Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 60, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1899 — Page 7

1 THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1899.

No habit is more worthy of cultivation, and none more highly respected by men, than legitimate saving of your money. In our Savings Department we make these fundsearn you interest, and compound it semi-annually. Take care of the pennies, and the dollars will be cared for by the MARION TRUST CO., Northeast Comer Monument Place and Market Street.

THE L. A. KINSEY CO. INCORPORATED. CAriTAL, f 25.000 FULL PAID. BUOKlillS Chicago Grain and Provisions, New York Stocks. Lour Distance Telephone. 1375 and 15S2. 11 and 13 West Pearl Street Cincinnati Office. Room 4. Carlisle Building. MONEY $1,110 and upward, loaned on Improved Property. Interest graded according to location and character of security. No delay. C. F. SAYLES, 135 East MarketSt RATES ARE FIRMLY HELD RAILWAY OFFICIALS DEPORT CONDITIO.S SATISFACTORY. Day of niff Railway Transaction Chicago Grain Shipper Still AVorr Jiikt the Freight Men. Ford Wood, general freight aprent of the Peoria & Eastern lines, said yesterday that In the twenty-five or more years he has been in railroad service he did not remember the time when it was so pleasant to do business. There is plenty for all the roads to do and freight officials were not suspicious of each other, everybody seemingly maintaining rates, and shippers, unless it be a few grain men at Chicago, are not resorting to any petty tricks to get a lower rate, seemingly bing: satisfied that all shippers are now treated alike In rate matters. II. G. Stiles, another veteran in the freight service, said he could not call to mind a time when rates were so universally held tt3 now. The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton was having no trouble in getting business at tariff rates; where to get cars to carry the business offered Is the troublesome) question. John Lazarus, traffic manager of the Indiana, Decatur & Western, who was in Chicago most of last week, says he has never known a time when there was so much confidence and hearty co-operation between freight officiate and so pronounced a determination to maintain rates at tariff at present. General Freight Agent Taylor, of the Vandalia, says every line out of St. Louis has placed its rates on a tariff basis and will not deviate in the least, and there is more business offered than the road can now hauL - f SaceeMion of Biff Deal. There has never been a time when so much interest has been shown in railways as at present. Every day brings rumors or confirmations of some change or consolidation. In speaking of this yesterday a railroad attorney said: "This is a period of big transactions. Ueglnning with the purchase of the Union Pacific property from the government, when virtually spot cash was paid, amounting to away up in the millions, followed by a consolidation of the Vanderbllt lines, the negotiation for the purchase outright of the Alton, the purchase of the Mlsouri Pacific, of the Central branch lines In Kansas, negotiations for the absorption by the Union Pacific of the Oregon Short Line, tho arrangement of the Central Pacific to pay Its enormous debt to the government, and the possible consolidation of that line wiih the Southern l'iiciiic, and now the direct buying of the Cnicuso, Burlington Ac "Northern by the liurington system it has been ono succession of Lig deals in railway property. Probably at nu period in the history of railroading or in ttie history of the government could men tremendous transactions have been successfully carried out. At no other time could such quantities of money have been raised tor such purposes, cr secured at such a low rate of interest." In speaking of the Burlington deal, he wild: "In the near future I predict that whether the equipment is in Chicago. Kansas City, Omaha. Denver or St. Paul it will be Burlington,' and all the initials and insignia of the oranch lines will be obliterated. The tamo rule will apply to .ail the big lines cast and west, and the uninitiated traveler will no longer be confused by the terms expressed on his ticket, "via .co and so.' to I each his destination, when in truth it is all the same system of road." Will I'se Electricity. At a meeting of stockholders of the Manhattan Elevated Railway Company at New York yesterday SI per cent, of the stock was voted in favor of the proposition to increase the capital stock from $30,000,noo to $43,000,000. A resolution was adopted authorizing the expenditure of the funds derived from the increase of stock in equipping tho road with electrical motive power Instead of steam. President Gould at the meeting declared that the recent unfavorable acts of tho municipal bodies were clearly traceable to the attempt of the New York Auto-truck Company to place their pipes containing compressed air along the elevated structures. Mr. Gould said that after consulting with his legal advisers and engineers ho decided that it would be both Illegal and hazardous to put toridces" on the road, as an explosion of the compressed air pipes would seriously endanger the lives of tho patrons of thu road and render the company liablo to serious damage suits for Kss of life. Mr. Gould said no time would be lost in installing the elevated system with electricity. I'rrnonnl, Loeul nml lienernl !te. J. J. Turner, general manager of the Vanfialia lines, passed through the city last night on his return from ilttsburg. On Sundav last there were Torwarded ast from Fort Wayne over the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne id Chicago twenty-two freight trains. The Brice family sold Its Lake Erie & Western common stock at cents on the dollar, and the preferred a?to.k at 7 cents. E. B. Pope, general Westf-ra asent for the Chesapeake & Ohio, with headquarters at St. Louis, is on an extended Western trip. James B. Ilarter. one of the oldest ticket .brokers in the city, is ajjain critically ill, he having suffered a secord attack of pneumonia. Tho shops of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, which have been running overtime for me weeks, will resume running but ten hours a day. The KIngan Packing Company of this city has contracted with Wells. French & Co. lor seventy -eight new refrigerator cars of their best standard. The last act of Samuel S'.oane as president of the Lelaware. Uickawanna & Western, was to increase tha salaries of a number of old-time employes $3M a year. Under the contract for 2.( new box cars for the Big Four, the Iuilm3n Company will r.ot begin the delivery until May 1, and then at the rate of thirty cars per day. Superintendents lior.ehrakc, of the Panhandie; Miller, of the Vandalla. and Trainmaster Bennett, of the Louisville division cf the Pennsylvania, lines, were in the city yesterday. The Vamialla's new large passenger engines will be put in service on tfjr.day, miking two round trips each day between Indianapolis and Terr Haute running 2o0 EJl.ed a day. The Ann Arbor Railroad Company, which fcx beta heretofore peratli its own ex-

press, has gone out of the express buslnrrs, turning that part of its business over to the American Express Company, who will operate it from and after March 1, John Blair, who for some years was train dispatcher on the Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City, will to-day take a similar iosition on the Krio llr.es, with headquarters at Huntington, Ind. The Panhandle has issued an order that In case smallpox is discovered on a train a physician must be summoned, the car taken out of the train and securely locked, not to be used again until thoroughly fumigated. J. W. Thomson, general superintendent of the Southern Railway, was in the city yesterday. He states that the company will at once borin pushing the proposed Improvement at Greensburg and other points on the line. Frederick Smith, traveling freight agent of the Chlcaco & Rock Island, will to-day take the position of commercial agent of the road at Buffalo, vice H. 1. Embrv, promoted to be general freight agent of tho lines west of the Missouri. The Big Four lines proper earned in the third week of February S247.6n.r3. a decrease as comnored with the corresponding week of lOS of J17.T57.T6. The decrease is in freight earning?, the passenger business of the road making a very favorable exhibit. Frank Hale, who has been appointed superintendent of the Indiana & Ixike Michigan Company, operating the road between South Bend and St. Joseph, was a few year3 ago ticket cgent at St. Louis, and was lately appointed agent of the Vandalla at St. Joseph. John D. Barton has brought suit against the Monon, In Clinton county Circuit Court, for $20. damages. The action is brought for the killing of Mrs. Kate Barton, his wife, her five-year-old son and her daughter, two years old, by one of the company's fast trains. It Is learned from authoritative sources, says a New York dispatch, that a majority of the Chicago & Alton stocks have been deposited in compliance with the syndicate agreement. An official statement regarding the deal, it is also said, will be given out to-day. The Pressed Steel Car Company has closed a contract with the Pennsylvania for l.(Mi more steel cars and other materials for their manufacture, amounting to between fl.0X,aw and JiOOO.wo. This is tho fourth order already received from the Pennsylvania. Sidney Jones, who for years " has been with the Louisville & Nashville at Louisville, to-day takts the position of contracting agent of tho road, with headquarters nt Birmingham. M. H. Proctor succeeds Mr. Jones as chief clerk of E. A. Defuniak, general agent of the L. & N. Tho work on the terminals of the Chesapeake & Ohio at Richmond, Va., will begin as soon as the City Council renews the company's franchise, which will be within a few days. The improvements will Include an elaborate system of elevated tracks, also passenger and freight depots and extensive yards, and will cost over $2,000,000. An official of the Monon says while that road, by building from Cleveland to Indianapolis, could make a line to Louisville, It would be longer than either of the present lines from Indianapolis to Louisville. If built, its greatest utility would be in the line of a coal road, giving the Monon access to some large bodies of superior coal. The receipts from the sales of tickets, as shown by the freight report of General Ticket -Agent Stilz. at the Union Station, averaged for the twenty-four hours of each of the 2S days in $2.12 per minute. When it is taken into consideration that the outside ticket oihees sell many thousands dollars worth of tickets monthly, it will be eeen that Indianapolis is a good point for the roads centering here. On March 7 there will be a notable gathering of railroad passenger officials In Omaha. It will be a meeting of the transcontinental lines, and representatives will be present from all the roads between the Missouri river and the Pacific coast. The meeting of tho Eastern committee, held at Chicago Monday, Adjourned over without transacting any business to come to Omaha on the date mentioned. President (Miller, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, is quoted as saying that work will be begun on improvements in the early spring, involving reduction of grades on the La Crosse division and partially rebuilding the lino between Milwaukee and La Crosse. The estimated cost is about $1,000,000. and another $1,000,000 is to be expended during tho year in reducing grades and putting in permanent iron bridges. The Hocking Valley Railway Company yesterday restored the cut of 10 cents per ton in coal rates made recently to meet the rate made by the Norfolk & Western for West Virginia coal. The Ohio Coal Traffic Association will meet Thursday to make the advance general. It is said the restoration of the tariff rate of 70 cents per ton from the Hocking Valley coal fields to Columbus, O., is also contemplated. This would mean a further advance of 20 cents. Chicago shippers are still complaining of tho discrimination In corn rates In favor of Mississippi river points. The proportional export corn rate from the latter district to New York is 13V cents, against a lG-cent rate from Chicago. Everybody knows that this corn, carried at 13 cents, all originates west of tho Mississippi, but the trouble is that 111 the great army of Chicago shippers are very much perturbed Just now over what, to them, evidently means a foolish maintenance of tariff rates on the part of the railroads, and they seem to want to make life a burden for the transportation companies, so they are making many unnecessary complaints. ) In raising the money necessary to carry out the plans for the directors, a new scheme will be adopted by ihe Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy. Instead of authorizing an issue of new bonds, as has been customary with most roads, and placing them upon the open market, the directors will go to the stockholders of the company and ask for J1G.000.OX in cash. In return for the cash the stockholders will be given 116,000.CO0 in new 3Va per cent, bonds, secured by a mortgage on the lines of the Burlington east of the Mississippi, and. as a bonus for so doing, the stockholders advancing the money will be given $4,0.000 of new stock in tho enlarged corporation.

THE CARE OF ASPHALT. How the (irrnmiiM Improve the Service of Their Pavement. Washington Special to St. Louis GlobeDemocrat. Americans may gain some new ideas about the proper care of asphalt streets from a report made by Consul Erdman. at Brcslau: "Ono man," Mr. Erdman writes to the Department of State, "has charge of four squares in front of the consulate. Ills tools for keeping the streets clean aro as follows: An iron-hopper wheelbarrow, a shovel, a brocm, and a rubber scraper about three and one-hklf feet long. The rubber is fastened in ut vice-like wooden clamp and is about four Inches wide, one-quarter of an inch thick and very stiff. This man during the day is continually going over his four squares, taking up the litter and keeping the streets thoroughly clean. Early In the morning, after having cleaned the street, he takes his wheelbarrow, loaded with very tine, sharp sand, and scatters the same with his hands or a small shovel lightly over the streets, to prevent clipping. Should it be a rainy day, he repeats this process several times during the day. Once a week two sprinkling cars are sent out alongside of each other, so that they cover the whole street at one time with water, washing the same thoroughly. Immediately following the sprinkling cars comes four one-horse roller brush sweepers, about two feet in diameter, sweeping the water, slime, etc., into the gutter, when the same is piled up and carted away. Then the man who has charge of those streets comes along with his wheelbarrow and sprinkles sand all over the street. In spring or autumn, when the streets are often sloppy or wet. the washing is done several times during the week. "I am informed the washing Is done for the purpose of removing the slime, which the asphalt seems to leave, and to keep the street from being slippery; also, for the preservation and hardening of the asphalt. The man who has' charge of the asphalt streets is paid 5 cents per hour. Ordinary street hands are also paid per hour, and receive 4 cents. All streets are kept in excellent condition, tho shopkeepers or tenants not being permitted to put sweepings on the pavement or street. These must be taken iip and put in a bcx kept for that purpose. Tho city has wire baskets, fastened on lamp-xsts. against houses, fences, or trees, in whlc'a tho public may throw waste paper while walking along. It is very rare to see any waste paper on the streets, as the citizens in general take pride in keeping the streets clean. The householders have to sweep the streets to the center of the street regularly every morning before 6 o'clock. The litter H piled up and carted away by tho city teams." Condition of Crop. Th Indiana Crop Bureau Service has i5sued its quarterly bulletin announcing crop conditions. It Is as follow?: "Wheat town early in the autumn grew rapidly and l-ejrun wintering under favorable conditions; and. at the n I cf the month, it a in very cl condition. teli-r tei-rcoteii and vigorous. Much wheat had been wwn lute, because of unfavorable w father; It care up late, and. In most field, it 1 only above the 'rroun 1. Durlnc the cold weather in U-crrtitirr the wheat In most fields wax irctccted by know covering, but, later in the r. cnth. many f elils M-r.g bre. freezing an 1 thawing did scm Injury: the to of the wheat above tho jTcund tecarre brown In many Irvalitle. but the roots' under ground are apparently round end uninjured. The last few days of the month very cold weather jrevatied. with but little snow cn the rround; but. in reneral. report Indicate the rrop to be in very rovi condition in moat fields. Clover was injur! by excessive f reeling. r;rass Is In rood condition. Live s:ock Is doing well. In soms northern counties much corn La cot ret husked."

LIVELY STOCK SALES

QUICK DECLINES OX REPORTED EXGAG EM EXT AT 31 AM LA. Professional Seem to Re 3Inch Afraid Something "Will Happen In the Near Future Local Trade Active. At New York yesterday money on call was steady at SHS ter cent.; last loan, 3 per cent. Irlm mercantile pair. 3fc3'.i per cent. Sterling exchange was steady, with actual business in bankers bills at I4.S6U and RSCi for demand and at I4.S6US4 for sixty days; posted rates, U-Slii-So and M-SCisSLST; commercial Ul:s. 14&3V4.S4. Silver certificates, nominally, W,Vg60Uc; bar diver. E3lic: Mexican dollars. 47Uc At London lar silver closed quiet at 27d an ounce. Total sales of stocks were 806,700 fhares. Including lO.Su) Atchison. 93.425 Atchison preferred, Centra.1 Pacific, 43.100 Burlington. 8.970 Louis ville & Nashville, 5.02O Manhattan, Metropclltan, 27,2:0 Reading preferred, 6.170 Missouri Pacific, 4.7SO Missouri, Kansas & Texas preferred, 4.200 New York Central. 35.020 North American, K.7C0 Northern Paclflc, 6.600 Northern Pacific preferred. 24,i:0 Ontario & Western, 3.470 Reading, 15.577 Rock Island, 44.W5 Union raciflc, 17.140 St. Paul, 6,655 Southern Pacific, 4.650 Southern preferred, 5,600 Texas Pacific. S.m Union Taciflo preferred, 36.895 Tobacco, 23,9tO Steel, 23.i50 Steel preferred. 4.W Consolidated Gas, 8,040 Brooklyn Transit, 7,7lO Pacific Mall, 28.945 Sugar. 5.300 Tennessee Coal and Iron, 3,440 Rubber. There were average declines of from one to two points among the leading stocks on New York Change yesterday, including the railways. In the case of Burlington there was an extreme decline of A'i. The specialties, although showing considerable strength at one time, made extrema declines from the highest that were generally large. Metropolitan fours lost 4i, Consolidated Gas 8, Brooklyn Rapid Transit 2. International Silver 5Va, Sugar 2, American Steel 4 and Federal Steel 4li. St. Louis Jk San Francisco seconds made a dip of 3 from the top, while Lackawanna and Atchison preferred figured for about 2;a each. Third-avenue was subject to violent fluctuation on reassert ions of the story that it had acquired the interests of the MetroiolItan Traction Company. After a break of rive points Third-avenue rallied fifteen and lost ten points and ended unchanged. In the early dealings thcie was small buying by London Interests connected with the Steel stocks and also some purchases of Burlington. Realizing by commission houses sent prices off. Burlington's deciease of $52.iw0 in surplus during January had a depressing effect on the railways, being coupled as it was by realizing in positions and unfavorable interpretation given to its January statement, which appeared late yesterday. The market rallied and then declined again on talk of the possibility of t'ghter money and on the circulation of a rumor that the Americans had sunk a German cruiser at Manila. There was a brisk attack on values, stop-loss orders being uncovered, and' considerable liquidation was Induced. Prices picked up when it became known that no such disturbing Manila advices had been received, but peculation became unsettled again with the renewal of pressure. Sugar showed early strength. Reports were tha.t London sold in the afternoon the stock purchased earlier, and that two of the leading interests that had been prominent on the bull side were said to be practically out of the market for the moment and let some of the stocks with which they had been identified shift for themselves. Many millions of dollars worth of American securities sold by London In previous weeks reached New York in the past few days, but the agents of some foreign houses expressed the opinion that shipments have practically ceased, at least for the present, as sales for foreign account had of late been largely balanced by purchases. General weakness marked the bond trading today, with the active Issues receding smartly. Total sales, H.ICO.OOO. United States new fours advanced Vi and the threes K in the. bid price. The following table, prepared by L. TV. Louis, Room 11, Board of Trade, shows the rang of quotations: Open- High- Low- ClosKame. ing. est. est. ing. Atchison 23H 23Va 22 22i Atchison pref G4s 62 6: Baltimore & Ohio 71 4 Canada Iaclftc 69T Canada Southern &Srs t& &S Central Pacific &2, Che&apeake & Ohio 2H 2S 2S Chicago & Alton 171 C. B. & Q 116 14G 141& 14li c 34 f fe I jrcf a 23 C. C, C. &. St. L, &Si W, j &7?i 5S O-t C9 O & ibt La prcf 97 Chicago Great Vet?rn lri Chi., And. &c I. ............. . .... .... .... 9 Chi.. Ind. & L. pref ........ .... .... .... 44 Chicago & Northwestern .... H7 Delaware & Hudson .... .... 112 L., L. He YV .... .... 158 Denver & Rio Grande 22 lenver & Rio Grande pref 731 lirie .... .... .... 14a Krio firtt pref .... 23 l1 crt W njn 1S Great Northern pref 1S4 Rocking Valley 6 Illinois Central .... 115 Lake Erie & Western , .... 18 Lake Erie & Western pref tU Lrfike Shore 2uO Louisville &. Nashville 65 65 64; 65 Manhattan lU'.i 113 112 112 Michigan Central lis Missouri Pacific 46'4 4614 45 45 Mo., Kan. & Texas pref.... 40J4 41 33 & New Jersey Central 109 110 109 109 New York Central 137 137 136 1& Northern Pacific 53 64 52 53 Northern Pacific pref 73 80 79 j Reading 2i 23 22 22 Reading first pref 62 Rock Island 119 113 113 iw St. Paul 131 131 LT9 129 St. Paul pref 108 St. Paul & Omaha 93 93 93 93 St. Paul t Cmaha pref 171 Southern Pacific 36 Texas Pacific 23 Union Pacific com 4S 4S 47 47 Union Pacific pref 80 81 79 79 Wabash ..... 8 Wabash pref Zi Wheeling & Lake Erie 11 Wheeling & Lake Eri pref 33 EXPRESS COMPANIES. Adams Express . 115 American Express 140 i l"Jtpny? 5j Wells-Fargo Express 125 MISCELLANEOUS. American Cotton Oil 4 American Cotton Oil pref 92 American Spirits 13 13 12V4 12 American Spirits pref 3S American Tobacco 1S5 1S9 182 186 American Tobacco pref 143 People's Gas 114 111 113 113 Brooklyn Transit S3 Consolidated Gas 212 Commercial Cable Co . 15 General Electric 113 113 112 113 Federal Steel n Federal Steel pref sv Iad 35 38 25 35 Lead pref 112 Pacific Mail 51 S3 60 61 IMllman 1 'a lace ii Sugar 1-94 14 137 137 Sugar pref Tennesee Coal and Iron 45 43 44 44 I. S. Leather U. S. Leather pref 70 71 70 70 U. S. Rubber 12 IT. S. Rubber pref 11$ Western Unlnn 94 94 94 94 UNITED STATES BONDS. IT. S. fours, rejj mmmm 111 V. S. four, coup H24 V. S. fours, new. reg n U. S. fours, new, coup 12 T-. S. ti es. reg. ............ . .... .... .... lll U. S., fives, coup 111 U. S threes, coup 107 Tuesday's) Rank Clearing. At Chicago Clearings. 132,183.347; balances, 14. $71,063. New York exchange. SVj discount. Sterling exchange. iosted. H 85 and $4.87; actual, $4.84 and 14 8ti; sixty days. M.83 and H.S6. At St. Louis Clearings, J5.07.C9v; balances, At" Cincinnati Clearlr.gs. $i 164.100. At New York Clearings, J279.tC0.472; balances. J15,47S.D.0. At I kston Clearings, J25.236.416; balances. 13,536.531. At Philadelphia Clearings. 121.713,539; balances, t Baltimore Clearings. $5,558,433; balances. 1312. 406. At New Orleans Clearings, J1.7W.454, LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Trade Satisfactory t and Prices aa a Hale Steady. Trade yesterday was quite active and while in some lines there is a hardening of prices, as a rule steadiness is the. prominent feature. Only in the lir.es where an attcn-pt was made In the recent cold snap to corr.tr rrlces is there a break. The egg and vegetable markets are much easier in tore. The season is so far advanced that the commission merchants having the swing In apples will likely be able to maintain their strong petition. Dry rood houses had a good trade through February and grocers never experienced nor

satisfactory business In a winter month, aside from the days when the extreme cold weather was on. The provision market Is steady and firmer than thirty days ago. Shippers to-day will pay but 16c for eggs. The local grain market is active. Corn is tn good request, as are other cereals, but corn Is the cniy grain coming in more freely. Track bids, as reported by the secretary of the Board cf Trade, yesterday, ruled as fellows: Wheat No. 2 red. 72c; No. 3 red, 6771c; February, 72c; wagon wheat. 71c. Corn No. 1 white. S4U-c; No. 3 white (one color). 34o: No. 4 white. 31G33c; No. 2 white mixed, 33'ic; No. 3 white mixed. 33Vc; No. 4 white mixed. SO'itfSI'ic; No. 3 yellow, 33c; No. 3 yellow. SCc; No. 4 yellow. 30?u2c: No. 2 mixed. 33c; No. 3 mixed. 331ic; No. 4 mixed. S0'.-i31c; ear corn, ZZc. Oats No. 2 white, 31c; No. 3 white, 29c; No. 2 mixed, 29c; No. 3 mixed. 2c. Hay No. 1 timothy, 7.50s; No. 3 timothy, JG.v0fc7. In.epectlons Wheat: No. 2 red, 2 cars; No. 3. 2; rejected. 1; total. 6 cas. Corn: No. 3 white, 6 cars; No. 3 yellow. 1; No. 3 mixed, 14; No. 4. 4; total, 25 cars. Oats: No. 3 white. 1 car; No. 2 mixed, 1; No. 3 mixed. 1; rejected. 2; total. & cars. Poultry and Other Produce. (Prices paid by shippers.) Poultry Hens, 7c; spring chickens, 8c; cocks. 312c; hen turkeys, young and fat, 8c; young toms, 6c; old hens, 6c; toms, 6c; ducks, 5c; geese, 4c for full feathered, 3c for plucked; capers, fat. 10c; small, 6ft e. Cheese New York full cream, lOllc; skims, 6&c; domestic Swiss. 12c; brick, 12c; llmburger. lle. Butter Choice, 10c; poor, lTc; Elgin creara'ery, 21c. Eggs 1 6c Feathers Prime geese, 30o per lb; prime duck, lKil7c per lb. Beeswax 2oc for yellow; 25e for dark. Wool Medium, unwashed. 17 18c; tub-washed, 20(25c; burry and unmerchantable, 5c less. Honey 10i 13c per lb. Game Rabbits, 6;&70c. HIDES. TALLOW. ETC. Green-salted Hides No. L Sfcc; No. 2,,7c; No. 1 calf. lic: No. 2 calf. 8c. Grease White, 3c; yellow, 2c; brown, 2C. . Tallow No. 1. 3c; No. 2. 2c. Bones Dry, J12&13 per ton. Tin: joniiixG trade.

(The quotations given below are the selling prices of the wholesale dealers.) Cunned Goods. Corn. 75c0J1.25. Peaches Eastern standard 3-lb. J1.7:&'2; 3-lb seconds. Jl.25fci.50; California standard. J2.1(K?2.40; California teconds. $1.75?j2. Miscellaneous Blackberries, 2-lb, 65fc70c; raspberries. 3-lb, 90fc9oc; pineapples, standard, 2-lb. $1.10ti 1.20; choice. $1.60'52.tu; cove oysters, 1-lb, full weight, 85 95c; light. 6'565c; string beans. 70 (t'jOc; Lima beans, tl.lo41.20; peas, marrowfats, 85cQJl.l0; early June, SOcfcJl.lO; lobsters, l.SiGS; r.d cherries, SOcQJl; strawberries. 85(5&0c; salmon, 1-lb, 90c$1.83; 3-lb tomatoes. 9C95c Coul and Coke. Anthracite, per ton, 7; Brazil block. J3.50; Island City lump, J3.2C; Paragon lump. $3.25; Jackson lump, $4.:0; Pittsburg lump. $4.50; C. & O. Kanawha lump, $4.50; Winlfrede lump, J4.50; Blossburg smithing, 5; smokeless, $1.50; lump coke, per bu, 10c; crushed coke, per bu, 12c. DrugR. Alcohol. $2.5632.68; asafetida, 25?S0c; alum. 2 64c; camphor, IS'aCQc; cochineal. &0355c; chloroform, 58fc65c; copperas, brls. 73GS3c; cream tartar, pure, SOigSc; indlsro. C5fcS0c; licorice, Calab.. genuine, 20fc40e; magnesia, carb., 2-oz, 25SJ30C; morphine, P. 4i W.. per 02, $2.C0'd2.55; madder. 14 rl6c; oil. castor, x-er gal. $lfcl.l0; oil, bergamot, ler lb, $2.25; opium. $3.75; quinine. P. At W.. 1t oz. 37fc"42c; balsam copaiba, 50COc; soap, eatile. Fr.. 12S16c; soda bicarb.. 4fr6o: salts. Epsom, 4.sc; sulphur, flour, 5Q6c; saltpeter, 8f( 14c; turjentlne. 5-S55c; glycerine. 14fil7c; iodide potassium, $2.50fcZ.6O; bromide potassium. 5Hi0c: chlorate potash. 0c; borax. 9Sfl2c; cinchonida, 22 7c; carbolic acid, 3o3L'c. Oils Linseed. 41fr43e per gal: coal oil. legal test. 75114c; bank. 40c; bet straits. 50c; Labrador, 6uo; West Virginia, lubricating. 2ufc30c; miners. 40c; lard ells, winter strained. In bils, fJc per gal; half brls, 3c per gal extra. Dry Good. Bleached Sheetings Androscoggin L 5lic; Berkley, No. 60. 7c; Cabot, 5c; Capitol. 4c; Cumberland. 5c; Dwlght Anchor, 6c; Fruit of the Ixom. Gc; Farwell, 5c; Fitchvllle, 6c; Full Width. 4c: Gilt Edge, 4c; GilJed Age. 3c; Hill. 5Vl-c; Hope, 5c; Llnwcod. 5c; Lonsdale, 60; Peabody. 4'ic; Pride of the West. 9c; Ten Strike. 5c; Pepperell, 9-4. 15e; Pepperell. 10-4. 17c; Androscoggin. 9-4, 15c; Androscoggin. 10-4 17c. Brown Sheetings Atlantic A, 5c; Arryle. 4c; Boott C. 4c; Bucks Head. 5c: Clifton CCC. 4c; Constitution. 40-inch. 6c; Carlisle, 40-inch, 6c; Dwlght's Star, 6c; Great Falls E, 4c; Great Falls J. 4c: Hill Fine. 5c; Indian Head. 5c: Peperell R. 4ic; Pepperell. 10-4, 15c; Androscoggin, 9-4, lie; Androscoggin, 10-4. 15c. Prints Allen dress styles. 4c; Allen's staples, 4c; Allen TR, 4c; Allen's robes. 4c; American indigo, 4c; Arnold long cloth B, 7c; Arnold LLC. 6ic; Cocheco fancy, 4c: Cocheco madders. 4o; Hamilton fancy, 4c; Merrimao pinks and purples, 4c; Pacific fancy, 4c; Simpson's mourning. 4ie; Simpson's Berlin solids. 5c; Simpson's oil flninh. 60: American shirting. 3"c; black white. 4c; grays. 4c. Ginghams Amcskeag staples. 5c; Amoskeag Persian dress, 6c; Bates Warwick dress, 5c; Lancaster, 5c; Lancaster Normandies, Gc; Renfrew dress styles. 6e. Kid-flni9hed Cambrics Edwards, 3e; Warren, 3c; Slater, 3c; Genesee, 3c. Grain Bajrs Amoekeag. $14; American, J14; Harmony, $13.50; Stark, $16. Tickings Amoskeag ACA, 9c: Conestcra CF, Hive; Cordis. 140. 9c; Cordis FT. 9c; Cordis ACE. 9c; Hamilton awnings. Sc; Kimono fancy. 17c; Lenox fancy, ISc: Muthuen AA, 9c; Oakland AF, tlxc; Portsmouth. 10c; Susquehanna, ll'ie; Shetucket SW, 5c; Shetucket F. 6c; Swift River, 41C. Flour. Straight grades. $4.5054-75; fancy grades. IS.TS 6.2."; patent tlour, $6fc6.50; low grades, J2.75fc3.75; spring wheat patents, $6.50T6.75. Groceries. Sugars City Prices Dcmlnoes, 5.50c; cut-loaf, 5.75c; powdered. E.3Sc; XXXX powdered, &...0c; standard granulated. 5.2Co; fine granulated, 5.2.rc; granulated live-pound bugs, 5.3Sc; granulatedtwo-pound bags, K.3Sc; extra fine granulated. 5.3Sc; coarso granulated. 5.2Sc; cubes, 6.28c; mold A. 6.50c; diamond A, 6.31c; confectioners' A, 5.13c; 1 Columbia A Keystone A, 4.88c; 2 Windsor A American A, 4.8Sc; 3 Rldgewood A Centennial A. 4.8c; 4 I'hoenix A California A. 4.81c; 5 Empire A Franklin B. 4.75c; 6 Ideal golden ex. C Keystone B, 4.69c; 7 Windsor ex. C American B. 4.63c; i Rldgewood ex. C Centennial B. 4.56c; 9 yellow ex. C California B. 4.Oc; 10 yellow C Franklin ex. C, 4.50c; 11 yellow Keystone ex. C 4.44c; 12 yellow American ex. C, 4.44c; 13 yellow Centennial ex. C. 4.41c; 14 yellowCalifornia ex. C 4.44c; 15 yellow, 4.44c; 16 yellow, 4.44c. Coffee Good, 10fcl2c; prime, 1214c; strictly prime, 14'fil6c; fancy green and yellow, lS?22c; Java. 2S&32c. Roasted Old government Java, 32-h33c; Golden Rio, 24c; Bourbon Santos, 24c; Gilded Santos, 24c; prime Santos. 23c. Package coffee city prices Ariosa, lie; Lion. 10c; Jersey, 10.65c; Caracas, 10.50c; Dutch Java blend, 13c; Dlllworth's, lie; King Bee, 11c; Mali Pouch, 11c. Flour Sacks (paper) Plain. 1-32 brl, per 1.000. J3.50; 1-16 brl. $5; brl. $S; brl, $16; No. 3 drab, plain. 1-33 brl, per l.OCv. 14.25; 1-16 brl. JG.50: brl. $19; brl. $20; No. 1 cream, plain. 1-32 brl, per 1.0CO. $7; 1-16 brl, $8.75; brl, $14.50; brl. $23.50. Extra charpe for printing. $l.lC31.13i Salt In car lots. Crji.5c: small lots. 90fc35c. Spices Pepper. lSfilSc; allspice, 15SilSc; cloves, ltfi25c; cassia. 1531hc; nutmegs. 65 75c per lb. Beans Choice hand-picked navy, $1.301.35 per bu: Limas, California, 4"(4c !er lb. Woodenware No 1 tubs, $5.75(?i6; No. 2 tubs, $4.7;&5: No. 3 tubs. $3.7r,34; 3-hoop ialls. J1.4-r3 I. C0; 2-hoop palls, $1.201.25; double washboards, $2.25&2.75; common washboards, $1. 250 1.50; clothes pins, 5CC'60c per box. Molasses and Svrups New Orleans molasses, fair to prime, 2S$32c; choice, 3540c; syrups, IS Shot $1.3071.25 per bag for drop. lead 6T7c for pressed bars. Twine Hemp. 12folc ier lb; wool. FlOc; flax, 20r2oc: raper. 25c; Jute, 12315e: cotton. I$'tf25c. Wcod Dishes No. 1. per L000, J2fi2.25; No. 2, J2.2552.50; No. 3. $2.50(52.73; No. 5, $;;i3.25. Rice Louisiana, 4iiClic; Carolina, 6fc8'ic Iron find Steel. Bar Iron 1.505? 1.60c; horseshoe bar, 22c; nail rod. 7c; plow slabs. -2V.c; American cast steel, Sfcllc; tire steel, 2fc3c; ppring steel, 4 fc5c. Leather. Leather Oak sole, 27$) 30c; hemlock sole, 21ft 20o; harness, 32fc37c; skirting. 3Sfr42c; single strap. 2ft41c; city kip. 6iU&5c; French kip. S0cf $1.2j; city calfskin, Wcfcjl.10; French calfskin, J1.20Q1.85. nlln and Horeloc. Steel cut nails. $1.75; wire nall:, from store, Jl.?0ft2 rates: from mill. $1.75 rates. Horseshoes, per keg. $3.50; mule shoes, per keg. $4.50; horse nails. $4'p5 ier box. Barb wire, galvanized, J2; painted, $1.75. Produce, Frnltw and Vegetables. A pries Common. Ji; good. $4; fancy, $4.50. New Tomatoes $3.50 ir 6-lasket crate. Grapes? Malaga grapes, $0.75 per brl. lettuce llffKc ier lb. rigs California, fl.65 per box: mat figs, fffOe. Cranberries $C.7. 8 per brl; $2.2r.Tr2.7. ier crate. Oranges California navel3, $l'.S5$i3.25. Lemons Messina, choice, SW to box, $3.50; fancy. $4. Bananas Per bunch. No. L $11.75. Coccanuts etc per doz. Lima Btnn 5c per lb. Potatoe. 6575c ler bu. Sweet Potato Jersey sweets. $1 bu: brl. $3; Illinois. $2.50 brl. 9X; bu. Cabbage Holland seed, J2.50 per 100 lbs; homegrown. $1 per brl. Onions Red. $2.25 per brl; yellow, J2 per brl; Spanish onions. $1.50. Turnips $1.2T. per brl. Parsnips J1.75fl 2. Celery Cr Uforpia, 6TC75c. Honey White. l."-c per lb: dark. 12c per lb. Cider-Jl.iO ier brl; half brl, $2. CO. Provision. Hams Sugar-cured. IS to 20 lb average. S1 9'c; 15 lbs averare, SfiOc; 12 Its average, i'i Bucon Clear sides. 40 to 60 lbs average. 6c; 30 to 40 lbs average. 6c; 2o to 3) lbs average, 6c; bellies, 25 lbs average. 64c; 13 to 23 lbs average. c; 14 to 16 lbs ave:a?e. 7ic. Clear backs. 18 to 22 lbs avers re. Ce; 14 to 18 lbs average, 6c; 8 to 10 lbs average. 6c. In dry salt, he l's.. Shoulders IS to 20 lbs average. 5c; 15 lbs average. 6c; 10 to 12 lbs average, 6!r. Lard Kettle-rendered, be; pure lard, Vic Pork Bean, clear, $13; rump. $10.50. Seed. Clover Choice. J3.73; prime. J3.50; Lngllsh, choice. $3.255r3.M: alsike. choice. Jl 5C5: alfalfa, choice. 4.2."4J4 50; crtnwron or scarlet clover. J2.75 Si3: timothy. 45 ibs, prime. Jl.l"C1.20: light prime. II. 2CSfl.23: choice. Jl.25Til.30; fancy Kentucky. 14 lbs. $1.15: extra clean. 6C??7Sc; orchard ctspx. extra, fl.i:31.-o; red top. choice, foccrjl.4); English bluegrass. 24 lbs, tl.2Sftl.75; German millet. Jl 1.25; Western millet. 60-2 sic; common millet. 40 Otto.

MAY WHEAT IS HIGHER

CROP REPORTED DAMAGED AXD BETTER FOREIGN DEMAND. Corn Showed More? Strength -with the Leading Cereal, and Oats Followed Pro visions Weaker. CHICAGO, Feb. 2S. Uneasiness regarilng the growing crop and a better demand from abroad strengthened wheat to-day and May closed c higher. Corn rose ?;c and oats c Pork, lard and ribs lost iliSCc Predictions of a cold wave following the recent rains and reports from the country suggestive of serious damage to the winter plant started wheat firm. May cpened unchanged at from 73c to 73-o and during the first two hours of trading was bid up to 74c Chicago received 110 cart, against 11S a year ago. Minneapolis, and Duluth received &4 cars, compared with. 405 for the samey day last year. New York early In the day wlredM tl at the United Kingdom sent good bids for spring heat and 160 boatloads were disposed of for foreign shljcient. The primary Western market receipts were indicative of reluctance of farmers to make sales under apprehension for the growing crop, only 480, COO bushels being received at the chief Western centers. Bradbtreet's statement of the world's visible showed an increase for the week of 2&L0O0 bushels, compared with 3.516.CMO bushels decrease the same week of the previous year. That modified to a slight extent the bullishness engendered by the other news. The Atlantic jort clearances of wheat and flour wero equal to 651.C00 bushels. The market continued firm, but 74c seemed an impassable barrier for May wheat. It battered against those figures several times, but was tent staggering c or so after each attack mnd at the close 734 73Tec was the current price. Diminishing receipts and their email nets as compared with the movement at this time last year btrengthened corn. May opened irregular at from a shade lower to c hifiher at 36!ip36o and rose rapidly to 37 c. It did not stay long above 37c, but clung clo&e to that price during the remainder of the session and closed at 37c, sellers. Receipts, 591 cars, compared with. 1,044 the 6am e day a year ago. A good cash demand and heavy covering by shorts helped oats. Receipts were 336 cars. May opened a shade lower at 28c, rose to 22c, then reacted to 2Sc, buyers, the clot-lng price. The execution of stop-loss orders by commission houses weakened provisions early. Covering by shorts at the decline brought about a slight reaction. May pork opened 710c lower at J9.27 09.32. rose to $9.37 and closed at $9.25, sellers. The range in lard and ribs was narrow. Estimated receipts for to-morrow Wheat, 74 cars; corn. 00 ears; oats, 135 cars; hogs. 38,000. Leading futures ranged as follows: Articles. Open- High- Low- CiosWheat lug. est. est. ing. May.... 73-73 74 73-73 73-73 July... nl ' 71 71:-7S Corn May.... Sept.... 3C-06 37 3; iy 30 S7 37-37 37-8-2S Oata May.... 2S July.... 26 PorkMay.... J9.27 July,... 9.50 Lard May.... 5.35 July.... 6.47 Sept.... 5.57 2S ini 23 26 J9.27 3.47h 6.32 5.45 5.57 2S 26 J9.35 5.50 5.37 5 47 5. GO 9.52 6.37 5.47 5.00 RibsMay.... 4.70 4.77 4.70 4.77 July.... 4.85 4.90 4.85 4.87 Sept.... 5.00 5.00 4.97 5.00 Cah quotations were as follows: Flour In moderate demand and steadier. No. 2 spring wheat, CJJc; No. 3 spring wheat. 67Q71c; No. 2 red, 74c No. 2 corn, 36Uc; No. 2 yellow, 36c No. 2 oats. 27c; No. 2 white, S0liy31c; No. 3 white, 29)4 3cic No. 2 rye. 56c. No. 2 barley, 42U52c. No. 1 flaxseed, $Lllftl.l!. Prime timothy seed, $2.45. Clover seed, contract, $6.10. Mess perk, per brl, J9.2IX&9.25. Lard, per 100 lbs, $5.2ix$j5.22. Shortrib sides (loote), $t.5GL 4.70; dry-salted shoulders (boxed). $4.LV(j4.37; short-clear sides (boxed), J4.&5& 5.50. Whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gal. 1.26. Receii ts Flour, 170.CO0 brls; wheat, 70.000 bu; corn, 5J3.0O0 bu; oats, 411.000 bu; rye, 8.000 bu; barlev, 5,XO ou. Shipments Flour, lbO.ooO brls; wheat. 6-o.ovO bu; corn, iS3,ow) bu; oats, 2b4,000 bu; rye, 12, wo bu; barley, 2Cj,tw bu. Available Grain Supply. NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. Special cable and telecrauhlc dlsiatches to Bradstreet Indicate the lot iwniK chunices lu the available supply of grain last Saturday as compared with the preceuing Saturday: Wheat, United States and Canada, east of Rocky mountains, decrease, 109.OUO bu. Liverpool Corn Trade News gives afloat for and In Europe, Increase. 400.000 bu; total supply, lacrease, iil.OcO bu. Corn, United States and Canada, east of Rocky mountains, increase. 736.000 bu. Oats, United States and Canada, east of the Rocky mountains, increase. 279,000 bu. Among the more important decreases rejorted to Bradstreet not riven in the offlcUI visible supiJy state ment are those of 250,000 bushels at Northwestern interior elevators, i2,0c0 at New Orleans. 63.000 at Louisville and 56.0H) at Omaha. The principal increases are those of 122.0"O bushels at Chicago private elevators and 172.0o0 at Ontario and Mani toba storage points. The aggregate stocks of wheat hld at Portland. Ore., and Tacoma and Seattle, Wash., Increased 110. OtO bushels last week. AT XEAV YORK. Rullnpr Prices in Produce nt the Sea board's Commercial Metropolis. NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. Flour Receipts, 20.845 brls; expjrts, 2C.3C9 brls. Market steady, but Inactive. Corn meal firm. Barley malt steady. Wheat Receipts. 137, COO bu; exports. 5S.261 bu. Spot firm; No. 2 red, 86fiS7c, f. o. b. afloat, to arrive and spot. Options opened steady and by reason of light offerings, apprehensions over the crcp outlock, fairly large clearances and firm cables, advanced moderately during the day. Export trade was fairly active, while foreign houses operated on both sides; the close was firm at V.: net advance; March, 84$TS4c, closed at 4lic; May, 77i'7S4i,c. closed at 78c. Corn Receipts. 60.300 bu; exports. 124.594 bu. Sit firm; No. 2, 45466. f. o. b. afloat for new and old. Options had a firm undertone on smaller receipts than expected, higher cables, covering and the rise in wheat; cloted firm and c net higher; May, 41ii41c. closed at 41c. Oats Receipts, 162.100 bu; exerts, 50 bu. Spot firm; No. 2. 35c; No. 2 white, 37c. Options dull. Cotton-seed oil about steady and moderately active In a domestic way; prime crude. 20Vst621c; prime crude, f. o. b. mills, lS19c; prime summer yellow, 2fi25c; off summer yellow.23c; butter grades, 2l531c; prime winter yellow, 31SjC2c; prime white, 3lS31c. Coffee Options opened barely steady and unchanged to 5c lower; ruled moderately active, with 4wcak undertone following heavy Brazilian receipts, a disappointing average to cable news, local selling pressure and lower irlces in the spot market; decline arrested by markel Increase In warehouse deliveries; trading almost entirely of c profetKlonal nature: closed sttady to 5 points net lower. Sales, 11.750 bags. Including: April, 5.35c; May. 5.40c: July, 5.5f.c; August, 5.65c; September, 5.7c: October, 5.75c; November, 6.80c; January, 5.9511 Gc. Spot coffee Rio easier; No. 7. invoice 6c, Jobbing 6?ic. Mild quiet; Cordova, 8 5 14c. Sugar Raw steady; fair refining, 3c; centrifugal, 5f6 test, 4c; refined steady. TRADE IX GENERAL. Quotations at St. Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Other Place. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 28. Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat strong and higher for options and spot; No. 2 red. cash, elevator. 75c; track. 75c; February, 73c; May. 76e bid: July. 70c asked; No. 2 hard, 67'&69e. Corn Options firm and fractionally higher. Spot dull, bet firm; No. 2. cash, 34c; track, 34S35c; February. 34c; May, 34c bid; July. 35c bid. Oats Options fractionally better. Spot nominal; No. 2, cash. 29c; track. 29 &29c; February. 29c; May, 29c bid; July. 25c; No. 2 white, 3)tf31c. Rye scarce anl strong at 59c bid. Flaxseed higher at $1.10. Prime timothy seed. $2.30. Corn meal. Jl.70gri.75. Bran scarce and firm; sacked, east track. W803c. Hay steady; timothy, J6'a9; prairie. $tL75t7. Butter quiet; creamery, ISftTJc; dairy, 14'517c. Eggs lower at 13'ic Whisky steady at $1.26. Cotton ties and bagging unchanged. Tork lower; standard mess. Jobbing, $3.50. Lard easier; prime steam. $5.0v: choice, $5.10. Dry-stlt mats Boxed shoulders. $4: extra shorts. $1.75; rib. $4-87; shorts, $5. Bacon Boxed shoulders. $4.50; extra shorts, $5.25; ribs, $5.37; shorts, $5.50. Receipts Flour. brls; wheat. 8. bu; corn. 40.000 bu; oats. 32.000 bu. Shipments Flour. 10.000 brls; wheat, 29.000 bu; corn, 24.0CO bu; oats, 44.000 bu. BALTIMORE. Feb. 2S.-Flour dull and unchanged: receipts. 8.704 brls: exports. 229 brls. Wheat firmer; spot and month, 77?r77c; March, 77fj77c; steamer No. 2 red, MV"ci receipts, 9.C37 bu: exiwrts. 8.0C0 bu; Southern wheat by nample, TZtt be : Southern wheat on rrsde. "44 77'iC Corn strong; siot and month. 39l-t39c; March, SS11.; steamer mixed. 2S33Sc; receipts. 522.UI bu; expats. 17.143 bu; Southern white and yellow corn, 3tj4Gc. Oats easier; No. 2 white, 37c aked; No. 2 mixed, Zic asked; receipts. 22.543 bu. Butter steady and unchanged. Eggs firm and unchanged. Cheese steady and unchanged. TOLEDO, Feb. 2.-What active and higher; No. 2. cash. 75c; May, 76c. Corn active and higher; No. 2 mixed. 24c. Oats dull, but steady; No. 2 mixed, cash and May. 2lc. Rye dull, but higher; No. 2. cash. 57c bid. Clover se I active and easier: prime, raib, old, $3.52; nw, February and March, $3.65. CINCINNATI. Feb. 2S. Flour steady. Wheat firm; No. 2 red, 75c Corn quiet and firm; No. 2

mixed. 2P,c. Oats dull; No. 2 mixed. 29c, Rye

steady; No. 2. 63c. Lard steady at $5.0.. Bulk meats quiet at. $4.73. Bacon firm, at $5.C2. Whisky steady at I1.S6. Butter unchanged; fancy Elgin creamery, 224:23c; Ohio. WiZjc; dairy. 12c. Eggs excited and lower at ISc Cheese firm; good to iTime Ohio flat, llc. MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 28. Wheat firm; Feb ruary. 7lVic; May. 7l071Sc; July. 72Tt72c: No. 1 hard. 72c; No. l Northern, 71vc; ro. 2 Northern, 6Sc. Dntter, Estrs and Cheese. KANSAS CITT, Feb. 2$.-Buttfr steady; creamsry. 16f-20c: dairy. 17c. Etxs lrlces de clined 4c to-day. Receipts yesterday amounted to fully 600 cases, most cf which arrived ute. and a heavier supply arrived to-day. Shippers had cleared the supply pretty well last nl;ht. but tooday a considerable surplus was carried over. Dealers were generally larls'h re-ardlng the situation; fresh candled Missouri and Kansas stock sold at 14?. cases returned; 14c in new whitewood cases, case included. NEW YORK. Feb. 2S. Butter-Recelrts. 10.230 lockages. Market steady; Western creamery. 13 fcf21c; Elrlns, 21c; factory. 12fll4c. Cheese Re ceipts, 2.061 packages. Market very firm; large white, lo?jl0ir; small white. llS12c; large colored. 10?10Vc: small colored. HVLfllc. Kch Receipts, 3.3S8 packages. Market excited and weak; Western, 26c; Southern. 254200. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 2S. Butter dull and easier; fancy Western creamery, 22c; fancy Western prints, 2Cc. Eggs weak and 5c lower; fresh Southwestern. 2Sc; fresh Southern. 27c. CT.e-se firm and higher; New York full cream, fancy, Hc; fair to choice, 10llc CHICAGO. Feb. 2S. On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was dull and easy; creamery, 14$J21c; dairy. llS17c. Eggs weak and lower; fresh, liy 25c. Cheese firm; creams, 10c NVooI. BOSTON. Feb. 2S. The wool market maintains a fairly steady tone and business has been brisk. the sales reported being over 3.600.O 0 lbs. of which about 2.100.000 were territory, California and Oregon. Territory wools have a steady sale on about the basis of 42ff43c for fine medium and fine. The market for fleeces Is slow, with prices nominal. Australian wools hold steady, with firm prices. Following are the quotations for leading descriptions: Ohio and Pennsylvania -fleeces X and above, 25026c; XX, re; XX and above, 2Sc; delaine. 2&&29c; No. 1 combing, 2iv; No. 2 combing, IS'SJKtc. Michigan. Wisconsin, etc. X Michigan. 21c; No. 1 Michigan combing. 2Sc; Na 2 Michigan oombiruj. 2ic; No. 1 Illinois combing. 28c; No. 2 Illinois combing, 2Sc; X New York, New Hampshlrt and Vermont, 21c; No. 1 New York. New Hampshire and Vermont. 2$c; delaine, Michigan. 2Sfc2bc. Unwashed medium, etc. Kentucky and Indiana -blood combing, 21&22c; Missouri -blood combing. 20&21e; Lake and Georgia, 192oc. Territory wools Montana fine medium and fine, 12015c; scoured. 42343c; staple. 45M6c. Utah. Wyoming, etc. Fine medium and fine, 12.fjl5c; scoured. 40Q42c: staple, 45$r46c. Australian (scoured basis) Combing, superfine, 70$J72c; good, 656c; average, 62&65c. Dry Goods. NEW YORK, Feb. 28. Demand for staple and fancy cottons keeps up well on both spot and through mall orders. There Is not the least difficulty in selling merchandise. The trouble Is to find goods sun t lent to fill the orders coming forward. The-tone of the market was very strong throughout. Further advances were reported in bleached cottons, in wide sheetings and in prints and the tendency was still upvards in all lines Print cloths were strong, but not quoted any higher than 20 for extras. Woolen goods for men's wear quiet and unchanged. Dress goods in fair demand. Oils. SAVANNAH. Feb. 2S. Spirits of turpentine firm at 44o. Rosin firm; quote: A, B. C, P. E. F, O. $1.06: II. $1.20; I, J1.35; K. $1.50: M. $1.65; X, 51.85; window slass, J2.15; water white, J2.5J. WILMINGTON. Feb. 28. Spirits of turpentine firm at 43t?44c. Crude turpentine firm at $1.35 2.40. Rosin firm at 90 95c. Tar firm at $1. OIL CITY. Feb. 2$. Credit balances. $L13; certificates, no bids; shipments, 72,600 brls; runs, 109,000 brls. TOLEDO. Feb. 28. North Lima, 75c; South Lima and Indiana', 76c. Metals. NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. At the close the Metal Exchange called pig iron warrants strong at $9.75 bid and $10 asked. Lake copper uncharge 1 at 17.75c bid and iSc asked. Tin quiet at 24c bid and 24.25c asked. Lead quiet at 4.35o bid and 4.37c asked. Spelter quiet at 6.25c bid and 6.50c asked. The brokers' price for copper Is ISo and for lead 4.20c. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 28. Lead flrmsr at 4.15Jr4.20c Spelter nominally 6.25c Dried Fruits. NEW YORK. Feb. 28. California dried fruits: Peaches and apricots very strong; other fruits about steady; evaporated apples, common. 7 Slic; prime wtre tray. S3ff9c; choice. !4&9c; fancy, SSiSlOc Prunes. 410c Apricots Royal. 1214c; Moor Park. 13 17c. Peaches Unpeeled. 9 tflje; peeled, 25Q28c Cotton. NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 25. Cotton steaiy; sales. 3.000 bales: ordinary. 4 7-16c; good ordinary, 6c; low middlir.. ⁣ middling. 6c; good middling, 6c; middling fair, 7c; receipts, 1L450 bales; stock. 2S4.342 bales. NEW YORK, Feb. 23. C " i quiet; middling. 6 9-16C. LIVE STt Cattle Scarce and Stronger Hojr Slow and Lower Sheep Stronger. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 28. Cattle Receipts. 450; shipments light. There was a light supply of all grcdes and there was a good demand at stronger prices, especially on butcher stuff. Everything sold at an early hour. Stockers and feeders are In good demand ut stronger prices. Exports, good to choice J5.on 5.50 Killers, medium to good 4.5 4. SS Killers, common to fair 4.00 4.35 Feeders, food to choice 4.25' 4.60 Stockers, common to good 3.25Tfc 4.25 Heifers, good to choice 4.0 4.33 Heifers, fair to medium . S.tf 3.80 Heifers, common and thin 3.0012 3.40 Cows, roAd to choice S-:fl 4 25 Cows, fair to medium 3.2T 3.65 Cows, common and canners l.5Ca 2.75 Veals, good to choice 6.003 7.00 Veals, common to medium z.Wt 5.00 Bulls, good to choice 3.5"? 4.00 Bulls, common to medium 2.75:u 3.25 Milkers, good to choice 35.00&45.00 Milkers, common to medium 20.00330.00 Hogs Receipts, 6.000; shipments. 2.500. The quality was fair. Owing to fair receipts and lower markets elsewhere, this market opened blow at a decline of fully 10c and closed weak, with all sold. Heavies J.1.8vrfi.R3 Mixed 3.7.''!i-3.0 Lights 3.6.-(i3.75 Pigs 3.1'Vrt.fiO Roughs 3.0"3.55 Sheep and Lambs Receipts light; shipments none. The supply continues light and all decent kinds are In demand at stronger prices. Sheep, good to choice J3.5ol.OO Sheep, fair to medium 3.SKr3.r0 Stockers, common to medium 2.00MOO Bucks, per head 3.0.1.50 Spring lambs, good to choice 4.25&5.O0 Elsewhere. KANSAS CITY, Feb.. 28. Cattle Receipts. 6.&50 natives and 370 Texans. Good killing cattle In good demand at steady prices; light run of Texans that sold actively at steady prices; heavy nathe steers. $5.10fF5..r.O: medium steers, J4.70Q 5.10; light weights, $4.4055; stockers and feeders, $4;C.C0: butcher cows nd heifers, $34.75; bulls. W4; Western steers, $4.254.87; Texans, J3.70 4.30. Hogs Receipts, 11.30. Provisions were lower again to-day and caused a further decline of about Gc in hog prices: heavies, $3.6553.75; mixed. $3.W32.70: lights. $3.2073.57. Sheep Receipts, 6.350. Liberal supply, largely common quality, with the best grades steady, while those of indifferent quality were slow and lower; lambs. $4.404.73; muttons. $a.704.2.": feeding lambs. $3.30(23.80; feeding sheep, J175-S3.50; stockers, J?3.25. CHICAGO. Feb. 28. There was a good demand for choice cattle to-day, but other qualities ruled dull and heavy at previous prices; fancy cattle. $5.755.90; chrjee steers. $5.5.70: medium steers. 4.6TF4.95: beef steers, $3. ft.' ? 4. 60; stockers and feeders. $3.50?4.7S: cows and heifer. $3.3ofi4; bulls. $2.60&4.2:; Western-fed steers. $4.155.70; Texas steers. $3.604.25: calves, $3.75C.75. A too free delivery of hogs caused a further decline of 5rfil0e In prices; fair to choice. $3.72 &3.&5; packing lots. $3.553.70: mixed. $J.55tf3.77; butchers, ?3.55tf3.S5; light. $3.5533.99; pi. $3.15 3.60. Trade in sheep was brifk and prices ruled 10c higher; Inferior to prime sheep, $2.754; yearling, $4.25&4.65; Iambs. $435, largely at $4.5C 4.60. Receipts Cattle, 3.000; hogs, 25.000; sheep. 15.000. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23. Cattle-Receip. 4.000. including 2.500 Texans. Market steady; fair to fancy native shir.plng and export steers. $4.603.75. bulk at $4.70(15.35: dressed beef and butcher steers. J3. 755.15. bulk at $4-7?4.90; steers under 1.(00 lbs. $3fi4.r.. bulk at J.TS4.23; stockers and feeders. $3.40f?4.70. bulk at $3.Wr4.25; cows and heifers, $204.50. bulk of cows, J2.25tr3.30. bulk of heifers. J3.40fi4.25: Texas and Indian steers. $3t$ 4.9 bulk at $334.75; cows and hMfers. $2.25ig3 70. Hogs Receipts. 7.200. Market EfflOe lower; pigs and llarhts. $3.5503.75; packers, J3.6.90; butchers. J2.S59i3.S5. Sheep Receipts. 1.70). Market steady: native muttons. J434.40; stockers, $2.2533; Mexican Uml. $4.75. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Reeves Receipts. 20. No trading; feeling steady. Cables firm for cattle and sheep; refrigerator beef steady at lOe. Exports to-day, 54 cattle. 1,04 hep and .C20 quarters cf beef; to-morrow. 41 cattle. 115 sheep &ni 2.5J4 quarters cf beef. Calves Receij, 91. Trade limited: feeding steady; good veals. J7; no Southern or Western calve. Hogs RecelHs. 1.961. Market nominally steady. Sheep and Lambs Uecelpts. 764. Sheep quiet; lambs slow, but steady: fair to prime sheep, $4 4.50; medium to prime Iambs. $52C?i5.Go. CINCINNATI. Feb. 2S.-Ca.ttlt stcadj at .W QZ. Hogs steady at $3.r93.ST. Sheep steady at $2.254.75; lambs steady at i Q5.25. SALES OF REAL ESTATE. Seven Transfer, with sv Total Consideration of 910,200. Instruments filed for record in the recorder's o3c cf Usxioa county Indians fr the twenty-

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All traina enter l.MOX RAILWAY STATIOX. P. 31. Time In Dlaek Paee Flrures. Trslns marked thus: Dy Ually, B Sleepc r Parlor Car, C Chair Car, D Dininr Car. CLKK., CIN., CHI. St ST. LOII3 li'Y. Cleveland Division 111? Four. DEPART ARRIVn New York ex. dy s. 4:25 U City W sc. dy. t:2 Muncie Ac B H ex.. : S'wat'n Km. dy. d s.U:ZS Cleveland mall I0:SO D.II. & Muncie ex SilU And'on fe U 11 es..li:lj'cieveland ex hm U C & War. dy.. 4.&o:RlI. A And nex. Mi4.1 Knick'b r. dy. d s. UjU.VN. T. ex. dy, S...10i5l St. Louis Division Big Fonr. St Lou la expr 7:30i New York ex. dy, s. 4:05 S'wsfn Urn. dy. d i.ll:4.' Mat A T H arc 10:33 T. 11. & Mat. sc.. 4U1U! SU Lou la express.. St4t T II & Mat acc, Kn'ab'r cp. d s,dy 61IO Sunday only Oil! NY & StLcx.dy all tUO Cincinnati lllvlslon Bis; Fovr. Cincinnati f t, dy a. i.4i. Greenaburr acc I J St L &t Cin f 1. dy, 4:lS Cin'ti acc, dy 11:11 Cincinnati sccom... 7:00. C A St L mall, dy Cincinnati sccom... 10 :M d s and .M.......vi.-4) Cincinnati dy p....2:45j Chi. Lim.. p....w 4tlS Ureenttburf ace... &iliO Cln A. Ind ex. p... 6t4 C'tl & Wain. F. L C I&StX. ex. dy al 1 tOS dy, d. s and p .. 6iSO! Chlcaro dy ft.....lli5 Louisville Line. Loulsr f 1 dy s 3:45j Louiav f 1 dy s...lltSO Loulsr day exer...2t45l Louiar day expr... 11:41 Chicago Division Bis; Four. Lafayette sccom.... 7:10! Cln f 1. dy, s J :3a Chi f m. dy, a p....u:o iaiayeue acccn:...i3:3 Chi. Lim, dp 4tlfi Cln. mall.pd. dy. 2tn." Lafayette sec... 5:13 Lafayette sec.. ... Ri45 Chi F L. dy a 12:05' C'tl 4k Wash. 4 p. UU Michigan uivision ills- Four. Renton Harbor ex.. 6:3Mich mall and ex.. 11:15 Wabash sec. dy.. 4:5t Wabash acc dr.... 1.23 B.lUrbr ra'ltx.- 3il Michlran expr.... bl43 Peoria Dir.. West-Ilia- Fonr. Peoria ex and mail. 7:20 Col & Cln ex. dy. a J:39 West'n ex. dy, p.. .11:4.'. Champaign sccom. .10:? Champaign acc... 4 N.Y. ex & mail... 2s42 Peoria ex. dy, ..llilMPeoria ex. dr. p.. UiltJ Peorln I)lvM Cast III ar Four. Columbua express.. 6:10' Sprtngneld expr 11:25 SD'neli & Col. ei.atHO, Columbua expr...10i40 PITTS.. CIX- CIII. JS, ST. LOtIS 11 V. Indianapolis Division renna Line. Eastern ex, dy, s... t :Mj Faet ex. dy 7:3 Fast ex. dy S:2jI Lim'a mall, dy s d.f-oi Columbua accom.... i:S0 St L ex. dy, di.lUS Atl'o ex, dy, d a..2::iO: Ind'p'ls acc an 5 Lay ex. dy ftiOO Mall express, dy.. CiSO StL&xr. dy s d.. 7xlt West'n ex. dy. s..lOK) CTileaco D vision Penna P.. li. Lou & Chi ex, dy j.ll:S5l Chi ti Lou f ex.dy :t:2 Lout Chi f ex.dy a 12:05'Chl Lo ex. dy p. 3i43 Louisville Division-Penna Ii. XI. Lou & So spl. dy. s. 3:30 Mad A Ind sec 10:29 Lou & Mad ac. dy S:U St L & C f U dy, p 11:U Ind A Mad accom, ( Mad A Ind acc...6t44i Sundar only 7:0 Ind A ritta, dy, 7itM Ind A Mad ac....!!::iO;Mad. A Ind. acc, L. A A' a. dy, p..4:Otl Sunday only OtlO Lou lev 111 acc 7tlO ' L A Chi ex dy s.lltSO VAN DA I.I A LIM2. St Louli ex. dy.... 7:20 N T A RtL. dy s d. :19 New York ex. dy s. 1:43 Casey accom 10:04) Ft Lou la ex. dy.... I:M Atl'c ex. dy. d s fJti'ia FtL ex. dy. s d p.izt.1. Casey acc Fast Mall, dy 7Oi Fact Lin, daily. 4fJ Western ex dy s.l 1 UtS StL A NY, dy. d 7tOft lXDIANAl'OLIS A VIACLN.NLS B. II. Cro A Vnes ex, dy S:U Vlncecnea expr 10:4f Vincennea exrr....4i20' Cairo expr, dy 4tfSO :IXC1NXATI. HAMILTON A DAT'3l UY3 Ticket OfJlce, W. Wsahlnrtoa St. pin x .3:03, wjia ex ...... ....M..u:a Cln fast mall Cln A Petrolt ex. .10:4: Cln A Dayt'n ex.2i4f Cin A Dayt'n llm.4i4r rtn. Tol. A ret..70'S Cln fast mall 4:14 Cln A Detroit ex..ll:4S Cln A Dayt'n ex.3i2T Cln A D'y'n Um.lOi.t.'S Cln. Tol A Det. 7t&0 Dally. Kx. Junosy. LAKE EltlE A lVESTETlIf li. TU Mall and expr 7:00) Ind' pla ex. dy 10: T D M C , dy It20 Msll and expr.... 2trt3 Fvenlnr expr 7iM!Toled' eipr GtitO 1XDIASA, DECA7.TR & WESTERN li'V. Mall and expr 8:l Fat expr. dy, e.. l Jt ChlcaKO express 11 :V Tuscola sec 19:4 Ticola accom.... '.Ii45 ChJcaxo expr...,. 2t40 Fat ex.dy. s c.l I tlOIMatl and eipr.... 4t40 C I. A L. It'Y. (Monon Iloate.) Chi nUht ex. dy, s.l2:KlCln vest. dy. s !:3 Fast mall, dy, a.... 7:0 Fast mail, dy, 7:11 Chi expr. p ll:M;Cln Test, dy. d p. 43T Chi vest, d p 3 133 1 Chlcaro expr 2s40 four hours endinr at 5 p. m, Feb. S8. ll. ax furnished by Theo. Stein, abstracter f titles corner of Market and Tennaylranla streets, Indianapolis. Suite 229. first offlce floor, Tba Lemcks. Telephons 1760: Arthur V. L'rown and wife to "William d Swendson, Lots 21 snd 22. Arthur V. -Brown' s South Meridian addition fTOQ Sylvester Harrla and wife to Walter O. liouix. Ix.t 04. E. T.. K. K. and A. E. Fletcher's Woodlawn rutdl1fcioa 2,5C Walter O. Rous snd wife to Sylvester Harrla, Lot &. In Vandeman A Hunter's Evcrcreen addition Jesse M. Fpray snd wife t al. to John F. ThomptKn. west half of Ixts 2 and 3 Hot ton" a addition to Newton K Horace 11. Hollow ay and wife to Eva N. Cope land, pert of It 3. Morrloon A Iirrwn'a subdivision of Out lota f and Z, of Indianapolis 5.0C Anna Keely et al. to Mary C. Ilakemeler . et al., iurt of Lots 41 and 174, In Greer A Water' a suUlivlsion 90Q Francis S. Ruddell to Ambrose P. Stanton, northwest quarter of Section 22. Township 17, north of Ranire 4. east; north half of northwest quarter of Section 22; at 1m? nort 1 half of northeast quarter of Section 21; north half of northwest Quarter of Section 21: southeast q"arter of northeast quarter of Section 21; a! jo part of southwest quarter of northeast quarter of Section 21 S.000 Transfers, 7; consideration 115.200 VITAL STATISTICS FEB. 28. Birth. Gracs and Charles Eitel, 1SC1 Barth avenue, rtrL Death. Catherine Feeney. seventy -elrht years, Wright street, he art disease. John I'attersKn. fifty yearn, city, pneumonia. Martha J. Wilson, seventy years, C4a Svuth I r lawn re itrett. old ace. Margaret Platley. thirty -ona years, KS Camp street. jhthlia. Nancy Huslar:d. neventy-four year, C7 Ncrth Blackford stre-t. paresis. li. W. Harris, forty-nln years. SIS North Alabama street, aortic Insufficiency. Slarrlnare Licenses. Oscar V. Hlchtower snd IUe Lamlnt. Henry W. lien lersin anj Ilralth S. Mayer. Gecrxe Reyerdorfer and LI trie Bishop. Herbert C Uyers and Mary M. Kohl. Bulldlnir Permits. Henry Pucker, frame addition, iZ last Tent a stteet. Pu. lUrmun I lor, frams house, 1ST) Massachusetts avmuf. o. 11. Soantlin. frams house. Hi Ames street, t?. 1 Mayer, verandah. 121 North Last strst. If. Nloolal. rspadr nrst German a. K. CuirciNsw York anl Nrw Jarsey stresta EC