Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1909, Page 7

L 3 / i CRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKE fihnt Traders Observe Christmas Eve 85 Holiddy. OFFERINGS ARE ABSORBED Generous and Dealers Cleanup @0 Last Unill the Christmas Fextival epgpts Are Make - After } OMAHA, Dec. 24. 1%0. The wheat market was d nohiday afiair Roday, oniy a haif sessibu betng hield. Wheat irkding s indulged in wus more Of i sing-up of outstanding trade and the posing of sampies on the cash floor ceipts were generoys and all offerings Were asborbed _everywhere, . making o nup to last over e Christmas holiday vheat was steady and unchunged fc most pest of tne short session. Tne rket held & (110 tome in face of libera. eipts and heavier arrivals reported for Woe next inarket days. Lorn was faily active, offerings bLeing berai and weee well taken at prices com- ing 1irm with yesterday's light offer- K. 'Au cash (»(1‘14|.|fiwlhvn' A. sorbed ickly, with no change In valu Ml"lm-rv wheat receipta were 04, 00 bu. fand shipments” were 115,00 bu., agalnst tholiday last ) edr Primar; orn ‘ehipments 1,000 by 0| ar hipments sty ¥, Clearances were 215,000 bu. of corn, none oats and wheat and flour equal o 449,00 recelpts we! against Liverpool closed %d lower on wheat and lower 'on earn, oeal range of options # L 2% LEN 40! o Ba Cand Price WHEAT=No. 2 bard, $106G108; No. hacd] o R@LU, No. 4 Mard, Me@$of; re- e 1ard, o300, No. I spring, $L.06@ 73 No. 3 8pring, 3.ull06; No. 2 Durum, L8 ¥5sc; No. 8 Durum, $3@sshc. ‘ P UCORN=NO, ‘2 Wil 6bmyoiac; No. 3 Rwhite,” B94GEDAc, . 4 white, 20457 4c; fNo. 3 colar, Swgwe, No. 3 yellow, slgelc. $o. 3 yelldw, akgossc; No. 4 veliow, w@ 8c; No. 2, 6igusc, No. wobmc, No. 4 feblagise; nb graue, sla@ic. e Ao, 4 ne; No. 3 white, T4 GA%e; ~ No. 4 “white, $2K@ic; No. § i’ llow, 12,6 42c; No, 4 yellow, 41@42isc %67‘&17. No. 2 rye, U 2% No. mixed, 414@42%c. 8 BARLEY—No. 4, Sfl‘%fl c; No. 1 feed, i c; No. 3 rye, Carlot Recerpra. Wheat. Corn. Oats. 26 383 142 {Omaha- ... bhgl e | vlq)::lum M a0 ek CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS . Minneapoltd g Features of the Trading and Closing Prides on'Board of Trade. . CHIGAGO, Dec. 84.—Increased receipts in 4 southwest, together with favorable con fditions for, tho new sown erop In that sec- ‘tion, tended to weken the wheat market! There today. The market, however, ciosed steady, with prices ke lower to % higner. Corn and outs clpsed firm and provisions | wteady. * “irading In the wheat pit was Inclined to Idrag part of the day, owing to pre-noiiday Apertia, Sentiment was bearish nearly ail » although some buoyancy was mani- ated oh m few, oecasions owing to cover- dag Ly shorts. There was almost nothing n the gossip of the day to encourage tue lls, while several factors erate selling. The chief influences that ompted wales were easy cables licress: 5 receipws, pariicwlarly at St. Louis and ansas City, rain or snow during the lasc wenty-four: Hours throughout the souih- ‘west, glack demand for the cash grain and e weak Porty of a St. Louls cora 0 e BOSR The it trading was in May and that option 1d betwween 3110t and SLURGLUN. Clos g tigurcs on slay yere at 3.1k 3 b "ihe; corn market strong und- olosed lrm, Weh prices %o t0 e higher. £ The oats market was firm and - closed e to ie wigher Frovieions elosed unchanged to 5@Tic '-llrl\ot. | §. ‘neiéading Butlires ranged as follow FAriicles. % *Wheat | | Det. - ('116 | 116% May 1 1gia ] s ¥ oduly | 0% Gt *Carn— | | | decd 102G N lay July A 18— | Open.| High. | Low. | Close.| Y es'y. | | 116 | 116%, 1104 111 1 Ulbail Ol%g% 1164 118 1003 | | $3n) ¢ 24| 6% 624 Siln| ok B3 66N GO 66 Ww B6ma | | il ol 4% 44| | | 2% 270 ! 21 | 2w 2 6T 2 | 44 i 4%y 43ty {216 216 M |12 674, 13 67% 14 60 | 11 820 11 973 11 90 11 9235 11 %0 1t e/ 1 e H ahytdi &7 0. 2. Casn ‘quotations were ‘as follows: FLOUR—Firm; winter patents, $5.1065.60 ‘Winter straignts, $4.00@5.55, spring straights, $4.70G4.90; bakers, $3.06@6.20. RYE-No. 3, 8%@i04c. BARLEY—lFeed and mixing, 8@élc; choice malting, 65G70c. ElkDS—Flax, No. 1 southwestern, $L84; No. 1 northwestern, $L8. Timothy, $3.75. . Clover, $.50G13.60. 3 PROVISIONS—Mess pork, per bbl., $22.2 Short fair to G2, Lard, per 100 ibs., $12.80. ribs sides (lovse), SLLAOGILET4. Short clear sides (boxed), $1L87 134, Total clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 48,000 bu. Exports for the week, Ji@s shown by Bradstreet's, were equal to T0W0 bu;, Primary recelpts were 540,000 4d With the hollday the cor- &y a year ago. Estimatea receipts of tomorrow Wheat, 46 cars; corn, 316 cars; oais, 143 cars; hogs, 30,000 Lead. BUTTER-Steady; creameries, 21@35c; dalries. Hgc. EGGS—Recelpts, 2680 cases cases Included, Hi4Qsi sts, 820; prime firsts, 85¢, CHEESE-Sleady; dafsics, 16%@16%c; twins, 16G16%¢; young Americas, 16%c; long 1 horns, 18%¢. POTATOES—Steady; Ao RY~—Steady springs, i3c. Steudy; 60 to 00-1b, welghts, § @hen 1o K-Ib. weights, HGI0C; 8 to LC-Ib. W elhts, o Chicago Cash Prices—Wheat: No. 2 red, WROLHN, No. 3 red, §118¢1.3; No. 3 rd, $115GL17%; No. 3 hard, $LI No 1 northern “spring.” 3115g1.19; No. porthern spring, §1.1641.17; No. 8 spring, L0115, Corn No. 3 cash, 80c: No 4 cash, Be; No. 8 white, §li4c No. 3 yellow, Glke; No. 4 yellow, 8¢, Oats 4e: No. 3 ‘white, Wi @ic; No, pvis Kansas City Grain and Provisio KANSAS CITY, Dec. #.—WHEAT. unchanged: No. 2 hard, $LOSGL13: N. $L06G112; No. 3 red. $1.8841.3; No. 3 Slgfl: May, $1.060L06%. sellers; July, at cholce to faney, chick- 4 . 8, “!' 17 , seller “ 'ORN—Unchanged to higher: No xed, 6be; No. 3, 63Gc; No. 2 white, 63ic o. 3. 68c;. December, 6dc, bid; May, t5uc, sellors; July, ®isc, seilers OA’TE-‘l;gchmrd. No, No. 2 mixed, o ¥ E—Toe. [AY—Unchanged: I GI800; cholce prairie, 5 Ifalfa, $17.50018.00, 'Wheat, bu » Corn, bu. Qajs, bu 2 white, #@¥ic; olce timothy $12.50 $10.2570.50; cholce Recelpts. Shi, acelpia. Shipw 76,000 6,00 ents, 44,000 26,000 15,000 " Options at Kunsas City: i Articles. | Open.| High.| Low, | Glose. Wheat— May 0%A %A A Asked. B Bi | Philadelphia Froduce Market. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 34 —BUTTER— rm; exige western creamery. Sic; extra estern mery, vearby peiuts, 4oc. RGGS-Firm.: nnsylvanis and /A were 904,000 bu. | inspircd mod- | mark, | other | Higher, 15 5-16c. THE BEE: O | \nearby firsts, free [ Pennsylvania ‘and other nearby | current rééeipts, in returnable cases. at mark; western firsts, free cases, 34c weatern firats, free cases, receipts, 821G 38c at mark. HEBSE~Firm; New York full credms, | (e, 1T, New York. fdll creams, fair good, 16% @170 YORK cases, 34c at mark; firsts, 32¢ at eurrent | ENERAL MARKET Quotations of the Day on Various Commodities. | NEW YORK, Dec. #.—-FLQUR-Market | qulet and steady; spring patents, ¥.40G% &, winter patents, '$.40G5.90; winfer extras, | No. 1, $.0004.9; Kansas straights, $.9G | Winter traights, $.26G6.3; spring ré, $4.4004.8; winter extras, No. 2, $4.40 | Recelpts, 23,442 bbls; shipmenis, | i bble. Rye fiour steady;'fair to good, $4.2034.% ; choice to fANcy, $4.3004.50. Buck: | four, qulet; bulk, $2.10, nominal, per | 100_1bs, Dull; COE coarse, NEW MEAL 190 tine white and vel- | $L46@150; kiln dri ), ¥ 1 westerri, $4i4e, nominal, | RLEY—Qu . New WHEAT—8pot ding, 63650 market quict; No. 2 red, | $1.27@120%, to. arrive,. elevator, and $1.27, f b, afloat; No. 1 northern, Duluth, | $123%; No. 3 hard winter, §134%, £. 0. b. afioal. Holiday market prevailed'in wheat After an easier .opening on cubles, prices { advanced on coverings and small receipts, | | ana firm cash markets, closing lc up for | December and e lower for other positions. | | December, $1.24%@1.25, closing at $1.34%: $1.17 1-16, closing at $1.184; July, $1.00 closing at $1.09%. Receipts, 35,400 bu.; shipments, 6,700 bu. CORN--Spot market steady; X elevator; T0%c, delivered, and 6c, f. | afloat. Option market was without trans- | actions, closing unchanged. ~ December | closed at T0igc; May closed at 5c. - Re- ceipts, 10,625 bu.: shipmeats, 18,406 bu. OATS—Dull; mixed, 2 to 82 pounds, d7c; natural white, 2 to 32 pounds, ATH@HAcC; | clipped white, 8 to 42 pounds, 45%4@b3c. Options without_transactions, ciosing un- changed; May. Wc. HAY~—Quiet; prime, $1.05; No. 1, $1 S6a%0c. HOPS—Basler; state, common to choice, 1909, 30Gc; 1908, 16G20¢; Pacific coast, 1008, 20qi1c; 198, 7@ HIDES Dull; Central yAmerica 24e; Bogota, 21%@284e. Leather, quiet; hem- lock, m-w‘_wz'«;uzs seconds, £3@27c; thirds, 2azc; rejected, 20 21c PROVISIONS-Pork, firm; mess, $25.00¢ | 2.50; tamily, §26.00G2.00; short clears, §25 @21.00. Beef, firm; mess, $1150@12 ily, $15.00G1550; beet hams, $24.00G26.00. mcats, quiet; pickled bellies, 10 to pounds, $13.50; pickied hams, $13.000 Lard, firm; middle west, prim 13.60. Refined, firm; coryJnent, p13 America, $14.73; compound, $10. TALLOW—Firm; prime, 6%c; e @ic : RICE=Qulet; 24@5%c; Rio, nominal country, Japan, %o} common domestic, e, COFFEE—Spot, No. 4 Sanios, 8. BUTTER—Steady to finest, CHEESE- steady; No. 7 state dairy, new full cream, special, 17%@isc; state, mew full cream, September, fancy, 1ic; state, new full cream, Qclober, best, 16%0; state, new full cream, late best, 15}c; state, new ful cream, common o good, 13@lb%c; skims, ) asier; £l 1o s Saitse. BoGSE, Western extra first, 3@ | % first, S1G32C. FOULTRY -Alive, du'ls western chickens, 16c; fowls, 16c; turkeys, 1gc. Dressed, steady: western chickens, 16G23c; fowls, 136 | Tic; turkeys, 2l@e. | WEATHER BELT state, IN THE GRAIN Unsettled and Colder, with Fair in| East Portion. OMAHA, Dec. 24, 1909 The southwest depression noted in the previous reports has moved northwestward during the past twenty-four hours, and Is central over the southern Rocky mountamn siope this morning. This disturbance Is attended by generally unsettied weather, and is cauking snows over the upper and middle portions of the Missouri and M| sissippl valleys, and rains in Ule extreme lower valleys and west Gulf states. The | disturbance will probably continue east- | Ward over the central valleys during the| | next twenty-four hours, and will cause | continued _unsettled wedther, Wwith snow, n this vicinity tonight, with coider to: night, followed Saturday by falr and coldgr. An area of high pressure overlies {he 'Rooky mountains and Pacific slope, {and a very decided fall {n temperatupe has. sucoeeded the low pressure over the southwest. Temperatures are higher every- Where east of the mountams, except In the upper ion, and extreme upper Mis- souri where, they are lower. An area of high pressure, with generally Cloudy weather, overlies the eastern por- tiun of the country, and snows are falling | in the Now England states. Record of temperature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of | e hree years A dwat gy 1900 1008, 1007, 130, | Minimum temperature.....286 81 Precipitation ... 0800 .00 .00 Normal temperature for today, 2 degrees. Excess in precipitation since March 1, 445 inche Deficiency in 1908, 4.39 inches. Deficiency corresponding perfod In 1907, | 7.8 Inches. L. A valley, corresponding period WELSH, Local Forecaster. St. Louls Gemeral Market. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 24.—WHEAT- -Higher, cash lower; track, No. 2 red, casn, §L27G 1.2; No. 2 hard, $1.14%@L17, December, 1. 14° %@ 1% s track, No. 2 cash, B3%@ 63%c; No. 2 white, €3%; December, 63%c; May, 66%e. QATS—Firm; track, No. 3 cash, 4l%ec; 2 white, 46%@4tic; December, #ige] 45huc. RYE—i%c, nominal. FLOUR—Unchanged; red winter patents, $5.706.10; extra fancy and straight, $.100 5.0; hard winter clears, $3.90G4.20. SEED—Timothy, $2.50@3.50. CORN MEAL~$3.00. BRAN—Firm; sacked east track, $1.129 114 HAY—Firm; timothy, $14.00G17.50; prairie, $11.00G13.00. BAGGING—8%0. HEMP TWINE-Tc, PHROVISIONS—Pork, steady; jobbing, $22.00. Lard, lower; prime steam, $12.060Q 128, Dry salt meats, unchanged; boxed | extra shorts, $13.35; clear ribs, $13.%5; short | ears, $13.60. Bacon, unchanged; ' boxed xtra short, $14.50; clear ribs, $14.60; short | clear, 314 POULTRY-Firm; oy er, 10%¢; | 10%¢; turkeys, 20c; ducks, 13c; geese, Sc. BUTTER—Firm; creamery, 31@3c. EGGS—Steady, #c. Flour, bbls. Wheat, bu. Corn, bu Oats, bu....... 4,200 - 81100 210,100 73,600 Recelpts. Shipme| Minneapolis Grain Mark 't NNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 3i.—WHEAT cember, §1.11; May, $L11; cash: No. 1| d, $1.18%; No. 1 northern, $LUK@LLIK; | northern, $1.09%@110%; No. 3, $1.07%¢ "'.;:“S" :nzz‘%'\\am:. OATS- L2%@43nc. RYE—No. 3, T%@73%c. BRAN-In 100 pound sacks, $21.00. FLOUR—First patents (in' wood f. 0. b Minneapolis) $5.5005.70; second patents, $5.30 @6.50; firet clears, $4.45G4.55; second cleas £3.4046.50. Liverpool Grain Marke: LIVERPOOL, = Dec. 3.—WHEAT-Spot, firm; No. 3 red western winter, Ss 2i4d; futures, quiet; December, 8s 1%d: Marcn, Ly Y, 18 9%d. CORN—Spot, mew American mixed (via Galveston) steady, Gs 8d; New American, old, quiet, bs 10d; futures, quiet; January | | mixed, 68 5%d; January plate, Gs Thd. | Peoria Marke| PEORIA, Dec. 34 —~CORN-—Steady; No. 3 white, 6044e; No. 4 white, 68ic; No. § yel- | low, 8c; No. 8 mixed, &c; No. 4 mixed, |5T%Gosc; no grade, b2ige. OATS—-Steady; No. 2 white. 4ic; No. 3 hite, #iac; standard, Hi@HYe. MI har No. 2 Loy FL. COR |w | roledo Seed Market. TOLEDO, Dec. 24—SEEDS—Cash clover, $890; " Decomber, $8.90° February, $9.08% Maron, B.m4; April, 3836 Timotly prim | e L1 %; Dece » FL.9; ‘leh. e e . Yo | Milwaukee Grain Market. x‘:fx:'wni'fiafi'nb"' U~ WHEAT-No. 1 northern, $116G1.17, Ne. hern, §i. B i 2 northern, §114G S— kg ehe. BARLEY—Sampie; Duluth Grain Market. DULUTH, Dec, #.—WHEAT— 110, May. $1.11; No- 1 northers, $138y Neu! | anhm L0, Co Ex NEW YORK. Dec, 24 —Today is & holiday | oii_the cotton exchange here #.—~COTTON~ | GALVESTON, Dea | €1 | Loutsville & | Pennsylvania | Puliman Palace Car. AR W | | N Y., | Beatrice Creamery, NEWYORKSTOCKS AND BONDS Market is Dull -Emon is Devnte;i‘ Largely to Closing Contracts. ‘ VIOLENT COLLAPSE IN READING e s drres on Gossip that Bank Statement Wounld Be Less Favorable Tha | Expeeted. Was NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Today's was a hollday stock market In the seasonable | dullness which restricted the activities a- most wholly to the closing up of con- tracts, Borrowing call today carried over until Monday and the evidence o over-supply of funds the day pro gressed, helped to allay apprehension and | conduced to the stiffening of prices of stocks. Liscounts eased dicating ton aftar sharp on in forelgn r.arkets the prospect of money rela the turn of the year, Another reapse in forfign eichangs rates pointed to the speculative nature .f some strength in that market and ine 'obver- supply of exchange blils left on hend as o consequence. Reading second preferred collapsed violently, running off 7% polnts from the price touched in the volatile r of yesterday. The most conspicuous move- ment was in the Rock Island group, both in the stock and in the colatersl bonds secured by the old Rock Island stock. Be- lief in identical control of this company Lehigh Valiey end Wabash still figured as the chiet influence in the movement. An advance in"the price of copper metal in London gave an upward impetus to stocks of the copper Industr; The large shifting of ‘oans that has been going on during the week was indicated by the actual decrease of $11,%2.000 in that item of the clearing house banks as against an increase in the averages of non-clear ing house institutions of said = $12,004,000. The actua! statement falled' to show the expectéd gain In cash and reported a de- crease, The bank statement did not appear untill after the stock market glosed and was not appraised In the dealing there, unless the reactionary movement late In the day w due to some advance knowledge that the showing wou'd be rather less favorable thaar was expected. The stock market closed frregular on account of this re-| action | Bond were irregular. Total sales, par value, $6,444.000. United States 3's have ad vanced %, and the Zs, 1§ per cent in the | bid price on call since last week | Sales and range of prices on the Stock | exchange were as follows | Sales. High Lo 800 14 g0 88 350 4y w4 s1% 2 6% iA- Low. Close 1ed ey | STH S8y AT e 4% 45 | B BN | prioge L ¢ s “ ®y u & 10.% 1ot | 121 1025 | o | a 63 American Tel, & Tel Amnigamated ~ Copper. American - Agricultural American Beet Sugar American Can pfd American Car & Foun American Cotton Ol...... American H. & L. ptd American Ice Securites American Linseed . ... American Losomotive. *American 8. & R do_pta 4 American Sugar Rofin Americal Tel. & Tol.. Ameriean Tobacco ptd American Woolen. Anaconda Mining Atehison for 124 do pta 3 | Atlantic Coast Line. . ... | Baltimore & Oho.... do ptd S Bethleham Steel Brookiyn Rapid Canadian Pucitio Central Leather do ptd Y | Central of New Jersey Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Alton | C. G W. off. new | Chicago & Northwestern O M e B .00 c.c., C &st'L Colorado Fuel & Tron. Colorado & Southern T e Y | LSl e geted | Consolidated Gas. Corn_Producta Delaware & Hudson .. Denver & Rio Grande. *do ptd, Distiliers* Erlo do 1x do 24 Pla.l General Electrlc ........... Great Northern pfd 3 l do Ore ets..........eo... Tiiinols Central At { Interborough-Met 3 40 TPOR \Wuerhasssvasan International Harvesier.. Inter-Marine ptd. . International Paper 4 International Pump......... b, | Towa Central (e ik Kansas City Southern...... 00 Bl iyay Vs iv e e | Nashville Minneapolls & St. Louls M. 8 P. &S Sta M. Missouri Paclfic .......... Missourl, Kaneas & Texasl a0 pHd.. D ational Biscult National Lead ... N. Rys of M. ist' pid w York Central Y., 0. & W Norfoik & Western... orth American orthern Pacitic Pacific Mail 100 it 6034 102% 1% 1231 1024 (54 [ Transit 9 | ‘Securitien. . e S FEIT H Peoples Gas ... P, C. C & St. L. = [ Prossed Steel Car 5 i Railway Steel Spring. Botasen ! Reading ........ Republic Steel do ptd. Rock lsland Co. €6, B0 ssosneesnison St. L. & S F., 2 pid St Louls Southwestern do pfi Sloss-Shettield s & | Toxas & Pacitic . T, 8 L & W do_prd Union_ Paci| it o pd.... ¢ | UL 8. Realty 3 { U. §. Rubber k UL 8. Sieel 4o ptd. Utah Copp Virginia-Caroll Wabash do pld.. 3 Western Maryiand Westinghouse Electri Western Unlon Wheeling & Lake Wisconsin Central Pittsburg Coal ... American Stesl Foundry United Dry Goods. *Ex-dividwnd. Total sales for the & Erie. Boston Stocks and Bom BOSTON, Dec. 24-—Money, call loans, 814 @6 per cent; time loans, 5@6 per cent. Closing quotations were: Atchison ad). .. Atchinosa 4s. Atchison do Boston & Albany Boston Elevated Fitchberg pid...... N H, & H Uslon Pacific Ame. Arge. Chemi do prd...... Amer. Pneu. Comiersisi 3t Ul | L | 104a Auantic @0 Butte Coalition, . Calumet & Arizona.. 01% Calumet & Hecla... 068 Ceatennial oy iR 301% Copper Range 6 | 1% Daly Wost | 1@ Franklin ey | Tia Isle Royale { o Amer. Sugar.........151' Nohawk - i s g 17 Novada ... T | Amer. T. & T....'12% 01 Dominion | Amer. Woolen . ¥ Osceols - 166% | 3% Maee 18 Parrot i Bdison Eise. Tiium,20% *Quincy | General _Electric Shanaon L1 Mass. Electric v | o pld.... ey Mass. G i United Pruit 3 o privd United Shoe Mach.. 68k Victoria s do ptd... ® Winona 0w v 'S, Stesl W Wolverine ...........148 = | do pid. A% North Butte ........ W% *Ex-dividend. | Tube | Local Securitles. | Quotations furnished by Samuel Burns, jr., 64 N York Life bullding, Omaha: | Bid. Asked. | . 0 5 208 i som... Beatrice Creamery, pid City of Omaha 4is, 188, . % Columbus, Neb., B L. 6a 18%.. Commonwealth Fire Ins. ... Otty Gas and Blectric, Waierloo. Cudaby Packing Co. ba, 1924. German Fire Insurance Co....... International Con. Co 9 neas City Stosk Yards. ... ag Hell Lumber Co. e, ‘i#8. Nebreska Tel. 8t Treasury Statement, WASHINGTON, Dec. 34.—The cgndition of the treasury af the beginning of business 1oday was as_follows Trust Funds—Gold coln, §§75,357,009; silver | | sidiary | Richmond | Atlanta MAHA, SATURDAY, dainrs, §3.9% 000, 4S8, 066,000, General Fund—Standard silver general_fund, $1,48149; Current liabilities, §106,342.712; workifig balshce in treasury fice, $23,973.479; in banks to credit of trei urer of the United States, $37,172,78; sub. silver coin, $15,508,906; minor coin total balance in general fund, $8,060,000; silyer dollars siiver certificates of 188, outstanding. dollars in 479,098, 658: REPORT OF THE CLEARING HOUSE for the VEW YORK, Dec. 17.—~Bradstreet's bank clearings report for the weck ending De- cember 28 shows an aggregute of §,606,950,- 00, Against $3,601,35.000 last | and 33,467, 68,000 in the corresponding week last véar. e following is a Hst of the cities I i | CITIES. | Clearings. Ine. | Dec. | e 284 900,000 9| 186,147 8 New York... Chicago Boston ... Philadelphia St Louts.. Pittsburg 4 Kansas City ... n Francisco...... Baltimore Cineinnatl Minneapolis . New Orléans . Cleveland Detroft, ... om: oo Louisville ", Milwaukee " Fort Worth Los Angeles St Paul . Eeattle Denver Buffalo . Indlanapolls ... Spokane, Wash Providence Portland, Ore.. 9 6 6 3 13,760, 16,140,00 | ] 14,444,000/ 16,211,000 12,106,000 7,835,000 2 LU e ‘ § 5 8 3 1 3 Bo¥ mmon Albany Washington, St. Joseph ...... Salt Lake City. Columbus Memphis sNEREES PR 22E 23 3328 e 25 Tacoma Savannah Toledo, O Rochester Hartford . Nashville Des Moines . Peoria New Haven Sfoux City . Norfolk ..... Grand Rapids Syracuse Evansville .. Birmingham Springfield, Ma; Portland, Me... August. Ga. Dayton ... B Oakland, "Cai. Worcester ... Jacksonville, Fla. Wichita ..o.oove Wheeling, W. Va. Knoxville ... Little Rock Chattanooga Charleston, Mobile ...... *Wilmington Lincoln, Neb. Wilkesbarre . Topeka Davenport Oklahoma . Fail River . Kalamazoo, Sacramento Springfield, Helena Fort wayne Cedar Rapids, New Bedford . Columbia, S. C Macon ... Youngstown Lexington ... Fargo, N. D. Akron . Rockford, Til... *Erie, Pa..... Sioux Fal Canton, . O... Quiney, T Bioomington, 11l Lowell ..si.iues Binghampton . Chester, Pa South Bend, Decautr, Il Springfield, 0. Vicksburg . Fremont, Nel Mansfield, O Jacksonviile, Til **jackson, Mis: ***H{ouston s**Galveston Duluth 3282 313 SeuaseaBans 2 Z 3 2 2o Z< g33883 R ik g2:28 SR ERERE B 53 nwomeoan 832 aagat £33:33 £5:23 2 s Dei. 92,000 17,000/ o ,251,0 0| 51,0000 24.0| 50000 6.7 o Mich. 1i. o F g8z e g5 55 g:..‘._'...q g; 3g238: , B8 2E! ¥ 3 3 8 g23ms 3838st 3 8 gesd *Last weeks’ Not inciuded In totais because contain- other ftems than clearings **Not Included in totals because contain- ing other items than clearings. New York Money Market. NEW YORK, Dec. 2—Money on call, firm, 2%@4 per cent. Ruling rate 4 per cent, closing bld 3 per cent, pffered at 3 per cent. Time loans, firm; sixty days, 44@4% per cent and ninety days, 4% per cent; months, 4%4G4% per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 5 to 5% per cent. Sterling exchange, weak, with actual business in bankers’ bills at $4.8435 for sixty day Dills and at $4.§720 for demand; com- merclal bills, $4.343% SILVER—Bar, 62%c; Mexiean dollars, #c. Government ' bonds, steady; raliroad bonds, irregular, 1 Sloing quotations on bonds ows: U. 8. ref. 2, reg....J01% I, Cen. dst ref. U. 8. ref. ‘s, coupon.lUlis Inter.-Met. 4l4s, U. 8 3s, reg 101% Inter. Mer. Ma. 44 U. 8. 3, coupon.....101% Japan 48 ... 8, Teg. ... Lid's Japan 4%e. o S dn, coupon... 1164 oK. C. So. Iat B were as fol- " 8% 0% sTh " U v, ) | Allis-Chalmer «a Se. 84% L. 8. deb. ds, 1081.. #4% | Amer. Agri. be. Amer. T. & T. cv Amer, Tobacco, do o Armour & O Atchison wen. do ov. 4w do cv. B Atlantic C. B. & 0. 48 a0 3 108 L & N. un. 4. ®% I M, K & T. st b W4 a9 do gen. Fam..... B L. 11108 Missourd Pusific 44, &% e MW N, Rys M. dhs... 9% ...10° N. Y. O. gon. The... S04 112% e 40 deb. ds ) LULIIRTN Y., N HOE ML Gaibes L Ist 4695 N. & W. tet con. 4a. rooe 4% 00 oV, 481 0% A 93 Northern Pacltic 4.1 B & O. 8. W. Sis. 94 do §s Aotte T4 Brookiyn T. cv. . L. e i Central of Ga. ba.. v, e, 1915 814 Central Leather 6. 99 ® do con. 4. 104 CR. R N. J. g 61047 *Rewding £en. dm.... W% C & 0. . L & 8. F, t 4 $% ¢ o ret. o 4o gen. b8l sy & A 3w BL L. 8 W. con. én T9% B. & Q) do lat gold 4s ) gen. n M. & SUP.g3% 8980 Pacific ool LRI & col, 4. 8% o ev. de... 104 do col. bs. 102K do R.R. 1st ref. 4 W% do Ry. rig. 4 4 Southern Ry. bs.......1% #eColo. Industrial s M% do gen % *Colo. Midland 4s... 80% *Union Pacific 1014 C. & 8. ref. &ex AWy 91X do cv. 45........ Mow D& H. cv. 4n......108 % do lat and rel. s, 978 D. & R. G. 48........ 6K OU. 5. Rubber 6o ....108% 4o ref. 5. DMK U8 Swel 24 #a....100% Distillors' bu..... *Va.-Car. Chew. be. ¥ Erie prior lien ¢ *Wabash 1st s ik do gen. 4 76 do lst and ext. ds. 18 do ds, veries A B Wostern Md. 4s 851 45, series B. 13 West. Elee. cv. 9 Elec. cv. 65140 Wik, Contral Sa..... ¥ *Oitered. - . **Gen *Bia By London Stock Market. LONDON, Dec. 24.—American securitios opened higher and cobtinued (o improve during the early sesslon on covering. At noon the market was sieady and from 4 1o 14 higher than yesterday's New York closing. London closing stocks: Cansols, money A Loulsyille & N 4 account MM, K & T Amal, Copper. 81° NY. Centrui.. Araconda 104 Norfolk & W ‘Atehizon 134n do ptd Y pid 01 * ontario & W.. imore & Ohio....130% Pennsylvania Nan Pacifie. .. 184% Rand - Mines Chenapeake & O...... 85% Reading *Chicago G. W 32i4 Southern Ky Chi, Mil & St P.36% o pid De ‘Beors. 1 Bouthern Pacitic Denver & Kio G..... 3% Unlon Pacific 4o ptd L b do ptd Erie - AU, 5. Steel do ist td B 4o ptd do 34 pld.. 25 Wabash Grand Trunk 2% “do pta Liiinois Central.......161 Spanish 4s . *New. SILVER—Bar, steady at 264d per ounce. MONEY—4@4% per cent The rate of finc:um in the open market for shart bills is 3NG3% per cent; for three months bllls, $%G3 11-16 per cent. P T 124 y, ~a L% New York M NEW YORK, Dec. Stocks. 24.—Closing quota. were as follows: *Leadville Cou. SLittle Chief Persistent Advertising is the road to Big Returns. DECEMBER six | 25, 1909. ¢MAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET Cattle Receipts Light, but Large Enough for Season. HOGS SHOW SOME LITTLE GAIN Market Practically Bare of Sheep and mbs Friday—For Week Lambs Are Easier, but No Great rice Change. { SOUTH OMAHA, Dec. M, Receipts were Hogs Official Mond1y 4,888 Official Tuesday 6,888 Officlal Wedne 6.243 | Otficial Thursday 4967 stimated Friday 5,990 2,284 4,210 185 Five days this week Same days last week.. ame days 2 weeks ago ame days 3 weeks ago. .3 Same days 4 weeks ago. 24,811 Same days last year 180 i The following table shows the receipts of cattle, hogs «nd sheep at South Omaha for the year to date, compared With last year: 1%, %8 ine. Dec. Cattle LULTE LM2L610 90123 . Hogs ... 2115788 2,354,762 71,004 Sheep . 138,068 2,080,39 L 1be [0lioWing ‘Au.s siuws Ll average price of hoks at South Omaha for the last several days, with comparisons: Date. | 1900. |1908.[1907.(1906. |1905. [1904. 1903, Dee. 14 Dec. 15.. Dee, 16.. Dee. Dec Dee. Dec. Dec Dec. | Dee. Dec, Receipts and disposition of live stock at the Union stock yards, South Omaha, for twenty-four hours ending ut § p. m. yes- tercay: RECEIPTS Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.H'r's. G M bW Bisei L [ W Wabash . Missourl Pacific . Union_Pacific & N. W., east. . & N. W., west.... 8t. P. M & 0....] B. & Q. east.. B & Q, west.... R 1 & P, east, R I & P., west.. G W. st. Total receipts ... DISPOSITION. Cattle. Ho, 48 73 m Owaha Packing Co Swift and company....... Cudahy Packing Co... Armour & Co...... Cudahy Bros. . St Louis Ind. Pack. Co. Cidahy from St. Joe J. B. Root & Co J. H. Bulla L. F. Huss... Other buyers 2 Total CATTLE—Recelpts of cattle were very light this morniug, only seventeen cars | being reported in the yards. This was not enough 1o make a market. It seemed like a Saturday in the yards. At the same time there was a very heavy fall of snow all the morning, making the catle hardly presentable 1o a buyer. The result was that no one was out very early and there was really not enough business doing to call it a market. The receipts this week have been decidedly lighter than lust, but plenty largo enough for the week before a holiday. The better grades of cattle, both beef sicers and cow stuff, have shown some improvement, and at the close of the week are around 10 20¢ higher than one week ago. The best grades of feeders have also shown some improvement and they are quite @ littie higher than one week ago. On the other hand, the common and light grades are very siow sellers and weak. uotations on. cattle: 30od to enoice 57.50; falr 10,8000 Corn- cornfed steers, 36.25(7 fed steers, $5.2 .25, common to falr corn- | $8.16@8.45 | 2,000 head, edly poor inquir during the iast t ing purposs at® dood firm and fairly active way trade. to choice lambs, lambs, $6.8047.40; @7.00; 'good heavy wethers, $4.7006. 006 25; Talr to Quotations on cholce lambs, $6.1i $5.65076.15 yearlin LIV lambs were wanted during of the week, but there has been a decid of describing this branch to choice wether: 1; light yearling the first part y for this class of stuff wo days and current quo- tations are barely steady to 10g16c lower. There were & few strings of warmed up sheep and range offerin run that were especially sultable for feed- s and wold readily to finishers figures. in the week's Generally ady would be about the short of the Quotations on fat sheep and lambs: Good 400 5.0; ®ood light $6.50 ¢ yearlings $.10G6.50; falr to good £00d to choloe ewes, Eood ewas, $4.0004 ). feeder stock: Good to 5@6.60; falr Mu‘-oa 1:‘“ . . fair to Kood 2 , M.50G4.75; good o ehoice ewc, | £.2504 0 breeding ewes. $3.76@6.60; yearling | breeding ewes, $.5006 0. | CHICAGO E STOCK MARKET Cattle and Hogs Steady——Sheep and Lambs Stromg. CHICAGO, 3,00 head; 900, cows, $3.50 bulls, $3.4055.75; and HOC $IHR S, choice pigs, §7. SHEEP AND head; market lambs, $6.000%.10 llghts Kansas Oty celpts, market, steady week, 2,700 head; beef 'steers, $6.3% teeders, $2.50016.90. $3.0054 HOG stexdy to 10c hig 50,300 head; to] 8.35; heavy, $5 native calves, @ SHEEP AND L market, steady 300; lambs, 36.! wothers, $5.0056.7 8T, steady; ping and export beef and butochey teeders, §3.0004.65 6.00; canners, §2. calves, $5.0008.2%5,; $3.50@4.65; cow pigs and @8.50. St. Joseph ST. JOSEPH, $4.50G7.50; calves, $3. cows 8,00, stronger. 8.2, changed. Sloux City ket steady. HOG steady @8.20; bulk of sa) western markets South Omaha . Sloux City ... St. Joseph . Kansas City St. Louls .. Chicago . Totals . NEW YORK, barely stead, fed steers, §3.1605.%; g0od to cholce range | steers, $5.50q6.20} fair to good range llull.‘ $4.60G5.50; common to fair range steers, $.706 4 00; good o choice cornfed cows and heifers, $4.00a5.00; fair to good cornfed cown | and heifers, $.%@4.00; common (o falr| cornfed cows and heifers, $3.50@9.25; good | {0 cholce range cows and heifers, $.75g4.40; fair to good range cows and helfers, §3.285 | 3.15; common o falr range cows and heif- ers, §2.5042.2; good to choice stockers and | feeders, 34,000 fair to good stockers | and feeders, $3.00g4.00; common to fair stockers and feeders, $2.75@3.50: stock helf- g 33.00G7.00; bulls, stags, etc.. $5. Representa BEEF STEERS. Av. Pr. No. 1012 485 8 ¥ BREgegEns AND FEEDERS. gave the country a Christ- mas present this morning in the fo: of a very substantial advance in hog values. |1t Will be recalled that the market last { v eek fluctuated quite widely, touching the low point of the week on Wednesday. After that it recovered rapidly, closing the week only a very littie under 'the close of the previous week. This week started out with & decline, recovered a little on Tues- day, and then on Wedaesddy came the | worst break experienced in a long time. ‘H looked as If no one wanted any more hogs and the situation was about as dis- couraging for sellers as could well be im- {agined. Thursday’'s market was still lower, | prices drapping to the lowest point touched in a long time, This mornifig the Whole tone of the mar- | ket was changed. The trade was a little slow In getting started, but when It dla make a move the hogs Sold In short order, the forty-three loads in sight changing hands In no time at all. The prices paid were J0¢ higher than yesterday's gen ral market A large proportion of the offer- ings changed hands at $8.1093 15, “with good welghty hoks on up as high as 1t compared with yesterday's lower close, the advance would show & still greater gain | than that noted above. Today's advance wiped “out all of {terday’s decline and part of Wednesda |leaving the m et not far from ¢ lower | i!l\in the close of last week. | Representative sales .- s 0 ) s % [ - % o Av 5 1% e 18 118 2y 180 20 208 21 m Mo & 70 I & W 16 160 0. | a2 £ 160 « Av. 20 ED 100 w [ “ % 200 160 » 4 80 0 160 240 20 180 o 0 . o 7. [ [ ¥ 140 0 LS 1 3 T 2 SHEEP—Ouly one car of sheep was re- | ported in thls morning and it was con- signed to a packer, S0 that, there - was practically nothing on sale with which to {try out the price list. As is usualy the case during Christmas | week, the trade in live muiton during tae last few days has been slow and draggy, | with the tendeney of Drices somewhat lower. The broad demand for poultry dur- {ing the holiduys narrows the outlet con. siderably for all kinds of beef and muiton products and packers are by no means dis- posed 10 load yp wiin supplics at a ie when there is little demand. Aside from the sluggish tone to trade, however, the general market has presented no very new features. Some of the best kinds of fai sheep are right around steady pared with the close of last week; several strings of desirable killers ohang hands_at good, strong prices at the open- ing. The common and medium grades of shortfeds have been sclling very Doorly of late and eurrent quotations "are right {around 10gLic lower than & week ago. Good | spot centrifugal 89 test, 3.27c. crushéd, 6.65¢; m xxxx powdered, 5. ulated, 4.9¢; dlamond A, 4.45 A, 4T6e; 4.55c; No. 4, 4.65¢ market strong; KANSAS CITY, 1,400 head, 6.00;, western steer teceipts, Recelpts, 300 head; market steady, HOGS—Recelpts, Top, $.66; bulk of sales, §.90G SHEEP AND LAMBS—None; market un- Lambs, $7.00G5.00. Reeeipts, , closing weak; ran Muscavado, % test, Refined, quiet; cut loaf, 7.50¢ Dec. 24.~CATTLE-Recelpts, | 95004 steady; steers, 76,00, helfers, 4045.00 calves, $3.00G9.75, i stockers coders, $3.76G6. 5. S— Recelpts, RT steady; choice heavy, $8.40@8.50; butchers, | BRADSTRERT 12,000 head; market and * mixed, $8.00g8.15; ight, §7.90G8.00; packing, $.2008.3; T.90; bulk, 88 s $8.1008.35. LAMBg—Receipts, 4,000 sheep, $4.00§%5.76; yearlings, $5.25@7.50. Live Stock Market. Dec. #4.—CATTLE—Re- Including 90 Texans; to_weak; receipts for the cholce exports and dressed @i.80; fair to good, $. $4.0006.50; stockers. an $2.00G5,25; ' southern ' steers, $3%0G 0.5, southern cows, §2.75@M.25; native cows, heifers, $3.7568.25 4000 head; market, ber; recelpts for the week, $8.46; buk of sales, $8.00¢) %.40; packers and butchers, $3.20G6.25; bulls, light, §7.75¢8.20; plgs, $6.7607.75. LAMBS—Receipts, 100 head; receipts for the week, 19.” 8.00; yearlings. 8675690 b ewes. M.%G6.3; stoc ers and feeders, $3.500%5.25. Louls Live Stock Market. LOUIS, Dee. 3#4.—CATTLD-Receipts, | ineludin, Texans 1 1,600 Texans; lowe: steers, $6. r steers, $b. market native ship- G5.90; steers under 1,00 pounds, $3.80@6.10; stockers and ; ‘cows and heifers, $8 25 bl 75, bulls, $2.26@4. Cexas and Indlan steers, nd heifers, $2.15G4.%. 4,000 'head; market lights, $5.76075.15; packers, $8.10G8.30; butchers and best heavy, $5.3 No sheep on sale. Live Stock Market. Mo., Dec. 24.—~CATTLE— Steers, $2.866.00; market and helfers, 2500 head; Live Stock Market. SIOUX CITY, Ia., Dec. %.—(Special Tele- gram.)—CATTLE—Receipts, 200 head; mar- Lo hess; market e of price, - ¥ les, $8. Stock in Sight, Receipts of llve stock at the six principal yesterday: Cattle. Hoi(.\ Sheep. Dec. 24.—BUGAR—Raw, 8 test, 3.52c; 4.02c; molasses sugar, ould’ A, 6.30c; cubes, 5.20c .10c; powdered, 5.06¢; gran confectioners 4.70 .3, 4.65¢; No. 8, ; No. 5, 4.50c; No. 6_ddbc; No. 7, 4.40c; Ne. 8, 4.85¢; No. 9, 4.30c; No. 10, 4.%c¢; No. 11, 4.200; No. 12, 4lsc; No. 13 4.10c; No. 14, 4.10c. MOLASSES—Sts kettle, 32@42c. cady; New Orleans open Bank Clearin OMAHA, Neb., for today were Monday Tuesday o Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total Increase over the corresponding week | $785. 038, 16, last year, The statement Loans Deposits Circulation . Legal tender . Bpecle ... Reserve . Reserve required Surplus Dec. 24.—Bank clearings $2,188,465.15. 1908. $2,025, 15545 ++ 3,082,509.75 2,279,020.78 2,290, 206,55 2,183,485.15 .. Christmas 10,765,405.72 * $10,924,767.60 follows: + 81,197,479, 9,731 52,611, 1 Ex-U. §. deposits. * Qdecrease. The percentage of actual reserys clearing house banks today was 2.92 The statement of banks and trust com- | panies of Greater New York not reporting to the clearing institutions have $1.242,766,900; total | and loans amoun Cot NEW YORK, Dec. 24—COFFEE—Market | for coffee futures opened steady at to under a continuatfon of r changed prices the holidays and bles from Ha provement in thi Offerings were very well absorbed around | figures and while at one time |the active months, were from 5 to 10 points [Jower, the market seemed a little steadier | |toward the close’ oh borrowing e trade Interests. the initial of the tai market was Prices here changed to & p un; reported of 35,250 bags, including December | at 8.86¢; tember’ and_Octot 6.70c; January Rio No. 7, 8%@8%c; closed May at 6.90c; July at house shows that those ageregate deposits cash on hand, $142,000,400, ting to $1.202,728,000. fee Market. un- a decline of 6 points ealizing for over selling based upon private mburg reporting an im- e Brazilian crop outlook from some The French Ne net un- ales - were chapged to steady, olfts lower. March at 6.809 (e, and Sep. Spot, steady Y. Mild, at_6.0c; at 7.0 Santos No. quiet; Cordova, $@lijsc. Met NEW YORK, Tee. 24.—METALS-— ard copper ‘was f $10.50013.30. Lond. for spot and £61 London market Tuesday. Tin fir don market closed firm. £154 $4.67 futures, at $6.50 asked Spot, £23.148 84 158 dtd the market Wwas ¢ 4. 72% changed at £13 35 §d London for Cleveland nl Market. tand- irm today. Spot closed at on market firm at £60 154 17s 84 for future The will be closed u v xt m, Spot, $82.70# n: spot, £16 ai firm loca. ith London market Spelter quict. Spot, market unchanged Iron higher in London at warrants, Locally quiet and unchanged. No -~ Lead 1 foundry northern, $18 (0@19.00, No. 2 founs dry northern, $1 southern and’ No at_$18.50619.25. ST. LOUIS, easler, $4.66; spelt Wo BOSTON, Dec. clal bulletin will Saturday A fair week 18 being done in all clagses of terri- | tory wool, fine fl; clip Australian and South American wools | Prices are very firm and uctive trading is | expected after the new year. ments of wool 1 2, inclusive 194,069,625 Ibs., for The sales to' Dec 397,589,516 1bs., the same period mediums, were 260,976,952 against 5.86@18.75; Nc 1 foundry Dec. - 4. ~METALS—Lead er, lower, $6.10. ol Market. 2.—WOL—The Commer; of the wool market business for ‘Christmas 1 foundry southern soft ceces and samples of new rom Hoston to December Ibs.. against the same time last year, mber 23, inclusive, were 264,128,400 1bs., for last year. fine, 12@20c. Morchandise YORK, Dec. 24 goods at the port of New York for December 18 were valued at Exports o the port of New York for | NEW week ending 3,818,307, dry goods the week endin ued at $20,763.6 the port of New ing tod ola New York for | were §601,069 st d Spee —Imports of dry the merchandise Degcember 18 were val- Imports of specie for York for the week end- were 344,117 silver and $49,230 Tts of speeie from the port of ho week ending today 8.60; dressed | of | higher. | na- | The ship- | | have ST. LOULS, Dec. #4.—WOOL~Unchanged; | territory and western mediums, S4@2c; fine | apd | DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE Retail Distribution in West Exceeds All Previous Years, GENERAL OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT Cooler Weather Contributes to More Wholesome Conditions in Seve eral Lines—Bradstreet's Review of Trade. NEW YORK, Dec. #.—R. G. Dun & Co. | weekly review of trade tomorrow will say | Hollday trade, on the whole, has been very satisfactory, especially in the west where some of the cities Teport & retall |distribution In excess of all previous yea:s. The coolor weather has conigibuted to more wholesome trade conditions in several lives. The general business situation, {Here- fore, presents @ somewhat mixed Appear- ance, though there Is ne fundamental change In conditions, the outlook belng, in the main, exceedingly bright. 1IEW OF TRADR | Hollday Business Holds Center of the ; Stage. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Bradstreet's to- morrow will sa. { Holiday trade has occupled the center of |the stage this week. Shopping everywhers, |except perhaps in parts of the south, ha been of exceptionaliy heavy proportions. A number of cliues report & record volume of business, and in practically every piace |the turn-over greaily exceeds that of 1% | At the moment the labor situation is In comparatively good shape, the switchmen's sirike Is practically a thing of the past and the tendency among other rallway employes all have prepared requests for higher wages Is to act conservatively. Business failures in the United States for the week ending with December 235 were 264 againgt 213 last week, 186 in_the like Week of 1908, 248 in 1007, 161 In 1906 and 212 in 15 Business failures in Canada for the week number twenty-three, whish com- pares with thirty-three for last wesk and twenty-one for the like week in 1908, Wheat, including flour, exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending December 23, aggregate 3,769,928 bushels, against 3,845,258 bushels last week, and 3,024,601 busheis this week last year. For the twenty-five weeks ending December 28 exports are 4,040,633 bushels, against 110,847,068 in the corresponding period last year. Corn exports for the week are 832,54 bushels, against 1078685 last week, and 96,382 in 1MWK For the twenty-tive weeks ending December 2, corn exports are 7,646,812 bushels, ‘against 08,08 last year. OMAHA GENERAL MARKET, Staple and Fancy Produce Prices Far- nished by Buyers and Wholesalers. BUTTER—Creamery, No. 1, delivered to the retall trade in 1l cartons, 3c; No. 1 in 60Ib tubs, &iac; No. 4 in b carcons, Me; in 60 tubs, wc, packing stock, solid pack, 22¢; fresh rolls, 2i¢; fancy dairy, tubs,' 23c. ' Market changes every Tuesday. POULTRY—Dressed: Brolers, $ a dos.; eprings, lic; hens, l4o; cocks, 10c; ducks, lic; geese, ldc; turkeys, %c; pigeons, per doz., $1.25. Alive: Broilers,’ under 2'1bs., lbe;’ over 2 1be, lle; hens, 10c; cocks, &c; Gucks, full feathered, 10c; geese, full feath- ered, 9c; turkeys, 19¢; fowl doz.; pigeons, 60c per doa. | elects, sm cans, 2c; large, rk Counts, smail, §1.9, Baltmore %o; galion, Trout, 13¢; white fish, llc; pickerel, ¥c; plke, 12¢; ell, 1Sc; had- dock, Léc; Spunish mackerel, Isei 1o snupper, idc; oluefish, loc; codfisi, Lo flanders, 1Zc; shad rhoe, 0; salmon, 10c; halibut, U, FRUILS-Oranges: Kxtra fancy, highly colored navels, s and lis, per box, ¥.is; exua faucy, highly colored navels, 1ibs, per box, §4.55; exira fancy, bighly colored Davels, 1o0s, 1763 2Ws, A0S per box, 1 cxtra fancy Valencias, 96, per box, exira Tancy Vaiencias, 163, per bOX, ¥.u. no small sizes 1o ve had. Lemons: Bxtra Iuncy SWs, sus, Der LOX, $o.0; eXtra fancy choiCe sws, 360s, per box, M.ib. Grape Fruit: Ficrids indian’ viver, ds 468, 5a, | Uas, 308 wnd s, per box, $.w. ‘Fungerines: Fiorida, 14s and 168, per box, 32.50. Pine- appies: ¥ionids Anaiau river, #s and 30, per crate, ¥.00 Kumquats. ' Florida, pel quart, ¥ic. Apples: Ben Davis, Colurado, Very fine Quaily, per lurge bu. box, §L.&; | Wine naps, Coloraao, very fine biood red, | large size, box, §.8; Jouathaus, Colorado, very fine, good coloy, fine eating, per box, $L.00; Greenings, Coloradu, per vox, $L.bv; Missouri Pippins, Coiorado, Very riné quai- ity, per box, #Lib; Genitons, Colorado, per bOX, 3L60; Len-DUX luid, wssoried, e less, 1OWA JOUALLANS, eXLia fancy, per bbL., $6.50: | lowa Wine Sups, exira fancy, per bui, %.; luwa MiSsOUF VIPPIDS, eXtra (aucy, por bl, $.4; lowa ben Lavis, extra fancy, per bbl, $4.75; Ben Davis, 'strictly No. i Missourf, per bbl, $5.50; Missouri Pippins, strictly No. 1, per bbl., 38.5; Ganos, strictly No. 1_Missourl, per bbl, 3.60; Greenings, New York, No. L per bbl, $.50; ten bl lots l0c less. Grupes: Mulaghs, exira choice imporied, per bbl., §.00; tancy ime ported, per bbl, .00, Xira fancy, extra | heavy lmported, per bbl, 3.00; exira fancy tinted, highly colored, iniported, per bbl, 88 Natoma, extra fancy, per crate, $1.18; Emperor, Caiifornia, red, per crate, .76, Bananas: Kxira fancy Fort Limon or Changuinola, ficest and largest, per bunch, $4.0, exira fancy speclal 10 b, bunches, per bunch, $3.00; eXtra fancy, per bunch, $.000%6; special 9-hand bunches, §1.75, Cranbeiries: Extra faucy, long-keep iug, per LbL, $i.00, Wisconsin,’ ripe, for immediaie use only, per bbl, 3. Pea California, extra fancy Eager Beurre, per box, $200. California catii- flower, per crate, $.75. Honey. Colorado, per crate, $5.55. Kansas sweet potatoes, the finest hemvy weight, two-bu, bbl., $2.00, Celery: Exua fancy biichigan, per' doi oc; Jumbo, Calilorni Toe. Head lettuce, per hamper, Rutabagas: Canadfan, per 1b., 1e. Capbage: Wiscon- sin_genuine Hoilaud serd, pe. 1b., lnc; in LWA-ib. lots or more, k=i red cibbage, 2bac. tomatoes, mx basket 5 Indiana’ Red Glebe, per bu., $1.00; yellow, Oregon, per Ib., Zc, bpanish onions, per crate, $.60. imported, 7 erown, per Ib., ibc per ib., 18; 4oc; smail, gallon, standaras, e large, $1.3. FISH—AIl frozen: wn, 12-12 oz packages, erhux, e, 50-6 oz package per box, §2.00; im: | ported, per 1 Ib. basket, 1se. Almonds | Drake seedlings, per ib,’ 16e. Coceanus, per sack, ; eac, 1 per 1b., lic. Filberts, large, per 1B., linc. Pecans. Louisiana, per ib., 1Tic; Jumbo Texas, per Ib., 16¢c; medium Toxas, per lb., 12%c. Black walnuts, per 1b., 24e. 'Hickory nuts, small, per Ib., 6¢c; laige, $e. - Califor- nia walnuts: No. 1 sofi sheil, per I {No. 3 sott shcll, per ib, lic. Pesnuts: | Raw, per ib., 6c; yumbe, raw, ., i%e roasted, per b, Sc; saited, yemox. 3.5, Dates: 3 1-1b. packages, per box, §2.00; new Halloween, per ib, 6%4c; sugar walnut, | per box, $1.%; Kard, per Ib., le. Mott's Cider, per keg, $.60. White ‘rice popcorn, ver lb.. se. Beef Cuis—No. 1 ribs; 1 No. 2 ribs, 12¢; No. & ribe, 8%e; No. 1 loin, 18¢c; No. 2 luin, 13'%sc; No. 8 loin, 8%c; No. 1 chuck. 7e; No. & chuek, Ge; No. 8 chuck, 5%c; No. {1 round, 8¢; No. 2.round, 7%c; NO. & ronpd, Uhe: No. i place, Bac; No. 2 plais, 6e; No. 3 plate, s¥c. Cold Record Broken in Hillw { RAPID CITY, 8 D., Dee. 24.—(Speclat)— The first twenty days of December regord the longest period of cold weather éver xperienced in the Black Hills since tho United States Weather bureau wag ‘es- | tablished here twenty-two years ago. The mean temperature has been 105 degrees where the eman Is usually about & de- srees. The coldest previous December wad in 1857 when the mean temperature was 22.4 degrees. February, 187 holds the record for ‘the coldest month when thé \mean was 9.3 degrees. The intense cold has in- terfered with Christmas business, the renchmen being unable to get to town owing to the severity of the weather, Out for State Office. PIERRE, 8. I\, Dee. 24.—(Speclal)~Up to the present time, while announcements been made of the indidacy of aif- ferent republicans for places on the state ticket before the primaries next June, the first 10 come to the front as a candidate for the position of commissioner of school and public lands is J. E. Truran, Mr, Truran Is the present deputy eommissioner who was selected for the position by C. J. Back, when he sssumed charge of that department seven years ago, and who was reappointed to the same position by G. C. Dokkori, the present commissioner, who will place his name before the people er and §1,389,660 gold at the June primarics.