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6 grains Mil weak; BREAK IN THE CASH WHEAT MAR KET PRECIPITATED A SHARP SLUMP. SPRING CONTRACT INCREASE. AXOTHER CARD PLAYED BY THE BEARS TO EFFECT A DE PRESSION. LOW POINT OF PRESENT DECLINE Touched "by Corn, "With a Net LOBS for tlie Day of Tlirec-ftnar ters—Provisions Lower. . 1 I MARKET SUMMARY. Prey. I Wheat— Clo«e. Day. ember, Chicago 90% 91% Dc^-ember, Minneapolis 87% 89% December, Duluth 86% BS% December, New York 93% 94% I FINANCIAL. \ Bar silver, New York 54 56 Call money, New York ....2%@3 2%@3 ] • : -• CHICAGO, Sept. 28.— Speculative features in wheat were all weak today, chiefly through sympathy with the big break in the cash mar ket. That market was upset by a 600,000 bu Increase In contract spring wheat. December closed at 1%@1%c dscline. Corn, under heavy liquidation, touched the lowest point of the present decline, closing %c lower. "Wheat was easy at the opening, the heavi ness of the Northwest receipts having a depressing effect. The number of cars re ported at Minneapolis asd Duluth was 1.872, compared with 1,924 a week ago. A year ago, however, but 1,182 cars were received. The effect of this was an opening decline of %c. December, which yesterday closed at 91%@ 91% c, started today at 91%@91%c. For a few minutes after the opening the market showed symptoms of recovery. The weather West and Southwest was still very dry, and farmers were reported to be greatly discouraged on account of their inability to do their fall plowing. Reports of damage by dtroughit and frost in Argentine were also plentiful. This caused an advance in December to 91% c. It held only for a moment or two, and for the remainder of the session the market ruled weak. There was but one Interruption to the decline, and it came when the closing Liver pool cables were posted, showing a %@l%d advance. December had previously worked down to 90% c, but it recovered then to 90% c. Chicago received 484 cars, not one of which was deliverable on December contracts. There were, however, 48 cars of No. 2 spring in spected lnilo regular elevators, 28 of which came out of local irregular houses. The quan tity of No. 2 spring wheat in store a week ago was only 512.000 bu, and Is now 1,135,000 bu, showing 623,000 bu in addition for the week, nearly all of which, on its arrivel from the country, was inspected as No. 3 or lower. As No. 2 spring will not be regular after Sept. 30, this W36 a good deal of bearish fac tor. Exports from Atlantic coast amounted, in wheat and flour, to 610,000 bu. Continental cables were Irregular, Antwerp reporting 12% centimes decline, while Paris showed a 10 centime advance In September, with later deliveries unchanged^ One reature of trading was heavy selling of December by one or two private wire concerns, presumably for a prominent St. Louis operator. The market as a whole, however, was very dull, with an almost total absence of outside support. December was selling at 90% cat the close. Corn opened easy and became very weak as the session advanced. Receipts, 830 cars, were nearly 200 under estimate, buit there were already heavier stocks than r-ould be handled at previously prevailing prices, so that fact had no effect. The weakest fea ture of the situation was that cash corn was offered 2c below December. There was free selling by bear professionals. Shipping de mand was only fair. December ops Tied %c lower, at 29"!4^29%c. sold down to 29% c, clos ing £t 25%@29%c. There was little doing in oats. The market was weak from the start, principally through sympathy with corn. Longs sold freely during the decline, but the greater portion of the day's busings was scattered. Cash demand continued urgent and readily absorbed all offerings. Receipts were 661 cars. December ranged from 20%® 19% c, closing %c lower, at 19% c. Provisions were steady at the opening. The market soon became weak on free offer ings of ribs by packers generally and of lard and pork by Cudahy. Yesterday's advance also brought outside realizing sales and the market lacked support. A decline was inevi table. At the close December was 10c lower, at $8.20; December lard, about 10c tower, at $4.47%. and December ribs 10c lower at $4.75. Estimated receipts Wednesday: Wheat. 300 cars; corn, 550; oats, 375; hogs, 34,000 head. The leading futures ranged as follows: 6sl r o 2 "E. * » ~ row P f f 1 1 Wheat- September .. .. 90% 90%; 88% 88% December (new) 91 % 91%' 90% 90* May 90% 90%| 88% 88% Corn- September .. .. 27%! 27%! 27% 27% December 29% 29% | 29% 29% May 33% 33%', 32% 32% Oats- September .... 19% 19%! 19 19 December 20% 20% 19%| 19% May 23 23 22% 22% Pork- October I 8 12% 8 12%' 8 07%' 8 10 December !8 30 830 '■ 815 j8 20 January 9 27% 9 27% 915 I 9 17«4 Lard- October 4 42% 4 42% 4 37% ! 4 40 December 455 I 4 55 4 47%! 4 47 % January 470 j4 70 4 62%; 4 62% Ribs- October 500 500 4 87% i 4 87% December 4 87% ! 4 87% 4 75 ; 4 75 January ! 4 85 ! 485 | 4 75 i 4 75 Caii'h quotations were as follows: Flour — Easy. Wheat— No. 2 spring, 88%®90%c; No. 3 spring. 87(S-89c; No. 2 red, 93%®94%c. Corn No. 2, 27%@27%c. Oats— No. 2. 19%®19%c; No. 2 white, f. o. b.. 22% c; No. 3 white. 21® 22% c. Rye— No. 2, 46% c. Barley— No. 2, nominal; No. 3, f. 0. b.. 31f}44e: No. 4. f. o. b., 28®35c. Timothy Seed— Prime, $2.67%. Pork— Mess, per bbl. $8.10@5.15. Lard— Per 100 lbs, $4.42%@4.45. Ribs— Short sides (loose), $4.75®5.10. Shoulders— Dry salted (boxed), 5%®5%c. Sides— Short clear (boxed). 5%@6%C Whisky— Distillers' finished goods, per gal, $1.22. Sugars — Unchanged. Receipts —Flour. 13.000 bbls: wheat. 202.000 bu: corn. 440.000 bu: oats, 607.000 bu; rye. 12,000 bu: barley, 182.000 bu. Shipments— Flour, 10,000 bbls; wheat, 195.000 bu; corn, 981,000 bu: oats, 452,000 bu; rye, 600 bu; barley. 136.000 bu. On the produce exchange today the butter market was firm; creameries. 14®21%c; dair ies, 12@19c. Cheese steady, B®9c. Eggs firm; fresh, 14c. MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept 28.— Weakness was the chief feature in the wheat market this morning at the opening, and trading was weak and Inactive throughout the morning session. The news of the day was, on the whole, discouraging to holders. At home large receipts were the factors In producing depression. This was made the most of by the bears. New York advised that foreigners were on both sides of the market, showing nervousness on their part. St. Louis, which "has been the strongest market for several days, was weak under heavy pressure of eeKlng by some of her strong men. A factor that will soon assume Importance Is the drought In the winter wheat area, preventing plowing and the germination of the seed al ready sown.. Tlie absence of full pastures in a large area will largely Increase the con sumption of corn on the farms and will tend to strengthen values of that cereal. Each day's advices appear only to emphasize Europe's poverty in breadstuffs. She has not only underproduced this year, but lacks the usual old reserves, so the crop shortage Is doublly severe. Therefore, that good prices are assured America for her supplies for Europe is not only an urgent buyer of wheat but of corn, oats and other commodities. There Is every reason. It appears for pres ent values to be maintained, if not enhanced. Temporary weakness and declines are only In cidents of the gradual bettering of prices. December wheat opened at 89c, being %c under yesterday, lost %c, gaised %c, dropped to 88% c, gained %c, sold at 88%@88%c, firmed up to BS%c, tost %c, advanced to 88% c, lost %c, gained %c, dropped to 88c, gained %c, lost %c by 11:40 a. m., and by noon held at 87% c. May wheat opened at 89% c, against 89% c yesterday, sold down to 89c, gained %c, lost %c, gamed %c, declised to 88% cby 11:40, and oy noon held at 88 l-16c." " • There was no improvement in the cash wheat trade, save that for No. 1 northern, which ruled at l%c premium over December. This grade was rather scarce and this ac counts for its siresgth. No. 2 northern sold on a basis of 2@2%c under December. Lower grades were hard to move, offerings' being greatly in excess of the demand. Sales were made as per statement below. Receipts here were 359 cars and 52 cars shipped out. The market was weak during the greater part of the noon hour. Total clearances from the seaboard were reported at 610,000 bu of wheat and flour. September wheat closed at 86% c; December, at 87% c, and May at 57% @87% c. RANGE OF PRICES. Open- High- Low- Closing. Ing. est. est. Today. Yes. May 59% 89% 87% 87% 89% September 86% 88% December 89 89 87% 87% 89% On Track— No. 1 hard, 89% c; No. 1 northern; 88% c; No. 2 northern, 84% c; September oats, 20%e; flaxseed, $1.00%. Curb on September wheat °'% Puts on December Wheat 56% Calls on December wheat SB% SAMPLE SALES. . No. 1 northern, 12 ears 90 No. 1 northern, 5 cars 90% No. 1 northern, 1,200 bu, to arrive 89% No. 1 northern, 1,500 bu, to arrive 89% No. 1 northern, 1 car, old -99 No. 1 northern, 1 car 96_ No. 2 northern, 1 car Ba% No. 2 northern, 1 car 84% No. 2 northern, 1 car 84% No. 2 northern, 1 car 84 No. 2 northern, 1 car 85% No. 2 northern, 10 cars 86% No. 2 northern, 1 car -. 86% No. 2 northern, 3 cars 86% No. 2 northern, 14 cars 87 No. 2 northern, 1 car- 87% No. 2 northern, 10 cars 86 No. 2 northern, 2 cars, old 93 No. 2 northern, 1 car, old ........ — .....90 FLOUR. Flour— The flour market is rather quiet, with considerable difference of opinion as to its actual status. Some millers report a good demand. The weakness in wheat would point to only a moderate demand. First patents $5. 25® 5 -i 5 Second patents 5 30@5 55 First clears 4 85@5 00 Second clears 3 75@4 00 The market is very firm at the advance. Following are quotations in cotton sacks, 98 and 49 lbs.: Rye flour, per bbl, pure $2 95 Rye flour, per bbl, XXX 2 85 Rye flour, per bbl. Standard 2 75 Graham flour, per bbl 4 10 Buckwheat, per bbl 500 - In wood, 20c extra is charged. BRAN, SHORTS AND COARSE GRAINS. Bran in bulk $6 50@7 00 Bran, 200-lb sacks 7 50@8 00 Shorts, In bulk 7 50@8 0) Middlings in bulk 9 00®9 50 Red-dog, 140-Ib sacks 11 00@11 50 Domestic demand for bran is limited. Large sales for export. Very little doing in shorts, middlings or red dog. Corn— No. 3 yellow, 26%@27c; No. 4, 25%® 25% c. Oats— No. 3, 20%@21c: No. 3 white, 20%® 21% c; no grade, 20%@20%c. Rye— No. 2 sold at 46% c. No sales. Barley— No. 5, 26% c. Trade is very good, the demand being much better than is usual at this time of the year. Coarse corn meal and cracked corn, In sacks, per ton, sacks' extra, to Jobbers only $1100®.... No. 1 ground feed. 2-3 corn, 1-3 oats, 80-lb sacks, sacks extra 11 25®.... No. 2 ground feed, % corn, % oats, 75-lb sacks, sacks extra 1150®.... No. 3 ground feed, 2-3 oats, 70-lb sacks, sacks extra 1175®.... STATE GRAIN INSPECTION. Northern. Railroads. N04hd.N0.1.N0.2.N0.3.Rej.NG. G. N.— B. Div.. 2 31 50 33 24 13 G.N.— F. F. Div. 1 10 5 2 6 7 C, M. & St. P. .. 17 104 59 16 34 M. & St. L 5 8 37 35 9 Soo Line 1 26 2 6 5 12 Northern Pac .... 25 14 2 6 5 C.,St.P.,M. & O. .. 34 62 50 54 17 Duluth 6 Totals 4 154 245 189 146 97 Other Grains — Winter wheat, 8 cars; No. 3 corn, 22; No. 4 corn, 30; no grade corn, 5; No. 3 oats, 168; no grade oats, 28; No. 2 rye, 5; No. 4 barley, 8; No. 5 barley, 40; no grade barley, 14; No. 1 flax, 40. Cars Inspected Out — Wheat, No. 1 hard, 1 car; No. 1 northern, 158; No. 2 northern, 40; No. 3, 8; rejected, 9; no grade, 4; No. 3 oats, 5. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Received— Wheat, 359 cars; wheat, 244,120 bu: corn, 12,240 bu; oats, 98,100 bu; barley, BH7O bu; rye, 5,490 bu: oil cake, 76,331 lbs; flour, 275 bbls; hay, 189 tons; fruit, 926,420 I lbs; merchand se, 2,190,656 lbs: lumber, 45 cars; posts and piling, 7 cars; barrel stock, 4 cars; machinery, 121,600 lbs; coal, 1,219 tons; wood, 425 cords: brick, 47,000; lime, 3 cars; stone and marble. 2 cars; live stock, 2 cars, dressed meats, 159,930 lbs; hides, 20,000 lbs; wool, 20,000 lbs; railroad materials, 2 cars, sundries. 51 cars; car lots, 1,078. Shipped— Wheat. 52 cars; wheat, 40,040 bu; corn, 610 bu; oats, 2,340 bu; bariey. 11,640 bu; rye, 600 bu; flax, 1.740 bu; oil cake. 53,800 lbs; flour. 54,178 bbls; millstuffs. 1,322 tons; fruit, 188,900 lbs; merchandise, 1,911,331; lumber, 78 cars; posts and piling. 2 cars; barrel stock, 1 car: machinery, 77,900 lbs; l : me, 2 cars; cement, 200 bbls; household goods, 49,009 lbs; live stock, 2 cars; dressed meats, 16,865 lbs; butter. 42,200 lbs; railroad materials, 8 cars; sundries, 19 ears; car lots, 725. DULUTH GRAIN. DULUTH. Minn., Sept. 28.— Market active and weaker; December opened %c off at SB%c. sold steadily down to S6%c at 11:50. up to 86% c bid. Cash. 200,000 shippers, 6JKM) mills. The mills last week made 85.870. shipped 83,230; have 37.040. Railroads received 114.955. shipped 102,800; have 90,895. Close: Wheat— No. 1 hard. cash. 91c; No. 1 northern cash. 89c; September, 89% c; October. 88% c; December, Bti%c; May, SSVic; No. 2 northern, 85c; September, 85% c; October, 84% c; No. 3, 81c: rejected, 73@80c. To arrive: No. 1 hard. 90% c; No. 1 northern, 88% c; rye. 46c- No. 2 oats. 21% c; No. 3 oats. 21c; "flax, $1.02%; corn, 27%®27c. Car Inspection— Wheat. 1,513; corn. 44; oats, 9; rye, 33: barley, 144; flax, 61. Receipts— Wheat. 594.332 bu: corn, 20.169 bu; oats, 2.917 bu; rye. 7.639 bu; barley. 60,633 bu; flax, 19.12S bu. Shipments— Wheat, 510, --485 bu; oats, 5,158 bu: barley, 37,635 bu. ST. PAUL GRAIN. _ Quotations on hay, grain, feed, etc.. fur nished by Griggs Bros., commission mer chants: Wheat — Yesterday's market was dull and lower. The opening prices were the highest for the day. No. 1 northern, SS%®9oc; No. 2 northern. 84%@88c. The above prices are for new wheat: old wheat commands a prem ium of from 5c to 7c per bu for correspond ing grades. Corn— No. 3 yellow, 27@2Sc; No. 3, 26@27c. Rve — 45<7">46c. Oats— No. 2 white, 21@21%c; No. 3, 19%@ 20% c .' Barley— 2s@2Bc. Seed— Timothy. $1.20@1.40; red clover. $3.60 @4.20; flax, 99c@51.00. Flour— Patent, per bbl. $5.20®5.40: straight, $4.70@5; bakers', $4.10@4.40; rye flour. $3.20® 3.40. Ground Feed and Millstuffs— No. 1 feed. $11. 25® 11. 75; coarse cornmeal, $10.75@11.25; bran. bulk. $7.50®8; shorts, $9@9.50. Hay — Market holding steady, with good de mand for best qualities: other grades dull. Choice to fancy upland, $6@6.50; fair to good wild upland. $5@5.75; inferior qualities, $4(3) 4.75; timothy, good to choice. $7.50@5. Straw steady; oats, $3.25; rye, $3.50@4. OTHER GRAIN MARKETS. GRAIN GOSSIP. Gossip by private wire to C. H. F. Smith & Co., St. Paul, members of the New York stock exchange and Chicago board of trade. Closing Cables: London — Cargoes, wheat quiet, corn dull. Paris — Flour, September, 40c higher; November. 10c higher. Wheat, September, 10c higher; November, unchanged. Antwerp — Red winter, 12% lower. Reports of a serious drought come from many sections of Kansas. In a majority of the counties there has been no general rain since Aug. 10. The ground Is reported to be so dry that farmers cannot plow for the new crop of wheat and they are being much discouraged. London opening: Wheat, off coast, nothing doing; on passage, nominally unchanged. Corn, off coast, nothing doing; on passage, quiet, but steady. Paris, September wheat, flour 20c higher; October flour 40c higher. NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Sept. 28.— Flour— Receipts, 38, --843 bbls; exports, 10,653 bbls; quiet and weak at a lower range of prices; Minne sota patents, $5.15@5.50; Minnesota bakers', $4.35®4.50; winter patents, $5.15@5.40; winter straights, $4.70® 4.50; winter extras, $3.50® 3.75. Rye flour dull. Buckwheat quiet. Corn meal steady. Rye weak. Barley weak. Bar ley malt nominal. Wheat— Receipts, 235.300 bu; exports, 214.444 bu; spot weak; No. 2 red, 96% c; options opened easy on bearish Liverpool cables, sold off all day under big spring wheat receipts, closing %@l%c net lower; No. 2 red September. 96%@97%c, closed 96% c; December. 93%®94 7-16 c, closed 93% c. Corn— Receipts, 456,625 bu; exports, 260 935 bu; spot weak; No. 2, 33% c; options opened Bteady ... . ; THE SAINT PAUI, GLOBE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1897* on cables but declined all day with wheat, aided by active local offerings and small export Inquiry, closing %@%c net lower; Sep tember closed 32>£c; December, 34Vi@35*>&c, closed 84% c. Oats— Receipts, 405,600 bu; ex ports, 94,648 bu; spot weak; No. 2, 23*?£c; options dull and easier with the other mar kets, closing %@%c lower; September closed 23% c; December closed 24% c. WHEAT MOVEMENT. Receipts. Shipments. Philadelphia 44,347 1,944 Baltimore 23,566 Toledo 34,963 21,000 Detroit 32,073 12,158 St. Louis 52,288 40,180 Boston 164,872 22,995 Chicago 202,456 194 506 Milwaukee 72,800 Duluth 894,332 510,485 Minneapolis 244,120 40,040 Kansas City 90,600 138,000 FRENCH CROP REPORT. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.— The official state ment of the wheat product of France for this year as made up from the reports to the French government by the prefects of the several departments, has been furnished the state department by United States Consul Bruyot at St. Etienne. The product was 88,556,890 hectolitres (a hectolitre being 2 bu and 3.35 pecks), against 119,742,412 in 1896 and 119,9G7,745 in 1895. A leading flour journal estimates the returns for 1897 to be 88,120,840 hectolitres, as against 125,049420 for 1896, a decrease of 36,928,580 hectolitres. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 28.— Wheat dull; hard, steady to lc lower; No. 1 hard, 84% c; No. 2, 81%@83%c; No. 3. 79@82c; No. 4, 77® 80c; No. 2 red, 90@91c; No. 3, 84@88c; No. 4, 82@83c; No. 2, spring, 80@81c; No. 3, 77@79c. Corn, firm; No. 2 mixed, 25c. Oats active; higher; No. 2 white, 20*£@21c. Rye, firmer; No. 2, 42%@43c. ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 28.— Wheat low; No. 2 red, cash elevator, 96*ic, bid; track, 97% c; No. 2 hard cash, 87c; December, 96M>c bid; May, 95c. Corn, lower; No. 2 cash, 25@26 1 />c ; De cember, 26*/ 2 c; bid; May, 29%@29%c. Oats, lower; No. 2 cash elevator, 20c; track, 20M>c; No. 2 white, 23% c; May, 22%@22%c. Rye, lower, 43 1 / ic. Flax, lower, 97'^c. MILWAUKEE. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 28.— Flour un changed. Wheat lower; No. 1 northern, 91c; No. 2 spring, 86@87c; December, 88c. Corn nominal; No. 3, 27*4 c Oats, lower; No. 2 white, 22@22%c. Rye, lower; No. 1, 47% c. Barley, neglected; No. 2, 44c; sample, 2S@44c. LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 28.— Close, wheat, spot, steady; futures, steady; *^@V4d higher; Sep tember, 7s U%d; October, 7s 7"/ 2 d; December, 7s sd. Corn,, spot, steady; futures, quiet, V*d higher; October, 3s V z d; December, 3s 3%d. PRODUCE. ST. PAUL MARKET. Note— The quotations which follow are for goods which change hands in lots in the open market. In filling vaers, j; < rder li secure the best goods for shipping and to cover the cost incurred, an advance over jobbing prices has to be charged: Butter— Creameries -- Extras 23 @.24 Firsts 21 @.22 Seconds 13 @,14 - Hand separator 16 @,17 Dairies — Extras 16 @.17 Firsts 12 @.14 Ladles — Extras 13 @.14 Firsts 11 @.12 Packing stock 09 @ . 09 «4 Grease 03 @.04 Cheese — Twins, fancy full cream, new 09*' : @.10V' Twins, common to fair 09 @.09% Full cream, Young America, new .10 @.10y £ Swiss cheese 12 @.13 Brick, No. 1, new 09*A@. 10 Brick, No. 2, new 07 1 / ->@. oß Eggs- Candled stock, fresh, cases in cluded 11 1 / '>@.l2 Beans — Fancy navy, per bu 1.35@1.59 Medium, hand-picked, per bu 1.15@1.25 Yellow peas, per bu .75® .80 Green peas, per bu 90@1.00 Potatoes — Home-grown, per bu, new 40 @.45 Vegetables — Egg plant, per doz .25 Tomatoes, per bu 50 @.75 Radishes, per doz .10 Cauliflower, per doz 65 @.75 Beets, per bu 15 @.20 Celery, per doz 15 @.25 Rutabagas, per bu .40 Turnips, per bu .40 Mint, per doz .20 Lettuce, per doz 15 @.20 Carrots, per bu .25 Green peas, per bu 60 @.75 Spinach, per bu .20 Cucumbers, per doz 05 @.li) New onions, per doz 08 @.10 Parsley, per doz .15 Oyster plant, per doz .40 Miscellaneous — California pears 2.00®2.35 Bartletts 2.50@2.75 Concord grapes .12® .14 Ives grapes .11® .12 Michigan peaches, 1-5 basket .25® .30 California gros prunes 1.00!g1.25 California peach plums .95®1.00 California egg plums .75®1.00 California peaches, box .90ff1.00 Clingstone peaches (California).. .60® .75 Watermelons .08® .10 Osage melons, crates .25® .50 Gem melons, baskets .25® .30 Apples — Crabapples, per bbl 3.00®3.50 New, bbl 2.50@3.00 Fancy eating, bbl 2.75©3.25 Lemons — Fancy Messinas. per box 4.00<7"!4..'0 California, per box 3.50@4.00 Oranges — California, medium sweet, per box 4.50®5.00 California seedlings, per b0x.... 3.25®3.."0 California navels, per box 4. 2.1® 4. 50 California Valencias 5.00@5.50 Nuts- Hickory, per bu 1.00 New California walnuts, per lb.. .09 @J1 Black walnuts, per bu .75 Peanuts, raw, per lb 05 @.05% Peanuts, roasted, per lb 06 @.06,. Brazils, per lb 08 ®.10 Pecans, per lb 18 ®.20 Filberts, per lb C 9 @.10 Hazelnuts, per lb .05 Bananas- Choice shipping, large bunches.. 1.50®2.00 Figs and Dates — Figs, fancy, five-crown 12 @.13 Figs, fancy, four-crown 11 (ft). l2 Fard dates. 10-lb boxes 05 @.09 Hallowee dates, new .OS Honey — White clover 14 <ft.ls Extracted 06'A@.07 Maple syrup, per gal I.CO Maple sugar, per lb 10 @.ll Apple Cider- Sweet, per bbl 3.75(34.00 Sweet, per half-bbl 2.0052.25 Hard, per bbl 6.00(ft5.00 I Hard, per half-bbl 4.50®.*>.00 (No charge for package or carriage.) Dressed Meats— Veal, fancy .07% Veal, medium 06 ®.05% Hogs, medium 03 ®.03 !t 4 Mutton, country-dressed or, ®.06"/4 Spring lamb, pelts off 06 @.0S Live Poultry — Spring chickens, per lb OS*/2®.07 Young roosters .04 Hens 0o ®.OS% Spring ducks 07 ®.07'<2 Turkeys 06 @.ofi% Geese .08 Fish- Croppies, lb .06 Pickerel, lb .03 Pike, lb .03 Sunfish. lb .03 MINNEAPOLIS MARKET. MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 2S.— An advance of a full cent in dairy extras was the only im portant occurrence in butter this morning. Cream?ry extras and firsts are in good" de mand by jobbers at quotations. There is a moderate shipping call and some inquiry from retailers. Medium and low grade dairies are cleaning up well at quotations. Ladles and packing stock ars firm and wasted. Eggs possess a firm tone, owing to liberal buying on the part of jobbers and retailers. Some handlers are getting quite a number of or ders from non-producing districts. Receipts are not very large, and the market Is in ex cellent condition to sell on. Live poultry is unchanged in price from yesterday. Hens and springs are in good demand and cleaning up quickly at quotations. Turkeys are scarce and moderately firm. Ducks and geese are s'.ow and easy. Veal is firm and wanted. Receipts are light. Mutton and lamb are moving readily at quotations. Dressed hogs are rather firm, with most stock readily dis posed of. BUTTER AND EGGS. NEW YORK, Sept. 28.— Butter— Receipts. 8,000 pkgs; firm; Western creamery, 13V>® 22c: Elgins, 21®22c: factory, 9@12i4. Cheese —Receipts. 14.500 pkgs; quiet; large white, 9%c; small. 9%c; large colored, 9%c; small colored, 9%c. Eggs— Receipts, 14,000 pkgs; steady: Westerns, 18@18*^c. Chicago, Sept. 2S.— Butter firm; creameries, 15®21%c; dairies, 12@19c. Eggs firm; fresh 14c. UVE STOCK. CHICAGO. CHICAGO. Sept. 28.— The few native cattle that were offered for sale today were disr posed of at about former prices, good fa*, light and medium weights having the prefer ence. Nearly all the native beef steers crossed the scales between $4 and $5.50, the greater part going for $4.65@5.20. The stock er and feeder trade was fairly active, a i;ocl ■ many little steers selling at $3.50@4. ouch lots being 10c lower than last week. (Rod to choice heifers were rather scare* «nd as* high as ever. Feeding bulls brought $3® 3.35 and bolognas $2.35®3. Calves were rath er active, but prices averaged l^wer. Texas cattle were unchanged and V'c item rangers steady, with sales largely U feelers. There was an active demand for hogs, both incai pri-kers and Eastern shipoers taking hold friely, and piices nw era <"?.*! 5^ higher than yesterday.- Sales wre 'arguly at $3.85@4.15, the average quality- 0* t,.e nfferings te'ug only fair. Heavy packing hogs Iliad buyers at $3@3.90, and. prime ligitwei^hrs told st $4.25@4.30. Market lor aheap and lambs was largely 10c lower.- Sheep vj-f. sjlable at $2.25@3 for the -poonest native stocks up to $4@4.25 for choice to prime lots, lew going above $4. Western range shr. :p sold for $3.50 @4.10, and feeders jvere large buyers at $3 50 @3.75. Lamb So-sold freely at -J1fe5.50, ldahn lots selling at $4.1Q@5.10. S >rue nice 100 lb . black-faced sheep were takeu at $4 to ship to Ohio for fejeding' purposes. Receipts: Cat tle, 7,000; hog*, 20>00; sheep. 22.000. UNION STOCK YARDS. Receipts— l,643 hogs'; 1,518 cattle; 400 calves; 3,300 sheep. ™ Hogs— Strong) and , active. The demand was good, especially forismooth, light-weight, and yards clearednarly to the usual buyers. Representative Sales— - No. Wt. D'k'g?. Prfce. No. Wt. D'k'ge. Price. 3 410 80 $3 35 3 323 . . $3 70 2 325 . . 3 35 24 349 40 3 70 16 362 ... 3 40 5 280 . . 3 70 16 333 . . 3 40 11 311 . . 3 75 4 352 . . 3 45 1 290 . . 3 75 5 404 . . 3 45 i 9 256 80 3 80 6 361 .. 3 45 31 202 .. 3 85 3 436 . . . 3 50 29 238 . . 3 85 2 465 40 3 50 57 289 80 3 85 1 400 40 3 50 43 200 80 3 87 28 314 . . 3 55 33 196 . . 3 90 8 308 .. 3 60 46 232 .. 3 90 14 331 80 3 60 46 191 80 3 95 12 187 . . 3 6( 32 200 . . 3 95 1 243 . . 3 6( 55 180 . . 3 95 15 330 120 3 60 20 197 80 3 95 15 358 160 3 60 73 165 . . 4 00 10 312 . . 3 65 57 190 . . 4 CO 33 306 120 3 70 91 150 . . 4 00 Representative Gales — Cattle— Good' cattle, firm and active; com mon, dull. There was a good demand and about everything desirable sold. No. Wt. Price. No. Wt. Price. 3 feeders ...960 $3 90 5 calves .... 210 $4 00 1 stocker ... 836 3 75 '4 c and 4 c. for 117 50 3 cows 1166 2 80 2 heifers ... 395 2 70 1 cow .. 1260 2 80 3 r'oekers .. 426 3 50 1 ox 1580 2 30' 9 stockers ..609 3 10 3 cows 1220 2 90 36 calves .... 267 4 35 1 cow 1090 2 75 18 heifers ...523 2 85 7 stockers . . 741 3 80. 2 cows 850 2 40 1 bull 1220 2 65' 4 bulls 775 2 50 1 steer 1180 3 80J 2 cows 775 2 60 1 feeder ....1010 3 80 1 heifer ...SOO 3 00 13 feeders ...1210 3 80i 1 bull 1190 2 65 2 feeders. ...1160 3 80 3 cows ..... 923 2 50 1 feeder ....1080 3 80 2 cows 1115 2 75 1 heifer .... 790 3 00l 8 heifers ... 481 2 85 1 cow 1040 2 50. 2 stockers ..860 3 75 1 cow 960 3 00 14 stockers ..763 3 45 1 heifer .... 840 3 10 1 cow 850 2 40 1 bull 1780 2 40 3 bulls 463 3 CO 3 oxen 1626 2 75 1 bull 400 2 75 1 heifer 630 2 40 2 cows 1075 2 25 3 heifers 773 2 85 2 feeders ... 905 3 85 10 stockers . . 455 4 CO 3 feeders ... 910 4 00 1 bull 1150 2 60 1 stocker ... 710 380 1 calf 390 500 2 feeders ... 920 3 75 12 cows 931 2 80 20 feeders ... 926 3 90 14 calves . . . 278 415 17 stockers . . 650 380 3 stockers ..620 3 30 2 cows 1065 2 30 1 c and 1 c .for 30 00 2 cows 925 1 90 1 cow 900 3 00 1 cow for 32 50 1 cow 700 2 10 1 cow 10S0 2 85 2 cows -855 2 00 7 feeders . . 932 3 70 12 heifers ... 52» 2 85 2 cows 9SO 2 75 15 heifers ... 241 2 90 5 feeders ...1010 4 10 1 ox 1040 2 00 1 bull 1060 2 70 3 steers ....1006 3 75 1 bull 630 2 70 1 bull 910 2 50 4 calves .... 272 4 10 1 bull 910 250 2 stockers . . 605 3 70 2 heifers ...800 8 10' 1 cow 810 2 50 1 cow ,920 £ 75 8 stockers . . 841 3 90 1 c and 1 c .for 31 00 1 stocker ... 870 3 75 1 springer ..for 33 00l 3 stockers ..653 3 90 1 springer ..for 32 00 7 stockers ..724 3 90 1 springer . .tor 35 00] 1 cow 870 190 1 c and 1 c .for 33 50l 1 cow 990 2 65 Sheep — Steady. Bulk of receipts were Westerns. Representative Sales — No. Wt. Price- No. Wt. Price. 98 muttons ...108 $3 65 3 lambs .... 56 $4 65 5 muttons . ..100 3 35 MIDWAY HORSE MARKET. Barrett & Zimmerman's report: Market opened fair: sales largely made to logging men, making demand good for heavy horses. The following representative sales are for horses this day: Wt. Price. 1 pair bay horses, 5 and 6 years . .3600 8325 1 pair bay horses, 6 years 3400 300 1 pair bay horses, 5 years ..3200 £70 1 pair gray mares, 6 years 3000 250 1 pair gray mares, 5 ye#s 2800 100 1 pair gray mares, 6 years 2600 180 1 bay horse, 5 years 1500 HO 1 bay hcrse, 6 years 1400 f5 1 bay horse. 6 years' 1300 -85 1 black horse, driver, 6 years 1200 10J SIOUX CITY. SIOUX CITY, Sept.* 2S.— Cattle— Receipts, 2.400: yesterday. 2,810; shipments. 635; mar ket active and steady; calves, little heifers higher; cows, bulls ar"" , - ,, '- , d, fl Kfl^lrt stockers and feeders, $3.50@4.30; calves and yearlings. $3.50@4.55; veal's. $4(35.50, West erns, ?3.50r 4.50. Hogs— Receipts. 1.400; yes terday, 201: shipments, 6D; market s®loc higher," selling $3.70@3.90; bulk, $3.75@3.80. OMAHA. OMAHA, Sept. 2S.— Cattle— Receipts, 7,000; market active; sative beef steers, $t.20®5.20; Western steers, $2.70®4.50; cows and h"ifers. $3^3.80; s'torkers and feeders, $3.50®4.50. Hogs— Receipts. 4.000; market 5c higher; heavy, $3.75@3.85; mixed, $3.8053.85; light, $3.85@3.95; bulk, $3.85@3.55. Sheep— Receipts, 100; market steady; fair, to choice Westerns, $3.25@3.65; lambs, $3.75. OMAHA. OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 2S.— Cattle— Receipts, 7,000; market active; native beef rteers, $4.20 ©5.20; Western steers. $3.70@4.50; cows and heifers, $3@3.50; stockers and feeders, 53 50 higher; heavy. $3.75(33.85; mixed, $3.50(33.55; light. $3.85""" 3.95: bulk, $3.80®3.55. Sherp— Receipts. 100: steady; fair to choice West erns, $3.251g3.65; lambs, $3.75@5.25. ST. LOIUS. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 28.— Catt'e— Receipts, 4,000; market act.ye, but steady; fair to choice natives, $4. 2555.4 0; light and dressed beef, $3.75®4.90: stockers and feeders, $2,503 4.45; cows and heifers, $2.40@3.60. Hogs—Re ceipts, 7,000; market shade higher; light. $4 15@4.25, heavy, $3.90@'4.25; mixel, $3.90® 4.15. Sheep — Receipt.-, 1,500; market strong. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 28.— Cattle— Rece'nts. 8.500; good grades, steady to strong; native steers, $3.50(g5.25; native cows and heifers, $I@4; stockers and feeders, $3@4.25. , MISCELLANEOUS. NEW YORK DRY GOODS. NEW YORK. Sept. 28.— The dry goods sit uation is quiet this week in all departments. The Jewish holidays continue and the mar ket is deprived of this class of trading, a not inconsiderable feature. Mail orders were, as usual on Tuesday, small today and the aggregate of sales, both in jobbing stores and at first hands, was very light. The piece situation is generally firm. In cotton goods the position of sellers is strong on many lines. Export goods and a few other grades are in quiet request, but staple bleached and brown goods show no weakness. Prints, too, are displaying a well sustained front. Woolen goods are generally firm, the ad vance in the staple being such as to warrant a srong stand on the part of sellers, with a chance for improved prices later. Print cloths gave signs of weakness. NEW YORK MARKET. NEW YORK. Sept. 28.— Hay weak. Hons firm. Hides and leather steady. Wool firm. Beef firm. Cut meats steady. Lard easier. Refined quiet. Pork quiet. Tallow dull. Pe troleum ouiet. Rosin quiet. Turpent ne firm. Rice steady. Molasses quiet. Cottonseed oil weak, but without buyers. Lead exchange quiet. Pig iron warrants very dull. Copper dull. Tin quiet. Coffee options opened steady at unchanged prices to 5 points decline; ruled inactive and feature'ess on indifferent European cables, cjos'ng steady, with prices 5 points declinte; to & net advance; sales, 6 259 bags, including: September. 6c; December, 6.45 c. Spot Coffees-Rio steady; No. 7. In voice. 7c; No.'« 7, jdfeb'ng, 7%c; miid quiet; Cordova, 10%<516%Jj f Sugar— Raw firm; re fined firm. l_ _- SEED! I MARKETS. CHICAGO, Sept. "^2B— The flaxseed market, like all other r °marKets. was dull and weak today. Receipts arfe increasing and the de mand is lightJicauaing a very weak feeling. Receipts here -iwereJ 42 cars; 61 cars at Du luth and 14 carls at, Minneapolis. The official close as reporrpd b}' the Weare Commission company is asqfollows: Cash flax at $1.01%; December, at sl-02 iand May, at $1.05% per 100 lbs. Cashn timothy seed closed at" $2.65 per 100 lbs. OJwveFi seed at $5.75 per 100 lbs. Minneapolis flsu seed quoted at $1.00% per bu. ti 1 Real Kstntc Transfers. fv 1 Julia Connelly, et al., to E Weston, 1 13, b 3 Bryant's add $1200 H M Nichols and hus to C E Hamilton, 56 Uuion Park 25 M E Norton to A J Phillips, 1 11, b 10, Skidmore & Cassidy's add 16C0 A J Phillips and hus to M E Norton, 1 13, b 1, Smith & Taylor's add SOO Four transfers, total $3625 Like Many Another. Perdita — Do you play golf? Jack Dashing— No, but I dress it and talk It perfectly— Truth. Mil TOWED BEAR PROFESSIONAL STOCK TRADERS PLAYING THE SHORT SIDE OP THE 3IARKET. DEALING DULL AT TIMES. TOTAL SALES FOR THE DAY SMALLER THAN FOR SOME MONTHS. NET LOSSES FROM A FRACTION UP. Late in the Day Union Pacific Was in Demand and Steadied the List. NEW YORK, Sept. 28.— Today's market for stocks was astonishingly dull at times, and the total volume of transactions was smaller than for many months, the total sales num bering only 370,000 shares. It became evi dent that yesterday's dullness could not be ascribed to the Jewish New Year holiday. It is in fact obvious that the large buying interests, which have been so powerful a factor in the recent bull movement, have retired from the field for a time, and the orders through commission houses, the medium through which the public at large operates, have shown a corresponding fall ing off. There are some who believe that the large bull operators have already liqui dated their holdings and taken their profits. Certain it is that there was no evidence in today's market of any heavy offerings of long stock. The recent conspicuous bulls nevertheless seemed to acquiesce and offered little opposition to the bears. Practically all of the professional room traders have turned bears, and their selling is called short sell ing. Their most vigorous attack today was directed against the coalers on the assertion that the anthracite companies have been ex ceeding the allotted output and that there was no increase in demand that made any advance in the price of coal likely. Some of the prominent industrials and the grangers were also under pressure. Railroad earnings all continued to show improvement. For the third week in Sep tember, Norfolk & Western reported an increase of $38,591, and Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, for the same period, reported an increase of $19,239. The August state ment of the Atchison company showed an increase of the total income from operation of $213,581. London sent higher prices at the opening and was a buyer of stock all day. The report that the government had assented to the foreclosure sale of the Union Pacific on the terms proposed by the reorganization committee, with only slight modifications, created a demand for the stock of that com pany, and served to steady the list general ly to some extent. The development of interest in the money situation was a hardening tendency of do mestic exchange on New York at some West ern -centers, indicating some relaxation of Lhe drain on New York reserve money. Lo cal money rates have continued firm and toreign exchange steady, Thiu steadiness of foreign exchange ia attributed to the cover ing of recent gold importation at San Fran cisco, The net losses en the day extended from a fraction up to 2 paints, the hlgh-pricd industrials, the eoalerq and the grangers, especially Omaha and Rock island being the HOW TO SHAKE HAXDS. (As They Did It a Year Ago.) M^s?%2 (The Fashionable Mode of Today.) A new handshake has arrived from Eng land. They say that it is to become the rage and will entirely supersede the kangaroo most conspicuous sufferers. Consolidated Gas lost four points net, Sugar 2%. and Chi cago Gas 2%. Laclede Gas. Gotten Oil pre ferred, and Pitt.-burg. Chicago, C. & St. L. preferred showed gains of a point or over. Bonds moved in sympathy with stocks. Teal sales were only $1,500,000. Total sales of stocks today were 3/0..,00 shares including: Atchison. 1,870; Atchison pfd, 11,995; C. & 0., 7,165; Burlington, 23,423; Manhattan, 4,240; L. & N.. 9.030; Missouri Pacific, 7,775; M. K. & T. pfd. 5,022; N. Y. Central 6 171; Northern Pacific pfd, 11,948; Ontario & Western. 3.495; Reading, 7,055; Rock Island 8.740; St. Paul, 40 705; St. Paul & Omaha 5.920; Southern pfd, 5,090; Texas & Pacific, 3,900: Union Pacific. 53 954; U. P., D & G 4.445; Wabash pfd. 5.350; W. & L E 4 156- Chicago Gas, 23,525; Laclede Gas, 3. 230 -' General Electric. 3,500: T. C. & 1.. 3,900; Leather pfd, 3.521; Western Union, 4.9.3; Chi cago G. W.. 10,245. The following were the fluctuations of the leading railway and industrial shares, fur nished by C. H. F. Smiih & Co., members New York steck exchange and Chicago board of trade: • o sir 2 •5 S\% Si S.. R. &T. Co | 6% j _ 6% 6% 6% Am. Tobacco I 88% ! BS% 87% 87% Am. Spirits 88%! 88% 87% 87% do pfd 32 | 32 32 31 Atchison 15% i l->% 15 la% do pfd I 33%! 33% 31% 1 -*2% Am. Cotton Oil .... 21%; 22 21%| 21 Bay State Gas 9% I 9% 8% i 8% B. & O 17%j 17% 16% 16% C. B. & Q 99%! 99% | 97% 97% C. C, C. & St. L.... 38%! 3.8% 36% 36% Clies. & Ohio 24% j 25 23%! 23% Chicago Gas 104% 104% j 101% j 101% Canada South 58%| 58%! 57 57% Col. Fuel & I 25 I 25 | 25 | 25 Chicago Great W .... 18% | 18% i 17% 1 17% Delaware & Hudson . 118%! 118%! 117% | 117% Del., Lack. & W I ....j .... 159 Erie 17% 17% I 16% I 16% do pfd 41% 41%! 41 | 41 General Electric 38% 38% 36% j 37% Great Nor. pfd I 136 Hocking Valley 7% 7% 7% 6% Illinois Central 104% 104% 104% i 104 Jersey Central ! 99% 99% 97%! 98 Kansas & Texas 15% 15%! 15% 15% do pfd 40 40 I 38%| 38% Lead I 39% 39%! 38%| 38% Linseed Oil ! 17 I 17 j 16% 15 Laclede Gas 43%; 46% | 43% 45 L. & N 60%; 60% | 59% 59% Lake E. & W 78 ( 78%! 76% 76% Leather pfd 67% | 67% 66% 67 Manhattan Con ! 106%: 107 104% 104% Met. Traction J ...-. 121 M. & St. L. Ist pfd. l .... 87% do 2d pfd I 1 57 Missouri Pacific 34% i 35 33% 33% Michigan Cen 105%: W5% 105% 105% N. P. common 20%! 20% 19% 20% do pfd 54%| 54%| 52%| 52% New York Cen 111%! 111%1 110%! 110% Northwestern 126%) 126%; 125%] 12*,% North American j | 4% Omaha 84 84 81%j 81% do pfd I ....| ....! 143 Ontario & W 18% 18% 17% 18 Pacific Mail 35% 35% 34% 34% Pullman 177% Reading 27% 27% 26 26 do Ist pfd 54% 55 53% 53% do 2d pfd 33% 33% 33 32% Rock Island 92% 93 90% 90% Southern R'y 11% 11% 11% 11% do pfd 34% 34% 33% 33% Silver certificates 54 Sugar Refinery 147% 148% 144% 144% St. Paul 100% lOOii 99 99% Tennessee Coal 31% 31% 30% 30% Texas Pacific 12% 12% 12% 12 Union Pacific 24% 24% 23% 24 U. S. Rubber 17% 17% 17% 17% Western Union 91% 91% 90% 90% Wabash 8 do pfd 22 22 21 21% Wheel. & Lake E... 2% 2% 2 2% The following were the closing quotations of other stocks as reported by the Associated Press: Can. Pac 76% Sf. Paul pfd ....144% Can. South 57% St. P., M. & M...120 Cen. Pac 17% South. Pac 20 Chi. & Alton ....164 U. P.. D. & G... 9% C. & E. I 58 Wheel. &L. E.... 2% D. & R. G 13 do pfd 13% do pfd 48 Adams Exp 1.->7 Ft. Wayne 168 Amer. Exp 117 L. E. & W. pfd... 76% U. S. Exp 44 Met. Traction 121 Wells-Fargo Exp. loß Mich. Cen 105 Am. Cot. Oil pfd.. 75 M. & O 28 Am. Tob. pfd ....112% N. A. & C 10 Con. Gas 221 do pfd 33% Com. Cable Co. ...175 N. V.. C. &St. L. 15 Illinois Steel .... 46% do Ist pfd 79 Lead pfd 104 do 2d pfd 37 Nat. Lin. Oil .... 15 Or. R. & Nay... 36 Silver Cer 54% Or. Short Line... 17% S. R. & T 6% Pittsburg 159 U. S. Leather .. 8% St. L. & S. F.... 5 U. S. Rub. pfd... 65% do pfd 11 Northwestern 125% St. P. &Om 81% do pfd 165 do pfd 143 BONDS. U. S. new 4s reg.125% N. J. C. 5s 113 do coup 125% N. Car. 6s 125 do 4s 112% do 4s 102% do coup 114% Nor. Pac. 6s 120% do 2ds 98 do prior 4s 91% do 5s reg 115 do gen. 3s 59% do 5s coup 115 N. Y..C.&5t.L.45..106% District 3 65s ....109% Nor. & W. 6s 121 Ala., class A ....107 N. W. cons 143 do B 106 do deb. 5s 116% do C ....98 Or. Nay. lsts 112% do Currency .... 98 do 4s 91 Atchison 4s 88% O. S. Line 65,t.r.U6% do adj. 4s 58% do ss, t. r 91% Can. So. 2ds 107 O. Imp. lsts, t. r.101% C. & N. P. t.r. ss. 47 do ss, t. r 41 C. & Ohio ss. ...112% Pac. 6s of '95.... 102% C H. & D. 4%5..104% Reading 4s 85% D & R. G. 15t5... 110% R. G. W. lsts.... 82% do 4s 89% St. L.&1.M.c0n.55. 59% East Term. 15t5... 109 St. L.&S.F.gen.6s.H4 Erie gen. 4s 71 St. P. con 140 F. W. &D. lsts.tr. 70 St. P.. C. &P.lsts.Ho% Gen. Elec. 5s 100 do 5s 114 G. H. &S. A. 65.. 106 S. Car. non-fund. % do 2ds 106 South. R'y 5s ..93% H. &T.C. 5s 109 S. R. &T. 6s 62 do con. 6s 106 Term. new set 3s. 84 lowa Cen. lsts ... 95% Tex. P. L. G. lsts. 95% K. P. con. t. r. ..100% do reg. 2ds 29% K. P.lstsiD.D.)t.r.ll6 Union Pac. lsts. .101 La. new cons. 45. . 90 U. P., D. &G. lsts. 51% L. & N. uni. 45.. 83% Wab. Ist 5s 107% Missouri 6s 100 do 2ds 77% M K. & T. 2ds.. 64 W. Shore 4s 107% do 4s 86% Va. Centuries — 67 N. Y. Cen. 15t5. .118% do deferred .... 4 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS. Cholor $0 40| Ontario $3 00 Crown Point 23|Ophir 90 Con. Cal. & Va.. 1 2**|Plymouth 1 00 Deadwood 100 Gould & Curry... 55 do pfd 900 Hale & Norcross.. 1 00; Sierra Nevada 1 00 Homestake 30 00. Standard 175 Iron Silver 25 Union Con 45 Mexican 45l Yellow Jacket ... 30 BOSTON MINING SHARES. Allouez Mm. Co. lV4!Franklin 22 Atlantic 25% Kearsarge 20% Boston & M0nt. ..146 Osceola 39% Butte & Boston... 2.8% Quincy 118 Calumet & Hecla.47s Tamarack 140 Centennial 22% Wolverine L% FOREIGN FINANCIAL. NEW "YORK. Sept. 28.— Evening Post's Lon don fiinancial cablegram: The stock mar kets were quiet today, attention being con- grasp which has been fashionable. Really the new handshake is not to shake. The hands meet and gently swing from right to left for an instant. fined to the arrangement of the account at the settlement, but the tone was better than for soriTe time past, the market looking gen erally healthier. The rise in investment stocks is due to the indefinite idea that money may not get dearer. Six months English treasury bills for £2,000,000 were allotted to day at an average of 2 per cent, which as sisted this notion of easier money. The ac count was not especially large. The tone was good and there was a disposition to deal for the new account, but the New York sell ing surprised and discouraged the operators and prices closed weak. Mines were dis tinctly better. Bar gold was offered today as low as 77s 30% d per ounce, but too much stress must not be laid on this decline as there are no buyers or sellers at the moment. The Paris bourse was dull. NEW YORK MONEY. NEW YORK. Sept. 28.— Money en call steady at 2%@3 per cent; last loan 2, closed 2%®3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4%@5 per cent. Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.55@4.85*4 for demand, and at 54.82%04 83 for sixty days. Posted rates, $4.83Uf;4 ?-} and $4.56@4.86V.>. Commercial bills $4 81* ,' Silver certificates. 54%@66fc. Bar silver o4'£. Mexican dollars, 42 1 / - .. BANK CLEARINGS. St. Paul. $705,718.!"5. Minneapolis, $1,809,222. Chicago, $15,890,768. New York, $148,223 399. Boston, $19,826,851. ' TREASURY STATEMENT. WASRINTON. Sept. 28.-Today*s statement of he condition of the treasury snTws mSSfoj&P^ ,214 ' 91 °' 6^ ™*~ CHICAGO MONEY. CHICAGO, Sept. 28.— New YnrV „~ v 10c discount. Sterling exchlng^fiLf^fd rates, $4.84 and $4.86*^. fostea ■ . BIMETALLIC MEETING. Mr. Roche Eipecfs to See a Confer ence Called St-xt May. VANCOUVER, B. C, Sept. 25.-James Roache, M. P. for East Kerry, is now In the Slocan district of Koeten'ai Mr Roche is deeply Interested in the silver question, and as he was a member of the conference that recently dealt with that question in England, his views should prove interesting. In an inter view Mr. Roche said: "We have the strongest assurances from Mr. Cham berlain and Mr. Balfour that an inter national conference will be called at Brussels in May. I think the business transacted at Brussels will result in the re-opening of the India mints at least. Senator YVclectt, of whom so much has been heard en the bimetallic question, is an exceedingly clever man - mOHEY - To loan on approved property ia St. Paul and Minneapolis. 60/ "ON OR /O BEFORE" In Santa to Salt. R. M. NEWPORT & SON, Reeve Bid*., Pioneer Press Bldg. Minneapolis. St. Paul. Michael Doran. James Uurnn. M DORAN & CO. BANKERS AND BROXESS. 311 Jackson St., St. Paul, Minn. GRIGGS BROS^ CommlMlon Merchant*. 'GRAIN— BALED HAY— SEEDS Agents for tho Kilmer patent alJusUbla aal single loop Hay Baling Ties. Third and Cedar Sts., St. Paal, Minn. C. H. F. SMITH «ft GO, Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provision* anl ltli»% Private wires to New York and Chic%n. XOii Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul, Minn. and a powerful champion of the cause. Though considered a free lance by the public generally in the voicing of his views while in England, I have the strongest reasons for believing that he was an accredited representative of the United States government on that oc casion. Next to the United States the strongest supporters of bimetallism are the French and I think the recent ac tion of the Bank of England which has given rise to much discussion, was the outcome of diplomatic representations made by the French. I believe we have not done as much for the cause in two or three years as the Bank of England has done at one stroke." 1 TRAVELER'S GUIDE. Trains leave and arrive at St. Paul aa followat UNION DEPOT, SIBLEY STREET. /gS^ TICKET OFFICE; rOr\ «. "162 --\*C?^gW<jJ EAST THIKO STHIiGTi Union Station, St. PauL Milwaukee Depot. Minneapolis. Dining and Pullman Cars on I ST. PAUL. Winnipeg and Coast Trains. |Leave.|Arriva> Pacific Mail (daily); Fargo, i Bozeman, Butto, Helena, Mis soula, Spokane, Tacoma. Seat tle and Portland 4 :30pm :4:40pm Dakota and Manitoba Express (daily); Mrorhead, Fargo, Fergus Falls, Wahpeton, *!" Crookston, Gr'd Forks, Graf ton. Winnipeg |7 :3opm 17 :15 am Fargo Local (d'ly ex. Sun.); SL| Cloud, nralnerd and Farga 18 :30am!5 :05pm n-ttUT TICKET OFFICE. IJPE-P "OBa.tTl.trl St. JnflTH& n^/ Phone 4a I" QAllAnM* 'uth, Winnipeg Montana, ■•jHl"**" Kootenai Couutry ani • •^ Pacific Coast. Leave. I a Dally, b Except Sunday, i Arrive. b9:ooam|...Breck. Div. & B'ches...| bs:3spm bß:2oam!..F'gus Falls D'v. & ticbes..| b6'4spm t4:3opm|...Wilimar, via SL Cloud.. .| bC :4spm a7:3opm|Breck., Fargo, Gd Fks, W'pg| a7:4sam a4:3opm|.. Montana & Pacific Coast. .| al:4spm fc4:6oprn|... Excelsior & Hutchinson.. .|bll :45am eß:oopm| Crooltston Express | a7 :3oam Frequent trains to Lake Mlnnetonka. EASTERN MINNESOTA— G. N. K'x. ajg£ D^»* a " d *■«** HalS ST. PAUL & DULUTH R. R. Route of the "Lake Superior Limited." Leave | ["Arrlva ' St. Paul.l a Dally, b Except Sunday. l St. PauL aß :3oam DULUTH .7:l6am b2:lspm as ■■» «•■»■*%*» >2:sopm all :lspm W. SUPERIOR a6 :3opm From Union Depot. City office, 3a6 Kobert street. For suburban trains see small Folders. Chicago, Milwiuke* & SI. Paul Bailrail. Lv.St.P.;Ar. St.P. Chicago "Day" Express.... bß:lsara|blo:lopm Chicago "Atlantic" Ex a2.'f"spmlall :35am Chicago "Fast Mall" a6:sspm| a2:oopm Chicago "Vestibule" Lim.. aß:lopm| a7 :soam Chf. via Prairie dv C. Div. b4 .4opm ibll :15am Dubuque via La Crosse .... bß:lsam|blo:lopm Peoria via Mason City a4:4opmjall :lsam St. Louis and Kansas City. aS:.'!."aini a6:?spm Mllbank and Way bß:2oam[ b6:3opm Aberdeen and Dakota Ex.. a7:ospm' a 8 15ara a Daily. b Except Sunday. For full information call at Ticket Office. "North-Western Line"— C. St. P. M. &0. Office, 395 Kobert St. Phone 480. Leave. a Dally. uKxcept Sunday. Arrive, a B:lsum ...Chicago "Day Kxpress' ... b 9:55pm b o:3opm ...Chicago "Atlaatic Exp"... all:B6am a 8:10pm ..Chicago "N.-W. Limited"., a 7:6oam " bl0:10aiu ..Duluth, Superior, Ashland. . b s:sopm alLOOpm Dili* l and Superior a o :soam a 9:-*«ani . .Su City, Omaha, Kan. City., a 6:6opm b 4:sopm .Mankato, New Ulm, Elmore. bl0:00am a B:lspm ..SuCity, Omaha. Kan. City., a 7:25 am Chicago Great Western Ri "The Maple Leaf Route." i ricket Office: Robert St.. cor. sth St. Phone 150, Trains leave from St. Paul Union Depot. * Daily. t Except Sunday. Leave. Arrive. Dubuque, Chicago. Waterloo, j t7.3oam ft .28 pm Marshalllown, Dcs Moines. . . -< *8.10 pm »7.45 am 3t. Joseph and Kansas City.. ( *B.IO pm *1.55 pm Mantorviiie Local *B.6sDtn *9.50 am M.. ST. P. & S. S. M. RY. UNION STATION. Leare. I EAST. Arrive." 7 :"inm A-"»" - I 'On; i » ' >am 9:osam;.Rh:nelander Local (ex. Sun.).| s:lopm I WtSST. i - 8:20 am; Pacific Limiied (dally) I 6:45pm St. Croix Falls Local. Except) I Sunday. From Broadway I 6-fOnml Depot, foot 4th S» I 9:lsam s:2opm Glenwood Local. Ex. Sunday.| | Glenwood Local, Mpls. | B:3sam BURLINGTON ROUTE. FINEST TRAINS ON EARTH. I.v For I station's. A r. From" 8:15 a.m.;. .Chicago, except Sunday, .ii": 15 p.m. 8:15 a.m. I. .St. Louis, except Sunday. .j 8:05 p.m.l Chicago, dally |7:45 a.m. 8:06p.m.l St. Louis, dally 17:45 a.m. S-Ofi t>.m.l. Dally. Peor'a. ex Monday. '7 ■4S am. - 31. <& St. L. Depot— Rroadwaj <& 4th. MINV'EAPOLISTST. LOUIS R. R. "ALBEIIT LEA ROUTE." Leave. I a Dally, b Except Sunday. Arrive. (Albert Lea, Ues Moines, C«-| b9:lsam ...dar Rapids, Kan. City... l b7:Vo>M bß:3saml...Watertown, New Ulm. ..I b4:sspm bs:oopm New Ulm Local blo:2oam s7:oopmt.Des Moines A Omaha Lim.! p.B:ssam a7:oopm!.. Chicago ft St. Louis Lim..! aß:ssam b4 :45pm 1 Alb't Lea * Mankato Local!blo:3sam WISCONSIN CENTRAL Clt7 Office. 373 Robert Street. 'Phono No. 894. Leavt I lArnra StPaull All Trains Dally. 'BtPaul I Eau Claire. Chippewa Falls. 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