The age-herald., 1899-08-26

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
 was firm No. spring wheat. 6S&@7lAc;
 No. red, 73AG74c No. 2 corn, 33c. No. ?
 oats, 2124c; No. 2 white, 2SG2S1@c No.
 white, 2219d231zc No. 2 rye, 55c. No. ?
 barley, 33m391sc. No. flax seed, $1.16@1.17;
 Northwestern, s1.1761.1S prime timothy
 seed, $2.45. Mess pork, per barrel, T6Vm
 SS5; lard, per 100 pounds, $5121m525 snort
 rib sides. loose. $50O65.3O; dry salted shoul-
 ders, boxed, 5sd5Ac; short clear sides,
 boxed, $5.50d5.60, Whisky-Distillers' nn-
 ished goods per gallon, s126 Sugars-Cut loaf unchanged. No. 2 yellow corn, 33A@
 34c. Clover-Contract grade, S.40. On the
 produce exchange today the butter market was steady; creamery. 16d20c; dairy, lSp
 17c Cheese was firm at 91aq1Oc. Eggs
 were steady; fresh, 12Ac
 Treasury Statement
 Washington, August 25.-Todays state
 ment of the condition of the treasury ca; ua, shows: Available cash balances $z'o'9zl1of'
 gold reserve. $246, ,331 s45.
 TaIbott & PaImer's stock Letter By Private Wire from the New York Sun' New York. August 25.-The stock mar ket today resemlbled yesterdays in 1t un- certainty and occasional rapidity or moVe- ment in particular stocks, but 1t was mucn less active and the trading as rule was ra ther uninteresting. Apparently the maAIi influence was the expectation that the oanh statement would make very unIaVoraoie showing, and predictions to this erect were widely circulated. Apart from this CIT cumstance bhere was an utter absence or either news or views of financial char acter Foreign houses were fairly heaVy sellers and the lower London market was affective in causing fractional declines Tn | the local market. There was an extremely sharp rise on Consolidated Gas, on which raHn was the only new development in the com nany's affairs Rumors were set on foot that the control of the Consolidated Gas company was being bought in the interest of a competing concern, but these reports were wholly lacking in confMmatlon. Su- gar furnished another one of the days ex- tensive movements, which In this instance took the form of sharp decline Ihe selling of Sugar was apparently based upon the further reduction in price or renneu as announced by the Independent Rehner and 1t did not seem to reflect the misSiV- ines in regard to the dividend usually ex- pressed prior to it's declaration. The in- dystrial quarter in the main, was heaVy' without any news or gossip regarding them. The movements in the general railway liSt were limited as a rule. Union Pacific was an exception to this, however, being not- ably strong and active on the expectation that the directors would put the dividend up on the preferred on a per cent. basis next week, thus opening up the way for payment of dividends on the common Talbot & Palmer's Grain Letter By Private Wire from Ware & Leland. Chicago, August 25.-Wheat: Liverpool cables from Paris announce wheat un- changed, flour 10 cents lower, Antwerp un- changed, Berlin 5sc lower; London closed firm. There seems to be large amount of wheat in the Argentines which would come forward more freely only for lack of tonnage Manitoba will have a yield of about 8, 900, 900 bushels. There have been light rains in the northwest, but fair weather is predicted. The crop in Oregon and Washington has been damaged by wet weather. There may be a small in- crease In the visible supply Monday Re- ceipts at eight principal points from Au- gust 1 are 19,2SO,000 an increase over last year of 1,470 900. Clearances 2720O0 bushels; estimate for~week, 100000 bushels; seventy loads reported for export. We can con- firm twenty-five. We have heard of no cash business here, but 1t may develop later The market has moved within a narrow range all day, but was inclined to heaviness. Trade has been light and this encouraged the local bear element, who are very aggressive. It is possible that lower prices wiM be witnessed in the near future without some very encouraging advfces from abroad. It Is scalping market en- tirely, but on any very well developed weak | spot, with business and money conditions as they are and the large movement from | this country to Europe, we would suggest | purchases.
 Corn-.September has been very strong and has been in demand. the deferred fu- | lures having not displayed very much l animation. September shorts are very nervous and run quickly on any display | of strength. Stocks are light. and coun- | try acceptances, while fairly liberal, are | not of enough magnitude to create any 1 sag in values. Any further advance, how | ever will have tendency to rush old corn I in here in large quantities. but there Is a | demand from shippers which seems to be l fully up to all that is offered. There are some complaints from the west and south l west of dry weather.
 Oats have been firm with corn. but there | is nothing noteworthy to speak of.
 Provisions-Have ruled very quiet and