Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1893, Page 15

CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE Businoss Situation Shows Little Ohange During the Weel. COLLECTIONS ARE STILL FAIRLY GOOD eventful Week in All Tending to Reduce Trade—rroduce Mon Active. Jobbers Report an the Volume uneventful weok as re- in local jobbing circles. business along the 1t has been a very pened to disturd tenor excepting vention of a holiday had a tendenc, reduce the volume of business, and then, oo, it being the last of the month, a good many merchants were t00 for the coming of the new month to visit the There appears to be a general complaing all over the country regarding the reduction iness consequent upon there being only five instead of six business The clearings at Omaha points showed a heavy in the volume of by days in the wook. cont behind the corresponding week last year, Minneapolts 44, St. Paul 53, Den Kansas City 41 and St. Joseph 42 per cent The Chicago bankers have just announc that the rate of interest on deposits will fter be 3 per cent instead of 4 pe: Omaha bankers say tha change lowering the rate of interest on time deposits is not contemplated by the clearing house at the present time. about some time ago, but was dis- posed of, and will not come up again until next summer at any Produce Men. The wholesale d the only one as formerlv, The matter was alers in produce are in tho wholesale trade to de- dyantage from the Thanksgiv They always do especinlly in dre: week is the heaviest of the lers, and the Monda a large business, ear for dressed transportation companies have their hands full to deliver promptly very year large quantities of stock i recelved too late for ud such have had er figures than would have been realized wd the stock been received and this scason is no_exception, as consid: bie stock due Monday did not get i until Tuesday and Wednesda Omaha market caned up, espee wulod low on all kinds of poult 1Ly on turkeys, but pric y lurge this soason in the west, and in anticipation of a large supply vised their shippers to oper tiously and otly on a low basis of cost, so that iu some sections farmers would not ac- by shippers and speculaters, preferring to hold th hanksgiving © than last, to be better this period of te very cau- holiday is a weel | ) which should cause the qual 1f anything, as every wee the year shows an improvement. eot of Holidays on Busine: Reflectlons, Omaha manager of R. G. Dun & Co., speaking of local trads, Mr. W. H. Roberson “Thanksgiving broke in upon the week and left but five days for business. Wholesale circles this means only about three days of trade for the rea- son thay o large number of the traveling men‘came in off the road for Thanksgivi Tt is the season of the year when contracts are renewed for the year to come, and many of the knights of the road are in the city negotiating for the futuve. that are in town are not selling goods and the volume of sales is affected by the fact. “With Thanksgiving day came the first severe storm of the yearand this encour- ages traders in nearly every line, able weather is very important to business In fact, unseasonable weather is al- The prospect now is very generally Of course those more or less ways bad for trade. that the winter has set in in good earnest winter trade will be through Docember. Considerable prepara- tou fs being made for Experience in former years has shown that no matter how h pooplo will keep up the good old custom rd times are and dealers particularly three ot four weeks, though, asa matter of fact, thero has been noa In former ye: similar lines Avity in their live: s i great many purchases fol the holidays were made in November. year the trade is very slack. to bo very little disposition to anticipate the gift season. n banking circles nothing new 1s re- ported oxcept that all believe there is o At the savings banks thero is a slight improvement of money both v people are obhiged to withdraw their savings on account of their hand, the more thrifty are returning to the savings banks At each of the savings past week a number of There seems slight improvement. A great mu pecessities, On tho other banks during the ccounts have been started. he feeling very generally now is that if congress will act promptly in regard to the tariff bill one way or aunother business will begin to resume its normal condition all over re is Lo be a long ogitation of the subject first in the house und then in the senate it will be difcult to forecast what the effect upon trade will be, *“Ihree months ago a millionaire in thi er cent interest for monef with collateral in the shape of par stock at %5 conts on the dollar, If, however, th eity offered 10 the money. money at 6 percent cn the same stock, stock to be taken at 100 cents on the dollar Unfortunately for both p ties, the conditions bad changed and the borrower could not use the mohey to aavan- tage, even at 6 per cont, although he says he could have made 200 per cent if he had been vermitted to borrow the money at 10 per wvent a fow months ago. man, whose bread never falls butter side dowa, 18 known to have made $18,000 or §20,- 000 in side deals during the panie, he common lavor that needs employment in Omaha so much as the skilled The fact is that common labor hus never been better employed than noy. double track on Puacitic, the work on the bridge, the work at and the public works have been Lo several hundred men, and a uued right through as collutera N—— This same gentle- 1 L the Missouri part of these wall be contiy the cold weather. plumbers, the bricklaye and the man in other similar trades are the real sufferers. It is bardly to be expected that theso men can secure employment be- . the stone masons T'hiere appears to be quite a movement in the Unlon Stock Yards company Several of our best known citizens who are alveady heavy stockbolders in that iustitu- tion have been picking up odd shares here and there for three monthsund it is reported that the stock has advanced from 85 cents Lo quite a disposition growing mes to indulge in' a and as 4 reaction isalways certain in this country I predict that with uing of spring and a full mooey mar- uite a good many new ‘s speculative in char- acter, entered upon in this city. What e noed now more thau anythiog else is a little fearless investment. expected that men who h lbo!‘lll.x“mnnth -lg} .m‘lenu ul reasouable Lo auticipate that those whohave had their funds locked u useless for & considerable period will bo- ©0ma auile suxious Lo even up on the loss of #$1.20. There is ite of the hard i little speculation, ere will be enterprises, wore or ave been pinched 1y become reckless, interest by (nvestments which promise ex- tra rowards,” Cotton Marke 81, Lora, Dec, 2.—Corrox—Very dall toda; grdinary, & 7-10¢; good ordinacy, 615 low middling, 7 5-16c; middling, 79-16¢; good middiing. 7 + midaling, fair, 8 5-16c. NEw OnieANs, Doc. 2.-COTTON—Futures, stondy; sale 0 hivles: December, $7.506 7.85; Janunry, $7.0307.64; Februaty, $7.730 7741 Mareh, 47.6007.83: April, $7.9028.91; May, $7.9827.99; June, 85,050 NEW ORLEAN oc. 2. -CoTTON—Quiet; middling, 7 good middiing, 7%¢; low widdiing, 7 wood ordinary, 6 15-16c. Net recelpts, 14,900 bales; gross, 16.200 bu exports to Great Britaln, 13,900 ° bal France, 7,600 bales; continent, 1,200 bales coustwise, 5,448 bales; salos, 8,500 bales; stock, 302,900 bales. Boston Stock Quotations. Bostox, Doec. 2.—-Call ns, 2@3 per cent. Closing quotations on stocks, bonds and mining shares: Aok, T, & 8. F 1% T Ameriean Sugar... K114 Wis. Centeal ¥ do preferrad,.... il Alchison 2d4. ... Bay State Gas K New Eogland 88, Hoxton & Albany 3 |General Bluc. b8 Hoston & Matne.... 114 | Allousz Minthg Co C.B &Q. . #04 | Atlantic ¢ General Blac 33% | Boston & Moniana Mexican Central.. 014 Butte & Boston N.Y. &N.E 344 Calumet & Heela., 300 Ore. Short Line R |Centonnial...... 3% Rubber....., ...... 89 |Frankiin.......[ 124 Biskive ey s ol Big 0 Pacific..... 30 West Bnd ¢ 132 Westingh, Bio Kansas City KANSAS CrTY, 3,700 head; shipment siendy to ' stron 607 shipping steors, native cows, 81,260 $2.8504.15; stockers and foedors, $2. oG8 —Recelpts, 4,600 head: shipments, 500 head; 11ght hogs ‘wore 5¢_higher; heavy, stendy; bulk, §5.2. heavy, preking and sixed, 35.10@5.40; lght, Yorkers and pigs, £4.50105.45, HEEP-Roceipts, 400 head; shipments, 300 1 narket'stoady. o) —Roecolpts, 2,600 head; market Toxis _stoor 1.00@5.85; New York Mining Quotatio W Yonk, Dec. 2—The followlng are the ng quotation B0 Plymonih rown Poin. 00/ Siérra N Con. Cal. & V. 00 | Standard Deailwood Gonld & St. Louis Mining $7. Louts, Dee. 2.—The rutinto which the mining stocks have fallen was not lmproved by the dealings or prices mado sting of mining brokers today. The following were the closing quotations: B Askod Adams St. Loms Live Stook Market. 81, Louts, Dec. 2.-CarrLe—Recelpts, head; shipients, 400 head; murket stowd no natives on sale: Texas steers sold, $2. W, 075230 Receipts, 1800 head: shipments, 3,100 head; market strong; top price, $5.50; bulic of 0725.40. Receipts, 100 head; shipments, 800 rket nominal, not enough supply to simake price Weekly Bank sStatement, Yok, Dec. 2.—The weekly bank stato- tshows the Tollowing changes: Reserve 51,725; loan: specie, incrense, 33,375,200; leg. s, 34,894,900; déposits, iner 3 $173,700. 901 in_ excess of per cent rule, Financial Notes, cw Onreans, Dec. 2.—Clearings, $3,339,- IKANSAS City, Dee. 2—Clearings, #1,648,- 441, Menpis, Dec. 2.- ing at par. Cloarh 471, BALTINORE, Dec. 2.— Dbalances, $498 For tl $1,797,144. PHILADELPHIA, Do 8581; ba 22, £09,632,6 k exchange, sell- 5, $405,374;balances, $60,- , 8$2,848,161; k, $11,802,897; —Clearings, §14,117,- 307, For the week, 38,268, 3; balunce: CIXCINNATL, Dec. 2,207,600, Tor the weelk. $11 oy, 4@6’ per cent. New York exchitnge, 70¢ premium. BostoN, Dee. 2.—Clearings, $21,808,214; balances, $2,358.709. For tha week, 37 44 #10,235,514, Money, 6@6 cent. minm for c: 1w YORK, 2.—Tho oxports of specie from the port of New York for the week end- ing Decombor 2, umounted to 3118,000 In gold and 3768,184 in silv rings, 8117,064,- 737; balances, $6,258,702, For the week, $000,- 850,000; balanices, §27,415,655, Cuieaao, Dec. 2.—Clearings, 817,412,000, For the week, $83,279,000. For the cor- respouding woek last' year, $123,631,000, Now Yorl exchango, 70c preintum, Sterling oxchange, firm, quiet; actual, $4.844.87. isy; rates 6@7 per cent quoted bui 1 specinl cases. 2.—0loarings, #5,381,857; 0. clonrings this woek, five $20,161,954; bulances, $3,027,625; clear- rresponding weele Inst 'year, six days, 8,377,627; b #3,731,594; cle ngs tast six'duys, $22,168,136; Dalances, $8. Moticy, qulet at 768 por cent. hangé on Now Vork, 90¢ prewmiun. s INTEREST RATE REDUCED, Chic 0 Savings Banks Wil Pay Three Instead of Kour Per Cont. CnicacGo, Dee. 2.—Afier January 1 the in- terest rate on savings deposits in most, if notall, of the Chicago banks will ba reanced from 4 to 8 per cent. This is the result of heavy accumulation of funds for which no employment can be found. It is expected the immediate effect of the cut will be a drawing ouv to some extent of deposits. Persons whose accounts amount to any con- siderablo sum will seek investments paying a move remunerative rate thaa that offered by tho banks, - Boss McKane in Court. New Youk, Dee. 2.—John Y. McKane, the bose of Coney Island, and five or six others whoare charged by Justice-elect William J. Gaynor with contempt of court, were in the supreme court st Brooklyn yesterday as prisoners. McKane made amidavit that no injunction was served on him iu connection with the Gravesend affair and that he never said: Injunctions don't go here,” “Tho entire day was spent in reading afi- davits. An adjournment was taken until Tuesdiy. A Carpet Trade Picklog Up. PuiLaveLmia, Dec. 2.—John Bromley & Sons' extensive carpet mills in Kensington started yesterday on full time and the mem- bers of the firm say the prospects for the future are good. Moyle, Harrison & Hayes' carpet mills huve increased their running time from seven to ten and one-half hours per day. B THE REALTY MARKET, INSTRUMENTS placed on record Decem- ber 2, 1808; WARRANTY DEEDS. Mrs 11 Kaiser to Ernest Kaiser, lots 14 and 16, block 8, Roso Hill.........8 825 B E Thouus and wife to M I Bourke, lock 24, Walnat (i1l ... 160 ady andWife to Sl Sie 11, Priyn’s subdiv of Paulsen’sadd. 8,000 Wil Whisker to I L Kriebs, lot block 60, Bouth Omalin ... 8,600 W R Hutelinson toJ & Harris, jots 4 to0), 14, 15, 17 to 19, 24 and 80, block 1} lots 4, 5,6, 9, 10, 14, to 17, 19,20 and 24. block 2; lots 7, 11 to 16,20 to 22, block 81 lots 11’10 14, 18'und 19, Block 4, Harrls & Pattor- son's Anuex to South Omaha; lot 8, block 4,24 add to South Omahai lots 20, 21 and 22, block 2; lot 14 block 6, Potter & O's add to South T S e . 23,000 Herian Kountze of ai, to Druid "Hill Bullding assoctution, lot 20, block 8, wnd 1ot 4, block 11, Dratd Hill......"' 1,400 Druid Hill Buildiog association to § B Colltus, lot 4, bloek 11, Draid Hil.. 1,700 1 A Kosters and wife 16 Omaba Nu- tional bunk, lot 17, Woodlawn Place 8)2 A L Wichterman and husband to Lorenz Koenlg, lov 10, block 2, Plaloview ... Sern QUIT CLAIM DEED! E § Flor and wite to W E bmals, s 4 and b, undly c Mayno & ‘Kiley's subdiv of O Mayne's 2d add"to Valley............. A Btarr and wife to Fassurpsic Suve ing bank, lots 14 and 10, block 1, nmouth park. . ... oty 1 Adolph Moyer and wife 1o Adda Both- well, s 26 feet 1ot 6, block 16, Bhull's 2 adld., e 400 pexDs. GA B LL, speclal '\ umf""nsn"lo. boek TR Aon & Total awount of Lragplers..........4 34,304 contritagals, 06 tost, 8¢: falbs, none: refined, | sprine, Bs 8a@5e 614d; No. 2 red, winter, B3 2@ 3i4d CoR—Flrm; demand good; mixed wostern, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKETS -16¢: No. 12, TNAATD A, 44@4 10,8 9-16@23%¢; S Canadian, 11s 5d PROVISIONS—Pork, best, extra prime moss, fine, bacon, long and ‘short, 55-1bs., 485 6d; long cloar, 45-1bs,, 495 Inrd, 00s; confectionors A, 44@4 8-16¢; crushed, 5@b 3- @4%c; granulate Diminishing Receipts Yesterday Madoa Firm ‘Wheat Market. Receipts for Eleven Months at the Loocal Yards Show a Nice Increase, powdered, 4'0-16 3¢; cubes, 4 9-16 Omaha Produds Market. Burter-—-The market Ddvery weak and the amount of butter that brings over 20¢ Is very small; chofce country, 18@20c; fresh packing Notwithstanding the omission of ono day's receipts the supply of * than last weoek, s oven moro marked. ¢ this alone, will ac- MILWAUKEE, Doc THAT CEREAL. OPENED RATHER WEAK CATTLE CONDITIONS IMPROVING Chicago the inc This fact, and_probably count for a 20 drop in prices during the DREsSED PoviA te, 80¢; No. 8 white, verpool Market Was Stendy und OATs —Qulot; ofthe Run of Raugers and an Over slightly Higher Prices Soon d — Fluctuations Corn Were Limited, 9, 48%c; samplo, 34@ 1 and the pAckers are o nd ducks, 0@plse; turk; ho arrivals du two have been light, and €he market ori No. 4, 48k atures—Hogs Stll Mighty g on the busis of #4.7 the very naturo of th hogs, so that in hogs must o down speculative sup- chunged, $5,2: RECEIPTS—Flour, ¢ bu: barley, 56,800 bu SHIPMENTS— Flour, 8,200 bbls.; wheat, 84, bu.; barley, 40,000 bu vort there is going up, while with any 3 of hos price Cnicago, Doc. 2.—Diminishing reseipts, a possible decrease for the week in the visible supply and covering by shorts made o firm rket today, and closing prices were ij¢ higher than imated small receipts for Mon- Provisions were dull, irregular and or 13 having a ver SATURDAY, Dec. disorganized ceipts somewhat, but supplies for the | five market days, with comparisons, aro as beneficial effo demand, which fmproving and price: incroaso of sup- to o lower. © consoquontly firming New Yonk, Doc At 5@10 points lower on ¢ closed stoad disposition 1o se If the Ontions opened { the nume wilt be given th airie chickens, proximately knpwn kets would soon adjust them- 10 10 points net advance on 7,000 bags, including: goese, 36.00@0.5( Receipts this wook Receipts Inst weok, Same week lnst year Receipts for the month of November were notablo from the fact that the run of 94,520 hoad, was the heaylest on rec ord for November and noxt nmonth's receipts on record. sources are conflicting ing in the dark The week closes with a fairly liberal sup- rn markets, buyers pro- ceeded to try to fill thoir orders a) a be to 100 never anxious to hold . but they i March, $16:85; May, 31 Rio, easy: No. 7, $17.75@17.674 lordova, $20.00020. and every one is grop- #2.76@8.00; redhend du ducks, 81.75@ mixed ducks, $1. ks, #3; blue wing te: green wing toal ducks,$1.50; vasbuck ducks, Wheat opened with a slight decrease, out was steady murket steady With lower east the Liverpool slightly nigher and prices soon hardened. Bradstreet's reort for the week's ship- flour and wheat from both consts statod the quantity at 2,440,000 R0 DE JANEDRO, Doy receipts, 8,000 bags No. 7,815.00@20.00; ock, 18,000 bags 10@11c; an- hogs over Sunc willing to accept so heavy 4 cutand trading s “The shipping demand was better than exvected, in fact, about the best of the weels, and this fact o prove as the morning advanced, particularly on the light and butcher to the heaviest T'he figures ar telopo’ saddlos, Eaas—Tho 1y cipts of fresh lald_eggs are very light and ors are nsking 23c. bulk of the stock is golng at 20G@21c. Tloney 1s commencin 1ittle moro freely, but the demand 1 still light ito clover, 1617 Ovsrers—Medium, broken by u hiolid: . 1s usually dull, and day was' no isod the mar and the amount o vight gerades for was strongoest Neavy hogs, especially the very heavy hogs, ale throughout and closed mean. Light and butcher weight hogs sold largely , while the heavy and mixed 0ods are qulet, the trado belng pocts of an selects, 23¢; com= ht and net western receipts were but cars, aganst 1,075 cars on the corresponding day of last year, and the idea that the ceipts from the northwest will decline until, thoy show an excoedingly small d o, gained ground with a vanco in price: supply for the week showed 250,000 to 450.000 bu., and this had an effect m the sending up of pric there was some covering closing prices wer cts, 2601 counts, 80 Chestnuts scarce at changes are awakening lively interest, Wool Market. 2.~Woor—Fairly At #.20 and §. packers brought .17 2 two of primo hoavy weights brought £5 and low mark for rough packers was tho bulk at 20 0 $.30 Friday > one week ago today. Representative Sales. Brazil nuts, 13¢5 poc RS KANSAS CITY FIGURES, black walnuts is low and 1o on wants to buy. consequent the wvisible a decrease from Past 11 months, L1 months, 1892 hand-picked STOCKS AND BUNDS, Denns, $1.601.7 SIONS -Onions are qu Active Speculation e SEIL 2 Dentings Wero Unsettied. New Yok, Doc. 1.—There was a v tive speculation on today, but the dealings were unsettled. firm feoling prevaile first quotations were made at an advance of Tn the carly dealings the held, but roalizing sales soon causod a fractional reaction, however, followed by an advance NeAE tho @loss ted at 50@05¢, and at the top figures of the May opened at 68%c, sold Lp® i Put up in berry boxes, 0 of 16 qts,, 81,601.75. “he receiptsare largor and markot1s very weak. Minnesota grown potatoes, in small lots from s in car lots, 607 rado, frou store, 7o¢; Colorado_lots, 67@70¢, “abbage IS not 5o plenty always an oasy o Past 11 months, {c. s dull with fluctuations confined The opening was at yeste close with May at 8975c and tho clos- ing was {c higher at 40'¢¢ at tho day’s top §74,427 1,618,562 | vom the foregoing figures that Omaha is more than holding her own. Change for the Better Noted. Barly in the week the c quiet and rather weak, but light supplies the past few days have changed the aspect and prices have ad- to a ¢ range. 1 will bo seen f CA AT market was firmly enough to fill orders: untry are filled at 1152 received, which s—According to sizo, 40@60¢ Oats was firmor. The opening was at yesterday's close and May closed with a ¢ ain at 8135c. in_provisions was light, the mar- topening slightly i which was quickly of 1{ to 2! per cent. The announcement of the passing of the dividend on brought on a selling movement in the mon stock of the company, which dropped { per cent, the general o the extent of 1g@! per cent, Rock Island Toward the close specu- vrices took an dealings being improvement the market ttle market i is held nt 3@4c. of affairs conside vanced substantially on all desirable kille the situati draws near y Is boing sold; good stock, PorATORS - The supply {5 list svmpathizing ern stock, pe Aside from the demand from slaughterers has been and continues to be very indifferent, as people are letting game, poultry and oysters take tho of boot to present, and no w till after the fivst of the season is_pi continued it longer than usual, but storms 1 He lower and prices suffered As compared with last mght, pork is 7i5c lower, January lard 2146 and Sugar leading. s—Spinach, pe »_There was little inquiry fer ve A fow boats were chartered Buffalo and stora at 3! easy at 20c per 100 for grain to New York. Iistimated receipts for Monda, 's§ corn, 185 cars; oats, 105 cars; hogs, extent just al change is e Tha range to take corn to Rail_rates were s—Tastein Concords 24c Malugas, per 00-10; per 65-1b. bbis, changes of the day cent in Southern I Paul & Omaha preferred, and a_decline of 4 per cent in Rubber preferred, 15¢ per cent in and 1 percent in G an advance of 115 per ceut in St, shipments from that divection fow straggling bunches are received. big bulk of the offerings aro made up of half fat and short fea stock, been on_ feed The leading futures rangec nzlo cases, $1.25; Muscats, double sales of Saturday a weel ing prices of today show about stocks on the list of advances as of declines. Industrial shares which have made the fluctuations per cent; Lead, . common, 91 per , & per cent; D Cordage, commo, preferred, 215 per cent; General Electric and Edison Electrie, 21¢ per cent down. In the general list the changes are-con- fined within narrower limits, the greatest improvement being in Oregon Improvement, 83{ par’ cent; Denver & Rio Grande, pre- and the heaviest de- ugo, the clos thivty to mmnety days and buyers fairly despise it, so that sellers, un- the supply happens to be short, veali: v unsatisfactor The market to y Is lizht on this may por bbL, $4.00; fancy westorn, §1 s erage of prices paid for fall loads of hogs on this market on the month of November for the past seven nberrios are arriving ver in good demant I bell und_bugle, $6.50; Jersey, #5.75; bell und cherry, 5 , vreferred, ¢ was good and lively, K ceints were not heavy and the demand from y good. Thero was a freo seful grades of Sugar, pre’ A all sources was 75 per cent; movement and price steers ruled strong at Friday’s s,0f course, like the quality of thoofer- ings, are very uncertain and uneven, but ou remain nhout steady: per 50;per bunch, <o) Good lemons, 84.25@4.50. ~Mexicans or Florldas, HIDES, TALIOW, ETC. s—No. 1 green bides, 2ic; No. 2 green N saitod hides, 3¢: No. 2 'No. 1 _green salted 1,450-1b. Christmas beeves, better than any- thing secn here this year, topped the ma ket, bringing .90, the highest price paid Fair to very good old at from £1.10 to co wa ferred, 214 per cent cline in Northwest. 2. A ays: Perhaps the best descrip- tion of today’s bank statement would be to say that it reflects the stock market oper- There has been liberal partly speculative in might be guessed from the The surplus groen salted hides, 2c Lides, 25 1bs. to 40 Ibs; hides, 25 1bs, to 40 Ib: 1bs. 015 lbs., bey Ibs;, 8¢; No, 1 dry fiing hides: dc: No. 1 dr cured hides ‘5¢ per Ib. less than fall; . Supep Prrrs—Groen sgited, each, 85@75c; green salted sneurlings (short wooled early shearlings (short euch 5@10¢; d twelve months. 1,100 to 1,450-1b. beev .75, while the under grades sold from 83 to $. several trains, but the cattle s the close found very few in first hands £ The cow market Wwas Cash quotations were as follows FLOUR-Stendy. 625@62%c; No. 3 onl calf, 8 Ibs. ides, 5¢; No. 2 dry flint The snow storm delayea CorN—No. 2, old freely and ations of the weak. buying of securitie .2 white, 30 8 white, 275@! active and stronger bly a fourth of the offer- ings were cows and mixed lots, and with all local houses in the field after them they were not long in changing hands. fancy cows and heifers sold at from &3 up to §3.50, with fair to good butchers' cows atv from $2.20 to £2.70 and _common and canning grades at from $1.25 to £2. was stronger. $4.494.900 fncrease in loans. reserve, now raised to the monumental sum of $07,000,000, means dullness in the general trade and & money m cheapness, which again foreshadows great investment securities. Today’s stock market needs no extended 2, nominal; No. 8, 38@52¢; No. wooled oarly skins, No. 1, shearlings (short wooled ca 1y skins), No. each be; dry fint, sk butcher wool pelts, per 1b., actual wolght, 103 1lc: dry flint, Kansas and Nebraska murrain 1b., actual weight, 17@20¢; dry flint_Colorado butcher wool actual welght, D—Prime, $3.50. or _ bbl, 812.75@18.00; lard, short ribs sides dry ‘salted (boxed),86.6215@0.75; short clear sides (boxed), $7.50@7.75. Vinsky—Distillors' finished goods, per gal. Zamas E3BISTF ket of unprecedented PORK—NMoss, per 100 1bs. 5! P demand for good wool belts, pe E2 e @10c; dry flint Colora rain_wool peits, per 1b., actunl welght, 7@9c; dry pleces and bucks, ac The calf marke Prime veals sold up to § and very common stock brought 2. Choico fat stags sold up to $. aslow as $1.40. Business in feeders was not very rushing It never is on Saturday and the snow storm did not help matters any. aders_did most of the buying, paying good fiom prices for the desirable offerings and not caring to take the poor, thin, light and stuff at any price, foeders are_quoted at £ to $3.60, fair to good at §2.70 to $3, with grades at §2.10 to §2.05. ative Sales, It was strong, even thouzh prices for many. active railway' stocks yielded fractionally. That some of the speculative leaders of tho woek would sell today to securo thelr profits and that they would choose for the time the moment of the bank statement's publication, were foregone conclusions. hopofulness _or despondency may all tho more easily be made to order on' the stock The week has cnded very ap- propriately with o rapia recovery in Sugar Shoep Trade, Receipts of sheep were light and the quality of the offerings was nothing extra, “The demand was good, and what killers could use went readily at steady to strong but_the trade in the under grades Fair to good natives fair to good westerns, § and stock sheep, 40 t0 100-1b. lumbs, ual welhgt, 6oTc. SvaArs—Cut loaf, .0538; granulated, .047); standard “A,'* 0460, The following were tl ments for today. St. Lonls Markets, 2 —FLour—Firm but siow. caq dull to noar brightened up and « - he receipts and ship- 8r. Louts, Dec WHEAT—Was when the de closed %@l above yesterduy. O December, 59%@59%c; January, 60%c; May, 2 good to choice CorN—Dull, but the close was Y@!c above Representa- csterduy; cash went off %e at 80%c; Good to choice or, 84¢; Junuary, 331, and’ Docember, None offered: 47c bid. HARLEY-—Quiet Burax—Higher; 62¢ on'east track, [AY—Unchunged; The following are the closing quotations of the leading stocks on the New York ex- change today : On the Produce exchange dairics, 16@! today the butter creameries, firni; strictly fresh, 23150 New York Markets. New York, Dec. 2.—Frour—Recelpts, 42,300 3 exports, 16,000 bbls.; sules, 4,000 pkgs.; ; buyers hiolding off; clty mill 50; winter patenis, §4.800 urs, $3.30@3.45; winter $3.804.10; winter oxtra, $2.20 sota bakers, 82 low grades, $1.6021.90; 98 native mixed...... 410 Colorudo stockers... (21N Northery Paciiic.. Receipts and Dispositios Oflicial receipts and dispsition of stosk as shown by the hools of tho Unlon Stozk Yards company for tho twenty-four hours ending at lock p. m., December 2, 1593 & ° D—Quiet ut #3..20. sTER—Nominal at 83,65, FrAX SEED-Higher and wanted at $1,10. Burrer—Unchanged; markot very dull ' i New York Central. T5%|N. Y. &N, E Buig Ontario & Wester. |Oregon Tmp.. 04 Oroon Nav Xpress Baitimore &Ohio. ula Southern.! Ea0s—Becter; 21c for frosh, Cony MEAL—Quiet at $1.75. {endy at 81,15, BAGGING—Unchanged ut 41520 Trss—Unchanged at 95028100, ProvisioNs—Dull and slow at_previous quo- tations; pork, $14.25; lard, 85.15; dry salt meats, loose shoulde $7; shorts, §7.20; baco 213; ribs, $8.25; shorts, 88,50, lour, 4,000 bbls.; wheat, 19,000 hats, 82,000 bu. 7,000 bbls.; wheat, 13,000 HONSES & MLS. BrqarmrSmme yollow western, $2.40 C.C.C &St L. Col. Cout & Tror... Cotion Ofl Cert. o ST TTEITTS @2.75; Brandywine, # Rye—-Nominal; car lots, 50@! BARLEY—Dull S Pyt No. 2 Milwaukee, 62@63c. BARLEY MALT—Dull; western, 66@80c; six- $6.50; longs an [TioGs (saERP, aha Packing Co... do prof'd. ........ , 167,800 bu.; exports, 88,- 2074 Rock Island o )00 bu. futures. No. 2 red, In store und clevator, b, 69%c; No. Options opencd corn, 140,000 b SHIPMENTS—Flouf bu.; corn, 83,000 bu.; oats, 1 9 I Nelson Morris at Northin pt'd, 108 & East. 1L prd 94 Minneapolis Wheat Market. MiNNEAPOLIS, Doc. 2 this morning on froe receipis from tho country: indifferent cables, a 1ight export trade, n the visible suppl, Iebruary, 70'c, closing wi71i5e; Mareh, closing at 7ie; May, 73%@ £ ut78%c; December, 6715@67 o a falling oft . closing at 67%c. VORN—Recoipts, B5,400 by bu.; sales, 56,000 bu.” futures, 5,000 bu. spot. aboard us to the couraging roports from the s probible exports. almost_entirely There was no trading 1o mention in and closed at mbor oponea nominully at b8%c sports from the Interior showod that farmers have sold considerablo of their stored wheat this woek hauled in & small quantity to country clovators' ek or decroased 15 o Chicago Live Sto, exports, 79,400 Wells Fargo Exp. 5 Westorn Unfon Louly, & Nus| o ator, 44%c afloat. dier, ruled quict but firin and tunchangod prices: Janu May, 46 3-16c December, ‘44 11-16@44%c, Options, mar- Memphis &C, Michigan Confral., 101 Missourl Pacitic, .. Mobile & Ohlo. Nash. & Chatt.. Natlonal Cordage nee of from 4oc Xpected 1o swoll the rec vent sellers miy able to hola the market there 5 Httle dungz prices of last week amounted 10 46 o closed steady 44%@ a4, "clo « closed at 447 t of o return Recelpts for the 300 head, which is 20, I, and 82,700 less than for the sponding woek last yoar, liogs ranged about ns on Friday. nd medinim welghts wis holders of lots id not ensily find_buyers at th 8,000 liead, nll of which at from #5.25 to averaging good. 140,000 heid, ious woek, 180,399 supplios ficrensn the lust w problematical 3,000 bu. spot. Norfolk & W. pf'd. Norih Ameri'n Co. The total sn 14| 8L L& K.« cl, mixed western, } 4 track, white stute Obtions dull and feataroless, closing ‘steady atunchnnged Wik very slow, at disinclination on the part of the buy excoptat materlal concession o, howover, vory stiff and ol all offerings at an advance of from } willing 10 pay ear Tos of storks todn shuros, including: Atehison, 14,800: American Burlington, Distiliing & Cat(lofo sral Electric, 6,100; Kunnsas wore 178,600 closed at 34146, Steady’ shipp o Aeover what th N d % 60c; good to cholce, mon 1o choice, 193 Steady;'wet saltod New Orleans, se- (c: Toxas, selected, receipts, 203 | Western Union, 4,000, HoPs—Quiot; state, ¢ 20 for the proy nd 296,052 10 154 The flour market is 5 very dull. Shipments, NEW Yonk, De lected, 45@6b LI B5@50 1bs., 4@5¢ ibs,, 1043611 of sheep has never be mated 7,600 hend, muking o as agalast 63,081 for the Iast week und 41,056 ¥, 45 Wis o be pcted, but they wero not niuch lavger, rang- g frou $1.20° (0 82,00 for prime mercuntile papor, 8546 Bran and shorts steadys bran, $9.00810.00; 24 for the week, , $9.50210,50, 54 por cent. [ ; Texas, dry, 24@30 1bs., 8¢, Ayros, light to heavy welghts, 14@19¢, PROVISIONS—Beof, steady;: famil: extra mess 85,609,001 b oxtra Indin 1mess, $15.004 kied bolllbs, B@9c Exonangr-—Steady, business in bankers' bills at 1,844,561 for Posted rates, #4.5315@4.871; clal bills, $4,821,04,82 SILVER CERTIFICA GOVERNMENT BOND: Knnsas Clty Market WiteAT—Dull 0, 2 rod, 65@55 e poor stuft 1o from Bales of lawbs wero poor 1o cholce, at from $3 v ipts—Cattle, 1 )08, 12,000 he; Lut meats, ckied shouldors, Lard, steadier} osed “ut #5.70; option sales, #5.45 nominal; No. 2 whito, Steady. State bonds, OATs—Very fiem; No. 2 wixed, 27@27%¢ Sen D, 7,600 hoad. The closing quorations o westornsteam clo B ‘xans: Obristinus beev & * 1133 St Paul L P C & P 1ats Irm’ $1.0821.04, ady; d¥@bIC, Hav—Dull and weak; (4mothy, $8.0029.50; extra priwe, §13. 16.60617.60; short clear, $17.006219,00, wostern dairy, nery, 20@275%¢; western faciory, 71508 state dairy, 1926e amery, 22260, 50@14.00; family, g 3,554,401 comnion g Fielde Usofys .. 5 commor (6 ows, §1.2603.20; toady; crouifplly, 20@20¢; dair, BTOCKERS AND FEEDERS, Euas—Very dull and wagk at 20 U, nOW Ant B ket lower than 00,155 pucking wna shiny outs, 3,000 bu. entral Pac. 1808, fancy, small, 105301 2)c 36,600 bu.; corn, 12,000 d light, 85,40@5,5, s—Quiet; state and Pennsylvania, western frosh, receipts, 5,993 plgs. Peorla Graln Market. . 2—CoRN~—Market active and steady; No. 2, 85¢; No. 8, 84¢; new No. 8, 835@ OATs—Market 208@80¢c; No. 8 white, 281302 southern, 23@24c head; largest Saturduy's 'r ipts since May, i market slow, steady; WESTERN CATTLE, CorTONSRED. U yellow, betwer grades, 8 clioice, 38¢ asked; yellow , Off grades, 30133 crudo prime, 26'4@:29¢. PETIROLEUN—Stron: bulk, $3.15; rel 8.30; feeders, 82 oxtra lambs, $4.300 4.00; common o mediu prime, 35@6¢ quiet, easiel white, prime, nited closed at 764c; 40; Washington, | ork, $5.15; Philadel phias und Baltimore, v bbls., $5.15; Philadel- in bulk, $2.60. Qulet: strained, common to good, ToRPENTINE—Quist at 20 4@30c. Rice—Dull: domestic, falr 0 extrs, Bio; 0, 4 A e, OLASSES —Qul good 10 cholee, 8 PG Ihox —Steady CorrER—Strong; lake, §10.4 LEAD Easior; Tix—Quiet; Biraits, $20.55. SPELTER -Qulet: domestic, $3.85. steady; fulr refining, 2¢ No. 2 white, 10 steers. 1185 ook Market. Hoas—Recelpts, 200 Lead; “official yestorday, 1,166 ments, 456 heid; bulk, #5.15@5.20. ts, 300 head; official yester- 712 head; inarkes Sloux City Live T ] L &L M. G55, NWiisky—Markot irm; wines, #1.13; spirlts, RECEIPTS ~Wheat, 600 bu, onts, 25, 600 bu.; rye, none; burley ~Wheit, 600 bu. ; corn, 18,850 b ; 015, 24,200 bu.; rye, none; barley, 4, Duluth Wheat Market. Luth, Dec. 2.-WHEAT—Firm and steady. No.1 hard, cash and December, 6 fined New Y corn, 69,660 bu.; B strs, gl 846 warket' 10¢ lower at SAN FHANCISCO, Dec guotations €or mining st 2.~The official closing C toduy wore s day, 611 head; s very dull at declin 8 foedrs. 1146 Recolpts of live stock at the four prinelpal b foedrs. 1060 western warkets Saturday, December ot Shepy ot; Now Orloans, oven kettle, 540 1 teeder. H40 © Amorican, $1 7 toedrs 1220 15 steers. 1204 Beat & He.clier 654c; No. 2 northern, casl, reJected, 464ic. Liverpool Grain Market, Dec. 2 -WaEar—Steady; de- lders offer moderately; No. 1 7d; No. 2, red South Omala. Cou. Oal. & Va Crown Polnt.. Gould & Curry. ... Hale & Norerosy... Alerra Novilda 2 stes tig1150 1 teeder. 1060 b6 steers..1166 18 bulls...1887 b1 sts, Tex1052 Kunsus Ofty. .. 14 feedrs. 1023 LI BUGAR-Raw, Yellow Jacket. ... 26 wteers.) 508