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STOCKS OPEN STRONG
On Rnying for London, Philadelphia,
Boston and Chicago.
GENERAL ELECTRIC IS ADVANCED
Oil That Decision and Reports of Enormous
Ket Earnings.
L & X, V. P. AXD THE GRANGEES HIGHER
New York, Oct fi. There was quite a
shrinkage in the volume of business at the
New York Stock Exchange to-day. The
dealings were attended with less excitement
and the variations were confined within
narrower limits. The market was strong to
buoyant in the early trading on the execu
tion of buying orders for London, Philadel
phia, Boston, Chicago and local accounts.
General Electric rose early 2 points on the
decision rendered yesterday in favor of the
company in the case of the incandescent
light It is stated that the net earnings of
the company for August and tho first three
weeks or September reached upward of
$S00,WXL The stock closed below the
highest point
After tho movement In General Electrlo
subsided tbe bulls devoted their attention
to Louisville and Nashville, Union Pacific
and the grancers, wliicli advanced to 1
per cent, tbe latter in louisville and Nnsh
v.lle. The bulffever was running high but
the upper movement was checked by a drop
In New England from 45 to 43 under
heavy sales. A pood deal or long stock was
marked and the bears hammered away per
sistently on the statement that the road
would not bo leased but would probably
enter into a traffic arrangement' with tho
Heading and Boston and Maine. Tho belief
in a "deal" of some sort had become so gen
eral thai the latest reports of a mere traffic
arrangement naturally occasioned disap
pointment. Despite the drop in New Enuland the
general list declined only i to per cent
flora the highest, with the sole exception
of Heading, which yielded lls. Houses with
Philadelphia connections were largest buy
ers on the way down.
Hocking Valley declined over 2 points on
the decision just rendeied against tho com
panv. affecting the validity of some $8,000,000
bonds issued by a lonucr management.
American Tobacco common advanced 4 and
reacted 2 per cent.
The market closed rather weak.
Railroad bonds wero les3 active, but the
tone ol tho market was strong. The trans
actions aggregated $1,500,000.
Government bonds weie higher. Close
of the list:
U. S. 4sreg 114i Mutual Union 6s.... 112
do. 4 coud 114m N J. C. Int HIK
do. 2s lCki4 1 Northern Pac. It9. 116
Paciflc6sof -VS. 107
Louisiana st,pd4. 91
Teun. new set. 6s.. 101
ao, ao. zuas Hi
NarthwTnConsols liO
do. dcb't'eSs 1W
bt.L.&I.M.Gen. Ss 835
St. 1.. AS. F. (J.M. 109
do. do. os.. 101
do. do. 3s.. 75
Canada So. 2nils.. 102
Ccn. Paclflclsts ltw
Den. A It. U. lsts... 119
St. rani Consols... 12
t. P.. C. X. Pac lsts 119
T. P. L.G.Tr. Kefs S5K
T. P. R.G.Tr. Rets 32
ao. -do 4s S-"
Eric Snds 105
M. K. & T. Gei. 4s. 795
M. K. &T. Gen.5s,. 476
Union Pac lsts..
in:
West Shore......
It G. W. lsts..
. 102H
Bid.
Mining shares closed as follows:
Cliolor.
Crown Point
85'Onhir.
,. 220
.. 50
,.225
. 120
. 140
. SO
. CO
. SO
.1500
. 30
. lluj Plymouth
Con. Cal. and Va 425 iirra Nevada..
Dcadwood SOjJitawlard
Gould and Curry 125 PMon Con
Hale and Norcross... o! Yellow Jacket..,
Homestake 14JJlntn ilver
Mexican 1751 Quicksilver
onh Mart BSOIliuicLsilver pfd.,
Ontario 3900Bulwer ,
tAsked.
Total sales of stocks to-day were 3GS377
slmre. including: Atchison, 11,270; Chicago
Gas, 14,450: Erie, 10,700; Hocking Vallev, 5,040:
Lovu'-ville nnd Nashville. 16.000; Missouri
Pacificll.OOO: Northern Pacific preterred,
10,390: New England. 69,800; Heading, 2,7:0;
Richmond, and West Point. 4,340: St. Paul
and Omaha, 4.030; Union Pacific, 16,710.
J. S. Bache & Co. to Oakley & Co.: "The
hand of Mr. Keene was again clearly visible
in the market, and besides bidding up L. &
N., he also had'hls brokers employed in the
difleront grangers. An interview with a di
rector of the Boston and Maine, in which ho
said that nothing between his road nnd the
2xr England would be done, led to some
selling of this stock, and it acted to us as if
insiders were manipulating it to sell. We
advlso our friends to "bo very care
ful iu bulling New England at thee
prices, as it might turn out to bo
very expensive. It nobody takes care of
this road,aud we hardly think that anybody
will be found to be willing, it will have a
hard time to keep from bankruptcy. Phila
delphia has bought a pile of stock and Bos
ton has sold it to them, and the Boston peo
ple sav that they have been fooled so often
that this time at least they wish to be on
the safe side. Heading was also inclined to
weakness. The diffeient investigations that
nrc goins on make holders rather scary.
During the afternoon tho market was "n
sagging one, and it closed rather fiat Wo
think that profits ought to be taken on all
advances, but wo look for increased activity
in the stock market."
The following table shows the prices of active
stocks on the New York Slock Exchange, cor
rected dally for -hie Pittsburg Dispatch bv
Whitnev Mephenson, oldest Pittsburg memliers
of New York Slock Exchange, 57 Fourth avenue:
Clos- Close
Open High Low ing. Oct.
lng est. est. bid. 4.
Ala. Cotton Oil 46 43M 'ii 45M 45
Ain. Cotton (Ml. pfd 8:i 82
Am. sugar It Co.... lMfi 110i 110)i 1105 110'
Ain.SugarR.Co..pId 1024 J02'4
Atcll.. Ton. & S. P.. 39 33 39 39 SS'a
Canadian Pacific 851 80
Canada Southern.... S7H 59 57i 59 57
Oeulral of New J.... 131 131 131 130 13t
Central Pacific 20S 2W 2?S 294 29
Chrsapeane Ohio.. 23 234 235i 23?! T3H
C.VO. 1st pfd 61 61 Cl 60- 60S
C. AO. 2d pfd 40' 40
Chicago Gas Trust.. S3H 83 43 83H f3H
C.lSur. A Quincy... 99J$ 100 Vl tn 994
C. 5111. A St. Paul .. "i'i 79M 78M 783J 7S'
C, M A St. P.. pld 1ZN. 122H
C. Pock. I. A P 61. Vli ZV4 SlJi 81l
C, St. P.. 51. A O... 53 53S 52 53 52!j
Chi. A Northwestern lSii 11554 115 115 119"
Chi. ANorth.prd 143 Hi
C V . C & 1 63 64X 63V 64 :
Col. Coal & Iron 43 43s tl 42S 4.H
Col. A Hocking Val. 30 30 27 27)5 30l
Del.. Lack. A West. 153TS 154 1WV 1535$ 153
Del. A Hudson 13i 136 131 136 , 1314
Den. A Jtio Grande. Wli 17 10 lOd 17
D. A R. G. pld 504 50H 501 MH; 50S
Dis. AC. F. Trust... 58 5SJs SJJi hiH SilA
Illinois Central 9S 97
Like Erie A West... 23H 23 2314 23
Lake Erie A W. pfd. 75 76K 7514 767i
L.S. AM.S 132S 133 1S2 lffiVj 132
Louisa file A Nash... fc8i 6JX Si C83i 67H
Mich Central 105a US 105 107 1C7
51obl!eA Ohio 33 36
Ill.sourl Pacific C2Si fS. 62S 62 02
atIona! Cord'e Co. 134 135 J343j 1345, 134
Nat. Cdpe Co. pref. 120s ia) 13) lri ial
National Lead Co... n Aii 4"i 44V 44M
Nat. Lead Co. pref. 95 " S 91) 94
hew York Central.. 109 109 109 109. 109!
N. Y.. C. & St. L... 1SH 165$ 6fc 155, 6j
N.Y..(ASt.L.lstpr 72 72
N.Y,.C.ASt.L.2dpr 34 33V
M. Y.. L. E. A W... 20 iS 20 25H
N.Y..L.H.AW.pfd. C4 64 63V 6.S5,
N. Y. AN. E 4 454 43 43?4 43'
N. V.. O. & W 18S 18, ISM I8X 18
NorfolkA Western 10H 124
Nor. A West, prefd 40H 40 40!j 8954
North American Co. 13 13 13 12
Northern Paciac 1SV 18'
?f.0.rllt ,aC-, V- jl 51X 50 503, 51H
Ohio A Mississippi.. SO 20 20 20 19
Oregon Itiipr'vem'nt 22 "
PaclflcMiil 30 31V4 "SOV 31 30H
I'eo.. Dec A Evans. 184 lsi 18t 18M 134
Phlla. A Reading.... 59H 59s iS'A 58 59
!! '.? &PH1;: 20i 20)4
P.. CC.ASt.L..pfd CO 60
Pullman Palace Car. 197 in
ltlch.AW. P.T 95i 9 Sit VH X
fat. Paul A Uuluth.... 44 45 44 444 3
tt. P. A Duluth. pfd 103' 103
Si. P.. Min. A Man "... 113K
Texas Pacific 12M 12 12 12 "l'j
TJnionPacfic Zi 40S, 2)H 39 39)4
Aabash... Vi s u g
Jabash, prd 25 25k 2I3j 243, 24
Western fjnion 9S4 96 961 904 96
Wheeling A L. E.... 284 26 16,4 264 ai
W. A L. E.. pfd...T. 69 63S CD 68?s G1H
1. A 0 937
W. E. A Jf. Co- As 754 72
W.E.AM.Co.lstpfd 93- ....
LONG WHEAT DUMPED,
But Prices Recede Only Fractionally Corn
Lower and Products Higher.
Chicago, Oct. 5. Four million bushels of
long wheat were dumpod Into the pit to-day.
Nevertheless wheat to-night lsonlyJJc
lower than at the close yesterday. Corn is
flora Kc Provisions were firm and
higher under the lead of January pork,
which advanced 32Jc per barrel.
Wheat opened very strong, and first sales
were at some advance, tho strength being
based on higher cables and brisk local de
mund. But there seemed to be any amount
for sale at the advance, and theie was) a
gradual loss of Jgc, from which there was
subsequently but little rebound. One of tbe
poienc reasons for the .early display of
strength was the unfavorable reports of the
condition of tbe winter wheat. In Illinois,
Indiana and Missouri the fall-iown wheat
was said to be suffering severely from
drouth, and a good deal had not germinated.
The receipts in the Northwest wero more
liberal, and exports from the sea-
Sorts were smaller. A dispatch from
tarshall, Ind., said that only 70 per cent of
an average of winter wheat had been sown
around there; that very little of it had como
up, nnd that crickets and grasshoppers
wero monopolizing what appeared aoove
ground. The dispatch is being paraded as a
warning that while this continent has been
favored with two oonseoutive heavy crops
or wheat, three big crops in succession have
so far neveroccurred here or elsewhere in
tho world. Closing cables were for the most
part firm, and Bradstreet's estimate or the
visible supplv did not show as heavy an in
cieasets had been looked for, but tho fact
of the receipts at primary markets exceed
ing 1,735,000 bushels, which are the heaviest
for one day on this crop, kept Duyers back
and encouraged short selling.
The corn market was firm at the opening
and a little higher, due in part to colder
weather and some frost in Northern Wis
consin and Michigan. Frosts predicted by
the Signal Service Bureau for the States of
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York Bteadied
the market at the decline. The estimated
receipt of C03 cars for to-morrow was con
sidered too heivy a movement to wake .up
the bull side of the market on.
There was u gradual firming up of all pro
ducts in the provision trade. The bulk or
the business was for January, with October
generally neglected. Ever since tho first
cholera scarce there has been more or less
shorting ot the market for January so as
to be ready lor the decline which might
follow the breaking down of the Wright
corner In short ribs. Of late the hogs have
not come up to expectations. Instead of a
heavy movement and lower prices at tho
yards the bogs. are. being-marked up grad
ually The shorts are now beglnnina to get
even on their January contracts. In pork
it was known that Wright was a pretty good
buyer nnd this gave tho market a lift.
Altogether the broad, strong market was a
surprise.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour auiet, nominnllv unchanged. No. 2
spring wheat, 7373c; No. 3 spring
wheat, 6?G5Mc; No. i red, 73J73Xc: No., 2
corn, 43o: No. 2 oats, S1K: -No. 2 white,
f.o.b., SSfic; No.3 white, 3133e: No. 2 rye,
55c: No. 2 oarlev,C263c: No. 3, 5t57Kc: No.
4, f. a b., 394Sc; No. 1 flaxseed, $1 0S1 09;
prime timothv seed, $1 CO; mess pork, per
barrel, $11 3511 37K: lard, perUOO lbs , $3 42)
8 45: short ribs sides (loose), $7 7510 50; dry
salted shoulders (boxed), $7 107 20; short
clear sides (boxed). $S C5S 10; whisky, dis
tillers' finished goods, per gallon, $115;
sugars, cut loaf, unchanged; granulated, un
changed; standaid "A" unchanged; No. 3
corn, 4Cc.
Receipts Flour, 28,000 barrels; wheat,
616 000 bushels; corn, SS3.CO0 bushels; oats,
785 000 bushels; rye, 21,000 bushels; barley,
213,000 bushels.
Shipments Flour, 19.000 barrels; wheat,
249 010 bushels: coin, 597,000 bushels: oats
270.000 bushels; rye, 5,000 bushels; barley,
21,000 bushels.
On the Pioduce Exchange to-day the bat
ter market was quiet and unchanged. E.jgs
firm: strictly iresh, 1919c
Range of the leading features, furnished by John
31. Oakley A Co.. bankers and brokers. No. 45
Sixth street:
Open- High- Low- Clos- Close
AnncLHS. lug. est. est. lng. Oct. 4
WHEAT.
October S .... 5 ... $ .... $ 736 t 73?s
November
December. 7678 7G55 76J 7iH 76?i
May 824 82M SIX 81 82
Conv.
October HH 441 HU 433 44
November 45 45X 44H U
December 43JJ AV-& 41 44 45M
May 48M 48)4 H 47, 4SX
OATS.
October 314 Sli 314 314 31,4
November. 32 32V 32H Sl
December 33H 338 33 S3 3244
Jlay 33,4 30.4 36)i 36JS 3i'A
POEK.
Octo .er 11 15 11 35 11 15 11 27 11 00
November....'.. 11 02 11 25 It 02 11 17
January 12 20 12 45 12 20 12 42 12 12)
Laud.
October 8 37 8 40 8 35 3 40 8 35
ovember 7 60 7 62 7 55 6 60
January 7 12 7 17 7 10 7 17 7 02W
SHOET RICS.
October 10 25 10 50 10 25 10 50 10 15
November -
January 6 35 6 45 635 6 45 C 314
Car receipts for to-day Wheat, 5S3; corn. 573:
oat, 35S. Estimates for to-morrow Wheat, 535;
corn, bC3; oats, 340.
GENERAL MARKETS.
New York Fiour Receipts. 49,200 pack
ages; exports. 10,000 ban els; 6.200 sacks; mar
ket dull and steady; sales. 6,200 banois.
Conx SIeai. steady and dull.
Wbeat Receipts, 449.003 bushels; exports,
0,000 bushels: sales, 890,000 bushels futures;
80,000 bushels spot: spot quiet, easier, closing
steady: No. 2 led, "Se store and elevator;
9)ic anoat: sue 1. o. o.: no. J reu, y$c:iin
iriadPdred,72H77K'':N. 1 Northern, 8J&
84c; no.: Aoitnern, 7SSiS)c; 2ia. 2 Chicago,
8S3:c; No. 2 Milwaukee, 77JiS78c; op
tions opened firm at lAa advance on high
er cables, roreigii buying and with the West:
declined iy,c on heavy receipts, light
clearances arid local realizing, closing
steady, with May unchanged other months
MKC lower: No. 2 led October. 78J79c:
closing, 7SJc: December. 81 9-16QS2Jc, clos
ing, Sc: Slay, 876S34c, closing, SSc.
Ryx steady and dull.
Bap-lev quiet.
Barley Malt quiet and steady.
Cokm Receipt", 125,000 bushels; exports,
5S.000 bushels; sales, 4o0,000 bushels futures,
13:,OU0 bushels spot; spot easier, fairly ac
tive for export; N01 2, 50Ji51c in elevator,
51")2c afloat: ungraded mixed, 49
5jC; options weie dull, declining Kc
on good movomont; October, 61V51Jc, clos
ing at 51Jc; November, 5152J4c closing at
51c; December, 5353e, closing at 53c.
Oats Receipts, 93.000 bushels: exports, 1,000
bushels; sales, 100,000 bushels futures, 200,000
bushels spot: snot fairly activefirmer for
wbit; options dull and weaker: October, 36
3GJc closing at 36c; November, S737$g'
closing at 37c; December, 3SiiZSc, closing
at 38c; No. 2 white, spot, S939!4c: mixed
Western, 3637Kc: white do, S9&46C; No. 2
Chicago, 37Jc.
Hat dull and easy.
Hops quiet and firm.
Grocimks Coffee Options opened steady,
unchanged to 10 points down, closed firm 5
to 15 up; sales, 24,000 bags, including Octo
ber, 14.50c; November, 14.40 14.45c; Decem
ber, 14 3 ' 14.50c; Januarv, 14.2514. 40c; March,
14.C014.35c: May, 14.C014.25c spot Rio quiet
and steady: No. 7, 15jc. Susar, law firm and
in fair demand; centrifugals, 96 test, Zi
3 9-16c; sales, 435 hogsheads and 1.2SG bags
Muscovado, 89 test, at 3c; refined quiet.
Molasxes. New Orleans quiet and steady.
Rice fairly activo and firm.
Cottosseed Oil quiet and steady.
Tallow dull and unchanged.
Rosin quiet and steady.
TunrEJiTiNE fluner and quiet at 299c.
Foos quiet and easv; Western prime, 21
21c; receipts, 12,224 packages.
Hides fairly active and steady.
iloo Peopucts Pork firm and quiet. New
mess, $12 2512 75. Cut meats firm antl
scaicc: middies quiet; short clear, $3 40 for
October. Lard higher, trifle more active;
Western steam cloiedat ?3 G2; sale?, 630
tierces at $S 608 67K: option sales, 2,500
tieiccs: October, 48 C3&8 70, closing at $8 68;
November, $7 90, closing at $7 95 asked; De
cember, $7 49 bid; January, $7 45, closing at
$7 48 asked.
Daiut Products Butter quiet and easy;
Elgin, 242ic Cheese, light receipts,
firmer: pai t skims, 37Jc
Philadelphia Flour demand light: prices
favor buyers. Wheat opened steady but
sub-equently declined JiJio under free
offerings and liqiht foreign demand, closin"
weak; rejectod red on track, 57c; Nx
2 rod, October, 7575c; November, TiM.
77Kc: December, 79X79e: January, 81
S1J4C Corn steady miiJ quiet; ungraded
mixed in gnilnde not, 50c; No. 2 high mixed
on track, 52c: No. 2 mixed export elevator.
50c; No. 2 October. 50JJc; November, 50X
51c; December, 5050c; January, 493igi50Vio.
Oats, carlots held K higher, but advance
checked trade; futures also jfc better, but
dull: No. 3 white, S7c: No. 2 white, 40c: No.
2 white October, SK39c:- November. 3SZfi)
89ic; December, 3939c; January, 35
40.
St. Louis Flour dull and unchanged.
Wheat opened firm and advanced 5o,but
later reacted and closed j'c below yes
teiday: cash, 69Kc; October closed 693c- De
cember, 7272c; May, 79Mo. Com, cash,
higher nt 4zc; options followed wheat and
closed o under yostorday;October finished.
42Kc: Decembor, 40c; year, 40Jic; May.
3443c Oats, cash, higher. 30le: options
a shade off; October, 30c bid; November
30c; December, 3!c; May, 35Kc Rye
firm at 53K54c Barley, no sales. Brau
easier at 59K60c on east track. Hay nn-'
changed. 1 laxseed dull at ?l 04. Cornmeal
quiet at $2 102 15.
MinneapoUs The trading to-day was li"ht.
Wheat opened strong and broke a little,
then rallied near tbe close and fell off a
fraction at the last. The cash markot was
in about the same condition of dullness as
yesterday, o. 1 Northern was the only
grade that sold with any freedom, and there
was considerable dullness apparent, the rul
ing price being 70JJ71Kc. No. 2 Northern,
about 65606c. Receipts or wheat here were
616 cars and Duluth and Superior SG2cars.
Close: May, 77c; October, 70-gc; December,
71c On track: No. 1 hard, 72Vc; No. i
Northern, 71c; No. 2 Northern, 6567c.
Toledo Wheat steady; October 74Uc
November, 75o; December. "nUci May,
83c. Corn dull and steady No 2
cash, 44?ic; No 3, 41e: No. 4, 42c. Oats quiet:
cash, 32fc Eye dull; cajh, 56e. Clover
seed dull: cash. $6 40: October, $S37K; March,
$6.55. Receipts Flour, 157 barrels: wheat,
124 845 bushels; corn, 21,907 bushels; ye,
2,535 bushels: cloverseed, 3S3 bushels. Ship
ments Flour, 0,075 barrels; 'wheat. ' 72,000
bushels; corn, 400 bushels; cloverseed. 235
bushels.
THE PnTBBURQ
SPECULATION ACTIVE.
More Doing in Oil, Grain and Stocks
on Fittsbnrg Account.
THE 10CAL LIST DOLL BUT FIRM.
Electric Stocks Recover Slightly From
Tuesday's Weakness.
10CAL AND GENERAL FINANCIAL NEWS
Wednesday, Oct. 5.
Speculation is increasing in volume that
is, speculation on the part of Pittsburgers.
Brokers who-have long been identified with
the oil trade note a disposition on the part
of many of the old-timers to do a little
something in petroleum certificates,
and for such account a num
ber of good buying orders have
been executed within the past day or 0.
Trading for Pittsburg account on the Chi
cago Board of Trade and the New York
Stock Exchange has also increased ma
terially of late, and the houses with East
ern d "Western connections have had no
reason to complain of dull times. The
buying, of oil at the recent low
point has again demonstrated that the pub
llo believe the commodity cheap in the
neighborhood or 50 cents a barrel, and cur
rent inquiries and orders reflect faith in a
a high market. This afternoon on tho local
board a fair price was bid for the privilege
of calling a round lot this year at 65 cents.
Tbe general sentiment here on tho
Now York stock market is bull
ish, but notwithstanding the low
prices of grain and provisions the short side
is the most popular at the moment. Regard
ing the situation in Wall street a pretty
good authority says: "Crop news from the
West improves. Ranks still act as though
they expect money to work tighter, but the
heads ot important institutions say that any
squeeze in lates can only be temporary.
Most conditions favor the bulls." Another
writes as follows: "The fact that the rush
ing up of prices has been to a greater or
less extent artificial has not escaped atten
tion and as the interior districts nro still
drawing on the New Vorkflnancial reservoir,
traders who look beyond the developments
or the day are inclined to ascribe some in
fluence to tho workings of tho money mar
ket. A good trading market is not unac
ceptable to the street and the public nnd
that is what at present seems to be in pros
pect," On the Local Board.
Trading was light at the regular calls to
day and the market was generally feature
less. T., A. & M. traction, P. & B. traction.
Philadelphia Company, Underground Cable,
ft estlnghouse Electtic second preferred,
Duqucsue traction, Pittsburg traction and
Pleasant Valley railway figured in the busi
ness on 'Change, but the total showed a big
falling off from the previous day.
P.. A. & M. traction sold at 45, closing at
4445; P. & B traotion opened at 25JS sales,
eakeno'i to 25 sales aftor last board, nnd
the final "curb" quotations were 2525;
Duqucsue traction sold at 29, Pittsburg trac
tion at 59, Citizens' traction at 63 and 1
share Pleasant Valley railway cuanged
hands at 25.
Philadelphia Company old moderately at
22, closing steady at 22!22. with 22 bid
after the close. People's A.ituial Gas showed
another galu at 29 bid and the other mem
bers of tbe gas group were featureless.
Westlnghouse Electric second preferred
was inclined to weakness early, in sympathy
with the Eastern markets for the stock, but
It firmed up somen hat toward the close,
selling here at 37K and in Boston at 37,
the cloe at the latter point being at
S733S. The close on the New York Stock
Excuange was also considerably higher than
that ol the previous dav. The first pre
ferred olosed here at 4950 and at GO
asked In Boston. The second preferred
closed a little irregular, and it is hard to say
what tho manipulators will do with It next.
With regard to the earnings of the
company and tne price of the stock,
the Uniled States Investor says: J'Many
person- hnve been disposed to question the
large profits which the Westlnghouse Com
pany, lor a long time past, has been said to
bo uiukiug. We a:e informed, however, on
the authority of a person who is at the head
of an eiectrical company, and who has
abundant opportunities for scrutinizing
competitive figures, that tho Westlughouse
Company has a handsome profit at tho
prices at present quoted in the electrical
business. As to the mice of the stock, how
ever, there can be little doubt that tnat is
laraelv the result of manipulation."
In the other industrials no public move
ment occurred, and beyond a slight advance
in the price bid for United State Glass pre
ferred thero were no"noteworthy changes in
quotations.
The official closo of tho unlisted street rail
way shares was as follows: P.. A. & M. trac
tion, 4tK45; Duquesne traction, 2829; P.
& E. tracuou, 2526.
Profit in Street Hallways.
The E-W. Clark syndicate, which has ob
tained control of the street railways in a
large number of towns about Boston, has
been very successful in reconstructing rail
way properties, putting them on a paying
basis and then disposing of the stock and
bonds at a good profit. At Rochester, N. Y.,
they reduced the cost of operating tbe roads
from 65 to 44 per cent of the gross earnings.
The 5 per cent bonds aie selling be
low par. Tho 5 por ce'nt bonds of the
Buffalo road aro sold at 97, but
the bonds of the Pittsburg and Birmingham
traction company have been sold at 103. On
the Ravenswood, Spencer, and Gleuvillo
Railway, extending trom tho Ohio river to
Spencer, . Va., the syndicate issued $300,
000 of 6 per cent bonds wich are now sol d at
09. No doubt the bankers will make a good
thing out of the New England roads. StocK
of the Columbus, O., railway, which a few
mon th9 ago was of no value, hasbeen worked
up to 50.
People's Passenger Hallway has been act
ive. The common stock, ex-dividend, com
mands 52. Metropolitan traction is strong
around 149 and Philadelphia traction is finu
at 92. In exchanging Metiopolitan stock 12
shares of new stock are siven for 10 of the
old and the right to subscribe for one new
sbai e at par is given. United States Investor.
The receipts ot the Columbus Street Rail
way Company in September were $52,143, as
compared with $43 060 in the same month in
1891, an increase ot $0,083, equivalent to 21 pet
cent. The receipts of the Roohester Street
Railway Company, another street l ail way
corporation in which Philadelphia capital
ist; are interested, were $63,213 in Septem
ber, against $56,043 in tho same month last
year, again ol $10, it9.PhiladelphiaMockholder.
The earnings of the Baltimore trafction for
September were U8I,C48,an increase of $23,562.
The total receipts of the Philadelphia'
Traction Company in September weie much
larger than in August. They vi pre $399,670,
as compared with $342,259 in August, and
$309,306 In August, 1831. The increase in tho
company's receipts Irom January 1 to August
31 was $195,313, which, added to the increase
In September of $29,003, makes the ealn tor
the first nine months of the year $224,313.
Financiers Mystified.
New Yobk, Oct. 5. Tho bankers and finan
ciers of this city are in the lather peculiar
position of oeing unable to offer a theory
which will account for a condition of one of
the great markets of the financial -world.
They declare it is an enigma that, while tho
offerings of silver bullion have decreased,
the price has declined. Offerings to the
United States Treasury have steadily grown
less, and, the price has gone down to
.8345 per ounce, Instead of increasing ac
cording to tbe old law of economics that
the less the supply the greater the price.
Sub-Treasurer of the United States Ellis
II. Roberts said to-day: "The oourse ot the
bullion market 1 a mystery to everybody.
Nobody I have talked with has a theory sat
isfactory to himself accounting for It. It
becomes a greater mystery In tbe fact that
the reports from the West are that some of
the mines are stopping work. Perhaps one
explanation Is the belief that this country
will not continue for many months to buy
silver as it is doing now, nnd the provision
of tho act of 1890 may be repealed. It would
be a reason why tho price would be less, but
It does not explain tbe failure to offer more
to the Government."
Henry Clews holds the most decided opin
ion on the subject. He said: "I suppose the
reason is that since exports of silver have
for a long time past aggregated a small
amount, the only customer for it Is the
United States trcasury.and Its purchase-?, to
gether with what is needed In the arts,
absorb tho American product. The price
on the Stock Exchange should bavo ad
vanced as the visible supply decreased, as
Indicated by the quantity registered, but as
It has not it is an evidence that the visible
supply Is not all the silver in the market.
Therefore, while the visible supply has do
creased, the invisible has correspondingly
Increased, and it is from this invisible stocic
that tho Government is enablod to supply
its needs from time to timo.'"
Financial Notes.
During the closing call A. J. Lawrence &
Co. sold 100 shares Westlnghouse Electrlo
second preferred in Boston at Sl.
Despite statements to the contrary there
DISPATgH,
THURSDAY,
have been recent purchases of P. & B. trac
tion for Philadelphia account.
After 'Change a broker explained the final
weakness in P. & B. ti action bv saying that
a big block of the stock was coming out, and
that those who wanted were pulling the
strings to buy it in at a low price.
The,silvor market was stronger to-day,
with certificates at 84Ji. The rise is due to
the reduction in the amount held by the
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company, the re
vival ot exports (the shipments to Europe
to-day footing up 815,000 ounces) and the
fixing of the time and place for the Inter
national Monetary Conterence.
The roport ot the C, C, C and St. Louis
road for the year ended June 30, 1892, shows:
Earnings, $13,818,115, an increase of $683,677;
operating expenses, $9,838,642, an Increase or
$661,650: net earnings, $3,979,573, an increase
of $39,127; interest and rentals, $2,570,174, a
decrease of $22,535; balance, $1,409,399, an In
crease of $61,633. After meeting all charges
thero is a surplus or $60,741.
Oarothers and Morris 4 Brown sold P. a
B. traction and Kuhn Bros., Pinkerton and
Hill & Co. bought.
Lawrence & Co. sold P., A. & M. traotion
to W. R. Thompson A Co.
Hill & Co. were the sellers of Philadelphia
Company and J. B. Barbour and J. Carotbers
the buyers.
Snroul & Co. sold Underground Cable to
Hill & Co.; Morris & Brown sold Electric
second preferred to Lawrence & Co.; Mo
Cutoheon sold Duquesne traction to Car
others; Adams sold Pittsburg traction to
Barbour, and Hill & Co. sold Citizens' trac
tion to Adams.
Jersey Central has declared the regular
quarterly dividend of 1 per cent.
The Sharpsbnrg and Lawrenceville Bridze
Company has declared a dividend of $2 per
share, payable on demand.
At auction in Philadelphia vesterday $5,100
State of Pennsylvania 4s, 1912, sold at 117K;
$1,000 Western Pennsylvania Railroad first
mortgage 7s at 100K: $5,0u0 Allegheny Valley
Rail nay 7-303 at 11 and 17 shares Penn
sylvania Steel Company, ex-dlvldend, at
125.
Sales and Final Prices.
Transactions on the Exhange were as fol
lows: BErOBE CALLS.
20 shares P., A. & M. traction 45
" rinsi CALL.
100 shares P. &B. traction 26H
AFTEK CALL.
40 shires Philadelphia Company 22?i
10 shares Philadelphia Company 22M
SECOND CALL KO SALES.
THIRD CALL.
18 shares Underground Cable T!H
100 shares Westlnghouse Electric, 2dpfd.... 37i
10 shares Duquesne traction 29
100 shares Pittsburg traction 59
100 shares Citizens' traction 63H
1 share Pleasant Valley Railway 25Ji
AFTEK CALL.
60 shares P. & B. traction 237
50sharesP.& 15. traction.... 25J(
Total sales, 599 shares. Closing bids and
offers:
1st call. Id colt. I Sdcall.
stocks. - . i --
Bid Ask Bid Ask Bid Ask
Allegheny Nat. Bk 67 .... C7 .... 67
Exchange Hat. Bk 85
German Nat. Bank .... 325 .... 325
M.& M.N. Bank 71 .... 71 ...
Odd Fellows' S. Ilk 72 .... 72 .... 1M
Third Nat. Bank 123
Tradesmen's N. ilk 250
Citizens' Ins Co.... 32 .... 32 ....
Humboldt .... 65 .... 85 .... 65
Western Ins. Co 40 .... 40 .... 40
ChartlersV.-G.Co.. 121 ,
People's N. Gas Co iSH 29 ....
Peon's N.G.&P. Co.. 15 15H 15 15H 15 1514
Philadelphia Co.... 22J 22 22K 22 22 22
Wheeling Gas Co... 19 20 19 20 10 20
Central'iractlon 29
Citizens' Traction.. 03 63 eaH 63K 0351 64
Pittsburir Traction. 58 . 53 69 584 Id
Pleasant Valley 25 25i 25Ja Vih 25l ....
Pitts. Cas. Shan 12 .... 12 .... 12
Pitts. June. R. R 38 35 Z!H
P.. Wheeling & Ky. 52H .... M
N.Y. AC. G. C. Co. 5J 52 60 52 60 52
North. S. Bridge 50
Point Bridge 12
Union Bridge 15
LaNoria Min. Co.. lie
Luster Mining Co.. 8 SX S'A SH SM 8
Enterprise M. Co... 4 iii
Westlnglionse 22) .... 22.S 24
Union Mor.Oo 58
Union S. AS. Co... 18 .... 18 18 18 134
W-st. Alibrake Co. 13$ .... 130 13J .... 133
West. Brake Co. It 100
Stand'dU. Cable Co H 77H 7! 77J
U.S.GlassCo..com. 6o 01 C5H ....
U. S. Glass Co., pfd 11334 116 113)4 54116
MONETARY.
1 Discount rates In Tittsburg continue to be
qnoted at 56 per cent, with money plenti
ful and the demand fairly active. Eastern
exchange and currency aro quoted at par.
New York, Oct. 5. Money on call easierat
44f porcent;last Ioanat4per cent, closed
offored at 4K per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 4ff6 per cent. Sterling exchange
quiet and firm at$4 85J for 60-day bills and
$4 86 for demand.
Clearing House Fijruros.
Pittsburg
Exchanges to-day
balances to-day
Same day last week:
Exchanges ,
Balances
,.8 2,585,747 97
431,501 65
..$ 2,306.293 22
435,913 27
New York, Oct. 5. Bank clearings, $129,
330,245: balances, $8 6G5 421.
Boston, Oct. 5. Bank clearings, $17,204,568:
balances, $1 48,704. Money, 5 per cent. Ex
change on New York, 1015c discount.
Philadelphia, Oct. 5. Bank clearings to
day were $13,751,010; balances, $2,022,779.
Money, 4 per cent.
Baltimore, Oct. 5. Bank clearings to-day
were $2,833,370; balances, $476,251. Rate, 6
per cenr.
Chicago, Oct. 5. Bank clearings to-dav,
$18,742 193. New Yolk exchange sold at 8O0
discount. Monov stiff at 56 per cent for
call loans and G0 for time. Sterling ex
change dull; $4 85 tor 60-day bills, $4 S0 for
sight.
St. Louis, Oct. 5. Bank clearings, $4,277,245;
balances, $341,070. Moncv quiet, 67 per
cent. Exchange on New York. 75c discount.
New Orleans, Oct. 5. Clearings, $1,629,933.
New York exchange Commeicial. $1 dis
count: bank, 50c discount to par. Bank col
lecting rate $1 per $1,000 premium.
CiaciicNATi, Oct. 5. Money. 36 per cent.
New York exchange, par. Clearings, $3,131,
SOO. Bar Silver.
New York, Oct. 5. Special. Bar sllv er In
London, 3Sd per ounce. New York deal
ers' price lor silver, S3c per ounce.
Foreign Financial.
loNDon, Oct. 5. Amount of bullion with
drawn irom the Bank of England on bal
ance to-day. JE40.000.
Paris, Oct. 5 Three per cent rentes, 99f
47 centimes for the account. "
Londos. Oct. 5. 1 p. sr. Close Consols.
-money, 97 1-16; do account, 97K: New York,
Pennsylvania ami uuio ists, .;?; canauiau
Pacific, S8: Erie, 27; do 2ds, 109; Illinois
Central.lOOk: Mexican ordinary,22): St. Paul
common, 815; New York Central, 114: Penn
sylvania, 57; Reading, 30; Mexican Cen
tral new 4s,70; bar silver, 3Sd; money,
percent. Rate of discount in the open niai
ket for short bills, por cent; do three
months' bills, 1 per cent.
Closing Philadelphia Quotations
'Bid. Asked.
Pennsylvania 5oK 65K
Reading 20 3-16 2!1
Buffalo, N. Y. & Philadelphia... 7)4
Lehigh Valley 68)4 50
Lehigh Navigation 53)4 54
Philadelphia A Eric SO SIM
Northern Pacific, common 13V 1826
Northern Pacific, preferred 60S 61
FJectric Stocks.
Boston, Oct. 5. Special. The' latest quo
tations ot electric afcuun.3 u-uy were;
lHrl.
Asked.
U7)i
38
M
General Electrle
W. E
W TV nfd
11744
37
"ili
12)4
Det. E. Wks
Fort Wayne Electric ....
T. H. Trust (D)
T. E. E. W
Boston Stocks Closing Prices.
Atch&Top S9
llnafsm .3. Alhanv ....205M
Franklin ,
. 12H
10
, 82
. 10
,156
22
5
. 1-H
202
W
, 2
, 9M
, 62
Kearsargu
Osceola.
Sauta Fe Conner
Boston AMnine 1S0M
t hi. Bur. A uuincy. ns
Eastern R. B. 6s 1225
FltchburgB. R S3
Mass. Central 17
Mex. Cen. com UH
N. Y. A N. Ene 3h
Tamarack
Anniston Land Co. .
Boston Land Co....,
West End Land Co.
Bell Telephone ,
Lamson Store 3
Water Power
Centennial Mining.
N. V. Tel. A Til....
U. AB. Copper ,
Wis. Cen. com W's
AllouezM.CO. tnewj to
Atlantic 9K
Boston & Mont, 33)4
Calumet A Hecla. ....28u
Oatalpa. - 15
New York Metal Market.
New York, Oct. 5. Pir Iron dull and
steady; American, $13 0015 59. Copper
steady; lake, $11 1511 30. Lead dull: do
mestic, $4 004 05. Tin closed steady; straits,
$20 S020 40.
Cotton.
Galvestow, Oct. 5. Cotton steady: mid
dllng,7 ll-16c; low middling,? 3-lGc; good ordi
nary, 611-16c:net and gross receipts, 11.152
bales sales, 4,314 bales; stock, 102,133 bales.
New Orleans Oct 5. Cotton firm;
middling, 7 9-16c; low middling, 7Kc; good
ordinary, 6c: net receipts, 4,031 bales;
gross receipts, 4,207 bales; exports to Great
Britain, 6,161 bales; coastwise, 817 bales;
sales, 5,300 bales; stock, 9-1.255 bales.
St. Louis, Oct. 5. Cotton higher and
steady; middling, 7c: sales, 1,200" bales; re
ceipts, 500 bales; shipments, 1,100 bales;
stock, 85,200 bale.
OCTOBER. 6, "1892.
A NI CHURCH
Will Be Built In Allegheny by the First
Methodist Congregation They Buy a
Site on Bidwell Street Other Sales,
Gossip, Etc
"Wednesday, Oct. 5.
Two solos of importance, which have been
hanging fire for sometime, were closed to
day. The First Methodist Protestant
Church, which leased its property on Fifth
avenne to Kaufmann Brothers some time
ago, purchased the property situated on
Bidwell streot, near Western avenue, Alle
gheny, from the Denny estate, belnir 1C0x12O
feet, for $300 per foot front, or $36,000. A
magnificent church will be erected on the
promises.
The other deal closed was the sale by
Peter Shields of the Charle3 Schawn prop
erty, a tract comprising ten aores, situated
on the corner or Winterbnrn street and
BIgelow avenne, tho consideration being
$27,025.
A Little Gossip.
The sale of 60 acres of land situated in the
West End, near the city line, isabout olosed.
The final papers, it Is said, wero signed to
day. The particulars of the deal will be in
shape for publication in a lew days.
The Squirrel Hill district will be heard
from in a short time. A deal involving over
$100,000 is on in 'that vicinity, and the prob
abilities are that it will be closed before
many moons.
The sale of a vast tract of land situated
on Perrysville avenne is known to have
been closed, but the details cannot be made
known for several days.
Building Permits.
Tho following permits were issued to-day:
James McMunn, a two-story frame dwell
ing, Brownsville avenne, near Washington
streets eosr, $1,000. C. A. Wallingsmlth, a'
frame addition, Spruce street, Thirty-second
ward; cost, $300. James Stratford, a
two-story brick dwelling, Rebecca
street, near Fifth avenue: cost, $3,200. John
Mooney, a two-story frame dwelling, Grand
view avonuo. Thirty-second ward; cost,
$2,000. James W. Overton, a two-story frame
dwelling, Homer street, near Avondale
Place; cost, $4,500. William W. Blgham,
Joel's lane. Thirty-second ward, a two-story
framo dwelling: cost, $1,200.
Reports From tho Agents.
W. A. Herron & Sons sold an investment
property on Center avenue, Thirteenth
ward, lot 48x100 feet to another street, with
desirable new buildings, for $15,000.
Black & Baird sold for Jasper B. Steven
son to Jacob Fuchs the property No. ,105
Washington stroet, Allegheny, being a two
story brick dwelling on a lot 27x150 feet
through to Llbertv street for $9,250 cash.
J. R, Ewing & Co. sold lor Chester T. Hoag
anew frame house of six rooms, with mod
ern improvements, fronting on Ellis avenue,
Tenth ward, Allegneny, for $2,500. The pur
chaser, Mr. Charles H.'bcbutte, will occupy
the house at once.
F. B. Tomb reports the following sales:
For George M. Teagarden to Francis M. Mil
ler, a lot on Ella street, Wllklnsburg, 40 feet
front, for $800; for Edw. Flabcowskie to J. J.
Campbell, a lot on Rebecca street, Wllklns
burg. 30 feet front, for $450 cash; for F. B.
Tomb and wife to J. A. Langfitt, two lots on
Walnut avenue for $1,500; F. B. Tomb nnd
wife to John M. Kiner, undivided one-half
Interest in lot No. 21, Edgewood Place plan,
lor $138; lor F. B. Tomb and wife to 'i C. and
H. II. McLean, lot No. 17 in Edgewood Place
plan for $750.
Lamb & Dixon, successors to Slocnm &
Co., sold to Uuh Lafferty, Jacob B. Esterly's
(aim near Columbiana, O., for $6,000.
John F, Sweeny sold for A. A. Thompson,
the contractor of Allegheny, a house and
lot on Clay bourne street. Shad j side, beine a
now six-roomed house, frame, with modern
conveniences, on a lot fronting 20 feet on
Claybourne stroet and extending back 150
feet, for $3,300. ,
W. C Stewart sold for Frederick Feldner,
lot No. 10 In tho Mnrdock plan, frontlngon
Forbes street. Squirrel -Hill district, 50x200
feet, for$4,500.
E. T. Sclmlfner sold for the Birmingham
Land Impiovement Company, lot No. 39, in
their plan of houth View, said lot fronting
50 foet on Phillips nvenue, and extends back
150 teet to an alley, for $400, to Mr. Adella
Stieuer, of Baldwin township.
The Burrell and Kensington Improve
ment Companies leport the following sale of
lots at Kensington: E. R. Brennan, Mc
Donald, lot 261, block 26, for $984 50: William
Schoenon, Tarentum, Pa., lot 477, 478, 479,
480, 481 and 482. block 20, for $3,500.
A. Z. Byers & Co. sold lor tne Ridzeview
Land Company to Harry Hughes lot No. 5 In
their plan. Eleventh ward, Allegheny, front
ing 20 feet on Fleming avenue, extending
through 120 feet to a 20-foot alley, for $725.
Larkin & Kennedy sold three more lots for
tho Blair Land Company in their plan at
Blair station to James Coleman for $125
each.
' NO COMPLAINTS OF DULLNESS
Heard Along the Wholesale Mercantile
Line? Demand Steadily Improving A"
Decline in Elgin Creamery Butter A
Little Late Crop Gossip.
"Wednesday, Oct. 5.
The demand for general merchandise is
steadily increasing as the season advances,
and there is very little complaint, in any
quarter about an unsatisfactory movement.
The lower temperature has stimulated the
inquiry for fall and winter goods of all
kinds, and sales in most lines are fully up
to expectations. Collections are moderately
easy. N
It was erroneously stated in this column
vesterday that no change in the price of
creamory butter had been established on
the Elgin butter board Monday. This error
arose from the failure of two local houses to
properly Interpret their telegraphic advices
Irom Elgin, both reporting no change. In
reality sales wero made a full cent below
last week's prices, which means a lower
range or prices here. Some of the dealers
say, however, that they do not intend tore
duoe their quotations, as they had been sell-,
lng a little oelow the market before tho de
cline came.
The last reduction in 1 oflnod sugar was a
surprise in view of the firmness in raw. As
no explanation accompanied the drop of
VbM" in quotations, the inference is that
tne importation of refinod sugars from Eu
rope, as well as successful competition by
Canadian refiners for Western trade, has
alarmed the trust and forced lower prices
for their product. The margin between raw
and refined is now about 1o, tho trust hav
ing pushed up prices as near as possible to
the importing point. When foreign com
petition successfully asserts itself the price
of the domestic product is, of course, im
mediately dropped, and a further increase
of profits checked.
Continued light exports of wheat from
India strengthen the belief that that coun
try has little more to spare, and that the
United States will bo called on to ship more
Ireely in future to supply the deficiency.
The New York Sun has issued a crop re
port giving tho crop of the different States,
nnd making the total yield of wheat 1,300,
000.000 bushels and oats 500.000.0CO bushels.
Beerbohm is said to bavo made a state
ment that Europe will require 9,000.000 bush
els of corn from America this month.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Sales on call at the Grain and Flour Ex
change to-day: One car sample oats, spot,
87JfJc: 1 car No. 2 yellow shelled corn, five
days, 51c. Bids and offers:
SPOT.
Bid. Asked,
Brown middlings $15 50 $16 CO
Winter wheat bran liiiO
No. 2 white middlings....- 17 00 18 00
No. 2 yellow shelled corn 50)4 51
FIVE DAYS.
No. 2red wheat 75 71H
No. 2 yellow shelled corn 51 52
High mixed shelled corn 50 50)4
I.'o. 2 yellow ear corn 54 65
Wlnterwheat bran $16 0J
No. 1 timothy hay 13 00 1." .50
No. 2 timothy hay 12 to
TEX DATS.
No. 2redwhcat . 734 73
No. 2 yel ow shelled corn 5")S 52
No. 2elluw carcoru 53a 55
New Ivo. 2elIonr eircorn, 42 60
ExtraNu. 3hlte oats....: 37 37
Wlnterwheat bran $13 W $15 50
Nn. i timothy hay 13 CO 135U
Receipts bulletined: Via the P. L. L 1
car rve, I cur malt, 2 cars floor: via the P., C,
C. & St. L 1 car hay; via the P. Ft. W. & C
10 cars bay. 4 cais uat. I cars middlings, 1
car feed, 4 cars flour. Toial, 28 cars.
"HAXGB OF TUB MARKET.
The following quotations for grain, feed, hay
and straw arc fur car lots on track. Dealers charge
a small advance Irom store.;
WiieaT-No. 2red 75 fi) 76
Coax-No. 2vellow ear 51 54S
High mixed ear 51 (cS 53)3
Mixed ear SI 62
Js o. 2 yellow shelled 50 51
High mixed shelled 434 50
Mixed shelled 49
Oats .o. I white sa.Sffl 39
No. 2 white 37.V 33
Extra No. 8 white t...t.... 37 fh 374
No.S 3i'i 36
Mixed 31 (3
Bye -No. 1 Western t. CS 67
No. 2 Western 65 ia at
Flodk (Jobbers' prices) Fancy brand. 81 753
5 On; standard winter patents, f4 7:5 0: -spring
patents. $1 8553", 00: straight winter, $1 2Vy4 50:
clear wlntrr. $4 0431 25: XXX bakers, 53 7St 00:
rye, $3 SOSM 75. I
The Exchange Price Current quotes flour la car
lots on track aa follows!
Patent whiter ;..,. II 5004 M
Patent spring 4 504 65
Straight winter 4 1C4 2S
Clear 8 5af3 70
J.owjrrades 2 25(33 00
Rye flour. 3 8003 85
Spring bakers 3 5G.1 75
MILLTEED-No. 1 white mldddngi, SI8 00JO 00:
No. 2 white middlings. $18 60(3)17 50: winter wheat
bran, 115 25(3)15 60: brown middlings, (IB 0018 50;
chop. $18 003:2 00.
HAY-Chofce timothv, 13 6013 75; No. 1 tim
othy, $13 00li2S: No. 2 timothy. $12 0012 60;
mixed clover and tlmotny, $13 00r)13 50; packing,
S7 608 00: feeding prairie, Ji500 00; wagoa bay,
tlS IX13 00.
Straw-Wheat, $5 750 00; oat, $8 256 50.
Groceries.
SCOARS-Patent cut-loaf, 6Mc: cubes, Vic; pow
dered. 6?4c: granulated (standard), 6jc; con
fectioners A, Ic; soft A, Hic: fancy yellow,
4Kc: fair yellow, 4&4,'4c; common yellow, 4H
4Xc. '
coffee Boas ted. In packages Standard brands,
21 3-20e: second grades, 2WS)21c;Xancy grades. 24)4
2Sc. Loose Java. 33c: Mocha. 3434)c: Santos.
26204c; Maraealbo. 28KC.: Peaberry, 26264c;
Caracas, 23Kc; Rio, IXafiihc.
CoFFEE-Green O. G. Java, 29t9)4c: Padang
Java. 2S28Kc; Mocha. K"43Jc; Peaberry, 21
22c: Santos. 22423SC; Maraealbo, 2l423c: Cara
cas. 233424c; golden Santos, 2D42$4c; Klo, 19
nkc.
OIL Carbon. 116, 0c; headlight, 7c; water
white, 7Kc; Elaine. 13"4c: Ohio legal test. 6J4c;
mluers winter white, 3236c: summer, 3132c.
Molasses Choice, ia3iiic; fancy, 4041c;
centrifugals, 3G31c.
Sybop Corn syrup, 2G2Sc;sngar syrup. 3031c;
fancy flavors, 32150.
Fruits London laver raisins, $2 50; California
London layers, 31 9C2 10; California muscatels,
bags. 55c; boxed, f 1 15(3)1 25: Valencia, 5H61ict
Ondara Valencia. "MOTc; California sultanas,
10HUc; currants. 4MI4c: Collfornla prunes, 9i
I2c; French prunes, sOlOc: California seedless
raisins, 1-lb cartons, $3 75: citron, 2021c: lemon
peel, 10)4llc.
Rice Fancy head Carolina. 6K0)4c; prime to
choice. 536c; Louisiana. 5KGc; Java, 5J45ic:
fapan. 5Jjfie. '
Canned Goons Standard peaches. (Z 052 10:
extra peaches, 2 352 50: seconds. (1 952 00: pie
peaches 1 301 35: finest corn, $1 40(5)1 50; Har
ford county corn. $1 05 I 10: lima beans, SI 20
$1 25; soaked, 895c: early June peas SI 1M)I 2j;
marrowfat peas. I 051 Kit soaked. Tvajsoc: Fi ench
peas. Ill 5Cco'tOJ) Joucans orSl 405)2 50 pduzen;
pineapples, tl 251 30; extra do, 2 40: Bahama
do. 3 00; damson clnms. Eastern. 1 25; Cali
fornia pears. $2 23(32 35; do green gages, 1 75;
do egg plums, , 75: do apricots, il 902 10; do
extra white cherries, 2 75(3)2 85: do white cherries,
2-lb cans, ?1 65; raspberries. Jl 25631 50; strawber
ries. ?1 15(3)1 25; gooseberries. 81 101 25; tomatoes.
M9;.'ic: salmon. 1-lb. SI 25(3)1 80; blackberries. 70
30c: succotash. 2-lb cans, soatted. 05c; do stand
ard, 2-lb cans, Jl 25 I 60; corned beef, 2-lb cans,
I 75(3)1 80; do 14-Ib, 13 00: roast beef, 2-ib. II 75:
chipped beef, 1-lb cans. $1 95(3)2 00; baked beans,
SI 23(3)1 50; lobsters, 1-lb, S2 25; mackerel, fresh,
i-lb, t 00: broiled, 51 50; sardines, domestic. Ms,
14 00; Hs. 6 25; Us, mustard, ti Si: Imported. Ms.
10 5012 50: Imported. Hs, 313 UU2300; canned
apples, 3-lb, 7075c; gallons, 290g3 00..
Provisions.
Large hams 5 UK
Medium 11M
Mnall 12
Trimmed 12M
Shoulders, sugar-cured ii
Bacon shoulders S'4
Dry salt shoulders 75i
Breakfast bacon Mi
Extra do HX
Clear sides, smoked.... 934
Clear bellies, smoked 9'4
Pork, beavy, 1100
Light 15 00
Dried beef, knuckles 13
Rounds 13
Sets .'. 10
Flats 9
Lard (pure), tierces 82i
Tubs 9
Two 50-tb cases 8.1
Lard (refined), tierces 0
Half barrels RH
Tubs SH
Pails 6'4"
Two 50-15 cases G'4
Tli ree-lb cases. 7
Flve-fb cases 6
Ten-lb cases 6H
Dairy Products.
Butter Elgin creamery. 27X2Sc: other
brands, 2S2Gc: choice to fancy country roll, 23(3)
24c; lair to medium grides. 16020c: low grades, 12
15c: cooking, 10(3)llc: grease, 8ffl9c.
CHEESE-ohlo, 104KDUc; New York, llHKc:
fancy Wisconsin Swiss, blocks, 1415c; do bricks,
ll)412c: Wisconsin sweitzcr, In tnbs. 1313)ic;
limUurger, lllfSc: Ohio Swiss, 13134c.
Eggs nnd Poultry.
Eoos-Strlctly rrcsh Pennsylvania and Ohio, 20
21c: storage stock, 13 !9c
Poultry Live Spring chickens. 4555c per
pair for small to medium sized and 6(K505c lor extra
lare; old chickens. 7030e; ducks. 60(3)65c: geese,
753)3l 00. Dressed Chickens, 14ltc per lb;
ducks, 1617c: turkeys, 1718c.
Berries, Fruits and Vegetables.
Quotations on cranberries to-day were un
changed at $2 252 50 per box for Jersey and
$2 502 75 for Capo Cod in boxes and $8 C0
'8 50 in barrels.
Fruits were unchanged as follows: Apples,
$1 503 00 per barrel; quinces, $4 005 50 per
barrel and 50c$l 00 per ba-ket: pears, $1 50
2 50 per koir and i3 50S 50 per barrel;
peaches, $3 253 50 per crate for choice to
lancyanil?! 50.) 00 for ordinary to good;
grapes, 1012c per 4 and 5-pound basket and
22"25c per 8 and 10-pound basket: lemons,
ti 00455 oO per box; DamBon and other varie
t'es of plums, 7590c per 10 pound basket;
bananas, $1 00Q2 00 per buncb; Jamaica
oranges, $8 00 per barrel.
Vegetables were also unchanged. Cabbnire
was quoted at $1 251 50 per bbL and $5 00
7 00 por 100: onions, $2 502 75 per bbl. for
red and yellow and $1 251 35 per box for
Spanish: turnips, $2 G02 -J5 per bbl.; carrots,
$2 252 50; oelery, 2035c per dozen; toma
toes, 7075e per bu.
Potatoes were quoted at 7075o from store
nnd 5565c In carlots on track. Sweets, $2 23
2 50 lor Jersey and $1 6C2 00 for Balti
more. MlsceUaneous.
BccawuKAT Flour isew. sssc per pound.
Seeps Choice recleanea Western timothy, SI 95
per bushel: choice recleaned Western clover, 57 50;
white clover, J 12 00; orchard grass, ?1 90; millet,
(1 50t 00.
DEAXh New York and Michigan pea beans. $2 10
2 15 per bushel: hand-picked medium, 32 00(3)2 (5
per bushel: Lima. 4(uHMc: teunsylvanla and Ohio
beans. SI WY31 95 per oushel.
Beeswax Choice yellow, 3035c: dark. 2530c.
Honey Sew crop white clover. 2C(S)21c per
pound: buckwheat, i2(3)15c; strained honey, !3)10c.
Tallow Country, 344c per pound; city, 4
Feather' Extra live geese. 53fl0c per pound;
No. 1 do, 4S50c; mixed, 3040c.
N UTS -Chestnuts. lillc per pound: S6 00G 50
per bushel: peanuts, green. 45c per pound; ao
roasted. (I 151 30 per bushel.
Cider Sand refined, to 5033 75 per barrel: Penn
sviiran'a champagne elder, IjS 25(3)6 50: new country
elder, fi 0o 50: crab elder, 7 5U8 00.
Pickles 84 50(2)5 50 per barrel.
Popcorn 405c per In.
Hides Green sceer hides, trimmed, 75 lbs and
up. 6c; green steer hides, trimmed. 60 to 75 lbs. 6c:
green steer hides, trimmed, under 60 lbs. 3)4c;
green cow hides, trimmed, all weights, 34c; green
nil hides, trimmed, all weights, Ac; green calf
skins. No. L 5c: green calf skins. No. 2, 2c; green
steer hides, trimmed, side branded. 4c; green salt
steers. No. 1, 60 lbs and up. 7I317MC; green salt
6tcers, No. lt 60 lbs and less. 4l4c: green salt
eows. No. 1. ail weights, 414c: green salt calf. No.
). 8 to 15 lbs, 54Gc: green salt kip. No. 1. 16 to 25
lbs, 45c; runner Kip No. 1, 10 to 25 lbs, 34c:No. 2
hides, l)4c off; No. 2 calf, 2c off.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle and Sheep Lower at East Liberty and
Hogs Strong.
Wednesday, Oct. 5.
As a rule good grain-fed cattle, hogs and
sheep ruled steady to firm at tbe Central
yards this week, but other grades were gen
erally lower, sheep and lambs suffering the
greatest declines. The close to-day was
rather heavy on common and medium
grades of stock and strong on good corn-red.
Trie grnss-fod stuff offering this full is only
about half fattened in consequence of the
poor quullty of the range grass last spring
and summer, tbe result being that lower
prices than usual are ruling. The receipts
this week were above the average numeri
cally, which helped to give the market a
weak appearance.
CATTLE.
The supply on sale Monday was 140 loads,
against J35 loads last Monday. Again tho
receipts were mostly common and medium
grades for whluli the market rnled slow at a
decline of 10 15c per cwt from last week's
prices, wlillo prime cattle were steady at
quotations. Tuesdav's receipts were? loads;
market siow ac nionaays prices.
Extra, T.450 to 1.600 lb Jl 75(3)55 10
Prime, 1,800 to 1.400 lb 4 35 4 60
Cood, 1.200 to 1.300 lb 4 0C 4 20
'lldy. 1.050 to 1,150 lb 356375
Fair. 1.000 tol.100 lb 3 ICftl 3 4J
DA1T. WU&O J.U.TJ III. .....................
Common. 700 to 900 lb
Ruugnfat. 1.C00 to l,3O01b
Common to good fat oxen
Common to good fat bulls ,
Common to good fat cows ,
Heifers. 700 to 1,01)0 lb.
Bologna cows per bead;
Fresh cows ami springers.
noo3.
Monday's receipts wero 25 double-deck
loads. The demand was active and the
market was Ann on prime corn-fed heavy
gradOB and siendy on others, as follows:
Heavy Philadelphia!) 85(3)5 9
Lbrht Pblladelphlas 5 soas 65
.Mixed Pnlladeiphlas 6 70s so
Yorkers 3 4ii5 70
Pigs and grasscrs s WCM 33
Roughs ., 4 0U5 25
Receipts since Monday, 6 double-deck
loads; market firm at Monday's prices.
biieep.
Receipts Monday were 80 double-deck
loads. Tho market ruled slow on all grades
at a decline of 10 to 15c on best grades and
25 to 60c on common und medium sheep and
alllambs. Tuesday's receipts were 10 double
dock loads. Market very dull and woalcat
quotations:
Prime. 95 to 110 lbs 14 SYda 10
tiood. 85 toO J lbs 4 l34 6U
Fair. 73 to H)lbs 2 SSiitl 75
Common, 05 to 70 lbs 2 5(3 00
Culls , I OvZP0
Lambs.... - 3CQd5 25
CALVE.
Veal calve; ,t4KW a
Z MH3 6 UJ
2 4(.) 2 5
29CJ3C0
2 003 3 80
150(3)300
1 50(3)3 25
20033 30
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31
Grass calves 2 503 25
SALES.
Following are some ot the transactions
completed Monday, yesterday and to-day:
McCalL Rowlen & Co. sold 24 head cattle, weigh
ing 22.900 lb at 2 80; 25 head, 22, 020 lb. 33 00: 15head,
17.7001b. S3 50: 18 head. 21.350 lb. 33 85: 13 head. 1C
CTOlb, tl 60: 16 head. 19.630- lb. S3 85:40 bead. 4D.6J3
lb. 34 10; IS head. 23,050 lb. 54 25; 21 head, 23.550 Hi.
33 35. Hoks-73 head, 11,130 lb. $5 75: 4'. head. 9.920
lb, S5 9J: 43 head. 7.700 lb. (5 80; 110 bead. 20.830 lb.
15 85. Sheep 47 nead. 3.720 lb, 34 73: 45 head. 3.650
IB, S3 SO: 75 head. 3,980 lb. 34 10: 231 head. 12.880 lb,
31 80; 27 head. 1.7301b, 34 90: 51 head. 3,710 lb. 35 00.
HuC Hazelwood & Imhoff sold 10 head cattle,
weighing 14,270 lb, at 34 00; 25 bead. 2X970 lb. 33 40.
IS head. 13.360 lb, 2 90: II head. 21.320 lb. 34 35;
24 head. 23.170 lb. 2 70; 12 bead, 15,440 lb. 34 55:14
77 head. 4.050 lb, Jl 0C; 97 lieid. 5.860 lb, 34 75: 155
head.7,U0 lb,83 35; 189 head, 15, CO lb.33 80;J43 head.
8.540 lb, Jl 00; 98 head. 6.230 lb, ?3 10; 127 bead, 6,760
iu. 94 00; jjo ueao. 11, v,u 10, 12 w.
S. B. Hedges & Co. sold 12 head of cattle, weigh
lng 11,190 lb. at 33 65; 12 head, 10,930 lb. JJ CO. Hogs
-52 head. 7,210 lb. 35 60: 54 head. 10,370 lb, J5 80; 18
head. 3,540 lb. J5 75; 26 head. 3.9601b; 35 50: 50 head.
5,9301b, J5 85; 63 head, 7.8701b, 35 20: 14 head. 2.520
lb. 35 90 heep H head.2.580 lb.J4 00; 38 head.560
lb, Jl 30;36head.l,9M lb, 34 00:133 bead.'tO.aM lb,
83 10: 61 head. 4.1601b, 35 40:72head. 4,470 lb, 34 60.
Drnm, Dyer & Co. sold 56 head cattle, weigh
ing 39,460 lb, at 32 15:21 head. 20.000 lb. 33 55: 23
head, 27,480 lb, 33 75; 35 head. 41.420 lb. 33 00; 51
head, 49.060 lb. 3 00; 25 bead, 22.910 lb, 32 85; 22
head, :6.430 lb. S3 80. Hogs 71 head, 13.370 lb,
35 S: 67 head. 11,080 lh. 35 60: 18 head. 3.540 lb. (5 75;
59 head. 3.220 lb. 35 65; 18 head. 3.410 lb, 35 CO.
Shccp-31 head. 5,190 lb, 34 65: 45 head, t, 650 lb,
34 5J; 112 Lead. 7.820 lb. (5 25; 223 bead 18.160 lb.
34 10; 22 head. L3S01b. $5 CO; 99 head. 5.870 lb, 84 90.
Reueker. Llnkuom & Co. sold 16 bead, weighing
18, 170 lb, at S3 90; 21 head. 24.C60 lb. S3 75: 24Iiead.
23.000 lb. 33 CO: 22 head, 18.410 lb. 2 75: 21 head. 19,
540 lb. $3 25: 20 head. 24.300 lb. J4 20; 17 head. 18.130
lb. S3 60; 13 head. 15,6001b. 34 CO: 20 head. 23.700 lb.
33 80; 16 head. 16.900 lb, 13 45. Hoes 15 head. 8,310
lb, 35 50: 15 head. 2,810 lb. 35 75: 57 head. 9,720 lb,
35 60; 41 head. 6.350 lb. to 40: 25 bead, 4.3201b. 35 G5.
&heep-32 head," 2.590 lb. S3 73; 41 head, 2.610 lb.
35 00; 51 head. 2,840 lb. S3 M: 70 head, 5,380 lb. S3 80s
30 head, 2.430 lb. J3 50; 50 head. 3.720 lb. $3 75.
John Hesket & Co. sold 8 head cattle, weighing
9.760 Ib.at 34 00: 22head.22,740 lb,8350: 12head. 13.
0001b. S3 25; 19 head. 22,150 lb. S3 30: 24 head. 23,620
lb, S3 I24; 77 head. 80,290 lb. S3 05; 19 head, 19,910
lb, 3 00: 23 fresh cows at 333 per head; 16 do at 338
per head: 8 do at 331 per head. Hogs 21 head. 4, 770
lb. $6 00: 28 head. 6. HO lb. S5 85; 153 head, 28.280 lb.
S5 80: 132 head. 23.500 lb. 35 75: 68 head. 10.570 lb.
) 50: Sheep-51 head, 8 130 lb. S5 00: 44 head. 2,340
b. 34 to; 2C3 head, 13.700 lb. J4 60: 167 head, 12,390
xufj to 43 neau. 3,ueo in, zz cu.
William Holmes 4 Co. 60ld 28 head cattle, weigh
ing 24,000 lb. at 33 15; 32 head. 39,370 lb, 34 15; 68
head. 86,400 lb, 35 05: 42 head, 39.950 lb, $4 00: 60
head, 67,190 lb, $3 50: 19 bead. 3.400 lb, 3 70: 65
head, 41.270 lb, 32 10; 16 head. 13,750 lb, 2 80: lt
13.3901b. 33 30. Ilog9-76 head, 14.500 lb, 85 90; 149
head. 24. COO lb. 95 65: 67 head. 9.560 lb. 35,60: 154
head. 20.0701b. $5 35. bheep 79 head. 6.270 lb, $3 65:
245 bead, 20.610 lb. Jt 65; 10U head, 10,140 lb, Jl 50:
103 head, 8,9501b, Jl 25.
Lafferty Bros., & Hadden sold 20 head cattle,
welzldng 22,8)0 lb, at S3 CO: 18 head. 22.160 lb,
33 75; 22 head. 30.2751b. MM: 22 head. 24,6101b,
33 80; 21 head, 21.370 lb, S3 35; 16 head, 20,8901b,
J4 50: 21 head. 19,060 lb, J2 32)4. Hogs 13 bead.
7,6201b. 35 65: 73 head. 13,190 lb. J5 75. blieep-69
head. 4.7C0 lb. J3 80: 77 head. 4.630 10. S4 60: 34 head.
2,300 ID, J4 80; 123 head. 12.000 lb, 34 50; 60 head,
4,0701b, fi 10; 25 head. 2,0201b. J2 40.
iBy Associated Press.
New York Beeves Receipts, 1,273 head,
including 66 cars for sales; market firm for
choice nativei, dull for other grades; natlvo
steers, $3 004 90 per 100 lbs.; Texans and
Colorados, $2 553 85; bulls and cows, $1 00
3 00; dressed beef steadv at 7Sc per lb:
shipments to-day 150 beeves and 10,040
quarters of beef: to-morrow, 517 beeves and
85 sheep: calves, receipts, 1,498 head; mar
ket firm for veals, dull for grassers; veals,
68c per 100 lbs.: urassers, $1 752 50; Western
calves, ?2 003 25. Sheep and lambs Re
ceipts, 8,472 head; market Jic per lb.
higher; sheep $3 755 CO per 100 lbs.; lambs,
$5 105 GO; dressed mutton firm, 78Ko per
lb.; dressed lambs steady, 8XQ10C. liogs
Receipts, 11,209 head, including two cars
for sale; market firmer at $5 60S 10 per
100 lbs.
Chicago The Evening Journal reports:
Cattle Receipts, 18,000 head; shipments, 4,900
head: market steady to lower; best natives,
$5 005 70; others, $2 801 50; Texans. $1 90
2 75; Westerns, $2 904 35; cows, $1100
2 60. Ilogs Receipts, 18,100 head; shipments,
9,000 head; market 10c higher; rouirli and com
mon, (5 003 20; packing, $5 255 45; ship
ping, $5 505 70: fancy heavy and butchers'
weights, $5 605 85: assorted light, $5 4l5 70;
skips and piss, $4 505 25. Sheep Receipts,
10,000 head; shipments, 2,300 head: market;
strong on sheep, lambs lower; natives, $4 23
5 00; Westerns, $4 104 60; Mexicans, 13 73
4 10; Iambs, S3 735 75.
Buffalo Cattle Receipts, 81 loads
through, market steady; cows and heifers,
$2 252 50; good butchers', $2 753 00. Ilogs
Receipt, 57 loads throngh, 12 sales: market
active and higher; heavy corn-fed, $5 95
6 10; packers and medium, $3 906 00. Sheep
and lambs Receipts, 8 loads through, 23
sales; market slow and prices a shade lower;
choice and wethers, $5 75; lambs, choice,
$5 40.
Cincinnati Hogs strong and active at $4 70
5 25; receipts, 4,250 head; sbipmenti, 3,600
head. Cattle in good demand at $) 504 60;
receipts, 1,340 head; shipments, 45J nead.
Sheep in better supply and lower at $3 00
5 00; receipts, 2,500 bead; shipments, LOud
bead. Lambs weak at $3 505 23.
General Markets.
Milwaukee Flour quiet. Wheat steady!
December,7JJfjC; No. 2spring,70c: No. 1 North
ern, 76c. Corn quiet; No. 3, 43c. Oats firmer?
No. 2 white, 33k33Jic: No. 3 do, 31J3:jJc
Parley quiet; October, 61c; sample, 58blc.
Rye steady; No. 1. 58c. Provisions quiet.
Pork, October, $11 30. Lard, October, 8 40.
Receipts Flour, 8,600 barrels; wheat, 58,400
bushels; barley, 84,490 bushels. Shipments
Flour. 17,200 barrels; wheat, 9,400 busheU;
barley, 31,400 bushels.
Cincinnati Flour steady. Wheat steady;
No. 2 red. 7374c; receipts,2,500 bushels; ship
ment", 2.600 bushels. Corn steady; No. a
mixed, 464Go. Oats stronger; No.2 mixed,
34c Rye dull, heavy; No. 2, 60c. Pork held
higher, $11 75. Lard strong, higher, $8 00.
Bulk meats quiet, $7 757 87. Bacon firm,
39 50. Whisky firm; sales, 901 barrels, $1 13.
Butter steady. Sugar in good demand, firm.
Eggs dull, 16c. Cheese firm.
Baltimore Wh'eat strong; So. 2 red spot,
75c; October, 75c: December, 7cc. Corn
firm; mixed spot, 52Kc Oats firm: No. 21
white Western, SS38c Rye steady and
firm; No. 2, 61c nominally. Hay steady.
Grain freights firm and .unchanged. Pro
visions steady. Butter dull; creamery fancy,
25c. Eges dull: Westera,20c Cofleeiquiet; Rio
J50. 7, 1515c.
Kansas City Wheat generally weak; No.
2 hard, old. 60c: new,60K6Ic; No. 2 red. 64c
Corn lower: No. 2 mixed. 3737Kc: No. 2
white, 30c. Egss firm; candled, 15o. Receipts
Wheat, 73,000 bnsnels: corn, 3,000 bushels:
oats. l.OCO bushels. Shipments Wheat, 63,000
bushels; corn, 13.0GO bushels; oats, none.
FOR THROAT
complaints,
the best remedy is
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral
In colds,
foroncnitis, la grippe,
and croup, it is
Prompt to Act
sure to cure.
DANIEL M'CAFFREY.
CHOICE TIMOTHY BAYi
Car Lots a Specialty.
23S AND 240 FIFTH AVENUE,
se9-D - PITTSBURG.
UltOKEKS FINANCIAL
ESTABLISHED 1834.
John M. Oakley & Co.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
43 SIXTH ST.
Direct private wire to Now York and Cbl
cngo. 3Iemher New York, Chicago andPitt
burg Exchanges.
Local securltleH bought and sold for cash,
or carried on liberal margins.
Investments made ac -our discretion and.
dividends paid qnarterly.
Interest paid on balance (since 1833.)
Money to loan on calL
Information books on all markets mailed,
on application. ie7
Whitney & Stephenson,
5 7' Fourth Avenue.
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