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"v^f '"s .41& TOPS IN BUTTER RANGE LOWER DEPRESSED CONDITIONS I N EAST AFFECT MARKET lOCAMiY. Hie Ejrg Situation Holds to a Steady Basis, with an Unlimited Outlet Bad Roads Said to Holding Back Stock I Farmers' HandsFruit List I Fairly Active. The cloud of weakness that hung over the butter situation last week, developed into a decline on Thursday of cent, followed by another half on Friday. The very peculiar conditions existing at ex treme eastern points is hard to account for, as the general production is not showing enough increase to cause mar kets to go to pieces so eaily in the sea son. to within a day or two local re ceipts have cleaned up nicely, and re ceivers have been able to get outside prices. The fact of the matter is that a gre at many creameries in Minnesota have been driven to the extremity of seeking some other market than New York, as not only Minneapolis, but Chicago as well, have quoted higher prices than the Gothamltes. Outride of creamery extras and firsts, the butter list has shown good tone, with no decline In price. Dairies are selling extremely well at quotations, but buyers prefer the better quality of goods, and mediums show some dragging tendencies. Packing stock has been in good request all week, and the market is actually cleaned up closer on this grade to-day than hag been the case for many months. The egg market is barren of new fea tures. The call is sufficiently active to hold \alues steady, altho as yet storage buyers are not getting the bulk of the stock coming. Quotations are cent un der that of last week, but do not show any tendency to go lower immediately. Cheese is on a weak baste, offerings continuing heavy on twins and fiats of all grades, and lower prices are more than likely to develop. Factories are quoting prices way under the figures paid for stocks in hand by jobbers at the present time, which puts them in a bad way .so far as making a profit Is concerned October makes no longer have the preference, as new goods are gaining in favor, and from now on some very low prices will undoubtedly be made on cheese phones YOUR MONEY BACK IF NOT DELIGHTED. A QUART 4 BOTTLES I I Stockers axid Feeders a Specialt y. Write or Wire for Quotations. Both Phones. Office, 1380, 13S0, lesldence, N W 2i5'J LI 1648 Established 1887 The Chas. L. Haas Commission Co. Live Stock Commission Merchants Room 19, Exchange Building, Union Stock Yards, So. St. Paul. Union Stock Yards, Chicago, III. Grea 9 PAUL Th FsL\ Room 32 Exchange Bids:., UNION STOCK YARDS, LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS. UNION STOCK YARDS, SOUTH ST. PAUL. IWMBMmflWBsWi BIBBs^^ that will not necessarily mean poor goods. No. 1 brick is still high, while limberger maintains former figures. 'Live poultry developed a slightly lower range the middle of the week, caused by heavier arrivals. The demand cannot be encouraged at present, except by lower prices, as consumers consider poultry too high, and do not indulge in this class of meat as a steady diet. The shipping of dressed should be done very conservative ly from now on, as all chances are against this class of goods in warm, wet weather. Stock sours quickly, becomes sticky and rusty, and the better class of tra de will not take them under any circumstances. They have to go to the very cheapest class of restaurants or the dump. Dressed meats are in good torte to-day, ut veal eased off somewhat the middle of the week. Milk lambs are also lower, the price declining sharply after the Easter demand was over. Hogs are high er, with not many country-dressed com ing in. Beans are lower on navys. Rather heavy offerings have been coming forward late ly, which depressed values about 10 cents per bushel. All talk in regard to potatoes for some time past has been of a bullish nature, but, nevertheless, the market eased off this week. From hidden corners here and there are heavier supplies than looked for, and values had to go lower. The de cline has not been of serious proportions, but it looks as tho good roads would again start them moving to central points and high prices get another knock. Cab bage is soaring, and is about as high as American Beauty roses and much scarcer. The southern crop is late, and is said to be a poor one as regards quality. To matoes are moderate in price, while all other lines of green vegetables are grad ually sagging to a price basis satis factory to the consumer. Strawberries are coming regularly from the south, but prices have fluctuated $1 a case during the week, according to supply and demand. They are very popu lar for the season of year. Apples and oranges are unchanged. Lemons are low er, with some new Messinas offered. Cranberries are steady and not cutting much figure in the week's business. Sweet potatoes are firm, with a fairly good sup ply in sight. GENERAL PRODUCE Official quotations of the Minneapolis Produce Exchange, corrected up to 12 m., Saturday, April 9.Butter, quiet. Eggs, aUive. Poultry, firm. Veal, weak. FITCH AND COMPANY Live Stock Commission %*$%& Transact a General Live Stock Business* Livestock Market of the Northwest W I I IHVIM No limit to demand for Fat Cattle, Butcher Cattle, Hogs and Sheep. 11 ill ftII OTA A If VADAC We are especially in need of UillUll OlUlflV IMllB lO Fat Cattle and Butcher Cattle SUPPLY N6T EQUAL TO THE OEMANB RIEND, CROSBY 4 CO., Live Stock Commission WE GET HIGHEST PRICES ROGERS ROGERS So. St. Paul. Th& Quiggie Cow and Galf\ Weaner fa the only one on the market that prevents cow from sucking herself or another cow nd permits her to fight flies, graze and tat out of a pall or trough without remov ing It. Made adjustable to fit any cow's head Calf weaners are also adjustable. I also mnko a cattle poke, weight 3Mi pounds, Htops them from ruing through barb wire fence. Prices Be it on application. No stock man can afford to be without it If your hardware dealer does not have them write to M, S. O.UIGGLE, Patentee and Mfgr., Owatonna, Minn. Or NelKn-Bouquet-HolHda Hardware Co. Minneapolis, Minn Express Prepaid. Our Guarantee that this Whiskey cannot be equalled at double the price goes with every shipment. It tg essentially a refined, high grade Whiskey for home and medicinal use. Bend order today and receive Free Catalogue. DOUGLAS LEFFINGWELL & C&, 44 S. 3d St., Minneapolis, linn. ^^^^^W^iMi^^i^^iAM-^^ M- 4& .& THE KING OF STIMULANTS $3.15 pS~4ABJg9iP9 NEW YORK PRODUCE, April 9.ButterRe ceipts, 8,941 pkgs, quiet, extra fresh creamerj, 23c common to choice, 15@22c, state dairy, 15f 20, holpkgs, creamery, 13^ 19c. BUTTERCreameries, extra, lb, 22%c cream erles, firsts, 21c, creameries, seconds, 16c dal ries c^tias, 19t, dairies, firsts, 16c dairies, sec onds, 11 Vic packing stock, 7@ll%c renovated extras, 17c' renovated firsts, liy^c roll and ceipts, 13,290 pkgs strong, state and Pennsyl print, fancy, l"5c, roll and print, fair to good, ltV-ie EGGSFreah, at mark, cases included, as re- 2,r 0 1 steady state fulCheeseReceipts, cream fancy small and large, colored and white, September, 12c, state full cream fancy, small and large, colored and white, late made, 10%e. EggsRe- vaniu, nearby average finest, 18c state and Penn sjlvania firsts, 17 %c, western firsts, 17 Vic fcouthern firsts, 17c western storage selections, 18c. PoultryAlive, easier western chickens, 13c fowls, 14c turkeys, 13. Dressed, easy western chickens, 12&.13c fowls, 13'/T"c tur keys, 15@16c. PROVISIONS CHICAGO PROVISIONS, April 9.Provisions were affected by the weakness in grains and feuowed slight losses in nil products. The prin cipal selling was In pork and that product led in the decline, the price on July dropping to $12 85, after opening a shade higher at $12 97%. July lard opened unchanged at $0 92% and sold off to $6.87%. Ribs declined to $0.77%36.80 after opening unchanged to 2%c higher at S6.85 to $6 87%. PorkMay, $12.50 July, $12 65@12.67%. LardMay, $0 55 July, $0.72%. RibsMay, $6 45 July, $6.60@6.62%. NEW YORK PROVISIONS, April 9.Beef- Steady. PorkSteady. LardSteady prime western steam, $7.15. HIDES, PELTS AND WOOL Green salted horse or mule hides, large $3.20 2.20 Green salted horse or mule hides, medium 2.50 1.73 Green salted horse or mule hides, small 1.70 1.00 Dry flint Montana. Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho hides, flat 14 (^15% Montana bulls and fallen hides 10 @11 Drv flint Minnesota, Dakota, Wis consin and similar 12 10V2 Do flint calf skins 16 14 Green salted pelts, large to small, each 20 @1.10 Dry flint territorial pelts, lb 10 @11 Tallow, in cakes 4i/& 3% Tallow, In barrels 3% 3 Grease, light 4V- 3 Wool, medium, unwashed 10 @17 I Wool, coarse 15^$16M Wool, fine, unwashed 12 @14 I Feathers, goose 40 @45 Feathers, duck 30 @40 Feathers, chicken Vi 4V6 Feathers, turkey 3^a@ 4 Dry ginseng root, per lb Green, for planting, lb Seneca root, per lb Beeswax, Beeswax. PERGYYITTUM&Co. Live Stock Commission Exchange Building Union Stock Yards Estab.1883. SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. REFERENCES: Stock Yds. Nat. Bk., So. S Paul Nat. Ger.-Am. Bk., St. Paul Chippewa Co.Bk., Montevideo, Minn. lstNatBk., Mont evideo. Minn. Bk. of Baraboo, Baraboo, Wis. STOCKMEN Batcher Knives, Cleavers, Steels and Saws, Sheep Shearing and Horse Clipping Machines. All kinds of cutlery grinding a specialty. Clippers sharpened. R.H. HEGENER,207 Nicollet Ay. Minneapolis. STOCKMEN We will furnish by wire all leading live stock markets, free of charge, at any of our branch offices. Provisions, Produce^feive Stcyck^Etc.4190,9LAPRI''"f'."~ SATURDAY EVENING, THTC MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.^* ceived, 15c fresh, at mark, shipping cases in cluded, 15c prime firsts, per doz, 15%c dirties, per case of 30 doz, $3.50 seconds, per case of 30 doz, $3 25 checks, per case of 30 doz, $3.20 storage packed offered at 16%c, 14}fcc bid. CHEESETwins or flats, i&ncy. 10@llc twins or flats, choice. 85JJ9C twins or flats, fair to good, 6H7c \oung Americas, fancy, 13c brick. No. 1, 14Vic brick, No. 2, 9c brick, No. 3, 0@C% primost. No. 1. 8c primost. No. 2, 0c: pultost, 12c Swiss, No. 1 block, 15c Swiss, No. 2 block, 12c daisies. No. 1, 12Ac limburger, No. 1, 12c. DRESSED POULTRYUndrawn turkeys, fan cy, small, 17c choice or young toms, 15f??16c old touis. 13c: culls, 0@7c chickens, springs, finoy. 14c fair to good, 12c, hens, fancy, 13c fair to good and email, 10c old roosters and culls, 6(&7c ducks, fancy, heads off, 14c fair to good, 10@Jlc, geese, fancy, heads off, lie, fair to good, 910c frozen stock. 2c less. LIVE POULTRYTurkeys, 14c hens, 13c joung roosters, 12@12%c old roosters, 5c ducks, lOrgllc. geese. 9@10c. DRESSED MEA'ISVeal, fancy, per lb. 7c fair to good, 5@6c small or overweight, 3@4c mutton, fancy, 5@6c lambs, yearlings, 4(a9c milk lambs, pelts on, 10@18c bogs, 0@6^c. FISHPickerel, 6c: bullheads, 6c. CABBAGEPer 100 lbs, $5. POTATOESWhite, car lots, sacked, per bu, $1, mixed, car lots, 95c small lots, per bu, sacked $1 15 ONIONSPer 100 lbs, $2.50 Spanish, per crate. $2 Bermudas, per crate, $2.75. PIGEONSLive, per doz, $1 dead, doz, 75c. DRIED PBASFancy yellow, per bu, $1.60 medium, $1.20, green, fancy, $1.40 medium, $1.10, marrowfat, $2. BEANSQuotations include sackB-. Fancy navy, per bu, $2.25 choice navy, $2 medium, hand-picked, $2 medium, fair, $1.25 medium, mixed and dirty, 65@70c brown, fancy, $3.25 brown, fair to good, $2.50, Lima, California, per lb, 6c. APPLESNorthern Spys, brl, $5@6 Green ings, $4 Baldwins, $3.75@4 Russets, $4.50, Ben Davis, $4 25&4.50. ORANGESCalifornia navels, extra fancy, 96s to 250s, $2.75, fancy, 96s to 250s, $2 50, choice, 96s to 250s, $2.25. LEMONSCalifornia, fancy, as to size, $3 25, choice, $3 Messinas, $3 50. SWEET POTATOESIllinois, per brl. $4 50. STRAWBERRIES24-quart cases, $3 50 24- pint cases, $1.75. CRANBERRIESLate Howes, per brl, $9@ 9.50, Jerseys, per brl, $7g.S Jerseys, bu boxes, $2 50. PINEAPPLESPer doz, $2.25@2.50 per crate, $4.50. HONEYNew fancy white, 1-lb sections, 12c choice white, 1-lb sections, 10c amber, 10c goldenrod, 10c extracted white, in cans, 7c extracted amber, 7c. BANANASFancy, large bunches, $2.75@S medium bunches, $2 &0(a2.75 small bunches, $1.75g2 VEGETABLESRadishes, per doz bunches, 40c, lettuce, per doz, 35@40c, lettuce, heads $1 celery, California, fancy, 75@90c mint, per falling off in the country demand for stock doz, 50c, parsnips, per bu, $125 cucumbers, per doz, $1 75 tomatoes, six-basket crates, $2, 3.25 carrots, per bu, 90c@$l cauliflower, per crate, $3 50, parsley, per doz bunches, 70@75c green onions, per doz bunches, 30(g50c ruta bagas, per bu, 65c pieplant, per lb, 8c egg plant, per doz, $1.75(^2 asparagus, per doz, $2. CHICAGO PRODUCE, April 9.Butter- Steady creameiies, 14@24%c dairies. 12V2@ 21c EggsSteady, at mark, cases Included, 16@16Hc CheeseEasy, daisies. 9Vs(!l0c twins, 9c loung Americas, 10(g!10%c. Poultrv Live, steady, tmkeys. lie, chickens, 12% 13c. PotatoesFirm Burbanks, $104(??1 12, Rurals, $1 0501.15. VealWeak, 50 to 60 lbs and 6.306 last year, weight, 3@3Vc, 65 to 75 lbs 3M (@4e 80 to 125 lb weights, 4@- 85 to 110 lb weights, 5@6c. REVIEW OF THE MARKET BY THE NORTH WESTERN HIDE & FtTR CO. nidesThe market is better than last w-cek, both light and heavtc cows being tho same price, 7'ftc and 6%c but at the advance iojl*. the market Is weak. Shippers are again urged itX5 to salt all hides before shipping. If frozen, put fjp" them in the sun as soon as it warms up again and thaw them out, and then salt them well Each year in the spring there are thousinds rinto of hides spoiled that would come in in good IV condition if these instructions were followed Mi Furs^Furs are airiving fieely for this time of year. Pi ices on some kinds have been Hi ther reduced,. lucecl Notwithstanding this cold snap except T%ater animals are fading or shed- all furs ding and should rot be caught. TallowTallow is weak and to He lower. No. 1. No 2 Green salted heavy steer hides 8%4 Green salted cow hides 7% Greeu salted llshi nides 7% Green salted bull hides 6% Green salted veal calf Green salted kip 9% Green salted long-haired kip 8 Green salted deacons 45 Green salted branded, l%c per pound lessTthan free of brands. Green or frozen, lc less each grade. EDWARDS, WOOD & CO., I St. PaulMinneapolis. BUTCHER COWS IN VERY GOOD SALE KILLING CATTLE SHORT O LOCAL DEMAND. Hog Prices Have Been Working Towards a Lower Level Thru the WeekSheep Market in Highly Satisfactory Condition, with Prices Fully Maintained Choice Fat Lambs Sell Readily. South St. Paul, April 9.Receipts of cattle here this week total about 2,800. compared with 3.699 last week and 4,054 the same week last year. This week's caif receipts were about 800, against 746 last week and 1,583 the like week last year. All markets have been moderately supplied with beef and butcher cattle and some im provement in values has been the result. The more desirable class of beef steers sold here at stronger prices and in a num ber of cases at an advance over last week. Common light and half-fat steers have not changed much from last week, competi tion from feeder buyers having been poorer than for several weeks past. The most strength has been shown on butcher cow stuff, all grades of which, with the possible exception of extreme common canners, are from 10c to 15c higher than at last week's closing. Receipts of killing cattle, while somewhat larger than recent runs, are not meeting tho requirements of the local trade. Bulls ruled rather slow for the past few days and are quoted weaker by some traders. Veal calves de clined again. Top calves are now selling at $4.25 and very few are going above $4. Milch cows of good choice quality have been in demand and have shown some strength, common kinds being ot a terially changed. There was a sharp a feedin a ttle whilse Cattle. Calves. 1/ 9 8 Total 389 1.860 883 HOGS Date1 Av. Wt. A v. Cost. PriceJRange, Apri 20 0 April 2 197 April 4 202 April 5 202 April 6 206 April 7 206 April 8 206 r* if IIi i ||-'-'^^Jiwu^MH^^ the supply of this class ofc stoc,k wa fairly liberal. Prices declined Unevenly 10 to 25c. In this decline, medium and common stockers generally showed the most loss -with the best grades of feeders and choice yearling stock selling to advantage. Stock heifers held nearly steady. HOGSThis -week's hog receipts total about 14,350, compared with 19,333 last week and 12,277 in the corresponding week last year. Notwithstanding a sharp con traction in marketing at all the large cen ters compared, prices have worked to a lower level and at the clos6 of Friday's trading show a loss of about 20c from last Saturday. The range In prices has nar rowed still further and medium weight hogs are now selling to as good an ad vantage as the heavy hogs. Unless there are lighter receipts, because of farmers being busy sowing their crops, it is thought there is no chance for improve ment in the market. SHEEPThere were about 4,300 sheep received, compared with 1,642 last week The market has been in a highly satisfactory condition and prices held firm to strong with last week's closing. Choice fat lambs in fleece would sell readily at $5.50 and shorn lambs of just fair quality are picked up quickly at around $5. A big string of choice, shorn western wethers sold during the week at 54.65 best ewes brought $4.50, and a good class of shorn ewes sold at $4 25. A good ut heavy class of yearling wethers (shorn) sold early in the week at $4 50 to $4.75. There is I'ttle doing in the feeder line and no quotable change in prices. Estimated receipts at the union stockyardg to- day.' Cattle. ISO', calves, 5, hogs, 1,400 sheep, 57" oar*. 20 The followirg table shows the receipts from Jan. 1, 1004, to date, as compared with the tame period in 1903: Yeai. Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. 190* ....38,172 C.782 303,921 228,373 1903 ....46,470 11,631 233 682 160,587 Inc 70,239 01,786 Dec 7,764 4.S49 The following table shows the receipts thus far in April, as compared with the same period In 1903: Year Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars .38,712 6,782 303,621 228,873 0,214 0,187 2,511 1X.243 9.925 535 2,059 1,034 1,705 5,352 150 Official receipts for tho past week are as fol low*. Cars. 6,214 5,561 633 Hogs. 2,010 1,582 2,552 2,040 3,012 2,178 1,958 332 Sheep. Cars. 614 47 2 22 378 54 r.G4 67 2 S4 1,069 48 1.083 43 98 18 84 A.pril 2 April 4 Apri 70 52 ^pTJ\lU~ ,..1,443 .1,105 302 338 342 174 79 82 AP^l S Apri April 8 i Hailroads entering the yaids reported receipts for the by loads as follows: Vfr 1 Westernday 4 Chicago, Milwauke & St. 5 2 $ I Minneapolis & St. Jxuis 9, Chicago. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, 6, Great J^orthern 1, 7* Northern Pacific, 1 total. 26 ChicagoPaul, Dispositio of stock Friday, April 8: Great I Firm Cattle. Hogs. 6& Swift & Co 100 1,791 W. E. McCormlck... 12 60 Weirs 1 Slimmer & Thomas.. 70 Other buvers 2 xx Country buyers 201 -50 $4.9 0 5 02 5.03 5.02 5.03 494 4.85 m 9 a ,.$5 80@6.00 1.23 .65 .67 dark' 24 yellow 29 Hamilton & Ragland of Winona, Minn sent in a double deck of prime wooled 1800 lbs, $1.75l.l ewes Wednesday averaging 117 lbs., that' we nt to Hammond at $5.50, and a deck of prime 139-lb. wethers in fleece that sold to Doud & Keefer for export at $5.60, reaching the best prices of the sea son for both classes of stock, showing an advance of 25c on the price at which these ewes sold here last week.Drovers' Jour nal. SMMV 4l Bu Butche lbS 4 70@5 00 18 7 lbs S4 905W Biley Bros., Ellsworth C. Gardner Hammond W. Stuart, Hancock F. Hipp. Arlington C. Christensen, Hazelrun J. Luders, Marietta J. A. Johnson, LaFayette H. JJnverworn, Kloss ner Olson & T., Winthrop Ryan & Co., Wase ca Glynn & O., Canby. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK BEEF PRICES 10c TO 15c HIGHER THAN A WEEK AGOFEEDER MARKET DTJIX. Chictco April 9.Receipts thus far this week, compared with a week ago. decreased 8,700 cat tle, 78,890 hogs and 9,00 sheep. Compared with a year ago there was a decrease of 10,000 cat tle. 1,500 hogs and 1,600 sheep. Beef values show an advance of 10c to 15c on account of decreased receipts. Bulk of oSferinRS rather on inferior order with extreme top at $5.75. Receipts are litely to show a falling off in which event there is sure to be an advance in values, as the week closes with a g-ood clearance and a fairly brisk demand. The stocker and feed er demand has been very slim all week, and the market closed 10c to 20c lower than two weeks ago on evervthiug excepting strictly choice steer?, which are fairly steady. It takes something high bred to bring $4.25 to $4.35. General hog market closed 5@10c lower Fri day, with prices alF aronnd the lowest since the first week in F^raary. Friday's average price. $5.05 bnlk, $4.90@5.15. The sheep and lamb market has been brisk and satisfactory all week, wtth, prices at the best level of the year, prime western wethers in fleece being quotable up to $5.65. The highest price of the year for prime 75-lb shorn lambs was reached, at $5 50. These prices for sheep are about $1 25@1.50 lower than this time last year, when clipped yearlings were selling up to $6.50(&i6.60, and a choice class of clipped wethers up to $610. Prices are about $1.50 lower than this time last year wooled lambs. Fancy clipped lambs sold a year ago at $7.25, as against $5.o0, top for this year so far. CattleReceipts, 500, market nominal good to prime steers, $5.25@5.75 poor to medium, S3.75@5 stockers and feeders, $2.75@4.25 cows, $2@4.25 heifers, $2 25@4.75 canners, $2@2.50 bulls, $2 25@4.10 calves, $2 50&5 25, Texas fed steers, $4@4.60. HogsReceipts to-day, 6,000 Monday, 28,000 steady niKed and butchers, $4.90 good to choice *ieavj, $5 10@5.30 rough heavy, $4.90 5.10 light, $4.75^.5.10 bulk of sales, $4.95 5.10. SheepReceipts, 2,000 steady lambs, steady good to choice wethers, $4.75@6.65 fair to choice mixed, $3.50@4 50 western sheep, $4 35 5.15 native lambs, $4.50(25.50, western lambs, $5.50fe6.25. SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK LIGHT RUN OF CATTLEIEEDERS ABOUT STEADYHOGS 15o TO 20c LOWER. Special to The Journal, Sioux City Stock Yards. April 9 The run of cattle at this market during the #aek has been light and with about 4,500 head on sale shows a falling off of 2,500 as compaied with this time of last year. The stocker and feedei trade has not shown any improvement over the previous week and with only a very light demand from the country the trade has been very slow and dragging and especially so on anything grading below good. The dealers have orders foi good quality cattle and are eager each day for the best of the offerings, but there are no buyers for the common to fair kinds at this time. The market has ruled steady, good, $8@10. Feeders sold at $3 75@4, with tha. bulk of the fair to medium quality stockers at $3.35@3.63. The best price for earllng this week vas $3.50, but there was nothing strictly good marketed. The larger shaie of the offeringb sold at $3@3 25, and this giade of cattle com prised the larger share of the week's receipts. Common steers of all weights were hard selleis at $2.50@3. The stock heifer market showed no quotable change with last week with sales at $2(5,2.75. The dealers have had a very poor trade, and the bad weather late in the week kept buyers away. The market closed dull, with quite a sprinkling of cattle in the yards that will have to be fed over Sunday. The fat cattle trade has been more satis factory and the strength manifested early in the week developed into a 15@25c higher market, as compared with the closing quotations of last week. The packers have been eager buyeis and have bought up the available supply each day at an early hour. Nothing strictly choice has been received in beeves, and the best of the offerings were picked up at $4@4.40. Tha short fed and lighter weights sold at $3.50 3.75. Strictly good butcher stock sold at $3.75 ji4 with the good cows and heifers mostly at $3(^3 30. The bulk of ihe fair to medium she stuff sold at $2.50@3, and canners at $1.50@2.30. HOGSThe marketing of hogs early in the week was fair, but later supplies were curtailed by the bad weather. The tendency of the mar ket, in sympathy with other points, has been downward, and prices close the week with hogs selling 15g20 lower than Monday, which was the high day of the week. The quality of the hogs would indicate that there are lots of hogs in the country, and for April a heavier sup pi} is looked for than last jear. The farmers aie getting busy and bad roads will hamper the maiketing, and very uneven markets may be looked for. The packers will endeavor to keep values down to a lower level on the days of lib eral receipts. CattleReceipts, 100. HogsReceipts. 600. HogsStrong, sales, 82. 184 lbs, $4.90 73, 233 lbs, $5 39, 275 lbs, $5.05. CattleUnchanged 8 beeves, 980 lbs, $3 50 4 beeves, 1,230 lbs. $3.80 6 beeves, 1,340 lbs, $4 80 3 cows. 800 lb $2 30 4 cows, 1,040 lbs, $2.75 6, 1,020 lbs, $3 70 8 stockers. 780 lbs, $3.45 7, 1.040 lbs, $3 80, 6 yearlings, 480 lbs, $3 7 yearlings, 580 lbs, $3 Co. ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK, April 9Cattle Receipts, 900 market steady beef steers, $3 90 85.4o stockers and feedeis, $3.75(^4 10 cows and heifers, $2 25g(4.40 Texas steers, $3 50@ 4.50 cows and heifers, $2.60@3 60. HogsReceipts. 1.000 market steady pigs pnd lights, $4.43@4.80 butcheis and best heavy, $5.10@5.30. SheepReceipts, 1,000 market steady sheep, $4.50 lambs, $3 25@6. OMAHA LIVE STOCK, April 9CattleRe ceipts, 100 market nominally unchanged beef steers. $3.60@3 13, cows and heifers, $3@4 10 canners, $2@2.85 stockers and feeders, $2.75 4.23 calves, $3@6. HogsReceipts, 1,200 market 5c higher heavy, $4.95@5.05 pigs, $4@4 80. SheepReceipts, 100: market steady sheep, $3 lambs, $3@5\90. KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK, April 9.Cat- tleReceipts 100 market unchanged beef 4.25steers $3.60@3 25 southern steers, $3 80@ 4 25: southern cows, $2.65@3.25 native cows, $2@4 30 stockers and feeders, $8@4.30. HogsReceipt*, 2 000 market steady heavy, $5(015.10 pigs and lights, $4.25@3 SheepReceipts none matket nominally steady sheep, $3 50@5.35 lambs, $5.25@5.40. HORSES BRISK BUYING AT ABOUT STEADY PRICES MIDWAY HORSE MARKET. Minnesota Transfer, St Paul, Minn April 9. Barrett & Zimmerman report that the market opened with many buyers in attendance. Buying was brisk and prices steady. Values Drafters, ei.tra, $180 to $215 drafters, choice, $160 to $180 drafters, common to good, $125 to $160 farm mares, extra, $135 to $160 farm mares, choice, $120 to $135 farm mares, com mon to good, $80 to $120. Chicago, April 0.The following are Chicago prices Poor Drafters $125@165 Loggers and feeders 70@133 Chunks v. 65 95 Expressers 110@150 Farm mares and small chunks 50@ 65 Light drivers C3@125 Actors and coachers 100@175 Carriage pairs 250@350 Western (brandedl 12 30 Plugs and scrubs 10(8 20 Mules 60@160 Sheep. 863 Good to fair to best. $170@250 140S19 100(9)140 160@175 70(5)125 150@400 200@450 3751)700 40 75 25 40 105@210 WILL MOVE CATTLE EARLY *4"flol^20 DROUGHT IN NEW MEXICO STARTS MANY 4.85@5.05 I TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. 4.85@5 25 1 L. B. Brooks, A cattleman of the Sierrae Madre 4.90@5.20 countrj, Mexico, is makingwarrangements tro be- 4.75@3.13 Sfl Th ^Q-^ir^SS'ih^'tijH 4fi 217 1ns S4 8o" lbs, R4 Su 45,195 lbs^ $4.8^46, 217Jbs,^$4.80, 51,' 181 lbs, $4.80 87, 166 lbs, $4.75 20, 150 lbs, $4.70. Odds and Ends6, 216 lbs, $4.75 7, 151 lbs, $4.70. Pigs and Underweights9, 125 lbs, $4.50 16, 105 lbs, $4.25, 13, 60 lbs, $4.15. Stags and Boars1, 570 lbs, $3. CATTLEReceipts veiy light. Trade quiet, with no quotable change in prices on any kind. Yards pretty well cleared. Sales Butcher Steers11, 1.300 lbs, $410 20, 1.227 lbs, $4.05: 5, 1.170 lbs, $3.90 1. 1,120 lbs, $8.75 1, 1,010 lbs, $3 50, 1. 1,000 lbs, $3.40 3, 876, a gloomy future for their product, lbs. $3. Butcher Steer*1 1.300 lbs. $4.10 20, 1,227 2, 1 005 lbs, $3 3, 1.133 lbs, $2.85 1, 1,270 lbs, $2 75, 1, 930 lbs, $2.65. Cutters and Canners1. 990 lbs. $2.50 2. 600 lbs. $2 35 5, 792 lbs, $2.25 3, 786 lbs," $2 3, 1 1, 1.630 lbs, $3 25, 2, 1,395 lbs, $2.75: i, 1,390 lbs, $2.35 1, 1,400 lbs, $2.50 2, 1,195 lbs, $2.25. Veal Calves1, 150 lbs, $4.50. Stock and Feeding Steers1, 940 lbs foUo klw ag Stock and"Feeding Bulls1, 870 lbs, $2 35 2,1 Sheep advanced per lb, selling at 15*4 680 lbs, $1.75. Milch Cows and Springers2 cows, $70 2 cows ,13%@14c a week ago, 14%@16i4c a year and 1 calf, $60 1 cow, $44 1 cow, $22. SHEEPSheep and lambs steady. Two double deck loads of choice shorn western wethers made up a larse part of the small run and sold at $4.65. Other sales included shorn na tive lambs at $5.10 and shorn ewes at $4.25. SalesKilling sheep and lambs, 168 shorn lambs. 69 lbs, $5.10 557 shorn western weth ers, 112 lbs," $4.65 16 shorn ewes, 105 lbs, $4.25. high-priced corn, the rne* wil,la be less incen- Among the shippers on the market were: wi mor trll a shipping in the next fe dayasi sixty ca lot cattle from his ranch northx of Casas Grandes weeb Sl tUl &t Vix| **&'^gg |.70%4.90 J^tMO cars of cattl, destined to move th* and medium and heavy$ at $4.95@5.0o'.8 *t mad wa catl th earliest a flrgt sulmen ^p da three*trainloads of these i movement otf cattledrought, out of Mexico, and lac8kp ofg grass, due the is said to be the reason. The cattle are owned by a Canadian company and as the ranges are said to be good in Canada they are to be taken there, notwithstanding the cold weather, at once, in preference to leaving them ln Chihuahua to die of starvation The drought has been very bad on the cattle in the Sierra Madre country of late, and many are said to be suffering. Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, Sonora and Chihuahua have all suffered for lack of rain, and the cattlemen see BRITISH LIVE STOCK MAR- KETS Liverpool. April 9.Supplies of cattle only fairly large and demand good. Prices I ruled strong years ago to^ %tcw higher, compared with 14 4 last Monday1 American beeves selling in 5 Liverpool and London at 10@lli4c per lb, an 1. 880 lbs, $3 15 6T 628 lbs, $2.85 2 690 IDs, dressed weight, against lli4@13%c a year aWsVal l@16%c per lb, against 14%@15%c Monday ago, and 13^2 15c two years ago. One of the best-posted traders on thIe Chicago market says: "As the timeD green pastures draws nearer and farmers see a chance to get their cattlee way from tiv marke an a LIVE STOCK MEETINGS Delegations from market centers will take in the circuit. The Eastern Montana Woolgrowers* as sociation meets at Miles City, Monday, April 19. The Northern Montana asosciatlon meets at Helena, Thursday, April 21. The Western South Dakota meeting at Rapid City, April 12, promises to be one of the mo st successful in the history of the association. The Northwestern Stockgrowers* asso ciation will meet at Belle Fourche, S. D., April 14, 15 and 16. This will probably be one of the most important meetings in the circuit. All gatherings are likely to have a good representation of commission and railroad men. Chicago, -Omaha, Sioux City and South St. Paul will all send dele gations. The American meeting of the Montana Stockgrowers' association at Miles City, Tuesday, April 19, promises to be largely attended. Many matters of great impor tance to the live stock and range inter ests of the northwest will be presented at this meeting, which is expected to be one of the most interesting held in years. STORMS ON THE RANGES Generally speaking the past week has been most unfavorable over the northwestern range country. Storms have caused further losses and reports from all quarters aie to the effeet that stock is in poor shape to withstand the cold, driving weather we ate experiencing. Clear, waim weather is required at once or the win ter of 1903-1904 will go down as one of the worst since 1S86-1SS7, when stockmen suffered the heaviest loss in the history of the Industry. LIVE STOCK NOTES ,for Qa an marKe 5 sni i th half-fatmstockf forshort-fed, lieht and mcflin bee steers, relieved of this burden, will hardly fail to rise from the disastrously low level at which it has dragged now for months, or since prices for corn rose to a height that rendered the sale of corn a more at tractive proposition of farmers th an con verting it into beef. If more of the feed ers had hung onto their corn and contin ued feeding cattle instead of keeping the market constantly glutted with young steers of poor beef quality, there is no telling how far above present prices the medium grade3 of cattle might be selling now, ut afe to say .fully 50c, possibly 75c. This flood of young cattle has been sacri ficed, light, however, and the decks are cleared for bett er conditions for such feed ers as had the nerve and courage to hold on." Charles Cunningham, a millionaire stockman of Portland, has been indicted for conspiracy to defraud the government in the matter of obtaining lands. Six other persons acting as^dtJimmiesV have been indicted with him^"*|^ The export market for sheep is in good condition. Values at Liverpool advanced 1c a pound last Wednesday. Sheep Commissioner D. O'Neil of Custer county has reported lambs as being scarce. states that there are but 205,000 lambs in that county, which will not counterbalance the 190,000 shipped out and the 26,000 destroyed by wolves and coyotes. This last item doubles the num ber destroyed in like manner last year and represents a cash value of $26,000. The depredations of wolves and coyotes upon the flocks in all parts of Montana has shown a mark ed increase this year over what it was last. The report comes from the south side of the Missouri river, says the Glasgow, Mont., Review, that out of 30,000 sheep which the Thomas Cruse company put in there last summer, only 3,000 can now be accounted for, and these are in immi nent danger of going with the majority. It appears that the company went into the winter without any hay and depended en tirely on the grass for the wintering of their flocks. Mr. Cruse is the well-known millionaire president of the Thomas Cruse Savings bank, Helena, Mont. In a personal letter to John S. Truscott, secretary Miles City, Mont., club, Presi dent Roosevelt expresses as follows his regrets at not being able to accept an invitation to be present at the annual meeting of the Stockgrowers' association April 19: "I wish I could accept, ut it is absolutely out of the question for me to undertake such a long trip while con gress is in session. Present my warm regards to my old friends who are at Miles City. I remember well when I used to be a delegate from the Little Missouri Stockmen's association to these meet- ings." E. P. Lloyd of Horton, Minn., and Case Bros, of Chatfleld, Minn., who are among the heaviest feeders of sheep and lambs in their section of the state, were in Chi cago Wednesday and sold close to 1,100 head of choice fat shorn wethers and yearlings at $5, the price being easily 10c higher than could have been made here during the last half of last week. Apollo Club's Final Concert. The final concert of the Apollo club's season will be given next Friday evening at the First Baptist church. The pro gram is built upon folk songs mostly, and is calculated to please all music lovers. One of the club numbers, "Der Jagers Absented," a well-known composition by Mendelssohn, will be sung in German. The club will be directed as usual by H. S. Woodruff. Notwithstanding the fact that neither of th eassisting artists HERBERT WITHERSFOON. Apollo Club concert basso April 15. has previously appeared in Minneapolis, both will be awaited by hosts of admirers who have heard them "abroad or in the eastern cities. One of these is Herbert Witherspoon, the famous basso, who will be heard in groups of songs. The othe* artist is Charlotte Demuth, violinlste, whose artistic attainments have been re ported at great length from both sides of the Atlantic. Gustavus Johnson will be at the piano and J. Victor Bergqulst at the organ. "Parsifal" in English. The only opportunity to hear the choice music numbers in Wagner's "Parsifal" rf ^^^-TBANCIS ARCHAMBATJXT. Who slays in the Damrosch "Parsifal" concert at the University Armory next Wednesday evening. INDEFINITE DELAY FOB ALL SEEDING EIGHTEEN-INCH SNOWFALIi" N THE RED RIVER VAIJLEY. Floods Expected When the Snow Be gins to Melt^-Telegraph and Tele phone Poles Broken and the Serv ice Put Out of Commission in All Directions. MUSIC i ,_ Special to The Journal. Fargo, N D., April 9.An eighteen inch snowfall just at the time seeding should begin is what the farmers of the Red River valley are up against. The snowfall was general over the state, tho less west of the valle y. The rain which began Wednesday night became snow Thursday morning in some sections, and all over the state by Thursday afternoon. I was the old-fashioned wet kind that prevails on the coast, and lodged heavily on the electric light, telegraph and tele phone wires, which were speedily put out of commission. The Northwestern Telephone com pany's lines fared badly, and all the lead wires in the residence districts are down and hundreds of poles broken off at the ground, leaving the wires in a badly tangled and broken condition. The city lines were oper ated only in the business district where the conduit system protected them. Long distance wires in every^ direction except to Grand Forks werej down. The Western Union did not get aO-] message out till late Friday evening,^ when a wire was finally secured as far north as Grand Forks. The Northern Pacific wires were A badly demoralized and hundreds of poles are down between Casselton, N. T., and Glyndon, Minn. The Great Northern was able to do some telegraphing by the way of/ Crookston, but nothing over the main^ lines. All trains were badly delayed, %i but managed to get thru. The snowfall will cause a severe flood if it should melt rapidly, andTj seeding in the valley is indefinitely^ delayed. Some damage was done in the city.. Young & Co. lost $1,500 by a carriage shed caving in from the weight of^ the snow on the roof. A hackman' lost a horse which ran into a live electric wire that had fallen across the street. Fear Another Wet Season. yf Special to The Journal. Sherburn, Minn., April 9.It has been raining more or less steadily i^" since Thursday morning and the ponds are all filled. Seeding will at'| the best be very late again, and as & the wet fall prevented plowing last-,^ year there is a great deal of corn,-"^ plowing to be done. Hence corn* planting is likely to be late. If reports are to be credited packers,^ raisers, feeders, railroads, shippers, ex-^j porters and retailers are losing money in' the cattle and beef business This is cer-SM tainly a most deplorable state of affairslVl Cattle from below quarantine line in" Texas, and from all infected districts of the south will not be exhibited at the St^ Louis fair until the middle of November^ or until after other valuable animals havei been removed. sung in English will be at the sacred con cert to-morrow night at the Metropolitan. Mr. Savage's English-singing artists, flnafi choral body of well-schooled American %M voices, and an orchestra of forty-five musicians, under the Wagnerian con-^a ductor, Schenck, provide an exceptionally well-equipped organization to Interpret this celebrated work. The program will,,,* be arranged to suit all classes of musio yl lovers. The first part will embrace sev-|j eral classic numbers in which the fa-'!2 vorite singers will be heard. The second part will be devoted to selections from "Parsifal" in which the sonorous num bers of this deeply inspired work will be given so that a better understanding of the work may be obtained th an when sung in a foreign tongue. Thursday Musical. The next regular program meeting of the Thursday Musical will be held at the Unitarian church Thursday morning, April 14, at 10 o'clock. Following is the pro gram: Two planoB, "Symphony No. 6"... .Tcbaikowsky Mrs. E. W. Runyan, Mrs. M. I*. Vander Horck, Mrs. W. N. Porteous and Mrs. Harry Jones. Song, "Berceuse" (Jocelyn) Godard Mrs. Florence E. Parks, violin obltgato. Seng, "Nur. wer die Sehnsucht kennt" Tchaikowsky Mrs. George Odium. Piano, 'Papplllons Op. 2" Schumann Miss Irene Wood. Song, "Harps Immortal" (Sappho) Gounod Mrs. Mabel Lovering Waldron. Violina, "Adagio" Pries b, "Elfentauz" Poffer-Halir Miss Florence Verge. Dnet, Mand Ulmer Jones, Mrs. Florence Parks. Aria, "Ah, fors lul" (La Travlata) Verdi Miss Inez Davis. Pianoa, "Marcke Grotesque" Slnding b, Andante and finale, "Lucia dl Lammermoor" Leschetizki Mrs. T. A. Whitworth. Those appearing on the program may obtain visitors* tickets, to which they are entitled, from Mrs. George E. Bicker, city hospital. Dr. Strauss Here Monday. J.S| To hear Richard Strauss in a recital ofK! that celebrated composer's songs, to be given at Plymouth church, Monday even ing, April 11, will be a treat that no musio .1 lover in the twin cities will willingly miss. Dr. Strauss' personality is so unique, his position in the musical world both as director and composer is so peculiar, and his musical philosophies are so far in ad vance of what the world has heretofore held, that his coming will be an epoch in the musical life of the northwest. While the compositions of this wonder ful man are such as to arouse intense ap preciation and interest among musical people, it is by his songs that Dr. Strauss will be most known and best beloved. They seem to possess a wealth of feeling, and the accompaniments which he has furnished are so peculiarly a part of the songs themselves, that the appearance o.,|| Dr. Strauss who will play as his wife'J sings, will afford a wonderful treat to those present. The inclusion of "Enoch Arden" on the program will be also greatly ap preciated. Lewis Shawe is to read the poem, Dr. Strauss himself, playing his fa mous musical setting. N ^A Harold Bauer's Recitaf.fJf' Harora Bauer is one of the greatest liv ing pianists to-day. His musical attain men ts both as to technical skill and as to inteligence, and the cathliicity of his^ art, entitle him to a place with the fore-'u most artists of the day. His coming re cital at the First Baptist church, next Saturday evening is to be.one of the lead ing events of an unusually busy musical season Si ,yg ra a\ r* A Piano Recital. Miss Dorothy Russell, pupil of Hermann. Zoch, wil give a piano recital at the First Unitarian church on Tuesday evening, April 12. She will be assisted by Mrs. James C. Geggie, reader.