The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-10-12
ALL THE MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH


ALL THE MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
wall Street Trading DulI-Wheat Market
Active.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
New York, oct. S-U. S. new As regis-
tered and coupons) 1913, u. S. SIS Registered
and coupons) 116, do As Registered and
coupons) 1113l, Pacific 6s 100.
MINING STOCKS.
New York, oct S.-Bulwer sc. Chollar
iOc, Crown Point soc, Con. Cal. & Va.
S235, Deadwood soc, Gould & Curry 4Oc,
Hale e Norcross $l.SO, Homestake 500,
Iron Silver 22c, Mexican Coo, Ontario s..
Ophir $l.35, Plymouth 15c Quicksilver $l.50,
do preferred $3.50, Sierra Nevada soc,
Standard 1920, Union Consolidated soc,
Yellow Jacket 40c.
METAL QUOTATIONS.
New York, oct. S.-Bar silver, 671Ac
Copper-Quiet; brokers' price, $l2; ex-
change price, $12.1O@1225.
Lead-Steady; brokers' price, Ss.15; ex-
change price, $335d337lR.
PORTLAND WHEAT.
Portland, Oct. S.-Wheat-Quiet; steady;
Walla Walla, 451AQ46c; valley, 49q49lAc per
bushel.
SAN FRANCISCO GRAIN.
San Francisco. Oct s.-Wheat-No. 1
shipping, Csc; choice, 96Ac; milling, 97lsc4
S102la
Barey-Feed, fair to good. 56Aa5SMc;
choice, 60c; brewing, 6215@7Oc
Oats-Alilling, 75QS5c; Surprise, SOQS5c;
fancy feed, 7OqS2hc.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
Chicago Oct. S.-Wheat was fairly active
! today and showed decided strength, sell
! ing up before noon about 15sc above the
! close yesterday The news was somewhat
Holt 41,a n
/ being again heavy, over 1900 cars, and the
worlds wheat shipments last week was
100000 bushels more than the importing
countries require for their weekly con-
sumption. To this extent the situation
seemed weaker. But cables were higher
and all domestic markets were doing bet
ter and prices here were strong from the
start.
Close: December wheat $3.50. corn 27lac,
oats 177sc.
Receipts; Wheat POP 600, corn n5,OOO, oats
$4,000.
PACKING HOUSE PRODUCTS.
Chicago, oct. S.-January pork. 1875;
lard, $3.50; ribs S4.s7.
LIVE STOCK.
Chicago, oct. S.-Choice native beeves
were strong at yesterdays advance and
sales were on the basis of $5d56O for the
better class and $3.50@4 for common to
good steers. Comparatively few sales
| large share of beef cattle averaging AT
s. and upward. Most of the cows and heif-
ers went at Sl.75Q3, with a few sales al
S3l503.35. Bulls are selling at S1.75@36i
| as an extreme range. Western range cows
and steers sold at $2.5003.9O.
Hogs-Both Chicago packers and east
ern shippers were again good buyers and
the sales were largely at a decline of 5@
l0c under yesterday. Common to prime
heavy hogs, S39O04.6O; choice butchers
hogs, &.l0d42la; poor to prime assorted
lightweights, $S.7Cd425
Sheep-The market has been absorbing
great numbers OF sheep and lambs, and
despite the recent unprecedentedly large
receipts prices have shown surprising
frmness. Today however prices were
about l0c lower choice lots alone showing
strength. Native sheep were in fair de-
mand at S1.GO0375 for poor to prime, and
sales were made of westerns at S2.5Ou35O
while lambs brought S9G3.6O. The weak
ness was felt mainly in medium stock
Receipts: Cattle $500. calves 800, hogs
2S,00O sheep $4,000.
Omaha, oct. S.-The market was strong
and active on killing cattle; feeders 10C
higher; everything sold quickly. West
ern steers, s2SO6A15; Gamers, $1.5OQ2.4 10
stockers and feeders, $2.75Q39O; calves, s.
05.25.
Sheep-The market was steady Fail
to choice westerns. S2.25QS; common anC
stock sheep, $3.50; lambs, $3045O.
New York, Oct S-Trading in stocks to
day fell short of yesterdays total by
about 10000 shares. Prices were irregular
though the trend was downward.
Money-Firm; closed at per cent.
Sterling exchange-Weak: SAS74 ST.
for demand and $4S6h04.S6ia for % days
Government bonds-Firm.
! BOSTON WOOL SALES.
Boston, oct. S.-The business in the WOO
market is booming and the sales We're tn
largest on record Prices have been main
tanned and there is little prospect of WOO
going lower. the strong features of tn
London sales being responsible. The fol
; lowing are the quotations of the leading
descriptions:
I Territory wools-Montana fine medium
and fine, 1l0l4c; secured, 3jd37; Montan
No. medium, 14dl6c; secured, 32Q33c.
California wools-Northern spring, 12C
2 lie; secured, 3303ic; middle county spring
n013c; secured, 32033c.
Australian, secured basis-COmbing.
) superhne, 42045c; combings good, 4Od42C
, combings, average, 39Q40c; Queensland
, combings. 3S040c.
FOREIGN WOOL SALES.
Sydney. n. 5. w, oct. S.-The wool sale
opened firm on the London parity. Tn
new clip is fine, including a large proper
, ton of nOils. France was a very activ
5 buyer
London, oct. Sat the wool auctio
, selection was good.
MISCELLANEOUS
a New York, oct. S-Hops-Quiet.
Wool-Steady; domestic, 16q2ic; pulled
19a22c.
Petroleum-Quiet; United closed at 81.
: bid.
t Pig iron-steadyi southern. a2a14