The age-herald., 1897-10-01

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 Cash quotations weaker, prices favor ing buyers, No: spring wheat, S77sQ0 91Ac; No. spring wheat, f. O. b., S2@ 88SSS1Ac; No. red, 9S5sQ94%o; No. 2 corn 275s@27Bc; No. 2 oats 19@19Ac; No. white, f. O. b. 22@23c; No white f. o.b., 201A@22c; No. 2 rye 46c; No barley, none; No. 3, f. o. b.. 2S@41c; No. 4, f. o. b., 27@34c; No. 1 flax seed 9eIa@ as%c; prime timothy seed $2.65; mess pork, per bbl., $S.20@$S.25; lard, per 100 lbs, $4.50@S4521A; short ribs sides floose) $4S0@s575; dry salted shoulders (boxed) 5ssQ59sc; short clear sides (boxed) 51A @55sc; whiskey, distillers' finished goods per gal, &.22; sugars, cut loaf, $5.96; granulated $5.34; Standard "A" none; No. yellow corn 275sG0277sc.
 On the produce exchange today the butter market was firm, creameries Is Q22c; dairies 12@19c; cheese steady, 8 Q9c; eggs steady, fresh 14c..
 In Wall Street.
 New York; Sept. 3o.lThere was no sign of anything in today's stock market to give uragement ito the hope of those who profess TO believe that .he market has rum its course so far as re- action is concerned and is ready to re- sume it's upward course. The character of the dealings did not differ in any re- specb from those of yesterday. Prices were raided down with great fac!Mly and the decliens fnvlted large offerings The sight rallies w5dch occurred few times on the contrary led to an almost to?aa cessation of activity and the up- ward course of prices was haIting and difficult The net decline achieved to- day is very much greater than that of yesterday, only because the bears re- served their greates,t effons for the last half hour of trading, leaving no oppor- tunity for recovery before the close This was apparent owing to an excess of con- fidence on the rsart Of the bears who were content to leave their short contracts un- covered over night instead of realizing immediately. The market continued al- most wholly professional and the deal hngs seemed confirmed to the room trad CTS. The sharp declines uncovered or- ders placed to stop losses. These were in large volume and aided materially in the decline. A feature of the day was the reversal of the position of operators for the London account, who were sellers TO- day. London prices also came lower and this was said to be due to a resump- tion of the selling there for New York account, which was so persitsentIy ad- hered to up to a short time since. The statement or earnings of Burling- ion for August has been expected to oh ok the decline i'll prices, but favorable as 1t was it had noIs only been discount ed, but exaggerated reports of the ex- tent Of f;he Improvement had been put dn circulation for effect on speculation The act.,nalr esubt showing an increase in net earnings for the month of $347.774 is ample indication of the enormously increased traffic which is being handled by the railroads.
 Weekly earnings to hand for the third week of the month was equally encour- aging the improvement extending even to some of the soft coal roads which have long suffered from the depressing conditions the resignation of the Spanish ministry and the prospects of liberal ministry in Spain were taken as indi- eating an anlelioration of tn. relations with the United States and the news that conciliatory proposals for the Cuba insurgents have been received in Mad rid also robbed the bears of their pet wsapon, the Cuban question. The de- cline in the money market of F in posted rates and A i'm exchange brought the price nearer the gold importing rate. and was a favoring influence to increase in pdces and slightly easier tone in the money market and a slightly re- duced amount of clearing house ex- change. The bears rallied against these circumstances and made a fierce attack on ths induStrials, but prices remained firm against these raids.
 Government bonds were strong, the EIsw and old fours were advanced A@% bid all around. There were sales of new fours coupons at 125% to 12eA.
 The tota seIla toossof
 Tha total sales of stocks today were 329, 200 shares including Atci1ison pre- fered 9,621, Burlington H,614, Hooking Valley 10,O01, Manhattan 7,163. Missouri Pacific 6,7S0, New York Central 7.15O, Northern Pacific preferred 19,520. Read ing G,210, Rock Island 1S.575. St. Paul 25,27O. Union Pacific 14.69S, Chicago Gas 56. 92o. Consolidated Gas 8,S95 Chicago Great Western 15,030. =,
 Money on call steady at 21z@3 per cent: last loan 2 per cent; closing offered at ? per cent.