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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1903)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, EEIVKUAftV 23, 1003. TWENTIETH CENTURY CRAFT aUrreloui Ease with Which Tools Ware tepamted from Their Monay. FLOOD OF LUCRE BEWILDERS PROMOTERS Millions Poarrd Into the Coffers of Get-Rich Fakir Aide Maht on the (limr Worked In . l.onl. ' The ruccesslve collapse of get-rlrh-qulrk concerns In Bt. Louis. Chicago and Ne jork gives fresh emphasis to the sarin. "A fool and hli money are eoon parted." The eaie with which thousands of credulous people handed In their money on the mere promise of Irresponsible grsfters suggests the need of amending the Barnum maxim so aa to read, "A fool la born every sec ond." 8even of the wrecked concerns In St. Louis, gambling on horse races and In grain, had 48,600 customers on their books and they stand to lose a total of $1,585,000. These estimates, made by the St. Louis Republic, are based on the best Informa tion obtainable from booka, employee and victims of the looted concerns. Chicago and New York together will easily duplicate the 8t. Louis record, while New Orleans, where the game Is being worked without Interference, will add an equal amount to the total when the Inevitable crash comes. The way the game waa worked la detailed Instructively by the St. Louis Republic, and few extracts will be of Interest to tho victims and the multitude Inclined to be sporty with their mony. The thing that stands out with glaring pre-eminence, ssys the Republic, Is the utter looseness of the methods of conduct ing the affairs of the office, the unbusiness like administration of their affairs, the wanton extravagance which prevailed on every hand, the laxity of system, which resulted in the squandering of vast sums of money In every department. Such was 1 tho riotous profligacy extant that It is estimated fully 35 per cent of each deposit was dissipated In useless and unnecessary "expenses" before even an attempt could be made to Invest It. No such reckless extravagance would bo tolerated for an hour by any reputable tiuslnees concern, and yet, although these facta were known and freely commented upon by hundreds of Investors, they con. tlnued as depositors. Many had blind, im plicit faith In the statements of the officers that the companies were earning fabulous profits on their speculations, and could at lord to have a liberal . expense account. Othera, suspecting the truth, took a gambler's chance, trusting to pull out con olderably more In premiums than the prin cipal Invested before the final collapse time. The smallest salary received by any of tbe (dice force waa $10 a week, and salaries anged from that to $250 a month. Knew How to Catch Hackers. The willy promoters, expert Judges of inlllble human nature, well knew how to I alt the hook to catch the "suckers." As '.i other and more legitimate lines, ap pearances count for everything, and first impressions . are lasting. Everything was i rranged to give an air of solidity and prosperity to the business. ' Magnificent nultes of offices in downtown, buildings were lavishly and luxuriantly fitted up, courteous and affable employes and attend nts were secured, and every convenience .vnd accommodation for patrons was main tained.. Especial attention, was devoted to providing for the wants of lady patrons, who outnumbered the men almost two to me. Stenographers, typewriters, book keepers, cashiers and clerks by the score were in evidence, mostly girls, young, good looking, neatly dressed and altogether at tractive. The office presented a busy scene hen open for business, and tbs general -lr of activity and prosperity which hov--red about went far 'toward stilling the usplclons of the timid and confirming the belief of the credulous that the business was being conducted on a aound and profitable basis. Although the companies employed a corps of experts to prepare the specious and In geniously worded advertisements, circulars and pamphlets extolling the merits of the investment, their most Industrious and sue cessful advertising agents were the credul ous Investors themselves. The women es neclaliy were helpful In securing new In vestors. Every depositor who hsd received premium for a couple of weeks promptly, s agreed upon, became Immediately an industrious press agent for the concern, and made haste to Inform his or her friends or neighbors of the scheme, extolling Its merits to such good purpose that the listener straightway invested his scant sav ings, or all that he could beg or borrow. In the "mine " Thus the scheme became an endless chain, in which the promoters had nothing to do but reap the reward of the energy of thejr dupes. There would have been no occasion for them to spend a dollar for ad vertising or for agents to drum up new trade. If It had not been for the occasional scorss resulting from the efforts of honest men to have the authorities Institute i prosecution. These- spasmodic scares re suited in heavy withdrawals of deposits by timid Investors, necessitating full-page ad vertlsements In hundreds of newspapers and the employment of agents to restore confidence and aecure new Inveators. All this entailed vaat expense and made sad Inroads on the capital. Demands Were Met "Without DIIBrnlty These constant and Incessant drains upon the exchequer were met without trouble or Inconvenience by the simple expedient of using the capital of the depositors, and not as the -"suckers" fondly believed, by re course to the "surplus profits" of the com pany,' There were no surplus profits, nor, indeed, any. The process of conducting tbe business waa simple. Tbe promoters took a depositor's money, used 35 per rent of It for operating expenses, and paid him his weekly dividend out of the remainder aa long as It lasted. After it had been alt used up the deficiency was made up out of the money of the depositor who Invested later. This process could be kept up indefinitely as long aa tbe aupply of new depositors remained undiminished, unless the law Interfered, be cauae there la a trite aaylng that "a sucker Is born every minute." The liberality of tbe promotera in the matter of salaries, commissions and tips wss never surpassed by "Coal Oil Johnnie Tbe menial who performed the slightest service about the building for one of the promoters or managers received munificent .tips. Extra night work waa paid for at the rate of $1 an hour and $5 for Sundaya. Th womea employes were furnished sumptuous meals when they worked at night and were sent home la carriages. Bartenders, wait era, porters, newsboys, bootblacks, every body who served the officers, were rewarded with extravagant tip. Money Bowed like water when they walked abroad. Tbe Im preaalon became general among tbe un thinking that the concern was making enor mous profits to permit of such liberality, and the golden flood continued to pour In In a satisfying stream The stream waa too constant, however and la a year hsd poured such a volume o money Into the Arnold exchequer that the promotera became alarmed. Other riva concerns) had sprung up and were rapidly building up an enormous business. It the promotera had originally Intended to Invest its xuousy.la turf speculaUoa, aad share the profits as agreed. It soon became evi dent that not the one-thousandth part of thr money received could be advantageously used on all the race tracks snd breeding farms In sll America, even If all Individual bookmakers were retired from business. Money not In use rsnnot earn sny dividend, and there were millions of dollars In the hands of the concerns absolutely tied up and being dissipated In reckless, wsnton and criminal extravagance. The operating expenses of these concerns, added to the weekly premiums due each week, were so heavy that It wse a physical Impossibility for them to win enough In wsgers, no matter how large the wagers, and how successful the play, to pay one half the premium. The deficiency was made up from the nonearnlng capital on hand. Bearlnnlnar of the KnA. This was the alarming state of affairs last December when Arnold A Co. at tempted to relieve the strsln by reducing the amount of the weekly premium from 8 to 2 per cent. This was the beginning of the end. Rival concerns, eager to Increase their capital, refused to make a similar re. ductlon. and bid for Arnold-s patronage. In a month the withdrawals weakened Arnold to the breaking point, the disaffected ones Investing In rival concerns. The Investigation begun by the circuit attorney two weeks ago, after the postal authorities had made a partial examination of these concerns, wss the direct cause of the collapse. Arnold AY Co., learning that tbe grand jury was Investigating Its meth ods, and being financially weak, took refugn In the pretext that the legislature was about to examine Its affairs, and shut down, pulling the other rompsnies to ruin with It. Many tales are told of how the turf In vestment companies were bled right snd left by unscrupulous persons. These Indi viduals, realizing that the "Investment" scheme was a mere cloak to "skin the public," recognized the promoters as le gitimate prey and proceeded to "skin" them In turn, secure In the knowledge that they could not afford to "squeal." The tempting commissions offered to agents who secured new Investors offered a rare field for bleeding the companies). Agents received a commission of 10 per ent and,- In mnn7 cases, 15. 20 and 25 per cent of the amount of the money depoalted by a new patron secured by htm. This commission was. paid Immediately, whether the depositor allowed his money to remain on deposit one year or one day. A oten Instances are recorded where the gents took advantage of this rule to enrich themselves st the expense of the companies. They organised parties of four, five, six or more, raised a fund of $500 or $1,000 and deposited this In one of the companies under a certain name, receiving the com mission. The following day the deposit was withdrawn and deposited with another ompany, another commission being earned. This was continued until the money had been deposited with each of the eight com panies, when the round was sgain made. nother Individual appearing . as the de positor. Thus In Innumerable instances each of the companies paid on tbe deposit commissions amounting to twenty times the principal, which it had never had the use of for more than a day or two, and which finally remained In the possession of the conspirators. This easy way of making big money at little or no risk came to the ears of others than agents, and, many bona fide depositors worked the game for weeks before the pro moters reallred bow they were being bled. This led to the adoption of the thirty-day rule, requiring depositors to give a month's notice before they could withdraw their de posit. Even under this rule the scheme was worked, and Anally the ' companies ceased paying commissions altogether, aa the money waa coming In without solici tation anyway. Manx Investors Mere Women. The unfortunate feature of the affair Is that a majority of the Investors In these concerns were women, and by far the major part of whom can ill afford the loss of the money. Many of these are young working girls, servants, widows, dependent upon their own exertions for a livelihood, who have Intrusted their entire savings to the mercy of these men. It is true thst there are some depositors who realised at first blueh the dangerous character of the business, but who were willing to rlBk the odds In a desperate effort to Increase their capital. There were others, ' however, to whom the real character of the enterprise was not explained, or who, in their Igno rance, were advised by equally Ignorant friends that the Investment waa a aafe one. It Is these that furnish the pathetic tea. ture of the case. Widows who had been left a small sum by the death of tho bread winner, widows who had saved a pittance by drudging toil, working girls and serv ants who had atlnted themselves to put by a tithe of their earnings for a rainy day, men whose earning capacity was fast de creasing these -were the reel sufferers. The money ' that had been laid away to educate tbe children, to provide for the fu ture wants of the large family, to meet the demands of sick fathers and Invalid sisters and brothers, was Invested in the hope and promise of speedily Increasing its scanty proportions. Humble homes that a week ago were bright with the ratnbow hued prospects of future bliss, sre today black with the bitterness of disappointment and despair. Instances are numerous where men and women sacrificed their tvlooglnga, mort gaged their chattels and sold their little properties and invested It all In the bubble. A widow In South St. Louis, unsble to speak English, took $600 which she had In bank, aavlng to rear and educate her chil dren, and deposited It all In one. of the companies on the representation that the weekly dividend would amply provide for her needs while her children were growing up to an age where they could aupport her. She had received one dividend when the bubble burst. A butcher in North St. Louis sold bis house at a sacrifice for $3,500 and luvested It all with Arnold two weeka ago. Storlea like tbla could be multiplied Indefinitely. There were pathetic, humorous and ludi crous incidents by the score in the offices of the various concerns the days following the crash, when depositors clamored for their money. Oh Tuesday the managers. seeking to allay the excitement and re store confidence, hoping to diminish the run on the bank, had "cappers," men and women, circulate among tbe throngs, loudly asserting their belief in the stability of the companies, and exhibiting money which they asserted they wished to deposit. Their specious arguments bad little effect on the atampede, however, and they were with drawn the next day when their mission be came apparent to the angry depositors. Clever Rose Got Boy His Money. A quick-witted young man owes the sal vation of $250 which he had with Arnold a- Co. to his resourcefulness and nerve. Tuesday, while the office was packed with angry depositors, he secured a telegraph blank and envelope and forged Arnold's name to a mesage, dated Hot Springs, reading: "Give bearer. John Doe. hta de posit of $250. He Is all right." Armed with this he forced an entrance to the private office of L. A. Gill and handed him the envelope. GUI tore It open, read the message, and, without questioning its au thenticity, paid him tbe money. A shipping clerk In a downtown store tells a hard-lurk story. His two sisters had each a deposit In tbe Natlooal Invest ment company. So bad his employer. Wednesday he took his suiters' certificates down to the National, and, after reaching th cashier, alter a Uxrea hours' wait, waa Informed that hla sisters must call In per son for their money. Next day his sisters reached tbe office at a. m. and took their place In line. At noon the shipping clerk's employer sent him over to withdraw his deposit. He succeeded In forcing his way Into the crowd Just ss the Impatient mob made a rush to get past the policeman at the door. As the policeman whirled around with uplifted club to drive the crowd bark, the young man slipped under his arm un observed, and reached a position near the head of the line. Twenty feet In the rear he saw his sisters, but, slthough he had gslned a point of vantage, he was unable to advance their Interests. He got his em ployer's money and went away. At 2:30 p. m. hla sisters landed plump against the cashier's window and breathed a deep sigh of relief. As they psssed In their certifi cates through the window. Manager Hogue cried out: "Pay no more deposits!" The window wss closed with a slam. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL FAT WOMAN IN A TURNSTILE She Strnanled to net Free, Rani; I p si Fere and Then the Trouble tlearnn. In the Vnlted States circuit court, before Judge Lacombe Monday morning, will come up a case that has Its Interesting as well as amusing side, relates the New York Press. It Is thst of a fat fat, not stout woman who got stuck In the turnstile of an "L" station, and In her struggles to free herself moved the gate back and forth, registering a fare with every kick, until the ticket seller wss driven frsntlc at the fares being run up. for which he would have to be responsible. He grabbed her and began hauling her out on the Installment plan. Every time, he gave a yank ehe yelled and kicked, and the gate moved and the fateful register registered. When he flnnlly got her out of her embarrassing position she was In a state of collapse and he had about forty fares on his register. She didn't pity him one bit, but said he had been too rough. She went to bed for several weeks. When she recovered sufficiently she engaged A. Hershfleld of 141 Broadway and sued the "L" for $20,000 damages. Mrs. Esther Srhleslnger of Newark Is the fsir plaintiff. She was visiting friends in East Fifteenth street snd started for home by way of the Seoond avenue road. The station at the Junction of those two streets Is equipped with that nne-mansavlng device known as a registering turnstile, which once was described aa being Intended to make a person work his passage. When she came to the window and bought her ticket she hesitated at sight of the turnstile and looked Inquiringly at the ticket seller. "Push," he said. Still she hesitated, knowing she was no fairy. "Push," he repeated. Then, "Hurry up; don't block the way." Nervous at the attention she was at tracting from other passengers who were crowding behind her and beginning to make the free-and-easy remarks so com aoa at crowded "L" stations, Mrs. Schleslnger glanced again at the narrow space between the arms oflthe gate, and looked aa If she would like to fly over it or sink through the floor. "Push," said the ticket seller loudly again, and In desperation she pushed. The ticket man got sorry right away. Halt way in and half way out, she became wedged solidly, then pushed and backed in vain, every new move making an ominous clicking within the office that raised the hair of the agent. "Hold up!" he yelled. "Stand still! You're ruining mat" And he flew out of hla office to offer whatever assistance he could. But Mrs. Scheslnger wanted to get In or out, and swayed back and forth, the clicking within steadily going on, with the ticket man tearing his hair. Obviously, from her upper girth, she couldn't stoop, and, equally plainly, ahe could not climb out unassisted. It was a narrow pinch either way, and the frantic agent grabbed her by the arms and tried to boost her out. As he wss little and nervous and she wss big and nervous, she rose grandly from tbe floor only by Inches, every yank given by the agent costing him 5 . cents. She protested at being hauled out In such an unceremonious man ner from a position which ahe never wanted to get into anyway, and the more she protested the more she kicked, the harder the agent hauled and the faster went the register. Finally it waa done, and with one last click the gate swung to and she sank In a heap on the floor, while the agent tore back to hla office to count up his losses. Though Mrs. Scheslnger hsd suffered greatly, she did not taint, and several passengers who had gathered around her said the agent had been entirely too rough In his treatment. The contention of Mrs. Bchlealnger and her counsel Is that she suffered permanent Internal Injuries. Bullish Advices Lend Strength to Board of Trade Pricai MAY WHEAT GOES ONE-EIGHTH HIGHER Corn Also Rlaea, While Oats Drop Fraction, hot Provisions Role Stronsr and Close gome what I P In Trice. CHICAGO, Feb. 21-Riilllsh foreign ad vices imparted strength to wheat today and R ilrm feeling was manifested. May being 4c higher May corn was up 4fl4e. while oats were off a fraction. Provisions were strong, th May products closing from 2V: to 124c higher. There was a firm undertone In the wheat market and higher prices ruled under the Influence of higher cables, the price at Paris being especially strong for the our lent months. The correction made In the French crop report making the estimate not unite so bearish was the principal cause fur thn hiiihpp 'nrlces at ltvernool and In directly helped values here. The opening was firm with May 4&4c higher at 77V 777io. and under a sood demand from shorts, who covered for tne Monday holi day, the price advanced to 7S&78ic, selling off toward the end of the session, but the trMtm mam Kt-m ml,h U.v l,. hlvher at 774e, after touching 77Va,:,,,c. ' The volume or Business was light, Hmau clearances lo.flno bu. and a good export demand were bullish Influences, as were the strong mar kets In the northwest. Primary receipts were S77.9K) bu. Minneapolis and Duluth reported receipts of 211 cars, which, with local receipts of 22 cars one of contract grade made total receipts for the three points of 233 cars, against 429 cars last week. Corn was firm early on continued light receipts snd higher cables, and a strong demand held prices firm. Provision people were Hsaln buying July quite rreely ana there whs also some demand for May from commission houses. The weather condition was favorable, but had no special effect on the market. The absence of any selling pressure was a help to better prices. The close was firm on a good export demand. May being 4f4e higher at 454c, after sell ing between 464c and 4Bc. Local receipts were si cars, none or contract grade. The trading In oats was light, but the general tone of the market was firm, al- inminn neavy realising laie in tne nay caused a slight reaction. Commission houses were the best buyers and there was some buying for short accojnt. The close was steady, with May a shade lower at SFVs354c, after ranging between Soi8354C and 36c. Local receipts were light at 169 cars. Provisions ruled strona- and more than recovered the loss of yesterday. Shorts were good buyers of May ribs and there was a good general demand for pork and ribs supposed to be for trade account of local packers. The advance in hogs was one of the chief causes for the strength at the start. The close wss strong, with May pork 124e higher at $17,674; May lard was 24c higher at $9,574, while ribs were up 74o at $9,674. Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat, 35 cars; corn, 326 cars; oats, 200 cars f hogs, 43.000 head. . . . No market on Monday holiday. The leading futures ranged as follows: per. standard, $ll W, nominal; lake and electrolytic, $12"x 13 10; casting, $l2.6241f 12.874. Iead. $4 124 for spot. Hpelter, $5.00 ti3 10. Iron was ttrrn and nominally un changed though ten. Hog upwards. HI' 1TKH Receipts, 4.431 pkge., firm; state dairy, 15'p2Sc; extra creamery, 2c; common tj choice creamery, lti27c. EGGS Hecelpts, 8.67s pkgs; easier; state and Pennsylvania, average best, 17c; west ern, fanev, lii'jc CHEESE Firm; full cream, fancy, col ored, fall made, 144c: late made, Ulil4c; small, white, fall made, 144c; late made, 134r; lnrge, colored, fall made, 144c: large, white, fall made, 144c; late made, 134c. P"'LTRY Alive: Firm; turkeys, 14? 15c: fowls, 15c. Dressed: Easier; western chickens, 14'mJ44c; western fowls, 14c; turkeys, I8147IHC OMAHA W IIOI.F.SAI.K MtHKKT. Artlclos.l Open. High. Low. Close. Tea'y. Wheat Feb. Mav Julv Corn Feb. May Julv Oats Feb. Mav Jjiy Pork- Ma v Julv Rent. Lard Feb. May July Sept. Ribs May July Sept. 35 S2? 17 60 17 10 18 75 I 42H 9 424 4'H 9 46 78 m 744"-i"4i ""4" . .44; ' 33H 17 724 17 IS 16 80 9 45 9 46 9 424 9 724! 9 60 1 9 7V, 77H'94 734. 35H"?'" 454 44 7441 7741 784 44 1 43 4641454a4 444.4444 744 77 734 34 !3T4fr4 324 i3iee 17 60 17 10 16 75 9 424 9 42 4 9 424 t 60 9 474 a 4s 17 674 17 10 16 774 9 D6 9 424! 9 424 9 424 9 6741 9 624: V 4i 34 354 324 17 65 17 08 16 70 9 56 9 55 9 40 9 40 9 60 9 45 I 40 ' No. 2. , , Cash quotations were as follows: FLOUR Market steady; winter pat ents, $3.6i4i3.70j straights, $3.3O3.40; spring patents, ?.503.80; straights, S3.10&3.4O: bakers. $2.45ii2.0. WHEAT No. 2 spring, 7879c; No. 3, 724 JT8Hc; No. 2 red. 79!V,'S794c. LUKni-No. z, 44c; iso. 2 yellow, 44c. OATS-No. 2, 34c; No. $ white, 34436o. RYE No. 2. 484C. BARLEY Good feeding, 42g-46c; fair to choice malting, .4863c SEEDS No. 1 flax, $1.14-. No. 1 north ern, 11.19; prime iimomy, 14; clover, con tract grade, $11.65. PROVISIONS Mess pork, per bbl.. $17.50 WW. Obi. Kara, per luu ids., J9.fT44pt SO. Short ribs sides (loose). t9.40W9 Drv salted shoulders (boxed), $K.124igti.25. Short clear Hiuen looxenj, . Ibajv.Ui 4. Following were the receipts and ship ments of Hour and grain: Receipts. Shipments. Flour, bbls 8.700 8 9110 Wheat, bu 23,100 6,400 Corn, bu 231,400 76 000 uais, DU....r 134,910 126.700 Rye, bu 8,800 2.100 uaripy, du 3B.UUU 9.3D0 un tne Produce exchange today the but ter market waa firm: creameries, ikh'n,. dairies, 14''s24c. Eggs, easier; at 'mark. In cluding cases, 15(6 154c. Cheese, steady, at 124t&12fto to 13(S(134c. PUSHING A GREAT REFORM Determined ESort to Outlaw Trous ers and Hark Back to Sawed OK Pants. 1 It la reported from New Tork that the tailors who set the fashions are going to attempt to "bring In" knee breeches for men once more. Let us hope that they will succeed. Of all the articles pf men's wear, com ments the Chicago Tribune, the modern garment variously known as trouters, or pantaloons, or "pants," is the most hideous, shapeless and Inartistic, It is a mongrel to begin with. Originally It fitted closely, as we may see by pictures of the time ol Beau Brummel and the regent. With Hes sian boots, or even with shoes and gaiters, It waa not unhandsome. But some innovating tailor conceived thn notion that male humanity should be togged out In modified aallor fashion, and the "tights" which Mr. Pickwick wore gave way to tbe monstrosities depicted in illustrations of Thackeray's novels wide, shapeless bags, made of violently checked cloth, the whole suggesting the taste of the stage darky. Since then we have had many variations of the sartorial genius. We hsve had peg-top trousers and trousers with "spring" bottoms. We have had very tight trousers and we have bad tbem so loose that they flapped In the wind like signals of distress- They have been alike In one particular, however. All have been hideous. The highest priced trousers ever made would not compare In comfort and sightliness with tbe knee breeerbea which young hopeful wears today. Glance at a crowd of boys playing In the street and note the grace and ease which knee breeches confer even upon tbe hobbledehoy. Then look at men, with their "pants" lying In wrinkles upon their shoe tops or turned up to keep them out of the mud. Tbe comparison will satisfy anybody of the superiority of tbe knee breeches, even if the vanished bicycle crate had not demonstrated It beyond ques tion. Our sartorial dictators are to be com mended for their effort to re-establish the use of a convenient and sightly garment, and if our fashion leaders bave any ar tistic sense they will lend their aid to the Innovation or rather tbe restoration. It la a case of ouatlng a vulgar inter loper cud calling La th rightful prince 1 agala. NEW YORK GEXERAL MARKET. Quotations of the Da? on Various Commodities. NEW TORK. Feb. 21.-FLOUR-Recelpte, 11,120 bbls.; exports, 6,835 bbls.; market Condition of Trade nnd Quotations on Staple and Fancy Produce. ECKJS Market weak: fresh stock. 14c. LIVE POULTRY-Hens, lofi 1114c; old roosters. 4fa6c: turkeys. l;ttilfc; ducks. 9c; geese. ?ti8c; chickens, per lb., lnic DKKHSEll pot ,11-. ti cRens. 11RIIZC: hens, 114i lie; turkeys, l&4fl8c; ducks. lli&12c; geese, MyVlv. L ntK- I'acKing biock, 1.1c; mm lalry, in tubs. Invito; separator, 24f26c. OYHTERR Rtandards. Der can. 2m-; extra Selects, per can, 35c; New York Counts, per cm, 42c; bulk, extra Selects, per gal., $1.75; bulk, Standard, per gal., $1.35. KUZrJ.N me.ll r IHI1 1 rum, vpi'i, herrlns:. 5c: pickerel. Rc: nlke. 9c; perch, fie; buffalo, dressed, 7c; suntlsh, 3c; bluf flns, 3c; whitensh, c; salmon, 16c; naanoi-K, 11c; codfish, 12c; redsnapper, luc; lolieters, boiled, per lb . 83o: lobsters, green, per lb.. 81c; bullheads, luc; cattish, 14c; black bass, 20c; halibut, He. BRAN Per ton. 115.60. HAY Prices 000 ted bv Omaha Wholesale Dealers' association: Chfiice No. 1 upland, No. 1 medium, $6; No. 1 coarse, $5.50. Rye straw, $6. Theso prices are for nay of good color and quality. Demand fair; re ceipts light. V.OKN-4SO. OATS 39c. RYE No. 2. 4Rc. VEGETABLES. NEW CELERY Kalamaxoo. per doi., 25C; California, per dos., 45437;c. I'UTA TUtD-Per OU.. 40(isi4uc. SWEET POTATOES Iowa and Kansas, $2 25. NEW PARSLEY Per doz. bunches, 40c. NEW CARROTS Per dos. bunches, 40c. LETTUCE Per dox. bunches, 45c. BEETS New southern, per dos. bunches. 50c; old, per bu., 40c. uiciMBKKS-Hotnouse, per aos., PARSNIPS Per bu., 40c. CARROTS Per bu., 4(c. GRKEN ONIONS-Southern. per dox. bunches, 40c. RADISHES Southern, per dos. bunches, wc. TURNIPS Per bu., 40c; Canada rutaba gas, per lb., lc; new southern, per dos. bunches, 50c, ONIONS Red Wisconsin, per lb., lc; white, per lb., 24c; Spanish, per crate, $1.75. SPINACH Southern, per dox. bunches, 60c. WAX BEANS Per bu. box, $3; string beans, per bu. box, $1.50. CABBAGE Holland seed, per lb., iyc. NAVY BEANS Per bu. $2.55. TOMATOES New Florida, per 6-basket CI ate, $4 5'6.00. CAULIFLOWER California, per crate, $2.00. FRUITS. PEARS Fall varieties, per box, $3.50. APPLES Western, per bbl., 12.75; Jona thans, $5; New York stock, $3.2u; California Bellflowers, per bu. box, $1.50. GRAPES Malagas, per keg, $6.007.00. CRANBERRIES Wisconsin, per bbl., $10.50; Bell and Bugles, $11; oer box, $3.60. STRAWBERRIES Florida, per qt., 50c. TROPICAL FRUITS. LEMONS California, fancy, $3.50; choice, $3.25. ORANGES California navels, fancy, $3.00 3.16; choice, $2.75; Mediterranean sweets, $2.25; sweet Jaffa. $2.50. DATES Persian, In 70-lb. boxes, per lb., 60c; per case of 80-lb. pkgs., $2.25. FIGS California, per 10-lb. cartons, 90c; Turkish, per 35-lb. box, 1418c. MISCELLANEOUS. HONEY Utah, per 24-frarae case, $3.25; Colorado, $3.50. CIDER New York. $4; per 4-bbl., $2.50. SAUERKRAUT Wisconsin, per 4-bb... $2; per bbl., $3.75. MAPLE SUGAR Ohio, per lb., 10c. POPCORN-Per lb., 2c; shelled, 4c. HIDES No. 1 green, 54c; No. 2 green, 5o; No. 1 salted, 7c; No. 2 salted, 6c; No. 1 veal calf, 8 to 12 lbs., 84c; No. 2 veal calf, 12 to 15 lbs., 6c; dry hides, Sylc; sheep pelts, 25Uj75c; horse hides, $1.5O(j3.50. NUTS Walnuts. No. 1 soft shell, per lb., 15c; hard shell, per lb., 14c; No. 2 soft shell, per lb,, 13c; No. 2 hard shell, per lb., 12c; Braslls, per lb., 12c; filberts, per lb., 12c; almonds, soft sholl, per lb., 16c; hard shell, per lb., 15c; pecans, large, per lb., 124c; small, per lb., 11c; cocoanuts, per dos., 6uc; chesnuts, per lb., 10c; peanuts, per lb., 64c; roasted peanuts, per lb., 7c; black walnuts, per bu., $1; hickory nuts, per bu., $1 GO; cocoanuts per 100, $4. OLD METALS. ETC. A. B. Alplrn quotes the following prices: Iron, country mixed, per tons, $11; Iron, stove plate, per ton, $8; copper, per lb., 84c; brass, heavv, per lb., 4c; brass, light, per lb., 64c; lead, per lb., $c; xlnc, per lb.. 24c. Forelarn Financial. IXJNDON. Feb. 22 The stock market openea ana ciosea witn a very strong feel ing, but in the middle of the week It showed some weakness. Consols struck the lowest point they have reached this year, because of home selling. Ame.lcan rails were list less, Grand Trunks again being the feature of transatlantic dealings. There is, how ever, a note of returning confidence In Americans, especially industrials. The fea ture of the week was the failure of the New Zealand loan of which the home trader j were forced to take 99 per cent. The bank rate remained unchanged and this was a disappointment and had a de pressing effect on business. BERLIN, Feb. 22. The bourse had a quiet week, no department showing great ac tivity. German and foreign government bonds were not traded In the usual volume and mostly weakened moderately. The an nual statements of the domestic bank are beginning to be published, the market sdv lng much lesa attention to them than In previous years. The statements thus far nave not wnoiiy satisfied tne market hence the bank stocks have reacted from the high figures previously reached. Heavy trading steadle' hut rather dull; winter patenta """ inuu.umi ..ic, uui wiinoui $3.664.od; winter stralghta $3.&u&3.&; Min- uniform tendency. Coalers were unusually nesot patents. $4.10&4.26; winter extras, i'1"?? "J1 lh.t def,,rt p" ff cent U-MilH,; Minnesota bakers, $3.203.40; 51vllen.,i b the1CrT"i'date? Vi1 ??m im i,. m.a.io,.' o: 1:' nany. the same dividend as in 1901. Con- quiet; fair to good, $3.003.35; choice to' lancy. U.ttVft J.&a, Buckwheat flour, quiet at $1.902.1O, spot to arrive. COIINMEAL Steady; yellow western, $1.1H; city, $1.16; Brandy wine, $3.40(g-3.55, RYE Firm; No. 2 western, 62c, f. . b., afloat : state. 57i2c, c. I. f.. New York. BARLEY Steady; feeding. 47c, c. I. f., Buffalo; malting 524fg!o, c. 1. f., Buffalo. WHEAT-Recelpis, 2,860 bu. ; exports. jo,,u uu. oixji nrm; jno. 2 reo, sac, ele vator, ana mvo, r. o. o.. anoat; No. 1 northern, Duluth. 0c, f. o. t., afloat; No. 1 hard, Manitoba. 9uc, t. o. b., afluat. Op tions were very Arm al morning on a de mand from shorts. Inspired by a bullish r rencn crop report, nigner cables and firmer corn market. The close was firm at 4rul4c net advance. March. 84(&s44c, closed ai m'c; may ciosea at si'c; July, 7&4 7H 13-l6o. closed at 784c; September closed CORN Receipts, 53,000 bu.; exports, 164.424 5tj4c. f. o. b., aduay No. 2 yellow, 564c; vtiiiic. 0141:. I'puuns wrrt strong during the forenoon on better cables, ab sence of contract arrivals at Chicago and continued poor countrv offerings. The mar. ket closed liim at tu-' advance. February ciosea ai onvyc; Marcn, 01 i-ib'aaiHc; way, D2W52 S-16c, closed at D2 9-16c; July, 5049 50AtC. closed at 5"H,c. OATl Receipts. 34.501) bu. ; exports, 2.612 bu. Spot, steady; No. 2, 434c; standard white. 444c: No. 3, 424c; No. 2 white, 444c; No. 3 white, 434c; track mixed western, nominal; track white. 434ij48c. Options advanced partially with other markets, but ruled dull. May closed at 424c. HAY Firm; shipping, 55a70c; good to choice, 96ci$1.05. HOI'S yolet; state, common to choice, 19o2 crop. 2Hri36c; llrjl crop, Mfi27c; old 124c; Pacific coast, lo2 crop. 2tki;31c; 1901 crop. 23it'-6c; old, 8f124c. HIDES Firm; Ulveton, 20 to 25 lbs., 1S-; California, 20 to -5 lbs., lc; Texas dry. 24 10 3o lbs., 14c. l.KATHKK Firm; arid, 244tr26c. PROVlSIuNS-Heef. dull; family, $15 no Oilum; nun. $1' w(i 10.5: beef hairs, $20lXQi 21. au;. packers, $12.tMil:u0; ejtv extra India mess. $25.U0ti 26 00. Cut meat, firm; pick led bellies. J2T.'j 10.26; plokled shoulders, $8.50; pickled hums. JU.V'&ll 50. . Lard, steady; weH.ern steamed, $10.15; refined, steady; continent, ' $lo.30; South America, $lo.6; compound, $7.60'i7.75. Pork. firm; family, 18.5i-glo0; short clear, I Id J5gj9.50; mesa $17.75(018.25. BUTTER Firm ; extra creamery. 28c; extra factory, U'(jl6c; creamery, common to choice, I84i27c; held creamery, lVaJ&c; state dairy, 15425c; renovated. 12.3184c. CHEESE Firm, state full creams, fancy small, full made. 144c; late made. 13414c; jinall white, fall made, 144c; late made, lJc; largv fall made, 144c; lale made, Uc; large' white, fall made, 144c; late made. 134c. EGGS Easier; state and average best. 17c; southern. ISc; western fancy, l4c; refrigerated, ftlW. TALIvOW Steady; cliV $2 per pkg ), 5c; country ipkgs. fr). ((i64c. RICE Firm; domestic, fair to extra 649 4c; Japan, nominal. M ETA LS Price were without quotable change, but there was a steady ferllnjr la ail Uto us 11. Tin, spot, $- 6.su. Con. solldated Coal company stock rose 20 points on this dividend, other coal shares advanc ing sympathetically. Iron shares were mostly somewhat higher. All the German cast Iron piping mills have formed a iirlce agreement and reports from the It on mar ket continue to Improve. Electrical had a moderate reaction after the heavy advance recordea auring tne previous weeks. Tex tiles were unusually active. Woolen mills were generally lower, but linens and cottons rose strongly, the latter upon the large ad vance in conun ana yarns auring tne month. Cements were heavily dealt In. owing to the convention for fixing the price of cement, oui ine snares were mostly unable to maintain the high quotations they had already reached. Hamburg-American and Norm uerman i.ioya snares were mostly lower and there were few dealings In them. Money waa offered for the monthly settlement In the greatest abundance, but could hardly be placed at the lowest rates. The London exchange Is again rising and it Is believed that gold will go to London this week. Kansas City Grain and Provisions. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 21 WH EAT--May, 68i,c; July. eoc. -asn; .o. z naru, wuoo No. 3, 664(87c: No. 4, encode; rejected. 66'a 60c: No. 2 red, 71c: No. 3. t4c. CORN April. 38fc384c; May, , 384(6 3S4c; July, 4i4c CORN Cash: No. 2 white, 404-ilc; No. i 40c. 'OATS No. 2 white, 36C(f36c; No. 2 mixed, 344,'(il-)C. RYE No. 2. 451j4c. HAY Timothy, $12.50'S 13.00; prairie, $9.0O! 9.26. BUTTER Creamery, 20tt24c; dairy, 19c EGGS Fresh. IMC Reelpts. Shipments. Wheat, bu 53.6u 2l.oou Corn, bu 75.4-i , il,ouu Oats, bu 26.000 Zh.um Total this week: 1S.9U 55.2P9 TT.IWi Week ending Feb. 14. ...16.216 5S.9.-4 26.673 Week ending Feb. 7 17. MU 3S.926 26.350 Week ending Jan. 31... .18,750 50.296 25.0..6 Week ending- Jan 24. ...19 548 47.742 25.124 Same week last year... 14, 393 ' 62.626 19.509 RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE. The following table shows the receipts of cattle. Iioss and sheeu at South Omaha tor the year to date, with comparisons with last year: . lyos. wi. inc. uc. Cattle 131,006 121,119 9.881 Hogs 8:18.615 421.385 82.770 Sheep 178,772 116,636 61,086 Averaefl nrice nikld for tioss at flouth Omaha for tbe last several da with coin- psruous: Philadelphia, Produce Market. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 21. BUTTER Firm, 4e higher; extra western creamery 28c: extra nearby orlnts. 30c. EGGS Unsettled, 2c lower; fresh nearby, 16c at the market; rresn western, ic at the market; fresh southern, 15c at th market. CHEESE Unchanged; New York fjll creams. Drlme. small. 14al4ic; New York fair to fair small. 1341 14c; New York New York prime, large, 14c; New York fair to gooa, large, itm wc. Dry Uiwdi Market. MANCHESTER. Feb. 22.-DRY GOOPS The cloth market was unable to keep ace with the advances in cor'on. which are a-reatlv disturbing trade. Moderate bus! ness waa transacted at full rates generally on small line The buyers were largely speculators. The Indian market was quiet and especially In the higher grades In Cal cutta. There were fair transactions for China at something leas than sellers have lnr been Quoting. The demand In other sections of miscellaneous operations was restricted. The producers were firm in their demsnds, being wen supplied wun orders. The yarn market hardened and American and home trade qualities were In demand. Tha turnover wa muw too avarags. OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET Both Beef Steeri and Cows Oooiiderablj Higher Than ft Week Ago. HOGS ALSO HIGHER FOR THE WEEK Active Demand for Fat "beep aad Lambs and Prleea Advanced from a Quarter to Forty Cents lir Inar Week t'nder Review. SOUTH OMAHA, Feb. 21. Receipts were: Official Monday iimcinl Tuesday.... Official Wednesday Official Thursday .. Official Friday .... Official Saturday .. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. 4,4-3 . 4.249 , 3,773 , $.116 2,925 415 6.792 9.28 9,577 11.491 9,936 8.235 2.V.3 13.167 &7 3.9!. 1.896 Date. I 1903. 11902. 19oi. 1900. !1899.196.1I7. Feb. 1... Feb. 2... Feb. ... Feb. 4... Feb. ... Feb. 0... Feb. 7... Feb. ... Feb. 9... Feb. 10.. Feb. 11.. Feb. 12.. Feb. 13., Feb. 14.. Feb. 15., Feb. 16., Feb. 1... Feb. 18., Feb. 1., Feb. 20.. Feb, 21., I l 6 68 6 70 6 93 6 80 ft 9-i 824 11 764 6 16 744 03 t 98 7141 6 764 6 00, 704! 6 01 7241 6 04 6 0U 4 924 7 034 6 WJ 6 9"4; 984, 5 98 6 92 t 81 6 79 8 78 6 86 5 86 5 881 t ni 6 25 a jw 6 21 28 6 2'.i b 2i! 6 32 6 30 6 241 6 81 6 2S 5 271 I t 22 6 23 5 30 $33 4 t; w Wi 4 62 1 4 4 70 4 68 4 75 4 84, 4 80 4 7, 4 8: 4 75 4 75 4 83 4 76 4 83 4 78 4 74 B4 64 t 69 1 59 66 S 61 I 66 I 70! 711 66; S 681 65 3 58 58 t 58 52 50 S 47 t 94 63 S 73 lit I 751 I 71 3 71 t 76 77 2 U 1 2 89 3 89, 3 84 3 87 3 91 3 95 127 1 1 t 20 I 36 3 21 1 I 22 27 1 7 8 25 38 2 30 1 36 84 2 25 t 31 2 38 2 36 Indicates Sunday. The official number of cars of stock brought In today by each road waa: Cattle. Hoia. c, M. & St. p. Ky Mlseourl Pacific Hy Union Pacific system C. & N. W. Ry r ., hi. & M. V. R. R C, St- P., M. & O. Ry B. & M. Ry C. B. & Q. Ry K.. C. & ht. J C. R. I. & P Rr.. east.... C, R. I. & P. Ry west.... Illinois central Total receipts 18 The dlsnoaltlon of the flav's recelDt as follows, each buyer purchasing tbe ber of head indicated: Buyers. ' . . Cattle. Omaha Packing Co Swift and Company Armour A Co , Cudahy lacking Co....- , Armour A Co., Kansas City Armour ft Co., Sioux City Vansant & Co . W. I. Stu 11 Dennis & Other biii . . j , 41 6 166 66 85 14. 10 6 to 103 a waa nura-. Hogs. 980 l,68i , 2,044 ' 2,497 l'.032 Totals 441 8.M1 CATTLE There were several oars of cat tle reported this morning, but not enough of them were offered for sale to make a market For the week receipts have been quite liberal in spite of the extreme cold weather and a good Increase Is noted over the corresponding week of last year. For the year to date there la a gain of cbout 10,000 head. The beer steer marxet mis ween ras oeen in very satisfactory condition, with the tendency of prices upward. ' The demand has been eaual to the supply and each day's offerings changed hands In good sea eon. A larger . proportion of the receipts consisted of steers than at any former time this season, but the proportion will aouDt less be still large In the future, as advices from the country show that the bulk of the fed cows have been marketed. As com pared with the close or last week it is sate in finote steers 15c hlaher. and they are a big quarter higher than the low time of last week. The greatest Improvement has been on the handy and medium weight cattle such as have been selling from $4.00 to 24.50. That is owing to the fact that from this time on there will be a surolus of heavy cattle, while light and handy weight cattle will be comparatively scarce. That, how ever. Is generally the case at this season of the year and the range of prices usually narrows as spring approacnes. 1 ne top rice paid for steers this week has been ".0O. but a strictly prime bunch would sell above that figure. The cow market has also been active and strong all the week and a net gain of 2fic Is reported and in some cases the advance has been as much as 35c. This advance applies to cutters and cornfeds. Canners have not been in very strong demand and prices are only about steady as compared with the close of last week. Canners sell largely from $2.00 to $2.76, the medium grades from 75 to $3.25 and choicer kinds from $3.25 to $4.26. Bulls have not shown any ouotable change all the week, as the demand Is still limited for that class of meat. The bulk sell from $2.60 to $3.26, with choice grades around $3.50. Veal calves have been active and steady, top grades bringing $6.26. The stocker and feeder market has shown very little change this week. Offerings have Ken light and the quality poor, and prices may be quoted Just about steady. The ad vance in tne price or tat cattle this week has taken the warmed-up cattle out of the reach of feeder buyers, so that practically nothing that has been fed corn now sells for feeders. Common stockers and feeders are selling from $3.00 to $3.50, fair to good from $3.50 to $3.75 and the better grades from $3.75 to $4.25. Representative sales; BEEF STEERS. No. At. Pr. No. At. Pr. mo 4 W COWS. 1 no 1 n t ii7 $ to .... 7 9 :6 I M I to I ... 430 i lf 1 1UW I to 1 40 t CO 1 HO I ti I lout I H 4 1044 I (0 I t (5 t 1124 4u 1 1040 00 10 ties 1 to 1 1120 I 00 1 10t 1 Tt 1 10 I It HEIFERS. N 41 rri $70 BULLS. 1 13U 1 00 ! 0 I M CALVES. 1 110 6 16 STOCK COWS AND HEIFERS. I r.o t to STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. . , 4 00 30 704 4 10 HOOS The hog market was rather un even today and could be quoted generally a shade eaaler. At the opening of the mar ket some of the buyers started out and paid fully steady prices for the good heavy weight hogs, and bought them largely from $7.00 to $7.10. On the medium weight hogs they were bidding mostly a shade easier, while the extreme lightweights were fully a nickel lower. The medlurawetghts sold mnMly from $6 924 to $6,974, while the light stuff sold from $6 90 down. Trading waa not active except for a few minutes In the middle of the. market when medium weight hogs sold about steady, but the close was very slow and weak, and It was rather late before the pens were cleared. For the week receipts of bogs have been quite liberal, there being but little change from last week. For the first time In a long while there. Is an Increase over the same wek of last year. Prices have fluctuated buck ami forth to quite an extent this week, but the general tendency has been upward and the week closes with prices liiil5c higher than the close of last week. Reuresentatlve sales: No. Ar. JTh. Tr. No. At. Bk. Pr. K6 lot ... 4 Ml ... I7U U 1W 10 45 Ut ... 14 M 177 ... 6 7t C 149 40 74 '.! 4 1. 17 IS ... 7', IOC 1H7 M I 10 7 241 M i 174 7t 1M 80 tt 7t Jit ... m.. (a 114 W IXI r r.4 ... ;', 74 tlO M t 0 07 21 ... 4(74 3 203 tO 4 00 M Hi 40 rT M l"l ... 4 00 & 40 4 1 2 4X1 40 4 00 9 . T.li .. TOO 13 t0 ... tM (0 16 SO T 00 U tut 40 0 t !J1 ... TOO 77 U4 ... tuts .: tit ...'100 17 1D4 ... 6 Ms 4. ...'....IM ... 100 VI 214 ... 4 MS 71 2M ... 1 0 H Ill 0 t tIS 71 744 ... 7' 111 1S 10 4 US M M 40 7 00 7t t 130 4 K tt !40 ... too 71 122 ... IM 7t. ... . 117 ... t 00 71 l 40 It f 242 ... 1 0 SO lit ... 4 M 74 247 It T 00 it 14 40 t U 74 4 ... 1 00 76 110 ... ID -,i 140 ... T OS .1 2U4 M 4 kt 7t Mt 40 7 OU t 2i'7 10 I IS 70 241 ... t OS 72 t"7 K IK 71 ill H IN M Ill M IK tl 7M . . 1 00 41 :i ... I Mt 7t 142 at 7 00 W t"t 40 I M 71 14f ... T 14 14 .23 ... tw 40 i lie IBi 74 u4 ... 4 t Tt Ill 40 T 014 7 117 lie 4 St Tl M lie TSI t iw ... 4 at 44 4 ... fat T6. St.. Tr . . Tl.. sr.. .. v.. T4.. TT.. ,.114 I IM 40 4 IS 0 ... I M Ml ... I .714 0 . . 111 ... 1 ;i i? 10 I '.T't y ... 7L, til ... I VV, l:i ... I 174 .111 ... I ;u .247 so I t;tk . ?4S ... 7't sa..M.fai 71.. 117. 4.. n . !.. 2 . If.. T71 rt .247 .211 TH .!? .25 .l"l ..270 ;ii ... t 01 4 t 0J 41 1 (4 ... J M M t Off ... t 074 ito 7 10 in 7 ill ... 10 SHEEP Reoel nt of .hn nA limhi were liberal again this week, there being , ' e"i over me corresponattig week or last year. The Increase for th vmr 1,1 date now amounts to about 62,000 head. The market has been very active all the week, with the tendency of prices decldedlv upward iVood stuff In particular has been In big demand. The advance for the week tnay be quoted 2.V(v, the greatest advam being on yearling, ewes and lambs. There have been no prime lambs offered hero this week. o that the market on naniT has not looked very high, but a strictly prime bunch 11 is mouant would sell at from $6.75 to $7.00. It Is very evident from the way pack ers aci mat iney are anxious lor supplies, a they have bought practically everything that arrived here as soon as unloaded. Feeders have been In verv llaht suonlv all the week and as there has been yulto a demand prices have Improved. The quo tations below will show th urlcea at which the different lines are selling. quotations: t.-hoioe lambs, xti.SOTjB 75: rair to good lambs $5. ri04j6. 25; choice Colorado lambs, $fi UtilAi, choice lightweight year nings, $5.ti5fi6.0o; choice heavy yearlings, $5.4'(&5.6f; fair to good yearlings. $5 ""ft6 .50: choice wethers. $T.25ijf&.60; fair to good. $1.73 5.25; choice ewes, $4 50114.76: fair to Rood ewes, $3.7a4.36; feeder lambs. I4.75.fjo.aO; feeder yearlings $4.25j4 75: feeder wethers, $4.0iiH.65; feeder ewes. $3.00(j3.50. CHICAGO L.IVR SXJC'K. MARKET. Cattle Merely Nominal, Whlla Hobs aad tbeep Stay Steady. CHTCAOO. Feb. II.. -CATTLE Receipts. $00 hesd; nominal; good to prime steers. tfthVWA-TR. . . . ... 1 1 c. , .. dlum, iV2Mr4.60; stockers and feeders, fc:2.35( 4.50; cows, $1.404i(4.60; heifers, $2.mvti4 75; csji- ners. zi.4uti-z.so; hulls, $2.Si4.Zj; calves, 3.6J 665; Texas fed steers, $3.tsf4.25. MUtiH Receipts. 13.000 hend; estimates tomorrow, 3S,ooo head; left over, 4.000 head; opened steadv: -mlxed and butchers. $ii.9o 7 25; good to choice heavy, $7.:lVi 7. 5; rougii neavy, sn.!Kitf7.s; light, Jti.ofW.i'; bulk of sales, f7.flQ4r7.to. SHEEP AND LAM RS Receipts. 1.000 head; steady; good to choice wethers, 15.00ji 6.18; talr to choice mixort. fl.nxtto.oo; west ern sheep, $4.7fi'ic7.25; native lambs, $4.75U 7.25; western lambs, $4,7547.15. umciai yesterday: Receipts. Shipments. Cattle ' .. 3.11R 2.121 Hogs 27.1:41 7.3H Sheep 13,925 1.411 Kansas City Live Stock Market. KANSAS CITY. Feb. 21. CATTLE Re ceipts, 6.000 head; market unchanged; choice export and dressed beef steers, .i.40ni).2d; fair to food, $2.2wff4.aii; stocRers and reeil ers. $2.7.Vn6.00: western-fed steers. IJ.Oiv, 6.00; Texas snd Indian steers, $3.0'"';f4 .no; Texas cows. $l.fVnn.2o; native cows, yi.OOfi 4. 05; native heifers. $2.25)4.25; canners. JMU srz.jo; Duns, iz.xijpi.zo; calves, w.w'u.oo. Receipts for the week. 28.5o0 cattle. 600 calves. HOGS Receipts, 2.000 head; market steady to strong; top, $7.15; bulk of sales. $7.1tKi9 7.224; heavy, f6.95i&'7.1o; mixed packers, f7.O0!7. 16;. light, $6.20017.06; yorkors, I6.9.VJI 7.50; pigs, $5.O(i(tj,6.70. Receipts for the week, 36,000. BHKBr No receipts; marxet unchanged; native lambs, $4.on!j6.fi5- western lambs, $3.664f6.76; feeders, $3.15jj6.00; native weth ers. $3 50.50; western wethers, $3. 40416. 70; stockers snd feeders, $2.5iKaS.63. Receipts for the week, 25,000. St. Lowls Live Stock Market. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21-CATTI.E-Recelpts, 700 head. Including 5o0 head Texans; mar ket active, steady to strong; native ship ping and export steers, t4.1iV(K.50, wltu strictly fancy quoted up to $5.75; dressed beef and butcher steers, $3.76(5.25; steers under 1,000 lbs., $3.5uii4.25; stockers and feeders. $2.40HV4.50: cows and heifers. $2.2nU 4.76; canners. J2.2,V(i3.W; bulls, $2.5iVh4.iio; calves, $4.00ijj.00; Texas and Indian steers, $3 3fHfr4 40; cows and heifers, $2.1iv3.10. MOUS Receipts, 3,000 ifiead; market steady to 6c lower: pigs and lights, $6.R(tiip 7.00; packers, $7.0007.25; butchere, $7.16Q7.40. BHKIDI' AND t,A M ti rteceipiB, s neaa; market firm; native muttons, $4.467o.60; lambs. $4J07.00: culls and bucks. $2.004 4.60; stockers, I1.50&3.00; Texans, J3.36Si4.25. St. Joseph Live Slock Market, ST. JOSEPH. Feb. 21. C ATTLE Re ceipts, US head; steady; natives, $3.755.85; Texas ana westerns, j.so(at.ni; cows ana heifers, $2.0ntff4.35; veals, M.OortjH.fifi; bulls and stags, $2.76ft4.00; yearllnga and calves, $2.T&ni.2b; stockers and feeders, $3.2.Vi4.60. HOGS Receipts, 4.611 hesd; light and light mixed, $6.fc'gi7.06; medium and heavy, $f 0OQ77.224; PlBS, $6.75iti.50; bulk, $7.004p 7.12U. SHEEP Receipts, 666 head; steady; Colo rado lambs, $7.10; yearlings, $6.85; wethers, $6.35; ewes, $5. Sioux CHr Live Ktock Market. SIOTJX CITY. Ia., Feb. 21. Special Tele gram.) CATTLE Receipts, 200; market steady; beeves, $3.604t5.0O; cows, bulls nnd mixed, $1.50i?-l.00; stockers and feeders, $2.76 4.25; calves and yearlings, $2.50(3400. HOGS Receipts, 4,800; market 6o lower; selling, $6.707.06; bulk. $6.76&6.90. Stock In Sla-ht. The following were the receipts of live stock - at the six principal western cities yesterday: Colli. Ttnp. RhaAil Omaha 415 8.235 Chicago son lo.oiu i.wi Kansas City 6,ooo 2.000 St I.oul 700 3.500 500 St. Joseph 118 40 650 tlloux uuy 1,'" Totals .. 6.733 31.936 . 2,066 Liverpool Grain and Provisions. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 21. WHEAT Spot. No. 1 red western, winter, steady at 6el4d; No. 1 northern, spring, quiet at 6s iKl; No. 1 California, quiet at 6s lid. Futures, quiet; March, 6s Sd; May. 6a 2d; July, 6s 14d. CORN Spot, steady; American mixed, new, 4a4d; old. 110 stock. Futures, quiet; March, 4s 54d: May, 4s 34d. PROVISIONS Beef, easy; extra India, mess, 97s 6d. Pork, easy; prime mess west ern. 75s. Hams, short tut, 14 to 16 lbs., easy, 6s 6d. Bacon, Cumberland cut, 26 to 80 lbs., firm, -.'Jh; short rllxi, 18 to 24 lbs., firm, 60s: long clear middles, light, 28 to 84 lbs., steady, 47s Od; long clear middles, heavy, 35 to 40 lbs., steady, 47s; short clear backs, 16 to 20 lbs., firm, 4Ks6d; clear bel lies 14 to 16 lbs.. Arm. 49s. Shoulder. square, 11 to 13 lbs., firm, 4os. Ird, steady; prime western, in iierces, ii-sw, jmeriiiin refined. In palls, 48s 6d. BUTTER Finest I'nlted States, nominal; good I'nlted States, steady, 80s. CHEESE Steady; American finest white, and colored, 62s 61I. TALLOW 1 'rime city, steady, 28s j Aus trallan, In London, easy, 33s 6(1. Toledo Cirala and Seed. ni trtwl TPeh f1 -WHRAT Tiill. hut Steady: cash 774c: May. eo'.c; July, 76'c. , d w t bull hlirher: February. 4tc: May 454c OATS Dull, unchanged; February, 38c; May. 86c RYE No. 2. 544c- . . . BEED8 Clover dull, unchanged; Febru ary $7,124; March $7,174; prime timothy, $1.85; prime alslke, $7.50 Wool Market. NEW TORK, Feb. 21. WOOL Firm: do- mBTlrLomB- Feb2C21.-WOOI-Qulet, easy; medium grades and combing, 17to20V,c; light tine ltVulsc; heavy fine, llfiH5c; tub washed, 1829c. Dalalh Grain Market. Dl'H'TH, Feb. 21.-WHEAT-Cash, No. 1 hard 774c: No. 2 northern, 744c; No. 1 northern. 774 : May. 774'774c; July, 774. OATS May, 3Gc. Geo. A. Adams Grain Go. GRAIN, PROVISIONS AND STOCKS. Members Chicago Board of Trade, St. Louis Merchants Exchangs and Kan sas City Board of Trads. Room 234 Board Trade Bldg , Omaha. 'Phones 1006 and lol7. J. K. Von Dors, Vice President. Write for our market letter and casrt grain blda. p. B. Yveare. Pros. C A. Veara, V-Prts. Established 182. WEARE COMMISSION CO., CHICAGO a4euioer of lbs Pi1nciu.il txcbo. Private Wires to All Points. CRAia, PKoviaiowa, aroiwa, uoaot Bought and sold for cask of future delivery. OMAHA BRANCH, llo-lll lioaxd of Trade Telephone lilt W. B. Wtul xtu Mr. Mas.