TF1E OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. FEBRUARY 13. 1005.
WOMEN PLAY THE STOCK CAME
Brokers Cater U the Bniinew ad Flack
. Them u Easllj u Male Lambs.
KoRIES OF VICTIMS OF BUCKET SHOPS
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Koala o Get Utah Qalek tho
Stock Market a Marked rea.
tar of Wonea'a Life
la Mew Tork.
, The majority of the regular among the
women speculators In atocka In New Tork
have had a hard time alnce last summer.
Flrat they differed through the failure of
the dozen or ao bucket shops which have
been closed' fn the last few month. Of the
old-timers many traded with each of theae
firms In tura and aome women lost each
time a holies' closed Ita doors. -
Blnce the recent fallurca called attention
to the number of women who arc playing
the market broken have been quick to aee
that the feminine speculator is a good
thing. They' have given proof of thla by
quickly providing her with all facilities for
peculating.
For every 'ladies' parlor" that was closed
anomer nag opened. Borne or the new
' rooms' are much finer than the old parlors
1 for which the women paid ao dearly.
"I came here only a week, and I paid $100
; for my aeat In this . exchange," said one
woman speculator when Woodend failed,
patting her rocking chair sadly.
Whether, the new furniture In the hand
J aome rooms In some of the tall buildings
I of Lower Broadway has been paid for by
the patrons yet no one , but themselves
4. knows, . And they are not telling.
There are delightful big rocking chalra,
Wilton ruga that deaden the sound of feet,
leather-oovered lounges In caae a woman
suffers from brain fag as a consequence of
the strenuousness of the game and wants
to lie down; mirrors at which she may ar
range her pompadour before donning hat
and coat for they take oft their hats In
these delightful places and as much as pos
sible surround themselves with the atmos-
phere of .home. They appreciate all these
' comforts,, and the prettiest room Is the
most popular.
And now, when everybody was having a
nice comfortable time watching the board.
each certain In her heart that the market
was going atralght up with the prospect of
money to burn for everybody, Lawson had
to upset things.
to a woman they think Lawson a very
- bad man.
They discuss sadly, while eating the noon
day luncheon brought with them in paper
bags, 'what they ' might have done during
the break In the market, if only they had
sold short.' Nohe of them did sell short.
Hopeful, optimistic, the average woman la
a bull by nature. To her selling short la
flying In the face of Providence.
Wiped. Oat On Amalgraniated
Thousands of dollars were lost by women
during the' slump, although the, majority
trade In small lots of stock. One who had
100 shares of Amalgamated, and that Is
heavy playing on one stock In the ladles'
parlors, margined It down ten points and
had no more money. It was the old story.
She was broke, could do no more, and her
account was pitilessly wiped out.
But she dally -watches the board, unable
to stay away,, her face gray and drawn
with sorrow. However stoical a woman
may try to appear, her countenance tells
the tale when- the market has hurt her.
She Is' too much a creature of emotions
and nerves for It to be otherwise. Black
lines deepen under the eyes. The face
grows haggard In an hour, while the eyes
are fixed on the growing lines of figures
that are fast destroying her hopes 'and
causing her money to melt away like the
- '-mists before ttie"ran1llgb(t 7
It la not alone the loss of the money that
worries her. There is also the hope of the
riches, to come that Is destroyed.
Story of a Lamb.
An Interesting lamb got her first lesson
on the danger of playing the market during
the Lawson slump. She was a striking
looking .woman, had rich red brown hair
that shone like burnished gold, and wore
street gowns and hats of golden brown to
match her superb hair.
She was known as Mrs. Wilson, but aha
babbled overmuch to all . who cared to
listen, being a lamb. It was known to all
In consequence that she lived in a fashion
able hotel with, her two little children, and
that her husband is traveling In Europe
and paying her so many thousands a year
for her support and that of the children,
the only stipulation being that ahe remain
away from him.
All thla she told because she wanted
sympathy. ' .' Because .-. she was lonely ahe
aeciaea to speculate, to tin tne aching
void In her "heart. She had plenty of
K money. Why notT
And after aha had won a 15 bllf she was
wild with- the possibilities of the game.
Already ahe saw herself worth millions,
made by heraelf.
Boaght Everything, Bold Everything.
So she went all over the board. . When
ever a stock raised its head she bought It.
Then somebody told her it was a wise thing
to hedge when she was buying so many
stocks, and she sold short all over the
board.
She would alt and watch the quotation
with her' pile of papers on her knee sorting
1 them, the pink In one pile, the white in
another, and trying to remember the figures
at which ahe had bought and sold. She
had no time for fancy work, with all the
atocka to be watched. For she hod at least
300 shares. In ten share lots, and some
times -as many as 600.
Mrs. Rofferty could knit stockings for
her sons; could give her pet recipe foi
making pickles to one; could tell another
the best method of rearing children; could
watch the board and tell others what to
buy, all at the aame time. Lota of others
could and did do the same thing.
No mere man could be ao versatile and
win. Neither could the Iamb, even thougn
a woman.
And when her hopes and propects were
brightest, Lawson began talking.
She brought moneys by - the' handful
carrying It In her bag. Whan not turning
money over to the man at the little, window,
sha talked about her children, her home,
and her family tree. Many of those present
did not have a family ' tree, and - they
jeered a Utile, but they Jtstened
She did not' get frightened so quickly
as the other wheh the market began to
go off, 'for she was a lamb and did not
know the possibilities of the game she was
playing.
AH around her Women were getting rid
of copper. Of 'course she had some, and
sha margined bravely at -first',, quoting all
the advice that had been given her on cop
per. One unsympathetleaily sAld softly:
"Faith Is the evidence Of things not seen
For she had Men, . envied because so
plentifully supplied with money, and so
was not pitied at first. And some one
laughed maliciously at the quotation.
But it was no laughing matter for the
lamb. Soon she became thoroughly fright
ened. All her nerve deserted her and on
by one ahe let her stocks go.
"I can easily buy them back lower down,"
she said at first.
But she became so rattled that had some
one not come . to her aid she would not
have been able to save anything from the
wreck. She was so frightened that It nevei
occurred, to her she oould dispose of - her
shorts. And when her feelings overcame
her she walked -the floor snd cried and
wrung her hands and reached out to every
one around her for sympathy
Is the market going to do? When I com
menced this business I saw millions In
eight.
"Of course, I have plenty of money," she
The lamb's lesson did not teach her the
folly of speculating. It has simply made
her more cautions.
f 1.2S Oalae, 0O Losses.
There was the other widow, the one
with the Infantile face and the rosebud
mouth and the 200 or mora pounds of
avoirdupois.
When her husband died he tied up his
fortune so that ahe could touch only the
Income. That ahe gets quarterly and
trades all the time aa long aa the money
lasts, alwaya disappearing a while before
the funds are due. She puts up $30 cheer
fully on the chance of making 2H cents.
If she makes $1.28 she tells every one In the
room.
When she loses $50 she has nothing to
say. And that Is the ratio of her winnings
and losses.
Jast Swears.
In an Inconspicuous corner of one room
a email, plain woman may be seen rocking
vigorously and chewing gum.. She is onr i
of the celebrities of the place by reason J
of the fact that she rarely speaks unless
the market la going against her.
Then she swears fervently In a halt whis
per, ao that ahe may not attract attention.
She tells the stock she bought what she
thinks of It for treating her so badly In
English quite unprintable, but expresses
her feelings. And all the while she hears
nothing and sees nothing but the board
and the magic figures.
One of the wrecks of the bucket shop
Is a tall, thin, spectral .figure, always lu
black. Once ahe owned her own home and
a little store, In which she made a good
living.
' Then In an evil hour some one told her
she could make a fortune playing the mar
ket. It was only a question of time until
she was penniless.
Then-she became a shopper for out-of-town
womert and earns a very good salary.
But It all goes as fast as she earns It.
She depends on her Instinct. She will
leave her business duties, rush to the near
est bucket shop and Instantly feel that a
certain stock Is a "buy" or a "sale." She
never stops to see what the market Is doing
except In the most casual way.
That voice within her has led her on,
bankrupted her, and still she follows where
It leads. She fnels like selling short the
strongest stock on the board In a dull mar
ket, and buying the weakest one when the
bears are in control, and presto! It is dona
When she loses her money she wrings her
hands and bemoans her unhappy lot until
she sends cold chills down the splnect of her
listeners.
Her son when dying made her promise
with his last breath that she would never
touch a stock again. He was hardly burled
when she was again playing the market.
She cannot stop Always there is the hope
and the belief that the Thing which guides
her will give a tip that will enable her to
get back all her lost money.
Luckless Wires.
There are other coses equally pathetic
those of wives who are trying faithfully to
get back by. speculating In ten-share lota
the little fortunes swept away In unfortu
nate speculations engaged in by their hus
bands. Their lot Is hardest of all, for they
have the double duty of pleasing their hus
bands and themselves.
Rarely can the wife act Independently of
the man, who Is tolling somewhere while
she watches the quotations. He tells her
what to do when they part In the morning.
But the market Is always uncertain. He
cannot forecast the happenings of the day.
Therefore she Is compelled to act on her
own judgment many tlmea.
And very often when she, with eyea swim
ming In tears because of her losses, - Is
pondering on her Ill-luck the husband
awoopa In on her, or calls her up by tele
phone, to give her a bit of his mind because
she blundered ; : . -
He can always see, after It Is all over,
just what ahe should have done.; A.td so
forgetting that their home Is gone because
he failed at the same game last year, ha
scolds her roundly because she lost her ten
shares in the bucket' shop. 1 She la too
broken In spirit to retaliate. .She simply
cries quietly. And ' aa soon aa they have
saved a few more $10 bills ahe is again In
the market- New York Sun.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Wheat Speculative Market Gaini and Cash
Business i Good.
SNOW . DEEP AND WIDELY DISTRIBUTED
i
Government Says Hamper Cora Crop,
bat Hasklasr Retaraa Show
Poor Cora la Sev.
ral States.
OMAHA, Feb. 11, 1905.
The wheat was better today. The specu
lative market opened up rather strong and
the bullish report on the French crop had
some Influence to strengthen It. The May
reached $1.17 for high point, this being He
up from the high point of Friday. The
July also galneu something and the Sep
tember went up o over the best of Friday.
The near futures weakened off a little at
the close, but the September was high.
Berlin closed with a point decline.
Huda Pesth was stationery and Paris was
from unchanged to "o ur, Liverpool showed
some strength.
The cash wheat markets were fairly active.
Chicago reported 26,000 bushels going to
millers in small lots, with No. 2 red f. o. b..
$1.20;. No. 1 red. $1.14; No. 2 hard. $1.14. and
one car of No. 3 Colorado at ILuv. Min
neapolis reported a Ian demand for choice
wheats and a slow pale for low grades.
One car No. 1 northern pold at $1.30, No. 1
northern was Jc under the May. Duluth
was $1.11H and St. Louis had ten cars of
No. 2 red, with reports of largest farm
movement for a month. Kansas City sold
No. 2 red at $1.15, the best of the crop oi
No. 2 hard at $1.11 and $1.13. Omaha was
unchanged.
The snow has been general snd heavy In
South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas,
Mlsnsourl and Nebraska, It Is a bearish
feature of the situation, as It forecasts a
good winter wheat crop. Hroomhall esti
mates the world s shipments for Monday
at about 8,Rnn,mio bushels, with Kurope
taking the S.OuO.OfiO. This is a little de
crease from the last report. He estimates
4.000,000 bushels afloat for the United King
dom and continent. Last year it was
S.MO.OOo bushels. The northewestern cars,
including Chicago, show a considerable de
crease, being 1&5 today, 239 last week and
494 last year.
The corn situation was stronger. The May
reached 4t"Ac for high point, this being a
gnln from Friday of "4c. The July reached
47c, this being an advance for the day of
Vic W. H. Bartiett is putting out a line of
bull arguments. He says the government
figures show a corn crop of 2,460.000,000 bush
els, or a bumber crop. He cannot see it
now, with a poor crop In Kansas and Mis
souri and a very spotted and moderate crop
In central Illinois and Indiana. He believes
the husking returns are not up to the gov
ernment figures. He finds a large increase
In feeding and a growing increase in export
aemnna. Argentina win have pniy an ex
portable surplus or 6D,uiiu,vuo Diisneis, ana
the Danube and Rlack sea country If buy
ing and not exporting. So Europe will have
to depend on the United States, and he can
see nothing but better prices. Liverpool
made an advance in corn pf Mc on the
strength In Argentina and the poor reports
from India. The corn clearances today
were 5O4.000 bushels. One Chicago house Is
reported to have bought 60,000 busheia In
Omaha.
May oats at the high point today was
80"i,o, an advance from the best of Friday
or nr.. Trie casn demand ior oais ana me
shipments for domestic and export use are
still only moderate.
Omaha Cash Sales.
WHEAT No. 8 hard. 1 car, 64 lbs., $1.03.
Omaha Casn Prices.
WHEAT-No. 2 hard. tl.07i&1.09: No. 8
hard, $1061.07; No. 4 hard, 80cfc$L04; No, i
spring. $1.08.
CORN No. 2, 43c; No. 8, 4214c; No. 4, 42c;
no grade, 3&&3c; No. 2 yellow, 43c; No. 8
yellow, i'⁣ No. 2 white, 43c; No, 3 white,
4214c.
OATS No. 5 mixed. iPic; No. 8 mixed,
28c; No. i mixed, 27c; No. 8 white, 2Hc;
No. 3 white, 24c; No. 4 white, ZtiVic; stan
dard, 24c.
Carlot Receipts.
Wheat. Corn. Oata.
Chicago to 242 68
Kansas city as oi J-
Mlnneapolis 164
Duluth 22 .. ..
St. Louis 86 116 39
Omaha 10 . 70 7
Wheat Quotations at Minneapolis.
Th ranire of Drlccs in Minneapolis, as
reported by the Edwards-Wood company,
110-111 Board of Trade, was:
GRIZZLY BEARS AND PANTHERS
Afraid of Mu, Sara- a Wyoming;
Hunter, and Dangerous Only
Wbca Attacked.
"In the mountains of Wyoming, where I
have hunted for years, you can find most
any kind of savage animals that you get In
America except alligators. Orlzslles, black
bears and mountain Hons are commonly
killed there," says Hugh Snlverly of Sher
idan, Wyo... quoted by the Louisville Her
aid. "Some of the men that come out there
to hunt think that if they stir 100 yards
away from camp they must be armed to the
teeth for fear of being attacked by a bear
or a 'painter' and killed. There's a heap
more danger of getting killed on account of
leaving your gun at home when you go
down Market street Some one might shoot
you on the street In a big city, but it la
dead sure that a bear or a mountain Hon
will never attack you unless you drive him
to It.
"I've hunted through the best districts foe
big game in thla country, and I've seen a
good many grizslles, but I've never seen one
of them go after a man unless he waa cor
nered or wounded. If you run into a grizxly
bear In a lonely place you'll hear a grunt,
something like that of a mammoth hog,
and then thero will be a mighty crashing ot
underbrush aa he makes off In the opposite
direction as fast as he can go. All you can
generally see of a mountain Hon Is a tawny
streak as. he makes off at incredible speed.
If he has any' intention of going after you
It muat be hla Intention to go around the
world and catch you' In the rear, for If you
are standing to the east of him he la sure
to go due west. ' .
"Mountain Hons In the winter time will
follow alelgha at a distance, walling aa they
go, but there la nothing In that to Inspire
terror, for I don't think they have ever been
known to close In on anybody. Their terror
of human beings Is the thing which makes
them hard to shoot. In all the time that I
have been In the mountains I have never
heard of any one being attacked by a wild
animal that has been left strictly alone.
But I've) known men to be killed even by
deer when' the brute was driven to despera
tion. : - " ' :
"Grizzlies are the best game In the world.
When you once get their dander up they
are savage fighters, and the hunter's life la
In danger every minute unless he Is a good
shot and has a ateady nerve. If you eve?
get within Teach of the grlzzl'a paws you
are a dead one. These stories of men kill
ing them with knives In hand-to-hand fights
are about aa reasonable as It would be to
talk of stopping a locomotive by getting In
the way of the train. If the big fellow gets
a chance to deliver one blow it Is all over,
There was a grizsly up our way that the
cowboys called 'Big Ben.' who killed about
150 steers before he was Anally shot. He
would break a steer's neck with one blow,
snd then he would lift him up and carry
him off to a Secluded place. Orlzzlles look
awkward, but they are mighty flight on
their feet, and they can beat any man In a
foot race." . .
-isa'
i'l it dreadful!" aha walled. "What I ipAliio.
Philadelphia Prnriaqe Market.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. ll.-BUTTER
Steady, good demand; extra western cream
ery, 3'Jc; nearby prints, S4o.
KutiB bteauv, lair demand; nearby fresh
Sue. at mark: western, SOc.
OHEKHK Finn: New York full creams
fancy, li&'12o; choice, liVc; fair to good.
Commodity. I Open. I High.) Low. I Close,
Wheat.
May
July
September
1.16SI 1.16
1.13ft 1.14
1.164
1.13
1.16
1.14
85
B asked.
CHICAGO GKAIK , AKtn PROVISIONS
Features of the Trading; and Closing;
Prices on Board of Trade.
CHICAOO Feb.' 11. Alleged ooor condi
tion of the French wheat crop was largely
the basis for firmness In the wheat marvel
here today. At the close wheat prices were
up Wiilc. corn also snows a gain oi tw
c Oats are up HSVc. Provisions are
practically uncnanged.
Strength In the wheat market was man
lfested from the start, opening quotations
on May being up Wiihic to "c at $l.lt4
1.164 to $1.10. July waa unchanged to c
higher at $1.00itl.00. The firmness was
due to higher cables and to small receipts
in the northwest. The main feature of
cable reDorta was an advance of d at Liv
erpool. This advance was said to be the
result of a bullish report on rencn wneat,
the condition of the croD being: represented
as decidedly poor. Offerings in the pit
were extremely light throughout the entire
day. In consequence the volume of business
was very small, irimary receipts tuuay
were less than half the number that ar
rived the corresDondins; day a year ago.
The decrease in movement from the farms
had considerable to do with an improved
demand from shorts late In the day. In
response to this buying the market became
3ulte strong, May advancing to $1.11 and
uly to $1.01 "4. Strength of corn had also
some Influence on traders In the wheat pit.
The market closed almost at the highest
point of the day with May at $1.16. Final
quotations on July were at ll.OO'-sill.OO'A.
Clearances of wheat and flour were equal
to 66,400 bu. Primary recelptts were 319,
400 bu., compared with 683, 00 bu. a year
ago. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago re-
urted receipts of 186 cars, against 239 cars
ast week and 494 cars a year ago.
Considerable activity centered in tne corn
nit and nrlces made aood sains. Notwith
standing the big reduction In freight rates,
receipts were very ngnt, wun no promise
of enluraement In the near future. The
small arrivals were the chief source of
strength. Shorts were active bidders
throuKhotit the entire day. The market
olosed almost at the highest point of the
session. way upeneu a duuub iu 'ttttc
higher at 4oV(946c, and sold between 46
taiia and 46tait,4c, and ciosea at 4jtc
Local receipts were 242 cars, none of con
tract grade.
The strencth of wheat and corn had a
bullish effect on the oats market. Shorts
were moderate' buyers. May opened un
changed at 3oc, sold up to 30c and closed
at aovfixoftc. icai receipts were w cars.
Provisions were benefited to some extent
by the strength of corn and by a 6c rise In
the price of live hogs. The volume of busi
ness, however, was very small. At the close
May pork and ribs were unchanged at
iiz.B7wniz.vu ana tn.wiwra.w, respectively.
Lard was ud 2Vfac at tii.ao.
Katlmated receipts for Monday: Wheat, 10
curs; corn, Oil curs; oats, m cars; hugs,
do. ouo neaa.
The leading futures ranged aa follows:
Articles. Open. High. Low. Close. Tes'y
Wheat
May
July
Sept.
Corn
Feb.
May
July
Onts
Feb.
May
July
Sept.
Pork
Feb.
May
July
Lard
Feb.
May
Jily
Ribs--Feb.
May
July
1 16HW
1 K 1 17
i oo-vf
1 00 I 01 "4
i mi
46"rf 46tt
4tiSG 47
"'sVAi ""jn
sn so
3aVi 19
'i2-87 i2 2
12 97 13 00
"e'92 "e'9S"
7 06 7 07
" R7 "i'90"
7 00 7 02
1 1
1 00
2i
455?-4!
1 01
29
1 16
.S
1 01 'i
92
43
46
46Ti
30
80'34j
&29(&
30 3
12 86
12 97
6 92
7 06
6 85
7 00
12 70
12 90
13 00
75
6 96
7 07
70
6 90
7 02
1 16
1 oov
92(f4
43
451i
46
30
3o
a
12 70
12 90
13 00
76
S 92
7 00
9!
90
7 02
No. t
Cash quotatlona were aa follows:
FLOUR-Easy ; winter patents, 85.109
6.20: straights. $1. Softool); spring patents.
t6.0M6.60; straights, $4.5O(ff4.90; bakers', $2.60
WHEAT No. I. spring, tl.12ifil.le; No. 8.
Ii.inni.it; jno. 1 rea, l i' tti.su.
CORN No. 'I. 44c: No. 2 yellow. 44ie.
OATS No. 8. 3ou307c; No. 8 white. 81
"rYK-Ko. 2. 7f.c
BARLEY Oood feeding. 88c; fair to
choice mdltlnr. 4M4rto.
PROVISIONS Mess pork, per bbl., 812 70
fjl 175. Lard, per 100 lbs., 84.72,96 75. Short
rlba aides (loose), f! ; 75; short clear
Sides (boxed). $6 it6.r.
8EEDS NO. 1 nax, i.i; lo. 1 nnnnwni
em. 11.2314: rrlme timothy. $2.82; clover.
contract grade. $13.50.
Following were the receipta and ahlp
menta of flour and grain:
neceipis. onipmems.
Flour, bnla 16,6") K300
t... - 91 inn ar, o
Corn, bu Z15.W0 161.cmo
Oats, bu ,....t....m 2D0 ia.fT0
Rve. DU Z.IMI 1.1'"
Barley, bu 7$.0n0 80,400
On tne Produce exchange today, the but
ter market waa steady; creameries. 2J'S31e;
dairies. 21I3W Egss, steady; at mark, cattea
Included. 23iij2Sc; firsts, 28c; prime flrata, 80c;
extras, 82c. Cheese, firm. 11 trite.
NEW TORK GE1ERAL MARKET
Quotations ot the nay oa Various
Commodities.
'EW TORK. Feb. 11. FLOUR Receipts.
10,651 bbls.; exports, 13,848 bbls. ; market dull,
but firmly held; Minnesota patents, $5.ROtJ
.2fl; Minnesota bakers. $4.30',M6; winter
r stents, S6.60ra6.ft5; winter straights, t&.lb-U
35; winter extras, $3.66iS4.90; winter low
grades, W'Bt.lO. ye nour, quiei; rair 10
good. $4.84.70; choice to fancy, $4.76'fi5.ofi.
Buckwheat flour, dull; per loO lbs., $2.00
2.10.
CORNMEAL Firm; fine white and yel
low, $1.26r coarse, new. $1.06(31.07; klin
drled, $2.91X53 10. 1 .
It YE Nominal; no. z western, sue, asxea.
HARLLY Slow: feeding. 434C: c.l.f. New
Tork; malting, 4&T"2-'. I. f. Buffalo.
WHEAT-Receipts, 10,7a bu.: sales. 2.200.-
000 bu. futures. Spot market firm; No. 8
red, nominal, elevator; No. 2 red, $1.22,
f. o. h. afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, $1.27,
f. o. b. annat; no. 1 nara Aianitona, ii.iih,
f. o. b. afloat. There was a fair advance in
Minfavnrahle French and Indian crop news.
foreign buying, sman western receipts ana
covering for the holiday. The close showed
t4iato net advance. May. $1.16Hl.l4.
closed at $1.16U: July, tl.04ff1.O4. closed at
$1.04': September. W4C. closed at
CORN Receipts. 43,I10 On.: exports. 141.3R6
bu.; sales. 125 000 bu. futures, l5.ono bu. spot.
Spot market firm: No. 2, 61c, elevator, and
62c, f. o. h. afloat; No. 2 yellow. 62c; No. 2
white. 62c. Option market was active here
and firmer on covering, higher cables and
bad weather for the movement, closing c
net higher. May. fimBBme. closed at 6lc;
Julv, 6l7Blc. closed at b1a.
DATS-Keceipts, 24,tKX Du.; exports, 1,820
bu. Spot market steady; mixed, 26 to 32
lbs.. 36me37Hc: natural white. 30 to 82 lbs..
37ffWc: mixed white. 86tf?41c.
HAT Dull: shipping. 6570c: cood to
choice. 80fl82c.
HOPS Q'llet : state, common to choice,
1904. 2Mr83c; 1903. 2831c; olds. 12W13c. Pa
cific coast, 1904, 2S32c; 1903, 27Q30c; olds, 12
iJfUe.
HIDES Quiet: oniveston. 20 to 25 Ihs..
18c; California. 21 to 25 lbs., 19c; Texas
(arvl. 24 to to ins.. nc.
j.BATMKK-r irm; acin, zi'mztic.
PROVISIONS Reef steady: family. Minn
W12.00; mess, $fl.00ifi 10: beef hams, $22 00
2360; packet. tlO.KKftll.OO; city, extra India
mess. 816. 05 17.00. Cut meats .quiet: pick
led bellies, $7.00T7.fiO: pickled shoulders,
$6; pickled hams, Js.TR'frS.on. Lard, steady;
western steamed, $7.16: refined, quiet; con
tinent, $7.25: South America. $7.76: com
pound. $4.7506.12. Pork, steady: family,
$14.0011714. BO; short clear, $16.00?fl5.60; mes-.,
$p ?W H
TAUiUYY-otsiay; otiy (-' per pxg.i, ttjOi
connti v inkgs. free). 4Vlz4,,c.
RICPJF rm : -domestic, fair to extra. Fitff
6V4c: .Tnnnn, nominal..
BUTTER strong; street price, extra
creamery, 81fj31e. Offlclnl prices, cream
ery, common to extra. 24fl81e: creamery,
held common to extra. 23'!?29-; state dairy,
common to extra. 20028c: renovated, com
mon to extra, lTr?Rr; western factory, com
mon to extra, 18if?25e; western Imitation
creamerv. common to extra. 22ffT28c.
CHEESE Firm; state, full cresm, lnrge,
late made, colored and white, choice, llc.
EGOS Kasv; western firstst, 30c; western
seconds. 28(328c.
POT LTRv Alive, easy; western chick
ens, 11c; fowls, 13c; turkeys. 15c. Dressed,
steady; wentern chickens, 13frfl4c; fowls,
13c; turkeys, 15 20c. .
St. Lonls tSrnln and Provisions.
ST. LOriS. Feb. ll.-WHEAT-No. 2 red.
cash, elevator, 31.14: track, 81.17S1.18; May,
Il.l6ttai.l5tt: July. Wttc; no. z nara. il.vsil
1.14.
CORN Higher; no. z casn, 44c; track,
4645c; May, 4444c; July, 46c.
OATS Strong; No. 2 cash, 31c; track.
32c: Mav. 31c: No. 2 white. 83c.
FLOUR No change- to note; red win
ter patents. I5.35ao.66: special hrands. 15.66
6.86; extra fancy and straight, $4.85(36.35;
Clear, M.win-t.ou.
BKKU rimotny, eteaay, sz.zo.
CORNMEAI Steady, $2.40.
BRAN Dull, unchanged; sacked, east
track. 80fi83c. i
HAY Quiet, unchanged; timothy, $6.00
lz.oo; prairie, sa.itgy.wt
IKON COTTON T1KSJ V30.
BAGOING 7c. 4- '..'
HEMP TWINE 6aj . .
PROVISIONS Pork, .unchanged: lobbln
212.15. Lard. Firmer. -46.40., Bacon steady:
boxed extra shorts, $7.50; clear ribs, $7.60;
short clear, 7.7&.
10c; spring, 11c; turkeys, 16o; ducks, 12c;
geese, 80.
BUTTER Firm; creamery, 2SS2c; dairy,
lemztie i.
EOGS Hlrher: 27c. ease count.
. Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, bbls., 7,000 11.000
Wheat, bu 36.000 43.000
Corn, bu ,.r.116,000 64,000
Oats, bu 39,000 39,000
' Kansas City drain, and Provisions.
V.J a , ' . ... a 3 ,
81.06; July, 90i90c; cash, No. 2 hard, $1.11
h .13: No. 3. 31.0761.10: No. 4. 98c(&31.06: No.
2 red, $1.121.15; No. 8, $1.071.12; No. 4, $1.00
Gil. 08 receipts, e- cars.
t .. AAV. GiAitLn Tnlv AA1. ffUUn
cash, No. 2 mixed, 44c; No. 8, 444c; No. 2
white. c; sso. a, nrtK-
OATS No. 2 white, 31(3 32c; No. $ mixed,
31c.
HAY Steady: choice timothy, $9.50(10.00;
choice prairie, if.itws.w.
RYE Steady. 7815790.
EGOS Steady, Missouri and Kansas new
No. 2 whltewood casea included. 28c; case
count, 27c-; cases returned, c less.
BUTTER Steady; creamery, 24 28c;
packing, 20c.
Receipts. Shipments.
Wheat, bu 49,600 36,800
Corn, bu 20,400 68,400
Oats, bu 10,000 4,000
Milwaukee Grain Market.
-MILWAUKEE, Feb. 11. WHEAT Firm;
No. 1, northern, $1.16(81.16; No. 2 northern,
$l.llill.l3; May,- (i i6'ii asKea.
RYE Firm: No. 1. 82o.
BARLEY Dull; No. 2, 62o ;sample, 87
CGOc.
CORN-o higher No. 8, 4344; May,
46t0 asxed.
Duluth Grain Market
DULUTH, Feb. 11. WHEAT To arrive,
No. 1 northern. $1.12: No, 2 northern.
$1.05; May, $1.14; on track, No. 1 north
ern, l.ia; rto. 1 nortnern, i.wk; may,
$1.14; July, !..; oepiemDer, irc.
Liverpool Grain Market.
T T1FPII DfVlt . t.-AK . 11 WUP1T
nominal; futures, quiet; March, 7s d;
CORN Spot, firm; American mixed, new
4slld; American mixed, old. 4s lld. Fu
tures, quint; March. 4sld; May, 4s2d.
Cotton Exeahnge la Closed.
trntm VOD17 1?-h 11 TO... f ..tt
change was closed today in observance ot
1 h,lkrfdV
. Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. Feli 11. WHEAT Mav
$l.lu4ti'1.16; July, . 81.14; September, 96c;
IN o. 1 naru, i.it-- iiu. 1 uuunrrD, 1.11-
No. 2 northern, $1.11.
Peoria Marfcet.
PEORIA, Feb. ll.-CORN-Hlgher; No. 3,
4JVc; No. 4. 4zc; no grade, 4ic
Clearing House Averages.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 The statement of
averages 01 tne . Clearing nouae DanKs 01
this city ror the wneK snows:
Loans, $1,142,106,100; Increase, $14,019,300.
Deposits, $1,202,972,300; Increase. $5,902,000.
Circulation, $43,026,100; Increase, $126,400.
Legal tenders, $89,209,000; decrease, $2,664,
600.
Specie. $222,671,000: decrease. $4,742,500.
Reserve, $31180,000; decrease. $7,307,000.
Reserve required. $300,743,076: increase.
41.498.000.
surplus, iii.iw.fZB; aecrease, vt sne.nno.
Ex-United States deposits, $16,253,460; de
crease, $8,833,060.
Exports and Imports.
NEW YORK. Feb. ll.-Exports of dry
goods and merchandise at the port of New
York for the week ending today were
valued at H7.046,ii9. Imports of specie at
the port of New York for the week ending
today were $63,422 gold and 841,120 silver;
exports of specie from the port of New
York for the week ending today were
$3,048,982 gold and $624,980 silver.
Treasury statement.
WASHINGTON. Feb. ll.-Today'e state
ment of the treasury balances In the gen
eral fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold
reserve in the division of redemption,
shows: Available cash balance, $142,066,694;
gold. $50.0M.69.
Bank Clearings.
OMAHA, Feb. 11. The bank clearings for
Saturday were $1.06,7:9 86. For the same
day a year ago they were $1,033,211 92. For
the week the clearings were $7.i:i6X5 29. For
the same period a year ago they were
$6,966.29.$l(.
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
More Desirable Grade of Cattle Bteadj for
the Week, Other Lower.
HOGS SHADE STRONGER THAN WEEK AGO
beep and Lambs Fifteen to Twenty
Five Higher Tkaa Week Ago,
Which Carries Prices to High
Point of Season to Date.
8OUTH OMAHA, Feb. 11. 1905.
Receipts were- i"nMI. Tloss. Bheen.
Official Monday l.F 8.908 I 31
OfliciHl Tuesday 4.892 H.4'6 8n
Official Wednesday 4,165 13.429 4.S45
Offlclal Frld;ry 6S8 3.018 l.i;9
Official Saturday 40 5,000 13.000
Total this week 15.914 48.791 89.8o2
Total last week 14 1W 35.SPS 23W
Total week before V.i 57.220 2.4!J
Same three weeks ago..l7.o2 64.03:. 32.923
Same four weeks ago....lS.it2 47,365 2R.8M
Same last year ll.35 61.025 29.196
RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE
The following table shows the receipts of
cattle. hm o r, .hi Bnuth nmaha for
the year to date with comparisons with last
car;
fattla P3.909
HOM 9tk A7A
Shwp '.'.'.176.415
1004. Inc. tec.
98.670 hl
24.225 16,249 ......
2118.149 -.'84
The following iiahi atiow the average
price of hoga at South Omaha for the last
several days, with comparisons:
$4 60tf5.r"; feeder wethers. $4.4f4 60; feeder
wes. $3 2&ff3 75: feeder lamhe, ja SOyH 25.
Representative axles:
No. Av. Pr.
48 western ewes 1
14 western ewes " J
11 western wethers 9 I 60
fa western ewes 1"7 f J
Ui western ewes 110 5 16
Jan. l...
Jan. 17...
Jan 18...
Jan. is...
Jan. 2o...
Jan. 21...
Jan. ...
Jan. 28...
Jan. 24...
Jan. 26...
Jan. 28...
Jan. 27...
Jan. 28...
Jan. 29...
Jan. 30..,
Jan. 31...
Feb. 1....
Feb. 2....
Feb. 3....
Feb. 4...,
Feb. 6....
Feb. 6,..,
Feb. 7....
Feb. 8 ...
Feb. 9 ...
Feb. 10...
Feb. 11...
1906. 11904.
481
i 6o
1 oi
4 66
4 67
I 5'
4 63M,
4 66
4 71
72;
4 3
4 64
f M
4 69
4 70
4 72
4 74i4
4 72
4 73
4 84
4 81
4 77i
4 82l 4 81
f 74
4 63
4 Nt,
4 74
4 60
4 74
4 US
4 7;
4 86
4
1
4 89
4 87
4 81
4 61
4 79
4 81
19Q3. 11902, 1
6 491 6 15
4 76
4 88
4 89'
6 01
I 6 0o
6 601
6 39
1 47
6 641
6 17
6 22
I
t 27
6 IS
!lnl. 11900. 11899.
4 61
4 4S
4 66
4 64
4 64
631 6 02
6 591 6 03
6 6 6 08
6 14
6 TS
6 .2
6 64
t S4
6 74
6 68
6 63
6 70
6 80
6 82
77
6 74
6 T1
6 76
a 7
I 2
6 .9
5 27
6 12
6 96
I 98
6 06
6 7
6 B?l
s n
6 95
6 121
6 16
6 03
6 98
6 00
70 6 02
8 w!
5 13
5 15
8 22
6 13
t 18
6 22
6 28
6 26
6 17
8 22
5 26
6 81
5 23
6 21
6 28
6 29
5 26
6 32
8 61
t 49
8 61
3 S4
3 64
3
4 3
4 69i t 54
4 56 t 61
4 8I 8 60
4 60
4 621
I
4 62
4 54
4 66
4 67
4 61
4 62
8 57
2 63
8 68
3 70
3 64
3 64
3 64
3 69
8 69
1 661
4 701 8 56
4 68
4 7i
4 84
4 80
3 66
8 66
8 70
8 71
3 65
Indicates Sunday.
The official number of cars of stock
brought In today by each road was:
Cattle.IIoga. Sheep.H'r'a.
C. M. ft St. P. Ry.. .,
Mo. P. Ry 1
V. P. system 1 10 19 3
C. & N. W. Ry 7
F., R. & M. V. R. R.. 4 16 8
t-, HL. r., M. Oc O. Ry ., 8
o. at M. tiy 10 .. ..
C, R. I. & P., east.. .. 11
C, R. I. A P., west.. 1 1
Illinois Central 8
Chicago Gt. Western. .. 3
Total receipta ..... 6 78 22 4
The disposition of the day's receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the num
ber of head indicated:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Omaha Packing Co. 866
SwiH and Company .... 68 1,672
Cudahy Packing Co 1,289 628
Armour & Co 1,480 623
S. & S 327
Other buyers 4
Totals 72 67534 1,461
CATTLE There were only a few bunches
of cattle in the yards this morning and not
enough with which to make a test of the
market. For the week receipts have been
liberal considering the bad weather and a
Blight Increase is noted over last week, with
a gain of about 4,000 bead as compared with
the same week of last year.
The demand for the more desirable grades
of beef Bteers has been fully equal to the
supply all the week and such kinds can
sufely be quoted steady with the close of
last week. The tendency, however, has
been to neglect the common to medium
kinds and such classes are about 1041.15c
lower than they were a week ago. The bulk
of the offerings has been of omy fair qual
ity, so mat pacxera naa a.gooa opportunity
to break prices on that kind. Good to
choice steers may be quoted from $5.00 to
tb.w, rair to good 64.26 to i4.o, and tne com
moner kinds from $4.15 down.
The better grades of cows and heifers
have been in active demand and have sold
at good, ateady pnees all the week. The
same as with steers, however, the common
and medium kinds have been more or less
neglected and can be quoted about 10D16c
lower than at the close of last week. There
has been a good deal of unevenness on such
kinds all the week, so that some sales have
looked much better than others, but on the
average sales Bhow a loss of about lO&ISc
except on the better grades. Good to choice
cows and heifers are quotable from $3.00 to
$4.25; fair to good $2.40 to $3.00, and dinners
and cutters $1.60 to $2.40.
Bulls are a little lower for the week ex
cept the good to choice grades, which are
about steady. They sell all the way from
$2.25 to $3.50. Veal calves are unchanged,
beBt grades selling up to $5.60.
Good heavy feeders may be quoted active
and steady for the week, such kinds selling
from $3.75 to $4.16; light cattle have been
very slow sale and are 16H25c lower for th 1
week and hard to sell at the price. This is
owing to the heavy fall of snow, which
makes it impractical to turn the cattle in
the cornfields. Medium weight cattle, or
those under 800 pounds, are selling largely
from $3.00 to $3.50, with common Btult from
$3 down.
BEEF STEERS.
Ne. At. rr. No. A. ri.
1 866 1 to 1 1200 4 00
1 100T 70 6 1030 4 00
STEERS AND COWS.
8 736 i 76
cows,
1 1140 I 10 4 10C0 3 J5
1 1063 I 10 11 mi I 35
BULUL
1.,..' 1830 I 23
STOCK CALVES.
1 too 4 76 1 lit s is
HOGS There was a moderate run of hogs
here this morning and prices held up in
quite a satisfactory manner. At the open
ing a few prime loads that Just suited Ootn
packers and shippers sold at prices ranging
irom strong to 6c higher in extreme cases.
After the tirst rounu, however, the market
settled down, with buyers bidding generally
steady, with aome of the choicer loads
strong. Later on ihey were atill more bear
ish und some sales looked weak as com
pared with yesterday. Trading waa not
very active and the slow arrival of trains
also delayed the market, ao that It waa late
before anything like a clearance was made.
For the week receipta of hogs show a lib
eral Increase over last week, but not much
change from the same ween of last year.
The table above will show the exuet figures.
The market hus fluctuated up and down to
some extent, but closing prices are only a
shade better than those in force at the close
of last week. Representative sales:
Ne.
41....
4....
47...,
..,.
74....
1....
74...,
HI....
41....
17...,
74...,
41....
7....
47...,
0....
7...
77...,
AT.
..170
,.lll
. .1110
..144
..mi
,.iw
as. Pr.
... 44714
0 4 47v
40 4 70
W 4 70
... 4 70
HO 4 70
80 4 7IV4
.iu3 140 4 73
4 11
4 7M
4 71
110 110 4 11
....2U Ml 4 12
,...i2t ... 4 71
....111 100 4 72
.276 SO 4 74
.200
.ml
.114
.lii
....213
12 tOi
II.
7..
7..
74..
7J..
40..
11..
44..
41..
10...
,.1M
,.1M
..111
..204
,.1M
.281
.1"!
4 It
(0 4 16
... 4 It
40 4 71
... 4 75
... 4 74
... 4 76
... 4 76
40 4 76
40 4 11
.107 280 4 77
.264
.216
4 17
4 17
No.
to....
16....
U....
41....
to....
44....
71....
11....
11....
74....
It....
10..,.
44....
6..,.
47....
76....
61....
70....
44....
71....
It....
44....
....
67....
67....
42....
46....
....
At. 8h. Pr.
.234 140 4 77
U 4 77
40 4 77
0 4 71
..226
..261
..2.4
..HI
4 77
4 77
..2114 140 4 77
. .104
..120
..ill
. .2.11
.241
4 71
.. 77
.. 4 77
10 4 71
4 71
..161 1M 4 10
..167
..264
..22
..Ml
..261
,.26f
..241
..124
4 10
10 4 10
... 4 to
... 4 M
40 4 10
... 4 0
... 4 to
40 4 tO
. .20 200 4 10
..!V4 40 4 It
... 4 as
... 4 46
... 4 U
... 4 K
M 4 tO
.2(1
.272
.164
.131
.134
SHEEP There were 64 cars of sheep re
ported this morning, but all but 7 cara
were part fat stuff, which waa billed
through to eastern feed lota. Of the 7
cars, 4 were ewes sold to arrive at $6.16
and 8 cars of ewes sold on the market
for $4.90. The market could not be quoted
anything but steady, with all desirable
grades in good demand.
For the week receipta Bhow a slight In
crease both over lust week and the corre
sponding week of last year, owing to the
liberal run this niorning. The demand has
been very active all the week and, In fact,
has been In excess of the aupply, so that
the tendency of prices has been upward.
Aa compared with a week ago the market
can salely be quoted 16c to 25o higher,
which carries prices to the high point of
the season to date. It Is also to be no
ticed that the prices paid here have been
the highest on the river and right up with
Chlrr.'i.
Quotations for fed stock: Good to choice
yearlings, $6266.50; fair to good year
linns. 6.75(4615; good to choice wethers,
6.26((6.65: fair to KOxt wethers. 84.9046.16:
good to choice ewes, $5.00n6 36; fair to good
ewes, $4.6-n6.00; common to fair ewes $4 00
6-4.60; good to choice lambs. $7.264r7.r.; fair
4o good laoiba, 16.764(7.26; feeder yt.rllnga.
CHICAGO LIVB STOCK MAR KKT
Cattle Steady Hogs Steady to Weak
Sheep Steady.
CHICAGO, Feb. 11. CATTLE Receipts,
800 head; market ateady; good to prime
steers, $6.666.66; atockera and feeders,
$2.4O4j4.40; cows. $1.2M)4.S6; heifers, "U.OOfl
4.90; canners, $l.2542.o6; bulls, $2.00'o3.9u.
ew- 4n,Mfi7tt
HOGS Receipts. 10.000 head; estimated
Monday, 46.000 head; market ateady to
weak; mixed and butchers, $4 7Mlo.oo; good
to choice heavy, MSnVijoOO; rough heavy,
84.W.U4.80; light, $4.664! 4.87; bulk of sales,
$4.7.".U4 90.
SHEEP AND LAMnS-Reeelpta, 2,000
head; market steady; good to choice weth
ers, 85.G0ti6.00; fair to choice mixed, $4.otK0
6 36; w estern eheep. $4 60'u6.90; native lambs,
$6. Toil 7. yu; wentern lambs, $6.764i7.90.
Kansas City Live Stork Market.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. II.- CATTLH Re
ceipts. 4"0 head, Including 3oO southerns;
market, unchanged; choice and export
dressed beef eteers, Ifi.00t6.;0; fair to good,
$3.rtv04.75; western fed steers, $4 75'u5.75;
mockers and feeders, t2.754i4.76; southern
eteers, $1.76'a4.36; southern cows, $2.2Mi
3.26; native cow a, $1.76'U4 0O; native heltere,
$(04.40; bulls, $2.26(1.1.75; calves, $3.00tf
7.0; receipts for the week, 22.900 head.
HOGS Keceipts, S.0H0 head; market,
strong to 6c higher; top, $5.i7; bulk of
sales, $4.86-n.06; heavv, $6 0016.06; , pacX
ers. 84.906.06; pigs and lights, $4.0l4.90;
receipts tor the week, 62.700.
SHEEP AND LAMR8 Receipts, 8X
head; market, nominally steady; native
6.1; led ewes, i4.866,26; western lambs,
$6.6ifj7.76; western yearlings. $6.tKiiii.76;
Western sheep, $4. 75ifi6 b6 ; Blockers and feed
ers. j.chbo.mi: receipts ror uie ween,
29,290.
St. Louis Live Stock Market.
ST. LOCIS, Feb. 11. CATTLE Receipts,
l.l'iO head. Including 800 Texans; market,
ateady to strong; native shipping and ex
port steers, $4 36fi6.!6; dressed beef and
butcher steers, $t.50(t6.36: steers under l.iiou
pounds, 83.26ia4.16i stockers and feeders,
$2.2tii4.00; cows and heifers. 82.10tr3.60;
canners, $1.0iH2.$5; bulls, 32.ifxa3.60; calves.
l4.utKir7.O0; Texas and Indian steers, $3.0u'a
4.60; cows and heifers, 82.6ovi3.60.
HOGS Receipts, 4,10 head; market,
steady; pigs and lights. $3.5O'.u4.60; pack
ers, $4.86b6.00; butchers and best heavy,
$4.966.06.
SHEEP AND LAMBS -Receipts, 800
head; market, steady; native muttons, $4.00
&6.16, lambs, $6.60ft8.00.
New York Live Stock Market.
NEW TORK, Feb. 11 BEEVES Re
ceipta, none; nothing doing. Dressed beef
alow, 6i(i9c. Exports. 700 beeves, 42 sheep
and 6.900 quarters of beef.
CALVES Receipts, 66 head. No trading,
feeling weak; city dressed veals dull at
71(12c.
HOGS Receipts, 8,397 head. Feeling waa
firm to 60 higher on Buflalo and western
advices. .
; SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 78 head.
Market for eheep steady; common and me
dium lambs slow but steady; prime lambs
firm to 10c higher; no sales of sheep; prime
lambs sold at $8.40; dressed mutton steady
at 79c; dressed lambs Blow at ll13c.
St. Joseph Live Stock Market.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 11. CATTLE
Receipts, 98 head; market, steady; natives,
$3.76U6.36; cows and heifers, $1.66424.36;
stockers and feeders, $2.764.10.
HOGS Receipts, 6.007 head; market,
steady to strong; light, $4.80(34.90; me
dium and heavy, $4.86''6.00.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 3,328
head; market, ateady.
Slous Cl'ty Live Stock Market.
SIOUX CITY, la., Feb. 11. tripeolal Tele
gram.) CATTLE Receipts, 300 head; mar
ket steady; beeves $3.60i7i6.00; cows, bulls
and mixed, $2,2543.50; Blockers and feeders,
$2.00(53.60; calves and yearlings, $2.2568.26.
HOGS Receipts, 4,600 head; market
strong, selling at $4.60ig-4.85; bulk of sales,
$4.704.75.
Stock In Sight.
Receipts of live stock at the six principal
quoted at from 4o to c; Ixmdon layers al
$l.v61jl.itl and seeded raisins at 6?e.
OttllA WIIOl.F.-ttl.K MAHKP1T.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
. 400 6.O11O 13,000
. 300 ' 4,600
. 400 8,000 800
. 1,100 4.000 . 800
98 6.007 8.328
. 200 10,000 ' 2.000
. 2.498 82,507 19,928
South Omaha
Sioux City ....
Kansas City ..
St. Louis
St. Joseph ....
Chicago
Total
Wool Market.
LONDON, Feb. 11. WOOLe-The arrivals
of wool for the second series of auction
sales amount to 191,612 bales, including
108,600 forwarded direct to spinners. The
imports of wool this week were: New
South waies, i.m paies; vjueensiana,
3.641 bales: Victoria. 3.478 bales: South
Australia, 2.568 bales; New Zealand. 28,806
bales: Cape of Good Hope and Natal
1,661 bales: Blngapore, 6,660 bales; Funta
Arenas. 2.072 bales: elsewhere. 1.623 bales.
BOSTON, Feb. 11. WOOL Concerning
the wool marget tne commercial mu
le tin says: . The market continues
dull and aomewhat depressed.' Very few
buyers are operating and only small lots
are being sold. As usual on a quiet market
prices favor buyers and for the first time
since last July changes in a lower direc
tion are made on lists of quotatlona. For
eign wools continue to accumulate, about
the only movement in them being In deliv
eries of wools bought on manufacturers'
Orders. All the large users are well sup
plied. Reports from the wool Industry are
favorable and machinery waa never ao well
occupied, but Influential ractom are well
covered with raw material. The shipments
of wool from Boston to date from December
29, 1!H)4. according to the same authority,
are 28.088,767 pounds, against 29,286,296 pounds
at the same period last year. The receipts
to date are 30,982,788 pounds, aru.nst 17.686,
178 pounds for the same period last year.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11. AOOL Steady ;
medium grades, combing and clothing,
23fl'28c; Tight fine, 184t22c; heavy fine,
I417c; tub washed, 27&41c.
Foreign Financial.
IiONDON, Feb. 11. Money was In fair de
mand and Increased aupply In the market
today. Discounts were firm. On the Stock
exchange the trading had the usual Satur
day character. The tendency- was rather
irregular, though In starting the new ac
count some degree of confidence was mani
fested. Much interest was taken in the new
5 per cent Chinese twenty-year $"0,000.000
government loan, which was largely over
subscribed. Consols eased slightly. Amer
icans opened irregular, recovered to a frac
tion above pnrlty and became Inactive
owing to the New York holiday on Monday.
United States Steel was -the feature. The
market closed with prices quietly steady.
Canadian Pacific was cheerful on the traf
fic Increase for the first week of February.
Japanese continued In active demand for
Great Britain and the continent. Imperial
Japanese government 6s of 1904 were quoted
at 102U.
PARIS. Feb. 11. Trading on the bourne
today was Irregular and the tone was weak
owing to the Russian situation. Russian
Imperial 4s were quoted at 90.50 and Rus
sian bonds of 1904 at 604.
RERLIN. Feb. 11. On the bourse the
hares of steel companies were higher on
the activity of the American steel market.
Coal shares were depressed.
Cotton Market. "
ST. LOUIS, Feb. ll.-COTTON-Market
quiet and unchanged; middling, 7c; sales,
none; receipts, none; shipments, 760 bales;
stock, 43,661 bales.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 11 COTTON
Market quiet; sales, 460 bales;- ordinary,
6 l-16c; good ordinary, 64c; low middling,
7c; middling. 7 9-lHc; good middling, 7 16-18c;
middling fair, $c; receipts, 3,924 bales;
atock. 333,820 bales.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. ll.-COTTON Spot,
aulet; prlcea 8 points lower; American mld
Ung fair, 4.48d; good middling. 4.18d; mid
dling, 4 061; low middling, 3.94d; good or
dinary, 8.80d; ordinary, 3.64d. The Bales
of the day were 7.000 bales, of which 1,000
were for speculation and export, and in
cluded 4,500 Americana.
Oils and It oat n.
NEW YORK, Feb. ll.-OILS-Cottonseed,
firm; prime orude, nominal; prime yellow,
25fo'26c. Petroleum, murket quiet; refined
New York, $7.26; Philadelphia and Balti
more, -67. 20; Philadelphia and Baltimore, in
bulk. $4.30. Turpentine, market quiet at
66fi66c
ItOHIN Market steady; strained, common
lb good, $2.87
OIL CITY, Feb. Il.-OILB-Credlt bal
ancea, $189; certificates, no bid; shipments,
Pennsylvania. 70.712 bbla.; average. 69,624
bbls.; runs, S2.818 bbls.; average, nS.im bbls.
Shipments, Lima. 71,247 bbls.; average, 69.095
bbls.: run a, Lima, 64.496 bbls.; average, 48,
426 bbls.
Evaporated Apples and Dried Frnlls.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-EVAPORATPD
APPLES The market- was Irss firm, w'th
common quoted at 4'(j4c, prime at 6'6c,
choice at 66c and fancy at 7c
CALIFORNIA DRIED FRf 'ITS Prunes
are quiet but ateady, with California grades
ranging from 2c to 6c, according to ilia.
Apricots are in light supply and holders ap
pear confident, asking full late prices In
spite of a light demand. Choice are quoted
at 10(iiloc, extra choice at lli12c and fancy
at l'alSc. peaches sre oijlet but firm,
with choice quoted at t'fillOc, extra choice
at Ki(litR and fancy al UWuiic. Rplua
show no change. Ixiose niuaoutela tus
Condition ot Trade and Quotations on
Staple aad Fancy Prodare,
F-OGS-Candled stock, 8V.
LIVE POULTRY Chickens. 10c; rooetera, .
6c; turkeys, loiiisc; diii-k. 10c; geese, 8V"9c.
DRESSED POCLTHY-Turkeya. IJJi'JOcj
duck ll'ilUo; geese, lOj-fllc; chickens. He;
roosters, Vu8c
BUTTER Packing stock, 21S21o', rhnlca
to fancy dairy, 23026o; creamery,' 243doi
prims le.
FRESH FROZEN FlfHTTrout. c: pick
erel, Hr: pike, 9c; perch, ?c; bluerlan, 12c;
whlteflsn. 9c; salmon, list redwnnpper. 11c;
lobster tgre?n). ; lobster tbolled). 3?c; '
bullheads, 11c; catnsn, 14c: pibck turn,
halibut, 12c; crapptes. 12c: ourraio, ej wnna
bass, 11c; frog legs, per dot., 46c, . - .
BRAN Per ton, llf.OO
HAY Prices quoted by Omaha Whol
sale Hay Dealers' association: Choice No.
1 upland. $6 00; No. 2, $6 60; medium. $6.00!
coarse. $4.50; rye straw. $5.00. Thelte prlcea
are for ray of good color and quality.
OYSTERS New York counts, per can.
46c: extra selects, per csn, 36c; standards,
psr can. 30c: bulk standards, per sal.. $1.40;
bulk extra selects, per gal. $1.76; bulk New .
York counts, per gal., $1 90. .
TROPICAL FRUITS. ''
ORANGES California extra fasey Red
land navels, all sixes, $2 60: choice Redland
navels, $2 25; choice navels, all glues, 12.00,
LEMONS California fancy, $175; 800, and
360. $3 60; choice. $3.26. , ' -
DATES Per box of 30-lh. pkga.. $1.00;
Hallowe'en. In 70-lb. boxes, per Jb., DC.
FIGS California, per 10-lV carton, .61J
86c; Imported Smyrna, 4-crown. 10c; 6 and
6-crown, 12c; fancy Imported jwashed)
In Mb. pkgs.. Wise. Jt , . . fc
BANANAS Per medium alaed bunch,
$1.76'(i2. 26; Jumbos, $2 6OT1I.OO.
GRAPEFRUIT Per Iwx of 54 to 64. $6.00,
FRUITS.
APPLES-New York Kings, $3.26: Ne
York Greenings, $2 76; New ork. Baldwins,
$2.75; Colorado Wlnesaps, per bu. box,
$1.60; Genlton, $1.60. .
CRANBERRIES Wisconsin Hell and
Bugle, per bbl., $8.00; Jerseys, per bbL,
$7. in; per box, $2.76. ...
GRAPES Imported Malagas, per keg,
TAGKRINES Florida or California, peg
-box. $2.60. yeqetaBLES.
POTATOES Home grown. In Backs, pa
bu., 46c; Colornilo, per bu., 66c.
TURNIPS-Old, per bu.. 40c; Canada ruta
bagas, per lb lc. '.
CARROTS OJ.I. per "iu., 40c.
PARSNIPS Old, per bu., 40c
BEfclS-Old per ou.. 60c.
NAVY BEANS Per bu.. $1.8.V"ri.0.
ONIONS Home grown, red, In sacks, pot
It., 2c; Spanish, pet crate, $2.60; Colorado,
yellow, per lb., 2c; white, per lb., 2c.
CUCUMBERS-Per doa.. $2.002.25.
TOMATOES Florida, per 6-basket crata,
$4 46&4.50.
CABBAGE Holland seed, per lb., la
SWEET POTATOES Kansas kiln dried,
per bbl., t2.60.
CELERY California, 46ff76c.
RADISHES-Hot house, per doai, 45o.
ONIONS New. aouthern, per doa., 46
CARROTS New, per doa., 46c. . .
BEETS New, per doa., 46c.
TURNIPS New, per do 46o. ' '
LETTUCE Per box Of about . fifteetl
heads, 60c. .' ' ''1, M
RHUBARB Per doa. bunches, 75e to H.OO.
PARSLEY Per doa. bunches. 75c.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SAUERKRAUT Wisconsin, per keg, $2.26.
CIDER New York, per bbl.. $5.50; pe
half bbl., $3.26. ,
CHEESE Wisconsin twins, full cream,
I218c: Wisconsin Young America. 13o;
block Swiss, new, 16o; old, 16417c; Wiscon
sin brick. 14c; Wisconsin limburger, 13c.
HIDEB-No. 1 green, 7c;. No. 2 .green, 6c:
No. 1 salted, 8c; No. 2 salted, 7c; No. 1
veal calf. 9c; No. 2 veal calf. 7c ;dry aalted,
8(6 14c; eheep pelt". 25c(ti$1.00; horse hides.
NUTfr-Walnuta, No. 1 soft sheila, new .;
crop, per lb, 14c; hard shell, per R-.13ci
No. 1 soft shells, per lb. 12c; .N. 2 hard .
shells per lb., 12c; pecans, large, per lb.,
12c; small, per lb. 10c; peanuts, per lb.. 10$
roasted peanuts, per lb., 8c; Chill walnuts,
per lb., 12ai3c; almonds, soft shell, vt
lb., 17c; hard shell, per lb , Uc; chestnute,
per lb., 12rq'ltc: new black walnuts, per
bu.. 76(&90c; shellbark hickory nuts, per bu.,
$1.76; large hickory nuts, per bu., $1.60.
Metal Market.
NEW YORK, Feb. ll.-METALS-Tha
market showed the uaual Saturday Inac
tivity In the absence of London cables)
with no quotable change In prices. , Tift
Is quoted at $29.26ti 29.50; copper, lake.
$16 50; electrolytic $lo.37(H5.60, and cast
ing. $15 004i 16. 25. Lead remained firm at
$4 46'54.60, and spelter waa quiet at $6.10
66.20. Iron remalna firm at recent prices.
" ' -
Dry Goods Market. .
NEW YORK. Feb. ll.-DRY OOODS-Ir , .
dry goods the week ends with improvement
in manv quarters and sellers are encour
aaed to believe that neat week should show . ,
a marked Increase in buyers' operations.
Advlceis from the west unite In declaring? liT
'tirnt trading for spring Is commencing to
open and It W well recognised, that, tha iVff
Ebbing trade at least has abnormally tool'
stocks. ' ."ulil
Toledo Seed Marketi '' V.A 1 ''4
TOLEDO. Feb. 11. SEEDS Clover, casn,
87 67; February. $7.67; March. $7 60; April.
$7 472 October. $5 87. Alslke. Pjlme, $7.80.
Timothy, prime, $1.35; March, $1.37.
Coffee Exchange Olosea.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. The Coffee ex
change was closed today In observance of
Lincoln's birthday.
Many Weather Signs. "
-,. nin nennla have areat contempt for
those who cannot tell what the weather Is
going to be till they have looked at their
expensive barometers or seen the weather
Indlcatlona In the morning paper, says the
Chicago Chronicle. They havo so many
simple ways of finding out what they wish
to know Bbotit the weather and are so ac
customed to doing this that they make the 1
observations almost mechanically.' Alc ono
of them how to do this and he will give you
a long list of simple weather gauges. For
lnBtrincei If you are a smoker, look at your
cigar tip. If It burns with a clear red glow
the day will be fine; but If It haa a charred
end and refusea to burn brightly take your
umbrella. If a slipper creaka It la aura to ,
be fine; If It la silent It will dampen. In
damp weather newspapers are easily torn,
gloves contract and are difficult to put on,
metrhos will not llaht easily, silk hats be
come dull, awning cords are tight, bootlaces
snap and scores or inanimate tningg ten to.
the Initiated that there la rain to come. ,
Church nullt of Fossils.
There Is a church In the quiet little village:
of Mumford, near Niagara Falls, which Is
composed entlroly of fossils. At first glance
the walls appear to be constructed of rough
sandstone smeared with an uneven coating
of gritty, coarse plaster, but a closer view
reveals the error of this flrat conoluaion.
Instead of piaster the eyes behold traoerles
of delicate leaves, lace work of Interwoven
twigs, bits of broken branches, fragments
of mossy bnrk and splinters of wood, all
preserved age.lnst the wasting of time and
decay by being turned Into the hardest ef
flinty limestone. Aa a matter of ' fact,
every block of atone in the four Walls Is a
closely cemented mass of dainty fossils
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