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The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

The demands Tor zinc ore IN the past two
weeks presents q decidedly hattertng outlook
for the zine n inlng Industry In the Missouri
Kansas dfsfrcl Prices for ore have adj
yanced. land IS steadily rising IN value. and tha
railroads are cpenine up new lines to reach all
parts Of the FuIning region.
As already seveneighths Of all the zinc mined
In The United states comes from the Mis- Omt-
Kansas zinc neids. this fact Il drawing Euro
retn Investors to the Joplin district. An Eng
fish syndicate has lately been securing much
Of the available mining lard. AMI will organize
a company with paid-up capital oil $1,000 900.
The international Zinc Company carry fOresaw
the ca Ter demand there would be for mining
property. ana fortunately secured about go
dcres Of the richest znc land In ths very centres
OF the mining belt
The work OF the company thus far fully cor.
roborates the testimony 0f eminent experts aud
competent mining engineers. that the Missouri
Kansas zinc fields are the most prolific zinc-
producing properties In the world and that tbs
ore grows richer to thu depth OF 100 feet. and
cannot be exhausted for scores OF years.
In view Of these facts the International Zinc
Company stands as one Of the most inviting aud
profitable mediums for safe and permanent
invrs tment ever before the public
When we consider that 30 per cent OF the zine-
mining enterprises In the Joplin district are
successes, and that this company y one OF TIE
most careful and conservative. aud therefore
ore of the most successful. paying u per cent
DIVIDENDS with board Of officers and directors
whose honesty, integrity and business ability
stand above criticism. we can recommend the
International Zinc Company as a most pront-
able Investment with every assurance mat us
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

MAY 1. lsNU.
NEW YORK-The Flour marKet-reeernts
1908 bbls; exports S,305 bbls: sales 1850
packages; slow, steady in ne and without
Flour-Winter pts 3oa4 90 winter straights
3 A as 56; Minnesota patents 3 7od3 30 Win
ter extras Goa2 So: Minnesota bakers S5a
500: do low grades -5,a2 40.
h e dull; No Western 60s4 c o b aloat.
Wheat-receipts 77.70O bush; exports "a. OF .
bush; sales 100000 bush futures. 10000
bush export; spot strong; No 2 Red 79e o b
afioat SUot; No Z Red TGS4 c eleY; No l North
ern Duluth isaac 0 anoat To arrive.
Corn-reeeIpJs 43S, 90 bush; exports l4s,S92
bus; sales 81 900 bush fut res; 400. 900 push
export; spot frm; Mo- al 46tse o anoat /;
No 2 az 40 u C eiev.
Uats-rccelpts 1880 bush; exports 5O4I9
bush; sales 10000 bush futures. spot steady ;
No 2 at 271ac; No at 81; No 2 white at roe !;
No 8 white 2S1.e track mixed Western 271a0
29c; track white Western at 2aa35c.
beef is dull. family; mess at 10 O0a10 90;
city extra India mess; beef hams at 20 COS
81 so.
Cut meats steady; picked bellies - Shout
ders -: do hams
Lard dull: Western steamed at 45; refined
quiet; continent az 90; A SO; compound
6Ss.
Pork steady; mess sl3 25a13 70: family at
Il 50dl5 90; short clear at A GOAL 8 90.
Butter is firm; western creamery at l6420e;
do factory l3a14lec; I'm crm at i4al7i state
dairy at lEtG 1871 C; do erin at 16n2oc.
SugRr-raw is firm; fair refining at 3 lb-16c
Centrifugal 80 test 7-l6; Molasses sugar 3SA !;
refined steady.
DRTRoIT-wheat quoted at re for cash
White; cash Red at re; MAY at 1895 July at
725se.
ToLEDo-w Wheat steady, a.iet-c&sh 1854 !;
May at 1884 c July at 73&sc.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
RAILROADS.
BOSTON & MAINE X. II
WESTERN DIVISION.

Trains leave Portland, Union Station. 10
go. pm; soarboro leach. Pias Point, 100
1000 a. m, $50. 5.25. GO o. M, Old Or
chard. saoo, Biddeford, Rennsbunk, 100
sAS: is'1s a: m; 1870; 800 s.2s, AZ, 40
4 M i2'so $50. 20: 2. NJ Wells
7.oo. $40, a. In. $50, 5.25 pm. semerswerth.
Reohsstsr. 100, $40 a. m, 1880 $3.50 .. m.
Alton Bay. Lskepert. and Northern Dtyis
ION. s.45 a. z, u so p m. worcester wi.
and North; 100 a. m, $50 ?; m. Dov>r. Exc:
q. M, 1880. $50 p. m. Boston. A4oA 100
S.45 a. M, 1880. $50 D. IN. Arrive Boston
T.25. 1o15 a. m. 1915. 40. T.l6 D. m. Leave
Boston for Portland 6.59. 7.3O, $50 a. m. 1.20.
4.i5 pm. Arrive IN Portland lo.loSil.50 a, NJ.
1910. 800 7.50 M
SUNDAY TRAINS
Scarboro Beaoh. Pine Point, Old Or
chArd. saco. BiddeforJ, Kennsbukk. " orth
Berwick. Dover. Exeter. Havorhil. Law
renee. Lowell. Boston. 1856. A3O D. m.
Arrive IN Boston DIS. S.22 p. m.
EASTERN DIVISION.
Boston and way stations 900 am. Dldde-
ford, kittery. Portsmouth: Newhury-
port, Salem. Lynn, Boston, zoe, 200 =. H.
i245 600 y. IN. Arrive Boston, 6.5I a. m,
12.to. 400 eos .. m. Leave Boston, 7.3o
300 a M. 1890. 100, 7.l5, p. m Arrive Poit-
land. li.4S a. M, i2O5 $50. io.I5, 1910 p. IN
Biddeford, Bittery, Portsmouth, New
buryport, salem, Lynn, Boston, 200 a. H.,
i2.45 p. 10. Arrive Boston, 6.57 a. M, 400
y. M Leave Boston, 900 a. M. 100, y. IN
Arrive Portland, 1910, I0.3op. M,
A-Daily except Monday.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL
Quotations Of Staple Products in the
Leading Markets
new YORK. stock, Money aud Grain
Market Review

BY direct private wirs to Louis s. Col
we'll. manager OF Price. Mccormick &
Co 3 tranoh Office. No. 216 Middle street
Portland. Me
New York, May This was one OF
tie dullest days In the stock market In
many months and this characteristic OF
the market was Of course emphasized ny
tie fact that London was closed over the
May day holiday and Chicago over the
Dewey celebration. There was very lit
tie improvement In the market ct large.
public inteyess being extremely contract
ed with most Of the d. alings entirely fer
professional account or rejecting the
operations Of the pools manipulating one
stock or another.
sugar wss the feature OF the industrial
quarter and Missouri Pacific Of the rail-
road list Sugar opened down nearly
two points, but Il closed at very near yef-
trrday's final level. The very active de-
mand for refined sugars Is reported and
this may have oaussd some buying OF
the stock, while there was no actual news
bearing on the alleged negotiations for
a settlement CT the war. The majority
CT the best informed people, however
are still of the opinion that present efforts
will not be finally abandoned until some
thing has been accomplished In that d.
rection. The bull pool In Missouri Pi :
cinc accomplished effective work In that
stock today, although at the close IL was
auct,d at quite sharp reaction from its
highest figures There seems to be q
better understanding as to yesterdays
sew Issue of debenturs, and 1t is also
positively STATED that Mr.. William Rookie
Teller will, before long, enter the board of
directors. The strength of the stock
makes a great many people think too that
a dividend will be declared as soon as
the company is in actual receipt. OF the
money from the sale of that part OF the
new debenturss designed to rscoup the
treasury for outlsys made upon the ply
sicsI condition Of the property properly
ohaIgeabIe TO capital account.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
w. N. & p. DIVISION.
station Foot of PrebIe stree,

For Worcester. Clinton. Aver, Nashua,
Winoham and Epping at 10 a. IN. and Il. 80
Pam.
For Manchester, Concord and points North at
TO a. nj. and 1880 p. IN.
For Rochester. Sp.iDgyals, Alfred, WATERFORD
and Saco River at 7.3o a. m. II " and $50
d. m.
For Gorham at 7.3o aud 9.t5 a. m. 1880. 400
$50 and go p. m.
For Westbrook. Cumberland Mills, westbrook
Junction aud WoodfOrds at $50, 9.A5 a. M,
1890, 500 $50 and $40 D. IN.
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester at
1.26 p. M; from Rochester at $50 a M, LIS,
and h4s p. m from Gorham at go, $50 and
1880 a. M, ]. 25 4.f6. 5.4s y. IN.
ID. J. FLANDERS. G. & 7. A. Boston
je2B du
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

DOhehNiC
NEW YORK-Ar s0th, steamers Carlbbee
ST Thomas; City of Washington; Cienfuegos !;
SENS Maggie Mulvey. Norfolk; relumah, do;
@ Tryon, virginia; Mary tarrow, Bangor;
ArIst. sch John Douglass. Bangor; Iavolta.
Ellsworth tor lRondout; steamer Gov Dlhgley,
CID sOth, barque hahulaui. San francisco;
brig Motley. Bahia; sch Carrie Buchanan, for
Sid 3Oth hardue Arlington, for Curacao.
City Island-Pssssd 30lh. schs Morris & Cliff,
from New York for Rockland; Gleniy Burke.
BOSTON = Ar ist barque Herbert Black,
Blanchard. Philadelphia; schs Sebago, Thomp.
son. Ponce; Viola Reppard. Duntou. Bruins
wick; Matte A Franklin, Mcdonald, and Mary
Manning. Burr, Phiadelpha John Francis,
Crockett and VIM Mason, Rich. do. Lucy W
snow CHM. Amboy; c Flint, Maxwell, New
York: Fanny C Bowen. Chase, Baltimore; Mary
Wellington. Matheson, Weehawken: Alfred
Ar ist. schs Esteile Phinney. Newport News /:
Alice Hobrook, Baltimore; Ruth Shaw, New
Sid soth sch SEQ II Ames, for Savannah.
Sid lst schs Henrietta Whitney, Ellsworth
HayfoTd Belfast; Harvester. vinalhayen ;
Smith futile Danariseotta; Mabel Z Goss. for
from AmbOy tor Portland.
BRUNSWICK-Sld 3oth, sch Frank w Howe,
B5ALTIMORE~Ar Goth. sch Blanche II King.
Ar soth. sch Pettlgrew, Morse, Turks
island, IeNlA NJ lnullpM. htlEIt, NOW 10TH
CALAIS-Ar LIST. sch Lizzie Clark, Portland
J : Glover. Boston.
FALL iYER-Ar 3oth, schs Florida, from
Greenport; Hume, RGckpOTt for New Bedford.
GLOUCEsTER-Ar 3oth. sen Fred Holden,
JACKSONVILLE Ar 3oth, sch Isaiah X
Stetsop, Trask. New York.
MOBILE Ar 2Sth. sch Alice Crabtree,
MAcHIAs~Ar 2Gth, NJ Cakes, Garnet.
Ar 18th. sch Victory. Dyer, Portland.
NoRFoLk-Cld 3otn. sch Frank Palmer.
Rawding, Boston.
NEW HAVES-Ar LIST, sch Maggie Todd. I'm
Bangor.
New York for PASSPORT
NEW BEDFORD sid 2ath, sch Herman +
kimDall. Mari aganselt BAY; c,.-,, =,
PORT TOW NSEND-Ar 18th, ship Charles
PAscAGOuLA- CID soth, sch villa yHer-
PHiLADEIfnIA-Ar 3oth, steamer Read
Ar sOth, sch iona Sawyer. Reynolds, Norfolk.
Sid fm Delaware breakwater 3oth, sen
Al do 3Oth, sch Gertrude l. Trundy, from
Philadelphia Tor Fernandina.
Cape May-Pessed in soth, sch Susie NJ Plum
PERTH AMBoY-Ar Soth. sehs Robert w
Bracket New York; w Ellis. Ryder, do.
PROVIDENCE-Ar Goth, scls X l. kenney,
sweet. Rockiand; Jeremiah Smith, Hanson,
Norfolk; Franconia, Young, Portland.
ROCkPOKT-Ar 3oth, SENS Ethel Merri-
man. Newman, BosIon; Annie l. Wilder, Thurs
ton, do.
ROCKLAND-Ar sOth, schs NJ IL Reed. from
Proyineetown; Pearl, Portlandi Jennie G Pills
0q s2s'T i'll 2oth. sch Florence Leland,
New York.
SAVANNAH-Ar Soth, sch K ID Bbber, Pink
ham, from quarantine.
river.
VINEYARD HAVEN AR soth: sch I w
Cooper Machias for New York. q Il Ferguson.
New York for CaStine.
Passed soth sohs Melissa Trask. from Port
Reading for Bangor; Isaac orbeton, Bath for
Philadeiphia.
VINEYARD HAVEN- Ar LIST. schs Cakes
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

CHICAGO. Nay q, oo.-Cattie-reeeIpts
5000; st ers steady: butchers strong; good TO
PRIME steers at ,d5 20; poor to medium at
.Od4 rs: selected feeders 10 COS mixed
srockers s GOd+ 90 ;cows at oOa4 90; heifers
at 35a4 30: bulls 9oa4 %; calves 4 6oe
6 90; Texas fed steers uod5 20.
Hogs-receIDts 1000: 5GlOe lower; mixed
and butchers 25G5 as; good TO choice heavy
N5ab Ana rough heavy 0 2Oao 80; Light at
D 1OG5 40
Sheep-reeepus 1000; strong for best ;others
about steady; good TO choice wethers at goo
80; fair to choice mixed at 4 60Go 20: IVES
tern sheep 25ta . Cos native lambs al 3 BOG
rs; Western a. O0d7 %.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

Ames. Port Reading for Augusta; Jas Par
sons, Amboy for Hallowell; J v wellington SO
Amboy for Iiockland; st Leon, Weehawken ior
MillbrIdge: Abby n Bentey, Virginia Tor baih
Ringleader Hobokcn for Waldoh0r0i En-
ersou. Calais for New York; Flora Condon'
Returned LIST. schs Mary st 'ndlsh and / W
Passed Ist, schs R s Leaning. PhiIadelph .
for Gardiner; Florida, New Bedford for Rock
WILMINGTON, NC Ar soth, sch Ira
Eilems, Marston, New York,
Foreign Porta-
Ar at Yokohama Apl 20, ship 5 Hitchcock.
Gates, New York.
Ar at Hamburg Apl 20. steamer Deutschland.
from New York.
Sid I'm Antwerp Goth, steamer Assyrian. for
Montreal.
Ar at Rosario Mich 81. parque Thos Goddard,
Boston via Buenos Ayres.
Ar at Monieyideo Apl 2Sth, barque Rachel
Emery, Boston. o. days.
Sid I'm Moville 3oih, steamer Partisan, from
Liverpool for Montreal.
Ar at Rio Janeiro 25th, steamer Heyeilus, I'm
New York via PernambucO.
sid I'm Havana 30th, steamer Mexico. Tor New
Sid I'm Vera Cruz soth, sch Cassie Bronson,
Bennet, Paseagoula.
Ar at Montreal 3Oth. steamer Brazilian, from
AT az ST John NIB. ist. sch Sea Bird, from
RoekDorr.
cid list, sch Pandora. Portland.
Spoken.
April 81, lat SO N lon IA W. sch X Bowers,
from Brunswick for Providence.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
CASCO BAY STEAMBOAT co.
CusIaan House wharf,
Portland, Me.
Commencing Monday, April I'd, 1900.
WEEK DAY TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAY TIME TABLE.
For Forest city LnndtnS,Peak island,
$50 Gas, 500 1880 a. n. 2.t5, 400. SIS p. m.
For Cushlngs Island, as, 80 a. m, 400
u. m.
For Little ana Great Diamond Islands
Trefethen'a Landing, Peaks island, $50.
100 500, 1890 a. m. q 5. 6,l5 p. m.
For Ponce's Landing, Long Island, 500
1880 a. m, 2.i5 D, IN.
SUNDAY TIME TABLE.
For Forest City and Trefethen's Land
Ing Peaks Island, Little and Great Dta-
n ond Islands, 1879 a. M. ais. 400 p. IN.
For Ponee'H Landing, Long Is,andi
1890 a. m. 2.i5, AGO p. m.
For Cushing's Island, 1870 a. m, 400 p. m
c. ". 7. COOLING. General Manager:
apris dit
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
Cotton Markets.
(By Telegraph

NEW YORK-The Cotton market to-day was
quiet: middling upIands at 1890; do gull
l1O-i6c; sales $500 bales.
CHARLESTON Cotton market to-day
closed nominal; middhngs 9ssc.
GAIN ESTON--The Cotton maI6et closed
steady; mIddlings 7-16&
MEBfPHIS-rhs Cotton market to-day osssed
steady; mlddlings 9sse.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

Ship State of Maine, 5000 cs oil New York
to Hong Kong. 24lac.
sehr Josephine. Philadelphia to Portland, coal
IS.
Rarge Enos soule, NOrfolhAo Portland, eoal
Toe aud b. m.
Schr L. 81. Cook So Amboy to Calais, coal so.
Schr Marcus Edwards, Perth Amboy 10 Saco
coal 1ac.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
Portland & Yarmouth Electric Ry. c

Portland g. Yarmouth Electric Ry. Co
OARS leave Elm ST., Portland, for Underwood
Y Spring and Yarmouth at Gas a. m.. hourly
until AS .. m, half-houriy until 6.45 p. m,
then T.4J, $40, 10 and si0.41.
leave Yarmouth for Portland at S.45 and
G. 40 a. m. hourly until 1910 p. m, hali-hourly
unit 40. then 60. 7.40, S.4n. $40 p. m. 'I045
car leaves city at close OF theatres
SUNDAYS.
Leave Elm street. Portland, for Underwood
Spring and Yarmouth at Is, ais and lOl5 a,
M. halfhourly thereafter until 9.45 d. m.
Leave Yarmouth for Portland at 715, al0,
ami 9.l0 a. M. then halt-h0Crly until 40 p. m.
ap96dt
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

Money on call was STEADY 2a2ls per cent.
Prime niercant lie paper at 4g4la per cent
STERLING Exchange heavy. with actual bust
ness IN bankers bills ssa4 sS1s for demand
and 4 s4Is "A SASS Tor sixty days posted rates
at s5a4 s51s and 4 s964 s91S.s commercial
bills at S394 "a s44.
Silver certificates 60 a6oia.
bar Silver 597s
Mexican dollars AN
Governments.sIong
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
PORTLAND & EOOthbay Steamboat Co.

STEAMER ENTERPRISES leaves East
Boothbay at a. m. Monday, Wednesday and
Friday for PQgtand touching at Sc Bristol.
Boothbay Ilarbor.
Returning leave franklin Wharf, Portland.
at a. m. Tuesday, Thursday and saturday for
East Boothbay. touching At Bo )thoay haroor
and So Bristol.
LAID at Five islands on signal.
OelIidtf ALFRED RACE. MAI ager.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
MCDONALD STEAMBOAT co

Becinnlng April 2, 1900 steamers viii leave
Portland Pier, daily, Sundays exceptedl at
200 D. m. for Cousins. LittleIohns, Great
Chebeague, (Hamilton's Landlng). Orr's Is
land, Sebascu. Ashdale. Small Point Harbor,
Return leave Cundys Harbor at GOO a. m.
via above landings.
y. II. MCDONALD, Manager.
Tel. 4-36. Once los Commercial ST.
apr4du
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
NJ ARINF N EWS
PORT or PORTLAND

TUES DAY. May 1.
Arrived.
Steamer Manhattan, Bennett, New York
passengers and mdse TO f Liscomb.
Steamer Bay state, Dennison. Boston.
Steamer Cumberland, Allen, st John. NIB, via
Eastport. for Boston.
sch Arthur V Woodruff, Perkins Ponce ] 3
days with molasses to Twltchell Champlin Co.
Sch j Baker, klnghorn. Nantucket
sch j Chester Wood. Haskell, Boston.
Cleared.
Steamer Frank Jones, Machasport via Ro c K
and-F Boothby;
Steamer Enterprise, Race, South Bristol and
Boothbav.
Sch Maud, Robinson, New York - Standard
OIL Co.
Sen Eldorado. Strout MIllbridge-J II Blake.
Sch Norris. Holmes, Tremont-J II Blake
sAILED-Steamer Chas + Mayer. with barge
No 8 for Baltimore; sch Maud, New York.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
G;z:syL[hliI!I!Ii
TRAINS LEAVE PORTLAND

TRAINS LEAVE PORTLAND
For Lewiston, $40 a. m. I-so. 400, 800 p. m.
For Island Pond. $40 q. M, $50. 900 p. m.
For Montreal, Quebec, Chicago. $40 a. IN,
600 p. M. reaching Montreal at 200 a. IN,
and 100 D. m
TRAINS ARRIVE PORTLAND
from Lewiston. 1910. iI.3O a M, G45 ana 6.ij
p. m.
From Island Pond, ssiO. il.3o a. M, SIS
y. m.
From Chicago, Montreal, Quebec, $50
a. M, 545 p. m.
sDally. Other trains week days.
Sunday train leaves Portland every Sunday
for Lewiston, Gorham and Berlin at $50 4. IN.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on night
trains and Parlor Cars on day trains.
Ticket omee, Depot at foot of india
street. o,t2sdu
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

Portland marKet-cut loaf &c: confectioncrs
SC powdered at &c: granulated at 5}ac; coffee
crushed &c yellow 4lac.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
International Steamship Co.

- EOs
Essiser Lobe, CaaIs ST. ichn NIB haEls, VS..
and all parts of New brunswick. Nova Scotia.
Prince Edward Island aud Cape Breton. The
favorite route To Campobello and ST Andrews
n. Is.
spring Arrangement.
On and after Monday, Mar ., Steamer will
leave Railroad Wharf. Portland, ON Monday
and Thursday at 8 so p. m. Returning. leave
St .Iohu EastpOrt and Lubec same days.
Through tickets issued and baggage checked
to destination. EeR-Freight received up to 400
y. M,
Tree Ticket Office, Monument square, or for
other information at Company ONCE, Railroad
Wharf, foot OF state street
j. Il. ISCOMB. euPt. -.
nOY4du IL. y. HERSEf, Agent
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

PONCE. Pr. Sehr Arthur-lS3 hhts 10l pm
mOlisses 10 Milliken Tomhnson Co.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
Memoranda.

A cahlegram from Montevideo states that the
ship Edward SewaIl, from Baltimore for San
Francisco, which put in Jan ] 3 with her cargo
OF coal heated, has discharged 900 tons and
the remainder Is beiag shifted TO cool.
Vineyard Haven, May l-Sch Genesta from
st. John. NIB, for Nsrraganset Pier, reports,
while anchored in Tarpaulin Cove last night
was run into by sch Isaac Orbeton and had
mainsail badly torn and dayits carried away.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
FROM oU II CORRESPONDENTS.

BOOTBBAY HARBOR May LIST Sid. schs
Lizzie Lane Bangor for New York; j NJ Hall.
DO for dos Sarah X Davis. Boston for Red Beach
Benz Biggs. Exeter for Bangor; g French,
ton; J NJ Harlow, Bangor ior Bridgeport
In port. schs Carlton Belle, and Bertha ID
Niekerson for Western Banks, fishing; Frank
q Rich, do.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

NEW oRLEANs-Tns Cotton market closed
easys middiings 9Ac.
MoBILE-Cotton market nomlnaii middllnE
. 6-i6c
sAvANNAH-The- Cotton maFke, closed
quiet; mddiIngs 7-ioc.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
Hoston stock MarEet.

BOSTON, May /. 1900 Tins folowtHs arr
to-dsy's quotauOaE NJ PrcvIsionS. arc
Spring uateuts 3 10 "a so
VI inter- pAlcaJs. 1904 25
CIsar anu raIght. 3 Is 90
Corn steamer yellow 4Sc.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

Portland.
Ar at London LIST, steamer Minneapolis. from
New York.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
Portland VvhoIesa,e MARKET.

PORTLAND, Nay /.
The Flour trade is dun and very unsatisfae-
tory, du to frequent fluctuations in Wheat but
there i, , material change 20 note in figures.
To-day being a holiday in Chicago no grain
uu mons from thai sect on are reported while
adyices from Detroit IN To'cdo quote Wheat
fully a c better. For Groceries generally fair
ly good business is reported with no change Of
consequence to note in values. JohberS have
been operating quite extensively in Sugars re-
Gently in al tcipatOn of 4 settlem mt of the war
among refners if it should materialize refined
Sugars would adva ce no doubt lac. Coifees
very firm at PREVIOUS prices. Molasses steady
but quiet and unchanged. Corn and OTIS are
steady. Lard weak and isc OFF. Pork about
steady. Eggs easy under the influence OF hb-
eral receipts. Potatoes stealy at yesterdays
decline onions lower Strawberries sold to-
day al 23a25c. Nails show n further Teduc
ton m price. Sheet Lead Zinc and Pine lower.
Coal steady at ye terday's decline; stove Coal
5 SO pr ION Hay is firmer at Sl6as1s. The
rece pts of fresh Mackerel in New York con
tinue good. The Schr Priscilla arrived within a
day or two with 10 bbls Of medium; the Sehr
Lena and Maud with 400 bbls large; the Lizzie
NJ. Center with $50 bbls large. and HELEN y III
er Gould with $50 bbls: METERS have taken IL
600 argc Mackerel; sales at Sc Tor small and
lec for large. Fresh be steady at advance
we quo,e sides G1a@Sla. backs at Ga7e; binds
Sail; fores at 5a6e; rounds and tanks at s
@SIac; rumps and lolns lOal3ci IONS 1Odl3
ratJles.4a 4lae. Lambs quoted 9ellc mutton
a loo. LoDers lower at I3c for boiled and c
for live.
g. ia
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02

''BAY STATE" and FREMONT
alternately leave Franklin Wharf Porpland,
and India Wharf Boston. at 700 p. IN. daily.
except Sunday.
These steamers meet every demand OF
modern steamship service In safety. speed,
Through tickets for Providence, Lowell.
Worcester, New York. etc. etc.
J.F LIsCOMB. Gen. Manager
deciOdu
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
Hides.

The following quotations represent tho pay
ing prices in this market:
Cow and steers. ..6lsf y T.
Bulls and stays. ..bmo
Skins-No qualify ................1Oc
No. '' '''''' .'.'o q MT,
NAilS @u1< "
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
HARPSWELL STEAMBOAT co,

BEGINNING Oct. 2, 1893. steamer Aucocisco
will leave PORTLAND Pier. Portland daily. Sun
days excepted. at go p. m. for Long Island.
Little and Great Chebeague. Chi Island, SO.
Harpswsil Baiey's and 0rr's Islands.
Return for Portland, leave Or's ISlandand
| above landings 100 q, m, Arrive fortl and
| $50 a N.
saptSodi ISAIAH DANIELS. Gen Mgr.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
LARD

Portland Daily Press stoca Quotations
Corrected BY swan 8 Barrse- bankers lSS
Mlddla efroQG
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
European Markets
nv Telerraph.l

LIVERPOOL. May 1. 1ooo.-The Cotton
market closed STEADY; spot at 5lsdssales 5000
bales.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
Portland & RumtOrd Falls Ry,
In Effect Dec. 4, 1899.

IA ETKcct Dec. 4, 1893.
DEPARTURES
$50 A. NJ. and 10 7. vi. From Union Statioa
for Poland Mechanic Falls. Buckheld. Can
ton, DixIIeld and Rumford FAILS.
$50 a. m. lIO and ais D. m From Union
Station Tor Mechanic falls and intermediate
stations
Lilo II m. train connects at Rumford Falls for
Bemis aud Rangeley Lakes.
r. C. BRADFORD, Iiafac Manager
Portland. Maina
Y. L. LOvEJoY. Superintendent
ieis diff Rumford fallE- Mama