.
- JOE WINS A BIG RACE.
Heidcger Scores a Good Trotting
Yictory Among the GermShs.
TRYING THE FLrEBS AT HOMEWOOD
A Few Words Said in Defense of the
Local Ball Team.
GENERAL SPOETDvG SEWS OF THE DAT
Doubtless local patrons of trotting horso s
and tl ere are thousands, will bo interested
to know that Joe Heideger lias scored his
first victory in Germany. Joe won a great
race and his prospects in the dominions of
the Kaiser are very bright indeed.
Yesterday the sporting editor of this paper
read nn exceedingly interesting letter from
Joseph. In the letter he goes on to say that
lie started his 4-year-old colt, Alexis, in a
race of about a mile and a quarter at Ham
burg, and the colt won it very handily.
Thcie were no less than IS starters In tho
race. The event was Joe's first victory in
Germany, and he was warmly congratulated
by a host of friends.
It is evident that trotting is rapidly in
creasing in popularity in Germany becauso
our late tow nsnum states thero aro from 20
to 40 entries in every met This does, in
deed, augur well for the success of trotting
races there. 'With such a number of horses
there are bonnd to be some good ones one of
these days. The letter goes on to speak well
of the Russian trotters and states that these
horses go very fast indeed. They wear no
boots, no over checks and never break.
American horsemen aro arriving In Ger
many in large numbers, the letter goes on to
say, and as a result all the horse trainers are
Americans. Tho trainers generally think
that some of the speediest trotters in the
w orld will be developed in Germany. The
ram meetings are exceedingly well patron
ized and the masses aro taking very kindly
to the contests.
Joe further goes on to relate that among
the horses that havo failed to do anvthing
o er there is Zoe B., the mare that made her
last record at Homewood. She is no good at
all in Germany.
Mr. Heideger, Sr., has arrived at his son's
resiuenco in uermany alter an excellent
voyage. Joe continue to like his new
abode, and thinks that he will do exceed
ingly wclL He expects to meet many
familiar faces during the summer, as numer
ous horsemen intend visiting Germany this
j ear.
TDIELY TROTTING TOPICS.
Tlio Southeastern Circuit Slakes a Good
Start A Cast-Off Trotter Tliat Can Still
Win Races Another "Week at Phila
delphia. With the Southeastern Circuit, which be
gan on the 3th inst., says an Eastern writer,
the first link of the continuous chain of
meetings for the harness racers was taken
up, and the sulkies will bo kept whirling
merrily for tho next six months throughout
the length andbreadthof the land.,Veritable
nomads arc these cracks of the harness,
pince their engagements last only a week
in each place, and make it necessary for
them to trave' thousands of miles during
the j ear. Such a veteran as Ham
Wilkes, for example, lias stepped on
rapid miles in about every state in
the Union and exhibited his powers from Bos-
ion to lamornia. as tne tracK acuaitrmore,
, where the horses began the Journey this
month, is only half a mile in length, there
was, of course, nothing sensational there,
though tho heat in 2:22 by St. Elmo was un
usnally good for the earlv date, and on a
very indifferent course. This trotter is a tall
brown gelding, bred in Michigan, inheriting
Morgan blood from his sire and the stout
Hamblbtonian-Starcross from his dam. Two
j cars ago he pave promise of great speed,
and after winning a good race at Saginaw
' went to Detroit as the leading candidate in
Ins class. The money was put on him by
thousands, but he w ent lame early in tho
contest, and thero was no chance for his
backers to hedge.
John E. Turner and Scott Quintin are the
only trainers of national reputation who
have begun tho campaign thu earlv. Tur
ner is not er in n hurry to win races, but
Jikes to start his horses in public as tho best
way to get them to an edge for the summer,,
when tho premiums are more valuable.
.Like all of the old-school reinsmen, ho con
siders it disastrous to get a trotter out of his
class, and therefore avoids running heats
unless he is reasonably sure of getting three,
last year he brought out Neva da, a brow n
mare with a distinguished ancestry Her
sire, Santa Claus, was one of the best stal
lion ofhis day and retired with a record of
2:1 while her dam, Sweetheart, trotted in
2.22H at 3 years, aud is a daughter of the
famous Minnehaha by Sultan, the sire of
Stamboul.
The flyers remain at Philadelphia for an
other week, the third of the Southeastern
series of meetings beginning at old Point
Breeze track Tuesday. For this there is a
large entry list. 103 trotters and pacers being
named in the eight classes. This is a much
more convenient track than tho one at Bel
mont Park, and if it is favored in the matter
of weather as the latter w as the sport is sure
to attract a large patronage.
VIENNA GONE ON TBOTTING.
The Fleet American Trotter Bosque Bon-
it Wins Some Big Stakes.
rnr do-lap's cable company.
Berlin, May 17. Vienna thinks of nothing
but Amer'can trotters jut now, and of a Mr.
C Tcrrj 's G-j ear-old mare Bosque Bonita,
that w on tho great stakes at Wednesday's
meeting. She is at present the most admired
animal on tho Continental turf. She has
broken the last year's lecord of 2:19 twice
over, and made the first mile in 2:lSandthe
second in 2.1', for w hich feat her owner re
cci cd 1,500 ilonns premium, in addition to
the grand stakes of 00 000 florin. Terry's
Moll v Wilkes carried off tho second prize of
15,000 florins. l
The Austrian Government has decided
that the pool rooms are establishments
which must be licensed. As it take about
a I ear to obtain a license, the turf will have
to pet along without pool rooms for a season
at least.
Out at Homewood.
There was plenty of fun at Homewood
track yesterday morning. A largo crowd
was out thero enjoying the "spins" of the
many trotters and pacers now located at the
track stables. Prominent among the horses
on the track was Ironwood, who had "Little
Fred" driving him. Ironwood really showed
great speed. The track was in excellent con
dition, and if thero is not an over-supply of
rain between now and next week the track
w ill bo flrst-class for the spring races.
There'll Be Lots of Fun.
Manager Fred. Goodwyn has secured tho
follow ing speedy swimmers to represent the
Natatorium in tho water polo match against
the team of the Pittsburg ball club: Messrs
Joseph McEen, W Flowers, John Taylor!
C. T. Bruce, E. Ridley and J. i'ox. The glmie
will be played Friday evening next.com
mencing at 8 o clock, and "Jeems" Galvin
will act as referee.
SATURDAY'S BALL GAMES.
Tho League.
At Pittsburg
Pittsburg 0
Plilladclnhla 0
3 2 2 0
6 10 0-14
10 2 05
Shultz and
0 2 0 0
Batteries King and Mack;
Clements and Brown.
At Cincinnati
Espcr,
Cincinnati 0 2
110
2 0 0 28
0 2 0 1-3
Gctzeln and
l!.,u.m 0 0
(J 0 0
Batteries Kadbourne and Clark:
Ganzcll.
At Cleveland
Cleriland 0 0 10
i-w York 0 10 0
llaturies Vlau and Zlmmcr;
O'ltourke.
At Chicago
Chicago 2 0 0 0 1
Brooklyn 1 12 0 3
13 0 0
0 0 10
Sharrott
'5
: 4
and
0 3
0 0
3-11
1-9
Batteries Stein, Luby and Naglc; Hemmingand
Kliiilovr.
To-Dayg League Schedule.
rhllad'phla at Pittsburg. New York at Cleveland.
Bostuu at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago.
To-Day's Association Schedule.
St.Lnult at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Baltimore.
Louisville at Roston.
Columbus at Washington
The Association.
Athletics, 8; St Louis, L Boston, 9; Louis
ville, 3. Baltimore, 9; Cincinnati, L
THE COLONEL'S CONFIDENCE.
John I. Rogers Thinks the Phillies Will be
in It.
Philadelphia, May 17. The war clouds
which obscured the base ball horizon of tho
early spring, threatening to let loose a storm
which would flood tho diamond fields with
disaster, have passed. Although yet early
in the season, it is not too soon to realize
that base ball is again on the high tide of
popular favor. Colonel John I. Rogers, who,
nsnmember nf tho Ttnnrt r Pnntmlof the
I National League, is familiar with what is
going on, was seen to-day and askca as io ms
opinion concerning the general outlook, the
chances of the Phillies, and the possible
winners of the pennant.
"Colonel, how does tho season thus far
compare with last year?" was asked.
"The comparison is one that is very satis
factory to all who aro interested in the
game," was tho cheerful response. "With
out exaggeration, I will say that, compared
w ith last vear, tho attendance is four to one.
The Phillies will soon get another pitcher,
and then for the pennant. Wo are in it."
ABOUT THE LOCAL TEAM,
A Correspondent Urges Critics to Give All
the Boys a Fair Chance.
To the Sporting Editor or the Dispatch:
With your permission I will use a fraction
of your space in a talk on baseball matters,
so far as they pertain to the local club be
longing to the National League. I have been
particularly amused of late by the quality of
tho matter dished up byyour cotemporaries
in their endeavors to improve the Pittsburg
team, or more properly, to ruin it.
It would require too much space to review
aU that has been said; in fact, what they
have not said would be the easiest subject; a
lino would suffice. But let me refer especially
to tho treatmenl experienced by George
Miller, that sterlingall-round player whohas
but few equals and no peers in the baseball
business to-day. I know that in making this
assertion there will be a lot of replies having
Anson, et al?" I anticipate the questions and
reply thus: All of these men are excellent
captains, that is admitted, but then it will
also be admitted that Miller makes no pre
tentions to being a captain, and as
it takes nine men to play a game of
ball,, there are at least eight men
to be accounted for who are not supposed to
do any of the directing, and the more clever
the file, the greater the chances of winning
games. As a batter, Miller does not rank
with either of the three mentioned, but can
ordinarily be depended upon to hit tho ball
hard, whether it falls safe or not: many a
time long sacrifices have been the factors in
the winning of games. If in every game
played the Pittsburgs should get one of their
men to third base before two men were out,
and a man "with a good eye" followed, nino
out of 10 games would be ours. It is as an all
round, serviceable and reliable man, that I
propose to push Miller's claims.
Does he catch as well HBEunpnr TpllrT
First, no; second, not quite, but nearly so;
but all the same. Miller can go in behind the
bat any day of the week and catch a good
game of ball, and Jimmy Galvin will bear
mo out in this. Does he play infield or out
field positions as well as Ewing or Kelly (and
now wo can bring in Anson?) Yes, and a
great deal better from a puro fielding stand
point. We havo all seen the threo others
tried in this city, and we know
that not one has especially distinguished
himself out of his regular position. So then,
if the club cannot bo made up entirely of
captains, catchers and first basemen, it must
be admitted that men in othor positions can
be as much a factor in the winning of games
as either. No player that visits this city
win aiujj u uau ufc siiurx ueiici man jiincr,
and the only thing ho lacks is the quick
snap to first of Glasscock, Ward, Long and
others, and as this can bo acquired, who
knows but what our old friend, "the mid
get," will get it yet. Moes did not show the
Israelites the Promised Land tho first day of
the Exodus, and you cannot immediately
turn a catcher into a fielder.
Honestly, Mr. Editor, you would think that
some of these baseball writers had never
seen a game in their lives, from the way in
which they lay it out every time a player
makes a misplay. Thev should display a
little more Judgment than the "bleaching
board" kid, who pays homago to one player
to-day and another to-morrow, for you know
uie renuer expects ine writer to possess
Judgment, else why does he write. If we
must place the baseball writer on tho same
level with -the "kid" aforesaid, it is time to J
iuib xvauiuR luu papers.
It is rather odd, too, that these same
writers think that Captain Hanlon will goby
their judgment and change the mon about to
suit them. Again, they ape "the bleaching
urchin," and it is pleasant to note that
neither has any effect on the powers that be.
One can imagine, what the club would look
like if it was changed about to suit either
"of these two quantities. It would not take
long to make a gay affair of it. I will not say
that Carroll is the finest fielder in the busi
ness, but many of his errors were not nearly
so bad as those Tiernan, Gore and O'Eourke
made in their respective positions last
week, and doyou think that Mutrie will take
them out or release them on that account?
Give every man a chance to show what he
can do. Respectfully, yours,
W. G. Kaufman.
A Good Game.
An interesting ball game was played on
Saturday between nines made up of em
ployes of Mansfield & Co. and McGinncss,
smith & Co. Following was the result:
Mansfield &Co. 1 0 0 0 10 0 1 0-3
McGinness, Smith JtCo..O 10 0 2 3 0 3 9
SCMMARY Base hits Mansfield & Co., 7: Mc
Glnneos Smith & Co.,10. Errors Mansfield 4 Co..
5; McGInness. Smith & Co., 3. Geary and Crowley
were the pitchers and they did well.
General Sporting Notes.
Axd still no decision in the Itellly case.
Gleasox may pitch for the Phillies to-day.
lr we can only win to-day, up we'll go a notch
higher.
S. 8. COOK-KHraln and Smith fought in Decem
ber, 18S7.
OLD Sport will face the PhUlles to-day, and vic
tory may again crown his efforts.
IX Cincinnati the newspapers suggest that Loftus
lay oflT KelUy and play Ki-enan at first.
Takex all round, F. H. Hovey Is the most prom
ising tennis player in the country to-day.
A Daily Reader Inquire at Pratt's store.
Wood street, and you'll get what you want.
The Surrey (England) Cricket Club numbers 3,172
members, and last year its recelpfs ti ere (90,000.
Clarke has been called West to Join the New
York team. He is not In condition to catch, how-
"SnAnROTT is the coming great pitcher of the
East." That's what one or two exchanges say.
He is too light.
A COPY of "The American Cricket Annual" for
1891 has been received at this office. It is fuB of
very interesting information to cricketers. "
Parties in York, Pa.,were very anxious to have
Tommy Esterbrook take hold of the baseball in
terests in that place, but he refused. Esterbrooi
don't want to go Into a minor league if he can help
President Youxo has never remitted a fine im
posed on a nlavcr excent bv authorltr nf th lk,rj
of Directors, who have authorized hhn to do so
mm; iiiuts since me organization orihe National
League.
No player In the country has been ordered off the
field as often as Jay Faatz. of the Syracuse Stars.
lie was ordered off, for the second time thl season,
at Syracuse Tuesday, for telling Umpire Doescher
that he was 'rotten. ' '
Manager Sxyder says the Wasliingtons have
been doing finely from a financial standpoint. The
patronage in Washington has been most satisfac
tory, and If the club can strike a winning gait, so as
to win half its games, it will make money.
TATrowEHS will remain In Buffalo. He re
ceived the following dlcpatch from President Wag
ner, of the Athletics, this morning: "Wc haveie
lccted George Wood to manage our team for the
bcason. lunmy consioer an negotiations on."
Now that the Brooklyn Handicap is a matter of
record, the chances of the Suburban are more
lirgely canvassed. By June 1G. the date of the
great race, some of the "dark" horses entered
may come up prominently bcrore the turf world.
Thetzel Getzeix h-is no use for Arlle Latham.
The dude makes Pretzel nervous. Yisterday when
Lath started to run out with a hall that was foul
Pretzel crossed his path and punched him in the
ribs. Some of the terrace patron gave Getzeln
quite a roast nn this exhibition of dirty ball. Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Virtue has at last succumbed to a fit of sickness
that has been coming upon him ever since the sea
son opened. He was sick at Cincinnati and has not
been himself for throe weeks. It Is err unfortu
nate that Cleveland should loose his scrrices at the
present time, and his friends hope for a speedy re
covery. Cleveland bender.
UstriRE Tebgcsov and Managers Barnie and
Chapman are all old BrooklvnItcs,and were famous
as playcre in the early days of baseball in that cltv.
They were connected at various times with the
noted Atlantlrs. Air. Ilnratp fa mmi u..
was a catcher, Ferguson was a shortstop, and
Chapman was at that time considered a wonderful
lcft-fldder. Baltimore Sun.
TnE consensus of opinion -West Is that the pros-
Pjctora match race between Ed Gardner's Ida
Ickwick and Ed Corrigan's Ethel Is the subject of
much idle speculation, lor it is very Improbable
that the race will ever take place. Corrlgan does
not like the way In which his filly was beaten by
Ida Pickwick for the J2.000 stake at Nashville, and
sa; s that he is anxious to meet licr again. There
will be an opportunity for the question of superior
',t3r.V teH'edlflwtn accept their engagements
for the Oiks at Latonla. If they meet at that time
It Is a safe bet that Corrlgan wW be In the neigh
borhood. Metal Market.
X'SZ.TSFSJS1? 16. Pig iron dull; Ameri
can $16 0018 00.
When baby was sick, we gave her Castorla,
When she was a Child; she cried for Castorla,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla,
When she had Children, the gave them Castorla,
anO-77-ariTrsn
THE
AEEVIEWOF-TRADE.
Interesting Facts About the Develop
ment of foliar Leather.
ITS MANUFACTURE IN ALLEGHENY.
Ko Essential Change Noted in the Hide and
Harness Situation.
TRADE 2I0YEMENTS ARE STILL SLOW
Office of Prrrsntnto DisrATcn, )
Saturday, May 1G. J
The reputation of Allegheny tanners for
producing the best harness leather in the
market is a long established one. Their
products in this lino navo for many years
been at a premium. In the past year or two
Allegheny tanners have been making rapid
progress in the manufacture of collar
leather, and now bid fair to lead in this line
as they have long been leading in harness
leather. There is one firm which has been
exclusively devoted to the manufacture
of collar leather for the past dozen
years. Two years ago this firm was
alone and its consumption did not at that
time amount to over 80 hides per week.
Now the trade of this Arm demands 250
hides weekly, and other tanners require as
much more, A number of the harness leather
tanners have added collar leather to their
products within the past year, and it is
within bounds to say that 600 hides are put
into tne vats for this purpose every week.
Heavy cowhides arc in the main used for
collar leather. There is now a second firm
almost exclusively engaged in collar leather
manufacture, and notwithstanding the fact
that tho output has trebled and more the
past two years, demand has been" in excess
of supply all this season up to the past
week.
Harness Leather Quotations.
Tho movement of harness leather is still
slow. Demand is scarcely up to what it
ordinarily is at this time, but stocks are not
accumulating to any great extent. The
reputation of Pittsburg harness insures a
good demand for all our products whenever
the trade takes a start.
Following are the prices established by
Allegheny tanners:
No. 1 Trace ., 37
B Trace 33
No. 1 extra hear-, 100 lbs. end over 32
B extra heavy, 1C0 Ids. ind over 30
No. 2 extra hear), 160 lbs. and over 23
No. 1 heavr, MOtolfO lbs 31
B heavy, 130 to 100 lbs. 20
No. 2 heavy, 130 to 1C0 mi 27
Blackllne 23
Bides and Calfskins,
There has been no essential change in the
situation for the past month. Demand is
fairly active and is about equal to supply,
but no signs of an upward movement are in
sight. Tanners hore are reported to be car
rying light stocks, and only buy for imme
diate wants.
Below are prices paid by dealers and tan
ners for stock delivered here:
No. 1 green sailed steers, 60 pounds and
OTcr 73
No. 1 green salted cows, all weights gw
No. 1 green salted hides, 40 to 60 pounds... h'l
No. 1 green salted hides, 25 to 40 pounds..,, 6jJ
No. 1 green salted bulls ;.,, 5
No. 1 green salted calfskins 7
No. 1 green salted veal kips 6
No. 1 green salted runner kips...... 4
No. 1 green steers, 60 pounds and over 7
No.lgreen cows, all weights Qt
No. 1 green bulls 4U
No. 1 green hides, 40 to GO pound" ,..., 4k
lo. 1 green hides, 25to40 pounds 4U
Iso. 1 green calfskins , 6
No. 1 green veal kips 4
No.lgreen runner kips 3
Sheepskins locffifl 50
TaTlow, prime -v.-.4
These prices subject to change without notice.
Keductlon for No. 2 Ktar.lt 1 Ui twf nnnntl nvi eta...
and light hides; He on bulls and So on calfskins,
The Grain Situation.
"Weakness has characterized cereal mar- , weaker; Western steam, $6 67K; May, $6 70
ketsforthe first half of the month, andske,d: ""i'J6,7?, a?ked; ; July $0 796 82,
whllfiwhe.it nnrt n.i.1, .niw ,iiih los'nJ? !F.77 pid; August. $0 90;-Soptem-
withina day or two, the situation in general
favors bears. Corn and hay are especially
weak, the former being 10c below tho highest
point reached in April. It will be seen bv
reference to our market column, that No. 2
ear corn was sold at the Exchnnge to-day at
76c. The same was firm at 85c a month ago.
JHay has been coming in freely the past week
and is weak and lower. The same is true of
miUfeed. Receipts of wheat have been un
usually light of late, and markets are strong
with an upward tendency."
All Eyes onBntter.
In produce lines the feature of tho week
hag been the sharp decline in butter. Elgin
creamery was reduced 2o per ft on Monday,
and facts havo demonstrated that there
should Have been a larger drop, as It is very
slow and weak at the decline. Our markets
have been glutted for a few days past with
country butter, and prices are lower than for
years. A fair quality of country rolls has
sold as low as 10c per ft. It is about as cer
tain as anything in the future can bo that
creamery butter will find a lower level tho
present week.
A Tine Bark Tract.
The following from the Port Allegany Re
porter will interest city tanners: As is well
known the finest hemlock in the world is
from the head waters of the Allegheny river
and its tributaries. One of the best hemlock
tracts in this vicinity was sold recently by
L. W.Crawford, of Roulette, to Frank An
drews, of Coudersport. A number of gentle
men aro interested with Mr. Andrews in the
purchase. The prico paid was $60 an acre for
the timber only, which is tho hfe-imst. nrio
ever paid in this part of the State. The land
lies pear the river, and the average haul to
the railroad or river will bo but half a mile
It is said that the trees are so thick that the
sun never shines on the ground on this tract
The piece contains 500 acres, and the late Le
roy Lyman estimated that it would yield 30
cords of bark to the acre. Other judges put
the amount at from 15 to 20 cords of bark to
the acre.
HOME SECURITIES.
Demand Broadening and Most of, the lead
ers Score Improvements.
Sales of local stocks on call last week ag
gTeguieuz.iai snares, 01 which 1,489 wero
Electric, against 2,729 the previous week.
Saturday's closing prices as compared with
those of th 3 previous Saturday show gains
in all tho Tractions, Pipeage, Monongahola
Water Company, Switch and Sizna'. Air
brake and Underground Cable. Philadelphia
and Chartiers Gas, Luster and Electric lost
a fraction each. The rest of tho list was
steady to firm. The most important gains
wero scored by Duquesne, Pittsburg and
Birmingham Tractions and Standard Under
ground Cable, ranging from three to sis
points, the lattter leading the advance.
Electric maintained its position as the
center of interest, chiefly on account of the
promulgation of the reorganization scheme
and tho discussion -n hich it occasioned. It
was generally accepted as the best and
easiest way out of a serious difficulty. There
is no longer a doubt that It .will be ratified at
tho directors' meeting to-day, at which
Mr. w cstinghouse -n ill be -present. Tho
common stock is being tumedin fnster than
expected. The highest point touched bv it
during the week wa 1KJ and the lowest l".
J.cJ?teJKay U sold nt "X and closed at 15K
bid. Tho close at Boston was 15 bid, offered
f',W,","1"s iac Pitts Burg was moro
bullish than the Hub.
Saturday's sales wore 100 shares Duquesne
Traction at 20, 100 at 20, 8 Luster at 13, 25
Manchester Traction at 37, 4 Electric at
r?t,i? "' lw ac ls 10 Philadelphia Gas
1
THE MONEY MABKET.
Bankers Would late to See Borrowers a
Little More Urgent,
Money ruled easy during the week, with no
indications of a stringency. Bankers would
bo willing to run the risk of a littlo pressure
in order to enable them to find employment
for considerable idle cash.
For tho loss in bank clearings which tho
Clearing House report discloses, the strike
and the European flurry are wholly respon
sible, domestic conditions presenting noth
ing especially unfavorable. Tho gold that is
going abroad is to pay debts and intciest,
and will soon bo paid out and will In duo
time find Its way back.
The Clearing ilonse statement for tho'day
and week, with comparisons with last year,
follows:
Saturday's exchanges t 2,238,331 83
Kntllrnnv's Inl.n... 4a ok rt
Week's exchanges..'.!!!!";!"'.!!
Week's balances
Previous week's exchanges
Exchanges week of 1&0? i..
Balances week of 1S90
460.245 73
. 13.459.4SS 31
. 2,999,927 10
. 14,124,063.35
,115,295,595 38
, ,2,121.062 63
Wool Markets.
St. Louis Wool Receipts, 116,900 fleeces;
the market is steadv-and unchanged..
PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
MARKETS BY WIRE.
CHICAGO Beports of general rainfalls
In tho Southwestern wheat belt, circu
lated on the Board of Trade at tho opening
Saturday, changed tho speculative situa
tion in the wheat pit, as it quieted all talk of
damage by dry weather, and temporarily
silenced the talk of insect damage. It was
thought that the copious rains in Kansas
had certainly drowned out the chinch bugs.
Acting on this theory the bear leaders made
a little more aggressive campaign, and they
had great help in .the shnpo of selling orders
from the Southwest and from outsiders gen
erally. The leading futures ranged as follows, as
corrected by John M. Oakley & Co., 45 81xth
street, member of Chicago Board of Trad e
Open
High
Low
est. Clos
ing. Articles.
ing.
est.
Wheat, No. 2.
May , ,
June
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July
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May...!
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July
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July
September
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630
Cash quotations woro as follows:
flour dull and unchanged. No. 2 spring
wheat, $1 Oftffll 0; No. 3 spring wheat,
9Sc$l 01; No. 2 red, $1 061 08; No.
2 corn, 62Uo: No. 2 oats, fillet No.
2 white, 61g)S2Kc; No. 3 white, 50K31Kc;
iv. 6 ivB. aitftazc; .no. & uuriey uuiuuitti:
No. 3, f. o. b., 6875; No. 4, f. o. b., 70c: No. I
flaxseed, $1 15; prime timothy seed, $1 2S1 30;
mess pork, per. barrel, $11 12V11 15; lard, per
100pounds,$8S5637K; short ribs sides (loose),
15 855 90; dry salted shoulders (boxed!,
$5 105 20; short clear sides (boxed), $6 SO
6 40; whisky, distillers' finished goods, per
gallon, $1 17; sugars unchanged. ,
On the Produce Exchange to-day, the but
ter market was unchanged. Eggs, !1414c.
NEW TOEK Flour quiet, closing easy;
low extras, $3 904 50; winter wheat, low
grades, $3 9054 30; fair to fancy, $4 60(35 40;
patents, $4 S05 60: Minnesota, clear, $4 60
6 15; straights, $4 655 50; do rjatente, $5 10 '
6 15; rye mixtures, $4 605 10. Cornmeal
dull; yellow, 'Western, $3 404 00. jWheat
Spot market dull and weakfer; No.
2 red, $1 16 in store, $1 16V1 17
afloat, $1 1GV1 W f. o. b.; ungraded
red, $1 05V1 18; No. 1 Northern, to
arrive, $1 1Mj1 16: No. 1 hard, to arrive,
$1 18KS31 19: No. 2 Milwaukee, $1 10$ options
openedKchighoronpoorEnglish weather
reports, declined llKcon good (Western
crop news, rallying and closing Arm on ex
port demand at KMC below yesterday, Nc.
2 red, May, closing at $1 15; June, closing at
$1 13; July, $1 10; August, $1 05WB1 6 clos
ing at $1 bSi; Soptember, $1 041 C5JJ, clos
ing at $1 04J?: October, $1 04J closing at $1 05;
December, $1 05K1 07, closing at $li06: May,
1S92, $1 091 10, closing at jl 09, Barley
out of season. Corn Spot marketlrregular,
weak and fairly active: No. 2, 69
70J4c in elevator, 70K71o afloat; un
graded mixed, 687dc; options, are
5lc lower on free selling of Increased re
ceipts; May, 09c, closing at 69c; June, 63
66c, closing at 66'ic: July, 6465c-, closing
at 65c; August, oipgigeijgc, closing at 64c;
SeptemDer closing t63c. Oats Spot mar
ket dull and lower; options dull and irregu
lar: May, closing at 56c; June, closing at
05Kc: July, 54Jf55c, closing at 55c; August,
4444J4c; spot, No. 2 white, 58c; mixed
Western. 5i!ffl59c: white do. B9S)70e;
No. 2 Chicago, 57K5Sc. Hay quiet, and
firm; shipping, 5055c; good to choice, 6080c.
Hops Arm and quiet; State common choice,
3532c; Pacific Coast, 2532c. Tallow quiet
and unsettled; city ($2 for packages), 5Kc
Eggs firm; Western, ltel6J4c Tildes dull and
firm; wet salted New Orleans selected, 45 to
75 pounds, 6Sc; Texas selected, o0 to 60
pounds. 68e. Pork steady and quiet: old
mess, $11 0012 25: new mess, $12 7513 50;
extra prime, $11 7512 25. Cut meats
steady and quiet; pickled bellies, 5?ic;
do shoulders, 43c; do hams, 9K10Kc Mid
dles auiet and Arm: short clear. 7c. Lard
ber, $7 017 02, closing at $7 00 bid. Butter
dull and weak: Western dairy, 1016c: do
creamery, 1520c; do in factory, 1016c;
Elgin, 20c. 'Cheese quiet and easy; part
BKims, os$c.
ST. LOUIS Flour steady and unchanged.
Wheat opened weak and ! below yes
terday's latest figures, and values gradually
eased ofl" under liberal selling, the decline
not being checked until 11 o'clock, when
there was some'recovery and "the market
was unsettled to the close, which was lo
below yesterday: No. 2 red, cash, $1 (BUm (5;
May, $103Jf bid; July, 97K9S?c, clos
ing at 07c; August, 95k96ko,
closing, 06c: December, 99jc, closing, 98Kc.
Corn Options about unchangedbut eased off
ana tendency was down to close. No. 2 cash,
asked. Rye Steady; No. 2, 6?c. Butter
Lowen-creamery. 1520o: dairy, 1417c.
Egg&r-Wcakcr at 13c. Provisions Quiet and
demand light. Poik Standard mess, $1150
11 K. Lard-$G 12&
BALTIMORE Wheat No. 2, red, dull;
spot,$l 15; themonth,$l 14; June, $1 13K: July,
$1 09V; August, $1 05; steamer No. 2, red,
$1 12K. Corn Mixed dull; spot and the
month, 7070Kc; July, 65V68Vci spot No.
2, white, 70c. Oats steady; No. 2 white West
ern, 59C0c; No. 2 mixed do, 5S59c. Ryo
quiet; o. 2, 55c. Hay firm; good to ohoico
timothy.lU 0012 00. Provisions very quiet.
Mess pork, old, 12c; new, ISc. Bulkmeats
Loose shoulders, .Bmc; new clear, clear rib
sides, 6c; sugar pickled shoulders, 6Kc;
sugar cured smoked shoulders, TKc; hams,
llKSUlc. Lard, refined, 8c. Butter dull
and lower; creamery, fancy, 20c; do fair to
choice, 1719c; do imitation, 1516c: latllo.
lancy, 14loc; do good to choice, 12lic;
rolls, fine, 15c; do fair to good, 1214c; store
packed, 1215c. Eggs active at 1515lc.
PHILADELPHIA Flour steady but dull.
Wheat Options Irregular; milling grades
scarce and dull; No. 2 red May, $1 131 14;
June, $1 12Q1 12J; July, $1 09K1 10U
August, $10510S. Com Car lots weak
and unsettled, closing at 4c lower; options
wholly nominal; No. 2 mixed in grain depot
and elevator, 72c; No. mixed May, 69K70c;
June. 68KC9c; July, 6767Kc; August, fee
67c. Oats weak; No. 2 mixed, 56c; No. 3 white,
66k57c: No.
white, 57!
5Sc; No. 2 white
May, 57K58c; June,
r72.JW, " UUC UO
ao; July, 5SVs
,c. Provisions in fair demand and
steady. Butter dull and weak; Pennsylvania
ureuiuuiy extra, zuc; uo print extra, JJ$27C.
iggsauii put steady; Pennsylvania firsts,
16;
MINNEAPOLIS Sample wheat was dull
to-day at a lower range of prices. The offer
ings v, ere not large, but they were in excoss
of demand, which was light for the best
wheat. There was little demand for the
pooler classes and few sales made. Ono
buyer took about all the No. 1 Northern that
was sold at a cent under July. Elevator
companios were not in tho market and only
a few cars wero bought to go to outside
mills. Closing prices: No. 1 hard, May, $1 09;
on track, $1 09W; No. 1 Northern, May, ll 0G:
June, $1 07; July, $1 07; on track, $1 07; No.
2 murine, ?i u; on tracK, $1 WJ$1 00.
MILWAUKEE Wheat firm; No. 2 spring,
on trick, cash, $1 031 04; Julv, $1 01M; No. I
Northern, $1 03. Corn easier; "No. 3, on track,
6ic. Oats lower; No. 2 white, on track, 52
53c. Barley quiet: No. 2, in store, 64564Jc.
Kyo firm: No. 1, in store, 96o. Provisions
easier. Pork, $11 30. Lard, July, $6 4
CINCINNATI Flour neglected. Wheat
heavy; No. 2 i ed, $1 061 07. Oats dull and
lower: No. 2 mixed, 54c, Ryo scarce; No. 2,
92c. Provisions quiet and easier. Butter
heaw, tending lower. Eggs firm at lie.
Cheese steady. n
TOLEDO Wheat dull and lower: cash
and May, $1 09; July, $1 01V; Augml, 99c;
Deccmbor, $1 0 Corn dull and easier;
cash, 65c. Oats Cash, 53c. Clovcrsccd
steady; cash, $1 20.
A Chance For Investors,
The prospectus of the Simmons Hardware
Company of St. Louis is issued, aud subscrip
tions are invited forthopurchaso of $1,000,000
of tho company's prefered cumulative 7 per
cent stock. Tho company was'organized in
1874 under tho laws of Missouri, and its cap
ital is $3,000,000. Tho company's property
comprises almost wholly carefully selected
stocks of salable merchandise inventoried
at factory cost without freight charges and
.purchased at lowest prices for cash. Sales
headquarters are in St. IAuls, which is con
sidered the best distributing center of trade
in America. In 1890 the company had over1
20,000 customers, and its business increased
15 per cent over nny previous year. Sub
scriptions will bo received by Messrs. S. v.
White & Co., New York andiChicago, inter
national Trust Company, Boston, and St,
Louis Trust Company, St. Louis.
Coffee Markets.
New YonK, Mny 16. Coffee options oponed
steady and unchanged to 5 points decline,
closed barely steady and unchanged to 5
Soints down: sales, 11.250 bags, including
ay, 17.90c; July, 17.6517.70e; August. 17.20c;
oupLcuiucr, io.au(r$io.ovc; uctooer, so.yuio.wc;
November, 15 30c; December, 15.10; spot Rio
dull and steady; fair cargoes, fOc; No. 7 at
"i'oyfc&
' JJiiTLMOKE. May 16. Firm and' ancluuured.
ssc; May, 030, closing, 59Kc old; July, 6W
$57Kc, closing, 5oc. Oats-Quiet and easier;
sO. 2 cash. 80c: Julv. UGHLVc. clnainir. Ua
- MONDAY,' fAY 18,
WEATHER' Affl) TBiDE.
Saturday's Cold Wave Handicapped
the Produce Dealers.
EGGS FIRM AND BUTTBE WEAKER
The Cereal Situation Is Still Bather Favor
able to Buyers.
GROCERIES REMAIN AS THEY WERE
OFPICE 01" PlTTSBUIMJ DISPATCH,
Satobday. May 16. J
Couimtr Produce (Jobbing Prices) Satur
day was a cold day at the commission houses.
The weather seems to have given a chill to
trade. Advices from New York indicate
lower priced butter and eggs there than
hore. The New York Commercial Bulletin of
the 15th quotes top price of eggs KJc, and
Elgin creamery at 22c. Here and Westward
eggs are firm, and, while creamery butter is
weak and deolining, it would be impossible
to sell at 22c without heavy loss, as the best
brands were sold at Elgin this week above
that figure. The heavy receipts of coun
try butter of late have proved adverse
to creamery, and dealers who havo the
least of the latter on hand are best off. Our
markets have been glutted with country
butter all this week and prices are only
nominal. Thero has been no time since new
Ohio cheese appearel that supply has been
half up to demand. A dealer who reports
sales qf 100 boxes daily, reports he .could
havo sold as many more for a few days past if
he couMiave obtained the goods. Supply of
strawberries was not up to expectations and
prices advanced. v
ArriKS SS O0TS7 50 a barrel.
Butter Creamery. Elgin, S323fe; other
brands, 2ffl27c: common country butter, l2c;.cnoice
country rolls. 18c.
Beass New crop beans, navy, ?2 302 35: mar
rows, (2 35(32 40; Lima beans, 6M6c.
BEBBIES Strawberries, 1518c a quart.
Beeswax 3032c $ lb for choice; low grade, 22
25c.
CIDER Sand refined, n 50S10 00; common, 5 50
6 00: crab cider, 12 0013 00 $f barrel; cider vinegar;
1415c gallon. ,
Cheese Ohio cheese, new, llllKe: New York
cheese, new, UMai2c: Ltmburger, 1314c: do
mestic Sweitzer. 1617c: Wisconsin brick Sweitzer,
14HMc; imported Sweitzer, 27KSSc-
CBASDERRIIS-Cape Cod, S3 253 50 a box; U 50
(7119 Mkhrrl .Terspva 9A SO & hoT.
Eoas 1616c for strictly fresh nearby stock:
Southern eggs, 1515Kc; duck eggs, 16S18c; goose
eggs, 2930c. .
Teathers Extra live geese, 5060c; No. 1, 40
45c: mixed lots, 30O35C lb.
Honey New crop white clover, 1820o 9 B;
California honev, 1215c V. lb.
Maple SYbup New, 8590e ? gallon.
New Maple Sowar 10c ? lb.
NDTS Shell bark hickory nuts, fl 231 50
bushel; peanuts, St 50l 79, roasted; green, 4)$6c
9 lb; pecans, 10c t lb.
POULTRY Alive Chickens, 7585c a pair;
spring chickens, ft 506 00 a dozen. Dressed
Turkeys, 16c a pound; ducks, 1213c a pound;
Chlcken9, l315c; 6pring chickens, 2o30c a pound.
Tallow Country, 4Hc; city rendered, 5Mc.
Seeds Recleancd It estern clover, (i 005 20;
timothy, 1 50; blue grass, S3 50; orchard grass,
tl 75; millet, 7075c; lawn grass, 25c lb.
Tropical Fbdits Lemons, S4 505 00; fancy,
S06 00; Messina oranges, S3 0U3 50 a box: Flor
ida oranges. S3 504 00 a box; California oranges,
(3 503 75 a box; navel oranges, (4 505 00; bananas.
K 75 firsts, 82 00 good seconds, $ bunch; figs, 15
16c 31 lb; dates, 4Ji5Hc? ft; pineapples, S15C215
a dozen.
VEGETABLES Potatoes, 1 301 35 t Dusnei;
beans, $3 X3 25 a bushel; beets, 5S65c a dozen;
in 111 if Duiuau. iii'
asparagus, soc a dozen; Bermuda onions, rz i a
bushel; Bermuda potatoes, $8 50 per barrel; South
em rose potatoes, 7 00 a barrel: tomatoes, 63c peck
boxes; lettuce, 50c a dozen; radishes, 75c a dozen;
rhubarb, 1520c a dozen; cucumbers, 75c adozen;i
onions, 152oc a dozen; peas, 1 002 00 a box.
Groceries.
For some weeks after the 2c tariff on sugar
was removed, thero was difficulty in meeting
demand. Of late supply has moro than
oaught up to demand and prices are weaken
ing. At the decline noted in this column
yesterday sugar markets are quiet. Coffee
continues firm in price but trade slow. Teas
of all kinds are weak with a tendency
toward lower prices.
Greex Coffee Fancy. 24K25Kc; choice Rio,
2324c; prime ltlo, 22c: low grade Bio, 2122c;
old Government Java, 29)30fc: Maracaibo, 25
(ffilTMc; Mocha, S032c; Santos, 2226c; Caracas, 2a
27f; La Guayra, 2627c.
Roasted (in papers) Standard brands, 25c; high
trades, 2730Kc; old Government Java, bulk, 31
34c: Maracaibo, 2830c; Santos, 2C30c; pea
:rry, 30c: choice Kio, 20c; prime Bio, 25c; good
Kto,-24c; ordinary, 21M22Hc
Spices (whole) Cloves, 1516c; allspice, 10c:
cassia, 8c; pepper, 13c; nutmeg, 7580c.
Petroleum (Jobbers' prlccs)-110 test, 7Kc;
Ohio, 1J0, 8c;headlight, 150, 8c; water white,
1010Kc; globe, 1414Mc! elalne, 15c: carnadlne,
llKc;rovaline, 14c; red oil, llllic; purity, 14c;
oletne, 14c.
Mixers' On. No. 1 water strained, 4244cper
gallon; summer, 3337c:lard OIL 555Sc.
SYRUP Corn syrup, 3537c: choice sugar syrup,
87(a89c; prime sugar lyrup, 3435c; strictly prime,
85S37C
S. 0. Molasbes Fancy, new crop, 45c; choice,
4243c;medlum, 3S40c; mixed, 3338c.
SoDA-BI-carb in kegs, 3S3J(c; bl-carb in Ks,
Sftc; bl-carb, assorted packages, 56c; sal soda,
in kegs, lc; do granulated. 2c.
CADLES-Star, full weight, 9c; stearins, per
set, 8,'c: parafline, ll12c.
BiCB-Head Carolina, THfflHc; choice, 6K6Jfc;
prime, G6Ko; Louisiana, J5(tc.
Starch Pearl, 4c; corn starch, 66Ke; gloss
starch, 67c.
FOREIOS FRUITS Laver raisins, 2 50; London
layers, tl 75;Muscatels, SI 73; California Muscatels,
81 601 75; Valencia. 6&7c; Ondara Valencia, 7i
8c; sultana, 1210c; currants, 5M5Kc: Turkey
prunes, 7S((38c; French prunes, 10,"ii&c: Salonl
ca prunes Iu2-Ib packages, 8c; cocanuts 100. (6;
almonds. Lan., fi ft), 29c; do Irlca, 17c: do shelled,
40c; walnuts, nap, 1314c; Slcilv filberts, 12c;
Smyrnaflgs, 13.314c ; new dates, 5ffi6c; Brazil nuts,
I0c: pecans, 14Ml6c; citron, lb, 1718c: lemon
peei, ix -m id: orange peei, izc
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, ? lb. He; apples,
evaporated, 14)l5c; peaches, evaporated, pared,
2426c; peaches, California, evaporated, unpared,
16ftl8c; cherries, pitted, 31c; cherries, unpltted,
ltful2c; raspberries, evaporated, 3031c; black
berries, 8jl3i9c; huckleberries, 12c.
Sugars Cubes. 4Vc: nowdered. 4Vi" muti
lated, 4c: confectioners' A, 4Hc; soft -white. 4
4Mc; jellow, choice, 34c; yellow, good, SXtc:
jellow, fair, 3K3c.
PlCKLES-Mealum, bbls (1,200), $7 25; medium.
halfbbls(C00),M15.
Salt-1o. 1 $ bblv $1 00: No. 1 extra ft bbl, $1 10;
dairy, bbl, 1 20: coarse crystal, l)bl, 1 20;
Hijcglns' Eureka, 4-bu. sacks, $2 80; HIgglns' Eu
reka, 16 14-Ib packets, $3 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches, $2 502 65;
2nds. $2 152 50; extra peaches, $2 6032 70; pie
peaches, $1 b5l 70: finest corn, $1 Xffil 50; Hid,
Co. corn, $1 01 15; red cherries, (1 351 40; Lima
beans, 11 35; soaked do, 80c; string do. 7080c;
marrowfat peas, $1 1Q1 25; soaked peas, 657oc
pineapples, $1 50(311 60; Bahama do, si 55;
damson plums, 81 10; greengages, $1 50: egg
Elums, $2 90; California apricots. $2 032 JO:
allfornla pears, $2 402 60: do greengagcs.fi W; do
egg plums, 1 SO: extra white cherries, $2 65; rasp
berries, $1 351 41; strawberries, $1 301 40; goose
berries, $1 10S1 15: tomatoes, 93c(g?l 00; salmon,
l-lb, $1 301 80; blackberries, 90c; succotash, 2-lb
cans, soaked, 90c; do green,2-lb cans. $123(atf 50; corn
ed beef. 2-Ib cans, f2 202 25; l-lb cans, n 30; baked
beans, SI 401 50: lobster, l-lb cans, $2 25; mack
erel, l-lb cans, broiled, 81 50; sardines, domestic,
M', $4 401 0; sardines, domestic, H, 87 CO; sar
dines, Imported. Ms, fll 5012 50; sardines, im
ported, Ms, $18 CO; sardines, mustard, $1 50; sar
dines, spiced, $4 25.
Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, 82000 a bbl;
extra No. 1 do mess, 828 50; extra No. l mackerel,
shore, f24 00; No. 2 shore mackerel. 82200; large 3s.
820 00. Codfish Wholepollock,5c $ lb: domedlum!
George's cod, 5c; do large, 7c; boneless hakes. In
strips.. 5c; George's cod. In blocks, 67Jc. Her
ring Bound shore, 85 50 t bbl: split. 6 50; lake.
83 23 S 100-th hhl. White fish. 87 00 a lM-m l.nir
bbl. Laketrout. 8550? half bhl. Finnan haddles. r
Ifto ta H l.atan linllhl.t 14i. 33 fH Pl.L ...I I. ..!
bbl, fl 50; quarter bbl, jl CO. Holland herring, 75c.
Walkiiff herring. 90c.
Oatmeal 87 507 75? bbl.
Grain, Flour and Teed.
Thero was u singlo sale on call at the Grain
Exchange, namely, a car of No. 2 y. e. corn,
76c, 5 days. Receipts as bulletined, SG cars,
as follows: By Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chi
cago Railway, 2 cars of corrf, 3 of oats, 1 of
bran, 1 of straw, C of hay, 2 of flour. By Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis, 2 cars of
wheat, 5 of corn, 3 of hay, 1 of straw, 1 of
oats. By Baltimoroand Ohio, 5 cars of hay.
By Pittsburg and Western, 4 cars of hav.
Total receipts for the week ending May 15,
228 carloads, against 261 for tho conespond
injf week last year. There were 44 cars of
oats received this week ngninst S9 for tho
same period a J-oarago. Receipts of wheat
have been particularly light this month.
Since last Saturday only 7 cars wero received,
when ordinarily three or four times this
amount is received in the week. The tvoi.1.-
closes with fairlv steady markets for nnta
and wheat, and quiet markets for hay, mill
feed and corn.
Wheat-No. 2 red, tl 101 11; No. 3. I 031 08:
' Cons No. 1 mellow shell com, 7a,5c:No. 2
mixed
mixed
Oats Nn. i. MrtKSc: No. 2 white. S7Ura.-ji.
extra. No, 3, 55dc: mixed oats, 5556c.
Rye No. 1 Pennsylvania and Michigan. 98e0
tl 00: No. 1 Western. SrffiOSc.
Flour Jobbing prices Fancy spring and win
ter patent nour, ?u :sxg ou
Co ibltm OG: f&ncv SEralfflll
5 75. Bye flour, 85 255 50. Buckwheat flour. 2K
2$c31b.
MIUFEED No. 1 white middlings. 27 C0ffi2S 00 $
ton; No. 2 white middlings, fS 0025 50; brnwii
middlings, 520 5021 00; winter wheat bran, 18 a
HAY--.Baled timothy, choice, $12 0012 SO; No. 1.
U 25Q11 SO; No. 2 do., W 609 00; loose from
wagon. 111 0O314 00, according to nnalltv: No. 2
prairie hay, 9 508 75: packing do., $ 50,9 75.
Straw Oats, kl 0O8 25; wheat and rye, (7 6053
8 00, - v
Provisions,
Sugar cured hams, large t
S'war circad hams, medium
10!
1032
189L
Sugar cured hams, small VH
Sugar cured California hams.,
7tf
eugarcurea, is. bacon
Sugar cured skinned hams, liirt-e.....
Sugar cured skinned hams, medium.
Sugar cured shoulders...,.
Sugar cured boneless shoulders
8ugar cured skinned shoulders
Sugar cured bacon shoulders
Sugar cured dry salt shoulders- ,
u
11
11
8M
Duxcureuji. Deeirounas.i
14
Sufrarcnred IJ. beef sets - 12
Bugar.cured I), beef flats-..
11
jiacon cicar sides
Bacon clear bellies
Dry salt clear sides, 101b ave'g ..
Dry salt clear sides, 201b are'g. .
Mess pork, heavy.,
Mess pork, family.
Lard, refined. In tierces
Lard, refined, in half barrels ...
Lard, refined. In GOlb tubs
Lard, refined, in 201b pails
Lard, refined, in 501b tin cans ...
Lard, refined in ant tin nails...
8M
H
13 50
13 50
.
Ti
Lard, refined, in 51b tin palls 1'A
Lard, refined, in 10m tin pails 7
WALL STREET POINTERS.
Share Market Opens Active and Weak on
Expectation of a Poor ilank Statement
The Statement Is'a Surprise and a Sharp
Bally Takes Place.
New York, May 16. The stock market to
day" was active, and while weak at first,
rallied sharply, nearly recovering the early
losses and bringing prices up close to those
of last evening. Tho general expectation,
in view of the extraordinary heavy ship
ments of gold for the last two weeks, was
that the bank statement would show a seri
ous decrease In the reserves, if not a com
plete loss of the reserves. There was, there
fore, a vigorous effort to sell all tho stocks
which the market would take in the early
trading, and although there was undoubted
ly good support given many of the leading
shares, the effect was to make an extremely
feverish and withal weak market.
The support was apparently withdrawn
toward 11 o'clock and the pressure to sell
became more urgent, so that a sharp decline
all along the line brought prices down from
1 to 2 per cent from last evening's figures,
and the lowest prices of the week were
reached. In the downward movement,
Manhattan, Chicago Gas, Louisville and
Nashville, Pacific Mall. Union Pacific and
Bock Island were specially prominent.
Thero was most excellent buying of the
Northern Pacifies, Missouri Pacific, the
Wheeling and Lake Eries, Rock Island and
Union Pacific, but the entire list shared in
tho improvement, which was material in all
portions. The market closed active and
strong at the recovery. The final -changes
nre cenemllv small fractional losses, but the
Northern Pacifies are higher, and Louisville,
and Nashville is down ljjj and Pacific Mail 1
Tier cent.
Railroad bonds were quiet and followed,
cioseiy tne movements in tne snaro nsi,
being weak in the early dealings but stiffen
ing up later. The final changes are, as usual,
insufficient among the active issues, but
Seattle Lake Shore firsts lost 3, at 93.
The following table shows the prices of active
stocks on the New York Stock Excnangeyesterday.
Corrected dally for The Dispatch by wihtnet &
Stephenson, oldest Plttshurgmembers of the New
York Stock Exchange, 57 Fourth avenue:
O
53
cms
-9
b:
Am. Sugar Refinery Co
Am. Sugar Refinery Co. pfd
Am. Cotton Oil
S3'4
83K
82K
TO
23
"swi
w
2JX
TOM
233?
Am, Cotton Oil pfd
Atch. Top. 8. F
Canadian Pacific
Canada Southern:.
Central of New Jersey,, ,
i Central Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio....
Chlcasro GasTrust.
"31
78
-fi",
uo
.
110
17
50
87
uo-
3M
C, Bur. & Quliicj
C, Mil. & St; Paul
60H
u., jiii. a oi. i-aui prer...
C, Rock I. &......
C, St, P.M. &0
C, St. P. M. & O. pref...,
C. & Northwestern ,
C. Northwestern pref..,
C. C. C. &I ,
Col. Coal & Iron
Col. & Hocking Valley...,
C. 4 0. 1st pre?.
S.&O.Mpref.
el.. Lack. & Western...
Del., & Hudson
Den. & Rio Grande
Den. & Rio Grande, pref..
E.Tenn. Va.. &Ga'
Illinois Central ,
Lake Erie & AVest ,
Lake Erie & West, pref..,
Lake Shora AM. S
LoulsvuloS Nashville
Michigan Central
Mobile Ohio
Missouri Pacific ,.
National Lead Trust....,,,
New York Central
11V
75H
s
107X
106,4
654
33
29
61M
35
MX
2,
130!
137M
55):
MM
98
56'i
1SH
109'
1UI
75W
75H
88'4
68
67H
IB
101
13
101
IS
100
N. Y.. C. & St. L
N. Y., L. E. 4 W..
m
MM
15
N. y., L. E. &W.
nxef
51;
35
SI
Wi
i. I.diA. J. ,
N.Y., O. 4W ,
Norfolk 4 Western ,
Norfolk 4 Western, pref...,
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific pref.
Ohio 4 Mississippi. ;.,
Oregon Improvement....,.,
Pacific Mafi
Peo., Dec. 4 Evans
Philadelphia A Reading.. .,
Pullman Palace Cr. ....:.;
Richmond 4 W. P. T
Richmond 4 W, P. T pre,
St. Paul Duluth. :....
St. Paul 4 Duluth firef.
son
MX
51!
24!
51
25
68M
615i
24H
66,1
m
28
23
23
5?H;
35 'i
19
31$
181-
34J4
19
Z
180
16ft
m
i
817,'
180.4
m
7U
St. faul, Minn. AM:
an
St. L. A San Fran.
1st pref.
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
Wabash
Wabash preferred ,.i.
Western Union ,.,
Wheeling 4 L. E
Wheeling 4 L. E. pref.....
North American Co
P., C, C. 4 St. T,
P., C, C. 4 St. L. pref....
National Cordage Co
xi auonai uoruage vo, prer.J
Philadelphia Stocks.
Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished by Whitney & Stephenson, brokers. No. 57
Fourth avenue, members New York Stock Ex
change. Bid. Asked.
Pennsylvania Railroad 49 50
Heading 15 15-18 is
iiunaio.iew xorKanarniuaeipliia 7
I.elilRh Valley 43
Lehigh Navigation 40'a
Philadelphia and Erie
Northern Pacific common 25
Northern Pacific preferred 67
43X
4T
30
23X
Boston Stocks.
Atch. ATopeVa...
Boston A Albany,
Boston A Maine...
C. B. AO
.. 30.f
Calumet &IIecla..
Franklin
Huron ,
Kearsarra
254
, 17
2
12
3Hf
iftt
..108
.. ten
Eastern R. R. Ss...,
FItchbureH. B,.
L. R. &Ft. S
Mass. Central
3Iex. Cen.com
N.Y. &N.Eng....
Old Colony ,
Rutland pref.
..i-i
.. 81
..78
..19
Osceola
yulncv..
Santa Fe Copper 62!
Tamarack 148
Annlston Land Co... 40
Boston Land Co 5K
West End Land Co.. 22
Bell Telephone 202
. H0'4
.165M
fi'i'i
Wis. Cen. common.
At
.amson Store 8 nu
AllouezM.Co.(new). Z'4
Atlantic 15
Boston Mont 40
Water Power J
Continental MIn is
Butte & Boston Cop.. 15)j
Closing Bond Quotations.
V. S. 4s. rcr.,
-119
M K. &T.2ds.
Mutual Union Rs.
N.J. C. Int
. 40
103'$
110
U. S. 4s, coup.,
.liu-
U. S. 4s. reg..
.1UU
U.S. 4js, coup 101
Pacific Bs of 93 112
Northern Pac. lsts-.HS
Northern Pac. 2ds..l00'
LouIsIana'sumped4s 83
Missouri 6s ..'..
Northw't'n consols.136
Nortw'n deben's5s.l03
Oregon Trans-6s. .
St.I7. AI.M.Oen.58 8.1
St.L. AS.F.Gen.MUH
St. Paul consols 125
St. P.. O.il'c.lstslll
Tenn. new set. 6s....l07)i
reun. new sec-;...UK4
Tenn. newsetiSs.... 70
Canada So. 2ds 97
Central Pacific lsts..l07
Den. S. R. G. lsts..'..115fi
Den. &H. G. 4s S2
Tx. Pc. lsts 881
Tx.Paclnc2ds 31!.
UnionPacifle lsts...108!!
West Shore lffi
Rio Grand AVest. lsts 76J(
K. It. est ISIS......
Erie ids 100
M. K. & T. lsts 76X
Mining Stock Quotations.
New Yojik, May 16. Alice, 155; Adams Con
solidated. 170: Belcher. 250: Best nnrl Belcher.
650; Bodle, 115; Chollar, 300: Crown Point, 240;
Colorado Consolidated, 100; Consolidated
California and Virginia, 1575; Deadwood T.t
115: Eureka Consolidated, 325; Homestake,
1000; Horn Silver, 300; Iron Silver, 120;
Mexican, 430; Ontario, 3S00; Ophlr, 675; Sav
age, 300; Sierra .Nevada, 330; Union Con
solidated, 300; Yellow Jacket, 280.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Condition of tho Markets at East Liberty
and Other Stock Yards.
, OrncE of PrrrsDnno Dispatch, )
Satdbdat. May 16. J
Cattle Receipts, 819 head; shipments, 567
head; market, nothing doing, all through
consignments, no cattle shipped to Now
York to-day.
Hogs Receipts, 4,650 head; shipments, 3,950
head: market dull: PhiladclnhlnR. flfliffl
5 10: best Yorkers and mixed, S4 80g4 90; pigs
$4 004 50; 18 cars of hogs shipped to New
York to-day. r
Sheep Iteceipt", 000 head; shipments, 400
head; market slow at yesterday's prices.
By Telegraph.
Omaha Cattle Receipts, 1,250 head; mar
ket active and fully steady on all grades of
steors; butchers' stook active and steady;
feeders dull and unchanged; shippers and
fresh meat men buying liberally; the quality
of receipts was very good; fancy, 1,400 to
1,600-pound steers, $5 35i6 00; prime, 1,200 W
1,475-pound steers, H 25Q5 65; fair to good,
1,050 to 1,350-pound steers, $3 404 75. Hogs
Receipts, 5,300 head; market opened steady
and closed easy; rnnge, $4 304 CO: bulk, U 40
4 50: light, H 30Q4 60; heavy, $4 45Q4 60;
mixed, $4 404 60. Sheep Receipt, 1,225
head; market unchanged; natives, $3 2506 00;
Westerns, $3 005JS0. '
Buffalo Cattle Receipts, 145 loads
through, 2 loads sale; market dull and slow,
nothing doing. Veals lower; sales good to
choke, ti 50fi,5 25; common to fair. 23 00(S
14 14 H 14
45 45JS 44
10 10K 10
20' 20M 20
80S 80 80
355 m MH
754 755 74H
UH 15fc 15K
WJi "WH "96Ji
4 00. Hogs Receipts, 85 loads through, 54
loads sale fresh" and 41oadsheld over; stocks,
light to good, H 704 85: mediums, 83 95
5 00; pigs, $4 504 63. Sheep and lambs
Receipts, 7 loads through, 5 loads sale fresh
and 3 loads held over; market stronger and
active; fair to best clipped sheep, $5 255 65;
common, $4 505 00; Colorado clipped. 5 40:
clipped lambs, $6 25Q6 65; common, 5 25
Cincinnati Hogs quiet; common and
light, $3 754 80; packing and butchers, $4 50
h 00; receipts, 1,040 head; shipments,. 350
head. Cattle in light demand and steady;
common, $2 253 50; fair to choice butcher
grades, $3 755 50; prime to choice shippers,
$5 255 85; receipts, 190 head; shipments 250
head. Sheep easy; common to choicesheared,
$3 50f?5 00; extra fat wethers and yearlings,
5 255 50; receipts, 2,760 head; shipments,
2,260 head. Lambs in fair demand for spring;
common to choice, $5 505 75.
Chicago Cattle Receipts, ' 1,600 head;
shipments, 1,000 head: market steady: extra
to prime steers, $6 006 25: others, $4 505 95;
Texans, $3 50t 85; cows, S2 553 60.- Hogs
Receipts, 10,000 head: shipments, 6,000 head;
market steady; rough and common, $3 75
4 25; packers and mixed, $1 404 70; prime
heavy and butcher weights, $4 754 85jlight,
$4 004 65. Sheep Receipts, 600 head: ship
ments, 3,000 head; market steadier; West
erns, $5 3505 65; lambs, $6 507 50.
St. Louis Cattle Receipts, 8,000 head;
shipments none; good fancy nntlve steers,
$5 156 10; fair to good, $4 10Q5 25: Texans
and Indian steers stronger at 3 003 90.
Hogs Receipts, 1,000 head; shipments, 1,600
head; market steady: fair to choice, $4 60
4 75; mixed grades, J4 204 65; light, fair to
best, $4 604 60. Sheep Receipts, 200 head;
shipments none: market steady; good to
Choice clipped, $4 005 80.
Kansas City Cattle Receipts, 2,030
head; shipments, 820 head. Market steady;
steers, $3 955 95; cows, $2 604 50. Hogs
Receipts, 2,600 head; shipments, 3,240 head.
Market steady; bulk, $4 404 50: all grades,
$3 004 65. Sheep Receipts, 1,330. Market 5c
lower.
ARE-Y0U SICK?
It is well to remember
that three-fourths
of all diseases
are traceable to bad blood
-ALSO-
S. S. ;S. never fails
to remove all impurities
and enable nature
to restore lost health.
Treatise on the blood mailed free.
Swift Specific Co.. Atlanta, Ga.
s
WIET'S SPECIFIC
Wj SOLD BT -
. JOS. FLEMING & SON,
412 Market street,
mhl9-S2 Pittsburg.
FIDELITY TITLE AND TKUST CO.,
121 and' 123 Fourth ave.,
Capital $500,000. FuUpaid.
INSURES TITLE TO EEAL ESTATE.
Acts in allflduciary capacities. Deals in reli
able investment securities. Bents boxes in
its superior vault from $5 per annum upward.
Eeceives doposits and loans only on mort
gages and approved collaterals.
JOHN B. JACKSON, Pres't.
JAMES J. DONNELL, Vice Pres't.
my3-134-M G. B. MoVAY, Sec'y and Treas.
BROKEBS-FINANCIAL.
Whitney & Stephenson,
57 Fourth Avenue.
ap30-33
IP SAVINGS BANK,
81 FOURTH AVENUE.
7.T.ni onn noA
D. McK. LLO YdI
SurplnfW,670 29.
- EDWARD E.DUFF.
4 President. Asst. Sec. Treas.
per cent interest allowed on time de
posits. ' OC1540-D
John M. Oakley & Co.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
Stocks, Bonds, Grain-Petroleum.
Private 'wire to New York and Chicago
45 SIXTH SX. Pittsburg.
Kttsuurg, Allegheny and Manchester
t Traction Company
40-year 0 per cent bonds, free of tax, for
. sale at 103 and interest.
HDEUTT TITLE 4 TRUST CO.,
121 AND 123 FOURTH AVENUE.
fell-43-MWT
TnE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE WEST
INGHOUSE Electric and Manufacturing
Company:
Stockholders desiring to participate in the
pending reorganization should promptly
send to the Mercantile Trust Company, 120
Broadway, New York, their stock, duly as
signed upon the back of each certificate) to
the Mercantile Trust Company as trustee,
and accompanied by the following letter:
To the Mercantile Trust Company:
In response to the circular of the Westing
house Electric and Manufacturing Company
to its stockholders, dated May 7, 1891, we
hereby assign to you as trustee, and send
herewith certificates for or representing
blank shares of stock in said company, for
which please send us negotiable certificates
of deposits. Yours, etc.
Tho Trust Company will issue negotiable
certiflcatei of deposit for all stock deposited
with It. While stockholders become par
ties to tho reorganization agreement bv sim
ply depositing their stock with the Trust
Company as above directed, they may exe
cute one of tho original agreements either
at the offlco of August Belmont A Co., 120
Broadway, New York; the ofilce of Lee, Hig
ginson & Co., 44 State street, Boston, Mass.,
or at the office of the company at Pittsburg,
at all of which places and at the company s
New York office, 120 Broadway, copies of the
circular to the stockholders and of tho reso
lutions of the board of directors containing
the plan of reorganization, and full informa
tion regaruing ine company ana us reorgan
ization can be obtained.
AUGUST BELMONT,
CHARLES FAIRCHILD,
BRAYTON IVES,
Reorganization Committee.
New York, Muv 12, 1801. my 13-40
MEDICAL.
DOCTOR
WHITTIER
814 PENN AVENUE, PITTSBURG, PA.
As old residents know and back flies of
Pittsburg papers prove, is the oldest estab
lished and most prominent physician in the
city, dcvotixgspecinl attention to all chronic
Kse.3re-N0 FEE UNTIL CURED
sponsible Mr pni IQ ani1 mental dis
persons. 1 1 Lm VUUo eases, physical Aet
cay, nervous debility, luck !of energy, ambi
tion and hope, impaired memory, disordered
sigur, sen uisirust, Dasnininesa, uizzincss,
sleeplessness, pimples eruptions, impover
ished blood, failing powers, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption,
unfitting the person forbusiness, society and
marriage, permanently, safely and privately
iTlii BLOOD AND SKlfe
eruptions, blotches, falling hair, bones, pains,
glandular swellings, ulcerations of the
tongue, mouth, throat, ulcers, old sores, are
cured for lifo, and blood poisons thoroughly
eradicated from 1 1 DIM X nw kidney and
the system. U ill IN AH T i bladder do
rangements, weak back, gravel, catarrhal
dicharges, inflammation nnd other painful
symptoms receive searching treatment,
prompt. relief and real cures.
Dr. uhlttier's life-long, extensive experi
ence insures scientific anureliahlc treatment
on common sense principles. Consultation
free. Patlonts at a distance as carefully
treated as if here. Office hours, 9 a. v. to 8
r. x. Sunday, 10 A. x. to 1 p. it. only. DR.
WHITTIER, 811 Penn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
J&8-i9-xauwk
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
S. V. WHITE & CO.,
K'efw Yorfe
Ss- ChloagOi
International Trust Co., Boston,
St. Louis Trust Co., St. Louis.
Aro authorized to offer for subscription
.
$1,000,000 Preferred Cumulative
Cent Stock,
MENTIONED BELOW.
7 Per
St Louis, Mo.
ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF MISSOURI.
ATJTHOBXCED CAPITAL STOCK.
15,000 Shares of Preferred
Cumulative 7 per cent Stock... 81,500,000
15,000 Shares of General (Com
mon) Stock 81,500,000
Par Value of all Shares, 8100.
All Shares issued are Frill Paid Stock.
Stockholders have no personal liability. Offi
cers of the Company and employes occupy
ing important positions hold all the common
stock, none of which is for sale.
The by-laws provide that no bond or moit-
ttntra Pftn lin nwifprl TrltTmnfc tn pnapyif nf
fSw per cent, 'of the preferred stockholders:
also that this provision cannot be filtered
except by the like affirmative vote.
SIMMONS HARDWARE COMPANY wa3
organized in 1874, dealing in Hardware, Cut
lery, Tinware, Stamped Ware, House Fur
nishing Goods, and Sporting Goods.
The Company is the oldest mercantile in
corporated jobbing hardware house la
America.
The Preferred Stock will bo entitled, from
and after January 1, 1891, to cumulative pre
ferential dividends of seven per cent, per
annum, payable out of the earnings of the
Corporation, before nny payment is made
upon tho Common Stock.
Dividends on Preferred Stock will be paid
semi-annually, Feb. 15 and Aug. 15, at the St.
Louis Trust Company, Transfer Agents of
both classes of Stock.
10,000 SHAKES PREFERRED
CUMULATIVE 7 PER. CENT. STOCK,
Are now offered for public subscription at
par. Subscriptions will be payable as-follows:
IO per cent, on applicatldn.
30 per cent, on allotment.
30 per cent, in fifteen daysr,1Ti..
30 per cent. In thirty days after allotment.
The subscription list will be opened simul
taneously at 10 o'clock A. M. on Monday, May
25, 1SD1, and will close at 3 o'clock P. M. on
Wednesday, May 27, 1891, at the offices of
S. V. WHITE & CO, New York SI Chicago.
INTERNATIONAL TRUST CO, Boston.
K1V LOUIS TRUST CO, St. Lords, Mo.
SIMMONS HARDWARE COSt.Lonis,Mo,
KEA BROS. & CO, Pittsburg, Pa.
Allotments, in accordance with theterm9
of the Prospectus, will be made as soon as
practicable.
Extracts from Statement of the Vendors,
SIMMONS HARDWARE COMPANY IS
the largest establishment of Its kind In the
world. It was organized Jan. 1, 1874, and
was preceded by concerns In which its pres
ent President was a partner from 1865 to
1874. The entire period of twenty-six years
shows an unbroken Una of successful and
profitable business years.
The Company is.now managed by Its orig
inators and Incorporators, all of whom will'
continue in active management (if elected
by tho stockholders) for at least flvo years,
and agree not to engage in any competing
business for a period of ten years thereafter.
The Company Is as widely and favorably
known as any mercantile concern In Amer
ica. It refers by permission to Boatmen's
Bank, St. Louis, and American Exchange)
National Bank, New York. Its customers la
1890 numbered over twenty thousand.
The Company deals almost entirely la
articles of practical utility.embracing a very
large line of specialties and edge tools, the
uniform standard and excellence of which
frequently causes a demand in the market
largely in excess-of the supply.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTANTS.
11 Pine St, New York, May 4, 1801.
SIMMONS HARDWARE CO, St. Louis, Mo,
Gentlemen: We have examined the books
and accounts of your firm for a period of five
years, viz., from Jan. 1,1880, to Dec 31,
1800, and we find the net profits of the busi
ness to have been as follows:
For year ending Dec 31, 1880.. 8123,571 38
For year ending Dec. 31, 1887.. 301,820 67
For year ending Dec 31, 1888.. 234,175 03
Por year ending Dec 31, 1889.. 321,120 00
For year ending Dec 31, 1890.. 339,701 84
Or an average of 8202,007 10 yearly.
Tho results were obtained lifter charging
off aU expenses, rent, interest on borrowed
moneys, salaries of officers, heads of depart
mentsand of every other description, and
all expenditures Incidental to the business,
including depreciations of fixtures and
leases.
In addition to the above examination, we
find upon looking over your hooks that for
the past sixteen years they show an ua.
broken succession of profitable business re
sults. The sales of 1890 exceeded 87,000,000.
Yours respectfully,
YALDEN, BROOKS DONNELLY.
Messrs. S. V. White 4 Co. have investigated
the business afairs of Simmpns Hardware
Company, and recommend tho Preferred
Cumulative 7 per cent Stock as an invest
ment entirely worthy of public confidence.
Prospectus containing full information, to
gether with forms of application, may be ob
tained at the various offices, where subscrip
tions will be received. rnyl8-l
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II a package, or 6 for 15. With every 5 order we give
a written guarantee to cure or refund the
money. Sent by mall to any address. Circular free.
Mention this paper. Address.
MADRID CHEMICAL CO., Branch OOce for U. S. A.
417 Dwirlwrn Stwt CHICAGO. ILL.
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