Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 16, 1893, Page 15

[ T ." ( 4 5 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1893--SIXTEEN PAGESy CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE Etrong Evidenoe of Returning Oonfidence Among Business Men, COUNTRY COLLECTIONS HOLD UP WELL Btocks of Merchandise Belng Reduced to » Low FPomt—The Return of Confi- dence Must Make Business Active Later in the Year. The actual business situation as affecting the local jobbers has not changed materially during the past week, but there is undenia- bly 8 much more confident feeling. Every one is still cautious and strongly inclined to the mde of conservatism in all business transactions, but the gloomy predictions of ten days ago are no longer heard. The volume of busincss without doubt will be somewhat restricted during July, as merchants of ail classes, from jobbers to rotailers, are strongly imbued with a deter- mination to reduce stocks and clean up their business as closely as possible. KEvery mer- chant is striving to sell out his stock of merchandise, collect in his accounts, pay un bills and put himself in shape to start anew. As a rule business meon anticipate their wants and buy in advance when goods are offered at a seeming low price or when there is a prospect of anadvance in the market, At the present time every one is trying to dispose of what he has, even if he feels that it will cost him more t) stock up again later on. Inother words, the speculative feature }l“ been ulhl;mnledhlnd vnnr\':‘hnnl.‘: are sell- ng goods and only buying when they can no longer do without. Stocks of goods all over the country are being run down toa very low point. ‘While the uncertainty as to future finan- cial conditions was the real cause of such a conservative policy among business men, there is another cause at work, at the pres- ent time, which has_much weight with the country retailers. July is the month that makes or ruins the corn crop in Nebraska, and by the time Augusy is reached the future of the crop can be quite accurately foretold. As there is so much dependent upon the corn crop in this state, country merchants usually buy very sparingly until doubt as to the out- come of the crop is settled. Tn spite of the tendency on the part of the retailers to limit their orders, the jobbers of Omaha report that they are doing a very fair business for July and have no complaints to make. Some of them report that they are doing more business thau they expected, Collections in the country have held up re- markabiy well, Extensions are asked for in some soctions and there arc some reports to the effcct that farmers are not paying their store bills very promptly, but there are al- ways complaints of this nature during the middleof the summer. A johber obscrves that there is very little excuse for hard times in Nebraska. There may be reason for hard timesin the east, where many large industries have been closed down, throwing men out of employ- ment and where the money stringency has been severely felt. In Minuesota and other Wheat growing states it is not strange that times are hard when vheat is selling for less than it costs to grow it. In the silver states the closing of the mines would naturally have a depressing effect, but Nebraska has had none of these difficulties to contend with. On the contrary, Nebraska had a large corn crop and more cattle and hogs than ever before, and fortunately everything that she had w sell has brought unusually high prices all the year through. There is 10 reason why woney should not be as pleuty asever in the state as the farmers have had large returns from their crops .and no un- usual expenditures, The only reason for hard times in Ne- braska is a k of confidence, a fear that something might go wrong. The mope care- fully the situation in Nebraska is studie the niore evident it becomes that all busi- ness interests in the state will be as prosper- ous as ever as soon as the people get over their scare, hence the better foeling among business men noted above, Some local jobbers ure commencing to pro- dict that vhe fall business will be something phenomenal. They argue that by the latter part of Augustor st of September confi- dence will be restored and the merchants of the country who are now striving to reduce their stocks will suddenly realize that they have more confidence than goods and then the rush will commence. The men who are maxing this prediction were talking very blue ten days ago. Another cause that is aiding in no small degroe to restore confidence is the easing up of the money market in New York City. The banks are retiring the loan certificates issued whilo the money stringency most sovere. The percentige of in the payment of balancos ut the house is becoming greater each day, New York banks report the receipt of large amounts of currency from the country and a noticeable decrease in the applications for rediscount and other accommodations from country banks. It looks very muchas if the mone; ‘which came on gradually, has reached the turning point and that there will be a gradual easing up in the situation from now on. squeeze, The Week's Clearings. The bank clearings at Omaha for the past ‘week show a decrease of 17 per cent, as com- pared with the corresponding week in 1592, A week, however, is too short a time for comparisons to be made of any great import- ance. Two or three large transactions may swell the clearings for one week toan ex- tent that would make quite a difference in tha percentage of that week, whereas if the whole month were taken into account they would make no appreciablo difference, The average daily cleariugs for tho first two weeks of shis month are 986,845, while the average daily clearings for the whole month of July, 1802, were $1,0060,005. This would make the decrease for this month about 7 per cont as comparcd with July of last your. AS DUN SEES IT, Bat Little ngo 11 iho Situation, Yet that Littlo is for the Butter. Mr, W. H. Roberson, Omaha manager of R. G. Dun & Co., speuking of the trade situa- sion, says: “Lacally the situation is not much changea for the better. Thero is comfort in the thought, however, that what littlo change there is is not for tho worse. Our banks spouk confidently of the near future, and veople generally are very much less ap- Tealioniatvo. than Shoy. ware & week and a month ago. Louns “are unot sought and maturing paper is not cheerfully extended. People generally are adapting themselves to the conditi and economy is the general order in business and household matters dy mouey 18 not plentiful, but loeal col- ‘tions are 4 little better. One comfortable ture of the situation is that creditors rathor more leniont with debtors than at other times where they show a disposition 10 meet their obligation ““The comptrolier of the currency issued his call on the national banks for the 12th inst., and the statoments for the city will appear in o day or two. They show a fall- ing off in deposits, as might be expected, but the cash resources of our financial insti- tutions are gratifyingly large in vroportion to obligations. Consider- able criticism of the compuroller s among bankers for demanding a statement just at this juncture when peo- pie aro 80 particularly timid and somo banks fuust mako a bad comparative showing to those who oxamine the tigures without Lak- ing the unusual cirumstances nto consider suon. In Omaha the banks will not be un- favorably affected, but in some of the far wostern” stutes and in some coun- ties fu Nebraska the call at this time may prove & positive and unnecessary injury. The comptroller would have been just as vigilant in public interest aud far more considerate to l.udf generally had he waited & month for the af- mosphere toclear up a little. But Mr, Eckels is not & banker bimself: ho is the comp. troller and his discretion is lurge. “In ‘:ha ..12”“"3‘.',' hdt'n‘:rlnu Irado gen- erally is quiot. Only hardware and grocer, daun“. hwenh of good trade. Ou'i. in 'i.hé Sisto where crop prospects are favora the h-unf is easier und merchants sre hmnl w0 m less consarvatively, 3 the where a crop ure. is probable, erders are coming in slowly and collections are hard. The weak merchants are having a hard time of it, and many of them Are going to the wall, though the net liabilities are not lnT& It will be a fortnight or a month yot, in the opinion of clear-headed business men, before we ocan ook for any distinotive Improvement, but when the tide turns the reaction will be sharp, and it is genorally believed the recov- ery will be complete.” BANK CLEARINGS REVIEWED, Tasiness Has Not Decreaned Much Accord- g to Clenring Houss Reports. During the last fow years the clearings of the natioaal banks of the country have come to be regarded as an important feature in financial reports. The woekly statements are looked forward toana are studied with no little Interest by business men and capi- talists. While these reports may at times be inflated by unusual conditions, such as a flurry in real estate or a speculative craze in some other direction, it is safe to say they furnish, undor ordinary circumstances. a very good indication of the actual volume of business transacted. At times business may appear dull on the surface and the markots may be devoid of their usual activity, but at the same time there may be a largs amount of regular busi- ness transacted in 80 quiet and unostenta- tious a manner as to esoape general notice. When business appoars quiet on the surface people “*hard times,” and when this sur- face business is flourishing the word is passed about, “times are good.” The fact is, times are not I]Wll¥l what they scem an the great volume of business, the underflow of trade as it were, cannot always be mens- ured by surface indications. The bauk cloar- ings are useful as showing the increase or decrease in the volume of ular commer- clal transantions that otherwise would be a mere matter of conjecture. Just at present there is a loud cry of “hard times" and every one is talking about the dullness of business, siow collections and the general absence from trado of all snap and ‘energy. No one denies thaf, there is widespread depression and lack of confidence, but has there been after all any very great shrinkage in the volume of legitimate busi- ness in Omaha? All enterprises of a speculative character have been abandoned on account of the dif- culty of borrowing nioney, but people must eat and wear clothes and live in houses, and while they: muy practice economy they can- not do entirely without these things. A careful investigation of the bank clearings of Omaha will throw some light on this sub- ject. As business is naturally larger during certain seasons of the year, each month must be compared, not with the preceding, but with the corresponding month of pre- vious years. “The following will show the clearings for cach month of the year since the opening of the Omaha clearing house COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL Wheat Was Weak Yesterday in Spite of Heavy Exports, UNUSUALLY In Corn There Was a Light Trade and Fluctuations Were Unusually Limited— Commission Concerns Took Offer. ings Quite Rendily, CONDITIONS FAVORABLE CH10AGO, July 15.—Wheat was weak today in spite of the heavy exports, the bad crop ro- ports and the steady to firm cables. The weakening factor was the list of bank state- meonts of condition and the business fallures. This was more than sufficient to offset tho more favorable news in the way of crop pros- pects and under a moderate display of firm- ness thore was a gradual decline of nearly “%4e with a subsequent slow and uncertain rally. 1In some respents the conditions were unus- ually favorablo. The exports from both coasts for the week wore 4,125,000 bu., in wheat and flour, the largest, it is sald, with four excep- tlons, ever made In one week in the history of our export trade and shows the foreign demand o bo on a gigantic scale, but with little fuss or noise, as though buyers were quletly picking up all they could get. Fluctuations were con- fined within a %c range and the closing was about Xe lower for July, ¢ lower for Soptem- ber and }c lower for December than the clos- ing figure of yesterday. n corn thore was a light trade and the fluc- tuations were limited to Mc range. The crop showed little change from yesterday. Tho local operators were inclined to look to tho financial troubles in the southwest, but tho offermgs wero readily taken by commission concerns, though _showers were reported over the west, more than was needed, and especially in the southern part of Kuansas and the contral portions of western statos. Tho crop I3 suid to be_the most promising for the past fow days, owing to the excessive heat, which it was feared mightchange the prospoct 0 localities, Receipts, while hberal, ot nearly us large redictod. ngs of ‘oats were light. Prices ad- yanced t3¢ for July from yesterday's closo. September advanced Yc and closed steady. Receipta were less than expected. A feature of the provision market is the fact that the new speculative products are not being traded In, which Is unusual at this sen- son of the year. Wright was an open soller His sales for the past few days, it wasreported, would probably aggregate 4,000, 000, Lrd was sl by the pacicers and then Dbid up 20c by Cudahy's brokers and declined 2744¢ from top pricas. At the close, compured with last night, lard showed a decline of be for September and Ribs are from 25¢ to 274%¢ off. Pork closed atan ad- vance of 15¢, but with scarcely any business done in 1t. Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat, 43 cars; corn, 500 cars; oats, 190 cars; hogs, 27,000 liead. I'he I Article ding futures ranged as follows: Open. | High. | Low. | Close. 65| oo%| es| 6oy 603 09| o9dg@idl 603 TOM@TG| T6@T6H| To%| TOGTOY aosxa| aoul aon| aox 40%s| 40%@8(| 40ls| 40vi@d 41% 415 41% 4% 29 204| 20 204 25% 26%| 26%| 26%@h 19 00 1 k 93 893 Cash quotations were as follows Frour—Easy. No sales reportoed Wnear—No. 2 spring, 654@65! spring, 58¢; No. 2 red, 651{@65%c. Conx—Noy 2, 40%¢. ‘Ko 8 closing, 40%c. Oats—No. 9, 294c: No. 2 white, f. 35¢; No. 3 whife, £. 0. b., 335@38)c. minal; No. 3, no sales; No. o. b, 331303614 EED—NoO. TIMOTHY SEED— Ponk-—Moss, per_ b per 100 Ibs., ' $9.65@9.674; short ribs, sides toose), #8.50@8.521; “dry” salted shoulders (boxed), $3.25@8.50; short clear sides (boxed), £9.75310.00. “\‘{lllskl— Distiilers' finished goods, per gal., .90219.00; 1ard, vaans—Unchanged; cut loat, 6c; granu- lated, 5.76; standard “A," 5.64. Tho following were the recelpts and ship- ments for todav: AWTICLES, WECEIPTS. |SUIPMENTS, E¥L'OLLTLIS |50 A careful study of these figures will show that there was a constant increase in the clearings from the organization of the clear- ing house until 1801. "During that year there was aheavy shrinkage in the volume of business, owing to the crop failure of 1890, and De~gmber was the only month in which the cle ~ags showed any increase. Tho total clea.fings of 1891 fell short of the total for 1890 by $43,530,350. In 1892 there was an enormous increase in the clearings, the loss of the previous year being fully made up. 3 “The clearings for January of the présent year were the largest in the history of the cleaaing house and almost double what they were in 1801 Following down the 1893 column of figures it will bo noted that the clearings for each month show a heavy in- crease over the corresponding months in previousyears. Tho total clearimgs for the six months of this year are $174,770,743; for the corresponding months in 1842, $138 229, 511; and $103,505,45 in 1891, Last year business was generally consid- ered good, while this year iv is reported dull, and yet for the first six months of the year there has been a gain over 1802 of $36,541,232 in the clearings. The crop failure caused tho clearings during the fivst six months of 1591 to decrease £21,150,907 as compared with the previous year, whilo this year there has been a gain over the preceding year of $36,- 541,232 10 the face of the much-talked-about financial devression. These figures would naturally suggest that o crop failure is far more disustrous to business than a financial flurry, It may be claimed, howover, that the present flnancial squecze was not felt during the first _mouths of the year and that thoso months should not bé included in the com- parisons. - Take, then, the iust full month, June, and follow out the same comparisons. As compared with last year thero was an increase in the clearings of $909,036, and there was no panie last yoar in June, but, on the contrary, business was considered good. A gaiu of ne Y $1L000000 in mouth would not ordinarily be of much cousequence, but the fact that it was made ata time when business was generally considered very dull glves it unusual importance. Agaiu, the total clearings for June, §20,431,954, in addi- tion to being the largest for that month in tho history of the Omaha clearing house, has neyer been exceeded previous to this year, excepting by the months of July, October and Deceniber of 1502, Duriug the jsesont month of July there has boen a slight decrease in the cleariugs, and it is more than likely that the total for the month will fall short of last year's total, but upless the decline becowes ‘much more rnrlll toward the close of the month the loss will be slight. It must be borne in mind that for the first six nths there was a gain i the clearings a; ounun‘f o §36,541,233, and that the clearings would have to drop off almost 50 per cent during July, August and Septem- ber to wipe that out. -Everyoue anticipates that business will re- vive about the widdle of September, if not sooner, aud should there be no disaster to the mwn.vmp there is every reason to be- lieve that business during the last three months of the year will be very active. It is therefors by Ho weans unreasouable to an- sl SR A ly up to an aps show a subsianiial gala. el ————— The lady aeronaut will make a balloon ascension and parachute jump this after- noon at Courtland beach. 12,431 12,558 ~T17,089 5,434 203020| 267,881 202,087 264,103 1,200 600 8 1300 800 On the Produce exchange today the butter market was_easier; creamery, 15%@19%0; d‘:ll;ry‘ 15@17%c. Eggs, easler, strictly fresh, AC. Flour, bhis., New York Markets. New Yonx, July 16.—FLoUR—Recolpts, 43 exporis, “5,300 bbls, 20,900 shcks; 5,200 pkgs; market very dull, un- changed " and ~steady; wintor. w grades, $1.5082.40; ° wintor, falr 1o fancy, B2.45@8.550 winter patents, $8.40@4.10; Min: raights, $8.30@4.00; Minnesota pat- onts, $4.0004.20, RN MEAL—Dull, steady; yellow western, teady; western, 58%c afloat. Quict: westorn, H0w60c, WiizaT- ocelpts, 33 shipments, 27,000 bu.; sales, fl bu. of futures, 16,000 bu. of spot. Spot market dull, easier, with options ciosing stoady:” No. 2 red ‘in s elovator, 724c: afloat, 73ic; f. o, 7414c; ungraded red, T0@806; N 3¢5 No. 1 hard, 77c; No. No.'2 Milwaukes, 7 Options worb very dull ‘and_without special foature. Trading was only local scalping and switching and tho closo stoady at da@%c bolow yosterduy on reallzing_wnd with the west; No 2 red, August, 72 15-10@73 closing 78¢; Sop: mber, 75 5-16@75 5% Sing 15%c; Decorm- ber, B14@B1¥e, closing 815%¢. CoRN—Kocelpts, 200,000 bu.; exports, 28,- 000 bu. salos, 40,000 bu. futures, none . §pots dull, steady; No. 2,484 in elovator. aflont. Options woro very dull at e advance, but without fonture; August, 483, A9, closhng 49c; Soptomber, 40W@I9%e, clos- g 49%c. UATs ~Recolpts, 69,000 bu.; exports, 58,000 bu.i sales, futures, none; 83,000 ' bu, spot. Spots dull, lower. Options dull, une changed; No. 2 White, 80%c; No. 2 Uhfcago, 88¢; No. 3, 86%c; No. 8 white, 884¢; No. 2 mixed western, T@38%c; white w stern, B9@4414c. - BurrerR—Quiet, stead, 15%@ ,1;1»2‘&‘: western fac- n, 24¢ i westorn croamer, tory, 15%@181c; Kl ESE—Quiot, 1 Part skims, 1028 8—Qu ecelpts, 9,081 pkgs; western, southwostern, 1413@143c} Wostern, per caso, $2.503,75, TALLOW—Quiet, steady; clty 32 for pkgs.), OTTONSEED OIL yollow, 42 Havy-—Swoady, good to chole Hors—Dull YE BARLEY northorn, 70%e; : westorn dalr, Dull, steady; crude, 36@ 01 alot: shipping, $7.0027.50; 49.00289.50, " 2. steady; state, common to Py lic const, 15@214 teudy, 1 Ir demand; alted, Now Orleans solectod, 456 44@oe! Texas selectod, 5060 1bs, 5@ 7 uenos Ayres, i Toxas dry, 21427 10s, 8 21024 1bs, 14 @10kc. PROVISIONS — Cut meats, qulet, pickied boliles, 12 Ibs, at 1%e; plokied shoul. ders, T3c; plekled hams, 12@124¢; middlos dulli short clear, 9%c. Lard, quict, cusler wostorn steam closed, $10.05; salos, | none options, sales, no uly closod at $10; Sop tomber’ closed ut $10.875; usked. Pork, quiot, 1o salos; new mess, $18.50@19.00, PrTROLEUM—Quiet; crude'in bbls., Washing- ton $4.55; crude. in bulk, $2.85; réfined, New #.10; “Philadelphia and Haltimore, rofined, in- bulk §2.60@2.65; United, no steady; Rosiy—Steady; stralned, common to K a0l 12t £9¢, Rice—Fair demand, steady; domestic, falr 10 extra, 27-8@dc, MorAsses—New Orleans, open kettle, good to choice, steundy, 25@30c. 1 fair rofining, 8%¢; ned, firm,“fairly SUGAR-Ttaw, du centritugals, i leat, i active; Off A, 4 16:16468%0: mould A, b 518-16c; standurd, 6 7-16Gbsc; contiotime ors A, £ 5-16@0ka0; cut loaf, b6 -1 crushd, 536 1-10c: powdered, b 112160 % granuluiod, 6 7-16@a%c; cubes, b 11-1005 b (P16 THoN—Dull, steddy; Awmcrican, 13156 Coreen—Steady; lake, $10.25. Leav Steadys domestic, #3.60, Tix—Quiet; Straits, $19.10 bid, $19.25 usked, PLATES —Qulet, steady. BrELTER-Quict; dombstic, $4.075. Wool Market, Bosto, July 15.—~That the general position of wool Is ng worse this wusc than Illx!‘:, and prices are percoptibly no lower, seew 1o be mattors for congratulation and encouraginent among the members of the wool trade, This foemod Lo bo the fesliug and whilo confidence 18 not yet fully restored the undertons is por- bapa strongor, and 1t is ‘thought “uhat prfces have reached the limit of their downward course. ‘The presence of & number of the large munufaciurers has helped the markot, thero having been wore of them here the past week ihan for wany weeks. "o bo sure, whey did uot purchase frecly and 10 some cases e olfers made by thew were oven considerably und@¥ Prosent abnormall: Tow quoVAUIONS, DL UEplE. prossnce. was on. couraging, The volu business, however 18 Inrger than in any wogk $or & long time, the salos_of all kinds w ting to 1,845,000 1os. There 1s sald W be considerable talk about tlie shipping of maehinery and the shut- ting down of mills. 1t-l& expected. however, that there will be more acKivity in lightwolght clothing woolens next (Wiek, as the opening of goods will thon o gonFal ‘o0l has boon pliing the woek, somo of the Ing been obliged to ref: though the advance asi Was small because they had abont all they éonld handle, LOspos, July 15.—Avitho wool salos toda: 11,000 bales of a falk'quality were offered. The competition ~ wasl ‘uphold ty French buyers, who took freely. 1rinos, and by the Gormans, who were anx to secure Uape of Hope and Natal Wools. The follow- ing are tho sales: Now South Wale: 3, bales, scoured, ~74d@1s6d per locks and pleces, 8%d; greasy, 44d Eroasy locks and pieces, '4i¢d; Quioon 1and, 51 bales, scourod focks and ploces, Molbourne, Victoris, 1,800, scouroed, 6%d@1s 8%d: South Australia, 1,700 bales, scoured, 9d@1s 24d; scoured 106ka and plocos, oyia 6t4d: Now Zoaland, 6,000 bales, scoured 18 5d; scoured locks and pleces, 6Xd@1s 344d; §reasy. 7d@1a 4d; | grensy locks and pioct 7d UW". Cape of Good Hope and l?nul Ralos scoured, 04d@ 14 8d; kronsy, SU@TX, Tho offorings ‘next week will comprise 60,180 bales. The imports for the past week were 2,114 bales. Omaha Produce Market. BuTTER—The markoet continues ver for packing stock and there Is very little it any frosh solling for loss than 14c. The do- mand Is good at- the price and the offerings are picked up quickly. Fancy creamery, phint, dic; fancy croameries, solid packed. 9c; fair o good creamories, solla_packed, 16 @18c; cholos to fancy country, 164 falr acking stock, frowh, 14c. 0 good country, 15 1G8—~The market quiet and nc‘h:n od" od, bu Tho bulk of the eggs are sold as )t 1a WOAK At tho Drice Sales ate Thero rapldly during filulmvhmlym hav- . Consignments, even the market s we: mostly reported at 11%c. Livk PouLTiy-—The market closes firm as uoted, with the demand fair and the .‘)l(?nl{ ght. 'The poultry market has been good all the woek, owing to the light arrivals. Somo smuli spring chickons aroc -ming which do not sell very readily. A commission wman says that tho price pald por dozen for springs on this market during the past weok was at the rate of 16¢ por ;rmml. live welght, at the very lowest calculation. Spring chickens, ]Imr doz., $2.00@3.50; best hens, per Ib., ‘@8c; mixed coops, per 1., 6¢; old ropsters, fer _1,%”4@5« turkeys, per Ib, 8¢; ducks, per )., T@8e. PoraTors—Tho receipts of potatoes In car lots were vor( light but the goneral situntion was not much changed, prices being about stoady. Orders from the northwost are quite liberal and a good many potutoos hnve“nmm shipped out from this point. New potatoes 90ci$1,00, TOMATOES—The supply of good stock on the market this morning was n%illn light and the demand appoared active. The offerlngs wero picked up very qui l{ and the supply was exhausted before the buyers wers satisfied. Southern, per 4-basket crate, $1.75, BERRIES--Thero was a fair Satarday's run of blackberries and the market was in good shape. There wore a fow homo grown rasp- berries and also some Oregon strawberries. Evory(‘hlnfln the berry line was sold out very early in the morning. Oregon strawberr| por, case, 843 blackborfics, “por 24-qf, case: 3 Diack raspberries, por 21-qt. case, 13.006 3.2 uckleberrios, #3.50. S, Frurts—The arrival of a full car of Oalifornin peaches ;nvl! the market a full sup- ply of that kind of fruit. The qunllt; was good and the frult went off readily at 81 per X. Other kinds of frult were not very ])l“lll{. Sowme southorn wild goose plums sold quick at #2 per box. Adprlcm.q. per 4-bas ket crate, $1.25; plums, wild goose and Chi asaw, per 24 qt. crate, $2.50; California poaches, #1.15@1.25. BERRIES—The receipts were lightand eht offerings were plcked upvery quickly. Black- berrles in some instances sold a littlo better than on the day before. There wero a fow home grown raspberrie: nd n fow cases of Arkansas SMALL FRrUITS—There” were no fresh re- ceipts of California frults on the market, but & car or two Is expoctod o arrive on Saturday. Southern peaches are out of the market, also lifornia cherries. Apricots, per 4-basket rate, $1.25; 4]bluml. wild goose and Chicka- saw, per »:lt. crate, 60; California peaches, $1.16@1.25, MELONS—The supply on-the market is not so large and there is a better feeling than there was a Thie low prices und re- luctance of commission men to recelve con- signments of melons has apparently decreased the shipments. Wuwrmt:}uu.v. percrateof one doz, $2.50; loose, per 100, $18. CeLERY—Small shipments are coming from both Michigan and Missouri. Colery, per doz., 5. ArpLEs—There {s no important change in the market. Apples, DB!}\),’.,DII, box, 75c@#1.00. TROPICAT, PRUITS. ISOWJD;'_?‘;HIV?NM:Q ”Hbg[sl!&;-rnnenn sweets, .5 X tights, $2.' .00, LEMONS—Messinas, extra fancy, 86.00@6.50; Messinas, per box, choico to fancy, $5.0085.60. BAmANAsbor bunob, large @2.76; por bunch, smull to modium, $2.00@3.25. HIDES, TALLOW, ETC. Hipes—No. 1 green hides, 8c; No. 2 green hides, 2¢; No. 1 %rmm salted hides, 8%4¢; No. 2 gro ited hides, 2c: No. 1 &roen salted hides, 25 1bs. to 40 N 8 1bs. to 15 lbs., 6c; No. 2 veal ca i 15 1bs,, 4c; No. 1'dry flint hides, 7c; No. 2 dry fiint hides, 6c; No. 1 dry salted hides, 5¢ Purtdcu_red hides %c por I, loss than ully cured. SHEEP PELTS—Green salted, each 85c@$1.25; green salted shoarlings (short wooled early skins), each 156@2! dry carlings (short wooled early skins), No. 1, each 5 m-! shearlings (short wooled early skins), No. 2, each b¢; dry flint, Kansas ‘und Nebraska butcher wool pelts, por Ib., actual weight, 103 11¢; dr{ filnt Kansas und Nebraska Murrain wool pelts, per 1b., actual weight, 7@10c; dry flint Colorado butcher wool pelts, per 1b, actual weight, 9@10¢; dry flint Colorado Mur- rain wool pelts, per Ib., detual welght, 7@9c¢; drly ple and buck: ual weight, 5@7c. TALLOW AND GreAse—Tallow, No. 1, 44@ 4 tallow, No. 2, 34@dc; gi e, white A, be; grease, white B, 4c; grease, yellow, grease, durk, 3c; old butter, = 2@2%%c; l“;:"qwux. prime, 16 rough tallow, 2 Boxes—Oar lots welghed and_ delivered i Chicago: Dry buffalo, per ton, $16.00@18.00: dry country, bleached, per ton, $10 00218.00; dry country, damp and moaty, $5.00@10.00. roen salted ST. Louss, July 15.—Frour—Dull, unchanged; atonis, ¥3.1089,25. oxtra tancy, 82 50090} ce, 8215052, 25; tamily, 8,40, y the financial situa- w_yesterday; No. 2 red, : August, 62%c; Soptem: ! December, 72ic. paco with ‘wheat, losing ic; mixed, cash, 88%c; July, 88ic; 383%c; Septeniber, 48 OATsSlow, wenk i No. 2 cash, 27c; July, 26c; Aligust, 323c: Soptember, 235 PROVISIONS—Lower, very dull; pork, 8$17.50 for current mikes ' lard, #0.12%: dry salt meats (looso shoulders),’ $7.75; short ribs, #8.87%; short cloar, 89 hoxed lots, 16¢ bucon, longs'and ribs, 810.30; shorts, h wgod, 318,00 14. KECEIPTS—Flour, 2,000 bbls,; wheat, 100,000 bu.; corn, 46,000 'bu.; onts, 46,000 bu.; rye, PMENTS—Flour, 8,000 bbls: wheat, 5,- 000 bu.;” corn, 84,000 Lu.; oats, 5,000 bu. 'rye, 2,000 b, Cotton Mark Niw ORLEANS, July 16.—Firm; good mid- i 10d1fng, 73c; good" ordinary, 6 15-1 receipts, 901 balos; gross ro- )ts, 1,015 bales; oXports to the continen 4,200 bales; constwise, 1600 bules siles, 500 bales; stock, 98,980 bale: Futures, baroly steadv; sales, 13,100 balos | Ly, $7.68 bid: August, 37,5 L;'Ise ptomber $7.6507.69; October, $7.78@7.79; ' November, i Decomber, 2.96; 'Junuary, #5.11 ebruary, $8.1048.215 March, $8.27@ Kansas City Markets, KANSAS City, July A6~WHEAT—Demand fair at unchanged pricess No. 2 hard, 54@55¢; No. 2 rod, b6VaGo7e. CorN—Firm; No. 2 mixed; 33c; No. 2 white, B4 Oar No. 2 mjixed, 26@27c; No. 2 white, 285@29%c. 1 Recerprs—Wheat, 1,6006d.; corn, 29,400 bu.; oats, none. SHIPMENTS ~Wheat, 21,700. bu.; corn, 40,900 bu.; oats, 500 bu. Slowe Q O17y, July 16.—-Xutional Transit cor- tos opened at 58; highest, 58: lowest, d_at 6. Sulus,%,000' bbis.: clear- 03, 65,000 Dbbls.: chigrtors,- 9.400 bbls. shipments, 99,650 bbls.{rtns, 90,965 bbls, Prersnuia, July 15.-Ngtional Transit cer- tficates opened ot §¥° closed at 68; highest, 68: lowest, 56, N Miiwaul LWAUKEE, July 15, -YiEAT—Lower; Sep- 2 spring, 63c. CouN-—Quiei; No. 8, 394, OArs—Euslor; No. 2 white, 80c; No. 8, white, 83c. New York Lry Goods Market, NEW Youk, July 15.-There was a little more dolng ubdlfi in dry ‘oodn and consider- ing the unusual holiday” following the move- ment was encouragiug. Prices have been put at the lowest figure and if orders are not ablllnud on the bisls made the mills will shut own. Coffes Murket. NEW You, July 16.-Optious opened steady 106 polnts up: closed trm. BOLD. Doilts Bp: sales, 11,750 bags, lue : July, #1611 16.16; August, ‘16.15 Septomber #$16. 1 16.15; Novembor, $15.50; fldu N $156.7 16.50. Spot Klo, steady: No. 7, 817.12}. Liverpool Markets. July 15— Wigar—-Quiot; suppl: 1 Calitoruin, 0480 por soatal’™"” lcau, 6s 9d per cwt. Liveseo TALLOW—Flue Awme STOCKS AND BONDS. Close of & Oritios] Week tn New York Fi- naneial Cireles. Nuw Yore, July 151t may be sately sald thata vory critical wook as well as one of great significance closed today In the finsncial markets. Especially in London 1 has beon expocted that the rog- ular fortnightly settlement of the Stock exchango accounts would develop sorious trouble. Within the fortnight has occurred the violent break In prices consequent on the Tndin council's move and the feeling in Lon don has boen very gloomy. This week wi bound to put the situation to & test. As to the local monetary system in New York, it has grown a trifio easler. It was fearcd that a further fall in market prices would precipitate troublo here. Theso double expectations were reflectod this woek In 8 bold and extonsive movement in both security markots by speculative operators for the decline. The movement was conducted with the use of every expedient known to pro- fossional wreckors of values, including their reckless circulation of false ramors and siles of enormous quantitios of short stock: but 1t fallod almost completely. Nelther In Tondon nor ‘n Now York did the anticipated disasters Sommedo jlaht. Tn London thers wore POEhaps & dozon broker failures, only one of whi however, was of any ' conseauenco, While nearly nil woro thoso of small business men not membors of the Stock exchange, and described on the London market somewhat contemptuously as “jobbers. The end of the weok's experience, therefore, has boen a distinct improvement in confidence, and confidencoe at this momont is the one thing nocdful. The accidents of the week have shown with unusual force how closely in these days the worid's financial markets aro bound togother. In Cabel court and Wall streot the week's oxperiences have been Identical, both As to time and character. aifferonce h oxisted in tho ' fact that while Now York has gathered encourage: iment from tho Increasing slgns of a move- pnent o foroign gold in this direction, London bas rogarded with some approliciision the dratn upon i1s resorves. 1t s, howovor, hardly possible that n stendy improvement in the Amorican markets should not far more than offsot {n London the incidentof a heavy specie export. In polntof fact tho Bank of Eagland gold balance has for a fortnight boen larger In amount than at any poriod in the last n yenrs, Intoday's market highor prices wero re- cordod at the opening of business on the Stock exchange, wn advance of 14 per cent to % per having been established in the face of lower cables from London. In the upward move- ment at this time Loulsyille & Nashville, Gen- eral Electric, American Sugar, Manhattan and the grangers were most promiuont. The rise was atimulated by reports that n new bull combination had boen formed with a cortain ovorator, heretofore conspicuous in Industrial doals, s manager, Poople in a position to know thought that the rumors grow out of the fact that the operator who hud been in u quisscent mood of Into had purchused u line of stocks on the broak eurly in the weok for a turn. The Kansas bank troublo and the attachment of tho Schlesinger mine proporty causod achango in sentimont and the early gain wus not only lost but a net declino of } to i por cent was recorded for the day. The bank statomont with its guin in resorvo--tho first ineroaso ro- portod since May 27 last—checked the docline or 1 time, but at the closo the tendancy was downward. Chicago ‘Gas was hoavily sold by a leading Dbear broker and under his offoring” the price fell to 61%. Nospecial reason was assizned for thoselling. Genoral Elcctrie also lacked port and fell from 653 to 62%. closing at 6! Among the grangers Northwestorn was notubly,_ weak on the Schlesinger embarrass- ment. “The common, after a fractional ad- vance, fell to 1093 and left off at 100, Balti- more & Ohio and Burlington & Quincy were 2@8 per cont, Loulsvillo & Nashville at 2 por cent, Westorn Union, Rock Island nnd North- westorn at 5 por cent and St. Paul and Chicago Gas at 6 per cent for carrying purposes. The market closed weak. — Thie sales of stock were 76,883 shares. The Post says: One thing was pretty evident trom today's bank statement, that money with- drawn a fortnight since from bank deposits has noi been returned. The extraordinary contradlction in the statoments publicly glyen out by officers of savings banks makes this a somewhat dellcate matter for discussion, but onough of these gentlomen have aiscussed the situntion frankly to give fair confirmation to boliof that such withdrawals been Yoty large. Thero Is no sign of tholr redeposit in the statoment of todny. What this state- ment reflects is matoriul shrinkage in both loan and deposit accounts, the aggregates of which, after deducting froni the loun account and the clearing house certificate_cancola- tlons, aro protty much tho smo. No doubt {he brcaking down of marging in Tacsday's and Wednesduy’s marketsexplains some of the loan contractions. At any rate, it must be ovident {hat the chiangos ar chiofly locul. ‘Tho gain in specie hus been explainod, the loss 1n logal tonder is less plainly accounted for, Con- servative estimutes had reckoned ai lenst 81,000,000 receivéd on shipment from interior points. It is not easy, therefore, to explain the net currency loss of 8878,600. Fortu- nately the reserve itself shows u material gain,"of ‘which the moral effect on the money market miy be considerable. The following aro the closing_quotations 1on the leading stocks on the New York Stock ox- change today: Northorn Pac. pid U.P.D.&G Alton,Terre Haute. Northwestern do pref'd. 2 American Express Baltimore & Ohlo.. do_pref'd N. Y. Central N.Y.&N.E 3 Piutsburg. Pullman Reading. D. & R. G. pre Dis. & 0. F. East Tenn. ¢| o pre Rock Islay St. Paul.. do profd Fort Wayne. A Great North'n p'd C.&E.L pfd Hocking Vali Lake Shore Lead Trust. Loulsville & Nash. Louisvillo & N. A, Manhattan con. Memphis & Ch: Michigan Contral Missour! Pacific Mobile & Ohio. Nashville Chait 9| Wells Fargo Bx. Western Union, Wheeling & L. E. s| do prefid. M. &St L & R. G B &1 prerd. LA ALK N T.'8t. L. & K. @o prerd. Tho total salos of stocks today wore 76,000 shares, including: Atchison, 5,200; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 5,300; 'Chicugo Gas; 5,800; General ‘Electric, 4,400; Louisville & Nashville, 3,100; Northwestern, 8,200; Rock Island, 8,500; St. Paul, 10,400, bur'ur, 6,500; Western Unlon, 4,500, Sales of silver certifi- cates, 30,000 ouncds, New York Money Muarket. NEW YORK, July 15.—~MONEY ON OALL—Nom- inally 5 per cent. PRiME MERCANTILE PAPER—0D10 per cont. STERLING EXCHANGE—Quiet but firm, with actual business In bankers' bills at 84,82 @4.824 for sixty days and 84.54@4.84% for demand. LVER. OERTIFICATES—Were weaker, with sales at 73c¢, and closing 73c. dullll'll!ulllll'r Boxps—Steady. State bonds St L. & |8t. Paul Consols, SLP.C & P. lnis 113 T.P. L. G. 'Tr. Rots 70 T.P. R. G.Tr. Rets 16 Union_Pacific 1sts 103 Woat Slion Agn reg. Pacific Us of ‘95, 5 Loulsiana st'p'd ds 90 Minsourl 6. 991 Canada So. 2ds. Central Pac. 1 Boston Btock Quotations. Bostox, July 16.—Call loans, 7@10 per cent; sime loans, 6 per cent und commission. Closing mining shures: tngh. Electrio do prefd.. Wis. Cent...", Atchison 24 Atchinon 4s. Now Euglan |Gen. Eloctric 5 Wis. Contral 18 80 |Allouez Mining Go 80 Atlantio ... ... 71 Hoston & Montana lzs L an 215 40 Boston & Maine. do pref'd chl. Bur. & Q.. Fitchbur, General Eiectric an Butte & Boston N. Y. & Now Ei Oid Colony . Oregou Short Rubber. . iy 194 Finaneisl Notes, (DiEw OmuaNs, July 16— Clesriogs, Muwpiis, July 15.—Cleariogs, $105,974; balances, §34,665. PuiLapsLraia, July 16.—Cleard $10,800,- 834; balunces, $1.810:085. Money. 8 o ‘cent. Si‘fn‘%". ek, cloarings, $04,262,702; balances, l-m July 15.Theeo per cent rentes, 97t un o aocount. ALTIMORE, J 18.—Olearing 808,470; balancos 981408 e S o ot New Vonx, July 15.-Clearings, 492,942, 248 halances, 381770, 71: for the Noek clont- ings, $561,019268; balances, 824,624,023 KANsAs Orry, July 15.—Ulearin, 41,010,- 143; total for the woeek, #8,628,230; decreass 16.8 per cent compared with the correspond- ing wook Inst yea Bostox, July 15.~Clenrings, $16,205,080; batancon 82030088 Money, 7810 ber cent: Exchange on New York, 40¢ discount; for the ook, clearings, $66,819,929; balances, 89,021, CRICAGO, July 15.—Cloarings, $11,048,711. For the weok, 883,876,671, = Corresponding woek Inst yoar, $100,863,699. New York ex §1'ange; 81 discount. Bioriing exchange, dull; #4.5234.84. Money, stondy at 7 per Cont. 8t Lovis, July 15.-Clearings, $3,030,340; Dalances, $811,790, Cloarings this woek, $21,: 421,338, ‘balancos, $2,277,500 clearings corrd- sponding wook last year, $23,727,008; bal- ancos, $3,012,145; cloarings Iast wook, 821,- 803,717; balancos, u.aus.-»’z Money quiet, & @S por cont. Exchange on New York, 81 dis- Ing Quotations. New Yonk, July 15.~The following are the mining quotations: 20| Plymouth. 110|Sterra Nov: 100/ Standard 80/ Unlon Con. 10| Yellow Jacket. 70| Tron Silver.. 50/ Quick Silver 00| "do prefd. Gould & Curry Hale & Nororo Homeatake. Mexican Ontario. Ophir. Quotations. 8t. Louis, July 16.—~The following wore the closing quotations: t neked. * bid. OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKETS, Cattle Trade Running i Hard Lines—Hogs Active but Lower. SATURDATY, July 16. From the sellers’ standpolnt the past week has been one of the most disnstrous of the yoar. Recelpts of all kinds of stock have been unusually liberal and prices have ruled lower on everything. Compared with last woek and the corresponding week of 1892 the figures are as follows: Cattle. Hogs. 14,186 89,587 3,949 Rocelpts last weok.... 8:581 20,241 1,889 Samo weok last your.. 9,945 85,678 2,128 Everything sooms to have worked against the cattlemen this woek, and values have gone to smash. The early marketing of wostern range cattle, continued stringency In the money market, forcing holders to realize on their’ stock 'whether in a marketable condition or not, oxcessively hot weather, paralyzing the consumptive denfand for boef and miking the shipping of cattle on the hoot an expensive hazard, all combinud to make the week momorable usone of the vory worst tho trade has ever experienced. Good, fat, dry lot stecrs have beon compar. tively sciree, but in spito of this fuct, pr havesuffered n decline of from 25¢ to 40c on all grades. ‘The bruntof the decline, however, has fallon on the half-fatted and grassy stock, both native and western, and values aro oif anywhero from 50c to 75¢ compared with last Weok. ~ Most of the westorn catlo coming’ forward mow are little better than feeders. This inferiority in_quality, together with the fact that local houses are buying hundreds of cheap Texascattlo In Kansas City almost overy day, make prices ruinously low and tho trade bid. The cow market perhaps showed the m line as scarcely any dry lot cows are ¢ Shoep. Recelpts this wook y of lnferlor grass stock, which is selliy & all of 50c to 76c lower than & weok ago. Tho excossive supplies of feeders has demoralized that branch of the business and prices dropped 26¢ to 40c on all grades. Jtecelpts today wore nearly double lust Sat- urday's run, and nearly four times as maoy as wore wanted. Thero were over 2,300 cattlo on sale, the quality of the offerings running to extromos of kood ind bud, mostly to extremes of bad. Conditions were much tho suine as on the iwo days immediavely precedin and although tho markel was wea and lower and undoubtedly tho very worst so far this year, the amount of the décline wi difficult to_détermine, prices wero so uneven and dealors’ views so wide upart. The fair 10 choice 1,200 to 1,600-1b. beeves at from $4 to $4.65 and the falr to good 1,000 to 1,160-1b, steers at from 33.75t0 #4.85 wero uny- whero from 10c to 20c lower than yesterday, while 16c to 25c would hardly cover the decline on the grhssy and hulf-fut stock that sold at from £3.25 o 83.75. It wis hit and miss, cateh-ns-citch-can. On lots of common cattle sellers could not got n bid, to sy nothing of making n sale, and t the close scitrcely us much had boen_ sold as Was left in the pens to spend Sunday in the yards or on a trip to Chicago. ‘There was not much doing in cows for the rouson that thoro was not much to be done, Including holdovers there wero scarcely & dozen loads of cows and mixed stock in the yards. Buyers' wants were not at all brossing and tho supply changed hands slowly " at all of a 10c decline, comnion to cholce cows and heifers selling at from81.25 to 83, with the bulk of the trading at from 81.50 to $2.05. Rough stock was in poor demand and lower with common, the very good bulls selling around from ¥1.50 to $2.65. Veals were in fair request at about stoudy prices, with sales at fr 10 85, The teeder irade was quiet. Offerings, both fresh and stale, ware excessivo und with & very limited inguiry from outsider; was decidedly light, with pric lower than the closé of last cholco feeders are quotablo fair to good at $2.503.00; and at $2.0032.60. Represe L DRESSED BEEF. Pr. No. 826 17 8256 20... 8060 41 860 88 8 60 21, 3 50 8 50 3 656 81756 876 8 76 875 8 76 8 76 875 8 86 8 90 8 90 SHIPPING AND EXPORT. 4 00 28......1440 4 20 8901438 MIXED, 260 cows. Av. 1210 1064 1054 1352 ‘1105 1105 1319 1122 .1089 ‘1110 1140 1166 1218 ‘1441 1163 11490 11602 [T TT T 588852583588888 SoeEmm=Oo aa - Y 13 - BEREEEESES £E85588888 o ao S R T H O G H — © E8coerreEBorersocnmm - <. g 5 e B Za e 610 souh . 210 170 140 82 83 S88535535832888888 PEIes e ac . 990 1440 1845 1850 1715 R e zag &338 o gg STOUKERS AND FEEDERS. 830 216 8 540 1066 226 27, 825 785 2 80 19 679 WESTERN CATTLE. No. Av. Pr. No. 2 feoders, 1060 82 25 42 foeders. WYOMING. 2 foeders. 1200 2 00 15 feeders. 893 2 60 28 foeders.1119 2 60 Ho0s-The market for the week 'started out vorr favorably. During the first t d WILh fulr supDlios pricos were vory well sy taiued, but ws recelpts kept up provisions Woakoied badly, wnd tho hogs wére’ not lob in following During the Iatter hulf of the week values have steudily declined, the close being 40¢ lower on all gradoes than a week ko, Thero 1s il plonty of money. for packers In hogs at presont prices, but tho di culty in secoriug lonus and in making collec- tions prevents any onlargement 1 the opera- 1ons of many of the packers. Recolpts keep up surprisiigly woll and the gquafiiy b whows 1o signs of detorloration with tho ave, age welght sround 251 pounds. Recoipts i prosont compare very favorably with 4 year St duan iy und uatity Tiao supply'soday’ Was fair fiss than 7,000 hoad, or Hully 2,500 loss than Wwors Wk on last Baturday. ‘here was a bLIg lwprovement in the shipping demand, shippers taking ubout half the oforings. - Including stals hogs, taers wore Ovor 10000 on sele, 4nd shis, jogether with tiio Doarish Lone 1 Feporis from Ollcssy wmoro thaa countorbalanced the ncrouse shipoiay deinand. "Trads Oponad slow. with prices sbout 16¢ lower than ¥riday's average Sales. Good 1o cholce Logs of a1l welghts scld e oo Av. Pr. 978 8270 1argoly at $5.60 to $5.05. with falr to good EPAOY o 83,05 and 8560, The o} teers range {3 ffom $0.00 for rough mixed packers to #5.70 for chojce light wolghts. Although thero wAS RO improvement In prices, the market bocame more _ active the morning wore on and by the mlddle of the foronoon About everything was sold. Tue big .55 and 9. bulk of the trading was at $5. Aalnst $5.70 (o £5.80 Friday and §3.95 1o 86 on Iast Saturday. Reprosentativo sales: No. Av. Sh. Pr. 274 —— 88 40 263 290 B L2486 200 250 200 234 120 K0 200 120 160 40 120 620 120 280 No. Av. Sh, Pr 120 85 60 8 64 5 60 b 60 b 60 5 60 5 60 b 60 b 60 5 60 b 60 5 60 5 60 5 60 8 60 8383 53355833 L ot BGE8558528555558253885358885388 ZEEEEEEEE 1§ 108 iy T3 i 72 65, 68, 61 58 (1300 a8, B0 RO ANNOAGTaIOTS AaDAFIRAGI AR 3353888 2388 20 S e L L e e e e P e e e L P e e PP E P P PP S e e There were no fresh recolpts of pand nothiug here to maken market, » demand for desirable muttons is fair, but prices are very woak in sympathy with eastorn markets. ~Fair to good natives, 83.50 @4.50; fair 10 good westorns, $3.00054.50 cotnmon and stock shoap, 82,004 good 1o choice 40 to 100-1b. lambs, $4.005.50. Rocolpts and Disposition of Stovk. Official roceipts and disposition_of stock ns show n by the books of the Unlon Stock Yurds gompany for the twonty-four hours suding at 5 o'clock p. m. July 15, 1893 s, 100/2.810 Packing €0, Hammond &8 i Armour & Co. Shippers and fecders. Chieago Lave stock Market. CattoaGo, July 16.—(Special Telogram to Trg BEE.1-Frdsh urrivals were only 1,600 head today, but thero were moro cattie in' the pens thun’a the close of any week during the son- son. The supply was Inrge cnough and “tho general quulity good enough to have attracted - buyers of the boiter grades, had mot ihe trade b Jnmmed to the extont ofall its capacity by pro- vious heavy purchases. .As it was, l)lll{ Lwo or threo “shippers were ont with small orders, which they filled casily at Friday's low prices. The local slaughterers were doing nothing in ision, and asido from the scat- s nearly all the in went over un- the number loft at d. A six-curload lot . steers at $5.15 was i ¥ lo. Cholce shipping steers wero selectod at from $4.60 to 8450, and d 1ittlo beef steers wero boug! around ady prices 50 below the valubs of ono wouk i dropped back from 10c 1o 15¢ again toduy, und what With very moderato receipts. Tho totul supply, including 8,000 nead of stale stock, 'dld not much’ exceed 17,000 head, but the demand was not strong enough to uf- ford un outlet for oven the more desirable grades ut stoady prices. Shivpors were i need of very few hogs and the trado falling upon packers, was but feobly supported. Some fancy light pigs woro taken eutly it from 6.20 1o £6.25 and cholco heavy at 36.10, but the market quickly sunk to $6 ny top price for good henvy, and late In tho day 8318 was ati outsids price for bost light woights, Good heavy packing andshippin hogs were bought i from 35.55 10 85.95 un choice mixed mround 86. Tho week closcs with the market In the worst condition of tho seson. Only 1,600 head of shoep came In today, but the peny were running over with stale shoop left from Friday’s demoralized market, muking a total supply of more than 10,000 héad. No attempt wis made to elenr such n burden- somo supply. us It ws uttorly uscless. liuyors ook oft u £6w of the more desirublo lots at very low prices, including a string 856 cholee ~ Bl-b, Texas ewos #3.20, and falr to ‘good mixed nutives at from #3.60 to 84, but_tho bulk of the stock aguin went over unsold, the warket closing weak on a busis of from §3 1o #4.90 for fair to os and from 81,25 to #4 for common Texas and wostorn stock. Lambs are from 81 to 81.25 lower than the opening prices of tho week, best grades selling now around $5.25 and poor to good lots at from £2.50 10 84.70, Recolpts: Cattlo, 1,500 head; calyos, 400 head; hogs, 9,000 hoad; sheep, 1,500 head. Kansns City Live Stock Murke! KaANgAS Ciny, July 15.—OArriE—Rocelpts, 6,800 head; shipments, 1,800 hoad; murket or bost grad o lower for others; 816075 1z sloors, 84,20 nitive butcher stock L 400430 ors, $2.1003.75; bulls and mixed, #1.70@3.20. Hoas— 1t ts, 7,800 head; l)A')uluIl!.U 2,900 heud; mnrket' 6@15¢ low bulk ot H0®3.00; heavies, #5 puckeors, 0; Ligit, '85.0025.60; Yorkers, 85.75 s, 85.00G5,50. 500" head; shipmoents, ond; market slow and woak. of at St. Louls Live Stocl 87. Louis, July 15, —CaTrr, head 1 - wurket uns ipts, 1,800 rlet 5310 wles, 35,504 ipts, 700 dy, un head; shipments, lower; 1op prices, 0. shipments, 1,500 hanged. BuKEP head; murket —_— Nebraskals Big Corn Orop, Tn aska corn is about four feet high, In one-half of the state the corn is doing splendidly, the other half needs rain, But, taking all things into consideration, the re- ports show that the state never had a better prospect for corn than it has today, provided t could get agood rain during the next ten day The acreage plauted to corn this year is 12 per cent greater than ever before, and it is i better condition than ever before reported in Jul B A Good Thiug for Sum mer Complaint s, Mr. J. W. Hager, a well known m of Clio, Iredell Co., North Carolina, cured four cases of flux with one small bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhma IRemedy. This is the wost prompt and most successful remedy in use for dysentery, diar- rhoa, colic and cholera morbus. No other medicine will take its place or do its work fn this cluss of diseases. 1t is equally valuable for children and adults. 25 aud 50-cent bot- tles for sule by druggists. e ' Balloon ascension and parachute jump this afterncon at Courtland Beach.