The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-20
REPRESENTATIVE SALES.
SHIPPERS AND NOTES.

10 Kirk OF Kingman was a shipper Of
medium weight hogs of very fair grade
which sold at the $3.50 top price
JEFF Houston shipped up from Ponca
City car load Of medium weights of fair
grade which We're quotable at the top of
the day.
Uncle Philo Hunter one Of the success
1ui shippers to this market( was present
from Elbing, with a car load Of heavy
hogs which went at the top of the bulk
Ihere was practically no cattle market
yesterday, the supply being very light
and the quality only moderately fair
From the want Of desirable offerings the
traders and buyers we1e not over anx-
.eus TO take much Of i on, and only two
sales were recorded worth mention. One
OF these was a cow Of 1880 pounds. sell
ing at SS.75, and small cow of $50
pounds. and selling at 500.
The Dod shipments yesterday were
strong in the local and express and job
bing divisions and very fair in the dock
cars of mixed packing house products.
The house is now well supplied with all
the several cuts and a good trade is being
enjoyed with the territory extending all
the time and the business increasing.
The statements Of the two past DAYS
were as follows; Yesterday tops, s.. 50;
bulk of sales, 81. 4Ga3.50; average weight,
234; receipts, SOS. For Thursday. tons.
S3.47l2; bulk, $3.S71zd3. ~; average weight
zig; receipts. $50
Miss Alta Myers, the cashier at the Dold
plant has left for a several weeks visit
hmong friends In Indiana. In her alb
sence her duties viii be performed by
Miss Ida Mahaney
Higher prices for hogs and buying by
packers strengthened provisions Cash
lard closed up 10 cents at $50 and ribs
cents up. at $4.65.
Nj. J. D. Harrison. chief clerk at the
packing house has returned from brief
visit on business at Kansas City.
Mr.. John Spear of the Joint railway
agency at the yards, viii leave In day
Or two for a visit among relatives at
Dallas. Texas. Ills place will be filed by
Mr.. WIZ Spencer during his absence.
Mr.. George Riley. the genial travelling
salesman for the Dold Packing company,
was IN a headquarters yesterday on bust
moss.
Other markets Yesterday were as fol-
lows; Chicago expected 2400o hogs and
received that number. with 4225 left over,
against $1,000 the day before The mar
ket was given as active at 2i5 cents
higher; the estimate for today Is 10 00
hogs Kansas City received 1920 hogs,
against 1890 the day before, and the
market was given as cents higher ST.
Louis was Sc higher. with $500 in, against
100 the day before.
st. Louis Reporter: It IS now In order
for the cattle raising and packing inter-
ests 70 bring suit against General Miles
for damages and criminal libel. General
Miles has done much 10 i1iure American
meat products IN the markets of the
world uujustly and some way ought TO
be found 10 make him responsible for it.
The damage done VIII he repaired in time.
hut government officials ought to be
shown that d high office does not protect
them In making wildcat statements that
tnjuriously affect the good standing Of
honorable people.
Il looks as if the provision shorts had
covered so generally as 10 even the mar
llet up closer than for many months. says
the Chicago Times-Heraid. Three weeks
aso Patten, Phillips, Cudahy and the En-
giishmen were all short large lines Of
lrro5uc, Within that time al these in
terests have taken in their lines, and
there is heard from slmoste very quar-
ter the expression that while there wasn't
much promise 10 the market for the next
few weeks. prices We're too low 70 short
Possibly the fact that the market IS so
well evenei Up may result in the prices
slipping off some further in spite fof the
low level. and notwithstanding the pref