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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-28
COFFEE AND SUGAR MARKETS.

New York. Oct. Z7.-Cofee-Options op-
ened barely steady az unchanged prices
TO Is points decline, ruled exceptionally
active but irregular and generally weak,
following active liquidation and large SELL
ing for short account; lower European
and Rio cables; larger receipts at Rio and
Santos smaller warehouse deliveries in
this country. and continued apathy and
weakness in spot department and further
increase in visible supply. Closed steady.
unchanged TO 10 points lower. Sales 81, $50
bags, March s5.45.
Spot coffee-Rio dull, easy; No. In
voice 57sc; No. jobb.ng, 67sc. Mild irreg-
ular; Cordova Sdl5c.
Sugar-Raw strong; fair refining 13-l6c;
centrifugal Is test 4 5-lsc; molasses sugar
9-l6c- Refined firm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-28
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO.

Chicago, Oct. 27.-Too many cattle are
coming on the market and prices are go
ing downward at a rapid rate. the gen.
eral demand being unusually poor. Today
trade was extremely dull at an average
decline of ten cents. Choice steers 5.251
SIS; medium s. 65l4 s.; beef steers S3.9Glt
40: stockers and feeders g 75q+ 30; bulls
8 25Q4.10; COWS and helfers s3.50d4-25 +;
calves S3.25GT.0O; western rangers $3.50
40; western fed steers s3.soq5S5; Texas
grass steers S3.15G4 Is
There was a greatly diminished de-
rnand for hogs from eastern shippers and
as outside competition was thereby re-
duced to a minimum. the local packers
were in a position TO dictate terms. Sales
were rather slow a. a decline of cents.
Fair to choice 50. 6e173. Is; packing lots s. .
957Iz; butchers g. 4Gd3.75 mixed S3.S5d3.10;
lights So 65G3.75; pigs s3.2oG3.60.
There was d good demand for sheep at
steady prices, both killers and feeders
taking hold freely. Inferior to choice
sheep s. 25d47O rangers s3.sSd4.6O; lambs
81 Oo6246 Go; western range lambs 1856 and
feeders Assoc. IS.
Receipts-Cattle i, 900; hogs $500; sheep
1900.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City. Oct. 27.-Cattle-Receipt
official. $50 natives. 1,Os0 Texans. Good
general demand. All desirable slaughter
ing and feeding cattle steady prices.
Common quality large supply, prices
shade lower Choice heavy steers S5-i5G
rs: medium 81. 1855; light weights s4-75
ISIS; stockers and feeders s3-00d450;
butcher cows and heifers s. 65d475; west
ern steers 80 1915 %; Texas steers $3.50
S75; Texas butcher cows S26563.25; can
ming stock S215Q26o.
Hogs-Receipts. official, 1850 Supply
light. but prices ranged cents lower in
sympathy with eastern markets. Heavies
g. 50a369; mixed S45d3.50: lights $3.50
3.571-.
Sheep receipts. official. 4.57o. Moderate
supply Of rather common quality. Steady
prices. All desirable fiocks sold quickly
az steady prices. Few common punches
shade lower. Native lambs S. $3.50 ma
tive rnuttons s. r5G4 80; western lambs
s.. Ond5.S5; western muttoRs si.e01450;
range feeding lambs A5q+-50; range feed
irg sheep S3.70G450; stock ewes S3-254S-s0.
ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis. Oct. notwithstanding 1000;
market steady 70 10 cents lower. Shipping
ard export steers 81 2sa5.5o; stockers and
feeders s.. 7SG4 .: cows and heifers 5000
$50: Texas and Indian steers S2-75tl4-25-
Hogs-Receipts 800; market 5q10 cents
lower. Workers g. 1880; packers SS-ied
$50: butchers s.. 6oQ3.I0.
Sheep-Receipts $3.50: market firm
Muttons s4.o1d4 IS; lambs S5.o1G6-oo.
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spinal meningitis. He contracted the dis
ease while on a recent trip down the MS
sissippi and vas brought back SEX two
weeks ago. He leaves a widow and one
child. he was a graduate q West Point
in the class Of lss2 and bad been station
ed here for three years.
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CATDI

The cattle market was steady with q
Fight run OF offerings. made up OF cows
heifers and feeders. The quality was fair
IL good and all sale stock was readily dis
posed Of ard more would have been as
easily absorbed at good prices. There
vas both car cattle and local trade rep
resented IN the offered stock and every
thing In sight went readily
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GRAIN AxD PK0DUCE MARKETS
CHICAGO

CHICAGO.
Chicago Grain and Provision markets.
furnished By r. l. Bostick. Commission
Broker. Rooms 70 and l. over Kansas Ma
;ional Rank Telephone Is.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-28

CASH NkAIN-
Chicago. Oct. E7.-Whest-Sc. red 81
q7ec: No. red. 6Ssssc; No. : lard ss,.G
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CASH GRAIN

Deceu Der wheat .--.-.-.--.--SSsc ss<c
CuGb december wheat. SZc
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Army of ne Tennessee Officers
Inst ~ atXuIIon Expected

Springfield. III Oct g.-Cni.st States
Senator Shelby NJ Cuu0n. % Illinois. sad
,o6a yin al interview regarding ne joi-r
traffic decision: 7 can only say ttsc 81
ter The decision CT ire supreme court n
the ans-Mississlppi case. I had 20 rsa-
souahla doubt as - TIE decision IN re
case Of the Joint Traffic Association.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

Hlble without him. Any one who has
seen these cleyerly trained animals AZ
work In the forests and timber-yards
% Burmah will at once realize their
utility. Sometimes harnessed TO huge
teak logs. they drag them wherever
they are required; or a monstrous
tusker may be seen trundling loB
with his tusks and placing Il In any
position he is ordered as easily and
with apparently as little exertion as q
child would handle a tennis ball.
The illustrations are from snap
shots Of one Of these useful creatures.
with his mahout Cdrlyerl. At work and
at leisure. In one you see the mahout
amounting the elephants forhead with
a cocoanut-oil. which Is supposed to
keep the head cool when working In
the hot sun. The white marks on the
head are made with chalk. with which
,he mahout delights 10 decorate his
pet SO much for the elephant tanned.
In his wild state be- Il another crea-
ture. The most tickllsh and difficult
part Of elephant-caichlng operations "a
TO drive tho herd into the kheddah
prepared for its reception. hence the
catch which was made In the Mysore
iungles a few weeks ago ranks al
unique. a native public works officer
on the way 10 Inspect bridge In his
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27


stafleback house. A. that time Mrs.
Charles Wilson. mother OF the Stat
fieback boys. kept a questionable re-
sort In the four-room log cabin where
these crimes we're committed. Two
girls whose names George Stafieback
could not give. were living there at the
time, and saw the peddler murdered.
They we're threatened with dire ven
geance II they should ever reveal what
they saw. A few nights later one OF
the women quarreled with Mike Stat
fieback and threatened to leave the
house Fearing she would betray him
he seized her by the throat and choked
her 10 death In the presence OF I'd Stat
feback and the other woman. The lat
ter attempted to save the girl from
Mikes murderous clutches, when Ed
crushed her skull with six-Ehooter.
The dead bodies were then wrapped In
sheet and put under the bed until
late at night. when they we're thrown
into the same shaft where the peddler's
body had been dumped. Then a lot OF
loose earth and rocks were thrown into
the shaft to keep them from coming
TO the surface. as Galbreath's body had
done, Cora stafieback was taken 10
Galena and pointed out the shaft where
the bodies were thrown. A steam pump
was put to work and the water pumped
on, Of the shafts near the stafiebaek
house. From one Of the shafts a pair
Of mems drawers with particles OF rot
ting human flesh adherlng 20 them
we're fished. and a piece Of woman's
waist was also ionnd there.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

compared with the invention Of a resi-
dent Of Providence X. l., which pro-
vides Tor The feeding Of whole stable
ful OF I've stock az daybreak Mr..
sleepyhead simply turns on his pillow
and ieJks cord. which opens a valve
In the stable and let's down the requis-
lte quantity Of feed Into a trough.
There are quite a number OF inyen-
lions for lighting the IRE In the morn
ing without getting out OF bed. They
are an operated by clockwork. The
newest and best Of them II credited TO
an Illinois genius 4 clock Is set for
certain time and when the proper
minute b. reached. the mechanism
throws" lever. which draws a match
across a piece Of sandpaper and ignites
the klndling. one Of the latest patents
Is for o stree, lamp which has a clock
work apparatus attached TO u. At the
correct moment Tor which the machine
n SET Il closes an electric circuit. at the
same time opening the gas pipe I'm
medIately the gas Is ignited. and Il
burns until shut OF By the clockwork
40 daybreak In the morning ln this
way the street lamps al over a city
may be- made TO light themselves sim
ulianeously without the Intervention
Of human hands
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

people and compelling them 10 arise
There is a kind Of bedstoad. for eN-
ample. which holds ~ mattress In a
frame that Is retained In the normal
position by catch. At the proper hour
the catch. operated by cloCkwork
mechanism. loses Us grip. and the mat
.ress frame becomes vertical Instead
II horizontal. throwing slecpyhead OUT
upon tho floor.
There Is another sort ~ bed which
lets the head Of the sleepy person drop
when getting up time arrives, one end
u the mattress frame collapslng But
one Of the queerest Of the patented me
thods Of waking people up involves
the employment Of tin pan and a
weight hung by cord When the
hands Of a clock reach q certain point,
the weight Ia released and falls upon
the pan. making a dreadful racket. An
other oddly Il frame from which are
suspended a number Of corks During
the night Il Is lowered gradually by a
clockwork mechanism, until at the
proper hour and minute the dangling
corks begin 10 bob against the nose
and face Of the sleeper on course he
wakes up The most obvious advant-
age OF these sleep alarms Is tina, they
render anxiety on the part Of the sleep
or unnecessary. so far as rising Ia con
cerned lie can snooze undisturhed by
the necessity Of watching himself
Hayseed visitors In the city will in
slst on blowing out the gas, notwth-
standing all the newspaper Jokes on
the subject To provide against such
accidents. a citizen Of Ashland, Wis,
has invented a little apparatus that is
intended to be attached to every gas
fixture In a hotel The breath Of a
person who attempts 20 blow out the
gas Tits a dellcately balanced cleo
trode and closes q circuit, giving an
alarm In the office Another kind Of
alarm patented by Chicago man, no.
titles the householder Of escaping gas.
II YOU are afraid Of pIckpockets, YOU
can obtain protection by wearing a
small machine that makes big dis
turbance In case anybody tries to put
his hand into your pocket.
Even after death you may find
alarms a service. II grave robber
comes along, a torpedo placed In the
coffin for that purpose will blow him
TO smltherecns. Surprising that the
disturbance wakes you TO life again, q
clockwork mechanism will start a bell
10 ringing. while q red flag runs mp to
the top Of the tombstone, giving mo-
tice that a prompt resurrection Is de-
sired. Speaking OF waking up, suggests
mention OF some odd contrlvances for
doing necessary things before getting
out Of bed In the morning. One OF
these. patented by lazy Vermontor'
enables one TO turn on the draught OF
stove or furnace. and then turn over
for supplementary snooze. This,
however, IL a primitive conuivance
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27
JOINED TIE sALvArlon ARMY

The court circles oi Sweden received
4 severe shock several years ago when
{ was announced that Prince Oscar.
Z nephew OF the present king. was
about 10 marry Miss Ebba Monk. a
foung lady " pairiclan birth. but far
below the prince In station. The king
protested and refused 10 permit the
narriage. whereupon Prince Oscar de-
'lared that he would yield his title
and resign all rights Of succession. but
hat marry Miss Monk he certainly
would. The marriage was celebrated
In due time and Prince Oscar has never
been seen In the royal circles since
The king and queen have maintained
friendly but distant relations with their
democratic nephew. who " known sim.
ply as Prince Oscar and who h I'm.
monsely popular with the people be-
cause Of his philanthropy
Prince Oscar and his wife have beer
devoted 10 causes Of charity and benoy
olence but recently have created sec
ond sensation by Joining the ranks oil
the Salvation army The prince an,
hls wife hold regular open-alr NEE;
ingh according 10 the methods OF n,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

TO The limit Of length required. Pro.
ceeding tn this way. she would In
course of o few hours secure for her
SELF one extra Dill. Just how much the
woman stole was never ascertalned
but she succeeded In saving enough
money ont Of salary Of 5000 year
TO build a beautiful house In a semi.
fashionable quarter N the city and IN
supply herself with valuable brlc.a.
brac and oven a horse and carriage
II was fact that she generally drove
10 the department every morning In
this vehicle that attracted attention
10 her mode ~ living and
eventually led 10 the dlscoy.
cry Of her method Of poculation. sh,
was indicted by the grand jury ban
was never tried, as she died from can.
Ger before the day act for her trial
The amount Of money which this thrift
~ countess secured was estimated AT
all the way from $4,000 to $50. 900 bul
there Is absolutely no means OF dis.
covering Just how much she did secur,
from her dishonest practices.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27
Ordering By sample.

A young woman entered telegraph
once IN Maine town. and asked the
opo<ator II his line made connection
With Boston. 30 says the Lewiston
Journal. which proceeds to tell the
story thus: On being answered In the
Affirmative. the woman opened her retl-
cule. took out bunch Of samples, and
went TO writing After some diiieulty
she squeezed her thought into tnn
words. and approached the sending ia
BILE She laid down the written blank.
two samples. one marked "a" tho
other b." and n quarter. The mes
sage read: "sellum q sellum. Boston.
Send. express. I've yards sample a.
and six yards B."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

Raffeiner. Within ten feet Of this
statue stands the statue Of another an
gel, and between the two figures Is a
prayer bench One Of these angels
and the bench had been used by the
thieves as a means by which they could
climb 20 the box and break II open. Z 10
bench was placed across the heal ~
the angel Then one OF tho men.
standing upon II. broke open tie box
with a chlsel and took out the money
that was intended for the poor. It Is
the opinion Of the police that stelz
after discovering the thieves in the
church. started TO run toward the front
door. with a view Of locking them In.
Before he could gain the stairway one
Of the men dealt him a blow on the
head and then as he ran up the steps
he was dealt repeated blows When
he reached the vestihule he attempted
TO protect himself. and here he was
beaten into insensibillty. falling on the
stairway as before described.
NO murderer could be tempted TO
'ommlt such a zine for 80 small a
Inm as IL usually found in the poor
'oxss Of the church." said one Of the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

mediate environments as he was a cen-
tury ago. lie does more thinking than
be did then. and n greater part Of bis
business In life "A LEFT TO the purely
mechanical brain functions. The IN.
ventors, always q step ahead Of the
requirements OF the times. are already
AZ work deylslng contrlyances TO SUM
mon absent attention. One Of the
latest OF these u o bracelet that has an
alarm watch attached 10 H. The wear
er. having an engagement at a certain
hour. sets the watch and when the
time ar Nes little needle point pricka
her arm and reminds her Of the duty
10 be performed This Is only one Of
many devices for like purposes. Pco-
pie want to be relieved of the trouble
Of calling things to mind. and that H.
one reason why there are so many In
yentlons employing clockwork At
the patent Office q large class OF inyen-
tons In comprised under the head Of
'alarms'-lhese being machines by
which persons who otherwise would
not think are made 10 think. The
average individual Is obliged. however.
unwilllngly. 20 get up az a certain time
In the morning. To provide Tor this
requirement many Ingenious persons
have applied their talents 10 the pro-
1uctlon OF contrlyances for awakening
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

osnghis Khan. the MonEoi Conqusrer.
Tho celebrated Mongol conqueror.
Genghis Kahn. In addition 10 being a
great warrior was also skillful ruler.
He not only conquered territories
stretching from the Black sea TO the
Pacific. bat also organized them into
states, which endured long after his
time. The recollection OF Genghls
Khan, who died In 1927. IN the Goth
year of his age and 52d OF his reign.
IA still 80 vivid In China that his de-
acendant alone has the right OF enter
Ing the emperors palace on horseback.
and OF going on horseback In front OF
the royal litter In the professions The
Dzungas country deiled Genghls Khan.
and his remains were placed In n sill
Yer coffin beside those OF his first wife
under two tents. Close by are his
golden saddle. his double-bladed sword
his bow and his arrows with their
points placed In the ground. There IA
tradition that az the end Of another
$50 years Genghls Khan Will awake
from his sleep and lead forth the Mon.
goiian nations to the conquest OF the
world tet.D
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27
MURDER As A TRADE.
Kan... ia. . Rival for the Bender
Family.

Not since the horrible crimes OF the
Bender family were revealed has south
eastern kansas been 30 excited and e
bent upon vengeance until the bloody
buteheries committed by the siafieback
family al Galena wee brought 10 light
by the recent confession OF Cora Stat
feback and George Staniebaek ON tho
witness stand at Columbus. When upon
trial for TIE murder OF FRANK Gal
breath. whose body was found floating
In an old abandoned mining shaft near
the stafileback home last July. Cora
Staffieback weakened and told all she
knew about the murder OF Galbreath
and others whom the family had killed.
George staiileback. COra's husband.
without knowing what his wife had
revealed. made a similar confession.
They said that Galbreath. who had
been murdered and robbed by the Stat
ieback boys and their mother. was not
the only person they had murdered, but
that an Italian peddler. whose name
they did not know. lad been killed and
robbed about two years ago. and his
body thrown In IN old abandoned min
Ing shaft about forty yards from the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

Dresden, the capital Of saxony. own,
a singular piece Of property-a morn.
ing newspaper, the Dresdener AnzeIger
This daily. upon the death Of Us last
proprietor, was bequeathed to the cts
upon the condition that all profits arts.
ing therefrom should be spent upon IN,
public parks, as has been steadily done
The paper continues to hold the re-
spect Of the citizens. for the trust has
been carried out In It's broadcast spirit
and the power has never been en-.
ployed to foster any school Of opinions
social, political or religious.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

Dahsley We'll, | suppose your son
VIII soon begin his last year in col.
lege.' Parks-"No; he isn't going back
this fan Dabsley-"Oh. that's too
bad. lie ought TO go through. now
that he's got along TO the last year
What's the matter?" Parks WHY
didn't you know that he had had a
foyer and that his hair had all come
outg-Cleyeland Leader.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

district, passing near one Of tho enorm.
Gus enclosures built Tor the purpose.
saw large herd Of elephants feeding
near the gate BEING alarmed. native
Ike he fred bis gun and shouted for
all he was worth. the herd. equally
alarmed. fed lnc0ntlnently into the
kheddah. whose gate stood open,
Whereupon the engineer recovered bis
wits sad made bis coolies lower the
gate capturing the lot That various
delays gave the elephants time 10 break
down the ungarded stockade. whereby
The majority escaped. reducing the
number actually secured 10 10. does rot
ifect the capture as perhaps the most
remarkable 10 the annals OF elephant
catching.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27
LAssoEp A LOCOMOTIVES.
Electric Wire Engages tho smoksstaek
and Carries on a FisEman's House.

Electric Wire Engages tho Bmokestaek
and Carries on fisEman's House.
Linemen employed by the New York
and staten Island electric company
were stretching heavy insulated wire
along John street, Port Richmond. N.
v. says the New York Herald The
wire was a long one and II crossed the
tracks Of the Rapid Transit railroad.
4 rope with which the wire was being
stretched taut slipped and the wire
sagged between two poles, making low
hanging loops between them just a. a
passenger train was approaching. One
Of the loops lassoed the locomotive and
then more excitement followed than
Port Richmond has seen In months.
The line men saw the end Of the wire
swish into the air M II II had suddenly
taken wings. The fagman heard q
hiss and turned to catch fecting view
~ his little shanty sailing through the
air william Anderson was at work
In his garden adjoining the railroad
track, lie saw a black streak clip
the tops Of the plekets on his fence
and the wire came 70 close 10 his head
that the wind took on his hat. An
electric pole was broken down and a
small tree torn up. The wire mean.
while had caught the locomotive whls-
tie, and that was shrieklng, while the
engineer and fireman. surrounded by
the wire, we're frightened but retained
sufficient self possession 70 shut on the
steam and apply the brakes. The
train came to a stop within about 500
feet Of tho crossing with lts passengers
badly frightened by the rasplng Of the
wire about the ears and the general din
and sudden stopping, but no one was
hurt and the locomotive not materially
damaged
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

The bobollnk Il a common summer
resident Of the United States. north OF
about latitude 40 degrees. and from
New England westward TO the Great
Plains, wintering beyond our southern
border After the young are able 30
iy, the whole family gathers into a
small flock and begins to live almost
entirely upon vegetable food. This
consists for the most part VI weed
seeds, since In the North these birds do
1ot appear TO modest grain TO any
great extent. They eat q few oats. but
heir stomachs do not reveal a great
quantity Of this or any other grain. As
he season advances they gather into
arger focks and move southwark. UNI
II by the end OF August nearly al have
Ell their breeding grounds. On their
way they frequent the reedy marshes
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27
IIeaaiy d Hood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without, H. cascnrets, Candy Ca.
thhrtic clean your blood aud keep u clean,
~ stirring up tho lazy liver aud driving
all impurities from the body. Begin to-day
10 hnnlsh plmples, boils, blOtches, black
heads. and that sickly bilious complexion
hy taking Cnscarets beauty for ten cents.
Al druggists, satisfaction guaranteed, iOc,
&c, TO-