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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-13


butter market was firm; creamery. i6f
&c: diaries. 1tal7c: eggs. firm, at mark
cases included. 25Gz7c; cheese. steady, 10
d1o,zc.
Kansas City.
Kansas City Mo. Dec. Close: wheat
December. esAc: MAY. e9Ac; cash, No >
hard 7oisG72,ac: No. :. 67G7oc; No. 4. ecd
&c: rejected, 5sDS1c; No. red, S5c; No 3,
5sd6lc.
Bran-Nominally. ss@7oc; shorts, nonin-
ally. 7ea75c.
Ccrn-December. s77.c: May. s7xc; cash,
No. mixed. new &c, old sic; No. .
white. 3aisc: No. 3 sec
Oats-No. whiteti 3ea3sc; No. . mixed
3$6S5c.
Butter-creamery, ela2c; dairy. fancy.
Eggs-Fresh. 2.tzc.
Wheat receipts i4s cars
ST. Louis
St. Louis. Mo, Dec. I2-CioSe. Wheat
Lower: No red. cash elevator. e0dSic;
track. spisc; December. Size: May, sc;
No hard. 75T7sizc.
Corn-steady: No. cash. f2ai 1916; De-
ceMoer fiIsc: May. 4lLc.
-Oats-Ffrm: No. cash. 3.G5sc; track.
Sc: December. s7lsc: No. white, 2e1-c.
Lsad-Steady S&n2s bid.
Spelter-Dull. $50 asked
Poultry-Steady; chickens. SC; springs,
TIC: turkeys. I4c; ducks 1ec: geese. 80.
Butter-Firm; creamery. &c; dairy. 70
6zoc
Eggs-Steady. &c.
New York Produce
New York. Dec. f7.-BCtter-Receipts
400 packages: market dull and weak
Creamery. Isa55c: state da.ryr. S9-,c-
CheeSe-ReceIpts. $40 packages. mar
ket quiet
Eggs-Recsipts. 1.sS packages
SuEsr-Raw nominal: fair refining. SIC;
centrifugal Is test. CSC: molasses sugar
s-sc: refined. dull. crushed, 5o6c; povter-
&c 455c: granulated. 4Isc
Coffee-Nominal: No. Rio. &C.
Poultry-Alive WEAK: western chickens.
f0c: fowls. 1sszc; turkeys. &c: dressed,
dull: western chickens. lie: fowls ne:
turkeys i1f7sc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-13

Futures closed barely steady Deem
her 1asac: January. 1s14c: February
!. &c; March, 12.S7c; April, 12.Ae' May
L. aec; June. 1243c-
galveston. Tex, Dec. r71s.-Cotton-
Steady. Ec. -,-c.o.,o,
ORLEANS, La. Dec lZ-Cotton-
stoo -ridd'ings 12iHc- *
Liverpool, Dec. n.-Cotton-apot, Iuies'
r. IS points higher; American o'iuuiii's
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-13
HOGS were ten LOWER
Fresh ReceiptsYesterday Were
Light as Usual Saturdays.
THE TOP PRICE WAS S5.45
No Change to Note in Cattle
Market.

The usual light Saturdays hog receipts
were in evidence yesterday. The buyers
claimed that they had bought hogs FIJI
day higher than Kansas city prices. and
this fact caused Them to bid lower yes
terday. There was only one car load OF
fresh receipts and the seller claimed they
brought ten cents under Fridays prices
Hog Sales.
By an arrangement between the packers
and commission men, hogs arriving late
in the night are fed, watered and weighed
up on arrival and the next morning sold
at the previous days prices. These hogs
are quoted under the head OF early sales.
and the fresh receipts. the sale of which
is governed by the market for the day on
which they are sold, are quoted under the
head of late sales
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-13
WOOL MARKET.

St. Louis. Mo-. Dec R.-Wool-Dull and
lower Medium grades. combtng and
clothing 17Q2lc; light fine. f5ql11sc; heavy
fine, 12q14lsc; tub washed. 2odslc-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-13
CASH QUOTATIONS

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Steady; winter patents. s4.o0d4 20:
straits, $3.0o441o. spring patents. s4.oo6
40; straits, $3.50d3.75: bakers. s2.40d3 %.
Wheat-No. spring, 75qS1c; No. 2 red.
511sGS3Ac.
Corn-No. 9, 1nc; No . yellow. 44c; No.
2 oats. 351zc: No white, 3f4 G35c.
Rye-No. 2. sic.
Barley-Good feeding. s36QS7c; fair to
choice mailing. 43Qo7c.
Flax Seed-No. l. CSC; No. I Northwest
ern, 99Hc.
Provisions-Mess pork, per Dbl. SILL 500
II s21s; lard. per 100 lbs. $e.471i655o; short
ribs sides, Goose, $s12izde27is; short
clear sides. Oboxed). Sc. 12iiGs.25.
Whiskey-Ba sis OF high wines, s1-27.
Clover-Contract grade. 81 %.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-13
N.w vork MONEY Market

New York Dec. 12.-Close:Pr mer-
camille paper, 6. Sterling exchange. STEADY
wit hactual business in bankers oiils al
81 s. 356T4Gp for demand and at S3s.S
for e0-dav bills. Posted rates. 3soai4sl.
ard 4.s4alS rk. COMMERCIAL bills. As5ia
a. 1855. s
Bar silver. 55isc: Mexican dollars, 4li[c.
Government bonds. easier: railroad
bonds. easier
Money on call. firm: no loans: loans for
Oand % days. 6 per cent; six months
81 per cent.
COST OF LONDON FOGS.
The area which a heavy fog covers II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-13

safely estimate the collective cost Of .
London fog 20 De not less than $1,000.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
THE couNTRY,s BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

The slump in Wall street securities and the collapse
number Of stocks have tended to depress CON
fdence business a general way. There has
been sackening of industrial activity but has not
been noticeable of statistical tables These
the past been the unfavorable signs the
other hand nearly all branches of industry shops and
factories are running time with many untitled orders
ahead
Railroad earnings for the first weeks of october
were 60 per cent those the perioo
1902 127 per in of those for the like
period of 1901
Exports still running well in of the imports
giving balance of trade the right side and the ex
ports have not yet sweIed by outward move,
men of cereals and cotton which has been delayed by
the backward harvest
Bnt agricultural conditions very favorable and it
that great crops harvested this year will
their way where they will be sold
to purchasers who have money with which to pay for
them
"A a whole commercial conditions are encouraging
and there has been apprecable decline in the volume
of trade
In the steel there better feeling inspired by
the belief that purchasers who have been holding off VIII
begin to buy again and that will cause fun re.
sumption of operations in the few idle mills blast fur
naces and coke ovens That in turn will make more
business for the railroads There is more money in the
country than there was year ago
The most conservative and careful observers of the
conditions in Wall street inclined to believe that the
worst Of the decline the value OF securities has been
seen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24

psh nothing for tariff bill from 'nat cohcerh
the regular session The Republican eadersin the mousse
and senate are united on this point Of shutting OF all
tariff legislation
'Just four weeks will intervene between the meeting
congress the extra session and the opening Oh the
regular conyocaon business hand can undoupt-
ediy twothrds Of that time the Re-
publicans show speed. But as there VIII De no
chance to- go home between the called and the regular
sessions there will be no especial incentive for quick
work The Republicans harmonious all of the i'm
portant issues nothing will come up IN the extra
session disturb this feeling In its whole history the
Republican party in better shape on the eve
Of presidential is at this time No lesis-
likely present itself in the next twelve months
any discord in its ranks Extra sessions are
ordinarily dreaded by the party in power but this one
carries menace with it"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
CANADA READY TO FIGHT.

The publication Of the award of the Alaskan boundary
commission confirms the first report sent ont from Lon
don proves that the United States has
decided triumph.
The point about which there the most strenuous
contention the possession of the Portland canal
which is the inlet Port Simpson. The Dominion
government contended that the boundary should rur
north of the southern outlet to the Portland canal thus
giving Canada excIesve control of the channel The
award divides this canal between the two governments
giving of the four islands at its entrance
This decision upsets all the plans of the Dominion
eminent, and upon which Sir Wfrid Laurier. the pre-
mer, is believed his heart the establish
of great strategic harbor at Port Simpson, which
has been designated the western terminus of the rail-
road line that has projected the Canadian
northwest Canada will still have the OF the Portland
canal which ninety miles long and constitutes of
the best harbors the Pacific coast San Fran
cisco which is five hundred miles Japan than
any other harbor but with the United States controlling
islands the entrance to the canal this harbor
be made of much strategic Importance the
Dominion government had planned TO make it. 1t ap
pears therefore that the United States has de-
cided victory, and got all. that it could ask for.
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coz Times Across the Atlantic.

Eve Tossed The Atlantis 81 times Can
] nike - - do you thiuE
SeventT-sevea years Old bat With N
voice - the sea ssfll calling iopfiT n
hss ssrs. Eray-haired Obj u. Bro ssr-
gecu ~ the White Star Liner German -t
holds TIE record FOR ocear ToysEire
- The lowest estimate surEsu1 Prics ?
record for water travel - s9atfft nile.
10 fiEres aruuad ihe -orld
u Surgeon B-sce-s arms die-2 Prisafe
John Van BuTeE- rheu AZ Prrsideri1 ?
soa Was returning from Epgi-as alto
his graf saclai s1sccess. crowned II
daarllg Eith Queen Eieroris herEsif-
-rhat WIS iu TIE d4ys vhe7 VA
si1rgeor = tA~ Scotia the most irapoTt4 -
steamer q TIE 5ay I ssT - - ~
Scotia hefore i-ecarna ~srEspa - TIE
e.raanic. a-l g-v~ heeu o. -y greae'
pcsstiqa 5psf = years
Wi4 seFF- forget the nlEht f'Tsfa
Jchn Van Buser died re Eas T~terrltnE
reirse- zsh h-s dsssEafsr. ard r. 49, 2 SO
d-ty - Ed sa2nse1 T. fss ser = =
death - hrr rafEeg
Bsfus t-noasr fhzf diss -, 80
A-7sTscaa zrcestar - aaaEsrfgzs A1nfrs-
csas sss BREEDER ~ czr~ = 49, - rs
acric- &c i4n5el * Eaufzz- wee1e
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
COMMENT ON TIE EXTRA SESSION.

President Rooseveii's called session Of congress-
gays the St Louis GobeDemoerat which rs to meet on
November 3. viii have light task compared that
which confronted soHne ri its predecessors II IS
noned &c deal with the question commercial reciproc
TT between The United States the republic of Cuba
Nothing else is mentioned in the presidents pTocama-
ton bringing eoEgrss iogether and the ought
therefore TO be short.
attempts VIII probably be made by the Democrats to
start discussion other than for which the
session called These win fail however. is the
intention Of Mr. Cannon. who win be speaker name
only committees besides on ways and
The latter body VIII concern itself solely with
the cubnn cosrnerozl conventscn. twill report
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
Some IpfIusns@s'a
In Kansas

Topeka Capital JEST now the owner OF
Cresceus seems to have shade the bet
ter of the debate ia
KinsIey Graphic: Ex-Congressman Bot
kin has again taken up the ministry and
accepted call TO Caldwell
Pratt Republican: Pumpkin pie and
Peace" will be the motto over the presi-
dent. Victor Murdecks chair at the next
Kansas Day club banquet
Arkansas City Traveller: An Arkansas
City lad broke his nose and refused TO
have it set for fear it would hatch an
( other nose. In game OF football ne
( thought one nose sufficient.
Salina Journal: Billy Hearst went right
through Kansas without notifying his
rooters, and now If Senator Mcmillan
puts the Kansas delegation in his vest
pocket. and gives it to some. one else he
has no one to blame but himself
Pratt Union: Cresceus has beaten the
worlds record again. He trotted mile
IN one quarter less than two minutes ON
the Wichita track Monday The multi
tude almost srnotheTed the famous horse
In its eagerness to get near him and
caress him.
Conway Springs Star: No sure sign
that a man is doing an enormous busl-
ness now just because he happens to get
lots of mail This is the season OF the
year when everybody gets mail from
Kentucky distillers-and shove IL INTO the
hip pocket as quickly as possible 10
conceal the Implication.
Hutchinson News: "Col. D. r. An
thony. OF the Leavenworth Times. ana
Col. NJ NJ Murdoch. of the Wichita
,,f ~
at the Fort Riley maneuvers. In case real
war breaks out the governors party will
be worth thousand men" The point is
good, but the facts are wrong
lola Register: BY the way, what has
become of the old-fashioned editor man
who jeered at the Register when 1t de-
clared four or five years ago that the
governor ought TO be able to make
speech? Stanley was called upon for
speech at least as eften as once week
on the average, and there is no less de-
mand for Bailey.
Elsmore Enterprise: Every man in
Elsmore should be an active worker for
the up-building of the town. And this
don't mean that we need to say aught
against other towns in Allen county. Al
len county will have double her popuia-
ton in the next ten years, and il is up
to US TO see that we get respectable
part of the growth.
Peabody Gazette: Cresceus regained
his title as king of the turf by tTottinS
a mile at Wichita this week in 1:5s&, be-
coming also the first horse to trot in less
than two minutes. The Wichita track,
where other great records had been
made, is considered one. of the best in
the land, SO that such performances are
not unexpected. but we feel proud enough
to remark that Kansas leads as usual.
Topeka Herald: 1t certainly seems
strange that the fact that the Wichita
track is not a full mile in length should
not have been discovered until u world
record was made over it and that the
discovery should have been made in the
East, A thousand miles from the track
by men who never saw it and who had
failed to build tracks in their own coun-
try over which u trotting horse could
travel d mile in less than two min
uteS:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
A RULE AND THE MACHINE"

Ed Howe of the Atchson Globe declares that for a
great many years the rule in been to reeec
satisfactory officials The who oppose this rule call
themselves Anti Machine" This is all make
of it Ed Hoch the candidate of the AntiMachine
of Kansas. Some CT these days-but not this
me-Hoch will be elected governor because he is safe
clean and worthy And when he is elected he will
be of being Machine" politician because he
will certainly expect denomination, has been the
rule the state organized. An official who
is not reneminated goes out of Office under cloud
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
naily - 4 q e
M. Nj. MURDOCH. Editor.
THE ANlmus OF THE cANucks HOWL.

THE ANiMUS OF THE CANUCK's HOWL.
The result of boundary decision gives the
United only the use of the Portland canal
which forms the southern boundary of Alaska but an
land than equaling either of the states of
Delaware OF Rhode Island The treaty of 1925 between
Russia and England which defined the international
boundary, declared that the line should from the
southernmost point Prince OF Wales island up the
Portland canal the ffy-sixth parallel The Portland
canal however quite reach the hftysixth par
allel Taking advantage this fact, the Canadians,
about 1884 put the claim that channel meant
by the the Portland, but the Benin eanaf
which is considerably east of the Portland canal
tends beyond the ffty-sixth parallel the main
point in the dispute regarding the southern boundary
which has been decided by the international commission
in London The area involved is about 1000 square
miles trife compared with the of Alaska, but
considerable tract itself of the Port
land canal there small comparatively unim
portant islands. There is channel both the north
south sides these The Americans have held that
the southern channel marked the boundary. The
mission decided that should through the northern
channel But the commission has accepted the greater
contention that instead of the Portland
canal should be the boundary Two barren little isets,
little practical value the entire amount of terri
tory which Canada gets for all its ambitious claims
spectng Alaska.
The remainder of the boundary in question was de-
scrbed the treaty following the submits of the
which parallel the until they intersect
the 141st meridian where the ranges than
marine leagues from the coast illdefned the
line should be marine leagues from the coast
Canadians time up the claim that the ten
marine leagues should the coasts of
the outer fringe of islands, the main anda
contention given them the greater part
of the actual coaatof Alaska including important
American towns, such Juneau, Dyea and Skagway
But arguments before the commission they
little more moderate merely asserting that the coast
should be considered running from headahd to head
land where indentations less than six miles vide
The Americans insisted that the followed the in
dentations and that marine leagues should be
measured accordingly As few the indentations are
more than six miles. wide the claim of the Canadians
would have made the boundary cut across the more i'm
portant nles and would given them direct access
the of Dyea and Skagway, but not
Juneau This was vital part the dispute and on
this point the American claim is fully sustained. The
United States only will control the entire length of
the Lynn canal the head of which stand Dyea and
Skagway but the BOUNDARY probably will be moved sew
eral nip1nland frem the SUBMITS of White pass and
ChilAaS pass where II has maintained under the
nodus rivendi signed by Secretary Hay few
The Muir glacier renesas American important
gold fields in the Porspine district
.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
A Forecast of the Future.

Morning of the second day out.
The great ocean liner. struggling with
a strong head wind. rocked on the pillows
of the great deep.
y dropping. disconsolate figure. wrap
ped in a great coat. was seen making its
way unsteadily from the rail of the YES
sci toward a steamer chair.
In the pale. wan, yet stern and rigid
face that rose above the collar of tn"
great coat there was something IA
miiiar.
Good morning, Mr. Bryan" said the
heavily bearded passenger in one Of the
other steamer chairs. ''Bracing atlnos-
phere. isn't it? Let me ask you-is 1t
true that you have abandoned the Kansas
City PLATFORM
Yes. said the owner Of the pale.
stern face. in feeble voice Il gave that
UP about five minutes ago W. r
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
Stabbed With One Of His Own Quilts.

'f rom the n telegram
Stabbed by one OF the quilts he used
for self-defense. owen. the only hedge
hog in the menagerie IN Central Park
IS dead. Compelled - roll about his cage
the last three days because Of inabu-
ity to control the muscles of motion.
owen was unable TO withdraw his head
from beneath the quilts on his back
Formed into his ball-li1e shape, he was
unable to stop his progress. During his
circular Journey he made several at
tempts to seize and eat apples on the
floor. but failed
His appetite made Keen by the sight
OF the apples which he was unable -
reach. owen became desperate from
hunger During his attempts 10 obtain
the food he received wounds from his
quilts which caused his death owen
has been in the Central Park menagerie
for more than q year
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
Cushing Herald.

No one. even among their sanEuiua
dreams Of hidden wealth and undevel-
oped resources, has ever Thought - Cgrsh-
ing as gold ncid. yet in the light al
recent discoveries we have ro reason n
deny that this IS within the scope ~
possibility. or ~ might say probability
During the building e the Santa Re rail-
road through this section some old Crii'-
pie Creek miners discovered Vha: they
recognized as gold bearing quartz TIE
discovery waS made * point - miles
south Of here They sent samples % the
quartz 70 Cripple Greek Tor ASSAY anl
the returns verified their Judgment. The
asszy showed that tho quartz conta{nc,
gold ~ The per cent u s. per ton Since
then they have quietly prcspected the
neighborhood Of their discovery and the
result r. that they arc a. work sinking
shaft three miles west q their original
md. which WI make IL seventeen miles
from here what the oJtCrus IL their
enterprises viii be We are not prepared 70
say: the surface indications are excl
lent ard they have every confidence IN
the ultimate success % their venture.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
Chinese Ladybvo.

The chinese iadybrE known IS shi,o-
cerus signii.s. IS aB effective enemy % the
san jos scaie. State E1tor1oloElst John
z. Saith. % New Jersey. recently sert :r
Peer Dei Seit. vho has q large nrrsairf
in itiartfc COUNTY. y J TIE frrt lot -
t7e iarlyfs0Es rrCs.vcss il New Jersey and
NJ. Del Seit promptly put them 20 Snrk
on hiS trees lie rer-orsS Shzt sEsT sen.
- Tork On the sCsls Ike schSol gu
after q plate II ice Gran They rap
idiy cbsNed n III scale from the irees
U1-o7 Which shey mere I~xf put ard
then Eta-re6 cot aft~r o.h<rs- ScT,1- -
the bugs have beer found fssI7r - f4eg
frnta zh~rr fs-r sezrxeNi ard Ehesr apr
tite fer san Jose srsie was rot ~ al sn-
paired
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
Frank Dempster Sherman.

If it is reported that Chinese troops have at
tackled the Russians in Mongolia it may safely be
sumed that another years be added to the
delay of the evacuation of Manchiria
Competent authorities estimate the wealth Of the
world $500 O0o 600 which amount this country
has nearly onefourth and leads all the others Great
Britain next then France Germany ard Russia.
America spends money than any other country.
but in maintaining great armies
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
Jabbed With Hat-PIn.

During an afternoon performance Al "a
thcater in Vienna d merchant suddenly
felt slight stab in the back Turning
around ne noticed that the lady sitting
mTediateiy behind him had fastened her
hat To the back Of his scat with = long
hatpin. The merchant was very indig-
paof. The lady was summoned before
4 magistrate and paid a fine Of s2.o4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
That Death Aversce

out OF 4 population Of Lea individuals
there : an average Il twenty deaths per
suuufn- With 15dfeaJ.e9 people on the
earth the total annual Death rate for tho
world amounts 10 sl.so9n human beings
II a man lives over TIRE common span a.
four-score wears. the iHconceivahle sum
Der % , 81 ssseso fellow creatures vai
have died while be has lived
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
Wash She Ann?

Nearly.a hundred years ago this problem
was propounded by one of the puzzle
makers of that day:
When first the marriage knot was tied
Between my wife and me.
My age did hers as far exceed
AS times does s.
But when : years and twice years
We man and wife had been.
Her age came then as near to mine
AS is TO 16.'
Although the name of the wife is not
given, we strongly suspect is was Ann.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-24
Shawnee News.

Justice W. Fl. Dodge is telling a good
one on himself today. IL seems that
about l O'Clock this morning he heard
noise as he suddenly awoie and. believ-
ing that some one was attempting 10
enter his house. jumped out of bed Sc
cured his revolver and went after the in
truder, whom he found to be COW. Calm
ly eating vines off the front porch of his
North Broadway home. The Judge gazed
at her moment speechless. then ran at
ter her and succeeded finally III getting
her chased about half block away.
where she turned and looked mournfully
after him as he went back home. cold
in his abbreviated costume He went In
bed again, grunbung at people who al
lowed their COWS to get out and eat up
other peoples shrubbery. but this morn
ing when he went out 10 milk his cwn
fine COW, 10 and behold. il was she that
he had run away from home. RE
searched all morning but failed 20 find
her. and stated that he wouldn't blame
her bit if she Never came back after
being run away in that heartless fash
ion.