Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 18 May 1891 — Page 1
VOL. VI—NO. 208.
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Also, a large assortment of Parasols. Come and ask to see them. Thev are all the fashion and fully deserve their popularity.
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A STRICKEN CITY.
Muskegon, Mich., Made by Fire.
d.
H££8 & OSBORN, PltOPRtEfOMl
LiEEi.
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SHARP!
That Cutlery you buy from
VanCleave & Houlehan.
Desolate
FOURTEEN BLOCKS ARE IN ASHES.
Finn Business Houses anil Klrgant KcsldeiM'u* Go Down llt-fore the Flmno.— The I.OHB Ksliiimleit at
Over SOOO,OOI).
MANY LLO.MKI.F.SS CITIZENS. MUSKEGON, Mich., May 18.—Fourteen squares in the heart of this city, including much of the best business and residence property, covering from tNrty-tive to forty acres of ground, were devastated Saturday afternoon by it fire which ceased only because nothing remained in its path. Stores, residences and public buildings were swept away like ehatV, and when at last the conflagration ended
Sollars
roperty valued at over half a million had vanished and hundreds of people were homeless. A strong wind was blowing and the flames spread with such appaling rapidity that many people barely escaped with their lives. Citizens whose houses were not destroyed promptly came to the relief of the unfortunates, and all found shelter.
Fire started at 0::t0 o'clock in the Lankawell hotel barns, just off Pine street, from some unknown cause, and, aided bv a strong wind, swept away ten blocks up"I'ine street, one of the chief business streets of the city. Then, by a sudden shift in the wind, the Humes were driven toward Terrace avenue, one of the finest residence streets in the city, where they destroyed many houses. Ity 0 o'clock fire had reached the southern district of the eitv. when' there was more space between the houses, and the firemen succeeded in considerably reducing the progress of the tlanies. As the high buildings burned there wa from Hying firebrands and the firemen were obliged to continually shift their positions. The Grand liapids engines were put to work as soon as they arrived.
It was not an hour after the fire was first discovered in the blacksmith shop on Vine street before two whole squares had been swept clean by the fiery hurricane. The first house of any pretensions to burn was the residence of Matthew Wilson, a wealthy lumberman. His residence eost about $40,000 and was elegantly furnished. Carvers had just completed SS.OOO worth of work on the interior. The splendid furnishings, carpets, tapestries, statuary, etc., were thrown pell moll into the drays, and the costly bric-a-brao was buried beneath the plebian trappings of the hnmblor people who, in the disorder and confusion, appropriated the same vehicles. Drays were scarcely to be had and those which were obtained charged extraordinary prices for their services.
At 4 o'clock fire started in tlio tower of the courthouse, and in a few minutes the fine structure was wrapped in flames. The gale increased in velocity and caused the flames to roar and shriek from the roof and tower of the large building which was burning in the center of four blocks of dwelling houses, all of which were a sea of flame.
At about the same time the utmost excitement prevailed 011 Vine street. Two children had been overlooked and were in a back room of a tenement house. The screams of the frantic mother could be heard above the roar of the flames calling on those about her to save her children. The situation was rendered the more exciting1 by the explosion at this moment of a stock of fireworks in the building adjoining. Ladders were procured and the children were taken from the building in an almost suffocated condition. After the fire had destroyed the block south of the courthouse the wind shifted to the eastward and drove the flames across the block to Terrace street, where the elegant residences of Alderman Fleming, David Mc
Laughlin. W. (J. Wood and others were destroyed. The wind suddenly abated and the fire was checked at Ionia street, nine blocks from the starting point. In four hours forty acres of buildings had' been swept from sight.
The courthouse will be immediately
rebuilt. All the books of record are in the vaults and the probabilities are that they are safe. Huildlng will commence this morning, and it is believed that within six months almost all the houses will be replaced. The Morning News has opened a subscription fund, which has already grown to goodly proportions. The lire was under control at 0 o'clock. A number of business men who were uninsured are penniless, but will start again with assistance already offered. The fire is the most destructive known in northern Michigan since 1871, when the same territory in this city was burned over and the city of Veslitigo was destroyed feliortly after the burning of Chicago.
Among the sad incidents connected with the firo was the death of Harry Stevens, assistant postmasU-r. the son of Vostmaster Stevens. He. was very ill with pneumonia, and the flames made it necessary to remove him to a place of safety, and he died while being carried through the streets.
I Muskegon Is situated on tlw Muskegon river about 4 miles from lake Michigan and about
1U0
neat danger Cleveland.. It Brooklyn.. 10 New York. 9
The total number of dwellings burned was '!T.'i. The total loss is StV.25,000. The total insurance is about S27~,000. Many of the burned places have 110 insurance. Hundreds of families are thrust upon their friends for-accommodations. fine street business houses for ten blocks were entirely wiped out. Among the more valuable structures were the l'ine Street house, the Pliilabourn block, Eckerman's drug store. Matthew Wilson's residence, Sedgwick's wholesale store, MoMichael's shoe store, the Lankawell hotel. The residences of S. F. Outhwaite, 1. A. Miller, l'eter V. Steketee. Alex. Van Zanten, Mr. Fleming. James Hutchinson, Dr. Van Dcrlaan, It. Mueller, J. It. Brown, Justice Williams, Reynolds, Danfortli & Beliren's planing mill and the German Evangelical church were destroyed. Judge Diekerman lost nearly his entire law library in the courthouse. Hritton Bros. lost their machine shop and half a dozen houses.
There was uo insurance on thein. Frequent reports from exploding boilers were heard. Dynamite was used in some instances to remove buildings.
Other streets which suffered severely were Terrace, East Concord, East Hartford, East Diana, East Delaware, East Ionia, West Ionia, Apple and Spring streets, and East Muskegon and East Webster avenues.
The 800,000 courthouse burned. Vrisoners in the county jail, which occupied the basement of the courthouse, were liberated. Several cows and horses were burned. A large portion of the dwellings burned were owned by meehanics, upon whom the loss will full with special weight. They were generally all insured for about one-half the value of their houses.
tnl'es by water northeast of Chi
eai?o. It contains eleven churches, two national banks, several factories, machine shops, numerous steam saw, planlnc and other mills. Lumber Is Its chief article of export, and about 400,000,000 feet are sawed there annually. Several lumtier merchants In this city are interested In the Industry and' many steamers and sailing vessels ply between there and Chicago. The city has a pooulatlon of 15,030.]
BASEBALL.
Talili* Showing the I'osltlou of the Clubs In Various Organizations In the Kacc for the Leadership— Recent Games.
The 'championship struggle in the leading professional baseball organizations is growing interesting. The standing of the clubs is shown by the following tables:
NATIONAL
LEAGUE. Per
Hoston .... 13
l'hilad'liia.13 PitihlmrMi. II
Cincinnati. 7
INTBH STATE T.KAGUK. PtT Hon. lAtf,
M'ow. TA)*t. Cf. 7
Chicago..
.14
9
4.*8iJoliot 5 31S,Aurora
AMEIUCAN.
11*0/1.
l.ott.
Hoston KalUinore..l8 St. Louis 18 Athlctic ..13 Loul.sville..ltt Cincinnati Columbus.
8
9
A twenty-two inning game of baseball was played at Tacoraa, Wash., Saturday between the Tacomas and Seatties. The score was 6 to 5 in the Tacomas* favor.
Murdered by Thieve*.
CHICAGO, May IS.—Saturday night, just before closing time, Joseph Riedel, a butcher doing business at 2023 Hickory street, sat down in his chair and fell asleep. Three men entered and grabbed the sleeping man, trying to take from his pocket a roll of bills which he was supposed to carry. He awoke and fought his assailants so vigorously that one drew a revolver and shot him in the head. He died in a few minutes. The murderers escaped. Three men have been arrested, but their identification is doubtful. The murderersgot no money.
Foreit l-'IreH In Wiflcon.ln.
WEST SUPKUIOK, Wis., May 18.—A heavy cloud of smoke envelopes Superior, indicating that forest fires are raging not far distant The fires are doing most damage on the north division of the Northern Pacific. All wires between here and Ashland are down and no particulars can be learned. An official of the eastern division has just returned from llolyoke and says everything is burning along his line.
O. A. H."v-ter«n« Stunt Contribute. DKOATVI!, 111., May 18.—A national order has been issued by Gen. Vcazey, commander in chief of the(!rand Army of the Republic, calling on the grand army veterans to promptly contribute to the fund necessary to erect the national memorial hall at Decatur, where the order had its birth April 0, !«',().
Two Thousand I'eople Homeless.
SANTA KF., N. M., May 18.—Sheriff Luna, of Valencia county, reports 2,000 people homeless in his county on the cast bank of the Hio (jrande, opposite Los Kunas, the county seat of the county. Their houses and crops have been destroyed by the llood in the Rio Grande. The river is now slowly falling.
DIKIIIIIUIIHI the"Comtiunj.
LANSINO, Mich.. May 18.—Gov. Wlnans has disposed of the Ann Arbor military row by issuing an order disbanding Company A of the First regiment, the organization which played a star part in the fracas in which young Dennison, of Toledo, a university stu dent, was killed.
ORAWFOUDSV1LLE, INDIANA MONDAY, MAY 18, 1891. PRICE 2 CENTS,
C't.
..*71 .545
Quincy 10 Oltumwa ..10 Davenport. 9 Ottawa... 8 Cedar K'p's 0 Uoukford...
10
10 11 12 12
.714 .714 .695 .571 .461 .357 .35/
.523 .500 .4M
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MAKING A BLUFF.
Interview Between the Captains of the Charleston and Esmeralda.
Vtr rv.
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.733 .660
.000 .537 .037 .520 .541 .440
Omuha .... 10
Denver 14 K* MtlwuukrcM 12
14
14
.562
.481'Mtn'apoliiU3 12 .470'Liocoin 13 11 .424jSioux City. 11 14 .S87j Kan's City. 15 .26U St. Paul...10 15
18 19 ll 19
.Y2
Wushl'ton. 7
THELATTER SAYS HE'S READY TO FIGHT
.4M .400
National league games on Saturday resulted as follows: At Chicago—Chicago, 11 Brooklyn, 9 (ten innings). At Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh, 14 Philadelphia, 9. At Cleveland—Cleveland, 5 New York, 4. At Cincinnati—Cincinnati, 8 Boston, 3.
Western association: At St. Paul— Omaha, 12 SU Paul, G. At'Milwaukee— Milwaukee, 11 Denver, 2. At Minneapolis—Minneapolis, 21 Kansas City, 8. At Sioux City—Lincoln, 5 Sioux City, 3.
Sunday games: At Milwaukee—Milwaukee, 11 Denver, 4. At Sioux City —Lincoln. 15 Sioux City, 13. At St. Paul—Omaha, 13 St. Paul, 10. lllinois-lowa league At Ottawa— Ottawa, 19 Kockford, 2. At Joliet— Aurora, 5 Joliet, 4. At Davenport— Daveifport, t,12: Cedar Rapids. 3. At Quincy—Ottumwa. 0: Quincy,
4.
Northwestern league: At Terre Haute—Terre Haute, 14 Grand Rapids, S. At Dayton- Dayton, 3 Detroit, 2. At Evansville—Bay City, 0 Evansville, 5. At Port Wayne—Fort. Wayne, 5 Peoria, 1.
Sunday games: At Evansville—Evansville, Hay City, 1. At Terre Haute—(irand Rapids, 5 Terre Haute, 4 (fifteen innings). At Peoria—Peoria, 2 Fort Wayne, 0. At Dayton—Detroit, 3 Dayton, '2.
American association: At Philadelphia—Athlctic, $ St. Louis 1. At Baltimore—Baltimore, 9 Cincinnati, 1. At Boston—Boston, 9 Louisville, 3.
The Itata Can't He Taken Until 111* Ship In 8nnk~The Chnrleftton'n Commander Declares He Will Cap. ture the Fugitive.
WHKItK IS TUB ITATA?
WASHINGTON, May IS.—The navy department Saturday afternoon received a dispatch announcing the arrival of the United States steamer Charleston at Acapulco. A cablegram was also received at he navy department announcing the arrival of the cruisers San Francisco and ltaltimorc at lquique.
An order was sent Sunday by Secretary Tracy to Commodore Mcl'ann, now on his flagship, the Baltimore, at lquique. Chili, placing the Charleston under his immediate command so that in future the movements of the vessel will be under his direction instead of under orders from the navy depart-, ment.
AcArui.co, Mex., May 18.—The Charleston started south Sunday night. The Esmeralda is not yet coaled. The pursuit of the Itata has not yet been abandoned. The original orders from the navy department to capture the Chilian insurgent and return it to San Diego to bo placed in the same: position it was prior to its escape will be carried out.
tinue straight on for Chili, stopping for coal at Panama, in order to join the other ships of our navy at lquique. As the Jtuta must turn up there eventually. perhaps that will be the surest way to catch her.
SAN FRANCISCO, May IS.—A telegram from an officer on the Charleston at Acapulco says that the Itata had not been seen or heard from. When the
THK KSMKRALDA.
Charleston entered tho linrbor she passed near the Chilian war vessel Esmeralda. The Charleston went to quarters and loaded her battery for an emergency. Tho Esmeralda speaks all vessels she! meets. Two days ago she attempted to buy coal at Acapulco,-but failed to get any because of a lack of coin. Soon after the Charleston anchored the Es-: meralda steamed into port and Captain Remy had an interview with her commander. The latter said frankly that the Charleston would never take, the Itata until the Esmeralda was sunk. Remy replied that his orders were to take the Itata, and it would make no difference whether the Es-! meralda was in Acapulco or not. The Charleston is ready for action, and! every one expects a fight if the Itata appears. It is rumored that the Esmeralda had communication at sea with the Itata Friday and that the latter steamed south after receiving provisions from the
Esmeralda. The Mexican war department has sent instructions to the au-
thorities at Acapulco to be prudent and
18. —The government denies thc truth of tho published rumors that the Chilian steamer Esmeralda succeeded In buying even a limited amount of coal at Acapuleo, but says that, on thc contrary, she was ordered oitof the port and is now lying off the coast in neutral waters waiting, it is thought, for the steamer Itata.
DAMAGE BY SHE FROSTS.
Fruit# and Vegetables la Illinois Badly Injured—In Other States. BELVIDEBK, 111., May 18.—The frost of Saturday night sounded the deathknell of strawberries here, and greatly damaged grapes, tomatoes, cherries and almost every kind of fruits and vegetables. The loss will bo thousands of dollars in this county alone. Ice formed in tho low places.
NAI'EUVII.I.K, 111., May 18.—A a frost fell here Saturday night
Ufi'KLI SANHUSKV, O., May 18.—Great
which did considerable damage to small
killing frosts in Huron, Wyandotte, I Fayette and Licking counties in this state. The damage to apples, peaches, cherries and to all small fruits in these sections is reported completely destructive. Growing corn has been nipped and wheat badly frosted.
Conference of Chnrltle. and Corrections. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 18.—The attendance and interest in the national charity conference continue. The next session will be held at Denver. The custody and care of idiots was bandied
•t Saturday's session.
A: U..4. iireuien, only having two represent*-
to act with extraordinary care, but at .. the same time to compel proper respect! t.ves present were not entitled to vote, for Mexican neutrality. and this left the settlement of the ques-
CITT OF MEXICO, via Galveston. May
tlu" to.
tlle
doln
considerable damage to grapes, strawberries and early garden vegetables. WOODSTOCK, 111., May 18.—The frost Saturday night was destructive. Most of the strawberry vines and some small vegetables are totally destroyed.
damage was done here Saturday night J*1"* tlie council. He said it was not r!Lf VV..S almost. IM.IIv
by frost. Fruit was almost totally ruined, and much injury was done to wheat and corn.
CLEVELAND, 0., May 18.—Dispatches from towns in northern Ohio report a
pretty general frost Saturtlay night
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889,
NOT SUSTAINED.
A Decision Against tho LockodOut Northwestern Switchmen.
ACTION OF THE SUl'MME COUNCIL.
At ltd St*»fiioii In Chicago It llet'iiHcn to Support Them—A Charge* of Conspiracy Uetwceu Itallwuy Officials and the Trainmen.
WORSTKD HV TIIKIU HltKTHHKN.
CHICAGO, May IS.—After session which lasted from 11 o'clock Saturday morning until 9 o'clock Saturday nip-lit the supreme council of the United Order of Railway Employes decided to disapprove the ffrievaace of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid association
Nothiug a^a-insi the Chicago Northwestern
has been heard of the Itata. The Railroad Company. During the Charleston's oftlcers evidently expect session a full history of the the Itata will not run into Acapuleo. difficulties between the comWhat the Charleston now intends do- pany and the switchmen was ing will depend on Capt Remy's orders, gone into, especially that part relating It is not improbable that he will con- to the trouble arising out of the ap-
pointment of Mclnerny as yard master. From the outset it was apparent that there was a bitter light between the representatives of the switchmen and the trainmen, the conductors leaning towards the side of the switchmen while the firemen, in the person of the president, seemed to favor the trainmen.
It was brought out during the discussion that the Brotherhood of Trainmen had determined to support Mclnerny, who was a member of their organization,and it was shown that meetings had been held between the officials of the Itrotherhood of Trainmen and
Firemen and the officers of the railway company to concoct measures to get rid of the sw itchmen. It was pointed out at these meetings by the trainmen and firemen's brotherhoods that it would be impossible for them to take the places of any of the switchmen if they struck. It was also shown that various ways of getting over the difficulty had been considered. At last a scheme was devised and agreed to by the chief officials of the firemen and trainmen that the Chicago Northwestern Railroad Company should discharge all the switchmen on account of some grievance, and that then the trainmen and firemen cculd take their places temporarily. This agreement was made in writing and signed by representatives of the two organizations with the full connivance of the chief executives of these orgtinl-j zations.
These charges made by the switchmen were, however, unheeded, and it was ruled that the trainmen were not! on trial before the council, but that what they had met to discuss was a grievance to the switchmen. A vote was eventually ordered to be taken on the question o" approving or disapproving
thc
swi!cl","cn's
(^evanee. The
conductor", switchmen
and trainmen. Ity the rules of thc
council a grievance to be approved iJ'.io.t\e unanimous vote of the organizations, and if one vote Is cast against it the grievance is disapproved. The conductors and switchmen, or a total of six, voted in favor of approving the grievance, and the trainmen, three in number, voted to disapprove. In consequence the switchmen lost their case and the action of the road was sustained.
A resolution was tlieu introduced that all the trainmen now in the service of the Northwestern road and filling the switchmen's places would withdraw and make way for those switchmen who had been discharged. This was carried by a vote of ti to 3, and then Grand Master Wilkinson, of the trainmen, got up and refused to abide by the order,
defying the council to make him do so. W. A. bheahan, the secretary of the
council, and the grand secretary of the trainmen, also refused to send out any such order to his men. Eugene Debbs, of the firemen, then made a pretty warm speech, In which he scored the action of Wilkinson and Shcalian In de-
the flrst t!me
tllCy
1,ad dono
present position,
vegetables and fruit. return of the discharged switchmen to CINCINNATI, May 18. Specials report old plllccs. ^lis was als£) op.
il'
Powder
ABSOLUTES' PURE
journed till their regular meeting in .lline. Judging from present indications there will be no further trouble between the Chicago ,fc Northwestern railway and the discharged switchmen, nor is there any likelihood of any disturbance, occurring mi other roads. The grand lodge of the Switchmen's Mutual Aiil association met Sunday and discussed the act ion of the supreme council of the 1'nited Order of Kailway Employes on Saturday. The course pursued by the representatives of the trainmen and President Sargent was unanimously condemned, and at one time it looked as if the switchmen would withdraw from the federation.
*nd if
matters were to be run In that way it would be better to smash the federation altogether.
Thc resolution was withdrawn and
,. another resolution was offered which
ttUowea
Mdncrny to be retained in his
but providing for the
posed most vehemently by the trainmen and ultimately it was withdrawn. A resolution censuring those officials
connected with the United Order of Railway Employes who had conspired with the Northwestern railway against a kindred organization was at-
IJr. Grave. Indicted. tempted to be introduced, but DENVER, Col., May 18.—Dr. Thatcher after some discussion it was laid T. Graves has been indicted here by the aside and no further definite action was grand jury of Arapahoe county charged taken. The council suggested that with the murder of the late Mrs. Jose-i Grand Master Sweeney, on behalf of phine IJ. Barnaby by mailing to her a I the. switchmen, should wait on the bottle of poisoned whisky in the latter ofiieials of the Northwestern road part of March from Boston.
and request that nil the switchmen who had been discharged, except those guilty of inciting to illegal acts, should be reinstated. Grand Master Wilkinson was advised to see that as many of the trainmen as possible should return to their former business, and leave places open for the switchmen. The council then ad-
After some discussion, however, it was decided not to do so, but for the present, at least, to allow matters to remain as they were.
Grand Master Sweeney spoke at considerable length, condemning the representatives of the trainmen and the firemen in the supreme council. All he could do was to advise those switchmen who could get employment, to do so, for he could do nothing until he was told they would have the support of kindred organisations. The meeting broke up harmoniously, Mr. Sweeney being loudly cheered.
The switchmen recognized the futility of contending against a powerful railroad corporation backed by the engineers, firemen and trainmen and made up their minds to surrender: gracefully rather than carry on a tight which was certain to end in defeat.
Acting under the advice of the officers the switchmen will endeavor to obtain their old situations, and from the opinions expressed by General Manager Whitman and other officials of the road it is probable that bO per cent, of the men will be back at work within tho next few days.
BLTS OF INFORMATION.
In a wreck on thc Omaha & SL Louis road near Evona, Mo., Engineer James Dixon was killed.
Frost In the vicinity of Holland. Mich., Friday night damaged fruit trees and strawberry plants.
Joseph Gardner was killed in a Joliet (111.) quarry by the boom of a derrick striking him in thc head.
The Fanners' Alliance of Hancock county, 111., has passed a resolution refusing to give statistics of crops to assessors.
Burglars blew open the safe in the postotlioe at Tripoli, Brewer county, la., and secured §"0 worth of stamps and Si 5 in cash.
A boiler which was being tested in O'ltpurke's 'foundry at New Orleans exploded, fatally injuring lid O'Rourko and Frank llelm.
Charles H. Champlin, superintendent of the North Star woolen mills at Minneapolis. Minu., committed suicide by shooting himself through the head.
A Sunday-school convention held at Lockport, N. Y., has decided that the works of 10. P. Roe and Mrs. Holmes are unfit for Sunday-school libraries.
Patrick Hamilton and Michael MeNumara were killed by escaping gas in the Worcester (Mass.) gas works. Patrick Ryan was also overcome and will die.
The Mutual Fire Insurance and the Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance companies,, both of Kentucky, have assigned. Liabilities, S 17,000 assets, SISO.UUO.
A car loaded with cuttle took fire at Missouri Valley, la., and before it could bo extinguished many of the cattle were fearfully burned. AH were taken out and killed.
The funeral of Thomas Kelly and John Ridenour, the two victims of tho labor riot, were held Sunday in Denver. All the labor unions in the city took part, and there were 7,000 men in line.
A. W. Vogal, of Champaign, 111., who has recently been acquitted on a charge of forgery, has brought suits for damages aggregating S-M.OOO against, several individuals for malicious prosecution.
During a fight with a burglar at Youngstown, O., Officer William Freed was mortally wounded am! Officer Jacob Petere so badly injured that he will lose an arm. The man who did the shooting says he is William Slierman, a telegraph operator of New York.
THE MARKETS.
(iralnM, Provisions, Etc. CHICAGO, May 16.
FLOUR—Nominally lowerthan quoted.
WHEAT
patents,
Winter Wheat Flour. 16.1^45.25
tl.06®1.06X
July delivery, 6B0 and August,
September now No.
for cash
11.60
for July, and
Spring
|!S.Y&^T6.00: bukurg, $4.75 (5.00
for
puteuiH AND
I4.7&&6.00 for straights. WILEAT—llulod weaker. No. 2
cash and May,
July,
fl.Ol'i&l.OS, and AugiiHl,
CORN—Very active and lower. No. 3, 62^® 62^C No. 3, 6214C No. TF Yellow, 6.^6,'^C No. 8 Yellow, 62KFT63»4C May, July, 68H&59Hc August,
OATS—Lower. No. U, FTLI&MLTC May, 31*4® Sltto July, 46H®47HE.
Samples lower. No. 8,
4S&SO0 No. 8 White, No.
No. 3 White, KK&3'/IO. HYE—Scarce and Arm. No, 8
2, 61(&U!o
cash,
00@91O
65C No. 2
by
sample, 91tt914c and No. 3, FC8U90. BARLEY—Salable and steady. Sales by sam
ple,
723.76c for No.
3,
and lower grades
6.7&?0O
2, 70E.
MESB POUK—Trading moderately active and prlcoB ruled higher. Prlccs ranged at TLL.UO® H.S0
911.20® 11.30
for May
SLL.32TT®
Tor September.
LARD—Market moderately active and prices higher. Quotations ranged at 9G.40&.6.4& for oash S0.40&6.45 for May 6.5^^^6.03^ for July, end (6.7&Q0.85 for September.
BUTTER—Creamery, 16£22CI Dairy, ltU.18C Packing Stock, 6GHtJc.
PouWRV—Llve Chickens, Oo per lt.» Llvs Turkeys,
7$9o
por ih.: Llva Ducks,