12
Till: OMAHA SUNDAY HKE: PECKMDKIt
1910.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Weaker and Lower Cables
I7erroasnetf in Wheat.
Came
SHORTS ARE BUSY WITH C0R5
Bayla Holds Fla-ares fa notneatlo
( snildMi eaHsu Dry Weather
la states af Kansas) and
Ohlahoana.
OMA.HA. Deo. 24. "
Wek and lower cables wers a
and caused aome nervouaneaa at the open,
lug. Values firmed later on report, oi
better lour aalea, and active buying iy
northwest mlllera. Vty weather continues
to Ix a bull feature In Kansas and Okia
bonis, shorts ware uneasy and inclined
to cover before the holiday.
Cotertng by shorts put corn up. -ales
meie weak, reflecting improved weather
conditions In Argentina. Domestic condi
tions are mill very bearish.
Wheat ruled dull and unchanged win
no feature. Bulls ajstalned values on M
of moisture In the southwest and continue
10 support the mstket on all weak .pots.
Cash sales were alow and value, were
unchanged.--- . ,
Active buying by ahnrts and steady cash
market put coin up. showing an alncs
of Ic In the I member future.
have fallen off, an.l this, wun a
live demand, (rave the maraei
a strong
tone
..v . V.
Primary wheat recelpta were
els and no ahlpments on account "
day. against receipts last l'r -- .
bushels and no ahlpments on account oi
Xn'n.ry corn rece.pls were
and no shipments on account "f ho'Xf;
aclt.t receipts la-t year of o""e '
and no shipments on account of hoiioay
Cl-arane.s were W.ftJO bushels of torn.
400 bushels of oat and wheat and flour
o.j us I ta 1$.(iO0 buohels. , , .
Liverpool oo-ed ,d lower on wheat and
'.' V-d lower on com. .t.
the following cash sales were r-;Prtl.
WHEAT-No. 2 hard, i cars W
2 hid. I car. M"c; No. 4 hard. 1 car
ihiirnrl, Sic; No S durum. 1 car. k-ie.
COftfJ-.Noi 3 while. 2 cars. 4(.Sc. N-
white, 1 car. 40'c: No. 4 white. a car CJ
No: 3 vellow. cars. .19Vi N- ? ye''oi
car.1 Sti.c; No. t mixed, I car JPart "ld)!
:': No. '3 mixed. 16 cars, 3Vc; No.
inUed. 1 car, 3Sr4c. ' w ,
OA TP-No. 3 white. It cars. 30c. No 4
while, 6 Care, 2Mc; No. 4 whit. 1 car,
WVc? Nu. 4 mixed. 1 ear, 29'4C.
Omaha, Cnah Prleea.
WltF.AT-No. 2 hard. SS'(rt24C ; No. 3 hard.
SStiUlHc; No. 4 hard, UW. rejected hard.
7l4&s7c; No. 1 spring. oWHc; No. 3
spring. 8vac. .,
COHN-No. 2 white, Wi)
white, 4tH'Wci No. 4 white, 39'4'JSc No.
2 yellow, aiVjKWic; No. 3 yellow. .
No. 4 yellow. 3KV3c-; No. 2, Sy!V: No.
X to-3Bc; No. 4. 3Vtr.; no grade,
c!aT&-No." 2 white, SCKftflHHc: standard,
aeVj3mc; No. 3 white, ;"Wo30c; No . 4
white, TO'i'&'AXc; No. 3 yellow. fflVi'O.
BaVlkYNo.- 3. 7(iX76c: No. 4, 4(B6c;
No. 1 feed. tbtfTOc: rejected, 64-3620. . .
KTE-Nq. 2. 77U78c; No. 3. KHc.
Carlot Kecelpts.
Wheat. Corn. Oats.
Chicago
Minneapolis
Omnlia
Duluth
19 4bo
! 20
3 4 15
.....62
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISION"
eatore of the Tradlna; and Cloaloa
Prices oa Board of Trade.
fJHACAOO, Dec. 24. Bull leaders took ad
vantage of the absence of selling preasure
In tli wheat market today and aent up
prices. Corn strength was an aia ana
wrua also assistance from the dry weather
throughout Kansas, Oklahoma and most
. , . . tn.ln. CliFiira W.r. the SS HIM
aa last night. Corn made a net advance oi .
o to NfctfMo. and provisions at the wlndup
varied from luc advance to TVf&noc decline, j
'i... ...rt.H ..nii on hearish foreign 1
III. illlVHUUII. . .'""0 . . r. " - - '
ivhm started -weak on bearish foreign
development. However, no rain had fallen
In the winter wheat belt of the United
Htates and, there was renewed fear of
drought damage. Another source of encour.
asement for the bulls lay In the fact that
primary recelpta for the week showed quite
falling off. although arrivals southwest
ware running heavy again, principally at
Kansas City. Under these circumetancea,
a rather aggressive attitude on the part of
.prominent longs proved aufflcient to over
come initial depression. May ranged from
hHo to iWVio and closed firm at Wc, a
net gain of a shade.
Fear of a possible squeete In the Decem
ber delivery caused corn shorts' much un
easiness. Fluctuations In the May option
were from 47Vo to 4844tHs14o, with last sales
at 1(&1o, a gain of c over last night.
The cash market was firm. -To. i yellow
closed at 47VW7;o.
Firmness In oata came from aympathy
with other grains. May sold between 34Vc
and J4HC- and finished o up at 34Vtf34e.
. Offerings of ribs were much heavier than
In the rest of the provision list. I-atest
figures were &JT30C up for pork, lOtjiiftto,
dearer for lard, and at a decline of 7taifluc
tu a rise of 10tf'12ViC for ribs.
Prlcss In Chicago furnished by The Up
dike. Grain company. Telephone Douglas
2473. 7ua Brandela building, Omaha,
Article Opa, Hlgh. Low. Oloae.l Tes'y.
Wheat 1 I
Iec... 82 1
-May."Kr,'4l
July...) WV
I I
K I ml Ki'4
'.'( suHSXjVnH
4u'.l ttJ 48
Corn
fx.,'
May.
July.
. Sept.
4ft-ji
.60!
.l44VV4t-m
47 Mil
4H 46HfiT 47T44S
47H 4kMj-Mi 4V
47'W4.1 4sf V
Oats
. Deo.;..
May.;..
July...
Pot-.' .
- Jan..:.
. May.:.
Lam
Jan... May...
Ri -May...
Jan....
311
S1HKI
31V
344,1
MMj
31H31Vii?
M4iM M
MM
S4VMi
4k
MSI
34V
U OS 30 02H1 19 86 1 90 19 85
,117(1 U 18 70 18 96 1 11 t
10 M 10 Ki 10 SO 10 M 10 70
10 30 10 42H 10 30 10 VtVil 10 2S
" ttVj 10 00 I S3H 974! 9 K
10 00 10 80 I 10 4R 10 46 j 10 524
Cash quotations were as follows:
: FLOUR Firm; winter, patents. $A30
4.76; stralKhts. $3 7Hi4.&u; spring straights,
$4 rS4.7(. bakers.- $.4&4(i.00.
HYK No. 2. ISU40.
' EARLEY-Veod or mixing, 80Jf71c; fair to
choice malting, 7vc.
ttKD& Flax. No. 1 southwestern, $iJS;
I to. 1- northwestern, $2.42. Timothy, 110.00.
Clover, rAOO, ,
PROVISIONS Pork. mess, per bbl., $19.76
IfiW.UO. I.rd.. per 100 lbs., $10.!. Bhrt
ribs, sides (loose), $10 ?W 10.76; , short clear
Idea tboxAdl,. $10 874011.00. .
Total clearances of wheat and flour were
equal, to 14(1.000 bu. Primary . recelpta were
riM.utiO bu., - aa compared . with ' holiday
Estimated receipts for Tuesday:4 'Wheat.
Ti -ears; oora, l& cars; oata, 2t6 cars; hogs,
2tt ooo bead.
Corn strength bolstered wheat. The
ell-is was steady with May at- tMc, a net
gain of. a shade.
. Tradere In corn Ignored ind cations that
the Argentina - crop had been helped by
rain. Llghtneaa of country offerings had
more Influence. May onened a ahade up to
a shads off at 4T4c to 4c and rose to its' it
sSic.
Fear of possible squeeze In the Decem
ber option kept the market tight. The close
was steady with May -40 up to thWtiHKV.
Oata were firmer with corn. Selling of
December and buying of May formed the
bulk of bus'ness. May started unchanged
to a ahade down at M4?4c and advanced
to 844-34Sc
A light run of bogs made prortsior.s firm.
First sales were 6c to 74o higher, with
Mav options at $18 70 for pork, $10.30 for
lard and W 90r69.K4 to' $ 924 Tor ribs
BUTTER Steady;, creameries. 23&23c;
dairies 2ltft2&c.
' EO1I8 Recelpta. l.tStU caaes. Market
Iteady; at mark, cases Included, U'l'i
."-e; flrsta. tic: prime frsta. 31c.
CHINESE Steady; daisies, liVii!64c; twins.
l4j;144c; Young Americas. Ii4l4c; long
"ranT.'irSls.-v. . t ...
4V f.ir To mood iiiticl
OULTRY-e;dyaTurkey.- Live, ,7c;
dressed. 31c. ChluKens: Live, loc; dressed
live; springs, live. 11c.
VEAL bteady; 60 to 60-lb weights. H
10c, SO to aa-lb. weights, ildfllV; 85 10
110 lb, weights. 12a
- Llveriaool - Grala Market.
. LIVERPOOL. Dec S4.-WHEAT-Spot.
strady; No. i red western winter. 7s l'J;
futures easy; December bs9'.,l, March, Cs
1,1 May. s Ud-
.CORN Spot, quiet; American mixed. Sa
$d; futures, easy; January. 4s td; Kebru
aiy. 4s 2M.
Kaaaas City Grata aad Provlaloaa.
KANSAS CITY, Doc. 24 WHEAT May,
MS'. July. 89Vv Cash wheat unchanged:
No. 2 liaid. 9iv7i'; No 1. yuwuc; No. , 3
red. fcu '." ; No. t. 9.u.V.
COK.N- May. 4WHc; July. 47Vc Cask,
Ik'frNe Jnwer; No. t mixed. 4?H-: No.' I,
4
Jig
1r41h,": No. I white. c; iso. a. ic.
OATS-fash, 'y Inwsr. No. i white
I; No. 1 mU'd. JtH63mc.
HIF-.No. J.
HAT I'mhanged. Choir timothy, 11400
14 f; choirs prairie, fll 8if12 V
HL'TTEk-Creamery. 2sc; first. 26c; sec
onds. 2.V; pa king stork, lc.
FJU8 txtras. 31e; firsts, 2Hc; seconds,
:
IHEW YORK GCIKRili MARKET
Quotations
of the Day
Varlaaa
rasnasodltles.
NEW YORK, rec. 14 FIOt"R Steady :
st.rlns; patents. $6 1K5 40; winter stralithts.
M.tMH.X; winter patents, M.4or4 75; spring
clears. U 107 4 40: winter extras No. 1. I3.4"r
1 170; winter extras No. 2. H 1BV&3.40: Kansas
straights. 4 S"tT4 R. Kye nour, quin;
to good. $4.2xir4.36: choice to fancy, U.r
4 76. Buckwheat flour, dull, $226 per 1
pounds.
t'URNMRAIi-Steady; fine white and yel
low. t-291.2; coarse, ll.Utfl-SO; kiln dried,
t5.
WHEAT Spot market, steady but very
quiet;- No. 3 red, 9RV elevator and (etc f.
o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern, Duluth, $1.1H'
f. o. b. afloat. Futures market opened easy
on the cables, rallied In spmpathy with
corn and closed steady at net unchanged
prices, December closed 92c; May, ll.tc1;
July, 1100.
CORN Spot market firmer: No. i. MSc
f. o. b. afloat. Futures market was with
out transactions, closing net unchanged to
Vo higher. Iecember closed. 6-.; May. 6fl'c.
OATH Hpot market, steady: standard
white, SSHc; No. 2, 8h4c; No. S. 37c; No. 4
S7c. Futures market was without trans
actions, closing net higher. Decem
ber closed 38',c; May, c; July,'4c.
HAY Unlet ; prime, 11.10; No. 1, 31.10; No.
2. II 1f; No. HxflfM-. '
H1DU& Juiet; Central America, 21e:
BogoU. VfiUc.
1.KATHKR-Firm: hemlock firsts. 23mc
X'ic; seconds, Jl'VHTIc; thirds, l4r'J0c; re
jects. lrtg 17c.
l'ROVISIONS Pork, firm; mess. $21 50;
family, $3.00 24.50; short clears, $Ji).0043 tv.
Itcef, steady; mess, $13.a'14.oii; family.
IISOlSTiO; beef hams. $24.ftVaC7.00. Cut
meati, steady; pickled bellies, 10 to 14
pounds. l;iV"'l!Vvtc; pickled hams, 12'Ao.
Lard, firm; middle west prime, fil.WVVIl. J;
reflneil, steady; continent, $11.16; Boutrt
Amerl:a, $lion; compound, 8V89c.
TAl.IXW Steady; prime city, hogsheads,
7ic; country. 7'aiVc.
POl'LTRT Alive, steady; w ostein chick
ens, llH!U12c; fowls, WyJ'Hc; turkeys. 20a
Tressed. lrreirular; western chickens, l'if
lKHc; fowls, 12fjnoAc; turkeys, Wac
UUTr;R Steady ; process, second to spe
cial, 2u'.4:.
KCKJS Steady; fresh gathered, extra first,
SuttAk;; fresh .gathered, first. MffCatc; fresh,
gallieted, seconds, 2S5j,TZr; refrigerator,
firsts, In local storage, 2u24',jc; refrlger
ator seconds, 22t'ii23V.
WEATHER IN THE GRAIN BELT
Snows la Lake Rerlon River Valley
Colder.
OMAHA. Dec. 24. 1910.
The eastern disturbance la central over
the lower lakea and St. I-awrence valley.
Knows continue with the disturbance In the
lake region, and rains are general along the
entire Atlantic coast. A very dec.deu drop
In temperature haa occurred In the upper
Mississippi and Ohio valleys and upper lake
region wllhin the last twenty-four .hours.
and temperatures well below zero prevail j
In northern Iowa and north up the valley.
A - baromtrlo depress. on of -considerable
energy has doveloped in the northwest and
a general rise In temperature la shown
everywhere west of the Mluaourl river. The
northwest depression will move over tho
central valleys- and will bring unsettled
weather In this vlc.nlty tonight and prob
ably .Sunday. It will be warmer In this
vicinity tonight, but will probably he fol
lowed by colder Sunday night and Monday.
M.-iilmum temperature and precipitation
as compared with the last three years:
1310. 13W., 1907.
Lowest last night 6 18 81 . 26
l.rnn'i.iln.
r.mi.imn .w .w .
Noimal temperature for today. 24 rtegreea.
tendency in precipitation since March 1,
14 Inches.
00 .67 .01) . .00
Kxcess corresponding period la 1906, 4.37
Incites. ,
Deficiency corresponding period In 1908,
4.36 Inches.
Li. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
St. Louis General Market.
8T. LOUia. Dec. 24. W HEAT Futures.
May. 97-i.c; July, 92-S1j02c; cash, steady;
track. No. 3 red. 969ic; No. 3 hard, W'-Wo.
COKN--l-tlgher; May, 47H7-),c5' July,
48c Cash, higher; track, No. 3, 4c; Ho. 3
white, 40c.
OATS Higher; December, 82V(ic; May.
33"iC Cash, steady; track No. 2, Sta; No. 3
white. 3ic.
KY Id-Firm, 82c.
' FLOUR Dull; red winter patents, $4.40
4.76; extra fancy and straight, $3. SO41-4. 30;
hard winter clears, $725300.
SUED Timothy. $o.C0fc9.6.
CORNMEAL $2.40.
B HAN Weak; sacked, east track, $l.05iQ
1.07.
HAY Dull; timothy, $13.003 1S.00; prairie,
fU.OOU 14.00.
PRy VISIONS Pork, unchanged; Jobbing.
$1'J.75. Lard, lower; prime steam, $10.3ui
10. 46. Dry salt meats, unchanged: boxed.
extra shorts, $11.00; clear ribs, $11.00; short j
dears, 111. mj. nacon. unohanged; boxed,
oxtra shorts, fu.16; clear ribs, $12.36; short
clears, $12.76. .
POUL'IKY Weak; chickens, c; springs,
10c; turkeys. 184c; ducks, 14c; geese, lOo.
BUTTKR Steady; creamery, 3tti0c.
KGOa Lower. 374c.
Kecelpts. Shipments
Flour,- bbls 6,900
Wheat, bu 8H.0U0
9,700
67,000
41,0. j0
44,000
Ooni, bu 62.0C0
Oats, bu 39,000
1 Bllaaeaoolls Grata Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec 24 WHEAT De
cember, $1,014. May. $1.03: July, $1.04Hl3
104; No. 1 hard, $1,034; No. 1 northern.
$L0Kj l 01; No. i northern. 9cSi$l.0lMi; No.
8, 97V'9C.
FLAX Cloaed- at $2.30.
CORN No, 8 yellow, 42c.
OATS No. 8 w hite, 30(fl.304o.
RYE No. I, 764774o.
R RAN In 100-pound sacks, 821.00& 21.60.
FLOUR First patents, $4.765.2R: second
patents, $4.666 15; f.rst clears, $3.1&g3.6d;
tecond clears, $2.1&SJ.7i.
Philadelphia, Produce Market.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.-BtJTTs;K
Firm; extra western creamery, 32c; extra
creamery nearby prints, 34o.
EtJOt Firm; Pennsylvania and other
nearby fliata, free cases, 37a at mark; Penn
sylvania firsts, current receipts,!- In return
able cases, 36o at mark; western firsts, free
cases, 87c at mark; western firsts, current
receipts, free cases, 36c at mark.
CHKEdlC Firm: New York full creams
fancy Ideplember, l&Se; fancy October, 14tf
it-, jiur to goou, ItfltVfeC.
Mitvraakee Grata Market.
MlUWlAUKEa Dec. 34.-FIJOUR-DU1I.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, $105'yl05; No.
2 northern. $1.0481.044; May, 9tSijw4o.
OATS .standard. 32V3Jc.
UARLEY bample. luuc.
Poorla. Market.
PF.ORIA. Deo. 34. CORN Higher; No I
yellow. 444c; No. 3 yellow. 4S&43c; No 3
mixed. 43c; No. 4 mixed, ic, sample 40c
OATB Strong; No. 3 white, 3J4c; stan
dard, 324c; No. 8 white, 31 Sc.
Dalath firala Market.
M'U'TH, Dec 24 W HKAT-No. 1
northern. $l.iC"; No. 3 northern, 990.
OATS 314e.
Metal Market.
NEW YORK. Deo. 24 METALS Mar
kets were dull and nominally unchanged
being practically a holiday In the absence
of exchanges. Tin, dull; $3S.00ia 38.25. Lake
copper. $13.010 13.15; electrolytic, $12.75 13 Oil
casting, $l2.bOi 12.76. Lead,- $4 4ij,4.a.'
Kpelter. $6 &."ne S5. Iron, unchanged.
KtLVKH-Har. 64c.
ST. LOCI.H. Mo. Dec. 34,-METALS
Iad
dull at $4.37t; apelter. stagnant at
$i.37S.
Wool Market
ST. LOUIS. Dee. 4.-WOOL-8teady ; ter
rllorv and western me.ilums. ilia lie; fine
n,td,Um''
Slsla Ratter Market.
KIiIN, Dec. 24 UUTTKR Firm at 30c.
Output. 61)8,700 lba.
Dry Uoods Market.
NEW YORK. Iec. 24 DRY OOODS
The cottim goods markets are steady and
quiet Linens rule firm, with a higher ten
dency. Murlapa. are about i points lower
thau a week ago. Yarns rule steady.
t. Jos- Live Stork Market.
BT JOSKPH. ,Mo . Dec. 34 CATTLE
Receipts. 299 head; market, steady. Hteera,
$4.7iti 4i: cows and heifers, $12iyii.oo;
calves. $4 0'u.2u.
HO;a Krcelpts. 2,000 head: market,
steady. Top. $7T7S; bulk of sales. 7-'d
SHEEP and I.AMBS-Recelpts. ' none;
niaikel. steady. I-emt.s, $5 ooijeia.
NEW YORK STOCKS AND BONDS
Enormous Amount of Dividend Money
to Be Released First of Year.
XMAS TRADE USUSUALLY GOOD
Grosa F.arnlaas of Railroads (oa
tlnae to Increase, ladlratlaa. It la
Claimed, m Moat Prosperous
Business Condition. t
NKW YORK. IH-c. 24 (Special Tele
gram.) Uuslness was unusually dull In
Wall street during the week. The swing
of the market has not been more than
two points during the last two weeks and
trading has been limited to a very narrow
scoh.. The sessions of Tuesday and
Wednesday were moderately active. This,
to some extent, relieved the dullness of
the week and brouuht the average dully
changea up to 2:.0W shares. Natural to
this season of the year, was the better
Investment demand fur sureties, espe
cially for bonds.
An enormous amount of dividend and In
terest monev will be released on January
1. It Is estimated that as hlh as r-W0.-
against jao.oon.on) a year ago. Two
years ago January disbursements did not
exceed $100,KMino. and the total payments
on stocks and bonds then were about
$750,000,000. On the earnings of 110 they
will be nearly $1.2."0.0i'0. of course, this
represents an enormous amount of new
Interest bearing bonds. At the same time
no small part of It Is the product of capi
tal that was earning nothing in the
earlier vears and now Is highly productive.
A case In point Is that of the Lehigh Val
ley railroad, whose dividends were sus
pended around 1H"0 and which havo Just
been placed on a 10 per cent basis.
Tho bank statment for the week fulfulled
the favorable expectations of yesterday,
although the actual week-end statement
showed barely half as large gain In cash
as had been expected. The l-'.itoWO ad
dition to that account, however, nvre than
offset a $6,200,000 loan expansion and the
resultant increase In deposits, so that sur
plus reserves Increased $."!0.ono. The actual
surplus reserve Is now slightly below that
of this week In 9 and Is also less than
In 1807 or 1!4. With other recent years It
makes a favorable comparison.
Loans Kxceed Deposits.
Among other changes of the week the
excess of loans over deposits Is cut down
$S,1W,000. That excess Is now $J4.A-XA. It
was t-W. 90o.oi" a fortnight ago, and
$1.100.0UU at this time last year. At the
closing week of 1909, the loan excess rose
to $2i,lii0,0U0. but disappeared altogether
two weeks later.
The wide fluctuations of the week In
foreign exchange markets direct attention
to what usually follows In January after
the year-end settlement obligations have
been adjusted. The gold movement be
tween I'nlted States and Kurope In that
month haa been sufficiently Irregular to
give Interest to tho probable course of ex
change during the next five weeks.
Business Interests In Wall street are look
ing to the opening of the new year for a
general revival along all Industrial I nn.
The merchants have enjoyed an unusually
large Christinas trade and the removal of
spring orders by the Jobbers calls for re
newed activity among the manufacturers
of all staple products. The farming Inter
ests of the country hav had a prosperous
season and their prosperity will In a like
iiiMiiiier imu 11.1 wuy ukck iu mo uiuunumi
and general business Interests of the coun
try.
Itailroad. Karnlnsra Increase.
The surprising feature of the general
trade situation Is the manner In which the
railroad gross earnings cont.nue to In
crease. For the two weeks of December
this gain amounts to 74 per cent. It com
pares with an Increase in two weeks of
November, as against the same two weeks
In 1WW. of a Utile over 1 per cent, and for
two weeks In October, as against tho same
weeks in 19U9, of less than 2 per cent.
December's Increase mny be accounted
for somewhat by the earnings of the north
western lues and lines centering around
Chicago, which at this time a - year ago
were operating on a very low basis on ac
count of the switchmen's strike.
Other parts of the country where these
troubles were not a factor have been show
ing good gains. One section In particular
that has made a fine record Is the south.
Traff.c there holds up Btrong and so does
general business, and there Is every evi
dence that the country below the Mason
and Dixon line may next year bo one of
all others In the United States of largest
business profits,
C'learlaa- Ilooae Bank Statement
NEW YORK, Deo. 24. The statement of
clearing house banks for the week shows
that the banks hold $10,007,960 more than
the requirements of the 25 per cent reserve
rule This Is an Increase of $3, lbs, 350 In the
proportionate cash reserve as compared
wun last -week. The summary follows:
increase.
Losns ,
Deposits
Circulation
Specie
Legal tenders ,
Reserve
Reserve required .,
Surplus
$1,223,743,000 $2,672,000
1.189.067,000
7.622,000
4s. 878.000
112.000
2:i9.4M6.0U0
07. 840,050
307. -1(6.000
27,2fi7,OoO
io.ot,ouo
10.610.0u0
d.SWti.OX)
163,000
6.049.(-H)
1,881.0110
s.iex.ouo
3,183,000
Ex. U. 8. Deposits
Decrease.
Clearing houae
banks actual condition
this day:
Increase.
Loans
.$1,224,181,000 $6,247,000
Deposits
Circulation
Specie
Legal tenders
Reserve
Reserve required
Surplus
Ex. U. 8. deposits..
Decrease.
State banks and
Greater New York
clearing house:
Loans '.
Specie
Legal tenders
Total deposits
Decrease.
1,1X9,340
. a 447 duo
9.447.0K
47,NtiU.Oi0
239,202. 000
;S.O29,Oi0
307.231.000
27,835.0lK)
9.89H.O00
10.216.000
liOS.OtlO
3.523.000
605.000
2.913.OO0
2.3tS2.0O0
666.001)
625,000
trust companies of
not reporting to the
Increase
.. .$1,106,404,000 $424,000
.... 117,134. OHO Htto.OOO
21.418.00ft 212.0UO
.... l,li3.3O2,OU0 947,000
Local tec a it ties.
Quotation furnished by Burns, Brtnket
A Co., 449 New Omaha National bank, build
ing: ' Bia. skL
City of Omaha 4a IIU
Clir Nl I link Bids. at. 1930
t'nlumbtia. Neb., Klac. Lt. t, 1934
Color a do Tsl. Co. (pr. to) u
Kt St. Louis and Sub. 6, Mi ufr
s'airmont l'rmrr 1st s- 4 pr oost 99
Gcnorsl Mulor pd 7 pl clil 71
Iowa Portluia Omnt lmt 4a tk
KMJ Citr H. j'sl. Co. ta 1119 5
K trass City Kr. and 1A. ta, 1(34.... M
M.t. Et. hi. te. 1911
MUhlian Stmts T.I. ta. 1M4 H
Omaha Ota is, U17 yrUj
Otiiaha Watar ta, 1944
Oniaba Wstar 3d pfd
Omaha at. My. in, 1914 n
Omaha AC B 81 Ry. ta. 1921 M
O. A C. B. St. B.J. p(d. 6 par cent St
OiL&lia ElM. IA. and Power ptd t
Pafltlc T. A T. ta, 1K37 '. 7
Mockr Ml. Ball. Tal. Co ta
Union Btrck yards stock X
So. Ball T. A T. la, 1K41 m
V Mrtarn Paclflo ta 9uUj
b'x-dlrldend.
1
lit
100
It
1(0
7t
9H
ISO
M
liii
7H
3
1
7Vfc
(114
M
M
t
Loadoa Stock Market.
LONDON. Dec. 24. American securities
were nominally unchanged on the stock
exchange here today.
London closing stock Quotations:
Conaola. monar ...74 9-14 Ujulatlll A N'aali ...lit
do account ..
Amel. pper
Anaconda .....
AU'hleon
. 7S Ho., Kao. A Taiaa.. W
. Nar Y.k nt ta 1 . . . 1 !., s
. t .Norfolk A Walra..Ml
do pld It
.104 Ontario A Western., ii
do ptd
Baltimore A Obis. ...lot (land Mines a
Canadian Paclflr ...1MH Heading
Cheaapeoke A Ohio., t'i't Houlbaro Railway ..
CM. (ireat Weetern.. XlVt do pfd 4't
Oil.. Mil. a. P..1SOV, 8outl,rn Pacific ....!!,
lie Been II In Ion Pacific
Denver A Rio O ... tti . pfd M'4
do pfd
.14 V. g. Steel 7414
l do pfd lv
47 V) W abaaa 17
4 do pfd So
!4'i tpanlah 4a j
13
Erie
rlo lat pfd ...
do 3d pfd
Orand Trunk ..
Iltnule Central
SILVER Bar. dull at 25d per ounce.
MlSKY-3m34 per cent.
The rata of discount tn the open market
for short bills is 3S per cent; for three
mor.tha' bills. 8'fOJ Hi per cent.
Rask Clear! ass.
OMAHA. Dec. 24. Bank clearings for the
week ending today were $15.m2.5ut25, and
for the corresponding week last year, $11.-
133.406.72.
Dally clearings:
Daily clearings.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1909
.$ !.29s.ls6.49
. 2.i2.5,4l.76
. 2.S79.1T.9.78
. 2.2S,20 66
. 2.ls3.4o5 15
1010.
$ 2.OU3.402.03
2 -'.' '
2 3ii2.049. 70
j Thursday
2.33.1rj.ls
I Friday
$..4.ti74.62
Saturday
Total
Chrlsimas.
2.J.742.t2
.$11.133. 4u5.7
$15,002.5o.25
o Lle Htoe-k Market at kauua 4 I -
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Dec. 24 -There was
no live stock market here today. At the
a'ock yards It was observed aa a holiday.
There will be a market Monday.
OMAHA 1tllOIK4tLK TRICES.
BUTTER Creamery. No. I. delivered to
the retail trade In I lb. cartons. 81o; No. 1
In JO-lh. tube, 3c; No. 8. in 1-lb. csrtona,
29c; peeking stork, solid pack. 19c; dairy.
In no-lb. tubs, 221230. Market changes
everv Tueedsy.
CHEESE Twins, 1R4U174C: yoting Amsr
Icas, lfc; daisies. 17c. triplets, 18c; llm
burger, lRc; No. 1 brick, lfc; Imported
Swiss, 32c; domestic Swiss. 24c; block Swiss,
19c.
POULTRT-Dressed broilers, under 1 lbs..
$:..00 per dot.; our 1 lbs. 124c; hens, 124c;
ro.ks, 104c; ducks, lnc; geese, 13c; tur
kts. 2 Jo; pigeons, i-er dos., $1.20; homer
s-jusbs. per dos.. $4 00: fancy sqaabs. per
dos.. $3.00: No. 1. per dos.. $3 0. Alive, r
broilers, under 3 lbs.. 15c; over 3 lbs.. 84;
hens. 9D94c; old roosters. 7c; old ducks,
full feathered, 10cj geese, full feathered,
9c; turkeys, l.TJ'lhc; guinea fowls, 26c each;
pigeons, per dos., 6uc; homers, per dos.,
$.100. squabs. No. 1. per dos., $1.60; No. 3.
per dos., 6"-c.
F18H-(all froien)-Plrkerel. 11c: white,
Jc; pike 14c; trout. 14c; large crapples,
20c; Spanish mackerel. 18o; eel. l&c; had
dock, 13c; flounders. 13c; green catfish, $oc;
roe thad. $100 each: shad roe. per pair.
tec; frog lege, ptr dos, 60c; salmon, 13c;
halfhut. lie.
BEEF CUTS-Ribs: No. 1. 1: No. t
l?4c; No. 3. 84o. loins: No. 1. J7c; No. t
134c; No. 3, 94c. Chuck: No 1, 74c No. 3,
C4e; No. 8. tc. Round: No. L 9c; No. J.
71tc; No. 3, 74c. Plats: No. 1, c; No. 1
tc: No 8. 64c.
FRUITS oranges. Tallfornla navels,
9b-38 sixes, per box. $2.76ii3.0ft; small sires,
per box. $.1.25; Florida, all sixes - per box.
m. jo. 1 emons, L.imonlea brand, extra,
fancy, 800 alze. per box, $5.00; 860 slxe, per
box. $5.50; choice, 300 site, per box. $(.75;
S'M size, per box. $6.00; 240 size. 50c per bog
less. Grape fruit, Florida, 46-M-84-80 sixes,
per box. $3.6f"S4 0n. Bananiis, fancy, select,
per bunch. $2.26'o2.6o; Jumbo, bunch. $2.76
8 76. Pears, California Winter NelHs, per
box. $J86; New York Kelfer. per bbl.,
$3.764 00. Apples, Home-grown conking
per bid., $3.6ocf4-00; Missouri Jonathan, per
bbl.. $u 26; Missouri Ben Davis, per bbl..
$4.25; Missouri Wlnesaps, per bbl.. $4 n0;
Missouri Gano. per bbl., $4.60; other
varieties, per bbl.. $4.00; New York Green
ing end Baldwin, per bbl., $4.76: Colorado
Jonathan, per box, $2.26; Washington
Qravetisteln. per box, $1.60; California Belle
flower, per box. $1.60; Washington Grimes
(Jo 'den and Jonatnan. extra fancy, 88 to
2ii si.es. pel box. $-' 2n 1'lneapples, per
case, $4.i0. Grapes. Malaga. 60 tq, 66 Iba.
gross, per keg. $7.0068.00. Cranberries, per
box. $3.M, Bell and Cherry brand, per
bbl., $10.00; Wisconsin Bell and Bugle and
Late Howo brands, per bbl., $11.60. Dates,
Anchor brand, new, 20 1-lb. pkgs. In boxes,
per box, $2.50; bulk In 70-lb. boxes, per lb.,
4c Figs, new California, 12 12-oz. pkgs..
85c; 36 12-os. Pkgs.. $2.40. 60 6-o. pkgs., $3.00.
Figs, Turkish, 7-crown, per b 16c; 6
crown, per lb., 14c; 4-crown, rer lb., 13e.
VEGETABLES Potatoes, early Ohio, In
sacks, par bu.. 90c; lows and Wisconsin,
white stock, per bu., 76(iji6c. Sweet pota
toes, Kansas, per bbl., $60. Onions, Iowa,
red and yellow, per lb., 2c; Indiana white,
per lb., 3c; Spanish, per crate, $1.40. Garlio,
extra fancy, white, per lb., 13c; red. per
lb., 16c. Egg plant, fancy Florida, pel
dox., $2.09. Celery, Michigan, per dox
bunches, 25c; California Jumbo, per dos.
bchs., 75c. Rutabagas, per lb., 14c Cu
cumbers, hot house. 14 and I dox., per
box, $2.00. Tomatoes, California, -per 4-bsk.
crate, $1.75. Cabbage, new, per lb., 140.
String and wax beans, per market basket,
$1.60. Lettuce; extra fancy leaf, per uox,
40c. Parsley, fancy home-grown, per dos
bunches, 40o. Turnips, per market basket
35o. Carrots, per market basket. 4uo. Beets'
per market basket. 85c. '
MISCELLANEOUS Walnuts, black per
lb.. 2c. Hlckorynuts. large, per lb., 60;
small, per lb., 60. Cocoanuts, per sack.
$5.50; per doi.. 80c. Honey, new, 24 frames
$3.76. Cider, New York Mott's. per 4-bbl.'
$3.76; per bbl., $6.75. Christmas trees, 4 to
6 feet, 12 in bundle, per doz., $1.50; to 8
feet, 12 In bundle, per dox., $2.26; 8 to 10
feet, 6 In bundle, per dox., $3.26; 11 feet
each, 60c. 12 feet, each, 76c; 13 to 14 feet!
each, $1.25 to $1.50; 16 feet, each. $1.76 to
$2.50; 18 feet, each, $2.76 to $3.50; 20 feet
each. $3.60 to $4.60, Wreathe, evergreen
wreathing, natural or dyed, 20 yds. In coll
per coll, 90c; In 6-coil lots, 90c; natural!
extra heavy, 20 yds. In coll, per coll, $1 00'
6 colls or more, per coll, $1.00; evergreen
wreaths, with immortal flowers, per dos.
$1.60; with holly, per dos., $1.50; holly
wreaths, fancy Delaware, per dos., $1.60
extra fancy Delaware, extra beavy, per
dox., $2.00; Magnolia wreaths, per dos
$1.26 to $1.50. Holly, holly branches, Dela
ware, 10 lbs. In bbl., per bbl., $1.60; heavy
weight, slxe of cases, 2x1x4 feet, per case
$4.00; Mistletoe, per lb.. Sue; needis pines!
per dos., $2.00.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cattle and Sheep Steady Hogs Art
Blow.
CHICAGO, Dec. 24. CATTLE Reoelpts
esumatea at aov neaa; market steady;
beeves, $4.605.25; Texas steers, $4.HKu.6.25:
western steers, $4,0015.90; stockers and
feeders, $3.406.75; cows and heifers, $2.40
tuu.jo; caives, si.iauv.aa.
HOOS Receipts estimated at 12,000 head;
market slow at yesterday's average; light,
$7.507.70; mixed, $7.66(&7.90; heavy, $7.60tf
7.90; rough, $7.607.05; good to choice
heavy, $7.6'ij7.90; pigs, $7.10ra7.85; bulk of
sales $7.707.86.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts esti
mated at 1,600 head; market steady, na
tive. $2.40314.16; western, $2.75U4.1ii; year
lings, $4.6u5.60; lambs, native, $4.2Mi.26;
western, $4.763.26. '
St. Lonls Live Mock Market.
MD.tyu',a' ,","'
ST. LOU13, Dec. 24 CATTLE Receipts
0 head, including 200 Tex mis: market
- : "-.n.
steady; native beef steers. $6.U4i,7.25: cows
and heifers. $3.76jti.50; stockers and feeders.
U.iyib.iS; Texas and Indian steers, $3.76&
6 50; cows and heifers, $3.00(-4.50; calves,
In car load lots, $4.7608.00.
HOGS Receipts 4.000 head: market
steady, to 60 lower; pigs and lights, $7.60
5; 7.95; packers, $7.07.90; butcnera and best
heavy, $7.S0fc7.96.
SHEEP AND LAMBS None.
Woman Dies from
Heart Disease at
a Christmas Fete
Mrs. Caroline Fehr Succumbs to Sud
den Illness at Church Leaves
Three Children.
Mis. Caroline Fehr. 51 years old. was
stricken by heart , disease while In the
audience at the Christmas exercises of
Harford United Brethren church Friday
night. She died at the resldenoe of Rev.
M. O. McLaughlin a few minutes later.
Mrs. f'ehr fell rrom her seat. She was
picked up unconscious'. It was given out
at the exercise that she had fainted and
there was no interruption of the program,
Dr. R. E. Marble, who was summoned to
attend the woman following her collapse,
said that Mrs. Fehr evidently had been
suffering from acute Indigestion, and that
death probably had been due to heart
failure caused by ber ailment.
Tho late Mra. Fehr was 61 ytais old. She
leaves three children, Joseph and Florence,
who live at the family home, 2539 Pratt
street. Mrs. H. C. Fams of Portland, Ore.,
and her husband, Reuben Fehr.
HOLLENBERGERGIVEN PAROLE
Embrasler to Renialu at Liberty if lie
Leads Honest Lite Mast
Pay Usrk.
Charles Hollenberger, the confessed em
bcxzler of $rO0 of the funds of the Chicago
Great Western railroad, was paroled by
Judge Estolle In d. strict court Saturday
morning. The condltiona of the parole are
that Hollenberger must live an abs61utely
clean arid upright life and contribute at
k-ast 30 per cent of his earnings to replace
the sum he misappropriated until the
amount Is paid.
In paroling Hollenberger Judge Estelle
said: ' -
"Hollenberger. you have to be thankful
for the friends who have stood by you and
made this up. You must pay them back
I am going' to parole you. The sentence
will stand auapended for seven years, and
If you violate any of the terms of this
parole I will send you to prison as surely
as I am sitting here. Your wife and your
elder daughter have stood by you. If the
positions were reversed. I don't believe
you would be here pleading for your wife."
Bigger. Better, B-jaier That is what
advertising la The Use will da fur your
buslnsss.
OMAHA LIYEJTOCK MARKET
Week Clcsei with Cattle Steady with
Latt Week.
HOGS FIFTEEN CENTS HIGHER
hee aad Lambs Are Tew to Flfteesi
and la ome Cases Twenty-Five
(eats Illaber Tata l.aet
Week.
SOUTH OMAHA. Dec. :4. WO.
Receipts were:
Official Monday ..
Offlrinl Tuesday ..
Official Wednesday
official Thursday..
Official Friday ....
1 llinate Saturday
Cottle. Hogs, rnerr
. 4 r,70 4 419 8.M3
4 iV-3
.. 3144
,. 2.77
.. 95
6.1'W 1
4 W2 !
1.414 I
7.42
4.849
2,o;
Six days this week...la.
Paine days lsst week 23.444
Same dav 2 weeks ago.. 27 537
Same dav 3 wreks ago. 47
Hume day 4 weeks ago. .1V214
Same days last year 12.702
33. 0!6
3'i.S1
2S,.28
s4
29.47
2 .030
2.:v-o
so .s -.-2 !
33.4.7 I
47.190'
.1 -iM '
jo!o6
The following table shows
the receipts
of cattle, hogs and sheep at fouin
. . . . . $, at
for the
year to date, as coon-.". -----
last year:
191.
attle
.1.211.61 1,111."
!!.. 1 191 9 114
Sheep 2il39.4fil 826.136
The following table shows trie
prlcea of hogs at South Omaha for the lasi
several days, with comparisons:
Dates. I 1910. jl90e. 1 130S. 1 1W7 . j!906 1 1WC-HH
Deo. 15...
Dec. lti...
Deo. 17...
Dec. 18...
Dee. 19...
Dec. 20...
Dec. 21...
Dec. 22...
Dec. 23...
Dec. 24... I
'Sunday.
T4iioaiini lui
7 62'4 8 14 SO 4 23 4 J
!d.r."IS!S1.1- k ?
Hi-. 21.:: 7 87? 8 291 6 36 J ' J
Dec. 22... 7 2' 8 08; a 34 I 6 08, 4 to.
Dec. 23... 7 K 8 08 ; 5 M 4 44 I 4 Ml J 4
Dec. 24... 7 tiTVsl 8 111 6 47 4 3oj , '
Receipts and disposition ot live -
the I nlon stock yards. South Omaha, tor
twenty-four hours ending at 8 p. m- eB-
RECEIPTS CARLOADS.
Cattle. Hogs,
C M. & St. P
Wabash
I'nlon Pacific
C. & N. V.. east
C. A N. W., west
C. St. P.. M. AO...,
C.. B. & Q.. eaat
C, B. A Q.. west
C, It. I. At P., east
C, Ii- I. A P., west
Total receipts
37
DISPOSITION HEAD.
Cattle. Hogs.
Omaha Packing Co....
Swift and Company...
Cudahy Packing Co...
Armour A Co
Murphy
Hill A Son
67$
4-9
2
27
9,a
Totals 3-174
CATTLE There were only a few cattle
here today and there was nothing ot any
conseuuince on sale, in fact not enough to
make a market. The receipts for the week
though very much smaller than for pre
vious weeks, were nevertheless large lor
the week preceding the holidays, ahowlnK
a total of 16.800 head, as against 12,700
heud for ths same week a yar ago.-
During the first half of the week under
the influence of moderate receipts and a
very fair buying demand beef cattle of all
kinds snowed a sharp advanoe. In many
canes sales were quoted on Wednesday a a
much aa 26o higher than the cloee of the
ptevloua week. Later In the week, as the
market came more' and more under ths in
fluence of the holiday season, the demand
fell off and as receipts unfortunately con
tinued very fair the market slumped oil.
All the sdvance of the early part of the
week was lost, so that at the close values
are only about where they were at the
close of last week. .
Cows and heifers advanced rapidly dur
ing the first half of the week, but on
Thursday and Friday they broke badly,
wiping out In the two days all the gain
that had been maife. At the close they too
are only about steady with one week sgo.
Calves, bulls and stags are also about
where they were at last week a close.
Very few feeders arrived during the
week, but there) was a very fair demand
and everything In sight met with very
ready sale at strong prices every day. in
fact the market. If anything, firmed up a
little from day to day, and at ths close
of ths week the desirable kinds are quoted
1016o higher than one week ago.
Quotations on native cattle: Oood to
choice beef steers. $8.00i&.76; fair to good
beef steers, $5.tG&6.00; common to fa.r beef
steers. $4,254(5 26; good to choice cows and
heifers, $4. 7&'&5.40; fair to good Oows and
heifers, 3.uC.&4.76; common to fair cows and
heifers, I3.004i3.66; good to cnoice sioturie
and feeders, 4.DO&5.60; fair to good stock
ers and feeders, $3.0fj4.tt; common to fair
stockers and feeders. $1.2ji3.; "took
heifers, $3.00-4.15; veal calves, $3.&OluvS.O0;
bulls, stags, etc., $3.3oa4.90.
Quotations on range cattle: Choice to
prime beeves, $5.3oy5.60; good to choice
beeves. 6.00e6.5; fair to good beeves, $4.40
fjl.90; common to fair beeves. $3.7o44.W;
choice cows, $4,504(6 00; fair to good cows,
$3,604(4 00; canners, $2.7043.60.
HUGS- Hogs opened i10c higher this
morning. As has been the case every
morning for some time back the demand
was the most active for the light hogs
and they sold pretty generally 10c higher
than yesterday. Still, heavy hogs showed
a good advance and the early arrivals were
soon disposed of. A train that arrived at
10 o'clock changed hands as soon as It
could be unloaded, the market, if anything,
being a little stronger even that ear,y,
pretty much everything showing an ad
V(tnc of 10c.
Heavy hogs sold largely at $7-50(87.60, and
the mixed loads of light and medium
weight around $7.604j7.7O. with good lights
ranging from $7.70 all the way up to $7.&5
for the best. The latter price was the top
for the day and for the month so far.
While receipts of hogs this week have
not been quite up to last week s record
In point of numbers, they have been larger
than for the same week last year by 7,000
head. The market during the week has
jumiied up and down, but the ups have had
the best of It. At the cIohc of the week
the general market la fully lEc higher
tharf It was at the close of last week, and
the highest that it ha been any time since
the middle of November.
Representative sales:
No.
10..
AT.
m
Bb. rr.
It HI
W 7 60
W 7 60
IMt 1 65
IU 1 66
111 tie
160 1 66
... t ii
120 T 40
40 7 a)
40 T W
-40 7 41
lis
40 T M
... 1 K
No.
47...
10...
74...
71...
Jo...
46...
12...
ab...
ii...
'.I...
k...
M...
74...
70...
11...
AT.
. .ZtJ
..K0
. .Mm
la. r.
... 7 70
40 7 70 '
10 7 70
... 7 70
to
64
....111
M
41
60
bi
61
67
.111
.20
.aul
.3.(4
..244
ivo 1 ;o
,.tJ IbO 7 70
...li. ... 7 It
...S.14 40 7 7a
no 7 74
.114
7 I
IV4
..1M
..11
..1S.I1
..2.16
..1M
1 w
1 no-
7 HI
1 U
t k
66.
i
.14
Ki 2M
71 M4
l
SHEEP While there were no fresh re
ceipts of sheep today the run for the week
has been fairly liberal, showing a consider
able gain over the corresponding week of
last year 'lo put It another way receipts
this wrek have beeu tuliy aa large as toe
market could well lake caie of, consider
ing that it was the week before tn no.l
days. when the demand is not expected
to be very brlik. -
The prices paid this week have been In
the main satisfactory. Chicago expel I
enced a very sharp Jump In prices one day.
but went to pieces the dav following,
closing badlv. The market neither made
the high Jump nor the low close, but re
mained moie nearly stationary. If any
thing prices have firmed up a Utile and
are around Wis 15c and In some cases 3jC
higher than the close of last week.
The fact that prlcea are higher than a
week ago should not be taken, however,
as an encouragement fur free shipping of
htock during lh next few days. As has
been pointed out with great frequency of
late the sheep and lamb market Is always
more or less uncertain during the holiday
week and the only sale policy for snippers
to follow la one of censervatism. While
with light receipts prices may prove very
satisfactory, anything like a large run
during the hiiliday week Is almost in
variably a signal for a sharp break in
prices No one looks for anything more
than a very moderate demand until after
. ir of the vej.'- and that being the
lease heavy shipments are espeilally to be
avoided.
Quotations on Vjcp and lanoa: Good to
choice light lami-.s. KiV.'r-2J; "vod to ehoica
heavy '.iimba. tj 'ii.7i; good (wd lambs,
sa.2f.5.8i); fair feeding li.mbH, Iv5"t5.u0;
light common lambs. $3 tA'Luu; landy-weie-lU
yeurllngs. M76'a&.26; itv year
llciis, $4.o44."o; feeder ) eailln. (17-J4 60:
,ood to choice ll'.ht wetheis. '..'.'. 4: 4 25;
good to choice heavy wethers. $I.;V;.;X . eed
wethers, f.1 2f.47.tr.; good to choi-'o l.fht
r wri. $3.4-3.'.m; good heavy awes, $3.J0t:- M;
feeding ewes $:.2-(3 0u; canners, K iw. . '..00.
Representative cales:
No.
if J western ewes 1'4 ? A
tv western ewes, culls U4 $60
Christmas Feasts
On tho Ocean Liners
Will Be Elaborate
Stewards and Chefi Are Now Busy
Getting: the Delicacies Heady
for the Table.
NEW YORK. Dec. 24 Not ths least Im
portant part of the cargo of the ocean
liners sailing from New York last week
have Vcn the Christmas trees, decorations
and costumes for the Christmas celebra
tion. Although thousands will pass the
holidays at sea from choice or necessity,
there will be no lack of Christmas cheer
aboard. The mere landsman knows nothing
of the delights of Christmas on the ocean.
On the Gorman boats especially the entire
crew from the captain to the last steward
tnkes some part In the celebration. A
Christmas tree Is trimmed elaborately anil
the cnblna hung with greens. The Christ
mas dinner Is the event of the voyage.
A score r more of stewards In costume
bear In the desserts marching about the
cabin to appropriate music. Everywhere
the spirit of Christmas prevails, and the
very isolation of the ship's company lends
a new test to the celebration.
A recent order of the management of the
Alaska Steamship company provides that
every one of the boats from the best pas
aenger to the smallest frelKhter. will have
the Christmas dinner this year served In
a way that will ever be remembered by
crew and passengers alike. These boats
ply between Seattle and all parts of Alaska.
This year the Christmas dinner will, be
served on each boat and the purchasing
department has bought turkeys, plum pud
ding and all the accessories for an elabor
ate menu. Those who are among the pas
sengers this Christmas day will have the
opportunity of testing the ability of a doien
chefs In getting up an elaborate Christmas
dinner at sea.
Check Crook Regrets
Crookedness of Pal
Harry Collins, on Way to Prison,
iinds that Companion Took
.His Fine Clothes.
Harry Collins, who pleaded guilty to rais
ing a check and was sentenced to serve
two years In the penitentiary by Judge
Estelle Saturday, says he Is convinced of
the falsity of the maxim, "There la honor
among thieves." He ays they are Just
as dishonorable as anybody else.
After he was sentenced Saturday morn
ing he went down to the police station
to secure his two suit cases, which, he
said, contained two suits of clothes, a lot
of fine silk underwear and pyjamas, and
some olher valuable personal effects.
Reaching the station he learned that Jacob
Schlutter. who collaborated with him In
raising the check and getting the money
for it, played a mean trick on him.
When Collins and a sheriffs deputy were
on their way back to ths county Jail Col
lins told about rroperty at the police sta
tion. He said the police took It away from
him when they arrested him a few weeks
ago. He wanted to go and get it. That
sounded fair enough to the deputy. But
alas for hope. The desk sergeant said:
"Bchlutter took those suitcases and
clothes with him when we sent him back
to tbe Missouri pen to finish a term there."
Collins and Schlutter Induced an ac
quaintance by the name of Adrus to give
them an $8 check by giving him $8 dollars
and explaining that they wanted to send
ttie check to a friend In Kansas City In
lieu of a money order, the postof flee money
order department being closed. Andrus was
willing. He started to unlock his desk to
get a pen and Ink when 'Collins offered htm
his fountain pen. The check was made
and given. Collins and Schlutter added a
"0" to the figure "8" and a "y" to the
word "eight." Then they had the check
certified by a bank cashier. They were
caught shortly after they got the check
cashed.
May
or Dahlman is
Recipient of a Big
Silver Water Mug
Heads of City Departments Semember
the Mayor Flynn Gets Gold
Headed Umbrella
The heads of the city departments pre
sented to Mayor Dahlman as a Christmas
present a beautiful sterling silver platter
and a silver water pitcher. The presenta
tion speech, a masterpiece whlcb every
city official claims as his own composition,
was delivered by Thomas Jefferson Flynn,
who as lieutenant and commissary of the
Dahlman cohorts, was most fitted to voice
the sentiments of the donors. The mayor
responded with a few brief references to
recent tragedies of fortune and -with real
appreciation of the kindness of his friends.
Tom Flynn was himself the recipient of
a fine gold headed umbrella from the men
tinder him in thn street commissioner's
department.
RAILROADS ARE RUSHED
TO HANDLE THE BUSINESS
Transfer of Malls at Omaha This Year
Itfeeuas to Re Hark Heavier
Than ("anal.
Christmas msll traffic In Omaha railway
stations Is reaching figures greater than
th 1 Omaha postal men ever handled before.
Resides the great piles of ordinary mailable
matter hundreds of trucks carrying the
red and white sacks holding reglsterej
mall have ben hauled out to the trains.
At the Council Illuffs transfer there Is
a busy scene each morning when tho night
trains from the eaat transfer their mull
burdens to the through trains from the
west. A new system of placing tho trains
from the east between two of the western
trains, so that the mall can be unloaded
more quicKiy aireciiy into tne wesiwn
westurn
trains, haa been Installed lately
one
m.u ..... .-.!
-'.
be done very easily, the other half of the
cars being filled with the sacks originating
The new railway postof' 1,.. dins In
Omaha Is being puttied rntmll,- and shortly
after New Years It will bo o;uncd for
uae.
Passenger travel Is also rushing this sea
son of the year, and the mi r.n and hatf
gage men are pun. rt to the limit with
work. Friday night, hecaiiKe & the culU,
trains were not nM-' to n ake fast time,
and many of tlinn weru late inro Oi.iaha-
HdnarU Jury la Mill Out.
TRKMTON, Neb . Dec. it. (Special.) The nlntf to have In stlendance representatives
Jury In the case of the sinK- v! NcLr.tska j from every lurge factory and every large
against Clarence r'-iwrndJ of 1 nindy ; producing house In both cities so that
county, charged with assault upon a i-yeur-J plans for the future and means of ad
old girl, was called in at 1 o'clock today . vum-ing Omaha aa a market may be dis
hy Judge Orr. after dellheratlnt; on the
rase twenty-eight hours, but were unable
to dec de on a verdict. The vote stood ten
for acquittal and two for conviction.
lbs Kty to ths bituatlou tr want Ada
PROFIT SHARING IDEA GROWS
Employers Who Hire Many Worken
Deeply Interested.
ADOPTED BY BROOKLYN C0NCERK
Some Particulars nnr-rrnlna the Tlaa
la Kffect In the VorUa of the
t nlted stales Steel
Trnat.
RY rRESTNW C. ADAMS.
NEW YORK. lip,. 2-(SeclHl to Thl
Ree l -The question of profit sharing with
employes Is a very live one with the great
emplovera of labor. In some quarters It Is
not alone considered as a matter of fair
ness to the employe. i, t has Its selfish
side alxn In being If not a preventive of
strikes at least as having the effect ol
mlnlmlilng the danger of disastrous Indus
trial conflicts.
,,The most recent recruit to the ranks ot
the big employes of labor who have de
elded to mske the workmen shares in the
property is the Edison Electric Illuminating
company of Hrookljn. The plan adopted bv
this company provides that at the end of
the year Win. employes of that company
soaii credited with a sum out of the
years profits In accordance with a schedule
under which employes who have been In th
service two full years will recelvl a per
centage of their salary or wages for th
year equivalent to a guarter of the rate ot
dividend paid on the capital stock during
the year. Kmployes who have been In ths
service of the company thtee years will re
ceive a iM-rcentsiiP oqiilvalent to one-half
of the rate of dividend paid on the capita!
stork, while four-year employes will re
ceive three-fourths of the rate, and five
year or still older eniploes will receive a
percentage eal to tho full rate paid on
the stork. The plun also provides for pen
sions for employes who hmo r..h.l .K.
f.if,.)' unl' for ,llOH0 wh have becoms
u.iimeu iur inn outy.
Stpel Trust's i'lnn.
1 he I'nlted Htutee Blul .. . .
.1i.i... . ' ' ' I "1 "-non in an.
d tlon to Ita profit sharing places Its profit
n'vi" Jri."'"' ,,( " falthlul em-
?i . ronTA r,'nl"n fund has been raised
to SU.00n.OiiO. it will be administered by a
board of twelve trustees, through a man
ager appoint,., I hv Hie l. -r.l .ilk
thaWtCday'J dUtU'" '""y 1,0 1v," hlm by
Lnder the rules governing the pension
ind. as adnnied hv th. .5 .
ki-... .. , .... . . . v.. v. ui iiniera,
follow Ma7Vft l,-n'"'" are provided, aa
:?"?' Pensions by compulsory re-
h: .-r""1"1 t0 ""I'loye" who have
been twenty veHra or I,...-, i
men and" J0"1 he ot "ers for
men and Mi years for women.
r',';?l!? p""s,0," u" retirement at request.
to1n'Plye ho lave been twenty
rearhed thnK" 'h0 m,rvlc anJ 'v
readied the axe of 60 venr. fe n..n
ko years for women.
atrY.f'. i Pn,lon ror r"-n anent incapacity
Kranted to emolovea who hr- k... . .:.
hn" "r.il'n"er.,ln ,he ""vice and have
,, iiianriiiiy loiany incapacitated
t-irougi, no fault of their own. ,"p"t,u'l"
1 he monthly pensions to be paid from the
foUowVg'eis W'" b m8de U"
For each year of service 1 per cent of the
thst . , ' T1'": Provided, however,
that no pension aha be more than 1100 a
"J than 12 a month KoV ex
ample an emn r.v ... 1 1 . "
flvi v.ur- i It, " iweniy
nve years In the service, onrf i,u. .
an average regular monthly pay of too u
Tathmotn.reCeiVe " Lo
rt1.iin?plaln?.d tn1 thl funl ' entirely
p an nrtnm ,he v,?lun"-'-y A-cldent relief
VfJl Pi "'ration on May 1 of this
year. No contribution, t.-. .,n, . .L
voWded. " m en",l0Je- t''v. ax.1 i"
Consumers' Iloylna Clubs.
e;i1"e?hfry tradl ha amused at
several phases of the agitation that have
recently developed side by side Consumer.
evyrnU,b' Prln.l,f, up tldc.kernan
faiue ,Thelr1 Purpose la to eliminate the rs-
r.reLentytln. t0 Just St
present there Is much talk of further
faknkllation" of retailers to ellndnate thm
jobber by going direct to the manufacturer
becretary Wilson ha. just addeS thl aapl
bothbhyr,5,s?rtlnK ?" ". i c. "St
ioin.iv .ktaller and wholoiialer and buy
Jointly of the produoer.
The nJddle man, therefore la aa-stn
"'da by 'these theorists as
has r,marnk0edUt,iftJr;hBut' " ona oh'"ver
na" . Ien,ared. if there were no consid
eration except that of money somS of
Ot'h.'r ,,Mtemen.U kmlBht b o7 n" value!
h hv "'X l? b" rnMere howeve?
Hf. K are . conveniences of time and
rtetv Vn ?u1roha"' d likewise of n
fo buy Canl0ontnd L "ua" " whTch
10 ouy. can one Imagine a groun of con-
geuTni to,n Yrk apartment
getting together and buying a carload of
potatoes of a Maine produoer "
full vie Zf1 P1"duc"n of gold for the
ouncea Jh,..,ePr0kmU'a t0 excBe1 .o
nf!f V?Ja ' 5'.ea.r a" '2hW-0 ounces;
loj. 7,0M,0(i0 and In 1907 6,6i2,000. Kor the
e even month, of the present year theVut-
'kta V.T1 -moX oun--a and as Us
cember should sdd at least cfift.Ouo ounces
Pa..8"1 h0Uld' n" alra"y ."afed;
pass "T,6w),000 ounces. TieaUng the nosl
tlon In dollar. Instead of o'nees U is
found that last year the total vsh.e jus?
To riit". !f1' 0o0'0llw. nJ i" l!Mi l-3.uo0.000
10 date this year the output has reachd
Vn."l 1W0, and about "fio (K.m
or some 60 per cent greater than the sold
mined annually in the United KtaUs.
Pablle Oettlnar a Hand In.'
The capital of American corporations' la
being distributed among the public "ytl -clal
returna supplied to the Journal " of
oom,nle: rA,,T ad Industrial
?W7rtJ.mi nVlnff.. a capitalliatlon of
S7.Ub7 000O0i) show that there are 748 210
ha,Tkh607- y'ar 110 cor",ra7tion
nan 6Ji,9M stock ho dera. Th. . .
y
wed
ltfUS
of
at tiara oa k.,l.li
amounting to $10,7S7. This year forty-niS.
rallroad.-i with a capital of 1 1 0!3 (WO 000 re
port 310 RMi stockholders, aKin.T ' 79
owning ll.747.UiiO.000 last tear Ths can
UHlixation of s.x.y-.even ?, X.I rial .ntaK
prises 11 mounting to 3.(M-,ooO.OuO. is held
by 4.",.640 stockholders; a year ago the
same comuanlen hd u
'W Held in the names o oo iru
holders.
Inlere-tmg chann h... i
during the current year. Increases by ce7-
. , ' oirsei i,y decreases
on others. A glance at the Industrial list
bring, out the fact that the steel torpors
tlon ea ly leads all others, with U6.0T
stockho ders. a gain of about 15,000 over
1W and by far the large.t number ever
recorded The American Telei,hone I. sec
ond, with 0.2M. aBJlu.t .11.702 last yltr.
1,1, "1 Ii d"e .'" P"'1 l" a" Pan-
M011 in the company's euormou. ramifica
tions. American tinker iwcuplea third
place with IMA, n gain during the twelve
months of l,n.il. Amalgamated Copper fol
lows, with 13,ii6.', but tlla company twelve
months ago had a total of lij.DM, there
having been, therefore, a decrease of I &7
We.tern Cnion, the next i n the list also
reports a falling off from u.sa to i;,33 a
loss of jo. Ameilcan Woolen can boast
of lL',uo Mtoek holders: the Pullman com
pany Iihs 11. n hii.I American Hineltlng
h'.WJ. This rompii'tes the llxt of Indus
trial corporations having lO.OuO alockhold
ris and upMuid.
t ennsylvanlu easily h ails the railroads
j In pulnt of the length of its stockholders
, i.st. It has today M.Si.a,
; osi- n nas lonay a gain of ,bm
ti iki ,k-. . " " "locsnoiaer is onl
th.i ikl m"1 eara records sho
that the average waa Ill.eOO, while In
L? "0, "'npanlea had a capital
rv..-',.,w,iv. who tna
As there.'" ,w,le inontns. There in a long
1 . ,1.. . : - "-,'"" "" ' neat
"V. .'"""eiy. ,. f.n,,an l'a-
"""" ""' "1 the International
than a t'anadian owned enterprise, it haa
I " fewer than a.M Mto.-khulders.
' LUNCHEON FOR FACTORY MEN
Omaha and saolh Oiuaha Men to Kevw
t p Work Marled at Ma.uu
fucmrrra' Baaqaet.
As a means of continuing the spirit of
co-o.'ieratlon that was developed among
Oninha and Bouth Omaha munufacturera at
Hi. recent manufacture re' dinner at ths
Commercial club a luncheon will be given
I January S. The Commercial club is plan-
cussed
The luncheon nill be presided over by
George If. Kelly as president of the manu
facturers' asmslaiioii, and there will be
a general program of talks by men moat
Interested