Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1896 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 18D6.

THE L. A. KINSEY CO., iscoRroRATrr. CAPITAL, ,23,00O FLXI PAID. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. NEW YORK STOCKS. CexoBi! ions on ttocWs reduced to x to buT ted eUj JK to exhaust. fcaCUfcS 13 West Tenth Hreet. Anderton. Inl. . Konm 12. io rthloci, Muncie, Ind. Lotif Distance Telephone, X2"X 11 and 13 West Pearl Street.

WHEAT IS BOOMING Ad1 tt tlia cheap' specnlatlre commodity la the worll to-day; any one who bu money to spare ihouM buy it; trade through a responsible hone. and fet rellabl information by semltng for our large KM :ook, fontainlDsc all tb ncesar? Information to enable any one to handle their Investment Intelligently; alto onr Daily Market i:ullttn, which mi??st when and what to txiy; both fre. STANSKLL CO., ranker and Brokers, 43 Traders' XJaiMing, Cbtcago. QUIET DAY ON CHANGE SATURDAY'S STOCK SALES THE LOWEST RECORDED IX YEARS. The Financial SKaatton Sllchtlr Firmer In Nctt York-Some Improvement la Local Markets. . At New York, Saturday, money on call was easy at 3!a per cent.; last loan, Zii closed at Z. . Prime mercantile paper, S'vg-SU per cent. Sterling exchange was steady, with actual business in bankers' bill3 at $L8S?ii.83 for demand and $i.87:J4'& 4.88 for sixty days; posted rates, I.SSy84.S3 and $1.894.90; commercial bills, H87. . Bar silver. G&Uc Mexican dollars, 5414c. At London bar silver closed at Z11 per ounce. The exports for the week amounted to 1.614,SGS in gold and ;i.0G0,8CO in silver. The Imports were: Gold, 1335.770; silver, $17,225; dry goods, $2,3S3,:$3; general merchandise, The New York weekly bank statement shows tho following changes: Reserve, Increase $923,273 Loans, increase 2S7.50O Specie, decrease 416,600 Legal tenders, increase 1,680,800 Deposits, increase 1.K5.700 Circulation, increase 86,800 The bank3 now hold $17,031,200 in excess . of the requirements of the 25 per cent. rule. The New York Financier said Saturday: The statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ending April 11, for the first time In. sixty days shows an increase in the reserve, the gain for the week being nearly one million dollars; The banks gained In cash, according to the report, 11,264,200. This result, in view of the changes incident to the week, was not what had been expected, as the preliminary estimates placed the loss to the banks from subtreasury operations and gold exports at about two million dollars. The net Interior movement -has probably been greatly underestimated, however, since the losses mentioned were not only made up but the statement brings the banks out with one and one-quarter millions more cash than they reported on hand at the close of the previous week. The only inference. If the statement 13 a correct average, S that the Interior movement made up for the' losses Incurred in other transactions. The rising premium on New York exchange at all Interior cities is plain evidence of the "drift of the funds In this direction and this jnovement Is bound to Increase under normal conditions for some time to come. Just how much money the New York market can absorb from all sources without a break In current rates is an important question at pres.ent. especially as the ruling quotations have Invited larger offerings of foreign funds which otherwise would have been exported and which surely will go out as soon as the money market declines. The banks have been paying into the treasury of late part of the government funds left on deposit, the amount for the week being about two million dollars. This money will be gradually withdrawn from now on. The surplus of the New York banks is very unequally distributed at present, a few of the larger institutions holding the bulk of the excess reserve. The next few weeks are destined to bring more Important changes in the money market.SMALL. STOCK SALES. Operations in stocks Saturday do not call . for extended comment. The local dealings " were the smallest that have been recorded In many years past, footing up about 320u0 shares. London prices were slightly lower, but the local market was sustained by purchases to cover shorts. The publica- . tion of the government crop report failed to exert any Influence on prices, although the condition of winter wheat, 77.1, Is the lowest for twelve years with a single exception. The railway list made general . fractional gains. Sugar absorbed Interest In the industrial list and advanced an. important fraction. Tobacco was neglected, but moved up 1 per cent, on covering. The market closed almost stagnant, but firm in tone at general slight improvements. The speculation of the week has been dull and entirely professional; in fact, a traders market pure and simple. The course of prices generally speaking was Irregular, with a wagging tendency, and final sales record concessions in most instances, with the grangers, as a group, the chief sufferers. The formal action of the House of Representatives at the outset of the week favoring recognition of Cuban belligerency was a. foregone conclusion, but tho overwhelming majority by which the vote was carried disturbed local financial sentiment. The professional dealers cold wtocks. anticipating a depressed market for Americans in London. The news, however, was received abroad with marked conservatism, and accordingly tne teats took In part of their lines. Fresh ventures were subsequently made on the bar s!do In anticipation of an early oIBclai statement from the President emphasizing the popular sentiment in favor of Cuba. Accordingly the changes on this subion were run? at intervals and a number of successive reports emanated from Washington purporting to define the attitude of the President. Their tenor was d.?ciddlconf.icting and served alternately to depress or advance prices. Washingtonhouses figured actively in the transactions. 'The failure of the rumors to materialize was another disappointment to the professionals. GOLD EXPORTS FEARED. To an extent, apprehension of gold exports has restricted business on the Stock Exchange owing- to the strength of the exchange market. Later In the week, however, rates eased off to a point that would preclude exports of gold on. a, purely exchange basis. The weakness In exchange Is partly due to the operation of a number of sterling loans, of Importance only In the aggregate amount. The demand for exchange has been very light, offsetting the continued dearth of commercial bills. It Is understood that any shipments that may b made In the Immediate future will be for Russian account and would be practicable only on account of special inducements. The dullness of tho stock market has logically prevented any appreciation in the rates fcr call money and a tendency toward relaxation Is noted ia the market for commercial paper. An important development of the week that will undoubtedly cause eventual Improvement in the earnings of many transportation lines Is the Ironclad agreement entered Into between the roads included In the Southwestern Traffic and Transcontinental Associations. The agreement covers the steamship lines of the Southern Pacific and other companies, and In most of its details resembles the contract between the New York trunk line and connecting roads Stocks of various Iron and steel companies have been favorably influenced by the inronoved condition of those industries. A noteworthy incident bearing on the reorganization of the Northern Pacific properties Is tho settlement effected by the reorganization committee with lha holders of bonds of he Coucr d'Alene. division, following or tho arrangement conciudU with the holders of Northern Pacific & Montana bonds. The Important changes in. values wer noted in the specialties, with Sugar, Tobacco and Manhattan most prominent. The first named v. as advanced by pool buying and by reported favorable trade conditions, including advances in the price of the product, but ?harp recessions occurred at intervals. Tobacco Buffered from persistent liquidation by Inside interests, and was also hampered by the traders on revived rumors of litiqatlon to restrain the payment of the 3 per cent, rcrlp dividend. Covering of Hhorts led to sharp fluctuations at times, but the prlcr. eventually receded to SZc, against f3c, ths flnal rrle a week ;o. The closing , transactions shows a net Jos of - per cent. Manhattan left eff with a net gain of 1T per cent, on expectation of increased extension rrivlltce. The anuual report of the Burling

ton was unfavorable, but its publication appeared to have been discounted. The aggregate sales were 71'3.72J shares. IJuslr.ess In bonds footed up J273.0CO. The tone was firm. The movement of prices for the week was irregular, with a declining tendency. Northern Pacific iiiucs were the features, and displayed str;ru:th on developments In connection with settlements with some of the branch linos. Northern Pacific & Montana firsts gained several points, but dil nut maintain the entire improvement. Sharp losses are noted in the Kansas & Texas and Atchison issues, extending to S8 per cent, in the adjustment fours of the lastmentioned company. The gales were $G.SS0.CC0. Government bonds for the week ruled firm and higher on purchases of $211,500. State bonds moved within narrow limits. The total sales were $15,000. The following table, prepared by L. W. Louis. Room 13, Hoard of Trade, shows the range of quotations: Open- High- Low- Closing, eut. est. lng. Adams Express 118 Alton &. Torre Haute .... 58 American Express 113 Atchison 13, 15H 15, 1ZH Baltimore & Ohio .... 1S',4 1U 18H lSVi Canadi Pacific Canada Southern : -tOVa 4Va 43Vi 4 Central Pacific .... 15 Chesapeake fc Ohio 15 Chicago & Alton 154 C, U. & Q 78 78V4 77Ta 7Si C Sc ! peef 1(X) Chicago Gas 68 M-i 683. 6Si C. C, C. & St. L 23 25 24la ZAi Cotton Oil 14 Delaware & Hudson 14? D. , L. & w 1594 Dl. & C. F. Co 17!i 17Ts 17T 17' Edison Gen. Flee SS 3S8 37T 2St, Krlo .... 11 Erie pref .... 22 Forf Wayne 1ft) Great Northern pref .... 110 Hocking Valley 1&!4 Illinois Central 94 Lake Erte & Western 17 I ... E. & W. pref. 70 Lake Shore 147 147 147 147 Lead Trust 24U Louis. & Nasa 433 40 43Vi 43 Louis. & New Albany 84 Manhattan 110 110 HOVi 110 Michigan Central 92 Missouri Pacific 24 211a 24V4 24Vj 17. S. Cordage ........ .... .... .... 4 l J. S. Cordage pref 9 New Jersey Central... 105 105 105 105 New York Central.... i N. Y. & N. E 40 Northern Pacific 1 Northern Pacific pref.. 11 11 11 11 Northwestern 102 103 103 10R Northwestern pref " .... 115 Pacific Mall 26 26 2T Ic?oriii X) Pullman Palace 156 Reading .... 10 Rock Island 70 71 70 70 St. Paul 75 751-3 75 75 St. Paul pref ..... 12S Sugar Refinery ..113 113 119 119 I T S Ex"prss 40 W t St ife X. W.. St. L. & P. pref.. 18 18 1S 18 Wells-F&rgo Expresa 100 Western Union 83 83 83 83 U. S. Fours, reg 1R U. S. Fours, coup .... 109 IT. S. Fours, new, reg 117 U. S. Fours, new, coup .... 117 VIEWS OF HENRY CLEWS. "Affairs In Wall street," Henry Clews says, "remain quiet. Money Is returning from Its temporary transfer to the country for April settlements, but the expected benefit from that source has not yet appeared. Several minor occurrences appear to have contributed to the postponement of operations. The wild fluctuations In tobacco stock have produced an unsettled feeling. The reports of the commercial agencies, for the first quarter of 1896, make an unexpectedly unfavorable exhibit, with the effect of encouraging the pessimistic feeling entertained In some quarters. The London market has been dull, and its operations have, on the whole, been unfavorable to New York. The still unsettled condition of European politics also continues to hold in check foreign operations in our securities.

Tho renewal of exports of gold has contributed its quota towards discouraging buying transactions. Those shipments, it is true, are not a surprise, for they are natural to the season: but. under the existing currency derangements, they have an effect which was not felt In normal times; for they mean ihe lockfng-up of legal tenders in the treausry, which have already accumulated to $112,000,000. with a certainty that the sum win be materially increased before the spring exports of specie cease. Also the relations between Washington and Madrid have a tendency to produce timidity in financial operations. The Cuba resolutions fiassed this week by such large majorities n both houses of Congress, It is true, have no other force than as a declaration of sentiment. They cannot compel action by the administration; and they were doubtless Intended mainly for effect In politics; but it is Impossible to say whether the President may regard It as a duty to his party to take action from a like party motive. The Venezuela episode ts evidence that the President Is capable of bold action when . he thinks hjs party Is menaced. In any event, when nine-tenths of a legislature declare themselves in such terms a9 were uttered In the Cuban resolutions of last Monday, the country against which such a protest is made cannot but regard It as contributing to animosities between the two nations concerned. Contingencies like these are, for the time belnpr, calculated to unsettle confidence in the financial markets. And, again, although strong hopes are entertained that the Venezuela trouble will be amicably settled, yet the shadow of disturbing possibilities still hanss over that sensitive question. This is the group of unsettling contingencies that at the moment supplies reasons for hesitation and postponement in Wall-street operations. None of tho factors is In a really threatening shape. The probabilities are that each one will disappear without a trace of bad consequences. Nevertheless, the speculative imagination, when in a sober mood, is very conservative and demands large odds against a series of contingencies suggestive of caution. It would be difficult to say Just how much weight Wall street really attaches to this momentary set of conditions. Certain it is that, while they suffice to prevent buying for the moment, yet they do not cause selling among the larger holders of stocks, nor even sensibly disturb their confidence; nor do even th professional 'bears seem to view the situation as warranting any free selling of staple securities, but confine their selling mainly to sensational stocks. Among men of financial status the leeling is very general that the substantial conditions affecting railroad investments are sound and healthy and that, measured from that point of view, stocks are cheap at present prices. It so happens, however, that in secondary and outside factors there are so many things out of Joint as to call for an unusual margin of allowance for possible accidents and unforeseen outcomes. That is now the point of weakness In Wall street: and. until there is a clearing-up of these numerous small causes of distrust, a real and large recovery in the financial markets must be patiently waited for." Saturday's Dank Clearings. At New York Clearings. $92,492,180; balances, $5,602,126. At Boston Clearings. $16,710,116; balances, $1,937,675. At St. Louis Clearings, $3,349,370; balances. $706,404. v Money. ft'u8 per cent. At Memphis Clearings, $305,SC9; balances. &7.109. New York exchange selling at $1.50 premium. At New Orleans Clearings, $1,363,007. At Philadelphia Clearings, $10,070,945; balances. $1,394,025. At Chicauo Money on call easy at 6 per cent.; on time, C&7 per cent. New York exchange. 25c premium. Sterling exchange, posted rates. $4.90 on demand, $4.89 on sixty days time. Clearings, $12.2ii6.973. At Pal timore Clearings, $2,169,641; balances. $299,234. At Cincinnati Clearings, $2,013,250. Money, 4Vu3 per cent. New York exchange, 4030c premium. LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Trade Slowly Improving with , Vnlnet Rnllnir I'naaanlly Steady. The trade of the' week, closing Saturday, was something of an Improvement over any w?ek In March, still by no means in any line does it reach the expectations In volume. Traveling salesmen report stocla of rerall merchants low, but their trade Is quiet, country people holding on to what money they have got until the outlook brightens and the prospects are better developed. In all lines prices rule unusually steady. Staple groceries have changed little in weeks except sugars, which have adanced slightly. Dry good3 arc steady, tho declines of the last few weeks not being of much importance. On Commission row the range of prices of all articles, except apples and cabtogo. is' considerably lower than In the corresponding period of 1S35. Irish potatoes now sell at one-third the price they did in April last year. The seed market Is active at unchanged prices. Poultry, eggs and butter are nil weaker on increasing receipts and less-favorable rereports from the Eartrrn markets. The local grain market was more active last week on Increasing receipts. The week closed with all cereals a little higher than on Monday, but the change of the week showed Improvement one day and a decline the next, but the arlaUona from day to

day were slight. The week closed with track bi.i ruling as fellows: Wheat-No. 2 red, 70c; No. 3 red, CCgCTc; wagon wheat, 63c. Corn No. 1 white. 30c; No. 2 white, 20c; No. 3 white, 30c; No. 2 white mixed, 29c; No. 3 white mixed. 23c; No. 2 yellow. 13c; No. 3 yellow. 29c; No. 2 mixed. 29c; No. 3 mixed, 29c; ear corn, 2Clic. Oats No. 2 white. 23c: No. 3 white, 22c; No. 2 mixed. 21c: No. 3 mixed. 20c. Hay-No. 1 timothy. H35C14; No. 2, $10 12.50; No. 1 prairie, $3.5010. Poultry and Other Produce. (Prices paid by shippers.) Poultry Hens. 7c; springs. 7c; cocks. 3c; turkeys, hens, 10c; old hens, 8c; toms, 7c; old toms, 7c; ducks. 8c; geese. 5c. Butter Choice country. 910c Eggs Shippers paying 9c for fresh stock. Honej 1G(T1Sc per lb. Beeswax 20c for yellow; 15c for dark. Wool Medium washed. 14c; fine merino, unwashed. 10c; tub-washed. 20&23c; burry and unmerchantable. 5c less. Feathers Prime geese, 20323c per lb; mixed duck, 2Cc rer lb. HIDES. TALLOW. ETC. Green-salted Hides-No. 1, 5c; No. 2, 4c; No. 1 calf. 6c; No. 2 calf, 5c. Green Hides No. 1, 4c; No. 2. 2c; No. 1 calf, 5c; No. 2 calf, 4c. Grease White, 3c; yellow, 2c; brown, 2;e. Tallow No. 1, 3c; No. 2, 2c. Bonts-Dry, $12gl3 per ton. THE JODIUNG TRADE.

(The quotations given below are the selling prices of the wholesale dealers.) , Candles and Nats. Candies Stick, 6c per lb; common mixed, 5c per lb; G. A. It. mixed, 7c; Banner stick, 10c; cream mixed, 6c: old-time mixed, 7c. Nuts Soft-shelled almonds, l2S16c; English walnuts, 12c; Brazil nuts, 10c; filberts, 11c: peanuts, roasted, 67c; mixed nuts, 11 &12c. Conned Goods. Teaches Standard 3-pound, $1.50111.75: 3pound seconds, $1.1031.20; 3-pound pie, 85 yOc: California standard, $1.75&2; California seconds, $1.401.50. Miscellaneous Blackberries, 2-pound, 70&S0c; raspberries. 2-pound, 90fi'95o; pineapple, standard. 2-pound, $1.25 1.35; choice, $22.50? cove oysters, 1-pound, full weight, ttaOoc: light, 60Q63c; 2-pouni. full weight, $1.60&1.70; light, Sl.10fU.20: string beans, 70-Q90c; Lima beans, $1.1001.20; peas. marrowfats. 85cJl.10: early June. 90c$1.10; lobsters, $1.852; red cherries, 90cQ$l; strawberries, 90:d95c; salmon, 1-pound, JL10Q1.2O; 3-pound tomatoes, 75IS5c. Coal and Coke. The following are the prices on coal and coke, as retained in this market: Anthracite coal, $7 per ton; Pittsburg lump, $4; Brazil block, $3; Wlnifrede lump, $4; Jackson lump, $4; Greene county lump, $2.75; Paraxon lump,$2.75; Greene county nut, $2.50; Blo?sburg coal, J4.50; crushed coke, $3.25 per 3 bu; lump coke, $2.75; foundry coke, $5 per ton. Drncs. Alcohol. $2.442.60: asafetida. 25T30c: alum. 2 4c; camphor, 6u&70c; cochineal, 5055c; chloroform. 65fi70c; copperas, brls, 4045c; cream tartar, pure, 30332c; indigo. 6580c; licorice, Calab, genuine, 30340c; magnesia, carb.. 2-oz, 25335c; morphine, P. & W., per oz. $1.75ft2; madder. 14316c; oil, castor, per gal, 93cfi$l: oil. bergamot, per lb, $2.75: opium, $2.35; quinine, P. & W., per oz, 42 41c; balsam copabia. 5CQ60c: soap, castile, Fr., 12316c; soda, bicarb., 436c; salts, Epsom, 435c; sulphur, flour, 536c; saltpeter, S3 14c: turpentine. 34'?40c: glycerine, 19322c; iodide potassium, $333.10; brimode potassium, 45347c; chlorate potash, 20c; borax, 123 14c; cinchonidla, 12315c; carbolic acid, 22326. Oils Linseed. 383 40c per gal; coal oil, legal test, 7314c; bank. 40c; best straits, 50c; Labrador, 60c; West Virginia lubricating. 20 330c: miners. 45c; lard oils, winter-strained, In brls, COc per gal; in half brls, 3c per gal extra. Dry Goods. Bleached Sheetings Androscoggin L, 6c; Berkeley. No. CO, 8c; Cabot, 6c; Capital, 5c; Cumberland, 6c; Dwlght Anchor, 7c; Fruit of the Loom. 7c; Farwell, 6c; FItchville, 5ic: Full Width, 5c; Gilt Edge, 4c: Gilded Age, 4c; Hlll.-6c; Hope, 6c; Linwood. 6c; Lonsdale, 7c; Peabody, 5c; Pride of the West, lie; Ten Strike, 5c; Pepperell. 9-4. 16c: Pepperell, 10-4. 18c; Androscoggin. 9-4. 17c; Androscoggin, 10-4, 19c. Brown Sheetings Atlantic A, 6c; Argyle, 5c: Boott C. 5c; Buck's Head, 5c; Clifton CCC, 5c; Constitution, 40-inch, 6c; Carlisle, 40-inch, 7y2c; Dwight's Star, 7Uc; Great Foils E. 6c; Great Falls J, 4c: Hill Fine, 6c; Indian Head, 6c: Pepperell R, 5c; Pepperell, 9-4, 14c; Androscoggin, 9-4, tfUc; Androscoggin, 10-4, 17c. Prints Allen drew styles, 4c; Allen's staples, 4c; Allen TR, 5c: Allen's robes, 5c; American Indigo, 4c; Arnold LLC. 6c; Cocheco fancy. 4V2C: Cccheco madders, 4c; Hamilton fancy. 5c; Manchester fancy, 6c; Merrimac fancy, 5c; Merrimac pinks and purples, 5c: Pacific fancy. 5c: Pacific robes, ?c; Pacific mournings. 4-ic: Simpson fancy, 5c; Simpson Berlin solids, 5c; Simpson's oil finish, 6c; Simpson's grays, 5c; Simpson's mournings. 5c; American shirting. 3c. Ginghams-Amoskeag staples, 6c; Amoskeag Persian dress, 60; Bates Warwick, dress. 5c; Lancaster, 5c; Lancaster Normandies. 6c: Whittenton Heather, 6c; Calcutta dress styles, 4c. Kid-finished Cambrics Edwards, S&c; Warren, 3c; Slater, 3c; Genesee, 3c. Grain Bags Amos keag, $11.50; American, $11.50; Franklinvillc, $13.50; Harmony, $11; Stnrk. $14.50. Tickings Amoskeag ACA, 1011c; Conestoga BF, 1214c; Cordis 140, 9c; Cordis FT, JOc; Cordis ACE. llc: Hamilton awnings, 9c; Kimono fancy. 17c; Lenox fancy, 13c; Methuen AA. 10c; Oakland. AF. 5c; Portsmouth. 11c; Susauehanna. 13c: Shetucket SW, 6c; Shetucket F, 7c; Swift River, 5c. Flour. Straight grades, $3.754; fancy grades, $43 4.50; patent flour, $4.7535; low grades, $2.75 03. Groceries. , Sugars City Prices Cut loaf. 6.23c: dominoes, 6.23c; crushed. 6.23c; XXXX powdered, 5.9Sc; powdered. o.85c: cubes, 5.85o; extra fine granulated. 5.73e; coarse granulated, 5.73c; fine granulated, 5.60c; granulated, 5.60c: mold A, 5.85c; diamond A. 5.60c; confectioners' A. 5.48c: 1 Columbia A Keystone A. 5.23c; 2 Windsor A American A, 5.23c; 3 Rldgewood ACentennial A, 5.17c; 4 Phoenix A California A. 5.10; 5 Empire A Franklin B, 5.04c: 6 Ideal Golden ex. C Keystone B, 4.98c; 7 Windsor ex. C American B, 4.92c: 8 Ridge, wood ex. C Centennial B, 4.86c; 9 yellow ex. C California B. 4.73c; 10 yellow C Franklin ex. C. 4.73c; 11 yel low Keystone ex. C, 4.67c; 12 yellow American ex. C, 4.60c; 13 yellowCentennial ex. C, 4.54c: 14 yellow California ex. C. 4.29c; 15 yellow, 4.04c. Coffee Good. l&S20c; prime. 20321c; strictly prime. 22323c: fancy green and yellow, 24fi25c; Java, 28332c. Roasted Old government Java. 22333c: golden Rio, 25c; Bourbon Santos, 25c: Gilded Santos, 25c; prime Santos, 24c; package coffees. 2T.38c. Flour Sacks (papor) Plain, 1-32 brl, per 1.C00. J3.50; 1-16 brl, J5; -brl, J8; -brl. J16; N'o. 2 drab, plain. 1-32 brl. per 1.000. $1.23: 1-16 brl, $6.50; -brl. $1.10; -brl. $20; No. 1 ere cam: plain. 1-32 brl. per 1,000. $7; 1-16 brl. $3. .73: -brl, $14.50; -brIs. $28.50. Extra charee for printing, Salt In car lots. XcQJl; small lots, Jl.i Lio. Spices-Pepper. 10318c: allspice. 10313c: cloves, 15320c; cassia, 13gl5c; nutmegs, 65 73c per lb. Rice-Louisiana. 435c; Carolina. 436c. Molasses and Syrups New Orleans molasses, fair to prime, 20330c; choice, 35340c; syrups, 1S320C. Beans Choice hand-picked navy. $1.4031.50 per bu: medium hand-picked, $1.3531.40; llmas, California, S3i5c per lb. Shot $1.3031.25 per bag for drop. Lead 6Ug7c for pressed bars. Twine Hemp. 1231Rc per lb; wool, 83lCc; flax. 20330c; paper, 125c; Jute, 12315c; cotton, 18?T23c. Wood en ware No. 1 tubs. $G36.25; No. 2 tubs, J5.2535.50: No. 3 tubs, $4,2534.50; 3-hoop palls. $1.4031.50; 2-hooD palls. $1.1531.20: double washboards. $2.2532.73; common washboard, $1.2531.50; clothes pins, 40350c per box. Wood Dishes No. 1, per 1,000, $2.50; No. 2, $3; No. 3, 53.50; No. 5, J4.50. Provisions. Bacon Clear sides, 40 to 50 lbs average, 6c; 30 to 40 lbs average, 7c; 20 to 30 lbs average, 7c. Bellies, 25 lbs average, 6c; 14 to 16 lbs average. 6ic; 10 to 12 lbs overage, 7c; clear backs, 20 to 30 lbs average, Cic; 12 to 16 lbs average, 6c; S to 10 lbs 3Vrri,"r Co Hams-Sugar-cured, 18 to 20 lbs average, TOc; 15 lbs average, 10c; 12 lbs average, 10c; 10 lbs average, llc; block hams, 10c, all first brands: seconds, c less. California hams, sugar-cured, 10 to 12 lbs average, 6c; beneless hams, sugar-cured. 73Sc. Dry-salted Meats? Clear sides, about 50 to 60 I'js average. 6c; 35 to 40 lbs average, 6c; 20 to 30 lbs average, 6c; clear bellies, 20 to 30 lbs average. 5c; IS. to 22 lbs average. 6c: cle.ir backs. 20 to 30 lbs average, CUc; 12 to 15 ISs average, 6c. Breakfast Baccn-Clear firsts, 10c; seconds, 9c. Lard Kettle-rendered. In tierces, Cc; pure lard. 6c. Shoulders English-cured. 12 lb3 average, Ci-c: 12 to 16 ibs average. 6c. Pickled Pork Bean pork, clear, per brl, 200 lbs. J12.50; rump pork. J19.50. Tinners' Supplies. Best brand chaxcoal tin, IC, 10x14. 14x20, 12x12. $3.5036; IX, 10x14. 14x20. 12x12. $737.50; IC. 11x20. roofing tin, $4.50'o5; IC. 20x28, $& 10; block tin. In pigs, 19c; in bars. 2)o. Iron 27 B Iron, $3; C iron. 20c; galvanized. 73 per cent, discount. Sheet zinc. 633c. Copper bottoms. 21c. Planished copper, 2uc. Solder, 11312c. Leather. leather Oak 60le, 23C335c: hemlock sole, 25331c; harness, 3132o; sklrtlrg, 34341c; s!r.g!e strap. 41.: black bridle, per doz, $703 73: fa'.r brid!e, S!Tjf per doz: city k!p, C01 7(V: French kip. 90y( $1.20: city calfskins, 90c 611.10; French calfskins, $1.2032. alls and Horseshoes. Steel cut nail j, $2.25; wire nails, $13 rate.

Horseshoes, per keg, $3.50; mule shoes, per keg. $4.50; horse nails, $4Q3 per box. Barb wire, galvanized, $2.40; painted, $2. Seeds. Clover Choice recleaned, CO lb. $4.2034.30; prime, $1.3034.40; English, choice, $4.5034.60; prime, $4.4034.50: alsike. choice. J5Q5.50: alfalfa, choice, $434.60; crimson or scarlet clover, $3.2333.50; timothy, 45 lbs. choice, $1.7331.80; strictly prime. $1.7031.80; fancy. Kentucky, 14 lbs, 90c3$l: extra clean. 70d 90c; orchard gras?, extra, JL50; red top,' choice. S0c3$lXO; English blue grass, 24 lbs, $131.50. Iron and Steel. Bar Iron 1.3031.60c: horseshoe bar. ZV? 2?4c; nail red, 7c; plow slabs, 2c: American cast steel, 9311c; tire steel, ZiZz spring steel. 435c. Produce, Fruits and Vegetables. Cranberries $2.25 per box; $6.5037 per brl. Bananas Per bunch, $!0L3. Caobage Florida, cabbage, $2.6033 peT crate. Cheese New York full cream, 10312c; skims, 638c per lb. Kale $1.2531.50 per brl, according to quality. Lemons Messina, choice, $2.5032. ,0 per box; fancy lemons, $3. Apples Common, $2.50 per brl; choice apples, $2.5033.50: fancy tstock. $4.50. Oranges California navels, $3.5034 per box: seedlings, $2,753. Onions Red and yellow, $1.73 per brl; white, $2.25; Spanish onions, $1.25 per crate; Bermuda onions, J2 per cratt. Potatoes 25Ta30c per bu. Celery California, $1 per dozen; New Orleans, 65c per dozen. Sweet Potatoes Cobdens, $3.2533.50 per brl; Kansas, $3 per brl; Kentucky, $2.7533 per brl. Lettuce 8310c per lb. Ooooanuts 6O2 per dozen. Early Ohio seed potatoes, 503COc per bu; Early Rose. 40c per bu. Onion Sets Yellow, $2.50 per bu; white, $3 per bu. New Tomatoes Florida, $3.50 per six-bas-Seed Sweet Potatoes Eastern Jersey, $3 per brl; Southern, $2: red Jerseys, $3.50. Cucumbers $1.50 per doz. AVI n dorr Glass. Price per box of 50 square feet. Discount, 9 and 10. 6x8 to 10x15 Single: AA, $7: A, $6.50; B, JG.23; C. J6. Double: AA, $9.50; A, $8.50; B, $8.23. 11x14 and 12x13 to 16x24 Single: AA, $8; A, J7.23; 13, J7. Double: AA, $10.75; A. $3.25; B. $9.50. 18x22 and 20x20 to 20x30 Single: AA, $10.50; A. $9.50; B, $9. Double: AA, $14; A, $12.75; B. $12. 15x36 to 24x30 Single: A A. $11.50: A. $10; B. $3.25. Double: AA. $15.25; A. $13.75; B, $12.25. 20x2S to 24x36-SIngle: AA, $12; A, $10.50; B. $9.50. Double: A A, $16; A, $14.50; B, $13.25. 26x34, 28x32 and 30x30 to 26x44 Single: AA, $12.73; A, $11.75; B. J10.23. Double: AA. $17.25; A, $15.50: B, $14. 26x46 to 30x50 Single: A A, $13: A, $13.50; B. $12. Double: AA, $19.75; A, $15; B, $16. 30x52 to 30x54 Single: A A, $16.50; A. $14.73; B, $12.25. Double: AA, $21.50; A, $19.75; B, $16.50. 34x58 to 34x60-6ingle: A A, $17.25; A, $15.75; B. $14.50. Double: AA, $22.73; A, $21.25; B, $20. 30x60 to 40x60-Single: A A. $19; A. $16.75; B. $15.75. Double: 1 AA, $25.50; A, $23; B, $22. INSURANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

I. L. Doughty has rounded out forty years of service with the Home Insurance Company, of New York. The Real Estate Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia has made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors. The nr Integrity Fir Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, will soon commence business. It has a capital of $300,000 and a surplus of $50,000. Notice is given of the Intention of A. E. Nettleton, J. 8. Frellnghuysen, E. C. Jameson, Frank Hlscock and others to form a fire and windstorm Insurance company, by the name of the. Insurance Company of the State of New York, with $200,000 capital, having its principal office In the city of New York. r The case of A. Howard Ritter, executor of the estate of William M. Runk, against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York to recover $75,000 of insurance came up before the United States Supreme Court at Washington recently,' at which) the petition for a writ of certiorari was granted. The New York grand jury has found four additional indictments against Andrew J. Ensign, who was arrested a' few weeks ago charged with swindling in connection with issuing bogus Lloyds charters. Three of the indictments charged him with forgery in the first degree and the other with grand larceny. He was brought up from the Tombs, pleaded not guilty and was sent back again. H. H. Rowland, of Tyler, Tex., is forming a life Insurance company with a capital stock of $100,000, .and a meeting will be held In a few days to elect officers and formulate plans for operating the company. The stock Is practically all subscribed, according to latest reports, the main holders Ibelng in Austin, Belton, Commerce, Corsicana. Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston, Greenville, Houston, Athens, Sulphur Springs, Sherman, Palestine, Temple and Texarkana. Tho petition of William F. Simpson, a policy holder In the Massachusetts Benefit Life Association, for the appointment of a receiver, has been withdrawn. The Investigation of the condition of the association by a committee under the chairmanship of W. H. CoolDge is In progress. It is understool that they desire to ascertain the methods by which the business has been conducted, with the view of proposing reforms. They also believe that the policy holders should have a share In the management. William E. Mldgley, the former president cf the insolvent American Casualty Insurance and Security Company, of Baltlmore, and vice president of the American Steam Boiler Insurance Company, of New York, who was indicted a year ago for grand larceny in the first degree for misappropriating a chesk for $21,000 belonging to tho security company, was put on trial in the Court of General Session of New York on Monday. Col. Henry H. Beecher, Vincent R. Schenck and John W. Taylor, -who, with Mldglev, comprised the firm of Beecher, Schenck & Co., were also Indicted in connection with the collapse of the company on the complaint of the Long Island Railroad Company. The Beecher mentioned Is the son of the great preacher. 1 A Cincinnati paper says that the struggle for the office of insurance superintendent of Ohio has come to an end, and that the choice of the Governor falls upon Capt. William S. Matthews, of Galia. county, a leader of the Foraker faction of the Republican party in the State. The other candidates were Thomas H. Drake, an insurance manager, ex-Superintendent S. E. Kemp, E. W. Sherwood, also an Insurance man, Charles P. Griffin and the present superintendent, Mr. Hahn. The latter is a strong McKinlyite. and Was therefore opposed by the Forakerites. The new superintendent will take office when Mr. Hahn's term expires June 3. In the last campaign he was secretary of the Republican State executive committee. At present Captain Matthews is chief clerk cf the State School Commissioners' department. J. T. and Daniel Boone have filed suit In the Fourteenth Judicial District Court at Dallas, Tex., against the New York Life Insurance Company for $125,000 damages for breach of contract. The .plaintiffs set forth In their petition that J. T. Boone lesides in Dallas and Daniel Boone in St. Louis; that for a number of years they had the exclusive agency of the company's business In Texas; that on the 6th of August. 1895. they extended their contract for 1895 so as to cover 1896 and 1897. Under this contract they were to have commissions on all cash premiums and also on the premiums of the second and third years. Tho plaintiffs aver that they increased the business in Texas from $2,000,000 In 1&S8. when they took hold of It. to $6,000,000 in 1893. They Inform the court that the value of their contracts for 1896 and 1897 exceeded 5100.000. which, together with a $12,000 bonus on the business Jn 1S9j, places their damages at $123,000, which Is the sum they ask in Judgment. Pension for Veterans. The applications of the following named Indianlans have been granted: Original Joseph Martin, Mitchell; Jacob Vail. Waterloo; Clay ten H. Todd. Attica; special, April 1, Edward Foster, Jeffersonvi!!e. Restoration and Supplemental Thomas Murray. Huntington. Restoration and Increase William McClain (deceased). New Lebanon. Restoration and Reissue Joseph M. Setfres (deceased). LesterviUe. Increase John W. Huddleson, Knishtstown: William C. Bates, Sharps's Mill; Thomas Shepherd, Pike's Teak: John H. Flnchout, IndianapoMs; Joel T. Veatch, Sims: Gottfred Ketzel. D'.le. Reissue Jacob Walker, Portland; William Morgan, Greenwood. Original Widows, etc. Ann E. McCIain. New Ixbanon; minor of David W. Kinsery, Camden; special.. April 1, Betsey A. Richardson. Mooresvillen Hannah (Nuzum. Elwood: Emma Reder, Logaunsport; Mary E. Seifres, LesterviUe. - Takes to It Naturally. ' Chicago Tost. "Look at him!" cried the delighted Colorado Rilveritf. watching his firstborn. "What's h lolng?" asked the neighbor. "Doing! Just see how he Is reaching for that spoon r "What of ltr "Why, It's silver,"-

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HEAVY SELLING IN "WHEAT IN THE PACE OF DULLISH CROP REPORT. Weakness In Leading; Cereal Developed Shortly After the Opening Other Markets In Sympathy CHICAGO. April ll.-Ulstory repeated itself Jn the wheat pit to-day. A bullish government report was Issued yesterday afternoon, and the price for May broke 2c per bu from the point it touched at the opening, and closed with a net loss for the day of lUc. Corn and oats suffered from the weakness of wheat ana1 the favorable growing weather. Provisions were steady fcr lard and ribs and strong for pork. Wheat opened etrong at from 6614365ic for May, but the miscellaneous buying, which was the conspicuous feature of the first minute's trading, was met by heavy selling by nearly all the big bears on the floor. In an hour from the start a decline to C5ic had occurred. The Liverpool market was quoted d higher, on account of oar government crop report. Berlin was up from 114 to 114 marks, probably on the same account The week's shipments from Argentina were SSO.OOO bu, compared with 2,216,000 bu in tho corresponding week of the year before. The clearances from both, coasts of this country for the week were 1,764.000 bu, against 1.693,000 bu In the week before and 2,934.000 bu in the corresponding week of the year before. The bulls entirely lost heart when they saw how easy the bears found it to put the price down to the previous day's closing prices, and about an hour from the close they began gradually to get rid of their long wheat. Twenty minutes from the close May wheat was selling at 64c, or 2c below the price It was bringing at the opening, and the latest trading was at the lowest point of the day's range. The opening strength of the wheat market held corn for a time to the level of the price it closed at yesterday. The fine weather and tho break into the price of wheat had the natural effect of such a bearish combination. The resulting decline In the price of corn was measured by 3-16c per bu. The opening price for May was 3O30Hc, and the lowest and closing rate was 2K&3294C. at which price there were buyers as the bell tapped. Another active session was passed in the oats market, and the volume of business was even heavier than yesterday. May opened at 19c. sold to 19i4c and closed at 19Val9Hc, a decline of Uc from yesterday. July ranged from 204320c to 19i319?kc, ending io lower, with the latter price bid. Provisions were firm, the shorts in pork being the principal sustalners of prices. The receipts of hogs were as expected, and they met a good demand at a shade higher prices. Pork rose 20c per barrel, but closed with a gain of only 7'fec per barrel. Lard and ribs were dull, and the former closed without change for the day and ribs a shade under yesterday's final prices. Estimated receipts for Monday are: Wheat, 15 cars; corn, 190 cars; oats, 135 cars; hegs. 25,000 head. Leading futures ranged as follows: Open- High- Low- ClosArtlcles. lng. est. est. lng. Wheat April ... 66 66 63; 63 May 66; 66; 64, 64 June 5is 67, July 67H 67V Sept 67 67 Corn April ..... May 39 30l8 64". 65 64T8 65 65 67U . 294 29H . 294 30i. 20 Juiy siy8 31V4 Sept. 32U 22. 2l'k ft 174 UalS April loi May 19 19T, l9Vi i July 2f)i 20 mi 19 , Sept. 20 20 20 29 Pork-April JS.50 $8.67 $8.50 $8.50 May 8.57 8.75 8.57 8.62 July 8.80 . 8.95 8.77 S.82 Lard April 6.0C 5.02 5.02 5.02 May S.07 5.07Vi 5.07ii f.07i4 July 5.20 5.25 5.20 5.20 Ribs April 4.52 4.55 4.50 4.50 May 4.65 4.57 4.52 4.50 July 4.70 4.72 4.67 4.67 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour nominal. No. 2 spring wheat. 6374c: No. 2 No. 1. flaxseed, 90c. Prime timothy seed, $3.2533.30. Mess pork, per brl, $8.5538.60. Lard, per lb, 5.02. Shrort-rib sides (loose 4.6004.55c ; dry-salted shoulders (boxed), nominal; . short-clear sides (boxed), nominal. Whisky, distillers' finished goods, Jer gal. $1.22. Receipts Flour, 6,000 brls; wheat, 7,000 bu; corn, 123.000 bu; oats, 182.000 bu; rye, 1,000 bu: barley, 32,000 bu. Shipments Flour, 4.000 brls; wheat, 71.000 bu; corn. 37.000 bu; oats, 172,000 bu; rye, 1,000 bu; barley, 8.C00 bu. From n. Broker's Vletr Point. (By S. C. Igoo & Cos Wire, 429 Lcmcke Building.) CHICAGO, April 11. We have had another surprise in the wheat pit to-day, the low government estimate having been more than offset by the fine weather. The sudden and sharp break from 66c for May to 64c was attributed to heavy selling by Armour & Co. This, of course, is all conjecture, but the close of the market is evidence some one has been selling, and the offerings towards the close came when there were but few buying orders to take care of them. Crop reports, so far as we learn, show no Improvement: stocks at the seaboard are light, foreign markets are firm, but withal few have confidence to buy wheat and hold it. It may be the proper thing to sell it, although we cannot recommend It. Corn opened quiet, at closing prices of yesterday, but soon became weak on selling by local longs under influence of fine weather. Shorts the only buyers. Feeling is easy. Oats opened firm. The market soon became weak on fine weather influence and celling out of July by some of the buyers of yesterday. Market was weak. Provisions opened strong and a shade higher. Buying was mostly for outside account. During the se?sioa considerable was done in the way of changing. Some coverings by local operators advanced prices, when packers relieved the demand. Later decline in grain weakened the market. The Foreign Grain Trade. LONDON, April lL-The weather during the past week has been fine and the crops seem to bo very promising. In the market for wheat, the holidays checked business but it .afterward became firmer and more active on light offers and American advices. Prices advanced 6d to Is. California wheat, prompt delivery, was quoted at 28s 3d. Parcels were steady. Hard Duluth wheat, April delivery, was quoted at 27s. Spot was firm and quiet. Maize was firm and In moderate demand. Mixed American maize, April delivery, buyers, was quoted at 15s. Parcels were quiet. Spot was slow. Barley was very firm with little offering. Oats were firmer. American Western oats. April and May delivery, were quoted at 12s 3d, 320 pounds. AT NEW YORK. Ruling: rrlces In Produce nt the Sen board's Commercial Metropolis. NEW YORK. April ll.-Florjr-Receipts. 11.000 brls; exports, 20,000 brls. Market quiet but 6teady; Minnesota patents, $3.7534.05; winter extras, $2.6033; Minnesota bakers'. $2.7033.13. Rye flour steady; superfine, $2,650 2.75; fane, $2.753"3. Buckwheat dull at 29 40c. Corn meal steady; yellow Western, coarse, 75c. Rye nominal at 43345c. Barley steady; 'malting. 23345c; feeding barley. 253 37c Barley malt dull; Western, 4455c. Wheat-Receipts, 4.600 bu; exports. 8.4-30 bu. No. 3 hard. 78c. Op:lons opened teady, but on the appearance of long wheat suffered a bad break, the weakness being aided by predictions of rain in the wheat belt, absence of outside suppo.n and small weekly exports; closed c below the curb price, but V3c above the regular dose of last night. April closed at 75c; May, 72 15-1673 13-16C. closed at 7334c. " Corn Receipts. 8,800 bu: exports. 52,509 bu. Spots strong; No. 2, 41c. Options opened steady, but sold eff with wheat, and on reports of favorable conditions for planting closed partially 'fce net lower. April. Zlie 27Vic. closed at 37c; May, 35 1-16336C, closed at 36c. Oats Receipts, 146,400 bu: exports. 3,000 bu; sales, 28.W) bu. Spots steady; No. 2, 25c. Options inactive and ea.'ier. closing 3Uc net lower. April closed at 25Uc; May closed at 24c. Hay quiet; thirping. SOc; good to choice, 95c 3 $1, Hops dull: 1894 crop. 234c: 1895 crop. 2J 8'; Pacific coast. 1S94 crop, 234c; 1835 crop, 33cHides dull: Galveston. He: Buenos Ayres. dry. 16c; Texas, dry. 9c; California. 14c, Leather steady; hemlock sole, Buenos Ayres light to heavy weights, 19320c; acid, 17323c. Beef steady: family. $10312; extra mess. $738: beef hams. $11.50315. Cut meats steady: pickled bellies, 435c: pickled shoulders, 4ic: pickled hams, 839c. dilay, 5.25c cosalnal. Pork dull; ctis, :j

rea. t.rrav5V4C.. jso. z corn. 29H329HC. No. 2 oats. 19?c; No. 2 white, 19319c; No. 3 white, 19c. No. 2 rye. 37c. No. 2 barley, nominal.

9.50: short clear-sides, $10311-50; family. $10.2:.310.75. Tallow quiet; city. S'tfjIl-lCc: country, (packages free), S434 3-l&c as to quality. Rice steadv. domestic, fair to extra. SiS? 6c; Japan, 3"j,34lic. Molasses firm: New Orleans, open kettle, good to choice, 29?37c. Cottonseed oil quiet; prime crude. 21'.! 22c: butter grades, 273 2c; prime summer yellow, 25c. Coffee Options opened irregular at 10 points higher to 10 points lower, but ruled generally firm on European buying and local covering following small receipts at Rio and Santos, closed steady at unchanged pces to a net advance of 10 points; May, l2J-tf?Hc: September, 11.20311.25c. Spot coffee Rio quiet: No. 7, 13iC bid. Mild quiet; Cordova. 163i318c. Rio Firm: No. 7, 14c: exchange. 9 l-16d. Receipts. 3.000 bags: cleared for the United States, 1,000 bags: Europe. 2.000 bags; stock, 83,000 bags. Warehouse deliveries from New York yesterday. 6.124 bags: New York stock to-day, 262,311 bags; United States stock, 290.9S3 bigs; afloat far the United States. 134,200 bags: total visible for the United States, 425.2S3 bags, against 4S4.544 bags last yearSugar Raw strong: fair refining. 23;c: centrifugal 96 test. 4V4c: refined firm; standard A, 5c: cut loaf and crushed, 6c; powdered, 5c; granulated, 5ic TRADE IN GENERAL

Qaotatlons nt St. Louis, Baltimore, Clclnnati and Other Places. ST. LOUIS. April 11. Flour easy and lower: patents. $2.6533.25; extra fancy. $3.3."32.4'; fancy, $2.9033; choice, $2.5532.63. Wheat opened nervous and higher, but declined on the good showing for wheat made by the government crop report, and in the teet hour, aesplte stronger cables and threatening war news, the market became demoralized, the only buyers of the large amount of wheat offered being shorts, and the close was IK 17c below yesterday. pot dull and steady; No. 2 rel. cash, 70c elevator, 73c track; No. 2 bard. 60c: May. 59-ic. Corn dull and declining, with not much demand; spot dull and easy on carl; No. 2 mixed, cash. 26i 264c; May, 27ic. Oats Futures weak and lower; spot dull; No. 2, cash. 18?;c: May. lSc; July, 10c. Rye. 37c. st side. Barley nominal. Corn meal. $1.4031.45. Bran dull bat higher; sacked offered, east track, at 48c and unsold: sales, one car, bulk, east track, at 45c. Flaxseed quotable at 82. Timothy seed, $15033.23. Hay strong for etioiee grades, but none to be had; prairie, $6.5038-50; timothy, $712, this side. "Butter dull and unchanged. with lower prices expected next week. Eg?s firm: fresh. 9c. Whisky, $1.22. Cotton ties and bagging unchanged. Pork lower; standard mess. Jobbing, new. $8.75; old. $3.25. Lard steady; choice, 4.S534.90c. Bacon Boxed shoulders, 5c; long?. 5c; ribs. 6.25c; dry-ealt meats Boxed fhoulder?, 4.50c; lonss, 4.7c; ribs, 4.75c: shorts, 4.87e. Receipts Flour. 3.000 brls; wheat. 10.000 bu; corn, S3.C90 bu; oats, 10,000 bu. Shipments Flour, 5,V brls; wheat. 8,000 bu; corn. 126,000 bu; oai3. Sl.OuO bu. BALTIMORE, April 11. F".our firm and unchanged; receipts, 6,600 brls. Wheat dull and higher; spot and month, 73147 73c; May, 7ag721ic: receipts, 200 bu. Southern wheat on grade, 73376c. Corn steady; spot, month and May, 34"35c; receipts, 23,877 bu; shipments 175,700 bu; Southern white corn, 35c; yellow, 35ic Oats quiet and steady; No. 2 white Western. 2C325c; receipts. 9,800 bu. Rye easier; No. 2 Western. 43344c. Hay firm and unchanged. Grain freights slow and unchanged. Sugar, butter, eggs and cheese unchanged. CINCINNATI, April 11. Flour steady. Wheat firm; No. 2 red, 71c: receipts. 2.600 bu: shipments, 2,500 bu. Corn steady: No. 2 mixed. 32c Oats steady; No. 2 mixed, 22c Rye quiet; No. 2, 42c. Lard quiet at 5c. Bulk meats steady at 4.75c. Bacon firm at 5.60c. Whisky quiet: sales, 535 brls at $1.22. Butter barely steady. Sugar firm. Cheese steady. TOLEDO, April 11. Wheat lower and weaker: No. 2, cash. 72c; May, 72c; July, 68c. Corn dull and easier; No. 2 mixed. May, 30c; No. 2 yellow, 31c. Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed. May, ' 21c; No. 2 white, 22?. (Rye -dull; No. 2, cash, 29c. Clover seed higher and steady; prime, cash, $4.60; April, $4.55. DETROIT. April 11. Wheat lower: No. 1 white. 73c; No. 2 red. 72c; May. 723 72?lc: July. 68c; August, 67c. Corn No. 2. 30c. Ooats No. 2 white, 23c Rye No. 2. 38c. Clover seed, $4.57. ReceiptsWheat, 6,000 bu; corn, 3,000 bu; oats, 2,000 bu. LIVERPOOL. April U.-Wheat-Spot firm; demand moderate; No. 2 red winter, 5s Sd: No. 2 red spring, stock exhausted; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s 7d; No. 1 California, 5s Sd. Wool. LONDON, April 11. The wool arrivals for the next sales are as fololws: New South Wales. 56.932 bales; Queensland, 25,962 bales; Victoria, 49,000 bales; Tasmania. 7,450 bales; South Australia, 76,649 bales; West Australia, 6.300 bales; New Zealand, 19.450 bales; Cape of Good Hope and Natal, 48,179 bales, making a total of 240.774 bales. Including 68.000 bales sent direct to Yorkshire and the continent. The imports for the week aggregate 44,216 bales. Including New South Wales. 22.559 bales; Victoria. 4,376 bales; South Australia, 6,205 bales: West Australia, 1,700 bales; New Zealand. 6,143 bales; Cape of Good Hope and Natal. 3.398 bales; China, 38 bales; Singapore, 125 bales; Ceylon, 10 bales; Spain, 1.135 bales: France, 14 bales; Italy, 10 bale.?; Belgium, 23 bales. NEW YORK. April 11. Wool dull; domestic fleece, lC320c; pulled. ly&Kz. Batter, Effgs nnd Cheese. NEW-YORK, April 1L-Butter-Rece!pts, 3,230. pkgs: steady; Western creamery, 123'18c; Elglns, 18c. Cheese Receipts, 1.217 pkgs; quiet; large, 5i310c: small, ClOc: part skims, 335c: full skims, 232c. Eggs Receipts, 6,154 pkgs; steady; State and Pennsylvania. 13313c; Western, 12312c; Southern. lllic CHICAGO. April 11. On the Produce ExChange to-day the butter market was steady: creamery. 10318c; dairy, 10317c. Fgg3 firm at 9310c ."Philadelphia, April n.-Buttcr steady but firm: fancy Western creamery, 18c. Eggs firm: fresh Western, 12c. Cheese dull. Oils. OIL CITY.' April 11. Credit balances. $1.20. Certificates opened at $L13; highest, $1.18; lowest. $1.17; closed at $1.17. Sales. 4.000 brls. Shipments, 41,250 brls; runs, 11,212 bris. . WnMINGTON, April lL-Rosin firm. Spirits of turpentine steady at 24i325e. Tar steady at SOc. Turpentine, nothing doing. NEW YORK. April 11. Rosin firm; strained, common to good. $1.75. Spirits of turpentine, steady at 2S329c. CHARLESTON, April ll.-Rosln Arm at $1.4031.50. Spirits of turpentine firm at 25c. SAVANNAH, April ll.-Spirlts of turpentine firm at 25c. Rosin firm. Cotton. NEW ORLEANS, April ll.-Cotton quiet: middling, 711-16c; low middling. 7Hc; good ordinary. 7 3-16c. Net receipts, 2,42) bales; gross, 2,579 bales. Exports to the continent. 300 bales; coastwise. 75 bales; sales, 750 bales; stock, corrected, 193,999 bales. i LIVERPOOL, April 11. Cotton Spot Suiet, with limited demand; American midling, 4d. The sales of the day were 6.C00 bales, of which 500 were for speculation and export and included 5,500 American. MEMPHIS, April 11. Cotton steady; middling, 7c. Receipts. 170 bales; shipments, 2,783 bales; stock, C5.9C7 bales; sales, 60 bales. Dry Goods. NEW YORK, April ll.-The dry goods market, as usual to Saturday, was a quiet market, and yet a very fair business was reached as the result of orders. An improved tone prevails throughout the market that is promising of business in the near future. Printing cloths dull at 2c, with a light business doing in odds. Metals. ST. LOUIS. April 11. Lead stronger, with much better demand, 20 cars chemical selling at 2.77c, and that bid for refined. Spelter held at 3.90c, but no buyers at that. NEW YORK, April 11. Pig iron quiet; Southern, $11312; Northern, $11313.50. Copper steady; brokers' price, lOric. Lead steady at 2.90c Tin plates quiet. LIVE STOCK. Few Fresh Arrivals of Cattle Select Light Hogs no Higher. INDIANAPOLIS. April U.-Cattle Receipts light; shipments light. There were but few fresh arrivals and the market was quiet at no material change in prices. Export $1.0034.20 Shippers, medium to good 3.7033.90 Shippers, common to fair 3.25tf3.60 Feeders, good to choice 3.50'j3.70 Stockers, common to good 2.753.35 Heifers, good to choice 3.5033.85 Heifers, common to medium 2.75ir3.Z5 Cows, good to choice 3.103.25 Cows, fair to medium 2.7033.00 Cows, common old 1. 50a 2.50 Veals, good to choice 4.0eu5.00 Veals, common to medium 2.75'r,.75 Bulls, good to choice 3.003.33 Bulls, common to medium... 2.25''-.?5 Milkers, good to choice Z7.0032j.cj Milkers, common to medium 13.00322.00 Hogs Receipts, 3,500; shipments. 1.C00. The market opened fairly active and higher, especially for the select lights, generally 5c higher, while heavy and medium met with only a slight advance. Packers and shippers were buying and the supply was soon exhausted. -The closing was fully steady with the opening. Light $3.803393 Mixed 3.7CK-I3.M Packing and ehlpplng 3.703 190 Hravy roughs 2.7." 141 Pigs 3.003 3.90 Cite? t2l LentaRtctlts Usht; ship

ments none. Nothing doing fcr the want cf stock. The feeling Is strong on decent grades.

Sheep, gocd to choice $3.25 3.75 irheep, lair, to medium 2.8 3.15 Sheen, common thin 2.2.V2.-5 Lamos. gool to choice yearlingf .... 4.cn4.5 Lambs, common to medium 3.25.75 Spring lambs. Z) to 50 los, per 10) lbs 6.0C;j(O Bucks 2.&U W Elsewhere. CHICAGO. April 11. Heavy beeves closed weak, but light, and medium weights of desirable quality were selling about ?x2 higher than a we-k ago, and how an advance of 'lYii'Stz within a fortnight. Common to cholre cattle ere selling at tl.4034.4J. with the bulk of the sales at $J.7:'u4.20. and a few fancy beeves woull probably sell ai $1.50 or $4.60. There is a fair demand for butchers' stuff, and prices are lu;il5c better than a week aro. Cow sales are largely at $2.2533.51'. and choice heifers are unusually h!gh. Texas cattle are selling rea.1ily at 1015c above last weeK's prices. There was a good demand this morning for hogs as long as the limited supply lasted, and prices ruled stronger to higher for the more desirable offerings. Common, to prime droves sold at $3.4 3.90. largely at $J.75?j3.S5. and prime light at $3.H. Th best heavy and mixed hogs sold 10c higher than a week ago, but prime light were 6c lower than then. Inferior to choice fheep were salable- at $2.7333&0. and lambs were wanted at $3.85 X7u. A. few spring lambs, weighing; 40 pounJs, fell at $7 per 100 pounds. Texas ewes averaging 40 pounls sell at $3X0, and common Texas sheep sell around 13. Heavy sheep 11 to poor advantage, as the export dtmani is poor. Heavy Westerns have soli this week at .G0. and lighter heep from the same feed lot at $3.W. Receipts Cattle, 500; hogs, 12.000; uheep. 2.OJ0. ST. LOUIS. April ll.-Cittle-Recelpts. CD0; shipments. 600: prices a:out steady; export steers quotable at $4.2v34.40; fair to gooi shipping. $3,6064.15: dressed beef and butchers' steers. J3.2534.10; light steers, under 1AX lbs. $2,853-3.50; stockers and feeders. 2-50O 3 ftv mx and heifers. $i2.I " Hogs Receipts. 2.100; shipments, 2.900. Market 5c higher: heavy, $3.6033.89; mixed. $3.55 33.70: light. $3.65473.S5:. Sheep end Lambs Receipts. 700: ehipment?. 200. Market quirt; natives, SlSffltt; Western. $3.403.75: Texans. $2.7532.50; Mexicans. $3.65; spring lambs. $037.50. KANSAS CITY. April 11. Cattle Receipts, 300: shipments. 1.CO0. Market nominally rteady; practically no market, and no quotations given. Hogs Receipts, 5,300: shipments. 900. Market steady; bulk of wles, $3.4333.50: heavies. $3 4533.53; packers and mixed. $3.50.65; lights. UJtoSZ.IO; Yorkers. $1.603,3,70; pigs, $2.5033.70. Sheep and Limbs Receipts, 1.900; shipments, 1.4O0. Market steady; lambs, $3.25 4.25. EAST BUFFALO. April lL-Cattle Receipts, eight cars; slow and lower. ij0tReceipts, eighteen cars; fairly active; Yqrkers,. fair to choice, $4.2034.25; roughs, common to good, $3.7533.90. Pigs, common to fair, $434.10. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, twelve cars. Lambs, choice to prime handy, $535.15; culls and common, $3.7534.35. Sheep, choice to selected export wethers, $4(j4.25; culls and common, $2.7533-50. LOUISVILLE. April ll.-Cattle Market 10 under the beginning of the week: extra shipping. $3.8033.85: best butchers', $3.533.75; common to medium butchers'. $1.2532.40. HogsReceipts, light: market 5c hlgheri beet medium and light, $3.7033.75; best heavy. $3.6033.65. Sheop and Lambs Receipts, light; mirkej unchanged. EAST LIBERTY, April 1L Cattle Demand fair; market unchanged. Hogs Run light: market unchanged. Sheep Slow; prime $431034.20; good, $4 " 4.15: common to choice, $3.253'550; culls, $1.75 32.75; choice lambs, $535.15; common to good lambs, $3.75tfi4.80; spring Iambs, $28; veal calves. $4.5033. POTATO SCAB. IIoit the Germs May lie Killed abQ the Average Yield Increased. Mr. J. C. Arthur, botanist of Turdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, has issued the following bulletin: If a person were told how he could Increase his yield of potatoes with but little additional labor, and that all at one time, so that be could by this extra attention get a larger harvest and a more marketable crop, and were convinced that the statement was true, he would not be likely to neglect the adviee. Exactly such a piece of information Is th corrosive sublimate method of treating seed potatoes .to prevent scab. Potatoes that have a rough, spotted surface would have been larger if, when growing, they had been kept free from the germs that cause the scabby spots, and many a worthless potatoe might have been marketable if it had thus been well grown. If possible, potatoes should be planted in ground that was not devoted to root crops the preceding year, and they will then escape the germs ihat lived over in the soli from tho last crop. But Jn any event germs will be Introduced into any hill with the seed tubers at planting time, unless precaution is taken to first destroy them. For however smoofh the tubers look, there are almost always some germs lurking on their surfaces, ready to begin operations upon the young potatoes as soon as they are set. Unless the season is very dry. or otherwise unpropitious for germs, the crop will suffer from them in the way of smaller and less attractive tubers, having a lower market value. The method of killing the germs and securing a clean crop is very simple and inexpensive, and any potato grower who has not yet tried it. should not fall to do so at the present season. If given a trial it will not bo again neglected. This method has proven to be ell that ts claimed for it through a half dozen years of trial. It is employed by many of the foremost potato growers of the country, and hs uniformly given satisfaction. Whoever is really desirous of increasing the quaUty snd: quanilty of his potato crop would. Uierefore. do well to give it a fair test. The following treatment is recommended on the basis of experiments at the IndUna experiment station: Put two ounces of corrosive sublimate (x poiscnous substance, that needs to be handled with caution) Imo hot water in a stoneware or glass vessel. When dissolved put it Into a wooden tub or barrel and add water enough, to make fifteen gallons. Into this put the. potatoes intended for seed, and let them remain for an hour and a half or two hours. After taking out of the bath, cut and plant as usual. The ume bath may be used several times, but. as it is constantly growing weaker, the potatoes should be left In longer, or some frenh solution, should be aided. Dj not use metal vessels; and do not leave the material where persons or animals may drink it. raYsiciAns. RESIDENCE 483 North Psnnirlnnl ftrssc OF'1C-Oey ftoutb Mertaiaa street. OSes Hours to lo s. ia.: 2 to p. m.; ltslat Tslepbones-OTiCt, l)7 retiueBce, 421. Dr. J. Am Siitolift'Oa SIRGEOS. orriC-5 Ea Market trt. Hour- to 19 O m.;3 to 3 p. nv: MintLiy exeeptsd. lelepboat, til DH. QEDECCA W. ROGERS, Diseases of Women and Children OFFICE-19 M&r'cn filo-k. Offlre Hoart-I ts II t m.: I tofc p. m- Ti. liar, hatuiar to p. t rnltnce, 00 Broadway. ResuieDo Tsl. o IZZl i i Dr. Sarah Stockton, 221 Oi:TlI DELAWARE STKEJST. ptRc Hours: 9 to 11 a to.; 2 to 4 p. m. Telephone lttl AllJITItACTO THEODORE STEIN. Abstracter of Titles, Corner Market tod rennrlTanla St., Indl&aipoUi built ra. Urn onire i loor. -Ths UrncM." Telephone HtA. OPTICIANS. lBlXAJSWIIKS. PIONCLR DRAGS WORUO Fancy Brass Curtain Pole?, To Order. I!3 U IIS & Pfcc:ulvss!a Street Tc!. 5CAL9, STC3C1L3, 8TAI1P9. iz.tr LS C17-l'::L err: rr -

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