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TOPEKA STATE 1 JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE, 4, 1900.
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010 Kansas Ave.
Our June Price List,
covering more than one
thousand articles, is now
out for distribution. A
postal requesting one
will receive prompt at
tention. IF YOU
WOULD BUY
Clean, Staple
and
Seasonable
Goods
Much below the prices current
elsewhere, you will give this
price list your most careful con
sideration. If you find that we do not
save you considerable on your
purchases, bring your purchase
back without a moment's hes
itation and receive the full pur
chase price.
" The peculiar advantage of
this offering is in the important
fact that the prices will be main
tained as long as any of the
goods remain unsold.
We believe you will agree
with us that this is much more
liberal and progressive than the
ordinary special sales.
A few of the gems :
Yard wide Lonsdale Muslin, sold
elsewhere at 8 1-3 and 10c, here
6 lie
Pi-Inch extra fine Black Satine,
sold elsewhere at 2Jc, here,
15c
32-inch Feather Ticking, the best,
sold elsewhere at ISc, here.
The verv best Denim, sold else
where at lRc, here,
12,2ts
Full Standard Calicos, summer
styles, elsewhere Cie, here,
4' 3
The best Indigo Calico, warranted
fast colors, elsew here 6V4c, here,
5c
The bost quality Table Oil Cloth,
full 45-tn. wide, worth 25c, here,
17c
Summer Corsets, sold elsewhere
at 25c and 35c, here,
15o
Our regular 75c Summer Corset, a
splendid value,
48o
The balance of our Japanese
Wash Silks w ill be on sale at
29?
This line sold earlier In the sea
son at 50c; don't confound these
with cheaper grades.
Mill ends. of German Table
Damask direct from the mill, worth
iso, here,
48c
Mill ends, finest Irish Table
Damask, 68-in. wide,
63o
Bleached Table Damasks,
29c up
Unbleached. Table Damasks,
22'c no
18x40 Cotton Huck Towels, worth
10c, here,
6l4C
(Direct from a Southern mill.
Note size.)
25 pieces Bleached Twill Toweling,
3 co
10 pieces Fancy Check Toweling,
2'4o
200 pieces Valenciennes Laces,
special patterns, per dozen yards,
10c up
2.000 yards Patent Linen Laces,
from 2 to 1-in. wide, worth 7, 8 1-3
and 10c,
5o
Carpet
Department.
00 rolls latest patterns and color
ings Brussels carpet,
48c up
40 pieces Kxtra Super All-Wool
Carpets, the best makes on this of
any other market,
55c up
Other Ingrain Carpets,
17c up
75 rolls Straw Mattings, prettiest
designs, newest colorings,
15c up
We have some end pieces) of
Moquetti B, Velvets and Body Brus
sels sufficient to cover ordinary
size rooms. You can have them at
less than mill cost.
If you can not come in person,
write for our price list: send for
samples; interest yourself in some
way. It will surely pay you.
FLOOD OF TALK.
t
Republicans Will Import a Few
Stars to flelp.
The Gates Will Be Removed on
September 1.
MAKING UP THE ISSUES
Governor Stanley and John
Breidenthal Discuss Things.
Explain What the Speakers Will
Talk About.
The Republican campaign of speech
making will not begin in this state un
til September 1, from which time until
election day the procession of speakers
will be long and the work arduous.
The disposition of the Republican
committee is to depend largely on the
Kansas oratorical talent, but requisition '
will be made for some outside help.
The men who have already been re
served for" a part of the Kansas cam
paign are the venerable Galusha A.
Grow, of Pennsylvania; Senator A. J.
Beveridge, of Indiana, formerly of Kan
sas; Congressman Theodore Burton, of
Ohio, and ex-Congressman J. B. Dol
liver, of Iowa.
Mr. Grow was a member of congress
in 1854, and in that and the succeeding
years had much to do with the legisla
tion concerning the west, particularly
the admission of this state into the
union.
The main issue in the Kansas cam
paign, according to Governor Stanley,
will be expansion. In a statement as
to his views on this subject Governor
Stanley says:
"The issues of the campaign in Kan
sas will be pretty much the issues all
over the country. The Democratic party
will abandon their free silver conten
tion of 1S96. It may be mentioned in
their national platform by a general
indorsement of the Chicago plattorm of
four years ago, and in addition to that
it may be glossed over with some form
of meaningless phraseology, but they
will not go before the country again
on the issue of free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16. to 1. That issue is de
stroyed by the results that have fol
lowed the continuation of the gold
standard-
"Democracy will howl a good deal
about trusts, but the people will not
take them to be sincere. They have
had ample opportunity. After the Re
publicans had resolved in favor of an
anti-trust law, had passed the act
known as the Sherman anti-trust bill
in 1890, and reaffirmed their position on
that question four years later, the Dem
ocrats came floundering along, as they
usually do. and resolved upon this Re
publican doctrine. When, however, the
supreme court had declared the law in
effective, and attention had been called
to this fact by Attorney General Har
mon, Democracy, in full control of both
branches of congress, made no effort
to strengthen the law or to make needed
amendments. At that time they had
ample opportunity, and it is idle now
for them to make the plea that they
would do what they declined to do
when this opportunity was presented.
Mr. Bryan was in the house at the
time, and was so reticent upon this sub
ject that the Congressional Record con
tains no statement of his position upon
the question. Resolutions may be
passed by the Democratic convention
relating to the Boer war, but this will
be such cheap clap-trap that it will
deceive nobody.
"The real issue of the next campaign
will be the foreign policy of the ad
ministration, and trie fight will be made
along that lire. The Republican party
will stand for a Greater America, an
enlarged commerce, maintaining the
doctrine that 'where the flag has been
planted in victory it shall be main
tained in honor.' Democracy will be
opposed to this. They will try to mis
lead the people with tne cry oi impe
rialism,' but this expression will hardly
conceal their real purpose of opposi
tion to the government. The Repub
licans will ask indorsement of the ad
ministration along the lines of a broad
and progressive Americanism, and
Democracy will be against the govern
ment, against its policy and, in fact,
will pursue their traditional policy of
being against everything. On this issue
the light will be made, and on this issue
the Republicans will win."
Mr. Breidenthal says on this subject:
"The People's party was organized for
the purpose of securing certain legisla
tion of a national, rather than a Ideal
'character, and on that account it has
usually been more successful in presi
dential years when national issues are
discussed, to the exclusion of local and
state issues. The coming campaign, so
far as the People's party is concerned,
will not be an exception in this respect,
and the issues that have been kept
prominently before the public by our
party since its organization, to-wit, the
money question, the transportation
question, anti-monopoly and public
ownership, will continue to be the prin
cipal issues discussed by Populists.
"The prominent feature of the money
question from a Populist standpoint is
opposition to banks of issue. The recent
enactment by a Republican congress in
dicates clearly that it is the settled pol
icy of that party to perpetuate the na
tional banks as banks of issue, and to
transfer to banking corporations com
plete control of the money of our coun
try. To this policy the Populist party is
unalterably opposed. Our position on
the transportation question has always
been that government ownership is the
only solution of this great problem; that
the government is the only party that
can and will estaDlish and maintain
just and equitable rates, and, while we
have been disposed to try the expedient
of regulation, many of us have insisted
that any attempt to regulate railroads
would fail, and it is now apparent, in
view of recent decisions of state and
federal courts and the absolute failure,
of our interstate commerce commission
to accomplish the purposes for which it
was created, that government owner
ship is the remedy. This applies with
equal force to the telegraph, telephone
and express business.
"Anti-monopoly includes the so-called
trust question, for a trust is practically
a monopoly, and all monopolies should
be wiped out entirely. They are all
creatures of law and the creator has the
power to destroy that which it has cre
ated. Populists hold that it is the right
and the duty of the state or nation,
whenever any corporaion in the conduct
of its business fails to serve the people
fairly and honestly, to deprive it of its
existence and to substitute the muni
cipality, the state or the nation in its
stead.
"Imperialism and militarism are look
ed upon by Populists as the legitimate
outgrowth of commercialism represent
ed by the corporations, hence opposi
tion to both will be a prominent part of
our campaign.
"Public ownership of public utilities
and natural monopolies affecting local
conditions will also have a prominent
place In the campaign discussion.
"State issues will not be ignored, but
in a national contest national issues will
take precedence."
PETERS BACKS IN.
Second
District "Ex" in
Race For
Congress.
Mason Peters of Wyandotte county
has "backed" into the race for congress
in the Second district and announces
that he will accept the nomination and
make the race against Congressman J.
D. Bowersock. if the nomination is. ex
tended without a fight. Peters says he
has no time to get out and make a
contest for the nomination.
A -month ago Peters announced posi
tively that he would not enter the race
and issued at that time a formal an
nouncement of withdrawal. Mr. Peters
has represented the Second district in
congress, having defeated Jack Harris
of Ottawa for the place.
DEMOCRATS SATISFIED.
J. Mack Love Says Fusion Agreement
Will Be Ratified.
J. Mack Love, chairman of the state
Democratic central committee, was in
the city Saturday evening, taking a
deposition from Governor Stanley. Dis
cussing politics after the transaction of
the legal business Mr. Love said to a
Journal reporter:
"The fusion agreement made by the
Populist and Democratic state commit
tees in this city will be carried into ef
fect at the Fort Scott convention.
"The supreme court in the decision
on the court of visitation case knocked
us out of two places but I find the
Democrats are not disposed to complain
.about that and all seem willing to see
the agreement made binding by the ac
tion of the convention."
RIDDLE FOR STATE SENATOR.
Fusionists in Marion District May
Nominate Populist Chairman.
Taylor Riddle is being talked of as
the fusion nominee for state senator in
the district composed of Marion, Mor
ris and Chase counties.
Riddle's friends are putting him for
ward as a candidate representing the
cattlemen, owing to his long associa
tion with the state live stock sanitary
commission.
It is claimed that Riddle would be a
good man to participate in the delibera
tions of the next legislature which will
have the framing of a new railroad law.
he being a champion of the interests of
the cattlemen.
Fusion Ticket in Barton County.
The following candidates were named
on a fusion ticket at the joint conven
tion by the Democrats and Populists of
Barton county: County attorney, James
W. Clarke, Democrat; representative,
M. W. Cobun. Populist; probate judge,
William P. Feder. Democrat; county
superintendent, B. F. Hennessy, Pop
ulist: clerk of the court, W. B. Lucas,
Democrat; county printer, D. T. Arm
strong, Populist.
Father Sells Sis Infant Son.
St. Louis, June 4. Fifteen dollars was
the value which R. L. Smith of Ed
wardsville set upon his little blue-eyed
son, ar.d he sold the baby for that
amount yesterday. The transaction was
duly and legally witnessed that it might
stand in law.
LESSONS TAUGHT
By the War
Between
Boers.
British and
New York. June 4. A Herald special
from Washington says:
So important are the lessons taught
by the Boer war that Secretary Root
has given instructions that the reports
of the American army officers who have
been sharply watching the South Afri
can military operations be published in
pamphlet form for the benefit of the
service.
Officers of the army who have been
closely following the war say that while
the lessons taught cannot be regarded
as especially new the operations have
substantiated these important conclu
sions: The avoidance of frontal attacks upon
an enemy's position, especially in close
order formation. The necessity of hav
ing the latest small arms and artillery.
The undesirability of risiking artil
lery as General Buller did at Colenso.
The value of effective scouting.
The presence of ample cavalry and
artillery.
Brigadier General Greely, chief signal
officer, made this statement regarding
conclusions he had drawn as a result
of the war:
"Tne South African war will do more
to preserve' peace during the next 20
years than The Hague conference ,or
anything of that character. The tre
mendous efficiency of modern arms of
precision using smokeless powder on
ground specially suited for defense has
been made so apparent by this war that
every military student has learned the
almost impossibility of capturing any
difficult position, especially by frontal
attack. Although the individual Boer
is a man of great bravery, resourceful
ness, and possessing soldierly qualities
generally, yet it is to be remarked that
the Transvaal army has not captured
a single position during the entire war.
On the other hand, the British army
has found it almost impossible to cap
ture any position but has won its way
by outflanking the Boer positions and
rendering retreat imperative."
DEFENDS "THE RATES.
Cot Martin Says $5 a Day is Not
Too Much.
Kansas City, June 4. Col. John I.
Martin, sergeant at arms of the Dem
ocratic national convention is in the
city and will establish permanent head
quarters nere within two weeks time.
Speaking of the charge that local hotel
keepers are making exorbitant charges,
Col. Martin said:
"The charge is tommyrot. Five dol
lars at the leading hotels is a reasonable
rate. Kansas City's hotels are as good
as any in the land and they are entitled
to charge a $5 a day rate."
The sub-committee of the national
committee will meet here on Thursday,
June 14. to consider among other things
the matter of hotel rates.
DOCKER! WITH A WHOOP.
Missouri Ex-Congressman Has No
Opposition in Convention.
Kansas City. June 4. Tomorrow the
state Democratic convention will as
semble here to name a full state ticket.
There will be over 1,200 delegates, one
of the largest state gatherings of the
party ever held. Most of the leaders
are already in the city and spent today
holding conferences. With but few ex
ceptions great unanimity will prevail
in the selection of candidates for the
state offices.
Ex-Congressman Dockery will be
named for governor, with a whoop. He
has no competitor and there is not the
slightest contest or that office. Other
than governor, Sam B. Cooke for secre
tary of state, E. C. Crow for attorney
general and James B. Gantt for justice
of the supreme court also axe sure of
election. The convention will be held
in a large tent situated in front of the
county court house and will be pre
sided over as temporary chairman by
Congressman Wm. S. Cowherd, of Kan
sas City. National Chairman William
Stone will, it is said, attend the gath
ering and exert an influence in prepar
ing the platform.
AERICANSllSSING.
Eight Hare Disappeared From
Pao Tins Fu.
Tien Tsin, June 4. Two more of the
party of foreigners who fled from Pao
Ting Fu, have arrived here. One of
them was badly injured. The relief ex
pedition has returned.
The body of mounted Cossacks, who
started in search of the refugees re
turned this evening. They report that
they had a fight with the "boxers' at
Tuli killing and wounding many. Lieut.
Bleusky, Dr. Hamilton, a. trooper and a
civilian, were wounded.
It is reported from Pao Ting Fu that
eight Americans and three members of
the China Inland Mission are missing.
The missionaries are in great danger.
No further news has been received
regarding the missing refugees.
HITT AFTER SENATORSHIP
Congressman From Ninth District
Will Enter the Field.
Chicago,June 4. Congressman Robert
R. Hitt, according to reliable advices
from his home territory and from
Washington, will be a candidate for
United States senator in the Forty-second
general assembly. The Tenth sena
torial district convention, which will be
held next Thursday, is expected to
launch his boom. Ogle and1 Winnebago
counties make the district. Winnebago
is supposed to have been -instructed for
Senator Cullom. but some of its leaders
say instructions will be disregarded for
the home candidate.
It is assumed that Governor Tanner,
failing to get the senatorship for him
self, would help Hitt, or almost any
body, rather than see Senator Cullqm
reelected. All of which must make the
Ninth district congressman a formid
able candidate. When Mr. Hitt sought
the senatorship in 1S97, he was much
closer to it than the caucus vote indica
ted. ROOT ANSWERS SENATE.
Report on Losses Among Troops in
Philippines is Made.
Washington, June 4. Secretary Root
has sent to the senate in response to
resolutions of inquiry an extended re
port on the "number of soldiers who have
been killed and have died of wounds in
the Philippines. Mr. Root also gives the
number of those who have gone insane
and have committed suicide.
The casualties in the Philippines from
July 31, 1S98, to May 24, 1900, according
to the report, were:
Deaths Regulars, 36 officers and 920
men; volunteers. 41 officers and 854 men
Wounded Regulars. 37 officers and
721 men; volunteers. 91 officers and 1,115
men.
The number of insane soldiers admit
ted to the hospital at Washington from
the Philippines to May 24, 1900, are:
Regulars, 47; volunteers, 16. The num
ber of insane soldiers from the Philip
pines now in the United States hospital
at San Francisco to be sent to Wash
ington are: Regulars, 5; volunteers, 4;
held at San Francisco, diagnosis not con
firmed, regulars, 6; volunteers, IS.
DEATH OF A PIONEER.
ii.
P. Throop, Who Built To
peka's $250,000 Hotel,
is Dead..
Henry P. Throop, the Topeka pioneer
and founder of the Throop hotel in this
city, died at his home in Newark, New
Jersey, Saturday. A telegram announc
ing his death was received by hid
daughter, Mrs. Irving W Doolittle, Sat
urday night, but up to this afternoon no
further information had arrived.
On receipt of the telegram Mrs. Doo
little wired Mrs. Throop to bring the re
mains to Topeka. However, as no word
has been received, it is believed the in
terment may be made at Newark.
Mr. Throop left Topeka about five
years ago after a continuous residence
here of over 30 years. From this city
he went to Houston, Texas, but after
remaining there a short time only re-
COL.
moved to Newark, N. J. He established
a news office when he first located in
Newark, but for the past year or more
has not been engaged in business.
At one time Mr. Throop was one of
the wealthiest citizens of Topeka and in
the state. When the "boom" was at its
height here he was accounted to be
worth in the neighborhood of a million
dollars. It was that time that he pur
chased the New oUrdon hotel, the house
then occupying the site of the present
Throop hotel. He at once commenced
to enlarge and remodei the building,
and this work extended over a period of
three years. At the end of that time
the hotel represented an expenditure to
II r. Throop of $250,000.
Like a great many other Topekans,
Mr. Throop's prosperity ceased with the
boom. All his property, including the
hotel, went to his creditors. When he
left here he was a comparatively poor
man.
Mr. Throop laid out and built up sev
eral additions to the city. For several
years he owned valuable coal mines at
Scranton, for the output of which he re
ceived a handsome royalty from ' the
Santa Fe railway.
Onhe 18th of last month Mr. Throop
celebrated hjs 66th birthday. The pres
ent Mrs. Throop, who he married in
Houston, was his third wife. Mrs. Doo
little is the only child who survives. him.
If the remains are brought to Topeka
the interment will be in Topeka ceme
tery, where Mr. Throop years ago pur
chased a family lot. '
"The cuckoo in that clock reminds me
of a poor ballplayer and an arrogant
labor union."
"How so?"
"It gees out on so many strikes,"
Chicago Times-Herald.
H. P. THROOP.
MORGAN'S LAST CARD.
Final Effort to Secure Nicaragua
Canal Legislation.
Washington, June 4. Senator Mor
gan from the committee on interoceanic
canals today favorably reported the
resolution for the abrogation of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. As reported
the resolution reads: :
"That the treaty known as the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty between Great Brit
ain and the United States which was
concluded on the 19th day of April, 1S50,
ia abrogated."
In presenting the resolution Mr. Mor
gan made a written report traversing
the grounds for the abrogation of the
treaty in considerable detail.
The report is practically a plea for
the house Nicaragua canal bill. In it,
Senator Morgan says that "if the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty stands in the way of
the purposes of our government, it
must give way to the paramount law
if the house bill is enacted into a sta
tute of the United States."
He admits, however, that it is a
question whether it is an obstruction.
The 'effect of the Hay-Pauncefote
negotiation is discussed in detail and
the' conclusion is drawn that "as to all
that relates to the canal, the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty, if ratified, terminates
and abrogates the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty." But he says if the senate
should reject the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty the startling question will be
raised whether the senate in the exer
cise of its treaty making power can
abdicate or paralyze its treaty making
power.
"Can one board of the senate by do
nating the Hay-Pauncefote negotia
tion," he asks, "compel a majority or
the senate to abstain from enacting
the house bill because the Clayton-
Bulwer treaty would be thereby put in
to full effect as a bar to such actions .'
In conclusion, the report say that
"if the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is in force
and if they insist it is. the celar duty
of congress is to declare that it is abro
gated." If the treaty is abrogated the conclu
sion is that the way is cleared for pro
posing to Nicaragua and Costa Rica
such terms as may be appropriate for
acquiring in those states whatever
rights and powers they are at liberty to
concede to enable the United States to
construct and control the canal; and al
so to open the way fer such a general
declaration as to the neutrality of tha
canal as shall meet the approbation of
the civilized powers. "
"If this resolution is rejected and the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty is not ratified,
we will be left," says the report, "to the
alternative we should now accept of de
claring that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
can not stand as a perpetual barrier, if
such is the pleasure of Great Britain
against the right of the United States
to construct and own a ship canal in
connection with Costa Rica and Nicar
agua to connect the waters of the At
lantic and Pacific oceans.
"The passage of the house bill now
pending in the senate should be the first
step in this indispensable movement;
and the senate should not permit the
conclusion it may reach on the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, which is a minor
consideration to obstruct the will of the
majority of this body in its action on
the house bill."
"POSSIBLE SHOWERS."
The Weather Man in a State of Un
certainty. The weather man has decided on har
ini? a "spell" of cooler weather, just to
show the people that he has a va
riety. The forecast sent out today is "partly
cloudy tonight and Tuesday with pos
sibly showers Tuesday in east portion."
The maximum tempeiature up to 11
o'clock this morning was 75 and the
minimum 55, both lower than for sev
eral days. The wind was cool and
blowing te"h miles an hour from the
east.
TRIFLING ANNOYANCE
Fee Buyer Good Sues the City For
$1.50.
E. H. Good, the fee buyer, has brought
suit in the district court against the
city of Topeka for $1.50.
The petition filed states that in Janu
ary the city tried L. Sheehan in the
police court for selling liquor, and that
A. W. Brown was a witness and ap
peared at court two days and claimed
fees for two days, amounting to ?.;
that Oood bought his claim of S3, and
that the city refused to pay for over
one day's attendance at court. Good
brings suit for the remander of the
amount, $1.50.
AGAIN SLANDER TOPEKA.
The Lawrence Journal, Atchison Globe
and Wichita Eagle are wasting their
editorial space to prove that Topeka
desecrated Memorial day. The inference
is that instead of properly observing the
occasion the people flocked to the street
fair. The criticisms of these papers are
nearly always due to jealousy, but it is
strange that the editors are not more
particular about the truth. There has
not been for years a greater demonstra
tion of respect for the dead veterans
than was shown in Topeka this year.
The procession was larger than usual.
The audiences which listened to the
addresses were limited only by the
capacity of the churches in which serv
ices were held. The gates of the street
fair were not opened until after the
services. While the people of their
cities were attending ball games or
horse races, Topeka was honoring the
fallen heroes. It would be a good plan
for Wichita, Atchison and Lawrence to
"remove the beam."
Agree to Disagree.
Washington, June 4. The conferees
of the two houses of congress have
agreed upon about two-thirds of the
1X5 items of disagreement on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, and have
decided to report a disagreement on 61
of those items. The items of disagree
ment include those making an appro
priation for the St. Louis exposition and
all those relating to rivers and harbors
and lighthouses and public buildings.
Mrs. Sherman's Second Stroke.
Mansfield, Ohio, June 4. Mrs. John
Sherman, wife of ex-Secretary Sherman,
suffered another stroke of paralysis
Sunday afternoon and the attending
physicians were at her bedside all nighl
and she is not much improved.
Mount Holley Inn Destroyed.
Baltimore, June 4 Mount Holley Inn,
a new hotel which was rapidly ap
proaching completion at Walbrook, a
suburb of Baltimore, burned today, en
tailing a loss of $85,000; insurance $60,
000. $4.65
. Hutchinson and Return.
Via the Rock Island Route. Tickets on
sale June 4 to 6, final return limit
June Hth.
ON KAISER'S INY1TATI0N
New York Kriegerbund Attends the
Schrippen Fest,
Berlin, July 4. The president and
officers of the New York Krieger bund
have returned here ' from Munich to
participate in the traditional "schrip
pen fest," at Potsdam, at the special
invitation of the emperor. At the
audience preceding the ceremonies this
morning President ' Muller expressed
the pride and joy he and his comrades
felt at being received by their former
kriegsherr (war lord) and assured the
emperor of a like sentiment on the part
of all the German veterans in the Unit
ed States that Indissoluble ties con
nected them with the fatherland. His
majesty responded . Jbriefly carefully
avoiding everything of political import.
Afterwards the emperor informally in
quired about the personal conditions of
each delegate, wishing them finally a
pleasant sojourn here and a happy re
turn to the United States, "a country
which I esteem most highly on many
accounts."
Emperor William spent Pentacost in
the usual way and today visited the
traditional festival, commemorating the
foundation of the infantry instruction
battalion, which occurred mainly on
the Mopke, the large square before the
new palace of Potsdam, the New York
Kriegerbund participating.
ine crown prince recently wrote in
the album of a friend: "Man must do
much more than his mere duty."
The annual meeting of the German
society for the preservation of German
dom in foreign parts began today at
Darmstadt. Prof. Otto Harnack will
deliver a speech on "Germandom in the
Russian Baltic Provinces."
The discovery has been made that
large and flourishing trade has been
carried on from Eisenberg with a
sausage termed Gothaer "Corvelatwirst,
which is really only horse meat sausage
made in Berlin. The authorities have
interfered.
A large and interesting correspon-
dence by Baron Alexander Von Hum
boldt, the great German naturalist and
traveler, to Dr. S. Spiker, during the
decade of 1830 is offered here for sale.
The authenticity of the documents is
attested by Humboldt himself in a fly
leaf of the bound volume containing 200
letters.
An international lawn tennis tourna
ment is being held here. The cbntest
ants are mostly Austrians, Germans
and Swiss. ;
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Chicago, June 4. WHEAT The wheat
market early today was dull and steady.
Liverpool was still closed, removing much
incentive for trade. July opened V&c under
Saturday at 6ti to tWc. touched 6o'a ?ie,
but eased to tJGc, where the market
steadied. Cash people reported a better
export inquiry. The opening reduction
was on the rains in the northwest over
Sunday and the lack of speculative inter
est. Local receipts were 43 cars, one of
contract rade. Minneapolis and Iuluth
reported 925 cars against 757 last week and
J&4 a year ago.
Numerous complaints of crop conditions
in the northwest, together witn sympathy
with corn was a help to the market later.
July advanced to toTc, closing strong at
that figure H'ac over Saturday.
CORN Corn was firm but dull. Offer
ings were light and the demand good,
while cash people said the export inquiry
had improved. Receipts were 506 cars.
July opened a shade lower at iTTf-sC and
sold to 37c.
Light country offerings and a good cash
business in corn sustained the market to
the end July closhig strong 'Qc higher
at 3773Sc.
OATri Oats were again very quiet, but
steady. July opening unchanged at
!,4 Receipts were 32S car3.
PROVISIONS Provisions were strong
on buying by packers, although hog re
ceipts were large and the market at the
yards weaker. Julv pork opened tinchang
ed at $11.15 and sold to $11. lT1; July lard
a shade lower at Sti.Vp. advancing to 5.70
and July ribs 21'a5 cents improved at$t.50,
selling up to $ti.5o.
FLAX Cash: N. W., $1.S0; S. V. SI. SO;
September. $1.26; October, $1.20 1.211'.
RYr-July, o2Uc.
BARLEY-36Vu42c.
TIMOTHY $2.40.
Topeka Markets Today.
Topeka, June 4.
CATTLE.
COWS-S2.5W3.75.
DRY LOT STEKRS $4.0XVS4.50.
DKY LOT HE1FEP.SM.00S4.50.
HOGS.
LIGHT $4.4'V34.G0.
MEDIUM AND HEAVY $4.504. 70.
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHEAT ob'aoSViC.
NO. 2 CORN 33c.
NO. 2 OATS 22'i!g23c.
HAY $5.00.
PRODUCE.
EGGS 10 cents.
CHICKENS 6(&6 cent.
BUTTER 17c.
Chicaero Livestock Market.
Chicago. June 4. CATTLE Receipts,
10.o.H; good heavy steers, 15 to 25c higher;
light steers and butcher stock, generally
111 to 15c higher. Good to prime steers. $5.10
fti 5.75; poor to medium, $4.5o'?i 5.00; stoek
ers and feeders, S3.5OS5.00; cows, S3.COTM.40;
heifers. $3.25-54.75; canners. t2.Vtr'i2.W):
bulls. 2.80'a4.35: calves. $5.((i7.00; Texas
fed steers, $4.50fr5.2o; Texas grass steers,
$3.S5fi4.50; Texas bulls, $3.2)fi3.70.
HOGS Receipts today, 39.0; tomorrow,
23.000: left over, 2.7UO. Opened 5c lower,
closed strong, decline nearly regained, top
$5.1U. Mixed and butchers". $4.9(5.1u;
good to choice heavy, $5.0ifi5.10: rough
heavy. $4.S0'ii 4.95: light, $4.S5'5.tf; bulk
of sales. $5.Oi5.071;.
SHEEP Receipts. - 14,000; steady to
strong; lambs 10c higher, active. Good to
choice wethers. $5.wit5.50; fair to choice
mixed, $4.40fr5.00: western sheep. $5.0-y'i5.50:
yearlings, $5.00fg'6.00: native lambs, $5.00-
6.75: western lambs, $6.00i7.50; spring
lambs. $5.0tv;,s.25.
Official Saturday:
RECEIPTS Cattle, 97; hogs, 18,541;
sheep. 2.1S3.
SHIPMENTS Cattle, 2,719; hogs, 3,023;
sheep, 1,S51.
Kansas City Livestock Market.
Kansas City. June 4. CATTLE Re
ceipts, 2.000: market strong to 10c higher:
native steers, $3.35t5.25: Texas steers, $3.35
(&4.90: Texas cows. $3.0O'r-4.00: native cows
and heifers. S1.75fi4.5o: stockers and feed
ers. $'i. 255.20; bulls. $3.0oii4.25.
HOUS Receipts. 7.U00. Market weaker.
Bulk of sales, $4.S2Wi!4.9o; heavy, $4.s5'!i'
4.15: packers. $4. S21-. ti 4.00: mixed, $4.75'a'
4.!71i: light. $4.70Ti4.S71.2; yorkers.
4.S71: pigs. $4.1.Va4.S0.
SHEEP Receipts, 1.000: market strong.
Lambs, $4.0o.'a7.25; muttons, $3.0Oi5.35.
Kansas City Produce Market.
Kansas Citv, Mo., June 4. WHEAT
Julv, 6ic: September. CT'ic. Cash: No. 2
hard, ftc: No. 3, 5fi30c; No. 2 red, 64c;
No. 3. OOftSSc. or
CORN Julv, 35c: September. 35Sc Cash:
No. 2 mixed". 35$c; No. 2 white, 36'j.c;
No. 3. 361 iC.
OATS No. 2 white.. 23'ifl?ie.
RYE No. 2. 51c.
HAY Choice timothy $10.00fil0.50
prairie. $6.751 7.00. .
BUTTER Creamery, la&ISc;
fancy, 14c.
EGGS Fresh, &4c ,
choice
dairy.
Topeka Hide Market.
Topeka, June 4.
Based on Chicago and Boston quota
tions. The following are net prices paid
in Topeka this week:
GREEN SALT CURED TVi'c.
NO. 1 TALLOW Z4iiViC.
GREEN SALT HALF CURED CC
Market Gossip.
Furnished bv J. .C Goings. Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka,
Kan., receiver and shipper of grain.
Liverpool: Holiday.
Kansas City: Hogs, 7,000; cattle, 2,000.
Hogs 5c lower.
Chicago: Hogs, 40,000; cattle. 10,000; hogS
5c lower.
Omaha: Hogs, 5.000: cattle, 10.0C0. '
Chicago receipts: Wheat, 43 cars, graded
corn. 506 cars, graded 201; oats, 32s cars.
graded 57.
luiutn gets iod cans iuuay a&ainsi jv
cars last year.
Minneapolis last year u cars.
Estimated hogs at Chicago tomorrow.
24.000 head.
Puts on Chicago July wneat. good to
morrow, 66c; cans, Oijc. ruis on ju.y
corn. 37Hc: calls. 3Rj,c.
Money 2 per cent on call.
Government bonds, registered Ss, 10941?
109V
Minneapolis gets 769 ear today.
Kansas City receipts: Wheat, 169 car?.
against 1fw5 a year ago: corn. 9 cars,
against 63 a year ago; oats, 22 cars,
against 16 a year ago.
visible supply chnrees Tor tne weec:
Wheat, decrease 51.ro- corn, decrease SJ9.-
000: oats, increased 355.IMI0.
Total visible: Wheat. 44,704.000; corn,
12 37S.MH): oats. 7.041. 000.
Estimated cars at Chicago tomorrow:
Wheat. 75: corn. 700: oats, 210.
Hogs closed steady to a shade lower
than Saturday.
Primary receipts: Wbent. 1.033.001V last
year l.r9.0n0: corn. 699.000. last year SI".).
The markets are all strong this morn
ing, except wheat. Short covering in corn
is making higher prices.
Pork is (Ving better. A break of $2.25 a
barrel without a rally is too severe, no
matter what conditions may be. We look
for a good healthy advance bef .e. any
further decline of consequence. '
New York Hp-Town Gossip.
Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission'
Merchant, 112 East Fifth street. Toeka,
Kan., receiver and shipper of grain.
New York. June 4. There was consid
erable discussion at the close of the stock
market last week as to "whether the ad
vance c-ould hold." This state of mind
represented the general knowledge that
commission house business had increased
but little since the sharp advance which
began soon after the S13.0"0.000 failure two
weeks ago. Since that time there has
been a large covering of short contracts.
It is the common belief that the market
is in strong hands and this tends to re
strict bear aggressiveness. The narrow
ness of speculation, however, is not pleas
ing to the outside operator, especially in
view of political uncertainties which
practical business men run up against to
an extent not appreciated by the average
professional traders in tne street. h.asy
money is expected to contribute a power
ful factor toward advancing stock ex
change values. Gas war settlements.
Sugar war settlements, rumored railroad
combinations, expected increases in divi
dends, etc.
Grain Lettei.
Purnished hv J. C. Goine-s, Commission
Merchant. 112 East Fifth street. Topeka,
Kan., receiver and shipper of grain.
WHEAT It was another day of dull
ness, but contrary to expectations the
markets were strong and higher quota
tions would have resulted if business of
fair volume had been transacted. There
were no Liverpool cables and will be none
until Wednesday morning. The visible
supply only decreased 51,tw0 bushels and
acceptances were liberal. On the other
hand receipts were large both at primary
points and Chicago. The northwest had
nearly a thousand cars. There is hariiiv
enough business to make a market and
these conditions will probably exist until
after the government report, which will
be issued at 2:00 p. m., June l"th.
CORN There has been good buying of
.July corn all day by the same pool that
made a fortune on the last big advance.
Conditions were against prices, but had
no effect and last quotations were high
est of the day. It advances easily and
we would not be surprised to see a good
healthy advance. Cash demand is im
proved' and the market looks better in all
positions.
OATS Oats are quiet but firm.
PROVISIONS Provisions were strong,
although prices at the yards were luwer
and receipts wre 4.fK more than ex
pected. July pork was bought by packers
and advanced steadily in face of short
selling by the crowd. It is a fact that
traders as a rule get bullish at the top
and bearish at the bottom of any good
movement in grain or provisions, and the
fact that they are now as a rule bearish,
on July pork is a pretty good indication
that the market will go higher.
New York Money Market.
New York. June 4. MONEY Money on
call firm at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 31!a4,t)er cent. Sterling exchange
easv, with actual business in bankers'
bills at $4.Si;'Mi4.87i and at t4.S4ft for
sixtv davs. Posted rates. $4.85'i and $4.S5'2.
Commercial bills. $4.$3i.
SILVER Silver certilicates, 6VSGlc; bar
silver. 00c; Mexican dollars. 47c.
BONDS Government bonds irregular;
refunding 2s, when issued, registered,
103; coupon. 10S9; 2s, registered, 100; 3s,
registered, l'.'fHi; coupon. I'.'1.11: new 4s.
registered. 134Si; coupon, old 4s.
registered. 114vi; coupon, lla-fc; os, regis
tered, 113; coupon. 113S-
Butter Market.
New York. June 4. BUTTER Steady,
creamery extras, 16Vj820c; factory, li'-'ii
16c.
Sugar Market.
New York, June 4. SUGAR Raw.
strong: fair refining. 4'c; centrifugal. 1
test. 3c; molasses sugar, 3 15-16c: refined
strong: crushed, $6.uo powdered, $5.70;
granulated, $5.60.
COFFEE Firm: No. 7 Rio, 8?sc.
Cotton Marks
Galveston, Texas, June . COTTON
Easy, isc.
Rasge ot Prices.
Furnished by T. C. Goings. Commission
Merchant. 112 East Fifth street, Topeka,
Kan., receiver and shipper of grain.
Chicago. June 4.
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