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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
Souud Money Democrats.

Quite a million of conscientious, high
minded Democrats voted for Mr.. Nc
Kinley, in spite of his protectionism, to
save the country from the anarchy and
reputation that Immediately threaten
ed it. They knew precisely what they
were about. 1t was an admitted choice
of evils, and they sunk the n in the
other. They took the lesser to escape
the greater. We had lived, were liv-
ing, under a high protective policy, and
had survived it, and, following the rule
that it is better to suffer the ills we
have than fly to others that we may
veU well estimate in advance, they re-
fused to jump from the frying pan into
the fire. When ones house is in flames
il Is absurd to stand on ceremony or to
bubble as to who shall put them out
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
DEEP WATER COMMITTEE MEET
An Attempt 10 Secure Better Rates
on Grain To the Gulf for
EXpOrt.

Austin, Tex, April 16.-The deep
water committees of Kansas. Nebraska.
Oklahoma and Texas met today to dis
euss means OF securing cheaper rates
OH grain and other products through
Texas to the gulf for export. The con-
ference decided to memorabilia the in
terstate commission, which
meets here today.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

Germa y seems to be forging ahead
In the race for Industrial greatness II
not supremacy. She alrcady STANDS
second among the nations in the v1ue
OF her exports and imports. Ofic hS-
ures put her exports and imports fof
1896 at 81, 926. 729. coo; Eng 1nd's wcr1
SO, 1925, $50, 600: France ), 1886, 1880. u
the United States, $l.5il. 10000. But
while she thus stands second ~ 4 mer-
camille nation, she is seventh as . naval
power. 10 the danger arising from The
fact she seems to b. awakening. ana It
Is predicted that oEerga &c acton VIII
be taken 50 that her feet may surIa3S
hat Of France.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
Hand in Hand,

"Protection and reciprocity are twin
measures of Republican policy, and go
hand in ha~nd.-From the Republican
platform of 1896.
Let them hasten, then, "hand in
hand through the halls of Congress
and on to the White House for the APP
Droval of President Mckinley.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

The coal fields OF Kent, England, ag-
grcgatlng 2OO,O 900 acres. hitherto un-
touched, will, 1t is calcultcd, furnish
enough coal to supply he year 1000. The
Two pioneer shafts arc being sunk at
Dover, inc the syndlcatos expect to
bring coal 20 London in the autumn.
Experimental borlngs are to be made In
i've different parts OF the county.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
Yankton Supply shortened.

Yankton, $. D., April 1+-Having had
no freight into Yanlkton for nearly W
weeks a shortage in various articles is
now being experienced by grocers.
fears are entertained that the supply of
coal oil and gasoline will Il out. Both
the Missouri and Jim rivers are still
high, the water remaining stationary
today
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

The Dublin correspondent OF the
Lancet says that at n athletic contest
held recently at Fremont, County Cork,
a man named James Lod-r, y years Old,
covered thirty-three feet in three stand
ing jumps. Several young men failed
10 come within three feet OF this dis
lance. Loier weighs only 1l2 pounds
and Is remarkably vigorous.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
ARE TO RUN THE YEAR ROUND
Bottle Manufacturers Are Granted
Concessions u Will Go
To Work,

PiytsbuIG. Pa, April 16.-At the pre-
iminary scale conference OF the Amer
an Flint Glass Workers association
md manufacturers In SESSION here, III
,ottle blowers agreed TO waive the sum
ner shut down clause. Bottle factories
IAN now be operated h entire year
Without the usual six weeks suspension
n July and August.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
Averages and Percentages.

The old percentage" and average
rate" cry Of the free traders is cropping
up again with all its pristine idiocy.
The chances are that the average Of
tariff rates will be higher under the
new Dingley bill than it was under the
old Mckinley bill. This can be readily
understood by those who want TO I'M
derstand it. The prices of foreign goods
have decreased since the Mckinley bill
was framed. consequently where the
Mckinley bill rate of protection is re-
stored its percentage will be higher
than in 1890, while the amount of pro-
lection will be no more, ana possibly
less. than it was then. The ley bill is
being framed, not for keeping down
average rates and percentages, but 10
secure results. Those results are-pro-
lection to American labor and indus
tries, and revenue.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
LISTED WITH THE PENSIONERS
Games For Iowa and Nebraska Are
Placed on the Readjusted.
List.

Washington, April Extensions We're
,ranted yesterday rs followse:
Iowa-Additional: Perry w. Peterson,
,harlcs City. Increase: Henry c. Smith,
Iumbo.dt: John A.. Marquette, Fort
Dodge: John ID. Garrison, Nicola; John +.
hopper, Anamosa; John III. Gaskins, La
Porte City. Minors of Thomas w. Go
Town, keosauqua.
Ncbraska-OriGinal: William II. McAffe,
;rand Island: John Dodge, Rokeby. Wild
1ws: Minors OF William 4. Griffith. Hor-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
lAnnSnE (iIN.

Kansas City, Ami l7.--Catte~-lieceipts,
,elpts, 1900. Market steady % strong
Quotations: Texas steers, So. SCAT so: ma
i've steers, $3,"a5.l0; stockers and feed
.rs. 81. Tjul.6 90.
Hogs-Recelpts. S0J0. Market strong to
10 higher Quotations Heavy, 50. 50GL3 80.
packers, 50. cOr3. "a; light, 50. JOql3.S 50.
> Sheep. Receipts. s,W0. Market steady.
Quotations: Lambs. 81. 5Oa6.0; muttons,
q .25ui. ~,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

Beet sugar factories should soon be
dotting the country because Congress
will afford protection TO the domestic
sugar industry. 1t will be a good thing
for the country when farmers can sell
their beets ut the village factory and
buy the ragar that has been made
thnra.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

A company has been formed which
made an offer to the municipality OF st.
Petersburg to light all the streets Of the
city with electric lights Tor the same
price hat IL now paid for the very unA
satisfactory lighting with oil lamps.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

Members OF the senior class Of the
University of Georgia have been much
chagrined to lsarn that only one OF the
essays handed in for use on commence
ment day has been thought worthy Of
acceptance by the committee. The SEN
Tors are now hard at work trying to
turn out productions that will meet the
requirements OF the occasion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KuBLER PUBLISHER

The question OF the beet method Of
transportation along the Yukon river
has for a long time ben discussed ana
given up by men of experience. p2gs
have been tried several times, ana al
though they met with some success
they were not entirely satisfactory
Horses are almost priceless treasures IN
that LEGALITY. but even they often faii
when travelling across the sno" cOVefed
wastes. An experiment 81 now beng
tried which Is expected to clear way
difficulties. Twenty reind er aIe b2ing
shipped to the gold fields ana WIZ y"
tried as soon as landed. 1t Is hOped tha'
they will be q SucceSs
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
Opposition Not Healthy.

1t will not be healthy, we imagine,
for any particular company, now mon
opolizing American transportation and,
incidentally. American subsidies in the
transatlantic trade, to stir up opposi-
ton TO the Republican policy of protec-
ton for American ships of all kinds by
a higher duty on imports in foreign
ships.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
south OtaaIIp

South Omaha, April 17-IIogs-Rcce.pts,
.. 200: official yesterday, 1886; shipments,
tGO. Market strong. Quotations: Heavy,
b. S5d3. %; mixed and light. s. .9OGrl go.
cattle-Recelpts. 1900: official yesterday,
1899: shipments, s73. Market slow: steady
to lower.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000; official yesterday,
1926: shipments, 1917. Market weak.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

A delegation Is TO be sent from Ger
many to Japan and China to open up
lines Of trade, especially in textile pro
ducts. The cotton exchange has on
tributed 10000 marks and the govern
ment 10000 marks to help defray eN'
ppnSpS
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

An English shlpbullding yard has In
stalled an electric power plant for driv-
ing portable drills, cranes, wood deck
planning machines, punching machines.
fan blasts, etc, %displacing steam power
and ~effect,ng by the change "A saving in
the weekly consumption Of coal Of from
seventy-two to thirty-cight tons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

A considerable quantity Of forged
Bank Of England notes now being In
circulation, the lawyers Of that institu-
ton have issued a warning, which APP
plies TO forged bank notes Of every
kind. According to this a bogus bank
note may always be distinguished from
the genuine by its inferiority In size.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

Some Of the bags carrying the south
African mails have been made by Oscar
Wilde during his stay In Reading prison
and one Of them, by a curious coincl-
dence, brought the typewriter copies
of his plays recently produced in Jo~
hannesburg.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

The present royal family Of Greece
are not the first Norsemen to figure In
Greek affairs. The lettering Byzantine
was upheld for many years by the Var
anglan guard, composed Of Danes.
Swedes, Norwegians and SaXons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

London papers are figuring that be-
tween thirty and forty millions ster-
ling win be spent by the queens fran
tlcally loyal subjects In securing win
dows and other POINTS of vantage from
which to watch her pass in the great
PROCESSION of June %
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

The New York woman who was sued
the other day for $4,000 worth Of
dresses and other "toggery" has en-
llghtened the world on n po.nt. She
said with much decisiveness hat a
gown Is old when II has been worn five
times,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

One-quarter OF the people Of New
York have never been outside that city,
and most OF them think hat the region
west OF the Mississippi river Is virtually
a wilderness or inhabited by seml-bar-
barians.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

Mortuary statistics show that during
he last twenty-five years the average
lie of m has been heightened s
Ter cent. The average life of man has
,lso been increased 8 per cent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

No great tower will be provided at
tho Tennessee exposition, but lovers Of
the adventurous will get all the ex-
element they desire out Of a giant sce-
saw with a beam $50 feet long, plvoted
scventy-nve feet above the ground. The
car at each end Will hold twenty-five
people.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
Weak Criticism.

Til, Democratic criticism of the
Dipa'sy bill is weak, because it has to
be made in the face of the deficit of
$500 100000 of the Wilson bill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
Smith Goes to Work.

Washington, April 17.-E. n. Smith of
Whiting, Ia has assumed his duties as
messenger in the ~postofice of the house
If representatives. Mr.. Smith was ap-
pointed on the recommendation of Con-
FRESHMAN Perkins.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

William Anthony. in Ross county, New
York. Is the owner OF n cat which he has
trained to carry letters between his house
and that OF q neighbor. The letters are
tied about the cats neck.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
THE MARKETS.
Sioux CIty live StOCk

Sioux city. April 17.-Sioux iCty Stock
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Heavy, $3.SOd
IS5: mixed and light. SO. 75Hj.S5.
Cattle-Ouotations. Cows and I~leifers,
81 CODA. 10; Veals, 81. 15H5. 30: oxen. 81 .0oq
B rs: stockers and feeders, 50 j0a4 40; year
linGs and calves, $2.j0di.45 butcher steers,
So. GOdl. ~.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
NO Room for Discussion.

70 most questions there are two
sides, but that this Government must
ilave revenue enough TO cover its ex-
penses is no longer open to discussion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

Chlcagc. April 17.-S:3O a. m.-Hogs-Re-
,eipts, 900: left over, 1900. Market
strong. Quotations; Heavy, si.GTa 22i2
mixed, S.0OdI. 30; light, H.O0ni.O; rough
heavy, 50. SOFAS. so.
Cattie-Receipts, 400. Market steady.
Shcep-Receipts, 1900. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

1t is said that some of the big millers
and bakers in the west have found a
way to adulterate wheat by a mixture
Of corn meal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
Inhabitants Coming in,

Larissa, April 15.-Tha inhabitants Of
he villages In this vicinity are iocking
nto town, fearing an outbreak of war.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

Bath, England, boasts of three can
airy birds Matched out Of n egg. The
little fellows were about the size OF
bumblebees, but are alive and growing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

Before the end of this ear every one
of the 1853 towns In Connecticut will be
connectSi by telephone.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
Iucreasipp Volume sf Moncy.

During the year 1896 the money in
circulation in the United States was in
creased 81, ,921 and the money in
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
ENERGY.
IT Is MAKING ITSELF FELT IN
WASHINGTON.
rhe Tariff Bill Through the House 10
Being Strongly Pushed in the SEN
ate-Cuban Prison Doors Open TO
American Prisoners.
Capital City Chut.

Special Washington correspondence;
The Republican party has again
shown its business-like qualities. In
less than two weeks from the time OF
its meeting. the House, controlled by
this party. has considered and passed
the tariff bill. and has done 50 despite
the opposition and delay and fault-iind-
ing system Of the Democrats. The OIL
now goes to the Senate, where the ite'
publicans have already 3hown their
business-like methods by taking II up
in committee and putting more than a
weeks labor upon it prior to It's pass
age by the House. 1t is expected that
the bill will be completed by the COM
mittee during the present month, ana
be taken up by the Senate early III
May, passed by that body In June ana
go into effect July ]. President Cleve-
land and the free trade Congress, elect
ed in November, 1892, did not get their
tariff bill upon the statute books untll
Aug. -, 1894, one year and ten months
from the date of the election. Ii looks
now as though the Republicans would
get their tariff measure on the statute
books within seven months Of the date
OF the election, possibly even sooner
than that.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
ARGUS-lEhDER'S LIBEL SUIT
One Allen Of Clear Lake Complains
That His Fair Name Has
Been Smirchcl,

Sioux Falls, s. d., April IA. II. Al
len OF Clear Lake, Deuel. county. ha,
sued Tomlinson Il Day, publishers of
the A"gus-Leader, for libel. The SOM.
plant has not been fled. but summons
was served this morning. Allen Is a
populist and was Loucks' manager al
Pierre. On April 3 the Argus-Leadsr
reprinted from the WATERFOWL Kam-
peskian an article which stated that "a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

A Salem. Mass. man has invented a
collapsible umbrella, which n may
carry in his pocket when folded.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24
prntnct Our Cnffnn-

Cotton growers of the South need
protection from Egyptian cotton. Give
it to them. =
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-24

man naNneu Alien from Deu
before he left Pierre confe;
ment for his board bill. A
has taken this to refer to
publishers OF the Argus-Lea
refers to another Allen and
alarm over the suit.
The herald., 1897-12-15

figs in sacks, 2Q3c; peaches, 5h07kc;
peeled, 10Q12zc; nectarines, 4Q6c; pitted
plums. 4@4hc: pears, 3Q5c for quarters
and 5Q6Ac for halves; apples, 51s06Ac for
evaporated and 3gS1Ac for sun dried.
Raisins-New crop. carloads: Two crown.
2AQ3%c per lb.; three crown, 4c; four
crown, &c.; London layers, $1.1OQ1.15 per
box; seedless Sultanas. &c.; dried grapes,
2NQ3c.
Nuts-California walnuts, 517c for hard
she'll and 8910c for softshell; almonds. So
Q4c for hardshell and SG10c for paper
shell; chestnuts, Sq10c; peanuts, &c for
California and &C for eastern.
Honey-Comb, 10c for bright and 619c
for other grades; water white, extracted,
4hG4Ac; light amber, 3lA@4.
Beeswax-Quotable at 23125c per pound.
.Butter-Fancy creamery, 26426ia per Id.
do second, 24g25; fancy dairy, 23G24; do
second. 19q22c; picked, nominal; firkin
nominal.
Cheese-New. uk@12c per lb.; old, 1O@11
California cream cheddar. HOP: young
American. 12q13; eastern, 12Q14; western.
1908.
Eggs-Store. 2Sa2Sc; fancy ranch, @
per dozen; eastern, 1412Oc.
Poultry-Live turkey gobblers, 1O111c
per h.; do. hens, 10d11c; old roosters, 2.7i
g4.OO per dozen young roost ers. 3.50Gl4.00
small broilers. 2.5003.25; large broilers, 325
u376; fryers, 350a4.00; hens. S.00@4.50; old
ducks. 3.OOI4.50; young ducks, 350I45(
geese. 1.25@1.50 per pair: goslings, 125Ql1 Il
pigeons old, 9OcQ100 per dozen; do. young,
l25Q1.50 per dozen.
Honey-Comb, 10 for bright and Ga!
for other grades: water white extracted
iHg4%; light amber. sh04; beeswax. go
25 per ID.
The herald., 1897-12-15
San Francisco Produce
Feed and -Middlings, 2o.0oa22 &

per ton: bran. 1900.
Hay-Wheat, 120O614.OO0: wheat and oat.
11.OO11SOO; oat, 1O.0O112.0O; best barley, 10 90
@120O; alfalfa, S.00Q9.50; clover S.0Oa9. 80:
stock, S.0OQ9.00; compressed wheat, l2.OOGi
IA 90 per ton; straw. 3OG4Oc per bale
Dry Beans-Pink, 1.404165; lima, 1.500
1.75; small white. 1.25G1.35; large white.
1.15Q125. ).
Vegetables-Early Rose potatoes, 4060i5c
per Genital; River Burbanks, 40Q5C; River
reds, 35QD40c; Salinas Burbanks. 6O@SO: Mer-
ced sweets, 65@75c; onions, 1901. 10 Der
GENITAL; garlic, 90 per lb.; green peas.
40I6c per lb.: string beans. 5@Sc per Id. :
tomatoes, 25@65c per box chile green pen
peys, 40l5c; egg plant, 1211@15c per box:
dried okra, 121s@15c; asparagus, S5c; mush-
rooms 10000.
Fresh Fruits-Choice apples, 7501.25 per
box; common apples, 25@50c: Strawberries.
4.O00- per chest; cranberries, 8.0O09. 30
per barrel; grapes. 20@40c per box for ordi-
nary; pears. Bartlett. 75c@1.OO: ounces, 20
040c per box.
Citrus Fruits-Navel oranges. 2.O013. 90:
Mexican lines. repack, 2.0OQS.0O per
box; common California lemons, 6Oc@i rs
per box: choice California lemons, 1.7512. rs,
Tropical Fruits-Bananas. 1.0OQO20O Der
bunch; pineapples 200@4.O0 per dozen
Dried fruit-New crop. carloads: April
cots, bQ6c per ID. for Royal: 7@S1hc for
Moorpark: prunes, carloads, 4O-E0s. go
60; 50-eos. 4@41kc; eo-7os, s1f6axc; 7o-Sos,
Sc; so-sos. 2h@2%c; so-l0os. 2@2Ac; black
The herald., 1897-12-15
Chicago Live Stock

CHICAGO, Dec. 14-Shippers and ex-
porters took hold more readily of the Of
ferlngs Of cattle and the market remained
firm. Dressed beef cattle, 4.0OG 500; COM
mon choice steers. 3.85G5.15; few Christ
mas cattle sold at 5.2OG5.60; the bulk of the
cows and heifers sold at 2.50@3.50; stockers
and feeders sold strong; calves were in
demand at 5.7596.25 for the better grades.
Hogs-The bulk of the sales were at
3.25@3.7b; best lots selling at 3.371s@3. 421s
and the coarsest heavy packers at 1900
3.221k; pigs. 2.90qs.35. A few prime butch
ers' sold today at 3.45.
Sheep were In demand at 3.0OI350 for
the poorest up to 40 for strictly choice
focks;. Western fed lots. 3.7504.5O. Lambs
were wanted at 40O14.5O for common up
to 676Q6.S5 for prime f1ocks. good many
westerns selling at 5.00G5.5O. Choice sheep
and lambs were largely 10c higher.
Receipts-Cattle, $500; hogs, "a, 900; sheep,
5000
The herald., 1897-12-15
European Markers

NEW YORK. Dec. 14.-The Evening
Posts London financial cablegram says:
The stock markets today were quiet but
firm Americans were the strongest mar
ket for much of the day. but thd close was
easier. with Union Pacific lower on the
reported postponement of the sale of the
Kansas Pacific. Preference stocks of the
reorganized lines were again bought here
and for the continent. Grand Trunks were
strong. Mines were firm. The feature was
Anaconda, which fluctuated violently, ris-
ing on balance on cable from the gen.
eral manager at the mine stating that the
small shipments were due to repairs Of the
furnaces, ETC.; that there was plenty of
ore on hand; that the developments show
the ore to be Of a better grade and esti-
mating the shipments at 16,OO0000 pounds,
and those of January at 100000. The
manager also has no reason to doubt that
this years result will be as good as last
years Such telegram, coming close
on the recent cable reports created a SEN
sation on the stock exchange and made
very strong comments
The herald., 1897-12-15
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON, Dec. 14.-The wool market
continues quiet. although occasional sales
are made from time to time. Some very
close goods have been refused In good
sized lots, dealers having good faith In the
market and not being disposed to press
sales. There is nothing In the outlook that
would indicate weakness, and dealers are
content to hold their stocks If buyers do
not alter their views. The movement in
fleece woods continues slow. The nominal
prices for Xxx and Xxx above Ohio is yet
29qSO cents, with deliveries at 3O@31 cents.
In territorial WOODS some trade is noted,
with prices quoted about the SINE. The
market for Australian wool Is strong, and
a fine sale is recorded
Quotations: Territorial wool-Montana.
fine medium and fine, 16@1sc; secured
price, Assoc; staple 52q55c. Utah-Wyoming
fine medium and fine. 1691Sc; secured
price, 4SQ50o; staple, 52I55c.
Australian, secured basis-Combing su-
pernne' Va72c; combing good. 65967c;
combing average. 62Q65c; Queensland
combing, Csc.
The herald., 1897-12-15

new phase on that condition. Rates for
call loans were not above w. but were
not below 2 per cent. The market was
almost wholly technical. Northern Pa
cific preferred was In good demand all day
and closed at 60.
The specially weak features were Con-
solidated Gas. which receded two points
and Sugar, which fell below yesterday s
close. after an opening gain. under pressure
of heavy liquidation, and remained there
all day. Metropolitan Street Railway de-
clined TX, and scored almost full recov-
cry. Otherwise the heaviness Of stocks
and the days decline were quite uniform
throughout the list. fractional losses be-
Ing the rule The dealings in active secu-
rifles in small lots continued to be a
feature. The high grade investments were
the favorltes.
The bond market showed a decided de-
crease In activity today. The high grade
Issues continued to improve, but some Of
the speculative bonds showed losses.
Total sales, $2,25O.000.