The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-02
MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON-New York, Sept.
Inc Inc eotton market opened steady, with
prices 70 points higher on reports oil
heayy wind and rain storm in Georgia. and I
bulllsh average to Liverpool cables The ad
vance vance was wei! sustained during the early
forenoon on buying orders from abroad and
quite liberal demand from shorts. New Or.
leans and the stronger bears were the princi.
PaI sellers Ter Speculation was quite active
curing curing the nrsC hour, Reports that genuine
yellow fever has been discovered in Missis,
slppi gave shorts some uneasiness and led tc
ngnt new buying. Spot cotton closed steady
HH nS ,o gull, 1-16c; do uplands, 1850
BUTTER AND EGGS New York. Sept. /
T14butter-Receipts, 3,508 packages; firm
western creamery, 1414@181&c; Elgins, I8Ac
ages firm; Western. Ice.
Chicago, Sept 1.-Butter steady; creamer
les, 1SzSg17c; dairies, 1SQ17c. Eggs frmer
fresh, 1212c.
SEED MARKETS Chicago. Sept. It'll,
lax seed market possessed no special feature
thursday other than dullness. Receipts were
npera4 at al points. Prices were well held
zee g2 here were, none; 26 cars at Duluth
and 20 cars at Minneapolis. Cash fax seet
a. a. SVo; Northwest at 91c; September at sc
october at size, and December at $50 pei
I nT, ~ Sash timothy seed closed at $40 pei
IVo IDS. clover seed closed at $525 per 1Ot
lbs. Minneapolis fax seed quoted at $500
per bu; September at A%c.
NEW YORK COFFEE-New York. Sept. /
n1oCoHee-Optlons opened barely steady at 90
active
Win weak undertone under European and
RIO decline; selling arrested by large ware
mouse deliveries in this country and com
ParatlVe steadlnes Of spot market; closed
STEADY, with prices 5Q15 points lower; sales,
Is, 100 bags, including September, 555c; De-
cember, 5Soc. Spot Coffee-Rio market bare
" steady. mild less active. Sugar-Raw
strong; refined strong.
NEW YORK METALS-New York, Sept. l.
Once more the market for metals show
signs OF hardening, despite the fact that de-
mand drags in nearly all departments At
the close today the tendency of prices was
Enthusiastically toward a higher level with
R1 Iys showing increased attention. The
Metat exchange called pig iron warrants
hrmer at the close, with 81 bid and 81 .05
asked lake copper unchanged but firm
with $l2.16 bid and STEPS asked. Tin firm
put dull, with $15.S71h bid and SIG asked
LEAD steadier, with $4.75 bid and $3.50 asked
me hrm that names the settling price for
Leading Western miners and shelters con.
tinues to quote lead at $3.50.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS-New York
Sept DRY goods store trade was inter.
IIered with TO degree today by the extreme
neat. There is a fair running trade in iob-
pings, but aside from this there Is very III
tie life to trading. Mail orders were noe
worthy both in size and l@mber. and shin.
iIts continue quite heavy. The create
Ket which, showing advances, is not as ac-
tive as two days ago. Extras are now ouo,-
ed at Lie; 319-inch Ga squares are rated
at use, the latter being a more radical ad-
vance than that on regular cloths. Odd
goods generally are very firm. Other grades
are fairly active and quite strong. Prints
snow little activity and there is nothing IA
help the price tone except the higher 2fices
or print cloths, which have less effect ON
buyers than on sellers