The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-28

100 lbs. Glover seed closed at $775 per 100
IDS. Minneapolis fsxseed quoted at 98Ac per
BUTTER AND EGGS-New York Oct. ~
Butter-Receipts, $500 packages Firm, West
ern creamery. 15923c; Elgins, 23c; factory,
nhQl4Ac Cheese-Receipts, 1857 packages.
Quleg. Large white, SIC; small white, &c;
large colored, SIC; small colored. sc. Eggs
Receipts, 1851 packages. Firm. Western, zoe.
CHICAGO, Oct. H.-Butter easy. Dreamer
17618c. 1885,
NEW YORK CoTToN-New York. Oct. 27.
The cotton market opened quiet with prices
unchanged to l point lower. Inasmuch as
Liverpool cables about met expectations. re-
ce1pts promised to verify estimates and or
ders were scarce. Room traders were indif-
ferent about the opening. The posting of the
official weather bulletin resulted in squirt of
activity and sharp advance of points in
price, its showing being unfavorable to the
smaller shorts, who covered and fair bunch
OF buying orders from the South added to the
better ruling of the market. The stronger
bears, backed up by Liverpool and CONT
mental selling ORDERS proved equal to the
emergency and hammered prices back to last
nights figures. For the rest Of the forenoon
the market was irregular and spasmOdtcally
active. Spot cotton closed easy, 1-16c de-
cine cine Middling gulf. 6Ssc middling uplands;
steady; October, nominal November 5.20c;
December, 5.17c January, 5.22c; March, 5.91c;
April, 5.S5c; May, 5.40c; June, SAC; July,
5.47c; August, 5.50c.
NEW YORK DRY GooDs-New York, Oct
T-Results in dry goods have shown nc
change Of moment today. There has been
a fair showing of buyers in town and re-
orders by mail fairly heavy. Prints and sim
liar lines, which have suffered considerably
from yellow fever conditions in Louisiana
Mississippi and other Gulf states, Or
dered freely today, the cold weather OF that
section having relieved merchants Of all anx,
lety on the fever scare. Print cloths have
attained great frmness and this too, help
ed the situation in cotton goods Of all de-
scriptions.
NEW YORK COFFEE-New York. Oct o.
-Conee options opened barely steady at un-
changed prices to Is points up, ruled ex-
cepuonally active, but irregular and weak
following active liquidation and large selling
for the short account Lower European and
Rio cables, larger receipts at Rio and Santos,
and continued aDathy and weakness In the
spot department, and further increased Amer
lean visible supply. Closed steady, unchanged
to 10 points lower. Sales: 81, 250 bags; March,
646c; spot coffee, Rio, dull easy, No. 7, in
voice, 51sc; No; I tobbing, csc; mild, irregu-
fair refining, 1S-16c; centrifugal, 96, 5-16c;
molasses sugar, 9-16c; refined, firm.
NEW YORK METALS-New York Oct 81
The market showed a hardening tendency
today with business decidedly better all-rOund.
Tin. In particular, was much frmer and
amounts pending further developments. AT
the close the metal exchange called pig iron
warrants quiet and steady at 81 bid and $7.25
asked; lake copper, unchanged, but firm, buy
ers and sellers at IL .50c; tin flrmer $1785 bid
$18 asked; lead steady for spot, weak for
futures, So: 65 bid. $3.6714 asked; spelter, I'M
changed, firm, S. bid, $5.121a asked The
firm naming the settling price for leading
miners and shelters in the West quotes lead
$3.50.