THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH," 'WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 34, 189a GOULD AND' GRANGER Shares Lead the Lisfin Points of Strength and Activity. MISSOUEI PACIFIC AGAIN A LEADER And the Entire List of Sonthwesterns Shows Animation. A BEACTION IN THE LATE DEALINGS New York, Aug. 23. The stock market -. to-day continued the upward movement in - augurated last evening. The decision in the Texas Paci6c case was regarded as the most important railroad decision rendered for a long time and its influence upon the prices or railroad stocks was most potent in . the advances effected to-day. There were Tumors of a contest for control in 'Wabash but the entire list of Southwestern stocks were conspicuous for strength owing to the I decision and Missouri Pacific once more be came one of the leading stocks in the deal ings. The strike situation is now regarded with comparative indifference and the speedy settlement of the difficulty is looked . for. The market opened with unusual anima tion and at very irregular changes from last night's prices, but Beading was the only soft spot in the list and yielded a large fraction which, however, was arterward partially, recovered. The Gould stocks tiecame"the strong features, but tne grangers were prominent for strength and the whoje list ghat cd in the upward movement. New England, however, again showed weakness when the first spurt was over and later In . the dor the bears lound It again, driving it down over 1 per cent. The Industrials, which at first were very quiet, were brought up again bv the spurt In Chicago Gaa, but they also in the late dealings, when realiza tions were In order, yielded to pressure, and some of them were materially depressed. The market all gave way toward the close and though most stocks still showed frac tional gains for the day the market closed active and heavy to" weak at the conces sions. The tradintr in railroad bonds was the largest seen in many weeks. The general market displayed a firm temper, but there were no marked advances, and Texas Pa cific seconds even retired 1 per cent to 31, the whole list feeling the late weakness in the share market. The cloo was rather heavy, in sympathy with stocks, but with out pronounced tone. Government bonds were dull and steady. Close of the list: U. S. 4s re lis.MrMotnal Union O....110 V. S. 4s coup 113V N. J. C. Int Cert. ..111(4 U. S.4jret" lo Pacific 6sot '95' 1U7 Northern Fac. lsts..l6 Northw'n Consols. ..133 No'hw'n Deben.5s'.108 SLL.Jt l.M.Gen.Jst. 85 M.L.AS P.en-M.-lfti LouU'na stamped 4s 92)4 Tenn. new set 6s 100 Tenn. now set 5s 100)4 Tenn. new set 3s 77 Canada So. 2ds VBX St. Paul Consols 128 St. P.. C. A P. lts..H8 T. P. L. G. Tr. Kcts. 83 T. P. H. G. Tr. Rets. 31! Union Psc. lets'... .106,S Cen. Pacific uts-....ltti Den. A It. G. lsts..!!? Den. A R. G. 43 S3 Erie Ms IMH M-. K. A T. Gen. 6. SO I west snore irou R.&G.W 79V 21., K.4T. Gen. 5s, S1' -Bid. tAsked. Mining shares closed as follows: Cliolor Crown Point Cod. Cai. andVa. Dead wood. 40,Ophlr 45 Plymouth. .... MO .... 25 90 143 ..... 80 ..... 4) ..... eo ::::S .... 3J0 300, Sierra Nevada.. . 2151 Standard .... Gould A Curry . 60 .. .140 . 100 Union Con Yellow Jacket.. Iron silver "in jifraf lira IfaleVt Norcross Homestake , Mexican , North Start Ontario , 6o0, ulcksllrer pfd. ,..3900Bulwer ... tAsked. The total sales of stock to-day were 353,172 shares. Including Atchison, 5.1,200; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 4,800; Louisville and Nashville. 4,300; Missouri Pacific, 26,200; North Ameilcan, 3,600; Northern Pacific preferred, 3,500: New England, 16,900; West ern Union, 2,000: Beading, 56,200: St. Paul, 17.200; Texas Pacific, 6,300; Union Pacific, 8,200. Watson & Gibson to Oakley A Co.: "If Europe will turn in to buy, and If our home public catob the bull fever, we will have a market here that will snrorise the oldest in habitants. Then we shall no doubt find It difficult to restrain ourselves from turning too soon over to the bear side. Prices will pass values and leave them far behind, and those who early in therace think that prices and values should keep close together will lose money fighting the advance. It looks to us as if, barring a catastrophe, we were going to nave a very considerable rise. This looks like extravagant language, but it Is our opinion. If we are wrong then we are wrong. Up to date there is no mad rush to buy stocks, and to predict it is to 'dip Into the future.' That, however, Is where all the money is to be made, not in the past. 'The most bullish item or news to-day was the fall in the rate or sterling exchange, which has been inclined to weakness for several days without being quotablylower." The following table shows the prices of active stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, cor rected dallv for The Pittsburg Dispatch by Whitney A Stephexkox. oldest Pittsburg mem bers of New York Stock Exchange, 57 Fourth avenue: Clos- Close Open High Low lng. Aug, lag. est. est. bid 22. Am. Cotton Oil 47Js 47k 46S 46 47 Am. Cotton Oil pfd. S3 S3 8S 82 82 Am. Sugar R. Co... 114 1I4K 112 1133. 113 Am. Sugar R.Co.pfd 108. 107 105 106 105V Atch.. Top. A i. F.. 39X 40H 33 S9X 39 Canadian Pacific.... 85 88 Canada southern.... 59 59 S9k 59 59 OntralofN". Jersey 135X 135 135 135 1351f Central Pacific 29 29 Chesapeake Jt Ohio. 24 24 24 24 24 C AC). 1st prd 63 63 CtO. 2d prd 43 43 Chicago Gas Trust.. 82 83 82 82 82 C B. & Q..ex-dlT.. 102 103 101 101 103 C..M1I. iSL Paul... 82 83 82 82 .... C.M11. A St. P. pfd. 128 127 126 126 . C. Itock I. P S2 83 81 81 8:j C.,St.P..M. & O 83 52 62 53 C.SU P.M. AO. prd 121 121 120 120 C. A Northwestern.. 117 117 117 117 117 C, C, Ctl 6S 66X 66 66 66 C. C. C. 41. pfd 98 98 Col. Coal 4 Iron 34 36 34 35 33 Col. A Hocking Val. 34 34 34 34 34s Del.. Lack. A West. 158 158 157 157 158 Del. A Hudson 138 139M 13S!t 138 23S Den. A Rio Grande 16 16 D. iR'oG.. prd.. 49 49 48 43 43 DIs. A Cattle F. Tr.. 48 49 48 49 43 Illinois Central 99 99 Lake Erie A West... 24 24 ,24 24k 24 L.E.W., pfd 75 75 75 75 75 Laic Shore A M. S.. 135 13i 135 134 134 Lonlsrllle Jt Nash... 70 70. 69 69 70 Michigan Central.... 109 107 Missouri Pacific 61 62 61 61 61 National Cord. Co.. 129 129 129 129 129 Nat,CordageOo..pra 121 122 121 121 121 National Lead Co ... 46 46 45 45 40 Nat. Lead Co.. prd.. J9 99 93 98 New York Central.. 112 US 112 112 112 N. Y., C. A St. L 17 17 N.Y,C.4St.L,lstpfVl 72 72 N.Y.C.St.L.2d prd 35 . .. . Y. L. E. W.... 23 28 27 27 28 N.Y..L.E4 W..pfd 66 66 65 65 65 N. Y. JtN. E 33 33 31 31 33 N. Y.. O. W 19 19 19 19 19 Norfolk A Western 11 II Norfolk A W.. prd... 43 43 43 43 43 North American Co. 14 14 14 14 13 Northern Pacific.... 21 21 20 20 20 Northern Pac pfd.. 66 57 86 6 68 Ohio Mississippi 21 .... Oregon Imp'ement. 23 24 Pacific Mall 33 33 33 33 33 Peo.. Dec. A Evans. 18 18 18 IS 18 P..C.,C.&St.L., pfd 63 62 Pullman Palace Car. 197 197 196 198 196 Richmond A W.P.T. 8 8 8 8 8 St.PaulADuluth t 41 40 bt. 1 4 Duluth prd 103 103 St. P..MIn. 4 Man.. 1I 115 115 115 115 Texas Pacific 11 11 11 11 io Union PaclDc 39 39 39 39, 39 Wabash H 10 "Wabash prd IS 26 25 26 25 "Western Union 99 99 99 99 99 Wheeling 4 L. E.... 27 27 27 27 27 Wheeling 4 L.E. pfd 69 69 69 68 68 Baltimore 40hlo.... 97 97. 97 97, 97 ADVANCES ESTABLISHED In Wheat, Corn and Provisions Despite a Lack of Bull News. Chicago, Aug.23. While nearly everything opened lower ou the Board of Trade to-day and there was an absence of much that was bullish In the way of news, the feeling soon turned strong and there was a general ad vance along the whole line. In wheat early everything In the way of news favored lower prices. Cables were lower and very dull, the receipts were unexpectedly large, not only here, but at all other points, and the statistical information was anything but bullish. The amount on ocean passage in creased 612,000 bushels, the English vislDle Increased 1.300,000 bushels and the stock of wheat and flour in the United Kingdom was reported at 54,568.000 busbela against 31,248, 000 bushels a year ago.- The aggregate re ceipts at Chlcaga, St. Louis and Toledo were 1,141,000 bushels against 744,000 bush els for the same day last year, and all information tended to con firm previous reports of a heavy win ter wheat crop. These bear factors did start the market a trifle lower, but there was very little for sale. Even the uncertainty In the railroad sttnation at Buffalo did not deter buyers, and heavy purchasing orders were received from New York and St. Louis.- Then came reports or damage to the crop in the Northwest, and corn and oats made a good advance, with which wheat quickly sympa thized, and there was a steady improvement of 5ic, but It was not all hold, as the advance caused free selling and the market could not take the offerings without showing some decline. The general summing up was that wheat was strong chiefly because of the strength In corn and oat. September opened Yta lower, at ?5o, and declined to 75JPc In a very short time, then grew strong, and, with comparatively insignificant reaotlons, ad vanced to 76Va Realizing on the advance near the end caused a reaction, and the market closed steady at 76c. Corn opened at some decline from yester day, but soon began to display much strength and gradually advanced nearly lc, though all the gain was not held to the close. News from the field was rather con flicting, some dispatohes reporting generous rains in the corn belt, but others said the ruins had been local and not sufficient to do much good. Then somebody discovered an incipient cold wave away up in the Cana dian Northwest and visions of frosted corn were conjured up. Schwartz-Dupee had a telearam'from Springfield, 111., faying that the best fields around there would not pro duce 60 por cent of last year and there were few encouraging advices from anywhere. Oats opened Vc lower, advanced Je,;re acted Kc nnd closed without change com pared with yesterday's last figures. Ilog products were all more aotive and higher. The easier feeling in hogs and the early weakness in grains caused September pork to open 5c lower at 110 93, but there after the market advanced with minor re actions to $11 10 and the close was tcady at til 80. an advance for the day of 89c Lard Is 17cup nnd ribs 12c Lake freights were steady on the basis of 2c for corn to Buffalo. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour dull and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat, 76 76Uc; No. 3 spring wheat, 6568e: No. 2 red, 7676Mc No. 2 corn. 52c No. 2 oats. 34 31Jic; No. 2 white, 35c; No. 3 white, 32K S5c. No. 2 rye. 62Kc No. 2 barley, 68o; No. 3 f. o. b., 4J60c: No. 4 f. a b., S845a No. 1 flaxseed, $1 OL Prime timo thy seed, $1 53. Mess pork, per barrel, $ U 30 11 85. Lard, per 100 pounds. $7 707 75. bhort ribs sides (loose), $7 908 00; dry salted shoulders (boxed), $6 907 00- short clear sides, (boxed), $8 203 25. Whisk v, distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 15. Sugars Cutloaf unchanged; granulated unchanged; standard A unchanged. Keceipts Flour. 25,000 barrels: wheat, 424, 000 bushels; corn. 345,000 bushels: oats, 483,000 bushels; rye, 17,000 bushels; barley, 15,000 bushels. Shipments Flour, 8,000 barrels; wheat, 174 000 bushels: corn, 30,000 bushels; oats, 132,000 bushels; lye, 4,000 bushels; barley, 5,000 bushels. On the Produce Exchange to-day the but ter market was higher; creameries, 1725c; dairies, 1522c. Eggs, 1717Kc Range of the leading futures, furnished bv John M. Oakley A Co., bankers and brokers, No. 45 Sixth street: Open- High- Low. Clos- Close Articles. lng. est. est. lng. An. 22 Wheat. Ausrust t 75 f 75)4 $ 75 $ 75)4 $ 75)j J-eptember. IbH 76)4 75H 76 73V October. 76 77 76,i 76 76H December. 78H 79 78"4 78 78S May 63)4 84H Wi 84), S3 COBN. August 52?S iVi 52'4 52)4 SKi September. 52X M'j SOi 62)4 KIK October S2H " &1H 32" 52H S2K December. 81H MM MX 61H MX May &3,H 54 S3X 53M 63X Oats August six 84 September. 34 SS 34k 3m Z4X October. 83H 33 S5.H MH 84X December. 35 S May. 37.S 38 37.X S7H 3734 Pork. September. 10 85 1140 10 95 1130 10 97 October 1105 1147 11 U5 1137 1105 January. 12 35 12.85 12 35 13 75 12 40 LARD. September. 7 60 7 75 7 60 7 70 7 SO October 7 52 7 77 7 52 7 72 7 72 January 707 7 17 705 7 12 700 Snor.T Ribs. September 7 60 7 87 7 60 7 87 7 62 October 7 47 7 75 747 772 747 January. 650 6 70 653 665 6 47 Car receipts for to-day Wheat. 903: corn, B2S; oats, 349. Estimates for to-morrow Wheat, 680; corn, 370; oats, 300. GENERAL MARKETS. New Tork Flour Receipts, 33,000 pack ages; exports, 3.400 barrels, 3,500 sacks; dull, with buyers and sellers about 10c apart. Sales, 8,700 barrels. Cokn heal dull and steady. Wheat Receipts, 241,000 bushels; exports, 179,000 bushels. Sales 1,453,000 bushels fu tures, 137,000 bushels spot. Spot, steadier and dull. No. 2 red, Sljic store and elevator, 81KS2Jc afloat; 82K83Wc C o. b.: No. 3 red, 7Sic: ungraded red. 7682&Tc; No. 1 Northern, 86Vc: No. 1 hard, 91?c; No. No. 2 Northern, 808OJc; No. a Chicago, 81c: No. S Milwaukee, 81Uc. Options were moderatelv active, opening weak "and de clIningK6c on increased receipts West, foreign sellinir, increase In the amount on passage and In the English visible, advanced JaC on reports of cold weather In the Nortnweit, Wall street buying and local covering, declined Ko on realizing, and closed steady at c. over yesterdav. No. 2 red August, SQJ4&8lo, closing 81Jic: Sep tember. 81VS1 ll6c, olosine 8150; October S2 7-1683Hc, cloelng 83c; Decfinber, 8H4 86 1-160, closing 85c; May, 90491Jic, cloa lui 90Jo. Rye easier and dull; Western, 6467c Barley Malt quiet. Coex Receipts 47.000 bushels: exports 51.000 bushels: sales 385,000 bushels futures, 42,000 bushels spot: spot quiet and strong; No. 2, 64K66c elevator. 67o nominal, afloat; ungraded mixed, 5967c: options were dull,, opening Jc down, advanced Ko on rains In the southwest and firmer cable, declined ii&ic, and closed steadv at JffiKc over vesterday; August, 6565c, closing at 65c; September, fi9J60c, dosing at 60c; October, 68B5SJ&c. closing at 63o; Decem ber, S7t5aSic, closing at 67c; May, 59J S9Kc, cio-dnj at I9c. Oats Receipts 103,400 bushels; exports, 437 bushels; sales 205,000 bushels futures, 80,000 bushels snot; spot moderately active, firmer on white: options firmer and quiet; 400) iq wniLBuo,wuwc; aqii irUicago, sic Hat steiruy and quiet. Hops dull and steady. Groceries Coffee Options opened firm: unchanged to 10 points down; sales, 10,000 bags. Including August, 13.55c; September, 13 4513 55c; October, 13.30l3.35t; December, 13 2513 30c; March, 13.1013.15ft Mav, 13.05; spot Rio firm and quiet; No. 7, 14c Sugar, raw firm and in fair demand: sales, 6. 300 bags centrifugals, OS degrees test, at 3$gC: 500 bags molasses sugar, 89 degrees test, at zc; reunpa :ainy active and firm. Molasses, foreign nominal: New Orleans steady and quiet. Rice steady and quiet. Cottonseed Oil quiet and firm. Tallow dull and easy: city ($2 for pack, ages). 4Vi4 6-16C Rosis quiet and easy. TURrErriKE dull nnd steadv. Egos quiet and steady; receipts, 8,201 pack ages. Hides steady and dull. Hoo Products Pork quiet and firmer: old mess, $12 0012 50: new mess. $12 7513 25-, extra prime, $12 7513 25. Cut meats quiet nnd easier; sales, 15,000 pounds bellies at 8c; middles qnlet and firmer: short clear, $8 22. Lard moderatelv aotive and likrher; Western steam closed at $8 15; snles, 850 tierces at $8 008 15: option sales. 750 tierces: Septem ber at $6 03, closing at $8 05 hid; 1.500 tierces, October at $7 928 00, closing at $8 02 bid. Butter in light demand and steady. Cheese dull and steady. Ft. Louis Flour unchanged. Wheat opened easy, but soon advanced, and although un settled, was active and closed ii above yesterday: cash, 70J71c: September closed at 71Jic; October, 72c; December, 7575Jo. 1 Corn advanced Jc and was firm until just ueiore tut- ciu&e wiien prices Droke, ana closed ic below yesterday; cash. 48V 4Sc; September and October, 48c; Decem ber and year, 46Kc; May, 49Jc Oats, cash higher at 353oic: options firm, August, S5Vc; Septemner, S3c; May, S65c Rve quiet; new sold at 65c. Bran easy at 6465o on track. Hav weak; prairie, $7 O09 SO; tim othy, $10 5015 60. Flaxseed hlgnerat 96c Bagglnz quiet at 6i7Kc Minneapolis There was about the usunl activity In the cash wheat market and some new wheat was offered. The range on No. S Northern to-day was tully 10c There was a good deal of low grade wheat offeredatrery low prices. Sales wei-e not much above B5o and from that downward. Old No. 1 North ern sold at 7778c Coarse grades were steady. Receipts of wheat here were 159 cars and at Duluth and Superior 88 cars. Close: Ausnst, 72c; September, 72o; De cember, 75Jc On track: No. 1 hard. 79VC; No. 1 Northern, 7Sc; No.2 Northern, 6770c; old August, 73jc; old September, llc. Baltimore Wheat dull; snot, 77c; the month, 77c:. September, T!c; October, 79Jc; December, 83Kc; steamer No. 2 red, 71c Corn dull; spot, 68Vc: month, 58Uo hid; September, 67o bid; October, 56fo( year. Mo asked; steamer mixed, 53Vc Oats steady; No. 2 white Western, 43c; No. 3 mixed Western, 39c. Bye dull: No. i, 7Sc Provisions steady; mess pork, $14 50. Lard, refined, $9 25. Butter very firm; creamery, 2425o. Eggs active at 1820c Coffee steady; Bio fair, 17017KC: No. 7, HXUc Toledo Wheat Rteady; No. 2 cash 77Jic; Aneustand September, 78c; December, 81c Corn dull, No. 2 cash, 62c. Oats quiet; cash. 33c Bye dull; cash, 64,c Cloverseod dull and steady; prime cash and October, $5 65. Receipts Flour, 323 barrels; wheat, 508,519 bushels; corn, 6,651 bushels; oats, 2,158 bush els: rye, 9,024 bushels. Shipments Flour, 6,354 barrels; wheat. 209,246 bushels; oats, 400 bushels; rye, 1,423 bushels, ACTIVE. AND HIGHER. Local Stocks Continue to Advance Under a General Demand. THE LEADERS SCORE FRESH GAINS And a Kamler of Shares Join in the Up ward Movement. GABSERS ' AND INDUSTRIALS LEAD TUESDAT, Aug. 23. The strength that was the" big feature of the local stock market yesterday was more pronounced to-day. The market was also broader and more active, some of the street railways that have been neglected for some time coming to the front, and the tendency of everything was decidedly upward, "even poor old Luster," as one of the brokers re marked, showing a disposition to advance. The demand was not confined to two or three sources, either, being scattered around pretty evenly. Nearly everyone had orders to execute, and they were mainly on the buying side, the selling being almost entirely in the way of realizing profits lor the account of those who purchased at considerably lower prices some time ago. Thus, the chief selling of Philadelphia Company was by a firm of brokers who were the principal buyets around IS to 19. There was not a weak point In the list and many of the leaders closed on big gains. The sentiment at the close was bullish as a rule, but conservative expres sions were not lacking. "I have received letters to-day from a number of people." said Mr. Brown, of Morris A Brown, "asking ns to write fully about the Westlngbonse stocks, and the marked peculiarity of all of them is that tuey are irorn people i. Know never pac a dollar Into any of the' Westlnghouse shares. I think I will write a little conservatively, for while the market looks like going higher, everything has had a good advance and we should have something In the nature of a re action. We have traded a good deal in Phil adelphia Company on the upturn and our operations have invariably been attributed to Boston account. We have done some thing for Boston, but the bulk of our bus iness has been forpeople in an entirely dif ferent direction." There may be a reactlon,as Intimated, bnt It really does not seem to be near at hand. The buving has grown stead ily better or late until It appears to have reached suoh proportions as insure a much further advance. The shares traded In on 'Change to-day were Philadelphia Company, P. A B. Trac tion, Union Switch and Signal, Underground Cable, People's Pipeage, Westinghouse Electric and Central Traction. Philadel phia Company continued Its advance.selling up to 23. and closing at t23V P. & B. Traction wnB moderatelv active and stronger, selling at 2826 and closing at 26K bid: Switch ana Signal re covered to ISVi sales and bid; People's Pipeage moved up to 16 sales, and Central sold at 29, closing ft 2930. Westing house Electric second preferred sold np to 84 with the same price bid for more, the Boston close being 84 sales. The sharpest advance of the day, perhaps, was-registered by Standard Underground Cable, .which sold np to 76, advanced to 76 bid on call nnd closed after call at 77 bid. The course of the stock bore out the statement made in this column that something was up and the semi official figures regarding the com pany's earnings, also siven In this column, doubtless brought the de mand out from under cover. The company's earnings this year are at the rate of 10 per cent," said a gentleman who ought to know, "and I would not be sur prised if the stock reached the highest point this year ever touched." To do that It will have to pass 9L Thete was a little Inquiry for Pittsburg Traction that pnt It up to 58 bid, and Duquesne Traction was somewhat stronger at 29 bid. Airbrake lost a fraotlon without showing weakness. Luster was a little firmer, Pleasant Valley and Citizens' Trac tion were steady and others were feature less. After the close 77 wus bid for Underground Cable. Philadelphia Company was ofiered at 23 and Wheeling Gas was quoted at 19K oral ana IS3 was uia ior union owitcn ana SignaL More Gossip on Xleetzic 'The Boston papers are evidently trying to see which can say the best things about Westinghouse electric The latest, which follows, is from the Boston Gazette: "The local market has taken no Initiative of late except on Westinghouse. Brokers and traders cannot afford to pass by V est inghouse any longer. It Is easy to Investi gate the finances of this company. Boston has one active director, Mr. N. W. Bum stead. The remarkable success of Mr. West inghouse in surviving amid all the wreck age and disaster of the past two years Is a good guarantee that under more favorable circumstances he will please well those people who stand bv him with their money. The rise in Westinghouse Elec tric stocks is fully justified by the facts of the company's business. The rise will continue. These stocks are cheap. They are good purchases at current prices, or at any prices which will be attained for some time yet. The'preferred is already paying 7 per cent, and will net about 6 per cent at $60 a share. But that is not alL Be side being a cumulative preference stock. It is entitled to share equally with the com mon stock in any dividends above 7 per cent on the common. And as for the common, there Is no use in saying now that a dividend will be declared at such or such a time. It Is sufficient that the company Is earning a very lame dividend on the common; and by "large" is meant not 7 per cent, but a great deal more. And the electric business is now quite as promising as ever; Indeed, more so. Moreover, people who view the eleotrio business in its mechanical and commercial aspects, believe that it Is just as stable and permanent as the manufacture of steam en gines or locomotives. Pittsburg 1b feeling very bullish on Westinghouse, and will fol low any bullish lead of Boston." National Lead. President W. P. Thompson is quoted as follows: "I do not know of any extraordi nary reason for the strength of Our stocks in the market berond the fact that perbaps in vestors have been investigating the merits of the securities. I consider lead preferred as safe and profitable as any per cent security going. The earnings of the com pany are steadily Increasing and our output this year will apparently be the largest of any vear since we have been in business. We have $1,021,000 in one "bank alone in this city. The National Lead Company handles one-eighth of the linseed oil busi ness, about one-quarter of the castor oil bus iness, about one-eighth of the refining and parting of silver and about one-eighth of the smelting. We have besides Immense inter ests in all or the different forms of lead for. paints, glass workers, wire cloth manufac turers, etc As to the taking up of other enterprises or interests, I may say that we arc pretty well rounded up. The right to use the bonds which was put In onr charter merely as a precautionary measnre, has been found to be unnecessary and has been withdrawn, so that there is not now and is not likely to be, a single bond upon the property." - Alleghany Vallry. The net earnings of the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company in June aro given at $87. 492. This is equivalent to an Increase of more than $29,000 over the corresponding month of last year. The improvement in this road Is gratifying to the shareholders of the Philadelphia and Erie Company, which throuzh the cutting down of the charges of the'Allcgheny Valley by reorganization and increased earnings isrelleved of the liability of the agreement by whloh the Philadelphia and Erie, thj -Northern Central, and the Pennsylvania are Jointly held for $100,000 an nual guarantee. As a holder of the Alle gheny Valley securities the Philadelphia and Erie Is also benefited. Philadelphia block holder. Financial Notes. Unlisted street railway stocks closed as follows: Pittsburg and Birmingham Trac tion, 26X2&X; Duquesne Traction, 230; Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester Trac tion, 444J44X- Andrew Caster sold 60 shares Union Stor age at 60, and 10 shares Westinghouse Air brake at 132W. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Indiana Oil Company will be held the first Monday In September, at 2 P. x. Henry Sproul is back from Narragansett Pier, and S. S. Pinkerton will arrive home from Marblehead Neck to-morrow (Wednes day) morning. George B. Hill & Co. sold 50 shares Pitts burg and Birmingham Traction at 26f. The interest upon the scrip or the West lngbonse Electric and Manntacturing Com pany to September 1 will be paid on that date at the New York office of the company, 120 Broadway. Transfer books will olose August 27 and reopen September 2. The First National Bank of Chanters is evidently filling a long-felt want. Cashier Herbert Johns tells The Disfatch that bank's deposits amounted to $75,000 last Sat urday evening and Its discounts, to $83,000. The condition of the bank as found by the Bank Examiner August fl shows that Us re sources and liabilities balanced at $S9,626 33 and that It had $1,088 undivided profits. Rates of interest at the banks are no higher, and baukors are somewhat disap pointed, as they bad hopeV to seea small advanoe before this time. Large as Is the demand, the supply of money is even larger, and loans continue to be made at 4 percent on call and at B per cent on time. The mer chantile demand Is fairly good, bnt packers and grain carriers are still the principal bor rowers, and considerable currancy is being shipped to she grain sections, to be used for marketing the crops. The supply of com mercial paper is fair, but it is not large enough to meet the demand Chicago Times. A J. Lawrence k Co., H. Sproul A Co. and J Ramsey were the sollei a of Philadelphia Company, and Messrs. Campbell, Knbn, Morris & Brown, Watt and Patterson were the buyers. Rlnehart sold Electrio second preferred to Morris & Brown, and rRamsey sold Central traction to Rlnehart. John D. Bailey sold Pipeage to Sproul & Co. Sproul & Co., Lawrence & Co., Morris & Brown, Long and Hill & Co. sold P.tE trac tion, and'Kuhn Bros, and Fink were.bnyers. Hill A Co. and B. F.'Arensberg sold Switch and Signal and Messrs. Shaw and Caster bought. Caster sold Underground Cable at 76 to Lawrence A Co. The annual meeting of the Westinghouse Airbrake Company will be held September 6. Transfer books will close September 1 and reopen September 7. One shaie Natatorlum stock was offered on 'Change at par. dividend on. Westinghouse Electric scrip was quqfed at 100 asked. Officers or the National Cordage are quoted as saying that the cost of manufacturing a pound of rope Is only a little more than half what It was before the Cordage combination was formed. Tbeborouah of Phcenixville, Pn., asks pro posals for $185,000 4 per cent 6 20-year reg istered counon water bonds. The movement of currency to the West from the Sub Treasury Inst week amounted to $2,105,000. Chicago received $600,000: Cin cinnati, $820,000; St. Louis, $390 000; Indian apolis. $5,000; Kansas City, $125,000; Toledo, $150,000; Pittsburg, $200,000, and Louisville, $20,000. Fifty thous md dollars more went to other Western points. . The American Bankers' Association will hold its annual convention In San Fran cisco on September 7 and 8. Sales and Closing Tricos. Transactions on 'Change were as follows: FIRST CALL. 100 shares Philadelphia Company., 22S 3JK luu snares i . & u. iTaciion., 17U snares v. s. it. iraction zhm 42 shares P. A B. Traction M)J SiharesP. &B. Traction 265 AFTER CALL. 15 shares Union Switch and Signal 17 10J shares Philadelphia Company 23M 10 shares Philadelphia Company 3i , SECOND CALL. 100 shares Standard Underground Cable 76 0 shares Philadelphia Company 23' 20 shares People's Pigeage 16 BETWEEN CALL6. 100 shares Philadelphia Company 23"i THIRD CALL. 50 shares Westlnghonse Electric 2d pfa.. 45 shares Central Traction 6 shares P. A B. Traction SO shares Union Switch and Signal 39 shares Union Switch and Signal 16 shares Philadelphia Company 25 shares PeoDle's ripeage ATTEIt CALL. 15 shares Philadelphia Company. . 34V , SH . 2634 , 16U . 18(4 23)4 . 1U an Total sales, 1,057 shares. Closing bids and offers: Itt call, td call. 3d call. stocks. - . . . . . Bid Ask Bid Ask Bid Ask Iron City Nat. Bk 08 .... 82 Armenia Insurance 75 Humbuldt 63 .... 53 Teutonla Insurance 62 Western Insurance 40 .... 40 ."... 40 ChartlersV. GasCo 8 12!4 People's N. Q. Co.. 27 f.li.G.AP.Co... H7i 16 15W 16 15& 16 Philadelphia Co.... a mi a4 23 23W 23 Central Traction... 294 29 29Js -J3h 3a 30 Cltliens' Traction.. 614 63 6IH .... 6I?4 62k Pittsburg Traction. 53 69 58H 59 M'-i 59 Pleasant Vahev ... 25 .... 2554 23, 25?i 2S Pitts.. Y. AA.tt.R. 44 .... 44 Pltu.A Cas. Shan.. 6 .... 6 Pitts. June. R.R.Co ai .... P.McK.&T.R.R.ro 69J4 59 .... P..P..C.ASt.L.pfd 62J4 .... P. V.tC. R.R. Co 45 .... Pitts.. W. A Ky 51)4 .... 51) .... 51K N. Y. A C. G. C. Co 60 .... 51 .... 51 .... Luster Mining Co .... Union Storage Co 59 .... U.S. AS. Co 17 18 18 18M 18X 1SK West. A. Brake Co. 133 135 183 .... ZL .... West. Brake Co., It. 92 Standard U. C. Co.. 764 78 76 77 76JS .... U. S. O. Co., com 71 U. B. G. Co.. pfd 125 MONETARY. Discount rates remain unchanged at 56 per cent, with the demand moderate, though gradually Improving. Eastern exchange and currency are trading even. New York, Aug. 23. Money on call easy at 1K- Per cent;, last Joan, 2; closed offered at 2. Prime mercantile paper, 45. Sterling exchange quiet bnt steady at $1 86J lor 60 day bills and $4 88 for demand. Clearing House Figures. Pittsburg Exchanges to-day $2,297,960 00 Balances to-day 437,905 13 Same day last week: Exchanges 2,16.v 78 Balances 583,843 56 TTkw York, Aug. 23. Bank clearings, $106,- I 177,618; balances. $5,712,718. i Bostos, Aug. 23. Bank clearings. $14,498.- ' 652; balances, $1,843,448. Money 3 and 4 per cent. Exchange on New York 1015 cents discount. Philadelphia, Pa.. Aug. 23. Bank clear ings to-dav. $13,113,220; balances, $1,921,707. Money 23 per cent. Baltimore, Aug. 23. Bank clearings this day, $2,747,403; balances, $237,6S3. Bate 6 per cent. CnicAoo, Aug. 23. Money easv and- un changed. Dank, clearings, $16,212,609. New York exchange. 70c discount. Sterling ex change dull at $4 86Jfor 60 day bills and $468 for sight dratts. Memphis, Aug. 23. New York exchange selling at $1 50. Clearings, $241,455; balances. $76,047. St. Louis, Aug. 23. Clearings, $3 798. 146; balances, $486,112. Money quiet at 67 per cent. Exchange on New York, 75o dis count. New OBLEAK8, Aug. 23. Clearings, $1,336, 562 14. liar Sllvr. New York, Aug. 23 SpecMlA Bar silver In London i& higher at 37 15-16d per oz. New York.dealers' price for sliver a lower at 83c per oz. Closing Philadelphia Quotations. Bid. Pennsylvania 54H Reading 29 Buffalo, N. Y. A Philadelphia 8 Lehigh Valley 60 Northern 1'aclflc com... . 203S Northern Pacific pref K Asked. 64K 20 7-16 60 21S W4 Electric Stocks. Boston, Aug.23. Speciar. Tho latest elec tric stock quotations to-day were : BM. ,. 114 .. 120 .. 117 Asked. 117 'il7H 119V 35M Boston Electric LI ht Co Edison Electric 111 General Flectrtc Co , General Electric Co.. pfd Westinghouse Electric Westinghouse Electric, pfd., Ft. W. 13 T. H. Tr. (0) , T. H. Tr. (D) T. E. W. ,. 119'4 ,. 35 ''. ivi 51)4 13), Boston Stocks Closing Trices. Atch.&Topcka 39 Boston A Albany.. ..2044 Calumet & Hecla....297 Franklin 12)f jiosion x niaine.... .175 C. B. A Q 1U2 Eastern R. R. 6s.. .,122.4 FltchburgR. R KH FIlntAPereM. pfd, 76 Little Rock & Ft, S.. S3 Mass. Central 16 Blex. Cen. com 15?( N. T. AN.Eng S! Wis. Cen. pfd 49 Atlantic SH Boston A Mont 36 Eearsarac iVA Usccola Santa Fe Copper. ... Tamarack Anntston Land Co. West End 31K . 10 160 ,. 28 .. 11 .207 . 18V .. 2 Bell Telephone.. .. Lauison Store S Water Power Centennial Mining. n . 15. TBI w B. AB. Copper 9)f Foreign Financial. Pabis, Aug. 23. Three per cent rentes 100f2Ljo for the account. London. 'Aug. 23.-4 P. jr. Close: Consols, monev, 97 1:16; do account, 97 5-16; N. Y. P. A O. flrs't. 33V; Canadian Pacific, 31; Illinois Central, 101; Mexican, ordinary, 25; St, Paul, common. 85: New York Central, 115: Pennsylvania, 55: Reading, 30; Mexican Central, new founv 69J; bar silver, 3715-16; money, X per cent Rate of discount In open market for short bills, 1 per cent; for three-months' hills, 11K. The stock exchange will ho closed on Saturday to allow of its being cleaned. Drygoods. New Yobk, Aug. 23. Nothing new was dis closed in to-day's demand for drygoods. The principal feature Of new Interest was the accumulation of evidence of Increasing strength to the cotton goods market. All fabrics coming from print cloths and other gray goods of similar description are evidently going to be more and more scarce with the inevitable result of still higher prices. Agents have advanced the following: Allen's shirt plaids and prints, Jc; Allen's Turkey, 2Kc; Farmers' choice, 4-4 bleached cotton, kc; Forest. Mills 4-4 bleached cottons, sxo. . A H0MEW00D PLAN To Be Placed on the Market This Week It Is Located Near the Driving Park 'Westerners Here Borrowing Money on Far Western Bealty Reports From the Inspector and Agents. The Columbian Land and Improvement Company, which purchased the 20 acres of land adjoining the Homewood Driving Park, at Eomewood, from J. E. Glass a short time ago for $30,000, have laid the tract off into a plan of lot called the Home wood Park plan. This new plot will contain In all 275 lots, and will be on the market the latter part of this week. Mr. J. E. Glass will be the sales agent, and the lots are to be sold on the monthly pavment system. Property In this locality has taken an up ward turn In a very short while, as the sale of, this tract at $1,500 an acre shows quite an lnorease In values within the past year. The Columbian Land and Improvement Company is a new organization, having just been Incorporated and the oharter.grante.d the company last week. The officers are: President, J. W. Prescott: Secretary, J. E. Glass; Treasurer, John F. Steele. The ob ject of the corporation is to improve, buy, and sell real estate, and It is very evident that the name of this company Will become very familiar in real estatocircles in a short time. Items of Gossip. There is said to be an unusually active de mand for property along' the great boule vard that is to connect Schenley Park with Highland Parle Prices have advanced enormously. The big mortgage placed by W. A. Herron and Sons, noted In this column, was at 4 per cent net, and is about as low a rate as ever secured in this vlolnity on a mortgage. The details of a Bale of a piece of property; located near the junction of Fifth and Old avenues, will soon be ready for publication. The old buildings will be razed and a six story business and residence block ereoted in their stead. Present and prospective building was never on so largo a sralo as now. The num ber of small and medium-sized dwelling bouses will be materially increased before snow flies. A number of Western men are In the city for the purpose of negotiating loans on Western real estate. A first mortgage of $15,000 was recently placed bere on Butte City property at 8 per cent. It Is claimed that tar Western lenders demand 9 and 10 per cent. Building Permits. The following building permits were is sued yesterday: William Prlnty, a four-story brick warehouse, Fourth avenue, corner Redoubt alley. The building will front 20 feet on Fourth avenue and will be 61 feet 6 Inches in depth, and the walls are to be 22 inches thick; cost. $7,650. Dr. M. R. Hamilton, a.three-story brick office and dwelling, Ninth street, between Fusey alley and Penn ave nue; cost, $6,500. A. Churchill, a brick two story - dwelling, Kirkpatrlck street, be tween Webster and Bedfotd avenues, cost, $1,800. William Loeffler, two frame two-story dwellings, Stanton avenue, near Highland avenue; cost, $6,uoo tor Dotn. James Williams, two frame two-story dwellings, Blgelow street, near Kaercher street; cost, $1,600 lor both. C. H. McKnight's Son, a frame addi tion to second story of livery stable, 3944 Fifth avenue: cost, $1,700. N. C. Davison, a frame two-story dwelling, Craig street; cost, $3,000. Joseph Kloman, a frame two-story dwelling, rear Bidae street, above West Penn Hospital; cost. $1,600. Thomas Cuff, a frame one-story dwelling, Kirkpatrlck street, Buch's'Ulll; cost, $50. Reports From the Agencies. Peter Shields sold lot No. 3 lnthe Schenley Park Land Company's plan, 25x125, to a 20 foot alley, located on Gertrude street, for $550. Kelly A Rogers sold ten lots in William Baird's Latrobe plan of lots Nos. 225 to 234 inclusive 25x100 feet each to a 20-foot alley, for $175 each. John K. Ewing & Co. sold for A. P. Long don, of DeLand, Fla., to J. F. Cory a two story frame Qaeen Anne house containing eight rooms, nail, bath, attic and laundry, with all conveniences, with a lot 86x115, on the corner of Euclid and Taylor avenues, East Bellevue, lor $4,000 cash. . John F. Sweeny sold a house and lot on Clarissa street. Thirteenth ward, belonging to James Nesblt, being a new four-room frame, on a lot fronting 22 feet on Clarissa street and extending back a distance of 100 feet to a 20-foot alley; price of $1,850, on easy terms. C. II. Love sold three more lots in the Hunter plun at Wllklnsburg, being 73, 74 and 75: Peter Trenbusser was the purchaser; price for 73 was $350. 74, $400 and 75, $300. Jaines W. Drape A Co. sold a small house and lot on Kathertne street, Brushton, for $1,250, D. Behen A Son sold for B. B. Ivory to Robert Mendle a lot 25x146 feet, running from Stanton avenue to a 50-foot street, for $223; also, lot No. 37, in the plan adjoining the aDove for the same price, both on the easy payments plan. STAPLES GENERALLY FIRM. Grains Unfavorably Influenced by Large Be ceipts and Light Shipments Dairy Pro ducts Firmly Held An Upward Move ment In Eggs Current Crops and Trade Gossip. Tuesday, Aug. 23. The local merchandise markets were more active to-day, and so far as the staples were concerned firmness was the rule, though there was a slight tendency toward weak ness in wheat and outs owing to the rather free arrivals of new crop consignments. In groceries strength prevailed, especially in coffee and sugars. Butter was firmer in consequence of the advance in Elgin which wassexclusively noted in 'these column, and in nearly all descriptions of merchandise, excepting perishable stuff buyers bad the best of it. Wheat has been unfavorably influenced by the heavy receipts at primary markets, accumulating stocks and heaviness in for eign markets, bays a Western paper. The new crop or winter wheat Is being marketed with much more freedom than was the case a year ago. Wheat is now so unusually cheap, however, that it would seem as if a leactlon must occur, but the tendency in still downward on both sides of the Atlan tic. Foreign countries are going to have good crops of wheat and rye, and Enropo Is not likely to take our breadstufls unless prices are low. The undertone Is stronger for corn than for wheat, and there are quite a number of enthusiastlo bulls who are con fident that prices aio going much higher. The receipts are not unduly large, and the crop is by no means assured. If the corn matures albright, the country will have a fine, large crop.bnt it will at best (all greatly short of the exceptionally big crop of last year. It was planted from two to three weeks late, and early frosts in the corn belt would create a scare that would put prices up sharply. Oats are strong on the light crop reports nnd aro likely to go higher. Pro visions have been raided by speculators sev eral times and they have been helDed in their operations by checked Eastern ship ments and lower prices for hogs. The Louisiana crops are commented upon as follows by the Sugar Bowl: "Altera par tial cessation of rains, the flood gates of heaven reopened during the past week and the earth was again soaked with water. It beat down the soil about the newly plowed stubbles, but did no barm to plant cane. Rice planters, however, have been greatly annoyed by rain, and, In some cases the cnt grain suffered. Tho bulk of that cut, how ever, was fortunately shocked or stacked. As only a small percentage of the rice crop is yec ripe me rains nave uouo uo great damage, but should they continue a week, longer it will become a serlou matter." The packing ot peaches in Baltimore has been very light thus far this season, and re ceipts seem to grow less every day Instead of increasing. Not more than two or three houses in Baltimore are working, and they are compelled to use a dozen or more arti cles to make np a day's work. Grain, Flour and Feed. Sales on call at. the Grain and Flour Ex change to-day:. One car high mixed shelled corn, spot, 55c; one car extra Na 3 white oats, free In elevator, 37c; one car sample oat, spot, 24Xc; ono car sample flour, spot. $3.47: one car high mixed shelled corn, spot, 55c: one car No. 2 mixed shelled corn, spot, 55c. Bids and offers: SPOT. Bid. ' 65 S7H 41 Asked 65M 40 43 60 42 $2100 High mlxcU shelled corn Extra No. 3 wmte oats f. 1. c... No; 1 white oats No. 2 Yellow ear corn No. 2 white oats Fancy white middlings, sacked, JIVE PATS. New No, 2 red wheat No. 2 vellow shelled corn l... 41X 77 79 57 63J4 55 M 42 !i 30 va $16 00 18 50 14 00 12 00 8 7S 55 ttign mixea sueuea corn do Mixed shelled corn ' HH No. 2ellowear corn New No. 2 white oats us Old No. 2 white oats 41 New extra No. i white oats. ... 17)4 No. 3 white oats 35 Winter wheat bran $15 00 No. 2 white middlings New Nq. I timothy hay No. 2 tlSrolhy hay 11 SO Packlnghay ,. TEX DATS. Old Wo. 2 red wheat , $4) No. 2. yellow shelled corn 6ft SIX No. 2yellowshellsd corn 61 62 Old No. 2 white oats ( 42 New No. 2 white oats .... 40 New No. 1 timothy hay .... 14 00 Feeding prairie hay 7 60 8 50 After call one car No. 2 white middlings, spot, sold at $17 60. Beceipts bulletined: Via the P. & W. 1 car wheat; via the B. A O. 1 car oats; via the P., C. C A St. L. 7 cars hay, 1 car rve, 3 cars wheat, 2 cars oats: via tho P., Ft. W. A C 3 cars oats, 3 cars corn, 3 cars hay, 1 car mid dlings, 1 car feed, 5 can. flour. Total, 31 cars. BAKOE Or THE MARKET. The following quotations for grain, feed, hay and straw are for carlou on track. Dealers charge a small adTance from store. WHEAT Mo. 2.red 84 85 No, 8 red 79 80 Corn No. 2 yellow ear. 59Ha? 60 High-mixed ear Mh& 69 Mixed ear 87 (5 58 No. 2 yellow shelled S6)j 57 High-mixed shelled 55 MX Mtxed shelled S3 -M OATS-No7l white. 41)4 42 No. 2 white.. 40Ha 41 Extra No. 3 white 39) 40 Mixed : 18 S 39 BTE No. 1 Western 71 & 72 No. 2 Western. 69 p 7o FLOUB (Jobbers prices) Fancy brands' $5 00 5 25; standard winter patents. $4 855 00:vsprlng patents. 14 8505 00: straight winter. $4 .Va4 7o: clear winter. H 254 60; XXX bakers. $4 C05W 25: rye. $4 004 a. HILLFEED-No. 1 white middlings. $19 0020 00: No. 2 white middlings. $17 00(318 00: winter wheat bran, $14 50314 75; brown mfddllnrs. $17 00(919 00; chop. $19 0023 09. HAT No. 1 timothy, $13 75314 00: No. 2timothT. $12 0C12 50; mixed clover and timothy. $12 503 13 CO: packing. $8 509 00: No. 1 prairie, j 50 9 00: wagon hay, $15 03317 00. STSAW-Wheat, $6 006 50; oat, $7 607 75, Orooorles. i SUGARS Patent ent-loar. 6)ic: cubes. 5Jc: pow dered. 5Hc: granulated (standard), 4Kc;confec tloners A. 4Kc: soft A. 4K4Hc: fancyyetlow, 4Xe; falrjellow, 44$c; common yellow. 3303Sc. CorrEE Roasted, in packages Standard brands, 19 lS-Mc; second grades, 18)19)4e: fancy grades, 2227Kc. Looselava, 33Jc; Mocha. 3435c: Santos, 25li26c:Maraoaibo. 27c: Peaberry, 25J4 28Mo: Caracas. 19c: Rio. 22S25c. Coffee ttiUEKX O. G. Java. 30k3Ic: Paddang Java, 2829)4.c; Mocha, 3132c: Peaberrr. 5)OT 24Xc; Santos. 2323Hc; alaracalbo. 21S23o; Caracas, 2425c; golden Santos. 2l)4.22Mc; Klo, 1921c. Cil Carbon. 116. 6Wc; neadllght, 6"c: water white. 7Mc: Elaine, 13'jc: Ohio legal lest. 6Mc; miners winter white, 3236c; summer. 3132c. Molasses New Orleans, fancv new crop. 40 41c: choice, 3733c: centrifugals. 9c syrup Corn svrnp, 2325c; sugar syrnp, 283c; fancy flavors, 31&32C. FrOits London laver raisins, $2 50; California London layers. II 90B2 10: California muscatels, hags, 55Mc: boxed, fl 15(31 23; new Valencia. 5 '4 5Jic; new Ondara Valencia, 747fc: California sultanas. 9$8tlc; currants. 3$c: California prunes. 8Hl2)iC: French prunes. 7(310)1.0: California seedless raisins, 1-Ib cartons, $3 73: citron, 194 20c: lemon peel, HX12c. Rice Fancy head Carolina. 6Hia7c: prime to choice. 6SSc; Louisiana, 5)j6c; Java, 551'c; Japan SNOOc. Canned GOODS-Standard peaches, K 0O2 10; extra peaches. $2 2S2 50; seconds, f 1 801 90: pie peaches, $1 251 30: finest corn.ll 4001 50: Harford county corn, SI 3G1 Si; lima beans, fl OXAl 25; soaked, 8085c; earlr June peas. $1 15(31 23: marrowfat peas, fl 051 15: soaked. 703730: French peas. $13 5022 00 H 100 cans or f 1 752 50 f doz. ; pineapples, fl 25(3)1 30: extra do. f2 40: Bahama do, $3 00: damson plums. Eastern, fl 25; Cali fornia pears, $2 12H2 25; do green gaftes, f 1 50; do egg plums. $1 75: do apricots, fl 8G2 00 do extra white cherries. f2 75(32 83; do white cherries. 2-lb cans $1 65; raspberries, $1 25(31 50: strawberries. It 15(31 25; gooseberries, fl 101 25: tomatoes, fl 10(31 10: salmon. I -lb. fl 25(31 93: blackberries, 65P0c: succotash. 2-Ib cansv soaked. 95c; do standard. 2-lb. fl 2S1 60; corned beef. Z-lb cans, fl 75(3)1 80: do 14-lb. flS 00; roast b-ef, 2-lb. fl 75: chipped beer. Mb cans, fl 902 00; baked beans. II 251 50: )obste.s.1-lb, f2 35: mack erel, fresh, 1-lb, 95c: broiled, fl SO: sardines, do mestic.: Ma. $4 00; ,4s. f6 25: 4,'s, mustard. $3 Si; Imported. Ms. $10 50C3I2 0; Imported, Ut, 318 00 23 09; canned apples, 3-lb,;7C75c; gallons, si 65 4MJ, Pro vial ons. Large nams 13 Medium VA small nyi Trimmed 14 California CM Shoulders, sugar-cured 9 Drv salt 7V Roulettes 10U Breakfast bacon 11H Extra do 12!, Clear sides 10 Drysalt sides 9M Clear bellies, smoked 9j Clear bellies, dry salt 9 Pork, heavy 11 00 Light. 16 50 Dried beef, knnckles .- 134' Rounds 144 Sets HJ4 104 Flats Lard (pure) tierces Tubs Two 60-lb cases.... Lard (refined) tierces Half barrels Tubs Palls Two 60-lb cases Three-lb cases Flve-lb cases Ten-lb cases H , 84 8.4 6)4 6H 64 65 64 7)4 .'..'..'.'.'.'.'. 6.'8 Dairy Frodncta. Dealers contlnne to report a great scarcity of choice creamery butter andn active de mand. Sales of Elgin are now mostlv mHde at 29c, and 29030c will probably be the range the latter part ot the w eek. Butter Choice Klgin creamery. 28:9c: other brands. 25Mc: choice to fancy country roll, II 23c: low grades. 1215c: cooking, 9fdl0c. CHEESE-Ohlo. new.lOX10)ic: New York. 104 10&c; fine fall make, fancy new Wisconsin Swiss, blocks. 1413c: do brlrks, lOKOllc: Wisconsin sweitzer. ln'tubs, 13!34c for new. 1V3I16C for old; llmberger, 10 tic; Ohio Swiss, 12.3c, as to quality. Eggs ana Poultry. The egg market has nt last begnn to move upward, a Arm feeling being reported to-day at 16l7c An early 20c-market Is looked for. chickens are lower under largely in creased supplies. FOQS-Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and' Ohio, 16,4 17c. POULTBY Spring chickens, 4050o per pair for small and 5.i65c for larce: old chickens, 7030c; ducks. 6070c; geese. 75cf i 00. Berries, Frnlts and Vegetables. Huckleberries were easier to-day at 75tp 85o per basket and $1 00 1 25 per pail. Blackberries sold at 7590c per pail Peaches were in larger supply than at any previous time this season, supplies from State points being neavy. Crates were quoted at $1 502 50 for common to good, and $2 7503 00 for choice to fancy; baskets sold at 50cl 50, according to size of pack age and quality of fruit. Plums were quoted at $3 504 00 per bushel for damsons, $2 002 25 for gages, and $2 002 25 per case tor Culllorntas. Apples were slow at $1 50 4 00 per barrel for common to fancy, with few of the latter on sale. Bartlett pears were quoted at $6 007 50 per barrel, and grapes (Ives and Concords) at $5 007 00 per stand. Lemons were Arm at $6 00j7 00 per box, and bananas easy at $1 501 75 for firsts. Watermelons were quoted at $10 0020 00 per 100, Anne Arundel cantelonpes at $2 00 3 50 per bbl., Jenny Llnds nt $2 002 50 per bbl.. and 75o per basket and crate. Cabbage was scarce and higher at $1 254? 1 50 per bbl. Onions were quoted at $2 25 2 75, celery at 2030c per dozen, egg plants at 75c per K hu. basket and tomatoes were not quotable. Potatoes were n little better, owing to the fact that accumulations have been pretty well worked oft Snles were made on track ,W A. in,. W .... UIOVJ ,,. ...... .U.U , quotations were given ns $2 002 25. Jersey sweets were firmer nt $5 005 25 and South- ern stock was dull at $2 503 50. miscellan-nas. Beans New crop New York and Michigan pea beans, fl 9S2 10 per bushel: hand-picked medium, fl 831 80 per bushel; Lima, new. 3!f3!ic: Penn sylvania and Ohio beans, f I 8C1 85 per bushel. BEESWAX-Cholce yellow, 34.13c; dark. 2530c Houet New crop white clover. lS!0c per pound; buckwheat; 1215c. TALLOW Country, 3f4c per pound; city, 4 4c. r Feathers Extra live geese. 5560cper ponnd: No. l do. 4&Sl50c: mixed. $o35c. Peanuts Green. 45c per ponnd; do roasted. $1 25l 35 per bushel. Cider Sand refined. IS 5036 7 per barrel: Penn sylvania champagne cider. $6 006 25; new country elder, f 4 (K.5 00. Hides Green steer hides, trimmed. 75 Ins and ,np. 6c: green steer hides, trimmed. 60 to 75 lbs. 6c: ' green steer hides, trlmmed.underfiolbs, 3!$c; green cow bides, trimmed, all weights. 3J4c: green bull hides, trlmmed.aU weights. 4; green calf 8k1ns.No. 1. 5c: green calf skins. No. 2. 2c: treen steer hides, trimmed, side branded, 4c:treen cowhides, trimmed, side branded, 2c; green salt steers. No. 1. 69 lbs and an. 7714c: green salt steer. No. 1, 60 lb and less, l4)ic: green salt cows. No. 1. all weights. 44,I4c: green salt bulls. No, 1, all weights, 4Mc: green salt calf. No. 1. 815 lb. S)6c: green salt kin. No. 1. 16251b. 45c: runner kip, Kn. 1. 1G25 lb. 34c; N 0. 2 hides, ic off; No. 2 calf. 2c off. Wool. PniLAPELFHiA, Aug. 23. Wool Quiet, steady and unchanged. Boston, Aug. 23. The demand for wool is good and the sales of the flne grades Heavy. Tholnarkret Is firm for Ohio and Pennsyl vania Aeeces at 27c for X, 2S23c for XX and above and 34c for No. L No. 1 combing, 3l35c. Ohio Ane delaine, 3233c. Michigan flne delaine, 29330c. Unwashed combing in demand, 2527c for one-quarter and three eighths blood. Territory sells free at 57059c for flne, 555So for flne medium and 5053o for "medium. Texas, California and Oregon quiet and steady. In pulled wools there have been sales of super at 3833o and extra, SICK HEADACHE-Clrter,JliIMIeIjlTerpraj SICK HEADACHE-q,, Little Liver PUIS. SICK HEADACHE crt---. Little Liver Plus. SICK HEA,--CHr-cmeI,;LlttjeL1rPJ1Uw d44iinnra 2228c. Australian wool Arm. Foreign carpet wools steady. New Touk. Aug. 23. Wool active and Arm; domestic fleece, 2533c; palled, Texas, 1521c LIVE STOCK. Cattle Dull at the Decline, Hogs Steady and Shipments Slow. East Liberty; Aug. 23. Cattle Receipts, 240 head: shipments, 1,344: market dull at about yesterday's de cline; very little doing; seven cars cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hoos Receipts, 1,300 head; shipment". 1,500; market steadv: best corn fed, $3 85 6 00; grassers, $4 755 30; fonr cars hos shipped to New York to-day. Sheep Receipts 2,700 head; shipments, 3,700; market slow at about yesterday's prices. By Associated Press. Chicago The Evening Journal reports: Cat tle Beceipts, 9,000 head; shipments, 3 000 head: market slow nnd steady: extra steers. $5 005 25; other. $3 5004 Si: Texans, $2 40 3 00; l angers. $2 804 15; xtockers, $2 153 15; cows, $2 503 10. Ho :s Receipts, 15,000 head; shipments, 6000 head; marketopened strong, broke to 10c lower: rough common, $5 3o 6 40; mixed, $5 605 60; prime heavy and butcher weights, 5 755 80: assorted lights, $5 7503 80; other light, $5 405 50; grassers, $4 505 25. Sheep Receipts, 5,000 head; ship ments, 1,000 hxad: market active; sheep steady: lambs higher: stockers. $3 503 65; ewes. $4 O04 50; mixed. $4 404 75: wether, $5 256 00: fed Texan'. $4 504 75; Westerns, $4 50; lambs, $3 256 35. New York Beeves Receipts, 1,377 head, all for exporters and slaughterers: no trad ing; feeling weak; dressed beef slow, 79o per pound: shipments to-day, 700 beeves an 1,200 quarters of beef; to-morrow, 502 beeves and 3,660 quarters. Calves Receipts, 233 bead; market slow; veals, $5 9007 00 per 100 pounds; grassers, $3 15. Sheep Receipts, 3,. 719 head: market slow but steady: sheep, $4 005 25 per 100 pounds; lambs, $5 254? 6 23; dressed mutton steady at !)10Lc per pound: dressed lambs dull at 10Uc. Hogs Receipts, 4.543 head. Including two cars for sale; market firm at $5 90Q6 50 per 100 pounds. , Kansas CItv Cattle Receipts, 870 head; shipments, 430 head; the market was gen erally steadv, cows steadv to 10c lower; steers, $3 SU4 20; cows, $1 502 50: Texans and Indian steers, $2 49; stockers and feed ers. $2 153 25 Hogs Receipts, 6,700 head; shipments, none; the market opened steadv to strong and closed weak to 5o lower: all grades, $3 855 70; bulk, $5 !105 45. Sheep Receipts, 1,800 head: shipments, 409 head; the market wa9 fairly active and steady; Iambs, $5 005 25. St. Louis Cattle Receipts. 3,900 head; shipments, 800 head;market slow on natives; fair to chice native steer". $3 00t 80: Tex ans and Indians, $2 153 35: canners, $1 10 62 20. Hogs Receipts, 2,300 bead: ship ments. 600 head; market easy and heavy at $55C5 70: mixed, $5 205 65; light, $5 405 f5. Sheep Receipts, 800 head; ship ments, 700 head;mnrkpt steady, fair to choice native muttons, $3 004 80. Buffalo Cattle Receipts, 188 cars through; 3 cars sale. Dull at weak prices oflast week. Sales, rough fleers, $3 90; good butchers, $3 233 60. Hogs Receipts, 13 cars tbrougb; 4 cars sale. Market dull and 510c lower; heavy grades corn.fed, $6 156 20. Sheep Receipt, 8 cars through; 4 cars sale; several loads held over. Prices nominally quotable; choice wethers, $5 00; good sheep, $4 63. Cincinnati Hogs stronger: common and light, $4 0O5 60; packing and butchers', $3 00 5 85; receipts, 1,960 head: shipments, 1,420 head. Cattle easy at $1 754 60: receipts. 3-0 head: shipment. 850 head. Sheep barely steady at $2 753 00; receipts, 5,500 head; shipments, 2,960 head. I.a"ib stronger: common to choice, $3 756 75 per 100 pounds. Genrrnl Markets. Philadelphia Flour weak and qniot; wheat Arm: No. 2 red spot. 7&c; No. 2 red, August. 7S3ic:September, 77Kc: October, 79c; November, 80S0Jc. Corn Carlots very scarce, wanted for local trade and prices further advanced c: futures dull and wholly nominal; ungraded mixed in grain depot, 60c; No. 2 yellow afiat, 60e; No. 2 high mixed and yellow in grain denotand elevator, 61c: No 2 yellow in grain' depot, 61c; No. 2 high mixed in elevator, 62c; No. 2 mixed Augnst, 57K85Kc: September, 573 57c; October, 57c. Oats Carlots qnlet; futures wholly nominal; now No. 8 wnlte. S8K39c: old do, 41c: No. 2 white, 43c; No. 2 white, Ausrust, 4243:; September. 40041c; October, 40Jillc: November, 4I410. Bnt ter firm nnd qulef: Pennsylvania creamerr extra, 2424c. Eggs Arm; Pennsylvania Arsts. 20 c. Cincinnati Flour beavy. Wheat steady; No. 2 red, 74;: receipts. 14,000 bu-dieH; shipments, 7.SO0 bushels. Corn easier; No. 2 mixed, 5051c. O.its strong; No. 2 mixed, 333it335c. Bye dull; Na 2, 64o- Pork Arm at $11 75. Lard stronger at $7 75. Bulk meats firmer at $8 00. Bacon stronger at $9 25. Whisky active and firm; sales 1,005 car rels at $1 15 Butter strong; creamery higher; fancy Elgin, 264527c: Ohio, 2427c. Sugar In good demand. Eggs active and higher at 1314c. Cheese in good demand. Milwaukee- Flour quiet. Wheat steady; September, 72c; No. 2 Northern. FOc: N. 2 spring, 72c. Corn firm: No. 3. 5152c. Oats firm; No. 2 white. 35Kc; No. 3 do. S433c. Barlev quiet; September, 63Kc;samplb, 38 62c. Bye steady: Na L 635c. Provisions Arm. Pork September, $12 75. Lard Sep tember, $7 75. Receipt" Flour, 5,600 barrels; wheat, 93.900 bushel: barlev, 10.600 bushel. Shipments Flour, 7.500 barrels; wheat, 1,700 bushels; barley, none. Dulnth A steadily advancing market pre vailed in the early hours to-day, although the opening was from HH0 lower than yesterday's close. Milling wheat was in good demand. Close: No. 1 hard, cash. August and September, 81c; December, 8Iic; No. 1 Northern, chsIi, and August, 76c: September, 77c; December, 78c: No. 2 North ern, cash, 71?c: No. 3, 61c; rejected, 51c: on track, o. lharu. Hie; No. 2 Northern, 7s 78Kc Kanm City Wheat lower: No. 2 hard, old, 60c; new, 6262Jc; No. 2 red, ESQ 66c. Corn firm; No. 2 mixed, 47u; No. 2 white, 5152a Oats Arm: No. 2 mixed, 27128c: No. 2 white, old, 31c. Receipts Wheat, 69,000 bushels: corn, 4,000 bushels; oats, none. Shipments Wheat, 20,000 bush els; oats, 3,000 bushels. Cotton. Galveston, Ang. 23. Cotton steady; mid dling, 6 15-16c; low middling, 6 7-16c; good or dinary, 51516c; net and gross receipt, 653 bales, all new crop; exports coastwise, 813 bales: Jsales, 100 bales; stock 17,262 bales. New Oblbass, Aug. 23. Cotton firm: middling, 7c: low middling, 6c; good ordi nary, 6c; net and gross receipts, 1210 bales; exports to tho Continent, 2,958 bales: const wise, 70 bles: sales, 1,400 bales; stock, (cor rected) 63,426 bales. New York, Aug. 23. Cotton futures closed qutet: August, 7.12c: September, 7.11c; Octo ber, 7.22c; November, 7.32c; Docember, 7.42c; January. 7.52c; February. 7.61c; March, 7.71c; April, 7.80c New York Metal Market. New Yobk. Aug. 23. Piif iron dull and -, ..... .n .. . .. ?l5.aQyJ,Jini?"n" ' 2" "". PPer ami: '??. '""J0- L!ad..ntS; .d.0,S?'c M 4 10. Tin easier: straits, $20 4520 50. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castori ESTABLISHED 1867. CHOICE TIMOTHY HAY A SPECIALITT DANIEL M'CAFFREY. Hay, Grain and Commission, 238 ANDO FIFTH AVENUE. PITTSBURG, PA Consignments of solicited. and orders for grain myl746-p UBOKJEKS FINANCIAL. ESTABLISHED 1SS4. John M. Oakley & Co., BANKERS AND BROKERS, 45 SIXTH ST. Direct private wire to New York and Cnt caga Member New York, Chicago and Pitts burg Exchanges. 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 1835). Money to loan on call. Information books on all markets mailed on application. Ie7 Whitney & Stephensoi, 57 Fourth Avenue. apaoss
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