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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1893)
IX 1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY-MARCH 12 , ISM-SI XT13KN PAGES. 11 CONDITION OF OMAHA'S ' TRADE Breaking Up or the Country Road * Affccta " the Johbing Trado. THE \VEEK \ DEVELOPS NO NEW FEATURES Trndo Conditions AITrrtcd to Homo latent liy thn U'linther Miiniirurtiirrrn Pro- lor Their .Staid i : blldt The Hunk Olciirlnui. The Jobbing trade of Omaha Is all that might bo desired at the present tlmo. Some houses tx > | iort a fair movement of goodr but ns n general thing they admit that trade1 Is rather dull. Just why it Is dull they do not attempt to say , but thu nupposltlon is that it is the outgrowth of a combination of condi tions , ( . 'out t > roads are commencing to show the o Toots of the warm weather , and from some sections thorn are complaints that the in ul is keeping the farmers at lionio and Ihiltlng the sale of goods In a retail way. Heavy ro.ids uro likely to play an Important ji.irt In the distribution of merchnndlso from now until settlud spring wouther arrives. Uusluois man who have had correspond- one1 , or who have t'ikcn trips to other Jobbing points , say that the tr.ido in tin- n.irth is hdhlml the so.ith. At Minnoipolis business Is said to bo very dull , while it i pretty goo I at St. fxjuis. Omaha being In the middle territory , between the two. is not experiencing the dullness ot the ono or the activity of the other. Business men nro Inclined to point to the weather as the CMISO for tlio dullness In the north nnd pre dict that with thocumlngof warmer weather and the consequent opening up of new spring enterprises things \\l\\ \ \ assume a more acthv aspect here. The faraiers still have on hand a good deal of corn and other farm prodivt.s and inono.v ought to bo fairly plenty in the country this spring. The lack of adequate transporta tlon facilities for the handling of grain has kept back n peed deal of corn in the hands of elevator men and nas no doubt proventc I them from buying as freely us they would if the railroads wore able to ship the stun" to market. Collections in the country nro not overly good , but still there Is not much complaint from tliis source. Country merchants ap pear to bo inclined to buy only as their trade requires them and the.v do not anticipate their wants to any appreciable extent. I'lnaiK lal Conditions. Secretary Carlisle of the Treasury depart ment at Washington has accepted the propo sition of the banks of Denver to let the eov- crnmcnt have $1,000,000 In gold for n like amount of treasury notes. The Denver banks are now calling upon the banks of Omaha for gold. This call for gold , how ever , is nothing new for the Denver banks. Omaha is tlio point of distribution of money for Denver , and the banks of that city fre quently call upon their correspondents in thnuha for money , almost always specifying that It be sent In gold. .lust why they prefer gold Is not clear to Omaha bankers , who make no endeavor to build up reserves of goldk hollering that other money is Just as good ns gold. While it Is nothing now for the Denver banks to request gold to bo sent from Omaha , tlio present requisition \ < * without doubt to make uj ) for the gold turned over to the gov ernment , Chicago banks have also taken steps to exchange with the government uoU for currency to the amount of about $1.600,000. As tliero is no advantage to bo derived from on exchange such us the banks have been making they must bo actuated with tlio dcslro of helping the government to Increase their reserves of free gold. The clearings of the national banks ot Omaha show a very material increase over the samo'tlme lost year , thus seeming to in dicate that business is more prosperous than ft was during the month of March last year. The total for the past wccjr , however , shows a decrease us compared with the week im mediately preceding. The following will show the clearings for each day of tlio pres ent week , together with tlio totals for previ ous weeks : Monday $1,367,089.00 Tuesday 1,252,772.02 Wednesday 1,16(1.417.56 ( Tliursduy 1,278.558.31 Friday. . . 1.044,030.18 Butimluy 1.152.353.92 Totill 17,230,421.04 Week ending robruury 25 $7,010,887.89 WvokfmlliiiC February 18 7,557,119.99 Weekending February 11 7,165,119.58 Week ending .limitary 28 7,742,531.03 Week ending Junuury 21 8,285,149.07 Week ending .luniiury 14 7,989,932.03 Week ending Jumriry 7 7,234,427.01 I'riidnra Market. The past week has witnessed some changes of importance to the dealer in produce , though there have been no very great fluc tuations. The market as it whole has been fairly active with a liberal movement of produce. Fruits especially have boon in good demand and the sales have been quite liberal. As the season advances nnd the weather becomes warmer the popular appetite is sup posed to crave fruits in greater quantities It Is not quite warm enough to start up the demand for strawberries , though they are coming in frcoly from Texas and stock too that is 'good for this season. Oranges appear to , bo the favorite fruit just at present nnd they are selling in largo quantities , liotb California and Florida oranges are to bo bad on this market. Kggs have been moving along at a range of nbout 1 cent during the week. The market is now higher than it was a year ago at this tlmo by about 'J cents. The receipts have not been very largo , which would seem to account for the price being so well main tained this season. There has also been a good shipping demand the greater part of the time , which has been of great assistance in holding up the market. Good butter is a scarce article , while there is an abundance of so-called packing stock. Tlio greater portion of tlio arrivals has to bo reworked before It can bo placed upon the market. As the weather becomes warmer there is not much chance for any improve ment in this direction , The poultry market linnetl up during the latter part of the week nnd the highest prices for some tlmo wore obtained at the close , especially for chickens. * The llrmness In tlio market was apparently duo to tlio very moderate receipts that have prevailed /or some days. Tiiitoimu DUN'S IYKS. Several Topics of Interest In Connection with Trade Itevlonrrd. "Trado has not been phenomenal the last week , " said W. H. Koberson , Omaha manner - ner : of the mercantile agency of H. G. Dun & Co. "In fact in some lines \vholcsalo dealers re | > ort sales slow and collections far from satisfactory. In others , however , the reverse Is the truth. Among the manufac turers there is an especially good feeling. Ono local house , young nnd of not very largo capital , exhibits figures for January and February which show a positive advance in sales equal to 80 per cent over ono year ago. In heavy hardware , saddlery and leather findings trade has been exceptionally good. "In conversation with u prominent rail way oniclal n few days ago I learned that the Immigration Into Nebraska this year is the largest since 1887. On the line of road represented by this gentleman us many us seventy-tlvo carloads of household goods and utensils are delivered nt Nebraska and northern Kansas stations in a single day. The class of Immigrants is very different from that of the early days , Most of thu newcomers are from'Illinois nnd Iowa , where they have been farmers and either tenants or land owners. Having sold their lands at hl'th prices , they are seeking cheaper homes. The tenants who have been paying high annual - nual rentals In the older states nro coming to western Nebraska to obtain lunds at lower llgures. There is also ti heavy movement from the central part of the state to the western sections , The Iowa or Illinois farmer comes hero willing to pay fc > 0 to flO i > orucro for good improved land because lie bus Just sold out ut from $40 to $ SO per aero. The Nebraska farmer sells and n.oves west. Most of the Immigration Is to the central nnd western part of the state. Compara tively few new people are locating In the river counties , where lands are generally in a hlgn state of cultivation. The immigrants all bring money , and tha railway offlclal thinks thin rcmnrknblo movement of settlers will go n long ways toward overcoming the effects of tlio World's fair upon Nebraska trade. "A gentleman from Chase county who was in UIP city thl * week stated to mo that in the past ninety days over 100 quarter sec tions of land had been sold In that fnr away county nt/ from * 10 to fV > per aero to people from Aistcrn Nebraska and the eastern states. Tim purchasers are nearly all actual settlers. This Is a straw showing how the current Is running , "In retail circles trade is still quiet , though shopping was brisk during the bright days of the week. Heal estate Is looking a little ' better. Homo seekers are moro fre quent , and several good sales are promised for the month. Not much can tic expected , however , In this direction until nil the boom mortgages nro out of the way. Tlio sale of Dundee Place lots with improvements , illus trates two facts. First , that bargains will find takers , and second , that the boom was not altogether a blessing. At every fore closure men are found with means who still have faith in the future of the city , and speculators are not likely to buy property in usual course of trade nt market orices , when sheriff's sales offer chances for bettor specu lations. "Tlio local manager of one of tlio houses furnishing newspapers with plato matter Is mj authority for saying in connection with this thviught abjut the boom that the 'boom' newspaper Is n thing of the past In Ne braska. The ephemeral shouts which sprang up In every hamlet of the state have been weeded out and the gentlemen who are now molding public sentiment are paying their debts , nttending strictly to business and doing well. Many of thorn have had a fearful struggle and only nerve and sacri fice enabled them to hold their own : but they have pulled through , and 't i-i fairly safe to say now hat the country press will enjoy Its well iariii'd share of the country's prosperity , ivhlch good times have brought to No- iraska. These men who have stood by their icoplo through adversity are entitled to the tmtforls which prosperity will bring , and ho citizens of Nebraska would bo ungrateful .ndeed if they should now forsake the oM "ri 'mis of the lotil press for any new ones hat may be allured to the state by the Im provement of the linancl-il conditions of thu , ieople. ' The conferences hold b.y leading business : uen the past week looking to a moro nearly iiorfect onr.ini/.Uioti of the business interests if the city for the general good promise a good deal for Omaha and South Omaha. The plan of work proposed has . been suc cessful elsewhere , and should bo hero. " sincerely hope that this effort for one central union backed and encouraged iy every line of business will bo as success 'ill us its Intelligent promoters predict. If Omaha expects to hold her place In the pro cession she must awaken to the fact that : > ther cities sink cliques , factions , politics nnd feuds to the common welfare. The period has arrived when this . ity must do something worthy : ior opportunities or bear the consequences in loss of commercial supremacy. Every nan In Omaha owes It to himself and his icighbors to Join In this movement and I bo- ievo the idea has taken sulllcient root ( to iredict its triumph.1 I'ACTOKY FACTS. .ookliii ; ITi | u Location ( or tlio Next Stuto Kxpiinitloii , President P.igo has return } . ! from a tripe , o St. Paul , Minn. Tlio Taxton & Vterling Iron works have iron awarded the contract for the iron work on the Geneva uourt bouse. The Omaha iirowlnir association expsots to resume work on its now brewery this weok. The P.ixton It VierlitK Iron works have cast for them ninety columns weighing 150 tons. The pearl button business In Omab i is running along smoothly , but there is not much prospect of the business being in creased to any very great extent so Ions as there is an uncertainty as to what action will bo taken regarding the tariff. Secretary Holmes of tlio Alimifacturera association spent a day in Lincoln during the past week and secured three mora mem bers in that cltyjis follows : The Cooper Uadlator oompanjv * ho Lincoln Vlnog.ir works and the Lincoln Cider and Chcrrybne company. The executive committee of the Manu facturers association met yesterday after noon and closed a contract with the Coliseum people for the use of that building or an ex position. The dates have not been posi tively settled , but the exjiosltioii will prob ably bo held during the last week of May and the first week of Juno. Attention has been called to tlio fact tint there are.people in the city who arc solicit ing laundry work to bo sent to other cities. It appears that the people who give their work to agents of this kind do it under the Impression that the work is done in Omaha. Omaha has the finest laundries of any of the western cities uivl there is no occasion to send work outside the city. The Merc-hints and Manufacturers associ ation of Council Bluffs , through its secre tary , has su.-s03toJ an Interstate exposi tion to bo held midway between that city and Omaha. The idea is reg.irued as a good ono and it may bo practical ut some future date. This year the Manufacturers of Ne braska have already decided to bold n state exposition in Omaha. The state exposition Inaugurated by the Manufacturers associ ation may grow into an interstate exposition bsfcro many years and become ono of the leading attractions of the west. A committee of thn Manufacturers asso ciation visited the , Coliseum building the past week to ascertain what repairs would be necessary to put the building in shape for the holding of the exposition. They found that the building had boon used lor a skat ing rink during the winter and that the hard wood floor had been ruined by the water used to flooJ It. The water had caused the lumber hi the floors to swell , thus warning It out of snaps and bringing so much pressure to bs.ir against the supports of the gallery as to force the brick wall out of lino. It will require several hundred dollars to place the building in suitable shapo. In splto of tlio strong hold that the homo patronage movement lias uuan the people of Omaha a great deal of business is still be in. ; sent out of the city when it could b3 dona Just as well at lumo. A gre.it many prominent business men are still having their shirts made in other cities than Omaha. Ono local' house takes orders for a Denver shirt factory and the orders are sent on tliero to bo made up. The purchaser , If he has not taken the trouble to in-niiro Into the subject , may suppose that the work Is done In Omaha. After the shirts are made up they are sent to another city to bo laumlriod , so that Omaha docs not got the opportunity to even wash the shirts of tnese citizens. The great mills located at the milling centers tors of the country are determined that Ne braska shall not become a milling stato. They are willing that Nebraska should raise the wheat , butnot manufacture it. The fact that the mills of this state uro turning out u high grade of Hour that is giving gen" oral satisfaction , and that the people are commencing to use it freely , has alarmed the outsldo millers and they nro making gnu1 efforts to overcome it. The Omaha inarkoj Is worked with the greatest persistency am every advantage is taken to and up the re tail grocers with the foreign flour. Somt largo Omaha Jobbers who are agents for out side millers are among the hardest workers against Nebraska milling interests. It lias been a source of surprise to many thai the Jobbers have been able to placa as nnicl flour In Omaha as they havo. A local grocert who was being questioned as to why ho han dled so much foreign Hour , remarked : "Well , you see collections Irivo been slow and I owe the Jobber , and ho keeps watch of my Hour pllo and when It runs low ho docs not wait for mo to give him an order , bu sends up fifty or a hundred sacks of Mlnno apolls flour. If I wore to object ho wouIO nsk mo if it is not about tlmo I commenced to pay up n llttlo moro promptly. " This would appear to bo the secret of the success of the Jobbers In introducing Minnesota Hour into Omaha. There Is only ono remedy against this , and that is for the consumer to rotusu to use foreign Hour ami insist upoi being supplied with the Nebraska nr tlclo. The bakers of Omaha are ulsc using a good deal moro foreign Hour thai : they ought but their cxcuso U oven pee re than that of the grocers , They claim tha the representatives ot outside mills are si persistent that they cannot resist the ! pleadings to buy. Scarcely a stream issues from the lowe. slopes of the Andes , cither to the Amazon on the east or to the Pacific on the west , the sands of which uro not auriferous. Tlio amount of gold lu the country uiuat bo al most fabulous. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL Wheat Was Rapidly Mnulpulntsd In the Chicago cage Market YcstonJay. TRADERS WERE AFRAID TO TRADE Wlilln a Declining Mirl ; < rt Wai I Drilling' Worn Murked Throughout , tilt * Diiy by 1'ntotloimt Ad * TMIICVH Stock * unit Honda. CHICAGO , 111. , March 11. If there was any doubt atout wheat being manipulated In tlio Chicago market that doubt disappeared today. The news received last night from Washington was calculated to depress prices and dls- Ijcar'en ordinary holders , and Inatiiturato a regular bearcainimlRii , The trade got all ready for this , but It did not conic. There was the peculiar night at the opening of trader belm ; afraid to trade , A few had buying orders and when they started In to got the wheat they found no offerings. They also felt , or thought they felt , the hand of the bull cllii'to strong umhr the mar ket. Shorts who hesitated at first were quickly converted Into buyers. Instead of a break of 2c and a panicky market , there was a bound of lie , which put the May price at 7Hc soon after the opening. CTIils iiHt | all calculations. The ItiipHns proved stronger than the governinnnt report- stronger than the shorts and more powerful for the moment than all bearish fntlu'.Mice1 ? . Minneapolis bad nearly 400 cars. C'hlcasro re ceipts were 300 cars. Tlio exports for the week , according to Itrudstreet's , were but 2,804,000 bu. compared with 3,251,000 bu. the week prcvlom and 3,75lOJO a year ago. Liverpool wheat was quoted lower. Cash wheat was offered very freely 4c or moro under tlio Mny price , with the northwest ready to ship all that can bu cared for , and No. 2 C'bfeago grading guaranteed , All this wont for nothing. A man with a stone about hi- , nock swim ming with his head above water would nut have boon more surprising to SOIIIH of thu trade with extreme bear notions on the mar ket. The feature of tlio report wlilrh gave tbu frli'ii Is of win-ill uticoimiKiMii'int was that ) art whlcli said that tbu stock was most ot ft n states wiiore It could hardly bo available mumurclally , tlio amount In surplus states icing small. Vet tlio fact icmalits that , oiinting tbu reserved visible supply and mount on passage , wo have now tlio largest ier cent of tlio crop In sight for years. Tlio good buying at tbu start was attributed o tlio local cllqiii ! , as ICggli-sloa was bidding n pur-.on for both Mny and July. There was leavy realizing at the advance under which irlces yielded to about yesterday's close , but gain recovered. Tlio leading futures ranged as follows : AHTICI.KS. Ol'E.V. IIIOII. 1OW. CI.OSB. YsJH'v. 73V6 7I.H 7214 . CM * < IK 17 90 17 75 12 45 12 S ? 11 45 II 10 07 10 im 10 is Cash notations were as follows : Kuiuit-Qulot. uncbaiued ; winter patents , .3.703 t.20j winter straights , S3.30B3.35 ; spring patents , $3.H"A 4.10 ; spring straight , . J2 002.3.10 : baiters' , .t2.loa2.35 WIIKAT No. 2 spring , 72 * ? i73Iju : ; No. 3 spring. BHa70o ; No. 2 red. 72 VA73"ie. ( Jjn.N No. 2,41 u < 3.1 ! ? , ; < : ; No. 3 ca h , 38'Jc ; No. 2 yellow , 41'Sc ; No. 3 yollow. 3e. ! ) UATH No , 2 , 31c ; No. 2 white , on track , 37 > r&lle ; No. 3 white , 32f033c. KYK-NO. 2 , OOc. HAIII.HY No. 2 , r > 2c ; No. 3 , f. o. b. , 43303c ; No. 4. f. o. b. , 332 4Gc. Ki.vxijBr.iNo. . 1,11.20. TIMOTHY SBCU I'rlmo , $4.34. I'OllK-Mess , per bbl. , J17.fiOiJ17.G2K. iirl ! , , per 100 Ibs. , il2,32''j12.3r ; bbort rib sides loosot-10.15lT 10.17'i ' ; dry salted shoulders iboxcd ) , 89.75au.871isliortclear ; sides ( boxed ) , $10.5ai0.55. ( ) WHISKY Distillers' flnlshod goods , par gal. , StruAU Cut loaf , Sljas.'ju ; granulated , 5'ic ; tandard "A , " 5c. The following wore the receipts and ship ments for today : Articles. Receipts. Shipments. Flour. bSla. 1U.UUJ 23,000 Wheat , tiu. 7.WJ Corn , bu. . . 78lMi lll.UUQ e. bu 121.IXXI ICl.O'JU u. iiu 2.0JO fi.l OJ llnrlcy , bu . _ 2I.UOI On the Produce exchange today the butter market was Una ; creamery , 198520'Jc ' : dairy , 2025c. KgL-s , steady ; frevh , 10KQ1G&C. Oinnliii ( iruln. The following prices are based on delivery at Mississippi river points : WHEAT-NO. 2 soring , 70c bid ; No. 2 bard , G3c bid. OATS Xo. 2 white , 33'Je ; No. 3 white , 32c bid. CoiiN-No. 2 March , 38ebld ; No. 3 or batter , cash , 37'ie bid ; same March , 3744c bid : April , 3So bid ; No , 2 white , 39c bid , 40c asked. Among t In : snh's wore : KtvocnrsNo , 3 white oats , 33c ; 20 cars No , 2 white corn , prompt shipment , Omaha terms : Omahi : Produce .Miil-luit. Al'I'I.ES Pair to good stock , J3.75Sl.00. HBANS C'lmlco navy. $2.45. Il.iNAN'As-l'er hunch , Including crates nnd packing , J2.00a2.75. UtriTKii Oood butter Is scarce , tbu great bulk of the receipts being mudo up of very common stock that Is only good enough to sell to the puckers. I'ucUlng stock , lO He ; fulr to good country roll , 18fl20ifoccusloiiul small lots of extra choice roll reach 20ji22o. UAMFOUNIA UAIIIIAO.K 1'or lb. , 3c. Om.F.nv I'er do40c. . UiiANiiciiiiiE * Jersey C'apu Cod , per bbl. , $9.50 ; boxes , J3.00B3.50. K'ltis 13JJ14C. CJAMU H Is reully too lute for rabbits and they uro not selling well. Quito a good many ducks uru coming In , us well us geese. Mallard ducks , $3.50 ; teul und mixed , n.75i',2 , < H ) ; sniull geese and brant-4 , * 3.6UiJ4.00 ; Canada guosu , JG.OOa7.00 ; small lubblts , $1.25 ; Jacks , (3.50. ( JllAl'KFllUIT I'er'box3.75.i HAV Steudy at t5.50BO.OO. Hinns No. I green , 4c ; No. 2 gruon , 8 : No. 1 green , salted , 4' < c ; No. 2 green , salted , .T/Je ; No. 1 green , sailed , 25 lo 40 Ibs. . 4Ke ; No. 2 green , suited , 25 to 40 Ibs. , 3'Jc ; No. 1 veul culf , 8 to 15 Ibs. . 8c ; No. 2 vi'ul culf , 8 to 15 Ibs. , GcNu. ; 1 dry flint , 7'ic : No.2dry flint , 5ic ! ; No. 1 dry salted. Oc. HOXKV Choice to fancy white clover , 18 ® H'o ' : fair to good , IG'QjlHe. LEMONS Choice , J3.50 : fuiicy , $4. NEW VKOKTAIIMIS . . . Lottucn , . radishes . . and parsley , 45e per iloz. ; greun onions , 40c. NUTS Largo hickory , $1.50 ; black walnuts , ' ONIONS Homegrown , per bbl. , 14 ; Spanish , per crate , $2. OHANOES Florida fancy , per box , $3.25 ; riKsatts , J3 ; .Mexican oranges , single boxes , $3.25 ; tlvo to ten-box lots , 13 California mountain orange- " . $2.50 ; Wiisblngton nuvols , 14 ; Newcastle California seedlings , 82.76 ; Jled. sweets , $3. OvsTnis-l'ercnn , 10Q38C. I'on.Tliv Tlio market was stronger on chickens owing to tbu light supply und good stoek sold readily at lie for diessed und ut 81tluo for choice live hens. Turkeys , 12fi 13c ; geese and ducks , 1 Kiil'-'i. . I'OTATOKS Blocks In the bunds of commis sion men tire very light. Colorado , * 1 10 ; choice native stock , 75ft85c. STn.\wiiKitnii:3 1'or iuurt | , 251i35c. Swinr POTATOES Tliero uo u few In the market which uro selling at 4:50. : TANnKHiNKS In half boxes. 43. VHAI--Choice and small fat veals , 7U9o. lurgu und thin. 3SBc. Now York Market ! . NEW Vonu , March 11. Fi.oun Ilocolp'.s. 38,391 pkgs. ; ux | > orts , 38,503 bliN. , 11,114 bucks ; sales , G&OOpkgs ; murket dull , weuk ; concessions ot lOc on some grades ; winter wheat , low grudes f2.1O3,2.55 ; winter wheut , fulr to fancy , t2.652,05 ( ; winter wheat , pat ents , } 3.85 > 4.25 ; Minnesota clour , t2.60ia3.60 ; Minnesota straights , { 3.00B4.UO ; Minnesota patents , $4.25 5.00. CoiiNMEAi/-Stoady1 quiet ; yellow western , I2.05S2.75. KVK Nominal ; western , 0005c. lUiu.KV Dull , firm ; western , OU&SOc. HAiti.ir : MAI.T Steady , quiet ; western , 05 Q09c. WIIBAT Uecolpts , 60,376 bu. ; exports , 48.000 bu. ; sules , 6,010)00 ) bu. ; futures , 104.- 000 bu. spot , t xil market firmer , moderately active ; No , 2 red. In store und Plevntcr , 77Hcj iilloat , 77c : February , 70 } < ft7 c ; No , 1 hnrd , U7c ; No. 2 northern , 8iuc. Options were active und Irregular , opening H&'ic ' up , ad vanced 'Jo with Chicago und ou covering , r - ucted JiU'iCon free unloading , advanced lift ho on covering und foreign buying , clost-il llrm at''iilc over yustiTday ; No. 2 red Muy , 77Utt78c. closlnu ut 77ic ; June , 78S7H'e , closing ut78 , c ; July,78S79cclosingnt70J4c ; ; Auguit , 79' ' fc79 t-u. closing at 70'4C. COK.N KiH'olpts. 31IHK ) bu. , exports. 61,424 busalesau'J.ULHIbu ; , futures , 14,1)00 ) lui.siKJt. HiHitti llrm , dull ; No. 2 , & 3t ( io5auc In clevutor , 64 > iQ544C afloat ; ungraded mixed , 52 < Q:6lc : ! ktcumer mixed , 62UO53c ; No. 3. 62c. Options opened H lic up witU whuutuud oa covering dccllui'd , . / ! ' ! < with tln ' | lyi-nt . and . on local ng adviiiif'-d ' 't'JU. ' ; hiid closed steady nt 'f'i'vi i"irtK"with"nH | > rulhri o/nqiili'tt / j Aiitll. ftJ v OtbJiii' , closing nt 5'-M.il ' slny , fil' ( 'f62 > tc , closing nt OlMoi July. nhii , < .jisc , closing at 01 so. til OATS Hecellil" , 30,4riil , , . | ii. | | eMxirt310 bu. ! sales , llb.iKMTbti. o/uturcs ( , 61,000 bu. NHit. | Pilots dull , llrm , Options nulct , i-asler ; May. 3H'U3Hi4jP ' VloHltig nt 3M'n- ; ili.it No. a wbltP,4l.4l' ' VNo.2 Chicago , 42 i43c ; No. 3 white43a4lt < ( c ; ml.xed western , 304.41c ; wlilto western , 4tfia IOiV 3t liAv Demand llrm ; Mi unlnir , 70rj"oc ; good to t choice. 75WOO.- . , Iloi's-Diill , steady ; Wtttto. common to choice , 10T.22lic ( ; PaclllcroiLst. 10ij.22'ic. 11 inns I'alr demand , llrfi * ! New Orleans wet Halted , selected 45 to ( iuclhi , , 41i(8' ( 'i Texas selected , 60 to GO Ibs. , WV7r ; lluenos Ayres dry ' , 20to231ln. , 13iI13lt i ; re.xas dry , 2u to 25 Ibs. . 7iffUle. I'novisioxs Cut meats , quiet ; pickled bel lies. 10'ie ; pickled shoulders , 0"4'c ; plcklfd bams , 13Mc : millers , quiet , llrtner : inliliillii'ts. quiet , tinner ; short clear , 10 V' . lird : , quiet , llrtner ; western steam closed at 111.76 ; sales , none ; option sales , none ; March closed at $12.70 ; May closed nl $12.75 ; July closed al $11. GO asked. 1'ork , less active , steady ; old mess , $1U.25,10.50 ; new mess , (10.OUillU.7ri ; extra prime , nominal , IIUTTKii I'nlrly active , llrm ; western dairy. 18W22c ; western creamery , 21fii28'ic ; western factory , 17 ? .U2o : Klglns , 2rta2rf'tc. ( ; IIKKSK ( Julet ; prirt skims , Hi&lll'ic. Kdtls Fairly aetlvo , steady ; western fresh , 18e ; receipt" , 0,030 pligs. TAI.IOW Quiet , baiely steady ; city (12 ( per COTTONSEEII Oil , Dull , lower ; yellow , GOc. I'KTiioi.r.L'M Crude In barn-Is. 1'urkors , 55o ! rrudo In bulk , $ . " > .30 : rellned New Vork , 63c ; I'lilludi-lplila und llaltlmore. K > 25 ; I'lilludel- phla and II ill ( more In linlk.iV-'iTf.J.no. Uo. < t.N--Quiot ; strained , comtiun to good , sfl.4.V.1.45' ' , ; llrm. Hicr. Fair lo llrm ; dome-die to extra , S-VtJ Co : Japan , 41ii'.3ii. MOI.AXSRSForeign nonilnul ; Now Orleans llf'IMOIU. opi'ii kettle . , good to choice , fairly active , llrm SmiAli-Kaw , dull , easy ; fair refining , 2 15-10 ffU" ; centrifugal , 00 test , 3'i' ; rofli.u I quiet , otr A. 4 9-lOi'j mould A , 3' c ; stiinilurd A , 411-10T 4'c : confection-rs A , 4 7-li' ( J4t i1i cut lonf.G : i-UV > i. " > V : crude , 6 3-103.5-Vc ; pow- di'riMl , 4f v.0 ? 11-lf.c ; granulated , 4 9-10viPc ; cubes , 4VtCl 15-lOc. I'KI IllON-gulet , steady ; American , t2.76 ® 15.50. Cot'i'cn-Sloady , dull ; lake , Jl 1.80. I.KIQuiet : ( loine.-itlc.3.00. TIN Quiet ; Straits tli.5l. ) ( Tb0 following are rep irteil at Diri's : Oinaliu , Itiui ) Valley Lumber company nego tiating to sell out. Omaha , Ilji-nny Caturrliul Powder company will move to Clili'ago. Omaha , S. 1' . Mor o tc Co. , dry goods. Incor- loruted , fiipltul stock t 10,000. llyron. Nub. . C. II. llurbjrt , lumber , stic- . ' ( ded by ] ) lckln > on & Herbert. ( iothenburg , Neb. , .M. K. Herman , ( Mrs. K. D. ) ioti'1 , succet'jod by J. II. Ilarri'tt. llemlors-on. Nob. , Kro-s-ir & Neufeld , bard- vure , succeeded by NenMd A : Uro. lliintley , Neb. , J. It. David , harness , suc ceeded by M. Ilrown. Imperlul , Neb. , Jacob Itlgler tc Sons , hurd- vare , lumber and coal , sold out hardware. Lincoln , Neb. , YVIlllum Ilotulllng , groceries , sold out. Lexington , Nob. , 1' . L. Potts & Co. , general store , succeeded by W. J. ll.irtoo. Mllford , Neb. , G. McCarthy , hotel , succeeded iy T. C. .McCarthy. .Mllford , Neb. , L. Wlnkler , bakery , succeeded > y Erb & Son. Nebraska City , Nub. , F. Gallagher , restuu- ant , burned out , O-ceola , Neb. , Georgii II. Helnert , printer , gave bill of snlu for 43UO. It 13:111 : , Neb. , Victor I''terson , Implements , wllj discontinue. Wlsner , Neb. , Kobert Smith , Irotel , sold out , possession March 20. Wunsu , Neb. , Albert Moser , general store , closed by creditors. Cherokee , In. . Mlllurd Ili-ds. , hardware , suc ceeded by W. II , Mlllurd. , Marlon , lu. , Chlilet & Co. , groceries , gave till of sale to A. K. Cnlsl t& Co. for J0,2fi ( ) . Sioux I'lty , la. , W. M. Uelyu , groceries , suc ceeded by W. Uoldfeln. " yioux City , lu. , A. J. Mandel , succeeded by lly Friedman. Clink , S. I ) . , liockhaveii & WooJurd , drugs , succeeded by Itockbaven , , 9 I < uUo Preston , S. D. , Ibirllott & Hates , bard- wure , etc. , L. J. Hates , bljl of s'lle. $1. The following ure reported ut Hradstreet's : Omubu , Neb. , Hunter' Homeopathic I'har- nacycompany , Incorporated , Herman Luytles , Jr. , selling out. llartliigton , Nub. , Otto llolso & Co. , gunoral store , now llolso .t Norton. Hebron , Neb. , It. F. Udall , groceries and jueensware , sold out. l.ewlston , Neb. , F. II , Carmlchucl , coal , sold out , ' Lexington , Nob. , G. WiMiller & Co. , grocer ies , boots und rdioos , sold.out. Norfolk , Neb. . Ulley & Flynn , saloon , bill of sulo of fixtures * 300. 1'llger , Neb. , J. K. Mllburn , confectionery , sold out. CunHu-ldge , lu. , N. M. Ilnm-nondi millinery , sold out. Ciistami , In. , WnpU't lirown , furniture , liardwuro und Implements , dissolved , Ilrown selling Interest. Clarion , lu. , U. D. Hill , blacksmith , sold nut. Corwltb , lu. , L. Lentenoru & Co. , drugs and groceries , sold out. Council HhilTu , lu. , F. W. Houghtou , drugs , guve mortguge on stock for $1,600. Ira , lu. , H. A. Jeffrey , genorul store , chattel morfgiige $400. MucKsburg , lu. , F. C. Hcrren , hardware and linulements , admitted partner. Marcus , lu. , A. H. Olson , blacksmith , gave billet sulu for $125. Mason City , In. , W. I.uno & Co. , general store , now William Lane & Co. Meiervey , In. , Gilbert Thompson , hardware , gave chattel mortgage for $3,700. St. I.on is Markets. ST. Louis , Mo. , Murcb 11. Flour Qnlot , buvers holding olf. Wheat Unsettled , but very lively , advanc ing 3ic early , breaking ic , rallying ' . -c , weak ening and closing l-lGtoSc bigbiT than yes terday ; No. 2 red cash , lower , 058c ! ; Murcb , 05c asked : April , < i7c , nominal : May , O7'i" 083ic. clobii ul 07ic ; July , GO He. Cons Was bullish on government estimates , clo-dmt firm , 'jtoJi'c ubovu yesterday ; No. 2 mixed , cash , 3Bo ; Murcb , : i7 ? c asked ; April , S8'ic 1,1(1 ; Muy , 39ia40 ! , c , closing at 39\c bid ; July , 41c. OATS Neglected ; No. Qcusli , 81c ; Muy , 33c. Hvn AND HAUMY No trade. HIIAN Dull , easier ; 07c asked , east track. TIMOTHY ANI > Ci.ovini SKKI > Unchanged. HAY TlmtKby , strictly prlmu to choice , $10.5U 12.00 ; prjilrie , uiiubunxed. lIUTTEli Demand moduriite , unchanged In price. Keas Easy at 14 > ( c. LEAD llutierat J3.07 ; spelter dull at $3.07'/s asked. COH.V MKAI , Steady at $1.03. COTTON Tins Unchanged. IlAUOINd 5f5G4C. } ! WHISKY $1.17. I'lioviBio.NS Very quiet ; no demand for round lots : prices uncbanged except hums ; sugar cured lower ut 13iai4ie ! ! , KECKIITS Flour , 5,000 bbls. ; wheat , 33,000 bu.j corn , 17GOdi ) bu. ; oats , 34,000 bu. ; rye , 1,01)0 ) ; barley , 0,000. SHIPMENTS Flour , 00,000 bbls. ; > whcut 28,000 bu. ; corn , U8.OOU bu. ; oati , 5,000 bu. ; bar ley , 2,000 bu. _ City .Markets. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Miircb 11. WHEAT Dull and unsettled : No. 2 hurd , 01'i2.0'J'c. Coit.v Fair demand nt yesterday's prices. OATS Weak and slow ; No. 2 mixed , 28 iQ > 29fc. ! K-.Kis Quiet , steady , 13c. llurniu In light demand ; creamery , 27 ® 27ie ! ; dairy , 17 20c. ICbCEli-TS Wheat , 04,300 mi. ; corn , 17,200 bu. ; oats , 1,800 bu. SHIPMENTS Wheat , 79,100 bu ; . corn , none : oats , 5.200 bu. _ r Liverpool Mnrkrt * . LIVERPOOL , March UT-WIIIAT : Kasy. do- mnnd poor , holders otl'ur moderately ; No. 1 California. Gs' ! irt0s'lfl { percental ; No. 2 red winter , 5s GcKitSs 7' la. Cons-Firm ; demulAI' fftlr ; mixed western , 4s 3d per cental. LAUD I'rlmo westerly pis percwt. Mlltv.iulcuu ( 'inxln .Market. Jlu.wAUKUE , WIs. , A'fAifch 11. WIIBAT Unsettled - settled ; May , GO c ; Nw.J spring , G4iU5c. ( CoiiN-FIrm ; No. 4 , 4lJV..41c. ) ( OATS-Flrm ; No. 2 , wlilto , 35ic ! ; No. 3 , 33 J4e. - 1IAIU.EY G3C. ) ll < ill 'a'r. NEW OIIMUNS , Li.jlareli ' ! 11. Easy ; peed middling , U c ; mlddliifK , 9c : low mfddllnr , 8Jic ; good ordinary , HSIIJ nut receipts , 3.G7.5 bales ; gross receipts , : ) | 644 bales ; exports lo Great llrltaln , 6,000 bilt ; i ; to Franco , 8.37J bales ; to the continent , 3,000 bales ; coastwise , 707 bales ; bales , 760 .bales ; stock , 259,421 bales , . Cottro .tlurktu. NEW YOUK , March 11. Options opened dull , good to choice 5 points down , clos3d bteady , 6 to 16 nolnts down ; sales , 11,500 bugs.lncludlng : Murcb , $17.26 17,30 ; April , UG.UOUllO.95 ; May , ! 10.7616.80 : July , $10.60 @l 10.6(1 ( ; September , JlG.45iilG.5U. .Spot Hlo , dull , easy ; No. 7. tl7.H7ijUia.OU. Philadelphia ( iraln .Market. I'liiiiADF.i.piiiA , I'n. , March U. WHEAT Firm ; No. 2 red , .March , 74i474 ! ic. COIIN Options , linn ; No.2 mixed , March . OATS Futures dull and unchanged ; No. 3 white , March , 41Q42c. Now Yorlt Dry ( JomU Jlurket. NEW YORK , March 11. Thu continuation of wet weather tends to depress business In dry goods ut first bands , though tbu jobblirt trudu continued relatively active. The market nx u whole was In rather an Improved condition and tono. Minneapolis IVhcnt .Market. MINNEAPOLIS , Minn , , March ll. Ilather butter fvullug lu vrhcut pit today couiyarud with yostr-rduy and market u-oovered consid erably. Very Botiil ti-mlf Cash market dull. us always under unsettled condition Mieli us iniw governs , Principal natesNo. . 1 northern , OO'n'i ' Nn. 2 nortbern. 6'it.6Ui' . wheat , MOU cars. Closin March , May , 4Sr > ; July 00 VOn Iracki No. 1 hurd , M 'in No. 1 northern , G2c ; No. 2 northern , 6ic. ltltlmir ( Ir.ilti tl-irkrt. ll.vt.TiMoitr. , M.I. , March 11.Vnn.vrIrregu lar and firmer ; No. 2 seed , spot und Miirch , ( ' ( HIM-Firmer ; mlxd spot und March. 4S > fft 4SIC. OATS--Quiet and steady : No. 2 whlto western , 41K41'c ( ; No. 2 mixed western. 37ft37'/c. Clnclnimtl .Market * . CINCINNATI , ( ) . , Murcb 11. WHEAT Norn- Innl ; No. 3 red , 7Uo. CiHN--Qiilet ; No.2 mixed , 41'ic. OATS Firms No. 2 mixed , 84 > ic. WHISKY Quiet , $1.17. Toledo ( Ir.iln Market. TOLEDO , O. , Murcb 11. WHEAT Active , slemlyNo. ; 2 cash , OHVe. CoiiN-Dnll ; No. 2 cash , 43c. OATS Quiet ; cash , 35c. l.oiulon Oil Market. LONDON , March ll.-LiNSKKD OIL 21s Cd per cwt. TlMU'ENTINU Sl'IUIM 24s 0(1 ( pUr CWt. .Mll\v inlu'e .U irkcti. MILWAUKEE , WIs. , March 11. PROVISIONS Easier. 1'ork , May , $17.HO. STOCKS AND IIDNilS. Speculation on the Slock Kxcbango WIIH Itatbcr ( Jnli-t Yosti-rduy. Nr.w YOIIK , M'irch 11. Speculation on the Sto.'k excbungo wus rather quiet , the dealings amounting to 150,700 shares. At the opening tbo market was Inclined 11 weakness. Head ing , however , wus an exception und moved up about u point on London buying. A commit tee has been upp-ilnted to look uft r the Inter ests of tlio Income bondholders. It Isolated that It wus not organl/ to antagonize A. A. Mel.eod , but simply to see thut tbu rights of the Income bondholders are preserved. General Kloctrlc wus uguln attacked and forced down to 9-3 , the Icwest point reached during the present bear campaign. It Is now slated tliutun Inside company Isto bu formed tousslst t the p.irent concern. After the early bi-oak 1 an iittempt was made to cover. Tli" splice stock proved smaller than anticipated and u sharp rally to lHJ ( > fTelUl ! { ensued. Tbe beats also mude u raid on St. Paul , lltir- llngton und Lackuwuiimi , depressing these stocks three-fourths to 1'4 points. The west ern shares were adversely Inllueiieed by u ports of railway strlki-s. American Sugur sold down to 117'jiit on:1 time und later milled to 119' { . It Is under stood thut arrangements liuve been iniido to discount the 13 pur cent dividend puvahlo on tbe common ut 0 per cent. Tlio books close Murcb 14 , und tbu dividend Is payable April 2. After tbo publication of tlio bunk state ment , which wus more favorable than ox- peeled , tbe market enjoyed n rally of M to " 4 per cent. With the exception of Missouri Pacific , which run elf to 63 ! | , tbe market closed tolerably firm. Tbe following uru tbe closing quotations , of the leading stocks on the Now York Htock ex change toduy : Aleutian. .sonaurn i-uciuc . . . Adams Impress 15U du preferred Alton , T. 11 U. 1' . . Uun. * ( Julf. . do preferred . . . . I.VJ North wpntern IIUU Amor lean Kxpress. . 117 do preferred Ill Itnlllinuro.VOIilo. . . N. V. Central 11)74 ) Cnnuitu I'neltic flli-5 N. Y * N. h SCU Cnniidn ouiliurn. * . SI Ontario , V Western. I7K Cent nil Pacific Oregon Imp . Ill Cues. It Ohio Ort'uun N v . * 5 Clilcaitu Alluu O. . K A U. N . 2U C. 'J. A Q Pnriflo Mnll . 21 - 1'uorln , l > eo. A H. . . . Hrfl CoriaollluleHi3. ( : . . UdinrK . I.M ) C. ( ' . C. A M. 1 . 47H , nlltimn l\ilac ( ! . 1DI Cutton nil Cert . 41 ! ' Del. Ituriiun . I27J < , Itlchmond Terminal II. U X W . I4IM > du preferred. . . 35 I > . & U. C pfd . M Itlo ( iraiulo . . . 20 f. Co . 3Jt ! do nrjfjrred . . til KnstTcnn . 4' < llock Islnnd Krlu . 2IK St. I'liul flii ! do profur | > cd . do preferred mii KoitVayne . IM * t. l'r.ul A Omaha. . . ft ! ( it. Nurlliurn pfd. . . IM do preferred 117 c. i K. 1 pfcl . 10U fOUthcrn 1'uCltlC . . . 117a llocklnii Vuller. . . 27 Helluorjr 118 Illinois Central. . . . ' . Tenu. Coal ft iron. . 27 i > \ . I'aul .t llulutli . 4J Texas 1'acltlc 27U Kan. iTox pfd . . . i'Jl lot. A. ( I. Ccu. pfd. . 78 I.iiko Krlu.V Went. . . 2U { Union I'aclllc. . do preferred . U. S. Kxyicss I.akaSlioro . W. St. I. . A 1' 11 Limit Trust . du preferred IT. . I.ouls. A Nash . Wells Fiirito Kxp. . . Hi ; Loula. A Nuw Alb'y. WcHtarn Union VI Munlmttun Con . \VlieullDKt * It. K . . 10 MrmphlB & I'hu'a'n 4J du preferred M -MIclilKHn Ccirnl. . . . lut Minn A M. L " Ml 9uurl I'Bcltlc . . . O. & It. 0 , IWf Mobile A Ohio . General Kloctrlc. . . 10 1 u Nashville Cuntt . Nuttunal l.lnpecd. . w Xntlonnl Cord mo. . tFu.'l A Iron do pruferrcd. . . . . . du preferred N. , J. Central . , Hous ATeit. Ccn. . Norfolk & W. pfd . 3 Tol. A. A. AN. M. . 87 Norlli Amerloin < 'o .IK The total sales of stocks today were 160huu sbare.s , Including : AtcbNoii , 3,000 ; Chicago , llurltngton A ; Qulncy. 7,500 ; Cotton Oil , 9.200 ; Delaware , Lnckuwunna it Western , 4.700 ; General Klectrlc , 19.000 ; Now England , 4,200 ; Northern Puclficpreferred , 3,200 ; Ucud- Ing 2H,100 ; gt I'liul , 8,700 ; Sugar , 17,500 ; Western Union , 67100. I/ondun I'limnelal Itcvlow. ICopi/rO'i' ' ' " ' 'S'U tiuJamti Onnlnn lttiw.il \ LONDON , March i 1. [ Now York Herald Cublu Hpecl'il'toTiiE HUE. ! Huslness on tboMoct cxebungu bus been on tbu smallest possible scale. Funds uro unultered but Indian inpeu Iiuper Is ' 6 nor rent lower. Foreign govern ment secuiltles have not moved much. Greek bonds uru Hut and -U to Hi percent lower , owing to the refusal of the Purls financiers to take part In tbu new loan. Oilier lnturhour.se slocks wore without any imrtloulur change. Homu rnllways buvo been firm from the openIng - Ing to the close , line weather exercising a fa- voruhlu luljucncc , while there bus been little boar repurchasing In vluw of thu set tlement. Brighton deferred leaves elf li per cent higher , Southeastern deferred ? per cunt und several others U per cent. Amer icans ; opened firm , Denver preference und Louisville & Nashville bonds belmr especially strong , but In tbu lust hour tbi-y becuino dull nnd remained so to the clone. Chicago Mil waukee leaves oil' ? j pur cunt lower and several - eral others H to * i tier cent , but Philadelphia .t Heading and 1'hlladelphla & Reading llrst Income bonds tire ! i per cunt higher , ( irund Trunk preferences murk a decline of ' $ to f per cent. Mexicans uro without quotable change. Miscellaneous securities aru without uny particular feature. Money was In good demand. Short loans were charged l'i to 2 per cent. The discount market was quiet ; two und three months bills won quoted at 15i to Ifs percent. New York .Money .Market. NEW YORK , March 11. MONEY o.v CAM , Eusy at 30 per cent ; last loan , 5 per cent ; closed oll'ered at 3 pur cunt. PRIMEMIIICANTIIK : PAI-KR G7 percent. STKRMNU EXCIIANOI : Dull and weaker , with actual business In oankurs' bills atl.H5i ! 4H5 for sixty-day bills and * 4.bCia4.b6Ji < for demand. GOVERNMENT HONDS Steady. State bonds have been dull. Tlio closing quotations on bonds : U. S. 4i rex Ill's N. I'AC. 1n.lt t ) . 9. 49 COUp N.V. . I'onnols U. H. IM re-- N. W. Duben. 6s IUi iMcincci of 'iiv. . . . . IKS -1. f & I. M ( 'on. 13 67 I.ouinlnuaBt'peil 4s. 7 t. L. .V J. K. O'n. M 111) Mliiourl n Mfl t. Paul Con. . . . . . . . 12J Tcnn. now eel ( is. . iUI .St. P.O. * I * , lets 117 Tonn. nun got 6s. . . 101 P. I' . I. . 0. Tr Itcts 77 Tonn. nor not i > s. . . 75 T. I' . It. (1. Tr. Huts. 77I'll Cunadnbo. Jnrts. . . , 101 Union 1'r.clllo Itils. . Cen. I'uclHc lets West Shore I ) , A it. U. Uti K. ( i. W. IdU 1) . A It. ( i. 4s Atcli. 4s Krle2nds Ateli. v s , class A. . M. K. A T. Gen. ft. (1. H. A S. A 6s I'M ' M. K. AT. Cen. 5s. . do Ms&s 7 Mutual Union On. . . . 112 II. ft r. C. is io N. J. C. Int. Cert liu H.ftT. 0 , Con. Us. . . 107 K N. 1'ae. l ts IIM < llostmi Stuck OnoliitloiiH. HOSTON , Mass. , March 11. Call loans , _ C'jnt ; time loans , 0/j > 7 percent. Tbu follow ing are tbo closing quotations on stocks , bonds und miningiliHres : AtchUon A Topcka. iWc-rtlngh. hltc.pf u i Anier. Huiur p'f'd. . lAtcnlBUU ids M Uny Hlntu ( iiu . . . . lAlcldJon 4 h | > 1'ell 'Icleplinno wt ( jenerul F.lec. Ss. . . , l > 4 llo < tnn A Altnmy. . . 115 Allouct II. C new. . 5 Ilofcton A .Maine p'fd I4H Allantlc VI C. , 11. Ay 111 Huston A Hunt. . . . 3 | | Htchbiir/H. It HuttvA lloslon IU ( ion. Ulectrlo rulmiiHt A llecla. . . 805 Me * . ( cntrn ! Centennial H N. V. & .S. Kail 2HH , PraiiHlIn rv 'Ore. Miort Lino. . . . 1'J Kearsnrua Ul Itubbcr ' " " " ' ' ' ' ' Union Pacific yuliicf. . . . . . . . . . 'I 1S2 West Kna pTd snnti fe Copper. . . & Wotlnfli. KlBO . . . . Bl ramirnct 1C , ] bid New A ork UlnliiK ( Quotations , NEW YORK , March 11. Tlio following are the closing mining quotations : Crown I'olnt I4U 1'lynioulli 76 Con. al. A Vn 24U Mcrra .Nuvada IW Deadwool I'd HUndnr.l 141) ( louldACurrr 70 Union Con t& llalu t Norcrom. . . . 10J Vollon Jarkut 40 llouiCHt ka I I.VJ Iron.silver u Mexican Itt Quick Mlvor Made Ontario \3" \ ! > do pruferred 1200 Ophlr I'J-l llulwnr li St. Louis Ml n I lit ; Quutntloiu. HT. LouiK.Mo. , March 11. Thu closing quota tions wurous follows : Hid. Aiked. Hid. Asked. GranltoM.l..7 > W.10 llopo . 13. W t. . . . Am. M'l 20 .26 Adams Klliabetli. . ,47H M I.UD Ui Uloielallle 8.KI I'nt M urphr .0 < riiiHiu-lut Nott'K , Nuw OIU.EANS , Lu. , Mnrch 11. Clearings , $1.074,7113. PHILADELPHIA , Pa. , Murch 11. Clearings , $10U'J3,611 ; ualauces , tl.440.B77. l-'or the week : Clonrltnt * . 100.015.048 : baliinces , } 'J.600. 50. Moni'y , 4 per cent. . 1'Aiiin Muri-li 11. Tliii-o per rent rentcn , OHf 66f for the nccoutit. OMAHA , March 11.Hearing * , lJW,4'Jli ; total for lln week. t7.'J3n,421. KANSAS t'lrv. Mo. . March M.-Clnarlngs , tl.07y,400 | total for thu work , M1.24H.643. ltAl.Ti.MORK , .Mil. , Murt'h 1. . Clearings , W- 4l.i,631i buliilices , J203.604 , Money. U per cent. LONIION , Murcli 11. Amount of bullion gone Into the Hank of England on balance today , A'27.327. MF.vii'iiin. Tonn. . March 11. New York ux- cbu'ngc selling at } 1.6a Clearings , J410.402 ; balances , $ SO,020. Ntw : YORK M.iroh ll.-rleurltigs , $120,120.- 216 ; balances , 5,467,325. Kortliu week : Cleur- Ings , * 7ol , 132,401 ; bulunces , * 32,202,7H1. Sr. Lot'li. Mo. . March 11.-Clearings , $ 1,203- 305 ; this wei , t. { 20,042,743. Money , C.fl.7 per cent. Exchange on New York 75o prendnm. Xuw YORK , March 11. [ Special Telegram to Tin : HKK.I K\cliiingo was quoted us follows today : thlciigo , par ; llo-tton , par to 17c prendum. HOSTO.V , Mass. , Murcb 11. Clearings M7- 053,171 ; baliinces , 11,635,670. Money , 8 per cent. K\chung ( > on New York , par to l"c premium , for the week : Clearings , J'J'.t,221- 454 ; balances , J9.783,95H. Ciiic.vdo , HI , , March U.-Clearings , flfi.tinn.- 1175 ; for thu week , f 101,327.270 , iiaulnst H7- 6(58,801 for Hie col responding week lust yenr. New York exclmnge , 25c discount. Sterling ( < \clinnse llrmiT : J4.H ; > 'j for tlO-duy bills , J4.87'i for sight drafts. Money Inclined to bu easier at 0 percent. ST. Lot-is Mo. . March I t.-Uteurlngs , $1.203- 3115 ; ' lids week , * 20 , ( > 10,743 ; corresponding ' ' : lust week , * 25- per cent. Excliunge on New York , 76c pre mium. NKW YORK , Murcb 11. The exports of specie from the port of New York for thu week wcre4.'J25.H'JH ' , of which fl,21l57 ! ) was gold and J70G.HU silver. Of Ibis amount } 2,300'JUO III gold und 4041.300 in silver went to Europ" und ? 1.HH.167 ! In gold and $05.641 In silver went loSouth Amcrlcti , The Imports of specie at the port of New York for the week wen1 Jl.770,182 , of which $1,059,003 was gold and * 110,4BU was silver. O.M.UIA LIVI : srticiv MAIUUCTS. Cilttlu Tr.ido CIosps Steady to Aetlve Ilo | ; Sr.irrpnnil l.mvrr. SATl'llllAY , Mllivll 11. Uecolpls l-.uvebeen rather unevenly distrib uted the p ist week'in-l both cattle and bogs show a considerable falling oil' as compared with the week previous. Not much change In receipts of sheep. Olllclul llgur s are us fol lows : rut tin. Hogs. Sheep. HivelntM tills wock 14,1)07 ) 15,719 7,015 Hecelpts lust week ln.750 19,000 7,079 Same week lust year 12.79H 15,943 4,414 following the receipts anil In sympathy with eastern markets caali- values have Iliielimted considerably und ut times wildly. On Tues day and Wednesday the trade was badly demoralized , wlt'i ' a break of lOc to 2ic ! In prices for both beef steers und cows. Since then the market has been gradually recover ing und the week closes with prices If iiny- tblng u shade stronger all uround than ut thu close of last week. Hpecnlatlvp shippers have not operated as freely as usual , probably for the reason that cuttle uro soiling high enough bare when com puted with custom markets. Fiistcrn butchers have taken some , but hardly enough to cut much of u figure In the trudo , and llio export demand bus been next to nothing. There Is a good , stiong undertone lo ( lie trade , willed tbo situation seems to Justify. Ac cording to the returns of the Depart ment of Agrlciiltuie tbo supply of cuttle , not Including milch cows. In oloren range states Is put down ut 13,310,179 In 1H93 as against 14,570,038 In 1S92 , u shortage of 1,231)- 159 head , while In tbu eleven leading feeding states tin-supply of cuttle Isllgurodiit 14,343- H22 bond In 1B93 as compared with 14H57,018 In 1892 , a falling off of 513,700 bead. Tills big shortage may nit become actually felt for some ( line to come , but like tbu shortage In bog supplies It Is sure to come , and It will un doubtedly have u marked o.foct on nrlci-s. Tbo week clo.ed with u very light run , this being duo to washouts und Ice gorges on one or two roadsThe shipping de mand wus somewhat limited and tin- good heavy 1,250 to 1,450 lb.steers ut S5 und { 5.25 went not more than stoudy with Friday. Drosspd beef bouses , however , all wanted cuttle , nnd us tbe supply wus re stricted prices generully ruled a shade stronger. Good to cbolco 1,100 to 1,300-lb. steers sold ut from M.40 to J4.80 , but tbo nil- vance was foil the most on the fair to good 1,000 to 1,250-11 > . steers , which sold readily at from J4.20 to $4.40. F.VCII tbo poor to fair light stuff sold substantially stronger than two or three clays ngo , lurgoly at J3.9U to $4.10. It wus a good active market und tbe pens were priictleully domed by noon. There wus not much change In the oow mar ket. Probably two-.llftbs of tbo offerings wort- cows und mixed sUolc , and prices were very generally In Friday's notches , bules In cluded poor to iioo'.l cows and heifers ut from tl.OO to J3.75 with tbo bulk of the fulr to good stuff ut from } 2.GO toVJ.50. Common toiery good bulls chanced bunds freely at nbout steady prices from $2.25 to $3.60 , Calves were generally unchanged with common largo stock at J2 and 51 , with cbolco veals bringing J5 uud $0. Business continues dull In tbu .Mocker nnd feeder line. Offerings were Ili.dted , hut so was tlio demand. On all but tbo best grades prlco i are lOc to 20 lower than a week ugo. Sales of fulr to good stuff wore largely at from 3 o 13.05but there was hardly cnougii trading clone to establish quotations. Ituprcsontutlvo sales : unnsHKD nr.i'.r. No. Av. Pi No. At I'r. 2 720 $3 50 12 1234 $4 35 G 920 385 17 1102 435 21 994 3 90 23 1130 4 35 21 KliH 400 20 1130 435 40 008 4 dO 10 1257 440 1 10HO 400 21 1133 440 9 940 405 17 1207 440 1 1030 .405 21 1105 440 4 10H7 405 20 . . . . 1172 440 20 929 410 10 1158 440 5 922 415 10 998 4,40 7 1124 415 17 1214 445 9 1071 415 10 1188 450 22 1059 420 22 1220 450 22 1002 420 20 1118 450 9 1057 425 19 1275 465 22. . . . 1047 425 1 1090 455 14 1000 430 19 1244 455 21 1020 4 30 - 13 1224 400 20 1218 4 35 19 1290 4 BO 1 123U 4 35 37 1309 4 80 silii'i'iNO AND nxi'OHT. 3 1120 400 60 1243 505 30 1457 600 18 1355 625 MIXED. 7 1102 420 17 1284 455 COWS. 7 820 ' 1 CO 3 105h 205 1 850 105 2 1075 276 9 071 175 18 902 29(1 ( 13 829 185 20 941 290 11 801 195 4 1022 200 1 820 200 15 1045 300 3 050 200 1 1220 3 OO 0 903 200 8 953 300 1 1090 200 20 811 300 1 950 225 19 KIH5 310 1 970 225 12 091 316 1 1000 225 17 9H1 320 1 8BO 225 10 1007 320 8 753 225 1 1000 325 2 1100 225 3 1150 325 1 040 2 25 12 1114 3 35 3 1030 240 6 933 340 6 1010 240 7 885 340 0 895 245 19 1019 350 2 915 250 10 900 305 1 920 250 21 11141 3 7O 4 987 200 3 1170 375 32 814 2 00 .IIinKKIlX. 1 6-10 100 34 0-12 855 15 852 3 15 4 950 800 23 743 3 20 MII.KKUS AND SI'UINCIWIS. 1 springer 28 00 1 spilnger .1 30 OC 1 springer 20 00 1 cow and calf..i 32 01 1 cow und calf 2U ( JO CAIiVUfl. 1 210 200 2 190 600 1 200 3 00 1 320 6 5(1 ( 1 270 325 1 101) ) 660 1 100 4 00 1 14(1 ( 6 60 1 130 600 6 180 0(10 ( 1 . . . . . 100 600 1 220 000 1 ; 300 600 2 195 000 1 210 6 00 IIUI.I.S. 1 1100 225 3 1293 315 1 1330 230 1 1510 320 1 1400 260 1 1400 325 3 1300 255 2 1770 325 1 1190 265 2 1730 325 3 1660 270 1 1430 325 1 1330 270 1 1210 325 1. . . . 1680 275 1 1040 325 1 790 3 OO 2 1880 330 1 1770 300 2 1970 340 1 1240 300 1 2OK ( ) 360 2 1110 3 10 1 1030 3 60 1 470 3 16 8TOCKKIIS AND ITKDKIIH. 1 600 100 10 623 305 1 600 2 00 1. . 020 3 10 1 330 200 10 451 315 3 370 200 1 850 325 2 445 200 8 740 325 3 070 276 1 800 840 5 410 276 2 U05 360 1 430 280 8 CIO 800 10 C05 300 12 733 305 Hods Tliero bus been a very bearish tone to tbu hog market nil week , but thu cause ( if this feeling Is hard to find , It must bn In specula tion , It can't bo In receipts , for mipplltn are still very bbort and slum no ircHiect | of Im mediately Increasing , A few months ugo Ar mour was ono of the mo > t pronounced bulls In the country. That bo bus now taken tbo other hide of tbu situation U apparent from a re cently published interview , In which bo buys ; I have boon In buMno s forty yuur , anil I have never known provisions to sell for ROIU a * high in they urn M'llliiR now Of course , this year mny bo unlllco any other your over known before , but unless It ( lees turn out that way then prices arc too Illicit. I c-MM-ot to got all tint Bo hogi 1 need In Mny. My people don't all ugror with mr , and It may turn out thut hog * nro not Koine to oil at Belli May. Hut that Is my expectation. Vic arc not buying any bogs now Tliero uro omo cuts that wo need to have In our truilo nil the tlmo. We buy thrrn In the yards , Wo llnd nodllllcully In getting loins out Ilirre nt tlu < lirlctt o paid ( when bogs were down to 4o. As for the consumptive trudo. It U ilmply demoralised. Tbo storekeeper will not buy uny stocks Homo storekeepers will not only nonstock up , but wilt not curry any product nt such prices , lie compels the rare customer who wants a hum to buy .something else ; tolls him tbu price Is so high be can't take tbo risk on them. Well-to-do people uro getting their hann und bacon us usual. The consumption of mutton bus doubled. Wo are killing twice an many sheep us lust your : so Is everybody else at the yards. Hog product N ut * llxiiro where the Important consump tive class K as fur us p i-isililo , o.itlng some thing else. There may not bo so many bogs , but ut tbo price of product there Is not the re- iulromont | for so many. At to bird , everything Is "olng Into It. " Of the prospective bog receipts estimates , uro very wide apart und no satisfactory con clusions ran bo drawn from uny figures now ut hand. Tbo Prleo Current suys : "So far as the general outlook It concerned thoru Is nothing now to In-stated at this-time. Thu marketing of bogs lust your In Murcb und April wits con siderably reduced compared with the preced ing your , nnd tbu difference this season Is not likely to be so striking us has been thrt com parison for tbu winter monthsTliero Is a continued strong effort to got "took Into mar ket ul tbo existing high values , und before a positive decline may ho Inaugurated , but uny essential enlargement In supplies does not seem likely to bo shown for some time to come. " One thing Is certain , and that Is that muntl- fuelurir-i uro making a determined and up- patently ( 'oncoriod effort to break prices. They say bogsmiisl go down or they must ( | illt. Prices liuvo gone off fully 30 cents till ? week , and imtlilng but ( ho light receipts unit tbo limited shipping orders from tbe oust have prevented listlll more serious , break. ThiTi1 wore hardly enough hogs bore tod-iy to make a market. Puckers did nothing , fresh meat men und shippers doing all thd buying. A few of tb best butcher wolcbt and houvy lings sold ourly nt rut her llrm prices , butt on ( lie ordinary grades prices were u shade lo 60 lower from tbu opening. F.astorn advices wore unfavorable and lb % market wont from bud to worse , llnully clo-.lni ; flat with u few loads still In Mrs ! liunds. Common light to I'holee hou\y hogs sold ul from $7.10 to J7.75 but ( lie bulk of the fulr to good bogs of nil wolulits sold ut $7.50 und $7.00 us ugultist f',55 und $7.05 Friday ami 87.80 to JJ.H5 a week iiso. Uotirosunlutlvo sulos : No. Av. Sli. I'r. 6H. . . 254 40 * 7 00 79..251 100 7 liU 69. . . . 267 320 7 00 07. . . . 250 200 7 01) 60..270 360 7 00 7.242 ! ) 80 00 65 22. ! 00 09..210 00 05. . . . 202 280 GO' 77..205 240 80 08..311 40 05 07. . . . 258 4..250 7 70 41..302 80 7 70 59..201 100 7 70 58..292 7 75 rid * AND 1UMXIII. 0. . . . 99 5 75 SIIKKP The sheep market continues ae.tlvo ml strong , tbu supply , while llburul , being iifdly oiiual to thu demand. Illgh prices for is'i'f ami pork are creating an unusual nnd onstuntly Increasing demand for mutton , 'bis Is u big boon to sheep men. us from all ( counts thorn are plontv of sbcou In the nuiitrv which , under ordinary clroumstuncos. mst have sold lower. Only two loads were ! I'oolvcd today und ( boy cunio In ton lute to ell on ( be markot. Tlu > market was noni- iiullv strong. I'alr to good natives. $ : j,75'il .00 ; fair to good wo-durns , } 3.50fC5.00 ; com- lon und stock sheep , t'2.25i&3.75 ; good to bolcu 40 to 10t-ll ) > . lum'.H , t4.OiKctO.00. Hecclpt-l and DlspoUtiou of .stock , OIlkMul receipts ati'l clUp idtlon of stoa'c ' as liowii by Ilia b i.ik-iot tli I'nlon rftofk YarJs oinpany for thu twcnty-fourlioursondlngutS 'clock p. m. March 11 , 1803 : UKrEllTS. KnnsxH City l.lvo Stork Market. KANSAS C'ITV , Mo. , Maroh 11. OATTI.K Ro- , elpts,4,40. ) bead ; shipments , 90i ) bend ; tbo mirket was dull , steady ; steers , 10325c lowoi : diei-sod beef and shipping , $4.006.60 ; cows , clioJuo , steady ; otbors , lOc lower ; cows mil heifers , fti.)0iji4.30 ( ) ; foodurs lower ; Btock- ers und feeders. $3.15W,4.25 ; no Texuns. ' lloos Hooolpls , 4,000liracl ; bhlpments , 1,200 lead ; market 105,25c lower. Kxtru range , ; 3.257,05 ; bulk , } 7.1tXfr7,4 ( ) . SiiKBi' Itucolpta , 2,8'JO : sJilpmonti , 200j mirket was < iiilet an-.l weak. Muttons , T2.95U 4.50. St. T.oiiln l.lvo Stock .Uirkot. Sr. Louis. Mo. , Murcb 11. "ATri.E Uecolpts. 1,300 head ; shipments , 700 bead ; market steady ; fulr to cbolco natlvo steers , t3.00Q 6.00 ; fair to good fed Texnns , ? : ! .00a4.00. lloos Itecelptn , 1.100 bead ; shipments , 1,600 bead ; miirket 610c lower ; heavy , J7.4O ( 7.00 ; mixed , $7.3Ofj7.80 ; llKhl , 7.407.70. HiiF.ui' Uucnlpts , none ; shipments , nono. No narkot. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Sr. I.Kiln Itit ! Mock Murknt. KT. Louis , March 11. I'ATTI.K Hecolpti , 1,300 ; shipments , 700 ; market steady ; fair to molou native steers J3.00&5.00 ; fair to good fodToxuns , 3.00iH.OO. Qlloas-Uocelpts. 1,100 ; shipments , l,500j inurkot 67S10i ; lower ; heavy , $7.40&7.90 | mixed , J7.30S7.80 ; light , . } 7.40a > 7.7U. Kecelpts , none ; shipments , nono. Tin : iti\i/rv ; MAKKKT. INSTKUMENTS olaced on record .March 11 lb'J3 : WAUIIA.NTV ni'.nna. KOMI and William Gnlllford to.Iamos I Inirv.lot IB , block O.Kountzo 3rd add 0,000 W O Ifrldgeto U W Duck , o 10 foot lot Gaud wH fuel lot 7 , block I'JG.Omulia 6,100 South Omaha Land company to 10(1- ward Alnseow lot 3 , block 359 , South Omaha . 1,500 J C Carroll and wlfo to A A ( iiiry.undlv ' /t lot 5 , ( Jary fc Co'ssnb of lot 7 , block Bl ) , South Omaha . 1 I ) I ) Patterson and wife to William Colfey , lot 0 and 7 , block 11 , Patter son park . 1,000 [ 1 , llowell to II M Sfigi-scr , lot 3 , block 1 ( uxcut t w 40 foot ) Jpll'tirlrs rnpbit. 016 Lars Johnson and wlfuto William Kll- ( Tsuii.iot 5 , Van Camp .t Kddy's sub- illvof block "M"Slilim's 2nd add. . . 2,000 J II Kggor.s and wlfo to C H Joilln , ox- ceutor , ot nl , H 12 feet lot 35 , llulle- VIID Business I'lauo . 010 11 II Clark to I ) J Harding , Jr. 60x127 feet commonclnsat point 270 feet H of no corner block 11 , Howling Uiven 400 M It Merger to .1 ( i llnmlln , lot 10 , block 23 , Kount/.i ) I'luro . 1.800 T W Holes and wlfo to W T Seaman , lots 3 , 4 and 5 , block 8 , Central park 2,000 i ( JUIT CLAIM IIK.IMIS. I ) I * Thomas and wlfo to A A Uary ct al , lot 7 , block HO , South Omulia . 1 ncr.ns. O V Miles , special master , to W I , Selby , w ' , ' , lot 3 , block 10 , Isaacs & SeliliMi's add . 134 Total amount of transfers . $21,700 o - t ) . DFiu/.KE , II. I ) . 11 > oa.s.Jr , JAI. K Itnouu I'rus. VK-o I'rea Heey i Trosu , . HAWKEYE COMMISSION CO. Capltnl $ 003 : Omaha an 1 Sioux Olty. Grain and Provisions Railroad Stocks and Bauds. K WJKBA Room 212 NwYorii life Building OMAHA. KEr'ERENOES ; Iow.i8uto National Hunk , Klnux City ; Uo.iiiiinrcliil NtUloniU Hunk. Uin.iliu. Fpcclnl attention vlvon to outsl.lo Corrusponatmcu olloltu4.