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6 ITITC TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1905. TO !(EEPAPLEDGE House Finally Passas a Frimary Election Bill. Morgan's Pleasure Adopted by a Tote of 80 to 22. ALL 0! THE SAME DAY. Primaries for State Conventions Must lie Simultaneous. In Cities Voters Must Be Regis tered for Primaries. In a burst of determination to "re deem" a party pledge, the house on Friday afternoon passed a brand new primary election bill by a vote of 80 to W. Morgan deserves the credit for retting- the hill through. He drafted the bill and stood by it through a hard bat tle in the house. It is a mere shadow of the original bill presented by the committee on elections: the original bill contained 48 sections on fifty closely printed pages; the Morgan bill contains Beven sections and five pages. Morgan had a hard time in getting the house to hear his bill at all. in epite of the fact that it was set for a special order at 2 p. m. The house was in the midst of the consideration of the senate appropriations, and an effort was made to put Morgan's bill In the came hole with Pringle's anti-pass bill, but the house finally decided to take up the Morgan bill together with the bill introduced by J. W. Adams of Sedg wick. Adams had the best of Morgan by about a page and a half in brevity, and the house seemed to think that this was a pretty strong- argument for the Adams bill. After It was all over, Mr. Morgan pava the following summary of the changes made by his bill in the pres ent law: It is made compulsory for all prim aries to be held under the provisions of the law. It provides that the super visor at each precinct must be appoint ed by the central committee, and gives to the primary election board the same right to administer oaths as is enjoyed by regular election boards. To vote at a. primary, the voter must be a legal resident, must not have voted at any other party's primary during the cal endar year, and must conform to all other provisions laid down in the call. In cities where registration Is required, voters must be registered to vote at the primaries. Penalties are provided for Illegal voting, and for offering or ac cepting bribes or pay for services the eame as In regular elections. For the election of delegates to the state con vention each state central committee must fix the day for the primary for the whole state. When the house finally took up the consideration of the bills, W. P. Hack ney said: "There is not a man here who does not want to redeem the party pledges. I am in favor of passing this Adams bill because it is short and does no harm. It will redeem our pledge." Hackney moved to strikeout everything In Morgan's bill except the enacting clause and substitute the Adams bill. Mr. Glasscock of Wyandotte said; "These two bills are both worthless. They do not help the densely populated counties or the cities. They put the ringsters and the grafters in power." Mr. Allaman, Democrat, cf Atchison, said: "I am in favor of this bill. I am in favor of anything that will 'redeem the party pledges' and say nothing." Air. Bird said: "Are we going to pass this substitute as an excuse for the ful filment of a party pledge? It does not mean anything. The Morgan bill has a few good points and is better than nothing." Hackney's amendment was decisive ly defeated and then the Morgan bill was taken up section by section and everybody took a shot at it as it went past. When it was over, Robert Stone of Shawnee moved to strike out the Morgan bill and substitute therefor the Beardsley bill which was turned down Wednesday by the house, with the proviso that it shall not apply to counties of less than 12,000. "The greatest compliment to the Beardsley bill," said Mr. Stone, "is the fact that all the Democrats voted against it; the worst thing About the Morgan bill is that all the Democrats are In favor of It." Speaker Stubbs thought the Morgan bill should have a section added re quiring that all the primaries be held on the same day. "I hope we can pass a bill that has some substance to it," said Speaker Stubbs. Stone's motion was decisively de feated. Morgan. Stubbs and several others held a hasty conference at the speak er's desk with the result that Mr. Mor gan presented the following amend ment as a new section for the bill: "In calling state conventions for the nomination of candidates for state of fice or for the election of delegates, the state central committee shall fix the day for the primaries and conven tions in all the counties of the state, which days shall be the same through out the state." Clark of Rice jumped onto this amendment with both feet. He said that it made the bill worthless. Creech said the bill had been shot to pieces so much, he didn't know how to vote. Mr. Hsm said he had compared the Morgan bill with the present law, and could not see the advantage in the new law. The house, however, was of the opinion that a half baked loaf was better than none, and passed the bill. Tiff Between House and Senate. Before anybody knew exactly what was going on, Seaver of Ellsworth had moved that three of the senate appro priation bills be sent to the house ways and means committee for further con sideration and the motion had carried. The three bills were the ones for the Pittsburg training school, the Ft. Hays experiment station and the soldiers' home at Ft. Dodge with the Mother Bickerdyke home at Ellsworth. The senate had given the Pittsburg school what it wanted, but had cut down the others. The bills were held up for the purpose of making the sen ate come to time on the Ft. Hays, Dodge and Ellsworth appropriations. Bill Hackney discovered what had happened a few minutes later and tried to have the action reconsidered so far as it affected the Pittsburg school. But the house refused to reconsider. Rp.ilroart Bill Passed. The report of the conference commit tee on the railroad bill was read at the Friday evening session and the report was promptly adopted by a vote of 100 to o. J. L. Brady, who was in the chair, limited the speeches in explaining votes to 0 words, and in that way the busi ness was very quickly disposed of. Senate Raises Salaries. The senate sent back the Hackney fees' and salaries bill in such a mutila ted condition that its author would j have difficulty In proving his property. , The following changes were made by I the senate: ! Stenographer in historical society J raised from $t00 to $720. try fixed as follows: Commissioner, $1, StO ; assistant commissioner, $1,200; stenographer, J720. The position of assistant state treas urer at a salary of $1,600 is added to the lit. The following list is provided in the attorney general's office: Assistant at torney general, $1,800; special assistant, $1,600; chief clerk, $1,200; stenographer, fl'00. The salary of the recording clerk is raised from $1,000 to $1,200. and a surety bond clerk is provided at a salary of $300. The superintendent of education is given back his indexer and copyist at a salary of $300. The salary of the secretary of the horticultural society is raised from $1, 200 to $1,300. Fourteen janitors are provided for at the state house instead of ten. Two messengers at a salary of $000 are pro vided, and the curator of the Goss col lection is restored at a salary of $S00. The provision prohibiting the janitors from receiving "tips" for fixing up rep resentative hall for meetings was stricken out. This is the best amend ment the house made. The salary of the supreme court re porter is .fixed at $2,500. The salary of the state librarian is fixed at $2,000 instead of $1,600. The supreme court !s allowed to hire two bailiffs instead of one. The house voted last night to non concur in the amendment, and a con ference committee consisting of Hack nev. Tavlor and Brierly was appointed on behalf of the house. -.No Extra Pay. Just before adjournment Friday aft ernoon the house killed the senate concurrent resolution allowing uie reading clerk of the house and the as sistant readng clerk of the senate $4 per day for their services during the session, instead of $3. The house first amended the resolution to Include the reading clerk of the house, who has been sick for several weeks. There were several speeches made against the "graft" and a roll call was secured on the final vote. The resolution was defeated by a vote of 64 to 32. Stubbs voted against the resoultion. Agree on School Fund. The conference committee on the bill for the protection of the state school fund made a report of agree ment at the Friday evening session, but the house decided to defer a vote on the report until printed copies of the bill as agreed upon can be pre pared. The house voted to concur in the amendments agreed to by the confer ence committee on Benson's bill to prohibit bribery. Continue the Colorado Fight. The house voted to continue the fight against Colorado for water rights. The $15,000 appropriation went through after quite a stiff fight. Most of the fight was made by Judge Ansel R. Clark of Rice county. Judge Clark said that the suit was a humbug; that there is more water flowing down the Arkansas river now than there was 30 years ago. He said that if the people of Kansas wanted to continue the fight he was willing, but thought that $5,000 was plenty to waste on the proposition. C.ialk Beeson said Judge Clark was mistaken; that he had lived at Dodge City for 35 years, and that the amount of water in the Arkansas river has de creased at least a third of late years since Colorado started the irrigation proposition. Fred Dumont Smith, one of the at torneys for Kansas, was called on for a statement. He said Kansas had the suit as good as won, and ought to fight it out to a finish. The house voted to continue the fight. At the night session, the house killed the senate resolution providing that the session should come to an end on Saturday at midnight. The house was afraid to tie itself up to such an agree ment. W. H. Wyckoff of Coffey county has had the official records changed to show that he voted in favor of the Pringle anti-pass bill. The clerks had him recorded as voting against the bill, and Wyckoff says that it was a mistake. Mrs. J. H. Sticher and daughter, Miss Dora Sticher. are visiting Rep resentntive J. H. Sticher of Tates Cen ter. They will stay here until the leg islature adjourns. SOUTH TOPEKA. Leave Items for this column with Kim ball Printing Co., 912 N. Kansas avenue. Pratt Bros, can fix your pump. Field and garden seeds. C. C. Nichol son. Abe Blackler was in yesterday from Elmont. G. G. Stockwell, of Hoyt, was In town yesterday. Mrs. I. F. Hering is quite ill at her home, 927 Kansas avenue. Mrs. R. - M. Thomas will spend Sun day visiting friends in Valencia. J. F. McAfee will return this evening from a business trip to Kansas City. At the Church of the Good Shepherd tomorrow the services will be at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ' Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Johnson of Silver Lake, will leave today for Idaho where they will make their home. At the Baptist church tomorrow the pulpit will be occupied morning and ev ening by Rev. Mr. Barrett. Mr. and Mrs. John Tost and family of North Menoken will leave next week for their home on a farm near LeRoy, Kan. Star lodge No. 331 A. O. IT. W., will give a. dance in Barrett's hall next Tuesday evening. Music by Steinberg's orchestra. The Duplicate Whist club will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Mark Putnam in her apartments at the Un ion Pacific hotel. Mrs. Charles Isaacs, who has been the guest for several days of her sister-in-law, Mrs. W. C. Steele, returned to her home in Jackson county today. Dr. Neiswender and family will move next week from North Taylor street to Nadeau. Dr. Neiswender arid family came here a year ago from Oklahoma. Miss Meda Smith, of Kansas City, who has been the guest for two days of her aunt, Mrs. H. R. DeMott of 220 West Gordon street, -will return to her home today. Mrs. C. O. Smith, of 1518 Madison street, opened her spring stock of mil linery today in the annex to the New York Mercantile Co.'s store at 110 East Sixth street. Miss Doliie Curtis will leave next Fri day for Boston, where she will spend a few weeks. While' in the east she will visit her niece. Miss Permelia Curtis, who is a student at Wellesley college. There will be a celebration of the Lord's Supper tomorrow at the Kansas Avenue M. E. church. No evening ser vice as the congregation will join in the union temperance meeting at the Auditorium. Mr. W. L. Dexter, secretary of the State Temperance union, will preach in the Congregational church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at the usual hour. Revival services in the evening. INAUGURAL DAY. (Continued from First Page. city. Bodies of uniformed bands lent splashes of color to the sombre scenes in the shifting multitude. Along the route of the parade the crowd overflow ed into the terraced stands and bal conies, filled every window and fringed the cornices of almost every building with eager faces. Scores of street fakirs and venders of badges, canes and other catch-penny devices did a thriving bus iness. Comparatively few in the great crowd witnessed the ceremonies incident to the actual inauguration of the presi dent or of the vice president. Tens of thousands remained for hours on the avenue quite content to catch a fleeting glimpse of the two men upon whom to day the attention of the nation is cen tered. Before 9 o'clock Pennsylvania avenue, outside of the ropes, had been cleared by the police of pedestrians and ve hicles of all sorts. The president was soon to leave the White House for the capitol so that his official home was the center of earlv interest. The streets and sidewalks in the vicinity of the mansion afforded scarcely jostling space, except where the police kept the way clear. Soon after 9 o'clock carriages containing members of the cabinet and the joint inaugural committee of the senate and house of representatives began to arrive at the White House, their occupants alighted and joined President Roosevelt within. President Conies Out. After a little while, the sharp, hawkeyed throng discovered a move ment among the carriages around the portecochere. An instant later Presi dent Roosevelt, Vice President Fair banks and the members of the con gressional inaugural committee emerg ed from the White House. A great cheer went up from the watching mul titude, a cheer that was echoed and re-echoed by the crowd far down the avenue. President Roosevelt entered a magnificent open landau, drawn by four beautifully matched bay horses. With the president on the rear seat sat Senator Spooner Wis.) and oppo site them sat Senator Lodge (Mass.) and Representative Dalzell (Pa.), President Roosevelt was smiling and chatting animatedly with those ac companying him. To several friends standing near the White House en trance he bowed cordially. Senator Fairbanks entered the second carriage, accompanied by Senator Bacon (Ga.) and Representati-e Williams (Miss.) and Representative Crumpacker (Ind.), the remaining members of the inaugural committee. Members of the cabinet entered other carriages, the last in the little procession being occupied by Secretary William Loeb and Colonel Charles L. Bromwell and Commander Cameron McR. Winslow, respectively the president's military and naval aides. The carriages swept out of the northwest gates of the grounds into Pennsylvania avenue, where the escort of honor was await ing them. Headed by a squadron of mounted police in personal command of the superintendent of police, Major Richard Sylvester, the party and the escort moved immediately toward the capitol. The escort consisted of Lieutenant General Ajdna R. Chaffee, the grand marshal of the parade, and staft; the fifth band of artillery corps from Fort Hamilton; squadron A, first cavalry of New York; a body of 30 picked mem bers of the president's old regiment of rough riders and a body of several hundred members of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Spanish war veterans. The. rough riders constituted the special guard of the president. They surrounded his carriage completely and let none approach that carriage too closely. Journey to the Capitol. The ride down the avenue to the cap itol was one long continued ovation. The great cheer which was voiced at the White House rang along the ave nue In consonance with the movement of the president's carriage. It was ta ken up by the waiting crowds at the capitol and it did not die away until the president, passing" through the line of saluting troops with drawn sabres glittering, had disappeared behind the bronze doors of the senate. As the pres ident entered the capitol, the 58th con gress was in the throes of dissolution. His business there at the moment was not to be inaugurated, but to exercise his function as a co-ordinate branch of the government, in passing on legisla tion. He entered the president's room in the senate wing. Bills were already awaiting his ap proval and senators and representa tives also were awaiting him, to urge the signing of measures in which they were interested. Shortly before noon, Mrs. Roose velt, accompanied by members of the Roosevelt family and visiting friends, were hurried along Pennsylvania ave nue to the capitol in carriages. Mrs. Fairbanks and her . family and house guests preceded Mrs. Roosevelt only a short time. They reached the execu tive gallery in time to witness the final work of the congress. The gal leries were masses of brilliant colors. On the floor, senators were weary looking and glad the work of the ses sion was about over. Shortly before noon one after another of the diplo matic corps, the supreme court, and the members of the house of repre sentatives were announced. They took places reserved for them. Then Vice President-elect Fairbanks was an nounced. Following him. President Roosevelt, the president-elect, was an nounced. The ceremony of swearing in Mr. Fairbanks- was coldly formal but im pressive. After an expectant .hush, the oath of office was administered by Senator Frye (Me.), president pro tempore. The vice president deliver ed a brief inaugural address to which close heed was given. Then he ad ministered the oath of office to the senators-elect and with a tap of his gavel the Fifty-eighth congress came to a close. Meantime the people left the galleries and went in procession to the east front of the capitol where the inauguration of President Roosevelt took place. From the stand one looking down upon 40,000 upturned faces a mass of humanity al most covering the broad plaza and like a slight swell on the ocean in a calm swaying gently back and forth with no disarrangement of its individual par ticles. Finally those on the stand were seat ed. There was a pause and then a mighty cheer burst from the great con course as President Roosevelt appeared on the stand. He acknowledged the ovation with dignified courtesy. The cheering ceased as Chief Justice Fuller, his silvered hair falling over his silk and ermine robe, stepped upon the dais. He held ir. his hands a Bible. Mr. Roosevelt stood opposite him, alert, but composed. The president solemnly re peated the oath after the chief justice and then stooped and kissed the Bible. As he lifted his head, he flashed one glance towards Mrs. Roosevelt and then faced the great multitude. Again that thrilling, soul stirring shout went up. Then the crowd pressed yet closer to hear the in augural address. In a short time President Roosevelt was in the avenue returning to the White House. His carriage was surrounded by hi3 faith ful rough riders and his wav was cleared by the brilliant squadron. The president stood in the carriage much of the time bowing right and left in acknowledgment of the gracious en thusiasm which his appearance aroused. He returned to the White House and after a light luncheon re viewed, surrounded by his family, his personal friends, his cabinet and hun dreds of distinguished visitors, the magnificent parade formed in his honor. PEOPLE'S WILL CARRIED OUT. ( Continued from Page One.) companied by a like growth in the prob lems which are ever before every nation that rises to greatness. Power Invaria bly means both responsibility and dan ger. Our forefathers faced certain perils which we have outgrown. We now face other perils, the very existence of which it was impossible that they should fore see. Modern life is both complex and intense, and the tremendous changes wrought by the extraordinary industrial development of the last half century are felt in every fiber of our social and political being. Never before have men tried so vast and formidable an experiment as that of administering the affairs of a continent under the forms of a democratic republic. The conditions which have told for our marvelous ma terial well being, which have developed to a very high degree our energy, self reliance and. individual initiative, have also brought the care and anxiety in separable from the accumulation of great wealth in industrial cetners. Upon the success of our experiment much de pends; not only as regards our own welfare, but as regards the welfare of mankind. If we fail, the cause of free self government throughout the world will rocjc to its foundations; and there fore our responsibility is heavy to our selves, to the world as it is today and to the generations yet unborn. There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is ev ery reason why we should face it ser iously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright. Yet, after all, though the problems are new, though the tasks set before us dif fer from the tasks set before our fath ers who founded and preserved this re public; the spirit in which these tasks must be undertaken and these problems faced, if -our duty is to be well done, remains essentially unchanged. We know that self government is difficult. We know that no people needs such higTi traits of character as that people which seeks to govern its affairs aright through the freely expressed will of the freemen who compose it. But we have faith that we shall not prove false to the memories of the men of the mighty past. They did their work, they left us the splendid heritage we now enjoy. We in our turn have an assured confidence that . we shall be able to leave this heritage unwasted and enlarged to our children and our children's children. To do so we must show, not merely in great crises, but In the every day affairs of life; the qualities of practical intelli gence, of courage, of hardihood and en durance, and above all the power of devotion to a lofty ideal, which made great the men who founded this repub lic in the days of Washington, which made great the men who preserved this republic in the days of Abraham Lin coln. WHAT FAIRBANKS SAID. Address to the Senators When He Wns Inaugurated. Washington March 4. Senator Fair banks, when he was inducted into vice presidencv, SDoke as folicws: Senators, I enter upon the discharge of the duties of the position to which I have been called by my countrymen with grate ful appreciation of high honor and with a deep sense of its responsibilities. I have enjoved the privilege of serving with you here for eight ye:irs. During that time we have' engaged in the consideration of many domestic questions of vast impor tance and with foreign problems of un usual and far reaching significance. We submit what we have done to the impar tial judgment of history. I can revcr forget the pleasant relations which have been formed during my ser vice upon the floor of the senate. I shall cherish them always es among the most delightful memories of my life. Thev warrant the belief that I shall have in the discharge of the functions which devolve upon me under the consti tution the generous assistance and kindly forbearance of both sides of the cham ber. We witness the majestic spectacle of a peaceful and orderly beginning of an ad ministration of national affairs under the laws of a free and self-governing people. We pray that divine favor may attend it and that peace and progress, justice and honor may abide with our country and our countrymen. KAXSAXS AT INAUGURATION. Some of the People Who Will See the Inaugural. Washington, March 4. These Kan sans have come to this city to attend the inauguration: Mrs. M. M. Mur dock, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Murdock, E. T. Allen, father-in-law of Victor Murdock, S. S. Ashbaugh and Mrs. D. D. Leahy, all of Wichita; Gen. W. S. Metcajf, Lawrence, United States pension agent at Topeka, Tvho is one of the aides in the parade; W. H. Mackey, jr.. Junction City, United States marshal for Kansas; D. W. Mulvane, Topeka, Republican national committeeman; George W. Findlay, Topeka; Judge and Mrs. John C. Pollock and daughter; L. J. Pettijohn, Dodge City, receiver of the land office and chairman Seventh district Re publican congressional committee; W. A. Thompson. Chanute; Mr. and Mrs. Sumner W. Pierce. Junction City; W. M. Rice, Fort Scott, special agent of the treasurv department at Buffalo, and Mrs. Rice; A. H. Greef. Pitts burg: V. S. Smith, Kansas City, Kas., deputy county attorney Wyandotte county, and E. A. Berry, Blue Rapids. SENDCONGRATULATIOHS Kansas Legislature Passes a Roosevelt Inauguration Resolution. The senate this morning adopted the following concurrent resolution by Sen ator Simons: "Whereas, President Theodore Roose velt, is this day inaugurated as presi dent of the United States; therefore, be it "Resolved, By the senate and house of representatives concurring therein, that we most heartily congratulate him and the coxmtry, upon his inauguration, as president, and to assure him that Kansas believes that every good and vital interest is safe in his hand3. We assure him our undivided and cordial support. "Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions be transmitted to the president at once." Cotton Market. New York. March 4. COTTON Spot cotton closed quiet. Quotations per 100 pounds: Middling uplands, $7.85; middling gulf, $S.10. When a girl says she can read you like a book it probably means that she can see your finish. SEVENjULLED. Inauguration Special in a Bear End Collision. Bear Section Pionghs Through the One in Front. AT A 45 MILE RATE. Forward Section Stopped to Cool a Hot Box. All of One Train and Part of Other Burned. Pittsburg, Pa., March 4 Seven men were killed and a score of persons were injured last night in a rear end col lision of special trains bound from Cleveland to Washington on the Pitts burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad carrying Ohio delegations to the inaug uration. The first train of seven cars carried a battalion of Ohio National guard engineers. It stopped at Clifton, eight miles west of Pittsburg, to repair a hot box. The second train, with the same number of cars, carried the Tip pecanoe club of Cleveland, a band and 25 women. The special trains were running, close together and the rear brakeman of the foiward train did not have time to run back. The engineer of the rear train said the block signal lights showed green, and he ran ahead at 45 miles an hour. His locomotive plowed through the rear Pullman of the forward train and half way into a tourist sleeper just ahead. All the officers of the engineer corps were in these cars, and all the casualties occurred In them. The wreck age caught fire and all the forward train and three cars of the other train were burned. New trains brought the dead and injured to -Pittsburg. Captain Charles E. Pope was the only officer of the engineer's battalion to escape In jury, and he will be in command of the battalion which will return to Cleve land. The Tippecanoe club will continue on to Washington. Of the Tippecanoe club only two men are missing. They may be among the injured who were taken to a hospital at Rochester, Pa. THE DEAD. CAPT. WM. B. HENDRY, battalion surgeon. LIEUT. DONALDSON C. SCHO FIELD of company D. Architect. CORPORAL JAMES KEHO. PRIVATE H. R. HELD. FRANK PINNEY, aged 10, son of Lieut. O. C. Pinney. TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN. The injured are all from Cleveland, and include: Major J. B. McQuigg, both legs bro ken and otherwise hurt, probably fatal. George Reilly; may die. O. C. Pinney, quartermaster, Collin wood, skull fractured; may die. James Gray, negro cook; may die. Floyd Palmer, serious. Lieutenant Clifford B. Haskins, of the naval reserves. - - Hugh Bidmann, general agent of a life insurance company. Lieutenant Eugene Stearn, Lieutenant E. W. Briggs, of the naval reserves. C. A. Bond, ward of O. C. Pinney. Sergeant William Mclrish. Lieutenant F. Vanderberg. Captain Geckler. Adjutant Walter McArron. NO SAFE GUARD. School Fund Commission May Con tinue Star Chamber System. The senate this morning by a vote of 23 to 9, adopted the conference commit tee report on the school fund commis sion bill. - The conference report struck out the provision that before bonds are purchased "by the commission a state ment of the bonds offered, the price, and history of the bond issue, be print ed, 30 days before the final action of the commission, in the official state pa per and in a paper published in the county where the bonds were issued. The report of the conference committee inserted a provision that after the deal is consummated by the commission that a statement of the deal be published. BULLOCK'S COWBOYS. President's Friends from the West Attend the Inaugural. Washington, March 4. Resplend ent in wide sombreros, showy chap paralls of all kinds of leather, tanned and untanned, and all of the other paraphernalia that goes with a fully equipped cow puncher, including load ed "six-shooters" and filled cartridge belts, Seth Bullock's band of plains men introduced themselves to the capital by galloping up and down Pennsylvania avenue to "spot the trail and get their ponies bridlewise." The police knew they are the presi dent's personal friends, and looked the other way whenever they suspect ed that the speed law might be in danger of a fracture. The cow punch ers explained to all inquirers that they "cottoned to the town from the jump," and it was evident from their recep tion along the avenue that the crowds also took a liking to them. The horses were fresh from the range, where they wintered, and were soft and unshod. They were worried a bit by the crowds, but the cowboys volunteered the information that they "never batted an eye." Prominently displayed on the sorn. brero of each cow puncher, was a large card, on which was printed the following: Rules to be observed by Bullock's cowboys at Theodore Roosevelt's in augural round-up, March 4, 1905: Rule 1 Don't kick. Rule 2 Don't knock. Rule 3 Never kick or knock. The cowboys cheerfully admit that they are having the time of their lives. They were shown through the bureau of engraving and printing, the gov ernment printing office and the state, war and navy building. Many of them went to the White House to shake hands with the president. They were promptly and cordially received and Mr. Roosevelt recalled lively in cidents in which some of them had figured with him. Sugar and Coffee In New- TorV New York. March 4. SUGAR Raw su gar firm. Fair refining. 4c: centrifugal, 96 test, 5c: molasses sugar. 4c. Refined sugar steady. Crushed, $6.75; powdered, $6.15: granulated. $6.05. COFFEE Market quiet. No. 7 Rio, 7Tc . Somehow or other a laurel wreath seems to fit best on a bald head. TODAY'S MABJiET KEPOBT. Weekly Market Letter. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. WHEAT The wheat market this week has been just about what we anticipated. While to some extent it has been a scalp ing proposition, the tone has been decided ly bearish, the May positions at one time selling as low at $1.12. There was un questionably some buvv unlmuHner bV the Chicago professionals and that selling of course induced the letting go Dy tne out side to a more or less extent. Aside from the immediate future giving us many at tractive opportunities for a scalp, we do not see anything to warrant wild fluctua tions at the present time. There is a vast difference between the prices in force at this writing and those we had" tendays back, and while wheat is still too high it is somewhat harder for the talent to adjust itself to a bear theo ry from $1.15 than was the case with wheat selling above $1.20. We are unalterably of the opinion that the May option, as well as cash wheat, is today bringing at least 10c more than its intrinsic value and that some time before the maturity of that position it will sell very close to the dollar mark. The last half of this week brought considerable new blood into the wheat market, based on the theory that with cash wheat sell ing so close to the May, there should be a partial recovery from the sensational decline from $1.21. This trade, we believe, is purely speculative and does not add any real strength to the wheat situation. We unhesitatingly advise the Bale of this ce real on all hard spots even from the pres ent price. CORN The corn market this week has been most interesting, reflecting great strength the major portion of the time. Our bullish ideas are so well known it is not necessary for us to further dwell at length on that particular point. The demand from feeders continues good, notwithstanding the higher level of value. Just now there is more specula tive interest in corn than in any other grain. The big professionals of Chicago are long of the market and on top of a 5c advance the country is really just begin ning to realize that the market is legiti mately strong and that there is little pos sibility of much recession in price. Chicago commission houses are equally as bullish as are we, and many of them are talking 60c for both the May and the July option. Statistically, corn is much stronger at this writing than at the same time last week. OATS Oats ruled moderately strong. We think in some degree this cereal will follow corn. There should not be any material set back in values and we can not see how any one interested in oats can see anything other than a bull mar ket. The country is still heavily short and we would not be at all surprised to see a concerted move on the part of the present owners of oats (who in fact are the Chicago professionals) to mark values very much higher. PROVISIONS Packing house products displayed a nervous tendency through the week, at one tima showing quite a decline, which, however, was quickly recovered. We are still as friendly as ever to the bull side of the argument and- believe it is on ly a matter of time until the packers will find It to their advantage to create a bull movement. Lard and ribs particularly ap peal to us and we advise conservative purchases of both products. STOCKS The stock market has had quite an upturn and the volume of busi ness has been so great that the public un doubtedly Is largely long on the general list. We rather lean to the idea that on all strong spots the market is a sale, par ticularly the industrials and high priced railway shares. Range of Prices. Furnished by J E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christy Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. J Chicega, March 4. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT May... 115 11614 115 115 115 July .... 98- 9:i- 98 99 98 Sept .... 90- 91 90 .V 91 90 CORN May .... 48- 48 48- 4S 48 July .... 4SH-H 48- 4Sj 48- 4S Sept .... 48- 4S-49 48 48- 48 OATS May 31 32 31- 32 31 July .... 31 31-32 31- 31 31 Sept 23 30 29- 23-30 29 FORK May ....12 57 13 67 12 55 12 67 12 52 Julv ....12 73 12 82 12 70 12 80 12 67 LARD May .... 7 00 7 02 7 00 7 02 6 95-97 Julv .... 7 12-15 7 15-17 7 12 7 15-17 7 10 Sept 727 720 RIBS May .... 6 77 6 82 6 77 6 82 6 75 July 6 92 6 95-97 6 92 6 95-97 6 SO Sept 7 10 7 05 Kansas City Grain. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 4S6. Correspondent Cnristy Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City. Marcn 4. Open WHEAT Mav ...1 02 Julv 87 CORN High Low Close- Yes 1 03 1 02 1 03 1 02 88- 87 87 87 May .... 45- 45 July 4o 45 45 45 45- 45 45- 45- Market Gossip. Furnished by A. M. McDermott Commis sion Co., Stocks, Grains, Provisions and Investment Securities. Room 12, Colum bian building. Liverpool closing cables: Wheat d lower; corn d higher. Grain receipts at Chicago today: Wheat, 30 cars: graded, 0. Corn, 410 cars; graded, 8. Oats, 145 cars; graded, 31. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago, March 4. CATTLE Receipts today, 300 head. Market steady. Good to nrime steers. $5.50(3.630: poor to medium. j $4.00?i5.00: stockers and feeders, $2.40!4.45; cows, .tra4.o; neiiers, z.mai.iD; can ners, $1.2552.7o; bulls, $2.25&4.00; calves, t3.ms7.no. HOGS Receipts today, 11,000 head: esti mated Monday, 40,000 head. Market 5c higher. Mixed and butchers', $4.855.10; good to choice heavy, $4.S5?i5.12; rough heavy, $4.S05.05; light, $4.8155.00; bulk of sales. J4.90555.10. SHEEP Receipts today, 2.000 head. Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice wethers, $5.25'&S.0O: fair to choice mixed, $5 50W5.75: western sheep, $5.50tfi6. 00; native lambs. $7.0Ckg7.S0; western lambs, $7.50(&-7.80. Galveston, Tex., March 4. COTTON Market lower at 7 7-16o per pound. St. Louis Lire Stock. St. Louis, Mo., March 4. CATTLE Re ceipts today, 200 head, including 100 head of Texans. Market steady. Beef steers, $3 25-21.6 00: stockers and feeders, $2.50-34.65; cows and heifers. $2.0W34.50; Texas steers, $2.50g4.75; Texas cows and heifers, $2.00 HOGS Receipts today, 1.500 head Mar ket 5o higher. Pigs and lights, $3. ,.v4. id: packers'. $4.90fi5.05; butchers' and best heavv, $5.0&-S6.15. SHEEP Receipts today. 1,300 head. Market steady. Natives, $4.00g6.00; lambs, $5.0Ck&7.50. Kansas Cltj TjT-tocfc Mnrlr Kansas City, Mo., March 4. CATTLE Receipts today, 300 head. Market unchang ed Native steers, $4.005.75: southern steers $3 5C&4.60; southern cows, $2.25'a3.50; native' cows and heifers, $2.oc24.75: stock ers and feeders. $3.00-34.75: bulls, $2.5064.50; calves $3.00iS.75; western ted steers, $3.75 5 25- western fed cows, $3.00fr4.25. HOGS Receipts today, 4,000 head. Mar ket 5c higher. Bulk of sales, $4.&5.00: heavy $4.95-?i5.05: packers', $4.90(55.00; pigs and lights, U.lfi 95. SHEEP Receipts today. 500 head. Market nominally steady. Muttons, $4.5rtf 5 75; lambs, $6.60t.7.50: range wethers, $5.00 6ti.50; fed ewes, $4.75(65.50. New York StocKs. Wall St., New York, March 4. STOCKS The direction of prices in the stock mar ket today was downward at the opening, but the losses in no instance exceeded a point End a number of stocks were vir tually unchanged from yesterday's clos ing Trading was in small amounts. Prices were held in sympathy with the rise of 2 in New York Central, 1 in Reading and 2 in Northwestern. New York Reduction gained 4, the preferred 1, Linseed 2, the preferred S and United States Rubber preferred 1. Union Paciiic rose to 134, after the bank statement appeared. The rest of the market ran oft but came up again on the sympathy with the movement in Union Pacific. St. Paul rose a point. The closing was mod erately active and firm. Fluctuations became quite variable, some stocks showing sympathetic heavi ness with the weakness of the southern, group, while others followed the buying of Atlantic coast line, St. Paul and the coalers. After declines had been made of five points in American Snuff, 3 in Sloss Sheifield Steel and 1 to 1 in Tennessee Coal, the Republic Steel stocks. Interna tional Power, Kansas & Texas and Wis consin Central preferred, supporting or ders became operative. Atiantic Coast line, Delaware and Huson, St. Louis & San Francisco second preferred and Sugar advanced a point each. Range of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and StocKs. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christy Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City. Mo New York, March 4. Stocks Op'n High Low C'l'se Yes Sugar 140 14 14S 147 146 People's Gas l'W 109 1' li Amal. Copper .... 77 77 77 77 77 B. R. T 66 66 66 ! !' T. C. I. 88 80 87 8 g'i U. S. Steel 35 36 35 3fl 35 U. S. Steel, pfd .. 95 V 95 95 95 Atchison, com 88 89 88 ST 8 Atchison, pfd 102 12 C. G. W 23 23 23 23 St. Paul 177 178 177 179 177 R. I., com 34 35 34 33 35 Wabash, com 23 2J Wabash, pfd 46 4 4K 4 46 Mo. Pacific 108 116 1 10!f 10SH Western Union - .. 63 Ki 98 93 9E Manhattan 17i N. Y. Central .... 156 157 155 157 i: Texas Pacific .... 3H 39 3X 3? 3- So. Pacific 69 6! 69 6'.. 6:1 Reading 94 95 94 95 94 Erie 47 47 47 47 47 Erie, 1st 82 82 81 82 82 Union Pacific 132 134 132 134 132' i C. & O. 50 50 5 5 5 B. & O. 109 10t l'JK 1 11 L. & N 143 143 112- 142 142 Katy 66 Oiivl 65 t'i(i Pennsylvania .... 142 142 142 142 14? C. & A., com .... 43 43 42 43 43 U. S. Leather 11 11 11 11 11 C. F. 1 50 51 5u 51 51 New York Butter. New York, March 4. BUTTER Market unchanged. Kansnn City Produce Market. Kansas City, Mo., March 4. Close: WHEAT Steady to higher; May, $1.(3 1.03; July, 87c. Cnsh: No. 2 hard, $1.06 $1.08; No. 3, $1.04Tjl.06. No. 2 red, $1.07'J 1.09: No. 3. $1.064il.fl7. CORN Steady; May. 45c; July, 45c. Cash; No. 2 mixed, 4Sff4c;No. 2 mixed, 32c; No. 2 white, 32!&33. RYE Steady, 78fj80c. " HAY Choice timothy, $9.5O10.O0; choico prairls. $7.5078.00. - BUTTER Creamery, 2731c; ; lcking, 19c. EGGS3 Lower fresh, 16c. Receipts Wheat, 5a cars. New York Money. New York, March 4. Close: Money on call nominal, no loans. Time loans firm; 60 days 3 per- cent, 90 days S33, six months 3'i3. Close: Prime mercantile paper 3fi4. Sterling exchange firm with actual busi ness in bankers' Mils at $4 86.75 to $4.K6.S3 for demand and at $4.84.75 for 60 day billx; posted -rates $4.S5 and $4.87: commercial bills $4.84u4.84. Bar silver 59c; Mexican dollars, 46c. Government bonds steady. Chicago Produce" Market. Chicago,- March 4. WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.154j1.17H; No. 3 red, $1.101.15; No. 2 hard, $1. 141.16; No. 3 bard, $1.0831.14: No. 1 Northern, $1.16Vir8 1-18; No. 2 North ern, $1.10(61.15. RYE March, 78c: May, 7Sc. FLAX Cash N. W.. $1.38; S. W., $1.26; March, $1.26; May, $1.24. TIMOTHY March, $3.05; April, $3.05; September, $115. CLOVER March, $12.40. BARLEY Cash, 40f;4!fc. CORN No. 2, 46'a4c; No. S, 46'4Se. OATS No. 3, 31c; No. 8, 31c Chicago- Produce Market. Chicago, 111.-, March 4. BUTTER Mar ket easy. Creamery, 23fe30c; dairy, 28c. EGGS Market weak. At mark, cases included, 24i24c. CHEESE Market firm. Daisies, 13-r n'c; Twins, 12S12c; Young Americas, 13c. LIVE POULTRY Market steady. Tur keys, 14c; chickens, 12c; springs, 12c. Topeka Market, Topeka, March 4. TFurnished by Charles Wolff Packing Co. HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS $4.45f?4 .65 HEAVY 4.ft-if4.6S LIGHT $4.25-6 l-5a CORN FED CATTLE. Furnished by Charles Wolff Packing Co. COWS $2.uo 3.53 HEIFERS 2 wi J .60 BULLS 2.Sf2..V) LIGHT CALVES 3."U4.'0 HEAVY CALVES 2.5'!i3.u0 GRAIN. Furnished by J. B. Billard, Central Mills, 534 North Kansas Ave. NO. 2 WHEAT $1.00 NO. 3 WHEAT fO NO. 4 WHEAT !"-a NO GRADE WHEAT i9'io CORN 46c NO. 2 OATS 3;c NO. 3 OATS 3o FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Furnished by S. E. Lux, 210 Kansas Ave. FRUITS. ORANGES Navels, $2.1vftS 25 per box. LEMONS California, $2.85 per box. BANANAS $1.75ti2.75 per bunch. APPLES Fancy, $4. Wo 1.25 per bbl. HONEY $2.40 per 24-rack case. . , COCOANUTS 5c per doz. FIGS-70C per box. GRAPE FRUIT $4.00 per box. NEW DATES 45i4c per lb. CALIFORNIA TANGERINES $2.25 per box. VEGETABLES. CAULIFLOWER $3.0(i per crate. PARSNIPS 50c per bu. HUBBARD SQUASH $1.25f?l. 50 per doz. POTATOES Colorado, 48-((5:c per bu. SWEET POTATOES $3.00 per bbl. CABBAGE $1.50 per cwt. TURNIPS :5c per bu. CARROTS rc per bu. CANADA RUTABAGAS lc per lb. ONIONS $1.30-1(1. ito per bu. CRANBERRIES $7.75 per bbl. CKlERY-Jumbo, 80c per bunch; Blua Rihbon. 6lc per bunch. SEED POTATOES Early Ohio, 60-6 SSc per bu. ONION SETS $2.503.25 per bu. OYSTERS. NEW YORK COUNTS 45c per can. NEW YORK EXTRA SELECTS 35c per can. ,.T,, r-Lut uiaiana. STANDARDS $1 40 per gallon. EXTRA UKbttis i.oo per gallon. FULL CREAM CHEESE. ' KANSAS Y. A. 14c per lb. NEW YORK STATE (White), 15c per lb. BRICK 15c per lb. LIM BURGER 15c per lb. BLOCK SWISS 15c per lb. BUTTER. EGGS, POULTRY. (Jobbers' Prices.) Furnished by Cope & Co., 134 Kansas Avenue.) POULTRY Hens. 9c lb.: springs, large, 8c lb.; broilers. 12c lb.; turkeys, goblers, 12c lb.: hens, 15c lb. EGGS Fresh, 19c. COUNTRY BUTTER 23-32So per lb. HAY. Furnished by City Hay Market, 417 Quin cy street.) PRAIRIE Loose, per ton $7.00-t? g .00 PRAIRIE Baled 7.5H-V SM ALFALFA Loose 9.0Oi u.OO TIMOTHY 8.0twi S 00 CANE 5.5-Vrf 6.00 STRAW Per ton 4.5oa S.50 Topeka Hide Market. Topeka. March 4. Prices paid in Topeka this week, based on Boston quotations: GREEN SALT CURED 9c NO. 1 TALLOW 4o Wool Market. St. Louis, Mo., March 4. WOOL Mar ket steady. Territory and western medi ums, 22i23c; fine medium, 19t21c; fine, 15J 18c