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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THUBSDAY EVENING," DECEMBER 17, 1903.
5
RAILR.O AQ NEWS.
Santa Fe May .Adopt Atchison
Motor Car.
Was Invented by H. W. Jacobs,
a Topeka Official.
GOODBY TO HAXDCAUS
Section Foremen to Be Supplied
With Xew Machine.
Other Items of Interest in Kail
way Circles.
Atchison, Kan., Dec. 17. About the
first of the year, the Santa Fe will
adopt a gasoline motor car for the use
of the section men over thp entire sys
tem. H. W. Jacobs, assistant superin
tendent of Santa Fe motive power, has
Bent , word to Atchison that he believes
the motor car made by the Atchison
Railway Tool and Specialty "company
will be the one chosen by the Santa. Fe.
It is now said that the ordinary hand
car which is in common, use todity. ha-s
reached the end of its usefulness. It is
only a riuestion of time when all sec
tion men wi" -..nH".i with same
form of gasoline motor car. The Santa
Fe. has just been maki-- tests of the
principal designs of motor cars for
track use. These tests have been car
ried on during the past three weeks
under the direction of the assistant
general manager, mechanical engineer
and chief electrician, and were the
most complete ever undertaken. Four
other cars besides the Atchison car
were tested. The Atchison car was
constructed according to the design of
H. V. Jacobs. These cars are quite
different from each in construc
tion, methnrl of transmitting power,
weight, and in other details. Each car
was given a road test by a run to Atch
ison and back to Topeka. The tests in
cluded pulling, hill climbing and gen
eral ability. In some particulars the
Atchison car was outdone by the other
cars, but the Atchison car established
the best average, according to H. V.
Jacobs. Although the findings of the
Santa Fe committee have not been an
nounced. Atchison Railway Tool
and Specialty company believe that its
car will be chosen. In case the Atch
ison car chosen. 'the Atchison com
pany will undoubtedly receive instruc
tions to manufacture 1.000 of the cars,
as the Santa Fe will probably need tha;
many. This means fourteen more me
chanics, and an enlarged plant. If tht
Fanta Fe chooses the Atchison car. oth
er railroad companies will probably
adopt the same car. and. as a natural
consequence. the Atchison Railway
Tool and Specialty company will de
velop into a big institution. M. C.
Hamilton, engineer of the maintenance ;
of way of the New York New Haven
& Hart'" railroad, is also interested
in the Autra car. which is the Jacobs
motor car. with a screw spike driving
appliance added. He has written for a
full description of the Autra car.
GOULD LINKS PULL TOGETHER.
Closer Relations to Result From New
Improvements.
Announcement is made ;hat the
Missouri Pacific and the Denver- &
Rio Grande are ta have closer relations
than ever before. " The Missouri Pa
cific is to be double tracked from Kan
sas City to Pueblo as part of the im
provement pians. which contemplate
the expenditure of $10,000,000 a year
for fhe next ten years. The Denver &
Rio Grande is to double track as much
of its line as possible to accommodate
' the increased transcontinental traffic
w hich is expected to accrue to the sys
tem from the completion of the West
ern Pacific.
The Missouri Pacific has laid the
greater part of its lines with heavy
steel and is now engaged in reballast
ing with rock and decomposed granite.
These two roads are to consolidate
their freight yards in Pueblo. -
Sixty miles of new road are to be
built bv the Baltimore & Ohio from
Smithfield, Pa., to Wheeling, along the '
southeastern borders ot Pennsylvania.
This extension is estimated to cost
$4,800,000. Additional trackage may
be raid from Deer B-rk to connect
with the new line at Smithfield. En
gineering corps are now a: work mak
ing the surveys for these extensions.
The new line is to be low grade. It
will open uti valuable coal fields, the
output of which will increase the traffic
of the Baltimore & Ohio system enor
mously. BIG RAIL ORDER.
Is Placed for 135.500 Tons for Karly
Delivery.
Philadelphia. Dec. 17. The Penn
sylvania company's steel rail order for
1909 delivery, which calls for 133.500
tons of rails, was announced today.
The order has been distributed between
the Illinois, Cambria, Pennsylvania,
Lackawanna and Bethlehem steel com
panies, the Illinois receiving the largest
order, 62,500 tons.
GIVE GUTHRIE DIVISION.
Santa Fe to Remove Arkansas City
Shops to Sooner Capital.
Guthrie. Ok.. Dec. 17 Prominent San
ta Fe officials here on a tour of inspec
tion today, including R. J. Parker, gen
eral superintendent of the "eastern
prand division with headquarters at
Newton, and General Passenger Agent
J. M. Connell. announced that the gen-
To send your Table Cloths. Napkins
Dollies. Tray Cloths and C'enter
Pleces the Sheets. Pillow Slips.
Shams. Counterpanes and Rureau
Covers for FINE LAUNDERING
Is HERE, where we have every
convenience for doing the work as
it should be done same with your
personal linen.
THE MUTUAL
; Topeka' "Soft Water"
iwon.' LAUNDRY
Bath Phone 519
era! office and shops-of the system now
located at Arkansas City will be moved
to Guthrie early in the coming year.
The transfer will make Guthrie the
main division point of the Santa Fe in
Oklahoma.
ROADS HELP MICHIGAN.
Kinpty State Treasury Receives $750,
000 In Advance Taxes.
Lansing. Mich., Dec. 17. Three of
the big railroads of the state, the
Michigan Central. Chicago & North
western and Pere Marquette, have
come to the relief of the empty state
treasury, and. although railroad taxes
will not be due until April, have de
posited in the hands of State Attorney
General Bird J750.000. The roads and
the amounts are as follows:
Michigan Central. $400,000: Chicago
& Northwestern. $200,000. and Fere
Marquette. $150,000. This $750,000
will be immediately turned into the
general fund to be used for current
expenses, and it is said that the nrst
use to which the money will be put will
be the payment of the salaries or state
emu cives. which were not paid Decern
ber 1, owins to lack of funds in the
treasury.
AMKKICAX CAPITAL 1X)K BOLIVIA
Speyer & Co. and -National City Bank
to Back Ventures.
Buenos Ayref. Dec. 17. Dr. Kleo-
doro Villazon. the Bolivian minister
here and virtually the presiaeni-eieci
of Bolivia, declared that his recent
conferences with the Argentine gov
ernment have' led to a perfectly friend
ly understanding and that as a result
of the agrement the contracts entered
into bv his government with the Amer
ican syndicate headed bv Speyer &
Co. and the National City bank of
New York for the constructon of vari
ous railroads will be carried out with
all possible" speed.
AIJiEHT SPALDING.
Albert Spalding, one of the musi
cal prodigies of America, is the son
of A. G. Spalding, the well known
sportsman and publisher of athletic
guides. He has just made his debut
at Carnegie Lyceum, after touring
Paris. Rome, Florence and Genoa,
where he was received with great en
thusiasm. A great career is prophesied
for this New York youth.
TAFT WITHDRAWS OFFER.
Congressman Barton Will Not Get
Treasury Portfolio In New Cabinue.
New York. Dec. 17. It was
authoritatively announced that the
offer of a cabinet position to Con
gressman Theo. Burton of Cleveland
has been withdrawn by Mr. Taft and
would not be renewed.
Mr. Burton had been mentioned as
probable secretary of the treasury and
it is said the portfolio had been
definitely offered to him. The state
ment followed a conference of Mr.
Taft with several Republican leaders
from Ohio. Mr. Burton, it is be
lieved will now make an active con
test in the Ohio senatorial nomination.
C. P. Taft was at the conference
and when he was asked what bearing
if any. the conference may have upon
his candidacy for the senate to succeed
Senator Foraker, he replied:
"I am going to win. Everything is
favorable."
The president-elect had nothing to
say regarding the conference as re
gards the senatorship. Mr. Taft has
repeatedly announced that he was
keeping "hands off" the Ohio sen
atorial situation. He so stated his
position anew to Congressman Burton
several days ago in Washington.
COOKE WANTS LEGACY.
Makes Effort to Secure Money
lowed Floretta Whaley.
AI-
Hempstead, L. I.. Dec. 17. An at
tempt was made here in behalf of
Floretta Whaley, who about two years
ago eloped with Jere Knode Cooke,
former pastor of St. Georges Episco
pal church to obtain from her grand
mother. Mrs. Keziah Whaley. a legacy
of $5,000 left her by her father.
W. Ennerson. a lawyer of Hart
ford. Conn., and a one-time friend of
Cooke, visited Mrs. Whaley and made I
known that he had been retained to
secure the legacy, but was informed
that by the terms of the will of Miss
Whaley's father the $5,000 could only
revert to her death upon the death of
her grandmother, to whom the will
gave free use of the money during
her life time.
Mrs. Whaley declared she enter
tained none but the most kindly feel
ings towards her granddaughter, and
that she stood ready to welcome her
and her two children but emphatically
refused to give her financial assist
ance on the ground that by doing so
she might be helping Cooke.
TO SHOW DISPLEASURE.
House Committee Doesn't Like Presi
dent's Secret Service References.
Washington,- Dec. 17. Although two
meetings of the special committee of
the house to recommend action on th.-
president's reference to the motives of
congress in laying a limitation on the
use of the secret service forces were
held today, the committee was unable
to reach a unanimous agreement and
adjourned until tomorrow. It is under
rted the committee believes the house
Bhould express its displeasure regard
ing the president's utterances, but the
method to be pursued has caused a
disagreement, although not along per
sonal lines. It is believed an agree
tively opposed to the suggested promo
ment will be reached tomorroy.
DATE IS ANNOUNCED.
G.
A. R. National Encampment Meets
In Salt Lake August 9-1-1.
Salt Lake City. Dec. 17. The date for
the next national encampment of the
G. A. R. was announced today. It will
be held from August 9 to 14 in this
city.
.'$s?i
VIEWOF TAFT
President-Elect 3Iakes Great
Speech for Tariff Revision.
This Is Paramount Promise of
Republican Party.
URGE SHERMAN LAW.
Promises Strict Adherence to
. the Chicago Platform.
Was the Honor Guest of Ohio
Society of New York City.
- New York, Dec. . 17. President
elect Taft was the guest of honor at
the twenty-third annual dinner -of the
Ohio society in New York last night.
Around the one hundred tables
placed in the grand ball room in Astor
gallery of the Waldorf Astoria hotel
were men gathered 'from every sec
tion of the country and the leaders in
many walks of life.
Mr. Taft took advantage of the
occasion in a. speech, filled with more
earnestness than any he has delivered
since his election to pledge his ad
ministration and his party so far as
he can control it to a royal adherence
to the Chicago platform. He dwelt
almost wholly upon the revision of
the tariff, which he singled out as the
most important declaration made at
the last convention and after having
previously referred to the veto power
of the chief executive said with all
the emphasis of which he was capable:
"Better no revision at all, better
that the new bill should fail unless
we have an honest and thorough re
vision on the basis laid down and the
principle outlined in the party plat
form." Mr. Taft also referred to the
Sherman antitrust -law and declared
for, its enforcement as one of the
Roosevelt policies that the party had
pledged itself to carry forward.
The interstate commerce in the
exchange of prominent men between
Ohio and New York and the "con
spiracy by which only New York and
Ohio men are entitled to the presi
dency were constantly referred to by
the speakers and were the cause of
much merriment. Governor Hughes
was hailed by Toastmaster Henry Taft
and by Senator Spooner as "The Suc
cessor of Mr. Taft" when it should
again come New York's turn to name
the occupant of the White House.
I am going to talk a little politics
tonight," said Mr. Taft. "and I want to
invite your serious attention to some
of the peculiarities with which we
have to deal in our form of govern
ment as compared to that of other
nations. Ours is essentially a govern
ment of parties, England also has
parties, but there they fix the re
sponsibility of the party on one man.
They do not divide the responsibility
as we do here under several different
heads. The division of authority in
our parties sometimes make it ex
tremely difficult to carry out the
promises so freely made in the course
of a campaign. The president is the
executive of the nation and while in
the White House is rightly regarded
as the head of his. party for in the
campaign which follows his term of
ofnee he is in a sense made respon
sible for what has happened during
the party's administration. Yet when
we come to the selection of a can
didate and the adoption, of a platform
declaring the principles of the party
this work is left to a convention of
men gathered from all the states in
the Union. Once the party has
adopted its platform in convention and
had successfully gone before the peo
ple on that platform, it becomes the
sacred duty of the executive the
sacred duty of the leaders of the sen
ate and of the house of representa
tives sacredly to carry out the policies
thus declared. Hence it is that in
respect to the planks in the Chicago
platform the strongest obligation rest
upon the many heads of the party as
it soon will come into power and they
should respond and see to it that the
mandate of the people is carried.
The principal plank In the Chicago
platform was the one which declared
for a revision of the tariff at an ex-
j tra session of the congress to be held
as soon as possioie atter me xourin or
March next. In that plank the stand
ard by which the revision could be
made was plainly laid down. It was
agreed the revision should be made on
the principles of protection and that
principle was defined further by the
statement that the rates to be fixed
should be a measure of difference of
the cost of production here and
abroad with a reasonable profit to
the manufacturers. This declaration
devolved upon the party the duty of
determination what is the difference
in the cost of the production here and
abroad and fixing a rate which would
provide a reasonable profit to the
manufacturer.
It did not provide for
tne latcing care or a decree pro
confesso against these in the com
munity who could not appear before
a committee of congress and be heard.
It is the duty of the committee to
make an affirmative effort to find out
the cost of production here and
abroad and to revise the tariff ac
cordingly. "I am a protectionist, but I am not
one of those who believe that the pol
icy of protection does not in a large
degree make trusts and . monopolies
easier of existence. But the way to
stamp trusts and monopolies out is not
by destroying the whole protective sys
tem. We should not have excessive tar
iff rates so as to tempt monopolies and
give the trusts an opportunity to take
advantage of these excessive rates.
There have been those in our " party
Understood
It is well understood by reliable
dealers that
19
W DELICIOUS
Flavoring Vanfita
Extracts SSL
have constituted c years past the
standard flavors in all the markets
of this country. If the opinion of
the best class of consumers is at
all worthy of acceptance, they are
the purest, strongest, and finest
flavoring extracts in the world.
who did not care-now high rates were
fixed but the Chicago platform showed
by its new definition- of a protective
policy that the majority of our party
believe in a definite revision of the tar
iff as it now exists. ; '
"If we do not fulfill the promise
made In Chicago platform and make
only a surface! revision, we will be
made accountable by the intelligent
American people and will suffer the
consequences with which failure to
keep promises usually is visited by the
American people.
"It is better to have no revision at
all, better that the new tariff bill
should die unless we have revision of
an honest and thorough sort on the
basis explained by me and promised
in the party platform. It is with the
utmost pleasure that. I state my sin
cere confidence that there is now go
ing on in Washington and will go on
an honest and thorough attempt to find
the difference in cost of production
here and abroad and to fix the tariff
accordingly. The task is merely one of
evidence and judgment. We must hon
estly try to do our duty and then we
will receive the commendation oi tne
American people.
"We must endorse tne Sherman act.
he said, "or such modification of it as
will carry out the purpose of those who
adopted the original legislation, -mis
is not the occasion to discuss just what
amendments are needed to the law
but I will say that ip reference to the
provisions of the Sherman act on tnat
subject (anti-trust) should be modified
or. repealed. This mpdincation snould
make a distinction of the 'intent' with
which combinations are effected. If
there should be a combination to re
duce the cost of production for in
stance such a combination would be
legal. On the other hand a combina
tion intended for the purpose of mon
opolization or control of markets and
the stifling of competition, sucn a com
bination would be llegal."
Mr. Taft closed by expressing the be
lief that the party during the next ad
ministration would make every earn
est effort to carry out its platform
principle. Governor Hughes, in his ad
dress said:
"I have spoken from- time to time
for many causes but 1 never spoke tor
a cause more sincerely or one which
was closer to my heart than the one I
espoused in the last national campaign.
It was not necessary to feign enthus
iasm or to make appeal other than to
the judgment of our fellow citizens.
It was possible to present a man who
stood upon an unsurpassed record of
activement. The Able. Fearless, True-
that spells Taft."
Senator Spooner paid a glowing tri
bute to Mr. Taft and predicted his
would be a "strong, impersonal and
restful administration.
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS.
Chicago. Dec. 17. WHEAT The wheat
market opened quiet and easy today and
sentiment in the tit continued bearish
during earlv trading. Failure of the
Liverpool market to respond to the sharp
upturn here yesterday ana wet weainei
in the winter wheat belt of this country
were weakening influences. Prices at the
start were ie hieher to WttVC lower. May
opening at $1.0t to $l.u. Later May
sold at $1.08.
The market became weaker as trading
progressed, being Influenced by a slump
In coarse grain. May sold off to $1.05
The close was weak at almost the bot
tom, with Mav off fre. at $1.05'ai.06.
CORN Weather conditions were the
leading influence in the corn market. A
firm tone prevailed at. the opening owing
to wet weather, but later the market
eased off because of an official prediction
of a droo in temperature throughout the
corn belt. May opened a shade lower to
c higher at 61c to. 61MJlc, sold at
61c and then reacted , to 61c.
The weakness became more pronounced
as the session advanced and May declined
to 60e. The close w weak With May
down dc at H4. '"
OATS Oats were easy owing to selling
by several of - the leading commission
houses. Demand wasdull. May opened
unchanged to a shade higher at. 52(52c
to G'lVtC and sold off to 52c.
PROVISIONS Provisi5n were quiet and
firm: decreased receipts of live hogs form
ed the basis of the strength. Prices at the
opening were a shade to 5 cents higher.
RYE Cash: 75r76c; December, 74c;
Mav. 79c.
BARLEY-Cash: 57(S65c.
TIMOTHY December. $3.75: March, $3.85.
CLOVER December. $9.30: March, $9.50.
Chlcaso Grain Market.
(Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office 110 West Sixth 3c. Phone 4S6.J
Chicago, Dec. 17.
tAjw Close Yea
Open High
WHEAT
Dec. ...101 101 100-
Mav ...10-106 105
Julv ... 9S- 9S 97
CORN
100 101
lort 106
97- 9S-
57- 57
60 61
60- 61-
Dec.
5734 57 57
Mav .
Julv .
OATS
6Hi- 61- 0
6H- 6i
60
Dec
Mav ... 52- 52
July ... 4714 47
PORK
49
51
49-T4
52-
47
15.65
16.02
51
46- 46
Jan. ...15.70
Mav ...16.05
15.70 15.62
16.05-07 16.00
15.62
16.00
LARD
Jan.
9.12
9.37
9.12-15 9.10
9.37-40 9.35
9.12 9.10-12
9.35-7 9.35
Mav .
RIBS
Jan. .
Mav .
8.15
8.45
8.17
8.47
8.12-15 S.12-15 8.12
8.42 8.42 8.42-5
Kansas City Grain Market.
TFurnlshed by j. E. Gall, Commissions,
Grains. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6J
Kansas City, Dec. 17.
Open
High Low Close Tea
w Mia AX
Doc. ... 96 97
Mav ..100 100
Julv ... 92,i
9f,Vx 96 96H
99 99-l0
91- 91- 92'4
CORN
Dec. Mav
July
5654 EWji- B64 56'4 56H
57 57Vi 57 57 57-
57- STii 56;4-57 56T8-57 57-
Kansas City Live Stock.
Kansas Citv. Mo.. Dec. 17. CATTLE
Receipts 5.000. including 200 southerns.
Market steady. Native steers. $4.50&-7.25;
southern steers. $3.75(&5.50; southern cows,
$2.2O'a4.0O". native cows and heifers. $2.00
6.00: stockers and feeders. $3.006.25; bulls.
t2.6CXEM.25; calves. $4.00ig.T.OO; western
steers. S3.7niB6.50: western cows, $2.754.50.
HOGS Receipts 14.000. Market strong.
Bulk of sales. $5.10H6.70; heavy. $5.55fi5.S0;
packers and butchers. $6.355.70; light,
to.OIKfcro.SO: pigs. $4.2S'?Jo.OO.
SHEEP Receipts 3,000. Market steady.
Muttons. $4.O0i4.75; lambs, $5.006.75:
range wethers. $3.756.50; fed ewes, $2.50
4.25.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago. Dec. 17. CATTLE Receipts
estimated S.000. Market steady. Beeves,
$.1.407.60: Texans. S3.4"fH.26; westerns,
3.4ii5.50: stockers and feeders. $2.6vi4.70;
cows and heifers. $1.5004.90; calves, $6.00
S.50.
HOGS Receipts estimated 3o,O0O. Mar
ket strone to 5c hijrher. L4ht. $4.S0as.60;
mixed. $5.15ao.&0: heavy. $6.20(5.82; rough,
$5.20(35.40; (rood to choice heavy. $5.40-
5.S2; pips. $3.504.S0; bulk of sales, $5.36
5.70.
SHEEP Receipts estimated 23,"00. Mar
ket weak to 10c lower. Native, $2.50fi4.65 :
western. $2.50W4.70: yearlings. $4.256.00;
lambs. $4.507.30: western, $4.o0.25.
Kansas City Live Stock Sales.
CThe following sales were made today t
the stock yards. Kansas City. Mo., and
bv Clay, Robinson & Co.. live stock com
mission merchants, with offices at all
markets .1
Kansas City. Dec. 17. CATTLE Re
ceipts 5.000 head. Market steady.
HOGS Receipts n.iwo neaa. MarKei
steady. Bulk of sales. Jo.2d4Ri.65; top. a.i.
SHEEP Receipts 3.VW neaa. iiamei
slow.
KILLING STEERS.
No - Wt. Price. INo. Wt. Price.
26 1139 $5.75 t 17 1247 $5.25
TH'RIDAY
ir
in all Depts.
after a strenuous week's selling
For Boys:
A special of
fer Friday of
300 boys' Pro
t e c t o r Over
coats i n new
tans, browns,
also blacks;
made to sell for
6.50and7.50.
We're making
a special fea
ture of them at
$3.95 and
$5.00
Another lot
of boys' combi
nation suits $2
take your
pick from bovs'
combination suits with two pair of
Knickerbocker pants, size 5 to 17
years the fabrics are staunch
wearing cassimeres, excellent for
school wearing suits. . A wonderful
value for $3.50 special fcO
price now
Xovelty Suit Siecial. Sailor snits
and Russian suits, sizes 3 to 10,
in plain and fancy effects, assem
bling a number of fine lines of
boys' dressy garments that were $4
and $5; now, to move them out
..dispat.ch... $2.50
School Suits Reduced. Special
offer of about 300 knee paiits suits
In cheviots, blue serges and unfin
ished worsted, sizes 6 to 14' only.
These suits are such as sell regu
larly at $5, $6 now
presented at.
$3.50
Xovelty Suits at About Half.
Take advantage of this offer of
Russian suits, sizes 2 to 7, and
Sailor suita, sizes 5 to 10, in high
quality. The values are $8 and $10
they sold readily at those
figures; the present price is. . . pf
Boys' Fancy Suspenders in Xmas
Boxes, special , 25c
Boys' Four-in-Hand and "Wind
sor Ties, in all colors 25c
Boys' Toques in plain or fancy
colors, special 45c
. Boys' Rough Rider Gloves in
brown or black 50c
Ladies' and Children's Phoenix
Mufflers, in plain and fancy colors,
special . ; -15c
Children's Silk Stocking Caps, in
plain colors $1.00
Boys' Tennis Flannel Pajamas, 8
to 14 years 95c
Boys' All "Wool Stocking Caps,
35c quality, all colors':'.-. 21c
OPEN TONIGHT
20 1403" 5.90 I 34:...:... 1425 5.90
COWS AND HEIFERS.
2........ 9R5 . 2.75 I 12 437 3.85
36 864 3.25 I 44 960 4.25
16 VTii 4.00 1
CALVES.
1 150 6.50 I 1 100 5.00
1... 190 6.50 I 1 150 7.00
2 165 7.00 I 2 ISO 6.50
. BULLS.
1.:. 14S0 3.00 I
Kansas City Produce Market.
Kansas City. Mo.. Dec. 17. WHEAT
Market unchanged. December. 96c; May.
99c: July. 91c. Cash: No. 2 hard, $1.00
0214; No. 3, 9SVvfj$l.01; No. 2 red, $1.0p
06: No. 3. $1.0Ck&1.04.
CORN Market unchanged. December.
56'!lc: May and July. 57c. Cash: No. 2
mixed. 56V4c: No. 3. 56(&56c; No. 2 white,
57'&57c; No. '3. 57"4c.
OATS Market unchanged. No. 2 white,
51c: No. 2 mixed. 4S(&50c.
RTF 73&76c.
HAT Market steady. Choice timothy,
$9.75f?10.00: choice prairie. $S.7559.00.
UL lTtn Market uncnangea to iC low
er. Creamery. 30c: packing, lSfec.
EGGS Market c higher. Fresh ex
tras. 30c: current receipts. 256c.
WHEAT Receipts. 73 cars.
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago. Dec. 17. CHEESE Market
irm. Daisies. 14-Mrcrl5c; twins, ivnivAc;
young Americas. 14fec.
POULT R Alive, steady; turkeys. 14c;
chickens. 9c: springs. 11c.
POTATOES Market steady. 6075e.
BUTTER Market steady. Creamery, 22
&30c: dairy. 21ViS25c.
EGGS Market steady, r lrsts, xc.
Kansas City car lots today: Wheat 62,
corn 36. oats 11.
Kansas City estimated car lots tomor
row: "Wheat 73. corn 22. oats 6.
Chicago car lots today: Wheat 31, corn
421. oats 133.
Northwest car lots today 343, last year
323.
Closing cables: Wheat sd higher, corn
d lower.
New York Produce Market.
New York. Dec. 17. BUTTER Market
steady. Creamery, third to firsts. 23&30c.
CHEESE Market firm. State full
cream specials. 14??15c; ditto, Septem
ber large and small colored or white fancy,
14c: ditto. October best, 13c; late made
small best. 13c: good to prime, ll'S12c;
common to fair. 10&llc; skims, full to
special. 2'4'311c.
EGGS Market steady at the decline.
Western firsts. 30c: western seconds, 2(3
"9c
" POULTRY Alive, dull; chickens. 12c;
fowls. 124c: turkeys, 13c. Dressed stepdy;
western springs. 12"20c; fowls, ll(irl4c;
spring turkeys. 16 22c.
Market Gossip.
Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions,
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6.
Liverpool cables: Opening Wheat d
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Price reductions
For Ladies:
Silk Ree
fer Muff
lers in plain
black and
a 1 1 colors;
also made
up mufflers
with padded
back, in
plain and
fancy eilks,
usually sell
11 1 1 of- -v? aw -Beta
at 75c and
$1.00. Our
special price
50c
Stylish Neckwear Pure silk
four-in-hands, includes the new
shades, made of the best
25c
of 50c silks, special price -
Fancy Silk Suspenders in all
colors, brass buckles, leather
ends with lisle tips; each pair
handsomely boxed; usually sell
for 50c and 75c; our oq
special price OJC
French Folded Four-in-Hand
in the finest of imported silks
put in Xmas boxes, j-a
special.... OUC
Men's Kid Gloves, also mocha
and dog; skin; wool lined, silk
lined or unlined, in the new tans
and brown, others ask $1.50
for equal quality, priced d i
special here at f
Ladies' Fur Trimmed
colors
Juliets, all
$1.50
Ladies' Comfy Slippers, for the bed
room, all colors $1.35
Infants' Pat. Tip Lace and Button
Shoes, special 75c quality 39c
Soft Soles and Moccasins in all col
ors and patterns, ... 50c, 75c and $l.O0
Ladies' Dress Shoes, sample lines at
$3.50. $4.00 grades- some with short
vamp and military heels. Friday $2.65
GOOD UOTHBTSTOn
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STOCK SHIPPERS
To Insure Yourselves Best Results Consign To
Clay, Robinson & Co.,
LIva Stock Commission Merchants, Slock Yards, Kansas City.
WE ALSO HT6 OUK Uwn urriy 1. i. IOiPH,
80. OMAHA. DENVER. 8UUX CttY. M. ST. PAUL. E. BUFFALO!
higher, corn unchanged.
Second cable: Wheat unchanged to Vd
higher, corn 4d lower.
New York Stock Market.
Wall St.. New York. Dec. 17. STOCKS
The opening stock market was dull and
uninteresting. The declines outnumbered
the advances, but ttre changes were all
small and unimportant.
Speculation was nervous and feverish
until the market finally sagged under the
weight of the liquidation in American
Smelting. The high priced coal stocks and
New York Public f tlities had periods of
strength. Iackawanna jumped 5Vi, Cen
tral of New Jersey 3Vfe. Consolidated Gas
and Metropolitan Street Railway 2, South
ern Railway preferred VA. Denver and Rio
Grande. Chicago and Alton and North
American 1. These advances were partly
lost when the general tendency became
downwards. American Smelting yielded
24 and Amalgamated Copper, Great North
ern preferred and American Woolen 1. All
the prominent railroad stocks were quoted
below yesterday's final prices.
Continued pressure against American
Smelting which lost 3 and Amalgamated
Copper, which declined Us, kept the gen
eral tone heavy. Interest In the market
was languid until active selling com
menced near noon. Pullman Inst 3 and
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Balti
more and Ohio. Reading. St. Paul. Atchi
son. Brooklyn Transit. National Lead.
Illinois Central. Groat Northern Ore certi
ficates and United States Steel 1 to 1.
Bonds were irregular.
Ranse of Prices on Stocks.
IF-urnrsned by J. K. Gall, Commission,
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stock
Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6.J
New York. Dec. 17.
Stocks
Sugar ....
Gas
Copper ....
Oo'n Hif h Low Cl'se Yes.
iw isn vjs issh r.vfvt
1W4 liVz 1H IK'S
814 7S' 7ST4 717
674 Sfi 66V4 57
B. R. T..
Am. Car & Fndv.. 4674 46Ts 4i 4i 4,
IT. S. Sieel. Com... 54' 54V6 5.1 53'i i
i". S. Steel. Pfd... .Ill 1113 ll"1 11'K4 "I'i
Atchison. Com S7V4 97 95 97
Atchison. Pfd I"-'1 Kt'1 lr-' l"'-'1 Vil
Anaconda 4 4V?4 47H 47Ti 49
St. Paul 14914 14"' 1471 14S4 1914
Rock Island 33H -J3 Ua
Great Northern 14Si 14os 143V4 143 14oH
Wabash. Pfd 4Wi 47'i 4oi 4; 4C.4
Missouri Pacific... 60 3V4 . 5"
Am. Smelting Si Mi Sl H S'i
Northern Pacific. .UPA 14-i4 14"- 14"4
N. Y. Central m 121 11SV4 Hv 1'i
Texas Pacific 334
Southern Pacific. .121 121- 11914 119 121
Reading ..... 140 140i IS 139 14014
Krie. Com 34'4 343 SW 33'i 34
So. Railway 244 2R 24 2474 25
Union Pacific 12 12 lso 1S3
C. & O 57 57 55 5.i 57
B. & 0 1104 110 15 109'i 110
L. t N 122 122 122 122 123
Katv 72 72 71 71 73U
Pennsylvania 13o 130 12S74 12X 130
Can. Pacific 177 177 175 17.7 177
National Lead 7!"it 79 7i 77 79
C. F. & 1 3 .94 37 37 3S-
Rock Island. Pfd.. 59 69 58 5 60
New Tork Money Market.
New York. Dec. 17. MONEY Money on
call firm. 2fS3 per cent; ruling rate 3;
closing bid 2V: onered at 2. rime loans
verv dull and firm: 60 days and 90 days 3
i3 per cent: six months. 3(S4 per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 44
per cent.
sterling exenanee urm wun actual ouw-
Day
on all Broken lines
be in sure tomorrow
For Men:
Special offer
ing of new Pro-;
tector Over
coats, long box
f o r m fitting
overcoats, in
black, browrf,
gray,, olive
tints or fancy
patterns, a 1 s o
raincoats in the
new protector
style or in the
long lapel, now
so stylish; 200
brown pure
worsted suits.
10 0 black o rl
blue worsted
suits ;150 strip-L
ed novelty pure Saxony wor
steds suits. Overcoats and
suits for men of all sizes
also young men. Values of
S20.00 and $22.00. We offer
you your choice tomorrow for
$15.00
Men's Fine Raincoats in
black, gray and tan worsteds.
Some with new Auto d 1
collar special at. . . . P x Vf
Men's Shoes in single and
double soles of plain leather
in new stub lasts, very
dressy $3.50 values..
$3
Men's Trousers of finest worsteds
iteds
$4
$5.00 and $6.00 kinds.
Special.
Men's . Vndorwoar, broken
of $1.25 and $1.50 wool
and all wool kinds. Special.
lines
$1
Men's $2.50 and $3.00 lino Hats
odd lots. 1 e
Special P liDO
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ness in bankers bills at M.S5 for 60 day
bills and at J4.stf.90 for demand; commer
cial bills 4.S4V6t4.84:;.
SILVER Bar silver. 4c; Mexican dol
lars. 45c.
PONDS Government bonds, steady
railroad bonds, irergular.
New York Sugar and Coffee Market.
New York. Dec. 17. SUGAR Haw,
steadv: fair refining, S3.CT; centrifugal, 6
test. J.1.77: molasses sugar. $3.02. Refined,
nuiot: crushed, tS.45: powdered, J4.&5; gran
ulated. $4.75.
COFFEE Market nulet. No. 7 Rio, 6'4
6c: No. 4 Santos. 7(&4e.
Cotton Marfep.
GaGlveston. Tex.. Dec. 17. COTTON
Market steady. Sc.
New York. Dec. 17. COTTON Spot
closed ciulet: middling uplands, $9.10; mid--dling
gulf. $9.35. Sales. 2,200 bales.
TuDCka Mutet.
rFurnlahed by th Cnarles Wolff Pack.
lug Co.. yard cloas at noon Saturday.
We cannot ua piga. thin aowa or hoga
weighing lea than 170 lba. Do not mar
ket hoes unleaa aama are well finiahad.
aa we cannot use half fat atuCC. We give
below prices effective at once, until fur
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 17.
Hooa.
MIXF.D AND BUTCHERS
HKAVY
LIGHT
CATTLE.
.$4 ,!Vfi5.&
. 6.3Wir6.4
4.ti5u.lO
Per cwt.
Cows (good) $3.25'i73.5
Cows (medium) , 2 5n3.0i
Heifers (good) 3.25'g3.7
Heifers (medium).; 2.75'(i.3.00
Bulls (good) 2.753.25
Bulls (medium) 2.(nKn2.5o
Calves (100 to 2O0 lbs.) 4 WJi4.7f
Calves (over 200 lbs.) 3.Mwi.bo '
Cannot use dairy cowh for beef. ,
f Furnished by The Continental Creamery
Co.. Toucka, Kan.) ,
BUTTER AND EGGS.
EGGS Chicago. 30e: N. Y.. 32c.
CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago, 30c;
N. Y.. 31c.
ELGIN BUTTER SOe.
EGOS AND POULTRY. '
rWholeule prices furnished by Topeka
Puck. 11s C'.. 114-11S W. Laurent atreet 1
POULTRY Hens. Sc; springs, c; broil
ers. 12c: old cocks. Sc; stags, ic. Turkeys.
13c; ducks. Sc; geese, 6c. .
BUTTER Packing stock, 13c.
WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PROI11JCS.
(Furnished by Sam'l fci. Lux, Wnulevaie
Fiuii and Produce-!
FLORIDA PINEAPPLES Per crate;
$4 00
HICKORY NUTS Per bu.. $2.50.
CAULIFLOWER Per crate. $2.75.
RUTAN COCOANUTS-Per do.. 65c J
original sack. $4 75.
BULK DATES Per lb.. 6c. " -
HONEY Per case. $3.15&.3.25.
GRAPES Catawba, per bsk.. 22c: Al
mira grapes, her bbl.. $5 75fi; .00. ,
APPLES Per box. $1.15(fr 2.(10.
GRAPE FRUIT Per b..x. $4.50.
FANCY TABLE PEARS Per box. J3.75
FIGS Per box. 65c.
CRANBERRIES Per bbl., $13.00 per lb..
CABBAGE Wisconsin Holland, per
""reD-'gLOBE ONIONS Wisconsin, per
bu.. 757900.
SPANISH ONIONS Per crate. $2 00.
LEMONS California, per box. $3 003.75.
ORANGES Navel, per box, $3.00i3 50. '
BANANAS Medium, per bunch. $2.21; .
large, per bunch. $2.75: Jumbo, per bunctk
$3.25; extra large, per lb., 314c.
Bargain
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