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THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1905. WJfcaEB! ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A Good Investment ? If you are, it will the Almaden Mines Stock can iu Leu is The surest way to make a satisfactory investigation of this Company is to write directly to our Office and request our Manager to state just where our property is located, of what it consists, the quality of ore, etc. When we have satisfied your inquiries, we will allow you the privilege of buying shares at Fifty Cents Per Share Seven Lode Mining Claims; a great tunnel forcing its way into the mountain to a distance of 1,000 feet; ore assaying from S70 to S100 per ton (we can pay dividends from ore running 810 per ton); an honest, progressive managment, and other things, make this Company safe and sound. We expect to be paying dividends soon, then you can't buy shares at any price. Write at once to THE Almaden Mines Co. GEO. KEIIi, President. T. W. DICKERSON, Manager. 8!9 Kansas Ave. (Room 17, upstairs) Topeka, CARR TAYLOR NAMED. He Will Be Attorney for the Railroad Commissioner. As has been expected for several - days. Governor Hoch has named Carr W. Taylor, of Hutchinson, as attorney for the state board of railroad com missioners under the new railroad law. The plu.ee is one of great import ance, for upon this attorney devolves the duty of setting in motion the ma chinery to secure equitable freight rates in Kansas, and the prosecution of all complaints filed before the board unless the complainants wish to em ploy other counsel. The final decision of whether exist ing rates are unjust or not will, of course, rest with the commissioners themselves. Mr. Taylor has had some experience In "trust busting." It was he who Jirst started the litigation which re sulted recently in the decision of the United States supreme court upholding the Farrelly anti-trust law. Four years ago Mr. Taylor was county attorney of Reno county. The farmers' co-operative shipping" move ment took a strong hold down there but ran up against the grain trust. Mr. Taylor instituted proceedings against the trust, summoning E. J. iSmiley. secretary of the Kansas Grain Dealers' association, as one of the wit nesses. Smiley refused to answer some of the questions put to him. and Taylor had him committed to jail by the late Judge M. P. Simpson for con tempt of court. Smiley immediately brought habeas corpus proceedings in the supreme court for his release. After Taylor had started suit against the grain trust, a similar action was started in Rush county in which Mr. Fmiley was named as one of the de fendants. That action was prosecuted trough the district court and Mr. Smiley was found guilty. That case was also appealed, and that and Tay lor's case were argued together in the state supreme court, which found against Smiley. Then an appeal was taken to Washington in the name of the Rush county case, as that was a criminal action ami could be pushed more rapidly than the other, and the decision upholding the anti-trust law lias just resulted. After- Mr. Taylor had served the customary two terms as county attor ney of Reno county he was succeeded by his law partner. J. IT. Brown, and Taylor has since been the deputy. Taylor was the boss buster leader in Reno county a year ago, and did much towards the success of the Hoch campaign. He was director of the Re publican speakers' bureau during the campaign, and was a candidate for l;:ink commissioner since. When the new railroad law was passed recently, carrying with it a $2,500 attorneyship, Taylor's boom was switched to that I lace and Governor Hoch appointed him. The law goes into effect at once, and Mr. Taylor can get busy just as quick as he likes. He can file complaints before the board alleging unjust rates, and he also prosecutes all other com plaints made before the board free of charge. This allows any citizen in the state to bring a complaint before the board without cost to the com plainant. If a shipper desires other consel, however, he can employ it. No Interclianeeable Baggajre Book. Commercial travelers seeking to se cure an interchangeable excess bne gage ticket and a reduction of one third in the rate now charged havs been turned down by the roads in the Central Passenger association. The railways plead the old excuse that they pre carrying this business at ruinous c?es already, and that to grant thi.s ""5iuest would be only another step tit the downward path toward bank ruptcy. At the same time they were bound to acknowledge that the roads In the association derive a revenue of $730,000 annually from this source. Jhe excess baggage rate is 12 per cent of the regular first class fare for each 100 pounds over the ISO pounds allowed on every ticket. It is pre sumed that the charge for hauling tri 150 pounds is figured in the price of the ticket. At the present rate it essts 37.5 cents a hundred pounds for Jjrery 100 miles on excess baggage, and the reduction asked bf the com pay you to investigate Company Developing be bought at Per 3tiare Kan. mercial travelers would make it 25 cents. The formal announcement was that nothing definite has been settled. The matter is still left technically in th hands of the committee, but it is un derstood that it is dead. NORTH TOPEKA. Leave items for this column with Klm- oau printing Co.. 912 N. Kansas avenue. Poultry wire. Pratt -Bros. T. C. Howell was in town yesterday from Silver Lake. Mrs. Denison is very critically ill at her home in Menoken. J. H. Foucht left last evening for Denver, Col., to look after business in terests. At the Baptist church tomorrow, Rev. Mr. Whitehead will preach both morn ing and evening. Mrs. Jones and Miss Gertie Cunning ham were in town yesterday from Grantville shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Conaway and family will move next week from 1124 Central ave nue to Kellam avenue, Oakland. Mrs. W. A. Cory and son, Russell, of Leavenworth, are visiting Mis. W. A. Conklin of 1031 Quincy street. The W. T. K. club will meet Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. R. S. Plummer, 914 Qoulncy street. At the Church of the Good Shepherd tomorrow there will be morning prayer at 11 o'clock. No evening service. Mrs. E. C. Graft, of Maple Hill, is vis iting her brother and sister, Mr. anil Mrs. O. C. Nieswender of 1032 Jackson street. Mrs. Frank Brown, of Lawrence, is the guest for a few days of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mull of 1220 Van Buren street. Mrs. J. E. Griest and children of El lis, Kan., are visiting Mrs. Griest's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Jt T. Campbell of 831 Quincy street. Mr. Sipes, whose home is six miles northeast of town, fell down cellar the other night and bruised and cut his face severely in several places. Victor council No. 4 K. and L. of S., will give a pie social Monday evening for the members of the order only, oth er councils cordially invited. Rev. H. H. Fowler arrived last even ing from Drew Theological school, New jersey, ana leit today in company with his little daughter. Anna May Fowler, for Ottawa to visit his mother. Canon De Lou Burke, who was at Christ-hospital this week, where he went to have his tonsils removed, is again at his home, 1112 Western avenue, south. At the Congregational church tomor row, there will be Sunday school at 9:45; preaching with Communion service at 11 o'clock; Y. P. C. E. at 6:30 p. m., and preaching in the evening at 7:30. Rev. and Mrs. E. .S. Riley, of Garnett. are expected- in Topeka the first week in April to visit friends. From here they will go to Manhattan to spend a week. Rev. Mr. Riley was formerly pastor of the Baptist church here and also at Manhattan. The Woman's Missionary society of the Presbyterian church held one of the best meetings of the year with the pres ident. Mrs. J. P. Wilson, of 830 Quincy street, yesterday afternoon. It was a delight to have present with us as of old. Mrs. Samuel Jameson, who has been unable to meet with the ladies for some time. She participated in the exercises and enjoyed the occasion much as did Mrs. King, an old friend. During the afternoon the hostess served a most ap petizing luncheon. She was assisted by Mrs. Beaudry, who made herself help ful in various ways. The result of the election gave satisfaction to everyone. The officers are. Mrs. J. P. Wilson, pres ident: Mrs. J. F. Buck, vice president; Mrs. M. M. Hale, secretary; Mrs. L. C. Arnold, treasurer. The April meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. C. ii Heywood, S27 Topeka avenue. California 525.00 via Santa Fe. During March and April tickets will be sold to Los Angeles, San Francisco Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, and oth-r points in California and the Northwest Through tourist car service at. slight addiUc-"i s-st. Free chair cars all --y and only three rights out to the above points Santa Fe all the y. Write lorn Iitture free for the asking. 4-.2?ess T. L. KING C V & T. A.. Topeka, - ' NO DEPOTTIIERE. Famous Berryton Case Is Fi nally Decided. Other Cases Decided Today in Supreme Court. The Berryton depot case has run the gauntlet of the courts and it is finally determined in the court - of last resort that Berryton gets no depot. The su preme court this morning handed down a decision upholding Judge Hazen's de cision in the Shawnee county district court. About a year and a half ago the peo ple around Berryton on the Missouri Pacific, southeast of Topeka, filed a complaint with the state board of rail road commissioners asking that the Missouri Pacific be compelled to re-establish an agent and station there. The company claimed BeiTyton was too close to Tevis to maintain a station profitably, but the railroad board order ed the station established. The company then brought an action before Judge Hazen to have the order annulled, and upon the trial of the case Judge Hazen held for the railroad com pany, and the railroad commissioners, backed by the complainants, appealed the case. The supreme court today af firmed the lower court. Iola Telephone Row. J. V. Crouch, of Iola, cannot compel the Iola Telephone company to give him back his telephone, oltnough it was arbitrarily taken from him after seven years of service. The supreme court was not a unit in its decision, however. as Chief Justice Johnston and Justices Cunningham and Clark A. Smith, dis sented from the other four justices. , Crouch lived just outside the city lim its of Iola. but it took only 30 feet of wire to connect his house with the tel ephone company's line. He had had a telephone from the company for seven years, but after a row about the extra charges it was taken out. He brought a mandamus suit to compel the com pany to put the phone back on the ground that others outside the city lim its were so served and he was discrimi nated against. The majority of the court decided that Crouch was not in the same class as others outside the city, as they furnish ed their own poles and lines. The dis senting judges contend that a telephone company is a common carrier of news and that it cannot discriminate; that after once having served Crouch out side the city limits without objection, it could not then arbitrarily discontinue the service. The state school fund will not get the estate of John Gaynor. who died some time ago leaving a half section of good land in Butler county. Gaynor was a bachelor and died without leaving a will. He was a native of Ireland and his parents were always aliens. After his death his brothers and sisters ana other relatives claimed his estate, but the state of Kansas also claimed it un der the provision that the estates of persons who die intestate and without heirs shall go to tne state scnooi runu. The case has gone through the courts and was today decided by the supreme court against the state. The state con tended that Gaynor's relatives would have to inherit through his parents, which they could not do as the parents were aliens. W.' M. Ferguson of Wellington, who was one of the Democratic candidates for railroad commissioner last fall won a tax suit against Sumner county in the supreme court today. Ferguson in the spring of 1902 had 852 head of cattle in Beaver county. Oklahoma, and paid taxes on them there. Later he brought them over to Sumner countv and kent them during the sum mer. The Sumner county authorities insisted on taxing them there, and Ferguson was obliged to get a re straining order to keep them from do ing it. The county appealed to the supreme court but lost. If a man attempts to get on a mov ing train it is not contributory negli gence if anything happens to him, ac cording to the supreme court that is. if the train is not going too fast and he is used to that sort of thing. Two or three years ago James M. Hollowav, a traveling man, wanted to board a "Santa Fe train at Strong City. While he was waiting in the depot a freight came along on the track nearest the depot, and the passenger train came in beyond the freight. By the time the freight passed the pas senger was also just starting. Hol loway tried to get on when it was running about four miles an hour, but he slipped and was badly injured. He got judgment against the railroid company, but the company appealed, alleging contributory negligence. The supreme court holds that the passen ger train ought to have waited until after the freight passed before start ing, and it wasn't contributory negli gence for Hollowav to try to get on anyway, as long as he was used to do ing that sort of thing. The list of decisions handed down by the supreme court today is as fol lows: JOHNSTON. C. J. St. L. & S. F. Railroad Co.. vs W. R. League, et al; error from Butler county. Affirmed. N. B. Brown & Co.. vs The St. John Trust Co.; error from Reno county. Affirmed. Mason, J., not sitting. M. W. A. vs Rachael Heath; error from Butler county. Proceeding in error dismissed. A. T. & S. F. Railway Co.. vs Jas. M. Holloway; error from Lyon county. Affirmed. Erie township, a Municipal Two. etc., vs Wm. Beamer; error from Neo sho county. Affirmed. The State of Kansas vs Phillip Mil ler; appeal from Barton county. Re versed and remanded for new trial. WM. R .SMITH. J. The Western Sash & Door Co.. vs J .C. Heiman. et al; error from Leav enworth county. Affirmed. Frank V. Crouch vs J. D. Arnett, et al; error from Allen county. Affirmed. Johnson, C. J.. Cunningham, C. A., Smith, J. J., dissenting. James M. Helling et al, vs B. F. Darby; error from Pratt county. Af firmed. Sidney Walter et al. . vs Missouri Pacific Railway Co.; error from Mar shall county. Affirmed. John Fraser et a!, vs Leah J. Seeley et al; error from Greenwood county. Affirmed? Board of R. R. Conimissioners of the State of Kansas vs Missouri Pacitic Railway Co.; error from Shawnee county. Affirmed. Cunningham, J., disfcrcing. CUNNINGHAM, J. L. G. Howard et al. vs Otelia R. Carter et al; error from Leavenworth county. Affirmed. C. W. Burdsal vs J. B. Shields:; er ror from Sedgwick county. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings. The Missouri and Kansas Telephone Co., vs H. C. Vandervort; error from! Sumner county. Modified by directing! the deduction of J109.75 as of the date of rendition of Judgment, and as thus modified affirmed. GREENE. J. Geo. W. Hayden vs Chas. Stewart; error from Cherokee county. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings. Board of county commissioners of Seward county vs Albert A. Sheppard, Excr., etc.; error from Seward county. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings. The Consolidated Barb Wire Co., vs W. H. Stevenson; error from Douglas county. Affirmed. State Bank -of Commerce vs W. A. Dody et al; error from Marion county. Affirmed. W. T. Dunlap etal, vs C. G. W. Railway Co. ; error from Wyandotte District court. Affirmed. BURCH, J. The Atchison & Eastern Bridge Co. vs. Lena - M. Miller, administratrix. etc.;' error from Atchison county. Reversed and remanded with -directions to enter judgment for the de fendant on the findings of fact; Greene and Clark A. Smith, JJ., con curring specially. . - Benjamin Hill vs. W. R. Maxwell; error from Sedgwick county. Re versed and remanded for a new trial. The Aultman . Threshing and En gine Co. vs. Henry Knoll; error from Ottawa county. - Affirmed. The Board of County Commission ers of Trego County vs. W. F. Cross; error from Trego county. Reversed and remanded with directions to dis miss the appeal. The Foster Lumber Co. vs. Harlan County Bank; error from Phillips county. Affirmed. The Midland Savings, etc., Co. vs. Joseph S. Soloman et al.; error from Allen county. Reversed and remand ed with directions to overrule the de murrer to the petition. E. F. Madden vs.' J. P. Riedel; error from Ellis countv. Reversed. MASON, J. ' C. J. Gunklevs. State of Kansas ex Tel. Maud McClure; error from Lyon county. Affirmed. E. P. Ross, partners, etc., vs. W. A Cook; error from Lyon county. Af firmed. Ned Armstead et al. vs. D. J. Jones error from Lyon county. Affirmed. J. M. Lingenfelter, sheriff, etc. et al. vs. W. M. Ferguson; error from Sumner county. Affirmed. The Kansas State Mutual Hail As sociation vs. E. C. Prather; error from Gove county. Reversed and remand ed for further proceedings. CLARK A. SMITH, J. John T. Stewart vs. Ivan D. Rogers, administrator, etc.; error from Sum ner county. Affirmed. I. D. Burdick et al. vs. Carbondale Investment Co.; error from Lyon county. Affirmed. S. L. Sullivan vs. A. O. Jahren et al.: error from Butler county. Reversed. The state of Kansas vs. Catherine Ellis et al.; error from Butler county. Affirmed. H. F. Jackman. executor, etc., vs. N. Lambertson; error from Ottawa county. Reversed and remanded with instructions to render judgment in favor of the plaintiff in error on the facts as found. PER CURIAN. Carrie Zinkeisen vs. Osro N. Lewis et al.; error from Anderson county. Proceeding in error dismissed. Walter B. Welsh vs. Samuel H, Kelsey; error from Atchison county. Affirmed. A. T. & S. F. Railway Co. vs. Win. W. Ringle: error from Montgomery county. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings. The state of . Kansas vs. Peter Krapff etaL: error from Russell coun ty. Affirmed. A. O. Jahren vs. Emma J. Palmer; error from Marion county. Affirmed. State of Kansas vs. Catherine Ellis et ai.; error from Butler county. Af firmed. The United Zinc & Chemical Co. et al. vs. Henry Morrison ; error from Allen county. Proceeding in error dismissed. City of Eureka vs. John Neville; error from Greenwood county. Af firmed. C. G. W. Railway Co. vs. David Troupe, etc.: error from Wayandote county. Affirmed. Board of commissioners of Russell county vs. R. W. Sumner; error from Russell county. Affirmed. SMASHED. (Continued from First Page.) was inflicting heavy damage to the remnants of the army. "Our detachment is now trying to annihilate them." Will Push On to Harbin. Washington, March 11. With Mukden as his new base Marshal Oyama has determined to push north ward in the direction of Harbin with a large part of his army in the effort to follow up his recent victory as rapidly as possible and accomplish his one great purpose of administer ing a really crushing defeat to Gen eral Kuropatkin. This information has reached Washington from an au thoritative source and accurately sets forth the present programme of the Tokio war office. After receiving sev eral cablegrams telling of the victories of the Japanese around Mukden, Takahira, the Japanese minister, al though the host at a brilliant recep tion last night which lasted past mid night, was an early visitor at the state department today, where he had half an hour's conversation with Secretary Hay. As he was leaving tne department the minister was asked what effect, in his opinion, the battle of Mukden would have upon the ultimate issue of the war. "For us it is but a chapter in the great conflict, though a most impor tant one." the minister replied. "It is difficult for me to say how much the battle of Mukden will contribute toward peace, for overtures for peace must necessarily come from the other side." "Will vour government suggest peace in the light of Oyama's vic tory?" the minister was asked as he entered his carriage. "The initiative, I repeat, can scarce ly be looked for from Tokio," he re plied. Knssian Strength. Tokio. March 11. The general staff estimates the number of Rus sians engaged in the present battle at 300.000 infantry, 26.000 cavalry, and 1.368 guns. The infantry calculation allows for 376 battalions with an aver age of 800 men each. IT COST THEM DEARLY. Boys v.t Bsker Who Egged a Referee, Fined and Expelled. Baldwin, Kas., March 11. The four boys who es-ged the Ottawa university referee of a basketball same, as he was boarding a train here a few nights ago, have been discovered, arrested and fined. The little piece of fun cost the boys $10 each besides their prom ise to make good the clothing they spoiled. Two of the offenders were students in Baker university and the faculty has suspended them for the rest of the college year. MARKETS TODAY. Wheat Is Firm on Demand. a Fair toventg by Shorts Causes Strength in Corn. LIVE STOCK TRADE. Light Keceipts of Cattle and Prices Unchanged. Hogs quoted Five and Ten Cents Higher. Chicaaro. March 11 v w a -r standing lower prices at Liverpool the -..to.,, iiianci nere toaay was ulte firm on a fair demand from commission houses. Receipts in the northwest were quite small and this fact was a strength ening influence. The May option was ratner nervous. After opening a shade to Bc lower, at Jl.13tfil.lSii, the price ot uriitaj uroppeu to out quick- ... .uicu agiun to i.is; juiy opened a shade lower to gc higner, at 92'&92c. vii-tri- luuunrair z-e tne Drira sold nn tn 93o. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of 273 cars, against 336 v. i i .- ta. J' Cell ajo. Later the market developed extreme weakness and closed almost at the lowest l""11 oi me nay. final quotations on May were down 1!i2c. at $1.11. July was off CORN Active covering hv chnWs o,-..., ed a firm undertone in th. r-nm mari,u May opened unchanged to e higher, at 48 huge being purchaser of a line of 2,500,000 mcr uuvancing to 4Sc May closed unchanged, at 48c OATS Sentiment in the oats market was bearish. May opened a shade to He low er, at 31e to 314j31c, sold at 31o, and then reacted to 314j31o. Local receipts PROVISIONS Provisions were steady. aiay porK was up 214c, at $12.55. Lard was ?tt 8oSs 82 6'fe0' RibS W6re "P 21&5c' at HEAT Cash: No. 2 red, $1.134T1.16 No. 3 red. $1.08ftl.l3: No 2 h,rd m iftw.i 19 No. 3 hard, $1.0ogl.l0; No. 1 northemr $1.15 fa 1.16; No. 2 northern, $1.0S4j.-1.13; No. 3 CORN No. 2, 4747c; No. 3, 4646c. OATS No. 2, 31c; No. 3, 3l4e Ri'B-March, 78c: Mav, 781A-4i79e. FLAX Cash: N.-W., $1.3S; C.-W., $1.27; May, $1.27. IMOTHY-March, $3.05; April, $3.05; CLOVER March, $12.50. BARLEY Cash: 40&49c. Range of Price. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth stieet. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christy Grain and Stock Co., Kansas Citv, Mo. Chicago, March 11. . Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT May ...11314 113 1 11 111 113 July .... 92- 88 91- 91- 92- Sept .... 86- mi S5V4 S5- Sb- CORN , May 48-48 4S 48 48 48 July 4S- 46 48H 48 4S- Sept 48- 48 48 48 48 OATS May .... 31 31 31 31 3V,'S July .... 31 31- 31 31 31- Sept .... 29 29 29 29 29 PORK May 12 55 12 57 12 47 12 52 12 52 July 12 70 12 7 12 67 12 67 12 67 LARD May 6 97 7 00 6 95-97 6 97 6 95 July... .7 12 7 12-15 7 10 7 12 7 10 Sept 7 5 7 25-27 7 22 7 25 7 10 RIBS Mav .... 6 SO 685 680 680 677 July 6 97 700 697 697 695 Sept' 7 12-15 7 15 7 12 7 12 7 10 Kansas City Grain. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 48S. Correspondent Curlsty Grain and Stock Co.. Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, March 11, Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT May .... 97- 97- 95 95- 9T July 81-?i 81 80 80 81 CORN May .. July .. 45Vi 45 45- 4534 45 45 45 45Vi 46-i 45 Market Gossip. Furnished by A. M. McDermott Commis sion Co., Stocks, tjrains, provisions ana Investment Securities. Room 12, Colum bian building. Liverpool closing cables: Wheat d lower: corn unchanged. Grain receipts at Chicago: Wheat. 21 cars; graded, 0. Corn, 474 cars; graded, 46. Oats, 256 cars; graded, 43. Chicago Lire Stock Market. Chicago, March 11. CATTLE Receipts today, 200 head. Market steady. Good to Drime steers. 5. 155.25: noor to medium. 3.75'&4.S0; stockersand feeders, $2.5it4.65; cows. $2.8O(ii4.60: he fers. K.GOfo.OO: canners $1,6042.40; bulls, $2.S0!&4.25; calves, $3.00 HOGS Receipts today. 9.000 head: esti mated Monday. 40.1'Ou head. Market steady. Mixed and butchers', $4.85(gS.10; good to cnoice heavy, $a.wat.iVz: rougn neavy, $4. 80 Ji 4. 95; light, $4.70jz5.071-; bulk of sales, $5.005.10. BHEEI' Receipts today, 2,000 neaa. Sheep strong; lambs steady. Good to choice wethers. $5.6OH6.10: fair to choice mixed, $4.705.40: western sheep, $a.oocati w; native lambs, $j.00i 1.6O; western lamps, ?6.00il7.70. t Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas Citv. Mo.. March 11. CATTLE Receipts today, 300 head. Market unchang ed. Native steers, $4.0O&5.75; southern steers, $3.5054. to: southern cows, $2.2oM.65; native cows and heifers, $2.&xu4.7o: stock ers and feeders. S3.00.4.65: bulls. S2.504iP4.10: calves, $3.0Ot6.23: western fed steers, X4.00 d.Zo: western- led cows, $2.orer4.40. HOGS Receipts todav. 3.000 head. Mar- Lket 56100 higher. Bulk of sales, J4.904io.05; heavy, $o.OOd.07Vo; packers, $4.9Oo.0d; pigs and lights. $4.15fti4.95. SHEEP Market nominally steady. Mut tons, $4.75f75.65: lambs, $G.504;7.35: range wethers, $5.43q,6.65; fed ewes, $4.75u5.35. St. Louis Live Stock. St. Louis, Mo.. March 11. CATTLE Re ceipts today, 250 head. Market steady. Beef steers, $3.25i3.tM: stockers and feed ers, $2.50414.50; cows and heifers, $2.354.35; Texas steers, $2.754J5.00; Texas cows and heifers, $2.00(53.75. HOGS Receipts today, 1.500 head. Mar ket steady. Pigs and lights, $4.75.0O: packers', So.OOfiS.la; butchers' and best heavv, $5,1545.25. SHEER Receipts today, 500 head. Market steady. Natives, $3.004Jfi.OO; lambs, $5.0O-g7.00. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, March 11 BUTTER Market steady. Creamery, 205 -24c; dairy, 184) 23c. EGGS Market easy. At mark, cases in cluded, 18:C. CHEESE Market firm. Daisies. 13fg IS'Ac; Twins, 124jl2c; Young Americas, 13fil.Tc. LIVE POULTRY Market firm. Tur keys, 13c; chickens, 12c; springs, 12c. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City. March 11. Close WHEAT Receipts today, 77 cars. Quotations were steady to lower. May, 95.fi95c: Ju ly, 80c. Cash: No. 2 hard, $1.024jl.03; No. 3 hard, $1.0O4?l.O2: No. 4 hard, SOcW1.00; No. 2 red, $1.03ftl.06; No. 3 red, $1.01ml.04; No. 4 red. 9cJfi$l.CO. CORN Market lower. May, 45c; July. 45ic. Cash: No. 2 mixed, 45HC; No. 3 mixed, 454i45c; No. 2 white, 46c; No. 3 white. 45c. OATS Market steady. No. Z white, 33 33c; No. i mixed, 22c. RYE Market stead v. 7Sc S11-?',-0? tintay, ty.50g10.00; choice egg a Market higher., Fresh, 16c Grain Letter. WHEAT The wheat market this week has been a very nervous and unsettled nj' and while the market had its ups uowns, todays close ot the May op tion ShOWR a. riOTltnh l f 91 ha July and September were relatively much w eaiter than the May. they showing a de cline of 6 cents and 5 cents per bushel respectively. It looks to us as though we about hit the nail on the head when we said some three weeks ago that it was our opinion that the same people who were manipulating the May option were selling July wheat, and looking for a favorable opportunity to get out of their '""s may wneat ana ride down with tne aecune In the July which was bound t come .and which they evidently have cone. iie government renort on farm re serves which comes out today has been generally estimated at about one hundred minion Dushels, and if the estimate 1 mat much or more it will undoubtedly b considered a bie- "bear'' factor and th market undoubtedly sell oft quite sharply. loaay s market indicated that bulls ' or long interests anticipated bearish re port ,ana tne market broke early a cen a bushel duriner the - last hour of the ses sion. The only "bull" argument of any consequence circulated this week was 1 report of the Hessian nv in some portion of Kansas Wheat belt. This stimulated the market temporarily, but as there were so many and stronger "bear"' arguments and statistics the fly wa soon lost track of and completely forgotten. Minneapolis reports large onenngs 01. wheat from the country for shipment. Diiliith's wheat stock Is 5.000.000 bushels which is an increase of 20,000 bushels for the week. Wheat and flour on ocean passage amounts to 45,632.000 bushels as compared with 39,624,000 bushels a year ago or n increase of 6,000,000 Dusneis. ATinnennnlis wheHt stocks increased 115, 000 bushels during the first three, days of tne week. Total stocks of wheat in th united States. Canada, Europe and afloat on March 1. 1905. were 175.752.000 bushels March 1. 1904 1 67.361 .000 bushels: 1903. 170, 558,000 bushels. These figures show stocks this year to De s.ow.uuo Dusneis sreaicr than in 1904, and 5,000,000 bushels greater than in 1903. - May wheat closed today at i.id' per himhp Mav whpnr ciosea one .vetii n " today at 94c per bushel ,or 19c per bushel below today s price. mv wheat- closed todav at 4c per bushel above the high price at which May wheat sold for In 1904. We have favored the snort side oi wneai right along and do yet. rnpw The. enrn marekt has been rath Hut a vptv stronsr- one this upeii and whll today's closing prices show a fraction declina from tne nign int YtA wdv the market is relatively stronger than at any time during the present season. ne maniu big broad one and it is our opinion that the big advance is yet to come. May corn closed today at 4o per bushel less than a year ago today. iov nrr, r,iH at FX cents oer bushel In 1IKM Or JUSt lO Cents per lunnc-i nuu. A1noin nrla nn thnl ontion. The government report will probably show between 900 and 950 million bushels or about 100 million Dusneis nioie i" last year and 100 million bushels less than in 1903. ... T. . Tri. cn n consider that July corn declined c per bushel this week as against a 6 cent per bushel decline in Jul wl.Qo. it n-m heln vou to realize the ot-ano, nf the COm Situation. w - - twriria vpr trans- -. i , i. ... - v, i , ... r hnsH of trade was made on Monday at which time 1 000,000 bushels of May corn cniuiKeu T 48c to 4SV2c per bushel. After the trans action had been made the seller made a proposition to cancel the trade, but the purcnaser an-unra -" invi...".., -- - lieving that the corn was well worth tne UT 1 rvihl for it and that he would be unable to accumulate a line of that magnitude In smaller quantities at any thing like as low a price. The export feed- ng and general aeraiiuu ------ thing enormous, and it our op.u, , 50c per DU3nei win iw v...,- July option in the very near future If , v,o,o sr.m boiiKht our advice is to add to your line. If you haven't any, our advice is to ouy -- -vjr' while you can do so to aaYanta, believe com offers the best possibilities for profit with less risk than anything that the market offers, at the present "n.Tiuto. I. little to be said about t 2 it th c-eneral situati rema tai T poetically unchanged. Oats will of conrs T sympathize with corn to a cer tain extSnt but as stocks are heavy and in al? Probability W.5H;""VS of present stocss ' " i v, t,,iw next crop year we believe that the July on all hard spots, as lu , V tion should be a sale. fhS government report will Probably show stocks in farmers' hands to be some thing over 300 million bushels or probably 50 to million bushels more than a year apROVISIONS-The provision market has been rather a quiet one this week and i1,?? "i, o. far? as fluctuations were v,.,o Y.e.art a narrow one. volume of business uuub, miite large and some of the large packing quite t . lih.-oi buyers interests were reported as liberal buyers on all soft spots. We still favor the iong that they win oveiuunu, r chaser good money egm( future closed a year 'ago today at $13.87. May ribs closed today at $6.77 and a year aThe foHowing are the high prices at which aMy ribs and May pork sold for flVMaS aribssold at $8.i5; 1903. J10.03; 19?n me'porkold $16.67; 1903, $19.10; The Chicago stock of mess pork on the 1st of March was 7.500 barrels less than a year ago. Chicago rib stocks on March j ; .' "Bnmvmn mnnds less than a year aeo Hois today are selling at within a few cents per 100 pounds of the Vrlc? which they sold a year ago, and as both ribs and pork are selling at less. than the packers can afford to produce and deliver K for, we belve they are good, safe purchases and will make you money, and our attvice is to buy both ribs and pork for July delivery. COTTON The cotton market has not been yerv active this week, but the gen eral tendency has been upward. Foreign markets have shown considerable strength and it is also reported that Japan has been buying large quantities of coarse cotton goods at prices warranting the mills paving from 10 to 11 cents .for the raw material. While the market has fa vored the bulls for sometime it is our opinion that prices are getting pretty close to where the market should be a sale and at around 7o we favor the short rather than the long side of the market. New York Stocks. Wall St., New York, March 11. STOCKS Opening trading in stocks today was ex cited in the trunk lines, especially in the Pennsylvania group. Chesapeake and Ohio i 1.. '..irti.nth- rvn heavv realizing, run ning sales of 4.500 shares' fa"Sing hands at 6 and 55. compared with 57 labt nieht Six thousand shares of Pennsylva nia sold at 146 and 146. compared with 145 last night and 9.000 shares of Norfolk and Western sold at 86 and S6;4. com pared with 85 last night. vaC.. C and St. Louis rose 214 points. Ontario and Western lVs points and New 1 orH Central point. Among the specialties Consolidated Gas arud National Lead gained a point and Sugar ano Tennessee Coal a large fraction The Pacifies and Grangers were rather heavy and Interna tional Power broke 3 points. Excited buving of the Pennsylvania eroup of stocks continued under which Chesapeake and Ohio shot up to near its rrV level of yesterday and Norfolk and Western touched . 88. Pennsylvania rose a full point. Asiae iiwu ic ... fhe eastern stocks the eastern stocks lag ged and showed hesitancy. Traders evi dently sold on the concentration of inter est lh -the Pennsylvania stocks. Cana dian Pacific and Corn Products fell a point under the previous close and Northwest ern m-eferred 4 points. Among the gams were cieveiana. . .. v.. " ,t ths preferred V points. North western 2points, the preferred l' points. Federal Mining 2 points and Central Rail-: road of New Jersey, Illinois Central.Pitts- I ''(Hlr'Hk-A-' J MONEY TALKS If you speculate In grain or stocks, . do so with responsible " brokers, wher you get fair i treatment, and where your mar- gins and profits can be obtained the minute you close your deals. I offer you the highest banking and commercial references, and J references and testimonials- of J well known people who have made a great deal of money through my advice. J t THOMAS J. MYERS, Broker. Grain, Stocks, and Bonds. Ground floor; Columbian bklg., Topeka, Kas. burg, C. C. and St. Louis, Northwestern, and Smelting 1 to 1V4 points. The southern group of railways pushed up for a time and when they fell back New York Central became very strong. The sympathetic influence of these move ments was restricted to affiliatetl stock and the general list was affected by real izing. Members of the Canadian group, Nasnville, Chattanooga and St. louis, Tennessee Coal, Smelling, the Virginia Carolina Chemical stocks and New York Dock preferred fell a point or more undwr last night, Realty second and Chesapeake and Ohio relapsed to the low point. Gains reached weie Atlantic Coast Line SVi, Louisville' and Nashville 2. Southern Railway and Texas and Pacilio 1, New York Central 2, Cleveland, C, C. and St. Louis 7., Lackawanna and Central of New Jersey 2, Lake trie and Western preferred, Wisconsin. Central preferred. Locomotive preferred. Woolen preterreo. United Railway and Investment prefer red and Paper 1 to 114 points. Beet Sugar preterred rose zs points. .Missouri faclna moved up a large traction in the late deal ings, but the closing was irregular and active. Range of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telepliona 486. Correspondent Christy Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, ,'io.l New York, March 11. Stocks On'n Hiih Low Cl se Yes Sugar 146 145 144 H5'i 14i People's Gas 111 111 1111 111 m- Amal. Copper Sl"z 81 Wi's. 8 Sl'i a. ti. i T. C. I U. S. Steel U. S. Steel, pfd 6i 67 661. 66 92 92 91 91 92 1 S 37 36 37 3h 96 96 9is 96 6 . 92 92 93 92 92 "23 23 23 23 23 181 1814s 180 imp 181 35 36 35 35 35 23 23 23 23 23 47 47 46 47 46 109 110 1091 110 100 i7i in;4 170 in"' m- 16014, 162 159 161 159 3K 40 3 39 i:r-t 70 70 70 W'i 70 98 96 98 98 98 48 48 48 48 4S 134 131 134 134 135 - 56 57 56 5 57Vi Atchison, com . C. G. W St. Paul R. I., com Wabash, com . Wabas h, pfd . Mo. Pacific Western Union Manhattan . . . N. Y. Central . Texas Pacifto . So. Pacific Reading Erie , Union Pacific . C. & O B. & O. 111 IMS' 111 111 nV.Z 110 L. & N 142 145 142Vi 134 143 Katy ; ' 66 60 60 66 6&4J Pennsylvania. .... 146 140 14 145 145 u. a. ueainer . 1.1 1- 1.5 Is F. 1. 62 52 52 52; 52 New York Money. New York. March 1L MONEY Moner on call nominal; no loansi time loan easy; 60 and 90 days, 3S3 per cent; a months, 3i44j3 per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper. 3 4 4 per cent: sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.86804.8685 for demand and at $4.S47(H 4.84 for 00 day bills; posted rates, $4.5j and $4.87; commercial bills, $4.854i4.8&. SILVER Bar silver, 58c; Mexican dol lars, 45c. BONDS Government bonds steady. New York Butter. New York. March 11. BUTTER Mar ket unchanged. Sugar and Coffee In New York New York. March 11. SUGAR Raw su gar weak. Fair refining. 4c; centrifugal. y3 test, &c; molasses sugar, 4c. Itennea sugar quiet. Crushed, $6. i; powdered, $6.15; granulated, $6.05. CUFFEE Market quiet. No. 7 Rio. 7c. Cotton Market. Galveston. Tex., March 11. COTTON-- Market higher at 9 l-16c per pound. New York, .March 11. COTTON Soles today, 29 bales. Siiot cotton closed quiet. Quotations per iuo pounds: MidUline up lands, $7.90; middling gulf, $8.15. Wool Market. St. Louis, Mo., March 11. WOOL Mar ket steady. Territory and western medi ums, 22'a23c; fine medium, 194i21c: fine. 1712 18c Topeka Market. Topeka, March 11. Furnished by Charts Wolff Packing Co.l HOGS. MIXED AND. BUTCHERS' $4.454?4. HEAVY. 4.65,(7 4.70 LIGHT 4.4064.60 CORN FED CATTLE. rFurnished by Charles Wolff Packing Co.l COWS $2.W3.oO HEIFERS 2 50 y3.60 BULLS. 2.0O.&2..V) LIGHT CALVES 8.00'a4.OO HEAVY CALVES 2.50:83.00 GRAIN. Furnished by J. B. Blllard. Central Mills, 534 North Kansas Ave ! NO. 2 WHEAT 9a NO. 3 WHEAT Mo NO. 4 WHEAT .' ssc NO GRADE WHEAT 804is,,- CORN 4So NO. 2 OATS 320 NO. 3 OATS . 30c FRUITS AN L VEGETABLES. Furnished by S. E. Lux, 210 Kansas Ave.J ORANGES Navels, $2.K32 25 per box LEMONS California, $2.5 per box. BANANAS S1.75&2.75 per bunch. APPLES Fancy, $4.O04i4.25 per bbl. HONEY $2.40 per 24-rack case. COCOA NUTS 65c per doz. FIGS 70c per box. GRAPE FRUIT $4.00 per box. NEW DATES 44j4c per lb. CALIFORNIA TANGEKINES-$2.5 per box. PARSNIPS 50c per bu. POTATOES Colorado, 474j4Sc per bu SWEET POTATOES $3.00 per bbl. CABBAGE $1.50 per cwt. TURNIPS hSc per bu. CARROTS 5-'c per bu. n'in'S-$1.35 per bu. CRANBERRIES -$7.75 per bbl. rEI. FRY Jumbo, S5c per bunch: T?in Ribbon. 65c per bunch. SEEJJ ruiaiux.o-r,ariy onio, 602S5o ner bu. LETTUCE Per banket, 90c. OYSTERS. NEW YORK COUNTS 45c per can NEW YORK EXTRA SELECTS 35c per can. TT STANDARDS $1.40 per gallon. EXTRA stbti.ia-M.to per gallon. FULL CREAM CHEESE. KANSAS Y. A. I4c per lb. NEW YORK STATE (White), 15o per lb. BRICK 15c per lb. LIMBL'ROER- 15c per lb. BLOCK SWISS lSc per lb. BUTTER, EGGS. POULTRY. (Jobbers' Prices.) Furnished by Cope & Co., 134 Kansas -Avenue. POULTRY Hens. Sc lb.; springs. Hrge, 8c lb.; broilers, 12c lb.; turkeys, goblers, 12c lb.: hens, -15c lb. EGGS Fresh, lie. COUNTRY BUTTER 1SS20C per lb. HAY. Furnished by City Hay Market, 417 Quin cy street. PRAIRIE Loose, per ton $7,004?) g 00 PRAIRIE Baled 7.5'Xa 8.0) ALFALFA Loose 9.004x11 06 TIMOTHY S.Wcii s.fio CANE 5.504i 6.fi0 STRAW Per ton . 4.5044 5.50 Tope'ia Hide Market. Topeka, March 11. Prices paid In Topeka this week, based on Boston quotations: GREEN SALT CURED 94