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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1889)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 11 , 1889.-SIXTEEN PAGES. 15 THE CONDITION OF TRADE , Bankers Report a Continued. Easy Money Market. TIGHTER TIMES IN PROSPECT. The Crop Outlook Bright With In- dloatlons Polntlne to n Splen did Pnll Triulo A Good Increase In Clonrlngs. In Loonl Trndo Circles. Bankers say the money market continues easy , with o good demand for prlmo morcan- tllo paper at the usual rates. There scorns to bo ft unanimity of fooling , however , that money will tighten up about September 1 , nnd nil Indications point that way just now , though It Is not bollovod that there will bo any unusual sqoezo , merely the annual fall hardening , Crop prospects continue brleht , and ad vices nro to the effect that a very largo nnd prosperous trade will bo done throughout the stnto during the balance of the year. City Jobbers and manufacturers nro vorv busy , nnd orders nro plentiful nd liberal. Collections tire good and show steady Improvement. As n rule , prices nro steady. Sugar , how ever , Is off Jfo per pound for granulated this week , while coftcos are steadier and up Jfc per pound for choice Hlo. Di led fruits arc steady , but show n tendency to weakness. California oannod fruits are selling freely at former prices. Corn and tomatoes nro , If anything , lower , and salmon arc very firm. The failure of the old firm of P. II. Sharp & Son , wholesale saddlers , yesterday , with llablll ties of about $11,000 and nominal nsiots ol the same amount , caused a rlpplo of comment - mont , but as tboy hope to pay In full and Iiavo boon doing so llttlo business of late as to bo almost formation , llttlo was thought ol the matter. They have boon hi trade here for thirty years , but were slow and nonpro grossivo. The clonrlngi for tno week , as reported bj Mr. HuKhc.s , foot up 81,495,003.23 , au increase of 20 0-10 per cent. Messrs. Mox Meyer ft Bro. nro ofTorliif to dispose of tlioir retail store , intending tc confine their business exclusively to whole Baling. Franco scorns not to bo satisfied oven ye With its supply of pold. It diverted all ll could of the exports from the United States while at the saute tlmo It was drawing 01 England. Now our exports have stopped but it continues to taka largo amounts frau London. There has been no positive conflrmattot of tbo reported arrangement of n now pee among tno copper mining companies , nl thougli n number of rumors hnvo gained currency roncy which are accepted by the trade a bolng authentic. These report that tha prlci of Laku has boon fixed at 12 coats. Arlzom at 11 % , and Custtnu brands at 11. That tin trade lacks oonfldonco in the ability of tin combination to sustain values at this level I shown by the cautious way in which con turners nra covering their want * . The Lon ilon market hn shown a tinner tendency yesterday's cable quoting mi advance to 4 12s Od spot and 4115i futures. The follow Ing nro the combination prices for Manufac turcd Copper : 20@25 cents for Shoatln Copper. 3U@2.J Braziers , 20 for Holts and 23Q 20 for Bottoms , for American Yellow Slical ing and nails 17 cents , Hods 10 and Knglisl in bond IS. The United States mints were not. partlci larly busy during July. The month wn passed largely in taking an account of stoc and preparing Generally for the now Uses year. The total number of pieces coino was 3,051,000. with a value of only $1,829,50C Only three kinds of coin wore made § 1,300 , 000 in silver dollars , 814,700 in 5-eont piece ; and 514,300 in 1-confr pieces. Tho. ilrmor tendency that characterize the JJrazli Coffee market lost wcok , < attc making Turtlicr progress un Saturday , hn fglven pluco'to ' un easier ifeoimg nnd loss > dli [ positionto trail -while - valuesshow a lei irom the highest point of about 15 points fc options alia ifo for invoices. ( Tht > roaotlo seems to have 1)0011 duo to a disposition o Itho part of hoiQorailn Rio andSantos to mai 'Jtet their supplies.and although the flrmc offers mi low grades that have been ser ihltbcr have shown but a moderate ilifforonc .between the two markets , the fact the iBraxil'was a Bdllor seems to hnvo'had ' un un tfnvtmiblo Influence hero cand weakened tli faith of buyers , who , in n mi Jorlty of icasos , have boon unwill ting tb niako countnr bids that wor illkoly to moot with a 'response , JJovortbi Jess , censidarablo business is 'reported t iiavG boon transacted , .particularly . who xhoap lota xvoro to bo scoured , but the mos itomtitine offers have coino from Santoi where tha anxiety to soil has beoa most on Bouncci ] , and over 60,000 bugs aro-roporto mold lost wock Jitthat port to the Unite 'States , but there appears to have boon vor .llttlo douo in Kio. Europe responded yei torday to the easier fooling hero by quite , iflharp drop'in prices , nud that fact mado'tb nurrkot rather tame throughout the day , an there was vnty 'llttlo disposition on the pai 01 buyers -to enter Into fresh negotiation ! The local business transacted since -our in ; OMUO niw tsomprlsed 2,000 bags No. 0 Kio i 10o ln-8toroH000 { do. No 7 at 15 'c , 3,000 di aid crop yellow , about "No.'S. sold in Havr ! tOcorns here Ut 18 > fo In store , 2,1)00 ) bap Copatoniu atlOJ o spot. The market left o yesterday dull and easy , wlttrqudted price unobtainable. The cables received from Brazil do not n fleet any Important change in the stntistlci position of supplies. The receipts have bee moderate nt both ports , those in Kio belli considerably less than lust year , while i fiantos they are considerably more , 'nn looks have continaed to increase , oggrcgal ing44'j,000 b.igs in Ulo according to the E > change cable and 635 bags -according t Messrs , J. L. Pblpps & Co. There have bee * -number of sensational cables respecting th condition of the growing crop and provalonc of dry weather , out they have attracted ver tittle attention and have had no visible lafli nee ujxin llie > uiarUct , It in atntod that congress 1s likely to tali up tha Uigur question this winter , Wlthot walti-iif for u ilniil aottloment ot the who ! question , congress will have power by n bnc net to suspend all higher duties on reflno than on raw sugar , and for that course eve onio ardent advocates of protection find warrant in the claim that the object an find effect of the combination has bocn I close part of the American works. Some c them oven go IH > far as to favor u permuuer enactment , empowering tbo president I susnoud the collection of any duty on in ports to Ion ? nn the pricoof tlio article u : tectod by that duty is controlled in t.h country by any trust. There are no furtht public quotable changes , but the Now Yor Commercial Bulletin Bays : "It is understoo on the street that Philadelphia is undo : wiling the market on rolluod augurs , and U report SHVI offers granulate * ! at 8o lal down In Chicago. " Crop Export Prlncosnya : "Last year t thl tlmo wo had a great deal of corn out c flanger of frost , but with the exception ( Kansas and Missouri I do not know of fitftto in the northwest or west but will not until the 15th of September to make a coi crop , Una there are vast areas besides whu will not tnaturo boforu tbo 1st of Octobc even under the most favorable olrcun tances , " The Philadelphia Lodger says of the n thracita coal traao that the quostlon of a vnhclni ; prices will bo taken up again i August 11 , when It is expected an advan ot from 10 to 25 cents per ton will bo mad tbo now prices to take effect September 1. Tbo Clnelunutl Price Current reports tl packing of the west for the lust week 135,000 hog , against 110,000 for thu corr spending week last your , The aggregn packing inco March 1 is 4,000,000 hoi ; Bgulust 3,7WOCO for a similar period in 18 ; OMAHA. LIVE HTOOIC. Cattle. , . . Saturday , August 10. The week closed wtyh a fairly uotivo mt Ictt nud desirable hooves sold strain ; or ov < troniror than yesterday. , rho quality tbo Battle pu alewis'-protty good on i nveraco , nud ttero were some choice coi ica nutlyjs , . The market opened early , wi 11 cJftsso * of buyers buying freoljr , nnd t jmik of the oaxtlo were not long In chntiKii i nundu , Native beeves sold principally $3.83I.M. Cow stuff sold nt $1.00@4.00 , principally nt J3.00@3.50. Some Bpayod western helfOM wont nt $3.00. There wns considernblo trading In fcodors , but the sup ply was made up almost entirely of westerns , Which sold at $2.40. Ile-c * . Hoes sold no nearly in yesterday's notch that it would bo dlfllcult to distinguish nny material difference between the markets of the two days. Ono light sort went ns high M M.20. but light hoffi sold principally nt ft.15 nnd heavy hog nt $410031.05 , with medium weights ootwccn the two. Heavy hous nro n flmct on nil markets nt tha present tlmo , nnd however prime they mny bo they hnvo to sell wny under light weights. Slicop. There wcro three double decks of pretty fair western sheep in to-day's market. Ono double dock was sold nt $3.70. Hooolpts. Cattle 1.400 Hogs 4,500 Sheep C33 Prevailing l'rloo . The following U n t solo of prlost paid in this market for tha gralos of atoslc mon * tloncd : Prlmo steers , 1300 to ICOOlb.54.03 @ 4.80 Good steers. 1250 to 1150 Ibs. . . 8.03 ( rt)4.20 ) Good steers , 1030 to ISOJlbi. . . 0,40 Common c.mnors 1.25 ( V$3.00 Ordinary to fair oows 1.50 l.OO Fair to good cows 1.80 W3. 10 Goodito choice cows. . . . . . . . . 10 'Choiceto ' fancy cows , "bolters. . 8.50 ( (3)3.00 ) Fulrto coed bull * 1.75 M2.00 Good to choice bulls 3.00 .Light stackers and f Bailors. , . . 2.53 03.75 'Good feeders , O.'O to 1103 Ibs. . 2.75 tf)3.00 ) Fair to choice light hoes 4.12 ; Fair to choice heavy hogs 4.00 ( $4.05 Fair to choice mixed hoes 400 @ 4. 10 Representative Salos. BTEBRS. Jfo. Av. Pr. .No. JVv. Pr. 1 _ , . 124053 00 B7 , . . . . . .1101 1 . 1030 3 10 03 1301 3 03 1 . IflSO 4 15 23 12(11 ( 3 03 33 . 1118 4 15 80 1170 4 10 10 . 1893 4 70 1410 4 15 19 . 1107 55 10 1405 4 20 4 . 3355 a 70 83 1453 420 1 . .1101 3 05 74 1808 4 20 S3 . 018 3 07 11 1003 4 23 34 . 1431 375 44 152 ! ) 4 30 39 1131 3 85 40 1470 4 30 20 1330 390 COWS. 13 , 870 1 90 3 .1040 3 GO 31. , 833 1 00 8. . on 3 C5 34. . 843 2 00 2. , .1305 3 03 23. . 924 2 10 3. . 005 275 . 833 3 15 3. , .1433 4 00 .1941 .320 .320CANKERS. CANKERS. ' 910 1 50 15. . . , ' 830 1 I * B .1030 1 00 UULXS. 1 .1000 1'85 FF.KDEIIS. 20 1003 3 05 05iiEirEns. iiEirEns. 1 550 3 15 WESTUKM CATTLE. Owner No. Av. Pr. 3 feeders , 1013 § 3 00 41 steers , Texans , 1000 3 33 19 feeders , 1014 340 110 feeders. . . . . , 1014 240 107 feeders. 095 240 32 feeders 1073 255 35steers , cornfcd. . . . . . 015 3 05 Standard Cattle Co. 74 calves 177 3 50 20 cows , rnngo 3 50 01 cows , rnngo .1051 2 50 44 spay od'hoif crs .1000 3 00 iiooa. No. Av. ' Shk. Pr. No. Av. Shk. Pr. 51..251 320 53 85 03..378 300 4 05 18..339 340 il 85 07..274 120 4 05 19..334 ICO 300 03. . . . 20(5 ( 4 03 23..310 8 00 CO..287 80 4 05 18..340 ICO 3 95 57..283 80 4 05 30 . .303 40 4 00 53..273 80 4 05 5'J..203 80 4 00 59. . .2S3 200 4 05 51..333 200 4 00 01. . .203 120 4 05 01..233 80 4 00 Co. . .250 200 59. . . .341 4 00 01. . .243 120 40 % 51. 4-00 04. . .255 ICO 4'07J 50. , . .320 120 4 00 72..210 130 407& 31. , . ; 81Q 120 4100 05..243 230 407 35. . 80 4 00 'GU..27t5 ' 200 < 03. . . 800 .240 4 00 43..373 410 07..207 SU 4 Or t65..28l 410 07..372 100 4 70. 245 80 4 10 BO.,293 ' 2SO 4 55..270 80 410 ' 03..274 80 4 0.5 03. . .218 410 ' " 200 4 02 , CO. . .202 410 ' 57.,300 ilUO 4 03) | 03. . .318 410 04..280 40 4105 Et. , .254 4 10 50.841 SO 4 05 50. . .233 410 03.,243 120 4 05 4U..247 80 59..271 40 4 05 73. . , .351 120 03..241 SCO 4 05 07. , . .353 SO 412 01..2U1 120 4 05 47..313 100 4 15 5(5. ( . .205 40 4 05 01..311 80 415 71..873 280 4 05 Co..211 415 53. . .314 120 4 05 78..201 40 415 OS..2IM 40 * 03 35..245 4 15 01..253 24U 4 05 43. . .225 4 15 57. . , . .293 80 4 05 87. . .330 0 4 15 57..270 ICO 405 30. . .333 415 R3..230 40 405 43. . .210 o 415 70 , . .283 130 VI 05 ' 75. . .107 40 415 08.233200 A 03 43. . .316 153..251 120 4'05 SO , . , .205 08..234 100 4 03 25..172 4,20 55 . . .293 240 4 03 Itnnuo of Prices. Showing'the highest nna lowest prices paid-for'boof nnd shipping steers on the days mtlicntod'during ' the pastthroo years. Sales of cuttle In'losstmm ' car lots-not'Included. ' VKX113' COMPAltlSOM. Ijlvo StooUNotes. il. Shiritock , of West Point , had hogs ot the market. J. A , Carton had a car of cattle hero from DoWitt. TJ. 1i. Donne , ono of Scotia's feeders nnd ehlppars , had hogs horo. Mr. Eugene Combs had a car of cattle hero from home. J. Hustle Had la throe cars ot cattle nnd one of hogs from Auburn , and a car of cattle tlo from Stella. P. M. Allen , manager of the Standard Cattle company of Ames , was a visitor at the yards. Silver City , In. , was represented by J. P. Fall and Gcorga T. Ilmv. who came over the former with two and the latter with four cars of cattlo. The extremely heavy hogs are not sought for. und the prices obtained for that olii f nro very unsatisfactory us compared will these nt which the lighter weights uro soil lug. lug.Wlloy Wlloy Black wns up from Plnttsinoutl with four cars of cattlo. Prauk Aldritt , a regular shlnnor of Frlond had a load of bogs on tlo ) market. J , M. Strahn , nn extensive foodnr ot Mai vorn , la. , brought ever a load of hogs. I. L. MoCoy , of .McCoy & Sclirooder Council liluffa , was looking over the market John McCroady brouoht in three double deck oars ot sheep from Groeu Hivor , Wyo M. T. Duvls , wns over from Malvorn , IB. with two cars of hog * . A Bis Tree. Acltlzoao ? Elma , Cal. , has just fln IsnoJ Vforlclng up a ilrtroo which jjrov on his place. Ho received 812 ( or UK baric , built a fraino house14x20 foot , i foot high , with a kltchou 8 foot wide and 20 foot long , built a woodshed Hi 1 foot , made 830 fence rails 10 fee long , umdo 831 railroad tics , 600 bourdi U Inches wide and 2 foot long , nnd II cords of wood. All this from ono tree and u part of the trco ia left. THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS , Wheat Exporloncoa a Docllno and Closoa In That Maanor. CORN HAS A SICK SPELL. On I * Rule Modcrntoly Aotlro and Soil nt the l.iowcstPrices of the Pnat Six Ways All Useful Cattle Sold. CHICAGO pnoDUCE MARKETS. CHICAGO. August 10. [ Special Telegram to Tnn BEE. * ) Wheat declined about loto-flay , nnd closed nt almost the lowest point of ttio day , -with tone nnd sentiment mtrongly In favor of a further depreciation in values. Anticipation of n favornblo government crop report was the most Influential boar factor to-day. It had moro surface wolgbt thnn everything else combined. TTho market opened . (3) ( 0 off , with trades on a basis of o tor August , 75Jfo for September nnd " 7J o for December. During the session a argo business was transacted In futures. It was , In a scnso , a liquidating market , with the additional point of heavy selling by n now boar clement around the bottom. Sev eral of tho'Mjlg flsh , " who bavo boon away for the summer , are returning , nnd tholr In- iluonca Is 'being thrown In favor of Jew prices. The big shipping demand for wheat does not frighten thorn. In view of the faith they have that the next two weeks will witness the outpouring of a mighty flood of bankrupt spring wheat .fromiho northwest , they apparently Iiavo no Joar of "selling themselves Into A hole" under existing con ditions. The decline m December was not permanently checked for the day until 77o was reached , August being quoted at 75J o , September at 75J c , and Mnv at 81o. This rnngo of prices -was 3 ® lJ c lower than yesterday's closing. Just at the last the an nouncement of enormous charters stiffened the market uu somewhat , and the closings were 75c for August and September , 77 { c for December nnd 8lc for "May. Futures elsewhere were languid , and the whole range of wheat values was Jowor. Tno corn market was sick and weaker to- dav than for a considerable tiino. The do- cldcd weakness In wheat , the Quo growing weather bollovcdiin bv 'speculators , notwith standing the very different reports of .tho much-quoted crop reporter , nnd the increas ing receipts , were nil .contributory to the decline , nnaisblppors turnedthoroundof frco sellers near -the bottom. There was moro doing in n speculative way , but it was mainly the soiling out of long stuff. Uuyors of cash corn showed no .abatement in their dcslro-f or offerings , but , of course , took lull advantage of lowor.pricos in the .speculative market. ZThnprlco.begun to droop Irom tbo 'opening , nnd lirst prices were Jfo under yesterday's closing figures. A ( Incline from -starting prices of about } 4 ° having bcon established early , the market hung around the bottom the balance of the day , closing near the low est figures August at 35c nnd September 35@85J c , against 85c for oach'of 'those deliveries - liveries yesterday. Oats were moderately nctivo nnd sold nt the lowest prices of the weolrjtho decline for the day bolng Jf@tfc. The weakness in corn exerted a downward tendency , and the roocipts of oats and estimates lor Monday were 'both heavy. The greatest weakness was in cash and August , which were offered freely and declined to 195 c , with a slightly steadier fooling .developed Jator.May sold down toiand touched'2JJ c , "but all the buy- 'ing ' orders nt that could Tiot bo executed1 No. 2 white oats for August sold at 24c nnd No. 3 whlto oats for September nt 23 > o. Car lots ot No. 3 oats to go to store sold at 19@l9.JjC , and No. 3 white at 31Jf@33J c. 'iho provision trade was n llttlo easier. The weakness exhibited in grain , coupled with the prospect of larger receipts of hogs next u-cok.lncroased the disposition to realize. ' Offerings were generally quite fair , and the range of prices obtained averaged lower than that'of yesterday. In trading lard and short ribs led in Interest. Pork wns compara tively slow. Kobiuson was the largest indi vidual buyer of short ribs , nnd S. V. White & 'Co. of lard. Purchases oft ho last named house were placed at 10,090 tierces. Cash lard wns again wanted by refiners nnd shippers and sold to the extent of 3,000 tierces at $ G.37@li.40. .For cash delivery , 10-lb summer-cured sweet pickled hams brought OJ < c , loose dry salted short ribs , S3.47 , and boxed dry salted shoulders , $5.00. Seven cents per pound wero-paid tor ton car Joadsiof .10-lb green liamslor No vember aud .December delivery. In the future turo market the closings , as n rule , were lower than these of yesterday. The day's actual deelinojn porlt was 7 > $ @ 10c , and in short ribs 2' ' CHICAGO LilVK CIIIOAOO , August 10. [ Special Telegram to BEE. | CATTLE. About everything at all useful was soli ) nnd Iho general market closed steady nt the following-prices : 'Cliolco to extra 'hooves , F-f.80@4.C5 ; medium to goofl irtocre , 1850 to 1500 IDS , 44.00Q4.40 ; 1200 to 1360 Ibs , $0.80(314.20 ( ; 950 to .1200 Ibs , $3.50(4 4.00 ; stackers nud f coders , $2.2o@3.30 ; cows , bulls and .mixed , Sl.40@-l.00 ; bulk , 33.20(3 ( 2.CO ; slot-Ted Steers , $4.00@4.GU. Texas cattle were fi@10 lower nna dull ; steers , 83.80@3.10 ; 'caws ' , 81.70@1J.23 ; Colorado , * . Hoas. Hogs were -nctlvo nnd'a good Bo higher on Tioavy and lOo higher on light About everything was sold , the market clos ing steady. PINANCIAU NEW YORK , August 10. [ Special Telcgrau to TUB BEE. ] STOCKS The influence in stocks nnd trusts to-day was sugar , which ivas sold Tor purposes best known to insiders and closoa nt the bottom 109. The marko for railroad stocks opened quiet but generally steady. U'lio temper of the room was super ficially bullish nnd the buying for two hours was bettor than the selling. This was con sidercd on all sldos arollable showing for the bulls , as the weakness of the list nt the close yesterday naturally was against any galm to-duy. The list shows a general gain o about 4 per cent for the week in leading rail road shares. Concerning actions to-day , Uif Four , Cboanpenko & Ohio , Lake Shore , New England , Northwestern , St. Paul , and Mis souri Paciilo closed after slight variations at nbout last night's figures. Oregon railway ! gained 3 points nnd Transcontinental lost % Jersey Central nnd Loulsvillo each showei % per cent loss. Atchison and Burlingtot touched 83 > nnd I04K respectively , ant closed with a not gain of f@ % per cant a 3 } f and 101 % Ilock Island lost Jf per con from 03 to 97 > f. While there was promise o leas trouble among the southwestern roads tbls xvns offset before the oloso by u some what unfavorable bank statement. Tin total sales for the half day were 81,249sharos The following were the closing quotations 0,8. < s regular. . 13S Northern 1'acluo. . U. B. 4 coupons. , . .1 3 do preferred . 7)i ) U , 6.4H regular. . , Htti ; 0. i H.V 110JJ U. B.4Ki coupons. .IMS lb mererrodY.Y.y.Hl' Pacific.Gs or > l)3..1ls NY.U ntr l IJWfi Central 1'acino ittU " " " " 124 UocklslMui" . 08) ) ; O..M.&BU' . . TZ'i do preferred lliili rtoprefsTrM My nnlon'l'aotno. . . . . . BIJ I.ake . . . . . . . Shore. . . . . . .JlHJi - . , . . doproforred..Vi 815 , weg ra union. . . . MONBV Easy at 3 per cont. PKIMB MBRCIXTILB PAPBU ( @ 8 } { pet cent STRRUKO EXCIUMOE Dull and steady sixty-day bills , | i.84J { ; demand , $4.S7 # . PRODUCE MA.IIKKT3. CHICAGO. August 10. 1:1& : p. m. close- Wheat About steady ; cash and September 7B ? 'o ; December , TTtfo. Corn liasior : cash 85c ; Septombor. SS 11 lOo ; Ootober , 353-Hto. Oats Lower ; cash , 10Jo ; September , 3 1-10 ; October , 30c ; Ilyo Cash , 430. f . .f Prlmo Timothy $1.3l\ji , FlaxSood-No. 1 , llfst ] September , $1.18. llarloy Cash , Wo. Whisky 11.03. . .m Pork Stondvj cash jtfiiLSoDtcmbcr , $10.- G7K ; October , $10.07 , . . Lord Firm ; casb.i $ IO ; September , - . - . . October , * .40.t A Flour Easier ; southern -winter lOo lower ; winter wheat , (2.00@l.fiO ; spring whe t , fLIOOr ! .50 ; Ilyo , t2.tO(853 ( Dry Salt Moats Sholitaprs , II.S7KQ3 00 ; short clear , $5.87itf30.uO ; sliort ribs , * o.40@3.GO. Butter Firm ; ercamcrjr , 1010c ; dairy , D Cheese Moro active flail cream Cheddars , tints , 7)if8o ) ( | rVoung Americas , JSggs Firm ; fresh , lltjolSc. Hides Unchanged. Tallow Unchanged ; No. 1 solid packed , 4@4&c ; cake , 4'fc. , . , , . . Hocetpts. Shipments. Flour 5WO 5,00(1 ( Wheat 123,000 140,1)00 ) Corn 233,000 05,000 Oats 310,000 211,000 Now York. August 10. Whoat-nocoipts , 41,000 ; exports , 33,000 : spot dull , weak nnd lower ; No. 3 roil , now , 85 } < @SOo In olo- vntor , 87o afloat , 87Jf@87Ko f. o. b. ; No. 8 rod , 82K ; ungraded red , 7f > ( $90c ; options dull , M@ ; < o lower ; August , 84 > { c. Corn Kocolpts , 03,000 bushels ; exports , 0,000 bushels ; spot moderately actlvo and steady ; No. SJ , 43 0 in elevator , 43X@44 afloat ; ungraded mixed , 4813e ( ; options , moderately actlvo and weaker. Oats llocoipts , 49,000 ; exports , none ; spot , dull nnd stonily ; options , moderately nctivo nnd steady : August , 20o ; September , SC } c ; spot , No. 2 white , 33 > jo ; uilxcd western , 25@20c. Coffee Options closed stead nt 15 to 2C points up ; sales 5.T.250 bags ; August $15.02 ; September , 815.23@15.30J October , $15.30(315.33 ( ; spot Kio , ' steady aud quiet : _ fnlr cargons , $13.25. Potrploum Steady ; Unltoa closed at $ l.00j [ for Septombor. Eggs Firm , -western , " 15@10o. Tork Qniot nnd steady ; now , $12,00(3 ( 12.50. Lard Dull nnd cosier ; western steam , . . Butter Firm for extras , others weak ; western. 10@17c. Choose Quiet and weak ; western , 0@7c , St. Louis , August 10. Wheat Lower : cash , 72 fo ; September , 73K@73c. Corn Lower ; cash , 33j o ; September , Oats Lower ; cnsh,19c ; September , We. Pork Firm nt 511.23. Lard---Firmnt0.lO. Whisky $1.03. Butter Firm ; creamery , 15@l7c ; dairy , 12@14c. .Kaunas City , August 10. Wheat Lowers 3sTo.i. soft , cash , CQobid , 07o asked : Aug ust , Cue ; No. 3 rod. cash , 05o nskod ; Sop- tombori04o nskod ; No. S rod. cash , 50o bid 57J casked : ; August , 57 > ( c asked. Corn Quiet ; Ho. 8 , cash , SOo asTcod August,350 bid , 25jfo asked ; No. 8 white , cash , 37o nskod ; August 20J o asked. Oats No. 3 cosh , 28o asked ; August , 19i nskod. Cincinnati , August 10. Wheat Inlau demandNo. ; . 3 rod , 70@77c. Corn Stoady"No. ; 2 mlxod , 33o. Oats Active but lower ; No. 3 mixed , now Whisky Firm a" . 51.03. Milwaukee , August-lO. Wheat Easy cash and September , < 75C , | Corn Not quoted. Oats-Dull ; No. 3 vjhlft , 21@25c. Rye Firm ; No. 1 , 48o. t Barley Firm ; "No.iU , September , 53Jfo. Provisions Firm ; pork ; $10.0JK- AXinuoiipolls , August J.O. Sample wheal lower ; receipts , 93 care ; snipmcnts , 50 cars Closing : No. 1 hard , track , 97c No. 1 northern , cash 85p ; track , 80c ; No ' . northern , track 81o. \ ' tiivorponl , August 10. Whont Quiet Corn Quiet ; now 'iniitod western , 4s 2i per cental. . ' * . IjIVK S I'D OK. . ' j Ohlontto. August 10-Tho Drovers' Journa reports as follows : * ' Cattle Receipts , 3,000 ; market steady bdoves , $4.3U@4.W ; steers , $3.50@4.40'stock : era nnd feeders , $3.25@8.lly ! cows , bulls am mixed , $1.40@3.00Toxas.catUO ; , $1.70@3.10 -western rangers , $3.25. Hogs Receipts ; 10,000 ; market higher foi light : others weak ; mixpa , $4.25@4.60 ; "heavy S4.15@4.40 ; light , f4.40Q4.87Ki skips , $3.50i ( 4.00. 4.00..Sheep Receipts , 2,000 ; market steady natives , S3.50@4.85 ; western , $3.00@4.y5 Texaus$3.40Ce$4.10 : ; lambs , § 5.00@5.GO. National Stoofc V.nrU-i. Kait 8t Louts , August 10. Cattle Receipts , 300 shipments. 03 ; innruot strong ; nntivi steers , S3,25@l.50 ; stookors and feeders $2.00@2,75 ; corn-fed texnns , $3.00@3.50 grassorB , $2.00@3.57 > fi nattvo cows am heifers , $1.75@3.50. Hogs Receipts , 200 ; shipments , 100 There was n good demand , but not Ononel Stocifto make n market ] four bunches of fered sold at $ i.55@4.77 . HH nans Cl ty , August 10.--Cattlo-Ilocclpts 2.400 ; shipments , 1,030 : market weak and ; shade lower ; corn-fed steers , $3OU@4.GO stockora und 1 eoder steers , $1.GO@3X)0 ) : cows $ l.Gu@2.l)0 ) ; gross range steers , | l.OUg8.00. ( Hogs RcooiptB. 3,000 ; shipments , 175 good to ohoico light , $4.1i5@4.35 ; heavj mixed , $3.UO@4.20. Sioux City , AugustlO. Cattle Receipts , 200 ; .shipments , 250 : .market stetidv ; fa' steers , f3.UO@3.50 ; stackers , $220@S.40 feeders , $3.40 ( 2.00 ; oannors and bull * , 75' ' @S1.25 ; veal calves , W.00@3.50. Hogs Receipts , 1,300 ; market G@7' < lower ; light and mixed , * 4.00@1.07X ; heavy $4.05@4.10. UttALir ANO UUILDING. Residence Property SolllnclVell Th' ' BaUdinc Record. 'Thoweek } ust closed has boon n falrl , good ono for property owners. While th deals have been conn nod to outside property the sales have bcon mode at very gooi prices. Among the representative sales wor the following : I. F. Hill to J. R. Reeves , two lots in Or chard Hilt , $7,200 ; W. a Vnuijhan to J. K Rdey , Iot3 , blocK 190 , $35,000 ; R. L. Stead man to Q. F. Baldwin , lot I , block 40 , $10.500 C. D. May to S. G. Snow , four blocks i : Wise & Parmaloo'B addition , $13.000 ; J. Her to J. W. McMcnamy , one-half of lots nnd 4 , block it , $18,150. Thu transfers for the weak were as fo lows : Monday . . . ,8 25,90 Tuesday . . . . . 40,41 Wednesday . v. . . . . . . 70,51 Thursday . , . , . Ci.l ! ! Friday . 17,71 Saturday Total . . . . . . . . . . The Bulldfatr ftooortl. There is no docroasouln the number c residence * of the bettfor'Aass that nro beln built. Among the ImpWv'o'monts ' authorize during the past week -tho following nr prominonti ' > v Zova Baptist churctf.'Grlftil ' , near Twenty second , $5,000 ; parsoooKQ. Third Congregi tional church. Spruco. Ynnoar Twontiotb $4.000 ; R. B. Guild. residJnco , Hickory , nee Twenty-ninth , f4,600j , N uO. Urown , rosi deuce , Lowe avenue , n6dr"lavon port , $3,000 N. O. Brown , four-stftryshrlok warehouse Tenth , near Harnoy , $18,000 ; Frank Dolloiu additional story to riou'lf Fourteenth an Capitol avenue , $8,000l.lJV ! Zabrlske , rest donee. Thirty-sixth , tfcav Indiana avenue $13,000 ; Frank McCleary-Ren Hondriokson C. L. Sherwood , H. F < itta.Uorson , J. W. Mar tin , J. B. Orchard , J. EUMcCusIck and \V W. Dotenoachay,500reTadenco in the vl clnlty of Dexter avenue nnd Harnoy streets II. J. Pruyii , rosldouco , Twenty-fourth an Spaulding , $7,000. The poroilts for the week are aa follows t Monday . $ 0,80 Tuesday . , . 1357 Wednesday . , . 34.C5 Thursday . 20,57 Friday . , . , . 34,03 Saturday . M . 15,00 Total . , . $125,20 Promoted liy Civil Hurvlco Itulns , It appears that the whole number c ofllulnls now protected hy the olyil servIce Ice rules la 27,607 , of which numbo 8,212 are in the departmental service 2,293 are in the customs service. 11,70 in the postal service , and 5,820 in tin railway mall service. WEEKLY BUSINESS REVIEW , A Good Volume of Financial Tran- ' eaotlons at Steady Batos. NEW YORK EXCHANGE QUIET. Stocks Show Mora Animation nnd n Fair Increase In Sales Liens In terest Mnnlfostod In the Produoo Pits. A ItcRunio or the Country. Cntcxoo , August 10. [ Special Telegram to Tnn Bnn.l The money market remains steady , with n fair volume ot transactions. Calls from the grain intercut are not heavy , but as the .season advnncos the stocks begin to accumulate , and the demand for funds to carry property is oxpcctcd to incroaso. As yet , however , the movement of currency to the interior has been small in comparison with the quantity of grain arriving , Mer cantile Interests nro asking for as many favors as for some tlmo past , as they are preparing for the fall trade , which is startIng - Ing in with a favorable outlook. Country bankers are sending In a moderate amount of paper to bo discounted , nnd those situated in districts where harvesting has boon com pleted are drawing down their balanoci with bunker * Jioro , and are gottlnc ready to assist In moving the crops. Interest rates remain steady at G@0 per cent , and 0@3 per cent on tlmo loans. At the oait the fooling Is steady , but the market shows no stringency. Bankers .nro manifesting considerable con- iorvatljm owing to the roooat failures , and interest rates are stronger. Foreign reports indicate ft steady fooling in that quarter , and the discount sale of the Bank of England ad vanced 14 cer cent to 3 per cont. Now Yorl exchange was quiet throughout the week , with moderate transactions at 2o@50 dls count per (1,000 , but closed at 4U Forolgr exchange was worked with rates sllghtlj lower. Offerings were liberal nnd the demand mand fair. Sixty day documentary Rtcrlme bills drawn on London ranged at M-SO S 4.B3J * . The Now York stock market manifesto ! moro animation during the past wock , and the aggregate sales showed a fair increase over those of the preceding wook. The mar ket was spasmodic in character and was dull , but they ivero invariably followed by spoils of increased activity. Transactions wore distributed among the general list , bui Sugar and Load trusts , Grangers and south western properties vroro the most promi nent. News from the west regarding crops were favorable , and had a tendency to in crease the confidence among holders. Uo- ports regarding tha rate situation on Mis souri river business , however , were not ot a character to relieve the anxiety ot ncrvoui holders about the position the roads will as sume in the fight over the division of rates , Clucaeo operators were very bullish and conspicuous for tlioir purchase of the Gran gers and southwestern stocks , and higher prices were recorded. Chesapeake & Ohio , and Cleveland , Columbus , Cincinnati & St. Louis were especially firm and showed good advances. The shorts covered .freely and materially reduced their Interests. On the adv ancei there was good realizing by the longs , which tended to chcch the upward tendency. Lead trusts and sugar trusts fluctuated sharply within a good range , lead at times Doing heavy , while the rest of the list was firm and advancing. The closing sales exhibited fair advances on nearly the entire list , except sugar trusts , which closed S f per cant lower. Cotton oil also showed a small loss. Beads were fairly active , Chesapeake & Ohio receiving especial attention , and prices advanced shai ply. The aggregate transactions on the Now York stock exchange for the week wore 1,172,249 , shares. Not quite so much interest was manifested Intbo produce market during the pas ) week , though speculative trading in the ag gregate was moderately largo. Some of" the leading operators are absent from the cit.y enjoying a summer vacation , and outside panics were not disposed to trade with thole usual freedom. In small grain especially , operators are disposed to move cautiously , watch the movement to and from the loading markets , advices from abroad and reports from the harvest fields. There was tittle Inclination to engage in heavy transaction ! on either side ot the market. Prices fluctu ated considerably within a comparatively narrow range ana rather inclined in favor oi buyers. In th& shipping branch of trade there Tvns moro than usual activity. Orders from abroad were larger and buyers here were disposed to forward consignments oren on their own account. The demand trorr the seaboard .market * wa only modcr ate. Arrivals' of grain at the principal western markets were quite frco 01 all kinds , as the weather hoi bcon a littli moro favorable for hurrcstingoporatlons anc farra vork generally. Shipments of grait have been very liberal , moro particularly bj the lake route , notwithstanding the flrmnosi in freights. Domestic markets have devel oped no particular strength and the advice ; from abroad were not very encouraging U sellers. Crop reports from all parts of tin country continue favorable , especially In the west , but the reports from abroad were let : encouraging than two weeks ngo , and th < impression now provaUs that the crops o Europe , even in the western portion , wil fall below previous estimates. The expor movement in flour and grain is gradually tm proving. The visible supply of small grali Is enlarging slowly and will probably do BITer Tor sorno time. Seeds wcro moro actlvo out easier , owing to the improved crop prospects. Provision ! were somewhat unsettled , though In thi aggregate they showed rather moro strengtl in the speculative branch of the trado. Uc colpts of cattle , hogs and shunn wcri moderately largo , and prices were wltbou much change. Packing of hops la the wes is progressing favorably. Corporal Tanner's Protry Secretary Corporal Tanuer'mlaughtor , a bright glrlot about twenty , inaicoj un admlra bio nrlvnto secretary to her arratlo irascible and muoh-troublod latlior , lh ( ponslon commissioner , say a Chic.ifr < Herald Washington letter. When no body else can seethe the corporal's enraged raged foolinga , pretty Miss Tunnoi tnkos him in Imnd , ami by stroking tin fur the right way brings on at last r goinblnnco of calmness. As for know ing anything or tolling anything tha' ' anybody wants to know , Mies Tannoi is a model private secretary. Bho is t young and pretty feminine apinx , Bj the way the Tanner family IH drawing n good mjniiy salaries , Besides tin corporal aim his daughter , the private secretary , un older daughter is employed ployed in the olllco olthoponnlouapont where she has for a companion. Mis : Squires , daughter of Tanner's ' formal private secretary , who was discharged in diegraco. AH far aa is known , thosi nro all the salaries dra\yn by the Tan nors. Noted Bnlcldoa in History. The following are some of the mori noted suloidoa of which mention is madi in history , Bays the Plttsburg Commor clal Gazette. Those do not favor mucl of insanity hut rather of stoic phil osophy : Cato stabbed himself rather than llv < under the despotic reign of Ciusar Thomistoclos poisoned himself rathe ; than load the Persians against hi countrymen ; Zone , when ninety-eight hanged himself because ho had put hit linger out of julnt , and Hannibal anc Mitbrldates poisoned themselves ) to escape cape being talton prisoners. When w < search scripture wo flnd that Saul rnthor than fall Into the luuida of tin Philistines , commanded hia armorer ti hold his sword that ho might plunge up on it ; Samson , for the suite of boini revenged upon hla onlmiespuUoddowi the bowse in which they wororovellirif and "died with them , " and Judas Isua riot , after selling the Savior for thirt ; pieces of silver , was overcome by n moroo ' 'and wont and hanged himself. TO EUROPE BY RAIL. lionet Projected from Spokane Ful In to ttio Yukon' * Mouth. "It is highly probable that a railway from Spokane Falls to Alaska will bo constructed within the next few yours , " said H. A. Job tm ton , of Now York , who was at the Lin toll yesterday , to n St. Louis Olobo-Domocmt reporter. "I amen on my way homo from Washington lorritory , and while out there my at * tontlon was called to thin project and I 9 ont considerable time looking into It. The movement is in its infancy , bUt it has the backing of the wealthy men of the north west nnd British Columbia. The idea looks strange nnd impractica ble at the first glance , but as a matter of fact the obstacles to bo encountered in the construction of such a line would not bo ai great as were mot with by the Central Pnoiflo and the Northern Pacific. It is proposed to begin thu rail road nt Snoknno Falls , making that city the Boutliorn nnd eastern terminus. Co in pot cat engineers place the cost at 5iao,000,000. Walter Moborly. ongl- noor for the government of British Co- umbla , has oxamluod the proposed outo and believes that the roatl could bo built for less money nor mlle than the Canadian Pnclllc , which ho helped to carry ( through , atul would prove very profitable , As to the route projected It is necessary to explain the physical conditions of the country so that the feasibility of the plan may bo soon. The .Rocky mountains enter British Columbia in about the longitude of Salt Lake City , and tend wcst- tward until they join the Alaskan const 'range , breaking in the northern part of British Columbia into throe parallel ranges. The eastern ran go is the llocklos proper , the middle range is the Selkirk , and the vrostorn the Col umbia range. The Columbia river rises in the valley between the .Rockies and the Solkirks , and Hews north until it roaches the extremity of the latter range , around which it turns and flows back south between the Selkirk and Columbian ranges into Washington territory. At the point where the Columbia turns the north end of the Selkirk range it ro- cplvos a strong tributary in the Canoe river. The road as projected would run along the valleys of the Columbia and the Canoe , then over the hills from Tate Cache and down along the Fraser river to Fort George. Thence it would have to cross a long but not difllcult pass to the valley of the Yukon , down which it would go to the mouth of that great river , a distance altogether of about 3,000 miles. The Yukon is bor dered most of the way by a wldo flood plain and terrace , and construction along its banks would bo a simple mat ter. ter."Whore "Whore would the road got its reve nue':1" : was asked. "Well , to begin with , it would touch the famous Kootonai valley , a splendid agricultural and cattle raising region. The people of Spokane Falls have for some time boon figuring on a road eighty miles to the boundary to connect with road for which a company of Ca nadians and Englishmen have secured a charter , from the boundary to the Ca nadian Pacific at Rovolstoko , 200 miles farther north. The English company will commence worlc this summer , and their road would form the first link in the Alaska road. This , however , is merely to show that the Kootonai re gion is valuable and that the Spokane Falls people know it. There are a great many mines and rich deposits of ore along the Columbia , and an English company is building a smelter at Rov- elstoko to handle them. Nearly every stream running into the Columbia car ries float jrold. The Canoe river runs through a great fur and embryo mining region , and from the Yukon come gold , furs , and lumber , and from its mouth the seals. AH along the route of the road -valuable country either for mining , salmon fisheries , agriculture , stock-s aising , or timber. " ' 'Would not the snow nnd ice prevent the operation of such a road ? " Q"That is apparently the greatest di f- ficulty. Anyone at first would think that the ciimate'wonld bean insurmountable dillleulty , but it is positively assorted by those who ought to know that the climate would cause no moro trouble than It docs on the Northern and Canadian Pacific. You know that the ocean breezes temper the climate all along the coast , and it is very little colder in Sitkn than it is in Now York. Now this rend would run west of the moun tains all the way , and the farther north it gets the nearer does it go to the coast , so that the climate would bo compara tively temporuto all the way. "The road would bo operated for thd joint use andbonofitot British Columbia nna the Unltod States , and it is pro posed to hnvo the province contribute its proportion of the cost in lands , and the United States to give its guarantees for the payment of interest for twenty yours on $50.000 per mile of the cost. Both countries , it Booms to mo , should bo willing to do this. "There is another important point in connection with this road. The Rus sian government is now engaged in building a railroad across Siberia and down the Amoor to its mouth. A road is also projootod from the main line on the Amoor into ICaniKchatka , and tc some port on Bohring strait only' a short distance from the mouth of Yukon. This line in connection with the Alas It n road would form u practically all-rail route from Europe to the United States , o West Virginia' Hninaon. Mat Kramer , of Putnam county , this state , who is supposed by men who know him to bo the strongest man in the civilized world , is attracting the attention of the sporting circles far and near , uays the Wheeling Intolligonour ; One of his recent feats , in which al most superhuman strength is called into account , was witnessed only a few days ago by a number of the best citi zens , Ho raibod , apparently with the grcatobt otiso , a huge pedestal , weigh ing 1,300 pounds , and held it alott above his head for several seconds. Mr. Krarnor is over six foot in height , and tips the beam at 283 pounds. It liu : boon frequently assorted by papers in this soctlon of the state that ho has ox- hibllod deeds of strongtn that would make the ranownod Australian giani turn green with envy , and Editor Tip * pott this wonlc announces in his paper that tills modern Samson can tie Sulli van with ono hand and thrash the "Bos ton baked bouns" out of him with the other. There are men in this count ) who will stake $1,000 that ho is the strongest human being in oxistanco to day , _ of Ooln , The weight and bulk of gold and sil ver coin now hold by the United Statoe treasury form the subject of inquiry b ) a correspondent of a mathematical turn of mind , and he finds that the wolghl of gold is 001 tons of 2,000 pounds , and nnd the silver 8,000 tons , says the Now York Telegram. Packing it along the highway as cord wood is pacicod , the gold would raulco a barricade four , feel nigh , four foot thick , for u distance ol 355 foot , and the silver if similarly packed , would extend 4,2 18 foot , or live- blxths of a mile. If packed in carte , otiu ton to each cart , thu procession would ho nearly thirty-throe miles long , ot which distance the gold-bear Iny carts would cover two and a luilf mile * and the silver a fraction ever thirty and a quarter miles. IN A FOUNTAIN OF FLAMES , A Canadian PIUDROS Into n Burning ; Pillar of Qao. HE WORE A CARD OF ASBESTOS. Hundreds Watoh the Vent nnd Do- spnlr of Ills Knonpo Ho Stopped the Dally WntUo of Klovon Million Feet of Oai. Into n Inxko ol Fire. Three wooUs ngo last Tuesday tha Ruthvon gas well was sot on lire , says n dispatch from Ruthvon , Out. , to the Now Yorlc World. It is supposed that the incendiary was some disgruntled labor er. The cap ever the top of the pipe was so fixed that the escaping gns rushed out directly towards the ground and made safe approach to it impossible. The roar ot the gas rushing out could bo hoard in Kiiigavlllo , thrco mlles away. Local mechanics found it impossible to remove the cap. Each one gave it up after the first trial. The heat was simply unonduriiblo and grow worse every day. Gas exports from Ohio were called to the scene , but they , too , gave it up. The ground around the well became baked and when the workmen tried to cool it with a stream from n lire oiigluo the water exhaled in n cloud of steam before it had fairly struck the ground. AU idea of cooling off the ground was given up. up.Tho owners of the well offered 81,000 to any ono who would remove the cap. William H. Marvin , a mining export who Had some acquaintance with natural gas , undertook the job. Ho tried several - al schemes for removing the cap by the aid of along loyor , but they all failed for the reason that his lever would molt away under the fierce heat as soon as ho got it near enough to worlc. Ho de termined to go near enough to the well himself to cut off the cap. It looked lllto certain death for anyone to approach the well , and oven the owners advised Marvin to give up the idea. Ho was not easily frightened and yesterday prepared to make the attempt. Ho made a suit of asbestos that was unique in its way and yet proved successful after a little tinkering. It was his pur pose to go right up to the well through the gas llumo and place n. cold chisel against the pipe , while his assistant pounded on the chisel until the cap gave way. The first attempt was a si g- mil failure. Marvin only reached the llumo when ho retreated. Ho were a heavy pair of cowhide boots , covered with wet cloths uhdbaforo ho got to the flames the clotns had dried and burned away and his boots were half burned ofK So great was his hurry to escape that ho dropped his cutting contrivance and was diaimiyod to sco it got rod hot before - fore his eyes. In his next trial ho were a pair of rubber boots , and inside thcso thrust his foot wound in dampened rags. Outside the boots ho put a heavy covering of asbestos , His coat of asbes tos was cone-shaped. His arms stuck out through two holes in the cone and were wound in several thicknesses of wet cloth , which was covered with a heavy coating of asbestos. His contriv ance for cutting the pipe consisted of a long and very bharp chisel , fastened at right angles to nn iron staff. In approaching preaching the well lib slid the cone along the grouna , seeing his way through n glass sot in front. His as sistant was robed like himself , and carried a long iron bar on which wi'i fastened a small farrier's hammer. Two hundred nooplo saw the daring mon make this approach to the llamo , and as Marvin disappeared in its circle a shudder swept over the onlookers. There were not a htilf-do/en in the crowd who expected to see Marvin como out alive , but in a minute it seemed like an age they saw the edge of the chisel resting up against the pipe , just below the cap. Almost breathlessly they watched the assistant make a stroke at the chisel in a clumsy kind of a way. Ho did not hit it. The second trial was moro successful ; ho hit the chisel squarely , but lightly. The cone in the ring of lire wavered , nnd a cry of "He's burned to douthl" wont up on all sides. The cone movnd again , the chisel foil and thu people could tea that Marvin was coming out. Everybody ' thought that ho'ban given up in sheer despair ; but not so. Ho had oomo out of the firu to got rest and air. Ho was nearly suffocated. His assistant lost no time in getting away from the fearful heat. heat.When the cone was lifted off Marvin for he was too weak to lift it off himself - self ho was a sight to behold. His face was scarlet and his eyes protruded llko door-knobs. Ho wns half-rousted and it toolc him two hours to recover. Then he plucldly determined to try it again. Ho had his cone thoroughly drenched and he fixed up another ohisol , any Ing , as the cone was put ever hl.n , that he would succeed or never come out alivo. Again the hammer and chisel were brought into play , and little by little the people could see that the man's skill and pluck would win. All at once the roar of the well changed to a shrill whistle , and the cap wan blown a hun dred foot upward , while Marvin's cone Dtood at the foot of the pipe motionless , It wns soma minutes before it moved , and the people thought again that ho had perished in his attempt. Ills as sistant was badly burned and hud to betaken taken to the hotel for assistance. When Marvin's cone began to move the pooiilo bunt up n tremendous shout and tno moro venturesome ran forward as far us they could on the hot ground to roach him. He WUH badly scorched , but not hurt otherwibo. The thing was a suc cess and Marvin had earned his 81,000. Tills afternoon Marvin put a contriv ance nn the pipe to shut oil the ( low of gns , and now for the first tlmo in nearly throe woolcs Huthvon is quint from .the . deafening rour. Mar vin's cap in shaped lllco the letter T.iuid was placed on the pipe after thrco trials. The company estimate that ever eleven million fuot ot gns Ims boon conuumod ouch day. Marvin mild to-dnv that it was the nearest approach to death ho ever ex pected to axporlcnco until his tlmo came. "Every brouth , " ho said , "soomod to burn lllco fire , and twice I nearly fainted. My mouth wns BO parched that I could not oven molfeton my lips with my tongue. The suliorliig was dread ful , and I would not pans through the experience again for fifty times $1,000 , This time , however , I was bound to win , Despite my covering my body la blis tered in several places , and my hands and arms nro just ono mass of burns , My fceturo burned aa if I had hold them In the flro. " It will bo at least two woolcs before Marvin resumes his wonted appearance. His lips are terribly swollen and hU oyobrovvs and wliluuora arp entirely burned olT. The ground about the well is still so hot that no ono can wallc on it , and It will tuko three or four days to cool it off. Marvln'd great feat is said to bo the llr.-tt successful event of tha I'o'jd in word ,
