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Wheat—
Short Ribs, fee. 100. lbs.—
July .,...'. 1142
Sept 7 12.66-
Stock Market
at midday the market was almost mo
tlonless. Bonds were firm.
Aside from such specialties as the
automobile group in which gains of
to 5 points were recorded, no striking
changes from last week's final quota
tions were noticed on the resumption
ot trading today. War shares such as
Crucible Steel, Mexican Petroleum *nd
some ef the metals ware
AjftfenjL&ksfc
Opening
1 0 6
Corn—
May
J|ily ........
Sept
Oata—
h{j'
May
July
Sept ...
68ft®%
68%®%
68%®ft
40089%
40ft®40
88%®ft
Mess Pork, per bbl.—
July 22.25®l5
Sept 21.76
-L*rd, per lOO.lbs.—
July 12.60,
8ept *. *-..J 12.67
low«
point. There were fWrly large Initial
offerings of United States Steel, Read
ing and. Kepnecott Copper at minor
changes, hut otherwise dealings were
light and narrow.
The closing was atreng.
New
^ork stocks,
entral Leather
Chesapeake Ohio
Chicago. Mil. ft St. Paul
Chicago, R. I. Pne- Ry.«»
Chino Copper
Colorado Fuel ft Iron
Corn Products ..... .....
Cfruiihle Steel ...":
Denver 'ft .Rio Grande pfd
Erie
General Slectrle
Goodrich Co .... ...
Great Northern Ore Ctfs.
hern pfd
Illinois Central
Interborough Coneol. Corp
Inter. Harvester, N. J..
Inter. Mare. Mar. pfd: ctfs
Lackawanna Steel .....
a
Louisville ft Nashville ...
Maxwell Motor Co.....
Mexican Petroleum ...
Miami Copper
Great Northern pfd
&
pi
ml
Chicago Grain and Provisions
(Furbished by Harper Ward. Pecond Floor Anderson Buildlnr.)
—Last sale
Allls-Chalmers 26%
American Beet Sugar J*™
American Can ..... 56%
American Car Foundry
American Locomotive ... ..... 72%
An«rican Smelting A Refining. 98%
American Sugar Refining 112
American Tel. Tel 12?%
Anaeonda Copper .....
Atchison ......... .«
Raldwto Loconiothre ..
BalUmore 4k Ohio
Bethlehem Steel ....
Stooklyp Rapid Transit
Aitta and Superior
California petroleum ...
Canadian Pacific
unt
Missouri. Kansas ft Texas pfd
Missouri Pacific
National Lead ...
New Tortt' Central
N. Y., N. H. ft Hartford
Norfolk ft Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Ray Consolidated Copper
Reading
Republic Iron ft Steel •.
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Co
Texas Co
Tennessee Copper
Union Pacific ...
United States Rubber ..
United States Steel
United States Steel pfd
Utah Copper
Wabash 'pfd B..... ...
Western tJnlon
Westlnghouse Electric ..
Kertnecott Copper
Inftpir^tldQ Copper .....
85
2 0
.... 62%
....48
19%
.... 84
.... 36
.... 88%
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.... 76%
.... 40
18B
..112
.. 92%
.. 70%
.. 88%
124
85%
109
85%
11
87
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61%
127%
114
...... 57%
..... ,..22%B
102%
47
1 0 0
2 2
139%
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189%
.:..... 56
....... 85%
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NeW Y«rk Moneyf Closing.
New York, May 29.—Mercantile pa
per, 3%%. /•. I .f—
Bar silver—70%c.
Mexican dollars—54%e.
Time loans—Steady, 2%®8%%.
C'ail money—High, 2%% low.2%.
New York Produce.
New York, May 29—Butter—Market
firmer receipts, 6.620: creamery extras
80%c firsts, 29©SOe^, seconds, 28®
28%c.
i. EKgs—steady receipts, 26,417 fresh
gathered extra fine, 24%# 25c regular
packed extra firsts. 28®28%c do firsts
22(fi)2Sc seconds, 20%$21%e.
Cheese—Unsettled receipts, 982
sU'ce fresh specials, 16c do Average
fancy. 16®15%c.
Live poultry—Weak: broilers. 28(0
83c other prices not settled dressed,
quiet chickens. 18®23c fowls 18®23d
turkeys, 28®38c.
Chleage Produce.
ChiCago, May 29,-J-Butter—Market
firm creamery, 26®29c.
Eggs—Steady receipts, 81.471 cases
firsts, 20%@21%c ordinary firsts, 18%
®20c: at mark, cases included, 20®21c.
Potatoes—Lower old, receipts, 46
cars: Michigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota
and Dakota white, 9S(®$1.05: new, re»
4J|ceipts.
12 cars Louisiana, Texas and
Alabama sacked triumphs, $1.55®1.70.
Poultry—Alive, steady fowls, 19%c.
Kansas City Produce.
Kansas Ci ty.Mo.. May 29.
Creamery. 29c firsts, 27c
25c packing. 2?%c.
E#gs-^Firsts, 81%c
Poultry—Hens, 15%
springs. 26c.
-Butter—
Seconds,
roosters 10%c
Highest Lowest C»'-*ing
1.07
1.08*
1.09
.......1.08ft®ft
.... ...1.09%#08%
1.05%
1.07*
1.08 ft
70%
«9%
69%
40
40 ^4
38^®%
22.25
21.90
gygyggfglflil
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21.72
21.37
12.60
12.67
12.42
12.65
wa«~Dromlnent for Renewed downturns which took place
r«» P^ninta Business fell away sent prices lower than before. Evening
its rise of 7 Matter tendency and ur» of trades is view of the holiday to
noticA-bly on the b^ter ^enoency
morrow howeVer,
Corn swayed with wheat. Trading
was mostly in small lota. After opening
He to He lower, the market recovered
virtually in-full.
Subsequently rains resulted from Illi
nois, Iowa and Nebraska advices that
much replanting would bo necessary,
The close was strong, at to net
advance.
Weather of a kind to favor growth
made the oats market easy. Selling was
general.
Plentiful receipts of hogs carried
down provisions. No support developed
until sharp braikes had taken place.
Chieage Cash Grain.
Chicago, May 29.—The cash grain
market follows:
Wheat—No. 2 red. $1.08% No. 8 red,
[email protected] No. 2 hard, $1.07%®1.08%
No. 8 hard, $1.04%® 1.08%.
Corn—No. 2 yellow, 69%® 70c: No. 4
yellow, 67%®68c No. 4 white, 65®
68%c.
....105%
...J9%
....^1%
....445
.... 88
.... 92%
... 22%B
... 178%
.... 64%
.... 68
.... 98%
Oats—No. 3 white 38%@39%c stand
ard. 89%®40%c.
Rye—No. 2, 99c.
Barley—61® 76c.
Timothy—$6® 8.
Clover—$7.50® 15.
Pork—$22® 22.50.
Lard—$12.52.
Ribs—$11.85® 12.35.
Kansas City Cash Grain.
Kansas City. Mo., May 29.—The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat—No. 2 .hard, $1.02® 1.07 No. 2
red. $1.02® 1.07.
Corn—No. 2 mixed, 66%® 67c No. 2
white, 67%c No. 2 yellow, 68c.
Oats—No. '2 white, 44®45c NO. 2
mixed, 40® 41c.
Rye—$6®87c.
Hay—Timothy—$13.50®14.50 prairie
$9.50® 10 alfalfa, $12.50®13.50.
St. Louis Caah Grain.
St. Louis, Mo.. May 29.—The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.10 No. S red,
$1.03®1.05 No. 4 red. 88®92c No. 3
hard, $1.02%® 1.05 No. 4 hard, 93®94c.
Corn—No. 2 mixed, 69%®69%c No. 8
white, 70®70%c No. 2 yellow, 70%®
71c No. 8 White. 69%c No. 4 white,
68c* No8 mixed, 68%®69%c No. 3
yellow, 70c.
Oats—NO. 2 mixed, 88®88%c No. 3
mixed, 86%c No. 3 white, 88%4039%c
No. 4 white, 3«%®87%c.
Minneapolis Closing Grain.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 29.—Closing
grain:
Wheat—May, $1.12% July, $1.12%
tfo. 1 hard, $1.19% No. 1 northern,
$1.18%®1.15%.
Corn—No. 3 yellow, "72®78c.
Oats—No. 8 white, 88®88%c.
Flax—$1.90® 1.94.
Peoria Cash Grain.
Peoria. 111., May 29.—The cash grain
Market follows:
Cdrn—No. 3 white, 68c No. 2 yellow,
68%®69C No. 3 mixed, 68c sample,
45® 66c.
Oats—No. 3 white, 88@38%c No. 8
mixed, 87 %c.
Toledo Grain Seed.
Toledo, O., May 29.—Clover seed—
"Prime cash, $8.75 Oct., $8.80 Dec.,
$8.72.
Alsike—Prime cash and Au&. $9.40.
Timothy—Prime cash, $3.55 Sept
$3.40.
Primary Movement.
Artciles— Receipts Shipments
Wheat, bu 1,318,000 477,000
Corn. bU /. 867,000 507,000
Oats, bu 1,093.000 917.000
Seaboard clearances—Wheat, 1,308,
000i corn, 780,OO0 oats, 790,000.
Car Let Reeeipts.
Wheat—100 cars, with 67 of contract
grade.
Corn—148 cars, With 61 of contract
grade.
Oats—232 cars with 21 of contract
grade. Total reeeipts of wheat at Min
neapolis, Duluth and Winnipeg today
were 1,591 cars, Compared with 1,711
cars last week.
Estimated cars tomorrow, Chicago
Wheat, ,206 corn, 825: oats, 394.
St. Louis Horses and Mules.
East St. Louis, 111., May 29.-r-Horses—
Steady draft, $175®225: chunks, $150
southerns, $85® 125.
Mules—Steady, 16 to 16% hands, $150
15 to 15% hands, $125® 190 14
to 14% hands, $65@125.
St. Louis Produce.
St. Louis. Mo., May 29.—Poultry—
Chickens. 15%c: springs, 24®82c: "tur
keys, 13®24c ducks, 13c geese. 8c.
Butter—Creamery, 28%®29c.
Eggs—19c.
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Grain Review
Chicago, May 89.—Fine rains both In
Oklahoma and Kansas brought about
New York, May 39^TOces hardened
Sength^ofRoiXlilf and*Lehlgh Valley' materiaidecllnes today in the price of "$r50@M5T'stockvrs and Ved
Abasia of''general improve- wheat. Increasing stocks at Liverpool jfiffis.90: calves. ISOll.
-ISlnLl« continuedto dominate tended also to weaken the market here.
•oeelal^ Willys-Overland gained 6 Opening quotations, which ranged from
H«?«i. ^H*h\lmost Ave for Chandler %c to l%c lower, with July at $1.08%
K^i ^he^ record of 108% on to and September at $1.08% to
y' dividend while General $1.09%, were followed by an additional
Sofi!n^1ntt«t. to 4«° Loose setback and then a moderate rally.
tended to cause fresh
rallies. The close was unsettled, He to
1%®1%C net lower, with July at $1.07%
and Sept. at $1.08%@1.09.
WANT ADS^
READ THEM
PLENTY OF HOGS
SENT TO MARKET
WESTERN CENTERS WELL SUP
PLIED AND THE PRICE IS DE
PRESSED A LITTLE.,
Chicago, May 29.—Liberal receipt*
throughout the west gave a downward
swing today to the hog market.
Supplies of cattle, sheep and lambs
were also plentiful.
Chicago Live Stock Opening.
Chicago, May 29.—The opening Uv*
stock market follows:
Hogs—Market dull, 6c lower
•ra. [email protected] calves, $8® 11.
Sheep—Market 26c lower
Hogs—Market active. l6c lower re
ceipts, 42,000 estimated tomorrow, 19,
000 bulk, $9.55®9.70: light, $9.10®9.65
heavy, $9.20®9.80 mixed, $9.80®9,76
rough, $9.20®9.35.
Cattle—Market 10 to 26c lower than
last week's close top, $10.65.
Sheep—Market 50c lower than
week's close receipts, 22,000
$10.65.
OTTUMWA COURIER.
Quality
good receipts, 42.000 estimated to
morrow, 18,000 left-over.: 1.674 bulk,
$9.$0®9.76 light, $9.10®9.70: heavy,
[email protected] good heavy. .. $9.40®9.85
mixed, $9.35®9.80 rough, $9.25®9.40
Yorkers, [email protected] pigl, $7,25®9.10.
Cattle—Market 10 to 20$ lower: re
ceipts, 20,000: estimated tomorrow, 5,
000: beeves, $8.20® 10.65: iTexans, $|.60
®9.40 westerns, $8.60@9|40 cows and
receipts.
lings, $6.25®9.50 lambs, native,
10.50 westerns,
lambs, $9®12.
last
top,
Kansaa City Live Stoek.
Kansas City. Ma May 29.-^Hogs—
Receipts 15,000 lower bulk,• $9.40®
9.«6 heavy, $9.«0®$,70 light, $9,86®
9.60 pigs,, $8.75®9.25.
Cattle—Receipts 14,000: lower steers,
$10® 10.40: cjws. $5 75®8.65 .heifers,
$7.50®9.75 ealves, $6.50®11.
Sheep—Receipts 9,00(V weak lambs,
$9.50@12 yearlings, $8.50@11 wethers,
$8.25®9.50 ewes, $7.50@9.
8t. Louis Live Stoek.
St. Louis, May 29.—Hogs—Receipts
12,000: lower pigs and lights, $7.50®
9.70 mixed, $9.50®9.76 heavy, $9.70®
9.80 bulk, $9.55®9.7Q.
Cattle^-Receipts 6,000 steady steers,
$7.50® 10.50 heifers, '$8®10 coiys.
$5.50®8.f5V calves, $6®li.50.
Sheep—Receipts 6,000 lower: weth
ers. $7.76®9.25 lambs, $10£&12.20 ewes
$7.50®825 spring lambs, $10®!$^
Omaha Live Stook. ",m.
Omaha, Nebr., May 29.—The live
stock market follows:
Hogs—Market lower receiflts, 7,700
heavy $9.35®$.45 light, $9.20®9.35
pigs, $8®9: bulk, $9.25®9.40.
Cattle—Marlsst slow recelpta,' $,
ooo: steers, $8.60®10.60.
Sheep—Market lower: receipts g,
700 'yearlings, $8.25® 9.25 wethers,
$7.2»®8,2$ l|imbs, $9@ll.. tr,
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Chicago Hay Marked
Chicago Miay 29,—Hay—Receipts.5*6
tojis shipments, 103 tohs. Timothy hay
firm. Demand good and offerings
slightly larger. Better'grades of prairie
hay firm, while the off grades are easy.
Supply moderate and demand rather
good. Choice timothy hay quotable at
$21®22 No. 1 at $19.50®20 No. 2 at
$17.50® 18 No. 9 at $14® 15 Kangas,
Oklahoma and Missouri prairie hay—
choice, $15+16.50 No. 1 $18+14 No. 2
$11
@12. Clover hay. $11®12. Illinois,
Indiana and Wisconsin feeding prairie
hay, $9.50® 10.50 packing hay, $8®9
alfalfa hay, $11® 17.00.
Sales were: On track—Not graded
timothy. 1 car at $16.50, 1 car at $21.
Clover hay, part car at $10. Not graded
prairie, 1 car Arkansas at $10.25, 1 car
Kansas at $10.50.
Straw—Rye straw quotable at $11®
11.50. Oat straw at $9®9.50. Wheat
straw at $8®8.60.
St. Louis Hay Market.
St. Louis, Mo., May 29.—«i?.y—Re
ceived 81 cars (28 on west atVI 3 on
east sldtJ of river) which included 13
cars timothy, 4 clover-mixed, 3 prairie
and 11 alfalfa. Timothy and clover
mixed and again sparingly offered and
sold readily at firm to strong prices.
Prairie of scant No. 1 and lower quality
was in quiet request and easy, while
high grades are quotably firm, but not
obtainable. Alfalfa experienced a furth
er depressed market demand is ter
ribly sluggish and values continue to
show sharp losses quality of new crop
hay received so far has been exception
ally good. Sales on this side: Clover
mixed, 2 cars no grade at $9 and $9.50
r. *., part car scant No. 21 at $13.50. 1
car common "NO. 2 at $14 timothy, 1
car no grade at $10. part car No. 3
(stained) at $11, 1 car No. 8 at $12, part
car do at $12.50, 1 car good No. 3 at
$14, 1 car common No. 2 at $16, 1 car
No. 2 at $16. 2 cars No. 2 at $17. 2 cars
scant and ordinary No. 1 -at $18 and
$18.50 prairie, two parts of cars No. 3
at $9, 1 car common No. 2 at $10.50, 1
car scant No. 1 at $18.50 alfalfa, old,
1 car No. 2 at $11 new, 4 cars good
No. 2 and No. 1 at $14, 2 cars high No.
1 to choice at $16. On east side: tim
othy. 1 car scant No. 1 at $18 and 1 ear
good No. 1 at $20 both switched.
Straw—Scarce and quotably firm at
$6.50 track for sound wheat or oats—
late sales at that.
SUFFRAGETTES TO
PETITION
Slgourney, May 28. —A big booster
equal suffrage meeting was held at Sig
ourney on Saturday afternoon. The
Be Natural club, assisted by local suf
fragists served coffee, sandwiches and
doughnuts throughout the afternoon.
The room was profusely decorated
with pennants and the suffrage color,
yellow was in evidence everywhere.
Fannie R. Wilson, county chairman,
presided and speeches were made by
Rev. Orville Hodge, Geo. B. Baker, D.
W. Hamilton, Rev. Lloyd Lanning,
John Baty, J. R. MCVicker, S. W. Need
ham and Rev. W. F. Variderlippe.
A large number of people were in at
ttpdftnce and much enthusiasm shown,
and altogether the occasion proved to
be trett succ6ts.
vf
&§^sfc-
23,000 estimated tomorrow 7.000 na- Queers)—straight run hens. 14c lb. old
tives, $7®8.30 westerns $.®8.35 year-
$8.50®1Q.65
Chicago Live Stock Closing.
Chicago. May 29.—The closing
stock market follows:
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FIVE GENT DROP
PRICES QUOTED THIS ^MORNING
SHOW DECLINE OF A NICKEL
OTHER LIStS STEADY.
The prices In the Ottumwa hog mar
ket today shftw the quotations to be
Ave cents lower than on Saturday. The
other listfr are unaltered. Following are
the markets:
rell A Co.)—120®150, $7.90: 150®180,
$8.66 180©200. $8.90 200®240, $9.00:
240 and over, $9.00 packers, $8.20(9
8.60.
Sheep—Choice «prln« lambs. -••7^*5
fair to good spring lambs $6®6.8ft
yearling lambs. $5® 7: choice ewes, $4
®6 fair to good ewes. t8®4.
Ottumwa Hav Market.
Good timothy $10: N*. 2 timothy arid
No. 1 light clover njlted. 88®9i No. 8
timothy nnd No. mixed $608 eloVer
hay. $7$10.
Corn—65@80c rye. 50*70c oatf, ?4
#3nc.
Butter, Eqas and Poultry*
Butter fat—No. 1. 2S^: No. 2. 26%.
Po ttry—fTh»e prl'-',« onM to pr«-
POnBterB 7u*-
roosters.
Eggs-
$8®
spring
live
«wv« reese. 8c.
7%c ducks, 9c: geese, 8c.
17c.
Woe! and HWm.
Wool—CJeB*1 hri«rht medium. 81®82o
rhaff:' °r *Hrhtly hurry. 24ff 26c: semi
b'lrry. 24®26c harrt bnrry. 17® 18c:
H*nt fine Ion* stnnle. 24(ff26cs llaht
«ne short, stnnle. 20'®22c: heavy, fine
line staole. ts®i8c angorft goat long
luster. 25827c.
Hides—Cured. 13c green No. 1, 10®
ISo.
Fur*—SVtink Mcif$3: mink 75c®$8"
opossum, 1ft®coon K0c3$2: fox.
*2® 4. Prices according to condition and
Sire.
HE A I I S.
Flour and Peed.
snrt feed—Graham. flour, per
**ck. 4Rct corn choos. ner cwt.. $1.90:
•horts per cwt.. J1.6R: bran, per cwt.
*1.40: com. per bu., T. hay per cwt,.
70'®80c.* straw .per cwt.. 40®50e: meal
per s»c't. Mr: corn nnd oat «?hop. per
cwt.. 2.10: com chon.-SOc lh.. 40e: oil
meal, per cwt.. ?2.J": wheat flour, per
sack new wheat $1.50®2.t0: wheat,
bu.. $1.85.
Butter. Esq* and Poultry.
Creamery butter—35c: country but
ter. 25®80c.
Ksrsr*—Candled, ?8W25c.
Poultry^—Geese, dressed, soe *ur
t'«»vs. dressed. 80c: dressed hens.
22®2.*e spring chickens. 3Re.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Frozen, not fresh caurht—Salmon,
16c lb.: baMbut. 16c lb. red snapper.
16c lb.: white fi*h. l*c Smelts, ?0c.
Fresh fish—Catfish 20c bass 25c
trout, ?0c: halibut ,20c salmon 20c:
Dike. 85c live lobster*. 45c in. broiled
lobsters. 60c each: white fish. 20c lb.:
crabs, hard shell. 15e each.: soft shell.
*0c each: pereh., 12%«: Shrimp. 35c
Jb.: native macker.el_40c each: »hads.
60e each shadroc. 40c pair frog legs.
!."c oalr: Spanish mackerel. 20c lb.:
fresh herring. 18c: white fish 20c
smelts, 15c.
Salt fish—Mackerel. 10®85c: herring
Norway 3 for 25c: eod 10®20c lake fish
pill, fOc. Mlt mackerel. 10n25c aalt
white fiSh 10#25c lb.: salt cod. 10®
?5c lb.: smoked sturgeon. 25c lb.: flnan
baddte.. lb.. 50c: Holland herring, pall,
$1.36: Holland herring, $1.75 keg mix
ed: $1.90 a keg Wllchners salt ell. 26c
lb., pall nnchoVies. $1.25.
Smoked fish—Wfc'te fish 20c lb.:
sardines. 5®35c snlced sardines. 8 for
10e box cod. 12%®20c: fancy smoked
bloaters. 8 for 25c: Smoked boneless
herring 26c lb.: smoked herring 25c lb.:
smoked salmon 25c lb.: smoked baltbut
'?5c lb.: smoked sturgeon. S5£ ib. stock
fish, 30c.
Frulte.
Fruits—Bananas 10®30c dor: lemons
30c: oranges, 85®45c dosen apples,
40®60c peck: grape fruit. 5®10c
Hawaiian pineapples. 16®25c pears
30c doz. kumquats, 30c strawberries,
qt„ 12%c watercress, 10c 8 for 25c.
Veeetabies.
Vegetables—Cabbage, per lb., old, 4c
new 7c mangoes 3 10c: hot house cu
cumbers 10® 15c tomatoes, ripe, 10®
»@12%c parsley 5® 10c shallots 2 for
5c oyster plants, 2 for 15c celery, 10
cents bunch leek. 5 and 10c bunch
endive, 5c potatoes, per pk., 40c bu„
$1.60 mushrooms, 85 cents green
beans 12%c per pound: horseradish
root 10c beets, lb., 3e: lettuce, 80c lb.
egg plant, 20®26c cauliflower 15®25c
beets, 25c pk. turnips, 25c asparagus
8'/ic fancy hot house radishes,
2 for 15c artichokes. 20c wax beana
25c lb. new potatoes, 6c per pound
parsley, 5 and 10c per bunch Early
Ohio seed potatoes. $1.25®1.50 bu. E&rly
Rose seed potatoes. $1.50 bu. Trlumpb
seed potatoes $1.60 new potatoes, 8c
per lb. sc|d sweet potatoes, bbl.. $8.81.
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Editor The Courier
As president of. Cloutman W. R. C.,
I wish to express regret at the change
in plans for the Memorial day observ
ance which will prevent the scattering
of flowers upon the waters in honor of
the sailor and soldier dead restihg
under the waves. In my opinion this
is as necessary a part of the day's
program as is the remainder. We
should teach the rising generation that
Memorial day was created to keep
alive the memory not alone of those
bodies lie in marked or unmarked
graves, ..but likewise of those who
went to death in the depths of-the
ocean and in the rivers. All werd
heroes and there should be no discrim
ination.
In many cities it is customary for
the relief corps to present flags to the
Sunday- schools of the churches in
which Memorial services are held. I
think -so much' of this custom that I
am going to present a flag to the M.
E. Sunday school in hopes that the
corps will keep up the practice.
AhUa'M. Park.
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OLD VETERANS
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whether we are on the side of Provi
dence.' Abraham Lincoln, with all
great and good men, knew that the
approbation of Ood Is necessary to the
satisfactory termination of K»r.
"George Washington, In one of his
characteristic speeches, ventured
this, 'It In Impossible to govern this
world without God. He must be worse
than an infidel who lacks faith and
more than wicked who has not grati
tude to acknowledge his obligation.'
After the fall of Ft. Donnelson, when
the soldiers in an exuberance of de
light were glorying over a great vic
tory, General Grant sat quietly and
unmoved In the midst of their shouts.
After a little he quietly raised his
head and said. 'Comrades, we must
not forget that it Is God who gives us
victory.
"Sirs, I repeat. Christianity and
patriotism are twin forces. And it is
because of this that millions oT our
citizens have, this day, met to spend
a ouiet hour in contemplation and wor
ship and to stimulate hope In the
future. It is because of this fact that
I have consented^ to preach and wel
come you to thi* service this morning.
And, too, I have chosen this tejtt be
cause here I findsimilarity he-
tween its teaching and the Itfstory
which we have met to commemorate.
Memorials Similar.
"First of all there
430 years wanderings, without organ
ization and without objective. Then
came the 215 years of bondage and
slavery. Then the forty years in the
wilderness. And these stones, you
recall, were put in the bottom of the
Jordan to mark the place of their vic
tory. It was the lone grave stone to
mark the edge of the place where
thousands of .their fellows had died,
been won. These stones were placed
to commemorate a great and myster
ious history.
"So it is with the institution of this
Memorial day, which we have met to
regard at this time. In the year 1868
Mrs. John A. Logan, the good wife of
one of the noblest soldiers that ever
drew a sword, in company with other
of her kind, went to Richmond to in
spect the fortifications and review the
old battle grounds, and there chanced
to see the graves of some confederate
soldiers decorated with faded flags
and flowers, placed there by loving
hands the summer before. The noble
woman was so greatly touched wt{h
the- significance of such respect and
love'that she told her husband, who
soldier like, saw the point and at
that time being commander-in-chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic, is
sued an order that the thirtieth day of
May, 1861, be set apart as a day in
memory of the pation's dead. The
command was, received ^with such en
thusiasm by the people throughout the
country that General Imogen decided
that, by a joint resolution of con
gress, it should becofae a national holi
day to be observed annually to per
petuate the memory of the hundreds
of thousands who gave their life to
their country in the war of the rebel
lion.
"Then again, you will observe that
Israel's flght was a fight for princi
ple. It was the principle of right
against wrong. God Almighty was
compelled to build the reign of right
eousness, and the perfection of char
acter, out of the /aw hordes of the
earth. Say what you may concerning
sin and its inception, it remains that
here is a great unchallenged fact
which will not down. Sin and degrada
tion held sway and human life was
threatened. Paganism threw itself
athwart the way of progress. So that,
it became a question, a grave, vital
question, as to which should survive,
right or wrong, polythejszn .or theisin,
God or Lucifer.
Going Mad on Peace.
"Men are in too much haste to
blame God for the ruthless shedding
of innocent blood,- which seems to
characterize the old testament history.
And sirs, we may grant that in some
instances the reproof seems well
founded. And yet, on the other hand
may it not be true, that we are wrong,
and that our criticism is unjust? Is
it not true in fact, that in these days
oT ultra peace agitation, there is a
tendency to seek the point of least
possible resistence? True, we could
not admit such an attitude in educa
tion, in business, in politics, in social
evolution. But here we are going
mad, yes, actually mad, over a theory.
We cry peace, peaee, peace, when
there is no peace. Mark you, com
rades. There are conditions in this
world more awful than death. Better
that we die than thSt certain condi
tions be allowed to. remain. If mili
tarism is to persist in its purpose to
control the world, better that militar
ism shall die forthwith, even though,
at a tremendous cost. So, too, if the
unspeakable Turk is to continue his
nefarious massacre of human life, bet
ter stop him now, even though to stop
him, may mean extermination. Th1«
man has had his day, Tbis man has
had his opportunity. This man ha3
been weighed in the balance and found
wanting. This man will not get out
of the way of progress, and therefore,
must die. We must not forget that
progress is death to inertia. The fact
is, we must move on or die, if not
by the sword, certainly by that insist
ent foe, atrophy. As I see it, it is not
a question as to my wish, but a ques
tion of fact which is plainly before
me. I must do or die, in spite of myself.
"tt was not our wish that the south
should lire upon Fort Sumter. But the
south did (ire upon Fort Sumter with
out?* warning and the war was on
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a similarity
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between the memorial here referred
to and the one we are observing at
this moment. Mark you, great vic
tories and memorial days are not
given to a people gratuitously, but
rather are they the reward of hero
ism and sacrifice. I have read some
where of a certain general and the
boy who stood admiring. 'I would like
to be as you are,' explained the in
terested lad. 'Be it so, my lad,' sug
gested the good man, 1ut remember themselves and for the
this kind cometh only to those who, world.
sacrifice. I bought this uniform at a 'Then again, please note that from
great cost.' So it Ifc with Israel in I the time Israel left Figypt to the time
this case. First of all there wer^, the
and too where a mighty victory had FOrty years of criticism and struggle
between two mighty principles. For
ty, years of intense anxiety for all
knew what must finally come to pass.
ThiVtf it was, thus It is, and thus it that Just twenty days before hU
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threatens to he. It has been declared
that there are no foes appearing. That
we are so remote that we are immune.
It is said that to the north of«us live
a people with whom, we have bad
Sow
eace from the beginning. Yes sir, but
about the people to the south of
us? Every man of us should read the
remarkable address delivered by
Bishop Bashford, at the general con
ference Just a few days ago. Bishop COURIER'S SPECIALCORRMl
Bashford has been in charge of China
for the Methodist Episcopal church for
eight years now and this is his worn
ing to America, You must Christianize
and civilise China and Japan or be
ready to suffer the consequences,'
Bishop Bashford is a seer, a scholar
and a man of unusual poise who brings1
American war, tp Insist upon juftict
poor old China
at any co*t. There are times when would giv«
nation must fight for the life of jtistjce I
for the liberty of her lesi fortunate felj-1
lows. Mark you sirs, when Neal of Illinois.
if.
vene, ostensibly to settle Chinas
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forgets tbl. duty anl thl. re.pon.lbll-! ^"mother".0'!.! *'1"!
ltj, «b. I. no more what h« ha. been. '.".I .u.
She will have*forfeited her place noiftfegi1gla^r«*Vo»^h?,,ir«?
chief power among the nations of the f*
earth. And this she will not, can not ^n hu
do. May I ask what will become of,®
they reached Canaan was just forty
years. Then It was that Ood raised
up Joshua to lead thfem Into the prom
ised land.
"Just so was It with the qtruggle
which culminated in the war of the
rebellion. Observe, if you please.
From the Missouri compromise, which
occurred in 1820, to the last year be
fore the war, which was 1860, was Just
forty years. Forty years of debate.
And so It was that at the end of forty
years the strong arm of right marshal-
her towes and after terrific Bacrl
ed
flee led them In a gloriously trium
phant march into the promised land
of quiet and rest. And I say to you,
sirs no man need be ashamed to have
stood in that battle line nor to have
had a part in that magnificent achieve
ment.
"At the close of the war, at a meet
ing held in Batavia, Now York, in the
interest of the war, this beautiful in
cident occurred. An old man with
snowy locks, taking the speaker by
the hand, said, My first son was killed
at Vicksburg, my second at Chicka
mauga and my third and baby laddie
bas just gone down at Petersburg.
And now, sir, If the government wants
our little property, take it, and the
old man, too, If he can be of any ser
vice.'
principle Before Place.
"Gunner Wood was not ashamed
yonder in that awful combat between
the Cumberland and the Merrimac.
Having lost both arms and both legs,
his comrades came to assist him to
safety, for his ship was going down.
But he cried out, 'Back to your guns,
boys. Give 'em all they want, boys.
Hurrah for the flag.' Thus It was
that manhood gallantly declares when
principle is at stake. We do not want
war, certainly not. But we do want
war rather than the humility of prin
ciple defamed. Peace, if possible, but
principle before peace. This is Amen
canism. This, sirs, is why you are
here today. It is because you did not,
because you co^)d not, choose ease,
when duty and patriotism and respon
sibility called.
"And now the final word. The rav
ages of war distress us. When Israel
left Egypt, there were in her army, not
less than 600,000 men, to say nothing
about the 'Women and children. It is
estimated that more than two million
souls reported to Moses when Israel
faced the wilderness march. And yet,
sirs, at the close of the campaign only
two of the original number went into
the promised land. I say, it would
seem that tbe price paid was too
great. But was it too great? Is it not
a fact that all we have and are today,
we owe to that splendid sacrifice. We
are saying the same concerning the
awful carnage going on across the
seas at this moment. But sirs, if, out
of this unthinkable, unprecedented
slaughter of men, there shall come the
death of militarism and of the un
speakable Turk then, I pay, it has beon
worth while.
"Just so with the rebellion. What
a slaughter It was for those days. How
the government was criticized 500,000
men were offered upon this altar of
sacrifice, to say nothing of the halt,
the lame and blind, who were left to
Suffer. Aye, some of them to this day.
But, sirs, did it pay?
.Monument Abides.
"In beautiful St. Paul's cathedral at
London, among the statues and bust.*
of. all the celebrities of the world,
high up on the»wall, in an obscure cor
ner. Is a plain marble slab with this
inscription, 'Sir Christopher, for his
monument look about you.' He had
planned the mighty poem and it spoke
louder than words for its master. He
deeded no other. So it is with you to
day, my comrades. Of the 600,000
who first composed your organization,
the Grand Army of the Republic, less
than 200,000 remain. A few more days,
and the last man of you will have
passed on into the eternities. But
listen. Your monument abides. 'My
country 'tis of thee, sweet land of lib
erty, of thee I sing, land where my
fathers died, land of the pilgrims'
pride, from every mountain side, let
freedom rin#,'
"That sirs, is your monument. It
ENT AT MEETING Wfiltjgl
INTERESTING NOTES.
Th
to his church his sober judgment. Hr ij_h|a
avers that there is a yellow peril. It is,
for us to he readv °r
Responalblllty Great. ch^roh*
tlle
whole wide
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"Then again, there Is the pressure.
of responsible*.y which drives one na-1 f' ^°2'_ ji* "tart backjto 10|
tion to war with another. The war or. 'V.A**
the rebellion was inevitable, as long I
as the division threatened, and as long ?B Hi* 'UB^_
as slavery existed. Soonef. or later. that the un"
responsibility would have compelled, fvj?' ,!*!?•
the north, as in the case of Spahish- ™rJh!*
u' .. J«
*re W
"i closing-
th«
*r®«t quadrennial general
which1wiiiM6tll0H!**b»JfMwJ«®o°n*wb^h
PZlTJ°J25M(hmJ?*
churches
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dim-
eulties, but in reality to take over the »eJ Prov,d«
nation? Think you, America will stand
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A conference visitor is Judge He|
uilI„1^Mr.„
.J1'• 11o ProBKOUng
on the morrow Jap- twenty-sevei st!5e "eliJlatirM 1
an insists upon her program to inter-. "at®,
wiaow«d
mother^
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have taken a step backward and will, people flock to h«
not be the same old liberty loving "e has been at^^surroundlng to*
America she used to be. It is in the Sureh !t\i. ZfSf u*,
very biood of Americans to love for services. He is perlw
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atteSd
most unique and original speak
on the American platform today.
The Claflln quartet of colored
dents, two young men and two you
women, has captivated everybody
^ouncement that it is to be on
gram seems sufficient to draw a ceoi
anywhere. The favorite numb#^
the audiences Is "The Old Flag N6
Touched the Ground." Wh4n they
play their flags and wave then
people-rise and shout approval.
are students in an industrial School
negroes in the south where 650
learning useful occupations.
One of the favorite quartets has lu
the preachers' chautauqua quartet
which John Wesley Holland, termor!
of Milton, is a member. They
been in New York singing for the
cured for the conference
days.
for
The sudden death of ope of the dot
gates, Dr. John j. Manker, of T«ni
see had some /peculiar circums
connected with it The week
conference convened John A. Put
of Chattanooga died suddenly in
go. He was a lay delegate. Dr.
ker was his father^n-law and
names appeared together on tko
ference roll. Dr. Manker died i
addresslng the committee that ha4
der consideration the union of ?t
paper of which he was editor witlk^o
of the other church papers,
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The preacher membera of thtg
eral conference who have boon or
to their appointments by tho
get considerable pleasure out of tih#«.
portunity here to order the bishope
theirs. And bishops are juat lik*
dlnary folks In having some pr$f|
ences,
One of .the interesting events
when the desk and table used by tlj
bishops in presiding were uold at au
tion. They were made by a boyfe' ni
slon Industrial school in ItAly, utali
the direction of Methodist missl
aries. They sold for $3,200 to
Arter of Cleveland. The bidding wi
lively for awhile, starting with
H. J. Heinz, the fifty-seven variety
man, who was on tbe platforib i»*
guest gave $500 to be added to
amount the Judder paid. On# of til
delegates, George Warren Browft l,
tbe B^own Shoe Co., St. Louis, ga^U
another $600. There were some 110"
gifts, so that in all the school wiliigf
over $5,000 for the table and cha.
They were hand carved and it was est!
mated that it took six boys a year it
a half to make them, worklrig thr
hours a day. They brought a partit
larly high price became used inf
conference which is expected to
about union of the two Methtidl
churches, a-,. Hr#*
il-: X-'j ll
Many notable men have sat in
conference. A. J. Wallace has
lieutenant governor of California
is a candidate for the United 8t|t
senate. Judge Henry Wade
was dean of the Yale law school,
U. S. judge. E. M. Travis is eemj
ler of the state of New York. C.
A'.
lock is IT. S. judge,in the court.
Dakota. Judge Robinson of the W
Virginia supreme court remain#!'*
home running for governor. Aa
Bast of Copenhagen has one of
greatest city missions in Europe
has the patronage of royalty to
ducting his great work, requiring tl
expenditure of about $60,000 a yj
And many others whose names
be known might be named,
Ex-President Taft in his leetitrT'
plained how the United 8tatea has
come so Involved 1p great world
ters that it is necessary for it to*
prepared to defend its policies wit|
reasonable military force.
says i& a navy as strong as Ctaniultir'j
England not being menaee as il
does not keep a standing army
could get ready for war as quicklj
any nation without a big army. Hi
also I9r world court to keep the
On the same day he spoke Congnei
man Hobson was introduced front
platform.
death General^ Grant wrote a note,
be opened after his death. It
ed these words, JIf it is within Gfljd'l
providence that I should go now, I aiT
ready to obey his call without a
muri' May I Cruet that yon too, wi
tho eall comes, may be able to
swer did your great contmandw^