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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
Avail IN HOUSE COMMITTEE

Washington. May 5.-The Hawaiian
question came up before the house COM
mittee on foreign affairs today. There
was a strong majority favoring annexa-
ton. The resolution introduced by Rep
resentative Newlands of Nevada was con-
sidered in detail. Chairman Hit made a
forcible representation to the committee
OF reasons for favorable action at this
time in view Of the necessities existing
for the use of that island in our war
preparations
william Alden Smith (dich), mem
her Of the subcommittee, presented
number of substantial reasons for prompt
action, characterizing the past inaction
Of the government regarding island own
ership in the West Indies and in the Pa
cific near the isthmus as 'short-sighted
and unwise. He urged immediate action
and advocated a prompt and favorable
report
Representative Clark Dem, MOI sug-
gested that there were many difficulties
involved In the annexation Of the islands
and deprecated what he asserted to be
a departure from our historical position
territorial ownership outside
the continent
Representative Newiands urged many
advantages to be gained by ownership Of
the islands in the Pacific.
Representatives Pearson of North Caro-
lima, Berry of Kentucky, Adams of Penn
sylvania. Howard of Georgia and Ddns-
more of Arkansas took the principal part
IN the discussion, but the meeting finally
adjourned without taking vote defer
ring action for a more full consideration
next Tuesday. 1t Is understood that II
here should be a favorable report from
he committee in favor of tho annexa-
Ion of Hawaii. the speaker will not in
erpose any objection. It is also stated
hat the administration is pressing early
cfi
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
SHIPPERS AND NOTES.

Tom Grace, of the well-known stock and
shipping firm of Grace Bros, of Cheney
was on the market with a car load of fair
hogs, sold to Dold
House & Wolff. OF Newton. were on the
market with a car of fO6 hogs of GOOD
grade averaging POO pounds. which took
The top price OF 1878. They are old and
regular shippers to this market. and their
boss nearly always are among the best
at the yards the result of careful buy
ing and handling. Dold was the pur-
chaser Of the lot
Adam HufbaUer Of Mulvane was the
other top shipper for the day. he having
in a car OF s. 2SS-pound hogs, which were
clean fulfilled animals, which easily
brought the high price
c. ". Vilatt of Nardin. O. 7. sent I'm
car OF fair to good hogs which came
next point 10 the top price. The hogs
from the Territory are showing improved
quality the past week and the load YES
teroay WAS as good as has been received
from that district in some time
Whitmer q Burchinen of Conway
Springs, We're shippers Of hogs on the late
market which Woods bought for his last
night shipment
The shipments OF the Dold Packing COM
pany yesterday were a car Of lard TO
Kansas City; cars of packing house
products to New Orleans, and l car of the
same 10 alhnsas City.
The roads bringing in the receipts yester
day were as follows: Santa Fe 8. and one
each on the Rock Island. Missouri Pa
cific and Frisco.
Major Hood, the Emporia banker and
Eubernatorial aspirant, yesterday topped /
the market al Kansas CITY with 81 head /
OF the famous Turkey Track brand OF fat /
steers. That ought TO add to his chances I
among the farmers.
The DroFers' Telegram briefly describes 1
the hogs for yesterday in this epigram- 1
matte style. Quality OF hogs pretty de-
cent"
There were no cattle at the local yards
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
SPANISH TROOPS DRIVEN IN

Kingston. Jamaica, May 5.-Senor Man
uel Care. a ManzaniIlo merchant. who
left there six days ago and has Just ar
rived by the schooner Governor Blake,
says that General Pando ordered all the
garrisons in eastern Cuba to concentrate
in Manzanillo. Neuvitas. Guantanamo
and Santiago de Cuba All other places
have been evacuated.
Some spectators in Manzanillo, who
ordered a cargo Of food sent from Mon
tego Bay, cabled the agent Richard
Thompson. not to ship It as It was sup
posed the food would be seized by the
Spaniards.
The British consul at Santiago cabled
that he was safe and that the city was
quiet H. NJ. S Alert sailed from this
port for Santiago de Cuba last night
Senior Francisco Portuando has recetv-
ed request to send a vessel to Santa
go de Cuba for 800 families.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
LIVE STOCK MARRET

chicago, May <-Trading in cattle today
was less active, with prices steady Sales
were mainly at s4.35Q4. 90; common steers
selling around $.00 with strictly choice
beeVes scarce at $5.oOG5.25. Stockers and
feeders were strong at $39O04B Packers
bought hogs freely. Prices ruled strong
and 215g5c higher. Hogs sold from So 80
g4S5 for common lots up to 81. I5G4 20 for
| CHOICE 30 extra lots, chiefly at $4,000 10
Prime heavies sold 1Oc above prime light
weights
SheeD-Trade was fairly active at steady
prices Sheep sold at S3.25QS.5O for culs
up to A.SOa4.4 40 for choice. Shorn lambs
brought SS.75Q4S5; wooded, s51Ga5.5O
Receipts-Cattle 10000; hogs IS, 600; sheep
1900.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, May 6.-Cattle-Receipts.
$500; no natives. No fancy exports offer
ed Dressed beef steers steady; lighter
grades strong. Sales. S4.oOq4So; westerns.
s4l5G425; cows and heifers, steady, $3.50
Q476; stockers and feeders, $4O065I0 No
southern cattle
Hogs-Receipts. 1900; bulk of sales
$S.SOQ2SO; heavies steady, s395Q410 Mix
ed packers. S3.8O@3.95; lights. s3.S5a3. IS;
workers., sS.So9s. IS; pigs, &2.5OQ3. 10
Sheep-Receipts. $500. Muttons, S4lo0
AS; wooded lambs S5OOQ5. 30; clipped lambs
s.. 25Q45o; stockers, $2.50Gs. "a
ST. LOUIS
st. Louis, May 5.-Cattle-Receipts, 300.
Market steady to strong. Native shipping
steers, S325Q5.25; light steers to dressed
beef grades, $4,000. 50; cows and heifers.
81. 0Od46 So; stockers and feeders. S350a475;
Texas and Indian steers, s.. 4O046O; COWS
and heifers, $2.25a3.OO.
Hogs-Receipts. 5000. Market cents
lower; workers, SO. 1903 80; packers, SO SO0
5.95; butchers, $4006410
Sheep-Receipts, 200. Market strong.
Native muttons. s4.OOa465; lambs, s45O@ !
$50.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
REINFORCEMENTS FOR DEWEY

! Washington, May 5-Ths secretary of
! the navy today ordered Naval Constructor
William L. Caps. now at the Union Iron
| works. San Francisco. 20 proceed at the
/ earliest moment on the steamer City Of
I Pekln. just chartered by the navy de-
! partment, TO meet Commodore Dewey =
squadron at Manila Mr. Caps will Sc
lect from the Mare Island force a number
Of most experienced and intelligent work
men 90 take with him. In addition he
will place on the PekIn a fun supply OF
machine tools. steel plate and AL OF the
materials that are likely to be needed. TO
make temporary repairs TO . ship in dis
tress The purpose OF the department in
making this order Is 70 put Commodore
Dewey's fleet at the earliest possible mo-
mont into fSrst-class condition. repairing
all the damage sustained IN the engage
ment and in addition 70 this 10 raise and
repair any OF the Spanish ships either
surrendered or sunk in The engagement
that are capable OF being navigated.
San Francisco, May s-It IS obvious
now. in the light OF Commodore Dswey's
triumph at Manila that san Francisco
viii at once become tho base Of import
ant military and naval operations. Be
fore many DAYS 500 men vii be en-
camped on the Preside reservation. Or
ders have been issued directing the Four
tenth United States infantry. now sta
toned IN me department Of che Columbia
20 take station Immediately a San Fran
cisco. II f. believed that further orders
viii be promulgated % assemble the Or
gauizations % the Fourth United States
cavalry az the Preside.
orders have been received from Major
GensrA Merriam. commanding the De-
partment Of California and the Columbia
Colonel Morris. commanding f.
the post at shs Preside. 20 sesci loca-
tons for the eacampmeut Of 500 vosan-
tee- troops from the states OF Oregon +
" Arlington and California
II is the opinion Of Colonel Morris that /
some % the men manning the batteries 1
OF heavy artillery here wfii be cert 70
Manila 70 man light batteries ard that
their places will Be filed from among ths
California volunteers recently enlisted
and about 70 bs mustered into TIE service
o. the Uritsd States
Vallejo. Cal. May s-AdrnfraI Kirkland 4
has received ;eiegrzphic orders % pre-
pare stores % provisions and necessities
Tor 90 men for three months Talz f.
Being done PayrDsster Stanton. When
sked who thte two thousand we're who
Fers being provided for. indicated tasf
hey we're Csls'ornian8 y could r-.as 70
5ther, FOR there a. rof 80 many ma
'thsrziss available Ther. ere sbous AZ
hundred men a. re Mzria. Psrraeks Ars
x hundred o. hoard re r.csivfak aals
ndepends1os. Ea,eh u sSpsctsd 70 cor
.oy ths sxDse4tloa 20 ala comnsfor.
Taz-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
DRY GOODS MARKET.

New York, May 5.-Interest in the dry
goods market has centered in prin cloths
recently, and the reported sale of 25,0 0C
pieces outside of Fall River market al
l 15-16c has caused some excitement among
cotton goods dealers. Other staple cottons
are quiet in all grades. Bleached goods
show no Improvement and price condi-
tons are unaltered. Coarse colored goods,
where unaffected by war needs are quiet
Printed goods show no change Stocks
strong and active
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
COFFEE AND SUGAR MARKET

New York. May 5.-Coffee-Options
opened steady at a decline of 5 to 10
points on unfavorable European and Bra
lillian cables and lower spot market, par
TALLY rallied on covering, but showed gen.
orally weak undertone in absence of spec
ulative support Closed steady with prices
unchanged to 10 points net lower. Sales
1900 bags. including May $5.75G5.S5; July,
$50. Spot coffee, Rio barely steady: No.
Z invoice, 6a466Ssc; No. 7 jobbing, 7A972s;
mild, quiet; Cordova. s1zQ1512c
Sugar-Raw, barely steady; fair refining
S5s; centrifugal, IS test, 3-16; refined.
quiet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
COTTON

New York, May 5.-Cotton-Spot closed
quiet; middling uplands. 6ss; niddling gulf,
SIS; sales, 1000 bales. Futures closed very
steady; sales. $4,000 bales. May, sS1s; July
S6.22; August. 1920; September. $6.25; Ooto-
Der, 1925; November, $6.27; December, Sc %;
January, $500.
Galveston, May 5.-Cotton-Easy; Ills.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
WOOL MARKET,

London, May 5.-There was a good at
tendance at today's wool auction sales
Large catalogues were offered and prices
were firm. There was a good demand,
especially from the continent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
MUSIC AND DRAMA
THE MINsTREIR.

The most satisfactory evidence % pro-
/ gresSiye minstrefsy Is shown IN ne unique
novel and attractive performances 10 be
given by the Georges Operate Minsfrsls
at tho Crawford Grand.
This season this popular company COM
bines two distinct and perfect OrEAuiEa-
lions. forming one Of the largest oorn-
panies travelling. and every concesvAbis
Idea that would lend charm and anuse-
meut 70 an evenings entertainment rhat
finds favor wiki all classes o. theatre
goers. has been cry-stall.zed and put into
SUCH shape that originality IL staznpsd on
every feature OF the Lengthy and enjoy
able program
From the hot members IN ehs run
bubbling hrst part 90 the Esntssl comedy
sketch Al It's close. there = a running
fire OF fnsrriment mat keeps an sadlones
IN A roar from start 20 h1lsh
The nrst par which serves as . curtain
raiser. fairly bristies With osHEhtfuI bal
lads o. the higher order. selections from
the popular operas. tbs humorous give
and take repArtse OF AZ originally funny
end men and a fund % other features
mat thoroughly smuse.
TIE whole performances brezsbea a re-
fresh!nE refinsmeuT and shows % passing
advantage the effects Of cusurs on ne
children OF the nuuy sosrss-sor be n re-
Numbered this big company s. composed
solely OF coiored men and women who hat
from the larger sossssrn cites and have
been engaged by Manager oeorEs on 40
cou1t % their higher merit a. smussmenl
caterers - ne public
An sojoya5ie Grit part iutro6ossnE q
variety Of good strong features and
dozen Or more attractive acts WI make
uD IRE length program % TIE GssfEss
Operate C3lafo1 Muafrei company thas
sppsars a. re Crawsor3 Grand Monday.
THIS company comes highly sndorssd -
ne press aa3 commended Tor - mary
- % date attracs lons
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
Western Association Games.

At Rock Handbook Island-Cedar Rap
ids no game; rain.
At Ottumwa-Ottumw Burlington; no
game; cain.
At Peoria-No game rain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
CASH GRAIN.

Chicago May 5.-Cash fax: $751;
north west, SISSY; May, sL25l4: September
$40
Butter-steady; creameries I2a1sc: dai.
rieS. 12Q15c
Eggs-Stsady; fresh. I95sc
Live poultry-In good demand: turkeys
SQsc; chickens. 71zdse; ducks. sgsl1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
Geo Il Barse. Pres. ] H Waite, Sec-TreaS
p A d GE Live Stock
~ ~ - Commission Co

RoomslSe-I50 Live Stock Exchange BIde
KANSAS CITY, Mo-
Capital Stock S250 900, Paid TJe
II you want SUockeTs or Feeders. wrf+a
MS Reasonable advances. Experienced
statesmen in each department. Cattle
Hogs and Sheep. Telephone ls4s.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS

The following official range Of prices ~,
grain and provisions at Chicago il I'm i'
nished by the Christie-Street Commission
20. Board OF Trade Rooms, Sedgwick
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06

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Eps~sizts = Ssw TSrx stoeESs
Ssre-lass 10 srgTssssnaf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
BALTIMORE,s ADvANCr

Baltimore. May 5.-Wheat took another
leap upward today and reached the high
est price since 1877. No. 2 red for imme-
oiate delivery closed at s12S bid. an ad-
vance OF six cents over yesterdays final
hgure. Flour is following in the foot
steps of wheat and has advanced 70 cents
barrel in two DAYS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
BASEBALL
NEW YORK. 8: BOSTON. a

NEW SOS1O1Ns =
PGsten. Msss.. May 5.-With the score OF
to against them. Seymour was pus
in TO pitch fer the New Yorks in the
third inning. He proved an enigma for
the home team. Attendance. s.5oo. Score:
New York ...........oI o03o200-e 0
Boston ............1 oeoo0At Q
Batteries-New York. Meekin, Seymour
and Grady. Boston. Nichols and Bergen.
umpires. Lynch and Connolly.
PITTSBURG. 4; CHICAGO.
Pittsburg. Pa. May A-Killen waS taken
out when the fourth man faced him. after
making an error. giving a base on balls.
and allowing two hits. Game was called
al the end of the sixth inning. on account
OF rain. Score;
FttsoorS ....'..-..-.....o i
Chicago .............2 0 2 "a 5 9
Bstteries-Pittsbury. Knlen. Hastings
and Schriver. Chicago. Thornton and
Donahue. Empires. Wood and Swartwood
GAMES POSTPONED.
At Baltimore - Baltimore Philadelphia
game postponed; rain.
At Brooklyn - Washington Brooklyn
game postponed; rain
At Cleveland-ClevelAnd- game
postponed: rain.
At Observation-Disclosures Louis game
ooStpouRd. rain
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06

FURNISHED ~ fha Wa hita Abstract al
Land Company. II. II DUBOIS. Abstract
or Court House. Phone "a
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06

Kansas City, May 5-Wheat-Fron 4 70
&C higher for hard; to lee higher for
soft. Falling OF In receipts. No hard
NI; No, ?, E0GLI4: No. 5 H&G1-u:
No. l red. SLIs: No. Z. HlsalI7: No.
s.. lSal-l4; No. g spring, sII5. No. 31n
Corn-Active; higher; No mixed, -.
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as5c,
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Sli2S9lLSo; choice prairie. 80 2s7fosa
ugI4c
EggS-Stezay; fresh. &C.
ST LOUIS
s. Louis. May S-Wheat-FxcItaa ara
higher; No 2 rad cash elevator. s. -
track. S-2ls.GLz: Nay. E2s: july. al.
September. S.. asked; December. So.
No. ? hard. cash Ills
Corn-Higher; No. cash. ~. Nav
"a bid; July, -: September "a. cents
asked
oass-Eishsr; Nc. cash, "a; track.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06

CHICAGO CAR-LOTS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-21

There are several hundred men and women in
the country who have collections that size. forty
whose collections are worth $4,000 or
more. and should say twenty who could sell
out for at least SIono some of them for con
sderab,y over thar amount. \ Jew, Of course.
have collections worth over SlNNp
"Why. know Of one Ncw-Yorkcr who in one
year spent nearly $4,000 in stamps alone
New-York is. You would imagine the great
stamp town. Next comes Boston. thon san
Francisco. tAon Philadelphia. then Chicseo
"There is no especial boom in stamps now.
but the sales steadily increasing. More are
sold every year. Thc boys keep on Just H. they
used to do. Women are coi!' cling now to a
considerable extent much more than formerly
The chief collectors are men from twenty t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-21
MEN OF STAMPS TO MEET.
THE PHILATELISTS' CONVENTION AND
WHAT 1T MEANS-SOME COSTLY
COLLECTIONS.

Tomorrow Is TO be the day Of days among
Il the men Of stamps The annual convention OF
tthe American Philatelic Association begins its
<sessions at the Collectors Club. No. 3J1 Fourth
fave. in the morning, AMI enthusiasts from all
ksections OF the country will be in attendance.
Every city North, South, East and West has
ftts postage stamp club. and there are not a few
Towns whore a number Of experts happen to be
Egathcred that possess a similar distinction.
What a collection Of postage stamps means
lis hardly understood in these days Of wide pub
'licy. "a 500 coection?" said an expert at
1.-THE clutrooms the other night. II beg your
pardon, sir. there is no such thing as 500
collection a hundred dollars, bah, What l
mean to say" he went on. lis that never
think Of any gathering together OF stamps as
collections unless 1t Is worth 81 900 at the very
Least Then II would be hardly worth talking
|about, hardly worth thinking Of.
ut is not until collection gets to figure up
70 value If somewhere around $4,000 to $4,000
That it is in the procession. Why, see here!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-21
NIGHT NAVE BEEN WORNr.

From The Boston Traveller.
Father Cscycrcly)- My son. this Is a Isgracc-
ful state ~ affairs. This report says You are
the last boy IN the class Of twenty two.
Henry II might have been worse. father
Father can't see how.
Henry There might have been more boys In
the class.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-21

for,y-hvo young business men mainly, who like
the diversion After man or woman gets close
to nfty his or her eyes generally begin to fail
and they get tired studying stamps minutely.
did know however. Old lady Of eighty who
was a great collector"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-21

rhe Bostonians will make another visit to
lew y orll this week. though not to the Borough
u Manhattan They will appear at Manhattan
Beach tomorrow evening ard for the rest OF
the week and will sing The Serenade" The
onst will be for the most part the same as when
rs operetta was last seen here, though there
III necessarily be some changes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-24

any time, and there is no element in our
relations with Japan in the cause of my
leaving. There is nothing in the rela-
lions between our country and Japan
that hurried me to America.
what is the sentiment in Hawaii on
the annexation question: President
Dole was asked.
T really cannot answer the question
exactly. 1t is Impossible to say how
many Hawaiians are in favor of it, and
how many are opposed to it, because no
one knows. The rOyalists would tell
you Some of them) that all Hawaiians
are opposed to annexation. which is not
true. But how many are opposed to it
and how many are in favor of it no
body knows. The Portuguese consul re-
CARDS it as a very good prospect for the
interests of the Portuguese in the island.
I thing the Portuguese are generally in
favor of it.
The Englishmen are divided. Some
of the strongest annexatiOnists are
English, and many of the English OPP
pose it. The Americans, 1 think, are
practically a unit in favor of it"
In answer to question as to what
would become of the present govern
ment should the United States refuse
to annex the islands, the president said:
''Weu, the republic is there. 1 don
know that anything will happen except
that things will go on as usual 1 don't
see any Immediate danger from posses
sion by any other country. We have a
dispute with Japan in regard to immi-
grafton and we cannot tell exactly how
it is going to come out. The japanese
claim that under an old treaty they
have the right of indiscriminate immi-
grafton into our country, whether we
like it or not, and we have had to put
a stop to it and send away sometimes
over one thousand immigrants who had
arrived; would not allow them to land
and it made some excitement in Japan.
There has been a long diplomatic cor
respOndence on the matter. They
claimed that we should recognize our
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-24
| WELCOME To DOLE
Chicago Gets Up1EarIy to Meet
the President
Of the Hawaiian Republic and
Extend Greeting.
IN M'KINLEY'S NAME
Judge GrOsscup Extends a
Formal Welcome.
Party Will Go on to Washing
IN M'KINLEY'S NAME
Party Will Go on to Washing
ton Tomorrow.

Chicago, Jan. 24.-President and Mrs.
Sanford B. Dole, of Hawaii, arrived in
Chicago at five minutes past yester-
day morning.
A distinguished party greeted the
president of the little island republic
on his arrival The federal govern
ment was represented by Judge Gross
cup, General John c. Black, United
E. Macmillan, clerk of the United States
district court, and Hon. Thomas w.
Cridler, of the state department at
Washington. Chicago was represent
ed by Mayor Harrison and the army
and navy by Major Eeistandt and Lieu
tenant Commander Phelps, respectively,
who were Respondent in full dress uni