Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 24, 1889, Page 15

THE CONDITION OF TRADE. A Quiet Weok Witnessed in Local Financial Ciroles. ALL LEGITIMATE WANTS MET, Money Fately Easy With Somoe Signs of a Closer Market Apparent— Increased Olearings and Collections Fair. In Loeal Con ercial Circles. The week has been quiet in finuncial cir- cles. Money is fairly easy, though there are pertaps some signs of acloser market ap- parent. Bankers say that customors are af- forded liberal supplics and that all legil mate wants are freely met. The country is calling for a good deal of currency and bankers there are thoughtto be carrying their friends to a considerable extent, as in cousequence of the low prices obtainavle for produce, farmers are not seliing more than they can help, and so traders must call on the banks for money to meet current bills, This is mot an altogether satisfactory condition of affairs from the jobbers' point of view, as the banker, being on the ground, can secure himself in case of trouble and his rule in the past has been to take caro of num one to the detrimont of the outside creditor e clearings for the week foot $4,020,344.82 — an increase of 86 per cent. Balances were $732,010.77, showing a return to normal conditions. Col- lections are reported as only fair in some Jines, while others say remittances are fully A8 large as is expected at this season, but the general feeling seems to bo that money is not so plentiful as it should be in the country to make the situation comfortable, and that considerable pressure may be nec- essary towards the close of the year to re- duace outstandings to a proper compa Tho sugar market continues to attract at- tention and at no time 1n the history of busi- ness hero has there been Ao great a scarcity of stgar as has prevailed throughout the United States for the past woek. This mar- ket has been bare and Chicago has re- plied to telegrams asking for even small lots, that none could be had. Retail stocks were exhausted and a sugar famine seemed a certainty, but a small supply has been re- ceived and distributed. And though there 18 1o great quantity in store, there is said 1o be enough for immediate use. The coffen market 18 strong at quotations, but there 1do not appear to be any fears of an ad- vance in the cheaper grades as the crop in sight 18 fully equal to any possible demand. Raising and dried fruits are very firm, The produce market is well supplied with poultry and eggs und prices are unchanged, . ‘Tne present enormous production places this country first in the world as a maker of pig-iron. The output in England is at the rate of 7,804,634 tons per year, while that of the United States is st thé rate of 8,500,000 tons per year, The imports into the United States from Brazl during the last fiscal year were: Coffoe, & ,,oim 000; rubber, §3,000,000; sugar, £3,600,000; hides, $1,500,000. The imports of coffee were not more than one-halt of the quantity consumed in this country. “The stocks of wheat and corn ‘at twenty- one leading interior and seaboard markets, east of the Rocky mountaius, in transit from the west to the seaboard and afloat on the ocean, destined for Great Britain ana conti- nental Kurope, on the dates named were us follows: Wheat, bu. U. 8., east of **Rockies' 28,401,000 Afloat on ocean, United Kingdom Afloat_on' 0oeun, cont’l Europe. ,600,000 Total Nov. 18, 1850 46,331,006 ', Preyious week......... 44,442,000 Total Nov. 19, 1888, ... ..60,402,000 " Total Nov. 21, 1589 58,502, Total Nov. 23, 1836, Total Nov. 28, 1855 5,033,000 Tho Bulletin of Iron and Steel aseociation has made an investigation into the number of blast furnaces completed on November 1, 1889, as compared with November 1, 1888, together with the number building at éach of those dutes. No furnaces, it 18 claimed, are included in the first list r,” or which for any reason should be classified as abangoned. The results are summarized as follows: Furnaces, Nov., 1885, Nov., 1859, Whole number of com- pleted furnaces. . ... Authracite furnaces Bituminous coal and coke Corn, bu. 6,001,000 2,500,000 1,350,000 10,011,000 11,766,000 9'035,000 9,358,000 14,681,000 532 200 214 168 80 515 100 280 146 20 10,000,008 13,105,233 Aoes . building, in net ton . 1,122,000 1,204,000 Our authority states that the total capacity extunt is quite large—larger than is likely to be put into operation continuously. During the last ten months England has imported 801,249 cwts of canned meats from the United States. 52,244 cwts from Austra- lia, 31,854 cwts from Belgium, and 122,420 cwts from other countries. The receipts from the United States were 95030 cwts greater this year than last. The total value of the exports of bread- stuffs, provisions, live stock, cotton and min- eral oils from the United States during Oc- tober was $74,620,700, aguinst 855,810,613 for the corresponding month in 1888, The “wagon-wheel trust” has been beaten by the refusal of many wagon-wheel maunu- facturers to buy its wheoels. ‘T'he report of the commissioner of internal révenue on oleomargaring shows that the production and consumption are steadily increasing, notwithstanding the taxes and restriotions imposed by the uct of August 2, 1886, The average mouthly production of oleomargarine durinu the year ending June 30 last was 2,072,002 1bs; the average monthly production for the previous year was 2,800,460 1bs, and the average monthly roduction during the eight months ended une 30, 1857, was 2,711,535 lbs. The recent advances iu coffee at Rio, Havre, New York and elsewhere are re- garded as wholly speculative and altogether nnmrrnuwd y the actual situation. ‘fhe reyolution in l!rlull is ot likely to have nny effect uwn coffee, and the Rio cable of |I.|M;)g that the next crop is est m.- 156 45 B0OOU bage, o Ines docting Trom former alhmll.el. is taken with a good wmany grains of allowance, The world's coffes supply is very large and the longs are free w\um shorts being the principal |. buyers. e legitimate d.-mué 18 very small auryvm!ro and prices are bound to go materially low ‘Some small uhl of new crop New Or- to jobbers within , 88 to quality. such as rawsios, cur- have sn increased sale, and the present outlook is that a large ‘business in that eluss of goods will be done Wwithin the next thirty days. aholition or the material reduction of the duties on sugar 1s likely w0 rec:ive con- siderable attention at the coming session of COngress, proposition to muke raw gars free and maintaln a duty on refined lunn would be welcometo the sugar trust, fing a8 10 pay a fair profit without per- S o S e, e e ve 1 a -Illhl. wMel. it m: -:ut b-yonu it, would of the foreign re- M| -«nrnwnm Hmfl snd lohwould “ll'lr influences, defeated and m'muld s make ish the same purpose again if nnl uuu- were nego- alarge superior quality, wh\ch have along all the coust in lm- monse schools, and at Arichat, B. C., 1,000 bbls were vaken in woek bofore last. California raisins are showing anmistak- able firmness and higher prices seem to bo general, The New York Commercial Bullotin says: “The weakor tone to the market for ovapo- rated apvles latterly is probably due as much 10 the position in Michigan @s to anything olse, Tarly in tho season Chicago and New York buyers were competing very sharply in that stateas woit as in New Yark, and they ran prices uj on each other at a Some- what lively rate. Fventually they secured about all the supply that prudence justified taking up, and a little more, all of which was very nice for the Michiganders. There is 1eft over In first hands in that state a very 00d $10CK A% the v New Youk, Nov. 23 to Tie Ber]—The wookly bank statement shows the following changes: Reserve, inere Lonns, deoroass Deposits, decrease Cireul on. increase. The banks now hold § the 25 per cont rule. T from the port of Ne Woek amounted 858,121, of which 70,520 was in gold and #436,202 silver. All the silver went to Buropo and ail the gold to South America, "Tho imports of apecio for th i amounted in gold and New York ey Goods Market. Special Telegram to "hers was a fade business in goods for Saturday, with the markot in an unchanged condition, either us regards tono or prices. The tendoncy is apparently towards improvement in the position of staple_ goods, tho. high cost of the samo matorials as well as the rather short supply of faorics cansing manufacturers to bo very firm in their views, The general outlook continues of o favorablo character. b oichesie Saturday, Nov, 23, There were not many catule here to make a market. Tho suppiy was made up of com- mon and half fat steers with not a choice load on sale. Tne market on aoything de- sivable was strong aod the bulk of the cattle 0od enough for the killers was cleaned up before midday. There were some natives good enough to bring $3.85, aud a rew west- crns sold at $2.65. The Texans sold at §2.3! The feeder market was not overly weil sup- plied today and the cattle were mostly west- erns, There were quite a good many outside parties in the yaras looking for feeders, but the inquiry was largely for good natives and the trade was slo Native feeders sold at $2.40(@2.75 and westerns at 2,300 There were quite a good many COws in the yards, and some that were of better - quality than have been coming of late. As high as .25 ‘was paid for a small bunch of choice corn- fed cows, The marker on auything desir- able was all right, but in some instances sellers who had only medium stuff thought the market was weak. Hogs. Today’s hog market was a shade stronger. In some instunces hogs brought $3.65 that would undoubtedly have ha to sell at £3.00 yestorday, us half of all the hogs here esterday sold at thav price orunder. The ht hog men complained that they did not get near s good stuff for $3.70 us yesterday. The market closed roasonably early with everything sold. Sheep. There wero & fow sheep received which were consigned direct to a packer. Reuveipts., Cattle i o Prevailing Erices. The following is a table of prices this market for the grades of stock tioned: Prime steers, 1300 to 1600 s, $4.10 Good steers, 1250 to 1450 s, 3 Good steers, 1050 to 1300 Ths Common 1000 to 1150 1b steers. Westorn steers. Common canners Ordinary to fair cows. Fair to good cows.. Gooa to choice cows Fair to good bulls.... Light stockers and feeders 0 to 1100 Ih: aid in men- @4.60 sa!o,wrm—:—-. s GEE2ELE (3 g8 Fair to choice mixed hogs. Common to rough hoge. e 5 Represcntacive sag STEERS. No. Av. Pr. 83 25 Av. Pr. 1255 §4 80 8 ¥EEDERS. 2 40 10 . 2 40 2 240 6,.. 250 STOCKERS. 23 42 240 b CALVES, 22 1. REIPERS. WESTERN CATTLE Owaner and No. Av. 27 cows 087 27 cows, Cofn "fed 11010 0. C. Cookham— 23 feeders, ... 854 Billinger— 56 feeders. 1 feeder, 25 steers.. V. S. Weaver. [ Iaedorgonl Tex.1023 78 stee 1-Tex, 1025 [ ZEE & K8 wew © = 1333 a23332gesesasssssEsERsaaa sRREESY ba 60 65 0 80 62 00 62 60 80,85 €2 €2 62 o2 €2 0 22 02 22 00 85 83 9 €9 83 L0 001 E > =ZEEEESEEEEE EsergpeaReReERnes : g8 S T ew et tim WIBME T W eEeEE Eefelite eEEEEEEEEE BRgEeEx a2 szzsEEE 1,233 Th....216 tz:eizs:zz 1 Stock Notes. D. Moss of Elmo, Mo., marketed hogs. Y, 8. Cowpell of Neols, Ia, was in with bogs. Dorchester sent in Jucob Paul to visit the yards. muon wore brought in from Clarks by John . clean country, $1.50@1.60; G, L. Damnme brought in cattle and hogs from Barr. F. C._ Adams brought hogs over from Logan, Ta. B.J. Falton marketed two cars of hogs from Phillips. J. R. Welpton came over from Red Oak, Ia., looking after foeders, A. Pritchett of Walnut was one of the Jowa stockmen on the market with hogs. J. Hastie, the veteran shipper, was in with hogs from Talmage, and a car of cattlo anda car of hogs from Elmwood. Hogs and cattle were bronght in by Thomas Price from Thayer. Joseph Brodham of Dodge marketed two cars of cattle and one cat of hogs, W. J. Perrey reprosented Wayne with three loads of cattle. C. W. Gould of Sanford brought in hows, and states that he will spend the winter in Nashville, Tena, The week closed with the hog market very nearly where it_was at the dpening. The hogs sold on Monday principally nl b 3.671¢, with two loads each nt $8.5 .75, Tuesday's market was lower, ght three-quarters of all_the hogs, with a fow at ¢ and shreo loads at §3.05. Wednesday’s market did not show much chaange, but on Thursd, there was a still further decline, and $3.55@3.65 bought the with about one-third of the sales at .05, This was the low prico of the week, as the markot went baok to §3.60@3.65 for the bulk of the sales on Friday. OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKETS, Produce, Faes —Strictly fresh, Eto. cold storage, nits, 20c; DES, 1‘1 T8, TaLLow, Ero—Green saited hide: i No.2,G. S, hides, 21¢c; dry 8, fl((ru‘{ amaged !u‘op pelts, gmen duch, 2hc@ s, dry, per b, 7@ 1Bel¢; tallow, (c; No. 2 g .50@7.50; choice, #4.50 @b.00, Cnexse—Young Americas, full cream factory twins, 11@12}¢c; off grades, “@ses Van itossen Kdom, $11.50 per doz; sap limburger, 1lc; do- mestic Swiss, 15@1dc. sERRIES—Cape Cod, $0.00@10.00. Queaxais—Plorida, per box, mv@am - Be hidos, 3o 1085, £1.00 :sheep pe No. 1, Taniy, 5@1.503 ., $2.00@3.50. Lard—Ticrces—Refined .'.o}g pure leaf, 63ge: kettle rendered 7 id X to Jgu for smaller quantities. Woor—Fine, average, 22@330; medium, average, 21@23c; quarter blood, average, 20 (@21c; coarse, average, 15@170; ocotts wnd rough, uverage, 14@1tc. Furs—Beaver, each, $2.00@3.50; otwr, each, $3.00@7.00; wolf, each, w;@t\%, coon, each, 25@75; mink, each, 15@b0c: musirat, fall, * 10@Lic; skuak, rat, 15@500; r, rat, 25@80c, deer skins, fall, per lb, “VEAL— Choice, medium siza, 4 @5c; chole heavy, 8@ic. Live Piaroxs—Per doz, §1.56. Gax—Prairie chickens, 4.50; mallard mixed ducks, $1.50@ %@L.50: jack snipe, 81.00G@1.25; quail, $L.50GL75; jack rebbits, &4.00@4.505 small rabbits, $1.60@1.20; squirrels, $1.00@ 1.1 c@81.00; venison saddles, 11(@ , b@l0c. s—Choice hand-picked navy, $1.75@ .00; choice hand-pickea medium, $1.25@ 1.80% choice hand-picked country, $1.60 @1.80; inferior. country, $1.00@1.2 Sau: Bologna, 4@4}¢c; Frankfort 7c; ummer, 13¢; headcheese, Gc. Chichehs, per doz, live, hens spring, $2.50 ressed, per’ b 0@ urkeys, live, 8@10c;_dressed, 11@12c; ducks, live, per 'doz, $2.50@3.00;" dressed, per 1b, 9@I1c; geese, ltve, per doz, $3.00@9.00, dressed per b, 0@11c, kits, Tbc; spiced o Pias Ferr—Pickled, pigs tonguos, kits, §2.85; pickled tripo, kits, ‘spiced G3c; pickled H. C. tripe, Kits, 85c; fancy, 33@25; choice, pigs hocks, kits, $L.15. TTER—Creamery, 2@2e. Dairy, fancy, 16@18c; choice, 13 14c, Countr: 3@14c; good to choice, 12@13c; foir, 10@Lic; inferior, 6@do. PicKLES—Mediutn, per. bbl, $.00; ; gherkins, $7,00;.C, & B. $5.85; pts, $3.40. SionTs—83.00@8.50. OaTs—14@15c. Conx—22@2c. PoTaTOES—25@270 for choice. O: Ns—40@huc for choice. SAvER KravT -Bbls, $4.] 'f bbls, $2.75. CALIFORNIA GRAPES—SL50@L.75. PEaRs—40 1b boxes, $1.75(@3.25, BaxAxAs—According to size, per bunch, . 00(@3.00. BurTERIRE—Tubs, 14c; rau-, 150, 'Cocoaxuts—Per 100, §5.00. ArrLy Burrer—be. CmEr—Bbls, $5.50; hi bols, §3.00, MAPLE SUGAR—125@15¢ per Ib. FARINACEOUS Goops— Barley, farina, 43dc; veas, 3'c; out meal, ‘maccaronl, 113 wicelll, 1lc; rice, S@ Tog sago and " tapioca, 6@Tc; "buckwhieat, bbls, $5.50. SALSODA—15%@234¢ per 1b. Srancu—43{(@sc per 1b. Stove PoLisi—$2.00@5.87 per eros Spices—\Whole, per 1b—Allspice, sia, China, 9c; cloves, Penang, 23¢; 1, 750; pepper, 18@19c. 4.50 per case. Nurs—Almonds, 15@17¢; Brufl!. 10c; fil- berts, 11¢; pecans, 10c; walnuts, 12i5c; pea- aut cocks, Si¢c; roasted, 11c; Tennessee poa- nuts, 7c. WEAFPING PAper—Straw, per lb, l!&@ '-l‘}(c; rag, 2}c; manilla, B, 5@6}c; ' BAas—Union Square, 85 per cent off Jist. Saur—Dairy, 230, 1bs in bbl, buli, 8103 small, chow CLOW, 3 224-1b bags, $3.25; common, in bbls, $1.25. e IMPIETLIES, Young Minister—To what do you ascribe your remarkable success as a minister, Brother Wilgust The Rev. Mr. Wilgus. Chiefly to this: I preach terriffic . public BOrMONS Aagainst my congregation en masse, but privately humor them as individuals, Science and religion muy have- shaken hands across the mnarrow isthmus which divides thew, as Prof. Wayland once re- marked, but 1t 1ooks now as though it like the formal actof two prize fighters about to commence, Apropos of the recent Kentucky tragedy, the Rochester Union says: ‘‘Moses. said, ‘au eye for an oye,' and would hardly have criticised a man for carrying a revolver to use in case anpther gentleman's caseknife called for a repartee.” “You would say Solomon's temple was a great thing,” said Father Nugent in s lecture on **The Philosophy of Civilization” Sunday nlgm.. *“but 1t would be lost in Chluun today. It was ounly 110 feet long, 36 feet broad, and three stories high,” Correet, Father Nugent. If not lost in Chicago, it would bo stolen, He—I don'tsee why gon ‘won't marry a man without capital if be has a good salary. Mother Eve married o gardener, Sne—Yas, and the first thing hs did was to lose his situavion! ‘Teacher—Tommy, who were the publicans and sinoers mentioned in the lessont “Tommy—Republicans and demoorats, Willie (who bas uun his apple) —Mabel, let's play Adam and Eve, You bs Eve an I'll be Adam.” Mabel—All right! ol ! ‘Willie—Now you tempt me to eat your spple and I'll sucoumb, Wife (at church)—That man in the secon w is acting very strangely. Do you l.nink 18 crazy! Husband—I wouldo't be at all surprised, my dear; I see his collar button has his Mk. Kentucky Applicant (to St. Peter)—Just to get a shot at Stokes’ ero's & foud between our ‘To bear 8 cross without complaint Is Christian, but it's raro; For trying it oft makes nu saint Himself cross as a An mdlvld\ul ha [ turned home N sal Vi jas. has dn.z yer.” u to uhurch re- llllll ry Lo make me us. Fred me last Sunds; Mhnl}v‘dm ummmanyhod;i: 4 ey New s tri hieh shows mmm‘mm‘ snan ‘-e THE spacmmlé MARKETS. Selling Out of so-m;rea Long the Fenture in Whoat, THE CEREAL STILL SETTLING. PEATE. Corn lnanimate and Dull and Prices Easter—Not Mach Life in Pro- visions—Cattie Slow—Hogs in Fafr Pemand. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKETS, Cricaco, Nov. 93.-~[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—Wheat kept on settling today, December going to 79¢ and May to The difference between the two months 1t will be noticed, widened to 4%(c. This is still *{@1c Jess than it should be to meet the views of carriers, but the claim is mado that there is money to be made carrying wheat into May at the premium now ruling. This, however, is & debatable question. Everything had a coloring in accord with declining prices, Cables came in weak and generally lower. No export business of con- sequence was reported by seaboard correspopdents, though eight loads were reported worked late in the day. The receipts at Duluth and Minneapolis continue to disappomt the ex- pectations of the bulls and play havoc with carefully made calculations, and, worse than all, wheat bought for December aud May kept pouring of, the longs displaying signs of nervousness and fear. There was a bhig trade in futures in the wheat pit. As on yesterday, the leading feature and dominat- ing 10fluence was the selling out of scattered long wheat. Yesterday, however, liguida- tion was chiefly in December. Today it was in December and May. On the decline there was_ an extensive covering of short wheat and the market is now probubly. nearer evened up than it has been for weeks, December opened at_79%c and May Silgc. December sold mght to 7O%c and and May o sql(c. This 'was the outside range, Legember worked (lnwn to 791¢c, rallied to 7 Ti{h,@d“‘c' off again 10 79260, up to 704c. off to Te and closed at 701 May sold off to 83%c, regained o, bur declined later to 83i7c and closed at 837¢e, The market at no time exhibited much firmness and rallies provoked free specula- tive selling. As compared with yesterday the closings mark 4 net. depreciation of 1@ S¢e, December losing the most, The western markets sympathized with Chicago very closely, but the seaboard markets were not visibly so weak. The corn market was inanimate and dull m the speculative branch and the cash mar- ket was likewise inactive and prices a shade easier. Fluctuations in futures were very narrow and the amount of business done was extremely light. There was muderate frm- ness around the openiug, but & weak interval of considerable duraltion followed and was in turn succeeded by slightly firmer tone. The receipts were less than the estimates, but colder, clear wefther, giving assurance of o freer movement-and au improvement in the condition of new corn, provented any un- easiness concerning - supplies, notwithstand- me the low level of t&nn in store. The sea- son of lake navigation being about ended was expected to curtail the demand for cash offerings and incressd the stocks in sight, which have recently shown a weekly de- crease of a considerable amount. The for- eign markets_wereJggs strong today, and outside domestic advices were siightly easier in tone. Withdrawals from stsre were lreavy, but sedbnard olearances were rather light, Price.changes in futures are again insignificant, the closing quotations to- day being for Degemper, 31%c, and May, 833c, sellers. Toa ! Oats were weak iu tone and aside from May ruled extremely-dpll, with November quite neglected angd n&mpm _Through luck of support May d 146 to 22%c, but later recovered, with a well known operator taking something like a mllion bushels all told. Iu order to dispose of Decémber the early asked prices were finally reduced jc 1o 20c, at which a small lot changed han with a subsequent reaction to 20!{ec, ceipts wore less than estimated by twenty- five cars, but the demand for regular oats ‘was dull, with occasional cars to 2o to store selling lgc lower at 20c. Withdrawals were insignificant, No. 2 white for May sola at 245 @243{c. in provisions there was no great life, Cash buyers made rather moderate purchases and the line of speculation conservative feel- ings contrelled operations. Predictions of increased receipts of hogs this week en- couraged tha bear interests to be more ag- gressive, but the chunges forced in prices were quite limited. Old trionds of the mar- ket looked after its movements sharply and made it an up hill undertaking to force a serious break. The declines actually wit- nessed amounted to 10c on January and May pork, 121¢c on November 1acd, 5c on January and May lara and 2}{con Janhary and May short ribs. November short ribs were nomi- nally unchanged, while November pork ad- vanced 23gc. CHL10AGO LIVE STOCK. Cuicaco, Nov, 23.—[Special Telegram to Tug Ber]—CATrLE—Business was slow and prices weak, Tho receipts were about all Texans, there being scarcely a sufficient number of natives to get buyers to make an offer, A few Texans not owned by slaugh- terers sold a shade stronger and pative butchers’ stock about the same as for the past three or four days, There was uothing domg in the stocker and feeder trade, the week closing on very lower prices for light weights and a . large number carried over, chnk:o 0 extr: eves, $1.60@>5,85; meaium good ateers, 1 10,1500 " 1bs., 84.004.50: .flfiflw 1850 1bs., 83.40(3.90; 050 to 1200 1bs , £ 85@3.05. Stockers and feeders, $2.00@ 2.90: cows, bulls und mixed, $1.! m&fl bulk, $1.80@2.10, 'Texas steers, $2.20@3.90; cows, $1.50@?2.2 Western rangers, $2.60@3.50, Hoas—The demand was, fair aud prices aboul the same as yesterday. Opening sales were at $3.85 for both packers und_shippers and selected heavy, and the closing sales largely at $3.80, making such as arrived ns late as 9 o'clock sell 5e lower than at the opening. ‘There was scarcely any variation in p oc-‘ s $3.85 bousht assorted light, assor! avy and prime oacking. A few of the ge variety sold at $3.90 and a few faney heavy at the same price, FINANC1AL. —— New York, Nov. 23.—|Special Telegram to Tus Bre.1—-Srocks«The stock marker for the week abows no 4é¢ided success for either party. Bear raids in spots and the excellent support of many stogks, caused great irregu- larity. Action today)was expected to turn on the bank statement,'which is expected to be @ good one, The bulls counted, with their usual enthusiasm, thaf the market is getting in trim for an uptura.s The - fact that Cam- mack’s friends say he had no haud in the raiding for a few duys ipast is regarded as & hopeful sign, Most"encouraging talls is heard about St. w Missouri Pacific, Northern Pacific erred, Lake Shore, Union Pacific, and Weatern Union. Interest and animation this ;wu\nx, bowever, cen- tered in trusts again; and they opened frac- tionally higher, whil§*the regular list was steady and in many cases .unchanged from last night's figures. The tone of the general market was barely steady on & small volume of business, while trusts were strong and rose further fractional amounts, though lead was quiet and enclined to weakoess. North- ern Pacific, Atchison, and Reading showed a little animation in the active list, but . specialtios showed all the movement fu the market and Chesa- Peak & Ohio second -preferred rosesi er cent to 455, the common and first preferred 3 each, and Denver & Rio Grande Western 134, while San Francisco vreferred was ex- ceptionally weak, dropping from 58 to 503, Deaver, Texas & Fort Worth coutinued its decline and lost 3¢ per ceat, but the other movements 1o the regular list were entirely insignificant. The last hour of the week was marked by good strength on light trans- actions. The increase of $035,000 in the re- serves was not up to expectations, but was in the right direction. There was no weak- ening anywhere before the close. Atchison touched 36 and closed i per cent over last night at 858/, The Granger group closed dull and steady, Laokawanna made & gain of 3 per cent to 14214, In trusts Cotton Oil gained 11§ per cont to 321 and Sugar 1% to 70j¢. Chicago Gins was noglocted at nd Load but slightly improved, The total salos for the half day werb 87,711 shares. The following were tho closing quotations: 121 |Northern Pacific |do proterred. N, W, ‘a0 prorerred N.YContra P.D.&E | ook Tsian A 1( M. & St. 0 UiR s conpons.. | Pac II‘( Central i'lnlfl . Chicago & Alton Ch uu,llurllnktm\ ¥ 5 Ao proterred 1. Panl & Omatin "o preforrea ton Pacifie 3| dopreforrad Michigan Ceutral.. 96'4 Westera Unlon. Missouri Paciflo. ... 69 Moxny—Fas Prive with no loans. MERCANTILE PArER—-0@7){ per N6 Excmaxor—Quiet and steady; sixty-day bills, §4.803(s demand, $1.50, Mining Stooks. New York, Nov 23—[Spooilal Telogram to Tite Bre.,|—The following ars tho min- g stock quotations 088 Suvage > Homestake........00 [Sierra Nevada.. PRODUCE MARKETS, Criicago, Nov. 1:16 b, m, Wheat—Rasy; November, 83(c; ber, 781503 May, § Corn—Stead, Novcml‘er‘ 81c; May, 8314¢. Oats—Stea 20c; May, 2314 uo—flovembor e, Barley—Novomber, 00c. Primo Timothy—$1.20(01.28, Flax—Cash, 81.30; May, $L.45, Whislky—8$1.02. £0.873¢: November, —Stendy; November, £5.971¢ closo—~ Decem- 82%c; January, November, 20¢; December, Janu- ;January, 5.9, Flour — Quiet and unchanged; wheat, $2.00@: rye, $2.50a2. ‘winter + spring wheat, $3.65@4.90; buckwheat, $1.’ 15( §@ ‘liutwr—stcndy. creamery, 13@25c; dairy, 146 Cheese—Firiuer; 957 @10c; 10@10{c. full cream cheddars, flats, 93@93{c; Young Americas, nged; fresh, 22@=23c. Hides—Unchanged; light green salted, 0c; dry calf, 5@bc; deacons, each, 20c. ‘Tallow—Unchanged; No. 1solid packed, 4c; No. 3, 8K{@3%c; cake, 4ic. .(flu‘lpt! Shipm’ts. 500 23,000 97,000 81,000 L 223000 879,000 140,000 167.000 New York, Nuv 23.—Wheat—Receipts, exports, 81,000; spot, dull and weaker: No. 2 red, &l’g(n cin clevator, 841 (@85c afloat, 84{@85%¢, 1.0. b; upt‘ouslmrly active, lower; December, 8354c. Corn-~Receipts, 176,000 bushels: expor 1,000 bushels; spot, moderately activ weaker; No. 2, 4Li5¢ iu elevator, 42@42 afloat; ungraded mixed, 35@42 dull, weak and o Oats—Dull, firm; options, dull, lower; De- cember, 273{¢: spot No. 3 white, 305@slc; mixed, 7ig@9ifc, Coffee- -Options, barely Blend)" unchanged to 10 points down. Sales 00’ cember, $15.70@15.50; spot Rio, steady: fair cargoes, $19.75, "%cgmmum_qmez, steady; United closed at ;. Bus—Fiem, quiet; western, 25@25igc. Pork—Firm, fair demand; inspected mess, $11.25@11.50. Lard—Quiet, steady with the exception of a break in November; western steam, $6.50; November, §.33. Butter—Firm, quict; wostern dairy, 19@ 27c; creamery, lSLan 1 Choeege—Quiet: Wl—llurn‘ TH@10c. Liverpool, Noy. 23, — Wheat — holders offer moderately; California 78 214d(@7s 8i¢d per cental. Corn—Quiet; now mixed western, 4s 1d per cental. St. Lonis, Nov. 23. — Wheat—Lower; cash, 77¢8¢; May, 831{c. Corn—Lower; cash, s?fi,.c: May, 3055c. ‘Onts—Lower: cash, 20c: May, 22%c. Pork—Quiet at $ Lard—Lower at £5. bO(¢i5 85, Whisky—Steady at $1.02. Butter—Unchanged. ke, Nov. 23—Wheat—Easy; cash, T21{@72ic; May, Ti%c. Corn—yuiet; No. 8, 80!gc. Onts —Quiet; No. 2 white, 2214c. Kye—Easier; No. 1, 45¢. Barley—Steady; No. 2 m store, 471{c, Provisions—Quies; pork, §0.551¢. Kansas Ciry, Nov. 23.—Wheat—Weaker; No. 2 hard, cash, no bids nor offerin November, 623c; No. 8 hard, cash, 58} No. 2 red, no bids nor offerings. Corn—Steady: No. 2, cas’n. 25¢ bid; No- vember, 243{c Onts—No. 2 cash, 16ige. Minneapols, Nov. 23,—Sample wheat— Active; receipts, 583 cars; shipments, 131 cars. Closing: No. 1hard, November, Tike; Muy, S83¢c; on track, 78igc; No. 2 north: era l\membsr, 7le; May, 77c; on teack, 71@iic. unclunml. Nov. 23.—Wheat—Fuirm ; No. 2 red, Ti@iSe. Corn-~Stroug 3 No mixed, 83c. Oats—Dull; No. 2 mixed, 283gc. \thk.v—fl.l)‘& uiet: 0.1, LIVE STOCK Cbicago, Nov. 28.—The Drovers’ Journal reports as follo Cattle - Receipts, 8,600; market steady to strong; boeves, $4.00@5.95; steers, 8285 @5.35; stockers and feeders, $2.00@?90 ‘Texas cattle, $1.50@3.90;. western rangers, $2.60@3.50. #ogs — Receipts, 21,500; market we ‘but not_guotably lnwer. mixed, $3,60@3. heavy, $3.60@3.95; light, §3.65@8.95. Sheep—Receipts, 1,000; market l\audy. natives, $2.75(@5.00; westerns ww@tfl Texuns, $3.00@4.10; llmbl. um Ionnl Stock Yards, East St, Nov. Ko 23.—Cattlo — Receipts, 800; shipmous, 1,600; wmarket strong; fair to faucy native steers, $3.30@4.80; stockers and foeders, $2.10@8.20. .Hogs—Receipts, 2,800; shipments, 1,100; market ltrnng, honvv. lflfll@flw. ulokluu. $3.008.75; light, $3.55( MKansas Oity, Nov. N.—Clme—mo-lpu. 2,000; shipments, 2,200; ~market -lr&% aud higher; \movu. Ifl.N@d 75; cows, §1. 2.50; stockers findnr-. 20@3. 10, Iteceip! 500, market strong and highers uqm, uua‘g@s 7734 ; heavy and mixed, §3.65@3.75. oux City, Nov., 23.—Cattle—Receipts- 805; shil menu,wb market steady and un, Chubgod: cows. $1.00.05; stookers aud leedarl, W.vululul. 15, 85. 5005 m-rlm. woak; hkh!. N,li.’i@fi. heavy, .1 0601 lxed $3.40(@3.52, s Fall of Phantom Fish, A stream near Benton, Tenn., is said to be full of Phantom fish, Standing on the rocks and looking down into the water vhe eye can see hundredsof trout, some of them remarkably large, dart- ing about the pools or resting with the Fentla motion peculiar to their tribe. The angler casts his line in one of these pools literally swarming with fish, to all appearances, and no matter how "ate tractive the fly or how skillful the fish- erman he never gets a bite. As plenti- ful as they seem to be no one has ever yet been able to catoh a trout in that stream. The fish Juy no attention to the hook or line, and when the baitis thrown at them or an. attempt is made to spear them the instrument has the appearance of passing through the fish, but he is not caught; when the barb or spear is removed hy is still ther A VERY PROMISING OUTLOOK. The Roal Hstate Men Jubilant Over the Prospeots. THE EXCHANGE'S GOOD WORK. A Scheme to Increase the List Jobbers—Some New Enterprises Planned—The Weok's Show- fog in Improvemonts, of The Realty Markot Real estate men have reason to be satis fied with last niht's summary of weokly ro- sults. Of the numerous deals being worked in real estate during the past woek, sov- eral very satisfactory ones were brought to a head and closed. The rosult of the woek's market, while it containg no surprise for those who are concerned week by week in the business can not fail to excite comment among the uninitinted. The real,estate bears, who have been aeclaring all wlong that prices aro fictitous and that the time for the breaking of the wuole basiness had arrived have been <ompelled to wit- ness a steady incroase in values almost day by day. Tho incresse in the value of realty proves coustant inducoment to those who have monoy to place it in the “‘basis of all securities The roal estate markot is bealthy becavse business generally is good and because tho o growing. 'Investora have found profit and they are willing to try again in the full confidenca that the upward tendency of pricos The exchango has proven & succoss so far, at least, in that tho representative busine men of the city have turned out to the moot- ings and taken an active part in endorsing steps which have been taken by the mewm- bers of the exchange tending to prove bone- ficial w the city's interests. This is es- pecially true of the committee of business men who were roquested by the members of the exchange to join in a petition to the Chioago & Northwestern railway peoplo ask- ing thom to give Omaha direct communica-~ tion with Yaukton by closing up the gap be- tween Yankton and Hartington. The com: mittee met and forwarded & very urgent re- quest for this -improvemeut to Marvin Hughitt, president of the Northwe: tom. If the desired result is obta exchange could goout of existence with an honorable record and would be remembered for the good it had done. But the exchange i going out of existence managers have a number of \\orlhy projects which they proposo to urge before the people for the good of tho city. As an incidental feature the exchange is doing & good real estate business, A large number of sales have been made diroctly through the work of the exchango and its prospects are very flattering. ‘T'he first suction sale under the auspices of the exchauge was conducted yesterday and was a complete success, Two lots were sold at fair figures and the bidding on them was spirited. It1s the intention to make these auction sales a feature of the Saturday sessions of the exchunge. Représentative Sales. The deed for the property at the southeast orner of Saventeen th and Farnam has not yet been recorded and the name of the pur- chaser has not been aunouanced, but it is pretty well undorstood thay the purchasers are two Omaha gentlemen who propose to unprove the property by the erection of a handsome ofice building on the site. “The property was not purchased for speculative purposes,” said a real estate broker who is on the inside of the deal. ‘‘The men who bougit it hbve placed the price at a cool $100,000 for the 6 feet on Farnam street and will improve the property before they ‘wiil sell it for a cent less than’that sum.” ‘I'he transfer of the property, real and per- scnal, and the franchises of the Omaha motor railway compauy to the Omaba street railway company was' recorded on Tuesday. ‘The consideration was $1,500,000 ana “‘other considerations.” The sale includes the real estate, power house, rolling stock and all of the equipments of the Mercer motor comn- any. B Dyamlud for acre property and lots in out- side additions is strong and increasing. The sale by the Omaha Real Estate and Trust company of twenty-five acres near Highland Park for $40,000 will probably be equalled next week by a sale, which has been prac- closed, of a big tract of ground near Side. ' A syndicate has an option on forty acres acd will take the property a8 soon as the terms of the traasfer can be arranged. Thirty-five lots in Westlawn sold for $10,~ 000, an incréase of 20 per cent over prives of @ yeur 8go, - P. McCabe paid 20,000 for one lot_ in Reed’s first addition, One in Shrivor's addi- tion and one tn Saunders place, One lot in Bemis park sold for $12,000. E. Whitman paid $5,000 each for three lots in Archer place. Two lots in Summit park were sold for $10,000, One lot in Tuttle’s sub-division and one in Brl s place were sold for 83,000, Muir & Gaylord vaid $13,600 for lot 5, block 1931¢, at the corner of l‘\\enty-lawlld and Izard streets. Atter More Jobbers, A committee of the Real Estate exchange and several representatives of the com- mercial interests are at work upon some statistics that they hope to use with effect in securing the location of several wholesale houses in Omsha. The gentlemen have secured some facts that will probably sur- prise that great army of men who are always croaking about business being over- done, Omuha is supposed to be pretty well represented here in the agricultural implement line, vet the fact is that the Omaha houses do but per cent of the business in theirline in the territory directly tributary to Omaba. The grocery business is Lhe best represented, and et the Omaha houses do but one-halt the usiness in Omaha's rightful territory, The boot and shoe houses get about forty per cent of the business that ought to come to Omah: while the dry goods houses have less than twenty per cont of the trade in their line that should come here. This state of affairs is not Blmwulfla to the wholesale men of Omaha. ey are all rushers in their line and most of them have il of the business that they can properly handle. The trouble is that there are not houses enough here to supply the trade in the territory that should be almost monopolized by the Omaha job- hers, These facts will be preseuted along with inducements to certain eastern firms who are contempleting western branches, sud an increase of the city's circle of jobbers is contidently expected, New Industries. T'he Omaha stove manufacturing company have a pumber of very handsome models complete, and will be ready 10 a very shory time to begin active work in the production of their goods, The models are being per- fected 1n some minor respects and when completed will be an astonishment to stove dealars and the people geuerally. The com- pany hu five patterns of cook stoves and of heaters, and are at work upon an improved range model. The company has a plant about secured and expect to be at work by the first of the vear av latest, Mr‘ M. J. Briggs, & member of a big Wis- nsin creamery syndicate, is in the city con- lcn-lu with local capitalists with a view of interesting them 1n the establishment of a big ereamery in Omaha, Mr. Briges stated at the meeting of the real estate exchange yes! that he felt eatisfied that a oll.mnry with 8 capacity of 60, M gu ul milk a day would be u payin, 5 inyestinent in Omaha. Aboul of the farmers are makiog a low of butter for local trade snd selling it onu-nnn of about 12 cents & pound. ‘They do pot clear more than §14 a yur !a; each cow. If there was n creams lished in that could treat 000 nouuh of mllk . dl{ 1,000 pounds of huuar, 16,000 pounds from which 1,120 pounrll of co made, and gallons of butter milk would MMI produced from it. By the improved meaus now employed iu cream - ve pounds of bu produced eries, tter are from every 100 pounds of milk, whereas by ohoeca ordinary processes, only three and & hall pounds“is the usual avoraze. Mr. Hrigga claimed that Omaha and Council Biuffs cons sume about 3,000 pounds of butter a day and would furaish & demand for all good butter that could be made horo. Mr. Rriggs wants to start a §15,000 plant in Omaha and the Roal Estate exchango have men at work to help hum form a stock company for the pur- pose. The Bank Clearinge. The bank cloarings for the woek wore: Wednesd Thursday . Friday. .. Saturda; Total .. $1,023,8M 83 Tncrense ovor corresponding weok of last year, 8.6 por cont. Somo Comparative The wook's business 1 reulty and building circles shows a big inorease over the vor= responding woek of last year. Witness the following figures: RSTATE TRANSPERS, l |\|~«l.\\ inesda llmrmm\ IPriday Saturday . Totals, . Eriday. Saturday Totals, .. Building No es. W. G. Bohn will build o $3,500 residence on ['orty-first street in Orchard Hill. Frank Pokrony is building a §,000 tene- ment block on South Thirteenth street. John Dale will build a §3,000 residence on Twenty-ninth avenue near Hickory steeet. John K. Flack has commenced work on a $0,000 brick residence on Thirty-first avenuo near Douglas, J. H. VanCloster is building a $10,000 ten - ement block on Muson street near Tiyenty- ninth avenue. Charles Nooling will build an £5,000 brick double dwelling on Twenty-niuth sireoy noar Hulf Howard. David R. Shannon is building a two story brick dwelling on Lowe avenue near. Cass street to cost $3,500. William ~ Deering & Co.’ are brétking eround for a five story brick warchopse at the corner of Eighth stroet and Capital ave- nue to cost §52,000. ~The following permits were. issued nv the building inspector yesterday: Kountze Memorial rnurch, one story frame chapel, Fourtesnth and L\!mu Jonn Dale, t tory - reside; we. ninth avenue, near !lh_kurr H. l/llrlnimllulifln‘t(lelu{\ m stre I, near Twenty-first. . . One minor permit. .00 A fow days ago workmen at Morrisville, opposite ‘Irenton, N. J., unearthed a fine paleolith of argillite ten feet below the sur- face, which is pronounced a rebe of progla: cial mun. It had a jagged edge, evidontly having been fashioned for a weapon. A young woman of Crescent City, Ci picked up a pebble on the beuch and sent it to a lapidary in San Francisco. He pro- nounced it a true emerald, worth $2,600. Old Jimmy Cranshaw, who reahlol in 8 lonely and thinly populated district in Lake county, California, has whut he terms a svarmint farm,” and makes his living by rnum.f foxes, coons, skunks, coyotes and other fur-bearing animais. A Salem county, New Jersay, farmer,John Robeson, caught a strange bird recentiy. It is said to have a face like a monkey, is about the size of o grown fowl, and has plumage of wondrously varied hue. Not a golden egg from a gooso, but gold quurlz from u duck’s crop is & Jamestown mau’s fortune. The duck had been digging in a gravel bank on the man's farm.” Now the farmer is diggiug. A man in Simer county, California, who killed a neignbor's steer to save his own family from starving, declined couusel, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year in the state prison. Mrs. Margaret Stuart, aged 103 years, of Plug, Carroll_county, Goorgia, wants & pen- sion. Mrs., Stvart 18 the widow of Jumes Stuart, who fought n the Indian war of 1812, under Captain John Myriclk. A big kaleidoscope which revolves for sev- eral minutes for the benefit ol the person who drops a nickel in the slot with which 1t is provided, is the latest production in this vrolific line. In certain districts of Washington the street numbers are badly*mixed up, Itis said that when the colored people move, as they frequently do, they generally take the door number with them and: put i on their new house, Mr. James D, Reid, who has beon ap- pointed United Statos 'consul at Dunferm- line, is commonly called “'the Father of the Telegrapb.” Hepersonally handled the first president’s message over sent across the Alleghunies by wire. Afew days ngo ® large pray caglo was seen perched in a tree overlocking the barn- yard of Mr. James Eib, at Romine’s Mills, Harrison county, West Virginia, Waiter, & twelve-year-old son of Mr, Eib, succeeded Xn getting u stiov at tho bird with a squirrel gnn, ‘I'he snot killed the cagle, which was found to be seven feet six inches from tip to tip of its wings., This is the largest gray eagle ever killed or seen in that part of the state, W. J. Perryman, of Thomaston, Ga., has an ow! in & coop ot his store, and has sévoral cats which keep his store clear of rats. One of the cats has shown its sympathy with the owl in its unprisonment, and every day car- ries to its coop one or two rats which nis owiship is, nodoubt, duly thankful for,'as ho shows his appreciation by devouriag the rats immediately. A singular cz2se occurred at St. Augustine, Fla., recently. A box filled with matches, about two feet long aud one foot square, which came on the steamer Rickerson, was damaged by waterabout one-third its length, It was stored aumong_otnor dnmaged gonds, but after a time ignited by spontaneous combustion. The firestarted just on the line between the wet -nd dry matches, No serio us damago res + Eastern man (in the west)—Why, Idon’t see much town here. In your letters to me, sir, you said that thirty stores, three hotels, four churches ana sixty dwellings had gone up i the last few months, Estate Agent—That's_all very true, sir; they went p in smoke, 1 forgot to tell you that. oy placed on record dumng € C VanKuran and wife to ¥ Conr‘d. log. 2, bik J, Bouth Oahs Park, w (] 3 1t Harfis and wite w M Pop Harris & l‘uuurnu ann. cd. N L lllfldl' and uusband to Byron &L 8 H«!O(L unflllfl A-1-). ‘b cd.. PJ d Ahm yron & L8 ieed, it frang nwd.-unmmmw tate of P H Heed. qo d 184y ot aito G k Uit Sasorm I d, ot J b ¥ orur lnfl wife otl“l& loLl llld