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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOtTRNAIr SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1913-
iiOlifT Tiir rinroii
oiiHi inc rinto
Congress Will B& Held Wednes
day to' DIscuss-PreYentlon.
3Ien of Prominence; Are en the
List of Speakers., ; ,
A rigid investigation Into' the 'fire
.waste in Kansas will be conducted in
Topeka next Wednesday, when a state
wide fire congress will be held. The
meeting is promised to be the biggest
ever attempted. Several speakers of
national prominence have been secured.
Starring among the attractions, per
haps, is ex-Chief Croker, of the
New Tork fire department. ,who
is known as a veteran fire fighter, and
who has now turned his attention to
fire prevention. He is scheduled to de
liver an address that will prove of in
tense interest, not only to those who
are directly interested in the subject,
but to every man who owns property
that is subject to fire.
Other noted speakers, each a fire pre
vention expert, include Fire Marshal
C. J. Doyle, of Illinois, and Superin
tendent Doane, of the Utah insurance
department, who is said to be one of
the finest platform orators on the sub
ject of fire prevention in the country.
Governor-elect George H. Hodges is
elated for at least a short address, and
several other speakers from various
marts of the state will be arranged for.
The congress will consist of three ses
sions, one in the morning, one in ihe
afternoon and a third at night.
Statistics relating to the immense
ifire waste in the state and' nation will
be presented and the burning question
will be, how to decrease sucn a, joss.
It is a well known ' fact that the ' fire
loss in this country is greater than in
in; civilized country. Kansas is by no
means behind the average, being
rather ahead of the average in the loss
per capita. The average loss for every
roan, woman and child in the country
In a year is $2.48. In Kansas the an
nual per capita loss reaches $2.88.
Ex-Chief Croker lias been a promi
nent figure nationally for a number of
vears. His life is full of thrilling in
cidents, narrow escapes and blood
curdling scenes. He has seen the
abomination of the crowded fire traps
called factories of New Tork. and
where hundreds have lost their lives in
the space of a few minutes.
They Pay the Price.:
Emphasis will be laid upon the fact
that every man, whether he owns pro
perty or not, helps to pay for the fire
waste. The property owner pays the
price partly in increased cost of in
surance and partly in increased risk
to that part of this property or busi
ness that never can be covered by in
surance. Th? man who owns no pro
perty pays his proportion in the in
creased cost of living, due to the fact
that, in some way, property destroyed
must be replaced.
The record of incendiarism in Kan
sas also will be related, and the record
is bad enough. In several Kansas
cities fire after fire has been traced
to incendiarism. To each case there
was a heavy loss to property owners
besides the loss to insurance com
panies. Commercial bodies in every part of
Kansas have been asked to co-operate
in making the congress a success.
Civic organizations of every kind have
been invited to help in the work. Fire
chiefs of the various cities and towns
of the state have been invited, and
clubs and other organizations will be
urged to take part. The meetings will
be for everybody, and light on the
subject of prevention of fires, simple
rules that will nbviate many danger
ous situations that might require only
a half burned match or a lighted cigar
stump to start into a disastrous blaze
are promised.
The congress will be held by the
Kansas State Fire Prevention associa
tion, which already has helped in the
fight against preventable . fires. The
anotive for the meeting is to give those
who want to know more about the
prevention of fires an opportunity to
Jearn, and to help spread the gospel
of the conservation of fire waste. The
congress, from replies already receiv
ed by the committee in charge, promi
ses to be an immense success.
FOR JUST 16 DAYS.
(Continued from Page One.)
chise and tax, the income tax and the
combination of the labor departments.
All these acts have been postponed
for amendment and debate until the
beginning of the grind next week
and the mapped out program will
have no little effect on the future of
the Democratic party in the state.
The Democrats failed last evening
to turn out enough senators to vote
through the bill abolishing the office
of state mine inspector, director of
Iree employment bureau, and the
commissioner of labor and creating
In lieu thereof a commission of labor
and industry. It was planned among
the wise men of the majority to push
this bill through the senate that it
would be passed before the state labor
interests met in Topeka the first of
the week and brought heavy pressure
to bear on Governor Hodges. But
when the senate was called to order
last evening, enough Republicans -were
there to pass an adjournment until
Monday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
and the bill held over.
The Democrats have to blame, none
other than Senator Lambertson of
Brown county. Lambertson succeed
ed in deadlocking with a myriad of
parliamentary rules the entire body for
nearly an hour and before the fili
buster could be broken the Brown
county senator had a "hog tie" on
the labor bill.
Senator Davis of Bourbon is in fa
vor of dividing the revenues that
would be derived from the Wilson of
Jefferson constitutional amendment
on Kansas University taxation. Davis
would take 25 per cent of the one
third mill and give it to the city and
county high schools of the state. An
other 23 per cent would go toward
the maintenance of the public schools
in the state. This would leave for the
maintenance and equipment of Kansas
university, 50 per cent of one-third of
one mill tax on each dollar's worth of
taxable property in the state. The
Democrats are determined this year
to save money on educational institu
tions. To encourage and aid the county
fair movement throughout Kansas,
James Malone has introduced in the
senate a bill requiring the " county
commissioners to assist in the pay
ment of premiums given at agricul
tural fair associations. The only re
quirement insisted upon by the bill
1M that the fair shall have been in suc-
TURKEY'S REAL RULERS
A rr-
Enver Bey.
Constantinople. Feb. 1. Martial law
rules In this city with the fate of the
nation in the hands of two men En
ver Bey, successor of Nazim Pasha,
whom he shot dead, as commander of
the army and military governor of the
capital, and Talaat Bey, the new min
ister of interior, who plotted with En-
ver Bey the assassination of Nazam
Pasha. The sultan has been reduced
to a figurehead by the events of the
past few days.
Bloody scenes are looked for here if
Enver Bey carries out his present
plans. He has convened a military
tribunal such as condemned thousands
to death in the days of the French com
mune, and has arrested over 200 ad-
cessful operation for three consecu
tive years.
Senator Stavely of Osage county is
the largest contributor of bills in the
senate affecting cities of the third
class. Hardly a day passes that the
Republican does not suggest some new
method of operating cities of this
class in the state. His latest attempt
is to give them power to construct and
maintain pipe lines, electric light and
telephone plants and waterworks and
sewer systems. He also has provided
for strict police regulations beyond the
city limits of third class towns. Stave
ly hails from Lyndon where he makes
a thorough study of the needs of
smaller cities.
The action of the judicial committee
of the senate in killing the intermar
riage between whites and blacks bill
was a surprise to most of the senate
onlookers. It was figured that this
bill passed by the house would
have little trouble in in sliding
through the senate on account of
its strictly domestic nature with
nothing to do directly with the admin
istration platform. The vote in the
committee was unanimous only one
vote not counted that of Milton of
Wyandotte, who refused to vote. The
Wyand-tte senator also refused to vote
on the contest case. Apparently Kan
sas City, Kan., is well inhabited by
Socialists and members of the colored
race.
IN SENATE "MILL."
(Continued from Page One.)
entirely. His assistants are to receive
$3,000 a year apiece. Dawson told the
house that 1,400 cases in two years
netted fees in the sum of $6,000 to $8,
000. Using this for the basis of his
argument, Orr put Riddle and his plea
of cutting down expenses and keeping
salaries down to rout. He showed a
profit for the state from the transac
tion. Members of the educational com
mittees, both of the house and sen
ate, gave the boards of regents and
heads of state educational institutions
three lively hours Friday night when
they had under consideration the
Keene bill for a consolidation of the
boards of regents of the various state
educational institutions and the crea
tion of a state board of administra- j
the reporting of the bill was taken
at the joint session of the two com
mittees, but the measure will prob
ably be reported in both houses early
next week.
President H. J. Waters of the State
Agricultural college discussed the
Keene bill at length and explained to
the law makers his objections to the
measure. The - Manhattan man de
clared that the state educational in
stitutions had no objection to the ad
ministration bill further than it de
stroyed the various boards of regents
and threatened to impair the individu
ality of the several state schools. He
admitted that an administration board
to control in a general way all of the
state educational institutions and to
prepare the budgets and make legis
lative recommendations concerning
the several schools would probably
prove of some benefit and merit not
only to the schools but to the state
as well. But President Waters want
ed the various boards of regents left
Just where they are and their gen
eral work undisturbed.
President J. II. Hill of the Emporia
State Normal told his views of the
proposed administration bill and
thought that the passage of such an
act would work a real hardship on
the schools. A. M. Keene, member
of the houso from Bourbon county
and author of the bill, defended his
measure before the joint committee
and urged a favorable report en the
bill. He urged that the schools vould
not suffer, but that the state would
save thousands of dollars annually in
useless appropriations to schools un
der a strict supervision of the educa
tion work.
Three members of the several
boards of regents also appeared be
fore the committees. They were Scott
Hopkins, representing Kansas univer
sity; W. R. Blackburn, representing
the State Agricultural college, and
Lieutenant Governor Sheffield In
galls. who appeared as one of the re
gents for the state normal. Each of
the three men urged upon the mem
bers of the educational committees
that the usefulness of the state schools
would be hindered and blocked . by
the creation of the administration
board without safeguards that would
require radical amendments to the
Keene document.
It is probable that the 'two com
LEADERS OF REVOLT.
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Talaat Bey.
herents of Kiamil Pasha, deposed
grand vizier. It is believed that he
will have scores of them shot.
Serious opposition to Enver Bey and
the young Turks has developed by rea
son of the belief that the new com
mander of the army has . been intrigu
ing with Germany to deliver Turkish
territory into German control. Enver
Bey has negotiated a $15,000,000 loan
from a German bank.
Enver Bey is a natural leader of men
and a soldier of proved ability. The
stubborn resistence of the Turkish
forces in Tripoli that opposed the
Italian conquest of that country was
due largely to his genius and deter
mination. mittees will hold a second session ear
ly next week before taking final ac
tion on the bill.
That Gordon bill, compelling gas
companies to furnish consumers not
less than 98 per cent, pure gas and
to- maintain a pressure equal to four
ounces water column pressure through
all conduits, mains and pipes, was
recommended for passage in the house
committee of the whole Friday night.
The recommendation did not come,
however, until after the member from
Wyandotte had made a stubborn fight
for the adoption of his measure.
Things which Gordon would do to
Kansas gas companies which fail, re
fuse or neglect to comply with the
proposed new law, are quite sufficient
to cause alarm to any energetic, am
bitious and thrifty corporation. Not
only does Gordon want almost abso
lutely pure gas, but he wants plenty
of it. Failure to get these things, un
der the terms of Gordon's bill pro
vides that the downtrodden consumer
shall not be compelled to pay his
monthly gas bill but may have a posi
tive and absolute defense against any
claim for judgment in a court of com
petent jurisdiction. The bill also pro
vides that the utilities commission, the
state oil inspector and the state oil
inspector's deputies shall make regu
lar inspection of the gas pressure and
supply. Where breaks occur in gas
mains or pipes, the Gordon bill allows
the company 24 hours and no more
in which to make repairs and re
establish the old pressure required un
der the proposed new law.
BUSINESTSTAYS GOOD
Expansion Beirun In 1812 Extends
Into the New Year.
New Tork, Feb. 1. Dun's Review says:
The business expansion which began In
1912 was steadily maintained throughout
the first month of the new year and re
ports from various sections continue
satisfactory. Weather conditions affect
distribution adversely in certain indus
tries and tariff uncertainty is responsible
for conservative buying in lines affected.
T 1-. ...,,v.l a nnnronna.ontlvflnnrniirh
inc. ntm.nt Viave interfered with the
demand for materials usea in tne manu
faMuK of elothine but the general effect
on dry goods trade is comparatively slight.
Bank Clearings.
Bradstreet's bank clearings report for
the week ending January 30 shows an
aggregate of $3,288,570,000 as against $3,599,
888,000 last week and $3,167,359,000 in. the
eorresDonding week last year. 1 ne ioi
lowing is a list or tne cities
Pet.
Pet.
Cities-
"Amount.
inc.
1.2
8.0
12.7
17.7
9.4
3.2
5.0
13.9
24.7
sb.i
22.1
28.2
9.6
14.1
18.8
dec.
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Baltimore ........
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Cleveland
Detroit
Los Angeles.......
Omaha
Milwaukee
Louisville ;
Atlanta
Portland, Ore
Seattle
St. Joseph
Salt Lake City...
Fort Worth
Wichita
Sioux City
Oklahoma
Little Rock
Lincoln -
TOPEKA
Davenport
Muskogee, Okla..
Tulsa, Okla
Sioux City
Fargo, N. D
Fremont, Neb....
.$1,914,425,000
. 292.412,000
. 153,107,000
. 168.366.000
82,743.000
55.778.000
46,528.000
42,051,000
27,795.000
23.120.000
20.539,000
24,431,000
.. 21.610.000
23,477,000
16,878,000
15.185,000
16,445.000
14.432.000
9,004.000
10,383,000
7.563,000
6,771,000
8.822,009
3,596.000
, . 3.787,000
2,138,000
2.146,000
. . 1.651,000
1,600.000
1.483.C00
901.000
925,000
- 648,000
374,000
286,000
12.5
4.6
1.7
20.8
1.5
11.1
i'.i
23.2
45.6
1.1
11.8
.1
H.2
89.5
70.9
21.8
4.3
21.7
Weekly Bank Statement.
New York. Feb. 1. The statement of tile
actual condition of the clearing house
banks and trust companies for the week
shows that they hold $16.1!S,200 reserve i
excess of legal requirements. This is a
decrease of $5,340,200 from last week. Th:
statement follows:
Actual condition: Increase.
Loans $1,995,955,000 $25..S3S,iW
Specie - 353,173,000 1,222.U01
Lesal tenders S3,13S,(00 3.3S7.WI
Net deposits 1,855,820,000 S.92,0w
Circulation 46,629,000 113,(M
Banks' cash reserve in vault $369,970,0X;
Trust companies' cash reserve '
vault es,34i,ew
Aggregate cash resere 436,311,000
Excess lawful reserve 16,125.200 5.34O,Jo0
Trust companies reserve with clearing
house members carrying 25 per cent cah
reserve, $61,726,000.
Summary of state banks and trust com
panies fn Greater New York not included
in clearing house statement:
Loans , $ 561,133,300 . 3.W5,:W0
Specie 61.567.100 7l.oov
Legal tenders 7,707,400 6.4"0
Total deposits 630,213,900 3,15a,3U
Decrease.
LOST ONJNGINE
Engineer Says Fog Hides Even
Whistling Posts.
aieu Who Guide Trains Must
Watch Closely
Hutchinson. Kan.. Feb. 1. Can a
railway engineer become lost in a fog
with his train?
They not only can, .but do, says W:
B. Baldwin, a veteran engineer on this
division of the Missouri Pacific. En
gineer Baldwin explains that it is very
easy for an engineer, while driving his
train through a fog, to lose his bear
ings, and become utterly lost.
"I was lost in a fog a few years ago
while pulling No. 1 on the main line
of the Missouri Pacific," said Engi
neer Baldwin. "The sensation was just
the same as it would be if I were lost
In the pine woods of Michigan. I was
running about SO miles an hour. Af
ter passing a few objects which I
could not locate, I reduced my speed
to 20 miles to be safe, as I was ap
proaching a Junction and regular stop.
I did not proceed very far after re
ducing speed until I passed the first
switch lights in the yard, much to my
surprise.
"If I had not observed the rule, 'in
case of doubt take the side of safety,'
I might have had a serious accident,
for I could not have stopped the train
at the depot if I had passed the first
switch at a speed of 50 miles an hour.
Headlight of No Use.
"The brightest headlight is of no
avail to pierce the darkness and gloom
which is hanging over the track and
hiding all familiar objects from the
view of engineer. .
"At times the fog becomes so dense
that it is impossible to see the rails
in front of the engine and there is a
beautiful rainbow around the circle of
the light which is thrown out from
the headlight.
"The whistle posts, standing a few
feet from the end of the ties, can us
ually be seen but the engineer will
miss them occasionally and therefore
it is absolutely necessary to keep his
thoughts on his work during a heavy
fog to avoid the danger of getting
lost. It may appear strange to some
of you but an engineer can get lost
in such weather. When he thinks he
has gone far enough to see the next
post and it does not appear he is un
easy until he passes an object which
he does recognize.
"He knows by the rumbling noise
made by the engine in passing over
a bridge that he has passed the whis
tle post without seeing it, and is half
a mile beyond. There is one object
that will never deceive the engineer
even though his eyes were closed, it
is a curve. But there are many miles
wi. .o.un. nitiiuut a curve ana he must
depend on other objects."
ROBS TRAIN IN CHICAGO
A Lone Bandit Holds Up the "Stock
yards Special."
Chicago, Feb. 1. A bandit disguised
by a handkerchief tied over the lower
part of his face, robbed the safe of an
express car here and escaped with a
bag of currency thought to contain
several thousand dollars. The car was
attached to a local special express
train of the Pennsylvania railroad. The
bandit compelled the express messen
ger to open the safe at the point of
a revolver, une conductor of the train
seized the thief but the man felled
him with a blow of his fist. He es
caped apparently unhurt, although the
conductor recovered himself and fired
two shots after him.
The robbed train is known as the
"Stockyards Special." It is used to
carry money and valuable express mat
ter between the Union stockyards and
the down town district. The bandit
evidently was familiar with the opera
tion of the train.
The loot obtained by the robber con
sisted of two packages of railroad pay
checks, amounting to $8,000, billed to
i Des Moines. It is feared that other
valuables were also taken, but this will
not be finally known until accounts
are checked over.
BULL MOOSE OPEN
CAMPAIGN OF 1916
Osear.K. Darts. .
The simultaneous opening' of head
quarters at Washington and New
Tork a few days ago marked the
formal launching of the Bull Moose
presidential campaign of 1916. Behind
the opening of these headquarters 1
the announced purpose of the lead
ers of the Progressive party to build
an organization in every county in
the United States, to the end that in
the next general election the party
will present candidates for every of
fice to be voted for. from township
supervisors to president. Oscar K.
Davis, secretary of the Bull Moose
national committee, in charge of
the Washington headquarters.
"Don't you think it would be a good
idea for you to give away a few million
dollars?" asked Mr. Cassius. "Yes," re
plied Mr. Dustin Stax. "But it's a serious
problem to give away a million dollars
in a manner that will bring the money's
worth in undying fame" Washington
Star.
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MULROY'S BILL
(Continued from Page One.)
Leavenworth county becomes a law.
The Gilman bill prohibits any busi
ness or Commercial college to solicit
business in this state or sell schol
arships or tuition to any Kansan un
less the school has the official O. K.
of, the state superintendent.
Gilman does not seek to legislate
out of business the shorthand, type
writing, bookkeeping and' penmanship
schools, but he believes that some of
the schools now doing business within
the state are not giving value received
to their student. Yet Gilman would
not only place a ban on the fake bus
iness colleges of the state, but he
would prevent foreign business col
leges entering the state to induce stu
dents to buy courses or scholarships
unless, that school has a bill of good
health from the state superintendent's
office.
Another educational bill introduced
in the house by the Leavenworth coun
ey member provides for the creation
of a standard school in the rural dis
tricts. When a country school has at
tained a certain standard in its edu
cational facilities, the Gilman bill pro
vides that the state shall furnish a
door plate for that school certifying
that it is a "standard Kansas school."
There is also a superior school to be
created by the Gilman act and it too
shall have a metal door plate indicat
ing its standard of efficiency. To each
standard school, the state would ap
propriate $50 annually while the super
ior schools would receive an annual
appropriation of $75 from the state.
An appropriation of $40,000 is carried
under the terms of Gilman's bill to
carry out the provisions of his act.
The mere fact that the senate judic
iary committee gave his intermarriage
bill a fatal stab when no one was look
ing, has not discouraged Representa
tive J. N. Herr in the. least and this
morning he started a brand new meas
ure on its road through the legislative
mill. Herr managed to secure the ad
vancement of his bill to second read,
ing. Then he attempted to have the
bill advanced to third reading, but
Stone of Shawnee called a halt and
the Barber county man's pet piece of
legislature was compelled to take its
regular course.
When the bill gets to the senate for
the second time, Herr will try to have
the bill sent to a "not unfriendly"
committee. Almost any of the 27 other
senate committees will suit Herr rea
sonably well, but he will dodge the
senate lawyers. The Herr measure
makes illegal the marriage of whites
and blacks. Two years ago it was
beat in the house, this year it pass
ed the house only to be killed in the
senate judiciary committee.
Perjury in Kansas will be a really
serious offense under provisions of a
bill introduced in the house today by
Representative Crippen. He would
provide that perjury in a felony case
shall subject the guilty party to a
term in the penitentiary for a period
of not less than seven years, while a
similar offense in a civil action or
misdemeanor case would be punish
able by a term in prison of not to ex
ceed seven years.
Gilman of Leavenworth countv to
day introduced a state election regis
tration bill. The registration list
would be made up from the vote cast
in the August primaries. Persons
failing to vote in the primaries would
be disqualified for voting in the No
vember electionunder the Gilman bill.
WRESTLING TONIGHT.
Hoffman and Charlesworth Meet In
T. A. A. Rooms.
Lewis Hoffman and Gene Charles
worth will wrestle tonight at the To
peka Athletic rooms at 219 Kansas ave
nue. Hoffman hasn't appeared, except
in exhibition work Thursday night
since his match with Westmann here
during the holidays. That match end
ed a draw. There will be a couple of
preliminary matches . and Kid Cramer
and Falkner will do a few rounds of
boxing.
Hoffman asked today that a chal
lenge be issued for him to any 160
nound wrestler in Kansas. He has
shown himself some mat artist and
wants to take on all the fellows who
think they know something about the
toe hold game. .
SECRET OF LONGEVITY
Scientist Discovers Why Egyptians
Attained Great Age.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1. It was common
for the Egyptian noblemen in ancient
times to live 110 years but it has re
mained until now for the real secret
of their longevity to be revealed by
Prof. W. Max Muller, of the University
of Pennsylvania. Prof. Muller says
that pipyrus scrips discovered along
the Nile, and hieroglyphic inscriptions
on the walls of chambers in the pyra
mids show that it was the custom of
the noblemen of Egypt's palmy days
to have their numerous wives tickle
their feet and to drink 100 Jars of beer
a day. 1
The professor adds that the joyous
sensation of having his' feet tickled by
a lot of wives may have been an im
portant factor in lengthening a noble
man's life. He fails to say what ef
fect the consnmption of 100 Jars of
beer a day may have had, perhaps be
cause the- size of the Egyptian beer
jar is not announced.
SLEPT IN NEW GRAVE.
Grave Digger Yells When Coffin Is
Let Down on Him.
Winsted, Conn., Feb. 1. A large
number of colored persons present at
the burial of Mrs. Alice Mary Murphy
in the Burrville cemetery, received a
fright that made some of them think
the corpse had come to life again.
Samuel Jackson, one of the colored
grave diggers, was so tired after he got
through . digging and so affected by
what he had taken to keep up his
spirits that he fell into the grave and
went to sleep.
Day was passing when the coffin was
lowered into its last resting place and
when the weight of the box rested on
Jackson he awoke with a yell that
scared the mourners. He was released
from the grave none the worse for his
experience.
STOCK SHIPPERS
To Insure Youraehre Best Result Consign to
CI AY, ROBINSON i& CO.
Live Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kan. City
W Also He Our Own OOcas a CWoBca, fto. St. Joseph. Om-
tim. toraM. filon rat. Mo. mm.
Fort Worth.
KANSAS GIRL A HIT.
Lawrence, Kan., Feb. 1. The an
nual production of the Red Domino
Dramatic club of the University of
Kansas, "The Red Rose Diamond,"
which- was given here, proved to be an
excellent musical comedy. The book
for the play was written by a Kansas
university student and the music and
lyrics were composed by Leon Howe
of Norton, Kan.
Miss Madeline Nachtmann of Junc
tion City arid Frank Miller of Topeka
took the 'leading roles. Miss Nacht
mann, a sophomore in the college and
a member of the Kappa Kappa Gam
ma Sorority, scored a big hit in her
first appearance in university dramat
ics. Mr. Miller is a Junior in the
school of law.
The Red Domino club was organ
ized three years ago to give an original
musical: comedy each year.
.. lair Division. ... .
"When, you an' yer wile separated,
Josh, was they any trouble aoout di
vidin' the proppuuy?"- . , -
"Nope-pwe was friendly about .'it
She took the child an" the . canned
fruit, an", I took the cow an' the per
taters." . - . ,
lUUArS MAHKEfREPDRT.
Chicago, Feb. 1. WHEAT Commission
house selling eased wheat today after a
brief display of strength. The firmness
at,,tne outset resulted from continued
cold weather. Bears found encourage
ment on the other hand in the compara
tive indifference of European markets to
the advance on this side. Opening prices
were uncnanged t higher. May start
ed at S3ic to Wo, varying the same as
the market taken, altogether and then
declined to 93c.
A reaction lollowed but denials of cold
wave oamage made the market again
easy. The close was at Do-fcigwo-fcc tor May,
a loss or ertic net.
CORN Corn weakened on account of
expected increase of receipts. May open
ed at bZ'fc(g.a2'teC to 62c, last night's level
to c up, touched Mj2sc and later
receaed to DX((tbzc.
Heaviness continued the remainder of
the day. May closed fec not lower at
OATS Sympathy with other grain gov
erned oata. May, which started unchanged
to a shade of! at 34ftc to 34&344c And
descended to 3-lg3Vsc.
PROVISIONS Provisions dropped a
trifle as a result of unloading by packers.
First sales ranged from 5c iower to 214c
advance with May $u).06 to $1.10 ior
pork, J10.15 to $10.17 for lard and I10.17H
for ribs.
RYE No. 2, 64c.
BARLEY 4970c.
TIMOTHY $3.004.15.
CLOVER $12.00(&a0.00.
PORK $1.95. .
LARD $10. 1210. 17.
RIBS $9.62&10.37i4.
Chicago Grain Market.
Chicago, Feb. 1.
High Low Today Yes.
WHEAT
May .. 94-93 94 9314 93- 93Ti
July .. ai-Vs 91-. 914 91-V 91
Sept. .. 90-90 90V4 89- 90 8974-90
CORN '
May .. 52- 52- 5214 52- 62-
July .. 63-i4 63 53 53-53
Sept. ,
54- Wi 53"-54 54
64
OATS
May . .
July ..
Sept. ..
PORK
34
34V4
34
34-U 34
34- 34
34 34
34
34
34
19.07
19.05
10.17
10.20
10.20
10.15
34-
34i
34-34
May ..19.05
Julv ..19.10
LARD
May ..10.17
July ..10.17
RIBS
May ..10.17
July ..10.15
19.10
19.10
19.02
19.02
19.07
19.10
10.20
10.20
10.17
10.15
10.17
10.20
10.15
10.17
10.20
10.17
10.17
10.15
Kansas City Produce Market.
Kansas City, Feb. 1. WHEAT Cash :
Market unchanged. No. 2 hard, i&Wh&Ac ;
No. 3, 8591c; No. 2 red, $1.01(64.08; No. 3,
96c$1.03.
CORN White unchanged to c lower;
yellow. c lower; No. 2 mixed, 47; No.
3, WSc; No. 2 White, 49c; No. 3, 48c.
OATS Market unchanged. No 2 white,
35140; No. 2 mixed, 344c.
RYE Market unchanged.
HAY Market unchanged.
BUTTER Creamery, 32c; firsts, 304c;
seconds, 28c; packing, 1929c.
EGGS Extras, 26c; firsts, 24&24c; sec
onds. 14c.
POULTRY Hens,' 1212c; roosters, 8c;
ducks, 13c.
WHEAT Receipts 65 cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT May, 88c; July,
86c.
CORN May, 51c; July, 62&52c.
OATS May, 3535c.
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago, Feb. 1. BUTTER Market
steady. Creameries, 27&34c.
EGGS Market firm. Receipts 4.693
cases; at mark, cases Included. 2023c;
refrigerator firsts, 17c; firsts, 23c.
POTATOES Market steady. Receipts
45 cars. Wisconsin. 4247c; Michigan, 45
47c: Minnesota. 4347c.
POULTRY Alive, steady; turkeys, 15c;
chickens, 14c; springs, 14c.
New Tork Produce Vnrket.
New York, Feb. 1. BTTTTER Market
firm. Creamery extras, 36c
CHEESE Market steady: unchanged.
EGGS Market firmer. Fresh gathered
extra firsts. 2525c: firsts. 23-'a24c.
POULTRY Dressed, steady; fresh kill
ed western chickens, 12z20c; fowls. 1317c
turkeys, 14&24C.
New York Stock Market.
Wall St.. New York, Feb. 1. STOCKS
Weakness in several influential stocks
and admissions by trade authorities that
there was a more perceptible slowing up
in general business caused an early de
cline In the stock market which closed
irregular. Resumption of pool operations
in minor specialties and short coverings
of the Coalers and Western Railroad
stocks ultimately turned prices upward.
The general list, however, did little
more than make up its lost ground and
the close showed some irregularity.
Bonds were irregular.
First prices of stock today were generally
lower. Speculation in the Can shares was
on a much smaller basis and both the
common and preferred declined fraction
ally. Trading was dull and losses in most
cases were small. Woolworth was off a
point.
New York Money Market.
New York. Feb. L MONEY Money on
call nominal. No loans. Time loans,
strong: 60 days 3V43 per cent, and 90
days. 3'g4 per cent; 6 months, 444
per cent-
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 4 to
5 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers' bills at $4.83.10 for 60
BS. BaVala. K. St. IA1M maa
day bills and at $4.87.25 for demand. Com
mercial bills. $4.83.
SILVER Bar silver, 61T4o; Mexican dol
lars, 48c
BONDS Government bonds steady, rail
road bonds irregular.
New York Sugar Market.
New York. Feb. 1. SUGAR Raw.
steady; Muscovado. 89 test, 2.98; Centri
fugal. 96 test. S.48; molasses, 89 test. S.73.
Refined, quiet.
Kansas City Live Stock Market.
Kansas City, Feb. 1. CATTLE Receipts
400, including 100 southerns. Market
steady. Native steers, $7.00(S8.75; southern
steers $5.75fa7.75; southern cows and heif
ers. $3.75Si6.26; native cows and heifers.
$4.007.50; stockers and feeders, $5.75Cf7.40;
bulls, $5.00To6.00; calves. $6.50(8'9.75; western
steers, $6.508.00; western cows, $3.76&6.50.
HOGS Receipts 2,500. Market strong.
Bulk of sales, $7.35S.50; heavy, $7.807.4o;
packers and butchers, S7.46i37.65; light, S7.4a
7.52; Pigs, .254x.7S.
SHEEP Receipts none. Market steady.
Muttons, $4.0075.60; Colorado lambs, $7.75'
8.40; range wethers and yearlings, $6.0000
7.50; range ewes, $X2Wj6.00.
Chicago Iilve Stock Market.
Chicago, Feb. 1 HOGS Receipts
14000. Market strong to a shade higher.
Ught, $7.40(g7.67 mixed. $7454r7.7; heavy.
$7.3087.70; rough. $7.307.45; pigs, $6.00r87.46;
bulk of sales. $7.60r7.65.
CATTLE Receipts 200. Market steady.
Beeves. $6.25r9.20; Texas steers. $4.07.&0:
western steers, $5.60(W7.; stockers and
feeders, $4.76S7.0: cows and heifers, $2.w
7.45; calves, $6.6o10.26.
SHEEP Receipts 1.000. Market steady.
Native. $4.606.90; western. $4.7(&6S5: year
lings, $6.3507.75; lambs, native, $6.608.70;
western, $6.60&a.75.
St. Joe Live Stock Market.
St. Joe, Feb. 1.-CATTLE Receipts
100 Market steady. Steers, .ow.o.
cows and heifers, $3.7607.60; calves, $0,504
10.00.
iivio Toc.inm s nnn. Market steady.
Top. $7.50; bulk of sales, $7.307.46.
SHEEP No sneep. jviaraei iuj,
Lambs, $6.5018 8. 35. .
Topeka Markets.
Farnlshed by the Chas. Wolff Paeklna
Co. yards close at noon Saturday. We
cannot us pigs, tbtn sows or hogs
weighing less than 170 lbs. Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well flnlsoed
as we cannot use half fat stun. We give
below prices effective at once, until furs
ther notice.!
MIXED AND BUTCHERS... ..... $7.067 17
HEAVY 7.00raP7.i5
"OHT STEER'a "
Go'dUi choice (corn fed)..
Pair to good.. ....... .......
Cmmoto fair
$5.Og.s
6.3ag.;c
4.66g.5
4.004. S1
prime
Good to choice .....
Fair to KOO&-----
Common to
$S.06t.0
4.064.s
..... S-664.oa
8.003.60
Prime ..$.06.2j
Good to choice boo.t
Fair to good.. - 4.06 a4.n
Common w.taIr",jj''"'. -604.0
Prime, fat .$4 Kg 0
Fleshy ... 8.54.ot
Mediums .3.56
Market price paid for dry lot cattle.
If you will favor us with your inquiries
advising number of head, quality, ace
and length of time on feed, we will make
you an offer or arrange for our buyers
to call on you.
Topt-ka Fruit and Proaac Market.
Selling price by Sam'l E. Lux. Wholesale
Fruits and Produce.
' "' Topeka, Kan., Feb. i.
APPLES Per box, ll.10SU.75; per bbl..
I3.25&4.75.
t OCOANUTS Per dos.. 80a 1 .
FIGS Per box, 75c.
DATES Per lb., Sc
HICKORY NUTS Per bu., $1.26.
BLACK WALNUTS Per bu., 76c. 1
NAVEL ORANGES Per box, $2.753 li.
FLORIDA OKApii FRUIT per bex,
$3.75ci4.00.
L E m ON S Per box, J7.76. , .
CRANBERRIES Per box, $8.25.
TABLE POTATOES R. R. E. w
bu., 65c.
HOLLAND CABBAGE Crate lots. 1UC
BANANAS Medium sired bunches, ami
bunch. $2.82.25; large buacb.es.per bunek
J2.50y2.7G; per lb., 3c. "
ROOT VEGETABLES Bmo .... ....
60c Carrots, per bu., 76c. parsnips, dm
l... rc Turn nil. ni , ,
ONIONS Red Globe. 80c; Yellow 70e
bPaNISH ONIONS Per crate, $L4
RUTABAGAS Per lb., le. . '
SWEET POTATOES Per bu., 11.00
HOT HOUSE ISTTUCE Per basket
75c ' '
CELERY Mammoth. $L15.
HONEY per case 83.7.
CHEESE Per lb., 18&20c.
OYSTERS Per can. hd&vuci omm. ,
$1.0Z.0. '
Ratter inn v.mmm
Furnished by The Continental Creamer
Topeka, Kan., Feb. l
CHICAGO EGGS 22 22c
CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago. 33a
33c; N. Y., 34&35c; Elgin, 33c; Topeka
wholesale, 33c.
Topeka Grain jlarkM.
IFurnlsbed by J. U. Blllard, corner Ku.
sas ave. and Curtis St.
ToPeka. Kan.. Feb. i.
WHEAT-75-87SC.
NEW CORN 46c
OATS 34c
f Furnished by 'A'. A. Beck. L-n K. c.w .
Topeka. Kan., Feb. T
PRAIRIE HAY No. i. aui.wj j
$9.60.
NEW ALFALFA Choice. 1:3 on-
IU.0U.
Topeka Batter. Fggs and Pooltrt
(Furnished by the Topeka Packlnc Co.
ToDelu. Kar, r-.i. .
EGGS Fresh country, 20 '
DfilTl.Tnv Ytna all .1... 1A.. .
l- - - - . -..., Aut;- .nnn..
ovei 2 lbs., 11c; broilers, t lbs. and under
Mc; over 2 lbs.. 11c; old cocks, fcc; ducks.'
c; geese, 7c; stags. Sc.
TURKEYS Hen turkeys over lbs 14e
young Toma ever 02 lbs.. 14c; old Toraa
12c
BUTTEI e-buklng stock, lfc
Topeka Hieto Market.
.Quotations furnished by James C Smi.w
Hld.j Co.. 108 Kast Third gtj Wl
Topeka, Kan.. v,h ,
GREEN CURED HIDK.vu,l Nv
I. 14c; No. 2. 13c; Side Brandi iVoVi
Bulls and Staggs, le; Horses hJi..'
No. 1, t3.OOS3.50: No. , ViJO. Wes
T A LLO W &6e.
DRY HIDES Butchers Beary. Mn
dry salt. 13flSc wfjzia;
Mink. tl.&Ofttl.OC; Raccoon. SOcHI
Skunk fblack), $4.001.50; Skunk 2hor;
stripe). $3.001.00; Sunk (narrow s trice?
$2.35S75c: Skunk (broad stripe), $1.25;)-'"
'Opofsum. 1569c; trash worthiest
Muskrat. large. 7S3e; Muskrat. medium!
tog 25c; Muskrat. email. t&320o. The abova
prices are for prime furs.