Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 15 December 1891 — Page 1

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With tin-statement that he would reserve 11 if delivery of his annual address the president proceeded to deliver a brief address of welcome. It was, he said, tho largest convention of the federation in its history. 1 he {rrowlh of the organization during the past, year had been phenomenal anil the delegates before him represented more than threeHiar!cr* of a million of organized labor. He jrave a hearty welcome to the delegate* and urged them to return to their different organizations determined to push onward and up.vard for the improvement of labor. .N«Ti«s*jl.v of Or^:iiii/.ul ion.

Cmitinnin.ir, Ik* nid: "U .should bo. otu (-iVort to each succceding convention of the American Federation of Labor an improvement on the one, both iu numbers and intelligence, keeping piuse with the ever-increasing in Lei licence and pivsin^ demands of the masses and the development of the industries of our country. On every hand we ttnd organization and combination on the part of those who own or control the wealth, n^ng* their possessions to crush out the liberties, to stille the voice. ^'•vert the rights of the toiling" masses. .While it true that many attempts' haviN- been made tojjrapple with thiseondilion of affairs, puny and futile liave been the results.

Tin* Sot-1*t*tsit*.v*H IJeport.

At the coiH^uvio.* of the president's address the convention .went into executive session and the doors were closed. The usual committees were appointed and' (ienerul Secretan* Chris Kvans presented his annual financial report. A synopsis follows:

During tin.-term etirtltiy October 32, 1891, 210 charters have been issued to unions In thirty states, us follows: Arkansas. 5 Connecticut, 2 'Colorado, -1 District of Columbia. 2: Georgia, 2 Illinois, IS: Indiana, 2d, Juwa, 2: Kan-!-UH. v.': Kentucky* 2 Louisiana. 3 Massachusetts S Michigan, 21 Missouri, 6 Minnesota, Mississippi, 7 Maine, 2: Montana, I Now VorU, 2.*: New Jersey 3 New Mexico, 5: Ohio. .'»*: IVnusylvanla. l»J: Khodc Island, 1 Tennesaet:. I*. Texas, 1 Virginia, 2 Wisconsin,

Washington, r» West Virginia, 3. Charters have also been planted to ten national unions, inaHing a total of 2**3 during the year.

I'iuaiuiai Statement.

The financial exhibit showed that the re* ceiptM of tl»e year had been $12,2W, and tho totai expenditure leaving a balance of ftijfiff.' Of tli^total expenditures nearly $2,500 represented loans and douatious to ognnizalions on strike. The statement of expend!*

Aitl lor Striker#.

During tho hist year a loan of $3,5!):) has been made to the United Urothcrhood of Carpenters and Joiners.tit Pittsburgh. Pa., to aid them in their strike ami it has since boon repaid in full. Two thousand dollars has also beeu loanod to tho United Mine Workers of America, to aid the Iowa girlliihg miners. The convention will be a«Ued to make the loan a donation.

IN "ACTUAL WANT.

Distressing C.'nndition of AlVairs hi the Indiana Coal ields. KIJAZM., Iml., Dec. 15. —Dismal indeed must 1H the Cliristmustide of the thousands who (lept'iul for a livelihood oil employment in the Indiana coal Holds, for the hitter fact has to be faced that lumber and misery tenant the wretched lints in which the striking miners and their families are huddled t.ifretlier. 't'lie cry of the operators is ".Vo surrender," and the men, almost in a starvintf condition, are determined to keep on li^litinjr. ]t is an absolute fact that the strikers and their families have been for the last two week's trying to keep soul unci body together on one meal a clay, and that a very scant one. This is true of close

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'JU.OUU men, women and

children who arealVected by the strike. At Harmony, Clay City. Lodi, Watson Illock. I'erth, Carbon and Knifrhtsville tli" scenes which confront one are pathetic in the extreme.

Saturday an appeal was issued to the miners of the country, siyned by the national executive board of the coal miners' association of the United State, asking every miner to tax himself not less than twenty-five cents a \yeek for the relief of the strikers. Kvcry local secretary in the United States is directed lo call a meeting in liis district at once in order that' the fund may Vie. started without delay.

AlliirrU"" fietx Ton Vi'iirn.

TAI'O.M A, Wash., Dee. 15.—Edward' Albert-son, who in September last cm-

I liezzled $20,000 in money and nearly 1 SI,000,000 in security from the Fidelity Trust Company, has been sentenced to I ten years in the penitentiary by Snperior .Indite Ally

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l-'red N. Chandler,

an accomplice of Albcrtson, was given five years in the penitentiary. They were captured in Oregon about" two weeks alter the theft and returned to this city, where both pleaded guilty.

One .Mao DurtuMl to Death. OAKI.S. N. D., Dec. 15. —A disastrous fire visited Oakes Sunday night, entailing a loss ol SlU.OOO and resulting in the death of one man. The llames broke out at. midnight in the drug store and oHice of Dr. Schmidt Kelson mid lie was burned to death before lielp could reach him. Nearly the whole business portion of the town was debtl'u.yed.

THE DAILY JOURNAL

A\VI'()R1)SVILLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY. DECEMBER. 1ft. 1891.

THE SENATE.

Another Hlj- Hutch of llllls Introduced During Mnmlny's Short Session. WASHINGTON, Deo. 15.—ANIONS tho departmental and other communications laid before the senate Monday by the vice president and referred were the report of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and awards of the court of claims on French spoliation claims. Among the bills introduced and referred were the following: Hy Senator Harris—To repeal all laws discriminating against the circulation of -state banks, liy Senator Coke—To amend Hje laws in relation to national banks and to retire their circulation. Hy Senator Washburn—Defining options in "futures" and imposing taws thereon. Hy Senator Ilale—To establish a permanent census ofllec and to provide for taking the twelfth and subsequent censuses. Hy Senator Mitchell— lo prohibit absolutely the coming of Chinese into the United States whether tliey are Chinese subjects or otherwise. To amend the Pacific railroad acts. Hy Senator Carlisle—To reimburse the several states for interest paid on moneys expended in raising troops. Hy .Senator Sherman— For a uniform classification of wheat, oats, rye, etc.

Senator Dolph offered a resolution calling on the war department for a report as to whether the provisions of the last river and harbor bill to prevent the unlawful obstruction of the navigable waters of the United States have been enforced, and, if not, why not. Agreed to.

Senator Aldrich moved the amendment to the rule (of which he gave notice last week) regulating admission to the floor of the senate. The principal change is as to clerks to committees and clerks to senators. They are admitted when "in the actual discharge of their oflicial duties," and it is provided that clerks and senators "must be regularly appointed and be borne on the rolls of the secretary of the senate as such."

Senator PeJTer (Kan.) introduced by request of the wage workers' political alliance of the District of Columbia a bill providing for the taking of a special supplementary census of the United States for the purpose of asking each person, firm, association and corporation questions relative to their property, debts, etc. Their answers, it is provided, shall be published as quickly as possible in order that the people may know liow to legislate on tho money question. Senator Peffer also introduced by request a bill providing for the issue biennially of a military register of the United States showing the names, addresses, the number of the pension certificates, etc., of all surviving persons who have been, are now or I wlio may hereafter be employed in the military service of the country. In the event that there is not surplus money enough in the treasury to carry out the provisions of the act it is I made the duty of the secretary of the treasury to cause a sufficiency of the money in the United States to be preiB''cd and deposited into the treasury for the purpose. The secretary is to cause the money to be expressed in declaratory and not promissory terms.

It is to show plainly on its face that it

is a full and not partial legal tender,

tuns w»s rendered notable by tho The notes are to be ranged in twentyitem .-ihowins that the total outlay for salar- gjght, denominations, from one mill to $5,000.

icRtui account of an organization, with bundriul.s of branches and a membership or three quarters of a million, was but the paltry sum uf The comparative summary showed that four yi»«r« »troUhe total receipts of the organization were but for the entire year.

Senator Washburn (Minn.) introduced in the senate a bill defining "futures" and "options" and imposing special taxes on dealers therein. The articles included in the bill in the two terms are wheat, corn, oats, rj'c, barley, cotton and all other farm products also pork, lard and all other hog products. The bill provides that dealers in futures and options therein shall pay annually a tax of SI,000 and the further sum of five cents a pound on cotton and hog products and twenty cents a bushel on any of the other articles mentioned.

The senate then went into executive session, when some nominations were referred to committees, and at 1:30 it adjourned until to-day.

CHIEF MAYES DEAD.

The Hoal of the Cherokee Nation Pnsftea Airuy at Tahlequah. TAIU.F.QUAH. I. T., Dec. 15.—Joel R. Mai'cs, chief of the Cherokee nation, died here at 6 o'clock a. m. The assistunt chief is very ill. [Joel Bryan Mnyes was born in the Cherokee Kescrvution, Ga„ October & 1833. His father was white and bts mother of mixed blood, boIng descended on her paternal aide from James Adair, 'an Indian agent under George III. Joel was removed while a boy to the Cherokee reservation In Indian terrtrory. He graduated from the' Cberolteo male seminary In 1850, and taught until the beginning of the civil war, when he enlisted In tho cpnfeder^te army. Ho held the position of quartermaster during tho war. He returned to the farm on Grande river In 1865, and was made county commissioner and chief clerk to the Cherokee court, a dual posl* lion, ho held for many years. For two yearH ho was county judge. While holding the latter office he was chosen axsoolato and subsequently chief justice of the supreme court. He became chief of the Cherokee Nation In August, 1887, having been elected after a close light. 1

BEATS THE WORLD.

Maxim's liemarkable Gun Surpassed by 1111 American Iiiventlou. NEW IIAVKX, Conn., Dec. 15.—The Winchester Repeating Arms Companyhas for several months been experimenting with a machine-gun remarkable for the rapidity with which it may be fired. At a recent test made at the factory 900 shots were fired by tho gun in one minute, only one barrel being used. The fastest record yet made by the Maxim gun is 750 shots a minute from one barrel. The Gatling has never been fired at a greater rate than 800 shots a minute when operated by hand, and, besides, the Gatlin gun has six barrels. The new arm is the invention of the Drowning Bros., of Ogden, Utah.

Muilc HUliop or Green I lay. GBEEN HAY, Wis., Dec. 15.—Tho appointment of Rev. Sebastian Messmer, D. D., as bishop of the diocese of Green Day is announced in a dispatch received from Home. The appointee occupics the chair of doginatio and canon law at the University of Washington.

LOST AT SEA.

Tho British Ship Enterprises Founders Off Ramsgato.

THIRTY PERSONS LOSE THEIR LIVES. REMOVED FROM THE liSAXE ASYLUM.

llrave Flslu*rmen ltexcue Young: Hoy, Who Proves to lto tlte Sole Survivor of tho tJnfortu-••v.-'CT"•-• natfl Burnt.

ONI.V ONK SAVED.

LONDON. Dec. 15.—Thirty lives are reported lost by the foundering of the Uritish ship Knterkiri. She was bound from Hull for Hrisbane. and was caught in the channel during the heavy storm. Notwithstanding the utmost efforts to save the vessel, she was driven

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the sands near Itamsgate

and went to pieces. The only person known to be saved was an apprentice boy. ('ouWhri llenrh Shore.

The lCnterkin took the hurricane Saturday niglit. She was standing on an itislioro tack and the wind blew so furiously that it was impossible to carry sail enough to prevent her from making leeway and she was driven ashore almost broadside. After .she had struck a part of the crew succeeded in launching a boat and got clear of th# ship They headed shoreward, but were almost immediately thrown into the sea by the swamping of their «at by a highroller, which broke over the stern and filled it. livery mail who was in the boat was drowned almost in si'_-ht of his comrades 011 i'ne wreck.

All Hut One Lost.

Shortly afterward, the ship, which had been standing upon a comparatively even keel, \va struck by a •tremendously high sea and she heeled over tl.iro.ving every per.-on aboard of her i::to tie- water Only one of them, the .'pivnt ce boy. whose name is ly .vis, succeeded in gaiuiug the weatlie.- rigging. which by the heeling over of the vessel as just awash.

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li iv llie lad remained throughout the rij. hl. drenched a ul all:. frozen. U11

S..:i.!ay morn::i a ti-ii:: smack under very short, sail sighted the wreck and bore down to it. With much ditlieulty a boat was got alongside the Huterkin and Lewis was taken oil' Many of the thirty drowned seamen were foreigners.

The lucky apprentice and the brave fishermen are the lions oof the liouV and an effort is to be made to obtain for the gallant fishermen the medal awarded by the Royal Humane society. A public subscription to present the fishermen with a suitable testimonial is also talked of.

STORMS IN COLORADO

Wires Down and Traffic Suspended nv a Scvflrc Hllczurrf. PUEBLO, Col., Dec. 15.—The severest storm ever known here raged six hours from 4 o'clock Monday morning. Wires of all kinds are down and trallic generally is suspended. A regular blizzard is blowing. Two houses have been blown down, but no one was hurt.

MONUMENT, Col., Dec. 15.—A fierce blizzard has been raging over the divide since 2 o'clock Monday morning. The roads arc impassable and business lias been almost suspended. The wind is hurling the fast falling snow into huge drifts in many places 10 feet high.

RATON, N. M., Dec. 15. A fearful blizzard of snow set iu on the Raton range Saturday morning and has been continuous in its fury, with

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diate prospects of abatement. On the line of the Santa l"c railway through the Maxwell land grant there are immense drifts, some of them 12,to 18 feet deep.. Not less than 20 inches of snow has already fallen. Traflie has been entirely suspended south of Trinidad, at which poiut three passenger trains are tied up. The northbound trains are at Springer and Wagon Mound, and

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attempt will be

made to move them. Runners from the ranges this morning report cattle standing half covered with snow and thousands dying from cold and starvation.

MISS AMES' FUNERAL.

Memorial Services Held at Itest Cottage, KvaiiNton, and the Itumains Taken to Slreutor, III., Tor liurlal.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—The remains of Miss Julia Ames, who died in Koston Saturday, arrived in this city via the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern at 8 p.

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They were met by

several members of the family, Miss Frances E. Willard, Mrs. A. C. Ilucll, Miss Esther I'ugli, Miss Anna Gordon, Mrs. Mary T. Latlirop, a delegation from the Woman's Temperance Publication society, and many other friends. The remains were transferred on arrival to the Chicago & Northwestern depot and taken to Evanston, where a short memorial service was held in the evening, after which they were taken to tho home of her parents at Streator, 111., where the burial will take place.

China Will Not Kxlilblt.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The Chinese empire has officially notified the state department that it will take no part in the world's fair. The emperor holds that if his subjects are good enough to come to the Columbian exposition they are good enough to be admitted to the United States at all times. The ultimatum was delivered to the state department through Minister Denby

A Untitling Association Fails. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 15.—The L'ortsca Island Kuilding Society of Portsmouth has suspended payment. The society held securities amounting to about S3,500,000 in a bank connected I with the organization. Workingnien I are the heaviest losers and the suspension is causing much excitement.

Shot by a Mob.

WAYCHOBS, Ga., Dec. 15.—The Ware county jail was broken into early Sunday morning by a mob of fifty masked men, who went to the cell containing Welcome Golden and Robert Knight, leaders of tho Yaruo riot, and shot them dead.

TAKEN TO JAIL.

2dward M. Piold Placod Under Arrest.

A Charge of L.nrceuy I'IIIVIMI Against TLLIU ,:—New Vork Olllehi's llavo l.lttle 1'aitli ill 111* Claim of liiHanlty.

FIELD'S OA.MK IS UI*.

NEW YOIIK, Dec. 15.—Edward M. Field is in the toils of t.lie law. He was arrested iu a private insane asylum near White Plains, N. Y., Monday evening by three detectives and brought to this city and locked up in police headquarters. Field was taken from the asylum on a warrant which charged him with grand larceny in the first degree. The warrant had been drawn up hy District Attorney Nicoll and had the signature of Judge Martine, of the court of general sessions. It charged Edward M. Field with appropriating securities and collateral'property of the. firm of Field, Lindley, Wiechers & Co. for his owu personal use. lo«*Hii't Think Him Insuiic.

From the orders given by the district attorney it would seem that he placed no eredeuce iti the story that Field was so insane as to be irresponsible for his acts. When the detectives arrived at the asylum at o'clock Dr. Granger refused to deliver over his patient to them. He finally consented, however, and informed Field, who went with tho ollleers in a closed carriage to tho depot, and was brought to this city. He will be arraigned before Judge Martine to-dav.

Can't AvoWl 1'rosecutlon.

District Attorney Nicoll gives the following statement: "In view of the repeated charges made in the press 1 deemed it my duty to act without awaiting a complaint to be made by some of the parties interested and said to have been defrauded. Mr. Field may be insane if lie is it must be proved as a defense to the indictment iti the usual way. No man ever charged with a crime can avoid prosecution by being committed to a private insane asylum.

HIS TELL-TALE TEETH,

Complete Itfeutltlofttiun of Henry I« Norcrostt u» the Dead liomb Thrower. NEW YOIIK, Dec. 15.—Dr. Edward Dunham made an examination of the teeth and jaws of the, dead dynamiter. His description of them tallies exactly with that given by Dr. Coggins, of lloston, of tho teeth of Henry L. Norcross. This makes the identification of the bomb-tlirower as young Norcross a certainty. Tho coroner reports that the brain of the bombtlirower is that of a lunatic. The brain weighed more than the average, but was abnormally distorted.

The parents of Norcross identified the head at the morgue Monday niglit Coroner Messemer had charge of the identification and accepted it as complete' The scenes during the timo that the parents were with tho dead were very affecting. Tho sorrowing mother knelt down on tho hard lloor at the hospital office and laid her head upon the forehead of her dead son. She was about to kiss the forehead when an attendant gently drew her back. She became excited and said fiercely: "1 wish I had come here alone. I must kiss my boy."

ASPHYXIATED.

Two Itrothcri in Chleago Gas.

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Overcome by

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—John and Henry Fitzsiminons. brothers and recently arrived from Huffalo in search of work, were found dead in bed at their boarding-house, S! Townsend street, and their room was full of gas. An examination of the gas jet showed that it was turned 011 full and that on retiring Sunday night one of the brothers had hung his trousers on the iet, and in doing so had probably turned the gas on, as tho eoek was very easily turned.

Counting tho Indians.

ASHI.AND, Wis., Dec. 15.—Indian Agent Leahy, of the Lapointe agency, lias received instructions that will necessitate a trip on liis part of 1,000 miles. The orders are that he shall make a personal trip to the Minnesota Indian reservations and ascertain the exact number of Indians, those born, and those which have died during the year. It will then be necessary to apportion the amount due each Indian. The agent has 820,000 to divide among 1,700. The trip will take hi

about a month.

Death of a Southern Millionaire. NEW OHI.KANH, Dec. 15.—John P. Richardson, of this city, died on his plantation near Delhi Monday evening, nged 3H years, lie was the son of the late Ed Richardson, who was known as the cotton king. He was president of the Warren (Miss.) cotton mills, employing 1,200 hands, and interested in various enterprises in Chattanooga, Vicksburg and elsewhere. He was worth from 95,000,000 to $8,000,000.

Passenger Train Wrecked.

GAINESVII.I.E, Tex., Dec. 15.—The northbound pasRcngcr train on the Santa Fe, en route to Kansas City, was wrecked Monday morning near Paul's valley. One coach rolled down a steep embankment, turning over several times. The extent of the injuries to passengers cannot be learned At this writing, but it is reported to be quite extensive and serious.

Was rraultlln fierce'* I'artuer. CONCOIID, N. II., Dec. 15.—Hon.^Josiah Minot, once the law partner of President Franklin Pierce, died Monday morning, aged 78. He was jtlOge of the court of common pleas, an expresident and director of the Concord railroad and prominently identified with many financial institutions.

Fire at Loclcport, 111.

JOI.IET, Hi., Dec. 15.—The works of the Cliicugo Wire and Spring Compauy, at Lockport, have been destroyed by tire. Loss about tOJ, 000. They will rebuild.

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SHORT SPECIALS.

Fire destroyed tho old stone and wood warehouse at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Monday. The building was a historical landmark.

The insurgents in the Rio Grande do Sul, Hrazil, have been disbanded, and the governors of two states, appointed by Fonseca, have resigned.

Mrs. Jesse W. Turner, one of the oldest pioneers of Kalamazoo, Mich., died Monday, r.gcd 65 years. Her husband celebrated his '.I2d birthday Sunday.

Mr. Keaii", the nominee of the lueCarth.vites for tho scat of Waterford, Ireland, in the house of commons, will be withdrawn and Mr. Davitt substituted.

It is leported that ex-Representative Raker, of Indiana, lias been selected for appointment as a judge of the court of claims lo succeed Judge Schofield, retired.

At Pittsburgh, Pa., Monday the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railway Company ave a mortgage to the Farmers' Loan A Trust Company of NewYork for 810,000,000.

Charles Smith (colored). Was hanged at tanon City, Col., at S o'clock Monday night. Smith's home was at Walsenburg, Cal. He was hanged for murdering Taylor Sillmnn.

Acting Deputy Grand Chief liumsy, of the Order of Railway Telegraph Operators, Monday ordered all the members of the order employed on tho Southern Pacific to strike at once.

The governor received the resignation of L. G. Kinne as judge of one of Iowa's judicial districts Monday. He was elected to the supreme bench by the democrats at the last election. Ilis successor will not be appointed before the first of uext year.

Col. Merrill Dead.

CINCINNATI, Dee. 15.—Col. William E." Merrill, United States engineer iu charge of the Ohio river and all its navigable tributaries, dropped dead Monday evening

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an Ohio & Missis­

sippi River train near Edgarfleld, 11L, while en route to Shawneetown on business.

Natural ius I'luyltig Out.

SI'IIINII-II:I.II. O., Dec. 15.—Specials from manufacturing points in normwestern Ohio say that nine-tenths of the factories in that region which have been hitherto using gas for fuel have been obliged to go back to coal owing to the gradual weakening of the gas pressure.

St. I.ouiti Station**™ Fail.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 15.—Levison & Rlytlie, one of the oldest stationery houses in St. Louis, have made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. The assets are $-10,000 and the liabilities about the same.

Shot liy Ills Dog.

QUINCV, 111., Dec. 15.—John Sandham, while hunting south of the city, was accidentally shot iu .the abdomen and killed by his dog stepping upon the trigger of his gun, which was lying on the ground.

Thought Graves Sent the llottlv. DEXVEU. Col., Dec. 15.—In the Graves trial Mrs. Worrel testified that before her death Mrs. Itarnaby intimated that she believed the fatal bottle had been sent her by Dr. Graves.

Five Years for -Mall lEolibery. MADISON, Wis., Dec. 15. —Victor P. Wagner and William AUlcn have been sentenced to five years in the state priso.i for robbing mail bags at Wauzeka.

TilK .MARKETS.

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Fi.ouit—Quiet. Spring Wheat Piiteutu, RM @4.00 linkers*, 9&?ftfr&W:.\VliitcrWli(*iii Flour Patents. f4.rift(i4.6i»: straights.

WIIBAT—ltulcd quiet uud way. No. S cash aud December, 01 V'toi?ic: May. itfliftfttlfc. COUN—Fairly uetive and flrm| early, now easier. No, uml No. Yelluw, No. anil No. 3 Yellow, 43Uc December and Year, &4'i<fcfi6c January, May, 43© 43?£c.

OATH—Easier. No. cash, &-J?.(9£K3c: January, 32e May, 33ftSamples easier. No. 8, 3tK&3£i4c No. 3 White, 3'»^.33^c No. 3, 33U 33'.4c No. 3 White, 33K'rj34'ie.

Hvn—Demand weaker. No. 3 cash, 8d&o Dccenibor, SS^'e May, D.Virr/rfmc. UAIUjKY—Very dull and weak. Poor unsound, 35'£36c common malMng, 3N&4i!c fair to good. 43@TJ0C choice heavy and bright, Wj$60c, and fancy, 58@0y«\

MKSS INHIK—Market moderately act(vo and prices easier. Prices quotable at [email protected] for cash: $8.UiV&S. 10 for Deeembi-r *10.75ft 10.1K) for .January, and for May.

LAUD—Trading moderutoly active and prices easier. Prices ranged ,*t 50 (for cash tfi.U7tf©rt.iW for December for January, for May.

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POUI.THY—Live Chickens, 6s4{ft7",c per lb, Live Turkes, •I'-j'.h: per 1!». Live Ducks, 3#9c per lb. Live (.Jeese, ?3 WMi IX) p»»r do/en.

Htiri KU—Creamery, UO Y'-iHc Dairy. 10ft25c Packing stock. I^»l7e. OJUS-Wisconsin Prime White. He- Water White, S'fcC Michigan Prime White, 9Kc Water White. l«»!/,e Indiana Prime White, 94c Water White, 10c Headlight, 17." test,

Gasoline. 87 d»«gV. 14c 74 (log's, Liyuoiw— Distilled Spirits remain firm on the basis of $1.18 per gal. for NnUhed goods.

NKW YOIIK, Deo. 14.

WHKAT Dull. XCfr^c haver. December, !!.OT?i January, $1.00^1.06^ Feb.-' ruary, 11.07?#f-1.'»7ii March, fl.00 May. Sl.QSV'3* ©1.00 June. *!.U7!4.

COIIN-Freely offered, 4fT&nSe lower, weulr. No. 2, tHVj!2e steamer mixed, 59c. OATH—Dull and weak. Western, IfkftlSc.

PROVISIONS—Beef quiet and steady. Extra1 mess, family. ?ll.f)0&ltj.00. Pork steady and moderately active. New mess, tJ0 r0 old mess, tfJ.n0 extra prime, tJ.fiO. LftrJ quiet and easy. Steam-rendered. W.40.

CI.EVKI.AMI. O., Dec.

PKTHOUiUM—Busy. Stsiinliiril white, 110 dog. test, ic: 71 gusoliiio. To yiisuliuo, lOo 03 a ha

l.Ivu Stuck. CHICAGO, Dnc.1f..

C'ATTI.K—Market rutlicr aetivu and moodier feeling prevailed. Prices ruled fiaiOo higher on licttur qualities. Quotations "1 ranged at SO.ti'Jiiti. 10 for choice to extra shipping Steers M.HOfp.rw lor good to choice ilo. &.U0&4.70 for fatr to good do. 13.00® 3.90 for common to medium do.: ?3.0f®4.'i5 for butchers' Stoont *1.800,3.00 for Stocltorn, »3.00©3.1K) for Texans I2.00®3,W for Rangers •2.5O0H.4O for Fcodors J1.50®,H..riO for Cows: ll.!!.V3S. 5 for Hulls, and ja.a.Vii.l.S.'i for Veal Calves. lions—Market rather active but reeling easy. Price about 5c lower. Sales rangotl at 1140® 3.45 for l'lgs fc1.S0i«3.(M for light J3.5083.00 for rguoh packing fc! 3.75 for mixed, mill I3.05U3.U0 for heavy packing and shipping lots,