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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1900. A Net 6 Investment Preferred Stock in the NEW BATES HOUSE SUCCESS ASSURED Two-thirds of the stock already taken by conservative home Investors. Send for copy of PRINTED PROSPECTUS, giving full particulars, with list of sub scribers to date. The Central Trust Company INDIANAPOLIS, IND. DEAL IN THIRD AVENUE IT DROVE TUB SHOUTS TO COVER IN ALMOST A PANIC. Wll Street Shares Subject to Violent Fluctuations All Tuesday Local Trade Shows Up Well. At New York yesterday money on call was Arm at 3 to 5 per cent.; last loan, 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, SlaVj per cent. Sterling exchange was weak, with actual business In bankers' bills at Jl.SG1, for de mand and K82 for sixty days; posted rates, Xi.m and UMWQi.Sl; commercial bills, Silver certificates were COUftGlUc; bar sil ver, 0c; Mexican dollars, 47; c. At London bar silver was 27 11-lSd per ounce. There was a brilliant display of specu lative pyrotechnics In the stock market yesterday, which was Interesting and in forming as a spectacle, but which must have been attended by very unpleasant cir cumstances for some one. The explosive outbreak took place in the New York trac tion group, and was precipitated by the of ficial announcement published in the morn ing that the Metropolitan Street-railway had secured a controlling interest in the Third-avenue Railroad. This at once con firmed the fears of the shorts, which have been quite acutely manifested for several days, that there was not a large enough supply of Third-avenue stock on the mar ket to enable them to cover their unfilled contracts for delivery. In other words the stock was cornered. The result, briefly stated, was a Jump of nearly 17 points in the price on top of Monday's rise of nearly 15 points. The violent rise in the stock brought out large lot from long holders, which caused many relapses and made wide and feverish fluctuations all day. But when the shorts attempted to supply their needs the price always mounted buoyantly up ward again. The New York public utilities have been the favorite field of operation for the bears for several days past, and the sympathetic strength imparted to the group by the Metropolitan-Thlrd-avenue combi nation drove the shorts to cover with a rush. The extreme advances in the group were: Metropolitan. 11; Brooklyn Transit, VJ Consolidated Gas, 7; Brooklyn Union. 5; and Manhattan. 4U- The possibilities of economy of operation and elimination of destructive rivalries as a result of the com bination undoubtedly improves the status of the Metropolitan and Third-avenue properties, but the price movement of the day was almost wholly due to speculative exigencies. Third-avenue stock command ed as high as 4 per cent, premium for use on loans. There was furious manipulation on the stock all day. as was evidenced by the simultaneous sales on regular transac tions and on sellers sixty-day contracts at nearly 10 points apart, the regular sale commanding the high price. Other stocks. In which the short interest has been, large ly, rellected the urgent demand from the shorts, notably Sugar, American and Con tinental Tobacco, People's Gas and West ern Union, which rose 1; to Zi. Specula tion In the railroad list was rather dull during the period of feverish excitement In the specialties, but later in the day an active and vigorous demand sprang up for Baltimore & Ohio, the Pacifies, some of the grangers. Wheeling & Lake Erie sec end preferred, and a number of less prom inent stocks. Baltimore & Ohio was car ried up 4U points. The highest prices were not maintained in any case, the violently speculative specialties showing the sharp est reactions, but the close generally was rather easy below the best, and the net changes, though mostly gains, were very ragged as to uniformity. The Iron and steel stocks were rather heavy, notably Nation al Steel and Tennessee Coal. The money market showed evidences of relaxation. The continued decline in price of govern ment bonds indicates a process of liquida tion which suggests that the recent level of prices prompted the changing of plans for taking out bank-note circulation and the selling out of holding? of bonds. The railroad bond market continued active, but price changes were rather irregular. To tal sales at par value were J2.47o.000. United States twos, refunding, when Issued, the threes, old fours, new fours and fives de clined H in the bid price. Following are the day's share sales and the closing bid prices: Closing Stocks. Fal. Bid. Atchison 13.f:0 23 4 Atchison pref 23,25 6:h4 Baltimore A Ohio 30,517 6'.'4 Canadian Pacific 94 CuiaJn Southern 4-4 Chesapeake A Ohio 1,SM 254 Chicago (Jreat Western 41 134 Chicago. BnrMngton & Qulncy.... 11.37", 1274 VtiL, lnd. A Louisville 1.SO.) 221 Chi., Ind. & Louisville pref 7W &T4 I'htciiKo ft Eastern Illinois 4) 9i Chicago A Northwestern 2' 161 Chicago. Kock Island A Paclttc... 13.7M 1P C. C, C A St. Louis 1,2.) 60 Colorado Southern 3,fV) 7 Colorado Southern first pref 410 434 Colorado Southern second pref... 19 Telaware A Hudson 2:C 115 Pel.. Lack. & Western 2rt 178 Denver A. Rio Orande 2o 194 Denver & Rio Grande pref Sort "14 Krie 1.1 134 Krio first pref l.xM 4 Jret Northern pref 1.09 1594 Hocking Coal 14 Hocking Valley 1,10 33 Illinois Central 200 1134 Iowa Central 810 l.4 Iowa Central pref &00 M Kan. City. Pittsburg & Gulf 100 16 lake Krie A Western 21 Iake Krie A Western pref . SÖ like Shore lot lxulsvllle & Nashville... 2.4M Manhattan L 3H.43- 94 Metropolitan Street-railway 44.473 167 Mexican Central 2.' OO it Minneapolis A St. Louis i,:,io C34 Minneapolis A St. Louis pref..... 125 944 Missouri Pacific 1L77 4 Mobile A Ohio 300 464 Missouri. Kar.s.w A Texas 104 Missouri. Kansas A Texas pref... 4.K.V) 334 New Jersey Central 101 New York Central 4.2tv 1354 Norfolk A Western 11.7"0 324 Norfolk & Western pref l.JM ?4 Northern Pacific 17.') B44 Northern Pacific pref 2.25 714 Ontario A Western 410 234 Oregon Ry. & Nav 4; Oregon Ry. A Nav. pref .... 7 Pennsylvania 11.330 1354 P.. C. C. A St. L 67 Heading 1.420 174 Heading first pref 3.&0 574 Heading second pref Ut r4 Hlo Jrande Western r34 Rio Grande Western pref 90 St. L. A San Fran 104 St. L. Fan Kran, first pref 100 ! St. I & San Fran, second pref zu. St. Louis Southwestern puZ St. Txuta Southwestern pref S-'rt 2r4 St. lAul 111.") 12t St. 'ul pref 336 173 St. Paul & Omaha Ill Southern Pacific 22. 4 vi 3:4 Southern Railway 2.2SO 13S Southern Railway pref 4.31 r.4 Texas & Pacific S1 lfi Third Avenu SIS') 107 T'nlon Pacific 4.!W' MH T'nlon Pacific pref 4.S4S Wahash -.. Wa!ah pref 1.2") 2o Wheeling Lake Krie l..v0 p W. A L. K. second, pref .2r) ? Wisconsin Central &fl i4 EXPRESS COMPANIES. Adam 115 American It? Vnlted State 4 Wells-Fargo 122 MISCELLANEOUS. American Cotton Oil 210 534 American Cotton Oil pref 934 American Malting , 341 i American Mailing r-rer no 214 .Am. rmriunc ani Jirnnin-.. ... . .. z.jkö Am. Smeltln and Henning pref.. 1,4"0 American Spirit 4.4 904 American Spirits pre-c 17 American Hieel Iffop.. 3.2SO 35 American Steel Hoop uref &o; 814 American Steel and Wire 10,35 .V. Amrlcan Steel and Wlro prtf.... l' R'14 American Tin 1'iate 4 33V American Tin Plata pref... ITS S3 K.275 American Tobacco pref Anaconda Mining Co lirnoklyn Rapid Transit Colorado Fuel and Iron Continental Tobacco Continental Tobacco pref... 135 444 714 44 324 44 &4 744 12 si; 1x4 - 35 4 sj4 244 1024 44 $4 131 15.. 0 SO 60 374 934 l 5 183 65 R4 1064 103, 93. 124 724 30 t3, fc4 2.C20 81.7 1.4Ö0 12. Kan 715 4.1)0 934 435 00 SfiO 200 re'iorai fcteei Federal Steel pref.. General Electric ... GIucos Sugar GIucos Suirar pref International Paper International Paper pref... Laclede Gaa National HSscult National Hlscult pref. National Iea.! &j0 7.. 1.220 2t3 4u0 National Lead pref.... .ai!onai fteei National Steel nref New York Air-brake North American Pacific Coast Pacific Coast first pref Pacific Coast second pref... Pacific Mall People's Gas iTessed Steel Car Pressed teJ CAr pref Pullman Palace Car Republic Iron and Steel.... Republic Iron and Steel pre Standard Rope and Twine. Suirar 3') 15.3K5 7x 31S 54) io 100 3.40 6. 70 420 500 f Suear nref Tennessee Coal and Iron.. I nltel States Leather United States Leather pref United States Rubber Unttd States Rubber pref Western Union .. 1.760 Total sales 741.600 All assessments paid. Ex. dividend. UNITED STATES PONDS. United sued United United Unitl United United United United United United State refunding twos, when Is- lft4a 101 I094 1034 1344 1344 115 116 116 114 States twos. reg... States threes, reg.. State threes, coup States new fours, reg States new fours, coup.. states 01 n rours. reg States old fours, coup.... states nves, reg States fives, coup Taedn Dank Clenrlnff. At New York Clearings, J1S 1,400,780; bal ances. $8.257,137. At Boston Clearing, $19,793,218; balances, T1.4S0.447. . At Chlcafro-CIearings, 519.6SS.7S4: bal ances. $1.273,893. At Philadelphia Clearings, $13,439,291; bal ances, $2,209,13(5. At St. Louis Clearings, $3,341,117; bal ances. $716.252. At Baltimore Clearings, $4,341,367; bal ances. $617.221. At Cincinnati Clearings, $2,595,750. LOCAL GRAIN AND PHODUCE. Little to Note In Local Markets Aside from the Steady Prices. The oldest of the wholesale merchants say that seldom is there a period in which fluctuations in values are so few and so slight as for some weeks past. Nearly all changes are In the way of an advance when made, but there are no very sharp advances. Products sharing Increasing strength are provisions, staple groceries, drugs and dry goods. In the Iron and hardware mart kets the greatest advances have been made and all the stimulants to trade now needed are good weather and good country roads. Butter rules steady, but eggs are erratic, higher one day and declining the next. Chickens are dull, but ducks and turkeys are In good demand. Choice apples are becoming scarce and are advancing. Oranges and bananas continue to go out freely at full prices. In other lines there are no new features. The local grain market is rather quiet, Re ceipts are light, when the active demand for all cereals Is considered. Track bids yesterday, as reported by the secretary of the Board of Trade, ruled as follows: Wheat No. 2 red, 71c: track. 704c, on milling freight; No. 3 red, 6770c; January, 71c, track; wagon wheat. 71c. Corn No. 1 white, 37c: No. 2 white, 37c; No. 3 white. 37c; No. 4 white. 3436c; No. 1 white mixed, 36c: No. 3 white mixed. 36c; No. 4 white mixed, 3335c: No. 2 yellow. 364c; No. 3 yellow, 364c; No. 4 yellow. 33'4344c; No. 2 mixed. 36c; No. 3 mixed. 354c; No. 4 mixed, 33330c; ear corn. 374c- Oats No. 2 white. 2Sc; No. 3 white, 27c; No. 2 mixed. 24c: No. 3 mixed. 244c. Hay No. 1 timothy, $11.50(512; No. 2 timothy, fllfrll.Sd. Inspections Wheat: No. 3 red, 1 ear. Corn: No. 2 white. 3 cars: No. 3 white. 4; No. 4 white mixed, 1: No. 2 yellow. 12: No. 3 yellow, 4: No. 2 mixed. 4; No. 3 mixed, 5; no established grade, 1; total, 34 cars. Oats: No. 2 mixed, 3 cars. Hay: No. 2 timothy, 2 cars. Poultry and Other Produce. (Prices paid by shippers.) Turkeys, hens, ' 74c per lb; turkeys, 84c; srrings, 2 to 4 lbs. 7fr74c; hens. 664c; cocks. 4c; ducks, full feathered, 7c; geese, full feathered, choice, Cc: geese, picked, 4c. Cheese New York full creams. 14tfl5c; dornest la Swiss. 16t?17c: brick. 14c; limburger, 14c. Hatter Choice roll, lie per lb; poor. No. 2, 10 12c. Eggs Fresh. 11c per doz. Feathers Prime geese, 30c per lb; prims duck, 10ft 17c per lb. Beeswax 30c for yellow; 25c for dark. Wool Medium, unwashed, I819c; tub-washed, 20Q2;c; burry and unmerchantable. So less. HIDES, TALLOW, ETC Green-salted Hides No. L 9c; No. 2, 8c; No. 1 calf. 10c; No. 2 calf, 9c. Grease White, 4c; yellow. 34c; brown, 25ic Tallow No. 1. 44c; No. 2. 4c Bonea Dry, ZQl per ton. ' TUG JOBBING TRADE. (The quotations given below are the selling prices of the wholesale dealers.) Canned Goods. , Corn. 75c?$1.23. Peaches Eastern Standard. 3-lb. 22.2S; 3-lb seconds, $1.902: California standard. J2.10Ö2.40; California seconds, $l.902. Miscellaneous lllackberrles. 2-lb. SäWc; rasp berries, 3-lb. $1.21.3): pineapples, standard. 2-lb. $l.R5tf?l.0; choice, $202.10: cove oysters. 1-lb. full weight, $l.0ij?1.10; light. 60j65c; string beans, 3-lb. 9u95c; Lima beans. $1.2001.25; peas, marrowfats, 95cll; early June, $1.101.15; lobsters. $1.852; red cherries. 90?$1: strawber ries. SOOOc; salmon, 1-lb, 9cJ2; 3-lb tomatoes, &&90C. Candles and Nuts. Candles Stick. 6407c per lb; common mixed, 6j6Vic; grocers mixed, 5c; Banner twist stick, 8c: cream mixed. c: old-time mixed. 7e. Nuts Soft-shelled almonds. 13 18c: English walnuts, 12014c; Brazil nuts, 9c; filberts, 11c; peanuts, roasted. 78c; mixed nuts. 10c. Coal and Coke. Anthracite fall sizes). $7 per ton: C. & O. Kanawha. $4.25; Pittsburg. $4-25: Raymond. S4.25; Winlfrede. 14.25; Jackson. $4.25; block, $3.25; Island City lump. $3.75; lump coke, 11c per bu. $2.73 per 23 bu; crushed coke 12c per bu, $3 per 25 bu: Blossburg. IS per ton; Connellsvlll coke. $6 per ton; smokeless lump, $4.50. Drags Alcohol. $2.4502.60: asafetlda. 2530c; alum, 24 fi4c; camphor, 60i65c; cochineal, WöSc; chloro form. SSfudöc: copperas, bris, 90c; cream tar tar, pure, 30330; indigo, 65G8c: licorice, Calab.. genuine, 3544c: magnesia, carb., 2-ox.. 20?22c; morphine, 1. & W., per oz, $2.452.70; madder, 14 fl6c; oil, castor, per gal, $L101.20; oil. berga mot, per lb, 32.65: opium. $3.50(3.75; quinine. P. & W., per oz. 4'i84.c; balsam copaiba, 65fi60c; soap, caatile, Fr.. 12 y 16c; soda, bicarb., 2406c; salts. Epsom, Pißte; sulphur flour, 2i5c; salt- reter, li)&14c; turpentine, 627tc; glycerine, Va20c: iodide potassium. $2.60x2.65; bromide potassium, 55fi60c; chlorate potash, I520c; borax. 912c; clnchonlda. 25040c; carbollo acid. 3SÖ4SC. Dry Goods. Bleached Sheetings Androscoggin L, 74c; Berk'.ey. No. 60, 94c; Cabot, 64c; Capitol, 64c: Cumberland, 74c; Dwlght Anchor. 8c: Fruit of the Loom. 8;c; Farwell. 74c: Fltchville. 7c; F'ull Width, 6c; Gilt Edge. 6c; Gilded Age. 54c; Hill. 7'ic; Hope, 7c: Linwood, 74c; Lonsdale, So; Peabody. 6c; Pride of the West, ll'.ic; Ten Strike. 6c; Pepperell. 9-4. 23c; Pepperell. 10-4, 25c; Androscoggin, 9-4, 23c; Androscoggin, 10-4, "5c. Brown Shetlng Atlantic A. 64c; Argyle. 54c; Boott C. 5c; Buck's Head. 64c; Clifton CCC, 6c; Constitution. 40-inch. 64c; Carlisie. 40-inch. 6c; Dwignt's Star. 7c; Great Falls E. 54c; Great Falls J. 54c; Hill Fine. 7c; Indian Head. 64c; Fepperell H. 6c; Pepperell, 10-4. 23c; Androscog gin. 9-4. 21c; Androscoggin. 10-4. 23c. Prints Alln dress styles, 5c: Allen's staples, 5c; Allen TH, 5c; Allen's robes. 54c; Amer ican indigo. 5c; Arnold lonsr cloth. B. 8c; Arnold LLC, 7c; Cocheo fancy, 54c; Ham ilton fancy. 54c; Memmac pinks and purples. So; Taciflc fancy, 54c: Simpson's mourning, 5c; Simpson's Berlin solids. 54c; Simpson's oil fin ish. 6c: American shirting, 44c; black white, 4lc: grays. 44c. Kld-dnished Cambrics Edwards. 4c; Warren, ic; Slater, 4c; Genesee, 4c. Tlcklnirs Amoskeag ACA. ll'Jc: Conestoga BF. 13c: Cordis 14. 114c: Cordis FT, 114c; Cordis ACE. 11c; Hamilton awnings. 9c; Kimono fancv. 17c: Lenox fancy. ISc: Methuen AA, 104c; Oakland AF. 6c: Portsmouth. llVic; Susquehan na. 124c; Shetucket SW, 54c; Shetucket F. 64c; Swift Blver. 5c. Grain Bags Amoskeag, $15.M; American, $15.50; Harmony. $13.50; Stark. $18. Ginghams Amoskeag staples. Zc: Amoskeag dress. 7c: Bates. 54c: Lancaster, 5c; Lancaster Normandles, 7c; Renfrew dress. 7c. Floor. Straight grades. $3.3W3.M; fancy grades. $3.5 3.75; patent flour. $ltf$4.50; low grades. $2.253; spring wheat patents. $505.25. Groceries Coffee Good. 10l2c; prime. 1214e; strictly rrime. 14fclc; fancy green and yellow. 18f22c; Java, 2$ti32c. Boasted Old government Java, .2 44-1 23c: Golden Bio. 24c; Bourbon Santos. 24c; Glided Santos. 24c: prime Santos. 23c. Package eoftVe city prices Arlosa. 12.2.1c: Lion. 11.23c; Jersey. 12.25c; Caracas. 11.75c; Dutch Java blend, lCc; Dllhvorth's. 112.V: Mall Pouch. 11.23c; Oaten s blen1el Java. 12.25e: Jav-Ocha. lS.brtc. Sugars City prices: I mirv , S.TTi; cut loaf. 5.87c: powdered. 5.57c; XXXX powdered, 5 62c; standard granulated. 5. 47c: fine granulated. 5.47c: extra fine granulated. 5.62c: aranu1ated S-lb baa. 5 Jc; Kranulated. 2-lb tgs. 6.57c: granu lated, 5-lb cartons, 5.57c; granulated, Mb car tons. 5.57c; cubes. 5.62c; mold A. 6.72c; confec tioners A. 5.27c: 1 Columbia A Keystone. A. 5.12c: 2 Windsor A American A. 5.12c; 3 Itldge- wood A-Centennlal A. 5.12c; 4 rhoenlx A-Call-fornla A. 5.02c: 5 Emrlre A Franklin B. &.02c: Ideal OolJen Ex. C Keyston Ii. 4.7c; 7 Windsor Ex. C American B, 4.92c; 8 Rid re wood Kx. C-Centennlal B. 4.87c; 9 Yellow Ex. C California . 4.82c: 10 Yellow C-Franklln Ex. C. 4.77c; 11 Yellow Keystone Ex. C. 4.72c; 12 Yel lowAmerican Fx. C, 4.67c; 13 Yellow Centen nial Ex. C. 4.67c. 14 Yellow-California Ex. C, 4.67c; 15 Yellow. 4.67c; 16 Yellow. 4.67c. Flour Packs (paper) I'laan. i-i2 brl. per 1.000, $3.W; M8 brl, ;; brl. $S; 4 brl. $14; No. 2 American Tobacco drab, plain. 1-32 brl, per 1.000. $4.25: 1-16 brl. $5.50; 4 brl. $10; 4 brl. S20: No. 1 cream, plain, 1-33 brl. ner 1.000. $7; 1-16 brl. $S.75; 4 brl. $14.50; 4 brl. $23.50. Extra charge tor printing, $1.1001.1. Salt In car lots, $l.o5Q1.10; small lots, $1.10 1.13. Spices Penrer, ir,?lSc: allspice, l'fflSc; cloves. 1518c; cassia. l.V.HSc; nutmegs. Mfi'63c per lb. Beans Choice hand-picked navy. 52.40?.50 per bu: Limas, California. 6t64C per lb. Screened Beans $2.30-92.40. Molasses and ?vrups New Orleans molasses, fair to prime, 2S33c; choice. 3540c; syrups, Rlce-Ix)ulslana, 44t?64c: Carolina, C;iSS4c Shot $1.4021.4. per bag for drop. Iead 6'tr7c for pressed bars. Woodenware No. 1 tubs. $7.75'f77.80; No. 2 tubs. $S6.23; No. 3 tubs. ' $.".50f?3.5.": 3-hooD rails, $1.75; 2-hoop palls. $1.501.60; double washboards. $2.25'2.7.: common washboards.$1.5C01.75; clothes pins. tVtROc per box. Wood Dishes No. 1. per LOW. $2.r.72.50: No. 2, $2.62.75: No. 3. J2.7r,g3: No. 5. 83.25Tr3.50. Twine Hemp. I2ffi8c'per n: wool. 8fl0e: flax, 20030c; paper, 25c; Jute, 1215c; cotton. 18025c Iron and Steel. Bar Iron 303.23c; horseshoe bar. 35?3'ie: nail rod. 7c; plow slabs. 4.50c; American cast steel, 9311c; tire steel, 334c; spring steel, 4435c Leather. Leather Oak sole. 33(360: hemlock sole. 2SfJ 32c; harness, 3S'a42c; skirting. 3VU42c: single strap, 42fi44c; elty kip. 0a85c; French kip. 9ctfJ $1.20: city calfskin. cfiJLlO; French calfskin. $1.201.85. Nails and Ilorsesboes. Steel cut nails. $3.25; wiro nails, from store. $3.50 rates; from mill, $3.33 rates. Horseshoes, per keg. $1; mules shoes, per keg, $4.50; horse nails, $4üS per box. Barb wire, galvanized. $4.10; painted. $3.75. Oils. Linseed, raw, 53 per gal; Unseed oil. boiled, 5!c per gal: coal oil. legal test. üiUlr ; bank. 454Tr50c; best straits. 5oc; Labrador, 60c; West Vir ginia lubricating. 20fc30e; miners', Ate; lard oils, winter strained. In brls, 50i60c per gal; half brls, 3c per gal extra. Produce, Frnlts and Vegetables. Apples $3.734 per brl for cooking; eating ap ples, $4.50; Ben Davis, $3.25-J73.50. Bananas Per bunch. No. 1. $1.5001.73. Oranges California navel, choice, $2.733; fancy. $3.25. Lemons Messina, choice, SCO to box, $3; fancy, 300 to box. $3.50. Cocoanuts 50c per doz. Hickory Nuts Shellbark, $LC3 per bu; large, $1.25 per bu. Potatoes 50i 33c per bu. $1.63 per brl. Seed Potatoes Early Ohio. 75c per bu; Green Mountain. 60c per bu; Early Rose, 75c per bu. Sweet Potatoes Jerseys, $4 per brl; Illinois, $3.75; Kentucky, $3.73. Turnips $1.50 per brl. Cabbage $3 per 100 lbs, Holland seed. Celery California, 75c per doz; No. 2, 40iJ30c per doz. Yellow Globo Onions $1.50 per brl; white, $2 per brl: red. $2 per brl. Honey New white, ISc per lb; dark. 16c Navy Beans $2.30 per bu. Cauliflower $l.50Ql. 75 per doz. Cranberries Jerseys, $3.30 per bu box. Onions (Spanish) $1.73 per crate. Onions Yellow sets, $2.50 per bu; white sets, $2.50 per bu: red sets. $2.50 per bu. Parsnips Per brl. $2.40. Lettuce 13?i 14c per lb; 60c per case. Green Onions lac per doz bunches. Rhubarb 2.Vfi30c per doz bunches. Radishes 25fx30c per doz bunches. Florida Tomatoes $2.23175 per 6-basket crate. 50c a basket; Mexican 7-basket. $3Q3.25. Provisions. Bacon Clear sides. 40 to 50 lbs average, 7ie; 30 to 40 lbs average. 8c; 20 to 30 lbs average, 84c; bellies. 23 lbs average, 7Tc; 18 to 22 lbs av erage, 84c; 14 to 16 lbs average, 84c- clear backs, 20 to 23 lbs average. 74c; 12 to 16 lbs av erage. 7!ac; 6 to 9 lbs average, 8c. In dry-salt, 4c less. Hams Sugar cured, 18 to 20 lbs average. 1149 114c: 15 lbs average. lUtfftfc; 12 lbs average, 1240124c: 10 lbs average. 124c. Lard Kettle rendered, 84c: pure lard, 7,jC Pork Bean, clear. $14.50; rump, $12.50. Shoulders IS to 20 lbs average. 8c; 15 lbs av erage, 84c; 10 to 12 lbs average, 84c. Seeds. Clover Choice, prime, $4.73: English choice. $4.755; alslke, choice. $78: alfalfa, choice, $6 7; crimson or scarlet clover. $44.60; tlmothv. 43 lbs. prime, $1.30fil.23: strictly prime, $1.35 1.40; choice, $1.401.45; fancy Kentucky. 14 lbs, $1.10: extra clean. 6075c: orchard grass, extra. $1.20(31.50; red top. choice, 8c$1.4Ö; English bluegrass. 24 lbs, $2T2.50; German millet, 85ctf?$l; Western millet, S090c: common millet, 7080c. SALES OF IICAL ESTATE. Eighteen Transfers, with a Total Con sideration of $ IO,U60. Instruments filed for record In the recorder's office of Marlon county. Indiana, for the twenty four hours ending at 5 p. m. March 20, 1900, as furnished by Theo. Stein, abstracter of titles, cotr.er Pennsylvania and Market streets, Indian apolis, Suite 229, first office floor. The Lemcke. Telephone 1760: Samuel J. T. Hoke to Harry N. King, part of Lot 334, Noble's heirs' subdivi sion, Outlot 45, etc $723 Felix T. McWhtrter, trustee, to Raymond M. Boehn. Lot 86, Ferguson's Hill Place addition 400 Harry R. Cunningham to Maggie Troy man. Lot 11, Block 13, Tuxedo Park 50 Ada N. Tuley to Nolan Thomas. Lot 164. Holloway et al.'s southeast addition to Irvlngton 83 Nellie Henkle to George K. Groartney, part of Lots 66 and 64, Woodruff Place.. 3,600 Alice M. Hanson to Samuel Sawyer, trustee. Lot 59. Harding et al. heirs addition to West Indianapolis; Lots 7, 8. 9 and 10, Hubbard et al.'s addition; Lot 14. Block 2. Tuxedo Park addition; part of Lot 27. Julian et al.'s addi tion to Irvlngton 1,000 Edward Schmidt to Lynn Rogers. Lots 15 and 16, Seidensticker's subdivision of part of Outlot 13 10,000 Lynn Rogers to Wllford M. Williams, Lota 15 and 16. Seidensticker's subdi vision of part of Outlot 15..... 10,000 Mutual Home Saving Association to Mary M. Conner, Lot 76, Graceland Park addition 800 Nancy J. Love to Ruth C. Blcknell. part of the east half of the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 23, Town ship 14. Range 2 1,000 Arthur V. Brown to Milton S. Myers, iMts 4 and 13, first section Rosemont ad dition 700 Indiana Society for Savings to Wilbur N. Gannon. Lot 9. J. H. Clark's North Canltol-avenue addition 2,230 Sarah Simmons et al. to John G. Sim mons, the east half of the northeast qparter of Section 36. Township 17. Range 2. and part of the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 36, Township 17. Range 2 6,000 William E. Sommer to Michael O'Connor, Lot 4. Crawford & Tavlor's subdivi sion. Outlot 18. west of White river 1.273 Oeorgre Wr Stout to John W. T. Walls, Lot 209, Stout's Haughvllle addition 300 William II. Traub to Martha A. Cross, Lot 40. W. H. Traub'a second addition.. 450 Arthur H. Richards to Margaret A. Perry, Lot It, Levi Wright's subdivi sion. Johnson's heirs' addition 1,600 Matilda Bracken to John J. Johnson, part of the west halt of the southeast quar ter of Section 14, Township 17, Range 4.. 423 Transfers. 18: consideration $10,660 VITAL STATISTICS MARCH 20. Dlrths. Minnie and John Huntington, 902 Roach street, boy. Onette and Charles Fleck, 1303 Barth ave nue, girl. Catherine and Charles Anthroburt, 11 Schiller Ftreet. boy. Eda and O. S. McGee. 1023 North Senate avenue, boy. Marie and Harvey Relney, IS Jefferson avenue, gjrl. Annie and "Wllllard F. Anderson, 505 North Liberty street, boy. Mrs. and J. F. Smith, S82 West "Walnut street, girl. Mary and Frank I. Griffith, 91S Buchanan street, girl. Mrs. and Arthur Outfield, 1625 College avenue, boy. Deaths. Ella Laycock. twenty-eight years, 707 East McCarty street, consumption. Lou Duell, twenty-three years, 333 West Market street, pneumonia. Laura Hubtard, twenty years, corner Ohio and Pennsylvania streets, tuberculo sis. Sarah Marshall, seventy-eight years, 367 Hancock street, Hrlght's disease. George Carter, ninety-six years, 766 West Walnut street, senility. Eliza Whitfield, twenty-nine years. City Hospital, tuberculosis. Phllesls Crawford, sixty-seven years, 1102 Chadwick street, paralysis. Mary Feeney, sixteen years, St. Joseph Industrial School, consumption. John W. Partlow, fifty-four years, 72." North Alabama street, pneumonia. Jame.' W. King, seventy-five years, 1236 North New Jersey street. . Elizabeth Wesby, eighty-six years, 209 West Sixteenth street, general debility. Thomas Stott. fifty-five years, $33 English avenue. Hrlght's disease. Vearlle Campbell, one year, 526 West Court street, gastro-enterltls. SlarrlaKe Licenses. Clement P. Abel and Clara RIdenour. Jay N. Sternberg and Marie J. Piatt. DnlldinR Permits. I. H. Gleckert, shed. 433 and 437 Abbott street, cost JTiO. W. M. Johnson, woodshed. Twenty-fifth street near Northwestern avenue, cost $23. James Craig, summer kitchen, 1333 West Twenty-lxth ttreet. cost $50. Mrs. Sprlngsteln, summer kitchen, 1116 lrookMe avenue, cost $23. Fred T. Berger. repairs, 618 North Cap itol avenue, cost $375. Dividend of One. Hundred Per Cent. HARTFORD, Conn., March 20. -In anti cipation of the probable Increase of the capital stock of the Hartford Life Insur ance Company the directors have directed a dividend of 100 per cent. The dividend is wholly from the surplus belonging to the stockholders. MAY PORK IN fl PANIC FIFTV CENTS ADDED TO THE PRICE IN A FEW 31 IX UTES. Sixty Clipped Off in as Many 3Iore Wheat n Quarter Higher and Corn and Oats a Shade Lower. CHICAGO, March 20. A bulge of 50c in the price of May pork, the result of a small panic among shorts In that article, was the feature of trading on 'Change to-day. The advance was due to fear of a corner and the short stocks, and the market declined quicker than it had risen when the stuff once began to come on the market. May pork closed 2c lower; lard and ribs 537c lower. Wheat was dull but fairly steady, helped by better foreign demand, and closed HHUc, higher. Corn declined Uc and oats closed a shade lower. A belief was prevalent that all the markets were being manipulated by a clique of scalpers. Early trading In wheat was marked by considerable liquidation. Cables were lower at the opening and continued to decline, which, with the continued large receipts In the Northwest and the absence of for eign demand, left the market practically without support. May opened unchanged at G6"866c. Pressure to liquidate, which soon became quite general, forced the price back to Wc. Below this price, however, the bears could not force the market, and shortly before 11 o'clock a good demand sprang up, local shorts and outsiders giving support to the market and advancing the price to 66?c. This demand satisfied, the market again relapsed into a condition of heaviness, with the price fluctuating within a narrow range. During the last hour of trading strength again developed. The vis ible decreased 1,328,000 bu, which was more than expected. This stiffened the market appreciably, and when the seaboard report ed an improved foreign demand buyers be came quite brisk, the May price reaching the best point of the day, 6G?c. The mar ket closed steady at that price. Chicago receipts were sixty-four cars. Minneapolis and Duluth receipts were 716 cars, com pared with 932 last week and 363 a year ago. Total primary receipts were 511,000 bu. Clearances from Atlantic and gulf ports amounted to 414,000 bu. The seaboard reported thirty loads taken for export, while 170,000 bu were sold here for ship ment. Chicago contract stocks decreased 94,000 bu for the week. Corn was dull and inclined to weakness, prices ruling a little lower all day. News was not of a character to materially influ ence prices and the market was apparently controlled by scalpers. Country offerings were reported a little more liberal. The shipping demand was only moderate. Re ceipts were 603 cars. May ranged from 37ic to 37t?37ifcc and closed He lower, at S7UC Trading in oats showed no indications of recovering from its present condition of al most utter stagnation. Speculative busi ness was Insignificant and prices kept with in the usual narrow range. The feeling was rather heavy, in sympathy with corn. Receipts were 315 cars. May ranged from 24c to 24VBc and closed a shade lower, at 24c. Provisions were active, the market at times being in a seml-panlcky condition, so far as pork was concerned, and the price of that commodity covered a wide range. Small stocks of pork, the continued ad vance In the price of hogs, the fear that a corner might be attempted, brought about a strong buying movement shortly after the opening, and as the price went sky ward shorts tumbled over themselves in their eagerness to cover. The price ad vanced 50c in a very few minutes. Then offerings became liberal and the market fell a great, deal faster than it had ad vanced, 30c being clipped off the advance in about two minutes. Later another selling flurry chopped off 30c more, but before the close confidence had been restored and the price had again advanced to about yester day's closing figures. Late in the session there was considerable selling pressure put on lard and ribs and these commodities suf fered In consequence, pprk also weakening somewhat. The close was rather nervous, with May pork 2Hc lower, at $11.40; May lard 7c lower, at $6.05, and May ribs 5 Hc lower, at $6.10. Estimated receipts Wednesday Wheat, 34 cars; corn, 230 cars; oats, 125 cars; hogs, 29.000 head. Leading futures ranged as follows: Articles. Open- High- Low- Clos Wheat ing. est. et. ing. Mar .. & .... .... " May .. 65-66J,4 W 6 July .. 67U Corn- 64 67 67 Mar ... May .. 37H-37t4 37S-371J 37'., 37i July .. 37-37? 37f 37H-37H 37S Ad m Ant ' tfT . T Sert .. 38 38?, 3S Oats May .. 24 July .. 23 2414 S3 24 227 24 22T4-23 1'orK May .$11.40 $11.90 July ..11.22 11.33 Lard May .. 6.124 124 July .. 6.2a 6.22 Ribs- $U.32'& $11.40 11.12 11.15 6.024 6.12V 6.0.7 6.17 May .. 6.15 6.17 6.07 6.10 July .. 6.174 6.20 6.10 6.124 Cash quotations wr as follows: Flour dull. No. 3 sprint wheat, 62ff6c: No. 2 red. 68c. No. 2 corn. 364c; No. 2 yellow, 36c. No. 2 white oats. 2C427c; No. 3 white. 26ft26ic. No. 2 rye. &.V?T55c. Na 2 barley, 37Jt 13c. No. 1 flaxseed. $1.65; Northwestern, $1.63. Prime timothy seed, $2.45. Clover seed, contract irrade, $8.40. Mess pork, per brl. $10.8011.42. Lard, per 100 lbs. $ö..V6. Short-rib sides 41ooe). $S5.23. Dry salted shoulders (boxed), $r,.2."i6.50. Short-clear sides (boxed), $6.306.40. Whisky, distillers' fin ished fcoods. per jräl, $1.24. Sugars Cut loaf. 6c: Kranulated. 5.44c. Receipts Flour, 90.000 brls; wheat, 33.0rt0 bu; com. 324.000 bu: oats. 394.000 bu: rye. 6.000 bu; barley, 10.000 bu. Shipments Flour, 50.000 brls; wheat. 4.0O bu; com. 179,oo bu; oats, 186,000 bu; rye, 5,000 bu; barley, Sl.OoO bu. Available Stock of Grain. NEW YORK, March 20.-SpecIal cable and telegraphic communications to Brad street's show the following changes in available supplies from last week: Wheat In the United States and Canada east of the Rocky mountains, a decrease of 1,528.000 bushels; afloat for and in Europe, an In crease of 200,000; total supply, a decrease of 1,328,000; corn, a decrease of 1,423,000 bush els; oats, an Increase of 258,000 bushels. Among the more Important Increases re ported and not given in the official visible supply statement are those of 320,000 bush els at Manitoba storage points, 110.000 at Milwaukee private elevators and 77,000 at Port Huron. The principal decreases are those of 1,400,000 bushels at Northwestern interior elevators. 103.000 at Cleveland. 52,000 at Louisville and 50,000 at Minneapolis pri vate elevators. The aggregate stock of wheat held at Portland, Ore., and at Ta coma and Seattle, Wash., Increased 118,000 bushels last week AT XEW YORK. Iliddem Few on Flour Wheat Barely Hold Its Ovrn Sncnr Strong, NEW YORK, March 20. Flour-Receipts, 37.923 brls; exports, 390 brls; sales, 5.000 packages. Market dull and easy, holders finding It almost impossible to get bids on anything but small lots to supply current needs. Rye flour dull; sales, 250 brls; fair to good, $353.23; choice to fancy, 13.203.60. Corn meal steady; yellow Western, S5c; city. S3c; Brandy wine, $2.202.30. Rye dull; No. 2 Western, 63c f. o. b. afloat; State rye, 5SiK)c, c. i. f. New York, car lots. Barley slow; feeding, 43f46c, New York; malting. 43Q54c. New York. Barley malt dull: Western. 551465c. Wheat Receipts, 124.800 bu; exports. 111. 233 bu; sales. 1.100.0UO bu futures, 40,000 bu export. Spot steady; No. 2 red, 77Hc eleva tor: No. 2 red. 7374c f. o. b. afloat! No. 1 Northern Duluth, ?Jc f. o. b. afloat, prompt; No. 1 hard Duluth, &14c f. o. b. afloat, prompt. Options opened steady on cold weather West, but sold off under weak cables, and an exceptionally dull trade. They continued easy until the last hour, when reports of a good export trade caused a rally, and the market closed at ic net advance. Sales included: No. 2 red. March, closed at 76Sc; May, 72417340, closed at 7S4c; "July. 72ifi734c closed at 734c; Sep tember, 721;&734c, closed at 73Hc. Com Receipts, 131.790 bu; exports, 8.D13 bu; sales, 40,0 bu futures, 520.000 bu ex ports. Spot easy; No. 2, 43!ic t. o. b. afloat, 44c elevator. Options opened easy on cable news, and were depressed all day In ab sence of support, closing barely steady at Uic decline. In face of liberal export trade: May. 42442c. closed at 42,Ac; July, 43Kti42;c. closed at 42c. Oats Receipts. &7.100 bu. Spot firm; No. 2, a4c; No. 3, 25Uc; No. 2 white, 32c; No. 3 white, 31Uc: track mixed Western. 2?ft 304c; track white, 32&354a Options dull and bar-jly steady. Lard easy; Western steamed. $6.35; March closed at $6.35 nominal; refined easy; conti nent, $5.63; S. A.. 56.85; compound, $636.124. Pork firm; short clear. $12013.50; mess, $11.50 (FI12.50. Tallow easy; city, 5Uc; country, 5U Ö5Vc Freights steady; cotton by steam, 23c; grain by steam, Sd. Coffee Futures opened dull, with prices 5 to 10 points lower, in sympathy with weakness in foreign markets, and closed steady, with prices 5 to 10 points lower. To tal sales were 10,000 bags. Including: March, 6.S06,S3c; May, 6.75c; September, 6.90c; Oc tober, 6.90c; December, 7.10c; February, 7.25c. Soot nominal: No. 7 invoice, SHlHc; No. 7 Jobbing, SSTic Mild quiet; Cor oova, 9V?fil4c. Sujar Raw strong; refined strong. TRADE IN GENERAL. Quotations nt St. Louis, Baltimore Clnclnnntl and Other Places. ST. LOUIS, March 20. Flour unchanged. Wheat No. 2 red, cash. 7U;c; March. 71ic; May, 704c; July, 66lic; No. 2 hard, 65Hy6e, Corn No. 2. cash, Sö'-c; March, 3ic; May. 3?i 35Tc; July, &c. Oats No. 2, cash, 2ü4c: March, 2ö,c: May. 24: July. 224o: No. 2 white. 26-2'(i27c. Pork firm; Jobbing. $10.73 for old, $11.50 for new. Lard steady; prime steam. $,".&): choice. $r,.85. Dry-salt boxed meats Extra shorts, $.23; clear ribs. $6.37.,; clear sides. $6.50. Racon Roxed extra shorts. $6.75; clear ribs, $.875; clear sides, $7. Timothy seed dull; or dinary, $21 2.20. prime worth more. Corn meal steady at $1.952. Bran easier; sacked, east track, 69e. Hay Timothy strong ct $'J??12.50; prairie. $S.50rä8.7". Whisky steady at $1.24i. Iron cotton ties. $1.30. Eaggln?. WHlc. Hemp twlne 9c. Receipts Flour. 6.0t brls; wheat. 14.0o bu: corn. Iu7,000 bu; oats. 23.0DO bu. Ship mentsFlour, 7.oi)0 brls; wheat, 33,000 bu; corn, 79,000 bu; oats, 23.000 bu. BALTIMORE. March 20. Flour quiet and un changed; receipts, 34.561 bu; exports. 31.369 bu. Wheat dull and easier; spot. 7314'ff"6c; May, 73,4ft73c; steamer No. 2 red. 6S4g:6s,e; re ceipts, 5.514 bu: exports, 78.363 bu; Southern wheat, by sample, 6Sff75c: Southern wheat, on Rrrade, 70W74C. Corn easier; spot and March, 41$i 41kc; April. 40-fc'40c: May. 41fi41ic; steamer mixed, 40fr40,4,c; receipts. 1S5.2C3 bu; exports. 217.714 bu; Southern white and yellow rn, 40i 42c. Oats firmer; No. 2 white. 30431e: No. 2 mixed, 28M:fo2Sc. Hay firm; timothy. $16 bid. LIVERPOOL. March 20. Wheat Spot No. 1 Northern spring firm at 6s 3d. Futures steady; March nominal; May, fs 9d; July, 5s 9d. Com Spot American mixed, new, quiet at 3a lftid; spot American mixed, old. steady at 3s lHid. Futures quiet; May, 3s 1'isd; July. 3s lOd. Hams Short cut steady at 4Ss. Receipts of whet during the past three days, 152. Ouo centals, in cluding 47.000 American. Receipts of American corn during the past three days, 146,900 centals. TOLEDO. March 20. Wheat dull and higher; No. 2. cash. 71c; May, 72;c. Corn firm and unchanged; No. 2 mixed, 37c. Oats dull: No. 2 mixed, 25c. Rye dull and lower; No. 2, cash, r74c. Clover seed dull and lower; prime, cash, old, $4.90; March, new, $5.60; October, $5.13; No. 2 seed. $4.621.i4.G3. CINCINNATI. March 20. Flour quiet. Wheat easy; No. 2 red. 73?l73,ie. Corn . quiet: No. 2 mixed. 3:Vjc. Oats firm; No. 2 mixed. &26c. Rye steady: No. 2, 2c. Lard firm at $3.90. Bulk meats steady at $6.15. Bacon steady at $6.90. Whisky steady at $1.24. Wool. BOSTON, March 20. The wool market here Is dull as a whole and sales are meager. Wool buyers are holding off and not disposed to bid on large lots, consequently prices are- nominal, although there Is no doubt that a bid under present quotations for a large line would bring out a seller. Territory wools are quiet and are yet quoted on a scoured basis of about 6rte for choice lots of fine medium and fine. Fleece wool are quiet and prices nominal. Following are the quotations for leading descriptions: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleece, X and above, 32fi33c; XX and XX and above. 34?i35c; delaine, 37T38c; No. 1 combing, 36(&3Sc; No. 2 combing and three eighths blood. 361 37c: coarse and braid washed, 33034c. Michigan. Wisconsin, etc. X Michigan, 2ft-?t27c; No. 1 Michigan combing, 353&c; Na 2 Michigan combing. 3536c; quarter-blood, washed. 35536c; coarse and braid. 31T33c; X New York, New Hampshire and Vermont, 26c; No. 1 New York. New Hampshire and Vermont, 33 34c; delaine Michigan. 34?f35c. Unwashed me dium, etc. Kentucky and Indiana quarter-blood combing, 28Y29c; three-elghths-blood combing. 290130c; Missouri quarter-blood combing. 27Q28c: three-elghths-blood. 272Se: braid combing. 24 25c; Lake and Georgia, 23326c. Territory wool Montana and Dakota fine medium and fine, 22ft 23c; scoured. 605a62c: staple, 676c: Utah and Wyoming fine medium and fine, 19fi21c; scoured, 60o: staple. 65WC7c: Idaho fine medium nd fine, 8tff21c; scoured. 60g61c; medium, 20g 23c; scoured, 52'a54c. Australian, scoured basis, spot prices Combing superfine nominal at 93095c; good, 88 90c; average, 80S5c. LONDON, March 20. At the wool auction sales to-day 14,346 bales were offered. There was a good attendance and the catalogues were the largest of the series and were principally New Zealand wools. The withdrawals were large. A good selection of merlnoes and lots suitable for America were actively competed for, the bulk of the greasy lambs going to the home trade, and cross-breds to Yorkshire and Amer ican representatives. Following are the sales In detail: New South Wales, 1,600 bales; scoured. Is 8dff2s d; greasy, 7lidfi'ls Id. Queensland, 1.500 bales; scoured. Is 6d(U2s id; greasy, 64d Is 2d. Victoria-. 4.200 bales; scoured. Is lOdfi) 2s 2d; greasy, ftd'S'lsi, 5d. West Australia, 500 bales; greasy. 6?&10Vtd. New Zealand, 600 bales; scoured. Sdjils 4d: greasy, 6d'tfls 2d. Cape of Good Hope and Natal. 800 bales; scoured, 14d Is lOd; greasy, 7'illd. Datier Eggs and Cheese. NEW YORK, March 20. Butter Receipts. 10,107 packages. Market firm; Western cream ery. 20(if2:c; factory, 17,4'520c. Cheese Receipts, 1.973 packages. Market strong; fancy, larg, white, 13e: fancy, large, colored, 13föi34c; fancy, small, white, 13Jrl3lic; fancy, small, colored, UWlZ'-&c. Eggs Receipts, 9,136 packages. Mar ket firm: Western, at mark, lGc; Southern, at mark, 142fil6c. PHILADELPHIA. March 20. Butter steady: fancy Western creamer)'. 234c; fancy Western Erints. 27c. Eggs dull and lc lower: fresh near y, 13c; fresh Western. 13c; fresh Southwestern, 13c; fresh Southern, 12c. Cheese quiet but steady. CHICAGO, March 20. On the Troduce Ex change to-dav the butter market was steady; creameries, 19(?T24c: dairies. 1622c. Cheese firm at 12ffl3c. Eggs steady; fresh. 13c. CINCINNATI. March 20. Butter steady and unchanged. Elgin creamery, 25S2c: Ohio. 21 22c; dairy, lö-c. Eggs easier and lower at 12c. Cheese steady. KANSAS CITY. March 20. Eggs Unsettled feeling; fresh Missouri and Kansas stock. lO'fcc per doien. cases returned; new whltewood cases included. 11c. BALTIMORE, March 20. Cheese and butter firm and active. Eggs, 17c. ST. LOUIS, March 20.-Eggs lower at lOUc Oils. OIL CITY. March 20. Credit balances, $1.68. Certificates no bids or sales. Shipments, 108.349 brls; average. 85,120 brls; runs, 89,070 brls; aver age, &3.R19 brls. WILMINGTON. March 20. Spirits of turpen tine firm at 53fr53VjC. Rosin quiet and un changed. Crud turpentine steady at $2 to $3.23. Tar firm at $1.20. MONTPELIEH, March 20. Indiana and South Lima crude petroleum, $1.21; North Lima, $1.26. CHARLESTON, March 20. Spirits of turpen tine firm at 54c. Rosin firm and unchanged. SAVANNAH. March 20. Spirits of turpentine firm at 53c Rosin firm and unchanged. NEW YORK. March 20. Petroleum firm. Rosin and turpentine steady. Metnls. NEW YORK. March 20. Considerable- Irregu larity was developed In the market for metals to-day. Copper was firm and 12'4 points higher, influenced by cables, which again showed an advance in London. The close was firm at 16.&tc. On the other hand, tin ruled easier in sympathy with weakness abroad, closing dull at 31.62,.c bid and 3c asked, the bid price being 37" points off from the previous close. Pig Iron war rants were quiet. Load ruled quiet, closing un changed at 4.67'sc bid and 4.72!(ic asked. Spelter was quiet all day, closing unchanged at 4.55c bid and 4.60c asked. The brokers price for lead was 4.45c and for copper 16.50c. ST. LOUIS. March 20. Lead quiet at 4.574c. Spelter dull at 4. 40ft 4. 45c. Dry Goods. NEW YORK. March 20. The general market for cotton goods continues quiet. Home buying of brown sheetings and drills limited and little doing for export. Prices unchanged in both heavy and light weights. Ducks quiet but firm. No change In print cloths or other fine yarn goods. Bleached cottons In average request; quotations without change. Coarse colored cot tons quiet but strong. Prints and ginghams un changed. Business in men's wear woolen and worsted fabrics slow in all descriptions. No quotable chanre in prices, but the market con ditions not altogether satisfactory. Cotton. NEW ORLEANS March 20.-Cotton steady. Sales. 2.600 bales. Ordinary, S'4e; good ordinary, 8ic: low middling. 9 3-16c; middling. 9 7-l5c; good middling. 9c; middling fair, 9Tc Re ceipts. 5,961 tales; stock, 351,335 bales. NEW YORK. March 20. Cotton closed quiet; middling uplands, 5Jc; middling gulf, 10c. Sales, 1,700 bales. PBOMISES $100,000. J. I). Rockefeller Will Altl Wellesley When Its Debts Are Paid. WELLESLEY. Mass.. March 20.-PresI-dent Caroline Hazard, at the close of the chapel service at "NVellesIey College to-day, announced, that John D. Rockefeller had promised to give Wellesley $100,000 when the college debt should be raised. The debt Is about $96,000. By efforts of the alumnae durlnff the last two years more than JGo.OOO has been raised or pledged toward the In cumbrance. It Is hoped that the conditions of Mr. Rockefeller's gift, which will be used to establish a permanent endowment fund for the college, will be met by nexl commencement. The students cheeied for the college and Mr. Rockefeller before be ginning recitations. THE TRIPLER LIQUID AIR CO. GENERAL OFFICES, 11 DROADWAY, NEW YORK. CAPITAL STOCK, 1,000,000 SHARES, PAR VALUE, $10.00 EACH. FULL PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE, No Preferred Stock or llondetl Indebtedness. 100,000 Shares for Public Subscription at $5,00 Per Share. NOW OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME. Stockholders in this company are absolutely free from Ilabllltr. nd "will hare In the rroflt of the various subcompanles to be formed In foreign countries and the United tats. Transfer AgentsInternational Ranking Trust Co., 14Ü Hroadwuy, X. Y. The Trlpler Liquid Air Company absolutely controls all the Inventions, rights and appliance of Charles E. Trlpler for the manufacture and utilization of liquid air. The priority and valua of these ris-hts constitute A MONOPOLY OF THE COMMERCIAL FIELD. The company haa factory at 121 IVrst 89th st New York City, where Liquid Air la being manufactured dally In commercial quantities. SEND ORDERS FOR STOCK OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION TO E J. RICHARDS, JOHN S. SPANN & CO., 148 East Market St, Indianapolis. LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS STEER CATTLE IN DEMAND AT STRONG TO HIGHER TRICES. Hog: Active at Comparatively Steady Figure Sheep Quiet Condition of Markets EUerrhere. UNION STOCKYARDS. INDIANAPOLIS. March 20. Cattle Receipts, 400; ship ments fair. The demand for the better class of steers was. If any different, a little better, and with fair competition between buyers sales were usually at strong to a shade higher prices. Other grades were in slow demand and did not show any quota ble Improvement. The market for cows and heifers was fully steady. but possibly no higher. Quotations: Good to prime steers, 1,350 lbs and upwards $t.?5 5.40 Fair to medium steers, 1,350 lbs and upwards 4.50 4.80 Good to choice 1,150 to 1,300-lb steers 4.40 4.80 Fair to medium 1,150 to 1.300-lb steers 4.15 4.50 Medium to good 300 to 1.100-lb steers 4.00 4.40 Good to choice feeding steers 4.25 4.G0 Fair to medium feeding steers.... 3.75t 4.15 Common to good stockers 3.00W 4.25 Good to choice heifers 4.00 4.40 Fair to medium heifers 3.5KX8) 3.90 Common to light heifers 3.00Q! 3.40 Good to choice cows 3.75 4.25 Fair to medium cows 3.25 3.C5 Common to old cows 1.75fr 3.00 Veal calves 5.50 6.50 Heavy calves 3.50 5.00 Prime to fancy export bulls 3.75 4.25 Good to choice butcher bulls 3.25$r) 3.65 Common to fair bulls 2.50 3.15 Good to choice cows and calves... 35. 00(ä50.00 Common to medium cows and calves 15.0030.00 Hogs Receipts, 4,000; shipments, 1,000. The receipts of hogs were 1,000 larger than a week ago and about the same as a year ago. The quality was somewhat Improved, and with rather an active Inquiry from lo cal packers and a fair demand from other sources the trading was reasonably active at steady prices compared with yesterday's average. In some Instances the very light mixed grades were possibly easier and by some salesmen were considered 2?c lower In certain Instances. All were sold and the close was steady at opening prices. Quota tions: Good to choice medium and heavy.$3.055.15 Mixed and heavy packing 5.005.05 Good to choice light weights......... 4.954i5.05 Common to fair light weights 4.904.95 Common to good pigs 4.25x4.63 Roughs 4.254.75 Sheep and Lambs Receipts light; ship ments none. There were not enough sheep and lambs to Interest buyers and the mar ket was necessarily quiet at quotably un changed prices. It Is hardly safe to quote Iambs higher than $6.50; yearling sheep would probably sell as high as $5.50 and other kinds are not quotable above $5. Quotations: Good to choice lambs $5.00i.50 Common to medium lambs 5.00fr 5.75 Good to choice yearlings 5.00fr 5.50 Common to medium sheep 3.00& 4.00 Transaction at the Interstate Yards. INTERSTATE STOCKYARDS. INDIAN APOLIS, March 20.-Cattle Receipts, 120; shipments, 42. The quality was generally fair. The market opened active and strong. Butcher cattle continue to be In strong de mand, the supply being rather light. Trade ruled strong to the close, with all sold. Quotations: Good to choice export steers $5.00 5.75 Fair to medium export steers, 1.250 to 1.400 lbs 4.60 5.00 Good to prime dressed beef and butcher steers, 1,150 to 1,250 lbs average 4.2512 4.75 Good to choice feeding steers 4.25 4.75 Common to good stockers 3.25j? 4.25 Good to prime heavy butcher heifers 4.23 4.75 Fair to medium heifers 3.00 3.50 Prime to fancy cows 4.00i 4.50 God to medium cows 3.23 3.75 Common cows and canners 1.50f 3.00 Prime light veal calves 6.5fVi 7.25 Common to good veal calves 5.00C( 6.00 Common to good heavy calves.... 3.50tfr 5.00 Prime to fancy export bulls 4.00i 4.25 Good to choice medium fat bulls.. 3.25 3.75 Common to fair bulls 2.50Ji 3.25 Good to choice cows and calves.. 35.0050. 00 Common to medium cows and calves 15.00-330.00 Hogs Receipts, 1,000; shipments, 9S0. The quality was somewhat Improved, there be ing a few cars of good heavy and heavy mixed grades on sale that sold readily at quotations. Trade opened active, at strong prices and ruled firm to the close, with all sold early. Quotations: Good to choice medium and heavy.$3.10tfi3.13 Mixed and heavy packing 5.005.10 Good to choice lights, 160 to ISO lbs average 4.955.05 Fair to good lights, 120 to 160 lbs average 4.R0f4.95 Common to fair pigs 4.2MH.70 Heavy roughs 4.001.75 Sheep Receipts, 100; shipments, none. The quality was only fair and the market was steady at quotations: Good to prime lambs $6.5Vft7.0Q Fair to common lambs 5.504i6.00 Common to light lambs 4.5fa5.G0 Good to choice sheep 4.255i5.00 Fair to medium sheep 4.004.50 Common sheep and bucks 3.004.00 Horses. UNION STOCKYARDS, INDIANAPOLIS, March 20. About 250 head of horses were offered in the auction sale to-day, against an equal number last week and 400 a year ago. The quality of the arrivals was gen erally satisfactory, but there were not many animals good enough to command out side prices. The attendance of buyers was hardly as good as a week ago, and. In an ticipation of ample supplies this week, the bidding. If anjj different, was on rather a lower key at the start. Salesmen were not Inclined to make any concessions, and Anally, at prices much the same as equal kinds sold for last week, the trading was reasonably active. The demand continues best from the Eastern trade, but probably as good as usual from foreign buyers, and there was a very fair Inquiry from the South. The demand for hor?es for farm use was not as urgent as a week ago. and a small proportion was taken for that ac count. Sales Included coach horses as high as $177.50, and Lon Young, of Crawfords vllle, Ind., sold an extra good l,S00-lb draft, horse at $205, which, of course, is an out Side price. A eood clearance was made and PHYSICIANS. DR. C. I. PLETCHCR. RESIDENCE ICS North rrnniyltanl airsU OFFICE ;u Couth Utiidian strut. Offlc lloura t to ! a. m. : 2 to 4 fx m.: T to i f. m. Telephon Offlf. 07 1 rldnc. 4TT. Dr. W. B. Fletcher's SANATORIUM Mental nad Kervaai Diseases. HI NORTH ALABAMA STREET. DR. J. D. KIRKPATIIICK. Diseases of Women and tbe Rectum. PILES cured by hli aaf and eary method. No detention from business. Office. 21 East Ohio. T AnSTRACTER OF TITI.Fi. T1IEODOKE 'J.'iniV. ABSTRACTER of TITLES Corner Market and Pennsylvania streets. Indian apolis. Suite 22?. First Oflc Floor. 'Too Lemcke." Telerhona 1760. lrtAILROApTIMEC P. M. time ts In BLACK figure. Trains marked thus: Daily, S Sleeper. P Parlor Car, C Chair Car. D Dining Car, t Except feu n day. C. C. C.&St.L. Ry Big 4 Ron! City Tk't Office, No. 1 E. Wash. St. Depart. Arms, CLEVELAND LINK. Mancie accommodation. IU 3.S8 fVJ Union City aooo'dauon4.ao $.2 rX XCleve.N.Y.A Koa.ez.s..4 22 10.40 Cleveland. New York A Bo ton mail.. 10 M 6.00 N Y Alios Knickerbocker." d a !! BENTON It AKBOH LINK. Benton IT arbor express C.2S 3.2.1 Benton Harbor express 11.12 8.45 V'abah accommodation 4.AO S22 KT. LOUIS LINK. Pt. Lou I a accommodation 7 20 5.40 Ft. Louis southwestern, lim, d s 11 'tf.lO Terr Haute A Mat toon accom 4.SO ion et. Loaia express. 11.20 4.02 CHICAGO LINK Lafayette accommodation 7.42 6.43 Lafayette accommodation. 5.1Ä 10.45 Chicago fant mail, d p 114$ 2.35 Chicago. White City special, dp 4.1 5 6.10 Chicago night express, a 12.05 2.2I CINCINNATI LINK. Cincinnati express, a 2.4S 11 JSC Cincinnati express, s 4.1$ 11.05 Cincinnati accommodation 7.00 6.40 Cincinnati accommodation. ............ 10 &o IMS Cincinnati express, p 3.45 4. IS Greensburg accommodation A. 30 t oo Cincinnati, Washington f 1 ex. a d...O.SO 11.40 N. Vernon and Louisville ex, da.... "2.4 ll ßo N.Vernon and Louisville ex 2.45 1LQ PKORIA LINK. Peoria, Bloomlngton m and ex 7.22 9.35 Peoria and Bloomington f ex. d p ....! !.M 6.05 Champaign accommodation 4.25 10 22 Peoria and Bloomington ex, a 11 .35 2.20 SPRINGFIELD AND COLUMBUS LINK. Columbus and Springfield ex 2.42 1122 Columbus and Epringfleld ex 3 45 10.30 CIN- HAM. A DAYTON RY. City Ticket Office, 25 W. With. St Cincinnati express 4.10 Cincinnati fast mail, ...a.Zl Cin. and Detroit ex tlO.42 11.42 2.M 10.35 11.45 3.X0 tl-50 Cincinnati and Dayton express. D...t2.45 Cincinnati and Dayton limited, p d..4.45 Cincinnati, Toledo. Detroit 7.Q7 fhnilVlrntTt CHI-IND. LOCI. RY. VÜJ.liJilMJi J Ticke Office. t5 West Wash. Ft Chicago fast mail. a. p d 7.00 72 Chicago express, pd 11.50 t2 40 Chicago vestibule, pd t.3.35 4.37 Monon accom fi.OQ flO.00 LAKE ERIE 4b "WESTERN R. R. Michigan Citr mail and express f7 00 t.40 Toledo and Michigan City ex tl.2U te.lO Peru and Toledo ex 1.20 io.3) Peru and Plymouth accom and ex. .47.00 10.29 INDIANA, DECATUR 4k WESTERN RY. Decatur and 6L Louis mall and cx....t8.l2 t4 40 Chicago express, p d tll.50 12.40 Tuscola accommodation..... T3.45 flO.42 Decatur dt Bt. Louis fast ex. a e....ll.lo 4.02 Ticket offices at nation and' at corner Illinois and Washing ton Btreets. lljennsilvaniaKinBS.l Tralaa Sua by Osonai TVs Philadelphia and New York ,.2.22 lO.OO iu.oo 11.30 43.15 6.50 7. no O.IO t5.40 45 40 4.ÄO 7.13 lO.OO 3.35 TS.&2 12.23 12.25 12.25 0.5O tl3.33 11.21 fie.) 7.10 7.13 7.10 7.00 1.55 7.05 4.45 2. S 1 10.00 naltimore and Washington ......... X-25 olumbus, Ind. and Louisville. 2-0 Richmond and Columbus, O t7.12 Piaua and Columbus. O t7J2 Columbus and Richmond....... t7.14 Columbus, Ind. A Madison fHun. only) 7.20 Columbua, Ind. and Louisville. 8.03 Vernon and Madison ...t.02 Martinsville and Vincennea S 00 Dayton and Xenia 2.22 Pittsburg and East S.S2 Loansport and Chicago.. .......M...11.U Knightstown and Richmond f 1,15 Philadelphia and New York 2.30 Baltimore and Washington 2 .SO Dayton and bpringfield .30 Hprtngfleld 2.30 Columbua, Ind. and Madison t3.30 Columbus. Ind. and Louisville 4 00 Martinsville and Vincennea.... f4.0 Pittsburg and East 5.00 Philadelphia and New York. 7.1 0 Dayton and Xenia 7,10 Columbus. Ind. and Louisville t7.1 n Lojaniport and Chiraro ll.fiS VAN DA LI A LINE. Terre Haute. Rt. Louis and WeaU 7.U Terre Haute and Wt. Louis accom 7.Z2 Terre Haute, BC Louis and WeiU..lS.35 Terra Haut and KClngham ace ....tA.OO Terre Haute and tL Louis fast mall.7.05 BL. Loan and all Polau West 11.29 the closing sales were eteady at opening prices. Elsewhere CHICAGO. March 20. CattlIteoelpt. 2.3O0. Market irnrally nteady to low. iw-tt on Ml to-day. 2.oi. Natives: Good to prime steers eteady at $l.80äj.&; poor to medium slow at 24.1(fa4.6o; ielte1 feeders, 10c lower at !4ii4 7i; mixed stocken. $3.4i3.!w; cowa steady at 4.25; helfera, $3.2j4.to: canner. II.2.'4jJ; bulls, !3j4.1J: calves. :c to 21 off a week r.o at $4.M i6.50. Ter ans: Receipts. 750. ll-st on sale to day. ö; Texas fed fte-c strong at 3.7i; Texas bulls steady at 25.2"ft3.60. Hogs Receipts to-day. 21.e: to-morrow. 27, 000: estimated left ovr, 2.1. Market fairly active. Tops, 23.15; mixed and butchers, S4.S0 K 1. iriwl In ftxntf hMW 1 .'n 1 j' mil c h havv. U.iZ $.07 4.854il.ai; light. $t.fcS.-'7lt; bulk of salee. lJ Sheeo Receipts. 10.000. Sheep and lambs weak and a shade lower: quality generally poor. Good, to choice wethers, li.&Hjj.kO; fair to cholc mixed. 2i.lfJi.6'): Western sheep. li.S-Vb2.2v; yearlings. 2ö..i.4i; native lambs, $ä.i7; western lamb. $Gtx7. EAST BUFFALO. March SO. (Special. Ran som. Mannld A Co., live stock commission dealers, report: Cattle Rec-4pts. S cars. Market steady and Arm for the few here. lings Receipt. 7 cars. Market active and av shade higher. Yorken,, light to gool. 23.SWaS.20: tlgs, f l.iK)ii.03: mixed. $..2; milium. 2YSr?f b.33: heavy, 23.23)4.4); rougaa, ll.7Wil.ti. Closed stoady. heep Receipts, 18 cars, with hollovers. Mar ket steady at yesterday's d"clln for lambs. Tot. $7.2:.i7.33; culla to root. $VT7.15. Hheep scarce and firm; top. mixed, $' K-'fii.2ü; culls to good. $3.50ti 5.io; wethers. 2wn.'i; yearlings, .25ft6.. Closed firm; some left; held eigner. ST. LOUIS. March 2j. Oattl Receipts. 4.2nC, including Texans. Mark steady for na tives and strong for Texans. Native shlfplnr and export steers. 14 JM3.7.; dressed lf ana butcher steers. $4.S'u5.G0: steers under l.un) lbs. 23.JX'4.6.r; Storker-, and feders, 23 8"i4.7i; corns and heifers. 1214.65; canners. Sl.SofjS.K); bulls. 23fa3.M. Texas and Indian steers. tLSl 4 . with Rome heavy fine worth 23.Xt;3.7j; cows ana heifers. t2.r3.fa. Hogs Receipts, 10.50. Market st'aly to ' a shade easier, rigs and lights, tl.k'a I.S.; pack er. $4.Jwf5; butchers. SVft.Y.12. Sheep Receipts, l.lfo". Market strong. Native Muttons, fVfi.VSS; Umbs. li.S"'ii7.2..; culls and bucks. $1S4.73; spring lambs. tVhilZ. KANSAS CITY. March 20. 4 'at tie Receipts, .öl) natives and Texans. Supply ton literal to fully sustain prices, which ruled steady to l"e lower. Heavy native steers, S 4..VS.4i: ll-ht weights. 14.4.7: stockers, 23 7iijS.5i; butcher cows and heifers. $3.ZJ4 0; canners. 2J.30j 1 2.: fed Westerns. H&i.hV. Western feeders, $1.J 4.4; Texans. 3.7t04.1. Iloa-s Receipts. I1.X. Market falrlr arttv and steady. Heavy. 4.!"XiVi; mlxd. tl.y 4.M; luht. ti.:vf4.5o: rt. hxmr Shi Receipts. 4.. Market trifle slow; lambs 10c lower. Colorado lm(w, ft.XCSO; yearlings. 23.7.V5j; muttons. 23.Svy i.70; Storkers and feeder. $4fc: culls. Zil. NEW YORK. Mr-h I nrtpts. s3; nearly all for slaughterers; feung steady. Ca ble steady. Market slow. Kxpurt, i cattle and 4.40 quarters of beef; to-morrow. 4.400 quarters-Calves Receipts. 7M. Marke slow; prime stock: steady: other graJc2 lower; M unsold. Vals. 14 b(.70. Shep snd Iambi Receipts. fCS. Sneer almost nomtnal; lambs steady to firm; all sold. IHor to fair sheep. fliS.75: omm.-n to prime lambs, $.7i7.7i: yerllu4rs. 14 M: clipped lambs, 14. llo-s Receipts. 2.434. Market nomtnalty steady. CINCINNATI, March SO.-Hogi easy at 1 5.13. rattle dull at 23$:. Sneep stt-aly at ft.S;; laznbs steady at fA?l