The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-06
MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COFFEE-New York,
sept 5.-Cofee-Futures opened steady
with prices 5 to 10 points lower, and rul-
ed easy during the rest of the session,
with prices tending downward under
fairly active general selling based upon
weak foreign advices, a bearish ruling
OF statistics and discouraging develop
ments in the spot department., closed
steady with prices 10 to Is points net
higher; total sales, &c, 200 bags, including
September ep at 1907; Is; October, 7.15@
~ 90:. 4 N4RTember III 7l5@a Is December
1850; May, 1897. Coo. Spot Coffee-Rio
easy; No. Z invoice, S15c; mild quiet;
Cordova, 9%Q14c Sugar-Raw strong;
falr refining, TIC; centrifugal, 96-test,
4 15-l6c; molasses sugar, &c; refined SUI
gar firm.
NEW YORK METALs-New York.
Sept. 5.-The metal market showed little
warrants ruled dull; spot and Septem-
Der were quoted from $9.621a6D1O. 32Ib. and
December from $9Q10. Philadelphia re-
ports an easier market for iron. Tin
no effect on sentiment here as our mar
ket closed steady and slightly higher at
$5.I0q3S5 Copper was dull and I'M
changed at SIG 6213. Lead and spelter
ruled dull and nominally unchanged on
the basis of $4.371a and $4.G715@4. i2ls re-
spec6Vely. The Brokers' price for lead
was a rS 81 a and n for go copper $1675:
Sept. 5-Butter-Receipts, 1O,1O9 pkgs;
steady; creamery, 111s@22c; factory. i46
nc. Cheese-Receipts, 1852 pkgs; firm;
large white, 1014c; small white, 1O@1Ol4c;
large colored, 103sc; small colored, 1OTc'
Eggs-Receipts Il, 1853 pkgs; firm; West
ern regular packing, at mark, 1GD16c.
Western, loss off, 17@1Sc. Sugar-Strong;
Iaif refining, 4Ac; refined firm; granu-
lated, 615c. Coffee-Easy; No. I Rio
size. ''
SEED MARKETS Chicago, Sept. g
The speculative fax market was quite
wild fra1o 1fr,ry III
and Increased cash demand at several
points. September sold yesterday at
81 4515; today this option touched 81. 4
before noon. October sold yesterday at
o'clock. There was a sharp break later
but the close was strong. Receipts here
were "a cars, 10 cars at Duluth and 46
e cars at ed,,o Minneapolis The official close
per, 81; 90; october, 81 49, per blu. Timothy
seed closed at $50 and clover seed at
~ 25e1J5 % per 100 lbs. Minneapolis flax
BOSTON WOOL MARKET = Boston
Sept. 5.-The American Wool and Cotton
Re ep VIII say Of the wool trade to-
morrow: A very small business has been
transacted in the wool market since a.
week ago, the entire sales not aggregat-
ing over a million and half hounds
There IS but little life to the demand.
The dullness has been intensified bv the
intervening of a holiday business beino1
practically suspended from FRIDAY nioh3
until Tuesday morning. The rank I'd
file Of trade are holding prices pretty
steadily, although there are weak spots
here and there. but they are not suffi-
GENTLY pronounced to warrant any large
operations, and they would quickly dis
appear If there was a good healthy de-
mand for wool. The situation abroad 10
not different from what it is here Tb "a
sales Of the week in Boston amounted to
1.475,oOO lbs domestic and $4,000 lbs for ~
elgn, making a total of 1,53O,OOO against
total of 8, 299 900 for the nravio,,c 80
and total Of 6192. 100 for the correspon eIN
ing week last wear osl'oHo-