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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06

NEW YORK-In dry goods the week
closes with a good outlook for the rest Of
the year The sales Of the week have not
been altogether satisfactory. Sellers
were of the belief that the reductions In
prints would resultlin extensive sales,
both by mail order and In store trading,
buy buyers seem inclined t0take makers
slowly ut present. Meanwhile, the trade
In spring goods in cotton printed lines Is
very fair. In style cottons business has
continued light digging the week In all
grades and, while there has been an
nounced change In prices, there have
been many concessions made In order 10
secure what sales have been reported
during the week. Print cloths show light
trading, hut not az light as was expected
earlier IN the week, The recent redue-
lion Of ffty-f1ur square extras 20 2hc
has resulted In a renewal or interest on
che part Of buyers, and sellers have been
as liberal as could be expected nj the
price,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06

SilNMOKIN, Pa. Dec, a,--John Long,
aged eighteen years OF NatalIn, accI-
@aaiiy stabbed his two.yrar-oid sister
"ary IN The eye to-day He was show
hg hI mother how one actor had stab
o'l another In a play The knife blade
uttered Mary's eye and pierced her
oilin. 3hc cannot recover.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06

scales NJ So 95a3 lsls. Rough packing
lp,s sold at IS 1908 29A and prime ship
Ping lots a. s. 4OdS 4lls. Piss sold
chiefly az 81 1908 37is The hogs now
being marketed are largely Jf good quail
'ly, heavy lots predominating, and medt-
um weights are the besS sellers. The
few lois Of sheep ana lambs that were
offered on the market to-day sold az uR-
changed prices, Sheep were salaale az
81 15G3 % for the poores, up 70 81 ESQ
so for good to choice liocks, with prime
lois In demand a. 81 6OG4 75 Lambs
sold al 81 0Odi IS for the poorest 10 s. 95
"a "a Tar good to choice Aoeks, Few going
below 81 75 Liberal receipts of sheep
and lambs are expected next wick, Re-
celp;s; Cattle 500 head; hogs 10000 head;
sheep 1000 head
EAST LIBERTY-C Cattle steady;prlme
81 1894 So; common 50 95@3 60; feeders
81 00Gi 30, Hogs very SLOW; Workers
and heavy 50 4OaS 40; roughs 81 25GS 90.
Sheep slow; choice s. 68di So COMMON
50 OOd3 So; choice lambs 81 6OGb 1S;
common to good 81 5OG5 5Oi veal calves
SO 60Q7 0O.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06

The best anlve Ia the world for cuts,
nfOOn. Sores Ulcers, Salt Rhcum,
rrl.sor Sores, letter Chappcd Hands,
,o|1INna Corns, and all Skin Erup-
.Nna md positively cures Plies, or no
,Ag required, 1T III guaranteed to glvo
IoIio.l anllHractlon or money refunded
r,.'. % cents per hos. For salo by Lo-
Fan Drug co. 1
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06

national banks In the United States Oc-
tober last The rapid Increase made
by the banks since May last Will be un-
derst0od better when II is stated that
the gain In deposits since that time has
been S9O,000,000 aud in loans more than
ss9,O0O.00O Comparative figures show
that S5OO00,0OO OF these increased de-
poslts and AO,OOO,OOO OF the loans have
been made by one bank which holds at
the present time over S9ie98,9ee Of net
deposits.
The statement Of the banks for the
week Is favorable, Loans show con-
tinual increase, the expansion having
been distributed among larger mum
Der OF institutions than has been the
case for some time past. The number
OF banks clearing through the clearing
mouse has been decreased, one through
the absorption OF the United States Ma
tlonal by the Western National. and the
Increase OF S22lS300 in the loans and
S3,5I5O00 In the deposits OF the latter
Institution reflects this consolidation,
The Increase OF deposits Tor the week Is
que In great part to special causes, one
pank alone reporting an eXpenstOn IN
this item OF S6,S43,0OO, which Is larger
thaR the combined changes Of all the
other banks. This was due to ciTcum-
stances connected with the Union Pa
ctio settlements. Five banks gained in
deposits nearly $4,000, co.,. from which
It is TO be inferred that the deposits OF
the other fifty-nine banks in the clear
Ing house are about SG,OOO,O 900 less than
at the end of the previous week, The
| gain In cash. according TO the state
ment, was SLIGO 300, but this, too seems
involved in special transactions. II ia
known that the banks received from
the interest more than 10000 900 in eX-
cess of shipments, but since one bank
alone Increased It's cash S5,S0O00O, and
the gains made by three amounted to
SS,5OOOO0 II follows that the large ma
Jority Of the banks have decreased their
reserves. The statement, taken as a
whole. proves the banks to be In strong
condition. The larger institutions are
buying sterling bills. and as the Union
Pacific deal has been financed without
the FIRST suggestion OF disturbance, the
outlook is for cheap money for some
time to come,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06

NEW YoRK-Plg iron quiet; south
ern $40 OO@ll %; northern $40 OONl2 20
Copper firm; brokers lOBc. Lead strong
at 50 so. Tin plates dull,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06
WHHELlNG DAILY lNrELllGENCER MONDAY DECEMBER 1877

clals s. IS; spring patents 81 iO6i CO.,;
stralghts 81 3Od4 80; bakers So 5OG3 so.
Wheet-No, . spring s9ds0c; No. .
spring S9AG92c: No. red 95as5lse,
The leading futures ranged as follows;
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06

STEAMERS.

NEW YoRK-Wool steady; domestic
fleece 27d31c; Texas t39l7c
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06
WIS MIME urauns. Nortolt w.

Niss Mile HUGHES. Norfolk Va,
M Ii'NallulIr burned on the face aud
p',... lnln was Instantly relieved BY
..MI,l' witch Hazel Snlyo, which
,..'N inn injury without leaving n
r..., w tIln famous Pile remedy
U,'. ,' Guolao Mlrltot ana twelfth
.na tDnthnm Sinclair, Forty.sixlh
pt NJ 1000 Hlynuta, A, w. ScHople, No.
y.... ',n nltool' EXley Bros, Penn aud
" ''I''H Bowie y Co., Bridgeport.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06

OIL CITY-Credit balances Csc; certl-
flcates, Arst bid CSC; closed az exc hld
sales at 67iac; asked 67A shipments 49,
27G barrels; runs 5O,S76 barrels.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06

NEW YORK, Dec. 4-The weekly
statement of the local banks shows the
following:
Reserves, decrease 90" .,..,,,S 1870
Loans. increase ..........,. S,47G5 800
Specie, Increase ,,......... $4,000
Legal tenders. increase. ..... $4,000
DEPOSITS, Increase ............ C,il7lOO
Circulation, decrease. ....... 991OO
Amount, above legal require
ments 49,. ;. .............,.. 90, l2g95O
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06

Nos, aud daily between Cleveland and
Copt sunday
:. iaHcngGrs between wheeling, MerlIHa
Ferry, hellairo ana bridgeport, take Eleo.
NJ, O. cARHTL, a. PA
o. r. woop, Il p. A. '''''O' ~
wheeling, ~. Va.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-06
RAILWAY TINE CARD

after Nov II, 1897 Explanation OF Refer
ence Marks; 'Daily. daily, except SUM
Gay daily, except Saturday. lDaily, e1-
Sept Monday. sSundays only. Saturdays
only. Eastern Standard Time.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30
MARKETS ny TELEGRAPH,

New York, Jan. 29.-BCTTER-Rece
45:6 packages; steady; Western creamery
II$M2oc: EIgins. 20c,; factory. 7Ml4c. CHEESE
Receipts. $50 packages: quiet; state large
and small. Sd1134c; part skins. 5T9sc fun
skins, @H3i&c. EGGS-ReCeipts. 5469 pack
ages; unsettled; Western. 12IlSc.
Chicago. Jan. 29.-FLOUR-Receipts 5000
barrels and shipments, 1900 barrels; easy:
winter patents, S4.25H4.60: straights ST. Goa
40; spring patents. S.G5d+.40: straights
@,59d3S0: bakers grades. S3.lOH&.5O. BUT
TER-Firm: creamery. l3I20c; dairy, 9Hl7c
EGGS-Stcady; fresh. 11C.
st. Louis. Jan. 29.-FLOT' R-Receipts =
go barrels: shipments 1000 barrels TN
Cfansed. Patents I.55di.G5; extra fancy
81 lGI+2O: fancy. $3.6Nd27O; choice. $3.lOfI
80. WHEAT-Receipts. 5000 bushels. and
shipments, % 600 bushels. Spot lower. No
2 red cash. elevator Sc asked: track. S3i.c
NO : hard, cash, 75c asked January. Sc
May, Ni2c. CORN-Receipts. 81 600 bush
ei,. and shipments. 6S0O0 bushels. Spot
inner: No. cash. l92ic: May. 2l5sc. OATS
Receipts 10000 bushels. and shipments
5000 bushels. Dull but higher. No. cash
1ei@c bid: May. 1850, BRAN-Quiet and
STEADY: sacked, east track. worth nominal
ly aOd ilc. HAY-Quiet and steady tim
othy. $.5Can-OO: prairie. S4.OOa73O. BUT
TER-Cnchanged. Creamery. l5d2lc dairy
94l5c. EGGS-ouiet at l3c. PORK-Steady
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30
Gnycrnment Rnnds
Stocks and Ronds-

New York, Jan. 29.--The stock market to-
day was more active, ana the dealings,
aside from Northern Pacific and Sugar.
which ranked first and second in extent of
trading, We're fairly well distributed The
course of prices was irregular, with some
special movements in Il few stocks. due to
particular DEVELOPMENTS The Northern
P2CitCS We're decidedly strong features on
a demand for foreign account based upon
rumors of impending alliances likely to
strengthen the system and expectations of
improved earnings. The railway shares
generally moved within narrow limits
with an upward tendency. Railway bonds
were unusually active. and in the cases of
some of the recently depressed issues ma
terial advances We're scored. and notably
in Hooking Valley Us. which rose to an ex-
treme 10 per cent. to %. on the settlement of
the coal war announced yesterday. Sugar
lacked support late in the day and dropped
a point. The market left off steady at
slight net changes.
The bond market was unusually active
on an investment demand for local and for
eiSn account. The dealings covered wide
We're made.
Closing quotations on the New York
STOCK exchange: Atchison. H.: Adams
burlington X Quincy. a; Chicago Gas. 7S
Consolidated Gas 1iS: c. G.. C. & St. L..
IL: Cotton Oil Certificates. l112: Delaware
y Hudson. lo1: Delaware. Lackawanna *
Western. l52i2: Hooking Valley 1913: Hi
nois Central 94; Lake Shore, ia2: Lead
Trust 25i4: Louisville e Nashville. JIl. !.
Manhattan Consolidated. SS5s; Michigan
Central. &i2; Missouri Pacific. 2l%.; New
Jersey Central, 993s Northwestern. I0iI4 ):
Northwestern preferred, l5i New York
Genital. 93h: Pacific Mail. .; PittsburS
lGcl2 Pullman Palace. 1514 Reading. 26l4
Rio Grande Western. 70: Rio Grandc West
era preferred. 40: Rock Island. rs; st. Paul
s.: Paul preferred. l&2; Sugar Refinery
pIcSs. 9S: Western linton, S3a.: General
Electric, 3i5s: National Liuseed. I3.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30
Money Mt Home and Abroad.

New York. Jan. 29.-Money on call easy
at lI.a12t per cent: last loan, IL per cent;
closed offered at 112G1&4 per cent. prime
mercantile paper, Sli4 per cent; sterling eN-
change steady, with actual business in
bankers, bills at $4S.1. for demand and at
A.S5a4S5is and $4.S7l2a4SSl2; commercial
bills, $4.A. 80, -,,
Boston. Jan. 29,-Clearings, $12,546617; bal
Philadelphia. Ian. 29.-Clearings, $780,
baltimore Jan. 29.-Clearings, $2265,3SS;
balances, $$97. .1S9.
money steady. unchanged; New York ex-
change 4Oc discount; foreign exchange cas-
ier: demand S4.S624 sixty days A:S1s:
St Louis Jan 2smCIearingz n25 nS S'6$$1; SSn1
New York exchange, SOC discount bid, 25c
discount asked.
Memphis. Jan 29-Clearngs, S24S,23 bal
ances, $50. .543. New York exchange selling at
New Orleans. Jan. 29-CIearings. $1,254.-
29S New York exchange, bank, 81 per 1000
premium; commercial, 2oc per $1,000 dis
count.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
Wholesale Trading for January the
Lightest for YearS-FaiIurcs
and Grain Exports.

New York, Jan. 29.-Bradstreet's to-mor-
row will say:
There has been a falling off in general
trade, owing to the heavy fall of snow and
cold weather. There is q moderate in
crease in distribution of heavy winter
goods, but commercial travellers very gem
orally report buyers as even more conser-
Vative than earlier in the month"; and that
wholesale trading in January, except in
Mercantile collections are interrupted and
the Improvement looked for in iron and
steel is not in sight. The most favorable
and sharp falling off in the total number
of business failures in the United States.
the aggregate being S26, as compared with
Az last week; a decrease of lO2. When COM
pared with the corresponding week of 1896,
this weeks falling off is ca, but there is an
Incl ease of IA compared with the like
week in 1895. Contrasted with the like Pc
riod in 1894, there have been IA fewer fail
ures this week than three years ago;
Exports of wheat (tlour included as
wheaD from both coasts of the United
States this week amount to 2.515,4OS BUSH
els. as compared with 2,916.000 last week.
2.55OOO0 in the week a year ago, 2,4S3,00D in
the week two years ago, 2,0S2.GG0 three
years ago, and as ContraSted with 3,l23g00
in tho corresponding week OF 1893. Exports
of lrdian corn amount to 3,0ll SOP bushels
this week. compared with 3,520,O00 last
week. 3.1g7OOO in the week Il year ago, $4,000
in the week two years ago, 2,liTUOO three
years ago, and as contraSted with 100000
in the like week of 1893
Il. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade tomorrow will say:
January has been Il month of dsappoint-
ment. but of real gain. Nearly everybody
had promised himself Il land Of milk and
honey after New Years and the slow prCg-
rcss looks like standing still TO men in such
a state of mind. Moreover. there are nui-
titudeS throughout the country who have
been taking large ventures in advance or
apart from their regular business. because
they expected a rise in prices. But prices
fail as yet to bring them profit. Wheat
has declined severely, cotton has scarcely
risen enough to pay brokerage. wool holds
steady in spite of enormous buying, wooden
goods hardly change in price. iron and its
products decline. leather is sluggish. hides
are lower. for some shoe manufacturers aC-
cept q shade lower prices: the average of
railroad stocks is slightly lower than it was
December 81, and the advance in trust
stocks has been small. To traders in such
properties the month has been disappoint-
ing Yet during the past week the record
shows that ten iron works have started and
only two have stopped: thirteen woolen
works have started, and nine more are
stopped. Similar things are seen in other
industries. and the additional establish
ments are not starting without some in
crease i'll orders received.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30

standard mess, jobbing S7.6NaS.15. LARD
Steady; prime steam, $i.7IIa; choice, $3.S5.
BACON-BoXed shoulders. $3.50: extra
shcrt clear. $3.50: ribs, $3.50; shorts, $5.OJ.
DRY SAT- MEATS-Boxed shoulders,
A:9O: extra short clear, S4.30; ribs, 4.55;
ribs, S4.65.
New Orleans, Jan. 29.-PRoVISIONS-
Quiet. PORK-Old. 7asc; rev. SSsc. LARD
-Retined tierce, $&G5;sc. BONED MEATS
Dry salt shoulders, 4l2C; sides. 42sc. BA-
CON-Clear rib sides, 5l4c. HAMS-Choice
sugar cured 949i2c. FLOUR-Quiet; extra
MEAL-Steady, $l.45 per barrel. BRAN
Firm. 55Gt56c per cwt. HAY-Steady; prime
timothy, $l2.0Od13.JO; choice. $l45Oal55O
CORN-Quiet: No. , sacked, mixed. 29c;
white. 30c; yellow, 20c. OATS-No. > sacked,
2$l2M24c. RICE-Steady; ordinary to good,
3%in4l2c.
Liverpool. Jan. 29.-WHEAT-Spot dull;
5l5d; May, 6s Sgd CORN-Quiet spot
American mixed, new. IS Sl2d; futures
opened steady with near and distant posi-
tions I'D lower, and closed steady with
January "a lower; May. ga higher; I Jang- u.
Sl2d: May, 2s Cd. FLOUR-Dull. demand
poor; st. Louis fancy winter. 9s. BACON
Easy, demand poor. Cumberland cut. 2S to
80 pounds, rs; short ribs, 20 to "A pounds.
21s Cd; long clear light, % to IS pounds, 26s:
long clear heavy. 40 to 40 pounds, Pos; short
clear backs. light. is pounds, 25s:, short
clear middles. heavy, 10 to 80 pounds. 23s:
clear bellies. ii TO l6 pounds, &S. SHOCI.-
DERo-Square, u to Is pounds. 2bs. HAMS
Short cut. ii to 16 pounds. 4Os bd: TAI
Extra India mess, 61s Sd; prime mess, 5oS.
PORk-Prime mess, finest Western. 46s Sd:
medium Western. 4OS. LARD-Quet; prime
Western, 2ls; refined in pals, 22s.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30
LIVE STOCK BY TELEGRAPH.

St. Louis. Jan. @9.-CATTLE-Rec l.
zoe. Natives steady: Texans easy. Native
bceyeS. S.5064.4O; top fed Texas steers.
500. Some fancy hcifcrs sold at $3.50
HOGS-Receipts. 7.lO0 Market steady
Top $3.50: bulk. Si.35u%4j
SHEEP Receipts l.cO0. Market steady.
Sheep, $225m2.S0; lambs, S&OUn5.25.
South Omaha. Jan. 29.-CATTLE-Re-
cCipts, llm. Market strong. Beeves 81 40
ai.&5 stOckcrs and feeders, $50Om3.95. cows.
Sl.15H2.25. -
HoGS-Receipts. 1900 Market steady.
Top $50 bulk. $%.25ft|.35.
SIiEEP-RccSipts 5000 head. Market
stronger.
Chicago. Jan. 2o-CATTLE-Pecefp
@."@ Tn" demand was as good rs usual
during the latter part OF The week and
prices were unchanged. Sales We're made
1t %iNa5.,3 for the poorest. up to 81 1Od
81" for the extra nice heeveS. The bulk of
the cattle sold at &.oTt60. exporters Iuy-
iHE freely. There was very good st oclIer
and feeder trade at &!.1jd4. II. prices de-
clinipE toward the close: butchers stun
sold very well. cows going largely at 81 lOT
cattle showed very lttla change
HOGS-RCCeipts 220Gh. Prices ruled firm
and unchanged under the influence of a
good demand. Packers bought freely and
the supply was well taken 1T an extreme
range of $3.2Gc3.a5 for the poorest to the
best droves, sales being largely at $3.50
as
SIEEP-Receipts 1900. The market was
steady with good demand. Common to
choice sheep sold at $2.5ea3 80. westerns
bringing S.S0a36G and prime Mexicans,
SIS. NcarlnCS were active Mt SINpfti o.
and lambs sold freely at $375N505 for com
mon to prime lots.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30

New York, Jan. Enclosing quotations on
the New York Stock exchange We're: Ala
bama, class A, 104; Alabama, class B, 10i;
Alabama, class c, 9S; Alabama currency,
IS; Louisiana new Consols, is. 951a; Missouri
SIS, 100; North Carolina Is. 10; North Caro-
Ina Is. 102; South Carolina nOn-fund, y;
Tennessee new settlement, 6s. 71la; Ten
nessco new settlement. 5s. 1O5: Tennessee
old 6s, 60; Virginia centuries. 622s; Virginia,
deferred, 6; Atcl.ison Is. S1%s; Atchison I'd
A. 1875; Canada Southern IDS. 107; Central
Pacific lists of '95, 10O12; Denver & Rio
Grande IS. 11ll2; Denver & Rio Grande As.
SS; Erie IDS. 64li: Galveston. Harrisburg &
San Antonio IS, lO1; Galveston. Harrisburg
&c San Antonio Is, Sc; Houston d Texas
Central s. 1919: Houston & Texas Central
6s 1Ol; Missouri. Kansas Il Texas 1st As,
Si1s; Missouri, Kansas q Texas I'd As. 624 !:
Mutual Union Us, Ill; New Jersey Central
general 5s. 1l6l@: Northern Pacific lists.
l1l%; Northwest ConsOis, 141%s: Northwest
S. F. debenture IS. 111l2; Rio Grande West
ern lists, a: st. Paul COnsOls, Is. 1904 St.
Paul c. & z. w. Is. 1928; st. Louis & Iron
Mountain general IS. 10: st. Louis & San
Francisco general Is, 1lO4; Texas Pacific
lists. SS2i Texas Pacific 2ds, 2lii; Union Pa
Gifts lists of SO, lG; West Shore Is, 96!s
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30

Very little coming in and market dull for
want of offerings. By sample on track mere
at Kansas City: No. >, &0a3ll=c; No. ),
29d:aJc.
FLOUR-Dull and weak, in sympathy
with wheat. Soft wheat, per 100 lb; sack e.
patents. S2.40T2.50; extra fancy, S225G2.S0;
fancy, S2lgT2-2O; choice. SI.9eG20O. Hard
wAeat, per 100 pound sack. patents 2gY
2.l0: straights. Sl.90a2.O0: bakers grades
$l.SoGiS5; low grades. sl.5Oal.75: Rye. Sl-5o
Nl.55.
COREMEAL-Quiet quoted at 35@S6c
CORN CH0P-steady. hut slow sale.
Quoted at 3Sl2G24c per Cwt., sacked.
FLAESEED-Dull and weak. Cash, 65H
65iac per bUshcl upon the basis of pure.
CASTOR BEANS-Scarce and firm.
Car lots, $l.l5 per bushel; less $l.01 per
bushel.
BRAN-In good demand and market firm.
Sacked, 42445c per cwt.; bulk, aHSc per
Cwt.
Same time last year. ..............2 2lO tons
shipments ..-.....-. .-..--- ----..----.Ii" tOHS
Demand very good and prices steady.
Prairie choice S5.50aG.0O; No. l, $509d5.50;
No. . $4.50T5O0: lower grades, S3.OOdi.00.
Timothy. choice. SS.50d9.OO; No. !, $7.584
500: No ,. S6.50u1.G0. Clover, mixed. No. !,
S5.GV4G.50: No. >, $J.50H6.U0.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30
MONEY, STOCKS And BONDS.
STOCKS MORE ACTIVE AND BUSINESS
WELL DISTRIBUTED.
Railway Stocks and Bonds Both Tend
ing Upward and the Latter More
Active Than for Some Time
and the Close Steady.

Duliness still pervades the local money
market. There was very little call for
furds yesterday from any quarter. The
live stock people continue TO make a little
new paper on feeding account, but even
from this quarter the demand has dropped
of quite noticeably. Merchants and MANI
facturers are doing nothing. Rates of dis:
count steady at 1aS per cent. shipments Of
inEs, 81 SS7. 7G4, against $l,356S99, an increase
of &55c, S65. a gain of Il per cent
Eastern exchange inactive and weak.
Houston Fiblc S Co.. exchange brokers,
quote it as follows: New York; soc dis
count: Chicago, 25c discount; st. Louis. 1oc
Gold reserve yesterday was $lH,522,6 ,6l2.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30
Coffee and Sugar.

New Orleans, Jan. 29-COFFEE-Optio
opened steady. unchanged to points high
er; advanced points on local buying and
ing. the result of disappointing late Havre
cables; closed steady with prices un-
changed TO points net advance; sales,
fee-Rio. quiet No. I. 9a4c, invoice; mild,
dull; Cordova. 1512Q17c; jobbing. 1O14c.
SUGAR-Quiet; sales. $40 bags Muscovado,
nilla 81 test. 2l2c. Refined, slow sale; mold
a. 4l2c; standard a. 4lsc; confectioners' y,
4!sc; cut loaf, 4lsc: crushed. 4l$c: powdered
4l2c; granulated, &c: cubes. 412c.
New Orleans Jan 29.-COFFEE-Rio, or
dinary to low lair. 12h015c. SUGAR
Quiet: open kettle, 292 l3-16c; centrifugal
granulated, 324M37sc; white, 3IaG33sc; yell
low. 3 3-16d3 9-16c: seconds, 2A@3 3l6c. MO-
LASSES-Open kettle dull. SnlSc: centrifu-
gal firm, 4l2G10c. SYRUP-Steady, 1iQ l6c.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30

NOTICE is hereby given that letters of
administration on the estate of Horace
Merriam deceased, were granted to the un-
dersigned by the probate court of the coun-
ty of Jackson, state of Missouri. at Kansas
City on the 18th day of January. 1897 All
persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit the same to the un-
dersgned for allowance. within one year
after the date of said letters or they NAV
he precIudcd from any benefit of said eS-
tate. and if such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date of this pub
lication they will be forever barred
Dated this 18th day of January 1897.
FRED d. MERRIAM. Administrator.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30

]. c. Ross. who is just back from a visit
to Galveston, says in the Chicago Times
Herald: They told me at Galveston that
they had no trouble this season with hot
corn. They seem to be telling the truth,
too, for while | was there the things
saw were Il revelation to me. and thought
/ knew something about the corn trade l
saw them loading into vessel on Il foGgy
day. a day that would frighten us out of
business here. They claim the damp
weather did not trouble them there. | saw
a car or two of corn in there a little out
OF condition. All they did was to open the
car doors. 1 cannot understand it. unless
there is some peculiarity about the Gal
weston atmosphere. Possibly the salt air
has something to do with 1t. but air ought
to be salty at any of the seabOard cities.
They are getting Kansas corn, which is of
very much better quality than the grain
we are getting from Iowa. The big eleva-
tor at Galveston is owned by the wharf
company, and that concern Is about to
build another. 1t is said the Atchison is
talking of building warehouse. The busi-
ness down there has jumped vastly within
Il year because of the deepening of their
water by their jetties. There is no use of
our assuming that Galveston is not going
10 do Il large corn business. It Is doing it,
and apparently knows how to do it.