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CIIAPTKIt XXI
Close contests nml heated argument
malic men lumjjry no when llio trial of
our toy shlpi was over wo returned to
tho llttlu Vitiligo HlllllT till palm triMJI
with appetites sharpened for our
IT
Wo woro doomed to ho disappointed
however for there woro no Npaulsh
slaves waiting our roturn with fresh
ly killed porlc mh wo lmil hopiil Wo
hailed hut got no roply wont to tho
nearest rising ground hut huw no sign
riml ao concluding that Incessant hunt
ing wns malting tho swine nioro Hhy
nml illlllcult to llnil wo nuiilo shift to
III our stoiunohs with any odds nml
ends which tin larder happened to
contain Afterward throwing our
selves down on luxurious nnturnl moss
couches wo blow our tohnoco hiiioIco
up Into tho Htlll night air unit clmttoil
over tho events of tho day lighting tho
Imttlo of tho toy HhlpR ovor again
point hy point nml not giving tho Hpau
bIi forngors ho inuoli an a thought
Hut when Joh Trohallon ynwncil nml
nhl heil turn In If IiIh Htoniach werent
o empty every one began to womler
hat hail happened to the pig hunters
o keep them awny ho long anil Alec
going to tho top of tho clIIT lui lied tho
ncntry on guard at tho cuvoh imuith
to link If they had gono straight to their
Jail without reporting thomsolvcH
The Bisntry mild no ami expressed
surprise at seeing his caplalu there
for ho said you took hunt down
hnrhor come an hour agone
Why didnt you hall tha hoat
booby
1 did captnln replied tho follow In
an aggrieved tone an you iiiiHwcrod
thnt you was hound for Galley Inland
At this 1 broke out Into n storm of
nbuso nt the Hontry for his Htupldlty
but Alec cut mo short bidding mo
waste no more time but take a dozen
xueu with mo and row to tho mouth of
tho hnrhor Ho himself set off to a
coign of vnnlago on tho outlying spit
running like an untlred man at tho be
ginning of a race while I with a
crowd nt my heels toro down to tho
bench
Ono boat hnd gone Hiiro enough and
tho other lny high nnd dry Wo reach
ed her and found that tho Spaniards
hnd tnkon a simple method of prevent
ing pursuit They had removed nil tho
oars knowing well enough that wo had
none In reserve
Wo could do nothing for beforo wo
could Bpllt up now onrs they would bo
far beyond owr ken as thoro wuh no
JJIdnt fell iou ria live Spaniards
wcro more dangerous than dead omwf
moon nnd In tho dnrkness wo Rtood n
chance of hiding them So wc hailed
to Alec to come back and after mak
ing sure that our storehoiiHeH wore un
touched returned to tho cave
At tho door wo were met by tho old
man
Oh ho ho he cackled So Don
Miguel and his fellow scoundrels have
taken the llrst chnueo of breaking their
plighted word Didnt I tell you that
live Spaniards were more dangerous
than dead ones And you derided my
words and called me a savage and mur
derer Ah ha a merry buzzing hor
nets nebt theyll bring about your ears
presently Then maybe your Htiuenin
lshness will pass away and tho nor
blue Spanish blood will tlow In rivers
But If you were wise Captain Ireland
you would give orders nt once to light
a fire of green wood at tho mouth of
tho cave nnd smoke out tho rest of tho
lilvo before they too manage to free
their stings You frown at my advice
Ah but youro young my most clilv
nlrouH captain young and tender hear
cd for as yet youve suffered oidy triv
ial Injuries nt Spanish bauds Oh ho
ho my words are wasted now but
maybe youll live to see their wlRdoml
Old man said WIUlo Trohallon
solemnly seeing by Alecs faco thnt n
Btorm was coming stop your blood
thirsty bnbbllng an go an lark with
Nephew Job your crazy playmate
And tho old man after glowering
venomously nt his Interrupter did ns
ho was told and the two of them gam
ed with knucklebone for a maravedl a
throw until far Into tho night
Next day wo laid the first plank of
our new ship and thenceforward tho
flat by tho cave resounded with the
bubblug of adzes the ring of hammers
the Jarriug of saws and tho Bouga of
tho workmen a discordant medley
enough but to our care tho Bweetest
linnnouy
First arose a bristling thicket of ribs
the bare unsightly skeleton Next a
skin of planking rising from rabbits
on tho keel Rprcad slowly over tho
RtiperHtruoturo till It reached the deck
honniH and then continued upward to
form a strong protective bulwark gap-
ped with small rowportM and larger
gun embrasures Then tough treenails
pinned tho deck planks on their bod
and hy ami hy began tho music of tho
enlkers Iron and niallot When every
Htroku of tho ax or hammer wns a
stroke nearer to freedom there wiih
little ehanco that tho work would he
roine wenrlsoini4
Our Spanish slaves wore useless ex
cept for porters work nnd of tho
KngllHh none had served nn actual ap
proutlcoHhlp to tho enrpuntors trade
Yot such wiih tho energy which our
cnptalnH enthiiHlaHin Infused Into ev
ery umn of us that Incredible though
It may hooiii I John Topp solemnly
declare that the schooner Scourge kiss
ed tho waters of tho harbor three
mouths nml four dnys after the first
timber of her keel was laid on tho
Blocks
What n Rhout wo raised ns her stern
swooped Joyously down to meet tho el
ement hIio wns destined fori Kngerly
as though Hinging from her graceful
sides the dishonoring taint of earth
she embraced the water Her forward
rush wuh stopped by tho Htout warp of
esparto grliss which bound her and
hIio swung sharply round to a stand
still And before the wave sho threw
up had spread a dozen fathoms wo
made a HlmultaneouH rush upon her
clover red polled architect and hoisted
him high above our HhoulderH
And when we had had enough of
cheering for Captain Alec Ireland some
of us were uneoinfortnbly hoarse while
as for the old man ho could not laugh
above a whisper
Hut the Scourge was a mere hulk so
far and not a well fitted lighting ship
mid Ho It wiih to work again without
premature holiday Masts had to bo
made and stepped rigging to he de
niuued and net up and sails to be cut
nnd stitched from tho unplcklngs of
older Ralls And these labors with tho
fittings below and tho shaping of spnra
and such like were not the work of a
day or a week All hands took part In
them except the old man who was
deeply engaged In tho construction of
some Infernal engine near tho mouth
of tho harbor tho use of which he ob
stinately rofased to toll us
Almost all tho powder on the wrecks
of tho Spanish ships had been spoiled
and a handful or so from Uie heart of
each barrel was all wo wore able to
secure but arms small and great and
body armor wo found In abundance
enough to have supplied two such ships
as the Scourge
Ono would have thought moreover
that tho great Spanish bombard which
the old man kept trained on his prison
ers In the eaves was as heavy a piece
ns a reasonable man could desire Hut
Alexander Ireland was not as other
men Ho argued that with our small
crew a fight at long bowls would bo
our only chance and so ho set to work
to dovlso n weapon which would enable
us to do this Uc made drawings aud
then a model In wood from which ho
fashioned n mold of moist sund Then
breaking up a falconet nnd some small
demlculverlus and snkers ho built a
furuaco and crammed It with tho bra
zen fragments of these pieces mixed
with charcoal and from shipwright
turned himself to tho trade of gun
founder
Ami I must own that It wns a deadly
weapon which ho turned out For al
though tho gun had nouo of that orna
mentation which ono looks for In a
piece that Is to earn a high repute still
It could not fairly bo Judged by tho
standard of other weapous because It
differed from every gun that had hith
erto been cast It was fearfully cum
bersome In tho breech aud down to
where the trunnions lay but from that
point forwnrd It tapered throughout
tho whole of Its enormous length
which was a full foot and a half be
yond tho fathom until Just round tho
muzzle It swelled out to form a strong
ring Ho made n carrlugo for It too
and planted It tight amidships between
tho masts The piece could bo fired
from a largo port on either side or
over tho bulwnrk If need bo so that
except directly ahead or astcru Its
deadly pelting commanded every point
of tho compass With this powerful
weapon aud the culverlns and falco
nets mounted on either broadside wo
had as much artillery as wo could man
But tho powder room was empty
This was a most serious gap In our
defense aud ono which for lack of ma
terials we could not remedy Ono
Jester Indeed said that we could get
charcoal from tho woods and sulphur
from tho Spaniards oaths so thnt we
required only saltpeter to start our
manufactory but even on this showing
wo were no better off for we had not
tho saltpeter There was nothing for
It therefore but to run our first prize
by tho board nnd tnko her huo and
thrust fashion and then to uso the
powder she carried to load our weapons
against her friends
Wo had It Is true saved a few hand
fuls of the precious black dust from
the carracks hold aud at one time had
counted upon using that to fire half a
dozen lusty broadsides bat every grain
of It was blown away to smoko by the
old man before ever tho Scourgo drop
ped down the harbor
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TlIK NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY APRIL 19 1901
Ho had nn I havo nnld been for
Rome tlmn engaged In constructing a
mysterious cnglno whoso form and
purposo wore known to himself alone
Its nlto was among roiiio rocks on tho
Rplt nt tho hnrbors mouth but nono of
us hnd hoop It for since the old mnn
hnd promised to Inunoh his dondlleit
curso nt tho bend of nny ono who pried
Into his Becret we nil kept widely aloof
Htlll wo woro not a little curious
and mnilmnn though ho was wo trust
ed him Consequently when It was re
ported that n largo Rhlp flying tho
Spanish ting was mnklng dead for tho
mouth of the harbor our first thought
was that we woro trapped and our hoc
oml that the nhl man would snvo us
Ho had boasted that his lufernnl ma
chine would copo Blnglo handed with
the proudest ship In the Spanish navy
and If ho failed us now after having
taken possession of nil our small store
of powder then tho Spnulnrd might
moor In tho hnrhor and batter our now
vessel to noggin Rtaves at his leisure
and wo could not hope to prevent htm
Wo had not n stitch of canvas bent to
the Hpars not u BWeop fitted to the row
posts Tim boat would hold only 12
men but ns n forlorn hope wo hnd It
manned nml ready behind the shelter
ofCarrnck rock near which the falrwny
rnn In It woro crammed those of us
who could not swim Tho rest were to
tnko to tho water sword In tooth aud
each was to board tho Invnder as boHt
wo could
A desperate enterprise Biirely but It
wns tho tlmo for desporato enterprises
for If tho newcomers woro to land and
release their countrymen from tho caver
neither strategy nor force could snvo
us It must be a fight to the death
and truth to tell there wns not ono of
us who had not rather have died than
trust ngaln to mercy from a Spnnlnrd
CITAPTKIt XXII
On enmo tho mnjestlc Spnnlnrd bow
ing grnvely nnd proudly over the roll
lug seas She was close hauled on tho
starboard tack nnd her bellyinr
courses and topsnlls strained heavily
on tho sheets Standard pennant and
banner hung from trucks and poop
staff and tho painted tiUToty ns It flut
tered out to leeward was more suggest
ive of gala day revels than of fighting
But today her guns were not loaded
with blank saluting cartridges
When she drew nearer Bhe hauled
up her courses In their brnlls stowed
her mlzzeu and sprit sails and enme
running In under her two topsnlls only
nnd we could see for ourselves how
heavy was the metal and how numer
ous wns tho crew she carried The
ports wero trleud up nnd through them
gaped ugly yawning gun muzzles
The gunners were at their posts tho
blue smoke from their lino stocks roso
lazily from the waist until the breeze
caught It aud hurried it to leeward
and ever and anon tho sun would glint
from a shining pike head or sword
blade Few men wero visible and
those as their hoarse sea hauling cries
Indicated wero merely sailors But
though we could not see them we
could guess that a mass of armed men
seethed within the lofty walls of thut
floating fortress
To attempt the capture of such a
stronghold by simple escalade without
ladders without hooked poles with
nothing but our own strong figures and
the stimulus of a desperate cause
soouied a forlorn hope Indeed and of
our llttlu band ninny a sea warrior who
had grinned death in the face a score
of times believed that now nt last his
time hnd come nml hoped for nothing
moro than to denl a berserk blow or
two beforo the swarming soldiers spill
ed his llfo with a sword thrust But
not a man shrank from the battle
Most of us discarded helmet and all
else except sword or ax and at Alecs
word strode down the rocks and Into
the water
But where were tho old man and tho
ninrvelouB engine of which ho had
boasted Where was tho vaunted de
struction which he was to deal out to
Just such a foe as this Had ho fnlled
us Ah well a crazy man is a cracked
reed to lean upon and perhaps we wero
fools to hope thut the old man could
save us
Off with tho boat there cried Alec
cheerily aud Jnn Pengony lead your
lads to board at the waist Wo others
will swim till our claws touch tho
beak and If we once get a hold I war
rant wo will uot leave go till wevo
niado this big sea fowl as harmless and
Bucculout a morsel as a well hung hen
pheasant Our heads In tho water will
bo small marks for their cannon so
thoy wont waste powder by firing
their Inrge pieces All the better for
us Therell be the more to stow In tho
Scourges powder room nave at em
Englnnd forever is tho cry and mark
how that herd of hinds will quail when
they hear It
And so Into the water we slipped and
going straight out from tho shore wait
ed with quick beating hearts for tho
grout vessel to como down to us
Ou sho drovo with steady cruel pow
er gashing tho llttlo wavelets with her
beak and crushing them contemptuous
ly beneath her applo bows stately as a
rock that Is stepped In the earths cen
ter But of the bobbing heads In tbo
water and of tho boat creeping out
through the rocks sho had not as yet
taken tho smallest notice Tho sns
penso was fearful
Presently a sentry spied us and gave
tho word Tho big ship woko up with
a scurry and bustle Tho trumpeter
niado his uMse and some arquebus
lers clapping matches to the priming
of their pieces sent a fow maravedls
worth of lead screaming over the heads
of tho unsoldlerllke heretics who wero
adopting this unrecognized means of
attack They effected little however
beyond satisfying themselves that they
had obeyed orders
But soon n deadly arrow shower
commenced from behind tho bulwarks
and from tho round tops by which tho
water hero aud there was reddened and
tho strength of more than ono stout
fellow tapped The doors of tho for
ward castle opened and a detachment
of mail clad soldiers trooped out to
guard tho beak
Armored men nt the top of n high
Rteep wnll against naked men In deep
wntcr nt Its foot there could bo small
doubt what the Issue of such a combat
would be Hut llttlo though wo liked
It It woh a trlnl from which wo dared
not shrink nnd so with grim deter
mination to do or perish In tho trying
wo swnin with rIow Btcndy strokes to
meet tho Spnulnrd ench man of us
looking out engorly for the best point
to board In another hnlf minute wi
should be facing the climb and making
vicious sword thrusts at tho axmeu
who lopped nt our limbs from above
Ah well It would bo a speedy death
Hut as It happened there was to be
no rasping of steel against steel Just
then
With a sudden roar like tho bursting
of a thunderbolt n spout of lire dnrtod
from the cluster of rocks on the
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It liurtlcd throuoh the atr and ktruck the
Spanish ship
Ing spit and in the midst of it rode a
lingo bowlder bigger than n soldiers
sentry box It hurtled through tho nlr
with a din like the humming of mil
lions of rlcochcttlug bullets and struck
the Spanish ship just abaft of amid
ships close to the break of the poop
Smith and carpenter never put together
gear that would have withstood the
shock of that bolt The solid timbers
splintered nnd broke ns though they
had been maize husks and the mighty
bowlder ate Its way through fabric
and cargo atd fell with a sullen splash
Into the soa nt the other side
The waves trembled with tho shock
nnd tho proud ship reeled to her lnr
boaid bead ends aud then righted
ngnln with such a strain that the
wounded backbone cruuehed in two
with the effort The malumnst and Its
gear lay fioatlng ou the water Guns
slid from the lower deck like so mnny
pebbles The fore round top leaned aft
till It fouled the golden ting of Spain
Hying from tho mlzzeu truck and tho
bowsprit stood ouco more as It had
done when leaved and branched It
sprouted heavenward from some Cas
tlllnn sierra In the old world
The grim sen wolves carrion hunters
of the ocean darting up from the cav
erns of the sea Qxed their talons on
tho swirling eddies to tho dark Jungles
below and as each heavily armored
Spaniard fell off Into the waves he was
seized by the soft arms of a foe more
relentles than even the Englishman
and strangled by a liquid enress that
knew no refusal Thus did tho sea
avenge tho dishonors with which Span
ish slave galleys had tainted her
It was all over In a few seconds and
before the minute had elapsed save for
hero and there a morloned head beside
a fragment of wrecknge the harbor
ripples wero unflecked by anything
stouter than their own flowery foam
We English seeing that our work
was already done swam ashore direct
ly the shot was fired and now stood In
admiring wonder opposite tho mouth
of tho great rock cannon which had
worked this awful havoc Tho air still
boro the choking taint of powder
smoke and the gnarled nude figure of
tho old mnn crouching there still hold
ing his lighted match- In an ecstasy of
demoniac Joy beside tho touchholo of
his Infernal machluo seemed rather
that of a fiend than of one born of
mortal mother
Ah ha ha ho cried Seo what
tho old man can do when you heavy
dolts leave him for a time In peace
Seo how ho repays In part tho wrongs
that Spanish torments have worked
upon his body Oh ho ho TIs meat
and drink to mo to have a day like this
Aye gape at the engine a Bweet rus
tle engine my masters is It not You
may find Its fellow In tho narrow strait
of Dardanelles which the grand Turk
holds that neither Venetian galleass
nor Genoeso galley may follow tho
booty laden corsair to his pagan lair In
tho Euxlne
What my noble captain you look
black nt mo Como let no sour faces
greet the old mnn on his triumph day
It was powder you lusted after was It
And my brawny Jack here had an eye
to tho other pickings Yes nnd you
too my hook hnnded boatswain when
I snw your smooth poll and pulling
mouth bobbing over tho wavelets Uko
somo old dog seals thero was greed
for galu In that solitary eyo of yours
shining out as clearly as though you
cnrrled a placard on your neck with
tho words written In black and white
Not a cruzado not a noggin of powder
scarcely a rope yarn Is thero left for
you to seize Hut for mo I had rather
have done this days work than bo at
this present moment holding the em
peror of tho Indies to ransom Oh ho
ho Theres no ointment like Spanish
blood Tho throbbing pain In the old
mans joints will bo easier tonight
To be continued uext Friday
Inexpensively Managed
Your capital Is uot large
But quite sufficient You see our
business Is peculiar In that It does not
necessitate any evasion of the laws
Detroit Journal
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MacArthur Insists There is
Considerable Exaggeration
WOODRUFF IS OPTIMISTIC
ClilorCominlMniy At MnnlU Sir Anliu
lii SulitUtoiHo lptnrtinpiit Aro Ilniwstly
CuiuliirtoilYlirro Oniror nml a Number
or Siildlnm mid CIvIIIriii on Trlnl
Washington April 11 The war de
partment has niado public the follow
ing cablegram from General MncAr
thur nt Manila With reference to
your telegram of the 10th press re
port grossly exaggerated nnd mislead
ing Matters therein touched upon re
garding officers of subsistence depart
ment fully Investigated Regarding
theft of coinnilHRnry stores amount
of which grossly exaggerated by press
reports Immediate and most drastic
measures have nlreaily been placed
Three officers nnd number of enlisted
men are being tried by courl ninrtlnl
nud n number of citizens by military
commission
Commissary General Weston has re
ceived n cnblegrain from Colonel
Woodruff chief commissary at Ma
nila In which he says
Do not penult scandalous reports to
worry you Affairs subsistence de
partment of tho nrmy administered
honestly and to satisfaction of officers
and troops
No statement wns made that the re
port of General MacArthur wns sntls
factory nlthough nil along It hns been
the theory of the war department
that the press reports from Mnnlln
wero exaggerated At the same tlmo
thoro Is cause for regret In the depart
ment that even under the best con
struction that can ho placed upon tho
dlspntch three officers and n number
of enlisted men nml n number of civ
ilians have conducted themselves In
such n mnnner ns to necessitate a
court mnrtlnl or n trial by a military
commission In the ense of the civilians
It Is said however that oven If these
persons wero being tried thoro might
10 exaggeration In regard to tho of
fenses with which they wero charged
APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT
Uoer Aoiit at New Orlenns Snnds
nlcntlou Direct to MoKlnley
New Orleans April 19 General
Samuel Ieurson the Boer officer who
was refused a writ of Injunction by
the United States circuit court against
the local British officers to prevent
the further exportation of mules from
this port to South Africa has sent
n communication direct to the presi
dent of the United States asking for
relief which the courts refused In
the recent decision Judge Tarlang
pointed out thnt General Pearson had
this right saying that the matter be
ing a political one should be taken
before the executive department of
the government Instead of before the
Judicial
Increased Acruuge of Corn
Omaha April 19 Reports received
by the secretary of the Nebraska
Grain Dealers association yesterday
Indicate thnt the seeding of oats In
the stnto Is about two weeks Into
and thnt ns a result thoro will be
a decreased acreage of that grain with
a corresponding increase in the acre
nge of corn The winter wheat situ
ntion continues to gratify fnrmers
nnd dealers as there never has been
as good prospects at this time of the
year ns at present The farmers who
havo been holding wheat show no
disposition to let go and there Is little
corn for sale
ChrlHiiinn Loe III llnce
Emporia Kan April 19 Dr Oscar
Chrlsmnn the founder of the science
of child study who over a year ago
created a great sensation before the
Natlonnl Mothers congress by the
assertion In a lecture that women alone
wero capable of love and men were in
capable has lost his chair in the Kan
sas State Normal school His rela
tions with tho president and faculty
have been strained ever since his nota
ble lecture and it Is thought Influ
ences wero brought to bear on the re
gents against him
Continental liny More Orrnnicrlen
Topekn Kan April 19 The Conti
nental Creamery company of Topeka
hns purchased nine nddltlonnl crenm
erlos In Knnsns This mnkes a total
list of 393 creameries owned and op
erated by the Continental company
Nine of these nre In Oklahoma three
In Colorado two In Nebraska and
the remainder In Kansas The com
panys output at present Is about 20
000 pounds of butter a day
Launch lnrty to right Tninmnny
New York April 19 A mass meet
ing wns held In Carnegie hall last
night to form a now political party
-to be called the Greater Now York
Democracy The new party Is formed
to fight Tammany Hall John C
Sheehan E Ellery Anderson Peter B
Olney nnd Joseph Daly were among
the persons who signed the call
Former Surrognte R S Ransom pre
sided
Knmai Stnto Tournuuieiit CJmef
Ienvenworth Kan April 19 The
Kansas State Sportsmens association
closed its annual tournnmont yester
day Fred Rogers of Hiawatha won
the Btato trophy hitting 30 birds
straight Dick Linderman of Lincoln
Neb won tho state honors for the
three days with Rodgers secoud and
Koohler third
Transport ltotecrani In Port
San Francisco April 19 The trans
port Rosecrans has arrived from Ma
nila with a portion of tho Thirty fifth
reglmout It will be held atquaran
tlno for Inspection
H1T3 SOLICITOR GENERAL
Jadgo WIMon Film Motion to Kipiingo
lilt llrlrf In Cnrter Ctiso
Wushlngton April 19 In the United
States supreme court yesterday Judge
J M Wilson representing Cuptuln
Oberlln M Carter filed a motion for
tho court to strike from Its Hies tho
brief of Solicitor Generul Richards In
that case us scandalous nndy Irrelev
ant This motion Is based upon the
usseitlon that the solicitor general
goes outside of the record in his brief
In the course of his statement in
support of the motion Judge Wilson
said that the only question Is whother
the court ninrtlal that tried Captain
Gnrlor on ceitnin charges und speci
fications had Jurisdiction to Impose
the penalty of Imprisonment to which
he Is now being subjected In the peni
tentiary at Leavenworth Kan Tho
solicitor general In his brief In oppo
sition has taken occasion to make
some very broad assertions In regard
to the guilt of Captain Carter not
based upon any matter appeurlng In
the record but apparently based upon
matters appearing In some other pro
ceeding In New York before a
Bloner to which proceeding Cnrter
wns in no way a party and also upon
his own allegations thnt the govern
ment hnd discovered evidence which
would demonstrate thnt Carter and
others had defrauded the government
of 210Iir9
TO FIGHT PACKERS
Iowa Ilutter nud Kelt Dealers Assort Ttialr
Ulghts Are Ilelug Assailed by
lncklng Houses
Des Moines April 19 A special
meeting of tho lowu Wholesale Butter
aud Egg Dealers association was
held in this city yesterday for the pur
pose of taking up the question of tho
invuslon of what they consider their
exclusive field by certain large pack
ing firms notubly Swifts and Ar
mours The ussociutlou represents In
itself 35 firms and individuals en
gaged in the butter and egg business In
Iowa It maintained an association
for self preservation for a number of
years nnd lias succeeded In holding tho
field for itself against all outsiders
The last year both Armour and Swift
opened houses in tho cities of the
state to handle butter und eggs and are
taking a good share of tho business
The Iowa dealers In butter and eggs
havo determined upon warfare
against the packing firms and met In
secret session to agree upon plans and
methods They hnve also Induced the
representatives of most fast freight
lines running into tho east to join
with them and n number of tho own
ers of Inrgo storage houses In eastern
cities nre Interested and will give sup
port to the dealers in any movement
they mny make to retaliate upon th
packers
Lend Icnclln of Old
Ancient writers mention the use o
lead and graphite for ruling papyrus
and pencils fashioned rather crudely In
tho manner of those now used wei
made In the sixteenth century tho
graphite coming from the Borrowdalu
mine nt Cumberland England Chica
go Chronicle
LATEST NEWS OF TRADE
Chicago Grain nud Provisions
CIilciiRo April 18 Todays grain trado
was largely local and pi Ice lluctuatloim
were not large Boildes export support
wheat derived help from tue weather but
this latter factor was a bearish Item when
applied to corn and oats May wheat closed
V4ft c higher May corn VAi c lower and
May oats Uc down Provisions closed un
changed to 5c depressed Closing prices
Wlieat Apill 70c May 7K716c July
717lWc
Coru Aprll 43c May 43S c July
43yc
Oats April Ki4c May 25c July 2c
Pork April 1410 May 1410 July
1427V
Lard April 812 May 805 July
707 Sept 70M797
Hlbs Aprll 810 May 810 July 700
Sept 782yyil785
Cash quotations No 2 red wheat 723
73c No 3 red wheat 70272c No 3 spring
wheat OSS72C No 2 hard wheat 71
7iyc No 3 hard wheat 7071c No 2
corn 44r No 3 corn 43c No 2 oats 2775
27e No 2 white oits 29VQ30V6c No 3
white oats 28f29jC
Chicago Ilvo Stock
Chicago April IS Cattle Receipts 8
000 choice steers firm others about steady
butchers stock steady good to prime
steers -002000 poor to medium 381
GT400 stockcrs and feeders 270183
cows 2007MM heifers 30048 can
ners 2005285 bulls 27571430 calves
400500 Texas fed steers 425ff03r
Texas grass steers 350100 Texas bulls
27rf385 Hogs Receipts today 20000
tomorrow 180o0pstluiated left over 2
500 heavy steady light slow closing
stronger top 010 mixed and butchers
57r0000 good to choice heavv 500T8
CIO rough heavy r7ft5fir light 570
iiR05 bulk of sales 5003000 Sheep
Receipts 7000 sheep and lambs steady
good to choice wethers 475fifiO0 fair to
choice mixed 405X470 western sheep
4O5ff 0 yearlings 17357400 native
Iambs 4052530 western Iambs 405Q
530
Kansas City Live Stock
Kansas City April
4000 natives COO Texans 50 calves na
tive and Texas steers steady to 10c high
er cows nnd heifers stockcrs and feeders
steady native beef steers 475350 most
ly 500fJ540 stockcrs nnd feeders 425
tf025 western fed steers 450542V4
Texans and Indians 42051500 cows 335
445 heifers 40O5N05 canners 235
5T325 bulls 34557400 stock bulls 500
57000 calves 50051025 Hogs Rccolpts
11300 214575c lower top 0 05 bulk of
enles 5R5n00 heavy 5055700- mixed
packers S58557505 light 55057387
pigs t405ir45 rihecp Recelpts 8600
sheep steadv Iambs 5o lower western
lambs 4005500 western wethers 450
67485 western yearlings 10557400 ewes
42557450 culls 30057400 spring Iambs
55051700 J
South Oinnha Live Stock
South Omaha April
2800 steady to easier nativo beef steers
42052550 western steers 40051175
Texus steers 32551425 cows nnd heif
ers 33011450 canners 1753325 stock
ers and feeders 32552470 cnlves 300
700 bulls stass etc 27552425 nogs
-Receipts 0500 6510c lower heavy 583
300 mixed 382Vd5285 light 5755J
582 pigs 50057675 bulk of sales 582
3585 Sheep Receipts 14000 Blow
steady yearlings 40552400 wethers 425
405 ewes 375524i5 common and stock
sheep tJ755ja00 liute 125010 j
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