Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-10
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN.
KANSAS RAILROAD-LIyE STOCK
BILL KILLED IN COMMITTEE.
Convention of Oklahoma Cattle DeuI-
ers in session-RemarknbI Com
parntive Showing Made by
Western Cattle Receipts.

Topeka. Kas.. Feb 9.-(Special) The bill
of Representative RSvenscroft to prevent
railroads carrying live stock in cars longer
than twenty-six hours without unloading
and feeding was killed by the live stock
committee to-day.
Woodward. o. T., Feb. 9.-(SpeciaL) The
Oklahoma Cattle Growers Association
opened here to-day with the largest attend
ance that has ever gathered on such an oc-
casion. The address of welcome was de-
livered by Judge ]. r. Dean, or Woodward.
who paid an eloquent tribute to the range
cattle industry of the whole country, and
to that of Oklahoma in particular. The
response for the guests was made by Pro-
fessor G. Z. Morrow of the Oklahoma ag-
ricultural and mechanical college, of Still
water, formerly of the Champaign univer-
Sity. OF Illinois Colonel Tom Ward. of
Fort supply. reaC most interesting paper
on THE Early Day on the Trail Among
the new arrivals was o. H. Brown. the
popular and we'll known travelling agent of
the Kansas City stock yards: Eli Titus,
general live stock agent OF the AtchiSon,
Topeka Santa Fe railway. A committee
in charge of Senator D. P. Marum, of the
Woodward district, arrived in a special car
and was escorted to the opera house. where
the convention was in session. The delega-
ton was follows:
George, Wicker B. F. Wilson. ]. NJ. Sto-
yal j. h. George, T. H. Doyle T. P. Cease
Sergeant-at-Arms and Major Woodson. of
the United States army at Fort Sill The
delegation representing the Guthrie cham
Delaney. L. G. Niblock. Paul ]. Audit John
Golohin and Harper s; Cunningham. Frank
ca. S00nef r. and md L; =. F. Alien Of Kansas City.
u. 8: White, Weatherford. Tex; A Hazel
%ooS, J; a; Coburn; A. Roberts. Cheyenne;
Mcmble. Con. Q. t; Riley Luke, Lake
CITY; kas;; ;; I y. Rogers, Winfield, Kas:
l.pn n A..a
Henson: Kansas City; H. ]. Holm. Higgins.
Tex. Miss Kitty Clyde Shannon. of Sner-
John NJ. Pugh, Of Woodward
The receipts of cattle at the leading
Western markets yesterday made, a re-
mtirkable showing. Kansas City had in
three times as many cattle as Chicago. and
within 500 as many as Chicago. st. Louis
Hog receipts continue TO run ahead OF
last years this time. From the 1st of Jam
uary the increase has been 6S.914.
G. w. Sanders. of the Siegel-Sanders Live
Stock Commission Company. who has been
confined to his home with an attack of
pneumonia the past two weeks, was at the
yards yesterday.
Visitors at the Yards with stock.
Cole Bros, Harper, Kas., had in hogs
yesterday.
Kelley & Son. Lexington. No., had in
]. Linden. Osborn, Kas, came in yes
terday with hogs.
Fl. X. Wood. Hume. Mo-. came in yes
terday with cattle.
w. H. Austin, Franklin, Neb., was here
yesterday with hogs.
L. E. Lane. Independence, Mo-, was hero
yesterday with hogs.
c. NJ. Clingan. Elk City, Kas.. was here
yesterday with cattle.
William Quail, Pauline, Kas., was at the
yards yesterday with cattle.
S. A. Willard, Fox. Mo-, was on the
yards yesterday with hogs.
II. P. Haverstock. Netawaka, Kas.,
was in yesterday with hogs.
]. Don Farrar, Frankfort Kas., was at
the yards with sheep yesterday.
Gus Gabriel and d. ]. Broers. Eudora,
Kas., were at the yards yesterday with
cattle.
Sam Stewart and B. F. Kemp & Son.
Medicine Lodge. Kas., were here yesterday
with cattle.
Neal McCaffrey. Oskaloosa, Ia, was here
yesterday after feeders. He says both cat
tle and hogs are short in Mahaska county.
Corn selling at 1d12c.
j. W. Hensley Amoret, No.. was in yes
terday with hogs. He says cattle and
hogs are short in Bates county, Mo. Corn
selling at Ice, and wheat looks well.
W. P. Johnston. Miuden Mines Mo-, was
at the yards yesterday with hogs. He re-
ports fewer cattle and hogs in Barton
cornty than last year. Corn selling at Is
Q20c.
Pat Green, McCune, Kas.. was on the
yards yesterday with cattle. He reports
a shortage of cattle and hogs in Cherokee
county. as compared with this time last
year. Corn selling at 15c.