Indianapolis Journal, Volume 48, Number 342, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1898 — Page 7

The.... Indiana Trust Company OFFICES I Cor. Washington St. and Virginia Ave Capital $1,000,000 Surplus 60,000 Good advice as well as proper administration is needed for the successful distribution of property by wilt Every person is. in a sense, a novice at making a will. To "look both before and after” without prejudice is the office of an institution like the INDIANA TRUST COMPANY, devoted to such affairs and having the experience arising from such devotion. This company feels able to present coneiderations of value in this particular, and solicits consultations free on the subject of wills, independent of the execution of them, which it is ready to undertake at all times If desired. THE L. A. KINSEY CO„ INCORPORATED. CAPITAL, $25,000 FILL PAID. —BROKERS— Chicago Crain and Provisions, New York Stocks. Long Distance Telephone. 1376 and 1593. 11 and 13 West Pearl Street Cincinnati Office, Room 4. Carlisle Building. Residence Handsome residence property, situated on the northwest corner of Broadway and Fifteenth streets. Streets improved. Ownei nonresident. Will give a bargain, make payments easy, and immediate possession. C. F. SAYLRS.

GENTLEMEN’S COMPACT o THE NORMAL FREIGHT TARIFF BECOMES EFFECTIVE DEC. IS. Actual Railway Earn Inn* for October and Estimated for November Make Gratifying: Exhibits. S Under the so-called gentlemen’s agreement to restore east-bound rates to tariff, all lines will on Monday next restore eastbound rates to tariff, which will be the culmination of the demoralization in eastbound freight rates, which are now in the worst condition in years. Since the Supreme Court gave its decision in the Joint Traffic Association case rates have been going from bad to worse, freight representatives paying no attention to tariffs if a shipper showed a disposition to turn any business! be might have over to a competing line. Now that navigation has practically closed and all business must go by rail, the railroads propose to hold together and get better rates. But tariff rates are by no means high, as compared with former years, the shrewdest freight officials realizing that lower freight rates have come to stay, and the big lines are *n the contest in earnest to equip themselves with cars of the largest carrying capacity, so as to be in the category of what is more a war of modern improvements than a war of rates. The roads, besides increasing the capacity of tljelr cars, are increasing the weight and power of their locomotives, thus meeting the reduction which competition is forcing in freight rates. Excellent Earning Exhibits. The Wabash lines earned in November, gross, $361,tw0, an increase over the corresponding month of 1597 of $50,664. The Lake Erie tic Western earned in November $282,992, an increase over November, 1897, of $7,309. The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway reports tor October: ISOS. 1897. 1896. Gross $1,325,216 $1,207,531 $1,152,762 Op. exp 945.900 1,022,403 896,412 Net $379 319 $275,17* $256,350 Fixed charges.. 237,330 237,517 £3O 550 Surplus $141,986 $37,661 $25,800 From Juh 1 to Oct. 31: Gross $5,181,245 $4.8*6.343 $1,465,132 Net 1,505,760 1,116.3*3 1,0 5, 67 Surplus 544,172 154,306 151 906 All the important railway systems have made their complete reports of October business, and companies operating 70 per cent, of the railway mileage of the country ehow earnings of 4 per cent. In excess of October, 1897, and 5 per cent, greater earnings than those of 1892. The large gross returns for November promises equally gratifying exhibits when the liuul figures are made up. I'haiiKcn on the Vandalia. B. A. Ford, general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines West and of the Vandulia, will to-day issue the following circular: "Mr. J. M. Chesbrough becomes assistant general passenger agent of the Vandulia line Jan. 1. Mr. Brunner retires and accepts the position of city ticket agent at St. Louis. J. W. Happel. at present city ticket agent, takes the position of special passenger agent for the city of St. Louis,” Personal, Local anil General Notes. J. M. Craig, chief rate clerk of the Vandaiia passenger department at St. is spending a couple of days with friends in this city. Andy Walker, one of the oldest engineers In time of service on the Vandalia lines, is confined at home with a severe attack of rheumatism. The Big Four has declared a quarterly dividend of 1% per cent, on its preferred stock, payable Jan, 2b, to stockholders on record Dec. 31. M. F. Smearman. of the Pennsylvania Shops at Altoona, has been awarded a prize of SSO offered by the Railway Age for an advertising design. The preferred stock of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois is selling at sll2 per share, the highest figure In the road's history. It pays 6 per cent, dividend. A. A. Heard. Western passengej agent of the Lehigh Valldy road, has been offered the position of assistant general passenger •gent of the St. Louis tic San Francisco. The December number of Locomotive Engineering gives a description and illustrations of anew air brake, the device of F. \V. Alter, a well-known Panhandle engineer. The Indiana, Decatur tic Western was yesterday 600 cars behind Its orders for loading corn at stations on its line. The shipments of grain off the road are heavy beyond precedent. W. W. Peabody, Jr., who has tendered his resignation as assistant general freight agent of the Baltimore tic Ohio Southwestern, goes to Mexico in the interests of a private enterprise. Big Four employes are raising a purse to present to the wife of ex-Conductor Seth Bherwood, who is serving a term in the workhouse at Elkhart for obstructing a •treat crossing while in charge of a train. The Pennsylvania lines West are making changes in the runs of engineers, assigning the older of the engineers on the through runs to the d*y trains and putting younger men who are not young in experience to tbs night runs. ,-v C. E. HcHaff. general manager of the Big Four lines, W. W, Peabody, of the Balti-

more & Ohio Southwestern, and A. H. McLeod, freight traffic manager of the Cincinnati. Hamilton tic Dayton, were in the city yesterday en route West to look after some private matters they are interested in. Wm. Kellis, general manager of the Railway Officials’ and Employes' Association, who has been at Martinsville for three or four weeks taking treatment for rheumatic troubles, writes that he is improving and will be home in ten days. J. H. Penrod, ticket examiner of the Pennsylvania lines at Pittsburg, yesterday buried his father, who had beer, a division foreman on the Pennsylvania lines for thirty years. The deceased had been a member of the Knights Templars for forty years. J. W. Sherwood, general superintendent. C. C. Jenkins, general pussenger ag* nt, and W. S. Wood, traffic manager of the Toledo, St. Louis tic Kansas City lines, were in the city yesterday to attend the funeral of R. B. F. Peirce, late receiver of the road. Trains 2 and 5 on the Vandalia and Panhandle are now equipped entire with full vcstibuled Pennsylvania standard coaches, and every coach is complete in every respect. It is the intention of the Pennsylvania Company to equip all its fast through trains with similar coaches. It is undoubtedly only a question of time when the Pennsylvania Company will absolute’y own the 692 miles of main line in the Vandalia system. It now absolutely owns the St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute road, 168 miles, which is leased to the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company. Important developments are in progress affecting the Cleveland, Lorian & Wheeling. It is stated that the property is about to pass into the hands of the Federal Steel Company, which, it is understood, has secured control of the Wheeling & Lake Eric, and the line will then be extended from the Ohio river to the coke regions of Pennsylvania. The business of the Vandalia at Indianapolis in November was the largest of any month in the road’s history, there being a total of 12,481 cars received and forwarded. During the month 3.924 loaded and 1,706 empty cars were forwarded west, and 6 897 loaded and 314 empty cars received. Os the in-bour.d business 579 cars were loaded v ith live stock. Freight Traffic Manager Weed, of the Toledo, St. Louis tic Kansas City, stated yesterday that the business of the road was simply limited to the cars that could be had. Their coal traffic has reached large proportions. This year the shipments of anthracite coal from Toledo, which was landed by lake craft for Western markets, have largely exceeded those of any former year. The opposition to the appointment of Samuel Hunt as receiver of the Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City is said to be daily becoming more pronounced, there being certain security holders in New York who are determined that A. L. Mills, formerly general manager of the road, shall be appointed. It is thought a compromise may be effected by which Mr. Mills will be appointed co-receiver. Regardless of the approach of winter the work of gravel ballasting the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville continues on the Evansville division, the Peoria division having hren completed some weeks ago. E. O. Hopkins, receiver and general manager, in company with R. B. Starbuck. general superintendent, and W. J. Lewis, secretary and treasurer, is to-day making an inspection of the main line. Charles H. Cory, superintendent of motive power of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton lines, was in the city yesterday.. He states that the new shops at Lima, built the present year, are in full, operation, giving employment to 375 men full time. The road is so pressed with repair work that, besides sending several engines to the Indiana. Decatur & Western shops to be rebuilt, coaches and freight cars to be repaired are being sent to these shops as fast as they can take them in. Since the Pennsylvania Company freight officials became aroused to the fact that their stock business was drifting away from them, and that the relations with stock drovers were not as pleasant as they might be, the company has been doing more to accommodate stock men, and as a result there has been a perceptible increase in live stock shipments over their lines to Eastern markets. Some days the Panhandle brings three or four sections of live stock trains into Pittsburg. The executive board of the Southwestern Traffic Bureau has accepted the resignation of Chairman S. W. Fordiee. and W. H. Truesdale. vice chairman, has been elected his successor. It has been decided by the board, after a lengthy discussion as to its future operations, to continue the present status until after the conference to be held in New York on Jan. 16. At this conference amendments to the agreement will be submitted and acted upon, the purpose being to comply fully with the requirements of the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the joint traffic case. The following cable dispatch was received by President A. B. Stickney. of St Paul, yesterday from Tendon: “Reported here that Atchison Toneka and Rock Island and Pacific have given notice to boycott against Chicago Great Western Rail wav. I? it true and what will it amount to‘ > ” Mr. Stlekney’s answer was as follows: “Their last boycott Increased the westbound business to Kansas City of the Chicage Great Western from less than 4 to over 10 per cent. Too early to say how profitable the present boycott will be. ’ On Mondav a colored man boarded Train 20 on the Panhandle to go to Richmond. Conductor Harper noticed that he had a pass: he had no time to examine it, but as soon as the train left the Union Station the conductor asked the colored man for his fare and he presented a pass issued to Charles Kelley, brakeman. on account of personal injuries. Conductor Harper questioned the man. who said his name was Kelley, hut aftefwards admitted that it was not. and said he purchased the nass from an Indianapolis scalper whose office is on Illinois street, near Washington. On reaching the Belt road the man was put off. Yesterday he accosted Conductor Harper, stating that the scalper refused to refund him the money he paid for the pass unless he produced a statement from the conductor to the effect that he was put off the train. Conductor Harper referred him to Ticket Receiver Crane, of the Pennsylvania lines at this point. T-ast evening the colored man had not made his appearance at Ticket Receiver Crane's office.

MATRIMONIAL SHARKS. A Woman NVho Married a Count Tell* All About Their Scheme*. Chicago Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch. The Countess Loveau de Chavannes, who was beautiful Ouirda Beison, of Brooklyn, before she married a French title, has written a bock against the marriage of American girls to titled Frenchmen. It makes surprising disclosures of how impoverished nobility schemes to marry American wealth. “When new Americans arrive in Paris," writes the countess, “their names, places of address on this side and their Parisian addresses are at once published in the American Register, a newspaper which has a large local circulation. These names and particulars are easily obtained at the banking houses, where newcomers generally report themselves at once, and are invaluable to the class of people who make a specialty of being attentive for a consideration to wealthy and socially ambitious strangers. , . , “There are crowds of impoverished scions of noble families who are only too willing to barter position for wealth, and he is obliged to sign a regular contract, specifying exactly how much of his prospective wife’s fortune he will pay to the aristocratic matchmaker in the event of his marriage to her American friend. Sometimes, where there is dowry, the amount is paid down, and again it is paid so much by the month, so that there are many American girls who, quite unconsciously, have paid for their husbands on the installment plan. “So legitimate is this business considered to be that when I left France for America certain persons coolly hinted to me that I might enjoy a good income would I but keep them informed authentically concerning the ‘eligible heiresses over here, their fortunes, their personal characteristics and whereabouts. They themselves undertook to manage the European end of the business.’’ Smallest Man in tlie Senate. Washington Post. Senator Simon, of Oregon, is the smallest man In the Senate. As he stood in the marble room yesterday, surrounded by a group of enthusiastic Oregonians, the crowd towered around him until he looked like a ha-zel-nut at the bottom of a quart measure. His diminutive size is all '.he more remarkable when It is remembered that the statesmen who have represented. Oregon in the past have all been of large stature. Senator Dolph was over six t'eet tall, ex-Senator Mitchell is well built and Congressman Ellis is as tall and straight as a pine. When he was a year old Senator Simon took an ocean voyage. He traveled with his father and mother from Germany to the United States, and reached Oregon when he was a child of six years. Figuratively, but not literally, he has grown up with the West: but that his brain is very large in proportion to his body is shown by the high position he has achieved us a lawyer and the prominent part he plays as a political leader. He has been a very active Republican. having been n delegate to the national convention which renominated Harrison at Minneapolis. He was the national committeeman for his State, and bus served as chairman of his state committee. Having been elected senator, his cup of ambition is full, for he can never be President of the United States. Building;- Permit*. J. J. Valdenaire, addition, 3537 Blcyd avenue, F. Ctaypooi. remodel Blackford block. Meridian and Washington ttnteU, $19,000.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1898.

STRONG STOCK MARKET *■- GENERALLY HIGHER TRUCES SCORED THROUGHOUT THE LIST. The Specialties Active and the Coalera Given a. Boost on Inside Rumor*—Loral Trade Steady. At New York yesterday money on call was steady at 2%®2% per cent.; last loan, 2% per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3%@4 per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.84%@4.54% for demand and at $4.811404.81% for Bixty days; posted rates, $4.82% and $4.85%©4.56; commercial bills, $4.80%. Silver certificates, 59%@60%c; bar sliver, 59 11-Pic; Mexican dollars, 46%c. At London bar silver closed easy at 27 9-ltSd an ounce. Sales of stocks, 319,4(0 shares, including 10,225 Atchison preferred, 9,538 Central Pacific, 12.060 Chesapeake & Ohio, 3,025 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 4,390 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, 4,425 Louisville & Nashville, 3,765 Manhattan, 9,620 Metropolitan, 4,752 Northern Pacific, 3,020 Rock Islund, 6,755 St. Paul, 5,208 Southern preferred, 3,545 Wheeling A Lake Erie, 27,690 Tobacco, 3.952 Steel preferred, 3,865 People's Gas, 3,480 Consolidated Gas, 18,050 Sugar, 3,123 Leather preferred, 5,240 Rubber, 4,400 St. Louis & San Francisco, 6,656 St. Louis & San Francisco preferred. The New York stock market was strong throughout, except for the slight easing oft near midday, but toward the close developed considerable strength and left off at generally higher prices. At the opening there was sympathetic strength with London, where the Americana were the feature, notably Norfolk & Western preferred, which was largely purchased on intimations that the dividend rate might be increased. Norfolk & Western preferred was quite conspicuous also in the local dealings in both activity and strength on the company’s supposed dividend prospect. There seemed to be but little floating supply of this stock for the time being and prices advanced 2%. On moderate purchases by London and commission houses standard stocks and the inter* nationals were firm the greater part of the day ant. advanced with the rest of the list towards the close. The high-priced specialties, including Tobacco, Sugar and People's Gas, showed a decided upward tendency. Metropolitan Traction was erratic, but gained fractionally. The Pacifies were lees prominent than of late. Cleveland, •Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, reflecting increased earnings, advanced moderately. Consolidated Gas jumped 5 points in the late dealings and imparted a good tone to the rest of the list. The stock previously had lost 1% points. The recent prominence of the bituminous coal shares in the market is largely attributable to current rumors on impending favorable developments in the trade. The demand for Norfolk & Western preferred to a considerable extent was responsible for the circulation of this report. The bond market presented many new features of interest. Norfolk & Western consul fours loomed to the front with an improvement of 2 points on exceptionally heavy trading. Speculation generally was quite strong in tone, with the 4 per cent, mortgages of various properties absorbing the great bulk of the dealings. Total sales, $5,500,(i‘0. United States new fours, registered, and the fives, coupon, advanced % and the new tours, coupon, old fours, registered, and fives, registered, % in the bid price. The following table, prepared by L W. Louis, Room 11, Board of Trade, shows the range of quotations: Op>en- High- Low- ClosName. ing. est. est. ing. Atchison 16*4 16% 16% 16% Atchison pref 46% 46% 46- * 46% Baltimore tic Ohio 58% 68% 58% 58% Canada Pacific 84 Canada Southern 54% 5-1% 54% 54% Central Pacific 34% Chesapeake tic Ohio 25% 25% 25% 25% Chicago & Alton 163% C„ B. & Q 119 119% 118% 119 O. & E. I C. & E. I. pref 110% C. C., C. & St. L 427* 43% 42% 43 < ~ t... c. A st. L. pref S. Chicago Great W r estein 14% Chi., Ind. & L 7% Chi., Ind. & L. pref 32 Chicago & Northwestern..,.l39 139 139 139 Delaware & Hudson 104 D. L. & W H 6% Denver & Rio Grande 15% Denver & Rio Grande pref 62% Erie 13% Erie first pref 36% Fort Wayne 175 Great Northern pref 136% Hocking Valley Illinois Central 111% Lake Erie & Western 14% Lake Erie & Western pref 62% Lake Shore 193 Louisville & Nashville 63% 63% 6’.% 63% Manhattan 98% 98% 97% 98% Michigan Central lOs’f* Missouri Pacific 37% 37% 37 37% Mo., Kan. & Texas pref 35 35% 34% 34% New Jersey Central 92% 92% 92% 92% New York Central 118% 118% 118% 118% Northern Pacific 41% 41% 41_ 41% Northern Pacific pref 75% 75% 75% 75% Reading 19 19 18% 18% Reading first pref 45% Rock Island 108% 108% 107% 108% St. Paul 114 114 113% 114 St, Paul pref 162 St. Paul & Omaha 84% St. Paul & Omaha pref 164 Southern Pacific 28 Texas Pacific 15% Union Pacific com...- 38% 38% 38% 38% Union Pacific pref 70 70 69% 70 Wabash 7% Wabash pref 21 Wheeling A Lake Erie 5% Wheeling & Lake Erie pref 21% EXPRESS COMPANIES. Adams Express 109% American Express 113 U. S. Express 66 Welis-Fargo Express 129 MISCELLANEOUS. American Cotton 0i1... 33% American Cotton Oil pref 88% American Spirits 12% 12% 12% 12% American Spirits pref 36 American Tobacco 138% 140 138% 139% American Tobacco pref 125 People’s Gas 109% 109% 109% 109% Consolidated Gas 191 Commercial. Cable Cos 184% General Electric 84% 85% 84% 85% Lead 35% 36% 35% 36% Lead pref 114% Pacific Mail * 42% 43% 42 43% Pflllman Palace 139% Sugarc: „ 126% 127% 126 126% Sugar pref 113% Tennessee Coal and 1r0n.., 32 32 31% 31% U. S. Leather 5% U. S. leather pref 67% 67% 67% 67% U. S. Rubber 44% U. S. Rubber pref 108 Wester* Union 93% 94% 93% 94 \ UNITED STATES BONDS. U. S. Fours, reg 111% U. S. Fours, coup 112% U. S. Fours, new, reg 127% U. S. Fours, new, coup 128 U. S kives, reg .... 112% tT. S. Fives, cup 112% U. S. Threes, 'coup 106% VYednesdny'i* Rank ClenrtniK*. At Chicago—Clearings, $19,573,439; balances, $2,140,695. New York exchange, 5c premium. Posted rates, ?4.82% and $4.85%. At New Orleans—Clearings. $1,816,733. At Philadelphia—Clearings, $13,237,575; balances, $1,613,682. At Baltimore—Clearings, $4,231,664; balances, $607,782. At St, Louis—Clearings, $5,205,658; balances, $519,895. At New York—Clearings, $167,549,898; balances, $11,152,180. At Boston—Clearings, $20,475,123; balances, $2,219,546. At Cincinnati —Clearings, $2,368,100. At Memphis—Clearings, $485,521; balances, $43,030.

LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Trade Satisfactory in Moat Line*, with Steady Price*. Seldom does trade on the wholesale streets continue from week to week so satisfactory in. volume as for the last three months, or with so few changes in values. The dry goods houses are enjoying an unusually good business and prices are firm in all lines and on cotton goods there is a hardening tendency. Staple groceries are firm in tone and trade beyond precedent for December. Iron and hardware dealers report trade satisfactory, in fact iron and steel merchants are having the best trade in their history. The hide market is more active, but prices do not improve. The provision market is active, but with large receipts of hogs prices carry an easier tone. In other lines there is nothing new to note. The local grain market is more active than last month, but is not as active as it would be were cars to be had to ship grain, not an Indianapolis line be in.: able to mij>ply cars caile.l for. Track bills yesterday, as reported by the secretary of the Board of Trade, ruled as follows: Wheat—No. 3 red, 67%c: No. 3 red, £%®<6%c; December, 67%c; wagon wheat, 67c. Corn—No. i white, 8l%c; No. 3 white (one color), 31 %c; No. 4 white. 27%®29%c; No. 2 white mixed, 3ft%c; No. 3 white mixed, 30%e; No. 4 white mixed, 26%®'38%c; No. 2 yellow, 31c; No. 3 yellow, 31c; No. 4 yellow, 27039 c; No. 2 mixed, in*%c; No. 3 mixed, 30%e; No. 4 mixed, 35%®13%e; ear corn, 28c., Oats—No. 2 white, 23'jc; No. 3 white, 29c; No. 2 mixed. £7%c; No. 3 mixed, 27c. Hay—No. 1 timothy, $7.50; No. 2 timothy, $6.50 07. Inspection*—Wheat: No. 3 rad, S oars; No. 3,1;

unmerchantable, 1; total, 4 cars. Com: No. 3 white. 13 cars; No. 4,7; No. 3 yellow, 2; No. 3 mixed, 10; No. 4. 2: total. 34 cars. Oats: No. 3 mixed. 1; No. 3,3; total, 4 cars. Poultry and Ollur Prodace. (Prices paid by shippers.) Poultry—Hens. sc; spring chickens. 5%c; cocks, 2%c; hen turkeys, young and fat, 7%e; hens, 6c; toms, sc; ducks, 4c; geese, 40c for full feathered, 30c for plucked. Cheese—New York full cream, 10011 c; skims, 6418 c; domestic Swiss, 12%c; brick, 12c; limburger, 10c. Butter—Choice, 11 %c; poor, 6®Sc; Elgin creamery, 21c. Eggs—Candled, 20c per doz. Feathers—Prime geese, 30c per lb; prime duck, 10017 c per lb. Beeswax —30c for yellow; 25c for dark. Wool—Medium, unwashed, 17018 c; tub-washed, 20026 c; burry and unmerchantable. 6c less. Honey—lo®l3c [cr lb. Game—Short-bill snipe, $1.3001.40 per doz. Ducks, Mallard, $3.75 per doz; other wild duck?, $202.25 per doz. Rabbits, 50060 c. Prairie chickens, $5. Venison, 20® 22c per lb. HIDES, TALLOW. ETC. Green-salted Hides—No. 1, B%c; No. 2, 7%c; No. 1 calf, 10c; No. 2 calf, B%c. Grease— White, 3c; yellow. 2%0; brown, 2%c. Tallow —No. 1,3 c; No. 2, 2%c. Bones—Dry, $12013 per ton.

THE JOBBING TRADE. (The quotations given below are the selling prices of the wholesale dealers.) Candle* and Nut*. Candies—Stick, 6%@6%c per lb; common mixed, 6%®7c; G. A. R. mixed, 6%c; Banner twist stick, 8c; cream mixed, 9c; old-time mixed, 7c. Nuts—Soft-shelled almonds, 11013 c; English walnuts, 9012 c: Brazil nuts, 10c; filberts, 11c; peanuts, roasted, 7<gßc; mixed nuts, 10c. Canned Goods, Corn, 75c051.25. Peaches—Eastern standard 3-lb, $1.7502; 3-lb seconds, $1.2501.50; California standard, $2.1002.40; California seconds, $1.7502. Miscellaneous—Blackberries, 2-lb, 65070 c; raspberries, 2-lb, 90096 c; pineapple, standard, 2-lb, $1.1001.20; choise, S2O 2.50; cove oysters, 1-lb, full weight, 850 95c; light. 60065 c; string beans, 7001 90c; Lina beans, $1.1001.20; peas, marrowfats, 85c@$1.10; early June, 90c®$1.10; lobsters, $1.8502; red cherries. 9Oc0$l; strawberries, 90®95c; salmon, 1-lb, 90c® $1 85; 3-!b tomatoes, 90095 c. Dry Goods. Bleached Sheetings—Androscoggin L, sc; Berkley, No. 60, 6%c; Cabot, sc; Capitol, 4%c; Cumberland, 6%c; Dwight Anchor, 6c; Fruit of the Loom, 5%c; Far well, 5%c; Fitch ville, 6c; Full Width, 4c; Gilt Edge, 4c; Gilded Age, 3%c; Hill, 5%0; Hope, sc; Linwood, 5%c; Lonsdale, 5%0; Peabody, 4c; Pride of the West, 10%c; Ten Strike, sc; Peppered, 9-4, 15c; Peppered, 10-4, 16%c; Androscoggin, 9-4, 15%c; Androscoggin, 10-4, 17c. Brown Sheetings—Atlantic A, 5%c; Argyle, 4%c; Boott C, 4c; Buck's Head, 6c; Clifton CCC, 4%c; Constitution, 40-inch, C%c; Carlisle, 40-inch, 6c; Dwight's Star, 6e; Great Falls E, 4%c; Great Fails J. 4%c; Hill Fine, 5%c; Indian Head, s‘i.o; Peppered R, 4%c; Peppered, 10-4. 15c; Androscoggin, 9-4, 14c; Androscoggin, 10-4, 15%c. Prints—Allen dress styles, 4c; Allen's staples, 4c; Aden TR. 4c. Allen's robes, 4c; American indigo, 4c; Arnold long cloth B, 7%c; Arnold LLC, 6%c; Ooeheco fancy, 4c; Cocheco madders, 4c; Hamilton fancy, 4%c; Merrimac pinks and purples, 4%c; Pacific fancy, 4%c; Simpson’s mourning, 8%o; Simpson's Berlin solids, sc; Simpson's oil finish, 6c; American shirting, 3c; black white, 3%e; grays, 3%c. Ginghams—Amoskeag staples, sc; Amokeag Persian dress, 6c; Bates Warwick dress, 5%c; Lancaster, sc; Lancaster Normandies, 6c; Renfrew dress styles, 6c. Kid-finished Cambric’s —Edwards, 2%c; Warren, 2%e: Slater, 2%c; Genesee, 2%c. Grain Bags—Amoskeag. $ 13.50; American, $13.60; Harmony, $13.50; Stark, sl6. Tickings—Amoskeag ACA, 9c; Conestoga BF, 116 c; Cordis, 140, 9%0; Cordis FT. 9%c; Cordis ACE, 10c; Hamilton awnings, 8c; Kimono fancy, 17c; Lenox fancy, 18c; Muthuen AA, 10c; Oakland AF, 5%e; Portsmouth, 10%c: Susquehanna. ll%c; Sbetucket SW, 6c; Shetucket F, 6%e; Swift River. 4%c. Drags. Alcohol, $2.5202.60; asafetida, 25@30e; alum, 2% 04c; camphor, 10044 c; cochineal, 50055 c; chloroform, 680 65c; copperas, brls, 75@83c; cream tartar, pure, 300 33c; indigo, 65080 c; licorice, Calab., genuine, 30040 c; magnesia, carb., 2-oz, 25030 c; morphine, P. & W., per oz, $2.5(02.75; mader, 14 016 c oil, castor, per gal, $101.10; oil, bergamot, per lb. $2.25; opium, $3.8504; quinine, p. & W., per oz, 31036 c; balsam copaiba, 50060 c; soap, castile, Fr., 12016 c; soba bicarb,, 4%@6c; salts, Epsom, 405 c; sulphur, flour, s®6c; saltpeter. 80 14c; turpentine, 43048 c; glycerine, 15017 c; iodide potassium, $2.5002.60; bromide potassium, 55@60e; chlorate potash, 20c; borax, 9@l2c; cinehonida, 20 025 c; carbolic acid. 30032 c. Oils— Linseed, 36038 c. per gal; coal oil, legal test, 7014 c; bank, 40c; best straits. 50c; Labrador. 60c; West Virginia, lubricating. 20030 c; miners', 40c; lard oils, winter strained, in brls, 40c per gal; half brls, 3c per gal extra. Floor. Straight grades, $4.5004.75; fancy grades, $5.75® 6.25; patent flour, $606.00; low grades, $2.7503.75; spring wheat patents, $6.50©6.75. Groceries*. Sugars—City Prices— Dominoes, 6.75 c; cut-loaf, 6c; powdered, 5.63 e; XXXX powdered. 5.75 c; standard granulated, 5.50 c; fine granulated, 5.50 c; extra fine granulated, 5.63 c; coarse granulated, 6.63 c; cubes, 5.69 c; mold A, 6.75 c; diamond A, 6.50 c; confectioners’ A, 5.38 c; 1 Columbia A—Keystone A, s.lsc; 2 Windsor A—American A, 5.13 c; 3 Ridgewood A—Centennial A, 5.13 c; 4 Phoenix A —California A, s.o€c; 5 Empire A—Franklin B, sc; 6 Ideal Golden e:c. C—Keystone B, 4.94 c; 7 Windsor ex. C— American B, 4 BSe; 8 Ridgewood ex. C—Centennial B, 4.81 c; 9 yellow ex. C—California B, 4.75 c; 10 yellow C—Franklin ex. C, 4.69 c; 11 yellow—Keystone ex. C, 4.63 c; 12 yellow—American ex. C, 4.56 c; 13 yellow—Centennial ex. C, 4.56 c; J 4 yellow—California ex. C, 4.50 c; 15 yellow, 4.50 c; 16 yellow, 4.50 c. Coffee—Good, 10012 c; prime, 12014 c; strictly prime, 14016 c; fancy green and yellow, 18®22c; Java, 28032 c. Roasted—Old government Java. 32%®33c; Golden Rio, 24c; Bourbon Santos, 24c; Gilded Santos, 24c; prime Santos. 23c. Package coffee—city prices—Artosa, 10.15 c; Lion, 9.15 c; Jersey, 9.65 c; Caracas, 9.65 c; Dillvvorth's. 10.15 c; King Bee, 10.15 c: Mail Pouch, 10.15 c. Flour Sacks (paper)—Plain, 1-32 brl. per 1,000, $3.50; 1-16 brl, $5; % brl. SS; % brl, sl6; No. 2 drab, plain, 1-32 brl, per 1.000, $4.25; 1-16 brl, $6.50; % brl, $lO % brl, S2O; No. 1 cream plain 1-32 brl. jter 1,000. $7; 1-16 brl, $8.76; % brl, $14.50; % brl, $28.50. Extra charge for printing, $1.1001.15. Salt—ln car lots, 80085 c; small lots, 90095 c. Spices—Pepper, 12®l$c; allspice, 15018 c; cloves, 18025 c; cassia, 15018 c; nutmegs, 65075 c per !b. Beans —Choice hand-picked navy, $1.3001.35 per bu; Limas, California, 4%04%c per lb. Wcodenware —No. 1 tubs, $5,750)6; No. 2 tubs, $4.7505; No. 3 tubs, $3.7504; 3-hoop pails, $1.40® 1,50; 2-hoop pails, $1.2001.25; double washboards, $2.2502.75; common washboards, $1.2501.50; clothes pins, 500OCc per box. Molasses and Syrups—New Orleans molasses, fair to prime, 28@33c; choice, 35040 c; syrups, 18@ 35c. 5h0t—51.3001.35 per bag for drop. I^ad—6%o7c for pressed bars. Twine—Hemp, 12018 c per lb; wool. 8010 c; flax, 20030 c; paper. 25c; jute, 12015 c; cotton, 18025 c. Wood Dishes—No. 1, per 1,600, $202.25; No. 2, $2.2502.50; No. 3. $2.5002.75; No. 5. $303.25. , Rice —Louisiana. 4%@C%c; Carolina, 6%®8%c. Iron and Steel. Bar 1r0n—1.5001.60c; horseshoe bar, 2%@2%c; nail rod, 7c; plow slabs, 2%c; American cast steel 9@llc; tire steel, 2%®3c; spring steel, 4% @sc. Leather. Leather—Oak sole. 27030 c; hemlock sole, 24® 26c; harness, 32037 c; skirting, 38042 c; single strap, 38®41c; city kip, 600 85c; French kip. 90c@ $1.20; city calfskin, 9Oc0$l.lO; French calfskin, $1.2001.85. Null* and Horseshoe*. Steel cut nails, $1.75: wire nails, from store, $1.9002 rates; from mill, $1.75 rutes. Horseshoes, per keg, $3.50; mule shoes, per keg, $4.50; horse nails, s4®s per box. .Barb wire, galvanized, $2; painted, $1.75. Prodace, Eruiis and Vegetable**. Apples—Common to good, $304; bulk apples, $2.50 per brl. Pears —Kiefers, sl. Grapes—New York grapes, pony basket, Catawbas, 15c; Tokay grapes. $202.25 per crate. Figs—California, $1.2601.40 per box. Cranberries —$6.5008 per brl; $2.250 2.75 per crate. Oranges—Mexican, $3.75 per box; Florida oranges, $3.7504 per box; California navels, $4.25 04.50. Lemons—Messina, choice, 300 to box. $4; fancy, $4.50. Persimmons—fl per 24-pint crate. Bananas—Per bunch. No. 1, $101.75. Cocoanuts —4GO!Sc per doz. Lima Beans—sc per lb. Potatoes —White, 45c per bu; red, 40c per bu; $1.2001.35 per brl. tsweet Potatoes—Baltimore, 60c per bu; $1.60 per brl; Jersey sweets, 85c bu; brl. $3: Illinois, $2 brl. Cabbage-—4OO 55c per brl; Holland seed 85c url. Onions—sl.2s per brl; Spanish onions, $1.25. Celery—Michigan ancl northern Indiana, 20025 c per bunch. Honey—White, 15016 c; dark, 12c per lb. Chestnuts —6®Bc per lb. Cider—s 4-50 per brl: half brl, $2.60. Pro* ision*. Hams—Sugar-cured. 18 to 20 lbs average, B%@ 9c; 15 lbs average, 8%®9%c; 12 lbs average, 8% @9%c. Bacon —Clear sides, <lO to 50 lbs average, 6%c; 30 to 40 lbs average, 6%c: 20 to 30 lbs average, 6%c; bellies, 25 lbs average, 6%c; 18 to 23 lbs average, 6%c; 14 to 16 lbs average, 7c. Clear backs, 18 to 22 lbs average, 6%e; 14 to 18 lbs average. 6%c; Bto 10 lbs average, 6%c. In dry salt, %c less. Shoulders—lß to 20 lbs average, 6c; 15 lbs average, 6c; 10 to 12 lbs average. 6%c. Lard— Kettle-rendered. 6%c; pure lard, 6%a Pork—Bean, clear, sl3; rump, $lO. Seeds. Clover—Choice, $3.75; prime, $3.50; English, choice, $3.2503.50; alsike, choice, $4.5006; alfalfa. choice, $4.2504.50; crimson or scarlet clover, $2.7503; timothy, 45 Ihs, prime. $1.1501.20; light prime. $1.2001.25; choice, $1.2501.30: fancy Kentucky, 14 lbs, $1.15; extra clean, 60®75c; orchard grass, extra, fl. 1501.30; red top. choice, 80c ®51.40; English bluegrass. 24 lbs. $1.1501.75; German millet, $101.25; Western millet, 60®85c; common millet, 40060 c. Pension* Ifor Veteran*. Certificates have been issued to the fol-lowing-named Indianians: Restoration and Reissue—John Cooley, Vallonia, sl4. Increase—'Thomas Campbell, Torre Haute, sl7 to $24; Kugene Henson, Kokomo, sl7 to $24; David Conklin, A villa. $8 to sl2; Edgar W. Reed, Pickard. $0 to s*; James H. Douthltt. Deponia Springs. sl4 to sl7; Benjamin F. TTogdon, Moores ville, $8 to sl2: George W. Dorsett, Huron, sl2 to sl4; Josiah B. Gamball, Alum Cave, $lO to $22; George TV. Hunter, Lyons, $* to sl2; Joseph R. Watson, Carlisle, $lO to sl2. Reissue—Cyrus Martin. Garrett. sl2; Isaac jClosson. Milforu, sl7; Samuel H. Hester, Lapland. $lO. Original Widow—Caroline C. Davis, Montlcello, $&,

WEAK CABLE REPORTS * ASSISTED HEAVY RECEIPTS 15 FORCING DOWN WHEAT PRICES. ♦ Wide Differential Between January and May Future*—Park Decline* on Heat >• Receipt*. * CHICAGO, Dec. 7. —Weak cables and heavy receipts were the factors to-day In the wheat pit. May wheat shows a loss of %®%c and December *ac. Coarse grains were weak early, but rallied and closed Hg'Vlc higher for corn and U@%c higher for oats. Provisions declined 2%®7%c. Wheat opened weak at a decline of %c for May and December, the former starting at 63*i@65%C and the latter at 64%®64%c. Liverpool was the factor. That market reported declines that were entirely unlooked for by local traders, prices being %®ld off at about the time business commenced here. The weather was favorable for the movement. but receipts here were light, 127 cars, five of contract grade. Northwest receipts were heavy, Minneapolis and Duluth reporting 1,200 cars, compared with 1,554 last week and 600 a year ago. Primary receipts were 1,552,000 bushels, almost double those of last year. There was a little buying against puts immediately after the opening, which caused a temporary reaction in the May price to 65%c, but selling soon became too heavy for the market to absorb and the price declined to 65%@65%c. The feature of the morning’s trading was the liquidation in December, which was much more general than yesterday and which resulted In a widening of the discount from lc to l%c under May. Commission houses were active sellers. It is expected that after the close of navigation, now' at hand, December deliveries will be freer, and this undoubtedly influenced traders. The weakness of December had its Influence on May and liquidation in that option w r as also more active. About 11 o'clock the market became steadier on reports of heavy clearances and a good cash and export demand and prices slowly recovered, May at one time getting as high as 65%c. Atlantic port clearances were put at 900,000 bushels. New York early reported the sale of 350,000 bushels No. 2 Northern Duluth wheat for shipment to Germany. By neon the exjiort business had been put at 700,000 bushels. Sales here were placed at 100,000 bushels. Late In the session the market was really strong, advances In coarse grains helping. Shorts covered quite freely and liquidation of December stopped. May closed at 65%c and December at 64%@64%e. Corn was relatively much stronger than wheat. The market showed some sympathy with wheat at first and opened lower, but soon recovered and late in the day was very firm. The local demand was good and offerings after the first hour’s trading were light. Receipts were moderate, 253 cars, and clearances were large, 936.000 bushels. Cash sales were over 600,000 bushels. Leading bulls were good buyers. May ranged from 33%@ 3344 c to 84%c and doted 44c higher at 34%@34%c. Oats were weak early in sympathy with corn, but became strong when corn advanced. Prominent bulls, who were liquidating yesterday, were buyers to-day and this fact caused a lot of covering. Receipts were moderate, 320 cars, and the cash demand was good. May ranged from 25%c to 26%@26%3 and closed higher at 26%c. Considering the heavy hog receipts, provisions were remarkably steady. There was some weakness at first, but good general buying caused prices to advance and the market was well supported for most of the session. Packers sold sparingly. Near the close, however, the weight of the hog receipts proved too much for the market and under Increased liquidation prices declined sharply. At the close May pork was 7%c lower at $9.4246, May lard a shade lower at $5.2746 and May ribs 2%c lower at $4.75. Estimated receipts for Thursday—Wheat, 190 cars; corn, 280 cars; oats, 300 cars; hogs, 50,000. Leading futures ranged as follows: Open- High- Low- ClosArticles. lng. est. est. ing. Wheat—Dec 044a td% 6344 6444 May 65*4 65Vi 6544 July 64*4 64*4 64 64 s ,* Corn—Dec 33 33V* 33 33% May 33% 3444 33% 34V4 July 34% 34% 34% 34% Oats—Dec 25% 26 26 % 26 May 26% 26% 25% 26% Pork—Jan $9.22% $9.32% $9.20 $9.20 May 9.45 9.55 9.42% 9.42% Lard—Jan 6.12% 6.15 5.10 5.10 May 5.274* 5.32% 5.25 5.27% Ribs—Jan 4.62% 4.65 4.57% 4.57% May 4.77% 4.77% 4.75 4.75 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour weak. No. 2 red wheat, 67%c. No. 2 corn, 34c: No. 2 yellow, 3444 c. No. 2 oats, 26%®26%c; No. 2 white, 28%c; No. 3 white, 27%@28%c. No. 2 rye, 53c. No. 2 barley, f. o. b., 37®52c. No. 1 flaxseed, 9Sc; Northwestern, $1.08%. Prime timothy seed, $2.25. Mess pork, per brl, [email protected]. Lard, per 100 lbs, $4.97%&5.10. Short-rib sides (loose), dry-salted shoulders (boxed), $4.25®4.75; shortclear sides (boxed), $4-80. Whisky, distillers’ finished goods, per gal, sl.2s. Receipts'—Flour, 69,000 brls; wheat, 232,000 bu; corn, 409,000 bu; oats. 646,006 bu; rye, 44,000 bu; barley, 134.0(H) bu. Shipments—Flour, 47,000 brls; wheat, 90,160 bu; corn, 431,000 bu; oats, 279,000 bu; rye, I,COO bu; barley, 12,000 bu.

AT NEW YORK. Haling; Price* In Produce at the Seaboard’* Commercial Metropoli*. NEW YORK. Dec. 7.—Flour—Receipts, 30.287 brls; exports, 16,781 brls. Market was weaker on spring patents and generally dull; Minnesota patents, $3.70@>3.90. Corn meal firm. Barley malt firm. * Wheat—Receipts, 377,400 bu; exports, 24,964 bu. Spot steady; No. 2 red, 75%c, f. o. b. afloat. Options opened weak and developed further heaviness through bearish cables, December liquidation and large Northwest receipts. The afternoon market, however, influenced by big clearances and an active export trade, was stronger; closed %@ %c net lower; December, 71%@72%e, closed at 72%c; March, 75®73%c, closed at 73%c. Corn—Receipts, 158,925 bu; exports, 363,093 bu. Spot firm; No. 2,41 c, f. o. b. afloat. Options oiiened easy with wheat, but quickly turned and thereafter were strong on big clearances, light receipts and a good export demand; closed %®lic net higher; December, 39®39%c, closed at 39%c; May, 39%@39%c, closed at 39%c. Oats—Receipts, 60,100 bu; exports. 230 bu. Bpot steady; No. 2, 20%@31c; No. 2 white, 32%c. Options inactive. C’otton-seed oil quiet; prime crude, 17%@18c; prime yellow, 21@22c. Coffee —Options opened steady, with December 5 points higher and other months unchanged; ruled quiet, but generally steady during the rest of the session, with fluctuations restricted to 5 points; selling checked by small receipts and broadening deliveries; investment buying checked by discouraging cables from foreign markets; closed quiet at net unchanged prices. Sales, 11.000 bags, including: January, 5.45 c; March, 5.85 c; May, 5.75 c; June, 5.80 c; July, 5.85 c; August. 5.90 c; September, 5.9 Ge; October, 6c. Spot coffee —Rio quiet and steady; invoice 6%c, Jobbing 6%c. Mild steady: Cordova, 8® 15c. Sugar—Raw firm, but not quotabiy higher; fair refined, 315-16 c; centrifugal, 96 test, 4 7-16 o; molasses sugar, 311-16 e; refined steady. TRADE IN GENERAL. Quotation* at St. Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Other Place*. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7. —Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat—Options weak and big fractions lower. Spot lower; No. 2 red, cash, elevator, 69%c; track, 69 and 70c bid; December. 69%c; May, 68%®68%c asked; July, 63%c asked; No. 2 hard, cash, 62c. Corn—Futures unchanged. Spot lower: No. 2, cash. Sl%c; December, 31 %c bid; May, 32%c asked. Oats steady for December, with May fractionally higher. Spot lower; No. 2, cash. 27c bid; track, 27%c; December, 27c bid; Mav, 27%@27%c; No. 2 white, 30c. Rye steady at 52c. Flaxseed higher at 90c. Prime timothy seed, $2.30 nominally. Corn meal steady at $1.56<g1.60. Bran steady arid firm; east track, sacked, 56c. Hay dull, but steady; prairie, $6.75®8.25; timothy. $7.50®5.50. Cotton ties and bagging unchanged. Whisky Bteady at $1.26. Butter steady; creamery, 19®24c; dairy, 15®20c. Eggs quiet at 19c. Pork easier; standard mess, jobbing, $8.22%. Lard easier; prime 6team, $5; choice, $5.05. Dry-salt meats—Boxed shoulders, $4.25; extra shorts, $4.75; ribs, $5: shorts, $5.12%. Bacon—Boxed shoulders. $5; extra shorts, $5 50; ribs, $5.62%; shorts, $5.73. Receipts—Flour, 2,0>0 brls; wheat, 35.000 bu: corn. 38.0(H) bu; oats, 22,000. Shipments—Flour, 6,000 brls; wheat, 24,000 bu; corn, 12,000 bu; oats, 15,000 bu. BALTIMORE. Dec 7.-Flour dull and unchanged; receipts. 16,054 brls; exports, 15,291 brls; sales, 150 packages. W'heat dull and lower; spot and month, 7(>%®70%c; January. 7T®7l%c; steamer No. 2 red, 67%®67%e; receipts, 110,283 bu; extorts, 200.327 bu; stock, 1.542.593 bu; Southern wheat by sample, C7®7l%c; Southern wheat on grade, 67% ®7lc. Corn Arm; spot and month, 39®39%c; December, new or old. sS%®3B44c; January, 38%® 38%c; receipts. 197,242 bu; exports, 210,714 bu; Southern white corn, 35®39c; Southern yellow. 36®;%c. Oats dull and easy; No. 2 white, 33c astved; No. 2 mixed, 32e asked; receipts. 9,3*6 bu; exports none. Butter—Fancy creamery, 22c; fancy ladle. 15c: good ladle, 13® 14c; store packed, 12® 13c: rolls. 13®15c. Eggs, fresh. 21@23c. Cheese unchanged. TOLEDO. Dec. 7.—Wheat lower, but steady; No. 2, cash, old, December. 69c; May, 69*e. Corn dull, but steady; No. 3 mixed, 34%c. Cats dull and lower; No. 2 mixed, 28%c. Rye unchanged; No. 2, cash, 54e bid. Clover seed active, but lower; prime, cash, old, $4.35; new and December, $4.60. CINCINNATI, Dec. 7.—Flour dull. Wheat easy; No. 2 red. 67®8c. Corn firm; No. 2 mixed. 34%e. Oats easier; No. 2 mixed, 28%®2HV*e. Ry e Ann; No. 2, C7c. laird easier at $1.92%. Bulk meats steady at $4-70. Bacon quiet at $6.87%. Whisky

lO CENT CIGAR HOOSIER POET lO CENT CIGAR JOHN RAUCH, Manufacturer, Indianapolis.

firm at $1.26. Butter dull. Sugar firm. Eggs steady at 19c. Cheese firm. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 7.—Bacon steady at 35s 6d: long-clear middles, light, steady at 295; longclear middles, heavy, steady at 2s?; short-clear backs. 15 to IS lbs, steady at 29s id; shoulders, square steady at 235. Corn steady; December, 3s %and; January (new crop), 3s 7%d; March, 3s 6%d. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 7.—Wheat steady; December, 62c; May, 63%c: on track. No. I hard, 63%e; No. 1 Northern, 62%c; No. 2 Northern, 60%e. Flour lower; first patents, $3.55475.65: second patents, $3.3563.45; first clears, $2.6062.70. Dry Good*. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Trading in dry goods has been fairly active so far this week. Not a small part of jobbing store operations are those in Christmas goods, the demand for which hits shown good results. General departments in Jobbing houses are without feature. There are not many heavy buyers now irl the city. At first hands the markets for both cottons and woolens have shown good results. In the former the demand for export goods has shown continued good results and in bleached cottons stocks have been reduced rapidly and almost completely. The new prices have stepped heavy trading just at present, but sellers say that there are many jobbers yet to be supplied and that there will have to pay advanced rates for new goods. Other lines of cotton goods w'ere qutet in nearly all grades. Print cloths have been quiet for the last two days. There are no heavy stocks, according to the trustees, and ail bids for cloths for late future deliveries have been refused. Regular sixty-fours ere still quoted at 2%c and other grades are on the same basis. Prints showed no change of moment. Woolen goods were the subject of considerable Inquiry in all quarters. New tines sold freely, prices being in general satisfactory to buyers. Dress goods were in fairly steady request. Wool. BOSTON, Dec. 7.—The American Yi T col and Cotton Reporter will say to-morrow of the wool trade: The sales of the last week Indicate that the volume of business in progress is fully up to the average of this market in no mai periods. An encouraging feature of this business is that it is not made up of a few large purchases by the prominent mills. The buying has become more general and the smaller markets have been more of a factor and the business of the week has been more evenly distributed. This being the closing month of the year, when manufacturers and others will be busily occupied in taking account of stock and the adjustment of demands incidental to the season, the volume c>f business in progress is fully up to expectations. If the heavy weight season starts in well a greater demand for wool is looked for, w hich it Is expected will at least keep the market steady at current prices. The sales of the w'eek in Boston amount to 2,506,0 H) lbs domestic and 731,900 foreign, making a total of 3,537.000, against a total of 3,349,600 for the previous week and a total of 2,660.000 for the corresponding week last year. Sales since Jan. 1, 1898, amount to 125,490,510 lbs, against 353,253,600 last year at this time. Blitter, Eggs and Cliee*e. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Butter—Receipts, 6,533 packages. Market firm; Western creamery, 14%© 20c; Elgins, 20c; factory, 12©14%c. Cheese—Receipts, 3, $95 packages. Market steady; large •white, 10®10%C; 3inall white, 10%©10%c; large cdjored, 10@1944c; small colored, 10%@10%c. Eggs —Receipts, 1,567 packages. Market firm; Southern, 22® 25 c. CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was dud; creamery, 14@20c; dairy, 13® 18c. Cheese steady at B@lo%c. Eggs, fresh, 22® 23c. PHIBADELPHIA. Dec. 7.—Butter unchanged: fancy Western creamery, 21c; fancy Western prints, 22c. Eggs firm; fresh Western, 25c. Cheese firm. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 7.—Butter lower; separator, 19%c; dairy, 16c. Eggs firm; fresh candied Missouri and Kansas stock, 20c, cases returned. Metals. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7.—Spelter unsettled at 5.13 c. NEW YORK. Dec. 7.—At the close to-day the Metal Exchange called pig iron wiirrants quiet and nominal at $7.20. Lake copper quiet at 12.65 c bid and 12.80 c asked. Tin dull and easier at lst bid and ls.loc asked. Lead very dull at 3.60 c bid and 3.6244 c asked. Spelter quiet at 5.25 c bid and 6.35 c asked. The firm naming the settling price for miners and smelters at the West quotes lead at 3.50 c and copper at 12.75 c, Oil*. WILMINGTON, Dec. 7.—Spirits of turpentine firm at 36'4® :!6%c. Rosin firm at 97%[email protected]%. Crude turpentine firm ai $1.30®-2. Tar steady at sl.lO. OIL CITY, Dec. 7.—Credit balances, $1 15; certificate sales, 5.000 brls cash oil at $1.13; closed at $1.13 bid; shipments, 98,320 brls; runs, 781,046 brls. SAVANNAH, Dec. 7.—Spirits of turpentine steady at 37c. Rosin firm and unchanged, Cotton. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7.—Cotton steady; sales, 6,(i00 bales; ordinary, 3%0; gf>od ordinary, 4 3-16 c; low middling, 4 9-16 c; middling, sc; good middling, 5%e; middling fair, 6%c; receipts, 20,429 bales; stock, 408,851 bales. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Cotton quiet; middling, 6%c.

Dried Fruit*. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—California dried fruits firm; evaporated apples, common, 7@Bc; prime wire tray, 8%o; choice, 9®9%e; fancy, 10c. Prunes, 4®10%e. Apricots—Royal, 11® 14c; Moor Park, 14® 17c. Peaches—Unpeeled, B>-r®l2%c; peeled, 18@2Cc. LIVE STOCK. Cattle Active ami Strong-llugN Active and Lower—Slieep Steady. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 7.—Catile—Receipts, 1.1(H); shipments fair. There was a liberal supply. The market opened brisk at strong prices on the top grades, while common and medium grades v.-ere dull and much lower, cows and heifers suffering the most. Quite a number of that class remained unsold. Exports, good to choice $1.90® 5.25 Killers, medium to good 4.50® 4.50 Killers, common to medium 4.00® 4.30 Feeders, good to choice 4.00® 4.40 Stockers, common to good 3.00® 4.00 Heifers, good to choice 4.00® 4.40 Heifers, fair to medium 3.50® 3.80 Heifers, common and light 3.00® 3.40 Cows, good to choice 3.50® 3.80 Clows, fair to medium 3.09® 3.25 Cows, common and old 1.50® 2.50 Veals, good to choice 5.00® 6.50 Veais, common to medium 3.00® 4.50 Bulls, good to choice 3.50® 3.50 Bulls, common to medium 2.75® 3.25 Milkers, good to choice 35.00®45,00 Milkers, common to medium [email protected] Hogs—Receipts, 13,500; shipments, 6,000. The quality was generally fair. On account of extreme heavy supply the market opened weak and sharply lower, but trade ruled fairly active at the decline, closing weak, with some late arrivals unsold. Mixed and heavy $3.30®3.42% Bights 3.15®3.30 Pigs 2.50®3.10 Roughs 2.50®3.10 Sheeji and Lambs—Receipts, 300; shipments none. The market remains steady on all decent grades. Good lambs are in demand. Sheep, good to choice ..$3.60®4,00 Sheep, fair to medium 3.20®3.&0 Stockers, common to medium 2.00®3.00 Bucks, per head 5.00®5.00 Spring lambs, good to choice [email protected] Spring lambs, common to medium 3.25®4.00 * Elsewhere. CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—Strength and activity in cattle to-day were restricted to choice cattle. Other ascriptions, which were In large supply, were slow of sale at a decline of 10®15c. The range of prices between common and fancy cattle was extremely wide, very undesirable beef steers selling around $3.!>0®4.25, while some Christinas beeves brought $64*6.25. Choice cattle sold around $6.50 and really superior beeves shipped in for the holiday trade sold around $5.75. The Stocker and feeder trade was fairly large, not many sales occurring over $4.10. The range was $2.90®4.40. Butchers’ and canners’ cattle were fairly active and weaker to 10c lower. There was a good demand for hogs from packers, but prices averaged about. 5c lower than yesterday. The range is narrowing materially, hogs selling to-day at $3.20®3.45, with the greater part at [email protected]. The receipts averaged very well in quality and there were fewer little pigs. Sale* of pigs were largely at $3.10©3.25. There was less activity in the demand for sheep and lambs and prices were weak to 10c lower. Lambs were salable at $3.75®a.40 for poor to choice, Westerns selling at $4.80®5.35 and fe-tders at Yearlings sold at $4.25®4.75 and sheep brought $?.50®4.25, rams sellirg at $2.50® 3.10. Western steep sold at feeders going at $3.&0®3.50. Heavy Western sheep were neglected. Receipts—Cattle, 22,000; hogs, 68 000; sheep, 16,000. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Beeves—Receipts, 2.270. Market opened active; steers and fat cows a shade higher; bulls and j medium cows steady; closed weak on Chicago advices; steers, common to choice. $4 40®5.40; oxen and stags, $34/4-85: bulls, $2.50<g®.60; choice and extra fat: bulls, $3.70 4H.110; cows, $1.80®3.65: choice tat cows, $4.10® 4.15. Cables steady. Exports, 85 sheep and 1,800 quarters of beef. Calves—Receipts, 11,285. Veals dull and weak except for choice; other calves steudv; veals, S4®S.7O; choice and extra veals, $7.*:,®8.25; barnyard calves, $3®3.50; Westerns, $?.,12%®3.2i>. H'jgn—Receipts, 8,847. Market steady at $3.55® 3.75 for fair to choice hogs. Sheep and Lambs— Receipts, 8.029. SUeep steady; prime stock scarce and firm; lambs active and fully 15c higher; sheep, poor to good, $2.50®4.25; lambs, ordinary to choice, $5.30®6. Canadian lambs, $5.65®6. KANSAS CITY. Pec. 7. Cattle— Receipts, 9.810 natives and 420 Texans. Dressed beef and good

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Union Stock Yards R. R. Shtel & Co.’* Anti-Trust Llvo Stock Market Report. Indianapolis, Ind., Dee, 7, 1696. We had heavy receipts to-day. Our market, like all others, was 10c lower. Chicago, 60,000 strong. 10c lower. We had In 35 cara yesterday and got out 19 doubles. Will have about same io_, and out to-day. We will get out all that come In up to 3 o’clock p. m. You notice the Trust ha* had our name taken out of Live Stock Journal. They have us out of business, yet they report shipments which are about all our shipments. We are shipping about all that go out of here. It is an outrage the way they reported their market yesterday. They reported their tops at $3.30, when their market was lower than Saturday or Monday, when their tope were $3.42%. They are deceiving when they say their market wai# $3.50, when there was but one load sold v<Y $3.42% out of 120; but four loads over $3.40. had twelve leads yesterday; sold at $3.45 to. $3.60. We quote: Prime, 250 to 850, at $3.37% to $3.42%, and 200 to 230 at $3.30 to $3.35, and lights, 160 to 190, at $3.25 to $3 30; light lights and pigs, $3.15 to $3.20. You see, we predicted decline, and now w* think they will go as low at they will go thi* week, to-morrow. May see reaction last of week. We cannot get too many good weight hogs, and much prefer to have them at strong 10c over lights. Yv'e buy for butchers, and butchers pay fancy prices for fancy hogs, and packers only pay the same as feu - common ones. butcher steers steady; common killers slow and 10c lower; stockers and feeders steady; ohoic* native steers, $G®5.65; medium, $4.20®6; lights, $4.10®5: stockers and feeders, $3.15©4.40; butcher cows and heifers, $2.65®4.25; Western steers, -3® 4 75: Texas steers, $3®4.55; Texas butcher cows, $2.65®3.30; canning stock, s2® 2 #O. Hogs—Receipts, 25,150. Supply much larger than estimated. Trade opened slow to 5o lower and doted s@loc lower; heavies, $3.30©3.45; mixed, $3.20®3.40; lights, $3.15®3.30. Sheep—Receipts, 3,090. Excellent demand; good slaughtering and choice feeders active at yesterday’s advance in prices; lambs, $4.90®'0.40; muttons, $4®4.25; feeding lambs, $3.50®4.30; feeding sheep, $3.50®3.90; stockers and breeding ewes. $2.26® 3.60 ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7.—Cattle—Receipts, 2,700, Including 1,100 Texans; shipments, 600. Market weak and lower for natives; Texans slow and 6® 10c lower;, fair to fancy native shipping ami exiiort stents, $4.15575.30, bulk at $4.50®6.80; dressed bew and butcher steers, $3.605H>.25, built at $4®4.70; steers under 1,000 lbs, $3®H.75, bulk at $3.75®4.25; stockers and feeders, $2 80®4.30. bulk at $2.30®4.10; cows and heifers, $2©4.50, bulk of cows, $2.25®3.26; Texas and Indian steers, $34/4 25, bulk at $2.70®>4.10; cows and heifers. $2.15©5.40. Hogs—Receipts, 13,000; shipments, 4,300. Market steady; Yorkers, $3.20®3.30; packers, $3.30®3.40; butchers, $3.40® 3.50. Sheepqjßecelpts, 1,300; shipments none. Market steady; native routpons, $3.60®4; lambs, $4®5.50. CINCINNATI, Dec. 7.—Cattle steady at $2.50® 4.75. Hoes active at $3®3.40. Bheep steady at $2 25® 4; lambs steady at s4®s 25. SALES OF REAL ESTATE. Thirteen Transfer*, with a Total Consideration of $10,576. Instruments filed for record In the recorder** office of Marlon county, Indiana, for the twentyfour hours ending at 5 p. m. Dec. 7, 1898, a* furnished by Theo. Stein, abstracter of titles, corner of Market and Pennsylvania streets, Indianapolis, Suite 229, first office floor, Tb* Lemcke. Telephone 1760: Elizabeth Woodruff Johnson to William B. Hargrave, Lot 6, Chambers's subdivision of Irvington SU9 Samuel S. Rhodes to Nathan Payne, lot 26, McKern&n, Pierce & Yandes’s subdivision of West's addition 2,609 Atlas Saving Association to Leon P. Cornet, lot 25, Square 5, Lincoln Park.... 2,000 Orlando W. Parker to Alice Cole, part of Lot 69, Parker & Hanway’s subdivision of Fletcher’s Oak Hill addition 409 Alice Cole to Eva B. Parker, part of same lot 409 Nancy C. Dement to Louis E. F. Miller, part of northwest quarter of Section 16, i’owi’Shlp 17, Range 5 2,509 Andreev J. Dillmyer to Nannie Bassett, Lot 31, Carpenter’s Home Place addition to Mount Jackson 509 Nannie Bassett to Mlidard A. Dillmyer, same lot 609 John F. Conner to Ellen Conner, north half of Lot 19, Block 7, southeast addition 500 Mary E. Newby to Isaac M. Cotton, Lot 549, McCarty’s eleventh West Side addition— 1,509 Equitable Savings arul Loan Association to William S. Canfitdd, Lot 16 and part of Lot 15, Block 40, North Indianapolis....... 69 Mary 15. Webb to Addison 11. Nordyke et a!., Ix>t 27, Square 3, Nordyke & Hollowell’s Grandview addition 59 George L. Reiffel to same, same lot 59 Transfers, 13; consideration $10,57$ VITAL STATISTICS-DEC. 7. Birth*. Martha and Henry Lepier, Waveley street, boy, Anna and Louis P. Ruth, $33 West Walnut street, boy. Zetia and Morris Kahan, 25 Jefferson avenue, girl. Oracle and Benjamin F. Peyke, 318 Norwood street, boy. Birdie and John Curry, 1409 Mill street, girt. Ella and John P. Schmitt, 747 Germania av*> nue, boy. Drntli*. R. B. F. Peirce, fifty-six years, 1150 North Meridian street, heart disease. Maria Williams, forty-five years, 627 Leas street, cerebral hemorrhage. Ralph Greer, twenty-eight dayß, 1020 Stats avenue, inanition. Nellie Owen, fifty-four years, 958 Chapel strict, ghthlrts pulmonulls. Eliza Fischer, twenty-eight years, 1606 Broadway, heart disease. Mr*. C. B. Haines, twenty-four years, 616 West .New York street. Hazel Gray, three years, 1931 Yaudes street, diphtheria. Marriage Licenses. Charles A. Moore and Jennie Raker. Albert Bradshaw and Ella Dorsey. Henry M Hessong and Minnie F. Collins, John R. Koeppen and Jessie Murray. John Edlen and Currif Kelp.

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