Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 62, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1901 — Page 7

THE 'INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1901

PRICE bF STEEL SHARES

Tin: Mivrr.ii or inti:iu-.st on wall Tiii:::T last wi:i:ic. Other I"- Jthe MnrUrt I Tnklnic on n c.nlernlIe Dcgrree of I.nsmltnlt mi iint Ion In Loon I Circles. At N' ' "rk Saturday money on call .,!-y at; 2 per cent. ITirv ir. a r. tilt paper, 341 V per cent. t r 1 : i ä-r hange was steady, with ac-.-,' t.u'ir.el-! in bankers bills at $1 S7?i f,'r (!,r:v.rv; and $1.S1'S I.SIU for sixty iy- p"-t i rate?, Jt.SÖU'j 1-SM: commerci.i'i :.:-. .!: i.sp. I! :r : !'v. r v.a: f,!c; Mexican dollars, 40c. ;;vtr o rtl j-ate.- n-i'MC-c. I Jar silver at j , n,v,;1 -1 -1 1 a 2S 3-1m1 an ounce. I :r. ; " r t " .' specie- for the week at the t.-rt f York were f H3 In gold and Si:;i.::r. m silver I.xprts of gold anl illr fr-.m ? w York to all countries for t., w,k aiJ;rr gated Jl..jul In silver Lars ar.l -''n nr,: "',', ,n KoM. Imports of dry .unl r'orchanillse to the port of New York. fT thf wk were at $10,lG-l,VC7. Th" wk!v statement of the associated N, w Y rk 2anks, Issued on Saturday, how the fallowing changes: Cirni: ati'-ri. 'increase !M,(rfN) j . n ! t :: j-. increase DI.MjO j;':,. , j. , l:.cr J im- JO.'.JlO T'tal r. -". increase l,ovr,(C(K) Ji . r r.-'i';:lri d. Increase Kll.TTii burp! as r rve, increase l!Gl,4;J5 T. iMt,k' now hold ?11,V01,1H) In excess 0f r'i'iir m int? under the 25 per cent. rule. Th- rina Icier Fays: "The bank statement fr th wek ended March 2, contrary to expcctatl ns, showed a slight Increase In , . V. . A ..... 1 .. .1 1 . Blirpias r'.-ive, tin jucseni luiai muuuiiik at JM'l.l",,.f or JJ54.325 above i...rted for tj.e previous weel . t .L 1 . I . C above the figure rek. The gain of $1. !").'.'" in iasn, in view oi Known losses 2 t . f ty thi t.aiii m tneir operations wnn ine FiihtP-asury is riot easily explained, but the mst ptjdable solution Is that the rt c,-;r.t s fi'.nili' interior were heavier than a!:ti i; at. d. : I.uatu expanded 12,408. rxa, which was nlso a surprise, as liquidation Jia.l In . n hhvy during the week. The gain U rs not reject corporate deals of magnitude, ar.d j s rumors of impending large ejrati 'i.s Lave created a belief in a coming li-turl'nnc' in the money market, many conservative interests have been securing themselves against possible higher rates by taking out time loans at prevailing quotations. The inlluence of this borrowing shojvs in the present statement. Deposits rise $....:.. I hj, owing to the ch.u.es in .ans am! cash already noted. and the ad-Jed reserve requirement called for by this expansion explains why surplus rervc increases were not heavier. Viewed la every ligljt. the statement is of favorable character, although the small changes are, of themel.'s, rathT unimportant. The one factor 1 hieh will bear watching over the next tw- weeks Is the trend of money to or from lals center. As it is, the banks have s nt v lry little money to the interior, the prevailii g movements having been almost persist! ntly in this direction. The ofjici.il statenjnts of new banks In different Factions of rho country indicate a strong condition ofreserves, but the general business outlooVj is such that spring trade refju'renier.ts jnay work changes of importance in thoj New York money market. In the in Itter ( surplus reserves the banks here show nly narrow fluctuations from the course the same item last year, and It is worth ;eeplng in mind that the survlu resrv item, which stood at about thirteen ami a half millions for the corre sponding wdx one year ago. fell, in four teen days. t about two and two-thirds millions, al'holgh there was a recovery In the suc( edit g four or live weeks to nearly $lj."M'.""t. St 1:1, one year ago, national bank notn curreiiy was one hundred millions less, and thr general stock of money was much lower, than at present. Kllminatlng the iniluencis of pending deals of unusual Importance. the course of tho money mar ket over thencxt few weeks appears to lie within iiiniti of very narrow fluctuations. V A ! L- ST RE KT 1 1 E V I E W. Dealings vf.-re rather unimportant in the ctock market Saturday, neither the volume of transactions nor the range of prices offering any striking features. The bank statement bjre out the Index of the money markt-t during the past week rather than the indicate cash changes. No intelligible explanation can be offered of the fact that tlie known rjiovements of money showed a loss of oveif $2.0oa, uw) for the wtek, while the bank statement disclosed an actual increase In c.h reserves of over a million dollars. Th-j system of reckoning the various items b the daily averages is usually accepted foj explanation of all such vagaries. Th'i moderate loan expansion can hardly be attributcel to any of the great imancial transactions whose effects have Ken must jftarcd, especially the steel merger. Al there was some selling of ?t...k3 by triiders on Friday on the supposdiion that it decline in surplus reserves V'. uM be n ported, the publication of tho statement brought a demand from this source to coi er ühoct contracts. Trices ran t.f amiln in'.sorne cuses and the close was irr Rul.tr inltone as the trading had been throughout he short session. .Net changes are mixed, u'he day's market served to corrob.-rate jhe view that trading has been related lajgely to the hands of board-roon-tradcrf. The steel Mocks were generally hih . on small transactions. Tin Plate preferred showing the largest adVance, with-, a rise of Tho steel and wire stocks rvere exceptions and are slightly luwtr. i'he bitundnous tidewater carriers eontin.d in some demand, the L5. & O. stocks bfng marked up 2'k and 2', retpertueiy, ;j.r the common and preferred, busar v;is inclined to be heavy, but recovtrt.i most o-lts loss. There were advances la s..-ne of ;lie less important stocks here ar.d there ii, the list and some strength in indlwdual itiilroad stocks on reports of fco-'ii earr.in . Kveras cf ithe week in the stock market Mned ,,u J.K- consolidation of the steel Cimp tr.ies. The stock market world has r.- t concern. 1 itself much with the larger l-enri::- . f 'hh vast project as to the Ultimate , iTccts'on the iron trade of the world, the increase. In erlicieucy of control and dirti'ti'n. n;a urnance of stable conditions an I such ltely problems. Operators in stocks have! been almost s wholly taken up Uh the quj.-tlon of relative values of the thrfrer.t st-l stocks, measured by their al-l-'tted rihtrjto participate in the securities ef th pew lrioration by exchange. There a- wild sj'ji ulation In the steel stocks on M-'nd.iy wh.n the conviction was general in Wail str t that the basis of exchange had b.-en seltled during the previous three days' inter 111 of a closed market. The ire to silt out any oiilcial statements 'f th'-se tirtis left room for excited specu lation on thl part of these who were left to onj tture tie terms from "tips" and from the .ctions f those credited with having mat ion. When the ofllciai the terms of exchange was l:.idc infi st.it -raent e fcivt-n out it was quickly perceived that the allotments lful not been made at all in the Pr -portion tj' the ruling market prices for thes; stcurf lcs. 1'revlous considerations tI thtr arrdig power of the different com panies. the Jalue of their property holdings jin-J tlie jondltlons of their respective branch s ofitho trade gave way entirely to their re!atlt claims for new securities in -xth.u;ge. Home of the higher-priced stocks. wlthJ relatively small proportions in toe allotment, were sold by the Stock Kxfnanart traers. who covered their coniratH by ilirchase of some of the lowirled stoclj; with relatively largo porporte n in the lllotment. A brisk market was in.Ki nn tn? curü fur contracts to deliver t..e Mccks ,f the I'nlted States Steel Cor Pratlon wljn isueil. INjH:X OV TRICES. Th makfrg of quotations for the ex i" e-i new? security furnished an index from which o estimate the market value of a'l th.e seci ities concerned. The price of the Tnin .1 States Steel Corporation stock s. en tojeonform approximately to that 9? Y:" lowest priced of the old securities. n which t!e terms of exchange were at f v 're.. . .. m . i . . A o. j Jit. ir.ti t-int'iii oi puces iii me group. r.i.e very luneven. owing to the adlust ''er.t of the'prices to the ratio of exchange ":hts. was .toward a lower level and with dimlnh -hil g volume of trading. All of U e pr nt stocks K"t as much as par in the t.ew yioU;s. Some (f tho cc-rtimon Mocks Ct as rr.iiclja? l'Ji p r cent, in new common sloe. U tii.i. s a huLsiantial allotment of r.ew pr fer: J stock. All the eiuestions of tre."lve t j pltallzttlon which have been tre,,j eV4.r jsli.c? the various st?l combi-r-.titons weri? ft re ted two years ugo are in toI:?eMurncJ brought to bear on the. r.cv jiut this rjicstlon, as well as the effective 'm.inl.traton of so vast anl complex an wranlz.itior ' the rjuestlons of public policy and possIMl legisiative interference, are in fiance fc- a time. There Is a disposition wait fori further llsht on thec phacca

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of the problem from experience. The ultimate, ehect on rlo.it! r:mlt:il I nlsrt much inato chect onrtoating capital is also much oi.cusi.d, with widely varying opinions, itany reassurances are given from sourcea atar to the prime movers in the giant confouuuuon that the financiering of It will nave una 11 effect on outside arfalrs. It 13 arguel that there is really no creation of new capital, but tlmply an exchange contemplated. The actual cash involved in the transaction, ncrnnllnir tn expressed opinions, will perhaps not run over $25,0-,-uw. but the admitted existence of an undertruing syndicate, with subscriptions believed to exten! to $jo,ö0,ow, argues some 5orf- f potential demands upon resources, which would otherwise be without incumbrance in operation elsewhere. The approach of the period of the year when the uornestio Interior finds increased need for money in circulation, the current absorption of fund oy the subtreasury, the conimucd delay in the resumption of Europe's Upply of gold from the Transvaal ami the upward tendency of sterling exchange during the p.ist v.eek add to the sobering Influence of these considerations. The disposition of speculative holders to lighten heir loads may be traced to thes-e influences, it is of no small consequence, either, that many of the men of great means who have been foremost in the operations which made the recent unprecedented mock market have left the street for vacations. This has the effect of causing what the professional operators call a "tired" market. tJeneral conditions are reported satisfactory. Jtallroad earnings continue large and trarilc heavy. The St. Paul's stock privilege and the resulting strength of that Mock were the ground of an active speculation. Several of the Industrial specialties had sham cause s, but, generally speaking, the stock .iiainet nas r een lert more and more to the hands of tho professional traders who operate from day to day in stocks without regard to general conditions. ihere has been a cood demand for rail way bonds, especially the Southern Tacltic issues and some of the Southwestern railroads and those affected by recent consolidations or changes of control. United States twos, registered, advanced K' l!nlfr.t 'Stutes twos, coupon, ?h. and the threes, new tours and fives. ; per cent., over the closing call of last week. Following are Saturday's share sales and me cios:ng bid prices; Steck.

Cloin? Sales. Jtl-J. 5.P.H) 3,'joO sw jo,ioj cw .... DUl? .... &p4 22.70) 42R 1.2-H) V, 6.100 144" 2. r,(X) 32i 1.1HA 70 .... 10G 171i 3,3o 123 t 4K ."'i 3, 300 2J0 42' i:2 2u0 39 4.2')0 28 2.0 64 3. 394 15

Atchison Atchison i-ref liAltltniir X, klljsaiunioro Ohio pref c ana-nan Tacilic t'unada Southern Coeaieak & Ohio Chicago tlreat Western.. Chlcaso. Uurllncton & tjulncy.... Chi., ln.l. Äc Louisville Chi., Ind. Xr Loulavill. pref ChicaKo k Kactern Illinois Chlcao Northwestern Chicago, Kock Island & Pacific. . C ('., C. A: St. Louis Colorado Southern Colorado Southern first pref Colorado Southern se-ond pref.... iHiaware & llu-lsoii.... 1-J.. Lack. & Western Denver c Iiio Crande. lien vir Ac Itio Grande prei r.rie Krie first pref. lireat Northern pref.... Hocklm? l "oh I ., Hocking Valley Illinois Central Iowa Central . 10) 40' i i:to4 264 Iowa Central pref f.O) 1(K) 3.00) 4X) 300 I'M) 7 Si 0 3,9-0 2, 0 4, 5 J0 5.20) 2i7'0 2.200 J.a.e Krle t Western Iake J!rle & Western pref Lake Shore 4t 111 l.ouisvillc - NiPhvllle.. Manhattan L Metropolitan Street-railway Mexican Central 117', lia 17 ilinn-aiolirf & St. LouU. 7Ci 108i, 2)s4 S4'4 Minneapolis k St. Ioul pref.. llssourl 1'arinc Mobile Ä- Ohio Missouri, Kansas Xc Texas Missouri. Kanas & Texas pref New Jersey Central l")Pk 113; New lork Central Norfolk & Western Norfolk & Western pref Northern Pacific 83 83 87 Northern Taclflo pref tmtarlo fc Western 314 Orepon Ily. Sz Nav Oregon lly. & Nav. pref... Pennsylvania 42 7t 1.200 L40 100 I., C-. C. Ac St. L Hea-llntf Heading first pref.... Kividlns srcon-1 pref KIo Crando Vestern Kio (Jrando Western jref St. Louis fe San Fran St. 1. & Sin Fran, first pref St. L. At San Fran, second pref... St. Paul St. Paul pref St. Paul ffr Omaha 5S 7C-, 40-:; 60 93 0'( 81', 644 152', 1914 7x 9,GtO 100 12P, "Southern Pacific 5.70 Southern Kailwy r.0.30) Southern Hallway pref 13,2uO Txas & TacUlc 1.2Q I'nion Pacific 17.400 241 2b-. S7H t nlon I'aclfio rref Haliish 1.60.) 3 1.700 2' 100 84 14 '4 Wahayh pref . Wheel Ine .i Lake Krie 134 W. He L. K. seconl pref Wisconsin Central EXPRESS COMPANIES. Adams ISO 16 57 American , tnlteil Statins ....................... . Wells-Fargo MISCELLANEOUS. Amaleimatcd Copper 10,500 a.e. American Cotton oil.. 2'J0 '74 American Cotton OH pref. L. ......... 8i A 1 American Maltin 7... 2 American Malting pref Am. Smelting an-1 Kennln 21 V 7...) 1,600 ii 4 93 It Am. Smelting an-1 ItefininK pref.. American Spirits , 2 17 American Snlrits pref American Steel Hoop American Steel Hoop pref American Ste?l find Wire American Steel and Wire pref.... American Tin Plate 7,r.oi 100 6.C-0 1. rrt) 6.!Cn 2. fKX) 9.10Ö 3,SiJ 10 3. H 10) 5,4H) OK) 200 35'81 !." 62 V lOPj 1214 Vmerkan Tin Plate pref American Tobacco American Tobacco pref Anaeonila Mining Co 140 46"'4 744 Brooklyn Hapld Transit Colorado Fuel and Iron Continental Tobacco 43 4'4 Continental Tobacca pref Federal Steel Federal Steel pref... 43 S3-, General Electric 210 tilucose Susar 43i (llucose Suar pref S2 International Paper International Paper pref.. l.ex) 21 4 73 74 Laclede (.as National Piscult 100 "piO loo 4.2) 2 6-X 2')0 .3 National ltlscult prer 93 National Lead - National Lead prer National Steel National Steel pref National Tube 43; f.5 National Tub- prer New York Air-brake 13 73 112 C2 33 North American I'.iHfic Coa racirte Coast .first pref Pacific Coast second pref. Pacific Mall People's la Presse! Ste-1 C.ir 2)0 1,100 300 1K) 2K) 4.2 1.700 20 0.SO) p-vo 2,9-K) Jl'l -4 3R'4 73, pressed Steel l ar prei.... i,iiim:jn lvilace ear. 139 Kepubllc Iron and Steel .. Uiubllc Iron an-i Steel prer. 1 . ,,,-1 Tn-ln A 10 64 Stan-ianl nope ua-i .... Oil Susar Susar rref .. Tennessee Coal an-i Iron Third-avenue Fntte.l States Leather..... fnite.l States Leather pref 121 F.2 119 4M 3e0 I'nlted States uunoer t'nitcd States Uubber prof 20 CO'i . Western Lnlon C0?4 Total Mies 390.100 UNITED STATES PONDS. U. S. IT. S. IT. S. U. S. IT. S. U. S. U. S. IT. S. refun-lln twos, retf ion1 refun-llnff twos, coup P6 three. resr JJJ threes, coun....... threes, small bonds no's new fours, reir 13S new fours, coup Jold fours. reK edl fours, coup JH rives, resf J fives, coup 10 14 112 112 112 12S4 138 in; a IT IT U S. s. s. 114 "4 113 112 Snttirdny'i Ilmik ClenrinK. Exchanpes. Balances. St. Iouis lUltimor . Cincinnati . Indianapolis 4.4S,4 209.234 2.919.1." 1.234.7 iVi'.cii LOCAL CHAIN AXD IMtODlXH. -Week of Quiet Trade, with lnt Few Changes In Values. Owing to unfavorable weather conditions trade In the week ended March 2 was rather slow In most lines, but. with this steady prices t.rtvailed In nearly ad articles. Coffees are ierv lirm and silll advancing in tendency. There ? i teady move:rv:nt In canned goods and dried insncVt and Pmons are selling well, and most Vi Vi?. t choice. Bananas are le-s tdentl- .... u-H!rn art" ktc .iv.. .v. lu.tiiuiia .4 t.rices firmer. Choice butter and cheese :nl at prices quoted, but eggs ars weak at rerH " Voultrv. If choice, finds a ready mVrket at' prices named. The provision market r;, L with pies cn nu-it descriptions of ho;; products rlrrn Th iMthrr markft i. art lv. a i rlce-4 are firm. The tencency to an ad-r.ri.lKri-1 111!--' - " - an it" " : . . . n-u in. . ! without new features. The iron and hardware . having niie iraue, na im ine dry KcnfJ house" an Improwment U looked for . luTht and all cereal, are In Rood re our? t tho füllowlnK range cf rrtces cn track. as reported by the secrewirj ui i...c ioara or

Vork $27S.03Ü.J-C'J J13.40...K9I V! ,J 27.644.438 2..729 Ch'caSo "Y.Y.'.'.V. 26.S31.3e 2.54.-..8S7 I na." ....... - in i " tm i oi Philadelphia l'Si'X

Wrcat-No. 2 rec. 734c: 2 red. on mllim? 2.43; choice. $2.1-ö:.2); fancy Kentucky. 24 lbs. fre-fz'ht 734c; No. a red. .3j.4c, aron wheat, $1.20; extra clean. 6C7Sc: orchard srass. extra. 75c n , ..w,, M, ll.Krl.T5; red top. choice, 80cgjl.73: English Co-nNo. 1 white. 4Ce: No. 2 whit, c; hluegras.-. 24 lbs. $252.60: German millet. 75c3 No 3 white. 40c; Nx. 4 white,f374 j4c; No. 2 .25; Western German ralllet, WcCSl: common Mit ciUed. 3 r---5 tzixtx vc: millet tcc;:2.

No. 4 white mixed. ST-fOc: No. 2 yellow, ic;

No. 3 yellow 2: No 4 y,h,w . W-.jc; l.ti57r- i-ur rnrn 27c wnifi.n corn. Z$''J'C. Oata No. 2 white. 2i!iC. No. 3 wniie, No. 2 mixed, 2c; No. 3 mixe!. 2jc. Hay No. 1 timothy. No. s lunomy. VI VIZ. . . In?r?ctnn M heit: No. 2 reI. 1 car; .-no. j ret!, 4; total. S cars. Corn: No. 2 hite. 4 cars. No. 3 white. 10; No. 3 white mixed. 1: No. 2 yellow, 4; No. 2 mixed, 7; ear, 2; total. 21 cars. 1'oullrr and Other I'roducc. (Prices r&ld by ehlrPri. Turkey hens. 7c per lb: youne toms, Cc; young chickn?, 7c; hens. 7c; cocks. 4c; auem. 7c; ireese. full feathered. Jo.f tiS per ao. Cheese Ntw York full cream, wc; oomesiic Swlsj. 17c; trick, 14c; UmburKtr. 12c. Uutter Choice ruIL 10c per ID; poor. o. i. F.gK9Zc T r doz. J-'fcathcrs I'rime geete, 30c per lb; prime Cuck, W Eer 'lb lie.-awax 30 tor vellow. 2.V for dark. Wool Medium, unwashed, lilüc; tub-washed. 15ujc; burry and unmerchantable. S'jjws less; tine merino, l.llTc; coars LralJ. 17c. P.abblts ";c'l per doa for hunters', aressea. HID KS. TALLOW, ETC. Greensalted HKVs No. L 8c: No. 2, 7c; No. 1 calf. SiC; No. 2 calf. 8c. urease White, 4o; yellow, 3;c; Drown, sc Tallow No. 1. 4c; No. 2, 3c. TIIK JOUIHNG TIIADK. (The Quotations Riven below are the selling prices of the wholesale dealers. Produce, Fruit und Vcicetnble. Pananas Per bunch. No. 1. tl.752: No. 2. Jl.25 Oranges California navels. I2.5öfl3: seedllnr. 122. 25. Lemons MeBsIna, fancy, SCO to box, J3.25; Californla lemons. Potatoes $1. Co per brl; C0f332c per bu. Swet Potatoes Jprmv wecta. I2.7i: Illinois. U-J; Kentucky, J2t2.2ö. ..II - . . . . . . w mnn v.auuutit'-jioiianj seed, M.ii i-'J per , Celery California. CJ'ii7oc Prr duz; J4.L0 per cae. Yellow Onions 11.2j rer bu: red onions, $1.23 per bu; red and yellow, $3.2." per brl. union Sets Ye low. vt-r lu: wnue, per bu. Honey New white. t7c per lb; dark, lie. Cluer-C2-gral bris, $1; half brls. $2.4J. Cocoanut 6oc doz; per bar. $3.00. l'arsnlps 7öc per bu: $J..i per brl for best; unwashed. $1.50. ltadlshes 2Ci JOc rer doz bunches. lthubart 2350 per doz. Kale $1.50 per brl. , Lettuce 12 lb. Southern creen onions. 25c to 40c (Shallots) per eioa buncnes. Carrots 6c per bu. Old lleets V!(J75c per bu. I Turnips 9Jcö?t per brl; 35c per bu for washed. Cranberries Jersey, $2.73 per bu. FUs 15-lb box Turkish, P-c per lb. Apples Italdwln. $J.0 per brl; Uellflower. SI.Ü0 per brl; Greenings. $3.50 per brl; Northern Spy, $1 per brl; lten Davis, $3. Cmidlrn null .utr. Candles Stick, 74c per lb; common mixed. 7ic; grocers" mixed. 6'wc; iianner twist stick, SVic; cream mixed, luftllc: old-time mixed. 8ic. Nuts Soft-shelled almonds. 18ff20c; Kngllsn walnuts. 12öl4c; Brazil nuts. 12öl5c; filberts, 13Vijc; peanuts, roasted, lHc; mixed nuts, 13c. Caiiurd Goods. Corn. 73CSI1.23. Teaches Eastern standard, 2-lb. 22i22.25; 3-lb seconds. $1.D0Q2; California, standard. $2.104i2.40; California seconds, $1.9jU2. Miscellaneous Blackberries, 2-lb, 8j90c; raspberrle., 3-lb, $1.2521.30; pineapples, standard. 2-lb, fl.85ifl.iW; choice, $2fc'2.1'j; cove oysters. 1-lb, full weight, fl.u5&l.lo; light. 6065; string beans, 3-lb, 90tf35c; Lima beans, $1.2,)ü 1.23; peas, marrowfats, 95c?t$l: early Juno. $l.li'01.15; lobsters. $1.8.Vu2; red cherries, 90cij$i; strawberries, bZZ'Mc; sulmon. 1-lb, y5c(u$2; 3-lb tomatoes, 85 90c. Coal and Coke. Anthracite-, $7; C. & O. Kanawha, fl; Pitts burg;. $1; Wlnlfrede, fi; Raymond, f4; Jackson, $4; Island City lump, $3; lump coke, lie per bu, $2.75 per 23 bu; crushed coke, 13c per bu, $3.25 per 25 bu; Blossburg. $5 per ton; Connellsvllle coke, $1 per ton; smokeless lump, $5 per ton; Brazil block, $3.50 per ton,; smokeless coal, 55 per ton. Drugs. Alcohol. $2.502.70: asafortlda. 40c; alum. 2H 4c; camphor, 6S'f70c; cochineal, tiOiic: chloro form, 68'iH5c; copperas, brls, 90c; cream tartar, pure, 30ft 33c; lndfiro, 65'uS0c; licorice,- Calab., genuine. 3."'Sf40c; magnesia, carb., 2-oz, 2o''22c; morphine. I. &. .. per oz, J2.4vi2.7'j; madder, 14tnc; oil, castor, per gal. $1.15$rl.25; oil, bergamot, per lb. $3; opium, f3.75&3.90; quinine. 1 Ät W., per oz. 37ii'42c: balsam coralba. :.f.fi"V; soap, castlle, Fr.. 13til6c; poda, bicarb. 2Va't?f,c; aalts. Epsom, l'flc; sulphur flour, 2;,i35c; salt peter, bailie: turpentine, 44'J'5'c; glycerine. 17J 20c: iodide potassium, i.b.vai.7J; Dronuda potas slum. 55V60c; clilorate potash. ha-oc ; borax. WJ 12c; clnchonida, c4c; carbolic acid, 3ai4Sc. Dry fjoodM. Bleached sneeiings Anuroscoggin Tisc: Berkley. No. 60, 9icc: Cabot. 6c; Canitot. 5c: Cumberland. 7(sc; Dwlght Anchor. Sc; Fruit of the Loom. 7?ic; larwell. ic; Fltchville. 6'ic: Full Width, be; uiu i-age, no: ciiiaeu Age. r.v2c; Hill. 7,2o: liope, i'c: luiwoou, 2c; L.ondale. 8c; Peabody, 6c; 1'ride of the West, lUic; Ten Str ke. 6'nc; l'eppercii. -4. wc; ret pereii. 10-4. X nrlrnsrüiTC In. S-4. -lc: Anuroücone n 1(1.4. 2AC. Erown Sheetings Atlantic . A. Cc: Argvle. 6".c; l'oott C. 5c; Buck's ill ad. 6'Ac; Chiton CCC, 6c; Constitution, 4e)-inch, .c; Carlisle, 4inCIl. U'2t. AJiit. a v. . vjieuw A x. 1 1 5Vc; Great Falls J, 6c; Hill Fine, 7c; Indian Head. S'zc: peppereii it. uc: I'epperen. jo-4. iso; Androscoln. 9-4. lc: Anirocopgin. 10-4. 21c. Prints Allen dress styles, 440; Allen s staples, 5c. Allen lit, 4Vc; Allen'a robes, 54c; American Indigo. 4c; Arnoia long ciotn. ii. 8c; Arnold LLC. 7c; Cocheco rancy, c; Hamilton rancy, ;c; Merrlmnc pinks and purples, &l2c; l'aclllc fancy. Lc; Simison's mourning, ic; Simpson's Berlin solids, ihic; Simpson's oil Ilnlih. tc; American shirting. 4c; black white, 4'r.c; grays, 4VaC Kid-finished Cambrics Edward, 4c; Warren, :vc: Slater. 4c: Cienesee. 4c. Ticking!" Amoskeag ACA, ll'c; Conestoga. I IF. I3tc: Cordis 140, lll,c; Cordis T, llV-c; Cor dls ACE. imc; Hamilton awnings. Oc; Kimono fancy. 17c: Lenox fancy, lie; Mthuen A A. 10V2c: Oakland AF. 6c: Portsmouth, iVMc; Sus-juehan r.a. IPic, Chetucket SV, 6c; Shctucket F, 6ic; Swift River, ö-.c. elrnln Bass Amoskeag. I1j..0: American. $15.W; Harmony, flo.tO; Sark, $1S O nghams Amoskoag staples, ilhc: AmosKeatr dress. 7c: Bäte, 5lic; Lancaster, 5lic; Lancaster Normandles, 7c; Renfrew dress, ic. Flo nr. Straight graces. $P(rl.20: patent flour. $1.201? 4.43; sr-ring wheat patents, $j.40yi.w. tirocerles. Coffee flood, 10il2c; prime, lrllc; strictly prime. 1P;.j16c; fancy grein and yellow. lSfi22c; Java. 2Sfi32c. Roasted Old llovernment Java. r2!.2'fj33c: Oolden Rio, 21c; Bourbon Santos, 21c; Glided Santos, zic; prime antos, ;mc. package coffee City prices. Arlo?a. 11.7.'c; Lion, 11.75c; Jersey. ll.75c: Caracas, 11. 25c: Dillworth's, 11.7."c; Mfcill roucn, 11. .oc; ciates s oienueu Java, ii.75c. Sagars uominoee. o.f.c; cut ioai, .2C: pow dered. 6.02c; Xaaa powdered. 6.0ic; standard granulated. 5.S2c; fine granulated. 5.82c; extra Ann granulated, y.'.cc; granulated tnve-ii bags). 5.97c; granulated (2-lb bags). &.y,c: cubes, 6.1, c; mold A, 6.27c; confectioners' A. 5.62c; 1 Colum bia A, .47c; 2 Windsor A, i.42c; 3 Rldgewood A. 5.42c; 4 Phoenix A. 5.37c; 5 Emplro A. 5.22c; 6 Ideal (Sölden Kx. it. fc.z.c; 7 ina.or tzx. c. 5.17c; 8 Rldgewenxl Ex. C. 5.07c; 9 yellow Fx. C. 5.02c; 1-1 yellow C. 4.97c; 11 yellow. 4.92c;-12 yel low, 4.87c; 13 yeiiow, 4.!.c: 11 yenow, 4.i-c; 15 yellow. 4.82c; 16 yellow. 4.82c. rail va (vio( fi.v sj , cuiuh lui.i, fl..) 1.3'. . Flour Straight grades, 514.2.: patent. $4.255? 4.50; spring wheat, first grade, JI.3u4j4.50; second grade-. $3.7.'.'?; I; bakery. $J.5o;f3.65. spices i t i'1-er, ii ((loc, o(ic,(ii.rp wni.n., cloves, K-UlSc: cansia. lölSc; nutmegs. 50;it5c per lb. Beans Prime marrow, bu, $2.55412.65; do pea or navy, bu, $2.i;'j2.20; do red kidney, bu, $2.75iJ 2. S3; Lima beans, lb, IQ'Mc; German Lima benns, 54tr hc. Molasses and syrups rsew Orleans molasses. fair to prime, 2S33c; choice, 3 10c; syrups, 20 ltceToul!iana. 4,i'(76,-:c: Carolina, CHSSVic Shot fl.4fi l.; per bag for drop. Ia'ad 4Vo7c for pressed bars. Wood Dishes No. 1. per 1.00), $2fT2.50: No. 2. f 2.502.75; No. 3, $2.50i3; No. 5. $3if3.25. Twine uemp. uvic per in; wooi. iii'v; nax. 2Ci30c; paper. 2"c; Jute, 12t!lT,c; cotton. lS't2.".c. Wcodenware 0. 1 tubs. i5.;K.f7; No. 2 tubs. 45.50y6; No. 3 tubs. T4.w''uj; 3-hoop palls, fl.60; 2-hoop pails, fl.40fl.r0: doubl washboard, $2.23 Cj2.75: common wasnooaras, iuitm l.u: clothes jins, 60650 per box. Iron mid Steel. Par Iron, 2.50c; horseshoe bar, 2.753c; nail rod, 7c: rdow slabs. 4.D0c; American cast steel. 2llc: tire steel. 33Vrc; spring steel. 4i?-c. Leather. Oak sole. 2235c; hemlock sole. 2S?22c: har ne, 32tf3!c; skirting. 27fr41c; single strap, 42 46c; city kip, 6)85c: French kip. D-icif $1.2.i; city calfskin. JOc'u$l.lO; French calfskin. $1.200 1.85. Anils vand Horseshoes. Steel cut nails, $2.63; wire nails, from store, $2.65 rates: from mill. f2.65 rates. Horseshoes, per keg. $1; mule shoes, per keg, $1.50; horM nails, 4fr5 per box. Darb wire, galvanized, $3.25; painted, $3.10. Oils. Linseed, raw. CCc per gal; linseed otl, boiled, 67c per gal; coal oil. legal test. H'vSM'ic; bank. 47JF50c; best straits. 5c: Labrador, 6'c; West Virginia lubricating. 2cfT3ic: miners. 4)c; lard oils, winter strained, in brls. 503COc per sal; half brls, 3c per gal extra. Provisions. Ham-Sugar cured. IS to 20 lbs average. loj 114c; 15 lbs average, ly4tfli4c; 12 lbs average, 114öll4C. Lard Kettle rendered. 9Vic; pure lard, c 1'ork Bean, clar. $IS; rump, $14.50. Ltacon Clear tr.ies. 50 to 6- lbs average. V4c; 30 to 4) lbs avera,;?. J'ic; 20 to 3o lbs average, S"4e: clear bellies. 25 to 20 lbs avers e. ac: 18 to 22 lbs average. SV.c; 14 to 1 lb averarre. 1V: clear backs, 20 to 23 lbs average, sc; 12 to 16 lbs . i " -.. Mlt 4c less. fnouiufn 10 ius averts", Vc; i 10 12 lbs average, Sc. Serdi. Clover, choice, prime, S7JT7.50; English, choice. rffT.M; alsike choice. fTS; alfalfa.' choice! $',fc7; crimson cr scarlet clover. $5ft6; timothy.

GRAINS DULL BUT FIRM

yviii:at ad conx kacii 11 i:k;:itii or a cunt. AN Oats Sternly, lut "Without nn Advance FrovlMlons .'Iure Aetlve Thnn Cereuls, with Small Hains. CHICAGO. March 2. A feollns of spec ulative lassitude was apparent in the grain market to-day, but tho markets held firm, wheat closing higher, corn with a like advance, and oats unchanged. Provisions were a shade more active and independently firm, closing 5c to 5Tt7lc Improved. "Wheat was lacking in everything which Koc3 to make a. market either Interest ing or important. Scalpers had the trading almo.sr entirely to themselves. Operators are Mailing for developments in the crop situation before assuming a decided attitude in the pit, an.l as the news was colorless there was no reason for their breaking their rest. May opened c lower at 7538g to 75Uc because Liverpool and Paris were depressed and because of the springlike weather nnd the fact that reports of fly damage are not as numerous as the bulls could wish. Shorts covered some of their puny lines In alarm at moderate r-.-eelpts ami reports of export sales at other points aggregating nineteen load?, nnd May rallied to 'oYc. Operators who are styled "big" bought possibly 3ü0.(00 bu, which gives some idea of the smallness of tho trade. Primary receipts were, 526,00) bu, compared with C17.000 bu last year. Seaboard clearances in wheat and Hour were equal- to only DO.OO) bu. Minneapolis and Duluth reported C03 cars, against IÖ8 last week and 500 a year ago. LocarreceIpts were 5G cars, one of contract grade. For corn the dullest market of the week existed. The trade was confined to scalpers, whose operations were of no particular moment. Prices held steady on" firm cables, light country offerings, and softening weather West. To-day's receipts, . 42 cars, contained 11 cars of contract grade, but this came mostly from local elevators where poor corn had been "doctored" for the eye of the inspector. May sold between 413;c and 41c. and closed ;c higher at 41Uc. The corn dullness, together with its ilrmness, was reilected in the oats market, business was almost at a standstill during the curtailed session. May sohl between ISVfec and 2ös;c and closed unchanged at iof-Sc. Kecetpts were LH.i; cars. Provisions were tjuiet and llrm. The market was comparatively more active than tho grains, although the trade was mostly local. Tho firmness was based on light hog receipts and smaller stocks than had been expected to be shown by the February report. Mav pork sold between $14.15 and $14.10 and dosed He higher at $14.12Vi: May lard between $7.45 and 1 AYnl Ati, closing 5fj7ic up at $7.4ya7.472, and May ribs between $7.0-V2 and $7.05, with the close 5c higher at $.or. Estimated receipts on Monday: "Wheat, 75 cars; corn, 400 cars; oats, :0 cars; hogs, ao.ooo head. Leading futures ranged as follows:

Articles. Open- High- Low- ClosWheat ing. ext. ing. Mar. .. 734 74 73 737, April .. 7P3 7; 7C's 74 May ... 73'.4-73 I''t "ii 73l2-73"'s Corn Mar ... .... .... .... May .. 41 -41i 41 41 41't OatsMar 24 '-2-2 1 May ... 25',i-25r'i 25 252-25g Pe.rkMar $13.11." May ..$H.12'i ?1U3 $11.13 14.12',i Lr.rd Mar .... .... 7.40 Mar .. 7.C. 7.474 7.45 7.45 July .. 7.50 7.32;i 7.50 7.:.2!'a It lbs Mur .... .... .... .00 May .. 7.05 7.05 7.2'i 7.5 Sept .. 7.17Vi 7.2) 7.17',3 7.20

Cash quotations were ns follows: Flour quiet. Winter patents. $3. h; htralyhts, $3.20'3.C0; clears, $2.0'(i3.2'J; spring sped lis, $4.20'. 4.30; patents. $3. 50' 3. 70: straights, $3'? 3.20; bakers. t2.'XVn2.ZO. No. 3 ppring wl.eat, CafcTlo; No. 2 red. 744'!i7t4c. No. 2 com, 34c; No. 2 yellow, 35 4c. No. 2 oats. 2.'Q2lc: No. 2 white, 2i4ri2'.e; No. 3 white. 2riVd2.sc. No. 2 rye. C2. Ooo-i feeding tarley. 4c; fair to choice malting, Sl':56e. No. 1 flaxseed, $1.61; No. ,1 Northwestern Max?eJ, $1.63. Clover seeel, contract grade. $10.73. Prime timothy seed. $4.40. Mess pork, pur brl, $13.9514. Lard, per 10O lbs, $7.40'U4.424. Short-ribs sides (loose), Jj.!C!(i7.20. Dry-salted shoulders (boxed). $6.25') 6.50. Short-clear sides (loxed), $7.2:if7.35. Whisky, on basis of high wines, $1.27. Receipts Flour, 2Ü.CH) brls; wheat, 53.000 bu; corn. 2S1-C-0 bu; oats. 2..7.0h) bu; rye. 8.C00 bu; barley. 3i).f-0 bu. Shipments Flour. 23."K0 brls; wheat, 54,Oo) bu; corn, 123. WO bu; oats, 251,0)0 bu; rye, 1,000 bu; barley, 4,ouO bu. AT M:V YUIIK, - I'lrmer Tune lit the Grain Markets Oilier StnpleM Are Steady. NEW YORK. March 2. Flour Receipts, 6.003 brls; exports, 10.7S3 brls. Market Inactive,, but steady at unchanged prices; Minnesota patents, $4Ti4.30; Minnesota bakers, $33.25; winter patents, $3.6"fi 4; winter straights. $3.4.13.50; winter extras, $2.50-5 2. 8"i; winter low jrrades, $2.453 2.C0. Rye flour steady; fair to good. $2.S0'53.15; choico to fancy, $3.203.30. Ruckwheat flour dull at $2.10'C2.13. Corn meal quiet; yellow Western, $1; city, öle; Rrandywine, J2. 432.50. Rye dull; No. 2 Western. 61c f. o. b., afloat; State, 5C-Ö57C, c. 1. f.. New York. Rarley iulet; feedin:, 4 6 4 So, c. I. f., New York; malting, t2r$ 7ve, c. i. f.. New "York. Iiarley malt dull; Western, 65ft 72c. Wheat Receipts. f4,?00 bu; exports, 21.C83 bu. Spot dull but firm; No. 2 red, SJ4c f. o. b., a.'lcat; No. 2 red. 784C elevator; No. 1 northern Duluth, 874c (. o. b., afloat; No. 1 hard Duluth, 314o f. o. b., afloat. Options opened easy under weak and disappointing cables, with trade exceptionally dull an-1 entirely local. A decline of about 4c was followed early by a partial reaction on coverinK on larsre export demand; March, 7S 13-18'(j79c, doeing at 75c; May, 73 7-16-0 7;tc, cloi-ir.g at ?sc; July, 73 13-lCfy79Vic, clos1ns at 7'.4c. Corn Receipts, 122.S50 bu; exports, 74.323 bu. Spot dull; No. 2. 4Mic elevator, 470 f. o. b., arloat. Options opened dull and nominal. Selling was checked by the speculatively strong: statistical position, and warmtT weather beln? attains Improvement In grading; May closed at 4?c-. July at 43VUat Receipt. 54.600 bu: exports 10.60) bu. Spot dull; No. 2. 31c; No. 3, 30-e; No. 2 white, Z:ic, No. 3 white. 224c; track mixed Western, 0420; track white, 32'3 34e. Options dull. Hops quiet; State, common to choice. 1!"0 crop, 17'h2jc; l;o. li:15c; old, 2I;6c; Raclflc coast, 11 n crop, 17Kc: 1:, llsn.V; old. 2(Cc. Hides steady; Galveston. 0 to 25 lbs. lS'-trluc; California. 21 to 25 lbs. lic; Texas dry. 24" to 20 lb. 144' 15c. Leather steady; hemlock sole-, Ruenos Ay res, lig lit to heavy weights. 211 25c; acid. 234" 244c Reef quiet: family. $11 Ti 11.50; beef haras, $:; racket, fJ.So'd 10.50; city extra Inila mess, $14 16. Cut meats steady; pickled bellies. fSfi.J; tickled shoulders. $'.5u; pickled hams, $.25''il0. ,ard steady; Western steam. $7.75. RefinM quiet: continent. $7.85; S. A., $S.C0; comjwuaJ. $.-..r.0'(3.C24. Cork quiet; family, $15.5o; short clear. $11.7516.50; mess. $R14.5o. Tallow steady: city, 4c; country, 4"i'?i34c. Rice steady; domestic, fair to extra, 5T'.ic4c; Japan. 4V,'4!c Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle, good to choice. ::2'ö4')c. l'eanuts quiet; fancy hand picked. 4?4'ri5c; other domestic. 5c. Coffee Spot Rio firm; No. 7, invoice, 74c. Mild steady: Cordova. Mil24 Sugar Raw steady but firm; fair refining. 3 ll-lc; ce-ntrlfuttal. ?6 test. 4 3-16c; molasses pugar, S 7-16c. Refined steady; standard A. 5.30c; confectioners' A. 5.3c; mold A. 3.fc5c; cut loaf. 6c: crushed. 6c; powdered. 5.60c; granulateti, 5.5-c; cubes, 5.75c. TRADK IX GE.NEnAL. Quotation nt St. Louis, Baltimore, Clucinnntl nnd Other Cltle.t. LIVKRIOOL. March 2 Wheat Spot. No. 1 California firm at C 2V1; No. 2 red Western dull at ll'd: N"- 1 northern s-rln? dull at 6s 2'-d. Futures dull; Ma-, -.g llljd; July, 5 lli. "Corn ?rt quiet; American mixed, new. 3 &i: American mlxej. old, 3 lid. Futures dull: May. 3s lSd; March. 2s a',d; July, 3j iSd. Flour St. Iouis fancy winter steady at 8s 6d. Reef easy; extra India mess, 6i3 3d. Pork Prime me? Western eay at Harns Phort cut. 14 to It Iba. steady at 4I. I5acon Cumberland cut. 2C to So lb, firm at 4.5s Dd; hort ribs. 16 to 24 lb?, steady at 41a 6d: lonrcloar middles, lisht. 2S to 34. lha. steady at 41 6d; lor.K-clear middltf, heavy, ZZ to 40 lbs, f teady at 4's; short-clear lacks, ic to 21 lbs, teady at 3d; cl-rr lollies. 14 to 16 lb. fUn'.y at 43s f l; yhoulder. fiuare, 11 to 12 11.5, toai- at t-öä Sd. Lard Wme Western, in tierces, fteady at CS3 i; American refined, la I nil, firm at 3. R'Jtter dull; flnf-st t'nitei Stute. J"i: Rood Cnlted Ftatv. 7'. Cheese dull; finest American, white. 4s; finest American colored, r,. Tallow Prime city quiet at 2."a 3d. Australian. In London, easy at 27. ST. LOUIS. March 2.-Flour quiet; ratenta. fl. '.'13.75; extra fancy and tralht. 3.i:fiS.6i; clear, tl'o'.j.W. Corn meal steady at S2.C5. Uian strong; sacked, east track. 7"c. Wheat Nn. 1 red. cash. :V-zC; May, 73iaT3Hc; Julv, nun Ka t hard. 7iUi. Cora -No. 2. czzX Z"z:

May, SSQSSc: July. 3Uc. Oats No. 2. cah.

2c; July. 25'4c; No. 2 white. 2o. Pork steady; J"t.binj. $1.5). Lard. f7.27l.f- Dry-salt meats looxeu) nrrcer: extra shorts. 17.12'-.: c;ear rios. $7.25; clear sides. $7.37'.;. Pacon (boxed) firmer; extra shorti.. $7.S7i; clear ribs. $i.l2H: clear wdes. $s.25. Timothy seed steady; average receipts. $2.7:i?4; prime worth more, inferior Ps. nay Timothr weak at $r 13.50; rra'.rie sicauy at $.g io. Whisky, $1.27. Iron cotton tie. $1. Hemp twine. c. P.agglnc. 7(i7c. Receipts Flour. 5.0) brls; wht-at. 37.0f bu; corn. 12ß.0 bu; oats. 33.1- bu. Shipments Flour. l'Oi1 brl; wheat. Jj2." bu; corn. 94.00 bu; oats, 62.0i0 bu. BALTIMORE. March 2. Flour dull and unchanged; receipts. a.S57 brN; exports. 1.531 brls. Wheat ilrme-r; spot and March. 7)!,4r77e; May, 7Vi7a'c; steamer No. 2 red, 74Vj74'-c: receipts. 17,243 bu; Southern, by sample. 7ii77Tc; Southern. on grade, 75T'i 77"-1c. Corn firm; spot. 44-?44c; March an-1 April. 44l;Tt44c; May. 44vi'4V; steamer mixed. 43f43T,c; receipts, l-i.5J bu: export?. 1S.7.343 bu; Southern white corn. 47'j4Sc Oats quli-t; No. 2 white, Z:tZ2c. No. 2 mixed, Vtfc; receipts, J,v5-) bu. CINCINNATI. March 1. Flour dull. WheatNo. 2 red. 7tT:c. Corn firm; No. 2 mixed, 42c. Oats stead v; No. 2 mixed. 2Sc. Rye easy; No. 2. 57c. Lard steady at $7.25. Hulk meats quiet at $7..0. Paeon rtea-ly at $S.27lj. Whisky, distillers'- finished gcnxls, quiet on a basis of $1.27. Sugar lirm. CHICAOO. March 2 On the PYoduce Exchange, to-day. the butter market was Inactive; creameries. iyi2Zc; dairies. ltf!j'2c. Cheese quiet at luVullHc Kgs dull; fresh. 144c. KANSAS CITY, March 2. Wheat-Cash, No. 2 hard. tMuC'c; No. 2 red. 7o71c. Corn May, 37Vtf37?,.e; rash. No. 2 mixed. 3.c; No. 2 white. 37c. Oats No. 2 white, 27Vu 27,uC ReceiptsWheat. 145.0) bu; corn. 72, wo bu; oats, S,0 bu. Shipments Wheat, 4S,ir-j bu; corn, 16,000 bu; oatt. 5,.xa) bu. TOLEDO. March 2. Wheat Cash. 7?c; May, SOTc; July, 7v.,c. Corn Cash. 4oc; March, 41"c. Oats Ca.-h, :V; May. 27c. Rye. 522c. Clover seed, ls:s, prime. $6.35; lJ'J, prime, $0.G5; cash and March, $0. 75. MINNEAPOLIS, March 2. Wheat Cash. 74Vsc; May, 7lc; July. 75c. On track: No. I hard, 7ii7,c; No. 1 northern, 74'kc; No. 2 northern, C9Vi;70Hc. DULUTH, March 2. Wheat No. 1 hard. cash. 7.c: May, 764c; July, 76;c; No. 2 northern. C7V'i70,4C Corn, 37c; May, Oats, SCUtP 2;4c MILWAUKEE. March 2. Barley dull; No. 2, 52ij52c; sample, 53 'y 54c. flutter, Egg nnd Cheese. NEW YOr.K. March 2. Butter-Receipts, 3.fdl packages. Market weak; fresh 'creamery, 17'i$ 23c; June creamery. lUOc; factory, llfjl."K.'. Cheese Receipts, 5.'52 packages. Market easy; fancy, large, colored and white, H'tfll-sc; fancy, small, coltired, 12'.4ifl24c; fancy, small, white, 12 ii 124c Eggs Receipts. 5.5j2 packages. Market easy; Western, at mark, 134'jl3c; Southern, at mark, 15'al34c. I '11 1 LA DELPHI A. March 2 Butter 4c lower; fancy Western creamery. 234c; fancy prints, 234c; fancy near-by prints, 24c. Eggs dull and 11; 14c lower; frenh near-by, lC4c; fresh Western. Iti4c; fresh Southwestern, lGc; fresh Southern. 15c. Cheet-e hrm: New York full creams, fancy small. 12c; New York full creams, fair to choice, icff? llic KANSAS CITY. March 2. Eggs lower;, fresh Missouri and Kansas stock, 12c dozen, loss off, cases returned; new whltewood casea included, 4c more. ST. LOUIS, March 2. Butter steady; creamery, 16i4 24c; dairy, 14' 18c. Eggs lower at 13c. CINCINNATI. March 2. Eggs; 13c. Butter Arm. Cheese steady at llUHViC. Oils. NEW YORK. March 2. retroleum quiet; refined New York. 7.9.'c; Philadelphia and Baltimore, 7.Wc; Philadelphia and Baltimore, In bulk, 5.3,. Rosin quiet; strained, common to good, fl.CO. Turpentine dull at 41SM14C. WILMINGTON. March 2. Spirits of turpentine nothing doing. RoMn nothing doing. Crude turpentine firm at $1.30 to $2.30. Tar firm at $1.20. OIL CITY, March 2. Credit balances, $1.2S. Certificates no bid. Shipments. 111,343 brls; runs, Jd,fe2$ brls. MONTPELIER, March 2. Indiana and South Lima crude petroleum, fcfcc rer brl; North Lima, S3c. CHARLESTON, March. 2. Spirits of turpentine, nothing doing. Rosin firm und unchanged. SAVANNAH. March 2. Spirits of turpentine firm at 2Cc Rosin hrm and unchanged. Drr Goods. NRW YORK, March 2. In the dry goods market home trade has net shown any marked change to-day and no further business reported for export. The week clones quietly. In all departments. The tone of th market In generally easy, but prices not quotably lower, l'rlnt cloths dull in all makes. American cotton yarns show somewhat better demand, but no improvement In prices. Worsted yarns easy and irregular. Linen yarns Arm. Metuls. NEW YORK. March 2 Quotations were practically unchanged and ran as follows: Tin. I5.50fl 26.75c; lead, 4.37 4c; spelter, 3.?24fr3.974c: copper. Lake Superior, 17c and casting and electrlfytlc, N'hC. Pig iron warrants. $D.50r 10.50: Northern foundry. $15& lö.TO; Southern foundry, $14.50Q13.75, and soft Southern, $12013.73. ST. LOUIS, March 2. Mttals firmer. Lead. 4.224c; spelter, 3.&."c I'ooltry. ST. IOUIS, March 2. roultry steady; chickens. 74c; turkeys, 643 $4c; ducks, 5c; geese, 51J 6c. CHICAGO, March 2. Dressed poultry culef turkeyy, S"ylOc; chickens, 91('J4c ' CINCINNATI. March 2. roultry firm; chickens, 84yt0c; turkeys, 7ic. Dried Fruits. NEW YORK, March 2. -The market for evaporated apples ruled generally quiet, but generally steady at nominally and unchanged. prices. State common quoted at 3c; prime, 4fiI5c; choice, ",4Ti6i nnd fancy CW7c. California dried fruits ruled dull and unchanged. Prunes. 3440 S4c per pound, as to size and quality. Apricots Royal, 7Vdl2c; Moor Park, 841U5c. Teaches Peeled, 14'OlSc; unjieeled. 641 10c. -s, Cotton NEW ORLEANS, March 2. Cotton easy. Sales, 3.S50 bales. Ordinary, 6 15-lSc; good ordinary, 7,c; low middling. 4c; middling, 9c; good middling, 9 5-lGc; middling fair, 9c nominal. Receipts, 5.C3S bales; stock, 355.534 bales. NEW YORK, March 2. Cotton closed dull middling uplands, 9 3-16c; middling gulf, 9 7-lGc. Sales, 113 bales. Wool. ST. LOCIP. -March 2. Wool weak and depressed; medium grades, 131'Jc; light fine, 12$ 13c; heavy fine, 101fl2c; tub washed, 18274c NEW YORK. March 2 Wool quiet; domestic fleece, 24'(iL,6c; Texas, ITc. VITAL STATISTICS MARCH 2. Illrths. John Ncaley and Viola Wlnlngs, SIS Park avenue, girl. Frank and Maggie Shelton, 721 Ilaugh street, boy. William and SImmermeyer, 35 Richlanel street, girl. Thomas and Julio Mitchell, 933 Chicago street, boy. Frank and Sallio Kenworthy, 54 Rural street, girl. Fred and Kate Kukrcide, 1122 South State stre-et, girl. Henry and Mary I.ong, 11Ö3 Chestnut street, boy. John and Clotllde Gohman, 647 Arbor avenue, boy. Frank and Mary Marcella, 612 Georgia fftreet. girl. lernest and Louise Kenninger, Madison avenue, girl. Frank and Pauline Kritsch, 161C Chestnut Btreet, boy. Philip and Estella Holler, C40 Spring street, girl. William and Olga Mazurette, 43 South Oriental street, boy. Deaths. James Blair, thirty-eight, 337 South Meridian street, tuberculosis. Minnie Hobbj, twenty-five, City Hospital, results of burns. Katherine Schmitt, f eventy-four, 414 Fulton street, pneumonia. Thaddeus C. Alber. thirty-one, S23 Fort Wayne avenue. Jaundice. Margaret Moffett, seventy-four, 1019 South State street, heart disease. V. II. Grimes, eixty-one, SC3 East Tenth street, grip. William Ways, thirty-four. 613 East Miami street, phthisis pulmonalls. Marriage Licenses. John I'mphries and Laura Bell Taylor. John II. Worth and Lula Smith. Harry Morris and Bertha McNunery. The upper house of the Vienna Belchsrath yesterday unanimously adopted the address in reply to the speech from the throne. I A. Hoger & Co. Open a Dranch Ofilce. F. A. Rogers & Co., of New York, commission brokers and stock and jcrrain dealer?, have secured Rooms 505 and C0;i. Stevenson buildinyr. and will open the local branch here tnls week. Mr. Victor Shlmmel hai been in the city several days making the necessary arrangements and says that these offlccs will be the handsomest ever open?d in this city. A special Western Union wire will furnish direct quotations, from tho New York Stock Exchange. Mr. W. S. Giflord will be tho local manager. One uV.vartrr.ent which the firm of F. A. Rofrera & Co. has established, and which is proving very popular with Its patrons. Is an information, bureau, presided over by a railway expert, who makes examinations and reports on any railroad of which a patron of the ccmany cy C" tira to rccxiYS IzZztzzzHztu

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S. J. FLETCHUR, President. S. A. MORRISON, Asst Cashier. LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS CATTLE IX FAIU SI I'I'LV, SnUl(i AT QUUTAIIL.Y STEADV PIIICIIS. lIoRi Active nt nn Advance f Tullr Five Centn Sheep Stenel Condition of MurkeU Illnewliere. UNION STOCKYARDS, INDIAN APOLLS, March 2. Cattle-Receipts. 175; r-hlj.ments none. There was an average supply of cattle, and the offering consisted principally of quarantine cattle. They were In goi flesh and about the average quality, nnd old to local killers at what were considered steady prices. The ales were 92S and 8:2-pound cattle at $4.2o. and bGl-pound kinds at J3.SÖ. Aside from this there were very few cattle on the market, and there was r.o quotable charge in prices cmpared with yesterday. The receipts this week are little different from last week and 1.100 larger than the tame week a year ago, and receipts o far this year are over larger than the fame period lat year. The week ojened with a trenger tendency in the market, in harmony with other places, but latter all of the Indicated strength rn steers was lot and there was a very dull trade to the close of the week, but no further change in prices. Taring the week quite a number of export cattle sold at t."..2i. but they were not top kinds. The market for totkera and feeders was steady, ales being reported as high as ft. C5, A feature of the market this wet-k, has been tha unusually good demand for female cattle, which was encouraged by a decrease of marketing of that class. Most of the time buyers claimed they were unable to execute all their orders, and at the extreme close of the week vales were generally abuut lOjl&c higher than the close of last week. There has also been a demand for bulls. Helfer sold as high as 14. 75. cows as high as 11.25. and bulls $4.25. Quotations: (lood to prime steers, 1i2S0 lbs and upward tZ.WQ c.r-o Fair to medium steers. 1.350 lbs and upward 4.5esr 5.01 flood to chulce l.l.'O to 1.30-lb sters. .. 4.4'' f.. 00 Fair to medium 1.150 to 1.3fK-lb tUeeri. 4.10-ci 4.C-I Medium to good 9o) to l.leo-lb steers... 3'.tf 4.40 Uood to choice feeding" steers 4.'"i 4.5Q Fair to medium feeding steers 3.5'y 3.10 Common to goevd stockers Z.2l' 4.1-0 flood to choice heifers 3.75W 4.35 Fair to medium heifers Z.ZU'a 3.W Common lljjht heifers 3.0t 8.25 Good to choice cows 2 (f 4.25 Fair to medium cows S.CV-f 3. TO Common oi l cows 1.71u' 2.73 Veal calves 5. .')" 6.15 Heavy calves 3.5 5.30 Prlmo to fancy exjtoit bulls 3.rKi 4.25 eJood to choice butcher bulls 3.25'ir 3..0 Common to fair bulls 2.50'r 3. CO flood to choice cows and calves 3').W,ii '.').') Common to medium cows and calves.. ..1.1. Oü'a25.tJ Hogs Receipts, 2.000; shipments, C0o. The supply of hogs was small, in fact hardly as large as the average at this time In the week, and with a good demand from oil buyers, but principally from packers, the market ciened with considerable animation In the bidding and tho supply was soon changing hands promptly at on average advance of fully 5o In prices over yesterday. Sales ranged from J5.45 to $5.;2'2, an 1 were largely at $5.47V2GS.M. The receipts this week are over 1,000 maller than last week and thus far this year there Is an Increase of :3,r,d compared with the same period last year. Local packers bought fully 15.C1.0 hogs the irn-t week and the shipments were over 6,000. Tho markt for the week opened with a cood advance in prices which was followed by a further upward movement on Tuesday; on Wednesday the reaction began, and on Friday prices were about 7lc lower than Monday. At the extreme close of the week there was another rally In prices, which made the average fully 10c lower than the high time, and about 2c lower than the close cf last week. Local packers have been the leading buyers, having taken more than twice as many as shippers. The quality generally has been satisfactory, but there has been a scarcity cf prlmo heavy butcher hegs. Quotations: flood to choice medum and heavy $5.4.:. ?'; Mixed and heavy packlnp S.S.".! r.V.' Good to choice light weights f, i:, 45 Common to fair light weights 5.?,.V.f.-..4 Common to good pigs 4. :.'' 5 2.". KoxiRh 4.75Ö 5.25 Sheep Receipts small; shipments none. There were very few fresh arrivals of sheep or lambs, the quality was not the best, and the market did not show any quotable change compare! with yesterday. Lambs sold as hiph ns $4.75 and sheep $3.75. The receipts this week are nearly 9:0 smaller than last wek. 200 larger than the same week a year ago, and thus far this year there Is an Increase of over f.OOO compared with the same period lat year. There has en a very good demand all week, and from practically all buyers, which n-sulted in a strong market, but on account cf the scarcity of prime stock there was net much quotable advance In values. The supplies have been exhausted rather eagerly, and no doubt a larger number could have tx-ea sold at current prices. During the week Iambs sol i as hish as 5.50. and the top price for sh-ep was It. Quotations: Good to choice lambs 4.7.";3 25 Common to medium lambs 3.5"f 4i".0 uu)u 11 vnuK-e Fneep 3..V. j4 i eommon to meuium sneep 2.LV '0 Rucks, per 10J lbs 2.53.23 Trnnnnctlons nt the Interntntc Vnrd. INTERSTATE STOCKYARDS. INDIANAPO LIS, March 2. Cattle Receipts nominal; ship ments none. The few on sale were soon taken by the local killers at strong prices. The demand continues good for all grade, and the in dlcatlons are fairly steady for the m-ar future, The closing was steady, with ull sold. Quotations: Good to choice steers. 1,250 to 1,450 bi..;.Qyt T..11) Fair to medium Hteers. 1.250 to 1.4)0 lbs 4.75jj uooa 10 prime uuicner steers, 1.1 to 1.2 j0 lbs .25Tf 5.73 air to rooa nouers, w to j.i 10s.... 3.75 4.i5 Lagm stocKers 3.ii 4.5 Good to cnoice heifers 4.O1' 4.15 Common to fair neliers 2.75' 3.i5 Good to prime cows 3.7.V 4.o Fair to good cows 1.75u 20) eioexl to cnoice iignt veais 5.2-'.'r 6.0 Good to heavy vals 3.A 4 '..) Good to choice fat bull 2..W. 3 x Common to fair fat bulls 2.5'' 2n Good to choice cows and calves 25 on. 1 1 0 Common to medium cows and calves... 2;. im 'a 30. od Hogs Receipts, C50; shipments, 570. The qu.l ity was fairly good, somewhat better than yes terday. and with good demind from all sources the market opened active, with yesterday's Lies regained. Tho bulk of the. sa'.es was made at 15.W. with an extreme range cf J5.47V'ti 5.52; a good clearance was mad early, as orders wete t4Utte noerai. ani sevemi went over unfill-ad Ihe closing wa streng. Quotation: Good to Choice ngntjor heavy y,zi " - - x Fair to good mixe: 5.474' 5.5) Common to gojd light 5.45 ;5.5o Common to goid pigs s.2-5 15.40 Common to good roughs 55.25 Sheep Ktcelitr, 150; shipments none. The de mand continues rood for all era dos and the light supply found ready sale at strong prices The quality wa generally fair, there belnjc a few giod Iambs that sold at $5.25. The closing was sieauy, un ait sota. vuoiaiions: Good to choice lambs $5.00."). 40 Common to rair itrnw titoxl to choice sheep Stockem and feeders Rucks, per 100 lbs -3.2-.-i i.:o Z.Uil J.tK) 2.0 -jlW 2.50 j 3. ElaetThere. CHICAGO. March 2. Cattle Recelrds. . 100. lüxrket nominally steady, (lood to prime steers, fi-fl; r-- rilum. n.4t4.7'J; stocken and r: : .-3 t V rU-:. Ji; titrrra $ic:t.t:; ca-

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CI IAS. LATHAM, Cashier S. A. PLIITCI.UR. Ass't Cashicr. nrrs. t:;.-:eO; bull. i:7.''-.4 1; calves. KC'G.25; Texas .l sic-rs. ili:4ke; T-xas glass ners, t0.r.c;i4; Texas hulls. il.lii:. Heg Rueipts t-. lar. l'',,Vi;y to-morrow 35.(00; left over 5e". Marh t g n. rullj 5c htijhir, elIr.g steady. Top. 55. ;-.; mix'- l and but tiers, 15 2 :kJ 5.474; g"ol t du K-e l.t-avr, $5.4 " 5 ; rougii hay. i...2.'.5 35; Uht, 5.ü'1i5 45; 'ulk of sale., 15.4'- 5.45. ihc p Receipts. 10. Market stea.ty. God to choi -e wethtTN J4-2.'-ii 4.75; fair to ch. lee mix -d. Ha 4 25; Western sheep. f4.2."5i 4 75; Texas shep, J2.5e5.75; native Uinbs. J4.4"'';i 5 25; Vetrr Iambs. $.'.'! 3 25. Receipts f.ii this and last wek: This w . k Re ceipts Cattle. 4'.J; hogs. 1S0.&; sheep. fA.oC-0. Itt w k Receipts Cattle, 4.JM; lugs. 15.2' e; sheep, W.uO. KANSAS CITY. Starch 2 Cattle Receipts. 1.2"0. Market generally I'.-c to Uc higher than last wet-k's clone. Norminally as follows: Natlv beef sttt-rn. 4.;0ii 5.0. tckers and felrs, 4J.S'ö45; Heuern fl steers, $4.255 5: Texsns and Indian sters, $j.75ü4.fi5; cows. 12'j4 25; helfeis. $;a4.tr; bulls. $3'y4.4u; calv-s. $4. Kecelpta for the week. 31,5"i; lasX week. 34 t. Hogs Receipts. t.,4''. Market be higher. Ten, j.jj, i-uiK ci saas. .'"yj. '; neavy, -.1.; mixed ji.ckers. $5.2"r5 40; light. f.'..i.".Si 5.35; pigs. $l.i.i...lo. itoctlpts for the week. M.O00; last week. 77,000. the ; Ree lpts. .".0. Market stea.Ir with w eek ago ju. tatu-r. Western lambs. $4.755; Western wethers. M.ir.lj 4 .V: Western yearling". $4.3.'5f 4 k; ewes. $2.5' t35; culls. $2.5"7j3 25. Receipts for the week. lS,5'i'; last we.-k. 15.txu. ST. LOCIS. Murch 2. Cattl Recelrts. 2-0. Market steady t) string. Native shipping anl exjK-rt st-ers. $4.!iKi(55; dressed tcef and butthers stt-ers. f4"5.C; tlrs under l.too jwunds, $3.5"'cj5; stockers and fe.-lers. $2.76 4.60; cows anl heifeis, J24.20; ranners, Jl.::i2.75; bulls. $2.3:.; 4; Texan an 1 JnlUn steers. $i.2ii 4.C5; cows ami neirers, r-.i'-'tfZ.. II gs Receipts. 3.2. Market steady to 6a hliihtr. Pigs and lieht. 5.25tf5.40; packers, $5..:'.( 5.4i : i utchei. t5.4'j$'5.fu. Sheep Rf-of-li.tn. 3 xj. ilarkt steady. Natlv muttci.8. Jiii4.:."; lambh. $4 . 5 ir 5. 40 ; culls and, bucks. $j;4 i-: stockers. 2'3.25; Mexican yearlings and dieep, $4 54 '4i4.M. NLW TtJRK. March 2 Revrs Recelrts. 2!f. No trading: steady f-e-lir.gg; cables unchanged. RxjK.rts, Luis cattle. 1,21 sheep, and 4M-) quarters of b f. Calves Receipts. 2C1. Market slow and loirr. Veals, lo'jl; no clutice here; barnyard calves nomii.nl. Shep and lambs Rtceil ts. 4.422. Sheen tead? lambs dull and lower, sheep. $3.5c'4.75: lambs. 5 . ix 45. fr cood to chok e. 1LK8 Receiiti. 2.5JS: all fr slaurhterers: nominally weak. SOUTH OMAHA. March 2-Cattle-ReceIrt. 10t. Market nominally steady. Native U-ef steers, $ 5.25; Western steers, $3.7 Texas steers. $i.3.S5; cows and heifers. $3.10'rf 4.r5: calves. $4'u7.25. Hogs Ree -jiit. 6.3 t. Market 5c hirher. Heavy. $ ..;'2-ir ...35: mlxi. 5. 25171.274: llcht. ".25'ii5.271,; hujk of wiles, $5.2 'J5.3J. Sheet Receipts. l.W. Market slow ani eteudy. Ycarllurs, $4.25,r l.5; wethers, $44. 4v; ewes, $2.io3.M; lambs, $4 2y5. ITNCINNATI. Marc ä 2.-)Icgs easy at ii.ZZ'J attle steady et .2: T4.25. Fhep steady at J1.75J4.::. Iambs t-teadr at M.751j50. GOLD MAY LOSE IN VALUE .may nrxoMi: morc i'i.r.xTirrT and ciii:api:u than silviir. VIetra of Hnrvnrd's Ceolngliit, Who Sarm There In IIIUlonH Worth of Yellovr Metnl In America. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. March 2. "If th price of pold rocs down, another metal must be looked for as a token of international value. I think this metal will b sil ver, because silver is not fouml in alluvial plains and because, owing to the difficulty in mining, it will never change In v.ilu." This statement was made by Prof. N. S. Shaler, Harvard's geologist. In a lecture to six hundrel students In Sanders's Theater. He predicted that within the next thirty years there would be an influx of grold such as the world has never known. Professor Shaler bases his statement on geological conditions, combined with recent improvements in mining apparatus. He said. In part: "Within the past few years men have come to realize that r. large portion of the earth's surface is charged with gold. (IzUl is Indissoluble, and when gravel banks ara cut away it is not easily carrinl off by streams to the sta, us is the case witti other metals. Instead. It is carrle! along. broken up in liiur and liner fragments, and gradually deposited over alluvial plains. The new systems f mining whicn have recently been discovered will have produce 3, by the mi-ld;e of the- pnsvnt cntury. tin almoct intlerable supply of gold. I cannot say definitely what the Increase will be-, but 1 should think at the least that the present su;idy will be luadruMe!. On thta continent of America alone 1 have estiinated that the amount of gold to be won frum nravtl within tho next hunlred year wlil be worth JPvj :,rrt.'j. l"p to the pre:-nt time men have been handicapped in searching for gold by tho fact that it was yatter-d so thinly through the earth. They have b-en able to find any amount ef gravel paying from 10 to I!) cnta to the cubic yard, but the expense ot dreeigins has teen so great that they have Ixen unable to extract It with profit. Now, however. th m.tchinr-ry f the dre lg-rs Las ben greatiy Rnproved. Within the last three years !r-!,ies have le?n opr rated in Itussla and in the United States and especially in Leadsiile. Col., which have proved beyond (jut-stun that alluvial sjll can bo profitably worktd for gold. in the Unlttd sjtates th re are from six thousand to eight thousand square miles which will give miner.? employment and which can be accurately depended on for producing cold. Similar areas in Kussla, India. Africa, and Australia will hood tha market, and if the value of geld remains tlie same the quantity will Increase tenfold by the middle of the century. The pnduction may be limited, however, by a simultaneous rise in tho price of labor and by the fact that the mines In South Africa and In other places where the solid rock bej U worked cannot be operatel by reason of tho Increased expense. Still, there will b a vast intlux. nnd what its eltect will b? cannot be estimated. It may play havoc with commerce, but to ray mind it is mere likely to bring about the long looked for golden age an age of peace, prosperltj- and hope." BEER PMCES CUT. War Iletvreen Iialtlmor Brewen eel ernlilp Proceed lugs. n HAITIMORi:. Md.. March 2. Application for a rcceiverslp for the Maryland Urewing Company was made in the Circuit Court to-day by the Citizens Tr.st an.l Deposit Company, trustees under the mortgage to secure $7.U0.) bends. Interest upen which was defaulted yesterday. The application, tegcthtr with several other suits pending against th concern, went over until March J2 for further hearing and th takln? (f testimony. A price-cutting war between the Maryland Urewing Company and the In, Impendent trew;'rle3 was inaugurated to-day by a reduction In the price of beer frutu Ju to $4.W a tvarrel upon the rart of thi company. This cut was met by some of the ir.d pendent concern, while others tr.ada reductions rangins from 5 cents to l A barrel. It'a Money to Yon.

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