Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 19, 1894, Page 6

6 THE OLDEST CONSTITUTION A Review of the Organic Acts of New an 0ld Nations, THE VICISSITUDES OF REIGNING HOUSES Constitutions of European Nutions the et of this Century, While that of the United Takes Preced “What nation has the oldest constitu- tion?” Mr. Frederick 8. Schilling propounds the Globe-Democrat in the St. Loui es It In this wise of Germany, ain are, indeed, as it were, crea tions of yesterday. Kaiser William IL's em pire Is only about twenty-two years of ac for it was born just before the end of the question and dise The constitutiops Ttaly and France, war with France in 1870-71. Napoleon 1IL's madness in rushing into a conflict with the German states created the oppor- tunity to which Bismarck and the other architects of German unity sought to create the present German empire, as the same Napoleon's uncle the great Corsican, wound up the career of the older German empire. In 1806, Bonaparte compelled Francis of Austria to vacate the imperial office, and the life of the German emipire, which may be said to have been n relic of the splendid domain founded by Charlemagne, the Great Charles, back around the year 800, gave up the ghost. The present German nation—the empire of the Hohen zollerns—of Willlam I, Frederick -ITL, and Willlam 11, came,into being in January, 1871, and its constitution was adopted in Avril of that year. That instrument, there fore, is only a little more than twenty-t and ‘a half years old. Italy, too, the ancient home of the Scipios, Caesars and the rest of the world con querers of from elghteen to twenty cen- turies ago or thereabouts, Is also a new nation in its present dimensions, and its constitution necessar cannot be very old. Most of the provinces composing the pres- ent kingdom of Italy held other allegianc than to the house of Savoy until a few decades ago. The pope, for centuries, exer- cised a temporal power over Rome and some of the adjoining region, called the States of the Church, until 1870, when King Victor Emanuel, father of the present king of Italy, seized them and annexed them to his domain, In 1859 the same monarch, as a resnlt of the war against Austria in which the French allies of Victor did most of the fighting, obtained Lombardy, part of the pa ¢s and the duchies of Parma and Modena. Other scraps of territory came to the present Italian nation earlier in the century. The Italian constitution has been modified more or less cxtensively in the past third of a century. These changes are al- terations and expansions of the constitution granted by King Charles Albert to Sardinia in 1848, or about forty-five years ago. Nor does the date of the birth of the Austrian constitution carry us far back in time. Austria, it is true, has been ruled by the house of Hapsburg since the thirtcenth 51 century, this being the oldest of the Ku- ropean families, and for many centuries Austria was at the head of the German empire, yet her present constitution may be gald to date from 1867. other nation in Europe has had more vicissitudes of fortune than the empire of Francis Jos Austrian _monarch called him em peror of . Germany for centuries until Bonaparte, in 1806, compelied him to e up that title and part of the power which it brought him, and sub- sequently he styled himself merely emperor of Austria. In 1866 Austria was ejected from the German confederation by Prussia, and a few years earlier she lost some of her Ttalian provinces in the war waged against her by Sardinia and France. She wowd probably have lost Hungary in 1848 had not Russla come to her assistance. Hungary Was a source of some trouble to her later on, and in order to placate Hungary she was obliged to alter her form of government in some particulars in 1867, making it a dual monarchy, in which autonomy was granted to Hungary and the name of the nation changed to the Austro-Hungarian empire. Thus the present constitution of the empire can be said to be only about twenty-six years old, Spain’s constitution is still younger than Germany's or Austria-Hungary’s, for it was framed in 1876, It is true Spain has been a nation for many centuries. When Philip 11 sent his armanda against England in Eliza- beth's days, Spain was the most powerful nation in Burope. Charles V., Phillp's father, told the truth when he said that the sun never set on his dominions, if he ever said that, for that time Spain, which was one of the biggest parts of Charles’ Buropean domain, was a power which, in Webster's words about England, had ‘“dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her posses- slons and military posts.” Spain, however, ha; been taking a leaf from France's book of ex- perience in the past quarter of a century, and hias been experimenting in different forms of government, In 1868 she turned out the ho se of Bourhon. which a century or two-thirds earlier had succeeded the house of Hapsburg, to which Charles V and Philip II, belonged. Then, begginning in 1868, it had a pro- visional government which was neither publican nor monarchical for a year or two, which was succeeded by a kingdom under the rule of Amademus, a brother of the pres- ent king of Italy, of the house of Savoy. The Savoyard threw down his crown in 1873, after wearing it from 1870, and then a re public was established, which lasted only two years, when the house of Bourbon was restored in the person of Alfonzo XII, son ot the monarch, Queen Isabella, who was des posed in 1868. The house of Bourbon has borne sway since 1875, although by a re- geney since 1885, when Alfonzo died. This is why Spain's constitution chances to be so new. It was adopted a year after Alfonzo went to the throne, and i3 only about seven. teen years old. France's lightning_ transformations in gov- ernment are so well known and have ex- tended over so long a period that they have come to be accepted as a matter of course. “Perlodicals are not dealt In here,” said the proprictor of u Parisian book store who was asked if he had a copy of the French consti- tution for sale. Since the United States started into existence as a nation France has altered its governmental system half a dozen times. First it overthrew the Bourbon mon- archy, and then in succession, as a republic, it was under the sway of the convention, the directory and the consulate, after which it tried the empire of Bonaparte, which it dis- carded after ten years, and adopted the Bourbon monarchy again. Tiring of the monarchs of the old branch of this house, she put the head of the Orleans branch on the throne, but deposed him after seventeen or eighteen years and established a republic —the second republic—which was soon dis- carded for an imperial government—that of the second empire—and this at length had to give way to another republic—the third republic—which Is in existence still. This is the record of France's govern- mental changes in the past hundred years, or since the United States constitution was adopted. The dates at which these changes were made are these: The first republic was formally established in 1792, although Louis XVI was virtually deposed two years earlier, and he was executed early in 1793, In 1804 the {irst empire, that of Bonaparte, went into existence, and it lasted until 1814, the date of the restoration of the Bourbon family by the allles. Louls XVIII and Charles X were the monarchs of this line who bore sway, the latter of whom was deposed in 1830, and Louls Philippe, of the Orleans branch of the family, was put in power. It was 1848 when the Orleanist regime was brought to an end, and the second republic, which was first a provisional government, and a few months later & regularly estab- =listed authority, was created urd:r the presi- dency of Napoleon III. Napoleon contrived o betray and subvert the republic in 1852, and to put the second empire, with himself at the head, In its place, and when he was turned out, and the third republic—the pres- ent regime—started, the year 1870 had ar- rived. Under such rapidly changing condi- tions French constitutions tread on each other's heels, as it were. The present con- stitution was adopted in 1876, five years after the establishment of the republic, and has been modified In more or less important points several times since then, The present organic laws of Belglum, Por- 1 ! tugal, the Netheriands and of the dual | and the ult kingdom of Sweden and yrway are none of them old. Belglum's constitution dates from 1831, Portugal's from 1826, that of the Neth- erlands from 18156, and that of Norway and Bwe n from a few years rlier. The anges subsequently in the constitutions of nearly all those nations were great enou to amount to the creation of virtually new instruments, Switzerland, which s ono of the oldest of all the Buropean fons, has one of the newest of constitutions. The Swiss confed- eration was founded back in the twilight period between the fall of the great empire o by Charlemagne and the dawn of » modern era. It dates from 1308, when Unterwald Austrians. Url, Schwyz and inst the the cantons of united in league & » three cantons of this little state grew to by 1353, to thirteen ntury and a h.l]l later, and subscquently the na tion enlar, by conquest until in 1798, it was changed into the Helvetic republic, which Bon rte transforme into the Swiss confederation in 1803, which then comprised nineteen cantons, and in 18i5 the number of cantons were {nereased to twenty- two, its present number. _ Switzerland has had several constitutions in the present cen- tury, but the existing one dates from 1874 and is thus only about nineteen rs old The constitution of 1843 forms the basis of the present one, but the revision of 1874 was 80 sweeping and thorough that it prac- law. the creation tically created a new organic In attempting to fix a date for of the British constitution we are confronted with the fact that G Britatn has no conslitution at all in the sens in which that term is understood in the United States and in most of the other nations W have been mentioned. She has no written constitution. Royal grants and pat- ents, precedents and acts of Parliament con- stity reat Britain's organic law, or what passes for that charter in most of the other nations. It is often sald that the Philadelphia con- vention of 1787 modeled the United States constitution on that of England. This is a delusion which has never had the slightest tence. As already mentioned, d had no constitution in the sense in which we understand the term at that time, nor hag she yet. About all that the framers on for e of our organic law borrowed from and was the dual law-making body, and that was all that they could borrow that would have been useful to them in the condition in witich they were placed. Nor did or could Switzerland furnish them much aid in their labor The republies of the ancient world also contributed con ratively nothing to them in the way of hint or suggestion. Most of the constitution framers were familiar with the history tion of the old republics itzerland and oth but they were not in h from any of them. The con- in this country were so wid those which prevailed e whero that the governmental machinery which they created had no model or counter- part in any of the earlier political schemes, That whick is called the British constitu- tion has as its foundation these documents: Magna Charta, which dates from 1215, in the time of King John; the petition of rights of 1628, in Charles I's days; the habeas corpus act of 1679, in the reign of Charles II; the bill of rights of 1689, in the time of the joint rule of William III and Mary after Mary’s death and near the William's sway. Magna Charta w. ordinance, and the others were ac liment. Acts of Parliament, too, tually all the rest of the British One of England's political that the British Parliament could do thing except change a man into a a woman into man. This ass to the capabilities of that body may be some- what extravagant, but its functions are cer- tainly more extensive and its powers greater than’ those possessed by any other national legislature, Changes in constitutions in all the great nations of the world except Eng- land are hedged around with some dificul- ties, but England’s Parliament can do this by a mere majority vote when a quorum is present, and a quorum in the House of Com- mons, a body which has 670 members, is only forty members, including the speaker. Of course, when any vitally im- portant measure is before the Com- mons more than forty members are pres- ent, but many bills of the highest signifi- cance have been put through Parliament, and the constitution, in a sense, changed, when the aggregate vote was less than half of the entire membership. A few important instances in which the Britih_constitution may be said to have been changed in the past forty or fifty, years will be mentioned now. In 1838 a popular movement started in England which had for its crced manhood suffrage, vote by ballot for members of Parliament, salary for members the abolition of the property quali- fication for members, annual Parliaments and equal electoral districts. This dec- laration of principles was _ known as the ‘“peopl charter.” The cru- sade in its fayor came to be called the chartist movement or chartism, and its ad- vocates chartists. This program seemed to the great majority of the members of Par- lizment and to more than half of the peo- and principles of, construc ell as of Eng- rs of the modern a position to ditions different from II, and the act of settlement of 1701, of close form nstitution sald any- writers ple to be a pretty formidable list of de- mands, and they were resisted stubbornly for fifteen or twenty vears. The Rritish citizens of the middle and upper classes imagined that the foundations of the empire would be shattered if any part of this program of reforms should be agreed to. And yet nearly all these demands of the chartists have been granted at one time and another since 1858, when the first concession was made. England has made a close approach to manhood sufirage, and also a compara- tively close approach to equal electoral dis- tricts. The property qualification for mem- bers of Parliament has been abolished and the vote by ballot has been brought about. Annual Parliaments and salaries for mem- bers have not been granted, but by far the most important part of the chartist creed, which was deemed by the governing classes radical and destructive when first proposed, has been incorporated into the law. That is, the British constitution Lias been changed in some vital particulars within a little over a third of a century. Some of these changes have come within the past nine or ten years. An extension of the suffrage was granted in 1584, which added nearly 3,000,000 electors to the roll, and in 1885 an act was passed making a redistribution of seats in Parlia- ment, which removed some of the inequali- ties between districts. No change has been made in the United States constitution since 1804 except in the five years just after the war, when the thir- teenih, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments were adopted, but none of these, nor the fif- teen amendments combined, effected such a radical alteration in the organic laws as has been made in the British constitution since the chartists made their appeal for reform half a century ago. The United States con- stitution 1s not only older than any other organic law now ‘in existence, but it was the first complete national charter ever devised by any nation. O To Asthmu Sufferers. Who have tried in vain every other means of relief, should try Schiffmann’s German Asthma Cure. No waiting for results. Its action is immediate, direct and certain, as a single trial will pre Send for a trial package to Dr. R. Schiffmann, St. Paul, Minn., ask your druggist first Al ANNOUNCEMENTS, The engagement of Miss Mabel Eaton and her own powerful company, which begins at Boyd’s tomorrow night, will be a dramatic event of unusual moment to the lovers of the higher class of stage performances. Miss Baton is the young and talented actress who played in the out-of-door performances of A8 You Like It” at the World's fair last summer, and won many encomiums from the press and public for her able portrayal of the charming “‘Rosalind.” “La Belle Russe’ vanks with “Camille,” “Forget-Me-Not" and other strong society dramas of the Sardou school. With a well woven plot, profound action and deep human sympathy, it chains the intorest from beginning to end and prompts alternate tears and laughter. The support includes the following well known metropolitan players: Mr. Henry Talbot, Mr. Carleton Wells, Mr. Evelyn Evans, Mr. E. M. Robinson, Mr. William Harper, Miss Ada Van Etta, Miss Louise Heath and Miss Hazel Mandeville. The famous Conried-Ferenczy Comic Opera company will begin a three nights engage- ment at Boyd's theater on Thursday next. The work of this group of artists is admirable, The discipline {s such that in- dividuals are subordinated to general results, _THE _OMAHA te effoot fs a pietare of ex- quisite proportions, in which foreground perspective, color and other components are given thelr proper value, - Chronfe coughers are stupid bores and should be forced to use Dr. Bull's Cough yrup, the only infailible remedy. ittt IRRIGATION LITERATURE. City Library Well S tied with Works on W Live Topl In view of the fact that the Interstate irrigation convention opens in Omaha Wednesday the following list of works on irrigation, hydraulics and hydraulic en glneering, to be found In the city lbrary, may be of Interest Bayley—"Irrigation in Bgypt,” O 08| “Tank System of Madras,” O (58-5. Tunnel at Denzenborg: Milwatikee," The Flushing 1888, V 300-14, Bodmer—*Hydraulic Motors, Turbines and Pressure Engines,” 1880, O 926, Bowle—*Practical Treatise on Hydraulie Mining In Californi 1889, O 1700, Box—"Practical Hydraulics," 1382, 0 Buckley —"“The Irrigation Works of Indla," 1890, O 647 nell 188 6 Carpenter—“Text-Book Engineering,' 1802, O 1131 Colyer—"fiydrauiic Lifting Machinery,” 1881, O 930, Corthell—“History of the Jetties at the Mouth of the Mississippl River,” 1881, O 960, Dorsey—“Irrigation” (In Transactions of the Ameri ociety of Civil Engineors), 0 588-16; Trrigation in Different Countries” actions of the American atise on Hydraulic Engineer- of Experimental and Pressing (In Tran; Soclety of Civil Engineers), O 5688-16. Eaton—*Irrigation in California” (In Transactions of the American Society of Civil Bng ), O 588-17. Fanning—"'Practical Treatise on Hydraulle and Wate Supply Engineering,” 1886, 0 965, Flad—*Irrigation in the West and South"” (In Tran ns of the American Society of Civil Engineers), 0 588-15, Flynn—"Flow of Water in Open Ch Pipes, Sewers, Conduits, Etc. § “Hydraulic Tables for the Circulation of the Discharge Through Sewers, Pipes and Con- duits,” 1883, O 906; “Irrigation Canals and Other Irrigation Works, 1892, O 978, Foote—'"Litigation of Water Rights in the Territc (In_Transactions of the Ameri- can Soclety of Civil Engincers), O 535-16, Francis—"'Lowell Hydraulic Experiments,” 1883, O Y96 Ganguille e and Kutter—“General Formula for the Uniform Flow of Water in Rivers and Other Channels,” 1889, O 962 Gipson—*Horticulture by Irr 0 3028 Hall tion," 1889, Development,” 1886, Irrigation 0 ‘Achievements in st Half Century,” 1801, O 560, Hinckl, Irrigation in Kansas” (In ran ctions of the American Society of vil Engineers), 0 585-10. Jackson—*'Hydraulic Manual,” 1582, O Jeans—"Waterways and_Water Transport in_Different Countries,” 1890, O Lardner—*Handbook of Hydraulics,” 1851, Harcourt— Enzineering During the L o N 87 Merriman—*Treatise on Hydraulics,” 1889, 0 963. Paterson—"The Testing of Pipes and Pipe Joints in the Open Trenches, with a De- cription of the Ossett Water Works,” 1579, 0 936, ¢ Randall—*‘Practfcal Hydraulics,” 1886, 0 915. J Robinson—*Hydraulic Power and Hydrau- lic Machiner; . 0 958, Schuyler— e of Water for Trrigation in San Diego County” (In Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers), 0 58 weg—Water Engineering,” 1888, 0 918, Smith—*Hydraulics. ~The Flow of Water Through Orifices, Ete.” 1886, O 995. Stevenson — “Irrigation in Utah” (in Transactions of the American Society of Civil Enginecrs), O 535-16; “Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering,” 1886, 0 950. Tratman-—"Irrigation in Spain” (in Trans- actions of the American Society of Civil En- gineers), O 588-16. Trowbridge— ‘Turbine Wheels,” 1879, 0 509, United States—Agricultural department, ““Progress Report on Irrigation in the United States,” by R. J. Hinton, O 944-1; Agricul- tural department, ‘‘Progress Report of Ar- teslan Wells and Underflow Investigation,” by E. S. Nettleton, 1891, O 944-2; Agricul- tural department, ‘‘Report on the Prelim- inary Investigation to Determine the Proper Location of Artesian Wells,” 1890, O 945. Weisbach—"Hydraulics and Hydraulie Motors 89, 0 1130-2, Westcott—‘Irrigation in Kansas” (in Transactions of the American Soclety of Civil Engincers), O 538-16, Egyptian Irrigation,” Wilson—"‘Manual of Irrigation Engineer- ing,” 1893, O 969, See also bound volumes and current num- bers of “Irrigation,” “Irrigation Age,” gineer,” “Enginecring,” and “Engineering News.” ot Don't Read This And then buy a package of inferior cig- arettes, but ask for the Old Dowminion. Photograph with each package. T Goodwin Turns Up. James A. Goodwin, treasurer of the Pauld- ing-Craigen company, who mysteriously dis- appeared last Wednesday night, has been found. He turned up at the Murray hotel yesterday morning at 4 o'clock and went With his company to Dés Moines. He had simply gone off on a little spree and did not want to return till he was sober. e We could not (mprove tne quality It we paid double the price. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is the best salve that experienco can produce, or that money can buy. Ay A Brilliantly Lighted Train for Chicago Is the Burlington's “Vestibuled Flye: It leaves Omaha at 4:45 p. m., reaches Chicago at 8:20 the next morning; is com- posed of sleeping, dining and free chair cars and is gas lighted from end to end. City ticket office, 1324 Farnam street. WEATHER FORECASTS, Threatening Wen r ka, with Varlable Winds, Becoming Southeast, WASHINGTON, March 18.—For Nebraska —Threatening weather, probably slightly warmer in southeast portion; variable winds, becoming southeasterly. For lowa—Threatening weather, probably slightly cooler in extreme eastern portiol variable winds, becoming southeasterly. For South Dakota—Threatening weather, probably slightly warmer; southeast winds. For ¢Kansas and Colorado—Threatening weather; variable winds. Local Re Ovrior oF TiE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, March 18,—Omaha record of temperature and rainfallcompared with corresponding day of past four years: r ord. . 1892, 1891, Maxlmum temperaturo 405 842 Minimum temperature. 112 252 Averago tomperature.. 225 265 319 l’mn.hlihlll n ()ll 00 .60 tem- perature and precipitation at Omaha for the day and since March 1, 1803 Normal temperaturo Excoss for the du Fxcess sinco Murch 1. Normal procivitation.. ).\ Excess for the duy..... dxcess since March 1., Reports from Other Stations at 8 P, M. I 2 ef | 2f i 1 B|Ex 88 ¥% |da| g £ samoxe. | ¥ | 3| € B2 iled| § g g8 (85| & 8 g |Ei| B § il Bk S i Omahs. 4 .““‘ .10/ Cloudy. Kearne 40! S| 00 Cleur, 44 ‘ . i % i 81 Toutn..: i 02| Cloudy. 8t Faul 10 08| Clovdy. 5 +18 Raln, 1 Ol 00 Glondy 00| Cloudy: 00 Purt eloudy, Hel . 40 00 Clear, llhfllur\k aese 40 00 O] St Vineent.. 20 A0 Cloudy. Cheycnne 40 00/ Clear, Miles Clty 48 00| Clondy. Galveston | 72 0|0 m\.u, e — Dewiti's Witch Hazel salve cures plles, I)AII\ BEE:: MONDAY, MAR(‘H 19, 189 1. OF HREIGN CROPS s Li Louden Reports Bllibficial Rai Wheat Sowihy is Retarded, INDIA. WHEAT CARGDES HARD TO BUY REVIEW ¥ ough Flour Market Normal with Little Con- sumptive Demand whd No Speculation— Estimate of thé Boston Wool Mar- ket—Outs Slow and Steady. LONDON, beneficial to sowing whea with March the Cargoos were 18 crops, ~The rain has been though it retarded d to 64 worse, a4 prospect of liberal supplies. Russia and the Argentine Republic are pressing wheat upon the market. California was more freely offered and the market was also de- pressed by the large quantity due to arrive for-orders. The general demand was poor and speculative inquiry was practicall pended. Parcel trade was very mode The scale of Amerfean wheat fluctu closing firm. India to and Russian is weaker. sage was quoted at 27s 3 4 Manitoba, northern spring, 24s9d. The spot s was qiiet and the country markets glow and unaltered. Flour was n . with little consumptive demand and no speculation, American shippers’ trade was quiet and poor. The flour markets were steady. May fluctuated, with a fair demand for near cargoes and closed firm; mixed an parcels are firm, March being at 18s. Spot closed quiet. Barley eady, closing quiet. Spot was slow and ountry markets were steady. Oats slow and steady, with the country steady. CHICAGD GRAIN MARKETS, sus- buy Californian on pas- fs now harder Ameri were, marke! What the Trading o for the Coming Wes CHICAGO, March 17.—"Weevil in a car load of wheat loaded in the river,” was the war ery of the bears today. “Chinchbugs in the winter wheat fields,” replied the bull The weevil was at home and was felt m than the bugs in the growing wheat and conscquently prices dropped. Compared with yesterday's closing prices, May is e lower, and corn, oats and provisions were even weaker than wheat. Corn declined Yc, oats %e and pork 20c per bbl. The heavy cash business in wheat reported from New York yesterday was fully con- firmed this morning. Commission hous with New York connections said the amount taken there by millers yesterday was not short of 000 bu., and there was further inquiry here this morning from the same source. As a result the market started firm at %c over yesterday’s closing price for May and July, Wit traders apparently thought that a fortunate opportunity to real- ize a little profit, ‘@Ad the result was the selling which caused subsequent decline. A report was cirenlated that a cargo of wheat in a vessel here had developed weevil and was being unloaded in conse- quence. It came -eut that the cargo in question had receivéd7some damage from the weather through fmperfectly —arranged hatches, and about 600 bu. becoming heated developed weevil and was taken out to prevent the weevil spreading. It had the effect, however, of, turning sentiment from strength to weakness and caysed—along with the previous realizing by the bulls—a declin in May from G8%@>58%¢ to 58%c. The re- ceipts here were 39, cars, against 203 a year ago. Minneapolis and Duluth reported 837 cars, compared=with-285 last year. - At- lantic export clearaicés yekterday were light, but for the week from both coasts Brad- strect’s reported clearances of wheat and flour at 3,258,000 bu., against 2,851,000 bu. the week before ‘and 2,886,000 bu: the correspond- ing week of last year. The weevil discovered in the cargo of wheat was made the most of by the bears. The market ruled weak to the end and closed at the lowest of the day's range—58tc for May. Liquidation of long corn was the feature of the trading in that article. Schwartz and others, who had at one time felt that corn was low enough, have evidently changed their minds in view of the liberal receipts on top of a heavy visible supply and the prospect for an early planting of the next crop. Receipts were 859 cars today, and estimates for Monday are 474 cars Business was dull for half an hour, but at the end of that time Bartlett-Frazier and one or two others increased their offerings and pressed them with redoubled vigor at the same time. May opened at 37%c, or at the same price it closed at yesterday. It was easy at that, however, and soon began to yleld— About half an hour from the close it was down to 3%c. There was a recovery to 867, and that was the closing quotation. A moderately active business was trans- acted In oats at considerably lower prices. Provisions were leavy, With the packers free sellers of the day. The market is bear- ish on the expectation of plenty of hogs throughout the summer. There were only 9,000 head received at the yards tolay. The total for the week was 150,353, against 82,215 on the corresponding week of last year. The shipments this week were 61,998, compared with 38,650 a year ago. The opening prices were about the same as the closing values of the day before. Prices declined all day, with few exceptions, and the close was near the bottom. Compared with last night, May pork is 20c lower, May lard 17%c lower, and May ribs 10c lower. ~The leading futures ranged as follows: felcs; Wheat, No, 2 | 3 Marchi.... nowaz| oo o0k May... Edwte| M) BRY o 00 G0 5% Baml 37d| 0% sy brk Marcl 30 209 20 May 0% 4| B0Gi0n July.. bttty 27l Pork per b, May 1005 | 1095 July 1100 | 11 0234 Lard, 100158 | A BT I T 0 i 57;,‘ 6 5674 5 5 07l 5 Cash_quotations are as folld 2 spring, S6%c; No. 3 spring, 21aciT No. 17e, . 3, nominal; No. 3, ARG 2 white, 48@36c; 2 4, 460 MOTH .20, 100" bs., i 265.55045.671%. dera (boxed), #6.00G0.493 wiort clear alden (Loxed), 6.0061 4 HUBKY=Distillery! fintshed goods, per gal., 1,15 BUGARS—Unchanged The following were ic recelpts ana shipments for todi T Artl Recoipts. | Shipments, Flour, bbls ... 14,000 13,000 Wheat, bu. 18000 H.000 bu 107.000) 119,000 U ey 247,000 100 BYB, UDierssars 7,000 )00 Barley, b 41,000 16,000 On the Produce exchange today the bittor mar- ket was quict and unchunged: creamerles, 106 20ie; diries, 13@18e. 1lellige. On the Manchester Market, MANCHESTER, March 18.—The as to the state of trade are conflicting, More business is doing, but there is still less than the production, Prices are irregular and generally weaker, Yarns are plethoric and the position is not relieved. There are no home sales beyond the actual needs of the looms. Stocks are heavy and occasionally very low, Bids are taken for export transac- tlons of lttle importance. Cloths are more cheerful, and, though the buyers' limits are not yet satisfactory, offers are numerous and a falr number have been accepted. Where the order books need replenishing for India and China an early revival of business Is expected. Africa and the Levant are buying moderately. Home trade is good on deliver- Eggs, casy; strictly fresh, reports jes on old contracts, but new orders are infrequent. Spinners are working margins worse than for several years past and an | intormal curtallment of production ls ex- tending. but they are partly sold by a tionate distribution of the erop. diapre WOOL MARKET REVIEW, erclal Bullotin ation In that Vielnity, arch 18.—The Hoston € " BOSTON, N Boston C Liverpool cotton options are bullish, po! Estimates the om- mercial Bulletin today will say of the Boston wool market: clude 2,014, pounds The eales for the week 500 poun foreign, against domestic and 207,000 pounds ok and 2,071,668 pounds 532,000 pounds foreign for the same last year. The total sales to date she decrease of 14,300,000 pounds, ceipts a decrease of 26,430 b domestic and 88,033 bales foreign. The mand has been most encouraging. T have been free sales of Ohfo XX at 22 ¢ and delaine at 24 cents. There have sales of 250,000 pounds of Kentucky other medium unwashed combings. Cal nia wool has dropped to 85 cents for Humbolt. There has been a sale of 3 pounds Cordova ¢ t wool at 13 cents, lowest price on record. Australian more active at slightly lower prices, New York M 2,411,048 forel domestic po Ty the total wool in- s domestic and 790,000 unds last and woek WA re- hales here ents been and ifor- best 000 the is NEW YORK c LUIs.: exports, 3 Kus. i wteady, but dul 1otsonly City mill - patents, #4 patente 3.850 city mill winter 1gh 3,507 1.0 inter oxtr ta bath ot 21568.50; W $1.00172.20 low grades, $16951.8 extras, §1.0 lye tour i demand tinie, $2.7002.85; $28562.95; buckwhent, niminal vmn\\m AT—Dull; state, 65@70e; Canadian ex_bond, CORN vi yellow westerns, $2.600 Quict; No. 2, Milwauk MALT-—Nominal; Canada, 85695 noming 1900 L.; exports, 25,000 bu fiatures, 106,01 it 2 red, in st 1n a1y held ¥ 1ty o b tall the the small ex from New York anl closid ub e i G at ‘_‘l exports, K Recelpts, 1,000 bu. des, 205,000 b, ind i b s Fpot market casier 1% I elavator, 431 iloat. — Opticns ol casier on fears of croas the movement west, owln d fine weather, declined all tie morn- closed AU L@te net decline; March closed at 431c; Ap ¥, 4240 i2he, closing at 42i¢; July, closing. 4% OATE Recelpts, bu.; exports, 600 bu.; sales, 15, bu.’ fatures and Spot market dull_and casier; No. 2 delivered, 33%c; No, {ci No. 3 white, $6e; track, mixed S track, white tern, $S@ile; trac white state, 3G4le. Options opened quiet but with corn, turther decl toward noon and closed at Ka%e net decline; March close it Bide; April closed at $1ge; ) 3 closing 4t 81%c; July closed at dfe. Y—Dull;" shipping, @ssc; good to cholee, HOPS—Quiet; state, common to choice, 9@10c; Pacific coast, 13025, HIDES—Dull and wealk; wet sal or- B to 65 Ibs, 4e@ilic; Texas 5 to'50 1bs., 4@fic; ienos Ay I to ; Texas dry, R—Quict; heml welkhts, Beer, o 30 1by sole, Tuenos A India mess, pickled bellies, plelded hams, nal; nominil; continent, South = A compoun Pork, woal: mess, $12.25 $12.00012.51 $5.15; Philadeiphia s delphia’ and Baltimore, “"ROSIN—Dull; strained, common to good, @d%a to extra, choice, H American, $11.50615.00. copPp| T2, L $3.20, TIN—Nominal; plates, dull. SPELTER—Nominal. 3D OIL—-While there Is less p ure to sell the market continues inactive quite nominal with no noteworthy sales. Qu Prime crude, in hbls., c; D loose, 3c; oft c grades, 8ic:' p summeér yellow, ellow, - 30G11e c; prime summer white, R—Raw, weak: fair refining, 2%c; ce €ales, 600 tond Muscov: ofined, fugal, 9 e, ex 12, 3%i3 9-16c; No. mould A, 4@ 11 ST. LOUIS, FLOUR—Weak, but quotably ch WHIZA 1ie higher, but foll back o less CORN—Ran down NO B mixed, cash. nnd Maren, Sosic; Aoy s July, 35 HAUE lower; 2 cash fay, 50%c; July i, enst trc . bit nothing doing. st track. i dem chofce timothy, $8.5069. BUTTER—Slow, unchanged ery, 20c; good to’choice duiry, GGS-Lower at 10c. 171 , unchang CORN \u AL—$1.851.90, sepa 15wiTe. han; cd nt 5 A at 9307$1.00, very dull and d, prim s, §5. rd mi t meats, 705 sh pucked shoulders, vibs, $6.6216: shorts, $0.8, R FS—1lour, 6,000 bbls.: wheat, bu.; corn, 6 outs, 20,000 bu. ST bu.; corn, 3 8,000 bhls. 11,000 b, hent Market. MIN POLIS, March 17.—Recelpts of w today W 71 Cars: shipments, 37 cars, demand was £ood and the track offerings ail out early at about e above the May price, about %o ubove the July price, Sales to ar were not lurge, less than 50 of in that way. It Is understood today that t will be considérable ase in the vator stocks in Monday's report marketing lightly, and with the are getting thelr’ ground for #pring sceding. 1€ the weather continues it fs now. it 18 thought considerable wheat be sown on dry ground next week. In that the farmers’ deliverios at country static be smnller wheat opened at $c; Jul in bulk, $1.10@ i prime 3oe. Orleans, open kettlé, good to rime Dbutte: off 83 ntri- ado, A S antAY confectioners, 44@1 ; cut lo rughed, Ge: powdered, 4 ‘sranulated, cut loaf, 4@ soon| than %e; March, her; e} and to 12,00 wheat, 30,00 heat The 1 and rive Ars being disposed here are fuyorable weather' nd grain incondition N an will case with some woss early in the day. b after the r prices bogan o decline fell 1ane at close, with March at May, Bn@ishc; UG5 Te, On track n, 4¢3 No! 2 morthern, Sie; No, i ot active at any time, and the volume of lest of any day for th little offered ' for - Wathy e plic Y local Mills co the lust e day were Shipme 5 of off partially, covering and closed firm at . Sales, 7,000 bags, including April, M 510, covered on @10 points 1 to run at about 27,000 Coffee Murket, ¢ RK, March 17.—COFFEE—Options Y it unchunged to 10 points Mareh, July; .40; Augukt, 614,50, Bpot ' coftee, Ko~ qui il quiet, bui stendy los, 500 bagn arehouse - deljveries sterday, 4408 baym: ‘seRk ot Vork toady. 1256 bags; stock in_the United State 415 Dk afloat for the United States, #2475 bags, ngainet 497307 bags last year. Rio market, quiet; No. 7 itio, $1 . 9 15-16d; recelpts, 5,000 v 7.~Market quiet; good a go § recelpts, two' duys, 8,000 Datgs; atock, 161060 b 8 HAVRE, ' March steady 600" bugnt prices ) (P York, 7000 bug. D miarket quiet; prices unchinged to 64 highe HAMBURG, ‘March 17.—~Market steady; price % bfg. higher; salos, 4,000 bags f " "Frisco’s Wheat Panie. SAN FRANCISCO, March 17.—The panie 1n wheat, which sent Up the quotations yeste from $1.10 to §1 ntal for May delivery appeared this m to have entirely sux pended. The hi Gtter th this morning wis §1.1 y v o thiit price disinelination In May, howey hus been in a measure o the fact thai business in many of the Offices Is suspended owing o the celebration of St Patrick's day which 100k place today at the Midwinter fali The Cud Joluy P. Sauiro SIOUX CITY, M ket un- changed: shipmenis, 500 heid; 10 lower at $4.300 4. bulk, $4,35. LE—Rcceipts, lOfl head; shipments, 300 lings, §2, e et e e ———————————————— R groutds. At the close of the call yesterday tha | native steers, 1,200 to 1,800 1be,, $3.2503.60; cows, divectors o e exchange, reduced the marginal - 1.iw 1t ;. price of May wheat from $1.10 to $1.05 per centn 10¢ : EOOW. Mediiauflin & Co,, the ehief operators head \\ below IR yesterday's deal, have fade A statonient, re- st price for medium fusing to ba woverned by the act of the direetors | heavy rough | ) of tho eall board as npphed | W contrs” I rents, o Yesterday and repudinting their wcin | market str mixe The firm has, however 1 to AU With | $3.50G4.00; the Produce exchange ed vering i b L O LA sl AR R OHICAGO LIV OK. Which amiounts t I T wtated that the s e make o tholt L Medlagiin & | supply ot Cattle Was Small-Tuyers Were or be sold out i Few and Their Wants Limited < CHICAGO, Margh 17.-The supply of cattle here Kansas City Markets. | todaty was small, not excecding 80 head, Buyers Fio VHEAT-Dull; No. | yore fow and thelr wants limited, but a clear- 1 Ste; No. 2! ance was madé and ut full prices. Cows, heifers : e, | AN bulls were firm at $1.25 (0 $3,10, and there was % 2omixed, 20029%¢; | o gtoady market for steers at fr 2 s weak; creamery, 19G2xc; | The highest figure paid Within the week 18 $4.7 | but probably something fiest class would have i | brought $1.99. Prices are a Mttle lower than at 1 B i the cloke of last week for neatly all deseriptions. fi About 9,000 hogs nrrived today, and the total e 0 pratrie, $5.006.00, | fOF thi8 Woek Iy clows (0 140,000 head, Last week R e 18,000 .1 o¢ 00" bit. § A artived, nnd o year ngo the toal was oats, 4,000 b, ' Todny's siles showed considerable varins SHIPMENTS—Wheat, 18,000 bu.; corn, nonej | Lith I prices, but the varlations were not o oats, none 4 | tations, “They remain the ame a8 Ol Markots, | From 8.8 to $175 Wwan paid for . e o ote, nnd from $1.45 (0 44,60 boughi i OlL, CITY, Pa, March 17.--National : certificates oy At 82, highest, 824 » G Frices for sheep.u 1 aru clone, 8 1,000 i, siipments, 2 Were DY far too many s W Wbl runs, b, and aa buyers wers ‘uird i7.--Nadonat Transit el Y SRt from ! s2iai highs o limbs were on . basis _Bales, 1, | for boor to best. ‘Rteceipts - _ 5,000 Tred, makinis ) for (i which 18 Duluth Wheat Market. €/000. ove. thoh. fos LA A BN A G WHIAT-Market lower; ' more than o year ke Recelpts-Cutile ad; calves, 100 bead; i hogs, 8000 heid 000 el piemb | e i t i, Bc | carr s, S0 head; shipments, 60 wrive, heads mrket sty prime ind et 4,000 4.75; fale L0 wood, $4.0044.25; other Wool Market, | 875 Texin, $2.70040,1 OULS, h 17.~WOOL-In fair de | ,, HOGS—Recelp 0,00 head; shipments, 4,000 the': recant " advance, head; market Stoady rough heavy, $00160 i prime heavy and butcher weights, $1.60 1105 assorted 1ght, $1.605 OMAIIA LIVE STOCK MARKETS, D AR LA SIS <Iecelnts, 5,000 s shipments, 1,000 head; 5,00 on owners' a Kecelpts for Saturday and the Week Show |86 $50650 for nd 1,000 exporters at Quite n Falling O, (et altal Ll S L A0 SATURDAY, March 17. Kansas City Live Stock Market. The week closed with only a fair supply of |, KANSAS CITY. M ATTLE-Recelpts, beef and shipping cattle on e, but in- “steers, cows, $1.9019 cluded several lots of pretty good cattle, ke and feed Lulls, $£.100 There was some shipping faquiry, while the hipments, 1,100 § i TRtV TheS vulic, $4.30001.33; local demand was sufficiently large to take P I (A A care of the supply and as a result values . were well sustained on all destrable grades. | shipments, none; The movement was moderately brisi and at | the close the pens Lad been well cleared of | The followlug are the receipts o all holdings. The supply of cow stuff was | cipal citics Saturday, March 17 only moderate, while the demand wa cqual to the number on sale. There was no | EQfih Omana special change in the market from yester- | Kunsas City. .00 2000 day, and by midday the pens had been well | St Louls..... 2 200 1,800 cleared of all offerings, the market closing 9 20 10,167 cady all around. There were few stock | 0%l Lo cattle to be found in today's cattle receipts. There was little doing in this line, but the few on sale changed hands at fully steady prices. Choice feeders are quoted at $3.00@ 3.40, fair to good, ording to weights and quality HOGS—The receipts were the smallest of any day this week, yet there was not suf- ficient demand to prevent prices from going lower. There was a little outside inquiry also, but buyers were indifferent, and, as o rule, paid prices pretty close to a nickel lower, at which basis the bulk of the hogs @3.00, ac sold. Trading was slow throughout, and while a few of the best medium and light grades sold pretty close to steady, the gen- eral market was weak at the decline noted, the matket closing dull and weak, with, however, about everything out of first hands. Rough heavy hogs sold as low as from $4.20 to $4.25; heavy packers at from $4.35 to §4.40, and medium and light at from $4.40 to $1.50, the bulk of all grades selling at from $440 to $1. against a range yesterday of from $4.40 to £4.50, and bulk at from $4.45 to 4.50, and on last Saturday the range was at from $4.65 to $4.75, and bulk at from $4.65 to $4.70. SHEEP—There were only a few sheep on Stock In § It Cures Colds, Cn\lgl‘q Sore T)u‘ enza, Whooping Cough, Bronctit sthma. A certain oure for Concumption i arit staged, and a sure relief in advanced stages, Useat once, You will see the cxoellant effect after taking the firat (136, Sold Ly dealors everywhere. Large b S sale, but they included two decks of good native lambs that sold for $3.35. ‘The market Is firm. Fair to good natives are quotable at $2.75@ 3.25; fair to good westerns, $2.25@3.10; com- mon and stock sheep, $1.50@2.15; good to choice 40 to 100-1b. lambs, $2.504% 75 ipts and Disposition . Ste . Offic! ceipts and disposition of s. Lsshown by th Sof the Unfon Stock Yards company for the twenty-four hours enaing at 5 v clock p.m Mareh 17, 1 BUVER: A Packing Co.. . 1. Hannnoud €0 wift & Co... Huas... s gy Sioux City I ket st .00} eows, 8 5004.15; vear- v2.40; bulls and oxen, ouis Livo Stock Market. St. ST. LOUIS, March 1 Recelpts, 200 head; shipments, 1,200 ket nominal; BOTION WATERPR, 85, $4 & £3.50 Dress Shoe 83.50 Police Shoe, 3 Soles Boys’ $2 & $1.75 School Shoes, Ladies’ $3, $2.60, $2,$1.75 and Séry Stylos. Tuslatupon having W. L, Douglas Shoes, Nu tom, Ignatz Newman, 420 8. I13th. Elias Svenson, 1519 N _24th. A. W. Bowman Co., 117 N. I6th. C. J. Carlson. 1218 N, 24th, W. W. Fisher, 2925 Leavenwor F. A. Cressy, So. 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