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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUwat-TUESDAY EVENING. MARCH 25, 1913-
RESCUE WORK ON
IN BLINDING SNOW
(Continued from Page One.)
Ins: that he -would hasten action "be
for the state legislature to secure suf
ficient funds for the- Immediate care
of storm victims. L "
Stillness of Atmosphere.
Not entirely without warning did
the tornado strike Omaha. The day
had been one of fitful sunshine ana
winds. Immediately before the rush
of tha storm the sun sank behind dark
clouds and the death-foretelling still
ness of atmosphere settled over the
city. Darker and darker grew the
ftpmnon. PeoDle. in their curiosity,
mingled with fear of an approaching
storm, wen to tneir ironi porcnes iu
observe the sky. Women, garbed in
Voatar- clorv. hastened homeward.
People instinctively sought refuge of
Indoors. Then, out of the settling
darkness and as though born of the
Mtilinosa. came the rush of wind on its
career of horror. A roar, a furious
cry of the death wind, and 152 lives
In Omaha were snuffed out almost on
h moment, while more than 300
other human lives writhed in agony
In the narrow patn 01 tne storm wnitu
has no equal in the state of Nebraska.
From somewhere in Cass county, the
tornado developed, rusning onwa.ru
toward the northeast, wiping out the
town of Tutan and then hurtling
through 'Waterloo and Ralston, leav
ing death, agony, misery and poverty
along its course. Gretna, Union and
Millard felt the grasp of the cyclone,
but the greatest disaster was wrought
In the path of the wind as it entered
Omaha at Center street. Then on into
Iowa it swept, laying its hand of
death upon every town and hamlet
within its course.
Fires started in Omaha by the
score, and for a while it seemed as
though the residence section of the
city would be wiped out by the flames.
But a terrific downpour of rain fol
lowed the tornado, floding buildings
and wreckage until fire could make
no headway.
Hospitals Are Filled.
The property loss cannot yet be es
timated, with any certainty, though it
will run high Into the millions In
Omaha alone. Few of the homes de
stroyed were protected by tornado in
surance and in practically every in
stance property Is a total loss. Today
all Omaha is rallied to the assistance
of the victims. All hospitals of the
city are filled. Churches, fraternal or
ders and public institutions have op
ened their doors, the city officials are
busy with relief work and hundreds of
citizens are offering their homes and
money to aid in caring for the stricken
ones.
Governor Morehead notified Mayor
Dalilman last night that he would send
a special message to the state legisla
ture, asking an appropriation of suffi
cient funds to care for the homeless
throughout the state. Public subscrip
tions are being taken at various news
paper offices.
Governor Morehead yesterday made
a tour of inspection of the stricken
district.
"This is my conception of hell," he
solemnly declared, after having com
pleted the trip. "It is horrible, and it
has presented a most complex situa
tion. The loss of life and damage to
property is the greatest conceivable
blow, but only to Omaha, but to the
entire state of Nebraska. I will call
upon the state of Nebraska to render
every assistance, and I am sure the
state will respond.
"My horror and grief simply are be
yond my powers of expression."
The greatest loss of life occurred
sectionally, and three points in the
path of the storm offered the greatest
secrifices. These were at Fortieth and
Farnam streets, where a crowd had
sought refuge in a garage: at Twenty
fourth and Lake streets, where a mov
ing picture theater was demolished,
and at Twenty-fourth and Willis ave
nue, where a poolroom had attracted
a crowd.
' In each of these places the list of
fatalities was large.
Rise to the Emergency.
No such catastrophe has visited the
city before and the city was over
whelmed with it. It quickly rose to
the situation, however, and measures
of relief were organized.
Trinity cathedral, parish of the
Omaha Episcopal church, was tem
porarily turned into a coffee house.
Catholic priests visited homes which
had been destroyed. In many cases
administering the last rites of the
chu.ch, and public bodies began the
organization of relief committees.
Last night $100,000 had been sub
scribed to a relief of the destitute.
Mayor James C. Dahlman opened
negotiations with the governor for the
protection of the city and for the re
lict or those wno nau oeen maue
homeless, with the result that not
only the state officials became active
In the work, but last night the mem
bers of the legislature, in session at
Lincoln, came to this city to obtain
such information as might be neces
sary in taking up the work of state
relief.
It was late before all the details of
the storm, with accompanying wreck
age, were known, even within the city
itself. The pathway of the storm,
from three to seven blocks in width,
cut a swath twenty-four blocks long,
first through an exclusive residence
section of the city, then through a
gradation of dwellings, until . it ex
pended its final energy in the wreck
ing of a pool hall and moving picture
show.
The total number of deaths in this
part of the city reached almost 150.
Within the space of this storm center,
which if made rectangular would cov
er a quarter section of land, 1,200
houses are wrecked, more than one
hundred bodies have been recovered.
Five Schools Closed.
Today five public schools were out
of commission in Omaha. Seven
churches are partly or wholly wreck
ed. One private school for girls is a
total wreck, although the students
escaped. The rest of the loss is to
homes.
The destruction began with the mil
lionaire homes in the exclusive West
Farnum and Bemis Park district.
Few lives were lost in this exclusive
district, but farther northwest the
buildings collapsed more easily and a
large number of deaths resulted.
Rescue work started as soon as the
residents of the town were able to
hurry to the stricken district, but the
night's work was by the light of lan
terns and little was accomplished. The
storm in passing took down all the
wires In the path of the tornado and
the electric power was shut off imme
diately to prevent further loss of life.
With the arrival of daylight, a train
load of militia from Lincoln and the
presence In the city of Governor More
head, the work was systematized and
Indications are that one more day will
end the search for bodies and will even
witness a general attempt at rebuild
ing work.
Hospital facilities were generally
adequate. Des Moines sent -a special
train with forty physicians and these
arriving at noon helped out the local
staff who had been at work since 6
were
o'clock of the night before.
Nurses and medical supplies
also brought on this train.
Money Pouring In.
Money already is pouring Into the
city, the city organizations taking the
lead In providing funds.
State and religious organizations are
falling in line and offers of help are
coming from all quarters of the Unit
ed States.
The Child Saving Institute at 619
South Forty-second street was a veri
table deathhouse after the storm had
sDent its fury. Every available room
was pressed into service and one after
another the . dead and injured were
brought into the house.
A nathetic sierht was that of a
young girl keeping watch over the
body of her mother. The mother,- Mrs.
John Newman, had been killed In
stantly. As the body lay on the porch of the
institute awaiting suitable burial ar
rangements, the daughter, Mabel New
man, told of the storm:
"Mother was ill and confined to a
room on the second floor of our home,
4 224 Dewey avenue," she said. "When
the raging winds hit the house it top
pled over as if built of pasteboard.
Mother and myself were buried in the
wreckage. As soon as I could pull my
self from the debris I began a eearcn
for her. Board after board I lifted;
I tugged and pulled at them until my
hands were cut and bleeding. Finally
I reached her. I bent down to raise
her, but she was dead."
Work of Providence.
Dry eyed and calm the girl recited
the story. Justifying it with the remark
that it was the work of Providence.
A coincidence among the injured at
the Child Institute was that all were
badly cut about the face, while the
bodies were comparatively free from
wounds. Ugly looking scalp wounds
marked every injury.
The home of George J. Duncan, ad
vertising manager of the Omaha Bee.
at 4101 Farnam street, was destroyed
completely. Mr. Duncan died at a hos
pital. Mrs. Duncan is in a critical con
dition.
At the home of Patrick Hynes, 2704
North Twentieth street, a party in cele
bration of his eighty-first birthday
anniversary was in progress. The
guests had just begun dinner and were
drinking a toast to the health of their
host when the storm swept the house
away. All the party got out witn minor
injuries, except a grandchild. Miss
Cecilia Bigelow, who was internally in
lured.
When the storm had passed, Mr. ana
Mrs. C. M. Wilhelm found themselves
buried under a . mass of broken and
twisted furniture and tin cans, which
had been blown Into the house. They
extricated themselves with difficulty.
John Wright, a railroad watchman
probably owes his life to the fact that
he went to work a half hour ahead of
time, because he feared that he would
eet wet if he did not hurry. Incidental
lv. this is the third time that Wright's
home has be-n threatened by a tornado.
Sixteen years ago in Norfolk, Neb., his
home was demolished and forty-two
years ago in Panora, la., he barely es
caped with his life during a tornado.
Little Gladys Crook was revived after
a house had been blown over her and
she had been imprisoned for more than
half an hour. It was necessary to chop
a large hole in the side of the house
before the little girl, whose cries for
help had brought rescuers, was taen
out uninjured.
Entire Family Perish.
Cliff Daniels, his wife and their two
children met death together. When sol
diers, digging about the ruins of their
home, found the four bodies, the two
little girls were found clasped in the
arms of their mother while the body of
the father was over them as if he nad
tried to shield them witn nis own Loay.
Mary Knudsen, a servant girl, was
blown out of the house of her employer
and badly frightened, ran all tne way
downtown to fall fainting in front of
a hotel. Her incoherent story was the
first news of the disatser received In
the dnwntown section.
Although Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Bryant
..saned without injury from their
home, the mother of Mrs. Bryant was
found buried in the cellar of the house
and was rescued with difficulty. Debris
hurt Tilled about her until only ner nea
was exposed and she was unable to
take any steps to rree nersen .
From the ruins of a negro pool hall
the body of a negro was taken out
along with many others. In one hand
of the dead man was clutched a roll of
bills.
When C Saber discovered the crush-
ed body of his wife in the ruins of an
apartment house he fled down the
street, shrieking at the top of his
voice. He is missing.
Soldier Driven Insane.
E. H. Smith, a private of the signal
corns from Fort Omaha, became in
sane after helping carry a number of
bodies and collapsed. When he had re
gained ' consciousness it was necessary
to take him to the pst hospital, where
he was placed under restraint.
Sunday night at midnight the battle
of the linemen commenced and at 8
o'clock last night two news wires were
working out of the city. Commercial
bulletins were sent to nearby cities in
the care of operators to be sent from
there. The wires continued in an ap-
Darently hopeless tangle between
Omaha and points directly east. Three
miles of wire were down directly east
of Council Bluffs, while at several
other points in the territory between
Omaha and Chicago the lines were
paralyzed.
Railroauing under these conditions
was a return to first principles and
trains between Omaha and Chicago
merely crawled along with flag
men walking before them, taking the
place of train dispatchers and block
signals. The first train into Omaha
from the east was five hours late and
carried more than 100 linemen to points
east of this city.
More Bodies Recovered.
Sixteen additional bodies were taken
from the Idlewild, a negro pool hall,
this morning, making a total thus far
recovered from that place 31.
The building after being wrecked by
the tornado caught fire from an over
turned stove and. burned.
Many of the bodies taken from the
ruins were placed in baskets, they not
being in condition to be handled in
tact. The condition of these bodies indica
ted that t.ie utmost panic reigned in
the building when it was struck. The
bodies were found piled in groups
where they had been huddle
together when the structure collapsed.
Anxious relatives of those known to
be in the place were gathered early
today as near the scene as soldiers
patrolling the district would permit,.
The same rigid regulations were be
ing enforced and hundreds who sought
to get near the scenes of devastation
were turned back by the police or sol
diers. A block from this hall was
located the Diamond moving picture
theater which was wrecked. Sixteen
bodies already had been removed from
that structure when workmen began
today a further search for dead. - The
owners of the theater expressed belief
that no bodies remained, however.
Hunters are mourning the passing "ot
Abner Thomas, 50 years old, the best
transmission of the signature lost qualify a person for the ballots at the
many valuable hours. While telegraph election one week from today. H.un
and telephone companies are doing ev- dreds may vote April .1 -who did -, not
i v " J ....jujs ut uieir nower to Kei ineir . vuin yesieraav. ana it is saia max ue
known negro in Nebraska. His was lines into workinsr order, -the taste is will, now that the raea is between bit-
one of the bodies recovered from the herculean- and even today a large ter opposition, and now that the school
ruins oi tne Idlewild. For years . amount of the business filed here i t Board choice is to be made.
Thomas has been employed as the cook , being sent to outside towns for trans
mission.
Failing to hear from their friends,
large numbers of people are coming
10 ismana to make a personal search.
for the hunting parties at the Metz
ranch in Cherry county and in that
time he has met most of the prominent
men in the United States. He had the
reputation of being the best camp
cook west of the Mississippi.
An estimate by insurance companies
today placed their losses on tornado
insurance at half a million dollars.
Small property owners formed the
great majority of those who benefited
by this insurance. Owners of large
residences and business places did not
have policies which contained the tor
nado clause.
Entire Town Destroyed.
Additional details reaching here this
morning from Berlin, Neb., a town of
350 people, said but two of the 100
buildings in the town remained intact
after the storm swept through the
place. These, a church and a small
cottage, were converted into hospitals,
where the 75 Injured were cared for
as best they could be. The death list
this morning was ten persons. Many
of the injured were in serious condi
tion.
Nearby towns and hamlets sent aid
during the night in the nature of food,
clothes and medicine.
Five thousand dollars has been sub
scribed by Berlin's neighboring towns
as a relief fund
Mayor C. M. Skinner, of Ralston, has
issued an urgent appeal for clothing
and food for storm sufferers in that
town. The place was almost complete
ly wrecked and more than 200 persons
are homeless.
Funerals Being Held.
Moving vans and burden-laden mo.
tor cars wefe in evidence in the af
flicted sections this morning. Worse
reminders of the storm's deadly de
struction were the hearses and black
funeral carriages winding here and
there in sharp contrast with the
snow's shining whiteness. In front of
every undertaker's shop were gathered
from time to time these grim vehicles
of grief, signals that the funeral of the
victims had begun and that the ceme
teries would be -the last resting place
of all. In all the Catholic churches
this morning masses were said for the
dead. Priests kept up an all-night
vigil ministering to the spiritual wel
fare of the sufferers.
At Trinity cathedral, Eighteenth and
Capitol streets, where over 100 home
less women and children spent the
night, the relief committee had es
tablished a food station. Great cups
of steaming coffee, rolls and sandwiches
were handed to the sufferers. Many
had lost their worldly possession and
were scantily clad.
A pathetic scene was enacted here,
Most of the sufferers were moving
about, eating their portions of food
counseling together and greeting
friends and relatives. During all the
noise and bustle, a little 4-year-old
girl with golden hair, a picture of
childish beauty, lay asleep upon one
of the benches. Awakening, she rubbed
her eyes and looked about in amaze
ment.
"Where's your home?" asked Mrs.
Tancock, wife of Dean Tancock.
"Why, why," stammered the child,
"I haven't any. You know, mother
and father were bjown away with our
house yesterday."
Then the child looked about the
strange place. Suddenly she spied a
tall man in the crowd.
"Why, there's Uncle Will," she said,
ar.d before onlookers could secure her
name the tall man had gathered the
child in his arms and carried her from
the building.
Figures on Destruction.
Omaha's Commercial club made a
statement of the physical condition of
the storm section this morning. The
figures give some conception of the
storm and number of homes which have
been broken up. The figures follows:
Houses totally destroyed and unin
habitable, 642.
Houses partially destroyed, 1,027.
People homeless, 2,179.
People entirely destitute, 263.
In spite of the large number of des
titute, the public kitchen at the Audi
torium, where preparations had been
made to feed 2,000 people a day, has
had but few calls, most of the desti
tute going to homes of friends on the
edge of the storm section. Larger de
mands upon the public are expected
before night.
Plans for rebuilding the wrecked por
tions of the city are already under
way, a movement to torm a corpora
tion for the purpose of aiding those
who need help having already been
broached by several of the men who
are in position to afford such assistance.
Commissioner Ryder, who is in
charge of the temporary relief work,
realizes that the greatest stress will
be felt within the period when reaction
from the immediate shock is noted.
Speaking of this he said:
"The next ten days or so will be
taken up with the work of caring for
the temporary needs of the stricken;
then will come the real strain of re
building the ruined homes. To this
end we must take immediate steps for
the formation of a "committee or or
ganization to control the situation that
the work may be systematically press
ed."
Urges Speedy Action.
Robert Cowell, a leading business
man after making a survey of the de
vastated district, called attention to
the fact that the time to organize for
the rebuilding of the devastated dis
trict is now.
"I would suggest." said Mr. Cowell,
that a corporation be formed at once
for the purpose of loaning funds to
those who want to rebuild ; t a merely
nominal rate of interest. In the list
of losers are many who are proud and
sensitive, who don't want to accept
charitable aid, but who will, if proper
arrangements can be made, take ad
vantage of the help that might be ex
tended by a properly organized com
pany. This means will be, in my judg
ment, the best way to assist these
folks. A local firm will subscribe $5,
000 to the fund to be made available
at once. I ask others who are inter
ested in this to Join with me."
Not the least of the anguish occa
sioned by the storm here has been
through the inability of relatives out
side of Omaha to reach this city by
wire. Messages to the outside world
did not begin to leave this city until
after midnight last night and the first
inquiries concerning relatives began
coming in about the same time. Fail
ure of the wires to work properly also
is causing great anxiety and some of
the messages are unintelligible.
Early this morning one was receiv
ed at a local newspaper office from
The vote was not counted as quickly
as was expected by W. H. Kemper, city
election commissioner. Many books
were not turned in until the early
morning hours and women officials at
The hotels were last night crowded to I tno polls were taken home in cabs.
me limit.
Commissary Head Appointed.
Captain F. G. Stritzinger, of Fort
Crook, has been placed in charge of
the commissary department of the
city of Omaha. Captain Stritzinger is
head of the commlsslary department
at Fort Crook and volunteered his ser
vices. The proffer was immediately
accepted. Captain Stritzinger was a
captain of infantry at San Francisco
at the time of the earthquake there
and was placed In charge of the relief
station.
In the months in which that city was
in the hands of martial law, Captain
Stritzinger made a study of the relief
conditions necessary and his informa
tion is invaluable at this time. He
has men of his own department at
Fort Crook immediately under him.
The huge auditorium here has been
turned into a kitchen and food is ready
for distribution at all times. Arrange
ments thus far have been far in ad
vance of the needs, but the larger
number of destitute people will have
to De cared ior before another 24
hours has passed. At noon today two
men had applied for assistance at the
auditorium. They bashfully made
their way to Captain Stritzinger and
Identified themselves.
inis is tne first time I ever was
called on to beg for aid," said one of
the men to a reporter. "I don't like
the idea, but I haven't a place to sleep,
nor money with which to buy food,
My family is being cared for by char
ity, too. Please don't put my name
in tne paper.
The two men were fed and put to
bed. They said they had been up all
Sunday night and yesterday.
lOven should it develop that we
don't need all the accommodations
we've prepared here," said Mr. Ryder.
I would rather spend the money and
have the material with which to work
if it is needed than to have word get
out that we were not in shape to care
tor the suffering."
Temporary gas stoves have been set
up in the auditorium and here every
thing that is eaten will be cooked. For
supper last night those who asked for
food were given beef broth soup, stew
ed tomatoes, a beef stew with vege
tables, boiled potatoes, coffee and all
the bread and butter they could eat.
Bacon with potatoes, coffee and bread
and butter was served at breakfast.
I have talked the situation over
with several leaders of both houses of
the state legislature," said Henry C.
Richmond, clerk of the house, today.
"and they have agreed with me that
we should make an appropriation of
at least $100,000 for a relief fund. I
believe that amount will be appro
priated at once."
ROCK ISLAND STORM REPORT.
Headquarters in Topeka Receives
Figures From Death Scene.
A summary of the damage and death
resulting from the Omaha storm was
received this afternoon by the officials
in the office of the general manager
of the Kock Island Lines in Topeka,
Rock ' Island representatives in Omaha
collected the data and wired them to
the headquarters here.. The figures are
found below: v . . "...
Damage in Omaha, )19tfft,u'M--- -
Damage In vicinity of Omaha, $1,500;-
Houses destroyed in Omaha, 1,669.
Homeless. 2,169. - -
Killed, 110. . . .':
Injured, 223. ,
Destitute, 263. ;
BILLARD BY BIG MARGIN
(Continued from Page One.)
worn out, wearied and exhausted. It
is doubtful if the polls will appeal to
women hereafter as places of em- j
ployment.
The table in another part of this'
Issue of The State Journal will tell the 1
story of the vote in the precincts and
wards in the primary election Mon-1
day.
Apparently the city campaign has ,
left no sore spots on the defeated can
didates. The winners, on the other
hand, are spurred on to a more strenu
ous and general campaign. An effort
will be made to bring out the 5,000
voters who failed to make known their
choice yesterday to obtain a complete
expression In the election one week
from today. From reports received at
the city hall it is apparent that To
peka after all polled a large vote con
sidering all conditions. At Wichita
where the campaign found twice as '
many candidates in the field and where
mudslinging and rivalry were taken up
by the press, only 10,000 voters went
to the -polls nearly 14,000 voted in To
peka. Here are a few expressions from the
candidates today:
Mayor Billard "I will admit that I
anticipated a little larger vote but of
course I am not compalining. I hope to
poll a larger vote one week from Ob
day." R. L. Cofran "I am as confident of
the election as I was of the nomina
tion. I hope to increase the list of my
friends before next Tuesday."
J. W. F. Hughes "I have a smile
and a handshake for everyone today
I feel -just as if I had won. I have
had my heart set on that mayor's chair
for several years but I have found that
It takes more than a heart to occupy
satisfactorily the mayor's chair."
Ed O'Neil "Early last evening I saw
that the game was up as far as I was
concerned. But I believe that it was a
clean election.
TODAY'S METIePORT.
Chicago, March 25 WHEAT Excellent
growing weather sent wheat down. Prices
opened a shade lower to ae higher,
with May a shade to He higher at 90c to
K74i90c. That option declined later to
8974c.
Some buying on the decrease in the
visible supply caused a little firmer fee!
ing for a time but pit traders hamered
the market and prices eased off. Close
steady with May 891489c, a net loss of
vs,c.
CORN Short selling weakened corn
after a strong opening. May began
shade, to c higher at 63&53c to 63o.
touched 63g'54c and then went down to
Mawlc.
Increased corn stocks here and lack of
demand from the east kept the market on
the down grade. The close was a trifle
firmer. May 'c net loss at 53c.
OATS Oats eased oft with other grains.
May started at 339i!gS3c, declined to
334c.
PROVISIONS Provisions advanced on
lighit hog receipts. Pork, however, was
under much selling pressure.
Opening prices were 12ai5c lower to
2Vi(S5c higher, with May figures as fol
lows: Pork, $20.75; lard, $11.17; and
ribs, $U.22J4.
RTE No. 2, 59H60C
BARLEY 456Sc.
TUOTHT SEED 2.503.K).
CLOVER SEED 412.0018.00.
PORK $30.50.
LARD $11.30.
RIBS $10.75311.37.
The election will select three from this
list.
Now for the "dope." '
The one big surprise that is leading
the political buzzing at the city hall to
day is the vote of -Newland over Miller.
It has been known at all stages of the
race that Newland would be nominated.
But on account of the record of Miller
as commissioner of waterworks and on
account of his tremendous majorities in
past elections, it was not predicted
that Newland would poll a larger vote
in the primaries. Newland, living on
the East side in Miller's stronghold,
captured voters from the commissioner's
intrenchments and came out 615 ballots
ahead. Bradford, the other candidate cases,
received only 983 votes. This means
that Miller will have to capture a ma
jority of the Socialist's votes to re-elect
him to office. He will have to over
come a lead of 615 that Newland holds
over him and this is no small task in a
city election. It will be a strenuous
week for the water commissioner.
In the mayorality race the city poli
ticians are asking this question? What
will become of the Hughes, O'Neil,
Taylor and Crichton votes. It has been
known for several days that the sup
porters of Mayor Billard were fearing
the Cofran nomination. Cofran, it is
claimed, will capture many Billard
votes and as an addition will have the
"dry" and "law and order' vote to his
credit. Here is how it looks in black
and white:
Billard was given 5.948 votes. Cofran,
3.364. All other candidates. 4,409., Cof
ran will have to entice 3,500 before he
standing votes into his fold before he
can win from Billard. This leaves only
909 for Billard to procure. It will be a
hard fight for Cofran to overcome the
lead. If Billard is given the vote' he
received Jn the election two years ago,
he will add two more years to his ca
reer at the city hall.
It looks like easy sailing for Tandy.
With a lead of 3,000 over Adamson
and with only 704 Socialist inclined
ballots to bait for, the present com
missioner of streets and public im
provements should have no trouble.
Stotts is confronted with a problem.
He has a margin of 1.100 votes, to be
sure, but there are 2,639 votes at large.
Porter must rope nearly all these in to
land a victory. Stotts is running on a
record of giving Topeka the best park
system in its history and Porter is un
known. The city hall is not anticipat
ing a new man in the place.
The school board ballot is only a
formal matter now. "Van Horn, Jones
and Griggs undoubtedly will retain
their lead and win easily over the
women. As it stands the vote is two
and three to one in favor of the men.
The light vote was unlooked for.
The morning started out briskly and
at . noon the candidates reported a
good, busy pollling day in all parts of
the city. The normal evening vote
failed to materialize and the vote fell
Chicago Grain Market.
Chicago, March 25.
Close
Open High Low Today Sat
WHEAT
May ..90- 90-H 89 90V,
July .. 90- 90 89y, 89 90-
Bept .. 84 S . 8S4
CORN
May . . 53- 54 52- 63
July .. 54- 55 54 64
Sept ..65 5556-56 5514 55
OATS
89-
63-
54
65
Mav .. 33- 33
July .. 33- 33
Sept
PORK
May ..20.75
July ..20.67
LARD
May ..11.20
July ..11.05
RIBS
May ..11.22
July ..10.97
33 33
20.75
20.67
11.20
11.06
33 83 33-
33- 33- 33-
33 33- 33
11.22
10.97
20.53
20.67
11.02
10.90
11.10
10.80
20.52
20.30
11.02
10.90
11.12
10. S2
20.87
20.62
11.15
11.62
11.20
10.92
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago. March 25. BUTTER Market
EGGS Market steady. Receipts 23.S95
At mark cases Included, 17ig17c;
POTATOES Market steady. Michigan,
4548-!; Minnesota, 43g48c; Wisconsin, 42
g48e.
POULTRY Market shade firmer. Tur
keys, dressed, 21c; chickens, 16c; springs,
16c.
STEIN-BlOCHi
1
Was he wearing a suit
that appealed to you? We
have another suit as distinctive-looking
for YOU
There's no doubting that many men were
attracted by the new Stein-Bloch Buits worn
Sunday and yesterday.
We know it from the fact that these men
solved their spring clothing problems here
last week.
We have such a variety of patterns in fab
rics in Stein-Bloch Smart Clothes, that you
can join the crowd and feel as individual as
the Statue of Liberty.
Style and expert tailoring were linked up
by Stein-Bloch 58 years ago and have never
become separated.
Today is a good day to look it's a pleas
ure to serve you.
Steln-Illocli Suits and Overcoats, $18.00 up Otherr
Good Makes, $12.50 op.
jSoocnth and Kansas fluenuo
STOCK SHIPPERS
To Insure Yourselves Best Result Consign to
CLAY, ROBINSON & CO.
Live Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kan. City
We Also Have On Own OfOcraa M CUMtaht BC Joseph, Skx. O
ha. Denver, Sioux City. go. IT 1 . EL BalfK). K. St. Ioslj
roi wortn.
Kansas City Live Stock Sales.'
The following sales were mode this
morning at the Stock Yards, Kansas
City, and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal by
Clay, Robinson A Co., live stock com
mission merchants, with offices at all
markets.
Kansas City, March 25. CATTLE Re
ceipts 9,000 head. Market steady.
HOGS Receipts 11,000 head. Market Be
to 15c higher. Bulk of sales, $8.859.06;
top, $9.10.
SHEEP Receipts 11,000 head. Market:
Sheep, strong; lambs, weak.
KILLING STEERS.
No.
36..
20..
17.
14
44
23
Wt. Price.
..1241 $8.50
..1147 8.15
COWS AND
924 7.25
641
832
905
866
890
6.40
6.95
6.35
6.60
6.65
No. Wt.
42 1171
19 1016
HEIFERS.
5 928
7 950
1 1060
1 8S0
3 933
28 697
200.
64..
3..
1..
S..
BTOCKERS AND FEEDERS.
625
783
840
180
... 164
7.75
7.85
7.45
CALVES.
647
935
price.
$8.36
7.55
6.50
7.50
7.25
B.76
6.85
7.85
7.60
7.45
O TnMr.DDr.iir i
v
V Fancy Norway 5
V Hern'nt? M.'IL-o- &!?
2 lbs. 25c
Regular Price, 20c lb.
Kansas City Produce Market.
Kansas City, March 25 BUTTER
Creamery. 34c; firsts, 32c; seconds, 30c:
parkins:, 22Vc.
ECSOS First, 16c; seconds, 1213c.
POULTRY Hens, 1314c; roosters, 9c;
dunks. 14c.
WHEAT Cash: Market steady. No. 2
hard. SSVSSc; No. 3. 853S7c: No. 2 red,
tl.Oit. (TT; No. 3, 91c(ffS1.04.
CORN Market 57!lc higher. No. 2
mixed. 52i-i53c; No. 3, 5151c; No. 2 white,
53c: No. 3. 62c.
OATS Market unchanged. No. 2 white,
3oH3o: No. mixed, 33c.
RYE 68CT
HAY Market unchanged.
WHEAT Close: 84"4(S84e; July 83Hc.
CORN May, 51(S52c; July. 53c.
OATS May. 33?4c.
WHEAT Receipts 18 cars.
1.
1.
69.
46.
72.
68.
. 910
.1320
. 230
. 160
. 255
. 210
10.00
9.50
BULLS.
6.50 J 1...
6.75 ( 2...
HOGS.
8.95
9.00
8.95
9.05
. 118
. 378
. 880
.1170
. 253
. 24?
. 341
9.75
7.25
7.50
6.25
9.00
8.92
8.90
rinwn to less than 14.000 or 5.000 less
a man whose wife is listed among the j than the registration,
killed. He ashed that all possible I The more hopeful are lookine for a
haste be made to acquaint him witn I big vote in the election. Failure to
her condition, but a mistake in the 1 vote at the primaries does not dls-
Vew Torli :tvir Market.
Wall St., New York, March 25. STOCKS
Speculative operations were on the long
side or the market during tne morninr.
Reports of god business conditions, large
railroad earnings and the easier tenden
cies in money tended to make sentiment
more cheerful. Representative stocks
wre pushed up one to two points during
tne rorenoon with some large aavances.
Bonds were firm.
There was a good demand for the lead
ing stocks in the early trading today.
Changes were small but most of the spec
ulative favorites moved upward. Ruemely
reacted snarpiy alter its long slump, gain
ine six points on a single transaction.
Mexican petroleum rose 134 and Beet
Sugar and Canadian preferred 1.
Wichita Live Stock Market.
Wichita. March 25. CATTLE Receipts
TO. Market steady. Native steers, $7.00
fcS.75; cows and heifers. $6.008.2o; stock
em and feeders. $7.0aS.0O; bulls. $5.50
7.00; stocker cows and heifers, $5.007.00;
calves, $7.00g:i0.00.
HOS Receipts 1,000. Market 10c hlgn
er. Top. $9.00; bulk of sales, $8.85.95.
SHEEP Receipts none.
St. Joseph Live Stock Market.
St. Joseph, March 25. CATTLE Re
ceipts 1,700. Market steady. Steers, $7.00
(S8.99: cows and heifers, $4.008.50; calves,
$5.0010.60.
HOGS Receipts 5,000. Market 5n0c
higher. Top, $9.05; bulk of sales, $8.858.50.
SHEEP Receipts 5,000. Market steady.
Lambs. $5.0059.90.
Kansas City Live Stock Market.
: Kansas City, March 25. CATTLE Re
ceipts 9,000, including 400 southerns. Mar
ket steady. Native steers, $7.60S.90;
southern steers, $6.50t&8.80; southern cows
and heifers, $4.50(8.00; native cows and
heifers, $4.501S.35; stockers and feeders,
$6.508.25; bulls, $5.757.40; calves. $6.60
10.00; western steers, $7.258.75; western
cows, $4.50g'7.26.
HOGS Receipts 11,000. Market 5c higher.
Bulk of sales, $8.8&ea.0O; heavy. $8.806.90;
packers and butchers, $8.859.00; light.
S.b'a9.0D; pigs, $7.75&8.50.
SHEEP ReceiDts 11.000. Market steady.
Muttons, $5.50&7.00; Colorado lambs, $8.0Cxgi
8.76; range wethers and yearlings, $6.00
7.75; range ewes, $5.0CKg.7o.
Kansas City Stock Yards, March 24.
The cattle market sagged a little last
week, and weakness predominates today.
Receipts have been running a little
smaller, but a slow dressed beef trade
has caused killers to fight the market
stubbornly. The run here today is 8.000
head, moderate for Monday, and demand
is sufficient to prevent any decline of
conseauence. but not strong enough to
hold the market up steady. Good Nebras
ka steers sold at $8.55 today, but no
strlctlv nrlmn steers are included in re
ceiDts on the native side; they would
reach around $8.90. More of the Johnson
black steers from Oklahoma sold in the
quarantine division at $8.80 today, same as
similar Rteom hroueht last Wednesday.
Heifers from the same shipper sold at
$8.00 today, not quite as good as the $8.2T
heifers from his last Wednesday, fetock
era nnd feeders are off 10 to 15 cents to
day. Country buyers moved slowly last
week, but paid close to steady prices for
everything, and in tne ena tneir purunwra
were up to a normal volume, 9.600 head
for the week. Same week last year that
trade took 4,800 cattle. That is about the
same ratio with reference to the move
ment lajt vcar that has already been
established this year. Sugar mills are
represented today by a shipment of 1.2o0
pound steers Irom tne escotisDiun uisinti,
at $8.20. Beet top bulls from La Junta
brought $6.50 last Wednesday. Veal calves
are half a dollar lower than a week ago.
Some commission men have advised cus
tomers to postpone shipments intended for
this week till next week, anticipating a
better market then.
Hogs are 6c higher today, which puts
them back close to the best point of last
week. Top- prices today is $9.00, bulk of
sales $8.85 to $8.95. Order buyers and
shippers are good buyers of weights from
225 pounds down, including pigs, and force
packers to stay in line. Conditions are
WM. GREEN g
V &SON $
strong and healthy.
Sheep and lambs have displayed weak
ness constantly since the first of last
week, with the single exception of Friday.
Declines have been negligible, however,
and Friday restored all losses. Run is 7.009
today, market steady to 10c lower, lambs
at $8.75 for tops, wethers $6.90, ewes $6.60,
heavy yearlings $7.30. Not much changs
in prices Is expected.
J. A. RICKART. Market Correspondent.
Chicago Live Stock Market.
Chicago, March 26. HOGS Receipts
15,000. Market strong to 6c higher. Bulk
of sales, $9.05&.15; light, $8.809.25; mixed,
$8.80&9.20; heavy, $8.65&9.20; rough, $8,650
8.80: pigs, $6.90&9.10.
CATTLE Receipts 4.000. Market slow.
Beeves. $7.008.10; Texas steers, $6.607.60;
western steers, $6.80a8.15; stockera and
feeders, $6.008.15; cows and heifers, $3.46a
8.00; calves. $6.50(&'10.50.
SHEEP Reecipts 13.000. Market steady
to 10c lower. Native, $S.90a.90; western,
$6.ia&6.90; yearlings, $7.2048.15; lambs, na
tive, $7.008.75; western, $7.2668.75.
Tepeka Markets
rnrnlshed by the Chaa, Weill racking
Co. yards close at noon Saturday. We
cannot us pics, thin sows or hogs
weighing less than 170 tbm. Do not mar.
kt bogs unless same ar -well riiilse
as w cannot use halt fat stun. w giwm
keisw prices effective at once, uatli fua.
Itoer noUc.J
Topeka, Kan., March 24.
IIOGS
MIXED AND BUTCHERS $8 3508 fB
HEAVY J6&1.46
LIGHT J
STEERS. a
Prime .$$-5&7 Ed
Good to choice, corn fed 056 IS
Fair to good B6SUt 09
Common to fair killers t.WjM
18.05 99.09
Fair to good..... .654!o
Common to ran- arw..i.
Prime ..........
Good to choice..
HEIFERS.
Prime
Good to choice
ITnir to STOOd. - .
Cmomon to fair.
BULLS.
prime, fat.
Fleshy
Mediums ..
..5.063.7$
.. C.556.00
.. 4.6&36.S
.. .004.M
..$4.80?S.7i
.. 4 0694.76
-6034.0a
Batter ana Ens
fFurnlstoed by The Continental Creamer
Co., "opeks, Kan.
Topeka, Kan., March 24.
CHICAGO EGGS 17c.
NEW YORK EGGS 18f?18Hc
r.AMEM BUTTER Chicago. sBe:
N. Y., 36c; Elgin, 344fcc; Topeka wholesale,
36c