Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1899 — Page 7

THE L. A. KINSEY CO., INCORPORATED. CAPITAL. $25,000—F1 LI, PAID. -BROKER!)Chicago Grain and Provisions, New York Stocks. Leng Distant Telephone, 1375 and 1591. 11 and 13 West Pearl Street Cincinnati Office, Room 4, Carlisle Building. IMONFV 4, /£% t06 %- /Vlv/lii-rfl $ I,COO and upward, loaned on Improved Property. Interest graded according to location and character of security. No delay. C. F. SAYLES, 135 East Market St. NO DECREASE IN TRAFFIC ♦ TOWAGE HEAVY BEYOND PRECEHEAT I\ MIDWINTER SEASON. * A C la** P Engine on the Pnnhanille Makes a Phenomenal VHleaise—.Numerous Official Chun gen. The train records show that there were received and forwarded at Indianapolis in the week ending Jan. 28 a total of 27,071 cars, 20.777 being loaded, which is a highly satisfactory exhibit for a week in midwinter. being an increase of 131 loaded cars over the week ending Jan. 21. and 672 more loaded cars than were handled at this point In the corresponding week of 1808. 4.740 more than in 1807. 1,078 more t.ian in 1896, 3,735 more than in I*o6, and 7,793 more than in the corresponding week of 1894. It is evident that thus far the restoration of rates to tariff, at which all roads claim to now be carrying freight, has not resulted in a falling off in business, the shipments of grain and grain products, of produce, live stock and dressed meats being heavier than at the corresponding period of 1898. The last few days shipments East of provisions have not been so heavy, which is due to the proposed reduction in rates on provisions to become effective Feb. 1. The shipments East of hardwood lumber, veneering and hides are again quite heavy. Westbound traffic is heavy beyond precedent in January, both in high and low class freights. Shipments of dry goods, fancy notions, etc., are unusually largo, and in coal, coke and railway supplies the tonnage Is fully 100 per cent, heavier than in the corresponding period in many years, and the business is carried at better rates than in any winter in five years past. Traffic with the north-and-south lines is not proportionately heavy with that of the east-and-west roads; still it compares favorably with that of several years past. The north-and-south lines depend largely on local business at this season of the year. At the city freight depots fully 25 per cent, more freight is being handled than usual in midwinter. Especially are the iron industries and furniture manufacturers doing more than usual at this season of the year. The business at the stock yards continues to be in excess of that of last year, and on days when the weather is suitable the commission houses are heavy shippers. Below’ is given the car movement for the week ending Jan. 28 and for the corresponding weeks of IS9B and 1897: Name of road. 1899. 1898. 1897. C., I. & L 599 495 378 1.. D & W 512 487 507 C., H. & D.~lnd’polis div. 768 768 584 1.. E. & W 452 498 341 Penn.-l. & V T. 911 733 637 Penn.-J.. M. & 1 865 717 524 Penn.—Chicago div 734 654 464 Penn.—Columbus div 2.337 1.687 1,444 Vandalia 2,165 2.095 1.545 P. & E.-East div 71 589 712 P. &■ E.—West div 989 782 898 Big Four—Chicago div 2.615 2.317 1,996 Pig Four—Cincinnati div. 2.910 2.415 2.456 Big Four—St. Louis div... I.SS4 1.725 1.534 Big Four—Cleveland div.. 2.395 2,143 2.008 Totals 20.777 20.105 16.028 Empty ears 6.294 6.242 5.832 Total car movement 27.071 26.347 21.860 Eastbound shipments from Chicago last week were 110,314 tons, against 131,726 tons the previous w r eek and 69,786 tons for the corresponding week a year ago. The Fake Shore led with 18,654. The Michigan Central carried 8,591; Wabash. 8,712; Ft. Wayne, 18.516; Panhandle. 13,645: Baltimore & Ohio. 7.871; Grand Trunk. 11.801: Nickel-plate, 7,512; Erie. 12.298, and the Big Four, 2,714. Big Engine Mileage. W. C. Arp. formerly master mechanic of the Panhandle, now superintendent of motive power of the Vandalia lines, writes: “I noticed in the Journal the performance of a Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton engine, viz.. 150.000 miles between shoppings, and considered the best record of any engine in Ohio. Engine 110. Class B. built at Altoona, made on the Pittsburg division of the Panhandle 225.000 miles between shoppings. The Cincinnati. Hamilton Dayton engine m ule the 150.000 miles in three years, as I understand it, and 50.000 miles a year is considered a good average. During the last year the Vandalia had one passenger engine that made 93.712 miles in nine months, another 113,500 miles in twelve months, another that made. 138,377 miles from October, 1897. to Dec. 31, 1898, fifteen months. The maximum mileage in any one month was 14.160 miles. I give you this to show that 50.000 miles a year is not good mileage at this time.” MrnnjtP Panhandle Rumors. Pittsburg Post. In view of the fact that the Panhandle system Is the most important Western connection of the Pennsylvania, and is supposed to be absolutely and directly controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the persistent rumors circulating in Wall street to the effect that the majority of Panhandle stock had been quietly absorbed by the Gould and Morgan interests while the Pennsylvania Railroad people were dozing, has awakened the attention of conservative financial men who are never disposed to accept startling news on hearsay. The phenomenal boom in Panhandle securities has amazed the Pennsylvania people, and they are already evincing some signs of uneasiness. With the Vandalia, their direct St. Louis connection, and the shortest line between St. Louis and New York, in the hands of a receiver, the Panhandle stock going up like skyrockets, it is no wonder that people are asking where the Pennsy is at regarding their St. lands connection.

Belt Road Traffic. There were transferred over the Belt road In the week ending Jan. 28 19,134 cars, against 18.862 in the preceding week. Belt road engines handled at the stock yards 1.287 carloads of live stock against 1.333 in the preceding week, and on private switches !"9 cats against 1.003 In the week ending Jan. 21. IVrsonitl. Local and General Ante*. It is stated that the Southern Railway Is likely, in the near future, to control the Mobile & Ohio. Benjamin Gentleman, the oldest engineer on the Columbus & Hocking Valley road, died in Columbus, 0., Saturday. The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton handled last week at this city the same number of loaded cars as in 1898—768. George L Bradbury, vice president and general manager of the Like Erie A- Western, is expected in the city on Wednesday or Thursday. The Vandalia handled at this city last week 2,165 loaded cars. 70 more than in the corresponding week of 181*8, and 630 more than in 1897. The Big Four lines bandied at Indianapolis last week 9,804 loaded cars, against 8,60<: in 1898. and against 7,994 in the corresponding; week of 1897. The four Pennsylvania lines handled at In dianapolitf last week 4,877 loaded cars, 1.086 more tnan in the corresponding week of 1898, (and 1,808 more than in 1897, F On Feb. 1 Elbert M. Neel, private secrejtary of J. Q. Van Winkle, general superinrtendent of the Big Four lines, will succeed

L. P. Dockhard as general agent of the company at East St. Louis. Friends of Passenger Conductor Haffey, on the Pittsburg & Western will regret to learn that he is going blind, the sight of one eye being entirely gone. Passenger officials of the California and Florida lines state that their business the present winter has been largely in excess of either of several years past. It is stated that J. J. Archer, late general passenger agent of the Ohio River road, will be appointed a division superintendent of the Norfolk & Western. The engine mileage of the Panhandle lines in December was the largest of any month in the history of the lines. Some engines were not housed during the month. C. Stanley Huriburt, chief clerk of Frank Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania lines, was buried yesterday at Philadelphia. He died of consumption, and was forty years old. Agents of the Pennsylvania lines West have been notified to take no more wheat or corn for export via Baltimore until further orders, business at that point being congested. W. J. Craig, of Delphos, one of the projectors of the Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City, is at the Soldiers’ Home, at Marion, Ind.. lying helpless. He has just had his pension Increased from sl2 to $72 a month. Eight divisions of the Big Four system are now paying their way, and seven show a very fair surplus above fixed charges and operating expenses. The deficit of the other two is so small that it is believed this year they will be at least self-sustaining. F. D. Gilderslee\e will on Feb. 1 take the position of city passenger agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern at St. Louis, and W. F. Conner, of Springfield, 111., will become ticket agent at St. Louis on that date. John McCune, the oldest machinist in the shops of the Pennsylvania road, was buried at Altoona on Saturday. He commenced work in the shops at Altoona in 1849 and instructed President Thomson when the latter started to learn the machinist trade. Col. Samuel Moody, assistant general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines West, has been appointed quartermaster general ot' Pennsylvania. The duties of the position will not in the least interefere with his duties In the passenger department of the Pennsylvania Company. P. C. Snee. superintendent of the Chicago division of the Baltimore & Ohio lines, who will retire on Feb. 1 to give place to T. J. English, has held the position for eight years, being promoted from the chief clerkship of the general manager. Mr. English's headquarters will be at Garrett, Ind. The National Teachers' Association will hold its annual convention in Los Angeles July 11-14. The roads have agreed on rates and limit. The fare for the round trip, Indianapolis to Los Angeles, will lie $64: from Chicago, $62.50: from St. Louis. $57.50. Tire tickets will be good to return on until Aug. 31. Gaylord M Beach, assistant general manager of the Pittsburg & lake Erie, has tendered his resignation. Mr. Beach was with the Bee-line division of the Big Four many years, leaving it to take a position on the road he now leaves. He retires solely on account of ill health. It is understood that the office will be abolished. The Chicago. St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha has just completed a block-signal system between St. Paul and I/emars, and will put it in operation to-day. There are forty-five block signals, and new’ operators have been employed for thirty of the blocks. The company has had forty-four block signals in operation between St. Paul and Elroy since August. 1897. and there has not been a wreck on the line since. One of the most surprised men in St. Louis on Saturday was W. F. Brunner, of the Vandalia line. On his resigning the assistant general passenger agency to take charge of the city ticket office the passenger agents of the line and the office force chose C. C. Curtice, city passenger agent, to represent them in giving Mr. Brunner a token of their esteem and good wishes. The result was a beautiful diamond stud, that now sparkles on Brunner's shirtfront. The reception to be given this evening at the residence of Wm. P\ Goltra, secretary of George L. Bradbury, general manager of the Lake Erie & Western lines, to A. G. Young, who retires to-morrow as assistant general freight agent of the road to accept a fine position in Chicago, will be quite an event. Beside local railroad men a number of officials from other points will be present. Mr. Young has been with the road nearly twenty years, and his record has been an excellent one. The San Francisco Chronicle says: “The evidence showing that the Vanderbilts are about to take steps to extend their railroad system to California from the present terminus of the Union Pacific, at Ogden, has awakened keen interest in business circles. The recent investments of the Santa Fe Company, in California, amounting already to over $3,000,000 and involving expenditures of probably half as much more within the present year, have opened sleepy eyes to the fact that Eastern capital has selected California as a field for railroad investment. The first competing line will be open to tidewater at Point Richmond before the summer is over. If a third line should decide to enter the State it is not easy to predict the increase of prosperity and of population that would follow .”

THE COl HT RECORD. Superior Court. Room I—J. L. McMaster, Judge. Harry Vanderwood vs. Maud Vanderwood; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Laura Gibson vs. Thomas Gibson; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Room 2—James M. Leathers, Judge. Caroline Anderson vs. Edwin Anderson; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment against defendant for costs. Mae Waddy vs. Percy Waddy: divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment against defendant for costs. Isaac Ciener vs. Louis Trougott et al.; supplemental to execution. On trial by court. Evidence partly heard aud continued. Room 3—Vinson Carter, Judge. Bank of Buffalo vs. The John T. Noye Manufacturing Company et al.; account. Dismissed and costs paid. Oden H. Titus vs. The John T. Noye Manufacturing Company et al.; account. Dismissed and costs paid. Standard Saving and Loan Association of Indianapolis vs. George Massome et al.; foreclosure. Finding and judgment against defendant George Massome for $2,733.08 and costs. Laura Kegel vs. W. C. Kegel. Divorce granted plaintiff. John W. Stewart vs. Fannie M. Stewart. Divorce granted plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. Laura C. Kaylor vs. Albert J. Kaylor. Divorce granted plaintiff. Defendant ordered to pay into court $5 per month for support of child. Plaintiff granted custody of child. Judgment against defendant for costs. Laura D. Seitman vs. Charles C. Seitman. Divorce granted plaintiff. Judgment against defendant for costs. Romona Oolitic Stone Company vs. John W. Tate; proceedings supplemental. Dismissed. Judgment against defendant for costs. Criminal Court. Fremont Alford, Judge. State of Indiana vs. Robert Moore: incorrigible. Defendant eleven years old. Sent to Reform School for Boys. \i*w Suit* Filed. Ella Bernhardt vs. Samuel Bernhardt; divorce. Room 1. Carrie V. McGregor vs. Charles R. McGregor; divorce. Room 2. Edward A. Richards vs. William R. J. Stafford; on note. Room 2. Rebecca Miller vs. Conrad Miller; divorce. Room 2. Wm. H. Nichols vs. A.ina Moore et al.; foreclosure. Room 3. Ida D. Barkley vs. Etta J. Mann et al.; on judgment. Room 3. Charles J. Orbison vs. Lawrence Gwin; to quiet title. Room 1. Isaac D. Lemmon vs. Anna M. Sutton et al.; foreclosure. Circuit Court. Home Mutual Saving-and Loan Association vs. Wm. J. Selvage et al.; foreclosure. Room 3. Pension* for Vetemn*. Certificates have been issued to the following named lndianians: Original—Horace 1* Dye. National Military Home, Grant, SS; Joseph Turnook. South Bend. $6. Additional—Samuel H. Miller, Rockport, $8 to lib. Restoration and Increase—Cyrus Bococi* (deceased). Winamac. S.B to sl2. Restoration and Reissue—George Galloway. Covington. sl7: David F. Perkins (deceased). Sulphur. sl2. Increase—Dorsey A. lain ing. Coal City $6 to $8; John F. Bailey. Brazil, $6 to $B- - Bet rn. Kirklin. sl2 to .417; Janies A Trauter. Washington. S3O to SSO. Original Widows, etc.—Angnettie Bocock Winamac, $8: Mary E. Bever. Jonesboro, sl2; Mary E. Perkins. Sulphur. SX; Julia Paris. Lexington. $8; Missouri E. Mitchell. Seymour. sl2; Mary A. Fuilenwider, Brown's Valley. sl3; Catherine Saylor, Markle, sl2; (supplemental) Catherine E. Willhide. Independence. *2; (reissue) Mary A. Durbin, Rochester. sl2. At-flilenlilll} Shot Hl* Wife. ALBANY. N. Y., Jan. 29 —Theodore Klrchner, aged sixty years, shot and instantly killed his wife Paulina, aged fortyfive years, in their home at Newtonville, near this city, to-day, by the careless handling of a gun, which was accidentally discharged.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1899.

ADVANCES IN STOCKS THE WEEK < LOSED WITH BIG GAINS OVER PREVIOUS WEEK. niutlness Excelled All Record* and Condition* Favor the Bull Movement—Local Trade. ♦ At New York, Saturday, money on call was firmer at 3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, per cent. Sterling exchange was steady, with actual business in bankers’ bilis at $4.84%@4.85 for demand and at $4.82 1 /a <&4.83 for sixty days; posted rates, $4.83% and $4.85%; commercial bills, $4.82. Silver certificates, nominal, at 59%@60% c ; bar silver, 59%c; Mexican dollars, 47%c. At London bar silver closed steady at 27 7-lGd an ounce. The imports of specie for the week were $158,012 in gold and $68,391 in silver. The imports of dry goods and merchandise at the port of New York were valued at $11,477,556. The exports of gold and silver to all countries aggregated $1,000,083, silver bars and coin, and $89,300 gold. The New York weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Surplus reserve, increase $4,538,350 Loans, increase 6,020,600 Specie, increase 0,411,800 Legal tenders, increase 1,207,490 Circulation, decrease 739.3U0 Deposits, increase 12,563,400 The banks now hold in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent. rule. The New York Financier says: ‘‘Estimates as to the amount of cash gained by the New York clearing house banks for the week ending Jan. 27 were very much at variance with the actual results disclosed by Saturday’s statement. Treasury figures proved that the operations for the past six days were against the banks by nearly or quite s6tt),ooo. The interior movement had been counted on to swell cash totals about $3,000,000. Instead of that, however, the reported gain was no less than $7,679,200, of which $6,411,800 was in the form of specie. Obviously this expansion does not represent exclusively interior receipts. This conclusion is borne out by the fact that one large bank alone reports an increase of nearly five millions in gold, or almost 60 per cent, of the total cash gains for" the week. In other words the increase of $6,020,600 in loans by all the banks brought down the reserves of some individual institutions even in the face of the heavy gains in the average surplus holdings. The deposits, owing to the loan and cash expansion, show an increase of $12,563,400, bringing the total to $861,637,500, a figure altogether unprecedented. Despite the increase reserve requirements, the surplus is four and onehalf millions higher than a week ago, and is now $39,233,025. Such a statement forecasts but one condition—a continued easy money market, accompanied, probably, by further manifestations of the expansion which has been a prominent factor for several weeks past. Still, the policy of the banks is one of conservatism, and they are not making extraordinary efforts to employ their surplus in any but secure channels. The spirit of discrimination against overinilated collateral is based on soundest judgment, and while the institutions have not profited on the present uprise in values, they are in a position where they can direct to a large extent the course of figure speculation in safer directions. In the opinion of some conservative officers the present condition of the money market is rendering imperative some changes in existing bank practices as applied to the flow and ebb of money to and from this center.” The total sales of stocks were 567,800 shares, including Atchison. 5,525; Atchison preferred. 38,530; Central Pacific, 8,010; Chesapeake & Orio, 51.110; Burlington. 7.900; Louisville & Nashville, 9,435; Manhattan, 6,375; Metropolitan. 5,656: Reading preferred 13,470; Missouri Pacific. 4,225; New York Central, 3,270; Northern Pacific. 30,020; Northern Pacific preferred, 4,850; Ontario & Western, 8.160; Rock Island. 7. 755; St. Louis & Southern, 12,300: St. Louis & Southern second preferred, 12.300; I'nion Pacific, 6.525; St. Paul, 11.220; Southern Pacific, 12,850; Southern Railway, 12,220; Southern Railway preferred, 10,980; Union Pacific preferred. 16,820; Steel, 10,160; Steel preferred, 18.510: People’s Gas, 29,430; Brooklyn Transit. 6,020; Pacific Mail. 17.620; Sugar, 52.550: Tennessee Coal and Iron. 11,720; Leather. 4,100; leather preferred. 3,680; Rubber. 3,000; St. Louis Southwestern. 14,900: St. Louis Southwestern prefeired, 3,240; Chicago Great Western, 9,350.

STOCKS STILL STRONG. The New York stor k market w r as quite irregular Saturday. The opening was strong in spite of the irregularity in the London market, because, in part, of the absence of disquieting Philippine advices, which apparently had been expected by the traders, who started covering short contracts. Presently there was a renewed attack on values on predictions of an unfavorable bank statement, but when the statement appeared it upset all calculations by being very favorable. This was the signal for the repurchase of stock sold earlier, which gave a strong tone to the closing. There were some recessions in the railways, however, on the evening up of contracts for the week. Sugar and Glucose gained over a point each, but it seemed to be the impression of traders that Sugar was advanced in the interest of sellers, while in other quarters the simultaneous advance of Glucose and Sugar was surmised to pressage favorable trade developments. Among the Pacifies there was an advance of over a point in Northern and Southern. The movement in Northern Pacific was attributed to more confident gossip regarding its dividend standing. Pacific Mail was strong on the more favorable outlook for the mail subsidy bill in Congress. Minneapolis and St. Louis at one time displayed strength on the possibility of the first preferred stock being retired. The prospective advance in coal rates at Western points was reflected in some strength in Reading. Among the low-priced shares St. points and St. Louis & San Francisco second preferred, 2%. Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago & St. American Express and Southern Railway were also strong. Among the industrials American Steel preferred and American Malt were weak. Canadian Southern and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis preferred also showed declines. This was a Vanderbilt week in the stock market. The dealings were over 7.250,000 shares, with fluctuations showing great irregularity, but with an upward tendency. were many reported deals associated with the Vanderbilt name and the stocks affected moved widely, according as the various rumors were believed or discredited. It was said that New York Central, Northwest and Union Pacific were to be amalganited, that Lake Erie & Western, through options secured on stocks, would be found under the New’ York Central control; that New York Central was projecting an arrangement with the West Virginia Central, and that Chesapeake & Ohio would be merged with the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis. Asa matter of fact, it was said that the Vanderbilts were increasing their holdings in various properties w’ith which they were identified, but rumor associated large buying among tiie important railroads as being in the interest of the Vanderbilts, whenever the road's location was such as to lend credence to the report. The unruffled condition of the money market in face of the unprecedented volume of transactions in stocks and bonds was reassuring, and in a sense confirmed the public conception of the marvelously favorable conditions prevailing in industrial, agricultural and financial circles in America. Excellent railway returns came to hand from various sections of the country. Sixtyone railways increased a!>out 9% per cent, in gross earnings for the third week in January. Among the December statements of net earnings St. Paul showed an increase of over one-third of a million dollars, while Burlington increased $170,000. Lackawanna’s annual report was an exception to the general favorable returns, showing as it did a deficit of over half a million dollars, but it was received with speculative indifference. The bank statement was far more favorable than anticipated, showing over seven and a half millions increase in surplus reserve. The shading of discount rates in continental centers, including a reduction by the Bank of Belgium, following the action in Berlin and London of last week, was taken as evidence of less tension in foreign politics. The favorable development in the iron trade, the enormous clearings and exchanges attracted considerable notice. Allowing for speculative accounts, the enormous dealings reflected a great absorption of the public's money in high grade securities. Another evidence that the public had taken a firm hold of the market was the unprecedented distribution of the dealings and the infrequency of individual stocks appearing in comparatively abnormal proportions of the transactions. The varying phuses of the

Philippine problem had not much weight in speculative sentiment. NOTABLE WEEK ON ’CHANGE. Monday was by all odds the most sensational day, both in the tremendous volume of business and the extreme violence of fluctuations that the street has witnessed at any time. The conflict of buying and selling orders at the opening gave the appearance of such rampant speculation that market leaders were disposed to check the movement in order that the technical position of the market might not be weakened. There were large sales of stock carried over from Saturday in expectation of the advance, and considerable liquidation both of foreign and domestic holdings, resulting in material declines for the day trom the early high prices. Among the sensational variations that day were a rise of 19% in Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, a drop of 18 and a net gain of 4%; Canada Southern rose 10%, 16st most of it and gained 3%; Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis jumped 8%, dipped 4 points and closed within a point of the best. There were many other wild changes after the initial bulge that day. Subsequently the market irregularly advanced, with almost daily bear attacks in the afternoon. and recoveries on each succeeding morning. London was generally a seller, but was occasionally whipped into line as a purchaser, and the fortnightly settlement in London showed a great reduction in the floating supply of Americans. Throughout the week the facilities of the exchange were taxed to the utmost, and tho clerical forces in the brokerage offices worked overtime to keep track of their large accounts. The largest net advances for the week were: Metropolitan, 18%; Capital City Traction. 17; Twin City Rapid Transit, 13; Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis preferred, 12%; Tennessee Coal and Iron preferred, 14; Tennessee Coal and Iron common, 7%; Long Island, 12; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, 9V-4; Commercial Cable, 9; General Electric, 8%; Rio Grande, 8%; Pacific Mail. 8%; St. Louis Southwestern preferred, 7; St. Louis & San Francisco second preferred, 6%; St. Louis & San Francisco common, 4%; Lake Erie & Western preferred, 6%; Lake Shore, 6; People's Gas. 5%; American Express, 5%; Chicago Great Western debentures, Reading first preferred and Baltimore & Ohio (ail assessments paid), 4% each; Rubber, 5%, and Toledo & Ohio Central, 5. There were gains, too, of over 3 points in Sugar. Lackav/unna & Western, Northern Pacific, Ontario & Western, Minneapolis & St. Louis and Wheeling & Lake Erie preferred. The losses of note were confined to less active stocks, the largest being: New York Air Brake. 5%; Edison Illuminating and clede, 3V<. Strength characterized the bond trading, the market showing less feverishness than in stocks. Many issues were brought prominently forward, owing to dissemination of rumors regarding their standing toward a union with other propel ties. Dealings were on an immense scale, with purchases for out-of-town account exceptionally large. United States threes reacted % and the fives, coupon. advanced % in the bid price. The following table, prepared by L. W. Louis, Room 11. Board of Trade, shows the range cf quotations:

Open- High- Low- Closing. est. est. ing. Atchison 23% 2314 22% 23 Atchison prof 62% 63% 61% 62% Baltimore & Ohio 72 Canada Pacific 86 Canada Southern 60% 61 60% 61 Central Pacific 49% Chesapeake & Ohio ......... 29% 30 29% 29% Chicago & Alton 169 C., B. & Q 138% 138% 137% 138 C. & IC. I , 67% C. & E. I. prof 116 C., C., C. & St. L 59% 59% 58% 59 <’.. C.. C. & St. L. pref 99 Chicago Great Western 17% Chicago. Ind. & L 9% Chicago, Ind. & L. pref 34 Chicago & Northwestern 149% Chicago & N. W. pref IST Delaware & Hudson 114% I).. L#. & W 155 Denver <fe Rio Grande 20% Denver & R. G. pref 72% Erie 15% Erie Ist pref 43% Fort Wayne ISO Great Northern pref 166% Hocking Valley 3 Illinois Central 119% Lake Erie & Western 20% Lake Erie & W. pref 73 Lake Shore 200% Louisville & Nashville 68% 68% 68% 68% Manhattan 116% 116% 115% 115% Michigan Central 115 Missouri Pacific 47% 48 37% 47% M., K. &T. pref 37% 38% 37% 38% Now Jersey Central 103 103 102% 102% New York Central 136% 136% 135% 135% Northern Pacific 51 52 50% 52 Northern Pacific pref 81 81 80% 80% Reading ' 28% 23% 23% 23% Reading Ist pref 63 Rock Island .......121 121% 119% 120% St. Paul 129% 129% 128% V. 8% St. Paul pref 167'% St. Paul & Omaha 98 98 98 98 St. Paul & Omaha pref 170 Southern Pacific 39% Texas Pacific 17% Union Pacific com 47% 48 47 47% Union Pacific pref 80% 81% 80% 81% Wabash 8% Wabash pref 23% Wheeling & l>ake Erie 8 Wheeleing & L. E. pref 30% EXPRESS COMPANIES. Adams Express 109 American Express i43 U. S. Express 55 Wells-Fargo Express 125 MISCELLANEOUS. American Cotton Oil 35% American Cotton Oil pref 89% American Spirits 14% 14% 14 14 American Spirits pref 38% American Tobacco ...' 147 147 145% 146% American Tobacco pref 137 People's Gas 118 118% 116% 116% Brooklyn Transit 93 Consolidated Gas 190% Commercial Cable Cos 190 Geneial Electric 11l Federal Steel 53% Federal Steel pref 86% Lead 38% 38'% 37% 38% pref 113 Pacific Mail 54 54 % 53 54% Pullman Palace 156 Sugar 134 135% 134 135% Sugar pref 113 Tennessee Coal and 1r0n... 47% 47% 46% 46% U. S. Leather 7% U. S. Leather pref 74 74% 73% 73% U. S. Rubber 52% U. S. Rubber pref 117 Western Union 96% 96% 96 96'% UNITED STATES BONDS. U. S. Fours, rog 112 IT. S. Fours, coup 112% U. S. Fours, new, reg 125% IT.l T . S. Fours, new, coup 129% U. S. Fives, reg ii .... 111% IT. S. Fives, coup 113 U. S. Threes, coup 107% Saturday’* Bank Clearing*. At Chicago—Clearings. $19,450,988; balances, sl,250,340. New York exchange, par. Sterling exchange. posted. $4.83%tfj.’4.85%; actual, $4.83'?>4.84%; sixty days, $4.51%fT4.84. At New York —Clearings. $270,940,574; balances, $9,184,850. At Boston—Clearings, $24,697,693; balances, $2,265.632. At Cincinnati—Clearings. $1,610,950. At St. Louis—Clearings, $3,827,451; balances, $700,198 At Philadelphia—Clearings, $15,698,044; balances, $1,964,255. At Baltimore —Clearings, $4,197,376; balances, $431,246. At New Orleans —Clearings, $1,077,636. * LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE. A Good Week's Trade, All Thing* ConHidered. with Few Change*. Trade with the wholesale houses the fourth week in January, when all things are considered, was good. Two days of the week were among the most winterlike ones of the present season, and this checked trade somewhat. Prices on all lines are very firm. The only advances of last week were in dry goods, drugs and fruits. Cotton goods have an upward tendency and are selling well. All staple groceries are firm and steady, except coffee. The provision market rules steady. Prices ate low, but with larger receipts of hogs do not improve. On Commission row apples rule firm at the high quotations, and oranges and bananas are firmer. Vegetables are selling low. Egg and poultry markets the last two or three days have been firmer. The local giain market was active through the week. Receipts are better and the demand for all cereals active. The week closed with track bids ruling as follows: Wheat—No. 2 red, 74c; No. 3 red, 68@73c; January. 74c; wagon wheat. 70c. Corn—No. 1 white. 36%c; No. 3 white (one color), 38%c; No. 4 white. 32%e; No. 2 white mixed. 35c; No. 3 white mixed, 35c; No. 4 white mixed, 31@33c; No. 2 yellow. 35%c; No. 3 yellow, 35%c; No. I yellow’. 31%!&33%c: No. 2 mixed, 35c; No. 3 mixed. 35c; No. 4 mixed, 31@33c; ear corn, 34 , ->c. Oats—No. 2 white, 3)%c; No. 3 white, 30%c; No. 2 mixed, 28%c; No. 3 mixed. 28%c. Hay—No. 1 timothy, $8: No. 2 timothy, $6.50@>7. Inspections—Wheat: No. 2 red, 2 cars. Corn — No. 3 white. 8 cars; No. 4 white, 4 cars; No. 3 yellow, 1 car; No. 3 mixed, 4 cars; total. 17 cars. Hay—No. 1 timothy, 1 car. Poultry and Other Produce. (Prices paid by shippers.) Poultry—Hens, 6c; spring chickens, 6c; cocks, 3c; hen turkeys, young and rat. 8c; young toms, 6%c; old hens, 6c; toms, 4c; ducks. 4c; geese, 4c for full feathered, 3c for plucked; capons, fat, 9c; small, 6#sc. Cheese —New York full cream. 10®llc; skims, C4jSc; domestic Swiss, 12%c; brick, 12c: llmburger, iOc. . _ Butter —Choice, 10c; poor, a&ie; Elgin creamery, 21c. Eggs—l3c. Feathers —Prime geese, 30c per lb; prime duck, l(Xp 17c per lb. Beeswax —20c for yellow; 23c for dark. Wool —Medium, unwashed, 17*n8e; tub-washed, 20(y27c: burry and unmerchantable, Sc less. Honey— loif l3c per ib.

Game—Rabbits, 65@7Pc. Venison, lS@2oc per lb. Opossum, 20®25c apiece. HIDES. TALLOW, ETC. Green-salted Hides —No. 1,3 c; No. C. 8c; No. 1 calf, lCc; No. 2 calf. B%c. Grease—White, 3c: yellow, 2%c; brown, 2’,ic. Tallow—No. I. 3c; No. 2, £%e. Bones—Dry. $12013 per ton. THE JOBBING TRADE. (The quotations given below are the selling prices of the wholesale dealers.) Candies anti Nuts. Candies—Stick, 6%@6%c per ib; common mixed, 6%@7c; G. A. R. mixed, 614 c; Banner twist stick. Sc; cream mixed, 9c; old-time mixed. 7c. Nuts—Soft-shelled almonds, ll@13c; English walnuts, 9@l2e; Brazil nuts, 10c; Alberts, lie; peanuts, roasted, 7@Bc; mixed nuts, 10c. Canned Goods. Corn, [email protected]. 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, 63'5170c; raspberries, 2-lb, 90@95c; pineapple, standard, 2-lb. $1.1001.20; choice. $202.30; cove oysters. 1-lb, full weight, 85095 c; light, 60065 c; string beans, 700 90c; Lima beans. $1.1001.20; peas, marrowfats, 8oc@$1.10; early June. 90c@$1.10; lobsters, $1.8502; red cherries, 90c@$l; strawberries, 90@S5c; salmon, 1-lb, 90e@$1.8S; 3-lb tomatoes, 90@95c. Coal and Coke. Anthracite, per ton, $7; Brazil block. $3; Island City lump, $2.75; Paragon lump, $2.75; Jackson lump, $4; Pittsburg lump, $4; C. & O. Kanawha lump. $4; Winlfrede lump, $4: Blossburg smithing. $5; smokeless, $4; lump coke, per bushel, 10c; crushed coke, per bushel, 12c. Drugs. Alcohol, $2.5602.68; asafetida, 23030c;_ alum, 2Ms @4c; camphor, 40044 c; cochineal, 50055 c; chloroform, 58065 c; copperas, brls, 75@85c; cream tartar, pure, 30033 c; indigo, 65@S0c; licorice, Calab., genuine, 30@40e: magnesia, carb., 2-oz, 2;.@30c; morphine, P. & W., per oz., $2.4502.65, madder, 14 @l6c; oil, castor, per gal. $101.10; oil, bergamot, per lb, $2.25; opium, $4; quinine, P. & ].er oz, 31036 c; balsam copaiba, 50060 c.; soap, castile, Fr., 12@16c; soda bicarb., 4%@6c; salts, Epsom, 4@sc; sulphur, flour, s@6c; saltpeter, 8@ 14c; turpentine, 50055 c; glycerine, 15@l7c;_ iodide potassium, $2.5002.60; bromide potassium, oo®6oc, chlorate potash, 20c; borax, 9@l2c; cinchonida, 20 @2sc; carbolic acid, 30032 c. Oils—Linseed, 41043 c per gal; coal oil, legal test, 7014 c; bank, 40c; best straits, DOc; Labrador, 60c; West Virginia, lubricating, 20@30c; miners', 40c; lard oils, winter strained, in brls, 40c per gal; half brls, 3c per gal extra. Dry Good*. Bleached Sheetings—Androscoggin L, sc; Berkley, No. 60. 6%c; 12abot. 5%e: Capitol, 4%c; Cumberland, 5%c; Dwight Anchor, 6c; Fruit of the Loom, 5%c; Farwell, 5%c; Fitchville, oc; bull Width, 454 c; Gilt Edge, 4%c; Gilded Age, 3%c; Hill, 54c; Hope, s*4c; Linwood, S%e; Lonsdale, 5%c; Peabody, 4c; Pride of the West, 9%c; xen Strike, sc; 9-4, 15c; Pepperell, 10-4, l%c; Androscoggin, 9-4, 15 %c; Androscoggin, 10-4, 1 Brown Sheetings—Atlantic A, 5%c; Argyle, 4%c; Boott O, 4c; Buck’s Head, sc; Clifton LCC, Constitution. 40-inch, 5%c; Carlisle, 40-inoh, 6c; Dwight’s Star, 6c, Great Falls E, 4%c; Great Falls J 4%c; Hill Fine, -5%c; Indian Head, 5%c; Pepperell R, 4%c; Pepperell. 10-4, loc; Androscoggin. 9-4, 14c; Androscoggin, 10-4, 15%c. Prints—Allen dress styles, 4c; Allen’s staples, 4c; Allen TR. 4<■: Allens rooes, 4c; American indigo, 4c: Arnold long cloth B. 7%c; Arnold LLC, 6'ic; Cocheco fancy, 4c; Cocheco madders, 4c; Hamilton fancy, 4%c; ’Merrimac pinks and purples. 4V; Pacific fancy, 4'-c: Simpson’s mourning, 4c; Simpson’s Berlin solids, sc; Simpson s oil finish, 6c; American shirting, 3%c; black white, 3%c; grays, 3%c. , Ginghams—Amoskeag staples. sc; Amoskeag Persian dress, 6c; Bates Warwick dress, 5%c; Lancaster, sc; Lancaster Normandies, 6c; Renfrew dress styles. 60. Kid-finished Cambrics—Edwards, 3c; Warren, 2V; Slater, 3c; Genesee, 3c. Grain Bags—Amoskeag, $13.50; American, IL.oO; Harmony, $13.50; Ftark, sl6. Tickings— Amoskeag A( A, 9c; ( onestoga 81, 11W; Cordis, 140, 9%c; Cordis FT, 9%c; Cordis ACE, 9'4c; Hamilton awnings, 8c; Kimono fancy, 17c Lenox fanev, 18c; Muthuen AA, 9%c-; Oakland \F s'3c; Portsmouth, 10V; Susquehanna, U%c; Shetucket SW, 5%c; Shetucket F, 6c; Swift River, 4V. Flour. Straight grades, $4 3004.75; fancy grades, $3T5® 6.25; patent flour. $606.50; low grades, [email protected]; spring wheat patents, $6.500 6.75. Iron and Steel. Bar iron—[email protected]; horseshoe bar. 2%@2%c; nail rod, 7c; plow slabs, 2%c; American cast steel, 9@llc; tire seel, 2%@3c; spring steel, 4% @sc. Leather. leather—Oak sole. 27030 c; hemiook sole, 240) 26c- harness, 32037 c; skirting. 380 42c; single strap, 38041 c; citv kip. 60085 c; French kip, 90e@ $1.20; city calfskin, 90c@$1.10; French calfskin, $1.2001.85' Nails and Horseshoes. Steel cut nails, $1.75; wire nails, from store, $1.9002 rates; from mill; $1.75 rates. Horseshoes, per keg. $3.50; mule shoes, per keg, $4.50; horse nails, $405 per box. Barb wire, galvanized, $2; painted, $1.75. Seeds. dover—Choice, $3.75; prime, $3.50; English, choice, $3.2503.50; alsike, choice, $4.50@.>; alfalfa choice, $4.2504.50: crimson or scarlet clover. $2.7503; timothy, 45 lbs, prime. $1.1501.20; light prime, $1.2001.26; choice, $1.2501.30; fancy Kentucky. 14 lbs, $1.15; extra clean, 60@75c; orchard grass, extra. $1.1501.30; red top. choice, 80c @51.40; English bluegrass, 24 lbs. $1.1501.75; German millet, $101.25; Western millet, 60@S5c; common millet. 40060 c. Prodnce, Fruits and Vegetables. Apples—Common, $3; good, $4; fancy. $4.50. New Tomatoes—s3.so |>er 6-basket crate. Grapes—Malaga grapes, $6.75 per brl. Lettuce—llol2V per lb. Figs—California, $1.66 per box: mat figs, B@9c. Cranberries—s6o7.so per brl; $202.50 per crate. Oranges—California navels, $2.6502.85. Lemons—Messina, choice, 360 to box, $3; fancy, $3.50. Bananas—Per bunch. No. 1, slOl. i5. CocoanutF —50c per doz. Lima Beans—oc per lb. Potatoes—White, 45c per bu; red, 40c per bu; $1.2001.35 per brl. Sweet Potatoes—slol.so per brl; Jersey sweets, $1 bu; brl, $2.75; Illinois, $2 brl; 70c bu. Cabbage—Holland seed, $1.50 per 100 lbs; homegrown, 75c@$l per brl. Onions— sl.7s per brl; Spanish onions, $1.50 Turnips—7so9oc per brl. Parsnips— $1.50 per brl. C e ] ?rv _Michigc.n and northern Indiana. 30040 c. per bunch: California, 40075 c. Honey—White. 15c per lb; dark, 12c per lb. Cider'—s4.so per brl; half brl, $2.60. Provisions. Hams— Sugar-cured, 18 to 20 lbs average, B%@ 914 c; 15 lbs average, 8%@9%c; 12 lbs average, 9'i @9V. Bacon—Clear sides, 40 to 50 lbs average, 6%c; 30 to 40 lbs average, 6V; 20 to 30 lbs average, 6V: bellies, 25 lbs average. 6%c; 18 to 23 lbs average, 6V; 14 to 16 lbs average, 7%c. Clear backs, 18 to 22 lbs average, 6%c; 14 to 18 lbs average, 6%c; 8 to 10 lbs average, 6%c. In dry salt, V less. Shoulders—lß to 20 lbs average, SV; 15 lbs average, 6c; 10 to 12 lbs average. fi'iC. Lard—Kettle-rendered, 7V: pure lard, 7c. Pork—Bean, clear, sl3; rump, $10.50. ♦ AT NEW YORK.

Killing: Price* in Produce at the Seahoard'* Commercial Metropolis. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Flour—Receipts, 21,670 brls; exports. 17,371 brls. Market firmly held, but quiet. Winter patents, 4.10; winter straights, $3.7003.80; Minnesota patents, $1,200-4.40; winter extras, $2.70@3; Minnesota bakers’, $3.1503.40; winter low grades, $2.4002.65. Corn meal steady; yellow Western, .84(?i85e. Rye steady; No. 2 Western, 67% f. o. b., afloat. Barley malt steady; Western, 55@68e. Wheat—Receipts, 171,200 bu; exports, 95,839 bu. Spot quiet; No. 2, red, B(j*4c f. o. ‘b. afloat to arrive. Options opened firmer on a demand from shorts. Both local and outside trade was less active and later in the session realizing made an unfavorable impression on the market. May was finally */8t: higher and the general closing tone unsettled March. 85*4f<85%<\ closing at 85%e; May, 81 closing at 81%c. Corn—Receipts, 62,400 bu; exports. 1,780 bu. Spot steady; No. 2, 45%@46*4e f. o. b. afloat. Options, after a steady opening with wheat, yielded to general unloading and closed easy at */ic net decline. May, 43%044 5-16 c, closing at 43%e. Oats—Receipts, 56,400 bu; exports, 18,400 bu. Spot steady; No. 2,35 c; No. 2, white, 36%c. Options dull. Hops steady; state common to choice, 1896 crop, 7@Bc; 1897 crop, ll@13c; 1898 crop, 18(g) 19c; Pacific coast 1896 crop, 7@Sc; 1897 crop, 11013 c; 1898 crop, 18020 c. Hides firm; Galveston, 16%c; Texas dry, 12c; California, 18c. Tallow firm; city, 4%@4*4c; country, 4%@ 4?*c. Cotton-seed oil quiet, but firm: prime crude, 19@19%c; prime crude, f. o. b. mills, 16'al7c; prime summer yellow, 24024%c; butter grades, 285x29c; prime winter yellow, 29 (fx3le; prime white, 30c. Rice hrm; fair to extra, 4%@7c; Japan, 5 00* *C. Molasses firm; New Orleans open kettle, good to choice, 32@37e. Coffee Options opened steady at unchanged prices to 10 points decline, following less favorable European cables, causing a disposition to liquidate recently acquired long accounts; declining tendency arrested by higher market cables from Rio and Santos; outside speculative interest in coffee subsided; closed steady at 5 to 15 points net lower. Sales. 17,500 bags, including: February, 5.55 c; March, 5.6505.70 c; April, 5.80 c; May, 5.804x5 85c; July, 6c; September, 6.]<>t;6.lsc; October, 6.154x6.20c; November, 6.15 c; December. 6.35 c. Spot coffee Rio steady; No. 7 invoice. 6%c; No. 7 jobbing, 7%c. Mild steady; Cordova, 7%4x14e. Sugar—Raw steady; fair refining, 3%c; centrifugal. 96 test, 4%c; molasses sugar. 39-16 c. Refined firm; mold A, 5%c; standard A, 4%e; confectioners’ A. 4%c; cutloaf, 5%c; crushed, 5%c; powdered. s*&c; granulated, sc; cubes, 5%c. Can*e and FlTeet. Detroit Free Press. ”1 went into that campaign,” said the statesman, “with no headquarters, no manager. no literary bureau, no barrel, no badges, no stumpers, and no glee club.” “What was the result?” “No election. No chance for election.”

WHEAT LOST STRENGTH STEADY REALIZING SALES CAUSED A DEC LINE TO 77 11-MC . ♦ For a Time There AVn* nn Indication that the Bottom Had Fallen Out, hut It Firmed I p at the Clowe. CHICAGO, Jan. 28.—Heavy realizing sales to-day caused a setback in the price of wheat. After an advance of V early In the session, May left off at a decline of VCompared with last Saturday’s closing prices, final figures showed 6%c advance. Corn dropped Gut was still %*&%c higher than a week ago. Oats declined *s<g> V. Provisions looked strong at one time, but closed without notable change. Wheat opened without excitement, *B@*4c higher, at 78%@78%c, but after a little backing and filling at starting figures, it began to yield a little to selling by local speculators. The latter were induced to take the course they did, owing to the absence of any heavy buying orders from the outside and the indifference that Liverpool traders appeared to have for the strength prevailing on this side, quotations from there showing a decline of %4x*id. About this time corn began to show such decided strength that the buying spirit of wheat traders was revived, and the May option, which had sagged to 77%e, recovered to 78* 2 c. World’s shipments for the week estimated at 6,200,000 bu, of which 4,998,(AM) bu came from United States ports. The bulls derived some comfort for a time from a London cablegram, which told of severe trost prevailing throughout southern Russia without any show to protect the fall wheat. Receipts here were 92 cars, of which 14 graded contract. Minneapolis and Duluth got 482 cars, as compared with 320 for the, corersponding day a year ago. The primary Western market receipts were double that of last year, amounting to 673,000 bu. The seaboard clearances of wheat and flour for the day amounted to 746,000 bu. Continental markets were weak. Paris reported a heavy break in flour and from 10 to 15 centimes decline in wheat, and Antwerp cables were 12(4 centimes lower. During the latter part of the session longs liquidated freely, and as the demand dropped off the selling increased in volume, becoming very large near the close. May had been gradually declining, but when it got down to 77*/ic a lot of stop-loss orders were encountered which caused a good deal of enforced realizing and for a few minutes it looked as if the bottom had dropped out of the market. May slipping off to 76%c. That was a break of l%c from the top price of the day, and the bears, apparently satisfied with what had already been accomplished, did not dispute the rally that set in on buying to even up over Sunday. In the last fifteen minutes May rose to 77%c buyers, where it closed. Corn was active and very nervous, with price fluctuations quick and sharp. The market opened firm, but yielded quickly on account of local selling. Wall street was buying heavily and the price recovered in a lively fashion to a point within a small fraction of the highest figure it had previously sold at this season, but was once more trampled down by local selling. May started %c higher at 35(g39*/ic, touched 38%e, and from that rose to 39%c. That is where the local talent commenced feeding long corn to buyers from outside and soon had them filled up with still more long corn to dispose of. May dropped gradually to 38%® 38440, and closed there. Oats were treated to heavy selling while the market shared in the general nervousness which attended trade in the other grains, and prices eventually settled on a downward course. Receipts were 250 cars. May began %c higher at 28%c, declined to 23%c, and closed at 28%@28%c. Provisions were firm, with the volume of speculation large. Packers did considerable selling at the start, but the offerings were soon put out of the way by commission houses buying and an advance set in all around. Toward the end, when the grain markets developed decided weakness, the improvement was all lost. May pork opened 507*4c higher at $10.70® 10.72*2. rose to $10.75, then declined to $10.60, the closing price. The range in lard and ribs was small. Estimated receipts for Monday—Wheat, 120 cars; corn. 790 cars; oats, 240 cars; hogs, 40,000 head. Leading futures ranged as follows: Open- High- Low- ClosArticles. ing. est. est. ing. Wheat—May 78% 78% 76% 77% July To 1 /* 75% 74 74% Corn—Jan 37 37 % 36% 36'* May 39% 39% 38% 33% July 39% 46 38% 39 Oats-May 28% 28% 28% 28% July 27% 27% 26% 26% Pork—Mav $10.70 $10.75 $10.60 $10.60 Lard—Mav 5.97% 6.00 5.92% 5.95 July 6.12% 6.12% 6.05 6.05 Ribs —Mav 6.27% 5.32% 6.35 5.25 July 5.37% 5.37% 5.37% 5.37%

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour steady; winter straights, [email protected]; patents, $3.90@4; spring specials, [email protected]; hard patents. $3.70® 3.90; soft patents. $3.40®3.60; straights, [email protected]. No. 2 spring wheat, 73®75c; No. S spring wheat, 68@7364c; No. 2 red, 76®77c. No. 2 corn, 37’^c; No. 2 yellow com, 3744@38c. No. 2 oats, 28-?: No. 2 white, 30V4@31c; No. 3 white, 30®3064c. No. 2 rye, .Sii'/iSoS'/ac. No. 2 barley, 43®53c. No. 1 flaxseed, $1.16; Northwestern, $1.20. Prime timothy seed, $2.42>4- Mess pork, per brl, $10.3.V{t‘10.40. Lard, per 100 lbs, [email protected] Short-rib sides (loose), $4.95®5.25. Dry-salted shoulders (boxed), $4.25® 4.371;. Short-clear sides (boxed), [email protected]. Whisky, distillers' finished good, per gal, $1.27. Receipts—Flour, 14.400 brls; wheat, 64.000 bu; corn, 500,000 bu; oats, 306,000 bu; rye, 10,000 bu; barley, 55,000 bu. Shipments—Flour. 32,000 brls; wheat, 79,600 bu; corn, 124.500 bu; oats, 181,0(0 bu; rye, 22,000 bu; barley, 85,000 bu. TRADE I> GENERAL. (tuotii t ions at St. Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati anil Other Places. BALTIMORE, Jan. 28. Flour quiet and unchanged; receipts. 10.406 brls; exports, to bid*. Wheat unsettled; s|Hit and month, SO'ic; February, Sot s ®Bu%c; srteamer No. 2 red, c; receipts, 55,000 bu; exports, 24,000 bu; Southern wheat, by sample, 75®816ie; Southern wheat, on grade, 77%@80%c. Corn Irregular; s|iot snd month, 41@ ; 4U4c; February. 4164®4164< > ; steamer mixed, 3844@39c; receipts, 174,200 bu; exports, 171,368 bu; Southern whit" corn, 39®4164c; Southern yellow corn, 384i@4144c. Oats steady; No. 2 white, 35® 3564 c; No. 2 mixed. 3264®33c; receipts, 1.135 bu; exports, none. Butter steady and unchanged. Eggs firm and unchanged. Cheese steady and unchanged. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2S.—Flour steady at the recent advance. Wheat —Options 64® lc lower; spot higher; No. 2 red, cash, elevator, 79’Ao bid, track 8164 c bid; January, 7964 c; May, 81Vi®81%c bid; July. 7264 c bid; No. 2 hard. 71®72c. Com—Options fractionally lower; s]ot easier; No. 2, cash, 36>4c; January, 3664 c; May. 3 3 74 c bid; July, 37%e. Oats—Options irregular, with only fractional changes; spot dull and steady; No. 2, cash, 29c bid, track 2964 c; January, 2964 c; May, 2944 c; July, 2644 c; No. 2 white, 31@3164c. Rye firm at 5764 c. Flaxseed lower at $1.13. Prime timothy seed nominal. Corn meal, [email protected]. Bran higher; sacked, east track. 5764®58c. Hay—Timothy steady at $8.iV®9.50; prairie easy at $7. Butter quiet; creamery. 15® 1964 c; dairy. 12®15c. Eggs lower at 13c. Whisky steady at $1.27. Cotton ties and bagging unchanged. Pork quiet; standard mess. Jobbing. old, $9.50; new, $10.3764. Lard higher; prime steam, $5.50; choice, $5.60. Dry-salt meats—Boxed shoulders, $4.1264: extra shorts. $4,8764: ribs, $5.1264: shorts. $ 187' 2 ; shorts. $5.25. Bacon— Boxed shoulders. $4.75; extra shorts, $5.3764: ribs, $5.6264; shorts. $5.75. Receipts—Flour, 3.000 brls; wheat. 27.000 bu; com. 89.000 bu; oats, 53,000 bu. Shipments— Flour, 4,000 brls; wheat, 14,000 bu; coin, 63,000 bu; oats, 16,000 bu. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 28.—Wheat firm; No. 2 red. Western, winter, (is 4d; No. 1 red. Northern, spring, 6s 2d; No. 1 California. 6s 10d®6s Ud. Corn-Spot firm; American mixed, new, 3s 1044d; American mixed, old. 3s 11 Ud; futures steady; May, 3s 9d: March, 3s 96*d. Flour—St. Louts fancy winter firm at 7s 9d. Beef steady: extra India mess, 655; prime mess, 60s. Pork" steady; prime mess, fine Western. 50s; prime mess, medium Western, 47s 6d. Hams —Short-cut steady at 365. Bacon firm at 27s 6d; short-clear backs, 28s; short ribs, 28s; long-clear middles, heavy, 27c; clear bellies firm at 335. Cheese dull; American finest white and colored, 495. TallowPrime city strong at 6d. Butter—Finest United States, 86s; good, 60s. CINCINNATI, Jan. 28.—Flour steady. Wheat—x*n. 2r and. 77c Corn stronger; No. 2 mixed, 37'4c. Oats strong; No. 2 mixed, 31c. Rye firm: No. *2. Sic. Laid firm at $5.50. Bulk meats qut<*t at $4.90. Bacon dull at $5.75. Whisky active at $1.26. Butter dull. Sugar firm. Eggs steady at 14c. Cheese firm. TOLEDO, Jan. 28.—Wheat lower and active; No. 2 cash. 75c. Corn lower anil active; No. 2 mixed, 376*c. Oats dull and easy; No. 2 mixed, cash and May, 296 c. Rye dull and steady; No. 2. cash. 5864 c. Clover seed quiet and unchanged; prime, cash, old, $3.60; new', January, $1 asked. MINNEAPOLIS. Jan 28.—Wheat lower: January. 72Uc; May. 73 \e; July. 7 4 64c; on track, No. 1 hard. 7464 c; No. 1 Northern, 736 c; No. 2 Northern. 71 Uc Flour—First (Mitents, $3.80®4; second patents, $3,708(3.80; first clears, $2.65#2.85. Bran higher; in bulk, $10.25®10.75. Wool. LONDON, Jan, 28.—Wools were In good, active demand at the auction sales to-day. Fine grades

sold readily, while coarse goods ruled Irregular arvl occasionally were withdrawn. Good greasy merinos were strongly competed for by the continental and home buyers. Medium fine crossbreds were extremely firm, with Yorkshire conflicting with Amelcans. the latter purchasing 350 bales Cape of Good Hope and Natal stocks. Tb offerings to-day numbered 10.698 bsles. Following are the sales in detailt New South Wales, 3,30* bales; scoured. 9dils Id; greasy, s%d@ls I%<l. Queensland. 1,700 bales: scoured. Is 3%d@ts 5%>1; greasy. 3%d@ls %and. Victoria, 2,200 bales; scoured. lldWls 1 %and. South Australia. 200 bales; greasy. 7%09d. New Zealand. 1.9(8) hales; scoured. 6%@ lid; greasy, 5%@10d. Caje of Good Hope and Natal. 1.200 bales; scoured. B%d@ls sd; greasy. 6 06%d. The arrivals for the second series to date number 79,267 bales and 32,060 forward direct. The Imports for the week were as follows: New South Wales. 1,865 bales; Melbourne. 4,234 bales; South Australia. 7.103 bales; West Australia. 718 bales; New Zealand. 4,024 bales; Cajie of Good Hope and Natal, 5.621 bales; Antwerp, 823 bales, ami elsewhere, 1.626 bales. NEW YORK. Jan. 29.—W00d steady; fleece. IT 022 c; Texas, 11014 c. Batter, Eggs and < heese. NEW YORK. Jan. 28—Butter-Receipts. 3.66 J packages: market steady; We-tern creamery. 14® 19o; Elgins. 19c: factory. 12 v t*-L Cheese—Receipts, 643 packages: market steady; large white, 10%e; small white. ll@ll%e; large colored. 10%e; small colored. ll@U%c. Eggs—Receipts. 4.211 packages: market steady; Western, 19c; Southern, 17%@18%c. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 28—Butter steady; fancy Western creamery, 19c; fancy Western prints, 20c.. Eggs unchanged; Western. 19c; Southwestern. 18c; Southern, 17c. Cheese firm. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 28.—Butter steady: creamery, 16018 c; dairy. 14c. Eggs firm; fresh candled Missouri and Kansas stock, 13%c; dealers reported a stronger settlement this morning; receipts barely equal the demand, which Is heavy on all sides. CHICAGO. Jan. 28. —On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was steady; creamery, 13018 c: dairy, 10%@16c. K.ggs steady; fresh, 16® 18%c. Cheese steady; creams. 9%@11c. Dry Good*. NEW YORK. Jan. 28.—The week’s record In dry goods has been a fairly satisfactory one. The movement in woolen and worsted goods has been quickened by the ojiening of several new and imIK'.rtant lines. Manufacturing clothiers, however, are still slow buyers; although the situation Is,a good one In retail quarters they have so far deferred heavy buying. Much the same is true of dress goods, though some lines of staples havo sold fairly well. In staple cotton goods the week's result has been satisfactory. Brown goods for American consumption have been in steady demand. Export gcods have shown good results. Print cloths have been sold heavily enough during the week to reduce the stock at Fall River to a minimum. Extras are quoted at 2%0. FALL RIVER. Jan. 28. —Print cloths are Ann at 2%c, manufacturers refusing to sell at that price. The market for mill stocks has been active during the past week, tho quoted prices being fair and holders <W stocks slow to jart with their shares at less than prices asked. Oils. WILMINGTON, Jan 28.—Spirits of turpentine firm at 42%®43%c. Rosin Arm at 90095 c. Crude turpentine firm at $1.3402.40. Tar steady at sl.lO. OIL CITY, Jan. 28.—Credit balances. $1.16; certificates, no bids, no offers. Runs, 38,964 brls; shipments, 64,748 brls. SAVANNAH, Jan. 28.—Spirits turpentine firm at 42%c. Rosin firm and unchanged. Cotton. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 28.—Cotton quiet and steady; sales, 1,7. r o hales: ordinary. l%c; good ordinary. 4 15- 16c: low middling. 5-16 c; middling, 6%c; go<id middling, 6%c: middling fair, 6%c; receipts. 4,863 lmles; stock, 445,663 hales. NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—Cotton, middling, 6%c. Metals. NEW YORK. Jan. 28.—rig iron steady; Southern. $10.25011.75; Northern. $10.25012.26. Copper steady; brokers’, 16%c. Lead strong; brokers', 4.19 c. Tin steady. ST. LOUS, Jan. 28.—Lead higher at 4.12%® 4.25 c, Spelter higher; 5.40 c bid. Dried Fruit*. NEW YORK, Jan. 2?.—California dried fruits steady; evaporated apples, common, 70'8oj prime wire tray, B%@9c; choice, 9%@-9%c; fancy, 9%@ loc. Prunes. 3%@10c. Apricots—Royal, 11014 c; Moor Park, 13018 c. Peaches—Unpeeled, 9®llo; peeled, 22025 c. LI YE STOCK. Cattle Scarce and Steady—Hog* Active and Hlalier— Sheep Steady. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28.—Cattle— Receipt*, light; shipments, none. There was but little doing for want of stock. The market was steady a£ unchanged prices: Exports, good to choice $5,100 5.65 Killers, medium to good 'v... 4.600 5.00 Killers, common to fair 4.000 4.40 Feeders, good to choice 4.00@ 4.40 Stockers, common to good 3.000 4.00 Heifers, good to choice 3.900 4.35 Heifers, fair to medium 3.50® 3.80 Heifers, common and light 3.00® 3.25 Cows, good to choice 3.800 4.00 Cows, fair to medium 3.000 3.35 Cows, common" and old 1.500 2.50 Veals, good to choice 6.000 6.00 Veals, common to medium 3.000 4.50 Bulls, good to choice 8.500 4.nr) Bulls, common to medium 2.500 3.25 Milkers, good to choice 35.00045.00 Milkers, common to medium 20.00030 00 Hogs—Receipts, 4.000; shipment*. 2,000. The market opened active, with packers and shippers buying at an advance of fully Dc, and closed firm, with all sold: Heavies $3.8503.92% Mixed 3.8003.85 Lights 3.7003.80 Pigs 2.8003.65 Roughs 2.9003.60 Sheep and Lam be—Receipts, light; shipments, none. The offerings were of common, stale stuff, which was slow of sale at mean prices. Good kinds were steady: Sheep, good to choice $3.5004.00 Sheep, fair to medium 3.3008.50 Stockers, common to medium 2.0003.00 Bucks, per head 8.0003.50 Spring lambs, good to choice 4.25@5.<)d Spring lambs, common to medium 3.2504.09 Elsewliere. CHICAGO, Jan. 28.—Cattle— Barely enough cattle were offered to-day to make quotations. Prices ruled unchanged. Fancy cattle would bring $6fi6.30; choice steers, $5.9005.95; medium steers, $5®5.25; beef steers. $3.8004.90; bulls, $2.70 @4.25: cows and heifers. $3.3004; Western-fed steers. $4.1005.85; Texas steers, $4,750)5; calves, $3.5007. Hogs—Trade in hogs early was active at a further advance of oc. After the cream of the • !'- ferlngs had been taken, however, the improv*ment was lost. Fair to choice, $3.82%®4; packing lots. $3.6503.80: mixed. $3.6503.87%; butchers', $3.6603.95; lights. $3.6003.85; pigs. $3.3503.60. Sheep and Lambs—The market for sheep was active to the extent of the limited offerings, prices ruling unchanged. Inferior to prime sheep brought $204.30; yearlings. $4.10@4 : 55; export heavy sheep, $4.1004.25; larnbs. $3 7505. Receipts—Cattle, 200; hogs, 15,000; sheep, 2,000. .ST. LOUIS, Jan. 28.—Cattle—Recel|ds. 900. Market steady; fair to fancy native shipping and dxport steers. $4.5006, bulk of sales at $4.7505.80; the top being paid for steers weighing between 1,000 and 2.000 lbs: dressed beef and butchers’ steers, $4.4005.55, bulk at $4.9005.50; steers under 1,000 lbs, $3.5504.35, bulk at $3.7504.45; cows and heifers, $204 65. bulk of cows at $2 3503.25; canning cows, $1.2502.75; bulls, $2.2504; Texas and Indian steers, $3.7504.80, bulk of sales at $404.60; cows and heifers, $2.2504.06. Hogs—Receipts, 5.100. Market steady; pigs and lights, $3.6503.85; packers, $3.8003.92%; butchers*. $3.8504. Sheep and I^ambs—Receipts. 300. Market steady; native muttons. $3.70@4; lambs.s4@s 10; clipped fed Texas sheep, [email protected]; Texas ewes, $3.6003.75. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 28.—Cattle—Receipts, 173. Market nominally unchanged; prices for the week were the highest of the year, hut the close was 10015 c lower than the high time Thirteen loads of good cattle were bid for at 20025 c lower than the high time, but were not sold. Hogs—Receipts,, 4,855, being the smallest Katurday’a supply for u long time. The quality was about average. Packing grades sold Irregularly to 10c higher at opening, cloeing at yesterday s prices, with some grades 5c lower; heavies, $3.72% @3.90; mixed. $3.5003.80; lights. $3.1503.70. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts, 339. Market strong: the week's receipts amounted to 16,200, a little in excess of the previous week. Values are in about the same notch as a week since. NEW YORK. Jan. 28.—Beeves—Receipts, 956: none for sale; feeling steady. Cables firm; exports, 1,544 cattle, 77 sheep and 4,868 quarters of beef. Calves—Receipts. 5; veais firm. Hogs—Receipts, 3,177. No sales; nominally firm at $4.1004.25. Sheep and I^inbs—Receipts. 1.456. Sheep steady; lambs slow; good stock a trifle firmer; sheep, fair to good, $4.1004.2",; lambs, fair to choice, $5.12%06.40; one deck, $5.50. CINCINNATI. Jan. 28.—Cattle steady at $2.500 5. Hogs active and higher at $3.4003.92%. Kheep and Lnnhs--Bheep steady at $2.2504; lambs steady at $405.25. Union Stock Yards H. R. Shlel A Co.’s Anti-Trust Llv* Stock. Market Report. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 28. 1599. We had fair receipts amt a very strong market, 7%c to 10c higher. We see all market reports stronger. We look for a strong market the first of tle week. We quote: 260 to 350 at $3.95 to $4; and 200 to 230 at 87%c to 92%c; 160 to 190 at 75c to 85c; pigs and light Yorks, $3.60 to $3.75. Try and get in some for Monday. We need them. We could have used all the hogs here and then would not have had near emaigh to fill our orders. We tx.ught all the hogs that were unconslgncd You make a great mistake if you don't come In unconslgned, or consign to us. We have orders today from twenty different Ekwtero customers—all of them urging us to ship w ithout fall. Os ocairse we had to turn some of the orders down, because we couldn't get the bogs, the Trust refusing te sell us.

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