system. C. & N. W., east C. ei N. W., west C, St. P.. M. A O.... C, B. & Q-. cast C, B. & Q . west C, R. I. & P.. cast... Illinois Central C, R. I. 1'.. west.. Total receipts 1 3 2ft 9 26 6 18 121 Kansas City I,lv4- Slock Market. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 23. CATTLE Re ceipts. l,2fm head, including ? southerns. j j Market unchsnKcil; choice export ami ' 1 dressed beef steets, JCi..'6'll.-.i; lair to good. Vi.iiubMO; western fed steers. $3.2j'q4.80; stockers and feeders. $2.504.4"; souiherii steers. $2.5fl'n 4. V: southern cows, $1.1M:l .5; native cows. $2.u!i4.on: native halters. $.7o (h480; bulls. $2.25'q3.75; calves. t3.0-i'.2S. Re celnts for the w.ek. 47.&0O head.' HOGS Receipts, 4.6KI head. Market 5c lilgner; top. ju.un; nuiK 01 sales. i.:riii ,1.111; heavy, $5.0n,ii5.1li: packers. J4.9ott51o: pigs nnd lights. il.ho-fib.Oli. Receipts for the weeK, 53.1110 head. SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts. 4di heiul. Market nominally steady; native lambs, $5.7537.50; western lambs. $..75,&7.35; fd ewes and yearling!!. $4 EiVjffi.fK); western fd yearlings, $o.5(ih6.3ri; Wiftern f d sheep. $ .3j; stockers and feeders, ;i.2u'H4.i&. I ih disnosltlon of the day's receipts whs as follows. ach buyer purchablng the num ber of head indicated: Buyers. Omaha Packing Co Swift and company Curtail v Packing Co.... Armour & Co A :i.2"i k'lnnim & Co J other buyers Cattle. 40 Hogs. 1.262 1.994 l.Bta (it. t.onls I.lvo !ofk Market. " ST. I ,OriS. Dec. 23 -CATTLE Receipts, 5f4i liead. Including 150 nead of Texuns; ' I market strong; native shipping and export - 1 steers, $1 XVafi .90; dressed Ix'ef and butcher 1 steers. $3.fnf75.1o; steers under J.onn lbs.. $2.t0(i4.4a; stncKcrs aim teeners. vz.waa.M, cows and heifers. $2.iOiti4.4o; canners. $1.75 (fj2.(K; bulls. $2.rii3.CO; calves. f-lMi'M: Texas nnd Indian steers, $2.6iV,ji3.8o; cows and heifers. t2.10ii3.4W, per box l about I., $2 50. GRAPE FRUIT-I'er box. 15.60. FRUITB. PEARS Lawrence and Mount Vernon. 42 CRANBERRIrJ-Jersey. tl2.- par Wl J Bell .ml Uuiile. H2.U.. Arn.ES California Bellflower. tl.4f per bu. box; Colorado Jonathan, t2.00 par bu. box; Ben Davis, 41 60 per ou. 00a, Winesaps, $2.0u per bu box; oth-r varieties. $200 per bu., New York apples. $4 60 per fcbl. GRAPES Imported Malaga. t5.5nfl43.0O. OLD VEGETABLES. P'.'.'i'AIOLe iionie-gisnn. pr bu., 09 66c; South D.ikolu. p-r bu., 75c. ONIONS Home-grown, yellow and r4V per bu.. 85c: Bpanish, per crale, $1.76. NAVY BEANS Per bu., $2.00. LIMA BEANS Per bu., 6Vc. CABBAGE--Home-grown and Wlsoonsla. In crates, per lb., lao. CARROIS. PARUWIP8 AND TURNIP -Per bu., 6n4jioc. CEl.KIt Y Isalam.lioo, per dot., tot). SWEET POTAT JEH-Kansa. per tVIW, bbl., $l..o. VJQ!5TABUiB CAULIFLOWER Pel crate, t2.7t. TOMATOES California, per crate of 21 lbs., $2.50 . WAX BEANS Per hamper of about M lbs net. $360 STRING BEANS Per hamper of about 80 lbs. net. $3.00(34.00. ........ EGO PLANT Florida, per dos., tl.t&4 1 50. GREEN PEPPERS-Florld. per taampai or about 10 do.. $2.60. I TURNIPS Louisiana, per dos. bunch 46c. SHALLOTTS Louisiana, per doa, bunches, 75c. HEAD LETT17CK Louisiana, par bbl., $8.0110 ia); per dor heads, $1.00. LEAF LETTUCE Hot House, per box of 12 to li heads. 65c. CUCUMBERS Hot house, sr dos.. 11.24) RADISHES Hot hous. pr dos. bunobaa. 7bc MUSHROOMS -Hoi house, per lb., 6007641. BEEF Cl'TS. No. 1 rib, 12Vic; No a rib. 8,4c; No. i rib. Jc; No. 1 loin. 16c; No. 2 loin, icac; No. I loin, 7V4c; No, 1 chucks, 6c; No. 2 chuck. 4c; No 1 chucks, 3c; No. 1 round. 7v; No. I round. 6'4c; No. 3 round, ahtc; No. 1 plat, 4c; No. 2 plate. 3c; No. t Diate. 2H5. MlSClCt-LANEOl'S. CIDER Per Keg. as. is; per ddi.. w .a j 11UNEY-N-. fr 24 Ibk.. $4.60. CHEEdlfi Swiss, new, 5c; Wisconsin brick, 14c iViscmifcln llmherger 13c twin. 14'c; voung Aincilca, ie NUTS Waluuts, No. 1 soft shell, new crop, per lb.. liV4c: hard shell, per lb., l"4c ' Pe'i .is, large, per lb.. 14c; small, per lb 12c. i-eanuts. per lb.. 7c; roasted, per lb' tc. CI. Hi walnuts, per lb., 12(184c. Al monds, soft shells, per lb., 17c; hard shell, Cer lb., lnc lihellbnrk hickory nut. Der u.. $2.i"i; largj hickory nf!. per bu.. II.ML Chestnuts, pti lb., lie. uoonasuta, $4.60 pr Back of 110. HIDES-No. 1 green. 9c; No. 2 green, te: No 1 snlted. 11c; No. 2 salted, 10c; No. 1 veal calf. He; No. t eel calf. 9c; dry salted, 7'14c iheep pelta. 26d$l.0O; horse w true mai ma airection 01 foreign at- yellow, 61c; No. 2 white, 61c. Option mar ket was without transactions and closed Kansas City Grnln null Provisions, j Total 65 8.179 I KANSAb CITY. Dec. 23. WHEAT CATTLE AS usual ui an niarset points Steady; December, 77Sc; May. 71'Wc; July. there will be no niaiaei nere on 1 .unnai) 76Sc; cash. No. 2 hard, 7iMiHlc; N . 3, 7c; No. 2 red, 8990c; No. 3. 83UMIC Re- HOGS Receipts, 2,000 head; market Civ 10c higher; pigs und lights, $4.5tM6.1'.i; (lackers. $4.7.1i0."5; butchers anil best leavy $5.0041 .1.15. SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts. 1.IXI head; market steady; native muttons, $i.0n dati.it): lnnibs. $5.i.Vi7.SO culls and bucks, $.l.mkit 4.00. .-.1 .... .lai TIia vurnl will he ooened I .. n i. and enre of stock, hut nothing will bo offered for sale and the sale houses will be closed. There were no cattle of any consequence on the murket today, only two cars being reported In up to noon. There was a rather light run of cattle this week, only uhout 18.2"0 head neing receiveu; mis is Xew York Live Stork Market. NEW YORK, Dei'. 23. BEEVES Re ef ipts. 478 head: market slow but steady; firlme native steers sold at $6.60 per loo bs.: dressed beef dull at 6',(ii9c per U. for native sides. Exports, l.lfln head beeves and 6.718 ouarters of beef. CALVES-Receipts, 99 head; no trading about WOW head smaller than last week, of importance; feeling weak; tity dressed is almost 6.CHIO neaa larger man mr 1 vmn . e.(i u tji . tne leeinig but fair had been transferred to Japan, but he added that the other administrative mechanism remained within the empcror'a prerogative, and thee mikado had sent a special ambassador to guarantee the safety and prestige of tha imperial bouse. Naturally the Coreans were liable to still greater errors. Thus when he, tha Mamula Ito, explained tha Urma of the convention to the emperor hla majesty waa profoundly moved, and declared that even in the days of tha Chinese suseralnty Corea still retained conlrul of her foreign affairs, the deprivation of which now destroyed his sovereignty and rendered tha emperor guilty 111 tne race of hla ancestors through out Ave centuries. Inasmuch as th apirlt of ancestor worship Is even stronger In Corea than Japan, and tha Coreans have been so reserved and proud as a nation aa to entitle them to the uam of ' The Hermit Kingdom," the feelings of the people of Con a upon thb: subject can better be im agined than described. Tha premier, too, wept at the time of the signature of tha convention. This led ths Marquis Ito to explain I lie outstanding features of the situation and strongly to point O'jt the certain restoration of normal conditions so soon as ever Corea progress was assured. Japan herself, he added, entirely Oesued such a restoration. Evidently all classes of Coreans doubt the sincerity of Japan's intentions. Since that was so the utmost circumspection and the greatest gentleness were essnlUl on the iart of Japanese residents und Japa nese officials alike. It was impossible. Marquis llo continued, to divulge ail of til future plans and policies, but the idea is to keep free from all arbitrary and hasty elements; still In view of ihe wide Interval ruled from tha old official conservatism would b Inevitable, but the people being thoroughly tractable and law-abiding must be treated with the utmost leniency and kindtirss. Marquis Ito said that foreign stile had shown a readlnrs to acquiesce In th nw Tli Continental block ' situation which call for the administration net unchanged: January closed at iic. May at 50e and December at fHWc. OATS Receipts, 114.000 bu. ; exports, 1,73T bu.; spot market steady; mixed. 26 to 32 lbs.. 374137V; natural white, 30 to 32 lbs.. KTHkySc; clipped White, 36 to 40 lbs., 4140. HA' AY unlet ; shipping. 6ottic: good to choice, 8oGGc. HOPS Steady; stale, common to choice, 1906, 10019c; 19o4. 10Hji5c; olds. 5ac. Pa cific coast, 1905, lo 14c; 1M. 9612c; olds, 6fi8c. ' HIDES Firm: Galveston, 20 to 25 lbs.. 20c; California 21 to 26 lbs., le; Texas drv, 24 to 30 lbs., 19o. LEATHER Steady; acid. 26VJ27HC PROVISIONS Beef. steady; fanillv, $11. jorul2.ro; mess. $9. Sua 10.60; beef ham's, $2.60343.00; packet. tli..VKgll.60; cltv. extra India mess. $17.50r 18.50. Cut meats, dull; IHCKien Denies, nomiw.&o: pn gien shoulders. $6 60197.00; pickled hams. $9.25fi 75. Lard, steady; western steamed. $7.8tni7.85. Re fined, steady; continent. $8.i4i; South Amer ica. $8.; compound. $3.62i,4j5.$7',i. Pork, quiet; family. $15.50; short clear, $15.iOf17.00; mess. $14.oOftl4.7S. TALLOW Steady: city, 4'tc; countrv, 4 4y. RICE Steady; domestic, fair to extra, 3'i'rf4ic; Japan, nominal. POULTRY Alive, steady; western chick ens. 11c; fowls. 12V; turkeys. 14c. Dressed, stesdy; western broilers, 144)2IV; turkeys 12 19c. EGGS Strong: state. Pennsylvania and nearbv fancy, selected white. 3tr38c: state choice. airSSe; state nlxd. extra. t2Wf.V; western, finest selected, 2!Mi3nc; slate, sver age best. 28c: southern. St'liMc. CHEESE Firm: state full cream, small and Urge, colored snd white, October bet. 13-jiitW.e. BUTTER Firm; street price, extra creamery. 25,2tVc; official prices unchanged. celnts. 38 cars CORN Steady; December, 39Hc: May, 3940; Julv, 3640; cash, No. 2 mixed, 40c; No. 2 white. 4iVsl4"Vc; No. 3. 4X-. OATS Steady ; No. 2 white, SaV.c; No. 2 mixed. nH'ft31c. RYE Steady, tWV4-fc. HAY Steadv; choice timothy, $12,252 li Oli; cnoice praiM-. w IV" ..T "'.' "..il. ,.U - vise om .Iressc.l bUTTt-K-bteaqy; creamery, c. u,e ... ...... - iinori-ReceTnta. 2.104 head No. 3 whltwood cases included, 22iic; case ..mini 91c esses returned. hmC. off. strong and higher nearly every day, but towards the last of the week the demand was very poor and prices slumped. How ever good choice beef steers closed the week generally a dime higher, and in Home cases there waa an advance of lolilic over a week ago. There was considelable warmed-up and short-led stock on the market this week. It is a mistake to ship hides, ri.Mifc a.uo. Wheat, bu. Corn, bu Outs, bu... Receipts. Shipments. .... .13.000 9S.I0O 181.4XI 113.01m .... 16,0i 11,000 uneven all week and has been subject to in iris market was s'eadj . violent fluctuations at times. Early In the SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts. 11.. I week prices on good beef steers were I head: no sheep offered; lambs slow The leading futures at Kansas City, as reported by the Von Dorn Or-tln company, ranged ua follows: Articles. 1 Open, t High. I Low. Close. I Yes'y. Whfat- I I ( 7 Dec... 1 1'; ! 77'ii May... 7, ' 7H. - Julv... W,. ;.V 76, 76 76 Corn .1(1 Iec... a!?l 1 1 39V .'BI4 May... :S .tf-a, :'- July... 3 ! nvl a; H Oats- I I May... 30i 30 30V 30- JfWt Pork- Jan.... 13 40 13 80 13 40 13 90 13 37 May... 13 52 13 60 13 52 13 60 13 60 Lard i Jan.... 7 4o 7 4 7 3S 7 40 7 30 May... 7 3.1 7 45 ,7 35 7 45 7 32 iT7 to 10c lower; common to prime lamnx aom at tii 2ofT.fio; dressed mutton in poor de. maud at 7V4"11"' P'i' 11ttl2Hc. lb. dressed lamlis. gt. Joaeph Live Stock Market. ST JOSEPH. Doc. 23 CATTLE Receipts, 268 head. Market steady, natives, $3.i'fj6.15; ..., und heifers. $1. Stuff 5.00; stockura and tills kind of cattle, as the packers do not iwders. $2.7tVS.HO. want them and the cattle are generally , HOGS Receipts, "i.4M8 head. Market was sold at a loss. I mostlv 5o higher: light, $4.80144.95; medium The trading on cows und heifers was Just an,4. heavy. $4 0rtf 6.O1I. about the same us .)!! beef steers, exiept- HHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 8 head. nig ir.ai 11 oni uui ni'i'i v m"i "i -u. Market stc-auy. i The WCcK opeill'O who u nniau increase uver Mluaeapolla oratn Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 23.-FIXJUR-Diill, prices unchanged. BRAN In bulk, $13.5013.70. fSuperior quotations for Minneapolis da lively). The ran re of prices, as reported by V. D. Day Co , ilO-lll Board o: Trad building, was- Articles ! Open. I Hign.; 1 I the previous week's til sc. but the latter rart of the week all of this advance was lost and the market closed the week lower all around. It Is possible that some strictly choice fat cows would bring prices that would be steady with a week ago, but the general run of stuff on the market is mostly a dime off. The feeder market has been In pretty good shape all this week. Trading oe.ied Monday with the lower yards nearly full and srs-i'ulators carrying more cutllo than they wanted. Receipts along this line were rather light all the week und there was 11 reasonably good demand from country buyers with the result that the lower Christmas. The market closed with prices generally irva2oe higher, or practically all the loss of the previous w,-ek regained. HOGS There was a moderate run of t hues on the market today. 117 car (about nii head) being reported, in up to noon. Low. I Close. I Yes y j The receipts for the day are smaller than for List Batutaay, nut ior me wceg Iney Mans I lly Lite Ktovk Mnrket. SIOUX CITY. 1a.rtec. 23. (Special Tel gram ) CATTLE-Rereipta. h-ad; mar ket steadv; beeves. $'J.60u5.75: cows, bulls snd mixed, $2.253.76; stockers and feeders, $2 75173 So; calves and yearlings, $2.6(?it.50. HOOS Receipts. 4.500 head; market 6c higher, selling at $4.8i14.96; bulk of sales. $4 9"'i4.24. Stock la s:ht. Rucelpls of livestock at the six principal ftouth Omaha I. Iala (ienernl Market. Wheat ' Dec... M.iv.. Juh .. Flax Dec... May.. July.. 81 I V''i! I 1 071 t . 1 111'. 1 12V. 85V 81', 6Y 1 47Tt 1 1'V I S5-V.. 1 l7-4 1 l'i7 . . 1 124 .. tare larger than last, ween by alsiut 8,600 head, in iuci 11 us u,c imr,i run since the third week In July. The run for the Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. 72 $200 . 2o( 4.6') . 1.2IO 4.600 4J0 . 168 6.4K! 8 . 5i 2,0"4i 1.i 1.41(1 15.1X0 I,6o9 . 3,640 39.793 2.908 till and Rosin. NEW YORK. Dec. 23. OIL Cotton aeed oil steadv; prime crude, nominal; prima veilow 2'.iV4'?i'.,4c. Petroleum, steady; re iiucd New York. r.Hi); Philadelphia and Baltimore. $7.55'. prime in bulk, $4.66. Tur-ta-nline. quiet. 67'4c. Ri )SIN (julet; strained, common to good, $3.501 3.6". SAVANNAH. Ga., Dec. 23. OIL Turpen tine, firm. 6614c. HOSIN-Fltm: ABC. $3.45: D, t3.R0; K. $3 60; F. $:t.70: O, $3.76; H. $385; I. IJ.S6; K , ll.iio; M. $5.X); N, $55; W.G., $5.76; W.W., UML CITY. I.. Dec. :C Oily Credit bal ances. $1.52. Runs. 89,127 bbls.: average, w.tio'i hbls. Shipments, 79,717 bbls.; aver age, 70.U91 bbla. Runs. Uma. 67,897 bbls.; average, 27,616 bbls.; shipments, Lima. 6S.433 bbls.; aver age. 66.917 bbls. I'.vaporated Apples and Dried Frails. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. EVAPORATED APPLES Market qulel. Common ar .Hinted nt Ifi-KV: nearly prime, tQc; ..iime !!iiv.c: choice. lo4c: fancy l)4fl2c. CALIFORNIA DRIED KRUlTS-4Vruna remain In fair demand, chiefly in the way of small lots for the Interior, with quota lions ranging from 47c to 8c. Apricots are firmly held with choice quoted at Stil0r; extra choice, lOlov; fancy, ll?12u. Peaches show no fresh feature: extra choice are quoted at luc; fancy, 10V4(jllc; extra taiicv, llV'il3c. Ralalna ar quiet, wiih loose MiiHiuttl uuoled at 6t7(;; seeded rnisins al OtyVc, and London layers at $1.60. Wool Market. LONDON, Dec. 23. WOOL The arrivals of wool for the first series of th 18" wool auction sales amount to 106,211 bales. In cluding 54,001) bales forwarded direct ta spinners. The imports this week were: New South Wales. 4.322 bales; Queensland, 2 676 bales; Victoria. 2.419 bales; South Australia. o,756 bales; Cape of Good Hope and Natal, I.MS bales; China. 2.893 balas; Marseilles. 700 bales. ST. LOUIR. Dec. i3 WOO L Steady ; me dium grades, combing and clothing. 24V9 3oc; light fine. 2 1 'n 26c, heavy (In, l4)'-lc; tub washed. 33341V4:. ! ST. LOUIS. Dec. 23 WhEAT 14(ul,err I No. 3 red cash, elevator. 89u91e: track tltl Minmapolis Cash Close Wheat : 1 .: May. l4e; July. f.v; No. 2 hard, northern. K2c; .0. 2 nortnern. i"4c. I 82?5e. , l.07V. . uniN Lower; .-o. . casu. I'l'vc: track. No. 1 Flax: il paraung th. ruler, and tha IHt' Xti V.Yrick" of corea. some radical departure , ;;iuC; December. 30V; May, Slc: No. 2 while. 32li FUiUh Steady; ted winter patent. $4 to t nearby prima. '29c Pblla4fetbln Produce Market. PHILADELPHIA. Dc. 23. BUTTER Firm; extra western creamery, 26c; extra. building may not be Ideal plane to live In. but they ar preferable to th ao-called London cottage In it. present form. When Inn tank of Persia Sleep. The ahah of Persia never under any cir cumstance sleeps on a bedstead, and no matter where he lias stayed, whether it la in royal palaces or hotels, he ha either hud ths bedstead removed from bis sleeping apartment or else haa relegated It tn some remote corner, to a to enable him to sleep lu tb exact center nf th room on a couple f huge cushions or soft l mental mat tresses stretched upon th floor. And Just behind the cushion iiiou which hia ba4 rests there ia atvay a small table. pon which ai nv portrait. The renter of foreign affair by Japan. Upon Japan, who had thus received the world man date, rested th greatest . responsibility. Marquis Ito said that Japan should do all in its power to Justify th conrtdence of th nations by leading Corea along tha path of prog lees, firmly, kindly und tactfully. Picture Framea. Frenser, 15th and lotlg Kseareloalsls atari lloaaa. lA-g ANGELES. Dec. 24 -After tine days of strenuous sightseeing in Los An geles and vicinity the thirty-flv eastern neaspaprl men who were brought from Chicago 011 th first "I. Angeles IJm ited ' as guests of th Union Pacific and San Pedro railroads departed for their boons today o'i th aew boil led attr the Soil Ukt rout. ,64 5' : extra fancy straights. $3.i4.3fi; dear, I..SOW.I.30. I SEEP Timothy. $J.50'(2.6i: prime, $2.80. j 1. 1 iKN MEAL Steady. $2 50 ; BRAN Firm; sacked, east track. 78'ii80c. It A V teii(4v rtmnthv ft IWrt. I 1 MC nn I $7 01 icq 10.6c. IRON COTTON TIES-H9C. n tool Nit i. e. HEMP TWINE 7He. PROVISIONS Pork. higher; Jobbing. $13 75. lard. firm; prime steam. $7.30. Drv salt meats, steady: boxed extra shorts. $8 00; clear ribs $8 l-'S: short clears, tt.uo. Bacon. steady: boxed extra shorts, $8.75; clear ribs, 19 ki; slum clear, $9 35. POULTRY Firm: chickens. 74c: springs. IVotic: tuik. Hijc; ducks, lo'nc; geese, t rents. BUTTE R Steady; creamery, 21&25c; dalrv. 18 21c. EGGS Steady, 22Sc, case count. Keceints Shlpinenls. EOOS4 Firm: nearby fresh and western fresh, 28c at mark. CHEESrv-Pteady: New York full creams, fancv, 13Ti4c: choice, lsVjo; fair to good. 1244il34c. Mllwaukea Urala Market. MILWAUKEE. Dec. 23. WHEAT-Finn; No. 1 northern. Wi!7c; No. 2 northern, 83 ti4V: May. 'a'.c asked. RVE Steady; No. 1, 6til4c. BARLEY Dull; Nu. 2. 64'..c; sample. J7', tt lc. CORN Quiet; May, 44iic. St. Joseph St. Louis Chicago ... Total ... Clearing Hons Averages. vi.'.tv YORK. Dec. 23 The Weekly state ment of the clearing house banks for this week shows that (lie hanks bold a surplus 1 1... lezal reserve reaulrements of week is also larger than for the correspond-j 4 159 in). Tlie statement Is ss follows: lug week lant year by about t.ToO head. j lean's $1,006,107,100; Increase, $1.543. I'M. De- The murket open-d this morning with ' .sits ti.u2A.40f; Increase. $1. UsK.Insi. Cr prlces 5'uloc higher and wus ai tlv nd I iulatlon. $53,049,700: decrease, $11,000. T-ga brisk throughout. The run was fairly good. I tenners. $74.2tK.7u0; decrease, $1.610, 4ua. bin Ihe packers were evidently wanting a I Specie $176.212.'Xi: Increase. $l.993,7no. Re aupplv and they appeared anxious for iiogs. , Kl!rva $250 416.5i0: Increas. $4S3.:40). Reserve Trading opened brisk and very uetive and required $246.267. !"0: Increase. $284,975. Sur ..oiiiiniieil so all Ihe morning, fl'islnx ..!,, til-.'i4,i- Increase. 8184.325. Ux-Uniied I st. ady with the advance. The bulk of tl, , a. ...,. U' posits. $6,324,260; Increase. $211,775. fiOgS DrOURIH III or- m-ikhinm i,ou in fi.1.00 aa against $4.874 924 yesterday. The top price paid at this point today wus $5,024 as agninai $4.9;'i yet-terday. Judging from tin eione, u win ne mn mai in advance for the day was .VSinc. The inarget an mis ween nas teen in -ery gisia conir.iion auu, in spue ot me liberal runs, prices have advanced a little every dav excepting Tnursday. when the market slumped auout s'c. r-acaers nave tweu ralher bearish all week, but Just th same prices have held up and the week closed with the average todav about 22Sc hticher than a week ago. 1 here was a good demand all week by the puckers, as tuey were apparent!) short. Representative salts: Metal Market. NEW YORK. Dec. 23 M ETA Lit There was little doing In the various metal mar kets and prices Were without change. Lake and electrolytic copper sre quoted at $18.50 tj:9 '0 and casting at $l8.12'4,ai8 62V4. Tin continued quiet at 9ow3n.lO. Lead la u, iied at $5 60 lor fifty-ton lots 10 be shipped within thirty days, but spot sup plies are scarce and the market rangea up to $6.10. Siielter. quiet. $6.56?j6.n. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 23.-MKTAL8-Le44, quint, $6.8i'i6.H6; pit'. easier, $6.50. Toledo Meed Market. TOLEDO, O., Pec. 23. HEEDS Clover, rash and December and January, $8.16; February, $8.22; March. $8.'fi. Timothy, prime, $1.60. Allfke, prime. $8.10. Peoria Market. Flour, bbls... Wheat, bu.... Corn, bu Oats, bu 8 0O 7.(i 81.000 I. non 4no.w 44.01 47,000 Dwlath Ornln MarkM. DULUTH. Dac. 23-WHEAT To arrive. No. 1 nortbaru. $3c, No. 2 uortberu. tic. PEORIA. IVo. 23. CORN Higher; Nu. $ yellow. 42c; No. I, 42c; No. 4. 4uc; no grade, 7e. OATS Unchanged: No.' S white. 3oHc; No. 4 w.ilte. 29S't)3un. WHISKY-On th bads ot $!.$. Holiday In England. IXJNLaiN. Dec. 23 Today ia a holiday on the 6to k ex hange. LIVERPfKiL, Dec. 28. Ths cotton, corn snd provisions exchanges hers ar closed tvuay. Ne. A Sh. rr h. Aw as r t. ii ... 4 4i :4". :oo a Tj tl 1:7 lu 4 4 47 i'rl HI 4 17', 44 IJ7 Stu I 111', 74 I I -' 41 V.. 14 17 40 I )j 71 244 Hi 4 114 11 itt ... 4 '. W ... 4 174 54 !4 ... 4 M IT !I4 4 4 7 244 ID 4 ". 4t Ml l.t 4 17 ' 4.i ;3i uo 1 15 ;i :7i m 4 i' 13 Sll 4J 4 H :. I"1 ... I 17't 71 211 100 I K 47 J'l ... 4 17S 17 ; .j 4 i ui is : tn ins 40 230 ... I M II 121 ... I I7't 4 ill M I : li 171 11 4 17-,. ii in ... ik ii : ie 4i7i, II 2 14 4 r l 2MI 1.1 4 .' 14 tol S Ik SI aM ... 1171, rr ;i o n: m i. ... I 17k, is 2'i i4 i h ii r-'i ... ins tl it iw 4 m ii :m te 171, II IM) ... I H l Hi to 6 ot Bank Clearings. OMAHA. Dee. 23 Bunk clearings for today were $1,686,426.14. and for the corre sponding date last year $1,390,564.00. l'.s. 1904. Monday $2.036.934. Itl $1.4Hl.i258 Tuesday 1.731 SM or, 1.476.6 85 Wednesday l.fxo.787.68 1.4SV87 44 Thursday 1.7b".73' 1 683.6.12 ;6 frldsy 1.407.936 69 1.521.119.12 Saturday 1,686.426.14 1.,&64.oo Totals $10,323.4u.U $!.(tl4,'C.24 Increase. $1.3ca.l64 r. , Foreign Flnnnelal. LONDON. Dee. 2. MONEYTg3V. Dis count rates: Short hills. 2Vn4 ler cent; t-month bills, t l;i-16jj3' per cent. Bar sil ver, firm at IstVl per ounce. Bullion mounting to 1.6 im wa taken into the Bank of England today and L JH'.Oh was Withdrawn for shipment to Die i ontiiient. PARIS, Dec. 23. Piters on the Pouise to day Improved notably. Rus.-iiaiis advancing on satisfactory Bourse advices from Hi Petersburg and Berlin snd on account of dispatches forecasting the failure of the Russian strike. French rentes v.erc buoy ant owing to the belief that an Improve ment has occurred In Franco-fierman rela tions over the Moroccan question. Russian Imperial 4s were uuoted at 77.'. and Rus sian bond of 1tH st 478. 0ERL1N, fi.-Ou tha bums today PRIVATE WIRES Von Dorn Grain Co. Mimkir Chicago Board f Trad Omaha Crain Eiehanga. Grain and Provisions fcuught and sold for cash or future deliver Receivers and Shippers, tit and 220 BOARD OF TRADE BlAMt. Tel. 1U4. OMAHA. F. D. Day & Co. Oealere la Stock, drain. Provlaloii aklgi km Uraln la tl. Bra ark 411 .c. 1141-4 1 1 Hoard mt Trad a Bid Omaha. n-4. Tnlopltojss Sat, 81-214 Lgchang glda.. aioutk Omaha. Ball 'fboaa $1. ai.aiaadat faua
