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TOPEKA STATE JOUENAL, FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 27, ISOl.
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music department of the public schools
of New York city, and as &uch the atreet
gamins of the lower ward schools were
thrown upon him for training.
I '"Their principal idea, of music was
noise." said Prof. Tomkins. "They
would open their mouths and yell. I
wanted to direct them, but in order to
do that I had to lead them, so I yelled
too. Then I told them that we would
play we were creeping up on a band of
Indians, and we wanted to sing softly
mo we could surprise them. 'We won't
o it,' eaid the boys; 'we'll lick 'em
anyway." I had to take another line. I
told them the Indians were thirty thou
sand strong and entrenched in a fort,
and we would have to creep up softly
and surprise them. Indians never are
thirty thousand strong, but I had to
adopt heroic measures with those boys,
and it worked. They sang much softer
and kept making the music softer and
softer in order to make the Indians
think they were going away instead of
getting nearer."
Prof. Tomkins told how the boys im
proved and developed under the influ
ence of music when he had once got
bold of them.
WILL CLOSE TONIGHT.
Sr. Winship's Lecture at the High.
School Tonight.
The closing session of the association
111 be held in the High school audi
torium at 8 o'clock tonight. The main
feature will be a lecture on "Boys," by
Dr. A. E. Winship, of Boston. Dr. Wln
ehip was expected to arrive yesterday
morning, but he was delayed and failed
to come. His . lecture is expected to
be one of the treats of the association.
The musical features of tonight's pro
gramme will be a solo by Mr. David
Bowie and a number by the Bluejay
trio, of Ottawa.
The session of the State Teachers
association for 1901 will be marked down
as a record breaker in the history of the
organization. The attendance has been
enormous, the weather could not have
been improved, and practically without
exception the teachers have enjoyed the
sessions. The association was organized
on September 29, 1S63. more than thirty
eight years ago. There were only thirty
lour teachers present at that meeting.
Today the attendance is upwards of
two thousand, although not that many
have enrolled. Not near all of those
who come to the association enroll as
members. It is the most representative
gathering in the state, coming as its
members do from the school houses of
town and country all over the state. It
la also one of the largest educational
associations in the entire country.
State Normal Alumni Present Him
With Valuable Memento.
The alumni of the State Normal
school held their annual reunion in the
city council chamber following the con
cart last night. The hall was crowded
for an hour or more, and several hun
dred of the former students of the Nor
mal passed In and out duriag that time.
Ex-President Taylor, who went to an
Illinois college last Bummer after being
at the head of the Kansas Normal for
nineteen years, was present. He came
ail the way from Illinois just to attend
the reunion, and Prof. M. A. Bailey,
who addressed the association yester
day, came all the way from New York.
President J. N. Wilkinson called Dr.
Taylor up in front of the gathering and
presented him with a marble bas re
lief of "Merry Sunshine," as a token of
the regard in which the Normal alumni
hold" tner ex-preaidnt. X. Xa-ier re-
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sponded feelingly, expressing his ap
preciation of the gift and the deep af
fection and regard he felt for his for
mer pupils.
The movement which has been start
ed to build a $15,000 alumni building on
the campus of the State Normal at Em
poria received an impetus at the re
union in a characteristic speech by
Prof. J. H. H11L It is expected tkat the
alumni will contribute the entire
amount, and pledges are being circu
lated among them.
Prof. Bailey also made a speech,
bringing up the memory of the way in
which he compelled those present to
wrestle with difficult mathematical
problems in past years.
PROF. PEARSON'S PAPER.
He Ably Discussed Literature in the
Schools.
One of the principal papers read in the
college and high school department
Thursday afternoon was the one by
Prof. P. H. Pearson. His subject was
"Principles that Should Govern the In
struction in Literature in our Schools
and Colleges." The principles which he
named were interpretation, appreciation
and discipline, and he gave numerous
examples illustrating the management
of the subject of literature in the class
room, and also a complete outline for
intensive study.
Prof. J. A. Ferrell, of Sedan, discussed
the dividing line between arithmetic and
algebra. He believed in introducing
algebraic processes into the early stages
of arithmetical instruction.
Prof. S. M. Nees, principal of the high
school at Independence, spoke on "The
County High School as a Factor in
Education." Prof. Nees has been in
high school work for the past seventeen
years, and he gave some valuable ex
periences along that line. He showed
that the county high school is the real
connecting link between the common
schools and the university.
All of the papers were freely dis
cussed. Nelson Gives a Review.
The educational review of the past
year presented by Superintendent
Prank Nelson was closely listened to
by the teachers, because of its practical
connection with their work. Superin
tendent Nelson told particularly of the
legislation passed by the last legisla
ture affecting the public school system.
He said that the consolidation of coun
try school districts was the most im
portant step of the year, and he pointed
out that it provided a way for the ele
mentary training of every child in the
state so that it could be fitted for the
county high school and go from there
directly into the university, without
having to go away from home for pre
liminary training. He also emphasized
the value of the traveling libraries in
an educational way and manual train
ing schools. He said manual training
and industrial education are sure to
come in the public school system of
Kansas, and told what has recently
been done by the Topeka board of edu
cation in that line.
MUSK OX COMING.
Only One In Captivity to Be
Christened In Topeka.
The State Journal has received the
following letter from C. F. Periolat, of
Chicago, an Arctic explorer:
"Monday morning, December 30, at
4:40 a, m., there will be on board the
train coming from San Francisco, pass
ing through your city the only
musk ox that ever has been brought
from the Arctic regions alive. This was
brought down on the whaler Beluga, by
Capt. H. H. Bodfish, whose home is In
Vineyard Haven, Mass.
"It is a very interesting animal and it
is claimed that it would not live in this
latitude, but by what information we
have received from Col. C. J. Jones 0
your city and other naturalists, I am
satisfied that the animal will live. "We
kept it in San Francisco for a month to
give it a rest before shipping it here.
It will finally go to the United States
National Zoo at Washington. I have
written Colonel C. J. Jones today ask
ing him if he would be so kind as to
christening the animal Jennie Jones on
arrival at Topeka which I think he will
do. If you are interested in this mat
ter you better see Col. Jones and he
can give you a further history of the
animal for he has been among them in
the Arctic."
"Buffalo" Jones has consented to
christen the animal and the ceremony
will take place at the Santa Fe depot.
HE WANTED BLOOD
An Italian Chases a Fellow
Countryman 4,000 Miles
The Kace Started at South Mc
Alister, 1. T.
WAS ON HIS BOND.
The Hunted Man Took Adran
tage of H is Liberty.
Both Parties in Hands of the
Chicago Police.
Chicago, Dec 27. Angelo Scalfla,
closely pursued by Antonio Segnio rush
ed Into the arms of two detectives in
this city and begged for protection. It
was the sensational termination of a
4,000-mile man hunt, in which Seaina
had been followed for three months and
had visited the principal cities of the
eastern states.
Both men were taken to the Harrison
street station where Segnio told a re
markable story. Three months ago he
said Scalfla was arrested in Indian Ter
ritory on the charge of illegally sell
ing whisky. After spending a month in
jail, he appealed to Segnio, a friend,
and business man of South McAlister,
and upon assurances by Scalfla that
the firm he represented would protect
him, Segnio mortgaged all his property
and furnished $4,000 bonds to secure the
release of his friend. Upon being re
leased Scalfla immediately disappeared.
The chase began and Scalfia was fol
lowed from place to place until finally
tiring of the terrible strain he appealed
to the Chicago detectives.
When taken in Segnio held a revolver
in his hand, and notwithstanding the
fact If Scalfia is returned to Indian
Territory within five days his bond will
be saved, Segnio declared his real ob
ject in pursuing Scalfia was revenge.
"I started to kill him, followed him
for thousands of miles and then at the
last moment he escapes," he said. "It
Is hard; I would not have it so."
Scalfia admits his identity and ap
pears anxious to be surrendered to the
United States authorities to escape a
worse fate.
WOiENWIN.
Will Be Admitted as Delegates
to M. . General Conference.
New Constitntion Adopted
hj
the Requisite Majority.
Chicago, Deo. 27. Announcement was
made here today that the new constitu
tion of the Methodist Episcopal church,
which was drawn up at the last general
conference of that denomination, held
at the Auditorium in 1900, and referred
to the various conferences throughout
the country, has finally been approved
by the three-fourths vote required. The
vote is as follows: Ayes, 8,196; nays,
2,513.
The element which opposed the new
organic law of the church because it
provided for the admission of women as
delegates to the general conference,
made war on the new constitution all
along the line, but met with defeat. One
hundred and twenty annual conferences
voted on the question, a total of 10.709
ballots being cast by delegates. The
principal changes provided for by the
new constitution are:
It gives women the right to sit as
delegates in the general conference.
It gives laymen's electoral meetings
authority to vote on constitutional ques
tions. It changes the vote necessary In the
general conference to amend the con
stitution from three-fourths to two
thirds. FLOUR FAMINE PERHAPS
Northwestern Mills Menaced by
Short Wheat Supply.
In view of the difficulties which To
peka flour mills are having to get
enough wheat to continue in operation,
it is interesting to note that the big
mills of the northwest are also in trou
ble, and are menaced by an enforced
shut-down. The following is a dispatch
from Minneapolis:
"Serious conditions exist at Minneap
olis. They have been brought about by
the scarcity of cars and threaten to
cause a shut-down in the flour mills
there. Millers say that they have a
large number of orders on their books
and customers are in need of the flour,
but they are unable to make the ship
ments. . The wheat receipts are also
falling off, and the roads are unable
even to furnish cars to haul the wheat
from the terminal elevators to the mills.
A more complicated condition of affairs
could scarcely exist. It is understood
that - the only roads that can at the
present time furnish any relief are the
Milwaukee, the Omaha and the Soo
Line, and even their equipment Is so
limited that it does very little good.
"A number of the mills are loading
flour in Great Northern and Northern
Pacific cars that come in loaded witn
wheat, which can under no circum
stances be loaded east, but they fill
them up with flour and send them out
and take chances on getting them
transferred into cars that can run east.
If they are not transferred they turnish
temporary storage for the mills, so It
helps part of the situation to .a certain
extent."
CLARK'S PICTURES.
Make-up of the $320,000 Collection
Bought by the Senator.
New York, Dec. 27. The collection of
Dr. Preyer. cappelmeister of Vienna,
which Senator Clark, of Montana, has
just bought for 1,600.000 francs ($320,000),
according to the Paris correspondent of
the Herald, Is composed of forty works
by old masters and twenty-six modern
pictures of the French school of 1S30,
which are of considerably greater value
than the old masters. This is the opin
ion of M. Klelnberger, a deafer in old
masters.
There are four pictures by Troyon,
one of which, an important work, is
"La Descent de Montmartre."
The old masters include some fine ex
amples of Luini. the best "Virgin and
Child," a portrait of a woman by Hol
bein, a panel of the school of Memling,
a landscape with figures attributed to
Rembrandt, and three small sketches
by Rubens.
When the undertaker encounters a
young man with a cigarette cough he
picks out a coffin.
HILL DRIVEN OUT.
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H. L. McNeill, professor of Latin at
Washburn college, was present and at
the request of Evangelist Hill spoke for
a short time. Prof. McNeill had evi
dently heard of the alleged practices of
Hill and wished to satisfy himself re
garding the methods of the minister.
What toe said was not favorable to the
evidences of Gospel power as inter
preted by Hill. "I can't say myself
that I feel satisfied as to the best way
of presenting the Gospel. If some
wonderful experience is necessary I
don't know that I am or ever shall be
converted. It seems to me that the
idea of saying this is mesmerism is
crazy. I don't think it is necessary, for
any wonderful thing to happen in order
that you may get converted. But the
works are manifested in life and char
acter. I hesitated to believe that the
works of the Spirit must be manifest
ed by knocking some one over; it is
a mistake that the works of the Spirit
must be manifested in some wonderful
physical upheaval. I am not objecting,
but I do not believe it is necessary to
get knocked down or to have the roof
taken off the house in order to get con
verted." In explanation a little later
to a reporter Prof. McNeill said: "I
was not brought up to believe that this
is necessary in religion, but I still think
that Mr. and Mrs. Hill are sincere."
Mrs. Hill, who in the early part of the
evening had spoken for nearly an hour,
again sought vindication by her own
words. She has a deep resonant voice,
is of medium height and makes an ef
fective impression upon an audience.
"I never have been guilty of preaching
that you should be knocked down in
order to be saved," she said, her words
fairly snapping with emphasis. "There
are only a few people who know the
real Holy Ghost life today. We can
profess for years and years and still
never know the power of the living
God until we get down and dig as I did
with the experiences of Wesley, Red
field, Lorenzo Dow, and found there is
a power in God if you will only get at
Him. The power of God is what; has
been working in -your midst; and half
hearted sinners will fight it as a rattle
snake. You have only tasted the wa
ters of life here and I bid you to go on,
go on." Hill, himself, also spoke for
a short time in answer to what Prof.
McNeill had said regarding religious
manifestations, but it was insubstances
the same as what his wife said, put
with less emphasis.
Rev. J. F. C Hill, or "Jack," as he fre
quently alludes to himself in his meet
ings, is a member of the World's Faith
Missionary association, an organization
having its headquarters at Shenandoah,
la. llie society has no tenets at variance
with other evangelical churches, but seeks
to aid them in their work by sending out
evangelists over the country. They are
500 or more of these in different parts of
the country. He has appeared a number
of times in Topeka, the first being two
years ago last fall. Since then he has
held street meetings and tabernacle ser
vices at short intervals, and previous to
the series at Quinton Heights was preach
ing in Parkdalei
In speaking to a reporter regarding the
charges as to his being a hypnotist, he
said:
"I am no hypnotist ; know nothing about
the power;never read any works on that
subject and never came in touch with
anyone so far as I know who was a hyp
notist. I suppose, though, that eacb per
son has some mysterious power."
Hill is a big man physically. He has
massive features, a large head with a
heavy hair falling to his shoulders. It
is this appendage along with certain
passes made by the hands with which it
is claimed he brought the religious seek
ers under the mysterious sway. He says
he was a wicked man before he was con
verted, 17 years ago, but since then has
held meetings all over the United States.
His permanent address is McLouth, Kan.
Miss Pearl Cope, one of the young wo
men who was brought under the mysteri
ous spell Wednesday evening, would say
but little regarding her experience. She
said, however, that she had no faith in
the preaching of Hill and guessed that he
must exercise some hypnotic power. She
had attended a number of meetings' pre
vious to the evening when she was pros
trated, and at each she says Hill pleaded
with her to seek salvation, directed her to
sav the words that he would tell her at
the same time asking her to look in his
eyes.
Wednesday evening, however, he did not
talk to her, and after she had gone for
ward, when she became rigid and fell
backward into the arms of another wo
man, she savs he was at some distance
from her with his back to her. She says
she was unconscious, except that all the
time could hear the clock in the room
ticking.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill say they will not
leave Topeka now, but expect to open
meetings at some place to be determined
later.
SHALE MILL HERE
One Will Be Erected For Ex
perimental Purposes. '
The Fahrig process for extracting
gold from Kansas shale Is to be tested
by the construction of an experimental
mill in Topeka, which will handle one
ton of shale a day. The mill will be
operated under the direction of Dr.
Fahrig's son, Ernest Fahrig, jr., who
will come here from Philadelphia with
in a few weeks. Ernest Fahrig, jr., is
an electrical engineer.
Dr. Fahrig came to Topeka yesterday
to consult with Mr. Lantry, Mr. Cush
ing, Mr. Holliday, Mr. Saum of Hays
City, and others, and to present to
them an extensive written report of his
work and its results. In talking with
a reporter for the State Journal, Dr.
Fahrig said:
"I do not believe In secret processes
for extracting minerals. Whenver a
process is secret, it is suspicious. In
regard to the Gage process, which is a
secret, I can say that I would be will
ing to put down $100 that there is noth
ing in it new to chemistry. When I
was in Topeka before, I was careful to
say nothing derogatory to Mr. Gage or
his process. Now that the Gage process
has practically fallen flat, I will say
nothing derogatory. I aro heartily sorry
that Mr. Gage's procejedid not work
I don't care how he gets honest results,
provided he gets them. The failure of
the Gage process cast discredit Upon all
the work of us who are investigating
the shales. It would have been infinite
ly better for us if Mr. Gage had suc
ceeded. "The electrical process which I have
invented I believe will be a success. I
have the utmost confidence that there
is gold in Kansas shale. The only
question is how to get it out. I do not
advise anyone to invest large sums of
money in shale lands or shale mills un
til all doubt is removed, I could not
conscientiously advise these gentlemen
who are employing me to go ahead and
construct a 50-ton mill to use my pro
cess. I want them to construct a test
mill, and they have decided to do so.
I know my process will get gold. But
I want it to operate wjth more constant
results. I want the line to be more
even. Heretofore it has been too much
up and down. Sometimes we got better
results than others. . We must find out
why that is. I want the line of results
to be as high as possible, but It must
be more nearly level, before I will ad
vise the erection of a large mill.
"I will not be in Topeka when this
experimental mill is operated. Ey son
will represent me, and he will be under
the direction of Mr. Saum and the oth
er gentlemen who are interested.
"I am not a rich man, but I have
enough so that I could erect a 50-ton
mill myself if I felt sufficient confidence
in my process. I will not do It, because
I think it safer to have the experi
mental mill first.
"My process is to be protected by a
patent. It will be made public as soon
as the patents are perfected. I have
nothing to conceal."
Dr. Fahrig's report is a very expen
sive document, giving in detail the his
tory of his experiments and the results
which he obtained. It will first be made
public by Prof. J. T. Lovewell, of this
city, at the meeting of the Kansas
Academy of Science to be held at Iola
next week. Prof. Lovewell will at that
time read such portions of the report
as are of interest to the public, in con
nection with a paper which he will pre
sent to the meeting on the subject of
"Gold In Kansas Shale."
Dr. Fahrig has been at JopHn, Ga
lena, and other Missouri and Kansas
towns, inspecting zinc mines for east
ern investors. He will leave for Phil
adelphia tomorrow.
40Ti(lLLED
In
a Battle That Lasted More
Than Six Hours.
Colon, Colombia, Dec. 27. News was
received today that General Marian, the
Colombian revolutionary leader, at
tacked Honda, on the Magdalena river,
December 9, with 1,200 men. The gar
rison, consisting of 430 men, fought from
6 a. m. until 12:30 p. m. At 8 a. m. the
garrison received reinforcements num
being 200 men. The battle started on
the outskirts of the city, and ended at
Caracoll, nine miles from Honda. Bayo
nets and madhetes were used. The gov
ernment forces were victorious. -Four
hundred men were killed during the
battle.
OPENING OF LANDS.
Bill by Cnrtis to Lighten Indian
Office Work.
Washington, Dec. 27. Congressman
Curtis, of Kansas, one of the most ac
tive members of the house committee
on Indian affairs, will present a bill as
soon as congress reassembles that is de
signed to lighten the work of the Indian
office and to solve a problem that is
growing more complicated each year.
The bill will provide that the adult heirs
of any deceased Indian to whom lands
had been allotted may sell the land.
Under the existing laws the lands are
held in trust and the leasing proceeds
divided each year among the heirs.
The complications arising under this
system have led Mr. Hitchcock, secre
tary of the interior, to recommend to
congress the passage of a law author
izing the sale of the lands of this char
acter belonging to the Ponca, Pawnee,
Otoe and Tonkawa Indians in Oklaho
ma. Mr. Curtis will offer a bill making
the authority general, affecting the
lands of deceased allottees wherever sit-
The passage of the bill recommended
by Mr. Hitchcock would at once open
up over 81,000 acres of fine farming land
In Oklahoma to settlement, and would
greatly simplify the work of the Indian
bureau in caring for these heirs. Under
the proposed plan the land would be sold
and the money deposited with the gov
ernment for the benefit of the heirs of
the deceased allottees. The adoption of
the bill which Mr. Curtis will introduce
would open many thousands of acres of
land to settlement or for sale to set
tlers. Following Is a copy of the bill which
Mr. Hitchcock has recommended for
passage:
"That the adult heirs of any deceased
Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe or Tonkawa In
dian, to whom a trust patent was is
sued for lands cllotted him in Oklaho
ma, may sell and convey the lands In
herited from such decedent, and if there
be both adult and minor heirs of such
inherited lands, then such minors may
join in a sale thereof by a guardian duly
appointed by the proper court, upon an
order of such court made upon petition
filed by such guardian, all conveyances
made under this act to be subject to the
approval of the secretary of the inte
rior, under such rules and regulations
as he may prescribe."
The bill to be offered by Mr. Curtis
makes the proposition general, instead
of confining it to the four tribes named
in Mr. Hitchcock's bill.
MAY BE ROCK ISLAND.
New Company Chartered Which
Has That Flavor:
Austin, Tex., Dec 27. The charter of
the Oklahoma City Sc Texas Railroad
company has Just been filed in the sec
retary of state's office. It has a capital
stock of $500,000 and is formed for the
purpose of building and operating a
railroad from a point on Red river, in
Hardeman county, where a connection
is made with the Oklahoma & Western,
south to Quanah and a branch line
from a point one and a half miles from
Its northern terminus to the town of
Acme, Tex. The general office of the
company will be located at Quanah.
It is announced that this road is to
be built In the immediate future.
It is rumored in railroad circles in To
peka that the Rock Islaid Is behind the
organization of this company and that
it is the first of a number of roads to
be built in Texas, Oklahoma and the
Indian Territory as extensions to the
already existing lines.
NATIONAL AID OUT.
Insurance Commissioner Cancels
Its Certificate.
Pierre, S. D., Dec. 27. Insurance Com
missioner Shober has issued an order
canceling the certificate of authority
to do business in South Dakota of the
National Aid association, of Topeka,
Kas., giving as his reason unsound
financial condition.
River Is Very Low.
The water in the Kansas river Is low
er now than it has been for years.
Some old settlers say since 1876. The
water is so low that the temporary pil
ing used in building the Santa Fe rail
road bridge and which were cut off far
below the water are now sticking up out
of the water several inches. Scott Kel
sey said this morning that the river
was the lowest he had known It to be
in 20 years or so.
FUSE OR NOT FUSE
That is the Question Before the
Populist Conference Today.
Several members of the Populist state
central committee came to Topeka to
day to attend the meeting of the com
mittee In which the future of the party
is to be decided. The question is wheth
er or not the proposition of the Demo
crat state central committee for the
Populists to go into the Democratic
primaries shall be accepted, or shall
the Populists continue to go it alone.
The members of the committee who
arrived early are as silent as the ftiave
regarding the probable action of the
committee, but it is known that Chair
man Ridgley, John W. Breidenthal, H.
N. Gaines, Mrs. Diggs, and other lead
ers are opposed to the Democratic plan.
They are in favor of putting up a
straight ticket and waiting for the fu
ture to turn the political wheel around
to them again. Secretary Curran,
Andrew Shearer and some of the lesser
members are said to be in favor of
throwing overboard the Populist organ
ization, going Into the Democratic
primaries, capturing the Democratic
machinery and putting up a tjeket to
suit the Populists.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor A. M. Har
vey does not agree with many other
Populists and Democrats that the day
of practical fusion Is over. He thinks
it can be accomplished regardless of
the Republican anti-fusion law. In dis
cussing the question today he said:
"I believe that -the Democrats and the
Populists will each hold a convention
next year and that they will be held in
the same town at the same time. The
Populists a'nd Democrats will agree
upon part of the, ticket for each party.
The Populists wil lnominate their part
of it and the Democrats theirs and then
each will fill up the rest of the ticket
with the nominations of the other party.
I believe that will be agreed upon."
"Will the Populists name the gover
nor?" was asked.
"I hardly think so," "said Major Har
vey. "I think the campaign will com
mence quite early and that the record of
Senator W. A. Harris in comparison
with that of Senator J. R. Burton will
be one of the leading features of the
campaign. I think, too, that there will
be a good deal said in favor of Frank
Doster for chief Justice. There are five
-justices to be elected. There is a feel
ing that on account or the excellent rec
ord of Judge Doster that a great many
Republicans will vote for four Republi
cans and give Doster the fifth vote."
Sank in Astoria Harbor.
Astoria, Ore., Dec. 27. The French
bark Henrietta sank in Astoria harbor
last night. No lives lost.
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Chicago, Dec. 27. WHEAT Reports of
reselling at New York and weaker out
side markets influenced wheat at the
opening today. May selling 4Cc lower,
at 8282c Country buying, although
more moderate than yesterday, steadied
the market and May icllied to 82c. Lo
cal receipts were 64 cars none of contract
grade. Minneapolis and Duluth reported
513 cars, making a total for the three
points of 577 cars, against 393 cars last
week, and 344 cars a year ago.
May wheat declined to 82c later because
of the comparative cheapness of that op
tion at Minneapolis and Duluth and closed
steadv at that figure, c under yesterday.
CORN Corn was dull but steady, fol
lowing an easy opening in sympathy with
wheat. Mav opened "c lower, at 663
66c, and advanced to 66c Receipts were
189 cars.
The close was easy. May o lower,
at 66466e.
OATS Oats were dull and featureless,
May opening c lower, at 46c, In sym
pathy with wheat and corn, and reacted
on a small trade to 45c
PROVISIONS Provisions were firm and
fairly active, the good demand of yester
day having abated but little. May pork
opened 15&25c higher, at $17.40017.50, and
sold to $17.35; May lard 515c up, at $10.10
fi 10.20, touching $10.22H. and declining to
10.15g 10. 174. and May ribs 10S12c to 20
22o improved, at $8.9O9.0O, selling to
$8.fe, and back to $8.90.
WHEAT Cash: No. 2 red. 85ffS6tie; No.
8 red, 83y.T85&c: No. 2 hard winter. 79
80c: No. 3 hard winter. 7879ic: No. 1
northern spring. 79V4 80140 ; No. 2 north
em spring, 7847S14c; No., 3 spring, 74
ORN-No. 3, S34(fr64c.
OATS No. 2. 46M.'646V.c: No. 3, 46c.
FLAX Cash: Northwestern, $1.56;
No. 1. $1.54: May, $1.57.
RYE Dec, 65c.
BARLEY Cash: 56062c -TIMOTHY
March, $6.60.
Chicago Livestock Market
Chicago, Dec. 27. CATTLE Receipts,
4.500 head. Market steady. Good to primn
steers. $6.40fu7.O0: poor to medium. $3.75
6.00; stockers and feeders, $2.0OSi4.25: cows.
$1.004.65: heifers. $1.5(Ka5.25: canners. $1.00
?2.20; bulls, $1.75fi4.50: calves, $2.50csi6.00;
exas fed steers, $3.12W.(4.12H.
HOGS Receipts today, 19.000 head; esti
mated tomorrow, 15.1J00 head; left over, 4.
956 head. Market 10c higher. Mixed and
butchers', $5.9016.55; good to choice heavy,
$6.45fti6.75; rough heavy, tS.Wa6.2&; light,
$5.3ri6.15: bulk of sales, $5.iW6.45.
SHEEP Receipts, 8.000 head. Sheep
and lambs strong. Good to choice weth
ers. $3.70'i4.50; fair to choice mixed, $3.00Si
3.75; western sheep, $3.CKij4.25; native
lambs, $2.504i5.85.
Official receipts and shipments yester
day: Cattle. Hogs. Sheep
Receipts 15.374 17.577 6,342
Shipments 3.858 788 1.062
Kansas City Livestock.
Kansas City, Dec. 27. CATTLE Re
ceipts, 2.000 head. Market steady. Native
beef steers. $4.7o6.60; Texas and Indian
steers, $3.00(4.5O; Texas cows. $2.25''a3.50;
native cows and heifers. $2.506.0: stock
ers and feeders. $2.75'o4.25; bulls, $2.26(tj4.25;
calves. J3.25.&5-60.
HOGS Receipts. 8,000 head. Market 10
15e higher. Bulk of sales, $6.80.j6.75;
heavy, 6.75rtf6.ft0; packers'. $6.40t6.75: me
dium, $6.25S6.70; light. $5.5546.45; yorkers,
$5.3566.35: pigs, $4.0tH&5.40.
SHEEP Receipts. 1.000 head. Market
strong. Muttons. $3.00(64.50: lambs, $4.50'oi
5.50: western wethers, $3.50U4.4u; ewes,
$3.003.75.
Market Oossio.
CFurnished by A. G. Goodwin, Commis
sion Merchant, 601 Kansas ave.j
Opening Liverpool cables: Wheat, d
higher: corn, 4d lower, than Monday.
Second Liverpool cables: Wheat, d
higher: corn, d lower, for the day.
Liverpool cables are not as strong this
morning as they should be, but our mar
kets seem to ignore them almost entirely.
Cash wheat situation is very strong and
speculative interest increasing. Would
buy wheat on any soft spots.
Kansas Citv: May wheat opened on a
range 80i4(aS0c, against Slc for yester
day's close. Trading is of good volume
and look for the market to do better after
overloaded longs have thrown their sur
plus linea over.
Northwest grain receipts: Minneapolis,
338 cars: Duluth, 91 cars. A year ago:
Minneapolis, 213 cars; Duluth, 15 cars. To
tal. 449 cars, against 228 cars.
Chicago grain receipts: Wheat, 64 cars;
corn, 189 cars: oats, 246 cars.
Topeka receipts today was 3 cars of
wheat.
Closing Liverpool cables: Wheat, d
higher: corn, d lower, than Monday.
Kansas City: May wheat Puts, 79c;
calls, SOTic: curb. 804c. May corn Puts,
6Sc; calls, 68c; curb, S8c
New York Stocks.
Wall Street, New York, Dec. 27.
STOCKS Railroad stocks were taken in
round amounts at the opening at sharp
advances, especially the transcontinentals
and coalers. Missouri Pacific advanced a
point and Manhattan 1 points. The
highly speculative industrials were unset
tled. Sugar rose point and then ran off
to below last night. Amalgamated Coi
per opened ofT point, but recovered it,
Westinghouse Electric. lot a point.
Sugar met support when it touchi-d 1111 J
and was quickly rushed to 115. which rep
resented a gain over last night of 2'i
points. Simultaneous bidding up ot
Amalgamated Copper to 69 (ex-dlv.), and
Manhattan to 138, completed the route of
the shorts.
The coalers and transcontinental stocks
moved up strongly. Buffalo. Rochester
and Pittsburg preferred x advanced 3
points. Westinghouse Electric rallied 3
and the first preferred sold at 187. a risa
of 30 points since the previous sale lat
month. Profit taking subsequently lowered
Sugar and Amalgamated Copper to 1 to
IMj points and temporarily checked the
buying elsewhere Toward 11 o'clock Peo
ple's Gas and B. R. T. were marked up
over a point and the general advance was
resumed.
The successful marking up of Amalga
mated Copper, Sugar and Manhat
tan encouraged long buving through
out the market. Sugar continued
foremost in the movement and
touched 116, St. Paul. Union Paclllc.
Metropolitan Street Railway, Consolidated
Gas, Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville
stocks. International Paper. Pullmtin
New Jersey Central, Pacific Mall and
Lead common and preferred gained 1 to
IVj points. Lake Erie and Western ros
3-i points. A later relapse of Vz points In
Sugar caused some hesitation and Amitl
gamated rose to 71H without effect on
the market. Bonds were firm.
Wool Market
St. Louis. Dec. 27. WOOL Firm. Terri
tory and western mediums, l.V&17c; tine.
ll&16c; coarse, ll(S17c.
New York Money Market.
New York. Dec. 27. Noon MONET
Money on call tirm at B'-fe per cent: prlmo
mercantile paper, 51514 per cent: sterling
exchange barely steadv, with actual busi
ness in bankers' bills at $4.86HC'4.x67i for
demand and at $4.83fi4.R3Ni for 60 davs;
posted rates, $4.84ft4.84A and $4.87; com
mercial bills. $4.824.83MI.
SILVER Bar silver, 55Vi.c: Mexican dol
lars. 43?C. ' :!
BONDS Government bonds weak. To
day's quotations:
C S. refunding 2, registered 18"
IT. S. refunding 2s, coupon...., l'K';'-a
U. S. 3s, registered I'is'j
TT. S. 3s. coupon l'is",
IT. S. new 4s, registered i:!9'a
N. S. new 4s, coupon VV.i'-t
X'. S. old 4s, registered Hl7
TT. S. old 4s, coupon 112Tii
TT. S. 5s, registered 1"7'
U: S. 5s, coupon 107 '.1
Kansas City Produce.
Kansas City, Dec 27. Close WHEAT
May. 804c Cash: No. 2 hard. 77'(j7Sc;
No. 3 hard. 7GU77Vac; No. 2 red, 8S&89c; No.
3 red. 87130,
CORN Dec. 67V.W67c: Jan., 664(3 6GKr;
May, fisftitifci-iC. Cash: No. 2 mixed. 7'
68c: No. 2 white, 67'si68c No. 3 white,
6tj3i7i67c.
OATS No. 2 white, 48g49c
RYE No. 2. 66c.
HAY Choice timothy, $13.50;choice prai
rie. ;i3.50.
BUTTER Creamery, 18S22c; dairy, fan
cy. 38c.
EGGS Fresh, 19c
WHEAT Receipts, 32 cars.
Topeka Markets
Topeka, Dec 27.
HOGS.
HEAVY $5.50f6.00.
LIGHT $4.755.80.
ROUGH $5. 0o(& 5.75.
CATTLE.
STEERS $3.00fi 3.50.
HEIFER S-J3.00S 4. 00.
' COWS $2.50'f3.50.
VEAL CALVES.
HEAVY $3.5(Va 4.50.
LIGHT 4.00ij5.00.
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHEAT 72c.
NO. 2 WHITE CORN 66c . .
MIXED CORN 66c
OATS 60c
PRODUCE.
BUTTER 16c
EGGS 20c.
H A Y $13 .00 1 5. 00.
ALFALFA $12. Q015.00.
Topeka Hide Market.
Topeka, Dec. 27.
Prices paid In Topeka this week. Based
on Boston Quotations.
GREEN SALT CURED NO. 1 8c
GREEN SALE CURED NO. 2 7c
NO. 1 TALLOW 5c.
Cotton Market,
New York, Dec 27. COTTON Spot cot
ton closed quiet and l-16c lower. Middling
uplands, 8c; middling gulf, 8c Sales,
453 bales.
, Range of Prices
Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions,
Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Of
fice 110 West Sixth street. 'Phone 4!G.
Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock
Co.. Kansas City, Mo.
Chicago, Dec 27.
Open High Low Close Yes
TTTT'P'AT
Dec .... 78 79 78 78 79
May ... 82- 82 82 82 82
Julv ... 82- 82 81 81 82
CORN
Dec .... 64 64 63 63 64
Mav ... 6rt- 6U - 6.J- 67
July ... 66 66 66 6 66
O A T 3
Dec .... 44 44 44 44 44
May ...45 45 45 45 45.
July ... 39 39 39 39 89
FJanKTT..16 90 16 90 16 82 16 82 16 75
Mav ...17 47 17 47 17 3D 17 30 17 25
; LARD m
Jan ....lUlra iv wr iw w -
May ...10 20-2 10 25 10 12 10 12 10 05 .
Itl B3 1
Jan .... 8 85 8 87-90 8 80 8 80 8 55
May ... 8 95-99 9 05 9 05 9 05 t 77-8q
Kansas City Grain.
Furnished by A. G. Goodwin, Commll
slon Merchant, 601 Kansas ave.l
Kansas City, Dec 27.
Open High Low Close Yes
May ... S0- 80 80- 80 81
CIo... 67 67 C7 67 68
Jan .... 67 67 66 6'. 67-
March . 6 6S 68 6S 68-
May ... 68 68 68 68 6S-6
Range of Prices on Stock.
Furnished by J. B. Gall, Commissions,
Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Of
fice 110 West Sixth street. 'Phone 4S8.
Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock
Co., Kansas City, Mo. 1
New York. Dec. 27.
Op'n Hlsh Low Cl se Yes
Pacific Mail 45 45 45 45 45
Sugar 113 117 113 lln 112
People's Gas 1W 12 101 Vri ll
Amal. Copper ... 67 71 " 7'4
B R. T. 65 65 64 65 84
U. S. Steel 43 4; 42 42 42
Texas Pacific .... 39 39 39 39 3)j
M K. & T 53 53 52 b2 M
C G. W 24 21 21 24 24
Rock Island .... 151 153 151 152 152
St Paul 14 165 14 164 164
Atchison, com ... 79 80 79 79
Atchison, pfd .... 11 3"2 101 VK 1
Manhattan 136 13H 136 137 136
Western Union .. 91 .92 91 91 91
Mo. Pacific 105 1" 1' Vr V
Wabash 42 43 42 4X 42
So Pacific 61 61 60 ' W:i
U P, com 103 103 102 103 1"2
U P Pfd w
Southern Rwy. .. 83 33 83 83 :
Reading 51 53 51 52 51
N Y. Central .... 167 167 167 17 1T
T C I 64 04 63 63 63
Erie" 41 41 41 41
C 6 47 47 46 46 46
Bl & O. 103 104 103 104 102
j2 & N 106 106 106 106 106
Ex-dividend of 1 per cent.
Ex-dividend of 1 per cent.
A. Q. GOODWIN,
601 Kansas Avenue,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
Stocks, Cotton, Grain and
Provisions
For cash or future delivery.
.Private market wire to Kansas City, St. LouU
Cbicaeo and New Ynlcr.
Telephone 213.