The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-23

(,ntarfo & western ..... -. 80. iaa6S
Hook Island ..... 500
Inien Pacific 1890. 80 -. ....... ssS
Tnson Tscsac preferred :. a.. -. stls
Southern Pacific So. 80
American Steel and Wire =. ...... E.s&
American steel and Wire preferred. s.Ne
Peoples Gas ............s aMp
Consolidated Gas AEg
General Electric. hSss
brooklyn 1ransss.-... -.-........ s.sN
Tennessee Coal ana Iron :. ....... 5.sN
Leather prefeYrei -. -. ...... $50
s.. LOUIS and southwestern pfd.... Am
G~aessl Quotations
F1our-Reeeipss, II. 80 heiS: exports. T.
as heIs. market quiet and Arm and held
above buyers views
Wheat-Raeeipss. 1850 bu. exports. iSs-
s,a hu. spot firrn. Ne, red. A&c {. o, b.
Options opened strong on higher caolcs-
local covering and cold wave in the
Northwest; Ia t.@s afternoon realizing rro-
stiscsd "A 80, hack bat actual Weakness Wa
prevented BY The strength of corn and
the market closed rather firm with a
late recovery at 7ssflc net advance. On the
buying Sy shorts: May closed at sine:
March closed AT TsSxc, July closed at ssac:
September closed at slAc.
Wood Steady
Hops-gaist
,oifee-options opened steady net un-
changed ssiea Is.ssQ bags. Including April
s. July MY, ss June sasoI si May S sies , ,
bing. s-lSc. mild quiet: Cerdova, SWl$c.
Sugarv~Raw. steady. fair refining. sste;
centrifugal. = iest. &c: refined. steady.
Pig iron--warrants, tlaM0uM
Coppcr-Iake. tiAss4ll.A
Tn Ssst1u = y.
SJsfSs&n
IcAd-eA.*sA ~ 2st,
miners .s and smeisers quotes lead at ,AN
at the close.
Bossen stock Market.
BOSTON. March 2.-Csosing:
Boston & Mon so Parrot 49,. ~
Butte u Boston. S
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THE WOOL MARKETS.
DOsson.
BOSTON, March 1.-THE American
Wool and Cotton Reporter VIII say 10
morrow.
There is better feeling in the wool
trade than there waA week axc Al
though II IL generally admitted that me
formation OF the worated trust may bring
about some change In establishing methods
os doing business. 1t Is realized that evsn
Ii the plans OF the promoters or both tne
wrprsted and weoien trusts are carried to
a successful eonsumnation they viii be
able 20 contrei less than one-haif OF the
machinery employed in manufacturing
the hulk Of the wool consumed viii b
purchased az Il has been. TSmporaraly,
however there IL more pressure To reu
than there was and prices are on tho
The sales OF the week In Boston amount
to i.asi 900 pounds donestic and s6e.sM
pounds foreis "A total Ola , 81 Sssysous s .ess
and : total Of lsss. 500 for the correspond-
| ing week last year. Sales since January
| 1. 1899, amount 10 t.osANe pounds asa'n~
| q, as $50 pounds iA& year Al TINS time.
London.
| yoNrON March AT the wool auc-
| zion sales today 109i2 bales were offered.
| Secured merinos showed hardening
tendency. There wa: an aii ar re,,,n co
| tanned. The American buyers picked NJ
| few lots suitable for their wants.
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| THE COTTON MARKETS.
| New York.
NEW YORK. March 22-cotton quiet:
| midd,ng. 8 slice.
New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. March sa-cottoa
| quiet. middiing, il-isc.
60 g co
| FOREIGN Markets.
| Fiaanciai.
| NEW YORK, March 1.-THE CONNER.
| cial Advertisers London nnanciAi canle-
The markets here were dull today. but
| nrm on the rise In consois. Que 10 sinklne
/ fund purchases and the African arran8e-
ment with France. London bought Cer-
/ trail Pacific and a few coaisrs- New York
| supported the latter. but In the street
| they were inclined TO sag. New fork
| bought Anacondas AT ILLS. Ifntos were
| Ssts. Spanish ~ we're S3A.
Ciosins Qaotasiens.
| LONDON. March 22.-canadian Pacific.
/ Union Pacific preferred. 50: Grand Trunk.
| IN Bar silver quiet at y a-isd. Money.
| "a per cent.
| LIVERPOOL. March 22.~-Wheat-Spot
| firm. Ne. red Northern spring. ~ liza.
| Futures closed quiet; March. % ssad; May.
| SIS I'D, July. IS sssd.
| corn-spot firm American mixed. new.
Z. sd. do old, ~ Tad. Futures steady;
| Wheat firm Wheat In Paris steady:
-four in Paris steady; French country
markets firm.
LONDON. March 2.-wheat-carsoes
! carroes on passage quiet and steady.
| English country markets generally -
/ cheaper.
| Condition of the Treasury.
| WASHINGTON. March a - Todays
| statement Of the condition OF the treasury
/ shaws.
| Available cash balance ............ txf iS4.a ~
| osoad reserve ..,.s......... 2&9.tfs, ~
/ All the Alaska sewA
/ rbe pes,-rnterigencer prints more Ala.
| =. oew. than any other aswspaper. ls
/ Ia. unaaualea facilities for getting all the
! ,t,a n4wx having correspondents Ia ev0y
So .x-rn ana trading mat In -