Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 20, 1893, Page 15

CONDITION OFOMAHA'S TRADE s«pmmmtive Business Mon Exuress Opin- fons as to the Revival of Trade. COLLECTIONS DONOT SHOW MUCH CHANGE Looal Jobbers Appear to Feel that the Tarning Point s Been Kenched and that an Upward Movement Must Follow, v The situation as regards business and Anancial matters is certainly improved at Omaha. This s not saying that there has boen any great change or that business 18 active or money easy f puch is not the case. Business men are still €autious and are in- clined to feel their way stop by step and the banks are still holding onto their money, but tho feoling is steadily gaining ground that we have had enough of this inactivity and that it is time to make a move. With this fee'ing, which is nothing but a renewal of confidence, comos a natural improvoment in business affairs. Merchants are talking about fall business and therg is somo evi- dence of buying for fall trade during the past few days. The fact is well known to every business man and banker that Omaha has suffered more from anticipation than from any real evil. When proninent comptercial centers all around us were one after another suffer- ing sarious financial reverses the business community of Omaha was kept in a constant foar, not knowing what momont the storm might break over it. The business Touses of the city, however, developed more strength than anticipated, and as the sum- mer was worn away without any reverses, the fear has largoely departed also, hence the better feeling and returning contidence noted above. 1t is the boast of Omaha that there is no city 1n the country that can show as strong banks, that is banks having 80 largo a percentage of theic liabilities in actual cash, as was shown by the recent statements, The. confidence in the banks has been so great that during a'l the trouble with breaking banks in other cities the business men of Omaha have not drawn out a dollar of their money from the banks except to meet their obligations. The suvings banks have suffered a reduction of their deposits, but largely from depositors who have drawn out their money to loan at o higher rate of interest than the banks would pay. Business men are now waiting to take their cue from the banks and the moment that the bankers commence putting out somo of the money that they have piled up in their vaults nothing can prevent an immediato and rapid revival of trade in all lines. A good many business men feel that 1t is time for the banks to looso their purse strings and adopta more liberal policy in the matter of loans and thus belp along the revival of trade, , A verypotent influence on trade is the erop outlook which is very encouraging in 7R ebraska at the present time, and as the souson is so far advanced there is very little danger of any disaster between now ani harvest. Witha good corn crop business men have always experienced a good trade and they see no reason for the present sea- BOn being any exception to the general rule. This of itself would be a sufticient reason for there being a better feoling in Omaha. As the jobbers of the city commence to see their way out they are drawing no little consolation from the fact that there never ‘was a time of general depression in the west that the jobbing trade of this city was not improved by itin the end. There isa nat- ural tendency -for the larger retail firms throughout the state to buy their goods farther east, as they imagine that it gives them a better standing in tho eyes of their customers if the goods are secured in the largt castérn markets, With the coming of close times these firms do not feel like going down east to buy hand-to-mouth bills of goods where in the past they have laid in a whole season’s stock at a time. Then, too, eastern jobbers cannot afford to be quite as liberal in the matter of extonding the time on bills, asthey are farther away and not so well prepared 10 keep a close eye upon the course of events. This naturally turns the attention of the retailers toward western jobvers with the result that business relations are opened up between them which are ever afier con- tinued. The crop failure in Nebraska in 1801 frightened the eastern jobbers and made them very cautious. While western jobbers suffered a loss of business av the time they gained a good many new cus- tomers, who are still buying from them. Tocal jobbers report that the same thing is taking place at the present time and that they are adding new names to the list of their customer: While business is still quiet this gain in the number of customers does not count for much so far as swelling the volume of trade, as the retailers are not buying large bills, but they anticipate that with the return of good times these new cus- . tomers will hecome very valuable acquisi- Ytion. 1t may be of interest to know the indi- vidual views of representative business men in the different lines of businoss in the city. W. A. L. Gibbon, President of the Com- mercial Club—The natural conditions as to crops are very favorable, but no means have yot been devised to move them, and trade must remain in a more or less paralyzed con- dition until such relief comes. Up to the present time we have had very few failures compared with other western trade ors. A4 Allen of Allen Bros., Grocery Job- bers—The wholesale grocery business so far has been larger thun any previous year, in spite of the closo times. Kor what roason we are unuble o say but only know that it isa fact, A good feature of the dull times is that both jobbers and retailers have learnoa that they can do business nearer a cash basis. The volume of pusiness in the rocery line this month will be fully as arge, it not larger, than the same month Inst year. Collections in our line are get- ting botter as the retailors realizo that the jobbers eannot carry thom, and they are pushing collections in the country. Thero is cortainly a better feoling in Omaha than there wis ton days ago. W. V. Morse of tno Morse-Coe Shoe Com- pany—The territory tributary 1o this city is fortunately an agricultural country and the crops aro fair. As a rosult we have some- thing to sell for cash which the east and Europe are ready tobuy. On this condition of uifairs we Oxpect & fawr fall pusines: but the merchants are going to buy vor, close, and will pursus & bana-to-mouth pol- fey. There ave u good many men out of em- ployment owing 10 the reduction of forces on the part of tho railroads and kindred enter- nrinus and it has ufMected general business, ut if congress will do whatit can to restore u feeling of confidence we will share in the reaction which will take place everywhere. Bilver and the tariff are the two great ques- tions. My own opinion is that gold should be the standard, but that silver should be continued as woney, only give us a doilar of silyer for 81 aud muke tho propor- tion 80 to 1 if necessary, 1f President Cleve- land will send a special messugo to congress and suy that, havingin view the financial conditions, he would recommend that no tariff legislation of Illf’ description whatever be entered on for at least two years, the minds of manufacturers would be put at case and the spindles would commwence to whirl again. George M. Tibbs of M. E Smith & Co., Dry'Goods Jobbers—-Without desiring to gloss over Lhe subject, we can say that the sick a1 18 able Lo sit up again, which is saying d»:oml deal. The house trade in our line ha: o heavier this week than any time sin last spring. Mail orders are also improving, sud we are getting botter reports from the men on the road. "There are more sigus of fall business this week than any time before, The vetail merchants are not anticipating their wants yery much and are buying light, but they ave buying. They all agree that we bave a fine crop before us and thit is & great encouragemont. During the last fow days we have not moticed s discouraged man thev all secm to feel stronger and more con adut W E. I Branch, Commission Merchani— August is usually a dull month in this line, but in a general way the fruit and produce comumission business has not suffered as ueh &8 wany other lines of business from b'-mll_ ;A.I:afim IAL' th mu:‘u Lo there is ng in tbe air and people seem to Fosilse that we are over the J’:‘#.\. Collec: tions are slow in the oity, but that is usually the case at this time of tho year, as so many leave the city on their annual outings and bills are allowed to run longer than usual W. S Wright of Rector & Wilhelmy Company, Wholesalo Haraware—We fig- ured that business would be dull this month and let seven of our traveling men go to Chicago to visit the fair, 80 that we are hardly ina position to speak intelligently of the situation. However, from the size of our mail orders and from the general tendency of things, we.would say that the situation is cortainly no worse. The re- tailers have cut down their stocks and with the least revivalof trade we must feel im- mediate results. Things have apparently reached the bottom and they cannot long remain stationary, but must turn for the better. L. D. \Fowler, Cashier Germun Savings Bank—The feeling is better and things seem alittle better in Omaha. There is more confidence among people and the banks arc opening new accounts and a good deal of moncy is being placed on deposit. At the same time thero is a good deal of money being taken out for actual use by the de 10sitors or to loan to parties who cannot get accommodations at the banks. The fact that we have passed over so much of dull times without serious results naturally creates the impression that we'must be near- ing the end. AS DUN SEES IT. nness of a Man Who Gossips—Times Getting Ietter, The Omaha manager of R. G. Dun & Co., reviowing local trade conditions, says: ““About the meanest thing a man can do in these times is to circulate unfouanded rumors affecting the standing and credit of a local business house or banking institution, When this is done with malico aforethought the individual guilty of it is simply beneath con- tempt, and good people should take pains to show their disapproval. ““This roflection is based upon the knowl- edge that ono or tywo, perhaps three, citizens have gone out of their way to give currency to some rumors affecting two solvent banks in Omaha. Ono of the individuals in mind has no more sense than to vent his spleen in this way, but, unfortu- nately, ho is so irresponsible’ financially that ' the banks cannot hope that auy proper punishment can bo meted out to him, There is reason to believe that the walice of partof this attempt originates in an antagonism which is far too common in_this city between citizens of differing religious belief, 1t is reassuring, how- ever, to be able to swte that the rumors have failed to bring the disnster which malignity hoped for. Both the banks re stronger today than they were on the memorable 13th of June, and while the falsehoods are aanoying and to a limited de- gree damaging, they will fall far short of their apparent purpose. “Uninformed persons expected a ropetition of tho excitement of June 13 on or about August 13 when the sixty-day notices given savings banks should mature. In this they have been agreeably disappointed. Every- thing is sereno at_all tho savings banks, Of 812900 for which notice was given in one bank only $1,100 . was called for. ~ All tho remaining notices were volun- tarily withdrawn. At another, which re- ceived notices aggregating almosy as much, the experienco was similar, Only $1,500 was taken out and of this ono account was for $700, and its owner was leaving the city. Novertheless, sixty-day notices are still given, and some lustitutions which re- fusod to resort to this relief two months ago have come to it, thus vindicating the Jjudg- ment of those bankers who thought it ‘wiso to Stop the run at the outset by making de- positors abiue by their contracts. “The bankers of the city very generally agree that tho bottom has been reached with them. KFor the past threo weeks there has been practically no decrease in their deposits. If the people of Omaha would rocover their scnses and return their money, now hidden away in wood boxes and other out-of-the-way spots about their dwellings or in_safoty de- posit vaults, in the usual channels of trade the effect upon local business would be al- most electrical. “*Hopo is expressed in banlking circles that the back of the panic is now broken. The "New York reserve is {ncreasing and gold is returning. Individual citles are relying more upon_themselves and less upon Wall street. The country has about con- cluded to resume business without waiting for action at_Washington. In fact the common people have nover placed much reliance on_legislation as a panacea for their fright. The small depositors have entire confidence in the country. Itis tho banks they have come to distrust. When they seo tho reserve increasing and tho banks recovering thoy will not be long in following. “Wholesalo trade is good only in tho grocery line. Tho failure of one largo-house has divided its trado up among tho others and thus their average sales aro equal to or ahead of last year. In hardwaro the demand for goods is only fair. In almost everyother line trade is dull.” FACTORY FACTS. Notes Concerning the Men Who Make the Wheels Go Round. For the past weok or two Secretary Holmes of the Manufacturers association has been working on a plan for making a home industry exhibit at the state fair. Yesterday afternoon the executive com- mittee of the association held a meeting and authorized the secretary to make an exhibit. The fair association has granted the man- ufacturers all of the north endof agricul- tural hall, which will eive them a spaco 100x150 feet, The Elkhorn has granted the exhibitors the usualhalf rate on goods for exhibit, and all the other roads will charge the full rate one way and return the goods froe, and on presentavion of a certiticate from the secretary of the fair refund the money paid, thus tran: {;ortlng the goods free of cost oth ways. The Manufacturers association will pay all the expense of urranging the goods and looking after the exhibit during the fair, 80 that the only expense individual exhibitors will be put to is the delivery of their goods at the fair grounds. All the members of the association will be requested to inform the secreiary of the amount of goods that they will send for exhibit, so that arrangements may all be made in ad- vance for placing them in shape. The mana- gors of the association are desirous of mak- ing a good showing of home made goods, 80 as to attract the attention of the public to the home industry movement. The following were elected members of the association: W. M. Malory, manufacturer boiler compound, Omaha; Omahu Buggy Pole company; The Parlor Furniture and «Mattress company, Fremont; W. F. De- singer, cigar boxes, Fremont; Fassett & Peck, job printers, Lincoln, Ll In Sepember, 1802 dysentery in a ver O TAr torm it aevniiad Na Ay SANAT AL B VRRY Walter Willard, a well known merchant of the place, procured a supply of Chamber- lain's colie, cholera and diarrhwmea remedy, He say: “It is cortainly one of the best things ever made, and has given the highest satisfaction in the most severo cases of dys. entery.” For sale by druggists. Frmni bl 1 A Diminlshed Fortune, One of the big fortunes affected by the present financial troubles av St. Paul is that left by Lyman Dayton. He was a pioneer, and built a house in Minnesota's capital when the place was a village on the hills, and what is now the business district was @ swamp. One day Dayton and two friends sat on a bluff talking and gazing at the “mud hole.” It was suggested that if the town grew the lowland might become valuable. Soon after the three seperated, and early next morning one of them saddled his horse and started for the land office at Still- water, eighteen miles away, intending to preempt the swamp. He had gone but a short distance when he saw a companion of the day before ahead of him, also on horseback and with the same purpose in view. The two raced to Stillwater, and finished even in front of the land office. At the door stood Lyman Datyon smok- his pipe. “You're too late, boys,” he said; "I came over last night.” "In the course of years the "muv:r hole” made him a multi-méllionaire. e Used with Great Satistaction. Brraen Hiu, erson Co., N. C.—We hav used Chamberlain's colio, cholera and diar- rhoea remedy with xreat satisfaction. It has proven s good_mediciny ln every case.-. . Clayton & Co. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, AUGUSP 2 T2 A AAVU? COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL Combination of Encouraging Features Oansed an Improvement in Wheat. THAT CEREAL, OPENED MUCH HIGHER Shorts Were Alarmed at the Showing and There Was Mors Dolng Than of Late—Stooks and Bonds. Cricago, Aug. 10.—~Enormous export cloarances of wheat and an lmproved New York bank statement caused an advance of 134¢ in September wheat today, ${c of which fnin was still adhering to the market at tho close. Corn, oats and provisions wero dull, the latter oxtremely 8o, and price changes were insignificant. . Whoat dt the opening was from 3¢ to 15¢ higher, eased off a triflo and with 'some fluctuations prices ad- vanced J¢e, closing steady. ‘Tho ex- ports from both coasts of wheat and flour wero 1,100,000 bu. larger than the previous week, and 2,370,000 bu. larger than the cor- rosponding weok & year ago. From five pomts the cloarances of wheat were 500,000, 000 bu. larger, and of flour 32,000 bbis. larger than last week. The receipts at pri- mary markets for the woek were 350,000 bu. smaller than last week, and it is estimatod that the visible supply will show a do- crease of about 750,000 bu. ogainst an increaso of 8,522,000 bu. the corresponding weok a year ago. Shorts wero alarmed at the showing and there was more doing than of late. Realizing sales took some of the edge out near tho close. Good cash demand and the upturn gave corn a hoist, The trading was entirely between put and call prices, The advance did not exceed e, It seomed one long yawn in the oats pit, s0 dull was the trade.” Prices were confined to igc ranger and the market closed at lust night's figures. Provisions were neglected. Pork was up alittle but there was no business in it TLard opened be off and scarcely moved after- wards, September is 7 1-2c lower and Octo- ber bc lower than yesterday. Ribs were rather bester demand and were bringing 10c advance av the close for September. Hog receipts were i5,000. Iistimated receipts: Wheat, 86 cars; corn, 800 cars; oat ats; hogs, 22,000 head. The loading futures ranged as follows: Articlea. | Opon. | High, | Low. | Clos WHEAT— Aug... Sopt. 615 LIS . 40% 80 611 (s [IEHEN 381 383434 B8 a1 233 24 50 40 50 i Aug..... Sept. 20 20 o 95 SHORT RIS Aug. . Sept. Oct. 70 70 0 el 7% 52% Cash quotations were ns follows: Frour—Dull; nomi; mlliy unchanged. WieAT—No. 2 snring, 613¢c; No. 8 spring, no sales; No. 2 red, 611 Coux—No. 2, 88%c. No. 8 yellow, closing at B8 OATS—No. 2, 98%c; No. 2 white, £. 0. b., 284 @30 1. 0. b., 28@284c. Ryk- 0. 2, s BARLEY—No. No. 4, 0n tra FrAx Seep + 98c. TIMOTILY SEED—Prime, $3.45@3.50, Pork—Mess, per b, $12.00@12.75; lard, r 100 Ibs. 85.175@8,30: short ribs sidos (loose), $7.95@8.00; dry &alted shoulders (hoxed), 87.25@7.50; short, clear sides thoxed)' #8.2508.50. sV HISKY="Distillors' inished goods, per gal. SuGARsS—Cut loaf, 6xc; 5.67; standard “A," 5.70. Tho following were tho recoipts and ship- ments for today: ANTICLES. Flour, bbls..... granulnted, T RECEIDTS, 11,031 5,825 204715| 240,790 205 2,500 70 B 1,583 79 On the Produce exchango today the buttor murket was steadier; creamery, 19@24i(c; dairy, 17@22%c. Eggs, firmer; stricrly tresh, ldc. I 11043 208,000 TS, New Yourk Murkets. NEw YoRk, Aug. 19. — FLouR—Roceipts 82,000 pkgs.: ¢XpOrts, 7,000 bbis., 4,000 sacks; saos, 4,000 pkgs.; markot dull, unchanged. Conx'MeAL—Steady, dull, RyE—Dull, nominali western, 55c. BARLEY MArt—Dull; wostorn, 75@80c WitEAT—Keceipts, 458,000 bu.; exports, 130,« sales, 715,000 bu. of futures, 3,000 bu. spot; spot market very dull, %@3c igher: No. 2 1 store and clevator, 68Y{@UH: afloat, 68X@69c; 1. 0. b., 68%@701{c; red, 65@70c; No. 1 northern, 70c. Options wned steady and advanced %@%c on largo oaran , firmer wost and local covering, closing firm; No, 3 red, Soptenbor, 60}4@69X, i 693c; October, 714@72¢, closing, 72c; OM@T6e, elosing, 76 cipts, 72,000 bu,; exports, 63,000 20,000 bu. futtres; 16,000 bu. spot. Spots firmer, qulet; No. 2, 47i4c in " elovator; 47Xc a float. Op- tions dull and unchanged, closing steady; September and October only ‘traded in; Sop: tember closed 47ic; October, ATH@ATC, closing at 4The; Decomber, 46XG@475e, clos- ing ut 463c. OATs—Recelpts, 126,000 bu.; bu.; sale: ':u.unlu bu.’ llulurn!.l 34,000 bu, spot. Spots quiet; whites easier.’ Options dully steady; Septomber, 3014@30%c, osing at ; October, 80%e, closing at 81k¢ Nover No. 2, 805@304c; No. 2 white No. 2 Chicago, 31%¢; No. 8 Chicago, No. 8 white, 38@39¢; mixed westorn, HAY—Firm. quiet; shipoing, 85¢c; ehoieo, B0caH100, Hops—Dull, Hipes—Nominal, Provisions—Out. nominal. Lard, irroguler, wuiet; stoam, steady ‘nt 89 options ~ saie: ninal: October, omber, Cony— R bu.; salos, exports, 100 good to meats, dull; middles, western salés, 250 therces ut none; September, #8,95 $8.60 nominal." Pork, duil; western, 817.0017.50. Burrki—Quiot, (MO WeSLOFn croaniery, 17@25'%ce; Elgins, 25) kEsk-Quiot, steudy: western small, 80 tancy volored, 9}@9%e; part skims, full skfms, 106, is—Quiot, eusy: recelpts, 8,748 pkgs. frosl, 15@16c; seconds per cuso, y, auiot, PETROLEUM—Market was dull; Pennsylvania oll, spot sales, none; option sales, none, 60¢ bid; 1, sales, none, Steady, qulet. Morassks—Nominal; New Orleuns, open kot~ od to choice, dull. g 11G InoN—Dull; American, $12,75@15.00. ovrEn-saadys Inke, 890,60, Lrav—Quist; domestic, $8.374. TN —Kirm; Stralts, 818,60 plates, stendy. B .70, uls Markets. 19~ FLour—Steady, dull, ER—Quiot St. Aug. domestic, 81, Lous, changed. ' WHEAT—\Vas strongor on export nows, clos- 1ng K@3%0 up; No. 2 red, oash, 531501 Algusts BHEYe, nowinal eptember, 59%¢c asked; O¢- tooer, 62¢ bid; Decomber, 68¢ bid. Conn—Firmer; No. 2 'mixed, cash, 84)c August, Bici Soptomber, 80ic; Debombior, e Oars—Firm; No. 2, cash, bid; August, 23% g Rye—Firm, dull; No. 2, BarveY--No trad BurrEs—Unchangoed Eaas—Unchanged VISLONS —~ Easler; lard, $8.11 RecEiprs—Flour, 2,000 sacks; wheat, 66, 000 bu.; corn, 57,000 bu.; oats, 18,000 bu, SHIPMENTS-Flour, 6,000 sacks! wheat, 29, 000 bu.; corn, 49,000 bu.; oats, 17,000 bu. Liverpool Markets, LIVERPOOL, Aug. 19.—WiEAT—Quiet and de- wand. poorr holders offer freely: No.3 red winter, 03 644d per contal. Conn—Dull, demand poor; mixed westorn, 4s %d per contal. phouk=Prime wmess, weatera tine, 913 33d por Lanp—P'rime western, 485 6d per owt. New York Dry Goods Market. BW YORK, Aug. 19.-Some luprovement was L bo ROted 10 dry goods today, partly i the way of & better fesling and partly through incrense lu the trausactions. Insluding one 1wo of some Lmportance. Whether this is SAriodLe OF Bot. ouly Ume can tell, Brown un- ‘40 bid. new, current cottons have the lead ot atthnllan, which class of goods would undonbtedly maye first Job- oTs fre seliing some gocdmebat have small npolie but they are not expecting the futu Exports aro takiug.some cottons, I is a feature of l\m‘flugsflm‘nl Omaha Produce Markot. Yrrrgn - Fancy croamerfes solid packod, 100 1 0 mot e solid packed, 16@180; cholce to fancy country, 14@15c; falt to good country, 12@13c; Pcking stock, frosh, 11c Live Pourany—The recoipts Tor this woek are largor; cholce old hens; 74e; old roosters, A@be; spring chickens, 9 iic EGas—The receipts are Hot large, but they are sufficient to supply #ho trade. The bulk of the sales nre reported at11¢ GAME-A fow birts are commencing to ar- rivo from northern points HONEY—New honey has putin an appoar- ance on the market, but tho domand I 1ight chioice new white clover, 161 Praroxs Tho Jocnl i elubs require quite agood muny pigeons, and in addition to that there is quito n shipping demand; live eons, per doz., $1.60. VEGETABLES, Home grown stock 1s plent ders from the country Honie grown stock, per 4-basket Dig- ON1ONS £ 1. o1 ¢ TOMATON , T5@S0c PoraToES—Th supply Is very light and tho market fiem, On ordors from the country they AFo worth at lenst 75@S0c. CARRAGE—The business in shipping eabhago o the country uppears to bu about over. Oceasionnl ordors are receivod and filled at 1t4¢ LERY—Stray shipments tho quality of the stock is pr for this season of the year. bunches. re arriving and nounced good Celery, por doz FRUITS. GrarPrs—So far this soason thoro have not been vory many grapos in from California, Callfornia, or case, $2; Illinois, per 9-1b. baskot, 40@5 CALIFORN 1A FRUTTS-Farly Crawford peaches, per box, $1.16: b to 10-box lots, $1.05%1.1 elings, ¥1.107 10-box lots, clings,’ $1; Bartlett poirs, por box. #3; pluins et bov, $1.600 763 extra fancy plums, $2; nectarines, per box, $1.50. MELONS—The supply, of watermelons i Iarger than 1t was @ fow days ago. Good watermelons are solling all the way from $16 10 $20 p 100; small or inferior, #1000 )0 1 cantaloupes, baskots, $1.25; Short cratos @1.50; long crates, $1.7602.00. PLES—NO applos to amount 1o anything & shipped in, and_the supply of” hoino grown stock is moderate. Choiee Duchess, per bbL, $3.50; common variotis, suitable 1o ship on orders, $2.7563.00. TROPICAL FRUITS. LEMONS—The steady warm duces a very fair demand for 1 houses are doing a good ste thom. Mossinas, exte Mossinas, ORANGES wonther pro- s and - all ly businoss in fancy, $6.0026.50; ancy, $5.005.50. fow orangoes ar- un s weets, $8.75, patn about steady. Por , small to ANAS: large, medium, 32 TinEs—No. 1 groen hides, 205 No, 1 greon salted hide groon salted hides, 2 ) I‘h. to 40l IS No. saltod Ttod 1 veal calf, \I{‘ 8 |h|<. In\ 15 vy flint hides, 6e: No. 2 dry flint 1 dry salted hides, be. Py 1b; less than full tod, ouch (short 15@20¢; dry sho arly skins, No. I, ew s (short. wooled carly sk dry flint, Kunsas and Nebrask \ool pelts, por Ib., actusl woight, 10¢ 1 yling iKansis and Nobeaskn mu'rrain ol polts : fling Colorado birte actual weight, 9@ 10¢ rain wool pelts, dry pi curod nide: e P Skins), “each wooled ¢ wool pelts, per dry flint Colorudo mur: por 1b., actial woight, 7@oe o5 and bucks, actugl welzht, 5d7e. LLOW _AND G Tallow, No. 1, 4c taliow, No. reaso, white Al Blac; grease, B, 8c; grease, yellow, 23.c; groase, dark, 2i4c; old-butter, JB3Ye; eqe swax, prime, 10@ rough tallow, 24§ @3c. X Kansas Clty Murkets. KANSAS CrTy, Aug. 19.—\WiEAT-—! 0.2 hard, 51%c: No. 2 refl, 52, @ Firm; No. 2 mixed and white higher; white, 31@ —Slow; No, 2 No. 2 nominuily 3532 ER—Iirni; ¢ mixed, 21@20¢; .nué'r{, 17@21c; dairy, 15 tve and firm at }te: RECEIPTS - Wheat, 4,000 b, wheat, 8,000 bu, ) c shipments, MarKet! New ORLEANs, Aug. 19.—Cotton—Futures stoady; sales, 29,900 balos; Angust, $6,69 bl epteraber, $6.690 ctober,. 80.60B6.5L; November, Decembsor, 37.00057.01; Februiity, ' $7.2307.25 3 quiet; good nidddiing, 716 oy fow middling, 6 9-16 net and gross receipts, 1,219 bales; éXnorts to,_continent, 650 bales; constwise. 1,186 bules; sules, 1,050 bules; stock, 48,001 bale January, arch, $7.3107 middling, "6 18- good ordinary, Coltes Market. NEW Yonx, Aug. 19.—Options 10 poluts down, closed steady, unchanged to 10 points down sales, 15,000 bags, including: September, $14.70; October, $14.70; November, $14.00; Decenber, $14.55@14.60; Junuary, 814 March, 314,60, Spot Rio, dull, nominal; No. $16.75, Philadelphia Graln Market, PHILADELPHIA, 19, WiueAT—Active; No. 2 red, Aucust, 655007 % ConN—Steady; mixed, 4Txhe Oars—Firm Minneapolls Wheat Murkot. MINNEAPOL Aug. 10.— Wheat market stronger wad ndvanced laterin' the day; Sep- tember, 553c; December, b2be. Cashi Wheat, on track: No. 1 hard, 59%c; No. 1 northern, 573¢; No. 2 north 530 August, 47@ No. 2 mixed, Augnst, 32 Clnemnatl Markets. CINCINATL Aug, 19.—~WHEAT—Strong; red, 60c. ConN—Mixod, 42c. Oars—Firm; No. 3 mixed, 28¢. WiIsKY—Stond. No. 2 Totedo Grain Market, TorEpo, Aug. 19.—Wnear—Dull, 2'cash, 615, Conx—Dull, steady Oars—Qulei; cash, easlor; No. 2 cash, 42tc. Baltimoro Graim Market. BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.— WhEAT — Market strong; No. 2 red, August, 66c. Conx—Duil: mixed, sot and August,46ic; No. 2 white western, 33¢ STOCKS AND BONDS, Great Lack of Interest Manifested In the Security Market. New Yonk, Aug, 19.—It i3 only necessary to state that the total sales of stocks for the two hours of business wero 41,340 sharos to givea clear idea of the lack of interest in the stock market. Before the bank state- ment was issued the room devoted its time to guessing the amount of probuble gain or loss in the reserve, after the exhibit opora- tors were busy analysing the report. In the meantime speculation in stocks languished and but fow Issues showed any material change for the day. The bank statement was genorally accepted as favorable and it contributed to the firmness which character- ized the closing transactions. ~ ‘The news of the day was rather move fayor- able. 1a Touraine, with $1,348200 French gold, and the Etruria werevopérted down the bay with #1,850,000 additional on board. From St. Paul it was anuounced that the Mil- waukee National and the Commereial Na- tional banks, recontly susponded, have decided to reopen. Of , the, dozen roads which submitted their trafieistatements for the second week of Augysg. only oue, the Louisville & Nushvillo, showgd a decrease, 1t should be stated ‘thot she last named reported a decrease of 07,400, Ull, thero was littly ~disposition to trado and it is quite likely thiat no important movement in the stock market will take place until something defipité’is heard from Washington in monetary matters, In detail thu market opened quiel —and genorally lower, Manhattan and 'General Jlectrie peing the weakest stocks.” Distilling and Cautlefeeding then develpped, strength, ris- ing to 195, The general Nstthen advanced 1{to 13 per cent, outsido'¢f Manhattan, which Jumped 24 per cent to 1085 on cover ing by nervous stiorts. The market closed strong and firm. Ihe Post says: Interest centered today wholly in the bauk statement, which was expected to settle, in 4 measure, the im- portant question, how much of the imported old has been obtained and held by the clear- ng house banks. The statement, which ap- peared rather earlier than usual, was reas- suring. 1t held that this week an average of $4372,000 more spe- cie than & week ago. Although the stock of legal tenders de- crensed §703,700 and deposits were heavily contracted, the reserve hus gained §4090.- 575 and now stands 12,000,000 below the legal limit. Yet the immediste source of the new gold holdings is still somewhat un- certain. Part of it represants the gold re- turned to the bauks, which facilitaties the aarliest of specie imports, but it is curious shat the suw of increase Lallies almost exetl with the not balaace paid by the New Yor! sublreasury 10 cily bank—a movement 3--SIXTEEN PAGES otherwise reflected by the weel's shrinkage in the government's rosorve, Nevertholess, however they were obtained the now gold holdings are in the banks and it is not un- reasonable to suppose, since the gold imports and the treasury gold disbursemonts have been Iarger during the last few days, that today's gold reserves in the bauks are groater than the statement shows. The new bank circulation, as the statement shows, comes in with disappointing slowness. The followinz aro tho closing quotations tho leading stocks on tho Now York nge today on Adams Express Alton,Terra Hautr do profd Amorican EX Baltimore & Olio. nada Pacifie. Al ral Pacific Ches, & Olilo Chicago & Alton &N FE & Wastorn. Tmp. |Oregon Nay 0. % I 5 Pacific Mail Proria Dec. & B { | Piutsbu Pullman P 0,0/ C ¢ Roading v Cotton 01 Cort Richmond Tor Dl & Hudson do prer'd Del. Lack. & Wost Rio Grang ¢ R. G, pfd o prot'd . Fars. 0o Rock Isiand {8t o profd. 8t P ROt St P, & O, profid Soutliorn Pacific. . ar Refinery. @ Wost 24 110 100 85 Tilinols Cantral St Panl& D & Toxas pr ako Erl & West. o pror'd Lako Shord. Load Trust Loulsvillo & Loutavill Manhattan Con ... 1081 Memphis & Chasi. 10 (M. Michigan ki Missouri Unlon 4|U. 8. B 74| W, St L. & P do profd. ..o reo iDL e | | s |83 h Amer. Co.. St K Northern Pacific 2k Tho total sales of stocks todny woro 4 shares, including: Burlington & Quine Chicago Gas, 6,700; Distilling, 8,600; € Electric, 5400; Manhattan Cgnsolid 1,900; Northwestorn 2,100; St. Paul, r, 1,800; Western Unton, 4,100 ° New York Money 1 at 3 per cont. RiME MERCANTILE PA STERLING EXOHANGE business In bankers t 34.83024,8305 for sixty-day s and $4.8701.87% for demand;; 1 bills, $4.81@4.86%. SILVEI ( ~73c Firm. PRR—S@12 por cont. with actual DS Stato bonds tions on bonds. ST &, M. 16 SL L& S, B fic s of uisana sm| Missourl s Toni. new Kot§ Tenn. new 8ot 5. Tonn. new set 38 Canada So. 2ds. . Central Pic. 1sts. D. & R. G. 18ts. 108 91 81 |R. ~ Ists. 95 | Atehison 4. 102 | dollgelass A G.H. & 8. A D8 GHL &S, Gl M. &1 707 40 e |N. Carolii | "o as, So. Ca, Browis. 10014 | Va. B8, 3 85 | Va Ex-Mat. coup. 138 | Northorn PL3y...0 02 100 99 05 122 Ba. RS (Linatoa a b8 Boston Stock Quotations. BostoN, Aug. 19.—Call loans, 8 per tinie loans, 6 percent and commission. Closing quotations on stocks, bonds and mining shares: TR loctric do prefd. ... Wis. Centr Buston & Alb; Boston & Maine, do pref'd.. § atral 1568, Mintug €0 Atlantic Doston & | Butte & Boston’ |Calumet & Hecl c fal N. Y. & New Eng. old Colony. Oregon Sh Rubber an D New York Mining Quotations. New Youk, Aug. 19.—The following mining quotitions: Point o the Halo & Noreros: Homest Mextean. Ontario Ophir *bid. llow J on 3 Quick Sil do profid. el 60 Liias 1500 San Franclseo 3L AN FRANCISCO, Au. 1 guotations for ollows: g Quotations. ~Theo official closing mining stocks today were as *Alta [Mexican Tl 3 Gould & O Hale & Nore “obia St. Louws Mining Quotations, . Louls, Aug. 19.—There was no trading in mining stocks today. The following are the closing quotations: Asked. Bd. Askod GraniteM. . 200 |Amer. N.. .30 Eliziaboth. 10| Montrose: b BId. 120, K Finunclal Notes, KANSAB CITY, Aug. 19.—Cloarings, $985,645. New ORLEANS, Aug. 19.—Clearings, $811,- 68Y. PAS, Aug, 19 for the sccount. BALTINORE, Aug, 19.—Clearings, $2 balan , $206,011, LONDON, Aug. into tho Ban £55,000 Mewpis, Aug. 19.—New York soling at #1.50 premium, balances, $11,588, uz. 10.—The statoment of _the Tm- perlal Bank of Gormany shows an incronse in speclo of 160,000 marks, NEW Yok, Aug. 19.—Clearings, $65,828,690; —Threo per cent rentes, 99 164,418; Money, 6 por cent. 19.—Amount of bullion gone of England on bulance today, exchange Clerings, $44,530; . clgarings, 50. *Money, 6 per cent. BostoN, Aug. 19.—Cleuriugs, $10,208,492; #938,652. Money, 1074 hinse on Now Y $1,000. For the we s, 6,690, rings, guinst for tho s r. New York change $10,0015.00 discount. Storling Change nominglly #4.80%484%. Money steady at7 percent. L Louis, Aug, s wook, $10,459, 208,407 lust W 19,01 22, 515 same woek i, $15,576,002; bulances, ouk i Monoy York, 1802, 92,789,¢ quict, @8 per 2,50 discount. on New Detroit Free Press: The young and winsome maiden called to see her father on behalf of George, the youth who had won her heart, but who was not her father's favorite ather,” she said, gently, “I want to tell you something, and you mustn't be ory well,” he replied, “I promise,” and he bent forward and kissed her. “I want to tell you, father, that George and [ave in love, and we want 10 got married.” The fatl forgot his promise ina second and began to storm, “Haven't 1 told you I wouldn't have him about the house? Haven't I for- bidden you to see him?” he ranted. “Now, once for all, I tell you if he comes here again or sees you uu)’\vhcre else, I'll kick him all over town." The girl stood her ground like a little mau “Now papa, dear,"” she said. *‘yow'll do nothing of the sort. George is young and healthy, and the champion all-round athlete and slugger of his club, and we had a conference this morning and 1 told him I'd love him just the same, oven if he had to pound you clean out of shape in defending hls rights in this | case; 50 you might as well submit now, | aud save us the necessity of resorting to | harcsh measures, See?’ He saw. Been so v OMAIIA LIVE STOCK MARKETS Oattle Trade Generally Dull During the Whole of Last Week. DRY LOT CATTLE ARE VERY SCARCE YET Good Demand for Fat Heoves—Prices Plok- Ing Up on Other Grades-Hogs Stl Ruled Stelotly by thy Law of Supply and Demand SATURDAY, Aug. 10, Rocelpts of all kinds of stock show up well compared with last woek and the corre- sponding weok last year. Tho figures are as follows Oattle. 10,160 Hogs. 32,042 Shoop. Receipts this wook.. Receipts last wook Same week Inst yoar... 9,141 24,321 1,561 The general cattle market has been very dullall weok. At Chicago during the week there was a 30c to 40c decline and this, to- gother with most discouraging experiences of exporters,imparted a very yreak tone to the trade. The market has becn almost entirely without outside support, and the demand practically confined to the dressed beef trade, prices have tended lower on all grades with the exception, perhaps, of tidy, fat, light, dry lot beeves. These, however, have been too scarce to cut much of a figure in the business. The supply of westerns has been comparatively small for this season of the year, and prices have certainly not been such as to encourage wore liberal shipments at this time. Cattle Trade Foatures. Receipts today wero hardly as heavy on last Saturday, and seven of the 65 cars re- ceived were Kansas City Texans, billed to Cudahy. Offerings were very largely rangers of only medium quality, including & trainlond of Indian Territory cattle, about the first good sized bunch of southern cattle this market has received this year. The market was vory quiot. Good dry lot beeves met with a veady sale at about steady price: 1,150 to 1,850-1b.” cattlo bringing #4 to #4. Ocdinary 1,050 to 1,200-1b. steers were barely steady at around £3.75 and §3.85. Half fat and grassy stock was weak and_lower, hard to move at any price. Some fair Wyoming rangers, weighing around 1,100 bs., sola at §3 10 §3.10, aud the entire trainioad of Indian ‘Territory cattle sold tor $2. 1t was a dull, weak trade throughout, and there were some very decent cattle in the pens at the close. Common cattlo aro selling 150 to 25 lower than the close of last week, and aro in very poor demand at that. Tho cow market has been in pretty good shape all week. This is readily accounted for by the limited number of western cattlo offered, which, ordinarily, largely take the place of native cows at this season of the year, and the small proportion of native cows marketed. The demand has been quite brisk and the light supplies have changed hands readily at com- paratively good figures. Prices today ranged from $1.15 for common nners to for good fat cows. blo butchers’ cows are selling very largely at from & to $240. The offerings of calves have been fairly liberal, fully up to the d magd, and prices have shown little variation { a'0s tday were from $1.60 to $4 for - ferior to very good veals. Fat bulls and stags haye been quotably firm atv from £2.50 to 3,50, but rough vhin stock 1s slow sale at from $1 to $2. In feeders there has been a gradual stif- fening of values. A good share of the cattle offered have come under this head, and the cheap prices have brought out the country buyers. The hard times have a tendenty to the country demand, but most feeders who are in_casy circumstances aro taking advantage of the situation and buy- ed cattleo to eat low-priced corn. Good to choice feeders are quotable at £2.70 3.00; fair to good at §,50@=2.70, and_common stuff at §2.00@2.50. Ropresentative sales: NEEF k) Desi Ay. .. 1079 1184 1005 1021 1170 D940 . Bos L1160 576 595 516 1087 840 11001 1020 85T [EESSC) 1060 845 970 840 870 948 747 920 593 818 785 oY P © (N P AR It o o0k - © CmmaE —EmTl BB HEIFER; 35 35 45 440 502 514 450 620 e 140 348 224 810 1......1010 1:.:00 1280 S100 620 L 620 L 482 . 718 701 . b51 750 D794 518 L 790 957 . 935 1015 5 aon No. WYOMING. 3 strs, tlg 1120 2 00 8 steors 24 steers... 1125 3 10 27 cows 1 steor... 1000 2 50 31 steers 1stecr.... B30 200 21 stecrs... 1atag.... 1870 2 00 21 steors TEXAS, 928 steors.. K64 2 30 Hogs Up and Down, Tho courso of hog valucs the past week has been very largely governed by receipts. During the first half of the week, with but 12,000 hogs, prices advanced 43¢ to bde, but 1g the past three days, with 21,000 hogs, decline of 85 tod0e. Iverything dson supply and demand. The ulativo eloment has y pretty well \aken out of both hogs and provisions by the stringeucy in money matters. und while prices are from §.50 to # below the high time last IFebruary their position is strong. Receipts $0 far this month have been 8,000 heavier than for the same poriod ast August, and while it is altogother probable that from now ont 2050 0¥ last year will be 1 d stocks are so low and the prospect of liberal receipts so remote that this fact can legitimately cut but little figur W 1, nccording to the Cincinnati Current, the total packing in the boen only 4,545,000 hogs, against 5,750,000 for the same period last year, a decrease so far Lhis packing season of 1,185,000 hogs. It will tako abnormally heavy receipts for soveral months Lo overcome this shortage, Tho geuneral quality of tho liozs has not ry goo of late. They are running 1o hesvy weights, and, whilo these are good enough, the light and mix; hogs are auything but choice. The welght now is over 260 lbs., or fully 80 1bs. heavier than & year go at this time ‘This has created a vigorous demand for Light weights and sent them up Lo o premium of from 10¢ to ble. Frices Little Changed. Receipts today were scarcely half as heavy as on last Saturday, still the week’s veceipts show up 7,000 heavier than last week and 8,500 heavier than for the same week @ year ago. Conditions were much the same as on Friday anl there was little quotable chaugo in the market. Everybody waited light and medium weight hogs and 200 to 250-lb stuff sold all the way from $i.80up to .10, with vrime 1731b sorts at$5.80. Heavy and mixed packers went largely at $4.65 and $4.75, with extreme sales at from #4.50 to $4.80. Stronger marketls +..1050 817 very L east and the good general demand here im- | proved the market toward the close and some late sales were fully 10¢ higher than the early market. Kverything sold in good season, the bulk at from $4.65 to $4.50, agolusl $4.05 to $4.85 Friday and #4.0 to 1ast Saturday. on Representative Pr 50 55 60 60 No. 74 55 600 84 400 600 240 PEEEE 333119103 70 70 78 75 5 ASSORTRD, 5 80 Surep — Roceipts consisted of double-decks of westorns. veloped nothing new. wanted a few good, fat sheep, but the demand is very limited and prices down at the lowest point in over two yoars, Fair 10 good natives, &00@ fair to good westerns, $2.50(1 common and_stock sheep, §1.50@2.75; good to choice 40 to 100-1b. lambs, $3.00004.50, A e 240 510 oleven The market de- ocal slaughterers Receipts and Disposition of Stock. Offictal recolpts and disposition of stock as shown by the bhooks of the Omaha Unlon Stock Yards company for the twenty-four hours ending at 5 o'clock p. m. August 19, 1893 RECRIPTS, RN, T, WO, &nis ‘lmufin.« Cars | Hond | Cars. | Head [Head. T Cars. VERS, Omaha Packing C Tho 6. H. Hammond Napp Che Cidahy Pack (g Cloveland Cudahy Bro Wissmuth Swift & Co. Bo& UL H.&S Stook 1 Recelpts of live stock at the four principal westorn markets Saturday, August 19: Cattle. Hogs. 1,619 3,226 2000 16000 G000 4,000 1500 800 1419 24,026 Chioago Live Stock Market, Ontesco, Ang. 19.—[Spocial Tolegram to Tuk Bee.)-—Wholesalers again pervadod tho cattle niarket. There was 11ttlo or no Inquiry for cas! bunt, und the loc aom satistied h n fow carloads. About head arrfived, ui 141 for tho week 4 1 70,334 for the ar. During the first wonth tho arrivals (, of 34,000 hoad Sheop, 2167 80 ity St. Louls. . Total corrosponding woek Iast y ninetecn days of the have hoen about 1515 1ess thun for th The hoz market thy morning an \d prices linproved, | than for Friday. Tho run quite Pegtations, amounting to whant hut_light "receipts for week aro looked for and freoly in conseque sold “around $5.20° and brought from 35.50 1o § vts for the weok reach 124,000 head, which s ahout 51,- 000 more than for last. week and 50,000 moro than for the corresponding wouk Jast year, “There was no demind for shosp, the present neods of buyers having been fuily met. The supply for his week amounts to 6,700~ - ver that never beon equaléd but threo times proviously —and buycrs are loaded to the brim. The few sales mado tolay were at lowost prices and quotations now range from $1.25 to $3.90 for inforior to cholco sheep and: 000, ale. Tato Sprang un 10¢ higher jualed ex- 16,000 head, tho first half of next Al packors bouzht Ohofeo heavy hogs wssorted lizht attle, 2,000 hoad; calves, 2000 head: sheep, 2,000 hoad. A cipts, 6,000 head: shipmonts, market slow; commnion stoeers lowo steors dull and ‘steady to 10c lower: others stendy; dressed beof and shipping steers, 83.6525.00¢ native cows, $1.00@3.40; Texas stoers, $2.20 @3.80; stockers and focders, § 0402.00, Hoas—Receipts, 4,000 head; shipments, 3,000 head: mirket opened netivo, strong anc H@e)0e higher; elosed oasy; best ho ro lue higher than_yesterday; bulk, $4.9585.: ull grades, §. b nEEr—iRecoints, 1,000 none; market good sheen others dull; T lumbs, $3.00@ 4.4 St L sr. Lout head: shij angod Hoas ~ 1,700 head; #5.70; bulk of sales, #5.25@5.60. HEED — Roceipts, 100 ~head; 0 head; no market made. A 1T KILLS JUST FOR FUN. he: shipmoents, truding light n and strony, is Live Stock Market. Aug. 19.-CaTTLE—Recelpts, 1,800 wents, 1,000 head; market steidy, 800 hoad; shipmonts, v 5B10c lower; top price, shipmonts, The Butcher Bird Siaughters Mice and nnkes by Spiking Thum on Thorns, The butcher bird that is familiar to all ranches in California is considered by the foremost ornithologists as the most sngacious bird in America. Thomas Oldham of Lordsburg tells the San Francisco Examiner that he belioves it is as cruel as it is sagacions. ‘I have paid lots of attention to a pair of butcher birds at my place for six months,” said he to us the other day, “and I have learned many new things about tho habits of the peculiar butcher bird, A puir of them have followed me while plowing for three or four days at a time, watching and waiting for me to over- turn a nest of field migce. When I over- turn a nest they will pounce down upon the little mice and claw and peck them to death. Then the mouse carcasses are carvied away to some neighe boring orange or lemon tree and sviked upon the thorns, The birds sel- dom eat the mice, but kill them f sheer love of excitement. When they cun spike a live mouse, or even a rat, on a thorn, they flutter about and ehatter with themselves as if they had groat fun in seeing the rodents” squirm and twist in the throes of death. But [ am most surprised 10 seo how strong buteher birds arc and what they can lift and fly away with, I have often secn toads that had been impaled upon the thorns of the century plant upon my plaee and lefy to die. The other morning T saw a butcher bird with a snake fully a foou long. Ho had it by the back of the neck and flew with it up into an orange tree. He then nailed the reptile onto a thorn and sat and watched it. He let the snake almost wriggle off, when he flew at it and would fix it on more firmly. Because theso birds are destructive to sophers and rats they ave considered the fricuds of the orange grower,” Throughout Cochin, China, in Tonguin and the extreme east theve is a very venomous snako callod tho ‘“najus, whose venom causcs death in two or three hours. Kvery year this snake has been the cause of death to 15,000 pessons. It was evidently a mattor of vastim- portance to discover an antidote and this has at last been done by Dr, Calmette, a Paris physician and & pupil of Pusteur. The substunco 1s a sort of salt of gold, which not only acts medi- cinally after the bite, bui as a sort of vaceine taken internally it renders the person proof against the eonsequences of the najas bite D Takeo Good Oare of the Ohlidren, PoixrsvirLe, Burlington Co,, N. 4., July 17, 1804, —Our baby, now 14 months old, w taken with every symtom of cholera i tum. | commenced using Chamberluin's colic, cholera and diarrham romedy, and after the first few doses he was relioved, aud at this writing 1s us woll as ever. I feol | that I cannot speak too highly in its pral Mrs. W, E. Reed,