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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-23
HOGS ARE 5 LOVER
Light Days Trading, Few Re-
ceipts at Yards.
TOPS OFF TO $3.50
One Cattle 0eaI--GoOd Out
look For Next Week.

The local hog market yesterday ruled
about s cents lower. along with the other
live stock markets and the provision
market II was light day, seemingly
reaction from the heavy day on Thurs
day. On that day the receipts were large
and the quality was extra good, while
the market sustained itself very well.
yesterday the receipts were so light, and
the quality being only ordinary, there
was not sufficient vitality TO prevent the
market ssgging along with the others.
The wagon trade and car trade were aliko
light and dragging, the few hogs re-
ceived coming in In spasmodic spurts and
then settling down into a quiet again. The
demand was good, or at least would have
peen had there been sufficient stock in
10 create more activity. The quality of
what was received was in the main com
mon, there being nothing at all choice
and the bulk was not better than fair
There were a few lots which came in
late tho night before which found ready
sale on the early market. These, with
the run for the day, were all quickly alb
sorbed and the hog pens cleared out in
good season, and long before the close
The very good days business on Thurs
day evidently reacted although several re-
ports came in to different commission
firms advising shipments, many of which
will arrive today instead of yesterday.
thursdays business was significant as
showing the unusually heavy shipment
Tor this Sea son, and also that good first
class fat hogs are still in the country
and finding their way to market Next
week IS expected to show increased bus
mess and a good grade OF stock in Much
more could have been used yesterday
than appeared, and il is expected that to-
day will show a fair Saturday. as much
of the business which should have come
yesterday will overflow. 1t has been a
very satisfactory week altogether and
with today's business added will show a
very neat increase over the week before
and a year ago Following are the daily
comparisons: For yesterday: Tops, So 20;
bulk of sales. SS55d3.7O; average weight,
2l6; receipts, 40. For the day previous:
Tops, 1913; bulk of sales, So. 55d3. Is; aver
age weight 246; receipts, 1853. For same
day last week: Tops, IS. 7712; bulk of sales,
$S.60q3.75; average weight, 237; receipts,
l157. For same day last year: Tops,
k5.05; bulk of sales, S29Od305; average
weight Doc TeNaiDtS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-23

so Another feature OF the business sit
uation is the active preparation making
II the coast chipping trade. for the large
business TO which the indications point 5
expected 10 develope as a resuse Of a
large naval BUSINESS. The renewal Of sail
ing by coastwise vessels and the prac-
teal disappearance OF war risks are &C
companying features
Cotton Is at the lowest price ever paid
al this season of the year partly on good
crop reports and also as the result OF the
announced intention OF q shutdown by
Fan River mills. For me latter reason.
print cloths are firmly held a. previous
quotations
Coffee. though wei maintained. is very
low in price on reports Of another very
large crop, following the report Of re-
cent years, while stocks are reported very
heavy.
Rather more attention Is given the Klon-
dixie. as a result OF reported heavy ar
rivals of gold at Pacific coast points. and
estimates of a seasons output OF so. co.,
80 are current Rather more animation
IS looked for in the Quitting trade. as a
result thereof but that advlces from
Alaska are not wholly favorable Is proved
BY reports that large numbers OF unsuc-
eessful prospectorS are anxious to get out
of the country.
Following the usuals semi-anuual crop
Of small business embarrassmeuts. failures
have again dropped 10 normal summer pro-
portions, the total lumber OF the week
Just closed being 1ss, fifty fewer than last
week. thirty-two fewer than in this week
year ago ninety-;wo smaller than in
this week Of 1885, 1ifty-one less than in
1895. and forty-nine less than in 1894.
Cereal exports continue Of satisfactory
volume, wheat shipments for the week.
-four included as wheat. aggregating p
800. 4ss bushels. as against 2.sloS27 bushts
last week, and compared with lsS6, SIS
bushels in the corresponding week of 1897,
lot. oS0 bushels in 1895. .2S5 COG in 1896. and
!. 3SS, 900 bushels In 1894
Corn exports are still in excess of last
week. agsregating 2.S22l3S bushels as
against 2.S22 PAS bushels last week 2,s22.
IS bushels last week, 22sS SO bushels in
this week a year ago. 1.2Ss AIS bushels in
1896 10. 094 bushels in 1898, and ls6, 90 bush
els in 1884.
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REPRESENTATIVE SALEs
SHIPPERS AND NOTES

John Radcliffe of Cunningham was on
the market with a bunch of heifers and a
car of hogs.
]. W. ennigan of Deer Creek. Q. T.
was on the market with a car of fair medi-
ums. e reports good rain throughout
his section of the territory, and corn look
ing well, so far. Wheat, he says, will be
a disappointment in many cases, the
straw showing up all right, but the berry
being shrunken and light. The pig crop
seems good, and he looks for a good sup
ply Of hogs the coming season.
VIII Vandiver returned last evening
from weeks business trip in the south
ern part of the county.
viii Baker, weighmaster. went home
sick last evening, but hopes to be on
duty part of today.
J. w. Bennett of Montana is on the
market for light hogs to be shipped to
his butcher trade in the north.
The car load Of fine bulls shipped in by
Mr.. Charless from Anthony. Thursday.
were shipped out last evening TO his
ranch at Big Springs, Texas.
The Dold Packing company yesterday
shipped out four more cars of mixed pro-
duce 10 various parts of the country The
Fair, one OF the largest department stores
in Chicago, has sent in a large order for
immediate shipment of the now famous
Dewey brand Of ham sausage. This is
the second large order from Chicago in
two days for this one product of the
DOld company.
The cattle transactions yesterday were
confined to one sale. it being bunch of
13 heifers from John Radcliffe TO Dold.
They averaged s04 pounds and brought
1915.
year ago today the hog market was
quoted as steady. A year ago yesterday
il was quoted as opening steady and clos
ing to lee lower.
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago received $500 hogs, against
81 900 the day before and the market was
sc lower. Kansas City received 1900 hogs
against 1900 the day previous, and the
market was weak 10 sc lower. ST. Louis
market was sc lower, with $500 received,
against 5000 the day before. Provisions
closed about &C off all along the line. The
general trade in provisions seemed timid
te yellow fever evidently having a de-
pressing tendency. Outside buying, how
ever. tended to hold prices firm.
The San Antonio. CTeX.,) Express says:
IT. A Coleman returned yesterday from
q trip 20 the northern markets. He. re-
ports the feeling there as one Of conf
dence that the strength OF values Will be
maintained throughout the summer. and
says there are many who believe in higher
prices the coming fall He says the ter
ritory cattle are beginning 10 come into
market centers quite freely. and on his
way south ne met many train loads IN
the territory en- route"
The following sensible resume from the
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GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS

CHICAGO.
Chicago. July 2.-Wheat-Close: July,
Il; August 6s1z; September, S71z; Deem
| Der, SIN: May, 6s7s.
Corn-July, 33A 933N; September, 33Iz
December, 337s; May. SO.
Oats-July. 235s; September, 2O1sQ2014
May. 222. Q@%c.
Pork-July. $40; September. s9.S5.
Lard-July, $5.45; September, 1855; Oc-
tober. $3.50; December, s5.62.
Ribs-July. $5.55; September, $3.50; Octo-
Der, S5.65.
CASH GRAIN
Cash wheat-No. 2 red, 1919; No. 8. 73d
| rs; NO. hard, 75G7513; No. 3, 7912G7412
No. spring. Is; No. 8. 7OdS2; No. north
ern spring. SSc.
Cash corn-No. 2, 3314G332s; No. 3, 80.
Cash oats-No. 2, "a; No. 3. %.
Cash flax-September. s513; October, 50.
KANSAS CITE.
Kansas City, July 22.-Wheat-Receipts
179 cars; active, about steady; No. l hard
So; No. 2, 67q69A; No. 3, 65Q67; No. red
Is; No. 2, 70; No. 3. Il; No. 2 spring, 66Q67
No. 3 ,6SQ65
Corn-Lower; No. mixed, 3163112; No.
2 white. 90; No. 8, 81.
Oats-Slightly lower; No. white, 2S1z.
Rye-Steady; No. 2, 10.
Hay-Choice timothy, old, $500; new,
$500 choice prairie new, s5.25; No. s..
Butter-Steady; country grades slow;
separator, 1312a1511; dairy, 12c.
Eggs-Weak; fresh. Sl2c.
ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis, July 22.-Wheat-Receipt Il
cars. Lower; No. 2 red cash, elevator,
70; track, 754r76; July, 70; September, 662s
bid; December 66% No 2, hard cash. 70.
Corn-Higher; No. 2, cash. 32z; July,
3l$.; September. g.
Oats-Higher; No. 2 cash, "a; track, IS;
July, 23A; September. 2024 asked: No. 2
white, 29Q2912.
Rye-Nominal; 4S.
Flaxseed-Lower; SO.
Butter-Firm; creamery, 14617; dairy
12G15c
Eggs-Firm; SC, loss off.
NEW YORK.
New York, July 22-Wheat-Receipts
69375 bushels; exports, 50, S35. Spot steady;
No. red. $40, f. o. b.. afioat. export
grades, to arrive. Options closed easy at
1s91sc net loss. No. red July closed
at S2}4c; September closed at 725sc.
Corn-Receipts, 90,675 bushels; exports,
127,O77 bushels: Spot firm; No. 2. 2324, f. o.
b., af1oat. Options closed &c higher; July
closed at 81; September, 3724c.
Oats-Receipts 50, 400; exports 92.916 bush
els. Spot dull; No. g 2712; No. 3, 81; No. 2
white. 81; No. white. 291A; track white,
1895; track mixed western, 27Q2Sl2. OPP
tons closed at &c.
Butter-Receipts, Asst packages; steady;
western creamery, 14G17l2 Elgins, It; fac
tory, 11913; imitation, 12G1412.
Eggs-Receipts, 5,154 packages; steady;
western, 1904.
LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool. July 22.3Wheat-Futures
closed steady; July, Is S94d; September. 5s
71sd; December, SIS SID.
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COTTON

New York. July 22-After opening quiet
and steady at an advance OF point 70 Z
decline Of l point the cotton market i'm
proved TO points and showed a fair
amount OF speculative activity because
Liverpool finally showed a good deal OF
stability. having recovered q loss Of 20
li-d. At the same time crop reports were
less uniformly fav orable and August IL
quotation was not 50 marked as hereto
fore. There was general realization but
the market indicated Inherent stability
and shorts once more became active bid
drs. The market was finally barely steady
at net loss Of to 5 points. Cotton
Steady; middl.ng I-l5c. Futures closed
barely steady; July. $50; August. S.H;
September. $5.S2: October. s. y; November.
$50; December. $50: January. N-s3;
March, 500. April. ss.0S; May $50.
New Orleans. July otton-Stesdy;
quotations revised: middling. 5ssc-
Galveston, July 22-Cotton-EasIer !;
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LIVE STOCK MARkET
CHICAGO.

Chicago, July 22.-There was a fairly
active general demand for cattle today.
Prices were mostly unchanged. Choice
steers, s.. 20d5. so; medium, 1904 80; beef
steers, S4.30d475; stockers and feeders,
s.. 25G4.75; bulls, S2.75d4. %; cows and heif-
ers. So. 10000; Gamers, 81. 15d2 90; calves.
SS.00d7.00; wastern sheep, S4.25q5.S0; Tex
ans, s.. S0G5.00.
Offerings of hogs were we'll taken at
an average decline of 219c. Fair TO choice
So. 9212G4O7l5; packers, IS. 7GG39 80; butchers,
S3.70d3.97I5; mixed, So. 70Q3.90; lights, 1856
Q992l1; pigs, s.. 1880.
There was a good demand for sheep
at esterday's prices. Lambs were very
hard TO sell and prices were largely &c
lower. Porto choice chop s4.00G5.00; ives
tern range sheep, 81. 00G4 80; Texans. S. 700
400; common to choice pambs, SS5Od6.4O
Receipts-Cattle 3, 900; hogs, 1000; sheep
1900.
KANSAS CITY
Kansas City. July notwithstanding,
(ofticiaD, 1880 natives; 1,45O Texans. Bus
mess was good. little change in prices;
all desirable stock selling strong. No
choice heavy steers on sale. Medium
steers, 81. 90d5.O0; light weight steers s4.35
d495; stockers and feeders. S3.l5G5 %;
butcher cows and heifers. s3.0045. 10;
butcher bulls. s3.0OQ400; canning stock,
S20OdS. 0e; western steers, s365d4S0; Texas
steers. $3.009435; Texas butcher cows. 500
$3.50.
ogs-Receipts, (o1iciaD, 1856; with good
demand and light receipts, prices were
we'll sustained; some sales even a shade
higher. Spring lambs. $4.75G6.O0: natives.
s4O0d450; southwestern. So. 75Q425: north
western. s4.O0q4.ie; stockers and feeders.
SS.OoGS.75.
ST LOUIS.
ST. Louis, July 2.-Cattle-Receipts l.,
400, including go Texans; market strong
TO a shade higher for natives; Texans
steady to strong; native shipping steers,
si.59d5. %; light and drssed beef and butch
er steers. s3.O0a5.O0; stockers and feeders.
s.. 90d45o: cows and heifers. *2o0Gi 50;
Texas and Indians steers. s.. 40Gi4- .: cows
and heifers. So S0GI3 10
Hogs-Receipts. $500; market sc low
er; workers., S3.156SS5; packers, S3.S5G
$50; butchers. IS. $685..
Sheep-Receipts 800: market steady;
native muttons. s4.00Q45o; lambs. s425G
s 90
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THE EATHER.
Wichita. Kan. July

Wichita, Kan, July %, 1898.
Local forecast for Wichita and vicinity:
Saturday, fair and continued warm
probably fair Sunday.
During the past "a hours the highest
temperature has been 80. the lowest -,
and the mean So with clear. warm wealth
er, fresh southeast wind and moderately
low pressure.
Thus far this month the average tenn
perature has been IS, or about two de-
grees daily less than the normal.
The last rain has brought the total for
the first two-thirds up nearly to the nor
NAL
For the past ten years the average
temperature for the month of July has
been fraction over rs degrees. and for
the 22nd day, so. FRED. L. JOHNSON,
Observer.
Washington, July 22.-Forecas, far Sat
urday:
Kansas-Fair weather; high tempera-
ture; southerly winds.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory-Fair
weather; high temperature; southerly
winds.
81 have used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy in my family for years and always
with good results says Mr.. W. B. Cooper
of FL Rio. Cal For small children we
find it especially effective" For sale by
druggists
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has been very slight. It Is chiefly notice
able in the expanded inquiry for staple
cottoEs. There have been few heavy sales
recorded, but the tone OF the buying Is
NOR spirited. The market, as a whole.
is firm and the buying contingent Is be-
ginning TO recognize this fact. AL lines
Of mems wear fabrics are not YET open,
buyers in town are busy examining such
lines as can be- seen. Dress goods are
also fairly active. Print cloths show gen
orally fair results. Il is estimated that
the week sales will be in excess Of the
curtan OF the production. The quota
ton on extras is still ? cents. Ordered
goods are very firm also. Staple cottOns
are dull in nearly all lines, although bet
ter results are reported than at the be-
ginning OF the week
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

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QUIT-CLAIM DEEDS.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-23
COFFEE AND SUGAR MARKET

New York, July 22-Coffee-Options
opened steady. unchanged to points high
er. Sales, 13 $50 bags. including July. s5-35
August. s545. Spot, Rio, dull; No. in
voice. s.; No Z jobbing, s17; mild. quiet;
Cordova, l5c.
Sugar-Raw, firm; fair refining, SIC;
centrifugal. sc test, 4tc. Refined, firm.
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The Christie-Street Commission Com
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BANK CLEAEINGS.

New York July 22.-The following table,
compiled by Bradstreet's, shows the total
clearances at the principal cities and the
percentage OF increase or decrease. as com
pared with the corresponding week last
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The Farmers and Merchants National
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the list and H. II. Gardener IS n II, as
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DRY GOODS MARKET

New York. July 22.-The trend OF the
dry goods market has been towards i'm
provement, but the gain from day TO day
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-23

Capital Stock $3.50. OO0 Paid Up.
II you want Stockers or Feeders. wrItA
MS Reasonable advances Eapertencesi
statesmen IN each department. Cattie
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1E ICHIGAN MILITARY ACADEMY
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ITO Hire Help. To Rent Rooms
To Get Boardsrs, in fact 10
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thing, see that your Ads APP
pear regularly in the Eagle
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Do You

Speculate in grain?
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f24Es1s 90

AOldiE s-7--'"4 FNI-f ~
mot Included in totals beca use contain
ing other items than clesrings-
@.Not included in totals because OF
comparison for last year
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-03-04

High Private John Allen always
"rinvs the bell" whenever he shoots.
In a speech recently made in the
House, he quoted the following fronra
speech delivered by President Mckin-
ley in 1890, when the Mckinley bill
was under consideration
when merchandiset!is cheap the
laboring omen are poorest, and lhe
most distressing pexperlenccs in the
history" OF our country-ycs,'in all
human history-haye Cboen when
everything was the lowest and'cheap
EST measured by gold for everything.
was highest ana dearest measured
cheapest measured by gold, for every
thing was highest and dearest meas
ured by labor
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-03-04

The Syracuse Post prints q stor,
containing an excellent hint which
fathers and mothers who have babies
to name may well consider.
A girl baby was brought to a clergy
man to be baptized. He asked tn,
name OF the baby.
"Dinah NJ" the father responded
"Bnt what does the NJ stand for?:'
asked the minister.
We'll, l don't know yet: 1t de
ponds on how she turns out"
How she turns out? Why I dom
understand YOU" said the minister.
ooh, II she turns nice and swee
and handy about the house, like he
mother, l shall call her Dinah May
But u she has a fiery temper and
bombshcll disposition like me, I shall
call her Dinah Might"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-03-04

The Bay st. Louis correspondent Of
the New Orleans States says:
1t stands to reason, however, that
just as long as that island is the quar-.
antine station, this Gulf Coast, Mo
bile and New Orleans will he endau-
gered. or course, the first few years
the watch will he strict, and finally
the authorities will grow careless and
there will be another outbreak OF the
terrified prevai!ing.n
Most all Of the doctors in this sec
tion agreed that this fever was Il very
mild type OF yellow fever, and be-
cause some folks don't stand up and
declare they are wiser than all doctors,
they make enemies. | know | did not
bring the fever on the coast and Gid
not pronounce what 1t was before the
experts came. | feel something like
ex-C Congressman Van Eaton looked
when he was addressing an audience
at the Bay the first lime he ran for
Congress. He was telling how the
people Of the North said the Southern
folks were killing the negroes by the
dozens and OF the horrible manner the
Republicans told the negroes were
treated. In the crowd sat Col. Bill
Boon, an cx-Confedcrate soldier and
an unreconstructed citizen, trying to
enjoy the speech. Somehow he got
tangled up, for he was full OF "Oh. be
joyful" and constantly interrupted
Judge Van Eaton by saying: Who
killed the uiegers?" The speaker
would go ahead throwing shot and
sell in the camp OF Republicans and
Col. Bill would keep UP his questions.
Finally when be yelled at the top OF
his voice, Who killed the niggers,
say?" Judge Van Eaton had to quit
soaring up aud said, 81 don't know
VINO killed the niggers. L didn't"