7&f? ' v.1 11 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1892. 'V t I I m IS RAIDED Ob. the Presumption It Is in Sore Need of the Sinews of War. - TYALL STBEET IS BEAEISH ta It Because of the Aggressiveness of Its Officials. MANHATTAN UNUSUALLY STRONG. Fpgar and Pacific Mail Hijher and Atchi son and Missouri Tacific Lower. MOST CnAKGES FRACTIONAL LOSSES ISrrCIAL TCLTGRAJI TO THE ClSPATCnO New Yokk, Dec. 2i Speculation on the Stock Exchange to-day was very closely confined to Eeadiiiz, which supplied about one-half of the transactions. The street is very bearish on Heading, because, it be lieves that no matter what the net earnings of the company may show far the last fiscal -year, it will have to do some shrewd finan ciering to meet the interest on 5ts preference bond1!. There is also ,-a growing conviction that the management of the company has not been conservative in operating the property, and that the policy ol the company, or ot those largely interested in it, in spreading out into territory heretofore unoccupied by it is a terious mistake. The company un questionably has strong financial backing, but its policy appears to have antagonized ven more important interests. In a word, ilie aggressiveness ot President McLeod and his associates has precipitated a struggle, and those whom they have antagonized are obviously the more powerful. On transactions ot over 50,000 lull shares Reading closed li' per cent lower than yesterday, anil the final price was tUe lowes-t recorded. There was naturally a good deal or selling lor short account, hence it would not be surprising If the bears overreached tln-mselves in their efforts to depress the prices, of the stocks. All of the preierence bonds weio also active and lower. A report that Mr. McLeod would be fruccredea at the next annual meeting by lr. J. Louber Welch caused a temporary rally in the price, but a- soon as this report ia-''eiiied by Mr. McLeod and some ot his associates the stocks declined againt Oilier noteworthy dealings were in Dis tilling, American Sugar, Atchison, Missouri 3iciflc and Manhattan. Tno last was ex ceptionally strong, una, though It lost part ol a sharp advance, it closed fractionally lnglier than yesterday. The trading in Dis tilling was lighter than for a Ions time past, the fluctuations were narrow and in com mon wi h the majority of the list it closed fractionally low cr. Sunar Refining was firm at a slight advance, but Atchison and Mis souri Pacific yielded to tile general tendenc3'. Ot the specialities Pacific Mall was con PDicuous, because it closed at a net advance of 1 per cent in spite ot the formal organiza tion ot a company to compete with It on the Pacific coast. Money was easy on call, but the market for time loans and commcinal paper anon a that there has been no change in the real condition o' the market. Sterling was strong, but shipments o specie on Tuesday sue improbable. That exports will be made on Wednesday next Is almost a foregone conclusion. Isrr-ciAL from now. joesco.1 New York, Dec 23. The same waiting and rather fi-verish tendency of yesterday char acterized the market most or the day. There was only one feature ol interest, and that wa the progress of the fight in Heading. The trading was on an enormous scale. 1 ias noticed, however, that the stock fell off a. point almost Immediately ntter the open ing on trading in small lots, and it was not -until the pi ice touched 51 that dealings weie -very large. At this point the position was obstinately contested. Over 50,000 shares were dealt in between 50"i and 51, interest In the rest of the list being practically nil, the nr.irkot being clouded by doubts as to the financial situation. Readinu was practically tne only stock which moved on its merits. bemi-conflrmationof yesterday's reports as to the offer said to have been made by the SowToikbaiiksto the Treasury was sup plied from Washington, and it was said in addition that the banks had offered to loan tno Treasury $50 000,000 in gold, but that Sec retary Foster was so satisfied with the posi tion of affair-1 that he was going for a noli Iny and no offers of bonds in the immediate future were likely. Any good effect that this statement might have had w neutral ized bv a statement that at least $500,000 gold -uould be shipped on Wednesdav next This -cau-ed toe market, which had been dull, to become weak, the losses during the last hour being considerable as compared with pre vious movement. The temper at the close was bearish and the room was sensitive as to tight money next week. The news of Reading was almost all favor able. It was reported that the Finance Company ol Pennsylvania would advance the road 52 000,000 for pre erred interest, and itwasalMi -.aid by an authority that there would be a very favorable development in Il--ading affairs within a week or ten days. The fact that in spite of this the stock closed at the lowest elicited some comment. It is thought that the bull lenders are Ira '.in? tip to a moderate extent lor a sharp rise when the situation permits. It is rumored that Xew England may be consolidated witli Boston and Maine on the basis of three shares to one. Important developments are pending in the Pacific Mail and Panama trouble. Gobi to tl.v extent of $50.1,000 will be shipped on Wednesday by one firm: prob ably more will. Considerable more difficulty is found in making time loans. bterllngllrm, a shade below tbo highest: demand still exceeds supply. IBT ASSOCIATED PBESS.J Xew York, Dec 23. The stock market was les active than of late. The tendency of prices in the early trading was upward, the most marked advance having been 2 in Man hattan to HO, the highest price attained since tho late Crrus W. Field lilted up the quotation to 175 in opposition to the wishes of the Gould-Sage intorest, and which re sulted in the subsequent drop or nearly 10J points in the stock. Pacific Mail rose 1J on minors or an impending settlement or the differences between that company and tho Tanama Railroad. The general list improved Ji to Ji per cent. The rise was checked by a Heavy selling movement in Beading which declined from 52i to 50J on a reiteration of the reports Recently current that the com pany would have to make loans in order to meet the interest on the prelerence income ponds. Manhattan reacted 1J imr cent and the general list declined i to lj& closing at the lowest figure or the day. The volnme of business was unusually small outside ol Heading, which figured lor 165,000 shares. Some of the "traders were disponed to sell out becanso of the near ap proach ot the Christmas holidays. Not withstanding this and the pressure Irorn bear sources n majority ol the lesdin:r shares showed losses for the day ot only J !i per cent. The silver question was much discussed and much apprehension was lelt consider in" cold exports. According to leading bankers thcie will be no shipments of the yellow metal by the steamers sallinx to morrow, or on Tuesday next, but unless there is a material increase in the supply of "biTl in thft meantime exDorts are to be looked for by the middle ot next week. Railway bonds were generally firm. The sales were $1,000,000. Belleville and South ern Illinois lstsaivanced 1J to 112: Cleve land and Canton firsts 1 to U5; and Toledo, St Louis and Kansas City lsts IJfto ggj. "Burlington. Cedar Rapids and Northern 5s declined 1 to 101J6 Elizabeth and Big Sandy lsts 1 to S7; Oiegon Improvement 5s 1 to 61 and St. Loui9;SoutU western Uts I to 61. The Beading issues were weak, declining 1 to l?i per cent. f ' Government bonds closed asTollows: 112W U.S. 4s.reg. V. S 4s. coup U.S. Is """ Pacmc6s ot '!.... Louisiana stpd 4S. Missouri es Tenn. new set 6.. Tenn. new set., Tena. new seta.. Mntnal TTulon OS IIS ...1US ...100 ..1(5 ... 97M ...103 ,..104 . J. C. Int. CertllUf Northern Pac. lsts. .119 Northern Pac lDd.Hl)f Northwest. Consols. 117 Northwest. Deb S...103H St,U.4IronH.tien5t. 84 3t,L.ScnF.Gen.M.loa dt. Paul Consols....!! Canada So. mis 1015 cn. lcific lsts 1C7- Den. K. G. IsU...ll6 Den. AK.O.43 6 Krlemds 10IJ4 M. K. T. Gen. 6s.. 79 M. K. T. Gen. 6s.. 48 , St.F..Chl.& r.iclsti.117 Texl'acUU.Tr.Rcts 77 1-exPacR.U.Tr.Hcls I6V( Union l'ac lsts li West Shore... ...104i .. 79 R. U. W. Uti Close in mining shares: Con. Cal. and Va 140 lleadwood 110 Gould Curry CO Hale and Norcross... 70 Huracstake 1SU) Mexican 100 Ontario, 13-w Ophir ISO Plymouth Sierra Nevada. Standard Union Con..... Yellow Jacket UBtllCl.t.lKM . ron Silver 40 I quicksilver, pro itw The total sale of stocks to-day were 235, TOU shares, including: Atchison. 12,823; Chi cago Gas, 7.640: Manhattan, 5,460: Missouri Pacific, 91,900: New England, 2,3.4); Readim-, 104,000; St. Paul, 9,750; Western Union, 3,953. The following table shows the prices of active stocks on the fw York Stock Exchange, corrected dmlv rorTiiE DISPATCH by Whitney A Stephen sun, oioest Pittsburg lr.enbers or New York Stock Exchange, 57 Fourth avenuet Close Open Clos Dec 22" ing. ing. American Cotton Oil 0 iosjj "J3)i 94M S3'i 404 7SH 108 87 i 33 9Vi S3 89! sm Z7M 22H Si 96H 70i 120 4 83H 46? 117,4 lllh 141 57H 39 '4 27 H 'i29 16 52 62H Am. Cotton OH, prefl Am. sugar Refg Co.1 A. Sugar R.Co., pref 78 107)1 97H 32K 93,'a 92 88H 57H 122H 27 Aicn.. tup. x a. I' ... Ilaltlmore Ohio... Haiti. Oh o Trust, f'aucdlan Paclnc... Canada Southern... Central of N. Jersey Central Paclnc Chesapeitfce A Ohio.. Chicago Gas Trust.. a. b. q a. m. a -t p. 85 8-.; 97 70H IMS 83 t 47 I iio'b ui's 5SS 39) 'ii 131 52 I Git 3 8IH 96Sj 84' 1H 76 t3'i 75 C. M. 4 St. P., pref I20)a S3 46Mi t., it. i. x i- C St. P.. M. A O 3 48S "llO't 111'; 5SS, 394 'iii'i IS9U 16H 52 61 ZH 7 CM.P..M.&O. pref n;4 i,iucaeo,: .nrtnwn lliX II n, 58H i- A. :vwcst'n md., c. a. c. a i Col. Coal A Iron Col A llocklne Val. J7M r 17X ma 15X 51,H Del.. Lack A West.. iicj. & Hudson Den. A Kli- Grande 13U 16 Den. A HloG'e. pref a: ins. .vu. . Trust.. 6:v E. T. Va. A Ga Illinois Central ... Lake Erie A West. 3Hl 97M Lake Erie A W.,pref 75 13V 7U 140 1P5 S6 13ii 113 41K 9i", 10" UH 34' V3S )i 13 7H 74S 129S4 6J 71 1233 70 138 U54 5-.H irj, 112 44 ! i.he?nnre -H. . .. Loulsrihe A Xash'e lii 691i 138 hi 104 5( 55H 138 113 i3t 70 13SV 1CSS: Manhattan. ...... Michigan Central. Mlsiurl Pacific. 1384! IlH'- S5H National Cord. Co.. 133 113 44 I37i, 112H 92 at. onl.C pref. National Lead Co .. Xt. Lend Co.. prer. AevVotk Central.. N. Y.. C. A SL L... X.Y.;c.A-t.L..ipr. n Y..c.Ast.u,:pr. N. Y.. L. F A W .. N'.Y.L.E. AW.pref. . Y. AN. E X. Y.. O. A W... . Norlolk A Western.. N. A West'n. pref . North American Co. Northern Pac tic ... Nor. Pacific, pref. . OhtoAMKs I'aclflcMall ..t Peo. Dec A Erans . Philada. A Heading P.. C. . Abt l Pullman PaHce Car. Richmond A W.P.T. It. AW. P. T.. pid.. St. Paul A Duluth. . M. P AD., prerd.. St. P.. M &L Texas P.iclile Union Pacinc Walali W-ihash. prePd Western . nion...... Wheeling A L. E.... W. A L. E., nrePd.. :' i 108H 17 10SH 1085( ni 17 i 17 72 , 76 34 I 31'4 23! 23 5.1S t-4 KV 42 34M 23'4 "" 18 KH 18 17 18 V 374 1CH 16 48 19 26 16 52 19'4 194 7 31 40X 115 111 9 37X 11 21 92V 204 G2X 374 104 1S'4 Ki 20 W 27 16! 50?. "iw" 31 404 105 1114 37H ll! Ky. C2 lO' ic,! lO 10 ic; 43!. 'is" 52!4 19 194 7 48X '&M 19 194 7 47S "S" 50H 19 191 6 9V, 9i 37X 14 92 S2H C3! W"n Closing Philadelphia Quotations. Bid. Asked. Pennsylvania &H 54 Kcadiug 25V . 257-16 Btifraio. New York and Philadelphia. 6 6 Lehigh Vallev 57 SI'A Lehigh Navigation 53 Philadelphia and Erie 15( 32 Northern Pacific common .. 166 6)i Nortneri. pacific preferred 47 48 Electric Stocks. Bostois, Dec 23. SpectoLl The closing quotations of electric stocks to-day were: Bid. Asked. Edison Electric HI 4. General Electric Weslinghousc, second preferred.. 133 111)', 33 47 '-H 7H 774 1H 140 111 -A 4S 13 7 8 ID estingnousc nrstprcierrea pj h ayne i.iecinc Ft. Wa'vne Electric fAl.... Thomson-Houston Tr. D....7 Thomsou-llousion En. Elec. Weld. Boston Stocks Closing Prices. Atrh. A Top 32 Boston A Albany. ...212 Hoston A .Maine 170)4 Clii. Bur. A Q 96 Fltchliurg IS. K 65K Flint A PereM.,Dfa. 17.S Mass. Cent 18 Boston A Mont f alume LA Hccla... Franklin. Kcarsarge 'sceola Qutncr Annislon Land Co.. 2U2 H4 34 174 15 HX 16S .2084 ; ? . 59 9X 111 Mex. Cent, com ui'i X.I. AN. E 421, N. Y. A N.t nr. 7s.llS Old Colony 134 Koston Land C;o" San Dleo Land Co. wci tnn i.auaiyO.. Water Power. .... .. Centennial . N.E Tel. A Tel Bntte A Boston Cop. General Electric. Rutland com. 23( l is. cni. com . 14 Allouez M. Co.tnewl 75 Atlantil. S.V Bid. FOREIGN FINANCIAL Depression Prevails on the Paris, Berlin and Vienna Bourses. LomxKf, Dec 23. The amount of bullion withdrawn from the Hank ot England on balances to-dav is 8.000. Paris. Dec 2A A panicky leeling prevails on the Bourse and a considerable fall has occurred in the price of 3 per cent rentes. Av the close last night these securities were quoted at SSf 7Jc When the Bourse oponed this morhiug tho price offered uas 971 32c and the quotation steadily declined until at this hour (2 p m.) 93 70c is the market price. At 2:30 p. m. the tone became a shade better. Rentes had rallied and advanced to 97f 27c Credit Foncier, which during the early deal ings had fallen 40 points, gained strength and at 2:30 had gained 10 points. At the close the market was very much depressed. Bank and industrial shares were freely offered, but there were few purchaser-. Suez canal shares were CJ; Credit Foncier, "li Ottoman Bank, llji and Lom bards i lower. Foreign securities were weak and priceB showed a fractional de cline. Advices from Berlin, Frankfort and Vienna show that the Bourses in those cities were we.ik through sympathy with the mar ket here. London, Dec 23.-4 p M. Close Consols, money, 97: do account tf7 7-16; New York, Prnnbylv.uita and Ohio lsts, 29: Canada Pacific. : Erie, 24t; do 2ds, lot; Illinois CentraL HO4; Mexican ordinary, 21; St. Paul common, 7SJ: New Tork Cential. 112; Pennsylvania, 5-ifi: Reading, 2R3; Mexicuu Central new 4s, 67Jf. Bar silver, 33 j. Money, 1 per cent. Bute u. discount in the open market for both short and three months' bills, IK per cent. GRAIN STRONGER. January Pork Closes Higher and All Other Products Lower. Chicago, Dec 23. The grain markets aver aged stionger, but closed with wheat un changed irotn the final quotations of t..e day berore, and oats and corn at about He decline. Provisions were dull except lard, which was quite weak. Wheat at the opening was about JiK lower than yesterday's closing, but a firm leeling devoloped later in the session, and prices were advanced alter numerous fluc tuations llc, then declined Jc, ruling steady to the close. There were lair offer ings at the start, and it looked as though the market might sell off, but the Ohio State crop report held the market in check, influenced better bnying and caused the advance. The leport made the area sown to wheat 148.000 acres less than last yeai, and the condition 77, or S points less than In December, 1S9L bhorts were in duced to cover, and it was also claimed that there was good buying by the parties suo poed to be interested on the long side of the market. St. Louis pal ties were also credited with being largo buyers. When the mai ket reached the higher prices, there was some pretty iree selling, and most or it attributed to tho long interest, or parties supposed to be leading the bull side 01 the market. The receipts In the NortUwest were smaller, and advices from La Crosse say buyers have ad vanced their bids 2 cents. In com a little more disposition was man ifested on the part of holders to sell. The provision interest, it was surmised, un loaded moderate quantities in a quiet way, which were taken by the commission bouses, the action of w heat having a ten dency to prevent any material decline. Oats opened easier, but the strength in wheat caused an advance 01 Hc. This was followed by liberal selling, anu the ad vance was all lost. After fluctuating fairly, the market closed easy at the inside and Jo decline Irom yesterday. Pork and ribs were held comparatively steady during a smart break in lard. The limpness of lard, some thought, was due to Moiling by Leopold Bloom, but others thonghfit was the beginning of an attempt by Pairbank, who controls the deal, to shake out weight. Compared with last night January pork is 2c higher, and May is 5c lower. January laru is off 10c and May 15c January ribs. 7c lower, and May 5c lower. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, easy; only a few lots sold:No. 2 soring wheat, 71c: No. 3 spring wheat.' 59 64c; No. 2 red, Vljfc No. S com, 4Wc No. a oats, SOgSoc; No. S white, 53fc; No. S High Low est, est. 40.H ZM "idfji "io6J 'mi "svi i 94H 68 "six 13S lKs "3" "s:"" white, 31c No. 2 rye, 50c No. 2 barley. 65-; No. 3 4256e: No. 4 r. O. h., 3G IS;. No. 1 flaxseed, SI OS. Prime timothy seed, $3 00. Mess poik per barrel, $14 37V 14 50. Laid per 100 pounds, $10 S2K! short ribs sides, loose, $3 1038 15; dry salted shoulders, boxed, $7 87V8 00; short clear sides, boxed, $3 6oS 65. Whisky, 'distillers' fimsbod goods, per gallon, $130. Sugars, cut loaf, unchanged. No. Scorn. 37c Receipts Flour, 17,000 barrels: wheat, 219.C03 bushels: corn, 164,000 bushels: oats, 236 000 bushels; rye, 4,000 bushels; barley, os,oou unsueis. . . . .. Shipments Flour, 17,000 barrels; wheat; 19,000 bushels: corn, 84.000 bushels: oats, 146.000 bushels: rye. 5.000 bushels; barley, 55 0t0 bushels. . . . ... On the Produce Exchange lo-uav. jno butter market was quiet; creamery, 2029Jc; dairy, 2026c Eggs strictly fresh, 25i6c Range of the leading features, furnished by John M. Oaklev A Co., bankers and brokers. No. 4 Sixth street. Open-IHIgn-ILow- (Clos Close. Dec 22 Articles. ing. I eau i vsw 1 in. Wheat. December 7IH 714 774 75,4 40 71 72X 78H 7W 41 It 71 H 71S 71H 71 71 773, lih 407i 414 404 6H 29Si 404 MX 14 40 15 50 15 90 10 30 10 30 9 80 8 17 832 January May July 71 77i 77K 75H 75&I COKJI. December 405 S3 45M 40H 41M 455, 45K 29 January May July 41H 46 1 4578 46H! 46 OATS. December ...... January aiay FORK. December January May , LARD. December...... 34K 31)i HH 14 40 15 52 15 50 15 90 15 35 15 72 15 87 10 15 January May SHORT RIBS. January. 10 30 9 SJ 10 15 960 10 20 965 8 15 832 8 10 8 10 8 22 1 8 27 Aiay Car receipts ror to-day oats, 193. Estimates for corn, 2G5; oats, 159. 1 Wheat. 210: corn, 32.1; to-morrow: Wheat, 252; GENERAL BIARKETS. New York Flour Receipts. 3J.9S0 pack ages: exports, 7,551 barrels, 6,464 sacks; quiet and Arm: sales, 10,100 barrels. Corxjieal dull and steady. Wheat Receipts, 49.609 bushels: exports, 40,825 bushels: sales. 2,255 000 bushels futures, 14.000 bushels spot; spot dull and firmer with options; No. 2 red. TTo store and elevator; 77c afloat; 76K"8?o f. o. b.: No. S red, 73Vc:ungiadedreu, 7i,9c;No. 1 North ern, SOiJc; No. 1 hard, E6S64c; No. 2 North ern, bit; No. 2 Milwaukee, 75Jc: No. 3 sprinir, 71c: options wore fairly active and irregular: options steady and declining l4c with the W.est, advanced Jc on good loreign buying, shorts covering and free buying for Western account, declined o on realizing anU KK o,yor yesterday : No. 2 1 ed 75K"65ic closing at 75Jc: January, 75Jf76Kc closing at 76c; May, 80K81c, closing at 80KC- Barlet quiet. Barley malt qniet. , Cors Receipts, 25,600 bushels: exports. 5, 538 bushels; sales, 50,000 bushels futures, 160, 0.0 bushels sp-d; snot fairly active, cas ter: No. 2, 48c. elevator; 49c afloat; ungraded mixed, 49J6&O0C; options, wereuun jkic lower and s eady witn trading local, December, 4Mc. January, 48K49c, closing at 4SJc; Slay, 51U525. closing Slc. Oats Receipts, SA550 bushels: exports, 7, 260 bnshels:sales,345 000,bushels;futures;31.0t bushels spot: spotcuill.whlte easier; options, flrmen quiet: January, S6,c closing at 36Vc: February, S7Ue closing at 37Kc: Mav, 38i9c, closing at SSc No. 2 spot; win e, 42c: mixed Western, 36 3Sc: wliite do, 1047c; No. 2, Chicago, 37Kc IIav In moderate demand. Hors dull and steady. Groceries Coffee-Options opened quiet unchanged to 6 points down, closed steady, unchanged to 10 up; sales, 14.250 hags, in cluding December, 16.0016.05c; January, 15.75 15.80c; February, 15.55c; March, 15.40 16.50c: Mav, 15.10015.20c; July. 1505c: Septem ber, 15.15c Su ars quiet and steady: No. 7 centrifugals, 96 test, Zmc: "ales. 115 bozsheads Muscovado, 89 test, at 3 ex-dock: refined more active and steady. Molasses New Orleans, dull and steady. Rice fairly active and steady. CoTTOH seed oil less active and firm. Tallow firm. Rosib quiet and steady. Tcrpestise 30K31tc. Hides dull and steady. Egos in light receipts and Arm: receipts, 2,211 packages. . lloo products Pork quiet and steady; middles quiet and firm. Lard quiet and lower: Western steam closed at $10 50; sales. 750 tierces at sio boio 70; option aios, 250 tierces: December. $10 50; January, $10 50; May. $9 95. Dairt PBODrcTS Butter firm and fairly active; Western dairy. 1724c: do creamery, 2031c; d.o factory, 1522c: Elgin. 31c Cheese ' In lair dimand and strong. Philadjelphla Flour Very little doing, but prlcWsof desirable trade brands stendlly held. Wheat a shads higher. In sympathy with Chicoco: steamer No. 2 red in export plevatnr, 72e: No. 2 red in do, 74c: No 2 red, December, 7474Vc; Januarv. 74V74c; February, 7576c: March, 7777yic Corn options weak: local car lots in moderate supply and quiet; No. 2 yellow in grain de pot, 49c: No. 2 mixed, December and Jnnn ary, 47i447J4c: February and March. 47K 48c Oats Car lots dull; futures neglected and nominal; No. 3 white. 37c: No. 2 white, 40c: No. 2 white. December B9K40c: Jan uarv. 3939Jc: February, S9Ji39Jgc: Jfarcli, SSJftJiOc. Provisions firm and ingoodjoli ning demand. I'ork Mess, new, $15 50 16 00: do family, $19 0uJ1950. Hams Smoked. 1S13K- Receipi Flour, 3,400 barrels, 4. 100 sacks: wheat, 39,500 bushels; corn, 47,400 bushels: oats, 14,600 bushels. Shipments Wheat. 24.000 bushels; corn, 9,500 bushels; oats, 16,000 bushels. St. Louis Flour dull and unchanged. Whe'it Cash higherat66Jic; options opened Hiio off, nut later advanced c Most of this was a'terward lost, ana the close was only n shade above yesterday; May, 73c; July, 72Jc. Corn Cash and December higher at 37c: options declined early, then recovered, but later fell off azain and closed Jic nnder vesterdav; January. 37K37e; February, 37c; May, 41c Oats Cah better: sample lots selling at 3Sc: Mav closed Hi better at 34c Bye firm and higher at 50c Barley quiet: Minnesota sold at 53c: Inwa, 61c. .Bran higher at 61c on east tmefc. Hay unchanged. Flaxseed quiet at $1 05. Cornmeal quiet at $1 80. Minneapolis The feoling was a little better than yesterday. Mav opened at 69 6C95e and closed at 60c: it sold up to 70Jc and down to69Jc; the spread at onetime between here and Chicago was 8c, but this narrowed at the close to 8Jc There was not a brisk demand for cash. Most of the No. 1 Northern sold at 65c and about half or the No.2Nort(Tern wentuteoc. Receipts or wheat here were 255 cars and 339 cars at Duluth and Superior. Close: Mav, 69c; December, 64J4c: on track. No. 1 6SKc: No. 1 Northern, 61c: No. 2 Northern, 5S865KC Toledo Wheat dull and lower; No. 2 cash and December, 71Vc; MaV. 77c. Corn dull -.ind steady; No. 2 cash. 41c; May. 45c U.its quiet; cash, 35c. Bye dull; cash, 54c loverseed dull and firm: prime, cash, December and January, $7 90; February, $7 95: March, $8 00. Receipt :Flour.J48 bar rels; wheat. 16.974 bushels; corn, 31,910 bush els: rye. 130 bushels: cloverseed, 281 baes. Shipments Flour. 5S7 barrels; wheat, 600 bushels; corn, 1.200 bushels; oats, 400 bush els; cloverseed, 338 bags. Baltimore Wheat flrmen No. 2 red, spot, and December, 74Sc: February, 76c Corn flrmei; mixed, spot, and year, 47J48c; February, 47JJc; May. 50Jo bid. Oats fair, inquiry; No. 2 white Western, 4243c Eve steady: No. 2, STJc Hay in good demand. Grain freights 'quiet and unchanged. Pro visions steady and unohanged. Butter easy; fancv. S031c. Eggs easy at 28c Coffue Bio lTJic. Cincinnati Flour in moderate-demand and steady. Wheat steady; No. 2 red, 6Sc Corn lower: No. 2 mixed, 43c. Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed. 34c. Bye strong: No. 2. 56c Pork firm: $16 00. Lard dull, $10 12 Bulk ments dull and steady at $3 50. Bacon firm at $9 62Ky 75. Whisky steady: sales, 914 batrels at $130. Butter slow and steady. Ergs weaker.- Sugar easy. Cheese slow but steady. SIlIw nk"-Flour quiet. Wheat unsettled: May. 70gc; No. 2 spring, 65c: No. 1 Northern, 72c Corn quiet: No. 3, 3738c Oats qniet; No. 2 white, 34c; No. 3 d 31X32c Barley No. 2, 65c; sumple. 37665c Bye quiet; No. 1, 56Uc Receipts Floui 5,800 barrels: wheat, 64,50i bushels; barley, 23 000 bushels. Ship ments Flour, 9 000 barrels; wheat, 7,700 bushels; barley, 5,000 bushels. Kansas City Wheat quiet and steady; No.2 hard, 6363e; No. 2 red, 67K6Sc. Corn dull and stad;No-2 mixed. &U$33c; No. 2 white, 3i35c Oats weak; No. 2 mixed, 28K?"-'9C: Ko- 2 white, 30031c. Bye higher at 4849c. Eggs quiet at 22c. Receipts Wheat, 56.000 bushels; corn, 8.000 busnels; oats, none. Shipments Wheat, 76,000 bushels; corn, 5,000 bushels; oats, 1,000 bushels. Buffalo Wheat No. I Northern. 78c: No. 2 red, 76c Corn No No. 2 here in store. Receipts Wheat, 3,000 bushels: corn, 18,000 bushels. Shipments Wheat, 76,000 bushels; corn, 65,000 bushels. When on a visit to lows, Mr. K. Dalton, of Lnray, Russell Comity, Kansas, called at the laboratory of Chamberlain & Co, Des Moines, to show them his six year old boy, whose life had been saved by Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy, it haying cured him of a Yery serere at tack of cronp. Mr. Dalton is certain that it tared his boy's life and is .enthusiastic ia.fek praiss of the Remedy, PHILLIE GOES DOWH A Fraction or So and Airbrake Gains Bearly Two Fnll Points. NO OTHER NOTEWORTHY CHANGES. P. & B. Continues Firm and Cable nd Glasi fchow Less btrength. 8TEEETG0SSIP.SALESAND PINAL PRICES Friday, Dec 23. There was a little flurry in Philadelphia Company at the last board to-day, during winch it sold down to 192. closing at 19Jf 19, and at the same board a 60-share lot ot Westingbouse Airbrake sold at 132, the stock closing at 132135, but beyond these movements the market lor the day amounted to little or nothing. Early in the day one share ot Pleasant Valley railiray sold at 25, however; a block of La Nona Mining Com pany was disposed of at 16c per share, and a little later a Pittsburg traction bond changed bunds at 105)4, which, with 270 shares of Philadelphia Company and the 50 shares of Airbrake at the final call, comprised the public transactions of the day. The up ward jump in Airbrake and the slight soft ening in Philadelphia Company were the only noteworthy changes. Pittsburg and Birmingham traction was firm and in de mand from rue usual quarters: Duquesne traction was steady at Thursday's decline, and the others of the street railway group were unchanged. Aside from Airbrake the industrials railed to present a very firm front, neither Switch and Signal, Under ground Cable nor United States Glass an pearing to show quite as strongly as on the previous days of the week. Mining and other shares were featureless. Outside the Exchange business was not altogether dormant, more or less trading occurring in Airbrake, Philadelphia Com pany, Citizens traction and P. & B. traction, with an intimation that street railway bonds were not entirely neglected. In this latter connection it was learned that a prominent Fourth avenue fiduciary institu tion was bid 105lora big block of Cential traction 5s to-day, but relused to entertain it. There were further complaints of gas shortage to-day, which, with those made yes terday, were doubtless' responsible for the closing weakness ot Philadelphia Company; but it is due to the company to say that some of those who bowled no gas loudest yester day stated to-day that their supply had sud denly assumed very satisfactory proportions. Friends or the company who claim to have witnessed the results of various testsand in vestigations say there is an abnudanvo of gas, and that the fact will be satis aotorily demonstrated belore the winter is over. The only really startling piece of gossip current was to tne effect that a dispatch from Chicago had been received in the city stating that the Westinghpuse Electric and Manufacturing Company had turned some of Its contracts, ineluding tho World's Fair lighting, over to the General Electrio Com pany, by which it had been absorbed. Mr. Westinghnuse and Mr. Bannister wero both in the East, so that the story cnuld be neither substantiated nor denied here offi cially, but after the close it was stated that Mr. Westinhouse had wired that the story was utterly witnout foundation. Citizens' traction 5s were quoted at 107. and Point Bridge second mortgage 6s at 100 bid. Unlisted stret railway securities closed as follows: P. &. B. traction, 25Q25K: do 5s, lOOasWed; Duquesne traction, 2727: do 5s, 102K asked: Central traction 5s, lu5; bid. Financial Notes. Westlnghouso Electric scrip was quoted on 'Change at j33 Electric second preferred was higher in Boston at 333i. J. J. Campbell was the seller of Phillle and Messrs. Carothers, Hill & Co., Stouey and J. ii. Barbour were the buyers. Carothers sold Airbrake to S. S. Pinkerton. Frank Eaton sold La Nona to Kuhn Bros, and W. R. Thompson & Co. sold Pitts burg traction 5s to J. Ji. Barnour. Chartered to-day: The Ingleside Water Coinpanv. or Allegheny nnd Westmoreland counties; capital, $5,000. The Minerva Land and Improvement Company, of California, Washington county: capital, $10,000. The. Pittsburg Gauge Company; capital, $50,000: the dlrectois are W. L. Badgers, E, B. Alsop, It. II. IVitliii. J. R. McCteery. Tho Cramer Coal, Coke and Stone Company, or Cramer, Indiana county; capital, $100,000. The Stand ard Coal Company, of Fitisburi;; capital, $300 000; tho incorporators are Thomas H Chapman, James Lippiucott, Thomas Corde, J. L. Elrkpatrick, J. D. Lippiucott. One of the leading drawers of sterling ex change has advanced tho rate for 60-dav bills to $4 66$, making them $4 86Vj4 S8. The market is practically bare oi b.us, but nevertheless in the ludgment of prominent shippers nogoldwlllbe forwarded to Eur ope Saturday. Someoftbem also say that they have no prders for gold for Tuesday's vessels. It is expected that some will go forward on Wednesday. J. S. Baclie i. Co. to Oakley & Co.: Tho only stock in which the trading amounted to anything was Beading, which was sold on the belief that a new bond issue was going to be made shortly sous to provide enough money tojKiy the interest on the incouio bonds. TllBisiders say that so much money has been expended qn the road during the last year that they feel Justified in increas ing the bondod debt of the load. This sort of flnancering is anything but favorably spoken of in Wall street and some long stock was sold by disgusted holders. Fioni Snroul & Co.'s market letter: Money ruled at 6 and was offered down to 4 at the Close. Exchange is steady but dull and hankers are less Inclined to look for gold shipments next week. The Chicago -Board or Trade will be closed on Saturday and remain closed until uext Tuesday. A German banker is quoted as saying that $800,000,000 of Ameilcau securities nre held in Uttrmany, andif the Sherman law Is re pealed, the Germans will retain their hold ings, and in six months send over $500,000,000 fresh money for investments. This lur nlshes 1,300,000,000 reasons for repealing the Sherman law. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad state ment for November shows gross earnings, $2,150,000, an Increase or $30,000 compared with the corresponding month oflastyeur; operating expenses, $1,600,000, an Increase of $30,000, and net earnings, $550,000, a decrease ot $60,000. Sales and Closing Quotations. The transactions recorded on the Ex change sales board to-day were as follows: FIRST CALL. 12 shares Pleasant Valley Railway as 200 shares La NorlaMlnlng Company 15c SECOND CALL. $1,000 Pittabnrg traction 5s - 105)i THIRD CALL. 60 shares Philadelphia Company. I9 SO shares Philadelphia C'omnany 194 10 shares Philadelphia Company 19, SO shares Philadelphia Company 19JS lOObhares Philadelphia Company 193a SO shares Westlngbouse Airbrake 132 Total Hiles, 521 shares stock and v$ 1,000 bonds. Closing bids and offers: let call. Id call. ; taeatt. STOCKS. Bid I Ask Bid I Ask Bid I Ask BASK STOCKS Bank or Pittsburg.. Com Nat Bank...... Citizens Nat Baak.. City havings City Deixralt ........ Liberty Nat. Bank.. M. A M. N. Bank.. Motion. Nat. Bank. Third Nat. Bank... ALLEOIIBKT BKS. Third Nat. Bank... INSURANCE. Allemannla Armenia ... Citizens Tcutonla. Western Ins Co NATURAL OAS. Chartlers Valley.. P. N. G. AP. Co... Pa. Gas Co Philadelph-a Co.... Wheeling Gas Co. .. TMirrTTnwR- 66)4 52 70 3i SS 40 11 15 so" 17,4 23!4 it" Wi 32 35 40" 11 10 SO 2M 19J Central Traction.... SS ;84 61 zs Citizens Traction... Pittsburg Traction. Pleasant Val ey Second Avennc.... RAILROADS. Chartlers Railway.. Pitta., Y. X Ash.... Pitts. & Castle S.., Pitt. Jnnc R- R--Pitts, W. 4 Ey..... COAL. N. T. C. G. C. O. REIDOE. Pg. & Birmingham. Union UININO. LaNorlaMln. Co.. Luster Mining Co.. Enterprise Mln. Oo. ELECTRIC. WestlnglioDse llISCELLANEOrg. Monon. Water Co.. TJnlonS. AS. Co... U. S. ft B. Co. ptt.. West. Airbrake Co. Standard U C. Co., U.S. Glass, com U. S. G. Co.. Ptt... K ei 24X ei 49 10 88" 51 75 ISO 0 50 50 51 71 18c 20C 9 SJ H Vi 3) SO 30 UK 40 3) " 30 UK l" 78 66 17K inli 188 130 132 " 77 mi CS us A NEW TOWN To UeEtabllshed Near Lock No. 4 on the Monongahela Fifteen Hundred Acres to Be Transformed Into a Manufactur ing Village. Friday, Dec. 23. A new town Is to be built near Lock No. 4 on the Monongahela river by a syndicite of Pittsburg capitalists. The town will be established on a plan similar to Kensington as several large manufacturing concerns have already agreed to remove their works to the new field. The tract npon whioh this town will be built con tains 1,500 acres, and has a large frontage on both the river and I allroads. Mr. Tenor, the gentleman who represents the syndi cate in this new movement, could not bs round to-day; therefore full particulars of the enterprise could not be obtained. A well known real estate broker said, how ever, that several blocks (60 lots in a block) in the contemplated town have already been sold, and that the erection of the new manufacturing plants will be commenced in the spring. The laying off and surveying of this property has been quietly going on for some ttme, the mutter, lor some unknown reason, having been kept secrect by the parties interested. Details in lull will very likely be made known by the projectors of the scheme in the near future now that the matter has leaked out. Building Permits. The following permits wero issued to-day: E. T. Cassady, six two-story brick dwell ings, Herron avenue, between Center and Wylie avenues; cost. tlZjm. George B. For saith, a two-story frame dwelling, Butler -street extension, near Halghts Bun: cost, $2,250 C. G. Cassldy and Clara M. Morris, a two-story frame dwelling, Sheridan ave nue, between Bond and Hneveler street: cost. $3,700. D. H. Wallace, a two- .story biick store and dwelling, Penn avenue, near uenniston avenue; cost h. Dryden Bros., a two-story frame dwelling and store, Greenfield avenue, near Lydla street: cost $2,500. Thomas Brockinan, a two-story iramo dwelling, Collins avenue, near Hoeveler street; cost $2,000. W. and J. Wilson, a two-story frame dwellinsr. Graoe street, near Wilmot street: cost $1,400. Keports From the Brokers. 8. J. Fleming sold for Charles Lander, guardian of Thomas Wnllaee, a property on Dithridgo street, near Forbes street, Four teenth ward, consisting of a small frame house, with a lot havln-r a frontage of 48 feet, running to a point, for $3,900. John K. Ewtng Co. sold for E. Z. Miller to Sarah B. Smith a new frame house ot seven rooms, hall and attic, lot 25x120 feeton Norwood avenue, Tenth ward, Allegheny, for $2,350 cash. Scott & McMUlen sold for Mrs. Mary Ham mond to Josenli B. Brennen the residence property No. 61 Western avenue. Fifth ward Allegheny, consisting of a modern six-room bilck dwelling witn a lot 20x65. Heed B. Coyle & Co. sold for the Bellevne Land Company lot No. 221 in their plan of Sunnyslde, Bellevue, frontinsr 60 fet on, Tlngley avenue bv 19S reet deep, tor $150. Black & Balrd sold tor John T. Esplen to George R. Mooro lot No. 103 in the Alta Land Company's plan on Duquesne Hclghts.front ing 18 feet on Plymouth-street by a depth of 100 feet, for $235. James W. Drape & Co. reporlt the follow ing sales: A house and lot in Alegheny, for $5,100; a-honso and lot in the suburbs, for $2,000; n piece of land and buildings near the city, for $3,000; a collateial interest in a house and grounds 01 $2,000; one of $1,200, and two of $1,550 each. E. T. Schiiffnersold for the Birmingham Land Improvement Company In its South View plan, on the Suburban Rapid Transit Electiic Ball way, Tour lots, being Nos. 103, 106, 107 and 103. on Llnnwood avenue, each lot being 50x110 ieet, to Mrs. Gertrude E. Bicuter, lor $800. MONETARY. The local market continues fairly active and firm at 6 per cent, but the demand is less .comprehensive than a week or so ago. Eastern exchange and currency are quoted at par. New York, Dec. 23 Money on call easier at 46 per cent; last loan 4; closed offered at 4. Prime mercantile paper, 56 Ster ling exchange quiet hut steady w ith actual business at $4 85J84 86 ror 60-day bills and $4 87Ji4 8SJ4 lor demand. Clearing House Figures. Exchanges to-day Balances to-day Same day last week: Exchanges Balances , $2,561,019 S3 4O6.750 31 t2,4UHS S , 497.SU 45 Nirw York. Dee. 23. Clearings, $126,722,894; balances, $5 596,310. BosTOS", Dec. 23. Bank clearings, $16,340, G07: balances. $2,000,310. Money 6 per cent. Philadelphia, Dec 23. Clearings, $13 033, 403: balances, $1,781,336 Money, 5 per cent. Baltimore, Dec. 23. Bank clearings, $2, 313,323; balances, $521,434. Rate, 6 per cent. Chicago, Dec 23. Bank clearings to-dav, $16 6i7,971. New Tork exchange, 50c premium. Sterling exchange dull; 60-day bills, $4 SSt demand, $4 18. Money strong at "6 per cent. St. loots. Dec. 23. Bank clearings, $3,994. 103: balances, $370,545. Money quiet a- 607 per cent. Exchange on New York, 25e pre mium. Cincinnati, Dec 23. Money. 4Q7 per cent. New York exchange, 25c discount to par. Clearings. $2,252,150. New Orleans, Dec. 23. Clearings $2,526, 582. Xew York Commercial. 75c discount; bank, $1 03 premium. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 23. Clearings, $5";9, 5S9: balances, $105,916. New York Exchange selling at par. Bar Silver. New York, Dee. 23. Special. Bar sliver in London l-16d lower at 38d per ounce. Now Tork dealers' price for assay bars, K lower at 82c per ounce. Cotton. New York, Dec 23. Cotton futures closed barelv steady; sales, 164,100 bales; Decem ber, 9.53e: January. 9.58c: February, 9.71c; March. 9.81c; April, 9.92c: Mav, 10.02c; June, 10.11c: Julv, 10.18c; August. 10.22c. New Orleans, Dec. 23. Cotton steady: middlings. 99-16c: low middlings, 9 3-I6c; good ordinary. 81146c: net receipts, 5,292 bales: gross. 6,151 bales; exports to Great Britain, 5,358 bales: to the Contlnout, 605 bales; coastwise, 3,457 bales; sales, 3,500 bales; stock. 316,153 bales. Turpentine. Wilmington. Del., Dec 23. Spirits turpen. tine steady at27Kc:stralned,95c.Bo9iii steady; good strained. $1 00; clear strained, 97c Tar steady at $105. Crude turpentine steady; hard. $1 00: yellow dip and virgin. $1 07. Charleston, S. C.Dec. 23. Turpentine firm at 28c Kosin nrm at fi uu lor good. CHRISTMAS CHEER ACTIVE. Poultry, Game, Fancy Groceries, Nuts, Fruits and Kindred Goods Have the Call Staples Generally Unchanged as to Price Current Trade Gossip. Friday, Dec. 23. The wholesale merchandise markets were fairly active to-day, but trade was almost entirely local and confined principally to preparations for Christmas. In this respect, of course, fancy groceries, candies, nuts, frnits, poultry, etc., had the call and sales were large. The poultry market was ani mated and prices were steadily maintained, but they would undoubtedly have been somewhat higher if there had been less cold storage stuff to draw upon. Dairy products were firm and active the testimony of deal ers in butter being to the effect that the week has been an unusually active one with them. In the staples generally, however, thore were no price changes or other feat ures. Game was in active demand to-day and some prices wero higher. German cabbage is in the market at $15017 per 100. A number of the commission houses did a good business to-day in trees and other Christmas greens. .Prime linseed oil has advanced 2c, and will be raised 3c more before January 15. Grain blockades and car famines are re ported in all directions. Armour's wheat man says they are buy ing a good deal of wheat in the Northwest to bring to Chicago' and clean so that it will inspect No. 2. There is good profit in it, and ho says they will follow it up vigor ously as long as it proves profitable. He be lieves the Chicago premium on wheat, if maintained, will result in accumulating a stock of 80,000,000 bushels of contract wheat in Chicago by May L The cleaners are now turning out 100,000 bushels of No. 3 dRlly, and their capacity will be doubled if found prof itable. In addition cleaners will be started in the Northwest and other markets if Chi cago prices are held hiuh enough to make the business as profitable as it Is now. A dispatch from South Dakota says: "There is a large amount of grain yet to thrash in this State, a good per cent or which must go over till next spring. A great deal or the marketable grata Is still in the hands of farmers and In local elevators, owing, to the fact that the farmers were shortbn time to haul at to markef, and that the elk va tors oould not handlo the grata on acconntof the limited JTumber of cars fur nished." Grain, Floor and Feed. Sales on call at the Grain and Flour Ex change to-day: One car sample shelled corn, spot, 46Jc; two cars No. 2 white oats, five days, SSc; 100 sacks river ear corn, five days, 50c; one car winter wheat bran, ten days, $15 00. Bids and offers: SPOT. Bid. Asked. No. 2 white oats Extra No. 1 white oats lllgh mixed shelled com Iowa upland prairie hay Indiana upland prairie hay nvi DATS. 45 lib 75 47 13 00 0 00 No. 2 red wheat No. 3 red wheat No. 2 yellow shelled corn.. 1 lgh mixed shelled corn. No. 2 yellow ear corn No. 2 white oats Kn t tlmnthY htT 78 74 ! 47 90 33 49 -5 . 13 23 13 50 No. 2 timothy hay 27i TEN DAYS. No. 2 yellow shelled corn U No. 2 yellow car corn 48", Mo. 2 white oats '' Winter wheat bran 15 00 No. 2 white middlings . Brown middlings Rm!nta bulletined: Via the B. A O. 43 SO 39 14 15 50 18 00 16 00 1 car bav: via the P.. CC. A St. L. 1 car barley. 1 car feed.5 earn corn, 2 cars hay, 2 cars oats; via the P., Ft. W. 4 C. 3 cars oats, 8 cars hay, 1 car bran, I car barley, 1 car malt. Total, 26 cars. range op tite market. tThc following quotations for grain, reed, hay and straw are ror carlots on track. Dealers charge a small advance irom store.! WnE4T No. 2red No. 3red Corn No. 2 yellow ear High mixed ear. Mixed ear Nu. 2 yellow shelled High mixed shelled: Mixed shelled OAT6 No. 1 white No.2 white Extra No. 3 white No. 3 Mixed TIve No. 1 Western .... TCrt 1 WMti-rn . 56 tTT.nTm rtnhiiera' micesl Fancv brands. S4 75 4 85; standard winter patents, $4 504 75; spring patents. Si SV3A 65: straight winter. SI COiai 25; clear winter. S3 734 00; XXX bakers' M 753 85; rye. 3 S03 75. The Exchange Price Cvrmit quotes flour in car lnxrfi nn track as follows: Pati-nt winter $3 Patent spring 4 I atraigm winier Clear winter Lowgradcs. : Ht, flnnr Spring bakers 3 353 50 MILLVEED-No. 1 white middlings. $18 00 la CO: No. 2 white middlings. $18 &oai7 03; winter wheat bran, $14 7Mm 00; brown middlings, $1$ 0018 50: chi-p. $13 0UJ 00. Hat Choice timothy, $14 00314 25; No. 1 tlmo thT. $13 2513 50: No 2 timothy, $12 00012 60: mixed clover ana timothy, 13 0Cai3 so: packing. 7 008 00: No. 1 reeding prairie. $ 09 SO: No. 2 do. $5 KOi 50: wagon hav, SIS 0u17 0 . STRAW-Wheat, A 00 50; oat, $7 007 50; rye. $7 O7 50. Groceries. RTTrcAW Patent ent loaf. SKe: cubes. 5c: now- dercd, Sc: granulated (standard). 4aC: confection er, A, 4 8-lCc: soft A, 4H4l,c; fancy yellow. 4Hc; rair Tellow. 4J(54!c: common yellow. 3,4c. COFFEE-Boasted,ln packages-Standard brands, na-5v! fieennd frrades. 2212123c: fancy STTades. 27(a Sic. Loose-Java. f6'f374c: Mocha, 3535,Sc: Maracaibo. 29c: Peiherry, 28ar3S4c: ss 28c; Caracas. 30i31!4c: Rio. 24-7.4c Maracaibo. 29c: Peiherry, 28-4c: Santos, ihc; Caracas, si'Kgwi.'ic: mo. .-imitt. MA- aRKs-r-hnlrr- MSmUc: lancr. &W(a$c: centrifugals. 23yiiac; new crop New Orleans. 442J 45c. STKUP-Corn srrup. 2325c: sugar srrnp, 5630c; rancv flavors. 3I(S32c: black strnp. 1516c. RUITS London larer raisins, s- on: vaiuornia wuu.ira vhicuuu, o;vov. -' wit. ... .. HMc: entrants, 4V(STc: California prunes. ll!i 15c; French prunes, 8)j12e: California seedles raisins, 1-lb cartons. $3 DO: lemon peel. l010Hc RICE-Fancy head Carolina, SMgOlc: prime to choice, fi(Sinc: Louisiana, 5i6c: Java, 5jJJ4 c Japan. 5"t'Qc. Canned (JOODS-Standard peaches, $2 0M32 S; extra peachei. 52 35(32 60: seconds. 1 1 S5l lb: pie peached. $1 20QI 25: finest corn, $1 351 40; "Har ford county corn, ft Cxgl 10: lima beans, $1 20ia 1 25; soaked. 6C85c: early June peas. 11 192)1 25; marrowfat peas, fl 0Sl 10: soaked. 7530c: Krench peas. $11503120 00 "P 100 cans, orfl 40(2)1 50 "f dozen; pineapples. SI 33(31 50; extra do. $2 40: Bahama do. $2 90: Damson plums, Lastern, 1 2S: California pears, $2 252 &5: do green gages, f 1 75: do egg plums, (I 75: do apricots, JI 85(2)1 90: do extrt white cherries, $2 752 80: do. white cherries, 2-lb can. fl 65: raspberries, $1 30(l 50: strawberries. $1 15(31 25: gooseberries. $1 10l 25: tomatoes. 95c 1 00: salmon. l-ln.:l 251 35: blackberrles.753S0c: succotash. 2-lhcans. soaLed. 95e: do standard, 2-lb cans. (1 25(2)1 50: corned beef, 2-lb cans, f 1 70 ' 90: do. 14-lb, 313 50: roast beef. 2-lb. II 85: chipped beef. 1-lb cans, SI 852 00; baked beans, fl 251 35; lobsters, 1-lb. $2 25: mackerel, fresh. 1-lb. fl 00; broiled. $: 50: sardines, domestic Ms. i 85: . $0 25; , mustard. $3 00: Imported. Js. f 10 3J 12 sn: Imported, Ms. 118 2)23 00; canned apples, 3-lb, 7580c: gallons, jp 50(S2 73. OlLS-Carbon. 110. 6c; hcartlight. lc: water white. 7c; Elaine. I3c: Ohio legal test. 6!c: miners winter white. 3310c; do summer, 323:. Provisions. Large hams Medium .r.T....". Bnfall ,. Trimmed ., t'aillornla , Shoulders sngar-cured lficon shonldPrs Dry salt shomders Breakrast bacon Ex Ira do Clear bellies, smoked Clear bellies, dry salt Dried beer, knuckles Rounds Sets Flats Lard (refined), tltrces Tubs Two 50-lb cases Lard (compound), tierces Hair barrels Palis'.""'.!.'.'."!!.!.""."'.'.""'..""".'.!!!'. Two 50-lb cases Three-lb cases Flve-lh cases Ten-lb cases Mess pork, heavy Mess pork, light 12H 1254 13 10 10 9 SX i: 13 ioh 9.-4 13 13 10 9 HM 8 BH 8' 8J4 8 , 17 00 18 00 Butter and Cheese. Rittttcr "Klpln creamerv. 32!'co33l4'c: Ohio brands. 29o):c: choice to fancy dairy and country roll. 25-T7c: fair to medium grades, 18324c: low grades. 121316c: cooking. 9llc: grease. t8c. CliEESE-Uhlo, rail made. ll(3)n,Hc: summer made. lOGSlOJic: New York. 11312c: fancy Wis consin Swiss blocks. 14Mlc: do bricks, laawc: Wisconsin sweltier. In tubs, 13l3)$c; llmberger, 10'4llc; Ohio Swiss. I314c. Eggs and Poult-r-c. EOGR-Strlctlv fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio, 26 27c: special marks. 28c: cold storage. 22212 c. Poultrt Llve-bprlng chickens. 50i2jfi0c per pair: old chicken?. 60a70c: ducks, 6070c: geese, il 25(31 40; tnrkeys. fK2)12c per ft. Dressed rhlckens. 13014c per ft; turkeys, 14Ca)l,'c: ducks, 14 16c: geese. ll13e. Berries, Fruit and Vegetables. A steady demand prevails for cranberrios and the market holds firm at $3 003 25 per box. Apples continue to be quoted at $3 003 50 per bbl.with most sales at $2 603 00; Florida oranges, $2 5003 00 per box: lomons, $3 503 4 00 per box; bananas. $1 252 00 per bunch; pineapples. 1015c each bv the bhl; do, extra large, 20022c; Malaga grapes, $6 0003 00 per ke-. Cabbaee, $2 5003 00 per bbl; German cab bage, $15 00JS17 00 per 100; onions, $2 5C2 75 per bbl for native and $1 401 50 per box lor Spanlshr turnips, $1 502 00 per bbl; rutabaga-", $1 15l 25; beets, $2 002 25; pars nips, $2 25J32 50: carrots, $1 501 73; Florida cucumbers, $1 75i 00 per dozen; celery, 25 40c per dozen bunches. Potatoes, 8085o per hu from store and 70 73o on track. Jersey sweets, firsts, $4 25 4 60 per bbl; do, seconds. $3 003 25: Balti more firsts, $3 253 50; do, seconds, $2 25 2 50. Game. Quail. $2 003 25 per dozen; pheaants, $7 007 50; prairie" chickens, $6 006 50; Mallard ducks, $5 005 50; squirrels. $1 251'75; rabbits, 4045o per pain jack rabbits, 75cl 00 per pain venison, carcass, 1213cper lb; do, saddles, 16!8:-. Dried and Evaporated Frnits. Apples, evaporated. 50-lb boxes, 9Jo per lb; common dried, 4K5c; apricots, 1518c; pitted cherrie,17c:Caliiornlaieache:i,14l7c; common dried, 89c; California pars, i6Wc; do plums, pitted, 15c; raspberries, 212iKc; Leghorn citron, 14l5c;datos. 5c: figs, !uc; neotui-ines, 10c; orange peel, 1314c. Miscellaneous. Seeds Choice mammoth clover, $8 50 per bu; choice Western timothy. Z C532 15. Buckwheat Floor 2(S21c per lb. Beans New York and Michigan pea beans. $2 10 IS per tin.; hand-picked medium, fi 0C2 05; Lima. 4H(SAMc per ID; Pennsylvania and Ohio beans. $1 75,2)1 90 perhu. Dried PEAS-fl 8Cl 90 per bd: dried corn. S.S0 9,K per lb. BEttswAX-Cholce yellow. 3aa3Jc: dark. 2630c. CIDER New country. $4 01(33 50 per bbl: sand refined. $8 (.0(2)7 00: crab. ?3 0L3 SO. HONET Newcropwhitecloer 820c per lb: buckwheat, 1416c: strained honey. tSsc. Tallow Country rough, 3;24c per lb: city ren dered. 4mc Feathers Extra live geese, S860c per lb; No. 2 do, 43rtJ00c: mixed, 30KJC. Nuts Peanuts, greeu, SfflKV-c per lb: do roasted, fl 15(2)1 2 per bushel; hickory nuts, f 1 00 0i 25; sbellbarks. fl -3! SO: new walnuts, 60(3 65c: old do, 5055c; butternuts. 5055c for old and 6ur2;G5c for new; olbi-rta. 9Ciper lb; almond. Tarra gona. 18c:dolTlca, 16c: damaper shell. 25c: shelled al-nonds. 35c: Brazil nuts, sasc: French walnuts, DC; pecans, loc: Naples walnuts, 13c; Grenoble wal nuts. lt.Sc. . Pickles-$4 5n5 50 per barrel. Popcorn 3h(SAlis per lb. HiDES-Green steer hldrs, trimmed, 75 lbs and up. 7c: amen steer nldcsjtrlmmed, CO to 75 lbs, 7c: green steer hides, trlmmep. under 00 lhs, 6c: green cow hides, trimmed, allweights, 4c: grren bull hides, trimmed, all weight. 4c: green calf skins. No. 1, 6c; green cair skins. No. 4c: green steer hides, trimmed, side branded. 4c; green salt steers. No. 1, 60 lbs and up, 7(2)7Xc: green salt cows. No. 1. all weights, 44.',c: green salt calr. No. I, 6 to 15 lbs. 5Woc; greeu salt klri. No. 1, 15 to S lbs, 4A50I runnerklp, No. f, 10 to li lbs, 5&4c; No. 2 lade. runner kip. No. J, w to it. I Ufa off; No, Icalf, 2c off. 75 70 72 & 73 49 K SO 48H'f 40 40 (3 47 -47 a 43 46X9 -47 45 & 45 33 a 39S 38 (S Z&H 37 & KH 3? (a, X's 36 (& 36,4 69 . 60 -a 57 5f3100 U4 15 3 0-3 25 2 cap 65 3 00O3Z IRON TKADE FEATURES Sales Generally Small, but. Business Is Good for the Season. PRICES VERY WELL MAINTAINED, l specially on Bessemer, Mill Irons and Soft Billets and labs. SCRAP AND OLD IR0X RAILS FIRM Friday, Dec. 23. In anticipation of the holiday shutdown by the mills orders lor raw iron are coming in slowly and generally for limited amounts. There is no question of price in volved, but consumers who do not want material are not tempted to.buy by the as surance that prices will certainly be ad vanced in January. Upon this point there is certainly a wide difference of opinion, in view of the steady increase in production reported. Still, at the same time, both Bides are-well prepared with arguments that esch one has the rieht side of the ques tion. Unless all signs fail the year of 1893 will be a great year lor ths iron industries of the whole country. An Eastern View. A well-informed Eastern dealer has this to say: "For the present business is lim ited to the actual immediate needs of pur chasers and no change is looked for until after the holidays. Ton much greater ex tent than usual the placing of contracts during the present month, to run during the coming year, has been postponed until after the close of this year, and everywhere is manifested a disposition to take no risks in tbefnture, but to await further develop ments. So far as the statistical situation is concerned, the increasing consumption ar gues strongly for higher prices tor pig Iron, but the conrse or the market does not fully sustain the theory." Consumption Pasies Production. Notwithstanding the Increased ontpnt the consumption has been sufficiently active to. absorb the production for the month, and in addition reduce the accumulated stocks at the furnaces over 04,000 tons. Under pres ent conditions, with business restricted to actual necessities, prices have not much significance, althoueh producers are firm in tbolr views and Insist on full quoted rales. Two very important features must not be overlooked, however: one Is the vast in crease of productive capacity, the other the marvelous progress that has been made in cheapening cost and the substitution of steel for iron. Take skelp iron, forlnstanco; last week we reported sales of 750 tons widn grooved at $1 57 per 100 pounds, and 650 tons wide-grooved steel skelp, at $147 50, a difference or ten cents. Complaints or dull ness and low prices nnd all that sort of thing are, therefoie, only relative terms, although so far as the manufacturer is con cerned it is or will be the survival of the fittest. Conditions Changing. It should also be noted that this large in crease in production has brought with it very little increase in the actual number or hands employed, but the advance In cheap ness, although not noticed, is nevertheless common to alL Houses cost less to build and furnish, cars and railways and travel ing facilities are increased and cheapened. and the one thousand and one things that we all use are more easily within reach. We get more for our money and although labor in its various fields is still the "under dog." a fair consideration of the question will show that on the average it gits its fair Jiroportion; but labor, like capital, must ad ust Itself to new conditions. Puddlers, for instance, cannot resist the onwnrd march of steel; there was a time, not many years ago either, when the entire finished iron trade was comnelled to pay tribute to the pud dlers. They got bi wages and deserved all they got, but things are different now: the work is just as laborious, bnt it is no longer indispensable and whether puddlers work or not make comparatively little dicerence. Sales of the Week. Taking into consideration the nearness of the holiday week trade showed up reason ably well this week. Sales reportod: COXE-SMELTED LAKE A"D JfATIVE ORES. S, COO tons Bessemer. January ... LOD tons gray forge 1.000 tons No. 1 mill Iron LUJOtuns grayrorge 50J tons Bessemer, Decem-jer, $13 75 cash . 12 00 cash . 1." 60 cash . 12 50 cash . 13 75 cash . 12 CO cash , 12 SO cash . 13 00 cash , 12 SO cash , 12 50 cash , 13 75 cash . 14 25 caih . 14 00 cash . 12 .'0 cash . 13 75 cash . 13 25 cash , IS 00 cash . 13 20 cash . 14 75 cash . 14 00 4 mo , 15 25 cash . 13 75 cash . 1.1 25 cash . IS 25 cash Janu- arv SOOtnusNo. I mill Iron 500 tons gray forge..; StO tons gray rorge. all ore soo tons gray rorge $00 tons gray rorge, December 400 tons Bessemer: 3u0 tons Nu. 1 foundry 300 tons No. 2 foundry, all ore too tons gray forgr, January. 800 tons is o. Sfuunury..- 200 tons No. 2 roundry . 2COtonsNo. 1 foundry, all ore lesions off lie-teemer. 75 tons No. 1 foundry extra 75 tons No. 2 foundry 75 tons No.2sllrery 3 tons No. 2 foundry 25 tons No. 3 foundry 25 tons silvery. No.2 STEEL BILLETS AND SLAB . 1.000 tons billets and slaus, Decem ber $2 40 cash 1 unions billets. SDot 22 45 .ash l,(Oi tons billets, next three moa 22 73 cash 750 tons billets and slabs ...22 40 cash U0 tons billets. January. 22 25 cash son tons billets and slabs, at mil, spot 22 50 cash 200 Ions billets, Jannary, February. March 23 75 cash HCCK BAB. 600 tons nentraU January $24 60 cash SOU tons neutral, spot 24 bS cash 200 tons neutral, January 24 50 cash FERBO MAXGAXESE. ISO tons 81 per cent, dellverea $H0 00 ea.h BLOOMS. BEAMS. BAH. AND C. ENDS. 450 tons bloom and crop ends. $16 00 cash To tons bloom and billet ends 16 00 cash 200 tons billet ends 16 00 cash Il-ON SKELF. 450 tons sheared iron SO tons narrow grooved. 250 tons wlue grooved.... ,.$ 1 77K 4 ra . 1 J7 4 m . 1 sta 4 m STEEL SKKLF. SSOtons wide grooved $ 1 i!4 4 m SHEET BARS. 325 tons sheet bars, atmlll J23 50 cash STUTL WIRE BODS. 400 tons at mill. December $30 80 OLD IRON AND STEEL RAILS. 50 tons old steel rails, mixed $! 25 SOO tons old steel rails, mixed 15 30 SOO tons American Ts..... SJ-'O SOO tons American Tr. Youngstown... 21 W 603 tons short steel rall-i 16 pa cash cash cash csh canh tasli cash H0 tons mixed steei rails 200 tons American Ts ., 200 t'ini short Heel rails delivered 185 tons American Ts. spot charcoal inoxs- 1(10 tons cold blast 100 loin, cold blast sotonsN'o 4-foundry SO Ions No. 2 ronndry 5(1 tuns cold b'ast SOtunsNo. 1 f tundry 25 tons cold blast 15 25 . 21 lio cash , 16 SO cash 21 15 cash $26 50 cash 2K 00 cash 19 00 cash 18 90 Cloll 25 00 cash 20 U0 cash 26 SO CiJh SCT.AI MATERIAL. 430 tons No. 1 K. B. W. scrap, net.... J IS 25 cash jri tons sleel scrap, net 2101 cash 300 tons cast scrap, gross 12 00 cash 200 tons cast borings, gross 8 00 cash 170 tons No. 1 K. It. . scrap, net.... 14 21 cash 10-tons No. I H-Ii-W. scrap. Youngs- tovn.net -. 1? 00 cash 50 tons nainnncred Iron axles, net. .... 25 iiJ cash SO tons No. IB. B. W. scrap.net 11 j cuh I Signs of Actlvy After New Year's. Philadelphia, -Dec. 23. Special.- Bogers, Brown and Walker say: The usual dullness which seem natural to the season close at hand provails, though here and there 1,000 to 2,000 ton lots of Southern coke ir'n havo been quietly and quickly deposed of for early dollverv next year. All indications point to an active buying movement in Jan uary. One thing is sure, present prices can be maintained when the rnrnacemon see the WHEN EATING becomes troublesome, di gestion defective, sleep ing an impossibility, ap petite ceases, take JohaiM Hoffs Halt Extract. It acts like a charm and tastes splendid. Be sure to get the "genuine," which must have the signature of "Johann Hoff" on the neck of every bottle, and take no substitute. Use Johann HofPs Malt Bonbons for Sore Throat, Coughs, Colds, de ' The Superior MEDICINE for all forms of blood disease, AVER'S Sarsaparilla the health restorer, and h&alth maintainer. will cure you. J large volume or business that is apparently in store lor them. A Good Outlook at St. Louis. St. Loins. Dec 23. Special. Kogors, Brown A Meacliam say: The general ap- pearauce of the iron business is one of ex treme dullness, although there has been, more inquiry during tne past week than the preceding one. We consider the prospects for sites very good after the first or Janu ary, as a large number of the buyers have been holding off waiting until theytao .their usual yearly inventory. The railroads are sending ont bids ror next year's cast ings, and some hnyers are waiting until these order-- urc placed before covering their wants for pig Iron. , TJallnrss at Cincinnati. Cntcra-a-ATl. O., Dec 23. Special. Eogers, Brown & Co. say: The dullness of the past four weeks continnes uninterrupted. It is estimated that new buying is at .the rate or not over 25 percentol current consumption. Shipments -'"on in fnll volume and ther Is every indication that foundries areusin-r the iron as fsst as recetvod. No evidence of increased stocks in consumers' bands is vis ible. The natural inference is that buyine must be taken up attain early in January. New York Metal Market. New Tore, Die. 23. Pig Iron quiet anc? steady. Conpcr quiet and steady: lake, $12-20. L-nd firm; domestlo,$3 85. .Tin firm; straits, $19 55. LIVE STOCK. Cattle Dull at East liberty, Hogs Iiovrer and Sheep Slow. East Liberty; Dec. 23. Cattle Receipts, ISO head; shipments, 160 bead: market nothing doing; all through, consignments; no cattle shipped to New York to-duy. noes Receipts, 1,900 head; shipments, 1,600 head: market slow; fair light to choice selected. $6 6006 85: 9 cars hogs -shipped to New York to-day. Sheep Receipts 400 head: shipments, 400 bend; market slow and unchanged, Willi unfavorable outlook for next week. By Associated Press. New Tork Beeves Receipts . 2,393 head, including 44 carloads for sale; market opened firmer and 20c per 100 pounds higher; closed dull and barely steady; native steers. $3 805 50 per 100 pounds; dressed beef dull at 89Kc per pound; shipments to-morrow, 1 242 Oeeves and 7,280 quarters of beef. Calves Receipt-, 49 head; market steady; veals, $6 50Q9 00 psf 100 pounds. Sheep arjd lambs Receipts, 3,291 nead; market very dull and Ho per poll-, d lower: .lieep, $3 255 25 per 100 pounds: 1 imbs, $6 12XS6 62K- Hogs-Receipts 2 694 head, conitiiied direct; market nominally steady at $G M7 00 per 100 pounds. Chicago The Evening Journal reports: Cattle-Receipts, 10,000 bead; shipments, 2,000 head: market stead to 10c lower; choice to extra steers $3 50Q5 90: good and useful. $4 9005 25; other-. t3 75Q4 25: stockers, $2 75 03 ltc cows, $3 70gJ 25. Hogs Receipts, 24,000 heai; shipments, 9.000 head: markeB aciive, 5010c higher: co-union, $8 20Q8 SO; packers and inixed. $G 3.1Q6 50: prime heavy, $8 60-26 65; light, $0 25gtf 35. Sheep Receipts, 3 000 nead; ihlpinem. I,0s0 head; market; slow shad" weiker; natives. $3 755 75; Westerns, $4 S2i 05. Lambs, $4 008 33. Buffalo Cattle Eecelpts. 112 loads through. 2 sale: opened strong and higher; rood hoirers, $3 003 65: light steers, $3 75 4 00; nu veiy good cattle here. Hogs Receipts, 27 loads through, 22 sale; opened slow and vjry dull; li-'ht grades,heavy corn fed, $6 83. sheep and lambs Receipts, 3 lo.ids throuah.SS --ale; opened dull and lower lor all grades; choice wethers, $5 25; heavy, $4 50; Canada d, $4 CO: do wether, $4 90. Iambs, native fancy, $6 25; Canada common, $8 15. ONB BKJOY Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasani and refreshing to the taste, and act! fenfjy yet promptly on the Kidneys, aver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fever3 and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasiDg to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt ia its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50a and"$l bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. I)o not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL LQWSYIUI, KT. HEW X0RK, N.K. DANIEL M'CAFFREY. PRIME YELLOW . EAR CORN. its WD24U.-I.il.il AVfc.N'UE, df23o PITTtTimTO. UKOKER- FINANCIAL. AAlii.l-ai i4- John M. Oakley & Co., TjANikERS AND mtOKES. is SIXTH ST. Direct private wire to New Tork and CUfg cago. juomDcr -tow xuxs !.. Local aeonriiie- bought and soldforcasxa? fiygppw-USS or carried on liberal margins. .4T Investments male at oar discretion ana. dividends paid quarterly. $! auterosF paid on uaiaaoa isiuc- xom, Honey to Icau no call. Intormatlon books on all markets malls-- on application. 'et - ' Whitney & Stephenson. -; '57 Fourth Avenue. jetMlj I y'
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