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6 WHEAT BACH AGAIS AILIj OF THE DECLINE OF WEDNES DAY'S SESSION REOOVEREJO AT CHICAGO. OPENING WAS VERY WEAK. SHORT COVERING ON AN OVER SOLD MARKET RESULTED IN A RALLY. CORN AND OATS SHARED THE RISE. Net Fractions Gained l»y the Coarne t.raiiiM AVliile Provisions Closed ut Small Changes, CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—Wheat today recovered all of the %c it lost yesterday, closing at the same prl^o it did Tuesday. The clostng ad vance succeeded a very weak opening and was caused more by the covering of shorts on a somewhat oversold market, than to any j real statistical strength. Corn and oats I shaved in the strength to a degree, corn ad- j vanclng V\ and oats l-16c. Provisions wore heavy, but show slight, changes. Two factors j contributed to the w.\aknn>s with which wneat | started. Tho principal one was lower English | cables, especially those bearing on the Liver- j pool marki t. Seme of the earlier Liverpool j cabUs reporttd a decline of l^d with wheat "pressing for sale," as they put it, as the decline or. thia side yesterday amounted to only VI. it v-ould not be attributed altogether to sympathy; in fact many regarded the j slump as a "result of manipulation, pure and j eimiile, but it had its effect on opening prfces ne-s erthelesa. The other factor was promi nent yesterday, it consisting of reports that much of the recent cash business had been Bold again for May delivery. For a few j minutes after the opening, traders were rath- j er on the fence. Xot so much was offered for sale as had been expected, Ik view of the low Liverpool quotations, and this fact en couraged some traders to buy, wiith the re sult that a slight advance ensued. But the liquidation, though delayed, came at last, and for half an hour the pressure to sell was persistent and heavy, not only from those anxious to liquidate, but from professional bears, putting out additional short lines. Opening trades in May were made at 74^® 74%c, as against yesterday's closing price of 74"fe<g"5e. After a baef rally to 75 1 / 4c, an Irregular decline to TT-^c followed. This was the lowest point of the day, and provtd to be the rallying point, the price reaching 76' /S c shortly before the close. As far as fresh news went there was nothing of mo ment added, further than continuation by cable from London of the reported 33 per cent deficiency in condition of French crop, compared with last February's showing. An old but twill active trader remarked that he thought the market was as mu«:h congested with wheat soid short as It was with long wheat, when the price <?f May was 85^c. After Tti'sf had been /cached, some reaction followed, but the closing was strong at 75%c. Corn was dull, but firm most of the ses sion. Cubits were lower and local receipts liberal, but, although the market was heavy for a time, prices never got below yester day's close. During the last hour a more active demand sprang up in sympathy w.th the advance in wheat, and prices advanced accordingly. May opene* unchanged at 24c, and advanced siowiy to 24i 4 c, where it closed, j Oats were active from start to finish, selling j by shorts, which started immedately after the opening, brought about a decline and 1 for a time the market was decidedly weak. I The rally which ensued was brought about I through sympathy with 'Vheai, many who sold early buying back their lines. May opened unchanged at 11%T11~%c, declined to 17%c, and recovered to I7\@n%c, closing at 17%c bid. Provisions were weak, though I keeping within narrow limits. There were I good reasons for firmness, in the strong hog market, and light yard receipts, but never- i theless the market acted heavy from the i JStart. About all the business, however, con- ! Bisted of commission house selling of lard. : At the close, May pork was 2V 2 c higher at : $7.57' 2 : May lard 5c lower at $3.80£3.82V.;, and May ribs unchang-ed at $3.87^. Estimates: ! Wheat, 25; corn, 550; oats, 280; hogs 19 000 head. iae leading futures ranged as follows: ~§ 5 r g~ a uq 4 o a. sr * s. fff ; j Wheat^ j j j j February 72%! 74%' 72%1 74 May I 74i£i 76V g j 74V 4 75% July I 711.4: 72% 70% 72 Corn— 111 I February 21% 22% 21 %| 22% May 24 24V* 24 | 24Vi July 25% 25% 25%! 2f,i, September 26% i 26% 26%! 26% Oats- February I 15% ir,% 1514 15% May j 17% 17% 17% 17% ,,Jul > o • • 18% 18%! 18% 18% Mess Pork- May I 7 57M-: 760 (7 55 7 57% _ July ! 7 67%! 7 70 ; 7 67% 7 70 Lard— j . May I ?, 87V,, 3 87%j 3 82% 3 82% Bho^Ribs- : '" 95 395 ) 387^ 39° Ma/ ! I 3 87% .July '3 95 I 3 97%: 395 3 97% Cash quotations were as follows- Flour—Dull. Wheat—No. 2 spuing, 74@74%c- No. 3 spring, 73®75c; No. 2 red. 84%<585%c Corn—No. 2, 22Vi(522%c. Oats—No. 2, 16V4c'; No. 2 white, f. o. b., 13%@20%c; No. 3 white, f. o. b., lfi(??19c. Rye—No. 2, 34%c Barley- Nominal: No. 3. f. 0. b., 25@33c; No. 4, f. o. b., 24%(Jx26c. Flax Seed—No. 1, 73%(?n6%c Timothy Seed—Prime, ?2.75<f?2.80. Mess Pork I^rbbl- $7.52%<a7.f,5. Lard-Per 100 lbs, g-72f?3.72%. Ribs—Short sides (loose), $3.72% ©3.9,% .Shoulders—Dry salted (boxed), 4K gi^e. Sides—Short clear (boxed), 4%«4i4c V, husky-Distillers' finished goods, per gal JL 12 l Receipts—Flour, 8,000 bbls; wheat 17 --000 bu; corn. 367,000 bu; oats. 263.000 bu; rve i^Lb^, barley- ~'~-m bu- Shipments-Flour' 19.000 bbls: wheat. 68.000 bu: corn 204 000 bu: rye. 2.000 bu: barley. 12.000 bu. On the prod uce exchange today the butter market was firm: creamery, 15@20c; dairy 9^l~c Che°°e steady; 9@9%c. Eggs steady; fresh, 13c. MII\INEA_POLIS_GRAIN. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4.—Wheat opened weak, lower and inactive this morning, and for the first half hour it was hard to deter mine whether strength or weakness most pre dominated. About 10:30, through some good buying orders, prices advanced a little and held fairly steady at the advance for half an hour, then took another spurt upwards on a cable to Counselnian & Day, confirming *he report of damage to the French crop, together with a decreased acreage. The market con tinued to act strong from that time up to noon. The news of the day was generally bearish in tone. Liverpool cables quoted the opening price of wheat at %d lower than yes terday's close, and that another %d was quickly scored and second cables quoted as very dull market at the decline. These ca bles were in sympathy with our market of yesterday, and not to bo wondered at. Paris and Berlin were both lower, and London re ported cargoes as partially lower. New York advised that foreigners sent Belling orders and I Chicago reported that New York and St I Louis houses were free sellers in that market and that practically no new cash business was being done. Notwithstanding these unfavor able items the market ruled remarkably strong. Liverpool closed at %fi)%d lower than the opening, making a full penny lower than yesterday's close. May wheat opened at 72%c. against 72%® 72%c yesterday, advanced to 72c, declined to 71%@72c, firmed up to 72%c. sold down to 72c firmed up to 72%@72%c, sold at 72%@72%c' advanced sharply to 72%c, lost %c, firmed up to 72%®72%c, lost %c, gained %c, and by noon held at 72c. July wheat opened at 73V4C, being 14c under yesterday's close, advanced to 73%c, declined 10 73%c ; gained %c by 11:00 and by noon sold at 73%c. The demand for cash wheat was very good at the May price for No. 1 northern, and some sales of choice at Vic over the May figure. John Washburn was again a large buyer of wheat to arrive. No. 1 northern sold mostly at 72Vi@72%c, and No. 2 at 70%@71c. Sales were made as per statement below. Receipts here were 204 cars; shipments, 23 cars. The market was very strong during the greater part of the noon hour. Closing cables quoted Liverpool %d lower for spot wheat and l%d lower for futures. Paris closed 25 cen times lower, and Berlin at 1% marks lower. Beerbohm's cable reporting the condition of the growing French crop at 62. against 82 at the same time last year, was the chief factor In giving strength. February wheat closed at 73Vic, May at 73%c and July at 74%c. RANGE OF PRICES. Open- High- Low- Closing. Ing. eat. eat. Today. Yes. February... 78% Wu, May 78% 73% 72 78% 72% July , 73H 74% 73% 74% 734 Sepl 69& 69% On Track—No. 1 hard, 75c; No. 1 northern. 73c; No. 2 northern, 71%c; February oats, 15%c; flax seed, 72c Curb on May wheat 73% Puts on May wheat T2% Calls on May wheat 73%@74 SAMPLE SALES. No. 1 northern, 43 cars 72% No. 1 northern, 15 cars M< 72% No. 1 northern, 7 cars 72% No. 1 northern, 6 cars 72% No. 1 northern, 1 car, to arrive 72% No. 1 northern, 1 car, to arrive 72% No. 2 northern, 21 cars 71 No. 2 northern, 6 cars 70% No. 2 northern, 3 care 70% No. 2 northern, 1 car 71% No. 3 wheat, 1 car 71 Rejected wheat,, 1 car 60 Rejected wheat, 2 cars, 2 lbs off 56 Rejected wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off 55 No grade wheat, 3 cars, 2 lbs off 66 No grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off 65 No grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off 68% No grade wheat, 2 cars, 2 lbs off 68 No grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off 52 No grade corn, 1 car 13 No grade corn, 1 car 14 No grade corn, 1 car 13 No. 3 oats, 8 cars 15% No. 3 oats, 3 cars 15% No. 3 oats, 6 cars 15V4 No. 3 oats, 1 car 15 No. 3 white oats, 2 cars 16 No. 2 rye, 1,200 bu, to arrive 32% No. 4 barley, 4 cars, 50 lbs 22% No. 5 barley, 1 car, 50 lbs 22% Late Sales— No. 1 northern, 1 car, to arrive 73 FLOUR. Flour —The flour market is, if anything, a little better, but rather quiet. Some good sales were made late yesterday, and more in quiry today. First patents $4.00@4.20 Second patents 3.75(53.95 First clears 3.40?i3.60 Second clears 2.30@2.50 Red dog, per ton, 140 lbs jute 9.00@9.50 Rye flour, per bbl, pure 1.90@2.05 Rye flour, XXXX, per bbl 1.8001.90 Rye flour. Standard, per bbl 1.70@1.50 Graham flour, per bbl 2.65@3.15 BRAN, SHORTS AND COARSE GRAINS. Washburn, Crosby & Co. quote as follows today: Bran in bulk $5.00@5.50 Bran in bulk, 200-lb sacks 6.00(tf6.50 Bran in bulk, 180-lb sacks 6.5()@7.00 Shorts In bulk 4.75@5.00 Middlings in bulk 6.75@7.00 Red dog. in 100-lb sacks 8.75@9.00 There is much improvement to note in prices. The East is beginning to buy freely. The East has been out of the market for eight weeks. The export trade is very satis factory, and a good demand continues from the West. Corn—Corn is arriving in very bad condi tion. No grade corn, 13@14c; No. 4 corn, 15%c. Oats—No. 3, 15@15%c; No. 2 white oats, 16c. Rye—No. 2 rye to arrive, 32%c. Barley—No. 4 sold at 22%c. Feed—Reported by the Diamond Elevator and Milling company: Business is fair, with a good demand at prices quoted. Bran is in better demand. Coarse corn meal and cracked corn, sacks, per ton, sacks extra, to jobbers only $7.25@7.75 No. 1 ground feed, 2-3 corn, 1-3 oats, SO-lb sacks 7.75@8.00 No. 2 ground feed, % corn, % oats, 75-lb sacks 8.00@8.25 No. 3 ground feed, 2-3 oats, 70-lb sacks 8.25@8.50 Spring wheat bran 5.25@5.75 1 STATE GRAIN INSPECTION. Wheat. Railroads. No.lhard.No.l.No.2.No.3.Rej.N.G G.N.—Breck Div .. 26 6 .. 2 2 G. N.—F. F. Div .. 1 CM. & St. P.. .. 21 6 .. .. 3 M. & St. L 3 2 .... 3 Soo Line 6 3 Northern Pacific .. 6 7 C.,St.P.,M. & O. .. 4 20 .. .. 9 Total 107 34 .. 2 27 Other Grains —No. 3 corn. 1 car; No. 4 corn, 2 cars; no grade corn, 13 cars; No. 3 oats, 33 I cars; no grade oats, 3 cars; No. 2 rye, 8 j cars; No. 3 barley, 2 cars; No. 4 barley, 10 1 cars; No. 5 barley, 1 car; No. 1 flax, 4 cars; | rejected flax. 1 car: no grade, 1 car. Cars Inspected Out—No. 1 northern, 42 cars; No. 2 northern, 7 cars; no grade corn, 2 i cars; No. 3 oats, 63 cars; no grade oats, 1 car; No. 2 rye, 5 cars. WHEAT MOVEMENT. Receipts. Shipments. New York 10,175 132,087 Philadelphia 9,011 16,000 Baltimore 1,147 Toledo 2,137 4,300 i Detroit 4,650 j St. Louis 3,900 26 370 Boston 19,266 65,760 Chicago 16,800 40,896 Milwaukee 18,850 3,250 i Duluth 38,751 Minneapolis . 134,640 17 480 ■ Kansas City 9,200 26,400 ■ RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Received—Wheat, 134,640 bu; corn, 6,200 bu; oats, 34,650 bu; barley, 10,220 bu; rye, 1.300 bu; flax. 3,240 bu; flour, 420 bbls; hay, 20 tons; fruit, 100,092 lbs; merchandise, 1,180,800 lbs; lumber, 16 cars; machinery, 105,800 lbs; coal, 1,522 tons; wood, 592 cords: cement, ICO cars; stone. 2 cars; live stock, 1 car; dressed meats, 20,000 lbs; railroad materials, 3 cars; sundries j 9 cars; car lots, 570. Shipper-Wheat, 17,480 bu; corn, 3,960 bu; ! oats, 57.040 bu; barley. 4,050 bu; rye, 2,400 bu; j flax, 660 bu; flour, 30.2C4 bbls; millstuffs, 630 tons, fruit, 69,192 lbs; merchandise, 1,182,900 j lbs; lumber. 24 cars; machinery, 23,000 lbs; ties, 27 cars; hides, 26,200 lbs; railroad ma terials, 3 cars; sundries, 2 cars; car lots, 494. DULUTH GRAIN. DULUTH, Minn., Feb. 4.—Tradtag was fairly active today. Cash sales were quite numerous, although the amounts were not large. The total sales were 25,000 bu. The mills took 15,000 bu. Premiums were un changed. The market opened at 75c a drop of %c, sold down to 74%c, and then advanced to 76c. The close was at 75%c. Close—Cash No. 1 hard, 75 1 / gc; No. 1 north ern, 73%c; No. 2 northern, 71 %c; No. 3 spring 67%@69%c; rejected, 60%@65%c; to arrive No. 1 hard, 76%c; No. 1 northern, 73%c; May No. 1 hard, 78%c; No. 1 northern, 75%c; September, No. 1 northern, 71%c. Receipts—Wheat, 38,751 bu; shipments, none. Cars inspected, 27; lasrt year, 213. Re ceipts—Corn, none; oats, 40,186 bu; rye 7 907 bu; barley, 15,703 bu; flax, 9,725 bu. ' Oats close, 17 1/2©lßc; rye, 34V2C; flax, 75%c; May| 7S%c. Cash sales were as follows. 2 cars No. 1 hard, 75c; 5,000 bu No. 1 northern, 741,4c- 5 cars No. 1 northern, 73%c; 5 cars No. 1 north ern, 7314c; 17 cars No. 1 northern, 73c; 4 cars No. 1 northern, 72%c; 3 cars No. 1 northern, 72%c; 1.000 bu No. 1 northern, 72^4c;; 1 car No. 3 spring. 69c;; 1 car No. 3 spring, 68c -1 car rejected. 68%c; 5,000 bu May flax, 78%c --3 cars May flax, 75V2C. ' ST. PAUL GRAIN. Quotations on hay, grain, feed, etc., fur n'shed by Griggs Bros., commission mer chants: Wheat—The wheat market was very weak early, but closed firm and higher. No. 1 northern, 72V 2 @ J?4c; No. 2 northern, 71@72c Oats—Steady; No., 3- white, 16%@17c; No. 3, 15(a16c. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 19®20c; No. 3. 17@19c Barley, 20@24c. Rye, 31@33c. Seeds—Timothy, 90c<§/$1.25; red clover, $3.50 ©4.50. Flour—Patent, per bbl, $4@4.40; straight, $3.80@4.20; bakers', $3@4.20; rye flour $2® 2.35; buckwheat flour, $3®3.60 Ground Feed and Millstuffs—No. 1 feed $8 ©8.50; No. 2 feed, $8.75®9; No. 3 feed $9® 9.25; coarse corn meal, $7@7.50; bran bulk $6@6.25; shorts, $6@6.50. Hay—The hay market continues dull with slow sales for all grades; choice upland would sell for $5.50®6, but none offered; other gradet selling at $3.50#5. according to quality and condition; No. 1 timothy, $7@T.50: straw oats and rye, $3@3.50. OTHER GRAIN MARKETS. MARKET GOSSIP. Goesip by private wire to C. H. F. Smith & Co., St. Paul, members of New York stock exchange and Chicago board of trade: Chicago: The Liverpool market reminds one of the little end of a whip-lash, it follows the rest but when it gets around It cuts. This was the case today and resulted, of course in an early break, on which some holders liquidated, but local buyers took everything offered and some more. Liberal flour sales and inqurry for winter wheat and a knowl edge also that stocks of the latter were small, together with a speculative shortage in such markets, also figures on French crop showing condition of 62 against 89 last year, which latter crop allowed nothing for ex port, turned the market Into a strong bull one and demonstrated to the thoughtful that after all said, America was to be the dicta tor on prices. Locally there was consider able covering by shorts, but there probably remains in all markets a fair shortage which on further advance is likely to stir itself Primary market receipt*, wheat, 220,000 bu' shipments, 92,000 bu. Flour—Shipments' 85,700 bbls. Four ports cleared equal to 333,000 bu wheat Closing board cables: Antwerp unchanged. Paris flour, February, 8C lower; May, 60 low er; wheat February, 26 lower. Berlin, 1% lower than opening. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. Feb. 4. -Flour—Receipts, 11, --700 bbls; •xnarta. 14.260: steady, but dull. THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1897. through an absence of buyers. Rye flour quiet. Buckwheat dull. Buckwheat flour dull. Cornmeal quiet. Rye quiet Barley dull. Barleymalt dull. Wheat— Receipts, 10, --176 bu; exports, 182,067 bu; spot dull; No. 1 hard New York, 90%o; aptlora opened weak under lower cables and active selling for short account; later there was a sharp rally on covering Induced by bulllßh French crop news and fair seaboard clearances; closed %<f? %c net higher; No. 2 red February, closed 83%o; May, 80 11-16@82%c, closed, 82%c. Corn —Receipts, 48,750 bu; exports, 101,385 bu; spot steady; No. 2, 29c; options opened steady and advanced on covering prompted by the strength In wheat, closing at %c advance; February closed 29c; May, 29%@30c, closed, 30c. Oats—Receipts, 68,700 bu; exports, 75 bu; spot steady; No. 2, 21 %c; options quiet, but steadier, closing higher; February closed 21%c; May, 22@22%c. closed, 22%e. CROP MOVEMENT. (Market Record.) The following table gives the receipts of wheat at the four principal spring wheat mar kets from the beginning of the crop year, Aug. 1, 1896, to date, amd for the same time a year ago: This Crap, Last Crop, Bushels. Bushels, Minneapolis 41,758,820 55,271,840 Milwaukee 5,643,764 6,559,089 Dulutfh 32,165,742 40.153,609 Chicago 13,575,234 17,926,891 Totals 93,142,560 119,911,429 The following table gives the receipts of wheat at the' four principal winter wheat markets from the beginning of the crop movement, July 1, 1896, to date, and for the same time a year ago: This Crop, Last Crop, Bushels. Bushels. Toledo 6,180,120 4.973,209 St. Louis 9,759,708 10.119,123 Detroit 2,791,362 1,744,767 Kansas City 5,676.000 6.493,000 Totals 24,407,190 23,330,099 LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 4.—Wheat—Spot dull; I demand (poor; No. 2 red spring, 6s sd; No. 1 i California, 6s B%d; futures opened and closed steady, with near and distant positions l%d lower; business heaviest on middle posi tions: February, 6s 3i4d; March. 6s 4 14d; May, 6s 4%d; July. 6s 3%d. Corn—Spot qu'.et; American mixed, 2s BV4d; futures opened quiet, with near and distant positions V 4 A I lower, closed qutet, with near positions *4d lower and distant positions %d lower; busi ness about equally distributed; February, 2s ; Sd; March 2s B"iid: April. 2s B%d; May, 2s B%d; June. 2s iHid; July, 2s 9%d. Flour easy; de i mand poor; St. Louis fancy winter, 9s. CALIFORNIA CROPS. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.—With almost continuous rains for several weeks, the crop prospects of California are considered ex cellent. This season's average of wheat has been largely increased over that of recent years and conditions point to a bountiful cereal crop. Fruit also promises well, but it is too early to predict the yield. MILWAUKEE. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 4.—Flour unsettled. Wheat steady; Noi 2 spring, 75c; No. 1 north ern, 78V*c; May, 76%c. Corn firm and higher; No. 3, 20c. Oats steady; No. 2 white, 18%@ 19%c. Barley very dull; No. 2, 32c; sample, 24(??32e. Rye firm and higher; No. 1, 36c. Provisions weaker; pork, $7.45; lard, $3.70. Receipts—Flour, 7,000 bbls: wheat, 19,000 bu; barley, 58,000 bu. ; Shupments—Flour, 31,000 bbls; wheat, 3,000 bu; barley, 41,000 bu. ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4.—Wheat—No. 2 red, cash, elevator, 84c bid; track, 86@88c; May, 84%584%c. Corn—Cash, 20c; May, 21%c. Oats —No. 2 cash, 17%c bid; May, 18%c bid. Rye nominal. Flaxseed, 71%e. Pork, $7.45@8. Lard, $3.62%@3.70. Lead, $2.92%@3. Spelter firm; $3.89. PRODUCE. ST. PAUL MARKET. Butter—Creameries- Extras .18 Firsts ; n @.i8 Seconds 13 @.14 Hand separator 16 @.17 Dairies — Firsts 12 @.13 Ladles— Extras 15 f1?.16 Firsts 10 @.ll Packing stock 07%@.08 Grease 03 @.O4 Cheese— Twins, fancy full cream, new 10 On).11 Twins, common to fair 06 @.O7 Full cream. Young America, new .10 @.ll Swiss cheese | n @.12 i Brick, No. 1, new 09 @.10 i Brick, Ne. 2, new 07 @.O8 ! Eggs— ** ■ No. 1 cold storage 08 @.09 ; Candled stock, fresh 13 @.14 i Seconds 06 @.O7 | Beans—Market quiet; supply moderate Fancy navy, per bu 90 @1.00 Medium, hand picked, per bu 75 @ .85 Yellow peas, per bu 40 ® .60 Green peas, per bu 60 (g> 75 Potatoes- Home grown, per bu 25 @ .30 Sweet potatoes, Jersey, per bb1..2.50 @2 75 Sweet potatoes, Muscatine, bb1..1.50 <5>1.75 Vegetables— Tomatoes, basket i.oo Radishes, doz 25 Cauliflower, doz !!.!!!!! 250 Beets, bushel 2S Celery, doz [25 Wax beans, bu 4*oo String beans, bu 3 00 Rutabagas, bu [25 Onions, home grown, bu 40 @ 45 Squash, doz '75 Turnips, bu '.'...'.'. 25 Mint, doz !..!.!.. '30 Carrots, bu '" '05 Lettuce... .25 @ '.W Cucumbers, doz j An Spinach, bu 1 00 Miscellaneous— Malaga grapes, bbl 6 50 Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl 6.50<5>6'50 Cranberries, Bell and Bugle 6 50 Apples—Market weaker; demand good Common, bbl 1.00@2 25 Fancy eating, bbl 2.00(02.25 Baldwins, choice, bbl 1 2O(S1 50 Greenings choice, bbl l!20®l!50 bples, choice, bbl 1 50@l 75 Russets, choice, bbl 1 50@l 75 Lemons— ' Fancy Messinas. box 3.00@3.25 California, box 2.75@3 00 Oranges— California novels, box 3.25@3.75 Redlands, navels, box 3 2534 00 Fancy bright, Florida, box 4!00@4'50 Mexicans, box 2.75@3.00 Valemrias, ease s bi Nuts— ™ Hickory, bn j qq New California walnut®, ■»...... 09 <5> '11 Black walnuts, bu 7K Chestnuts, lb '.'.'.'.'.'. 10 Peanuts, raw, lb " 04%(5> 05 I*™"* 8- pasted, lb ;;:; ; 05 %@ :oe Brazils, lb 08 & 10 Pecans, lb 10 «m Filberts, lb '. {I 1 -f 2 Hazlenmts, lb ".!."."."" 05 Bananas—Supply large; demand active. Choice shipping, bunch 1.75® 2 25 Figs and Dates— " Figs, fancy, five crowns 12 @ 13 Figs, fancy, four crowns 11 @ 12 Hallowe* dates, new '06 Fard dates, 10-lb boxes ,05 <ffl 09 Honey— " IP 1} 1* over 12 @ -12% Extracted , 05 @ . 06 Maple syrup, gal j qq Maple sugar, lb 10 o '11 Apple Cider— w Sweet, bbl 3 75®4 00 e% U half-barrel ....". 2!00@2;25 Hard, bbl 6 00®7 00 Hard,\r hal£~ barrel • 3125@4;00 (No charge for package or carriage.) Dressed Meats—Supply moderate; demand good. Y- 6*!' fani. y 06%@.07 Veal, medium 05%ffi.06% Hogs, country dressed 03%@.03% Mutjon, country dressed 05 @ 06 Spring lambs, pelt off 06 @07 Dressed Poultry— Turkeys Chickens #07 @\ m^ Hens 06 pucks .'".■::::: .09 @:i 0 S eese \ v °8 @09 Tame pigeons, doz 75#1" 00 Squabs, doz 750100 Game— Canvasback ducks, doz 6.00@8 00 Mallard ducks, doz 3'og Teal ducks, doz 1.25@2 00 Common ducks, doz 1.25 Woodcock, doz 4,00@4 50 Jacksnipe, doz \^ Bear, carcass, hide on, lb io@ 12 Squirrels, doz Fish—Good demand. Black bass .09 MINNEAPOLIS MARKET. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4.—No change was notable in sentiment In the butter market Extra creamery and firsts ruled firm at quo tations, with occasionally a trifle over ob tained when goods are sold In small lots. Arrivals of fine creameries are fairly liberal, but the demand Is of such proportions as to prevent an accumulation. There are not many seconds or thirds offered. In dairies a strong tone Is manifested. The country is not sending in mainy extras or firsts, and prices are well sustained. Seconds are a trifle easy and going freely into packing stock barrels. Roll and print Is quiet Packing stock Is moderately firm. Another decline of %c was made on eggs. Receipts are Increasing to such an extent as to cause an accumulation, with the retail trade buying sparingly. There is an active demand of fancy grades of full cream cheese and the feeling is firm Arrivals of turkeys and ehlckens are rather free, with quotations for the present un changed. Ducks and gees* are quiet The movement of veal Is hardly equal to the receipts, and quotations dropped %c. Mutton and lamb are firm, and dressed hogs not mov ing satisfactorily. BUTTEJI AND EGGS. NEW YORK, Fsjb. 4—Butter—Receipts. 4, --868 pkgs; firm; Western creamery, 12<S?21c; Elgins, 21c; factory, 7@l4c. Cheese—Receipts. 3,734 pkgs; quiet; state large and smalV^%@ 12%c; part skims, 5@9%c; full skims, 3®3%c. Bgfqr-Receipts, 4,661 pkgs; steady; state and Pennsylvania. 16^e; Western, 13@15c. Chicago, Feb. 4.—Butter firm; creamery, 15@20c; dairy, 9@l7c. Eggs steady; fresh, 13c. LIVE STOCK. UNION "STOCK YARDS. Receipts—Hogs, 700 head; cattle. 350 head; calves, 10 head; sheep; 3,200 head. Hogs—Strong and .active; yards cleared early at about 6c advance. Quality not so good as yesterday. Representative sales: No. Wt.Dkg.PrlcejNo. Wt.Dkg.Price 1 Stag. ...440 .. Jl 50 22 ......208 80 $3 15 2 285 ..,295 56 ......188 80 3 15 24 396 ..J3 00 19*. 171 .. 3 17% 4 297 40 300 62 237 .. 3 17% 17 90 .. 3 00 69 186 .. 3 17% 7 89 .. 3 00 16 194 ..320 6 94 .. 3 00 72 177 .. 3 20 11 164 .. 300 54 ......182 .. 320 3 303 80 3 00 60 236 160 3 20 8 335 .. 305 47 ...?..204 .. 320 11 294 .. 305 74 179 .. 320 2 160 .. 3 15 29 216 .. 3 20 67 192 80 3 15 77 205 .. 3 20 15 lgO .. 3 15 66 218 .. 3 22% 44 189 160 3 15 9 205 .. 325 Cattle—Steady and active. The demand was good all around, especially for fat cattle, stockers and feeders, and the bulk was sold by noon. Representative sales: No. Wt.Price.No. Wt.Price. 5 heifers 522 $2 20' 3 heifers ... 753 |2 45 1 stocker .. 400 335 3 stockers... 653 335 1 heifer 400 2 20'14 calves 286 3 35 3 cows 996 2 45! 17 stockers ..862 3 55 1 calf 120 350 3 bulls ....696 260 1 heifer 570 2 25 1 cow 890 2 15 1 heifer .... 370 2 00 2 heifers .. 575 2 35 1 cow 1080 2 40 1 cow 1000 2 15 1 cow 1000 235 2 cows 865 2 15 1 bull 1420 2 40 1 bull 630 2 50 3 oxen 1320 3 26 7 stockers ..514 3 35 6 bulls 782 2 40 3 cows ...*.IOBS 2 25 7 stoekers.. 857 3 50 1 heifer 650 250 13 calves 397 3 35 1 heifer ....660 2 50 1 calf 300 3 50 Sheep—Steady; receipts include a train load of Westerns that went to a local dealer. Rep resentative sales: No. WtPrice. No. WtPrice. 16 muttons 98 $3 25 6 muttons ....115 |3 00 CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—ln cattle prices were stronger to 10c per 100 lbs higher for good cattle, and values for dry-fed beeves aver aged fully 20c higher than at the close of last week. Sales were on a basis of $3.60@4 for common dressed beef steers, up to $5§5.40 for choice to extra cattle, with the bulk of the sales at $4.10@5. Stockers and feeders were again in good demand, with sales large ly at $3.50@4.15, common light stockers being neglected. Butchers' and canners' stuff was scarce and active, cows selling largely at $2.25@3.35, and heifers at $3.25@3.75, and occasionally at $3.80@4 for something fancy, while calves were unchanged. Texas fed steers were firm, with sales largely around $3.85@4.15. In hogs trade was ao.ive once more, and prices were stronger to 5c per 100 lbs higher, common to prime droves selling at $3.15g3.50, largely at $3.30@3.40. In sheep trade was animated at firm prices. Sales were made of inferior sheep at $2.25@2.50; fair to medium grades at $2.75@3.25; good flocks at $3.50@3.75, and Choice to prime lots at $3.70 @4. Westerns and Mexicans sold largely at $3.60<&3.90. Yearlings sold ait $3.90@4.30. and lamfbs were in good demand once more at $4® 5. a few inferior lots going for $3.50@3.90. Receipts—Cattle, 5,500-; hogs, 22,000; sheep 14,000. ~~ ' ** MIWDAY HORSE MARKET. Barrett & Zimmennan's report: Receipts of all classes of horses continue heavy. Large shipments of farm horses and mares* made in Minnesota, Dakota and Manitoba points. Prices remain low. The following representa tive sales are for horses, service sound, un less otherwise mentoned: Wt. Price 1 pair black mares, 5 years 2,800 $120 00 1 pair bay mares, 6 years 2,800 90 00 1 black gelding, 5 years, sound.l,6oo 110 00 1 brown mare, 6 years, sound 1,400 75 00 1 gray mare, 6 years 1,400 40 00 1 chestnut gelding, 6 years, sound driver ...1,150 75 00 1 bay gelding, 5 years, driver. ...1,100 65 00 1 roan mare, 6 years 1,300 45 00 1 black mare, 7 years ..1,600 60 00 1 roan gelding, 5 years 1,200 35 00 12 farm horses and mares,s to 8 years 1,300@1,500 700 00 18 farm horse and mares, 4 to 6 years l,2O0@lf60O: 810 00 siorx city. SIOUX CITY, 10., Feb. 4.—Cattle—Receipts, 900; Wednesday, 1,433: shipments, 1,449; mar ket dull; weak stockers, heifers, feeders, cows and bulls 16c lower than last week; cows, bulls and mixed, $1.25g3.25; stockers and feeders, $3.25@3.90; calves and yearlings, $3@ 3.95; veals, $3@5. Hogs—Receipts, 2,300; Wednesday, 1,425; shipments, 739; market ac tive; light, firm; heavy grades, 5c higher, selling $3.10@3.25; bulk, $3.15@3.20. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 4.—Cattle—Receipts 4,000; shipments, 4,200; Texas steers, $3.15g> 3.80; cows, $2@2.75; stockers and feeders, $3@4.10. Hogs—Receipts, 10,000; shipments 600; bulk of sales, $3.20@3.30. Sheep—Re ceipts, 20,000; shipments, 200: lambs, $3@4.70 --mutton, $3.10<g)3.75. OMAHA. OMAHA, Feb. 4.—Cattle—Receipts, 3,500; native beef steers, $3.50@4.75; Western steers, $3.25@4.25; stockers and feeders, $3.25@4.20. Hogs—Receipts, 4,500; bulk of sales, $3.20@ 3.40. Sheep— Receipts, 2,000; common and %tock sheep, $2.25@3.30? lambs, $3.50!§5. ST. tpUIS. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4.—Cattle—Receipts, 2,500; native beeves, $3.50@5J.0; stockers and feed ers, $2.25@3.90. Hogs—rßeceipts, 7,000; bulk of sales, $3.20@3.47%. Sheep—Receipts, 1,000; mutton, $3@4.40; lambs,. $3.75@5.40. MISCELLANEOUS. NEW YORK MARKET. NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—Hay steadier. Hops steady. Hides firm. Leather firm. Wool quiet. Beef quiet. Cut meats steady. Lard weak and dull. Pork quiet and steady. Tal low quiet. Cotton seed oil steady. Petro leum firmer. Rosin steady. Turpentine quiet. Rice steady. Molasses quiet. Pig iron quiet. Copper firm. Tin steady; plates quiet; spelter firm. Lead strong. Coffee—Op tions opened quiet at unchanged prices; ruled dull all day; cables were Indifferent and with out influence; closed dull; unchanged \o 5 points lower; sales, 2,000 bags, including March, 9.35c; May, 9.45c; spot coffee—Rio dull; No, 7 jobbing, 10%c; invoice, 9%c; mild quiet; Cordova, 15%@16%c; sales late yes terday. 500 bags Rio No. 7 spot, 9%c; 500 bags Maracaibo p. t.; 500 bags Bucaramanga p. t. Sugar—Raw dull; refined steady. SEED MARKET. CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—The flaxseed market ruled very quiet, but about steady at yes terday's prices. Receipts here were 24 cars, at Duluth 7 cars, and at Minneapolis 6 cars. The official close, as reported by the Weare Commission company, Is as follows: Cash flaxseed, 76%c; May, 77%c; July, 78%c; "Sep tember, 80c. Cash timothy seed sold at $2.80 and March at $2.85 per 100 lbs. Clover seed Farmer Hoen —Say, Mandy, I'm goln' ter take Jack erway from thet college. Mrs. Hoen—Why so, Sila*, ain't he doJn' well? Farmer Hoen-—He's aller time wrltln* erbout trainTn', an* I don't want no boy er mine ter work on no train. closed at |8.25 per 100 lbs. Minneapolis flax seed is quoted at 72c pr bu. MINNEAPOLIS HAY MARKET. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4.^T. A. Huntt ft Co. report the hay market as weak and inactive. Stocks are still heavy and dealers find It dif ficult to reduce them. Receipts are very mod erate, but add to the superfluous stock. We quote as follows: Choice lowa upland |5 00@6 00 Choice Minnesota upland 4 00@5 50 Medium 3 50*4 00 Coarse grades as to quality 3 60@4 00 Timothy hay 5 00@5 50 Rye straw 4 25 NEW YORK DRY GOODS. NEW YORY. Feb. 4.—Mall and wire orders called for many moderate assortments of wool dress goods and some seasonable specialities. Although much shopping was done, the new sales were not up to expectations. For cloth- Ing house woolens the inquiry of previous days was well maintained, and the collective sales for later delivery were fairly good, al though the large preference of buyers was for low to medium fine goods. Printing cloths steady at 2&c bid and declined for spots. . RUSSIAN I.l((( HO MONOPOLY. How the Czar's Government II hum the Liquor Hunliichk. In the official bulletin of statistics of the empire of the czar there has just been pub lished an outline of the first results of the creation of the liquor monopoly in the four governments of Perm, Oofa, Samara and Or eroboog— agricultural provinces of East Rus sia, having a population of about 1,000,000. Here the government took the liquor business into its own hands on Jan. 1, 1895. The aver age annual consumption of the preceding four 3'ears had been about 3,245,000, or a lit tle over three gallons a head of the popula tion, according to a writer in the Boston Herald. In the last twenty-five years con sumption in the United States has never ex ceeded 1.51 gallons a head, arnd the average has been about 1.33, so that, compared with the East Russians, we must pass for a very temperate people. It was the benevolent pur pose of the government in organizing the monopoly in spirits to satisfy the thirst of Its subjects with better liquor than they had been drinking, and to place the sale of it in more respectable hands. It is said that vile as is the liquor usually dispensed in the dram shops of agricultural Russia, the people Who sell it are of a character still more vile. Under the old system, the internal revenue tax, or excise duty on spirits was $2 a gallon, and the annual average revenue derived from this source In the four provinces in ques tion was $6,500,000. In the first year of the application of the system of government mon opoly the income was $8,870,000. This is a good deal more than was expected, for the primary purpose of the monopoly was not to make an immediate and direct addition to the revenue, but to use it as a means to accom plish certain social reforms. It was intended to exclude from consumption all unrectified spirits, to suppress Che giving of credit to the purchasers of alcoholic beverages, to extir pate the whole tribe of keepers of country drinking shops, and to reduce the number of barrooms In the towns. The government was prepared for a considerable reduction in the amount of liquor consumed, and therefore it made the price high enough to cover by an ample margin of profit t'he probable shrinkage in revenue. In short, the price had been so adjusted that consumption might remain stationary, and even be reduced, with out affecting the receipts for which the tax on alcohol used to figure. As t'he price to the purchaser of half a pint is in exact proportion to the price Charged, the purchaser of five gallons, it may be Inferred that it is the purchaser of the larger quantity who suffers under the regime of governmental monopoly, while the purchaser at retail gets his tipple somewhat Cheaper than he did before. This latter fact may have had something to do with the apparent increase of consump tion in the four provinces selected for the first trial of the monopoly. The official bul letin does not give any reurns of the amount consumed, but it is safe to infer that an in crease of 35 per cent in the revenue means a considerable Increase in the amount of spir its imbibed. The drinking shops and their highly objectionable keepers have been abol ished, for the government only sells by the flask, and allows no cork to be drawn on the premises; but t'he drinking habits of the peo ple evidently remain unimpaired. The result is curious, and students of sociology will watch with interest the further development of the system. Meanwhile, it may be noted that the Russian bureaucracy, which we have been led to believe was hopelessly corrupt and incapable, has been able to accomplish What the state of South Carolina has essayed in vain—the getting of a fairly honest accounting from those whom it employed to superintend the state monopoly In liquor. On July 1 last the Russian system was further extended to another eleven provinces, having a population of about 20,000,000, and by July next it will comprehend about half t'he population of the European division of the empire. m OUTWITTED THEM. How a Detective Failed to Capture the Man He Was After. "What was the case that made the deepest impression upon me?" was a well-known de tective's response to the query of a Washing ton Star reporter. "Well, if I should tell it it would ruin my reputation, but I will give it to you- with the understanding that my name is not to be used. "A gang of horse thieves were working Southern Indiana, and I was employed to fer rit them out. Taking two assistants, I started on the trail, and finally succeeded in locating them in Brown county, which is, I believe, the only one in the state without a railroad. "We knew that the thieves had their head quarters somewhere between Columbus and Nashville, the latter being the county seat of Brown county, and with my men I scoured the county without success until nightfall, when we took refuge in a cabin, the family being absent, and we expected to explain our presence when the occupants returned. "In about an hour, four men rode up, evi dently much excited, the leader accosting me with: 'We are from Columbus and understand you are looking for stolen horses. Three were taken from us last night, and we want to give you descriptions of them and Join our party.' At first I was somewhat suspicious and gave them no direct reply, inquiring instead: " 'Do you know whose cabin this is?' " 'Oh, yes; it's old man Stewart's. They are in Columbus and will not be home tonight, but we are friends of his and know any man is welcome, especially on the mission we are. He has had four horses stolen.' "They entered the cabin, and I soon lost all suspicion of them, taking descriptions of the horses they had lost, and agreeing that they could remain with us the next day. "I awoke early in the morning, having oc cupied the lower room with my men, while the strangers had retired in the loft. I went to the log stable to see after our three horses, and they were gone. Then I returned to the house and no trace could be found for some time of the strangers. Finally a rudely written note was found pinned to the door, saying that we were welcome to remain in the house until the following day, when a stage would take us to Columbus; that they had moved and would not use the cabin any longer. Thas was the last trace I ever got of the thieves or the horses." m After He S«/w Them. "George, that's a very bad fitting suit of yours." "Yes, I know it." "Custom made?" "No, cust'em after they were made."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. DOWN ON IT. BEARS AFTER SUGAR OFFERED IN LARGE LUMPS AND NO SUPPORT FROM TIIU IN. ■OMB. INDUSTRIALS ALL AFFECTED. RAILWAY LIST ALSO SUCCUMBED AND (3L.0.5-RD AT GENERAL FRACTIONAL LOSSES. PACIFIC STOCKS HELD OUT FIRM. Market Showed 11 General Tendency to Sag and to Ignore Favorable Factors. NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—The stock market lacked strength today and showed a decided tendency to sag in spite of some seemingly very favorable factors in the outlook. The weak spot was clearly enough in the indus trial group, but the effect through sympathy on the rest of the list was sufficient to neu tralize the encouraging influences and as a result the market closed on a plane a fraction lower than last night's closing. Sugar was the center of attack for the decline, being subjected to nearly all the unfavorable in fluences of the day. The dullness in the trade had its effect on leather preferred, out side of the apprehension of action directed against the trust in some of the states tha. have recently adopted anti-trust legislation. This influence likewise affected Sugar and Lead. Chicago G-as was one of the sufferers from fears of adverse action by legislatures, and fell l%c on account of a bill in the Illi nois legislature to fix the price of gas at 60 cents. Sugar was also tho victim of the spec- i ial apprehension of adverse changes in the ; impending new tariff, and was bombarded persistently by the leading bears. There was a lack of supporting orders from inter ests which are usually conspicuously active in this stock. As a result there was heavy dealing, and the price ran down 2% per cent to 114V2 • The offerings included some very large blocks of stock. The delayed state ment of Burlington for December proved to have been more favorable than had been counted upon by the doubters, showing an in crease in the surplus of earnings after charges of $669,752. This also proved without effect in saving the market from a decline, though early covering advanced the stock a sharp fraction and served to steady the market, but finally closed with a net decline of % per cent. The railway list in general dropped in sympathy with the decline in Industrials and partly also on account of the rather un favorable traffic statements for the last week and month of January. The list succumbed to depression and sank at the close to the lowest prices of the day. The Northern Pacific and Union Pacific stocks showed com parative firmness, but dealings were largely reduced over those of yesterday. London selling was an additional influence in the de cline in railway shares, which, though gen eral, was only fractional. The bond market ruled active and gen erally higher with the Northern Pacific issues the feature. Large blocks of these securi ties were dealt in. The improvements in the general market was mainly fractional, but sharp concessions were scored in a few of the inactive liens. The sales were $2,693,000. Governments continue heavy on profit-taking with the dealings centered on the new fours. The sales were $62,000. The total sales of stocks today were 136,521, including the following: Tobacco, -3,700- Su gar, 34,600; Burlington, 17,500; Chicago Gas 9,700; Northern Pacific. 4,000; Northern Pa cific prefrerred, 5,100; St. Paul, 8,200; Union Pacific, 3,200. The following were the fluctuations of the leading railway and industrial shares, fur nished by C. H. P. Smith & Co., members New York stock exchange and Chicago board of trade: lit! S. R. ftT. Oo ....... II H% It ill Am. Tobacco 72% 73% 72*4 72% Am- Sprits 13% 13% 13% 13% do Pfd •. 31 i/ .* P« -••• 25% 25% 25 24?£ Am. Cotton Oil | liu S* 3 * SJ^ e Gas mM a * io% 10^ B-&O 15% 15% is* 15 C, B. & Q 75 75^ 741/ 741/ C, C, C. & St. L.... 28 28 i27 27 Ches. & Ohio 17% 17% 17% 1714 Chicago Gas 78 78 777^ 77 £ Can. South * 45* Col. F. & I ?4!/ Delaware & Hud .... 108 108 ' 107% 107% Del., L. & W 152% 152% 151% 162% tine 14<v General Electric 36 36" 35% 35% Great Nor. pfd 121 i^ Hiking VaUey 10 10 '9% 10 Illinois Central 94a/ Jersey Central 100 100 99" 98V, Kan. & Texas 13% 13% 13% 13V> Tdo Pfd 30% 31 30% 30% u&edoii:::::::::: 23* ** 22% g Laclede Gas 23M. f^l*w::::::::: 51% siii g'" L^shSle:::::::::: ™ »* ,g* Man. Con 89% 90 89% 8 9% Missouri Pacific 22%.1 22% 22 22 Michigan Cen . 90 N. P. Common i<i% is% 15" 15 do Pfd, •• 37% 38% 37% 37% New York Cen 93% 93% 93% 93% Northwestern 104% 104% 104% 104% North American 41? Omaha 49% 49% 48% 48% do pfd lon Ontario & W 15 Pacific Mall 25% 25% 25% 25% Pullman 185 4* RT I1?*? •;;, 26y * 26% 2e% 26% do Ist pfd 47 do 2d pfd : ;;;; ;;;* 3 { v Rock Island 67% 67% 67% 67% Soothe™ R'y 9% 9% 9%f 9% d° P« ••• 29% 29% 29% 29% Silver Certificates M % Sugar Refinery 116% 116% 114% 114% St. Paul 75% 76T4 76%! 76% Tennessee Goal 30 30 29% 29% S nis n R Pu a b ci, fle cr:::::::: 7% 7% 7* 3 Western Union 83% 83% 82% S3 W abash py do pfd 16% 16% i(j" 15t£ Wheel, ft L. B 2% 2% 2% 2% The following were the closing quotations of other stocks as reported by the Associa/ted Press: Adams Express.. .149 Ont. & West.. W Alton &T. H 56 Oregon Nav "' H American Ex 110 O. S. L. & U N 14 Canadian Pacific. 55% P., D. & E.. 2% Canada Southern. 45 Pittstourg lftftu, Central Pacific... 11% Rio G. W...'.'."" 12 Chicago & Alton. 165 do pfd 40 Con. Gaa 148 St. Paul & Omaha 45% Col. C. & I % do pfd 130 D. &R. G. pfd.... 42% Southern Pacific 15 Fort Wayne 164 Tenn. C. & I " 29»4 Gt Nth'n pfd 121% T. &O. C. pM."" 50 C- & E. I. pfd ..95 U. S. Express 36 St. Paul & D 20 Wells-Fargo Ex.. 99 Kan. & Tex. pfd.. 30% W. & L. E. 2U Louis. &N. A % do pfd io Manhattan Con... 89% Mpis. & St. l"" 19 M«m. & Chas 15 D. & R. G " liu, Mobile & Ohio .. 21 Nat'l Linseed" 13 Nash. & Chatt.... 66 Col. F. & I '"' 2414 N. J. Central 98% do pfd . 90 Nor & W. pfd.... 17% T., St. L. & K. C. 5% U. P., D. ft G.. 2 do pfd 10 N. W. pfd 153 Southern ..".] 954 N. Y. &N. E 38 do pfd 29% BOND LIST. U. S. new 4s reg.122% Can. So. 2nds... 107 do new 4s coup.122% Cen. Pac. Ist, '95 101 do 5s reg 113%'D. &R. G. 75....111% do 5s coup 113%' do 4s 88 d° 4s reg 111% Erie 2nds .".66% do 4s coup 112'i.G., H. & S. A. 65.101% do 2s reg 95% do 7s 96 Pac. 6s, '95 103%'H. & T. C. Ss.llOS Ala. class A 105%! do 6s 102 d0 D 103%1M. K. & T. Ist 4s 85 d« C 98%! do 2nd 4s 60 . d0 or 98 iMutual Union 65..111% La. new con. 45.. 95%'N. J. C. gen. 55.117% Mo. Gs 100 N. P. lsts 114% No. Car. 6s 122 do 3ds 82V* d° *» .....102% N.-W. c0n5015....140% 80. Car. non fund %' do S. F. deb 55.112 Tenn. new set 6s 79 R. G. W. lsts 74 do 5» •• 105 St. Paul con 75.. 130 flo old 6s 60 do C.&P.W. 55.113% v*- centuries .... 62% St.L.& I.M.gen.ss 77 .d» deferred 6 | St.L.& #.F.gn.65.112% At. chison 4s 82% Tex. Pac. lsts.... 89 do 2nd A 48%; do 2nds 21 O. R. & N. 1«t5..111% U. P. lsts of '96.. 104% do ** 83% W. Shore 43 108 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS. Buiwer JHL4B Ontario 49 00 Cholor 90 Ochlr 90 Grown Point 30 Plymouth 18 Con. Cal. ft Va.. 2 00 Quicksilver 1 00 Deadwood 100 do pfd 11 00 Gould ft Currie,. 45)Sierra Nevada.... 48 - MONEY - To loan on approved property in St. Paul and Minneapolis. £<V "ON OR O/o BEFORE" In stitns to Salt. R. M. NEWPORT & SON. Reeve Bldg.. Pioneer Press Bldg., - Minneapolis gt. Paul. Rogers & Rogers Tnlon3took Yar(Uj3o U th3.. Fail >t!n C. H. F. SMITH A CO. Members -j *ew York Stock Exchange. I Chicago Board of Trade. Stock*, Hands, Grain, Provisions a* I 1 ,lf, » ZXiStt? wiret *° Nkw York and Chief,d. XOV Pioneer Preas BuUdlmj, St. Paul, Minn. Griggs Bros. Wholesale fiE"CSIiSS Dealers In «SfcEilJ«« Write for prices, stntiner quantities wanted. Agents THE KILMER HAY HALE TIES Third ami Cedar Sl»., St. Paul, .Uiiin. Michael Doran. James Oor»n. M. DORAN & CO. BANKERS AND BROKERS. 311 Jackson St., St. Paul, Minn Hale & Nor 1 CO Standard 150 Homestake 29 00 Union Con 33 Iron Silver 22 Yellow Jacket.... 30 j Mexican 40 BOSTON MIXING SHARES. | Allouez Mln. Co. 1 Franklin 11% ! Atlantic 24 Kearsarge 18% | Bost. & M0nt....109$ Osceola 33% Butte & Boston.. 11^ Quincy US Cal. & Hecla 355 Tamarack .....*!! !ll7^ Centennial 6% Wolverine 10 BANKS ABROAD. LONDON, Feb. 4.—The weekly statement of the Bank of England issued today shows the following changes as compared with the previous account: Total reserve, decreased £30,000; circulation, increased £232,000; bullion increased £201,886; other securities increased £411.000; other depos its increased £204,0C0; public deposits increased £1,077,000; notes reserve decreased £97,000; government securities increased £536,000. The proportion of the Bank of England's reserve to liability, which last week was 53.38 per cent, is now 52.46 per cent. Paris, Feb. 4.—The weekly statement of the Bank of France, issued today, shows the following changes: Nots In circulation increased 8,940.000f; treasury accounts decreased 31,450.C00f; geld in hand increased l,750,0OOf; bills discounted de creased 105,050,000f; silver in hand increased 1,450,000f. FOREIGN FINANCIAL. NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—The Evening Post's London financial cablegram says: The change In the bank rate from 3% to 3 per cent had no effect on the stock markets today. Tone was rather dull. The bulls were taking profits, the change in rate being what they went in for. Hence consols were a shade lower. Kaffirs were weaker on the political outlook. Americans were good, with an ex tensive buying of bonds and shares, but tho close was a fraction under the best. In Paris the market was weak, and in Berlin, steady. IOWA BANK FAILURE. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The comptroller of the currency has received a telegram from Griswold, 10., announcing the failure of the First National bank of that place. The capital of the bank is $50,000. At the date of the last report, Dec. 17, its total liabil ities were $80,000 and its surplus $10,000. The total assets of the bank, including bonds, were given at $147,000. NEW COFFEE COMPANY. TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 4.—The American Coffee company, with a capital stock of $100,000, all paid in, was incorporated today in the office of the secretary of state. The prin cipal office is located in Jersey City, and the incorporators are Henry O. Havemeyer, Theo dore Havemeyer, J. E. Parsons and J. E. Searles, NEW YORK MONEY. NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—Money on call easy, 1%@2 per cent; last loan, l%e. Prime mer cantile paper, 3@4 per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.86*4©8.88% for demand and $4.84^® 4.84% for sixty days. Posted rates, $4,854 and $4.87M>@4.88. Commercial bills, $4.83*4 Sil ver certificates, 64%<?i65%c. Bar silver, 04%c BANK CLEARINGS. St Pau1—5580,694.05. Minneapolis—sßßl,992.80. New York—Clearings, $98,416,692; balances, $5,180,497. CHICAGO MONEY. CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—Money steady and un changed. New York exchange 40c discount. Foreign exchange steady; demand $4.88%; sixty days, $4.84%. TREASURY STATEMENT. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Today's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Avail able cash balances, $215,960,095; gold reserve $145,144,933. Re«l Estate Transfers. Margaret Horn and husband to B Ke! lcgg, part Its 21 an<j 22, Park Piace add $2,500 Seven Corners Building association to F Gaertner et al., It 8, blk 67, West St. Paul Proper 2,232 P A Williams and wife to Annie W Hutchinson, Its 20, 24, 25 and 26, blk 10, Hitchcock's add 2,000 P A Williams to Annie W Hutchinson Its 15, 16 and 26, blk 33, Thompson's add goo J S Boardman to H F Spelcker, It 4, Hoyt's subdivision It 1, blk 4, Col lege place 250 G Schmidt to Mary J Manifold, It 8. blk 6, Prospect plateau 500 Ottllle Gensch and husband to G J, Mayer, part It 1, blk 26. Suburban Hills add 1,200 Wm Gohlke and wife to Augusta M Schultz, Its 1, 17 and IS, Slayton's subdivision 6<50 H Robel and wife to H Kosauke, It 10, blk 3, E Dean's Second add 450 Total, nine transfers $10,332 SCIEXTIFIC PRIZE FIGHTING. How the Stethoscope Superseded the Skin Tight Gloves. The gTeat fighter stood at the edgre of the ropes, glaring at his vanquished opponent The air rang with the plaudits of the multitude. The sound of acclaim reverberated amid the gir ders of the overarching roof. The man who was beaten drew h!s blanket about him, and with eyes downcast and look of dejection, which is called utter, left the arena forever. "I told yer so," said his backer. "Didn't I tell yer not to go on if ye's had a cold in your chest. You did the other bloke in lungs and lights at the last fight, at that." So it was that Jimmy the Bantam was beaten in his medical examination contest with Billy the Coffee Heater,. .^M. Origin of the Whistling Buoy. Very trifling Incidents sometimes lead to the development of the most important and valuable inventions. Talking with an old sea captain the other day, the subject of whist ling buoys and their advantages over tha ordinary bell buoy were under discussion. He informed me that the inventor of tho whistling buoy, "that godsend to the sail or," got his first idea of the device from see ing a small boy pushing an ordinary tin horn mouth downward into a hogshead of water. The air, thus compressed, was forced rapidly through the small end with a whistling noise; and that same principle is now embodied In all the apparatus supplied by the govern ment, the rieing of the tide or action of tho waves driving air into the horn. —Boston Post. A Sl3ijflii.tr Cnp. A Miesoula, Mont., jeweler haa a freak in his store In the shape of a singing cup which was discovered in the household of Dr. Par sons. For a long time the Parsons family were unable to locate a peculiar buzzing noise at. meal times, until one day one of tha children discovered the sound coming from a common china tea cup. As soon as the cup Is filled with hot tea, coffee or water it begin* to sing, and the nolac can be heard several feet away. The Culmination. "A swell bonnet goes far to make good any deficiencies in the rest of the costume." "That is. all's swell that ends swell. "—D#» troit Journal.