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New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
THE TR4DE IN CHIC4GO-

Chicago. July - (Speciab--Wheat prices to-5sv
made a gain OF 24c. and az one time showed IT.
tie better than that Liverpool was 1lsd 70 1ad
higher; the Argentine shipments 4ao on bushels
were not large. The pit mood seemed n
change somewhat a trthe more buIIsh than o.
late September opened from T61sc 20 55Tsc sod
between T5asGT51tc and T65sc and closed at 75zSc
August closed at 751zc Southwestern receipts war.
liberal The bulls had TO contend with that Mn
neapolis continued 10 report poor -four demand and
the gossip that the big Pusbury MIL a.
would close There was report that St Louis
had sold 10000 bushels No , red wheat for ex-
port. but IL finally developed the wheat was com
ing to Chicago 10 help I'LL an elevator So the
wheat news Of both sorts. The trade I'd 70
noon was light. but with some increase IN the vol
ume IN the last hour. The demand for futures
mainly from commission people with sous
seaboard and foreign buying ScaIpers were the
sellers The Liverpool advance was claimed 70 b
mainly due TO the advance in ocean rates the
freight rate having advanced about Sc a bushel in
two weeks, because OF the chartering that had
been going by the different governments t0r
China Clearances were 362. 900 bushels and clear
ances for the week 2.363,000 bushels. Wheat char
ters here were 10000 bushels. The seabOard Re-
ported 81 loads FOR export. Primary receipts 70
day were 10000 bushels compared with T06000
bushels last year
Corn advanced 1c and held it. September moving
up from s7a4c 10 3Ss.c and closing az 3sc: August
closed at S91sc. The rally was partly with wheat
Western offerings Of corn were exceedingly small
and shipping bids strong. SIC over Seprsmbs.
c I. Z. Buffalo. Receipts here were S2 cars. with
$50 for Saturday Liverpool was sd 70 Id higher
Seaboard clearances were $4,000 bushels and essr-
ances for the week 3264OO0 bushels Charters hers
were 10000 bushels. The seaboard reported % loads
for export. The West and Southwest are having "a
vorabe weather. clear and Some complaints
are coming from the corn territory south OF tbs
Ohio. The August strength was a feature. VITA
Counselman the leading buyer.
Oats advanced 1sc 10 &c. the gain being entirely
sympathetic with the other markets. September
closed at 2294c to 22sc, and the August ar asc Tha
cash situation is rather slow with the discounts ot
the nearby months increasing. Very little shipping
business was accomplished to-day in round lots,
arrivals rather liberal, 1eS cars. with 1S5 esl
mated for Saturday. Seaboard eiearaucss were only
5000 bushels.
Flaxseei was quiet at practically unchansed
prices. cash. 81 80; September. s. 3S, and October.
81 80. AT the three points there were 70 cars q
seed. compared with y cars last year
Provisions were firm. partly with the grain na--
kets and partly on covering by certain OF the pack
Pork closed at Sc over THURSDAY; lard and
ribs. 12ac 70 15c over The hog receipts. $40 were
1000 less than expected; prices al the yards ves
&C higher. Upton was the best buyer q product
Cudahy that side. Offerings were light
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
NEW RAILWAY EQUIPMENT.

Chicago and Alton has placed an order for 500
coal cars with the Pressed Steel Car Company.
Southern Pacific has ordered 1000 cars from the
American Car and Foundry Company. Union Pa
cinc has ordered from the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany 800 gondoa and 300 fiat cars and Is IN
the market for 800 40-foot boxcars $50 stock cars
and 40 cabooses. The American Car and Foundry
Company has received an order for export to Mex
leo for coaches, combination mail. baggage and
passenger cars, % nat and one ca aboose; also
miscellaneous orders. Iowa Central has ordered
500 wooden boxcars. with steel underframes from
the Pressed Steel Car Company. Lackawanna has
ordered LOCO sef-cearing twin hopper cars of so
600 pounds capacity from the American Car and
Foundry Company for September delivery Penn
sylvania will build 200 refrigerator cars Baltimore
and ohio has ordered 100 boxcars from the South
Baltimore Car Works
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
THE CHICAGO STEEL CONFERENCE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONDITIONS.

c. Schumacher & Co. say in their usual weekly
letter on the foreign exchange market:
A further steady advance in demand sterling dur
Ing the present week brought the price up about
The fact that this advance in short sterling left
sixty day bills unchanged shows plainly enough
the advance was due to a corresponding advance
IN the English discount rates. 4G4s per cent
after having touched "A per cent at the beginning
or the week. Great pressure, indeed seems to
have existed in London few days ago, and it was
therefore quite relief TO find yesterday that the
Bank Of England had not found it necessary to
make further advance in its official discount rate
With rising discounts in London. it was but natu-
raj that the price of sterling on the Continent
should should advance as it did, The last quotation of
sterling In Paris Is 2515, and IN Berlin 205O and
II Is probably owing to this that no fur
ther gold was shipped from here TO the CONT
nent this week For shipment to London our price
Tor demand sterling is evidently not quite high
enough To enable us to ship any to that mar
Ret some such facilities may be necessary as the
Bank OF England has repeatedly extended to our
SoId Shippers So far however. there is no sign of
any overtures Of that kind from London. Mean
%hlIe francs In our market remain UNCHANGED at
5I59s for checks, but reichsmarks have declined
fully Lilo per cent, to 95sd95 3-16 for checks AL
though the supply of commercial bills continues
exceptionally good for this season of the year the
demand is, of course still very far in excess of
the supply. The weeks demand for exchanges was
moreover, greatly. increased in consequence OF
the last few DAVIS . As
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
Bankers posted rates were:

lJOALE-oI IL EAJHANGE.-NeW Orleans
75c discount; bank 81 premium San Francisco"
Sight l2lzc; telegraph, 15c Cincinnati-Between
banks. 1Oc premium; the counter 5oc premium,
boston-3c premium. Chicago-Par St Louis-
5oe discount savannah-Buying Lice; selling
1-l6c premium. Charleston-Buyfng. par. selling
&c premium.
BANK CLEARINGS. - New-YorI - Fxcbar..s
s117,6e0 776; balances, Ss418,Os9 PhiladeInbia r.
changes $11,eo1.53e; balances. 81 s47 a83- poston
Exchanges, SIC. 1888 1876: balances 81 29a 5o2 ~,
Hore-EXchanges. S2,75712s: balances. ss42 557
chieago-Exchanges, $ls2o1, ,944; balances. 81 AIS
700. Ti'''o'
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET-Cau money IN
London B per cent Open market discount rate fo-
short bills. AZ per cent, and for long bills Az nar
cent Berlin discount rate. per cent Berlin e,
change on London. 20 marks 50 pfennies par,a
exchange on London, % francs 14Jh centines parts
discount rate, 27s per cent
FOREIGN SECURITIES British consols for
money. 9744; for the account 97&l snantsb 4,
closed at rs French rentes % francs * cert,.-
THE SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver e0slc No
ican silver dollars. 4sc. Bar silver IN London osd
GOLD PREMIUM.-In Madrid .27 30: Lisbon ae.
ess~>@as ASres. I39 40: Rome G. ca
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
AArERICAN SECURITIES ARRoAD

London, July Z7.-American securities opened at
about parity level, and remained quiet until near
the close when prices advanced fraction. Trading
was not active. but at the close the tone was firm
Last prices were: Atchison p: Canadian Pacific
80; St Paul. u35s; Illinois Central. 1874 dividend
Louisville and Nashville, 72A dividend; Union
Pacific preferred, Y: New-York Central 1872; Erie
III; Pennsylvania 65ss; Reading s1a Erie first pre-
ferred, 333s; Northern Pacific preferred 1871: Grand
Trunk sss. and Anaconda, S1h
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
GRAIN EXPORTS.

"Bradstreet's reports the exports OF wheat (iour
included for the week as aggregating 1852. .743
oushes, against 8o2o3s1 bushels last week and
3,366432 bushels IN 1899 Since July the exports
of wheat aggregate IL 241. .s86 bushels against "a
796292 bushels last year Corn exports for the
week aggregate 3,264 745 bushels against 1So 15o
bushels last week and 3,7OOS2O bushels in 1890
Corn exports since July aggregate 15Os3 os6 hush
els. AGAINST Is 701. .4a7 hushels last wear
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
NEW RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION

The usual construction supplement- of The Rail-
road Gazette shows that new railway projects in
the United States amount TO .265 by a1O comma
mes loo new nnes and improvements. by 1Ss COM
panies, in Canada and 81 new lines and extensions
by AZ companies in Mexico New lines. extensions
and improvements on which building is in progress
number 465. of which 407 are in the United Sta+a
80 IN Canada and p In Mexico The estimated new
railway mileage for the first half Of the wear is
2117 miles against ISL miles in the same tins
in 1sqa
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS.-Customs receipts
reported from Washington, $627z77; internal reve-
nue. receipts, S766S72; miscellaneous receipts $50
OO9 Total receipts for the day. S1479 959; expendi-
lures. Sle15OOo. Receipts for the month to date
S43s09S76 expenditures SAT 495 600; excess of ex-
pendItures' $S6S5124 Receipts for the fiscal Year
to date S438O9S76 expenditures S47 900: excess
Of expenditures. $36s5,124. Receipts of National
bank notes for redemption. 1922 or.
SUB-TREASURY.-The Sub-Treasury was debtor
at the Clearing House $6O5 432 It's net loss on bal
ance was SSol'oOo made up by loss in currency of
S186,OOO and loss in coin Of S616 OOO resulting in
general balance OF S241 1885, 0OO consisting of $685.
871.O0O coin and S6,615OOO currency. The business
for the week ended last night included receipts of
Sz6lo4'OoO and payments of $3O,647,OOO Deducting
from the receipts S4991, 900 from the payments
S6,1740o0 for items which affect its account with
the general Treasury only, its loss as affecting the
banks was 81, 10000
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS.
GOVERNMENT BONDS. = Market irregular

RAILROAD AND OTHER BONDs.-Market
firm Total sales amounted in par value to S,O67-
200. against $S5o5Go Thursday. The heaviest deal
ings were in the Atchison and Baltimore and Ohio
Issues, Baltimore and Ohio northwestern division
S15s), Central OF Georgia 5s Chesapeake and Ohio
as. Detroit City Gas 5s, Missouri, Kansas and
Texas % IS, Norfolk and Western As, Reading gen
eral 4s St Louis and Iron Mountain As and 5s St
Louis Southwestern lists. Southern Pacific As,
Southern Railway lst IS. Union Pacific As and Wis
consin Central general As
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
HONEY AND EYCHANGF

MONEY RATEs-Money on call, 1Ha1Ih per
cent. IL being the ruling rate. Time money 2 ner
cent for sixty days 8z per cent for three months
per cent for four months and 4l14I5 per cent for
six months on railroad collateral Commercial ma
per. 4@4z per cent for three months and 4l5a5 Der
cent for four and six months for the best names
snd above for names not well known
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Market dull. Actual
closing rafes FOLLOW:
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

The outside securities market was dull without
many important price changes Standard OH and
Interstate OH were weak one time selling down
llaq6 per cent respectively. No large sales were
made. Standard OIL closed at KsOa5Ss against $3.50
0fo Oh 1hursdAS Last prices OF other prominent
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28

DEND-The St Joseph and Grand Island Railway
Company has declared dividend of per cent on
it's first preferred stock payable August 10 II Is
understood that the company earned surplus In
the fiscal year ended June 60 after fixed charges
and navnent Of dividend. Of about $50
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. JULY %. 1000.

issues were Havana Commercial. sKdeA: pre-
ferred 3sa4o Baking Powder. s117ae3; Bay State
Gas 1a11s; Markeen Copper. AzG6: Amalgamated
Copper ssl4qS71z Interstate Oil, 53isQ54; National
Salt 4OaA; preferred e5as5i4; Amsterdam Gas 1st
5s 1O4G10rz; Rubber Goods. 25k9257s: preferred.
751k977: Distng of America 4stq511; preferred. 10
d2D: Storage Power 15d17: General Carriage. szG7.
New-York Transportation. 79S- General quotations
follow:
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
IMPORTS OF DRYGOODS.
PORT OF NEW-YnRK

Week ending July 27-- 1895. 1893 1900
Entered the port S1SlS,504 So 25I T53
Thrown the market 1,S15.693 1S72.5O 2 O6S 2q5
From January i
Entered the port S55 004 S59sO3213 s71 $50 4a3
Thrown on the market o2oSSs22 b95il6 COL 70 400 55l
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
CHICAGO STOCKS.
FURNISHED by Walker Brothers. No. II Rrosdr.o,,,
COLORADO SPRINGS STOCKS
Bid. Asked.

Closing quotations on the Colorado Springs Min.
ing Stock Exchange, furnished by William p Ron.
bright Co.. OF Colorado Springs:
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
BUYERS AND SELLERS.

The principal buyers and sellers in yesterdays
market were; Post & Flagg bought Union Pacific:
w. D. Hatch bought and bid up. Van Emburgh &
Atterbury. Content and r. H. Bissell bought Brook
lyn Rapid Transit. r ". Savin 0.OO0l. Mines
heimer and Housman & Co bought Chicago Bur
Ington and Quincy. T. L. Manson, J. II. Criesel
and Content bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit j. NJ.
Amory 1000 and Rolston & Bass bought St Paul.
I,adenburg, Thalmann & Co. and Mcdonald sold.
sidenberg & Kraus bought Anaconda. London and
Parkinson & Burr bought Baltimore and Ohio. P j.
Goodhart bought Manhattan. Floyd-Jones & Rob
II son and E. Nchol bought Leather; Ashwell q
Co q 500 sold. ]. Muir e. Co G.O00 sold Southern
Pacific sidenberg & Kraus bought Brooklyn Rapid
Transit. r. II. Thomas bought Northern Pacihc
London. Stout & Co. and Dominick & Dominick
bought Reading first preferred. Bell e. Co. OV~
bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit Parkinson
Burr and traders bought Baltimore and ONO
Traders bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit; Henry
Brothers q OOO sold. ". D. Hatch Q,OOO bought
American Tobacco; De Cordova 900 sold. F. w
Savin Q,OOO) sold Union Pacific. l. F. Mead and
Housman & Co bought American Tobacco; F.
Morgan sold c. A. Harmed and London bought
Union Pacific ElIingwood & Cunningham bought
Reading first preferred; Noble & Mestre sold
Halle Stiegitz sold Sugar L. Levy 0,o0O. Goffe.
Content & Co Wormser & Co. Housman & Co.
q 5000 and Boody bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit;
Minzesheimer and Content sold. C. NJ Dodge
q 500 R II. Thomas. J. r. Wilston and Housman
bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit Content sold. Leo
Levy bought American Tobacco; w. D. Hatch sold.
j. Field bought chicago, burlington ana quincy
Carlisle, Vaughn, w. -. Hatch and HOusman
bought Sugar; ]. VI. Shaw Q.OOO) and Eames &
Moore sold. Wormser & Co. hid up Manhattan.
R. H. Thomas and l. F. Mead bought Brooklyn
Rapid Transit d. Porter bought Metropolitan
Railway. Bell & Co d,OOO and J. NJ. Shaw bought
Sugar; scattered buying Page sold. w D. Hatch.
]. Field and Warner & Co. bought Sugar. J. Field
and Wormser & Co bought Chicago Burlington
and Quincy; Boston sold.
THE CHICAGO STEEL CONFERENCE.
The following statement was made in Chicago
yesterday by f. H. Gary, president of the Fed
eral Steel Company:
Undue prominence has been given TO the meet
Ing of representatives OF the iron and steel in
terests. The presidents and managers of the lead
ing producers of iron have been in consultation con-
cerning the general situation. and have been
frank in expressing opinions regard to the pol
icy which each intends apply to the business of
his company. There has been and is no agreement
or disagreement concerning future action. How
1t is the opinion of all that If any time in
any territory the demand is not equal to the pro-
duction the same should be curtailed until condi-
tiOnS change.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
THIRD WEEK REPORTS

Railroad earnings so far received for the third
week in July show the following changes as com,
pared with the same time last year:
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
'RICES GENERALLY UP.
RECORD DULNESS IN STOCKS
LIGHT VOLUME OF BUsINEss-MoNEY
AND EXCHANGE.
STOCKS.

Closing prices yesterday of the principal active
securities and net changes from Thursdays
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
OFFICE OF
WinsIow, Lanier & Company

street,
To the HOLDERS OF DEBENTURE BONDS
of THE AMERICAN COTTON OIL COMPANf;
Referring the privilege OF extension expressed "a ~
circular OF The American Cotton oil company OF -
- 1900 hereby give notice of our readiness - On
before August L. 1900. % receive Tor slel eAs5-s
sion the DeheuturS Bonds OF that Company, IoI
temporary receipts VIII be given pending the assSA
Of the coupons
on the hrst day OF November 1900 We vi 4. u1
all Debsnturs Bonds the holders o. WheI
avsn Of the privilege % extension above u'''1
and accorded hy che Company.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28

EeCeipts from mines SIS. $50 131
Freight ore.................. " 300 o91
Cost Of reduction.
Selling and marketing products. .......... 4si $50
The total number of tons Of ore extracted was
14215oO. and the yield per ton S13 IS Cost of ex-
traction per ton s4 3s. and cost of reduction per
ton 81 q. The labor item amounted to So SIS S51
Inc last pamphlet report was that issued for the
year ended June 30 1898. which report gave total
receipts from gold silver and copper at SIS $40
or only 100000 less than the receipts for the year
ended June l. 1900, notwithstanding the high con-
per market ruling in the latter period. Mining and
reduction expenses last year were S1 $50 500 which
compares with $11.512O31 for the year 1895 The
item of freight which for the year just ended was
placed at $3oo0S1. compares with S696 2as In 1sas
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
STOCKS.

FURNISHED by Frederic H Hatch No. 90 Broad-.t)
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
ANACONDA'S REPORT.

The statement filed by the Anaconda Mining Com
pany for taxation purposes shows:
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28

A ADVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions for ras .s..y
~ received at their Uptown once. No (-A- -
I'd door north OF Sist-st. until o clock p m .,sr
ments received the following branch ONT = A e
once rates untu : O'Clock D m VIZ eSt shaw =.
cor. Esd st; lSe 6th-ave E2th-st MACY :. ioS
lac Coluuhus-av~, nesr West - vs.
Vest 4ed St. 6th-a a2 East l4th-s- sSs
42d ST.. between eth and Sth la9 East a.. ussE
sd ave between Tsth and mn srs LOao sd-ass' -
6lst-st.. l. IOS 1st-sVe. ssth-st-; go A.
aIst-st.. asa sa-av... slO BIescksr-E<S - s''
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
WNSLOw. LANIER & COMPAN,
PRESSED STEEL CAR CONPANa-
Prrfrrrra nlNidenu No- q. ..

PittsburEh Pa. July =; tS.sss-
4 QUARTERLY DIVIDEND Of one and INV
quarters uNl Per cent will be paid On ne !. ~
stock OF this company August =. % socAaS ssaass
istered close business August leVu ~ stok
will be mailed from the Ofce % the comp Nil ~
transfer books for the preferred stocSno - AuSast
clos Ell the purpose Of the above dividend r'i"
& until August -. 1900. -, -r-..su-sr
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
OTHER CITIES.
BOSTON STOCKS

'And interest. tex coupon.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

Washington. July 27.-The condition of the Treas
ury, Division Of Issue and Redemption. at the be-
ginning of business to-day was as follows:
RESERVE FUND
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

CHICAGO. INDIANAPoIIs AND 1ou1sv11.l
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE SALES
STOCKS.

J. Open High Low Clos
] ing. est. est. ing. Sales,
New-York tribune., 1900-07-28

Tat.. Ha'. period. a4o, Bid. Asked
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-06
De0pS OF dbe D0rGb@eSf <.

BILE. They summoned medical aid, but
before it could reach them the two ED
est children had sUccUmbed to the poison.
BY administering an emetic the influence
come, and her life saved. 1t is supposed
the children got the parsnip While out in
the pasture.
The painters of ST. Cloud held a meet
ing Thursday night, at which a union was
formed and a resolution passed demanding
all painters in the city to be members
Of the union. This organization has exist
ed here before, but owing 20 scab work
men it became disintergrated, and the
scale of wages could not be maintained.
At Thursday meeting the scale of
SZ20 per day for ten hours labor was
adopted. A measure was also passed by
which the men will ask their employers
for a regular weekly pay day. Hereto
fore they have been paid at irregular
times, and This system has become de-
cidediy unsatisfactory to the tradesmen.
There has been trouble in this city for
several weeks over the impurities in the
city water. Last week Fairbanks &
Morse, of St. Paul, employed by the
creditors Of the Waterworks' company,
winch has been financially embarrassed
for some time, to renew the water supply
equipment, established a thorough filter
ing system which the plant has been
without for some months. A committee
composed of members of the city council
the local board Of health and the credit
ors Of the company, today made an in
SpecuOn OF the plant and sent a sample
or water to the state board of health
to be inspected Many families are bring
ing their water for cooking and drinking
purposes IN from the country rather than
use the city water. The CITY council
Will meet Monday night, and action will
be Favored to compel the WaterWorks
managers to place a system in their
plant that will insure absolutely pure
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-06
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Lead headIC. NJ. Pinkerton, who for several
ebd, years mas been principal Of the nubIic
SGhooIS here, has resigned. and will 90 ~
WTS NJ. BiOIi BPiOiIlesi 10, to engage in business,
catlonists of the state. --iei eOu-
BEL Fourche-The grass on the ranges
now atfords abundant pasture. and Cal
trai, tie naEe Ho ! commenced to arrive by the
,WibauX, the cattle king of Montana w viii
odIng odg IN 5;Oo0 head. The EIkhorn Cattle
c6mtGs cI6mPshy y h8s 8 put in cattle pens and
this city, and most of the unloading viii
be done there. VIII
Rapid City-M D. Day, one Of the
most NOS Prominent men in the Black Hills,
came to the Black Hills in ISIS. and hos
been one of the foremost men in omen
ing up the country. He owned interests
ln tHe chlorlnation works of the city,
ana IN number of valuable mines. He
was colonel on the staff of Gov. Meilette
ana took command Of the state trOOnc in
the Indian rising in 1891.
Aberdeen-Senator Tillman. of So,1tb
Carolina. has advised Chairman w n
Kidd, of the Populist state conmit+ae a.
that ne will be here June 30 and Julv +
and will deliver one or more addresses
at the Tacoma Park assembly meetings.
Grand F'orks--Henry Thompson, sixteen
er living three miles from Hannah. was
Killed by the accidental dischargine 0f
his gun while hunting geese at Mcdonald
Fargo-A report has been received here
from Manila announcing the death of
Jesse D. Langdon, a Fargo boy. Though
only sixteen years old at the outbreak
of the Spanish-American war; Langdon
succeeded ... In getting into RooseveIt's $
rough riders and was in the battle of
El Caney. After his discharge he re-
turned to Fargo, and later went to San
francisco francisco and enlisted in the Philippine
was the result Of an operation.
Larimore-The Minneapolis and North
western elevator at Mapes burned Wed
nesday afternoon. The cause of the fire
IS not known There were 1900 bushels
small grain.