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SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBEK 14, 1901. TRADE X-BAS SEASON OVER Holiday Trade in Wholesale Lines " Ends. POULTRY -IS ON FIRM BASIS Features of the Wholesale Produce Markets—Grocery Trade la oil Steady Basis. With to-day holiday buying iv the prom iU'-nt Jobbing lines will practically cease. Re taiiers have their s;o.ks 1:1 order, and will devote the next week and a half to the Christmas rush, only finding time to send in ■immediate" reorders when it is absolutely necessary to do so. Holiday buying on the parts of retailers in this market has been tremendous during the past month and a half. In some quarters it is said the total gain over a year ago has been fully -5 per cent, while other estimates are more conservative. All jobbers, however, report a much better business than in 1900, and wholesale stocks of strictly holiday lines have been closely cleaned up. The following two weeks will undoubtedly be quiet in the wholesale trade, as the inventory period will follow Christ mas. Spring buying, however, will open early in January in larger volume than here tofore, and the outlook isf for a good mid winter month. Collections are quiet, owing to the rush with retailers. Wholesale Grocery Situation. • Price gains of nominal sums are a feature of tho grocery markets this week. Refined sugar Is steady and unchanged. Buying ac tivity from refiners is Increasing. Open kettle and better grades of molasses are stronger. Low grades are easy, owing to crop damage to • cane which is causing surplus. Glucose is in a stronger position, owing to corn mar ket. Speculative Interest in Rio and Santos coffee Is weak. Spot market is steady. Mild grades are dull. Teas are strong and buying activity continues pronounced. Dried fruits are showing stronger tendencies. Seeded raisins are held Me higher on the coast. Loose are showing better tone and may advance. Valencia layer are steady, but in good re quest. Prunes in the smaller sizes are firmer, having shown an advance in some quarters of \ cent. Apricots are firmly held at au advance of J4 to % cent in some quarters. Tomatoes have advanced in this market 5 cents for 3s standards. Fancies are still higher. Coast cherries are held stronger in 2 l 2 s and gallons. Corn Is steady. Peas for better grades are higher. Sardines and sal u:on are unchanged. Rice is showing stronger tone in southern markets and may advance her*, if price gain is sustained. Provisions hold to previous strong basis. i'oultry Market Firm. In produce. Interest centers in the poultry situation, and prospects seem to favor a comparatively high Christmas market on turkeys, springs aud hens. Outlook is for Increased deni&ud t.iis year over last, with crop smaller. Maikei throughout tee week hus Instil re.iuark.ably firm. Strictly fresh eggj are iv light supply and have gained 1 cent slni the cold way.> yesterday morning. But ter and ciit<so are on a steady basis. Dressed meat la on Mmteal market and unchanged. Polato«8 hold steady to firm with local stocks closely held at this point Onions are in light supply end B cents higher throughout the list. Cabbage has strengthened and is 25 cents higher per crate for homegrown. Supplies are light. Popcora has advanced Va cent for old. which Is in light supply. In fruits interest centers In oranges and i buuanas for Christmas trade. Oranges are on lower basis, having declined 25 cents, due tj better supplies. Movement, however, is of usually large proportions, owing to high price of apples and moderate basis for thia fruit. Bananas are steady, but in active re quest Cranberries have advanced for best varieties 25 cents to 50 cents a barrel. Lead ing vr.rlet.ips of apples are also 25 cents per j barrel higher. Volume of trade in fruits is j unusually heavy and will continue so through coming week. Furniture Market Nominal. The wholesale furjiitur** market is nominal this week. Some spring orders are being taken, but retailers aro too busy with their trade to give attention to futures. .Manu facturers are overhauling factories and pre paring for spring. In some- instances ship ments that have been deloyed owing to short age In production are just moving out. Out look is for good business during January. Oil Market Firmer. The linseed oil market has gained 1 and 2 cents during the week owing to the stronger position of seed. Demand is largely from southern cities at present, northwestern buy ing activity having eased off. HOLIDAY TRADE BOOMING Year's Bufclnt-NS Promise* to lie Very Satisfactory. Xew York, Dec. 14.—Bradstreet's says: Holiday trade is in full swing at all mar kets, while jobbing distribution naturally shows a quieting down preparatory to stock taking. Nearly all advices touching these latter branches of business are encouraging, and tho year's results, so far as ascertained, are on the whole very satisfactory. Among the industries, iron and steel are easily first in strength of demand and prices, and the word buoyant about accurately describes the situation as regard* the feeling in the trade generally. Probably never before was so much business booked in advance as there is at present In pig iron,rails and finished products. The former is in better demand and $16 can be had at valley furnaces, though $15.25 is the nominal rate. The crest of the recent rise in cereals wad for the present reached on Saturday last for coarse grain and on Monday, Dec. 9, for wheat and provisions. The steady rise in wheat and -orn prices shown since the early part of November had resulted in a gain of about 13c each in wheat and corn, from which the fall this week is only about 3c. Pro visions sympathize with the movement, and the high price of low grade foodstuffs is still a feature of note. Cotton, alone of the great agricultural sta ples, has strengthened this week on a con tinuance of the bullishness brought out by the low government estimate, and, in spite rf a crop movement, some of which is classed as •'holiday" cotton, in excess' of last year. Exports have reached and passed last season's record. Staple cottons are on the whole firmer, and sellert,' are not as anxious as a while ago. Woplen goods are in good de mand, particularly for dress wear, and many mills are busy on heavy weight orders. Wool is strong, though unchanged, on good de mand, with London slightly higher on mer inos and unchanged on cross breeds. Boot and shoe manufacturers are e'tlll busily employed, and shipments still heavily exceed last year. Leather is firm, and, while hides are easier, tanners are not anxious to buy largely. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week aggregate 3,879.809 bushels, as against 4,604, --846 bushels last week and 4,785,577 bushels In this week last year. Wheat exports, July l to date (24 weeks), aggregate 136,303,715 bushels, as against 84,960,729 bushels last season. Corn exports aggregate 278,207 bush els, as against 362,844 bushels last week and 4,353,458 bushels last year. July to date corn exports are 19,795,238 bushels, against 83, --7^1.661 bushels last season. Business failures in the United States for the week number 233, as against 237 last week, 247 in this week last year, 211 in 1899, 237 in IS9£ and 283 iv Ifitf. \Veekn Bank Clearing^. New York, Dee. 14— following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear ings at principal cities for the week ended Dec. 12, with the percentage of increase and decrease as compared, with the corresponding week last year. —Per Cent—• Inc. Dec. ■ N-.v -York ...../ }I,SCe,Me,76S 20.2 ... \\ Chicago 176.22U.439 31.9 Boston i 141,624,808 .... 49 Philadelphia 106.267,123 20.5 . St. Louis .......:...... &6,»00,691 54.0 .../ PiilsburK 44,236,550 43.8 ...... B.dtlmortj .;..^.V 23,457,t(67 .... t;.7 Sun francisco : • 23.535.69S 11.:! ":.;.. Cincinnati .1 19,678,200 12.0 ..;. Kansas City 20.910,872 19.2 Minneapolis ' 20,141,874 50.3 .... Cleveland 14,518,0u7 '31.6 .... New Orleans 17.280,41ti 8 6 Detroit 14,190,308 65.1 .... Louisville 10,279,311 2 7 Indianapolis 10,595,338 32.8 .... Providence 6,722,800 . 10 1 Omaha 7,212,159 14 7 Milwaukee 7,882,670 50.2 Buffalo ti,824,529 St. Paul • 6,785,730 23.4 .... Savannah 4.248,760 .... 29 9 Seattle 8,031,858 32.5 Washington 3,506,; J>6!* 22.ti .... Portland, Oregon 3,504,084 28.5 .... l>es Monies 1,862,608 23.5 .... Sioux City 1.634,249 5.8 .... Spokane 1,681,048 39.0 Taooma 1,231,580 Helena 821,135 28.9 Fargo 585,882 5.7 Sioux Falls 322,379 74.0 Totals, O. S $2,402,831,892 19.2 .... Outside New York 839,930,629 17.3 Canada — Montreal $19,313,692 40.7 .... Toronto 15,572,573 32.7 Winnipeg 4.280.259 74.5 Halifax 2,0^6,516 25.4 Vancouver, B. C 905,578 17.6 Hamilton !»2^,22y 2.5 . .. St. John, N. B 871,890 li>.4 Victoria, B. C 876,355 51.0 Wutbec 1,586,153 Totals, Canada .... $45,309,222 37.8 .... GENERAL PRODUCE The Minneapolis Market. Saturday, Dec. 14. I Extra creamery butter, lower; : : extra dairy, easy. Strictly fresh : : eggs, firm. Dressed hens, lower; : : spring chickens, lower; fancy tur- : : keys, steady. Potatoes, steady. Ap- : : pies, steady. Fancy country dressed : :^ veal, weak. New oranges, steady. : BUTTER—Extra creameries, lb, 23@23^c; firsts, lb, 20@21c; seconds, per lb, lo'ittitic; imitaticns, nrsts, per lb, 17<olSc; imitations, seconds, per lb, 14@15c; dairies, extras, per lb, 19@20c; dairies, firsts, lb, 17@>18c; sec onds, 10, 15c; roll and print, fancy, 16@17c; roll and print, choice, 14V£@15c; ladles, nrsts, lb, 17@18c; seconds, 13&(&14c; packing stock, I per lb, 14c; grease, lb, a®sc. EGGS— Strictly fresh, cases included, loss off, per doz, 24c; fresh laid, per doz, 18c; checks and seconds, pickled and limed, per case, $2©2.60. CHEESE— Twins or flats, fancy, lb, 12c; twins or flats, choice, 9@loc; fair to good, 7⪼ Young Americas, fancy, 12% c; choice, lb, 9&@10%e; brick. No. 1, 12V4£13c; brick, No. 2, 10@llc; brick. No. 8, per lb, 7@Bc; limburger. No. 1, per lb, 12»6c; limburger, No. 2, S'/2@9V2c; primost. No. 1, 7c; No. 2, 3c; block Swiss. No. 1, 14V£@15c; No. 2, 8&@ 9c; round Swiss, No. 1, 16@15V4c; round Swies, No. 2, SV2@9c ■-. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, young toms and hens, per lb, 6%@7c: small and thin, per lb, 4<§sc; chickens, hens, lb, 4*£@3c; old roos ters, per lb, sc; springs, lb, 6c; ducka, spring, sc; springs, white, 6Vic; geese, 6s. . DRESSED POULTRY — Turkeys, fancy, 'young toms and hens, per lb, 9c; fair to good, per lb, 7^4@Sc; culls, per ID, 4@sc; chickens, fancy springs, per lb, S^c; fair to good, 6@7c; hens, lb, 7®7%c; old roosters, per Ib, 3@4c; ducks, fanev, 8c; culls, s@6c; geese, per lb, 7®Bc. These prices for undrawn stock; drawn stock lees. DUBSSED MEATS—VeaI, fancy, lb, G'^c; veal, fair to good, S%®6c; thin, small or over weight, per Ib, >6c, mutton, fancy, country dressed, lb, 6c; lambs, fancy, pelts off, 7@Bc; hogs, light, 6Vic; hogs, medium, 6>4c; hogs, heavy, 6c. PISH— lb, 7c; crappies, lb, 3@6c; pick erel, drawn, lb, 4»c : pickerel, round 4c; sunflsh, perch, etc., 2@3c; bullheads, skinned, lb, 3@sc; Lake Superior herring, 3@3%c. POTATOES— litoek, per bu iv ear lots, 80c; white stock, less than car lots Sse; mixed red, in car lots, 65@70c; small ' lots, sevked 75@80c.' ONIONS— Red Globe, bu, $1.25; Red Weth ersfleld, bu, $1.25; Silver Skins, per bu $1 50 SWEET POTATOES—Jerseys, per brl, $4; Cobdens, per 7>rl, $4\60. BEANS—Fancy navy, per bu $2.25; choice, $2; medium, hand-picked, per bu, $2; brown, fancy bu, $2.25; brown, fair to good, per bu, $1.51>@1.75. DRIED PEAS—Fancy yellow, per bu. $1.25 <g1.35; medium, per bu, $1; green, fancy, per bu; $1.50; green, medium, $1; marrowfat, per bu, $2: Lima, California, per lb, 6@7c. APPLES—Limber Twigs, per brl, $4(34.50; Jonathans, per brl, $fi.so(gC; Missouri^ Pip pins, per brl, $4@4.50; Winesaps, $4.50@5; Baldwins, per brl, $5.5t>; Ben Davis, $4.50@5; North-em Spy, per brl, $5.60®6; box stock $1.50@2.25. * • . ORANGES—New Mexican, per box, $2.75; California navels, as to size, $3.50; California seedlings, $2.75; Floridas, as to. size, $3.60. LEMONS—Messinas, fancy, $4; choice, 1 $3.75; California, fancy, to size, $3.75; choice' $3.50. CRANBERRIES —Wisconsin Bell and Cherry, brl, $7.75; Wisconsin Bell and Bu gle, per brl, $8; Jerseys, per brl, $7.50; Late Howes, per brl, $8.50; per bu boxes, $2.75. GRAPES—Catawbas, 5-lb basket. 20c; Ma lagas, extra fancy, per keg, $7; fancy, per keg, $6. PEARS—Eastern stock, per brl, $5@6. BANANAS— Fancy, large bunches, $2.50; medium bunches, $2.25; small bunches, $2 HONEY—New fancy white, 1-lb sections 15@16c; choice white, 12@13c; amber, Il@l2c; golden rod, ll@12c; extracted white, B@9<r buckwheat, 9@loc; extracted amber, 7@Bc VEGETABLES—Beets, per bu, 35@40c; cab bage, per large crate, $3; per ton, $30; radishes, round and long, per doz, 85c; let tuce, head, per doz, 75@S0c; carrots, per bu, 30@35c; cauliflower, per dozen. $2@2.50' cucumbers, hothouse, per doz, $1.25@1.50; cel ery, per doz, 25@S5c; parsnips, bu, 50c; ruta bagas, bu, 40c; spinach, bu, 75c; turnips, 40c; spinach, per bu, 50c; turnips per . bu, 35c; tomatoes, California, per 4-baßket crate, $3.25; parsley, doz, 25c; sal sify (oyster plant), doz, 30c; watercress, doz 30c. Hides, Pelts. Tallow and "Wool. • No.l. No 2. Given salted heavy steer hides 9« 835 Green salted heavy cow hides 9 .s% Green salted light hidee ssty t 7 Green salted bull and oxen 8 7Vi Green salted veal calf, 8 to 15 lbs. .lO 8% Green salted veal kip, 15 to 25 lbs... 8^ 7>4 Green salted long-haired or runner kip 714 6^4 Green salted deacons, each 50 40 Green cattle hides and skins, l@l^c per lb less than above quotations. Green salted horse or mule hides large $3.00 2.00 Green ealted horse or mule hides, medium 2.45 1.60 Green ealted horse or mule hides, small 1.60 1.00 Dry flint Minnesota butcher hides..l 3 @14V£ Dry flint Minnesota, Dakota and Wisconsin hides ni£ 10 Dry flint calf skins 15 32 Dry flint kip skins 13^4 1014 Green salted pelts, large, each 60 575 Green salted pelts, medium, each 40 @50 Green ealted pelts, small, each 20 @40 | Dry flint territorial pelts 8 @10^& ' Dry Bint territorial pelts, murrain.. 7 @ 8^ Dry flint territorial shearlings 6 @7 Tallow, In cakes 5x4 ty a Tallow, in barrels 5 414 Grease, white 4 31^] Grease, dark 3% 2V2 1 Wool, medium, unwashed 12%@13% Wool, fine medium, unwasiied 11%@12^£ Wool, coarse, unwashed llii'if 1-Va Wool, fine, unwashed 9 @10% Wool, broken fleeces, unwashed 11 @12 " Wool, seedy, burry, unwashed 10 @11 Bright Wisconsin and similar grades, l@2c higher than above Quotations. DECLINE IN COPPER Prices Reduced All Around and the Market Very Weak. New York, Dec. 14. —The local copper mar ket is demoralized. The United States Metals Selling company reduced prices 1 to \%, cents yesterday. The street looks for further reduc tion. It is B'aid that the company has been making contracts for a great deal of copper at prices even lower than covered by the re duction. Everybody seems to be at sea regarding the future of the market. Reports current that the reduction was made as a move in the cop per stock war were denied by parties who are on the inside. The decline was evidently made to try to get prices down to a free sell ing level, or, in other wordß, to a commercial ba: is. The local prices are now as follows: Lake Copper, 15%@15%c; Electrolytic, 15<g>15i4c; Casting, 15e. London copper market fell off 10 shillings to-day, thus making a new low record for recent years. Spot and futures were quoted at $52. The London market for pig tin was un changed, but the local market was about a half cent higher, closing at $24.85 to $25.12%. London tin closed with spot at £10 9s and futures at £13 Es." ■' Lead, steady but unchanged. The London market was at last quoted at £10 10s. New York price, $1.45. Spelter was unchanged liyre at 44aic. London was 5s bttter, closing at £1C 10s. Iron was a little lowtr abroad. Glasgow closed at 56a aiTd Middleboro at 43s E d. Pig iron warrants,' $10.50@11.50;' No. 1 northern foundry, $15.50@16; No. - southern foundry, $14.5</(3 >15.G0; No. 1 southern foundry, $15.50& IC.SO;Nb. 1 southern foun-dry, soft. $15^.17. ; THEWEEKINGATTLE Hog Receipts Heavy But Prices Pretty Well Maintained. BUTCHER CATTLE WERE EASIER Sheep Trade Slower—Veal Drns'ttJ'— >'ews of the UcHleni Live Stock Markets. • South St. Paul, Minn. .Dec. 14.— HOGS— general marketing of hogs con tinued very liberal all week, being only a shade less than the previous week'a aggregate receipts, but fully 100,000 in excess of tho same week's supply last year. The five lead ing markets ■ report a total of 543,000, againat 549,400 for the week before, and 445,400 for the corresponding week a year ago. Local receipts were unusually liberal every day, being about 25,800 for the week, against 24,44S for the week before and 15,259 for the- same week a year ago. The excessive supply of under weights, in proportion to the number of heavy hogs received at all niarkets,\ ha 3 warranted a wider range in values. Packers started In early in the week on a very bullish basis, but toward the close the lighter weights suffered a sharp decline, while all weighty hogs held their own. At the close lights and light mixed are generally 20c to 25c under Wednesday's best time but about steady with last week's close. Heavy hogs have beea In very strong demand and at close are about steady with Wednesday's beat time and 15c to 20c higher than lest week's close. The bulk of all the hogs at the close this week tsold from $5.70 to $5.85, against $5.60@5.75 a week ago, $5.70 to 5.*) two weeks ago, $5.40 to $5.45 a month ago. and $1.75 to $4.77^2 a year ago. Prices are about 50r higher than the low point reached Wednesday, Nov. 13, when j the bulk sold from $5.20 to $5.25, but still about $1.15 lower than, the high point reached Monday, Sept. 23, when the bulk sold froai $6.55 to $6.95. BUTCHER CATTLE—CattIe receipts at all markets this week were heavy. At flvrs prominent markets receipts totaled 150.700, against 136,800 for the previous week, and i 128,100 for the corresponding week a year \ ago. Receipts hero were slightly in excess of [ last week, but fell about 2,100 short of the | same week's supply a year ago. There were ! about 3,600 received this week, against 3,100 for the week before and 2,417 for the same we&k last year. The local trado could have used more than double the beef and butcher I stuff included. Offerings In the east of both canners and common to good butcher steers and cows have met strong competition from poultry and as a result prices have suffered a j sharp decline. While eastern quotations show : decline of from 40c to 75c, the short supply here had helped maintain a comparatively good market. Anything strictly choice to fancy In the line of beeves would have com manded prices fully as high as a week ago. There was only a fair Inquiry for veal calves at' prices ruling about steady with last week's close. Choicest onea sold largely at $5. Quo tations: ' Choice to prime dressed beef steers..ss.sO@<3.2s I Good to choice dressed beef steers.. 6.00@5.50 Fair to good dressed beef steers 4.00@4.75 Best western range kiHiug steers.. 4.50@5.00 I'a.ir western range killing steers... 3.50®4.25 Good to choice butcher heifers , 3.00@3.6j Fair to good butcher heifers 2.50Q>3.00 Good to choice butcher cows 2.00@3.36 Fair to good butcher cows 2.00@3.00 Be3t western range cows 3.00@3.50 Fair western laujf©l cows 2.00@3.(M) Canners ; 1.25@2.00 Fat bulls 2.00@2.7u Bologna bulls 2.00@2.50 Goo'l to choice veal calves 4.50@5.00 Fair to good veal calves 3.00@4.00 Best feeding steers 3.00©3.50 Fair feeding steors 2.50@3.00 Common feeling steers 2.00@2.50 Best stock steers 2.75<@.:'.2f> Fair stock steers 2.50@2.75 Common stock steers 1.75@2.50 Best feeding cows 2.35@2.50 Fair feeding cows . 2.00@2.35 Common feeding cows 1.50@2.00 Best stock heifers 2.50@-2.75 Fair stock heifers 2.25@2.50 Common stock iheifers 1.75@2.23 Best slock and f€eding"bulls 2.50@2.75 Fair sfock and fe*-ding bulls 2.00@2.50 Milkers and springers .. $18.00@40.00 SHEEP—There was a fair marketing of i sheep at all markets, the aggregate supply falling about 15,000 short of last week's re ceipts, but was still about 28,000 larger than the total supply for the week last year. Local receipts were not as large. as the supply for the week before, being about 6,500, against 11,759 for the previous week and 9,494 for the I same week a year ago. The local inquiry for ! both fat sheep and lambs was not as brisk as the week before aud while choice fat lambs and wethers are considered about steady with a week ago, yet all grades of fat ewes ruled about 10c lower, with the half-fat lambs sell ing at the close at from 10c to 20c oft. There ! was very little inquiry for either feeding sheep or lambs. Quotations: Good to choice lambs $4.00@4.15 Fair to good lambs 3.50@4.00 Good to choice yearlings 3.25@3.50 Good to choice wethers 3.25@3.50 Fair to good wethers 3.00@3.25 Good to choice ewes 3.00@3.15 Fair to good ewes ..' 2.50@2.75 Fat bucks 2.00@2.50 Best stock lambs 3.60®4.00 Fair stock lambs 2.50@3.00 Best feeding wethers 3.26@3.50 Fair feeding wethers 2.75©3.25 Best stock and feeding ewes 2.35@2.75 Fair stock and feedinkg ewes 2.00@2.35 Old, thin ewes and bucks 1.00@2.00 Receipts to-day were about 100 cattle, 50 calves, 3,000 hogs ana 500 sheep. The following table Bhows the receipts from Jan. 1, 1901, to date, as compared with the same period a year ago. Year. Cattle. Calves.Horses. 1901 ...152,153 33,978 573,7:;;: 220,093 15,222 16,724 1900 ...171,757 43,576 470,757 450.072 26,614 16,609 Dec ... 19,604 9,598 ...... 159,979 11,392 885 Inc 102,970 The following table showa the receipts for the month of December to date, as compared with the came period a year age: Year. Cattle.Calves.Hogs.Sheep.Horses.C*rs. I 1901 ... 5,812 738 46,465 18,226 39 867 1900 ... 4,832 627 28,294 10,039 50 57S Dec ... 11 ... Inc.... 1,010 111 18,171 8.187 .. 289 Receipts: Date. Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep Care. Dec. 7 158 36 3.86S 6,441 82 Dec. 9 430 44 1,926 . 252 44 Dec. 10 1,268 ir,G 5,924 3,149 VW. Dec. 11 .... 658 58 5,130 1,517 98 j Dec. 12 .... 483 74 4,004 1,001 68 Dec. 13 .... 321 83 4,953 373 69 Disposition of stock Friday, Dec. 13: Firm— Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Swift & Co 222 4,087 11 W. E. McCormick ... :;9 .. Slimmer & Thomas .. 83 J. E. Bolton 11 Peter Evans . .t 3'i W. E. Bronson 16 ... J. R. Kingr' .... "3 Other buyers 2 Country buyers 193 ' ii Totals 513 4,128 25 CATTLE— were very few cattle re ceived at any of the market points. The local inquiry was still very strong, and, while i prices east on all kinds of killers excepting strictly choice beeves are quoted from 50e to 75c lower than Monday, sales here were 1 made at not more than 25c under Monday. There was practically no trading in stockers and feeders. Prices are considered 15@250 lower than a week ago. Sales: Butcher Cows and Heifers— No. Ay. Price. II No. Ay. Price. 1 1,080 $2.00 1(3 873 $1.50 ' .3 816 1.50 |! 1../..... 820 1.40 Milkers and springers— Three cows and Z calves for $70; 1 cow and ' i 1 calf for $30; 1 cow and 1 calf for $25; 1 cow i and l'calf for $23; 1 cow and 1 calf for $22. Veal Calves ■ No. Ay. Price. 1 140 $5.00 Stockers and Feeders — No. Ay. Price. I No. . Ay. Price-. 6 713 $3.75 N 3 ...763 $2.75 1 890 2.65 !| 9 ........ 685 2.55 1 800 2.50 | 6 80S 2.50 1 730 2.50 2 830 240 1 680 2.40 || 4 ........ 753 2.35 ' 1 710 2.25 J Feeding Cows and Heifers— No. Ay. Price. | \u. Ay. Price. 1 680 $2.50 I 1 640 $2.25 6 ..375 2.25 |j Feeding Balls- No." Ay. Price. || No. Ay. Price. 1 ..960 $2.75 ) 1 ..730 $2.00 1 920 1.75 |( i HOGS—Receipts at all market to-day were only fair. There was seemingly strong de mand from' packers and especially so for kinds weighing better than 240 lbs. There ! was a little better tone to the' itrade at prices about .steady with yesterday's fow trade. Medium and b^avy hogs sold from $5.90 to $6.25, while lights and ■ mixed muls from $5.25 to $5.85. , ; - , ;?* IlOjJi— No. Ay. Price. II No. Ay. Prlne 43 269 $6.10 162 .........214 $C.OO , 61 212 5.95 S2 204 '■• 5.95 ' SI ..-.'..230 5.90 74 .........221 '5.90 61 ......;V.218 -5.85- 79 .'....;. 217 *5.85 £0 .268 5.85 ■; 82 188 ' 5.80 63 .". 212 5.80 57 ».■...\.;.209 .*5.80' 42 . lh> 5.75 .. 65i ........ 179 6,75.' THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. 60 ;.; 191 6.75 1148 ..■;.".."...209 " 6.75 75 .....;...192 >6.75 || 81 ......V.MB2 " 5.70 Piga—■"-..-■■ hi No. ' Ay. Prior. | N0.;,. .. ay. Price. 24 141 $5.30 62 149 $5.30 15 138.-.5.25.. ; 21 150 5.25 31 140 5.20 |i 2t» .133 .15 > SHEEP—Receipts were very' small.' The local inquiry, fort.fat sheep and lambs was very slack and the few sales made to-day wera generally considered 15@25c under a week ago. Sales: Shee;> — NQ. .... Ay. Price. £7 lambs .;—•;.. 74:. $4.15 2u lambs 91 4.10 12 feeding lambs 70 3.60 9 feeding lambs > 64 3.G0 4 feeding Jambs .. 64 3.40 3 Sheep 10,'{ 3.00 12 feeders . 128 2.75 27 sheep ......'... '...127 2.75 2 eulla 105 2.00 On the market: tB. Nelson, Atwater; Schwartz & Co., Lester Prairie; Welnzierl Hros. & Co., St. Bonifacius; L. Wooders, Red Wing; Thomas Heaney, W. J. Heaney, Good hue; John 'Olson, Kerkhoven; M. C, Clara City; Mason & R., • Nassau; Whitman, Elk River; Johnson, Porterson & Co., Hector; R. Fiaher, Buffalo Lake. \ Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Dec. 4.—Cattle—Receipts, 100; steady; good to prime, $6@7.60; poor to me dium, $3.75@5.90; stockers and feeders, $2@ 4.25; cows, ?1@2.43; heifers, $1.75@5; canners, $I@2;, bulls, $1.75@4.50; calves, $2@5.25; Texas steers, $4.50@5.30; western steers, $3.u0@4.75. Hogs—Receipts to-day, 18,000; Monday, 30, --000; left over, 16,474; heatry, steady; light, 10c higher; mixed and butchers,'ss.Bsß6.4o; good to choice heavy, $6.20@6.60; rough heavy, $5.75 @6; light, $4.85@5.80; bulk of sales, $5.85® 6.45. s Sheep—Receipts, 500; steady; lambs, strong; good to choice wethers, $3.50@4; fair to choice mixed. $2.75@3.40; western sheep, $3@4; na tive lambs, $2.50<g5.40; western lambs, $2@4. Official yesterday: Receipts—Cattle, 3,050; hoga, 40,999; sheep, 9,390. Shipments—Cattle, 4.075; hogs, 4,384; sheep, 1,735. x St. Louin Live Stock. St. Louis, Dec. 14.—Cattle—Receipts, 500; unchanged. - Hogs—Receipts, 3,500; pigs, $5.90@6.05; packers, $6@6.15; butchers, $6.50@6.60. Sheep—Receipts, 100; unchanged. 1 Kansas City Live Stock. Kansas City, Dec. 14.—Cattle—Receipts, 200; unchanged. Hogs—Receipts, 11,000; steady to 5c higher; heavy, $6.6006.70; packers, |6.35@6.55; York ers, $5.10#6.25; pigs, $4.50@5.10. Sheep—Receipts, 100; unchanged. Firtuneas in Wool. Boston, Dec. 14.—The Comercial Bulletin of this date reviews the wool market as fol- ' lows: Wool dealers have had an excellent week. The -demand from the email mills continues good and an occasional line ia taken by the big manufacturers. Speculation Is growing and not a little has been bought this week to hold for a rise. All grades are very firm and the general tendency is upward. Australian has sold at better prices and in domestic sales of medium fleeces have been at an advance. Territory cannot 'be bought on as low a scoured basis as formerly, and 48 cents is about the insi'.la for good, fine medium. In Khorassa carpet i wooi sales show an advance of a full cent. Closing: l'rleeu for tiie Week. MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT. a -■..' Dec. May.. Saturday, Dec 7... 76%@% T8: Monday 77 79%@SQ Tuesday 75% 77% Wednesday 74 76% Thursday 73^4 7."> S Friday 74Va 76% To-day 74V* 76% CHICAGO WHEAT. Dec. May. Saturday, Dec. 7 78% 82%®% Monday 79 83%®% Tuesday 77% 81%@% Wednesday 76 SOVs^Vi Thursday 75% 79Vi Friday 76% SU.^eVa To-day 75% 7934<gv8 Midvray Hone Market. ; Minnesota Transfer, St. Paul, Minn., Deo. 14.—Barrett & Zimmerman report demand for logging horses the strongest of the season. Wisconsin lumbermen were the most active buyers. Weyerhaeuser bought several car loads for his various logging camps in Min nesota and Wisconsin. Local men also added considerable life and strength to the buying, all of which was centered on. heavy prime offerings. Values: Drafters, extra . $150@17J Drafters, choice \ 130@145 Drafters, common to good 115(gl3i> Farm mares, choice '...."'90@115 Farm mares, common to g00d...;..... 60@ 75 Washington Correspondence of the St. Louis "Post-Dispatch. ..." One.of the most lovable men. I ever knew is R, R. Hitt of Illinois, chairman | of the committee on foreign relations. He has spent nearly his whole life in the practice of statesmanship. When a mere j boy he reported stenographically the great •Lincoln-Douglas debates, which in itself was a liberal political education. Then he spent several years in office in Washing ton. For eight years he was "secretary of legation in Paris under Elihu B. Wash burne, and for much of that time wa3 charge d'affaires. He was assistant sec retary of state under Blame. He has been in congress many years. He excels in the delicate art of story telling. Not long ago in the cloakroom I was talking with him about Thomas Hart : Benton, whereupon he told me an anec dote of Benton's most masterful antagon ist, Senator James Stephen Green of Mis i souri. "Senator Green," said Mr. Hltt, "was not only a man of splendid genius, but also of charming manner. He boarded at the National hotel, where he was popu lar with men and women. The latter found out that the senator was not much of a churchgoer, and insisted that he should mend his ways in that regard. One Sunday he was late for dinner. The women asked him why. " 'I have been attending divine wor ship,' replied the senator gravely. " 'To what church do you go, senator?' asked a woman. " 'I don't know,' answered the courtly Missourian. " 'Who preached?' they asked. "'I don't know,' he said. 'I walked up the avenue, turned up Fourth street, and entered a church on the left-hand side.' This was an Episcopal church. " 'How did you like the service?' asked another woman. " 'It appeared to me,' answered the sen ator, 'that there was too much reading of the journal and too little debate.' " NAPOLEON'S SNUFF BOXES. London Telegraph. Two of the many snuff boxes of the First Napoleon came to England In the shape of presents. The one bequeathed to Ladj' Holland, and handed to her, if we are not mistaken, by General Count Bertrand, is in the British Museum. The other given personally by the great captain to Archibald Arbuthnot, surgeon of her majesty's Twentieth Foot, was, as we mentioned yesterday, sold on the anni ! versary of Waterloo, at Messrs. Sotheby's, i and realized £140. Archibald Arbuth ! not lies in the graveyard of Ecclefechan, I his native place, close to the remains of i the greatest of all his fellow-townsmen. Thomas Carlyle, who only wrote a short monograph on the modern Hannibal in "Heroes and Hero Worship." It is curi ous to reflect what would have occurred if these two had ever met. We might have had a sequel to "The French Revolu tion." Btu the future author of it left j long before the surgeon returned from the wars, and the world is the poorer, perhaps, by one great book. THE SENATOR'S CRITICISM. The Difference Between Daylight and Dnrkneix Is not more apparent than the difference In the comfort of the usual, loose-jointed, | old-fashioned stove-heated trains and the modern, wlde-vestibuled, steam-heated trains of the Northern Pacific railway. If you are going to Duluth or the Supe riors, or Montana or the Pacific coast, give yourself the advantage of the best there is to be had in the way of train service. Take the Northern Pacific rail way. City office, number 19 Nic ollet House block. Depot, Washington and Third avenue S. If there ever was a specific for any one complaint, then Carter's Little Liver Pills j are a specific for sick headaohe, and every woman should know this. Only one pill a dose. Try them. jt. Paul to Hutchinaou via Great Northern. For particulars, rates, etc., call at city flcket Office, 300 Nicollet Aye., Minne apolis. 1 Gold Seal p*|i America's Best Mk CHAMPAGNE Js|p4 wnAmPAuINJb Jg|||||L "SPECIAL DRY." "BRUT." 11l HHI ■ Gold Seal is made by the French process, and may I'l Jill IBIS be plned on th« table of the most fastidious without Imm ■ill ear ot crit^9m or comparison with any imported pLsJ^iJlflflplag champagne. I Gr»T« QeAT Then why pay twice as much for foreign labels? 2>P6ciitL Bljfj Order a Case for Christmas. fy&vßj^&njto/ Ask for x\ at your club and cafe. aOLD SEAL is L -Ttofotiaffitl solcl by a^ first-class grocers and wine merchants. ISfcTat WtM SARAH BERNHA.RDT 8AY8:-''I find Gold Seal Champagne ex- VB^yiMliMjig^gr ceilont, In fact superior to many French Champagnes," ■ - - URBANA WINB CO., Urbana, N. V.. so!e flakers. PHOTOS OF "REDS" New Adornments for the Bureau of Identification. Special to The Journal. 1 Chicago, Dec. 14.—Photographs of anar chists will be gathered and kept by the national bureau of identification when it is well settled in its Washington quarters. This part of the bureau's work will be operated in connection with that of the federal secret service, and will Include "reds" of foreign countries as well as America. 'Edward A. Evans, who for years has ben in partial charge of the local offices, has become superintendent of the bureau. HARPER DECLINES Cannot Accept Directorship of In ternational Congress. JVwc Torh Sun Sptcial ServU>4 St. Louie, Dec. 14.—Dr. "William Rainey Harper, president of the University of Chicago, has decided that he cannot ac cept the post of director of international congresses of the world's fair, which was tendered to him. Dr. Harper's reasons for declining are that his work for the next few years will require such close and constant attention that he cannot see his way clear to accepting any additional burden. PRESIDENTS~IJURSE Becomes a. Member of the Roosevrlt Family for Life. If»u> Torh Sun Special Sereioo New York, Dec. 14.— Mary Ledwith, the aged nurse of Theodore Roosevelt, j passed through this city on his way to Washington, where she will make her home in the White House. She will not act as nurse,, but by invitation of the president will become a member of the family for life. The aged nurse was in the household of Mrs. Roosevelt's family forty-five years, and upon her marriage to Mr. Roosevelt was installed as nurse of their establishment. She has cared for all the president's children. Mrs. Ledwith is 76 years old and is cultured and refined. RWAHS I suffered almost to suffoca tion from indigestion and heart burn, but did not get any relief until I was persuaded to use Ripans Tabules. I now feel safe in saying my trouble has gone, and 1 see no sign of its returning. At druggists. The five-cent packet is enough for an ordinary oc casion. The family bottle, 60 cents, con tains a supply for a year. flw^iJl pull fvXlii ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PIUS nmsi bear sipanire oi /^L^>^^ Terr email Mad as ewsy «• t*Jfcs as soc«ur. M}£ (oAril tlto FOR DIZZINESS. Mx finNTlliyC ®ITTLE FOR biuousmess. cbii|l|iiu atINUIMt 'iHivrb for torpid liver. UiHIIIN]! WDAPPPB WllS. FOR CONSTIPATION. W p A p pßD WlUrrtK Jh for sallow skim. WlurrtK MBMfi (FOR TOECOMPLEXIOB What is said to be the first factory for the manufacture of oxalic acid ia being built near Cheboygan, Mich. Jklbe EXPEftT GRAIN CIEANER lfflse*SH;- The only machine Jf3KIr<SJ >vhlcli does a fall /j^fr 1^ " ' iigi line of elevator aud l^inßHaSß^S*)™ 111 cleanlu* nSailLE Mr Separates sucedtosh per vSiM qp^_"H^^^mt.f"*'Iy. cl«-ms oats from IKJjfip^^aSE^S*-^ mill tallliius. cleans flax l(»d T / and all small saeds. Ware- VjTJ L—u^^-- " house size from 30 to 72 \^Z- —— Inches. Write for prices. A. V. CLELAND, Mfgr., 81 Western Ay., Minneapolis, flinn. J. D. Crawford, President, Merchant and Capitalist. Treasurer Santa Fe Route. J. C. Paul, Treasurer, D. O. Lively, Secretary, Oil Operator. W. C. Avery, Manager. FIND OUT BEFORE INVESTING THE WORTH BROKERAGE CO., Beaumont, Texas. Inc. Capital, $10,000.00. Transacts a general brokerage business in Spindletop Oil Stocks. s Fuel Oil in small or large lots. Rice Lands and Timber Lands of Texas and Beaumont and vicinity realty bought and aold. Send for Booklet on TEXAS RESOURCES AXD INVESTMENTS. References: Beaumont National Banks. THE RIGHT BEAUMONT INVESTMENTS WILL BRING SPLENDID RETURNS. The Worth Brokerage Co., R. X., Thread needle House, Beaumont, Texas. WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILWAY CO. Office, 230 Nloollet Phone 1936. Union Depot. Leave, | All Trains Dally. | Arrive. 7:25 amlChic&go, Milwaukee and in-j 8:50 am 7:05 pml termedlate points. I 5:86 pm ftliriincf nn Rntif Office, 414 Nlcollet Aye. DUnmgXODKOUie. Phone 643. Union Depot Leave for | ■ Terminal Points. | Ar. from 7:3oam Chicago —Except Sunday.| I:2opm 7:Boam' St. Louis— • Sunday. ...... 7:2opmiChio. and Bt. Louis—. 1 B:2sam Her Hospitality! "Being prepared" la the daily regime of the truly hospitable. A cool bottle of BLATZ BKER' opened for the guest 1b sure to proTe moit acceptable and refreshing. Hare a oase vent home. BLATZ MALT-VIVINE. (Non-Intoi.) 'lonlo._^All^drugglitgj)r dlreot. Val Blata Bf wing 00., MHwaukaa. MINNEAPOLIS BRANCH, 1316 50. Sixth st. Telephone 206. t- - - ■ ; _____ : E. G. BARNABY & GO 1 Hatters and Haberdashers, [ 400 Nieollet Ay, Minneapolis. ■ ' - '"."<• [ pRTH^ESTERNIIWE - HJLjIC.ST. p. m. a 6Tr , - j Ticket office. 418 Nlcollet. Phone 240. main. ■ m +Ex. sua. Others dally. ] Leave Arriv" Badger State Express— > 7:60 10i4i t Chl'ifO.Milw'kee, Madison C | a*i pm - Chicago—Atlantl* Express.. 10:40 pm 11:55 a:n i Chicago—.Fast Mail tJ:2S pm 9:00 a-u j North-Western Limited—, 7530 8:16 Chi'Ko.Milw'kee, Madison ) I y>m am a Wausau.F .duLac.Greenbay 6:v;5 pm 9;00 am Duluth. fcuperlor, Ashland.. t8:lO »m t5:20 pm I Twilight Limited— ) 4:00 10:30 Duluth, Superior. A shland $ pm pm £uCity.Omaha,Deadwood.. |t7:10 ami 3:00 am Elmore, Aluoßa, DesMoines t7:l0 am TB-.05 pa St James, New Ulm, Tracy 9:30 am 8:05 pm Omaha Express— j 9:30 8:06 Bu. City, Omaha, Kan.CHy j ant pni New Ulm, Elmore 4i20 pm 10:33 am Fairmont, St. James 4:20 pm 10:36 a:u Omaha Limited— ) 8:00 Bioo Su.Clty, Omaha. Kan. City 5 pm j am ~ . _ .. /oHss. TICKET OFFICE f§/^~y&\ <9 Nlcollet Block : > I JlfilEf,, I Milwaukee Station, Minneapolis. j[ S}^<vZ Union Station, St. Paul. Dining and Pullman Bleeping Car» oa • Winnipeg and Coast Trains. No. 11 to Portland, Ore., - eT6.-L"*1? --rta Butte. Mlgsoula, Spokane, * 10:101* 1 :45 Seattle, Tauoma am pm Paclfio Express '•■ Fargo, Jamestown, Boze- -,« . - . _ __ man, Helena, Butte, Spokane, * 1 I : 1 0 * 7 :05 Seattle, Tacoma, Portland... pm am Farg-o and Leech Lake Local St. Cloud, Little FaUs. Brain-' 9:0 5 t 6:0 erd, Walker, Bemldjl, Fargo.. j am 'pm Dakota & Manitoba - Express Fergus Falls, Wahpeton, Moorhead, Fargo, Crookston, -oM -M _ __ Grand Forks, Oraiton, Win- *o:40 *o:3S nipeg pm - am "DULUTH SHORT LINE" Leave j^jtj t;th «. Arrive tßils am uILIJ 11A & »7,55 am 'll%°oZ SUPERIOR tjj;3opm *DaUy. fE». Sunday. Office, 328 Nlo. Phone 122. Milwaukee Depol Leave. | 'Dally.. JE«eprjaaa*^J[ArrlT». . • 7:6oam Chlcago.La Croßse,Mllw'keef«iO:6o"pm • 8:00pm Chlcago.La Crosse.Mllw'kee »12:S0pn • 6:25pm Chicago.La Crosse.Milw'kee * 3:2opm li^pm Cliicago-Pioaeer Limited'&iiiaiii ' * 3:45pm Chic'go, Faribault, Dub'que • 9:2oasn : t 3:oopm .Red Wing nnd Rochester. U2:3opa I t 7:soam LaCrosse, Dub., Rlc. Island tlo:sopm i • 7:soam Northfleld, Furibo, Kan.Cy. • 6:lspm t 9:25 am... Ortonvllle, Milbank ... t 6:45pm • 7:Bspm Ortonville, Aberdeen. Fargo (:65am ' t 7:lspm .Northfleld. Faribo. Austin. tll:2oaa Chicago Great Western Rt "The Maple Leaf Route." . Oty Ticket Office, sth & Nlcollet, Mlnneapoil Depot: Washington A 10th Aye. 8. tKx. Sunday. Others Dally. |[gQyg FoTTSt/WWi Kenyon, Dodge Center, | 7T40 am 10:35 pm Oelwein, Dubuque, Free- 7:35 pm 8:25 am port, Chicago and East. 10:45 pm| 1:25 pm Cedar Falla, Waterloo, 10:00 am B:db~p'm Marshalltown, D.Molnes, 7:35 pm 8:25 aai St. Joseph. Kansas City. 10:45 pm 1:25 pm Cannon Falls, Red Wing.l 10:00 ami 1:25 pm _1_t4:35 pm|tlO:2o am Northneid, Faribault, Wa-j |7:40 am| t8:00 pm tervllle, Mankato | 6:30 pm| 10:20_am Mantorvllle, Kenyoa j 5:30 pmj 12750 pm - I 7:40 am| 10:35 pm Hayfleld, Austin, Lyle.l ft-M ami 11:20 am Mason City | 4:36 pm|_tß:oo pm Eagle Grove, Ft. Dodge..| t7:4oam| fß:6bpm Offlca 300 Nlc. Phone, main S«0. Union DepoL Leave. |»Dally. fEx.Sun. {Sun. only7| Arrive. t B:4s"am|St. Cloud. Fer. Falls, t 5:32pm tß:46am|...Wlllmar via St. Cloud...|t 6:32pm n. lß oam| FLYER^?c"^.l^:oopm • t 9:48& m WUlmar, Su F.,Yan..Su City 11 s:o2pm f 6:l2pm Elk River, Mllaoa,Sandst'ae t s:o2pm T s:ospm ..Wayzata and Hutchlason,. t B:soam • >:03pm ..Minn, and Dak. Express.. • 7:ooam j * 7:4opm Fargo, Od. Forks, Winnipeg]* 7:llam EASTERN MINNESOTA. < t :20am|...Duluth. West Superior...Jtt:oßpm "U:6opm|...Dulath, West Superior...|* C:loam I Sleeper tor 11:60 train read* at 9p. m, iMinntapons & St. Ltuit R. R. I Offlce.yic. House. Phone 225. St Louis Depot. Sunday. Others Dally. | Leave. | Arrive. Watertowm A Storm Lake ~ | ~~* Express ....... t 9:Soam t itUpm Omaha, Dcs Moines, Kan- • ■ - sas City, Mason City and • %.-••*••} f-, Marshalltown t 9:Ssam t 1:60 pm Esthervilltt Local 6:60 pm »:24 am •t.Loul* & Chio'go Ltmlt'd 7:35 pm 8:06 am Omaha and Dcs Moines Limited 8:65 pm 7:25 am I Minneapolis, St. Panl & Sault Ste. Marie Office, 119 Guaranty Building. Telephone 184 L Depot.; 3d and Waahington Ayes 3. LeaveT ""Dally. tExcept Sunday, | Arrive." •9:4sam| Pacific Coast' Points. 6:lspm • 6:Bspml....Atlantic Coast Points.... »:80am . Depot. 6th andWaahlugton - Ayes N. !8:15pm|....- Olenwood Express ....It B:46am 8:65am[.... Rhlnelander Local ....jt «:06j«a 23