Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1893, Page 6

) COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL Trado in Wheat Was Only Moderately Active Yesterday. TENDENCY OF PRICES WAS DOWNWARD Basiness In Corn and Oats W fn Provisions the Beo Unable to Do A thin, Light While ors Ware Cnitcaao, Aug. 16.—Trade in wheat was moderately active today. In corn and oats it was light,.while in provisions the brokers ensconced themselves in their o s arm chairs and went comfortably to The tendency of prices was dowvward, the result of what was spoken of as the less favorably financial outlook. Compared with yesterday's closing prices is lower, corn is off }gc, and oats from } 3 lower. Wheat at the opening was about the same as yesterany’s closing to i(o highor, and after numerous fluctuations prices fell 19 for September, and from 114¢ to 1%c for Do- cember, reacted ¢, closing firm at about medium prices. Light receipts and the good export business caused the temporary show of strength at the opening, but cables were flat and depressed, and New York wired that foreign buying orders were very gen- erally withdrawn, There were pretty freo offerings during most of the session. Exchange was again difficult to sell and quoted av 815 discount. Stocks in New York wore lower and weak and the Northern Pa- cific roceivershin helped to depress the market. Some of those who sturted the provious advauce which commenced o woek ago were throwing over their loads today. N. B. Ream, Arthur Orr and Harry Champ- 1in were anjong those who thus sold out. Closing pubiic cables showed slight ad- vances at Liverpool and Paris, and that brought some buying orders from the out- side which caused the market to closo firm. There was a livtle pressure to sell corn at the opening, due to reports of rain, particu- Tarly west of the Mississippi. The demand was light and prices receded from !ge to e more marked on tho deferred futures. Later the market showed a little more steadine with less inclination to seil the near futures, being influenced to some extent by a good Inquiry for the cash property, and pric rallied from e to lje. During the part ot the session the feeling w easy prices settled back again from J5c to lg¢, closed steady. With only & moderato trade in oats early s weak foeling prevailed, prices receding 1ic, but reacted and closed ntabout the samo prices as yesterday. ‘There was liberal buy- fng of September back by the shorts. It was o case of almost perfect stagnation in the speculative department of the provis- fon trade. Prices wore hgh but there was a general disposition to trade. The controll- ing forces made it difiicult for any onc hay- inz an order to execute it. Thoy had to dis- count tho preceding quotation if they de- sired to sell and had to pay a premium if they wanted to buy. Compared with the closing prices of the day before, pork i nominally 15¢ cheaper: lard from 2igc to be lower; ribs unchanged to se highor. istimated receipts for tomorrow: Whent, 5cars; onts, 185 cars: hogs, aci sleep. whoat e to Cash quotations wero as follow: Frouvi—Dull ind unchanged, WriEAT-No. 2 spring, 61%c: No. 8 spring, . 0. c; No. 2 red, 61%@613;c. 0. 2, 89%c; No. 3 yellow, closing at 5 OATE—No. 2, 24%¢; No. B0c; No, 8 white, £ 0. b, BArLEy—No. 2, 1. 0. b, 87¢; No. 4, f.0. b, 82 @3be. FLAX § TiMoT PoRk-—Mos cr 100 1by 5 {loose), " $7.8204@8.5714: " dry boxed), $7.00647.25; short cle 7.6714@8.1214. Wiisky—Distillers' finished goods, por gal., white, .0, b., 20%@ ribs sides alted shoulders r sides (boxed), SuaAns—Cut los ard “A owing W r today? unchanged; 82, the receipts und ship- granulated, Flour, bbly Wheat, bu Corn, b 5,350 oday th 15Q24c; dairy, fresh, 1815@14c. ots. ~ FLOUR—Receipts 80O bbls, 550 sacks; murket more active, New 23,900 balos, steady. CORN MEAL—Dull, steady. RyE—Dull, nominul, western, 55e, Banrey Mar—Quid stern, T6@80c WA —Keceipts, 104 . exports, | D00 bu.; sales, 4,075,000 bu. of future 000 b, spot;’ NO. 2red, 1nstore and o BRaGBYC; : 0. b, T05e red, 64269 northern, 70c. Options’ opened W forel Dts, fol closed at BO3@T0Y« Tdie i Yonk, Aug. 16 phesi exports, 20,700 pkgs.; Woulk n selling, rulliod 4@ @yic, ndvanced %@ 5e and below yestords Octaber, 71 @ 60,400 Du. ,000 bu. * futiires riet quict, stond ATH@ase Obtions tondy at e up o 3 T30, closing ut 473 October, 4744 46%, closing wt 46 ports, 60,000 2,000 ' bu. white, 4 und elos , 180,000 spot. Spots, dull, O closing at 801 ni wt 807% 314081 ¢, 0, 2, 804, No. ago, 81503 No. ed western, 3UL38¢; white west- Firui, PROVISIONS-Cut meats, steady; nilddlings, inul. - Lied, quiet, easior; wostorn steitn od it $9 nowl sulos, 260 tiercos w option S none; September 570 nowili October, §5.60, nouinal. 1 quiet, steady Byt -1 1Tw24iic; . quiot; western ereamery, £y 1/ tmitation creauwery, ’ i Flrwor, ght rocelpg ancy colored, 9@ONC; part skiws, full sk, 1 4 Eaas— Flrm BR@YYe; pIrtitNy ‘moderate recelpis; receipts, £,400 phgs.; Wwestorn, frosh, 100a@LTC: ¥ FaLLOW—Active, firmj city #2 per pkg.) a4 case, $2.6008.25. orroNsEED, O1n--Qulet, firm; crude, yellow, 43¢ bid. £ 0@ neglectod; Pennsylvania oil, xales. none; September, op tion sales, none, bid. Liua oll, sales, none! s Rosiy—Dull, goad, HKLUSC, TURPENTINE—Dull, ensy; RicE-Quiot; domestic, Bac; Jupin, 4 8. MoLASSES 1, steady; New Orleans, open kettle, good 10 cholee, B98¢, buGAR- Raw, qulet, steady; reflied, steady. Suir demand, P10 1kox N\'lul{, Anerle: Corrrr—Woak: luke, 89,50, LEavQuiot; domestic, §.521 Tin—Firm;straits, #18.20 bid; SrELTER—Steady; domesiic, 8. st. Louls §1. Louis, Aug 16 prossed, not quotubly lower. WHEAT-—Was wouk until uear the close,when 4 rencied 10 within e of yestorduy's close; No. red. cush, 08%ci August, H9ci September, BOGOUKe wsked; October, 62he usked; Decom: er, Gie bid. Conn=Was lower on steady; stralned, common to wir' W oxtra, 2%@ #12.75@16.50. Dlates, steady. oUR=Weak, de- crop lwprovewent; e e s e, s . + St e o e No. 2 Sopter August, 1ber, $4c Vid a3e; yoar. and Thece mived, eash bor, 34%¢ bid 83%¢c; May, 804e bid OAts -Nowinal; No 28c; Soptombor 1y 11,00 RUTTER EG08 -11%4¢, PROVISIONS vory firm; pork, new, curront n Inrd, $8 ary salt wents, | Toos B: longe and ribs 7.87; ahorts, 48,20 higher; baco a shouldors, 29 and riby 19.97%; short, s, 418.00 76 rye, 9, cash and i, August, e to cholce timothy, bo s 63 han RRCEPTS--F 000 bu. ; corn 4,000 b S 000 bu.; war, 2,000 sacks: whoat, 70,000 bu.; oats, 86,000 bu.; Jur, 7,000 sacks; wheat, 81, 00 b, onts, 108,000 b, Produce Marker. solid solid | 142 16¢; falr stock, merios, to fancy country, 12Q18¢; packing Lve Povtrry Inrgor sprin Tite 1t this week roosters, The recelpts for chofce old liens, 7%c; old chivkens, 9@iic receipts wre ot Iarge, hut the to supply the trade. The bul eported at 11e 1 grown stock 1s plenty at 14e s from the country. Home growi stock, per 4-basket Faas are sufl of the salus are OxtoNs -1 per b, on or , TOMATOES Hoxey ~Now white elover, per 1., 18¢. PoTATORS~Th supply Is very 1light and the " t firm. On orders from the country they are worth atloast 75i@50¢. GRAPEs—S0 far this seison there have not been very many grapes in from California. California, per case, $2; Illinois, per 9-1b, basket, 40250, CALIFORNIA Frutrs—FEarlyCrawford peaches, per box, $1.15: 6 to 10-hox lots, $1.05@1.10; clings, #1.10; 10-box lots, ngs, $1; Bart box, #2; plum: per box, § fancy plums, #2; nectarines, per The than it watormelons. 10§20 pur 100; Jon cantalouy @ 1.50; long cr: PLEs—No aro being shipped (1, and th grown stock is moderate. per bbl, §.50; o 8hip on orders, §2 The husiness in shipping untry appes siounl orders are r watormelons s W fow days ago. Good elling all ¢ y £16 mall or Inferior, $10.00@15.00 $1.26; short crates, @2.00. nnt 1o anything supply of home Chclee Duchess, varloties, suitable supply, ot LERY-Stray shipnionts are arriving and the quality of the stock is pronounced good for this season of tho year. Celery, per doz. bunchos. TROPICAT, FRUITS. LEMONS—Tho steady warm woathier pro duces a very fair demand for lemons and all houscs are doing o stoady business them. Mossinas, fancy, £6.0006. Messinas, per hox o to fancy, 85. ORANGES—Thoro are only a fo riving. Riversido Moditerranean sw BANANAS—Pric Ain about steady. bunch, large, $2.262:2.76; per bunch, small to medium, $2.0042.25. HIDES, TALLOW, ETC. No. 1green hides, 2ic; No. 2 groen No. 1 groen salted hides, 23c; No. 2 green salted hides, 2 . L &recn snlted fildes, 25 1bs. to 401s., No, 2green salted hidos, 25 s, to 40 1hs No. 1 veal calf, 8 1Ds. 10 15 1Ds. 8 1bs. to 15 2 dry flint T, hidos, or 10, less than fully salted, each 350 lings (short wooled carly 525, dry shearlings (short uly sking, No. 1, ench @0 dry s (Short Wooled éarly sking, No. 2, dry flint, Kunsas' and Nebraska s, per Ih, actual weight, 103 Kansas and Nebraska murrain wool pelts, per b, wetual weicht, 7610c; ¢ flint Colorado hiteher wool pelts, per Ib, wtual weight, 9@10c; dry flint Colorado mur. ruin wool pelts, per 1h., actual weight, 7@9c dry pieces and bucks, actual weight, 5d7c. TALLOW AND GREASE-Tallow, No. 1, 4¢; tallow, No. 3i50; grease, whitd A, Biie; grease, white ' B, cronse, yellow, 23c; grense,” dark, 21t old butter, Z@ige; cqo Swux, prime, 16335c; rough tatiow, 244 butch 1le; d PRODUCE POINTERS. Muscatine is commencing to ship water- melons. Gume Is once mare putting in an appearance on the market. Missourl growers are inquiring about the market for grapes. The local growers expect o luive grapos on the market by August 20 or 26, Oklahoma promises to becomo a heavy ship- per of produce and fruits in the near futuro and Omaba will no doubt recoive her share. Alrendy the territory is introducing herself the trade. A car of very fino large wate melons wis recelved from there by Branch & Co., which sold very readily. Potatdes are not vory pienty In Omaha just atpresent. The local growers appear to liave exhuusted thoeir crop of early varietios and the market has been gradually firming up. A point has been reached where they ean now bo shipped In from other poluts and a car s ex- vected to arrive hero in a day or two from Kunsas, The present hard times and scarclty money is u great hardship to the the dark lanitern, So duced to such ’extre forced to burglarize commission houses in order to keen the wolf from the door. Kiddell uission house was the visited by them. The safe, which locked, wits ransacked, as were the drawers in tho office desks, but_only o dollar or two in postage stamps wis secured. of knights of o of them have heen re- itics that they are Murkets. Livenrrooy,Aug. 1 WaneAr—Quict, demand poor; holders offer moderately;”red 'western, spring, 5s 74d@bs 8d per cent 5. 2red, wins tor, 53 7dL6s 9d. sy, demand poor; mixed western, 45 1%d per_contal. PROVISIONS— i and short clear v )0, 505 6 per ewt. for long iddles about 55 ibs. slddles about 45 1bs, for prime wostorn. d per American fnest 75 6d for American finest colored. OF TURPENTINE 205 60 per cwt. 5s 6d per cental for Canudian, Kansas Clly Markots. Oy, Aug. 16.- WHEAT—1@1%c AR 2 iard, b1 20, NoL & Fod, Dap. Stondy, though somo sules wore e No. 2 white, 31 Cony lower @315 OATs -Stend; whito, 260, HAY i Burren @l8e. EGas—Light receipts, actly No. 2 mixed, o, nery, 20c; dairy, 15 14@10c. eroml Review. The Gunrdia 22@23¢; No. 2 M com tho lu; Little copt Stoe cuesTeR, Aug. 16, il nithel The inqul eustern biyers s business his “been don some shirtings and finishing cloths. o less valuable. The prices offered from China wre somotimes lower. Manufac turers uro Inclined to make some concessions, Amoricun yurns are moderately salablo st lower prices, for China, ex- Coftes Market. W York, Aug. 16.—Ontions opencd stendy ath 1o 20 points down and closed steady at 15 20 polnts down. Sales at the close wero 500 bages, neluding: Soptember, $14.60 50; October, $14.00; D uber, $14.70 Vi ber, $14.40014.060; Janunry, $14.450 4.50; Mirch, #14.20. Spot easior it 815,024 @ for No. 7; sales, 2,000 bugs Santos No. 7 nt #1575, and 1,500 bigs Buntos No. 7 aud No. 8 to arrive, at $16.874, Cotton Marker, N} Aug. 16.—Quiet; middling, 7 low middling 63e;” good ordinury, 78 net and gross receipts, 63 bales; o ports constwixe, 100 bules; sales, 1,000 bales; stock, 4,521 Uiles, Futures stouily: sules, 42,800 Vales: August, #6.55 bid; Septombor, BO.86 bid; . $6.9526.96; November, A7.0707.0 calber, 7.16i07.17; Junuary, $7.3107.82; Februury, #7.8567.89;" Murch, FTAGWTAT, NEw ORt Ol Murkots. , Aug. 16.—Natfonal transit cer- tificates opened at 08; highest, bsk; lowest, 7143 closed, D% sales, 6,000 bbls; clouran, 2,000 Dbls; shipwents,” 66,894 bbls; ¢ 51:042 bbls. PIrsnuiG, Pa., Aug. cortifi est, b8 Lo delivery o1 Civy, P 10.-National transit tes opened at 58; closed, 553 b i lowest, DS, , Aug. 10.-CALOUTTA LINSEED—Spot 25 por quarter. Phiiadeiphin Grain Markot, PRILADELYRIA, Aug. 1 but dull; No. 2 red, August, COnN-BL No. 2 mi ATiges Ulis—Weuker; No.2 white, Higher August, 47@ August, 344@ Chiciniats Markok Cixeixaat, Aug. 16.—Wiear CORN Oars—5trong; M Wisky—Steady; §1 Baltimore ik, Aug 2 Bepten Dull, eusy; Firm und’ste irain Murket. 16— WiEAT—Quict ¥, 6630 ust, 461 BALTIM lower; N CORN OATS orn, ddc. Minneapolis Wh NEAPOLIS, Aug. 16 and white west- Murket. Weaker; Soptember dat 66hei Decomber, 633%e good demand wheit: No. 1 hurd, 61c: No. 1 north- ern, 0biic; No. 2 northern, 56@wo7. New York Dry Goods Market, NEW Youk, Aug 16.—Business in dry goods continues . At first Second” liands there was nothlog dolng of woment and the Dusluss 1s far trow sutlsfactory. There will | yielded 1g | important changes otherwise were +Minsourl 8. ot course by mor ront as tho fall season of Jobbers s at hand, but caution will rule operators. Today' transactions were without detalls of fntorest husiness than 18 now cur- STOUKS AND BONDS, Secarities Wore Feverlsh and Farly In the Day. Aug. 16.—The stock market {unsottled early in the day neettied New Yonk was foverish | The appointment of reccivers for the North- ern Pacific property had an adverse influ- ence on the corporations, but the bears laid ovon greater stross on the reports in circula tlon that the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney directors At their meeting today would re- duce the dividend rate. On tho strength of this all of the granger shares, as well as some others, woro taken fin the bear account. Burlington fell oft 2% per cent to 73; Rock lsland, 2 per cent to and the romainder of the list to 2 per cent, The turnine point camo when it was officially announced that the directors of the Burlington had de- clared the usual quarterly dividend of 11 por cont. 'Lhis was such a surprise that the smaller bears rushed pell mell to cover. General Electric sold up from 87 to 433¢o, tho riso being assisted by the denial of the reports that some paper bearing the company’s endorsement had gone to protest. Sugar advanced 85 per cent and Chicago Gas and Northwostern each 3 per cent. The from 1§ to 115 per cent and the entire list shared in the rally The Post says: Coming as yesterday's Juno statement of the Union Pacific did along with tho confession of tho Northern Pacific’s insolvency, with the reduction of nearly 50 per cent in the Great Northern's monthly pay roll, and with a steady falling off in current gross veceipts of other conti- nental roads, the question of the cause of such traflic losses becomes of paramount im- portance. The trouble is clearly not thut of a single district; the Union Pacific figures prove that. If the decrease of 88 per cent in the Denver & Gulf division's eurnings be attributed to Colorado’s individual collapse, some other reason must be had for the de- crease of 50 per cent in the returns of the Orcgon Navigaticn company, far to the norihwest, or for the still heavier falling off in those of the Union Pacific system’s smaller lines, confined to Kansas and Ne- braska. The total shrinkage covers an enormous and varied area and reflects a paralysis of transportation from the granger states to the Pacific ocean. “Tho immediate cause of this blockade will not escape observers of the market for money and for_interior exchauge. No doubt the people of the west are buying less cast- ern merchandise than in 1802; but this, again, is largely because they cannot com- mand the bank facilities to send their own merchandise to market. Europe's sudden and heavy purchases of grain have been supplied from the great city elevators, whose stock of wheat has fallen 35.000,000 bu. since April's openng. But the new grain and the new western produce of every kind as far as the Pacific is in the hands of its producers. It is neither worthless nor superfluous and each successive draft upon supplies in sight brings closer the time when cousumers will per- emptori d tho produce from first hands. The following are the closing quotations on the leading stocks on the New York exchange today: B, B3, Nor, Pacific prid. Xpross U.P. D. & G Alton, Terre Ha ¥ do prerd Anerican Expross Baltimore & Ohio.. . 110 104 i Southern. ! il Pacific... 5. & Ohio. . 20 & Alton. Del. & Hudson k. & W G ... . & C. Fdra. O East Tenn % Er o prefd..... 134 |Rio Grande We 80| do prefd 1734 | Rock Island. 3 st Paul, o 0 pr do prefid.. st B & 0. Fort Wayne, 140 (St P, & 0. prefid... Great North'n pfd; 100 |Southern Pacific.. C.&E. Lprer'd.... 86}/ Sugar Refinery.... Hocking Val 15 Tenn. Coal & Iroi, iy 90 | Tuxas Pacific...... 20 [¥Tol. &0.C. pref 93¢ Uniou Pacific 13| U.S. Express WSt L& P.. S do prerd Trust, r vill o| do prefd.. M. & St L. D&R.G.. o0 {|General Bleciric fonal Linseed. & Missotri Mobile & Ohio. . Nashville Chatt National Cordage, do profid...... J. Ce & Or, & West. th Amer, C 200,874 Burling- ral Elec- tric, 20,000 4,800 New York ¢ Northe Island, 10,700; St. Puul, Unlon 'Pucific, 3,200; rk Monoy Market, NEW YORK, AU A av B4 per C cent, ing offcred it 3 per cont. Pruse MERCANTILE PAPER—S@12 per cent. LING EXCHANGE—Woak, with uctual business la bankers' Dills ‘at $4.81% for sixty Cuys and #4.8504.66 for demand; cou- bills, 84.7904.50, 1LVIR CERTIFICATS 23,074 Gov du Tiie closing auotatians on bonds Now ¥ t3 pe glected; closed at {MENT BONDS—Firm. State bonds Louisanasmpd 48, 3 | P. K. G.Tr, Ret, |Union Pie. st Slore G. W. 18i8. 97 |Atchison is.. .. 102 |"dogclins A 108 |G T &S AL By, 74 |G M &S A 63 |H. & C. bw. 70%| 00 con. k.. 4 [*N. Carolni 68 100 firs 04 Teni. new #6108, 1. new Het new &e D& R Gl dw. . Eriv 2d MK MK Muttial Union 08, 2 . Browns. W. Deb. b “anked, uotations. BOSTON, Aug. 16.—Call loans, 7 8-10 per cent; loans, 6 per cent and commission. Closing quotationson stocks, bonds and mining share: 1B Y Wesi pr Bell Tol ... Toton & Alb: Boston & Main do prefd Ohi. Bur. & Q. 016 | Atehiinon 4. 140 |New England 64 188 [Gen. Eleet 70 64 45 Atlautio ... Boston & Munt Butte & Bosto: Siluniet & Hoeld. ! 7% ey 18k ‘en. Com’..L i & Now Bug.. Golony 200 Short Line. 0 0% 28 fd 126 Rubber Sy Divg Union |Quiney. ;1.0 Woat Eu Bmiracic San Francisco Mining Quotations, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, —The offic! guotitions for mintng stocks toduy wer 0liows: Alta X Bolehor hir 0l Savige . Con. Cal, & Va Sieren Novida Crown Point Eurvka Con Gould & Curry. Hule & NOreross. New York Mining Quotations. NEW Youk, Aug. 16.~Tho following uro the 1g quothtions: FonCal. & Vo Gould & Hale & Norcros. Honostake. Indedendence Mexican Siorra Novad: Staadard Union Con Yellow Jacket *lron silvel Quick Silver do pref'd tBulwer Tebid tasked St Louis Mising Quotations. §r. Louis, Aug. 16.—The followlng are the closing quotations on mining stocks A ® 40 Amer. N 5 Hope 4.00 | Lo tBimtal 190 @2.00 | s, Elizibeth. @ .80 Granite N *bid, 1t asked London Fiuwne NEW Yomk, Aug. 16.—Tho Evening Post's financiul cablo says: One hundred and fifwn thousaud soverelgns were recelved frow the contineut toduy. Twenty-five thousaud | | Ryundsin United 8 af moro will be shipwh unchunged today. tonc o A drop of %d since woeks 1go. THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE om rs for twelve lucs, are and for made At The st NEW YORK, Aug. 1§, 1n Wall strodt this Af Tndia council hadgeceded fros it took when It cle Witie Taatan o colna bills below fr The whoth of exchange on OMATA, Aug. 16.—~Clearings, $458,631. dvi o of siiver o st 1 THURSDAY, urday the rate es gold coln were sold gold is siackening, but Stiver was of tr 1 The Tndja council accepted Tolographle ne- 24d allotment seven murkets were stagnant, Indian GhAnerl "Change. London cables reeevod rnoon re and was port o!ling that the the position mints to the couneil the arbiferary fixed rate of 154a. wore mogger and did not state ier the mints had been reopened absence of definite fidws it was supposed tho Council had been ugabje to maintain tho rate g a KANSAS CITY, AU TIAVANA, Aug. 16, quiet ; b Yonrk, Aug ances, 84,895,019, PARIS, Aug. 16. Th for the account. IMORS balances, $2 Aug. 16, 5,394, PHILADELPHIA, Aug 6541 Lulnncos, $1,235,765, Menpiis, Aug. selling at $1.50. #18,710. 0N, Aug. 16.~Amount of bulllon gone into the Bank of England on balance today, Lo £115,( OINC )00, 16, | ATt Aug. 16.—Money New York exchange, 86 discount, C #1,152,000. New ORLEA: New York exchange, ¢ Au count; bank, var, S, Louts, Aug. s, $15¢ balar 319, Ial Notes. dfa at the price fixed. I . Clearings, $987, 1 the Exchango quiet; sugar 16.— Olearings, $72,396,- o por cent rentes, 09f Oloarings, #1,994,19 Money, 6 per cent. 16.~Olearings, #9,004, Monoy, 6 per cont. Now_ York exchange 16.—Cloa mmercial, 7@8 rings, change on Now York, #6.50 discount, CHICAGO, Aug. New York exchange, dull at exchange at 7 per cent. W Yonrk, Aug. 16.—|Special Telegram to Bk, today R4 Exchange hicago, 816 §7.50 discount. BOSTON, balances' & cent. Exch: Aug. 16. 168,94 e oW Ne mium per §1,000. OMAHA LIV was quoted discount; Cloarings, $65,842; balances, or cont. Rearings, $686,605. #7.50 dis- 16.—~Clearings, #2,671,857; Money, 6@8 per cent! xo 16.—Oloarings, $10,088,479, 815 discount. Storling 4.80@4.85. Money, steady as follo Louis, St. loarings, 811,728,475; 7 8-10@8 per W York, 81.00@2.00 pre- Money, 0CK MARKETS, Cattle Steady to Firm—Hogs in Good De- mand and Higher. WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, There was a good average run of stock of all kinds today. Compared with the first half of last week roceipts for tho past three days show an wcrease of about 2,000 cattle and 2,000 hogs with u falling oft of some 2,500 sheep. “The cattlo market was a rather uncertain quantity stronger, sellers saia they were wealker, all agreed that trado was slow with no very radical change in prices either way. ceipts wero very rangers about “half and half.” tod: fair with Buyers said prices were but Re- natives and As usual of late the demand came almost entively from the dressed beef h ouses, and as supplies s0 far this week have disappointed them they have been fairly good buvers of cattle that suited them. They paid from $4.0 to $4.40 for fair to very good 1,200 to 1.400-1b. seve stee: and bought fair to choice 900 to 1,200- s at from 5,60 to £4.10. Fair to poor ed rather slowly nd generally at sier prices from # to §3.00. includmz a zood string of westerns at 3.2 The movement while notat all brisk was steady, and & comparatively early clearance was effected. 4 The cow market'was in very fair shape. Good to choice cows and heifers sold at from and can- £2.40 up to #3.25, cows ning Calves ay fro other grades dull. m o $3.25. There was a gootl strength averaged firmer. of th and went e at in_good while common from §1.25 demand and §3, o ). 5,05 2,25, and 5 to $ar about steady pric Fat bulls and oxen'were a shade stronger, and Rogular dealers did most sold, Prices ranged from $1.50 degree of life and to the feeder trade prices e buying, paying from $2.85 to $2.55, largely for fair 10, Rood' stock, both natives westérns, quotable at $2.70@3.00, fuir to good at §2. 2,70 and common stuff at $2.00@2.50. sentative sales™ No. 2. 1 34 23 20, 241, 22}15 Av. 11. o 11023 11075, 1081 ‘1161 100 DRESS Pr. 8 35 40 €0 70 70 80 85 ML 45 29 12......1065 ‘19 o 11450 96 1111095 2......1800 17... ..1205 St 895 791 o81 455 895 MILKERS AN 1 spring 85 HEI 85 60 8 25 ED BEEF. No. 1¢ Av. .1188 180 284 191 1192 1277 ir XED, 40... OWS, 1130 0 1145 PE . 610 110 210 Sren1920; 11111620 STAGS. 2 85 BTOCKERS 2 00 225 225 225 235 T, 1 springer. . 1 cow nnd ¢ it 1 cow and calt 1 cow and calf 1 cow and calf. No. 24 I b co 28 steers. 1 21 foed'rs 960 b co 2 12 cows Tl 1470 5. WS Av I WY 1026 #2 05 2 25 962 2 G0 231 8 10 2 75 55 steers, cows. stoer. 1 cow OWS cow cows 2 CoWs .. cows calves 200 ! cow helf'rs1080 26 ¢ 7 steers.1190 Hoq more like “old Limes W, 8 NEB! M0 248 $ 28 SOUTI, 260 3,18 1058 150 AND FEEDERS. 17 84 40 ND No. IMING. 1 bull 1stirtiz.l 662 911 H45 878, Av. 150 10 feeders & 6 cows 18 steors..1 1103 210 6 feeders 771 £a'rs. 1021 steors.1 cows 5 cows cow. 168 neif'rs 492 cows culves RASKA. 1bull...1 1 heifer.l 01 £'d'rs.. DAKOTA. 1 steer..1 970 826 570 190 874 570 Re o PISTE © S Good. to choice feeders are pre- o 60 2 65 2 B 85 25 00 2 f 2; 0 00 2 00 7 00 5 00 2 00 rr. 1510 §1 In the hog market it begins to look ‘There was a very respectable run today and the market was highe o with troaing Eastern markets wo. decidedly reportea bigher, and bi with at least eight shippers in the tield eral spoculators and & very wctiv including from all local houses, prices could hardiy fuil 'tc risk. dem: packers, dvance. Opening bids and sales weké Bather uneven, from 10c higher on heavy gpd mixed hogs to 20c on choice light weights, but business finally sottled pared choice sold with with light ‘and. at pr down yest 10 v from ime Heavy and mixed $5.15 down to $4.90. the trading was practically over. were rather scattel ® #4.90 Lo & one week ago today. 8. assorted average rise of 1 £.10 up lights w0 at coni- (iood weight 0 hogs .50, $5.45, Cking grades sold fiom iarly in the forenoon Sales red out, but largely from ), ugainst #4.90 to § Tuesaay and Live sules No. b i) 67 61 53 67 27 05 09 07 4 71 80. Ay 812 Sh 280 84 40 120 120 B0 820 Pr. 90 95 9o 95 95 95 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B T S P o P st No. 63 70 69 60 08 G4 06 26, Av 8h. 160 120 10 120 820 160 80 40 240 200 820 B 160 200 240 160 200 50 280 240 820 P Represonta- Pr 0 80 6 024 160 6 06 240 08 80 B 08 40 505 — 508 160 5 06 120 150 40 280 280 120 120 40 160 160 120 120 160 280 860 120 160 40 160 80 200 160 240 240 240 — 120 120 200 40 80 40 160 240 160 160 120 120 200 200 40 240 P10 AND ROUGT. 2 50 Surep—Two double decks of fair grass westerns were received. lhey were hardly fav onough for killers and did not suit foeders on account of the preponderance of ewes. Of late there has been some inquiry for feoders, but in sympathy with ecastern markets the business is {n rather discour ing shape just at present and prices are the lowest of the season. Quotations as follows: Fair to good natives, $3.00@d.i5; fair to good westerns, $250@3.25; com- mon and stock sheep, $1.50@275; good to choice 40 to 100-1b. lambs, £3.00@H. Recoipts nud Disposition of Stock. Official recoipts and disposition of stock as shown by the books ot the Omaha Union Stoc Yards company for the twenty-four hours ending at 6 o'clock p. m.August 16, 1699: RECEIPTS, Cara,|Hoad | Head 72|1,781 Cnru.‘l{t\ml.‘(‘:;:‘lljm: o 101] 6,609 |10l DISPOSITION CATTIE, WOYERS, Omaha Packing Co.. The 6. H. Hamwmond Co. SWITL& CO. i, The Cudahy Packing John P. Sguire & Co. Parker, W. & Co. Wissmot Coey & Co.... Stock i Sigh Recelpts of live stock at the four priv western markets Wedneesday, August 16 Cattle: Hogs. Sheep, 1,781 6,669 1110 117,000 18,000 16,000 18100 7,800 1,200 St. Louls. 8,900 2700 1,800 Totall it 30,781 85,169 19,110 Chicago Live Stc CHICAGO, South Omaha. Chicago Kunsas ¢ Market. 16.—(Special Telegram to THE BEE o wore about 11,000 natives, )00 Texas and 4,000 western cattle here tol day, making 017,000 head all told. This is a matbrial increato on recent supplies and naturally a weaker feeling obtalr Good to Dest grades of natives were saleable at about yesterduy's quotations, there belug a good in- quiry foreastern and forelgn accounts but the common _to fair kinds had to go at lower prices. At the closo the prevailing fecling was weuk, and should tomorrow's reccipts provolurke n general decline could 'scarcely ho averted; indeed buyers were bidding lowcr prices for prime cattle toward the close. Common o fuir grades generally sold from 10c to 15c off and moved slowly. — Nutives sold nt an extreme range of from 31 to & The bunch for which the outside fizure was obtained were the best cattle seen here fora long time and the price was the highest reachod since July 28. Mostof the business was done at from 1 , at from $2.50 t0 88,50 for western rangers and ut from £2 to #3 for Texuns. ‘There was nothing doing in stockers and feeders. Calves were wanted at from §2 t0o85.50. There wero much fewer arrivals of hogs today, but that fact did not check the upward course of prices. Bufers were out carly and competition was sharp, so sharp that in ad- vance of from 16¢ to 25¢ resulted. Puckers Dought right and Ieft and as there was also a good domand for eastern nccounts [t did not take sulesmen long to get rld of thelr hold- ings. Late miles werc 1ot quite is good as those made early in the day, but sellors were well pleased with the results, The best hewvy hogs sold around $5.60, choice medium w as high s from £5.50 10 $6.85 and fanc: at from £6.26 10 #6.35. The quality wis good and scarcely anything sold below $5.40, from £5.45 to 85.80 being the populur prices for averages of over 200 1bs. The recelpts wero estimated nt 18,000 head, making 53,000 for the week so far or 24,500'head more thun for the same thne last week. The sheen market was very flat. such receipts us we have lad this week noth- better was to bo expected. A supply of d in the space of three days 1s a ad than the market could "o ex- peeted to stand up under at any stage of the scuson. AU present, with practically’ no de- 1 for shipn, @ material decline was Since Siturday there has been n 5e to 40c per 100 Ibs. in lambs amounts to to from #1.25 to . and the latter are now quoted av §2.75 1035.25. Sales of sheep woro lurgel Trom 8250 10 $3.50 and the bulk of limbs sold below £5.25 Receints: Cattle, 17,000 he 1d; hos, 18,000 head; sheep, The Evening Journal roports' CarrLE—-Receipts, 17,000 hea 3,600 hend; market irregular #4.50@5.00; good to choice, dium, $3.6054.00; common, £1.60@3.30; westerns, cows, #1.00%8.00, Hous—Receipts, 18,000 head: shipments, 00 head; hewvy, ‘We20e higher; closing light, 20w2oc higher; mixed and packers, $6.10@0.20; prime heavy, $5. 65; butcher: 5; 1ght, $3.8006.50. kep—Lecelpts, 16,000 head shipments, 500 head; market lowers good to primc natives, $8,00@4.00; owes, §2.0013.00 o 66%3.00; Texans, $2.5008.00; lambs, 3. V0@ 4.40. Kansss Clty Live stocs Market, KANsAs Crry, Aug. Y6, —CATrLe—Receipts, 8,100 head: shipments, 4,100 head; mar) closed weak; Texas and shipping ster 8 @5.10; Texas and_native cows, 81 butehers' stock, #2.90@4.15; stocke feeders, $1.76@3.60; bulls snd mixed, $1.30@ 2.50, Hoas. head; beuvies st « higher; bulk, #5.00@6.60; h kers, $5.10@5.60; mixed, $6.050 0Ge5.80; Yorkers and |v|;i’ SHEEP—Recolpts, 1,200 1,100 hend ket stendy o Under 1ves, 1,000 d. shipments, prime_steers, $4.20@4.75; £3.0003.451 $2.25@4.00; Recelpts, 7,800 hond; shipments, 2,600 Z; othier: Oes shipuients, 1slow. St. Louis Live Stock Market. Lous, Aug. 16.—UATTLE—Recolpts, 8,000 ‘shipients, 8,200 head; market qulot; receipts nearly ail Toxans and Indians; fair to 0od NRtive steors, #4.0004.65; falr o good Kiixuns, 2400 COWs, SLEONE, Recelpts, 2,700 head; shipments, \d; marker 10¢ highor; dight, $0.504 5.76; mixed, $6.10@5.60; henvy, $.00G0.40. Sikkp — ltoceipts, 1,800 hoad; snipm none; markot dull and'demoraliz Hoas 900 h s ekl UL Tonight Courtland beach has the greatest attractions of the season. e LIFE IN THE FAR NORTHWAZST. Explolts of u Dozen Horse Thieves Who Fluadered u Store, All Escapiig but One. News reached Westminster, B. C., the other day of & raid by a gang of horse thieves from Washington into the Similkameen county, says a cor spondent of the ttle Post-Intelli- gencer, Thoy were well armed and numbered a dozen. One of their first moves was to sack Thompson's stove at Granite Creck. The storekeeper, being alone, could offer no resistance and they loaded their horses and started south. Thompson reported to the govern- ment constable at Guanite Camp, who followed ~ with & posse and soon came up with the thieves, who were obliged to travel slowly, owing to the weight of the goods the animals wée carrying, Th posse was too lurge for the gang to make u stand against, and, after un exchange of a few shots, the outlaws abandoned the goods and re- treated slowly, leaving two stolen horses behina.” The goods and horses were taken to Allison's ranch at Princ ton and the chase given up. A few hours later, when the posse had dispersed, the outlaws galloped up to Allison's, took possession of the goodsand horses again, and gave Allison a message to Constable Hunter that they would kill him on sight. Four of the party then started with the spoils straight for the boundary and got safely away, but two of them, J Matlock, the ringleader, and Brown, one e © Sonk, Soak; boil, boil ; rinse, rinse away, And scarcely see the board at all, upon a washing day. For SANTA CLAUS SOAP it does the work, And toil is changed to play, ‘While gaily sings the laundry maid, upon a washing day. Claus Soap. N. K. FAIRBANK & €0., Sole Manufacturers, BAES & TWINES | ‘TENTS, ETC. Bemis Omaha Bag [Omaha Tent-Awning COMPANY, COMPANY. Importers nd turers of tlour burinps, twine, HORKE COVERS, 1113 Fa Stroet BOOTS AND SHOES. Morse-Coe Shoz Company. Salosroom and OMMeo—1107-110)- 1111 Howar1 St Factory —1114-1121- 1121 Howard St ONLY Manufasturers of Boots and f Nebrasky, atlon 1y xtondad to all to inspoct our now factors Kirkendall, Jones & | Amer, Hand COMPANY. ~ Wholesale | mirs, ngonts Bosta Rubber Shoe Co, 1102 11041106 Hnrney Street We aro the ewed 0.. boots, shoos e goods, 1503 iy Strot S1o and 1510 1 i DRY GOODS. 7 g M. E. Smith & Co. | Kilpatrick-Koch Dry GOODS Dry goods, notlons, fur- | Notions, gents' nishing goods, cornor | Jith and Tloward Sts. | urnish Ing kobds, cor. T1th and Harnoy Stroots ~ FURNITURE CHICAGO, ILL. Manufacturers ¢ Jobbers Diectory e HARDWARRI T LA Rector & Wilhelmy | Lobeck & Linn, COMPAN Dealers in hardwaro and mechnnles’ thols 1404 Doulas Stroat. IRON WORKS. Omaha Safeand Iron WORKS Safos.vaults, Jall wood, tron shuttors aod fire ot capes. Gus. Andreot, Hth and Jackaon _ COMMISSION. | LUMBER. Branch & Co. |John A Wakeficld, Tmportad, Amerlean Poste Produce, land comont, Milwau- koe cement and Quiney whito 1 STOVE REPAIRS Omaha Stove Repaix OILS. Corner 10th and Jackson Stroets. HATS, ETC. | W. A L. Gibbon & Co | fruits of all | Kinds, oystors, LIQUORS. “Frick & Herbert, Wasloptleaace mesiers 1001 Farnam St PAPER. Omaha Upholstering| Beye: costaN Upholstered furniture, 10 Nionotas s | 5 & Runyan TR (TN AR of the worst of the gang, went in the di- rection of Jamieson's ranch. Allison, who is o magistrate, swore in a_couple of special sand sent for Constable Hunter, and the quartet started on Mat- lock and Brown’s trail. They came up with the two robbers the next day some- what suddenly, and the lattor were com- pelled to retreat, swimming their horses to a small island in Similkameen river, where there are prepared to make o stand. Allison called to Matlock to surrender. The latter’s reply was to slip behind his horse, throw a rifle over his saddle and fire on the offic The lattor promptly returned the five, and at the first volloy Matlock feli, shot in the stomach. Brown attempted to swim his horse to the opposite bank amid a shower of bullets, but his horse was killed aad Brown was carried down the stream by & current out of range, and when last scen was heading for the boundary across the hills. Matlock w taken to Jamieson's ranch and a doctor sent for to Fairview, thirty-five miles away. He may rocover, but it is doubtful. R e Leuvenmark dives tonight, Courtland e = FRENCH COLONIES. The Gaul Has Secured His Sh Sileos of Earth, The Frenchare not generally regarded as a colonizing nation. They scem to lack the pushing and aggressive spirit that animates England, Germany and Russia, and it is true that the spivitdoes not exist among the people as a whole. But the Freuch government has always been ambitious of territorial extension, and it has taken care that in the divis- ion of Africa and southern Asia France should get her share. The colonies and protectorates of France, with their aves and population, are given as follows: COLONIES, ench Indis \in China re of the Aren. 208 23,000 847,700 257,401 140,000 Population, P Freneh Soudun and Congo region. an Islands fenn Islands ific Islands. PROTECTORATES. Tunis ™ 817,900 2/690 45,040 9,165 10,000 10,000 Cumbodia Comora ©3 Suhiara, 0L TOAIS. ... ovrereeee 2814988 80,606,192 The French people have a profound sion for the diseomforts of the trop- ical servige necessary to maintain supremacy in theso equatorial regions and they grumble at the expenditure required 1o carry out the government wlicy. Consequently the government 1s obliged to proceed” with caution and to remember that the colonial war i unpopular ennugh to ruin any ministry unless the national pride can be aroused in support of it. Nevertheless, ance look longingly at Moroceo and Egypt, and to push forward in Anam, Dahomey, Ashante and the Congo region whenever an opportunity offers, She canuot afford to risk a war with any of the great powers in the furtherance of her ambi- tion, but she knows that m, for instance, would not dare to resist he unpsupporsd,’ wnd she makes the most of that knowledge, withdrawing grace- fully when the resistance to her en- croachments assumes a serious char- acter, continues to - An Ancient Industry. We are indebted to Pompeii great industey of canned fruits. ago, when the excavations we beginning, & party of Cincinna found, in what had been the pantry the house, many jars of prescrved figs, One was opened and they were found to be fresh and good. Investigation showed that the figs had been put into the jars in & heated state, an aperturo left for the steam to escape aud then sealed with wax., The hint was taken, and the next year fruit canning was introduced into the United States, the process being identical with that in vogue at Pompeii twenty centuries ago. Agroed to suttle the Strike. PITTSBURG, Aug. 16.—The Santa Fe miners have accepted Manager Devlin's Standard il Co. Refined and lubricating Carpenter Paper Co | olls, axlo groase, et SOUTH OMAHA., Union Stock Yards Company, South Omaha. Bost Cattlo Ho and Sheop market 1a tho wask N’IMMIS;H AOUS:S. Wood Brother: Livo Stock Commission Merchants. S01th Umaha—Telophons 1151, Chtoag JOHN D. DADIIMAY, WALTER K. WOOR, Market roports by mail nd wiro, cheorful urnished upon application. | Managers. would thank you, of course,if you presented him with a watch, but ifitwere nota 1y-iewel Dueber-l watch, ampden his pleasure would not be perf Railroad men are the best judges of watches Would yon ike to know which watch fa most used on Americw's Greatest Rallrond? 17 8o, write for circular * A Question of Soconds.” TiE Dukuskn Watcl Wokis, Canton, O, proposition to settle tho strike and the other strikers have voted to go back to work if they can obtain the same terrs. ——— Balloon tonight Courtland beach. Sl i A SON’S EPITAPH, it Tribute—A War Inols dent. Tho recent death of Roar Admiral Melancthon Smith, United States navy, recalls an ineident of the rebellion which has found its way into print before, but which has long been forgotten. It relates to a namesake and relative of the deceased, Cormmodore J. Smith, for many years chief of the bureau of yards and docks, says the New York '{vrnnm The nows of the Merrimde's arrival in Hampton 1Roads and of her first day's fight before she met the Monitor reached Washington on a Sunday afternoon, The telogram was briof but explicit, The rebel ironelad was in complete con- trol of the Roads. Mossongers wero hastily dispatehed, summoning tha chiofs of burcaus to a council at the avy dopartment. One of these mes: sengors, sent in search of Commodore Smith, found that officer on his way home from chureh, and he knew that the commodore’s only son was fivst licu- 1t of the ill-fated Congress. ommodore,” said the man, ‘“‘thera is bad news from Hampton Roads. The Merrimace has come down from Norfolk, the Minnesotaand Roanoke are disablad, the Cumberland sunk and the Congress i on five and has surrendered.” “Surrendered! The Congress has hauled down her colors?”’ repested the commodore, and us the messengor cons firmed his words, *Then my son Joe s dead,” said the commodore simply—and that was all. There have been epitaphs, many of them, but ‘not every father could be 80 sure of his son's character as to honor his memory befora soiving the news of his death with h a tribute as that. ‘‘Jou” was ins .d dead, as modest and &8 raye 4 man as over drew sword in s good cause. Peace be to him and to those who fell with him! They did their best—they sorved. A Fathor's Elog longer-winded - Jim 1l Makes Many Mon Unhappy. 81, PAUL, Minn., Aug. 16.—The thou. sands of employes of the Great Northern railroad system ave wearing long faces, President Hill ing ordered the monthly payr from #600,000 to about ut After Tweuty-Five Years Prosperity, BUrFFALO, Aug. 16.—The Union Steamboat company, after a successful existence for & quarter of a century, has passed into the hands of receivers. ~ e Leuvenmark dives tonight, Courtland,