The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13

cred. Options opened Arm and advanced
on better Liverpool cables. reported big
decrease in European stocks of bread
stuffs and expected liberal reduction in the
visible. This turned out smaller than an
uc1pated and with a gain of nearly half
a million on the amount afloat for Eu-
rope broke prices &c in the afternoon, the
late cables being offset by the fears of a
bearish bureau report, closed Nc higher.
No. red March closed $3.50; May 6Oq
90 11-16c; closed 601sc; June closed 6O1sc;
July 60 1-16@60a4c; closed 6OAc; August 601s@
6O13c; closed 6OAc; September 6O5s@61c, clos
ed 6Osac; December 63Q63a4c; closed 631sc.
St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. March n.-Flour strong and
higher; patents s2.65G2.75; extra fancy. $2.45
Q25o; choice to fancy, $20002. TO- Wheat
advanced 1ac early on stronger markets
elsewhere, but later on increased offer
irgs a decline of sc took place, the market
closing B4Ac below Saturday; No. red,
cash, 531ac; May, 52l2c bid; July, $3.50. Corn
showed an advance of ss@1ac this morning
on bullish news. closing sc above Satur-
day. No. mixed. cash, 42Rc; May, ego
427sc; July. 43Ac. Oats strong in sympathy
with corn selling Ac higher for May early.
Later weakened asc and closed at decline,
spot grades firm; No. q cash, 3O@3OAc;
May. 3O4c bid; July, 3Oc asked. Rye dull;
No east track, SIC offered. but no bids
Receipts. flour. 5000 bbls; wheat, 1900 blu;
Shipments, flour, 10000 bbls; wheat, 12s, 900
blu; corn, 5000 bu; oats, 1900 blu.
Coffee and Sugar Markets.
NEW YORK, March Neutrality-suspicious.
opened steady and unchanged to points
declined, ruled dull and rather heavy under
lower Havre markets, and generally indif-
ferent foreign news, and closed dull at
points decline. Sales, $3.50 bags, including
March 1,505; May. s4.7O@14.75; September,
$l470M475; October, $1470 Spot coffee Rio
steady: No. Z, 161ac Mild, quiet: Cordova,
1Sl2M19c. Sales. 100 packages: Maracaibo.
p. t., 10000 bags; Porto Cabello p. t., q
bags unwashed Caracas, p. t.
Sugar-Raw firm fair refining. 11-16c;
centrifugal Sc test 3. Sales, 1889 bags;
centrifugal. SO test, &c, 5000 bags; do, IS
test, at 2 3-16c; 1900 bags concrete, IS, at
2 3-l6c; $50 bags Muscovado. 49, at Lie;
4,963 bags; Molasses, 80. at 7-16c; late Sat
urday, 1885; centrifugal. SO, at &c; and 500
Molasses, 2 7-16c. Refined firmer.
Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, March n.-Bacon-Steady;
demand fair; Cumberland cut, 2SG3O lbs,
30s Cd; short ribs % lbs, 30s Cd; long clear,
light TO As lbs 29s; long clear, heavy to
So lbs, 29s Cd; short clear backs, light to
IS lbs, SIS; short clear middles, heavy to-
IS lbs. 29s Cd; clear bellies, Is to Is lbs, GAS:
shoulders square, II to IS lbs, Us Cd; hams,
short cut, IA to 16 lbs, BIS. Tallow-F'ine
N. A, nominal. Beef-Extra India mess.
63s; prime mess, 55s. Pork-Prime mess.
fine western, 53s 3D. do medium, ASS Cd.
Lard-Steady; prime western 33s Cd; refined
in pals. 35s. Butter-Fnest United States,
75s; good sos. Petroleum-Refined IS SD.
New York Dry Goods.
NEW YORK, March 10.-The close Of the
day shows much more done in the lob
bling department of trade than was ex-
pected. In commission house circles there
a good order demand that called for
good quantities of dress goods, printed
fabrics, white goods and other seasonable
SpecialtieS.
Brown Cantons commanded more attention
and prices are firmer in sympathy with the
advance in cotton.
Printing cloths, 27sc asked and no de-
mand.
Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, March u.-Flour in fair
demand. Wheat higher No. spring, 55l2c:
No. l northern 6413c; May 5612c. Corn,
hiphpr. W 10 90 No