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6 TRADING WAS HEAVY, The Cereal Market Was Ruled by an Upward Ten dency. Bears Expected to Lower Prices on Reports of Rain, but Fell Down. Small Shorts,.!*! an Effort to Cover, Raised the Price of July. New York Market Reaction ary, but a Lack cf Life in Dealings. CmcAco, May 21.— There was heaqy trad lug in wheat to-day, many round lots chang ing hands. Before the opening, the bears anticipated lower prices as the lesult of the couth rains in the wheat belt, and the lower foreign markets; but the sen tirnent of the trade was against them almost lrom the outset, and though they succeeded In engi neeiiug two 01 three breaks during the course of the session, the general tendency ol prices was upward, and the close was firm at the top figures of the day. The items of news which favored the bull side were re ports that an area of" low temperature was spreading over the Northwestern wheat belt, nnd a notification by the government signal service that severe frosts might be expected in Minnesota and Wisconsin, to night. Added to "this intelligence was the fact that the receipts were light: that there were engagements of wheat at St. Louis for expert to I ranee: that exports from the sea board were free: rumors chat heavy engage ments of room for shipment were being quietly negotiated here: and that rust had appeared In the growing wheat at some points. Moreover, the Cincinnati Price Cur rent noted a lower average condition as the result of the recent drought, ami the Associ ated Press 1 Paris cable spoke of the critical condition of the French crop, which was es timated to be 20.0'j0,00t» bushels short. and of an attempt by French speculators to corner the market. July. which closed at SI yesterday, opened ct 9in iiSWUc, sold up to Sl'.COUi. eased off to P9~hc, advanced to 5i. 00%. declined to 99~ic, and rallied to 51.003,4. By this time the small Ehorts had become thoroughly scared, and When, near the lose, dispatches came in re porting large engagements for prompt ship men! from the 'aboard and heavy charters here, they rushed into cover, lifting the price to J] 01%. The charters here were said to be due to the break in rates. Wheat, corn and oats room were offered at lc to Buffalo. Corn opened weak, on account of the fine, growing rains in the corn belt and receipts in excess of the amount expected, but rallied with wheat aud on covering by shorts. Estimates of heavy receipts for to-morrow and reports of large loadings at country stations broke prices later. July opened at ~s<ft@s<~~BCj sold down to 551.2 C, up to 5C%c, and off to 55i.se. The closing rally in wheat lifted it to .'.'.'-c. Oats were governed by corn and went down villi it. in spile of the predictions that the crop would be below the average. Provisions ban a weakening influence in the large le ceipts of hogs and the weakness In corn, though the fluctuations were narrow. July pork shows a loss, compared with yesterday of ."<•. July lard is unchanged, and "July ribs are 2',ic higher. The leading futures ranged as follows: Open- 1 High- Low- Clos- Akticles. ing. est. est. ing. No. 2 Wheat- May LA 1 04% 103 104 ft June 102% 104 I 02te 104 July 908,4 101% yjio 101% N0. 2 Coin— May 59% 59% 58 56% June , Ate 5l 1* 55% 56% „ July 5t,% 5t'.% 55i,fe 55"* No. 2 Oats- May r.O 50 49 40 June 49 4!) 47% 4*% July 45U 451^ 441,4 44% i;cs> Pork— May 1110 11 l:lig 10 05 11 13 July 11 20 11 22%11 05 11 20 September... 1140 1145 11 27% It 42% Lord- May... (i 35 (1 40 635 040 J uly 6 45 C 50 C 45 (i 50 September 070 (5 72'-> 6 07% 6 72"A Short Bibs- May 585 500 585 590 July 5 1171,-. 605 5 97% COS September.... 6 27% 1 6 32 1/2 625 [6 32% »~. . , — (ash Quotations were as follows: Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat — Xo. »' spring. £!.<-;«>: No. ',', spring, §1; No. 2 red. $1.04%@1.0L»g. Corn— a. 2,59 c. Oats— No. 2, 40c: No. 2 white. 50%@51c; No. 3 white, sC@so%c. Rye— 2, 85c. Barley— No. 2, nominal: No. 3, G9@7sc: No. 4, 7.c. Flaxseed— No. 1, $1.17. Timothy Seed- Prime. 51.2901.30. Mess Pork-Par bbl, $11.10. Lard— Per ' 100 lbs, $0.40. Short Ribs—Sides, loose. 5".!»"@~.ft~. Div Salted Shoulders— Boxed. S">.l< (&.5.20. Short Clear bides— Boxed, 56.3C@6.35. Whisky— Distillers' finished goods, per gal, $1.16. Sugars— Cut loaf, unchanged. Receipts— Flour. 10,000 bbls; wheat. 37,000 bu ; corn, 304,010 bu; oats, ISO.OGO bin rye, 4,000 bu; barley. 6,000 bu. Shipments— Flour. 7.000 bbls: wheat, 80,000 bu: corn, 286,000 bu; oats, 115,008 bu; rye, 1.000 barley. 1,000. On the produce ex change to-day the butter market was lower: extra creamery, 10 life 17c; extra firsts, lit?; lOtec; firsts. l/t^.tOc; extra dairy, 154©lCc: extra firsts, 14@15c; firsts, 12@13e. Eggs, If® lCc. R. M. NEWPORT & SON, INVESTMENT BANKERS, Lean money on improved property In St Paul and Minneapolis At « "Per Cent "On or Before.'* .Kcw Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul. Bank of Minneapolis Build' g. Minneapolis DiEluUi Wheat. Special to the Globe. Duluth, May 21.— Closing: No. 1 hard $1.11; No. 1 northern, §1.08; No. 2, §1.02, sellers. "tlitwuiikee "Produce. Milwaukee, Wis., May Flour un changed. Wheat firm ; No. 2 spring, on track, cash, $LU2@1.03; July. $L01"b:No. 1 north ern, SLOB. Corn lower: No. 2, on track, 59c. Oats easier; No. l' white, on truck, 52c. Barley easier; No. 2, in store, 72c. live easier: No. l. In store. tic. Provisions lower. Fork— July, 51. 15. Lard— July, ?">.47i-.. he <ei pis— flour, 5.200 bbls; wheat, 18,-00 bu; barley, 2.800 bu. Shipments— Flour, (>,6OU bbls; wheat, 15.500 bn; barley, 51,000 bu. St. "Louis Produce. St. Lotus. May 21.— Flour strong, but quiet. Wheat opened "V@"/ic below yester day's close. Trading was only moderate, and while the market was nervous the fluc tuations were within a narrow range until the noon call, when the market eased off, but later rallied and values advanced rapidly, closing firm at the highest points of the day No. 2 red, cash, Sl. f.ivi. (':<>:>; May. $l.ooia bid: july. 0514 c, closing at 0714 c: August, 93% ®05tyc, closing at Qs~BCbid; December, OCta @ffi>/iC closing at use bid. Corn— The market was quiet, and the opening was "jc down from yesterday's close, continuing about bteady, the fluctuations being with a narrow range until noon, when prices eased off. but recovered some in sympathy with wheat, but closed Vj,c below yesterday's latest figures: No. 2 cash, .V;ia®sSe; May. closing $5<,2c: July, 53J4®"3i,«!C, closing at .Wsc bid, Oats quiet and easy at the start, but finished strong: No. 2 cash, 4St*>c; May, 48V«c: July, «l%@42i*c, closing at 42Uc. Bye dull. Hay dull aud unchanged. Bran dull: sacked at mill, i.'c: this side. 7e®76c'kc. Flaxseed firm, in demand; Western, $1,121,2; North western, $1.18. "-tew York Produce. New York, May 21.— Receipts, 24, --SSB pkgs: export's, 4,457 bbls, 5.7% sacks; steady, fairly active; sales, 20,200 bbls. Wheat Receipts. 333.400 bu; exDorts. 175. --741 bu: sales, 0.11&000;bu futures, 301,000 bu spot; spot market "^lc higher, strong, act ive for exports; No. 2 red, 51.13"4(g.l 14 in Store and elevator, $1.13i,<2®1.14~4 afloat, 51.13'.<2®1.1~~4 f. o. b. ; ungraded red, $I.OBVa @1.17~4: No. 1 northern, to arrive, $1.13^® 1.14-g; No. 1 hard, to arrive. $l.lWis(&l.ir%; No. 2 Chicago, 2 ®1.12% ; options ad vanced through the day to l®li&c above Yes terday, closing strong through more unfavor able reports regarding the French crop and an active export demand which offset the favorable weather for our own crop; No 2 red. May, $1.13%, closing at $1.13~$; June, $l.HVi®l.l2, closing at $1.12; July. $I.oß>,fe® I.Mfe, closing at $1.09"*: August, $1.04® 1.05V5, closing at $1,051,?; September, $1.03® 1.04%, closing at $1.04 October, closing at $1.05; December, 51.04t5®1.05%, closing at $1.05-s: May 1802,, $I.oSt4@l.oC^, closing at $1.001,2. Barley dull: Canada, country made, f1®1.05. Corn— Receipts, 44,200 bu; exports, 1,046 bu; sales, : 2,104,000 bu futures. 150,000 bu :. spot; spot market unsettled. fairly active, closing firm; No. 2, ;0c elevator, 70%@71c afloat; un graded mixed, 69®72tec; : options were depressed by reports of heavy rains in the West and declined te(g,%c, closing easy; May, GStec closing at CStee: June, ! 3te@o4c, closing at 63<%cf July, 02%@33c,' closing at C.'c: August, 61%@32c, closing at 61% c; Sep tember, 61 tic, closing at 61 %c. Oats—Re ceipts, 63,000 I-'.:; exports. 1,232 bu; sales, 89»,000 bu futures, 12,000 bu spot: spot mar ket tower, weak, moderately active; options active, heavy; May closing at s::^c: June. 51iS4@52%c,closing at 52% c; July, 51%®5"%c, closing at 51% c: August 4i5.4,2>!3%c, closing at 418^c: snot 39®*0c; spot No. 2 white. 58@5&%c; mixed Western, 52 @59c; white do. s;(ii6."c; No. 2 Chicago, s"@!sstec. Hay quiet, firm. Hops firm, quiet. Coffee — Options opened steady, unchanged to 5 points down, closed steady 5 to 10 points down: sales, 12,250 bags, including May, 18.80c; June, 17.7 Cc: Jub-, 17.50@17.GCc; August, 17.05@17.10c; September. 16.4t@16.. r October, 15.85 c.; December, 15.50@15.55e: March, 14.60 c: spot Rio dull, steady; fair cargoes, 2Cc; No. 7, IStec. Sugar— active, firm; centrifu gals, OS-test. 3 :.-!(; .•:.'-:.e; sales, 2.900 hhds Muse ova, a cargo of Mnscova to Boston. 2 15-ICc. 50,000 bags centrifugals. 96 test, part to Philadelphia at 3 5-ltic; refined ng«iu higher; quiet: No. 6,".i 13-iCc: No. 7, 384 c; No. 8, 3 11-I6c; No. 9, :,%c; No. 10, 3 10-lCc; No.ll, 3%e: off A, 37fe@4n; mould A, 4tee: Standard A. VAc; powdered, 48,4 c; granulated. 4'; e: cubes, 4&« c. Molasses— Foreign dull; New Orleans, steady, quiet: common to fancy. 25®35c. Bice quiet, steady. Petroleum dull, weak; crude in bar rels parkers, $6.35: crude, in bulk, SI. 10: United closed at 6s%c for June. Cottonseed oil strong, quiet Tallow weak; city, $2 for pkg6. S.ii"(T'..".'.r>. Rosin ouiet. steady. , Tur pentine dull, lower; 37%<@3Sc. Eggs quiet, firm; Western, 16% receipts, C.256 pkgs. Pork quiet, firm: old mess. 811@12; new mess, 512@12.:K; extra prune. $11.50: cut meats quiet, steady: middles firm, dull. Lard lower, dull; Western steam. 56.65; options, sales, May. S'.G4: June. $6.63; July, $!i.7C@G.7I; closing August. (3.84 bid, September, 86.9f:@6.96, closing 50. 07 bid. Butter— demand; fancy steady: West' era dairy. 10@l5c; Western creamery, 14® 19c; creamery factory, I0@15c; Elgin, life. Cheese more active, steady; part skims, 5@ fe%c. Pig iron dull. Copper quiet, steady; Lake May. 512.90. Lead stronger in tone: do mestic, Sl.32te. Tin steady, quiet; straits. §20.40. Toledo .-)•:; in. Toledo. 0.. May 21.— Wheat firm, higher: cash, $1.09; May. $L(8%; July, S1.0I%; Au gust, 99c; September, 99~4c : December. SLOI%. Corn steady; cosh and May, 61c; July, 58c. Oats quiet; cash, 52c. cloverseed steady; cash. 84.25. Receipts— Flour, 149 bbls; wheat. 9,975 bu: corn, I8,883bu: oats. 547 bu. Ship ments—Flour. 2,325 bbls; wheat, 1,230 bu; corn, 66,107 bu; oats. 1.152 bu. I.ii fl'i'|»««>l -flui'licf. Livkuimoi.. May 21.— Wheat dull: holders offer moderately. Corn firm: demand poor; mixed Western. 5s 4Ud per cental Lard, prime Western, 32s 3d perewt Tallow, fine American, 2(is M per ewt COK.\i:iil\G WHEAT. '-Mm (Iflicisil* Claim It Is mi fiiij»o*Nib'li<y iii "Fi'stiice. • Paris, May 21.— The Ecl-iire, a newspaper in this city, publishes to-day interviews with the officials of the ministry of agriculture, in reference to the projected wheat/corner." The officials said that they did not believe that the people who were engineering the "corner"' would succeed in attaining the object in view, as the French farmers had refused to co-operate with the manipulators of the wheat, deal. The French farmers, the officials of the ministry of agriculture said. always sold their produce on the spot, and would not enter into contracts with nty large syndicate, especially foreign. The French crops were in it very critical condi tion. The home supply, they said, would fall short by 20.000,00 I hectolitres. If the present rainy weather continues, the result would be disastrous to the farmers. FITZGERALD & SMITH, Col>Ull(»'feilo3r -:- ."Wl'Kt lIA"%TS, t-ralii, Provisions, islociti, Cofliec and Cotton Bought, sold and carried on margins for f ut turo delivery. r<'i I .lacliMm St., Giliillan Block. Direct private wire to Chicago and New York. Members Chicago Board of Trade. Write us and we will mail you our Daily Mar ket Letter. FIM A SCI At.. New York. New York, May 21.— The temper of the slock market to-day was rather reactionary, but there was a lack of life in the dealings. There was a strong opening, but except in Reading there was no material improvement. The capture of the business of the Coxes and other new freight contracts, which will bring the tonnage of the company up some two million more for the ensuing' year, and the approach of the time when a vote is to be taken upon the extension of the voting trust, made this stock attractive to buyers for the time being, aud a rise of Vi per cent was the result. The general list, how ever, - still suffered from the wait ing attitude of those who might be buyers owing to the prevailing uncer tainty in regard to the future of the money market. The concessions from the best prices, however, ate very material in the leading stocks. St. Paul an Union Pacific being those showing most animation, be sides Reading, both the Wheeling and Lake Erie stocks and Great Northern preierred showed marked strength at times. The an nouncement that a large amount of gold would go out on .Saturday gave the bears an opportunity to tress the' list down, and the buoyancy in Reading was short lived, and special weakness was soon developed in the other coalers because of the possible compli cations which may arise from the trans actions with Heading. Lackawanna dropped off about 'Jo, Jersey Central about 2 per cent, while the pressure upon the rest of the active stocks was suffi cient lo cause losses, which in most cases ex ceeded I per cent. Atchison. Burlington, Rock Island, Union Pacific and Chicago Has were conspicuous for their weakness under the pressure. The late trading, however, saw a partial rally, when the shorts began to lake their profits for the day, and the market closed quiet but firm at fractional improve ment from the lowest figures. The final losses are generally confined to fractious, but Lackawanna is do will's; Cleveland. Cm; -; cinnati. Chicago & St. Louis, %; Louisville & ; Nashville, Hi. and St. Paul 1 per cent. The sluggish condition of tbe railroad bond mar ket gives great encouragement to the bears, who point to the fact that some improve ment must be seen in this department be fore any material advance can be made in the stock list. To-day there was a little more animation in transactions were brought to 897,000, th ouch thfie was the usual lack of marked feature, and the heavy tone pre vailed in sympathy with the downward movement in shares. The Reading firsts, however, made a substantial gain or 2 per cent to'Jli for the same cause that the stocks did. but the rest of the list were traded in within narrow limits. Government bonds were dull and heavy, . state bonds have been dull and steady. Petroleum was devoid of feature, opening dull, and remaining so all day. Pennsylvania oil. closing 881*; June option closing iis»s. Total sales, 4,000. The Post says: The possibility- of the Bank of England making a further "advance iv the premium on gold is a question ot only sec ondary importance. An advance of half a penny per ounce for gold is only about 1-16 of 1 per cent on the dollar, and would be equal to only a little more than *ie reduction on the pound in the rates for exchaage. The great point is in the continuance of the de mand in this country from importers for re mittances to Europe. If this should keep to what it is now, and if there is no increase in the supply of bankers' bills from the purchase of -stocks for . Europe, or from the discounting of commercial sixty-day bills in London, the Bank of En gland might even drop the price of gold back to Til shillings and 5 pence, aud yet the de mand here for exchange would put the price of demand bills up to $4.90 and the gold would be exported the same as now. Tbe things that will stop the exports of gold are either a decrease in the demand from im porters or an increase in the supply of ex change from other sources than the gold ex ports. The easier rates for discounts yester day, and still easier to-day, afford the prospect that commercial bills "from this side may soon be discounted on such terms as to afford a supply of demand exchange, but the supply of commercial bills is still very small Merchants' National Bank! ST.PAUL, MINN. Capital, - - $1,000,000 Surplus&UndividedProflts.eOO. 000 . W. R. MERRIAM. President. C. H. BIGELOW, Vice President. F.A. SEYMOUR, Cashier.- fcKO. C. POWER, Asst Cashie" DIRECTORS. W.S. Culbertson, .'E.N.Saunders. L. 1). Hodge, John L. Merriam, J. W. Bishop. A. B. Stickney. . F. A. Seymour; A.- H. Wilder, E.F.Drake, W.R. Merriam, M. Auerbach, C. H. Bigelow, Charles E. Flandrau, R. C. Jefferson. D.K. Noyes, Chicago ""lone--. Chicago, May 21.— New York exchange was ?re-g-aW-M-- ll lIJUIIIInIMIII fe-:v:-: _^_ « THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLCn*";- i'IiJIJAY JVIOKNIjNG, MAY )z% \wi. 7£@Bsc premium. Rates for - money were steady at ste@s per cent. Sterling exchange was steady and unchanged. New Yobk, May 21.— Atchison 29% U. P., D. & G. ... 19 Adams Express.. Northwestern 107% Alton & Terrell.. 32% dopfd .....134 dopfd 125 N. Y. Central.... .loo Am. Express ... -lit N. V., C. & St. L. 12% 8., C. B. & N..... 27 dopfd.... G5 Canad'n Pacific.. 70% Ohio & Miss IS Can. Southern '48% dopfd 85 Central Pacific... 30% Ontario & West' 16% Chcs. & Ohio 10 Oregon Imprcv't. 28 do let pfd 45% Oregon Nay...... 68 do 2d jifd 26% I Nor. American... 15% Chi. & Alton 122 ! Pacific Mai1.....: 34te C. B. & (i 86% p.. D. &E........ 18% R. G. Western. . . . as Pittsburg. . : . . 141 dopfd Csi- Pullman P. Car.. lßo C. C. C. & St. L.. 60% Reading 31V 2 Del. -ft Hudson... l3l Va Rock 151 and....'.. 74% D., L.&W 1358,4 St.L.&S.F.lst"i>fd. 00 D.<& R. G. pfd... 56te St. Paul :. 02 East Tennessee.. 6% dopfd 1102 do Ist pfd 50 St. P., M. & M....104 do 2d pfd. 13% St. P. & Omaha.. 25te Erie...- 19% dopfd 84 dopfd 51 Term. C. &1..... 32% Fort Wavne 150 Texas Pacific."..". 14% ChlcaOo i li. 111.. C') Tol. &O. C. pfd. . 80 Hocking Valley.. 26% Union Pacific 443,4 Houston <k Tex.. 3% V. S. Express.... CO Illinois Central... 97 Wab., St. L. P.. 10% St. P. &D 28 I d0pfd.......... 20% Kansas & Texas.. 14te Wells-Fnrgo Ex. .140 Lake Erie & W... 13 Western Union... 77 dopfd„ 56 I Am. Cotton Oil.. Site Lake Shore 10£% j Colorado C0a1.... 35% Louisville & N... 75% ITomestnke "10 Louis. & N. A.... 21% Iron Silver 100 Memphis & Chas. 34 Ontario 38% Mich. Central ... 89% Quicksilver 5% M., L.. S. & W.... 79 h do pia 36% dopfd 98% Sutro - 8 Mpls. &St Louis. 4- Buiwer 30 dopfd 10 R, &W. P. Ter... 20 Mo. Pacific 67% ! Wis. Central 19% Mobile &0hi0... 43 [Great Nthn. pfd. 88 Nash. & Chatt. . . . 95 Chicago Gap 40% N.J. Central 113% Lead Trust 171s N. & W. pfd 52% sugar Trust...... 83% Northern Pacific. 24 Southern Pacific. 30 dopfd C7te'O.S.L. «kU.N.. 24 BANK OF MINNESOTA ST. PAUL, MINN, CAPITAL, ~^~ $600,000 Profits and Surplus, $200,000 WW. DAWSON, President. KO3T. A. SMITH, VlcePreN't. DAWSON Jit., Cashier. KOBi'. 1.. BULLEB, A»»'t Cashier. "DI-R.ii'CJTOi^S: Wm. Dawson, P.Siems, P. S. Harris, . E.Mannhelra?", Thomas Grace, Lewis linker. Dennis Ryan, 1.. W. Peet, R. A. Smith. Arnold Kalmaa, Mark Costello. P. J. Bowlin, D. Schutte, C. W. Copley, A. B. Stickuav. . A.Oppenheim. Wm. Dawson .Jr. • lOSDS— CLOSING PRICES. U. S. 4s re;: US',! Mut. Union 1i5.... 100 do 4s coup 118 X. J. C. iiU. ctfs.lG9'& do4'/>s reg 100 N. Pacific 18t5....H5VS do coup... 101 j do '.Ms 100 Pacific Os of 05..111 N. W. consols 135 ha. stamped 45... 87 do deb. ;"is 104% Term. new set.Cs. 100 St. L.& I. M.G. ss. 85*4 do do 68.100 St. L. & S.F.G. M.103 do do as. fill St. Paul c0n5015. .122 Can. South'n 2ds. 07 St. P..C. &P. lsts.lio Cen. rae. lsts.... 107*4 T. P. L. Li. T. li.. BO D. &R. <;. lsts. ..114 IT. P. It. G. T. R.. 33 do do 45.. Union Pac. lsts.. 108 M. K. &T. G. Cs. TTi» West Shore 102"A do 5s 4' 1 2 R. Q. West. lsts.. 78A4 Erie 100 "A I GERMANIA BANK. (stats bank.) PAID UP CAPITAL. - . $400,000 Surplus and undivided profits, 555,000. 11. B. Strait, William Bickel, President Cash'.e ""few York "Honey. New. Yokk. May 21. — Money on call easy, ranging' from 2% to 4te per cent, last loan 4, closing, offered at 3. Prime mercantile paper, 5®7. Sterling exchange quiet and weak at $4,831,4 for sixty day bills, aud 54.K,i,i for de mand. The total sales of stocks to-day were 251,886 shares. ' SPARKS & HUTSON, Bank of Minneapolis Building, Minneapolis. COMMISSION BROKERS Grain. Provisions and Stocks Bought,- sold and carried on margins fo future delivery. Direct private wires to Ch cago. New York and all points. SinSEiPOMi' "tl AKIiK IX. Chamber of Commerce. The opening wheat market was lower, in fluenced- by confirmation of general rains throughout the general wheat country, both winter and spring. Cables were easy early, though fairly steady, but later private cables quoted firmness and cold rains in France. There was a kind of frost scare, increased by report ot snow in Colorado, but it was said the signal oflice would predict warmer. The market firmed, with scalpers buying July wheat, advancing prices to §1.053,4, followed by weakness and fluctuations. September wheat opened at 91% c, sold up to 92<Vic, down to illtec, and at 1 o'clock at :i2tec. One trade was made in December at 93c. Closing: No. 1 hard. May. §1.07; on track. Sl.o7te; "So. 1 northern, May, $1.05; July, $lH)6te: Septem ber, 92~4c; on track, $I.os@l.oT>te; No. 2 northern. May, $1.02; on truck, ?1.02@1.02te. Cash Wheat — Shipments were 14 cars more than received. There was a very good de mand for No. 1 northern both for spot de livery and to arrive. No. 2 northern sold fairly well at about 3c under No. 1 northern, except for fancy lots, which brought a little more. There was very little sale for any other grades. . Millers and elevator com panies weie both in the market and the competition worked prices on contract wheat a little nearer to the July option. Re ceipts of wheat in twenty-four hours were 98 cars; shipments, 110 cars. Duluth re ceived 49 cars. FLOUR AND COARSE BRAINS. Flour— The added daily output of the mills grinding yesterday will probably aggregate 19.800 bbls. Shipments 17,605 bbls. Quoted at $5.3C@5.G0 for first patent; . §3.10©~.25 for second patents; §i.25®5 forfanCy and exnort bakers; §2@2.50 for low grades in .bags, including red dog. The Hour market was flat, and no sales could be made excepting to supply some im mediate want without reduction of prices be low current quotations. Patents can be bought, it is claimed, below cost of making, even since the last drop in wheat. Specula tion in wheat seems to hold it above its pres ent value for Hour making, millers say, and that inclines them to reduce the output. Sales do not seem to take away the produc tion as fast as made. Bran and Shipments, 707 tons; quoted at 511.2r.@11.50 for bran, 514<"r.14.50 for shorts, and 51."@10.50 for middlings. The demand was fair and prices ruling steady with moderate production. Corn— Receipts, 3,310 bu; shipments, 2,490 bu; quoted at ~B@S9c on track. The market was slow and the few cars offered | were mostly sold at the range quoted. Feeling easy. Oats— Receipts, ■ 8.010 bu: shipments, 4,950 bu: quoted at 47@49c by sample. This mar ket was a shade lower, with the general range called about lc cheaper. ' ' Rye— Receipts, none; shipments, £50 bu. Quoted at BSq 87c for sample cars on track. A few cars were offered, but held above buyer's views. Barley— Receipts. 390 bu: shipments, none. Quoted at Go@7Cc for poor to fine samples of No. 3. 'PfJSj ' " j "tXUff^TSJt Receipts, 570 bu; shipments, 630 bu; Flax sales are based on 8c off from the Chi cago market. Feed— Millers held at524.5C@25; less than car lots, $233% with cornmeal at §23.5t'(F/> 24.50. Hay— Receipts, 50 tons: shipments, 10 tons; choice wild quoted at §7.50®8, aud good timothy at S9@10.10: fair wild. §"©5.50. TWIN CITY COMMISSION CO., Room 6. Gilfillan Block, St. Paul, and Room N, Guarantee Loan Building, Minneapolis. Private wire to Chicago. Execute orders in Grain, Provisions, Stock, Oil and Cotton in lots to suit customers. Correspondence solicited. "LIVE STOCK, Union Stockyards. Official receipts at South St. Paul: 435 hogs, 23 cattle, no calves, no sheep. Hogs— Steady; closing nearly 10c lower on Eastern reports. Most of the sales were $4. 4.30. A few stags and throwouts sold at $1.7~@4. Cattle Plow: receipts were small and rices stayed Bteady.Sales:Bulls,sl.7~@2.os: 10 utcher's cows. 954 lbs at §2.60: . choice, 1,000 lbs at $4.05; common to fair cows, $1.50® 2.50; feeders, 650 lbs, S3; calves. 114 lbs, $3.30; beef oxen. 1,515 lbs, at $4. Fair demand for beef stock. Quotations: Good to choice steers, $4@5.50; veals, : $2.75@3.50; " stockers.' $2.25®2.70. Sheep— Steady; Eastern markets lower: no receipts. Quotations: Shorn muttons, $4® 5.25: teeders and stockers, $3@4.25 ; mixed. ' [=i ".-"'. Chicago.; " CnicAGO. May 21.— The Evening Journal reports: cattle— Receipts, 12,000; shipments. 4,200; market dull, steady to lower; . Beef steers, $4.2~@6.25; Texan?, |3@3.05>; stoekers. 55&1.40: cows, $1.70@3.60. Hogs— Receipts, 30,000: shipments. 10.000: market weak. 10 to 15c lower; mixed and packers', 54.355Ji4.50; prime heavy and butcher weights. £4.00©4.05; light, $;.,-.;> 4.60. .Sheep— Receipt?, . £,000: shipments. 2.600; . market lower; prime na tives. 5~.10©5-25; mixed sheep and yearlings, 55.'.'" / "'.V , r Western?, SISG@3.2&; Texans, 53.20@ 1. 50 ■ Dry oasis. New York, May 21 —Business in dry goods continued on the favorable basis of yester day, with jobbers more active. The demand at the hands of agents was extending, and . contracts are daily made for future delivery. In some - directions there is as yet no im provement, but the indications are . that the : demand will be very general in a short time. Oil "Markets. Pittsburg, Pa.. May 21.— Petroleum, noth ing doing; National Transit certificates opened at 67c Vi; closed at :67c~4; highest, G7~ic; lowest, BTVsc, ST. FAIT. REAL ESTATE. The following deeds were recorded yester aay: Samuel Staples to Katie Pieper, Its 1, 2, blk 3, staples' First add 53,250 Ira W Hinckley to F It McMauigal. it 23, blk 3, Mackubin & Mitchell's add.. 1,0-00 Laura E Licks to Martha J Rudy. V> of its 3, 4, , blk 8, Rice W Vilas' bubd of Us 12, 13 and 14, east 274 ft of It 11 of Wollcodd'B add 405 Henry Lundgress to John A Hernvall, * It sof Lewis & Mabon's add 1,000 Belle C Ware to J W Thompson, It 0, blk 2. Haldmauu's add 2,000 J W Thompson to Fred A Pike. It 0, bin 2. Halderman'sadd. 2,000 -" B Morgan to John Bavne. Its 37, 38. blk 1. Cooper's add " 4,100 John Bayne to Maggie Morgan. lis 37, 38, Llk 1. Cooper's add 4.150 Six unpublished 15,600 Total, 14 transfers $33,505 BUILDING PEBxrrs. Building permits were issued yesterday by the building inspector a- follows: 31' pis Street H'v Co, 2-story car storage house, University, near La Salle $15,000 Gust Anderson, 2-story frame dwelling. Jessamine, near Greeubrlar 2,000 C E Thirt, Hi-story frame dwelling, Au rora, near Victoria 1,501 Mftttie D Nilse. 2-story frame dwelling, Selby. near Albert 2,450 Ignatius Will, l-story brick addition to store, West Sixth, near Franklin .. 1,500 Deflel & Zimmerman, 2-story brick dou ble dwelling. Pleasant, near choMnutlo,ooo Deflel A: Zimmerman, 2 story brick .". dwelling. Pleasant, uear Chestnut 5,000 Dehcl & Zimmerman, 2-story brick dwelling. Pleasant, near Chestnut 5,000 Henry Jansen. 2-story »f nunc addition to house. Fuller, near Ra»'oux 1,000 Leffman & Haas. lVa-story frame dwell ing. Van Ruren, near Maekubin 1,500 Lefl'man & Unas, Hj-slorv frame dwell ing, Van Buren, near Mactubin 1,500 Eleven minor permits 1,500 Total :. 540, 150 .tIIrVIVEJJPOMS KFAL CSTATC The following deeds were recorded yester day: Walter Morgan to Charles L. Woehler. part It 4, blk 18, Gale's Second add... 82,200 Wm 1- Wilcox to Fred A Warner, part Its 5, etc, blk 26, lloyt's add to St. An thony 7,000 "iYni I" Wilcox to Luella 1! Terry. Its 5 and 6, blk 1. Lennon & Xe well's add. 12,000 Ma! hew S Dickerson to Charles II Penke, part Its 4, 5 and 6, blk 13, Men age's supplement 10,000 Charles L Woehler to Walter X Morgan, pi Its 11 and 12, blk 3. Lee's subd ..... 4,500 Albert (i Hosher to Augustus 15 Lat ham, It 10, blk 3, Allen & Anderson's add 500 Edmund G Walton to Jerome B Tabonr. lis 3 find 4, bIK 7, Smith & Howe's First add 1,000 Andrew L Anderson to Charles F Ol son, It 3, bik 4, Crystal Lake add ...... 500 Mutual Union Land Co to Geo A Aus tin. Its 11 and 12. blk 9, etc. Cole & Weeks' add :.-. 4,000 Carl Nilson to Karen ""ilson. It 16, blk 4. Minnetonka Height* 300 Cbns B Layman to Carrie B Layman, It . 10, blk 1, Layman's Fourth add... 1,322 William B McCord to Wm A Wittick, It IS. blk 15. Forest Heights add 1,500 Andrew L Anderson to Charles F Ol son, It 22, blk 1, Minnetonka Boule vard • 150 ■ Charles II Peake to W P Wilcox, panT Its 4. 5 and 6, blk 13, Menage's simp.. 10,030 Amos Caverly to Gertrude M Blaisdell, It 15, Ottoville, Lake Minnetonka... . 400 Joseph B Moore to Henry Ingham, part Its 11 and 12, bik 2, Baker's Second add : ..... „.; 3,800 Sarah V. Thompson et al to Smith Mar ket Co. lot 7. blk ill. Minneanolis 7,000 Martha Hegelstad to Andrew II Opsahl, lot 13, Auditor's subd... 1,150 Willis A. McDowell to Louis Olson etal, lot 15. Lock wood's subd 4,500 Ida Stone to Severin Cook, lot 2, blk 8, Baker's odd ." '.-. 1,125 John Bengtsson to Emma C Lemtke. It 18. etc, blk 8, Meeker's Island Light & Power company's add rev 1,500 George W Sturtcvant to Calvin II Kyte. part It 4, blk 1. University add.... "... 4,500 Mary C Charpe to Edward C Chatfield, It 8, blk 1, Garfield Aye add 1,800 Total, 23 deeds ;. $73,697 TIMELY TOPICS. The United States department of ag riculture has issued an "Album of Ag ricultural Graphics," which shows the value per acre of the crops of the United States, based on the results of investi gation under the direction of the statis tician. It is elegantly illustrated by large charts, beautifully colored, so as to show the range of values of various productions, whether Indian corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, potatoes, tobacco, cotton or hay, in each and every state. As a work of art this album is really superb, and the arrangement for conveying a clear idea of the sub jects in hand is highly creditable to the indefatigable secretary. In the statis tician's letter of submittal he observes to the secretary: "The value of crops in any single year would not be just as a record of comparative values, because of the great variation in quantity from year to year; therefore the average of ten consecutive years is made the basis of comparison, securing an absolutely fair result, for which no data can be found except in the annual estimates of values, of farm products of this depart ment, which are accepted as the most accurate and reliable of the work of our crop reporters." The album may be regarded as of great importance to statesmeu, statists and interested citi zens. The New York Herald says: The largest British harvests, according to statistics in the last issue of Nature, have been in those years in which the sun exerted most power, and when from midsummer until fall ripening, inter mittent glowing heat, with fewest in terruptions of cloudy weather or humid ity, was experienced. The law holds good for the United Kingdom, and measurably so for America, with the important exception 'that excessive prouth is prejudicial in America to an abundant yield. But In the former, the chief meteorological element to be dreaded is an excess of rainfall. On neither side of the ocean is it true, how ever, that a cold winter is necessarily fatal to tiie production of a good crop in the ensuing summer. A backward state of the crop in the- spring some times precedes an unusually fine yield in our. wheat belt. On the above rules, it is feared the English wheat crop this year may be very poor. Nature seems to lean to this conclusion, as it says: "The probabilities seem in favor of a cold and wet summer,'' which is usual ly inimical to the British farmer. • The total yield of -wool' for this year was 298,251,723 pounds, while that of 1890 was 300,474,956. The agricultural report indicated a loss of, 904,000 sheep and 11,000,000 pounds of wool, but this loss was merely in a few states. The states east of Pennsylvania generally , lost, including a- loss of over 900,000 pounds in New York, but Pennsylvania gained 633,000. Between the Pennsyl vania border and the Mississippi five Northern states gained in. wool produc tion more than 1,000,000 pounds. The five prairie states beyond them made no change worth notice, but again in the mountain . region . four states and three territories gained over 1,000,000 pounds. Thus, the older and the newer regions of fine fleece-growing west of New York increased in yield, while east, south and .west of these regions there were losses. Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia showed slight gains, but most of .. the Southern states slight losses. The agri- : cultural department and Mr..,Truitt Jiaih. added 4GL700.0Q0 ft) Uw g -obahhi yield of pulled wool from sheep sent to market or lost by disease or; disaster. ; Wool growing is well attended to in the state of Michigan, whose near neigh borhood to panada is an advantage. Wo believe there are more good flocks be tween Lakes Michigan and Erie than in any other section of the country, anil more success in proportion. The Mich igan Farmer is now publishing .ac counts of annual shearings as they come off, and reports fleeces of. from twenty seven to thirty-four pounds in several counties. One ram, Iroquois, sold by J. It.- Worthington, St. John's, . Clinton county, yielded a fleece that weighed thirty-four pounds and nine ounces, barring its cold climate, the state is a capital district for agriculture, and con tains a fair proportion of successful farmers. - . Mr. Murtfeldt, of St. Louis, is a good observer of farming. He says: "Do not put all your eggs into one basket. It is only once in a great while that a farmer makes a decided hit with a spe cial crop." Besides, it is a pity and a waste to see a line, great farm spent in producing a s'mrle crop. No man who is fond of husbandry contents himself with growing one thing. If you are -very poor, uo as you can ; if independent, farm for pleasure." An other good thing Mr. Murtfeldt says is this: "Animal industry is a potent factor to success. A bunch of steers, a span of well-bred and matched colts and horses, a few dozen lambs in their season and a wagon load of dressed poul try bring many dollars, ami ireneraly at a time when the farming opperations do not demand every -hour to take care of and cultivate the land, or secure the ripe crops." Vick's Magazine brings an interest ing account of raising tomatoes and vines on a Dakota prairie. Old barrels were placed where water could be thrown upon them frequently. A supply of manure was put in the bot toms of the barrels and good soil on top 'of that, tilling them within- a third of the top. Three tomato plants were put in each barrel, and grew finely, protected from the wind and warm air. The plants were moved into the shade of trees and continued to grew, produced three bushels of tomatoes which sold for eight cents a pound. It is said a heavy mulch about cucumber vines is a great help in a dry season. A contemporary suggests that the old fashioned tiowers should not be forgot ten, ami mdre or less attention should be given to them while the planting sea son continues, calling the following among the prime favorites ot the years cone by. How will the following do? The verbena, petunia, phlox, evening primrose, pansy, portulacca, balsam, sweet pea, etc. if these are too mod ern, bring up the rose, the pink, the peony, the marigold, the lily, the Hag, batchelor's button— the flowers which bloom in the spring, tra la. Now tliat the summer is within sight, fanners will do a wise thing to make provision by means of the useful meat clubs for their supply of fresh meat through the season. That a farmer should sell live cattle to the butcher for 5 cents per pound and pay 12 or 14 cents lor his meat is inconsistent with the fre quent maledictions he vents upon the middlemen. The general rule that a fanner should supply himself with all his domestic supplies that can he pro duced on the farm is a good one. It is in the line of that economy which leads to thrift and business success. «£» •Vi ; OFFICIAL. Proceedings Board of School In spectors. 1 • i ' [Published in the St. Paul Daily Globe May 1801.] ••■;■-; Regular Meet! - r St. Paul, Minn., May 15.1591. Held pursuant to requirements of Sec tion 2of an act creating the Board of School Inspectors of the City of St. Paul, . approved by the Legislature March 20, ti 1891. ■-r The meeting was called to order by the Secretary, who .announced that un der the requirements of Section l of the above-named act the following had been appointed School Inspectors by the Mayor of the City of St. Paul: Maurice«Auerbach, to serve for one year. Lewis Baker, to serve for one year. James G. Pyle, to serve for one year. James J. Keane, to serve for* two years. , George 11. Bridgman, to serve for two years. Albert Schelfer, to serve for three years. Gottfried Stamra. to serve for three years. (All Inspectors except Inspector Pvle were present.) The Secretary further announced that the meeting was called for the purpose of organization, and that a motion to elect a President pro temoore would be in order. Inspector Auerbach was, on motion, duly elected President pro tempore. The first business in order being the . election of a president, Inspector Schef fer nominated Inspector Baker. There being no other nomination, the Secre tary was instructed to cast the ballot of all the members present for Lewis Baker as President. Complied with, and Mr. Baker de clared duly elected President for a term of one year. The next business being the election of a ice President, Inspector Scheffer nominated Inspector Bridgman. There being no other nomination, the .Secre tary was instructed to cast the ballot of all the members present for G;o. li. Bridgman as Vice President. Complied with, and Mr. Bridgman de elated duly elected Vice President for a term of one year. Before proceeding to the election of a Secretary, Inspector Scheffer requested the opinion of the Corporation Attor ney as to whether it was mandatory upon the Board to elect Secretary oil the date as specified in Section 2 of the organic act. The Corporation Attorney having given a negative reply, the elec tion of a Secretary was, on motion, post poned to a future meeting by— Yeas— 0. NEW BUSINESS., The Superintendent of Schools pre sented to the notice of the Board the matter of the length of the school year, and urged that the time of the closing of the schools be definitely fixed. w .Inspector Bridgman moved that the length of the school year be thirty-eight 'weeks, and that the schools be closed if or the current school year on June 12. "v Carried by— Yeas— The President presented to the Board the By-laws of the Board of School In spectors and the rules and regulations •for the government of the schools. ■ Inspector Keane moved that the Sec retary be instructed to furnish each In spector with a copy of such By-laws and rules, and that all action upon same be postponed, except as regards Section 2 of the By-laws, requirinir the President to appoint standing committees. » Carried by— Yeas— G. $ It was further moved that the Presi dent present at the next meeting of the -Board a list of standing committees for , the year 1891-2. j-;, Carried Yeas— •- Adjourned, on motion, to Monday, May 18, at 4 o'clock p. m. Edward W. White, Secretary. ' ■"**• : OFFICIAL. Proceedings Board of School In spectors. [Published in the St. Paul Daily Globe May 22, 1891. Adjourned Meeting. St.Paul, Minn.; May 18, 1891. : President Baker in the chair." Present— Inspectors Auerbach, Bridg man. Keane, Scheffer. Stamm and Mr. .President— .. >sen lnspector Pyle— l. : : . F.i he; President announced' that . the. election of a Secretary was in order. . - nominee. Inspector Scheffer moved that the President cast the ballot of all the members present for Mr. White as Sec retary. Complied with, and Mr. White de clared duly elected as Secretary for a term of one year. The next business in order being action upon by the By-laws and rules and regulations, the By-laws were first taken up and read as follows: By-Laws of the Board of School In spectors. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. Section 1. The annua meeting of the Board for organization shall be held at the time fixed by law in each year, and shall be. called to order by the Sec retary. A President pro tempore shall be elected, and the Board shall then pro ceed to ballot for its regular officers. Sec. 2. The President, on or before the next regular meeting after each election, shall appoint the following standing committees, viz.: Finance. Supplies, Schools, Real Estate. German, Fuel and Janitors, each to consist of three members, except the Committee on Schools, which shall consist of five members.and shall have power, for suffi cient cause, 'upon the approval of the majority of the members present at any regular meeting, to change his appoint ments of committees, either as a whole or in part. The President shall be, ex officio, a member of all committees. SEC. 3. The regular meeting of the Board shall be held monthly on the first Wednesday of each month, unless the Board shall designate some other time. Sec. 4. At each meeting the Board shall be called to order by the Presi dent, or in his absence by the Vice- President, or in the absence of the Vice- President by any member, when a President pro tempore shall be elected. The Secretary shall record the names of the Inspectors present and absent, call ing the roll of mem in alphabetical order for that purpose. - Sec. 5. The minutes of the last meet ing shall then be read, and errors, if any, corrected. Sec. 6. At all regular meetings the following order shall be observed in dis posing of business before the Boaid. 1. Communications. 2. Report of Superintendent. '3. Reports of standing committees. 4. Reports of select committees. 5. Resolutions. 0. Unfinished business. 7. Consideration of accounts. S. "Sew business. And no buslness*shall be taken up out of said order, but by unanimous consent, and without debate. LIMITATIONS. Sec. 7. The ayes and nays on any question before the Board shall be taken at the call of any two members thereof, and no vote involving the ap propriation of money shall be declared carried unless there shall be four votes in the affirmative. Sec. 8. No important resolution shall be considered by the Board, unless sub mitted in writing, except by unanimous consent. Sec. 1). No communication or appli cation addressed to the Board shall pass to any committee without the consent of the Board. Sec. 10. Any question of order aris ing, not provided for in these rules, shall be decided according to well-es tablished parliamentary rules for the government of deliberative bodies, as defined by "Roberts' Rules of Order." A motion for the reconsideration of any vote can be made only by a member having voted with the majority, and not later than the first regular meeting after such action has been taken. No mem ber shall speak more than twice on one subject, and for not longer than five minutes at a time except by unanimous consent. Sec. 11. The salaries of Superin tendent, teachers, janitors and all other employes of the Board shall be fixed not later than June 1 of each year, unless otherwise provided, upon the recommendation of the proper authori ties, DUTIES OF OFFICERS— PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE. Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the President, Vice President, or President pro tempore, to preside at all meetings of the Board, receive all communica tions and sign all documents in behalf of the Board. He shall be authorized to I call special .meetings of the Board, and it shall be his duty to do so upon the re quest of any three members, but no business shall be transacted at any special meeting except that specified in the call, unless by consent of all In spectors present. lie shall bring be fore the Board, from time to time, what ever business may require their atten tion, arising under these regulations or otherwise. In the absence of the Presi dent, his powers and duties shall devolve upon the Vice President, or President pro tempore, and the object of every special meeting shall be distinctly slated in each call. ' Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify the members of all 'meetings of the Board, by causing notice to be served personally or left at the residence or place of business of each Inspector, or placed in the postof fice at least one day previous to such meeting. He shall keep a record of the minutes of all meetings of the Board, and file all reports, resolutions and other pacers acted upon by the Board, and perform all other duties and services prescribed by law or ordered by the Board. lie shall countersign all official docu ments of the Board which are signed by the President. He shall attend the meetings of all committees when requested by the chairman, and keep a record of the same: and shall notify, at the request of the chairman of any committee, the members thereof, in writing, of any meeting thereof. Sec. 14. All claims presented to the Board must be sworn to by the claim ants or their representatives, and no claim shall be allowed unless au- 1 thorized by a majority vote of | AN IMMENSE SEAPORT CITY Is building at Faivhaveu, the Pacific Coast terminus of the Great Northern Railway. Its growth hits been the most marvelous in the history of city building. It is growing more rapidly and solidly every day. It is backed by COAL, IRON, TIMBER and AGRICULTURE, which are being developed by thousands of men and millions of dollars. It is invincible iv location and unequaled for push. The tide has set in for Fail haven. Join the procession while you can get near the front. It is easy enough to make money in real estate on a rising market if you don't wait too long. WE HAVE THE CHOICEST FA I I'll WEN PROPERTY, and for a little while can get you in on tha ground floor. .O-r* SIOO, 5200 and $300 lots will lay the foundation for many a fortune. Better apply this week to get the best. . " ' - WASHINGTON IMPROVEMENT CO., E. F. BECK, Agent, ifgHi °* East Fourth Street. St, PaiiL all the members-elect, except as by ; law otherwise .provided. All payments shall be made on a minted and uniform series of consecutively numbered vouchers in duplicate, ex pressing in ...detail every item of the claim or claims, and approved by the proper committee. The Secretary shall transmit to the Comptroller one of each set of duplicate vouchers for auditing, and shall retain the other. Payment of claims shall be made by warrants, Signed by the President ami Secretary, ami numbered to correspond »vith the vouchers of such claims, and a warrant book should be kept by the Secretary for this purpose. DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. Sec. 13. All committees shall hold stated meetings, at such times as they shall designate. In the event of the ab sence of the chairman at such meeting. the members present shall appoint one of their number .to act, and no business shall be transacted by any committee, ■ except at a regular meeting or at a spe cial meeting properly called. Sec. 16. All committees to whom any account or other matter shall have been referred shall make a report thereon in writing at the first stated meeting after such reference, unless further time shall be given them by the Board; and such committee shall be called upon by the President for their report, in the i order stated. Sec. 17. Committees on making their report, shall return the petition, resolu tion, account or other papers containing the subject matter so referred, to be filed by the Secretary. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. The Committee on Finance, as early as May of each year shall ascertain the maximum amount that may be obtained tinder the law from the various tax levies for the support of the schools of the City of St. Paul for the en suing year and report the same to the Board of School Inspectors for their guidance. They shall also prepare for submission to tiie Common Council the annual report and budget called for in section Hot the act creating the Board of School Inspectors, setting forth espe cially the amount required for the i proper support of each department of I the public schools, niter the same has i been presented, through the proper com- j mittees and has been passed upon by j tlrP Board of School Inspectors. It shall be the duty of the Committee ! on Finance to examine and report the j accuracy of ail demands against the ; Board, and all accounts shall be audited : by this committee, or at least by its j chairman. The Committee on Finance shall re quire the Secretary of the Board to keep j the- accounts of the Board in a good bus- 1 mess form and shall compare the vouch- > ers of the Secretary with the warrants I drawn on the Treasurer and report to the Board quarterly. COMMITTEE ON SUPPLIES. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Supplies to prepare the annual esti mate required by law for the Purchasing j Committee of the supplies needed in all departments of the public schools, in-! eluding stationery, blanks, printing, advertising, furniture, and all other ar ticles used in the schools of the city ex cept fuel. Also to make provision for the purchase of such sundry and incidental supplies as cannot be properly included in the annual estimate after the proper provision has been made for the same by the City Council. COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Schools to appoint all teachers and assistant teachers, and to fill all vacan cies except as hereinafter mentioned, giving consideration to the recom mendations of the Superintendent of Schools, and to report the same to the Board for confirma tion at the first regular meeting thereafter; and no teacher shall enter upon duty until confirmed by the Board, except to fill a temporal y va cancy. They shall report their annual list of appointments not later than the egular meeting in June. If the Board fail to confirm their appointments, the committee shall make* others satisfac tory to the Board. This committee shall recommend to the Borrd from time to lime such change of text books and courses of study as may be deemed best for the in terests of the schools, except as herein after provided. They shall also rec ommend the purchase ot all library books, supplementary reading matter and all other helps . and appliances deemed advisable for introduction in the various district school buildings ami conducive to the greatest efficiency in the several class rooms. It shall also he the duty of this com mittee to inspect the monthly report of this Board to the Mayor and see that the necessary items are therein included. COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE. The Committee on Real Estate shall at least once a year inspect all the real estate of the Board and report on the condition of the same. It shall consider and report upon the expediency of erecting, altering, improving or insur ing the school buildings and furniture. and shall have the superintendence of any special alterations and repairs that may be authorized by the Board, and shall have all minor repairs made as re quired, at an expense in each case not to exceed $50. It shall be the duty of this committee to cause such an amount of insurance as the Board may direct to be placed upon each of the various buildings and ; upon such other property belonging to the Board as is in its judgment in dan ger of lire. This committee shall keep a register of all policies taken out in the name of the Board and shall report to the Board the condition of the business en trusted to it at the regular meetings in August, February and June. This committee may also appoint a Supervisor of Buildings and Repairs and fix ids salary, subject to approval and confirmation by the Board.* The term of oftice of such Supervisor shall t be for one year, or during the pleasure j of this committee, and he shall be gov- j erned by such rules, regulations and j directions as may from time to time be established by the committee, by and with the consent of the Board. COMMITTEE ON GERMAN. The Committee on German shall ex ercise a genera] supervision over this branch of instruction : have charge of the examination and appointment of German teachers, giving heed to the recommendations of the Superintendent of Schools; the selection of text books and the arrangement of the courses of study, all subject to approval at.d confirmation by the Board. COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND .TANITOBS. It shall be the duty of this commit tee to appoint., subject to the approval of the Board, all janitors, engineers and firemen for the school build ings, fix their salaries, and re port its action (by a schedule of names and amount of salary) to the Board for confirmation not later than the first tegular meeting in July of each year. It shall also report to the Board rules for the guidance of all employes under its charge, and, when approved by the Board, shall cause such rules to be printed and posted in each school build ing. It shall further be the duty of this commute to prepare annually for the Purchasing Committee, as required by the iaw. a statement of the amount of fuel needed for the public schools for the ensuing school year, an l to make suitable provision for the recep tion and proper use of the same in tho various buildings. AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS AND RULES. These by-laws and any t tiles and reg ulations that are or may hereafter be adopted may be rescinded, changed or suspended by a vote of live members of the Board. Provided, That a motion to change or rescind any by-laws shall be given in writing, and no vote shall be taken on the matter until the next regular meet ing of the Board. The same were then adopted, by yeas— G. It was, on motion of inspector Schef fer, then resolved that the rules and regulations for the government of schools as now constituted remain in force until such time as other rtties may be adopted by the Board. In the matter of action upon rules and regulations, Inspector Bridgman moved that they lie referred to a committee consisting ot the President, Inspector Keane. and the Superintendent of Schools for revision and report at tho next meeting of the Board. Carried by— Yeas — The President then announced the following standing committees for isyl -1892: Finance— lnspectors Auerbach, Schef fer and l'\ le. Supplies -Inspectors Keane, Stamni and Bridgman. Schools- Inspectors Bridgman, Keane, Scheffer, Pyle and Auerbach. Real Estate— lnspectors Pyle, Auer bach and Bridgman. German— lnspectors Scheffer, Pyle ami Stamm. Fuel and Janitors — Inspectors Stamm, Keane and Auerbach. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. The matter of continuing the branch high schools was then taken up, and upon motion referred to the Committee on Schools, which committee, alter a recess had been taken by the Board, reported as follows, recommend inn: That the branch high schools hereto fore established in the Cleveland and Humboldt schools be continued, and that in the Webster school be discon tinued. f~~s Also, that the special study of domes lie economy (sewing) be reinstated upon the course of studies of the public schools. Both recommendations were on mo tion adopted by— Yeas 6. The matter of continuing the study of German in the lower grades was on mo tion referred to the Committee on Ger man for report at the next meeting of the Board. Inspector Bridzman was, at tho le quest of the chairman of the Committee on German, appointed to act on that committee during the absence of tho regular member, Inspector Pyle. NEW BUSINESS' A communication from the Corpora tion Attorney relative to the suit brought by the owner of one of the lots upon which the Hendricks school is DOW partially located was read, and on mo tion referred to the Committee on Real Estate. Inspector Bridgman was, at his own request, excused from acting on the Committee on Real Estate, and Inspector Scheffer appointed in his stead by the President. Inspector Keane was, at his own re quest, excused from acting on the Com mittee on Supplies, and Inspector Auer bach appointed by the President. Inspector Scheffer moved that, when the Board adjourns, it does so until Fri day, May 2'", at 1 o'clock p. m. Adjourned. Edward W. White, Secretary. Ha nd-Turnel /^^^^ $3 f] Per pair. M Wi Worth $5. M M NEW ENGLAND SHOE CO,, 133, 135 & 137 E. Sevenths