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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTJBflAITUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1908.
We
Regular
Watch Us Grow,
THI
FOR PARGELS POST.
Strong Apieal From Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General.
Washington, Dee. 1. Touching the
Heart or the agricultural communities
In every state of the union, the annual
report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General P. V. De Graw announces in
creased usefulness of the rural free de
livery service and the unprecedente 1
bringing of the work of the bureau up
to date and recommends rural delivery
of packages of eleven pounds maximum
at a special postage and the uniforming
of rural carriers. The package provision
suggested requires congressional legis
lation and is designed to be effective
between t distributing postofflce and
the patrons of any rural route emanat
ing from such, postofflce. .
Such a service, according to the re
port, would benefit alike the rural de
livery patrons and local merchants
without injury or competing with any
other service. "It can be given." adds
Mr. De Graw. "with the facilities now
employed and would materially in
crease the revenues of the department.
A special reduced rate of postage for
merchandise carried only by rural car
riers would unquestionably be of ma
terial value to the retail merchants on
rural routes and at rural delivery dis
tributing centers as well as enhance
the Influence of the rural service in
making life in the country more at
tractive." Rural carriers at present are not per
mitted to carry for hire any matter or
package that is mailable, but congress
increased the salaries of the carriers.
The demand for a package service by
them, fostered In the first years of free
delivery, still exists. It should be met,
according to Mr. De Graw, not in the
old way, which permited the use of the
government's agency for private gain,
but by the establishment of a system
for the carriage of merchandise by
rural carriers at such rates as will be a
fair compensation for the service per
formed, the revenues to be credited to
r a
11
Men'sUlsters
High Collar
$18, $15
Sizes From
33 to 38
Men's Heavy Winter
Suits, some made
by H. S. & M. Stein,
Block., Benjamins,
Bell System, Sterl
ing Brand Suits
worth up to $18.50.
Overcoats or Suits
Your Choice
First choice means
much. Men be early.
ij 622 KANSAS AVJL
J
Wonder
How many times the "ad writi is" of Topeka need be told by
their guests and the reading public that "there should be a law
against special sales" before they "take a tumble" and quit taking
regular $15 suits and overcoats and advertising every day in the
week as "$22.50 and $25 grades special tomorrow for $15."
$1 Shirts
When marked up to $1.50 and $2.00 and then reduced in the great
special sale to $1.15 special will continue to attract people- because
there are shoppers who will not buy unless the article shvws a mark
down in price. Such customers do not enjoy shopping at our store be
cause we sell$l shirts for a dollar; $3.50 hats for $3.50; $5.00 school
suits for $5.00 and men's $25 suits for $25.
Watch Our Business Methods Win.
the postal receipts. Patrons and mer
chants, he adds, desire to have small
packages delivered by rural carriers,
but will not pay the present fourth
class rate which is prohibitive as ap
plied to this class of service.
The rural carriers In the service, of
which Mr. De Graw Is the head, daily
pass 3,600.000 homes, and he recom
mends once more the adoption of a uni
form suitable to the conditions under
which they must work as undoubtedly
adding to the dignity and efficiency of
the rural service. Their high standard
of efficiency is attested by the fact that
only 165 carriers out of a total number
of 69.143 were dismissed for cause dur
ing the past year.
Rural delivery is now in operation on
945,087 miles of road, over which car
riers are required to travel daily. Of
these roads 35.000 miles are macadam,
the remainder being earth, sand or
gravel. Since the service was first
established $70,632,162 has been expend
ed on roads traveled by rural carriers.
Road officials and patrons are notified
whenever repairs are necessary on
rural routes. More work has been done
on such public highways and more ex
penditures made in their improvement
during the past year than in any previ
ous year in the history of rural deliv
ery and the official reports received
clearly indicate that interest In road
improvement is being generally mani
fested throughout the country.
The estimate of appropriations neces
sary for this service for the next fiscal
year, as submitted by Assistant Post
master General De Graw. is $36,246,000.
an increase of $673,000 over the current
appropriation.
The report recommends legislation by
congress which will permit the adoption
of an improved method of disposing ol
undeliverable articles of mail by sale,
so as to eliminate as far as practicable
the objectionable lottery features in
volved in carrying out the existing law
on the subject. In the dead letter office
during the year there were received 13
145,172 pieces of mall, and there were
returned to senders 7,202,684 letters and
parcels, or almost two million more
than in the previous year. On the last
day of the fiscal year every piece of
mail matter received had been opened
and treated, an unprecedented condi
tion in the work of the division.
The report recommends increasing
the number of positions in the higher
grades of clerkships, with correspond
ing decrease in lower graaes.
UNITED STATES WINS.
International Golf Game Played at
Hot Springs, Va.
Hot Springs, "Va., Dec. 1. An in
ternational golf game was played
here between the president-elect of
the United States and Senator Bourne
of Oregon on one side, and R. S.
Borden, conservative leader of the
Canadian parliament and G. H.
Pearley, conservative member of the
same body, on the other. The United
States won by a score of eight up.
Another contest will take place today
with the same alignment.
Judge Taft admitted that he was
receiving numerous suggestions from
many sources as to who should be in
the cabinet. "But I notice that very
few suggestions are comirig regarding
the state department portfolio," he
added.
Judge Taft was greatly affected by
the news of the death of Richard
Lindsay in Washington. Mr. Lind
say, an old friend of Mr. Taft as a
Washington correspondent had been
with him a greater part of the time
during the campaign. After the
election Mr. Lindsay came here on
the initiative of the president-elect.
Before he left here ill, on Thanks
giving day Mr. Taft spent some time
in his room at the hotel. "Dick was
one of the tine men we meet in life.
who give us a higher regard for hu
man nature," was the sorrowful com
ment of Mr. Taft.
COACH BATES RESIGNS.
Fail-mount College Looking for a New
Football Leader.
Wichita. Kan.. Doc t wmie. p9i
has resigned as coach of the Fair-
mount coiiege atnietic teams and his
resignation has been accepted. His
successor has not been named, but a
committee of three has been appoint
ed to find a man suitable fr v.
Bates has been coach for Fairmount
for four years. He has an offer to
coach next year and has accepted it,
but the name of the college is not
given. This winter he will travel for a
sporting goods house.
Mrs. Cowper Is Dead.
New York, Dec. 1. Mrs. Eleanor
Cowper the actress and author, who
shot herself at the St. Regis hotel last
Friday, died late last night In the
Presby teria n hospital. .
ROB CROWDED CAR.
Four Highwayman Make a Big Haul
In New York.
New York, Dec. 1. Four despera
does armed with revolvers held up a
crowded street car in lower Third ave
nue today, throttled and robbed the
conductor, terrorized the passengers
and escaped with a goodly collection
of purses and other valuables. A large
number of men and women who had
just left a dance hall crowded on the
car at Third street. Every seat was
taken and the aisle was filled.
Just before the car reached Houston
street and while the conductor was in
side collecting fares four men who
had been scattered through the crowd,
started towards the rear door. When
they had completely blocked the exit
the men drew revolvers and covered
the passengers. Two of them attacked
the conductor, one pressing a revolver
against his head while the other push
ed him through a window and rifled
his pockets. In the meantime the oth
er two had been going through the
passengers, gathering up valuables of
all descriptions. Their pockets were
stuffed with women s purses, watches,
and small wads of bills when the
screams of the women so frightened
them that they bolted from the car
and dashed down a side street Into the
heart of the crowded slums. When
policemen started in pursuit the rob
bers had a lead which made capture
practically Impossible. .
OOXSCIEXCE STUICKEN KAXSAX
Returns Money Wrongfully Collected
40 Years Ago.
Laporte. Ind.. Dec. 1. Believing
that his "eternal welfare" is at stake,
C. Vail, a contractor at Colby, Kan.,
has sent to Geo. Link, clerk of the
Leporte county circuit court a draft
for $11.90 principal and interest on a
sum -which he says he collected
wrongfully from Laporte county 40
years ago. Accompanying the draft
which was the following letter:
"About forty years ago, when a
mere lad, I obtained a bounty wrong
fully from Laporte county on seven
fox scalps and I now want to make
restitution as I believe my eternal
welfare is at stake. If necessary I am
ready to appear in person before you.
I received $3.50, which at 6 per cent
interest for 40 years amounts to
$11.90 for which I enclose a draft."
The amount was credited to the
bounty fund and marked "conscience
money."
FIRE AT LYNDON.
Starts in Barber Shop and Does Dam
age to Grocery and Drug Store.
Ottawa. Kan., Dec. 1. Fire did
considerable damage at Lyndon Mon
day. Starting In the barber shop of
Roy Bane, it spread into the Gephard
grocery store, which is in the same
building with the barber shop. Water
and smoke did large damage to the
grocery stock. The building was dam
aged but not consumed. The fire
spread through the roof of the Miles
drug store and damaged that building
and stock.
Lyndon has no Are department, and
the flames were fought by citizens
with buckets. "
Boston Wool Market.
Boston, Dec. 1. A gradual decline
in the activity of the local wool market
continues although trading is still.
aDOve tne average ror this time of the
year. Dealers demand higher prices
for their stocks, fine territory scoured
wools being held at one cent above
previous quotations, while pulled
wools are from one to two cents high
er. Domestic wools of all grades are
selling freely, heaviest dealings as
usual being in territory, with moderate
sales of half blood Montana at 23 Vi
cents.
Nar kaffet icke ar bra, blir
frukosten dare ft er. Det ar
hvarfor vi saga:
ANVAND
7-9-11 Kaffe
20c Per Pound
och njut af eder morgronmaltid
Saldt uteslutande af
Qias. McC intock
Tc, Kaffe och Porslin
815 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kas.
READY TOR DIKES
City Council ApproYes th Flins
Last Night.
Work Will Begin at Once at
, . Garfield Park. .'
NEW PAKK FOR CITY.
Situated in V tAi Ward and
Named Euclid.
Engineer Itodgers Works Off a
Brand New Joke.
The dike question received a finishing
touch last night when the city council
met in special session and decided that
the work in Garfield park should begin
at once.
This morning 150 teams and a pro
portional number of men were put to
work on the dikes along Soldier creek
and from now until spring the work
will be pushed without a stop.
The North Topeka drainage.board has
been working up the dike problem ever
since the last tlood and their engineer,
V. R. Parkhurst, who has been figuring
out the construction problem for them
submitted the plans to the city coun
cil and after many' stormy discussions
the proposition was allowed to pass.
The dike on which the men and teams
are now working will be constructed
through Garfield ." park on - the south
bank of Soldier creek, starting at the
west end of the park and running
through the park down towards the
bridges. It is expected that this will
be sufficient to prevent an overflowing
of the creek during the freshet season
and relieve all the worry of the North
siders. Contrary to the expectations
of some of the councllmen the dike will
be built south of the Casino which
stands just east of Kansas avenue on
the creek bank. This Casino is a huge
frame affair constructed for park
amusements and during the floods it
has been a regular mill dam for the
rising waters. The dike being built
south of this means that every little
flood will ebb snd flow around the fam
ous Casino. At first this looked like a
shameless waste of wealth to the coun
cllmen but after thinking and talking
the matter over it was decided that ths
plan of the drainage board was the
best. It seems that if the dike was
built north of the Casino it would cause
a swerve in the course of the dikes thus
weakening them for one thing and
causing miniature floods every time it
rained, for another. The council and
drainage board decided that rather than
have a bis muddy poo: of water stand
ing in front of the Casino every time
it rained it would be better to allow
the building to stand out in Che rag
ing torrents and be washed by the
main floods itself-rand then it would
be all "over. The floods have failed to
dislodge or damage the building in any
way and it was tHought best to allow
the inevitable to happen. The dike at
this point will only be a foot high and
will not make any Inconvenience to the
amusement public!', in the summer,
months.
From this point -43ke . dike will follow
the brow of the high bank. This high
declining bank ha always been the
"Spooners' Delight" in North Topeka
and one. of the greatest places in the
city on moonlight nights, not even bar
ring Washburn college. When the new
three and four foot dike is built along
this bank the reputation of the place
will be one of national fame. But the
citv council did not touch on this minor
detail leaving that to "Colonel" Hughes
at the next regular council meeting.
This will make an excellent subject to
be considered along with the clock and
patrol wagon problems. .
The drainage board submitted the
following additional proposition to the
council last night:
"That the city of Topeka take steps
tn do rlnraDDinir or construct break
water to prevent the cutting away of
the bank for the protection or tne levee
to be constructed in said park."
This was considered a good thing by
the council but was laid on the table
until the weather bureau began to is
sue warnings. It is considered a case
of emergency and would be useless un
til the floods came. It will be accepted
however, and built when needed. i
At the special session last night the
North Topeka drainage board was rep
resented by J. B. Billard, president; S.
R. Kutz, secretary, and V. R. Park
hurst, engineer. The city side of the
question or the "park board" was rep
resented by J. B. Larimer, A. Reinisch
and Dr. M. R. Mitchell.
Not long ago a petition signed by 36
property owners living in the southeast
part of the city was submitted to the
streets and walks committee of the city
council asking that a new park be cre
ated in their district. ...
This proposed park was to be on a
five acre triangular piece of land just
east of the Santa Fe and Missouri Pa
cific tracks and ' between Fifteenth
street and Euclid avenue. It is natur
ally well located for a park and will
be a treat to the people of this dis
trict who do not have an easy access
to any park in the city. It would take
but very little grading and charting
to make the park a beautiful place
even during the coming summer months
and by the action the council took last
night at their special session it looks
as though the residents would receive
the consent of the city.
The owner of the park. Hale Ritchie,
sent a communication to the council
last night in which he offered to sell
the tract in question for $2,500 in case
it was used for the purpose in view by
the applicants. This price was approv
ed by the city council and it will un
doubtedly be raised by the next meet
ing. Another proposition that looks
good to the council is the fact that so
many of the property owners are af
fected by the tax of the new park. The
Ritchie property runs from Kansas av
enue on the west to the west line of
the Dudley tract on the east and from
Twelfth street on the north to Twenty-fi-ot
atreet on the south. This being
such a large tract and facing such a
large number of lots it means that the
cost per lot will be very reasonable and
can receive no objection from the city
council. ...
After the ways and means commit
tee had approved the matter and the
council had added their vote the name
of the park presented itself. There
were cries for "Blakely" and Tandy
but when silence and common sense
had settled among the tumult and
caused a distribution of grey matter It
was decided that the park should be
named "Euclid." The city is full of
"Euclid," having a "Euclid school,
"Euclid avenue" and "Euclid card
clubs, reading clubs, churches, and col
lege societies are as common as the
works of the mathematician himself.
The reason the council suggested . the
name was to pay a compliment to the
councilmen from the Third and Fifth
wards. :Th name "Euclid" was' given
as a compliment to the ancient Euclid.
City Engineer Rodgers got the Joke joy
last night .and sprung a new one in
the council chamber when he said:
"The new park being a right triangle
oeautirully illustrates the forty-seventh
problem in Euclid."
The councilmen did not laugh be
cause they were well acquainted with
the forty-seventh problem in Euclid or
because they had the faintest idea what
Euclid was or who he was but they re
lied upon the expert wisdom of the city
engineer and gave him the glad hand.
Very little objection was made to
the new park proposition last night. All
of the members of the ways and means
committee approved and Mayor Green
was heartily in favor of the plan. In
other words Topeka will have- a new
park before the hot summer sets in. '.
TODAY'S MARKET REI'ORT.
Chicago. Dec. 1 WHEAT Decreased re
ceipts of wheat in the northwest and an
advance of Id at Liverpool caused strength
in the local wheat market today, prices at
TL2Den.'.n5 ein "P c to 4e com
pared with the previous close. Leading
bulls were among the principal buyers.
During the early part of the day there
were sufficient profit taking to check any
material advance in prices. December
fwL1Td at TT,04 to and sold up to
$1.04 equalling the high point of the sea
son. Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago re
ported receipts of 694 cars.
Sentiment .was very bullish all day and
prices on the December and May deliv
eries advanced to new high record marks
for the session. December selling at $1.06
and May at $1.09. The market closed
stroiiR at the top. December being up 1&
$109H tl-3aV- and May Hc higher at
CORN Corn opened easy owing to liberal
receipts, but the market soon became firm
because of the strength of wheat. Trade
was quiet. December opened c to c
lower at 62c to 6214c and advanced to
62c. -
The market eased off again later in the
day owing to the liquidation in Decem
ber. That option sold oft to 61c. The
close was easy with December down
c at 612c.
OATS Buying by cash interests had a
steadying effect on the oats market, but
the volume of trade was not large. Prices
at the opening were c lower to c high
er. December opened at 48c. Later De
cember touched 4Sc.
PROVISIONS Provisions were strong
on covering by shorts based on a 5c ad
vance in live hogs. Prices at the start
were :w to tc to nc nigher.
RYE Cash: 751876c; December, 74c; May,
79e. . .
BARLEY Cash: 57lo.
TIMOTHY December. $3.85; March, $3.95.
CLOVER December. $9.26; March, $9.50.
Chicago Grain Market.'
Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions.
. Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office 110 West Sixth ai. Phone 486.
Chicago, Dec. 1.
Lo (.'lose Ye
Open
High
Dec. ...104- 105 104 106 103-
May ...109 109 . 108 109 108
July ...102 102 101 102 101
COKN-
.Dec. ...62- 62 61 61-62 62
May ... 63- 63 62 62 62-
Julv ... 62- 62 62 62- 62-
OATS .
Dec. ... 4S. 4S 46 48 48
May ... 61-51 51 51 51 61 :
PORK"' '6 46" 4s-94
Jan. ...16.20. 16.22 16.15 36.17 16.02-5
Mav ...16.46 16.47 16.37 16.37 16.27
LARD
Jan. ... 9.30 9.35-37 9.30 9.32-5 9.22
May ... 9.50 9.55 9.47 9.52 9.42
RIBS .
Jan. ..'. 8.47 8.52 8.47 8.50 8.40
May .... 8.65-7 8.70-72 8.65 8.70 8.60-2
Kansas City Grain Market.
IFurnisned by J. E. liall, uomiaisalons.
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stock.
Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6.
. " Kansas City, Dec. 1.
Open. High Uw ciu.o e
WHEAT "
Dec. ... 98-tt 99 98
May ...101-102 101
July ... 95 96- 95
CUitN
Dec. '...57- 57 57
May ...58 58. 57
July ... 58- SS 58
99
102
98-
57
6S-
58
97-
101-
95-
57-
OS
58
Kansas City Produce . Market.
Kansas City. Mo.. Dec. 1. WHEAT
Market unchanged to lc higher. Decem
ber, 99 c; May. $1.02; July. 96. Cash:
No. 2 hard. $l.O0l.O4: No. 3. 97c6t-1.02; No.
2 red. $l.Wai.05: No. 3. $1.03.
CORN Market e hiRher. Decem
ber. 57c: May, 58c: July. 58e. Cash:
No. 2 mixed. 68c: No. 3. 68i6Sc; No. 2
white. 5Si&69c: No. 3. 5S5Sc.
OATS Market unchaniceo. No. 2 white.
4S(fi50c: No. 2 mixed, 4749c.
RYE 72S76e.
HAY Market steady. Choice " timohy,
$9.75'S10.O0: choice prairie. $8.008.60.
BUTTER Market firm. Creamery. 30c;
packing:. 18c.
EGGS Market hieher. Fresh extras, 33c;
current receipts. 2Sc
WHEAT Receipts. 36 cars.
Kansas City live Stock Sales.
(The following sales were made tuouy at
the stock yards. Kansas City. Mo., and
by Clay, Robinson & Co., live stock com
mission merchants, with offices at all
markets..!
Kansas City. Dec. 1. CATTLE Receipts
14.000 head. Market steady to strong.
HOGS Receipts 20.000 head. Market
Steady. Bulk of sales, $5.35&6.S5; top, $5.90.
SHEEP Receipts 6.000 head. Market 10c
to 15c hisrher.
KILLING STEERS.
No. Wt. Price. INo. Wt. Price.
41 ..1362 $6.70 I 8 1101 $6.20
26 1240 5.90 I 42 976 4.65
. COWS AND HEIFER
4........ 1280 4.50 I 3 1101 3.50
1 ..1080 3.25 I 1 776 6.00
3 6S0 3.50 I 1 790 2.75
STlH'KEHH AN'H KEKPKKS.
44.
9.
1.
11.
1.
11.
.1160
. 992
. 477
.1010
. 160
. 326
.1280
.'271
. 136
. 211
. 205
4.65 I 32..
.1080
4.25
3.25
2.S5
4.15 11....
3.50 S....
4.00 I
CALVES.
6.00 I 4....
3.50 I 1....
BULLS.
3.00 I 1....
HOGS.
. 760
.641
220
140
5.00
5.50
2.45
5.85
6.65
6.70
720
86.
49.
92.
62.
5.85 I 62 264
5.35 I 70.
5.75 1116.
5.65 I
1S4
191
Kansas
Kansas City,
City litre Stock.
Mo.. Dec. 1. CATTLE
Keceipts 14.000,
including 200 eoutherns.
Market stronK. - N-atlve steers, $4.50Sri.50;
southern steers. $3.o0?i&.7o; southern cows.
$2.25(83.50: native cows and heifers, $2.00(9
5.50: stockers and feeders. $3.00g:4.SO; bulls.
$2.40-33.75; calves, $3.60fi6.5O: western steers,
$3.60rci6.50; western cows, $2.50(g4.50.
HOGS Receipts 20.000. Market strong- to
5c hleher. Bulk of sales, $5.35S5.85; heavy,
$5.80$t5.95: packers and' butchers, $5.50
6.90: liKht. $5.30(85.70; pips, $4.0006.20.
SHEEP Receipts 8,000. Market steady.
Muttons. S4.0OW4.60; lambs. $4.50?r6.35:
range wethers, $3.75(5.25; fed ewes, $2.50
4.25.
' Chlcaso Live Stock.
Chlcaso. Dec. L CATTLE Receipts
about 3.E00. Market stronjr to 10c nigher.
Beeves. $3 60'07.i5: xexans,' awg4.w: west
4....1mM.iHi.H H I H I IIHH'M
COFFEE
Conquers The Cold.
- No day Is so cold but that one
appreciates immediately the
warming influence of a cup of
good coffee. -
Really good coffee- in fact ,
the best to be had is our
' Blend No. 3, a lb ...... . S5o
3 lbs : .$1.00
Blend No. 10, a lb. ...... .40c
CHAS. McCLINTOCK
Tea Coffee China
815 Kansas Avenue -g
1 t-rl-H 1 '1 11 1 !'
Special Sale Wednesday
Premium Soda Crackers per pound 7 c
(Put up in tin cans weighing about 6 lbs. each)
Snider's Catsup 3 pint bottles for 50c
Catawba Grapes per basket -20c
Early June Peas 2 cans for ... ... 1 5c
Armour's or Cudahy's Beef Extract per jar. .35 c
Spare Ribs 2 pounds for 15c
Topeka Club Coffee per pound '. .... .25 c
(Nothing better at any price)
Wnu Green &
STOCK SHIPPERS
.To Insure Yourselves Best Results Consign To
Clay, Robinson & Co.,
Live Stock .Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kansas City.
s hs j"5 eo"ji m 'srrig& LCHi?8..?-.,qSErH.
erns. $3.25S'5.75: stockers and feeders, $2.705i
4.70: cows and heifers. $1.606.00; calves,
$5.0007.00.
HOGS Receipts about 26,000. Market 5c
hurher. - LiKht. $5.0086.85: mixed, $5,354?
6.10: heavy. $5.40&.10; rough, $5.40(86.60;
piKS. $3.70S"4.90; good to choice heavy, $5.60
(86.10: bulk of sales, $5.55(85.90.
SHEEP Receipts about 15.000. Market
strons; to 10c hisher. Native, $2.50(84.80;
western. $2.50H4.70; yearlings. $4.705.00;
lambs. $4.00(56.70; western. $4.006.40. .
Chlcaffo Fro Market.
Chicaeo, Dec. 1 CHEESE Market firm.
Daisies. MMrfi'lSc; twins, 13c; young
Americas. 14iQ'14c.
POULTRY Alive, steady; turkeys, 14c;
chickens. 8(89c: springs. 11c.
POTATOES Market firm. 60tft70c.
BUTTER Market steady. Creameries,
22830c: dairies, 21(825e.
EGGS Market stronu'. Firsts, 30c.
New York Produce Market.
New Tork. Dec. 1. BUTTER Market
firm. Creamery specials, 318.'32c; (offir
cial 3c): extra. 30831c; third to first,
211829c; held common to special, 2129c;
state dairy, common to fine, 2029c; pro
cess common to special, 18(a'25c; western
factory first. 20c; western imitation
creamerv first. 21(8'22c.
CHEESE: Market steady. State full
cream specials, 14(816c; ditto September
small colored or white fancy, 14c; ditto
larae, 14c; October large and small best,
13c: late made, small best, 13c: good to
prime, l(812e; common to fair. 10
HVic: skims, full to specials. 2'811c. .
EGGS Market stronK. State Pennsyl
vani and nearbv fancy selected white, 50
52c: ditto fair to choice. 4048c; brown and
mixed fancy. 40042c; ditto fair to choice,
33(83Sc.
POULTRY Alive, steady; spring chick
ens and fowls. 12c: turkeys, 13c. Dressed,
unsettled: western springs. lS(S20c; fowls,
1013c: sprinR turkeys. 1017c.
Market Gossip.
'Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions.
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 486.
Liverpool cables: Opening Wheat (8d
higher, corn d higher.
Second cable: Wheat d higher, corn d
higher.
. Kansas City car lots today: Wheat 206,
corn 25. oats 19.
Kansas Citv estimated car lots tomor
row: Wheat 36. corn 8. oats 9.
Chicago car lots today: Wheat 46, corn
430. oats 261.
Chicago estimated car lots tomorrow:
Wheat 36. corn 155. oats 107.
Closing cables: Wheat ld higher, corn
(&d higher.
New York Stock Market.
Wall St.. New York. Dec. 1. STOCKS
Sharp advances in a number of low priced
stocks were mixed with declines as a rule
in the more prominent issues In the open
ing stock market. Pacific Mail made a
gain of 2. Kansas City Southern preferred
1. and Ontario and Western and St. Louis
and San Francisco second preferred .
Chicago Great Western and Colorado Fuel
declined .
The New York Public Utilities and a
number of obscure specialties were bid up
briskly and the general list recovered to
about last night's prices. At that level
business came almost to a standstill.
Third Avenue rose 2 and Interborough
Metropolitan preferred. Brooklyn Transit,
Consolidated Gas and Brooklyn Union Gas
1 to 1. There were gains of a point or
more in Peoria and Eastern, St. Louis
and San Francisco second preferred. Den
ver and Rio Grande. St. Louis-Southwestern
preferred. Wisconsin Central preferred
Texas and Pacific, and the Land Trust,
American Sugar and Hocking Coal. At
noon St. Paul moved up a point.
Bonds were Irregular.
General weakness was shown in the
stock market for a while, the tremendous
selling of United States Steel having a
damaging effect. One block of 20.000 sharps
of United States Steel was soifl at
after which it went lower. Union Pa
cific selling ex-dividend, was also offered
freely and got down a point, as aid ureai
Northern preferred and Chicago and Al
ton. Chicago Great Western piererrea a
fell 2. Some of the less important Issues
developed strength later, but the usual
leaders were feverish and did not rally
much.
Ranee of Prices on Stocks. .
fPurnisned by J. K. Gall. Commissions.
Grain. Provisions. Cotton and Siock.
Office 110 West Sixth Su Phone 4it.J
New York, Dec. 1.
Stocks Op'n High Low Cl'se Yes.
Sugar 133 133 133 132 14
Gas 100 101 100 lot iwi
Copper 84 K5 84 So 4
B. R. T 55'a 6 54 56 04
Am. Car & Fndy.. 46 4(5 46 4 46
U. S. Steel. Com.. 55 55 54 55 ao
V. S. Steel. Pfd...ll2 112 112 112 112
Atchison. Com 99 99' 9S 99 99'4
Anaconda 49 50 4; 50 50
St. Paul... 151 152 150'4 151 l.
Rock Island 23 25 23 25 23
Great Northern. ...139 140 139 14) 140
Wabash.. Pfd 35 35 35 36 34
Missouri Pacific... 64 65 64 63
Am. Smelting 93 94 92 93 93
Northern Pacific. 142 142 141 14 142
N. Y. Central 117 118 117 117 117
Texas Pacific 31 32 31 32 31
Southern Pacific. ..119 119 lis- 119 119
Reading 139 14-0 138 139 139
Erie. Com 32 33 32 33 32
So. Railway 24 24 24 24 24
Union Pacific 182 ins ki jsi
C. & o..
B. & O
L. & N....
Katy
Pennsylvania .
Can. Pacific
National Lead.
49 50 . 49 60 5
...107 10S 107 1"7 107
...121 122 121 122 121
... 70 71 70 71 70
...129 129 12J 129 1l9
...175 176 175 175 175
... 82 83 82 S3 83
C. F. & I
37 38 37 3S 3S
Rock Island. Pfd.. 43 5 53 57 53
Ex-Dlv. 2.
JSx-Div. 1.
New Vork Money Sharkct.
New York. Dc. 1. MONEY Money on
call firmer. 1'2 per cent; ruling rate
1. closing bid 2. and offered at 2. Time
loan dull and weak: 60 days 2 per cent;
Son Grocery Co.
ST. PAUL. S. BUFFALO!
FRASER BROS.
First of the Month Specials
Potatoes, good home grown,
per bu .70c
Flour, high pat. 48 lb. $1.35
Syrup, 10 lb. can .33c
Coffee Eraser's club, lb. 20c
Coffee, extra . fanev Rio,
lb. ............. ;...15c
Tea, Gunpowder, 40c grade,
lb .....29c
Butterine, Armours High
grade Buttercup Brand, 2
lb. brick ..35c
Butterine Swift's ' Lincoln
Brand, 21b .25c
Pickles, large dill, per dz 20c
Ginger Snaps, fresh and
good, per lb! '. . . . . : . .'. .5c
Dates, new per lb 10c
Figs, per pkg. ......... ,10c
Celery, fancy per stalk. .10c
Cranberries, 2 qts . 25c
Corn Flake, 2 pkgs. ..... 15c
Rice, fancy Japan, 3 lbs. 25c
Beans, new hand picked
navy, 11 lbs 50c
Breakfast Bacon, by the
side 16c
Granulated Sugar, 25 lbs. $1
(With a $5 Grocery Order)
Fraser Bros.
G. O. D. Store
Southeast Cor. 6:h & Jackson
Both Phones 660
GAS LIGHTS
m MANTLES
FOR ALL BURNERS
PITTSBURG INVERTED
THE BEST LIGHT MADE
H. M. Cross Cycle Co.
810 Kansas Avenue.
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SOMETHING
All the time doing: at the new
Avalon Bakery.
Marshmallow Cake? fit for a
king. Nut Loaf, 15c and 30c
"Avalons" 10c per dozen. Bet
ter try them
Avalon Bakery
KIENTZ & HAMMON
Telephone [phone] Kansas Are.
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90 days 3 per cent; six months 3S3H per
cent.
Close: Prime
mercantile paper 34
per cent. , .
Steriine exchange, strong, closing firm
with actual business in bankers bills at
S4.84..VK&4.84.60 for 60 day bills and at (4 i.Sj6
for demand: commercial bills. 4.84f(p
SILVKR Bar silver. 47c; Mexican dol- :
''bONDS Government bonds. steady;
railroad bonds, irregular.
Xew York Sncar and CofTee Market.
New York. Dec. l.-SrGAR-Raw quiet;
fnir refininsr $3.44: centrifugal. 96 test,
CaM:rmol"sSos sWar. $3.19; refined. - quiet;
crushed. J5.60: powdered, to.OO; granulated,
"cOFTEB-Market quiet. No. 7 Rio, 6c;
No. 4 Santos. 7"c
Cotton Markt't. .
Galveston. Tex.. Dec. 1. COTTON Mar
k-JWevo?k. Dec. 1 COTTON-Snnt
closed oulet: mWdlins; uplands. 9.35; mid
dling ffulf. J9.60. Sales, 2,W0 bales.