The Saint Paul globe., December 30, 1897, Page 6, Image 6

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WHEfIT Ofl THE W
THREE GENT TIMBLE IX DECEM
BER A\D MAY DOWN OVEI. A
POINT.
SELLING BY BULL CLIQUE.
IT ENCOURAGED THE SHORTS AND
THEI WENT OIT WITH A
WILL.
A FLIHRY IN THE OATS MARKET.
Prices Totached <l>e Highest Hccord
ed Since I-nHt Angutil-Provis
ions Strong and Hiislier.
MARKET SUMMARY.
Prey.
Wheat. Close Day
May, Chicago 92% £*
May, Minneapolis 80% 91%
May Uuluth 91% W%
May| New York 93% 95%
FINANCIAL.
Bar silver. New Y0rk.. ..56% 56%
Call money, New York.. 2% 2%fc3
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.— Wheat today was ap
parently held up for a time by a buying
flurry In oats. In the last half hour the
leading brokers of the bull clique in wheat
started to sell some May, and the crowd
emulated and In the end surpassed their ef
forts in that direction. December' wheat was
left at a decline of 3'Ac and May l%c. Corn
declined %c. Oats were left at practically
yesterday's closing. Provisions were strong
after a weak opening and made substantial
fains in prices.
Wheat was a shade easier at the opening
because of a decline of 'id at Liverpool.
There was nothing else of a bearish char
acter in the news the traders had before them
at the opening and the market, in conse
quence, ruled firm during the forenoon with
in narrow fractions of the starting prices.
The opening in May was from 94c to 94% c,
compared witli yesterday's close of 94',ic. The
•pell of weakness when the strength which
developed In oats affected wheat, and the
market recovered in a short time to 94%®
M^c, and kept close to those fractions all
morning. Trading was exceedingly narrow.
Traders who favor* d the bear side learned a
lesson from the buzz-saw tendencies developed
yesterday and kept away, and in the ab
■ence of any important buying demand the
market was almost stagnant at times.
Chicago receipts were much smaller than
estimated the day before; the number of
cars received by rail was I*s, and out of
that 87 were contract. The total addition
for the day to contract stocks in regular ele
vators was estimated at 185,000 bu. Minne
apolis and Uuluth reported 441 cars, against
472 the corresponding day of the previous
week and 227 a year ago. The Atlantic port
clearances of wheat and flour were equal to
649,000 bu. This helped sustain prices. The
estimates of the Argentine exportable surplus
circulated yesterday, making it 56,000,000 bu,
was less generally accepted today. All the
other estimates from reliable and usually well
Informed sources make Argentine export ca
pacity for the next twelve months somewhere
between 25,000,000 and 39,0G0,000 bu.
The market began to weaken in the after
noon, when closing cables indicating rather
easy foreign markets were received. The
bea'rishness that started continued to in
crease as the session neared its end, and
whereas no one dared touch it in the fore
noon, the whole erov.d got after it when they
saw it was on the run. Allen & Grier, for
the bull clique, put a big line on the market
and from 93%e, to which price May had
dropped meanwhile, that option dropped, like
a shot, to 92% c, everybody taking a kick at
It. Then it rebounded, and just at the close
It sold at 92% c, a decline of l%c. Little was
done in December, but it also was heavy.
Armour & Co. were reported sellers of It
through brokers. It opened at 99c and de
clined to 96'/ic, closing at that, as compared
with,*i^c yesterday.
Corn^fc inclined to be weak. There was
a good-sized scalping trade, with prices easy
early, on liquidation, with steadiness later
with 'oats, then weak finally with wheat, con
siderable profit-taking and liquidation accel
erating the downward movement. The close
was easy at close to bottom .figures. May
ranged from 30% cto 29%®29%c, and closed
at 29%e. The market for oats was again
a large and important one, and was the
strongest of all the grains. Opening steady,
prices suffered a slight decline through liquid
ation by longs. Good buying by commission
houses, short scalpers and the trade in gener
al 6oon caased an advance, which carried
the price to 24' Ac the highest Bince last Au
gust Yesterday's heavy buyers were again
prominent today. Profit-taking and the slump
Jn wheat caused some reaction near the close.
May ranged from 24% cto 23% c and closed
at 23%®24c.
There was quite an active trade in pro
visions, with all the products strong. A lit
tle weakness developed at the start, due to
a reduction of prices at the yards, but at the
decline both packers and shorts became ac
tive buyers, with a good many orders from
the outside. The market became very strong
and maintained most of the improvement to
the end. At the close, May pork was 16c
nlgher at $9.02*., May lard 7%« higher at
$4.77% and May ribs 2%c higher at $4.55. Esti
mated receipts Thursday: Wheat, 240 cars;
corn, 460 cars; oats, 630 cars; hogs, 37,000
head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
9 X C Q
Iff?
Wheat— I
Dec I 99 99 96% 9ff&
Jan 94% 94% 93 93
May 194-94% 94%-% 92% 92%
Corn-
Dec 27,41 .27% 27%-% 27%
Jan 27% I 27% 27% 27%
May .'. 30-30% 30% 29%-% 29%
Oats-
Dec 23% 23% 22% 23
May 23% 24% 23% 23%-24
Mess Pork —
Jan ! 8 67%' 8 82%] 8 67V> 8 80
May ..' I 8 87%| 9 02% 8 87% 9 02%
- Lard— I
Jan 455 465 455 4 62%
May 470 4 82% 470 4 77%
Short Ribs
Jan '4 35 4 42% 485 440
May 4 50 4 60 4 50 4 55
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
Prm; No. 2 spring wheat, 87% c; No. 8 spring
wheat, 8O@90e; No. 2 red, 93@96%c. No. 2
corn, 27@27%c. No. 2 oats, 23%23%c; No. 2
white, f. o. b., 24% c; No. 3 white, f. 0. b.,
t4%@25c. No. 2 rye, 40% c. No. 2 barley,
t o. b., 2S@34c. No. 1 Saxseed, $1.18@1.22;
prime timothy seed, $2.70. Mess pork, per
bbl, $7.85(57.90. Lard, (per 100 lbs, $4.62%.
Short ribs sides (loose), $4.35@4.70. Dry
■alted shoulders (boxed), 4%®4%c. Short
Clear sides (boxed), $4.70@4.80; whisky, dis
tillers' finished goods, per gallon. $1.19. Su
rara, cut loaf, 6.14 c; granulated, 6.61 c. No.
2 yellow corn, 27@27%c Receipts— Flour, 31,
--•00 bbls; wheat, 555,000 bu; oorn, 644,000 bu;
oats, 696,000 bu; rye, 29,000 bu; barley, 82,000
bu. Shipments— Flour, 22,000 bbls; wheat,
8,000 bu; corn, 81,000 bu; oats, 397,000 bu; rye,
J,OOO bu; barley, 16,000 bu. On the produce
«zchange today the butter market was firm;
•reamerles, 15@21c; dairies, li@lß. Eg-gs,
firm; fresh, 21c. Cheese quiet, B@B%c.
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 29.— The local wheat
market opened a little weak this morning
on discouraging Liverpool cables and sym
pathetic weakness shown at the seaboard and
Chicago, too, the home of the "bull clique"
Showed a wavering disposition during the
early part of the session. The course of the
market at that center is a puzzle to trade
and as a consequence we find but little specu
lative venture on either side of the market
here. Trading was very slow and inclined to
weakness up to mid-session with here and
there a little spurt with no lasting qualities.
December wheat opened at 93% c against
93c yesterday, declined gradually to 92c by
11.30 a. m. and by noon held at 92c. May
wheat opened at 91% c against 91% c yester
day, lost l-16c, advanced to 91% c, lost %c,
firmed up to 91-I3@S!I c, dropped to 91% c
gained %c, iost 1 lCc by 11:30 0. m. and by
Boon held at Ul%e. Tlie cash waeat market
* was very unsatlsiaetory today for all grades
of wheat. Buyers appear to have combined
to reduce the premium over May for No. 1
northern. The best offers . being 2c over,
whereas, yesterday 3c over was freely paid.
It is evident that the outside demand has
ceased entirely. Sellers, however, stood firm
and by noon the majority of offerings of No.
1 was withdrawn from the market to ba held
over-»till to-morrow. Lower grades suffered
also, sellers having great difficulty in dispos
ing of their property at satisfactory prices.
Receipts here were 391 cars; shipments, 2!
cars. During the noon hour the market was
decidedly weak on' sympathy with Chit-ago,
but not quite as radical. New York reported
that the prospects are good for very large
clearances for the week because of a number
of belated steamers Just arrived for cargoes
of wheat which must clear before the end
of the year. The last fifteen minutes of the
session was devoted to smashing values of
wheat. The break was rather sensational and
the cause thereof a mystery here. December
wheat dropped to 90c and closed at 90^0.
May wheat declined to- 89%@59%c and closed
at 90>*c.
RANGE OF PRICES.
Open- High- Low- Closing,
ing. est. est. Today. Yes.
May 91% 91% 89% 90% 91%
July 90 90 88% 88% 90%
December 92% 92% 90 90% 93
On Track— No. 1 hard, yi%c; No. 1 north
ern, 91i4c; No. 2 northern. 87% c; December
oats 23Vfec; corn, 25% c; flaxseed, $1.18.
Curb on May wheat 89%
Puts on May wheat 89
Calls on May wheat, bid 90%@90%
SAMPLE SALES
No. 1 hard, 2 cars W%
No. 1 hard, 2 cars fl 4
No. 1 northern, 2 cars, to arrive 93
No. 1 northern, 7 cars 92%
No. 1 northern, 2 cars 93Vi
No. 1 northern, 2 ears 92%
No. 1 northern, 1 car 93
No. 1 northern, 3 cars, to arrive 92%
No. 2 northern, 2,000 bu to arrive,
choice 58
No. 2 nothern, 13 cars »8%
No. 2 northern,? cars, choice 89
No. 2 northern, 1 cars 88
No. 3 wheat, 8 cars 80
No. 3 wheat, 31 cars 84
No. 3 wheat, 7 cars 80%
No. 3 wheat, 3 cars, choice 86V2
No. 8 wheat, 1 car 83%
FLOUR.
Flour— The flour market is said to be a
little better, but unchanged as to prices.
First patents ?5 10( S' 5 2°
Second patents 6 00@o 10
First clears 4 85@5 00
Second clears 3 75@4 00
BRAN, SHORTS AND COARSE GRAINS.
Bran in bulk $7 50@ 775
Bran, 200-lb sacks 8 50@ 8 75
Bran, 100- lb sacks 9 Co@ 925
Shorts in bulk 7 50g> 7 75
Middlings in bulk 9 000 9 2a
Red-dog, 140-lb sacks 10 50@ll 00
The demand is goad, ard prices hold strong.
Corn— No. 3 yeliow, 25% c; No. 3, 20% c; No.
4, 25*4@25%c.
Oats— No. 3, 23*4@23%c; No. 3 white, 23% c.
Rye — No. 2, 4. r >c. No sales.
Barley— No. 5, 24%. No sales.
Feed— Trade is good in all lines.
Coarse corn meal and cracked corn, in
sacks, per ton, sacks extra, to job
bers only $10 25
No. 1 ground feed, 2-3 corn, 1-3 oats. 80
--lb sacks, sacks extra 10 75
No. 2 ground feed, % corn, % oats, 75
--lb sticks, sacks extra 11 00
No. 3 ground feed, 2-3 oats, 70-lb sacks,
sacks extra 11 25
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.
Northern.
Railroads. N0.1hd.N0.1.N0.2.N0.3.Rej.N.G.
G. N.— B. Div .. 8 27 15 12 1 ..
G. N.— F. F. Dlv. 27 98 .19 11 6 3
C, M. & St. Paul .. 14 T7 24 10 4
M. & St. Louis .. 1 6 42 3 1
Soo Line 1 1 3
Northern Pacific. .. 14 9 2 1 ..
C, St. P., M. &O . . 11 18 12 16 ..
C. G. W 12 .. ..
Totals 43 166 96 108 37 8
Other Grains — Winter wheat, 2 cars; No. 2
corn, 1; No. 3 corn, 24; No. 4 corn, 6; No.
3 oats, 34; no grade oats, 3; No. 2 rye, 4; No.
5 barley, 1; no grade barley, 1; No. 1 flax, 7.
Cars Inspected Out— Wheat, No. 1 northern,
185 cars; No. 2 northern, 4; No. 3, 12; re
jected, 2; no grade, 1; winter wheat, 1; No.
3 corn. 3. No. 4 corn, 3; no grade corn, 1;
No. 3 oats, 20.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Received— Wheat. 391 cars, 277,610 bu; corn,
8,820 bu; oats, 27.270 bu; rye. 2,200 bu; flax,
3.050 bu; flour, 275 bbls; millstuffs, GO tons;
hay, 31 tons; merchandise, •925,193 lbs; barrel
stock, 2 cars; dressed meats. 25,050 lbs; rail
road materials, 1 car; sundries, 9 cars. Car
lots, CSI.
Shipped — Wheat, 26 cars, 20,020 bu; corn,
7,290 bu; oats, 16.442 bu; barley, 830 bu; rye,
SlO bu; flax, 2,230 bu; oil cake, 20,600 lbs;
flour, 36,926 bbls; millstuffs, 1,247 tons; fruit,
10,000 lbs; merchandise, 1,395,C00 lbs; lumber,
IS cars; ties, 8 cars; live Etock, 1 car; sun
dries, 18 cars. Car lots, 521.
DULUTH GRAIN.
DULUTH, iMinn., Dec. 29.— Another dull day
with wheat a trifle weaker; May opened un
changed at 92% c, sold slowly off to 92% cat
10:30 and closed l%c off at 91% c. Cash— lo,ooo
bu to mills at l%c over May, 8,000 bu to ele
vator at lc over May. Wheat, No. 1 hard
cash, 92c; No. 1 northern cash, 92c; December
92c; Mlay, 91% c bid; No. 2 northern, 85c; No.
3, 80c. To arrive: No. 1 northern, 90c; rye,
not quoted; oats, 25@24%c; barley, 24% c; corn,
27%© 27c; flax, $1.19; May, $1.23. Car In
spection—Wheat, 60; corn, 10; oats, 3; rye, 4;
flax. 4. Receipts— Wheat, 136,660 bu; corn,
22,457 bu; oats 48,153 bu; rye, 2,457 bu; bar
ley, 673 bu; flax, 11,130 bu. Shipments-
Wheat, 6,610 bu.
ST. PAUL GRAIN.
Quotations on hay, grain, feed, etc., fur
nished by Grlggs Bros., commission mer
chants:
Wheat— The market yesterday was dull and
prices lower No. 1 northern, 92y.@93%c; No. 2
northern, 85%@87%c.
Corn— No. 3 yellow, 26%@27c; No. 3, 26®
26% c.
Rye — !3%@45c.
Barley— 2s@3Oc.
Oats— No. 3 white, 23%@24c; No. 8, 23g23%c.
Seed— Timothy, $1.10@1.30; red clover, $3.20
@3.80; flax, ?1-15%@1.16%.
Flour— Patents, per bbl, $4.80@5.20; straight
$4.40@4.60; bakers', $4@4.30; rye flour, $3.20®
3.40.
Ground Feed and Millstuffs— No. 1 feed,
$11@11.25; coarse cornmeal, $10.50@10.75; bran
bulk, $8.26@8.50; shorts, 8.75@9.
Hay — Market very much depressed; no de
mand whatever for common hay. Choice to
fancy upland, $5@6; fair to good wild up
land, $4@5; low grade hay, $3@3.75; timo
thy, good to choice, $6.75<§>7.25. Straw steady;
oats, $3@3.25; rye, $3@3.25.
OTHFR GRAIN MARKETS.
GRAIN GOSSIP.
Gossip by private wire to C. H. F. Smith
6 Co., St. Paul, members of the New York
stock exchange and Chicago board of trade.
The Argentine news to the Corn Trade
Newa is rather bearish on the crop prospect.
Northwest receipts are almost double last
year's.
The addition to the contract wheat stock
for 24 hours at Chicago is estimated at 200,
--000 bu, making about 8,700,000 bu contract
•wheat here now.
London — Wheat, off coast, nothing doing;
on passage, firm. Corn, off coast, nothing
doing; on passage, rather easier. Paris-
Wheat and flour weak; December wheat, 20
lower; January, 10 lower; December flour, 10
lower; January, 20 lower. French country
markets weak.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.— Flour— Receipts, 16,
--924 bbls; exports, 27,315 bbls; quiet and
steady, closing easy with the final break in
wheat. Rye flour quiet. Buckwheat flour
dull. Buckwheat nominal. Cornmeal steady,
rye quiet Barley steady. Barley malt firm.
Wheat— Receipts, 214,600 bu; exports, 208,436
bu; spot, weak; No. 2 red, $1.00%; options*
opened easy under disappointing cables, ral
lied on covering, fair clearances and strength
of coarse grains, but collapsed near the close
under heavy liquidation at Chicago; closed
%@l%c net lower. No. 2 red May, 93 11-16®
95 8-16 c, closed 93% c. Corn— Receipts, 27,300
bu; exports, 260,818 bu; spot, steady; No. 2,
35% c; options opened easy with wheat, ral
lied on good buying, but reacted finally with
wheat and closed %@%c net lower. May,
34%®35%c, closed 34% c. Oats— Receipts, 199.
--100 bu; exports, 212,403 bu; spot, dull; No. 2,
28% c; options fairly active and strong on
export demand, closing easy at %c decline
with late weakness In wheat. May, 28%@
28%0, closed 28% c.
WHEAT MOVEMENT.
ReceiDts. Shipments.
Varw York , 214,600 208,436"
Philadelphia 16,472 ' 6,759
Baltimore 86,454
Toledo 21,976 6.0C0
Detroit 6,117 994
St. Louis 25,200 33,100
Boston , 74.958 16,282
Chicago 655,418 5,267
Milwaukee 18,852 1,950
Duluth 136,660 6,610
Minneapolis 277,610 20,020
Kansas City 28,800 79,200
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 29.— Closing: Wheat, %d
hitcher to %d lower. December, 7s 6%d;
March. 7s 5%d; May, 7a 4Vid; July, 7s l%d.
Corn— Steady; %d higher. December, 3s -2^;
March. 3u 2%d; May, 3s 3d.
MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 23.— Flour, steady;
THE SAINT PAUL GLOB 3: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1897.
wheat, weak; No. 1 northern, 92®93c; No. 2
soring, 88c; May, 92% c. Corn, firm; No. 3,
28c. Oats, higher; No. 2 white, 25@25%c. Rye,
hither; No. 1, 48c. Barley, active and firm;
No. 2. 42c: sample, 31%@42c. Receipts— Flour,
4O00: wheat, 19,000; barley, 4,000. Shipments—
Flour. 9,000; wheat, 2,000; barley, 4,000.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 29.— Wheat— Lower. No.
2 red cash, elevator and track, 97c; Decem
ber. 97% c: January, 95c; May, 96c; July, 91c.
Corn— Lower. No. 2 cash, 26% c; December and 1
January. 25% c; May, 27% c. Oats— Easier. No. !
2 cash. 23iic; track and Decembar, 23% c; May,
2414 c; July, 21% c; No. 2 white, 24%@20c.
TOLEDO.
TOLfeDO, 0., Dec. 29.— Wheat steady; No. 2
cash and December, 94c; May, 93% c. Corn
higher; No. 2 mixed, 2«% c. Oats dull, steady;
No. 2 mixed, 22c. Rye unchanged; No. 2 cash,
46% c. Clover seed dull; cash, December and
January, $3.20.
KANSAS GITY.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 29.— Wheft about
unchanged; No. 1, 88c; No. 2, 86c; No. 3,
83c; No. 2 spring, 83c; No. 3, 81c. Corn firm;
No. 2 mixed. 24% c. Oats firm; No. 2 white,
22% c. Rye firmer; No. 2, 44c.
PRODUCE.
Note — The quotations which follow are for
goods which change hands in lots In the open
market. In filling orders, in order to secure
the best goods for shipping and to cover the
cost incurred, an advance over jobbing price
has to be charged.
Butter — Market steady on all grades.
Creameries —
Extras .21
Firsts .19
Seconds 14 @.15
Hand separator .19
Dairies — • ■
Extras .18
Firsts 16 @-17
Rolls and prints 13 @.15
Ladles-
Extras 13 @.14
Firsts 11 @.13
Packing stock 11 @.13
Cheese — Market steady. Offerings large.
Twins, fancy full cream, new .10%
Twins, fair to good 08 @.O9
Full cream, Young America, new. .10%®. 11
Swiss cheese 12 @.18
Brick, No. 1, new .12
Brick, No. 2, new 09 @.10
Eggs— Market firm; receipts moderate.
Candled stock, fresh, case In
cluded 16%@.17
Beans— Market quiet; supply moderate.
Fancy navy, per bu 1.10@1.20
Medium, hand-picked, .per bu .. .80 @.9O
Yellow peas, per bu 60 @.70
Potatoes — Market firm.
Burbanks, car lots, bu 48 @.50
Early Ohios, car lots, bu .55
Mixed stock, car lots, bu .40 @.45
Sweet potatoes, bbl 2.60@3.00
Vegetables —
Radishes, per doz .40
Cauliflower, per doz 2.50
Beets, per bu .25
Celery, per doz .25
Rutabagas, per bu .40
Turnips, per bu .40
Mint, per doz .30
Carrots, per bu .25
Cucumbers, per doz 1.00
Parsley, per doz .20
Egg plant, per doz : .75
Miscellaneous —
Malaga grapes, bbl 6.00@7.00
Cranberries-
Bell and Bugle, bbl 7.00@7.50
Cape Cod, bbl 7.00@7.50
Aries—
Jonathans, bbl 5.50@6.00
Winesaps, bbl 3.25@3.50
Ben Davis, bbl 3.00®3.25
Common, bbl 2.50@2.75
Lemons —
Fancy Messinas, per box 2.75§>,3.00
California, per box 3.50(tf)4.00
Oranges —
California, box 8.50@4.25
Mexicans, box 3.25@3.50
Floridas, box 5.00
Nuts-
Hickory, per bu 1.00
Black walnuts, per bu 75@1.00
New California walnuts, lb 09® .11
Peanuts, raw, per lb 04%<2> .05
Peanuts, roasted, per lb 05%»i> .06
Brazils, per lb 08@ .10
Pecans, per lb 18® .20
Filberts, per lb 10® .12
Hazlenuts, per lb .05® .06
Chestnuts, per lb .15
Bananas— Supply large; demand active.
Choice shipping, large bunche3.. 1.75@2.00
Figs and Dates —
Figs, fancy, five crowns 14 @.15
Figs, fancy, four crowne ...... .13 @.14
Fard dates, 10-lb boxes 03 @.03
Hallo wee dates, new .06
Honey —
White Clover 13 0.14
Extracted 06%®. 07
Maple syrup, per gal 1.00
Apple Cider-
Sweet, per bbl 8.00@5.50
Sweet, per half-bbl 2.75@3.00
Hard, per bbl 6.00@8.00
Hard, per half-bbl 4.50@5.00
(No charge for package or carriage.)
Dressed Meats— Supply moderate; demand
good.
Veal, fancy .07%
Veal, medium 06 @.06%
Hogs, country dressed 03%®. 04
Mutton, country dressed 06 @.06%
Spring lambs, pelts off 07%®. 08
Dressed Turkeys —
Turkeys, per lb 06 @.09%
Chickens, per lb 06 ®.08%
Hens, per lb 05 @.06%
Ducks, per lb 07%®. 08
Geese, per lb , .06%@.07
Fish — Good demand.
Croppies, per lb 04 ®.O5
Pickrel, per lb .04
Sunflsh, per lto .03
Pike, per lb .. .06
Game —
Mallard ducks, doz 3.75
Canvas'baek ducks, doz 6.00@10.00
Common ducks, doz 1.50
Plover, doz ■ 4.50@5.00
Bear carcass, hide on, lb 12® .18
Jack rabbits, doz 2.50@3.00
Small rabbits, doz 1.C0®1.25
MINNEAPOLIS MARKET.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 29.— The mild weather
renders the butter market easy, but without
price change. Creamery extras are In heavy
supply, with the movement out rather light.
Firsts and seconds are selling slowly at quo
tations. Dairy extras are quiet and not
many coming In. Medium grade dairies are
steady. Roll and print Is In moderate de
mand. Ladles are meeting with moderate
demand. Packing stock is easy. Strictly
fresh eggs are in light supply, with the de
mand for this grade of good proportions.
Fresh held stock is In heavy supply and
easy. Storage eggs are dragging. Turkey 3
are slow and in heavy supply. Prices arc
without change from yesterday. Chickens,
ducks and geese are moving moderately well
at quotations. Veal is firm. Mutton and
lamb are in light supply and steady. Dressed
hogs are in fair demand.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.— Butter, receipts, 6,
--201 pkgs, firm; Western creamery, 15@22c;
Elglns, 22c; factory, 12@16c. Cheese, receipts,
1,794 pkgs, steady; large white, September,
B%c; small, 9@9%c; large colored, Septem
ber, B%c; small, 9@9i4c; large late made,
7%@7%c; small, 8%@8%c; light skims, 6®
6%c; large, October, B®B%c; part skims, 4%
®5%c; full skims, 3@4c. Eggs, receipts, 3,
--973 pkgs, firm; Btate and Pennsylvania, 22®
25% c; Westerns, 22@24%c.
Chicago, Dec. 29. — Butter — Firm; cream
eries, 15®21c; dairies, 12®18c Eggs— Fresh,
2lc.
LIVE STOCK.
UNION STOCKYARDS.
Receipts— l,3o7 hogs, 237 cattle, 22 calves,
3,003 sheep.
Hogs — 5c lower, 1 in sympathy with the
Eastern decline. Quality not bo good as
yesterday.
Representative Sales—
No] WtDg7PricerNo. WLDg.Prlce.
n 112 ..$3 0019 224 ..$3 25
5 104 .. 3 0067 143 ..8 25
10 71 .. 300 2 855 ..325
4 347 80 3 0514 226 .. 325
1 600 .. 3 0534 188 40 3 25
3 636 .. 3 0580 213 80 825
6 ..285 40 305 70 195 .. 3 27%
2 315 .. 305 6 236 .. 3 27%
8 377 80 3 0567 213 120 3 30
3 493 80 3 1081 204 80 3 30
2 450 .. 3 1092 176 120 3 30
22 212 .. 3 2079 199 80 880
6 108 .. 3 20132 199 ..3 80
108 ...156 40 3~2053 199 80 3 32%
63 ".263 200 3 23 33 247 ..3 40
31 212 80 3 25
Cattle — Firm and active. All the fat cattle
offered were snapped up early at good prices.
There was also a better inquiry for light
stockers.
Representative Sales —
Butcher Steers— Milkers and SDringe-
No. ■ Wt. Price, ers —
1 90053 85No. Wt Price.
2 1,000 3 60 1 cow for $28 00
1 ..1,120 2 75 1 cow, 1 calf for 29 00
9 1,109 4 15 1 cow, 1 calf for 31 00
16 962 4 2^ 2 cows for 60 00
1 1,120 4 00 1 cow for 27 00
1 L 270 4 25 1 cow for 32 00
1 700 350 Canners—
9 1.108 4 15 1 1,040 150
Stags and Oxen— 1 810 200
1 1,470 3 00 2 880 2 25
8 1,511 3 50 3 1,060 2 25
Bulls— 3 936 2 25
1 1,010 3 25 3 890 2 25
1 750 2 85 6 928 2 30
1 750 300 1 960 2 40
1 1.250 2 75 3 1.073 2 40
1 1.660 3 Mi 2 1.115 2 40
3 1,240 285 Hutr-her Cows and
1 820 2 60Hcifers—
1 540 2 65 4 897 2 50
1 1.410 2 70 1 ..-.. '-"■" -55
1 1,260 2 70 4 9bo 2 60
1 600 2 75 1 1.200 2 60
3 820 2 85 3 1033 2 60
-1 770 2 60 2 545 2 65
1 630 280 7« . 1.078 3 65
1 1,250 2«5 Sifi 996 270
1 740 3 00 f~-\ I- 023 2 70
Stockers and Feed--* 1.129 2 70
! ers— if 2 £ .... 1.®65 2 75
2 360 3® 2 bs . Ml 5 2 75
2 410 3$ j r i.. 850 275
8 613 3 10 V 710 2 77
1 650 3 10 'I**' 1.180 2 80
4 207 325 1-!.' 1.050 285
2 205 3t» h.i 420 300
1 890 3.55 1 i- 120 3 °°
1 490 3%0 £.;.... 760 3 00
1 750 3JS6 1 'i 870 3 00
3 660 3TOl'£ 1.710 300
5 706 3®> 2 t 900 3 °0
2 660 3.W if. I.lß° 3 °°
11 442 3 75 £ '.. *70 3 00
2 305 3,75 1 1 740 3 00
4 402 35)4,. 1.030 305
Veal Calves— f S 1.100 3 10
1 120 3f78 3 ">..• 706 3 25
1 180 4 1 * 3 1.013 340
1 210 3 75 1 960 3 50
155 4 50 4»-*. L 077 3 60
1 1,150 4 00 5 1.070 3 60
5 :... 898 3 75
Sheep — Firm and active. Good demand.
Part of the receipts went to local feeders.
Representative Sales —
No. WtTPrice. IKoT WtTPrice.
5 bucks 136 $2 5014 93 $3 80
51 yearlings ..103 4 45 6 153 4 00
17 90 3 75 6 lambs 106 5 25
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.— Trade in cattle was
fairly active. The demand was chiefly for the
better class of cattle, prices for which were
firm while the poor qualities were barely
steady. The bulk of the offerings were only
fairly good. Sales were largely at »4.25®4.90,
choice to extra shipping and export beeves
being salable at $0&5.85, and the commonest
dressed beef steers at $3.73@4. Fed Texas
and branded Western cattle sold very well,
Btraight Texans Bell at ?3.80@4.30. Heifers
and bulls show up no change and calves were
In good demand at $4@6.25. The stocker and
feeder trade was rather slow at $3.50@4.25. ■
Trade in hogs was fairly active at yesterday's
closing figures, sales averaging 2%c lower
than Tuesday morning. Sales were largely at
$3.37%@3.47%, heavy packers selling at $3.30
3.42%, medium weights at $3.50@3.52%. Pigs
went largely at $3.35@3.45. A few prime pack-
Ing hogs sold at $3.45. Prices for sheep and
lambs were generally steady, the demand be
ing fairly active. Sheep were called for at
$3@3.50, for Inferior lots, up to $4.60 for
strictly choice, fed Western selling freely at
$3.75@4.40. Lamibs were in good demand at
$3.75@>4.50 for inferior to common up to $5.50
@5.90 for good to extra, yearlings selling at
$4.60@4.76. Mexicans sold at $4.90®5.25. Re
ceipts—Cattle, 14,000; hogs, 31.0C0; sheep, 17,
--000 head.
MINNEAPOLIS.
NEW BRIGHTON, Dec. 29.— Receipts, 30
hogs, 460 calves. Cattle — Active; beef grades,
stockers and feeders in good demand. Sal^s —
2 cows, ay 821 lbs, $2.90; 1 cow, 760 lbs, $2.30;
8 cows, ay 934 lbs, $3.20; 1 canner. 1.036 lbs,
$1.60; 7 stockers, ay 460 lbs, $3.70; 3 stockers,
ay 686 Iba, $3.50; 1 cow, 920 lbs, $3. Hogs-
Market 5c lower than yesterday; demand
firm. Sales— 9o hogs, ay 160 lbs, $2.::0; 72
hogs, ay 221 lbs, $3.30; 60 hogs, ay 193 lbs,
$3.30; 62 hogs, ay 177 lbs, $2.30; 6 ho«s, ay 396
lbs. $3.10; n hogs, ay 94 lbs, $3; 30 hogs,,
ay 84 lbs, $3. Sheep— Market steady.
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET. '
Barrett & Zimmerman's report: Market
opened with a fair demand for heavy log
ging horses; prices ruled low. The following
representatives sales are for horses this day:
Wt. Price.
1 pair bay horses, 5 and 6 years ....3,400 $200
1 pair bay horses, 5 and 7 years 3,200 190
1 pair bay mares, 5 years 3,000 170
OSX 008'Z sivaA 9 'sajwn umojo, i\vd 1
1 pair brown mares, 5 years 2,600 140
1 folack mare, 6 years 1,600 75
1 black mare, 5 years 1,500 60
1 black mare, 6 years 1,400 60
OMAHA.
SOUTH OMAHA, Dec. 29.— Cattle— Receipts,
1,000; market steady; native beef steers, $3.70
@4.80; Western steers, $3.80@4.80; Texas
steers, $3(g>3.60; cows and heifers, $3@3.90;
stockers and feeders, $3.60@4.40. Hogs—Re
ceipts, 5,500; market shade to 5c lower; bulk
of sales, $3.25@3.30. Sheep— Receipts, 4,000;
market steady; fair to choice natives, $4®
4.50; fair to choice Westerns, $3.60@4.20;
common and stock sheep, $3@3.80; lambs, $4
@5.50.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 28.— Cattle— Receipts, 22,
--000, of which 1,200 are Texans; market steady
for Texans with natives 10@15c higher; na
tive shipping and export steers $4.25@5.23;
stackers and feeders, $5.20@4.10; Texas and
Indian steers, $3@4; cowa and heifers, $2.50
(g>3.20. Hogs— Receipts, 6,500; market steady;
bulk of sales, $3.30@>3.45. Sheep— Receipts, 1,
--000; market strong; native muttons, $4@4.50;
lambs, $5@6.75.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 29.— Cattle— Receipts,
4,600; market strong to 10c higher; Texas
steers, $3.26@4.10; Texas cows, $2.50@3.20; na
tive steers, $3@4.90; native cows and heifers,
$1.76@4.26; stockers and feeders, $2.50® 1.20.
Hogs— Receipts, 12,000: market weak to 6c
lower; bulk of sales, $3.35@3.42%. Sheep—Re
ceipts, 2,000; maricet steady; lambs, $4.50®
6.56; muttons, $3.10@4.50.
SIOUX CITY.
SIOUX CITY, 10., Dec. 29.—Cattle—Re
ceipts, 300; yesterday, 258; shipments, 41; mar
ket more aotive, steady, heavy and common
neglected; cows, bulls and mixed, $1.50@3.75;
stockers and feeders, $3.25@>4.15; calves and
yearlings, $3.26@4.25;. veal, $4@6 76. Hogs—Re
ceipts, 1,600; yesterday, 1,460; shipments, 297;
market steady to sc. lower, selling at $3.15
@3.36; bulk, $3.25@3.30. "
at -.-■ t
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW YCSIK MARKET.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.- i -Hay dull. Hops
stead. Hides steady. Leather steady. Wool
firmer. Beef firm. '•' Cut meats quiet. Lard
firmer. Pork dull. Tallow quiet. Cottonseed
oil steady. Petroleum dull. Rosin steady.
Turpentine steady. Rice steady. Molasses
quiet. Coffee options opened steady with
prices unchanged to 6 points higher; ruled
generally steady, but quitet, selling checked
by large United States warehouse deliveries;
buying checked by Increasing receipts at Rio
and Santos, slack spot "demand and heavy
Btocks; closed steady with prices unchanged
to 6 points net lower; sales, 19,000 bags, in
cluding March, $6.15@6.20. Spot coffee, Rio,
quiet; No. 7 Invoice, 6%c; No. 7 Jobbing, 7%c.
Mild, quiet; Cordova, 8%@15c Sugar, raw,
strong; refined, strong.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.— There Is little of In
terest to report in dry goods. The current
week is a dull one. following the rule of
many years. Ante-inventory conditions are
the feature of the market There is no
dearth of bargains to be obtained either at
first hands or with Jobbers. In local jobbing
stores the stocks are reduced to almost bare
boards In some departments. There Is a
fairly large array of buyers from local stores
and near-by trading centers, and they have
succeeded in most cases in getting goods at
their own figures. In primary markets there
have been a great many sales on "hurry"
mall orders of odd lots at very low prices.
Aside from these transactions the business
passing has been light. Through all regular
channels the sales are quiet.
SEED MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.— THe flaxseed market
was rather quiet today, but ruled strong,
first prices being %c better than yesterday.
Receipts here were 13 cars, 4 cars at Du
luth and 5 cars at Minneapolis. The official
close, as reported by the Wearo Commission
company, is as follows: Cash flaxseed at
$1.22 and May at $1.22% per bu. Cash timothy
seed closed at $2.66 and March at $2.80 per
100 lbs. Clover seed closed at $5.30 per 100
lbs. Minneapolis flaxseed quoted at $1.18
per bu.
HEAVY SALES.
BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 29.— The American
Wool and Cotton Reporter will say tomor
row of the wool market;,! This has been one
of the heaviest Cbjristmas weeks on record.
The sales were J7.3957000 lbs, as compared
with 1,673,000 for the same period last year;
8,516,000 In 1895; 2,904,300' in 1894; 2,106,000 in
1893; 3,428,000 in 1392, and 2,290,400 In 1891.
m
ADVANCE ON SAMORY.
fj J
French Preparing to Attack the Na
tive Chief.
PARIS, Dec. 29.— The French, it is
announced, have occupied Odienne and
Sambatigala. It_ is believed this indi
cates that an advanfte against Chief
Samory is imminent; • Chief Samory is
a West African chieftain, who for over
twelve years past has been the most
dangerous antagonist the Europeans
have had to deal with. After ten years
of guerilla warfare he was driven out
of Soudan, but he made a swoop upon
the fertile region of Gong, a depen
dency of the French ivory company.
Since then Chief Samory has repeat d
ly been heard from. In August last his
forces surprised and routed a detach
ment of French troops sent to occupy
territory which, it is said, Samory had
offered to vacate
STRENGTH IH SUGAR
OSLY ONE QF THE LEADING STOCKS
THAT WAS AT ALL AGGRES
SIVE.
MARKET WAS PROFESSIONAL
THE COALERS, INDUSTRIALS AND
SPECIALTIES AL.L. SUBJECT TO
REALIZING PRESSURE.
SOME FIRMNESS IN BURLINGTON.
Net Fractional Declines the Rule in
tbe Hallway Group— Money
Still Firm.
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.— Sugar was the only
one of the leading stocks of the list to show
any aggressive strength today, and after
rising at one time almost two points it was
overcome by the general heaviness in the rest
of the market, and closed with only a small
fractional net gain. It was a professional
traders' market throughout, and the indus
trials which had been recent favorites with
the bull clique showed the effects of realiz
ing today. All the local traction stocks were
heavy, but the selling was not coupled with
any news. In Manhattan the fall reached
2 points, and in Metropolitan Street Railway
more than that. Brooklyn Transit advanced
a fraction early, but fell again over a point
Consolidated Gas is 3% points lower than last
night- Tobacco was notably active all day,
and rose quiet strongly on an irresponsible
report that the quarterly dividend on the
common stock had been advanced again to 3
per cent. Disappointed holders sold the stock
down 2 points when it became known that the
rate was retained at 2 per cent. New Jersey
Central and the coalers generally did not
escape the weakness of the other specialties,
and show sharp losses. An indication of the
narrowness of the market was the fact that
until near the close there was not a single
sale of such usually active stocks as Mis
souri Pacific and Chesapeake & Ohio. Bur
lington showed a degree of firmness in the
railway list on buying, invited by yesterday's
decline. The Buffalo, Rochester & Pitt#burg
stocks were both conspicuous in strength,
the common advancing 2 points and the pre
ferred 4 points. Fractional net declines
were, however, the rule in the railway list.
Today's clearing house statement showed
the subtreasury a debtor again to the extent
of $1,150,830, a reflection of the additional
redemptions of Pacific bonds. Still the
money market declined to. yield its firm tone
in any marked degree, and It was only In
exceptional cases that loans were below 3%
per cent, and in some cases 4 per cent were
paid. Demand sterling also hardened a shade
today. Reports from other domestic centers
show that their bank reserves are at present
unusually high, but exchange continues to
run against New York. It was reported to
day, however, that Philadelphia and Boston
had repaid large loans as the result of the
high rates here. The large balances at the
clearing bouses show that there is quite an
extensive shifting of loans still In progress.
Prices of Americans declined in London to
day, and here for London account
was quite a factor In the decline.
Activity in the bond market was confined
to middle and high grade issues, the specu
lative issues being stagnant. Prices generally
advanced. Total sales, $1,750,000. United
States 4s, coupon, and the new 4s, registered,
were % lower bid, the new 4s, coupon, %
lower, and the 5s % lower.
Total sales of stocks today were 219,100
shares, including: 13,475 Burlington, 32,135
Manhattan, 5,358 Metropolitan, 3,050 Northern
Pacific, 3,675 Northern Pacific preferred, 4,230
Reading, 7,6£S St. Paul, 30,430 Tobacco, 5,500
Chicago Great Western, 4,760 People's Gas,
4.678 Consolidated Gas, 4,290 General Elec
tric, 84,055 Sugar, 8,791 Western Union.
The following were the fluctuations of the
leading railway end industrial shares fur
nished by C. H. F. Smith & Co., members
New York stock exchange and Chicago board
of trade:
f} } f
S. R. &T. Co 2% »% 2%] 3%
Am. Tobacco 89% 90% 88% 88%
Am. Spirits 7% 7% 7% 7%
do pfd 17 18 17 17%
Atchison 12% 12% 12% 12%
do pfd 30% 30% 30% 30%
Am. Cotton Oil 22% 22% 22% 22
Bay State Gas 4 4 3% 3%
B. & O 13%
C. B. & O 99% 100% 99% 99%
Ches. & Ohio 22% 22% 22% 22%
Chicago Gas 96% 97% 96% 96%
Canada Southern ... 63 63 63 52%
Col. Fuel & I 24% 25% 24% 25%
Chicago G. W 14% 15% 14% 14%
Delaware & Hudson.. 111% 112% 111% 111%
Del., Lack. & W 155%
Erie 14%
do pfd 38 38% 38 37%
General Electric .... 33% 84% 83 33%
Great West ptfd A 33%
Hocking Valley ..;... B% 6% 5% 6%
Jersey Central 95% 96% 84% 95%
Kansas & Texas 12%
do pfd 86% 86% 35% 35%
Lead 38 88% 87% 37%
Linseed Oil 17
Laclede Gob 44 44 44 44
L. & N 66% 66% 56% 56%
Lake E. & W 71
Leather pfd 63%
Lake Shore 170
Manhattan Con 112% 112% 110% 110%
Met Traction 130% 130% 128% 128%
M. & St. L. Ist p<d 88
do 2d pfd 68 68 67% 67%
Missouri Paciflo 84 84 33% 33%
Michigan Cen 102
N. P. common 21% 21% 21% 21%
do pfd 69% 69% 169 69
New York Cen 107 107%; 107 107
Northwestern 121% 121%! 120% 120%
N. Y. Gas 181 181% 178 177%
North American 4%
Omaha 7T% 77% 77% 77
do pfd 148
Ontario & Western.. 16% 15%! 16% 15%
Pacific Mail 29% 30 I 29% 30
Reading 22% 22%! 22 ■22
do Ist pfd 61% 61% I 51% 51%
do 2d pfd 27% 27% ! 27% 27%
Rock Island 81% 91% 91% 91
Swithern R'y 8% 8%! 8% 8%
do pfd 82 32% 32 32%
Silver certificates 56%
Sugar Refinery 139% 141 139% 139%
St. Paul 95 96% 94% I 94%
Tennessee Coal 26 ' 26% 26 26%
Texas Pacific 11 11 11 11
Union Pacific 26% 26 25% 25%
U. 8. Rubber 15%
Western Union 81% 91% 91% 91%
Wabash pfd 18% 18% 18 18
Wheel. & Lake E 2
The following were the closing quotations
of other stocks as reported by the Associated
Press:
Can. Pac 80% South. Pac 20%
Can. South 52% U. P., D. & G.... 6%
Cen. Pac 11% Wheel. & L. E .... 2%
Chi. & Alton 161 do pfd 8
Chi. & E. I 52% Adams Exp 158
D. & R. G 11 Amer. Exp 115
do pfd 45% U. S. Exp 39
Ft. Wayne 169 Wells-Fargo Exp. ll4
L. E. &W. pfd... 71 Hawaiian Com ... 27%
Manhattan L 110% Am. Cot Oil pfd. 75
Met. Street R'y.. 128% Am. Tob. pfd ....113
Mich. Cen 102 Con. Gas 177%
M & O 28 Com. Cable C 0...175. ..175
Chi., Ind. & L ... B%llllnois Steel 45
do pfd SO .Lead pfd 105
N. Y. C. &StL. 13 Nat. Lin. Oil ..17
do Ist pfd 6o ISilver certificates. 56%
do 2d pfd 32%5. R. & T 3%
Or. R. & Nay.... 35 Sugar pfd 114
Or. Short Line. . . 18% U. S. Leather 6%
Plttaburg 168 ,U. S. Rub. pfd.. 64
St. L & S. F 7% Vorthwestern 120%
do Ist pfd 56% do pfd 163
do 2d pfd 26% Rio G. West 22
St. Paul pfd ....142 do pfd 61%
St. P. & 0m.... 75 St L. & S. W 4
do pfd 148 do pfd 9
St P., M. & M...120
BONDS.
U. S. new 4s reg.127% N. Oar. 6s 125
do coup 127% do 4s 103
do 4s 112% Nor. Pac. Ist 6s. .118
do coup 114% do prior 4s ....95%
do 2ds 89% do gen. 3s 60%
do 5s reg 114 N. V., C.&5t.L.45.106%
do 5s coup 114 Nor. & W. 6s ..124%
District 3 655.... 109 % N. W. cons 144
do B 108 do deb. 5s 117
do C ICO O. Nay. lsts 115%
do Currency ..100 do 4s 93
Atchison 4s 89% »O. S. Line 65,tr.. 123%
do adj. 4s 68% I do ss, t r .... 98
Can. So. 2ds 108% O. Imp. lsts, t r.102%
C. & N. P.t.r.55.. 45% do ss, t. r 45%
C. & Ohio 5s ....112% Pacific 6s of "95... 103%
C. H. & D. 4%5.. 104% Reading 4s 86
D. & R. G. 15t5. .103% R. G. W. lsts... 84
do 43 91% St L.&1.M.c0n.55. SSM
East Term. lsts.. llo .St. L.&5.F.gen.65.118%
Erie gen. 4s .... 71% St Paul con ....141
F. W. &D.lsta.t.r. 72 St P.. C.& P. 15t5.121%
Gen. Elec. 5s ....100% do 5s 118
•G.. H. &S. A. 65.105 S. Car. non-fund. %
do 2ds 101% South. R'y os .... 94%
H. & T. C. ss. ..112 S. R. & T. Gs... 55
do con. 6s 106 Term. hew set 35.. 91
lowa Cen. lsts... 98% T. P.. L. G. lsts.. 974
K. P. con. t. r. 85 I do rcg. 2ds .... 28%
•do Ist (D.D.)t.r.115 Union Pac. 15t5.. 102%
La. new cons. 4s.lol^U. P., D.&G.lsts. 48%
L. & N. unl. 4b.. 87 Wab. Ist os 107%
Missouri 6s 100 do 2ds 80*4
M. K. & T. 2d5..63 West Shore 4s ...111
do 4s 86V* Va. Centuries .... 69*4,
N. Y. Cen. lsts.. ll9i^| do deferred .... 3V4
N T . J. Cen. 55,...112%!
•Offered.
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS.
Cholor $0 32jOnCario TT! ....$2 50
Crown Point 24 Ophir 58-
Con. Cal. & Va*.. 1 20' Plymouth C 9
Deadwood 90 Quicksilver 1 00
Gould & Curry.. Zs\ do pfd 900
Hale & Norcross. 1 20 Sierra Nevada . . 62
Homestake 37 00 Standard 150
Iron Silver 37 Union Con 20
Mexican 24 Yellow Jacfcet .... 33
BOSTON MINING SHARES.
Allouez Mm. Co. 50 Franklin 16
Atlantic 25% Osceola 38
Boston & M0nt... 149 Quincy 117
Butte & Boston . 22V 2 Tamarack 12S
Calumet & Hecla. 47o Wolverine 17%
Centennial 9% '
FOREIGN FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.— Evening Post's
London financial cablegram: Apart from the
settlement there was little business in the
stock markets here today, except In Kaffirs.
which are moving upward. Americans were
occasionally lowep in price, but very steady
under the circumstances. There was much
comment on the reported intended resigna
tion of Secretary Gage. Notwithstanding the
denial, it is recognized that currency rerorm
would be delayed in the event of such a
happenning. Money is very dear, and there
Is no immediate prospect of its cheapening.
NEW YORK MONEY.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Money on call stiff
at 2@4 per cent, last loan 2^, closed offered
at 2% per cent. Prime mercantile paper 3Vi@
4%. Sterling exchange firm with actual busi
ness in bankers' .bills at $4.S4%fi4.BtVi for
demand and at $4.BlMj'?'4-81% for sixty days.
Posted rates, $4.&2U>?i4.83 and $4.85i/5@4.8«.
Commercial bills, $1.80%. Silver certificates,
56M>@57%c Bar sliver, 56% c. Mexican dol
lars, 46c.
BANK CLEARINGS.
©t Paul, 1605,416.65.
Minneapolis, 51. 843,151.
Chicago, $19,702,817.
Boston, $16,338,000.
New York, $132,798,000.
TREASURY STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.— Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury shows:
Available oash balance, $245,360,028; gold re
serve, $160,542,995.
CHICAGO MONEY.
CHICAGO, D«c. 29.— N«w York exchange,
30c premium. Posted rates, $4. 53 and $i.S6.
Real Eatate Transfers.
New York Life Ina Co to J R Kunger
et al., 1 5, re part b 62, Irvine's en
largement $10
Citizens' Say Bank to* R Wegschelder,
1 8, Smith's sub b 3, Stinson's div.... 1,100
Harriette F Elliot to H Thornton, 1 15,
Thomas st add. 1,000
Harriette F Elliot to H Thornton, 1
8, b 3, E Dean's 2d add 1,830
Harriette F Elliot to H Thornton, 1
7, Pioneer R E & Bldg Soc, b 36,
Stinson's B & R add 400
Harriette F Elliot to H Thornton, 1
9, b 3, E Dean's 2d add 2,200
F A Hutson to J M Hut&on, 1 2S, b 83,
St. Anthony Park 600
J Dale and wife to Francis C Peabody,
1 4, b 6, Woodbury & Case's add .... 1,500
R G Williamson and wife to J D Barrett
et al., 13, Chute Bros' dlv No. 7.... 500
J D Barrett et al., to Teresa C Schwalen
and hus, 13, Chute Bros' div No. 7.... 700
Total, ten transfers $9,710
WALL STREET*MAN WANTED.
Said to Have Swindled Tlmiisiitiils of
Victim*.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. — A warrant Is
out for the arrest of Henry Oliver
Goldsmith, one of the best known mfn
of Wall street. The specific charge
against him Is grand larceny in the first
degree for appropriating a check for
$3,000, the property of Oscar E. A.
Weissner, of Brooklyn. The officials of
the district attorney's office say that
Goldsmith has managed to get away
with something like half a million dol
lars by operations similar to those
which brought the E. S. Dean company
before the public. Goldsmith was in
dicted by the grand Jury on Tuesday
last. Detectives have followed clews
all over New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Boston and other places, but so far
Goldsmith has eluded them.
Goldsmith and a man named Wf bster
operated under the firm of Hoyt & Co.
George Hazelweide and William A. Mit
chell, who were their brokers, were ar
rested three weeks ago for their part
In the operations, but the charges
against them have not been tried.
They were dropped from membership
In the stock exchange, but It was upon
their evidence the grand jury found
the indictments against Goldsmith. The
latter is about thirty-five years old and
in the opinion of the district attorney's
office, he was one of th^ shrewdest men
that ever engaged in Wall street spscu
latlon, after the manner of Dean & Co.
They say his victims are numbered by
the thousands. _ ,
HAYTI ALARMED.
Serious Fire a.t Port an Prince Fol
lowed by Earthquake.
PORT AU PRINCE, Dec. 29— At 11
o'clock last night a fire, which assumed
considerable proportions on account of
a lack of water to supply the pumps,
broke out and destroyed 800 houses, in
cluding a number of warehouses, a ho
tel, the church of St. Joseph and its
parsonage. About 3,000 people were
rendered homeless. This morning at
6:40 there was an earthquake shock,
the disturbance running from north to
Bouth, lasting half a minute and caus
ing slight cracks in the earth. There
were no accidents, but the populace was
greatly alarmed.
-^fc-
JL'DGE TIRED OF TALK.
If Attorneys Want to Fight He Will
Allow Them To.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 29.— 1f
Judge Wofferd adheres to his intention
that he has announced from the bench,
the edifying spectacle of prize fights
between belligerent attorneys may be
one of the attractions of the criminal
court in the future. Opposing attor
neys in this court lately have been us
ing uncomplimentary language toward
each other, and, yesterday, after a tilt
of this nature between Prosecuting At
torney Lowe and Attorney McCoy,
Judge Wofferd, after calling them to
order, said:
"Hereafter when lawyers talk about
fighting in this court, I shall adjourn
court and let them fight it out. If you
fellows want to fight you can come in
this room and fight it out, and I'll see
that there's fair play. Now, If you
are In earnest, come right along and
let's have it over with."
They did not accept the Judge's of
fer, however, but apologized Instead.
Stngrerly Plan Accepted.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 29.— Depositors
and shareholders of the Chestnut Street Na
tional bank and the Chestnut Street Trust
and Saving company continue to sign agree
ments declaring their approval of the plan
for the voluntary liquidation of the affairs
of the two institutions. Deputy Comptroller
Coffin says that tho signatures of more than
two-thirds of the shareholders required by
law before a bank can go intc voluntary liqui
dation have already leen secured. A com
mittee of the bank j. residents was today se
lected to consider any amendments which
may De offered by depositors to the pl.'in of
liquidation.
': £**\ o^l Free 10 Bind Heads i
1(F Y\ Wf &fH We m » !1 7KEE \
1 s. *p) \^\ J^' onapplloatlo'j full C
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y^v^—^K yi^ftti* to sfjw hair upon c
'uSbo^'IS^KV * *'*'^ I 1 * 1 ito ?)
* nPI 1 produce a line \
growth of wht»lH>ri,n)ustaehes,eic. W.LOK-S
itl.virtK * CO.. IOOS Fenn«ylT»nlaS
- WiQUEIt •
To loan on approved property i» Ifc.
Paul and Minneapolis
GP/ "OW OR
D>o BEFORE"
In Kami to Salt.
R. M. NEWPORT & S9T
Reeve Bid?., Pioneer Press Bid?
Minneapolis. St. Paul.
Michael Dorag, James Uorax
M- DORAN & CO.
BANKERS ANJ BftaSßXi
gJLJJgjjggL" St., St. Paul. Minn.
GRIGGS BRO&
Commlulon Mercbauti.
GRAIN— BALED HAY— SEED 3
AgentafortneJCHnierpuent »Uuu>U xil
single loop H»y BallnifTisi.
Third and Cedar St... St. I«aul. Minn.
Members J x * w York Stock Exchange
I Chicago Board of Trudo.
Stocks, Bon**, Urain. Provisions and Cotton
£ ?%'? tmre ' to *•» X°rh and Chieaao
%OU JHoycr Press BuUdhuj, St. Paul, .Uiiiu
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
Trains leave and arrive at SU Paul as follows.'
t'MON DEPOT, SIBLEY STREET.
/@sh, "tickeTofficeT
CQ*) " 162 "
Union Station, St. Paul.
, Milwaukee Depot, Minneapolis
Dining and Pullman cars on I ST. PAUL. '
Winnipeg and Coast Trains. ILcave.lArrlvg
PaclHc Mail (dally); Fargo.l "
Bozeman, Butte, Helena. Mia
aoula, Spokane, Tacoma.Seat-l
tie and Portland 4 :3opm 4 -40om
Dakota and Manitoba Express oupm *-*^ m
(daUy); Moorhead, Fargo
Fergus Falls. Wahpeton
Crookßton, Gr'd Forks Graf
ton. Winnipeg 7:3opm 7:lsam
Fargo Local (d'ly ex. Sun.): St. l I
Cloud, Bralnerd and Fargo^js^Oam's.-Ofipm
prflfi
ypp^ 1 I«S> En«t Third St.
.TrtofHE" . Phone 114 --
MOP* -mlllW To Re<l Rlver Valley.Du-
I* ftlliWiUluth. Winnipeg. Montana.
• E|A|l»* V Kootenai Country and
liT** Pacific Coast.
Leave. | a Dally, b Except Sunday I Arrive.
b9 :ooam ...Breck. Dlv. & B'ches... bs :33pm
bß:2oam .F'gus Falls Dlv. & B'ches. bK:43pm
bß :2oam ..Willmar, via St. Oloiid.. bG:4~>pm
aT :oopm Breck.. Fargo, Gd Fks.W'pg a7:4"am
a4:3opm ..Montana & Pacific Coast.. al:iopm
b4:sopm ...Excelsior & Hutchlnson.. bll :45am
a7 :3opm Crookaton Express | aT :30am
tf?jggt Duluth and West Sup, r,,r $*g*
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroil
ILv.St.P. Ar. at.P.]
Chicago "Day" Express bß:lsamiblO:lopm
Chicago "Atlantic" Bx a2:'spm'all :3'>am
Chicago "Fast Mall" a6 :6spm a2 :oopm
Chicago "Vestibule" Llm.. a8:10p:n n7:sOam
Chic, via Prairie dv C. dlv. b4:4'ipm btl :lsam
Dubuque via La Crosse b8:15am|l'10:10pm
Peorla via Mason City a4:4ipm ull :15anj
St. Louis and Kansas City. nS:3">ain a6:2">pm
Milbank and Way bS:2oam b6:3opm
Aberdeen end Dakota Ex.. a7:ospml aß:lsam
a Dally, b Except Sunday.
For full Information call at Tlcicet nmvn. _
ST. PAUL & DULUTH R. R.
From Union Depot Office, 890 Rotor t 0&
Leave 'Dally. tEx. Sunday. Arrive'
*«:C3am DULUTH "7:15 am
UHBpm Ml CIIDEDIA9 t*:M>pm
»n:ispm ffi
Trains for SUllwate* *»:00am ♦12:10 t2:13
14:05 *«:10 pm. For Taylors Falls: i«:ooajn
tii<£ »m,_
"North-Weslern L!n3"-G. St.P.,M & 0.
Office, 395 Robert St. 'i'lione 480.
Leave. | a Daily, b except Sunday. Arrive.
aß:lsam ..Cuicago "Day Express". . b'J:sspm
b6:3opm ..Chicago "Atlan'ic Xx". . all :30am
a8:10pm .Chicago "N. W. Llmlfprt". a7:soam
b9:2f>am'.Dulutn, Superior, A.shlaad. bS:O. r .pm
all :oopm|. Duluth, Superior, Ashluud. aC:""jam
aß:3sam .Su C'.ty.Omaha, Kan. City. aG:sopm
b4 :sopm Manktto. New Ulm. Elmore blO :00am
aß:lspm .Su City. Omaha, Kirn. City. l a72sanj
Chicago Great Western Rk
"The Maple Leaf Route."
TickotOfflce: Robert St., cor. sth St. l'lmno idol
Trains lpavo from St. l';uil Union l>i-|><>r.
♦Dally. f£xcept Sunday. Leave. Arrive.
Dubnqae, Chicago, Waterloo, \ tß.loani t*.:s<n>in
Marshitlltown, Dcs Moines... -< ♦B.lopm *7.45 am
fit. Joseph and Kansas City.. ( *B.lo pm *l2J» pm
Mantor villo Local *3.55 pm *i 0.45 am
M., ST. P. & S. S. M. R'Y.
UNION STATION.
Loave. | EAST. I Arrlv.
7:2opm!.. .Atlantic Limited (dally).. .i B:4sam
B:o6am .Rhinnlander Local (ex. Sun.) B:10pm
J WEST.
9:10 am! Pacific Llmltod (dally) 7:ospm
St. Crolx Falls Local. Except
Sunday. From Broadway
«:00pm Depot, foot 4th St 9:lsan
6:2opm Glenwnod Local. Ex. Sunday.!
| Qlenwood Local. MpK 110-4Sani
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
FINEST TRAINS ON BARTH.
Lv. For | STATIONsT iAr.Krom
8:15 a.m.|.. Chicago, except Sunday. . ;l:so p.nx
8:16 a.m.!.. St. Louis, except Sunday. .|
8:06 p.m.' Chicago dally 7:45 a.m.
8:05 p.m St. Louis, dally 7:45 a.m.
8:05 p.m. .Dally. Peorla. ex. Monday. 7:45 a.m.
M. & St. L.. Depot— Uroadwuj- A -Ith.
MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS R. R.
''ALBEKT I.KA ROUTE."
Leave. I a Dally, b except Sunday.' Arrive
[.Mankato, Dcs Moines, Ce-.l
b9:lsam..dar Rapids, Kan. City.. bG:4opm
bB-45am ...Watertown. New U1m. ..1 b4:s:>pra
bs:oGpm New Ulm Local !blo:2oam
a7:Copm .Dcs Moines & Omaha Llm. aS:ssara
a7 :oopm .Chicago & St. Louis Llm.l a 8 55am
b4 :4spm .Alb't Lea & Waseca Local. lblO:3.-.*ni
WISCONSIN CENTRAL
City Office. 373 Robert Street. 'Phone No. 694.
Leave I JArrire
StPaulf All Trains Dally. [StPauj
! Eau Claire, Chlppewa Falls, I
8:00 am. ..Milwaukee and Chlfago — |B:lsaa
Ashland, Chlppewa Fallß, Osh-!
7:4opm .kosh. Milwaukee and Chicaga. 1 4 :10pm
CURE YOURSELF!
*/ /^OUHEftX I Y^ Wxj. (i for unnatural
f fin Ito 5 1«7».\ I discharKis, iiiflnrniii:itlon»,
I- —I Ou«r»oier4 y Irritations or ulcorationi
I^fPrtTCDU coui»flon. I'^inießs. and not ustria-
I?^WrHtEv»H3CHEMICALCO. K' '"t or poisonous.
I^\OIt(CINHATI.O.[~~~I Sold by ItragfintM,
V \k U. 3. a. / ror sent in plain wrapper,
V >^_ I *>y expr^M, prepaid, for
't'^^* "\\^ Clrculftl »M>t nr. r^qudlt.
BA WnSiWAUTcnddryorTeS
tlary liLOOO FOISON permanent!*
cared In istoß6daye. Youcaabetrcatcdal
horns for same prico under s;.me guarao
ty. If you prefer to come here wewiiicon.
tract topay railroad fareand hotel bills acd
noeharsre.if we fait t-j cure. If you have ukonmer-
I cary, iodide por:mh, ana Mill have aches snd
pnin*, M ncocgPa tches In mouth. Sore Throat.
I'lniplfM, Copper Colored Spots, lUcers oa
any pa tt of the body, II:' lr or Kv^l>rows f.il lino
out, it is tbi3 Secondary >if.ooi> POIaON
w«KU»rnnl,eotoci:re. We solicit ttao niOM obstl
| Bate flits and challenge tl\« world for a
, case we cannot c-ire. T:us dUoneo h.j hlw» t9
: bullied tho »kill of the moat euiiaout iih-j si
clans. 9500,000 capital behind our unc-'Udh
tionalganruaty. Absolute proofs nsnt a-alc JOH
i application. Addrcsd COOK RKJIKnY COw.
I i«6tt DdUuoolc Xexuple, CHJCAuO, 11.^3