Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1903 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. fegJpitH.*-..') QEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. ,I ——, - ■■ RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

SEA YIELDS WEALTH

TREABURE LOST OFF BARGE 18 RECOVERED. Wave Sweeps Bullion Into Staten Island Sound, Where It la Found Latsr — Tonne Mine Operator Blaln by Enemy In Misbonri. - 1 —— Tales of treasure trove, pirates, shipwrecks and secret delving for sunken wealth along the harbor and adjacent waters have entranced the old and young since New York was old. One of the best stories of the kind in years came ashore the other day from the dingy wrecking schooner Fly and its consort, the old fireboat John Fuller, belonging to the Baxter Wrecking Company. The vessels have been the center of great activity since they anchored in the middle of Staten Island sound, off Sewaren, N. J., pn Oct. 5. It is learned that since that time they have recovered nearly all of SIOO,OOO worth of silver, lead and bullion, which was sunk there about 2 o’clock on the morning of Sept 27, which tact had been kept a carefully guarded secret There is much regret at the low resorts along the Raritan for the lost l * opportunity. The treasure had <come fifOm the Mexican mines by way of Galveston on a Mallory line steamship. On its way to the East river water front of the great plant of the American Smelting and Refining Company, 7,078 pigs of It were piled corncob fashion on the deck of the barge Harold. Suddenly the barge rolled to starboard under tlie weight of the 400 tons of metal on the deck, dumped the whole mass, except about 200 pigs, into the water, and immediately righted itself, and went along as peacefully as before. MINE OPERATOR IS SLAIN. Murderer Is Son of Millionaire Owner of Coal Vitolds. Gordon Allen, 32 years old, and a wellknown mining operator, was shot and killed by Benjamin Aylor of Webb City at the Aylor mine near Prosperity, Mo. Aylor is a son of J. W. Aylor, the millionaire mine owner. There were no witnesses to the shooting. A loaded revolver was found in Allen's pocket and it is &lleged>that he had threatened to kill Aylor. Aylor was arrested, but not placed in jail, pending the verdict of the coroner's jury. 11l will had long existed between the men because Aylor foreclosed a mortgage against Allen nine years ago. The men finally met, became Involved in a quarrel and Aylor drew a pistol and fired five shots at Allen, three of which took effect ‘ ROBBERS DESPOIL THREE BANKS Nebraska, lowa and Minnesota Institutions Looted and Wrecked. Six masked men robbed the Farnum, Neb., State Bank, securing $4,000. One of the men was arrested. Dynamite was used, and tlie safe and the bank furniture were wrecked. The safe in the State Bank at Hubbard, Neb., was blown open. The robbers secured sl,100 and escaped on a handcar. The loss is covered by insurance. The Bank of Spring Grove, Minn., was robbed by safe crackers. Nine hundred dollars in silver from the outer safe was taken. Vanquished by Missouri Mnle. While a team of mules drawing a wagon was crossing North Ninth street in St -Louis a 6treet car came speeding along and struck one of them'squarely on the flank. The car was damaged to tlie .extent of $lO, several passengers received bruises from the. impact, but the prostrated Missouri mule arose, gave oue long bray and then proceeded quietly with the wagon.

Grant American Claims In Alaska. American Alaskan claims have been granted in all particulars save tlie Portland Canal, which is awarded by the * mixed commission to Canada. This insures the retention by Americans of every foot of land they have believed their own,'and at the same time gives the British the outlet to the sea which they ao much needed. Fleeing Mice Save a Miner. Warned 'by scampering mice, whose fear told him danger was pending, one miner in the Genoa mine, Mesaba range, near Duluth, fled in time to escape being overwhelmed by a cave-in. The disaster killed Albert Luke, aged 39. while Andrew Sophlich was buried under the debris and only dragged out when nearly exhausted by men. Bryan Repudiates Alleged Interview. W. J. Bryan lias authorized a denial of the report which quoted him as saying he believed that free-silver would not be considered at the Democratic national convention in 1904. Mr. Bryan said he had not talked with a reporter in lowa City, from which place the report emanated. Reeks Safety on the Fourth. The Ohio State board of health has adopted a resolution by which the secretary is directed to take steps to prevent the sale of “toy pistols and other explosive appurtenances.” The resolution recites that 000 persons were killed, 100 rnnde blind and 1,000 others injured oh the last fourth of July. Mix Hart in Car Crash. Six persons were severely Injured in a collision between a Fifty-first street electric car and a Wallace street and Center avenue electric car at Fifty-first street and Center avenue, Chicago. Cbolera Kills Kansas Hogs. Hog cholera is devastating the southt east portion of Shawnee and across the line in Douglas County, Kansas. The fanners along the valley of the Waknrausa lost over 1,000 animats in two SyMjriw.. . Killed la Kansas Wreck. The spreading of rsHi caused a freight wreck on the Missouri Pacific near kkngiey, Kan., la which four persons were killed aad six others injured. Two «f the latter will be crippled for life. 'Khe men were harvest bands.

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NATURALIZATION LAWS EVADED Thousands of Immigrants Have Been Made Voters by Frand. Naturalization frauds of gigantic proportions’ have been .perpetrated during the last few years, the number reaching a quarter of a million. The government has been aware of the existence ot these fronds and is doing all in its power to put a stop to then. Special agents of the department of justice, secret service officers and other officers of the government have been engaged for tlie last two years running down those who are guilty. C. D. C. Van Duzen, a special agent of the department of justice, is one of the officials engaged in the investigation. Most of these frauds have been perpetrated by unscrupulous individuals who are not connected with the government in any way and whose sole aim is to rob ignorant immigrants and enrich themselvtes. It is learned from the highest authority that these frauds •exist In every sect ioiVof the country. Unscrupulous individuals seek immigrants who possess a little money and blandly inform them that if they take out naturalization papers they will prosper wonderfully and everything be made easy for them. These stories are believed by the immigrants, who gladly part with their nipney for fraudulent certificates, n targe supply of which are always on hand. Judges who naturalise aliens on forged papers are victimized by tke fraud and not a party to it. The government has determined to break up this practice, and is now gathering facts which-will be instrumental in placing some of the«girilty ones behind the bars. PELITTLES ALASKAN FARMS. United States Senator Dietrich Not Much Impressed by Visit. C. H. Dietrich, United States Senator from Nebraska, and member of the Sennte committee on pnbhc lands, has arrived in San Francisco, after a four months’ visit to Alaska. His object in visiting the territory was to familiarize himself with the conditions there. He does not attach much importance to the glowing reports of Alaska’s great agricultural possibilities that have come here for years past. He says that the expending of many thousands of dollars at the government agricultural experiment station at Sitka harlot established facts about The agricultural possibilities of tlie territory that have not been known f6r fifty years. SAFE BLOWERS LOOT BANKif^

Four Men Enter the Farmer*’ State Institution at Berwick, 111. Four men drove into the little town of Berwick. 111., early the other morning, went to the Farmers’ State Bank, picked the lock of the front door, drilled the door of the vault and forced the combination, obtaining $2,800. The explosion awakened a number of residents of the town, who appeared on the scene and were- covered with guns in the hands of the robbers, who held their pursuers at bay until they had loaded their booty into the rig and driven east. Surrounding towns were notified. W. C. Tubbs, president of the bank, says the loss is covered by insurance.

1,000 Feet of Railroad Sinks. It is reported that 1,000 feet of the completed grade work of the Lucin cutoff, east of Promontory, Utah, have sunk seven feet, or nearly half way to the water level, at a point heretofore considered absolutely safe. The work has cost $4,500,000 to date. The Southern Pacific has experienced great difficulty in the coustruetion of the cut-off. Rob an Ohio Postofflce. A telegram from Columbus Grove, 0., says a band of robbers numbering eight visited that place the. other night and blew open the postoffice safe. The booty was not large, S4O in money and SSO in stamps being secured- There was an exchpiyje of shdts with the night watch and others, and it is thought that one of the robbers was woupded. More Horses Despite Antos. Although the assertion is made continually that—the use of automobiles is driviug the horse out of business, reports from 325 cities in the United States show tliat the statement is far from true. Each city gives figures which prove that the use of horses is increasing rapidly and there is a bigger demand than ever for them. Railroaders Start a Store. Santa Fe employes have decided to start a co-operative store in Albuquerque, N. M., to furnish groceries and supplies to railroad men at living rates. The men have subscribed the necessary capital and selected a manager. They expect to pay cost for their goods, plus a small percentage for running the store. , High Price for Silver, Silver on Tuesday reached the highest price in years both in London and New York, the government being forced to pay 00.125 cents per ounce for a million ounces. The demand from Philippines and India helps the upward tendeucy. Look Ont for Germany. ‘ Congressman Dayton of West Virginia believes Germany is looking to Sonth America for colonies to drain off her surplus population, and that she proposes to build a strong navy in order to antagonize the Monroo doctrine should it become necessary. New Treaty la Blfrned, The arbitration treaty between Great Britain and France has been signed in London by Foreign Secretary Lansdowne and the French ambassador, M. Cam bon. I*rog« Rain Woman’s Mind. The nse of drugs is said M have unbalanced the mind of Mrs. Kate M. Cleary of Jackson, 'a writer of novels and short stories, who has been adjudged insane

nnd ordered placed in an asylum. While suffering from a fever in 1894 Mrs. Cleary is said to have had morphine administered to her, and since then, it is said, she lias been taking the drug regu--terifj—; — 7- - BLOODY BATTLE ON BOAT. Outlaw Kills Four of Crew, and Two Others Jump Overboard. The crew of the boat in which Johnston and Herman, the runaway Philippine constabulary officers, accompanied by one constable, started from Guibal for Cagayana Island, attacked the outlaws on nearing tlie latter place, killing Johnston and wounding Herman and the constable. Herman killed four of the crew nnd tlie other two jumped overboard. lie '’then put back to Negros, where he sent guns and ammunition to the police, and abandoned the boat off Nabalva, Bayaunn, where he was in hiding when the last was heard of him. The police took the boat, recovering a number of constabulary guns, ammunition and some money. They also buried Johnston, whose body was found in the boat. It is presumed that the crew intended to kill the outlaws and take their money and arms. BANK ROBBERS’ BUSY DAY. South Dakota and lowa Safes Blown — Bribe Offered to Marshal. The Bank of Viborg, S. D., was robbed tlie other night of $5,000. The robbers were seen by citizens, who did not care to venture on tlie street, which was patrolled by armed robbers. Half of the money’ stolen was in gold. The robbers escaped on a liandcar. The robbers cracked the safe in the Linn Grove; lowa, ppstoffice the same night anil stole $2,500 ;Jh money and stamps. An attempt waff made to rob the Citizens’ National Bank in Woonsocket. Four strangers arrived in tlie evening and one of them offered the city marshal S2OO if he would get off the street and keep quiet, saying they intended to rob the bank, then steal a horse, drive to Washington Springs and rob the bank there. The officer arrested tlie four meu. TRAGIC PLAY PROMPTS DEED. Ohio Boy, After Theater, Wounds Two nnd Kill) Himself. Herbert HaiL 14 years old, returned from the theater in Springfield, Qhio, at midnight, nnd found his mother, Mrs. ; Hall, his sister's sweetheart, Cnajpes Harley, and liis sister at home efctmg' eandy.- After taking several pieces he pulled a revolver and began shooting. One bullet passed through his mother's jaw. Another struck Harley in the face. He fired three shots at his sister without effect and then turned tlie revolver on himself. The ball entered his head psver Ills left ear and he died instandrT He had been ill with typhoid fever and it is supposed lie was mentally unbalanced, although it is thought the tragic performance at' the theater was the direct cause of the deed.

Wadding of Senator Platt. Announcement is made that the marriage of United States Senator Thomas C % Platt and Mrs. Lillian T. Janeway took place at the Holland House in New Y'ork several days before it was expected. The Senator chose a private ceremony to avoid the crush and annoyance of a public wedding. Dynamite Found an the Track. Six sticks of giant powder were found on the Northern Pqpific -tracks near Birdseye, eight miles west of Helena, Mont. A very heavy freight tra&i passed over the dynamite without exploding it. George Hammond was arrested half a mile from where the explosive was found. Holtzman Wins by 826 Votes. The official canvass of the vote in the Indianapolis city election has been Completed. The official figures for Mayor are: John A. Holtzman, Democrat, 20,525; Charles A. Bookwalter, Republican, 19,702; George Hitz, Prohibition and Independent, 5,517; Holtzman’s plurality, 820. -r-r- __ * ' ‘ Ohio Lauds Antietam Dead. Ten monuments erected on the battlefield of Antietam by the State of Ohio, including one to the memory of President McKinley, were dedicated the other day. Many distinguished persons were present. Gen. Inn Hamilton, the famous British general, and his party witnessed the dedication. Urges an Honest Citizenship. Ei-President Cleveland, speaking before the Commercial Club of Chicago, called for n new crusade which shall rt%cue the political holy land from the infidels of corrupt methods, and urged all good men of every party to join in the movement* President’s Assailant la Crazy. Peter Elliott of Minnesota, who was arrested at the White House Oct. 5 and who mode a violent attack upon the officers who had him in custody, has been officially adjudged insane and recommitted to St. Elizabeth’s insane asylum. Tillman Is Acquitted. Ex-Lient. Gov. James H. Tillman was acquitted at Lexington, S. C., of the murder of N. G. Gonzales, editor of The State. The jury returned its verdict after many hours of deliberation and Tillman was immediately released from custody. t M Destructive Wall of Water. A break in the Ramapo river sent a wall of water twenty feet high down the Ramnpo valley, destroying everything for a distance of tea miles. Residents of the district escaped to the hills. Reports of Commercial Agencies. Finance and labor are reported by Dun’s weekly review as disturbing country’s trade; railroad earnings 6.2 per cent over 1902; shows no urgent demand.

CALLB RICH HERITAGE A CURSE. Judge Scores Idle Children Content to Live ns Parasites. “Often no greater misfortune can befall children than great riches cast upon them by gift or inheritance,” said Judga Phillips In approving a compromise of die famous Bunel will case in the District Court in Springfield, Mo. A son and an alleged daughter have long disputed 4he ownership of the rich estate left by Napoleon Bunel, a Frenchman, but have at length agreed to compromise. It was in approving this that Judge Phillips uttered his rebuke, adding: “The intended beneficence of Bunel in creating the trust estate in question has proved but a curse to the beneficiaries. The boy has been content to be a mere parasite to exist in idleness nnd rot out in wantonness and riot, while the girl, aspiring to a share in the bounty of the trust, has grown up with a roving fancy and unstable habits, illiterate and wayward, contemning parental authority gnd respect, eloping when a mere child and marrying a mere boy, who in thoughtlessness has eaten only the bread provided through the wife’s access to thf claimed inheritance.” - BIG FRAUDS IN LAND OFFICE. Washington Authorities to Withdraw ' Montana Acres from Entry. The Great Falls, Mont., land office has received instructions from Washington to withdraw from entry under the desert land law all lands in the district lying south of the Missouri river. The order affects approximately 1,150,000 acres. The officials were instructed also to suspend, pending investigation, all desert entries upon which patents have been issued. These orders are the result of a report made by Special Agent Chadwick, who recently was seiit to that, city by the Interior Department to investigate the charges that gross frauds were being committed in the district. The report is said to have been a sensational one. sustaining practically every charge made by United States Senator Gibson of Montana. BAYS IT’S CURSE OF CHURCH. Dependence on Millionaires Declared Blight of the Baptists. There was a warm time in the Baptist Ministerial Association meeting in St. Louis over a proposed revision of the constitution to give voting privileges in the association only to those churches which have contributed something to missions during the year. This was violently opposed by Rev. Dr. Boyd, who said: “The curse of the Baptist Church to T day is its dependence upon millionaires. The church was meant for the common people.” He added: “If you introduce this money basis into the church you will go to hell, where you belong.” 1 Peace was finally restored. Depredations on Omaha Reservation. A series of depredations, alleged to have been committed by a gang of white men on the Omaha reservation near Decatur, Neb., lias roused the Indians of the Skunk and Wolf lodges to a high state of excitement. United States Marshal Sloaa has sent a number of deputies to quiet tlie Indians and arrest the guilty white men. Aberdeen, Wash.. Swept by Flames. Fire which started in the Mack Building at Aberdeen, Wash., wiped out the principal business street of the city and caused a loss of over $1,000,000. Four persons are known to have lost their lives. Altogether 150 buildings, including forty business houses, were destroy, ed. Aeronaut Killed by Fall. William Beals, an aeronaut, was almost instantly killed while making a descent in San Francisco. He Tell from a parachute forty feet to the ground. Maud Ilenney, who was riding on a street car, leaned out too far in an endeavor to witness the descent, anH her head struck an iron post. She was killed.

Crnsadc Against New York Sin. Johu Alexander Dowie and his restoration host of 3,500 persons have ar rived in New York ready for the crusade against sin. Mrs. Dowie was robbed of a diamond brooch worth $1,500 at the railway station immediately upon her ar rival. Bankruptcy Law Disliked. The members of the Nebraska State Bankers’ Association voted almost unanimously in favor of the repeal of the present bankruptcy law nnd a resolution asking the Senators nnd Congressmen from that State to work to that end wm adopted. Sherman a Model American. President Roosevelt, speaking at tl)a unveiling of a monument to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in Washington, held up the famous commander as a model American and a towering type of the clean, able and fearless patriot Wife Mnrderer Appeals Sentence. The case of Alfred Knapp, the “Bluebeard,” sentenced to be electrocuted Dec. 12 for the murder of his wife, Hannah Goddard Knapp, has been appealed to the Circuit Court in Hamilton, Ohio, oa error. Threaten* to Rne Platt. Senator Thomas C. Platt is threatened with a breach of promise suit by a Washington poatofflce clerk, who claims he promised to marry her before his engagement to Mrs. Janeway. Knssia Bid* China Choo*e. Russia bids Chinn to choose between accepting her demands or seeing the Csar’s troops |>ermanently occupy Manchurls. The prospects of peace in the far Bast are considered more hopeful. Death of Archbiabop KaloArchbishop John Joseph Kain of jjfttLonis died after a long illness in a tanitarimm at Baltimore. Md.

DECIBJS IN OUR JFAYOE

UNITED STATES* CLAIMB IN ALASKA ALLOWED. International Tribunal in London Gives to Canada Only Portland Canal and Outlet to Pacific Ocean—Other American Contentions All Confirmed. American ownership of the entire Alaska “panhandle,” which at times since 18G7 lias caused serious friction between the L nited States and Canada, is recognized by the Alaskan boundary commission, which reached its decision Saturday. By a majority of one, Lord Alverstoiie, chief justice of England, casting the deciding vote, the commission confirms tlie United States in its title.to all the land and every avater way and inlet it claimed except the Portland Canal, which Canada gets as its only outlet to the sea. America Vastly Enriched. This triumph for America, means, in brief, that Great Britain admits the right of the United States to about 20,700 square miles of territory, instead of a small fraction thereof, and continued control of the many important bays and inlets throughout the 60 miles of seacoast. It means besides American supremacy in the northerp Pacific and American possession of much valuable mineral land that Canada has claimed for ye'ars. Portland Canal is at the southernmost end of this strip of and the American boundary line is merely shifted

from the southern to the northern side of the channel. A Canadian factory and a small settlement of Canadians are at its head, and the American commissioners, seeing that Lord Alverstono was disposed to grant the justice of their contentions on every other point, agreed to allow Canada to have it. The agreement was arrived at only after deliberations extending over a week. All this time the chance seemed to be that the commissioners would reach no definite judgment and that the deadlock of the joint high commission which met in Quebec and Washington in 1898 and 1899 would be repeated. When the first vote was taken Saturday, however, the uncertainty was removed, for Lord Alverstone said he had made up his mind that the American contentions were just, except as to the Portland Canal. After luncheon the American commissioners agreed to cede tlii6 point, and the controversy was settled. Canada Mach Disappointed. While Canada will be much disappointed; the opinion is widely held in official and diplomatic circles that the decision will help to cement Anglo-Amer-ican friendship. The .Canadian claims did not find a great number of active supporters in London; in fact, only a languid interest was felt in the proceedings. The first days were dull and the trial of the case in the foreijfti office in Downing street ■was attended by few outside of the persons concerned and the wives of the American commissioners and counsel. Not until toward the close, when Attorney Jacob M. Dickinson, of Chicago, made liis eloquent and forceful appepj, did the British commissioners rouse themselves from their semi-lethargy. Lord Alverstone on that occasion complimented Mr. Dickinson on his argument. Gold Hastens Claim. Canada’s claims were strongly combated by the American counsel, who brought out the fact that these claims were not made seriously until late in the ’7os, when gold was discovered in the disputed territory; in fact, most of the evidence agninst Canada was from the utterances of prominent Canadians and Englishmen. From the time tlie AngloRussian treaty of 1825 until long after Alaska’s transfer to the United States in 1867, official Canada did not contest the boundary lines laid down by Russia. John W. Foster, former Secretary of State, managed the case for the United States, while the Canadian side was under the leadership of Hon. Clifford Sifton, Canadian Minister of the Interior. D. T. Watson, of Pittsburg, and Hannis Taylor, of Mobile, were the other American attorneys. There was the best of feeling between the commissioners and counsel, which was heightened by a dinner given by the Pilgrim Club, which they all nttended, Thursday. Toasts were drunk, one to President Roosevelt and King Edward jointly, and to Britons and Americans of promineuce, while British cabinet ministers ~and other prominent representatives of English public life, including Lord Roberts, responded to toasts expressing amity and cordial good will.*

CUBA UNABLE TO GET CASH.

935,000,000 Loan Delayed by Condition of Money Market. Although tjie Cuban commission which came to Ne# York abotit a month ago to negotiate a loan of $35,000,000 for the government of Cuba, has not yet lost hope, It has rcceiv.ed little encouragement from bnnkers. The unsatisfactory and uncertain condition of the money market has been advanced as a reason why $35,000,000 could not be spared at this time from the country. But the negotiations have not even reached the point of looking about for underwriters. Bankers, it is said, have plainly informed the loan commission that the special internal revenue law, which Is to raise a sinking fund to pay off the loan, is inadequate as a guarantee. They want to have the surplus customs reveune pledged unconditionally before they will look at the logn. The object of the loan is to pay the Veteran soldiers of the late rebellion.

Sparks from the Wires.

Horse thievee have been making a practice recently of robbing the barns of peace officers in the Choctaw -nation, Indian Territory. The herd of buffalo on October mountain, bred In captivity by Willtatn C. Whitney, have been sold to Hngenbeck, of Hamburg, Germany. Captain Cowles, brother-in-law of President Roosevelt, is to coma and the battleship Missouri, now nearing completion at Newport Nsw*. The Missouri will not be commissioned until 1 aassrj

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"77 ~ B. —G. Dun & Co.’s N6W YOrK. Weekly Review of Trade ——— says: There have been no developments of importance in the commercial world. As a rule, there is more caution in making contracts, especially among manufacturers. Uneasiness regarding the financial situation recedes as the season advances without producing any monetary pressure in connection with crop moving. Manufacturing news is favorable except where the raw material markets arc unsettled or labor struggles cause trouble. Latest returns of foreign commerce at tin’s port are unsatisfactory, exports showing a loss of; $1,188,646 compared .with the same week last year and imports decreasing $2,577,124. Bank ox changes at New York for the week were 23.0 per cent smaller than last year, while at other leading cities there was a gain of 4.4 per cent. Reduced dividends nnd curtailed p'roduction in the iron and steel industry show that conseryatism is increasing and that there is no disposition to disguise the fact that business is not progressing without interruptions. Yet there is nothing alarming in the situation and a few years ago the contracts now in sight would have assured full occupation for all plants.

Failures this week numbered 239 in the United States, against 245 last year, and 17 in -Canada, compared with 21 a year ago. p, . - Agricultural reports are LDIC3OO. satisfactory, the corn crop — being practically assured and confidence returning in various sections where interior merchants had hesitated in filling up stocks. Transactions both in jobbing and retail lines reached a large aggregate, the buying being well distributed in dry goods departments, woolens, wearing apparel nnd footwear. Tlie factories are steadily employed, various plants working day and night. Railroad earnings show continued gains and more satisfactory charters stimulate activity on the lakes. Mercantile collections are good, with fewer failures reported for the week in Chicago district. •Grain shipments for six days, 5,790,247 bushels, including 3,803,390 bushels of corn, largely exceed the corresponding period of last year. Demand has been steady, the bgst support coming from abroad. The markets for breadstuffs show reviving strength and large sales of flour were closed both for domestic and foreign consumption. Compared with the closing of a week ago, prices are higher in' corn % cent, oats % cent and wheat 1% cents, tlie latter also standing 11 cents above a year ago. Live stock receipts, 290,914 head, are 4 per cent over the corresponding week of 1902. The shipping demand was fairly good, but the heavy supplies forced a decline in values. Choice beeves nnd sheep closed 20 cents a hundred weight lower. Hogs suffered the worst fall—7s cents, due to' lessened needs of packers. International’s Repqrt. Telegraphic advices from correspondents of the International Mercantile Agency throughout the United States are summarized as follows: Merchants generally are not anticipating requirements with the freedom heretofore noted, partly on account of weather and crop conditions nnd in part because of industrial slowing down. Financial advices at larger centers indicate that neither imports nor bank loans are being curtailed and that indebtedness abroad is increasiug. James H. Eckels, former Comptroller of the Currency, sends word that increased western bauk loans, compared with last year, are not due to the banks currying speculative accounts.

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Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $3.00 to $5.10; hogs, shipping grades, $4.50 to $6.10; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $3.80; wheat, No. 2 red, 80c to 82c; corn. No. 2,44 cto 45c; oats, standard, 85c to 30c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 57c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $12.50; prairie, SO.OO to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 19c; potatoes, 52c to 00c. Indianapolis—Cattle, $3-00 to $4.75; hogs, choice light, $4.00 tq $0.30; sheep, eommon to prime, $2.50 to $3.23; wheat, No. 2,80 cto 81c; corn, No. 2 white, 45c 37c to 38c. . St. Ix>uis—Cattle, $4.50 to $5.40; hogs, $4.50 to $5.95; Bbeep, $3-00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,80 cto 87c; corn. No. 2, 41c to 42c; oats. No. 2,35 cto 80c; rye, No. 2,53 cto 54c. % Cincinnati —Cattle, $4.25 to $4.05; hogs, $4.00 to $0.00; sheep, $2.00 to $3.30; wheat, No. 2,86 cto corn. No. 2 mixed, 40c to 48c; oats.WNo. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; rye, No. 2,02 cto 03c. Detroit—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs, 84.00 to $5.90; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2,84 cto 85c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 49c to 50c; oats. No. 3 white, 87c to 38c; rye. No. 2,66 cto 57c. —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 82c to 84c; corn, No. 3,40 cto 47c; oats. No. 2 While, 38c to 39c; rye, No. 1,55 c to 56c; barley, No. 2,63 cto 04c; pork, mess, $11.25. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 81c to 83c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 47c to 48c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; rye, No. 2,54 c to 56c; clover seed, prims, $6.75. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.50 to $5.50; hogs, fair to prime, $4.00 to $5.60; sheep, fair to choice, $3.25 to $4.00; iambs, common to choice, $4.00 to SO.OO. New York—Cattle. $4.00 to $5.40; hog*. $4.00 to $6.90, sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2 red, s4c to 85c; corn. No. 2,61 cto 52c; oats. No. 2 whits, 42c to 48c; butter, creamery, 18c to 21c; eggs, western, 21c to 25c.