Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 13, 1894, Page 15

oy & ey THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY MAY 13, 18M--TWENTY PAGE QoW B e R L Tl T e O AR R e AN N A IR S Sl S CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE Business in a Jobbing Way Continues Very Fair in Omaha, COUNTRY MERCHANTS VERY HOPEFUL Disturbances in Rallroad Freight Rates Have & Tendency to Unsettle Business Condi- tions—Omaha Continues to Lend Most Other Cities In Bank Clearings. Business circles are not a little disturbed by the reduction in freight rates of the past week and very littlo else has been thought about, or talked about, by the heavy re- celvers and shippers of goods. A war in freight rates Is one of the most unpleasant things that a business man Is called upon to face, and nothing can be more demoral- f2ing to trade, No one can ever tell to what extent the cut will be carried or how long the reduced rates will be in force. This leaves the business man all at se It he orders goods shipped today he Is afraid that there will be a still further drop tomorrow and that his competitor, getting the advantage of a lower rate, will be enabled to undersell him. On the other hand he is afraid to delay for fear that rates will be restored and that ho will be unable to get his goods as cheaply as others in the same line of business. As a business man remarked: “It keeps us guessing what to do.” This 1s not the only trouble experienced by business men from a cut in rates. The reduction of rates brings about a radical change in the trade territory that can be reached from the different distributing points. Hence the jobbers of one city in- yade the territory of another while the job- bers of the territory invaded are striving in every way to protect and hold their cu tomers. All this adds to the confusion and demoralization of trade, and no jobber can breathe easy while a war In freight rates s in progress in or near his territory. Thus far the jobbers of Omaha have not suftered a direct loss of trade, to any ex- tent at least. It can be easily seen, how ever, that the application of the cut In rates to local points in the state would give the eastern jobbers a big advantage over the local jobbers. A jobber could ship, say from Chicago, to a local point in Nebraska and recelve the cut in rates on the whole dis- tance. An Omaha jobber who had received his goods from the east under the old rates would receive the benefit of the cut only from Omaha west to the local point. In certain lines of business the cut in rates will be of some material benefit, as It will enable buyers here to lay in stocks from the east at a less cost. Coal men are eager to take advantage of the low rates if stocks are to be had at the points of supply, and some lumber is being bought on the strength of reduced rates. In some lines of hardware prices have declined here as a result of the drop In freight rates, while the eastern manufacturers have been ad- vancing prices. CONDITION OF TRADE. Aside from the question of freight rutes there has not been much of general impor- tance In the jobbing line. Trade continues fair in all lines for the season of the year and quite active in some. Jobbers as a general thing express themselves as very _well pleased with the way trade is holding up. The outlook in the country is very en- couraging, as crops of all kinds are doing well and there is an abundance of molsture. Thus far there Is every promise that this will be a most prosperous year in Nebraska, and it s due largely to this fact that trade is holding up so well. Country merchants are very cheerful and confident of the future of trade. BANK CLEARINGS. The clearings of the Omaha national banks fell oft 20 per cent compared with the cor- responding week of a year ago. While this was larger than some cities reported it was less than the average decrease for the whole nited States, which was 34 per cent. St 'aul, with a decrease of 16 per cent, is the only clty In this section if the country mak- ing a better showing than Omaha. Denver suffered a decrease of 44 per cent, Minne- apolis 25 per cent, St. Joseph 33 per cent, Kansas City 21 and Sioux City 27 per cent. The following will show the clearings for each day of the past week at Omaha: .8 955,486 Demoralized Frelght Rates Reflect Serlously on Western Business. Albert Hudrian, superintendent for Snow, Church & Co;, mercantile agency, writes: “‘While business In general shows some im- provement for the past week, the increase is slight and rather unsatisfactory. This 18 no doubt owing to the disturbed condi- tlon of the country. “Property owners are expending some money in {mproving their holdings, an in- dication of growing confidence in the grad- ual improvement of conditions. There is little building, however, and dealers in ballding material are having a light trade. The country is in first class condition, and the rain during the week has ‘only made things better. Hardware dealers report a lively trade in shelf goods, but little doing in builders’ hardware. Grocers are having good business, principally in staples, with 4 light demand for fancy goods. In dry , boots and shoes, business continues _fair. Collections continue light both in amount and number. “‘Business men are much disturbed over the eut in freight rates, and unless the rall- roads settle their differences soon the re- duced rates will produce a serious loss to jobbers in leavy lines. Should the fight continue for any length of time jobbermy will, of course, be compelled to reduce pri to conform o the new tariff. It will be readily seen that this would prove quite a loss to merchants who now have on hand a large stock on which they paid the high rates provafling before the cut. The cutting of freight rates will bring about a demoraliza- tion of prices if kept up for any considerable perfod. Merchants and railroad men are aware of this, and every effort will no doubt made to adjust matters. This break us no connection with the general dis- turbed condition of affairs, but is a matter of rather long standing. = For some time there has been bad blood and charges and vounter charges of faithlessness have been freely circulated. This condition of affairs has been [n existence for a period of al- most two' years. During the closing onths of 1893 a determined effort was made toward a reconstruction of rates on a falr basis, and an earnest desire prevailed to bring about a feeling of more confidence among traflic men connected with the gran- ger roads. . MA western trunk line committee con- vened with Mr. Bird, a man well known for his ability and general knowledge of traf- fle matters, as chatrman. This committee 1d good work, with very encouraging re- sults, until the bad break In grain rates #oon after the first of the year. To quiet this trouble some sort of tonnage or money pool was determined upon, with a percentage division agreement, the detalls of which it ‘8 Impossible to learn. It Is claimed, how- over, by persons who should be well In- formed, that the flght was sturted by sys- tematie under movements of rate breaking by one of the roads centering in this city, another well known road following in the wake, until some companies were as much a8 $50,000 ahead of the pool. * *“Certain shippers have become experienced in the matter of testing the market, playing one road agalnst_the other to the demoral fzation of rates In all direction: The time has come when experfenced shippers, who have learned to appreclate the fallacy of these methods and the danger of break- Jing down froight rates to the disturbance of general commerce, are anxious to bring about a firmly established basts of transportation charges. The Board of Trade of Den- ver has gone 50 far as to demand a prompt restoration of rates, even suggesting some method of equalizing earnings, and threat- ening If this was not promptly done to or- ganize themselves and divide their tonnage in thelr city, withholding thelr business from and discountenancing any attempt on the part of any railway company to disturb existing tariff schedules. This Is a move in the right direction, and commercial ol cles everywhere would do well to turn their attention in this direction, as there Is no other element that will more quickly de- moralize prices than the cutting and slash- ing of freight rates now going on. In try- ing to secure better rates care should be exercised in avoiding the common tendency to destroy a settled condition of values, While making a legitimate effort to secure reasonable freight rates from rallroads, which are too often Inclined to take advantage of the control which they exercise in this line, care should be taken to secure re- duced rates without bringing about a feel- ing of antagonism, which only results in a general cut and the final restoration of the original rates. The interests of railroads and merchants are common on this point. In a country so vast as this one, where the carrler charges materlally affect the prices on all goods, a settled basis of charges means a firm condition of prices. It is fair to the roads that they should operate under a reasonable profit, and just to the merchant that he should not be taxed any higher than is consistent with a reasonable margin. The sooner shippers and railroad men get together and in harmony In these matters the better it will be for all eoncerned. The condition of rates from the seaboard, Chicago, St. Louls and other. great supply centers Is indeed today a matter of special concern to all Missouri river tradesmen, and they should co-operate with the railroads to seciire a return to nor- mal conditions at the peril of suffering heavy loss. As a case In point it is only neces- sary to consider the loss of a lumber man stocked up on a 35 cent rate when the rate slumps to 13% cents over night. It is to be hoped that some settlement of this question will be brought about at an early date. In reviewing these matters it Is gratifying to know that while business In the west is not all that it should be, affairs here are, as a matter of fact, in much better condition than they are in the east. The conditions are fayorable and there is every prospect of a plentiful harvest. Farmers are busy, country merchants are encouraged and job- bers feel that with the assurance of an abundance of corn Nebraska in general, and Omaha in partieular, will undoubtedly expe- rience an era of prosperity this fall, “We are far distant from the labor troubles, manufacturing at this point is not directly affected by tariff legislafion, and local influences operate more directly on the condition_of trade than in the great eastern centers. © While this is true, of course it is only so in a measure. The stagnation of affairs in the east naturally affects the market, and we are ultimately the suffer- ers in the way of price on produce. There seems little hope at this time that the Wil- son bill will be decided very soon, and, In- deed, it s asserted by somo that it is the object of the present congress to let the matter drag until adjournment, thus shift- ing the responsibility on to the next con- gress. It is difficuit to state at this time what will be the ultimate outcome, but there is certainly some satisfaction in the knowl- edge that business at Omaha and i Ne- braska is very much better than elsewhere, and shows a decided tendency to improve.’ Trade for the Last Week Falrly Satisfactory —The General Outlook. Mr. W. H. Roberson, manager of R. G. Dun & Co.'s mercantile agency, speaking of local trade for the week, says: “Omaha’s jobbing trade continues good in nearly every staple line. Possibly hard- ware trade is a trifle off and liquors are dull, but groceries, dry goods, boots and shoes and drugs have had a good week. Purchases are small and the agregate 1s not so large as a year ago, but compared with six months ago Is very satisfactory. During the spring at least 330 new names have been entered on the ledgers of our jobbing houses. They are those of mer- chants who have been accustomed to re- plete their stocks at other jobbing centers in the past. Owing to the extra effort of our trade to induce new buyers to come here and to the general disposition of coun- try merchants to buy lightly and conse quently near at home this market has opened commercfal relations with a prom- Ising line of new traders. When this cruel pinch is over and the normal demands of the country are restored the volume of sales will be very largely increased from this source. “In retall circles this has been a fair week, though trade was not all that the more sanguine may have expected or desired. The presence in our midst of the represen- tative body of the Ancient Order of Hi- bernians brought a large number of visitors, and on this account retail sales were stimu- lated. However, if the Hibernians had not Dbeen here the week would have been dull, “Speaking of the national convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians brings to mind the fact that neither theBoard of Trade nor Commercial club seemed to appreciate the situation. There were nearly 400 repre- sentative Irish-Americans in our midst for nearly a weck. ~ A glance at the convention in session would convince the most skeptical that they were men far above the average in_ intelligence. Many were gentlemen of considerable distinction, nearly ull in com- fortable circumstances, financially, and sev- eral of them independently rich. ' It seems unfortunate therefore that the bodies men- tioned took no especial pains to inform the visitors definitely as to Omaha’s present and future as a place for business, residence or investment. The gue ts were handsomely entertained by their immediate friends and courteously treated by all citlzens, but they carry no souvenirs away with them in the shape of handsomely printed pamph- lets illustrative of Omaha's resources and future prospects. Nevertheless they saw the city and her suburbs in full dress and were pleased. The mental photographs of Omahu which they have carried away may be o value to the city, and if the information burean of the Commercial club will show the late visitors the courtesy of mailing each one a_copy of the new Souvenir of Omaha at his home the oversight which did not provide them with something sim- ilar when here will be corrected. “Friends of the canal enterprise say the future of this great undertaking now Tests upon the shoulders of one strong man whose early return to Omaha Is awaited ~with more than passing anxiety. The citizens have their gharanty of $150,000 pledged and are ready to press the question of voting the bond: “Tusiness men have very generally con- cluded that ‘hard times' will continue some months longer. No legislative relief {s pos- sible the congress moves hefore about July 1. The continuous flow homeward of foreign capital because investors are afraid of investments in this and other countries means continued exports of gold to cancel foreign obligations. The demand for Ameri- can products {s limited and the exchanges are almost certain to show a balance of trade against the States. Mean- while home industries are paralyzed by strikes and dull trade. The unemployed labor is mot a large consumer, and the home market for home products is re- duced. Nothing will completely restore commercial prosperity until the finaneial policy of the government is s« ttled, ¢ ngress adjourns, the labor troubles are adjusted and the timorous investors at home and abroad recover from thelr nervous pros- tration and extreme uncasiness. Money has never before been 5o low and yet it is @ drug on the market. Energy and en- terprise wait for confidence and business pluck. Business men can see only a short distance ahead, and few of them are will- ing now to walk by faith or to venture into new and untried fields of action. Mean- while our surplus farm products pile up and our factories are idle, ~But this coun- try is not prostrated, and six months Is a long time in America “The national banks published their state- ments the past week, showing their con- dition at the close of business May 4. With a single exception they show 1o material chunge. The Omaha returns to first place with ‘a’ very marked increase in depoults and cash. Nearly all show a slight falling off In loans and discounts. The state- ments are interesting by comparison only, because they show that business still re- mains in what the soclety editor calls the sldrums.’ Bankers all complain that they have more money than they need and no calls for good loans. The “experiences of the year have taught business men a les- son in the matter of borrowing maney at banks which they do nct easily forget.” New York Dry Goods Market. NEW YORK, May 12—In the early morning hours there was a moderate demand with (he Jobbers, while the wire and mail orders took & fair quantity of purely seasonable stuff of agents. ‘The business was small. With the lat- ter good sales wero reported, though almost wholly through deliveries on buck _orders. Woolen goods were in lght request. Prin claths dull at 2 11-46c for contract. Sales at Fall River and Providence for the week, 158,00 pleces. Stock on hand, 742,800 pleces. Holiday In Liverpool Markets. LIVERPOOL, May 12.—Hollday in the and provision markels today. s Third Ward Republicans. The Third Ward Republican club will hold s meeting next Wednesday night, which will be addressed by Hon. John M. Thurston and grain more equally among the railroads centering ' other prominent speakers. CONMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL Wheat Was Very Weak Yesterday and Olosed Lower. FINE WEATHER BROUGHT CORN DOWN Provisions Wenkened In Sympathy with Wheat, the Market Deellning with Fow Reactions—Oats Followed Other Gralns Down the Seale. CHICAGO, May 12.—~Wheat was very weak today, and after breaking the low price rocorded for May at 55%c, closed with July t%e lower than yesterday., Corn closed Ygc lower, oats %c lower and provisions slightly lower all around, Wheat was active and very weak owing to continued liquidation and a desire of traders to even up was responsible for the easier feeling. The crowd became discouraged owing to fine weather, weak cables and pros- pect of a smaller decrease in the visible supply than usual. The principal factor was the fine weather all over the country and reports showing crop prospects were favor- able in all sections. Room traders were the principal sellers at the start, the buying being confined to commission houses. The market declined all day with few reactions and the close was but %c from the bottom. Corn was weak on the fine weather and in sympathy with wheat. The opening trades were at a trifie decline, the market selling down from %c to %e, and closing at the bottom. Oats were weak on the fine weather, 1'b- eral receipts and in sympathy with the other grains. The close was near the bottom. Provisions were weak in sympathy with wheat, the market declining wuht fow reactions. Compared with last uight July pork is 10c, July lard 7ic and July ribs T%c lower. Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat, 50 cars; corn, 50 cars; eats, 23) cars; hogs, 23,000 head. The leading futures ranged follows. ArticTos.__Open. [ High. | Low. | Close. Wheat, No. 2 May....... 56 55| 13 July. 1l BTH@% 57 Bept....... 59% o8%| o9 Corn N0, 2.. 5G| 584 tations were as follows: patents, $2.80@3.00; winter $29002.70; sprinis patents, $3.20%03.50; spriniz straights, $2.20@2.60. WHEAT—No. 2 spring, 5%c; No. 3 spring, 6lc; No. . $1.2004.25, pork, per bbl, $12.55@ $T.45GT.4TY,. Short 4. Dry salted ; short clear sides, = finished goods, SUGARS—Unchanged. The {ollowing Were the receipts ana stipmonts for today TATtEes: ver gal., Recelpts. |Shipments. .| 90000 21,000 11.000 9,000 3 121000{ 161000 ¥ 338,000 267.000 Rye.bu. .0 000 4.000 Barley, b 18,000 On the Produce exchange today the buttor mar- ket was firm; creamery. 12wljc: datry, 8@ 13e. Eggs, steady; strictly fresh, Oke. NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET. Yesterday's Quotations on Flour, Grain and Provisions, Metals, Ete. NEW YORK, May 12—FLOUR—Recelpts, 31,000 bbls.; exports, 24300 bbls.; sales, 2,100 pkgs; dull and unsettled. To sell concessions would have to be amade. Some export business was done at a Gc decline today. City mill pat- ents, $3.055(3.60; winter straights, $2.60@2.95; Min- neapolis patents, $3.40G3.85; winter extras, $2.00 @2.50; Minneapolls bakers, $2.10@3.40; winter, low grades, $1.60@2.03; spring, low grades, $1.60@1.80; spring extras, $1.80@2.30;" rye flour, firm; super- $2.80@3.0; buckwheat CORN MEAL—Steady; yellow western, $2.65@ 270: Brandywine, $2.70. RYE-—Nominal car lots, %32, BARLEY-—No. 2 Milwaukee, 66@67c; two-rowed ungraded western, G)@8sc. MALT—Held steady; western, 6@ owed, 8ia@8sc, Réceipts, 25,700 bu.: exports, none; sales, 2,020,000 bu. futures, 40,000 bu. spot dull and weak: No. 2 red, in store and e 58 13-16c; red, G’ d Hquidation of local disappointing weekly and crop news. May records; market ruled dull all the morning, closing at %G%e net decline: No. May, fsseate, closed at G8%c: June, closed at 53%c: G0%@60 11-16c, closed at G0k 16G61 11-16c, closed at 61%c: September T6e, closed at 62%e; December, 63140 closed at y CORN—Receipts, 25,00 bu. sales, 235,000 bu. futures, § market dull and’ weak: No. vator; 4%c afloat; steamer mixed, 43e. Options weaker on renewed talk about larger receipts, disappointing _weather, lower exports and sympathy with wheat, closing L@%e net May, closed af 434c; July at 43%e; September, HIGAC, cablcs, weather new low long whe exports an and July made exports, 6,100 bu.: 000 bu. spot. Spot SLE3%e In ele- e, 1,600,000 bu.; spot. it 0. 2, : deliv: X No. 2 white, 2c; No. 3 ‘mixed westorn, @418} track, White' western, §2@45kc: track, ‘White state, 26 Options’ weaker With wheat and on the Voruble weather reports: May, 36@3Sc, closed . B6N@ITo, closed at 36%e hipping, $6.0006.40; good 009,00, Quiet; state, eommon to chofce, BGITe. coast, ‘124118¢; London market, ' steady demand _poor: HIDES 93,600 bu.; exports, 30,000 N whith, 41¢; track, to west salted New O od, 430-1bs,, 4@4%sc. LEATHER-Dull; hémlock sole, Buenos Ayres, Hght to heavy weight, 16%@19c. ady; domestic, 19@2%c; pulled, 20 xtra plekled bellies, W hams, $10.5 losed_at 3070 bid; May July, $7.50 mominal; refin mpound, 350066, 25. 3 mess, §14; extra_ prime, Short clear, $14.50716.0). SEED OIL—Dull and nominal; prime 5., $8@%c; prime crude, loose, 2621 ude, Bbls., 2042 i off simme . 35@a6e; ateam nomina continent, W 13@17c; state western fuctory, Ba@ dalry, 12@17c; state e larse, SNaIIe; {wewtern, ' le; part skime, 3 3G3c. " e strong; state and Pennsylvanla, i western fresh, 13 (82 per pkz), 4! troo, PRIt b S quality. PETROLEUM—Dull; United ciosed at 5ie Lid; Washington bbls., $5; Washington. in bulk, £8.50: refined New York, 315 Philadelphia re- fined, in bulk, ‘ained, common to good, $1.20 ROSIN—Firm; @15, + TURPENTINE—Steady; %@s0c, Zasy; domestic, faff to extra, ASSES—About steady: New Orlea ®ood to choice, 286%c PIG_TRON—Dull; Scotch, can, $12.000113.60. COPPER-—Quict: lake, #%e. LIEAD—Quiet; domestic, #.3, plates, ‘dull, state, e 12GGS—Marke recelpts, outhers IW-Fasy country (pkgs. A%@te; open .G0@2.60; Ameri- Minneapolls Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS, May today averaged about and the market closed that much lower, Fi Lares opened about lee 10 Ko lower than yester- day and sold down another e, and with very light fluctuatfons during the session closed e 1o Ko lower than yesterday for July and about e " lower for September. Wheat receipts were 91,740 bu.; shipments, 6,700 bu. and with the local mills’ grinding at the rate of about 140,000 by, for the 34 hours lowered the wurplus of wheat on hand here about 5,000 bu. Business was less active, as It usually is on & declining market. Reports from the country show (hers Is o litle more wheat being offered by farmers at_country stations. ithough the arrivals there are still (ight and do not promise to be heavy at sny tme during the season. The quieter mar: Kets and fower prices wers due to good reports from all sections excepting(California, and even there the Indfcations afe that thes h been Improvement in_conditions in that w Cables were dull and_weak, but there was n very good export demand reported AL the seaboard, whers there are some doubts &m to whether prices are not low enough for the Bewaont, Owinig 1o the Timited MBpiy In the northwest as_compared with late years sellers of futurcs wers not Inclined to take much chance in selling tarke lines short, Thero dres some Soptembor of- fered, and consi ble May. Although prices are s low as pared withJuly they were not in- Viting o sellors for that month, Mills were grinding about 3,000 bbis, €or the 24 hours, and fe shipments were 30,39 bits, for ¢ Flour was qui and ensy 1. patents; $2.05 to §2.05 fér bakers fi Tocal whent suppiies foe the week i pubih elevators Is 139,475 bu. Wheat closed: May, #i4e July, %c; September, 67%c; on triwk, N hard, 63c; No. 1 northern, 81 B, The Local Produce Market. BUTTER~The amount of country butter ar- riving is mot large, but the quality verages very poor. There are practivally only about t grades. A small proportion only Is good e for the ‘city trade and the balance goes for picking stock. There is plenty of Foxd creamery hutter. As yet thers {8 little show of grass. Separator ereamery, 17@i8c; oxtra fancy country, 160116c; cholce country, 13wlic; packing stock, 6. EGOS—A good _many have been going Into cold storags, . but It {5 claimed now that packers have about all they want_and will soon commence to withdraw from the market. Dealers genernly ar’hoiding their brightest stock at fe, but there are a good many so-called firats being offered at Sige and seconds an fow as Tige. LIVE POULTRY-OI4 hens mp to T@se. Ol rooste young onea G@e. The demand for other kinds of poultry Is rather light, though a lim- ited quantity Is salable. Ducks,’ 6@7c; hen tur- keys, 8c; gobblers, 6e; geese, 60, GAME-—The seison Is & far advanced that game 18 no longer wanted, VEAL-The recelpia o erate and prices steady. thin or heavy, 3@be. PIGEONS—There 1s a demand for old plgeons, but young birds that are not strong on_ the wing are not wanted. 1,60, took a _sudden bring %¢ _and mod- 8@ voal Good, are very fat veals, O1d birds, per doz., $i. VEGETABLES, TEANS—The market {s firming up all over the country. Neither the deman| nor supply I8 very heavy at this point. Californin_hand-pick:d navy, $210G2.25; western navy, $..90Q2.00; com- mon ‘white beans, §1.6001. ONIONS—OId onlons are & thing of the past. New southern onions are 1 nt 3250 per box. There are a few Bermudas still on hand At $2.75 per box. Top Onlons are plenty at @3 on_orders, POTATOES — The supply i3 coming mostly from Utah and Colorado. which stock is quoted at 9c@$1.00 per bu. There are new southern potatoes in the market, which are quoted at $2 per box. CADBAGE—Alabama cabbage, per crate, $2.50; cholce Loulslana, . CELERY—Nono in the market. ASPARAGUS—Good home grown stock s abundant at 2@20c per doz. on orders. PIE PLANT-Home grown ple plant is plenty at 2c_on orders. TOMATOES—Florida stoct: of good color 18 scarce at $1 per crate of 3ix baskets. GREEN VEGETABLES—Spinach, por bbl., $1.73 @2.50; radishes, per doz., 30c; lettuce, per doz., 35 @i0c; cucumbers, $1.25471.50; parsiey, per doz., 30 @3c: turnips, per doz., Tc; carrots, per doz., T5c; beets, per doz., T5@Sic: string beans, per -bu. box, $1.25; water cress, per case 16 boxes, $1.75@ 2.00; squashes, bu. crate, $2. FRUITS, 4 RAWBERRIES—Good shipping stock, 12150 .00, APPLES—There are no_apples on the market sultable for shipping purposes. CHERRIES—A few California_cherrles are ar- riving and selling at $2.50 por hox. The fruit i in good condition, but rather small in iz TROPICAL FRUITS. BANANAS—Per bunch, $2.0002.50. LEMONS—Fancy_lemons, 30 size, $4: fancy lemons, 36 size, $3.75; choice lemons, 800 size, Washington navels, 96s, 112s, 126s, rranean sweets, $3.50, FIGS—Fancy, per Ib.. 1oc. DATES—Hallowees, 6560 70-1b. boxes, per Ib., Gie. x S INEAPPLES—Cholce, per doz., 3200 small, SLT5. MISCELLANEOUS. HONEY—California, 15¢; dark honey, 1216@13c. MAPLE SYRUP—Gallon cans, per doz., $1%. MAPLE SUGAR—Per Ib., 10c. NUTS—Almonds, 17c; ~ English walnuts, 12c; filberts, 10c; Brazil nuts.ldc. SAUERKRANT—Half bbL., § CIDER—Pure juice, péribb . : APPLE BUTTER—Pen:20-1b. pails, $1; bbis., 3tc per 1b. 83 HIDES, TALLOW, ETC. HIDES—No. ‘T green hidés, 2ic; No. 1 green salted hides, 3@3%c; No. 2 green salted hides, 2@2%c; No. 1 veal ealf, 8 1bs. to 15 Ibs., 5%c; No. 2 veal calf, 8 Ibs. to 18 Ibs., 4c; No. 1 dry flint hides, 5¢c; No. 2 dry flint hides, 3c; No. 1 dry salted hides, dc. Part qured hides, %c per Ib. less than fully cured. SHEEP PELTS—Green salted, each, 25G60c; green salted shearlings ~ (short-wooled early sking), each, 5@15c; dr: h early skins), No. 1, E‘ v (short-wooled eazly skinds ,No. 3 eaeh, flint, Kansas zn\l Neb) ,butcher ‘wool. per Ib., actual’ weights dry flint, na Nebraska murrain _wool - pelts, 'per actual weight, 4@éc; dry dlint, Colorado butcher ‘wool 1ts, per Ib., actual weight, 4@7c; dry flint, Colorado murrain wool pelts, per I actual welght, 4@be. TALLOW AND GREASE—Tallow, No. 1. 44@ 4lc; tallow, No. 2, 3%@3%c: grease, white A, 4Yc; grease, white B, déc; grease, yellow, 3c; grease, dark, 2ie; old butter, 2G2'%c; beesws prime, 15@18c; rough tallow, 2h%c. St Louls General Market. LOUIS, May 12—FLOUR—Weaker; pat- ents, $2.750 90. WHEAT— dull, heavy and weak, closing 1%@ie off, July being at the lowest price on record; No. 2 red, cash, 52lc; May, 52%c; July, 53%c: August, GA%c. COPN—Was weak generally, without a single strengthening feature, closing Jwc off; No. 2 mixed, cash’ and May, 38%c; June and July, S6%c; ‘August, 35%c. R OATS—Lower; No. 2 cash, 36%c; 3% bid; July, 23c; August, 2e bid. RYE—No. 2, 60c bid east track. BARLEY—No trading. HRAN—65c bid_east track. FLAX SEED-—$1.21, TIMOTHY SEED—$3.4504.00. HAY—Firmer; prime to choice timothy, .00 BUTTER—Strictly fancy creamery, 16@17c; cholce dairy, 12c. EGGS—Lower at fc. LEAD—Firmer: $3.15a%.17% SPELTER—Dull; $.25. CORN MIEAL—$1.9562.00. WHISKY—$1.081. 5. COTTON TIES—Higher; $1. BAGGING—Unchanged; 5%(i6e. PROVISIONS—Dull, easier. Pork, _standard mess, Jobbing, $127. Lard, prime to choice steam, $T.13G7.90. Dry salt meats, 1bose shoul- ders, 36 longs and ribs, $6 shorts, $6.60. Bacon, packing shoulders, $7; longs, 7. Tibs, $7.2%5: shorts, $7.3Tha. RECEIPTS—Flour, 3,00 bbis.; wheat, 4,000 bu.; corn, 69,000 bu.; oats, 51,00 bu. SHIPMENTSFlour, 7.00 bbls.; 4,000 bu.; corn, 96,000 bu.; oats, ‘8,000 bu. Coffee Market. NEW YORK, May 12—COFFEE—Options opened duil at from unchanged prices to a de- cline of §_points, ruled featurcless, closed dul October, 5 points lower: others unchang sules, 3,00 bags, including: June, $15.40; Jul 315,20, ‘and _September, . Sp nominal; No. 7, 6. i $19.00G witrehouse del ve yeaterd 18,78 bags: New York stock todny, 24,892 bags: United States stock, 281,678 bags; afloat for the United: States, 120,000 bags; total’ visib United States, 415,678 bugs, axainst last year. RIO JANEIRO, May 12—Quict; prices nom- Inai: no quotations: exchange, $%d; receipts, 5,000 bags; stock, 12,000 bags. SANTOS, May 12.-Quiet; prices nominaly no quotations: recefpis, 1,00' bags; stock, 52,000 000 bags; Dags. HAMBURC holiday 4,000 bags; $3.50; halt bbl., halt er ST. May, wheat, los May 12.—Steady; sales, prices, unchinged 1o % pfg. lower Monday . HAVRE, May prices 4t low Kansas City Markets, NSAS CITY, May : le lower: 12.-Dull; sales, . 2 mixed, 304@3isc; No, 2 2 mfdd, S6e; No. 2 white, 1BG16e; dairy, white, 38 UTTER—Qulet; creamery, 2267 14c. . 4L, 2,08 Bu.; corn, none; oats, ENTS—Wheat, 10,00 bu.; corn, 14,000 000 bu. e Peoria Grain Market. > PEORIA, May 12 —CORN--Market ing lower; No. 2, 38¢; No, 37! OATS—Market lower; No. 3 white, 3@, tive; $H%@3c; 1. ~COTTON~Firm: mid- 00 balew; receipls, 200 \ipments, 600 bales: -stock, 43,000 biles, ESTON, ‘May 12.+OTTON —Recolpts, 152 ports, 17 bales; wtock, 18448 bales; mid- aC; steady; sales, 106 bales. bales; diirg, ¢ STOCKS ANI) BONDS. Security Market Was Dull, the Only Anima- tlon Bolng in Chleago Gas. NEW YORK, May 12—The stock market was dull even for a Saturday, the only ani- mation being In Chicago Gas. Most of the stocks stopped at an advance on yesterday's quotations, the improvement being of only & small fraction. The early dealings were strong In tone, and under good buying, said to be for inside Interests, Chicago Gas sold up 13 per cent and the rest of the list from 1 to % per cent, the latter Sugar and Illi- nols Central. Shortly before 11 o'clock a drive was made against Sugar, which broke k 1% per cent. vo list receded a fraction in sy pathy and Toledo & Ann Arbor 1 per cent, but the depression was of brief duration, and the speculation recovered its tone, the earlier depressions belng very generally recovered and some of the inacalve shares scoring material advances, The market continued firm to the close, except for Sugar, which closed within % per cent of the lowest point touched, but still % per cont above yester- day's final sales. Chicago Gas shows an ad- vance of 1 per cent, Rubber 1% per cent, Mobilo & Ohlo 2 per cent, Consolidated Gas 1 per cent, St. Paul\& Omaha % per cent amd grangers from 3% to % per cent. There were some exceptions to the improvement, all of which were the smaller fractions, ex- cept Toledo & Ann Arbor, which shows a decline of 1 per cent, and Cotton OIl, which is down 3 per cent. The bond market was strong in tone on a fairly active business. The Evening Post says: Many financial critics are imputing to the gold export move- ment a profound mystery. In reality there was never a simpler or more logical phe- nomenon, The simple fact is that the mass of foreign capital, which for years has found ready and profitable employment in this country, is In a measure flowing home again because of our present trade situation. Not only are Buropean state loans to the amount of fully $100,000,000 coming upon the mar- ket, but Buropean trade, by all accounts, is further advanced in its movement toward recuperation. In the face of the special ex- port movement the local money rates here have within a fortnight gone actually lower than before. This is the whole “‘mystery"” of the sterling market. The following are the closing quotations on the leading stocks of the New York ex- change today: Atehison ..., Adanis EXpross. . Alton, T, H .. do pra Am. Expross .. Baltlmore & NG, Canada Pactfic Cnada South: Central Pacific... Chos. & Ohio....... 0 Alton.. .. 12| Norilorn Pacific. 8 [ No. Pac. pfd.. 04U, P.D.& G0 Northwestern do pfd Ta4INY. Coutral. CONIN. Y. & N. Eogt. 0% Ontario & W 14 Oregon Im 15 |Oregon Nay 139 10.8. L. & U N1 70 (Pacic Matl. 80%|P. D. & B 13014 | Pittaburg 73| Pullm Chieago Gan... .. Consolidated Gas. C.C.C&SLL ... Colo. ¢ Cotton yy o Bant s L. Paul ¢ 07 |SE P! & Omai 153 | o’ prd 104 |Southern P 93 |Sugar Refinery. 173 Tenn. Coal & fron Fort Wayiic. .. G. Northorn' pfd.! C & Lpa ... Hocking Valley.. DL, Central.... .0 93 (Texas Pacitic. .. 8P, & Duluth, 3 T, & 0. Cent. pfd K. &T.pfd.... 31| Unlon Pacifi Lake Erie & W... 168U, do pfd... i3 | W, St L. & P Lake Shore..'..0. 130 do pid...... ... Lond Trust..)\ /10 308 Wells Fargo Ex Loufsvillo& N2 40| Wostern Loutaville & N. BHW. & L, E Manhattan Con... 1228 Memphis & C.. oSt L, Michigan Cent... 96 (D.&R.G Mo, Pacifie. .. Mobile & Olio. Nashvyiile Chat.; National Cordags do pd.....s N.J. Centrai.. The total sales of stocks today were 60,060 shares, including: American Sugar, §,00) shares Burlington, 18% shares: 19 0 shas General 4,714 shares; Rock Island, 1, shares; St. Paul, 6,100 share New York Money Market. NEW YORK, May 12.-MONEY ON CAL Basy at 1 per cent; last loan, 1 per cont; closed at 1 per cent, PRIME MERCANTILE cent. STERLING EXCHANGE—Steady, with actual business®in bankers' Dills, $L881:@1.88% for de- mand and SLETU@4.871 for 60 days. P rates, $4.881@4.90. Commercial bills, 4,861, 3 ERTIFICATE! PAPER-21:@5 per SIT T17%|St.Lo& LM.Gen 58 17%|8. L& S.F.Gen. M. 1384 (St. B Cousols. T.P.L. G. Tr. Rets T.PK. G. Tr. Rets 1| Unton Pac. 18ts.. | Weat Shore 5 R. G, W. 1sts.] | Aichison 4a. |Atchison 2145 A. G.H.&S. A. 68. U. 8.5 reg. UL S, 48 rog 1. 8. 48 coup.... U, 8. 4148 Pacitic 680 )3 Louslana stpd 46, Missourl Gs. Tenn, new s | D. &R G Erle 2nd; o i M.K. &T. Gen. U8 do 8. M. K. &T. Gen 58 Tenn, old G5, Mutual Unionos. Va. Centuries... N.J.C dodeferrod. ©. non fund. Boston Stock Quotations. BOSTON. May 12.—Call loans. 1%4@2 per cent; time loans. 24@3k per cent. Closing prices for stocks, bonds and mining 7 g a2 Westingh. Elaciric §(W. Blec. ' pfd. Wis. Central. Atehison New England 64 Gon. Electric 55... Wis. Cent. 1s 0% Allouez Mintn |Atlanti........... |Butte & Hoston |Calumet & Heeln Contonnial. Franklin..... .00 Kearsago Osecola uiney. Ba . Bell Telephon Boston & Albany.. Boston & Main C.B&Q... Fitehbur San Francisco Mining Quotations. SAN FRANCISCO, May 12.—The official closing quotations for miniug B1Ocks LO1sy Wero 48 fol- [ Sexican-. Bulwer.. Choliar. £ gol:. 50 Con. Cal. & 'Va..! |Sierra N Crown Poiut... Union Con Gould & Curry.... Utal Hale & Norcross. Yellow Jacket: London Stock Mnriket. LONDON, May 12.—2 p. m. closing: ordinary. il com.... LY. Central | Pennsylvania.... Ceniral.. . 04y BAR SILVER--28}d per ounce. MONEY—1 per cent, The rate of discount In the open market foe both short and three months' bills is 13§ per cent. New York Mi NEW YORK, Muy closing mining quotition: |Sierra Novada. % Quotations, The following ara the 140 0 [Standard... 160 Gonld & Curry.. 5 Hale & Norcros: 400 20 Bulwer. Plymout} St. Louls Mining Stock Quotations. ST. LOUIS, May ~Mining stocks today were dull and unchanged. Quotitions: BT Awked:| Ada 30§ .00 | B A Noi . 214 27K H: Bimetallie 3.00 . Hi Granite M. 1.50 2.4 Awiod. % .30 A7 Financial Notes NEW ORLEANS, May 12 L OMAHA, Ma the week, 55, PARIS, Ma; e for the wocount. LONDON, May learings, $1,204,- Clearings, $788,403; total for Three per cent rentes, 100f Amount of bullion gone into the Bank of England today Is £33,00. MEMPHIS, May 12—Clearings, $382,08; bal- ances, 320,64, New York exchinge selling at May Clearings, for the week, §1 (43,065 i balt PHILADELPHIA, May 12.—Clearings, 990; balances, $LST040; for the week, balances, $9,088,063. NEW YORK, May 12.—Clearings, balances, $7.034424; for the week, balunces, $30, SAN FRA May 12.—Draft telegraphic, 121z0; sllver bars, 625%@0%e; can dollars, 51G91%c. May 12.—Clearings, $13,232,042; 6,448; for the week, clearings, 161,747; balances, 99,459,954, WASHINGTON, May 12, the treasury at the close of 2, and the T xcliang I for the week, §12,604,300; same 378,595, $64,027, sight, 10c; Mexi® bal- 1, ances, The gold reserve in gy, week last Clearings, 312.663,00); total corresponding ' week ow York g angy, steady; actual, CHICAGO, May 1! for the week, $% Jast year, $110.713,000. remium. ling exc STIA @490, Muney, eas BT. LOUIS, May 12.—Clearings, $4,000.657; ances, §163,366. Cloarings this weck, § balances Clearings wame w 26,135, 466; . §2,424,0%, Clearin Week, | $23,783,139; balances, 1,071,242 dull, 501 per cent. Exchange on Ne S premium. NEW YORK, May 12.-The exports of specie trom the port of New York for the week werc Gold, 36,085,360 silver, $188,601; imports for the week: Gold, 31,851,8; silver, $60,718: dry oods, $1,213,080; general merchandise, $1,912.606, The steamships Which salled for Europe today carrled 3,900,000 1n gold, making the total shipments of oM from this port for the week 36,000,000, Bal OMAHA LIVE STOCK NARKETS Week Ends with an Average Run of All Sorts of Offorings. CATTLE PRICES STEADY AT THF CLOSE Short Supply and Good Demand Sellers the Best of the Trading— Hogs Still Follow the Fluctus- tions in Provisions. SATURDAY, May 12. There has been a very fair supply of cat- tle this week and a moderate run of sheep, but receipts of hogs fall sharply short of last week and the corresponding week one and two years ago. The flgures are follows: as Cattle, Recelpts this week..... 16,403 Receipts last week ARG me week last year. 9 Same weok in 1802, ..., 15,268 Fluctuations in cattle values have been few and inconsequential. Supplies have not been at all heavy and the general character of the receipts remains about the same as for a month past. There has been no in- dication of a revival of business cast and English markets continue depressed under the influence of liberal arrivals. For this reason the market for heavy cattle, such as shippers and exportors call for, has been dull and weak. On the other hand, a slightly improved consumptive demand made dressed beef men better buyers of the light and medium weight stecrs and the more desirable grades have advanced 10¢ to 15¢ during the week. The market today was a very fair sample of what It has been all week. There was a very respectable supply on hand and made up largely of good, medium and heavy cat- tle. All classes of buyers were In it, but the competition was strongest, particularly among dressed beef men, for the handy light grades and prices averaged a shade firmer on such as suited them. There was also a slightly better tone to the market for good heavy cattle, al- though It was difficult to see where any higher prices were paid. Rough heavy steers, cattle that were coarse, half fatted or branded, were slow sale, with all discriminating against them. If anything prices averaged a shade easier on the less desirable heavy steers. In general, how- ever, trade was reasonably active, and as sellers were not anxious to hold any stock on Sunday a very falr clearance was effected. As a falr sample of the way cows have been coming to market it is worthy of note that out of 147 fresh loads of cattle received today there were not half a dozen straight loads of cows in the yards. There was an active demand for good stock, and fat cows and heifers were readily picked up at good strong prices, On the common and can- ning grades the market ruled dull, although practically steady. Calves were in light supply, moderate demand and generally brought good, firm prices. Fat bulls and stags sold a shade stronger, but the com- mon rough thin stock was rather dull. There was not much doing in stockers and feeders, In fact the trade has been light all week. Regular dealers have done most of the business, and the close of the week finds them with a big supply on hand, which they would be glad to dspose of at prices 15¢ to 25c lower than last week. Good light stockers have been and continue to be in very fair demand, but the heavier grades are hard to sell at the above decline. Good to choice feeders are quoted at $3.20@3.70; fair to good at $3.00@3.15, and lighter, com- moner grades at from $3 down. REPRESENTATIVE SALES: DRESSED BEEF. No. Av. Pr. L1334 83 8) 3 3 8 L1100 3 s P ) st 1534 22RRERBZ (1405 1007 1....1251 21030 I3 1150 380 a7 Lo T 100001368 40..2.1295 1....120 SE T 33333IIRREERAILY ] 10 ES SRREZ22ERRAR SRE88e88e BRRGRRZBEE MIXED. 10....123 375 cows. € oot tsescaceta s b tece a5 1) 890068 e 50 o e e LaEs et caBREEES 2FE & ARzII3anes o HERSS t1zz838s SEL ressmsssaestetsancscaseca srpssunR g3858 L0 450 L1 450 110180 4 50 BULLS. £8388 2ssBERBUR 310 ,,..1810 3 1....1630 O 16,1155 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. L 180 600 €12 3 3 Loie RS0 o1 5% 51k 3 3 3 33 3 3 Snmanes 95 835 2.l 1105 DEPENDS ON PROVISIONS. Packers are having a fight in the provi- slon pit, and the hog market is up or down in sympathy with the fluctuations on the board. These big operators have a faculty ot covering up thelr tracks and only show- ing their hands when It is to their interest to do so, but It seems pretty generally agreed that Swift and Morris are bulling and Armour and a lot of the smaller pack- ers bearing the market. Armour did not buy a hog, either at Chicago or elsewhere, for five days, a thing that never happened before except when there was a strike. This will explain why prices declined 15c during the early part of the week, while light supplies and the eastern freight rate war will explain why this decline was fully regained during the latter half of the week Aside from the above the situation pre- sents no new The Cinclnnatl Price Current say 'So far as prices of hogs are concerned, in comparison with val- ues of feeding material and of cured product, they continue to command a premium. The Chicago market for leading artlcles of pro- duct is on a basis of about $4.75 for hogs. But, as has been repeatedly sald, the larger packers, there and elsewhere, command fa- cllities ' for disposing of portions of the product 50 advantageously as to enable them to average a margin of profit when calcuja- tlons with reference to leading articles might appear to indicate differently. There seems to be a feeling quite prevalent at interlor points of supply that hogs are mar- keted quite elosely, 8o far as regards stock which has been under preparation for ship- ment, which Information would imply a moderate movement for the time of year for the next two or three weeks, but there appears to be a plentifulness of young stock, which will probably have the benefit of every facllity for rapld growth." The cut in the rate on live hogs from Omaha to Chicago from 22¢ to 12¢ {s mainly responsible for the e to 10c advance in values today. Receipts were light, less than | 5,000 head, and of these shippers took fully 70 per cbnt in order to take advantage of the reduced tarlff. Local houses altogether took less than 1,400 hogs. Trade was actiy and by the middle of the forenoon the pens wers cleared. The genoral quality of the hogs was about the best of the woek and buyers paid a slight premium for the gosd heavy and butchor welght stock. As usual, however, the entire rangs of prices was narrow. The best butcher weight and heavy hogs sold at $5.05, and very common light mixed stuft sold down as low as $4.95, For falr to good hogs of all weights, however, the popular figure was $5, consid rably over halt the offerings selling in that noteh. Early trading was a trjfie slow, but the close was active and strong at the advance, On Friday the bulk of the hogs went at $4.00 0 $4.95, and on last Saturday the big bulk of the hogs sold as they did today, at the even money, $5 REPRESENTATIVE SALES: No. Av. Sh. Pr No. Ay, 8h n E R TE) i i b1t} 1 95 st i} o0 n ¥ 5o 10 ) Pr. 0 £ 12 160 160 W 23823323883888822323sEs % 5 i 6 i 210 12 120 500 8 500 o B0 500 PIGS AND ROUGH. . 480 SHEEP STEADY, Supplies of sheep have been most too light this week to afford a fair test of the market, but desirable offer- ings of both muttons and lambs com- manded a ready sale at good, firm prices. Tcday's recelpts were moderate, the demand was good and trade falrly active at steady figures. Falr to good natives are quotable at §3.50@4.25; fair to good westerns, $3.20@4.15; common and stock sheep, $2.60 @3.25; good to cholce 40 to 100-Ib. lambs, $3.60@1.50. Representative sales: No. Av. 160 . 120 120 Ll 1109 BERRTRIBERARE i 160 Pr., $4 28 4 80 430 of Stock. OfMctal racerpts and disposition of stock asanow: by the boolks of tho Unlon Stosk Yards comnpany for {lo twenty-four hours enatig at 3 o'clock b. m', CATTLE, |lifiuslut NS Cara. [ e g 117[ 3,30 Cars, DISPOSITION. CATTLE, | HOGS. Omaha ¥ o The G. H. Hammond Co. Swift and company The Cudal John P. Satiire & Co. Nelson Morris A Ha R. Beclk P D. Ar Parker Brittiin oveland. . mmond & 0.0 ippers and fecders. ... Totals.... 705 419, Digon. ur. W CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. Less Than One Thousand Cattle Wero Offered for Sule. The cattle market was an 1,00 were offered, and an that number were wanted. Prices were nominally steady, the new sales re- ported belng at about Friday's range of quotas tions. The estimated receipts wers % head, making 53,912 for the week, as against 48,76 ek ago, and 47,201 a year ago. O the week's s loss than 1,10 head were Texans, The hog market ‘was strong at the siart and weak at the close. The av of®prices was about the same as for yeste tles ranged from $4.75 for poor light to" $ for _fancy heavy. Few lots sold above $3.23, nor were there many sales below £.15. The recelpts were esti- mated at 9,00 head, making 105,391 head for the week, 16,000 loss than for last weelk and 4,000 less than for the corrosponding week last year, The late market was w Sheep recelpts were estimated at 4,600 head, making 63,643 for this woek, or about 11,000 more than for last week, and 1000 head more than a year ago. The supply was much too large for the demand, and the market was weak and Jower. Quotations range from $1.5) to $4.6) for sheep and from $4.50 1o $0.50 for spring lunba. RECEIPTS-Cattle, 800 head; calves, 50 head; hogw, 9000 head: sheep, 4500 hewd. | T ing Journal Teports: CATTLE—Receipts, 8% head ud; no business of note, ur not many m shipments, 500 anged; prime to medium, $4.009 shipments, 6,000 Tough heavy, L10415.15; prima 2; assorted Kansas City KANSAS CITY, May 1 2,000 head: shipments, $%0 Toxas steers, $3,2404.03; ' shipping sters, 35; natly stickers and w, $2.9003.50; buils, $2.40 Recejpts, 7,600 § shipments, K to 100 Tower: bulk, $LU0@4.95; heavies, and ‘mixed, $486@5.05; lights, Yorkers 5.0, tec head; shipments, 200 St. Louls Live Stovk Marke May 12— CATTLE hipments, 80 Mar It supply preventing the eat 200 ominal, lishment of shipments, 2,600 light, $3.005.15; 30 Hight hedvy, SEP—Ttecelpts, 100" 1 r head, Market duli, nomi of supply. beca s Sionx City Liv. X CITY, May 12 Shipments, 50 heid; Bk, 3487151140, Stook Market HOGS—Receipts, 1,600 market be lower,” at Stock in Sight. 1pts of 1tve stock at tho four principal yarls rday, May 12, wero Shoop, el Chicago 4,500 Kansi CIiy. Si, Louts Totals NEW YORK, afr refining, SUGAR--Raw, Itugnl, 96 103 3 13-lic; No. 3 51763% 01 No, 160, No. 13, 27k {4 @4 T-160; sta E A0 mould confectioners A 4 Ji-lie; crushed, 4 3-18e; granulated, 4G4 31 TONDON, 12 -SUGA R nothing doing: centrifugal Java, Covido, fale refining, 12s 3d. Cine, i s 3d; ) Mus- b Grain Market. 12.~WHEAT—V May, Gle d May, nort on and ash b triek, tion today Wheat, Who 20,166 bu.; oats, AHIPMENTS-Whent, 46,441 bu.; oats, “Wool LOUIS, May 12-WOOL line; prices mow show o ol nnd Sc on off grades, rkot. Quist at re- loss of 20 on compared with 12, LINSEED TURPENTINE BPHUTS 9. WM. LOUDON, Commission Merchant C7TAIN AND PROVISIONS: wires to Chicago and New York. Al orders placed on Chicage Board of Private businesy Trade. Correspondence Office, room 4, Telephone 138 wolicited New York Life Bullling