THE BATTLEFIELD OF SIIILOII
General Low Wallace on the Ground to Vin-
dicnta His Military Record ,
CHARGES CONTRADICTED BY THE FACTS
Ill * IMiM.m Hint Mnfrtii'il Si'trnlcrii Miles
nnd Not n Hi'prritenlcil Only MJ
A Corporal' * t'niinige- r
Ilctiillec'.lini * .
Colonel H , f. LPP , i ccrctnrr of the Shlloli
; inUlcf1cd ! association , has received from the
pen of General Low Wallace his oirirlal state
ment of the part his division took In tlm
battle of Shlloli , giving the reasons why It
illd not arrive on the battlefield any sooner
on Sunday evening. April 0 , 1S . Thh
Ftntumcnt Is olllclal and WIIH written by Gen
eral Wallace at the rcqupst of Colonel Lee ,
who has In his possession tliu only maim-
script nf this article given to the press , Hayi
tlio Minneapolis Tribune. Ilo iwld :
"I did not come bore to make speeches ;
but to correct history and set myself and
the brave men of the division I had tlie
honor to command on this field right In tlio
estimation of the American people as far nn
1 can nt this late day. It is known to
many , If not to all of you , that for years I
was held responsible for thu disasters which
overtook tlio federal army the first day nl
the struggle ; disaster ? , all of which occurred
before I received nn order to march to tliu
Jli'ld , There were men In high position
v.'ho charged that T was a laggard In going
to the light ; that It took me the whore day
to march six mllcu ; that I lost my way and
that when found 1 wast moving from the bat
tle , not toward It. It Is trim that General
Grant , In dying , exonerated me from these
terrible accusations , but as the years go by ,
whllen'n ' my head , I grow more und more
anxious to support General Grant's exonera
tion with facts and leave It above nil Im-
peachmor/ , and this not less for the honor
of tlio brave men who worn my comrades
In that trial than my own.
"Accordingly I have been spending belt
\hofo \ anniversary days reviewing my mari'h
from Crump's Landing to l'ltt burg Landing ,
and marking out distinctly the two miles
o/er wl'lch my division fought , nevar onec
Yielding an Inch of ground through lrj ! ice-
end day. In thle work I have had tlu as
sistance ot ccivraiies of the hlghcj. li'"lu- :
F.unca r.i'd ' I'oiiur , We did no gue liiR.Vc
did not merely step the route. I employed
the surveyor of Hiirdln county , and he had
his chain and consulted his compass an he
followed us. Instead of six mlles , by initial
chain measurement , my division moved full
seventeen miles from 11:30 o'clock In Hie
forenoon till dusk in the evening. InstiMd
of going from the fight every step was with
the sounds of Its. guns and musketry In our
e&ra. Ask any soldier of cither side If fourteen
miles are not the average march for a divi
sion of Infantry under the most favorable
circumstances. Yet that day we moved over
eighteen miles under disadvantages seldom
encountered. Yonder In the bottom of
Snake creek our guns were dr.igged through
: i lake of mud and water up to the bellies of
the horses , the axles leaving long trails In
the black mortar. My llrst objective point
In the movement was the right of the army.
As It. was In tin- morning of Sunday my e.iv-
ulry held the bridge over Owl creek within
h.ilf a mile of Sherman's camp , which was
the extreme right. Then In the face of de
feat General Grunt sent me orders to come
to Plttsburg Landing by the lower road , and
In our desperate efforts to reacli him In good
time drove us a long circuit entirely around
the left of the rebel army. .
"Such Is tlie true accounting for the loss
of precious time. At dusk we were In posi
tion. Next morning In the gray of the dawn
we opened the battle and fought It through
to the end , halting at nightfall nearly a milu
beyond the tents of Sherman's camp , a mile
and moro beyond the best of Huell's Army of
the Ohio. "
A DHAVE INCENDIAHY.
The coolest bravery I ever witnessed dur
ing my term of service was at Lecsburg , Mo.
General Tom Ewlng with a battalion of the
Fourteenth Iowa Veteran infantry , number
ing ICO men , nnd 200 or 300 Missouri state
militia , were forced to evacuate Pilot Knob
by the advance of Marmaduke's and Shelby's
commands , said to number 3,000 or 4,000
troops. Bwlng attempted to reacli Holla
when he evacuated Pilot Knob , writes Cap
tain W. S. Ltfcas In the San Francisco Call.
After a running fight of twenty-four hours
Ills tired and hungry little command , being
pressed In flank and rear , took refuge In a
deep cut of the railroad at the village of
Leesburg at dork.
Thu lines of tlie enemy were drawn well
about the beleaguered command. The com
mands of the enemy were plainly heard
wlillo adjusting Its lines for. as General
Ewlng believed , a night attack. In front
of the beleaguered forces and Inside the
advance line of the enemy was
u largo barn with several haystacks
surrounding It. General Ewlng called fern
n volunteer from the trenches to steal In-
Hlile and through the enemy's lines and set
lire to the barn and haystacks , In order to
light up the field In front of the beleaguered
little band and about tlie lines of the enemy.
Earl J , Lampson , a corporal of com
pany B , Fourteenth Iowa , offered himself
as the desired Incendiary. I warned him of
the Imminent danger of such an undertak
ing and the few chances of escape from cap
ture or death. Ho replied , "I fully com
prehend the danger , but General Ewlng be
lieves -necessary for tlio safety of tills
band that tlio barn shall bo fired , and I
can't do my country a better service than
to attempt to perform the service. " Ho
stripped himself , stole over the banks of
the railroad cut and was soon lost to sight.
As wo waited with baled breath for the re
sult seconds seemed minutes and minutes
hours. Soon , however , n commotion was
discovered among the enemy's troops , and
about the xantc time a twinkling light was
discovered In the upper part of the barn
through n gable window. About the same
time shots Innumerable were heard and the
noise of trumping men was carried to us on
the night air. In the midst ot the noise
and excitement Lampson cnmo bounding
toward the railroad cut with the speed of a
race horse. As ho leaped over the barri
cade that had been hastily erected on the
brink of the cut he drew a long breath and
nald , "She's well llrcd , boys. " Ily the time
lie reached his comrades the IIro was going
In full force and the whole grounds sur
rounding the railroad cut was lighted up
BO that with our muskets and two Parrot
guns we had with us we were soon able to
beat Marmadukc back out of range. The
liny burned nearly all night and maintained
n light , so liw garrison was saved from
capture. Daylight came and the enemy
was kept at bay until Colonel Bevertdge ar
rived from Holla with reinforcements , and
Ewlng conducted his bravo little band safely
to Holla. Earl J , Lampson Is allvo and re
sides at West Superior , WIs.
A HHAVB CONFEUBHATE.
I have always believed that In close fight
ing ono could see what the enemy was doing
better than ho could what was going on
among the friends about him. The best
opportunity to see what our own 'folks were
doing was when a follow had a sick call to
the rear , und the tendency that way was
pretty strong In the llrst light or two , says
Charles Glvens In the Chicago Hecord. In
actual bravery I never could see any dif
ference between the men In bluu and the
men In gray , for out west , where I put In
my time , they were Just about the same
kind ot ilovll-niuy-curu folk , with the same
kind of names and' the same kind of cuss
words.
Hut , as I was saying , when wo got clnij
up , there was a better chance to see the
Individual acts of the enemy than of our own
men. I' think the survivors of the battle
of Corinth , fought November 3 and 4. 1862 ,
will agree with mo In saying that while It
lasted It was one of the fiercest battles ot the
\yor. We had only 20.000 men under Hose-
cratu. while the enemy , under Prlco and
Van Dorn , had fully twice that force , but the
disparity In numbers was more tlin.ii made
up teen the union side by thu strength of
our position , and the fact that we'fought on
the defensive , behind good earth works.
Moro than any other fight of thowar. . this
was a contest between native- born Amer
icans. The flower of our young western
manhood wan confronted by thu ( lower of
the central southwestern ctmtodsraU * . . .
We had some heavy , skirmishing on the
3d , ciiKimli to convlno u that the ci-.einy
was present In large force , and with n con
tract to scoop tin. We won"forced back to
our defenses. Ill principal ul > ofthlch was
Fort H'jbint'tte , culled after u nnllant Ohio
battery commander. It thu enemy Ci.uld cap
ture thlrf foil ho would havtf thu key of
Corinth In hl lint and \\e \ Know It so did
we. lie was determined to cot that key ,
and we foil "obliged" not to let him have It.
llrlght and early on the morning of the
4th the fighting began , by a general at
tack from the enemy , ax If hi- was In n
prnvcr'fiil hurry to Mulsh the Job , The ar
tillery began with the llrst skirmish nhot ,
and U was give and tnUo for three or four
liourH. W belli-VPd that an asmttilt would
l < o made presently , and wo wore not nils-
taken. The woods In front of Fort Hobln-
cite had been nl.ished , and It was n perfect
network of nbattls. On the further side
ot this and about 300 yards away , clouds of
men In gray coon appeared , and every piece
of artillery that con HI IK brought to bear
on them opened , and fl.OOO crouching mun
In blue began to draw heads from the top. )
of our lines of rllte pits.
Wo heard the bugles mnitidlng tlie ail-
vance , the hoarse orders of the ufllee.ru , and
the answering yells of the men as they
rushed forward at thu ubattl . It Ni-cmcd
Impossible thht u sparrow could Ily unhlt
acroas that obstruction and In the face ot
that awful firo. I was In tin- fort work-
lug at a gun , and noting thu gaps and thn
brukcn formation of the men In gray us
they cainu nearer and nfarer. Much as I
wanted to set- them beaten , I fell at the
moment an Indescribable pride In thin splen
did and almost Innanu exhibition nf daring.
Nearer and nearer , but with decreasing
numbers they came. Far to I ho rear thn
charging column was broken and men by
twos , tens and scores could be seen scurryIng -
Ing to thu protection of tin standing timber.
Wo felt convinced by this tlmo that tlie as
sault hud lost Its danger , but the men far
to the front , and close up to the fort , did
not dream that their supports were gone.
Conspicuous among these men In gray was
an olllcer with a heavy beard. Ho carrl'd
In one hand his sword anil In the other a
flag , thus making himself particularly rjon-
HpleuoiiH. With less than tlfty men behind
him , this daring officer got free from the
obstructions , and with u shout dashed up
the parapet , and there planted hlx Hag.
It was only for an Instant. A hundred
shrill voices shouted : "Ion' shooi him ! "
but It was too l.itu. The tille.mon behind
fired , and Colonel Rogers of the Texas
brigade , the bravest man I ever Haw. fell
dead on the remnant of his tattered Hag.
Soon after noon the enemy retreated ,
pretty badly beaten , and In appreciation of
his gallantry we burled the confederate
colonel that evening In a special grave and
with the honors ho deserved.
PAROLED UY GRANT.
In Blue and Gray for April appears .1 letter
from Mr. Dryant S. Parker , formerly of a
South Carolina regiment , in which ho relates
tlie following Incident , characteristic of the
great general's quiet kindness of la-art
In onu hard fought battle In Virginia , In
which my regiment lost heavily In killed and
wounded , I was taken prisoner with a lot of
others of our regiment. Wo were placed un
der guard at the rear , and all were searched.
I hail In my pocketbook my Masonic demit.
Next morning the guard came and told mo
that I was wanted at General Grant's head
quarters. I thought my time to die had
surely come , and that I would not sec Sallle
and the children any more. I wqs sure the
general was going to have me shot. 1 was
the only ono of our boys who was wanted at
the headquarters , and tlie guard told me to
move on. I soon reached tlie tent and was
told to go Inside. I was frightened almost to
death. My teeth rattled , my knees shook ,
and the perspiration was streaming from my
face , although the day was cold. However , 1
entered and the tent was closed , and I was
alone with tlie commander-ln-chlef of the
United States forces. He saw that I was so
frightened I could hardly speak , and arising
from his camp stool , he shook hands with
mo and asked me to be seated. He was so
kind and good that I soon felt at home. After
talking pleasantly for a while , he asked mete
to what regiment I belonged and where my
home was. Ho then picked up my demit
from a table , and asked me If It was mine.
I replied that it was. Ho then asked me If I
was a Mason , and I soon convinced him of
that. Ho then went to the table and wrote
my parole , gave me some money , and told mete
to go home to Sallle and the children. The
guard was called , and with a hearty "Good
bye" I departed from General Grant's head
quarters the happiest man In the army. Gen
eral Grant was a mighty fine gentleman ,
whom I always remember In my prayers.
GENERAL HANKS AS A WRITER.
General Nathaniel P. Banks' career Is one
of the most Interesting that the public has
seen , and. If he had written out the Incidents
attending It , the result would have been a
remarkable book. Uut , ot all men of promi
nence , General Hanks has been the least
prone to resort to his pen. His tastes were
these ot the orator. There Is scarcely a line
of his In print which was not first spoken ,
except his messages as governor and , per
haps , his military reports. He tried editing
In his early life , and soon abandoned It.
After he left public life he contemplated lec
turing , but never prepared any lectures. He
would have been welcomed In the magazines
ot the country , but Is almost the only man
of like prominence who has not contributed
to them. Some oven of Ills speeches In con
gress were never published , because he re
tained the report of them , and then neglected
to write them out. Ho never seems to have
been completely at home In Intellectual effort
when lie. was not on his feet.
ENOUGH AND TO SPABE.
Chlncsu l.iiliKUiigu Made Up of ( l ( ) , ! ) ( ) ( ) Cliur-
netrrri Not Dllllctlll to l.viirn.
There are about 00,000 characters in the
Chinese language proper , but the average
Chinaman no more learns all of these char
acters than the every-day American learns
the 100,000 words In the English language.
The Chinaman , however , learns on the average -
erago moro tlan : dues an American in a
similar position In life. A Chinaman who
can neither read nor write Is a rarity , ac
cording to the Now York Evening Post.
Chinese Is not a monosyllabic language , as
many suppose , and It Is Impossible to utter
in Chinese any but the shortest sentences
in monosyllables. In writing , the Chinaman
makes ono complicated but Integral character
for each word , but that word may be prop
erly spoken In two , three or four syllables.
His syllables are divided by no longer In
tervals than are his words , and that Is what
makes the language sound to a foreigner
like a sing-song Jargon. Wo do not know
whether ho Is telling a story or attempting
a song. The Chinese perhaps think the
same thing of an American , who bites off
Ills words and swallows them , or telescopes
one Into the other. Business men thrown In
contact with Chinese merchants who speak
pure Chinese , say that It Is not difficult to
learn. Instead of twenty-six letters , not In
cluding the useless & , the Chinese have COO
or GOO syllables , and these are combined Into
various forms to make the CO.OOO words In
their "dictionary. " These syllables vary in
meaning , according to the tone In which
they are spoken , or the strokes used In writIng -
Ing them ,
A Chinaman can unite any two of the GOO
syllables and make an Intelligent word. This
Is not the case with the English language.
This flexibility Is perhaps owing to the short
ness of their words ( seldom more than three
syllables ) and the tone or strokes belonging
to the syllables when spoken or written. A
syllable/ may mean one of a hundred things ,
and Its particular meaning In limited by
placing another syllable ot similar signifi
cance before or after It , using Its particular
tone , or stroke when writing. Sometimes
the syllables are uttered In such rapid suc
cession that they seemingly form ono word ,
but the trained Chinese car notes the tones ,
and he is easily understood the marvelous
subtleties of accent conveying the expression
to u nicety. Ho does not have to state a
proposition , and then In order to make him
self clear , res'ato It by the usual "or , In
other word * . " There are no "other words"
with the Chinese , The tone gives the mean
ing. The Chinese have a system ot 214 radi
cals , having various strokes from ono to
seventeen , which are combined with the
characters. Each radical has a separate
meaning , generally denoting the simplest ob
ject , as man , sky , earth , water , king. The
student first learns these , which answer to
the A U C ; ho next studies the syllables ,
or combinations , and thus , he has learned to
read and spell. Grouping the syllables Into
words depends upon his powers uf speech
or of composition In writing. What Is popu
larly known us "slang" Is nut known tu
theChlnoic. . Their language Is sufficiently
copious without resorting to the brutal
c. , V ,
forms of apocch. The most withering con
tempt or Ihu keenest of satire may bo ex.-
pressed in the polltoat terms ,
I..lll0lt XOTIi.1 ,
Unemployed art ) Increasing In London and
Liverpool.
Five hundred Illinois coal miners went out
last week.
All the fi'tc Coal Creek miners arc out In
Tvnncsneo.
Wisconsin vlgarmakors organized a blue
label letiguc.
The now 'longshoremen's union already lias
thirty branches.
Silk ribbon weavers In eastern cities ar
winning their fight.
I'lttsburg glassworkcrs and other trades
pledge Coxcy support.
( Jardcnurs of Hreslau , Germany , won n blfi
strike for a shorter work day.
Journeyman barbers arc agitating against
long hours , especially on Sunday.
Sliucworkers' union of Germany reports
11,307 members and $17,000 In bank.
Tlio plutnberH1 strike at Chicago IH settled
ami 1,800 Journeymen will resume work.
Germany Is about to adopt the eight-hour
duy In the government works nt Spandau.
A canvass of tlio factories at Ansonla ,
Conn. , shows business Increasing and pros
pects good.
An army of not less than 10.000 men are
Idle at Clearfleld , 1'a. , In connection with
the miners' strike ,
Ily a vote of 23 to 4 the llolyoke Central
Labor union has decided In favor of Inde
pendent political action.
Kentucky's legislature passed laws protect
ing union labels and to compel convict made
goods to bo marked as such.
Klftccn thousand workmen took part In
the May day demonstration at New York ,
but everything watt orderly.
Hrcad riots are occurring In Spain. The
government was defeated In the election and
thorp Is n change In prospect.
"Noversweats , " Is the appellation among
building trades workmen for fellows who
are shirking work habitually.
A big strike In the building trades Is In
progress In Zurich. Switzerland , for more
wagea and the nine-hour day.
Twenty of the forty-nine strikers held for
the murder of Chief Engineer Paddock at
Unlontown , I'n. , have been discharged.
A fire In the Chandler mine at Florence ,
Colo. , has thrown 100 miners out of em
ployment until the damage Is repaired.
The steel rail works mill at Pueblo , Colo. ,
closed , owing to the lack of pig Iron. A
supply Is expected In about two weeks.
Owing to the coal miners' strike the WheelIng -
Ing & Krlc railroad has made a lt'i ! : ! pur
cent cut In the wages of 1,500 employes.
The fire commissioners of New York have
promised the farriers' union that their
hornes shall In future be Bhod only In union
shops.
Representative McQulre's bill In the house
to prevent the discharge of letter carriers
for partisan reasons Is receiving very gen
eral commendation.
Chief Sargent of tlio railway firemen has
signified his willingness to stand for congress
'
gress on the republican ticket 'In the Terrc
Haute , Ind. , district.
The Prussian government has opraled rail
roads so successfully that a surplus of $1,000-
000 has accumulated and It Is now proposed
to reduce fares still lower.
1'ltU It VCK I'UIX'TRKS.
Fruit prospects are said to be very good
In the vicinity of I'lattsmouth.
A report from Hromfleld , Neb. , says : A
great many orchards In this part of the
country were winter-killed during the past
winter.
It seems strange that oranges from south
ern Europe should bo selling In this market
when thousands of bushels of oranges are
spoiling on the ground In California because
there Is no market for them.
The California Fruit Bulletin Is the name
of a new publication of the California Fruit
Exchange , San Francisco. The object of the
publication Is to furnish Information useful
to fruit men as to crop prospects , markets ,
etc. The first Issue gives great promise of
usefulness.
In view of the widespread fear of appen
dicitis , and Its frequent occurrence after
the victim has swallowed the seeds of fruit ,
it Is interesting to know that botanists be
lieve that seedless grapes arc a possibility.
The so-called "currants" of Zanto are really
small seedless grapes. Corcless apples ,
stonelcss cherries and plums , and even seed
less stiawbcrries und raspberries are all
possibilities of bud propagation.
E. H. Branch , who lias Just returned from
a trip through Missouri and southern Illi
nois , reports that there will be more St.
Louis strawberries than last year and more
than was anticipated a few weeks ago.
Southern Illinois will have plenty of toma
toes , but some other kinds of fruits and
vegetables have been Injured by the late
frosts. There will bo no early apples In
most sections of Illinois and few of any
kind. The commission men of St. Louis a're
complaining u good deal about dull times.
It is perhaps little known , says the New
York Journal of Commerce , that there has
recently been Introduced to and used by the
manufacturers of canned goods and pre
serves a substance for coloring tomatoes.
In tomatoes of Impaired quality of color a
single drop of the preparation will consider
ably repair this defect , and oven In standard
goods It Is said that a marked change for
the better takes place. The coloring- mat
ter Is ono of the most extensively used of the
so-called aniline colors , eosln. It Is prepared
nnd put up In small bottles bearing a label ,
"tomato color. "
An effort Is now being made by the French
government to open direct communication
between this country and the French West
Indies nt Martinique and Bauer Guadalupo ,
for the benefit of tlie banana and cocoanut
trade of those Islands. About half of the
bananas and cocoanuts grown there are con
sumed by the natives , while the remainder
are allowed to spoil. The British West
Indies shipped bananas to Philadelphia last
year to the extent of $897,733 , and cocoanuts -
nuts worth $38OtS. while Cuba exported
to the same city $420,214 worth of bananas
am ) $3G,75K worth of cocoanuts.
It Is not so long ago since the pineapple ,
was ono of the most costly table dessert del
icacies. The pineapple Is a West Indian
fruit llko the banana , but Florida has gone
Into tlio growing of this fruit , so that the
supply has been largely Increased. The Im
portations of pineapples were reported by tlio
bureau of statistics as being of the value of
$743,861 for the last fiscal year , and $740,560
for the year preceding' . The domestic pro
duction for commercial purposes was estl-
matwl by the census as of the value of $812-
1C9 In 1SS9 , and Increasing rapidly. It was
then reported that there were 2,18 ! ) acres of
land In the United States devoted to pine
apple culture for commercial purposes ; 2,160
of this being In Florida and twenty-nine
acres In San Diego county , California. The
total number of plants was given us 21,7uO-
000 , nnd the annual yield as nearly 10,500-
000 fruit. It was estimated that 805,000
acres In Florida and COO In California were
suitable for pineapple culture. The estimate
of the new Florida crop as 50,000 crates , or
16,000 greater than last year , Is In keeping
with the great Increase In every Important
department of fruit growing that lias accom
panied the Increase In the consumption of
domestic and foreign fruit year after year ,
The commission men who are Interested In
the Omaha Fruit Auction company are leav
ing nothing undone that will tend to pro
mote their enterprise. A committee has ro *
cently been looking up railroad rates to Iowa
paints and the facilities for distributing
fruits from this point. U Is found that the
freight rates from Omaha to the Mississippi
river points are In most cases less than from
Chicago to the same points and In no case
over 2 cents per 100 greater. This gives
Omaha at the very least an equal advantage
With Chicago as to rates to Mississippi river
points , but when It comes to towns located
In the Interior of Iowa the advantage Is very
much on the side of this city. Omaha also
has a greaj advantage In the point of time ;
which Is a big Item In the hauling of fruit ,
A car ot fruit arriving hero on Sunday night
and put on sale on Monday morning could be
delivered to the buyer at some Mississippi
river point In Iowa on Tuesday afternoon.
If the same car wau taken direct to Chicago
without being stopped hero It would arrive
there Tuesday and It would be Wednesday
Before It could get back to the Mississippi
river point. If there are cherries enough to
make It any object the auction house may
bu opened thu latter part ot this month. P ,
H. Shoemaker , who haH been elected man
age r , has been notified to be ready to Jake
cburge May IB ,
\VALl \ STREET IS WAITING
Ofi
Operators Heating Ojiietly iu Anticipation
of the Resupipjion of Businers.
it ii'
FACTS ON WHI I TIIE HOPE IS BUILT
, , #
Km ) of th Tiu'lir'r nlscu * lou thn Mull :
Iti-noM il jtf Actlxlty In Huropo
Helps OuUtKiiplil llcroxery
UITU I * CVrlulili
.V.- .
NEW YORK , tMXM. Henry Clsws , heatl
of the banking lioiuo.'ot Henry Clews & Co.
writes of tlio sltuatloli inVnll street :
" \Vntl street In still resting In n waltlnp
iittltuitc , with transactions few , confidence
steady , hopes ninny , with no disposition tc
realize on holdings , and as little to make
short sales.
"It may bo well ( o understand clearly what
arc the things ( or which holders arc waiting
and why they hold on BO tenaciously. The
main grounds of this hopeful attitude art
these :
" 1. The wearying discussion of the tarlfl
question Is apparently Hearing Us end , am !
the prospect , at the moment , It ) that by mid
summer the bill will become law , and In n
form much more satisfactory to the manu
facturing Interests than has hitherto been
anticipated.
" 2. When that conclusion Is reached the
Industries and the trade of the country will
be released from the bonds of suspense that
have kept both Idle for the last twelve
months.
" 3. Tlio present condition of the crop sug
gests a fair probability of an abundant har
vest , which Is always conducive to prosper
ous trade and to activity of transportation.
" 4. Europe , and especially Its large Indus
trial nations , is coming out of the severe
commercial depression from which It haH
been suffering since the close of 1S90 , the re
covery In England , France and Germany be
ing especially marked. This change may \ > i
expected to show Its effects In an Increased
demand for our exports and a better tone
In the markets for our staples , as well as
In an Improved Inquiry for our Investments
at a later stage.
"i" . Europe Is also emerging from Us en
tanglements of conflicting International poli
tics and tariffs , with the attendant constant
dangers of war. For the last ten years ,
each. successive spring has been expected to
introduce some- great International conflict ;
and , though ways have been found of staving
off the seemingly Inevitable struggle , yet It
has been aU the constantly Increasing ex
pense of exhaustive taxation and paralyzing
distrust In International finance and enter
prise. Thanks to the conservative councils
of the emperors of Germany and Itussia.
there Is reason to hope that the causes of
these political jealousies have been so far
adjusted as to afford grounds for the hope of
a lasting European peace. When these hopes
como to be verified by a fuller knowledge of
the facts of the new understanding , the re
vival of confidence at the great European
centers , added to the now current Improve
ment In commercfal markets , can hardly 'fall
to produce an unusual extent of revival In
the various forms of investment , enterprise
and speculation.
" 6. Next , It Is to be considered that , while
these Influences are at work to bring about
an Important revival < ln the Industries , the
commerce and financial spirit of the Old
World , we are here pn. the verge of escape
from the trammels which have BO long held
the business of the-wliole country In suspense
and extreme depr jslqn. Thus , on both sides
tbe Atlantic , wo have , ameliorating Influences
of the broadest hinda.-comlng Into operation
conjointly , and It Is liot easy to set a limit
to the extent of recovery Into which these
tendencies may develop.
KEASSUIUNG CONDITIONS AT HOME.
"In this country tlie conditions favorable
to u revival of business are especially Im
portant. The past tyvelvo months of de
pression has beori due almost entirely to
artificial and accidental causes , and not to
any general Intrinsically unsound condi
tions of' trade. Tlie first contribution to the
depression .was a-puto. and. simple. money
scare , "tho cause of. which lias already been
removed by the repeal act. The next cause
was a contemplated change In the productive
and competitive conditions of domestic In
dustries , which , for so long as it remained
undetermined , produced a general collapse
of 'production and a contraction of consump
tion. Hut those consequences have pro
duced an unprecedented depletion of stocks
of manufactured products. So soon , there
fore , as the new tariff duties are legalized ,
what is there to prevent a resumption of
normal activity in every branch of busi
ness , the consequent employment of labor ,
and an attendant increase of consumption
by the masses ? The only cause of deferment
of this recovery that can be reasonably sug
gested Is the possibility that workmen may
hesitate to yield the concessions In wages
made necessary by the lower duties and
therefore lower prices. As to that , It can
only bo said that already labor has con
ceded Important reductions in wages , while
the process of adjustment Is still going on ,
and the real question seeing to be , not
whether wages will be reduced at all , but
whether the concessions will equal the de
mands of employers. It Is reasonable to
expect that , when labor more fully compre
hends the necessity for lower wages and
finds that It is being compensated by corre
spondingly lower costs of living , there will
be no great difficulty In affecting an equita
ble readjustment of the scale of wages.
While , therefore , It is possible that some
complaint may bo heard of the stubbborn-
ness of the wage-earning classes , yet that
Is likely to prove only a transient obstacle
to a complete recovery of business.
"The foregoing arc the main points of the
confidence which Wall street Is now putting
In the early future , and upon which It Is
willing to carry the holdings of securities
rather than realize upon them. And , to our
view , this confidence Is not In any degree
strained or unreasonable. It Is bused upon
a fair estimate of manifest probabilities.
The conditions are not those of u deep-rooted
and fundamental derangement that would
call for a long period of gradual recupera
tion ; they are In the nature of a transient
obstruction which , when removed out of the
way , will admit ol a rapid recovery. ' It
therefore would not be surprising If , when
the tariff question IH put out of the way ,
business takes a sudden start and the trade
of the last six or four months of the year
proves of a really healthy naturo. It Is
superfluous to say that In the event , of the
realization of the probabilities hero fore
shadowed as to the crops and general busi
ness , the railroads would show a general
gain In earnings , with consequent benefit to
that class of Investments. "
MTTI.K OlIANCJi : AT LONDON.
Hoarding l > y tlio Hank of Kngliiml C'reutes
.Money KtrliiKvncy.
LONDON , May G. TIiero was little change
In the money markut during the week. Cur
rent business was conducted on such a miiull
margin of funds and Iho Dank of England
controls such unusually largo resources that
an unusual demaj 'c/eates a scarcity of
money , and consequently rates were ad
vanced. The bank , however , must shortly
Invest funds , thusUirlliglng case to the mar
ket , The general Wllel In the ease , when It
does come , will be llrOlOnged. Small business
was done at the SloeK'excliange , but the tone
was firm. Investiriferits' | n Blocks were very
firm , but there wcrb 'tew speculative- deal
ings. Foreign securities were strong , espe
cially Italians , whluh' were about onu point
higher , Argentines'were dull on the contin
ued rlso In the gold''fjremlum ' ' , which , It Is
feared , In due to tm'cr.ol ; Issues of more paper
money , m'i > :
Home railway securities were well main
tained on good tnifllu reports , uhowlng n
half yearly Increase ot 500,000. American
railroad securities were dull and unsettled ,
The market closed somewhat stronger. The
gold shipments did not depress the market
here as much as they did Wall street , us It
was hoped that they would hasten the pas
sage of the tariff bill. Heading Incomes
showed a decline of 3 pur cent ; ordinary , 11
per cent ; Erie seconds. 2V4 per cent , and
Atchlsoii IVi per cent ; Chicago , Milwaukee &
Bt , Paul. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
and M labour I 1'aclfio each advanced 1 pur
cent. Brazilian lines were well supported ,
the rise ranging from 1 to 8 per cent. Cell-
\ral of Argentine dropped 3 per cent.
Flnuiirlul Titnlo In lliicnnx Ayrcn.
NEW YORK. May 6. The Herald' * npe-
clal despatch from Hucnos Ayres nay * : A
ministerial and financial crisis lias comu
upon this country , and Its dljaMrou * rltci-ti
promise to be most serious. Hiislncn * li
paralyzed throughout the republic , and m
great Is the uncertainty In financial affair
that a panic Is Imminent. Nobody knowi
where to look for relief , and there Is tin
greatest alarm In all quarter * at the condl
tlon ot , thlnus , which It Is believed IIIUK
surely precipitate n revolution ,
Cllll.'AUO ( .It A IN
of lite Trading mill I'lnning Price
on .Siturthty.
CHICAGO. May B. The report today o
only 3,000,000 bu. as the amount of clear
anccs of wheat for the week from the At
latitlc and Pacific coasts checked thu bulllnl
feeling. The llrst price nt the opening foi
July wheat was ' 4c below the closing 01
Friday. Some of the recent heavy shor
sellers had orders In the pit to buy at tin
opening , nnd , owing to their purchases
there was a lively rally to ftom G0ic ti
00lie. As $0011 as the buying stopped tin
original bearish Influence under which tin
market opened reasserted Itsctl and tin
prlco ( illicitly fell off to 5'Jc. F.ivorabli
crop reports Induced more short selling am
the prlco fell off to fitl c. .There was mil ;
one sale at the latter flguro. nnd the prlci
varied but little until the close , which win
ut t0c ! Tic below Friday's closing.
The receipts of corn were only 1C9 can
and thu shipments 201,000 bu. Thu llbera
shipments gave the market n good seiidoft
July starting \'vc \ higher than the closi
yesterday. The weakness which dcvclopet
In wheat took the stiffening out of con
and thu price sagged off gently from 39i
to 30Uc , recovered again to 3ic ! and re
mnlnud between 89Uc and Bliafcc during tin
remainder of the session. The close was tin
same as that ol Friday.
The same strength In the May oats mar
ket was still visible today , but not In HI
great proportion. The market closed nea
the highest prlco of the day , or at an ad
vance of % c over yesterday's last < | iiota
lion. -
The provision market was subjected to i
slight raid , which knocked 1'MiC off. tin
opening prlcu of July pork , 5c from Julj
lard and 2 * c from July ribs. Pork recov
ered 7VjC from the lowest figure throng !
profit taking by shorts , anil lard toitchei
a point 2'/ic ' , below the close. Hlux elosei
at the lowest figure.
Estimated receipts for Monday : Wheat
C5 cars ; corn , 156 cars ; oats , 193 cars ; hogs
25.000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows :
ArticleI I Open. | ll'ish Kow ! I'doHeT
Wheat. No. 2 I
i
May fihH 'HI
July cowLi'li W.IM1 ( III
Sijpt Dl H ; IIUS. 01 > i < t * <
Corn No. i. ' . .
.May jWfc rnH ; : i7.Maf (
July '
Sept Wl KIV. Ill'l '
Oats No. ' . ' . . .
SMS : i.vi
Jhnfi
July ) J7H iio' iiti
' ' " '
-'H
Pork per bbl
31 ay 12 fl2 12lyi - 12I'J ! <
July 12 07.MJ 12 o 12I7i !
L.'ml. It'll llm
May 7I7M 7rit ) 7 Ml
July 7 Jill 7 2O 12't 7 1.1
7 10 ! 7 20 rj ( ( 7 10
Short KlbH- "
M-W ( ! O''M
July U : tlI2i (
Si.pt I ! 40
Cash limitations wenus frilliiivxi
KLOl'll Slow iiml prli'i'M tuurly Hlriuly.
WHKAT Nit. 1' spring , Wic ; No. a pr
W1ir.VNo. . 'i Icil , Sivii ; .
rOUN No. 2. 3Sc.
OATS No. 2. Xe \ ; No. 2 .wlillc , 3G'.4J c ;
No. 3 wlilliSTi'sfiSJUc. .
KYINo. . 2. < io. !
liAKUn'-NO S , nominal ; No. 3. S4Q > i > ; No.
4 , Mfi.VJc.
n.AX min-No. : 1. $1,31.
TIMOTHY Hii-i : : > Prime. $1.21.
I'ltuVISIONS MPSS pork , per Hi ! . . } i.47'.ifi '
12.,0 ; Iniil , per UK ) HIH. . JT.JT'i.fi'.Wi. : j.iort | illw.
side * OwiiV ) . IG.'iG.fiTi. ' ( ! : 'liy milled Klioiitili'ir
llxtxed ) . JG.iWf/G.1'3 ; shot I eli-ar Kliles ( Utxeilj ,
J6.87l4fii7.12' ; , .
WHISKYDIMIIlera' llnlshcil goods per RII ! . ,
$1.15.
SI T ! A US I nolmiiKPd.
The following WITH tlio receipts aim shipments
for today :
On thu 1'rodncQ exchange todiivthnhntlerin.il--
Uet was weak : creamery. litlGo : ( ; dairy , l
Et'frs , dull ninl lower at 'Jiie.
M-\V YOKK ( ; INIKAI : , .11.1 KKKT.
1'osterdnj'n Ouotntluns on I'Imir , Crnin mill
I'ritvlHloiiH , AletalK , JCtc.
NKW YOIIK , May f. . KUIt'U rtecrlptfi , 26-
9W bids. ; exports , 2,500 bU.j Halex , 3Wifl pkKS. ;
imuhet dull nnd weak , und In the absence
of any demand prices nre nominal , i\lth the
tendency downward ; city nilllH patrntp , $4.2 , > 'u
4.30 ; winter patents , $3.25T3.40 | ; elty mill rirais ,
J3.MS3.CU ; winter stralKhtx , I3.ii0fj3.0il ; Minne
apolis patentx , J3.W3,90 | ; winter extras , )2.IOf
2.f > 0 ; .Minnesota bakery , $2.IO3.40 | ; winter low
Krades , tl.COfl2.05 ; spring low Krudes , Jl.0101.f5 ;
hprlnR extmx. J 1.80112. 30 ; rye lionr. steady ; sn-
perllne. J2.M82.SJ ; fancy , J2.Mjj3.05 ; buckwheat
limitnominal. .
lU'CKWHKAT Dull ; innge. on nil Rrades ,
COUN JlHAtv-Stpmly ; yellow wecleni , JS.fwff
2.70 ; llrandywlne , J2.70.
Hyi-3 Dull and nominal ; ear lots , : iff52c ;
boal loads , " > i75Sc.
HAUM-2V ( Jiilet ; No. 2 Milwaukee , CCtiOTc ;
ungraded western , ( Mi6ir ! > .
UAUhKV MAl.T Quiet ; wcstein , MfcS e : slx-
rmveil , ( * 0 8..c.
WJIHAT Heeelpts , 2,800 bu. ; expoits. SI. 100
bu. ; sales , L'sri.Oir ) bu. futures nnd lli.ooo 1,11.
spot. Spot market very dull ; No. 2 red , In
store anil elevator , CO'ic ; alloat , ( H e ; f , o. b. ,
62-7ie. Options opened easier on disappointment
over the weekly exports nnd pel feet weather
In thu winter wheat belt , and later yielded to
free local offerlnds , the close lielns weak ; sninu
repoitH came In about seed lotlhiR In tlie north-
went ; n blB decrease Is expected In local xtocks ;
No. 2 red. .May , closed in COTie ; .Inly , t2 ! l-lifi ( ;
63Ue , closlmc nt C2c ( : September , Gl'f , < jiirc ; ,
eloslnB ill CITtc ; Uecember , Wiifl6S c. cl'iH.HB '
lit CSiie.
rOHN-ltocelpts , 19,500 bu. : exports , 10,200 Int. ;
sales , 40.IMH ) bu. futures and 20iiliO bu. i-put.
Spot market dull nnd easy ; No. 2He In ele
vator , -Tic ( alloat ; slenmcr mlxt-d , 42Uc , nominal ,
Options opened nbout steady , but afteruaidn
eas Ml off with wheat and closed weak nl ' fi e
net decline ; May closed nt 43ic ; July , if 'ii
43'Ac , closing nt 44c.
OATS Receipts , 31,800 bu : exports , 200 bu. ;
pales. Vix , Ini. futurra and 41,000 bu. spot ,
Spot market dull ; No. 2 , 4l',4e : No. 2 delivered ,
42ic ! ; No. 2 white , 4 [ 4iflie ( ; No. .1 white. 4lo ;
track , mixed western , 41Si42c ; track , wlillo
western , 42W4Gc ; track , wblto state , liffll ! > c.
Options were steadier nt llrst. but later le
aded with tile other maikets and closed nliont
steady ; May , : ! 'Jfi3Ule. ! closing nt 3e ! ) ; .Innu
closed nt SSUci July , STIiSiSSc closltiE at il , * ; ? .
HAV-Steady ; Rhlpplnff , JC.OOftO.Wf Kood to
choice , J7.i i .0i > .
HOI'S Dull ; state , common tu choice , M/Ue ;
1'aellle coast , ll'QUr.
IIIUKH ljulel ; wet salted New OrlennH.
Hclecled , 45 to Gi ! lbn. , 4U'ff < .r' ' . < c ; Texas sailed ,
3T in 50 lbn. , 4Cc ; liuenos Ayres , dry , 20 lu 21
lus. , 10'iWlle.
I. KATHKU Inactive ; lieml ick sole , llnenoB
Ayies , IlKht to heavy , KJijSiU'c. '
I'llOVISIONS Heef , sieiidy : fninlly , 12.0 < IT )
13.00 ; extra mesa , J7.50fi8.r > 0 ; beef bams , J1S ; city
extra India mess. J18.nOifi20.00. Tut ine.its , llrm ;
pickled bellies , J7.OKf8.Oi ) ; pickled shoulders , ( iUc ;
[ ilckled bains , 10'4c. haul , steady ; western
steam closed at J7.P5 ; May elosed nt J7.SJ nom
inal ; July , J7.GO ; rellned. quiet ; continent , js.20 ;
compound , UfiCtio. 1'ork , dull but Hleady ; new
mess , JI3.7Mri4.00 ; extra prime , Jl.2.ri'i : ! < 13.GO ;
family. JH.SOfi 15.00 ; short clear. J14.50lli.OO.
i 'OTTO N HKKI > OIL Quiet ; priced more nr
less nominal. The stock of oil In th I'nl.ed
States Is estimated nt IM.dmi bblK. 1'ilme
cuide , bbls. . 2J { | 30c ; primp crude , loose. 2Vi(2ic :
off mule , 275f2So ; butter gradex , 3Hj3.1i1 ; pi line
numiner yellow , 33o ; off Hummer yellow , 3lc ;
lirlme summer white , 3Gj37c ,
lll'TTKIl Steady : western dairy , lOillSc' ! west
ern creamery , 1317c | ; western factory , ' . " .alillc ;
KlKliiB , 17e. ; ntntu dairy , U'ffl'u : slale cieamery ,
"t'llBKHK Btrudy : Btnte Inrne. li Kill'.ic : small ,
Oli'i Il ic ; part skims , .I'.ifilUK : full skims. 2ii3c.
HOOK falket quiet : slule nnd Pennsylvania.
lie ; wtslein fresh , 10 lll ! c ; southern , UJiluc ;
receliilH. 4.M7 I'kKH. ' , . , . , .
TAI.UW Kinder : eltv < J2 per pku. } , 4' ; < fic ;
country ( nkKH. free ) , MiS'le , tin let quality.
I'KTItOI.I'UJM-Stendy ; t'nlled , closed , i. . c
bid ; WuHliliiRtun. bbls , , \Vaiddmjloii : , bn k ,
- - - - - " - - . ' - Philadelphia. 15. 10 ;
(3.50 ( ; relined New York. J5.15 ;
t'lilladelphla , bulk , J2.CO.
ItllSIN Sleudy ; ulrulned , common to K1'1" ' .
unit stendyv21ifi20'-.c. ;
Oil 'Mnrlietn.
OIIj riTV , Til. . May ( i. National Tranflt cer-
tllleateH npt-neil at fcS1 : hlKbenl. Mloweht. ; . SJH ;
uloneil WH ; HiileH. l.WW bblK. ; eleanilieeH , ! HSti (
bliU. : hliltmienlH , SI.C'JU bblB.
ITrTHIU'Hd , 1'a. . May U.-National TiaiiBlt
rerlltli-att'H openeil lit W i clttM-il , &uf4 ; hlBbent ,
bi4j lowt-Bt , fcJ5f. No Bales.
OMAHA 1,1 Vi : STOCK MAHKKTS.
\VeckV ItecctpU Show Very 1,111 In Clmngo
from thu Treceilltik- Days.
SATUHDAY. May 5.
Hecelptu of all kinds have been compara
tively moderate the pant wwk and show no
very radical changcH an compared with last
week or a year ago. The llgurtH are as fol-
Cattle. Jlogn. Sheep.
Hecell'tH tbltf week 14,528 3 < ! .ul9 l.blU
il c itB l/IHt / week 1MJJ ! i .373 3.099
Same week lawt year. . . 16,112 27.4SC 3,651
Considering the unusually light cattlu imp-
pllcu , there hub hardly been u
for $3,48025 $ , , Si #
HERE'S THE STORY ; Wo have over hauled
every ono of our 19
departments , and each article where there was only ono or two
ot'a kind or where wo had too many of a kind , ov anything that
was not just spick and span , has boon marked with largo rod
ticket , In plain figures , at one-half formal * prices In order to sell
them quick. Odd pieces of parlor furniture ( some slightly
soiled ) , odd rugs , odd pairs of curtains , ocld drosssrs , etc. , all
amounting to $18,9G0.60will bo sold this wookfor $0.480.25.
Don't delay , but come at once and help to take thorn away.
It comprises :
Chttinbri'Stills , Itltn'iirff'riMf ,
Mt/rfioan/ / / * , fjnm 7'ibfr ,
Tnirel r.n7. , Jnliitil Tnblrsl
Jluull CtiKfs , .SfirinN.
Hull Trees , < 't > rilimi/ |
7 > i'f.ifliTnblf / { * , I' i/inN/rrri / *
/roil llrtl.ttftttli'f C'/nllr. / ,
J'lllnii's , J.rulliri' Clul'vt ,
Mulf Ciiblnrt.i , I'lunli ( VuiliM ,
C'tinl Tilblr.i , ( 'Initl's III l-'iiiii'i/
Tubtm , Tnblr.1 ,
ftthles , 'liiiiviwiffnii
Jtiitltttt Ituekrr Clinlm ,
Vlilffanlerit , Illnlii'i Clititr.1 ,
liillClnilr.i ,
l.tittlr * ' / ) ( . ' / . , Mil-Arm ,
Hull < ! tttrfi , S.'tali-.t ,
tj -
I'lll'llll' tillltf ,
Itoirtt I'lii-lur .s'ntN
brerrtttril lluolt In Til IM-H ! I'll i
CiililnrlH ,
H'linlrnbrit ,
TaMff , Cumim n
lit tfd/ru
fiillfl Tnlilr.i , J'VlIB
< > / ; ( < < UltKil.i.
'J'l-ti Tiibln , Jllrrnr * ,
I'rilntulii , Dliuiri' .S'rM.
m
These goods have all boon distributed thn up aotit our stock , each
picco in its proper department , and will bo soil ? either for C-8H OK
ON OUR USUAL EASY PAYJISNT PLAN.
EASY TERMS. Presents to Purchasers
$ 10 OOworth of goods , Jl 00 per week $ 6 00 worth of goods An Album
10 00 worth of goods. .Souvenir Spoon
25 00 worth of goods , 1 50 per week 25 00 worth of goods.World's Kalrllooli
CO 00 worth of goods , 2 00 per week CO 00 worth of goods.Hla < iue Ornament
75 DO worth of goods..Lace Curtains
75 00 worth of goods , 2 50 per weel
100 00 worth of goods Center Table
100 00 worth of goods , 3 00 per week ALL. VISITORS HKCKIVK HANDSOME -
200 00 worth of goods , 4 00 per week SOME SOUVBNIHS.
m
Formerly People's ' Mammoth Installment House
Close evenings at 0:30 : , except .Monday and Satunla
il Htffoi'iMislttUfOH bill ' ! H riilnloi/iir. unit' reaily.
Improvement In values. The heavy receipts
three weeks or a month ago filled the coolers
of the killers with cheap beef and they have
consequently not been so anxious for sup
plies as mlcht have been expected with
such light receipts. During the past week ,
however , a slightly Improved demand for
beef afforded an outlet for some of the old
stock and created a slightly better fresh de
mand. Slatightcrcra are all after the good
light and medium weight steers , and these
grades have advanced lOc to ICc , particu
larly the past day or two. The English mar
kets have been demoralized by excessive
supplies , and with no satisfactory outlet In
this direction the heavy cattle have been
neglected. Prices have not declined per
ceptibly , but they have been decidedly hard
to move and brought very little moro than
the lighter grades.
SATURDAY'S SALBS STKAIJY.
The market today was moderately brisk ,
with prices pretty generally In Friday's
notches. Supplies were the most lHura ! of
the week and the offerings Included a larger
than usual proportion of medium weight and
heavy beeves. With eastern and Kuropean
markets demoralized on this class of stock ,
trade here was In a very unsatisfactory con
dition. Neither shippers nor exporters ex
hibited any anxiety for the cattle , and while
the good heavy , grades were barely steady
anything coarse or not fat was dull and
lower. On thu other hand , the supply 'of
good light cattle failed to meet the active
demand there was for them and trade was
actlvo at generally stronger prices , These
wore mostly picked up early , while there
were several loads of the medium and heavy
cattle still In first hands at the close.
The cow market was generally stronger.
Supplies were light , Including less than a
dozen loads all told , and they met with a
ready sale , good to choice fat cows and
heifers generally showing a shade advance ,
while tlio canning grades were barely steady.
Calves were In tolerably liberal supply , not
very active demand and generally easier.
The market for rough stock of all kinds was
tolerably lively and prices In thu main firm.
In stockciH and feeders only a small
amount of business was transacted. High
prices have kept back buyers from the coun
try , but as supplies have been very light
there has been a ready sale for everything
at all desirable that lias been offered. The
demand continues good for light stock cuttle
to go oti gross and while there has been an
easier tone to the trade the past day or
two , prices have been firmly held all around ,
fiood to choice feeders are quoted at from
$ : t.25 to $3.85 , fair to good at from W to $3.25
and lighter , commoner grades at from $3
down.
HOGS AVERAGE LOWER.
The average of prices this week has been
' Cc to lOc lower than last on hogs , and the
market closes that way. This lias been
undoubtedly caused by the moro liberal re
ceipts everywhere and the extreme dullnctm
and weakness In some lines ot the product.
The general situation presents no new fea
tures In fact there never has been a time
when the trade was so much at sea as at
present , and this very uncertainty Is mainly
accountable for the paralyzed speculation.
If there was u reasonable assurance that the
present dullness In business and manufactur
ing circles was to bo succeeded by an era of
activity and prosperity the chances are that
the present small stocks In packers' hands
and the prospect , or rather the fear , of.con
tinued light receipts would send both pro
vision and hog prices up like a kite. As It
Is hogs are selling relatively higher than hog
products and people are afraid to touch pro
visions either In a speculative or Investment
way.
way.Tho market today was a trifle uneven , but
In the main about steady. Receipts were not
heavy and the quality was fair. As prices
worn a trlfla high hero compared with other
western markets packers started out rather
bearish and early bids were lower. . h'ellerH
were slow to accept lower prices , us reports
from the east were rather favorable. Later
shippers and speculators took hold , frrely
and prices firmed up a shade , only to be fol
lowed by another period of slow trading and
easier prices. Tlio top for choice butcher
weights was JIJ.OT'.ii , and a good many of
the better loads went at $5.02Vii and $5.05 ,
Several of the commoner loads Mild both
early and lute at $4.95 and $4.9714. The mar
ket was somewhat "hump-baclud , " strong In
the middle and weak at both ends , but th
big bulk of the hogs sold us on Friday , at $5.
On last Saturday the bulk went at $5,05 to
$5.10.
SIIKEI' VERY SCARCE.
For the second time tills week the market
was bare of uhtcp and the total week's re
ceipts havu been light , only 1.84C head. There
has not been much change In thn inurM't th
past nix days , and whllo prices are lower
rast , desirable muttons and lambs are In
good enough demand hero to sell Junt About
an well as Uut week. Fair to. teed native *
WM , LOUDOW ,
Commission Merchant
C3AIN AND PROVISIONS.
I'rivnte wire * to ClilcnRO nnd New Yolk. All
liUMlnivH uiilcra placed on Clilcimu UoiuU ki
Trade.
CuriV'opondcneo Nollcltei ! .
Office , room -I , New York Llfo Hull HUB '
Telephone 1308.
are quotable at $3.754.-10 ; fair to good west- .
eniH , $ . " , .20Jii4.25 ; common and stock sheep ,
$2.riOi.r)0 : ; good to choice 40 to 100-lb. lamli.i
at $3,50 ® 4.75.
KeeulptM unit IHHpiHlUiut ( if ytni'tf.
Onielal reuiMi'iH ' and disposition ofutocVush nrv i
by HiebookHuf thu Union Stiislt Yard * i.i IIDIIII
for tin' twenty-four hotirw eiiuln at 5 o'clock ! > . in ,
Muyfi , lolll :
mai'u.smo.v.
< ; iiic.\i < > MVK STOUK.
U'feli'j. ItccclptH of Cnltle Slightly I.eNiTlmii
I ho Wf-i-lc I'rtivliins.
ClIIC.Min , May 6. TlilB weck'H receipt * nf
calll" amount to nbont 4II.OOO hcail , or : iWil : beail
le.n tban for last week anil 12,030 head II-M *
Ilian a sear IIKO. Today'H run WIIH enllimileil nt
MB ) hem ) , 'fin , maiket waH iinlet anil hleady at
I'YIdaj'H iinolatlonH , which , for Unlit ami nr-
ilintnelKhtH. . an * hitler , and for heavy KiinltM
limer than thoHo inline a week IIKO. Next
wei-k'H lecelptH are cxpi-cteil to Hlinw Honi ililni (
ol * all liirn-ii.se , hnl price * am not likely In
Buffer any perloiiM. decline.
There wcie about U.OiX ) IIOKH In t ( la > 'H ar-
lluilrt and IL'l.i" " ! for tlie week , nn aciillist I'li- ' !
Wl liiHt week and 10:1.818 : n year HBO. Tim mar
ket opi-ned KtroiiR lldH morning , l aily nnli'i
er at an advance on Kilday'H prices of from
Tin to I0o , IIH blKh IIH iri.n'i benK paid for heavy
and ineillnm n'elKlitH and llm bulk sellliiK heller
than J.Vir . Toward the close it quieter anil
weaker feeling prevailed , bill tbu advanee wan
nut InM. I'lleea nru 5o lower than nt tlm tlim-i
of bint week.
lleeelplH "f Hhecp for the day were eHllinateil
nt l.iVHI head , maklnR 0.1,010 for the we"k.
wild li IH alxmt l.lhM head mnro than Tor lant
wi'ek and 17.IXW head more than for ilie eone-
Klinndlni ; week la l year. Durlnu the laKt llvn
weekH | ii.-.oili ) head have arrived , IIH iiinilnxt
Kix.min head for I ho name time Inul year. Tlie-it
WIIH n iinlet market today at from fi to Jl.ii"
for Hliee | > . from IJ.a.1 ! to II.9D for yenrlliiKH. mil
fioni 4..V ) in Jii for HprhiK linnliH.
IliteliitH ! Cattle , KX ) head ; calvoH , "j head ;
liiu.'C. ! , ( l head ; Hheeii , 1,000 head.
Tinr.M'iilnn .loiirnal repnitB :
I'ATTI.i : Itreelptv , ( > 00 neadi BhlpmontK , noil" !
n < > maiket onmldn of n feiv on local uecnnnl ;
inline In exlrn native HlecrH , II.50ft1.71 , medium ,
JI.IOIl 1.2. ' . : utliiTH , U.S54I I.COj TexallH , JILWill. Id.
IIIX1S - Itecelptu , ti.Uijo bead ; HlillunentH , UN )
bead ; bulk lOe blKher ; closed under : I-OIIKI | hrnv
\\.M'n\.W \ ; packeiH and mixed. J5.IMiG.l prlmi
li-'iivy and bntcherH' , tS.'Ui/5.SO ; iiKHOrled IlKliI ,
' " * '
? 1,0m ) heal
' AND LAMIIH-lteeelptB , :
Hhliniii'lilM , none ; miuket olow and nnrlianiiiil ;
lop Hberp , \\'iV \ i\M' \ lop lamliH , Jl. oj5.L' | . ' ,
KitnsllH City Ivit ( HtneU .Mnrltut.
KANHAK * 'rrV. May B. CATTI.i : llee-l | > in.
2 , Li "I bead ; nhlim'nlH | , l.eiX ) head ; inaikei Mien I ;
TI-XIIH Hteern. tJ.81fi3.7i ) ; Texan COWH , U.mifIi.t : > :
Hhl | > | illiK xteerH , Ji : 3-ViHM ; natUe rntvH , Vl.'Mb
3.M ; Hloclieru and feedem , IJ.OdfilMKJ , hnllH ,
* - - | , 'i.lM head ; tdilpnieiilH , 3.iil :
Jiead ; maiKet HtroliK I" ' " " hlKlli'l' . bulk , t'r.
be.ivleH. packeiH and mixed , l\M'il'iU'i \ , IlKlltt ,
Yoikei'H iind plKH , JI.705.W. | (
BIII'JI'JI1 HeeeliitH , VI belldi Bllliineiiin | , Ili/nnJ
markel Hleady. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Kt. I.tiulB I.ivn Ntoek Jlnrk .
ST. MlflH. Mny C.-CATTI.M Hec.Mil" | , " ' *
head. nhlimentH | , l.eOO head ; market numm-.il ,
Hiiiily | | Inn IlKhc In eHlahllHli nrlt'i'B.
IIOUH HecelilH | , J.1KH lioiul : BhliiinenlM , . . .fi' I
head : maiket OfllOo lilRlier : lieiivy. J5./li.vu ( ( ,
mixed. S4.WI1S.t3 : lllihtH , JVOW3.15.
HllllKI' ItecelidH , m.ne ; Hhlimi'iitM | , lioni1 m.ir
ket dull , iniiiiinnl.
Sioux Cltyl.ltii Stuck .Mnrket.
HIOl'X IMTV , May 6.IIOC13lteeelH. | | . W
headl ; sumrns. . oe. { J"/ " " ! ? ' " "
blher ill Jl. ! > 5 5.00i bulk. J"I
CATTI.M Iteeelpm. W > head ; Klilpmf-iitN , I S'l
Jtarkel Hleady ; feederH. J2.Wfl.1..l. > fil
ms J22. i 3.l ; COWH , Jl.i ( U
'iii : oxen , il.CHB3.75.COWH
Stock In Klght.
HeeelplH ut llvu "lock at Ihu four prlnulii'll y.ii * I >
fur Sainnlay , May D were :
Calllc. HOZH. Sheen.
iiinlli Omaha . ; i,14l (
Ml.
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