The Saint Paul globe., February 15, 1898, Page 6, Image 6

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LETTING LEITEK ALONE
FRADERS TURNING THEIR ATTEN
TION TO THE COARSE GRAINS
Kctv Hlkli Records for the Year
Scored liy Corn, Onts ami Pre
visions Wheat, Thon>?h Dull,
YYas Firm ii it cl Closed at a Net
Advance for the Session.
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MARKET SUMMARY.
Prey.
Wheat. Close. Day.
May, Chicago 98% 97%
May, Minneapolis 94% 94%
May, Duluth 95% 95%
May, New York 98% 98%
FINANCIAL.
Bar silver, New York 56% 56%
Call money, New York .. 1% 1%
I
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CHICAGO, Feb. 14.— The coarse grain and
provision markets occupied most of the at
tention of traders on 'change today, and new
high figures In those nurkets were recorded.
Win at. though dull, was strong on the for
eign situation and closed with %c added to
Its previous May price. Corn advanced %c.
Oats %@%c and provisions closed from 10
to 15c higher.
At the opening and for about half an hour
thereafter, wheat'was inclined to weakness.
Heavy receipts were reported a. the result
of accumulations Blncc Friday. Minneapolis
and Duluth reporting 84.. cars, against 660
last week, and 255 a year ago. Chicago re
ceived 111 cars. 13 of which were contract.
In addition, early Liverpool advices showed
%Co}(\ declines in futures, though cash prices
were %@2d higher. Initial sales of May,
which closed Friday at 97%@97%c, were
made today at 97%@97%c. and for some
time the market fluctuated between these
fractions. Offerings were not all heavy, but
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 14.— The local specu
lative wheat market opened a trifle lower
this morning. There was, however, a quick
ree^overy; the hiss was regained and some
thing additional before 10 o'clock, after which
the market appeared, to hesitate, but at no
time showing weakness.
May wheat opened at 91% c against 94% c
Friday last: advanced to 94 3-5@94%c; lost
l-16c; firmed up to 94.4 c; lost %c again sold
at 94% c, and gradually declined to 94% cby
noon.
July wheat opened at 93V_c, being the
same as Friday; lost %c; gained %c, and lost
%c by noon.
The demand for cash wheat was very good
for all grades. Offerings were free and all
■well taken befeere noon. No. 1 northern sold
mostly at lc to l%c over the May future.
Lower grades sold relatively better than on
Friday last. Receipts here were 792 cars—
three days; shipments, 60 cars.
The wheat market was both weak and
strong at intervals during the noon hour.
February wheat closed at 95% c; May at 94%
@94% c and July at 93c.
RANGE OF PRICES.
Open- High- Low- Closing,
ing. est. est. Today. Frl.
January 95% 94%
May 94% 91 3 4 94% 94% 94%
July 93% 93% 92% 93 93%
On Track— No. 1 hard. 96% c; No. 1 north
ern, 95% c; No. 2 northern, 92% c; February
oats, 26e; corn. 27e-; flax seed, $1.21%.
Curb on May Wheat 95%
Puts on May wheat 91%
Calls on May wheat 95
SAMPLE SALES.
No. 1 hard, 1 car 98%
No. 1 northern, 3 cars 97%
No. 1 northern. 10 ears 97
No. 1 northern, 6 c-ars 96
No. 1 northern, . ears 96%
No. 1 northern, 1 car 96%
No. 1 northern, 8 cars 92%
No. 2 northern, 8 e-ars 92%
No. 2 northern, 10 cars 93
No. 2 northern, 1 e-ar, winter 91
No. 2 northern, 1 car 93%
No. 3 wheat, 12 cars 9)
No. 3 wheat, 1 car 88%
No. 3 wheat, 64 cars 89
FLOUR.
The flour market is in better "fetter."
Holders feel that there ls something better
in store for them. Prices are quotably un
changed.
First patents $4.90@5.05
Second patents 4.80@4.90
First clears 3.85@4.00
BRAN, SHORTS AND COARSE GRAINS.
Washburn. Crosby & Co. quote as follows:
Bran in bulk $10.00@10.50
Bran, 200-lb sacks 11.00@11.50
Bran, 100-lb sacks 11.50(512.00
Shorts in bulk 9.50510.00
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.
Northern.
Railroads N.1hd.N0.1.N0.2.N0.3.Rej.NG.
G. N.— B. div... 4 24 21 18 7 4
G. N.--F.F. div. 14 47 15 3 3 ..
C, M. & St. P.. .. 7 18 29 30 6
M. & St. L 1 1 23 1 1
Soo Line 1 .. 1 4
Northern Paciflc. .. 5
C.,St.P.,M. & O. .. 6 9 11 15 3
Totals 19 90 65 88 56 14
Other Grains— Winter wheat, 9 cars; No. 3
corn, 9 cars; No. 4 corn, 2 cars; No. 3 oats,
19 cars; no grade oats, 8 cys; No. 2 rye, 1
car; No. 4 barley, 1 car; No. D barley, 7 cars;
no grade barley. 1 car; No. 1 flax, 7 cars; re
jected flax, 1 car.
Cars Inspected Out — Wheat, No. 1 hard, 3
cars; No. 1 northern, 19 cars; No. 2 northern,
10 cars; No. 3. 43 cars; rejected, 8 cars; No.
3 corn. 32 cars; No. 3 oats, 50 cars; no grade
oats. 1 car; No. 5 barley, 1 car; No. 2 rye,
I cars.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Received— Wheat. 792 cars; wheat, 646,480
bu; corn, 22,320 bu: oats. 79.920 bu; barley,
PRODUCE.
ST. PAUL MARKET.
Note — The quotations which follow are for
goods which change hands In lots ln the open
market. In filling orders, ln order to cover
the cost incurred, an advance over jobbing
prices has to be charged.
Butter— Creameries —
•Extras ' .18 I
Firsts 16%@.17
Dairies —
Hand separator 16%5>.17
[Extras .16
.Firsts 14 @.15
Ladles —
Extras 12 @-13
Firsts 11 s>-H%
Packing stock 09 @>.C 9%
Cheese—
."wins, fancy new Minnesota and
Wisconsin* .10
Twins, fair to good 08 ©X 9
Young America, fancy, new 10 @.10%
Brick, No. 1 .12
Brick, No. 2 09 5). 10
Lirnburger 11 s>-12
Swiss cheese 12 @.13
Eggs-
Fresh fancy stock, loss off, cases
included .10%
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 465> .48
Early Ohios, per bu 48® .52
Rose", per bu 4S@ .50
Mixed stock, bu 365) -38
Sweet Potatoes—
Cobdens, bbl 3.00@3.25
Muscatines. bbl 2.755-3.00
Green Vegetables-
Cucumbers, home-grown, doz 1.50
Round radishes, doz .75
Turnips, bu .25
Carrots, bu .40
Beets, bu .25
Mint, doz .40
Lettuce, doz .30
Parsley, doz .15
Wax beans, bu 2.50
String beans, bu 2.50
Egg plant, doz 1.50
Tomatoes, home-grown, lb .20
Celery, California, doz .40@ .50
Cauliflower, doz 2.00(52.50
Grapes—
Catawba grapes. 5-lb basket .... .13
Malaga grapes, per bbl 6.0057.00
Cranberries —
Bell and bugle, per bbl 6.505)7.00
Cape Cod, per bbl 7.00(557.50
Jersey cranberries, per bbl 6.505:7.00
Apples —
"Western apples, red. per box 1.50@1.65
Western apples, green, per box.. 1.50
Winesaps. per bbl 4.005)4.50
Willow Twigs, per bbl 4.00@4.50
Bel -{lowers, per bbl 4.0004.50
Grimes' Golden, per bbl 4.00@4.50
Ben Davis, per bbl 3.25@3.75
Cooking apples, per bbl 2.50
Jonathans 6.00@5.50
Car lots, assorted varieties 2.755>3 00
Genitons, per bbl 2.5053.00
Greenings, per bbl 4.005)4.25
Baldwins, per bbl 4.00@4.25
Lemons —
Messinas, fancy, 300s 2.50@2.75
Messinas, choice, 300s 2.2552 50
liwsliias, fancy, 360s 2.bOQ/2.10
there was an almost total absence of buying
orders. Gradually, however, the market took
on strength.
Figures on the Liverpool stocks explained
the strong cash situation there and also
drew more attention to the advances ln the
cash market. Liverpool stocks showed a de
crease of 337,000 bu for the week, leaving but
1,312,000 bu, against 3,480,000 bu a year ago.
Covering by shorts and a little general buy
ing was started, and the May price was slow
ly forced up to 98% c. Here a reaction oc
curred under realizing sales, May dropping
to 97% c. Then for two hours the market
was exceedingly dull. Acting on the be
lief that the Leiter party has control of the
wheat market, many of the professionals
went over into the other pits to do their
trading, and so dull was the market for a
time in consequence that brokers reported
difficulty ln doing business in even moder
ate-sizrd lots.
Some nervousness was shown at times,
prices fluctuating rapidly over a narrow
range. The visible supply showed a disap
pointingly small decrease. 388,000 bu, not
withstanding the recent large shipments and
encouraged short selling which resulted in a
decline from 98c, to which point May had ad
vanced, to 97% c. Late in the day the mar
ket became strong again on reports of good
export engagements and prices advanced to
the higher point of the day. Clearances from
Atlantic and gulf ports were put at 1,240,000
bu In wheat and flour. May advanced to
98% c, and closed at 98%f98%c.
Corn was very active throughout. Heavy
receipts — 845 oars — and the opening decline in
wheat caused selling by smaller holders at
the start, and the market was weak for a
time. Active speculative buying followed,
tho market becoming very firm, as wheat and
provisions advanced, and a marked increase
in outside trade was noted. There was mod
erate realizing on the advance, but the gen
eral tone was firm to the close. May ranged
from 20%e to 29% tg29%c, and closed Vie higher
at 30%@30%c
There was an active, stronger and high
er market for oats. Following the opening
. declines in other grains, tbe start easy,
but. strength which developed in those mar
kets caused good general buying and a grad
ual advance. There was free realizing under
26c, but all offerings were forced to cover. A
good export business was reported, which
was a factor. May ranged from 26% cto
2..% c. and closed %©%c higher at 26% c.
Business in provisions was the largest for
some time. Market was very strong through
out, and new high levels were reached. Heavy
weekly exports and a strong hog market
11.930 bu; flax, 4,620 bu; oil cake. 114,496 lbs;
flour, 3,093 bbls; millstuffs, 15 tons; hay. 89
tons; fruit. 161,784 lbs; merchandise, 2.771,
--608 lbs; lumber, 37 cars; posts and piling,
2 cars; barrel stock, 6 cars; machinery, 6e)8,
--9.9 lbs; coal, 1,721 tons; wood, 18 : cor ls; tr"ck,
16,000; lime, 1 car; cement, 100 bbls; house
hold goods, 40,000 lbs; pig Iron, 20 cars; stone
and marble, 1 car; live stock, 2 cars; dressed
meats, 158 500 lbs; hides, pelts, etc., 23,600
lbs; railroad materials, 1 car; sundries, 30
cars; car lots, 1,462.
Shipped — Wheat, 60 cars: wheat, 44,400 bu;
corn, 18,460 bu; oats, 53,560 bu; barley, 1,420
bu: flax. 3,960 bu; oil cake. 51.200 lbs; flour,
82,938 bbls; millstuffs, 29,876 tons; fruit, 75,
--500 lbs; merchandise, 2.815,200 lbs; lumber.
107 cars; posts and piling. 1 car; barrel
stock. 2 cars; machinery, 597,600 lbs; cement,
225 bbls; ties. 14 cars; railroad iron, 39 cars;
live stock, 3 cars; hides, pelts, etc.. 36,000
lbs; railroad materials, 3 cars; sundries, 24
cars; car lots, 1,322.
DULUTH GRAIN.
DULUTH, Minn., Feb. 14.— The market
opened %c off today at 95% c, sold at 95% cat
9:32, at 95%e at 9:45. A decline to 95% cat
11:55 followed; at 1 o'clock it sold at 95% c,
and at 95% cat 1:05. The clcse was at 95% c.
Cash sales were 10,000 bu to elevators and
13,000 to mills at lc over May. Wheat stocks
reeelved 148,469 bu last week and aggregated
2,483.104 at the close, as follows: No. 1 hard,
36,133: No. 1 northern. 1.540,940; No. 2 north
ern, 118,065; No. 3 spring, 76.90.; no grade,
7,177; rejected, 81.562: special.bin. 167.880; in
private houses, 454,438; coarse grain stoe-ks:
Corn. 2,180,987, increase, 131.037: oats, 1,889,
--078, increase, 130,869; rye, 1,185,904, increase,
27,111: barley, 591,093, Increase, 3,649; flax. 627,
--186, increase. 13,948. The close: Cash No. 1
hard, 95% c; No. 1 northern, 95c; No. 2 north
ern, 89c; No. 3 spring, 83c. To arrive, No. 1
hard, 96c; No. 1 northern, 95% c; May, No. 1
hard, 96% c; No. 1 northern, 95% c: July. No.
1 hard, 95c; No. 1 northern, 94c: September,
No. 1 hard, 79c; No. 1 northern, 78c. Receipts,
wheat, 67,035; shipments, 681; cars inspected,
51; last year, 57. Receipts, corn, 22,064; oat^,
78,500; rye, 1,380; barley, 1.141: flax, 1.225; oats,
close, 26% cto 26c; rye, 47c; flax, cash, $1.26%;
May, $1.29: corn, to arrive. 27.4 c.
ST. PAULGRAIN.
Quotations of hay, grain feed, etc., fur
nished by Griggs Bros., commission mer
chants:
Wheat — Yesterday's market 'opened lower,
but soon turned strong and closed higher.
No. 1 northern, 96597 c; No. 2 northern, 91@
93% c. ■>>
Corn— No. 3 yellow, 27%527%c; No. 3, 26%
@27c.
Rye— 44s46c.
Barley— 26 _ 34c.
Oats— No. 3 white, 25%@26c; No. 3, 25@
25% c.
Seed— Timothy. $1.(51.25; red clover, $3.20@
3 80; flax. $1.24@1.25.
Flour — Patent, per bbl, $4.70(55; straights,
$4.30@4.50; bakers', $2.E0@4; rye flsur, $2 80®
3.
Ground Feed and Millstuffs — No. 1 feed,
$11©11.25; coarse cornmeal, $10.50@10.75;
bran, bulk, $10510.25; shorts. $10@10.25.
Hay — Some demand for choice qualities;
other grade, neglected. Choice to fancy up
land, $5.50@6; good qualities, $4. 5055. .5; in
ferior qualities. $3.50(0)4.26; timothy, good to
choice. $6.75(57.25. Straw steady; oats, $3@
3.25; rye, $3@3.25.
" OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.""
GRAIN GOSSIP.
Gossip by private wire to C. H. F. Smith
& Co., St. Paul, members of the New York
.lock exchange and Chicago board of trade:
Paris: The F*nch wheat crop promises
very good in thirteen departments, good in
forty-four and fair in thirty departments.
Calcutta: Excellent rains in Northern and
Central India have insured successful spring
Messinas, choice. 360s 2.2512.50
California 300s to 360s 2.75@3.00
Oranges —
California navels, per box 3. C0
Mexicans, box 3.00
California seedlings, per box 2.25
Nuts —
New California walnuts 11 <g\l2
California almonds 12 @.13
Filberts .10
Tarragona almonds .15
[ New Texas pecans 10 @.ll
Bananas —
Choice shipping, large bunches.. 1.75@2.00
Figs and Dates —
Figs, fancy, new. three-crown .12%
Figs, fancy, four-crown .13%
Fard dates, 12-lb pkgs .08%
Honey —
White clover 11 5.12
Extracted 07 5.08
Maple syrup, per gallon to @.80
Maple sugar, per lb .10
Apple Cider —
Sweet, per bbl 5.0055.50
Sweet, per half-bbl 2.75@3.00
Hard, per bbl 6.0056.(0
Hard, per half-bbl 3.00@3-50
Dressed Meats —
Veal, fancy OS 5).05%
Mutton, country-dressed 05%5-06
Fall lambs ■ 06%@.07
Dressed Poultrv —
Turkeys, per lb 09 5>.1.
Spring chickens, per lb 07 @.07%
Ducks, per lb 08 5.08%
Geese, per lb 07%@.08
Fish — Good demand.
Croppies, per lb 05 @.05%
Pickerel, per lb 03%3-04
Whltefish, per lb .03
Game —
Mallard ducks, per doz 3.75
Canvassback. ducks, per d0z.... 5.00@10.00
Common ducks, per doz 1.5051.75
Redheads, per doz 4.0054.50
Blue wing teal 2.25
<Veen wing teal 1.75@2.00
Jack snipe 1.25
Large yellow legs 1.00
Sand snipe -25
Grass plover 1.00
Golden plover 1.25
Woodcock 4.5055.50
Bear carcass, hide on, lb .125> .18
Jack rabbits, doz 1.2551.75
Small rabbits, doz 40@ .50
BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.— Butter— Receipts,
9.682 pkgs; steady; Western creamery, 14%
@20c; Elgins, 20c; factory, 115'14c. Cheese-
Receipts, 2,803 pkgs; steady; large white, Sep
tember, 8c; small white, September, 959% c;
large colored, September, B%c; small colored,
September, 9@9%c; large, October, B@B%c;
small, October. 8%@8%c; ]j g ht skims. 6@6%c;
part skims, 4@5%c; full skims, 25>3c. Eggs
— Receipts, 9,475 pkgs; steady; state and
Pensylvania, 15c; Westerns, 14% c.
Chicago, Feb. 14. — Butter firm; creameries,
13@19c; dairies, 11517 c. Eggs firm; fresh,
13% c.
Elgin, 111., Feb. 14.— Butter market steady
at 19c; official, same.
MINNEAPOLIS MARKET.
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 14. — Butter rules
steady on best grades, but ls Inclined to
weakness on the poorest qualities. Creamery
extras are selling in a Jobbing way at 18c,
with retailers paying %c better quite freely.
Firsts In creameries rule steady, with sec
onds and thirds going largely into packing
stock. Dairy extras are lv light supply, and
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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15, 1898.
were bullish Influences. Opening prices were
at moderate advances, and under a general
demand, In which outside buying was prom
inent, prices advanced steadily. Packers were
sellers at around outside figures. May pork
closed 25c higher at 110.95; May lard, 10c
higher at $5.20, and May ribs 12% c higher at
$5.32%.
Estimated receipts Tuesday: "Wheat, 70 cars;
corn, 850 cars; oats, 460 oars; hogs, 27,000
head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
S B C G
fill
Wheat— j j
February 100 100 I 1 00 11 00
May ! 97% 98% I 98%| 98%
July 85% 85% 85% 85%
Corn —
February 28% 28% I 28% i 28%
May 29% 30%! 29%| 30%
July 31% 31%| 31 31%
Oats-
May 25% 26% I 25%! 26%
July 23% 24%| 23%| 24
Mess Pork —
May 10 75 10 97%|10 75 10 95
July 10 87% 10 97%10 87% 10 97%
Lard-
May 5 12% 5 22%| 5 12% 5 20
July 5 22%! 530 15 20 SSO
Short Ribs-
May 520 5 32%! 520 5 32%
July 5 27% 1 540 ! 5 27%) 540
Cash quotations were as follows: Wheat-
No. 2 spring, 92#93c; No. 3 spring, 89@94%c;
No. 2 red, 98%c@$l. Corn— No. 2. 28%@29e.
Oats— No. 2, 26c; No. 2 white, f. o. b., 27%@
28% c; No. 3 white, f. o. b., 27%@25c. Rye-
No. 2, 48%@48%c. Barley— No. 2, f. o. b., 30
(544 c. Flax Seed— No. 1, $1.23%; Northwest
ern. $1.27. Timothy Seed— Prime, $2.80®
2.82%. Mess Pork— Per bbl, $10.85@10.90.
Lard— Per 100 lbs, $5.15. Short Ribs— Sides
(loose), $5..5<R-.45. Shoulders— Dry salted
(boxed), 4%<?15c. Sides— Short clear (boxed),
$5.40. Whisky — Distillers' finished goods, per
gallon, $1.18%. Sugars— Cut loaf unchanged.
Receipts— Flour, 28,000 bbls; wheat, 79,000 bu;
corn. 971,000 bu: oats. 602,000 bu; rye, 15,000
bu; barley. 70,000. Shipments— Flour, 30,000
bbls; wheat, 24,000 bu; corn, 330,000 bu; oats,
291,000 bu rye. 1,000 bu; barley. 41,000 bu.
On the produce exchange today the butter
market was firm. Creameries, 13@19c; dairies,
ll@l7c. Eggs firm; fresh, 13% c. Cheese
quiet, B<£rß%c
crops. The plague ls spreading alarmingly
in the Punjab.
A cable from Proctor states that Argentine
estimates are being reduced, threshing turn
ing out bad.
Quantity of breadstuffs afloat: Week, 7,776,
--OCO bu; to continent, 9.168,000 bu: for orders,
19,392.000 bu. being a decrease of 1,008,000 bu;
net increase, 888,000 bu.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.— Flour— Receipts 41.
--220 bbls; exports, 34,793 bbls; steady but
quiet; Minnesota patents. $5.10.15.4'); Minne
sota bakers'. $4.2.54.50. Rye flour steady.
Buckwheat flour steady. Cornmeal firm. Rye
quiet. Barley firm. Bailey malt firm. Wheat
—Receipts, 71,225 bu; exports, 39,824 bu; spot
steady; No. 2 red, $1. (.3%@1. 04 %; options
opened easy at %c decline, following cables,
and advanced .hurply on covering; later th re
was an irregular decline based on disap
pointing export demand, with a final, slight
rally on a scare of shorts; closing unsettled \
at %c net decline; No. _ red, Feburary, clos- l
ed at $1.02%; May, 97 .',... S.„o. el sed at 98% c
Corn— Ree-eipts, 22"., 225 bu; experts 1.0,502 bu:
spot firm; No. 3 corn, 37%fi37%c; options !
opened %c lower with wheat, but quickly j
rallied and were strong all day supported by
shorts, big clearances and decreases in visible
and amount of passage; January closed %c
net higher; May. 34 11-16:53r. 3-16e. closed at
35% c; July closed at 36c. Oats— Receipts, 210,
--000 bu; exports, 50,106 bu; spot stronger; No.
2. 31% c; options quiet but firm, closing un
changed; May closed at 30% c.
WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The following are the receipts and ship
ments at principal wheat markets:
Receipts. Shipments.
New York 71220 39,824
Philadelphia 12 550 9,52
Baltimore 2.2.365 167,038
Toledo 17,743 4,010
Detroit 9..0. 4.678
St. Louis 28 COD 1 9,0 0
Boston 99 8 1.0 014 j
Chicago 78,' 31 24011 i
Duluth 67,135 681 !
Milwaukee 2 100 j
Minneapolis 546 4 0 44 401 i
Kansas City 160.000 40,050
VISIBLE GRAIN.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.— The statement of
the visible supply of grain, in store and
afloat, Saturday, Feb. 12. as compiled by,, the
New York produce exchange, is as follows:
Wheat, 35.634,000 bi* decrease, 388,000 bu. I
Corn, 38.572,000 bu; decrease, 938.000 bu. '
Oats, 140.130.000 bu; decrease. 753,000 bu. i
Rye, 3.948,000 bu; increase, 352,000 bu. Bar
ley, 2,668,000 bu; decrease, 5,000 bu.
LIVERPOOL IMPORTS.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 14.— Imports of wheat
into Liverpool for the week: From Atlantic
ports, 21,200 quarters; from Paciflc ports,
none; from other ports, 2,000 quarters. Im
ports of corn into Liverpool from Atlantic
ports for the week, 68,700 quarters.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 14.— Wheat higher; No. 2
red, cash, elevator, 95c; track, 97(59_c; Feb
ruary, 95% c: May, 98% c; July, 82% c; No. 2
hard, cash, 90591 c. Corn higher; No. 2. cash.
27% c; February, 27% c; May, 27,4@_7%c: July,
_.@29%e. Oats higher; No. 2, cash,'2s%c
-track, 26c; February, 25% c; May, 27% c.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 14.— Wheat active;
No. 1 hard, 90c; No. 2, 87@90%c; No. 1 red
93@94c; No. 2, 92@93c; No. 2 spring. 87@88c.
Corn, %<s%e higher: No. 2 mixed, 25%@'26c.
Oats firm; No. 2 white, 24%@25c.
MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 14.— Flour steady.
Wheat stronger; No. 1 northern, 97597M>c;
No. 2 spring, 90@.2e; May. 97% c nomina'ly
Rye higher; No. 1, 49%e. Barley steady; No.
2, 41@42c; sample. 30%® 42c.
TOLEDO.
TOLEDO, 0., Feb. 14.— Wheat, easy: Cash |
No. 1, 95c; May, 98% c. Corn, active, steady;
No. 2 mixed, 29% c. Oats, firm; higher; No.
2 mixed, 26% c. Rye, dull, lower, No. 2 c.sh,
49% c. Clover seed, active, firm.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 14.-Closlng: Wheat
steady, %5%d lower; March, 7s ll%d- May
7s 5%d; July, 7s l%d; September, 6s 6%d. '
moving quickly at quotations. Firsts are
selling moderately well. Seconds rule slow
at grade prices. Roll and print of fancy
quality are in good request. Ladles of fine
quality are moving satisfactorily. A rather
easy feeling rrevails on packing stock. Eggs
are lc higher and in excellent demand. The
stormy weather is looked upon as being likely
to cut off receipts temporarily. Jobbers were
good buyers on 'change. Demand from re
tailers shows some Improvement. Shipping
call is of good proportions. Dressed chickens
and fowls are selling well. Receipts are
light and the market is well cleaned up from
last week. Turkeys, ducks and geese rule
Bteay, with current receipts moderate.
FINANCIAL.
To loan on approved property in St
Paul and Minneapolis.
60/ "OW OR
/O BEFORE"
In Suiiim to Suit.
R- M. NEWPORT & SON,
Reeve Bldg., Pioneer Press Bldg.
Minneapolis. St. Paul.
BROKERS.
cTlifr^rsiiii^^
Members . N ,? w York Stock Excbansr*.
1 Chicago Board of Trade.
Storks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions and Cotton.
£__«*£. Wlre t to Yew York and Chleago.
40£ Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul, Minn.
Michael Doran. James Doran.
M. DORAN & CO.
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
311 Jackson St., St. Paul, Minn.
H. HOLBERT & SON,
Bankers and Brokers,
341 ROBERT STREET, ST. PAUL.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
gSigg^bro^
Commission Merchants.
GRAIN— BALED HAY— SEEDS
Agents for the KILMER patent adjustable
and single loop Hay Baling Ties.
Third and Cedar Sts., St. Paul, Minn.
LIVE STOCK.
UNION STOCKYARDS.
Receipts— 3oo hogs, 360 cattle, 25 calves.
Hogs^Strong and active. Demand was
good from outsiders and packers, and yards
cleared early. Quality fair to good.
Representative Sales—
*l°- FJ" D ' k '& e - Pr 'ce. No. Wt. D'k'ge. Price.
6 410 80 $3 40. 69 166 .. $3 85
6 116 .. 3 40- 36 207 .. 3 87%
6 115 .. 340 51 146 .. 3 87%
6 106 .. 3 40-, 29 .206 .. 3 87%
8 387 .. 860 35 .198 .. 3 87%
13 147 .. 3 85 133 $30 .. 3 87%
Cattle— Steady and -, active. The supply of
butcher stuff was good ahd demand good, a
clearance being made early in the day. Stock
calves sold well, but the Inquiry for heavier
steers was light. Values were unchanged.
Representative Sales—
No. W T t. Price.' No. ; Wt. Price.
Butcher Cows anu Stockers and Feed-
Heifers — . ers—
3 996 $2 40 13 629 $3 85
1 1000 2 40 12 341 4 35
1 880 240 .frock Cows and
2 88? 2 4. Heifers—
1 8.0 2 40 1 >. 1000 2 65
8 862 2 50 lv 910 2 75
5 920 2 50 1 970 2 75
6 1040 2 50 1 750 3 00
1 920 2 50 12 344 3 25
1 720 2 50 1 1 640 3 25
0 962 2 oi)| 3 383 3 25
1 1010 2 601 2 670 3 25
2 885 2 Go| 9 383 3 25
1 1080 2 75' 2 440 3 25
1 1070 2 75 1 2 785 3 30
1 1050 2 75; Bulls—
8 973 3 00 1 1350 3 00
1 860 3 0011 1380 3 35
« 1071 3 05] 4 1577 3 60
1 1150 3 251 Butcher Steers—
1 1040 3 26i 1 1220 3 60
7 937 32521 1112 4 25
2 1230 3 30)19 1116 4 30
10 1080 330 Stags and Oxen—
29 .> 1020 3 30 9 1323 3 90
1 840 330 Veal Calves—
14 1060 3 30 2 105 4 50
1 1100 3 35 1 160 5 00
3 1033 3 401 Bulls—
3 1156 3 50 1 1120 3 00
1 1120 3 60 1 730 3 10
11 934 3 75) 1 1340 3 50
Stockers and Feed- Stags and Oxen—
ers— 2 1410 2 65
2 675 2 70' 3 1580 3 00
1 620 3 00 1 1410 4 00
3 470 300 Milkers and Spring
-1 650 3 50 ers —
1 680 3 75 2 springers., for 65 00
2 ....625 3 75 1 cow for 34 00
18 307 4 351
Sheep— No receipts. Good demand for sheep
and lambs.
Representative Sale-
No. Wt. Price.
26 lambs 94 $5 15
The following were on the market with
stock: G. Jorgenson, Westby; L. M. Weston,
Hft;Ticld; Joe Glesson. Northfield; J. J. Al
rich, Mcintosh; T. O'Reilly, Donaldson; Lar
son Bros., Goodhue; George Salisbury, Thief
River Falls; M. C. Black, Cannon Falls; H.
Huber, Alma, Wis.; Gilbert & King, Greene,
Io.; W. A. Briggs, Rockford and Lake Mills;
Fink Bros., Albert Lea; Ch. P. Christcnson,
Albert Lea.
Disposition of stock Saturday:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Swift & Co 141 721 13
Armour Packing Company.. .. 88
Lytle & Raeburn 28
W. E. McCormick 11
Slimmer & Thomas 93
J. R. King _. 6
A. L. Montgomery 12
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.— There was a good de
mand for well matured fat cattle today, and
prices for such again ruled firm. There was
a wide range in prices between common and
strictly prime bteeis. Sa:_s were on a basis
of $3.55(e4. 25 for tlie commoner qualities of
dressed beef steers up to $5,25t.5.50 for the
best shipping cattle, sales being largely at
$4.35@5.15 with export beeves in ejuick de
mand at ?4..<j(55.25; feeders in good demand,
largely at $4.®4.50. Cows, heifers and bulls
.old well, canning lots bringing especially
good prices. Calves ranged frcm $4 to $7.10.
There was an active demand for hogs at an
average advance of 2%c per 100 lbs. Sales
were at an extreme range of $3.85@4.10,
chiefly at $[e-mail]. and the bulk of .the
pigs went for $3.75.7,3. 95. There was a good
demand for sheep and lambs at better
prices, sheep being wanted at $3.25@4.75 for
inferior to prime flocks; fed Westerners
bringing $3._0@4.60. Yearlings sold at $4 50
@5.10 and lambs sold at $4.50? 5.70; few go
ing below $5. Choice light weight theep and
lamhs were fully 10c h.gher. Heavy weignts
were slow. Receipts— Cattle, 19,500; hogs,
32,000; sheep, 18,000.
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET.
Barrett & Zimmerman's report: Market
fair; prices steady; ruled fair; demand prin
cipally for farm, stuff. . The following repre
sentative salts were for this day:
Wt. Price. ,
'1 pair bay mares. 5 and 6 years. .3,000 $180
1 pair bay mares, 6 and 7 years 2,8j0 170
1 pair bay horses, 5 and 6 yeais 2 600 16)
1 pair gray horses, 6 years 2,4.0 140
1 brown mare, 5 years 1.60J 9J
1 brown mare, 6 years 1,400 80
1 brown horse, 5 years 1,300 70
15 head of farm mares and horses
from sto 7 years and 1,200 to 1,500 1,000
ST. LOUIS.
• ST. LOUIS, Feb. 14.— Cattle, receipts, 4,5 0;
market steady; native cattle, s@loc lower;
' Texans steady to easy; native shipping and
export steers. $4.25@5..5; butchers' steers,
$3.25.7:4.85; stockers and feeders, $2,90(54.40;
cows and heifers, $224.60; Texas and Indian
steers, $3.40<g4.35; oows and heifers, $2.50®
3 15.
Hogs — Receipts, 5.0C0; market strong and
active: light, $3.55@3.95; heavy, $3.95@4.05.
Sheep — Receirts, 500; market strong; no
Texans; native muttons, $4<&4.50; lambs,
$5(55.75. „
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 14.— Cattle— Receipts,
5.(00; Texas steers., $3@4.40; Texas cows,
$3.50<g4.15; native steers, $3.75@5.05; cows and
heifers, $3J 4.25; stockers and feeders, $3.76®
4 95; market steady.'
Hogs — Receipts. 7,500; , market steady to
strong and active; bulk ot sales, $3.70@3.80;
pigs, $3.10® 3.75. „
Sheep— Receipts, market strong;
lambs, $3.75@5.40; muttons, $2@4.25.
OMAHA.
SOUTH OMAH_f, Fe?b. 14—Cattle—Re
ceipts, 2,500; market steady to stronger; na
tive beef steers, $3."T0_T 4..* ; Westerns, $3.60@
4.40; Texas steers" $..'4fi(e13.60; cows and
heifers. $2.85@3.95;-^stoiikers and feeders,
$3.50<§4.70.
Hogs— Receipts. 3,000; market shade high
er; bulk of sales, $$..0_?185.
Sheep — Receipts, 4.4(.)j^ market stronger;
fair to choice natives, ,$3.70@4._0; common
and stock sheep, $3@4; lambs, $4.25®5.65.
SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK.
SIOUX CITY, Feb. 14.— Cattle, 1,900; Satur
day. 15; shipments, 633; market, active;
steady; stock heifers, strong; butcher cows,
7, 1,037, $2.50; butchers' cows, 11. 896, $3.50;
stock heifers, 10, 580, $3.50; heifers, 74, 4.3,
$3.65; bulls. 2, 590. $3; bulls, 3. 475, $4.15;
yearlings, 17, 570, $3.90; yearlings, 33, 624,
$4.25; calves, 10, 485, $4.40; calves, 60. 350,
$4.85; stockers and feeders, 11, 940, $3.60: 14
820, $4.60. Hogs— Receipts, 1,600; Saturday. ].
-316; shipments, 328; market, active; strong;
selling $3.80<_3.87%; bulk. $3.85.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.— Hay quiet. Hops
quiet. Hides steady. Leather steady. Wool
steady. Beef firm. Cut meats steady. Lard
firm. Pork strong. Tallow steady. Rosin
steady. Petroleum dull. Turpc-ntine firm.
Rice steady. Molasses easier. Cottonseed oil j
firmer. Pig iron warrants dull. Lake cop
per firm. Tin firm; Spelter firm. Lead
strong. Coffee options steady, s@lo points ad
vance; ruled fairly active; closed quiet and
steady with prices 5(310 points net ad vane?;
sales, 16,50.) bags, including March, 5.70 c;
spot coffee, Rio, quiet: No. 7, invoice, 6%c;
No. 7, Jobbing, 6%c; mild steady; Cordova.'
7%(aln%c; sales, 600 bags Maracaibo, and 250
bags Sevanilla, on private terms. Sugar
Raw strong; fair refining, 3 11-16 c; refined
firm; mould A, 5%c; cut loaf, 5%c; crushed
6%c; powdered, 5%c. granulated, 5%c; cubes'
5%c. I
SEED .MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Feb. _4.— Tlie flaxseed market
was fairly strong today, ' but not active. Re
ceipts here were 63". cars for three days, 3
cars at Duluth and 7 cars at Minneapolis. The
official close, as reported by the Weare Com
mission company, is as follows: Cash flax
closed at $1.27 per bu and May at $1.26%.
Cash timothy seed closed V.at $2.80 per 100 lbs
and March at $2.85, f Clp.yer seed closed at
$8.00 per 100 lbs. Minneapolis flaxseed quoted
at $1.21% per bu. . .,
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.— The- week opened
with trading of a. rlightO character in both
first hands and Jobbing markets. There was
a fair sprinkling of buyers in the city, and
these were in full-'forc^" in the dry goods
district. Mail ordefte were light again today,
and salesmen repoiHed tlmt Jobbers and re
tailers, although experiencing a fair trade
in most sections, were slow to take hold of
goods. Print cloths unchanged at 2 3-l6c.
Steamer Overdue.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 14.— The steam fish
ing schooner Edith Is now nearly two weeks
overdue from the Alaska halibut banks, and
fears are entertained that she has met with
disaster of some sort.
Marines Drowned.
LONDON, Feb. 14.— Mail advices received
today from Colombo, Ceylon, say that Barnes
and King, marines, belonging to the United
States cruiser Raleigh, on her way to China
were drowned during the nisht *\f Jan. 24.
WALL STREET NERVOUS
SHARP SLUMP IN STOCKS ALL
THROUGH THE ACTIVE LIST
Few Issues Escaped a Net Loss of a
Point or More Cohan Rumors
Seised Upon hy the Bears as an
Excuse for an Aggressive Itald—
Bonds Weaker.
NEW T YORK, Feb. 14.— The weakness of
stocks was pronounced today and permeated
every department of the market. The decline
was quite uniform in the general list and a
few of the speculative specialties broke se
verely. There was little to report in the way
of buying orders at any point, and prices went
off easily and rapidly. The market steadied
at intervals and rallied rather feebly, but
pronounced dullness followed every symptom
of recovery. Few of the active stocks es
caped a net loss of a point or more and many
prominent securities are over two points
lower.
Higher prices at the opening resulted Ifom
the confidence with which prices of Ameri
cans had been sustained on the London ex
change during Saturday holiday in New
York. This confidence was still in evidence in
London before the opening here, and the In
ternationals showed a sharp advance in sym
pathy, reaching nearly a point in the case of
Union Pacific.
These advances were of the most ephemeral
character, some of them being almost wiped
out in the running sales at the opening. This
was particularly the case with Union Pac.fic
stocks in which the reorganization commit
tee's agreement with the government over
the Kansas Paciflc sale seemed to bring real
izing.
The day's movement in Metropolitan Street
Railway covered a range of 14% points, the
slump from the high point to the lowest be
ing continuous and very violent, the price
giving way several points at a time. There
was a quick rally of 8%, but the stock fluctu
ated widely and closed with a net loss of
over 5 points. Third Avenue was at one time
6% points above last Friday's close, and
though it reacted sharply in sympathy with
Metropolitan Street Railway, it retained a
substantial advance.
Much talk was heard of the Cuban ques
tion during the day, but there was no spe
j cific development that offered a new motive
for the selling. The bears took advantage
of the over-bought condition of the market
and the rather long-sustained effort to sup
port prices to make an aggressive raid. The
stock dislodged by uncovered margins in
cluded quite heavy liquidation. The bears
had no "difficulty ln covering at the decline
without any marked rally in prices. Special
weakness was shown by Northwestern, Kansas
& Texas preferred. New York Central and
Pullman. The rubber stocks and Third ave
nue were practically the only prominent se
curities in the list to resist the weakness.
The reactionary tendency in stocks affect
ed the bond list throughout for the flrst time
since the recent advance was checked. Prices
of bonds did not yield at once, some issues
j showing strength in the early part of the
j day, but declines were general before the
i close. Dealings continued on a very heavy
! scale. Total sales, $4,640,000. United States
i new 4s coupon were % lower bid, and the
j new registered 4s and the old 4s registered
| were % lower bid.
Total sales of stocks today were 404,900
j shares, including: Atchison pfd, 10.944; C.
& 0., 3,411; Burlington, 40,385; Lake Shore,
3,950; L. & N., 10,140; Manhattan, 15,935; Met-
I ropolitan, 40,638: Michigan Central, 3,295;
i Reading pfd, 40,010; Minneapolis & St. Louis,
3,000; Missouri Paciflc, 3,395; M. K. & T.
• pfd, 5,985; N. Y. C, 27,949; Northern Paciflc,
! 8,970; do pfd, 11,320; Rock Island, 11,896; St.
: Paul. 23,450: Southern pfd, 5,942; Texas &
i Pacific, 3,520; Union Paciflc, 1,987; Tobacco,
6 512; People's Gas, 12.820; General Electric,
3,865; Sugar, 13.020: Leather pfd, 3.400; Rub
| ber, 8,190; do pfd, 5.160; Western Union, 3,570.
The following were the flue:tuations of the
i leading railway and industrial shares, fur-
I nished by C. H. F. Smith & Co., members
New YoTk stock exchange and Chicago board
• of trade:
O S C o
•a — a —
(D 9. Jl S
a or % S.
a 8 * _!
S. R. & T. Co I j | 4~~
! Am. Tobacco j 91%! 92% l 90% 90%
! Am. Spirits | 8%) B%| B%| 8%
do pfd I i 20 , 4
j Atchison I 13 13% i 12% 12%
do pfd I 32 32 ! 31% i 31%
Am. Cotton Oil | ! | ! 20%
Bay State Gas | 3%] 3% 3%i 3%
Bait. & Ohio | 17%| 17% 17 i 17%
C, B. & Q | 102%! 102%! 100%! 101
C, C, C. & St. L.... 36% | 36%! 35%| 35%
Ches. & Ohio ] 23%! 23%: 22% 1 23%
Chicago Gas I 98 j 98%. 97 | 97%
'Canada Southern I 55% 55%; 54%: 54%
! Col. Fuel & 1 j 23%! 23%: 23% 23.
! C. G. W | 13%! 13% i 13%: 13
; do pfd "A" I | I 33%
I Del. & Hudson 113 j 113% i 112 | 111
D., L. & W ! | |156%
j Erie 15%! 15%; 15 15
do pfd | 42% 42%! 41%] 41%
General Electric .. .. 37% i 37% 36%' 36%
G. N. pfd I | 154
Hocking Valley .. ..j 7%] 7%l 7%] 7
1 Illinois Central ] 105%! 105%| 105 | 105
i Jersey Central ] 96 I 96 I 94%] 94%
! K. & T I 13%! 13%| 12%| 12%
do pfd ] 37%! 38 I 36%] 36%
Lead I 34%] 35 I 34%! 34%
I Linseed Oil )181 18 18 ]18
i Laclede Gas 44 I 44% i 43%! 43%
L. & N I 60% l 60% 59%! 59
Lake E. & W 75%| 76 ( 73 I 72%
Leather pfd 66% 1 66%; 65% I 65%
Lake Shore 192 192 ; 191%; 192
Man. Con...- | 117% 117%, 115 115%
Met. Traction | 170 171%! 153 | 163%
Minnesota Iron ! 64 65 ] 63%| 65
Minn. & St. L. Ist pfd. ! ] j 55%
do 2d pfd j 1 i 56%
Missouri Paciflc .. .. 33%! 33% 32% 32%
Michigan Central .... 113V41 113%! 112% 112%
N. P. common ] 26%] 26%! 25%: 25%
N. P. pfd | 66%! 66%! 65% i 65%
N. Y. Central ! 118 I 118 116% 117
Northwestern j 129% ! 129% 127 127 V,
N. Y. Gas I 189 ] 189% 188 ! 188
North American .. ..| 5%! 5%j 5%| 5%
Omaha | 78%; 78% i 76%] 76%
do pfd I I J 150
| Ont. & Western 17% i 17%; 16%; 16%
] Pacific Mail 32%: 32%] 31%! 31%
Pullman 187%! 187%; 184%: 185
Reading 21%] 21%! 21 j 21
do Ist pfd 51% ; 51%| 50% 50%
do 2d pfd 27% I 27%! 26%! 23%
Rock Island 92%] 92%: go%j 90%
Southern Ry 9% ; 9%| 9%| 9%
do pfd 37%! 32% i 3i% ; 3?%
Sugar Refinery I 139%] 139%] 138% 1?8%
St. Paul i 96 I 96 I 94%: 94%
Term. Coal ! 25%' 25% ! 21 24%
Texas Paciflc i 12 12% 1. ! 12
Union Pacific ] 34%) 34%! 33%| 33%
do pfd ! 62% 62%! 60% j 60%
U. S. Rubber | 20% i 21%! 20 "l 20%
Western Union ] 92% 192 ,c ! 91% 91%
Wabash ] j ,| . . 7
do pfd I 19 ! 19 I 18%: I^3;
W. &L. E I 2%' 2%| 2% 2%
The following were the closing quotations
of other stocks as reported by the Associated
Press:
Canadian Pacific. 87 St. P., M~ & M.134
Canada Southern 54% So. Pacific . oo
Cent. Pacific ... 13% U. P., D. & q" 8
Chicago & A1t0n. 164 W. & L. E 2%
C. & E. 1 58 do pfd 793^
D. &R. G 13 Adams Express. .10.'
do pfd 50% Am. Express ...127
Ft. Wayne 170 United States .. 43
L. E. & VI. pfd.. 72^4 Wells-Fargo .. ..47
L. & N 50 Am. Cot. Oil pfd. 74%
Man. L 115% Am. Tobacco pfd. 117
Met. St. Ry.. ..163% Con. Gas 18S
Mich. Cent 112% Ccm. Cable Co ...ISS
M., K. & T 12% Illinois Steel ....52
do pfd 36% Lead pfd 108%
C, Ind. & L.... 9 Nat Lin. Oil ..78
do pfd 31%: Silver certificates. 56%
N. V.. C. & St. L. 14 S. R. & T 4
do Ist pfd 73 Sugar pfd 124%
do 2nd pfd 35% U. S. Leather .... 7%
Or. R. & Nay 50% U. S. Rubber pfd. 73
Or. Short Line .. 24% Northwestern 127U
Pittsburg 169 do pfd 174 ~
St. L. & S. F 7% R. G. W 23
do Ist pfd ..... 56% do pfd 59%
St. Paul pfd ....147% St. L. & S. W. ... 4~
St. P. & 0 76% do pfd 9%
do pfd 150
BOND LIST.
TJ. S. new 4s reg.128% N. J. C. 5s 11414
do coup 128% N. C. 6s 125"
do 4s 113 do 4s 103
do coup .. ...114% N. P. Ist 6s 119
do 2nds 100 do prior 4s 97%
do 5s reg 113% do gen. 3s 62%
do 5s coup ...113% N.Y..C. &5t.L.45.107
District 3 65s . . . .118% N. __ W. 6s ... .125
Ala. Class A 108 Northwestern c0n142%
do B ICO do deb. 5s . 117%
do C 100 »Or. N. lsts ....115'
do currency . .100 do 4s 96^4
Atchison 4s 93% Or. S. L. t r...124%
do adj. 4s ....63% do 5s t. r 100
Can. So. 2nds ..110 »Or. I. lsts t.r.112%
C. & N. P. t. r. ss. 87 do 5s t. r evl
C. & O. 6s 115% Paciflc 6s, '95. 104"
»C.,H. &D. 4%5.104% Reading 4s ...."86
D. & R. G. lsts .110% R. G. W. lsts.. 84%
do 4s 94% St.L.&I.M. con. 5s 93%
East Term. 15t5. 107% StL.&S.F. gen.6s.H9%
Erie gen. 4s ....73% St. P. con 142
F.W. & D.lsts t.r. 73% St. P., C.& P. Istsl2o
Gen. Elec. 5s ..100% do 5s 117
G. H. &S. A. 65.. 103 So. Ry. 6s 94
do 2nds 105 S. R. & T. 65.... 58
H. & T. C. 58 ..110% Term. new set 3s. 87
do con. 6s 107 T. P. L. G. lsts.-lOIU
lowa C. lsts ..101 do Rg. 2nds ...33"
K. P. con. t. r 114% U. P. lsts 127%
do Ist (D.D.)tr129% U.P., D. & G. lsts 57
La. new con. 4s .102 Wab. Ist 5s 109%
L. &N. Uni. 45.. 90% do deferred .... 4%
I Missouri 6s 100 do 2nds 82
M., K. & T. 2nds. 63%| West Shore 45.. 110%
do 4s 89% Va. Centuries .. 71
N. Y. C. lsts ...117%|
•Offered.
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS.
Cholor $0 30,Ontar.o $2 50
Crown Point .... 10! Ophir 45
Con. Cal & Va. . .OlPlvmouth 08
Deadwood 75 Quicksilver '. . . . 100
Gould & Curry .. 25| do pfd 250 |
Hale & Norcross. 1 35! Sierra Nevada .. 90
Homestake . . . .37 00 1 Standard 150
Iron Silver .. ... 40 Union Con 30
Mexican 301 Yellow Jacket .. 20
BOSTON MINING SHARES.
Allouez Mm. Co . 1%: Franklin 7 . ... 14%
Atlantic 30 Oscelola 43%
Boston & Mont ..178 Quincy 115
Butte & Boston .. 26% Tamarack 154 V*
Calumet & Hecla.sl6 Wolverine 22%
Centennial .. ii%|
FOREIGN FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.— Evening Post's I
London financial cablegram: The stock
markets were Quiet and easier today, but '
with an absence of business. Americans I
opened good, especially Louisville & Nash- j
ville and Union Pacific, then gave way |
on New York selling, and finally closed flat
on reports of an ultimatum from the United
States to Spain. This was not generally be
lieved, and barring any such political news,
I must report a very' favorable disposition
In financial quarters here towards Ameri
cans. Many, indeed are looking for a real
boom.
The general tendency to buy Louisville &
Nashville was led by a firm whi.h recently
secured large profits in trust operations in
Americans. Spanish stocks were steady.
Gold has fallen sharply to 77s 9%d.
The feeling grows that the Chinese loan
negotiations are still on, but discretion
prompts secresy and to a certain extent re- j
strains the press.
WALL STREET GOSSIP.
New York stock gossip, reported by H. !
Holbert & Son, bankers and brokers, 341 Rob- |
crt street. National German-American Bank i
building, St. Paul:
It is believed that there is a big short in- •
terest growing in Burlington in our mar- j
ket, traders becoming nervous ln view of ;
the dividend meeting Wednesday next.
The large amount of stocks held by the
public is somewhat of a menace to the mar- j
ket, a flood of selling orders was pouied in !
on the market about noon, causing quite a j
setback.
James Keene was a large buyer of C. B.
& Q. on the decline, and Moore & Schley
were prominent buyers of Metropolitan Street !
railway.
NEW YORK MONEY.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.— Money on call easy
at 1.4.31% per cent; last loan, 1% per cent
Prime mercantile paper, 3@4 per cent. Ster
ling exchange easier, with actual business
in bankers' bills at $4.85@4.85.i for demand
and $4.83(04.83% for sixty days. Posted rates!
$4.84 and $4.86%. Commercial bills, $4 82%'
Silver certificates, 56%@57%c. Bar silver
56% c. Mexican dollars, 45.4 c.
" CURRENCY TRANSFERRED.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Currency to the
amount of $100,000 was transferred to Cin
cinnati today through the United States sub
treasury for a local bank here in exchange I
for gold deposit.d therefor.
TREASURY STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Today's statement
of the condition of the treasury: Available
cash balance, $218,910,150; gold reserve, $165,
--916,643.
BANK CLEARINGS.
St. Pau1— 5789,228.75.
Minneapolis— sl,4s3,3B2.
Chicag0— 524,262,047.
New Y0rk— 5197,105,071.
CHICAGO MONEY.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-New York ... .ange
SOc discount; posted rates, $4.84 and $4.86%. '
QUIT SOCIETY FOR THE STAGE.
Daughter off a California Millionaire
in Mo.ljoNi.trK Company.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.— New York special to
the Tribune: Another "millionaire's daugh
ter" has quit society and taken to the stage,
and this time not because of her dear papa's
financial reverses, but simply for "the fun
of the thing," for love of the footlights and
of the boards immediately behind them. The
young woman is a very pretty girl, and her
rather irate father is a multi-millionaire of
the Pacific coast, R. J. Northam. The young
lady is his daughter Maud, who will play
Therese in "Macbeth" tomorrow evening with
Mme. Modjeska's company at the Fifth Ave
nue theater,
Mr. Northum is one of the very wealthy
men of California, and has enormous ranches
near Los Angeles, where he and his family
spend much of their time. One of these ad
joins that of Mme. Modjeska, and an lnti
maey sprang up between the actress and the
Nortbams.
The young girl broached the subject of her
desire to go on the stage, and it was jdis
cussed between Mme. Modjeska and Miss
Northam's family. Miss Northam frankly
avowed today, with reprehensible slanginess,
that she "grew deadly tired of the society
act, and wanted to do some work. If it were
not that my parents know Mme. Modjeska so
well they never would have let me have my
way. My father was opposed to it. and wants
me to give it up. He won't write to me, and
says he won't send me any money.
"But he gets over that by giving my mother
plenty — which, of course, she Bends to mo.
Perhaps he will relent when I do something
on the stage worthy of good newspaper no
tices."
Miss Northam is treated by Mme. Modjeska
and her husband almost as an adopted e-hild.
TRA VELERS' GUIDE.
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lows:
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fiUMOK REGARDING LEE
STORY OP THE CONSUL GEXKRAL'S
RESIGNATION DENIED
De Lome Incident Rapidly Nearinff
a Conclusion Satisfactory Alike
to Spain and to the United Slates
Note From Woodford Not .Made
Puhlie hy Secretary Day.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.— The state
department today officially denied re
ports alleging that Gen. Fitzhm.h Lee,
counsel general to Cuba, hud tendered
his resignation.
It can be also stated that, while de
tails are not obtainable, matters re
garding the De Lomo incident have
assumed such shape that an early and
entirely satisfactory adjustment of the
affair between the United States and
Spain is confidently expected by the
state department.
The officials of the state department
still maintain their reticence as t.> the
contents of the cablegram from Minis
ter Woodford, received late Saturday.
It may be said that all statement
far made as to the nature of this dis
patch are speculative. Th- message
was not deciphered until well along in
the afternoon yesterday, and then it
passed into the hands eif Assistant Sec
retary Day, and the president, In turn,
who have been the only persons in.
Washington, save the employe who un
raveled the cipher, to see the dispatch
up to this time. No answer has
made as yet to Mr. Woodford's inns
sage, and It is by no means certain
that an answer will be required.
Senor Dubosc, the Spanish charge
d'affairs, was one of the early callers
at the state department, and this nat
urally led to the conjecture that his
visit was in connection with tbe De
Lome Incident. It is stated positively
however, that the incident was nol re
ferred to, but that the call had t_ do
with other pending Spanish affair*.
Everything relating to the De l_.>me.
letter thus far has taken place at Mad
rid through Minister Woodford. In
some well informed quarters it was be
lieved that any formal disavowal by
Spain would be deferred until a new
minister was commissioned, one of his
first duties being to make proper
amends and re-establish the cordial re
lations on all pending questions.
New Minister.
Owing to the presence in Washington
of Duke de Arcos, late Spanish minis
ter to Mexico, now em leave, it was felt
that he would be named as minister,
in order that speedy adjustment might
be effected. In other official quarters
the view was entertained that Spain's
disavowal would be prompt, and would
be made in the form of an official state
ment by the minister for foreign af
fairs, Senor Gullon, expressing regret
at the incident.
It is underste>od that up to the- pres
ent time no official Intimation or the
appointment of the Duke de Arcos has
come to Washington.
Senor de Lome has about completed
his arrangements tor leaving the
United States. His present plans are- to
leave Washingtem tomorrow night, sail
ing from New York Wednesday.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.— A dispatch to
the World from Havana says there ls
a rumor that the palace authorities
have a letter written by Consul General
Lee, the contents of which are- as In
teresting, even exciting for Spain, as
the De Lome letter to Canalejas was
for the U-nited States.
It is said that Gen. Lee's frankness
in cemversation insures th" cxi:
of such missives, and tbe- opinion is
openly expressed that G«"\ Lee, too,
must go.
NEW YORK. Feb. 14. -it is now
known on the very highest authority
that the real reason for sending the
torpedo boat Gushing to Havana is tint
the Spanish authorities have- been tam
pering with mall sent to the battleship
Maine, in Havana harbor, says the.
Washington correspondent of the- Her
ald. This resulted in Capt. Sigsb"
the Maine, sending a preet.-wt te. Wash
ington, with a suggestion that a regu
lar service be established between Key
West and Havana by means of the t<»r
peelo beiat.
On the strength e>f this request the
Cushing was dispatched to Havana.
Society in Mourn, tit;.
BOSTON, Feb. 14.— Mrs Jack Gardner has
broken ono of her legs. Just how anil whe-n
tho accident occurred tho puhlie- is nol per
- mltted to know, but th» queen e»f itoste.n sei
e-iety is confined to a couch surrounded hy
devoted attendants, who do all that duty anel
affection can prompt.
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