The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-13

with good load of swine, which brought
high bulk price.
Steiner & Blair, the veteran shippers Of
Lyons. and one of the oldest customers
of this market, got the top yesterday for
nice load of heavy hogs. They were a
good lot and the top was given them
without hagling.
Niekle & Wright of Lyons, new firm
Of shippers, were on the market yester-
day with load of medium weight hogs,
which brought high bulk price Mr.
J. F. Wright accompanied the car and
said that he was more than pleased with
his transaction and that he expected to
return often again to the Wichita mar
ket.
j. w. Haskell of Douglass, who ships
as many hogs to Wichita as any other
one shipper, was in yesterday with a good
load, which brought the ruling prices.
jeff Houston had a car tof swine on
the market yesterday. They were me-
dunn weights and got the bulk price.
Joe Kirk of Kingman had two cars Of
hogs on the market yesterday. which
brought the bulk price of the day.
The bulk price was paid for a car Of
hogs brought in by Smith & Jackson of
Burley. Smith & Jackson ship here reg
ularly and are doing heavy business.
c. B. Lavender of Beaumont made his
first visit to the Wichita market yester-
day. He got a high bulk price for a
nice load of medium heavy hogs. Mr.
Lavender said the he was delighted with
his sale and that the Wichita market
was one to remember and come to a
second time
]. S. Greenwade, the Kentucky colonel
of Hunnewell was on the market again
yesterday. He got the bulk price for a
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one Of the most earnest advocates of the
Wichita market in southern Kansas.
Z. F. Quigley of Medfard was one of
the Oklahoma shippers in yesterday. Mr..
Quigley has been coming here for four
years and says that he can find no better
market.
The Dold Packing company brought in
a load Of Texas steers yesterday which
went into the quarantine division.
Billy Baker, the weighmaster, had an
exciting experience yesterday with a bull
The bull chased him, and Baker made his
escape by vauling a six-rail fence and
landing in hog trough.
The railroads did a fair business yes
terday at the yards. The Santa Fe
brought in II cars, the Rock Island 5, and
the Frisco, T.
Provisions were strong yesterday, al
though there was no sensational advance.
Pork opened at 5000 and closed a 80 10
Cash lard opened at s5.S7 and closed at
$3.50. Cash ribs opened at $50 and closed
at 1918
The elevator in the killing building at
the Dold Packing companys plant, which
has been out of repair for nearly a week
was gotten into running order yester-
day and operated for the first time.
The shipping business at Dold's was
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day and all delayed orders were hurried
out. The export, jobbing and shipping
departments were all busy and worked
late.
A widespread scandal has Apesulted at
Berlin from the discovery that. owing to
the connivance of officials in Berlin stock
yards, large quantities of condemned tu-
berculosis beef have been smuggled
through and sold TO a large restaurant
and to several big sausage makers. An
official investigation has been ordered
Four governors will be at Fort Worth
next week for the meeting Of the National
Live Stock association, beginning next
Tuesday They are c. NJ. Barnes of Ok
lahoma, Joseph D. Sayers Of Texas, E.
A. Lee of South Dakota and e. S. Thomas
of Colorado. Governor Barnes will be
accompanied by Attorney General Gun
ningham and five other prominent terri
tory officers.
The annual convention of the Kansas
Improved Stock Breeders association
closed at Topeka with the election Of
these officers: President, j. w. Robson,
FL Dorado; vice president, James Mains,
Oskaloosa; secretary and treasurer, H. A.
Heath, Topeka; directors. NJ. S. Babcock,
Nortonville, II. NJ. Kirkpatrick, Walcott.
o. P. Updegraff, Topeka, ]. w Higgins,
Hope, Charles Sutton, Russell; delegates
to the Denver cattlemens meeting, J. w.
Robson, FL Dorado: to the Fort Worth
w. D. Rippey, Severance; to
the Pure Food congress at Washington,
Senator w. A. Harris. The association
adopted a resolution unanimously indors-
ing o. P. Updegraff for a place on the
live stock sanitary board to succeed Tay-
lOr Riddle.