The Saint Paul globe., April 28, 1898, Page 6, Image 6

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SOME PATRIOTIC RAILROADS
WILL CUT THE RATE FIXED
FOR CARRYING TROOPS
The Action of the Committee in
I.nj inn Down Two CentH n Mil s
for Transporting: TroouM Meet 1
With CrlUeism, ami Will Xot
Stand Regarded an I nreimoii
ahle anil a Move to Mulct the
t'overimient.
The majority of the railroad" In Min
nesota will not advance their rates to
I cents ; i mile for the movement of
ettite U/Q-ips to the various cj-jnj-sin
tni'. South? "* "* ~ .. "^~""**
L-* WoTwithata*>dlrjg the fact that the
rSte ot I tmS \m Capita was' decided
upen i>y the executive committee of
the Western Tassenger association at
a meeting held in Chicago, the Minne
sota lines will not charge so high a rate.
"Why," said a prominent local rail
road official, "2 cents a mile is mote
than is charged for the transporting
of pleasure seekers to many of the big
re*ia~iouß and society meetings of tlie
year. It is twice the rate charged the
il. A. K. vets to the annual encamp
iih nts. and it is the rate made the
commercial travelers who are out hus
tling business, not upholding the honor
of this country.
When the state troops go to Lake
City to their annual encampment they
are charged half what the executive j
committee intends having us tax this I
glorious country for the transportation j
of an army of brave men who are
bound on such a commendable mis
sion. Why, the numerous big meet
ings at Chicago this season will get a
better rate than 2 cents a mile.
"The executive committee has made
a serious mistake in placing the rate.l
for the transportation of troops at such j
a high figure. . The committee ex
plains its action by saying that be
cause that was the charge in civil war
times it should be the standard again.
What rot! There is no good reason
because 2 cents a mile was considered
good in 1862 that it should be fair and 1
reasonable at this date. Passengers
can be carried at a profit now at one
half they could be transported in those
days.
"Another silly explanation offered by
the members of the executive commit
tee is that cars must be brought back
enrpty. Is this more expensive than
bringing them back filled with Grand
Army men or state troops in times of
peace, though the gross rate in these
cases is the same as is to be charged
for the movement of troops one way at
this time.
"Has the committee no feeling of
patriotism? Should not they be
swayed to some degree by patriotic sen
timent? The railroads are always
asking favors of state and federal gov
ernments, and now that they can be
of the greatest possible aid to the Unit
ed States they retaliate by practically
announcing: their intention of bleeding
the government."
At the 2-cent rate it will cost about
$21,500 to move the Minnesota troops
to Chicago. This is a conservative es
timate, and Chicago is not very much
more than a fourth of the distance.
The different St. Paul roads who will
be calleci upon to ship the state troops
to the Southern points have decided
that they will not charge more than
was charged the United States gov
ernment for transporting the Third
regiment and the Montana troops,
which is about 1 cent a mile.
WAVr THE TWO-tEXT RATE.
Iluilronil RepreNentatlveii in C'hiea
no Think They Can Force It.
CHICAGO, April 27.— The lines of the
Western Passenger association m<>t today for
the purpose of considering the rates to be
made for the transportation of troops to the
front. No definite action was taken because
all of the roads In the association were not
represented and they will bo given a. chance
to vote on the proposition. The rate is to be
two cent 3 per mile for the transportation of
troops of all sorts, no matter whether they
are state troops or have been mustered into
the service of the government.
The roads so far as they have been heard
from are a unit in favor of the two-cent
rate. The plan to charge one cent, as is the
case when the state militia ls carried to its
annual encampment, has not met with favor
able consideration, and it will not now be
taken into account at all.
The meeting of the lines today brought
out the fact that with tne exception of the
trouble with the Canadian Pacific rates in
the territory of the association are generally
In a favorable condition. There Is nothing
like wholesale demoralization anywhere save
in Texas, and that state ls not in the ter
ritory of tho Western Passenger association.
It is likely that the Western roads will
Eoon pass a resolution declaring all camp
furniture and equipage to be class A freight.
CHANGES ITS BUND.
BurliiiKton Canee_a the Notice of a
New Rate on Cattle, Etc.
The Burlington route has caused a great
deal of comment among traffic men by an
nouncing the cancellation of the notice given
two days ago that they would make effective
on May 1 the following rates: Cattle and
hogs. Missouri river, Omaha to Kansas City,
inclusive, to Chicago, 15 cents per hundred
pounds: sheep, in double deck cars, 15 cents
per hundred pounds; dressed beef and pack
ing house products, Missouri river points to
St Louis, five cents; to East St. Louis, seven
cents, and to Chicago, twelve cents per hun
dred pounds.
Tho reason the Burlington put in the above
rates In the first place was on account of
an old decision of the interestate commerce
commission to the effect that packing house
products should not be lower than live stock
rates. Tho rate war on packing house prod
ucts of the last three weeks brought the
rates on those commodities down and the
Burlington evidently thought it wise to bear
tho commission's ruling in mind and so
brought down tho live stock rates. For some
unexplainable reason the Burlington has giv
en notice that the live Btock reductions
are off.
$10.00 to the Coast.
Certain railroads having refused to sell
tickets at the rate tendered by this com
pany, It would be well for the public to re
member that the following fiat rates are in
effect from St. Paul and Minneapolis and
that no additional deposit is required and no
rebate scheme is in effect by this line.
By "rebate" It is understood that you pay
a certain amount, and, if possible g°t it
back under very strict conditions' at the
other end of your journey. If you fail to
perform all the conditions named in the re
bate you get nothing.
By the Soo Pacific Houte you have nothing
to do but to pay your fare and go over the
Scenic Route of America.
Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle and Tacoma
$10.00. Portland and San Francisco $15 00 '
Soo Line Ticket Office, 398 Robert Street!
ConMiderinff Flour Rates.
A meeting of the Northern Lines commit
tee was held In Minneapolis yesterday to
consider the present flour rates.
The export rates on flour from Minneapolis
are very much demoralized via the lake and
rail lines and the scare occasioned by the
recent sitting of the interstate commerce com
mission has evidently worn away, for the
different lines are busy cutting right below
tariffs.
Earning: of the Milwaukee.
Net earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
6t. Paul for the month of March were Si i»n
295, an Increase of $169,923 over the samp
month of last year. For the n\nl m™J£
ending March 31, the net ear^ga"^ bl__
$10,259,715, an Increase of $974,343
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"WHY STOCK YARDS AT SdUTH
ST. PAUL ARE BUSY
lueren*e of Activity In the Pant
Year Remarkable A Horse Mar
ket the Latent Addition to the In
diiHtrieH at the Lively Suburb ot
the Capital City Some Interest
ing- Fleruren.
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MARKET SUMMARY.
I ._- Prey.
Wheal. Close. Day.'
I May, Chicago $1 21% $1 23 i
I May, Minneapolis 1 15% 117
I May, Duluth 1 18% 1 19%
I May, New York 1 22 1 21% !
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FINANCIAL.
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I Bar silver. New York .. 56% 56% I
I Call money, New York .. 1% 2 1
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The union stock yards, at South St. Paul,
present today a remarkable contrast with the
condition of things which exis.cd a year ago.
The activity now prevailing there is sorcewhat
in the nature of a new life, which comes to
j a man after he has been abed with a fever.
j His appetite is strong and he takes in every
i thing as It comes along, and grows fat and
healthful on gormandizing.
But that which comes to South St. Paul at
the present time is not a forced diet The
fact is that this great gateway to the North
west ls a natural channel for the absorption
of the product of this section. There is no
doubt that the union stock yards are growing
in importance, every month. People of aa
improving eection of the country want a
market. They find it here. The existencs
of this market at the capital city of the slate
is a boon which is gradually coming to b >
appreciated.
Yesterday George W. Wentworth & Co.
formally opened at South St. Paul a new
industry in the way of a horse market. The
midway horse market, between this city and
Minneapolis, was established a few years
ago, and the interest has developed to a
considerable extent. There ls no doubt that
these central cities of Minnesota will be able
to support two institutions of this kind and
the one will always be a supplement to tha
other. They are sufficiently remote from ons
another to permit the widest competition and
the fields tributory to each cover a vast ex
tent of territory.
Mr. Wentworth, who has organized this
Industry at South St. Paul, ls not an ad
venturer along these lines, but a man of ex
perience. He recognizes the value of a
horse when he sees it; and he Is honest
enough to put a proper value upon it. He
is lieberal enough to recognize the merits
of other establishments of the kind ho pro
poses to conduct, and will never enviously
fret over the record of sales In the market
of his rivals. He maintains the view that
there is room enough for all. This is a spirit
wbich, if cultivated to the full bloom, will do
much for St. Paul, and the country con
tiguous thereto. Here is an interes,ing table
on the subject of the horse-breeding industry:
A study of Bulletin No. 10 on our foreign
trade in agricultural products from 1893
to 1897 brings to light several facts which
ought to be carefully considered by farm
ers, and especially horse breeders of Min
nesota and the Northwest:
Per
Imports — Horses — No. Amount. Head.
1893 15.461 $2,388,267 $154
1594 6.166 1,319,572 214
1895 13,098 1,055,191 80
1896 9,991 662,291 66
1897 6,998 464,808 66
Per
Exports — Horses — No. Amount. Head.
1893 2.967 $718,607 $242
! 1894 5.246 1,108,995 211
j 1895 .' 13,984 2,209,298 158
1896 25,126 3,630,703 140
1897 39,532 4,769,265 120
The average price in 1893 was $242 per
head, then decreased every year, reaching
I the minimum in 1897, $120. The number of
I animals exported, however, has increased
in a most astonishing way, from 2,967 in
1893 to nearly double that in 1894; more than
doubling again in 1895, nearly doubling
again in 1896, and an Increase of approxi
mately 60 per cent again in 1897. An In
crease of horses exported from 2,967 in 1893,
to 39,532 in 1887. Reports from the Chicago
market show that that 1898 will be away
ahead of 1897.
Some rather astonishing facts come to
light also when we study the imports. The
number imported has steadily decreased
from 15.451 in 1893 to practically 7,000 in
1897, with a sudden rise in 1895, as shown
I in the above table. The imported horses
have also suddenly decreased in value,
having decreased from $161 in 1893, to $66
in 1897. The imported list brings out the
further suggestion that it is difficult to
understand why we should be importing
10.000, $66 horses in 1896, and nearly 7,000
$66 horses in 1897.
The above figures are interesting in that
they demonstrate the fact that the breeders
of horses are on the right path. The dis
continuance of breeding during the past years
of depression has caused a scarcity of stock.
Tlie following from an exchange will afford
interesting reading:
A large number of horse breeders and
dealers have just held a convention at Chi
cago for the purpose of organizing a nation
al association, and the discussion during the
meeting put into somewhat authoritative
form some facts in relation to the industry
which 'the agricultural and live stock press
have been urging upen the attention of the
public for a considerable time. The last full
or nearly full crop of colts produced by the
farmers and breeders in this country was
foaled in 1894. Since then scarcely any
breeding has been done. The number foaled
during the last three years is hardly worth
considering, in view of the present demand,
foreign and domestic. The colt crop
of 1894 is now maturing and com
ing on the market at a time when
both the foreign and domestic demand i 3
greater than it has ever been for really
good horses. How long will this crop lasr,
and what will replace it In the market
when it is exhausted? It will not be the
crops of 1895-6-7, for, comparatively speak
ing, there were no colt crops during these
years. The indications now are that thi3
country will presently have nothing with
which to supply the large foreign demand it
has created during the past few years for
American horses, and that there will be a
scarcity of animals to supply home require
ments. The encouragement to breed and
breed well was never greater than it is
now, but It takes so long to make good a
shortage of horses that the scarcity is likely
to make itself quite keenly felt before
the colts bred for can be matured.
JULY BEARS ROUTED.
Bulge of Four Cents From the Day's
Low Point.
CHICAGO, April 27.— July wheat bears were
stampeded on 'change today. The option
named made a clean advance of 3%c, wiping
out an early decline of 2%c, and closing with
a net gain of l%c. Everybody w_3 on the
selling side at the start on lower cables,
favorable crop news and declines at the
Northwest. But foreign markets recovered
sharply, Antwerp scoring, an advance of 4
@6c. Shorts rushed to cover and bid July up
from 91% cto 95c. May wheat recovered most
of a 5c decline, but closed with a net loss
of l%c. Corn and oats recovered early d«
clines and closed unchanged to %c higher.
Previsions ruled dull. Pork declined sc; lard,
2%c. Ribs closed steady.
The foreign wheat markets, which were
controlling influences at the opening here to
day, showed a deal of irregularity. Liver
pool quoted declines of l%@2d, while Paria
came 2%@3%c higher. Trading began at a
decline of %c in Judy wheat. At the end of
a half-hour an avalanche of offerings struck
the pit and prices dropped with a thud, from
93% cto 91% c.
Chicago receipts were 109 cars, and 72 of
them were contract Receipts here a year
ago were 13 cars. Minneapolis and Duluth
received 327 oars, against 207 a year ago. The
clearances of wheat and flour from Atlantic
ports were equal to 497,000 bushels. Closing
quotations from Liverpool showed spot No. 1
northern spring wheat 3d a cental up for the
day, the price being 9s 3d, or $133% per
bu. Relief came to the bulls from an un
expected quarter. Antwerp was reported as
buying a cargo of California wheat off the
English coast at an equivalent of $1.38 a bu
and the Antwerp market advanced 6%@7%c
14 cents in two days. English wheat brought
$1.50 a bu in the London market today and
English country markets showed a further
rise of 4%c a bu. These latter items caused
a. stampede among the shorts and just before
the close July sold at Ssc. May rallied f ro m
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THE ST. PAUIT GLOBE THURSDAY-— APKJX 28, 1898.
$1.18 to $1.21%. July opened %c lower, at
88V<)@93»4c; sold at 98V4c, declined to 91»4c, ad
""KJCefl to 9?Q, closing at 94"4 c, a net gain of
i%c ;.*ft.**afe*C , ».n>r_jt iflt .
Corn was heavy at the start, but tha ad
vance in wheat started some buying in corn,
causing a rally of l%c July started "4@%c
lower, at 33T»@S4'4c, sold at 88% c, advanced
to 34% c, closing at 34"*0, a net gain of He
Oats followed oorn. July opened "4o lower,
at 25c, sold at 24*4 c, rallying to 2S>4c at the
close.
Provisions started weak, but the early
losses were quite recovered. July pork open
ed 15c lower, at $11.37, sold between $11.36 and
$11.52, closing; 5c net lower, at $11.47. July
lard started s@loc lower, at $6.65@5.70, sold
from $5.65@5.75, closing $5.72, dosing un
changed at the top.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat
-128; corn 466; oats 815; hogs 34,000.
Tha leading futures ranged aa follows:
8 B C 2~
~^ 8 f ■ 1 I
A*. I I % I
*■ -i "-— r :
Wheat— | | f
* ,a ,y 123 1128 118 121*4
i vl >; J 93*41 96 MVi 91%
?fPt 82%| 83% h.% 83%
«*j 82 80%* 81%
May ! 33% 34 32% 83%
i^ 34%! 34% 33% 34%
of**! j **( 36% 34% 35%
-*«/ I 28%! 29 27% 28%
Ju'y 25 j 25% 24% 25%
„ Se Pt I 23 23% 22% 23%
Mess Pork— j
Ma 7 !Hls 11125 1125 1122%
T Ju 'y 11 37%!11 58% 11 35 1147%
Lard —
* la y 5 62%' 5 67% 560 565
l v) * 565 ;5 75 565 6 72%
_£__* • • 5 77% 5 82% 575 6 82%
Short Ribs— - I
May I 5 42%| 550 15 42% 550
July 15 60 ! 5 67% 1 550 557
_"___. 1.5 62%; 565 |5 60 565
Cash quotations were as follows: Flout
•in fair demand, unchanged. No. 2 spring
wheat, $1.08; No. 3 spring wheat, $1@1.12; No
2 red, $1.20; No. 2 corn, 33%@34%c; No. 2
yellow corn, 34@34%c; No. 2 oats. 28% c; No. 3
wlilte, 31@31%c; No. 3 white, 30%@31%c: No.
2 rye, 59% c; sample barley, 40@;46c; No. 1
flaxseed, $1.29%@1.30; prime timothy seed,
$2.90. Mess pork, per bbl, $11.20@11.25; lard
per 100 lbs, $5.66; short ribs sides (loose),
$5.35@5.70; dry salted shoulders (boxed), 4%
@sc; short clear sides (boxed), $5.85@6.05.
Whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gal,
$1.20. Sugars, cut loaf, unchanged. Receipts
—Flour, 12.780 bbls; wheat, 153,800 bu; corn
430,100 bu; oats, 485,900 bu; rye, 11,800 bu :
barley, 15.300 bu. Shipments— Flour, 11,200
bbls; wheat, 313,300 bu; corn, 604,200 bu; oats
111,700 bu; rye, 59.500 bu; barley, 1,900 bu!
On the produce exchange today the butter
market was steady; creameries, 13@16%c;
dairies, 12@15c. Eggs steady; fresh, 10c.
Cheese dull, unchanged.
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 27. — May wheat
opened this morning at 3c under Tuesday's
close. July wheat opened at l%c under yes
terday's close, and it quickly declined to $1.11
against $1.15!4, Tuesday's close. After this
radical change the maiket ruled very nerv
ous, with quotations rapid, but on the whole
strong at the decline up to midsession.
At 11 o'clock the market took a turn for
the better and recovered a good portion of the
early decline before 11:30.
May wheat opened at $1.14, against $1.17
Tuesday's close, advanced to $1.15%, dropped
to $1.13. firmed up to $1.14, lost lie, gained
%c. sold at $1.13%, gained %c, los: %c ad
vanced to $1.14% by 11:30 and by 11:53 held
at $1.14%.
July wheat opened at $1.13% against $1.15%
Tuesday, sold down to $1.12. advanced to
$1.14%. dropped to $1.11, firmed up to $1 12%
sold at $1.11%, again sold at $1.12%, lost %c'
firmed up to $1.12%, lost %c, advanced to
$1.13% by 11:30, and by 12:30 held at $1 13
September wheat opened at 82c. being %"
under Tuesday, declined to 80% c, and firmed
up to 81c by 11:30 a, m. Trading was very
light in this option.
The demand for cash wheat was good with
prices relatively much better than yesterday
when compared with the futures market Re
ceipts here were 219 cars; shipments, 54 cars.
The maiket du-lng the noon hour was quiet
but may be called strong. The close was
strong. April wheat closed at $1.14% May at
$1.15%, July at $1.13% and September 'a*. 82% c.
RANGE OF PRICES.
Open- High- Low- Closing.
. „ ln 8- est. est. Wed. Tv s.
Apr'l $i 15%
M V $1 14 $1 16% $1 13 1 15% $1 17
i vl X "k- 1T A * 14% X » » 13 % 1 15%
September 82 82% 80% 82% 82%
J£* «?£-&' I hard ' * 117 % : No ' * north
ern $1.15%; No 2 northern, $1.11; April oats,
28% c; corn, 32c flaxseed, $L 25
Curb on May wheat, bid ... $i ig
Puts on May wheat j 12
Calls on May wheat, bid ...... 1 21%
Curb on July wheat 1 13%@1 13%
Puts on July wheat, sellers .... 1 10%
Calls on July wheat 1 19
SAMPLE SALES.
No. 1 hard, 1 car $117%
No. 1 northern, 2,500 bu, to arrive "."" 1*16%
No. 1 northern, 850 bu 115 V
No. 1 northern, 700 bu , '" 114
No. 1 northern, 1,000 bu ..*„*'!!"! 114%
No. 2 northern, 1 car !.!'...!. ill
No. 2 northern, 5 cars, to arrive!!!.". l!ll
No. 2 northern, 3 cars 1.12
No. 2 northern, 4 cars ...... 1.12%
FLOUR.
The flour market is quiet The weakness
In wheat checks business.
First patents $5.75@6.00
Second patents 5.50@5.55
First clears 4.30@4.60
BRAN, SHORTS AND COARSE GRAINS.
Bran in bulk $10.50@11.00
Shorts in bulk 10.50@11.00
Middlings in bulk 12.50@13.00
Red-dog, 140-lb sacks, f. o. b 15.00@15.50
Corn — Corn is steady. No change. No 3
32%@32%c; yellcw corn, 32% c.
Oats— No. 3, 28%@29c; No. 3 white held at
29@29%c. No change.
Rye— Rye is stronger, because of a good
export demand. Quoted at 59c.
Barley — Feed barley, 38c; malting, 44c.
The trade is good, with a fair demand.
Values are looking upward.
Coarse corn meal and cracked
corn, in sacks, per ton, sacks
extra, to jobbers only $12.25@12.50
No. 1 ground feed, 2-3 corn, 1-3
oats, 80-lb sacks, sacks extra 13.25
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.
Northern.
Railroads. N0.1hd.N0.1.N0.2.N0.3.Rd.NG.
G. N.— B. Dlv 2 6 10 3 4
G. N— F. F. Div 6 5
C, M. & St. P 1 10 32 10 ..
M. & St. L 2 18 7 ..
Soo Line 4 6 ..
Northern Pacific 10 6 1 2 .
<_„ St. P., M. 0 3 11 9 ..
C. G. W 3 1 ..
Total 19 36 81 32 4
Other Grains — Winter wheat, 21 cars; No.
4 corn, 1 car; No. 4 corn, 2 cars; No. 2 oats,
1 car; No. 3 cats, 25 cars; no grade oats,
4 cars; No. 2 rye, 3 cars; No. 3 rye, 3 cars;
No. 5 barley, 3 cars; No. 1 flax, 4 cars; re
jected flr.x, 1 c.-.r.
Cars Inspected Out— Wheat— No. 1 hard, 2
cars; No. 1 northern, 32 cars; No. 2 northern,
38 cars; No. 3, 119 cars; rejected, 12 cars; no
grade, 1 car; No. 3 corn, 5 cars; No. 2 oats,
1 car; No. 3 oats, 40 cars; no grade, 1 car;
No. 2 rye, 1 car; No. 1 flax, 8 cars.
ST. PAUL GRAIN.
Quotations on hay, grain, feed, etc., fur
nished by Griggs Bros., grain and seed mer
chants:
Wheat — Yesterday's market opened lower,
but firmed up later, though it did not get
back to Tuesday's close. No. 1 northern, $1.14
©1.16; No. 2 northern, $1.08@1.11.
Corn— No. 3 yellow, 32%@33c; No. 3, 32@
32% c.
Oats— No. 3 white, 29@29%c; No. 8, 28@
28% c.
Barley and Rye — Sample barley, 32@38c;
No. 2 rye, 64f 56c; No. 3 rye, 52@63c.
Seeds— No. 1 flax, $1.26@1.27; timothy, $1.10
@1.25; red clover, $3@3.60.
Flour— Patents, per bbl. $6.10@6.30;
straights, $5.40@5.70; bakers' $4.50@5.00; ry«
flour, $3.40@3.70.
Ground Feed and Millstuffs— No. 1 feed,
$13.60@14.
Bran— ln bulk, $11.75@12.00.
Coarse Cornmeal — $12.755 i 13.
Hay— Market higher for best grades; other
qualities continue dull and slow of sale;
choice to fancy upland, $7@7.60. Choice and
fancy timothy, $8@8.50.
DULUTH GEAIN.
DULUTH, April 27.— Market dull and low
er; May opened l%c off at $1.18; sold down
to $1.16% at 11, and at 12:30 was quoted at $1.18
cash, 22,000 bu shippers, May price. Close-
May, $1.18%; cash No. 1 hard, $1.18%;
No. 1 northern, $1.18%; No. 2 northern, $1.11%
to arrive. No. 1 hard, $1.18%: No. 1 northern
$1.18%; No. 1 hard, May, $1.19%; Juy, $1.15% :
September, 86% c; No. 1 northern, July
51.14%; September, 84% c; oats, 30%@29%c :
rye, 59% c; barley, 37c; flax, $1.27% c; May
$1.28; corn, 33% c. *'
OTHER GRAINS.
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:
The weekly government crop bulletins are
favorable in regard to wheat, except from
California, where the drought has pot been
broken. The wheat reports are Improved
from Michigan Ohio, and exceptionally
good from Nebraska, Kansas and Illinois; it
Is heading in the South. Seeding is well
advanced in North Dakota and Minnesota,
and about completed In Southern Dakota and
Minnesota; plowing for corn general In Illi
nois; corn planting general in Kansas; no
damage from frosts.
WALL STREET GOSSIP.
New York stock gossip, reported by H. Hol
bert & Son, bankers and brokers, 341 Robert
atreet.National German-American Bank build
ing, St. Paul:
Post & Flagg wire us: "The dullness in
today's market has been simply appalling.
Scarcely any BtocH fluctuation more than %
of 1 per cent in the extreme. What little
was doing was toward better prices.
"Time money continues at 6 per cent for
all periods, and very little is offered at that
rate, and today we hear of commercial pa
per selling as high as 9 per cent. Call money
continues easy, for the banks only dare to
lend in that way, fearing withdrawals, and
also wishing to be in a position to take ad
vantage of proposed government loan."
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, April 27.— Flour— Receipts,
18,000 bbls; exports, 10,000 bbls; market re
tained its strength and was fairly active.
Wheat— Receipts, 320,000 bu; exports, 202,000
bu; spot firm; No. 2 red firm, $1.24, f. o. b.,
afloat; options %@lc net advance; No. 2 red
May, $1.16%@1.22%, closed $1.22. Corn—Re
ceipts, 317,850 bu; exports, 99,085 bu; spot
firm; No. 2, 40% c; options unchanged; May,
38%@38*4c, closed 38"4 c. Oats— Receipts, 320,
--400 bu; exports, 9,580 bu; spot dull; No. 2,
S3c; No. 2 white, 35®35%c; options %c net
hlghor; May closed 33% c.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, April 27— Wheat, higher. No.
2 red cash elevator, $1.09; track, $1.10@1.10%;
April, $1.10%; May, $1.11; July, 90%@90%c
bid; September. 82% c bid; No. 2 hard cash,
$1.03@1.05. Corn— Higher, but unsettled. No.
2 cash, 31c; April, 32c; May, 32%@32%c; July,
32%@32"4c; September, 33% c.
MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, April 27— Flour quiet steady.
Wheat, active and lower 2@3c; No. 1 north
ern, $1.14%; No. 2 northern, $1.11; May,
$1.16%; July, $1.14%. Oats, %c lower, 31%®
32c. Rye— Lower. No. 1, 60c. Barley lower.
No. 2, 50c; sample, 47@50c.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, April 27.— Close wheat steady.
May unchanged; deferred futures, Id .to %d
higher to %d lower; April, nominal. May,
9s %d; July, 8s ll%d; September, 7s 9d; De
cember, 7s l%d. Corn— Quiet, %@%d lower.
April, nominal; May, 4s %d; July, 3s ll"4d;
September, is.
LIVE STOCK.
UNION STOCK YARDS.
Receipts— Hogs, 2,498; cattle, 488; calve 3,
264; sheep, 127; horses, 18.
Hogs— The market was weak to 5c lower,
In sympathy with the Eastern decline; de
mand was good, local packers gett ng tne
bulk. Quality not so good as yesterday.
Representative^ Sales-
No. Wt. D*kge. "price. No. Wt. D'k'ge. Price.
3 463 . . $2 25 '52 205 120 375
4 105 . . ;3 30 99 220 160 380
4 317 120 3 lis 52 208 80 380
34 171 80 370 56 264 160 380
71 210 200 3 72.% 48 195 12!) 3 82%
65 196 320 375 90 192 .. 3 8:%
51 183 120 375
Cattle— Steady'and active; dem: nd was go d
for fat cattle; most of the regular deal3r3
needing supplies, and the hulk sold eaily;
stackers and feeners are in better demand this
week, especially good ones; common trash
dragged, as usual.
Representative Sa'.es—
N". Wt. Price. No. WtTlPricT
Stock Cows andl Butcher Steers—
Heuers— U 1150 $5 30
9 311 $3 7513 1132 4 40
1 830.2 7V*. 1020 4 25
7 m 37.|8 817 4 00
4 260 37,)p 1042 4 26
1 1000 3 4012 "01 4 ft)
1 66) 2 50j 2 1105 4 40
4 S!2 2 75 1 1181 4 00
8 403 3 63 1 lOiO 4 10
Butcher Cows and 3 1213 415
Heifers— Bulls—
2 523 3 30 2 853 3 12
1 ••-.; 1170 3,35 1- -..*>.. .....1000 310
2 1010 3 33 1 1110 2 75
1 1330 3 40 1 ......121:) 3 25
2 1030 3 43 1 920 240
3 HO 3.51. 1,. .._..>. .,.,.1730 3 35
4 1083 3,'ttt 1 ..;..."«.... 1340 3 03
2 1345 3 75 1 -„...1 250 3 00
8 ..: 1053 275 1 1130 2 75
3 .'." 1050 3 6? 4 775 3 25
2 105) 2 "i 5 Veal Caves—
12 1920 3 40 1 90 4 85
0 9,8 300 Milkers and Spring
-1 770 .3 75#rs—
Stockers and Feed- II cow .. tor 20 00
era— |l cow for 34 00
2 350 4 60 1 candle. .for 25 CO
2 9*5" 4 03 2 c and 1 c. for 60 00
13 290 4 70| 2 c and 2 c.for 67 f0
II 315 4 70 3 cows for 90 00
81 297 4 6) 4 c and 1 c.for 117 5)
12_ 251 4 75'
Sheep — Steady; receipts were only fair;
local feeders also helped supply the trade.
Representative Sa'.es —
No] Wt P i2s|Noi Wt7~Price7
1 80 $2 75 79 124 $4 10
107 110 440 6 cul'.s 96 300
95 141 443 5 bucks ....132 3SO
2 lambs 125 5 25 22 lambs 90 4 60
10 lambs f-8 3 60,42 lambs 59 4 60
31 lambs 72 4 50 67 lambs 100 4 00
MILCH COW EXCHANGE.
Lytle & Raeburn's report. Good cows, in
good demand at good prices; No. 1 fresh
cowb with calves beside them and nice young
foiward springers of fair size command high
prices, and for these there 13 almost an un
limited demand. Backwar cows and heifers
are also wan'cd at remunerative^ prices.
Dairymen's dry cows selling considerably
lower.
REPRESENTATIVE SALES.
8 cows $325
3 cows 125
6 cows I<s
2 cows 50
MIDWAY KORSE MARKET.
Barrett & Zimmerman's report: The ad
vanced prices on horses has caused a great
number of shipments to arrive on the "mar
ket, which has somewhat weakened the prices
bringing the stock too great in comparison
with the ordinary demand. We find, how
ever, that a fa"r disposal has been the case
with a very satisfactory trade on the best
classes of horses. We anticipate a good
market for Western horses this year. The
stock proves to be a useful one, and can be
procured at comparatively low prices. The
nominal value of serviceable sound horses
from four to eight years old is as follows:
Drafters, extra and heavy $100 to $140
Drafters, common SO to 100
Farm horses, extra 85 to 100
Delivery horses 65 to 80
Drivers, extra 100 to 150
Drivers, common 65 to 90
Chunks 70 to 100
Mules 65 to 90
MINNEAPOLIS.
NEW BRIGHTON, April 27.— Cattle Market
— Beef grades firm and good demand; handy
stockers steady. Sales: 6 cows, ay 876 lbs,
$2.80; 1 cow, 940 lbs, $3: 6 stockers, ay 674
lbs, $4.25; 5 stockers. ay 760 lbs, $6.75; 8 cows,
ay, 1.047 lbs, $3.60; 4 steers, ay 1,253 lbs,
$1.50; 1 cow, 865 lbs, $3. Hogs— Market 5c
lower; quality only fair; demand strong.
Sales: 69 hogs, ay 189 lbs, $3.75; 70 hogs, ay
232 lbs, $3.82%; 95 hogs, ay 178 llw, $3.75- 42
hogs, ay 230 lbs, $3.85; 37 hogs, ay 175 lbs,
$3.70. Sheep— No recefpts.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, April 27.— Cattle were in good
demand today. Common grades ruled firm;
the bulk sold at $4.35g4.90; common to fair'
$3.90®4.25; choice steers, $3®5.25; stockers
and feeders, $3.p0@4.75; calves, $5@6; prime
cows, $3.50®4.60. Trade In hogs was brisk
and an early decline r.of 5c was recovered on
active purchases by Eastern shippers. Sales
ranged from $3<76@3,80 for common to $4@
4.10 for prime lots. " iHogs sold largely at
$3.90@4.02%; pigs, at $3.60@3.85. There was
a fair trade inc-ebeep at unchanged prices.
Shorn lambs sold at?s4@4.9o, chiefly at $4.50
@4.80; wooled, $6.20@«.60. Shorn sheep sold
at $3.50@4.50, chiefly,; at $4@4.40. Receipts-
Cattle, 18,000; hogs, „39,000; sheep, 16,000.
BIOUX CITY.
SIOUX CITY,: 10., "April 27— Cattle — Re
ceipts, 1,200; Tuesday 756; shipments, 470;
market steady on, best; others dull and weak.
Sales: 3 cows, ay 990 lbs, $2; 4 cows ay
740 lbs, $3.65; 15 stock heifers, ay 478 lbs
$3.75; 21 stock heifers, ay 851 lbs, $4.25; 3
bulls, ay 914 lbß, $3; 2 bulls, ay 1,360 lbs
$3.35; 5 bulls, tfv 34ft lbs, $3.80; 23 stockers
and feeders, ay 895 lbs, $3.80; 9 stockers and
feeders, ay 723 lbs, •$4.70; 99 calves, ay 350
lbs, $4.80; 17 calVes, a*v 464 lbs, $5.10; 22 year
lings, ay 686 lbs, $4.50; 21 yearlings, ay 539
lbs, $4.95. Hogs— Receipts, 1,800; Tuesday,
1,844; shipments, 428; market shade lower
selling at $3.70@3.90; bulk, $3.75@3.80.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 27.— Cattle— Re
ceipts, 6,000. Market steady; Texas steers
$3.60@4.75; Texas cows, $2.30®4.26; native
steers, $3.05@4.90; native cows and heifers,
$1.70@3.50; stockers and feeders, $3®4.90;
bulls $2.75@3.95. Hogs— Receipts, 18,000; best
heavies, strong to 6c higher; medium and
lights, steady; all classes weak. Bulk of
sales, $3.70@6.90; heavies, $3.75@4; packers,
$3.66@3.90; mixed, $3.60@3.90; lights, $3 60®
3.80; Yorkers, $3.7603.80; pigs, $3@3.65. Sbcap
— Receipts 2,000; market strong; lambs, $4Ji
@5.25; muttons, $3.78@4.85.
ST. LOUIS.
. *-7\.J-° U _!- Aprll 27-— OatUe— Receipts, 2,000
including 806 Texans; market steady; native
shipping steers, $4.35®5.25; light and dressed
beef and butcher steers, $3.75@5.10; Btockerj
and feeders, $3.70®4.80; cows and heifers $' 20
03.40; Texas and Indian steers, $3.90®4.60;
cows and heifers, $2.20®3.40. Hogs— Receipt",
6,000; market. Bo lower; Yorkers, $3.70@3.80;
packers, $3.80@3.90; butchers, $3.90@4. Sheep
—Receipts 800; market strong; native mut
tons, $4®J.70; lambs, $4.75@5.
OMAHA.
SOUTH OMAHA, April 27.—Cattle—Re
ceipts, 3,000; market, active, stronger; nat ye
beef steers, $4@4.90; Western steers, $3.703>
4.W; Texas steers, $3.20@4.26; cows arfl heif
ers, $3.20@4.20; stockera and feeders, $3.80®
5. Hogs— Receipts, 7,900; market 5c lower;
heavy, $3.76®3.90; mixed, $8.75@3.80; bulk of
sales, $3.75@3.80. Sheep— Receipts, 4,400; mar
ket steady; fair to choice natives, $3.70@4.«0;
fair to choice Westerns, $3.50@4.40; lamb 3,
$4@5.30.
PRODUCE.
ST. PAUL MARKET.
Butter-
Extras , .17
Firsts 16 @.16*_
Seconds 14 @.15
Dairies —
Hand separator .15
Ladles —
Extras 12 @.13
Cheese-
Twins, fancy Minnesota and Wis
consin 09 ®.10%
Young America, fancy, new 10 @.10%
Brick, No. 1 .12
Brick, No. 2 09 @.10
Limburger 11 @.l>
Swiss cheese 12 @.13
Eggs-
Fresh stock, cases included .03%
Seconds, cases inciuded .07
Green Vegetables—
Peas, Mississippi, per bu 1.25@1.50
Asparagus, per doz 1.50
Beans, wax, bu box 4.00
Beans, string, bu box 3.00
Beets, dozen bunches .45(H). 59
Cucumbers, per doz 1.00
Celery, per doz .25® .3)
Lettuce, per doz .20©) .25
Head lettuce, per doz 45® .50
Mint, per doz .40
Parsley, per doz 23® .3)
Onione, per doz .15
Pieplant, 50-lb boxes 1.50
Radishes, doz bunches .2'® .'25
Spinach, bu .75
Tomatoes, Southern, basket .50
Watercress, doz .80
Oyster plant, doz .40
New carrots, doz .60
New turnips, doz .50
Egg plant, doz 3.00
Old Vegetables —
Turnips, per bu ; .25
Rutabagas, per bu .■ .25
Carrots, per bu '. .25® .SO
Beets, per bu .25
Parsnips, per bu .45® .50
Potatoes —
Burbanks, car lots, per bu .43® .45
Early Ohios, per bu 40® .45
Mixed stock, per bu .33® .35
Apples —
Western applee, red, per box 1.25@1.50
Western apples, green, per box .. 1.25@1.59
Winesaps, per bbl 3.25@3.50
Willow Twigs, per bbl 3.25@3.50
Ben Davis, per bbl 2.25@3.3Q
Cooking apples, per bbl 2.50
Car lots, assorted varieties 2. 50*1:3.00
Genitons, per bbl 2.75@3.25
Lemons—
Messinas, fancy, 300s 3.50
Messinas, choice, 300s 3.00
Messinas, fancy, 3603 3.50
Messinas, choice, 360s 3.00
California, 3COs to 350s 2.75@3.03
Orange —
California navels, choice, box .... 2.75®3.00
California navels, fancy, box 3.25'«3.50
California seedlings, fancy, box .. 2.£5@2.59
California seedlings, choice, box.. 2.00®2.23
Mediterranean sweets 2.25@2.50
Strawberries —
Texas. 24-quart cases 4.00@4.25
Mississippi, 24-quart cases -4.0054 25
Bananas —
Choice shipping, large bunches.. 1.75@2.00
Honey —
Fancy, white, 1-lb sections 11 @.12
Choice, white, 1-lb sections 10 ®.ll
Extracted white, 1-lb sections. . .06%®. 07%
Live Poultry —
Chickens .08%
Young roosters .08%
Turkeys .08%®. 09
Dressed Poultry —
Turkeys, fancy, light .13
Ducks 09 @,09%
Spring chickens, fancy 10 0.10%
Hens 09 @.10
Fish—
Pickerel from international wa
ters 04 @.oi%
Pike from international waters.. .05%@.06
Salmon, Columbia river, lb .07
Herring, Lake Superior, lb 02 @.02%
Whitaflsh i .07
Game- —
Mallard ducks, per doz 3.00®3.25
Canvasback ducks, per d0z..... 5.00
Common ducks 1.00f1.50
Red heads, per doz 3.00@3.25
Jack snipes 1.25
Jack rabbits, per doz 1.76@2.00
Small gray rabbits, doz 90@1.00
Dressed (Meats —
Veal, extra fancy, country
dressed -.08%
Mutton, country-dressed 07 ®.08
Fall lambs, fat 07%®. 08
Milk lambs, pelts off 10 ®.ll
Beef, country-dressed, fancy 05 @.06%
Hogs .05
BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK, April 27.— Butter— Receipts,
6.561 packages; steady; Western creamery, 15
@17c; factory, 12%©15 c. Cheese— Receipts.l,3l3
packages; steady; large, fancy, B%c; small,
fancy, B"4@9c; large, choice. 7%@SMc: small,
choice, 8%®8%c; part skiius, 4® 6c; full sk!ms,
2@3c. Eggs— Receipts, 12,600; steady; West
erns, 13c; Southern, 10%®1 lc.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SEED MARKETS.
CHICAGO, April 27.— The flaxseed market
was very quiet today, with scarcely enough
trading done to furnish cuctations up to
nearly the close. Receipts here were 2 oars;
18 cars at Duluth and 15 cars at Minneapolis.
The official close, as reported by the Weare
Commission company, is as follows: Cash
flax at $1.30 per bu. May at $1.30 and Septem
ber at $1.13 bid. Cash timothy seed, closed
at $2.80 per 100 lbs. Clover seed closed at
?5 per 100 lbs. Minneapolis flaxseed -luoted
at $I.2s_per 100 lbs.
FINANCIAL
££ MONEYS
To loan on approved property in
Minneapolis and St. Paul.
5 ca 6%
In Santa to Suit.
R. m. NEWPORT & SO3,
Reeve Bldg., Pioneer Press Bldg.,
Minneapolis. St. Paul.
BROKERS.
G. ML F. SEHITH & 00.
Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions and Cotton
Private wires to Keui i'or.c and Chicago
»Oa Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul, Minn
Michael Doran. James Dornn.
M. DORAN & CO.
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
311 Jackson St., St. Paul, Minn.
H. HOLBERT & SOM,
Bankers and Brokers,
34 BJBERT STREET. ST. PAUL
SEED MERCHANTS.
GRIGGS BROS.
S«e»d merchants.
Timothy, Clover, Blue Grass, Red Top, Mil
let, Hungarian Orchard Grass, Lawn Grass
etc., etc. Seed Corn, Buckwheat. Rye and"
other eeed grain.
Our Northern grown Garden Seeds are un
excelled. Garden Implements. Poultry Sup.
plies.
Write for prices, stating quantities wanted
Third and Cedar Streets, St. Paul, Mian.
UVE STOCKS.
LYTLE k RAEBURN, CATTLE DEALERS.
Family and Dairy Cows a Specialty.
UNION STOCK YAUDS Branch, Midway
Cow Market, 2101 University At.. St. Paul.
N, P. SETS STOCK TONE
NET GAIN OF A POINT SCORED
BY ITS SHARES
It 11 i.k.i n of a Settlement of the Rate
"War In the Northwest the Only
Thtngr That Saved the Market
l'r.n.i BeliiK FeatnrelesN Level
Above the Close of the Previous
Day.
NEW YORK, April 27.— Today's stock mar
ket was almost entirely without tone. The
total transactions were not greatly in ex
cess of the smallest day's business in the
history of the exchange, the aggregate of all
sales footing up only 81,600 shares. Sucr.
usually volatile specialties as Sugar and
Metropolitan covered a range of less than
% during the whole day. A few stocks mov
ed quite widely on account of special causes,
but the volume of business even with these
was small.
Canadian Pacific and the Northern Paclfla
stocks moved upwards together from the same
cause — namely*, rumors which are prevalent
in London that the Northwestern rate war
is about to be settled. Canadian Pacific's net
gain is 2% and Northern Pacific's a point.
The strength of theee stocks really gave tho
tone to the whole market, lifting It above the
small losses at the opening to the narrow
level above last night's close, which it re»
tamed to the end.
General Electric showed strength on the
showing made by its annual statement. Kan
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf recovered 2*4
points of yesterday's loss, which was said to
be due to apprehension that Its terminal port
on the gulf would be closed by the war.
Hawaiian Commercial recovered four points
of its recent losses, which were said to be
due to apprehension that its stocks of sugar
in transit were liable to capture.
Arbitrage dealers sold most of the Interna
tional stocks, but bought Northern Pacific.
Their transactions, however, were insignifi
cant. The dullness in stocks is no doubt du a
in part to "tho transfer of speculative interest
to the wheat market.
Conditions in the money market seemed to
be working to an easier basis. Call loans
at the banks which hold out for 4 per cent,
are being repaid, as money can be had foi
less than that in the street and time loans
are said to be made at a shade below 6 per
cent, which has been firmly held for some
time. The demand for funds from the inter
ior continued, but is not as large as earlier in
the week. The rise ln exchange checked
the rate for demand sterling, holding steady
at about $'.84%.
The bond market was Intensely dull, in
sympathy with stocks, and prices were held
about steady. Total sales, $900,000. U. S.
old 4s reg. declined "4 in bid price and the
new 4s coupon were "4 lower bid than tho
sale price of yesterday.
Total sales of stocks today were 81.6C0
shares, including: Burlington, 8,579; Erie pfd,
4,321; Northern Pacific pfd, 12,005; St. Paul,
6,887; Union Pacific pfd, 7,415; Spirits, 5,/4o;
People's Gas, 5,005; Sugar, 12,060.
The following were the fluctuations of the
leading railway and industrial shares fur
nished by C. H. F. Smith & Co., members
New York stock exchange and Chicago boaid
of trade:
O aI £ 1 O
Sn[ 2 °
a tf I $ I C
031 * I B
n rIT I *
S. R. & T 1 1 3%
Am. Tobacco 101%! 102 I 101 "4 101*4
Am. Spirits 10%| 11".! 10% "
do pfd 27% I 27% I 27 25
Atchison I 10%
do pfd I I 24
Am. Cotton Oil I 16
Bay State Gas 1 1 2%
C, B. & Q I 89% i 90% 1 89%! 89%
C. C, C. & St. L....1 26%
Ches. & Ohio i 17%
Chicago Gas 88% 89%! ■ 87% 88%
Canada Southern 1 46
Col. Fuel & 1 1 18
C. G. W 10% 10% i 10% 10%
Del. & Hudson 1 104%
D. L. & W j 141
Erie 1 11
do pfd I 32 32% I 32 31%
Gen. Electric 31 31% 31 31
G. N. pfd 1 145
Hocking Valley ! I | 5%
Illinois Central 1 97
Jersey Central I I 90
Kan. & Texas j 1 9%
do pfd 30%
Lead | 27%
Linseed Oil j 14
Laclede Gas 41 Vol 41% 41 41
L. & N 46%| 46% 46 48
Lake E. & W 1 70
Leather pfd ' 58
Manhattan Con 92%! 93 92% 92%
Met. Traction 1136 136 185% 135%
M. & St. L. Ist pfd. ..[.'..... 78
do 2d pfd ! 1 47
Missouri Pacific 25%| 25% 25% 25%
Michigan Central .... 101% 101% 101% 100%
N. P. Common 22%! 23 j 22% 23
do pfd 60% 61 I 60-fe 60%
N. Y. Central 107 | 107% I 107 107%
Northwestern 116 ! 116%| 116 116%
N. Y. Gas I 172% 172% | 172% 171%
North American I j z%
Omaha | | 67
do pfd 1 1 140
O. & W ! 1 13%
Pacific Mall j22 22% i 22 22
Pu:iman I , 169
Reading | 15% 15% | 15% 15%
do Ist pfd 1 1 1 37^4
do 2d pfd ] 1 19u
Reck Island | 83% 63%! '3% 83%
Southern R'y I j 7^
do pfd I 24%| 24%| 24% 25
Silver Certificates I I 56"4
Sugar Refinery 116 I 116%! 116 116%
gt Paul !85 85% 1 84% 85
Term. Coal I 18% ig%| 18% 18%
Union Pacific |19| 19 |19 18%
do pfd I 50 ! 50%! 50 50%
U. S. Rubber | | 15^
AVestern Union ! 85 | 85% i 85% "5%
Wabash | 1 1 6^
do Pfd I 15% 15% 15 15%
Wheel. & L. E | | | 1%
The following were the closing quotations
of other stacks as reported by the Assoc a' ed
Press :
Tanada Pacific ... 79% 5t P. 4k 0. ."..... 67~
Canada Southern.. 46 I do pfd .. 140
Con- Pac 11 St. P. M. & M."!l30
Chi. & Alton 152 So. Pacific 12%
Chi. &E. Til 49 |v. P. D. & G... 5%
D. & R. G 10 jWheel. & L. E... 1%
do r>.'d 41%' do pfd s%
Ft. Wayne Ifi6 lAdams Ex 97
Lalte E. & W. p'd. 70 lAmerican Ex 120
L. & N 4fi United States Ex. 37
Manhattan L 92% Weils-Fargo Ex... 114
Met. Traction 13"% Am. Cot. Oil pfd. 6S
Mich. Cen 103% Am. Spirits pfd. ..113
M. & 0 21 ,Con. Gas 171"<>
N- A. ft C 7% Com. Cable C 0....150"
do pfd 23 Illinois Steel .. 44
N. Y. C. & St. L. 11% Lead Dfd 99£
do Ist pfd 60 .Nat. Lin. Oil 14
do 2nd pfd 5S Silver Certificates. '6%
Or. R. & Nay 42 P. R. & _>... . ,w
PltUburg 167 Sugar pfd 105
St. L. & S. F 6 V. S. Leather SU,
do let pfd 51% U. S. Rubber pfd. 62"
St. Paul pfd 139
BOND LIST.
U. S. new 4s, reg. 117% Morth Carolina 65. 109%
do coup 11S% do 4s 102%
do 4s 106% No. Pac. ls f .s 63. .112%
do coup 108 do prior 4s 90%
do 2nds !M do gen. 3s 57%
do 5s reg 110% N. Y.C.& 5t.L.45.100
do 5s coup 111% N. & W. 6s 115%
District 3 65s n" I'Vorthwrs'ern conISS
Ala. class A 10S% do deb. 5s 114
do B 108% Or. Nay. lsts 110
do C 90 |Or. Nay. 4s 89%
do Currency ... 90 |o. S. L'ne 6s, t. r.117 "
Atchison 4s 85%; do 5s t. r 96
do adj. 4s 56% O. Inin. lpts, t. r.101%
Can. So. 2nds 106 | do 5s t. r 50
Chic. Term. 4s 80% Pacific 6s of '95. 10">%
C. & O. 5s 113 I Reading 4s 78'
C, H. & D. 4%5..104%H. G. W. Ists.... 78%
D. & R. G. Ists..loß Rf. L.&1.M.c0n.55. 86%
do 4s 84 St. L.&S.F.gen.6s.H2
East Term. 15t5..104 St. P. C0n.... 139
Erie Gen. 4s 68 St. P. C. & P.lsts 114
F. W.& D.lsts.t.r. 60 do 5s 111
Gen. Elec. 55.,... 96 So. R'y 55.. R7iA
G. H. & S. A. f 65.106 S. R. & T . 65.1.!' 55
do 2nds 103 Term. new set Ss. . 85
H. & T. C. 55....10S T. P. L. G., lsts 97%
do con. 6s 100 do Re. 2nds 29%
lowa C. lsts 96 Union Pac. 4s 88%
La. new con. 45.. 9ft TT. P. n.& G. lsts' 50%
L. & N. Unl. 45.. 52% Wab. Ist 55.. 106
Missouri 6s 100 do 2nds.. T,u
M. K. &T. 2nds.. 57% *W. Shore 4s 403^
do 4s 83% Va. Centuries ..'.'. 6H
N. Y. Cen. 1et5... 113 *do deferred 5
N. J. C. 5b 109%
•Offered.
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS.
Chelor $0 20' Ontario 2 50
Crown Point 10 Ophir 40
Con. Cal. & Va 60 Plymouth 12
Deadwood 75 Quicksilver 100
Gould & Curry 10 do pfd 200
Hale & Norcross. . 40 Sierra Nevada 65
Homestake 37 00 Standard 165
Iron Silver 42Unlen Con 20
Mexican 10 Yellcw Jacket 10
BOSTON MINING SHARES^
Allouez Mln. C 0... 1% Franklin 10~
Atlantic 24 | Oaceola 35%
Boston & M0nt. ..173 Ouincy K6
Butte & Bosvon... 23% Tamarack 145
Calumet & Hecla.slß iWolverlnes 19
Centennial 11% Parrott 22%
FOREIGN FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK, April 27.— Evening Pest's Lon
don financial cablegram: The stock markets
here were quiet but better today on the con
tinued inflow of gold and easier money. Con-
tangoes on Americans were 4% to 5 ncr cent
d-wn V.' ™T° rk , ,Ce ntrals, trals the rate' w P _J evea
2 to ■ V, ..nl onL ? ulsvl;le & Nashville from
day iiS, ,h. .h A 'f atUre in the markets to
day was the sharp rise in Canada Pacifies on
the^bert 1 wIVh 18 .- American * cksedat abou"
qulry here U ° ry Bmall "Pe«-latlve ir*
NEW YORK MONEY
a__?_tiJ_22S April "--Money on calf
easy at l%(gr2 per cent; last loan IV4 ncr rent
Prime mercantile paper, 6@? per clnt _*_£
banker^' M'fs T^L^ th actual business In
RiMMisi/ ', H-_J%©MS for demand, and
Ilsfilfsni a " d *^%-&4.86. Commercial bills
?4.8t)@4.50"4. Silver certificates r.f.i'.ir?';/ n->i
silver, 56% c. Mexican dollar* , %!s? *
TREASURY STATEMENT
WASHINGTON. April 27.-Today , s state "
ment of the condition^ the treasury show!'
Available cash balances, $218,276,756; g"ld re
serve, $180,761,724.
BANK CLEARINGS.
St. Pau1— 5621,094.54
M I n neapol is— s2,ool , 853.
Chicago— $18,102,000.
New Y0rk— 5100,694,914. |
NEW YORK DRY GOODS
in N a E t W mo? B R t K ' A ? r " »---««-« h catered
navv ?h£3m*. t0 ga i n a part of th * army and
o 'trade- „?n rather than ln the development
1 r ' de alon f* Private lines. In staple cot
t^rin'v^—^ print c,othß
REAL ESTATE^ TRANSFERS.
W _? i? A . rm r atr L 0, ng t0 Jane c Armstrong
et al It 15, blk 17, Summit park t_n
lt n 4O h.u Fi i« d « a l^. of Mary P Jackson) '^
in « } 6 ' Q , SmUn * subd of blks 9
10, 15 16 of Stinson's div .. io
of i^bTk m V h Balllon - _*• » • «
ten's dd Robertson & Van Et-
A lt N 28 F1 WkT ¥tfii_ly ' *' '^^n'ter. "
it ZB, blk 8, Hitchcock's add i v,n
H t / t h?J d f n AB ,- n t 0 H A Klrtley;e% ,M 0
It 4. blk .lo Lewis' Second add . i ft*)
Hennepin Co Say Bank, It 9, blk 16 Bak
ers add ' ,-.
F , M "G™tliand wife to j kilroy,"e'%"u
2 blk 5. Winslow's add 300
EH Russell and wife to Vena M Ryder
Its 14 and 15, blk 24, Kuhl's add . . W)
Eight transfers, total .$4,944
TRAVELERS' OU/DE.
Trains leave _-v arrive ai __ rim _* iim
lcw»:
I'MON DEPOT, SIBLEY STREET.
pagjTj ~j TICKET OFFICE, '
yngTHE I *, J»0 East Third Street.
** BAl^ 'Phone 1142.
Leave. I a Daily. _ Except Sunday. | Arrive.
b9:ooam Breck. Div. & B'ches. ...; b6:36pn»
bß:2oam .F'gua Falls Div. ft B'ches. b4:Bspia
bß :2oam ...Wlllmar, via St. Cloud... M:4Spta
a7 :oopm Breck.. Fargo, Gd Fks.Wpg! a7:4*an>
al:3opm Alaska Limited I a6 :l6pm
b4 :6opm . .Excelsior ft Hutchinson. . bll :46pm
aS :00pm — Crookston Express I a7 :3oam
EASTERN MINNESOTA RAILWAY.
agggj P-lnth and Ws-t Superior j gj%» ,
/^£^ TICKET OFFICE
uLmTJ 1 62 E. Third Street.
<)&q\\\& --"" Stitiea, St. Piul.
Milwaakef Station, Minneapolis,
Dining and Pullman Cars on Winnipeg & Coast Train*.
PlOifiS Kail, Dally; Fartro, BozeroanJ LeaTe -*■**•
Butte, Helena. Missoula, Spokane,
Tacoraa, Seattle and Portland, I:3opm 4:4opm
Dakota and Uasitoba Zzsrin, Dally;
Moorhead, Fargo, Fergus Falls,
Wahpeton, Crooksion, Grand Forks,
Grafionand Winnipeg 7:3opm 7:lsam
?a.rgO Lm>l, Dally except Sunday;
St. Cloud. Brainerd and Kargo B:3oam s :ospm
'Korth-Wester-i Linj"-C. St.P.,Mil.
Office. 395 Robert St. 'Phone 480.
Leave. 1 a Dally, h Except Sunday. 1 Arrive.
aß:lsam[.. Chicago "Day Express"..! b9:sspra
M:Sopm ..Chicago "Atlantic Ex"... all :3oam
aß :lopm J.Chicago "N. W. Limited". a7:so«ra
b9:2sam .Duluth. Superior, Ashland.) b':osp_t
all :oopm |. Duluth. Superior, Ashland.) a«:soara
a9:3sam!.Su Cttv. Omaha. Kan. City. a6:sopnt
W :Bopm iMankatd. New Ulm. Elmore blO :00am
-7:4spm|.Bu City. Omaha. Kan. City. l a7 :2sam
ST. PAUL I DULUTH R. R.
From Union Depot Offloe, jM Robert St
Leave. | 'Dallyf t~s.. Sunday. | Arrtvtg
•9:00 am DULUTH *7:U am .
tJ:lspm _.-., iiSVi,.**-. t2:sopin
*ii :lspm WEST aUPERIQR. %■.&££
Trains for Stillwater: •9:00 am, 'Vl-.W. H:Uk
'4:05, *e:4O pm. For Taylors Falls: *9:00 auk
U ;05 pm.
M., ST. P. & S. S. M. RY.
Leave. I EAST. Arr.v
7;20pm1... Atlantic Limited (dally). .l c :46am
l.uSaml.Rhinelander Local (ex. Sun.)j (:10pm
WEST. I
• UOam ....Pacific Limited (daily)...] 7:ospm
ISt. Croix Falls Local. Exoeptl
(Sunday. From Broadway I
Depot, foot 4th St I 9:lsam
Glenwood Local. Ex. Sunday./
. ■ .Glenwood Local. M p 15 ... '12 :05pm
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
FI&EST TRAINS OJ* EARTH.
Lv. l-'or .' STATIONS. Ar.i-rn 1
8:15 a.m.l.. Chicago, except Sunday.. 112 :15 p.m.
8:16 a.m.|. .St. Louis, except Sunday.)
8.06 p.m.l.Chlcago ft St. Louis. da11y.|7:45 a. m.
Ticket Office. 4iwi Robert St. Tel. 35.
Ghhago Great Western Rt
"The Maple Leaf Route."
Ticket Office: Robert St., cor. 6th St. Phone 15a
Trains leave from St. Paul Union Depot.
♦Dally. tExcept Sunday. Leave. Arrive.
Dubuque. Chicago, Wnterloo, ( tS.IO am *K3opm .
Marshalltown, l)es Jloines... i *8.10 pm *7.45 am
St. Joseph and Kansas City.. | *B.lopm*l2.M)pin
Mantor ville lx>cal »3.65 pm *to.*s am
Chicago, MilwauJo; & St. Paul Riilroil
TicKet Office. 3t» Robert SL 'Phoue. 98.
a Urtiiv. n Hjxe— ot Sund.-.>- i.v.rtiP. ai r H.
Chicago "Day" Express DS:lsam;bly:lupTi
Chicago "Atiantic" Ex a2:sspm!all :30am
Chicago "Fast Mall" _«:55pm al :00pm
Chicago "Veatlbule" Lim.. a8:10pm a7:soam
Chic, via Prairie dv C. dfv. b4 :4opm bU:lsam
Peoria via Mason City... a4:4opm all :lsam
Dubuque via La Crosse.... bß:lsamiblo.lopm
St. Louis and Kansas City. aS :3sam! afi-SSprn
Mllbank and Way bß:2oam! b«:3opm.
Aberdeen and nakota Ex..l a7:ospml a8.1Baro"
WISCONSt*. CENTRAL
■ ;[v i»iiii-e. :<*a Hnnort Sr Hhnnp N" NEK,
J -«ave| lArrive
StPaul AH Trains Dally. ISfPnul
I Eau Claire. Chippewa Falls. 1
6:ooam[ Milwaukee and Chicago JS:lsam
lAshland, Chippewa Falls, Oah-I
T:4opml.kosh. Milwaukee and Chicago. !4:lopm
81. & St. li. Depot-Broadway «*t lt_.
MINWEAPOUsTsT. LOUIS K. K.
"ALKEKT LEA ROUTE.'-
Leave, la Dally, b Except Sunday. | Arrive.
I.Mankato, Dcs Moines, Ce-. |
b9:lsam[..dar Rapids. Kan. City.. b6:4opm
bß:4sam|...Watertown. New U1m...! b4 :sspm
bs:oopm New Ulm Local |blo:2oam
a7:oOpm:.Des Moines & Omaha Lim.l aß:6s_mr
a7:oopm .Chicago & St. Louis Llm.| aS :s6am
b4:4spmi.Al't Lea A Waseca Local .lblO :36am
BLDDDpOjgOjt
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»^^OOp"_^SON>eSanent I T
cured in 15 t035 days. You can be troatcdas
homeforsamo price under sameg_ari_i
ty. If you prefer tocomehere we wnicon
-„„- -^-f^i?^ j ; ra ' lrot *?/ Me - n «h''tolblls.ais *
noehar-re. ifw, fail to cure. If you have taken roei^
cury, lodide^Potash, and still have ache? and
pains. Mucous t-atchea in mouth. Sore Throat
Pimples, Copper Colored Spots, Ulcers on
S_t p C_?JM__' H _* ir or Eyebrows falling
out, It is this Secondary BLOOD POlSoft
we guarantee to cure. We soUcit the most obitl
nate casea and. chalW e the world for »
case we cannot cure. This __!___• hiT.i_.„
S ian^* S^ 0 * 0 ?9: ca P ltal behind our un'cndu
Uona 1 guaranty. Absolute proofs sent sealed on
CURE YOURSELF!
/ftg/ not to «riVt?re. U s™™',"' ulceration.
|e-s|P««nu oooisgioa. ° P P ."J; 0 v■ . membranes.
WsZrtlm . f .-i _. * *-uießß. and not a-ttrin-
IgSttTHEEVANSCHEMIOALCo. gent or i>oisonous
r"""^Y'NCINMATI.O.r~] Sold by Dra^l.U.
V V n - 8 - -• y. PC Be *>t in plain wrapper,
<V i'"'J ,xpr *"' Prepaid, 10l -'
U R' 00 ' ? r ■ bottles. |2.75.
' V Circular wn t on i-au*«t.