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■6 establishments within territory com- E'only regarded as tributary to that tity. The leading member of the company, Capt. C. W. Hackett. connected himself with the business in lS7l.and.as is indi cated above, the present style of linn name was adopted two and a half years ago. He has for a long time been prom inent in all the large enterprises or the city, and is a leadine member of the Conereiiational churcfi and also of the Loyal Legion. His title of captain is no honorary distinction, conferred upon him through courtesy, but well earned by hard service during the war, with the gallant old Tenth Minnesota regi ment. Since his connection with this establishment its business has multi plied fully six times. T. G. Walther, the Vice President, Is well known in St. Paul, havinir come hitlierfroin Wisconsin twenty years ago. Eighteen years ago he became an em ploye in the house, taking the position of clerk, and has worked his way up to the vice presidency by dUhffenc atten tion to uusinefs. He is deservedly held in high esteem. c Mr. Henry was born in Scotland in 185<"«, and on" coming to America when he was twelve years old steered his course directly to St. Paul. Four years later he took a position in the house of Strong & Hackett, where he has per sistently remained ever since. He has charge of the department of guns and and sporting goods, and may be said to have huilt up the trade in fine goods of this line in the Northwest, for it lias grown into huge proportions under his management. He takes pride in the character of this line of eroods sold by the house, and is constantly endeavor ing to introduce the best qualities of the several articles. He is an enthusiastic sportsman himself, lie owns a valuable patent lor a shell ejector for haniiner less guns, which we believe is his own invention. 11. B. Gates, treasurer, and M. L. Merrill, secretary. are ambitious, wor thy young gentlemen, who by strict attention to business have won their way into prominence, and bid fair to be come in the early future influential members of the St. Paul Jobbers" union. They possess all the necessary qualifica tions and are not likely to neglect op portunities that may offer for their ad vancement. IN TINWARE The Home & Danz Company Lead All. Messrs J. A. Whcelock. President; William Y. Home, Vice President; W. Y. Byers. Secretary and General Man ager: William R. Dorr, Treasurer, and Jacob Danz, Second Superintendent, comprise the firm of the Home & Danz company, manufacturers and jobbers of tin and sheet iron ware, shipping cans, lard pails, dairy goods, ash pit frames and doors, camp kettles and stoves, decoy ducks and geese, ironclad milk cans, creamery cans, lard coolers, drip pans, fire pails, ash barrels, paint pails, minnow pails, cartridge boxes, tea and coffee caddies, and an endless variety of japanned ware, etc. This company was established in 18x0. being formed by the consolidation of that of Home & Danz, who had previously built up a very considerable business. and the' Nort'iwest Tinware company, which was engaeed in the 6aine line of business, and had likewise a large trade. The two united and became incorporated in 1888, and are now running a large factory, in which they employ 175 hands, and turn out annually upwards of 12.J0.000 worth of wares. They cater only to the job bing trade, with whom they are held in high esteem as prompt, reliable and fair business men. They formerly occupied the old building on Exchange street, running through from Third to Fourth; but their business outgrew the prem ises, and they removed to the large and elegant five-story brick building located on Fillmore avenue, all of which they occupy, and do not find it a particle too extensive for their trade. Last season a large three-story ware house was built by the above firm, which is always filled with their manu factured goods, so that the trade can be supplied with carload orders at any and all times. THE LIGHT OF TO-DAY. The Independent Oil Company Cannot lit' Equaled for Energy. In our grandfathers' days petroleum was unknown, but is now a necessity. Its production has become one of the great industries of the century. The Independent Oil company, of this city, is one of the concerns prominent iv the Northwest in dispensing this necessary commodity at the different distributing points. It was established in the spring ot 1888 b\ Joseph Baittles, although D. Richardson is now associated with Mr. Baittles in the company. The lat ter had formerly been the manager of the Standard Oil company at Winnipeg, and it was there that he received his technical schooling in the trade. An inspection of the books of the Inde pendent Oil company develops the fact that the business is constantly ex tending in volume and in ter ritory. It now reaches out from Wisconsin through the entire Northwest. The needs of the business of this house compelled Mr. Bartles aud Mr. Richardson to establish two branches about a year ago. One was located at La Crosse and one at Water loo, 10. These, together with the home office in St. Paul, afford great facility for handling the immense trade con ducted by the company. A resident manager is located at each branch, as well as a competent office force, and each office maintains its independent corps of traveling men. The firm em ploys something like fifty people, and of this number ten are traveling men. The Independent's career has not been entirely a peaceful one. The firm has been compelled to do battle with that gigantic corporation, the Standard Oil company, that aims to crush out every competition. But the public is reaping a rich benefit from this compe tition. The oil is better, perhaps, and it is certainly cheaper than it would be were it sold only by a monopoly. A Globe reporter met Mr. Bartles yesterday and was toll by that gentle man that oil is fully 82 cheaper now than before the organization of the In dependent company and before this competition became a factor in the busi ness. A HOUSEHOLD NAME. Xhat ol' the John Martin Lumber Co., of St. Paul. All the broad expanse of country from Winnipeg to Mew Orleans the name of the John Martin Lumber company is as familiar as the name of the days in the week. It was incorporated in 1883 with John Martin, president; Philip Reilly, vice president; Fred 8. Berry, secre tary: F. C. Laird, treasurer, and James F. Keilly, superintendent Mr. Berry lias been with this company something like twelve years. He is a young man yet. scarcely thirty-five yean of ;i- r e. and is as full of life and energy as a colt, lie has a handsome little residence out at St. Anthony Park. The mills of the company are located at Mission Creek, on the buluth road, and they have a record cf turning out 1,000,(100 to 1,500,000 feet of lum ber each day. The trade of the company covers Minnesota, the Dakotaa, Nebraska and Mon tana and these states an- traversed by traveling men the entire year. The business includes lumber of all sorts. sash, doors and blinds, and mouldings and all kinds of factory work is done. They make a specialty of hard wood finishing and employ over 200 men. Mr. P. 11. Reilly is one of the most conservative business mentors in the Northwest. lie has been a director for a good number of years iv the St. Paul National bank, aud he has exercised his energies and talents in the affairs of this concern for upward of twenty years, and to Ins tact and enterprise much of tne success of the firm is due. EXERCISE OF JUDGMENT Has Brought KeHogj?, Johnson & Cg. to til e Front. Cyrus H. Kellosu is president of Kel logg, Johnson & Co., 229 to 231 East Fourth street; Andrew E. Johnson, vice president, and L W. French, secretary and treasurer, ana EL A. Coburn, a member. It was organized in 1882 aud began business on the corner of Wa couta and Fourth streets, occupying two tloors of that building. The rapid extension of their trade made it neces sary, after four years, for them to seek a niore roomy establishment, and they accordingly removed, iv ISSC, into the building where they now are, and of which they occupy the entire five stories. They furnish another sample of what attention to business, j careful management and the ex ercise of sound judgment in their transactions may accomplish. Prom a small beginning they have extend ed their operations trom Lake Michigan to the Western ocean. They keep thir teen first-class traveling agents con stantly on the go. and their business figures well up into the hundreds of thousands every year. They are the sole acents in St. Paul for the Boston Rubber Shoe company, in whose foot wear they do a heavy business in addi tion to their operations in their own line ot goods. Messrs. Kelloge & Johnson, prior to their coming to St. Paul, were In partnership in business in Rochester, Minn., and were among the dozen or so energetic business men whom that thriving little city sent to St. Paul some few years ago to help build up the trade of this commercial emporium. ALFRED DUFKENE. A Moving Spirit In the P. H. Kelly Mercantile Company. Men in their business functions are very Jike parts in an intricate aud com prehensive machine. They lit in and complete a perfect whole. Every man has his particular individuality and aptitude for some especial line of worldly service. Every man has been designed by the Creator for some cer tain usefulness. He is given brains and t.ilent, although there is a wide dis parity in different people, and these are designed to be employed iv some cer tain phases of business or labor. Some, yes. a great majority, mistake their (•ailing; but Mr. Alfred Dufrene is a soldier in the great army of the minor ity. He is the vice president of the P." 11. Kelly Mercantile company, at the corner of East Third and Sibley streets. Be fits the requirements with that nicety that must challenge one's infinite ad miration. It is one of the largest whole sale grocery houses in the wide West, and the responsibilities are simply im mense. With a big corps of traveling salesmen, the whole West is a market cared for by this house. As has been truthfully recorded by the tenchent pen of the patriarchial Maj. Newson, "Mr. Dufrene is a strik ing character and a very important spoke in a very lanie wheel." lie was born at Riviere dv Loup.Canada East.in 1898, and received a liberal pubhcschool education. In 1854 he removed to St. Paul and engaged' iv the mercantile business, and many years ago he was taken into partnership by Mr. Kelly. HATS AND PUBS GALORE. Lanpher, Fim:h & Skinner Among the Oldest Firms in the City. Lar.pher, Finch & Skinner added their pluck, energy, enterprise and capital to the mercantile trade of St. Paul in 1870. They do an extensive business in manu facturing fur coats and robes. Their trade extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They sell furs iv New Eng land, New York and all the Middle states.and the volume of trade is health ily increasing every month. Then the jobbins trade— it extends fro:n Wiscon sin to the Pacific. 1). B. Finch baa been identified with the firm since its inception, and Mr. Skinner united his abilities some eiiriit years ago. The firm keeps twelve trav eling salesmen on the road, and the ag gregate business has increased fully 25 per cent over last season. J. H. Skinner is a most valued mem ber of the firm. He is looked upon as a most able business man, enterprising full of energy and push. No small amount of the'success of the firm is due to his business acumen and farsighted ness. Thoroughly engrossed in busi ness, Mr. Skinner has not taken a very prominent part in public. It is to be regretted that the cares of business pre vent such men from givinc a little time to public work. Men of the ability and sterling integrity of Mr. Skinner would greatly add to the successful operation of the city's government and add much to its material growth. ONE OF THE LARGEST. Lindekes, Warner & Schurmeier's Dry Goods Establishment. Lindekes, Warner A Schurmeier is one of the largest wholesale dry goods houses In the entire Northwest, and it is a great credit to the city of St. Paul. There is reaily no section in the country not reached by Lindekes, Warner & Schurmeier in their vast scope of busi ness dealings. The establishment en joys the unbounded and implicit confi dence of every merchant in the dry goods line coming within the broad scope of the transactions of tins house. They have met with great and well merited success as the price of intelli gent and upright management. Each recurring year the business has sought and found a wider and wider latitude of operation since the very first year of its existence, and no one in St. Paul doubts that this growth will continue steadily and surely. The gentlemen themselves, composing the firm, individually, are exceedingly popular with all the people with whom they come in contact, either iv a busi ness way or socially. In this fact lies one of the secrets— it is one of those open secrets, however, that one who is loyal to the best interests of our city dolights In relating on every occasion that circumstance presents— in this per sonal popularity, then, lies one of the principal secrets of the success of this colossal wholesale dry goods house. Lindekes, Warner & Schurmeier's estab lishment was one of the objects of spe cial interest to the visiting editors dur ing the past week. T. L. Schurmeier is a typical Western man. He embodies all the elements of success— energy, endurance and talent, lie was born in St. Louis in 1852, and came to St. Paul in 1855. His education was secured at Baldwin univer sity, Ohio, and then he was ready for the stern realities of life. He started in his business career by accepting a position in J. J. Hill's raiiroad office. Here he did service for five years, proving that he raised an ap titude and scope tor a colossal business. Then he went to the First National bank and served five years. He mani fested a shrewdness and tact that pro moted him to teller. Some years later he assumed the responsibilities of the financial department of Lindekes, Warner & Schunneir. He Is a young man of ripe experience and excellent judgment, and much of the success that has been attained by the house is largely due to his peasonal efforts. FOR A STYLISH CARRIAGE. Mast, Bnford & Burwell Impor tant Business Factors. In this wide expanse of rich agricult ural territory, Mast. Buford & Burwell are important business factors. They carry an immense stock of agricultural implements, buggies, wagons, harness, et?. The firm was organized in ISS3 with a capital stock of $100,000, and they carry a $200,000 stock. This is no exaggeration. The main warehouse and office is located on Third street, covering the btretch from Broadway to Pine street. It is here that the business pertaining to the agricultural whole sale trade is transacted. The carriage repository is on Wauasha street at the intersection ot Second aud Third streets, THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: MONDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1891. the three story and basement stone building called the Ingersoll block. Here is always carried a full line of car riages, buggies, carts, phaetons, landaus and high-grade vehicles — the largest stock west of Nhw York ciiy. Then they have a complete line of harnesses, saddles, whips, robes, blankets and horse goods generally. The annual sales are somewhere "between $600,000 and $750,000, aud the house gives em ployment to about sixty men, and they have five salesmen on the road. This company directly represents some of the largest manufacturing con cerns in this country, and, therefore, they have a decided advantage over many of the competing houses. Further more, the president is one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural imple ments and buggies in the country. J. H. Burwell is the general manager. He has an invaluable practical experi ence, because, forsooth, he has been actively engaged in the business for twenty-one years; and John H. Warner, the secretary, is also a man of ripe ex perience in this line. Their general reputation for reliability is proverbial. THEY ARE THE OLDEST. Noyes Bros. & Cutler Demon strate What Perseverance Can Accomplish. The firm of Noyes Bros. & Cutler, formed in 1871, is the oldest firm in con tinuous existence in St. Paul, and prob ably in the Northwest. Previously the the ftrm, in 1868-9, had been Noyes, Pelt & Co., and later Noyes Bros. Succeeding to a small businass estab lished by Mr. Vawter a few years be fore, the firm crew in importance and business, and after the present firm was formed in 1871 the growth has been more rapid and assured, until now. in 1891, their monthly sales far exceed the annual sales of 1809. Their trade never grew faster than it is doing to-day, and never before, was so far-reaching as now. Something 1ike5.500 orders per montii are filled for the coun try alone, to say nothing of the city sales and the two-million limit will soon be reached, if it is not now. They have the finest and most complete drug store in the United States, and with one excep tion the largest. They have agents in Paris, London, and import largely, also, from Germany. Few have any idea of the magnitude of the stock they carry, but their catalogue of over I,OJO pages— the most convenient and complete ever issued— indicates something of it. In drues and chemicals, druggists' sun dries, dyes, paints, oils and glass, in struments, etc.. they carry the largest lines ever carried in the West, and as manufacturing chemists they rank high in the character of their products. Their trade is rapidly increasing, and they are the lartrest exporters of ginseng and senesa roots, and they were the first to develop this great business here. The firm ranks "A A 1." and no drug house in the country stands higher in credit. It is a representative St. Paul house. A SOLID BUSINESS. That Done by W. L. Perkins & Co., 31 0 Robert Streot. One of the solid business houses of the city is that of W. L. Perkins & Co., 319 Robert street. They are importers and wholesale dealers in wines and liquors. The house was established away back in the primitive days of St. Paul in 1859. Of course, in its incipient days it was a modest concern, but it has grown with steady and sturdy strides until the conduct of the business Is something of quite a magnitude. The reputation of the house is that the brands of liquors are rare and the quality is the best. Messrs. W. L. Per kins <fe Co. keep three competent and experienced traveling salesmen, and they cover the entire Northwest in their peregrinations. They never lose a cus tomer once secured, and they are adding new customers with the succession of days. W. L. Perkins came to St. Paul in 1872 from New Yorfc, which was his birthplace. When he arrived here, he succeeded (ieorge Peabody, and placed his own name at the head of the house. Mr. Perkins combines the essential ele ments of fidelity, integrity and good fel lowship, and these have made him im measurably popular throughout the Northwest. POWERS DRY GOODS CO. A Business That Has Increased Year by Year. Away back in the seventies Messrs. A. J. and E. F. Powers started in the dry goods business in this city and made a sueess of it; and, we believe that from that time to the present they have been succeeding, as their business has increased right along year after year. If we are not mistaken, the firm name at the start was Powers Brothers, but later on Mr. Durkee was added to the, partnership, when the firm became Powers, Durkee & Co. The present corporation succeeded Powers, Dur kee & Co. iv January, 1880. Mr. Worthen came to St. Paul about nine years ago and took his place in the house. Since that time the business has shown large increase every year, without an exception. This, when we remember that the period included witliin the dates given covers two inter vals of bad crops and consequent dull times, is a pretty good showing. The territory to which their trade is limited is co-extensive with the Northwest, for their traveling men make tours through Wisconsin, lowa, Minnesota, and thence west to the Pacific, covering the whole breadth of the states named. The busi ness is that of general jobbing in dry goods and notions. They also have a factory for the manufacture of overalls, jumpers, etc.. In which they keep a large force employed. The officers of the company are A. J. Powers, president; E. F. Powers, vice president, and C. H. Worthen. secre tary and treasurer. Messrs. Powers have been here so many years and are so well acquainted that it is. unnecessary to say anything as to their personal histories, but it may not be amiss to give a brief sketch of the antecedents of Mr. Wortben. He was born in New Hampshire in 1851. being the oldest of six children, and was brought up at the dry goods trade in the East, beinir for a time in business for himself. He finally came West, making his first stop in Chi cago, where he was engaged in the house of Marshall Field & Co. Having received severe Injuries in a railroad accident, he was compelled to retire for five years. On his recovery, instead of returning to Chicago, he came to St. Paul and formed a connection with the house where he still is. There is one thine in the history of this house which deserves mention. A few months ago their stock was seriously damaged by fire, but was amply covered by in surance in some ninety companies. Twenty-two of these refused to pay their portion of the damage, because of a dispute as to the amount, and by this conduct compelled the house to suspend business for nearly a month in the busy season. One of these com panies, the Imperial of London, was sued by the firm, the others stipu lating to abide by the result of that suit. The firm won in the end, and, notwithstanding their severe losses by the fire and subsequent litigation, on their resumption of business they soon made up for the interruption, and this is to-day one of the most solid nouses in the city. A COMPLETE LINE. Robinson & Cary Company Was Inaugurated in 1871. It was in IS7I, or twenty years ago. that the Robinson &Cary company went into existence. They cover now the territory from Wisconsin to the coast. They carry a complete line of iron and wood-working machinery, such as en gines, boilers, pumps, hoisting engines, etc., aud railroad and mill supplies. To illustrate their facilities, it might be mentioned that they always carry a stock of twenty-five horizontal tubular boilers. Recently they completed a brick warehouse five stories high, on Uie St. Paui & Dulutu tracks with ujj preaches from Third and Fourth streets. This, coupled with a platform 113xC2 feet, furnishes unusual facilities for handling large stocks of heavy goods at minimum expense. The firm employs thirty men. and it is reputed the larg est house of the kind In the West. In deed, it is probable that no house on the continent carries a larger stock. They are always prepared, for instance, to fill orders for carloads of railroad con tractors' materials, such as shovels, wheel scrapers, wheelbarrows, track tools, and the like. ANOTHER OLD 'UN. The Firm of Rogers & Ordway, Plumbers, Steam and Gas Fit ters. C. S. Rogers and Lucien P. Ordway compose the firm of Rogers & Ordway, wnolesale dealers in plumbers' and steam and gas fitters' supplies, belting, hose, hot air registers and iron and wood pumps. They make a specialty nowa days of artesian well outfit?, of which a great many are sold through Northern Minnesota and North and South Da kota. This firm established Itself in St. Paul, in 1867, and its members are rightly numbered with the old St. Paul busi ness men; their business habits and gentlemanly treatment of all persons with whom they come in contact have won for them general high esteem; and, as a consequence of these combined causes.their trade has increased twenty fold or more. They now employ live men upon the road and a large force in their store and warehouse. As their trade has outgrown the accommodations afforded by the building they now oc cupy, they have made arrangements for moving this fall into the large new building which M. M. Flint, of Ham line, is now erecting on East Fourth street. It is of stone, 50x130 feet, and is to be five stories high above the base ment. Messrs. Rogers & Ordway will occupy the entire building. C. S. Rogers, whose name stands first in the firm, is an old Ohio railroad man, having served twelve years in that bus iness, and filled about every position from baggageman to superintendent. Those acquainted with the reputations that railroad men usually acquire for the promptness and accuracy with which they discharge their duties will not wonder at the success of this firm. Mr. Rogers is president of the job bers' union. MANAGED BY BRODERICK. The Ryan Drue Company Is Build ing Up a Large Trade. Dennis Ryan. President; R. B. Galusha.Vice President, and J. F. Brod erick, Secretary and Treasurer, form what is known as the Ryan Drug com pany, of St. Paul. The business is managed wholly by Mr. Broderick, who took his position in the establishment when it was an entirely new and experi mental enterprise in 1887. By some means he has succeeded, in the four years which have since elapsed, in building up a large trade and making the Ryan Drug company a peer in pub lic esteem of any other wholesale house engaged in this line of business in the West. It is presumable that there are two reasons for this: In the first place Mr. Broderick is a gentleman of pleas ing address, easily approachable, and agreeable company; next, he exercises excellent judgment in the choice of his assistants, and, as he pays good salaries, expects from them earnest and efficient service. Mr. Broderick's early years were spent in Buffalo, N. V., and alter having received a classical education he re moved to Dubuque, I«wa, to begin the world on his own account. His debut in business was made in 1805, in the wholesale clothing line, in which line he was engaged till 1870, when he changed to the wholesale grocery busi ness. In 1873, he came to St. Paul to enter the grocery house of P. F. Mc- Quillan; he remained in the wholesale grocery trade till 18S7. and was one of the most prominent St. Paul wholesale grocers, being widely known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. At the latter date, he retired from that firm to take upon' himself the active manage ment of the Ryan Drug company, of whose business he has made a brilliant success. The St. Paul White Lead and Oil Company. This company was organized and commenced to manufacture painters' supplies and sell them to the trade in the year ISS4. The business has grown beyond the expectations of the found ers, making it necessary to very largely increase their facilities in all depart ments, and the company is now having constructed a stone and brick fac tory 00 feet In width by 125 feet in length, four stories high, with a ten-foot basement. This fac tory will be fully equipped with the best and latest improved machinery for the manufacturing of mixed paints, wood-fillers, putty, colors in oil and Japan and all kinds of painting mate rials. It will be one of the largest, best equipped and most complete plants of its kind in operation anywhere, and an other demonstrated evidence of the pos sibilities of St. Paul in the way of man ufacturing. The members of this firm are John A. Wlllard, Eli S. Warner and Guy W. Baker, and they have In a few years given the St. Paul White Lead and Oil Company an enviable reputa* tlon In business and financial circles, and established a trade that any firm might justly be proud of. although they have had strong competition from older companies located East of here doing a similar business. The .company makes a specialty of furnishing the best goods to be procured in the Paint and Oil line, and always cheerfully matches samples sent and quotes prices. PLENTY OF PUSH Displayed by C Seabury & Co., Wholesale Grocers. The apex of St. Paul's commerce is personified by C. Seabury & Co., the wholesale grocers. This mammoth es tablishment is at 195 to lit!) East Fourth street. Originally the style of the firm was Maxtield, Seabury & Co. From a modest beginning this establishment has pushed itself to the very van by long and rapid strides. The conduct of a business of such vast magnitude visits a weighty responsibility upon the man agement. An error that is of no mo ment superficially may have a very seri ous and damaging sequel. But this house has a reputation for making no mistakes. Messrs. Seabury & Co. keep a big field of experienced commercial travel ers in the field constantly, and they cover the country to the Pacific slope, it is such institutions that give a city a solid aspect, and its presence is inval uable to St. Paul. GROWN WONDERFULLY. Immense Business Controlled by Messrs. Scheffcr & Rossnm. Eight years ago the firm of Scheffer & Rossum, 174-184 East Fourth street, suc ceeded that of Barthel, Scheffer & Co., dealers in saddlery, hardware, leather and shoe findings, and under their con trol the business ha? grown to immense proportions, and is now said to be the largest in that line of trade in the entire West, not even excepting Chicago. They employ ten traveling salesmen throughout the year, whose journeyings are not limited to any petty district, but. take in the territory embraced within the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, lowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Idaho. Oregon, Washington, Montana and North and South Dakota, together withthe territory or Utah. The business of the firm has grown wonderfully, every year av eraging additions of about $100,000, and even during the current season, when complaints of dull times and scarcity of money are heard upon every side, each month has shown an increase. The trade for January last exceeded that of January, l?9o, by fully 40 per cent. I : This was the, iouitU saddlery iious^ to. engage in the business in St. Paul, and while two of the original firms have ceased to exist, this has continued right along during dull and prosperous times, and by conservative and careful man agement is now in better position than ever, and its business exceeds by con siderable that transacted by all the firms a few years ago. indeed their store is regarded as the Northwestern headquarters for everything in their line. > The members of the firm are Messrs. Albert and Alfred Scheffer and Rudolph Rossum. ' IT RANKS HIGH. The Wholesale Establishment of . •.-,- S. Schwab & Bros. The wholesale notions and furnishing store of S. Schwab & Bros., 209-211 East Fourth street, is favorably and widely known throughout the state of Minne sota and the great Northwest. It is seven and a half years since the firm es tablished itself in St. Paul, and for four years occupied a store on Sibley street. Their business grew so rapidly that more extensive accommodations had to be secured. The business is reported to be still growing, which is not at all surprising, considering the energy and public spiritedness of the two members of the firm. The elder of the brothers. William S. Schwab, was connected with a large wholesale house in Cincinnati prior to his removal to St. Paul. He is a sterling business man, full of vigor, earnest and progressive. S. Schwab attends to the purchasing end of the establishment. The younger brother. Max Schwab, occupies himself, and to the advantage of the firm, in the financiering and selling departments. He is a most industrious worker and keen bnsiness man. Four traveling men are employed by this house. Though a comparatively young estab lishment, in its line it ranks among the leading houses outside of Chicago. GROWS WITH THE CITY. The St, Paul Foundry and Manu facturing Company a Pioneer Organization. When St. Paul was a thriving little city, growing with prodigal strides, the St. Paul Foundry and Manufacturing company was instituted. No one dreamed twenty years ago of the gigan tic magnitude of our city that was des tined to mark the history of American progress, but it was then that this es tablishment was organized. The enter prising gentlemen who conceived the business had an abiding faith in the futvre, however. But it remained to the present concern, the St. Paul Foun dry company, which took active charge of the affairs in 1883, to develop the in stitution and build upon the foundation that had been so well laid. Originally the foundry was located near Lafayette avenue, but the business grew so rap idly that more commodious quarters had to be secured to accomodate' the re quirements, and the huge plant was re moved to the present site on the Great Northern Railway line, near Como avenue, where they got excellent facili ties. Nine acres of land are used in the business. The sidetracks were put in by the foundry company themselves, I and they are, consequently, independent | of any railway company, and their man : ufactures are shipped without delay.and they receive their supplies with like promptness. The trade— it covers all the North west, and extends even to the Pacific slope— is growing year by year, and there is no dealer in their line that is not familiar with the foundry. The reputation for reliability has become proverbial, and a great future is before them. A separate establishment has recently been added to the main factory. It is the sash weight foundry, and it is now in full operation, turning out sash weights, horse weights, washers and the like. The main building is 140 feet by 25 feet, with an ell 48 feet by 100 feet, and the foundry proper has a clear floor space of 75 feet by 200 feet, while the two cupolas have a daily melting capac ity of sixty tons. The foundry always carries an immense stock of iron and steel beams in all the common sizes and lengths.and the result is the company is never troubled about filling an order at once. The principal business of the foundry, by the way, is architectural iron work, and this includes everything in the catalogue. Quite an extensive business is done in bridge castings and jobbing of all sorts. C. M. Powers is the manager of the foundry. He is widely known and very popular in the trade because of his con servative business methods. Mr. Pow ers is a young man, full of energy and push. He was born in this state in 1859, and his home has been in the Cap itol City since he was two years old. It was in January, 1882. that Mr. Powers ailied his skill and enterprise with the St. Paul Foundry company, and his tact soon challenged the admiration and his faithfulness commanded the confidence of his employers to that degree that he was placed in charge of the business. This event occurred in 1885. ALWAYS TO THE FRONT. The St. Paul Rubber Company Does a Thriving Business. * St. Paul has the reputation of hand ling every article of human need, from a paper of pins to modern threshing machines. The St. Paul Rubber com pany contributes its moiety to the com prehensive whole. When Jupiter Plu vius gets capricious and plays his pranks by drenching everything temporal, what a grateful relief to be equipped with water-proof things! That is directly in the line of this house, and they are voted a blessing every rainy day by the unfortunates who cannot seek conven ient shelter. The St. Paul Rubber company, let it be recorded for the information of those who have a taste for historical lore, was established in 1886 and incorporated in 1887. The store was located at 50 and 52 East Third street. Albert Fisher is the president, and 11. M. Hodgman sec retary and traasurer, and they are the northwestern agents of the American Rubber company. Five, salesmen are kept on the road, and they drive a thriving and constantly increasing busi ness, traversing the whole Northwest ern country to the Pacific. While the St. Paul Rubber company carries a complete line of rubber goods, a spe cialty is made of the American Rubber company's boots, shoes, gossamers, mackintoshes and oil clothing. ,"., j ELECTRIC CURRENTS. Northwest Thomson- Houston Com pany Doing a Thriving Business. The Northwest Thomson-Houston Electric Company, Nos. 403 and 405 Sib ley street, St. Paul, Minn. This com pany, with a cash capital of $1,500,000, controls all the manufactures of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company of Boston, Mass., in the states of Wiscon sin; Minnesota, North and South Da kota, Montana. Wyoming, Idaho, Wash ington and Oregon. It was originally started in this city by Messrs. E. R. Gil man and W. G. DeCelle.both gentlemen being well known in this city and vicin ity. Mr. Oilman is now at the head of a large electrical supply house in Chi cago. At the present time the officers of this company are H. M. Byllesbv, President; H. C. Levis, Vice President and Treasurer; B. F. Meek Jr., Secre tary aud Assistant Treasurer, and George C. Duth'e. Assistant Secretary. Its Board of Directors comprise some of the most prominent men in St. Paul. This company is doing a business of considerably over 51, 000,000 per annum in the sale of electrical supplies, elec tric light and electric railway apparatus, among its most recent work being the equipment of the Interurban Electric line between St. Paul and Minneapolis, superseding on this line the apparatus, formerly in use, of the Edison company!, Messrs. Byllesby and Levis of this company have recently made St. Paul their home, both of these gentlemen having been previously residents of Pittsburg, Pa., and where they were en gaged iujuflicers of tha , Westiughouse Electric and Manufacturing company. These gentlemen have had a broad ex perience in the electrical business, and are widely known among the electrical interests. B. F. Meek Jr., the secretary and as sistant treasurer, is well known in St. Paul, having been here for upward of ten years, and having been identified With some prominent industries of this city. Mr. Duffie has been identified with the company for a long while, aDd is likewise well known in this city. A GROWING COMPANY. The Twin City Lime & Cement Company's Rapid Rise. The Twin City Lime & Cement com pany, 156 East Third street, was in corporated in May, 1890, with an author ized capital of $100,000, of which $50, --000 is paid up. The officers are F. J. Linne, of Red Wing. President; S. P. Spates, of St. Paul, Vice President, and H. L. Braesch, of Minneapolis, Secre tary. It has three authorized places of business, to wit: Red Wing, St. Paul and Minneapolis, which are presided over by the three officers above named, each at his own place of residence. The company is made up by the consolida tion of the firm of F. J. Linne & Co., composed of Messrs. Linne and Spates, formed in ISS4, and the Sheboyban Lime company, organized in IS9O. Mr. Linne, the president of the com pany, is an old and experienced lime manufacturer, well and favorably known iv .Hed Wing, and by dealers in ana users of lime in this region gener ally. Mr. Spates was born at Fonddu Lac, St. Louis county, Minnesota, in 1848. He resided in Red Wing for sev eral years, then removed to St. Paul, and was for some time engaged in the grain business, holding the position of superintendent of the Sterrett, Hill and Childs elevators on the line of the Man itoba and Northern Pacific railroads. He is an active and energetic business man. The St. Paul office is under his management entirely. The secretary, Mr. Braesh, controls the Minneapolis office; while the factory and office at Red Wing are under the management of Mr. Linne, the president of the com pany. The company is in good stand ing, and its lime is in excellent repute. IT IS WELL KNOWN Tarbox, Schlick & Co. Cover Every Nook in the Northwest. Tarbox, Schlick & Co. is one of the widest known houses in the entire Northwest. Their traveling salesmen, twelve in number, are known every where, and they dispose of boots and shoes Dy the carload every month. They manufacture their own goods, hence their excellence. The factory is six stories high, and employment is given a little army of ''bread winners." The firm are agents for the Candee Rubber company, of New Haven, Conn., and this comprises an extensive trade in itself. The sales year after year in crease and grow, and" there is a proba bility of its being 20 per cent larger in 1»S1 than in any previous year. J. B. Tarbox was one of the organ izers of the institution, and the success attained is largely due to his enterprise and facility. They sell boots and shoes all the way to California, and they are large manufacturers of all kinds of " footwear for men, women and children, and they nave the fine and heavy grades. Mr. Charles 11. Schlick is the junior member of the firm, and he is also a wide awake and enterprising business man. The factory Is on Third and Wacoula streets, front ing on thetormer, and stands six stories high. NEEDS NO COMMENDATION. Grain and Produce Commission Finn of W. A. Van Slyke & Co. This is a grain and produce commis sion firm, and, having been in business in the city since 1870, is well known in business circles here and among deal ers throughout the country. The mem bers of the firm are Messrs. W. A. Van Slyke and F. M. Luther. Mr. Luther has belonged to the firm now for only about two years, but the same name has been preserved since the house was first opened with Mr. Van SlyKe as the lead- ' ing partner. The reputation of the firm is so well established that it needs no commendation. Mr. Van Slyke js not only a good business man, but a gentleman who commands respect and esteem for his integrity and amiable qualities. He is the pioneer commis sion man of the state, and his was the first house to do business on Sibley street, having been located in the old building at the corner of Third and Sib ley for some years prior to moving to his present location. And his partner, Mr, Luther, is a worthy associate. With two such gentlemen to conduct it, the business could not well be otherwise than prosperous. A PAPER HOUSE, Wright, Barrett & Stillwell, Known Throughout the North west. In a city where it is one continued struggle to meet the demands for build ing materials because of the rapid growth, and a city surrounded by hun dreds of thrifty and prosperous villages that must draw their supplies from it, building, roofing and sheathing papers are a prime necessity. Messrs. h. P. Wright, S. E. Barrett and E. J. Still well appreciated this fact, and they or ganized a copartnership for the pur pose of meeting the needs. The cap tion of the concern is Wright, Barrett & Stillwell, and they are located at 191 and 198 East Fourth street. Since its institution the firm has pros pered, and the business has widened out so thnt a branch house has been es tablished in Portland, Or., and still an other branch is about to be opened in Minneapolis. It is true that paper ma terials for building is the principal bus iness of the house, but paving, cement, roofing pitch, asphalt coating, etc., have been added to the stock carried. Mr. Barrett is an expert in the paper business. Indeed, he is reputed one of the very largest manufacturers on this continent. While connected with this firm he is also president of the S. E. Barrett Manufacturing company, of Chicago, and everything" in the line of stationery is manufactured by the St. Paul house. It owns the Western Rose Paper company for the Northwestern country. St. Paul Produce. The feature of yesterday's market is the sharp advance In eggs. The receipts are n»»t large, ami the local demand very active. But ter, cheese and poultry unchanged. Trade is fairly active in all kinds of vegetables, and large amounts are being disposed of. Butter— lst creamery, 10@t7c: 2d creamery, 14Q15o; let dairy, 12w13c; 2d dairy, lO@llc ; packiug stock. B@loc. Cheese— Full cream, 9@(H*c; Priinost, G@ 7c: brick cneese, 9©9M2C: Limburger cheese, B@9c; Young America, 9iis<Bloc. Eggs— Fresh, per doz, l£@lCc. Poultry— Live turkeys, B®9c: spring chick ens, lf/nlii; hens, ,-r<(.;'c; roosters. ?<&7c. Vegetables— Bermudas, crate, $2.60: onions, Egyptian.sack, 2 bu, 52.50; California, pack, 2 bu, $2; onions, green, per doz, 10c; cabbage, crate, $ 1.2."@2.50; cucumbers, do/, 5Cc; l>cets, doz, 40c; radishes, per doz. 15c; spinach, per bu, 80c: pie plant, per Ib, 2c; to matoes, crate. $1©1.25; pea*, bu, 51.50; string beans, box, $1.25; wax beans, bu, $1.50; as paragus, doz, 35c; lettuce, doz. ISO. Fruits— Oranges— S?an Gabriel or mountain, 54@4.50; Malta bloods. j-t®0.50; Los Angeles, seedlings, £$.50@4; Los Angeles, medium sweets, j:t.7.*.@4; Riverside., medium sweets, S4@s. Lemons— Extreme fancy, 37.50; fancy, $3.50. Apricots. 4-bu crates, $1.7.">. Plums, 4-bu crates, §1.75@2.25. Peaches, 20-lb boxes, $1.75. Bananas— Port Limons, 51.75@3.75; Bluefield. S150&2; Honduras. 51.2."@1.50. Watermelons, per 100, S-" 11 ®'.', 1 ;. Apples — New, per bbl, 52.75@3;d0 V*> bu box, 50&75 C Berries —Raspberries, black, per case, 52.5C@3: do red, is case, $2.50; blackberries, ij% case, §3® 3.00; blueberries, per bu, $3<&3.50. Oil Markets. New Youk, July 18.— Petroleum opened steady, declined Vie on Emnll gales and closed dull. * Pennsylvania oil. August option Bale*, 7,000 bbls: opeuing. ti7Vic; highest, t^Uc; lowest, 07c ; clobiug, 67c. • ACTIVE AND_STRON6. Wheat on Chicago 'Change Improves to a Limited Extent. Corn Was Firm Early, Hut Flattened Out and Closed Lower. Provisions Sympathized in Fluctuations With Corn. New York Bears and Foreign Sellers Press the Market Down. Chicago, July Wheat was more active to-day and strong most of the session. For the first few minutes it seemed inclined to be weak*, then wabbled a little, but finally struck its gait and sold up i'»c, and held firm most of the day. Corn held firm for a short time and then flattened out. September close d tec lower than on Friday. Pork, lard and ribs had an early advance and a subsequent decline, leaving them about at yesterday's quotations. The very general, and in some places very heavy rains, together with stead ier foreign markets, and an active demand for export reported from New York aud other seaboards, gave to the wheat market its stronger tone. The demand for the near months was better than it has ruled of late, more especially for August and September. It was asserted that probably 75 per cent of the receipts to be expected here for the next two months were alrendy placed for shipment to Eastern millers and foreign countries, Chicago received to-day 476 cars; Minneap olis, 197 curs; St. Louis, 190,000 bu, and Toledo 148,000 bu. Th? opening price for December was BSMj@BC%c. followed im mediately by a decline to Bli*BC. It stiffened up then ana reached B!J7sc in about an hour from the start, with a strong feeling on the advance. It held up well, being supported by an active demand for cash wheat and a decided improvement in July and August, which were both in good request in the pit. A sudden drop in the price of corn and an estimate of 535 cars for Monday weakened wheat somewhat toward the close and De cember sold off 10 SWiC, but the reported sale from New York of &> boat loads and the active inquiry for cash wheat steadied the market, and the close was firm at 865t)C for December and BCV«c for July. Corn was steady, and seemed inclined to firmness early in the session, shorts talcing hold very freely. September opened Uu bet ter than it closed lest night, selling at 53® 53VSc. But the cash demand was not so urg ent, and prices were easier, owing largely to the fear that shipments made now by lake and canal cannot reach the seaboard in time to fill sales for July. Then ciime the esti mate for 525 cars for Monday, and there was a season of free- selling under which Septem ber broke to MTijc. a decline of Hie, reacted some, and at the close was about KWfcc. July sold at 59c early, off to 57Vic, while August fell from 55% Cto 54c. Oats lower, mainly on the increasing receipts of new oats, twelve cars haying been inspected to-day. July was traded in sparingly, ana sold from 34*sc to 35e; Agust sold from 2i"'se to 27\fec, and Sep tember from 270 to 2tiVac. Two hundred and thirty-five cars are expected Monday. Pork was nervously strong and firm, but lard and ribs did not share in the strength in pork The receipts of hogs at the stockyards were only iUiOO head against an estimate of 13.000 head, and prices at the yards were 10c higher. This started shorts to cover, aud September pork*old from $11.20 to $11.50, fell to $11.25. reacted to $11.35, then broke to $11.15, but at 12 o'clock was $11.15@11.20. September lard steady at $f1.55@H.60, while September ribs sold at $t5.7U@6.75, aud at 12 o'clock was 50.70 . bid. The leading futures ranged as follows: Open- High- Low- cios- Abtici.es. ing. est. est. ing. No. 2 Wheat- July 55% 67 a"i% 86 August Km 84Vi 83V4 83?4 September.... fc3% 84V« 80% 83<s December 86ft 86% 80% 86%b No. 2 Corn- July 681 ft 59 I 571,^ 58 August 55V2 558W 54 54 September 52% £3% 51% 52£ No. -' Oats- July 341* 341/2 34 34^ August 27Vi 2:1.2 27 27% September.... 27 27 2CV2 20&8 Mess Pork— September... 11 15 1150 1115 1120 October 1145 1145 1125 1125 Lard- September.... 6 571& 600 655 655 October 6 67% 6 67% 605 665 Short Ribs- September.... 675 0 77>- 070 670 October 085 6 B.")ii> (5 80 6 82Vi Cash quotations were as follows: Flour steady; winter patents, §4.tif,@.4.90 per bbl: spring patents. $4.75®5. 10 per bbl. Wheat— No. 2 spring, Stic; No. 3 spring, 81@83c; No. 2 red. Ffl^ic Corn— No. 2, S&V2C. Oats— No. 2, 85c. live— No. 2. COc. R. M. NEWPORT & SON INVESTMENT BANKERS, Loan money on improved property in St. Paul and Minneapolis At O Per Cent '-On or Before' yew Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul. Ban!; of Minneapolis Build'p. Minneapolis auS»<-<- ProtliK-e. Milwaukee, Wls.. July 18.— Flour dull. Wheat steady; No. 2 spring on track, cash, 87V2C; September, 81i->c; No. 1 northern, 96c. Corn weaker: No. 3on track, cash, 60@61V9C. Oats depressed; No. 2 bite on track, 4'.(Tt4lc. Barley firm: September, 601.2 C. Rye— Brisk demand; No. 1 in store, 82c. Provisions irregular. Pork— September, 1.20. Lard- September, $9.55. ' Receipts 3.275 bbls; wheat, 10,450 bu: barley, 700 bu. Shipments— Flour, 1,265 bbls; wheat, s,lo4 bu; barley, none. CLARK BROS. Wholesale Commission. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. 30 W. Itlfchiguu St., Duluth, .'linn. 3icw York I*ro<Tuoe. New York. July — Flour— Receipts, 11.520 pkgs; exports. 4,Mi bbls, 2.5 sacks: quiet, unchanged; sales, 14,350 bbls. Corumeal quiet, steady; yellow Western, 3.26@3.85. Wheat- Receipts, 43,205 bu; exports. 30.463 bu; sales, 3,187.000 bu futures. 4%,C00 spot. Spot market active, unsettled, weaeer: No. 2 red, 04»i©9fii/2C, store and elevator,osiS(si97iAc, afloat. 9.".i£»'39!<i»ic f. o. b. : ungraded red, 9375c@51.03V2; No. 1 northern, to arrive, SL'>4; No. 1 hard, to arrive. $1.0 C; No. 2 Chicago, 51.0014 : options fairly active, M? %C up, closing steady, advance due to free buy ing by foreigners and including export business; No. 2 red, July, 94A4@ 95),8C. closing at 94Sfec; August. 9Js!g,9:s3.tc, closing at 934&cj BeptemDer, 95<4®93 15-10 c, cloniug at 93^c; October, 94MKa94^c, clos ing at 94i2c; December. 06%@56 13 16c. clos ing at 96^i!c; January. 978-g@'J'i%p, closing at 07%c:May,SI.0I%@1.0»ii, closing at 31/il«>. Rye easy, quiet; Western. September deliv ery. 74@78c. Barley malt dull: Canada coun try-made, Si@-l.05: Pity do, $I.GG@I.IO. Corn —Receipts, 123,150 bu: exports, 16,0,"S bu; sales. 168.000 bu; futures, 13.000 bn spot; spot market dull, lower; No. 2, 70i,£@71e in ele vator. 71Vt®72c afloat; ungraded mixed, 7C@7Bc; options very slow at 13 <g,V4c decline on early and %@%c up on late months: closing weak; July, 67ViC closing at 67«,5c: August. 64©<54' 't-, closing at (he; September. «l%@Ci34<:, clos ing at 61% c; OctbDer. !>O7S(&SOc, closing at 69% c. Oats— Receipts, 90.000 bu:exports, 182 bu: sales. 70,000 bu futures 21,000 bu spot; spot market dull, lower; options dull, ■weaker; July closed at 42c: August. 33Vi»c, closing at 33 We: September, 31%@3£c, clos ing at 317& C; No. 2 white. July, 47c; spot No. 2 white, 51c: mixed Western, 4C@44i.%c; white Western, 47@60c; No. 2 Chicago, 43U<3> 4,i2''. Coffee— opened steady, un changed to 5 points down; closed steady, unchanged to 10 points up: August, 16.45 c: September, 15.4C@15.50c; October, 14.5,"®, 10. one; March, 13.50 c; spot Rio quiet, firm; fair cargoes, H'Vic; No. 7, 17% c. Sugar— Raw quiet, firm: fair refining, 215-16@3c; centrifugals. 90-test, 3 7-16 c: sale of a steamer cargo, about 50,000 mats, 89-test, nt2'sc to Philadelphia; refined firm, good demand. Eggs dull, weak; West ern, 16@!6i'2C; receipts, 3,587 pkgs. Pork steady: old mess. sll£ 11.75; new mess, Sl2@ 13; extra prime, 3105t@11. Cent meats quiet, firm: pickled bellies, 7c; pickled shoulders, f@6Uc; pickled hams, 103,4@11c.. Middles quiet, firm; short clear September, $0.70. Lard quiet, steady; Western steam, $6.65; options sales 500 tierces: July closed at 56.64; August closed at $6.66; September, $3.79, closing at |6.7f<§ 8.60: October closed at $6.88 @6.0O; December, $7.04, closing at $7.04. But ter dull, weak; Western dairy, l!@14c: West ern creamery, 14@lSc; Western factory, 11 <&14e. - .. St. Louis Produce. St. Louis. July IS.— flour lower; new pat ents. 54.3C<3.4.^'! : extra fancy. $4@4.10: fancy, $J.&0@4.40; choice, $3.4U@3.6U. Wheat— In spite of extremely favorable re ports irom all sources, the open ing was only Uc off. The market ruled dull ana weak during the great part of the ses sion and materially had been sustained; No. 2cash,B3%c; July, SZVie; September, 82VSo bii! : December, 85%|C bid. Corn— Speculation was slack and only occasional sales were niHde; the market was firmer on early deal ings, with decline; eUewnete the dose was wenk and lower, except for cash; No. 2 cash, C!;'ic asked: July. 56$ic; Aiigust, sl≻ Sep tember, SCc; yenr. ::t.7sc bid. Oats dull and weak; No. 2 cash. :(."c; July, 2!-3.ie: August. 'Xc nominal: September, ;t;"'2C. Rye nom inal. Bran dull and lower; east track, sacked, 58c. Hay nothing doing. Butter unchanged. £ggs steady at lie. Liverpool JEarliet. Liverpool. July 18.— Wheat quiet; de mand poor; holders offer moderately; red Western, spring, 7s i',2d per cental; Kansas winter, haul, 7s ßd. Torn firm; demand fait. Linseed oil, 22s 9d per ewt. FI3AXCIAL. Bfcw York. New Yohk, July 18.— The failure of ft) 6 English BanK of the River Plate was an nounced in London this morning and caused materially lower prices for nil kinds of stocks there. Our market felt the effects of this decline, aud while the opening prices here were above the London equivalent large fractious were knocked off of most of the active shares. The opportunity to sell the market down was not to be neglected by the bears, however, and they joined with" the foreign sellers in pressing the market down. The stocks which have vn international mar ket in the main suffered most un der the circumstances, but Burlington and Lackawanna led the downward movement, the bear pressure being especially severe on account of some sup perssed trouble in the coal trade. Each of these stocks lost 1 per cent, while the rest of the list declined only fractional amounts. The downward movement was checked be fore the expiration of the first half hour, however, and while there was no disposition to buy for the long account, the covering of shorts helped prices up a little, and later, when a bans statement was issued, showing material gains in cash and surplus reserve, the buying became more pronounced, and the upward movement was accelerated. Prices in the last few minutes were Drought up to about the level of those of the epening. and the market closed firm though quiet at the re covery. The final changes are insignificant, in all cases being generally the losses made at the opening of business only. The trad ing in railroad bonds went down to the smallest proportions again to-day, the two hours of business yielding sales of only $219, --000, while the fluctuations were confined to a correspondingly narrow range, and no de cided tendency of prices in either direction was to be detected. Government bonds have been dull and steady. State bonds have been neglected. Merchants' National Bank ! ST. PAUL, MINN. Capital, - - $1,000,000 Surplus* UndiYidedProflts,6oo, 000 •W. R. MERRIAM. President. C. 11. BIOELOW, Vice President. F.A. SEYMOUR, Cashier. fcKO. C. POWER, Asst. Cashiei DIRECTORS. W.S. Culbertson. E.N. Saunders, L. D. Hodge, John L. Merriam, J. \V. Bishop, A. B. Sticfeuey, F. A. Seymout A. 11. Wilder, E. P. Drake. W.K. Merriara, M. Aiier'uacii, 0. H. Bigelow, Charles E. fc'laudrati, R. C. Jefferson. P. R. Nove3, New Yohk, July 18. — ' Atchison 32% V. P.. D. inj .... 17^' Adams Express.. 146 i Northwestern ..104\i Alton & Terre H. 281& do pfd 132 dopfd 12.'> X. Y. Central. ...loo Am. Express 117 N. V., C. & &'. L. 11 8.. C. K. & X.... 95 dopfd 65 CaimVn Pacific. Onio cV Miss 18«4 Can. Southern... 48 | dopfd 85 Central Pacific... 3014 Ontario* West'n 15% Chcs.it Ohio 16 'Oregon Improv't. 26 do Ist pfd 4(i Oregon Nay 70 do ".'■! pfd 27 Vi North American. 13% Chi. & Alton 126 Pacific Mail 34V8 i '.II &Q 85% P., D. & E 16% Rio 6. Western... 37 V* Pittshurg 150 do pfd 08V» Pullman P. Car. .lßo C, C, C. &St. L.. 60 Reading. 28ft Del. & Hudson. Rock [gland 72% D., L. &\\ i:;:;i-. St.L.&S.F.lstpfd 70 I). & R. <;. pfd... &i st. Paul 63% East Tennessee.. 51,2 dopfd 11IU do Ist 44 St. P., M. M...101 do2d pfa 12 St. P. & Omaha.. 22Vj Erie 1M. 2 do ptu 80 CO pfd 4S iTenn. C. A; I 8O1& Fort Wayne. .. .150 Texas Pacific. ... 12% Chicago &E. 111.. 61% ToL & O. C. pfd. 76 Hocking Valley.. 24 Union Pacific. . 42Vi Houston & Tex. .. 3^ I U. S. Express 57 Illinois Central.. SBMi Wab., St. L. & P. 10 St.Paul & Dulutn 32 dopfd .22% Kansas & Texas. 14<» Wells-Fargo Ex. .140 Lake Erie & \V.. 13 Western Union.. 79Ms do pfd 56% Am. Cotton Oil.. 21% Lake Shore 109% Colorado C0a1.... 31M» Louisville & N... 73Vs'Homestake 12 Louis. &N. A... 21% Iron Silver 75 .Memphis & (has. 34 Ontario 39 Mich. Central.... 88 Quicksilver 3Mi M., L. S. & W.... 70 dopfd 30 dopld 108 Sutro 5 Mpls. & St. Louis 4 Bulwer 20* do pfd M.2 B. A: W. P. Tcr. . . 13% Mo. Pacific 66VS'Wis. Central lS'.h Mobile <& 0hi0... 37% Gt. Northern pfd 87i& Niish. & Chatt. .. 84 Chicago Gas 4UVB N. J. Central 111 Lead Trust 17Ml N. W. pfd 471;; Sugar Trust 81% Northern Pacific. Southern Pacific. HOU do pfd t:4U O. S. L. & V. N.. 2iVi CERMANIA BANK (BTATB BASK.) PAID UP CAPITAL, - . $400,000 Surplus aud undivided profits, 555,000. 11. B. Strait. William Bickel, BONDS — CLOSING PRICES. U. S. -is reg 117%|Mut. Union tx . . inn* do 4s coup 1 17% 1N. J. C. int. ctfs..lOßi* do4«/2S reg 1001,2 N. Pacificists d04",2S c0up...100V2 do 2ds 112 Pacific 6s of '95. .110 N. W. c0n5015. ...135 La. stamped 45.. 85 I do debentures. 101 Term. new set. 68.101 St. L. &I. M.6.5& 89 do do sfi. 100 St.L. &8. P. G.M.102 do do 3s. 07% St. Paul consols. 123 Can. South'n 97U'St. P..C. &F. lsts.HHi Cen. Pac. 15t5....1P5 |T. P. L. G. T. R.. 88 D. &R. G. lsts...Hs T. P. K. G. T. R.. 31 do do 45.. 7:) Union Pac. lsts. .106% Erie2ds 97 West Shore 100% M. K. & T. G. os. 7C% R. G. W. lsts 75 do 5b.. 39 I __ M l^ i X. STOCKS. SAN FRAXCISCO. Alta $0 55 Navajo $0 30 Bulwer... 30 Ophir 2 55 Best & Belcher. . 1 80 Potosi 2 75 BodieCon (iO Savage 120 Chcllar 1 30 Sierra Nevada.... 19!» Con. Cal. & Va. . . 420 Union Con 170 Crown Point 90 Utah SO Gould & Curry... 1 10 Yellow Jacket ... 1 45 Hale&Norcross. .. 133 Commonwealth.. 40 Mexican 1 55 Nevada Queen ... 20 Mono -'5 Belle Isle 60 Mount Diablo.... 225 North Belle Isle. 40 illoney Market. Chicago. July IS.— Money firm for call loans at s@t> per cent. Sterling exchange dull and heavy; sixty-day bills, $4,841/2; de mand, M.87. Bank clearings, 813,1 37.(03. New York. July 18.— Money on call easy, wiih all loans at 2 percent; closing offered ac 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, si^@7 per cent. Sterling exchange quiet and easy at 54.84V4 for sixty-day bills and SI.SCV2 for demand. 3foTci:ieiit of Specie. New York, July 18.— The exports of specie from the port of New York this week amounted to $001,796, of which £119.409 was in gold and £282,387 silver. The imports of specie during the week amounted to 5238,378, of which $24,439 was in gold and 5211,939 in silver. I!:i::!i Statement. Wall Street, July IS.— weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Reserve, increase. $3,947,650; loans, increase. $475,500; specie, Increase. 52,266,400; legal tenders, increase, $3,155,100; deposits, in crease. 5*3,015,400; circulation, increase, $61, --800. The banks now hold .31s,4 < -*l».(j7.") in ex» cess of the 25 percent rule. SPARKS & HUTSON, Bank of Minneapolis Building; Minneapolis. COMMISSION BROKERS Grain, Provisions anil Stocks Bought, sold and carried on margins fo future delivery. Direct private wires to Co, cago. New York and all points. Chicago. Chicago, July 18.— Cattle— Receipts, 3,000; shipments. 1,000: market steady; prime to extra steers, $5.90®6.40; others, 84.2.'®5.75: Texans. 53@t.23; stockers, (2.8 • B0: native cows, $2@3.45. Receipts. 9,000; ship ments, 4,000; market active, higher; rough. andcommon,s4.7s@s.ls; mixed and packers, $5.25@5.45: prime heavy and butcher weights, 55.5C@5.60: prime light, 8,>.GC(&5.C.->. .Sheep- Receipts, 1.000; steaay; native wethers, §4.75 ©5.25; mixed, 54.4C@4.70; yearlings. $5.25® 5.50: Westerns, 54.15&5; Texaus, $J.7t@4.75; lambs, 51&5.G0.