Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1895 — Page 6
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MARKETS ON THURSDAY.
INDIANAPOLIS AND CHXCAUO LITE STOCK QUOTATION*.
SpM«tl«tiTe Stock.* and Broker*’ Gossip — Grains and Provisions— Commercial Notes and Comaseats—Jobbiaa Prtoeo.
The train markets to-day were decidedly more active, and prices were about fee to \c hither. The Price Current reported no let-up to the dry weather. Interior offerings Showed an Increased movement, but offerings were absorbed by miHors. The sreathar map showed no rain excepting In Oklahoma and a trace at Cairo, III. Cables were reported Arm. with an upward tendency, later one reporting an advance of % penny. This, with the buying. led by New York, was the principal cause of the advance Primary market receipts of wheat were ' 1,100.000 bushels, against 700,000 bushels last yssr. Clearances w%re small, only in.000 bushels wheat and flour. Corn was firm all sesBion, and prices were a trifle better. Trading light. Provisions were a slsade stronger on buying by local brotoorc to take profits. Cash demand Mesas to .be lacking at present. I agar*. The Indianapolis wholesale market disposes of about 120,000 bawefa of sugars of all grades in the course of a year. Granulated now has a greater sale than any other grade. Yellow reflaed, which three years ego had the largest sale. Is in little demand. Sugars have been stationary In price for ten days. Next year, on account of the short beet crop of Germany and ‘Prance and the trouble In Cuba, higher prices are expected to prevail. The European sugar supply Is su^d to be one million tons short. The Sltmatlon. Bourn News Bureau. Speculative Interest at the moment is centered In the New York Cotton Exchange where the transaoUcna have exceeded all previous record. Mr. Laboulsse and his Southern friends, wto have been rcapcmslble for the extreme pi tees for Gotten and the consequent oesa^tlon of cotton exports, are said to be s<inking a settlement on their contracts. The decline and liquidation In cotton hat>, intensified the weaker tendency in sterlli ft exchange, although the decline In rates has been directly caused by the Mies of bills against tbs Anaconda sale. Bankers, however, ere looking for cotton bills to appear in the raarleet shortly. A few days ago security prices ware hammered and some speculative liquidation ecooutr. tare I ■ on the supposition fhaf large exports of 70U, would be made this week. To-day [b<> supply of starling bills exceeds the deiliand, and rates are likely’ to decline sign beyond the previous dtp. Surely ttye' symptoms appearing In commercial and. iliitnoial circles era contradictory and confusing, it Is this foot that os uses the secufTty market to be ao dull, sensitive and Irregular. But after all, the onderlyfng features tf the situation remain em&iuragtsg. Tho main Impulse of trade la toward -better things. / The Russian demand tor gold has not
years. Six or eight years ago New Mex l Quarters, tops, 9tuoc;
ioo was a good market for Texas, and j
thousands of head of steers and stock j Veal—9tf9*4o. cattle were driven over the line to place > Lamh -Sc. on territorial ranges. This year the Tex- i Mutton—4.ifi7c.
ans are heavy buyers In New Mexico, and great droves of the long-horned pilgrims have started back on the trail for j
the home of their ancestors.
medium,
rters. tops. 4Hc;
CornHum,
Tinners' Supplies
Best brand charcoal tin, IC\ V)xH. 14x24. 12*; f ; 12. $s.s«6&0'.>: IX, :«X14. !4x2», 12x12. $7.0007.30: | 1C. 14x20, ror.nnx tin, $4.5005.00: IC. 20x».
har«.
,1 Ik hi Advance In Wool. i ril’.n't: I' 1 i' tJ lrhn 19 n*TV 1 »i,! , vanl»l! A Bo.ton dtepatch S.J.: “Til. only j S.r’Tc,"™. ' S ir’'‘K. VZj*& sSl
thing that prevents a boom In wool val-
ues here is the unsatisfactory position of j the woolen goods market In this conn- ]
try. Nevertheless a large volume of busi-
ness has been transacted during the past •
week, with slightly advanced rates. Domestic woois are 4 cents to 5 cents per pound higher than in May last.”
per bottoms, 20c. P'.anbhed copper,
der. 11012c.
Clover—Buying prices: Red. JC.40®3.65.
ng prices: At about 50o advance. Timothy—Selling prices: $2.20.
Ensligh b!ue
Sell-
grass,
CITY WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS.
Dry Good*.
Bleached Cottons—Amiroacoggin L. 36 inches,
inches, 7H-c, Cabot, 26
1 inches, 5c: Lonsdale. 36 inches. 814c; Mas ville, 36 Inches. 81ic; New York Mills, 1 inches. lOtye: Lonsdale Cambric, No. 2, Pepperell, 8-4. 17c; Pepperell, 9-4, 19c; Pepper-
714c; Blackstone. 20 Inches. <H,c;
inche*. 6%c; Dwight Anchor, :;6 inches, 8c. Clover, 36 Inches, 5%c; Dwight Anchor, 42 inches. 10c; Dwight Anchor. 5-4. 11c; Diamond Field. 36 inches. €c; Farweil, 42 inches, ! 7V5c; Farweil, 45 inches. 9c; Fruit, 36 inches. J Stic; First Call, 36 inches, 614c; Glendale XX, 36 inches, 5c; Harvest E. 36 Inches, 6c; Hill, 35
Mason-
36
2. *e;
ell, 10-4. 21c; Sea Island, No. 1, 36 Inches, | 7t4c; Sea Island. No. 2. 7e: Sea Island, No. 3, J 26c Inches, 6V*c; Utica. 9-4, 2214c; Utica, 10-4,
25c. -
j Ginghams *- Amoskeag. Stic; Bates, 614c; Everett, classics, 6e; Johnson’s Sea Island, 10c; Johnson’s Imperial, 8V4c; Lancaster, 614c; Normandie dress styles, otic; Manchester sta- I j pies, 4t4c; Park Hill zephyr, 1014c; Toll du i J Nerd, 8t4c; Warwick. 5c. I Colored Cambrics—Edwards, 4c; Slater, 4o; Genessee, 4c; Concoras, 34«c; Warren. 3%o. fillesla—Lonsdale, No. 1, 20c; English AA, 1214c; English A, 10c; English B, 8c; Argus, 6 J 4c; Victory O. 514c. Tickings — Amoskeag ACA. 1114c; Cordis ACE, lU4c; Conestoga. BF, 1214c; Conestoga FF, 12t4«7 Hamilton stout awning, 9t4e; Lenox fancy, bookfold. 18c; Diamond, bookfold. 1214c: Oakland AF, 6V4c; Lewiston. 36 inches, 12Vic; Lewiston, 30 inches, 10c; Warr«r. bookfold, 1114c;
heed*.
prices: At about 50o advs
Til
' Blue Grass—Fancy.
| *2.
Orchard Grass—$l.4"'01.50.
A Haifa—$4.50.
Crimson Clover American Seed—Selling price:
! JO.:O04.OO.
liulfer. Eu'uh nnd Poultry.
Shippers’ buying prices: Butter—407c; good, 8c.
Eggs—Shippers paying 16c, candled.
Live Poultry — Hens, S'tc.—spring chickens.
Stic pound; cocks. 3c; turkey hens, 6c; y< turkeys. 5c; toms. Sc: ducks, 6c; gee-se,
feathered, $4.50 a dozen.
roung
full-
IIidea nnd Tallow. Local buyers are now paying: No. X grean salted hides, 7c; green. 5c. No. 2 green salted hides. 614c; green, 414c. No. 1 green salted calf. 8t4c; green, 7c. No. 2 green salted calf, 7c; green, 514c. No. 1 tallow, 4c; No. 2 tallow. 3t4c.
Iron nnd Steel. Merchant Bar—*1.70®2.00. Cast Steel—9@llc; machinery steel, 214c; horse-shoes. *3.4003.60; new card on wire nails, 10s and COs, advance 50c; base rates. *2.53; steel cut nails, *2.25; base rates, with card rates of extras.
Leather.
Lenox XX. 18c; Thorndyke D, 8c. Cotton Duck—Taliassee. 7 ounces,
Oak sole, 30034c; hemlock sole, 24029c lb; harness, 32©40c; skirting, 40@42c per lb; fabbndle, a dozen, *[email protected]; city kip, 60090c; French kip, 75c@*1.05; city calf skin, [email protected];
French calf skin, $1.0001.90. Jobbing; Price* of Flour.
Indianapolis jobbing prices for flour: Low grades, *2.5002.75 bbl; family, *[email protected] bbl;
itton Duck—Taliassee. 7 ounces, 30 inches, grades, 52.5002.,5 bbl; family, J3.OO03.aO bl 8c; Taliassee, 8 ounces, 30 inches. 1014c; Tallas- •tralkht grades, J4.2u04.5O bbl: winter paten see. 10 ounces, SO inches, iS'ic; Savage, 8 1 4.76®5.2a bbl; spring patents, *4.5005.50 bbl.
$ an: u\ was going to St Petersl (are in oonnectioh with Chine** finances. That statement, although made on autlgvity the h^jhe-it that there was la Loaion, wxj denied at the Ome by peoplo v tio did not understand the facta. The Russian govern: nent the postil on of flnancf. tl sp< earned. *1* hatf v««t* Ifirgo crellts in Lon den, Parle and Berli g. Last month It called In gome of ite German creditK. which were met by the gold exported l>y Mcsata. Grossman. It la practically certain that just as soot aa exchange naos
aasume-1 la Chin.), ins are co.id.'ta
Rusala by virtue of.' ha flnancial cotuiect'j*n with China, "jb rf>tnnltkely to play the ■can* part in the *<oM market* of the world that A us irk piQred two years ago.
191.8692 00;
96c
omis, 2-lb, $1.0001.10; sti’ing beans, 70c; salmon, 1-lb, *1.4001.80; pineapples. Bahama, *2.5<l ®2.75: pease, slft-d, *1.5001.75; esrlv June, t214c@$l.£5, marrow. 85c; spr.ked, "ofisfc;
matoes, 3-lb, 75080c; com, sugar
' faaoron** tot K«rt»ber Good*. Boston Cr> haierOlsl Bulletin. It is eatimated UmA In ten years the output of rubb jr boats and shoos by American main fa ha* irereased some 75 par cent. Last year suano thirty million dcUam* worth tof boots and shoes were produced In tie United States. The rate of increase ir, the consumption of Para, howssrsr, is >a* In proportion to the increase of boc 1* and shoe*; produced as the proportions jf other ingredients that outer Into t)u, DaJrication are if anything gn cater. T fij prportion ia brought down by the medium grade of rubber and the stTap tha'j is used so largely. The Inc feaHo in the production of Para has kept pace with the demand. The ronewfartur* of rubber tire* for carriages pnumiKOH a heavy increase for the future , Tholr use hae not been well eataldlebfid bi this country as yet. but the outluei it qnito.sood, and if the business iniueteea as rapidly an It b«s In London we rray expect to see It assume very good prcgMrtsMK. As to th« incre«ao of the American iroprrtaUisis of Paih, statistics show it to be quite rapid. Xr 1S81-IC. the Importations were about 9,500 tttoa. This had increased to 16,720 tons in, 1886-87, and, a* stated ahova, to over IS,BOO tons last year. In the past decade the Importations have Increased about 8D per cent. It would be difficult to enumeivue the various new linen into which rubber enters. In tho rmitter of sundries, there are a great many little thinta being made that were hardly dreamt i»f a few yeare ago. Druggist sundries. In particular, take quite a large gfcnount of rubber, and, what Is more, tho beet qualities of Para. Country Hides, gho* SAd Lsathsr Review, j The market Is evidently on the down grade. Buyer* an* not plentiful and the dealers appear anxious to sell their hides. It can not bo aaid there are large stocks, but holders seem to degire to turn their capital quickly. The kill at country points ia reported very light this fall and leas thou the usual quantity of hides la obtainable. The only recent sale of not* waa -one of 3,000 buff hides to a Milwaukee tanner at 714 cents. If several buyer*. wiere to enter the market on the same day the effect would be Instantly Men. As a matter of fact, the statistical poottlon Is one of strength, but owing to the unsettled condition of the leather market the tanners refuse to buy and the bide dealers have no courage to hold back for the improved demand that will come when the leather trade becomes briLk again. A large delega&on- of harness tanners was In Chicago this week, but their preeeno* dW net prevent a decline in bide prices. As' a matter of fact, they were Intent upon coming to some sort of undemanding not to continue the ruinous cutting of prices on harness leather and the condition of the packer hide market did not interest them. Tfcn Western States’ Apple Crop. Omaha World-Hsrald. r The apple crop of 1896 has been one of the most successfully matured crops up to the middle of September that our Western country has ever grown. The wlml-atorms that prevailed generally over the fruit-growing districts of the West, and which reached their bight on September 18, are believed to have reduced the value of the winter apple crop several hundred, thousand dollar* by toe windfalls which they caused. Hand-picked apples will command a good price later In the season, and when v.nter apples come Into the market tor family us*. The difference between a in.ly matured apple and one that has
si»»Aer. who usually buys from the retail giuccr aa the heeds of the family reqiaro. • The apple crop throughout the MlsFourl valley country shows excellent growth this yaw, tho fruit is not only icund. large and smooth, but ia excellent In flavor, and will find a raady market Jar standard kinds of hand-picked winter apples.
ounces, SO inches,
ounces, 30 inches, 914c; Savage, 10 ounces, 30
Inches, 1114c.
Shirtings, Check# and
7V*c; Economy, 014c; New South, 7c; Rotun-
da, 6c; Riverside,
Wool.
The following prices are for wagon lots: Medium, unwashed. 14c; fine Merino.
ib-t
14c; fine Merino, t
washed. 10@12c; choice, tub-washed, 20@23c.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Cuttle Dull—Hon* Active nn«l Higher
—Sheep and Lamb* Slow.
Cheviots—Amoskeag,
sc; Net
6c; Tuxedo, 514c; Otis, 6V4c; Amoskeag plaid cheviots. 8c; Amoskeag stripe cheviots, 8c; Edinburg, 714°; Everett, I
Chambray stripes, sc.
Brown Cottons—Atlantic A. 36 inches, 614c; Atlantic - H, 36 inches. 6c; Atlantic P, 36 j inches, 5c; Atlantic LL, 30 inches, 6c; I
American Mill*. 36 Inches 4%e; Armory •hlrt- Indianapolis Union Stctfk Yards, Oct. 24.
ings. 26 inches, 614c; Archery, 26 inches, 4c; ^
Comet. 36 Inches, 614c; Constitution. 36 Inches, 614c; Boot C. 26 inches, 414c; Boot FF. 36 Inches, 814c; Boot XX, 36 inch**, 614c; Buck’s Head, 36 inches, 6c;’ Badger LL, 36 inches, 6c; Household Superior, 36 inches, 5c; Criterion, 36 inches, 514c: Long Branch, 36 Inches,
36 Inches, 6c; Statue Liberty,
tenon, 36 inches
41gC; Sea Island, —-» .j—,
30 inches, 514c; Pepperell, 8-4. 1514c; Pepperell, 9-4, 17c; Pepperell 10-4, 19c; Utica C, 4c;
Uti
p
re;
9-4.
ca. 9-4, 20c; Utica, 2214c. Tints—Allen fancy, Ec; Americ
4%c, American shirt
Allen fancy, Ec; American ludii
Tim
4V4c; Arnold cloth, 8c; Arnold long
go, let-
tings. 4c; Merriruac *hi
ings.
cloth C, 7c; Berwick fancy, 314c; Berlin sol Ids, 8c; Berlin three-fourties turkey-redr 6c; Berlin three-fourths XXXX turkey-reds, 9c; Coeheco fancies, 5c; Cocheco madders, 414c; Portsmouth robes, 514c: Harmony fancies. 4c; Manchester fancies. 514c; Pacific moussellnos,
Cattle—Receipts 100 head Shipments fair. The general cattle market was dull. Bids for all kinda lower. Outlook not en-
couraging.
Export and shipping cattle we quote:
Fat, well finished, dry-fed steers 1.400 lbs. and upward
514c;
5c; Pacific mournings, 5c; Simpson mournings, 5%c; Venus oil blue and green, 5c; Windsor foncies, Else. Brown Drill—Boot A, 30 inches, 6Hc; ParI'ngton, 30 inches, 614c; Crescent A, 7V4c; Dwight, 36 inches, No. 250, 9c; Mohawk, S3 inches, 8c.
1,400 lbs. -and upward *4 50@5 00
Good to choice shipping and ex-
port steers •. 4 00<8>4 40 Medium to good shipping steers.. 2 60@4 00 Common to fair steers 3 W@3 50 Goad to choice feeding steers 3 4003 75 Fair to medium feeding steers 3 OOmS 25 Common to good stoeke-s ... ° A “^' n
Butchers’ cattle we quote; Good to choice heifers Fair to medium heifers Common light heifers Good to choice cows Fair to medium cows Common old cows
Veal calves
preferred and a fraction in the general list. An advance In the posted rates of sterling exchange to 48814 and 48*14 by a leading drawer had a depressing influence on the market, and under liberal selling, a general reaction ensued in which the Grangers, Missouri Pacific and Manhattan were mast prominent. Speculation at 11 a. m. continued weak and animated. Sugar and Distilling were sold heavily after 11 o'clock, and yielded 1 and l l k per tent., respectively. The Minheapol.s & 9t. Louis shares also developed pronounced weakness, the common losfiig 1 and the second preferred 31* per writ. Toward midday Sugar and some of the other leading shares received support and fractional rallies occurred. The market At midday was quiet and barely steady. The sales to nflon were 138,400* shares, including 94,500 listed and 43,900 unlisted. Money. Money on call nominally 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 4<h514 per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual business n bankers’ bills at 48814@488% for demand and 48714@487% for sixty days; posted rates 488&48814 and 489®4891^. Commercial bills 485%. Silver certificates 68® 6814; no sales. Bar s.lver 6714. Mexican dollars 54. Bond*. Government bonds steady. New 4s registered 12112, coupon 121%, 5s registered 114%, coupon 115%, 4s registered 111%, coupon 111%, 2s reigstered 97%, Pacific 6s of '95 100. Quotation* On Stocks. Reported by James E. Berry. Room 16 Indianapolls Board of Trad*.
Clo«-
ing. 68%
106
33
20% 86% 106 76%
76
33%
13
REV. HR. RANGER’S DEATH.
HIS ILLNESS PNEUMONIA — THE RESULT NOT ANTICIPATED.
Open- High- Low-
ing.
NAME. mg. est. eat.
Chica
Am.
Nationa
Atchison '. 20% 20% 20 C., B. & Q 85% 85% 36% Northwestern, com .10614 106% 106% Rock Island 76% 76% 76
St. Paul, com 76% Missouri Pacific .... 34% Union Pacific 1314 Western Union 91% Jersey Central 110% C., C., C. & St. L... 42% Louisville & Nash.. 60% Erie 13% Canada Southern .. 65% Lake Shore 160% New York Central. .100% Manhattan ..107% Reading 1914 C„ St. P., M. & O. 42% Edison Gen. Elec.. 36% Dis. & C. F. Co.... 23% Wabash, pfd 21% Pacific Mail 281
76> 34
131
91
110%
42% 60% 13% 56%
150% 100% 107%
19% 42% 36% 23% 21%
28%
Tennessee Coal .... 40% 40% Del. & Hudson.....131% 131%
76 ; 83 13
90% 110% 41%
59
13% 55%
150
100% 106%
19
42% 35% 22% 21% 27% 38%
91% 110% 41% 50% 13% 55% 150% 100% 105% 19% 42%
36
22% 21%
28
39%
131% 131%
Groceries.
To-day’s Indianapolis prices on sugars are
a* follows:
Cut-loaf, dominoes, crushed. 5.65c; powdered, 5.27c; granulated, 5.02c; coarse granulated and extra line granulated, 5.16c; cubes. 5.27c; Four X powdered, .',.52c; mold A, 5.27c; diamond A, 5.04c; confectioners’ A, 4.9oc; Windsor A and Ridgewood A. 4.77c; Phoentx A. 4,71c; Empire A, 4.58c; IdSai extra C, 4.52c; Windsor extra C,
ft; Rid - ~ -
2 50<§ 4 50
Heavy calves 1 50^2 50 Prime to fancy export bulls 2 75@ 3 00 Good to choice butcher bulls 2 2 CO Ccmtnon to fair bulls i 25@ 2 00 Good to choice cows and calves 25 00<3)35 00 Common to medium cows and calves 10 00(8)20 00 Hogs—Receipts 4,500 head. Shipments 2,000 head. The heg market was active, pickers and shippers buying. All good k’nds sold ''Usually 5 cents higher, and the
Grains Provisions nnd Stocks. By W. B. Overman’s Wins. Closing cables to the board: Liverpool—Spot wheat firm and unchanged; futures %@ld higher; spot corn %d higher; futures %®%d higher. Paris—Whist l6c up to 5c lower. Flour SO®50c lower. Berlin wheat %®% mark
higher.
Antwerp—Wheat 12%c higher.
Chicago—The covering of short wheat to-day has been for a better class traders than for some/ time. Apprehension of continued dry weather and fear 11 may result 'n a scare and the strong cables and exI port demand was what set them to buy- ! Ing. Provisions are quiet and steady. The sympathy with wheat helping. The only local buying has been by a paejeer who
close was steady at
quote:
the advance.
JSS a Si “ a-**.
,1 “£i uu- Uom : Mlxrt andJieivy Da=kInB._.... * Sg* *
Hit j c?s.v.rs^!Sr 18h,s -
3 75®3 87% ‘ WfS 70
ac; Dakota, 20r; Ur^'mc ' ‘ ‘ Pigs 2 5003 80 Nuts — Almonds. Tarragon!, lac; almondr. Roughs >> 00^o CO
Ivica, 14c; Brazil nuts, new. Sc; filberts, 10’; Sheep—Receipts 800 head. Shipments
’ "one. There is still little inquiry for any
Eest : ^©9^ YdSinini?^ BMTo l ’ ^ lrsinla ’ 1 but export sheep end ambs. Few of other
Sp’loes—Unground: ’ Allspice. 10©I5c; cassia, 1 k nds changed hands at a late hour, and 10015c; mace —-C— ’ fmLXi..! I ♦Tin fondmov was lower.
doves, 32015c
Conned
90c©*1.00; nutmegs,
the tendency was lower.
2@15c; ginger. 20025c: pepper, 12015c. | Good to choice lambs $3 25@4 00 l Goods—Blackberries. 2 10.. 18c; cove ! common to medium lambs 2 00@3 00 l-lb full weight. 80c; 1-lb light weight, ; , ->> atuw**
i Good to choice sheep.... 2 40@2 >5
ah “ p ’ S
1; pineapples, standard, 2-ib, *1.2501.76: reeds, 2-lb, *1.0001.10; string beans, 70c; sal-
Coinmon sheep.. Pucks, per head —
1 OO-01 75 1 0003 SO
CUIcnco Live Stock Market.
Chicago, October 24,—Kogs—Receipts 31,-
oes, 3-!b, 75080c; corn, sugar, S5c«n.’J7%; ; 000 head; left over^5,000 head; marker .^I)le^butter. 2-lb. .C.c a do?en: 3-l\>, JilTlO. ) ofJio
rauu,
raisins, h-vose, a box. I1-50; raisins, Valencia, a lb, 61408c: evaporated apricots, 914011 %c;
ed FruI is— Apples, sun-dri^: cur- ! *150^3.90, rough [email protected], mixed 53.509
, 214@5c; citi-on, 15016c; figs. 1314014c; ! 3.90, heavy *[email protected].
is, loose, a box, *1.50; raisins, Valencia, a I Cattle—Receip s 14,000 head: market
dates. 4V40Sc. Miscellaneous lasses—Kuir to
Groceries—New Orleans Mo-
360; choice, 40042’..
steady to stronger. Sheep—Receipts 14,000
steady.
head; market
Primary Markets.
Primary market receipts of wheat were
. ___ .... prime, 35o; choice, 40 Sirups—Medium. 24025c; choice 25045c: sorghum. 30c: corn sirup, bbls. 17c gal.; half
bbls 19o gal. Vinegar—Malt. 40-grain test, , — -- —- - 9010c a gal. Beans-Hand-picked pease, 91.50, | 1,181,000 bushels, against 736,000 bushels the Rice—Carolina, 606%c; Japan, 4%®5c. Lake j corresponding day of last year. Salt — In car-loads, 88c: In small lots, > Minneapolis received 659 cars wheat and S8c. Starch-Pearl, 31i©3%c; champion gloss, D U i u th cars, a total of 1,087 cars, Uff fi«.rc2®-Srasr ! <srg:‘’5»!sS5:; ssc"***«“» tho **
mixed. ii%i\ New Pickles—2.4ilO In barrels, *5.25; 1,200 In barrels, |4 25; 1,200 In half-barrels, *3.15; 690 In half-barfois. *2.65. Oatmeal-Bar-rels, *4.75. Rolled Oats—Barrels, *2.75.
sold too freely on tho bottom Tuesday, October lard is offered at 12c to 15c under January. No cash demand stocks ac-
cumulating.
The Signal Service forecast predicts generally fair weather, with slight changes In temperature. No rain predicted for any part of the country. The map shows a heavy rain at Oklahoma, .98, and a trace at Cairo, 111. With these two exceptions the Signal Service iftap shows no
relief from drought.
Cincinnati Price Current says: No betterment of the situation of the wheat crop in drought regions. Some enlargement in interior offerings of wheat and absorbed by local mills. Corn is being actively cribbed under favorable weather. Low prices are restricting shipping movement in both corn and oats. Week’s packing is 320,000 hogs, against 300,000 last
year.
New York stock letter: The weakness in stocks is due to the scarcity of commercial and financial bills, which keeps the rates of exchange hovering around the gold shipping point. The favorable factors, such as easy money, large railroad earnings, brisk business in all sections of the country, steady advance in coal rates, and last, but not least, the traffic agreements of trunk lines to establish rates and put them on a better business basis, are lost sight of, owing to the fear that we are on the eve of fresh gold shipmen ts to Europe. Clearings In Other Cities. Clearings at the principal cities of the United States yesterday and for the corresponding day last week were os follows: Oct. 23. Oct. 16.
New York
Chicago 14,488,199 Boston 16,284,092 Phiadelphia 15,316,411 St. Louis 3,838,422 Baltimore 2,199,763 New Orleans 3,473,482
*111,430.889 5105,657X84 n ASS iaa 16,570,tso
16,155,743 1«,418,6«4 6,111,673 3,741,625 2,720, IXO
Provisions.
The following Is Klngaq & Co.’s price list; Sug&r-CureJ llama- "Reliable," 18 to £0 lbs average, 10%c; 1214 10 15 lbs, 10%«*llc for "Reliable"; 10140}'jVc for "Indiana”; block hams, U%c for "Reiifthle’l He for "Indians.”
Breafast
>> r
Louis: Receipts—Wheat 34,741 bushels, corn 4,900 bushels, oats 40,400 bushel*. Shipments: Wheat 22,400 bushels, corn
2,400 bushels, oats 13,900 bushels. Toledo Receipts—Wheat 7,800 busneis,
com 28,810 bushels, oats none. Shipments
Bacon-Clear, English-cured "Re- -■ Morsan & Gray, 11c; “Peer-
8 to 9 lbs, YOc; 10 to 12
Bacou—Clear sides, about SO. lbs
liable. loss,”
loss,” 1114c; ■ - w. , lbs, 914c; I lbs, 9%c.
Bacou—Clear sides, about 50. lbs average, 7%c; clear sides, 30 to 40 lbs average, 7%c; clear cirioa ‘*1 »*. *n ih„ two 814c; clear bel-
7c; 18
sides, 20. to 20 lbs average, lies, 25 to 20 lbs average, 22 lbs average, 7%c; clear
bellies.
—Whefit 7,800 bushels, com 71,400 bushels,
oats none.
Chicago: Receipts—Wheat 225,000 bushels, com 170,000 bushels, oats 319,000 bush- ! els. Shipments—Wheat 40,000 bushels, ! corn 340,000 bushels, oats 217,000 bushels. Estimated receipts at Chicago Friday: ! Wheat 400 cars, com 340 cars, oats 235
! cars, hogs 26,000 head.
Omaha received 3,000 hogs and Kansas
i City 6,000 hogs.
; Exports of wheat and flour were:
1# lh« nveraire rlenr hellle. 10 tn 12 I Wheat 35,000 bushels, flour 19,000 packages, lb. average. 8C?- cRaf ba‘*s » 4o 90 1 to , XheKrm bUaheiS Whe4t; 167 ' 000
Average, 714c; clear backs, 12 lb*
:l«ar backs. 8 lbs average, 814c; Fre;
:hee, fi to 10 lb* average, 61
aven 16 11
rage, 6%c.
to i
verage, 8c;
nch oacl
average,
ks.
*%<!•.
6%c; fllichee. 8 to 10 It
filwnMer. ^Reliable.*
12 Ibe average, 8%c; Morgan A Gray. 16 lbs average, 7%o; “Indiana,” 12 lb* average. 8c. Lard—"Indiana,” 6440; "Reliable," To; ket-
tle rendered. 7%c. Pickled Pork-Bean.
Grain and Provisions at Chlengro. Reported by James E. Berry, room 14, Indiana*
poll* Board of Trade. Onen- High- Low-
Articles. ing.
est. —Closing.—
Pickled Pork—Bean, clear, I1S.60; family, I Wheat—
12.00; clear backs. *11.50; rump, I10.W; “Por- ; Dec 60%-% 6I%-% 60%-% 61-% 60%-% ter," *Hv50; "Hughes," I9. 00 . Wi-% «6% «% 66-% 64%-%
Fresh Pork Loins—Short cut. 14 to 20 lbs, j Corn— 7%c; short cuts, 10 to 13 lbs. 9c; ihort cut, 6 Dee to 9 Ito. 8%c. Mav V Cottage hams, 614c. Skinned shoulders, 614c. i ’ ’ * Ham butts or pork roasts. 5%c. Tenderloin, 13c. j Sparorito, 6c. Trimmings, 5c. Hooks. 3%c. i *••• Small bone., 414o. Shoulder bones, 2\4c. Tail i i orK— t. n q 1 / T>Lr»«a* *4c ! J3.H
bones, 3%c. Pigs’ heads, S%c.
Dried Beef Ham.—Regular .etc, 10c;
sides. Sc: insides. 11c; knuckles. 12c.
May , Lnrd-
J&n
y The Moore Pariting Company’s prices are: ! j^ay <t average. 1014c* 10 ^ Ibf 6 average^li Uc; skinned* Breakfast Bacon—Firsts, X2c; Empire, H>4a ^ ay Shoulders—14 lbs avsrage. 8c; 11 lbs aver* '
age, Ric.
Sides—46 lbs avsrage, 7%c; 16 lbs avsrage, Bellies—18-to 20 lbs average. 7%c; 14 to If lbs
average, 7%c.
Backs—20 lbs average, 7%o; 14 Iba average,
7%c. ’
Kettle Lard—7V4c; pure lerd, 7c. Fresh Ikdae*^; sausage. 7c.
Coffin, fletcher fc Co.’s prices are: Smoked Meats—S. C. hams. 10 to 12 lbs erage, TTc; 15 lbs average, lC%c; 18 lbs a
■" ^. — amd
28% 29%
28% 29%
28% 29%
IM
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
9 25 9 55
9 27 9 60
9 20 9 62
9 26 9 56
9 £2 9 52
5 70 6 87
6 72 5 90
5 70 687
5 706 87-
5 67 6 »
4 67 4 87
4 674 87-
4 67 4 87
4 67 •4 87
4 65 4 85
av-
_____ ,, _ average. 10%c; 20 Iba average and over, 10%c; skinned hams, U%o; boneless hams. none.
Hsofter Breakfast Bacon—101*0.
English-Cured Breakfast Bacon—Light or
medium, I2%c.
English-Cured Shoulders—12 lbs average,
none.
Sugar-Cured Shoulders—T%c. Skinned Shoulders—None. California Hams—13 lbs average, ts. Leading; Drags and OUa. Carbolic acid, 22026c. Alum, 304c. Aaafetida, SS04Oc. Borax, 10c. Bromide of potash, 45948c. Camphor, U9C0c. Ohlcrofortn, 60965c. “ ‘ gum. *1.8091.90 a lb; powdered. *2.759 ib. Subnitrate of bismuth. *1.25 a lb.
Opium, gum.
Closing cash maj’kets: Wheat 00%c, com 31 %c, oats 18%c, pork $8.1£, lard 5.toc, riba
IndlnnapoIIs Grain Market. Wheat—'Firmer; No. 2 red Goc, No. S red 6K&63o, wagon 66c. Corn—Firmer; No. 1 white 81c, No. 2 white 31c, No. 3 wlrito *lc, No. 2 white mixed 30c. No. 3 white mixed 30c, No. 2 vellow 30%e, No. 3 yellow 30%c, No. 2 mixed 80c, No. 3 mixed 3Qc, ear 27c. ‘ Oats—Dull; No. 2 white 21%c, No. $ white 20%c, No. 2 mixed 19%c, No. S mixed 18%c. Hay-No. 1 timothy *[email protected], No. 2 t'mothy *12.00^13.00, No. 1 prairie *9.000
10.00.
Inspections—Wheat 6 cars, corn 24 cars, oats 4 cars, hay 6 cars. Jfew York Provisions. New York, October 24.—Butter—Receipts 4,492 packages; steady; Western dairy I0@ 15c. Western creamery 16023c, Elgins 13c. Cheese—Receipts 8,575 packages; steady; large 7@9%c, small 7%01O%c, part skims 8%07%e, full skims 2%®Sc. Eggs—Re-
Osrman, 32#37c. Morpbins, *1.96®2.09. Co- Pennsylvania 20021c, Western 18020c.
Sugar-Raw quiet; refined steady. ‘
—DuH and lower; No. 7 15%c.
*5.0095.25.
rb soda, StfSc.
Epsom salt*, 495c
Reaip. a barrel of 200 Iba,
Salt-
*ist>9
caiiie. Bicarb peb*r,
Castor oil. HcQJl.Oa. laird oil, ex.. No. 1, winter steamer, 85c; No. 1. 55c. Neatsfoot oil, 65c. Fish oil. 49c. Linseed oil. raw, 57c; boiled, 62c. Turpentine. 34900c. White lead. 614c. Alcohol. *2.5092.00. Oil of bergamot. *3.00 a lb. Oil of lemon. *1.759X06. Frnlts and Vegetahles. Lemons—fi4.b094.6O", maiagaa. >5.50. Orangee—Malagas. 92.50 a hundred; 97.10 a barrel.'' '*;v ^" ’ - '• *" ^ Bananas—Single bunches. No. L J1.009LT6; No. 2, TV. Apples—New, *1.6*92.25 a barrel. Cabbage—75c a barrel. Pea Beans—*2.00 a bushel. Potatoes—39940c a bushel. Peaches—31.50411.75 a bushel. Celery—>092Sc bunch. Qrapes—20c a basket for Concord; Delawares, (iulnces—*1.1592.00 a bushel. Onions—Yellow and red. *1.75 a barrel. Persimmons—*1.On per 24-pint case. New Honey—1791*0. Sweet Potatoes—Baltimore*. 910099-22; stye, *115; Illinois sweets. 88.25.' Dressed Meats. Beef Carcases—Native steers, tops, zEinssuiSiv "
Coffee
Cincinnati Market. Cincinnati. October 24.—Flour—Steady. Wheat—Quiet at 66c. Corn—Steady at 82c. Oats—Quiet. Rye—Steady at 43c. Proviriona — Steady. Whisky—Firm; sales 604 barrels at *1.22.
Barley, Flax nnd Timothy. Chicago, October 24.—Barley—Cash No. 2 40c. Flax—Cash »2%&92%c, October 91c, December 92%4i92%e. May 98%<&99e. Timothy—Cash *3.40, October *3.50 bid, January *3.60, February $3.65, March *3.70 bid. STOCKS, MOXEY AJVD BONDS. An Active Bat Irregular Market—The
Quotations.
New York. October 24.—The stock market opened fairly active, but irregular. The changes, however, were in the main unimportant. Sugar was sold heavily and Tell off % per cent. The general market at 10:15 was slightly lower all around. The downward movement was stemmed for a brief Interval, and gains wee noted of X |JH| ipNV 4NNMm Ia QottflfclldNMiftdL {3MMI cmm*
1 c *v w 1 jcttxiio -*••••••• o, x 1
Exchange on Now York: Chicago, C5o discount; St. Louis, *1.25 bid. Indiannpo 11s Clearings.
. Oot. 24. Oct. 17.
Clearings ......*747,522 *628,924 Balances 35,505 47,606 —— ■" I ■ l " w ■■ns ■■■ wi ■w.i —wsnsMg CONTRACT FOR STATE PRINTING.
Secretory Carter Still Busy Figuring —Dissatisfaction Among Bidders.
Secretary Carter, of the State Printing Board, Is unable to announce when the contract for the State printing will be awarded. He is still engaged in figuring on the bids. There Is uneasiness among the men who submitted bids. None of them has been able to get definite information as to Just what the secretary of the board has been instructed to da They know he is .extending the bids, but they do not know whether the extension Is being made to the amount actually purchased during the past two years, as shown by the bills on file In his office, or to the amount set out In the book of specifications. On page three of the book of specifications the secretary set out a statement showing, approximately, the principal transactions of the Suite with the public printer for twentytwo months. Some of the bidders, It is understood, based their calculations on this Information. Other bidders employed experts to ascertain the amount actually purchased, and based their bids op that Information. The Impression at the State House is that, no matter who gets the contract, there will be dissatisfaction. There is an impression that the Tfisult wll| be that the next Legislature will make some changes In the law. PICKED UP W PASSING.
Had Gone To Attend the Episcopal Convention—For Years the Rector of Christ Episcopal Church— Well-Known In Club Life.
The Rev. John Hilliard Ranger, rector of Christ Episcopal church, died at Minneapolis this afternoon. He had been at Saint Barnaby’s Hospital, there suffering with pneumonia. His illness had been
THE REV. J. H. RANGER.
known here for several days, but until to-day few of his friends apprehended that It was serious. Mr. Ranger had gone to Minneapolis to attend the Episcopal convention. He left thla city a week or so ago in his uusal health. During the convention he caught a cold, which rapidly developed. The fatal termination came with frightful
rapidity.
A telegram to The News early to-day indicated the probable result. Mrs. Ranger had net been apprised of the serD ous condition of her husband. She, however, felt from what had been, told that his condition was alarming. She was preparing, accordingly, to etart for Minne-
apolis to-night.
Bishop White is out of the city, but is expected home this evening. Arrangements have already betm made for him to go to Minneapolis It was understood to be the wish of Mr. Ranger that the
Bishop come.
Mr/ Ranger was a gentleman of polishec? address and scholarly attainments. He
Instructed to appoint a committee consisting of a man on each division of the Big Four system to consider a plan for rick benefits, the committee to report at the next regular meeting. The following officers were elected to serve .one year. President-J. Q. Van Winkle, Indianapolis. First Vice-President—F. D. Comstock, Cincinnati. Second Vice-President—W. H. Fisher, Wellington. General Secretary—M. C. Horton, Cincinnati. Treasurer—T. J. Higgins, Cleveland. Audltoj^-E. E. Kruthoffer, Cincinnati. Executive Committee—Chairman, G. W. Bui ~ “
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der, inaianapous; js. m. xseel, Mattoon, 111.; William Gibson, Springfield, O.; W. P. Orland, Mt. Carmel, 111.; J. W. Riley, Indianapolis; H. M. Foote, Cleveland.
Spotter* On Trains Again.
On one of the Indianapolis lines "spotters” are at work. The discovery was made under peculiar circumstances. On one of the trains the smoking car was badly lighted, and, as it was a dark day, the inside of the coach w&a as gloomy aa a prison. The conductor, who has been with the road for many years, came In, and in a jbcular manner said to a traveling man with whom he was acquainted. “Hands on your pocket book. There may
be robbers on this car.”
A few days later the conductor received h green note written in lead pencil to come to the superintendent’s office and explain what he meant by making such remarks,
TBST-POCKET DINNER.
HERE ARB BUTTOHS AMD PILLS THAT COMTAIM SOLID POODS.
.wO 1
A Pill Make* a Cap of Tea, Boot Cornea In Tablet* and Soap* In Small Capa ale* — War Dopartment Experiment*.
which are calculated to
sengers. The report agafnst him was signed by “Operative 64.” The spotter was sitting near the traveling man. and had overheard the remark. The conductor was lectured and sent back to hts train.
Pansenser Agents and the Fight. The fact that the prize-fight has been declared off la a disappointment to the railroads. Every line was preparing to do a large passenger business, and some of the smaller lines made a purchase of equipment. The roads got out advertising matter, and several employed agents to work up the business. All of this Is a dead loss, to say nothing of the traffic that the event would have brought to the roads. The Iron Mountain, of which E. A. Peck la general superintendent, would have had almost a monopoly west of the river had th* fight taken place at Hot Springs. Coke Alexander, the local agent of that line, had several large parties engaged. Some of the local passenger men are suggesting that If the two "pugs" Want to fight In private, they should go either to Roachdale, on the Indiana, Decatur & Western, or to Corbon, on th* St. Louis division of the Big Four.
The I. A V. Wreek.
Superintendent Mansfield, of the Indianapolis A Vincennes, has not yet held an Investigation of the freight wreck at Spencer yesterday, but he says the engineer of the east-bound train and the head brakeman were asleep. The fireman wax at work and did not notice that they were going Into the other train until it wa® too late. The west-bound train had stopped for water and orders, and had a riffiit to be where it was. Superintendent Mansfield says it Is not true
as was reported that engineer Reidy ha<i
was a member of the Indianapolis Literary he^took out'hir'ron* 1 ^ 1
Ing forty-eight hours before
w , his run. He says the en-
Club, and was known and esteemed by the 1 ginaer was at Vincennes all day doing
nothing, and If he got no sleep it was his
literary, art and religious Influences of the
city, regardless of sect.
His long residence here had extended his acquaintance and influence beyond his own denomination. He was of catholic spirit, devoid of petty feeling and devoted
to his friends and the truth. Succeeded Dr. Bradley.
He came to Christ church eight years ago from Bay Ridge, Long Island, New York, succeeding Dr. E. A. Bradley. He had been rector of a church on. Long Island for several years. He was horn
in Connecticut.
Ho was one of the right-hand men of the late Rt. Rev. Bishop Knickerbacker. He was .one of the committee from the General Conference that carried to John Hazen White the notice of his election as bishop. Soon after the new bishop came here Mr. Ramger proposed that Christ church unite with the bishop in the erection of a cathedral. He leaves a wife and three small children.
own fault. The loss to the company will
be something less than *2,000. Harry Bowsher In Town.
Harry Bowsher, district passenger agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, Is in the city, and Is advertising the new fast train, "The Katy Flyer,” that has been inaugurated by General Passenger Agent “Jeeras” Barker. Mr. Bowsher claims that the train Is the fastest out of
St. Louis for the Southwest.
A FAST, LONG RUN BY RAIL. The Lake Shore Breaking the Long;Distanee Record.
Th* tired man who thinks that women never give thanks for aeats In street car* and have no consideration for young and old, reformed his convictions yesterday after noting an incident on a Clifford^venue car. A woman carrying & baby get on the car. She looked Into the car nnd started back hastHy. "I can’t go tn there," she said to the conductor. "There is a woman in there with a baby.” “What of that?” the conductor asked. "Mjribaby has the whooping cough, and I don’t want to expose another to the risk of taking it.” At her request the conductor went Into the car and asked the mother of the other child if it had had the w’hoopmg cough. The little one nad not and the mother on the outside raid: “I’ll ride out here on the platform. The baby is wrapped warm and I have only a few block* to go." Th4 mother Inside sent out an expression of thanks, md the mother on the platform smiled understandingly through the window.
, ■
"The best evidence that business in this city is improving is the large number of commercial travelers who are coming here this fall," said Dave Hughes, of the Bates House, to-day. "The hotel business was never better than It has been the last few wseJU. We are crowded all the time. We can hardly accommodate all the Then who Want sample rooms. The commercial men who come here do not come, one day and go away the next; they are selling gooes. All this indicates that business is getting
better."
A Blake-street young man ,and his best girl ride to djpner at reduced rates. The "oung man takes a street-cgr transfer to Indiana avenue as he returns from his noon meal and meet* the young woman st the right corner. 9he takes the transfer ticket and ride* tfi bar home fre* of
Cleveland, O.. October 24.—A world’s record-breaker on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad passed through Cleveland at 8:50 o’clock this morning, en route from Chicago to New York. The train left Chicago at 3:30 o’clock, standard time. It consisted of a locomotive and three Wagner vestlbuled cars. The party consisted of H. Walter Webb, third vice-president of the New York Central, who on September 11 last lowered the world’s record on that line; his secretary, Mr. Leonard, who was the official time-keeper on the run; General Superintendent W. H. Canniff, of the Lake Shore; A. J. Smith, general passenger agent of the line; E. A. Handy, chief engineer; Assistant General Superintendent Blodgett; S. P. Gage, chief clerk to the general superintendent, and E. B. Cook, chief clerk to Mr. Blodgett. The division superintendents of the various divisions accompanied the party over their respective sections. The train pulled out of the Lake Shore station at Chicago at 3:30. Every arrangement had been made to expedite the run. Switches were spiked and all trains side-tracked. Across the Illinois prairies, through the Michigan farms and along the smooth stretches bordering the edges of Lake Erie, the flyer sped like a meteor in the night. Brief stops were made at HillsdaJe and Toledo to change engines. Cleveland was reached at 8 o’clock and 50% seconds, or 320 minutes out of Chicago. The distance from Chicago to Cleveland by the Lake Shore is 357 miles, so that the entire trip, including stops, was made at a rate of a mile in 53% seconds. Engines were changed at Collinwood in about twenty-nine seconds, and the train was rushing on again. The distance between Toledo and Cleveland, 108 miles, was covered tn 106 minutes. Including five
stops and three slow-ups. Arrival at Buffalo.
Buffalo, Dctober 24.—The record-breaker ran from One-hundredth street, Chicago, to Buffalo Creek, Buffalo, a distance of 610.1 miles in 481 minutes and 7 seconds, an average speed of 63.60 miles an hour. This time includes stops. Exclusive of stops, the run was made In 470 minutes and 10 seconds, an average of speed t f 64.98 miles an hour. — The New York Central’s record of September 11 was an average speed of 63.61 miles an hour. Including stops, and 64.26 miles an hour exclusive of delay. The weight of the engine and tender in today's experiment, was 184,000 pounds, making the total weight of the tram 488,500 pounds. Different engines were used on each of the divisions, and the run
for the divisions were:
Chicago to Elkhart, 87.4 miles, In 85 minutes 26 seconds; Elkhart to Toledo, 133.4 mllee. In 124 minutes 35 seconds; Toledo to Cleveland, 107.8 miles, fcn 106 minutes 6 seconds; Cleveland to Erie, 95.5 mile*, in 85 minutes 32 seconds; Erie to Buffalo, 86 miles, in 70 minutes 16 seconds. Between Chicago and Elkhart the train was compelled to slow down for crossings eight times and to scoop up watef once. The engine which pulled the train over this division was No. 937, Mark Floyd engineer. This engine is a standard Lake Shore passenger engine (eightwheeler), built by the Brooks locomotiveworks, at Dunkirk, N. Y., and designed
Meeting of Transportation Men. The regular monthly meeting of the heads of the departments of the Big Four railroad was held yesterday in the office
of General Superintendent Van Winkle.
“ ’ * iffle
giving
the month and
The
Thirty-four officials were present, discussion was general, each man
his experiences during ‘
making suggestions. Belt Engine No. 12.
Belt engine No. 12 was brought out of the shops to-day. This is the largest engine on the Belt road, weighing fortyeight tons, and has been in service a number of years without being repaired. It has received a general overhauling, and
is as good as new.
An Old Checkntan Dead. Theodore C. Haffner, one of the oldest of the checkmen at the Union station, died at his home, 70 Beatty street, of consumption, yesterday afternoon. He leaves a wife and two children. He was a member of Lodge 66. K. of P. Kennel Club Meeting. There will be a meeting of the Illlndo Kennel Club this evening at half past 7, at H. W. Tutewlleris office, 72 West Market street, for the purpose of reorganizing for the coming bench show, to be held In connection with the Indiana Pigeon and Pet Stock Association and the Indiana Poultry Association, January 6 to 12. Many'Typhoid Fever Case*. During the last few weeks twelve of the employes of the Citizens’ Street Railroad Company have been taken from duty by typhoid fever. Three men—E. W. Davenport, M. T. Figg and Mr. Ferris— have died of the disease. Three or four men are still alarmingly ill.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.
Mr. Albert J. Beveridge will leave the city to-night for San Francisco on busi-
ness.
Mrs. Fred Kaupke, of Cedar Rapids, la., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. Pres-
sel, 36 Bellefontalne street.
Queen Esther Auxiliary will meet with Mrs. De Rulter at her home, 1,026 North Meridian street, on Friday afternoon. Indianapolis people registered at New York hotels: John McBride, Sinclair House; J. Rauch, Belvidere House; J. Rosenthal, St. Cloud; H. Silverman, West-
minster; A. Carter, Plaza.
Prof. William R. Ware, of Columbia -'"“'-e, New York, talked “' T ' v '-
s of Gothic Architecture
College, New York, talked upon "The Origins of Gothic Architecture” last nig] at the Contemporary Club. The meetlr
of the Prop:
the club had the privilege of Inviting one guest for the occasion. Tho talk was ilustrated by stereoptlcon views. Before the talk a reception was given to Prof. Ware, and afterward reflreshments were served. Professor Ware was a member of the commission that decided between several plans submitted for the Soldiers’ Monument, and he was.also on the advisory committee that decided upon the plans for the Commercial Club building. He spent some time yisterday In examining the monument, *nd expressed himself as delighted wldf it. He said that if the flags and lights detracted from Its harmony and thought they should be taken down. He also thought the fountains should be so arranged that the sound of the engines that furnish the flow of wader would no longer
be heard.
Stucky-Smith Wedding. The marriage of Miss Kate May Smith, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Smith, to Mr. Edward W. Stuoky, took place yesterday evening at the home of the pride’s parents In Irvington. The parlors were beautifully decorated with palms and white roses. In the parlof where the ceremony was performed the mantels were banked with palms and the chandelier under which the bridal party stood was decorated with smitax and roses. The wedding march from •’Lohengrin” was played on the piano by Miss Willard. The bridal procession was led by little Kennet Reeves Stilx and Margaret Browning, who carried white satin ribbons forming a path for the bridesmaids, who followed. These were Misa Boyles, Miss Hettie Adams, Miss ' Nellie Miles and Miss Lulu Graves, from
by George W. Stevens, superintendent of j Versailles. Ind. Following these came
motive power for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road. The diameter of her drivers is seventy-two inches, size of cylinders seventeen by twenty-four, weight on drivers 65,000 pounds; total weight, ex-
clusive of tender, 104,000 pounds. BIG FOUR MUTUAL INSURANCE.
The Association's Meeting Last Night
—Officers Elected.
The Big Four Mutual Insurance Asso-' elation met in this city at the rooms of tha Board of Trade last night. There were about 100 persons present. The present membership of the association Is 1.388, a gain of 405 since the last meeting. The association has been in existence twentytwo yeqrs. During that time Is has paid out In benefits about 5*00,000. Daring the last year the association paid claims aaaunttng to *25.906. Th* prwlfiwit was. ler.
New York World. Coming generations will dispense with the cook and the kitchen. Beefsteaks are to be done away with, vegetables will be a thing of the past and a roast turkey will be put up in a small package no bigger than a box of cigarette*. Restaurants are to disappear, dinners will no longer be served, and the time now wasted In eating will be saved for more useful purposes. All this Is likely to come about through the discoveries which the War Department Is now making in putting up square meals that the soldier can carry In his pocket. When the Japanese soldiers marched into China each man carried a cartridge belt and a dinner belt. Into the latter were stuffed capsules, pills, buttons and small packages like cartridges which contained condensed foods of various kinds. If the soldier wanted a cup of tea while on the march, he dropped a button Into a tin of hot water. For dinner he could draw * large variety of meats from his food belt. A capsule made the soup and a couple of pills the fish, already seasoned. For the roast he used a few slices cf beef which had been condensed under a thousand pressures into a plug like tobacco. Buttons of various color* supplied all the vegetables, a capsule made a pudding and another button when dropped In hot water made a cup of strong black coffee. It was even reported that cognac and whisky had been condensed Into tab-
lets.
To Simplify Wnr.
The system of furnishing the marching soldier with a cartridge belt that will make him independent of the commissariat Is now being experimented upon by the United States Government The great question of food supplies which so puzzled General Grant and General Lee has been solved. Huge wagon trains of flour and beef "on the hoof” are to be things of the past A nnle9 ln futur „ e can cut themselves off from their base of supplies, as they will carry the supplies with them. Their movements win not be impeded by droves of cattle brought along for food, for the cattle, in the form of little tablets, will repose in belts or knapsacks, and victory will toot wait upon the cook. The soldiers can even dine while fighting. .. After putting a cartridge in his gun the private can put a capsule of roast beef in his mouth. He can have beef tea while charging the enemy, Boston baked beans during a pause of the battle and condensed mince pie In the very hour of victory. These are some of the staples which governments are now supplying to their m But the benefits of condensed food tablets can be extended to private citizens. Only a few men havt* the sense of taste and gourmets who reklly enjoy a meal are rare. It is estimated that every man now wastes three hours a day eating. After he has eaten he forgets ull about "the pleasures of the table." and only remembers that an hour Is gone. All this time can be saved. The food buttons and pills already contain every neceshary element. The small button labeled "a dip of tea, l* already sweetened. The beef-steak pill con-
to five ounces of ordinary it is absolutely water-free, to cut with a knife without eo the soldier chops off a It. He puts the piece
chine like a coffee-mill and
up. It comes out ia line
to be eaten on bread or to be
soup stock.
“Beef tea, used as a stimulant. good thing for soldiers. For ah
gency ration it is put up one of which makes a cup.
sule contains the necessary and costs l cents. Beef tea almost no nutriment, but only vorlng and stimulating qualities
meat. When a person is Informed that a teaspoonful of extract represents several pounds of beef, be Infers that » ia equally nourishing. The truth IS that the nourishment is left behind In th* boiler. A human being will starve to death on an unlimited supply of beef tea. The most important element of the British iron ration is pemmlcan, a preparation of beef, fat and salt. It may be oaten without further cooking, or made Into hash or soup by boiling It with vegetables. It keeps sound for years, though exposed to atr. With the pemmlcan goes a can of the same stsfi containing a mixture of cocoa and honey.
Liquid Corned Beet,
"Canned foods will play an ^li part in the future w*fs. The iron ration is a ten-ounce can of beef put up In a liquor that ts with vegetables. The German, gency ration is a one-pound can bf preserved meat, with hard bread Ind pea sausage. ( A biscuit composed of meat and flour has’been tried for the German army, but the soldiers would not eat it. The biscuit was supposed to furnish the fighting man with everything necessary for his physical support, water excepted. Very itkfily United States soldiers would not put up with the German 'erbswurst.’ Yet that species of pea aaunage
_ to said to
have been a leading cause of the success of the German arms In the Frances-Prus-sian war; Without It the troops codld not have endured the fatigue. The sauaag* is made jof pea meal, fat and b&poa: It was devised by s German cook, from whom the invention was purchased by the government for *25,000. Each sausage makes twelve plates of nutritious
soup, m
own War Department ar«
little packet,
bundle ot
soups. This
>ks somewhat like a
contains Juat three ounces of
soup.
tains the duo amount of salt and pepper.
‘ ‘ Ilmen ti
dinner Into ohe small package.
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desiccated pea soup. You observe, It ia eo compressed as to be quite hard. 1 break it up and throw It into this saucepan. Tol It I add one quart of water, and I place it on the gas stove here to'boll. For flavoring, though It Is nob necessary, let us add a small quantity of those evaporated an Iona In the course of fifteen minutes I will offer you a plate of very
excellent pea soup.
A Condensed Cap of Ten. "What do you suppose this is? It looks like a button, doesn’t It? It is a cup of tea condensed. All you have to do is to drop St tnto a cup of hot water and stir it up. The sweetening Is In the button with the tea. No, the sweetening'''is not sugar, but a coal-tar product called ’saccharine,’ which is more than two hundred times as sweet ah sugar. Thus the quantity added needs to be very small. Coffee Is put up In the same way, with saccharine, aa well aa in a shape that looks
like black molasses.
“An Iron ration la a short-weight and highly-concentrated diet. Intended to cover only a brief period. It 1* not to be used except when the regular food supply can not be obtained. Supposing the army supplies to be regularly furnished, th* fighting man ought to return from the campaign carrying in his haversack the same emergency ration with which he started out originally. But it may happen that his regiment or brigade is cut off from the main body, and in that case th* emergency rations may be literal salvation. Or he may be left wounded on a field of battle, unable t« obtain anything to eat for days, unless he has it with' him. During the recent war with China the Japanese found emergency rations a necessity in active service. "It is high time,hen, that our troops should be provided with emergency rations. One of the questions to be decided Is whether the ration shall be carried at the belt or in the haversack. "Soldiers suffering from hunger may be supplied with small quantities of alum, a pinch of which, taken from time to time, contracts the stomach. Thus the organ, not requiring eo much to fill it. can get along with less than the normal diet tor a while without complaining." CONVICT LAB0R*0N blGHWAYS. Committee of Hold-Over feaettora Will Probably Recommend Its Use. The committee of hold-over Senator* appointed by Lteutenant-Gover&or Nye to consider the proposition that oonvtet labor be used on the public highways will probatoly recommend to the next General Assembly that able-bodied short-term convicts* be employed on the highways. The committee will have another meeting at the State prison south some time in November. The second meeting wee held at the State prison north last Sunos y. Wardens Hert and Harley wore both present, and gave tnelr views on tha subject. The. committee has been corresponding with the State officers of New York, North Carolina and several other States In whtrii prisoners are worked on the highways, and the representatives of those States believe the scheme is prac-
ticable.
Ex-Warden Fatten, of the State prison south, Is certain that the idea can never be carried out. He says there are many reasons why the convicts can nevar be
taken outside the prison walls. The Prolific Butterfly.
Borne butterflies lay over 100,000 eggs.
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SrSj 1 “ ease I had spent hundreds of dollar* ■ssh’ss.cis, 2 *b rin « nrio z r zi^ n i^ _ foods are oniv ci<UlS, DOne Ol Which uld IX1C Elly
S*Fra„«. br.rap'r^'^KSSr good- My finger nails came off and have perfected arrangements for ship-* mV hair fAme OUt, leaving IRC fei f ~a h ctSbi..'* ( rSrvSd wm r4 “, perfectly bald, I then went to
forwarded daily to the fighting line. This was done from Washington to the Army of the Potomac during the civil war. The French government has constructed a number of bakeries on wheels for use ;n campaigns—wagons, that is to say, containing ovens and all necessary appliances. so that bread may be made on tho
march.
Evaporated Onions.
“For emergency rations evaporated ties I was entirely vegetables have been tried, but not with -.^ria
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Is the Table D«Hote Doomed. An ordinary New York.table dfhote din-
ner can be put up In a form no bigger
than a pack of cigaretteb, which will be
sold for 25 cents, and muy be carried in
the vest pocket. This wHl embrace everything from the oyster to “the coffee, including the wine and the , inevitable olives. Breakfast buttons will Include coffee and
rolls, oatmeal, fruit, anfl a small chop or
steak with perhaps vegetables. You will be able to buy a dozen assorted lunches,
running from the simple sandwich and glass of milk to the mask elaborate Hotel
Waldorf spread.
Chicken livers en brochkette, green turtle soup with pate de fois gras and roasted ortolons a la Capoui are only a few of the delicacies that may aptfear in this convenient form. A canvashack duck can be sent by mail for two cents, with the essential elements of chestnut stuffing duly Incorporated, and all the fruits of the season can be put up into a small vial no bigger than a scent bottle. These are some of the possibilities of the near future suggested to close observers by the army experiments now“ being made at Washington. The intention is to provide the troops with
an "iron ration."
The boards appointed to consider the question of er- -rgency foods are sending in their reports, upon which final conclusions will be based. The problem Is how
to make up a food which shaft render
pendent of supply trains
In case he is wounded
small bulk _ man Indeshort period
■ or cut off with a detachment from the main command. "Experiments in this line are being made by all the great war powers,” said Major Woodruff at the "War Department In Washington. "They are trying everything Imaginable for the purpose. Here, for example, is an element of the British emergency ration. It looks like a dog biscuit, doesn’t it? Three ounce* It weighs, and it Is four inches square. It Is composed simply of whole wheat solidly compressed. A condensed loaf of bread you might call it. The French have » new ‘war bread,’ which Is to replae-hard-tack. Its Ingredients are a -secret. When put into hot water or soup it
“In future wars the furnish the troops with
diet In the field. Dried foods
the bride, attended by her sister. Miss Josephine Smith. They were met In the center of the room by the bridegroom and best man, Mr. William Lenders. The ceremony was performed by Dr. E. M.
Green.
The bridesmaids were all gowned alike in white taffeta silk, covered with mousselhie de sole, and feather trimming.
santhiemums. The ite duchess satin,
. ■■L duchess laoe. A. bouquet of white roses Was carried. During the ceremony and afterward music was furnished by Hart's orchestra. Mr. and Mrs. Stuoky left, after an informal reception, for a trip. After December 1 they will be at home at the C half ant. Among the out-of-town guests present
great success. They are nut nutritious enough, and they do not keep well. Her* is a one-pound can of evaporated onions. Smells strong, doesn’t It? It ought to, inasmuch as it represents ten pounds «f fresh onions. In the same way potatoes, carrots, turnips and cabbages are put up. Desiccated foods are now being profftoced’ on an enctmous scale by qiany firms In this country and abroad. A good ibis*,. wMcb fue uawn wdopt, is-*this desiccated beef. Ope ounce of it is equal
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