Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1888, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SU THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS A Veéry Uninteresting Day in the ‘Wheat Pit. THE STRIKE DEPRESSES PRICES. PoToT | A Short Session of the New York Ex- change and No Afternoon Session At Chicago—Corn Excited and Unsettled, CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. CnicaGo, March 81.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—It was an uneventful wnd un interesting day in the wheat market. For. eigners arc taking @ vacation, which will last until next Tuesday, 80 that no news of importance could come from abroad. It was a short session in New York and only a morning session here, and as might ha been expected 4 was more holiday feel ing than business interest the market. Whilo the tendency of the railrond strike is onceded to be to depress prices, it is even stronger towards diminishing the volume of busincss and to this quitc a8 much as any shing else may be attributed the small tr Actions of to-day. May wheat opened at 77¢ which was Jg@!4c lower than the last quotation of Thursday. Prices worked ® slowly as corn advanced, unul }{@vi%c was touched, then fell to 77le, and between that price and 73 }4c the market held for a long time, declining later to 76} @ %ic, then advancing to 77'5¢, which wa closing piice. June wheat opened at sold up to 773¢e and closed av 77 5. The ofticial quotations for the opening of May corn was 52%e, but within thirty there were sales at 527.¢, very hittle was done under ing an excited and unsettled condition of that market. At the outset the price for May corn worked up to e quite rapidly, then fell back to 523¢e, advancing later to 53e, fall- ing back to 523¢c, advancing to and closing at b3lge. June corn opened at B2w@hle, in stocks were special points of attack and suf- fored the most. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy dropped 3 points, Rock Teland 3, Northwestern 2}, St. Paul 2!, Missouri Pacific 214, Western Union 2!, Reading 24, Lackawanna 3. Trading was active, Large lines of shorts were covered and in a few stocks small rallies were recorded, but the last sales on a majority of the stocks were at the inside figures of the day and year. The bank statement was expected to be exceed ingly bad, but the reserves only decrsased £267,630. The total sales during the two hours’ session were 107,987 shares, including St. Paul, 34,500 Reading, 17,500 Northwestern and 2,200 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. VERNMENTS — Government bonds were d steady. YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS. ed 12 [C.&N. W 12 | a0 pi ed 1064/ N .Y 1 C 10615 0. RN Pacific b of 2144 P, T Cannda Sc Pacific Central Pacific %0 D& Chicago & Alton Pullman CoB& Reading DL, & & 1Rock 1sland DR C L. &S, F Erie ‘ o| dopreferred do preferiod « & St. Paui INinols Central,. .. 115 | U0 preferred LB & 9158t P, & O, K. &T 1254| do preferred. Liike Hitg Texas Pacific. L& N 51%|Union Pacific. Michigan Contrai {W. St L. & P. Missour Pacific do preferred Missouri Pacific . U. Telegraph do preferrid t Exividend, MoNEY 0N CALL—Easy at 8 per cent, Prive MeERCANTILE PAPER — H@7 cent STERLING at §4 855 demand. erred ntral ex-diviemy Maii hore i £ per Excmaxee—Dull but _steady, for G0-duy bills; $487% for PRODUCE MARKETS. Chicago, March 31.--Following are the 2:80 closing prices: lour—Unchanged with the exception of winter wheat, which was 10c higher: win wheat bbls, '$3.60@5.00; sacks, $2.50(@ wheat bbls, #.50@4.50; sacks, €2.7004.25; spring, §1.75@3.90; rye flour, $2.85@3.10 per buckwheat flour, £.00@6.75 per bbl. Wheat—Quiet, with slight changes, fluc- tunted within ige range and closed about the same as Thursday; cash and April, i2%c: e, s0ld at 518 @513 and 52i4c, and closed at 52ie. The most weighty influence in this market was the expected general railroad strike, Its effect here was exactly the re- verse of its effect in the wheat market, It might mean the cutting off of all receipts, and as the stocks here and east of here are small the danger of an actual scarcity would not be far away. This frightened the shorts and caused the sharp advance. When their demands were satisfied the price fell again, but at any decline there was: strong buying, which appeared to be for investment, and the result of each of these sharp fluctuations seems to be to leave the price a little higher than before. Hutchinson was a free buyer of corn to-day. “The oats market was quict and featurcless, but ut a little higher range of values, fluctu” Ations amounting o only lge. May oats opened at 31'5c, sold up to 311c and closed at 8lige. June oats opened at 3lc, sold up to and closed at 81 e For July o asked at the opening, aud they sold up to 805, For August oats 27'gc was bid. The provision trade was @ little heavy. An early break in pork was occasioned by free selling by a pit trader and weakened the en tire market and turned the tide downward. Lower prices were the rule, ana at the ad- journment pork showed a decline, based on Thursday’s closing, o1 10@124¢, lard of 5e, and shortribs of 7lge. The day’s business was only moderately liberal, and the line of spee ulation was 1 ¢, June and July were the active deliveri In pork the monthly carrying charges were s a rule in lard 5, and in_ short ribs 7. For pork sold from 13,621 carly down to £13.35; lard from £7.621¢ down to £7.571; and short ribs from down to $i.05. Pork osed at £13.45, lard at , and short ribs at #7.10. The resting quotation for June pork was $13525, for June lard, ¢, for June short ribs $7.17¢, e N71¢ and for July short ribs CHICAGO LIVE STOOK. Crieaco, March 81.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]-—There was little or no cause for change to-day. The supply was light, us usual, and had the buyers taken hold with any degree of activity prices would have been higher. As it was, the demand was moder- ate and values were only steady. Prices were not quotably changed to-day, but there was a good steady elose to the market forthe week, There was a much better feeling thin on the opening duys, owing to lighter re ceipts, One or two salesmen had " cattlo. como in thonght were 10l lower. Some tail-end Qistillery-fod cattle sold at 22.60@ 3,60, Steers, 1,850 to 1,500 ths,, #4.406@5,00; 1,200 to 1,350 1hs., £3.80@4.50; 950 to 1,500 1hs., $2.20@.90. Stockers and feeders, §2 403,00, Cows, bulls and mixed, $1.70@3.60; bulk, £2.50@2.80, Texas fed steors, #4710 Hoes—Trade_opened brisk and s shade stronger, especially in the Rock Island divis 1om, but fater on ruled rather slow, closing weak, with the advance, if thero any entircly lost. Best heavy, including Phila’ delphias and selected butcher weights, made £5.44(@5.50, one or two lots at $5.55; Mixed at .30005.40; light at £5.50@5.40, F Chicago, March 81.—The Drovers' Journal reports us follows: Jattle—Receipts, 2,000: market steady; steers, $4.20@5.00: stockers and feeders $2.40@@3.00; cows, bulls and mixed, $1.70@ 8,605 Texas fed steers, £3.70@3.75, Hogs—Receipts, 9,000; market mixed, £.2005.45; heavy, $5,30@5.55; 5. 155,45 skips, §3.50(05.00, Sheep— Receipts, 4,000; market weak and lower; nutive: westerns, $4.60(@ 5.80; Texans, £5.00624.50; lambs, #5.10600.50. National Stock Yards, East St Louis, March 51.—Cattle—Receipts, 600} shipments, 1,100; market strong and unchanged; choice heavy native stecrs, $4.50@h.40;" fair to good native steers, $4.0004.00; butchers’ steers, edium to choice, $3.20(04.50; stockers and feeders, fair to good, §2. 103,40 rangers, ordinary to Kood, $2.2004.00. Hogs — Iteceints, market stead, butchers’ selections, §.40a@h.55; packing, me- dium to prime, §.20(h.45; light grades, or dinary to best, §.00 Kansas City, March 81— Receipts, 723; shipments, none steady 'to be lower; good to choice $4.655.00; common to medium, stockers, #2.00@2.90; feeding steers, §3.00@3.00; cows, §2.00w.(0. Hogs—Receipts, 6,005 shipments, market about steady ; common to choi @5.2; skips und pigs, ¥.00024.50, strong; light, 2,800; shipments hoice heavy Cattle- market 4003 #.50 FINANCIAL, New Yous, March [Special Telegram to tho BEek]—Stocks--The stock market continues about as one-sided as it can possi bly be, greatly to the discomfort of holders and operators, who believe prices have lately declined enough, and in some instances more than the situation warrants. The latter class, however, have neither the nerve nor money 10 buy stocks so long as the general situation regarding the labor trouble exists and shows 8 disposition to spread, and rumore of rate cutting cast and west exist. Holders who have high-priced stocks-and there are muny —would gladly get out, but find it impossible to do 80 without a severe loss, and the strong: est are forced to keep them locked up in their strong boxes and await a more udvantageous opportunity to unload. The public have been soizod with a bear craze that seews o be spreading. The days for buying stocks for an investmont are over for the present, and the impression prevails among the mujority of operators, particularly those in the west, that all & man has todo is to sell short and stand on his trades and he will win. The bulls have become completely demoralized and long stocks come out with such freedom that it requires little pressure to keep prices on the down grade. ‘'bo feeling to-day bor. dered 6o a panic, being increased by reports of failures. Bears and bulls sold indiserim Juately and pressed thelir advautage iv every ouapler, Grungers and coslers aud Gould Active and exc n and closed 80, cash, 401@@49%c: May, Steady and qui 1; opened excited above Thursday; g, ,but & shade bet- €51 Burley—i7@s0c. Prime Timothy—82.02@2 Flax-seed —#1.45. Whisky—81.15. Pork—Opened steady and advanced 5@ e, later receded 25@2i3ge and closed tamo t medium figures; cash, $13.30@13.45; May, $18.45@13.4715, Lard—Quict and easier: cash, 7,573, Dry Salted Meats—Shoulders, short clear, §7.30@7.35; short ribs, §7.05. Butter—Firm; creamery, 24@ile; 23(@ic. Cheese—Unchanged @l 12 3. 57345 May, full eream cheddars, ; flats, 111/@12¢; young Americas, k; fresh, 13@1ic. Hides — Unchanged; green sen salted, 54, 1 bull, 415c; salted calf, Sc: dry flint s dry 10¢; deacons, 30c each. nchanged: No. 1, solid, 4/5¢; No do 8¢ cake, 4ige por b, Receipts, 000 18,000 00,000 73,000 Shipments. 29,000 13,000 106,000 71,000 000 20,000 Wheat—Receipts, xports, 76,200; cash firm: options opened weak at 1 @ lowersruled stronger; h decline recove dd red, 801 @i2vic; No. 3 red, in clel Flour, bbls. Wheat bu, Corn, bu. .. Oats, bu, Rye, bu. © 20,000 vator, Sige £, 0. b, 903{@tle delivered; May osing it 8iie Corn—ILteceipts, 59,000 options advanced' rq@) reaction of @y graded, 6136355 D y closing at 61y c. Ouats—Receipts, 5,005 expor 1 M@lge lower mixed weste: hite western, 41Ge45c, exports, 3,300; ., closing steady with b tirm and quict; un- 2, 63@i3ic in store, rm, moderate demand, Lard — Lower; closing weak; steam, spot, §5.00, Butter—Steady: western, 14@30c. Cheese—Quiet but firm; western, 12¢. - New Orleans, March mixed, 6c; yellow, 60c: white, 6le. Outs—Unchanged’: 030! 50, Hog Products-— Unchanged; pork, $14.5 lavd, $7.90. Bulk Meats—Unchanged ; shoulders, §6.103 long ¢l and clear rib §7.50, Liverpool, March 31.—Wheut—Quic demand poo Corn—Steady, with the demand fair; mixed western, 45 857d per cental. Minneapolis, March 81 — Wheat—Re- ts, 501 cars for two days; shipments, 06 curs; prices firm. Closing: In store—No. 1 hard, Mar 3 May, 75ic; July, 763 1 northern, 'March, 78%c; il, 7 Tie; July, Thlge. No. 8 hern, and ' April, 71%c; May, July, 78%c. On track—No. 1 hard, i No. 1'northern, 74%@75¢; No. 2 north" ern, T2 @7 e, Flour—Unchanged; patents, sacks to ship- pers, $.10004.25; bakers', $3.20( 3,45 Milwaukee, March 31.—Wheat—steady : cash, T44¢; May, 7bgc; June, 76c. Corn: gular; No. 3, 47c. Oats—-Firmer; No. 2 white, 35c. Ryo—Stron, No. 1, 60c. ssarley—Steady’s No. 8, 736, Provisions—\W i pork, March, §13.25@ 18.50. Cincinnatf, March 31.—Wheat—Scarce; No. 2 red, ¥lic t'm'n Active and higher; No. 2 gansige, Oats—Firm: No. 2 mixed, 34c. Rye—Quiet and Firm; No. 3, 66} 5c. Provisions—1’ork dull at $14.00; lard quiet at §7 Whisky— Steady at $1.09, St. Louis, March 81,—Wheat—-Higher; cash, BUA @805 3 May, B03{C. Corn—Stroug; cash, 46} Oats—Higher; cash, o, Pork—#13.51 Lard 3 west 8@ 3. —Corn—Firmer; new mixed, Buttes 20(wWde. Kansas Ofty, March 31.—Wheat- No. 2 soft, cash, 78}e; May, 7515 @; Corn—Stronger; No. 2, cash, 43¢ May. 44} bid, 44i5c asked. s—No. 2 cash, no bids nor offerings; May, 20%¢ bid, 1o Offerings. e, aske OMAHA LIVE STOCK. UNION S10cK YARDS, 6 p. m. ) aturday, March 31, 1888, { The market opened with only ' nineteen fresh loads on sule but twenty-seven loads arrived late in the afternoon, fourteen loads of which were stock cattle, 1t being Satur- day the packers were not very liberal buy- ers and the shipping demand was light. The market was devoid of lifo all day, although a good share of the cattle was sold before the close. Swift & Co. went on the market late in the afternoon und bought seven or more loads, The gencra! market was about steady although salesmen were disposed to ask stronger prices and iu some cases, perhaps, got what they asked. Hogs. There were sixty loads of bogs on sale to day, of which twenty-threo louds were stale, and eight loads did not arrive until late in the afterncon after the market had practi- cally closed. The market opened with the buyers aeting decidedly bearish ard bidding es that were fully 5o lower. The feel- however, among the salesmen was and the efforts of the buyers to ham- mer down prices did not have much effect upon the market othor than make it drag fung: | The sales wiado in the morning were ittle lower but later in the forenoon the buyers made better offers aud the market closod ubout like yesterday. Five loads of late arrivals were left unsold. One choice heavy load of hogs reached #5.25, which was & wore Lhan auy brought Vesterday, THE AUCTION SALE OF SEATS APRIL 1. 1888.—-SIXTEEN PAGES. SO T EH \w Booih - Barreft Engagemeris AT BOYD'S OPERA HOUSE. Opens Tomorrow, Monday Morning, April 2d, Commencing at 10 0'clock See Repertoire of Plays and prices in another part of this paper. All tickets remaining unsold after the auction, will be placed on sale Tuesday morning, April 3d. Sheep. ~There were only two Receipts. tale loads here, Prevailing Prices. The following is @ table of prices paid in this market for the grades of stock men- tioned. It frequently occurs that no sales of some particular grade are made, when in this case the table will state as nearly as possible the price that would have been paid had there been any of that class among the offerings. Prime steers, 1300 1500 1bs. . $4.20 5! Prime steers, 1100 to 1300 1bs, 3.85 Fat little steers, 900 to 1050 1b: Common to choice cows..... Common to good bulls. .. Light and medium hoy Fair to choice heavy hogs.. Fair to choive mixed hogs. .. Representative Sales. CORN-FED STEENS Pr. No. 50 1. 7., BV No. Av, ()t 20, 19 g Bifik COWS AND STEERS. 21......1005 3.65 cows. No. Av. Shk. Pr, — §3.00 200 80 120 200 160 5.00 20g Live Stock Sold. Showing the nunbor of head of on the market to-duy 106G, Hammond & Co. Omaha Packing Co e Armour & Cudahy... .. Speculutors . G. H. Range of Price Showing highest and lowest prices paid for leading grades of cattle on dates mentioned Spaceleft blank indicates that no sales of that particular class of cattle were made on thy me SUrs Prime SUrs, Common 1o Y1500 10110061800 1b;| ChoiceCows, March 18 Sunday March 1t March 208’00 @ h 21| Sunday | @i @i 2 4 20 LA @10 | D65 @iz (150 @l | Sunday’ | Sunday R @4 (200 i ® (250 @i 25 @i (25 @i 160 3% 3 90 410 @20 3 214 2115004 10 2 @3 60 March 244 20 @A 65 @3 00 @3 60 @3 b0 @3 3 Range of Prices, Showing the extreme highest and lowost ratespaid for leading grades of hogs on datos mentioned " Heav T Mixed | Sunday @505 @b 0 @5 03 @b 05 @5 10 Sunday @b 05 @b 05 @ 10 @5 05 @5 Sunday Sunday | 16 @2 |5610 @1 1 @530 (610 @b 15 16 @b 30 | 610 @520 6. @2 | 605 whIn 10 @520 | 600 @5 10 20 G 500 @b 156 Sunday | Sunday 510 @b 510 20 510 @52 505 @516 505 @5 15 Ma Mar: Mar, 2 2BER 8F FSBEF @b 2) Mar. 305 15 ) 316 16_@5 2 Mar. 29 6 20 1 Omaha continues to stand in the third place among pork packing centers, as will be seen from the following table, which shows the number of hogs packed from March 1 to date, as compiled by the Cincinnati Price Currenf TMArch 1 to March Chicago......... Kansas City T 200,000] 180,000 08,000/ 86,000 8t. Louis o 25,000 37,000 Indianapolis. . . 21,500] 13,000 Cineinnati 14,000] 15,000 Milwaukee. 22,000 27,000 Omaha.... . 51000 Cedar {apids § Cleveland Ottumwa, T A Nebraska City, Neb. . Live Stock Notes, attle steady. Swift on deck. Top on hogs 5.2 Hogs open lower, close steady. Among those who marketed hogs was Ful- ler, Smith & Fuller. Swift & Co. bought their first cattle to-aay and will begin killing Monday B. J. Tierney, Ansloy, marketed two loads of hogs. Oue load brught 20c. T. H. Cole, Hartington, u heavy shipper to these yards, was in with two loads of hogs, The B. & M. train was delayed several hours by the wreck near tue yards which prevented it from getting in. The fourteen loads of stock cattle which arrived late in the afternoon were consig to R. A. Temple, of Tekama, J. A. Garten, who buys stock for Joe Ellis, of Dewitt, a heavy shipper and bromineut feeder, was on the market yesterday with two cars of cattle, one of whicti topped the market ut #4.45 A great deal of kicking has been done, m the past, by shippers on the line of the. C., St. P. M. & O. because they could not rebill stock from here to Chicago at the same rate as charged on through billing. Hereafter stock coming in on that line on local billing can be rebilled to Chicago at through rtes, —— OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKET 10,100 8,779) Produce, Fruits, Nuts, Saturday, March 81. The following quotations are wholesale and not retail.” Prices quoted on produce are the rates at which round lots are sold on this market. Frults or other lines of goods requiring extra labor in packing cannot al- ways be supplied on outside orders at the sunme prices quoted for the local Lrade. e T B e T R P Rates on flowr and feed are johbers' prices Prices on_grain are those paid by Omaha millers delivered. All quotatlons on mer- chandise are obtained from leading houses and-are corrected daily. Prices on crack- ers, cakes, cte., are those given by leading manufacturers. Trade was fair to-day for the season of the year, and almost all offerings sold. Butter as searce with little if anything offering, and prices for choice creamery are marked up with other quotations unchanged, Eggs ere in strong demand and though receipts were heavy, prices ruled from 18¢. Poultry was light, both in supply and in demand, and prices are given as before. The fruit trade s picking up with the warmer weather and both oranges and bananas have come to hand in car lots, Burter—Creamery, solid packed, 22@24c: choice rolls, 20@22c; medium, 14@ide; low grades, 13 1c. Saas—Strictly fresh, 13@14c asked, Arrues—Choice, per'bbl, #4.25@4.75, Full cream, 12751 Porrtry—Chickens, 12(@lic; turkeys, 12@ 13¢: ducks, 12@18c; goese, 13@1c. Live Pountuy—Chickens, $3.25@3.75 per doz; ducks, 8.0003.25; geese, $6.00@0.503 turkeys, 7(@Sc per Ib. Poratoes—Utah and Colorado stock, €1.20 @1.25; choice home grown, 85@d5e; common grades, 606@@5e. BANANAS—Medium, £3.00@3.50, Tursirs—Good stock, 60@75c; rutagagas, 45@50c. LEMONS—$8,70@4. CALIFORNIA choice, £3.00. DaTEs—Persain, Sc per 1b. Savr Kuravr—Choice per bbl. of 52 gal. £7.50@8,00; 3¢ bbl., §4.57@5.00; §11.00 per bbl. of 50 gal. Ciner—Choice Michigan cider, $6.00@6.50 per bbl. of 32 gal. Porcory—Choice rice corn is quoted at 4@ 414c per 1b,, other kinds, 2}/ @sc per 1b. CARROTS—$2.25@2.50 per bbl, 1rs—Naéw stock, £2.50 per bbl. ns—Plain standard, 25c; plain_se- 0c: standard, 40c; extraselects, 85c; York counts, 40c: bulk oysters, counts, £.85 per 100 selects, $2.00 per gal. ; standard, 1.25 per gral. nnacEs—$1 per doz. and 3@sige per 1b. for California, CAULIFLOWER—GO0d stock, $2.60@2.80. :s—Malagas, $7.50@S.00 per 1b., and larger sized barrels in proportion up to $10,00 Onaxces—California _ Riverside, $1.00@ 4.25; Messina, 3,75+ encias, $6.00@ of 420; Florida brights, $1.25@ £3,50@4.00; Moxican, 4.08; Los 1s, .50, nngs—Bell & Cherry, $10.50@11,003 Bell & Bugle, $11.00@11.50; Bell & Bugle, premium, $11.50@12.00. 3 Be Good stock, §2.00@2.75; California $250@3.00; choice, 50 per box. PrAis—$2.50@2.75; extra Brazil nut! English w Nurs—Peanuts 13¢; almonds, Tarragona, W ecans, 15 —i6@21c for b frames; honey. 10@12e per 1ib. ——— Real Estate Transfers, Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri_Valley railroad to Pioncer Town Site Co,, bt 141611, qc........ C Hobbic ctal to Diehorali P Niclds, lots 6, 8, 13, 20, 21, blk 2, South Ex’ change place, w d R S N S Gilson to the Bee Building Co, ot 7, bk 116, ity of Omaha, q ... ... A P Tukey'etal to Elizabéth G Mum- ford, lots 13, 14, blk 8, Clifton Hill, E D Waldron and’ wife to N'E Ander- son, undivided one-sixth lot 4, bik 165, city of Omaha, w d INS Strawn to LV Crum, s - lot 9, blk 19, E V Smith’s add, w d.. o Siutter ¢t al to Morris Morrison, acre canned 2,250 2,600 400 ad wf to ] van et al, pt lot 8, blik9, John I Redick's add, Wd............ George Sautter et al'to Mary Ring 1 acre in sec £ 18, W ... Thomas Ring to George Sautter et al lots 5, 12, 14, 18, in sec 83, t 15, r 18, qc "~ . ‘Thomas Proctor and_ wf 10 ¢ amp, 16-100 acres M or L in s AT Wi i M K bonoho et al to Wi nilacofedacofse iy sw F H Whitney and wife to Jas T Hart trustec, lot 5 blk %0 city of Omaha, Wi : o J L King (single) to Fran, Kenna, lot 6 bik 8, Orchard Will, w d David M Ure and wife to Mrs Minnie A Martin, lot 4 Ure's sub lot 2J, Mil- lard & Caldwell's add, wd.......... A S Patrick (single) to Albert Kim- ball, lot 1blk 9 A S Patrick’s add E L Patrick to Sarah O Patrick lov 12 bl 1 lots 310 blk 7 lot 10 blk 8 Pat- rick’s 2d Saratoga add w d . C W Wright to M D Roche_undiy lot 9 Albright & Alesworth add lot 8 blk 1 Washington Hill w d T P Fordike and wf to M 1 © lot 9 Albright & Ayleswortadd tolot 8 Washington Hill'w d B Wi it Homan to the public W iR Ho- man's sub div blk 12 Boyd’s ad_plat G It Benawa and wi to Edward B, Lo vis, ot al 96 feot by 132 i’ 1515 6,000 2,500 400 30,000 1,800 4,000 800 ¥ to Twenty-one transfers ageregating. Bullding Permits. The following permits to build were issued yesterday by the superintendent of buildings : C. E. Mayne, frame stable, Twenty- fourth and Pinckney................8 1,000 W. E. Haw! two-story frame resi- dence. 2000 SPONET. . . \\oeveeniiiny James Winship, paint shop, Franklin near Twenty-fourth 3,500 550 Three permits, aggregating A Very Bad Boy. Eddie Morris, & young imp of twelve years, made a brutal assault od his mother with a club yesterday'aftdrnoon, and on her com plaint the bad boy was arrested and cast nto 4 cell at the central station. He lives at Twenty-eighth and Franklin, His mother wants him sent to the reform school und her prayer will probably be granted The First Mortgag, A copy of the agreement entered into be tween the Omaha and Council Bluffs bridge company to secure the payment of a first mortgage amounting o $00.000 o_the Mer. cantile Trust company, of New York, was filed with the register of deeds yesterday The mortgage runs for twenty ycars, at per cent interest payable the first days of July and Junuary of each year. A New Base Ball Nine, Howard Calhoun, collector of revenue, is organizing a picked nine. internal base ball | breast hon Parties interested in the national | Chin game are invited 40 the collector's oftice at 3 | Pow, wo-day, I WEEKLY BUSINESS REVIEW. Bankers Have Plenty of Funds For All Requirements. A FAIR DEMAND FOR MONEY. The Unseasonable Weather Retards Business — Interest Rates Un changedd—Bankers Regard th Outlook With Dissatisfaction, . The Week's Business. Cmicaco, March 81.—|Special Telegram to the Bee, [—There is no particular pressure for loans, and bankers are amply supphed with funds to meet requirements from all sources, With the opening of lake naviga- tion and the resumption of business incident 10 the season, the demand for money will probably show some improvement. At pre ent there is a fair miscellaneous demand for money, but not for large sums in any depart- ment of trade. Bankers are inclined to pur- sue a very conservative course, and gener- ally insist on wide margins and undoubted security, regarding the outlook with some little dissatisfaction owing to the unsettled selling, on account of labor complica- tions, the depression in railroad securitics, and irregularities in freights in the west and southwest. Specu- lators in grain and provisions are borrowing very little money at present, ds they are not operatlmg beyond their private means and generally accept small losses or profits, Con- siderable money 1s being forwarded to grain and live stock districts, but largely through private sources. Lumbermen require some favors, but not for large amounts, and chiefly to cancel indebtedness incident to the break- ing up of logging camps. Wholesale mer- chants present about the usual amount of paper for discount, and succeed in obtaining all the favors requested. Farmers are some- what delayed in their spring work by the un- seasonable weather, and this has a tendency to returd business of all kinds. Rates of interest are steady and unchanged. In eastern finaucial centers there is alittle more money offered, and_borrowers succeed in obtaining all accomodations ed for legitimate business purposes at b@hiy per cent. Foreign money markets exhibit very little change. Balances m England ban show a reduction, while continental bauks e increasing their specie supplies. Interest ates are casy and favor buye w York exchang, in light supply auring the past weck, and the demand sonc- what larger. The market was stronger and prices ruled higher. Sales were made at par (@bl premium per #1000, and the market closed steady at 40c premium. Foreign exchange was ‘in_moderate request during the week and the offerings were fair. Shippers’ sixty days documentary bills on London changed hands at $4.841 @484, and closed steady at $4.8415, The New York stock market e siderable life durmg the past weck, and trading was quite ve. The undertone to the market in railroad shaves and securitics indicated considerable uneasiness and we ness, engendered by strikes of raroad em- ploycs and complications arising from the difficulty of adjusting freight rates. There has been a gencral desire to realize and the chief support of the market has been the de- mand for outstanding contracts. Outside parties were moderately free sellers, and for- eign operators favored the selling side of the market. Wall street speculators treded with considerable freedom. — Prices ruled lower on all the leading stocks, and were subject to frequent fluctuations, and the marked closed rather tame. Foreign markets were some- what unsettled with prices favoring buyers, The intercst during tho weck centered in Reading, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, Missouri Pacific and St. Paul. Sales on tho New York exchange for the week aggregated 1,505,000 shar Rather more steadiness has been mani- fested in the leading produce markets during the week just closed, and a good speculative business was transucted. Early there v some pressure to sell by leading loc: ators, which forced prices to such to bring considerable property on the mar- ket held on stop orders or carricd on margins which were exhausted. This added some- what to the depression, yet free buying on the part of shorts tended to check the downward endency in prices, and during the bulance of the week a slight rally in prices was gained, though the outside figures were not sup’ ported to the close. The course of the provision market denoted considerable sympathy with the changes in the grain markets. The shipping demand for both grain and provisions was quite active, showing the same improvement, to supply the wants of both the forcign a nddomestic markets, Millers bought wh rather freely. Advices from ubroad indic a quiet fecling in the grain markets, with prices favoring buyers, excepting corn, while provisions were steadier, Domestic marke! have shown only slight fluctuations, with a little trading in a weneral way. Exporters have been moderately free buyers of grain and provisions, though a good proportion of the orders recéived were limited to figures below the ws of sellers, and in some instances slight concessions in prices w granted, Keports 1o hibited con- tive to the condition of winter grain are somewhat contlicting, though the impression prevuils that the unseasonable weather of the past three or four weeks flicted some dumage i certain localit pring work on furms Las been delayed and the seeding season is fully ten days to two weeks late throughout the west. Receipts of grain have not been quite 8o free at west points, and the wmovement ecastward was quite liberal, encouraged to some extent by the advance in prices of the near deliverics of some articles at the seubourd murkets The ‘export market was quite liberal of breadstuffs and provisions The urrival of live stock western markets have been fg of cattie and hogs. The packing of hogs is progressing favorably, and the aggregate is somewbiat in excess of last season’s returns o date. Stock of graius are gradually di minishing, while the supply of provisions shows little chunge. - who have been aceus- judge of the age of a turkey b bility ofthe rear end of the will gricved to lear that unprineipled ).wm\ dealers pound the breastbones o turkeys until the tip attains a Hexibility consistent with youth, and thus render them mar- t the principal especially Housekeepers tomed t the (e be ——— One of the dresses of the outfit of a dramatic compuny, purchised for un opera in New Yark, costains over lour mallion stitchies, } MITTEE O THE WHOL The Council Mects to Consider Several Ordinances. Thirteen members of the city council met at the chamvers last night in response to a call for a special mecting for the purpose of receiving and acting on reports from the sewerage and firc and water works com mittees on certain ordinances on their third reading: also for the passage of the ordinance concerning plumbing and drain laying; also the ordinance in relation to sewer inspector and his_duties; also an ordinanco creating the office of plumbing mspector. Those present resolved themselves into a committee of the whole, with Councilman Lowry in the chair. During the proceedings other councilmen strayed in, and engaged in the discussion of the various measures The question as to the feasibility of using sand in filling trenches created considerable debate, and laughter prevailed when Council- man Kierstead arose and moved that they be filled with quick sand from Jefferson square. The Stonecutters. OwAnA, March 31.—To the Editor of the Ber: Inyour evening edition of the 8lst appeared an article headed “‘Stonecutters Out on Monday.” For the information of the readers of the Ber and the public in gen eral, we would distinctly state that such is not the case, for the stonceutters ceased to work when the article appeared in the press and withdrew from work in disgust for we were under the impression that we had gentlemen and men of honor whose veracity and fuirness was beyond reproach, but to the contrary we were deceived and extremely so and ever remember the gentlemen bereaiter, and more especially one who has been flying high in this controversy who doffed the robe of society-stonceutters buta short time ago and who is making strong efforts to don a contractor’s garb and proved u bitter cnemy to his late comrades, On the 2sth inst, a circular was being dis- tributed about the city and posted in conspic- uous places in the stone yards, the purport of which was an_attempt on ‘their part to annihilate our organization, which, thunk God, we have the privilege' to contést with them on that point. Now, sir, we ask -you conscientiously whether you think we would be justified in remaining at work in the presence of those objcctionuble circulars or not. Don't you think it would have been prudeénce on ‘the vart of the contractors to withhold those cir- culars until April 1, and not insult us! But it has been clearly demonstrated to us that it is in accord with ‘the principle displayed by these gentlemen throughout this contro Q and to illustrate this fact to you we will give you a true statement of affairs. On the 10th day of January, and not in February as is stated in the issie of the 30th inst., the contractors received uotice that on and after April 1 we expected 50 cents per hour and ecight hours to constitute a day's work. The contractors shortly after re- quested o conference and their desire was satisfied and the meeting was harmonious and peaceful throughout, and the only con- tention was they demanded sixty days to complete their contracts under way, eight hours and 50 cents per hour was_sutisfactory to them, perfectly so. The result of the pro- ceedings in the conference was reported to our association and an extension of six wecks was granted, making it the middle of May before our demand would take effect. Now. sir, the contractors’ plea for an_extension of time was based on the assumption that stone could not be sccured from the quarries to proceed with the work. But this time last scason they could command stono enough to employ fifty to sixty stonccutiers without trouble.” If the two week's differ- ence in extension of time and the assertion that they conld not secure the stone required for one particular job was the only aifiiculty why did they not proceed and take advantage of the extension of time with work they have sccured at our demands this spring, which would certaiuly counterbalance all loss su tained on one “job for which they cannot s cure the stone. * But no, that is not the de on their part, they acquiint us with the that the fuct . the contractors, journeyed to Kun: sas City to organize, and on the strength of that they return to extern onecut. ters' association for satisfuction, but it is one thine to say and another to do. Anothe plea with the tractors is they did not receive official notice of thé extension of time. Now, sir, the contractors were notitied officially of a desire on our part to confer with them at any time they may appoint, but they did not respond, but treaied the notice with indiffer ence. And on the 2ird of March two of the conference committee waited on Mr, Foll n person, and were informed by that gentle- man that he had no objections whatever to the eight hours, 50¢ per hour or the extention of six weeks, In fact he expressed himself us perfectly satistied as far us he was con- corned, and would try and collect his col leagues together that afternoon to settle the mutter up, but during the afternoon wished to have the meeting deferred until the follow- ing Wednesday, which was_done, with the result as above stated, Now, sir, at our meeting last evening we unanimously decided toadhere to our decision of the 10th diy of Jan. that eight hours shall constitute a day’s labor, and 50 conts per hour or 84 per duy, 1o take effect April 1. The couclusion re sulted from the way we have been misrepre sented through the pross and the underhand way in which the employers have tried to hundle us, We would also intimate, here, that we have represented the matter in its true light, and will, on our part, refrain from any further controversy through the press. 48" ASSOCIATION OF ONMAIIA con- on Men Paying the $750, Up to the close of business at the ofice of the city clerk lust evening 125 saloonkecpers had appeared and planked down their money. Of the number 120 paid their $750, and the other five deposited §250, three of 'this nun) ber having doue this earlicr in the week, A number submitted §250, but the city t surer would not aecept of it Passover Services, The seventh or last day of Passover com mences this evening at sundown and services will be held at the Jewish synagogue L7 p. m Rubbi Lenson will lecture the sabject, “Kaiser Wilbeln 1. and his Hebrew Sub. s The subject is one of oxtreme interest, and an able and critical exposition of the subject may be exp - - A miller of Meadville, Pa., hus a cow that gave birth to twin ealves, a bull i oa heifer, a few Sund ago. On e following Sunday his wife presented ) with twin babies. boy und a girl, znd on the next day the house cat came around with a_littev of twelve kittens, six Toms 1 an equal muaber of Marius, on - — British Columbin wre agitating for a mint, The Domigion has no . gold vine, and its silver and copper currcncy is wade i Englaud, LINCOLN'S MORNING BLAZE. Kelley's Gallery Wrecked and Other Tenants Damaged. SIGNING BASE BALL PLAYERS. The Capitol City Makes Active Prepas rations to Capture the League Penant—A New Church and a New Enterprise. [FROM THE WEE'§ LINCOLN BURRAU.] A dangerous fire occurred early yesterday morning on O stroet between Tenth and Eleventh, in the business center of the city. It was about 2 o’clock when smoke was found issuing from the second story through the hallway leading to Kelly's photograph par- lors. Thoe department was instantly called out, and in a short time had the hose laid, but it was very dificult to locate the flames on account of the denso smoke. An opening was made from the room beneath the gallery and also from the alley side of the building, giving access to the flames, which wera quickly subdued, but not until’ Kelley's gal- lery was a total wreck. His 1oss is §,500, on which he has an insurance of §2,000, divided g between the Hartford of Hartford, and the Lion of Liverpool. The damage to the building is about $2,000, fully insured. The policy on_the builaing is for £5,000, in the Insurance Company of North America. Dan Cameron’s lunch room and cafe on the first floor was flooded, and his damage is about $800. Dr. King, u dentist on the secs ond floor, was injured slightly by water. BASE BALL MATTERS, ‘The local management of the Lincoln club, which is to participate in the Western league ames this scason, is busily at work signin, players. It is not expected that the club wits be as brilliant as Dave Rowe's sluggers of & year ago, but they will be selected with an oye to making things lively for the other towns in the league, and they will not cost as much as an American association team. The players, as fast as signed, are instructed to report for duty April 15, when the era of practice will ‘e entered upon. The players alrendy signed are: Tooney, of last year _team: McArthur, a pitcher from Charleston Hustin, u pitcher from New Jersey; Welch, from the Hastings team of o_year ago; Delt vin, of Philadelphia, u catchier, and Casey, from St. Louis, who will play on first. Other ayers of note are considering propositions nd are expected to sign. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. The state bank of Gibbons filed yesterday, amended articles of incorporation increasing the capital stock to £50,000. The incorporas tors and stockholders of the bank are: C. C. Holloway, P. I, Adams, M. V. Chapman, D. W. Fulmer, C. k. Woodruff and J. B, Adams, The Interstate Collection union has filed articles of incorporation. The place of busi- ness is Lincoln and_the capital stock 50,000, A. W. Foote and Charles R. Lawrence are the incorporators The Scribner State bank, of Seribner, Dodge county, has filed urticles of incorporas tion amending former articles of increasing the cupital stock to $50,000. The amende articles arc signed by J. B. Robinson, vice president, and Jonn Barker, cashier. A notice was filed yesterday with the sec- retary of state of the dissolution of the Northwestern Loan and Trust company, formerly of Omuha, located at 1519 Farham street. The notice is signed by George Baxter, president, and A. K. Riley, secretary, A NEW Cniien Among the many, elegant church buildings to be erected in Lincoln the present season none will be more substantinl_and attractive than the new Episcopal church, the contract, for whick was let yesterday. The edifice will be 40x106 feet in size, built of brown stone, Gothic style and will cost £50,000 exclusive of the ground, the latter being one of the most sightly and_valuable locations in Lincoln, The work of construction will be begun.at once. COMING—A PAVER MILL, Representatives of an castern firm which is largely interested in the manufacture of perare in the city, and negotiations ure wctically complete for a paper mill plant in Lincoln that will be one of the most extensive in the west. The investment in the plant will aggregate $100,000, and nothing is le in securing it but the sclection of the loea~ tion. Several sites have been tendered the compuny. thut the city lost several enterprises through failure to be liberal i donating sites seems to have had a good cffect. CITY BRIES, The conditions of the strects in the city have practically made business off the puyes ment very precarious during the last week, Hack lines have refused to unswer calls und grocers have had to almost entirel the use of delivery wugous, affairs has made every loyal citizen an_ adyo- cate for pavement. The new law passed at the last legislature making it a crime to excite an assault has 1 its first trinl in this city, two men being arraigned in justice court charged with try= ing to create u fight between switchmen and fined §3 each, Fourchildren of Mr. Warner living in east Lincoln came very near dying as the result of cating wild parsnips. Two physiciang were summoned as soon as the trouble was | discovered and their lives were saved with the greatest difficulty, The Knights of Pythias in the city are again agitating the schemo of having & l room and armory of their own to accomodate the different lodiges iz the city, A plan of this character will be adopted and rooms ses cured in some of the new blocks now in course of construction, In the case of the assault made by a special policeman at the depot on J. I, Dean, the evidence was taken vesterday before Judge chran and was substantially the same as given by the Brk at the time of the oceurs rance. 'The decision has been held over untl Monday There remains & great deal of sewerage to be laid in the second paving district before the paving can be laid and the city hos a plain duty to see that it Is put in immedintely, Public opirion is unanimous that there should be no deluy in public improvements this eason B, & M. local freight agent has given that the rates on the 1. & M. in force uury ! will be restored on the 9th of | District court ended jury osterday rned until Mouday. The remaining » on_the equity docket and will oe-’ court at least two weeks more. d of the Northwestern Detoetive association, in smount £10,000, Las been filed Witk the sceretary of stalo as require by law. The prineipuls are J. E. Nickerson and George W. Johuson and the suretics are T, R Van Valkenburg, Adum Hobman, Mathew Hannibal Humiin, at the age of eighs ty-nine, is the ouly surviverof the eight staty who were on the national tickets in 1860,