The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-19
PROVISIONS MARKET.
Ss4IPPERs AND NOTES.

Col Robert Peoples was at the yards
yesterday
Two car loads Of sheep left Texas yes
derday for the Wichita yards.
Marsh ". PaUgh has made the dis
coVery that a dog can count. Trains
stopping at the yards whistle four times,
while others whistle only three times.
The stock yards famous educated dog
"Shep," when he hears the fourth whis-
tie takes to his heels for the schut es
and Is ready TO unload the hogs before
any Of the stock yards employees can get
there.
mr. Bradley. the new buyer at the
yards, is a Kentuckian. There is a big
kentucky colony at the yards, and he
Wil feel at home He bought cattle on
The Danville Pike where Dad" Tilford
twas reared
Charlie Sharp has gone to Fort Worth
80 look after the interests of his firm.
The Glover Lear nine Of the Dold
packing house were defeated at Geuda
Springs. Sunday, by the Arkansas City
team. 1t was a sort of a Chicago plat
form defeat. the score being IS to / The
Arkansas City nine are a professional
or rather a trained team, and the DOld
boys, having had no baseball practice,
couldn't compete with them. Nevarthe-
less, they played a good game consider
ing the odds against them The boys
were treated well by their opponents in
the matter Of courtesy. and they return
cd home well satisfied with their trip.
They made a little more than expenses.
The DOld Packing company had a
breathing spell yesterday. as is usually
III case on Mondays. Al their travelling
men start out on Monday morning. and
they receive no orders from them until
Tuesday. Their Honday rest is WI
earned, for the hardest worked people in
GOWN now are the D0ld employees in try
AnE 20 keep up with a rush of orders.
The United States court Of appeals. in
q decision Saturday afternoon. afrirms
iha decision Of the lower court in hold
!nC that the s. terminal charge at the
IticaSo stock yards is not excessive.
This question, which has been in the
co RS for many years. was taken m
about TWO weeks ago by the Interstate
commerce commission at the request of
the Texas Cattle Raisers' association
The association has spent cansiderahle
money in trying TO defeat the 60 cbaros
- the same time Withholding nearly ali
q Its patronage from the Chicaso Yards
Now that the courts have decided th9t
Ihicago has right to bleed the Texans
to Sauge the shippers who first patron-
ized the Chicago yards and made them
Breat-the only thing for our Texa.
friends 10 90 is to patronize markets -bs+
yard charges
There has been 4 large increase in the
marketing of cattle at western markets
last week over last week a year ago. At
Kansas City there were 100 more cattle
Than the previous week aud lS7OO more
t1ac year ago. Compared with a wear
ngo. Chicago gained $500, Omaha S10a
= louis 400, ST. Joe $500 total gain.
soc Kansas City. St Joseph ana
lchita are the only markets showing
Fans IN hogs last week over last year.
ne Increase at Kansas City Is 1890. at
- Joseph 1900 at Wichita 2.0o0 Chi
Sago decreased $500, Omaha 1890 and
p Louis 800 The combined supply at
She hFe points was % 400 under last week
h.u -e,s" under a year ago.
II would be an interesting calculation
20 estimate the monetary value of n
sheh OF rain 90 Australia. Probably the
sesnit Would need a be set down in
bniHlons OF pounds sterling. Among 9TH
Prs the BE .5ourne weekly Times has
Just tackled this very problem, and says
that by comparison of the losses in
s'oek alone during single year we may
Eain some slight idea Of the enormous
pinerence IN the national wealth ex-
pressed oy the gain or need OF a fall OF