The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-07
MaRKsr REPORTS ny TELEGRAPH
Transactions in Sugar Stock the Feature
on Wall street

ket today in a total Of 29i,70O shares for
the general market, the industrials figure
for 2lO. 200 shares, and the sales of Sugar
absorbed 154.SOO shares of the latter record,
leaving only 81. 500 shares for the railroad
list.
Toward the end of the first hour there
was sharp inquiry for the grangers and
other leading railway shares, which was
stimulated by the belief that the exports
of gold tomorrow would be limited to
$4,000 order by a German American
banking house. In the final hour of bust
ness a general reaction set in and some
material declines were recorded.
Government bonds-Old As Coupons and
registered, new As (coupons), slightly
higher; others unchanged.
Money-Easy; closed at 2la per cent.
Sterling exchange-Firm; A.s9l5d4.S9%
for demand and S4.S7s4 74SS for 60 days.
TACOMA WHEAT.
Tacoma, Wash, Dec. 3.-Wheat contin-
ues firm here today, with no immediate
indications of either a fall or rise in
prices. Quotations are: Club, ACC; blue
stem, SIC.
PORTLAND WHEAT.
Portland Dec. S.-Wheat-Quiet; firm;
Walla Walla, soc; valley. SIC.
SAN FRANCISCO GRAIN.
San Francisco, Dec. 3.-Wheat-No. 1
shipping, 97l6c; choice, $3.50; milling, $1.O5.
Barley-Feed, fair to good 65Q66Ac;
choice, 671kc brewing, 72lsGSOc.
Oats-Milling, 67ia@72lsc; Surprise, S5G
95c; fancy feed, 75QSOc; black for seed,
$1.10@1.30; gray, 6215@72l9c.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
Chicago, Dec 3.-The wheat, corn and
oat markets were all weak today. Wheat
lost &c per bushel. An important bust
ness was done in wheat for shipment, but
nothing was known of it while the ses-
sion was progressing.
Close-May wheat, 601sc, corn 2SSsc, oats
zoe.
Receipts-wheat 1872, OOO corn ISL 900, oats
1900.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
u. S. new As (registered) 1901, do (cou-
pons) 1909. U. S. IS Registered and cou-
pons) 1145s, do as Registered and coupons)
| 111B, Pacific Is 49,
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Atchison IT'S, Adams Express 14S, Amer
lean Express 1852. Canadian Pacific Sc,
! Central Pacific 1872, Burlington 1894, Dis
tillers' and Cattle 1874. Great Northern
preferred III, Illinois Central 9719, Kansas
& Texas preferred 30ss, Lake Shore 15O
Lead Trust 3O%, Michigan Central 1O1,
Missouri Pacific 301s, National Cordage Z
do preferred IA, Northern Pacific AS, dc
preferred 15b, Northwestern 1O67s, do pre-
York & New England So, Oregon Short
Line & Utah Northern 8, Pacific Mail 1925
Pullman Palace 1861 Rio Grande & West
ern IT, do preferred AZ. Rock Island 1855
St. Paul 761s do preferred 127ls, Southern
Pacific 22A, Sugar Refinery 10S, Union Pa
cifc 9, United States Express 43. Wells.
Fargo Express 100, Western Union S7%
General Electric 81, National Linseed 22is
MINING STOCKS.
Bulwer 1Oc, Con. Cal. & Va. 81 10 Dead
wood zoe, Gould e. Curry 25c Hale & Nor
cross 81, Homestake $40, Iron Silver zoe
Mexican &c, Ontario IS, Ophir 81, Plym
outh 25c, Quicksilver 81, do preferred $3.50
Sierra Nevada 55c, Standard $40, UnioI
Consolidated SOC, Yellow Jacket zoe.
METAL QUOTATIONS.
Bar silver-67c.
Copper-Easy; brokers' price, $11; ex
change price, $10.75.
Lead-Firm; brokers' price, 1920; ex
change price, $3.3Oq3.S21s.
LIVE STOCK.
Chicago, Dec. 3-Trade was fair a
yesterdays prices, choice cattle being
active and strong and all others rathe
slow; common to strictly choice nativ'
dressed beef and shipping steers, $3dA. so
cows and bulls, $2G3; the stocker and feed
er trade was slow at unchanged prices.
An active demand for hogs sent prices
up 5G1Oc sales being at $9.4OdS.65; pig
sold freely al $3dS.6O.
Sheep were saleable at $213.4O; westerns
$2.4OQ33O; common to prime lambs, $Sd4.4O
PACKING HOUSE PRODUCTS.
Chicago, Dec. 3.-Pork, 1912; lard, $500
ribs, $4.65.
BOSTON WOOL.
Boston, Dec. 3.-Wool has a firmer tom
this week. Territorial woods are stead.
ton
is steady and supplies are by no mean
excessive. Australian woods are meeting
with steady demand and supplies her
have been considerably reduced will
values on a firm basis.
The following are quotations for SOM
of the leading descriptions:
Territory wools-Montana fine mediums
fine, 11G14c; secured, 15d17c; Montana No
medium, 14d1Sc; secured 32qSSc
wyoming, etc.-Fine medium and fine
10613c; secured, 33G35c; Utah, wyoming
etc, 12d14c; secured, S2c.
California-Northern spring, 11q15c
secured, 53d36c.
LONDON WOOL.
London, Dec. IA good assortment wa
offered at the wool sales today and me
with spirited bidding. Several hundre
bales were taken by American buyers a
extreme rates.
MISCELLANEOUS.
New York, Dec. 3.-Hops-Iuiet.
Wool-Quiet.
Petroleum-Dull; United closed at $1.5
asked.
Pig iron-Quiet.
Coffee-Closed steady; December, $1S.6OC
1870; spot Rio, easier; No Z, $14.50.
Sugar-Raw and refined steady.
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