The Saint Paul globe., December 17, 1897, Page 6, Image 6

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PUSHED UP TO PAR
DECEMBER WHIOAT AGAIN ABOVI_
THK DOLLAR MARK AT
CHICAGO.
BULGE OF THREE CENTS.
INDICATION OF A REVIVAL, IN FOR
EIGN DEMAND A
FACTOR.
STRONG AND WEAK IN STREAKS.
On the Final I p-Tnrn Corn nnd
Onts Scored Net Advance* for
the Day.
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MARKET SUMMARY.
Prey.
Wheat. Close. Day
May, Chicago 92% 91%
May. Minneapolis 90% w
May, Duluth 91% 90%
May, New York 93% 93%
FINANCIAL.
IBar silver. New York 55% 57
Call money, New Y0rk...1% -fid 1 /.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 16.— Some indications of a
revival of the foreign demand for American
wheat had a good effect on the market to
day, and at the close May sold l@l%c ad
vance. December was again pushed above
the dollar mark, closing at $1.00%, an ad
vance of 3%c Trading ln this delivery, how
ever, was exceedingly narrow. Other mar
kets were Etrong and weak by turns but
closed firm, corn and oats %c higher each,
while provisions showed 7%©1.c advance.
Wheat was firm at the opening. May at 91%
@91%0, showing %©%c advance, while De
cember was l%c higher at 98% c. Some of the
advance in May was soon lost. Speculators
who had profits in slghit on wheat bought
yesterday took them, and then the trading
became "so very light for the rest of the
forenoon that small holders were discouraged
at the apparently small prospect for any
further advance during the day, and an
occasional 5,000 bu or 10,000 bu lot was sold
by traders of that class. So narrow was the
market and so Indisposed were the most of
the traders to do any buying at the moderate
advance that even the selling of such drib
lets had a rather depressing affect, and from
the opening price May slowly sagged dur
ing the next two hours to 91% c. For about
an hour of the time referred to It stood at
W%c, varying only ln that time from buyers
to sellers and the reverse.
The features of the early news tha'. caused
the bullis-.li feeling with which trading started
came from various sources bjth foreign and
domestic. Liverpool sent higher quotations,
opening : Kd higher and holding its advance
well to the end. There wa. further confirm
ation of rain damage to the Argentine wheat
crop; although the bullishness of that was
very much modified by a cablegram fro;n
Rosario, saying that it was doubtful if any
material damage had been done by the rain.
Antwerp, as well as London and Liverpool,
confirmed the previously reported damage,
Antwerp sending at the same time buying
orders for aboui: 250,000 bu May wheat. Zero
or still lower temperature was threatened
for tonight over the unprotected wheat fields
ln the greater part of Missouri, all of Illi
nois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, to say
nothing of Kentucky and Tennessee, which
were also said to have lost the snow that
fell in those states a few days ago. Min
neapolis and Duluth receipts were 521 cars,
against 815 the previous Thursday and 446
the corresponding day of the year before.
Chicago received 357 cars toy rail, of which
only 127 weie contract; 42,000 bu and 95 car
loads of contract wheat were transferred from
unlicensed to regular elevators, the total In
crease In contract stocks for the day being
about 225,000. Atlantic port clearances of
wheat and flour were equal to 380,000 bu.
After 12 o'clock the previously prevailing
lethargy gave place to a trifle more appear
ance of the market being sitill awake and in
the course of another half-hour it was kick
ing IU heels up in a lively fashion and hit
ting the bears hard at every jump. On the
reported working at New York of 150,000 bu
No. 2 red winter wheat for export, some who
had been waiting patiently for a signal be
gan buying, in consequence of which May
was sent up to 92% c, and at the close it
was bringing 9_V_@92.4c. Not more than
60,000 bu Decemlber was traded ln. This with
the strength of December, was sufficient to
advance the price of that delivery to $1.00%,
which was the closing price.
Corn acted much as i. did yesterday, start
ing steady, then showing weakness, but final
ly turning strong. The early dullness was
caused partly by the dry freezing weather
which was expected to create a freer country
movement. Sympathy with wheat was mainly
responsible for the late strength, though tlie
higher prices ruling West had some influence.
Most of the selling was by those who bought
yesterday. May ranged from 29% cto 28%©
28% c closing %c higher at 29%029%c. Oats
for December were weak on liquidation and
May for the greater part o-f the day acted
weak ln sympathy. When wheat and corn
turned firm shorts in May tried to cover, but
found same difficulty in doing so and all
Kae early decline was recovered. December,
however, was weak to the close. May ranged
trom 22% clo 22%©22% c and closed %c higher
fct 22% c.
There was more outside trade in provisions
Uid the market continued to advance. Prices
lit the start were higher on the small hog
receipts. Profit-taking by scalpers caused
most of the opening advance to disappear
during the forenoon, but advancing wheat
and corn caused a more confident feeling
later and prices again went up. At the
close May pork was lCc higher at ?8.80, May
lard 7V.c higher ait ?4.73% and May ribs 7%c
higher "at $4.55. Estimated receipts Friday:
Wheat, 250 cars; corn, 3CO cars; oats, 380
cars; hogs, 25,000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
S « IT G
v XT ° o
_ _> < »
? 8 £ ir
w f ; ;
Wheat- j j j ~
Dec I 98%| 100% 98% 100%
Jan I 93%| 94% 92%| 94%
May '91%-%! 92%| 91%J92%-%
Corn— I I I I _
Dec 22% 26 25%-%! 26
May I 29%| 29%|28%-%|29%-%
°DeT 21%! 21%' 21%] 21%
May I 22% I 22%|22%-%| 22%
Mess Pork— I I I
Dec .... I 7 65 17 65 760 ]7 60
Jan 8 62% I 8 60 845 863
May 18 80 18 87% 870 885
Lard— I
Dec ! 1 442%
Jan I 4 62%! 465 | 4 47% 4 55
May I 4 70 14 72% |4 65 4 72%
Ribs— I I
Dec 435 440 4 32% 440
Jan 4 37% 440 4 32% |4 40
May 14 50 I 4 55 4 47%! 455
Cash quotaXions were as follows — Flour
quiet. No. 2 spring wheat, 88% c; No. 3,
80©88 c; No. 2 red, ?10O@?10O%. No.
2 corn, 26%e. No. 2 oats, 21%©
22c; No. 2 white, f. o. b., 24@24%c; No. 3
White, f. o. b., 23024 c. No. 2 rye, 46c. No. 2
barley, f. 0. b., 26028 c. No. 1 flaxseed, $1.15%
©1.19%. Prime timothy seed, $2.62%@2.65.
Mess pork, per bbls, $7.6007.65. Lard, per
100 lbs, $4-62%@4.55. Short ribs Eldes (loose).
14.5504.70. Dry salted shoulders (boxed), 4%©
4%c; short clear sides (boxed), $4.57%©4.77%.
Whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gallon,
|1 19 Sugars, cut loaf, unchanged. Re
ceipts—Flour, 18,000 bbls; wheat, 248,000
bu; corn, 250,000 bu; oats, 427,000 bu:
rye, 14,000 bu; barley, 80,000 bu. Ship
ments—Flour. 18,000 bu; wheat, 5.000 bu; com,
331,000 bu; oats, 320,000 bu; rye, 83.000 bu; bar
ley, 14,000 bu. On the produce exchange today
the butter market was steady; creameries, 15
@22c; dairies, 12(.19c. Eggs steady; fresh, 20c.
Cheese, quiet, B©B%c
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.
MINEAPOLIS. Dec. 16.— Wheat opened
higher this morning on encouraging cables
from Liverpool that is to say, prices here held
higher because of the firmness at Liverpool.
As far as actual trading Is concerned we have
H-tle to note; quotations were governed by
the bid and asked prires throughout the morn
ing session. The prominent feature of the
market was the extreme dullness. Even the
■calipers were disgusted. The news of the
day was short in quantity and quality. De-
cember wheat opened at S9%c against 89% c
yesterday, gained %c, lost %c, gained %o,
and firmed up to 90c by noon, with only two
or three transactions. May wheat opened at
89% c against 83%©89 c yesterday, gained %c,
lost %c, firmed up to 89__c, declined to 8.% c
and gained %c by noo>n. The cash wheat
market was stronger today with a much bet
ter demand for all grades. Receipts were
comparatively light and well disposed of
early. Choice No. 1 northern brought the
5c premium over May, presumably to go
South. Ordinary No. 1 northern sold at
30334 c Qryer May. All other grades were rela
tively a full cent better than yesterday. Re
ceipts here were 494 cars and 191 cars shipped
out.
During the noon hour the market was bo.h
strong and active, largely caused by r_por_s
from Chicago to the effect that the bull clique
were free buyers. There were other items of
gossip of undivided opinion from that center,
indicating a very nervious feeling. Some are
expecting a rise of several cents In the course
of a few days. This may be realized, and al
so give the opportunity of unloading of Eome
undesirable stuff. December wheat closed at
91c, and May at 90 l-16c.
RANGE OF PRICES.
Open- High- Low- Closing,
ing. est. est. Today. Yes
May 89% 90 1-16 89% 90 1-16 89
July SS%
Decemlber .. ..89% 91 89% 91 89%
On Track— No. 1 hard, 93% c; No. 1 north
ern, 93c; No. 2 northern, 86% c; December
cats. 22% c; corn, 24% c; flaxseed, $1.15.
Curb on December wheat 90%
Puts on Decemlber wheat 89-7.
Calls on December wheat 9-%
SOME SAMPLE SALES.
No. 1 hard, 9 cars 91%
No. 1 hard, 1 car 94
No. 1 hard, 1 car 91%
No. 1 northern, 10 cars 93
No. 1 northern, 1 car, oholce 94% j
No. 1 northern, 6 cars 92% :
No. 1 northern, 15 cars 92 |
No. 1 northern, 1 car 92%
No. 1 northern, 10 cars 92% (
No. 1 northern, 4 cars 91
No. 1 northern, part car 91 (
No. 2 northern, 13 cars 8-3% I
No. 2 northern, 2 .cars 8-1%
No. 2 northern, 1 car 87
FLOUR.
Flour— The flour market is said to be very j
dull. Sales are being made daily, but there |
Is no snap in the demand. Wheat, prices are ;
relatively too high for the current price for 1
flour. )
' First patents $5 1005 20
Second patents 5 000. . 10
First clears 4 85@5 00
Second clears 3 7504 00.
In wood. 20c extra is charged.
Corn— No. 3 yellow, 24c; No. 3, 24% c; No. 4,
23%023%c.
Oats— No. 3, 21%022%c.
Rye— No. 2, 43%044c.
Barley— No. 5, 23c.
Trade is fair on all lines.
Coarse cornmeal and cracked corn
corn in sacks, per ton, sacks ex
tra, to jobbers only $10 00010 25
No. 1 ground feed, 2-3 corn, 1-3
oats, 80-!b sacks, sacks extra.. 10 50©
No. 2 ground feed, % corn, % oats,
75-lb sacks, sacks extra 10 75©
No. 3 ground feed, 2-3 oats, 70-lb
sacks, sacks extra 10 7_©ll 03 ;
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.
Northern.
Railroads. No.lhd.No.l.No 2.No.3.Re].NG
G. N.— B. Div 16 62 14 9 9 3|
G. N.— F. F. Div 3 12 8 2 .. j
C, M. & St. Paul.... 2 33 48 36 17 3 |
M. & St. Louis 2 8 27 4 1
Soo Line 5 1 1
C, St. P., M. & 0 15 32 34 19 ..
C. G. W ! ••
Minn. Transfer 16 1 .. •• ••
Totals 18 137 127 116 52 7 |
Other Grains— Winter wheat, 8 cars; No. 3
corn 18; No. 4 corn, 6; No. 3 oats, 32; no
grade oats, 2; No. 2 rye, 6; No. 4 barley 1;
No. 5 barley, 5; no grade barley, 4; No. 1 flax,
15
Cars Inspected Out— Wheat, No. 1 northern,
209 cars; No. 2 northern, 3; No. 3, 10; rejected,
15; no grade, 2: No. 2 corn, 2; No. 3 corn, 1; |
No. 3 oats. 44; No. 2 rye, 1.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Received— Wheat, 494 ears; wheat, 340.863 |
bu- corn. 10,880 bu; oats, 17,600 bu; barley,
1 340 bu- rye, 1,220 bu; flax, 5,850 bu; oil cake,
190 2.0 lbs; flour, 575 bbls; hay, 84 tons; fruit, -
46 000 lbs; merchandise, 1.109,320 lbs; lumber.
22' cars; posts and piling, 2 cars; barrel stock,
! 5 cars; machinery, 24,000 lbs; coal, 1,120 tons;
wood, 496 cords; brick, 1,000; lime, 1 car;
pig iron, 20 cars; live stock, 1 car; dressed ;
meats 115,100 lbs; hides, pelts, etc., 20,000:
railroad materials, 2 ears; sundries, 18 cars;
car lots, 828. • :-.
Ship<ped-Wheat, 194 cars; wheat, 14 1.620 bu,
corn. 7,900 bu; oats, 1,230 bu; rye, 9,900 bu;
flax, 3,800 bu; oil cake, 2,400 lbs; f10ur .36,159
bbls; millstuffs. 1,207 tons; fruit, 97,800 lbs;
merchandise, 1,615,090 lbs; lumber, 42 cars,
machinery, 49.100 lbs; ties, 2 cars; stone and
marble, 1 car; live stock, 1 car; railroad ma
terials, 1 car; sundries, 6 cars; car lots, 75b.
DULUTH GRAIN.
DULUTH, Minn., Dec. 16.-The market wa.3
dull today. It opened %c up at 90% c, sold >
at 91c at 9:40, at 90% cat 10:30, and at 91>.c
at 12-50 and at 91% cat 1:15. The close was
at 91M.C. Cash sales were 28,000 bu to ele
vator? It sold at all prices, but always over
Minneapolis. The close-Cash No. 1 hard,
92^c- No. 1 northern, 92% c; No. 2 northeru
82% c; No. 3 spring, 80% c; to arrive, No. 1
hard 92% - No. 1 northern, 92% c; December
No. 1 northern, 92% c; May No. 1 northern,
91.4 c. Receipts— Wh: a', 127,695 bu; s lip-tents, |
8 097 bu; cars inspected, 130; last year, 1.9.
Receipts^-Corn. 50,891 bu; oats, 10£10 > bu; rye
1235 bu; flax, U. 637 bu. Close-Oats 22% c;
rye, 45% c; flax, cash, $1.15; May, $1.20; corn,
_6%@25%c. -
ST. PAUL GRAIN.
Quotations on hay, grain, feed, etc., fur
nished by Griggs Bros., commission mer-
Wheat— The market opened a little stronger
yesterday and closed at the highest point for
the day. No. 1 northern, 92%@93%e; No. 2
northern, 85%@88%c. ;■-/•■" - T . „_^
Corn— No. 3 yellow, 25%® 26c; No. 3, 25©
26% c.
Rye — 44©45 c.
Barley— 2so3oo.
Oats— No. 3 white. 21%©22 c; No. 3, 20@21c.
Seed-Timothy, $1.10@1.30; red clover, $3.20
©3.80; flax, $1.11@1.12.
Flour— Patents, per bbl, $4.5035.20; straight,
$4.4004.60; bakers', $4@4.30; rye flour, $3.20©
3.40.
Ground Feed and Millstuffs— No. 1 feed,
$10.75011; -coarse cornmeal. $10.25@10.50; bran,
bulk $7.75@5; shorts, $808.50.
Hay— Market very dull, excepting for choic
est qualities. Receipts liberal. No demand
whatever for common hay. Choice to fancy
upland $6@6.60: fair to good wild upland,
$4 50© 5. 50; inferior qualities. $3.5004.25; tim
othy good to choice. $707.50. Straw steady;
oats,' $203.25; rye, $3.25@3.50.
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.
GRAIN GOSSIP.
Gossip by private wire to C. H. F. Smith
& Co., St. Paul, members of the New York
stock exchange and Chicago board of trade.
News Bureau: Joe Leiter talks frankly
about his operations. He says he is pre
pared to pay for all the wheat delivered
him, that it will be shipped out and mer
chandized at once. He says he began buy
ing at 64c in July and he can pay for the
wheat without borrowing, if he is so disposed.
Rosario cable: Considerable rains, but do
not think any damage worth mentioning.
Weather unfavorable for harvesting and
threshing. ,
Beerbohm says Argentine wheat has been
damaged by rains.
It is rumored that the French duty on
wheat has been removed.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.— Flour— Receipts,
9 406 bbls; exports, 1,063 bbls; quiet but
steady, closing firmer. Rye flour quiet. Buck
wheat flour dull. Buckwheat nominal. Corn
meal steady. Barley firm. Barley malt
steady. Wheat— 'Receipts, 144,300 bu; exports,
104,871 bu; spot firm; No. 2 red, 98% c; options
opened firm on cables, small Northwestern
receipts and cold weather West, and after a
slow trade all day wound up strong at %©lo
net advance on export business and rumored
reductions of French duty; No. 2 red, May,
93 5-16@94c. closed 9374 c; December. 97%©
98% c closed, 98% c. Corn— Receipts, 43,875 bu;
exports, 171,217 bu; spot firm; No. 2 corn.
34% - options opened firm on cables and eased
off under realizing but recovered on export
demand and closed %c net higher; May, 34©
34 5-10 c, closed 34% c; December, 31 16-16©3_c,
closed 32c. Oats— Receipts, 205,200 bu; ex
ports, 30,974 bu; spot steady; No. 2, 27% c; op
tions quiet but steady with the other mar
kets, closing unchanged to %c net advance;
(May closed 27 3-sc, December 27% c.
WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The following are the receipts and ship
ments at principal wheat markets:
Receipts. Shipments.
New York 144,300 104,871
Philadelphia 9,127 3,765
Baltimore 48.229 None
Toledo 29,089 6,000
Detroit 8,803 8,753
St. Louis 55,907 22,600
80-ton 68,908 79.874
Chicago 248,023 4,875
Milwaukee 26,650 14,650
Duluth 27,695 8.097
Minneapolis 340.860 141,6-0
Kansas City 37..00 82,600
MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 16.— Flour, unchanged.
Wheat, higher; No. 1 northern, 91c; No. 2
spring, 86c; May, 91% c. Corn, quiet; No. 8,
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1897.
26% c Rye, steady; No. 2 white, 23%©2_ : 5.e.
Rye. steady; No. 1, 46% c. Barley, easier; No.
2. 40c; sample, 25@35%. Receipts— Flour, 2,
--000; wheat, 27,000; barley. 22,000. Shipments—
Flour, 8,000; wheat, 15,000; barley, 3,000.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 16— Wheat— Higher; No.
2 red, cash, elevator, 97c; track, 98c©$l; De
cember, 98c; January, 96c; May, 94% c; July,
80%; No. 2 hard, cash, 86® 87c. Corn— Higher,
strong; No. 2, cash, 25c; December, 24% c;
May, 27%©27% c. Oats— Firm; No. 2, cash,
elevator, 21% c; track, 22c; December, 21% c;
white, 24%@25c. Rye— Quiet; 45% c
TOLEDO.
TOLEDO, 0., Dec. 16.— Wheat higher, firm;
No. 2 cash and December. 95c; May, 94% c.
Corn active; No. 2 mixed, 27c. Oats dull; No.
2 mixed, 22c. Rye dull, steady; No. 2 caah,
46% c. Clover seed higher; prime cash, $.._..
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 16.— WTieat, hard
steady, soft slow; No. 1 hard, 84§84%c; No.
2, 82@84%c; No. 3, 79@82c; No. 4, 75%®<9c;
No. 1 red, 93c: No. 2, 91%@93c; No. 3, 88©
91c; No. 4, S2@B7c. Corn %c higher; No.
2 mixed, 23©23% c. Oats dull, unchanged. Rye
—No. 2, 43% c.
LIVERPOOL.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.— Liverpool, closing:
Wheat, firm, %d to %d higher: December,
7s 4%d; March, 7s 4%d; May, 7s 3%d. Corn,
quiet, %d to lid higher; December, 3s 2%d;
March, 3s l%d; May, 3s 2%d.
PRODUCE.
ST. PAUL MARKET.
Note— The quotations which follow are for
good, which change hands in lots in the open
market. Id falling orders, in order to secure
the best goods for shipping and to cover
the cost incurred, an advance over jobbing
prices has to be charged:
Butter— Market llrm on all grades.
Creameries — _ _
Extras 22%©. 23
Firsts 20 ©.21
Seconds 15 0.18
Hand separator 20 ©.21
Dairies— „ „
Extras 19 ©-20
Firsts 15 ®-\\
Roll and prlnt3 14 (a llß
Ladles—
Extras 1* @4.
Firsts 12 @ 13
Packing stock 12 ©-13
Cheese— Market steady. Offerings large.
Twins, fancy full cream, new .. .10 0.10%
Twins, fair to good 08 @.09
Full cream Young America, new. .10%©. 11
Swiss cheese 12 0.13 -
Brick, No. 1 -12
Brick. No. 2 09 0.10
Eggs— Market steady; receipts moderate.
Candled sto.k, fresh, cases in
cluded 16 ©.17
Beans— Market quiet; supply moderate.
Fancy navy, per bu 1.1501.20
Medium, hand-picked, per bu 9001.00
Yellow peas, per bu -60© .70
Potatoes— Steady.
Burbanks, car lots, per bu 48© .50
Early Ohios, car lots, per bu .... .0.1
Mixed stock, car lots, per bu 40 f.- - __
Sweet potatoes, ber bbl 2.50@3.03
Vegetables-
Radishes, pc doz -40
Cauliflower, per doz »•«}
Beets, per bp -p
Celery, per doz •»
Rutabagas, per bu .40
Turnips, per bu -40
Mint, per doz „ .30
Carrots. Dei bu •»
Cucumbers, per doz 1-00
Parsely, per doz -20
Egg plant, per doz • 7o
Miscellaneous—
Concord grapes, basket «-0
Catawba grapes, 5-lb basket .15
Malaga grapes, bbl 6.0001.50
cranberries —
Bell and bugle, bbl 7.000*.a0
Cape Cod. bbl £_s§!.'_!„
Jersey cranberries, bbl 7.00.ffi.00
Apples —
Jonathans, bbl 6.50®6.00
Ben Davis, bbl 3.C0..3._0
Winesaps, Dbl 3.00@3.a0
Common, bbl 2.25@2.50
Lemons-
Fancy Messinas, per box 3.7..04.00
California, pe.- box 3.5004.00
Oranges —
California Navels _.70@4.00
California seedings, box 3.00@3.25
Mexicans, box 3. 5004. ''0
Floridas, box 5.00
Nuts-
Hickory, per bu 1-«S
New California walnuts, lb 09 9,19
Black walnuts, per bu 75@1.00'
Peanuts, raw, per lb „».. .01%®. 05
Peanuts, roasted, per lb 05%©. 08
Brazils, per lv 08 O.M
Pecans, per I. f- <fi> o7
Filberts, per lb 10 0.11
Hazelnuts, per lb 05 0.0.
Chestnuts, per lb .20
Bananas— Supply large, demand active.
Choice shipping, large bunches.. 1.7502.00
Figs and Dates-
Figs, fancy, five crows 13 0.14
Figs fancy, four crows 11 0.12
Fard dates. 10-lb boxes 07 0.08
Hallowee dates, new 05 @.05%
Honey—
White clover H 0-12
Extracted 06%®. 07
Maple syrup, per gallon 1.00
Apple Cider—
Sweet, per bM 5. 000a. .,0
Sweet, per halt bbl 2.7503.00
Hard, bbl 6.0008.00
Hard, per half bbl 4.5005.00
(No charge fo: package or carriage.)
Dressed meats— Supply moderate; demand
good.
Veal, fancy 07 0.0714
Veal, medium 0« 0.06%
Hogs, country dressed 03Vi@-04
Mutton, country dressed 00 ©.06%
Spring lambs, pelt off 08 ©.08%
Dressed Poultry-
Turkeys, lb 09 0.091,4
Chickens, lb 05 0.06%
Hens, lb 04 0.04%
Ducks, lb 07 0.08
Geese, lb 06 ©.07
Fish— Good demand.
Pickerel, lb .04
Sunfish, per lb .03
Pike, per lb .06
Game —
Mallard ducks, doz 3.0003.50
Canvasback ducks, doz 5.00010.00
Common ducks, doz 1.50
Plover, per doz 1.00@1.25
Woodcock, per doz 4.5f1f?_5.00
Bear carcass, hide o'-, lb .12© .18
Small rabbits, doz 1.0001.25
Jack rabbits, doz 2.50@3.00
MINNEAPOLIS MARKET.
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 16.— A1l grades of
butter, with the exception of choice, sweet
| roll and print, are without price change from
yesterday. Principal handlers report a good
demand for creamery extras at quotations,
while receipts are running rather light. Med
ium grade creameries are in moderate de
mand. Dairy extras are scarce, and the few
coming in are readily disposed of at 19©19% c.
Firsts and seconds are in fair demand. Roll
and print when fancy Is in good demand,
while choice sweet is %c lower. Ladies rule
steady. Packing stock is in good demand.
Strictly fresh eggs are 2c higher than yes
terday. Receipts of this grade are light and
commission men are in many instances unable
to fill orders. Held stock is ln free and
selling at prices considerably less than the
I fresh article. Storage eggs are quiet. Dressed
I turkeys are firm at quotations. The few
coming in are quickly snapped up. and more
j could be sold than are at present on the
market. Chickens rule steady. Ducks and
geese are ln fair demand. Veal is firm and
in excellent demand. Mutton and lamb are
in light receipt and moving quickly at quota
tion-". Dressed hogs are steady.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK. Dec. 16.— Butter— Receipts,
4,006 pkgs; quiet; Western creamery, 15023 c;
Elgins, 23c; factory. 12017 c. Cheese— Receipts,
3.39S pkgs; steady; large white, September.
8%08 I _c; small, September, 9@9%c; large
colored. September, B%©S%c; small colored,
September. 9@9V4c; large late made, 7%©
774 c; small late made, 8%08%c; light skims,
6©6».c: part skims, 4%©5% c; full skims, 30
4c. Eggs— Receipts, 3 884 pkgs; quiet; state
and Pennsylvania. 21026 c; Westerns, 20024 c.
Chicago, Dec. 16.— Butter steady; creamer
ies, 15 f 22c; dairies, 12@l_o. Eggs steady;
fresh, 20c.
LIVE STOCK.
UNION STOCKYARDS.
Receipts — 586 hogs, 471 cattle, 83 calves,
8,673 sheep.
Hogs— Strong and active. The light run
sold to packers and city butchers at 5c ad
vance. Quality not so good as yesterday.
Representative Sales —
N_ WLDg.Price. No. "Wt.Dg.Prlce.
6 116 ..$3 00,7 193 ..$3 25
2 385 .. 3 00U 176 80 3 25
9 324 .. 3 0518 252 160 3 25
2 330 .. 8 0565 184 120 325
4 325 .. 3 0570 172 ..325
8 293 80 3 05 71 193 120 3 23
0 100 ..3 05 86 174 80 327
9 325 80 3 1020 197 40 8 30
1 390 80 8 20 1
Cattle— Steady. Not much offered, and the
bad weather did not help trading. More fat
cattle wanted. Stockers and feeders slow.
Representative Sales —
No! Wt. Price. No. Wt. Price.
Canners— | Stockers and Feed
-1 880 $2 30 ers—
1 770 2 40,4 875 $3 00
4 957 2 45 1 2 715 3 25
7 952 2 45,7 460 8 80
6 868 2 45:2 845 3 40
Butcher Cows and 1 800 340
Heifers— |3 600 3 45
3 843 2 25 8 713 350
3 823 2 SO 1 510 3 50
1 750 250 4 690 3 60
1 10.0 2 50 5 542 3 50
2 910 2 50 2 690 3 60
3 920 2 60' 1 720 3 60
1 930 2 6_j 2 '00 3 7)
1 1110 275 2 305 3 80
2 520 2 75 6 363 3 80
1 1120 2 75 6 318 3 80
I 1050 2 75 4 275 3 85
12 941 275 3 270 3 85
3 626 275 Veal Calves—
6 634 _7_l 110 3 50
7 730 2 Bk' Botcher Steers—
12 723 2 80 21 .1 1102 4 40
1 920 2 8516 '. lin 4 40
6 968 2 %p: 4 -. 1077 3 75
8 837 2 85| 2 j U«> 4 00
2 1225 39. Dulls—
1 1050 3 00 4 927 2 50
3 876 3_i :> 1140 2 60
11 989 3 15 1 .( 1270 2 60
1 1320 3 2J, 1 ;.i 1230 260
1 880 3 3,0 2 -,-> 1080 2 60
15 1176 3 s£l 1 „ 970 265
4 970 3 30 1 ,'- 1400 2 " 5
2 1130 4 to 1 " 640 2 75
Stock Cows and l ? . _ 840 275
Heifers— 9 % -1 1615 2 75
6 678 281, l 1620 300
6 685 2 70 2 _. "° 3 ° 3
4 562 2 M 1 „. 970 3 00
9 691 2 ft l v 1770 3 10
7 687 275 l ;'. 800 3 25
5 390 275 Stags and Oxen—
6 616 2 75 17 650 3 10
14 709 277 Milkers and Spring
-6 430 2 SO ers—
4 727 2 85 2 cows for 48 00
5 426 2 85 1 cow for 37 00
8 436 2 85 1 1 cow for 36 00
12 418 2 90i 1 c. and 1 c. for 35 00
1 370 2 90 l c. and 1 c. for 37 OO
15 285 2 921 2 c and 2 c. for 64 00
7 1054 3 00 1 1 springer. . for 32 00
Sheep— Steady. Receipts were Westerns
consigned to a local feeder.
Representative Sales —
No. ~ " Wt. Price. No. Wt. Price.
10 ewes 99 $3 00 186 100 $3 70 :
■ 28 ewes 72 3 10180 107 4 15!
2 85 3 001 5 96 3 40
109 105 3 40101 stockers ..97 3 55 I
16 102 3 50| 2 lambs 100 5 00!
92 79 3 85! 40 lambs 64 4 65;
8 115 4 00| 2 lambs 100 600
36 95 3 45 1
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.— There was a good de
mand for choice corn-fed cattle today, and
such lots sold at strong prices, but rough
lots and half fat steers moved off slowly at
barely steady prices. Sales were largely at
$4.30@5.10, Christmas beeves being salable at
$5.40©5.65, and prime cattle going for $0.20
©5.35. Exporters were good buyers at $4.<0
©5.25. Northern fed Texas steers were in
demand at $3.7004.20 and Texas cottonseed
meal fed bulls brought $3.2C&3.2_. The stock
er and feeder trade was fairly good at $3.40 a;
4.25, a few common stockers going for $30
3.25. There was no change in butchers' and
canners' stuff, and calves were no higher
choice lots selling at $G. Packers were good
buyers of hog_. and prices ruled strong and
about 5c higher. Sales were largely at $3.3..
©3.45. and coarse, heavy packers going at
i $3.2003.25. Pigs sold chiefly at $3.25©3.3_.
Th<- late market was very weak, particularly
' in the northwest division, but most of the
1 hogs were sold early. There was a very good
I ear'v demand for fat sheep and lambs at
I steady prices. Native sheep were wanted at
$304.90 and Western fed sheep at $3.75@4.50.
Lambs were active at $406 for poor to eho:ce
: and some Christmas lambs brought $6.2., an
; advance of sc. The late sheep market was
! very dull, packers suddenly withdrawing, and
a fair number left over. Receipts— Cattle,
! 1,000; hogs, 27,000; sheep, 11,000.
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET.
Barrett & Zimmerman's report: Market
I opened fair; prices low, with an overstock of
i heavy horses on hand. The following .repre
i scntative sales are for horses this day:
Wt. Price.
! One pair gray horses, 5 and G years. 3.400 $225
One pair gray horses, 6 years 3,200 190
One pair black horses, 5 and 7 years 3.0J0 18_>
; One pair black horses, 6 years 2,800 Lo
i One pair black mares, 5 years 2,600 lit)
One pair sorrel mares, fi years 2.4W 1W)
! One sorrel horse, 5 years LbOJ su
; One sorrel horse, 6 years 1.000 7o
i One sorrel horse, 5 years 1,400 bJ
i One sorrel horse, 6 years Law w
MINNEAPOLIS.
NEW BRIGHTON, Dec. i6.-Rcceipts—Cat
tle, 78; hogs, 62. Cattle active, several
bunches of good lowa steers se.ling at $4. o
i and $4.56 to a local killer; beef grades in
1 strong demand. Sales: 2 steers, ay 1,3t,0
lbs. $4.35: 16 steers, ay 1.214 $4 35; 14 steers,
ay 1.1G3, $4.25: 1 steer, 53., ?3...0; 1 stag, 910
$3 50; 2 .taes, ay 1,520. $3.50; 9 cows, ay 907
$3.0- 5 .toc.rrs. ay 544, $3.75; 1 heifer. sio,
' $2.60; 7 stockers, ay 790. $3.50; 2 s.ockers, ay
' SSS $3- 1 «tag 750, ?2; 1 bull, 830, $3; 3 cows,
1 963' $3.50; 5 cows, ay 887. $3.25; 0 stockers ay
1.460' $3.80; 1 cow, 532. $?._??. Hog market
steady and 5c higher: only a few offered, and
net enough to establish any market: demand
strong. Sales: 62 hogs, ay 22. lbs. $3.25. Sheep
—No receipts and no trading.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 16.-Cattle— Receipts.
''■ 5 COO- market slow to weak; cash steers, $2.0
! ©4.15; native steers. $3.4005.20; native cows
and heifers $104.35; stockers and feeders
$304.25. llogs-Receipts, 14.000; market opened
strong to 5c higher, closing weak; bulk of
sales $3.2503.35. Sheep - Receipts, 3,000;
market strong; lambs, $3.6005.05; muttons,
$2.75@4.40.
ST. LOUIS.
ST LOUIS Dec. 16.— Catt!e— Receipts, 3,000;
i market steady to strung; native shipping and
! expert steers, $405.35; light and dressed beef
and butchers' steers, $3.2505.Ki; stockers and
i feeders, $2.2504.20; cows and heifers, $1.65
1 04- Texas and Indian steers, $2.7_@4. Hogs
I —Receipts 4,500; market a shade stronger;
! bulk of sales, $3.3003.40. Sheep-Receipt^
! 1.000; market steady; native muttons, ?4@
4.25; lambs, $5@5.75.
OMAHA,
OMAHA, Dec. 16.4Cattl?— Receipts, 16,000;
5010 c lower: native beeves., $3.6004.90; Texas
I steers, $303.60: cows and heiiers, $3@4.__;
i stockers and feeders, $3.5004.40; bulls stags
etc $'03 50 Hogs-Receipts, 6,000; bulk of
sale's $3.2503.30. Sheep— Receipts, 2,000;
steady; choice natives, $3 -70© 4 70: common
and stock sheep, $301; lambs, $304.50.
SIOU£ CITY.
SIOUX CITY 10.. Dec. 16.— Cattle— Receipts.
300: yesterday,' 554; shipments, 758; market
weak- cows, bulls and mixed steady, $l._o^
3.60; stockers and feeders, $3.250U5: ca lves
i and vcarlings, $8.2604.30. .veals. $400.7*. Hogs
Receipts, 6.0; yesterday, 1,767; market active
and 5c higher: no top grades; se.ling at $3.17
©3.30; bulk, $3.25. . .
i
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.--Hay dull. Hops
steady. Hides steady. Leather steady. W 00l
quiet* Beef steady. Cut meats steady. Pork
firm.' Tallow steady. Cottonseed oil quiet.
Petroleum dull. Resin steady. Turpentine
firm. Rice steady. Molasses steady. Pig
Iron barely steady. Lake copper reported as
unchanged. Spelter unchanged. Lead easier.
Coffee options opened dull at unchanged
prices but ruled a shade steadier, sellers be
! ing scarce on better European cables, dimin
! ished receipts at Rio and Ssntos and increased
United States warehouse deliveries; but the
demand was very slack and entirely local;
closed dull and unchanged to 5 points net
lower; sales, 3,0C0 bags, including December,
5.55 c; March, 6c. Spot coffee, Rio steady;
No. 7 invoice, 6%c; No. 7 jobbing, <%c; mild
steady; Cordova. S%©lsc. Sugar raw strong;
fair refining, 3%c; centrifugal, 96 test, 4c; re
fined strong; crushed, 5.4 c
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.— The feature of the
dry goods market Is the reduction in staple
cottons, which, after a long deay, has been
at last made public. This has resulted ln
increased buying on the part of Jobbers,
principally by mail order, buyers in the mar
ket here being still quite scarce. These
I prices are sufficiently low to enable would
be purchasers to fill in depleted stocks with-
I out expenditure of large amounts of money,
but they are really no lower than the price
at which the some goods sold recently on
concessions made by sellers from the rates
prevailing at that time. v
SEED ;M4R KET S
CHICAGO, Dec. I_— Tbe flaxseed market
was strong and active today from the start.
Short stocks and a bett*» demand for flax
products are beginning to be felt. Higher
prices are confldentlj 5 expected. Receipts here
were 14 cars, at Duluth 12 cars, and at Min
neapolis 9 cars. Th e .___c!__ close, as reported
by the Weare Comm-psioijj yompany, is as fol
lows: Cash flax, $1.19% per bu; December,
$115%; May, $1.19%. Cash timothy seed closed
at $2.65 per ioO lbs. Move.' seed closed at $5.20
per 100 lbs. Minneapolis jflaxseed is quoted
at $1.15% per bu. ;' r "\
i m . '
Durrant Defiant.
S__N FRANCISCO, Dec. _.6.— Theodore Dur
rant, in an interview; 6ays. "I will never be
hanged. I know that help Is coming once
more, as It has always ciJme to me before in
»iy extremity." This statement has caused a
revival of the often expressed opinion, that,
when satisfied his last hope was gone, he
would commit suicide If possible.
m
The Overland Limited.
i The only California Limited Train
every day ln the year. Take the train
1 leaving Minneapolis 7:40 p. m.; St. Paul
1 8:16 p. m., every night via the North-
I Western Line, C, St. P., M. & O. Ry.,
j and arrive via Overland Limited at
> San Francisco in 74 hours and Loa
I I Angeles in 81 hourtt
GHIiIt JuOflEY fm
HEART ALL TAKEN OUT OF STOCK
SPECULATION BY THE AD
VANCE.
NO ACTUAL STRINGENCY,
AT THE SAME TIME HATES WILL
REMAIN UP UNTIL JAN
UARY 1.
NET LOSSES RULE OF THE DAY.
All Stocks Advanced Early, bat
Later Fell Off, Some Declines
Exceeding «> Point.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.— The hardening of the
rate for call money has taken the heart out
of speculation in securities for the time
being. The rate for call money held firm at
3 per cent all day today until the close of
the stock market, when there were transac
tions at 3 per cent, with offerings at 1%. The
Union Pacific reorganization committee today
paid into the subtreasury $8,500,000 in cash,
the credit balance of that Institution at the
clearing house being $7,677,739. It is the gen
eral belief in banking circles that call money
will not yield below 3 per cent before the
i end of the year, and may rule higher. The
accumulation of funds ln anticipation in Jan
uary of dividends and interest will make fur
ther demand on the money market. Bankers
deprecate the idea that there is any string
j ency of money in prospect, in view of the
! fact that the government will redeem the
i currency 6s to the amount of over $29,000,000
| before the next installment is due
:on the Union Pacific payment. Rates for
■ time money for the shorter periods were
' marked up today, as well as those for call
I money, the quotations being 3%t.4 per cent
! fcr sixty and ninety days. Although there
! is still some movement of currency to points
j in the South aud West, the stiffening of the
j money rate here is reflected in a rise in the
j rates of domestic exchange on New York in
| terior points. The rates for sterling exchange
also responded sharply, posted rates falling
%c and actual rates %c. This was a very
clear Indication of the resources at command
both ln the large credits abroad and in the
I abundance of money in the interior, deposits
being reported to be of unprecedented volume
| and prices of gilt-edged securities for invest
| ment at the highest level known. Both de
! posits and loans of New York clearing house
' banks are at high-water mark, the former
amounting on Saturday to $675,169,900 and the i
latter $607,726,3.0. The loans Include a less I
amount of time loans than usual, and New
York batiks also have rather light holdings
lof commercial paper. The proportion of
j money in call loans is the largest on record.
The calling of some of these loans has
apparently put some stock exchange opera
: tors to incovenience, but there is not yet ap
| parent any very strenuous demand for money.
\ It is the opinion of Wall street that large
' operators about completed the taking of pro- :
fits yesterday and are ready for a decline.
! There were some farther evidences of liquid
] atlon today and little evidence of support
j outside the coalers, and one or two of the
I specialties. The agreement to restrict the
' output of coal strengthened this group, espe
| daily New Jersey Central, in which the out
standing short interest was large, and it was
the scramble to cover which caused feverish ,
fluctuations in that stock over a range of I
nearly five points. Its net gain was 3%, and
1 other members of the group also show sharp
' gains. Manhattan showed some recovery from
i yesterday's weakness on rumors of intended
! extension of the system. Prices of many
stocks rose at one time above yesterday's
; closing level, but all weakened before the
: close. The extreme decline in a great many
j cases were a point or over, and in some cases
net losses exceed a point. Sugar was the
principal center of depression and closed 1%
lower. Selling for London account helped on
the reaction. Cleveland., C. C. & St. L. lost
1% per cent.
The bond market was fairly active and was
a trifle easier on the late dealings. Total
i sales, $2,860,000. United States new 4s are %
i lower bid.
Tc.-al sales of stocks today. 332,600 shares,
including: Atchison pfd, 4.960; Burlington,
16 191; L. & N.. 641; Manhattan, 22,910; Mis
souri Pacific. 12,8.5: N. J. Central. 5,120;
Northern Pacific, 3.650; Northern Pacific pfd,
20.215; Reading, 9.697: Rock Island. 9.425: St.
Paul 26,340; Southern R'y pfd, 4,557; Tobacco,
; 4,577; Chicago G. W., 7.790: People's Gas,
10 575; Consolidated Gas. 3.9*): Sugar, 50,547.
The following were the fluctuations of the
; leading railway and industrial shares fur
nished by C. H. F. Smith & Co., members
of the New York stock exchange and Chicago
board of trade:
~ ° = s. s~"
13 £■ 5 b
5. • g a
S. R. &T. Co 4%i 4% 4%j 4~~
Am. Tobacco 87 I 87% 86%| 86%
Am. Spirits 8 8 8 7%
do pfd I 18
Atchison 13%j 13%; 13%; 13%
do pfd 31 31% 30% [ 30%
tin. Cotton Oil I 22%
Bay State Gas .... 6 5 4%| 4%
B. & O 12%
C, B. & Q 99% 99%; 95% 98%
C, C, C. & 9t. L.. 35% 35%] 34 34
jC. & 0 22 22 I 21% 21%
Chicago Gas 96% 90% 95% 95%
Canada Southern £5
Col. Fuel &'I 22%
C. G. W 15% 16 15% 15%
Delaware & Hudson.. 113 114 113 113
Del., Lack. & W 155 156 155 155
Brie ! 14%
do pfd 35% 3S%| 38 37%
General Electric 84 34 I 33% 33%
G. N. pfd j 130
Hocking Valley 5 5 | 5 5
Illinois Central .. .. 104 104 101 103%
Jersey Central .. .. 88% 93% 88%] 92
Kansas & Texas , - 13%
do pfd 36%: 37 | 36 si I 36%
Lead 35%' 35%j 34%| 34%
I Linseed Oil ! 16%
I Laclede Gaa 44% 44%: 44% 44
I L. & N 67% 57%j 56% 56%
IL.E. & W 71% 71%] 71 71
: Leather pfd 62% 62%j 62% 62%
1 Lake Shore I 173
] Manhattan Con .. .. 103 103%, 102% 103%
] Met. Traction 122% 123%; 120% 121
i M. & St. L. Ist pfd. i 88
do 2d pfd I 57%
Missouri Pacific .... 34%! 34%; 33%] 33%
Michigan Central .... 103 | 103 | 103 102%
N. P. common .... 22 22 21%! 21%
do pfd 161 61%| 6014.1 60%
New York Central ..I 108 108 108% 107%
Northwestern 121% I 121%] 121 120%
N. Y. Gaß 178% 181%! 178%! 178%
North American .... 4% 4%] 4% 4%
Omaha 78% 78% | 77%! 77%
do pfd 150
O. & W 15% 15% 15% 15%
Pacific Mail 30 30 l 29% 29%
Pullman 172% 172%! 172% 172%
Reading 22% 22% | 22% 22%
do Ist pfd 48% 49%! 48% 48%
do 2d pfd 27 27%) 27 27%
Rock Island 91% 91% I 90% 90%
Southern R'y 9% 9% 9% 9%
do pfd 33% 33% 82% 32%
Silver certificates 56%
Sugar Refinery .. .. 138% 139% i 137% j 137%
St. Paul 96% 96% 93%| 95%
Tennessee Coal .... 25%| 25% i 24%! 25
Texas Pacific 11% 11% 11 I 11%
Union Pacific 25% 25%| 24% 25
U. S. Rubber i 16
Western Union .... 90% 90% 90 89%
Wabash 7%
do pfd 18% 18%| 18% 18
Wheel. & Lake E j j 2
The folowing were the closing quotations
of other stocks as reported by tbe Associated
Press:
Can. Pac 82 U. P. D. &Gk .. 7%
Can. South 55 W. &L. E 2
C. & A 162 do pfd 10
C. & E. 1 52% Adams Ex 156
D. & R. G 11% American Ex 115
do pfd 54% U S. Ex 40
Ft. Wayne 168% Wells-Fargo Ex .116
L. E. &W. pfd.. 71 A. Cot Oil pfd.... 75%
Met. S.reet R'y.. 121 Am. Tobacco pfd. ll2
Mich Cent 102% Cons. Gas 178%
HI & o 28 Com. Cable Co ..175
C* I. & L 9 Illinois Steel .... 43
do pfd 31 Lead pfd IC4
N. Y.Tc. & St. L. 13% Nat. Lin. Oil ... 16%
'do Ist pfd .. ..73 Silver certificates 56%
do 2d pfd 85 S. R. & T 4
Or R. & N 36 Sugar pfd 112
Or. S. L. 18 U.S. Leather.... 7%
St L. & S. F. .. 7% U. S. Rubber pfd. 67
do Ist pfd .. .. 68 IN. W 120%
do 2d pfd .. .. 26%| do pfd 163%
St. Paul pfd ....141%;R- G. W 22
St P. & Om .... 77%! do pfd 69
do pfd 150 St. L. & S. W... 4%
St. P., M. & M...123 do pfd 9%
So. Pacific 20 I
BONDS.
U. S. new 45,reg..129% N. J. C. 5i 112%
do coup 129% N. C. 6s 125
U. a 4s Hi do 4s 103
do coup 114»4.N. P. lsts 65. ...120
do 2ds 99Va do prior 4s .. .. 93. _
do ss, reg 114 V. do gen 3s 60%
do coup 114^ N.Y..C. &St.L.4s.lo6>A
District 3 "63_ . .109% N. & W. 6s .. ..122
Ala. class A.. ..P.- N. W. cons 144%
do R 10S do deb. 5s 117
do C 100 Or. NaT. 15_5....H6%
do currency 100 do 4a 93%
Atchison 4s .. ..90 Or. S. L. _3,t_r.. .123 l _
do adj. 4s 53% do ss, t.r 99
Can. So. 2ds ....107 Or. Imp. lsts.Lr.lol%
C. & N.P. t.r.ss. 45% do sg, t_r 45%
C. & O. 5s 112% Pacific 6s of '35. .102%
C, H. & D. 4V>5.104% Reading 4s 85%
D. & R. G. lsts. .108 V» R. G. W. lsts.... 82%
do 4s 90% St. L. &1.M.C0n.5s 88%
East Term. lsts. .109% St.L. &5.F.gen.65119%
Erie Gen. 4s 72% St. P. con 141%
F.W. & D.lsts.t.r. 70'. , SLP.,C. & P.1i.t5.122%
Gen. Elec. 5s .. ..100 do 5s Hi '2
G. H. &S. A. 65.. 105 S. C. non-fund.. %
do 2ds 102 So. R'y. 5s 94%
H. & T. C. 55.. ..112% 8. R. & T. 65.. 59%
do con. 6s .. ..1.5 Term. new set 3s. 91%
10. C. lsts 93 T. P.. L. G. lsts 97%
K. P. con. t. r... 85 do reg. 2ds .... 29%
do Ist (D.D.)t.r.112 U. P. lsts 102%
La. new cons 4s .101 U. P.,D. & G.lsts 4S
L. & N. Uni 45.. 87 Wab. Ist 5s 107%
Missouri 6s .. ..100 do 2ds 87
M. K. & T.2d5... 63% 1 W. S. 4s 11l
do 4s B>% Va. Centuries 68%
N. Y. C. lsts. .119% i do deferred 3%
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS.
Cholor $o T2!Ontarlo $2 50
Crown Point 25 Ophir 55
Con. Cal & Va.. 45! Plymouth
Deadwood 90: Quicksilver .. ..100
Gould & Curry .. 32 j do pfd 9CO
Hale & Norcross. 1 10: Sierra Nevada .. 42
Homestake .. . .30 00 ' Standard lEO
Iron Silver 45 Union Con 18
Mexican 22 ! Yellow Jacket . . 25
BOSTON MINING SHARES.
Allouez Mln. Co.. 50 Franklin 17%
Atlantic 25% Osceola 37
Boston & Mont ..144% Quincy 114%
Calumet & Hecla.46s Tamarack 129
Centennial 13% Wolverines 16
FOREIGN FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.— Evening Post's Lon
don financial cablegram: Yesterday's optim
ism was rightly checked at the opening of I
the stock markets here today, and in the
absence of public support a slight setback
ln prices followed, notably ln home rails. The
dullness was short-lived, however, and al
though the markets are still mainly profes
sional they have an excellent undertone,
especially considering the period of the year.
Americans were Irregular, but of good tone
generally. Norfolk & Western preferred was
specially bought by cliques here. The close
was at the best. The demand for bonds for
New Ycrk continues. Grand Trunks were
booming and the dealings ln it were large.
All Canadian stocks were generally good. Gold
is in urgent demand for tiie continent at 7Ss
, 2 d. The India council sold 11 lakhs of special
bills at rates ranging up to 15s 6-16 d. Money
rates ln India are rising, rates nt banks of
Bombay and Bengal are up to 6. Paris check
exchange sold at 25.24. The recent rise, thus
renewed today, appears to be due to pur
chases of wheat and stocks by London; also
to the maturing of French treasury bills held
ln London.
BANKS ABROAD.
LONDON, Dec. 16.— The weekly statement
of the Bank of England shows the follow
ing changes, as compared with the pevlous
account: Total reserve, decrease. £335,000;
circulation, decrease, £S5,000; bullion, decrease,
£419,366; other securities, Increase, £3,316,. .;
other deposits. Increase, £2,798,000; public de
po.sits. increase, £407.000; notes reserve, de
crease. £109.000; government securities, in
crease, £213,000. The proportion of the banks
reserve to liability, which last week was 50.02
per cent, is now 4.3.91 per- cent. The rate of
discount remains unchanged at 3 per cent.
Paris, Dee. 16.— The weekly statement of tho
Bank of France shows the following changes,
as compared with the previous account: Notes
in circulation, decrease, 10,125,000 francs;
treasury ae-ounts current, Increase, 6,800.000
francs; gold in hand, decrease, 325,000 francs;
bills discounted, increase, 2,350.000 francs; sil
ver in hand, decrease, 575,000 francs.
NEW YORK MONEY.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.— Money on call easier
at* 1%®3; last loan at 2; closed offered 1%
per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 3@4 per
cent. Sterling exchange weak, with actual
business ln bankers' bills at $4.84%@4.80 for
demand and $4.82%. for sixty days. Posted
rates $4.53.r4.54 and $4.8 ... 1.87. Commercial
bills ' $4.81%. Silver certificates, 56%@07%c.
Bar silver, 55.4 c Mexican dvl'ars, 45% C
BANK CLEARINGS.
St. Pau1— 5894,466.88.
Minneapolis— sl..mS.M7.
Chicago— $18,377,321.
Boston— slß, 4o4.- 36.
New Ycrk-$147,247,103.
TREASURY STATEMENT.
W -SHINGTON, Dec. 16.— Today's statement
of the condition of the treasury shows: Avail
able rash balance, $228,181,551. Gold reserve,
$159,387,692.
CHICAGO MONEY.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.— New VY p r * x , ch c ?,, ge '
33c premium. Posted rates, $4.8.%@4.5G%.
Real .-K.a.e Transfers.
R. M. Newport and wife to J. L.
Dodge, lot 1, block 2, Wright's re.
blocks 22, 23, 24 and 25, Anna E.
Ramsey's add $100
Fidelity Ins., Trust and Safe De
posit Co. to G. O. Somniers, lot 10,
block 6, Macalester Park 3,000 00
O. R. Frey to Ellen M. Mab_n, lot 7,
blcck 1, Slater _. Riley's add 45<J 00
C. Taylor to Ellen M. Mabon. lots 4,
5 aud C, block 1, plat 7, Lexington
Pg^k 350 00
F. W. Lauderdale and wife to J. Q.
Sanborn, lot 24. block 10, Lauder
dale's East Side add 163 00
Annie Burnham and husband to O. R.
Frey, lot 7, block 1, Slater & Riley's
add 400 00 |
Six transfers. Total $4,339 00 j
INTERRUPTED THE BURIAL.
Salvationists at Peoria Iprnore Po
lice Notice and Are Arrested.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.— Special Telegram to
the Chronicle from Peoria— The Salvation
Army started out tonight with the intention
of burying the devil. The programme was
to be a most Interesting one and had bo_n
advertised for several days. A coffin was
made of common pine boards, covered wl.h
black cloth, and had the customary handles.
It was the intention to carry this through
the streets and finally bury it with Impres
sive ceremonies.
The police gave notice this afternoon that
i the plan 3 could not be carried out, but that
the Army would be alic-wed to carry on any
such exercises as it desired in the hall. Con
! trary to the orders, some thirty nieinoers of
the army started out as soon as it wa. dark,
I four of the officers carrying th<- coffin at the
head of the procession and others following.
I torches ln hand. The band played appropri
ate music. ,
They had gone three blocks and were fol-
ForeclOsUre by Advertisement.
DEFAULT HAVING BEEN MADE IN THE
conditions of a certain real estate mort
gage made by Louis Wilson and his wife.
Bertha Wilson, mortgagors, to National In
vestment Company, mortgagee, dated the first
I day of June, A. D. 1895, recorded ln the Of
! flee of the Register of Deeds or the County
I of Ramsey, In the State of Minnesota, on
the second day of August, A. D. 1895, at four
o'clock and twenty minutes in the afternoon
! thereof ln Book 307 of Mortgages, on page 28,
I which mortgage and the debt secured there-
I by were, by said National Investment Com
pany sold and assigned to James Lawther
I on the 27th day of January, A. D. 18U7, and
j the written instrument of such assignment
! bearing the date last aforesaid was on that
i day duly recorded in the office of said Reg-
I Ister ln'Book 53 of Assignments, on pa_e 31.
Said mortgage contained a power of sale
which was therewith recorded, and which, by
reason of said default, ha 3 become operative.
I The real estate covered by and described in
said mortgage is situated in said County of
Ramsey and is described as follows, to wit:
Lot numbered thiee (3), in Block numbered
twenty-five (25) of Maekubin and Marshall's
Addition to the City of Bt. Paul, according
to the plat thereof In the said office of said
Register.
There is claimed to be and there Is due
UDon the debt secured by said mortgage at
the date of this notice the sum of one hun
dred and five dollars, the same being the
accrued and unpaid Interest upon the prin
cipal debt of $1,500 thereby secured. The
taxes levied and assessed upon said premises
for the year 1896 being unpaid, said assignee
did on the 20th day of October. A. D. 1897.
pay to the County Treasurer of said County
as and for said taxes the sum of $23.18, for
which with interest from said date of pay
ment.'he claims an additional lien upon said
premises. No action or proceeding at law or
■ otherwise has been Instituted to recover the
Bald debt, interest or taxes, or any part
thereof. .■«.-.. . _■_ _
Therefore, notice is hereby given that said
mortgage will be foreclosed by the sale of
sad mortgaged premises at public auction
to the highest bidder, and the proceeds there
of applied to the payment of the costs of
foreclosure and the attorney's fee ln said
mortgage mentioned, and the ba'ance, as far
as may be, to the payment of said taxes, in
terest and' principal of said mortgage debt:
and that such sale will be made by the
Sheriff of said Ramsey County, or his deputy,
at the front door on Fourth street of tne
Court House, in the City of St. Paul, ln said
County, on Thursday, the twentieth day ot
.January, A. D. 1898, at three o'clock ln the
afternoon thereof.
Dated this first day of December, A. D.
JAMES LAWTHER,
Assignee of Mortgagee.
O. M. HALL.
; Attorney for Assignee
- .lOfSEY -
To loan on approved proper. r it .i.
Paul and Minneapolis.
60/ "0!Y OR
/O BEFO3S"
In Soma to Salt.
R. M. NEWPORT Sl SD>_,
Reeve Bldar., Pioneer Press Bid*.
_1 linen polls. . t. Haul.
Michael Doran. James Uornt,
M DORAN & CO.
BANKERS AND BRJit. i ..
3M_Jackson St., St. Paul. Minn.
GRIGGS BROS.
Commission Merc-bunt*.
GRAIN— BALED HAY— SEED 3
Agent3fort_e til nerpu.-it .iiiuuij .il
single loop Hay Baling Tio_.
TlilrU aud tedur St... St. Pnal. Ulna.
G. H. F. 53AITH & CO.
Members i 5», w York Stock Exchange.
I Chicago Board of Trade.
Stocks, Bond*, Grain, Provisions and Cotton
.>_.. r "' r< '* to ' Sew io ' k <"*'' Chicago
404 rioneer Press Building, St. Paul, Minn
lowed by a large crowd, when the captain of
poilce and two assistants stopped them and
arrested the officers, taking them to the _ta-
H?,"' i***" 1^ with the coffin. They were
obliged to stay ln confinement all nlicht _>u_
S ?f .v. P™^ a-nd kept the music box going
all the time.
Three Killed.
CLINTON, Ind., Dec. 16.-Traln No. 3 on
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad which
left Chicago at 11:34 last night, ran int. an
extra tra.ii near here at 5 o'clock this morn
ing. Three employes were killed and half a
dozen others Injured, but none of the passen
gers were hurt. The dead: Engineer J. D
Rausch. Fireman G. L. Brewer, Fireman C.
F. Deeter.
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TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
Trains leave and arrive _t St. Paul as follows:
UNION DEPOT, SIBLEY STIIEET.
TICKET OFFICE^
uQ6 " 162_
X^£^V£ EAST TIIIHU STREET.
X£grfi__*^ Union Station, St. Paul.
Milwaukee Depot. Minneapolis.
Dining aud Pullman cars on | ST. PAUL.
Winnipeg and Coast Trains. ILeaveJArrlva
Pacific Mall (daily). FargoT j
Bozeman. Butte, Helena, Mls-I
soula. Spokane. Tacoina.Seat-l
tie and Portland ]4:3opmJ4 :40pm
Dakota and Manitoba Expressl
(daily); Moorhead. Fargo,)
Fergus Falls, Wahpeton.l
Crookston, Gr'd Forks, Graf-|
ton. Winnipeg |7 :30pm 7 :15am
Fargo Local (d'ly ex. Sun.): St.|
Cloud. Bralnerd and Fargo. ..l3:Soaml..:O_p__
nmfAT T,CKET OFFICE.
b[i^ V__J_ IJJ lnnt Third st *
t*m&T\\\*s *Pl»one 1142.
__|OH' .l»AV To Red Rlvpr Valley.Du-
n V V%sll «f A' luth - Winnipeg. Montana.
" HaiM" Kootenai Country and
fß^ Pacific Coast.
Leave. | a Dally, b Except Sunday \ Arrive.
b9 :ooam ...Breck. Dlv. & B'ches...| bs :33pm
bß:2oam .F'gus Falls Dlv. & B'ches.l b6:46pm
bS:2oam ..U'iilmar. va St Hloud.. b6 :43pm
a7 :oopm Breck.. Fargo, Gd Fks.W'pgl a7 :4sam
a4 :3opm ..Montana & Pacific Coast.. I al :43pm
b4 :sopm . ..Excelsior & Hutchinson, .[bll :45am
a7 :3opm Crookston Express ... ..
and V.
Chicago, Milwaukea & St. Paul Bail. oil
ILv.St.P.IAr. St. P.
Chicago "Day" Express bS:lfiam'blO:lopm
Chicago "Atlantic" Ex a2:..5p_.'n1l :3* am
Chicago "Fast Mall" a-.5..pmj a2:oopm
Chicago "Vestibule" Lim.. aS^Opm 1 _7:s<'am
Chic, via Prairie dv C. div. b4:4opm|bll:l_am
Dubuque via La Crosse bß :lsam IblO :10pm
Peoria via Mason City a4:4fip__'all :lS..m
St. Louis and Kansas City, _B:_sam afi 25prn
Milbank and Way bß:2nam| bß:3opm
Aberdeen and Dakota Ex.. at :o6pm aS :15am
a Dally, b Except Sunday.
For full Information call at Ticket Office.
ST. PAUL & DULUTH R. R.
From Union Depot, offle.. £98 Robert Ot.
Leave 'Dally. t__x. Sunday. I Arrlv
.:C3an DULUTH *7:isam
It:i6piu HI CIIDCDIftD t_:Wpm
«n:ißpm ffi OUrCnIUn
Trains for S-lllwatefl. «»:00am •12:10 t2:13
+4:05 •fl:lo pm. for Taylors Falls; t_:ou am
"Norlh-Weslern Lins'*-C. St.P.,M & 0.
Office. 335 Kobert St. 'Phone .80.
Leave. | a Dally, b except Sunday. Arrive.
aß:lsaml.. Chicago "Day Express"..: b. :3spm
b6:3opm ..Chicago "Atlantic Ex". . oil :30am
e8 :10pm (.Chicago "N. W. Limited". a 7 rOam.
b9:_sam .Duluth, Superior. Ashland. bs:o_pra
•11:00pm .Duluth, Superior, Ashland. aO:.Van_
; a9:3sam .Su Clty.Omaha, Kan. City. [ a6:sopm
b4:6opm Mankcto. New Ulm. Eimore'blOO' arn
aß:lspm .Su Clty.Omaha, Kan. City. l a 7 25am
Chicago Great Western Ry.
"The Maple Leaf Route."
Ticket Office : Robert St., cor. sth St. Phone 150.
Trains leave from St. Paul Union Depot.
♦Dally. tEx<''-i't Sunday. Leave. Arrive.
Dubuque, Chicago, Waterloo, ( + ..loam tft.SOpm
Marsnalltown. Dcs .Moines...- *h.- o jjim *7.46 am
St. Joseph and Kansas City.. (•B.lopm*l2.flopm
Maiitorvillo Local •_.__ -pui "10.4.3 am
M.. ST. P. & S. S. M. KY.
UNION STATION.
Leave. | EAST. I Arrive.
"Tsibpm;... Atlantic Limited (daily). ..I _.45am
B:osamLßhlu-lander Local (ex. Sun.)l s:lopm
I WEST.
9:loam| Pacific Limited (dally). .. .| 7:o3pm
ISt. Croix Falls Local. Except]
Sunday. From Broadway I
_:00pm Depot, foot 4th St 9:lsam
6:2opm!Gle. v.-ocd Local. Ex. Sunday.!
| Olenwood Local. Mpls. Ilo:4_am
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
FINEST TRAINS ON EARTH.
Lv. For I STATIONS. Ar. From
' 8:15 t.m.l.. Chicago, except Sunday. .]2. 15 p.m.
1 8:15 a.m.f. .St. Louis, except Sunday. .1
i S:o6p.n_.| Chicago daily 7:45 a.m.
8:05 p.m. St. Louis, dally 17:45 a.m.
: 8:05 p.m. l. Daily, Peoria, ex. Monday . |7.4s a.ia.
SI. A St. L. Depot— Broadway & 4tb.
MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS R.R.
"ALBERT LEA ROUTE."
Leave. | a Dally, b except Sunday. i Arrive.
|. Mankato, Dcs Moines, C.-.I
b9 :lsam:.. dar Rapids, Kan. City.. j M :4opm
bß:4sam|...Watertown. New Ulm... b4 .".".pm
b_:Copm New Ulm Local Ibl0:20am
a7 :oopm .Dcs Moines & Omaha Lim. aS :ssam
a7:oopml. Chicago & St. Louis Lim. l a..:6__n_
b4:4spm|.Alb't Lea & Waseca Local. blo :3sam
WISCONSIN "CENTRAL
City Office, 373 Robert Street 'Phone No. 691.
| Leave j JArriva
: StPaull All Trains Dally. 'StPaul
j Eau Claire. Chippewa Falls, I
,8:00 am. ..Milwaukee and Chicago. .. .JS:lsam
Ashland. Chippewa Falls, Osb-(
7:4opmf.kosh. Milwaukee and Chlt-at;.. 4:lopm
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