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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1896)
TILE OMAITA DAILY JEE * ; MJTl"A.r > , JA UABY' 13 , 1800. WHY WARSHIPS ARE CHEAPER Reduced Oo&t of Steel and "Workmen MOID Skillful , GROWTH OF OUR SHIPBUILDING FACILITIES HoiV Ilitf Slttitynritft Coiilil Ilnmllc n IlnMi Order In Kvcnl "f AVnr ninl Fifty Seven Mcu-of-AVnr Torpedo llonlw n Ycnr. ( Copyright , 1895 , by S. S. McClurf. Limited. ) Secretary Herbert of the Navy department In hi * recent annual report said that In ( Wo years the price per ton for building gun- teats had gone down 26 per cent In this ccuntry , and the prlco per ton for construct ing torpedo boats had declined 20 per cent. Ito nl o Bald thai these prices romparo favorably with prices for ; "similar work nbroad. " The bids for the now battleships were not In at the time the secretary wrote or ho might have added another striking fact that In five years the price of battle ships 1ms declined nbout 30 per cent In the United States. In other words , the United States ha now reached the stage where she can produce ghlps practically as cheap ns they can b * ljullt In any other country , although the price for labor hero H higher than else- wl.ero. Ship builders aay tlwt If encourage ment were given to phlpplng Interests similar to that given abroad the American flag would soon bo seen nt the head of the maritime procession In the paths of com- mcice. Mony reasons are given for the lessoning of the cost of oar naval vessels. The one of greatest Importance Is the fall In the prlco of Btecl In the last flvo years. Where ship builders paid from 4 to C cents a pound for steel then they nro paying only from 2 to 2'/6 cents now. Our steel makers have not only adopted new methods In operatl.iB their plants , but practically they mo pro ducing better metal. Our ship builders can cot steel ns cheap here as they could If they imported it duty free from England or any other country. The metal In n war ship cats up about one-half of Its cost nnd ono can readily sco what a drop of' BO per cent In the jitlcs of the material of which n vwel U made means In the reduction of cc/et. LADOn HAS TIECOMB MORE SKILLFUL. The second factor of great Importance In lessoning the cost of war ships Is that labor THB HYDRAULIC IUVERTER. has become more skilled that It wag five years ago. The price of labor Is as high as It was , but the laborer can do more work In a given time than formerly. Ho b.as becoma used to ha ! task. Being better paid than his English competitor he works harder and to better advantage. Hence the actual cost for labor on American ships Is now only a little- more than the actual cost for labor on British ships , and that Is tha reason why this country Is producing ships , at prices that , according to Secretary Her bert , "compare favorably with prices for Blmllar work done abroad. " The people of this country do not realize , probably , what the recent bids for the new battleships signified In the reduction of coet. The bid of the Cramps was to build three battleships and to armor two of the three for $8,000,000. These ships were not to be ol the- Navy department's design. They were to be of the Indiana class , a fact which has escaped general notice. The Cramps have built two rhlps of this clasy. Note , .now , the decrease In price. Their bid for the In diana was $3,120,000. In their proposal for th new ships they estimated that the armor for two of them would cost ? 1.GOO,000. That would leave $6,600,000 as the- pries for the construction of three ships without armor , or $2.166,666 for each ship. Flvo years ago the Cramp : . ' price for a ship of this grade was $3,120,000. This Is n cheapening of nearly $1,000,000 In live years In the price of a battleship. , . , There are other elements besides cheaper Btesl and moro skillful labor that ente < < Into this tremendous . reduction In prlco. The bid of the Cramps to build battleships of the Indiana class meant a great saving to them In a hundred ways. They had the thousands of drawings that would b used. They had hundreds of patterns. Th ? sched ules of all the steel crders were , already made out. Their englno builders , their ma chinists , their blacksmiths all their labor would know exactly what to do and how to go to work In the most economical way and with the least lots cf time. Because of the familiarity of tliclr men with the task of duplicating the Indiana , they would bo able to save In minor details , ono might My , fully (100,000 on a ship. FEW perrons understand what exptrlenco has done for the workmen ; In our shipyards. "IjVhen wo began to build a navy ten or twelve years ago wo had to train our workmen. They went to work on a man-of-war as If they were building a merchantman. But they econ found out that they had to do things differently In building a warship. Warship building Is delicate- work compared with merchantman building. The workmen bad to ttudy as they went along. But * * having once conttructed a warship , each following one was produced with less waste ot labor and time , The result has been tint In ten years wo have not only established our ship building plants and equipped them with tlio best machinery , but wehavo equipped them with probably the best men to b found In such plants anywhere en the , globe. A good Illustration of the- Improved skill > of this labor IB shown In the prices for the engines of our cruliera. The cost of the engines for the first two or three of the Baltimore typo of cruisers was In round numbirs $275,000. In loss than a year the coat for exactly the same work fell I2D.OOO or $30,000 , In another year a like decrease followed , though prlcss for materials had as yet dropped very little. The workmen had simply learned how to wcrk to the. best ad vantage. They made leis falsa motions , there were fewer errors to correct. It Is this Increased skill In workmen that gives an old yard an advantage owr a new one , equipped with equally good machinery. Thorough organltatlcn saves tens of thou sands of dollars , . . HEAVIER MACHINERY INTRODUCED. There has not been any striking ndvacco in fashlpnlng tooli. used In ship building. A ship conuhts ot BO many plate * ) tint must b - bent and riveted to so many frames. In the elit-ll thus produced must bo placed steam engines to make the vessel go and the whole must be watertight. Hol i for the rivets must bo and OB uamuotk checker board I tha tomtit and plates muot be beat as the ? ' nre tlriwn from a furnace In which they have been Iiit-itcd. The workmen can handle the punching machine * : ) moro readily than they could Hvo jwrs ago , and the bending of the frames In now done with a , dlppntch that was unknown when % .ve rtisl began to build sttl war shins. Nearly nil the phlp building plitei and , Indeed , nearly 411 other engine making plants , are uoing one piece of machinery of comparatively recent invention tl-at marks a great saving of labr , Tlila Is the hydraulic riveter , a. great steel nioiiMcr , with massive Jaws that forces rivets In place ft ? easily as you would ctlck a pin through a plcco of paper. Ono man by thu x of this machine p.m ba as clTectlvo as from two to three men bofrro Its adoption. Tlio work Is also bettci done. Year by year i-tronger machinery has IK-H fttldeil to the various plants and , al though the methttlu ot building ships arc practically the same ng those of ten years ago , the plants are far moro effective than they were. ISvery ship that ; n e\vw \ yard produces makes Uio task of building the next ono easier , and that , with the cheapening of the cos-t of material , explains why the Cramps could offer to duplicate the Indiana at f 1,000- 000 less than they received tor building her flv * years ago. llulldlng these ships * was Him an experiment. New tools had to U > pur chased and many risks had to be taken. Con tractors could not then afford to ftguro as closely as they can now when tlmo has shown what can bo acompllshed with American labor and materials. \Vn CAN nUIL.0 WAU SHIPS RAPIDLY. The VcneznoU difficulty has drawn atten tion to the capacity of our ihlp yards to pro- duoci war rhlpa rapidly. Ono of the best known ship builders of the United States said the other day that he thought this coun try could turn out saven first class battle ships In one year If the government should call on them to do so and should give them 111 full cooperation. U usually tnkss two or three years to build a battle ship. The Engllth have just astonished the world by launching their splendid new battleelilp Ma- Jrztlc In exactly ono year from the time her keel wns laid. Thin was a great feat , Nevertheless It Is entirely probable that we could finish Mich a ship In any one of four ot our ship yards , wirier pressure. In one year. It would require day and night work con stantly , but It could be done. The greate't cause of our delay In buildIng - Ing war shlp-s Is the ii'stnm of government Inspection. All th" materials have to be subjected to a physical and chemical test , evtiy plan nnd drawing , no matter hewn n li'Ute , has to be Inspected and approved and every Inch of work , frrun keel to truck , has to be gone over by the govern- I merit Inspectors as It Is put In place. When all this is done a board of Inspectors comes along to inspect the work of the first In spectors. Every change Is the subject of red tope proceedings. A variation in the slzz of a rivet cannot be effected ordinarily within the space of three weeks. The con- tractors all fesl that the naval officers are a drag to the completion of wnr vesiels , be- oiuse. In scores of Instances , their time Is given up to trifling criticisms and petty complaints. > Entirely different Is the custom In Eng land. There the Inspectors fairly drive the contractors to complete the work and assist them all they can. There is a commercial Inspection ot all the material used and the Inspectors sco that the spli-it of the specifica tions Is carried oiit faithfully. As In build ing merchantmen In this or any other ccuntry , methods as to details are loft largely with the contractor In bulIJIng English war ships. If England's labor were as effective as cur labor she could probably produce war ships one-third more rapidly than she does at present. It has been said that while we might build the battleships wo could not get Un necessary armor done in a year's tlmo. A most Interesting contest with time in producing armor has Just been seen in this country. The Bethlehem Iron works finished the armor for two RusIan war ships In exactly five months. It has before taken nearly five years to do that and other work for our ships. The armor plant was being develqped un-1 the workmen acquiring skill , Just as they were In th ? ship yards. When under pressure and all other work was laid aside the Bethlehem plant showed what It could do In the way of producing armor rapidly. It and the Carnegie plant In Home stead could undoubtedly produce the armor for seven battleships In ono year if pushed to their fullest capjclty. But if the United States should' go to war with a great naval power , we should not only need all the battle ohlps w could produce , but we should also need torpedo boats by the SCOM. It might bo difficult for us to get the battle lOilps ready In time , unless our de cision to go to war were prolonged until we could bo better prepared. Thlu need not be the case with the torpdo boats. It would be possible , sjilp bulldere lay , to construct fifty of these craft In nix months in our smaller ship yards along tlw coast and on the Mls- L'lsslppt river , the larger yards confining their cnergUj to the battle fhlpa. The email yards have few facilities for building large boats , but torpedo boats would not overtax tliclr capabilities. By duplicating plans and by a change In thjO spirit of Inopectlon these boats could be made fairly to leap Into existence. Engine builders could supply the machinery while the hulla were building , and the great num ber of steel plants throughout the country would find llttlei difficulty In supplying the metal for the platea and framoy of the boats. At the outbreak cf hostilities the scores of shlp-bulldlng plants on the great lakes would go Into tbls grade of work. If wo were at war with Great Britain the treaty with that power , now fotbldding the conetructlon of war vesslu on thwo waters , would of course ba abrogated. If these lake thlp-bulldlng planta were protected tley could probably produce fifty tcrpedo boats within six months and the boats could be m'ado of light draught to as to reach the seaboard by canal. But to accomplish this work In battle ship and torpelo boat building would require the straining of every rvrvo. It would be a per formance \vbch | In time of peace would ecern like a dream < and If Great Britain phould foresee that war Is certain ulie wculd prcbably force measures BO that not more than one- halt or even one-quarter of the work could ba accomplished. The tacts given above show , however , what our resource ! ) would ba If our builders cf Dlilpa uud armor had a fair start and carte blanche from the government to do their utmost. I.Ui-rnry Hoi-fi'ly Ollloerv. HASTJNQS , Neb , , Jan. 12. ( Special. ) The Whlttlrrlan Literary society of the Hastings PriBbytt.rlan collega held an election ot of- flctra at tlie college last night. The officers elected for the ensuing year are : President , Charles Arnold ; vice president , Adam Breed ; trcisurer. William Chapman ; secretary , Will Bunce ; librarian , David Lewis ; chaplain , Lewis Brandt ; sergeant-at-arms , W , Brandt ; critic * , Henry Heller and H , Homeman. CM5OIMTIIA. AS SI3KX IN MONTANA. AVllil nnil Woolly AVi-nlern CrHIo Vlevrn IMny for Klrnt Time. The play of "Cleopatra" was at the opera house on Friday night , Bays the Bozcman. Chronicle. H met with an enthusiastic re ception and the manager feels much en couraged. Ho will probably try It on New York City , since. It has been received here. There was n noticeable lack of talking nnd Joyous laughter nt the most Impressive mo ments. There was also a large lack of In fants In arms. It Is becoming apparent that fond fathers and mothers have about concluded that their Infants do not fully appreciate high class drama , The wall ot a nursing child Just at the tlmo every one Is waiting with bated breath to catch the pas sionate words of the tragedian Is not calcu lated to lend a charm to the play , and per haps. It may now become fashionable to leave Infants at home. It so , Bozeman will have made another step upward and onward , and will have something besides Its c'.ty council to be proud of. The bouse Was plenty large enough to hold nil who were there. This was duo to tha fact that n great many of our theater goers thought that "Cleopatra" w"os a farce comedy , with a woman whistler In the leadIng - Ing role. Had they known that such shows as "Cleopatra" camp to Bozeman but once In a thousand years we feel confident In the prediction that ( hero would have been a larger attendance. The play of "Cleopatra" was written by n man named Shakespeare , so he claims , but Ig. Donnelly says that Shnkcgpcarc Is a liar. Shakespeare Is dead anJ Donnelly can make his bluff flick. Cleopatra lived In Egypt , Africa. We give her full posUfllce address to k cp our contemporaries frm saying that we are claiming her for our own the Oalln- tln valley being called the Egypt ot America. Cleopatra was a gay girl. The bull train wao the only means In communication with the outside world In her day , nnd she didn't have to give afUrnoon teas to keep In the swim. Bloomers were not n fad. * In fact , very 1U- tlo clothes of any kind were necessary. Tlicro being no danger of early frost , the folks there did not hav * to tie up their feet In gunny sacks ani shovel a path to the machine when they thrashed their barley crop. As we have before remarked , Cleo patra was a trifle gay. She met Antony at a dance given In the school house nnd she straightway made a maeh on him. Antony had otic wife to his credit , but ns she was back oist at a pac ! > called Rome , ho got a llttlo gay hlmpalf. Things were coining his way like n three-time winner. He took Cleopatra to nil the dances , candy pullo and school entertainments In the neighborhood , and none of the homo boys were In It for a minute. Ho tcld Cleopatra that hla people back In the states were great. "Why , " said he , ono day , "my people back In Mlzzoury are way up. " "Are they ? " said Ceo. ! "Well , I should smile , " said Antony , lowerIng - Ing his voice until It was music to her ear "Purt nigh nearly every gel darn one of 'em have got a gold fillln' In her teeth. " Antony's wife In the states died about thU time , and he had to go home. While he was back there visiting around and telling stories about the big crops they raised by Irrigation on the Nile , ho married another girl Just to plsase a brother of hers whom Antony ussd to bo chummy with , but who was now workIng - Ing his farm on shares with the railroad ant ! an eastern lean company. His name was Caesar at the time , but It Is probably Dennis now , for they Introduced the cash system In all the stores at that plac ? . Antony didn't have the nerva to bring his wlfo back with him. So he gave her a song and dance about not having his house chinked up and promised to send h r a sicond class ticket over the Burlington In th ? spring. Caesar got onto Antony through a , local paper , which gava several columns of Its space to young contributors In order to make things lively In the neighborhood. This con tributor happened to b ? Jealous ot Antony , and he got even through the pipsr. Caesar camei out on a cut rate ticket purchasad at Kansas City , and Antony , who was a member ot the militia company , dropped onto this and a rusty United States cavalry saber , dying a sure but slowdeath. . Before he did this Cleopatra made what she thought was a foxy play , by sending word to Anthony that she had committed euclde. ! She thought this would cause him to rush to her side with a stomach pump. But Antony didn't rush. He pulled out his saber , and , making a grand stand play , fell on It , Not having any clothes on and being a heavy man , the saber succeeded In cut ting a large-sized gash in his vital system. He died a lingering death to the tune of "Tho Band Played On. " Cleopatra hearing ot this , gets a tarantula , which stings her where Sadlo wore her beads , and then she gracefully floats out of existence. Antony Is burled at the expense of the ccunty. The committee of 100 kicks at this , for It Is taxpaylng time , but congratulate tnemseivcs tnat it IB cheaper than a mur der trial and an acquittal. This is the sad story of Cleopatra and Antony , leaving out some of the dry details , wherein red lights and several other things , excepting clothes , figured and brought chasrt ) where tears were expected. No stronger evidence that the piny took well at Bozeman can bo ad duced than the fact that the Farmers' Rest , near the opera house , was almost deserted during the performance. Every ono was dead , between nets , to Its existence , so In tent were they In drinking In the delights of the play. _ _ NOT IJUILT THAT WAY. Ml 11 \utivltliHtniiaiiiK DiHcnrilcil Lover , Would Not Hold II1N Pence. "I attended a mountain wedding- Mc Dowell county , West Virginia , " said a post office Inspector to the Washington Star. "Everything went along smoothly at first. The cabin was brilliantly lighted with candles , and cno of the best fiddlers in the county was present to furnish music for the dance * to follow ti < o wedding oaremony. Nothing occurred to mar tho. proceedings until the minister came to the point where ho Invited any ono who had anything- say why the couple should not enter the bonds of matrimony to speak or thereafter hold his peace , wlun a rough-looking mountaineer arose and said : "Anything to say , parson ? Wall , I reckon I hov. I allua intended ter marry that gal myself , an' that feller knowed U , so he Jes kep' outen my way. I Bent 'Im word to prepare for a llckln' , an' he let' the country , but kep' a-wrltln' ter the gal. Now , I'm here ter make my word good , an' 'fore thlo hyar event goes any farder , the tallei- faced coward has me ter fight. " "In vain th3 preacher tried to restore order. A ring was soon squared In the cen ter of the room , nnd the men went at it. In about ten minutes the groom announced that he had enough , and the victor , taking the arm of the blushing bride , deliberately changed the groom's name In the marriage license to his own , while the vanquished lever made his eecnpe , Everybody appeared to be satisfied , and the marriage took place as though nothing had occurred to mar the solemnity of the occasion. " I'letliorn of If you are an observer of small things you have not failed to notlca of late the enormous number of 10 cents pieces In circulation , says the New Yark Herald. Recently , If you we-nt Into a store , made a 5 cent purchase , nnd gave a dollar bill , It would have been eafo to wager that you would have received in change a half dollar , a quarter and two dimes. Now If you go Into a store , make a small ijrurchase , and lay down a dollar , It is almost a sure thing that you will receive the change In 10 cent pieces. I went Into a bank th ? other day for change for a $5 bill. I received $4 ot It In 10 cent pieces , "Can't give you anything else , " the paying clerk mid , "Why not ? " I asked. "Because , " he Bald , "every bank in America is overstocked with dimes. About a year atrj , when the 10 cent savings bank was to popular , it was almost Impossible to get 100 10 cent > leccu at one time. Coii ! quuntly the govern ment was compelled to IMUO millions of them. "The 10 cent savings bank is no longer a novelty , and now that there are but few c-f them In use , the dimes arc agali In clrcvir.- tlpn. It IB a common thing for a large houa ; to deposit 10,000 10 cent pieces at one time , " Are 1'nle anil Say those who profeis to have Interviewed them. Whether ppooks are tallow-faced or not , mortals are whoso blcod Is thin and watery In consequenca of Imperfect assimi lation. When Invalids resort to Hoiletter'i Stomach Bitters , and use that unequalled tonlo persistently , they soon "pick up" In strength , fleib and color , It should be used also to prevent malarial , rheumatic and kid ney complaints , end to remedy constipation , lick headache and nervousness. BALlNYiilPfflJA \ Wall Strcst Dots Bapk from the War t Take Up Final&nl Afiairs. , , WILL TAKE ALL TrI"pEOPLE DO NOT IlonrjClcTTH SntlNlliMl Jhnt None of OIL Government iNMttf , Will Hciuiilii UimoliI Free jjillvcr nnii the Price uZOnls. , KE\V YORK , Jan. 12 , Henry Glens , heai of the banking house of Henry Clews & Co. writes ot the situation In Wall street : Naturally , under existing circumstances business nt the Stock exchange has been dul ! , In both the Investment nnd Bpeculntlv Interests. There has been n distinct abate ment of the excitement over the Venezuela question. Throughout the country the mill tant furore has nbatad , nnd on nil side there Is a disposition to encourage pac 11 methods of dealing with the question. . In deed , It may bo snld to bo n loregone con elusion that the governments nnd the pJopi of both countries will cultivate nn nttltud calculated to bring nbout un arbitration fal In Its terms nnd adapted to Jnsuro nn early settlement of all points In dispute. Th crtect of this change Is to suspend the re turn of securities trom abroad nnd to re move the question of wnr from the nrena o speculation. The government's choice of a "popular subscription to the J11XOOU,000 ) loan , Instead of placing the nesotlaton In the hands of a syndicate , lins for the "moment checked n recovering tendency In prices which wn beginning to appear. Wall street , however has very generally come to the conclusloi that , should the popular subscriptions prove to bo Insulflclent in amount , nothing I likely to prevent the bank syndicate fron finally taking up the balance of the bonds not covered by the popular subscr.ptlons There is thus no d struit nbout the treasury getting Us $103,000X ( of gold within n month. wWch after nil Is the main thlnt , needed , nnu that certainty should sulllcc to help ccnlldcnce during the Intetvnl of wait IngT In the meantime , the stock market Is sustained by the extremely low level o pr'ces ' , wh'ch on the ono hnnJ prevents colling and on the other suggests n proba blllty of nn advance when the treasur ; troubles have been provided apnlnst fo another year. The renewal of exports o go'd has been chlclly duo to the delay at ter.dant on the popular loan , but the symp toms of the moment suggest n probability that the shipments may not run to nnj "AI ? a means of Anally removing dangcrou contingencies from tlio Venezuelan question the United States iind Great Britain should agree to arbitrate all the matters In dispute now and hereafter through dlslntetcstec parties , or through commissions appointee by each government A3 the people o these two great nations are unmlstakablj In favor of this equitable and Just way o settling their disputes , why should no bo'h governments agree to su-h a method of maintaining the p c . .od will and pros pcrlty or the English tpeaklng race In oath hemispheres ? Let it be once understooi by a mutual agreement between the Unltec States and Knglnnd that such will be their lasting policy , then no serious breach , sucl as the ons now menacing both countries can ever occur. On the very day that our Venezuelan commission was voted for by congress I proposed that Great Brllain ap point a similar commission , nnd that the two bodies come together nnd arrange a settlement ot the dimcujty , subject to the ratification of the premier of England and the president of the United States. Why should not this now bo 'a way out of the Venezuelan and British' Guiana muddle ? The Chamber of Commetca of this city ha ! already endorsed my prqpofitlon. Many o the English papers .have also approved of it. All that is necessary to bring It tea a conclusion Is n deep , sentiment on the part of Ihe people on 'both ' tides of the The free silver members of the finance commute ? have > evidently been In a nip Van Winkle sleep and awoke Just in time to vote for the free silver measure , for which theie Is no demand elsewhere. The long trance of these .gentlemen . has left them In ignorance ins , to the change ol sentiment that has come over the sp.rlt of the people of this country In connection with silver In the last several month ; . They could not know thrtt it has become n dead issue beyond the power of resurrec tion. bsnce their , nfllrjnatlve vote for free silver. They have not realised .that Ujcy last twelve , months has been a pretty lively period , and justined people with anything at staJko to remain wide awake for self- preservation. This country Is now per manently on a gold basis , nnd on that .ac . count ranks amongst first class nations of the world In point of credit , nnd it Is there to stay , nnd our own product of gold alone justifies It. Wo will , however , have use for all the silver that we can't Iind a rcadj export market for at remunerative prices for the arts in this country and for sub sidiary coinage. The white metal , there fore. will never cense to be ono of our paying products. Even at the present price. It is a more profitable crop than wheat corn or oats , and mine owners of silver , by contrast , have no ground of com plaint. _ NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET. CloHliip : ( liiotntioiiH on the Principal CoiiiinoilltleH nnil Staple * . NEW YOIIK , Jan. 11. FLOUR Receipts , 23- COO bbls. ; exports , 39,900 bbls. ; market quiet and easier , especially where prompt removal from docks was concerned. MIMeiti , however , were holding out for old prices. Minnesota patents , J3.40SJ3.W ; winter patents , (3 C03.75 ; winter straights , $3.403.4 ; ; winter extras , S3.C3Q3.00 ; winter low Grades , J2.3)ffl60. ) nye. flour , steady ; superfine , t2.SSQ2.7j. Buckwheat Hour , dull ; J1.2t 01.23. nUCICWHEAT Dull ; 39U30 < 4c. COUN MEAL Dull ; yellow western , coarse , 70o ; Brnndywlne , J2.S5. rmi-Nomlnol ; western , 42045c. BARLEY Nominal ; western , 3SJT45c ; feeding- . UAULEY MALT Nominal ; western. 49f55c. WHEAT Exports , 39,000 bu. ; sales. 795,000 bu. ; npot market dull ; No. 2 red , C7V46 9c ; No. 1 hard , 70c , delivered. Options opened firmer on some war rumors , liberal weekly experts from both coasts , higher calles nnd foreign buying , but afterward tume < t w raker under small clear ances , liberal spring wheat receipts nnd offer ings by scalpers , and closed unchanged to Ho lower. January closed nt C7'/4c ; Slay , 07 5-lGc closing at 67c. COHN Hfcelpts , 8,800 bu. ; exports , 7,100 bu. ; spot , dull ; No. 2 , 35' ; c. Options opened better on bad roads west and Indications of a llghlcr marcment , followed by a decline , following wheat , and closed unchanged. January closed at 3Vic ; Way , 35 3-lGT33ic , closing nt S5tc. ! OATS Itccclpts , 64,000 , bu. ; exports , 100 bu. : spat , dull ; No , 2 , 2HJc. Options were very dull and featureless , and closed parllally 54c lower , January closed nt 23c ; May , 24 > i@2lc closing nt S41ic. HAY Firm ; shipping , 18.0008 CO ; coot ] to choice , J9.C0810.W. LEATHER Quiet ; hemlock sole , Ilucnos Ayres Iticht to heavy weights. Sic ; ncld , 21i22e. ' HOPS Weak ; state , common to choice 1834 crop , 2U5a ; 1805 crop , 4@luc ; 1'aclllo coast. 1S9I crop. 3M5c ; 1S92 crop , 4 10C , IIIDiS Steady ; Gnlveston , 12o ; Huenos Ayres. dry , 'tic ; Texas , dry , 10c ; California. He. WOOI/ Steady ; domestic lleece , 1622c ; pulled , I'hoViniONS Beef , quiet ; family , 110.0001200 Cut meats , steady ; pl-.ked | ' . . shoulders , 4' , < .c ; . . . _ ' I - nlntrln.l ll. * a ClTfi / n - ( I IlUTTKH-necelpls , 4 35 Wei.i } < ia ly ; cream , cry. ICBSIo ; Elglns. 2Sc.0 | EOCJS Hecelpts , 3,764 pkns. ; steady ; state nnd Pennsylvania , iseijc ; western , 16S22c ; southern , CHEESE Receipts , 1.371 pkgs. r , 7I/C,1V ( > . n.nBll Tl/TJ l/ll/ . . . . . ; _ . nulef V. . TURPENTINE-Flrnu 3U4032e. PETROLKUM-FlrmtlyVUnlted closed nt II 49 > ld ; rellned. New York. JUS ; I'hlladrlenin u.i I Ilalllmore. J7.70 ; Phllq.Slplla ; and Baltimore in LUlU | J5.W. * . .U ° 4.INr8teally ? ! ' ' "rvTrV common to good. 11.7001. 75. H1' * ' lUCE-Sliady ; domestic , fair to extra , 3H0 c ; MOLASHEHSleady ; New Orleans , open kettle . M.1 to choice. 29086p. / METALS Pig Iron. Cici * ; eouthern , JI2.000 13.W ; northern , J12.0001S SO. Copper , weak irokcr * ' price , J10 ; exyti itla price , t9.80if000 Lead , quiet ; brokers' pffcen2. 2 ; exchange price' COTTON SEKD OlJWeak nnd generally ower. wit1 ] holders Jlniflffcient ! prime crude : sru < 1"f' :0o ; pr'me ' "umrner St. lioul * ( ifiit-ral ainrkct. ST. LOUIB , Jan. ll.-FLOUR-Q.ulct but firm nd higher ; patents. tl.30 3.M ; exlia fancy. 1.1503.25 : fancy. J2.76e2.R5 ; choice. J2.5082.W. WHEAT Opened tonjevvliat stronger on Euro- ean war news and firmer cables , but there as no excitement or activity In speculative -adlng ; latei- considerable long uheut was Iquldated , cauilsg weakness und a decline fulurej closing ' ,4c under yesterday ; tpol dull : to. 2 ted , each. CCc ; No. 2 hard , 65Uc ; January , We : May. DSllc. CORN Stiongrr at the opening , but epecu- allen was so stagnant tliat little change In values took place , and hardly any trades were nude ; futures closed he lower for May and July ; spot llrm ; No. 2 mixed , cash. 23Vio ; Janu ary , 23c ; May , Wic ; July , ZCHc. OATS Depre d , In ryinpuiliy wh | ( wheat and corn futures ; clotlngnltli feller * HO below > e < Unlay ; spot dull ; No. 2 cath , ,17Uc ; January , Sc ; May. 18c. RYE llcttrr at 3CVSf CORN MKAIjlyhiZ1.35. . I1RAN Dull ; no offcriDg end demand light ; sacked salable , east truik. at 43c. FLAX SEED-Ouolable at SCc. TIMOTHY SUED Quotable at ICc. HAY Dull ; timothy ratlier easy en account cf heavy ie cluu at JlO.wailto , this IJc ; prnltle In ( rood demand nnd Hrm nt J5.0010.M , thl < tide. POULTRY Ixiwer ; tutkeyg. Hc ( chickens , tR7c ; ducks , 8f8'4c ; Rfese , ( il6e , RUTTER Steady ; creamery , 20ff25c ; dairy , 11 20c. KOOS Ixiwer nt He. WH1SKV-JI.22. LEAD Dull : Mlalilc at J2.7i'2.80. Speller , strong ; J3.75 hid ; , none to be had nt that , PROVI.SlONS-Pork. cny ; standanl men. Job- bin , new , J9.75 ; old , J9.12M. I ird , loner ; prime nteam , J1.20 ; choice , 15.M. llncon , boxed rhoul * derd , J5.37'i ! longs , JS.50 ; tlb . J5.fi2',4 ' , Dry unit meals , boxcil rlioulders , J4.50 ; long' , J4.76 ; rlbx , J4.87U ! short * , JJ. RECElPTS-Flour , 3,000 bbln. ! Whent , 45,000 bu. ! coin , W.OOO bu.J ontf , 21.010 bu. SHIPMENTS rinur , 10,000 lbl.J wheat , S2.WO bu. ; corn , 61,000 bu , ; onts , S.OUO bu. CHICAGO CHAIN MA1IICKTS. of the TrmlliiR nml 1'rlocn on Sntiiriluy. CHICAGO , Jnn. 11. The Inrgo northwest ern rccclpta wns the prlnlcpnl feature In tlio wheat mnrkct today. With vigorous bear willing It knocked from Ho to ? o off yesterday's closing prices. Corn closed % c lower nnd onts Vie lower. Pork lost 7V4c , lord T c , nnd ribs 2140 to 5c from Inst night. Wheat opened rather stronger thnn It closed ycsterdny , duo to the small ship ments thlf ) week from Arccntlno nnd to nn ndvanco of Ud In the prlco of American wheat In Liverpool , In the face of the de clines hero on the day before. Hut the de liveries In the northwest were large -C8I car ? , ngntnst 398 cars on the same day last week nnd the exports for the week from both coasts were nbout GOO.OOO bu. less than the "week beforo. Thcro seemed to be n prowlng suspicion that the war news hnil been overworked nnd buyers were cnutlou * nbout making Investment ? . Some of the big operators were disposed to raid the mar ket , nnd the price gradually yielded. The local receipts were larger than expected , nnd thcro Is n liberal estimate for Monda > Judge Tuley's decision In fnvor of the con tention of the elevator proprietors tint th state warehouse commissioners had over supped their power In licencing elevator was fald to have hnd pome influence in pro duclng the heavy feeling In the inarke which prevailed nfter the first few mlnnto of the session. Mny started nt from G9c t G5c. Fold momentarily nt COc , and the gradually down to from oSJJc to IWHiC nea the close , and the latest trading was a 59c. Corn opened llrm In sympathy with th strength In wheat nt the same time , bu turned down ngnln when wheat did. Th lowest quotations were being made ns th trading wns being drawn to a clore. Ma opened nt 2Sc , sold for an Instant nt 1-1C over that , and from 2So to 29a It grnduallj sank to 28&c. with from 2SV4c to 2Sc a the closing rate. Oats opened slow nnd tended downwan In sympathy with wheat nnd corn. Ma > sola from 194c to 19T4C to 19Hc , closing a 195ic. Provisions were inclined to seek a lowe level after a rather firm start. At the clos May pork was 12'/c lower than It openeJ anil 7'yic lowct' thnn it closed nt on the day before. May lard nnd May ribs wound u with a lots to each of. Co for the day Heavier hog receipts for next week are pro dieted , nnd that wns given as the reason for the weaker fooling which existed. Kstlmated receipts for Monday : Wheat 00 cars ; corn , 870 cars ; oats , 193 cars ; hogs 41,000 head. The leading futures ranged as follows : Articles. I Opn. HUli. C1Q33. Jan Peb Wny July Torn , J.in Mnv July ntH. J.-ni Fob Mny July Cnrk. Jan. . Mny Lanl.l Jim Mny Mnii Jnn M y Cash quotations were ns follows : FIXUIl Winter patents , f3.503.00 : winter straights , J3.10iJ3.30 ; pprlng 'patents , f3.10iT3.23 fprlnK EtrnlKlits. J3.4002.75 ; bnkers , J2.10ft2. " > . WHI2AT No. 2 sprlnc. MViJ57ic ; No. 3 sprlne , 3GH57c ; No. 2'tcd , ClUffCJUc. C"OIIN No. 2 , : C'.j , J2C-Hc. OATS No. 2. 171i 17 4c ; No. 2 white , 20o ; No. 3 white , 17'i@19)ic. RYE No. 2. SCc. BARLEY No. 2 , nominal ; . No. 3 , 22Q3 o No. 4 , 22 23c. FLAX SEED No. I. 93c. TIMOTHY SI3DD 1'rline , J3.CO. I'UOVISIONS Pork , mess , per bbl. , J3.43ff9.50. Lnrd per 100 Iba. , S5.42V4RJ-3. Short ribs Eliles ( loc e ) . { 4.GOO4.C5. Dry salted nliouldcrs ( boxed ) . S4.37V594.C2',4 ; short clear sides ( boxed ) , J4.37V. . , . WHISKY Distillers' finished coeds , per ( rnl. , 11.22 jfuGARS Cut lonf , $5.75 ; granulated , J5.12 ; gtnnil.ird "A , " J3. rOUIjTnY Steady ; turkeys , 9@llc ; chickens , 7Sc ; ducks , 11O12C. The following were the receipts and shipments today : Articles. Receipts. Shipment ! . Flour , bbls. 8.000 Wheat bu. . . 17.000 Corn , bji. . . . 2R8.000 Oats , bu ' . ' 03.0110 Hjc bu 0,009 Barter , bu. . . On the Pro Juoa exclianro today the buttar mar ket wai unsettled : creamery. 18 < a'3 ! < c ; dairy , 12O2UU. KERB , weak ; fresh , 10O17KC. Cheeac quiet ; . Liverpool MnrUolH. LIVrnrOOL , Jan. 11. WHE .T-FIrm ; demon 1 posr ; No. 2 red winter. 5s 4d ; No. 2 red spring , stocks exhausted ; No. 1 hard , Manitoba , La < ! $ ( ! ; No. 1 California , Us Gd. Futures closed firm , with Juno unchaniced and other months ! id higher , business about equally distributed ; Janu ary , to 4id ; February , 53 44d ; March , 5a DV4d ; April.5s Mid ; May , 5a Cd ; June , 5s did. COIIN Spot , llrm ; American mixed new , 3s 3d. Futures closed firm , with business about equally distributed ; January , 3s 2d ; February , 3s 2d ; March , 3s 3Vid ; April , 3s 3 } d ; May , 3s 3 ' .id ; June , 3s 3Vid. FLOUR Firm ; demand poor ; St. Louis fancy winter , 7n 3d. PROVISIONS Bacon , firm , demand fair : Cum berland cut. 28 to 30 Ibs.i 23s ; short ribs , 23 Us. , 28s ; long clear , light , 38 to 45 Ibs. , 27s Cd ; lonK rlear/ heavy , 05 Ibs. . 27s ; shoit clear , bucks , light , 18 Ibs. , 17s Cdi short clear middles , heavy , > 5 Ibs. ; 26s Cd ; clear bellies. 14 to 1C Ibs : , 31s ; shoulders , square , 12 to 18 llii. , 27s ; hams , short cut. 14 to 16 Ibs , 40s. Tallow , fine North Amer ican , 21s 3d. Reef , extra India mess , 77n Cd ; irlmc mess , & 7s Gd. Pork , prime mess , flno west ern. Ws ) ; prime mess , medium. 411 , Lard , steady ; prlmo western , 2.5s Gd ; refined In prills , 29a. CIinnSB Kasy ; demand moderate ; flnept American , white , 45s ; Uncut American , colored , 45s. 45s.UUTTEJl Finest United States , 95s ; good , TURPENTINE SPIRITS 21s Cd. HOHIN Common. 4s 9d. COTTONHKKD Oil , Liverpool refined , 17s. UNSHED OIL 20 . PHTROliEUM Refined. 84d. ! ItKPIuaiSItATOR IICBF Fore quarters , 3Vdj iind quarters , CHd. HI.CACIIINO POWDER-Hnrdwood , nt Liver pool. 17. HOPS At London , Pacific coast , 12 Cs. Dry RooilN Market. NR\V YORK. Jtt i. 11 , The market for dry roods scored an Improvement during the week ust patfted , and seasonable dry goods moved orwanl In fair sized l tn. The primary market von dull nnd the largo number of distant buy- r arriving had no effect upon the general ondltlons. Staple cottons were nt a standstill , while only a moderate order demand was re corded In spring line * . The demand for woolens - ens of every description was wry small , Im- iored ( line prices held steady. The print cloth narlcct closed dull and ( Inn nt 3c , Operations or the week were a follows : Production , 23 } 000 > leces ; deliveries , 1M.IWO plecrs ; sales , S4 , < XX ) pieces , all odds. FALI < niVUR , Jan. ll.-Uuslneea continues ull In the print cloth market , nnd the prospects re that there wll | bo no Increase In activity or come time to come. Iluyers are repot ltd o have all the goods on hand that they want , nd unices they can cell what they have they vlll not buy any mere goods at any price , Vhen trade Is resumed It Is almost certain to > e nt prices under 3c. Ihe pre nt quotation. Cotton will not go down to uny extent , but loth prices are expected to drop very decidedly , All the saint of Ihe week wi-re odds , and the usls of ttadlng was under 3c , There were a ew orders , and the rest ran through ID the rnt rf April for delivery. The dell\erlcn wt-ru try low , and the clock IncrenvM M.OW plect'S , odds picking up somewhat moro than regulars. CufTcu .Market. YORK , Jan. 11. COFFirn-Opllons pencd steady at f.t/15 points advance , rukit enerally linn on falling urf In Ihe receipt ! t Hla and Knnlos , which cauaul a sliurp < k- land from locnl u'loru ; clo ? d steady at a et mhmco of 10O30 points ; talcs , 21 , ox ) r.nga anuury at ll3.40frl3.4S ; March , J13.JOfjl3.2J , [ Kit coffre , Rio , quiet but steady ; No. 7 , IX. Hid , quiet but btrady ; Cordova , JIJ.OOa)8.(0 ) ; wiles , none. Warehouiw deliveries from New York > e terday , 0,188 tags ; New York stock oday , 2&S1 ! bags ; United Hlalen stock , 557 , 1W lajs ; ulli'Ut for Ihe United Stales , 242.tft > J bugs ; otalMslble for the Unllnl Sttatu , 1W.1S3 bags against C39K7 bags lait > rar. SANTOS. Jan. 11. Market quiet ; good aver se Hantos , J15 ; receipts , C.ooo bag * ; stock , , IIAMIIUHO. Jan. 11. Market steady at ' , prg dvnnce ; sales , 4,000 bags. HAVlti : , Jan , 11. Market firm and unchanged ; ales. 18.000 bags. RIO 1)13 JANEIRO. Jan. 11. Market steady ; No. 7. Rio , J13.7S ; exchange. 9 3-1C.1 ; receipts , ,000 bags ; cleared for the United Slutrs. ,000 > ags ; for Europe. 8.000 bags ; Hock. 251,000 bags. Cotton Markvl. ST. LOUIB. Jan. 11. COTTON-Bteady ; no tales reported : middling , 7ic : receipts , Z.US ales ; BhlpinentH. 00 Utles ; stock , 79,800 bales. NKW ORLIANH , Jon. 11. coTTON-uieady ; ilddllng. TKc ; lovr middling , 7Kc ; good or- Inary , 76-lCo ; receipts , 6,222 bales ; exports , to rent Britain , 10 , OW bal * j U tht continent , 4.3C3 bnlfd ! coi twl p , 144 l-rtleo rnlc , 4,9. > 0 bnlrn ; Mock , 3I9.TU tmtrx. NKW YORK. Jnn. 11. rOTTON-Jult , mtd illlnc , 8 5-18c ( net receipts , 10,337 l > nle ; RtJ'H rr- relptx , 6.MIS tmlrni forwnnlnl , 2.$00 bales i oalM , IK talcs , nil tplnnersj Mock , It6,571 Imlrs. OMAHA < IIMHAI , MAiucirr. ComlHIon of Trmlc nnil Qnntnlon on Stniilc nnil Knncy t'roiluce. JXIOS Strictly fresh Mock , 14ftl5c. IIUTTKH fncklnir stock , rolls , lie : packing Mock , tuls , SfllOc ; fair to KOCH ! country. 13l14c ; choice to fancy country. 15816c. VKAb-Cholc * fnt , 70 to 100 Ibs. , nre quoted at CfI7c ; Inrco nnd coarse , 4JCc. ( ritnRSi : Domestic brick , llHc : IMam , per iloz. , J9.M ; Club Home , Mb. Jars , per do * . , J3.M ; I.lmlwrstr , fancy , per ll > , 11Hc ; Roupf | t , "tlb. Jam , per dot , Jj.coi Youne Americans. Twin * , fancy , lie. IHDULTRY Drc.iifd-Chlckens , Cflic : ducks. choice , 9J10c : turkeys , choice , 10 < Jllc : HAY Upland , J5.RO , ' midland , * 5 ; lowland , J4.W ; no Mt-aw. J4 ; color mnkri the price on liny ; light boles sell the best. Only top grndfs bring tup price * . IIIIOOM COltN-Kxtremely slow Kale ! new crop , dell\rird en trnck In country , choice green Rolf-working cntpet , per lb. , 2 c ; choice green , riinnlnc to hurl , 2lic ; ccmmnn. IHc. OAMK Jack snipe. "ScffH.OO ; golden plo\er , 11.25 : jack rnbhllR , per doz. , J1.75H2.00 ; small rabbits , 75fi7i1.no ; nmllnrd ducks. i3.WI3 75 : red heads , JJ.7ujf4.00 : canvaslflck ducks , ! 5.00T8.n.l ; teal , blue wing , t2.OOtiS.SS : teal , green wing , Jt.76W2.oo ; mixed ducks , Jl.7u02.S5 ; Canada pivfce , J6.OOff7.tO ; small gcodo. J4.GOO3.oo ; brants , J3.60 ; squirrels , per d3Z. , COff'oc. PtOKONS Live , very slow , ' dead pigeons not wanted. CAULin.OWER-Pcr crate , $2v7.frS.OO. or 11.60 Q1.75 per doz. , CAIIHAQIl-Cnllroinla slock , per lb. , To. MUSHROOM. " Per 1'4-lt. box. 6)J75c. POTATOns Fancy nnlUe stock , SOc ; from store In small lols , 30t35c ; Colorado slock , COO55C. ONIONS Per. bu. . SOc. FIKANR Hand picked navy , per bu. , $ l.t > 0. SWEET roTATons-ciioico stock , 12.75 r > tr bbt. CELERY California , per doz. , 90c ; Colorado , f > r ? jnOo { Knlamnzoo. 3 , " c. LIMA nEANB for lb. . te . ti.sojtt.7S. WATER rnrcss-pcr 16-ni. case. SCOTCH PHAS-In Fncks. per bu. . $1.00. FRUITS. MEXICAN STRAWHER1UES Per qt. . 35c. APPLES-Fnncy New Yolk. J3.2303.50 ; choice western , 12.50373.00 ; Utah apples , per box , $1,50. CALIFORNIA QUINCES-None. OREGON 1'EARS None. CRANRERRins Jersey , $8.75 ; Cnpc Cod , $10 ; McFnrlln's. 110. MALAOA ORAPES Per M-lb. bbl. , $9 ; per 65 to 70 Ibs. , grosi. $7.00JT7.M. TROPICAL , FRUITS. ORANGES Callloinla budded seedlings , regu lar sizes. (3.00Q3.25 ; 250 lo 2S8 size * . K.TIffS.UO ; nnxels , J3.75j4. 0 ; large sizes , JXZ.1tt3.50. LEMONS-Callfornla , per box , J3.7584.50 ; Mes- slnns. $4.00114.60. - HANANAS Choice large stock , per bunch , J2.01 Q2.25 : medium sized tunchei. Jl.,532 00. MISCELLANEOUS. OYSTERS Mediums , 15c ; standards , 20c ; extra selects , 23c ; Diunc.i v Co. selects , 27c ; New Yoilt counts. 30c ; standard bulk , per gul. , J1.10. HONEY I'uncy while , per lb. . 15c. MAPLE SYRUP Flve-gnl. cans. each. J2.75 ; gal. cans , per doz. , $12 ; ,4-Enl. cans , IC.25 ; quarl cans , $3.75. CIDER Pure juice , per half bbl , , $3 ; per bSAUERbkRAUT-Per bbl. , 3.75 ; half bbl. . $2 25. FIOS New crop , California , 10-lb. boxes , ptr lb. , lOc ; Imporled fancy , 30-lb. boxes , lie ; choice , 10-lb. IOTXCS. ll',4 (12c. ( DATES New Peislnn. 10-lb. boxes , per lb. . SVic ; fards. 10-lb. boxes , per lb. . PC , MAPLE SUQAR-Chol s. per lb. , S310c. PRESERVEP-.lssorled. 20-lb. palls , each $1.40. COCOANUTS Per 100. $4.00 ; each. 6c. NUTS Almonds. California , per lb. . medium size , lOc ; Tarragona almonds , fee ' 0. large. 12V4c ; llrnzlls , per lb. , 8c ; Englls. . nainuts , per lb. , fancy soft shell. Kc : standatdg. ll lltic ; niberls. per lb. , lOc' pecans , po'lshed medium. ICc : large. He : peanuts , raw. CKc ; roasted. 7 "He ; hickory nuts , small , per bu. . $1.75 ; hickory nuts , larce , per bu. , $1.50 ; black walnuts , per bW" " ' DRESSED MEATS. UEEF Llfiht weslcrn steers , 400 lo 600 Ibs. , CV4c ; good cows nnd heifers , 45Jc ; medium COWH nnd heifers , 4V5c ; good forequarlcrs cows nnd heifers , S'/ic ; | ? 3od hindquarters cows and heifers , Cc ; cow rounds , Cc ; cow chucks , Site ; steer chucks , 4 ( > 4Vic ; beef tenderloins , fresh , ISc : frozen , 16c ; beef rolls boneless , 8Jc ! ; slrlnln bulls , boneless , 8 > , ic ; loin backs , 6Hc ; cow ribs , No. 3 , C7c ; cow loins. No. 3 , 7l4ffS5c. ! MUTTON Dressed multon. CVic ; racks , 8V4c ; legs. 7c : saddles , 7c ; ctew5. 2',4c. I'ORK Dressed hogs. 4'ic ; podc loins. Cc ; ( spare ribs. Cc ; polk shoulders , 4 > iC ; pork shoul ders , skinned. 4c ; . pork trlmmlnKs , 4c ; lendei- lolns , 13c ; pigs' feel , cleaned , per doz. , 33c. FURS. , ohd Ne- naika Murrain wool pelts , per lb , , actual weight , 405c ; dry flint Colorado butcher wool pelts , per b. , actual weight , 4BC',4c ; dry Hint Colorado iturrnln wool pelts , per lb. , actual wvlgat , 40Sc ; dry pieces nnd bucks , actual weight , 4U5c ; tet cut off , as It Is useless to pay freight on TALLOW AND GREASE Tallow , No. I , SJic ; allow No. 2 , 3c ; greats , while A , 3'ic ; grease , white 11 , Sc ; grease , jellow , 2'ic ' ; grease , dark , c ; old butter , 202ftc ; beeswax , prime , Itjj22c ; ougn tallow , l'/4c. BONES In car lots weighed an.l delivered In Chicago ; Dry buffalo , per ton , I12.00014.00 ; dry ountry , bleached , per ton , $10.001/12.00 ; dry ounlry , damp nnd mtaty , per ton. JO 0008,00. WOOL Unw ashed , fine heavy , 6tt7c ; fine light , 09c ; quarter blood. lOfflZc ; re < ! y. burry nnd huffy , Sr9c ; celled and broken , coarse , 709c ; oiled nnd broken , fine , CJllc. Fleece wailinl Medium , ISfrlSc : fine , 14816c : tub washed , 16O ( c : black. 8c ; bucks , Cc ; tag Incku , 203c ; dead pulled. 6OGc. KaimnH Clly .Markrlx. KANSAS CITY , Jan. 11. WHRAT Dull ; No. hard , 67 ! ft58c ; No. 2 red , nominally , C3c ; No. spring , WB57c ; No. 3 spring , 54c ; rejected , 30Mc. CORN Ho loxver ; No. 2 mixed , 22ViC22Hc ; Xo. while. 2Hic , OATH Irregular and lower ; No , 2 mixed , No. 3 while. 171iCISC. RYE Dull ; No , 2 , nominally , SOc. HAY Weak , ' timothy , J10.OOS12.tiO ; prattle , 6.00O7.00. HUTTER Steady and firm ; creamery , airy , 18 < 815c. iaaS-Freth : , 15e. > HiiKiir Market. NKW YORK. Jnn. 11. Sl'ClAR-Raw. steady ; air refining. 3c ; centrifugal. 88 lest , 3io , lie- ned , Hleady but quiet ; standard "A , " 4ic ; cut oaf , DV4c ; granulated , 4Hc. MliinciuiuilM Win-lit Mnrki-t. MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. ll.-WIIKAT Weak ; anuury. M4c ! ; May , 55Vic. On truck , No , 1 lanl , DOVic ; No , 1 northern , D4'4c ' ; No. 2 north- rn , 63ic. ! ( III * IllVlllttlOII , George Christ , member of the republican ational committee from Arizona , anil ali nanclal agtnt of tlio committee , tells a ; oed story on himself. Mr. Christ owns a > \K \ hotel in Arizona. Arizona Is a long way rum New York , and Mr , Christ feels per- ectly at ease In asking every one lie inccta n New York to come out ana spend a week s his guest at Ills hotel. One day lait sumner - ner a man walked Into his hotel and said ; How are you , Mr. Chrltft ? " Mr. Christ ooked at him and taid : "I am afraid you ave the best of me. " The other looked urprleed , but said ; "Why , don't you re member me ? I am Mr. . I met you in New York , and you asked me to coino out nd spend a week at your hotel. I have cine. " Then It dawned upon Mr. Christ ho hU visitor was. He said ; "That cost me a week's board , and the best the house ould furnish. I have ceased promltcuoua nvltlng. " Piles of people have piles , but Dowltt's Vltch Hazel Balvo will cure them. IHIA1IA LIVE STOCK MARKET Receipts of Oaltlo , Hogs nnd Sheep Largo for Saturday , CATTLE MARKET INCLINED TO BE DULL JVot Very Anvlotn for UORB pud ( ho Ilnlk nf ( he .Snlrfi Were 1 nt n n-Cent Ilcqllnc Mutton * Slicrp In Cnuil Demand. SATfUDAY , Jan. It. Receipts for the dnys Indicated uro : Cnttlo. Hogs. Sheen. Horse J- < . January 11 1,421 4.159 1,159 J24 January 10 j,769 4.3W 100 January 9 1.12J B.'OVS 664 Jnnuary 8 2,0f > 9 6.GOS 371 January 7 2,64.1 9,232 242 January 6 ooo 1,190 " ' January 4. . . . 1,156 L',74S 'is Ilccclpts of stock for the week with com- pnilsons nro ! Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Ilccclpts this week n.sis "O.tBfi 2,627 ItcccSpts last week 0u72 14.ZSM 2,17i5 Same week last year . . . 11,143 4I.7C1 2.2SI Hccelpts from January I to date , as nonv- pared with the corresponding period of 1833 , nre ; ISM. 1S95. Cnttlo 14.SIO 20IMl HOKS 41.a61,133 Sheep 3.4SD 3,632 CATTUS The recclp's were liberal for a Saturday , there being 1,421 head of cattle , ns ngnlnst l.U-G on Saturday of last week. The market ns n whole wns In coed shape nnd values were very satisfactory BO far us the selling Interest.- " were concerned. The market on fat cattle WIIH hardly ni good ns yesterday , " vnlut > a In-lnif In most cases n lltlo easier , un'.vss It mlcht bo on Bon-cthlnrj especially desirable. Whtlo the trade was fairly active nnd everything wns sold by the middle of the forenoon , the buyers were not so anxious for the cattle ns they have been. Tlio wlro odRo was gene from the market , but ctlll It left the trade in pretty decent shape. Thcro were a few steers In the yards good enough to bring $4.10 nnd $ I.CO. The inatkct on butchers' stock wns rea sonably nctlvo nnd the offeilngs were nil taken early nt nboul yesterday's prices. Stockers nnd fccdotti were In fair reaiiest for a Saturday , but there were , ns usual of late , very few on sole. The prices paid showed a good , strong mat Hut. H has been n great week for these having" cntt'.o to sell. After being In the ilumpi over since before the holidays , the market took on new life nnd prices shot upward all of a sudden. For months past cnltio sellers have been calling nttcn'Ion to the un. mlstnkablo shorlnj-'c in cattle , but they hnvo fnH'.ed to convince or Interest the buy ers. The shortage of money has compelled' feeders to unload their cattle at n rate that has kept the markets of the country well supplied , but nt Die Fame time has rcduc.'d th sur lu In the cou try. 11 stairs as If buyers have nil ot u midden como to roallzo the true situation and the competi tion between them Is responsible , In a great degree , for the sharp advance in vniuca. At the close of the week values nre all of 2.GSOo higher than on Monday nnd Tues day. day.All All kinds of cattle hnvo felt the Improve ment , but the advance 1ms been the great est on th j lest gr. d s of d e'sed I e f t tears. Cows , heifers and butchers' stock of all kinds have told freely and ut advanced prices. Stockers and feeders hnvo aso ad vanced nnd the demand lias been peed for this season of the year , but the number of cattle of that description coming has been small and the business necessarily Unlit. HOQS Today's receipts of hogs showed a slight Bain over ) cstcidny , nnd n K'l'n ' ' of about 1,700 head over Sntuiday of la t week. It was Sat urday , nnd ns the packers were not very nnxloua lo buy hogs that would hiue lo be rnriletl over unlll next \\cck , Ihe niaiket.IH n shade loucr and not veiy brisk nt thai. The buyeia wauled Iho hops nl J3.CO , nnd they Kot n good many at that piles. The bulk of the sales were nt J3.r,0ff3.r.2ii. as against J3.C5 yesterday. Toward Iho close Ihe mnikel cased on" , nnd lloso who did not sell In Ihe motnlng found It almost 1m- posslUc lo unload later In the day. The hoc market cxpcilenced quite a bulge the pait week. At the opening of the week hogs uero selling nt J3 COST3.63 , but on Thursday pilces took nn upward turn and J3.60 was touched , being the hlgluBt pDlnl reached since October. SHEEP The receipts were Ihe laigest of the week , but the demand was active nnd good multons changed hunUs icadlly. Tlio sheep market has been In good shape all Ihe wool : . The packers have all wanted cheep , nnd they hnvo wanted them bndly enough to pay fully steady pi Ices , IhnuRli Ihero wns a tendency toward wcnkmm at the close of the week. Everything recehed has met with prompt Rale , nnd nt very satisfactory prices. Good to choice natives nro quotnblo nt J2.Cff3.S5 ; good to choice westerns. J2.0003.25 ; fair lo good Block ; she ° p , J1.76SJ3.00 ; common lo choice 40 lo 100-lb. latnlw , J3.00ff4.60.- CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. There WIIH ( he Umuil Snlnnlny Clinr- iicter to the HfiilltiKN. CHICAGO , Jan. II. In cattle there wns the usual Saturday character , prices ruling steady nt Friday's decline. A big run Is expected Monday. Similar expectations legardlng last Monday failed to be realized. Hutchers' nnd can- ners' cattle have advanced more than beef steers , nnd they promise to go still higher If the receipts nre not Increased. Cow nnd bull mini arc largely at from J2.33 to { 3.23 , nnd prlmo calves fetch from IG.M to JG.7G. The best fe tfrs bring J3.S5 , nnd they nro scarce. There was n good demand nt yesterday's prices for hogs , nnd the supply was well taken early In the day ot from J3.M to J3.S5 , H'A . ' ' " 'Jio.of ' . the Fnlcs bolni ? from J3.70 to 13.80. nig heavy hogs Hell the worst iind the range between the poorest nnd the best grades has widened to SOc. Denlrnhlo pics wct"r , above * 3-C5' nni cllolce 85P'C ' joid nt " .SO , Sheep sales were made somewhat under the lest prices of the wo'lc. Common to prime sheep were volatile nt from > 2 to 13 65 ; wcst- n fem $3-20 to * 3M : ynrllncs from City Llvf Slock. mCANIiAS CITY , Jan. H.-CATTLK-necelpIn , 00 head ; shipments , l.JOO head ; market steady " J L Tfltn ? " 'eoN" . t2WW3.ffl ) ; Texas caw , S ! sleer8' U-WitW. : ecf ' - native cows Btocl < cra an < 1 fc iJe . 2.M83.7li ; bulls , HOOS Receipts , 8,900 head : shipments. MO iwid ; market opened wenk ; clmed strong ; bulk f " 1lPi43'DS3-li7'4 ! hcavlm. $3.3033.624 ; pack- frsH.55W3.C24 ; mixed. J3 M'SffJ 60 ; , . , , > , . - ' . . . . . * Hecelpts , 2,000 head ; uhlpmcnls. 700 Slock In Slurhi , " " ' " Omaha . .hlcago . j 010 i 000 iCi"iSiclty ? . " : : : : : : : " B- ' , 8tJ0"1" . COO 4,000 Totnls . . , , . 3,803 80,337 S . I.oulx Mvt * .Stock. ST. IXH1IH , Jan , ll-CATTM3- , COO 3 r i'S > . "ly Bca"t "I * ,1""le "ow : n ; cows nnd lielfcrs , } 2.W ( 3.40 ; Texas ' . . . 4,000 head ; market 60 lowers leavy , 0 ; mixed , 3.40a3.C3 ; llg.-it , | 3.4M # eeclpts , SOO head ; mniket firm ! naIves - Ives , | 2.75O3.fX ) ; Boulhern , J2.S5Jf3.lB. IlllIlKClu'KH All lIlKht. PLATTB CBNTBIl , Neb. , Jan. 12. ( Spo- fal. ) The Farmers' nnd Merchants' bank f this place was checked up by Ben Cowdry , the stale bank examiner , yesterday , lid found to bo all O. K. The depositors will get paid In full , but it will talto tlmo o realize- . The run on iiuo bank wag caused y the county 'treasurer ' , James Lynch , being liort In the county funds at Columbus. Our Free Letter Reviewing Ihe grain and stock markets , will t ( nt you dally on request , la III * hope of deierv- ag part of your buslneis. Orders solicited for njth r.r nn thrpa la flv nnlnt mnrirlnM J , R , WILLARD & CO Members Chicago Hoard of 'IltHt. New York reduce Exchunice , New York Cons. Utock Kx- hznse. 17 liouid Trade , Chicago. 41 Broadway. [ vr York. JAMES E. BOYD & CO. Telephone 1030. Omiilui , Nub. COMMISSION RAIN. ; PROVISIONS : AND : STOCKS JHH Board of Trade. Dliect to Chicago and New York. John A. Warren & Co. r. P. SMITH. ' ( Tel 1308) B. M. STANFORD , FP. . SMITH &CO. GBA1N : AND : PROVISIONS Room 4 , N. Y. Llfo Biag. , Omaha. limncb oHcts at Kreir.ont n4 f'oluinbui. All vdcrs placet ! on the Clilcaro Doaid of Trail * . terrespondental Bwarlz , IJuptK & Co. , Chi. caco : Hhrtlntr. Flack & Co. . 81. Ix > uli. o ITirit N tloo l book. Omaha.
