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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

Deputy Sheriff Randall of Central, ,
Ariz., reports shat since the war
scare, soldiers have been DESERVING
from Fort Bayard by small squads
nearly every night. 1t is not believed
however, that they propose to go over
to the enemy
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

The McGinty orchestra will meet for
rehearsal this evening at O'Clock "a
the club rooms. A full attendance Ii
expected.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

The street commiss toner's are busy
having the cutters on the main
thoroughfares cleaned.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

j. B. Tays ct al deed to Leonora ST
Goar ct al part of block IL, Mills sur
vey for $1,000. This is small strip
back of the Center Block property,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

One of the teams of G. 81. Lawrence
hitched to one of the large floats. at
tempted to run away early this morn
ing, but was stopped in front of the
store just as they were about to plunge
into the main entrance, which would
have made things very lively.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Wills and family
OF Chicago were among the incoming
passengers today.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

Chas. w. Main, of Parsons, Kan, i
reg istered at the Vendome.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

Louis Broadrox is granted q divorce
in the district court from Emma Bro
adrox.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

A. S. Garrett, of Prescott, Ariz,, i
in town on q short trip.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

S ]. Fennell student at Las Cruces
has taken a position in this city.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20
FOR RENT:

On Olive street, house of rooms
$4,000 per month.
Furnished house of rooms; six
months lease.
Furnished house on Epson avenue.
rooms for months or years time.
S35 90.
OLook residence, West Overland ST,
furnished, $50
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

There will be q picnic of the school
children at Raud's Grove tomorrow San
Jacinto day.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

Smiths Creamery is open again.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

The drummer who
tries to talk a merchant
into purchasing a bill
of goods may be handi-
capped by a face rem
dered unsightly by pi n
pies and blotches and
by a foul breath. Some
men imagine that bad
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

Good sized store and light basement,
opposite Plaza, new Mills building.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

12-room brick, Second ST.. 81. 500
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

$735 will buy house of rooms Oh
Anthony st Adobe aod frame.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-20

Finest residence in the city-cost
SIT ,OO0-will be sold for S12, 900. s., 900
cash. Balance in seven installments
at per cent. interest.
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THE STOCK MARKET.

There was quite a decline In mining stocks yesterday as will be by the list of sales. Trading was stin dull and the decline accompanied by any excitement.
 The Bank of California will pay a quarter ly dividend of sS per share to-day.
 The California Safe Deposit and Trust Com pany will pay the usual quarterly dividend of s1 50 per share to-day.
 The Pacific Surety Company has declared a regular quarterly dividend of per cent. or at the rate of per cent per annum, payable i'm mediately.
 leo has levied an assessment of 10 cents per share delinquent February IS.
 Local securities on the Bond Exchange were active and firm and the sugar stocks were higher, as will be seen by the list of sales.
 The California Mortgage and Savings Bank will hold a meeting March to arrange for thc increase of its capital stock from its pres ent amount Of s250. 900, divided into 2500 shares of the par value of S100 each, to S1 GOO. coo di- vided into 10,0e0 shares of the Tar value of S100 each.
 The official report from the Standard Con- soldated mine at Bodie for the week ending January states that the usual prospecting work was done in the Security Bullion Black Main Standard Incline. Burgess and Fortuna and 5S2 foot levels. No very important changes in the condition of the mine are mentioned The usual amounts of ore were extracted from the stopes in the Moyle, Bullion, Black h. cline and Fortuna lodges on the i5O I72 PAS 255 31S 336, 3S0 and 5S2 foot levels
 Standard Mill statement-Ore crushed for tho week. 25S% tons; average assay vanner tail ings S6 g.; concentrates produced 2I6 tons: assay value, sS0 21 amalgam produced. sSOas troy ounces; value per ounce, S2
 The official letter from the Justice mine for the past week says: West crosscut No. g. started froTr the face of the south lateral drift, has been advanced Il feet during the week. making its total length 27 feet: the face is in ore assaying SIS per ton. During the week | have hCisted 2S tons of ore. Car samples aver | age SIT 50 per 'i
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EASTERN MARKETS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK, Jan 14-The course of to- days stock market was decidedly irregular and somewhat perplexing so far perception of the general tone of speculation was concerned. As the day progressed the lack of sustaining power in the strength of special stocks which has been the marked characteristic of the mar ket for several days past came to be more and more felt. The disposition to watch closely for signs of reaction became more marked and the final hour saw very general throwing over of holdings by professional traders. There was special news to account for the break, and it probably due for the most part to technical conditions. Stocks which have been recently prominent for strength spicuous in to-days break by reason of profit taking There was feeling of less uneasiness also over the tone of the news from Havana in regard to what is expected rather than what has happened. The fear that the Spanish Governments scheme of reform is on the point of breaking down is coupled with the apprehension that the time is imminent when intervention by the United States to save the island from anarchy will be imperative The persistence of Sugar, more less dominant factor by reason Of the volume of trading in it. also helped to break the market. There good foreign demand and commission house orders, especially for investment demand in the gilt-edged railroad stocks. The Vanderbilts Union Pacific and the Northern Pacific stocks were not lacking in continued strenEth but the profit taking invited by the advances Tn special cases only served to increase the late weakness of stocks which had failed to benefit from the early strength. Covering by shorts
 
 losses of a point frequent all through the list. Money tried to become some what easier to-day without any actual change made in the posted rates for call loans. There was a brisk demand, however. for commercial paper, which drove the rates down to range of to per cent for the choice grades. To- morrow's bank statement will show q large increase in the holdings
 The bond market active early in the day but became less active and reacted slightly in the later dealings. Union Pacific and con- meeting lines issues were strong. Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern frsts trust receipts rose 719 per cent. but lost part of that. Other ac- tive issues showed gains. Total sales. s4, 26O, . 900.
 United States new 4s registered were A low CT bid; do coupon and the old As registered h lower and the 2s + higher.
 Total sales of stocks to-day, ss7, 800 shares. including: Atchison preferred, 4635; Canadian Southern, 4300 Chesapeake and Ohio 3150; Burlington. 219o0; Louisville and Nashville S350: Manhattan, 49.220; Michigan Central 10 . l65 Hawaiian Commercial Company, $500; Reading preferred, 4160; Missouri Pacific 553O: New York Central, 4 231; Northern Pacific, 31 : 940; Northern Pacific preferred, 20 197: Rock IGland, lO.l06; St. Paul, 23,5o5; Union Pacific,
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OMAHA.
BRADsTREET's REVIEW.

NEW YORK. Jan. 14-Bradstreets of to- morrow will say: Distribution of trade remains rather quiet. mild weather throughout the country tending to check distribution of win ter goods. Prices generally remain steady or tend upward, except for grades of Iron. and orders for spring trade. when received, are encouraging. Industrial activity Is most mani fest at the West, where the demand flor Iron is very large: A feature of the week was the placing of an order by one railroad for IOO.- O00 tons of steel rails. with smaller orders az gregating in the nelghborhood of g. GOO tons more Pigiron production is at an un- precedented rate. the furnace capacity being estimated at 100000 tons month. At the South manufacturing activity is a feature sales of iron being very heavy. good export demand for cotton and grain at steady prices is feature. At the East number of strikes against wage reductions reported or ex- pected in the cotton industrS. Some wooen mills working heavy mems wear goods are refusing orders their capacity being fully booked Anthracite coal production Is such that it Is expected that the trade will be re- stricted sufficiently to allow of the advance of 70 to 4oc per 1000 being maintained. Weather has been disappointing at the Northwest but an improvement in the demand developed at some centers the week advanced.
 The rush to Alaska has already begun on the Pacific Coast Freight charters are re ported lower. Export trade continues large a gain of per cent on the total export of bread stuffs, cotton, mineral ores. cattle, hogs and provisions being shown both for December and
 The recent falling off in wheat exports prove as was indicated last week in Bradstreet's to have been due to the usual holiday quiet and not to any falling off of demand from abroad The total exports of wheat flour included) from the United States and Canada for this week amounted to b.135166 bushels. against 34S1. .00O bushels last week and 394s. .OOo bushels this week year ago, POP. 900 bushels in 1896 and 3, 564 GOO bushels in 1895
 Corn exports for the week show a gain of 1000. 900 bushels. amounting to 4641. 600 bushels against 3.455 900 last week and g. 33e GOO bushels in the corresponding week of 1896
 As was expected. the failures slightly de- creased In number, amounting 323. against 333 last week. 47S in the week of 1897, 4l2 in 1896, 378 in 1895 and 404 in 1894
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ceeding last years by 10.5 per cent; and the earnings of 1892 for the same roads by lS per cent Since 1892 the whole the most prosperous year thus far, comparisons lnol- cate, notwithstanding the lowest prices ever known, that the volume of busienss ls larger earnings of railroads larger than Tn the pest year of past history. .
 me wheat market has been curiously Iahsulo' ylelolng 4c, although Atlantic exports amount ed to o.055. 7SS bushels for the two weeks or January against 8 9s6. 3l7 last year. ana fa- bushels. Western receipts continue so heaVy that with the greatest accumulation or wheat at chicago ever known, there is ntte ehcour- agenent Tor speculation. Receipts were 9'otI,- zo0 bushels for the two weeks, against 5USs'- 6SS bushels last year.
 The Iron furnaces during the current Hlontn report an output of 226, eos tons weekly against z56OZ4 weekly December 1, with an increase or 1z,4e1 tons In the unsold stocks heio py tur, naces. The Pennsylvania road has oroereo lVo,oOU tons of steel rails and a new rallroao m Maine R0CO tons and other orders TOT cars; railroad supplies, plates. bars anG structura material are unusually large Tor the season
 The woolen manufacturers have been buying wool largely. and for reasons not pubIicly ex- plained. It is evident that large orders nave been taken by the leading mills at prices Whlch they md satisfactory, and the rush or snlail mills 10 buy wool has made most or the market during the past week. although sales nave de- clined about 70 per cent compared with the pre- vious week. But there is decidedly better de- mand for mems goods ana the hakers LOOK forward to good demand soon; ne cotton manufacturers have been oNeIIoauIHs py excessive production and find no increase m demand and no gain in prices o,o 1
 Failures for the past week have been S4s m the United States against 455 last year. ana 45 in Canada against T last year
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LOCAL MARKETS.
AND BULLION.
WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS.

 WHEAT-The market continued weak and quiet The shippers are still holding off Iidewater quotations as follows: s1 3715 Tor No. 1. s1 SSs4 for choice and s1 4O91 45 per ctl for extra choice for milling
 CALL BOARD SALES.
 Informal Session-9:15 o'clock-May-lo0o ctls. Sd Sot 1000. sl Se; 2oOo. $1 S5&; 20OO. $1 S54s oOO. s1 S51l ., Regular Morning session-May-42.O 900 ctls. Sl 34Is 5000. $1 8.
 ,o Afternoon session-May-1O.O 900 ctls. q 85: Sg' S V9g; $l SS1s. December-sO0O $1 25H; 2OOo. BARLEY-Futures are doing better and the feeling Is firmer all around
 reed, sO9s2lzc for dark to good and 95c Tor choice: Brewing. s1 O71zG1 10 for No. l and slq1 o21s per ctl for dark Coast.
 CALL BOARD SALES.
 Informal Session-9:15 O clock-May-200o ctls s5c; 20OO. S5Lc.
 Second session-May-2oOo ctls. s5Hc Regular Morning Session-May-sooo ctls. S5c 5000. s4&4c; 5000. s5c; 5000. s5Ac 6000 S5a.c Afternoon Session-May-2ooo ctIs, S51ao. OAIS-The demand has slackened up some what and the market is hardly as firm, tn ugh there is no weakness.
 Fancy Feed. sl 2OG1 25 per ctl; good to shGiSe, sf,16 s1 15gI IF; common. s1 10a1 124 sl 121aG1 171a; Milling. H o7lk91 I21A; Black TOT seed Sl S5ql 50. Clipped Oats sell at S16 per ton over the raw product
 CORN-Is selling rather better at ths old Small Round Yellow. s71kcas1 per ctl; Large RYE-S1 O212G1 O5.
 BUCKWHEAT-S1 5oa1 75 per ctl.
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FINANCIAL REVIEW.

NEW YORK. Jan. H.-Bradstreet's Finan- cial Review tomorrow will say: Both specu- lation and investments have been active dur ing the past week. The best feature of the market has been the very heavy dealings in bonds at generally higher prices both for the high grade and new and more speculative classes. Transactions, rising as they have to s34, ,O0o 900 or s35 0OO 900 of bonds on the Stock Exchange. with the trading distributed among unusually large number of different issues would indicate a large demand for investments and the growth of confidence in regard to the position and future of the market. The stock list also displayed a marked increase in the volume of dealings, with advancing ten dency. There has been considerable specula- tive manipulation, but the purchasing of stocks by commission houses feature, and though London has shown disposition to sell buying by German interests in this market was considerable. Professionals have realized from time to time in expectation of reduc- get back stocks at high figures. The first serious interruption to the bullish tendencies Thursday. when reports indicating that trouble with Spain might result from a riot In Havana caused selling of long stock, though the market rallied when such fears were shown to be unfounded
 The strength of the list generally was na- terially affected by the decline fin American Sugar Refining. due to the announcement made plus would not be distributed as extra divi- dends. The industrial stocks were in part neglected and the bulllsh demonstrations and activity centered in railroad shares, the Pa cihc group, the local traction shares and the Vanderbilts taking the most prominent place.
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Totals. r. S.....sI. AS. 002, l2l Totals outside of
DEMAND FOR CALIFORNIA PRUNEs

Totals ............, 2s.sN.551 89.7
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

branch of the United States Photographic mainteined in San Francisco for the baS; IS mariners without regard to nationality and free of expense.
 Navigators cordially invited to visit the office, where complete sets of charts and sail ing directions Of the world are kept on hand for comparison and reference. and the latest Information can always be obtained regarding lights. dangers to navigation and all matters of interest to ocean commerce.
 The time ball on top of the building on Tele- graph Hil IS hotsted about ten minutes before by telegraphic signal received each day from the united States Naval Observatory at Mare
 notice stating whether the time ball was dropped on time or giving the error. if any, Is published the same day by the afternoon na = pers, and by the morning papers the following u"' 1deutero,+ IT W HnGAEs, l., db
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NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-The Evening Posts London financial cablegram: After quiet and dull opening. the stock markets were gen. erally good to-day, a flip being given by the collapse of the engineering strike and the declaration of a good dividend by leading English railway company. A feature continues to be Argentines, which are booming. Kaffirs were dull after period of frmness. The pub lie still refrain from dealing in American Sugar and the outlook here in that depart ment Is distinctly favorable. There signs that realizations old holdings steadily decreasing, while the professional buying is of a strong kind New York Centrals were es pecally good Bonds steadily absorbed. The supply Is scarce and if the New York sup port continues an actual boom is not improb- able.
 Grand Trunks and Canadian Pacifcs again rose sharply.
 The new Indian currency measure will be- come operative the Fist inst. It will con tinue for six months.
 Gold is in good demand. Over eIOO0. 900 Is on the way here. but it will all go to the Continent.
 Discount houses have lowered their deposit rates to-day F per cent. The excessive ease in money however, was much in evidence.
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EXPLANATION.

ures at station indicate maximum temperature for the days; those underneath 1t. if any. the amount Of rainfall Of melted snow In inches and hundredths during the past twelve hours Isobars. or solid lines. connect points of equal air pressure; isotherms, or dotted lines. equal temperature. The wind high means high barometlc pressure and Is usually accompanied with fair weather; low refers to low pres sure and Is usually preceded and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains. Lows usually first appear the Washington coast When the pressure Is high in the interior and low along the coast, and the isobars extend north and south along the coast. rain Is probable. but when the low is inclosed with tsobars Of marked curvature rain south of Oregon Is im- probable. With a high" in the vicinity ot Idaho. and the pressure falling to the Cali fornia coast. warmer weather may be expected in summer and colder weather in winter. The reverse of these conditions will produce an unpOstte result
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BOSTON WOOL MARKET.


 BOSTON. Jan. 1.-The Boston Commercial Bulletin will say tomorrow of the wool mar ket; The market is much queter. The large mills have purchased all they desire for the present and sales this week are for the most part an aggregation of small sales to small mills The tone of trade is excellent and prices are slightly higher The largest sale was 25 % OO pounds of Cape wool on a basis of SO cents clean, cents better than the last recorded sale.
 The auction sales at Antwerp this week showed an advance of per cent and the Montevideo market Is again higher. Heavy weight cloths have opened at an advance of g cents. 30 per cent over last year. and selling freely.
 The sales of the week were 2127. coo pounds domestic and l.04S GOO pounds foreign. against SSSS.UO pounds domestic and 930. 900 pounds for eign last week and 3, 250 800 pounds domestic and 100000 pounds foreign for the same week last year.
 The sales to date show a decrease of S93. GOO pounds domestic and 1510,000 pounds foreign from the sales to the same date In 1897
 The receipts to date show a decrease of 4343 bales domestic and 4490 bales foreign.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The San Francisco Journal of Commerce says: Among dried fruits prunes seem to be in an interesting con dition While the output of the season of 1897 was larger. according to report. than in any previous year since the California product be- came a factor In home and foreign markets the demand seems to have increased in even greater ratio. With the best season of con- sumption in domestic markets still ahead, and with a steadily increasing export outlet the holders views are hardening. Prices are on the average AIkc higher than at the end of December. The demand from both home and export buyers runs chiefly to sizes of 90 to the pound and above. and there Is very little fruit Of this size obtainable. either here or on the coast. holders have no difficulty in ob- taining full prices or slight advance over previous figures. There is also a scarcity of sizes from e0s to nos. and there is de- mend for these the feeling is hrmer. Since the beginning of the week. 1t is reported. some ten or twelve cars spot and to arrive. have been purchased by local 1obbers, but particu- lars have not been made public.
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NEW YORK, Jan. H.-FLOUR-Receipts 1s 991 bbls; exports. 34, 7SO bbls. Sales 2OOo packages. Market was neglected and weaker all but low grades. Minnesota patents, s5 G5 20; winter straits. s4 4Oq4 5O
 WHEAT-Receipts, 7400 bu; exports, 2s I'll bu. Spot easy; No red. s1 OOH. Options opened frmer on higher cable news and mod session eased off under weak closing French MAc advance on near and AI11c net decline late months; No. red January, eSAG 9s 1-16c closed 9S&c; May, s17sqs2 5-16c, closed 91Bc.
 HOPs-steady
 PETROLEUM-Dull..
 COFFEE-OptIons opened steady, 5d15 points advance; closed steady. Sales. TOO bags. in- cluding March, 5.75G5. soc; spot Rio dull and nominal; mild. quiet.
 SUGAR-Raw. lower to sell; refined, quiet METALS-The market shows important variations: closed generally slow and feature less. The New York Metal Exchange reports the closing follows:
 PIGIRON-warrants dull at se sOgs 70. LAKE COPPER-Quiet and unchanged at sl0 S5Ql0 95
 TIN-Quiet and unchanged at SIS s0g1s 90. SPELTER-Unchanged at s3 90q4.
 LEAD-Very quiet at B 62hd3 67i5. The firm that fixes settling for miners and smelters BUTTER-Receipts. 3s4e packages Steady; Western creamery, H13g20c; Elgins, 20c; fac EGGS1Recessts. s43O packages Firner; State and Pennsylvania, 2Od22c; Western. 2Oc.
 DRIED FRUIT
 NEW YORK. Jan. If. - California Dried EVAPoRATED APPLEs-Common. 5a7Xc: prime wire tray, Sac; wood-dried, prime, SiIc choice. SAC; fancy, 9G9Ac.
 NES-6dSc
 PRICoTs@Royal. 7a8Hc; Moorpark, sa11c. PEACHES-Cnpeeled. 7q10c; peeled, 12q20c.
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There has been no change in this market for some days.
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

BAGs-Calcutta Grain Bags. 1898 delivery 5ks65%c; Wool Bags, 27I30c.
 COAL-Wellington. sS; New Wellington. s; southhed Wellington. $7 50: Seattle s 50; Bryant, s5 50; Coos Bay. q 75: Wallsend. $7 %: Cumberland, $14 50 in bulk and S16 in sacks; Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg e15: Camel 8 per ton; Rock Springs, Castle Gate and Pleas ant Valley, S7 SO: Coke. SIS per ton in bulk and $l5 in sacks
 RICE-Chinese mixed s4 25a4 30 per ctl: No 1. $4 4064 so per ctl; extra No. l. s5G5 20: Flaw allan, A 50: Japan S4 7565; Rangoon. $4
 SUGAR-The Western Sugar Refnerv Com pany quotes terms net cash: Cube Crushed and Fine Crushed. 67sc; Powdered. SAC; Dry Granulated. SAC; Confectioners A. SAC; Mag nola A. 5ssc: Extra c, 5hc; Golden c. SAC Candy Granulated. 57sc California A. 5hc per ID; half-bbls h4c more than barrels. and boxes jsc more.