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LEITEII SAVED THE DAY
ILIA "STRATION OP THE BILL CON
TROL OF THK WHEAT MARKET
In Spite of Nev»« Sufficient to War
rant a Sharp Break, May De
clined Only Tliree-QnarterH, und
Slw.-rts Covered a* Soon as Cliqne
Brokers Begun to Bid lor Wheat.
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MARKET SUMMARY.
Prey.
Wheat. Close. Day. |
May, Chicago 94% |-
May, Minneapolis 92% »-/b
May. Duluth £?% ll*
May, New York 9- ' A 96%
FINANCIAL. I
Bar silver, New Y0rk.. ..56% 56% j
Call money, New York... 1% 1%
_. _— — -
CHICAGO, Feb. 7.— The influfnee which the
Leiter interests rave on wheat trading was
well illustrated today. Notwithstanding
news, under ordinary circumstances, sulll-
Bknt to break prices very sharply wheat de-
Cllned only %c, and wnen Leiter brokers
started to bid a general covering movement
ersucd which carried prices back to within
%c of Saturday's final figures. Corn cosed
uncb.ni;'. oa*s added %c to the former
Drtce and provisions advanced 5@12%c
"Cbiefiy on accofct of an early display of
Btrengtn at Liverpool, opening bids for May
Wbea were at figures a shade above Satur
day's closing prices. May starting at 95rt
i.r.i" „ L-iven -bowed %@%u advance, at
_'■■<". '„ _ Besides this, world's shipments
■bowed a considerable falling off, the to:al
for last wc-k being 5.513,000 bu, com
pared with 7,346,000 bu the week previous.
Another feature, whi<* helped in the open
ing firmness was the strong cargo market
lon a sale of Oregon wheat being re
. at the equivalent of $1.15% a bushel.
LU en-col warehouse stocks also showed a
reduction of 150,000 bu for the week.
News bearing on the future crops here ad
In foreign countries was so favorable, how
ever that a Belling movement started almost
imraediatiK after the opening, and the pres
sure finally became to hard that the mar
ket for some time lost all appearance of
Btrength. May dropped to 94% cln a few
minutes, and though seaboard reports of a
good foreign Inquiry caused a few of the
mere tinrd shorts to cover, which sent the
May price back to 94%@94%c. the price
dropped Immediately after tnis was sat tsfled,
e °C«fifornia "rc'i rted an abundance of much
1 rain. India crop prospects reported
as unfavorable Saturday, were said to be
splendid, and Australia, it was said, would
have more wheat for export than expected.
Roearlo cables stated that both receipts and
shipments of Argentine wheat were tocraj
ing. Besides all this. Northwest receipts
were heavy. Mincer.; » i - and Duluth report
ing 660 <ars, against 470 tasl week and 511
a year ago. Chicago ncipts were 93 cars;
eight of which were of contract quility. Ihe
Steible supply deceased 580,000 bu, about as
C> For' two hours the May price hung around
the bottom, the dullness being varied oc
casionally by some buying agaiust puts.
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.
MIXXE\POI.TS. Feb. 7— The local wheat
market opened fairly steady this morning b >it
«ui-klv changed its tone and lacked buoy
ancy up to noon. There *' M . a * *A? g h?^r :
sation in the hearts of the bulls-not hear,
failure, which kill— "out a large lack of
vital fen,-. There was nothing encouraging
in the way oi news from any quarter.
May v.h.a. opened at 92% c. against 92%®
M%c Saturday. 1 ftropred ta 92%@92%c, sold
at "«."■■■■(• declined to 92%@92%c, and by noon
held 5t'92%c. July wheat opened at 9 %c,
against 91%@91?_c S_tu day declined to JIUC
gained l-16c, and by neon held at SVA.C
The cash wheat market was slow Offer
ings wen large, and buyers inclined to fight
against the cash premium hitherto paid. Re
ceipts here were 591 cars, and 43 cars snip-
a little more strength chown to
wards, the dose, on reports from the sea
board that exporters were buying freely.
Trading was very light up to- the close. Feh
ruarv wheat closed at 94% c, May wheat at
92% c, and July at 91% c.
RAXGE OF PRICES.
Open- High- Low- Closing
ing. est. est- Toiay. Yes.
February ■ 94^ 911/^
May ....... 92% 92% 92% 92% 92%
July ... ... ... 31% 91% 91% 91% 91%
On Track— Xo. 1 hard, 95% c; No. 1 north
ern, 94% c; No. 2 northern, Sl%r; FeDruary
oatis, 24% c; corn, 26c; flaxseed, $1.25.
Curb on May wheat, bid 92%
Puts on May wheat SST?
Calls on May wheat, bid J3%
SAMPLE SALES.
No. 1 northern, 14 cars 94%
No. 1 northern, 1 car, f. o. b 9<%
No. 1 northern, 2 cars 9j
No. 1 northern, 1 car 96
No. 1 northern, 1 car 95%
No. 1 northern, 1 car 97%
No. 1 northern, 1 car 94%
No. 2 northern. 11 cars 92
No. 2 northern, 20 cars 91%
No. 2 northern. 2 cais 91%
No. 2 northern, 1 car 92%
No. 3 wheat, 18 cars 87%
No. 3 wheat, 2 cars, choice 90
No. 3 wheat, 2 cars 89%
No. 3 Jnheat, 8 cars 83
FLOUR.
The flour m-.rket Is very dull. Large siles
have been made during the past two or thr_e
weeks, but there appears to- be a slackening
of demand fcr the present. The action of tha
wheat market causes buyers to hold aloof.
First patents $4 9 05 01
Second patents 4.50@t.90
First clears 3.8.04.00
BRAN, SHORTS AND COARSE GRAINS.
Bran In bulk $9.75f.10.C0
Brnn. 2fo-lb sacks 10.25010.50
Bran. 100-lb sacks 10. 75011. 00
Bhorts in bulk 9.500 9.75
Middlings In bulk 9.75010.00
Red-dog. 140-lb sacks 11.00011.50
We quote the market as very strong with
an active demand at a big advance.
Corn— Xo. 3 yellow, 26c; Xo. 3, 25% c.
Oats— No. 3, 23%524c; No. 3 white, 24c.
Rye— No. 2, 45% c.
Barley— No. 5, 27027% c.
Trade is good on all lines.
Coarse corn meal and cracked corn, in
sacks, per ton. sacks extra, to jobbers
only $10.50
No. 1 ground Teed. 2-3 corn, 1-3 oats, 80
--1b sacks, sacks extra 11.00
No. 2 ground feed, % corn, % oats, 75
--lb sacks, sacks extra 11.25
No. 3 ground feed, 2-3 oats, 75-Ib sacks,
sacks extra 11.50
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.
Northern.
Railroads. N0.1bd.N0.1.N0.2.N0.3.Rej.N.G.
G N.— Breck. Div 3 12 17 24 10 3
G. N— F. F. Dlv. 8 17 5 1 1 . .
C, M. & St. P. . 19 23 47 18 1
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:
A prominent St. Louis operator Bays: "Got
hold of a lot of good bear news. One Item
Is tbat the D. & R. G. railway has made a
rate to the gulf on 1.500,000 bu Colorado wheat.
Another is from Dallas, Tex., that the owner
of a mill there says they took ln 700 bu wheat
from farmers' wagons last Friday. These
items show reserves are good everywhere."
The Corn Trade News makes the world's
■wheat shipments 6,300.000 bu, which is 1,000,
--000 bu over the official figures.
The first Missouri crop report for 1898 in
dicates a total wheat area of 1,034,000 acres,
24 per cent less than last year. The condition
of winter wheat is 76 against 51 in November.
The heavy snows helped the position. The
decreased area and the general condition do
not promise an average yield.
Closing cables: London, cargoes, wheat, off
coast, nothing offering; on passage, quiet, but
eteady. Paris flour, February, unchanged;
•May and August, 35c lower. Wheat, Feb
ruary, unchanged; May and August, un
changed. Antwerp unchanged.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Fcto. 7.— Flour— Receipts, 30,
--992 bbls; exports, 15, 847 bbls: sales, 9,500 pkgs;
Inactive at barely steady prices. Rye flour
quiet. Buckwheat flour steady. Buckwheat
Steady. Corn meal steady. Rye quiet. Bar
ley quiet. Barley malt sleady. Wheat — Re
ceipts, 74,000 bu; exports, 55,872 bu; spot,
steady; No. 2 red, $I.o3V_c; options dull and
easier at first under big Northwestern re
elpts, lower cables and ralus ln California.
Foreign houses were moderate buyers at the
decline and, later, helped by export rumors
and a liberal English visible supply decrease,
prices partly recovered, closing %@lc net
lower, but steady. No. 2 red, February closed
$1.01%; March, $1.02%.. 1.01%: closed, $1.01%;
May, 95 5-lG(g9- 5-lCc; closed 95T»c; July, 88% c;
closed 88>gc. Corn— Receipts, 30,795 bu: ex
ports, 165,471 bu; spot, steady; No. 2, 36^4c;
options sold off early under cables and a
drop In wheat, but rallied with provisions,
and closed steady at %c net decline. Febru
ary, 34V_((*34%c; closed, 34% c; May, 33 13-16
©34c; closed. 34c. Oats— Receipts, 146.400 bu;
exports, J_20,1-7 bu; epcxt. quiet; No. 2, 29%,^;
Then the Leiter brokers appeared and com
menced buying at around 94*4 c. They had
made a show of supporting the market
around the opening, but the feeling at that
time was so unanimously bearish that they
soon quit. This time their bidding coupled
with the fact that prices were at put figures
soon turned the market toward higher
prices. Late in the session, shorts became
apprehensive of the gradually Increasing
strength and many traders who had sold
early in the session bought back their lines.
May had previously advanced to 94% c. but
this fresh support carried prices up to 94% c,
where It closed, with buyers at that figure.
Increased country offerings and Western
selling were the features in the c.m market.
Ihe tendency during the early part of the
session was downward, but toward the close
the rally in wheat and the strength of pro
visions caused prices to recover. Shorts
were the best buyers. May ranged from
29",ic to 28% c, and closed unchanged at 29% c
Oats were fairly active. The market was
weak and lower early, due to quite general
selling and the break in wheat. When the
latter market rallied early short sellers
covered, and the- oats market became quite
firm toward the close. May ranged from
24% cto 24%®24%c and closed at i.c higher
at 24 -lie.
Provisions were fairly active and strong,
and prices reached new levels. Higher yard
prices were responsible for a firm and high
er opening ln provisions. This induced con
siderable realizing and part of the advance
was lost, but later a strong buying move
ment set in which carried prices quickly up
ward. The close was strong at nearly out
side figures, May pork 12% c higher, at $10.40;
May lard, 10c higher, at ?0.02%, and May
ribs, 5c higher, at $5.12%.
Estimated receipts Tuesday: Wheat, 78
cars; corn, 670 cars; oats, 225 cars; hogs,
3,000 head.
The leading features ranged as follows:
O ffi r O
s« I s
m 2 * a
Whetat— j ! j I
Feb I PR 98 I 98 I 93
May I 95% 95%! 94%! 94%
July I 84% 84% i 83% 1 84%
Corn —
Feb 27% 27% 27 I 27%
May 29%! 2)%! 28% 29%
July 80% 3014! "0% ; 30%
Oats-
May I 24% I 24%! 24% l 24%
July I 23 ! 23%! 22%! 23%
Mess Park-
May (10 35 ilO 42% 1 10 30 !l0 43
July 110 40 |l<> 47%!10 40 ilO 47%
Lard— I I
May ! 4 97%| 5 02%; 4 9". 5 02%
July 505 15 10 I 5 02%! 5 10
Ribs— I
May 15 10 515 I 5 07%: 5 12%
July .1 5 20_| 5 2) I 5 17%; 5 20_
~~ Cash quotations were as follows: Flour—
Steady. Wheat— No. 2 spring. 910.2 c: No. 3
spring. 89@94c; No. 2 red: 98@9_%c Corn-
No. 2, 27% c; No. 2 yellow, _7y_c Oats— Xo.
2, 24%®24%c; No. 2 white, f. o. b., 26%® 29c;
No. 3 white, f. o. b.. 25%@26%C. Rye— No.
2. 47%. Barley— Sample, f. o. b., 28%@40c.
Flaxseed— No. 1, $1.2")%: N. \\\. $1.31%.
Timothy Serd— Prime, $2._0@2.82%. Mess
Pork— Per bbl, J_o.-0@10.35. Lard— Per ICO
lbs. %l.—\__ 1.95. Rib'— Short sides (loose),
$4.9505.25. Shoulders— Dry salted (box d) 4%
@6c. SSdes— Short clear (boxed). $5.25@5..5
Whisky — Dis.illeis' finished g Ods, per gil,
$1.18%. Receipts— Flour, 10,0)0 bbls; wheat,
34,000 bu; corn, 353,000 ba; oiats, 253,000 bu;
rye. 5,000 lm: barley, 45,000 bu. Shipments—
Flour, 6,OiK) bbls; wheat, 34. C00 bu; corn, 161,
--100 bu; oats. 161, C00 bu; rye, 2,000 bu; barley,
33,000. On the produce exchange today lhe
butter mark t was firm; cr:amere-. 13@19%c;
dairies, 31®17c. Cheese— Quiet, B%c. Eggi,
steady; fresh, 15% c.
M. & St. L 4 4 14 2 2
Soo Line 5 2 1
Northern Pacific. . 7 3 1
C, St. P., M.&O. . 13 -17 22 26 1
Minn. Transfer 1
Totals 11 76 71 110 58 7
Other Grain? — Winter wheat, 1 car; No. 3
corn, 19 cars; No. 4 corn. 2 cars: No. 3 oats,
23 cars; no grade oats, 6 cars; No. 2 rye, 6
cars; No. 3 barley, 3 cars No. 5 barley. 7
cars: Xo. 1 flax. 8 cars.
Cars Inspected Out — Whp>a_. No. 1 hard. 1
car; Xo. 1 northern. 75: No. 2 northern, 22;
No. 3, 106; rejected, 23; winter wheat, 4;
No. 3 corn, 42; No. 4 corn, 2; No. 3 oats 9;
no grade cats, _; No. 2 rye, 1.
RECEIPTS AXD SHIPMENTS.
Received— Wheat. 591 cars. 401, 550 bu; corn,
19,500 bu; oats, 42.180 bu : barky. IL-60 bu ;
rye, 4.270 bu: flsx, 4.140 bu: oil cake, 60.0/0
lbs; flour. 947 bbls: millstuffs, 15 tons; bay.
27 tons; fruit, 254.540 lbs; merchandise, 1,513,
--660 lbs; lumber. 27 cars; birrel stock. 6 cars;
machinery. 458,750 lb«; coal. 1,974 tons; wood,
535 cords; cement, 2CO bbls; household gooda,
2,100 lbs; pig iron, 50 cars; dressed meats.
64.H00 lbs; railroad materials, 1 car; sundries,
26 cars. Car lots, 1 116.
Shipped— Wheat. 43 cars, 32,250 bu; corn,
3,120 bu; oits, 5.350 bu; barley. 1,620 bu ; rye.
8 400 bu; flax, 6.0 bu; oil cake. 118,890 lbs;
flour. 50.019 bbls; millstufTs. 2,059 tons; fruit,
74,000 lbs; merchandise,. 1*206,550 lbs; lumber,
92 cars; barrel stock, 1 car; machinery. 329.
--700 lbs; coal, 21 tons; cement. 200 bbls; ties,
8 cars; stone and marble, 1 car: railroad iron,
20 errs; live stock, 1 car; hides, pelts, etc.,
48,000 lbs; sundries, 8 cars. Car lots, 776.
DULUTH GRAIN.
DULUTH. Minn., Feb. 7.— Market very dull
and slightly weaker. May opened %c off at
93% c, sold off to 93% cat 10:40. up to 93% cat
12:40, and closed %c off at 93% c. Cash— l2,ooo
elevators. Wheat stocks last wsek — No. 1
hard, 36,133 bu; No. 1 northern, 1,517,373 bu;
No. 2 'northern, 102,123; No. 3 spring, 79,864;
no grade wheat, 7,177; rejected, 81,562; special
bin, 510,403: total, 2,334,635; Increase, 124,943;
amount, 4,008.127: corn, 2,019,890; oats, 1,749,
--209; rye, 1,148,153; barley, 588.254; flax, 613.235.
Wheat — Xo. 1 hard, 77% c; Xo. 1 northern,
cash, 93% c; May, 93% c; July, 91% c: Septem
ber, 76% c; No. 2 northern, 88c; No. 3. 82c. To
arrive — No. 1 hard, 96c; No. 1 northern, 95% c;
rye, 47c; oats, 25%@24%c; flax, $1.27; May,
$1.30%. Car Inspection— Wheat. 69 cars; corn,
14; oats, 1; rye, 11; barley, 4; flax, 11. Re
ceipts—Wheat. 55.118; corn, 15,038; oats, 2.359;
rye, 3,738; barley, 1,407. Shipments— Oats, 1,240;
barley, 2,352.
ST. PAUL GRAIN.
Quotations of hay. grain, feed, etc.. fur
nished by Griggs Bros., commission mer
chants:
The wheat market was dull yesterday. No.
1 northern, 95056 c: No. 2 northern. 89@91%c.
Corn — No. 3 yellow, £6%®27e; No. 3 2Gr_
26%e.
Rye— 44o46c.
Barley— 2s®3oe.
Oats— No. 3 white, 23%023%c; No. 3, 22^.®
23c.
Seed— Timothy. $101.25: red clover, $3.20®
3.80; flax. $1. 25(31.26.
Flour— Patent, per bbl: $4. 70® 5; straights.
$4.3004.50; bakers', $2.8004; rye flour, $2 SO
@3.
Ground Feed and Millstuffs— No. 1 feed,
$11011.25; coarse ccmmeal. $10 50010.75- bran'
bulk, $10®10.25; shorts. $10010.2).
Hay— Market du'.l and steady: choice qual
ity upland and timothy can be placed read ly,
while all lower grades move slowly. Choice
to fancy upland, $5.F0®6; good qualities, $4.50
05.25; inferior qua'ities, $3.5004 25; timo hy
good to choice, $60 750 7.25. Straw, steady;
oats, $303.75; rye, $303.25.
options neglected all day and closed nominal
ly unchanged; May closed. 29% c.
WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The following are the receipts and ship
ments at principal wheat markets:
Receipts. Shipments.
Bushels. Bushels.
New York 74,000 55,872
Philadelphia 12,896 913
Toledo 13,943 8.000
Detroit 24,276 16 006
St. Louis 22.000 27,000
Boston 1,578
Chicago 34*000 __,000
Milwaukee 35,100 25,650
Duluth K4lB ... .
Minneapolis 401.850 32.250
Kansas CJty 127,000 18,000
GRAIN VISIBLE.
NEW YORK, Feto. 7.— The statement of the
visible supply of grain in store and afloat
Saturday, Feb. 5, as compiled by the New
York produce exchange, Is as follows:
Wheat. 36.022,0.0 bu, decrease 580,000 bu;
corn. 39,505,000 bu, decrease 1,076,000 bu: oats
14,766,000 bu, decrease 346,000 bu; rye. 3.596,0.0
bu, decrease 244.000 bu; barley. 2,673,000 bu,
decrease 355,000 hu.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 7.— Wheat lower: No. 2
red, cash, elevator, 93i.ic: track, 95V_@97c;
February, 95V_c; May, 95%®95%c; July, 94c
bid. Corn higher: No. 2 cash. 26c; February
2554 c bid; May, 2_%«?263ic; July, 2734<f27%c.'
Oats lower; No. 2 cash, 2314 c; February, 24c;
May, 24% c. Rye quiet; 47c bid. Flax higher;
$1.22%.
WHEAT FOR FRANCE.
PUEBLO, Col., Feb. 7.— Within the next
6ix weeks 300,000 bu of wheat will be shipped
from Pueblo to the Gulf of Mexico for ex
port to France and Belgium. There Is a
great surplus of wheat In Colorado this year,
which ts being bought up by a Kansas "city
firm at 65c and 70c per bu and exported.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 7.— Hard wheat steady
soft firm; No. 1 hard, SSc; No. 2, 86<?_87i__-
No. 3. 83@84e; No. 1 red, 93c; No. 2, 92c; No.'
2 Bprinß, 85%tf.S7c. Corn active, steady : No'
2 mixed 24%©24% c. Oats dull; No. 2 "white
22i4@22%c. Rye steady; No. 2, 43@43V_c. '
MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 7.— Flour unchanged
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8, 189b.
Wheat lower; No. 1 northern, 95@96c; No. 2
spring, 91c; May, 94% c. Rye steady; No. 1,
4Sc. Barley firm; No. 2, 41c; sample, 33@41c.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 7.— Wheat dull,
lower to >,4d higher; March, 7s 7%d; May, 7s
3?4d; July, 7s %d; September, 6s 5%d. Corn
PRODUCE.
ST. PAUL MARKET.
Note — The quotations which follow are for
goods which change hands in lots in the
open market. In filling orders, In order to
cover the cost Incurred, an advance over job
bing prices has to be charged.
Butter— Creameries —
Extras .18
Firsts 16%@._7
Dairies —
Hand separator '... .16%®. 17
Extras 16
i Firsts X @'i 5
Ladles —
Extras 12 @.13
Firsts _ ii i,^
Packing stock .....'. .09 @!09%
Cheese —
Twins, fancy new Minnesota and
Wisconsin .10
Twins, fair to good .08 <&!o9
Young America, fancy, new 10 @.10%
Brick, No. 1 12
Brick, No. 2 ..."... .09 @!l0
Llmburger n .i 2
Swiss cheese _"> fa 13
Eggs-
Fancy fresh stock, loss off, cases
included 12%©. 12%
Beans and Peas-
Fancy navy, per bu 1.00
Medium, hand-picked, per bu 90
Yellow peas, per bu 70® .75
Potatoes —
Burbanks, car lots, bu . 46® 48
Early Ohios, per bu . '4s® "52
Rose per bu .45® .50
Mixed scock, bu 36® .3s
Sweet Potatoes—
Cobdens, bbl 3.0003.25
Muscatines, bbl 2.75@3.00
Green Vegetables-
Cucumbers, home-grown, doz ... 1 50
Round radishes, doz • 75
Turnips, bu '..'.'.'.'". *25
Carrots, bu ....... .40
Beets, bu '* ' _;
Mint, doz '.'.....'...'. .40
Lettuce, doz .....J. 30
Parsley, doz 15
Wax b.ans, bu '"'.' 2 50
String baans, bu 2 50
Egg plant, doz 1.53
Tomatoes home-grown, lb .2.
Celery, Caliiornla, doz 40® .50
Grapes —
Catawba grapes, 5-lb basket .. .13
Malaga grapes, per bbl 6.00®7.00
Cranberries —
Bell and bugle, per bbl 6.5007.00
Cape Ccd, per bbl 7.C0®7.53
Jersey cranberries, par bbl 6.50®7.00
Appks —
Western apples, red. per box 1.50@1.f5
Western apples, green, per box.. 1.50
Wlnesape, per bbl 4.00®4.50
Willow Twigs, per bbl 4.00®4.50
Bell-towers, per bbl 4.00?i4.50
Grime.?' Golden, per bbl 4.0004.50
Ben Davis, per bbl 3.25@3.75
Cooking apples, per bbl 2.50
Jonathans 5.0005.50
Cor lots, assorted varieties 2.75@3.C0
Gcnitons, per bbl 2.5033.00
Greenings, per bbl 4.00®4.25
Baldwins, per bbl 4.00®4.25
Ltmins —
Messina., fancy, 300s 2.50@2.75
Messinas, choice, 300s 2.2502.50
Messinas, fancy, 360s 2.5052.75
Messinas, choice, 3603 2.25®2.50
California 300s to 300s 3.25®3.75
Orarif;cs —
California navels, per bo:: 3.00
Roso brand, California navels.. 3.00(53.50
California seedlings, per box 2.25
Nuts-
New California walnuts. 11 0.12
California alinon_U 12 0.13
LIVE STOCK.
UNION STOCKYARDS.
Receipts— Hogs, 400; cattle ; 400; calves, 100;
sheep, 200.
Hogs— Steady with Saturday. Quality fair
to gcod.
Representative Sales —
No. W_.Dg.Price.lNo_ Wt.Dg.Price.
• 2 315 ..$3 30|.0 239 ..$3 70
2 210 40 3 ''o 27 197 80 3 75
2 190 .. 365 79 249 .. 380
8 133 .. 370 85 . . . . ._„ „ 198 . ._ 3SO
Cattle — Firm and active. There was a good
demand for all grades, and yards cleared be
fore noon. More good cattle wanted.
Representative Sales-
No. XV t. Price.' Stags and Oxen —
Stockers and Feed-' 1 1740 $3 40
ers— I 1 1740 3 40
3 670 $3 60 Bulls—
14 654 3 65 6 1091 3 30
11 649 3 70 1 5Sj) 3 10
2 705 3 70 1 620 2 50
2 635 3 75 1 1000 3 25
23 580 3 7". 1 1390 3 35
8 440 3 90 2 535 4 00
13 614 3 95 2 380 2 25
1 450 400 Milkers and Spring
-1 440 4 00 1 710 3 25
1 310 4 00 4 cows for 98 no
2 395 400 1 c. and 1 c. for 29 00
1 270 4 25 1 c. and 1 c. for 32 50
2 295 425 Butcher Steers—
3 356 4 35 15 992 4 15
1 200 4 40 1 1010 4 00
5 810 4 40 1 990 3 70
11 391 440 2 960 4 00
28 370 440 Butcher Cows and
Stock Cows and Heifers-
Heifers— '1 900 2 40
2 905 2 75 1 690 2 00
6 590 2 80 4 930 2 45
2 780 3 00 3 903 2 50
5 780 3 00 1 900 2 55
1 ... 550 3 00 5 992 2 60
2 " 570 3 00 7 1166 2 60
1 680 3 10 2 1055 2 65
1 620 3 15 1 930 2 65
9 510 3 20 3 960 2 65
2 340 3 25 2 1020 2 75
4 337 3 25 1 950 2 75
3 660 3 25 1 1000 2 85
3 440 3 2". 2 1090 2 90
1 400 3 30 1 990 2 90
Veal Calves— 3 748 3 00
2 150 5 25 2 845 3 00
1 240 5 00 2 1010 3 00
Stags and Oxen— 1 940 3 00
2 1630 2 91 6 805 3 10
1 700 3 00 1 840 3 25
2 880 3 50 3 723 3 25
1 1610 2 40,2 1015 3 25
7 1475 3 10' 1 920 3 25
2 1520 365 1 890 3 35
4 1407 3 25 1 1040 3 50
1 1610 3 CO 7 1008 3 70
No. " Wt. Price. I
Sheep— Steady Good demand for lambs.
Representative Sales —
No. Wt. Price. Xo. Wt. Price.
7 124 $4 03 25 lambs 89 $5 30
" CHICAGO? ~
OHTCAGO. Feb. 7.— The average offerings
of cattle tcday were not very good. Beeves
good enoueh to sell at $4.75 and upwards
showed strength, bot lots sold under that
figure were barely steady. Sales were larg'ly
at $4.2505.10. the commonest lots of dressed
beef steers selling at $3.9004.20; while a car-
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.
NEW YORK. Feb. 7.— The opening of trade
in the dry goods field was featureless today,
but generally auspicious. Jobbers, in fact,
had less cause to complain since the first of
the year. Reports today from out of town
jobbing and final markets have been of a
fair business in all lines. At first hands the
market Is firm but without feature. Buying
Is irregular. In cotton goods the orders have
been urgent in many cases and fairly numer
ous. But they are for small amounts and
are not calculated to fortify sellers. Print
cloths are unchanged at 2 3-16 c for 64 square
extras.
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW YORK. Feb. 7.— Feed firm. Hay dull.
Hops strong. Hides steady. Leather steady.
Wool quiet. Beef firm. Cut meats steady.
Lard firm. Pork firm. Tallow dull. Cotton
seed oil steady. Petroleum dull. Rosin quiet.
Turpentine steady. Rice firm. Pig iron war
rants dull. Lake copper quiet but steady.
Tin quiet but firm. Lead steady. Coffee op
tions opened steady at 5010 points decline;
ruled fairly active; closed barely steady at
s§lo points decline: sales, 14,250 bags, in
cluding March, 5.70@5.75c; spot coffee, Rio,
steady; No. 7, Invoice, 6%c: No. 7, jobbing,
6%c; mild, market steady; Cordova, 8%@15c.
Sugar— Raw firm; refined firm.
SEED MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7.— The flaxseed market
was a lif.le stronger today, but not active.
Receipts here were 22 cars, at Duluth 11 cars,
and at Minneapolis 6 cars. The official close
as reported by the Weare Commission com
pany is as follows: Cash flax. $1.30 per bu;
May, $1.28; cash timothy seed closed at $5
per 100 lbs. Minneapolis flax is quoted at
$1.25 per bu.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
F. C. Peabody to Emma Bumgardner, lot
16 and west 20 feet of lot 17, block 2,
E. Rice Ist $1,800
Capitol Eullding society to Sophia Dunn,
lot 18, block 2, Hazel Park Dlv. No. 6. . 950
Mrs. Mary Rowles to Charles Skooglun,
lot 9, block 12, Fairview 432
Three transfera, total $3,182
quiet, unchanged, %@i4d lower to %d high
er; February, 3s l%d; March, 3s 2%d; May,
3s l%d; July, 3s 2d.
TOLEDO.
TOLEDO, Feb. 7.— Wheat lower; No. 2
cash, 96c; May, 94% c. Corn active; No. 2
mixed, 28% c; May, 2&U_,;. Oats active; No. 2
mixed, 24V_c. Rye steady; No. 2 cash, 4S^c.
Filberts .10
Tarragona almonds . J..,'. 1. '.'..'.'. .15
New Texas pecan 5........] 10 (§.ll
Bananas — . •
Choice shipping, large bunches.. 1.75@2.00
Figs and Dates-
Figs, fancy, new, three-crown.. .12 1 /.
Figs, fancy, four-crown " . . .13V_
P'ard dates, 12-lb pkga. ..'.['.'..... .08%
Honey —
White clover \ . .11 @.12
Extracted : '""■ **. .07 @.08
Maple syrup, per gal ..'"' 75 @.80
Maple sugar, per lb ; . .10
Apple Cider-
Sweet, per bbl 5.00@5.50
Sweet, per half bbl . . ■ 2.75^3.(0
Hard, per bbl 5.00@6.00
Hard, per half bbl 3.00@3.50
Dressed Meats —
Veal, fancy »...-_ .08
Veal, medium .07%
Mutton, country-dre___d ""'"'.'.'.'.! .04%
Mutton, country-dres-ed ' 05V_@.06
Fall lambs 06%@.07
Dressed Poultry —
Turkeys per lb 09 @.10
Spring chickens, per lb 07 @.07%
Ducks, per lb 08 @.09
Geese, per lb 07%@.08
Fish— Good demand.
Croppies, per lb 05 @.05%
Pickerel, per lb .. .OS'otg.Ol
Whltefish, per lb " .06
Game —
Mallard ducks, per doz 3.75
Canvassbaek ducks, per doz 5.00@10.00
Common ducks, per doz 1.505- 1.75
Redheads, per doz 4.00@ 4.50
Blue wing teal 2.25
Jack snipe 1.25
Large yellow legs 60@ .75
Sand snipe .25
Grass plover 1.00 !
Golden plover 1.25 j
Woodcock 4.5055.50
Bear carcass, hide on, lb 12@ .18 •
Jack rabbits, doz 1.25® 1.75
Small rabbits, doz 40@ .50!
Green wing teal 1.75® 2.00
MINNEAPOLIS MARKET.
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 7.— A1l grades of but
ter are without price change from Saturday.
Jobbing call for creamery extras is light, but
a number of small lots are being sold to
retailers. Firsts ln creameries are in moder
ate demand, but seconds aand thirds are slow
and going largely Into packing channels.
Dairy extras are in light supply, with fair
call from retailers. Firsts are in occasional
request, but s.conds are slow and show
some accumulation. Roll and print of fancy
quality Is in moderate demand. Ladles rule
steady. Packing stock Is dull. Strictly fr^sh
eggs are In big demand by jobbers. Re
ceipts are liberal, but most, arrivals are being
readily disposed of at quotations. The d3
xnand from retailers is of g.ed proportions.
Dressed poultry is well cleaned up from last
week. Butchers are in the market and what
little stock came ln this morning was being
well picked up. Best call Is for fancy chick
ens and fowls. Turkeys, ducks and geese
are in moderate demand.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.— Butter, 9,2:6 pkgs;
Western creamery, 14"%©20c; Elgins, 2flc:
factory, ll@l4c. Chee; u — Rece'pts, 2.210 pkgs;
weak; large white SDptember, SVae; small
white September. SfiW '■,(.•: large colored Sep
tember, 8 ! /.c: sm-1" co'o.-ed Sepem er, 9 (9_c:
large October, 8(5 K^e; small October, %%Qi)
8 a ,_c; light skims. C>fi6\i,c; part skims, 4®
5%; full ekims, 2@3c Eggs— Receipts. 8.386
pkgs; firm; state and Pennsylvania, 19c;
We-sterns. 18 c.
Chicago, Feb. 7. — Butter, firm'; c-ea-nerles,
13019 c; dairies, ll@l7c. Eggs — Steady; fresh,
15V-C
Elgin, 111., Feb. 7.— Market steady at 19c;
official quotations, same.
load of 1,483 lb steers brought $5.45. Stock
ers and feeders, $3.40©i.50; butchers and can
ners. uncharged. There was an active local
and -hipping demand for hogs and p'c.s we:e
stronger from the openiug with sale*, large
ly 2%e higher than the close of last week.
The extreme range was $8.70®>4.02%; the bulk
of the hogs going fcr $3 8J%@3.97%; while
pigs sold largely at 53.65@3.55; common pigs
selling as low as $3.25. The late market was
easier. The heavy supply of sheep and lambs
naturally c-aused a. weaker market and prices
averaged 10c lower. Sheep were salable at
$3.25@3.50 for the poorest lo's up to $4.50©
4.60 fcr strictly choice; fed Westerns sellm?
at $3.8001.50. Yearl-ngs sold at $4.6005.50,
and lambs were wanted at $4.5004.75: f<-w
selllt.g. below $5 2". .Receipts— CatUe, 18,500;
hogs, 35,000; sheep. Tv 000 head.
MINNEAPOLIS.
NEW BRIGHTON, Feb. 7.—Receipts—Cat
tle, 48: hogs. 150. Cattle— Fat steers and cows
In strong demand. Sales, 2 bulls, ay 1,220
lbs, $3.10; 11 steers, ay 1,181 lbs, $4.40; 2
cows, ay 785 lbs. $2.40; 4 cows, ay 865 lbs,
$2.65; 1 bull, 1,130 lbs, $2.90; 3 cows, ay 960
lbs, $3.10; 2 cows, ay 934 lbs, $3.10; 1 cow,
811 lbs. $2.50: 8 calves, ay 240 lbs. $4; 4 bulls,
ay 663 lbs, $3: 1 cow, 1,030 lbs. $2.50; 1 cow,
1.090 lbs, $2.75; 8 cows, ay 1,147 lbs, $3.40;
5 cows, ay 1.140 lbs, $3.40; 2 cows, ay 1.085 lbs,
$3.40:1 springer, $27.50; 1 canner. $32.50; 24
cows, ay 867 lbs. $3.10. Hogs— Market active
and a shade higher than Saturday. Sales, 63
hogs, ay 232 lbs. $3.80; 1 hog, 170 lbs. $3.80;
3 hogs, ay 404 lbs, $3.60. Sheep — No trading.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 7.— Cattle— Receipts.
6,000; best grades steady; others slow; Texas
steers, $2.6004.30: Texas cows. $2.70©3.40;
native steers. $3.3005; native cows and' heif
ers, $1.7004.10: stockers and feeders. $3,800
4.85; bulls, $2.75®-4. Hogs— Receipts. 9.000";
market active and strong; bulk of sales. $3.65
03.85; heavies. $3:6503.95; packers, $3,600
3.95; mixed. $3.6003.92%; lights. $3.6003.80;
Yorkers, $3.7504.80; pigs. $3.2503.60. Sheep
—Receipts, 5,000: market, firm; lambs, $4.75©
5.50; muttons, $3.25©4.60.
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET.
Minnesota Transfer, St. Paul, Parrett &
Zimmerman's report: Market opened fair,
with an unusual large stock of horses on
hand: prices low. The following representa
tive sales ere for this day:
Wt. Price.
1 pair bay horses, 5 and 6 years 3,000 $170
1 pair bay horses. 6 and 7 years 2.800 150
1 pair brown horses. 6 years 2,400 120
1 sorrel mare, 5 yeirs 1,400 70
1 sorrel mare. 6 years 1,300 60
1 bay horse, 5 years 1,200 55
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. Feb., 7. -Cattle— Receipts. 3.500:
market steady: native shipping steers, $4.25©
• 5.25: butchers' steers to dressed beef grades.
$3.7504.90: stockers and feeders, $304.30;
cows and heifers. $204.50; Texas and Indian
steers. $3.3003.35. Hogs— Receipts, 6.000; mar
ket strong and active; bulk of sales $3,700
3.90. Sheep— Receipts. 2.000; market steady;
native muttons, $404.60; Texans, $404.25;
lambs, $505.75.
OMAHA.
SOUTH OMAHA. Feb. 7.-Cattle-Rece!pts
1.700; steady; native beef steers. $3.8004.85-
Texas steers, $303.75; cows and heifers, $3®
3.90; stockers and feeders, $3.6004.80. Hogs
—Receipts, 3.0O0: market a shade higher
bulk of sales, $3.72%®3.77%. Sheep— Receipts,'
6.900: market lower; fair to choice natives
$3.7005.60.
FINANCIAL.
To loan on approved propertr li i..
Paul and Minneapolis.
60/ "QN OR
/O BEFOHE"
In Soma to Salt.
R- M. NEWPORT & SO3,
Reeve Bids?., Pioneer Press Bid!?.
Minneapolis. St. Paul.
BROKERS.
Michael Doran. James Uornn.
M- DORAN 6_ CO.
BANKRRS AND Ba f JXB2<..
311 Jackson St., St. Paul. Minn,
G. H. F. SMITH Sl GO,
Stocks, Bond*, Grain, Provisions and Ostlii
Private wires to Xew Fork and CModji
202 Pioneer Pres_ Budding, St. Paul, Minn
H. HOLffERT & SON,
Bankers ant. Brokers,
341 ROBERT STREET. ST. PAUL.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
g^JogsTsros?
Commli-loD Merchants.
GRAIN— BALED HAY— SEED 3
Agentsfor tns %11 nsrp\ta:it illiitx.L- ill
-hu!e loop ilav iJ.Un? Tlsj.
Third and Cedar & ta., St. Paul, Ail-in.
CUBAN SCARE REVIVED
STOCK LEVEL LOWERED UNDER
PRESSURE OF REALIZING SALES
Sharp Gains in the Inactive High-
Prleed Securities, but Net Losses
the Rnle In the General List
Large Share of Attention Ab
sorbed by Bonds.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.— Today's market for
stocks suffered from the burden of realizing
sales and from the bear pressure due to the
revival of the Cuban scare. There were ,
Bpecial elements of weakness In addition.
me Union Pacific securities were heavy on
account of the announced determination of
the government to operate the Kansas Pa
cific under a receivership and to seek to post
pone the sale of that property. The Kansas
Pacific consols opened off 3% per cent on
the strength of this, but the buvlng at the
decline was very heavy and aggressive and I
assuring reports were given out that this
security was not likely to be deprived of i s
right of exchange with the organized Union
Pacific securities. This apparently failed to
rally the stocks of the company and they
were heavy, all day, the preferred going off
at one time 1% and the common a point.
Missouri Pacific showed a recurrence of
its recent weakness and declined at one time |
a point below Saturday's close. Lake Shjre
New York Central, Northern Pacific pre- j
ferred and other recent favorites showed the !
effects of a continuation of profit-taking. I
The coalers and the grangers were in the !
main heavy, Northwest being an exception.
Ncrthwest preferred showed a gain of 3 ! <i !
over the last transaction. Quite a number S
of stocks showed gains at the opening, but j
as a rule subsequent declines wiped them all :
out.
A few stocks were conspicuous fcr very \
vigorous movements. This was notably the :
case with Metropolitan, which was at one j
time 3% above Saturday's close, but which
reacted 1%. Norfolk & Western preferred '
was quite strong aii day and advanced at
one time 3%, reacting a fraction en profit- ■
taking. Michigan Central also renewed Its
interrupted advance and Is 1% higher for
the day.
There were some sharp gains also in the ;
usual inactive high priced securities The :
feverish and unsettled condition of the lo.al j
eerporations was noticeable in the closing '
dealings.
Although the stock market was r.ot la k'ng !
In activity and Interest the bond department
continued to absorb a large share of attention
and to show great strength. There were '
_<-me five separate transactions in blocks of
a par value of $100,000 or over. Three of
tbem were in the Atchison adjustment 4s,
the total dealings in which footed up for the .
day, $1,037,000. The recovery in Kansas Pa
cific consols to 110% brought out a block of
$iro,ooo which was taken by one dealer.
There was a $125,000 blcck ofthe new Union
Pacific 4s sold during the day. Norfolk and
Western consol 4s were active and strong.
Numerous sharp gains are recorded all
through the bond iist. Total sa'.es, $6,350,0 0.
U. S. 5s were % higher, and the 4s both old
and new were % higher bid.
Total sa'.es of stocks today were 421,000
shares, Including 25,020 Atchison pfd, 8 025 ('.
& 0., 29,620 Burlington, 5,410 Erie pfd, 3,300
Lake Brie & Western. 5,491 L. & N, 3,750
Manhattan, 10,990 Metropolitan, 7,627 Michi
gan Central, 3,210 Hawaiian, 3,675 Missouri,
1P, 253 N. Y. C, 3,122 Northwest. 11 030 Ncr h
Pacific, 15,125 do pfd, 4.056 Rock Island 22.090
St. Paul, 3,720 Southern pfd, 19,520 Union
Pacific, 3,750 Tobacco. 3,060 Chicago G. W .
17,05S General Electric, 28,801 Sugar, 4 SOO
Leather pfd, 3,960 Western Union.
The following were the fluctuations of the
leading railway aud industrial Bhares fur
nished by C. H. F. Smith & Co., members
New York stock exchange and Chicago board
of trade:
O pj ~~ r o~
» ff % 8
3 St % 2.
£ S r <*
S. R. &T. Co I. .."... I I | 4~
Am. Tobacco j 89% | 89% 89% 89%
Am. Spirits 9 I 9 1 B%| 81/
--do pfd j I _
Atchison 13%! 13% 13% 13%
do pfd 31%' 32%| 31% 31%
Am. Cotton Oil 22%! 22% 22% 21%
Bay State Gas ! 3%
Bait. & Ohio 17%: 17% 17% 17%
C, B. & Q 101%! 102% 101% 101%
C, C, C. & St. L....1 36%! 37%! 367_| 37
Chcs. & Ohio j 24%! 24%! 24% 24%
Chicago Gas | 98% | 98% | 98 | 98
Canada Southern ) 56%| 57 | 56% ; 56
Col. Fuel & I !24 24 24 j24
C. G. W 14% 14%! 13%! 13%
do pfd "A" 34
Del. & Hudson 114 114 114 113%
D., L. & W I i 156%
Erie 15% 16 j 15% 15%
do pfd 41"- 41% 4i% 40%
General Electric .... 39% 39% 38% 38%
G. N. pfd 153 159 j 158% 157
Hocking Valley j | 7
Illinois Central 106%| 106% 103% 106%
Jersey Central 97 | 97 j 96% i 96%
Kansas & Texas \ I ! 13%
do pfd 39% | 39% 1 39% 39%
Lead 36%! 36%] 36% 36%
Linseed Oil I ; | I 18
Laclede Gas I 43% i 43%| 43 | 43
L. & N 60 60 I 59%! 59%
Lake E. & W 74 76% 73% 75
Leather pfd 66 66%; 66 66
Lake Shore I 194 ! 194 ' 191 I 191
Man. Con I 116%! 116%: uty* 116%
Met. Traction 149%! 154% | 149V,| 153%
Minnesota Iron I 64%> 64%! 64V, 64%
Minn. & St. L. Ist pfd.i : ! j 86%
do 2d pfd | | 1 !
Missouri Pacific .. .. 34 34%! 33% 33%
Michigan Central .. ..| 113 ! 113%! n_%! 113%
N. P. common 27% i 27%: 26%. 26%
do pfd I 68%! 68% j 67% ! 67%
N. Y. Central I 118%; 118%; 117% 118
Northwestern I 127%! 128% i 127% 128%
N. Y. Gas ! 192 I 192% 189 ! 190%
North American .. ..! 5% 1 5%; 5%' 5%
Omaha I 75%: 75%! 74% 74%
do Dfd I | | 145
Ont. & Western .... 18 | 18 j 17% 17%
Pacific Mall :. 32% 32% 1 32 j 32
Pullman j 177%: 179% 177% 179
Reading I 22%! 22% 22% 22%
do Ist pfd j 52%j 52%, 62% 1 52%
do 2d pfd | 28%; 28%! 28 [ 28
Rock Island I 93% l 93%! 92%! 92%
Southern Ry I 9%i 9%j 9%' 8%
do pfd I 32 ] 32% 31% 31%
Silver Certificates i ' ' 56%
Sugar Refinery '; 139% 1 140 ! 13S%< 138%
St. Paul ! 96%; 96% 96 96%
Term. Coal '; 25% 25% 25% 25%
Texas Pacific ! : 11%
Union Pacific I 34 ! 34% 33%; 33%
do pfd 62 I 62%; 61 I 62%
U. S. Rubber ! 17% 18% 17%; 17
_____________-_____=r__________________r___r_______-_-___
POLITICAL RIGHTS OF CLERKS
Evasive Reply Front Mr. Heutli
When Asked to Lay Down a
General Rale.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7.— The political
rights of employes of the pcstoffice de
partment, under the civil service regu
lation?, are dealt with in an iaaportant
communication received toWy from
F-rst Assistant Postmaster General
Perry S. Heath, by Postmaster Charles
TJ. Gordon, of Chicago. The occasion
for the communication was a letter
written by John L. Manning, president
of the Chicago Union Veteran clubs, to
Postmaster Gordon, in which Manning
said that many employes of the post
office belong to the Chicago Union Vet
erans' club, and information was re
quired as to what extent the civil ser
vice regulations governed their political
action.
Postmaster Gordon submitted Mr.
Manning's letter to the postofllce de
partment, and today received a reply
from Mr. Heath, which sets forth the
ideas of the postoffice department in
respect to the political activity of em
ployes, in part as follows: There is no
disposition to curtail the proper exer
cise of political rights of any one in
the postal service. It is the manner in
which these rights are exercised, rather
than the exercise of them, and at the
same time the consideration of the dis
charge of the employe's official duties,
more than the exercise of political
rights that is important. We prefer to
pass upon complaints as to the offen
sive exercise of political rights than to
make a general rule. No employe of
the government should be disorderly or
offensive in any capacity. Good cit zen.
_hip, as well as good service, is always
a pre-rectulsite.
EVARTS AN OCTOGENARIAN.
Noted Statesman of a Generation
A_.o Blind and Slowly
Decliningr.
CHICAGO. Feb. T.^Special to the
Tribune from New York: William Max
well Evarts glided gently into the ranks
of America's distinguished actogenarl
ans today. His eightieth birthday was
quietly celebrated by his children and
his grandchildren. For the first time
in years the massive old brick home
at the northweet corner of Fourteenth
Western Union I 92%! 92&! 921_! 92%
Wabash j 7">_! Vk' 7Vi' 7
do pfd 18%' 18%: 18% j 18%
W. &L. E j 3%; 3^41 3%| 2T_
The following were the closing quotations
of other stocks as reported by the Associated
Press:
Canadian Pacific .S8 St.P., M. & M 133
Canada Southern .56 So. Pacific . . . . 20
Central Pacific ... 14 U. P., D. & G 9
Chicago & Alton .164 XV. & L. E 27_
C. & E. 1 59-. do pfd 13 l i
D. & R. G 113 Adams Express ..165
do pfd 50% Am. Express .. ..119
Ft. Wayne 169V_ United States .... 43
L. E. &• W. pfd.. 75 Wells Fargo .. ..114
Man. L 1161-. Am. Cot. Oil pfd. 76%
Met. St. Ry 153 V* Am. Tobacco pfd. ll4
Mich. Cen 113 V Con. Gas 190%
Mobile & Ohio .. 31% Com. Cable C 0... .180
Ci Ind. & L.... 94 Illinois Steel 52%
do pfd 32 Lead pfd 108%
N. V., C. & St. L. 144 Silver Cert 564
do Ist pfd 73 S. R. & T 4
ao 2nd pfd 38 Sugar pfd 113
Or. R. & X.... 52 U. S. Leather .. TU
Or. Short Line .. 25 V. S. Rubber pfd. 69
Pittsburg 168 Xorthwestern . . . .12S'i
St. L. & S. F 74 do pfd 171
do Ist pfd SSV* R. G. W 22
St. Paul pfd 1454 do pfd 594
St. P. & 0 744 St. L. & S. W.... 42
do pfd 145 ' do pfd 10%
BOXD LIST.
U. S. new 4s reg.128% X. J. C. 5s 114'";
do coup 128% N. C. 6s 125
do 4s 113% do 4s 103
do coup 114% X. P. lsts 6s 1184
do 2nds 100 do prior 4s 974
do 5s reg 113% do gen. 3s 63 "
do 5s coup 113^4 N\Y., C. & 5t.L. 45. 107%
District 3 65s 118 X. & \V. fis 124 1 :,
Ala. Class A 108 >"orthwestern c0n.142%
do B 107 do deb. 5s 118
do C 100 *Or. Xav. lsts 115
Atchison 4s .... 94 do 4s 964
do adj. 4s K_% O. S. L. 6s t.r.... 125 "
Can. So. 2nds ..110% do 5s t.r 100%
C. & X. P. t. r. ss. 87',i Or. Imp. lsts t. r.1124
C. & Ohio 5s 115% do 5s t. r h_ : ;
*C, H. & D. 4%5. 104% Pacific 6s, '95. ...104
D. & R. G. 15t5.. 1094 Heading 4s BS%
do 4s 95% R. G. W. lsts .... 85
East Term. lsts. .PK St-L. & I.M. con 5s 93«_
Erie gen. 4s 72",*, tt.L. & S.F.gen. 65115%
F. XV. & D. lsts t.r 73?4 St. P. con 140
Gen. Elec. 55. .. .1014 St.P.. C. &P. lsts.l2o
G. H. & S. A. 65... 103 do 5s 116
do 2nds 105 So. Rv. 5s 94%
fl. & T. C. 5s 110 S. R. & T. 65.... 57
do con. 6s 106 JTenn. new set 35.. 87
lowa C. lsts ....100% T. P.. L. G. 15t5.. 101%
K. P. con. t.r... 11l do Rg. 2nds 33%
do Ist (D.D.) t.r. 122 U. P. lsts 127%
La. new con. 45.. 1024 U. P., D. & G.lsts. 58
L. & X. Uni. 45.. SB% Wab. Ist as 1094
Missouri 6s 100 do 2nds 80%
M. K. & T. 2nds.. 64% West Shore 45.. ..109%
do 4s 91% Va. Centuries ... 70
X. V. C. lsts ..117% do deferred .... 4
*Offered.
STAXDARD OIL BULGE.
XEW YORK, Feb. 7.— Standard Oil sold on
the curb today at 425 on the strength of- a
story that it was proposed to exchange pres
ent certificates for &heres in a new company
on the basis cf 4 to 1.
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS.
Chclor $0 25 Ontario *. ..?2 50
Crown Point .... 20 Ophir " 50
Con. Cal. & Va.. 90 Plymouth OS
Deadwood 9 Quicksilver 1 CO
Gould & Curry . . 3J do pfd 250
Hale & Norcross . 1 4." Sierra Nevada ... 90
Ilomestake 27 o' Standard 1 s">
Iron Silver 40 Union Con 40
Mexican 20 Ytllow Jacket 2.
Mexican 20
BOSTOX MIXIXG SHARES.
Allouez Mm. Co.. l%|Franklln ISV_
Atlantic 30 Osceola 42%
Boston & Mont. . .172% Quincy 115
Butte & Boston .. _6%! Tamarack 150
Paluum & Htcla. .510 'Wolverine 20%
Centennial i' : _i
WALL STREET GOSSIP.
New York stock gossip, reported by H. Hol
bert & Son, bankers and brokers, 341 Robert
street, National German-American Bank build
ing, St. Paul :
The Xew York Times makes particular
mention of the insiders of Northern Pacific
predicting a further 10 point advance in the
preferred stock. The street la very ready at
the present time to have faith In all rumors
on a refunding or consolidation character,
hence the popularity of the Vanderbilts and
Baltimore & Ohio.
The Journal of Commerce states that the
Northern Pacific, through J. P. Morgan, has
completed the sale in London of 40,000 shans
of preferred stock at about the present mar
ket price. The proceeds are to be used to
pay for the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
firsts.
FOREIGN FINANCIAL.
XEW YORK, Feto. 7.-Evenlng Post's Lon
don financial cablegram: The stock 11
were quiet and featureless today generally
pending the settlement ln carry-over mines,
but the tone was steady. Activity still cen
ters in Americans, Grand Trunks and Ar
gentines. The feature in the first named was
Norfolk & Western preferred. . A pool was
formed recently to deal in the commission.
It Is said the profits already show a dividend
Prices closed under the best, but Grand
Trunks were better.
NEW YORK MOXEY.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.— Money on cal! easy,
14 P«r cent; last loan, 1% per cent. Prime
mercantile paper. 3(g4 per cent. Sterling ex
change strong, with actual business ln bank
ers' bills at $4.86%<g4.85% for demand, and at
$4.g3(f74.^34 for sixty days. Posted rates
$4.834@4._6; commercial bills, $4.K2<5 4.824
Silver certificates, 56%@57%C. Bar silver
564 c. Mexican dollars, 45%e.
MEXICO REFUNDING.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.— lt was reported in
Wall street today that negotiations were
pending between the Mexican government and
J. Sellgman looking to the refunding of the
Mexican national gold dent. The debt
amounts to 1100,000,000, bears interest at 6
per cent in geld and Is redeemable July 1
next.
BANK CLEARINGS.
St. Paul, $589,201.49.
Minneapolis, $1,095,584.
Chicago, $20,459,374.
Boston, $13,385,477.
New York, $83,467,588.
TREASURY STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. -Today's statement
of the condition of the treasury shows: Avail
able cash balance, $222,919,977*; gold reserve
$164,959,686.
CHICAGO MONEY.
CHICAGO. Feb. 7.— New York exchange, 20c
discount. Posted rates, $4.83%@4.88.
street and Second avenue had an air of
hfe about it— baby life and child life.
There were several very young children
among them whose faces the venerable
lawyer and statesman has never se:-n.
The light has been slowly fading out
of his eyes for nearly ten years. Mr.
Evarts never said anything about his
failing vision until 1892, when he was
f< reed to decline an invitation to speak
at a chamber of commerce dinner. He
at that time attributed his affliction to
an accident which befell him ln 188G,
when he was thrown out of his car
riage, striking his head on the stone
pavement. He said the shock affected
the minute blood vessels of the eyes,
causing a thin film to slowly spread
over the retina. He was treated by
European and American specialists, but
finally concluded that his troble was
Incurable.
For five years Mr. Evarts has prac
tically done no legal work.
TREATY OUT OF THE QUESTION
Spain and Cuba Will Fight on to the
Bitter End Insurgent
Policy.
CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 7.— Dr. C. M.
Thomas, of Illinois, who has just re
turned from Cuba, where he has been
studying existing conditions for sev
eral months past, is now in Cleveland,
and in speaking of the war said:
"The situation from present indica
tions Is that the war will continue for
a long time to come. The Spanish will
never grant the Cubans their liberty as
long as they can possibly help it.
"The treaty between the Cubans and
Spanish is absolutely out of the ques
tion. The hatred between them was
strong before the war and such ter
rible suffering as both sides have en
dured since the war has commenced,
has intensified this feeling. The talk
of the Cubans accepting home rule is
simply ridiculous. Equally absurd Is
the idea of Spain granting Cubans
home rule as we Americans understand
home rule.
"The policy of the Cubans is not to
fight important battles. Their plan Is
to wear out Spain financially, and the
Spanish nation is so weak financially
that she finds it impossible to raise
the necessary $36,000,000 annually to
carry on the Cuban war. and an addi
tional $25,000,000 each year to pay the
interest of her great debt."
LAKE SUPERIOR TO THE SEA.
Deep Waterway Project Called to
the Attention of C«ta*reM by
Secretary Alger.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.— Th- secretary
of war Invites the attention of congress
to the desirability of continuing the
work now In progress, under the hoard
of engineers, for deep waterways dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30
as no estimate for this work was in
cluded in the estimates submitted
tcfore, says the Tribune's Wash .
correspondent.
In brief, the duties imposed on the
coard by congress are to exam in.
investigate certain projects for
waterways from the head of Lake Su
perior to tidewater, the Hudson river
and to prepare plans and estimal
the cost.
The commission of 1897 estimated the
cost at not less than $600,000. \fter
careful consideration, the board is ot
the opinion that $225,000 can be profit
ably expended on the work during the
year ending June 30. 1899. It th -
recommends that this sum be a,
pnated and says that if a small -, sum
Is granted, the cost of administration
and supervision for the whole work will
be Increased.
The board says that It will be Kind
to submit full information regarding
its work, plans and estimates, either
verbally or In writing to the depart
ment, or to the committees of c ingress
if desired.
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UXION DEPOT, SIBLEY STREET.
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£B'2oarn'.F'gus Falls Div. & B'ches. bl
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D **sopm|.. Excelsior & Hutchinson., bll :4sam
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b9:oOam; .. . . , ".-. Iftan , "
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Fergus Falls, Wahpeton.
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ton, Winnipeg i7:30pm,7:15am
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b6 :3opm!.. Chicago "Atlantic Ex" ... all :3oam
aß:lopni..f'lil.-ug.) "N. W. Limited". a7:soam
b9 :2sam .Duluth, Superior, Ashland. l bs :ospm
all :oopm!. Duluth, Superior, A.shla
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8.05 p.ni.j. Chicago & St. Louis, dally. :
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Loav.el lArrive
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I Eau Claire. Chippewa Falls,
8:00 am! Milwaukee and Chicago B:lsam
lAshland. Chippewa Falls, Osh-|
7:4opm!.kosh. Milwaukee and Chicago. 14 :10pm
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Ticket Office : Robert St., cor. 6th St. Phone 150.
Trains leave from St. Paul Union I ».-;,, ; t .
•Daily. tExcept Sunday. Leave, Arrive.
Dubuque, Chicago, Waterloo, [ 18.10 am f*.3opm
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St. Joseph and Kansas City.. / *8.10 pm •12.50 pm
Mautorville Local »3-56pm *10.46 am
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RallrojJ.
Tick.-t ofli.-.-, 36.". Robert St. ':■
a Dally, b Except .Sunday. Lv.S P. Ar. St.P.
Chicago "Day" Express. .. .l bß :lsa rnTbl
Chicago "Atlantic" Ex a2 :sspm i a 11 :35 am
Chicago "Fast Mall" a6 :sspm l a2 :oopm
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From Union Depot. Offlee. 896 Hob »r. Ot,
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