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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-19
DRY GOODS MARKETS

New York, Oct. 1s.-The market has
not shown any material change today,
either in the character of the general de-
mand or tone. All staple cottons are dis
tinctly against buyers. Further advances
IN prices have not been important, but
the tendency is still toward a higher
range Of values in most lines of brown
and coarse-cclored cottons. Latest adj
vances in beached will probably mark
top limit for a while, as the demand to-
day Is less persistent. No change in the
market for prints or ginghams. Print
cloths firm at previous prices. Silks in
moderate request. Piece silks steady, but
ribbons easy and irregular.
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DEMAND FOR EXPORT
Is improved and Exports Show
Diminnution.
RESULT Is A REACTION
Wheat and Oats Score Ad-
vances--Corn Unchanged.
RESULT is A REACTION

Chicago, Oct. 1s-An improved export
| demand and diminishing receipts favor
| ed reaction in wheat today and the mar
ket after a steady decline for over
week, closed with a gain of a half cent
| for December. Corn closed unchanged
and oats 1-Sa1-4c higher. Provisions
! were stagnant, but closed with frac-
tional advance.
Wheat opened steady, following higher
Liverpool cables. Notwithstanding a
light receipts and the oversold condition
or the local market, coupled with the
theory that after such season CT con-
tinuous decline some natural reaction
might reasonably be expected, encourage
ed sufficient buying for the moment to
add little TO the opening advance. The
demand was limited, however and bust
ness finally became so sluggish that the
market began TO sag for lack Of support.
Then the bears took hold and succeeded
in WiDing out the advance and forcing a
3-Sc decline. At This point a report from
the seabOard that houses with connec
tions in India were buying heavily Of
low grade wheat stimulated a buying
movement. Selling pressure grew less
pronounced as the session progressed ard
the market toward the dose was strCng
final figures being the best of the day.
Chicago received $50 cars, four of which
graded contract. Minneapolis and Duluth
got but G65 cars, compared with 1.165 for
the corresponding day a year ago. At
lantic port clearances in wheat and -four
equalied $4,000 bushels New York report
ed 100000 bushels No. red wheat dis
posed of for Bombay and thirty boat
loads for export to Europe. Cash demand
here was fair.
Corn ruled dull and lower the greater
part of the session. There was a good !
deal of liquidation, encouraged by slack |
shipping demand but toward the end the !
frmness in wheat impaired a little ami /
nation to buying and the loss was fully |
recovered. Receipts 426 cars. December /
closed with buyers a 80 3-Sc.
A good cash demand. buying by ele- |
vator interests and the advance in wheat /
strengthened oats. Trade was active Re !
ceiDts Us cars. December was at y 1-2c /
at the close.
Provisions held steady on limited .
trade. The absence of liquidation which |
has depressed the market of late vas the |
main factor in the strength shown. Cash |
demand good. January pork closed , 1-2c |
G5c higher at $941G9.42 IL; January pork {
and ribs a shade higher at $537 ID and .
Si92 IL respectively.
Estimated receipts for Thursday: Wheat
14e cars; corn 800; oats 165 and hogs g.
600 head.
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GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY.

GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY.
MISSOURI PACIFIC TICKET OFFICE.
III North Main Street. Wichita. Kan
We can sell you through railway and
steamship tickets TO all parts OF the
world. We are agents FOR the following
, lines of ocean steamship companies:
American line. New York to Southamp-
ton and Liverpool.
Anchor line. New York 10 Glasgow.
Cunard line. New York 10 Liverpool
and Boston to Liverpool
North German Lloyd, New York 70
Southampton. Bremen. Genoa. Naples.
China and Japan.
White Star line. New York to Liver
pool. Cape Town. South Africa and South
American points
Hamburg-American line. New York 10
Plymouth. Southampton. Havre. Paris
and Hamburg.
Red Star line. New York to Antwerp.
Belgium.
CompaEnfe General TransatIantique
French Hre). New York to Hayre and
Paris direct
Dominion line, Montreal and Boston 70
Great Britain and Ireland
Letters Of inquiry promptly answered
We make a speciality Of prepaid tickets
from the old countries to the United
States.
E. z. BLECKLEY p. and T. A..
III North Main Street. Wichita. Kan
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including October, 4.SOc; November, 4.751
4.S0c; December 4.95c; January. 5.00c;
February. 5.10c; March, soc; April 5.25c;
May, $500; July, 5.40c; August, 5.45c; Sep
TENDER, $500. Soc Spot, Rio firmer; No.
Z invoice, sac bid No Z jobbing, 63sc bid.
Mild, firmer; Cordova, 6$aQl1%c.
Sugar-Raw. firm; held firmer. Refining,
3 13-16c; centrifugal 96 test 4ssc; molasses
sugar. 3 9-l6c; centrifugal, 96 test, +5sc;
molasses sugar, 9-16c bid. Refined
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Don t Step on a Rat

To kill him. Don't feed reaches and bed
hugs on the sO-C9aeO eEteruInatiG- pew
drrs. which don't even make the bugs
sick " hen you want 10 rid your home
Of ali kinds Of household VesInin why
rot do Il in the easiest. suvaSt. c.eanest
and cheapest waY-by using StssrDs
Electric Rat and Roach PaSte2 It's easily
apnIicd in cracks and Creyices or spread
On a piece of cheese. and no baG odors
CA arise from its use. as Il entirely con
umes ell animal matter. Rats eat X and
Cu-, inside Of TWO days the paste consumes
ana dries up all Of the rat hut the skin
Uud bones, so that there is nothing left
10 smell
one ~ the largest seed stores in Wichita
used enc box asst year, found s. dead rats
next morning and never had any smells
or trouble with rats afterward.
a Galveston AouSekeeper writes Us.
s'Iast summer / bought a box of YOUR
Paste, used II around the sink IN he
kitchen enc night 10 XIII the cOckr0aehes.
and next morning We swept Ii2 dead
reaches into dustpan on the kitchen
/ stearns' Electric Paste has been ,naaa
for over - years Thousands ans tTors-
ands OF hOuSekeepers have used In DUNN
that time. and We have never had one
single complaint Instead. we nave hun
S-ees OF letters Ike the above rra.s,,1r
me Paste. and calling Il the best ve-uI9
For sale at all dealers. &C box.
II your dealer does not keep II. send
stamps and we Will send you a box
Stearns Electric Paste Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
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METAL MARKET.

New York. Oct. 1S.-The market was
almost lifeless, with the tendency of val
ues. If in either direction, downward I'M
der absence of support of any description
AT the close the metal exchange called
pig iron warrants dull, $3l 30 asked; lead
dull, $4.5712 bid and 81. 6212 asked; spelter
dull. s. 40 bid and $50 asked The bro
kers' price for lead is $40 and for cop
per S1S
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FOOTBALL

Ann Arbor. Mich. Oct. 1s.-University
of Michigan defeated Notre Dame this
afternoon. Z TO 0.
Cambridge. Mass. Oct. IS-The Har-
ward University football eleven beat
Bates. ~ 10 Q. this afternoon.
Princeton, y. J., Oct 1S--The Prince
ton football team today defeated Penn
sylvania State College. y to 0.
Philadelphia. oct. I&-The University
% Pennsylvania football team was again
scored this afternoon. this time By WeS-
leyan College PENNSYLVANIA, however.
Won the = me. Score. l. TO s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-19
GIVE THE CHILDREN A DRINK

called Grsin-O- Il Is q delicious anna
tizinS. nourishIrs f0od drink 10 gEke -
pace OF coffee. sod og a. grocsrs and
5Iked BY an wha have usesi II k.s,s--s1
wnen urouerlv prepared ID tss,ss
tl-est earFee. oat i free from an - fr5s
vsocs properties irsir-o aids digestion
and strengthens TIE Fer ses- Il Is net 4
dren. as vel as sdults. car 6ri1s i yxffh
great benefit. costs about &. as -stlcb a.
coffee. : and lG
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ANIMAL.


CONVENTION OF THE WI c. T. Y.
Seattle, Washington. October p %
q. 1899
For the above occasion the Frisco tick
e. agent, corner Main and Douglas ave
nue.. will sell tickets for Portland. Ia
coma and Seattle and return AZ one reg
ular first class fare for the round TRIP
Tickets on sale October =. "a. e. Is.
providing for going transit limit 70 oe-
tqber o. and for final return HmiJ 30
vsmber Is.
Stop-overs Will he permitted a. shy
point within the transit limit Further
information viii be cneerfuily given ~
3. F. DUNN. District Passenger Agent.
Wichita. Kan.
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COTTDN.

New Orleans, Oct 1s-Cotton-Firm :;
middling, 67sc.
Galveston, Tex, Oct. 1S.-Cotton-Quiet;
Z 1-16c
Liverpool Oct -Cotton-Close: Spot
moderate demand; prices higher; AmerI-
can middlng. 15-16d
closed steady: October. s7.O7; November
S.07; December, Sill; January, $7.17;
February. T.1s; March, 1921; April. 1913;
May, S26; June, 1927; July, 1928; Au-
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NeE York Oct 1.-2fs1ey o. cal
steaay az gs2s per ceat. lzst loan, ~
Prime mercantile paper. Szas psE serf.
Ste-s.nE exchange FT1EE vita acfeat
business n bankers hsiis - s. res 50
eB- Semant and 81 sfz= 81 FOR - GaTxs
poEtsd rsses - - ard s. 81 commercial
hIzls 81 ESs - Silver csrstsse zFes.
s7.-s5s+c bar silver $40. NEEgczn 5oflsrs
&c Government 0rsnsss Ark stare a ads
inactive. -assroat bor.as szroax
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on the Produce Exchange, today, the
market closed as follows:
Butter-Easy; creamery, 15d23c; dairy,
13lad19c.
EggsISteady: lslkc.
Cheese-Strong; cream, 112id12hc
Dressed poutry-F'irm; turkeys. 9G10c:
spring chickens.9d914c; hens. SIC; ducks,
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City. No, Oct. 1S-Wheat-De-
cember. csc: May. 6S7Sc; cash. No. ?
hard. 63Ikc: No. 5, 6o663c; No red, ga
6Sc: No. s. 63a66c
Corn-December. 2fssc: May. g77tc: cash.
No. mixed, &c: No. ? white, 2sl2d2s24c =;
No. 3. 29laM231ec.
Oats-No. . white. 24G2rkc
Rye-NO. . 54Ac.
Hay-Choice timothy. $500; choice prai-
RE. e.7507.c0
Butter-Creamery. 1s022c; dairy. Ice.
EggS-EreSh. lie
ST LOUIS
st. Louis, Oct. 1S-Wheat-Higher No.
? red cash. elevator. 6e1<c: track. 1G72c;
May, 55a7521c; No. , hard. 6ST59lac.
Corn-Higher; No. cash 20Izc; track.
&c; December. pc; 9Iay, 292sc.
Oats-Higher; No. > cash, 2sizc: track.
2ic: December. 23}sc; May. 247sc; No. ,
white 25iaN26c
Rye-Lower; 57i2c.
Receipts-Flour. 5000: wheat. $500:
corn. = .o00; oats. 55.9tl.
Shipmeuts-Fiour 200; wheat 1900:
corn, 6l.o00: oats. 7.1oo,
NEW YORK.
New York. Oct NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
52S. 50; exports. 25119. Spot firm; No. ,
red, 16c. I. O. b.. atioat spot. Ne. I north
ern Duluth. 79Isc Z. o. b. aioat 10 az
rive: No. l hard DulUth S9tsc u arrive.
No. > red. 552sc, elevator. Options closed
firm. with prices %ISsC net advance
March closed .9l4c; May, 795sc; December,
15c
Corn-Receipts 1889; exports. 1883.
Spot steady; No. >, 40lsc, f O. b.. afloat
SSAc elevator. Options closed firm al net
unchanged prices: May closed S7izc; De-
cemher. SSfSC.
Oats-Receipts. Ss.2s5: exports. coo. SPOT
easy. No ,. 1S'sc, No. 8. sc: No. white.
2ac; No. 5 white. sc; track. mixed western
2>lg13oc; track. white. SlG55c Options
dull and nominal.
Receipts, eSS7 packages: quiet:
western creamery, II124c; factory. I4izd
lie.
Egg-Recelp,s. 6S7 packages: dull;
western ungraded, at marx. 15Ti9c.
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FnK n Tnl,rs

TAKE THE MISSOURI PACIFIC
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA LIMITED"
Leaves Wichita az el0 ?. m. arriving al
St. Louis next morning az 7.20. making
direct connections with al; lines east. No
change OF cars. Elegant service Citv
ticket office. IL North Main street.
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COFFEE ANpsUGAR MARKETS

New York. Oct -S-CofTea-Optio7s
opened firm and 5tsl points higher with
receipts. warehouse cellvr ries. frruer SPOT
market and Itae-sl buyi-E for fnvasrrrle7.
European and loCal short account. Traa-
ing was active al day. Closed STEADY. ~
- points net higher. SECS q 80 bass.
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To Pueblo. Colorado Springs and Dem
yer without change q cars va the NJ
souri, Pacific railway Through Sleeper
leaves Wichita daily at 5.s) 2. m
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The market for bonds was moderately
active and showed numerous points q
strength. Total sales. 3 - 90 United
States old - registered advanced Z q
the bid price
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Take the Frisco line afternoon traiu for
Texas. 81. Louis and all points east
Through slepeIs ana chair cars.
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yyaaasrxto1. Oct I-Ts-6zy's statement
g re eon1its7z &C t1S t-e&FgEy- ATz2-
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Paris Oct. lS-M. Gohier. writer OF
leading articles for the Dreyfusar6 organ
Aurore. fought q duel today with the
son of General MERCER. former minister
OF war Mr.. MERCER was pinked IN The
chest, but is not thought 20 De seriously
zurr
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go; market steady; native shipping and
peer steers. g. 25GS. 80; stockers and feed
ers, g. z5G14.75; cows and heifers. g .00Q
Icy; Texas and Indian steers, So 2eq lis.
Hogs-Receipts. $500; market 5 cents
lower; pigs and lights, 81. 1904. 20. pack
ers, 4.lGGi.9O: butchers, 81. 30lI4. 40.
Sneep-Receipts, 1,5G0; market steady to
higher; native muttons, s.. 25q3.9s; lambs,
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THE WEATHE :.
WIchi.a Ean- {

Wichita Kan Oc' x -sas
Local forecast for Wichita and vicinity.
Fair and warmer uutil Friday; probably
fair Friday
During the past - hours the highest
temperature has been 3, The lowest a.
ard the mean s.. with clear weather
light northeast % east wind and slightly
higher pressure
On this date last rear the highest ten
psraluCe was -. the i1We=t . and ire
mean 3. or u degrees c0oier thaa this
year.
- FAR this month the average fen1pera-
tlre has been 6. watch Is s degrees above
the normal
50 1sr this month the rainfall ass hee1
> niche which e & inc6 Jess than ne
normal Last year FOR The same tine 4
vas 80 inches
FRED L. JOHNSON. Observer.
y shfng1ou Oct E--Fureczz. fe-
Thursday and Friday;
ka-ss s--EaiT. warmer Thursday: Fri
Gay- fair s11theTsy winds
Oklahoma ara fC6sag TeTrfforv-rzfr
Thursday and FRIDAY. variable wl1ds
City q Mexico Oct AIRS Dsaz. wife
o. ;1e president continues 10 improve n
health although Ear from ssTo1E set
NeE Haven. Conn. Oct 1S-Arftur =
Ezd4ey Szs today lE@gEuEated president
Of Yale University. the th4rtee1ta ia ,s1a
and the Immediate successor 10 the ve1eE-
abe Timothy DwigAL
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SHOT BY THEIR OWN MEN

able cash balance, SIS. rs. col: gold reserve
s254. SOL. 055.
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GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
| Open. ! High. ! Low. | Close

CHICAGO.
Chicago, Oct 1S.-The leading futures
RANGED as follows:
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STOCKS AGAIN STRONG
Tone Steadily Improves All
Through the Session.
BEARS LETT GO AT THAT
No Further Money S'ringency
But no RepIedishment

New York, Oct 1S.-There was a con-
siderable growth of confidence on the part
of bulls today and the market cannot
he properly characterized otherwise than
as strong. The strength was decidedly
spotty, especially during the early hours.
But the tone steadily improved and the
demand for stocks in the late dealings
became rather urgent. A striking evil
dence of underlying strength was the IN
disposition OF the bears to contest the ad
vance. This was notably true in the group
of industrial stocks which was made the
taget for attack yesterday. There was no
special development in the days news
to account for the markets strength.
There was no renewed stringency In
ishment of New York's diminished cash
supplies. Foreign exchange in New York
advanced sharply. causing some renewal
of talk of gold exports. The simultaneous
advance of sterling exchange here and
in Paris and Berlin indicates the drawing
in by London of outstanding resources
in preparation for war expenditures. The
meager supply of cotton bills. very unu-
sual at this period. is also a factor in the
strength Of sterling exchange. The
scarcity Of ship room. owing TO the Brit
ish governments demand for transport
service, is cited as the cause. Closing
prices of stocks were as follows:
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CASH QUOTATIONS.
Flour-Easy.
Wheat-No spring 6SlhG7Oc; No. 3
spring G4d6Sc; No. red. Tic.
Corn-No. p S1149312c; No. yellow,
31% a32c.
6ats~No. ?. 22lsc: No. 2 white, 251sc;
No. 8 white. 2412d24aac.
Rye-No 2. soc.
Barley-No. .. 39th646c
Flax seed-No. !. $1.31.
Timothy seed-Prime, s2.25.
Mess pork-Per Dbl. 81 90d7.95.
Lard-Per 100 lbs, s.. 25d5 .271a.
Short ribs sides 0oosel. $4SGI5. %; dry
sailed shoulders (boxed). 5d6Bc; short
clear sides (boXed), s.. 50fi5. 60.
Whisky-Distillers' finished goods, per
gal, 1913.
Sugar-Unchanged.
Clover-S7.75.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
ReCeiDtS. Shipments
Flour, bbls ............ 5000 II, 900
Wheat. bu. ........... 100 90 5000
Corn, bu ................5f20QO $4,000
Rye. blu. ................ IS 600 1000
Barley. bu recommendation $1,000
on the PrOtiuce EXCHANGE to-day the
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-02
LOSSES BY FOREST FIRES.

u article of timely interest and pertinent TO the
I \ welfare of California is that Forest Fires"
in the current number of the Forum by Henry
Gannett chief geographer OF the United States Geo
logical Survey. 1t is timely because the importance
of ptovidng some means for preventing the destruc
ton OF our forests, which clear to people dur
ing the months when the fires rage is generally for
gotten in the winter when the Legislature meets, and
is therefore ignored in the work OF the session. Mr.
Gannetts article comes in time to recall public at
tenton to the subject and revive popular desire for
a remedy for the evil.
The first notable point in the article is the state
ment made on the strength of official statistics of the
extent OF the damage caused by forest fires Speak
ing generally Mr. Gannett says: Every year when
the summer heats have dried the vegetation forest
fires prevail the Northwest from the Great Lakes
to Puget Sound, and the pineries of the SOUTH
and thousands OF square miles OF forests go up in
smoke. In addition to millions Of dollars worth of
timber there destroyed each year ranches and
even towns which stand in the track OF the flames,
not to speak OF the loss OF life He adds:
Let us get some measure of the amount OF this
destruction. In the year 1880, in connection with
the tenth census OF the United States, Professor c. S.
Sargent collected all possible information concerning
the forest fires which occurred during that year The
results OF that investigation which in the nature of
lHlllgS COulQ not De exhaustive, SHONcQ tndt there
were burned at least ten and quarter million acres
OF forest land-an twice the size of New Jersey.
The value OF property thus destroyed was more than
SIS, 100000 This is the tale OF one year and year
not at all remarkable for its forest fires
The waste is destructive on the Pacific than
the Atlantic coast, Mr.. Gannett points out be-
cause on this coast it seldom rains from May to Octo-
Der and by August the forests are as dry as tnder
On this coast therefore, the need of laws for forest
preservation is important than elsewhere and
yet we are behind the progressive States Of
the East in undertaking the work Within genera
ton, says Mr.. Gannctt one-ffth of the magnificent
forests OF Western Washington have gone up in
smoke Timber having stumpage value of $4,000,
600 has thus been thrown away in part of this one
State.
New York led the way in providing laws for the
protection OF her forests and as a consequence she
now suffers little from the ravages OF FIRE New
Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Min
nesota and Pennsylvania have lately followed her ex-
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-02
THE NEW YEARS RAIN.

r O New Years day ever brought to California a
more acceptable or more valuable gift than
that brought yesterday in the showers which
1t was. indeed, glad day for all who have been
impatient for the rain.
The records Of the State show that not nfrequently
seasons which began as dry the present one have
after New Year and toward spring been profuse Of
showers, and in the succeeding season all forms Of
crops have been abundant. There is now fair pros
pect this will be of that kind Gradually the
drought has been breaking up. There. have been
more or less clouds for some time past and at last
there has in what promises to be period OF good
rains.
1t is not in the rural districts only that the benefits
OF the showers will be felt. With the Frightening
prospect OF good season there will come greater
confidence in all lines OF business, and that industrial
and commercial activity which has been so notable in
the East for the past three months will be manifest
here not less energetically than in the progress
sve States beyond the Rockies.
1t seems, therefore, that we are to have really
glad New Year. The evils caused by the drought
will pass away and once more California will take the
lead of her sister States in the prolson as we'll as
the variety of her rural products We shall be in good
condition to prepare for the development of COM
mercc with the Orient for the worlds great exposi-
ton at Paris and for own State exposition the
year after In fact after the years of struggling with
the free trade depression the financial panic and the
drought California is about to be herself again She
needs nothing but rain and the year has brought
that and promises more