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12 MAY WHEAT CLOSED AT 71% c, A GAIN OF 34c Liverpool Was Steady Against Our Decline of Yesterday, and Gave the Strength. NEW YORK AND ST. LOUIS STRONG Bradvtreet Figarri a Decrease 01 3,632,000 Bu.—General Sevi» of the Seaalon. Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, April 24.—Wheat took a firmer turn this morning, regained yesterday's loss in part and May sold to 71 7i@72c by noon. July sold to 73*>i@ 73% c. Cables showed only a moderate weakness ia response to our drop of a cent, and the Liverpool market was firm. Liver pool followed us by opening %d lower, but gained to Vid off and at the close was only Isd below yesterday. Paris was up 5 to 15 centimes. Berlin was lc higher. Some more crop damage reports came in from the south west, but nothing especially new. St. Louis was firm and New York was also stiff. Mod erate buying was reported for foreign ac count. A heavy cash business developed. Chicago reported close to a million bushels all told, including some 250,000 bushels for the seaboard, and the continent took six cargoes. New York wired that aside from the good cash Inquiry there was foreign buy ing of wheat futures. Bradstreet's figures were for a total de crease of 3,600,000 bushels. May wheat opened at 71 a *c, dropped to 71%@ 71V»c and sold up to 71%@72e. July opened at 72% c and sold to 73Vi@7S%c. September was less active, holding around 70"4@70%c. The government bulletin says it has been a week of abnormally cold weather over the ■whole country, with heavy precipitation in the Ohio valley. Corn planting is slow with none done north of the Ohio river, and ex tensiTe replanting necessary over the south era states. The previously reported promis ing condition of winter wheat is maintained. Primary receipts were 442,000 bushels, against 294,000 last year. Clearances wheat and flour 226,000 bushels, corn 161.000 bushels. Minne apolis received 209 cars and Duluth 26, against 176 and 85 a year ago. Corn opened at 40% c for May, sold to 41c and eased off to 40^c, where it held. The market was quiet. The market held strong to the end. May sold to 72®72%c, and closed at 71% c. July closed at 73«4@>7395c; September closed at 71c. May corn closed at 40% c; July corn, 41% c. The cash market was active. Millers were buyers of No. 1, taking everything in sight. The average price for this grade was 72% c. There is still considerable wheat coming out of terminals, but so far this week there has been less loaded out than last week. No. 2 northern sold at 70c to 71% c, showing a more scattered range, some No. 2 going as low as 68c. No. 3 wheat sold from 64c to 67% c. Rejected and no grade were very firm, rang ing from 67c up for anything good and a number of lots sold up to 62c and 63c. THE CASH TRADE Flax HlKhcr—Flour Firm—Oats FLrm and Active— Corn Quiet. TLAX—The market was active and higher. Receipts were very light. Choice rejected soM up to $1.48: ordinary brought $1.47- no grade Bold at $1.40. Minneapolis received 3 cars, against 2 last year. Duluth received none; Chicago, 3 cars. Closing prices were: Minneapolis—Cash, t1.58; to arrive, $1.58; May, $1.60. Duluth— Casbv $1.61; to arrive, $1.61; May, $1.62; Sep tember, $1.28. FLOUR—The market is active and good eales were reported. First/ patents are quoted $3.85@3.96; second patents, $3.65@3.75 --first clears, $2.96@3.05; second clears, $2@2 10. Shipments, 38.429 brls MILLSTUFFB—The market is steady. Bran in bulk is quoted $12@12.50; bulk shorts, $11.50 @11.75; flour middlings, $12.50@13; red dog in 140-lb sacks, $14.50@14.75; in 200-lb sacks $1 per ton additional; in 100-lb sacks, $1.50 per ton additional. Shipments, 1,566 tons FEED AND MEAL—The market is firm and ■teady, but there is no advance, although corn is again higher. Coarse corn meal and cracked corn are quoted $16; No. 1 feed, $16.50; No 2 feed, $17; No. 3 feed. $17.50; granulated corn meal in cotton sacks at the rate of $135 per brl. CORN—The market was quiet. No 3 yel low is quoted 41@41%c; No. 8 corn, 41c. Re ceipts, 15 cars; shipments, 2 cars. OATS—The market was active and firm. No. 3 white is quoted 26%@27%c; No. 3 oats, 26@26%c. Receipts, 13 ears; shipments, 6 oars. BARLEY—The market is steady. Feed grades are quoted 39c to 43c; malting grades, 44 to 55c. RYE—The market Is steady at 48%@48%c for No. 2 rye. Recipts, 4 cars; shipments, 4 tars. HAY—Choice timothy is quoted $14; Minne sota upland, $11.50(g.l2; lowa upland, $11.60® 12; choice mixed, $10@10.50; rye straw, $6.60 ©7. Receipts, 41 tons. Puts and Calls. Two O'clock Report- Puts, May wheat, 71%@71%c, sellers. Calls, May wheat. 72% c, sellers. Curb, May wheat, 71%@71%c bid. Cash Sales Reported To-day. No. 1 northern, 3 cars $0.73 No. 1 northern, 6 cars 72% No. 1 northern, 9 cars 72% No. 1 northern, 2,000 bu, to arrive 73 No. 1 northern, 1,400 bu, to arrive 72 No. 1 northern, 12 cars 72% No. 1 northern, 2 cars 72% No. 1 northern, 2 cars, choice 74 No. 2 northern, 1 car 68% No. 2 northern, 2 cars 68 No. 2 northern, 1 car 71% No. 2 northern, 7 care 70% No. 2 northern, 1 car 71% No. 2 northern, 1 car 71 No. 2 northern, 3 ears 70 No. 2 northern, 2 cars 69% No. 2 northern, 4 cars *. 70% No. 3 wheat, 3 cars 68 No. 3 wheat, 1 car , .65% No. 3 wheat, 2 cars 64 No. 3 wheat. 3 cars 67% No. 3 wheat, 6 cars 66 No. 3 wheat, 1 car 65 Rejected wheat, 1 car 63 No grade wheat, 1 car 65 -No grade wheat, 1 car 60% No grade wheat, 1 car 58 No. 3 white, oats, 2 cars 27% No. 3 oats, 1 car 27 V., No. 3 oats. 1 car 27 " No. 3 oats, 1 car 26% No. 3 oats, 1 car 27% No. 3 white oats, 1 car 27% No. 2 rye, 7 cars 49^ Rejected flax, 1 car 1.47 Rejected flax, 1 car 1*49 No grade flax, 1 car £40 No. 8 corn, 1 car 411/, State Grain Inspection. April 23. Inspected In—Wheat—Cars—Great North ern—No. 1 northern, 16; No. 2 northern, 5; No. 3, 1; rejected, 4; no grade, 3. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul— No. 1 northern, 7; No. 2 northern, 34; No. 3 9 rejectded, 4; no grade, 3. Minneapolis & St. Louis—No. 1 northern 17; No. 2 northern, 14; No. 3, 2; no grade, 1. Soo Line—No. 1 northern, 2; No 2 north ern, 2. Northern Pacific—No. 3. 5& rejected. 1- no grade, 2. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha— No. 1 northern, 1; No. 2 northern, 12; No. 3, 1; rejected, 1; no grade, 3. Total—No. 1 northern, 43; No. 2 northern, 67; No. 3, 18; rejected, 10; no grade, 12 Other Graine—No. 2 winter wheat, 13 cars- No. 3 winter wheat, 10; No. 3 yellow corn 6; No. 3 corn. 2; No. 4 corn. 1; No. 3 oats' s no grade oats, 1; No. 2 rye, 3; No. 5 barley, 2; no grade barley, 1; rejected flax, 8- no grade flax, 3. Cars Inspected Out—No. 1 northern wheat 2J; No. 2 northern wheat, 47; No. 3 wheat 33; rejected wheat, 16; no grade wheat 12: No. 2 winter wheat, 9; No. 3 winter wheat 9; No. 3 yellow corn, 1; No. 3 corn, 3; No 3 white oat 3, 7; No. 3 oats, 6; No. 2 rye 4- re jected flax, 10; no grade flax, 4. Wheat Movement, The following are the receipts ' and ship ments at the principal t primary wheat mar kets: . -^y. • Receipts. Shipments. „ _ , -\ Bushels. Bushels. New York ; 17,100 55 026 Philadelphia ::.Y..\..\ 23,778 None Baltimore .......;:..•..-...•.. 46,271 . None Toledo ..................... 4,555 3,800 Detroit ..."..:.... 5,400 995 St. Louis ..... .-..V.'.T..:.... 13,000 11 000 Boston ....;.......; 36,029 ' None Chicago ........;....:... 149,400 188 921 Milwaukee .....':'..".:.■.:.... 27,000 ' ''251 Duluth-........:.;.^.'....... 36,691 ' 15657 Minneapolis ..:......;.....175,560 28 900 Kansas City ..;....; 30,400 45,000 Receipts and Shipments, ■'/>/. April 23. • Received— 209 cars, 175,560 bu- corn 13,350 bu; oata, 16,770 bu; = rye, 2,520 bu- flax' ■ 1,860 : bu; . flour,; 300 , brls:' hay, .41 tons';, fuel oil, *356,725' gals;' fruit, 146,976 lbs; merchan dise, 1,687,955 lbs; lumber, . 11; cars; barrel RANGE OF WHEAT PRICE IN MINNEAPOLIS Open. High. Low. To-day. Yesterday. Year Ago. April.? $ . * I .71% $ -71% $.65% May.. .71% .72 @72% .71%@71% .71% .71% .64%@G4% July.. .72% .73%. .72%@72% .73%@73% .72%@72% .66% Sept.. .70 1 .71% . .70 .71 -70%. .......... On Track—No. 1 hard, 74%e; No. 1 norther*, 72" 8 No. 2 northern, v70%c. .. THE DAY'S RESULT May Wheat. Minneapolis. Chicago. Duluth. St. Louis. New York. Close to-day.. .71% $ .72%@72% $ .73% $ .72% .79% Close yesterday... .71% .71% f ; .72% . s .721* .78% stock, 4 cars; machinery, 165,200 lbs; coal, oil ; tons; wood, 49 cords; brick, 52,000; lime, 1 , car; cement, 220 brls; ties, 3 cars; stone stutj marbl*, 2 cars; live stock, 4 cars; dresse.l | meats, 4U,O<K) lbs; railroad materials, 7 cars; sundries, 44 cars; car lots, 515. Shipped—Wheat, 34 cars, 28,900 bu; corn, 1,780 bu; oats, 6,969 bu; rye, 2,640 bu; flax, 3,CsO bu; flour, 38,429 brls; millstuffs, 1.56H toas; fruit, 66,000 lbs; merchandise, 2,068,785 lbs; lumber, 110 cars; machinery, 109,000 lbs; coal, 40 tons; cement, :%25 brls; household goods, 83,000 lbs; lies, 22 cars; stone and marble, 2 cars; linseed oil, 574,000 brls; oil cake, 300,400 lbs; hiJes, pelts, etc., 20,000 lbs; railroad materials, 4 cars; sundries, 24 cars; car lots, 782. "Wheat Movement by Roads. April 23. Received—Cars—Milwaukee, 66; Omaha, 21; St. Louis, 44; Great Northern, 61; Northern Pacific, 11; Soo, 6. Shipped—Cans—Milwaukee, 7; Omaha, S; St. Louis, 6; Wisconsin Central, 1; Great North ern, 3; Great Western, 2; Burlington, 7. RANGE OF MAY WHEAT ?y 162 D iisn iasQ //£_ '-& — _ *X (U-r- --■- - l\ i 1 1 ':. OTHER GRAIN MARKETS CHICAGO GRAI\ Excited Trading; in May Corn In Re newed To-day. V. Chicago, April Excited trading in May corn was renewed to-day and another high mark attained. May opened . unchanged to %c higher, at 46%@47c. Phillips, the bull leader, and a numerous following, bid active ly and in eighth-cent leaps the price shot to 48c. Renewed buying caused a reaction to 47c, but the support was renewed and a rally to 47% c followed. The news was all bullish. Cables were . higher, crop bulletins reported that.no corn had been planted 1 north of -. the Ohio river and the receipts, 80 cars, with 10 of contract grade, were the smallest for a. year and a half. May later rose to 48% c and closed l%c over yesterday at 48% c. A cash inquiry for the first time in days was reported and helped in the closing rally. Cash corn, No. 2, 47% c; No. 3, 43% c. .. heat shorts, alarmed by the corn strength and firmer cables, bid the market up. May opened %@%c higher, at 71%@71%c, toucbed 71%@71%c and rose to 72c. Outsiders were sellers at the start, but bought on the rally. Local receipts were 51 cars, one of contract grade. Minneapolis and Duluth reported 235 cars, against 163 last week and 260 a year ago. May, helped by corn and an export demand advanced to 72% c later, reacted to 72@72%c on profit-taking, adn closed %c higher, at 72% c. Cash wheat. No. 2 red, 73@74%c; No. 3 red, 71@73c; No. 2 hard winter, 73% c; No. 3 hard winter, 72@73c; No. 1 northern spring, 73% @74% c; No. 2 northern spring, 72%@73%c; No. 3 spring, 70@72%c. May oats opened a shade lower to un changed, at 25%@25%c, and rallied to 26% c on a fair general demand, due chiefly to the corn • strength. Receipts were 163 - cars.': ~; ■-. Cash oats, No. 2, 26%@27c; No. 3,. 26%@ 26% c. The following was the range of prices: ■ Wheat— May. July. Opening 71%@% 72%®%, Highest 72% 73% Lowest 71%®% 71 7 ' Close- To-day 72%®% 72% Yesterday .-.. 71% 71% Year ago "• 66 67% Corn — Opening 46%@47 44<>;@=i Highest 48% 45% Lowest ...... 46% 44% Close- HiflHSifl To-day 48% 44%@45 Yesterday 46% 44% Year ago 29% 40% ' Oats- Opening '.. 25%@%-T4 25%@% Highest 26% 25% Lowest 25% 25 1,4 Close — :;'-\-'.u To-day '- 26% 25% Yesterday . 2f>%@% 25%@% Year «.go 23% 23%®% Uuluth Grain. Duluth, Minn., April —Wheat was strong er and fairly active. May opened %c up at 73 1 and advanced steadily to 73% c, a gain of lc. July gained %c and September %c some minute* before the close. - .- vi ? t >! May flax advanced to $1.64 with sales. Flax, new crop futures, were inactive. Independent crushing interests are holding up the new crop prices. Receipts, wheat, .26- cars; oats, ; 2; shipments, wheat, 15,454 bu. Close: Oats, 27% c; rye, May, 50c; arrive, 61c; corn, cash, 42c; May, 42V>c; flax, cash, $1.60%;; May, $1.62; September, $1.28; Septem ber, northwest, $1.30; October, $1.25; No. 1 hard, cash, 75 14c; May, 75% c; September, 73% c; No. 1 northern, cash, 73*40; arrive, 73% c; May, 73% c; July, 74% c; September, 72% c; No. 2 northern, 67% cto 71% c; No. 3, 62% cto 67% c. Liverpool Grain. Liverpool, April 24.—Close—Wheat—%d lower to %d higher; May, 5s 9%d; July, 5s 10% d; September, 5s 10% d. Corn—%@%d higher; May, 4s 2d; July, 4s. St. Louis Grain. St. Louis, April 24.—Wheat, higher; No. 2 red cash, 72% c; May, 72%@72%c; July, 70% c; No. 2 hard, 72%@73%c. Corn, higher; No. 2, cash, 46% c; May, 44%@45c; July, 43% c; Oats, higher; No. 2 cash, 28c; May, 27% c; July, 25%@25%c; No. 2 white, 30c. Lead, firm; $4.22%. Spelter, firm, $3.80 bid, but held higher. Nevr York Grain. New York, April 24.—Wheat, 79% c; July, 787sC. May. corn, 52% c; July, 50% c. Milwaukee Grain. Milwaukee, Wis., April 24. —Flour, steady. Wheat, higher; No. 1 northern, 74% c; No. 2 northern, 72% c. Rye, steady; No. 1, 54c. Barley, dull; No. 2, 57c; sample, 40@55c. Oats, steady; No. 2 white, 29%@30c. ad Chicago provia ;&Yi shrdl —O—s—O—O—O—O—O—O—O—O— Close: Pork, April, $14.37%; May, $14.37%; July, $14.52%. Lard, April, $8.25; May, $8.15; July, $8.02%@8.05; September, $8®8.02% Ribs, AprU, $8.17%; May, $8.17%; July, $7.90 @7.92%; September, $7.87%. Kansas City Grain. Kansas City, April 24. —Close: Wheat —May 67%@67%c; July, 65% c; cash No. 2 hard, 70® 71o; No. 2 red, 70@70%c. Corn—May, 42%® 42% c; July, 41%@41%c; cash No. 2 mixed, 42% @43c; No. 2 white. 44c. Oats—No. 2 white, 30c. Chicago Seed and Coarse Grain. Chicago. April 24.—Rye—April, 50% c; May, 50% c; July, 50@50%c. Barley—Cash, 38@56c. Timothy—Per 100 lbs, September, $3.20. Clo ver—Per 100 lbs, April, $11. Flax—Cash northwestern, $1.61; No. 1, $1.60; May, $1.60 September, $1.27; October, $1.27. MISCELLANEOUS New Yorli Cotton. New York, April 24.—Cotton opened steady and unchanged to two points lower. A flurry of covering and light outside buying rallied prices several points soon after the call but before 10:30 o'clock a turn in the tide had set in, before which values melted point by point, with July leading In the decline. The English market showed heaviness toward the close, under selling from thig side and the south and under thf Jbetter weather news from the belt in general. Futures closed barley steady; April, 8.03 - May, 8.05 c; June, 8.06 c; July. 8.07 c; August 7.70 c; September, 7.34 c; October, 7.26 c; No vember, 7.20 c; December, 7.19 c: January 7.10 c. " Spot closed dull, l-16c lower; middling up lands, B%c; middling gulf, B%c. Sales. 15 balei. THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. OPEN AT AN ADVANCE Several of the Railroad Stocks Are Conspicuous Features. PRICES RUN OFF IN SELLING Then There la a Rally and the Mar ket (inins in Strength Daring: the Forenoon. New York, April 24.—Union Pacific, North ern Pacific, St. Paul and Burlington were conspicuous features at the opening at ad vances of 1 to i? 4. The opening in Union Pacific was' wide on the purchase of 8,000 shares. Amalgamated Copper was lifted IV4- Aside from these stocks the opening was rather quiet and fractional net gains were the rule; but among the few declines there were losses of 1 to l'£ in New York Central, Northwestern and American Tobacco. The higher prices for Americans in London helped the opening here and there were supporting orders by local operators. Selling was very large for a time after tbe opening and prices ran off to some extent, but determined support was offered by bulls, who absorbed some very large blocks, and the bears finally bought to cover shorts and prices advanced all around. Room traders helped the rally by bidding for large amounts of St. Paul, Atchison, Union Pacific, North ern Pacific and United States Steel. Stocks which had opened off recovered their losses, and Northwest rose 2 points above yester day's close. Sugar, People's Gas, Consoli dated Gas and the Tractions made substan tial gains and were unusualiy active. Busi ness was very animated at intervals, but be came quieter after the selling was checked. St. Paul, Union and Northern Pacific were the most actively dealt in, and rose above the opening level on the rebound. The market gained in strength during the forenoon, speculative buying of the active stocks being induced by the heavy purchases of Union Pacific, which carried it up 5%, to 103%, the record price. The preferred stock gained 3 and the convertible bonds 1%. South ern Pacific rose concurrently to 52, St. Paul was 4 points above yesterday and Northern Pacific 2%. Minor railroads and miscella neous stocks showed strength. Lake Erie & Western, Colorado Fuel, National Biscuit, American Linseed and Wisconsin Central improved 1 to 4 points, but business was much congested in the four most active stocks. Bonds were firm. The determined manipulation of Union Pa cific proved unavailing to check the selling, and when that stock gave way, prices broke violently all around. The reaction in the leading active stocks ran from 2 to 4 points. Consolidated Gas lost 4% and Northwest 5. Declines generally ran from 1 to 2 points all through the list, and the market showed the greatest activity of the day. After fall ing back to 103%, Union Pacific was once more aggressively lifted to 107%, and cover ing by room shorts caused some feverish ral lies elsewhere, but there were renewed breaks at other points and the closing was very feverish and erratic. Stock quotations reported for The ■ Journal by Watson & Co., Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis. :'> . . :■ .;:./<■:: The closing figures are bid. . "':: *"" . . ,-• ~ —Close—' Sales Stocks— Hi- Lo- Bid. | Bid. I | est. eat. Ap.24|Ap.23 200 Adams Express.l ............ 163 163 - I Am. Express .'. :.:... ...... 196 • 196 400 Am. Cot. Oil ..! 28% 28 27 27% 300 do pr ....~. ;. ...... 86 85 900 Am. Car 25%, 25% 25% 25% 7,900 do pr : 79% 78% 79% 79 Am. Ice ....... 39% 38% 38% 38% do- pr 72 73 14,300 Am. Linseed .. . 15% 13% 14% .12% do pr ....... 40% I 39 38% "40% 60,300 Am. Sugar .... 145% 142 143 . 144 do pr 122 122 200 Am. Smelting .. 64% ,60% 61% .63% do pr ....... 98% 97% 98% 97% 21,600 Am. Tobacco .. 127% 125 125% 126 do pr 1 144 145 60,700 Amal. Cop ..... 123% 120 120 120% 6,600 Anacon. Cop .. 50% | 48% 48% 49% 71,300 A., T. & S. F. 68% 67 67% 67% 18,900 do pr . 97 95% 96 96% 300 Bait. & Ohio .. 97 94% 97 94% 1,000 do pr ....... 91% 90% 91 91% 41,000 Brook. Rap. Tr. 85% 83 83% 84 . 300 Brook. Un. Gas.l 218 221 1,900 Can. Southern.. 75% 74% 74% 75% , 200 Can* Pacific ............... 95% 95% 7,100 Ches. & Ohio .. 47% 46% 47 47% 300; C. &E. 11l 129 127% 129 127% 100 do pr ! 134 ..... 5,900 Chi. & Alton .. 45 - 43% 44% 44 1,700 do pr 78 77% 77% 77% 26,300 Chi., Bur. & Q. 196% 195% 196% 195 1,500 Chi. Gr. West.. 23 22% 22% 22% 100 do pr A 82 82 100 do pr B 60 50 100 Chi., lnd. &L. 36% 36 36 36% 200 do pr ....... 71% 70 70% 71% 3,400 C.,C.,C. & St.L. 85% 83% 84 | 84% do pr H6%i 118% Chi. Term 22 [ 21% 21 21% | do pr 44% 44 • 44% 44 Col. Fuel & I. 96 93 94 92% I do pr | 130 I 130 8,200 Col. Southern | 13% • 13% do Ist pr ... 51% 50 50% 50% do 2d pr .... 23% 22% 23* , 23% 15,000 Consol. Gas ... 231% 225% 227 I 230 9,000 Con. Tobacco . 45% .44 44 I < 45% 400 do pr .....;. 104. 103% 104 j 104 4,700 Del. & Hudson. 179% 176% 177" j 177% 800 Den. & Rio Gr. 45% .44% 45 44% 300 do pr ....94 94% Dee M. & Ft. D. 33% 31% 32 32% I do' pr ...;..... ;'..... 130 ...... 16,700! Erie ............ 38% 37% 37% 37% 3,000. do Ist pr ... 69% 68% 68% 69% do 2d pr .... 57% 65 55 66% Evans & Ter H. 65 62% 62 I 63 200 Gen. Electric .. 221% 221 220% 221 do pr .;..;.............. 90 | 94 600 Glucose ........ 51% 51 61 51 : do pr 97 96 » Great Nor., pr. 179% 179 179% 181 800 Hocking Valley. 52% 49 51 49 200 do pr .................. 74% 74% . 6,300 Illinois Central. 142 140% 140% 140% lowa Central .. 31 30% 30% 31 do pr ...... 61% 61% 60% 61 700 Inter. Paper .. 25% |25 25% 25% do pr ...; 78% ...... K. C. & South .-.;..'. 20% | 20% I do pr ........:.. 44% -44% 200LaClede Gas .. 86 85% 85 85 do pr ...... ...... ...... 99- 99^ 3,300 Lake E. &W. 66% '63 64% 62% do pr 125 ~ 126 * Long Island ■".. 72 73 14,000 Louis. & Nash.. I 105% 103% 104% 104% . . M., St. P. & Soo ! r.:. 19% 20 33.200 Manhattan -..... 129% 326% 127% 127% 20,500 Met. St. Ry... 174 170% 172% 172% 100 Minn. &. St. L 83 84 do pr ............ ..-.::! 112 112% 80,000 Missouri Pac .. 108% 105% 106% 106% 15.900 M.. K. .& • T.... 32% 30 ' 31% 32 * 15,100 do pr 65% '63 63% 64% Mobile & Ohio 82 82% Mexican Cent.. 23% 22% 22% 22% Mex. Nat ...... ; 11% 9% 10% ,11% Nat. Biscuit .. 41 40 39% 39% L do .pr ..........:....... 96 96 Nat. Lead ...... ...... ..v... 17% 17 do pr ...... ...... ...... 85 85 Nat. Salt ...... 44 ■ 43% 43% 45% do pr 76 78% N. J. Central.. ...:...-..... 157 156" Norfolk & West 54 52% 53 ' 52% do pr 86% 87% North Am. Co.. :87 85% 87 87 63,800 Northern Pac-.. 105 102% 103% 102%' 7,600 do pr ....... 99% - 98% 98% 98% 6,800 Northwestern .. 207 200% 203% 202 N.Y. Air Brake 168 167 166 166 : 8,900 N.Y. Central.. 152% 150% 151% 151% 200N.Y..C..& St.L. 35% ■ 35% 34 34% do Ist pr ... ...:.. ;..... HO 110 do 2d pr .... 71% 71% :71 .;. N.Y..N.H. & H. ...... ...... 213% 213% Omaha ;.... '..tr. ..:'..". 139 139 9,400 Ontario & W .;.. .:.... : 34% 34U ' Paper Bag .... ...... ...... 13 13 do pr'.. 70 70 800 Pressed Steel .. 46% 45 _ 45% •. 45% 200 Pacific Coast .. 65 63 do Ist pr ............... 93 95 do 2d pr .... 71 " 70% 68 :70 1.600 Pacific i Mail ... 40 37% 39. 38% 32,200 Penn.R.R..... 160 j 157% 158% 159' .'.■•■" mb_^llxv X g».T 'J '■ WUii•.SOIiJ' est- I gr 26,700|Pe'opU'BiGa» ... 115 112% -113% 113% -300 Pullman-/...*.. - '211% 209 209 | 209 . . 5,200 Reading-..;.•.-.;'. 33^4 -36% 37 | 37% 7,400} •do ,• Ist -pr ... - 76% ' • 16% 1 75% 76% 5.600J-do -'Sll.pr •••. ,53% . 52% -52% .52% 2,6oo|Repub.' Steel .. 20% 20% '20 20% ■ :800f^do /pr .V...:. ,76% | r 75% 75% ,' 76% 15,700] Rock Island ... 155 \ 151% 153 | >153% iSt. L. & San':P. ~'4t»% 1 . 4o*?a| 4&%|.' 4*> ..- I do Ist pr ...........:... | BZ%| 84 : i-• do-2d.pr.■...-. 68. I 87% 87% 68% 6,COOiSt: L. & S. W. 38 I 37 . I 37 , 37y 4 .1,7001-dor. Pr 66% i .63% . 64% . 65% 113300] St. Paul ....... 171 166% | 166% 2,000| do pr .... 194 i 191 I 190» 3 l 190 • |St. Joe & Gr. Is .'.:..; I ......1 13 I 13 • I do Ist pr ... 72 71% 70%|.....t. I do 2d pr .... 33% 32 I 32 ; 33% Stand. H. &Tw ...... ......| 4% 4> 10CCOO|SQUtheru Pac .1 .62 ■„. | 50 I 51% .60% 15,5001 Southern .Ry.' . 29% ■ 2&% 29% | . 29% 4,700| do pr ........ 83% 82%| 82%| 82% 6,9oo|Tenn. Coal & l 67% 64% 65 | 66 22, Texas & Pac .. 48% 1 46 46%| 46% : 2OojThlrd-Avßy ... ...... ...... | 124%| 125% |Tol., St. L. &\V 15% | 15 • I do pr ...... 32% 31% 32% i 31: 659000, Union Pacific, i 107% 99% 107% l 38% 88,4«0| do- pr ...... 91 | 87% 90%) 86% 6.200JU. S. Leather.. 14% 13% 13%| 13% 3,100| do pr ...... 7714 76% 7C%| 77% 1 700 U.S.-Rubber .'. -21 20% 20%| 20% 300|<<lo< pr,...... 63 62 61 61 ..... |U. S. Express.. 91 90 90 90 \ 40,400jU. S. Steel, ct. 46% .45% 45% 45% 20,500 do pr '94% 93% 93% 94 5,200 Wabash ..; 20% 20% | 20% | 19 14,300 do pr ...... 40% 38% 39% 39% Wells-Far. Exp ............ 148 ...... 3,400 Western Union. 93 92% 92% 92% 100 Wheel. & L. E | 18% 18% i do . Ist pr..: I 5C I 56 I do 2d pr.... 34% 34% 34A| 35 23,400 1 Wi5. Central .. 23% 21% 22% I ' 21% 4.600] do ' pr 49 47% 48% 47% Total sales, 2,080,800. GENERAL PRODUCE . The Minneapolis Market. : Wednesday,- April 24. Butter holds firm and steady. There is active demand for good stock. Extra cream eries are quotable at 20c. . Eggs show no/important change and are steady as quotedr.afcffiflSfStga Fancy veal is %c lower, at B%c flat. Poultry shows a weaker; tone, with :chickens and young roosters lower, , but other lines quoted , unchanged. . BUTTER—Extra creameries, per lb, 20c; firsts, per lb, 18c; seconds, • lb, 14% c; imi tations, firsts, lb, 15@16c; seconds, 12% c; dai ries, extras, 18c; firsts, 14@15c; seconds, lb, 12%@13c; roll, fancy 14@15c; choice, 12% c; ladles, firsts, lb, 14%@15c; seconds, 12% c; packing stock, fresh, ll@ll%c; tested butter fat in separator cream, 19c, delivered Min neapolis. EGGS—Strictly fresh, cases included,' loss off, 12c; dirty, fresh, 8c; checks, &c CHEESE—Twins or flats, fancy, lb, 12% c; twins or flats, choice, lb, 9%@10%c; twins or flats, fair to good, 6@7c; Drick, No. 1, lb, 13%@14c; brick, No. 2, 10@llc; brick, No. 3, 6@*c;.limburger, No. 1, .13% c; limburger, No. 2, B%@9%c;.primost, No. 1, 8c; primost. No. 2, per ID, be; Young America, fancy, lb, 12% c; choice, lb, 10@10%c; pultost, 9@loc; Swiss, No. 1, 13%@14c; block Swiss, No. 1, 14c;-block Swiss, No. 2, 9@loc. LIVE POULTRY— hens, fat, per lb, 9c; younji toms, fat, 7%@Bc; mixed coops, b(&7c; chickens, - hens, 10c; young roos ters, 9c; old roosters, sc; ducks, white, 8@ B%c; colored, 7{pi%c; geese. b(&ic. DRESSED MEATS— VeaI, fancy, 100 to 125 lbs, B%c; fair to good, 7(gSc; thin or over weight, 4%@5c; mutton, fancy, country dressed, 6c.; thin or overweight, sc; lambs, fancy, 8c; thin or overweight, tic; milk lambs, fancy, < 16c; choice, 10@12 1 / hogs, according to weight,-6@6%c. PIGEONS—Live, dozen, ?1.35; dead, dozen, 50c; squabs, dozen, $1. FlSH—Pickerel, 4@4%c; Herring, 2%c; her ring, skinned, lb, 4c; lake trout, 10c; frogs' legs, per dozen, as to size, s@loc; suckers' and red ' horse, 2%@3c. ;':MHMMMVI POTATOES—Bui banks, , car lots, bu, 34@ 36c; Rurals, 32@25c; Ohios, 41@44c; mixed white, 32@35c; mixed 'red, 33@36c; small lots sell at s@loc per bushel higher than these figures. SWEET POTATOES— per barrel, $3; Muscatines, per barrel, $2.50. ■-- BEANS—Fancy navy, *2.30@2.35; choice, bu, ?2@2.10;.: medium hand-picked, bu, $2; brown, fair to good, $1.50@2. ONIONS—Red Globes, car lots, per bu, $1.75@1.80; Red Wethersflelds, bu, -$1.80@1.90; Yellow Globes, car lots, per bu, ?1.90@2; white,. per bu, $2. DRIED PEAS—Fancy yellow, ?l@l.lo per bu; medium, 90c@$l; green fancy, $1.25® 1.35; green, medium, 90c@$l; marrowfat, per bu, $2. ~ APPLES—Russets, brl, $4; Ben Davis, brl, $4; Baldwins, per brl, $4.25@4.50; Winesaps, $4.50@5; western box apples, dv, ?1.60©1.7b. .. CRANBERRIES—Jerseys, $7.50; bu crate, $2.25@2.50. ORANGES—California navels, 80s, $2.50® 2.75; California navels, 965, $2.50@2.75; Cali fornia v'■: navels, 1265, $3@3.25; California 1505,-f2.76@3;. California navels, 1765, £; Cal ifornia seedlings, all^sizes; $2.75; California tangerines, half box, $2; grape fruit, 80s to 965, $2.25. * ■'■ >■ •'-■-: 'v , ■• -■ LEMONS—Messinas, 300s 'or 3605, fancy, $3.50; choice, $3.25, California, fancy, as to size, $3.25; choice, $3. STRAWBERRIES—Fancy Florida stock, qt, ; 25@30c; cases, 24 qts, $5; cases, 24 pints, $2. 2.75. " ; " . . " PINEAPPLES—Per doz, as to size, range $3 to $4. T BANANAS— large bunches, $2.25@ 2.50; medium bunches, $1.75@2; small bunch es, ■ $1.2501.50. '*.vi " -' : HONEY—New fancy white, 1-lb sections, 20c; .. choice white, 16@17c;. amber, 13@14c; golden rod, ll@12c; extracted white, 10<&>llc; buckwheat, 10@12c; extracted amber, B@9c. " I VEGETABLES— southern stock, per doz, $1.60@1.75; California. :' per dozen per doz, $1.50@1.65; California, per dozen per cwt, $2.50; carrots, per bu, 55@60c; cauli flower, per doz, $1.65; cucumbers, per : doz, $1.25@1.60; egg plant, per doz, $1.50; green onions, per doz bunches, 55&60 c; lettuce, per doz, 35c; head. lettuce, per doz, 35@40c; parsley, 30c; parsnips, per bu, 50@90c; water cress, per doz, 35c; wax beans, bu, $4.75@5; string beans, dv, $4.75@5; mint, . per ' doz, 40c; turnips, new, per bu, 50c; new Bermuda potatoes,. $2.25@3; new home grown pota potatoes, per bu, $2.25©2.7»; rutabagas, bu, 35 @40c; California celery, per doz, 80@90c; horseradish, per lb, 7%c; tomatoes, home grown, per lb, 25@35c: Florida stock. 6-bas ket crates, $3.50; spinach, per bu 80@90c; rad ishes, per doz bunches, 25c; new carrots, per doz bunches, 50c; new beets, per doz bunches. 60@65c; pie plant, 50-lb box, $2,50@2.75. New York; Produce. New York, April 24— Butter—Receipts, 4,625 pkgs; firm; creamery, 15@20c; factory, 11® 13Vs»e; imitation creamery, 13V;>@17V2C. Cheese —Receipts, 1,707 pkgs: market steady; fancy large, colored, lK&ll'ic; fancy large, white, 10%@llc; fancy small, colored, 12@12i4c; fancy small, white, 11%@12c. Eggs—Receipts, 17,861 pkgs; quiet; western, regular packing, 14c; storage, western, 14i,i@14Vic; southern, at mark, 12V 2 @l4c. Sugar—Raw, strong; fair refining, 3 11-16 c; centrifugal 96-tett, 4 J-16® 4^ic; molasses sugar, 3 7-16@3ifce; refined, firm; crushed, 5.95 c; powdered, s.uoc; granu lated, 5.45 c. Coffee—Dull; No. 7 Rio, eftc. Chicago Produce. Chicago, April 'Zi.— Butter— Firm; creamer ies, 15@l»c; dairies, ll@lßc. Cheese—Firm; twins, 9'/4@loc; Young Americas, lie; ched dare, 9»i@loc; daisies, lie. Eggs—Firm; at mark, cases returned, 12@12i4c. Iced Poultry- Firm; chickens, 9@9V->c; turkeys, B@llc. SPECULATIVE GOSSIP Logan, Chicago, to Jolley: Liverpool's de- ] cline is not equal to the decline here yester day. The German crop situation will con- | tinue a feature of interest for the immediate | future, but a very serious shortage there would be necessary to make any material difference with the world's prices for wheat. Crop conditions in this country are fine and are generally so everywhere. The demand is hardly as good as ot late, and there is May liquidation ahead. With these considerations we see nothing urgently bullish in the situa tion. Corn is still subject to local manipula tion movement, and stocks are light. We think the big end of the May shorts, however, have covered. _ Kansas City receipts: Wheat, 38 cars, against 28 last year; corn 26 cars, against 19 last year; oats, 18 cars, against 9 last year. St Louis receipts: W'neat, 12,000 bu, against 12,000 bu last year; corn, 21,000 bu, against 29,000 last year; oats, 38,000, against 32,000 last year** Chicago to Watson: Seaboard reports the continent a good buyer of wheat futures. They have also bought here. Our market very firm and good cash demand for ship- Total clearances equal 226,000 bu wheat and flour; corn, 161,000 bu; oats, 116,000. Broomhall cables: "The stock of wheat in the United Kingdom is not at all plentiful, which is causing more or less nervousness." Broomhall cabled: 'Affected by the Ameri can declines yesterday and by the brilliant weather in this country quotations at the opening were *& to «sd lower. The tone was steady, however, and in sympathy with the very firm German markets and with very light pit offerings part of this decline was re cove,red, prices at 1:30 being 'Ad to %d below last night's close. Corn opened at 3,& d de cline in sympathy with the lower wheat mar ket. Later In the morning a sharp advance of *£d took place, due to the scarcity of spot corn and shorts covering." Mcßeynolfls to .lohnson: Over half million cash wheat sold here to-day, mostly to con tinent, foreigners buying options in this mar ket Bradatreet's figures on the available supply are: East of Rockies, decrease, 3,732,000 bu; Europe and afloat, increase, 100,000 bu; total decrease, 3,632,000 bu. Corn, decrease 294,000 tou. Oats, decrease 580,000 bu. Verhoeff, from Milniine: Wheat strong on good demand for May and some further talk of insect damage in southwest. Some good buying of July. European visible wheat increased 100,000 bu for the week, against an Increase of 800,000 bu last we«k and an increase of 700,000 a year ! a*o. i COW PRICES FIRM Eastern Receipts More Liberal Than the Local. •' ' B|^BBHHBBHIBHHIHBiHH , ONE LOAD OF LAMBS AT $4.75 Good ReeelptH of Hogm With Price* -' • Weak, to Five C'eutu '•;• - \,. c ,"' Lower, South St. Paul, Minn., April 24.—Receipts to-day were 500 cattle, 400 calves, 2,700 hogs and 200 sheep. The following table shows the receipts from Jan. 1, 1901, to date, as compared with the same period a year ago: Year. Cattle.Calves.Hogs.Sheep.Horses.Cars 1901 41,761 13,886 186,757 69.892 639 4,402 1900 29,608 12,180 154 1,602 96.24U 6,154 4,094 Dee 26,348 5,515 .... Inc 12,153 1,066 32,155 .... 3oS The following table shows the receipts for the month of April to date, aa compared with the same period a year ago: Year. Cattle.Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Horses. Cars. 1901 8,858 5,256 31]»4 3,272 212 797 1900 5,656 2,901 24,815 5,916 1,649 690 °ec 2,614 1,447 1nc.... 3,202 2,;i05 6,38'J 107 Receipts: Date. Cattle. Calves. Hog 3. Sheep. Cars. April 17 .... 681 332 1.246 3 49 April 18 .... 207. 126 1,198 80 24 April 20.... 81 48 1,241 194 29 April 20 .... 124 29 1,586 120 27 April 22 206 189 1,852 . . 26 April 23 .... 921 iH2 3,299 237 86 Estimated receipts by cars to-day of the railroads centering at these yards: Chicago, Great Western, 5; Chic^o, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 10; Minneapolis & St. Louis, 11; Chi cago, St. Rpul, Minneapolis & Omaha, 18; Great Northern, 7; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 1; Soo, 8; Northern Pacific, 3; total, 63. Disposition of stock April 23: Firm— Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Swift & Co 274 5.274 220 Estate of I. Staples .. 10 32 Slimmer & Thomas 3GS .... ... H&nkey Bros 55 .... Peter Evans 14 .... J. E. Bolton .>».. 10 .... 20 E. Freeman 22 .... King Bros 23 .... Leo Gottfried .... 6 R. N. Katz 2 J. R. King 3 Country buyers ........ 70S 27 Totals 1,492 3,301 258 CATTLE—Receipts of cattle here were mod erate. Eastern receipts were liberal and prices steady. The demand here for both beef steers and butcher cows and heifers was very keen. Prices ruled firm. Some fairly choice beef steers sold at $5. The stock and feeding cattle trade was not very brisk, although anything that had qual ity found ready buyers at full steady prices. Common little stock steers and heifers were very alow sale. Sales: Butcher Cows and Heifers- No. At. Price, j No. Ay. Price. 4 940 $4.10; 1 1,160 $4.00 1 1,130 4.00 1 3 950 3.75 2 1,030 3.25 2 1,285 -3.65 13 1,100 3.75 2 1,035 3.25 i 3 1,196 2.75 1 920 3.25 1 1,090 3.50 1 1,130 3.60 1 1,140 3.25 I 1 1,030 2.50 1 1,060 2.75 1 1 880 2.25 Beef and Butcher Steers- No. Ay. Price. | No. Ay. Price. 13 1,140 $5.00 I 1 1,330 $4.75 8 1,167 4.70 4 1,180 4.55 2 960 4.25 | Milkers and Springers— Three cows and three calves for $96. One cow and one calf for $22.50. One cow for $25. Stockers and Feeders- No. Ay. Price. No. Ay. Price. 5 840 $4.20 10 670 $4.00 8 192 4.00 4 700 3.90 4 535 3.85 19 343 3.30 6 458 3.80 1 63 202 3.80 32 464 3.70 3 583 3.00 3 426 3.25 1 2 355 3.00 1 450 3.00 I 1 660 3.00 1 420 2.50] Feeding Cows and Heifers— No. Ay. Price. [I No. Ay. Price. 3 473 $3.35 5 500 $3.30 9- 342 3.30 ' 1 320 3.25 4 685 3.00 1 1,000 2.75 2 915 2.75 1 730 2.00 Feeding Bulls- No. Ay. Price. II No>. Ay. Price. 1 1,360 $3.30 2 1,150 $3.25 1 470 3.00 11 1 840 2.90 Veal Calves — No. Ay. Price. || No. Ay. Price. 2 155 $5.25 ! I 2 130 $5.00 3 106 3.25 11 HOGS—The supply in sight at all markets was quite liberal. Receipts here were large and right from the early opening bids ruled weak to 5c lower than yesterday. Quality averaged ony fair. The best on sale sold from $5.77 1 / 2 to $5.87%, with mixed selling from $5.70 to $5.75, and roughs at $5.50. Hogs- No. Ay. Price. ||No. Ay, Price. 06 281 $5.87% || 71 232 $5.85 38 288 5.85 77 222 6.85 04 254 5.82% 79 210 5.82% 70 206 5.80 75 210 5.80 107 211 5.77% 66 199 5.77% 72 213 5.77% 39 212 5.75 40 .- 202 5.75 26 213 5.75 65 182 5.75 jSO 185 5.72% 36 176 5.70 I Pigs and Culls- No. Ay. Price. | No. Ay. Price. 1 ... 500 $5.50 I 1 400 $5.50 3 433 5.50 1 500 5.25 I 640 5.00 | 2 100 4.75 SHEEP—Receipts received fresh in the yards were limited to only one !oad and they consisted of shorn lambs that sold at $4.75, or fully as high as the same kind o£ offer ings are selling on the Chicago market. Sheep— No. Ay. Price. II wool lambs 114 $4.85 106 shorn lambs 75 4.75 10 shorn lambs 67 4.75 2 bucks 110 3.00 On the market: Hector L. S. Co., Hector; C. H. Richards, Stewart; Sandman & Z., Glencoe; Carl Heuer, Fred Sochnolz, Cologne; Milesed & Williams, Milbank, S. D.; Skiff & Carter, Owatonna; W. E. La Baron, J. S. Stute, Lyle; A. D. Sackett, Dunham & Co., Janesville; Schuldt & Walthers, Owatonna; Block &. S., Sanborn; J. J. Sturgeon, Mar shall; Reinhart & S., Alta Vista, Iowa; W. H. Helberg, Nestrand; P. O. Leary, Waterville; Carter & C, North Branch; C. Schneider, Delano; Schwartz & Co., Lester Prairie; M. Condon, Clara ity; John Johnson, Litchneld; Henry Shen, Lakeville; Maiden Rock L. S. Co., Maiden Rock, Wis.; J, V. Jones, Durand, Wis.; Nels Morrow, Battle Lake; V. Imholt, Clear Lake; John Daceck, New Prague; Ryan & Hoban, Waterville; A. Pettis, St. Peter; Dundee L. S. Co., Dundee; A. Bergman, Butterfleld; H. Sweetman, Currie; C. W. Chamberlain, Amboy. Sioux City Live Stock. Sioux City, lowa, April 24.—Receipts, 4,500 hogs, 1,200 cattle. Hogs—sc lower. Sales: To. Ay. Price 66 237 $5.65 65 240 5.6714 62 250 • 5.70 n 257 5.721,4 69 260 5.75 64 l! 80 5.80 Cattle—Steady. Sales: No. Ay. Price 2 canners - 1,110 $2.40 3 cows ....1,276 4.00 12 stock heifers 372 L.65 3 stock heffers 646 3 30 2 bulls l,ir>o 3.00 2 bulls 1,190 3.25 2 bulls 745 3.50 10 stockers 950 3.75 6 stoekers 840 4.25 9 yearlings 650 3.40 28 yearlings 632 4.25 10 calves 325 4.20 6 calves , 300 4^50 Sheep—ln demand; $3@4.90. Kansas City Live StocV. Kansas City, April 24.—Cattle—Receipts, 6,000; steady to strong: native steers, $4.60@ 5.60; Texas steers,s4.4o@S.ls; cows and heifers, ?C.25@5.10; etockers and feeders, $4.16@5.25. Hogs—Receipts, 10,000; 5c lower; bulk of sales, $5.75@5.90; heavy, $5.85@5.95; mixed. ?0.75@5.90; light, $5.60@5.75. Sheep—Receipts, 7,500; steady; muttons, ?4.10@4.85; lambs, $4.85@7. St. Louis Live Stock. St. Louis, April 24.—Cattle—Receipts, 100; steady, unchanged. Hogs—Receipts, 5,600: steady; lights, $5.80(3) 5.90; packers, $0.80@5.90; butchers, $5.95@6.10. Sheep—Receipts, 300; unchanged. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, April 24.—Cattle—Receipts, 16,000; steady to firm; good to prime steers, $4.90@6; M. BORAX & CO., The Oldest Firm of Bankers and Brokers ■•: IX THE SOUTHWEST. Have removed from their old quarters -.-;.;, on Jackson Street to the <j«rnaula Lift, Building. G«r. 4th and ; 9Elame««ta Bt, St. Paul, Mini.'. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 190 l International Market $1,000,000 4 JSI. Russian Government Guaranteed Gold Bonds PAYABLE IN United States Gold Coin in New York, or in Russian Roubles in St. Petersburg. TAX EXEMPT. Russian Bonds have a wide market, the various issues being traded in at London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Bristol, Liver pool, Frankfort, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Brussels, Manchester, Copenhagen, Antwerp, Sheffield, Dresden and St. Petersburg. Many investors are placing their funds in foreign securities to take advantage of the international market in case they wish to sell during temporary depression at home. Price Par and Interest FARSON, LEACH & CO., 140 Dearborn St., Chicago. 3» Nassau St., New York. Minneapolis subscriptions received by THE MINNESOTA LOAN & TRUST CO., Minneapolis, Minn. poor to medium, $3.£5@4.85; stockers and feed ers, $2.75@4.85; cows and heifers, $2.80@4.75; canners, $2.10@276; calves, $4@5; Texas steers, $3.50@5.35. Hogs—Receipts to-day, 27,000; to-morrow, 22,000; left over, 3,150; easier: mixed and butchers, $5.70@6; good to choice heavy, 15.85 @6.05; rough heavy, $5.70@5.80; light, $5.65§> 5.90; bulk of sales, $5.85@5.95. Sheep—Receipts, 20,000; slow; aheep, $4.40® 4.90; lambs, $4.75@5.30. Official yesterday: Receipts—Cattle, 6.393; hogs, 17,937; sheep, 9,429. Shipments—Cattle, 2,111; hogs, 5,405; sheep, 3,788. Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha. April 24.- sCattle—Receipts, 2,900; slow and steady; native steers, $4.25 &5.40; Texas steers, |3.25@4.25; cows and heifers, $3.40@4.50; stockers and feeders, $3.40 ((15.05. Hogs—Receipts, 12,100; 5c lower; heavy, $5.75@5.90; mixed, $5.75@5.77%; light, $5.70@ 5.75; bulk of sales, $5.75@5.77%. Sheep—Receipts, 3,200; steady; sheep, $3.50 @4.90; lambs, $4.25@5. MONEY MARKET New York Money. New York, April 24.—N00n. —Money on call nominally 4% per cent; prime mercantile pa per, 4@4% per cent; sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.88%@4.88»4 for demand, and at $4.85@4.85 14 for sixty days; posted rates, $4.85%@4.86 and $4.89; commercial bills, $4.84*4@4.84%; silver certificates, nominally 60; bar silver, 59! /2; Mexican dollars, 48Vi; government bonds, strong; refunding 2s, reg.. 106*4; coupon, 106 Vi; 3s, reg., 110%; coupon, 111%; new 4s, reg., 138%; coupon, 139%; old 4s, reg., 113%; coupon, 113%; reg., 110^4; coupon, 111%. Minneapolis Money. MINNEAPOLIS—Bank clearings, $1,498, --884.74; New York exchange, selling rate 40c premium, buying rate par; Chicago exchange selling rate 50c premium, buying rate par London 60-day sight documentary, $4.84%. ST. PAUL—Clearings, to-day, $797,767.87. Chicago Money. Chicago, April 24.—Clearings, $23,661,421; balances, $1,806,969; posted exchange, $4.85^. @4.89; New York exchange, 10c discount. London Consols. London, -April 24. —Consols for money, 94 3-16; consols for the account, 94 3-16. PROVISIONS Chicago Provisions. Chicago, April 24.—Provisions were dull anti easier. July pork opened 5c lower, at $14.40; July lard 2V 2 c down, at $7.95@7.97%, and July ribs a shade depressed, at |7.87H- Peorla. Whisky. Peoria, April 24.—Whisky on the basis of $1.27 for finished goods. Hides, Pelts, Tallow ana Wool. N0.1.N0.2 Green salted heavy steer hides...... B*4 7% Green salted heavy cow hides 6% 59* Green salted light hides ...J;.'i...... 6% : h% Green salted' heavy cow and steer - hides, branded ................: 6', a ? 5% Green salted bull and 0xen,......... 6y 2 i.Vs Green salted veal calf, 8 to 15 1b5....10 ' BV 2 Green salted veal : kip, 15 to :25 lbs... 9 -: 7^ Green salted long-haired or runner kip .:...........7..;:.........;...:.. 7 •' 5& Green salted deacons, each 45 "35 Green cattle' hides and skins, l@l}s, per pound less than above quotations. -■ Green salted horse or mule hides, large J3.00 2.25 Green salted horse or mule hides, medium 2.40 1.50 Green salted horse or mule hides, small 1.60 1.00 Dry flint Montana butcher hides. ..12 (§l3 Dry flint Minnesota, Dakota and Wisconsin hides 10 $% Dry flint calf skins 15 12 Dry flint kip skins 13 11 Green salted pelts, large, each $0.75@1.00 Green salted pelts, medium, each.. .50® .70 Dry flint'territorial pelts, butcher. .10 @11 Dry flint territorial pelts, murrain.. 9V£@lo Dry flint territorial shearlings 6M>@ SVfc Tallow, in cakes 4% 4 Tallow, In barrels 4^4 31^ Grease, white 4 J% I Grease, dark j. 314 2Vi Wool, medium, unwashed 14 @loV 2 Wool, coarse, unwashed 14 @15 " Wool, fine, medium, unwashed 14 @15 Wool, fine, unwashed 10 @12 Wool, broken fleeces, unwashed 12 @14 Wool, seedy, burry, unwashed 12 ©1314 Bright Wisconsin and similar grades, l@2c higher than above quotations. INVESTMENT GOSSIP Waldorf Gossip to Watson: There was a theory In trading circles this evening that strong interests in the market have begun to buy leading railroad stocks on a s;ale. Many pyramids and overbought accounts have been liquidated and the ' short interest is rapidly attaining large proportions. A close observer of the loan market says the borrow ing demand for stocks is more urgent than at any time for weeks. This is true both of the railway list and the steel stocks. Rep resentative houses say that the speculative situation has been materially improved by tne liquidation that has taken place sin.;e jesierday, and, while they look for a weak opeisirg, they generally believe the upward movement will soon be resumed. Favorite stocks with these houses are United otatds St«A'l common and preferred, Southern Pa cific, Southern Railway, the Reading issues and Union Pacific. New York to Andrews: "Trading will be more in tvidence since the- epeculation now has two distinct sides. Rallies should be takep advantage of to reduce lines of rail way stocks. Buy Tractions on any further dip. Specialties will be tbe order of the day. Take on some United States Steel preferred. There is most excellent buying of this stocK. All the Steels, with the Tennessee Coal & Iron and Colorado Fuel & Iron will do better. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy deal is an accomplished fact. The Harriman crowd is preparing to boost Chicago Terminal. Hold Evansville & Terre Haute," St. Paul gross earnings for the third week of April increased, $21,000. New York, to Lewis: "They say the buy ing of Wisconsin Central common is for large railroad interests." Chicago to I. G. Andrews & Co.: Xew York market strong, with May wheat up a full cent. There is some talk of a May shortage there and possibly the demand for cash there may be hinged upon the future needs down there. ' == MTABLISHBO 1879 ~ '- — • WOODWARD & CO. «*««,,« GRAIN COMMISSION °<™™ B&ANCHJES—Chicago and Milwaukee. > Orders for future delivery executed la all markets. *;.',•, -'■■■■ ' • i ■. 0" - '-■.-■■.■ •■ •''.'•■ MINNESOTA LOAN & TRUST 10- MIXXCAPOIiIM, MIX*. V; Capital:...... $500,000.00 Guaranty Fund. $100,000.00 :- Interest 2% a& Allowed on O^a*o Deposits. «%B2£. Legal Depository Oj/Bj •■ „.,,. v for Court and Ol*> &SSS*. Trust Funds ' ;i INVESTMENTS—ExceIIent First Mort gages and Municipal Bonds for Bale. TRUSTS—AII classes of Trusts care-; fully administered. SAfETY •HIT VAUIiTS. ■ Bhas. E. Lewis MS( 1 & Co- Bonds, 1, 2 and 3 Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis, P()ttfl|] r GRAIN. PROVISIONS. New York Correspondents. : - - Clark, Dodge & Co. Chicago i Bartlett, Prater * Co. Correspondents, ( J. F. Harris. j . Daily . Price. Current . mailed free on ap plication."^ ■_ % THOMAS & Go Grain Commission aid Stoct Brokers. Write for our daily market letter, wbich we mall FREE on appUoatioa. Members Minneapolis Chamber of Com merce. Telephone— Main i»7-J. 5 CHAMBER OF OOMMERSE. ESTABLISHED 1884. LT.SOWLE&SONS Rrnkers in '. Grains, Provisions, orUECrs ll \ stoc k s and Bonds. Chicago and New York Correspondents. Long Distance Telephone, 634 Main. 21 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Vermilye&Co, BANKERS, Nassau and Pine Sts., Hew York; 13 Congress Street, Boston. Dealers in U. S. GOVERNMENT BOND? and other INVESTMENT SECURITIES Deposits Received and Interest Allowed of Balances subject to draft at sight. N. DAKOTA CROP SITUATION The First Crop Bulletin of the Seaaon. The first number of the North Dakota Climate and Crop Service Bulletin was issued Monday by Section Director B. H. Bronson at Bismarck. The Bulletin summarizes the crop situation in that state as follows: The past week, as well as the first part of the month, has been generally unfavorable for farm work, especially in the eastern and northern portions of the state. Previous to the past week some small amount of wheat had been sown in especially favorable loca tions, and preparations for seeding were becoming general, when a series of rain storms, followed by snow, set In, closely followed by heavy frosts, which froze the surface of the ground, so that next to no work could be done in the forenoon In most localities, and in some places, none In tho afternoon. In the southern part of the state some wheat that was sown the latter part of March has come up, but has been frozen down. In the eastern counties the soil is very wet, and considerable sunshine is needed to dry It out and warm it so that seed will germi nate. Watson & Co Brokers In Grain, Provisions* Stocks and Bonds, members : N. V. took Exchange Chicago Correspond etit»~6ahw*rtz, Dup«e&Co. Private wire Chicago & Hew York. Tel. 906 Main 35\ Chamber of Gommerco* \EDV/ARDS.WOOD zk co.\ XmeMbers fa|»M»s.\ ■\\vsmFumkwmß&-