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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1899)
10 OMAHA DAILY 111313 : THURSDAY , DECEMBER 21 , 1SOJ ) . COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL Black Dumand nnd Small Olearancu Oanre Wheat's Weakness. A FIRM OPENING IS NOT JUSTIFIED Corn In AVrnk In Syinpntliy Wlirnt nnil Trmle IN Unlit I'ro vlNloiifi l-'lrni ICnrl > , Cloi- Uiicliiiiiuuil. CHICAGO , Dec. 20. A slack demand nnd email clearances nt the. seaboard took the Blnrch out of wJieat today , 'May ' closing 9ic urdor yesterday. Corn was HfiUc down nnd oats % c lower , il'rovlslons closed un changed. In the fractional gain , which Liverpool exhibited todny there was some cncouraRo- inont for the locals who had loaded up .Monday on the English reverses In South Africa nnd > the possibility of moro serloiw compllciitlons. The opening hero was nc- conilnglyIrm / , Slny upto from last night ttt 70UfW ( > ic. That proved to bo the best mark for the day. for clearances were small nnd the demand wns mnaller. The mar ket gradually caseil off to the end , dull throughout. The war scare holdings wore let out nnd the prlco sank to n share over the normal piano It occupied nt the close Saturday before Huller's defeat and the call for additional volunteers came IIH a potent bullish fnrtor. May closed ? ; c under ychttrday Jit faWRWAf. New York re ported only 10 boatloads taken for t-xport. Seaboard clearances In wheat nnd Hour wore 46,000 bu. Primary receipts were BC2.- 200 bu. , against 1,109,100 bu. last year. Mln- t.eapolls ami Duluth reported 353 ears , com pared with 319 cars last week and 813 cars a year ago. Ixicnl receipts Wore 75 cars , 32 of contract grade. Corn was weak , principally because of thnt market's sympathy with wheat. Trade was light , coming mosrtly from commission houses which had selling orders from tiud- ors who wished to got out before Chrlst- jnas. Primary receipts were light , though local receipts 15S WITH were over the esti mate. riinratiPL-H wcro Ubonil , but thrro was llttln shipping demand here. Country offerings were very light , atny ranged from 325fro to 32"ic and closed Ht'Ue. down nt K-V i' . Oats was dull and weak , considerable liquidation having ti depressing ol'fcct , ns there was little demand. Locnl rcci-lpts \vere small , 7ti cars , ilay ranged from 23c to 24'f ( , , closing % i : lower at 3ft2-V. Provisions were Ilrm early , but eased olt later , closing about steady. Hotter hog ] irlos and the fact that u recent heavy seller was holding off , together with the initial strength of the wheat market , was an early element of strength and the open ing , which was a trllle Injltc-r than yestcr- tlay's close , was followed by an advance. "With 'tho ' advance offerings becMine moro liberal , actuated largely by the weakness nhowii In grain , and the market sold off , closing wltih the gnln nil gone ami the list of products at yesterday's llnal llgures. aiay pork ranged from $10.22' to $10.37K. and < ? lnspil at $10.25 ; May lard , from $5.55 to $5. & > . clculng at $5.55 , And May ribs from J5.371/- to S5.15 , with the oloso at $3.37'/ { . Kstlmatcd rf olpts tomorrow : Wheat , JS5 * oars ; corn , 215 cars ; oats , 155 cars ; hogs , The lead Ing futures ranged as follows : .Artlcloa.l Qpcii.l High. | Low. I Closc.l Ycs'y. Wheat Doc. Cfi % > % I 65 * . , 6 ? W. M-V4 July 70 % 70 % ; o % Corn- Dec. 3014 SO'A ' sou sou Jan. i < 5i wl % 30 % < iT % May 32 % 33 % 32 % 32 % Oats- Dec. 22 % 22Vi 2IVs 2I Pork Jan. 9971,4 10 02',4 9 S7',4 9 no 10 00 May 1030 10 3714 10 22141 10 25 1025 l ard Jan. 53,1 o 3714 530 53214 5 32 % .May 5 55 5 0 5 5 C CO D f * > lllbs- Jan. r. 2714 52714 r 2214 5 2214 5E2V4 May 5 40 5 15 5 3714 5 37141 5 371 ; . No. 2. Cash quotations were ns follows : FLOUR Steady ; winter patents. $3.1003.50- BtraiRhts , $3.HO < g-3.2 ( | ; clpar. $2.9033.10 ; spring specials , 53.00. sprinK patents , J3.20if3.50 : straights. ij.70ff3.30 : bakers , Jl.9ft32.50. ' WHEAT No. 3 spring , GlSGGHc ; No. 2 rcJ , GSftcae. CORN No. 2 , a4c ) ; No. 2 yellow , SOftc. OATS No. 2 , 22 % I23e ; No. 2 white , 2514Q ) E e ; No. 3 white , 2194 25140. RYE No. 2. 52c. in A R LEY No , 2 , SSifflGc. SEEDS-Klaxscud. No. 1 nnd northwest , J1.I8V4 , Prime timothy , J2.50. Clover , con- tnil'-lJrJP'-ASi23'.3-50' ! ? ' 9,95. i ribs . . , I Eldo.i ( boxed ) . J5.45f.1,55. ( ( I WHISKY Distillers' finished Roods , un I I basis hl h wines , per fal. , $1.23'A. SUGARS Cut loaf , J5.70 ; Rranuhltod , J5.1S. ; I Following are the receipts and shipments ! for today : i : Articles. RccPlnts. Shlpin'ts. I Flour , bbls 3.1,000 2i ! COO "Wheat , bu 100,00'J ' 37,0j fern , bu SOD.COO 101(0) ( ) Oa.ts , bu 231,000 HU.otK ) Rye. bu 5,000 9,00 IJnrlcy , bu 90,000 17,0.0 On the Produce exchange today the butter - I ter markcl was steady ; creameries , lGi/25c- , dairies , 1622c. { } Cheese , Ilrm at Ilftl3c. I Kggs , firm ; fresh. 20c. | XKMV YORIC ( nICIt.lMARKET. . I . ( luolntloiin for tin- Day 011 Viirloim I CoiiiinoilitlcN. NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-FLOUR-Rccclpts , I 17 , 130 bbls. ; very quiet in view of the np- I jiroaehlng holidays ? and nominally easier with wheat ; winter straights , $ J.35If3.47 % ; ailnnesota patcnls , $3.S TI,03 | ; Mlnnenotfi H akers , $2.80 3.10 ; winter exlras , $2.COft3.00 ; winter low grades , $2.25f2.IO ; winter pat- enlH , $3.5ftiJ3.75. HytHour. . Ilrm ; fair to I good , $ : t.lWf3.J5 ; choice to fancy. $3.30S3.60. Buckwheat Hour , steady nt $2,252.35. IHICKW'HEAT-Nomlnal ' at 60c c. I. f. New York. CORNMEAL Quiet ; yellow western , 0c ; city. 78c ; Brandywlno , $2.25(2.35. ( RYE Easy ; No. 2 western , 61c f. o b. nllont ; stale rye , 56IG7c ( e. 1 , f. New York lots. lots.BARLEY BARLEY Steady ; feeding , 41c c. I. f. Duftnlo ; malting. 444Sc c. I. f. Buffalo. BARLEY iMALT Quiet ; western , SoffCSe. WHEAT Receipts , 65,677 bu. Spot , weak ; No. 2 red , 734c fo. . b. iitloat ; No. 1 north ern , Duluth , ,9e f. o. t ) . afloat , nominal ; No. 1 hard , Duluth , 80c f. o. b. afloat , spot ; No. 2 rod , 7394C elevator. Options opem-d ilrm nnd " , c higher , governed by room covering and unexpectedly stronger table. . But in the nbsmicn of export trade or Important clearances long and short selling soon de veloped with disastrous effect on prlcta. which broken cent , a bushel during this afternoon. Outside accounts * have boon KCII- orally reduced for the holidays. Closed weak at % c net decline ; March , 7l % < fiMc , closed al 74-c ; Jlay , 71f(75c ( , closed at 7434c ; July , 71c ; December. 72il72-)4c. clomM nl 72c , CORN Receipts , 17.207 bu. ; oxiMirls , SS.11S toll. Spot , easy ; No. 2 , 38T4e f. o. b. .itloat and 39U'1 elevator. ( ) | itloii. < oponujsteady and unohangcd and , altlfougli quiet all duy , ruled fairly steady on good support from jirovls-ion nouses. Finally s-old off with wheat and closed easy at % fUc ( not de cline. May , 35 > 4fi39c , closed at 3S c ; De cember. SStidi ! ' * ' , closed at 33c. OATS-Recelpls. 25:1,400 : bu. Spot , dull ; No. 2 , 29 : No , 3. 2 ! > % c ; No. 2 white. SlVie ; No. 3 white. S01c ; Irack mlxinl wesiloni , 2Jfi' ' SOWc ; 'track ' white , . 31ift31c. Options , dull and lower. HAY Steady ; shipping , $0.50i6.70. HOP * * Quiet : state , common to choice. 3896 crop , tie ; 1S9S crop , 75(9c ( ; 1SS9 crop , 12li' 15o. Paclllc const. U9i ! crop. tiiCc ; 1S97 croy , 7ll'Je ? ; 189S crop , 12frl5c. HlDBS-Stendy ; GulVMton , 20 to 25 ibs. , JSViiC ; Texas dry , 21 to 30 Ib . , Hc ; Cali fornia , 21 to 25 Ibs. , 21c. LEATHER Sleudy ; hemloak solo , Buenos Ayres. light ie.avy\volghls ) , 25i/2ju ; ucld. 1'ROVlSIONS-Hoef. dull : family. J12.SCW 13.00 ; bef iMMtis , $22.JXSj23.00 ; packet , $11.60 W12.00 ; city , extra India mess. fil.K ( > ii2iOJ. Out meats , nulct ; pickled bellies , j.5COii.r } ( 0 ; jilckled Fhouldurs , $5.75 ; pickled hams , $ S.25i/ 900. l.artl , steady ; western Dimmed , Ji.ui's ; [ December , $5.01 , nominal ; rullned , quiet ; continent. J5.00 ; South America , Jd.-iO ; compound , fj,23s5.3IVe. | Pork , Ilrm ; IIIWH , JlO.OOfi 10.76 ; bhort Clear. Ill.O'JiilS.Ui ; family , J12.00jcl2.EO. Tallow , tlrm ; city , 5c ; country , lllCE-Steady ; domestic. 4fc4'ci' MOLASSlM-Stundy ; New Orleans open hot tic. good to choice , XtfdOc. KRElGHTg To Liverpool , dull ; iiitton fey fitcuni , 25d ; grain by steam. 3d. iwmlnal. Ml'H'ALS-Tho market for metals ruled very lrrfgul irt with mime department a nhadt ) steadier and othcrx weak and nom inal , The cabin advU'tw and western dls- jxitcliiNs fulled tu note iironouiw < "d i-haiiRi1 In outside markets. At tiia close the 'Metal ' ex change called pig Iron warrants weak for futures ; lake copper , quiet at $ li > .W ; tin , eteady at J21.JWI25.26 ; lend , stctidy at $1 70tl > 4.75 ; epcltcr , dull ut Jl.Wa4.674Tho brok- tors' prlro for lend Is $ I.IS anil for copper JlS.u. OMAHA ( ! i\ttItAl , MAIUCET. Condition of Trnilc nnil ( luotntlon * on Stntilo ninl Patter I'roiltire. EGGS-RcceJpts light ; fresh stock , 16o. DRESSED I'OUI/I'RY Choice to fansy turkoy.i , lie ; ducks , Sr ; ROese , SflSc ; sprliiR chickens , ( U4Ci7o ; hens , C'o'O'ic ; roosters , 4'if Go. Go.LIVE LIVE I'OtJLTRY-Hens. BQ5V4o : uprlnR chickens , Gc ; old nnd stmrgy roosters. So ; durks nnd ROPRO. Gfffii.&r ; turkcyB , 9c. Ht'TTER Common to fair , lG < 4c ; choice , ISQZOo ; separator , 2Gc ; gathered crcamury. 22f23c. PIGEONS Live , per doz. , Me. VKALS-ChoIcc , 9c. GAME I'rnlrlo chickens , per doz. , Jo.50 ; Rrouse , J3 ; quail , per doz. . 11.23 ; mallards , 130093.25 ; hluo wins tent , J1.75 ; urcon wine tenl , $1.25f1.50 : mixed ducks , tl.SOB2.00. OYSTERS Medium , per can , 18c ; stand- nrfl. per can , 22o ; bulk standard , per cal. , J1.23 : extra selects , per can , 30o ; extra , selects , per sal. . Jl.GO ; New York counts , per can , 37c ; New York counts , per 100 , ifAY Upland , choice , J6.60 ; midland , choice , $6 : lowlnnd , choice. JS ; rye straw , choice. J5.60 ; No. 3 corn. 27c : No. 3 whit * oats , 22140 ; cracked corn , per ton , J12 ; corn nnd oats , chopped , per ton. J12.W ; bran , per ton , 113 ; short ! * , per ton. III. VEGETABLES. SWEET POTATOES-l'er bbl. , TCansas. $2.BO : Jerseys , $5 ; large bbls. , Nebraska POTATOES-Per bu. , chuito. SOflJSc. CAliliAOE Per lb. . jtifl ; Holland seed , 111 fl If CAirUFLOWEIl-Por crate , J2.50. CKAN'HKKUlUS-Cnpe Cod. 10.00 < tf .50j Boll Hugle , per bbl. . J6.60J Jerseys , $6.25. ONIONS-Ilctall way , yellow , G5c ; red , 75 QS5ij. CELEUY-Per doz. , 25S3&C ! California , per bunch , 45JGOc. ? TUHNIl sItutabagas. . per lb. . lUc : Cana. ulan , l 401 c. WATKHCHESS-Por 16-qt. cases , J1.60. MlTHIHtnOMS Per lb. box. 60c. TOMATOES Florida , per 6-basket crate , fet vO. FRUITS. A PPM5S Choice western shipping stock , $2.75J3.00 : Now York stock , $3.7o@4.00. GRAPES California Emperoi. 12 ; Cataw- bas , per small basket , 18c : Malaga grapes , per bbl. , $7.0007.50 PEAKS Western varieties , $2.EO. TROPICAL , FRUITS. ORANGES Mexican , per box. $3.5003.75' California navels , per box , $3.75if4.00. LEMONS California fancy. $1.25l.50 ; cholcu California , J 1.0001.50 ; Messina , $1.50 CI.75. HIDES. TALLOW. ETC. HIDES-No. 1 sreen hides. SV4c : No. 2 green hides. 7Hc ; No. 1 salted hides , lOc ; No. 2 salted hides , 9c ; No. 1 veal calf , S to 12 Ibs. . 9c ; No. 2 veal calf. 12 to 15 Ibs. , 8c. TALLOW. GKEASE. ETC. Tallow , No. 1. 4c ; No. 2 , 3 ? < c ; rough , 2c ; white grease , 203Mcj yellow und brown grease , 2 @ 3c. MISCELLANEOUS. HONEY Per 21-sectlon case. $3,2503.50. NUTS Hickory nuts , large , per bu. , $1 ; hell barks. Jl.2501.35. FIGS California layers , per 10-lb. box , $1.00 ; California carton , per 10-lb. box , $1.10. MAPLE SUGAR Per lb. . 9c. CIlltlSTMAo GREENS. TREES 5-ft. , per doz. , $2 ; 5 to 8-ft. , per doz. , $2.50 ; 7 to 9-ft. , per doz. , $3.50 ; 8 to 11-ft. , per doz. , $4.50 ; extra largo sizes , 12. to 24-ft. , $ l > .0ftil.50. HOLLY BUANCHES-Per ease of about CO Ibs. , $ l.50iii5.CO ; per bbl. , $1.501.75. MISTLETOE BRANCHES Per lb. , 20e ; per 23-lb. box , $3.75 ; wreathing yds. , 90o. St. I.oulK Criilii mill 1'rorlNlonn. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 20.-WIlEAT-Lowcr ; No. 2 red , cash , elevator , GS'.ic ; track , 71',4c ; December , Gd'.fcc ; May , 71o ; No. 2 hard , C7(5CSc. ( CORN Lower ; No. 2 cash. 31c ; track , 32J 32V&c ; December , 30V4c ; May , 31 c. OATS Lower ; No. 2 cash , 24c ; track , 2lc ; December , 23y4c ; May , 24c ; No. 2 white. 26-c. KYE Firm at 53c. FLOUR Firmly held ; patents , $3.45@3.55 ; extra fancy , $3.1003.15 ; clear , $2.75Q .90. SEEDS Timothy. $2.X ( > S'2.05 ' ; llax , $1.43 , nominal. CORNMEAL Steady at Jl.7001.75. BRAN Quiet ; sacked , east track , 62c. HAY Timothy , strong at $7.50011.50 ; prairie , easy wt $7.50ftS.50. WHISKY-Stendy at $1.23 . COTTONTIES-$1.05. U A G OING-53J < i , Gi/jc. HEMP TWINE DC. PitOVISIONS Dry salt meats , extra shorts , $5.37Vfclear ; ribs and sides , $5.50. Bacon , extra shorts , $5.S7Vb ; clear ribs nnd sides , $6. 'Pork , steady ; jobbing , old , $9.50 ; now , $11. Lard , steady ; prime Btcam , $5.2214 ; choice. $5.25. METALS-Lcad , dull at $4.GO. Spelter , lower at $ J.50. POULTRY Dull ; chickens , old , 5c ; young. 5Hc ; turkeys , 7c ; ducks , 606'/4c ; geese , 5V4 < 3lic.RECEIPTS RECEIPTS Flour. 7,000 bbls. ; wheat , 20- ftW bu. ; corn. 28,000 bu. ; oat's ' , 42,000 bu. SHIPMENTS Flour. 9,000 bbls. ; wheat , 15,000 bu. ; corn , 31,000 bu. ; oats , 32,000 bu. liuttcr , KKK nnil CliecHC Market. PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 20. BUTTER Unchanged ; fancy western creamery , 27c ; fancy western prints , 2Sc. EGGS Firm ; fresh nearby , 21c ; fresh western , 21c ; fresh southwestern , 19c ; frsh southern , ISc. CHEESE Firmer : Now York fancy , full creams , 13c ; Now York fancy , fair to good i' creams ' , 12'4Til2c. ( NEW YORK , Dec. 20.-BUTTER-Re- colpts. 3,757 pkgs. ; Ilrm ; western creamery , 2f/27c : ! ; Juno creamery , 220'5l/sc ; factory , . CHEESE Receipts , 10,471 pkg9. : nrm ; fall made , fancy , small , 124(513c ( ; fall made fancy , largo , ] 2rnl3c ; late made , small , 120) ) 12',4c ; late made , largo. ll-M'12c. ICGGS Hoceljits , 5.C52 pkgs. ; steady ; west ern ungraded , at mark , 160'l ! ! c ; western , 2ii2c ( ! loss off. KANSAS CITY. Dec. 20.-BUTTER- Creamery. , 22025c ; dairy , ISc. EGGS Ic lower ; fret'h Missouri and Knn- sas stock , Ilmts , selling nt llic dozen , cases returned ; storage , steady at 10014c. CHICAGO , Dee. . 20. BUTTER Steady- creameries , lC023c ; dalrk-s. lllfC22c. ST. LOtUS , Dec. 20. IK'TTEK Steady ; creamery. 2314 2i',4C ( : dairy , 19023c. EGGS Steady at 17c. lilveriiool ( ir:1. In nnd 1'rovlNlom. LIVERPOOL , Dec. 20.-AVHEAT Spot , spring dull and winter firm. Futures quiet ; March to May. 5s 10d. CORN Futures steady ; January and February , 3. Cid. PROVISIONS Lnrd , American reHned , In palls , Ilrm at 29.i ltd. Hams , short cut , sternly nt 44s fid. Bacon , short ribs , steady at 31s Cd ; long clear middles , dull at Jin ; long clear middles , heavy , dull at 33 * Cd. The Grain oxchaneo will obsorvn the Christmas holidays by closing December 23. 25 nnd 2fi. The Provision exchange will be closed December 25 and 26. KIIIINIIH City firnlii nnd I'rovlnloiin. KANSAS CITY , Dec. SO. AVHEAT-May , Mc ; rash , No. 2 hard. raftCS'/fcc : No. 3 , 5901 C2c ; No. 2 rod , C9f70o | ; No. 3 , 030CSC. CORN-Miiy. 29' c ; cash. No. 2 mixed , 29c asked : No. 2 white , 29e ; No. 3 , 2S , zC. OATS-No. 2 white , SJlifiSSe. RYE No. 2 , ISo. HAY-Cholce timothy , $9.0009.50 ; cholco irnlrle. $7.00ri7.no. RECEIPTS Wheat , 21,000 bu. ; corn , 20,100 bu. ; outs fi 000 bu. SHIPMENTS Wheat. 2I.COO bu. ; corn , 1.9CO bu. ; oats , 4,000 bu. Toledo .Mnrkot. TOLEDO. O. , Dee. 20.-WIIEAT-Lower and weak ; No. 2 cash and December , C9c ; May. 7V b'd. ' CORN Dull but steady ; No. a mixed , 1 * ie. OATS Dull but steady ; No. 2 mixed , 2lc. RYE Nominal ; No. 3 oanh , 55c. SEEDS Clovomeed , Cull and lower ; nrlmo uish , old , $1.95 ; December , $5.70 asked ; March. $5.SO. 'ioIlN AVIient nnil Flour. MINNEAPOLIS , Dec. M.-WHEAT-In store : No. 1 northern. December , Clfj May , i fifi'-e ' ; July. C7Tio. ! On track : No. 1 hard , i > Gf.vjc ; No 1 northern , Kc ; No. 2 northern , C3c. FLOUR lluslness fair ; Hrrt patents , $3.40 i3.SO : second patents , $ a.2&03.uO ; llrst clenr , I $ J 20f(2.30. ( BRAN-In bulk $ ll.fOnil.S5. .M 1 1 iv M ! ; < ( imlii MILWAl'KEE. Dec. 20.-WHEAT-DU11 ; No. 1 northern , M'/AC ; No. 2 northern. C10 > 5Cc. RYE Ouk't : No. 1 , IS' c. BARLEY Film , No. 2. 41c ; sample. 36 ® I3'sc. _ Dulutli Wlient .tlnrket. DULl'TH , Dee 20. WHEAT No. 1 hard. cash , CS'.to ; No 1 northern , cash. ClUc : De cember , fi5'4c ; .May , CSV c ; July , C9V4c ; No. 3 sprliiB , tSVio. AViiol Market. BOSTON , Doc. 20. The American Wool nnd Coiton JU porter will say tomorrow : The tlghtnoxti In th money market has out short the demand for wool nnd as a rosrlt the wool market has been almost llfcluss during the last week. This Is a time of the year , however , when a quiet business is always expected , It being a holiday and stock-taking period. Thu tight money could not have come at a bettor time for the wool traders , as their obliga tions matured last November. Their wool has been largely sold and turned Into cash und the member ! ! of the trado. arc not bor rowers today The buying of wool is run- ring moro to the coarser erndea Fine wools have reached such a high point that manufacturers nro trying moro nnd more to substitute medium wools for them. Sales of the last week have liren made nt the lop prices of the year. The sales of the week In Boston amounted to S.498.WW Hi' , of domestic nnd 426.000 Ibs. . of foreign , milk ing a total of 3,30,8,000 Ibs. , against n total of 6.664,000 Ibs. for the previous week nnd C.G24.000 Ibs. for the corrcM'omllng week last yenr. Sales since January 1 , 1S99. amount to 3U.S35.77S Ibs. . against 137,337.510 Ibs. last year nt this time. JtOVH.MHXTS OF STOCKS AXI1 IIOM1S. .Net I.Oflflrn In Arnrly All CnsenSinnll with Some ( iiilnn. NEW YORK , Dec. 20. The stock mnrkot gave a demonstration of Improved tone nnd nerve In the sp.'rlt with which It accepted i a slump of 13i points In Brooklyn Transit , i I accompanied by sympathetic wouknors In other stocks allied to It. It cannot be said 1 thnt this violent decline was viewed with Indifference , for It effectually checked the I advancing tendency In the general market and worked a reaction extending to over 2 I 1 points In a number of standard railroad stocks and from I to 7 points in some of the industrials. Thanks to the earlier rise in the market , however , and the rally fol lowing the slump , net losses arc In nearly nil cases small and some substantial net gains are shown by Important locks. Thu break In Brooklyn Transit wns at tributed to the forced liquidation of a large Insldo account , concerning which many favorable - vorablo rumors ofMonday wore revived In full .force . nnd exaggerated by the bears with a view to breaking the maikct. At this time last year , after a notable advance , this ytar It touched the high level nt 157 without ever having paid a dividend. In the demoralization which followed the pud- den denth of ox-Governor Flower , the or ganized efforts to support and save the market converged upon this stock and kept It above par. Its vicissitudes since then liavo been many and various nnd transac tions In It alone have gone to make up the bulk of the trndlntr on the Stock exchange on many days. Tnere have boon single weeks when the tolal transactions In this stock exceeded several fold Its total capital Issilo and It has boon the. favorite of the highly speculative clnss who delight In manipulation and mystery. Previous to this week Its low price for this yunr had been 7514. On Monday It touched (55',4 ( In the general demoralization. Today It touched 61 and rebounded G',2. ' This review of the course of a single stock is fertile in suggestion of explanation for the whole rerlos of events In this week's market. During the day , when Brooklyn Transit was showing most acute weakness , the rate for call monov was 4 per cent and was In plnntiful supply- The rate at no time rose abovo. 9 per cent and In the late dealing fell to 2 per cent , or yesterday's low level. During the day an engagement of gold for shipment to London was announced and rumors were current of further heavy engagements to go out on Saturday. The announcement and the prospect seemed tu have no effect on the local money market. Thu anomaly of a 2 per cent money rate and gold being allowed to go out , whll stocks nro forced to liquidation at heavy sacrifices , warrants no ether conclusion than thai the security offered for loans to carry ptocks in some Instances Is unsatis factory. Such Is known to be the case. Yesterday's measures of protection and relief were still In force today. There was liquidation yet Io be aciompllshed today and It pursued IB course , but was > not al lowed to unset.i ; and demoralize the whole market , as WHS the case on Monday. The tone of the market during tho. early hours was nearly normal , except that trading , was active and tlucltuitlons ra'her wide. I i Prices had advanced and received an addl- i ttonal impulPu upward with Ihe announce ment of the Increase In New York Central's dividend rate , lhat stock rising to 130' . Extreme declines from the high level In other than Brooklyn Transit were : Sugar , 7Vi ; Federal Steel , G ; People's Gas , Manhat tan and Tennessee Coal , about 5 , and To bacco and Metropolitan , 4. The weakness in railroad flocks , which showed the larg est declines , could be traced in part to the , same sources as those which were respon sible for the break In Brooklyn Transit. The declines extended to 2 points only in Rock Island. Atchison preferred , Burllng- lon , St. Paul and I oulsvllle. In Brooklyn Transit , Sugar , FVderal Steel , Tennessee Coal and People's Gas the recovery reached 3 to G'/ii points and It ranged from 1 to 2 points throughout the list. Tho. market closed strong at the rally at mixed net changes. The bond market was active and showed late reactions from the early strength , ; ; making the tone Irregular. Total sales , par i value , $3,150,000 ; United States 2s , 3s , old Is and 5s advanced Vj In the bid price. i The Commercial Adve'rtifcr's London i financial cablegram sayt' : This market was weak this morning except for American shares ; all other stocks were offered plen-1 tlfully nnd liquidation was general , but in the afternoon the wreckage was absorbed and a better tone developed , especially for Auslrallans , which had been badly hit. 'Ihe opinion of the street now Is that the bank r.ite will not be raised and It is hoped that all trouble will be avoided over the settle ment. Tlio arrangements ior unit nave been complete. Consols were S % ; Amer icans advanced above parity ; then , half an I i hour after the start , there WHP liquidation. ] All the Americans were steadily sold till well below parity. Now York accepted our prices and the close , well below the best. las i well as above the worst , too. They hardened the street afterward. Spanish 4s were 61 % ; tlnlos , 42TsJ Anacondas , , 3-1 b. I The bank bought .1:27.000 : of French gold , I 18,000 in bars. The Inflow for the week has been 410,000. Call loans were easy to got at a low per cent 114. The bank did a big business In bills. The following arc the quotations for the leading stocks on the New York exchange 'today ' : _ I lAtchlson 18 % Tex. & Paclllc 1114 ' do ptA. . . . . . . . ES'"union Paclllo . . . Wi Baltimore & O. . 51 do pfd il'/4 Can. Pacific hVft Wabash i4 ! Can. Southern . . 4S-Ti do pfd lOjs Che * . & Ohio. . . . 2SV. . W. & L. E. . . . . . . . bft Chicago Gt. W. . 11 % doM pfd..jMTi C. , H. & Q 118'A WIs. Central . . . .16 Chi. . Ind. Ai L. . . . II Adams hxprn.-3..1U i ju pfd 41 American lix 1-17 'Ohl & E HI * > fi u- Express 45 Chicago & N. W.15G14 Wells-Fnrgo Ex..122 C. , R I. & P..10114A. Cot. Oil 3214' C. . C. , C. & St. L. 5J14 do pfd 'Jl Colo. Southern . . 4 % Am. MiilMng . . . . 7 I I do 111 pfd. . . . 311 % do pfd 31 ' do 2d pfd. . . . WB Amer. S. & R. . . . 3114 Del. & Hudson..11 J % do pfd. K. % Del. L. & W 171 Amor. Spirits . . . . 214 Den. & Rio G. . . . 17U do pfd. 17 do pfd fitj'ffAnuT. S. II ; 1S1 ' , rio U do pfd 7S do 1st Pfd. . . . 30V4 Amer. S. & W. . . . 1114 Gt. Nor. pfd 1CD14 do pfd. . . . . . . . 88 Hocking foal . . .13 Amer. Tin Plate. 21 , Hocking Valley. . 29 % do pfd ro ( Illinois -ntral..lOSli Amer. Tobacco. . . S97 Iowa Central . . . 1114 do I'M ' 1 * ! do pfd 4S Anac. MIn. Co. . . .to K. C. , P. & G. . . . J14Ilrk. Rap. Tr. . . . C514 J < " 1 ' do pfd ! . ! . . . . 7S15 Con. Tobacco . . . 27'd Lake Shore 210 do pfd fcO'4 ' Louis. & Nash. . . 73 % Federal Strel . . . .41' ' * ! Manhallan L . . . ,9Hi * do pfd. . 70 % Mot. St. Ry iroV4flon. Elcotrlc . . .Us Mcx. Central . . . 9-fi Glucose Sugar . . : ! ) % Minn. & St. L. . . . 55 i do pfd 9.1 ' do pfd OOi/jInfn'l Paper . . . . 20 , Mo. Parlllc 39 ' do pfd fil . Mobile & Oh'o. . . 31 Lack-do Gas i ' ' Mis. K. & T 10 Nat. Ulscult SI'/a ' do pfd 31 do pfd 91 N. J. Central..11314 Nat'onal Lead . . 24V& , N. Y. Central..129 ' do pfd 103 | .No:1. . : & West. . . . 22 % National Bteol. . . S014 I do pfd C5 "do pfd 87141 ! No. Paclllc 31 N. Y. A. Hrako.,121 do pfd mil No. Paclllc 52 Onlarlo & W 211s Pacific. Coast . . . .41 : Ore. R , & N 42 I do lt iifd. . . SO do pfd 7fi ' do 2(1 ( pfd 5-1 Pennsylvania . . . ,130y Paclllo Mall : is = i Reading 17 IPeoplo's Gas . . . . IKi'J I I \ do 1st pfd. . . . 47IPre ! > sed S. C r/lli do 2d pfd. . . . 25 | do pfd 81 Rio G. W 11 Pu'lnnn P. C..1S1 do pfd 81 IHtand. R. & T. . . . U St. L. & S. F. . . . 914 Sugar 125 % do 1st pfd. . . . G9 ' do pfd 112 do 2d pfd. . . . 29V T nn. C. & 1 78 St. L. . Southw. . . 11 U. S. Leather. . . . 121& do pfd 2.U1' do pfd 09 St. Paul 11fi-U. S. Rubber . . . .S114 I i do pfd in.1 I do pfd 102 fit. P. & Omaha.115 "Went. lTnon | , . S.W , ISo. Pacific 31U Rcipuhllc I. & S. , Wi So. Railway 1JU ( i- . pM C,3 _ do pfd m' , P. , C. , C. & Sj. L. G ( , Offered. "Ex-dlv. KorelKii Fliiniiulal. LONDON. Dec. 20.-Tho market for American securities opened steady , with prices above parity level , but poori cnsod off. Later prices moved up on n bettor feeling and closed buoyant. The demand was active. Gold premiums : Buenos Ayres , 129 ; Madrid. 27.25. Thu amount of bullion taken into the Bank of England on balaiu'o today wns H.COO. 'Spanish ' l , I.CS % . The Stock exchange will bo closed December 25 and 2 < ! and January 1. . . , PARIS. Deo. 20. Business onenod cheerier on the bourse today , owing to'easier money at New York , but the. Improved tone was quickly dissipated , owing to rush snlcs on London account. Later the tendency Im proved , as It Is now believed ( hat neither Lomlon nor I'uri.s will raise the bank rate tomorrow. The rumor that the Bank of Prussia was advancing .CS.OOO.OOo to thp Hi.nk of England was current on the bourj i today South Africa He-ourltlis weiv fi- vorably Impri'Mied by another rumor that General Clery had entered Uidy inlih ami nt the close they were well maliitalnol Three per ci-nt rentes , ? 9f 42'for the n > - < unt. .Spanish d > closed at Co 75 , BERLIN Dee SOOn the bourse today prices Improved , owing to the recovery in f Nrw York and the flrrncr prices In Ix > n- don. Transaction * were vrry HmltPtl , the- i uncertain pcjlilon of the In'ternatlonnl money market causlns mjeculntora to hesi tate. IH'ENOS AYRES. Dec. 20.-The gold quo tation todny was 131. New York Money .Mnrkot * NEW YORK. Dec. 20. MONEY On call. Moady at 2 < iO per cent ; last loan at 3 per cent ; prime mercantile paper , 61it/0 per cent. STERLING E.XCIIANOE-Sleady , with actual business In bankers' bills at $ I.S7'4 for demand and at $4.M for sixty days ; posted rates , $ I.S2fiI.S2K and fl.SS',4 ; com mercial bills. $ l.s Vfil.Sl. SILVER-Ccrtlllcaios , r > 9JT 914c ; bar , S9c ; Mexican dollars1 , 17'ar. HONDS Government , strong ; stateIn - active ; railroad. Irregular. The following arc thu closing quotations on bonds : _ U. S. 2s , reg 10214 M.7K. & T. 2 < . . . fGi ; do SN reg 110 do 4s SS',4 ' do coupon 110 N. Y. C. Is U214 do now 4s. rcg.l.Vi4N. J. C. Ren. GS..11SU. do coupon I.Ws No. Carolina Bs.,127 do old 4s , reg. .114 do 4s 1M do coupon 115 Nor. Pac. la 110 do Gi , reg 113 do 3i fil',4 ' do coupon 113 do 4s K-2 - of C. : ! < as..11S N.Y.C. Jt StL.4s.lOtif , Ala. clssa A 112 N. & W. con. 4s. . 89 tlo clnss II Ill do gen. 6s 135 do clnss C 101 Ore. Nnv. Ists . . .10J do currency . . .100 do 4g 101 Ateh. gen. 4s 97 Ore. S. L. 6s..127 do nilj. 4s 77ai do con. 6s 112 Can. Ho , 2s lOfii4 Reading gen.Js. . . M C. ft O. 4s 93U R. G. W. Is 95 do 5s IIKiSt.r , . & I.M. 0.5S.107K C. & N. W. c. "s.HOU St.L. & 8.F. g.Cs 120 I do 0. K. deb. 5s.115 St. Paul consols. I Chicago Tor. 43. . 93 St. P. . C. & P. Is. m < ' D. K R. O. Is..101 "i do 6s iir , ' do 4s 9S So. Railway 5s. . .1MV4 . E. T. , V. & G.ls.lOt S. R. & T. Os. . . . 13 Erlo gen. I * OS Tenn. n. i . 3s. . 9.1 i F. W. & D. C. 1s. M Tex. & P. Is 110 , Gen. Electric 5s.119 do 2S 51 , G. H. .t S. A. Gs.110 Union Pnclllc 4s. 101 do 2s 103 .Wabash Is , 11214 H. & T. C. Es..11214 do 2s OS' , * do consol ( is..110 AWst Shorn 4s. . , 111 In. Central Is..107 \\.a. Cen. is 1118S K. C. , P. , fe G. Is. US Vit. Centuries . . . SI Lit. now c. 4s 107 do deterred . . . . L. & N. unl. 4s. . 9S-S , Colo. So. Is , So. Paclllc 4s. . . . 77 Offered. llostoii Stock dnotntlonn. BOSTON , Doc. 20.-Call lonns , 6ti6 per cent ; time loans , Rf6 per cent. Ofllclnl closing quotations of stocks , bonds and I mining shares : A. . T. .t S. F IS % \Vls' . Central . . . . 15 do pfd . TiSls , Dom. Coal 41 1 Amer. Sugar . . . .125'i ' do pfd 113 do pfd . 113 Atohlson 43 96 Bell Tuipphonc..34l ) Adventure 6V4 Boston & A . 212 Allouez MIn. Co. : t Boston Elc . 99 Atlantic 22 Boston , * i Mu . W Boston & Mont..260 C. , B. & Q . 118' ; Butte & Boston. . 12 1 il. l-'fo. ' ill . SOS Cal. it Ilecln 715 Gen. Elee'trlc . . . .IIS Cuntennlal 15 % do pfd 135 Franklin 13 % Federal Steel 44 , Humboldt 1 do pfd 70 % Osceola C7 % Mex. Central 10 Parrot 35 % Mich. TekiplionG.lu' ) Qulncy 13 > Old Dominion . . . 20 Kanta Fo Cop. . . . 5'4 Rubber . 3 ! ) Tamarack 175 Union Pacific . . . . 4IH4 Wlnona fi i n mi Lnnd . IV " , Wolverines 37 % West End . 91 Utnh Mining . . . . 21 AVest. E'trln . . 3)U * Ex-dlv. \o v York Mliilnc Stockx. NEW YORK , Doc. 20. The following are the ottlclnl closing quotations for mln- ing shares : Chollar 12 Ontario 775 Crown Point . . . . 10 Oph'.r 72 Con. Cal. & VH..I50 Plymouth S Dendwood 50 Uti "ksliver 150 ( Joiild & Curry. . 10 do pfd 750 Hale & Norcross. 25 Sierra Nevada . . 41 Jtomeilnke Standard 225 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' " Iron Sliver . . . . . . 50 'union ' Con . . . . . . 32 Mexican 30 'Yellow ' Jacket . . . 10 London .Stork ( > uo < n < loiin. IjONDON , Dec. 20. 1 p. m. Closing : Cons. , money. . . . 9S % N. Y. Central..129 Consols , acct . . . 984 Pennsylvania . . . . C6'4 Can. Pacific . . . . 91' Reading 8H Erkdo 1H4NO. Paclllc pfd. . 72W do 1st pfd. . . 31"'S Atcltlson 19 Illinois Central. 112 Louisville 7S 4 IT. P. pfd 72 % Grand Trunk . . . . 6 % St. Paul , com 119 % Anaconda 7 % BAR SILVER Quiet at 27Vid per ounce. MONEY 4 % @ < 5 per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for short ami three months' * bills is 64 per cent. . . . Ilniik f' ' . NEW YORK. Doc. So ! Cleanings , $313,835- S9S ; balances. $8.911.352. BOSTON. Dec. 0.-CIearings , $25,170,335 ; balance ? , $1.853,810. 'Money ' , 6 per cent. BALTI..MORE . , Doc. 20. Clearings , $1,604- 279 ; balances. jeWi.Kc ! . 'CHICAGO. ' Doc 20. Clearings , $215,197,139 ; balances. $ lS13.C-lj. Posted exchange. , $ l.2 % ( f < 4.iS1Now York exclmngo , 40c premium. PHILA'DELPHIA ' , Dec. 20. Clearings , $20.067,513 ; balances , $2.229.847. ST. LOUIS. Doc. 20. Clearings , $6,263,239 ; 'balances ' , $324,881. ( Money , 4f7 per cent. New York exchange , $1 discount bid , 75c , discount asked. Condition of tile TroiiNiiry. WASHINGTON , Doc. 20. Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows : Available cash balances , $291,587,677 ; gold reserve , $241,118,286. Cotton Market. NEW YORK , Doc. 20 , COTTON Today's market for cotton , while Irregular , was practically nominal , except for a few be lated soiling orders from remote points and the liquidation of unmnrglnod local inter ests , with one Interval of decided weakness in the afternoon , when the market broke 10 points on Wall stret rumors. Liverpool followed up Its bullish leadership of yes terday , with hardening and more active market for spot cotton and a gain of 2-6lif4-ii4d In futures. This show of foreign made our market Htendy at an advance of 5 points. Goo.I ' foreign buying was a feature , but a demand from shorts was the best support the marI - I kot had. At the strongest Interval prices I I showed a net rise of 8J/10 / points. The ad vance was checked by selling for the no- count of scattered holders who wished to reduce their holdings In anticipation of the holiday * . The volume of transactions , al though considerably smaller than yester day's tolnl , represented an active mnrkot. But for the afternoon break Die general i . course of the market was strongly upward , i j with the close feverish nt an advance of ' 25 points. Futures closed feverish ; Decom- 1 her , $7.11 : February. $7.20 ; March. $7.27 ; April , $7.31 ; May. $7.31 ; June. $7.34 : July , ' $7.35 ; AiiKUst. $7.32 ; September. $6.9R ; Oc tober. $ fi.M. Spot closed steady 1-lCc higher ; middling uplands. 79-ICo ; middling gulf , 7 13-16c : Kales " 00 bales. NEW ORLEANS. Deo. 20.-COTTON Fil- lures steadv : December. $7 bid ; January , $ c..9Sfi6.9 : ) ; February , $7.0H/7')2 ( ) : March , } 7.fl ; April , $7.IWV7.07 : May , $7.0X5(7.09 ( ; June. $7.10 < Ti7.H ; July , $7.12f7.it : ; August. $6.97'ifi.i' ' | ! > ; September , $6.71f(6.73 ( ; October , JG.fil bid. Spot , steady : sales , 7,750 bales : ordinary lie ; peed ordinary , 6c ; low middling , 7o ; 'middling. 7".c ; good middling , 77-10c ; mid dling fair , 734c ; receipts , 14,109 bales ; stock , 32S.O'I7 hnlos. ST. Doc. . LOUIS. 20.-COTTON-Stoady ; sales , none ; middling. 75-16c ; rocolnls. V > 30 bales ; shipments , 3,130 bales ; stock , 105,3s ! bales. GALVESTON , Dec. 20.-COTTON-Qlllot at 7'/ic. LIVERPOOL , Dec. ' 'u.-COTTON-Spot , good business done : prices l-1id ( higher ; American middling , fnlr , 4 19-32d ; good mid dling , 413-32d ; mlddllmr , 111-ltLM ; low mid dling , 45-32(1 ( : good ordinary , 331-3.M ; ordi nary , 3 25-32d. The sales of the dny wore 12,0(10 ( bales , of which 12,000 were for specu lation and export , nnd Included 11.30) ) American. Receipts , 30.000 bales , all Ameri can. Fiiltiros opened firm and closed steady nt the advance : American middling , 1. in. c' . , December 4 11-Cld sellers ; December nnd January. ICld I ! ) sellers ; January nnd Feb ruary. 4ild ! ) ( Kellers ; February and March , tf.-iild hollers ; March nndurll. . 4 3-Clff 4 l-6ld Hellers ; April and May. i 2-64d sellers : May nnd Juno , Ifrll-fild Holleis ; Juno nn < l July. 3 Cl-tlld soll'-rs ; July nnd August , 36I-ClfiiC2.ild : ( buyers ; August and Septem ber , 3 ns-Cld buyers ; September and Oc tober. 351-Cld value. Coirc-o .Mm-Kol. NEW YORK. SO.-CQFFliB-Futurc-B opened Btr-ndy. unchanged to 5 points higher In sympathy w'th ilrmncKti In foreign mar kets and following email Bmzlll/in re ceipts. Trading throughout the session was qulto of a holiday evonlng-up cjmr- actor nnd snmll at that. The warehouse | movement was wnnll , owlni , ' to ycster.luy's slorm. The mnrko.t cloxed firm , not un changed to 10 points higher. Tolal t-alos , 10,250 bags. Including March tit $6.(0 : May , $6.10 ; September , $0.20 ; Nt'vombcr. $ ( i.35ftlJ.4f > . Spot coffee. HI" , dull ; mild , Blendy. ( 'iillfnriilii Dried ] < 'riiltH , NEW YORK. Doc. 20.-CALIFORNIA DRIED FIU'ITS-Evaporatod apples' . In moderate demand for choice grades only , the rfst of the list being neglected. Coun try advices were bolter and the market as a whole was steady , with no imperial i-lmngo In quotations ; la fair request unl Ilrm , evaporated npploo. common. 6fjG'o. ( prime. 6Vt7i chuit'c , 7s4 ( * \ < . fancy. S > 'SW ' 9 < ' Prunes. 3iSc ( per lb . an to ! zo and uui ilt > Anrlt'otu. Royal 13&15o. itoor Park lfflii ( ! Peaihca , pooled , 20Jj22c , un- pccKd , The otllclnl number of cars of stock brought In today by each road was : Cattle. Hogs. Sh'p. H'ses. C. . M. & St. P. Ry. . 3 19 1 ' O. . < i St. L. Ry 1 1 Missouri Pacific Ry. 14 I Union Paclllc System 31 20 . C. & N. W. Ry 1 ; I I ' F. , E & M. V. R. II. 13 ' , S. c. * P. Ry. . C. , St. P. . M. & O. . . 10 S iB. .t M. R. R. R 20 2S -I 1 C. , B. , * i Q. Ry 7 13 1 . . I i K C. t St. J 1 C. , R. I. & P. Ry. , E. G 4 1 C. , R. I. & P. Ry. , W. 1 3 Total receipts 109 152 15 2 The disposition of the day's receipts wns ns follows , each buyer purchasing the num ber of head Indicated : Buyers. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Omaha Packing Co 159 t 5H 78 G. H. Hammond Co ' 'J5 1GP5 Swift 11 ml Company 255 2.079 29s Cudahy Packing Co 915 2,117 l.OOt ) Armour & Co 5 2.2S2 Omaha P. C. , from K. C ( S3 Armour , from Sioux City. 1,367 Vnns.mt .1 Co 105 Lobmnn it Co 4t ; , , McCreary .t Clark 1 I W. 1. Stephen 11 j j Huston & Co ' " ' 7 I Livingstone & Schaller. . . . Ill Hamilton & Rothschild. . . 165 L. F. Husz : ' H. L. Dennis & Co 85 Other buyers 2o ; > ( jll ! Totllls 2.153 11.309 2,090 CATTLE There were only a few loads of fai cattle on sale this morning nnd noth ing choice. The. market was active on any thing that packers ) wanted , and a little stronger than yesterday. Everything that could be described as desirable changed hands In a short time after the market opened. There wns one bunch of slcers and heifers good enough to bring $5.io. Owing to the small receipts for the past fe\y days packers nre bulng forced to ship In killing cattle from Kansas City. The cow market closed bad yesterday , as noted In this paper at the time , and It opened about when ; It left off yesterday , that is. KlfflSc lower Ihnn yesterday morn ing. The decline was the most marked on the common to medium grades , the best heifers , such ns would do for the holiday trade , not being so much lower. As a result of the lower market the trade wns rather slow , sellers being backward about making the concession demanded. The feeder market was In good shape and prices still stronger than yesterday. H is a noticeable fact , however , that the demand is largely for good weight feeders , Which the country seems to want , and in consc- eiuence prices on that kind have been forced up until they nre selling at the highest point toucliecl in some ume. < jn mu umci hand , light stock cattle do not seem to be In such good demand. In fact , operators generally have been disappointed in the limited demand for Miockers. Most every one was expecting a big demand for such cattle at this time , but it has not developed. The explanation offered from the country is that the stalk feeders this year are no coed the dry fall weather caused the stalks to become very dry nnd tb wind has blown the feed away. Representative sales ; BEEF STEERS. 9I5 P. fO II 1170 4 972 4 00 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. TJ , ; i i IHI 0 IPO 3 85 11 754 4fiO 1 4:0 4 W " 2 765 4 00 13 561 4 10 in lots 120 fi7 759 4 35 38 SOI 4 50 ALVES , 1 70 00 1 200 so o _ 50 ' ( ( t ' ' ' ' ' l' . . . . . . . . . 120 7 01 1-M 7 00 ' ANDliEin-BRS , 'S 1 4M 3 73 " " H""Watklnn-Ne ] > . 1 cow 1010 3 3 feo'lers. . 930 3 ' Ii fcfder . . 812 4 I ' 5 COIX3RADO 2 feeder * 74.1 4 : 3 cows 7J'i ' 2 i ' 5 1 cow WO 2 i 43 cows. 911 2 i 2 feeders. . S3C 3 80 IS cow * 970 2 00 2 ffedor.121r > 41 51 row * 1K-0 31.1 4 feeders. . 737 420 I omv 1050 3 IS x -\ifi 721 2 t l 1 cow ! I20 2 Tti 22 cow * fSO 2 3S IS cows ! W7 3 t liOUd The hey nmrki't this mornltiK was H shade to 2'4c ' hlpher under the Influence of the very Kood local demand nnd the more favorable advices from eastern points. Huyers all Boomed to want supplies , and the most of the hogs chanced hands early , though toward tin1 close the murkct was not ( iiilto so ncllvo or stromr as It wns curlier in the morning. The hojjs sold very larRoly at W.i2 ! 1i3.G ! , as iiKnlnst J3 ! 73.M < * yesterday , as will he noted from the reprc- sontntl'-o sales lielow. The llnancliil flurry In the cast Is mnUlnrr operators on the market rather cautious nnd thcro Is u strons disposition ntnniiK Parkers , ns well ns nmoiiK other business men , to keep near the shore until the un certainty as to the future has passed. At the snino time there Is such a Rood demand for the product that piu-kors seem to waul the hogs. In fact , while the receipts at this point have boon liberal , there linvo not boon eiuuiRh to meet the requirement of packers who have been shipping ; In cheap hogs from Kansas City and Sioux City to piece out the supply. Today the packers had In nineteen double-decks from those two points. Representative sales : 113 315 40 3 95 70 1S6 . . . 400 C.C . 2R2 SO 395 54 26 ! ) 40 100 24 233 SO 395 46 318 SO 100 24 174 . . . 400 SHEBP There were .a few oars here to day and the market was In fair shape as a whole. Buyers seemed to want a few good killers , both sheep and lambs , and the market wns fairly active at steady to strong prices. Shippers , however , must boar In mind that this Is the poultry season nnd that the demand Is usually limited at this time , so that packers do not want any great number. Quotations : Good to choice fed yearlings , $1.25 4.50 ; good to choice heavy wethers. $3.9lVf4.1r ; good to choice light wethers' . $1.15 iff4.30 ; good to choice fed owes , $3.75fI.OO ; fair to good fed ewes , $3.40fi3.65 ; good to choice native lambs , $5.00 5.40 ; good to choice fed western lambs , JS.OOffS.K ; fair to good fed western Iambs , Jl.75ffiG.00 ; feeder wethers , $3.C5f(3.75 ( ; feeder yearlings , $3.90fj > 4.15 ; good to choice feeders lambs , $ I.25 < Q 4.CO ; fair to good feeding lambs , $4.00tJ4.25 ; feeder c-wes. $2.253(3.00. ( Representative sales : No. Av. Pr. 4 stags 1TO $250 1 buck 130 3 00 2 goats 10) 3 2T 2 bucks 175 350 39 western ewes 105 3 C5 19.1 western wethers 85 4 12A ! 90 western mixed , fed 85 425 12 ewes and wethers 174 4 30 207 native ewes 99 432 % 273 western wethers 10S 4 35 271 western wethers 109 4 25 2 native yearlings 110 4 f,0 , 13 buck lambs 90 4 50 55 lambs 78 fi 00 103 lambs 94 501 16 lanrbs S6 500 51 native lambs 93 510 1 buck 180 350 13 ewes 119 360 17 ewes , 155 400 ' 10 lambs . 71 425 51 lambs 100 5 25 CHICAGO I.IVK .STOCK MARKET. l.'ood NtcerH St-n ( < l.v , lion * n Simile lll ilu-r , MK-OII Are Sli-mly. CHICAGO , Dec. 20.-CATTLE-Good to choice native steers , steady ; common , slow ; butchers' stock and canners , about steady ; stockers and feeders. Ilrm ; good to choice , w.40Jf)6.85 ; choice to medium , $ I.2.V < (5.20 ( ; mixed slockers , $100ff3.75 ; selected feeders , $ 1.20ft 1.90 ; seed to cholco cows , $1. IOfH.40 ; it-ifers. JSXKM/l.l'O ; canners , * 2.00fi2.90 ; hulls , $ . ' .50 4.30 ; , wilves , $ l.t i/7.00 ; fed Texas beeves. $ l.2or.25. / ! . HOGS Strong to shade higher ; closed firm ; fair clearances ; mixed nnd butchers , fj.931/1.15 } ; ; ui nl to choice heavy , $4.05 < fi4.15 ; rough heavy , ji.90Jj-l.,0 : ( ; light. $3.D5Ij-l.lO ; bulk of sales , $1.03ii 1.12 % . SHEEP Market strong and active ; native wethers. $ : ! . ! K > Ti 1.60 ; Iambs. $ I.OgG.CO ; west ern wethers , $ l.00tjl.40 ; western lambs , $ IC5 (05.45. ( RECEIPTS-Caltlp. 14.5TO head ; hogs , 38- 000 head ; sheep , 13,000 head. New York I.lviSlock , NEW YORK , Doc. 20. BEEVES Re ceipts , 2.SS9 head ; ulxty cars on sale ; de mand a little more active ; prices un changed ; closed dull ; some Into arrivals' 1 unsold : ptrnrs , $ I.C5f i.20 ; oxen , $2.75(4.75 ; bulls , J2,75T/I.25 ( ; cows , $1.507(3.45 ( ; extra fat , cows , $1.10 ; exports , 'M cattle nnd 400 < | liar- lors of brof ; tomorrow , 25 sheep. CALVES-Rocolpts , 1,23:1 : head ; good to choice veals , steady ; barnyard stock Ilrm ; some late arrivals unfold ; veals , $ | .50iS.25 ( ; tops , $ * .3U ; little calves , fi.00ii4.25 ( : barnyard calves , $2. Vn\J.50 \ ; westerns. $3.12 % . SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts , 7.3IS head ; 31 % cars on sale ; sheep , slow nnd I easier ; ( holulamb. . " , firm , others steady to- ' lOo lower ; nine c.irs unsold ; sheep. $2.507 ; ) 4.50 ; culls , $2.0017(2.23 ( : lambs , $ ! . (2t ( < G.85 ; i Canada lambs , $5.75 ; cullH , ? ! . ' HOGS Receipts , 9.03S head ; 1 % cars on sale ; nominally weak ; quoted nl $1.301.50 ; slalo pigs' , $ l.50fl.co. KniiNiiN City llve Stock , KANSAS CITY , Doc. 20.-CATTLE Re ceipts , 5,200 natives , 200 Texans ; choice heavy cattle , 10ft 15c hlghur , nil others slendy to a trlllo higher ; heavy nallve Bloors , $5.00fiti.OO ( ; Jlghlwelehts. $ l.4f/5. ( ) / i. slockcrsi and feeders , $ ' 1.35f/0.00 ; butcliors' cows nnd heifers , $ ; i.00f/l.50 / ; c-.inners , $2 5 ' < | J 3.00 ; fed westerns , $ l,20fi .0j ; wpHtern ifeed- era , t'.l.Wii ( .20 ; ToxniiM , $3.755/6.00 ; top price for TexaiiH hlghesl ever paid on HUH mar ket. ket.HOGS HOGS Receipts' , J 1,200 head ; market opened active nnd 2f(5o higher ; few Inli- miles at o'r(7o ( higher ; heavy and mixed , $ D.95TH.07 % ; light , M.'J < ) ' ! < 1.113 ; pigs , $3.55/j.Si. / : ( SH'EEP AND LAMBS-Recelpts , l.-.Ol head ; market fairly active nnd steady ; jfimbs. f.l.OOfCj. 10 ; muttons , $3.su } < 5.00 ; tock- crs > nnd feeders , } 2.eOiI.C7 % ; culls , $1.50 3.00. St. .loHciili Ilve .Stuck . . , . , BOI'TII ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , Dee. 20.-Spe- ( cluI. ) Journal < iuntntluns : CATTLE Ricitpis , U30 head ; market steady to 10c higher ; quality common ; na tives , $ I.OO''i.l5 ; Texas and westerns , $ : J.M ( TJ5.I5 ; cow.- and holfcrs , S2.oofd.f,0 ; bulls and Mays , $2.dOf ( 1.C5 ; yearling * nnd cnlvox , $ ' , 1.75i5.liO : fitockera and feeders , $3. < XJ'yl.li.i ; Vfiiln , $ t.25fli.75. ( HOGS-Rocc-lpls. B.200 head : mnrkni sitcady to 2c higher ; nil grades , W.OWji 4.02 % ; bulk of sales , $3.fm4ftl.O ) , SHEEP-RccolptH , SOU head ; market steady ; demand Hlrong. S ( . l.iinlN l.lvc .Stock. ST. LOUIS , Doc. 2U. CATTLE-HeeMptH. 2,900 head , includlnj ; l.Buo Tcxntis : inarldt steady ; native Khlpplng and export stei r \ $ l.75f(6.75. ( wl'.h ' fancy boi-vca worth $7 R'i ' ; drpsbod beef and butcher tci-rn. $ l.5'i(5 ! ( . ' i ; sit.ors under l.i'iO iiiujnd'i ' , $ ' 1.2l > i ( ( .CO ; stick-rt 'and ' fi-edurs. $2fr4.73. > . rows and holf" r 1 $1 7ofjl.C > . < , ninety. l\6iWiU > lulls. J2 2 , " ' i 1415. ' Texas , ind Indian utecrx. $1.75iiiM 'with 1'inn worth { 5.50cows und heifers. 2 25 1 23 I HOG3-ReccIi > ls. 9'M head ; market f ' steady to strong on be t , oihrr ? iow ; pl 3 'nnd light.- , $ SWfTI.W ( ; pncker-i , f3.9JBI.03 : butcher.- " . $ l.tn > ! f4.15. SHEEP AND LAMBS-Rooo'.nts , TW head ; market slow and quiet ; native mut tons' , $3.9-Jfi4.23 ; lambs. $4.00B5.2 * . culls nild bucks , JJ.0013.26 ? ; stockers , J2.00O2.75. Stm-K III _ i Following nro the receipts nt the four principal western markets for Doccmhrr20 : ' Cflttle. , HORS. Sherp. South Omaha 2.SOO ll.Ow 2.0J > ChlciiKO 14tt ! ) 3JoM 13i > Kansas City .1,400 ll.JW l.roj St. LottlS 2.9.H ) ii 70) Totals 25.600 72,400 17,003 Oil Mnrltft. OIL CITY. Pn. , D > e , W.-Oll.S-Credlt balances , $1.05 ; cash oil offered at $1.65 ! ship ment.0 , S8.5G3 Wls. ; average , 72,330 bhls. ; runs. l.9.0i > 7 bbls. ; average , M.oGl ! bblsi. NEW YORK , Doc. 20-OlLS-Cottonscxnl. steady ; prime crude. SScj prime yellow , Kc. Potroioiim. ilrm. Rosin , quiet : strained , common Io good , 41.45. Turpentine , steady at 51Ti2e. . LIVERPOOL , Dec. 20.-OII/-Cot10lif < ceil , Hull rcllned , December and April , steady at ? kNDON. Dee. 20. OILS-Calctltta llll- eced , spot. 43s 3d ; linseed , 21s M. Turpen tine spirits , 37s lid. Rosin , line , C'S Cd ; American strulncd , 6s. Snunr > Inrliot. NEW YORK , Dec. lO.-St'C.AR-tUiW. Ilrm ; fair reilnlng , 311-inc ; oontrlfilgal , 9s te. l. 4Uc ; molasses sugar , 39-lCi ; rcllned , cteaily. NEW ORLEANS , Doc. 20. - SUGAR Quid : upon kettle , 3W.TV : open kettle , eon- trlfug.il. 'WrIHo ; centrifugal Vlnntntloti granulated , I 9-16o ; whites , 4lSi5fllWc ; yellows , 3Tfcfilo : seconds , Z'tfi I 3-16c. MOLASSKS-CJtilot ; open kettle , 37IOc ; centrifugal , diiVjc. Syrup , none In llrst hands. w York Itry ( ioodN Mnrkct. NEW YORK , Doc. 20. No chnngo In the market for cotton comic ; demand moderate throughotil ; heavy brown cottons , Ilrm In all loading brands : bleached cottons Inac tive , but sellers still reserved ; coarse- colored cottons scarce and ntlll nvnlnst buyers' ; prints nnd gliiKhnms In steady re quest ; print cloths Inactive but Ilrm nt llrst hnnds ; some sales from yccoud hands at slightly easier prices ; dres > n goods and silks are very ilrm. Ileittiirknlilr Cnne of Knrurrr. Dec. ' 'O.-After IMHI-ADHUrillA , - an op- orntlon rpHtilllng In the loss of his loft arm. shoulder blade , collar bone ami a portion of his ribs Alfred Taylor la able to perform the duties of orderly In the Pennsylvania , hoppltal. Taylor Is a victim nf disease of the hone , osteosnrconw. Ho was a sailor on a Urltlsh si-hoonor and arrived hero smfferliiK Intense pain. Kittle hope wns glvon the man wlion ho pri'Scnte * ! himself at the hosjiltal , but the operation was resorted - sorted to as a possible means of saving his life. Ills case has boon the subject of many tortures nnd ho has been \amlnod by hundreds of medical icn. Not clneo 1SU7 has a similar case been recorded in the annals of surgery. AliHciit Soldier Sued for Dlviirrr. MAKYVIL1.K , Jlo. , Deo. 20. ( Spochil. ) Daisy Whitman has brought milt for ill- vorio from William A. Whitman. Whit man enlisted at Atohlson , Kan. , In June , 1SIW , in Company M , Twentieth Kansas reKl- mont , nnd served until the regiment was mustered out. He then ro-onllsted In Troop A , tClovonth volunteer cavalry , nnd Is now In the service. Ills wife says ho deserted her to go to war. Whitman has made a reeord for gallant service and is now n sergeant. 'I'll I of Ituli * n DentlNt'N Oilier. MAUYVIMJ3 , Mo. , Deo. 20. ( Special. ) Fourteen gold crowns , three gold bridges nnd twenty pennyweight of scrap gold of nil aggregate value of J350 were stolen last night from the olllco of Dr. K. M. Ulake , a dentist. Several of the sets of tooth be longed to Miiryvlllc people and were thcro for repair. Thev arena much like COATED ELECTRICITY as science can make them. Ench one produces as much iiervc.bulldlngsubstr.ncr as Is con tained in the amount of fond a man consumes In n week. This is why they Imve cured thousands of cases of nervous diseases , such as Debil ity , Dirtiness , InsomninViricoccle. etc. They enable you to think clear ly bydevelopingbraia mailer ; force healthy circulation , cure IndlRes- lion , and impnrt bounding vigor Io the whole system. All weakening and ttssuc-clestroving drains aii'l losses permanently cured. Delay may mean Insanity , Consumption < , f anil Death. fei. Price , f i perbox ; six boxes ( with [ 5v iron-clad guarantee to cure or real fund money ) . 5. IIookranlalnlnR fty' positive uroof. tree. Addrci" For sale by KuJin & cso. , or Waldron Campbell. A LI Nerfoim J > lsf < iat3 l'al\ina \ Slen. ory , tilttHMlaefcnottii , etc. , CHURCH ! by ovar * work and Indiscretions. 1'ltey ijulcklu antl tiirttu rmtoro Loit Vitality In elder or young , and lit a mun for itudr. bail- n ia or I'leasoro. 1'ronnt Inianltr anil . OoniamptlOB If takia In time. Tlmlr DM faon > iinmodiaU Itnproiemeot mid effecta CUHE wlierenlloth ri full. Innlit ut > on liaTlnathac nulna AJaxTablfto. Th 7hnre cured thominds unitnlll cure ; ou. Ws Kite a rxxltlTa written euiironto * Io of. f not a car * in each ouo or rtfuncl the monor , I'rlo * Rflffe WT rackaz % or nix packages ( Cull treat- UUblSi mentl foriat.OO brmall , la plain wrapper , upon receipt ofprloo. C'lroularafreo. f\JAX REMEDY CO. , " For sale in Omaha , Neb. , by . .Tus. Foi. ivthc. 202 N. : ctii si. , Kuhn & Co. , i&tu C , Do Haven , Druggist , HAVE YOU Tli < > Morxt rime itnu lie i-urcil lij' u Intf JI m 't 1'llu Killer. Unnraiiteoilt Ijtl.dd per liox liy mull. MAGNET CHEMICAL CO. , Weiteru Unvot , Oniulin , Trt-Hlinpiit forMIniTiililc ateii , Frrti. Wcnkm-Mi , iifnous WB Ufccret liKit-e , declinerurtd Ijyour oxclu- slvo iiifthods. WoiKlcidil iipjillsnce and remedies trnt on Iritil and ajiprnvat. Ko odraiico | y requited , no "f Mipremo ' VHluc - , nowhere oho obinlnnhle , kcnt Jrce , ERIE MEDICAL CO. ElUFrALO , N.Y. H.R.PEMMEY& CO. BOOrMNr LIFESIXO. BfWICH (033 ( (1ST ( UHCSLM JA&1ES EBOYfl & CO. , Toleplionc lOJH ) . Oinnh i. .Vi'i COMAIISSION , ( iKAIN , PROVISIONS aii.l > CKS IKVIII ( ) ( IK Tlt.lUn , Corrcspoiniunc-e : Julin A ASurri'n > 'i Co. i Vi-rk. ' i Ir juu an u ici-i 8t ( I liv t > tO ( ItH and want a Koud int < eiidin nuini .unl udilretH t. ) Jnc < II Klmhall & C'u , CO Kroadwa ) , Ncy York