DM ATT A. SnSPAY MOT?NTTT. XOTKUBET? TPOH.
IT
CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
l'elirerj from Factories Potrmt in History
'of OounXrj.
SHORTAGE OF BOTH CARS AND GOODS
Henlr? rka for Mtlpments to A r
rire, ttliorc It Onghl to Take
. ln)r ollm of Biml-
Hi Unas ,irf,
The or Kituaii'iii In Inconveniencing the
oral Jobber!) not a lit tip. When their ciis
.omers (n the country ara clamoring fur
''" " 'tt annoying 10 nave ev rr
loiter uldtiff the way f.ir two or three.
weRa and then be burled In the rohgestlon
of the local yards for several days longer,
but such to the condition. Added to that
'.s th dlfllcult? In netting goods i the
lactones, and cm the whole, the situation
was nevrr quite equaled in tho history of
the country. The heavier nhlrperh-Jmilc-tnent
Jobbers, grocers and hardware men
ii-e, of course, the hardest hit.
A local Jobber of groceries speaks thus
5f the situation:
"From tho Jobbers' standpoint thin baa
been the worst m ever experienced for
securing deliveries on contracts. Cur short
age, shortage of box hooks, failure to se
cure labels. Impossibility of getting cur
ions, great rifttlculty in securing sufficient
labor, the shortage In the- croiaj and the
runjcfiu'iu uinii-uny m getting together
sssnrted cars of dried fruit and canned
goods, hnvo all had their part in delay, ng
f-hlpments ami deliveries. The railroads,
loo, have found It utterly Impnstib.o to
transport und deliver promptly freight
given thrni. Frequently care from C...1I
lornia have taken four weeks in transit,
while cars from the east have ben pietty
JiearT. aa badly delayed, so that the Job
liors In fining their cbhtrnets havr had 'to
overcome almoat inaurmountable obstacles."
iSuolness in all lines was reported satis
factory last week.i All report better trade
Uinn for the previous week, with tho ex
ception of the implement and hardware
houses, which were- made eapectally busy
the previous week; by the Implement deal
ers' convention.
Dry (ioosa Scarce Fast.
,"l'h feature In dry goods la the scarcity
of goods at the primary markets. An
Omaha Jobber who lias Just returned from
the east says the condition la serious; that
the Jobbers will be able to get only limited
Mtipplies In certain linen and other line can.
not be bad at all. Vie advises the retailers
1f buy everything they ran now, for goods
will not be cheaper thla winter. Many
wholesalers are now placing their orders
J'or tho fall and winter of next year, which
Indicates that they believe there is to be a
tnarked scarcity Of goods.
With the shoe- Jobbers th mall orde
tiuslness laat wek was excellent. Sprti
buslnees runs about as usual, with some
tines running better this month than they
Aid, ft year ago. The demands of the coun
try retailer keep, locai Jobbers busy, and
they declare tWit the season as whole
lifts heen a very satisfactory one. i lather
remains at the high price of the year and
there is no Indication Uiat It will be lower
tfi the near future. '
i Hardware trade moves along with the
anie heavy volume that has characterized
rhe year, and, according to the Jbler. the
twelve' months will be rounded out with a
record-breaking business. Bond salesmen
lire sending In rood orders. The dfms1
for builders' hardware In all parts r the
ij-rritory holds up remarkably well, uwns
price changes have been noted and all are
in tho upward direction. ITIees on steel
woods, for next suason have been named
hy tho manufacturers and they show an ad-
vnnco of last year. Copper and brass
.have also been advanced a little, and all
(netala are ilrm. Chisels and draw knives
were advanced 10 per cent last week.
Dried Fruit Very Active.
' There' is not much to report In the way
of change In canned goods. It Is becoming
Woe and moro difficult to secure anything
desirable in the way of peas.' Tomatoes
.und corn are witlvout niaterinl change.
Pumpkin and kraut are two Items which,
have come in for material advance. Pumi
Kin is up iiuuul ju ceuva,
If inn t alj the way from S to 10 cents, ac
cording to the. manufacturer, . ,
lriel .fruits have been particularly active,
witl. Wi ther sharp advances in ralelna of
13 V: New York apples, $3.2; Grimes'
Golden, . . .
I'KAflS -Winter Nell, per hex, P1
GHA.I'KN Malaca. per bbi.. tA-Q'iV'K
New York Ca law has. 4-1'v bnfket, 12c
, TK 'I'll ' AI J'KI IT.
on AMiFS-K.orloa orsrk-s, 13 no.
I.i;M Nf -l.lmonlera, etrn fancy. 2V
sire. "; ii7;e, Kit'; 3 lo.-t,;.'; othef
br;mlF. 51 ' lenn,
H ANANAS - l'er tncdfiim-slrca . buncn,
$3.ii2ir; Jumboa, f2.K !..
1 A I K;idM h v, ik-: envrrs. fie; rvt
stuffed walnut dat"S. -lh. box, 11.10: Cali
fornia bulk, rf'-te; 7-crown Turkish, l&c; (H
crown, Ho: o-cronn. 13c: 3-crowii. Uo.
UKAl'i: KKL IT Blzij H to W and , Ml I I
M. tt.aw-t.Vi. ,
fo ( ia NI'TP l'er sack of 100. MM.
CMKKSK Swiss, nt.'. V'; AVlaconsIn
brick, lilt": Wisconsin timberger, iij:l
twins. 15c; Young Americans, ir'4c.
K18TT Tt'out, U'c: ballbvt, 12c; CStflsh,
buffalo, c; buUhrala. lie; black baaa,
fine stock, 2T.c; salnioti, lie; rlke. 11c; red
snapper, fresh frosen. lie; wblteflaH, freah
fror.en, 13c; yellow perch,' dred and
sealed. kc: plckerol, fresh frozen, 8c
frog legs, 3nc per doz! saddles
JUDKS AND TAI.LOW-r,rn fsnlt.
No. 1, 12c; No. !.' Hc;. bull hides, JKfKic;
green hides. No. 1, lie; No. 2. 0c; horse.
tl-SOtillu; sheep pelts, 60c4(tl.X. Tallow,
No. 1. 4-V: 'N'o- Jc- '.,'
Nt:T8-French walnnls. 13V.c; OatlfornH
walnuts. Ko. 2, hard shell, li!e; N.o. 1. "ft
shell. 14c; l.raxlla, 13-514; pecans, 14W17CJ
filberts, 12MJ4c; peanuts.- -raw, bcr
roasted, V-ie; California almonds, bard
Shell. 1!c; hoft Shell, ISc.
HONKY-l'er :4 franiea, H.M. '
C1HEK New York, half barrel, J2.75; bar
rel, $6.U0. .
Ci;T M'.F.P PRICKS.
No. 1 ribs, 144r; No. t libs, c; No. 3 ribs,
Lic; No. 1 loin, 17c; No. 2 loin, lTVc; No.
3 loin, 8c; No. 1 chuck. 6c; No. 2 chuck,
5c; No. 3 chuck. 4cj No. 1 round 8c; No. 2
round. 7V4c; No. 3 round, Ac; No. 1 plate,
4VaCi. NO. i pIHte, 4c; io. J piai, t,c. ,
MI3CELlANEOf8. ,
8l-OAn Oranulated cane. In sacks, $3.11:
granulated beet. In sacka, IS.11.
COFf'KE Koasted. No. Ko per lb.;
No. SO, Jlo per lb.; No. a, 19o per 10.; No.
S, ltic per lb.; No. 21, 13o per lb.
SYRUP In bbla., 27o per gaL; In . cases,
( 10-! b cans, fl.TO; cases. U Hb cans, 1.80;
tasea. 14 24-lb. cans, 11.81.
CANNKD GOODS torn. Manrlard west
ern, bi'(&fic; Malne,i $1.16. Tomatoes, 3-lh.
cans, $1.10; 3-lb. cans, STscibeLOO.-- Pine
apples, grated, 2-lb., $2.r..Hi; sliced, $1.90
feiio; gallon apples, fancy, $i"5: California,
apricots. Sl.Ptl-25; pears, $1.7&p2,GO; p-aches,
fancy; $1.7irfif2.40 H. C- pea hes, $J.002.59.
Alaska salmon, red. $1.26; fancy Chinook.
F.. $10; fancy eockeye, F.. $l.o: sardines,
quarter oil, $2.76; three-quarter mustard,
$3.00. Bweet potatoes. $1.10iai.26i sauerkraut,
$100; pumpkins, 80ca$1.00; wax Beans, 2-lb.,,
Wrimc; lima beans, 2-lb.. 75efa tl.3C; spinach,
$1.85; cheap peas, 2-lb., 60o; ztrao, 9acyl,W;
fancy. $l.3CSil,75. '
CUHEU " FISH Family whlteflsh. per
quarter bbl., 1(0 lbs., $4.00; Norway mack
eral. No. 1. $15.00; No. ,2, $2S 0;, herring In
hbls., 2"0- lls.' each, Norway,- 4k, $3.00; N'or
wsy. 3k, $9.00: Holland herring. In kegs,
milkers, 80o; kegs,- mixed( 70c.
'Snaar and Molasses.
. NEW YORK, Nov. 14 SUGAR Raw,
quiet; fair refining, 3 6-16cj centrifugal, 96
U-st. ,3 13-lUe; molusses sugar, 3 1-Pic. Re
fined, steady; No. 8, 4.30c'; No. 7. 4.25c; No.
. 4.2c; N.-, -4.15c; No.' 10, 4.06c; No. 11,
4c, "No. 12, 8.9$c; No. 13, 3.9Je; No. 14, 3.85c;
confectlonejs' A, 4.60c; mould A, 6.15c; cut
loaf, 6.60c; crushed, 6.60c; powdered, 4.90c;
granulated. 4.80c; cubes, e.Ouc.
MOLASaK843tcady; New Orleans, open
kettle, good to choice, SOiSc
NEW OKLKANS, Nov. 24.-SUaAR-1pm
kettle, centrifugal, 3(3 15-16c; centrifugal
yellow, 3 9-1c; seconds, HfiS-c
MOiA8BE Steady; syrup, il3o.
Oils and Rosin.
NV.W TORK. Nov. 24. OILS Cottonseed.
easy; prime crude, r. o. , b. mills. 26ie; I
prime yellow, f. o. b. mill, 42o. Petroleunn
iMdv: rfined New Y'ork. 17.60: Philadel
phia and Baltimore. $7.46; Philadelphia and
Raltlmoic, In bulk, $1.3o. Turpentine, quiet;
KOSI.V Steady ; . Bttalned, common to
good, $4.25. 1
SAVANNAH, Nov. W. OII Turpentiiif,
firm; 6:c. 1
ROSIN-Flrm. Ouote: A. B, $3.85; V, $3.WV,i)
4 00:' H $3.96; F, 3.95'it1.0O; O, $3,863-4.05; H,
$41'a-4.15; I, 4.4o; K, $j.10; M, $i.50; N,
$.i.2o; W. $i-'; W. W., $7.20. .
T v'
Treaanry Statement.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. Today's atftto-
. . . . 9 Ha frAairv K.lanfM In the Ken-
reen-e, ghoun: Available casn DHianrn,
Adjoins Uie
Goldiield Great Bend
Selling Around $1.50 Per Share
1,200 Feet From
the Goldiield Daisy
Selling Around $3.00 Per Share
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Offering at 30 Cents Per Share
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Mjimmjf Tmr-wjs snj iw, stisiswin mmi
nil kinds and an advance of 11' f J ""1' fc27.675,863: gold coin and bullion. $115,116,500,
,er pound in 'vfP".t?,V;I)p't?;alirrand certificates. J49.SS7.7M.
lt or forward delivery. Peaciies ana
upricts ro mii - ' . ... rio n cunirDC
tin J K, looks like a further dva"cellwu''
wit Hunt UOUOl una vmtw - --
Siipbl'les of California walnuts are coming;
frtrwfird ' Wownv ' The few -riMts that are
rrwr being offrecl for sale are held at 1 to
1", tenia per pound above the opening
.,-loes o N,n 1 soft shell. Shelled nuts pf
h kinds arn- 411 Very istrohg position, with
very aliarp advance ' i sneiiea pecaju?.
Sonic very active trading haa taken place
in pSphutsWln the laat ten days. PtIccb
uive Let n advanced by different holders
L'.'.V .' i ,.or ittiund. It is without
to. ht 'tr io that the crop this year Is very
4horr. ' Vurthermore, there Is a very strong
ore izaUon among the dealers by ) Ich
Variations In a Habit Well Iflgrh Uni
versal AntonsT . Brain
1 ' Workers.
v - -- . , .
Somebody 'began to. talk, abeut 4he- baWta
of man and then somebody else referred
to. an old nncla of his who smoked a pipe
upside down, and then finally - the talk,
drifted around to cigar, smoking. -
It was pointed out that cigar smoking
tnev ure, abln to eliminate a certain amount haa been a diversion of the male human
wniC Z' able to mHlntain prices; plbly animal since It wasflrs't invented. vn
he had developed curlouu traits,
For instance, most men who smoke
cigars use their' left hands In transporting
vehicles. Most men who smoke cigars
have too many serious uses for the right
hand to employ It in transporting the
lighted cigar. '
Authors, writers, bookkeepers, lawyers,
salesmen, physicians and other . outside
the pale of actual muscle encouraging
V"" ... ,hnl further.
sUunchand 1.0. and the de
matid - Is fair. The Jobbers compla n ot
some delay in shipment, from the refiners.
The market on coffee '.s somewhat easier
thU w"ek than laat. The demand shows
continued Improvement with the advance
i.f the Tlall ud the volume of business Is
large. '. ' ' . '
Condition of Drag Market.
Among the advances that have occurred
teceVuPyla one on gum opium ?.
utotoUfrwiwW'-'1''-' lab0r men Wh8 neht hKtii M
ulilnlne is firm and only limited quantities pretty steadily occupied. If they smoke the
ure available. Dealers are P1'" ,a'1 cigar must bo carried by the left hand
SlK'R-UU HSj h.ca1-crlfor: While the right toll, with pen or pencil,
pwmpt delivery; both granular and lump and this habit, formed by necessity, be-
are quoted at lo per pound. In re'; comes second nature.
sr iiir9- 1 After dUiner when r burv,ng
vancea on linseed oil have occurred during you may observe any one of the smokers
tho week of lc per gallon each. -The mixed jeanj,,- back on the left elde of his chair
P.lnt men are in the nrnri.et for- oU aiid fcU ,eft crookoj mt .. comfortable
Ulycerlno has advanced ,o pr pound and angle and the cigar slipping between hie
la quoted at 14o in 50-pound cans; arsenic ip at - desirable ' Intervals. ' Those facts
in keg-. o taflVkc; blue vitriol in barrels inference that the left
s'4c; meninoi, o.uv w o--". . ... , . ,
, ,i 'Dion further advanced in side of the mouth gets more than its right.
i nuoted at (l.'J6 to 11.30. Car
damoa seeds are 6o per pound higher. Iho
ruling piiue Is 75o to boo. Cal pepperrnent
la Hk trille- lower, while American saffron
haa duiuad loo pur puuiui dui'lng the
week.-
Taints, Oils and Glass.
Tti irLuia market shows no change dur-
liuj thu last week. All lines axe firm and
ful share of the cigar, but such is not the
oase. -
There are other classes of men of whom
these left handed revelations might not be
made and .proved with the facility here
displayed. Motormen, conductors, cab
men, pilots, truckmen, masons and others
111 good demand. Koine tapJ 'es are ' have . little opportunitr to smoke during
I
We aniiouiice the opening of the subscription hooks of the Great Bend
. ConBolidated Mining Company, which has been incorporated with a capi
talization of 1,250,000 shares, of the par value, of $1.00 each, full paid and
non-assessable. Four hundred thousand shares are in tho treasury. Sub
scription price for treasury shares is 30 cents.
Within a radius of three-quarters of a mile, at the northern end of the
Ooldfield mining district, there have been opened up, within the past
ninety days, half a dozen great ore bodies, two of which have enhanced the
value of the stocks of the companies operating them from G00 per cent to
1,000 per cent. These are the Goldfield Great Bend Mining Company and
the Goldfield Daisy Mining Company. Within the past ninety days Great
Bend shares have risen in value from 40 cents to around $1.50, and Daisy
has advanced from 25 cents to around $3.00 per share.
Adjoining the Great Bend is situated the ground of the Great Bend
Consolidated. Mining Company, which owns five claims, or in the neigh
borhood of 100 acres. This ground up to recently was known as the Knick-erbocker-Griswold
group, having been originally located by two pioneers
of the Goldfield mining district. As yet the ground is undeveloped. It
is only a prospect. But it is situated so close to the Great Bend, and, after
an exhaustive examination by competent mining engineers, has been pro
nounced so likely a producer of "high grade" that its value as a prospect
is great and the opportunities for investors who purchase treasury stock
at this time are enormous.
Mr. John D. Campbell, the noted consulting engineer, declares that,
in his opinion, a vein system parallel to that of the Great Bend and Daisy
will be opened up on Great Bend Consolidated ground within a short pe
riod. Boulders of quartz, indicating the presence of large ore bodies, are
in evidence on nil five claims of the Great Bend Consolidated, and it ap
pears only a matter of a short period of development work to open'np a
great mine. The ground of the Great Bend Consolidated occupies the
same relative position to the Great Bend and to the Daisy as does the
Silver Pick of Goldfield to the Jumbo and Mohawk.
Hoisting apparatus has been ordered by telegraph, and half a dozen
miners have been put to work to thoroughly prospect the ground of the
Great Bend Consolidated Mining Company. Within ten days the work
of sinking the main shaft will have commenced, and within thirty days
we expect to have some sensational news for subscribers to the treasury
stock.
Tho officers of the company are: President, Governor John Sparks
of Nevada; vice president, John D. Campbell, mine operator and consult
ing engineer; treasurer, L. M. Sullivan, president of the Sullivan Trust
company; secretary, Peter Grant, treasurer of the Sullivan Trust com
pany; counsel, George D. Pyne, attorney at law.
In view of the oversubscription of our two other recent Goldfield pro
motions, namely, the Lou Dillon Goldfield Mining company, promoted at
30 cents a sharej now listed and selling around 48 cents, and the Silver
Pick Extension Mining company, promoted at 30 cents a share, and now
on the eve of listing, selling on the curb in Goldfield and San Francisco
around 3? cents, it will be the part, of wisdom for our friends to immedi
ately telegraph their reservations. Otherwise it is more than likely that
they will be disappointed and be unable to obtain an allotment.
Use the wires. It pays. !
Our weekly Market Letter free on request. It is the accepted author
ity of the country on Nevada mining shares.
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SULLIVAN TRUST
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very scarce and Ulfucult to geu This Con-
dliion is always a forerunner of an ad
vance In prices. linseed oil la up a cent,
boiled being 41. while raw Is lc. Ixsad Is
unchanged, Cartar e being 7V. le south
ern I Turpentine bus droiipid to 7o.
The paint business continues very good.
All kinds of paper are rum at recent ad
vance. The Indications are that au ad
vance will be poled in tho west soon, as
the leading manufacturers of paper re
cently decided that prices were too low
oil soma- gooa aud uroad a dvslre for
aa advance. - ' ,
OMAUA -WHOLESALE! MARKET.
t.eadltloa ( Trade aad daetatloat
Staple aad Faaey Prodace.
KOOS-r-er d" . 26c.
LIVE FOCLTRT Hens, lc: roostera, se;
tuikeys. 14Uh-; oucks, !-; spring chickens,
geeee, ac
BUT TEK J'a;klng stock. Kftc; choice to
lani-v dairy. 2ulk; crenmery, ivuiio.
HAY Choice upland, W; medium, 9.00;
i on sc. .00j.60. Kye mis, .Sia7.0)L
LkVN-l'M ton, !&..
VKOKTABI-ES.
SWEET POTATOES Kansas, per' Ptvl.,
aoMATOFa-Callfonile, per basket of
ll.H.. I iA"fLi.
WAX HEANS Per one-third bu. box.
!;: baniiHTB, U 26.
IIKKTS, TUKMW and CAHROTR Per
bu.. 7C-.
LEAK LOSTTCCE Hothouse, per Uwa.
liMds. tfe.
1 i LKHY-Per dns . fCeDc.
CL-CCMlit-- llothouee, per doz., tlM
: . -
OMONB Home grown. 60c per bu ; (Span,
lsh,' per orate; Colorado, 7oe.
Oltr.KN ONlONd-fc-er O..S- bunches. Ko.
HGKdKBADliSH Case of I dos., 1 M.
HADlbHr-B r'er. aos. bunches, southern.
lmrca bunches. Sl.Cfl.
NAVY H KAN si Per bu., II 75; No
tl.CB.
9
LIMA BKANS-Per lb.. M.
lil K F-N PEPPEKS-Per hamper, $3.00.
i'AlltL,t.'y Hoihoue, per 0-- bunches,
ta.
CAPBAflE Holland sed. home grown,
per lb., ll.
KfiD Pl-ANTPer dos , I? .
POTAToKb Pr bu., 4iSc
, Rl "1" A KAU AS Ab ut lfO Iba. to sack, 1.E.
iiLAU l-KTTl"CBouthern, per do.,
f If A! I.UTS Southern, per dos. bunches,
!.. "!.
t'Ai'LIF'LOWKR Per crate of about two
do, heads. II. Ail 4 5"
FHI'ITH
CNHKHi:lKB-tvr obi. WvvttlO
vlPLtd lieu Uvli, JocaiLsns,
work
When they do smoke, either hand Is good
enough for them. Tho smoking ambidex
terity of this cIhss extends to all pipe -and
cigarette smokers whose labor Is physical
in the heavy sense of the word.
To be sure, it close observer will find the
left hand favored mo-re or lees 'by every
cluss of smokers from Greenland's ley
nountalns to the othetr place. The weaker
hand soems to want the'Joo worse than
the other, and It manifests a peculiar apti
tude for handling the weed unerringly. So
cigar smoking may be regarded as a left
handed habit, simple. If not always pure.
Then again, there is t! person who holds
his cigar In- peculiar positions. The ac
cepted rule hi this matter Is to, keep the
lighted end away from the face and thus
minimize the dangtr of scorching the
mouth. ' '
In the hollow between the thumb and
forefinger, with the lighted end pointed in
ward, la one manner of liolding a perfect o.
It Is a decidedly bad way. It tends to hold
a man up to suspicion and it rob him of
dignity.
A formal and senHlblo way Is to follow
the method ot most cigar smoking men
hold the weed between the first and bee
ond fingers until It becomes too short fur
comffirt, when tlie second finger and thumb
may take' hold and carry the job along to
Its nut distant conclusion.
Only men given to affectation hold their
cigars between other Angers thart those
designated, and 'such men cannot be nu
merous enough to form a species, or the
official records would mention them. In
this monograph the habits f the cigarette
smoker have not been ditfcloeod for the
reason that men addicted to cigarette
smoking have no very serious habits.
Pipe smokers always sn.oke one iy,
They draw the mioke In and then blow it
out. Their manner ef holding and handling
the pipe Is as Interesting and varied as that
and not a bit more. New York Sun.
( hrialaias Trees Prom Maiae.
Maine I already beginning its annual
shlfuient vf CUnstmus lives. Alulue fur.
nlshes a-considerable prrportton of all the
Christmas trees used ln the United States,
leaving' others to trim them and hang the
gifts. Belfast Is the center of the business,
and the accumulation of trees Is even now
great. Iist year a long frtlght train
loaded exclusively with Chrstmas treos was
sent out Iri one day from Belfast, besides
ordinary, shipments, and the general pros
perity Is such that It is expected that the
present season's demand will break all
records. Bosom Transcript. .
LEGAL BATTLE FOR MILLIONS
Fort'ene of a California Mlllleaalre
Drnssed lata Co art for a
pivlsloa.
Following the lime-honored precedent of
California, the will of the widow of the
late Colonel V. P. Colton.of Ban Fran
cisco, disposing of property valued at
,CtM. Is to bo contested by unsatisfied
heirs. . Colonel ' Colton, In bis day, was
a partner of Collla P. Huntington and ac
quired his pile in the usual California way.
Ho knew how to make money, but some of
his heirs contend that he was craxy when
he-drafted that portion of his will which
specified their share of the estate.
Segfrh-d Su-li.-r is the father and
guardian of dainty little S-year-oll Helen
Margaret Beatrice Wacher, the great-grand-vhild
of Colton, the real contestant. The
defendant Is Mrs. Caroline Colton Cook-Martin-DKhlgTcn,
thrice married, now 62
yuars old, and the wife, since a few weeks
after .Mrs. Colion's death, of John B. Dahl
greu, a Ju-year-old Washington lawyer,
who, with W. J. "dartnett of San Fran
cisco, representative of the Western Pa
cific, Is accused of having planned and
executed the scheme by which a late will
was .prepared and foisted upon the ag' d
and boilridiiei) and half uncons.-ious old
lady shortly lefifro her dvath ln Wuhlng-'-.n
Ir. .February of lr.
The ubd Mis. Cultou haa at tliu time
of her demise but two legal heirs. One
was her daughter, Mrs. Caroline Colton
Cook-Martin and tho other was her great
grandchild. This baby girl's mother had
been tho only child of the late Mrs, Crit
tenden Thornton of San FranclKco, who
was a MIks Colton.
From the baby girl's birth up to within
tho beginning of the three months' Until
Illness of the uged teetatiix llttlo Helen
Margaret Beatrice Sacher had been the. pet
and Idol of the last years of her great
grandmother's Ufa. Nothing was expected
but that the child would certainly n-celve
at least lialf of the great estate.
Then came the last Illness, the appear
ance of Mrs. Caroline Colton Cook-Martin
upon the scene ln the magnificent Colton
mansion ln Washington. Young Dahlgren
became attentive to the twice-made widow
Cook-Martin, who was old enough to be
his mother, and the older and shrewder
W. J. Bartnett also became Identified, as
a close friend of the widow. With his
own hand, it. will be clittriced. lUrtnett
penned the new will and gave prai tUally
the whole etate to Mrs. Caroline Cook
Martlu, all save the handsome fee of 30,'0
a year to come to Bartnett hlnuelf as the
administrator of the estate.
Notwithstanding the fuel thut Mrs. Colton
had long resided In Watihlngton, where xhe
dwelt lit the Ili.CM) Colton mansion, while
she had large holdings and securities In
that city, and that she artutilly dlM llieie,
Mrs. Caroline Colton Cook-Martin hid the
rumatns shipped to Santa Orux, where Mrs
Colton had owned but a S,or) otciire.
Santa Crux was Mis. Martin's home, i N;
funeral had scarcely taken place 1m fere
Mrs) Caroline Colton Cook-Martin bi-c une
the bride of one of her attorneys.
Tlieoe events, tho well known naun of
several of the persons directly or reiimuiv
Involved, the fact of t.x tight lirlwnn
two clU for the hearing of the can-, the
contrast of the much-mariied benei.-iarv
under the will und the pretty little care
free biby girl, who Is practically dii-ln-hcilUd,
niuiij the uuUlius of what Will
all the facta come out under Inquiry of the
courts.
Ol'T OF TUB ORDINARY.
A dusty old carpet, bought ss It lay on
the floor at an auction In the home of the
late Jnton Mullen. IX'trolt, was taken up bv
the purchaser, who found under It 1R,rtiO In
gold. The money was si cielod between the
folds of the carpet.
George H. Allen, who recently broke the
world's record by walking from Iand'a J-;nd
to John O Groat's nearly l.oii) miles in
seventeen days, is a vegetarian, a lifelong
teetotaler and a nonanioker. His average
for I ho last two days of his long tramp
was t-lKhly-elght and a half inllej a day.
Tho Hiipreine court of Kansas declares, in
tho cuso of McAllister against Fair, thtt
under a statute of Kansus providing In
clear language that a husband Hhull inm-rii
from his deceased wife and making no re
ception to the rulo the court Is uot JuvUrled
In reading Into the statute a clause disin.
herltlng a himband IwcauHe he feloniously
killed his Intestate wife for the purpose of
acquiring her property.
Itev. F. B. Real,-an Fl-yenr-old superan
nuated Mothodlat preacher of Holers, Ark ,
minmnirm his intention to many Mrs. Janr
BallHbiiiy, a buxom willow of 51. Hl riu
tlvs objected to the union, on tho ground
that the old gentleman was "In fetdile
health and not able to marry." They wp
plied for an Injunction restraining Mr. lieu',
from entering into the holy bonds and the
court has decldud In ther favor.
Mark MeTlgue, for forty years sexton of
Crown Point cemetery, Kokoino, Ind.. is
dead. He wus the. ohlent cemetery custo
dian ln Indiana. He dug the graves of all
the 4,710 interments In the graveyard, and
opened the cemetery gat s for 4,7'0 funeral
processions. The venerable graveinak'r
w,:h bulled III the midst of the thmuiaiids
who prwednd 111 lit and were put away by
his fwu hands.
Jefferson Davis Raton of I'erche, Boone
rouniy. Mo., seldom wander from his own
lireslde. Twenty-one years ago Mr. Katon
went to Columbia to fcecure a mariingo II-
euse. He got the license und the girl, and
one e that time has never been away from
the farm until last week, iiu-n he was In
Columbia hervlng on a petit jury at the
circuit court. "1 hare a irruwlng family."
said Mr. r'alin. "and I bad ho buslne In
town. Why should 1 go?"
Jerome. K. Jvrome oia-e figured In wliut
the reporters call a "mvsterlous disappear
ance." on a waur be ugreti i aniKh
and tiv.k hlmw-lf off while his friends -m
still u U. uJtll. He dlwipvixd While
they were reading a mysterious letter which
he handed to one of the party. When last
the Thames. Then for a month he seemed
to have gone out of existence. His friends
put the police on his track, calling for his
arrest for stealing the boat. A month
passed and then the novelist and the boat
appeared at the latter1 old moorings,
v. i. it he had dons was simply to take the
bout a little upstream, then during the
night erase Its name and substitute, an
other and change the color of the patnt
here and there so as to render It as unlike
Its former self as possible. His scheme was
a success ln every particular.
RELIUIOll KOTOS.
In Boms and all over Italy committees
are st work preparing for the golden
wrrtotal Jubllne of the holv father, which
will occur In September, li?.
Methodism In Philadelphia, Pa., hopes to
pay off Us Indebtedness, amounting to
about lono.iioft during the coming winter
through the efforts of Dtshop McCabe.
The trustees of the Temple Fnianu-FI.
San Frniuisco. have derided to build a tem
porary structure on the site of therfr
former house of worship, Butter street, near
Powell. This decision whs unanimous
The first Syrian eathollo church In the
West will bo established In Minneapolis
shortly by the Ilev. Gabriel Korkeuia. who
lias gathered about thirty-live byrlun
'smiliea together, the nucleus of the new
cniircn.
Itev. Hugh L. MoQevney, the noted pulpit
orator and one of the foremost preachers
of the catholic church In America, who has
been a professor In numerous collie In
the I' id ted Butte, Is critically ill in Cleve
land. lilshop V. T. Rows of FMtka, Alaska, an
FplMcopallnn, hxs traversed In row-boat or
canoe nearly all of i he nsvlssblo streams
of Alaska, has tramped tluniMands of miles
across It frozen wsvtes. and It la said
that there Is not a vlllMiro or a settlement
of any else or Importance In his territory
that be has not vlsltud. He I at present
on a lltiu vacation trip in Oregon and ! speed of the machines they operste.
tmiiunus. p
Including the houses In which the church
dlgnitarlne) will 11vl which buildings are
attached to the cathedral, will have cost
ln the neighborhood of tl.OOO.uoO.
LABOR AND IMDISTRY.
Almost lK.onf) women work about the mines
In the German empire.
Manila residents to the number of l.ono
are having telephones Installed In their
houses. The hello girls are Filipino maid
ens. Of the 43.100 men employed as switchmen
the Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen con
trols 23,000.
Twenty years ago plumbers In New Tork
City received 13.60 a day and worked fifty
three hours a week. Now they get I4.7S
and work forty-four hours a week.
Los Angeles has annexed about eight
square mllas of new territory, bringing It
up to the line harbor city of San Pedro,
which It eventually hopes to absorb.
New York leads In the wood pulp In
dustry and annually consumes In It J.3o,0ot
cords, or 1G6.jo,OiO feet, ss one of the
minor Items In the process of forest ex
haustion. One or the longest struggles In the history
of organised labor was brought to a close
recently when the miners representing I1m
trlct 'M of Alabama voted to declare their
strike off. The trouble had its inception
In April, lfcot, following a reduction in
wages.
The bureau of labor statistics has com
piled figures regarding tli organised labor
movement. From them it appears that
them are now upwards of l.oo.Ooj wage
workers In the world who are active mem
bers of unions. More than 2,WO.0u0 reside
In the United Stales.
Textile operatives employed on modern
machinery today will turn off more pro
duction on an average eight-hour day basin
than they did twenty-five years ago en a
ten-hour day. Nevertheless, the hours of
labor have been reduced little for the tsxilu
worker In comparison with the Increase ln
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The new catholic rnthedral ofr tht Bacred pankor of Pittsburg the amount ot cur-
Heext erected at Richmond, Vs., by Mr.
and Mia. i nomas t. it van or .Vtrw x or a,
will be consecrated rwi 1 hankbglvl'ig day.
The actual cost of tho cathedra! can imly
be estimated. On this point the dUimml
of the church In Hleltinond will nr talk.
It Is known however, that the statuary
In the church, the gift f Mrs. ftyau per
sonally, cost bout 1MU Architects and
builders who have looked over the structure
say thai Hie cathudis), wheu cuinploltd,
Tency required lor the ray roll In the
nrt ten montns or was IJ.oo.onO a
month. This total was dulermlned by
actual repurts from fifty-eight of the banks
within the district, and proved to be twice
the amount which the lainkeia themselves
had generally estimated to be necessary.
Since that time, with a period of three
years Intervening. It has been ascertained
that the pay rolls have Increase U W.
Ow, vjO a muiitlb