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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-10
CLOSE ARMOR-PLATE FIGURES
Maybe the Makers Can be Brought
Down from S545 Ton

Washington. March s-The navy depart-
n1ent has been making some figures re-
garding the supply Of s-mor and ire prices
70 be paid AZ present there has been a.
raorized 1900 tons 81 zrrnor and there f.
available for The purchase o. this srnor
Ss,c1o.oro A. the time the Bethlehem ar
nor plant vas erected there zas only 800
tons % arm0r authorized By the govern
nnent and there has been purchased bv
the government n al only E574 tors e
srmor, ten thousand more than he gov
eminent = now authorized 20 buy. TIE
average price Tor amor per t11 hss been
ss57-57. n minimum being ss5253 and tie
maximum So 3 the higher price being
when nickel was beng in-ro4uced- II IS
estimated by tre officials ~ ne deos---
nsHt that 2 ca>e TIA estimates y go
Per ton ~ sufficient price tor s-sno- are
correct TIE difference In the price asked
x35 per ton. would ia me manufacture q
z2.13o tons = aTmc-. b. SUITE ent % build
government plant = me Eove-nueut
could purchase the entire amount q ar
uo- authorized T.,h the 3. .poass svaEa5-s
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NO MORE CANNED ROAST BEEF
Is Being Purchased for the Use of
the ARMY

Washington, March 9.-Regarding the
statement recently made that the troops
now atloat for the Philippines and here
after TO be sent would be furnished beef on
the hoof as travel rations. it was said at
the war department today, that this, in a
way was true. but does not Indicate any
material change OF plan in the handling
% troops in transit. The transports d4s-
tined for the Philippines are being furn-
Lshed as far as possible with refrigerated
beef, but his plan Is limited in a num-
Der OF cases by the size Of the rsfr8 gerat-
ing plant aboard the vessel Where the
refrigerating apparatus IS not large enough
70 taks care OF fresh beef for The whole
voyage. cattle on the hoof ara being shipp-
ed % Be slaughtered as required. L e
said that this : no new departure. bur has
been p-acticed n the past as occasion de-
man6ed. L NAV Be sad that none Of the
troops now in trars,t are beilg furnished
canned -oas- beef Is 4 travel ration. The
c1mULssa-y department has only a small
remnant II !ts immense var supply o. thts
article on hand and ; no: buying any
more.
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and summons issued or san. Wan. but
he absolutely refused u accept service, be-
coming very indignant, and alignment
papers were issued o bring MS nody INTO
court, but i was with difficulty thai con-
stable Ed Fest accomplished this with
out using force. The other FIVE jurors
were John Howard. Burley Clark, Booker
Ross, Squire Kaiser and Anderson Colbert
The Chinaman was foreman OF the jury.
The pipe dream previously circulated
about Sam refusing to be sworn until
rooster was killed and his queue dipped
in the blood. was as ridiculous as having a
Chinaman on an American jury. The
man from the Orient was as mad as a
hornet and had nothing 10 say throughout
The trail, but just sat there Ike dummy.
II was all Dutch 10 him. He was asked by
the attorneys II he favored the plaintiff
or defendant and his only utterance was
Go Ia hellee. go IA hellee. ne no "a COLA
time time. me COLA go workee." He rsfus-
ed to remove MS hat and he sat through
our The trial with il on
a number OF the expert witnesses were
examined, al OF whom testified that the
plaintiffs services as a clairvoyant was
worth from 50 20 So. Mrs. Eppes. who
claims % have the power 10 remove hants
or spooks. occupied the stand for over an
hour and It looked for awhile like the
jury would give the plaintiff verdict
Opposing counsel then raised the point
that Mrs. Eppes had no license 10 engage
III the work and the case was then
thrown out OF court The happiest man
in town then vas the Chinarnan who was
50 mad that he left The court room with
G.. nched fists demanding satisfaction. in
his native language.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-10
QUEENS TRIP POSTPONED
Vast Amount or Preparation Hade for
Nothing

London. March e-The queen has post
poned her departure 20 the south q
France urrl Saturday next. f. conse-
ouerce OF the storm IN he CHAINED. The
postponement q her najesty's departure
< a striking illustration q the extreme
care and OF the precautions with which
she is surrounded and the enormous
amount Of machinery which "a necessary
when she travels Instead q g0ing tn
her Own yacht % Che-bourg, ~ usual,
she decided % avoid the long trip and 80
from FJikstone 20 B0uiogue- sum in r
special passenger bat. which has been
entirely changed f5- its elgatr-11ilute
trip All sorts q staging and platforms
had been erected a. FoikE-one. where Rear
Admiral ohm Fullerton. aije-de-causp -
ire queen. who has been fl conaud a she
royal yacht Victoria and Albert since 1ssf
and a host q court cf5flclals. have been
uperintending the arrangement Two
trial trips have already been male and
everything was "a readiness Tor To-Day
A. Boglogne- Ssl--Ner. n addition % a
large force q. rerG7rues ard c-srt9rn
house officials. tz0 bst.allors % infantry
were ir readiness, while me entire ral-res1
lire q Nice vas guarded ~ soiefe-z. posi-
e az intervals. sgpgie-nentirz tae force
- railroad employees detailed for tgry IA
fucr smerEe1ciss. The Fre1cl govern
usut IS taxing lrussal rs@cz1tlors on
account ot tire su9iose5 hostility o q
portion q fhe p@y1's 20 the c1eec Al
these arranzs uents n France we're s1se-
~ Dispatch from Ees- Admin Falle--
IN -.-z-r.1-lf--- --e fr-r--a. On a------ a
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COFFEE AND SUGAR MARKETS

New York. March 9-Coffee-Options
opened steady al unchanged prices. ruled
fairly active. with firm undertone on high
er Hamburg cables, slightly steadier spot
market and extra heavy warehouse de.iv-
cries. which offset lower Rio and Santos
markets and fun Brazilian receipts.
Closed quiet and unchanged 20 points
lower. Sales. $40 bags. including March.
$50: MAY. $50; June $50: July. $50;
August. 3. 70; September. 3. $3.50; Oct0-
Der. $. 55G5. %; November $50; December
SIS: March, $500 $5.g5. Spot c0ffe--
Rio dull: No. invoice 6-sc; No. : j0bb.ng.
Csc. Mid. quiet; CordOva. S1I+c.
Sugar-Raw. strong and higher; fair re-
finiIg 37sg3 15-I6c: centrifugal. p test
1S-152c: molasses sugar, So 4S 12-l5c. Re
fined strong and active.
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GREAT TT, SCOTT SP0OK CASE
Thrown Out Of Court in the Course of
Il Sensational TRIAL

p SOFT Kan. March s-Search The
court dockers from "a 20 z ia every DIS
t-ict In The United States ard the Ike u a
sutc tried En- Justice Hackels's court yes
t=r5ay cannot DE- found 81 ne rec5r5s i
L was tae celebrated ana n5tor.5ue
--spooks- case x-ich has 5eeel Il the
d1cS=, some weeks The case as .r-sd yes
-srtay Vas the most usual and u-l sue
ever h=z-d % and furnished uuca am ase-
meE- tor tne c7u-t -o2rl f-l &C spects-
.ors who had watched ihe date tor re
,r.a- WITH muca - se-n=Ss Wnls the Iti-
ga--ol lad the earuaF~s % d-tio1 il vas
i- 5aa- earnest. -hs plaia-iT. Ms Nay
F-ppes having sued Ben B--ce. a .5.eG
man. t1- 50 f1- b~ea-1 y contract
Eaca = The pa-t.c.7zu ts n tas csls
l-atel su-s~ W. an interesting character
f-oz tie lawyers d7xn - re NOS. Ea.zo-
Wines
= = C5-T and 7 L S5e7Dsrz acre cp-
posing co2-ssI. M-s Mar Eppes. q -
g-esS. 5slrS p,a5n-iE 5e1 Bruce. q
5srkey living s. IS SOUTH EE1y s-r-e..
San Wan. and Eve 1sgrp=s c5T-gs5s - The
jsry- Pr-f=s=sr S1ockEye-. ?. a &3z5- 3
and ether su-h9r.t-@z on shases acre z5t-
ress-s. ana ex-Pr1oats Judge Hacker Ess
gre pressing E5gs. = Ess an exsIrsE
case. zuz one tha. . atnzet 5szst.ce n
57-h ssles. ard Judge Hscset- asz-a ~.
case Nth re s5l=-rzi-y q QUAKE q :
s-.@zt meeting
TIE .u-y ~as agreez -2In - ben -szss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-10
MUNYON'S
lSOIIgsIi5

this early in the season, receiving large
orders for their superb quality Of ice. Yes
terday was g very busy day in this depart
ment. there being several large requests
for their hygienic ice. The city butchers
as well as the family trade, find IN the
Dold ice product the clearest and most
lasting refrigeration that this city af-
fords. The bold ice is Of only one grade,
and this grade Is packed in the refrig-
orator cars which 90 az long distances
and which require the best that science
and expert experimenting can produce
The same ice is furnished TO the city
trade and last year the butchers and fam
ily customers learned that this ice was
the best and chea pest in the city. Tester-
day the trade was more than the output
could furnish, but in d few days extend
ed arrangements will have been made
whereby all demands viii be promptly
and readily supplied.
The bold Packing company has force
Of men az work excavating on the north
docks for a new smoke house. The plant
has lately been occasionally embarrassed
because Of limited equipments for the
smoking facilities Up 10 the past few
months the several smoke houses have
been adequate for the business done, but
within the past year the capacity for
times over strained. and the three fires
a the plant the past year have been
produced by the attempt 70 crowd the five
big houses. The trade in other words
has outgrown the capacity, and the Wich-
tia house. always alive 70 enterprise
and TO promptly supplying the calls OF
their customers, are now erecting new
smoke house which will be Of 5000 pounds
capacity, and with the other five viii AZ
least for time, be amply able TO get
out promptly all orders from this end
The Dold people first and last consult
the best plans Of meeting the demands Of
their large trade, and this latest move
means a smoking capacity far beyond
that Of any abattoir in the country Of the
same size. The number smoke house
which TWO weeks ago was slightly dam
aged by fire, is now thoroughly repaired
and renovated and meats Will be hung
IN IL as fast as orders require.
Yesterday was a busy day at the Dold
plant. The warm weather is bringing out
orders from all over. The army Of trav-
cling statesmen, as well as the steady mail
order department. yesterday brought in
the largest list Of meat orders reviewed in
many weeks. During the winter months
the staple meat trade always is bound 70
languish. But earlier than usual this sea-
Sun lLic TRADE mas commenced 10 al
vance. Yesterday was a heavy day. The
mail orders and the orders from the So
licitOrs were all heavy, and all depart
ments were crowded to attend 10 the calls.
Dry salt meats, specialties, and beef
quarters and whole carcasses, were in de-
mand. and the jobbing and express trade
was the heaviest in many weeks, as well
as the car lot stuff. The growing trade
is already encouraging and the coming
season promises TO be the best in the life
of the Wichita plant.
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DARING ALL FOR SCIENCE
Two Germans Cross a Corner OF Thib-
ct A@id Many Dangers.

Vancouver, B. c. March s--Advices by
the steamer Empress Of India say: There
arrived in Shang Hal recently two distin-
guished gentlemen travellers. Prof. Futter-
er OF Karlsruhe geoIogist. and Dr. Hol-
terer, Of Lorrach. Baden, who have just
crossed northeastern Tibet from Turke-
stan, discovering the source y the Yellow
river and entering China by the north
west. reching Nankow and civilization by
the Han river. The professor has left for
home via Japan and the United States
The two gentlemen left Germany on No
venber 70. 1897. accompanied by a Ger
man servant. Reaching Suchou the ex-
plorers went 10 Siningfru. which they
reached in the middle Of last July. II
was from there that the two scientists ar
ranged 10 start on an expedition having
for lis object the exploration Of the Vel
low river south OF Kokonor. At this point
their servants deserted them and the trav-
eIers were swindled by natives. They LETT
Kokonor August and went over country
never before traveld by foreigners. With
them were Two Cossacks and eight Chi
nese. In the upper Taho valley the party
we're d+LdGAr4 ~ Gpo4b LlAttE IbDatLS-
one-half Of whom kept up a lively fusilade
while their companions raided the animals
of the expedition. The explorers returned
the fire and wounded several OF their as
sailants. Reaching Tachou. where some
American missionaries were met, IL be
came evident that the country 10 the west
and southwest was fun Of robbers. 80
travelling there had TO be abandoned Ac-
co0dingiy the party went on to Manchou,
Ping Liangu and Singinfau. which latter
place was reached al Christmas. then
down Tan river in a couple o. boats 70
Han river, which took them 10 Hankow
on January +. Dr. Futterer made a valu-
able geological collection besides taking
careful Ubserva tons for meteorological
and map-maklng purposes, whilst Dr.
Holterer more particularly interested him
self in geological matters. getting together
an important collection"
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Rates 60 the Teachers Convention.

omaha. Ncb.. March AFTER a thrcs
days conference. n which two ros8s did
all the conferfing and tire ofhsr sixteen
acquiesced. the trduscontfnentaI lines
have adjourned and the rates made ~
the Southern Pacific and Santa Re for
the National Educational association con-
Veruon IN Los Angeles IN July. vii
stand The rates Viii De * FOR the round
trip from II sscun river common points.
The selling dates viii be June -. ~
elusive ard July S-s. Inclusive. with tho
final return limit September 70 on AL
business which goes out over the ogden
gateway Hines which Includes az the
Omaha roads. and returns via Portland.
an extra s. wli have 10 be paid. Whether
the roads val pay g. 90 hold their rate
equally with that q che saufhern Pa
cihc and the Santa Fe or AID t @ ne
price - the ticket s. "a problem jet 10
b. solved y enc price Poe added % ths
ticket "a person may go from kansas
CITY 20 Los Angeiea and return b Port
land for - CD anIe from Omaha toe
same tip VII cost $50
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THE EATHER

Wichita Kan. March g 1Sea.
Local forecast for Wichita and vicinity
Urt.i Saturday. fair and confined warm
During tle past = hours The highest
temperature has been = the lowest Il.
and me mean -. with clear weather. fresh
% brisk southeast glnd. ana lower pres
sure.
The river continues up q, g feet On the
gauge bur i free from zee. on this day
last year The gauge reading was Is feet
On this date lEs- year the c5--eSp o1d.nE
temperature we7e - Il and -. and tEo
years 20 they were =. a ard =
Fer the past ten years the average sem
pe-stUre for the month - March has
been Il ard Tor The 9Th DAY. ~
FRED Z JOHNSON. Observer.
Washington. March S--F'o-eeas, to- F'ri-
day;
hans2s-I1creasilE clou6i1ess; p-o5a-
bly, rain: colder II western portion; v2rlz-
o.s winds
Oklaho-a and I15izn Te--.so-y-In-
creaS.aE clou5i1ess, probably ra5n. winds
becoming colder and uo-therly.
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IESTs MADE on NEWGuHS
One = Rapid-Fire shoulder Arm. THE
Otker a " Ire CnaEan

Wzshirgro1 Marc f-Tts-e wss --i-
vsrs ,=st a. TIE Ezvy ys-9 - ar
r.ae. today sae i-re--c- u 8 r. 81 Lane
q CIeT-la-E oslo- General Ees ars
some other army C1ce-s Stazfse,L --s
test TIE neE F72a zaes t-s z7ees .e-e--
sted D. ne aTtzE. 20 operate .ze aars-
z-e- = car Re - zrrazEEG fl4t er.e psi
- The -rtEEs- ~notes tzs r4saz-e ~
y car b fred a. s1gE.T al desired. tas
automatic aT-a2xeazezt eier-l~E -Aa exp
tT s<sl -. sEeEE arG caktzE ere $500.
TIE t-st o. fss w Was so stecr --g-
Ecstl1E. Pa No s-A1 E-
eru-ert t~er - 1~ Erceu
faea ~ go .eak gzee tefaT 81 flr1F-
b.. 49, afrF = tssss sss 49, &C.
~ aEf f-r r-e EruEa- Tre ga
r. 1ve--rrh rz-tor@ T-lrss ta-se alc ane-
hsg szus end 81 - - ler Tae .sfs
ere rC3e- go s9-1FTr. ~ - EsEa- ira
EcS-.t q rr= 0-.@c4re slsss-f-e-t e-@
E5Gwara y GAE~ ses--rrs-t l-sscsr
Aad ehzrEe = tAs laat-HE z-a 1-r.-E- ne
zsg1est p-eszgrs r-sess2 sza oTer ls.f'3
ge-711. si-a . Vs-Sr-y :: $500 ~>e fss;
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REPRESENTATIVE SALES
SHIPPERS AND NOTES.

7. N Funk Of the firm IF Cheskev &
Iunk Of NickerSon. was a late arrival on
Tie market with q car Of heavy hogs good
enough 20 bring the top price of the day
fer car hogs
Seymour Clarke o. Benton was on the
market with "a car load of hogs which
Fa.3 az good bulk price. While al the
yards ne bought I'm q bunch Of stock cat
te To put on his feeding yards.
r F. HargCove Of ArSonia was IN with
8 car load NJ heavy hogs which sold at
the best bulk price.
Joe Kirk Of kinCman was in with a car
n medium weight hogs which sold al q
good bulk figure
Burchdeld & Cornell Of Anthony were
on the market with car Of medium
weight hogs, bur good enough 20 bring
the price At which most OF the car hogs
solo for the day.
VIM. Aste, & Son Of Haven were in
with car of heavy hogs. which sold at
the popular bulk price.
The Farmers and Drovers' Bank Of NJ
Hope were in with a car Of medium
weight hogs which sold al a so0d. stiT
blik ralEa price
G A stuart ~ Whitewater was on the
market with "a car o. light weight hogs
% very fair sra5e. which sold AZ a good
bulk price.
Campbell & Horton Of Caldwell were in
wiki q car Of medium weight hogs which
sod well within the bulk range.
O. p. Hawkins OF Nashville was snip
Per OF light hogs which So.t AZ g strong
bu-k figure.
-. " Kidney Of Henressey vas ship
p Of light hogs which sold Well on the
market during the afternoon trading
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
wee as follows: santa Fe, (; Missouri!
Pacific. Z. Rock Island. s.
The daily cimpsris0ns were as follows.
Yesterday. tops. s. 61tz. Tor wagon hogs.
ana SIS for car hogs: bulk. 8. t.T3-55:
average weight. -. receipts, s5L For
the day previous. tops. $ 80: bulk. $50
SEQ; average weight. -: receipts. 7ss
For the same day last week. tops $ -:
bulk. $-f7ilS 521z; average weight. -:
receipts. SO
The provision market yesterday was
generally steady throughout the list
There was q varying market in this pit.
but cash lard closel steady and cash ribs
- cents OF. The other options were
generally about steady. making the whole
LIS q steady market generally.
= 1Ae D0ld Packing company IS already,
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the average price would be S3s2. Il Is said
that these figures are being considered by
large iron and steel concerns
Officials at the department say that II
armo- can De manufacture FOR SEQ per
ton. and the government has money 10
pay an average price OF Ss42 per ton. mat
the manufacturers are likely 20 look into
the matter pretty closely. as The profit
Of SIS Per ton Will be wei worth consider
ing. IN making the estimates the price %
s4o0 per ton is allowed for the ships a.
ready authorized under the naval appro-
priat.on act FOR the year ending June %.
ls9s The figures given above have been
discussed By officers of the department and
representatives OF the armoT plate manu-
facturers Il has also been pointed out
that the government VIII no; need any q
the arunor until next February. and mean
while the arrnor plants Of this country
would be making Krupp amor for Rus
sia- All this armor vii be tested ar .be
government grounds az Indian Head ard
the navy department VII have kno~ie4se
Of a II tire exper ments and be ready 20
take advantage Of all Improvements which
may be effected
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HOGS F|VE LOVER
Good Run of Swine Stock and
Quality Fair.
TOPS REST ON 1855
Cattle Market Steady With
Scattering Sales.

The hog market yesterday was FIVE
cents lower. The early reports from other
western markets <displayed pronounced
weakness and the local market in sympa-
thy fell of also just that far II was a
very satisfactory day, on the whole, the
trading being active, shipping buyers be-
ing eager purchasers and bidding prompt
and lively. For most OF the day there
was not much 70 deal in, there being
nothing carried over from the night be
fore and the early morning wagon trade
and local receipts being il volume rather
ligh-, although the quality was generally
very good for this division. One load ap-
reared from the car lots during the early
part Of the day and then the trade sagged
until later in the afternoon, when more
rom this class came in and were at all
times welcome, the demand being firm all
cay. There was some spirited trading in
ne fore part OF the day and prices shot
Up very strong, though there was nothing
- deal IL but small punches Of wagon
-7gs, mostly Of very good grade. There
vas one bunch Of extra fine wagon hogs
which brought g .62lz. These We're heavy
hogs IN choice, home-fed trim. and sold
At once. The same grade Of car hogs
would have sold equally readily at the
same ngure, but no car hogs appeared
that could approach them in quality and
condition. One car of hogs weighed up
on the very close took 80 and these
were heavies Of even stock and in the
best Of form, and well worth it This was
the only top car load and came in last.
The bulk was g. 40d3.5 -. and this took
IN all but one Of the cars, and the excep-
ton was load OF very light hogs Of
mixed quality. A large end Of the bulk
went at $50 and around that point.
while the rest were at various prices with
IN the l5-ceut range The quality was on
" fair and some OF the offerings. ike
those Of the other days Of this week.
we're light and mora or less common.
Inere was sprinkHng, however. Of bet
Ter hogs, but with the exception Of the
one top toad there was nothing at all
choice There were more hogs in Of fair
Drade OF butcher stock than on Wednes-
day, but still the CRY IS for a better grade
Fat butcher stuff Of heavier weights viii
receive the best prices. although all this
week all hogs have sold and sold well
1 ne lower tone yesterday was along with
otner western markets, and this point
held its own very well. The business ex-
tended until long after dark. but every
hog was sold finally. and the pens ernn-
tied Good prices were paid for the only
medium grade offered, and sellers did vel
in every instance.
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DRY GOODS MARKETS

New York March 9.-The general cotton
goods situation al first hands shows fully
as strong q tone a before. out there
has this week been some falling Of in the
volume Of business actually passing
There are bids for large quantities OF
staples floating around. but buyers do not
come up to practicable prices in such in
stances with any CELEBRITY. Advances "
quotations are less freq There Is no
giving away in any direction. 5u. ,he Up
ward movement Is less pronounced than
Of late. Cotton hosiery and underwear n
better demand thsn Of late No change in
the wooden goods division.