1 W-J WW&rjf THE PIT1HBUKG DISPATCH. SATURDAY. AUGUST .6, 189a 11 OMAHA IS ADVANCED And Erie and Manhattan Engage in Special Movements. , GENERAL ELECTRIC PROMINENT. -Fome of the Specialties Show Strength and a Little Life. WAITING ON THE GOLD MOTFMENT Kew York, Aug. 5. The stock market still further quieted down to-day and the Industrials, -with the exception of General Electric, were almost entirely neglected, and, except in the first hoar, railroad shares were not traded in to any extent, only in spots. The-market seemed to be waiting to see the extent of the gold movement, and, as usual, dullness after the forenoon's oper ations were completed became the principal feature of the trading azain. London had orders to the market on both sides of the account, and the interests which hare been conspicuous in their efforts to depress prices wore quiescent, the steady demand from both investors and the shorts giving the market Its strength during the early deal i lngs. A this demand slackened away, how ever, only the strength sliown in spurts here and there in the list maintained the firmness of the list, while there was a slow but steady diminution in the amount of busi ness done. With the withdrawal of the industrial stocks from prominence In the dealings, the leading railroad shares were given more at tention, and while the Grangers and Atchi son still railed to score any material move ment, Omaha was farther advanced, and special movements in Erie and Manhattan gave character to the later transact ions. Among the specialties, only Minneapolis & St. Louts displayed any particular strength, though Mexican Cen tral became comparatively active and strong at one time. Among the unlisted shares the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic shares were lilted in the early dealings, but failed to hold all the advance and quieted down with the general list later in the day. The market closed dull but firm. Railroad bonds were quiet throughout the day, and while there whs a smaller number or issues dealt in than nsual of late, the ani mation in Atchison incomes, which contrib uted $115,000, and in General Electric deben tures, which contributed $1 000 to the day's total of $1,415,030 were leatuies. There was scarcely any perceptible movement, but a firm temper prevailed and a Jew material gains were seen. Government bonds were dull and steady. Close of the list: TJ. S. 4sreg 116 I XT. s. 4s coup. 116 U.S. 4Vsreg W Pacific 6s ul '95 107 Louls'na stamped 4s. 92 Teun. new set 6s.. ..101 Tenn. new set 5s. ...101 Tenn. new set 3s.... 78 Mutnal Union 6s Ill N. J. C Int. Cert ..111 Northern Pac. lbts..H63 Northern l'ac Ms.. 113 Northw'n Consols. .133 No'hw'n Deben.5s.103 M.L. A L M.Gen.Ss. MV St. L.i .F. Gen.M.ioa; St. Paul Consols 129 St. P.O. P. lsts...118 T. I". L. G.Tr. Rets. 83K T. P. R. G.Tr. Kcls. 2S' Union Pac. Ists mi West Shore iw a. g. w. so Canada So. Ids 1024 Cen. Pacificist 100V4 Ben. A K. G. 16U...117S Den. R. G. 4s MS Erie Ms 105K M. K. AT. Gen. 6s.. 80H 31. K-4T.Gen.Ss.. 47& Bid. Alining shares Cholor Crown Point Con. Cal. and Va., Dead wood , Gould & Curry...., Hate 4 Norcross.. Homes take. ........ Mexican North Star Ontario closed as follows: .... OphIr as ... 50lPlymouth 90 ... 313 sierra Nevada 95 . .. 200 Standard no ... 75iUnlon Consolidated.. 70 ,... 90 Yellow Jacket 45 ....1350 Inm Silver 60 .... 125.CulcksIlver S50 .... 650 Quicksilver pref. 1700 ...4200lUulwer .. io Asked. The total sales of stocks to-day were 222,000 shales, including Erie, 4,500; Louisville, 3,500: Manhattan. 13,200; Heading, 11,300; Richmond and West Point.3.600; St. Paul, 14,400: St. Paul and Omaha, 10.400; Uuion Pacific, 5,630; West ern Union, 2,600. Watson 4 Gibson to Oakley & Co.: "We advise the purchase of Erie, because or the character of local -buying, which, later, we raav be able to describe, and also be cause (if our theory be correct that London will bnv our securities on a large scale) Erie will be one of the prime low-priced English favorite. We es pecially recommend Lake Shore, which Is a magnificent property. A bird could not fly straighter between Buffalo and Chicago than along its rails. We predict 150 for it by January 1 next. St. Pan! ought to yo to par within a year. Why not? It is earning over 6 per oent and it Is in perfect physical condition, with the traffic along Its line not only fixed, but steadily grow ing eaeh year moie independent of any one kind of crop. Its business is di versified and its tributaries continue to grow richer every year. It is a bull market that is the plainest thing now in sight; yet Russell Sage is quoted as not expecting any bnll market, and it is hard to find any enthusiasts among the 'upper ten' of finance either here or in London." The following table shows the prices or active stocks on the Kew York stock Exchange, cor rected dally for The Pittsborq Dispatch by Whitney & Stephenson, oldestpittsburz mem bers of New York Stock Exchange, 57 Fourth ave- , . . Clos Close Open High Low Ing Aug. lng. est. est. bid. 4. Am. Cotton oil H 1SX 45 40M 465 Am. Cotton Oil Dfd.. 82S4 82S S2'A S2H 8I Am. Sugar R. Co.... 105'i 106 105K ve'i 105H Am. Sugar R-Co.pfd 101k 10114 10IH 101H 101J4 Atch.Top. AS. F... 39J4 404 39)4 395, 3S Canadian pacific SS 88W Canada Southern.... 60H Wi" sa i9j S9S Central orN. Jersey. 137 1J7M 137 137 136k Central Pacific. 30 SO 30 30 2M? Chesapeake & Ohio.. 25 254 24 .24K 24 atO., 1st pfd 63 63 C. AO., 2dpfd 44JJ 44 Chicago Gas Trust... 81 81K 81 81H Slk C. Bur. A Qulncy.... 102 I02S 101S luss loifc a MIL A St. Paul.... S3H 83!,i 83S 83 SXU C.,Mil.St.P.. prd. I27H 12 1-H 127X 127 C Kock I. A P 80V 81H 8JV 81!4 80V C. 1st. l, M. A O.. 63 54H 53J4 504 53W C..St.P.,M.AO.,pfd 12014 IMS 120 I24 120T, C. A Northwestern. 11SK 118J4 113 118 117h C. A Northw'n,pfd 144 142 C C C. A 1 67)4 67 67 67 Col. Coal A Iron S5U 35k' Col. & Hocking VaU S5H 33,H 35!4 35 35 Del.. Lacli A West. 158 1M 157 157 157 Del. A Hudson 138 139 " Den. A IUo Grande. 16 16 ). AKloU., pfd.... 49 49 49K 49U 49 DIs. A Cattle F. Tr.. 47 47.4 47 47J4 47M E. T.. V. A Ga 4t 4 Illinois Central 103 103J4 Lake Erie A West... 25 25(4 25 3". a L. E. AW., pfd 70S 77 76 77 76Jf Lake Shore AM. S.. 1S5H 136 1S 135 135 LoulsvlHeA ash... 71H 71H 71 T1J4 70 Michigan Central 1G8& 103 Mobile A Ohio 3J ..... Missouri Pacific 59 60X 59 61 59?" Nat. Cordage Co.... 124 124 12S 13 124 NauCordageCo..prd iiajf lis 113 112 113U National Lead Co... 40J 4CJ4 45 0 40 Nat. Lead Co..pfd 95tj 96 9i 95M 95'4 New York Ceutral.. 11.15) 113 H3S 1134 H3H N. Y.. C.Abt. L.... 18 18 18. 174 I? K.T.-CASULlstpfd 72 72 NY.CAst.L..2dpfd 33 38 38 33 374 N. Y.. L. E. A VV.. iH 29 2SH 29!4 23S N.Y.,L,.E.AW.,pfd 68 6S 68 68)4 6?3 N. Y. A N. E. 36!i 37.4 364 37,H 3SK N. Y.. O. A W 20 20 19J? 20 19 Norfolk A Western HW iu Norfolk A "W. pfd 44" 44" North American Co. 14)4 14)4 14! 14W HJV northern Pacific... 2H4 21)4 21)4 214 21W Northern. ra'flcpfd 57JS 59?a 573 5814 67S Ohio Mississippi.. 21)4 21H 21)j 21)4 2IJ4 Oregon lmp'emcnt. 23U 214 Pacific Mall. 34,4 34a Pco., Dec. A Evans.. 18 18 18 IS 18 Phlla. A Keadlng.... 6034 60S 60?,- 60K 6U?i P., C CASUL 23 P..a, CALt. L.. pfd 61)4 Pullman Palace Car 19a 195 Richmond AW. P. T. 9 9 9 gu 8 KICh.AW.P.T.. pfd 41 4o3 bt. PaulADulnth 43 42 bt. P. A D. pref. .... 10t4 104) 1044 104 10414 bt. P.. Sllnu.AMan. 114)4 H4JJ Texas Pacific 9W SM Union Pacific 38)4 39)4 33)4 38 SSH Wahash Wi 11)4 11 10 U IV abash, pfd 25 26S4 25)i 2SJ4 25 "Western Union 9714 97H 97)4 97)4 97 Wheeling A L. E.... 30 31)4 30 30H 30M WneellngAL.E..pfd 72)4 72 Baltimore AOhlo.... 97)4 97M 97)4 97H S7X A SENSATION IN LARD. Something Like a Carver Develops and Prices Bush Upward. Chicago, Aug. 5. A Jump or S5c in the price of lard was the sensation to-day on 'Change. There were rumors that Armour was in a position to squeeze short sellers in the product and a very nervous feellngruled. Port and ribs participated in the advance. In the other pits realizing sales by the bulls caused a decline and wheat, corn and oats are each c lower than last nlzht. The twist given the lard market was one that will be remembered lor some time. Coming on top of the big advance all around yesterday, and against the influence of an easier corn market, the remarkable action resulted in decidedly strained conditions, lard having been for months the most im movable article on the list. Pork made an advance of 20c from the opening price. Ribs, alter selling back 5c, --went up 12Wo. While othernroducts opened slightly easier, lard was up 2jfc for September and went up 6c more the first hour. Then Ryan and others bought some October stuff and started the shorts after the Septembor lard. Commission houses also had stop orders. These lifted the market still more. The holders of lard were serene and the September price, after climbing to $7 05, jnmped to 7 85 wlth'scarcely a trade and on up to $7 92K. at the high point,belng 35o over the close Thursday, closing around $782K It was said that the big packers hold the lard and with light stocks still higher prices may bo easily made. Wheat was unsettled early, the Btrength In corn and oats having collapsed, and as there was no outside support the local crowd who bought yesterday on the late ad-, vance exhibited a disposition to close out. In the corn pit the bull clique took corn as fast as offered. The market weakened, but did not break. Kansas City and St. Louis sent crop scare dispatches, but offsetting these were certain railroad reports saving no serious damage had occurred and Wall street held stocks of corn roads firm at an advance. The oats market was comparatively unin teresting, with optionB weakening soon after the opening of the session. The offerings of vessel room were light. A fair demand prevailed and rates were ad vanced I4,c to 2c for wheat to Buffalo and 2Jic for corn. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour steady and unchanged; No. 2 spring wheat, 77c; No. 3 spring wheat, KUo: No. 2 red, 78c; No. 2 corn, SOJic: No. 2 oats. 32)t"c: Ka 2 white, S4X3I?ic; No. 3 whitr, S3Ji34Hc; No. 2 rye, 63c; No. i bar! ev. 62c: No. 3, f. o. . 4OR0c; No. 4, no sales; No. 1 flax seed, $1 03: pi ime timothy seed, $1 34: mess pork, per bnl,$12 60 12 62jjf: lard, per 100 lb. $7 807 85; short ribs sides, loose, $7 857 93; dry salted shoul ders, boxed. 17 0o7 23: short clear sides, boxed, $8 lOffiS 15: hlsky, distillers' finished goods, per gal, $1 15: sugars, cut loaf, K 5c; granulated, 4Jc; standard A, 4Jc No. 3 corn, 48Jc. Article. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, bbls. 14.000 15.000 Wheat, bu 216000 90.003 Corn, bu 1S9 000 313,000 Oats, bu 200,003 239.CO0 Rye, bu 9.000 3.000 Barley, bu 7,000 1,000 On the Produce Exchange, to-day, the but ter market was firm: fancy creamerv. 21 22c; fine Western, 2S20c; ordinary, 1517c; fine dairies, 1618c Eggs firm. Bange of the leading futures, furnished by John M. Oakley & Co., bankers and brokers, No. 15 Sixth street: Open-IIUgh-ILow. I Clos-1 Close lng. est. est. lng. I Aug. 4 Ar.ncLES. T HEAT. August September December Corn. August September October December , May Oats. August September , October December. May PORK. September January Laud. September. October January Short Ribs. September October January Z! f 78 7774 I 77 5?! V0"n S154 51 50 49 3, SI S314 S4 77 50K 49 49S 51 Slii Xt4 33Ji jnj 12 52 13 40 760 767 732 777 777 702 S3 siH 51 50M 33s St.'s S4H "JTx 12 57 13 45 757 7C5 732 782 780 700 eiH 51H 51 50J4 50 51 834 34 '37J 12 72 12 57 7 92 797 750 790 782 705 80H SOS 50?, 50 49 4 MX M'i 3314 33.4 12 52 13 40 12 62 12 50 7 82 787 745 7 85 782 7l 7 60 7 67 7 32 7 82 7 77 7 02 Car receipts lor to-day: Wheat. 497 cars; corn, 334 cars; oats, 202 cars. Estimates for to-morrow: Wheat, 550 cars; corn, 413 cars; oats, 210 cars. GENERAL MARKETS. New Tork rLOtjn Receipts, 24,200 pack ages; exports. 8,900 barrels, 11,000 sacks; light demand; generally weak; sales, 17,500 barrels. Wheat Receipts, 187,000 bushels; exports, 259.000 bushels; sales, 495,000 bushels futures, 266,000 bushels spot; spot fairly active; easier, closing steady. No. 2 red.83ic. store and ele vator. 84K84Jic afloat: g4s5Jc r. o. b.: No. 3 red. 80Jc; ungraded red, 7884kc; No. 1 hard, 91Vc; No. 2 Northern, 81c; No. 2 Chicago. 85Jic: No. 2 Milwaukee, 8oJc; No. 3 spring. 79Jc; options opened steady: lellcon local realizing and easier pri vate cables -with a very dull trade closing weak; No. 2 red, August. 83iiffi8Sc. closing at E3c; September. 88 l-1684c, closing at SVic; October, ES86c, closing at 85Jc; Decem ber, 8ft88c, closing at 8SJc; May, 93 93Vc, closing at 93c Kte quiet and steady. Barley Malt dull. Cons Receipts, 39.000 bn9hels: exports, 29,000 bushels; sales, 1,015000 bushels fntures, 64.000 bushels spot; spots firmer and moder ately active and scarce: No. 2, 5961c in elevator; 62c afloat; ungraded mixed, 60c; options advanced c on shorts covering; other months were steady at the opening; market deolined i on expected freer receipts, closing weak. August io up and others c down; August. 585SJo, clos ing at 58c: September. 5SJ563ic, closing at 5Bc: October, 55JJ56afo, closing at 85Jic. Oats Receipts, b7,000 bushels; exports, 15,000 bnsbels: sales, 330,000 bushels futures, 100,000 bushels spot: spot higher, firm and quiet; options moderately active and easier; August, S8J38c, closing at 38c: Septem ber. 3838c, closing at 8Sc; October, 38? 39KC, closing at 3Sc: spot. No. 2 white, 40K iljc; mixed Westei n, 3839c; white do, 394bc: No. 2 Chicago. 39j39c. Hat Qniet and firm. Hops Dull and steady. Groceries Coffee Options opened firm, 56 points up, closed firm, ID20 np: sales, 15,tf lags, including August, 12.55c; Sep tember, 126012.65c; October. 12.65c; No vember, 12.60c; December, 12 6512.70c; Jan uarv, 12.70c: February, 12.70c; March, 12.70 12.75c: Slay, 12.7012.75c; spot Rio qniet and steady: No. 7, 1313fc. Sugar Raw quiet and steady: refined steady and in good de mand. Molasses Foielgn, nominal: New Orleans, quiet and steady. Rice fairly act ive and Aim. Cottosseed On, dull and steady: yellow, ic. tallow firm and scarce. 31Kc Rosiir quiet and steady. Tcrpentixe dull and steady at 28K29. Eaos Moderate receipts; steady: receipts, 3,717 packages. Bides dull and steadv. iloa Products Pork quiet and firmer; old mess, $12 7513 0; new mess, $13 50lt 00; extra prime, $12 75. Cutmeats steady and quiet. Pickled bellies, SKc-. 'lo shoulders, 7c; sa e, 50,000 rounds pickled bellies at 8Kc, and 3,500 pounds pickled shoulders at 7c. Middles quiet and steady. Lard fairly active and higher; Western steam closed at $8 05; dales, 1,100 tierces at $7 707 75 bid; sales, 6-ft ierces at 7c. Optton sales, 1,500 tierces, Sep tember, $7 868 05. closing at $8 03; 1,250 tierces, October, $7 67 96, closing at $8 OS. Dairy Products Butter, quiet .and firm; Western, 1418c; do creamery, 1723Vc; do l"tory, 1417c; i lgin, 23c Cheese very firm and lairly active; part skims, 36c St. tools Flour steadier, but not qnotably changed. Wheat after slightly better open ing turned downward, closing Kc below yesterday; News was either of a dull or bearish character and the lack of bull enthusiasm on corn helped wheat down: cash higher; No. 2 red, 73c; August, 73J 74e. closing, 73o asked: September, 7 755-50, closing, 74J75c bid: December, 785? 79,-. closing. 7S78Jc bid. Corn had news enough of hot lnds, etc.. to iorce it up, but bull enthusiasm was lacking and there was selling on rains in Nebraska and predicted elsewhere. The close was Je off; No. 2 cash, 47Jc: Aucust, 47o bid: Soptember, 4647c, closing, 47c asked. Oats w ere weakened by corn's set back; No. 2 casn,31c; August, 31Kc nominal: September, 31KQ32c, closing, 31?c asked. Rye No. 2 on call, 60c bid, 63o asked. Barley No trade. Bran firm, 62o at mill. Day Best grades of timothy active, demand unsnpplied: prime tostriotly fancy, $1100 14 00: pralre. choice and fancy, wanted. $7 00SOO. Cincinnati Flour weak. "Wheat barely steady: No. 2 red, 75c" receipts, 20,945 bushels; shipments. 11,500 bushels. Corn easier; No. 2 mixed, 5tc. Oats in good demand and stronger: No. 2 mixed, 3ic uve steady; No. 2, 60c. Pork steady at $12 "6W. Lard steady at $7 50. Bulkmeats weak at $8 25 8 S7K- Bacon higher at $8 959 00. Whisky steady and firm; sales, 823 barrels at $1 15. Butter strong. Sugar in good demand and strong. Eggs steady at lie Cheese strong. Milwaukee Flour quiet. Wheat easier; September, 74Jc; No. 2 spring. 76c: No. 1 Northern; 86c. Corn firmer: No. 2, 49c Oats firm: No. 2 white. 35c; No. 3 do. 31c. Barley quiet; No. 2, 57c; sample on track nominal. Rye firm; No. 1, 69c Provisions firm. Pork. September. $12 70. Lard, Sep tember, $7 20. Receipts Flour, 10 950 barrels; wheat, 32,500 bushels; barley, 4,200 bushels. Shipments Flour, 11,203 barrels; wheat, 2,750 bushels; barley, none. Kansas Cltj Wheat New was active and higher: old dull and lower: No. 2 hard, old, 82 64c; new. K60c: No. 2 led 67C8Kc Corn higher and In lair demand: No. 2 mixed. 43 43c: No. 2 white, 51J52c Oats opened steadyand closed higher; No. 2mixed,oId, 26 28c: No. 2 whlte,old,30c: new.2Sc. Receipts Wheat, 35,000 bnshels; corn, 10,000 bushels: oats, 2,000 bushels. Shipments Wheat, 15,000 bushels; corn, 4.0JO busnols; oats, none Ilaltlmore Wheat easy; No. 2 red, spot, 8081c; August, 81Kc; September, 62c; Octo ber, 8iJic Corn firm; mixed, spot, 67UC asked; August, 57c asked: September. 55o asked. Oats firmer; No. 2 white Western,39 39c: No. 2 mixed do, 3535c.- Bye steady; No. 2, 72c Hay very firm at $11 50 15 50. Grain freights very dull. Provisions steady. Butter firm: creamerv, fancy, 23c. E"gs steady at 1414c Coffee firm. Toledo Wheat easier: No. 2 cash, August and September, 80J4c; October, 81Vc; Decem ber, 83c Corn dull; No. 2 cash and August, 60c Oats quiet; cash, 33c Rye weak; cash, 6iMc Clovorsoed steady: prime cash, $5 45 8 47K- Receipts Flour, 189 barrels; wheat, 302,130 bushels; corn, 6,841 bushels: oats, 1,800 bushels: rye, 2,381 bushels. Shipments Flour. 2,482 barrels; wheat, 119,600 bushels; corn, 500 bushels; oats, 400 bushels. " THE BOOM STILL ON. Trading Continues Active on an Ascending Scale. WESTLXGH0USE SHARES FIRMER. Street Kailway stocks and Bonds Holding Their Own. Fully LOCAL AND GENERAL FINANCIAL GOSSIP Friday, Aug. 5". The local stock market continues to show an encouraging degree of activity and a bullish tone. The impetus it received last week was evidently either greater than any one imagined, or else the market is con stantly receiving fresh stimulants. Very likely the latter. Kew buyers nave been noticed almost daily in the ring ever since the revival or whatever it may be called set in, and the news, in the main, has been of b character calculated to keep values mov ing in the upward direction. It has shown, and still shows, many of the ear-marks ot a 'genuine bull market, and it looks as it all .had made up their minds, not to run counter to it. "The fact of the matter is," said a well informed broker, "that easy money has been asserting itself. Idle funds accumulated during the the spring and early summer to such an ex tent that money was a drug when the half yearly settlement period arrived. After the turn into July the supply was largely aug mented by the interest and dividend dis bursements. Then the strike troubles do v eloped and prevented reinvestments. As soon as the worst of our industrial troubles appeared to be passed money commenced to come out, with the resnlt of activity and strength in local securities. Money Is going to be very easy and cheap all year, which will have a tendency to cause a steady ad vance in all values. It may, perbaps.become too easy may be put into everything and anything to the ultimate injury of values and confidence. I am not very apprehen sive on this score, however, as there, will be plenty of room for the investment of money in stocks and bonds that are based on something tangible, something more likely to grow than to shrivel and lade away. The day of South Sea schemes is past. The danger of over-speculating and ovei-trading, however, is always with ns. I believe a year of unexampled prosperity is ahead of us, and it remains to be seen whether we can stand prosperity or not." Course af the Market. Trading on 'Change to-day covored TJ. S. Gluss, Duquesno Traction, P. & B. Traction, Westlnghouse Electtio (old), Philadelphia Company and Westlnghouse Electric (new), and while the transactions did not loot up quite so big a totalas latterly, the eagerness to do business showed no diminution what ever, and the tone gained strength if there was any change. TJ. S. Glass sold at 71 early, but it closed offered at the same price, with no bids recorded. There was evidence to show, however, that the buying movement was not over. In this connection The Dis patch is in a position to say tlmt a big percentage of the buying on the way up trom 65 has been for the account of insiders who desired to be as strong as possible at the approaching annual meeting. There are two factions, liberal and conservative, and they are at loggerheads over the divided question. It is expected there will be a divi dend, but it may not be as large as some im agine. On this point the following extract from a letter trom an Inside stockuolder to a friend on the outside is pertinent: "They are bulling glass on a 6 per cent dividend. Do not be tooled: it is not coming." The stock, however, is a good one, and has shown a good dividend-earning power. The street railway share" were somewhat firmer. Duquesnesold at 28 and closed at 28 bid; P. & B. Traction sold up to 26, closing strong at 2626: Citzens Traction was up to 61 bid; Central was firm close to 30, and the otners were steady. One of the features of the day was the de mand for street railway bonds, particu larly Duquesne Traction 5s, in which, It was said, considerable business was transacted outside the Exchange. The Inquiry was strong and general. Gas shares were stronger. Philadelphia Company was in good demand all day. but there were no transactions until after the close, when a small lot changed hands at 20. Unless all signs lall the stock will rale higher next week than it has this. The July earnings of the company are seml-officlally reported as $162,000. People's Natural Gas was bid up another point, from 23 to 23. People's Pipeae was higher, and there was considerable inquiry for Manufacturers' and Chartiers Valley. The Westlnghouse Electric stocks were in sharp demand and higher. The old common sold at 17K. closing at 17Ji18, and the new common at 29. The latter was active and higher in Boston.wheie Kidder, Peaboddy & Co. were reported as buying. Air Brake was stronger at 127 bid; Union Switch and Signal was steady to firm and others were featureless. The close of the market was strong at the best prices. The July Fire Loss. The fire loss of the United States and Canada lor the month of July amounts to $11,530,000. The St. Johns fire, being in New foundland, which is not a part of Canada, is not included in the total above given. The loss by that conflagration was about $15,000, 000, and the cost to British insurance com panies will be greater than from any fire of lecent years. The following statistics ex hlDit the losses during the first seven months oi 1893 as compared with those of the same period in 1890 and 1S91: 1890. $9,179,300 . 7,337.03 , 8,466,nX) 8.285, 520 . 8,839,100 . 5.&A000 , 14.723.600 1891. $11.21.000 9,226,500 12.54U.750 II, KB, 000 16.660,395 8,587,625 S. 632,200 1392. $12,564,900 11.914,000 10.648,000 11,559,800 9,485.000 9.5,550 11.530,000 January... February . March..!.. April May June July Total.... $32,534,745 $79,247,370 $70, 867, 250 A Blessing In Disguise. Europe is to have big crops this coming season. This in one way Is what the finan ciers of this country liave been wishing for. The deficiency in Europe's harvest last sea son was necessarily made up by our enor mous surplus. Daring the 11 months ended May 31 our exports of Dreadstuffs showed an increase of $163,000,000 over the same eriod in 1891, but this was not as great a. lesslng as was imagined, as Europe's in dustrial depression, due largely to ruined harvests, had immediate re flection in our own markets. Eng land has not, however, been vis ited this year with the destructive rains of 1891 and an immense harvest is indicated. The forecast of our own Agricultural Bureau for July shows that the grain harvest, though larger than the average, will show a tailing off of about 500,000,000 bushels as com pared with lest year's yield. 1 his, however is canse for rejoicing lather than weeping, as a repetition of lastyear'senormous wheat and corn crop would tend to produce low prices and a congestion of product, the same as that which demoralized the cotton trade in 1891. Financial Notes. At auction in New Tork yesterday $5,030 P., Ft. W. & C. income 3d mortgage 7s, regis tered, due 1912, sold at 131: 333 shares P., C. CL & St. I, preferred sold at 6, and 716 shares common at 2223. Two shares of Chemical National Bank, of New Tork, sold at auction yesterday at SLOluporsuaic. TTnltQteri atreet railwAv npr.tii.fHA .tn,.ri IS as follows: P., A. & M. Traction, 11 bid; Duquesne Traction," 28?.S do. 5s, 100 100: P. 4 B. Traction. 2ti26; do. 6s, 101 Alter the close Westlnghouse Eleotric was offered at 17; 13 was bid tor People's Pipeage and 26 lor 200 P. ft B. Traction. Westlnglinuse Electric new common closed.at 29 bid and the preferred nt 16V bid. The inquiry for Philadelphia Company looked as if Boston was in again. H. M. .Long was the chief buyer of U. S. Glass. Robinson Bros, and W. R. Thompson ft Co. bought Duquesne traction and Rea Bros. & Co. and A. J. Lawrence ft Co. sold. Morris ft Brown sold new Electric and Iiwreneo ft Co. bought. The last thing Billy Mustln did before leaving on his trip to the Pacific coast was to buy ten shares Philadelphia Company at 20. Dick Brown, of Morris 4 Brown, reported an offer to sell $75,000 Duquesne Traction 6s at 100. It is said that the earnings of the Westing house Company were never so large as. at present. The July profits will be f nlly $110, 000. The company is now building- two 700 ' horse-power generators, while two years ago SO to 100 horse-power generators were the largest offered for sale. The Westlnghouso Company has motors now in use on 150 rail ways in nil parts of the country. The latest device for propelling street cars which has come to notice is that of the Kinetic Power Company, organized la Maine, July S, 1891, with $2,000,000 capital Stock, owning the patents of E. H, Anga mar and IT. U.Wheeier for a motpr adapted to the use of highly heated watsr or stored steam. The company has a car in Chicago fitted with the motor,and claims for it much that a steam engine will accomplish, with out any smoke or coal or noise, and at much less cost and risk than attends electricity as a motive power. Russell Sage received a letter from Jay Gould on Tuesday in which he says: "I have not been following the stock market closely lately, but It seems to me that we are about ready for the boom which we have been looking for ever since 1885." It is worth while to .call attention to the business of the Wheeling and Lake Erie, be cause this road gets fully half of its earnings from the transportation of coal and iron. It might be expected that owing to the diffi culty in the iron region, this road might be seriously affected. The returns, however, show that the company made -more money than ever before the fourth week of July, and that for the month the company has earned 20 per cent more than for July -last year. Under these conditions it would seem well worth while to look out for the bonds of the company and the preferred and com mon stock as well. At a meeting or tne Burrell Water Com pany yesterday it.was voted to Increase tho capital stock from $2,000 to $75,000. The re port read stated that ten miles of. two and eight-inch pipe bad been laid and facilities would be increased to supply a population of 3,500 to 4,000 at Kensington with pure spring water. The officers are: 8. E. Moore, President; B. F. Rafferty, Vice President; Howard Childs, Treasurer; J. C. Crappeau, Secretary. Sales and Final Prices. Transactions on 'Change were as follows: FIRST CALL. 10 shares U. S. Glass 71 M shares TJ. S. Glass 71 3) shares TJ. S. Glass 71 10 shares Duauesue traction 2&i SECOND CALL. J00 shares P. ft B. traction 2634" SOshares Duquesne traction 23,'i 50 shares Duquesne traction 13,'4 BETWEEN CALL6. 10 shares TJ. S, Glass 71 THIRD CALL. 15 shares Westlnghouse Electric (old)... 10 shares P,. 4: B. traction rm 26 AFTER CALL. COshares Westlnghouse Electric (new) 29 10 shares Philadelphia Company 20 100 shares P. ft B. traction 26 Total sales, 495 shares. Closing bids and offers: 1st call. id call. 3d call. stocks. . . . . , Bid Ask Bid Ask Bid Ask Ex. Nat, Bank 84 .... T7. .... 7Z "ZT Iron City Nat. Bk.. 80 85 .... 85 80 85 I. G. D. 8 85 tKeystone Bank 85 Liberty Nat. Bk. .. 107 Monon. Nat. Bank. 137 .... 137 Tradesmen's N, Bk 252 Allegheny Heat. Co 80 ChartierV. Gas Co 12X 114 .... Manufacturers' Gas 26K 28 27 23 27 23 People's N. Gas Co. 22 .... 21 P. N.O.iP.Co... II .... 13 .... 1ZH .... Philadelphia Co.... 1H 3) 19 20 1934 20 Wheeling Gas Co 19 .... 19 .....19 Central Traction... 29 30)4 294 3014 HJ S0) Citizens' Traction.. 61f 62 6l 62 61Js 62 Pittsburg Traction 69 .... C8(, .... 58f Pleasant Valley..... 25 25J4 25 25i 25 .... Pitts. Junction K.K 34! 36 .... SG ZiH SO Hand Street Bridge. 43 Luster Mining Co.. 9 10)4 9)4 10 94 .... Enterprise M. Co 4)4 H W'st'useElecCo 18 .... 17J4 171i 18 Monon. Water Co.. 30 .... 30 Union a. ft 8. Co... 16)4 KH Uii 16 U.S. ft S. Co.. pfd 40 West. A. Brake Co. 126X 129 126M 12S 127 123 West. Brake Co. L 90 .... 90 Standard U. C. Co 75X .... 75' U. 8. G. Co.. pfd... 71H .... 71H 71 .... 71 10 shares bid for, 100 offered. MONETARY. In the local market the same conditions prevail as for some time past money abun dant, the demand only moderate and rates steady at 56 per cent. Eastern Exchange and currency are trading even. New Tore. Aujr. 5. Money on call easy at 12 per cent. Last loan, 1; closed offered at 1. Prime mercantile paper, 35. Sterling exchange quiet bnt steady at $1 87 for 60 day bills and $1 88 for demand. Clearing; House Figures. Pittsburg Exchanges to-day. $2,428,544 16 Balances to-day 577,090 41 Same day last week: Exchanges $2,490,076 16 Balances 486,486 83 Newt Tobk, Aug. 5. Bank clearings, $96-, 302,668: balances, $6,114 824. Bos-row, Aug. 5. Bank clearings. $11,. 871,116; balances, $1,406,237. Monev3lper cent. Exchange on New Tork, 1215 cents discount. Philadelphia. Aug. 5 The bank clearings to-day were, $9,921,176; balances, $1,816,390. Money 2 per cent. Baltimore, Aug; 5. Bank clearings to-dav were $2,211,658; balances, $256,711. Rate 6 per cent. Chicago, Aug. 5. Bank clearings to-day, $15,799,007. New Tork exchange easy at 20c disconnt. Sterling exchange heavy; 60-day bills, $1 87: demand,$l 88. Money abundant at 1 per cent on call and a per cent on time. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 6. New Tork ex change selling at $1 50. Clearings, $2,284, 625: balances, $107,577. CiRcnrwATT, Aug. 5. Money S6 per cent. New Tork exchange 3540c discount. Clear ings. $2,290,350. St. Louts, An. 6. Bank clearings. $3,653, 245; balances, $297,197. Monev firm at 67 per cent. Exchange on New Tork, 2550c dis count. New Orleans, La., Aug. 0. Clearings, $1,138,740. "New Tork exchange commercial, 50c; bank, $1 50 per $1 000 premium. Bar Silver. New Tork, Aug. 5. Bar sliver in Lon don, 38 15-lGd per oz. New Tork dealers' price for silver, 85c per oz. Closing Philadelphia Quotations. Bid. Pennsylvania 54 Reading 30!,' Buffalo, N. T. ft Philadelphia. ... 8 Lehigh Valley. 61K Lehigh Navigation MJi Philadelphia ft Erie 30 Northern Pacific, com 21 K Northern Pacific, pref. , b3) Asked. 65 80 5-16 6IK 33 21 H 5SX Boston BtocKs Closing Prices. Atch. ftTopeka 40 Boston ft Albany.. ..205 Boston ft Maine 182 C, B. &Q 10M4 Eastern K. K. 6s 123 AllouezM. Co.(new) 9 .vuniiiic .............. hk Boston ft Mont. 36 Catalna 286 Franklin fril Fltchburg B.R , 89)4, Kcarsarge .7.7.7. 11 riiniai'ereM.,pra. to K.C.,i4t..I. ftc.ll.7s.123 L. R. ft Ft. S. 7s 92 Mex. Cen., com 16 Mex.'Cen. com 17)4 usceoia 33 Santa Fp ITnnnp 191 Tamarack 158 West End 18K BellTelenhnnp fwn2 N. T. ftN. E.. ..;... 7H Lamson titore 8 18 -N. X.AJM.CCg. 7S.1Z1 Old Colony 182 Wis. Cen. pfd 17 Water Power 251 Pjml.nnl.l Mlnln- O Thompson-H. E. Co." 9X Electric Stocks. BOSTON, Aug. 5. ISptrtaL The latest electric stock quotations to-day were: v Bid. Asked. W. E. Co 283 Z'4 uu preicrnu ........ vi General Electric Light Co 114H General Electric Co., pfd.... 119 Detroit Hectrlc Co 7J Ft. W. E. Co 12?4 T. H. Tr. Co T. H. Tr. securities, serlesD 8 T. E. W. Co 10 Edison E. 111. Co 119 47 114V 120 li 120 Foreign Financial. , LoifDOit. Aug. 5, 4 P. M .Close Consuls money, 96; do account, 96 15-16: New Tork, Pennsylvania and Ohio firsts, 34; Canadian Pacific, 91: Erie, 29; do seconds, 108; Illinois Central, 105; Mexican ordi nary, 23: St. Panl common, 85: New Tork Central, 116; Pennsylvania. 56; Beading, 81: Mexican Central new Is, 70. Bar silver, 33 15-16d; money, per cent. Rate of discount in open market for short bills, 13-16 per cent; for three-month bills, percent. Cotton. GALVTSToir, Aug. 5. Cotton dull: mid dling, 7 l-lBc: low middling, 6 9-16c: good ordi nary, 6 l-16c. Net and gross receipts, 121 bales, including 11 of new crop: export coastwise, 70c: sales, 6 bales; stock, 16,930 bales. Weekly net and gross receipts. 532 bales; exports coastwise, 159 bales; sales, 158 bales; spinners, 118 Mies. New Oeleaus, Aui. 5. Cotton steadv; middling, 7M6c: low middling," 6 9-166; good oidlnary, 61- 16c: net and gross re ceipts, 393 bales; exports to Great Britain, 2.556 bales; sales, 650 bales: stock, 76 533 bales. Weekly net receipts, 3,293 bales; gross, 8,445 bales: exports to Great Britain, 3,556 bales; to the continent, 6 239 bales; coastwise. 1,717 bales; sales, 3,800 bales; spinners, 827 bales. New Tork, Ang. 5. Cotton futures closed dull but steady; sales. 49,500 bales: August, 7.22c; September, 7.227.23c; October, 7.33o; November, 7.41e; December, 7.51: January, 7.61c; February, 7.71c; March, 7.81; April, 7.93c. Liverpool, Aug. 5. Cotton steady with fair demand; middling. Id; 'sales, 8,000 bales, of whioli 1,000 were for speculation and export and included 7,200 American. Futures closed barely steady. PITTSBURG AND LAKE ERIE K. K. Special Excursions. August 9, Niagara Falls and return $7 00 August 9, Toronto and return 8 00 August 9, 12 and 33, Lake Chautauqua and return .' S 00 Tickets good 15 days. AN EAST END SALE SHOWING A BIG INCREASE IN VALUA TION WITHIN A TEAK. A One-Half Interest In the Lazear Prop erly Changes Hands Praise for the Plains Back ot the Soutbside HUls Latest Transactions. Bealty in the business portion of the East End has increased in valuation quite ma terially within the post year, as is evi denced by the fact that Charles Schwan has sold bis one-half interest in the piece, of property known as the Lazear property, facing on Frankstown avenue 120 feet, and extending back to Flavel street at a distance of 220 feet, to Nicholas Hartman, for 524, 000. As this property was purchased by these two gentlemen one year ago for ?33, 000, the sale of one-half "of it for $24,000 gives it a valuation of $48,000, an increase of $15,000. Mr. Hartman will commence im provements at once by adding another story to his hotel and by remodeling the same in general. Mr. Hartman also figured in another trans action In East End realty, selling to Charles Schwan 600 feet in the Highland Park plan or lots for $12,000. Back of the Hills. "Do not overlook the country back of the brow of the Southside hills," said an agent to-day, "when pointing out the beautlfnl places for homes for people of moderate means. There are no better spots for quiet, country-like dwelling places than the many level places above and back of the dirt and din of the city. They aro high and healthy, and, while smacking of the country, they are placed in quick touch with the city by rapid transit.' An evidence of the desir ability of these conntry-city places Is fur nished in the rapidity with which they are growing. , The Bids Were Too Low. The manufacturing property on River avenue, Allegheny, which James W. Drape ft Co., offered at public sale, was withdrawn on a bid of $88,000, and the property on Per rysville avenue, Allegheny, of the estate of the late John A. McKee, on a bid or $12,500. The last of the honses on Tagzart street, Allegheny, belonging to an estate which Messrs. Drape ft Co. have been settling up, has been sold at $3,750. They also sold two lots In the East End, on and adjoining Cen ter avenue, for $6,500; also, small property in the suburbs, above Hoboken, for $2,250; also, a collateral Interest In properties in the city and McKeesport ror $5,000. Building Permits. The followingbuildlngpermitswere Issued: Hardie & Jenkins, for a stable in the rear of Frazler street, Fourteenth ward; cost, $100. Isabolle Smeigh, for a two-story frame dwelling on Howe street, between South Negley and O'llara streets; cost, $2,500. Christ M. E. Church, for a one-3tory frame church on Baum street, Twentieth ward; cost, $3,000. John E. Kind, for a one-story storeroom on Millwood avenue, Thirteenth ward: cost, $150. S. J.-Dorr, for a one-story frame dwelling in Vanghn's place, near Greenleaf avenue, Thirty-fifth ward; cost, $300. C. Heckel, for a two-story frame dwelling on Joel's lane. Thirty-second ward; cost, $1,200. William Engel, for two two story frame dwellings on Wyoming street, between Sycamore street and Bosgs avenue, Thirty-second ward; cost, $3,000 for both buildings. Jacob Goehring, lor a two-story frame dwelling on Watt street, between Wvlle avenue and Center avenue, Thir teenth ward; cost, $1,600. Reports from the Agents. W. A. Herron ft Sons sold lot HI in the Bissell plan, Eighteenth ward, 20x100 feet, on Duncan street, for $350. John K. Ewing sold for Mrs. Harriet Shields to Albert D. Schmld a lot 20x115 on PerrysvUIo avenue, near Daisy avenue, Tenth ward, Allegheny, for $650 cash. Mr. Schmid will improve the lot at once with a cottage house. Black & Balrd sold to John E. Walsh lot No. 29 in the Adam Roll plan, Twenty-second ward, city, for $585. Ira M. Burchfleld sold a house and lot on Hazelwood avenue, near Second avenue, for $5,000 cash. Mr. Burchfleld reports consider- able Inquiry for Hazelwood property. C. R. FundenDerg & Co. sold for H. J. Watkins to Mrs. Anna McClelland for $3,300, a lot 40x53 feet on the southeast corner of Parker and Summerlea streets. Twentieth ward. The above price includes a7-room house, which is to bo erected thereon. Thomas McCaffrey sold for Peter Saner, or West Deer township, to Henry E. Du barry the property, No. 5100 Penn avenue, corner WineDlddle a new brick business house in front and a brick dwelling in the rear for $13,250 cash. GRAIN MOVING UP Under Moderate Receipts and an Advanc ing Tendency In the Went Quotations Somewhat Higher Refiners Again About to Advance Sugar Prices. Friday, Ang. 5, The firmness in grain noted yesterday was more marked to-day, and wheat, corn and oats were all higher. The demand has not improved materially at this point, bat the market has cleaned up somewhat as the result of moderate receipts. The strength comes mainly trom the West, where prices have advanced considerably during the past few days. In other mercantile lines there are no new features to note. Groceries and provisions continue active and strong and dullness is still the characteristic of trade among the produce commission men. In leather and hides a fairly firm feeling pre vails, and lumber and general bulletins ma terials ate moving freely atflrm prices. No complaints about collections are heard in any quarter. Grain, Flour and iTeed. Sales on call at the Grain and Flour Ex change to-day: One car sample oats, spot, 38c; one car old No. 1 timothy hay, five days. $11 50; one car No. 2 yellow ear corn, ten days, 60c; two cars No. 2 white oats, the year, 31c. Bids and oilers: spot. Bid. Asked. Winter wheat oran $ 15 00 No. 1 white oats $ ZSh SX P1VI DAYS. Old No. 2 red wheat, r. 1. e 85 90 High mixed shelled corn 53 58 No. 1 white oats, f. 1. e 39 42 No. 2 white oats. f. 1. e 41 No. 1 timothy hay 14 00 14 50 TEX DATS. No, 2 yellow shelled corn 55X 58 High mixed shelled corn M) 67 No. I timothy hay "..... 14 00 15 00 No. 2 yellow car corn 59)f 60 Winter wheat bran 14 00 15 00 AUGUST. No. 2 while oats 3H 36 No. 2yellow shelled corn 55 7 SXPTEMBEB. No 2 white oats 34 35 Receipts bulletined: Via the B. ft O. 1 car hay; via the P. & W. 1 car hay, 2 cars wheat; via the P., C, C. ft St. L. 3 cars oats, 1 car corn. 1 car hay: via the P.. Ft. W. ft C. 2 cars oats, 1 car feed, 2 cars bay, 1 cars flour. Total, 13 cars. HANOE OF THE MAEKET. rTho following quotations for grain, feed, hay and straw are for car lots on track. Dealers charge a small advance from store:! Wheat No. 2 red 85 86 No. 3 red 79 fa 80 Cork No. 2yellow ear.?. 61 5 8l)f High-mixed car 69 6a 59 Mlxedear. 57 (3 M No. 2 yellow shelled 57! 58 High-mixed shelled Wi 56 Mixed shelled 53 54 Oats-No. 1 white 39 S My NO. 2 white 38 38S Extra No. 3 white 36& 37 Mixed 33 36 Rte No. 1 Ohio and Penn., new 73 74 No. 2 Western, new 72 73 Flour (Jobbers' prices) Fancy brands, $5 oo 5 25: standard winter patents, Jl 8j5 00: spring patents. $4 835 00: straight winter. $4 504 73; clear winter. $1 254 50; XXX bakers, J4 00(34 25; rye. $4 2o4 30. MILLFEEP No. 1 white middlings. $16 5017 50: No. 2 white middlings. $15 00I5 50; winter wheal bran. $14 2Y314 73; brown middlings, $11 5015 50; chop, $17 0021 00. Hat-No. 1 timothy. $14 2514 75: No. 2 timothy. $12 3013 00; mixed clover and timothy, $13 0O 11 50:pcMng. $8 50(39 00: Ho. 1 prairie, fi 009 SO; wagon hay, 113 t0l3 00 Stbaw Wheat, $6 507 00; oat, $7 507 75. Groceries. Advices from New Tork to-day indicated that refiners were on the eve of again ad vancing sugars l-16c Tho reports also noted less activity in canned goods, but in timated there js as no weakening in prices. A carload of Moorpark variety evap orated apricots, 1892 season crop, in bags, was reported to have been sold at 14Jc on the spot. , Operations in canned fruit and vegetables have moderated considerably or late, but thus far there are no signs of weakening on prices. Advices from British Columbia are to the effect that the pack of lalmon there thus far r 4ViTmriiTffnaTtts,y rViitiT V 'i 1 n ai . . . t jl . j -I, -jnifinaSsww .-1- ,rwj-, . .,- .3: &mebiiv this season has been very light, and tMtt the run of fish is small at the present time. The highest estimates of this season's sup ply of evaporated-apricots are 275 to 300 car loads. The more popular estimate is 250 car loads. As compared with last year's yield the highest estimate shows a considerable shortage. .New crop bleached California peaches, in bags, were quoted at 1313Xc f. o. b. on the coast. Buyers do not appear to consider those prices as being at all attractive. Georgia peeled are quoted at ll12c here. Suoabs Patent cut-loaf, 5c: cubes, 5c: pow dered. 5c; granulated (standard). 45c: confec tioners A, 4Hc; soft A, 4X(S4Jic: fancy yellow, 4Hc: fair yellow. 3te; common yellow, 3)$3Mc. COFrxE Boasted, in packages Standard brands. 19 3-20c; second grades, 17V19c: fancy grades. S 27c. Loose Java. 33c: Mocha. 333tc: Santos. 2325)c: Maracalbo, 26Hc; Peaberry, I323j; Car acas, 23Hc: Bio, 2224)4c. COFFER (Jbeeu-O. Q.Java, anisic: Paddang Jays, 3)429)4c: Mocha. 3103: Peaberry. 24)i( 24Hc: Santos. 22)423c: Maracalbo. 2l,Sac; Caracas, 24)425e; golden Santos, 21)422)4c; KIo, 19a:ic OIL Carbon. 116", 6e; headlight, eye; water white. 7e: Elaine, 13e:.Ohio legal test. 6Mc; miners winter white, 3226c; summer. 3132c- Molasses New prleans, fancy new crop, 40 41c: choice. 3738c: centrifugals. 29c. STBUP Corn srrup. 2426c; sugar syrup, 2S29c; fancy flavors. 3l($32c Fruits Loudon layer raisins. 32 50; California London layers, $1 90(32 10: allfornla muscatels, bags, 55,4c; boxed. SI 161 25: new Valencia. 553 5)c: new undara Valencia. 7)7Kc: California sul tanas. vOUc: currants, 2Se: California prunes, &K 12)4c: French prunes, 7H10c: California seed less raisins, 1 lb cartons, $375; citron, 19)(20c; lemon peel. U)12c. Bice Fancy head Carolina. 6634c; prime to choice, 66)4c; Louisiana, 5)j6c; Java, 5)5Xc; Japan, 5)46c. Caxxed Goods standard peaches, $1 902 03; extra peaches. $2 252 50: seconds. $1 8Ct 9o: pie peachei,$l 251 30: Quest corn. $1 4G1 50: Harford countr corn. $1 201 25; lima beans, II 20(3)1 2S; soaked. 8083c: early Jnne peas. $1 1531 25; marrowfat peas, $1 05(3115: soaked. 7Do)73c: French peas. $10 5022f! 100 cans or $1 502 50 fl doz; pineapples, $1 151 25; extra do. 12 40: Bahama do, $3; damson plums, eastern. $1 25: California pears. $2 12)2 25: do green razes. $1 50: do egg plums. $1 70: do apricots. 11 85(32 00: do extra white cherries. J2 75(32 83: do white cherries. 2-lb cans. $1 70: raspberries. $1 ZK3 1 50: strawberries, $1 15(31 23: gooseberries, tl CO 1 25: tomatoes. $1 0031 10: salmon, 1 lb. $1 25(3 1 05; blackberries. 73(390c; succotash. 2-lb cans, soaked. 95c; do standard. 2 lb, $1 25I 60: corned beef, 2-lb cans. $1 70(31 75: do 14 lb, $13 00: roast beer, 2 lb, $1 75; chipped beef. 1-Ib cans. $1 90(3 2 00: naked beans. $1 25I 50: lobsters. 1 lb. $2 35; mackerel, fresh. 1 lb, 93c: broiled, $1 50; sardines, domestic X: $4 00: Ms. $6 23; fts. mustard. S3 23: Imported, Ms. $10 0012 30; imported, )4s, $18 00 (323 00; canned apples, 3 lb, 7075c; gallons, 2 7C Dairy Products. Butter -Choice Elgin creamery. 24,H3c: other brands. 2023c: choice to fancy country roll,15(317c; low grades and cooking, 9(3 12c: grease. C3dc. CHEESE Ohio new, 9!(39c: New York. 10 10c: fine fall make, fancy new Wisconsin Swl.s blocks, I414)4c: do. bricks, 101311c: Wisconsin sweltzer. in tubs. 12l3Sc for new. 13316cforold; llmburger, 10 lie; Ohio Swiss, 12)13c, as to quality. Eggs and Poultry. The egg market is ruling rather quiet and barely steady at quotations. Chickens are good stock and are pretty firmly held as quoted. One or two coops of selected old chickens sold to-dav as high as $1 25 per pair. EGGS Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio, BJi (316c: cold storage stock, 14'(315c. Poultry Snrlne chickens. 40fSSOc for small, and 5573c for large: old chickens, 75c$l 00; ducks. Berries, Fruits and Vegetab'o. Huckleberries sold to-day at $1 00 1 25 per basket and pall. No other berries on the market worth qnotlng. A few choice Red Astrachan apples were on the market at $5 506 00 per barrel; com mon to choice cooking stock was quoted at $2 001 00. Early Maiden's Blush apples were said to be on the way to market to open np at $1 501 75. Peaches were qnoted at $2 252 75 per crate and 5060c per peck basket. A good deal of California fruit was on the market. Egg plums at $2 652 75 per ca?e: peach plums at $2 502 75; pears at $3 253 50 and peaches at $1 752 00. " Meltons were higher at $35 006)40 00 per 100 tor extra large and $15 0030 00 for small to large. One of the commission men, how ever, expressed the opinion that there would be a break in the market next week. Anne Arundel cantelounes were quoted at $2 504 00 per bbl and $1 501 75 per crate. Jenny Lind canteloupes sold at $1 001 25 per basket. In the way or bananas the market was reported in better sbape, having been well cleaned up. Firsts were qnoted at $1 50 2 50, and seconds at 75cU 25 Lemons were higher at $5 O06 50 per box. Potatoes were higher, Jersey rose about the only kind offering, selling at $2 502 75, though some of the dealers thought l 75 a little too extreme. Tomatoes were quoted dull at 5063c per bu basket, 1050c per 1-basket case and $i 001 23 per bu. Cabbage was quoted at $1 001 25 per bbl, celery at 20G0c, encum bers at 5060c per bu basket, and egg playits at 75cl 25 per uozen. Graves (Ives) sold at 50o per 10-lb basket. M1sc11h neons. Beans New crop New Tork and Michigan pea beans, $1 95!32 00 per Dushel; hand-picked medium. $1 85(31 90 per Dusliel; Lima, new. 33Vc; l'enn a) lvaula and Ohio beans. $1 70(31 75 per bushel. Beeswax Choice yellow, Si33c: dark. :5:8c. Honey New crop white clover, 17iac per pound: buckwheat. 13315c. Tallow Country, 3)4c per pound; city, 4 4)4c. Feathers Extra live geese, 55(3C0c per pound; No. 1 do. 4950c: mixed. 30J5c. Peanuts Green. 45c per pound; do roasted, $1 231 35 per bushel. ClDER-Sind refined, J6 5"6 75 per barrel; Penn sylvania champagne cider. $t 00o 25. Hides Following Is the scale adopted by the local tanners: Green steer hides, trimmed. 75 lbs and up, 6c: green steer hides, trimmed, 60 to 75 lbs, 6: "green steer hides, trimmed, under 60 lbs. 3: ereen cow hides, trimmed, all weiehts.3)4: green bull hides, trimmed, all weights, 4; green calf skins, no. l. a: grcin canKius. zo. "A3: green steer hides, trimmed, side branded, 4; grecu cow hides, trimmed, side branded, 2, Provisions. Large hams $ 13)j Medium 13i bmall 14 Trimmed Ui California 9Ji Shoulders, sugar-cured 9 Dry salt 73, Roulettes 10)j Breakfast bacon ll Extrado I2H Sides, dry salt clear, 20-lbav 85, Clear bellies, smoked 9) Clear bellies, dry salt 9 Porkheary. 11 00 Light 16 50 Dried beef, knuckles Wi Bounds 1-fM Sets 11M Flats 10J Lard, compound, tierces, 330 lb S) Half barrel 6 Tubs 6)a Buckets 6H Tin cans. 50-lb 6 Tin palls, 10-lb, 6 In a case 6K Tin palls, 5-lb. 12 In a case SH Tlu palls. 3-lb, 201na case 6I4 Lard, refined. In tierces. 340-lb 7 Lard, refined. In one-half barrels ?) Lard, refined, tubs ti L.ard. reiined. In nuckets , 7H Lard, refined. In 50-lb tin cans 7)4 Lard, refined. In 10-lb tin pails H Lard, refined. In 5-lb tin palls 77 Lard, refined. In 3-lb tlu palls 8 LIVE STOCK. Movements and Prices at East Liberty and Other Points. East Liberty, Pa., Aug. 5. Cattle Receipts, 714 head; shipments, 546 head; nothing doing; all through consign ments. No cattle shipped to New Tork to day. Hogs Receipts, 1,500 head: shipments, 1,500 head; market steady; cornfeu, $3 906 10: grnssers. $5 105 75; 5 cars of hogs shipped to New Tork to-day. Sheep Receipts, 600 head, shipments, 400 head; market closing strong at unchanged prices. iBy Associated Press. New Tnrk Beeves Receipts, 1,520 head, including 28 cars for sale: market active and shade firmer for choice natives; native steers, $3 155 J2 per cwt; 1'exans and Coloranos, $3 Ki 50: bulls and cowi. $1 85 3 00. Diessed beer steady at 7Ji3o per ponnd. Shipments to-morrow, 1,863 -ueeves and 6,298 quarters of beer. Calves Receipts, 1,111 head: market Jo per pound lower; veals. $3 006 75 per cwt; buttermilk calves, $2 503 Oi. Shesp Receipts, 4,303 bead; sheep o per pound higher; lambs firm; sheep, $1 756 00 per cwt; lambs, $5 C07 25; dressed mutton firm at 8llc per pound; dressed lambs stendy at 912c. Hogs Re ceipts, 1,925 head. Including 2 cars lor sale; market lower at $3 503 CO per cwt. Chicago Tho Evening Journal reports: Cattle Receipts, 6,500 head; shipments, 2,560 bead: irarkct higher: prime to extra, steers, $5 005 15; others, $3 901 50; Texans, $1 652 55; rangers, $3 40Q3 t3; cows and heifers, $2 7503 50. Hogs Receipts, 14,000 head; shipments, 7,000 head; market active and strong to a shade hlzlier; rough, $5 35 5 73; good mixed, $5 S55 95: prime heavy and butchers weights. $5 006 10; light, $5 256 00. Sheep Receipts, 5,000 bead; shipments, 1,500 head: market active and higher: stockers, $3 C0Q3 80; ewes, $1 001 25; mixed. $1 50 190; wethers. $5 O05 90; Texans. $125150; westerns, $1 551 75; lambs, $3 506 75. Cincinnati Hogs slow and weak; common and light, $1 751 80; packing and butchers', $1 801 85: receipts, 2,780 bead; shipments, 2,280 head. Cattle barely steady; demand light: receipts, 830 head; shipments, 215 head. Sheep strong at $3 005 25; receipts, 8.613 head; shipments, 6,143 head. Lambs strong: common to choice spring, $1 003 83 per 100 Xbt. St. Louis Cattle Receipts, 1,000 head; shipments, 1,200 head; market strong: no good natives on sale) Texans and Indlasr steers, $2 253 50. Hogs Receipts, 2,500 bead; shipments, 3,700 bead; market lOo higher: heavy, $3 805 90; mixed, $3 603 85; light, $5 65Q3 85. Sheep Receipts, 1,109 head; shipments, 1,000 bead; market steady. Kansas Cltv Cattle Receipts, 6,800 head; shipments, 1,800 head; steers were active and steady to 10c higher at $2 751 50; cows steady to lower at $1 5002 50: Texas steers strong to 10c higher, closing weak at $2 500 3 35; stockers and feeders dnll at $2 352 75. Hogs Receipts, 1,600 bead; shipments, 900 bead: the market was more active and 5c higher, closln; strong: all grades, $5 20 5 95; bulk, $5 555 80. Sheep Receipts, 100 head; shipments, 500 head: the market was strong, muttons. $1 505 00; lambs, $5 25Q5 8a ITunalo Cattle Receipts, 111 loads through, 2 sale; strong at opening prices of the week, sales good 1,450-pound steers, $3 00; coarse, 1.300-pound, $1 05; cows and heifers. $2 S03 25. Hogs Receipts, 17 loads through, 35 sale; market more active for good grades; Yorkers, grassen and com mon light and steady; heavv corn-red, $6 00. Sheep and lambs Receipts, 27 loads through, 6 sale; stronger -with continued light re ceipts; choice, $550; good sheep, $1 25; lambs, spring best, 36 25. General Markets. Philadelphia Flour dull. Wheat quite but steady: No. 3 red in export elevator, 79te; No. 2 red August, 82S2Kc; September, 82J 82c; October, 84S4c; November, 854385Jic Corn Options firm: carlots easier; No. 2 mixed and yellow, 60c; No. 2 mixed, August, K4sotc; ceptemDer, ooji3Djic; octODer, 55i53JJc; November. 552555?c. Oats Carlots firm, demand moderate. Futures ' - nominal: No. 3 white, 38c: No. 2 white. UKc: No. 2 white August, 39Ji40Kc; Sep tember, ZOMQZVXc; October, 4040c: No vember, 1040&c. Butter Strictly lancy firm and scarce, but low grados dull and weak. Ezgs Strictly fresh, choice arm and in good request; Pennsylvania firsts, 17c. Dnlnth Except for spot wheats there was bnt little demand to-day on this board. Cash wheat sold steadily to-day at unchanged prices from yesterday's close. The session this afternoon was very dull and prices ea sed off Kc, closing dull at about Uc lower all around. Close No. 1 hard, cash, August and December, 82c: September, 81c: No. 1 Northern, cash and August, 78c: Septem ber. 78)c: December, 80c; No. 2 Northern, cash, 72c; No. 3, 63c: rejected, 5la Oa track No. 1 bard, 82c; No. 1 Northern, 79c. MinneaDolls Cash wheat has been in rather better demand for the higher grades at a shade better prices. Low grades con tinue dull: No. 1 Northern closed at 78c , Car receipts here were 312 cars and 63 in Dulutli. Closing August, 75c: September, 75c: December, 77Jc On track No. 1 hard, 80c: No. 1 Northern, 78Kc; No. 2 Northern, 70 075c; old September, 76c. Prorla Corn steady; No. 3. 45c: No. 4. 12c. Oats steadv: No. 2 white, S3333ic: No. 3 white, 3233c. Rye quiet; No. 2 nominal. Whisky firm; wines, $1 15; spirits, $1 17. Re ceipts Corn, 5,000 bushels; oats, 27,000 bush els; rye and barley, none. Shipments Corn, 1,000 bushels: oats, 26,000 bushels; rye, 1,000 bushels; barley, none. . Buffalo Wheat No. 1 hard. 91c; No. 1 Northern, 85S5c: No. 2 red, 82Q8JC. No. 2 corn, none here. ReceiDts Wheat, 300,000 bushels: corn, 120.000 bushel. Shipments Wheat, 250,000 bushels: corn, 80,000 bushels. New Orleans Rice In fair demand: or dinary to good, 3lc. Sugar firm; cen trifugal, prime yeiiow clarified, 3J 15-16c; off do, 3a3 13-16c; seconds, 23 9-itic. Mo lasses, nomiiu'l. Wool. New Tork, Aug. 5. Wool fair demand and firm: domestic fleece, 2535c: pulled, 2032c; Texas, 1521c Philadelphia, Aug. 5. Wool Arm; demand fair for most grades. Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia XX and above, 28630c; X. 26:8c; medium, C334c: coarse, 3233c; New York, Michigan, Indiana and Western fine or X and XX. 2526c; medi um, 32"3c; coarse. 3233c; fine washed delaine X and XX, 2S3.sc: medium washed combing and delaine 3436c; coarse dn do do, 33034c; Canada washei combing, 3234c: tub washed, choice, 36J8c; .fair, S533c; coarse, 333ic: medium unwashed combing and delaine, 2527Kc: coarse dodo do, 21 26c; Montana, lb22c; Territorial, 1321c SPORTS a feature of THE DISPATCH every Sandar. Department especially for amateurs. Must Answer for Assault. Jacob Vossan was committed to jail by Alderman Kerr in detault of $1,000 charged with aggravated assault and battery on Lawrence Grubb. It is alleged that during a quarrel on last "Wednesday Vassan grasped a bar of iron and dealt Grubb a terrific blow on the head, seriously injuring him, Press Club to Meet. An adjourned meeting of the Pittsburg Press Club will be held at the clubhouse, G2 Sixth avenue, at 7:30 o'clock this even ing. Notices have been sent to all the members and a large attendance is ex pected. SJl 01?5 KlJOYS Both tne method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant1 and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation, Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the moat healthy and agreeable substances, it3 many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in EOo and $1 bottles by. all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not "have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any -fine who wishes to try it, I)o not alcepfc any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANC13C0. CAL. UWSV1UE, KY. NEW YORK, ff.f. i ESTABLISHED 1867. CHOICE TIMOTHY HAT A SPEClALITr DANIEL M'CAFFREY. Hay, Grain and Commission, 238 AND 210 FIFTH AVENUE, PITTSBURG, PA Consignments or and orders for grata solicited. myl7-46-p 11KOKEBS FINANCIAL. ESTABLISHED 18SL John M. Oakley &. Co., BANKERS AND BROKERS, 15 SIXTH ST. Direct private wire to New Tork and Chi cago. MomberNew Tork, Chicago and Pitts burg Exohanges. ,....,.,. Local securities bought and sold for cash or carried on liberal margins. Investments made at our discretion and dividends paid quarterly. Interest paid on balance (since 1885). Money to loan on calL Information books on all markets mailed on application. fe7 Whitney & Stephenson. 57 Fourth Avenue P3043 '" fc 'm i"jMfii