The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15

Course of Values on Wall street Was
Downward.

sence of support from prominent financial
houses whose interests in the new gov
eminent loan have been liquidated. The
! course of values was downward.
The initial stock prices were irregular
but mainly lower on brisk trading. The
only important concession was in Sugar
and Tobacco, which We're sold freely and
yielded 13s per cent and IL per cent re-
| spectively. The market after 10 minutes
trading displayed an improving tendency.
The prices stiffened somewhat after II.
| The advances were trifing, aside from
Tobacco. Sugar and Leather preferred
| gained q per cent. The upward move
| ment was soon checked by a deluge of
| selling orders, which depressed Tobacco
| IL, Sugar IL, and Changers, General Elec-
| trio, Louisville & Nashville, Tennessee
Coal, Rubber, Distilling and Western
Union about a point.
Money-Steady at 21adl5 per cent; closed
at 21sd3 per cent.
Sterling exchange-Firm at $4.S7%64SS
for demand, and at $4.S6lsq4S624 for 90
days.
TACOMA WHEAT.
Tacoma, Wash, Feb. i1.-Wheat is off 1
cent. Market fuctuating. Quotations,
5S@61c.
PORTLAND WHEAT.
Portland, Or, Feb. 11.-Wheat-Un-
changed.
SAN FRANCISCO GRAIN.
San Francisco Cal, Feb. 11.-Wheat-
Shipping, $1.1219 for No. l.; and $1.13A for
choice; milling, $l.25q130.
Barley-Feed, fair to good, 7Oa71Ac;
choice. 72lac brewing, S0GS219c.
Oats-Milling, 711sqS21sc; Surprise, 95c@
81; fancy feed, S212@S7l9c; good to choice,
75qS2i5; poor to fair, 65@7215c: black for
seed, $l.10q1.90; gray. 75GS215c.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
Chicago, Feb. lin wheat the early
haa i oh ha obi Of
of which were the lower cables and the
large northwestern receipts, as we'll as
local. Close: May wheat 65ssc; corn,
297sc; oats, BIC. Receipts: Wheat, $4,000
bushels; corn, 10000 bushels oats, 252 900
bushels
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
u. S. new As (registered) 116; U. S. new
As (coupons). 1161s; u. S. IS Gegistered),
l12A; u. s. 5s (coupons), 113; U. S. As reg
istered), 1O9 u. s. As (coupons), HOS; Pa
cifc 6s of 1895, 102.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Atchison 1885, Adams Express 149, Amer
lean Express 112. Canadian Pacific 5S,
Central Pacific 1872, Burlington 1885, Dis
tillers 1875, Great Northern preferred 100,
Illinois Central 95l2. Lake Shore 1451a, Lead
Trust 27ss, Michigan Central 49, Missouri
Pacific "a, National Cordage 55s, National
Cordage preferred liz, North American
AS, Northern Pacific 4, Northern Pacific
preferred lax, Northwestern 103s4, North
western preferred 1884, New York & New
England As, Oregon Short Line & Utah
Northern ~, Pacific Mail 1914, Pullman
Palace 1877, Rio Grande & Western II,
Rio Grande & Western preferred Az,
Rock Island 721s, st. Paul 75Is, st. Paul
preferred 1851, Southern Pacific 90 Sugar
Refinery 111A, Union Pacific 6s, United
States Express AZ, Wells Fargo Express 9S,
Western Union S5%, General Electric BIS,
National Linseed 1917
MINING STOCKS.
Bulwer 14c Chollar 6Oc Crown Point zoe.
Consolidated California and Virginia 81 95,
Deadwood soc, Gould e. Curry 4Oc Hale &
Norcross $1.05, Homestake $22 Iron Silver
81, Mexican 45c, Ontario 49, Ophir SIPS,
Plymouth zoe, Quicksilver $1.75, Quicksil-
yer preferred $3.50. Sierra Nevada 4Oc,
Standard 2.O5, Union Consolidated 33c,
Yellow Jacket 4Oc.
METAL QUOTATIONS.
Bar silver, 675sc.
Copper-Quiet; brokers' price SlO.25; ex-
change price, S10q1025
Lead-Steady; brokers' price, SO; ex-
change price, $S12laQ315.
WOOL MARKET.
Boston, Feb. 1l.-Business. in the wool
market here has been a shade brisker
than previously reported, with prices well
maintained. Fleece woods are moving
moderately, but the feature of the week
has been the better demand for staple
woods This demand has been confined
however, to those woods which are long
enough in staple to be combed. Australian
wool sales continued good, but prices were
strong.
Territory wools-Montana fine medium
and fine, 11@14c; secured price. 3eG3Sc
Utah, Wyoming, etc. fine medium, 10G13c
secured, S4d36c
California wools-Northern spring, 10
nc; secured price, 3Sd36c; middle counties
spring, 11Q1Sc; secured price, 32d33c.
LIVE STOCK.
Chicago, Feb. 11.-Cattle-Trade was of
the usual character of a Tuesday, buy
ers taking hold rather sparingly at yes
terday's decline. Common to extra ma
tive beef steers, $3.20d3 60; export steers
$4d4.30 good dressed beef, SO. S0G3. 80; stock
ers and feeders, S2.60G3SO; cows and heif-
ers, S2QS.6O. Calves We're in good supply
and in fair demand, prices ruling steady.
Hogs-The supplies this week show a
gain as compared with a week ago and
packers are improving their opportunity
to force prices lower. All kinds except de-
sirable light weights sold today at a fur
Their reduction of sc. Common to choice
droves sold at $3.95Q4.5O.
Sheep-There was fair demand; prices
were steady at yesterdays decline; com
westerns, $S.1OdS15; yearlings, $S.75Q4;
lambs, $3d4.7O. The sales were chiefly
at SSqS.5O for native sheep and $3.50 and
upward for lambs.
MISCELLANEOUS.
New York, Feb. n.-Hops-Quiet.
Wool-Steady.
Petroleum-Steady; United closed at
SLAB.
1T KILLED FIVE TRAIN EMPLOYEES
Head End Collision on the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad.