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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
10
Market quotations show live stock trade with fat steers at 6.25 to 7.05, dressed beef and export steers around 6.50 to 6.90, and various cattle, hog, and sheep quotes. Receipts in Kansas City and Chicago rise week over week, with hogs, sheep, and lambs priced modestly higher or steady amid wetter weather delaying farm work.
Chicago May corn surged to the highest level in 35 years amid short covering, closing around 784c after a peak near 3%c. July corn fluctuated, while Kansas City saw gains in May and July. Wheat faced tepid demand with cautious buyers, as weather shifts ease in the Midwest. Receipts varied with regional activity and English corn prices held steady.
Egg and poultry demand remains strong keeping markets steady while all grades of creamery butter drop in price. About 9 000 crates of strawberries and active tomato trade push prices lower. new potatoes and other produce show softer prices amid cool weather and rising receipts. Grain trade notes export durum sales and wheat receipts influence prices.
Bryan campaign managers in Minnesota discuss a possible separate convention May 14 if their delegates are not recognized at county levels. F A Pike notes Bryan could win 143 votes in four counties while Johnson leads in others. Day, Johnson’s advisor, expects Bryan to have fewer than 100 of 935 delegates at the state convention.
Boston May 7 The Democratic state convention resolutions committee met late last night and again at nine this morning to decide on instructions to delegates at large to the national convention. They voted to report a resolution instructing for William J Bryan for the presidential nomination. The group stayed in session at the Quincy house until 11 30 while a few delegates waited at Faneuil Hall for the convention to open.
The poem lauds Evans's ships crossing the Pacific from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate, praising discipline and seamanship during a five month run. It contrasts modern fleet prowess with Magellan and Cortez, notes Frisco lights, and celebrates America's naval strength and training. A closing quote asks if dreamers can be doers.
Observations end at a.m. Washington time. Kansas City min 42 max 60 with last year’s 48 and a higher river at 11.8 feet up 1.3. Readings from Abilene to Wichita list lows and highs. Nebraska Iowa Missouri report light precipitation with mixed station values. Tonight and Friday outlook: fair to cool. gradual warming.
The Duke de Chaulnes died within an hour of being brought to the Hotel Langham in Paris after an opium den visit on Rue Bouchar don. His wife learned too late of the danger as efforts to revive him failed. police hints suggest renewed action against opium clubs and similar dens.
More than 15 000 people lined Market Street for the Atlantic fleet celebration parade in San Francisco led by Admiral Robley D Evans. The event featured 8500 Marines and sailors plus regular troops, National Guard and veterans. Admiral Evans rode in the first division and will retire in a few days.
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