Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-17
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Financial,

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.
Money on call easy. offered at l per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 304l6 per cent;
sterling exchange firm with actual business
in bankers bills 4S.54QDiSS for demand and
4s63494ss for sixty days; posted rates 4S,IS0
4ss1s. Commercial bills 4S5Isd4s5s4
Silver certificates, G}la bid no sales; bar sill.
yer. G3Ia. Mexican dollars. 5lI.
United States bonds SIS regular llskz;
do IS coupons 1919: do As regular, ll4lS;
do As coupons, 1l4A; do rs, regular, v8
ll4ls; Pacific SIS Of Vi, l0l bid.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO. Oct. 10.
Following were the quotations on the Board
Of Trade today: Wheat-OctOber opened
J0lsc. closed :Os4c: December, opened 5l5kc,
closed a214c; May, opened 567sc closed 571ac
Corn - October. opened 4Sssc. closed 49l1c;
December. opened $3.50 closed 47ssc; May,
opened 1850. closed 4atsc. Oats-October.
opened 2il.c, closed 27I4c; December, opened
&c. closed C; May, opened asIsc, closed
21ac. Pork - October, opened $, closed
Sl26o; January, opened SEA closed
Sl2D Lard-October, opened $3.50. closed
$3.50.
Produce: Butter = Extra creamery, &c
per Id; extra dairy, a)c; packing stock, l2l40
DC. Eggs-1'c per doz, loss of. Live poultry
Chickens, SGSIsc per 10; ducks S0sltc;
turkeys. sG9c: geese. S6.0O17.0O per dog. Po-
tatOes-Burbanks 5sGo84c per bu; Hebrons,
5sd63c; Rose, 55@6sc: early Ohio. 550slc
Sweet potatoes, Illinois. Sl.O0Il.25 per Dbl
Apples-Common to choice. sl.OD25O per
Dbl Cranberries-Cape Cod, choice ssOSA
$50 per Dbl; $a.OG3.W per l-bu box. Honey
White clover, lib sections, new stock, l10
l518c; broken comb. l0Gl2c; dark comb, poor
packages Sc; strained California, soto per lb.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.
Live Stock-Prces at the Union Stock yards
today ranged as follows: Hogs-Estimated
receipts for the day. 1900; safes ranged at
S2.26c1415 pigs, S4.50d5.15 light, S4.5OlD4. 20
rough packing, e460U'.l5 mixed, and $4.750
$50 heavy packing and shipping lots
Cattle-Receipts for the day, 5000; Quota
tions ranged at S5.506t6.05 choice to extra
shipping steers. S+.5Od5D good to choice do,
S3.Wdy4i0 fair to good, S34Od4l5 common to
medium do. s3.1Jg3.15 butchers steers, r. 10
02e.95 stockers $2.OG340 feeders, $l.s5@2 90
cows s2.40030 heifers. sl5O03.5O bulls,
S2.aG310 Texas steers. S2..5G4aO western
rangers, and s2.OGG550 veal calves
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts for the day.
1900; prices ranged at sl.5O13.15 western
$l.0G2U Texans, $l.75G33J natives, and $500
a y lambs.
Remarkable Wheat Decline.
Ew YORK, ct 17-The s5-cent mark for De-
cember w0eat, lowest on record in this market.
was touched this afternoon, amid wild rush, and
s selling BY short.
CLOSING Quotations.
CHIC go, Oct. 17-Wheat steady, cash 5lkc.
Dec. 5sh. Corn steadier, cash, $3.50, May ;91c
Oats higher, cash. 2sssc. Pork higher, cash,
S1a6O. ard lower, cash, &1.41x. Ribs STEADY.
cash, $3.50.
Now York Money Closing.
NHw YORK. Oct. 17.-koney on call, DER
ceLt prime; mercantile paper, sosK.
The Local Marksss.
GRAIN. BTo.
Wheat- Soc
Co0n-5O052c.
Hay-Timothy, els091s; upland. Slom M !:
Wild. $3.50; slough. e50e7; beled. %.
ynUIr AID vDoBfADI1s,
Potatoes 5005Sc.
Oaione-30c Per bu.
Duttsr--vais % choice. soe ;essansfy, ~.
19gD0BE0oh. leo.
Poultry-spring chickens, large. . asoSs. w
DER dossn.
Cattle-DutcAsss pay for e,rr fed steers
l94xe; Gown end hsifs.s 2x08k calves
3kob:
spfing la6b. . saos bad.
wood-S3 80 per cord.
Children Cry for
Pitchers Caotovia.