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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
WHEAT SELLS LOWER
News from the Orient Had
Bearish influence.
CORN AND OATS QUlEl
Trade in Provisions Is Slow
and Heavy.

Chicago. Oct 27.-Wheat selling by com
mission houses and local traders was
quite general at the opening. Influenced
by the brighter prospects for peace in
the Orient. increased receipts in the
northwest and extremely favorable
weather. December was unchanged to
&c lower, at size, and during the first
hour the price declined to S0ssc, with
very little demand Commission houses
were fair buyers and with let-up in
the selling pressure the market later
became somewhat lrmer, but the Tecov-
cry was only temporary. Larger world :
stocks than had been estimated. Brad
streets showing an increase in the Wis.
IDLE supply OF I. 42S. 90 bushels, resulted
in much selling the last hour of the day.
and the market again turned weak. De
cenber selling of To Sg2sc. Outside mar
kets were all lower and this fact acted
as a depressing influence during the lat
ter part of the session. The demand i'm
proved slightly toward the close. on re-
ports Of good export business at the
seabOard.- and December closed at Sg9sc.
a loss of sc for the day. Clearances
of wheat and -four were equal TO los 200
bushels. Primary receipts Were log 100
bushels, against l659, 500 bushels a year
ago. Minneapolis and Duluth reported
receipts OF SIG cars, which. with local
receipts of 153 cars of contract grade
made total receipts for the three points
of 972 cars. against SOL cars last week
and 1,044 cars a year ago.
Corn was still tending downward. ow-
ing TO continued fine weather. After
selling between 1889 and 44c December
closed Ease lower, at 49, d433sc. Local
receipts We're 60i cars, with - OF con-
tract grade.
Trading in oats was dull and uninter-
esting. with prices inclined TO weakness.
in sympathy with the decline in other
grains. December ranged between 35S&G
357sc and S6IsG364c. closing sc lower. at
553sc. Local receipts were 367 cars.
Trading in provisions was slow and in
clined 10 heayiness, with prices showing
slight losses. due 10 weakness in the hog
market and the decline in grains. There
was some support for January lard on
the Decline but otherwise the demand
was poor. January pork closed TIC
lower, at $500; January lard was of
PIC al $3.50. while ribs were down &c,
at s6.27lk
Estimated receipts for tomorrow:
Wheat. % cars; corn. 265 cars; oats, AS
cars; hogs, 20. 900 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
IN AND ABOUT STOCK YARDS.

c. S. Stuart Of Whitewater is a reg
ular shipper TO this market He had ln
another car load of hogs yesterday
Stonehocker d Dunn of Caldwell fur
nished a ear load OF hogs for yester-
days market
D. B. Holland of Zyba consigned a
car load Of hogs ID this market Yesterday.
Durham x Son Of Rose hin furnished
a car load Of hogs for the market yes
terday
W II. Bachelor the well known ship
per AT Benton. had q car Of hogs on the
market yesterday.
E a. Lehrling Of Cairo had two car
loads of cattle on the market yesterday.
John Dooley of Eibing brought in a
car load of hogs yesterday. He stays by
this market
II S. Hall had in two car loads Of
cattle from Spivey yesterday He has
been out at Roswell y. NJ. most of
the last two years.
GaHo & Hoge sent in ear load q
hogs from Medicine Lodge that arrived
hate Monday nisht and were sold yes
ter6Sy.
c. G. Handy. the popular shipper at
Norwich. was son the market yesterday
with a car load Of mixed hogs.
J E. Mott of Deer Greek. @. T.. was
late arrival last evening with = ear load
OF light hoss and the best he could do
was 10 top the market good and strong
He also had q car load Of cattle that
will be sold today
G. W. Plough Of Milan was one Of the
shippers who arrived late last evening
with a car load Of hogs. lie was pleased
with his sale.
Dunaway x Son Of Tonkawa were ok
lahoma shippers who furnished hogs Tor
the market Yesterday.
" P1npifvrpU Of Rome had in 4
mixed load of cattle and hogs yesterday.
John Alter marketed 4 car load Of
hogs Of MS own raising yesterday lie
has section OF land and for the last
seven years has sold a car lead OF hogs
every three months
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York Oct. 27.-About the time
when professional operators were in the
midst of their selling to take profits on
the considerable advance of yesterday
and today. Wall street was loaded with
alarmist rumors of trouble in St. Louis.
This had the eect of somewhat accentuat-
ing the leaning to sell Statements We're
published just before the close that some
of the smaller class of depOsitors had
taken fright and were Withdrawing de-
posts from some of the banks and trust
companies in s.. Louis, but expressions
Of confidence We're quoted that no harm
would result to the Institutions affected
The closing of the stock market was. in
consequence. fairly steady although the
earlier advances were generally wiped
out and net losses were the rule at the
close.
1t was obvious from the outset that
the considerable demand for stocks was
being freely fed 1t is difficult TO say
therefore. how far the St. Louis incident
caused the reaction. But the reactionary
tendency Of the market was capable to
other explanations. For an example. the
very small outside demand. attracted by
the adverse conditions OF local incidents.
The Montana quarrel made itself felt
this morning as TO the outcome. The
market for raw copper also slipped back
slightly from yesterdays spasmodic adj
vance. The opening price of Amalga-
mated was the highest at shade under
point over last night and the stock
closed at net loss of nearly q point.
This movement was quite decisive in
shaping professional sentiment on the
whole market. A considerable part of
the early selling was credited to this
cause
Today's heavy outgo Of currency TO
various points was another factor of re-
action OF the day total transfers
through the sub-treaSury of Sl.l500o0,
there were 1861. coo sent to New Orleans.
$4,000 10 Chicago and 10000 to St.
Louis News from Chicago was of large
Withdrawals from there by country
banks. and New York exchange al that
point fell to 75c discount. This probably
marks beginning Of the western crop
movement demand on New York The
local money market was inclined 10
harden At the same time sterling ex-
change yielded. Large offerings Of cot
ton bills and the exchange offered against
London purchases OF stocks here helped
this result. Lond0ns favorable attitude
tc this market was due 70 the beginning
Of the stock exchange settlement which
revealed q considerable shortage in
Americans.
There was a considerable shortage in
bonds but the market reacted IN SYM
pathv with stocks Total sales. par
value. $4716.001 United States twos.
threes and OLD tours advanced 4 per
cent on the last call.
Quotations were as follows;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
DR.. Shops
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Costs No hing if it Fails.

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
FOG MARKET ERRATIC
Was Strong Then Weak and
Closed Steady.
TOP PRICE WAS $3.50
Cattle Market Ten Lower on
Common Grades.

The hog market yesterday was cratic
and at times an expert was required to
figure out juS1 how it stood Other mar
kets were lower and everybody expected
lower prices here. but the buyers at the
openelng competed for the best wagon
hogs at steady prices. This encoUraga d
sellers to ask steady prices Tor the car
hogs at the opening and they 90; just
as much for their hogs as they would
have brought on Monday. In the after
noon all except the most desira bic hogs
were "a TO > cents lower. Then d hrmer
tone prevailed and the very last sale
was the highest OF the day. The hogs
that brought the top price were just such
hogs as The buyers offered 500 for on
Monday night. one of the conditions
that caused the market to hold up was
the presence OF order buyers. Dold and
Cudahy want the hogs and outsiders
can only get them by paying big prices
This has come to be recognized as one
of the central hos markets Of the coun-
try and packers in the south and ex-
treme west send orders here for hogs
and, Of ~couTse, at times this makes a
lively market
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
PRlzgs ARe AWARDED.
Posteu institute Gets the Benefit q
$1,000

Paris. OCT E-At TIE annual public
session q the academy today rrrs leaf
Fero announced d number - prizes in
r.gftre g. t'o far experiments ~ tie Eor-
bonnie iabora.ory to sette DE disererees
connection with elecfr1-dgrar1t
The academy awarded sfe prize q *
eoa for TIRE most remarkable s-ie1f.ae
uo-k 90 Prof Rour Wno uf'r9eH 70
carry ost re work BEGUN - fha lafe
Prof PasfeuF ~ Reur accepted TIRE
prizes % condition fhai ths ar-vrt fe
devoted On gre sri~utsae iatse'lsat on 4
rho r1aur irsfifuft
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28


medium s3.soa4S5: stockers and feeders.
81 25a4 10; cows. S-35Q42 %: heifers. s2.c0q
4.I5: Gamers. sl.35a2Jo; bufls.. 81 easr4-0o;
calves. s2.0oae.75; Texas fed steers, s. %
$3.50; western steers, s3.0gd475.
Hogs-Receipts today, 1900; tomorrow
26,G00 Market 10Gl5c lower. Mixed and
butchers. s5.4J45.70; good to choice
heavy. $4,000; rough heavy, $50ceI5-Se;
light. S5.1sa5.ee; bulk of sales. S5.30d5 60
Sheep-Receipts, 1000. Sheep steady;
lambs steady TO I0c lower. Good 10
choice wethers, S3-0gQ3-75; fair to choice
mixed. S2.ooq3.eo western sheep, 3 254
3.s5: native lambs. s3.25q5.75; western
lambs. S. 59d5.G0-
Kansas City.
Kansas City. oct Z7.-Cattle-Receipts
1410o natives, 1863 Texans; calves 2,2e9
natives. 800 Texans Corn and grass fed
steers steady. quarantine steady TO weak;
best cows and heifers steady. common
and western stock Zoe lower: stcckers
and feeders weak; bulls steady. Choice
export and dressed beef steers, $500
455; fair 70 good. s.. 40f74-5 stockers and
feeders. $2.25q+25; western fed steers, 500
Q460; Texas and Indian steers. 52-oGd3 %;
Texas cows. S169d2. %: native cows. Sl-55
Qs.50; native heifers. S2.5eQ4.50; Gamers.
$l.09a2 %; bulls, S2-I5Q5.o9; calves, S2-5eG
500.
Hogs-Receipts. 800. Market 5@ioc
lower Top, $50; bulk OF sales. $50
$50; heavy, $5171z6I5.49; mixed packers.
s5.45G75. %; light. S549d5.55; yorlIers, so
a as; pigs. s5.2Jq5.2714-
sheep-Receipts. 1881. Market strong.
Native lambs S. 25H3.50; western lambs.
s.. 2eli3. 80; Texas clipped yesrlings. 800
Obs; stOckers and feeders. $20003.5o.
ST. Louis.
st Louis Oct 27.-Cattle-Receipts
10000 including 500 Texans. Market
for Texans steady; Toe lower for natives.
Beef steers, $3.50a559; stockers and feed
ers. 8. 09Q350; cows and heifers. s.. 25d4-0o;
Texas steers. S2.3GGlS. 80; cows and heif-
ers. s2.WQ2.7e
Hogs-Receipts. ZOO Market 5@1oc
lower Pigs and lights. S5.35a5-7G; pack
ers. s5.S0a5.50; butchers and best heavy,
s. 45G5. 20
sheep-Receipts. 1000 Market strong.
Natives. $3.2Ga3- 80; lambs, $i.O0d5-5o.
ST. Joseph.
st. Joseph, Mo, Oct. 27.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 1900 Natives. S4G0Q5. 40; COWS and
heifers. $l.25Q470; stockers and feeders.
81 50G4.50
Hogs-Receipts. $500 Market steady
to sc lower Light, $5.40q5.5o; medium
and heavy. s5.2oa5.4e.
Sheep-Receipts. $500 Market steady
to strong. Lambs. SIS; sheep, 1915.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
DRY GOODS MARKET.

New YORK oct Z-Tl.e sry Eooss -nas-
ket - in nTreT corestila 80 Ear a. s1e
sirus sic1 % sellers ls ccneerue9 2 hfs
is due - IRE lrs--rcs - TIE Ta~ oeetoz
raerkrt ard fbe sfters1iratian = usrs-
slrss increase ~ tasiress - seasen-
ahe sahrirE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28

tauons closed as follows.
Butter-Steady: creameries, I5Iza21c.
diaries 14GlSc
Eggs-Firm, at mark. cases included,
Cheese-Easy. lelsduc
Kansz7 City. ..
Kansas City. oct 27.-Close: Wheat
cash No. hard - G-9fzc No g. go
12c. No. 3 G20s7c. rejected. 5l06ec. No.
red. SIizGS-l1c. No. 3. sG1slc. REGENTS
OF wheat, q ears
Bran-65c. shorts. S5GS7c
Corn-December Ssiz13e5sc. May. 3s1sc;
cash No. mixed SS1s H5s1zc. No. white.
g; &C.. No. 2. 3sisa29c
oats-No. , white. s4a57e; No. mixed.
Rye-No . 4sc.
Bu5ter-CTeamery ss4alsc: fancy
dairy 17c
Esgs-E'resh. 1sc
S.. Louis.
St Louis. Oct z7-close: Wheat
Lower Nc I'D. cash elevator essc
track. s7-zdS9e. December S77sc. MAY
S-asl>1ic. No hard 80. 1so.
CorR-Lower, NJ. . cash sEsc track
+lasqf-i1c: Dece inter. ss7sc, May ssc
tats-i-ower- W ,. cash 35 track. CSC;
Nar assoc No . white. &c.
Rye-Lower. 5zi
Pork-FIl CHER. 5ebbiaz sta1safa mess.
Sll-s5 iard. unchaHg & $50
LeEd-puI = - -speife- dun - -
Poultry 1C hanged; chickens. 7ssc;
spriEEs Sic, turkeys. lie; dGcks sasszc.
geese. 80
Baitter-F7isher. Creamery lsazizc:
IA -. lsI1sc-
Egg-s,eady. nc, less OF
New York.
New York. Ocr What Hs-eipts
$50 bushels, weak and lower ia re-
sponSe 20 easier cables ard heavi1ess ln
outside markets. December. g --,ssc
I5utter-Recr3ntz HISS packaEes- rrar-
ke1 firm. creamery. .sE@c. state dsiry.
I5fIer-
Cheese Receipts. ugs packages. mar
ket irregular, state far cream taary
suazI calo-ed September tfs-e o1t1he-
fIi.c. snail white. Septemb~r ltisc o.
t0aer IIis large. caiored sepIer-her 11-z-
October lac large. white - ts1teg
Eisc. October It4c
Eg<s-R Receipts - packages. market
strorg western. ss9esc
Surar-Rar steady fair reSrI-- ~.
centrifugal 8 test re- r2olsss~s suEar
sac. Refined quiet crushed. 49, pow
eered 49,. Eranzlztet So
Cc1ee- Firm. No Re, s..
8fotzsseS-sfsa6y
pcustrv--slivs. STEADY western chick
eus -. sowls lie, turkeys. fie p---s.s.
z-ezk. western chickens. legz-1se. fgzss.
l-2l-s-c; turkeys. ITG.ss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
CASH QUOTATIONS..

Cash quotations were as follows.
FlOur-Steady.
Wheat-No. spring. SOaS3c; No. ? red.
S17sGS315c
Corn-No. 2 432.aHc; No. yellow,
42.n45c
Oats-No ?, 3slsc; No. white. 9574a
S71ac
Rye-No ,. 55c
Barley-Good feeding. 49c; fair to choice
mailing. 47G56c.
Flax Seed-No. l. Sic; No. l northwest
ern. s5isc
Timothy Seed-Prime. 81 7siz
ProvisioRs-Mess pork. per Dbl. 81 85H
u.40; lard. per 100 lbs. Ss5sS4Gs.55: short
ribs sides 1oose). S7.co6750 short clear
sides (boxed). $7.25G759
Whiskey-Basis of high wines. $125
Clover-Contrsct grade, sle.65TI075
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
Local Grain and produce Market.

Below find sales as made yesterday by
sample on the Wichita Board Of Trade
basis. delivered Missouri river. To get
price + o. b. your station deduct KanscS
CITY rate from your station
Wheat-No. hard. 7Sc; No :. eS17lc:
No. 4. esG6Sc: rejected 6Gl62c
gCorn-No- mixed 5oc, No. 3. sc: No.
6 &c; No. white 4sc; No. 8 sc. no
grade s5G4ac.
oats-No. . mixed. Sac; No. s. SsGs5c.
Flour (wholesale)-Best patent deIsv-
cred to southern Kansas points west Of
Ernrcria 80; &c all southern Kansas
Emporia. 500: to all southern Kansas
points east Of Ernroria S2ca; delivered 70
either section named. eran 7oc. shorts
EQsec. corn chop Socc. corn uea, Is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28

Cattle receipts yesterday were fairly
liberal The market for good. thick
Butcher cows and heifers and fancy
stoekers was steady, and for ali other
grades about a dime lower.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
OTHER LIVESTOCK MARKETS
Chicauo

N|tIfNaSO-
Chicago. Oct 97--Ca1tie-Receipts 81
including $50 westerns. Market slow.
Good 10 prime steers, S-SaiS.15. pocr 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28

On he Produce Exchange today quo
tations closed as follows.
Butter-Steady: creameries. I5lzG21c.
diaries 14GiSc
Eggs-Ffrm, at mark. cases included,
l9isflz9izc
Cheese-Easv lnl-T1lc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28
Union Livestock Commission Co.
a. 3. MooRe. Msnaaer.

stock Yards syirhlfa. Ean. Consign-
fnsnfs and CORES furdF..Cs solicited Mar
kef report furnished Tree ON apDiieat3en.
Frccfesss RENTED ga day % sale Money
20 loan on cattle Phone -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-28

gZn s. EuEsrs4fszs Fssasssss
EsFsezers-f- fseaHEeT ~ 8 kaeg-
rnsEeF IS Ers1fh H . t-atss
nsesn fs~a. =. Eeesase & y. AHatsa.
T. T. Eaxla-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-26
FARMERS AND THE TARIFF.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in
his annual report presents some fig
ures that show in a striking manner
how important the foreign trade is
to the American farmer.
The farmer last year sold abroad
s317,000,000 worth of cotton, s204,-
100000 worth of grain, $4,000, 900
worth of meat and about 500, 900 ,0OO
worth of other products, making a
total expectation of farm products
amounting TO $97S0O0,0 900.
The farmer has a greater interest
in the export trade than the manu-
facturer, for he not only sends abroad
much more of his goods than the
manufacturer does of his, but the ratio
of exports of agricultural products tC
the whole production is much larger
than that of the exported manufactures
to the whole manufactured output. IL
other words, the farmer has a much
larger stake in the export trade than
the manufacturer.
For this reason the thinking farm
ers will eventually be found in favor
of forms of reciprocity that are likely
to hold or widen foreign markets.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-26
If HAD A FEW TROUBLES.
Former WalIa WaIIa County Newspa
per Man In Court.

r. V. Hutchinson, well-known
newspaper man, who at one time con-
Quoted the Gazette at Waitsburg, has
been having troubles of his own" and
was recently taken back to Pomeroy
from 1lWacO to answer to charge of
contempt of court. The East WASH
ingtOnian says:
"R. Y. Hutchinson. who was arrested
for contempt OF court because of his
failure to pay alimony as directed, was
brought to town by Deputy Sheriff
Hawkins Monday. The claim against
him was paid and Mr.. Hutch1n7 feft
Thursday morning for Hwaco. where
he has a position as reporter on the
Journal. His arrest was partly due to
unwise counsel by an Ilwaca attorney
Rob is not married, as reported in an
Astoria paper; but has secured mar
riage license
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-26

able by from one to three years in the
penitentiary. The bill was lost IN
some mysterious manner in transmits
sion to the senate. The chief clerk OF
the house says he gave it to a page at
the bar of the senate to be carried to
the president of that body, but the pre-
siding officer says it never reached
him. 1t is said that the gamblers OF
Portland raised twenty thousand dol
lars to defeat the measure, but that
they got off with an outlay of not more
than two thousand. If that statement
is true, it is a safe bet that the chief
clerk of the house gave the bill to a
page in the service of the gamblers and
that either the clerk or the page OF
possibly both had plenty of money fo1
Christmas presents.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-26

It is announced from St. Louis that
the Missouri supreme court has is
sued a decision which upsets con-
victiOns in many criminal cases, in
Guiding nine cases of municipal
boodlers, sent TO the penitentiary for
| terms varying from three to five years
The decisions Of the lower court
were reversed on the ground that
prosecuting attorneys can swear to
criminal information only from per
sonal knowledge of the facts, and in
formation issued by the circuit at
torneys office must be sworn to by
prosecuting witnesses in the case.
Besides the special Doodle cases, the
trial Of which brought the speaker of
the lower house of the St. Louis local
Legislature and several members to
grief, large number of other GRIM
inal cases are similarly disposed of,
and; as that bold and valiant officer
Of law and justice. Circuit Attorney
Folk says, the doors of the penitenti-
airy swing wide open for the exit,
through the medium of writs of habeas
corpus, Of as guilty a crowd of Grim
inals as ever wore the stripes.
1t is held by some St Louis local
legal authority, that no new indict-
ments will hold against these Grim
mails.
1t is noticeable that for two years
under a former decision of the SUI
preme court of the state, prosecuting
and circuit attorneys have been CIV
ing information simply from personal
knowledge of the facts under their
official OathS. The supreme court
now, and without any change, ap-
parently, in the constitution and law
under which the former decision was
made, places distractions in the way
of the course of justice.
It is to be hoped that Circuit Attor-
ney Folk will be able to find a
way out of this severe reverse, and,
that his enemies, the boodlers, will
not be able to score a triumph over
him. If they do the supreme court
of Missouri will have rendered to mu-
nicipal boodlers and beneficiaries of
political corruption generally the
greatest encoura cement to persist in
their corrupt practices.
The attitude of this court in it's
first effect will be a source of great
discourag cement to all who are seek
ing to promote political honesty. But
in the end the effect may be to
stir up citizens generally to a reali-
Zation of how desperate is the situation
when men in the high position of
judges of the supreme court of a great
state, are willing to magnify technical
tiles of this kind above every consid-
Grafton of public policy and justice.