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THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1904.
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,DRY GOODS
A SUGGESTION TO GIFT SEEKERS
I Look in Our North Show Window l
The showing of Silk Petticoats, Silk VVaists and $
t-urs is very attractive. A Gift of any article shown
therein will quickly and satisfactorily solve, the problem.
Reduced Prices on
.$2.50, $5 and S10 Saved
t ON ANY COAT IN OUR STOCK
Ought to make it easy to give a
sensible present that would be ap
i predated.
5 510.00 Coats for 87.50
15.50 Coats for 10.00
J 25.00 Coats for.. 15.00
t Furs For Gifts.
A great manv are buvina: furs a
very good idea. Here, is probably
the largest stock In the city.
T ITpwards of One Thousand pieces
5t to select from 69c to 950, with
5 plenty of price stations between.
Warm Underwear
- For Gifts.
X ITnion Suits. 111 1 l"p in Boxes. Two
Suits in a Box, Makes a "eat
' Practical Present.
f -' Ladies' 75c. S1.00, St. HO.- $1.75,
T $1.98, $2.50, $2.98 and $3.50 Suit.
T Children's 45c, 50c, 55c, 60c, 75c,
J $1.00, $1.75 Suit.
- Men's $1.00, $1.98, $2.50, $2.98,
J and $3.50 Suit.
f Men's Flannelette or Heavy Mus-
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PENSIONBY STATE
Froebel Mother's UnlonProposes
Kansas Protect Widows,
Pay Them S5 t & ji Month for
Each Child.
SYSTEM IS. WRONG.
Separation of Mother and Chil
dren It Demoralizing.
Graduate FromOrpbanages Into
the Prison.
Dr. Eva Harding, of Topeka, and the
Froebel Mothers" union, are interested
In a new legislative proposition for the
purpose of putting all indigent widows,
Svith children, on a pension of from $5 to
JS per month for each child.
It is claimed that under the present
system, mothers are obliged to give up
entirely the possession of their children,
i without much hope of ever seeing the
child, or even knowing where it is. The
State asylum for orphans has about 200
inmates. The law gives the officers of
thi institution the right to consent to
the absolute adoption of any of the in
mates, and to prevent trouble, the
mother of the child Is not allowed to
know where that child is after it has
fceen adopted.
Dr. Harding says:
"One of the chief objections which
(Was urged against human slavery was
that mothers were separated from their
children, and not allowed to see them.
Under the law as it now stands, Kan
sas punishes mothers for being poor
and unable to support their children.
The state should rather see to it that
a mother is aided to rear her children.
(The criminals are made out of chil
dren whose mothers are obliged to work,
so hard that there Is no time for home
life. If a child is sent to some orphan
asylum. It is only a question of time
when that child will graduate into the
reform school or penitentiary.
"The actual cost to the state for each
child in the orphans' asylum is about
JS a month. I am in favor of a bill
:which will authorize some commission
to receive applications for aid from poor
Widows. This commission would then
determine the merits of the case, and if
It was deemed worthy, the pension of
$8 per month for each child should be
paid direct to the mother, instead of
ceing paid out through some institu
tion. Institution' life is bad at the very
fcest, and it is far from being at its best
liere in Kansas.
"As a complement to this act. the
legislature should pass another making
It a felony for a man to desert his
wife and children. . That is the kind
of a law they have In some states, and
It should be in force here.
"If we are unable to get through a
law pensioning the widows, the legis
lature should at least repeal the in
iquitous portions of the present law,
which allow the orphans' asylum to
unconditionally give their consent to
the adoption of any child left in its
charge. This is a terrible law. A poor
mother has no place in which to leave
ber children while she is trying to pro
vide a place for them to live, and ade
quate means of support. If she gives
her children to an asylum, the chances
are that she will never see them again
as long as she lives. I don't see how
the people of Kansas stand such a
cruel law."
23k chief difficulty to Dr. Harding's 1
ALL OUR
Fine China
j REDUCED
4r
BARREN M.CRCS3Y&C1 1
DRY CtOODS
Our Coats and Suits
$5.25, $7.75 and $10 Saved
ON ANY SLIT IN OUR STOCK
makes these garments
ATTRACTIVE AS PRESENTS
$15, $18 Suits for S9.75
$20, S22.50, S25 Suits. .15.00
Dainty Lingerie For Gifts $
A specially large variety bought
for this gift-giving time."
Gowns. $2.00 to S.VOO each.
Skirts. S3.50 to $25.00 each.
showing, we think, you have ever
seen. Lace trimmed, $1.00 to $3.75
each.
All Lace fronts, $3.50 and $3.
each.
1.75
Indies' Flannelette Gowns, 89c to J
$2.25 each. , j
cmiureri s r lanneietie ijowns,
39c to 98c each.
Silk Squares (or Shawls)
For Uifts,
A large special purchase of these
dainty and practical articles our
offer you a large selection, $1.50 to
$5.00 each.
Ladies' Sweaters
For Gifts.
Large assortment. $1.98. $2.98.
$3.50, $3.98. $4.50, $5.00, $6.25.
Norfolk Sweaters, $3.50, $5.0O T
and $6.50. J
Children's Sweaters, $1.00, $1.98. J
PICTURES
AND
STATUARY
Marked Down
plan for pensioning all deserving wid
ows with children is that It would
bankrupt the state if carried out to
the full extent. If there are 1,000
widows in Topeka, and they average
two children apiece, this would make
about 10,000 a month, at least, in
Topeka . alone. The amount which
would be paid outthroughout the
state, at the same ratio, would run up
into the millions. It is highly prob
able that the legislature would be un
able to see where the money for the
scheme would come frpm. But it
wouldn't cost anything "to change the
existing orphans' home law, if that is
wrong.
Justice E. W. Cunningham of the
supreme court, has announced his in
tention of resigning the superintend
ency of the First Methodist church
Sunday school at Emporia, where he
has been superintendent for 35 years.
The Emporia Gazette says:
"Judge Cunningham is in Topeka
much of the time, on account of his
duties as one of the Judges of the su
preme court. He usually comes home
on Sunday. For the past 35 years he
nas Deen regular in attendance at sun
day school. But because he has so short
a time at home it places an arduous
duty on him to attend Sunday school
every Sunday. Mrs. Cunningham T'n
in good health, and all things consiuer-
ed Mr. Cunningham, much to the re
gret of the Methodist people, thinks the
time has come for him to retire from
active Sunday school work.
"Judge Cunningham holds the record
for continuous service as superintend
ent among Sunday school workers in
Kansas. He has been elected each year
for 35 years and it has been a standing
custom with the Methodists to renomi
nate Judge Cunningham for superin
tendent from year to year, with no
thought of opposition. . -
Down in "Woodson county the people are
talking of exacting a, promise from their
senator and representative to support a
county herd law for Woodson county. The
newspapers have .taken the matter up and
communications on the subject are being
published for the enlightenment of the
representative and senator-elect.
H .C. Dooley lefuses to attend the Kan
sas Day club banquet this year because
W. T. Ve.-.ion. the c ilored man, has been
invited to speak. Mr. Dooley admits that
Vernon will niak a fine speech, but he
says that whenever Vernon talks any
where it has a tendency to raise the price
of negro votes. He is opposed to Vernon
because Vernon's influence is a drain on
the Republican camjign treasury.
Hasn't Heard of New Line.
A. C. Bird, vice president In charge
of traffiA of the Gould system, of Chi
cago, stated yesterday that he knew
nothing of the alleged plan of the
Missouri Pacific to build a lirf to Min
neapolis via Des Moines. It -goes with
out saying that a move by the Mis
souri Pacific of such importance as
the building of an extension to Minne
apolis would not be made without the
knowledge of Vice President Bird.
Marries Dutch Minister.
Washington, Dec. 22. Jonkheer Rene de
Marees van Swinderen, the Netherland
minister, and Miss Elizabeth Lindsay
Glover, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Glover, were married yesterday in
the church of the Epiphany by Right
Rev. Henry Yates Siitterlee, bishop of
Washington, the rector of Epiphany, Rev.
Dr. McKim, reading the betrotnaL Af
ter the ceremony tho wedding guests were
entertained at breakfast at the palatial
home of Mr. and Mrs. Glover on Farragut
square. Official Washington attended the
wedding in full fore-?:
Gas and Electric Reading Lamps.
Our line is now complete with the
newest of designs and finishes. The
Overton Mfg. & Eng. Co., Ill and 113
East 7th street.
Grant Gilletfs Mother Dead.
Abilene. Kan.. Dec. 22. Mrs. M. J.
Gillett, the mother of Grant Gillett,
died today at Woodbine. Her husband
died ten years ago. Grant Gillett has
not been here Bince hia flight to Mex
ico in 1838.
POLITICALGOSSIP.
Still Another Plan for Bed is
tricting the State.
Would Hare New District Made
Up in the Third.
SHAWNEE IN THE FIKST
Nemaha County Would Be Drop-
ped Out.
Osage Would Be Placed in the
Third.
Tom B. Hiskey, of Wa-Keeney, has
prepared a new plan for redisricting
the state. People who know Tom- His
key realize that he is a pretty good
figurer. He says concerning his plan:
"I believe that the time is right for
redisricting the state, and that it
should be done on the Roosevelt sys-
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Plan for Redlstricting tlie State as
tern that is, for the best interests of
the people, without regard to politics
or politicians. The time and the senti
ment is such that representatives would
be afraid to - attempt gerrymandering,
even if they were so disposed. -:Compaci
districts, even population, convenient
railroad facilities, easy communication
between counties and little change in
the boundaries is now possible, and is
what the people want."
Mr. Hiskey a plan fixes the population
of the districts very nicely, but it prob
ably wouldn't suit the politicians. It
would be hard to find anything which
would sui all of the politicians. Here
is a summary of the changes which are
proposed by Mr. Hiskey.
The new Eighth" district to be made
tip largely of the old Third, and to con
sist of the following southern Kansas
counties: Cherokee, Labette, Montgom
ery, Chautauqua, Elk, Cowley and Sum
ner. All of these counties except Sum
ner are in the present Third district.
Sumner is in the Severrthr-
The only change in the present ar
rangement of the First district is the
exclusion of Nemaha county. "
The Second district under the Hiskey
plan would be composed of Wyandotte,
Johnson, Douglas, Osage, Franklin and
Miami, all of these but Osage being al
ready in the Second district.
The new Third district would be com
posed of Coffey, Anderson, Linn, Wood
son, Allen, Bourbon, "Wilson, Neosho
and Crawford. Part of these counties
are now in the Second, part in the
Third and part In the Fourth.
The Fourth district would be made
to include Geary, Wabaunsee, Morris,
Lyon. Chase, Marion, Greenwood. But
ler, Harvey and Sedgwick. Sedgwick
and Harvey are taken out of the big
Seventh, and Geary is taken from the
Fifth.
The Fifth district is the same as at
present, except that Nemaha and Pot
tawatomie are put In and Geary taken
out.
No changes whatever are made in the
Sixth district.
The Seventh Is the same as at present,
except that Harvey, Sedgwick and
Sumner are taken out.
The Emporia Gazette in discussing a
partisan proposition to get Tiu ot certain
Republican members of a state board,
says: "There seems to be a desire in cer
tain Republican quarters in this state, to
legislate, the pr-v-ent state board ot" char
ities out of office. Thu Gazette is loth
to believe that either Mr. Stubbs or Gov.
elect Hoch is a party to this scheme.
These men are candid men, and if they
wanted the five places on the board of
charities they would frankly tell the
members that their loom was better than
their company and their resignations
would probably be forthcoming. The ad
ministration of the preseint hoard seems
to be perfectly claan. No scandals have
been con.iecf od with the awarding of con
tracts for supplies nor with the treatment
of inmates of the hospitals for the state's
infirm. The cost of maintaining inmates
is smaller in Kansas than it is in neigh
boring states, and no one holds that the
Inmates are poorly kept. The supplies are
bought in the open market and no bidder
has come before the people with a state
ment that he has been unfairly treated.
The opportunities for graft under the
present law are minimized by having the
responsibility for each contract divided so
that no man is able to get in his crooked
work. It is always easier to buy one man
than two, and two men than three, and
to get in any crooked work under the
present law, half a dozen men would have
to be party to the swindle. The present
lay may be amended. It is not. of course,
perfect. But to change it radically so that
the present members of the board will be
legislated out of office is hardly getting
at their removal in a fair way. Reform
is practically proper. Indeed it may be
Justly said that the tail goes with the
hide. But the thing for the managers to
do. If they desire to get rid of the ser
vices of the present incumbents of the
board, is to ask them to resign, and not
ball up the state laws, and take the time
of the legislature, which is needed to re
deem the promises made in the Wichita
platform. It should be torne in rlind that
a decent railroad law, an equitabla tax
law and stringent primary laws and a
law reforming the conduct of the state
treasury, were explicitly promised. If the
legislature gets to monkeying with purely
patronage laws like the change in the
board of charities, the people will know
it."
Army Board Goes East. .
Junction City, Kan., Dec. 22.
Major Eli D. Hoyle, Captain Ernst
Hines and Captain C. T. Menohor, of
the artillery corps, who compose the
drill regulations board that has been
in session at Fort Riley for several
months for the purpose of witnessing
experimental work by the Seventh
battery of field artillery, the only one
In the service that has been supplied
with the new rapid fire recoil field
guns, left the post today for Wash
ington. The board will reconvene in
Washington after the holidays to
make further investigation of the ar
tillery that the government will soon
supply the army.
NOT FOR HIM.
Mr. Coburn Declines Agricul
tural World's Fair Display.
SajsThat There Is No Room
for It. - '
MAY BE TAKEN AWAY
Will Probably, Be Turned Orer
to Agricultural College.
Horticultural Society . Secures
Many Valuable Specimens.
Secretary F. D. Coburn declines to
have ' anything to do with the large
consignment of agricultural exhibits
from the Kansas building at the St.
Louis exposition, which were received
here from St. Louis a few days ago and
still repose in big packing cases in the
north wing of the state house.
PHILLIPS
SMITH
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Proposed by Tom Hiskey of WaK
"We don't want those things," says
Mr. Coburn. "We have no place to put
them. Our rooms are full; we don't
care, to displace anj of the. present col
lection. We never will get . anything
any better for -exhibition purposes than
what we have. And we will never be
able to get them put up In any more
attractive form. I don't know anything
about what has . been sent here, and
the less I can know about it, the better
I will be satisfied.
Charles F. Luling, one of the Kansas
commissioners,, who is In part respon
sible for having the best portions of the
agricultural display shipped here, says:
"If Mr. Coburn kes not want these
exhibits, why did he. put in a requlsUiom
for them? We were not especially anxi-.
ous to send them here; we sent them
only because we supposed they were
wanted. We could easily have sold all
this; stuff to real estate ofiices. There
was a demand for more of such tnings
than yvc could suoply. The real estate
men' -like to use thein to decorate their
offices. If Mr. Coburn does not use
these exhibits, I don't know what will
become of them. ! have no authority
tr turn them over to anvbody."
Meantime, the big packing cases fuU
of exhibits lie unopened in the state
house corridor.
It is possible that a few of the best
samples of corn exhibited at the expo
sition will be taken in charge by the
department of agriculture here. The
department would also have liked to
own the Kansas steer made out of vari
ous kinds of grains, but this noble ani
mal has ceased to exist. He could not
be shipped, and there was nothing to
do with him except to tear him to
It is possible that if the State Agri
cultural society is unable to find a
place In its rooms for the relics of the
agricultural aispiay irom ol. xjuio,
they will be turned over to the State
a o-r-iniiltuml colleee. The Agricul
tural college has quite a quantity of
stuff in the shipment which was
hrrme-ht to the state house by mis
take. These things will be reshipped
to Manhattan, and all the rest of the
exhibit mav be sent along.
Mi. Luling received a telegram yes
terday from John JViacuonaia, super
intendent of the Kansas educational
exhibit, that all the exhibits from his
department were -packed and on the
cars. These exhibits are to be brought
to Topeka, and distributed here to the
various schools, colleges and cities
which donated them for use at the
fair.
Practically all of the splendid mm.
eral eyhibit, arranged under the direc
tion of Geo. P. Grimsley, will be do
nated to the state by the owners, and
will be used to fit up the Academy of
Science museum. This display has
not yet been shipped from St. Louis.
When it arrives, Mr, Grimsley will as
sist in putting it In place in the
museum. It will give the state house
another exhibit of great interest to the
people of Kansas.
All the furniture from the Kansas
building which was not sold in St.
Louis has been received, and is now
in the office of Governor Bailey. It
will become part of the permanent
furnishing of that office. The fur
niture consists of a costly desk, a large
and elegant table, and a large number
of chairs.
Say Rate Sheet Scheme Is Illegal.
Plans of the Pennsylvania, Balti
more & Ohio, and some of the Van
derbilt lines to publish a new passen
ger rate sheet, on the basis of iron
clad rate agreements, probably will
be dropped.
The Wabash and Grand Trunk
roads were not represented at the
meeting 'of rate clerks held at Chicago
to establish a proposed rate sheet- The
Michigan Central was represented,
but emphatically refused to be a
party to any agreement involving the
infraction of the law as laid down by
the supreme court of the United States
in the case of the Joint Traffic associa
tion, and insisted that the plan of the
proposed rate sheet was illegal.
The rate clerks finally decided to re
port to their superior officers that
they had not been able to reach an
agreement of the interested lines on
the question of a new rate sheet.
Free Clinic for Horses.
Junction City, Kan., Dec. 22. The
veterinary department at Fort Riley
is preparing to Introduce an innova
tion by giving free medical and sur
gical treatment to all the ailing
horses belonging to civilians in this
part of the state who will bring the
horses to the post. These horses will
be treated and fed free of cost to the
owners. . .
MARKETSTODAY
Wheat Shows Firmness on Cable
Influence.
Sentiment In the Corn Fit Is
- . y Firm.
. Chicago, Dec. 22. WHEAT Influenced
by higher cables and strength,-of north
western markets the wa-ixz market hero
today showed considerable firmness. May
opened (&c higher, at $L11&1.12. Af
ter selling up to $1.12 the price reacted
to $1.121.12. Minneapolis, Duluth and
Chicago reported receipts of 586 cars,
against 6S7 cars a year aaro.
Liquidation of December later caused
weaknjss in "all deliveries. The market
Closed easy with May off c at $1.11.
CORN Sentiment in the corn pit was
"rui. may opened uncnanged to c nign
er, at 4545c, and held within the open
ing range. . -
The close was easy, with May down c,
OATS The oats market, was steady.
May opened a shade higher, at 31c, and
BOIU OIL tO dl-?8'OlC.
PROVISIONS Provisions were a trifi
easier. May pork was unchanged, at
$12.92. Lard was a shade lower, at $7.12
unu rios were on zc, at 6,7z.
WHEAT Cash: No. 2 red. $1.1531.16
No. 3 red, $1,101.14; No. 2 hard, $1.11
BCTLE
COWLEY
eeney.
1.14: No. 3 hard, S1.02S1.10: No. 1 north
ern, $1.151.18M; No. 2 northern, $?1.07
i.iz: ISO. s sprine, fi.uura-l.iz.
CORN No. 2, 46c; No. 3, 43e. -
, OATS No. 2, 30V4e: No. 3, 2i4!g30c
RYE-Dot.. Miv 77n
FLAX Cash: N.-W., $1.2316: S.-W.. tl.16:
.Dec. $1.16; May. S1.23.
TIMOTHY Dec, $2.72: Jan., $2.75;
u eo., z.no: Marcn, $z.&; April, $z.yo.
CLOVER Dec, 112.75.
BARLEY Cash: 3S50c
Rancc of Prion
Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions,
j rains, provisions, cotton and atocKs.
Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone
fc6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
oiock jo., Kansas (Jity, mo.j
Chicago, Dec. 22.
Open High Low Close Yes
WHEAT
Dec ....1 13H 1 14 1 10 1 10 1 13
May... 111 112V- 111 111 111
July .... SS&- 9S 98 98 9&-
Dec ..... 47V4 4714 45 45 46i
May 4554,- 46 45Vi- 45 46
July .... 45-46 45js-46 45- 45- 45-
UAXO
Dec
29 29- 29- 29
31 31- 31- 31
31 31 31- 31
29
May ..
July ..
PORK
31-
31
12 57
12 92;
Jan 12 57 12 57
May ....12 92 12 92
LARD
Jan 6 85-87 6 87
May 7 10-12 7 12
RIBS
Jan 6 42-45 6 45
May 6 75 6 75
12 52
12 85
12 55
12 87
6 85
7 10
6 85
7 10
6 87-90
7 12-15
6 40-42 6 40 6 45-47
6 67 6 67-70 6 75
Kansas City Grain.
Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions,
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocxa.
Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone
386. Correspondent Christie Grain and
block Co., Kansas city, mo.
Kansas Citv Dec 22.
Open
WHEAT
Dec
May .. 1 03
Julv 90
CORN
Dec
May 42
July 42
High Low Close Ys
1 03 1 03
1 03 1 02 1 02 1 03
90 89-90 89-90 90
40 40-
42- 42
42 42
42- 42
42- 42
Kansas City Produce Market
Kansas City, Dec. 22. Close WHEAT-
Receipts today, 48 cars. Quotations
were steady. Dec, $1.03; May, $1.02
1.U3; juiy, waaic casn: jno. z hard,
$1.041.06: No. 3 hard, $1.03(31.04; No. 4
hard, 93c$1.00; No. 2 red, $l.O71.08; No. 3
red, i.uo((ti.i'.
CORN Market steady. Dec, 40c; May,
42C42c; July, 42(&42c. Cash: No. 2
mixed, 41c; No. 3 mixed, 4141c; No. 2
white, 41c; No. 3 white. 41i&41c
OATS Market firm. No. 2 white, 31
azc; ino. z mixed, mc.
RYE Market steady. 72c
HAY Choice timothy, $9.009.75; choice
prairie, jj.occi
BUTTER Creamery, 2123c; dairy, 17c.
EGGS Fresh, 21c,
Cblcaero Live Stock Market.
Chicago, Dec 22. CATTLE Receipts to
day, 8,500 head. Market steady. Good to
prime steers, SS.lOfaT.OO; poor to medium,
$3.856.00: stockers and feeders, $2.10&4.20;
cows, $1.25&4.40; heifers, $2.005.00; can
ners, $1.25s?2.40; bulls. $2.0060; calves,
$3.50rff5.00.
HOGS Receipts today. 32.000 head: esti
mated Friday, 40,000 head. Market weak
and lower. Mixed and butchers , $4.3o'(i
4.60; good to choice heavy, $4.50t&4.65;rough
heavy, $4.30i4.40; light, $4.2O4.40:
SHEEP Receipts today, 15,000 head.
Sheep and lambs strong. Good to choice
wethers, $4.55S5.10; fair to choice mixed,
$3.504.50; western sheep, $3.505.15; west
ern lambs, $5.006.75.
CItJ UveBtocK Market.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec 22. CATTLE
Receipts today 3.000 head. Market steady.
Native steers, $3.50tf6.50; southern steers,
$2.5034.50: southern cows, $1.75fti3.25: native
tows and heifers, $1.75(g5.00; stockers and
TO MAKE IT PAY.
Bill to Permit Rural Carriers to Do
Freight Business.
Washington, Dec 22. Representative
Henry (Conn.) has Introduced a bill "To
secure the full use of the United States
rural mail equipment and to place the ru
ral service on a paying basis."
The bill provides "That within the'Iim-
its of the respective rural routes served
by post wagons, parcels or mail matter
shall" be collected and delivered house to
house by the carriers, in weight up to 2CC
pounds, and in dimensions up to a barrel,
no parcel, however, to be more than six
feet in length. The bill specifies that the
rates on parcels shall be 1 cent for eight
ounces or less; 2 cents for a pound; 5
cents for from one to eleven pounds; 10
cents for a half bushel; thirty pounds; 15
cents fo a bushel; 20 cents, for a half
barrel and 25 cents for a barrel.
Gas and Electric Reading Lamps.
Our line Is now. complete with the
newest of designs and finishes. The
Overton Mfg. & Eng. Co., Ill and 113
East 7 th street.
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Found a Pocketbook
. Containing money, and if the party who lost it
. on the street will call at our store and identify
the purse and contents we will gladly deliver it; y
ana 11 tne owner wants to spend the money tor
Christmas presents we promise a "dollar's
worth for a dollar," and that is-more than you
fet in. some' clothing stores where they promise
25 overcoats for $15 like we sell for $10.
We Apologize
To our customers for our inability to serve them
. properly durjng the past week ; however, we are
adding extra salespeople every day, and for the
remainder of the week we hope to be able to
handle the crowds of Christmas shoppers. Our
holiday trade this season is running just about
double that of last year, and we have not been
able to supply the merchandise our customers
demand, but the use of the telegraph and the
express brought us yesterday a fresh supply of
Christmas goods, and we can fix you nicely on
Neckwear, Mufflers, Fancy Vests, Hosiery, Suit
Cases, Gloves, Smoking Jackets, Bath Robes,
Umbrellas, Sweaters, Night Robes, Fancy Sus
penders, Silk and Opera Hats, all of the better
kinds which your friend will appreciate, because
merchandise bearing our label never carries a
suspicion of the 48 .or 99 cent flavor.
Watch Us Qrow.
Watch
Robinson, Marshall & Co.
703 Kansas Ave, .
Ind. 'Phone 22
feeders, $2.504.10; bulls, $2.0OQ4.00: calves,
iS.UU(M.&o: western steers: id.uwa&.w: west
ern cows. $1. 75(83. 50.
HOGS Reeeinta todav. 10.000 head. Mar
ket weak to 5c lower. Bulk of sales, $4.30
I&4.60; heavy, $4.604.; packers', $4.40S4.6U
nies and lisrhts. $3.7564.50.
SHEEP Receipts today, 10,000 head
Market steady. Muttons. $4.005.5.25: lambs,
$5.00.-a6.50: range wethers, $4.0045.60; fed
ewes, $3.504.50.
St. Lonlfl lite Stock Market.
St. Louis. Mo.. Dec 22. CATTLE Re
ceipts today, 1,500 head. Market strong.
Ueef steers. IS3.O0iff-6.75: stockers and feed
ers. $2.06(53.75: cows and heifers. $2.254.50
Texas steers, $2.0034.40; Texas cows and
neirers, 1.7a5.3.2o.
HOGS Receinu todav. 9.500 head. M
ket steady. Pies and lights, $3.754.26
packers', $4.404.50; butchers' and best
neavy, J4.boa4.bo.
BMH.EP Receipts today. BOO heed,
Market strong. Natives. $3.754.80: lambs,
$4.35&b.t0; Texans, fi.VHXab.0Q.
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago. 111.. Dec. 22. BUTTER Market
steady. Creamery, lb(s26c; dairy, l&ac. .
kAHiS Market easy. At mark, cases in
cluded. l'J'&22c.
CHEESE Market steady. Daisies, 11
iic; Twins, llellc; Young Americas,
llraizc.
LlVJU poultry Market nrm. Tur
keys, 12c; chickens. 8c; springs, c.
New Xork Stocks.
Wall St.. New York. Dec. 22. STOCKS
Opening prices in stocks today were lower
tnan last nignt.tne average decline reach
ing only a small traction, consolidatea
Gas fell 2 noints-and Amalgamated Cop
per a point, seven taousand shares or
Readnc were sold at a decline of point
and Leather preferrei and Smelting lost
large tractions. .Business was on a mod
erate scale.
Reading was pressed for sale on dis
appointment over the rate of the dividend
and tell Z points. lxsses ran to about a
point in Missouri Pacific, Union Pacific
Louisville and Nashville, Delaware and
Hudson, United States Steel preferred,
Tennessee Ceal and some others. Prices
were auite srenerallv a larsre fraction un
der last ni?:it. American Telephone lost
2 points and Lake Erie and Western 2
points. The market was not inactive at
any time and was dullest when the de
clines were the heaviest.
Bonds were heavy at noon.
Most stocks sold a trifle above the noon
level, but a few continued to work lower.
Northwestern declined 4 points and Met
ropolitan Street Railway and Colorado
Fuel 1 point. Brooklyn and Union Gas
gameo z points.
xnere were rew transactions m tne
stock market during the afternoon, spec
ulation being practically lifeless. The ten
dency of prices were upward and nearly
all of the favorite stocks recovered to
within a small fraction of last night.
.thinner declines were anected, reaching
to a point in Reading, Illinois Central, St.
Louis, Southwestern and Smelting before
the market responded to the buying of
Sugar, United States Steel preferred. St.
Paul, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
Sugar rose to 143. and the others sold
fractionally above yesterday's closing.
Amalgamated Copper recovered its loss.
Consolidated Gas rallied 1 points and
he other early weak features made par
tial recoveries. American Coal fell to 19
and Vulcan Detinning preferred to 25 on a
single transaction. Prices eased off again
before 11 o'clock.
Ranee of Prices on Stocks.
Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions
j rains, provisions, cotton ana atocits.
Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone
3V6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo.
New York, Dec. 22.
Stocks Oo'n High Low Cl'se Yes
Sugar 141 142 141 141 141
People s ias iut n iu 1K iub
Amal. Copper
4 65 64 65 85
5S 69 59 59 59
It. 1.
T. C. I
7U 70 69 70 70
28 2! 28 28 2S
91 91 90 90 91
85 85 84 85 85
102 12 101 101 103
22 22 21 22 22
168 169 168 168 169
U. S. Steel
U. S. Steel, pfd
Atchison, com ..
Atchison, pfd .
G. W
St. Paul
R. I., com 32 33 32 33 33
Wabash, com .... 21 21 21 21 22
Wabash, pfd 42 42 42 42 42
mo. pacinc nibtfe ioe luts lffc-io!,
Western Union .. 92 92 92 92 92
Manhattan 163
N. Y. Central 140 140 139 139 140
Texas Pacific 34
So. Pacific 63 63 62 62 63
Reading r 77 77 75 76 78
Erie 36 36 36 36 36
Erie. 1st 73 74 73 74 74
Union Pacific .... 109 110 109 109 no
C. & 0 47 47 46 46 47
S O S9 99 99 99 99
L. & N 138 138 138 138 139
Katy 63
Pennsylvania .... 136 13fi 136 135 13"-
& A., Com i.i 43 4.7
U. S. Leather .... 14 14 14
14
44
14
45
F. 1 46 45 44
Ex-dividend 2 per cent.
Exdividend 2 per cent.
Hew York Montr Market.
New York. Dec 22. MONEY Monev on
call steady, 2ig3 per cent, closing bid 2
and offered at z per cent; time loans
easy; 60 days, 90 aays and six months, 3
3 per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile -paper. 4-!t4
per cent;sterling exchange firm and closed
easier, with actual business in bankers'
bills at 4-3720 for demand and at $4.? 405
Our Business Methods Win.
Security Building:
for 60 day bills; posted rates, $4.85 and
$4.88- commercial bills. $4.84
SILVER Bar silver, 61c; Mexican dol
lars, 4RC
BONDS Government bonds tca4.
Market Gomlo-
Furnished by A. M. McDermott Commia
sion Co., Stocks, Grains, Provisions and
Investment Securities. Rooms 20 and 2L
702 Kansas avenue.
Grain receipts at Chicago: Wheat, 44
cars; graded, a Corn, 605 cars.; graded, 2.
Oats, 72 cars; graded, 21.
Liverpool opening cables: Wheat d
higher; corn Vd higher.
Liverpool, 1:30 p. in.: Wheat d higher;
corn d higher.
The Cincinnati Price Current says: "No
important changes. Winter wheat mostly
under snow covering, affording protection
and some moisture. Free corn movement
in many sections, but slackened when
when prices receded. Packing of hogs,
720.000 head, against 655,000 head last year "
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat d
higher; corn d higher.
Northwest grain receipts today: Minne
apolis, 4ii2 cars; Duluth, 50 cars. A year
ago: Minneapolis, 80 cars; Duluth,- 78
cars. .
Grain receipts at Kansas City: Wheat,
48 cars; corn, 85 cars; oats, 5 cars.
New York Butter.
New York, Dec. 22. BUTTER Market
firm. Street price: Extra creamery, 26Cr?
27c. Official prices: Creamery, common to
extra, I'ii4i2c.
Sugar and Coffee n New York.
New York, Dec 22. SUGAR Raw sugar
firm. Fair refining, 4c; centrifugal, 96
test, 4c; molasses sugar, 4c Refined
sugar firm. Crushed, $6.35; powdered, $5.75:
granulated. $5 W.
COFFEE Market steady. No. 7 "Rio
Cotton Market.
New York. Dec. 22. COTTONSole.
day, 400 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet.
quotations per 100 pounds: Middling up
lands, $7.60; middling gulf, $7.85.
Galveston, Tex., Dec 22. COTTON
Market steady at 7c per pound.
Wool Market.
St. Louis. Mo.. Dec. 22. WOOL Mrlrt
nominal, '.territory and western medium;
21(b'22c; fine medium, 170 lSc; fine, 16Htlc.
Topeka Market.
Xoueka, Dec 22.
HOGS.
MIXED AND BUTCHERS' 14 nrva -i
HEAVY 4.1oa4.25
LIGHT 8.7544.10
CORN Z.U CATTLE.
COWS $2.003,08
HEIFERS
BULLS
CALVES
GRAIN.
2. oc 3. 25
2.00'b-2.23
0043.50
95o
...90-&92O
...854so
...76800
400
42o
33e
NO. 2 WHEAT
NO. 3 WHEAT
NO. 4 WHEAT
NO GRADE WHEAT....
NEW CORN tiZ-lD. DU.J
OLD CORN
NO. 2 OATS
NO. 3 OATS
Mo
FRUITS AND VEGETARi.E-a
Furnished by S. E. Lux, successor to W
kj. jiiiuvLVM Aiuisas ave
nue.!
FRUITS.
ORANGES Navels, $2.60fJ3.00 per box
LEMONS California, per box, $3.004i3 50
BANANAS $2.003.00 per bunch.
APPLES $2.5O4i,4.50 per bbl.
HONEY 24-rack case, $2.40.
COCOANUTS Per doz., 65c
FIGS Per box. 75c.
G RAPES Per basket, 20-a22c
MALAGA GRAPES-Per bbl., $5.756 25.
GRAPE FRUIT $5.00 per box. U
NEW DATES 5-&5c per pound.
PINEAPPLES Per crate. 3.5043.75
PEARS Per box, $2.50&2.75.
VEGETABLES.
CAULIFLOWER Per crate, $3 25
PARSNIPS Per bu.. 50c
HUBBARD SQUASH Per doz.. i
l-6. . , . . "
POTATUts euiuraao, 0J(tto2c Der hu
SWEET POTATOES-Per bu., S5C
CABBAGE 90c $1.00 per cwt,
ONIONS Per bu., 85cy$1.0Q.
BEETS Per bu., 50c
CRANBERRIES Per bbl., $7 75
rr.LKRY Jumbo, ner bunoh 7'-.
Env,nr, tier bunch. 50o ' cliu
OYSTERS. i
NEW YORK COUNTS-Per can 45o.
NEW YORK EXTRA SELECTS-,
can, 35c .
BULK OYSTERS.
EXTRA SELECTS Per gallon. M ts
STAN D ARDS Per gallon? $1 40V
FULL CREAM CHEESJS.
KANSAS Y. A. Per lb., 14c
NEW YORK STATE (White), per ij
BRICK Per lb.," 15c.
LIMBURGER Per lb., 15c.
BLOCK SWISS Per lb., 15c.
BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY '
lari
.rge, 7c; broilers, 910c lb. 'vnogn,
TURKEYS Live weight, 15c lb.
BUl ltn country, isiaaic.
EGGS Candled, 25c.
HAY.
PRAIRIE Loose, per ton...,
PRAIRIE Baled
ALFALFA Loose
STRAW Per ton
.$5.OO5?.00
. 5.504-50
. 8.5lK(i9.0l)
. 4.5O&5.00
Topeka Hide Market.
Prices paid m Topeka Thiseeek?CbiLi
on Boston quotations:! oased
GREEN SALT CURES) ..
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