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B i! ii JUi ILdIL r THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 27, ID03. miin'jni'Wnr-rniitiirr -.t.IH'UIIOiiiiiiWH "" ''"aWA Jl'tt'i . 'III m" ''"" " iuMJiiuiijiiiujiMilHiffiiff flim-nnuuiiiiniw'iwi Stlnfl'JimftLW' "MUf flB"'-1iifl ,"'''1 W AUTOMOBILE! - THE T T TiTl T B VI V IPlPECDCB si9(n) Application should be made for territory, if desired, at once TERIVIS: NET CASH, F. O. B, IVIOLINE, ILL. f 4 " V 4 , ' t ...'- ....... .".:,.' , ' i..i--i.... ,'. . ri: . J i '"-$l-,T (. J: v .-. II ll fcn.Mii fa Complete, including $200 equipment, consisting of high grade Magneto, full set of five Lamps, with Gas Generator, Speedometer, Odometer, Horn, complete Tool Kit . Many manu facturers would charge $200 extra for the above equipment. THIS CAR HAS NO EQUAL ON THE MAR KET FOR QUALITY, BEAUTY, STRENGTH AND PRICE. MODEL A-TOUR1NO CAR MOTOR. 30 H. P., 4-cyllnder engine, cai latlng pump. TEST OK MOTOR. Each motor la tested f mometer. There will be no question about CAM SHAFT. Machine steel mounted o Pump shaft mounted on imported Hess B ported HeBS Bright Ball Bearings. FRAME. Pressed steel; 2 Inch drop t tal shaft drive. CRANK CANE. Highest grade of Alumln WATER PUMP. Centrifugal gear driven. FAN. Aluminum, mounted oh ball bearln CARBURETER. Schebler. TIMER. LaCoste type, ball bearing, spec COOLING. By centrifugal pump and radla qulrements. DESCRIPTION OF MECHANISM OF THE VELIE AUTOMOBILE: t In pairs, water cooled; centlfugal clrcu- or 3 hours under load by hydraulic dyna- the power. n 3 Imported Hess Bright Ball Bearings, right Ball Bearings. Idler gear on 2 im- o permit of aB nearly as possible horlzon- um Alloy. , B. lal design. tor of capacity 25 per cent in excess of re- LUBRICATION, By gear pump, gear driven, taking the oil through a strainer In oil box, of ample capacity, under the crank case, through a sight feed on the dash, and back to the crank case, overflowing into oil box at a constant level. Crank case partitioned to keep oil at proper level on hills. Splash system employed. Large cups provided for bearings, so that oil Is constantly flowing over all moving parts of the motor. This is the best oiling Bystem known on high grade cars. CLUTCH. A cone clutch of improved de sign is employed, and one that has proved itself in service for a number of years. Large ball thrust bearings. TRANSMISSION. Selective sliding gear 3 speeds forward, and one reverse. Roller bearings. BRAKES. Double system; internal expanding and external contracting, on large drums on the rear hubs. Thermold lining. FRONT AXLE. Tlmpkln; 4 sets of roller bearings. REAR AXLE. Timpkin semi-floating type; six sets of roller bearings. WHEELS. (Artillery type. 34-inch on Roadster. 32-lnch on Touring Car. STEERING GEAR. Irreversible Worm an d 8ector of steel, case-hardened. IGNITION. Double system, consisting o f a 4-unlt coll on dash, with storage battery and Splltdorf magneto with single coil also on dash. Magneto system Is double, fur nishing a means for running even in ca se both the coil system and magneto fail. Magneto gear driven, connected direct t o pump shaft. Magneto has 4 sets of ball . bearings. 2 imported F. & S. SPRINGS. Front. 36-inch, semi-elliptic; r ear, 44-inch, three-quarter elliptic Oil tempered, graded steel, exceptionally elas tic and easy riding. TIRES. 32x3 tt-inch on Touring Car; 84x3ft-lnch on Roadster. Firestone or Hart ford Goodyear quick detachable rims. WHEEL BASE. 110. ROAD CLEARANCE. 104 inch under flywheel. BODIES. Regular Touring Car style. Roa dster with either double rumble, single rumble, tourabout or baby ton&eau. df. J. DERIGHT & CO., OMAHA AGENTS qJJcdI hum D)(B(BiP(B IPIow (C(D)nrD.paiffTis' lfSfSSkaZZS1n0. OMAHA, NEBRASKA JL OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET Fat Cattle Quarter to Fifty Higher for the Week. HOGS HIGHER THAN FOR WEEKS Sheep Stress Active, with Kery tala Selling- Erlr For Week l.nmba Are SeveBtr-Vive Ceate Higher. 80l"TH OMAHA. Dee. K, 19fl. Cattle. Hoc. Sheep. HKf Dti were Official Monday 2.417 Official TuedHy .04 7.319 S.tfih Offklal We.lneafav B.858 811 t if filial -Thuraday liW Official Friday-Holiday. KaUmated Saturday .... 1M 1.783 1.447 23.4M 40.4J3 60,677 C2.217 S2.S33 26,440 11.8J0 81, (JUS 27,736 44.7. S0.g' 6,771 Six daya thla week.... (.21 Fame daya laat week.... 24.034 Hame daya 2 weeka a go. .23. 8,1 me daya I weeka ae-o. .?2.iyt Bame daya 4 weeka ago.. 22,508 Kama daya laat year 6,750 The following table ahowa the receipts of ctttle, bog! and aheep at South Omaha tor the year to data, compared with laat yr: 1KJB. 107. Ino. Deo. rattle 1.021.M4 1.161.818 12. Hoea 2.3M.544 2.224.1W 12.245 Gheep 2.UK1.K44 2.030.967 60.687 The following table ahowa the avera-i-price of hoa-a at South Omaha for the laat aererai daya. with coenpanaona: Data. 1808. iUO7.lO8.19O6.1804.1Uoa.1902. Dee. 16... I 80 4 23 4 76 Dec. 17... t 34 4 47 6 IS I-eo. IN... 6 8l' 4 47 IH 4 76, Dee. 18... tiH, 4 84 8 1 4M 1 'c. 20. . . 4 u 8 is 4 8o Dee. 21... 6 H 4 83 8 OK 4 M Deo. 22... 1 231a 8 08 4 80 Dee. 23... 8 88 4 44 4 88 Jo. 24. .. 6 47 4 34 C 13 Uec. 26 lfcfc. 28... (80 4 20( 8 21 6 05 4 421 4 21 4 4 4 U 80 4 31 4 601 I 4 44 14 23 4 8 i 4 3 4 KM 4 441 4 43 4 41 4 48 64 3 16 8 a 3 23 3 01 3 07 8U 3 18 8 87 '38 ateera, 35.2&62&00; fair to srood rane steera. 84Wo6.36; common to fair ranee ateera, 83.5uw4.5o; good to choice cornfed oowa and helfera, K264J6.00; good to choice graaa cowa and helfera, 83.76o4.40; fair to good graaa cowa and helfera, 83.00i8.76; common to lair graaa cowa ana naiera, iz.uuws.uu; etock helfera, 82.60ii)3.80; veal calvea, W.ua1 8.26; bulla, ataga, etc., 32. 504 26: good to choice atockera and feedera. 84.50b.26; fair to good atockera and teed era. 83.2d3j4.60; common to fair atockera and feedera. 82.76 433.76. It la not surpriainar tnai receipt were light thla morning. It being the day after a holiday, aa well aa a Saturday. Only twenty-four car were reported In and th rue changed handa early. There were not enough to aupply the demand and packera seemed to be willing to pay a .rood price for what little there waa. It waa one of thoae daya when It waa hard to determine Jutt how the market really stood. Some light atuff brought a big loo higher, while other light atuff of about the same quality brought steady prlcea with Friday. The top waa 36.86. There were hardly enough to make what la termed a bulk, but the moat of the hoga sold between 8&.4646.70. Taking everything Into consideration, the market waa 601 higher. Kecetpta of hoga thla week have ahown a considerable falling off with laat week, but still they have been decidedly larger than the same week a year ago. While the market has fluctuated back and forth to acme extent, still the general tendency lias been upward. At the close of the t-ek prlcea are on on average 17VtC higher than last week, and the hlgheat at any time aince the first week of the month. Kepreaentatlve aalea Holiday. 'Sunday. The official lumber of cars of atock brought In today by each road waa: ' t u ir,iffa Hli..,Ti VTra At. 75 Ill 164 171 144 Ill 130 214 224 206 2i 221 .2M 8k. 40 840 m M Ne. 42 14 74 42 42...., 44...., (.... 71..... 7.... 44.... 40.... 70. At. ...fT ...222 ...246 ...171 ...20 ...27 ...26 ...2.3 ...11 ...24 ...;T ...HO ...118 8h. 40 200 100 Pr. 4 42 I 46 6 46 I V.. 6 .4 6 19 6 74 4 7 6 7 I 7t 6 10 6 80 6 88 a. m. st. p 3 U. P. R. R. 8 CAN. W. (east).. 2 CAN. W. iweal).. .. 8 C. tit. P., U. & O.. 1 I C, B. ec Q teaat) 3 1 .. ! C B. & J. (wtst).. 2 1 t. R. L it V. (east).. .. 1 liltnola rentral By 8 Total receipts .... 6 46 1 The disposition of the day's receipts waa aa folio, each buyer purchasing the num ber of head indicated: Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Omaha Packing Co. 257 bwlfl and Company 4J Cudahy Packing Co 6 558 1.372 J. 11. Bulla 40 Other buyers .., 72 Totala 46 1771 M44 CATTLas As usual on a Saturday there Were no cattle of any consequence here, .. the yards being practically Dare. The re ' celpta for the week have been very email aa compared with previous weeks, but sull 1 decidedly larger Ihun a year ago. The market throughout the week has been la a healthy condition. Pmckera have evidently wanted the few deauable beet ateera coming and they have bouaht th arrivala very readily. Priwa have been ateadlly advancing and at the cloae of tne week beef ateera are safely liyouc higher than they wore a week ago. Cowa and hulfera have also ahowa good dvancea from day to day, being active aellera In the face of moJerate receipts and a good demand. They, too, at the cloae of the week ate higher, and the ad vance hea been pretty Well distributed over .11 A m 11, Biter of course, the beet grade uaua.ly get the bet of any Improve Uieut of the market. The feedera coming have aold very freely at good, alrong pricea. They were Jrly very high to U-gln with, and hence there : . v.r much advance, but till they are aafely l6l6o higher, the ad vance being quite noticeable on the medium grades and all good, light atockera. o.,i.ii,.n. ne rattle: Good to choice .,7.c..l .iM-ra. Mj7.5: fair to good corn- f"d ateera 8s!M.'7S; common to fair corn fed aieeia. 81 7i.i choU.8 8an Pr. U 4 71 6 m 8 24 6 44 6 40 6 44 8 64 64 6 (5 1 40 4 40 M IN SHEfc.r Kecetpta of aheep were very much larger tlan usual for the last day of the week, there being all told about nine cars on aale. The market aa a whole waa In pretty good ahape and pretty much everything changed hands very readily at very atrong prices. Thus good fat ewea sold up to 84.u0, the highest price paid for the month of December. A bunch of weighty yearllnga aold up to 86.76. Hecelpta of aheep have been very light this week, aa usual during the holiday season, but still there have been enoi'tth to aupply the demand, although r.one too many. In fact, packera have wanted a few cars ot good killers every day, and. as the supply aucn baa been light, packera have been forced to advance prlcea very materially. At the cloae of the week It la aafe to quote the general run or lain be ,ao higher than last week, while aheep and yearlings are about 60c higher. Ewea especially have shewn a very stiff advance, reaching th a week, aa noted above, the highest price of the month to date. The feeling on the market Is very good, but slill salesmen feel that in order to maintain present high prices, receipts for the coming week should not be exoeaslve. aa packera will be very apt to take advantage of any very large nil a that may occur to take off at least a part of what they put on this week. Quotations en sheen and lamba: Oood tn choice lambs. 86.754i7.26: fair to gocd lamba. eS.tw8.76; feeding lamba, 34 60tV8.1f; good to choice light yearllnga, 35. jutift.OO; fair to good heavv yearllnga. 34.7S&6.40; fending yearltnga. 34u4i4.60: good to choice weth ers. 34.264.7;; feecMng wethers. 83 7W4.28; good to choice ewes, 34 Wyt.50: Ifair to good ewea, 83.5047400; feeding ewea. t-O'-'O' 3 25; culls and bucks, tl.twoi.UO. Hepresentatlve aalea: No. 2? western ewea 124 western ewes 112 western ewes 14 western yearlings 12 western ernes and wethers Z4 western ewes 1V7 western lambs market steady; receipts for the week, 14,100 head; lamba, l4.Mra7.50; ewes and yearllnga 34.254&.i6; western veerings, 86. &!. 2j; western hcpn. X4.Ouii6.0u: atockera and feed- Urs, x..7jS47o. CHICAGO LIVES STOCK MARKET Cattle and Sheep Steady Hoc rive Cents Higher. CHICAGO. Dec. 26 CATTLE Receipts, 400 head; market ateady; beeves, 33.50317.60; Tezana. 33.50iH.3O; westerns, 33.6015.50; atockera and feedera. 32.6ufa4.70; cows and heifers. 31.6ufcH.&0; calves, 30.26(9.00. HOOS Receipt, 10.000 head; market 6c higher; light, 34.ttk3i6.75; mixed, 5.3fr'o.00; rough, S6.8&36.60; good to choice heavy, 86.6oCt.OO; pigs, 33.7wtf4.90; bulk of aalea, 36.50i36.86. SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipt. 2,600 head; market ateady; natlvea, 32.tXVf4.90; westerns. 32.60Q4.90; yearlings. 35.004.26; native lamba, 34.50fc7.70; westerns, 84.6Ofc7.70. St. Louie Live Stock Market. ST. LOU1B, Dec. 26. CATTLE Recplpta, 600 head. Including 450 Texans: market steady; native shipping and export ateera, 84.50!(7.85; dreaaed beef and butcher sie ra, 3l.0ui. 60; ateera under 1,000 pounds, 23.7541 6.25; atockera and feeders, 32. 75Jj4. 6C: cows and heifers, 33.00fc6.6O; cannern, 81.75(32.00; bulls, I2.7.4f4.75; calves, 33.60iir7.00; Texa and Indian steera, 33.00fc6.60; cowa and helf era, 31.70fc4.40. HOGS R.Hielpts, 8,600 head; market lo higher; pig and llglita, $3.2&fc5.60; packers, 35.60fc6.8u; butchers and beet heavy, )5.90fc tj.lu. SHEEP AND LAMBS Recelrta, 150 head; market steady; native muttois, 3.1.00i4.5O; lumba, 35.6iku7.50; culls and bucka, 32. U) J i.w; atockera, 32.00fc3.60. Sloaa City Live Stock Market. PIOUX CITY, la., Dec. 28. (Special Tele gram.) HOGS Receipt. 1,6(0 head; market 6u'loc higher; range, 3u.30fc.ao; bulk of aalea, Iti.5ofc6.ii0. CATTLE Reoelpte, loo head; market steady; beeves, 86.OOfctf.00; fat cowa and heifers, 33.76fc6.00; feeders, 83.00'(J4.76; calves and yearllnga, 83.0ofc4.O0. St. Joeeph LIT Stock Market. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Dec. 26. CATTLE Ke cetpta, 350 head; ahlpped direct. HOGS Receipts. 1.250 head; market 10 16c higher; active; top, 86.90; bulk of aalea. 6.35fco.60. No aheep were received. Circulation 49,129,60 J-egal tenders 78.262.700 fpecie 268.198,600 Reserve S47.4til.3O0 Reserve required 230.537.976 Surplus 16,923,325 Ex-U. S. deposits 19,239,700 Increase. The percentage of actual reserve of clearing houae banks today waa 26.68. 1 ne statements or banka and truat com panies of Greater New York not reporting to the clearing house shows that these in stitutions have aggregate deposits of 81.115.- 026,600. Total cash on hand. 3108,401,800, and loana amounting to 31,Oo7,049,2uO. I,E17,500 1.126,900 3.649.6U0 4,776.500 11.699,126 6,918,625 , 666,125 the Av. . 98 ,. 97 . 9S . . I'd . K .. 118 . 78 Pr. 4 60 4 60 ' 4 50 t 75 s 00 4 60 TOO Kaaaaa City Live Stack Market. KAKSV3 CITY. Dec. 26. CATTLE Ke celpts, 400 head. Including 100 soul lie ni: market ateady; receipia f r ti e w. ek, !2.i I.'mo; choice ixput end Cr.'Hned b. ef ate a. i.aKu7.2.; f Ir t gov.. 34.tiOM6oo: wei ern tteera, 33.a5.7t; bio keis and feeder. 33. 4) tea. 25; eouthern ateera, 33.76fcS.6o; southern cowa, 32.2ttj4.0o; native oows, 82.0Jfi4 76; na tive heifers. 83.266.76; bulls. 32.8Uuj4.Ji; calvea. 33.5ufc)7.25. hOGH Reielpta, 3.000 head: market lOtfSOa higher; top ts j; bu'k of aalea, 6.4c4a-5 a: heavy, 85.8tfc6.95; packers and but hers. 85. 4.i 5 . lifclit' . (6.2 45.60; la. 34 0kdi5.00; re- ceipis iur ine weea. e.rv neea. Stock la Sight. Receipta of live atock at the six principal western markets yeaierday: Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. South Omaha 154 1,783 1,4V Sioux, City loo 1.5110 .... St. Joseph 350 1.250 .... Kansas City 4o0 2 0oO 80r St. Lou la 600 2 5O0 150 Chicago 4.JO 10.000 2,au0 Total OMAHA day were s ponding Monday Tuesday Wednesday ..... Thursday ....... Friday- Saturday Totala ' Increase over year, 32.246.640.51. ...1,04 20.032 4.3V7 Bank Clearings. Dec. 26. Bank clearings for to 32.549.8X2.64. and for trie corre- date laat year. 81.676,101. 8. 1908. 3t2S3.On6.78 2.nrrf.i34.?8 ' l.K2.6i0.26 2.042.124 69 Holiday. 1649.SS2.64 .'...310,924,767.58 corresponding 1907. 32,135.174.01 1,511.140.08 Holiday. 2.077,653.72 1.278,167.26 1.676.101.98 38.678.227.06 week last Baak ef Eaarlanai Stateaaeat. LONDON. Dec. 24. The weekly statement of the Bank of England ahowa the follow ing changea: Total reserve, d creased 2.94.OO0 Circulation, Increaaed 8X3.000 Bullion, decreaaed 3.074.833 Other aecuritlea, increaaed 4.610.04 Other drporlta. Increaaed 9lf0 Public depoaita, Increased 7.1.0H Notea reserve, dacreaaed 2.823,000 Government aecuritlea unchanged. The proportion ot the banka reserve to liability this week Is 38.39 per cent; laat week It waa 46 62 per cent. OMAIIA GENERAL MARKET. Conditions of Trade and tlaotatlona on Staple aad Fancy Produce. Bl'TTER Creamery, No. 1. delivered to retail trade In cartons. 31c; No. 1 In 60-lb. tub. 60c; No. 2 In 60-lb. tuba. 28c; No. 2 In 30-lb. tubs. 28c; No. 2 In 1-lb. cartons. 29c; fancy dairy, tuba, 22923c; packing atock. 20c. EGGS Freeh candled, 33c; storage, 28c. CHEESE Fineat Wisconsin full cream, twins, 16c; young Americas, 4 In hoop, 15Hc; favorite, 8 In hoop, ISc; daisies, 20 In hoop, 16Hc; cream brick, full case. 16c; block awlss. 16c; full cream llmburger, 16c. BEEF CUTS No. 1 ribs. 17c; No. 2 rlba. 11 He; No. 2 ribs, 7c; No. 1 loins, 20c; No. 2 loins. 13c; No. 8 loins, 9c: NiMl chuck, 6c; No. 2 chuck, 6c; No. 3 chuck, 44c; No. 1 round, V,c; No. 2 round, 7c; No. 3 round, 64c; No. 1 plate, 6Hc; No. t plate, 4ttc; No. S plate. 340. DRESSED POULTRY Dreaeed hena, 10c springs. 11c; ducks, 12c; geese, 10c; tur keys, 18c; squabs, 32.20U2.26 per do. SUGAR Coarse granulated, 6.60c; fine granulated, 6.70c; cubes, 6.60c; powdered, 6.60c. FRESH FRUITS Apples. S3.2694.2S per bu. Ixx. Iemons, H.0"i4.50. Oranges, Cal ifornia, 33.00ai3.26. Bananaa. 4c per lb. Giapea. Malaga, S6.6tKiii.60 per keg: Cali fornia Emperor. 4-hox cratea, Sl.S5g81.76. BEEF CUTS. Riba: No. 1, 17c; No. 2. 12c; No. 8, 8c. Loin: No. 1, 20c; No. 2, ISHc; No. 3. 10c. Chuck: No. 1, 7c; No. 2. fKc; No. 2, 60. Round: No. 1 c; No. 2, lc; No. 2, 6fo. Plate: No. 1, 8Hc; No. 2, 6c; No. 8. 4c. VEGETABLES Celery. California, per dog., 80c; Utah, 76o; other, 6txr90o. Beans, navy, No. 1, per bu., 32.53i60; lima, per lb., 6c. Cabbage, 2c per lb. Potatoea, 60fcjc. Tomatoea, per basket crate. 32.00. Cucum bers, per do., 31.60fcl.76. Onions, Ppanleh, per crate, 32.00; Texas. 81.26 per crate. Let tuce, per doa., 45c. Peppers, southern, 31.00 per . crate. Cauliflower, 82.60 per crate; Egyptian, 31 60 per dos. Bruaaela sprouts, 80c per qt. Kumquats. 35c per qt. WEATHER IN THE GRAIN BELT Fair aad Colder for Saadar la th Forecast. OMAHA, Dec. 26, 1908. A barometric depression, noted over the extreme uppvr valleya and upper lake reaion Thuradav mumlnr. la moving oft the upper Atlantic coaat thla morning. Thla disturbance la causing generally cloudy weather throughout the eastern portion and light anowa are falling In the lower lake region and aouth over western New York, western Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina. A depressltn of lwo- nounced energy overlies the extreme upper valleya and Canadian provinces, with Its center over Manitoba, This depression haa tamed a vary rapid and decided rla in temperature in the upper Mississippi and u-.per Missouri valleya and tlirvughout the norihwc-st. The prcsvure la high on the Pacific coaat and southeast over the lower mountain district, and la high over the ex It erne lower valleya and southern slates. The depression over the upper valleys will move eaatward, and will be followed by the wealern high, raut-iug colder in thla vicinity tonight and Sur.day. with con tinued fair weather. - - - Omaha lecoid ot temperature and precip itation compared wltn the corresponding day of the last tnrea years: 19'. 19d7. 1K 1. Minimum temperature.... 2 a 30 31 Precipitation 00 .00 T 00 Ncrmal temperature for today. 23 degree t. Deficiency 111 precipitation mnoe March 1. actual business In bankers' bills at S4.850G 4.8516 for sixty daya bills and at 34.87 for demand. Commercial bills, 34.84fc4.8r'A. BONDS Government, unquoted; railroad, unquoted. REPORT OF THE CLEARING HOUSE Travnaactlona'of the Asaoclated Banka for the Week. NEW YORK, Dec. 2t.-Bradstreefs bank clearings report for the week ending De cember 24 shows an aggregate of S3. 289,64. 000, as ag-ainat 33,362.870.000 last week and 31.824,134.0110 in the corresponding week laat year. The following la a liat of the cities: CITIES. Clea; lngB.( Inc. Dec. tSUfi-P AND LAMba-Reculs. SOD head; ,lpoeUa Clear! a Hone) Baak Statement. NEW YOORK. Dec. 26. Th aiatemtnt of clearing house bank for the week ahowa thai the banks hold Sla.923.32S mora than the requirement of th 26 per cent cent reserve rule. Thla Is an Increase of 38,813.826 In th proportional cash reaerv aa compared with laat weeau Th atatement follows; Deo. l oana SI 176,746 ) 83 234 800 LZ.lal.XX 4a.7ou.au0 4 41 Inches. I eflcicncy 7.38 Inches. 1 ef Iciency 4.83 Inches. corresponding period in 19o7, corresponding ' period In 1906, L. A. WELSH, Local t orecaater. New York Meaer Market. NEW YORK. Dec 26. MONEY On call. unquoree. PRIME MERCANTILE PAPBR-44f4 per cent. SILVER Bar. 49c: Mexican dollars. 46c, fiTERLLNU EXCHANGE Nomlual with New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia St. Louia Pittsburg San Francisco ... Kansaa City Baltimore Cincinnati Minneapolis New Orleans .... Cleveland Detroit JjouIbvIUp Loa Angeles mail Milwaukee Seattle St. Paul Buffalo Denver ,lndlanaplla Fort Worth Providence Portland, Ore. ... Albany Richmond Washington, D. C. Spokane. Wah. . Bait I.ako City .. Columbus ', St. Joseph Atlanta Memphis Tacxma '. . Savannah Toledo, O. Nashville Rochester Hartford Dea Molnea Peoria Norfolk New Haven Grand Rapids ... Birmingham Syracuse Bloux City Springfield. Maaa. Evansville Portland, Me Davton Utile Rock Auguata, Ga Oakland, Cal Worceater Mobile KnoKvlllA Jacksonville. Fla. Chattanooga Charleaton, S. C. llncoln Wilmington Wlchltn ;.. Wllkesbarre Wheellnsr. Fall River Davenport Kalamaaoo Topnka Helena ftprlngfie'd. III. t. Youngstown Fort Wayne ..... New Bedford .... Cedar Raplda, M aeon , Akron l-exlnglon ... Rock ford, III. Fargo. N. D. Iwel Binghamton . 4. heater. I'a. Sioux Falls. South Bend. Moomtngton, Canton, O Quiury, 111 Springfield. O. .. Decatur, 111. .... Mansfield. O Fremont, Neb. .. Jacksonville, 111. Oklahoma Houston Haivaton Columbia, 8. C. . Satrameuto I. U72.O11.0OO 254.55.010 155.74,0i 10 126.580.OTiO 66.5J9i.0l 10 43.n4.000 34.355.000i 4i.04o.OKM 27.978.OiO! 17,8M,0U0 19.26.',000I 14.73U.OIK1 13. 755,iO(i 14.4ti3,OOo ll.229.OCO 11.81. M.4 W.l 33.1 82.7 4.1 40.3 63.7 45.31 12.9 28.1 89.7 91.3 8.6 2.6 Neb. .. Del. W. Va.... Mich. la. P. D. Ind. 111. 13,978,0001 38 S . , 9. 731, Of p0 9.654.01 10 7. 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EGGS Firm, but generally quiet; Penn sylvania and other nearby fiist. free cases. 34c at mark; Pennsylvania anil other cu rent receipts, in returnable tases, 33c at mark: western firsts, free cise.. 34. at mark; western firsts, curr.-nt receipta, free cases, 32fc33e. Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.-Today a state ment of the treaaury balances In the gen eral fund, exclusive of the 3150,000.000 go.d reserve, allows: Available iah balaxv. 3100,370.0(6; gi Id coin and bullion, 8-5,Sb6.24t; goia ceriiiicates, iwe,iH3,20U. Chlcaaro Prod ore Market. CHICAGO, Dec. 26. The butter and eggs board waa closed today. CHEESE Firm; daisies, 14V816c; twins, 14fcU44c; young Amerlcaa, 14ftc. POULTRY-Allve, steady; lurkeya, 16c; chickens, llo; springs, 13c. . SUPREME COURT SYLLABI 15390. Stewart against The Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company. Appeal from Douglas county. Reversed and remanded. Root, C, Division No. 2. 1. A street railway company la guilty of negligence If it falls to give proper warning of the approach of its cars to a public crosvlng, or if it operates such cars at an unusual and excessive speed at aald point. 2. A pedestrian about to cross the tracks of an electric street railway, at a public crossing, Is not under a duty to observe the same degree of watchfulness and care, as when attempting to crosa an ordinary team railway. 8. Defendant maintains a double-track jtreet railway on Tenth atreet in Omaha; cara north bound use the eastern track and thoae south bound the western one. 8., about 8 o'clock In the evening of a win ter day, alighted weat ot the track from a south bound car at a atreet crossing. 8. waa familiar with the manner In which defendant operated ita cars on aald street; lie wailed for an Inatant and glanced 10 the south until aald car had been propelled some eight or ten feet. Not seeing or hear ing a north bound car he croased the street without further looking or listening and waa run down on the eastern track by a north bound car. The testimony tended to prove that said car waa running at a speed of twenty miles per hour and that no warn ing waa given of lta approach until within about ten feet of Howard atreet and almost at the Instant of the collision with plain tiff. Held, that It waa for tne Jury, and not the court, to determine whether plain tiff waa guilty of contributory negligence. 15400. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway company againet Latla. Appeal from Ijincaster county. 'Reversed and re manded. Root, J. 1. Defendant in ejectment denied plain tiff's tltlei and right of possession. On the trial plaintiff proved title to said land and defendant failed in anv manner to contro vert the same. Held, that a Judgment fot defendant waa not supported by the evi dence. 15404. Herpolshelmer Implement company against Acme Harvester company. Appe.il from IncRBter. Affirmed. Fawcett. J. 1. Plaintiff obtained aervice ou defendant by an affidavit in attachment and servliw on V. B. as garnishee. Defendant appeaf'd specially and challenged the Jurisdiction of tlie court. The sped ll appearance wa overruled. Defendant not waiving, but still relying and Insisting ipon its objec tions to the Jurisdiction, answered to tin merits. The trial resulted In Judgment foi plaintiff and an order on the giirnlshe tt pay the money Into court. Defendant ap pealed and filed a suiieraedeiia bond, where upon the part 10 entered Into a atip Jlatlon and procured the entry of an oidr dis charging the garnishee. Held, a generaJ appearance bv defendant. 2. The doctrine of rea Judicata Is that a question once determined by a Jude'lient on th merits la forever settled far as the litlKanta and thoae in privity with them are concerned. Hut where isLue haa not been Joined nor any tilal lad on t lit; merita th doctrine of res Judliata doea nut apply. 3. An agent for th aale of farm ma chinery and twine, who la' clothed by his principal with power "to make ontracta and settlements and collect balances and the like," baa full power to bind hi princi pal bv an agreement to relle'e a customer lo whom ha haa wild an amount of twine largely in exceaa of tha demands of trada ot auch customer, iir oumiUm auua customer to ship such excess to other parties named by said agent. 4. Although an Instruction given to tha Jury may be aomewhat broader than thi pleadings, It la not error to give It, If It be in harmony with tho theory upon which both parties have tried tne case. 6. Evidence examined nnd set out In the opinion. Held, sufficient to sustain th verdict of the Jury. 1FJ29. Chicaso, Rock Island fi Pacifio Ranroad company avainst Welch. Appeal from Lancaster. Af tinned. Root, J. 1. In 1890 plaintiff purchased a tract of land 100 feet In width on the north ido and 200 feet on the south aldo of the centcc line of Its proposed railway, but did not record Its deed until January, 19o4. It con structed and operated said railway In 1HO0. Shortly subsequent to the making of Halil deed the grantors therein laid out a town Bite and platted the land south of tlm tract thus aold to plaintiff, ao as to over- m lap plaintiff's land 1"0 feet. Thla plat wni duly recorded In 1891. Plaintiff haa oper eted a line of railroad aince 1890 over said tract of real estate. The land In dispute waa aold to defendant In 1891 and Is located nitre than 100 but has than 2t0 feet from the center line of plaintiff's railroad. De-. fendant thereafter immediately constructed buildings upon the parcel of land purchased by 1 lm and haa had actual and continuous pocaeasion thereof ever , ulnce. Defendant recorded his deed In lffi'U, At no time pre ceding tho service of notice on defendant to quit said land did plaintiff perform any visible act other than to operate ita rail way, to Indicate that It claimed any limit aouth of a line 100 fevt aouth ot Its railway. Held, that under the recording act d- fendent waa protected In his title to sold real eatate. w 2. In ctment If defendant dnnlea plain tiffs title he may prove any defense tl; will Cerent the acth n. 15565. Dun kin HKalnnt Blimt. Appeal from Buffalo. JinlKment of district court modi fied and affirmed. Calkins, C. Division No. 2. 1. The power of a village, to build a Jail is necesHHrily and fairly Implied, and Inci dent to the power expressly granted the village to enforce ita ordlnanc.ua by fine and imprisonment. 3. A village Jail properly constructed and suitably aUuntcd la not per se a nulaance. 3. The making and. publication of th estimate of expense required by section 87. chapter 14, article 1, compllnd statutes, should precede the appropriation of monev for village purposes, and the village board will be restrained from proceeding with an expenditure without such estimate upon the timely appllcatlcn of a taxpayer. 15377. Ververka against Fullmer. Ap peal from Jefferson. Affirmed. Duffle, C. Division No. 1. 1. Courts are not organized to determine mere abstractions and will ordinarily re fuse on their own motion to proceed In a case which involvea only a rltflit which haa ceased to exist. In the instant case In view of the fact that thla court haa heretofore entertained and determined appeals taken by the parties In Interest, from th Judg ment of a distinct court allowing or re fusing for the sale of intoxicating liquor, we have Ignored the rule, above referred to and examined the record and briefa of the several parties and the evidence con tained In the bill of exceptions and find no legal questions presented not hereto fore determined and the Judgment of the court fullv aupporied by the evidence. 15S44. Clilcago. Rock Island St Paclflo Kailwnv Company againat Welch. Appeal from Lancaster. Affirmed. Root, J. aljvf "0 VV. FARIiAM SMITH & COMPANY We MAKE A SPECIALTY OF HANDLINO ESTATES FOR RESIDENT AND NON-RESI. DENT PROPERTY OWNERS. BIO MONEY IN WHEAT. 310 buy Puts or Calls on IO.OOQ buthela of Wheat. NO FU RTHER RISK. A move ment of 8c from price makes you 3600 4c. 3400; 8. 3300. etc. Write for Circu lar, KHK.E. KXt'li ANOtfi MEMBKK.S. 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