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o the author, Mr. Dunn, and Messrs. Grondahl and Littleton. This mction was carried. DOUGLAS RATE BILL, Will Be Publicly Considered Thurs day Evening. Mr. Lovejoy, chairman of the com mittee on railroads, rose as a question of personal privilege and said that, ■whereas there had been a good deal of comment in the newspapers and else where rgarding the action and atti tud of the railroad committee, he wished to say that the committee had six bills referred to it so far upon which it had acted, three of these were indefinitely postponed, two were re ferred to the judiciary committee, and one was recommended for passage. He wished to give public notice, he said, that the committee would hold a public hearing upon the Douglas rate bill Thursday evening in the chamber of the house. "This beirg an ex parte body." be said, "we thought it would be fair to allow the author of the bill to pre sent the arguments for the bill, and 1 wish now to give him notice to that effect, and the railroad attorneys will be heard on the other side." It was understood that all members of the house would be permitted to take part In the discussion of the bill, and with this explanation the incident closed. House Odds and Kixls. A bill (H. F. 698) introdu-ed by Mr. Mc- Donald, which seeks to require a license of at least (1,000 a year for every theater in any city of the state of 50,066 or more population. The bill ir. to go into effect at once, but it is not to affect licenses already granted. The Ban* of Veterans of Minnesota by a bill (H. F. 699) are to be recognized as a part of the military reserve of the state. They are to bo mustered in companies of thirty or more and make application to the adjutant general, who is to attend to their inspection and enrollment and furnish arms and equip ment. Th" house rc-onsidered the vote by which R. F. 148 (Knatvold) relating to the inspection of illuminating oils was indefinitely postponed, and the bill was re-referred to the committee on general legislation. Two petitions were sent in from Goodhue county, which are somewhat significant, as showing that the people are in favor of lo cating the fourth insane hospital at Hastings. The signers as-k their senators and represen tatives to use their efforts to secure this re sult, as they believe Hastings is for various reasons best suited to the needs of the hos- Dital. Representative Gilberison submitted to the house a numerously signed petition in favor of the passage of the county option bill, whereas, on the other hand, petitions were received from the business men of Braineni and other cities to the effect that they believed towns and cities were able to govern them selves, and, therefore, opposed the passage of the "ounty option bill. A number of the representatives presented, on behalf of their constituents, vigorously worded petitions opposing variously the Doug las "distance tariff bill," the Ringdal "freight reduction measure" and the Jackson bill. These petitions came from Mankato, St. An thony Park. Minnesota Transfer and along the Omaha road. A very excellent oil painting of Speaker Jones, of the house, stands in the lobby of the hall of representatives. The move made yesterday by two members of the house to have the morning sessions begin at 9:30 instead of 10 o'clock, as now. does not appear to be received with much glee by the members, and it is considered doubtful if the change will be made, at least at pres ent. It was voted yesterday that Paul Stein bach, an old soldier, be employed as flag raiser and committee room keeper at a com pensation of $3 a day. It is the present plan of the normal school committee of the house to visit St. Cloud early the coming week. It is not probable that the committee will visit Moorhead. House Houtlne. The bills acted upon are as follows: H. F. 193 (Schmidt)— Relating to special as sessments in certain cases. To pass as amend ed. Applies to Duluth. S. F. 23 (Thorpe)— To improve the service of grain inspection. To pass. H. F. 90 (Johns)— To prohibit trusts. To pass as amended. H. F. 271 (Vail)— Relating to liens on logs. To pass as amended. H. F. 136 (Stockwell)— To provide for free texts. Recommitted to committee on educa tion. B. F. 159 ;Pvr...; -To legalize certain mort gage foreclosures. To pass. H. F. 432 (Underleak)— Relating to auc tioneers. To pass as amended. H. F. 39S (Tcrson)— Relating to weeds. To pass. H. F. 478 (Scott)— To license bicycles. To pass. H. F. 431 (Snyder)— Relating to rights of cities to purchase electric power, etc. To pass as amended. Applies to St. Paul, Minne apolis and Duluth. H. F. 326 (Dunn)— Requiring all officers of Minnesota to be citizens of the United States. Indefinite postponement. H. P. 488 (Committee on General Legisla tion)— Relating to inebriates. To pass as amende 1 !. 11. F. 519 (Substitute for H. F. 97, by the Judiciary Committee)— Relating to partition fences. Recommitted to judiciary committee. H. P. 208 (Fosness)— To legalize certain acts of county commissioners. To pass. H. P. 189 (Poetz)— Relating to elections. To pass as amended. H. F. 28 (Schmidt)— Relating to laborers' Hens on logs. To pass. COMMITTEE REPORTS. From the Judiciary— 11. P. 303 (Special Committee on Vagrants)— Defining vagrancy. To pass as amended. Adopted. H. F. 521 (Donnelly)— Relating to the for feiture of lands illegally held. To pass. Adopted. H. F. 522 (Johns)— Relating to fire depart ment relief associations. To pass. Adopted. H. P. 343 (I lay ter)— Fixing the time for holding court in the Seventh judicial district. Passed under suspension of the rules EL F. 395 (Staples)— Relating to terms of office of senators and representatives. To pass. Adopted. H. F. 217 (Schmidt)— Relating to mining and smelting corporations. To pass. Adopted H. F. 474 (Smith)— Relating to bonds of as signees and receivers. Substitute to pass Adopted. H. F. 276 (Vail)— Relating to sheriffs fees. To pass as amended. Adopted. H. P. 866 ( I Muglas)— Relating to the elective franchise of women. To pass as amended. Adopted. H. F. S2l (Smith) -Relating to socie'ies for the prevention of cruelty. To pass as amend ed. Adopted. S. F. 166 (Pottgleser)— Authorizing munic ipal courts to issue executions. To pass as amended. Adopted. EL F. 114 (Pe!g>— Licensing peddlers. Un constitutional and with a minority report Adopted. EL P. 532 (Donnelly)— Relating to the elect ive franchise. Indefinitely postponed. Adopt ed. H. P. 413 (Douglas)— Relating to attach ment. Indefinitely postponed. Adopted iU"« F> . 3 ?° " )onne "y>-I^'fining legal tender. Indefinitely postponed. Adopted H. F. :!24 (Pederson)-Relating to sheriffs fees. To pass as amended. Adopted. H. P. 77 (Poss)— Appropriating money to reimburse Grant county. Indefinitely post poned, for the reason that the law under which the money was expended by Grant Adopted had been heM Labor and Labor Legislation— .5" ,F' . fio7 < L / llnlan) - For Protection of life and limb. Referred to judiciary H. F. 130 (Foein-To regulate the business of plumbing. Amended, providing that it shall apply only to cities of 50.000 and over and providing for examinations every three months. To pans as amended. Adopted H. F. 3SI (Dallimore)— Relating to employ ment of convicts, amending by fixing six hours as day's labor from Nov. 1 to Feb 1 and eight hours remainder of the year, in the manufacture of bou:s and shoes. To pass as amended. Adopted. H. F. 97 (FoelD— For appointment of a labor commission in all cities of 10.000 or over. To be indefinitely postponed. Adopted. Prom Hanks and Hanking— H. P. 4SO (Littleton)— For the reorganization or adjustment of the affairs of insolvent banks. To pass. Adopted. HILLS INTRODUCED. H. F. 693 (Staples. From a Majority of Special Committee)— To locate a fourth 'hos pital for the insane, and to revoke the ac tion of the commission in its location of the hotpital at Anoka. Special order Friday March 5. H. P. 694 (Soule)— To prohibit sectarian in etruction and style of garb la public schoo's Education. H. F. 695 (Foss)— To authorize county com missioners to compel persons convicted of vagrancy to perform hard labor on streets or in other places. Crimes and punishments. EL F. 696 (Judiciary Committee. Substitute for 11. P. 474)— Relating to bonds of assignees and receivers. General orders. H F. 697 iDahi)— To amend law relating to verdicts of Juries in civil actions. Judiciary. 11. F. 69$ (McDonald)— To regulate the giv ing of licenses for public theatrical perform ances, etc. Judiciary. H. P. 699 (Holmen)— To authorise the ad jutant gener.-j to recognize the organization of the Sons cf Veterans. Military affairs. H. F. 700— To repeal law making the village of Franconia, in Chisrgo county, a separate •lection district. To the forty-fourth legisla tive district delegation. ITS TAIL TWISTED THE CHICAGO WHEAT PIT DOMI NATED BY THE MAitKET AT ST. LOUS. HALF CENT NET ADVANCE. AT ONE TIME MAY WAS A FILL CENT ABOV^E THE CLOSE. aL'SSIAK DAMAGE A NEW STRING. Hulls Twunged Upon It for a Cent nnd a Half Hist- In the First Hour. CHICAGO, March 2.— The local wheat mar ket had its tail thoroughly twisted by St. Louis today. The sharp bulge and equally sharp break there were closely followed here, the May option closing at a half cent advance after selling a cent above that figure, the session being! the liveliest seen In some time. All the other pits were very dull, corn and oats closing at substantially unchanged fig ures, and provisions at 5@7%c declines. In wheat, Russian crop damage was a new string the bulls had to play on when busi ness in the pit commenced. They twanged upon it to so much advantage that in an hour the price of May wheat had advanced l J /2p per bu. Whether inspired by the ex ample of Chicago or because the Russian damage was the stimulus at Liverpool, w^eat there, which orened with the modest gain of from i4d to %d, was l%d higher for the day when next heard from. That market made its influence decidedly felt all day. May wheat, which closed yesterday at 75%@75%c, opened today at 75%@75 1 /2 C, and sold at 76% c before an hour had gone by. The bull music kept up until about 11:30 o'clock, when a cablegram from Liverpool to a prominent house here threw it into a howLng discord, which gave the bears their opportunity. The Liverpool cable referred to read: "Advance in futures, due to shorta covering; spot wheat pressed for sale without buyers; Russian of ferings increasing." That and a sudden collapse of a previously pronounced bullish wheat market at St. Louis caused a stam pede of the bulls here. St. Louis, which yes terday at the close quoted May wheat at S7%c, hoisted it in the first hour today to 89J/6, and let the bottom all our afterward. The suddenness of the drop made speculators fairly shiver, and sent May tumbling from 76% to 75% c. Chicago receipts of wheat were 39 cars and shipments by raU 111,534 bu. Min neapolis and Duluth reported 359 cars received against 608 a week ago. and 3'J9 last year. At lantic port exports of wheat and flour were together equal to only 215,000 bu. Brad street's statement of the world's visible gave it as having been reduced 4,065,000 bu in and afloat for Europe. May rallied from 75% to 76Vic on that, but the bull feeling had been so largely squeezed out that it turned down again to 7. r .%c, and closed at 75%ti75%e. Corn was very quiet all day and even when wheat traders were tumbling over themselves In their eagerness to buy or sell, no sym pathet.c interest was displayed. The general feeling was firm, but fluctuations were con fined to %c. Receipts were liberal and ex ports were much lighter than of late, 359.000 bu. May opened unchanged at 24% c, ad vanced to 24',ic, then reacted to 24% c, where it closed. The market for oats was dull to the extent of stupidity. Business was much smaller than an average neglected session ag gregates and absolutely nothing of any Inter est was reported of trade. The feel.ng was steady. May opened a shade higher at 17Vic, sold at 17% c, and closed at mfce. Provisions were easy and dull. It was in a measure a day of liquidation by longs, (he consequence being that yesterday's advance was all lost There was but little outside demand and the hog market was weaker. At the close May pork was 7%c lower at JS.OS; May lard 7i>,c fewer at $4.05; May ribs, 5c lower at $4 n4 Estimates: Wheat, 12 cars; corn, 240 cars : oats, 150 cars; hogs, 40,000 head. _g"e jeading futures ranged as follows: S 2- % I Si f f Wheat — j ( j ' March 74% 75% | 74% 74% May 75% 76% 75% 75% J u; y ••• 72% 74% 72% 72% Corn- r ?1 ' 72% 71 n * **«* 23 I 23% 23 23 May 24U [ 24V 4 24% 24% Ju ; y 25% i 2f»%| 25% 25% Oats- 26% l 26% l 261/41 March ' i »■< M ay 17%| i7%fi7% 17% pS!L U *l **\ 18% !8% Ma ,y ! 8 12% 8 1246 8 02% 8 05 . Ju Jy I 8 22% 8 22% 815 8 17% Lard— ™ Ma .y j4 10 I4 10 I4 05 405 _. Jul y ■•• 420 |4 20 415 415 Ribs— | | Ma ,y I 4 22%! 425 4 17%! 4 17 Vi I July ! 4 »*M,| 432%| 425 ! 4 27% Cash quotations were as follows: Flour firm. Wheat— No. 2 spring. 74% c; No. 3 spring. 74Jj74%c: No. 2 red, 83\©84%c. Corn —No. 2. 23c. Oats-No. 2, 16@16%c; No. 2 j white, 20% c: No. 3 white. 18c" Rye— No •> : 33% c. Barley— No. 2, nominal: No. 3f. o V 23%(7?30c; No. 4. f. o, b., 22 1 ,»J?25e Flax seed—No. 1. 7G%(7r79e. Timothy" Sr-ed— Prime I $2.55. Mess Pork— Per bbl. 7.9;>C(fS. Lard— ] Per 100 lbs. $3.9. r .0)3.97^,. Short Ribs— Sides | (loose), $4.10^:4.30. Shoulders— Dry sated ! 4%(f?-l%c. Sides— Short clear (boxed) 4%@ | 4%<\ Whisky— Distillers' finished Roods per | gal.. $1.17. Sugars— Cut loaf. $:,.U; granu j lated. |4.51 Receipts— Flour. 1,008 bbls : wheat. 14.000 bu : corn, 274.000 bu ■ oats 888- I 000 bu: rye, 4,000 bu; barley. 53 000 bu " Ship • ments— Flour. 8.000 bb!s: wheat. 112 000 bu ■ I corn. 104.000 bu; oats, 244.000 bu; rye pnne' | barley, 52,000 bu. On the produce exchange toady the butter market was firm; creamery 10@18c; dairy. 9<?H6c. Cheese firm; 9'-.<alO 1 4e' Eggs weak; fresh, 12c. MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. MINNEAPOLIS, March 2.- -Wheat opened fractionally higher this morning on Liverpool cables showing a half-penny advance and on advices from New York that foreigners were buying freely. The trado had also studied the figures reported yesterday of the situation abroad, on the ocean and at home, and as a result the most of the local crowd came down this morning feeling bullish, and only wanted a little encouragement to put their changed views into practice. The first cable referred to, showing the Vzd advance, was not much, considering that that market declined Id yes terday, but it did show an improvement in tone: and second cables, advising of a further advance of *£d per cental, put it beyond per adventure that the trade had turned on the other side. Those who were short took cog nizance of the change and hastened for cover, and as a result an advance of lVfec for May was scored and lc for July wheat. The gossip of the day was generally bullish In character. Crorv damage reports were numerous from all the different winter wheat states, and all affected the St. Louis market materially causing an excited and higher market there! All other markets were in sympathy our own included. Closing cables quoted Liverpool l^d higher and Berlin \ 2 mark hitter. Clearances from the xeaboard aggregated 214,000 bu of wheat and flour. Bradstreet's report Is expected to show a decrease of 3,500,000 bu in the world's visible today. May wheat opened at 7SV6i\ against 73c yes terday, advanced to 73%c<f173%e, lost l-16c, advanced to 73"£@74c, sold at 73%i'fT73"£c finned up to 74v;c. lost %c gained %c. iost i^c. again sold at 74 1 4c dropped to 73%7?> ?4%c sold at 74^c straight, declined to 73v.fj 73% cby 11 :50, and by noon held at 73%#73%c July wheat opened at 74% c, against 73%@74c yesterday, advanced to 74% c, declined to 74^ @74% c, advanced to 75c, sold down to 74% c by 11:15, and by noon held at 74% c. Tha cash wheat market was active, with a good demand for No. 1 northern on a basis of lc over the May option. Low gTades wer© a little slow. Sales were made as p-er state ment below. Receipts hore were 132 cars, and shipments 56 cars. The market was lower and Inactive during the greater part of the noon ht>'.:r through come realizing by longs. Cables advised that Russian and D&nubian provinces were cfferlng wheat freely. This caused tome selling, Bradstreet's report shows a decrease of 4,000. --000 bu In the world's visible. March wheat THE SAINT PAUL GLOWS: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1897. closed at 74c, May at 73% c and July at 74%@ 74% c. RANGE OF PRICES. Open- High- Low- Closing Wheat— ing. est. est. Today. Sat March 74 73% May 73% 74% 73% 73% 73 July 74% 75 74% 74% 74 September 69% 69% On Track— No. 1 hard, 76% c; No. 1 northern, 74% c; No. 2 northern, 72% c; March oats, 15% c; flax seed, 76% c. Curb on May wheat, sellers .... .73% Puts on May wheat 72% Calls on May wheat 74 1-16 SAMPLE SALES. No. 1 Northern, 15 cars 74% No. 1 Northern, 4 cars 74% No. 1 Northern, 5 cars 74% No. 1 Northern, 1 car, to arrive 74 No. 1 Northern, 6 cars, to arrive 74 No. 1 Northern, 2 cars, to arrive 75 No. 1 Northern, 3,000 bu, to arrive 74% No. 1 Northern, 4,000 bu, to arrive 74% No. 1 Northern, 10,000 bu, to arrive 75 No. 2 Northern, 6 cars 73 No. 2 Northern, 2 cars 73% No. 2 Northern, 1 car 73% No. 2 Northern, 1 car 73% No. 2 Northern, 1 car, soft and damp 72 No. 3 wheat, 1 car 72% No. 3 wheat, 1 car 72% Rejected wheat, 2 cars, 2 lbs off 66 Rejected wheat, 1 car, 1% lbs off 68 No grade wheat, 1 car. 2 lbs off 66 No grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off 67 No grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off 69 No grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off 72% No grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off 71 No grade wheat, 2 cars, 2 lbs aft 68 No grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off bS No grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off 58% No. 4 corn, 4 cars 17 No. 3 white oats, 2 cars 16 No. 3 white oats, 2 cars 15% No. 3 white oats, 1 car, to arrive 16 No. 3 oats, 2 cars 15% No. 3 white oats, 1 car 15% No. 3 oats, 1 car 15% Flax seed, 1 car 75% FLOUR. Flour — The flour market remains steady as to values. Millers are grinding more than usual at th s season, indicating that there is a good outlet somewhere. First patents $3.95@4.10 Second Dafents 3 75@3.95 First clears 3.40^)3.60 Second clears 2.30@2.50 Rye flour, per bbl, pure 1.90@2.05 Rye flour, XXX, per bbl 1.80@1.90 Rye flour. Standard, per bbl 1.70@1.50 Graham flour, ptr bbl 2.65@3.15 Washburn, Crosby & Co. quote as follows today: Bran in bulk $6.25@6.75 Bran In bulk, 200-lb sacks 7.25@7.75 Bran in bulk, 180-lb sacks 7.75@8 25 Shorts In bulk 6.25@6.50 Middlings in bulk 7.00@7.25 The market continues very strong. The de mand is- good from all quarters. Corn— Corn is arriving in very bad condi tion. No. 4, 16% c; car corn, 17c. No sales today. Oats— No. 3 oats, 15%@15%c; No. 3 white, 15%©16 c. Rye— No. 2 Quoted at 32c; no sales. Barley— No. 4 sold at 21%@21%c; No. 5, 21% c; no sales. BRAN, SHORTS and COARSE GRAIN. Feed- Reported by the Diamond Elevator and Milling company: Business is fair, with a good demand at prices quoted. Bran is in better demand. Coarse corn meal and cracked corn, in sacks, per ton, sacks extra, to jobbers only $7.00@7.25 No. 1 ground feed. 2-3 corn, 1-3 oats, 80-lb sacks 7.50@7.75 No. 2 ground feed, % corn, % oats, 80-lb ssacks 7.75@8.00 No. 3 ground feed, 2-3 oat 3, 70-lb eacks 8.00J28.25 spring wheat bran 6.50@7.00 STATE GRAIN INSPECTION. Northern. Railroads. N0.1.hd.N0.1.N0.2.N0.3.Rjd.N.G. G. N.— B. Dlv 33 6 1 .. 2 G. N.— F. F. D. .. 13 1 3 5 C, M. & St. P.. .. 43 23 .. 1 8 M. & St. L 65 .. .. 3 3 Soo Line 3 C. St. P., M. &O .. 24 25 1 . . 19 Total 175 55 5 9 32 Other Grains— No. 3 corn, 4 cars; No. 4 corn, 4; No. 3 oats, 55; no grade oats, 3; No. 2 rye, 1; No. 3 barley, 1; No. 4 barley, 5; No. 5 barley, 4; no grade barley, 2; No. 1 flax, 12; rejected flax, 1; no grade, 1. Cars Inspected Out— Wheat— No. 1 northern 227 cars; No. 2 northern, 17; rejected, 13; no grade, 5; no grade corn, 1; No. 3 oats, 13- No. 4 barley, 1. WHEAT MOVEMENT. Receipts. Shipm'ts. New York 16,650 79,585 Philadelphia 29,954 3 514 Baltimore 25.545 - Toledo 8,735 42,045 Detroit 5,187 5,098 St. Louis 7,800 61,760 Boston 12,733 23.998 Chicago 14,100 111,534 Milwaukee 34,550 5 SSO Duluth 71.480 Minneapolis 93,720 41,440 Kansas City 13,200 11,400 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Received— Wheat. 93,720 bu corn 4 880 bu oats. 17,129 bu; barley, 3,000 bu; rye, 1300 bu; flax, 4,130 bu; flour, 273 bbls; hay, 38 tons; fruit, 92.982 lbs; merchandise, 1,378,250 lbe; lumber, 52 cars; posts, 4 cars; barrel stock, 2 cars; machinery, 230,300 lbs; coal, 3,337 tons: wood, 542 cords; brick 8 OOO' cement, 200 bbls; stone, 1 car; dressed meats. 119.400 lbs; railroad materials. 1 car sundries, 11 cars. Total car lots, r.27. Shipped— Wheat, 41,440 bu; oats, 26,670 bu barley, 8,910 bu; flour, 45,313 bbls; millstuffs 1,544 tons; fruit, 205,000 lbs; merchandise, 1,478,300 lbs; lumber 31 cars; machinery, 247.5C0 lbs; ties, 16 cars; dressed meats, 21.000 lbs; sundries, 9 cars. Total car lots 688. DULUTH GRAIN. PULUTH, Minn., March 2.— The mills ground 16,000 bbls of flour last week and shipped 28.850 bbls. The mills bought wheat more heavily last week than for some time. The market was rather dull today, it opening at 76c, an advance of %c, sold up to 76c, and j then dropped to 75%e and closed at that price. Cash sales were 15,060 bu, the mills getting 12, C00 bu at %c under, the elevators p.- id lc und-er. The receipts here were heavy, owing to large arrivals of wheat from Minneapolis : to go into the elevators. The close: Cash No. ; 1 hard, 7fi%c;.No. 1 northern, 74% c; No 2 I northern, 72% c; No. 3 spring, 68%570%c; re ; jected, &l^i66%e; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 76%c --i No. 1 northern, TT. 7^-; May, No. 1 hard, 7S%e- No. 1 northern, 75% c; July, No. 1 northern 71% c; September, No. 1 northern. 71 %c- re ceipts, wheat, 71,480 bu; shipments none | cars inspected, 227: last year, 153. Receipts— Corn, none: oats, 4 072 bu ; rye 5 340 bu barley, 22,Cf>9 bu : flax, 126 bu. Oats clo«e' 17<g-16V£c; rye. Mfec; flax. 79c; May, gOfcc Cash sales were as follows: 2 000 bu No 1 northern. 78c; 3.000 bu No. 1 northern 75%c --5.C00.C00 bu No. 1 northern, 75% c: 3.500 bu No i northern. 76fce; i car 3 No. 1 northern 74%e --231 bu No. 1 northern, 74 ; 2 c: 5,000 bu rye 35c : 2 cars flax, 79c; 1 car flax, 75^. ST. PAUL GRAIN. Q-JCaticns on hay. grain, feel, etc., fur nished by Griggs Bros., commission mer chants: Wheat— The market today was excited and ruled higher, but most of the advance was lost at the close: closing figures. No. 1 northern. 74075 c; No. 2 northrn, 72Vs@7 '3Uc. Oats— Market holding firm; No. 3 white 15% ©l«c; No. 3, Tl'/1.-c. ™ Corn— No. 2 yellow. 18's@19c; No. 3, 170flSe hurley— 2o(3 21c. Rye — 30(tj3ir L .o. Seeds— Timothy. 90c@J1.25: red rlover $3 50 @4.50; flax. 74<4©T5c Flour— Patent, per bb'. $3.90@4.30; straight J3.05©3.80; bakers'. J3.03.40; rye flour, $31? 3.25: buckwheat flour. $3f.i:,0. Ground Feed and Millstuffs— No. 1 feed $7.7508.25: No. 2 feed, $5.50«?5.7. r >; No. 3 feed! $!•(?/ 9. 25; coarse meal. $6.75@7.25: bran, bulk J7@7.J5; shorts, $7@7.25. Hay— The hay market is very dull; best grados of wild and uplani selling' at $5W6; in ferior qualities. $3#4.75. according to quality and condition: No. 1 timothy, J6@7: oat ai;d rye straw, $5.r.0ig3.75. OTHER GRAIN MARKETS. GRAIN GOSSIP. Gossip by private wire to C. H. F. Smith & Co., St. Paul, members of New York stock exchange and Chicago board of trade. Liverpool — Spot wheat steady; corn steady; future wheat quiet at *4d higher; corn quiet. London cargoes on passage: Wheat steadier; corn quiet; American wheat parcels, 3d high er. Country markPts: English and French steady. Berlin : Steady at % hightr. London — Russia's final official report gives total wheat crop at 387,640.000 bu; year ago 358, 120,000 bu; year before, 464,304,000 bu! Azof wires growing crop seriously damaged. Board cables: Antwerp and Paris, holiday Berlin, unchanged froir opening. Primary receipts, 238,000 bu; shipments £70,000 bu. Clearances, four ports, 206,000 bu. A prominent Northwestern authority wires us that he knows of 6.000,000 hu wheat in each of the markets of Duluth and Chicago bought for foreign account which will move at open ing of navigation and create a stir in markets NEW YORK. NEW YORK. March *— Flour—Receipts, 34,707 bbls; exports, 26,065 bbls; firm and held higher by the mills, with a fair demand for spring patents; winter patents, $4.60@4.90; Minnesota patents, |4.25@4.50; Minnesota bakers', $3.80#3.95. Rye flour quiet. Buck wheat flour dull. Buckwheat quiet. Corn meal dull. Barley ,quiet. Barley malt dull. Wheat— Receipts, -88,80$ bu; exports, 10,000 bu; spot market inaettpre;JNo. 1 hard, 88Vfec; op tions opened firmer and advanced sharply on unfavorable crop-aews, stronger cables, a heavy decrease }n Bradstreet's visible and general covering of sfforts, losing part of the advance later under profit taking, closing %@ %c net higher; March closed at 82% c; May, 81i,8@82%c, closing at.- 81MfC. Corn— Receipts, 156,975 bu; exports, 200,500 bu; spot steady for old; No. 2, old? 29^@29^c; options opened firmer with wheat, ruled dull all day and closed unchanged to net higher; March closed at 29c; Mfey,a29V£'ri29%c, closing at 29% c. Oats— Receipts^' Bß, 800 bu; exports, 10, --076 bu; spot quiet; NjL 2, 21 %c; options quiet but steady; clos«d i|c higher; May, 21%@ 21% c, closing at. 21% c. crop/movement, (MafkeC Record.) The following %&le_ gives the receipts of wheat at the foiii principal spring wheat markets from the Beginning of the crop year, Aug. l. 1896, to date, and for the same time a year ago: j This Crop. Last Crop. , Bushels. Bushels. Minneapolis 44,685,990 59,407,570 Milwaukee 5,751,725 9.912,489 Dujuth 34,019,822 . 42,572.569 Chicago 14,121,079 18,653,579 Totals 98,578,616 127,546,607 The following table gives the receipts of wheat at the four principal winter wheat markets from the beginning of the crop move ment, July i, 18%, to date, and for the same time a year ago: This Crop. Last Crop. _, , , Bushels. Bushels. J t cled . 0 6,290,420 5.085,464 bt. Louis 10,050,905 10,492,896 £ etrol t 2.911.130 1,840,038 Kansas City 5,980,800 6,858 400 Totals 25,242,255 24,276,798 BRADSTREET'S AVAILABLE. NEW YORK, March 2.— Special cable and telegraphic dispatches to Bradstreet's cover ing the principal points of accumulation, In dicate the following changes in available sup plies last Saturday as compared with the pre ceding Saturday: W r heat— United States and Canada, east of the Rockies, decrease 1,809,000 bu; afloat for and in Europe, decrease 2,256,000. Total decrease world's available, 4,065,000 bu. Corn— United States and Canada, east of the Rockies, decrease 851,000 bu. Oats— United States and Canada, east of the Rockies, increase 514,000 bu. - The more important changes in stocks 6£ available wheat, not included in the official vls.ble supply statement last week, are de creases of 126.C00 bu in Chicago private ele vators; 107,000 bu at various Manitoba stor age points; 45,000 bu at Cleveland; 36,000 bu at Galveston, and 26,000 bu in Milwaukee pri vate elevators. Pacific coast wheat stocks de creased dur.ng the month of February 1,148,000 bu. LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, March 2.— Wheat — Spot steady; demand moderate; No. 2 red spring, 6s 2^d; No. 1 California. 6s 5%d; futures opened quiet, with near and distant positions V4d higher, further strengthened and closed strong with July IVid higher, and other months l a id higher; business about equally distributed; March, 6s o^d; May, 6s .>V^d; July, 6s sd. Corn— Spot steady; American opened quiet with near and distant positions unchanged; c'.osed with near positions ft@%6 higher, and distant positions »£d higher; buß iness about equally distributed; March, 2s 6d; April, 2s 7d; May, 2s 8d; June. 2s B^d; July, 2s 9*4 d. Flour firm; demand poor; St. Louis fancy winter, 8s 6d. NEW YORK MARKET. NEW YORK. March 2.— Hay dull. Hops dull. Hides higher. Leather strong. Wool quiet. Beef steady. Cut meats strong. Lard easy. Pork dull, but steady. Tallow firm and active. Cottonseed oil quiet. Petroleum nominal. Rosin quiet. Turpentine firm. Rice steady. Molasses quiet. Pig iron dull and easy. Copper firm. Tin steady. Spelter quiet. Lead strong. Coffee— Options opened steady, unchanged to 5 points advance; closed steady and unchanged to 5 points advance; March, 1.05 c. Spot Coffee— Rio dull; No. 7, 9%c; Invoice, lO^c; mild dull; Cordova, 15%-G) 16?4c. Sugar— Raw dull and nominal; refined dull and barely steady. GRAIN COMPANY ASSIGNS. ST. LOUIS, March 2.— The Schwartz Bros. Commission company made an assignment. Joseph Zunvbaten, a lawyer, is the assignee. The assets consist of stocks, bonds, notes, accounts and grain stocks. They are placed at $300,000. Those not hypothecated, how ever, amount to but |2,000. The assignment caused no surprise, and was but liule dii cussed on 'change. The company consisted of Frederick Schwartz, president; Herman SchwarU, vice president, and William Sand wig, secretary. MILWAUKEE GRAIN. MILWAUKEE, March 2.— Floui— Firm and higher. Wheat— Firm; No. 2 spring, 75e; No. 1 northern, 78Vfcc; May, 7Cc. Corn— Steady and quiet; No. 3, 19c. Oats— Firm; No. 2 white 18@19e. Barley— Quiet and steady; No. 2 31 @31^c; sample. 23(jx31%c. Rye— Firm; No. 1, S4V4C. Receipts— Flour, 10,000 bbls; wheat, 24. --000; barley, 42,000 bu. Shipments— Flour, 22, --000 bbls; wheat, 6,000 bu; barley, 39,000 bu. ST. LOUIS GRAIN. ST. LOUIS, March 2.— Wheat— Easier ; No. 2 red, cash, 89c; May, 86%0 bid. Corn— No. 2 cash, May, H\c bid. Oats— No. 2 caih. 20@ 21V>c; May, 17%e bid. Rye— Steady, 32c. Flax seed—Nominal. 75c. Pork— s7.9o@B.37V>2. Lard PRODUCE. ST. PAUL MARKET. Butter— Creameries- Extras .is Firsts 16 @.17 Seconds 13 @.14 Hand separator .18 Dairies— Firsts 12 @.13 Ladles — Extras 15 @.16 Firsts .O7IA Packing stock 07i4<5>.08" Grease 03 @.O4 Cheese — Twins, fancy, full cream, new.. .11 Twins, common to fair 07 @.O8 Full cream. Young America, new .11 Swiss cheese 11 ©.U Brick, No. 1. new .'lO @!ll Brick, No. 2, new 08 @ 09 Eggs— Candled sto"k, fresh .13*2 No. 1 cold storage ,03 Seconds 05 0.06 Beans — Market quiet; supply moderate. Fancy navy, per bu 90 jn.oo Medium, band-picked, bu 75 ft .85 Yellow peas, per bu 40 @ .60 Green peas, per bu 60 (? .75 Potatoes — Home-grown, per bj 20 & .23 Illinois sweets 1.75 @2.00 Vegetables- Tomatoes, ba3ket 100 Radishes, doz 25 Cauliflower, doz 250 Beets, bushel _25 Celery, doz *25 Wax beans, bu [ 4 00 String beans, bu 3 00 Rutabagas, bu .95 Onions, home grown, bu 8561.00 Squash, doz ,75 Turnips, bu 25 M'.nt, doz .... '30 Carrots, bu '<>X Lettuce .251? ".30 Cucumbers, dor ~1 00 Spinach, bu \ 100 Miscellaneous — Malaga grapes,. bM 5.5607.50 Cranberries. Cape Cc-d, bbl .....* 5 50^6 00 Cranberries, Bell and Rusk? 6 00{?fi" o 5 OS'SSSTS \(\q •sXaejar 'BDjjjaqurj"c) Apples— Market weaker; detaand good Common, bbl 1.26«1.50 Kancy eating bbl 2.5002.75 Baldwins, choice, bb! 2.Q0&2.25 Greenings, choice, bbl -. 1 50^; 175 Spies, choice, bbl ..' 2.'06©2^5 Russets, choice, MSI . .". 2 00° 25 LeinoDS — Fan'-y Messlnas, ' box 8.0063.25 Califorrla. box .'.... i 2,'.70&Z.W Oranges- California, •■'avels. box 3.23@3 75 Redlanda, navels, box: » 3.25@4 00 Fancy bright, Florida, box 4.00«i4 50 Mexicans, box .'. 2.75@3 00 Valeneias, case v ' 550 Grape fruit, box- 8.00ffi8!50 Nuts— ITiekory, bu 1.00 New Californ'a irp.lniHs, lb 09 @ !ll Black walnuts, bu .? Chestnuts, lb . -V !l0 Peanuts, raw, lb 04V.@ .05 Brazils, lb « S 08 '~Q !l0 Pecane, lb V '. 18 ft '->o Filberts, lb 10 @ .12 Hazelnuts, lb .. 7 .05 Bananas— Surpl* large; demand active. Choice shipping, bunch 1.75@2.25 Figs and Dates— Pigs, fancy, five crowns 12 @.13 Figs, fancy, four crowns 11 @.12 Hallowee dates .06 Fard dates, 101b boxes 05 @.O9 Honey — V'hite clover 12 @.12^4 Extracted 05 @.O6 Maple syrup, gal 1.00 Maple sugar, lb 10 @.ll Apple Cider- Sweet, bbi 3.7f><3.4.00 Sue"'., ha!f-bbl 2.00^2.25 Hard, bb! 6.00(^7.00 Hard, half-bb! 3.25^4.00 CNc- charge for package or carriage.) Dressed Meats — Moderate supply; demand good. Veal, fancy .07% Veal, medium 05%@.06Vi Hogs, country dressed 03H@03% Mutton, country dressed 05 @.O6 Spring lambs, pelt off 06 @.O7 Dressed Poultry — Turkeys 11 @.IVA Chickens 08%@.09 Hens 07%@.08 Ducks 09 @.10 Geese .08'^ Tame pigeons, do* 90 (g1.35 Squabs, doz 75 @1.00 Game — Canvasbark ducks, doe 6.00@8.00 Mallard ducks, doz 3.00 Teal ducks, doz 1.25@2.00 Common ducks, doz 1.25 Jack rabbits, doz 1.50@2.00 Cottontail rabbits, doz 7531.00 Woodcock, doz 4.00@4.60 Jacksnipe, doz 1.23 Bear, carcass, hide on, lb 10® .12 Squirrels, doz .75 Pish — Good demand — Black bass .03 MINNEAPOLIS MARKET. MINNEAPOLIS. March 2.— Creamery but ter is easier. Extras and firsts are Vfec lower, being now quoted ay. 17@17%c and 16gl6y.sC respectively, against the outside flat quota tion in each case yesterday. Seconds and thirds are in light supply, and this prevents a decline in price taking place. Extra dairies and firsts rule firm, with the retail trade taking hold better than with regard to sep arator goods. Seconds, which consist largely of jar stock, are not selling well at grade prices, but find a ready outlet as packing stock. Roll and print ia firm and ladles steady. Packing stock is strong. Eggs sold off %c, and are somewhat easier. Storage and pickled stock are quiet. Chickens are strong at quotations. Turkeys are in request and anything fancy is sought after eagerly. Geese are lc higher and ducks moving well. Veal is firm. Mutton and lamb are steady. Dressed hogs are in request. BUTTER AND EGGS. NEW YORK, March 2.— Butter— Receipts, 8,886 pkgs; steady; Western creamery, 11@ 19c; Elgins, 19c; factory. 7Va@l2ViC. Cheese- Receipts, 2,630 pkgs; quiet; state, large, 9@ 12% c; small, 9@12V 2 c; part skims, 5@9%e; full skims, 3g3%c. Eggs — Receipts, 4.876 pkgs; dull; state and Pennsylvania, 16c; Western, 13^c. LIVE STOCK. Receipts— l,soo; hogs, 400; cattle, 75; calves, 1,500. Hogs— s@loe higher. Quality fair. Good light hogs sold the best. No. Wt. Dk. Price ; No. Wt. Dk. Price 15 180 ..$3 05 4 227 ..$3 35 7 375 .. 315 33 245 .. 3 35 I 300 .. 3 20] 74 227 .. 335 1 400 .. 320 83 203 80 3 35 1 420 .. 3 20 42 217 120 3 35 6 350 .. 3 20 22 158 .. 3 35 6 296 .. 320 16 194 .. 335 21 350 40 3 25 39 172 .. 340 1 230 .. 3 2f.il 177 .. 340 12 108 .. 3 25 16 170 .. 3 40 41 175 80 3 3018 184 .. 340 13 74 .. 330 22 206 .. 340 63 216 .. 3 35 67 170 .. 3 40 9 196 .. 335 71 196 .. 3 43 9 225 .. 335 32 ....214 .. 345 Cattle— Firm and active. The light run was a disappointment to buyers, who wanted more fat cattle, stoekers and feeders. Everything desirable sold early at good prices. No. Wt. Price No. Wt. Price 2 cows 1,005 $3 20| 6 shockers.. 653 3 40 2 cows 50 2 50,2 oxen 1.395 $3 00 1 cows 1,130 3 00 1 1 bull 1,080 2 40 17 steers ..1,009 3 60; 2 stoekers . 705 250 1 bull 430 3 00 1 row 1,060 2 10 1 bull 600 2 75 § stoekers . 664 3 55 1 cow 1,050 2 85 SO stoekers 333 3 55 1 heifer . . 560 250 11 stoekers 256 355 1 steer 920 3 60 2 bulls 960 2 35 1 stoeker .. 860 350 1 bull 1,380 2 35 1 heifer ... 900 3 15 1 bull 830 2 35 2 cows 1,100 2 80 25 storkers 666 3 50 2 oxen 1,640 280 5 stoekers.. 770 345 3 cows 1,010 2 90 1 cow 920 2 50 1 cow 1.360 2 90 1 stag 880 2 50 1 cow 920 280 1 sitoeker . . 530 275 1 cow 960 2 25 8 bulls 1,293 2 50 II stockers . 786 345 1 steer 780 360 11 steers . ... 1,11(5 380 3 stockers . 816 335 23 calves .. 327 3 50 4 stoekers.. 832 3 45 1 cow 970 2 80 9 stockers ..839 3 50 1 cow 860 2 1531 Mockers.. 826 3 6J 1 cow 1,070 3 00,2 bulls 855 2 50 1 heifer 790 3 00 1 4 cows 950 2 50 4 bulls 787 2 50 1 cow 960 2 40 1 cow 1,160 2 80 2 cows 80it 2 50 1 bull 1,020 2 65i 1 bull 1,000 2 25 1 bull 750 2 60; 1 stooker .. 870 250 1 bull 1,040 2 65! 1 stoeker .. 3SO 3 45 Sheep — Steady. Receipts were mostly West erns, consigned to a local feeder. MINNEAPOLIS LIVE STOCK. NBW BRIGHTON, March 2.—Receipts—Cat tle. 150; hogs, 700; shipments, sheep, 3 200. Cattle — Market steady; good demand for all grades of butchers' stock; stockers and feed ers wanted at steady prices. Sales: No. Ay. Price. I No. Ay. Price. 17 steers 1,100 $3,70 1 bull 900 $2 50 15 steers 1,153 3 751 bull 1,540 3 00 1 heifer 1,103 3 001 bull 1,750 2 75 3 heifers 960 3 00 3 cows 900 2 50 19 feeders 720 3 60 3 cows 960 2 25 9 stockers.. 650 3 401 bull 155 2 70 1 stoeker. .. 360 3 50l Hogs — Good demand for all grades. Sales: No. Ay. Price. |No. Ay. Price. 1 hog 290 $3 30 67 hogs 160 $3 40 15 hogs 195 3 35 1 hog 440 3 10 14 hogs 180 3 35 4 hogs 390 3 35 23 hogs 240 3 25 20 hogs 153 3 35 9 hogs 295 3 26,60 hogs 185 3 45 j 67 hogs 230 3 4O'S9 hogs 216 3 40 5 hogs 245 3 25 69 hogs 229 3 40 7 hogs 220 3 26 1 Sheep — Sheep and lambs steady. CHICAGO. CHICAGO March 2.-There was only a moderate demand for cattle, prices showing no improvement, despite the meager supply offered on the market. Most of the cattle sold at $3.90@4.90, and sales above $5 were few and far between. Western fed steers I were rather numerous, and sold at $3.<Js<&> ! 4.65. There was a good trade in stockers and feeders at $3.85<fi4.20. Butchers' and canners' stuff sold fairly well, the bulk of the "cjws and heifers fetching $2.30<f?3.75. Calves were firm. Offerings of hogs were quite moderate, but the feeling was weaker, and sales were largely at a decline of 2M>c per 100 lbs. Com mon to the best lots brought $3.35&3.75, ! light weights showing the least weakness j and sales were largely at $3.60@3.70. The | market firmed up toward noon, and closed j strong. All of today's receipts of sheep were j readliy disposed of at $3@4.30 for poor to choice flocks of sheep. Mexicans selling as lew as $3.50 for common, and being salable as high as $4.30 for prime droves averaging j 97 lbs. Western sheep sold up to $4.15. Yearlings brought $4@4.50, and lambs sold ; from $3.00<Q3.75 for a few common lots up to \ $5.25 for the, best with sales largely at 54...0 ®h. Receipts— Cattle, 2,500 head; hogs, 25,000 head: sheep. 11,000 head. MIDWAY HORSE MARKET. Barrett & Zimmerman's report: Market opened weak, with a large assortment of horses on hand. Prices ruled low. A few i Dakota dealers were the only 'buyers on the market. The following representative sales are for horses, service sound, unless o:her wise mentioned: Weight. Price. 1 pair bay mares, 5 and 6 years 2 800 $175 1 gray gelding, 6 years 2,600 160 | 1 pair gray geldings, 6 years 2,600. 160 ] J ]<air bay mares, 5 and 6 years 2.400 155 ■ 1 pair gray mares, 6 years 3,(K)0 180 ! 1 gray horse, 5 years 1,400 80 ! 1 bay mare, 6 years 1,300 75 1 sorrel mare, driver. 5 years 1,000 70 I drafter, 6 years 1,6.0 SO j 12 head farm horses and mares, 5 and 6 years 1.200® 1.500 780; 20 head farm horses and mares. 5 and 6 years 1,200® 1,600 1,300 ! 8 head farm horses and mares. 5 and 6 years 1,2C0@1,500 560 ; SIOUX CITY. SIOUX CITY. 10., March 2.— Cattle— 2.loo; j Monday, 542; shipments, 78; market fairly i active and steady: cows and bulls, mixed, ] - Sl.6QG3.qp: veals, $3.50@5.25; caives and year- ', lings, $3.50@4.30; stockers and feeders, $3.50@ i 4.25; butchers' steers, t3.60f4.75. Hogs— Re- j ceipts, 2.000; Monday. 309; market slow and ' weak: selling, $3.30<g3.50; bulk of sales, $3.40 I @3.45. K.AXSA3 CITY. KANSAS CITY. March 2.— Cattle— Receipts. 4.500: shipments, 1.000; cows and heifers, $1.65 ' &3.50; stockers and feeders, $2.75g4.50. Hogs ' —Receipts, 12.000; shipments, 700; bulk of ' sales. $3. 45® 3.55. Sheep— Receipts, 3.000; shipments. 1,100; market, 10<?£15c higher; lambs, $3.25(34.65; muttons, $2.75@3.90. OMAHA. OMAHA. March 2. -Cattle— Receipts, 1.500; I shade lower; cows and heifers, $2.50<g3.70; I stackers and feeders, $3.50<g4.35. Hogs— Re- ' ceipts, 7.0C0; bulk it sales, $3.4503.50. Sheep— j Receipts, 1,800; common and stock sheep $2.50 I 63.4u; lambs, $3.50@5. ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIS, March 2.— Catt'.e— Receipts, 2.500; cows and heifers, $2<&3; stockers and I feeders, $2.65g>4.15. Hogs— Receipts. 5,500; bulk of salea, $3.20@3.75. Sheep— Receipts, 800; Texas sheep, grass aud fed, $3.30@5.80; lambs, $4<§s. Clark Set Free. Special to the Globe. MILBANK, S. D., March 2.— G«o. M. Clark, the alleged forger and embezzler, who has been confined in the county Jail since April, IR9G, was today dismissed, a demurrer to the indictments by Clark's attorney being sus tained by Judge Telby. It seems that ail the papers claimed to be forged were drawn In a manner contradictory to the statutes, and. therefore, Clark could not be held on the ground oi forgery. ItflP SHORE DEBT TO BE REFUNDED BY A FIFTY MILLION GOLD BOND ISSUE. STOCK MARKET HELPED OUT. GENERAL SHARE LIST STRENGTH ENED BY THE NEWS OF THE DEAL. BURLINGTON ALSO A BIG FACTOR. E«rly Firmness Given to the Trad- Ing by a Favorable Traffic Statement — Cloae Firm. NEW YORK, March 2.— The reason for the recent sensational advances in Lake Shore was discovered today when the announce ment was made in Wall street that the direc tors of the company had authorized an issue of $50,CC0,000 of 314 per cent ICO-year gold bonds, the proceeds to be used for the re tirement of the present bonded debt as rt matures in the next few years, or iv advance of maturity, as arrangements may be made with the holders. Coupled with this was an announcement that the directors had ac cepted an offer -from a well known banking house for the entire issue at 102%. It is cal culated that the saving in annual interest charges by the completion of the refunding will amount to a million and half of dollars, from which the stock will benefit. This is said to be the largest transaction in railroad bonds ever made in this country, and with one exception it is said to be the highest price paid for American railroad bonds. The market today opened with a show of strength but yielded soon to the effect of a I marked depression in New Jersey Central, 1 which was sold down 2 points on continued I uneasiness as to the financial status of Lehlgh Valley & Wilkesbarre, its subsidiary coal ! company. Manhattan was aIBO depressed on I the falling off In earnings and Uie belief that the dividend will be reduced. The fact that the directors of the road were In session im parted some nervousness to the dealings and the stock fell %. London also sold St. I Paul. Louisville & Nashville and a few of the low grade shares. The center of depression thus formed in this market spread through the general railway list, and Sugar and Chi cago Gas were also marked down a fraction I in sympathy. The announcement of the Burlington state | nient for January, showing a surplus after ! charges of $117,648, aga.nst a deficit last year of $87,752, was regarded as favorable, although attained at the expense of a heavy cut in operating expenses. The decline was checked 1 and an advance set in on the strength of this j statement, which continued during the day with the exception of a slighs. react.on on profit-taking Just before the announcement of the Lake Shore bonding operation, and an other just before the close from the same cause. The strength imparted by the news of the Lake Shore project permeated the whole market and the subsequent prices were in many cases the best of the day. Lake Shore itself advanced 4V2 to 171V> but re | acted to 169% at the close. The Vanderbilt I properties were generally strong in sympathy I and gained from a fraction to a half. The I rise in Burlington equalled £, the stock I touching 77. Northwest rose 1%. The close was generally firm with gains of a fraction as a rule on the day. The bond market continues to furnish cvi- I dence of the plethora of funds at this center. The transactions in the high grade mortgages are limited only to the amount offered, and investors are more reasonable and disposed to take blocks of lower grade issues. Deal ings in miscellaneous securities continue heavy, with municipal liens in most request. I The Lake Shore lien was conspicuous owing to the announcement of the funding arrange ment. The second consols advanced 3, and the dividend 7s 1% per cent. There were a few weak spots noted, but the general under tone was strong, many issues recording sub stantial gains. Government bonds were quiet but well held on transactions of $514,000. The total sales of stocks today were 147, 77S shares, including: Sugar, 26,900; Burlington, 20,100; Lake Shore, 4,000; L. & N., 3,400; Man ! hattan, 8,200: Northwest, 4,400; Omaha, 3,500: ! Reading, 3,100; St. Paul, 20.800; New Jersey j Central, 11,400. The following were the fluctuations of the leading railway and industrial shares, fur nished by C. H. F. Smith & Co., members New York stock exchange and Chicago board of trade. O x T G~ 3£ I 8 jr i } ■ i S. R. & T. OB I 10 I 1« j 10 j U» Am. Tobacco I 75V4i 76* | 75*41 75^4 Am. Spirits | 13%| 14V61 13% | U% do pfd I 33 I 34% i33 | 34% ; Atchison, new 12%| 12% i 12%| 12% Atchison, pfd 22% 23V41 22% | 22% Am. Cotton Oil | 12>£ Bay State Gas I | | | 11% Baltimore & 0hi0....! 15% | 15% | 15% | 16 C B. & Q I 76 I 77 ! 76% i 76% C. C, C. & St. L.....1 28%| 28%| 28% | 28% Chesapeake & 0h!0...i 17%| 17%| 17%! 17% Ch!cago Gas | 75%! 76%j 75%! 76% Canada Southern | 45%| 45%! 45%! 45% Colorado Fuel & 1r0n! ......' ! | 21% Delaware & Hudson..! 107 j 107% i 107 | 107% Del.. Lack. & West I i j 153% Erie 14%! 14%! 14%! 14% General Electric | 34% i 34%j 34%| 34% Great Northern pfd. .. i | | | 120 Hocking Valley | 4| 4 4| 4 Illinois Central I | j 93 Jersey Central I 95%! 90% I 93%! 94% Kansas & Texas | | j 12% do pfd ! 30%! 30% I 30%! 30% Lead | 25 | 25 24%| 24% Linseed Oil | 12 12 12 | 12% Laclede Gas I j | 24 Louisville & Nash 1 49% | 50%! 49%! 49% Lake E. & Western...! I 1.. . | 66 Leather pfd | 59%' fio%| 59%| 60% Lake Shore I 169% 171%) 169 1169 Manhattan Con i 86%; 87% j S6%i 86% Minnesota Iron i 47%! 47%! 47%! 47% Miss-ourl Pacific ! 21%' 22 ; 21%| 21% Michigan Central j 93 i 93 | 93 j 93 N. P. common | 14%) 14% i 14% 14% do pfd I 38%! 38%! 37%! 38 New York Central ! 94 | 94% i94 I 9414 Northwestern 1 106^1 106% i 105%! 106 North American I 4% 4%i 4%| 4% Omaha i 51% 53 ! 51% |2U do pfd I ! 1 1136 Ontario & Western... | 14%! 14% i 14% 14U Pacific Mail I 25% i 25%! 25%! 25% Pullman I | ].. ; 157% Reading [ 24% 24%! 24' i 2i% do Ist pfd 1 1 1 1 48 do 2d pfd ! ' j ] 29% Rock Island I 68 ! 68%| €7%, 68 Southern Railway ...j 9%i 9%; 9 1 9 do pfd I 28%| 28% 28%! 28% Silver Certificatea ...I : | 61% Sugar Refinery j 117%: 118 ! lifi%i 117% St. Paul ! 76%! 77% i ?6%! 76% Tennessee Coal I 28 | 28%! 28 ! 28% Texas Pacific I !....! | 9 2 Union Pacific I 7 ! 7%) 7 | 7 U. S. Rubber | \ | ; 20% Western Union I 83 | 83%! 82% i 83% Wabash I ! j . ] g do pfd I 16 i 16%'| "i6"j 16% Wheeling & Lake E..| l%j l%| i%| 1% The following were the eloßing~prices of other stocks, as reported by the Associated Press: Adams Express. ..148 'Ontario & West.. 14% Alton & Terre H. 56 jOregon Nay 14 " American Ex 110%, 0. S. L. ft U. N.. 15U Canada Pacific .. 54%Peoria. Dec. & E. 2 Canada Southern. 45% Pitts.burg 16C Central Pacific... 10% Rio Grande West. 12 Chicago & A1t0n. 166% do pfd 38% Con. Gas 152 St. P. & Omaha.. 52% Colorado C. & 1.. % do pfd 136 D. & R. G. pfd... 41% l Southern Pacific. 14% East Tennessee .. 14%jTenn. Coal & I . 28% Fort Wayne 163 T. ft O. C. pfd... 50 Great North, pfd. 120 IU. S. Express 35 C. & E. I. pfd 95 |Wel!s-Fargo Ex..' 93% St. P. ft DuliHh.. 18 IWheeHng & L. E 1% Kan. & Tex. pfd.. 30%j do pfd.. 5% Louisville ft N. A. %'Minn. ft St. I*..] 18 Manhattan Con... 86'AiDen. A R. G. \\ Mobile & Ohio 20V4 NaUonal Linseed I°% Naahville & Chat. 66 Col. Fuel & I ' 21% N. J. Central 94% do pfd 85 Norfolk & W. pfd. 16% T.. St. L. ft k'c' 5% U. P., D. ft G 1% do pfd 18U. Northwest, pfd... .154 jSouthern Ry 9" N. Y. &N. E 37 > do_pfd !.'. 28% BOND^ LIST^ V. S. new 4s, reg.l23 C. P7~iit5",~95. . .102% do new 45.c0up.123 D. ft R. a. 7b.. 111% do ss, re* 113% do 4b 88% do ss, coup 113%iErle 2d« 65 do 4s, reg 11l |0., H. ft S.A. 65..104 do 4s, coup 113 I do 7s 96 do 2s, reg »&% I H. & T. 0. 65...105% Pacific 6s, '95.... 103% i do 6e 104 Ala., Class A ..104 M. K. T. lfrt 4«... 84% do B 104 do 2d 4s 59% do C 88 Mut. Union es lie do Currency ... 93 N. J. C. O. 5i....116?i La. new con. 4». 86 N. P. laKa 115% - MONEY - To loan on approved property ia St Paul and Minneapolis. g+Os "OW OR O/O BEFORE" In snmt to Suit. R. M. NEWPORT & 5074 Reeve Bid?., Pioneer Press Bldg., Minneapolis St. Paul. Rogers & Rogers UnlonSt3okYAr.il, South V_ P.» iL VCtir c. h. fTswith & go. Members I ** w YYo rk, k St<) <* Kxchansx ( Chicago Board of Trade. Stock*, BonOa, Grain, Pi-ooltlont nil ;>•{> ». ££",*£'* * elr ™. to *'"•» Yor.'e and OUltn, VO'J Pioneer Press Hulldiny, St. Paul, Minn. Griggs Bros. Wb s!& ,. SEEDS. Buyers of Timothy and clover. Our Northeri grown Garden seeds are unexcelled. llilrd an.l Cedar »t*., St. Paul, .Ulim fllchael Dorna, Jamei Uo;«, M. DORAN & CO. BANKERS AND BROKE 33. 311 Jackson St., St, Paul, Minn Missouri 6s 100 i do 2ds 55% N. Carolina 65... 122 | do ads 88 4« 102% N. W. cons !l41»4 S. C. Non-Fund. £j do S. Rdcb.us.lU Term. new set 05.107 R. G. W. lsts 73U 3s 77 St. P. con. 75. ..133 do old 6s 60 do C. & P.W.55.113tf Va. Centuries ... 62 ]S L & 1 M G ss. 75 do dfd 6 IS L & S F O 65.112 Atchison 4s 82% Tex. Pac. lsts... 88%: d° 2d A 6714 do 2ds 21% Can. Sc. 2ds ....105 U. P. lsts, '96.. 101% O. R. & N. lsts.ll3 \V. Shore 4s 106V4 do 4s 83% NEW YORK MINING STOCKS. Bulwer $0 50 Mexican 7. 1777*01? Cholor 90 Ontario 8 5* Crown Point 15 Ophlr 7( Con. Cal. & Va.. 1 70 Plymouth 24 Gould & Curry".. 35 Quicksilver 104 Hale & Noreross. 90 do pfd 10 04 Homestake 29 00 Sierra Nevada.... 3q Iron Silver 33 Standard 1 6< BOSTON, MINING STOCKS. Allouez Mm. Co. 1 Franklin . 7. 112 * Atlantic 23% Kearsarge 19VJ Boston and M0nt.121% Oseeola 33% Butte and Boet. . 17% Quincy 113 Calumet & Hecla.39o ! Tamarack . . 122 Centennial B% 'Wolverine .. ..".10 NEW YORK MONEY. NSW YORK. March 2.— Money on call 1# @»1% per cent; last loan, 1%. closed at 1%@1% per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3&4 per cent. Sterling exchange easier, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.87@4.87% for demand and $4.85% for sixty days. Posted rates, $4.80<34.88. Commercial bills, |4.84%. Stiver certificates, 64%<g64%c. Bar silver. 6414 c. FOREIGN FINANCIAL. NEW YORK, March B.— The Evening Post* London financial cable: The stock market v/as idle today, but slightly better at th« close. Consols were a fraction better. Amerl. cans were neglected, the New York support not being sustained. Kaffirs are still flat; The Paris bourse was dull on settlement, The Berlin market was steady on the buying of the better class of Kafflra. BANK CLEARINGS. New York— Clearings, $123,871,666; balances, $7,384,079. Boston— Clearings, $31,256,758: balances $I.* 961,095. CHICAGO MONEY. CHICAGO. March 2.— New York exchange* 6Cc discount. Foreign exchange steady; de mand, $4.87%; sixty days, $4.85%. TREASURY STATEMENT. WASHINGTON. March 2.— Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury showsi Available cash balance, $212,271,603; gold re« serve, $148,793,731. MISCELLANEOUS. NEW YORK DRY GOODS. NEW YORK, March 2.— The demand an« purchases today turned out better than wa» promised at the opening. Bleached cottons were taken in good quantity by several of th« largest distributing markets west of New York. Fancy cottons for petticoats and drest wear had increased attention. For desirable goods orders wore placed, as none are to bfl had for immediate delivery. Dress Ellks and ribbons are doing very well, and so are men"« wear goods. Brown cottons were moved well on old engagements, but new business was ol moderate proportions. Foreign and domestic fancy worsted dress goods in steady request. Printing clothe more active and sales of about 75.000 pieces, contracts for May and July at 2%c. SEED MARKETS. CHICAGO. March 2.— The flaxseed market opened higher and strong this morning on light receipts and prospects of a less acreage being sown the coming spring. Receipts her« were 16 cars, 6 cars at Duluth and 7 ears at Minneapolis. The official close, as reported by the Weare Commission company, is as follows: Cash flax at 79c, May at WV.C'O^c, July at SfXfJCHOVic, anri c- ;. tc m Der at 81%i3 81%r;; cash timothy seed closed at $2.00 je* 100 lbs and March at $2.60; clover seed closed at $7.50 per 100 lbs. Minneapolis flaxseed quot ed at 76%e per bu. MINNEAPOLIS HAY MARKET. MINNEAPOLIS, March 2.— J. A. Huntt & Co. report a better feeling among retailers and jobbers. The former are buying rm>r« freely.- The demand, however, is a^m;-st al together confined to the best graden. Low grades are still slow to move. Receipts are ruling light and afford a chance for Jobber* to clear up old stocks. Choice lowa upland $5.50@6.M Choice Minnesota upland 6.0005.61 Medium 3. 00tf?4. (Ml Mixed hay 4.60&6.M Coarse as to quality 3.0064 M Timothy C.00©7.04 Rye straw, choice 4.26494.51 BOSTON WOOL. BOSTON, Mass., March 2.— Buslntss in the wool market continues up to the average and shows no signs of weakness. Over 1,100,000 lbs of territory wool is recorded on the week's sales. Thes2 wools ars firsn at old prices, and many lots are being withheld from the market. STILLWATER NEWS. Clerk A. K. Doe. of the district court, pre sented a report to the board of county com missioners yesterday. showing that 129 licenses to marry were granted in Washington county during 1896, and eleven divorces were granted during the same period. Naturaliza tion papers were issued to 279. Final citizen ship papers were issued to 144. The board of county commissioners met at the court house yesterday, and the session will continue until this evening. Tomorrow the board will visit the county farm. Rufus Goff is down from a trip to tho logging regions, and says that all woods work will practically be suspended by the 15th inst., most of the concerns being engaged in clean ing up. Very little cutting is being <lono now, and several crews will be laid off be tween the 10th and 15th. About a dozen Stillwater Elks will go to Duluth tomorrow morning to aaist ia Initiat ing a class of forty. The officers of the Minnesota Mercantile company, chosen Monday, are: J. S. O'Brien, president; Fred Pennington, vice president; John F. Burke, secretary and treasurer; A. G. Triebel, manager. A hundred miles shortest to Florida. The Queen & Crescent Route from Cincinnati. Write W. A. Beckler, N. P. A., 113 Adams street. Chicago. r&^^S&A CU * E YOURSELF! / yTOOKEaNy I If Big « for luflamma t /in 1t06d»7».\ I tioci, irritatioiu or ulc«r- IHZXI .- ???£tlt '„ " fttiong of mvc out roem- O?^nii«u^ brane*. P&lnlcw, »nd act l^\THEEvmC«e«io*t.Oo. Mlringen * or p0""3110"* --\ ' V Xi. B. a. y p©r Mnt In plain wraf per, jk _^^^ I by *xpr*«, prepaid, for "•SN^^ 1 "— -O«<L\j »1 .00. or Ibcffle.. 13.75. ' *y^ Ciroul*/ rait oa reqoMt*