Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1904 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA,

MURDERS IN A DREAM

JOWA SLAYER ACTS OVER KILLING IN SLEEP. Wife Gives Testimony Damaging to Case of Charles Rocker in Trial at Rock Rapids—Clerk Tells How Minneapolis Poor Fund Was Looted, Just as Lady Macbeth, tormented in her sleep by a guilty conscience, revealed her crime, so did Charles Rocker reyeal to his wife the murder by him near Doon, lowa, June 30. 1900, -of August Schroeder. ' The thoughts lie could banish by day came to him at night and he rose in bed and acted out the murder before his wife, the widow of Schroeder, whose hand and money he gained by the murder. On the witness stand at his trial in Rock Rapids Mrs. Rocker- told the story, meanwhile . trembling with fright before her husband, who sat calmly in front of her. "All went well till April, 1903,” she said, “when Rocker wanted to throw my new-born babe into a well. Last September we quarreled because he nearly killed my son with a

monkey wrench. That night he was troubled in his sleep, muttering and groaning. Suddenly he sat tip in bed and struck me in the face and clutched at me. With his eyes tightly closed he said hoarsely: ‘August, you , I've got you now,'—l left the bed terribly frightened. Next day I asked him what he meant Then he told me how he killed my husband, who I thought had committed suicide. June 27, 1900, they were at Doon and Roeker brought chloroform and put it and morphine in whisky he gave August. When they got home August was taken sick,- then Rocker strangled him and hung his body in the barn, ■where I found it. After Rocker told me this he put a revolver at my head and said if 1 ever repeated it- be would surely kill me.” '

ROBS FUND FOR THE POOR. Minneapolis Official Excuses Action to Recover Cost of Position There was a sensational scene in Minneapolis in the trial of William Johnson, superintendent of poor in the Ames administration, when Charles H. Brown, his clerk, admitted on the witness stand the system by which the poor fund was looted. He described the methods—bywhich fraudulent orders to grocers for supplies supposed to go to poor families were cashed and the proceeds divided between himself and Johnson. Johnson, he said, had proposed the plan to him and had justified himself on the ground that he found it necessary to recoup himself for the money he had spent to get "the.. office bZ~superintendent of the poor and for the bond which he gave for Dr. Ames, which the latter forfeited by failing to appear for tri'. 1. TORNADO HITS M’PHERSON, KAN. Three Persons Are Injured and Six Residences Demolished. A tornado swept through McPherson. Kan., demolishing six residences and injuring three persons, one of them seriously. S. W. Rieff’s house, barn, windmill and outbuildings were destroyed, and a young man was badly bruised. The wind then demolished the residences of Mrs. S. R. Fisher. Archie Brown and Peter Sellberg. Two of Mr. Brown's daughters were hurt, a cook stove fulling on one of them and causing serious injuries. Beyond McPherson the tornado followed the path of an old water course. The storm passed four miles east of Salina, wrecking telephone and telegraph poles and farm property. It is believed that serious damage was done in the country north.

STRIVING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Two Principal Leagues. The clubs of the National League now stand thus: W. L. W. L. New York... 6 1 Pittsburg .... 4 6 St. Louis.... 5 3 Chicago 3 5 Cincinnati ... G 4 Boston 3 5 Brooklyn .... 5 4 Philadelphia. . - G The table below shows how matters stand in the American League: W. L. * W. L. Boston 7 .1 New York_a» 4 4 Philadelphia.. 4 3 St. LouisYL?. 3 3 Chicago 5 4 Detroit 3 4 Cleveland ... 4 4 Washington.. . 0 7 Russians Report Japs Routed. A Japanese landing party was routed at the mouth of the Yalu river and 7,900 lost, according to a private telegram from Port Arthur to St. Petersburg. Russian sources report that 20,000 Japanese troops have landed at Kinchow. Bryan Expresses Disapproval. In a speech in Chicago Saturday evening William Jennings Bryan scored the New Ydrk platform as being evasive am| dishonest, and said none but “an artful dodger’’ could stand on it. Judge Parker was said by him to be untit. Title to Canal Passes. Clear title to Panama canal has been passed to the United States by signing of documents in Paris by representatives of the United States and the canal panyStore Destroyed by Fire. The general store of Sunthimer A Mast, nt Shipshewana, Ind., was con Burned by fire, entailing a loss of $1(1,000. The loss is partly covered by insurance. , Toronto Loaa Is $ 13,000,000. Ths loss by the recent tire in Toronto is growing. The total loss as estimated by insurance experts will reach at least $13,000,000. The losses of the insurance companies approximate $8,885,0(10. Strike Cripples Plant. Clerks and other office employes of the Bharon, Pa., plant of the American Steel Foundriea Company were notified that after May 1 their services would not be required. The strike of the molders has crippled the plant, necessitating an indefinite closing.

RUSSIA’S SAD WEEK.

HOODOO OF BAD LUCK STILL PURSUES CZAR'S FORCES. Disaster to Petropavlovsk Caused by a Jap Countermine Togo( Lured Admiral Makaroff from Shelter by Tempting Bait -Russians iu a Funic? The hoodoo of bad luck still pursues the Russians in their naval operations in the Last. Last week was a calamitous one for them. The Port Arthur fleet, which at the. beginning of the war consisted of seven battleships and about the same number of cruisers, has been redueed to two tihdantaged battleships and to two us three cruiser*. The persistent hammering </f the Japanese has so weakened ihal-its only hope of safety is. to. remain in the harbor, protected by the guns of the forts, and await the arrival of the Baltic fleet. That fleet, on which the hopes of the Russians are centered, ought to be leaving soon for the Qrient. The chimerical project of sending it by way of the Arctic ocean has not been entertained. The vessels will pursue the customary route.

When the Petropavlovsk was sunk by n Japanese countermine tlie Russians lost the best battleship left to them after the disabling of the Retvizan and Czarevitch. They lost over 700 men, and among them one who counted for more than all the others—Admiral Makaroff. Had he escaped he could not, even though a brave and skillful seaman, have done anything with a crippled fleet Friday^Admiral Togo again bombarded Port Arthur, to what purpose is unknown. Probably the immensely strong fortifications have not been damaged by his fire. On this occasion the Russian fleet did not venture out into the roadstead, as it has usually done. After the sinking of the Petropavlovsk and a torpedo boat, and the injury received by the Pobieda Wednesday, no more chances will be taken. It is reported that Admiral Togo is still bent on blocking the entrance to the harbor by sinking merchant vessels. He is one of the persistent men who usually carry through their plans sooner <A later. On laud, the war moves slowly. That may be due in part to the condition of the roads in northwestern Korea. Men who served in the army of the Potomac and have a lively recollection of Virginia mud will not have to be told what a drag bad roads are on the movements of an army. The Japanese are apparently add; ing to their forces on the Yalu, but they do not seem to have made a serious attempt to. cross the river. No news comes from the correspondents who were allowed to join the army operating in Korea, and the natural conclusion is that the Japanese are not. yet ready to force the fighting. The Japanese hold most of Korea. They have a grip on the territory which was. the cause of the war. If Russia had conceded to Japan exclusive control over Korea there would have been no fighting. It is impossible, however, for the Japanese tv stop at the Yalu, fortify themselves, and prepare to resist a Russian attack. They must move on into Manchuria. Tlie military experts disagree as to what should be their objective

RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP PETROPAVLOVSK.

points. It is the belief of some that the Japanese forces should and will push on to Harbin, far in the interior on the Sungari river. They argue that if the Japanese were to defeat the Russians and occupy that point the Russians would not be able to find a new base of operations and supplies anywhere oast of Lake Baikal, and would be at a terrible disadvantage when they resumed fighting next year. Other experts aver that if the Japanese were to march to Harbin thej’ would march back from there in as bad shape as Napoleon's troops did from Moscow, and that it will be madness for the Japs to attempt to go any farther than Mukden.

Tire Japanese nre laying their own plans and keeping their own counsel. Many things the experts said they would do at once they have not done. They have made no attempts to storm Port Arthur or to effect a landing on the Liaotung peninsula in order to isolate that place, although apparently nothing is more desirable.

LAUNCH BLOWN UP.

Twenty-One Russians Killed While Laying; Mines ut Port Arthur. Twenty-one men were killed when a Russian launch struck a Russian mine in Port Arthur harbor Friday. The launch Avas, 'engaged in placing mines. The news of this latest fatal carelessness on the part of the defenders of the stronghold was conveyed in the following dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff to the Czar: “I respectfully report to your majesty that during the placing of mines by some steam launches Lieut. Pell and twenty men were killed through a mine exploding prematurely under ths, stern of one of the launches.” *rhis announcement has ndtlld to the gloom which has prevailed since the disaster to the Petropavlovsk. "We are paying the price of carelessness.” said a member of the admiralty, “and previous disasters seeqj to teach nothing.”

The war commission suppressed part of the viceroy's dispatch, which showed where the mines were being laid. It is believed the launches were employed in mining the entrance to the harbor in order to prevent the Japanese from forcing an entrance and attempting to destroy the remaining ships. It is evident from the closing of the entrance that Viceroy Alexieff has no intention of letting his ships go to sea again even against nn inferior force, though this may not be the policy of Vice Admiral Rkrydloff. who will determine on a plan of operation when be assumes command.

PORT OF NEWCHWANG, NEAR WHICH PLACE THE JAPS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE LANDED

The port of—Newchwang. near which the Japanese are reported to have landed an invading force, is more commonly known as Y’inkow, or Yingknu, though It also bears the name of i'iiig-tze. It is situated at the head of the Gulf of Liaotung, and in it are locate! several consulates, banks, churches,., hotels .am] stores, the Russian administration building and the villas of Europeans. Tlie place was captured in 1895 by the Japanese, who were compelled to code it back to China by Russia, England, and France. Tlie Imperial Chinese Railway and. a branch of the Manchurian road enter the town. . Hence its importance from a military point of view. That Yinkow was believed to be the objective of the Japanese was shown when Gen. de Wogack was placed in command of the troops there. In the war with China Y’inkow was one of the last places to be taken by the victorious Japanese.

THE RUSSIAN NAVY’S NEW HOPE IN THE WAR

ADMIRAL SKRYDLOFF.

Admiral Skrydloff, the new command-er-in-chief of Russia's naval forces at the scene of the war, whose appointment has created much enthusiasm, has said to his friends in St. Petersburg that w%en he arrives in tlie Orient he will attempt to unite the Port Arthur and Vladivostok squadrons at Port Arthur, and use the combined squadrons there as a menace to the Japanese Mintil re-en-forcements arrive.

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

New York capitalists have offered Moscow a loan, to be issued at 93. It is said that on the eve of the disaster to the Petropavlovsk Vice Admiral

Makaroff telegraphed to the Czar that he was about to tight a decisive action with the enemy's fleet. The European Economist of Paris says that Russia is negotiating with the principal French banks for a loan of sli>o,000,000 on 5 per cent four-year treasurybonds, to be placed at 98. A St. Petersburg telegram says the Czar has expressed the desire that the Baltic fleet be ready to sail for the far East by July 15. Orders are issued to hasten the work on the ships.

The Emperor of Korea has decided to rebuild on the site of the burned palace. The building will be of foreign style. The Emperor has appointed Yim Yung Han, former prime minister, to arrange for the rebuilding. Two suspected Japanese have been arrested on the railroad near Vologda, in northeastern Russia, 302 miles from Moscow, with plans in their possession of Archangel and the famous monastery on the island of Solovetsky, in the White sea.

Japanese troops in Korea have been ravaged by various diseases. One of these, called “imbion,” is a kind of intermittent typhus. Another, called "sottda,” which has not yet been studied by European doctors, produces premature senility. The patients lose their teeth, become extremely weak and the nails are twisted back on the fingers. Dysentery is prevalent among the Russians at Harbin. Satisfaction is expressed by the Chinese who are friendly to Russia because of the firm policy of Gen. Kuropatkin. At the time of his arrival at Liao-Yang Gen. Kuropatkin informed a Chinese deputation which waited upon him and asked for protection that he would accord it provided absolute obedience was shown to his orders by the Chinese authorities and people. In order that no doubt may exist regarding the matter Gen. Kuropatkin has repeated this statement.

Rumors are in circulation that two beggars made nn attempt to assassinate Gen. Kuropatkin while he was in Newchwang recently. The beggars were arrested and found to have knives concealed. It is said they were Japanese. Captain Crown, who went down with the Petropavlovsk, joined that ship on the previous day, having succeeded in getting through from Shanghai, where he left his vessel, the gunlmat Mnndjur, Captain Crown was a descendant of a Scotchman who fought with Russia in the wnr with Sweden, when he captured the first Retvizan.

JAPS LURE TO DEATH.

Latest Disaster to Russian Warships Is Fully Explained. The Japanese are elated over the successes they have won at Port Arthur. They are also proud of,the achievements of Vice Admiral Togo, particularly of his newest strategy of counter mining the enemy’s harbor and decoying him across this field of mines to an equally dangerous flank attack. The success of the system of placing deadly counter-mines is due largely to a series of careful observations made by the Japanese during their previous attacks on Tort Arthur. The Japanese saw the Russian fleet leave the harbor and return to it several times, and they discovered that the Russian warships followed an identical course every time they came out or went in, evidently for the purpose of avoiding their own mines. The Japanese took bearings on this course. When the destroyer divisions of the Japanese torpedo flotilla laid the counter-mines during the night of April 12-13 they placed them along this course. The laying of these counter-mines w’as exceedingly perilous, because, if any Japanese boat with mines on board had been struck by a lucky Russian shot she would have been annihilated.

The weather of. the night of April 1213 favored the work. There was a heavy rain, the night was dark and cloudy and the Russian searchlights playing over the channel failed to reveal the presence of the Japanese destroyers. Rear Admiral Dewa was in command of the Japanese squadron .which decoyed the Russian ships over the field of mines. His squadron consisted of the cruisers Chitose, Yoshino. Kasagi and Takasago, all unarmored vessels, which presented a tempting bait for the heavier Russian ships.

Vice Admiral Togo directed the flank attack. He had the battleships Hatsuse, Mikasa, Asahi, Shikishima, Yashima and Fuji. He waited thirty miles out at sea until Rear Admiral Dewa signaled him by wireless telegraphy to come in. His vessels then dashed at full speed toward the entrance of the harbor. All the battleships under Vice Admiral Togo are capable of a speed of eighteen knots and they quickly covered the distance.

It is not clear what warned the Russians that they had been trapped, but they probably discerned the battleship squadron on the horizon and retreated precipitately to the harbor. Vice Admiral Togo did not succeed in preventing the Russians from entering, but did force them to a disastrous retreat, which ended in the destruction of the Petropavlovsk and the disabling of the Pobieda. After these occurrences the cruisers Nishin and Kasuga were used to bombard Port Arthur. They possess the highest angled guns in the fleet, capable of throwing shells to the elevated Russian land works, which are beyond attainment by the average naval weapon.

RUSSIA ISSUES PAPER MONEY.

Puts Out $15,000,000 Against GoldWar Finances. Russia has made a new issue of $15,000,000 in paper 'currency against free gold in the State bank. At the ministry of finance it was explained that it was an ordinary issue and in no sense was forced. Under the law paper 1 is issuable to double the amount of gold, up to $150,000,000 gold, in excess of which paper issued must be covered ruble for ruble, in the State bank there is, in round figures, $400?000,000 in gold, which would permit of an issue of' $550,000,000 in paper, but the paper issue at present amounts to only $350,000,000. AH sorts of figures of the cost of the war are printed abroad. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Associated Press is authoritatively informed that the daily expenses are lA'eraging $750,000, and it is estimated, that a year’s expenditures for the war will total $250,000,000. To meet this there existed a free balance of $50,000,000, which was increased to $115,000,000 by reductions of the ordinary budgets, leaving ostensibly $135,000,000 to be found. But a portion of this sum is made up by the increased earnings of the railroads owned by the government. It being in reality a question of bookkeeping, how the balance is to be raised has not yet been determined.

America Reserves All Rights.

Foreign Minister Lamsdorff has been notified that the United States reserves all the rights she may have under international law in the event of any American citizens being affected by Russia’s decision in the case of war correspondents using wireless telegraphy. This notification does not involve a pretest against Russia's course, it simply reserving whatever rights may exist in regard to the yet unadjudicated question of the use of wirelesq telegraphy in time of war.

CONGRESS

The general deficiency appropriation bill, the last before the Senate committee oh appropriations, was reported Wednesday morning. Without comment the Senate passed a resolution by Mr. Dubois for investigation of polygamy among postmasters in Idaho. Mr. Dolliver then spoke nearly two hours on the trusts, defending Republican policies and predicting the election of President Roosevelt. The sundry civil bill was ‘passed after a long discussion of amendments for buildings at Washington. As amended the bill carries $50,000 for a Jefferson monument, $71,000 as the United States share of the cost of the Bureau of American Republics’ building in Washington, provides for a new office and committee building for the Senate and limits to $75,000 the immediate appropriation for extending the east wing of the capitol. When the House met the agricultural appropriation bill was reported from eonfcrcticj* and agreed to. The report of the elections committee No. 2, deciding in favor of Congressman Lorimer of Illinois, was adopted and Mr. Foss called up the conference report on the naval appropriation bill. After an extended debate the bill was sent back, the House refusing to agree to any of the disputed amendments, excepting that providing for construction of two colliers. Mr. Foss secured- the- adoption of his amendment leaving the selection of the great lakes naval training station site to the Secretary of the Navy, but Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin secured the yeas and nays and it was defeated.

In the Senate Thursday the pension appropriation bill, carrying an appropriation of more than $137.(MX),000. and the emergency river ami harbor appropriations bill, carrying $3,000,000, were passed, as was the bill increasing to G4O acres the size of homestead entries in western Nebraska. In the debate on the pension bill Mr. Scott denounced the pension laws, advocating a service pension of $25 per month. In the debate on the emergency river and harbor bill Mr. Gorman criticised the Republicans for not bringing up a general river and harbor bill, and Mr. Elkins replied that the state of business was not such as to justify such a measure. Id the House a substitute for the Kittredge bill for the government of the I’anama canal zone was passed over the protest of Mr. Harrison. A rule was’adopted for the consideration at any time of the bill creating a commission to investigate the merchant marine. The House passed a bill amending the het for the protection of persons furnishing materials and labor in public works so as to give the government priority over subcontractors or furnishers of material in suits on the bonds of the contractors.

The general deficiency appropriation bill occupied the greater part of the Senate’s time Friday, but before its consideration Mr. Gallinger spoke in defense of the tariff policy of the Republican party. While the deficiency bill was being read Mr. Cullom spoke on the Hitt Chinese exclusion bill attached by the House as a rider. He offered an amendment to strike out several clauses. Mr. Lodge also offered an amendment excluding Chinese and other aliens whose immigration is encouraged* by any transportation company. The bill f<vr government of the Panama canal zone was sent to conference. After devoting considerable time to conference reports on routine and private bills, the House listened to a brush between Mr. Lind of Minnesota and Mr. Curtis of Kansas on the former’s substitute for a resolution of inquiry ns to the acts of the Dawes commission. Mr. Lind said the men sent as guardians of the Indians of Indian territory had taken advantage of their official positions for loot and speculation. Mr. Curtis said the charges had not been proved. Mr. Lind’s substitute, which asks the Secretary of the Interior for information as to what action has been taken in the Dawes commission investigation, prevailed, 97 to 91. The sundry civil bill was sent Io conference with Messrs. Hemenway, Gillett and Burton conferees for the House. Two hundred and thirty-three pension bills were passed in forty-five minutes. Consideration of the Alaskan delegate bill was resumed, but was interrupted by Mr. Kitchin of North Carolina, who assailed President Roosevelt and Mr. Grosvenor, the former for his attitude on the race question and the latter for alleged change of front toward Roosevelt after his nomination for Vice President.

In the Senate Saturday the Mann bill for the lowering of the tunnels in the Chicago river was reported from the committee on commerce and was passed without serious opposition. The Semite passed, a.fter a long debate, the general deficiency bill, after killing the House amendment strengthening the Chinese exclusioirlaw. The amendment was amended by striking out all except the first section, which affirms all the exclusion laws now in effect. One amendment accepted was that excluding Chinese ami other aliens from coming in under agreements between other countries and steamship companies, having special reference to n contract betwen the C'unard line ami Hungary to supply 30,000 immigrants annually to the steamship company. The House agreed to the Senate amendment to the pension appropriation bill, and the conference report on the nnval appropriation bill was adopted. Bills were passed for the protection of the public forest reserves and national parks and amending the act to extend the coal land laws to Alaska. The bill for a commission to investigate the merchant marine was passed after a long debate, in which Messrs. Hepburn and Cockran were the central figures,

In the National Capital.

The State Department has received the resignation of Andrew D. Barlow, United States consul' general ut Mexico, nnd has accepted it.X) By denying the petition of F. Augustus Heinxe, of Butte, Mont., for a writ of certiorari, the United States Supreme Court refused to review the finding of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the ninth circuit in the case of the Butte and Boston Consolidated Mining Co. vs. the Montana Ore Purchasing Co., nnd others involving the quarts lode known »■ the Michael Daritt.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

"77 77 I K. G. Dun & Co.’s IOrK. Weekly Review of Trade — says: Tardy spring weather, following an unusually severe winter, makes it difficult to restore satisfactory trade conditions, but it is encouraging to find at many points this unseasonable weather the only cause of complaint, and there is always hope that the early losses may be niade up, at least in large measure, when thermal conditions become normal. In the meantime sales of dry goods are restricted and stocks in all positions from producer to consumer are larger than is desirable. Aside from the cotton States, where business is brisk, the week’s dispatches indicate that early gains were maintained, but little further progress occurred. Labor controversies are still an adverse factor. Railway earnings in the first week of April were 7 per cent smaller than last year. No ’definite check to progress in the Iron and steel industry is discerned, although it lacks uniformity, ami in some departments it is difficult to find encouraging signs. In so far as pressure for immediate delivery is concerned, bar iron and steel are most prominent, makers of agricultural implements being importunate. Not only is it difficult to secure delivery of bars, but shipments four weeks hence are considered prompt, and some orders run up to the end of the year. Floods at the West have made it impossible to begin much proposed structural work, and, aside from supplies for repair ships, the railways are still operating on a moderate scale. The ore situation remains unsettled. Firmness and activity continue in the Chicago packer hide market, and foreign dry hides are held steady by the prompt absorption of arrivals. Although quotations are unchanged in the leather market. some improvement is noted. Failures number 225 in the United States, against 212 last year, and 1G in Canada, compared with 1G a year ago. 777 ~] Despite a poor showing LlliCdnO. of activity in breadstuffs, a I shipments of which fell to the lowest point thus far this season, the trend of business generally was satisfactory in the producing and distributing branches. New orders came forward in fair numbers, and while weather conditions were not conducive to enlarged retail trade, dealings included a gratifying disposition of furniture and’other household necessities. Wholesale vendors of staple merchandise report sales to have maintained a satisfactory aggregate, particularly in linen, woolen and cotton goods, and in clothing and footwear. The demand In grocery departments exceeded that of the previous week, and a fair aggregate of sales was reached in vchi-. cles, automobiles and sporting goods. Forwarding of general merchandise was not equal to the volume a month ago. although well sustained in hardware and farm tools. Agricultural advices complain of too much low temperature, but show pastures in good condition, and plowing and seeding progressing. The marketing of foodstuffs has continued somewhat restricted, ’due to bad state of country roads, yet railroad traffic presents a showing on western carrying. Labor troubles in the manufacturing industries makes a gratifying comparison with a year ago, those existing being few in number and confined to minor branches. Grain shipments, 1,808,2G5 bushels, are G 0.05 per cent under year ngo. Cash dealings were unusually light. Speculative influences wore freely used to maintain high prices, but failed to stop declining tendencies, and compared with closings a week ago quotations fell, in wheat 2Vi cents, in corn 1% cents and in oats IV4 cents. Receipts of live stock. 223,528 bead, compared with 321,731 head a year ago.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.10; hogs, shipping grades, $4.00 to $5.20; sheep, fair to choice, $2.75 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 99c; corn, No. 2,48 cto 49c; oats, standard, 36c0 to 37c; rye, No. 2,65 cto 66c; hay, timothy, $8 50 to $14.50; prairie, $6.00 to $10.50; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 16c; potatoes, $1.06 to $1.26. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $5.05; sheep,-common to prime, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, SI.OO to $1.01; corn, No. 2 white; 48c to 49c; oats, No. 2 white, 40e to 41c. St. Louis —Cnttle, $4.50 to $5.25; hogs, $4.00 to $5.20; sheep, $3.00 to $5.75; wheat, No. 2,94 cto 115 c; corn. No. 2, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2,40 cto 41c; rye, No. 2,67 cto 68c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $4.(Kt to $5.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.30; sheep. $2.00 to $4.40; wheat. No. 2, $1.05 to corn, No. 2 mixed, 51c to 52c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 41c to 42c; rye. No. 2,74 cto 76c. Detroit—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, $4.00 to $5.15; sheep, $2.50 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2,99 cto $1.00; corn. No. 3 yellow, 51c to 52c; oats, No. 3 white, 41c to 42c; rye, No. 2,71 cto 72c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 92c to 93c; corn, <\o. 3. 49c to 50c; oats, No, 2 white, 42c to 43c; r.i’e, No. 1, 72c to 73c; barley, No. 2,63 cto 64c; pork, mess, $12.00. Toledo I—Wheat, 1 —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 98c to 99c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 49c to 50c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; rye. No. 2, 71c to 73c; clover seed, prime, $6.40. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.50 to $5.35; hogs, fair to prime, £4.00 to $5.55; sheep, fair to choice. $3.25 to $5.25: lambs, common to choice, $5.75 to $7.35. New York —Cattle, $3.50 to $5.37; hogs, $4-00 to $5.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.03 to $1.04; corn, No. 2,52 cto 53c; oata, No. 2 white, 45c to 46c; butter, creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, western, 10c to 18c.