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& SILVER IN THE SADDLE The Hour for a Vote on Free Coinage Cannot Be Long- Delayed. Opponents of the Bland Bill Losing: Courage as the Time Lessens. Attempts at Filibustering Are Likely to Be Suddenly Blocked. Pierce, Stone and McKeighan the Principal Speakers Yesterday. Washington, March 23.— The silver debate in the house' of representatives today showed an intensity of public in terest in that great question which now faces the Fitty-secend congress for solu tion, and threatens to become a political issue in the presidential campaign of the autumn. The speeches were all of a strongly positive character, being the arguments of men who have stern con victions upon the side which they re spectively represent, and they are un compromising in their declarations of the policy which should be pursued. Gradually the conviction is forcing itself upon the members that it is to be a drawn battle: that the issue is one which cannot be averted and that the day is near at hand when the house ot representatives must declare on a yea and nay vote its position on the great question of free coinage. The gen tlemen who pinned their hopes on the chances of a compromise at the last hour by the substitution of a bill pro viding for an international monetary congress are losing courage today, and even the indomitable Mr. Tracey, of New York, concedes that the free coin age hill will have a clear majority if a final vote is ever reached upon its pas sage. Just what he and his anti-free coinage associates will do to avert this final vote he has not yet announced, but Chairman Bland and his friends fully expect filibustering tactics tomorrow on the part of their opponents, and al ready rumors are rife that the commit tee on rules will, in this event, be re quested promptly to report a rule Naming a Day and IZour for taking a final vote. Mr. Tracey an nounces that the first motion to be made by the opponents of the bill at the con clusion of the debate, and before any disposition to filibuster is manifested. will be in tlic form of a resolution re committing the bill to the coinage com mittee, with instructions to report a substitute bill providing for an interna tional congress for the adjustment of Ihe silver problem. If it is defeated, all the resources of parliamentary rules will then be evoked to lire o.it the friends of the bill and prevent a final fote upon its passage. The galleries were crowded when the speaker rapped the house to order at noon today, and the floor and lobbies ot the house, too, were well crowded with ex-members and senators, attracted by Ihe great interest of the occasion. On a sofa in the rear of the ball was seated Hon. A. J. Warner, one of the fathers of the free coinage movement, and during the day the herculean ex inember held frequent consultations with Representatives Bland and Pierce and other leaders in the cause of free silver. In the galleries were seated many bankers and financial experts from all over the country, anil the Western Union wires on the outside were busy bearing The Hasty Messages that flashed to the country the progress of the discussion and conveyed to the great financial centers every indication that appeared in the political atnios sphere. "I desire to give notice," said Chairman Bland at the opening of tiie debate, '"that at '2 o'clock tomorrow I shall demand the previous question on the silver bill and pending amend ments." This means merely that gen eral debate will close at 2 o'clock tomor row, and that a final vote will then be taken on the bill and amendments un less its opponents inaugurate a series of lililmstering tactics. The first speaker of the day was Rep resentative Tierce, of Tennessee, the able young lieutenant of Chairman Bland on tiie coinage committee. In a discussion of the pending measure, said Mr. Pierce, if I did not believe that the unlimited coinage of silver was for the best interests of the people of the whole country, 1 should not so warmly sup port this measure. The questionof to day is whether we shall have bimetal lism or monometallism. Going buck to 1816 we find that great, industrial Eng land was prosperous and happy until she struck down silver and discarded it us one of her coin metals. The voice of labor, then as now. was unheeded, and the result was that the next three years witnessed a period of depression," dis tress and suffering hitherto unknown in the kingdom of Great Britain. This Is a matter of history, he said, and can- BOt be controverted. Continuing, the gentleman from Ten nessee said the spirit that is dominant today among financiers and capitalists throughout the world is that scarcity in money is a thins to be desired. Our op ponents tell us that gold must not be molested; that gold is the oulv sacred metal; that Gold Is Kins. What is it that gave to gold the posi tion it occupies? Legislation. And it is only by legislation til at the great wrong can be righted. [Applause.] Uy to the time of the demonetization of sil ver in 1873 the silver dollar was never worth less than 100 cents. When de monetized it was at a premium of 3}i per cent. Why did they demonetize it Ihen? The same spirit of avarice and greed that struck it down in England dominated this country, and silver was murdered at the interest or the great banking and financial interests of the country; and the agricultural and la boring people from that time to this have been paying the profits in their eweatand toil. [Applause.] There are gentlemen of New Entrland, The Genuine and the Sham. Every good thing has its host of imitations ; every genuine irticle its counterfeits. The imitators always choose the most valuable and popular article to counterfeit, so that when they :laim their sham to be equal, or as good, or the same as 'So-and-So's." the public may depend upon it that "So-and-So's" article is the best of the kind. The sham proves the genuine merit of the thing it copies, and never has this been better illustrated than by the imitations of Allcock's Porous Plasters. Allcock's Porous Plasters are the standard of excellence the world over, and imitators in their cry that theirs is "as good as Allcock's," are only emphasizing this fact and admitting " Allcock's " to be the acme of perfection, which it is their highest ambition to* imitate. The difference between the genuine and these imitations, which copy only general appearance, is as wide as that between gold and copper. The only safe way for purchasers is to always insist upon having Al___k *___~_s__!_____________ irll__® i__a%s# leJ l_#| A%s, Fl_A§TE_l_s said Mr. Pierce, who say to us if we pass" free .silyer bill in this house New England willseT^au unbroken body of Republican represcMitai."'"* tOjMis "*j'j» and that they will give us the foiCz •""! I want to say to you, gentlemen from New England, that we Democrats of the South and West measure our action by the Democratic rule; when a majority speaks we bow to it and support the nominee and tne platform that the majority present. [Applause.] When the force bill passed this house and went to the senate a gloom settled over this country fiom one end ot it to the other. Especially did dark clouds lower over our beautiful South land. Tnc intimation had gone abroad that the force bill was to be put upon us. Expectancy was deepening Into certainty. President Harrison had pledged himself to ap prove and use his official influence to carry through this measure, which pro posed to strike down the last v< stige of persitnal and civil and political liberty in this country. But the lowering clouds began to breakaway; each rift had a silver lining, and through the rifts we saw the grand, glorious, brave and pa triotic Republican Senator* of tlie West standing between their party and the liberties of the people. By their votes the force bill was defeated. 1 want to say to you, gentlemen from New Eng land, that the same brave and honora ble men stan;l there today as a bulwark between the Republican party and the interests of the people ot tins' country. With this reliance, we do not fear a force bill; but we demand that this house give to the people a full measure of redress ior the wrongs done in 1573. [Loud ap plause.] . Mr. stone, of Pennsylvania, de nounced the pending bill as being not a bill for the free coinage of gold and silver, but a bill for the unlimited issue of paper money. The effect of this bill, by repealing the act of 1890, would be to restore the act of 1878. "Does the gentleman take the posi tion," inquired Mr. Bland, "that to re peal the* act of July 4, 1890, would re vive the force of the previous act there by repealed?" "Yes, sir." "That is a position contrary to all the principles of law that 1 ever heard of." said Mr. Bland. "The act of 1890 re peals a portion of the act of 187 S. Now, this bill, in repealing the act of 1890, does not restore the act of 1878 at all." Mr. St'jii'; persisted that Mr. Bland was wrong, and that the passage of the pending bill would be to revive the act of 1878, providing merely for the com pulsory coinage of $2 000,000 per month. Representatives Warner, Democrat, of New York; Brawley, a South Car olina Democrat; Lynch, of Wisconsin; Stout, of Michigan, and Fitch, of New York, opposed the measure, declaring that its chief aim was to make some thing out of nothing; its chief purpose was to make 70 cents worth 100 cents. They argued in favor of an honest dol lar which would be worth 100 cents. A Third Party View. McKdglmn, of Nebraska, one of the Peopie's | any representatives, and a member ot Jie coinage committee, dis cussed the minority report, which, lie said, had about it the perfume of the banking house. That report had in it no suggestion with reference to the men who felled the forests, broke the ground, delved in the mines, or sowed or reaped. It was impossible to gather from that report the idea that money had any nec essary relation to the product of tiie soil. The report was begotten of avarice, and its fruition was the spoliation of industry. The cry about a 70 cent dollar was a deliberate attempt to suborn the public conscience. The standard silver dollar was of 100 cents, and the claptrap about a 70-cent dollar was simply an assault ui)on the dictionary. They forgot to mention that the true test* of the ex cellence and honesty of money was its working as an instrument for the ex change of goods. Under free coinage a new condition would arise. What the value of the dollar would be as ex pressed in sold would be another ques tion. He had been a soldier, and he would not forget that lie hail enlisted in the army of the United States when gold and silver were the only legal tender currency. [Applause.] Lie had re ceived Depreciated Paper and had never heard a how! from the fellows who represented the banking interests of the country. This duplic ity did not fool the old soldiers. [Ap plause.] The soldiers of the iJnion army had never fought for money. They had fought to preserve the union of the states and to perpetuate a Re publican torm of government. The people that he (McKeiglian) represented were not anarchists. They were not opposed to the accumulation of wealth, hut they believed that wealth distribu tion, if permitted to follow natural laws, would be proportioned to the skill, economy and labor employed. The man must be blind who did not see that wealth was becoming a great political power in this country. The people were organized and would never cease this agitation until corporations and monoplie.s would bow in obedience to just laws. When that day came, the people would be sovereign"; long live the sovereign. [Applause.] Mr. Bush'nell, of Wisconsin, spoke in favor of a proposed amendment pro viding that hereafter the silver dollar shall contain one ounce troy of pure silver. After a speech by Mr. Perkins, of lowa, in opposition to the bill, the house took a recess until 7:30. Livingston and Marter. At the evening session of the house Messrs. Coombs, of New York; Bacon, of New York, and Page, of Maryland, opposed the bill. Mr. Livingston, of Georgia, in advocating the bill, said that if congress did not now hear the voice of the people the time would soon come when that voice would be heard. The cry was for relief. The gentlemen from Massachusetts, who represented Democratic constituents, opposed the bill because they thought that it might endanger Democratic suc cess in the next election. Ninety -nine times out of a hundred right was the best policy, truth was the best policy, either In politics or out of politics. To day there was a contest in the state of New York. Hill and Cleveland meant nothing more or less than silver and anti-silver. That was all there was in it. The light was on, and it would be bitter and severe. But lie trusted in God that in the end the people would win. Mr. H arter, of Ohio— May I ask one question? Do you mean to say that Ulil is in favor of free coinage? [Laughter.] Mr. Livingston— Well, now [laughter], I THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1892. want to ask you this question: Will you vote for Hill if he is? [Laughter.] "No, sir." replied Mr. Harter, with em phasis, amid applause. '-Now, gentle men," resumed Mr. Livingston, "there la demonstration of just what; I said. All the Dem<">: va l * is; ih'itliat i crowd means Cleveland Tbilisi the • world, of a Republican or a mugwump. You can take them in your hand and squeeze them, and you cannot squeeze an ounce of Democracy out of the whole crowd." [Laughter.] " .39R88 Mr. lirosius. of Pennsylvania, op posed the bill, as did Mr. Hayes, of Ohio, and Mr. Chapin, of New York. The debate was further continued by Messrs. WalKer, of Massachusetts; Ueissenhainer, of New Jersey, .and Bunting, of New York, in opposition to the measure, and by Messrs. Abbott, of Texas; Townseud, of Colorado; Whit ing, of Michigan, and Layton, of Ohio, in advocacy the proposed legislation, and then the house adjourned. FOSTER'S FIGURES. Treasury Notes, Silver • Coinage and Bullion, Washington, March 23.— 1n answer to a resolution railing upon him to in form the senate of the amount of treas ury notes issued under the provisions of the act of July 14, 1890, the amount of -si ver dollars coined and the amount of silver bullion in the treasury purchased under the provisions of that act; and also whether the silver dollars coined were available for the expenses of the government, Secretary Foster today sent a letter to the senate in reply, giv ine the information asked for. In this reply Secretary Foster says that there were purchased and received at the mints under the act of July 14, 18!H), from the date when it took etfect, Auir. 13, 1890, to and including Feb. 29, 1892, 84,500,303 fine ounces of silver bullion, at a cost of $£0.4<>7,892. in pay ment of which there were issued within that period treasury notes authorized by the act to the amount of ?8">.230,:>12, le"aving a balance of $231,680, which rep resents the amount of the purchases of bullion made at the mints ot San Fran cisco. New Orleans and Carson City late in February, the reports of which reached the department after the close of that month. There were coined under the act. says the letter, within the period mentioned, 28.939,475 standard dollars, with a wast age of $28,935 not yet adjusted; and there were held in the treasury at the close of business on the 28th ult. 02,059, --503 line ounces of silver, which cost $01,437,330. Of the silver dollars coined under the provisions of that act §24,001, --(V27 are heid in the treasury for the re demption of the treasury notes, $1,380, --000 have been covered into the treasury on account of seijuiiorage, and so have bfcome available for the ordinary expenses of the government; and the remainder, £557.248, are held in the treasury uncovered awaiting adjustment of the seigniorage account. When this last-mentioned amount, or so much of it as may be ascertained to be the net seignorage, is covered into the treasury, the amount so covered will also be available for ordinary expenses cf the government. Respecting redemptions or exchanges of silver dollars, Secretary Foster says that the department has not redeemed silver dollars or silver certificates in gold or gold certificates, nor has it ex changed silver dollars or certificates for gold or gold certificates. Concluding, Secretary Foster says that silver dollars and silver certificates that are received for public dues are used freely in the discharge of all government obligations. SENATE BUSINESS. Routine Business Engaged the Attention of Solons. Washington, March 23. — The vice president presented a petition in the senate today from Benjamin G. Harris, of Maryland, on behalf of himself and other citizens of that state, asking con gress to secure compensation for the slaves taken by the general govern ment or emancipated by a state con vention at the instance and desire of the general government. An executive message from the president of the United States was handed to the vice president. The army appropriation bill was presented and referred to the committee on appropriations. The senate then proceeded to execut ive business. The doors were reopened at 1:80, and the Indian appropriation bill was taken up for action. The first important amendment reached was that s triking out of the bill the proviso re g uiring army officers to be detailed as In diaii agents. Without action on the qu estion the senate adjourned. STILL WATKR NEWS. Chambers Looking After Con victs— Kvents of a Day. Col. Clarke Chambers, whose duty it is to look after discharged convicts, was in the city yesterday, and spent a por tion of trie day with Warden Garvin. Mr. Chambers said that all the prelim inary details connected with his posi tion have not yet been attended to, but he hoped to have everything in good shape before long. The charge of grand larceny against Arthur Richard, the young man who helped himself to seventeen boxes of choice cigars belonging to Charles Bren ner, was dismissed yesterday by con sent of County Attorney .Sullivan, and Richard was immediately rearrested on a charge of stealing two razors from Wurdemann & Swanson's hardware store, lie pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to serve ninety days in the county jail. Jn pronouncing sen tence Judge'Nethaway gave the young man a severe reprimand, and informed him that many men had been sent to prison for committing depredations of a similar nature, and that he was lucky to escape with a sho rt term in the county jail. Christ Schloeder, who secured $24.07 at the First National bank a few aays ago by represen tine himself as Chris Schlicker, was arraigned in the mu ni'.'ipal court yes terday and was given a ninety days' sentence in the county fail. Schloeder admitted receiving the money, but claimed that he did not know that it belonged to anyone else. Peter Nelson and Annie Stussi, who are charged with selling adulterated milk, appeared in the municipal court yesterday. Nelson waived examina tion and was held to await the action of the grand jury in ?200 bonds, which he furnished. Mrs. Stussi's examina tion was continued until some day next week, when the chemist who analyzed the milk will be present. Warden Garvin stated yesterday that he was delighted with the regulations adopted by Gov. Merriam relative to conditional pardons by a parole system. Mr. Garvin has been in favor of the in troduction of the parole system ever since he took charge of the prison, and thinks that much good will ultimately result from conditional pardons. Jerome H. Collins and Miss Ida B. Lowell were quietly married Tuesday evening by Key. J. M. Bull, of the Methodist church. The groom is a well known lumberman and tne bride has for a number of years been a faithful employe in the office of C. A. Bennett, clerk ot the district court. The board of education met Tuesday evening and decided upon a ten days' vacation, beginning with Friday, April 15. The summer vacation will begin June 10. Th«s only other business transacted was the auditing of bills. John O'Brien returned Tuesday even ing from a trip to Anderson & O'Brien's logging camps near Veazie. VVis., and reports good roads and excellent work. Their crews will remain at work as long as possible. The sale of tickets for the concert to be given at the First Presbyterian church this evening is large, aud'a jrood attendance is assured. The concert is given under the auspices of the choir. Sheriff Marty now has nine boarders at the county jail, and a majority of them will await the action of the grand jury at the May term of the district court. The sale of reserved seats for the en gagement of "The Police Patrol," at the Grand opera house Saturday even ing, begins tomorrow. HEAVY FALUN WHEAT Lowest Price Yet Reached Is Yesterday's Record at Chicago. Bears Were Mastered Once, But Regained Control on the Jump. Nearly Two Cents Dropped on the Price of Leading 1 Cereal. ■ . - ..■•■ • a Continued Narrow Market on the Stock Exchange at C New York. .- Chicago. March 23.— lowest price yet touched for the wheat crop was reached 10 day. In the pit at the close the final figures were at the bottom for the session. The feel ing was manifestly nervous. A remarkable struggle for a long time made the outcome uncertain. In the beginning the bears. had the upper hand.but after a hard struggle were overmastered, only to once more regain con trol with a vengeance. '; First the war talk, on which wheat wns run up : at the close " yester day, appeared to have flattened out.' •" The milder weather, however, was the principal cause of the weaker feeling, and the North western receipts were also against the price, Minneapolis and Duluth reporting 630 cars, an increase of 73 over the corresponding day a week ago. Later, New York reported liberal clear ances and there was some increase of confi dence. Still later, Bradstreet reported a de crease in the available supply east of the Rockies of 1,015.000 bushels, and 365,000 bush els decrease on the Pacific coast, and the feeling strengthened. Shorts began to cover and the general demand became better end prices continued to improve. There cnme a private cable reporting a big advance in Berlin, which was thought hy some to give color after all the war news of yesterday, and much strength resulted. The Cottrell crowd covered a good deal of short wheat oa the way up and local slums also , bought freely. Geddes, Bigelow, McDougall and Logan took considerable. SBga^SJSSif^gJl Persistent selling by Pardridge, with the fact that the more easily rattled shorts were covered, and . bearish news from St. Louis checked the boom. St. Louis showed re markable heaviness, with the May prices off from 87V2C last night to 86c at noon today, and reports that foreign houses closed out SOO.OOO bu -on May contracts in that market. This and raiding by local bears when they saw an opportunity turned the market down. The late cables were also disappointing to buyers. Liverpool was heavy and Mid lower. The public cables gave IJerlin but 2%'®2^!| marks higher, Paris about steady, with wheat 5 higher in some positions, 5 lower in others. The reported export business, 48 boatloads in all positions at the seaboard, did not do more than help check the late decline. The buying capacity of the local wheat trade appeared to be exhausted. During the last hour there was general dumping of local holdings. One explanation %\a? that it was a recognition that there is 1.000,000 bu of spring wheat here In public and private ele vators, of which not a cargo has been sold for export in two months. ■ .' ■: ;' Corn was remarkably firm in view of a l%c droD in wheat. It opened and closed for May delivery at :>:U'2C, but in the meantime it had sold as high as 39c, which was the bid price at time. The receipts were about as small ns expected, and for tomorrow the. estimated were still less. ,• . ■•"'■' DOats acquired considerable strength early, from corn, but lost it in the slump of the last hour. The advance to 28% c from 27&fec near the opening was in the face of heavy selling by Pratt, who put out fully 400,000 bu around 27% c. : - -■-■ • - ■ -""-' In the provision market a. firmer feeling was noticeable, owing to continued falling short in the estimated receipts of hogs. But : owing to the extreme depression in wheat there was a' reaction from first prices ..-and/; the decline left the market 2%c lower for pork, from 2V2C tone lower for lard and from 5c to "Vac lower for ribs than at the close of the preceding session. ..,• --.••;. > ■'■.■■_- ■■[•*■■ ■ The estimated receipts for tomorrow are: ■ 180 cars of wheat, 380 cars of com, 103 cars of oats and 32,000 h0g5. .... .-.^..^sjjj*^. . The leading futures ranged as follows: ' h Articles- Open- High- Low- i Clas| ■ ?. articles. .. Jng -rest,^ <est.^ h!(r _ No. 2 Wheat- ./_-' '.- ' ■■-- -. £?.?ji;-. . March.' vv:!.. '-■ 81% Site 80% 80*fe May;;^i.V.v. 82%-83] 81 % 81%-% •: July ....83y* % W,is 82Vi '82^. No.. 2 Corn— r~"-i. -"'"■■ -.■"- March......... 37te 377fe 37 ' 3714. May........... -'iiSV* 39-Vs 38% 3H a June .'.r ;;.:;. " 3:»^ j 38«4 37%-% 37%-% No. 2 Oats— ~. .i ? ■'■ . ■ i^-- 1 -*' March.-.; .■..;.'. rV27«^-27V2 27 27% May 27%-% ' 28 14 :. 27% 27%-% Mess Pork- March;... ..... 10 07V2 10 10 0 93% 9 071/2 May..... ..;.: 10 20 10 22^10 05 10 10 Lard- March ........ 6 22V2 8 2:H<2 6 15 6 15 May 6 27«,2 6 27V2 620 6 20. Short Ribs- March. .-. 5 57V2 560 550 5 50- May 5 C2W 5 65" 555 555 Cash quotations were as follows: flour neglected; prices quqtably lower. Wheat- No. 2 spring, 805,yc; No. 3 spring, 78c; No. red,'B43sc. Corn— No. 2, 373,4 C. Oats— No. 2, 27Vic; No. 2 white, 27V2C; No. 3 white, !.'7i,l>@ 2Sc. Rye— No. 2. 80c. Barley— 2, 56c; 1 No. 3. t. o. b. - , 41©55 c; No. 4,' f. o. b.. 38® 50c. Flaxsecd— No. I;97vsc. Timothy Seed — Prime, $1.22@1.30. Mess '- Pork-Per bbl, 81C@10.02V2. Lard— Per 100 lbs, »G.1.t@6.17V2. Short ribs sides (loose), 55.50@5.0t.'. Dry salted shoulders (boxed), $4.5C(aT).52V2. Short clear sides (boxed), $110. Whisky—Distil lers 1 finished goods, per gal., 51.13. Sugars —Cut loaf. fi@o%c; granulated. 4Vic: stand- ' ard "A," 'IVsc. Receipts— Fiour, 24,003 bbls; wheat, !)2,000 bu; corn, 460,000 bu: oats. 3.1), --,000 bu: rye. 8,000 bu; bnrley. 58,000 bu. Shipments— Flour, 20.000 bbls: wheat, 34,000 bu; corn, 112,000 bu: oats, ■ 104.000 bu; rye, 3,000 bu; barley, 27,000 bu. On the prod uce exchange today the butter market was steady: ; fancy creamery, • 27@.8c; line West-' ■ crn, 2T)@2CV2C; ordinary, 21@-J4c; fine dairies, 2L'@'2tic. .Eggs in good demand at 13V2C. "; "■- R. M. NEWPORT & SON INVESTMENT BANKERS, Lean money on Improved property in St . Paul and Minneapolis At CPcr Ceat op Before.' New Pioneer Press Buildinsr. St. Paul. Reeve Building, Minneapolis. ]>itliitli U Atviit . Specinl to the Globe. Duluth. March 23.— The marKet opened dull and lower this morning, prices for May Mo. 1 northern being %c below yesterday's close. Bearish news from abroad, especially a report that Europe has already 30.0J0,00b bushels ot wheat more than is required for consumption, caused general weakness, and at noon prices had fallen another V»c. It was a sluggish market, end trades in ihe May future were in larger lots. Cash No. 1 northern was hi good demand at 8(% --for milling purposes, and a considerable amount was purchased at that figure. There 1 : was a Fteady decline, aud before 1 o'clock the May future had eased off «4e more. The market ruled dull aud weak to the close, which was %c to lc lower than yesterday fQr cash, and Hie lower for futures", as follows: No. 1 hard, on track. SOc; cash, 80c; March, 79c; May, 82V'2C: No. 1 northern, on track," 70c; cash. 7SV2; March. 77V2C; May, BC»4c: No.; 2 northern, cash, 71 Vac. Cars Inspected— Wheat. No. 1 hard, 30: No. 1 northern, 19);, No. 2 northern. 15; No. 3, lv; no grade, 16; flax, 2; total, 2(51 cars. Receipts— Wheat, 182,417 bu: flax, 475 bu. Shipments— Wheat, 2,3-18 bu; flax, 446 bu; barley, 14,855 bu. Cars on Track— Wheat— St. Pnul & Duluth, 113; Northern Pacific, 48; Great Northern, 95; Omaha. 13; total, 269; last year. 53. SHIP YOUR WHEAT, BARLEY, KVC, OATS AND HAY TO ECKERT, WILLIAMS & Co. DULUTH, MINN. Consignments Solicited. ORDER YOUR IRON STOCK By MAIL OR WIRE D. OGILVE & CO., (Members of Stock Exchange) 612 LYCEUM, - DULUTH. Milwaukee Produce. Mil-wavkik. Wis.. March 21.— Flour un changed. Wheat irregular: No. 2 sprin?.B4c; No. 1 northern, 84@Stic; May, 80»*c. Corn dull; No. B. 38@37c. Oats steady; No. 2 white, 29V2@31M2C; No. 3. 30e. Barley easier; No. 2, 53^c; sample, 42(&59c. Rye firm: No. 1.83 c. Provisions quiet. Pork J10. 20. Lard, $0.25. Receipts — Flour, 9,200 bbls; wheat, 39,600 but barley, 24.200 bu. Shipments— Klonr. 16,800 bbls; wheat, 24,000 bu; barley, 1'j.0.0 bu. Mew York Produce. New York. March £3.— Fjour— Receipts. 14.»»j pkgs : exports. . r «,G3O bbls, 1 1.488 sacks : quiet, weak: 5a1e5,. 21,450 bbls. Cornmeal lower, more active; yellow Western, 82.75®* Wheat— Receipts, If .ooo bu; exports. 218,244 bu : sales, 7.43J.000 bn futures, 382.000 bu spot spot lower, active for export; No. 2 red, !>6i& ®Js%(». store and elevator, <J9%c@1.01% afloat, PH&eiJal/Bft •fi b- : - : No. 3 red, Oo^oViiOi ungraded fed, 9.Hie@§( : No, 1 northern, 97>.5538%c; No. 1 hard. p-J%@.W%c ; ; No. 2 -northern. .02%@D4%c; options declined V2<c* -%c on easier cables,, and. weaker West; ad -vanced '/2&%e on decreased supplies shown by Bradstreet foreign buying and covering and large clearances: declined lVi>®l%c on "weaker late cables and foreigners and local .longs free sellers; closed heavy ;at J,htgil%c unoer yesterday. No. 2 red, March, 9t,%c; April, lHi(il97i^c, closing a Otic; May. IXiSfe® Or>afcc, closing at 93% c; Juue, 9H4@9:J 916 c, closing at.W%c; July,9i2Vß@o3%c, closing at 92V&C; August. 9l@i).!sfei\ closing. 91c; September, , 9Qi4@9lsiC, closing at 9314 c. Rye •quiet, weak: sales 12,000 bu at 01c. Barley dull. Barley malt : quiet unsettled. — Corn—Re ceipts, 55.025 bu: . exports, i 113,876 bu: sales, 1,355,030 bu , futures; 184,003 bu-'. spot. Spots stronger, fairly act ive: No. 2. 47@47<Ac elevator, - 48@.48i^c afloat; ungraded mixed,4sV2^49i^c:No.3,4Bc; steamer mixed. 4tsUi@47i&c; options declined Ws*Vic with wheat, advanced %@s>toc with the West and light receipts, reacted iA@«rS»c, closing steady at unchanged prices to Uc advance; March, 46% c; April, 45%@ 7V2C, closing at 47>4c; May. 45%©163fcc, closing at 46c: June, 44%@tJVic, closing, nt 45c;. July, 4aii@4s%c, closing at4sVic. Oats—Re ceipts. 39.75) bu; exports, 15 bu: : sales. 320, --000 bu futures, 97,0j0 bu spot:- spot firm, moderately active; options quiet, firm er; March, 33% c: April. 34®34Wc. closing at 3H'2c:May, 33$4@3*Vic, closing 33% c; June, 3HVi@3:^c. closing at 33% c: July. 33V2®34i4c; No. 2 white. 36i*@37c; mixed Western, 31@W2C: white "Western," 36 @4lc; No. 2 Chicago afloat, , nominal. , Hay firm; 'fair demand. Hops steady, quiet; state common to choice, 19®24^c; Pacific coast, 19@24'»2C. Coffee— opened barely steady, unchanged to 15 points off; closed steady, unchanged to 5 points, up; sales, 23.000 bags, including: March. 13.70® 13.80 c; April, 13.30@13.40c;Mny, 12.95@13.05c; June, 12.ii5@12.75c; July, 12.55@12.60c; Au gust, 12.45 c; -September, 12.35 c; October. 12.25;: November. 12.0E®12.10c : December, 12.1C@1-».15c; spot Rio dull, nomi nal: No. 7, . 14& O. Sugar— Raw. dull, steady; refined firm, quiet. Molasses- Foreign dull; _ 50-test. 12c: New Or leans firm, quet. Rice steady, active; i Cottonseed oil quiet. Tallow easy, dull; city. 82 for packages, 4%(?£l 13-]6c. Rosin steady; 10c. Turpentine quiet, steady; 37® 37^c. • Eggs easier, ; quiet; Western, 14V:>c; receipts, 12,044 packages. Pork moderately active, demand steady. Cut meats quiet, steady; middles more active; short clear, $6.40. Lard lower; fairly active; Western steam closed at $(>.r>o; sales 900 tierces at $'i.52'/2@G.SS; option sales, 5,250 tierces; March. $B. 48; May, 56.5f@!5.50. closing at S'i.s9. -Butter— Moderate demand, firm; West ern dairy, new, 18@22c ; Western creamery, new, 2!)®'39V2C; Western factory, new, 15M? @22c: Elgins, 291/ac. Cheese— Moderate de mand; part skims, C®loc. Pig iron quiet; American, 514.75@16.25. Copper quiet: lake, §12.10 asked. Lead dull: domestic. $4.l£@ 4.20. Tin strong ; straits, Sl!>.SS@l'J.9s. St. Louis Produce. St. Louis March 23. — Flour dull and lower to sell. Wneat opened lower and con tinued to fall with but very little reaction until the close, when May showed o'ic and July I%C under yesterday; No. 2 cash, BOV2C: May ranged at 84<&87c and closed at 84c; July closed at 80% c. Corn was firm but slow until just nt the closp, when it broke and closed at %c below yesterday; No. 2 cash, 35c; Auril and May closed at 35c. Oats lower; No. 2 cash. 28% c bid; May closed at 2. C C. Rye lower; 82c. Barley quiet; sarupie lots Min nesota, 45@4Sc. Hnnsn* City f«rain. Kansas City. March 23.— Fiour uuchanged. Wheat— More doing; March, 7.J>Se bid; April, 73M3C bid, 74>Ac asked. Corn stoady to higher; No. 2 cash, 32c bid, 321i9C asked; March. 3l%c bid, :i2Vic asked; May, 32c bid. Oats trifle weaker; March and April, 27c bid, 28c asked. Butter aud eggs firm. Hay and fiaxseed un changed. Receipts— Wheat, 6,000 bu; corn, 2.000 bu; oats none. Shipments— Wheat, 47, --OJO bu; corn, 5,000 Mi: oats, 1,0)0 bu. Tolcrio Grain. Toledo, 0.. March 23. — Wheat lower, weak; No. 2 cash and March, B'Ji£c; May, 8114 c; July, Bfi%c. Corn dull, steady: No. 2 cash, 3i)i'2C; No. 3,39 c; No. 4, 37V2C Oats quiet: cash, 32c. Rye dull; cash. 84c. Clover seed dull, nominal:" prime, cash and March, 57.20. Receipts— Flour, 400 bu; wheat, 13,495 bu; corn, 83,993 bu; oatx, JBO bu; rye. 100 bu; cJoverseed, 204 bu. Shipments— Flour, 1,70J bu; wheat, 3.093 bu; corn, 12,400 bu; oats, 700 bu; cloverseed, 276 bu. Livrrjioiil <. rui n. Livr^nroou March 23. — Wheat quiet; holders offer moderately; No. 1 California, 7s !)V2d@7s lP'/2d per cen till. Corn firm; de mand fair: mixed Western, 4s 7%d per cental. i 600,000 Capital and Surplus! We have always iii OANKsufficient of our own funds to purchase ■within . a lew : hours all good improved and vacant property mort gage loans ottered.':' '■ .. - St. Paul Titi j insiiranca a;il Trust Co FINANCIAL.. ;-J Sew York. New ,-York. March 23.— The trade in the stock marKet today lost none of its profes sional character, and the market continued; as narrow as usual of late, the momentary prominence of grangers and o.hers com pletely subsiding. Heading, Lake Shore and New England were the only ones which held their own against the leaders, but their rela tive importance in the market diminished as the day wore along. -~ : Sugar was bought in a cautious manner, and the improvement in the price was small, but the influence upon the. other industrials was most Dronouuced, and especially on the cordage stocks and Chicago Gas. New Eng land and Lake Shore were conspicuous for their early strength, while the coal stocks were inclined to droop, but their positions were afterward reversed and a sharp reac tion in Lake Shore was followed by a com plete recovery in Reading, after which the dealings in the last-named became small as those of the rest of the list. ■ Realizations checked the advance in both Sugar and Lake Shore", and as the traders, were again inclined to take the short side of the market, a drooping tendency whs given to ■ the whole list in the early operations, ■ though the fluctuations were insignificant except in the few leading stocks. : The strength of the industrials hud some effect to rally the general list toward noon, but the persistent realization in Reading, Lake Shore and Inter in Northern Pacific preferred, which became the weak feature, for a time induced further putting out of short con tracts by the traders, and the afternoon .was wound "up by a vigorous attack Dy the bears upon the entire list, when the slocks which had recently had the most marked advances .were shining marks for depression. . Lake Shore fell away -V 2 per cent. North ern Pacific preferred 2% and' other smaller amounts, while even Sugar lost all of its early advance, retiring again below par. ; There was no change in the temper of the market in the last hour, and the pressure was maintained right up to the last sale, the market closing active and weak at the lowest prices of the day. The only advances scored 1 were in the industrials, aud Cordage is up £%, the preferred 1% and Chicago Gas 114, while Northern Pacific preferred lost 2%, Lake Shore 2. Jersey Central -lVi. Missouri Pacific Vfe and Michigan Central 1 per cent.' I The Post Bays : -The kind of ■ 'news which Js served up with great effect just' now to influence prices maybe best judged by a brief re.view. 'News" has accompanied every note worthy marKet movement during the* week, audits details ; may be thus summed up: The silver biil will pass, the silver bill will bef-defented; Gov. Abbett will sign the Read ing deal bill; Gov. Abbett will . not sign the Reading 'deal bill ;' the . sugar, company , has bought out Spreckels; the sugar company has not bought out Spreckels: all of these,; lei it be observed, were assertions of facts, regarding which the rumor monger could have had no knowledge whatever, with the possible, but not probable, exception of the brace of rumors last .mentioned.. A market which runs wild at spasmodic intervals over Biibh nonsense as all this ; is obviously ; past human calculation for the time being." I j.': Total Sales of Stocks today were 278,425 shares, including: Atchison :..-...;. 3,500, N0r. Pac. pld.. 38.207 Chicago Gas.... 14,090 New England.. 21,379 Lake Shore . . .... 770' Reading 44,405 Missouri Pacific. 1,330 St. Paul.-...:... 23.0U0 Northwestern... 8,661 Union Pacific. 3,257 Northern Pac. .. 3.060 Western Union. 4,043 : .. Stocks— Closing. : O." w Atchi50n... ...... 38 Northwestern. 12OVs Adams Express.. 145 do pfd......... 141 Alton. Terre H'te 35 N. Y. Centra 1... .114% do pfd ■....;.. 141 N. Y. C &SLL.VIB; Express..... 116V2 :do pfd .:.....:. 75- : 8., C. K. &N.v..: 50 Ohio &Mi 55.....: 22 Canadian Pacific. 57% po p1d.;.. ...... 85; Can." Southern... 61V2 Ontario & West*n 10% Central Pacific. 7 '6W-> Oregon lmDrov'U" 24 " | Ches. & Ohio .... 24% Oregon ' Nay ; .'. . 171& "do Ist pfd Cl North American. 145* dd 2d-ptd::t:.-.'4.ite Pacific Mail./.:.-. 35i£ Chicago* Alton. 145 P., D. E.V :.'.'.. .lti%i C, B. <S Q.. :::;-.'. 107 I& Pittsburg. ;...;. 150 i Rio G. We5t. ....: 37 Pullman P. Car.. 192 ' do- do pfd ;■."."' 73 Reading.'. '-.?:-: <:\i 55% C, C. C.-& St. L. '< 7':% Rock Island.:..;. 88 V2 • Del: i. Hudson. r.141 14 St.L.&S.F.lstpfd 76- 0 D...L. & W .-.-..•':■. 1581* St. Paul ;.-.•...;..-.• 77 D. &R. G. pfd... 52<* do pfd.;...r.r.127 ■ = East Tennessee... 6 V St. P., M. & M....113 do Ist pfd..;;.. 40 St." P. & Omaha. 47%, do 2d pfd.-T.-.r. 1514 'dopfd-.r.;.;::.114 :;' Erie.......-.;.'.;.. 33 iTeiin. C. &!.... ': 46Vb do pfd...v."..-..74^> Texas Pacific 10% Fort Wayne :...154 . Tol. &O. C. pfd.. Chicago & E. 111. 63 : Union Pacific... 45% IJockiug Valley ;.,30i& U.S. Express.... 48 Houston & Texas 3 Wab.. St. L. & P.. ICV2 Illinois Central.. lo6 do pfd :...... . 20U St. Paul & Duluth 43 wells-Fargo Ex.. 114 Kansas & Texas. . . IC% Western Union.. 8776 Lake Erie & \V... 25 Am. Cotton Oil.. 36% do pfd .;;..... 75 Colorado C0a1. ... 38 Lake 5h0re ;...... 132% Homestake. ...... 13 Louisville & N... 74<4 Iron Silver.... .. 90 Louisville &N.A. 25 0ntari0.......... 44 Mem phis & Choi." 50 Quicksilver . . . ; . . . 314 Mich. Central. ...i:o" do pfd 18 M.. L.S. & W\... 94 5utr0... ......... 4 do pfd .....130 Bulwer ...... 35 Mdls. <ii St. Louis 0% It. &W. I. Ter.. 13i,S do pfd... 21«,i!Wi?. Central... . 17\i Missouri Pacific. 01 G. North'n pfd.. .1391/2 Mobile & 0hi0... 39 Vi Chicago Ga5....... 74% Nashville & Chat 86 lead Trust ...... 101& N.J. Central ....138 Sugar Trust: 09>4 Norfolk & W. pfd 48% Southern Pacific. 87% Northern Pacific. 21«,2 Or. S. L. & U. N. 27 do pfa. ........ Distillers 40% U. P.. D. &Gulf.. 20V21 Government and State Bonds. Government bonds have been dull and easier. States have been entireiy neglected. U.S. 4srez Ilsio Mutual Union 65.107 is do 4s coup UG&4 X. J. C int. cer.. 112*» do 2s reg....103 N. Pacific lsts...H7Vfc Pacific 6s of 'i«5.. 100 do 2ds 116U La stamped 45... 85^ X. W. consols. ..137 Tenu.new set. Os. los | do deb. Js 107 do 5s 90U|St. L.&I.M. G.iis. 85% do 3« 69V»!>t.L. &5.F.0.M..105V2 Can.Southn2ds.lol |St. Paul consols. 12ii Cen.Pacific lsts..lOJ% St.PTc &P.lsts. .121 D. &.R. G. Ists..li7%n\ P. L. G.T.R.. 86% do 4s 80%|T. P. K.G. T.R. 3-JV2 Erie 2ds 107 Union Pac.lsts..lO7% M. K.&T.Gen.Bs 80% West Shore 108% do 5s 501,2 K. G. Western lsts 7!i JAS. E. CAMPBELL. PRESIDENT; JAMES U. BAKER. Vlt E PKESIDEXT. FRANK KAHRETT, BBCBETAKT. W. W. BKADEN, TBBASTJRBB. BUCKEYE IRON CO. Of St. Paul, Minnesota. A limited amount of the stock of this com pany is now on the market. This is not a speculative company, but offers the best op portunities for sate Investments of any com pany on the great "JIISSABA K.4NGE." The acreage is over I,GOO acres, with two eood mines already opened. Mining machin ery new in every respect, and of the most im proved kind, on the grounds. Within seven wiles of the Duluth & Winnipeg K. R., andpti miles from the lake. Will be shipping ore In the early summer. Call at the company's of fice, 601 Pioneer Press Building, SI Pan], Minn., and get prospectus and see samples of ore. "MESABI IRON!" . Headquarters for Mesabi ami Vermillion Iron Properties. RALPH W. GAVENAUGH 230 and 232 Endicoli Building. San Frauclaco Mining; Shares. Alta $0 !K) Navnjo $') 20 Bulwer.. 40 Ophir 300 Best t Belcher. 235 Potosi 130 Bodie . 55 Savage ;... 10') X'h011ar......... 135 Sierra Nevada.... 170 Con. Or]. & Ya. 5 37i,-> Union Con 1 GO Crown Point.... 93 Utah... 30 Eureka C0n.... 225 Yellow Jacket... 110 Gould & Curry. 155 Commonwealth.. 15 Hale &Norcross 170 Nevada Queen. . 70 Mexican.. 205 Belle Isle 20 Mono .-•' SO North Belle Isle. 10 Mt. Diablo 1 00 Monej- Market. Chicago. March 23.- Money easy at 4Mi®C per cent. Bank clearings. 14,174,348. New York exchange slow at tSOc discount. Sterling exchange $4.80 for sixty-day bills, 84.87% for, demand. New York, March 23.— Money on call easy at lte-to 2 per cent; lust loan, 2; closed offered at 2. Prime mercantile paper, 4®!5 per cent. Sterling exchange quiet but steady nt $4.80 for sixty-day bills and $4.87*4 for de maud. ; LOCAL MARKETS. St. Paul Produce. Our quotations and market values are al most entirely for commission lots, on orders sold from first hands. ' Dealers sending small , orders to this market should not expect to 'have them filled at the inside figures or quo tations, as shipping stocK is always or se lected varieties and best dualities. . - .' ': Yesterday opened and closed fairly active : for all kinds of grain and hay. In futures but little was done, trading being mostly con-' fined to cash or immediate delivery. Prices: I were maintained,- closing at. about Tuesdays ; quotation.- '.. ■ : - . •.. ; " ■ ! The egg market remains as yet vory - un settled, and offers are only for the immediate i present. % i Butter and cheese find ready buyers, all re ceipts of whatever grade being quickly picked up; good roll and print in especial demand. The tone of the market is firm . ; In hay slight change; a good demand for all best'grades. A fair business in dairy products: eggs and all kinds of produce. For fruits we note a very firm market, especially for apples, oranges and bananas. . . Receipts ot oats light: corn about equal to demand. I.iarkets steady. . For produce we note but slight change in quotations. • Good sound bright barley is wanted by shippers and maltsters; discolored and poor slow sale. . Dealers have on hand full supplies ot pota toes, and all kinds of vegetables. Wheat— No. I hard. 8l@8:Jc: No. I north crn, 8C@81c; No. 2 northern, -7;i@76c. Corn— No. 3. d4®34i'2c; yellow, 3!i@:iCc. Oats— No. 2. 2f(«V.'6i/2C; No. 2 white, 271,2® 2Sc;No.3,2C©2GV2C Barley and Bye —No. 2, s(X«r>2c : No. 3, 35® 4Cc; No. 2 rye, 73i,2@7C#5 malt, (50@75c Ground Feed and Mill Stuffs— on all ; best grades are governed by corn and oats. No. 1, $14.50(^15; No. 3, $i5.5C@18.25; low grade, $12.50@W. Cornmeal, bolted, S17@I8; unbolted, 814.00. Bian, bulk, $12@12.5'J. Flour— Prices steady: trade active at quo tations. Patents, $».f>l'@.'< ; straight, $1@4.59; bakers', 53.50<a3.75; rye, $J.2C@4.50; buck, wheat. 54.75(?a5. Hay— No. 1 upland. Sfi^s 50; No. 2 upland, $7.3(@5; No, 1 wild, 5?@7.50; No. 2 wild, f.@7; No. 1 timothy. §ll<&il.50; No. 2 timo thy, $0.5C@10. . Butter— Creamery, 27@'2Sc; first <jjeamery, 24(gi2oc; second creamery, in tubs, 21(© > .'2c; first dairy, 19@'20c; second dairy, 15<5>ltic; packing stock, lo@l4c. Cheese— Full cream, r?@l3V2c: primost, 7© 8c; brick. 13@14c; Limberger, r,'@l3c; Young America, V.l&Ae. Dressed Hogs— Ss@s.sO. Poultry— Dressed, turKeys, 12@13c; dressed spring chickens.. ll@I2c; dressed hens, I(.'@ lie; dressed ducks and geese, lC@llc. Potatoes— Eggs-10i/2@Uc. Vegetables— Onions, per bn, 90c@l : onions, green, per doz, 4C@tf>c: radishes, per doz. 40 @45c; turnips, per bu. 30c: cabbage, per 100 lbs. new, $2.50@2.7f>: cabbage, per doz. SI; spinach, per bu, SI 1.75; carrots, per bu, 3.'(3i40c: parsnips, per bu, 2"©.:i3c; celery, 3C(3;vOc; lettuce, per doz, ■ 35(t>,4 f Jc; squash, hubbard, per doz, 7Cc©l; rutabaees, perbu, 25®30c. Beans— Navy hand-picked, per bu, SI.SC® 2.; medium "hand-picked, per bu, 51. 70® 1.90: navy, per bu, §1.6C®2.75; peas, per bu, yellow, 95c: peas, per bu, green, $1.25@1.:i0. Grapes— Malaga, keg, $fi(^B. Apples— Fancy, 53.50: choice, 52.7;'@3; pood standard, 5?.25@.\5D: good Jenitons. car Jots, $l.o:<5;2; choice, 52.10®2.20; pineapples, per doz. $3.25. ' s. Berries— aud bugle. S7.SO®S: bell and Cherry. $7.5C@7.75; Cape Cod, §r.5C@9. | Fruits— Oranges— navels, 53.75: --seedless, $3(&3.2fi: Florida, S3. 7s@4; .Mexicans. 53.7£®4: grape fruit, $2.7. r ><7i3.so. Lemons —Fancy. 54.50@4.75: choice, s4(©l.so: Maiitgu, 83.25&3*.50. Figs— Bags, 60-lb. 9c; 2-crown, 3 crown, 16c; 5-crown, 21c. Dates—Hal lowee. 60-lb boxes, 7c; Persian, 50-1 b boxes, SVic: Syre, 60-lb boxes, sc: Fards, 101b boxes, lie: golden, 10-lb boxes, 8I&?. , Miscellaneous— Veal, per 09 lbs. $."©8.50; hides, steer, green, per lb, SVic: hides, cow. green, per lb, 4c: hides, calf, green, per lb, Cc; hides, steer,, salt, per 3d. GV2©7c; hides, cow, salt, per lb, 4'.i(gi.'ic; pelts, 25c® $1.50; wool, washed, 25c; unwashed, 15® 17c: tallow, 4c: pork, mess, §12® 13: beet, 88.50; bacon, $9.51®11; hams, 1C(&1G%c; lard, $7®Q; hops, 21c; apple cider, $5.50 per Nuts— Peanuts, raw, 6@Si£c; pennnts, roasted, 8c; walnuts, California, IK&lu'c; Grenoble, 14c: Naples. 14c; pecans, 12w&i6c; Brazils, new, 8@10c; almonds, Taragona, 18c; almonds, California. 17c. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Receipts— Cars— Agricultural iniDlements, 10; barley. 1; bran, 2; beef. 4: buggies and wagons, 4; beer, 7; barrel stock, 4; brick, 4: corn, 20; cider and vinegar. 1: cattle, 13; canned goods, 2; coal, KiO; coke, 4; cement, 1; casting?, 2; construction material, 4; emi grant movables, 2; flour, 10; Iced, 1; fruit, 6: fish, 2; furniture, 4: horses and mules, 2; hay, 16; hogs, 30; hides, i; iron pipe, 1; merchant iron, 10; pig iron, 6; scrap iron, 14: lumber, 86: liquor, 5: lime, 2; merchandise, 30j; machinery, 2; meats aud packing-house products, 12; nails. 2; oats, 1; potatoes, 2; oil. 11; pork. 1; piles, 2; paper, 4; posts, 4; railroad rails, 12: railroad ties, 10; sugar. 6; syrup and glucose. (5; salt, 4;' stoves, U; sun dries, 00; wheat, 40; wood, 90: total, i,W7 cars. Shipments — Cars— Agricultural implements, 6; beef, 4: buggies and wagons, 2; beer. 4; barrel stock. 5; brick, 4; corn, 10; cattle, 4; canned goods, 4; coal, 25; cement, 1; cast ings. 2; construction material, 9: emigrant movables. 4; feed, 1: fruit, 2; furniture, 4; horses and mines, 2: hay. 0; hogs, 20; hide?, 1; iron pipe, 1; merchant iron, 5: scrap iron, 7; .lumber, 45; liquor, 2; merchandise, 300; JuaM yuicl'jU<nt<riuu^ ) a4M^ .* .^MM^ %afasfi pONFIKMATION OP ASSESSMENT FOR SLOPES ON McMKNK.MV STREET-Office of v-/ the Board of Public Works, City of St. Paul. Minn.. March 33, ISSW.— The assessment of benefits, damages, costs and expenses arising from condemning and taking an easement in the land abutting on MeXeueiny street, between Case street and the north city limits in the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, necessary to construct the slopes tor cuts and fills ill grading said MeMenemy street between said points to the establi>hed nale thereof as shown by the profile of said grade on file in the office of the Register of the Deeds In and for Ramsey county, and in the office of the City Engineer, said slopes to extend Hi feet on sam laud for every foot of cut or fill as indicated on the plan of said slopes on rile in the office of the Hoard of Public Works in and for said city, having been completed by said Board: said Board will meet at their office In said city at i p. m. on (he till day of April A. D. 1802. to hear objections (if any) to said assessment, at which time and place, unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, said assessment will be confirmed by said Board. The following is a list of the supposed owners' names, a description of the* property bene fited or damaged, and the amounts assessed against the same, to wit: BrooKvale Second Addition to St. Paul. „ - _ , _ . . Balance to Bnlanco Supposed Owner and Description. Lot. Benefits. Damages. Owner to cut Chas. Fortmeyer 1.2.3&4 $>.00 t1.i11.00 1150.00 I0.W) All objections to said assessment must be made in writing, and filed with the Clerk of said Board at least one day prior to said meeting. li. L. GORMAN President Official: J. T. Kekker. Clerk Board Public Works. iiicli-24-lt (IJi ANT WV ATT 302 Palladio Building Ulliil^ 1 IA I 1 , Dulatb, Minnesota. Iron Lands and Mining Stocks. in k.tib Eii in m 'i ii tii mm; i:\(ha\(,i;, Telegraph Orders Promptly Execute:!. - Correspondence Solicited machinery, 5; meats and packing-house products, (i; potatoes, fi: oil, 14; pork, 1; paper, 2: posts, 2; stone, 2; sugar. Z; sundries. S2; wheat, 20; wood, 20; total, tin 3 cars. S. H. WOOD & CO. Grain and Stock Brokers, fO FARMERS AND SHIPPERS— Shio your * Grain to us; we will sell it well and quickly; or if the market is weak we will store Hand sell when the market is highest, and will loan you what money you need on it at S percent. {^"Write for for our special market letter. MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS. riiniiiln-r ut Coiniiinrcc. The early markets were lower than the closing yesterday as the weather was more spring-like, audit was argued that until the injury to the winter wheat is determined the crop damage can hardly be counted upon to advance prioes. The strong point made for advance was the reaction theory; and buy ing for it. on the decline of the morning caused a chance that covered the first break. A large part of the Russian winter wheat crop wus reported as damaged, from 20 per cent to 50 per cent, while the crops of Europe generally were well spoken of . since the late improveraen in the weather. The cash wheat market was very dull. Some of the mills were in the market, but they only 'wanted a few cars. There were a few ship pers in the market, but they were not active : buyers. Prices ranged mostly from 'i.'- \c over May. Some common lots were sold down to the May prices. Considerable wheat was carried over unsold. Rejected and no : grade were neglected, except for the better ■qualities and only a few cars were sold. A fair demand for No. 3 to go out existed at 08®70c. Wheat closed as follows: No. 1 hard, o. t., 7!H'2C: No. 1 northern. March, 77c; Mnv, 77','2C; July, 7«.)sfec; 0.t., 78@78Vsc; No. 2 north ern, o. t., 72@7."c. . Flour— Demand improving nt prices quoted: Patents in sacks to local dealers. Patents, |4.25@4.50; bakers' superfine, SI. (3)2.10 for low grades in bags, including red dog. . Bran and Shorts-Steady at SI 1©1 1.50 tor bran: shorts, 510.50fG11.50. Corn— Nominal; quoted at 32®35c for ycl- Ipw. • Oats— Quoted at 27©28Vic for choice No. 2 white ■ Rye— ln fair demand for local consump ■ tion ; (quoted at 74^/.7?.c f. 0 . b. - Barley— :l'c, i.C>A:.c for very choice No. 3. Demand grcatlv iniDroved. Flax— Quoted at 96@973 in Chicago, bought here less the freight. Feed— Quoted at 814. 15.25. Hajr—s?@9. so for upland; timothy nominal, 511@11.50 Sales included: No. 1 hard.l car. BOV2C; No. 1 hard.l car, 8lc; No. I hard. 1 car, i>:;c; No. 1 northern, 18 cars. 7'JVic; No. 1 northern, ". cars, 79ViC; No. 1 northern, 11 cars, T'.ic ; No. 1 northern, 2 cars, choice, SOV2C; No. 1 north ern. I car. 80Uc; No. 1 northern, 2 cars. f. o. b., 80^c; No. 1 northern, (i cars, f. o. b.,SOV2C; No. l northern, 4'J cars, 80c; No. 'i northern, Scars, 7t;c; No. 2 northern, 1 car, 77c; No. 2 nortiiern,2 cars, 74c; N0.3 northern,4 cars,7lc ; No. 3 northern, 22 cars, 70c; No. 3 northern, I car. 72c; No. .'i northern, 5 cars, CSc; No. 2 northern, 5 cars, C'Jc; rejected, 1 car, 63',5c; rejected, 4 cars, 1 lb off. f. o. b.. Me; reject ed. 1 car, COc; rejected, 3 cars. 1 lb off, floe; rejected, 2 cars, l lb off. (!3c; no grade, l car, 1 ib off. G.'ic; no grade, 1 car, 1 lb off. 5Sc; no grade, 1 car, 1 Ib off, 4Gc; no grade. 1 car, V 2 lb off, f. o. b., 71c;uo grade, I car, 72c; No. 3 white oats, 1 car, o. t.,, 27'^c. STATE (iIIAIN IMBPKCTIOM. , Spring Wheat 1 Railways. Nol Nthn. i | No h'd Nol No 2No 3 Rej G'd Gt. Breck.div. 3 78 11 2 0 5 (it. N.-F. F. div 15..,. 10 i 24 0., M. &St. P 2 68 13 2 4 1 M pis. & St. Louis C 15 1 SooLine 2 31 Si 1 3 .... Northern Pacific.-. .... 8 1 * .... 2 C, St. P., M. & 0.. 2 17 1 ........ 1 C, St. P. &K. C. | 1 .... Total grades .... 1' 235 '■> 24 21 34 Other Grains— Corn — No. 3, 7 Ciire; No. 4, 1 car. Oats— No. 2. 1 car: No. 3, 10 cars. Barley— No. 4, 3 cars. Flux— No. 1. 7 cars. Inspected Out— Wheat— No.l hard, 6 cars; No.l northern, 115 cars; No. 2, 13 cars; No. if. 1 car; rejected. 5 cars : no grade. 20 cars. Corn— No. ii, 27 cars. Onts— No. 2, 4 car-; No. 3, 4 cars. Rye— 2, 1 car. Barley— No. ,i, 1 car. Flax— No. 1, 7 cars. Flour Shipments— Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 2.0H3 bbls; Omaha. 5.126bb15; St. Louis. 100 bbls; Wisconsin Central. 1,990 bbls: Minneapolis A Manitoba. 1,365 bbls; St. Paul A Dulutn, S(r>bbls; Kaunas City, 4.241 bbls; Chicago, Burlington & Northern, 4,460 bbls; line. 2.4 GTi bbls. Wheat Receipts by Car Lots— Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul, 52; Omaha, 45; St. Louis. 32; Minneapolis A: Manitoba, 177: Northern Pacific, 23; Kansas City. 1: Soo line, 39. WHEAT MOVEMENT. Stlip- Receipts. ments Minneapolis 22-.\600 150. *0 Duluth...... 18.\417 2,34S Chicago 92,417 3:t,7'.)7 Milwaukee 30,000 24.000 New York 218.244 Philadelphia 10,371 1,818 Baltimore 26.840 112,022 Toledo... 8.<»») 28.173 Detroit 13,918 S,6(M St. Louis....; 25.000 7,000 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Receipts— Wheat. 222.600 bu; corD..O.OCO bn: oats, 6.240 bu; barley, 3.450 on; flaxseed, 1,500 bu: Hour. 676 bbls: millstuffs, 15 tons; hay. 50 tons; fruit, 92,050 lbs; merchandise. 1,243.46} lbs; lumber, lath and shingles, Si cars: posts and piling, 1 car; barrel stock, 2 cars; machinery, 300,075 lbs; coal, 671 tons; wood. 46 cords; ties. 17 cars; stone and mar ble. 1 car; live stock, 5 cars: hides and pelts, 43,300 lbs; sundries, 8 cars; total car lots, CGI. • Shipments— 55.831 bbls; milliitnffa, 677 tons; wheat. J50,500 bu: corn, 21.330 bu; oats, 470 bu: barley, 3,500 bu: rye. 500- bu; ilaxseed, 1,340 bu; lumber, lath and shingles, 114 cars; merchandise, 1.507,870 lbs; machin ery, 508.000 lbs; cement.' 230 bbls; ties, 3 cars: livestock, s cars: coal, 43 tons; sundries, 17 cars; total car lots. 804. • - •; -• 1 LIVE S TOOK. Union Stockyards. Official receipts at South St. Paul: 652 nous. 88 cattle, 18 calves, no sheep. ' Hogs— strong and active, t^uuhty better than yesterday, and sales show an advance over yesterday, but outside of a few Bales to parties needing the hogs, the bulk sold at about yesterday's prices, considering quality. Yards cleared early. All sales utSl.6i Cattle— Steady, Less ihan a hundred bead of fresh ieceipts,,ond tellers were enabled to clear tne pens of holdovers. Good fat cows were the choice of the butchers, and more would have been sold. choice steers were offered, and a load went to Fargo dealers', but they did not sell as quickly as the cows. Stockers and feeders quiet, quality not meet- Ing demand, but the yards cleared to specu lators for shipment. Canners and bulls sold at Sl@2: beef oxen, f2.i*<&i; good beef cows, i2iS-.50; yearlings and mocker*. S£.o'(s) 2.50: good to choice beef steers, S3. M <■■ i : veal calves. 53.50&4 Quotations: Prime steers, $;i.. r )( m ; good steers. s>;w :(..'>••. prime cows, S"-.5'(&2 75; good cows, 9U<&l 50; common to fair cow*. Bl.2ft@-»; light veal calves, 3:« R.i; heavy calves. $-,'@ : l; stockers, $\<jt2.. >.->; feed ers, S-'.50@3; bulls, stags and oxen, 51.25 ©■.'.•:. r ). Sheep — Steady on good grades; choice strong; common weak; no reueipts. Quota tions: Choice mutton-:. 54.85®5.2."i: choice ambs, $')&~>:.15; good mixed. $i.S(KTci.6O. " . I • 1 liii-aifo. . I Chicago. March 'Si. — Cattle — Receipts. 13,000 head; shipments, 4,000 Lena ; market ; steady to strong, closing weak; Lest, beeves, • S4.CO@3; good to choice, 8:i.S(:0l.!kn otters, : 5K&3.75; stockei 8~©3.40; Texuns. $>.s(<To :<.<;>; c0w5,51.50@3.23. Hogs— Receipts, 18,000; ■ shipments, 11,000: market ii''!'r higher; ! rough and common, fl. Lo@i.4 i: packers and ! shippers, St. SO© I. (si: prime heavy and • I butchers* weights. 54.85@5: light, $4.7D(&j; > | pigs. 5».25@J.70. . Sheep — Receipt* -KOuO; : I shipments, 3,03!); market lower: ewes, 54.75 I .'".'i. «;■ > ; yearlings, S>.9)@tU2i,s; Westerns, $j.75®(j.15; lambs. $5.75©6.9 D. Kansas City. i Kansas City, March 23.- Cattle— Receipt*, 2,600; Bhtpmemi, 1.400; steers active, steady ,' to 10c higher, telling at <$.'.!* fa 1.50; cows ■ | steady to lower at $1.30@3.40; feeders active, steady to strong at £■.'.:!."' <: i..".'>. " Hogs—Re i ; celpts, C,500; shipments, 1,500; market rairly ! active and steady to 5c higher; all grades, i 53.91© J.(>s; bulk, $Mr.©».:u. Sheep- Receipts, 1,800; shipments. 800; the demand was good aud the market 10@l">c higher. Omaha. Omaha, Neb., March 23.— Cattle— Receipts, ( 3,0.0; market active and stronger; common in ' | fancy steers. %' I ."'■;, 1. 7.'. : Westerns, $.J.7s(ffl : 3.5). " Hogs— Receipts, 3,100; market active; ' f.©l(Jc higher: light, $Lss@l.6f>; heavy. $4.45 ©I 70; mixed, $!..">"« i.v.. Sheep— Receipts, ■ . 7iT>: market active. firm; natives, Sl.>"^>.4o; Westerns. £4@3.25; common, $.'.oo<i£'J.7s; lambs, §t.25(S»!i. Petroleum* New York. March 23.— Petroleum opened ' steady, advanced ijc In the early trading, and then became weak, and declined '-Mr on ! 1 liquidation duo to unexpected increase in production: the market closed weak; Penn '. sylvania oil opened at ■■'« ; highest, 55c; ; lowest. file; closing at •'>(<■: April option opened at 54% c; highest. 55c ; lowest, si^c; ; olosing al KJ%c. Total ales, 1 1 1,000 bbls. , Pittsbcbo, Pa.. March 23.— National Tran ■ sit certificates opened at 55c; clow d utO3i/2c; ■ | highest, 55c; lowest; We. : iIIIA>EAPOLIS HEAL estate. The following real estate transfers were recorded yesterday: Isaac Atwater to Klof Johnson, It 18, blk 11. Bloomington Ay add. §1,000 Carl Satrang to <;ilbert .Saining, It 37, blk I, rearr in Seminary Pnrk 300 John A Pnlsom to 1! 11 Latham, It 8, blk 1. Minnetonka Center 100 Alfred Bradford ins 1) Morrison, It 8, bIK i, Supplement to Upland add... 700 . Mary £ Baker et al to Elvira M Bridg nifin. it 11. bile 14, Kenwood 1,700 • William T Davis to Edward l; Pond, In sec 22, town 27, range 24. 2,400 ' Catharine Barbeau to George Cogue, It 9, blk -".'. Morrison's seta to North Minneapolis , 2,CCO John A Folsom to II II Latham, It 7, blk 4. Harriet Park 400 . Charles II House to Mathias Scholen berg, it 5, blk 25, Brown's subd 3,000 ! Mathias Schulenberg to John A House, part US, blk 3, Woodland Park 1,500 I Three unpublished deeds 4,:.50 Total. 13 deed* $17,400 MINNEAPOLIS BUILDING PERMITS'. ■ The following permits were Issued yester day at the building inspector's office: I Plymouth Cotbing House Company. 301 Nicoliet. Hi. story brick addition to ■ store 51,000 ! T B. Hawkins, First ay south and Thir teenth Ht, 2-story brick livery barn..-.. 6,000 ! Charles Herman. 10." Broadwny north i east, 2-story brick veneered store ana ■- I dwelling 1,050 | Adolpn Hamisch, 1507 Sixth st north, j -2 story brick veneer building 1,800 i Jerusha M Han) on, IJT>S Madison st northeast, 2-story frame dwelling 1,200 I Bighi minor permits 1,160 Total, thirrccn permits 512,710 BUII.I.IN'i PERMITS. The building inspector Issued the follow ing permits vesterduv: i Lct'ctivro & Deslaurlers.addltlon to gal vanized iron works, Mill st, near Starkey 1,000 Chamber of Commerce, remodeling | Chamber of Commerce building 9,000 i John-) lircnna:i, livery stable. Ashland, j near Avon 1.0T:0 Four minor permits.. > fc«) " Total, ti permits (11,800 ST. PAUL Foundry Company, JIAMTACTL'KERS OP Jiclitectnral Iron Work: Founders, Machinists, Blacksmiths ami Pattern Makers. Semi for cuts of col umns. Works on bt. I*., M. &M. K. R.. near Com;) avenue. U tlice 212 anil 213 , | MauhdUan Building, St. Paul. C. M. • POWJiIC, Secretary and Treasurer.