Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 26, 1903, Page 6

[ MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS | Activity is Reportad from the Iron Moun- tain Distriot. MUCH RICH ORE IN A NEW SPOT| White Clond Mining Company Organ- fses and Wil Start Work at on Some Valuable ~ Once Claim r Custer. [l CUSTER CITY, 8. D., Jan. 25.—(Special.) —Sam Scott came in from Iron mountain strict this week, where he has been veloping a group of clalms, and reports | that there has been a great deal of activiiy | in that disgrict since the first of the year, | and that some good prospects arc being de- | weloped. The district Is a comparatively mew one, but the work which has been done shows that the ore will average in richness as high as most of the ore of ‘the southern hills. The ore is free milling and 18 found in large vertical veins, which are easily worked. It averages about $§ a ton and cyanides epsily The White Cloud Mining company was organized in Custer City last wcek for the purpose of working some valuable clalms pear this city. The company has a good | proposition. Sowe devclopment has been | done on the property, but the company proposes to begin work in a eystematic manner as soof as the weather will permit to put the ground in shape to take out ore. The officers of the company are: A. Wil- cox, president; J. E. Pilcher, secretary; T. W. Delicato, treasurer; John A. Collins, general superintendent and general man- ager. The property is located in one of the richest districts in the southern hills, and a8 its management is in the hands of prac tleal men its chances of becoming a pro- ducer are very good. Make a Rich Strike. While the assessment work was being dome on the Grand Junction and Hartford group of mines, soven miles west of this | city, a strike of unusually rich ore has been | made. The ore is a sulphide and carries yery high values, but the rich streak in the vein is not a large one, although the sur- rounding ore carries values much highor than the average. The ore Is rebellious, the treatment has never been satisfactory, and although a great deal has been treated from the Hartford and the Grand Junction nothing like the value contained in the ore being saved. Experiments will be made with the ore until a system of treatment has been perfected, and then it is probable somothing will be done toward bullding a plant on the property. The Grand Junction veln s a very large one, being over 100 feet in width, end of this about sixty feet carries good commercial values. The mine 18 gne of the oldest In the southern hills, but, as stated, the ore Is so refractory that 1t is diMcult to find & process by which it can bo treated economically KEYSTONE, S. D., Jan. 24.—(Speclal.)— The Holy Terror company has within the past two weeks doubled the working force in the mine, and the prospects of the com- pany being again placed upop a dividend- paying basls were never better. The drift which has been started on the 1,100-foot level, and which has opened up the Key- stone veln at that depth, seems to have been one of the best investments the com- pany has made. It was an expensive piece of work, but the results are proving that the expense was warranted. The drift has crosscut the Keystone vein, and it is sald that the ore at that depth is rich, and that the body of it, which shows ut the surface to be twenty-five feet wide, is Just as large on that level. Another drift has been started from the crosscut and has been run for 126 feet along the course of the vein, and the values In the ore keep np. ‘This will give the company at least 1,100 feet of an ore reserve, which it will begin to draw upon at once, and which should give hand- some returns for treatment. » Hidden Treasure Buys a Mill HILL CITY, 8. D, Jan. 25.—(Speclal. The owners of the Hidden Treasure mine, on Palmer gulch, have purchased the old ten-stamp mill which years ago had been used for custom work on Jenney's gulch and will move it over to the mine and set it up. The mill Is a good one and, as the ore which 1s now being taken from the Hid- den Treasure is very rich, even If there should be a little loss, it will pay well to treat in the mill. Concentrators, however, ‘may be added tc the equipment of the mill and the concentrates, which will be very rich, saved for shipment. The cyanide plant of the Black Hills Central Copper company, which it is erect- ing on the Palmer group of claime near the Glllette ranch, is nearly completed and should be in operation this week. Steam was raised In the plant last Thursday and the rolls will be started in a few days. The plant is & small one, having been bullt more for experimenting on a large scale than for anything else, but should the tests which will be made on the ore from the Palmer group- prove satisfactory, the present plant will be continued In ope tlon and large additions made to it. The ore is sald to cyanide freely and to carry values ranging from $6 to $25 a ton, . am Has Good Water Supply. The ‘machinery for a ten-stamp mill 1s on the ground at the Sunbeam mine and Is belng put together. There is plenty of good ore in the Sunbeam, some of it fabu- | lously rich, but a great drawback, and one which has heretofore prevented the erec- tion of a mill upon the property has been a lack of water, but the indications are | that this deficiency will soon be remedied, for the volume of water which is at present coming into the mine is large emough to furnish & supply to keep at least five stamps running. Every bucket of cre which is taken from the shaft shows free-gold specimens. Thy shatt of the Fraternity Gold Mining comphny is now down ninety feet and will be continued to the 100-faot level, when a Station will be established and a drift arted to intersect the main ledge crop- ping out on the surface. Some very good prospects are gotten from the ore taken from the dedge In the surface workings. bug it Is belleved: the ore will be found richer when the main ledge Is struck in the dritt. d Finlander Strike a Rich One. DEADWOOD, §. D., Jan. 2.—(Special.)— The Finlander strike ou Elk creek, about threa-quarters of a mile west from the Clover Leat, is still attracting considerable attention. This is the ground concerning which the ghost story, published in the dispatches to some of the easiern papers. was told, in which it was related that the iscoverer died of joy when the richness of the mine was disclosed to him. The resent work, which, by the way, is belng &200 by, the fellow who died, conaists of a shaft about twenty-five feet deep, going down on what is believed to be the ledge by many, but by others to be a big over- flow from the veln proper, and which will soon be run through by the shaft. How- ever this may be, the ore is certainly rich, and as the whole claim at’ this point is covered by it, even though it be nashing but un overflow, there is a whole lot of it, and all of it prospects. The ore Is a | cetved good tom of the shaft show no difference froth that taken a few feet below the surface. The gold in cannot be seen with the naked eye, it fairly glitters with gold. It looks like a ®ood proposition, and even should the work not be on the ledge, there is enough ore on the surface of the ground, which Is covered for several hundred feet around the shaft with big masses and boulders ot float, to make the owners wealthy. Ore Is being shipped to one of the Dead- wood cyanide plants from the Nevada mine on Strawberry gulch. This property is one of the mines of the Union Hill company, and is now being worked under lence by Bart Harris, who has made ship. ments of several carloads of the ore from the old dump, and from which he has re- returns. He is at present running a tunnel to tap the shoot at & deeper level than the old workings on and will have to go in about seventy-five feet before the shoot is struck. This will glve him a chance to handle the ore with- out the necessity of putting in a holst. In the meantime he will continue ship- b its from the old dump, and with them P the expenses of the dead work. It is a porphyry ore, and, like all the ore taken from this vicfoity, pays well, its values ranging from $12 to $36 a ton. It ad- joins the Gilt Edge mine on the north, and, like that mine, has produced some very rich ore, ore going as high as $i00 a ton having in the early days of its working been shipped from it New Cyanide Plant at Pluma. The sixty-ton cyanide plant, built by Hall & MecConnell, just south of the city limits of Deadwood, near Pluma, has been finished ahd Is ready for work. The plant was orig- inally constructed for the purpose of treating the tallings from the Homestake mills at Lead, which were carght and im- pounded on Whitewood creek, about miles below the mills, and allowed to settle on the flat bottom of point, heing protected by crib work and bulkheads. About 120,000 tons of these tallings were collected in this manner be- fore the Homestake company had com- pleted its 1,200-ton tailings plant on Gold Run creek, and through which all of the tallings from its mills at Lead now passes. These tailings so collected carry small values In gold, not to exceed $2 a tom, hut as the cost of treating them is almost next to nothing a good profit can be made by the gentlemen now owning the tailings and the plant. The practicability of this scheme was first demonstreted by an Omaha man, C. B. Stubbs, who at this point put in a small dam and collected a couple of hundred of tons of these tallings and proved the possibilities of the scheme by the erection of a small system of leach- ing tanks for the treatment of the taii- ings which he collected. He made better than wages while he continued his little plant in operation, and then sold out to a man named John Bylow, who in turn sold to the present owners. Before erecting the present plant Massrs. Hall & McConnell made a number of practical tests and satis- fled themselves that there was money in the scheme. The new plant has becn equipped with rolle and will do custom work on ores sent to It, although It was originally intended to treat nothing but the tailings saved. The Titanic Mining company, in Carbon- ate district, is about to resume operations on its ground. The company owns about 1,000 acres of land In the district. It has ordered an alr compressor plant and new pumps, and will continue sinking in its present shaft, which is now down 225 feet. This shaft will be sent to quartzite, whiéh it 18 expected will be reached within the next fifty feet, and then drifting along that formation will be begun. The Titanic ground is in & good location and has been considered by mining men to be one of the best propositions in the district. Its of- cers and principal stockholders are all South Dakota men, who have already ex- pended a great deal of money ‘n the de- velopment of the ground. Christian Se! A colored man, who worked for a white man who believed in faith cure, Christian Sclence, or whatever it is called, was an hour or 8o late reporting to work one morn- ing, reports Lippincott's Magazine. His employer, upon inquiry, was told that he was detained at home on acount of the fll- ness of his brother. The Christian Scien- tist ridiculed the idea of his brother's ill- ne and sald: “Henry, your brother is not sick. He just thipks he s sick. If he will just use his mind, exercise his will power, decide that he is not going to be sick, and will have faith in God, he will get right up, and you won't have to use any medicine. This was all new and strange doctrine to Henry, but he did not think it wise to get into any kind of argument with his bo s0 he scratched his head and said moth- ing. The third day after the conversation Henry remained away from work the en- tire day. When he reported for work mext morning his employer sald: - “Well, Henry, how is your brother today? Does he still think he s sick?” The colored man replied: “No, sir; we buried him yesterday. I reckon by this time he thinks be's dea . ce. Shadow Pletu: the Wall. Peter Newell, the artist, was camping out ‘in Colorado at one time, living in a tent. News came of a nocturnal murder in the neighborhood and considerable un- easiness was manifested by some members of the family. Mr. Newell thereupon cut out some silhousttes representing men of the roughest western type, all with pistols in their belts and in the attitude of men intensely' Interested in a game of poker. These silhouettes Mr. Newell fastened to the inner canvas of the tent. At night the {amily, stepping outside into the darkness to view the result, were entranced with its success. The shadows throwu from the silhouettes in the Jighted interior indi- cated a tent filled with poker playing, pis- tol-shooting desperadoes. Thenceforth the Newell family slept in pastoral peace. Won the Old M “Sir,”" he sald to her father, “this is a practical world. The spirit of commercial- Ism cannot be throttled by the tender bonds of sentiment. Perhaps you have noticed this ‘I can’t say 1 have,” replied the stern parent, “‘but that needn't detain you. “Of course not,” said the youth with an affable smile. “What I was about to say Is that while I am sitting up courting your daughter I feel that it would be no more than fair to offer to pay for the g 1 assist in consuming.” “Good,” sald the old man. about the coal? throw that in?" “Certainly not,” cried the youth. “I'll gladly throw in the coal. Bless you, 1 worked my way through college tending a furnace."” And the old man smiled approvingly.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. “And how Do you expect -me to there a Carnegle ked the stranger replied the citizen. “Is town? “Wo, library in this Get ‘Em Mixed. milky-white quartz, very porous, carrying carbonate of iron and sssays from $14 to , $112 a ton, at least these are the extreme ‘ yanges of the asays made from the ore. ! The ore at the present depth holds its ! values, and samples taken from the bot- “A nota head On his bosom despalringly sank. “Cantt pay it—can't pay ii!" he absently sal “I've another one due at the bank!" —AUanta Consutnues. from the widow."—The editor's the rock 18 very fine and | but | when a glass is put on a plece of the rock | 1t two | the creek at that | muuy | | | 1 i | | { B year, thowgh this same congress| _peMef on the currency problem. still very regular marke an absence of speculative actlvity. THE OMAHA DAI LY BEE: MONDAY, JA STOCK MARKET HESITATES Best Etooks Off of Market and Those Avail- able Not ia Favor, TRADE IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE GOOD General Cond Panama lons Improving and Pay Not Likely to Derange Bus- Canal ent iness Much, NEW Clews, "Row tat th ow that the rise following easler condi- tions in the market hae had it swing the stock market shows undisgufsed hesitation. To put prices conspicaou higher some new stimulant Is necessary, and §t Is plainly not just now in sight Good stocks at present prices are too high to attract large new investors, though held with such firmness by present owners as to exclude ali ideas of forcing them down. The best stocks are sustained not merely by present prosperity assuring cxisting dividend rates, but aiso by tne merger plans of vast'extent which move slowly but are eventually expected to add to the stability and_value of many of the big rallway properties. The prospects of YORK, Jan in his ‘weekiy 5 —(Special.) Wall street Henry letter, higher dividends on high-class railroad securities are exceed- ingly remote. Many of these are already paving better dividends than five vears ago, but any further increases just now are’ out of the question In view of the increased cost of operating and the vast sums which will be required for expendi- tures to keep these companies in line with modern requirements. Thus it happens that a large proportion of the stocks. formerly regarded a8 among the most substantial for speculative purposes, are being steadily withdrawn from the market and shut up in strong boxes, there to stay, probably until some big deal brings them to life again or A crisis happens which forces realizing on the best material. There re- main_ consequently two other classes of securities to which stock market activity be confined, those of roads which, with growth of the country, have risen into strength and prominence, 'and the jndus- trials which are still to e considered an uncertain and undesirable element in the speculative situation. Neither of these, however. offer any special attractions to buyers just now. Dividend prospects in that quarter have been amply discounted, and the indisposition of investors to buy at the existing level deprives the marke of a very substantial and desirable element of support Wall Street Not Optimistic. It is somewhat singular that with the trade and Industry of the country still run- ning at the top rate of r‘ll ed, the optimistic spirit which such conditlons ‘usually induce 18 not to be discovered in Wall street. There Is a-universal belief that the country is in for another six months. at least, of good business, and that if the harvesi of 198 proves anything lke satisfactory it doubtless will continue beyond that. Why then the present undertorie of not exact distrust_but cold pessimism in quarters where we have been accustomed to hear nothing but the Kospel of optimism? Some of the reasons are these: 1. Prosperity has been amply if not over- discounted. 2. Higher interest rates due to absorption of money In new enterprises make stocks relatively dear. 3. Exceasive underwriting of new schemes and consequent locking up of funds is dis- approved. 4. Corperation profits are declining, owing to increased expenses. 5. Large masses of undigested securities are held over the market above buyers' views; the big men having vast merger plans in progress must wait for decisicn on the Northern Securities case affecting the status of holding corporations. With such Influences at work a bull cam. ign seems impossible. How long present rtfa will last cannot be told. The mar- ket has lately becn broaking the record for inactivity. A bear party of strength might infuse some life into the market, but with stocks and_credit so highly concentrated as at present there i little chance of seri- ous attack from that quarter. General Conditions Improve. General conditions cortinue to Improve. Bank reserves are rising and money rates growing easier. Some vneasiness was manifested over possible gold exports, as we are still large borrowers abroad, but rain- s going outward more freely, ths foreign money markets are in compara- tively easy condition and there is little Itkelthood of important gold shipments until next spring. - Our_contemplated 340,000,000 purchase of the Panama canal will, of eourse, compel heavy payments in Europe, but In any event arraungements will ce tainly be made seeking to deranke the ex- change market as little ae possible. It seems equally certain that no radical anti- trust legislation will be attempted this onal inertia the chances of any legislative e only Is the in- also less disturbing element now in sight Venezuelgn question, which contains flammab! settlement. For the coming week an Ir- ay be antlcipated, with the drift towards somewhat lower level of prices. Forelgn Financial. LONDON, Jan. %.-While the general tone of the stock market throughout last week was firm, business was marked by Kaffirs did not respond to Colonial ~Becretary Chamberlain’s announcement at Johannes- burg on January 17 of the details for the financing of the new South Africgn colonies. This announcement had been already die counted and the delay in the settlement of the labor problem In South Africa is creat- ln{ uncertainty. American securities were without _any siriking feature, the move- ments were irregular, probably owing to the developments in the Venetuelan affairs, which it is considered show a possibility fresh entanglements. The toin feature of the week was/the movement in West Au trallan mines, which, following a periad of depression, became actiye because of the completion of arrangements for large con- solidations., Home rallways were affected by the disappointment felt at the dividend announcements which did rot fulfill ex- pectations, though the amounts carried for- ward exceeded those of last year, The week closed with money ratgs easior apd with a good prospect of a reduction in the bank rate next Thursday. Consols rose sharply in the middie of the week on government purchases, but the advance was not main- tained. BERLIN, Jan. 25.—Business on the bourse last week' was quleter than during the revious period. Operators regarded the Ban Carlos incident as lkely to retard the settlement of the Veneguelan dificulty and | therefore unwise and unnecessary, The in-" fluence cxercised on the stock market by the bombardment was accordingly in the direction of greater reserve in speculatiop. American securities experienced an un- eventful week. Canadians showed much lighter trading than previously, weakening in sympathy with Wall str Domestic loans improved upon the cheapsning of money. forelgn government recurlties Bank stocks, especlally Gesselchaft. advanced because the banks are expecting increased earnings from the forthcoming conversions andsloan operations. The ndustrial mar- ket showed a selling tendecy. Iron shares were lower notwithstanding an advance in the price of pig iron in Lorraine, the latest American market 1eport having af unfa able effect on them. Coul shares dropp in consequence of the break In the cold weather and the statement that the coal eyndicate is trying to induce the companies to voluntarily restrict the output. The gain in Hamburg-American Steamship shares re- ported previotsly was partially lost and the North German Lloyd securities lost 3 points upon the passing of the dividend Money has grown cheaper and more abund- ant. ‘The German banks have been doing @ heavy discounting business in London during the last week, making Germany a debtor to that market. Hence ex- has been rising sharphy, and the New York exchange has also ad- vanced. It is now belleved that the Reichs- bank will postpone any reduction in its rates, owing to the fear of gold exports and because of the near approach of new German and Prussian loans. Germany's ig_iron production in 1902 amounted to P'dfz060 tons, against 776,557 In 11 The provisional e-timates of Germany's foreign irade put the imports at 1.425,000.000 marks, an increase of 50,000 marks. The exports are calculated at 1,251,500,000 marks, an in- crease of 123,500,000 marks Dry Goods Market. MANCHESTER, Jan. %.-DRY GOODS— Business In the cloth market last week was quieter, but closed firm. Transactions con- tinued steady through the week, though the sales were considerably smaller. Most of the sellers were difficult to deal with, owing to their engagements. There vas a fai: eneral Inquiry and some exporters report arge and continuous operations. The out- look from India Is encouraging and the belef prevails that there will be more busi- ness doing in this market later on. China apparently has satisfied her most pressing requirements, but & fair number of orders from neares markets have been booked. Ssibilities. but the chances are | argely in favor of a pcaceable | NUARY 26, 1903. ——— The demand from South America was in- different. Yarns were firm, the produgers holding out for full rates. Americar de- serintions were in fair request. The busl- | ness done was moderate and more satis- Laciury than tor some time. OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKET. Condition of Tr Staple and Fancy Produce. EGGS—FfMsh stock, 18g1%c. LIVE POULTRY-—Hens, 8c; old roost- ers, 4@ic; turkeys, 12@13c; ducks, wecee, T@RC; spring chickens, per b, 64 DRESSED POULTRY— DIH:& chicken: 10 l1c; hens, 10@11c; turke: 15@18c; ducks, U@l geese, 10G11C, RUTTER—Packing stock, 144@15c; cholce Aairy, In_tubs, 16@17c; separator, 21@2Sc. OYSTERS—Standards, per can, 28, extra selects, per can, New York counes, per | can, bulk, extra selects, per gal., §1. bulk, standard, per gal., $1.45. FRESH FISH-~Trout, 8G10c; herring, Gc: pickerel, Sc; pike erch,’ 8c; buffalo, dresscd, 7c; 'sunfish, 3¢; bluefins, do; white- | fieh, 9c; salmon, 16¢; haddock. 1lc; ‘codfish, |12¢; redsnapper, 1oc; lobsters. bolled, per | 1b., 30¢; lobeters, green, per lb., 28c. bull- | heads, "1oc; catfish, 14¢; black’ bass, 2c; | halibut, 1ic. | "BRAN—Per tor,, $13.50. HAY~Prices quot by | sale Dealers’ association: | land, $8; No. 1 medlum, §7; No. 1 coarse | $6.50. Rye straw, 3. These prices are t good color and quality. Demand | tor hay falr, receipts light. Omaha_ Whol Chofee No. 1 up- . 2, 4o, VEGETABLES. NEW CELERY-—-Kalamasoo, per dos., $¢; Caltfornia, per dos., 46Gidc. OTATOES-—Per bu., 40a46c. ufl:\'HET POTATOES—lowa and Kansas, TURNIPS—Per bu., 4c; Canada rutaba- gas, Lvr 1b., 1%c. BEETS- Per bu., 40c. CUCUMBERS-—Hothouse, per dos., $2. ARSNIPS—Per bu., 4c. CARROTS~Per bu., ‘Wc. GREEN ONIONS—Southern, bunches, 45c. _RADISHES—Southern, per J0z. bunches, 45 WAX BEANS—Per bu. box, $3: beans, per bu. box, $1.50. CABBAGE—Holland seed, per Ib., 1%e¢. ONIONS—New home grown, In sacks, per 1b,, ‘1ic; Spanish, per crate, $i.7 NAVY BEA TOMATOES—New Florida, crate, $4.50a5.00. GAULIFLOWER—Calitornia, FRUITS. PEARS—Fall varieties, per box, $2; Colo- rado. per box, $2.25. | JAPPLES-Western, per bbl, §2.75; Jona- thans, $4.50; New York stock, $: Call- fornia Bellflowers, per bu. box, $1.50. APES—Malagas, per keg, $6.00G7.00. CRANBERRIES — Wisconsin, per bbl, $10.50; Bell and Bugles, $11; per’ box, $3.50. TROPICAL FRUITS. 2 SANANAS—FPer bunch, according to size, per doz. string per 6-basket per crate, $3.50. ORANGES—California navels, fancy, $3.2%; choice, $3; Mediterranean sweets, $2.25. DATES—Persian, in 70-1b. boxes, per Ib., 6c; per case of 30-1b. pkgs., $2.25. 1"1G8—California, per 10-lb. cartons, $1; Turkish, per 35-1b.’ box, 14g1 MISCELLANEOUS. HONEY~New Utah, per 24-frame case, CIDER—New York, $4.50; per b%-bbl., $2.75. BAUERKRAUT-—Wisconsin, r - - $2.25; per bbl., $.75. e POPCORN-"Per Ib., 2c; shelled, 4c. HIDES—No_1 green, fc; No. 2 No. 1 palted, T%e; No. 2 salted, Q‘ veal calf, 8’ to 121 Ibs., $kc; No, calt, 12 fo 15 Ibs., G 'dry hides, sheep pelts, 25@T6c; horse hides, $1.50G2.50. NUTS—Walnuts,'No. 1 eoft shell, per Ib., 15c; hard shell, per Ib., 14c; No. 2 soft sheli, per Ib, 1c; No. 2 hard shell, per Ib., 12 Brazils, per Ib., 12c; filberts, almonds, soft shell, per Ib.. 16c, hatd shell | per Ib.,"16c; pecans, large, per Ib., 12ic { small, per 1b., lic; cocoanuts, per doz., 8oc chestnuts, per b, 10c; peanuts, per Ib., | Olc; roasted peatiuts ‘per ib. o black | walnuts, per bu., §1; hickory mits, per bu., $1.50; cocoanuts, per 100, $4. OLD METALS, ETC.—A, quotes the following prices: mixed, per ton, $11; fron, ton, $; copper, per. Ib.. i4c; bras per'Ib..’ §igc; brass, light, per | per Ib. ib., e, B. Alpirn Iron, country, te, per| heavy, Sikc; lead, $c;'zinc, per Ib., 24c; Fubber, per NEW YORK GENERAL MARKETS, Quotations of the Day on Various Commodities. NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—FLOUR—Receipts, 13,645 bbls.; exports, 11,00 bbls.; firm and unchanged; winter patents, $3.65G4.00; win- ter straight, 33.60%3.65; Minnesot FUI50450; winter extras, §580G0.10; Minha sota_bakers, $3.36G3.40; winter low grades, | $5.00G2.9. Rye flour, steady; falr to ” | 33.3003.3; cholce to fancy. & 4055 Mhoa: whl;al flour, qulet, $2.20g2.30, spot and to arrive CORNMEAL—FIrm; yellow west: L20; city, SL18; brandywine, 8.40G05. Jd(trrnrm; No. 2 western, 64c, f. 0. b., afloat. GUARLEY—Qulet; feeding, 47c; malting, 51 WHEAT—Recelpts, 86,450 bu.; 94,000 bu. Spot, firm; No. 2 red, 8%c; No. § | véd, 8iige, I. 6. b., afioat; No. 1 northern { Duluth," %%c, f. 0. b., afioat; No, 1 hard Manitoba, $ifc, . 0.' b, afloat. Options were active and generally stronger on re- newed heavy eastern buying, rains in southern Argentine, higher cables, at- tended by buying orders and active local covering. The market closed on the finish, buylng with last prices }g%c net higher. May, 54@SI%e, closed at 83%4c; July, 19 13-16 @di¥c, closed at B%c. CORN—Receipts, 24,00 bu.: exports, 30,675 bu. Spot, qule . 2, nominal, elevator, and 62 f. o. b., aficat: No. 2 yellow, Gc: No. 2 white, 8c.” Options opened easy.” with but recovered on the wheat ad- cables, vance, ruled active and firm du the torencon. The close was firm at %@%e net February, $84@toe, clos advance. March, 65%@bb%c, c! at 6%e; i July, 48% exports, 1,135 ite, 50%c, closed at B0% closed at 483c. 82,600 bu. hu. Spot, firm; No. %, 44c; standard whi white, #¥ec; N exports, c) LEMONS—California fancy, $.75; choice, | OMALIA LIVE STOCK MARKET Beef Bteers About Steady for the Week and Oows a Little Stronger. HOGS AT HIGHEST POINT SINCE OCTOBER Fat Sheep and Lambs of G Active and Fully Week and Feeders Have Also L d Quality Steady for the at_Good, Steady Prices, | SOUTH OMAHA, Jan. 21 | _Receipts were Cattte. Hogs. sheep, | Official Monauy . 3,965 Official Tuesda BROORE 111 Official Wednesday....... $140 Official Thursday 111 Official Friday 3 Ofticlal Saturday Total this week Week ending Jan Week ending Jan Week ending Jan Week ending 1 N 9 Same week last year... 16,425 a2 RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE ‘The following table shows the receipts ot cattie, nogs aid sheep at South Omana for the year to date, and comparisons with last year: 1908, w2 Ine. Dec Cattle 68,287 O848 11 Hogs 146,966 186,544 s Sheep evees TH,320 48,952 20,349 Average price pald for hogs at Seuth Omaha for the last several days with com- | parisons: | 1908 (1902. [1901. (1900, |1586. |189S. 15 6 1 i | 21| 4 55| 3 61 * Indicates Sunday. | The officlal number of cars of stock | brought in today by each road was: Cattle.Hogs.Sh'p. ENBNT ... S Missouri Pacific Ry Unlon Pacific G, w H'ses, RY... Q Ry R I & P. Qi cast Tiifinois Cen tral .. ‘Total receipts ........ The disposition of the day's receipts was as follows, each buyer purchasing the num- ber of head Indicated: Buyers, Omaha Packing Co. | 8wift and Company. | Armour & Co..... Cudahy Packing Co... Armour, from Sioux City l Cattie. Hogs. Sheep. | 542 | 1,320 1,615 1,910 1308 308 | o1 siresenionies 1390 7380 g9 ~There were not enough_ cattle here today to make a market, but for the week recelpts are about the same as for the | previous week, and as compared with the | same week of last year there is quite an increase. The market was in good shape all the week until Friday, when buyers | took oft about all they put’ on the earlier part of the week. A good proportion of the receipts all the week consisted of corn fed steers, and the market ruled active and stronger until Friday. The top price of the week was $6.10, but a finished load would probably have sold considerably above that figure. The bulk of the cattle recefved sold from $4.00 to $4.50. On Friday the market eased off a litle, so that as compared with the close of last week the market may be quoted just about eteady. The cow market also ruled active and higher the first of the week, and on nesday and Thursday was right close to 2%c higher than the close of last week, but with Friday’s decline the market for the week could not be quoted over a dime higher. The commoner class of cows sold largely from $1.50 to $2. h the medium grades going from $2.75 {o $3.60, and choice cows selling from $.50 to $.%, with an occasional sale above that figure. Bulls were rather slow sale all the week, but still prices did not go much of any lower, the big decline of last week appar- ently ' being satisfactory to buyers. Veal calves commanded strong prices, and choice grades are now selling from $6.25 to $6.50. There was & good demand all the week for desirable grades of stockers and feed- ers, and prices moved steadily upward. The | top price of the week was $4.45, but they were good. As compared with the close of last week 1t is safe to quote the market 10@15c higher on good stuff. The commoner grades are also a little stronger. The bulk of the cattle low coming forward sell from $3.50 to $3.90. HOGS—There was about an average Sat- urday's run of hogs here today and the market opened active and 5@l0c higher than yesterday. The bulk of the goo welght hogs sold from $6.65 to $6.70 and the prime loads sold from $6.70 to $6.7. The lighter loads sold from $6.6) down. Trading was very brisk on the etart and it was not long-before the bulk of the offer- ings was disposed of. Toward the close, however, the market was not as good, as packers seemed to have their more urgent orders filled, so that the late arrivals wera | slow sale and did not bring much better prices than were pald yesterday. Sellers were holding for the morning prices, so that the day was well advanced before everything was disposed of. For the week recelpts of hogs have been a little more liberal than they were last | week, but as compared with the same week year there s still a big decrease, Prices nave been fluctuating back and forth from day to day, but still the general tendency of prices has been upward. The net gain for the week amounts to 15erc and the week closed at tne highest point | reached since October 2. Representative eales: Av/Sh OATS—Receipts dathc; No. 3, dtc; No: 3 white, #4c;“track’ mixed western, nominal; track white, 44@47c. Options unchange i e, My Cloees e i —Quiet; shipping, 55@70c; choice, SC@H1.05. b HOPS—Firm; state, common to chofce, 1902, gsic, 1901, 24Gghe; olds, 4@lilse.” Pa §ific coast. 1902 71g82c; 1901, c; olds, HIDES—Steady; Galveston. 2 to 25 Ibs., 18c, California, 1'to 2 1bs., 19¢; Texas dry, 24 {0 80 Ibs., lde. LEATHER—Firm; acld, 24@25%c. PROVISIONS—Beef, 'steady; family, $15.00G17.00; mess, $10.00610.0; beef hams $20.50@22.00; packet, $i4.00@ city ext India mexs, 8200100, Cut meats, steady; pickled bellies, $8.76@10.00; plckle ders, $8.25; pickled hams, m.&?u.zfi, Lard, | stea western steamed, $10.40; 'refined | steady: continental, $10.55;' South ' America, §1; X ro’m?:’n‘\;.m ,')11"" * l’?lrgk, firm family, $18.75@19.00; short clear, $19.50G21.50; mess, §18.00@18.50. BUTTER—Steady: extra creamery, 2c; extra factory, 11@tfc; creamery, common to choice, 19G%c: held creamery, 13@c; state dalry, IMG25c; renovated, 17G20c POULTRY—Allvé and dressed, steady, unchanged. CHEESE—Recelpts, 222 pkgs.; firm state full cream, fancy small, colored, fall made, 14%c; late made, 13%@Mc; small | white, ‘fall ‘made, 14@14#%c; late made, 1i%e; large colored, fall made, i4ic; late made, 13%c; large white, fall made, 14%c; late made, 13%c. | EGGS—Firm; state and Pennsylvania average best, Zic; refrigerator, 1619¢; west- ern fancy, #4c; Kentucky, 19@24c; western Ppoor_to prime, ‘20Gi23c. | UMETALSThe aggregate of transactions reported today In the leading metals has been light terday's advance in copper in London falled to stimulate activity, but | the ‘market is firm at unchanged prices. | Standard is quoted at S$IL§7%, nominal: lake, $12.374@12.682%: electrolytic, $12.306 12.50; cast, §$1220@1235. Tin also was firm on Friday's London strength, but un- changed, with spot at $28.50G28.55." Lead and spelter were qulet, the former at $.12is and spelter at $4.90@5.00. Iron prices show a nominal advance on some Erades. as fol- lows: No. 1 foundry northern. $24.00824.50 No. 2 foundry northern, $22.00§22.50; No. i foundry southern, §23.606/24.50; No. 1 foundry | sowthern soft, $2.50G24 Warrants are still nominal ALLOW—Firmer; city, %c; country, 6% @bie. RICE—Firm: domestic, falr to extra, 44@ 6%c; Japan, nominal Kansas City Graln and Provisions, KANSAS CITY, Jan. 24—WHEAT—May, i@ T0%c; July 6ik@eTisc; oash, No. 2 hard, GIQRC: No. 3, 66GoTHe; No. 3 red, 61GT0c; May, Vo, 4 gigesc. L o 3%e; No. 2 olge 80 80 120 o 166 i3 50 ‘ w6 8 i e © | oales | export | talr to good | ers, $3.26G4.25; we | Mexas and Tndian steers, $3.006110; Texas | 6.55. ICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET, hee CHICAGO, Jan 24 ~CATTLE~Recefpts, i head: market ¥ nominal; good to prime steers, $1.50G5.5. poor to medium, $3.%@ 1.50; stockers and feeders, $2.3564.50 and heffers, $1.4064.75; canners, $1.404 bulls, $2.00G4.10; caives, $3.0067.50; Texas- fed steers, 335004, 60 HOGS-—-Recelpts, | Monday, 40,000, left oy 10 higher; closed with and _ butchers. — $6. 36 heavy, $6.75016. 061 tight, $8.0066. 40 AND wtrong falr 1o chole sheep, 83,600 western lambs, ) head; estimated r, 3,600, market bap nee lost; mixed to’ chol re Avy, %6 bulk of sales, 8I1 head ors, EP mark 344005, westor $4.2540 346007 1 yesterday Receipts. Shipmepts, o {isi 0,240 4,708 | Hogs s bt Sreep New York Live Stock Market. EW YORK, Jan HEEVES&-Recelipts, 5 head, all consigned direct; no sales re- ported; dressed by teady;’ city dress natives, Th@loc per b, Texas beef, faar | Cables ‘last recelved quoted general s lof Amerlcan steers g 126i13c, dressed | welght, and refrigerator beet quiet at e Exports today inclbded 1,482 beeves, 30 | sheep, 300 carcasses of mutton and | auarters of beef CALYV wektern calves on su yesterday: no wales reporte veals, 10ig@14c per Ib, Recelpts abe epoityd > AND LAMRS-Recelpt heep were rated dull and wi aled slow, without change in from esterday; about 8 cars of stock unsol aales reported: lambs sold at $5.6606.25 dressmed mutton, 6dse per Ib.; dressed lambs, Sutoe. five oars of d over from i city dressed t 2,442 head; no 8H 5% head; s lambs ive Stoek Market. Jan. 24.—~CATTLE—Re- market unchanged; choice cd heef steers, $4.8015.60; W4i1.75; stockers and feed- tern fed steers, $2.0004.50; Kannan City KANSAS CITY, ceipts, 100 head nd _dre ¥ | eows, $1.90¢ natlve cows, $L.75@4.00; na- M414.30; canners, $1.00@2.10; Alves, $2.75G7.00. - Recelpts 100 cuttle and 2,000 calves. 3,000 head: strong: top, ; heavy, $6.6) 50@6.70; ight, AND LAMBS—NG réceipts; t nominai; $4.00a5.00; we | Jambs, §3.8560.55 b8, $3.00G25.00; thers, $5.30@4.5; western wethers, stockers and feeders, $2.5068.60. ipts for the week, 20,400 head. mar- s Re- cel Stock Market. ST. LOUIR, Jan. 2.—CATTLE-Receipts, 200 head, including 10) Texans; market quiet: native shipping and export’ steers, 34406 450, with strictly fancy quoted up o $6; dressed beef and butcher steers, $1.0065.00; steers under 1,000 Ihe., $3.50G450; stockers and feeders, $2.75@ cows and helfers, 4.7; canners, $1.50@2.50; bulls, $3.00@ Ives, $4.00G7.50; Texas and’ Indian stecrs, $2.60@4.40; cows and heifers, $2.25@ 5.70. HOGS—Recelpts, 2,00 head; market about sal0c higher; plgs’ and lights, $5.2006.50; 3 6.60026,80; butchers, $6.70G7.0, P AND LAMBS—No recelpts: mar- ket inal: native muttons, $.0004.85; lambs, $5.0066.25; cglls and bucks, $2.0004.50; slockets. $100g8.00; Tens and fed westerns, 4.60. §i. Joweph Live Stock Market. ST. JOSEPH, Jan. 2.—CATTLE—Re- ceipts, 169 head: natives, $3.85@6.85; Texay and western, $3.45G5.15; cows and helfers, 2.0064.40; veals, §8.00@7.75; bulls and stags, $2.5064.50. . HOGE—Recells, 4.103 head; light mixed, $6.00@6.%5: medium and heavy, $6.65a pigs, $5.60@6.30; bulk of sales, $6.606i6.75. SHERP AND LAMBS:-Recelpts, 207 head; market active and firm. Sioux Ofty Live Stock Market. SIOUX CITY, ia., Jan. 24.—(Speclal Tele- gram.) — CATTLE — Recelpts, 100 head: steady; beeves, $3.60@5.00; cows, bulls and Tixed, $1.6004.00; stockers and feeders, 2.5 @4.00; ‘calves and yearlings, $2.25@3.85. HOGS—Receipts, 4,500 head: be higher, selling at 36, ; bulk, $6.2516. SHEEP—Receipts, 300 head; s Stoek iu Sight. The following were the, receipts of live stock at the six principal citles yesterday: Cattle. Hogs, Sheep, Omaha ... 309 7, Chicago Kansas Ci St. Louls St. Joseph .. Sloux Clty Totals.. Toledo Grain nnd Seed. TOLEDO, Jan. 24.—WHEAT—Active and strong; cath and January, 79%c; May, Sfc. CORN—Falrly active and steady; Janu- ary, 46c; May, 45ic. OATS-Dull "and ‘steady; ac; May, 37%c. RYE—No. 2, 53%c. SEEDS—Clover, dull ary, $.%; March, $7. $19%. Prime alsike, January, anad_steady: Prinic Janu- timothy, Whisky Market. CHICAGO, Jan, 24.—WHISKY—On basis of high wines, $1.30. ST, LOUIS, Jan. 24.—WHISKY—Steady PEORIA, Jan. 24.~WHISKY—For finished at_ $1.30. goods, $1.9). CINCINNATI, Jan. %4.—WHISKY—Dls- tillers’ finished 'goods, steady, on basis of $1.%0. inneapolis Wheat, Flour and Bran, MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 2%4.—WHEAT—May, 8%c; July, T8%@T8%c; on track, No, 1 har %ci No. 1 northern, 78%c; No. 2 northern, UR—First patents, $4.06@4.15; patents, $3.90@4.00; first clears, $2, clears, $2.06@2.15. second econd Homs Sold Higher, but Dropped Back— cows nd lght | wccount, The 1ocal weakness was increased by southern selling orders. The buying was chiefly by shorts, who had profits in sight and were dispoked to secure them in view of bad weather south. Spot closed aulet; middling uplands, 5.9 LIVERPOOL, Jan. 21— COTTO talr demand, prices 6 points low can middling, 4.7% -8pot, In Amuri- PRORIA, Jan 42¢. OATS—Steady; No. § white WHISKY—$1.30 for finished’ g RAILWAY TIME CARD, ~CORN—Steady; No. & ON STATION=10TH AND MARCY, Union Pactfie, Leave Arrive. .8 9:40 am a 1350 pm a 3% pm Overland Limited, The Fast Mall ey | Catitornia Jxpress. | Pacific kKxpress Eastern kxpress . The Atlantic Lxpress | The Colorado Special... | Chicago Special Lincoin, Beatrice and | Stromsburg Exprees..b 4 o1ih PIAtl Locil.... 8 8:00 and Island Local b i intand & EAST. Chicago Daylight L Cu Chicago bay ight L Chicago Expless Des Molnes Exprese Chicag. Express WEST. Rocky Mountain 1'Ud..4 Lincoln, Colo. Spriugs, Denver, Pueblo and West . a Colo., Texas, Cal. and Oklahoma Flyer.......a Wabas 8t. Louis Express Savees 8t. Louis ‘ocal, Coun- el Bluffs....... a Huois Centr: Cnlcago Express.... Chicago, Mitineapoiis St. Paul Limited., Minneapoiis & St. Expres o Chicugo Uhicago « * The Fast Chicago . Mail sEeeus Local Sioux City Dayhght st. Paul.. Daylight Chicago...... Local . hicago. Locul Carroil Fast Chicago Fast St s v Limited Chicago.... Fast Mail...... ..o Locul Sioux Uty Chicago, Milwankee Chicago Daylight.......a Chicago Fast EXpress. . u Chicago Limited. . a Bl pm Des Molnes EXpress....a 7:45 um | Chicago Local 10:30 am Masmouri Pa Louis Expre C. and St. L. a 4:20 pm allido pm a 710 am a i.a 7i b a4 a0 " a 64 a9 bilio) i a1 pm 8456 am pin b 2 a5:00 pm a12:40 pm “Cannon Bal!” v pm a8 am a10:30 1 ik am a5:10 & .a “aul [ pm A 8§:05 am b10:3% oo al0:8 nwestern, orthwestern Line. .4 3:40 am a 3w pm a 5:10 am am am am pm pm pm vm pm 15 5id am pm 8t K. {BURL a10:00 am 5 pm al0:50 pm - am ON—10TH & MASON i Leave Beatrice and a 8:40 am la 80 am a 412 pm tiver, Arriye. Wymore, Lincoln . IR Nebraska ' Express Denver Limited.. Black Hills and Sound Xy : Colsrade Vesti FIPUE Si0ri.ves Lincoln Fast Ma ¥ort Crook und Platts: mouth . b 3:20 pm | Bellevue & Pacific Jet../a 7:60 pm Bellevue & Pacific Jct...a 3100 am Kansas City, St. Joseph & Counell Blafs Clty Day Ex b11:55 amw 5 pm % am all:lo pm a 8:10 pm aio .y b 2562 pm o addam ab Bt Flyer.. .8 5:10 pmn allils am Kansas Clty Night EX. alo:0 pm @ 6115 am Chicago, Burlington & Quiney. Chicago Special.... 7:00 am a 4:05 Chicago Vestibuied 400 pm a 7:50 am Chicago Local. .. 9:2 & Chicago Limited. :06 Fast Mail Ao WEBSTER DEPOT—15TH & WEBST) & M a a a a a 2ido pm Fremoni, Elkhorn Valley. Leave. Arrive, & 5:00 pm © 6:00 pm Black Hills, Deadwood, Lead, Hot Spings.....a 3:00 pm Wyoming, Casper and Douglas :........ ..d §:00 pm. Hastings, York, 'David City, Superior, Geneva, Exefer and Seward....b 3:06 pm Bonesteel, Lincoln, Nio- brara and Fremont....b 7 Fremont Local...........c Chicago, St. Paul, Omaha. Twin City Padsenger...a 6:30 am a 9:10 pm Stoux City Passenger...a 2:0 pm al Oakland Loca b §id5 b Missourt Pacific, Nebraska Local, Weeping Water. b 5:00 pm b10:25 am 0 am Minneapolts & b Daily except Sunday. d Dally a Dally. e Daily except Monday. except Saturday. ¢ Sunday only. STEAMSHIP! HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE New Twin-Screw Steamers of 13,500 Tons. NEW YORK -ROTTERDAM, via BOUL Balling Wednesday at 10 A. M Rotterdam . Jan. 25 Kotterdam Amsterdam ........Feb. 4| Amsterdam Ryndan Feb, m Holland-America Line, 39 B'w. Harry Moores, 1601 Farnam st.; J. 8. Mc 160; Farsam st., Lous & Co., 1514 10th s, B L L Mar, 4 Mar. 11 Mar. 3% y. N. Y. ally, 1323 Capitol ave.. Chas Kostoryz, 609 So. 12th st, Omal —_— C. A. Weare, V-Prea lshed 1862 BRAN—In bulk, $14.50G14.75. Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—COTTON—Market opened casy af decline of 10 points and subsequently ruled a point or two easer, cables being unsatisfactory. There was a disposition to liquidate long interests and the increased volume of selling for short ISSION C0., CHICAGD Members of the Principul lxchange Private Wires to Polnts. GRAIN, PROVISIONS, STGCKS, BONDS ‘Bought and sold for cash or future dellvery, OMAHA BRANCH, i10-111 Board of Trade Telephone 1516, W. E. Ward, Locai M-nager gell at $1.00 per bushel If 80, keep in touch with W06 6 6 6715 SHEEP—There were no sheep or lamba offered on the market today, everything that came In being sold to arrive, so that | a test of the market was not made. Fur | the week receipts show an increase ov the previous week and also over the same week of last year. The demand, though, has beer fully equal to the occasion and an active, steady market has been experienced | all the week. The only exception was on Friday, when buyers realized that they | bad forced prices at this point higher than | other, and as a result they took off but' as compared with ‘the elose | week the market on all deswa of both sheep and lambs is fully The common k! of "course n neglected ¢ ‘extent whet buyers could get enc of the grades to fill thein orders, but still the half-fat kinds are as nign as were last week The recelpts of feeders have been tremely light all the week and as there has been quite a demand prices are fully | steady uotations 57; falr to good ! native lambe, $4.90@5.15; fair to good wethers, $4.0G6.0 L of last grades steady have be: h Choice western lambs, $.50@ mbs. $4.75@6.40:- cholca 0: choice yearlings. yearlings, $4.256 falr to good, $4.00 CORN- Jnnunr)'N, % mixed. @40 ; No. AT NG white, its@se; No. 2 mixed, e RYE—No. 2, #ic. gA\'— hy, $13.00§1250; prairie, $5.7G 5 BUTTER—Creamery, 20624c: dalry, 20c. EGGS—-Firm; fresh Mlissourli and Kansas stock. 18igc, loss off, cases returned; new No. 2 whitéwood cases included, lSc. Recelpts. Shipments Wheat, bu.... vaness DLIOD 2,000 Corn, bu... 96,000 Oats, bu... z,w0 76,400 e @4.50; cholce ewer, $4.00604 $2.25G4.00: feeder lambs, vearlings, $3.500 feed 25; feeder ew 0G?2. 2. fali 1o good, fi‘"/rllll!. feeder er wethers, $3.000 Itepresentative | Pr. 300 660 57 4 native lambs.... May oats will sell at 50 Sullivan’s Red Letter May wheat is actually cornered. Tt is apt to any da) Send for my reasons for preediction for wheat to sell at $2.00. Are you interested in May corn and May pork? me. The letter tells why cents. Sugar-Steel Big and influential interests are working for a big br k in sugar, and U. 8. Steel. If yon want the inside of a big railroad deal, send for a copy of mailed free. “SULLIVAN'S FAMOUS Don’t overlook the fact that my RED L IR,” commissions are only half that charged by mem- bers of the Chicago Board of Trade, Geo. T. Sullivan, Stock and Grain Broker, 259 and 261 La Selle Street, W. E. WALSH, Mgr. Omaha Office, Room. A. New York Life Bldg. Tel. 3372,