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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.

GRAIN G0SSIP--Gossip by private
wire to c. H. f. Smith & Co, ST. Paul,
members of the New York Stock ex-
change and Chicago Beard of Trade
St Louis wires: THE best spreaders are
buying our July wheat and selling Chi
cago. From best advices obtainabIe thew
DeneNe there Will be great demand for
our soft wheat from Indiana, Ohio, Penn
syiVania and New York that will easily
take care of our arrivals, and, as our
stocks are getting low we must ad-
vance to draw wheat here. Advise buy
ing here and selling Chicago for good
profits. Texas: Newspapers reports
says furious rains and wind storms have
broken down the wheat which is in head
from too much rain, 1t is aggravated by
Yesterdays precipitation = London:
Wheat cargoes slow. June wheat I'M
c en- al, ,r france, Italy. Austria. Hun
Damage to rye crop confirmed South
RUSSIA good reports, damage unconfrm-
NEW YORK, May S.-Flour-Receints
ySl,2S7 bbls; exports. 1863 bbls; weak ana
lower; holders endeavoring to attract
business by making concessions; winter
$3.659gs 50; do bakers. $2.79@2. 80 Rye flour
weak Wheat-Receipts, 2S3,O50 bu; ex-
ports. 2S.9S! bu; spot steady; No. 3 red
Sg1sc l. Q. b. afioat; No. 2 red, 771sc eIe.
y hator' mo. ! northern Duluth. T61sc f. o.
D. TO arrive; No. hard Duluth, 781kc +.
o; b. afioat Options-May, 721sSff s55
closing at 72Ssc; July, 70 11-i6d7Slscs clos,
iIg AT i51sc; September, 70 5-16G73azc. clos
ing at '5%4c Corn--Receipts, -a56 40o In,
exports l42,433 blu; spot easier: No .
441sc L. o. %. ahoat and 44c elevator On
tionsIday, 431sQt4412c, closing at 44c: July
'i4hsQ4 4;Sc, closing at 44Ac; September
l4%sM4oc, closing at 44Ac. Oats-Receinfs
S!,eu0 b9; exports. 95,525 bu: spot easier:
No 2, 2FAc; No. g. 27c; No. White, 2SiSa:
track mixed Western, 271A029c: fracl,
white, 2Slz429c. Options dull and weaker
at &c decline; No. white. oats, Nav
closed at 29AC. 10y ,
GRAIN AVAILABLE SUPPIY-Ne,u
York. May Especial cable and teIe.
graphic dispatches to Bradstreet's indi-
cate the following changes in available
supplies OF grain last week: Wheat
United States and Canada, east of the
Rockles decrease, 3,496.e00 bu; afloat for
and IN Europe, decrease, $500, 600 bu: total
decrease, $780, 900 bu Corn-IJnite5 Stetas
and Canada, east of the Rockies de-
crease, 4G91,0G0 bu. Oats-JJnited S+ofe.
and Canada, east OF the Rockies Re.
crease, !, $4,000 bu. Broomhau cables ~.
the monthly revision of continental stecI+e
show supplies to have been smaller Than
estimated. eli%tn
/, L5IE ,lss May s.-wheat steady
SID; September. IS G3Ed. Corn oiIiaf an -
qnehanged TO sd lower; May. 4s I'D.
July, Is; September, IS 115Ad 90
MILWAUKEE. Wis, May S.-Flour
steady. Wheat steady: No. / nortberT
6i5ac; No. northern 65iS6668ic Rve
STEADY; No. ], Sic. Barley dull. No. 9 436
f4e sample, S7Q421sc. Oats dull; No. 3
white 2.@271zc. :
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Andrew Nelson ct ux. to Peter Pet
erson, W TT in 1t 1, 81 IT 1t 2,
blk l, E. Deans Second add. -. So
John Il. Johnson ct ux. to William
w. Furber, Its 10, II, blk 5, Fl.
Rice's Third add ....... 4
Everett p. Wheeler ct ux to Fred
C. George; 1t rs, blk 60. ST. An
Carl j.. Bulow to Ida j. Lilliedahl
1t II, blk l, Bishops add ..... I
{. %. Milton Edwards ct ux. to
Henry A. Flint, 1t 90, blk g. HoI-
comp add OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9
The Receivers of the Walter
Wood Harvester Company TO
American Grass Irvine Company.
pit Is, 20. %, containing G. 0Gs
acres, together with all buildings
and machinery ........-1 I'm a
Cathelia ". Fetsch. as administra-
trix, to George f. Patwen, undiv Il
u 1t 8, blk 10. Robert & Rs. l
william Peroon ct uX. to Martin
Clasner. 10 acres, pit p of Sc Il,
4, 80, % w........ :
franziSl1a Beck ito ELI S Warner.
it II, blk 3. Skidmore & C's Park .
Mary NJ. Woodman to Sarah o.
Woodman, 1t s. blk p Arlington
Hills add
John l.. Barnes to Claribel Conrad.
1t 81, Ramsey's subd blk q, Stin-
sons b. & RS S. W. D...... 2
Ella =. Hall and husband to James
NJ Gruter, II IL. blk /, Bryant's IS
\. st. Paul Land ComnarV to M.
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MINNEAPOLIS
MINNEAPOLIS. Nav w,

IND MSIINN,I ,5.oL Nay. S-Wheat opened
Ma May wheat ,9{pened at e5lsc, being the
saiile as s. on Mondays close; lost &c,
at csc. ~ noon held
July, wheat opened at 655s6se5a5c against
S2isc M 10 Li; sold at e5c straight. de-
and BY noon held at 655sc. a. NJ
september wheat opened at GIL 165asc
against 65li@65$sc Monday; sold down TO
at 65ll 0G52sc ~" ueio
The cash wheat market was strong
with good demand for sill grades No
] northern sold mostly at AQ3sc over the
May wheat closed at 65l4c, July at CSC
and September al 653sc. % az
Open High Low Closing
wheat ing. est, est. Tues. Mon.
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WHEAT TOOK IN Up TURN
m ARI6E@ E WAS STRONG ON HIGHER
CABLES AND RAIN WHERE TT
WAS NOT WANTED
CORN AND OATS DECLINED
Rally Ia Wheat Was Helped by
BrRdstreet's Report of Decrease
in Worlds VisibIe-COrn
Was Dull.
CORN AND OATS DECLINED


CHICAGO, May 8.--Wheat. helped by
steady cables and Unfavorable weather,
WAS firm today, July closing AG3sc over
yesterday. July corn closed 15c and july
pats case lower. Provisions at the
close was a'ss@aadee tas15c depressed.
Most OF the day wheat was a bit adj
Ndnced over yesterdays closing figures.
The opening Was urn. because there was
more steadiness in cables than had been
expected -saT1tis EbeeaHsasathere was heavy
rain IN The Southwest, where ii is not
wanted. and none in the extreme North
west. where il is reported to be needed
There was period OF depression follow
ing the opening, the corn weakness be-
ing the principal motive, but later the
market rallied. The rally was helped by
BradStTeet'S decrease in the worlds Wis
lble, and Dy fair cash demand. One
hundred and fifty thousand bu was re-
ported worked here, while New York eX-
port engagements We're put at % loads
July wheat opened a shade up at 671k6
6Iilc declined to 667s667c, and later raj
lied 70 67l2c, closing AQasc improved
at 61$sMG754c
Primary receipts were &c., 900 bu. com
pared with 296G00 blu last year. Mime
apo!iS and Duluth reported 3O5 cars,
against o66 last week, and 1856 a year
ago. Local receipts were Is cars, three
OF contract grade. Atlantic port clear
ances We're equal to 10000 bu, TIL COM
plants of excessive moisture We're mostly
from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and In
diana '-@s-e 7's- =
The corn market was dull and heavy.
AAiC oPCHIi5 showed a fractional decline
and immedia tely after the market raj
lied some on. a little squirt in the de-
mand, but this was speedily overcome by
pressure OF long stuff and the market
SaSSed. There was also short selling and
considerable amounts came out on stop
loss orders. The cash demand was slow.
ana there seemed to be little support
coming from, the bun crowd Having
cropped fs@lc the market rallied nearly
hait a cent but the close was heavy.
- uiy ranged from S915e to 1850. and clos
ed 12c down at 39Q39Bc. Receipts here
were 327 cars.
oats were weak in sympathy with corn
and trade was rather dull There was
Seillng OF ali sorts, and generally the de-
hahd was not equal to the load When
corn steadled. oats showed considerabl
readiness To respond, as shorts were quick
10 coVer. Receipts here We're 294 cars.
july sold between 231sc and 2215c closing
144%sc lower at 2234@227sc.
PROVISIONS were weak most of the ses-
SION, but towards the end steadied on
buying BY an influential packer. Hogs
Were weak, cables discouraging. and nm
I'll the aforementioned packer came into
me pit The demand was slack July pork
closed l5c uuder yesterday at Sill ST.:
July lard, PC down at $6.75. and July
riDs shade depressed at $6.5215
Estimates tomorrow: Wheat % cars.
corn, i10 cars: cats, 100 cars; hogs. q. O0G
head 90 '00V
Inc leading futures ranged as follows:
lnvN-t
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DULUTH.

> d D5ULf z, m Mimi, May 8.-Market dun
a al III larry Irm. July opened unchanged
at II up to Csc at noon and closed Mc
up at Csc. Cash-50, coo bu at May price
IN na,,; store and 12c under July to arrive
$3.50 bbls, have $3.50 bbis: railroads re- re-
S eeiyed l7o570 Blu. shipped Us $50 bu, have
1880 bu Mheat-No. hard, cash, 691sc !;
s 20 arrive, 6SAe; May, e91sc; July. 69a4c;
S598c; to arrive, 6715c; May, 673sc; July,
6$c; September. 677sc; No 2 northern, 65l &c;
5 no. spring. SIC; oats, 23@221ke; rye,
oz14c; barley al ley 56Q41c; flax. cash, $3.50; to
October 81 ;221a; corn, a5&c Receipts
Wheat 111,G92 bu; corn. 3f,519 bu; barley,
s23 bu; flax, 847 Blu. SS;EIfDme Wheat,
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Open Hight Low Clos.
ing. est. | est. fnp

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
red eai :. y, WheattmNot 62@S55kc; No ?
yellow. 3S1a439c. Oats-No. ?, 2S$.c. No
white. 25l2ci No. 3 white, 25hG2G1<c
Bi5a Ear feeding, 363G@S7e. Mailing
$50; No 1 Northwestern, $50 Tim0fby;
Seed-Irime $40. Mess Pork-Per bhi
$lo, l9gFii 50: Lard-Per 100 lbs, $655a6 Is
snort snort kI92S-Sides Qoose). $6.35a6 so.
Sides-Short clear boxed, $7G1O. Whisky
-l5asi :. of high wines, 1853. sugar-Cut
l%aI; 20 granuiated. 50. A; Confectionery
a, %. 10; off a, $5.25. Clover-Contraet
grade. 81. Receipts-Flour 1900 bbIs.
W @ne eat 5000 bui corn, 10000 bu: oats
~ 81 ot hu; rye, 1909 bu; barley, $4,000 bu
Shipmcnts-Flour, 1000 bbls: wheat AS .
OoO bu; corn, $4,000 bu oats. 1I5.0O6 b1 ::
rye SJG5 bu; barley, 1000 bu. On the pro,
u [i,, exchange today the butter market
ddaifies. lSl2a l6lac. Cheese Slow. g9III%c'
HSgs steady; fresh, 10Ac ~
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THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS
HOG RECEIPTS LIGHT FOR TUES
DAY, WITH PRICES TEN
CENTS LOWER
FAT CATTLE SELL HIGHER
Butcher stuff in Good Demand-Geod
Quality stock Cattle Were Ready
Sale at Steady Prices
Sheep Steady.

SOUTH ST. PAUL. May S.-Receipts at
the Union stock yards today (estimated)
were; Cattle. 800; calves, 700; hogs, 22OO;
sheep 200; cars, g.
Ofheial receipts Monday: Cattle s7s;
caves S22; hogs, SSs; sheep, 1O7; horses,
receipts thus far in May, compared
with the same period in May, 1899, are
as follows:
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BUILDING. PERMITS

Building permits were issued yester-
day as follows:
Mrs. Ellen Frlelberg, one and one
half story frame dwelling, south
side Lawson street, between Edger-
ton and Payne Recommendations $50
j. Ekblom, one and One-half story
frame dwelling, north side Orchard
street. between Oxford and Argyle 800
Oliver Crosby, two and one-half story
brick and stone dwelling, south
side Lincoln avenue. between Avon
and Victoria ..........................14, coo
II. r. VOlkenaut, addition to dwell
ling, Rice street, between Fuller
and Martin ......................... 900
Eight minor permits .................1.1iS
Total, Il permits ..................Sl ST. 1875
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Homeseekers, ExcuEsion Tickctn

TO nearly all points iii DE United States
cago Great Western Railway on the first
and third Tuesdays Of May and June. at
sle very low homeseekers rate of one
rare plus soc Tor the round trip. Tickets
geod Tor return within u days from date
OF sale. Persons contemplating a trip
VIII sGye money by Calling on J. P. Ell
mel, g. A., corner Fifth and Robert
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DORE s. REDPATH
WHOLESALE
Fruits, Vegetables & Produce,
1912 East Third ST., St. fauI, MINI.
II, North st. Paul Land Company's
rearr l. blk II, North st. Paul

II. North st. Paul Land Company's
rearr l, blk II, North St Paul o.
proper ;;,.-.............................. go
Johanna Murnane ct al to Samuel
A. Forest, It 8. blk II. Irvines en- ,
largemeut. Rice & Irvines add .0OO
William w. Chaplin ct ux. to William
b. Chase and Addie c.. Mcdonald,
1t 4, blk So, West st. Paul proper. ,2OO
Charles II. Christian to Frederick
Michel, 1t 6. Z. blk Is, Mackubin &
Marshalls add OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. L., 100
Edward Kubitsch ct TX to Gottleib
Bahr, II g. blk 3 b. MichePs re-
arr of blk 7 and u of blk .,
Smiths subd Of blks g 8. 4, s, Stin- 'S0
sons division of n W a ) 80, 20,
L ID .....-......-. -.........-.... 6UO
Edward Moir ct ux to Hans Sand
strom. 1t Z. blk %, Arlington Hills
James Iverson ct ux. to e. Meyers.
II 10, blk s, Lauderdale's East adj
William G. White ct ux. to u. T.. ..-
Damon. 1t IL, Lewis q MabOns
duu ..:.'-.----.: ...-.-.-..-...-.. 2,UF
Twenty transfers ..................$l91. ST.
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State OF AIlnnesota.

Dep1rtment OF INSURANCE.
Whereas, The National Indemnity and
Insurance Company, a corporation organ
ized under the laws of Maryland has
fully complied with the provisions OF tile
laws of this State. relative to the adu.is-
sion and authorization Of Insurance COM
panies of its class.
Now therefore. 1, the undersigned, r.
surance Commissioner, do hereby en-
power, and authorize the said above
named company to transact its apprO-
pirate business Of Health Insurance In
the State of Minnesota. according 10 the
laws Thereof, until the thirty-iirst day OF
January. A ID. 1901, unless said authority
be revoked or otherwise legally termi-
mated prior thereto
In testimony whereof. Z have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my official seal
at 50 Paul. this 3ist day OF January. a
d. 1900
]. A 0sIIAUGHNEssY.
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HOGS.

Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated) 20
week ago ........................ I24
year ago Observation-Disclosures. 27S2
Quotations: Mixed and butchers, $565.05 ;
good to prime heavy, $505.171S; rough
heavy, $3.50: stays aud bears, $2G4 IS; pigs
and skips, $464.50
Market opened 71a11Gc lower, and closed
a nat l0c under Mondays close Receipts
were several hundred less than expected
Demand good at the decline. Mixed and
butchers sold at S5Q5.O5; good tovchoice
heavy, $5@5.171&. Top prices were paid for
choice heavy ends sorted out of loads
Packers brought $3.50. 10c lower. Pigs
brought $50, sc under yesterday. Stays
sold steady at S4.25. Representa- tive sales:
Mixed and ButcherS-
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Otcll5 LIS I0i O5 Is "a
Other Grains-No 8 corn, 8; No 4 corn
2; no grade corn, 4; No. oats, 81; no
grade oats. 8; No. rye, /; No. 3 rye, !; ;
No. barley, 1; No. barley, s. No )
barley 4; no grade barley, /; No. 1 fax,
2; no grade flax, l.
Cars Inspected Out-Wheat, No. l north
ern, Il; No. northern, 80; No. 3, 10: re-
jected, ?; No 3 corn, I; No oats, /; No.
barley. q
cediP,ttss-Wheat 125 cars. 96,25O bu;
corn, $3.50 blu; oats, II 100 bu; barley. $500
bu;, rye: $50 bu; flax, $50 bu; flour, 707 bbls;
millstuffs. So tons; hay, 6S tons; fuel oil
q; 919 balls; fruit, 2S9, 440 lbs; merchandise,
2,92504S lbs; lumber, Is cars; posts and
piling, cars; barrel stock. cars; ma
chinery, 41S,35O lbs; coal, 80 tons; wood, 50
Shipments-Wheat, A cars. $3.50 bu:
corn, 400 bu; oats, 14.52O bu; barley. 9.126
bu; rye. 9,12O blu; flour, S,402 bbls; mill
stuffs. d.358 tons; fuel oil. $4,000 gals:
fruit. 1,25O lbs; merchandise, 1,977 $50 lbs
lumber, IS cars; machinery, 357 100 lbs !;
wood 10 cords.
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One Objection.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There was one thing didn't like about
Bunker's lecture"
What was that?7 .-- :r.r.
THE fact that he was able to hire
hall to deliver 1t in"
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CATTLE.

Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estlmated) ..........1,310
A week ago Observation-Disclosures. 657
"A year ago Az
Quotations.: Choice butcher cows and
heifers, So. 750425 fair to good. $343. 80:
thin cows and Gamers, 225@2.75; choice
butcher steers. $4.60GD5; fair to good, S. %
@450; fat bulls, So. 4013. IS: bologna bulls,
81. 75@3.25 veal calves, $4.5eQ6.5O; choice
stock cows and heifers, $35GG4; fair to
good, So. 25Gt3.50; common and taiIings,
$2.50Q3; heifer calves 1904; choice stock
ers and feeders, $404. 40; fair to good,
3.50@3S5; common and tailings. $2.25@3;
steer calves $4@5: stock and fesding
bulls. $250G13.35; stays and oxen, s.. 1904;
mixers and springers. $25G145.
Receipts were fairly heavy. with sew
eraI loads arriving late. Butcher stuff
was in excellent demand, with compare
lively light offerings. Prices paid were
10@15c higher, equaling the high time last
week. Choice steers brought s., and good
cows sold up to 81. Bulls. Veais and can
ners steady. In the stock cattle division
the demand was fair, and the best quality
stuff moved out easily at steady prices.
Heavy feeders sold readily, and calves
found buyers early. Feeding cows and
stock and feeding bulls in demand at
good strong prices. Common stuff hard to
move at any price.
Representative sales:
Butcher Cows and HeiferS-
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W. ~. CAMPBELL.
COMMISSION COMPANY,
Live Stock Commission Merchants,
Union Stock Yards,
SOUTH ST. PAUL
SOUTH sT. PAUL.

Consignments and correspondents So
plication.
We do strictly commission business
No live stock bought OF sold on our own
account
References-Stoek Yards bank. South
st. Paul: Security bank. Zumbrota; Hon.
A. T. Koerner. stateaAtreasurer, CAPITOL
building, st. Paul "A. @. Anderson, casa-
Ter ST. Paul National bank. st. Paul
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A week ago 1874
A year ago ...-....:.................. 1853
Quotations Fat sheep, s4.50d5.75; stock
sheep. S325q4; feeders, S.. 4OG4; fat lambs,
$65ga6.S9; yearlings, $5.75d6; stock and
feeding lambs, sl.5Gd5; buck lambs, Sc
g450: bucks. s2.25G425; spring lambs. 81
as. Shorn sheep and lambs Sell at 5OcTD
81 hundred less than these quotations,
Receipts fair, with fat stuff in good de-
mand- offerings included several bunch
es OF feed lot stuff. Prices steady. Rep
resentative sales:
No. Wt.Prica
OF IdHuo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20 So 90
10 buck lambs ...............92 4 IN
l oIu eve ....... ...............-..... so so
Mich Cow Exchange steady
Best cows selling at S44G45 Demand fair.
put quite a little lighter than last week
Representative sales:
No. Price M D.
COWS $50 Dol 1 cow $1,000. s4f 90
cows -. IS DOL cow -. "a 90
The, days buyings. each buyer purchas-
ing the number OF head indicated. were
a f0itOU-Gs
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BEARS WERE IN CLOVER
BIG SLUMPs IN STOCKS, OWING TO
UNEXPECTED EPIDEMIC OF
LIQUIDATION
TRADE REPORTS A FACTOR
Falling on I'm Demand for Products
Having Eject Upon Railroad
EaInings-LOwer Prices
Feared.

CIO5e. Dry 7.
Bar silver. New York 1913 $50
Call money, New York. 2-212 2
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flour-First patents, s.. 6O63. IS: first
CO gears sc y SeQ29O rye flour, per bbi, pure,
Feed-Bran. in bulk. $40. 75011; shorts.
IN pgIk' 30 75Ql1; middlings, in bulk S11 so
90 81 75 %; red dog, in l4O7lb sacks f. O. b.
Corn-No: 8 corn, S6M@261bc; No, 3 .yeI-
low, BIC. No sales reported.
Oats-No 3 oats, 23asa2394c; No. 8 white
23A@24c ~ . w -ii'
Rye-NO; 2 rye quoted at 5l9z@52c; No
Barley ranges from 85c to 4Oc for choice
Coarse corn meal and cracked corn, In
sacks, per ton, sacks extra. to jobbers
only, 81. 25g14 so; No. l ground feed. 2-3
co ~, ID oats, SO-lb sacks. sacks extra,
Hay-The weaker tone to the hay mar
iket continues: Quotations are the same
put demand is light. Choice timothy is
held at $@9.50; clover mixed timothy 81. 50
@S; Iowa upland, 5000 so: Minnesota up
. land, S9d9. so; coarse to medium, IS soar:
rye straw, &@4.5O. Receipts, 6S tons.
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.
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FOREIGN FINANCIAL New York
May S.-The Commercial Advertisers
London financial cablegram says: There
was universal weakness in the markets
today on forced liquidation, chiefly. in
West Australians Trouble was reported
in the Glasgow market and funds Were
weak on the expectation of an early loan
by the London common council on favor$
able terms Americans were a big fea-
ture throughout They opened nervous
under parity, and New York prices
dropped until the afternoon. when they
became very soft here, on New York Of
ferings. The fall was. accelerated in the
street. Talk of American gold shipments
to begin this week was persistent Tintos
and Anacondas were fat, fearing that
metal troubles in America will spread to
copper. Money was inamoderate demand.
Bills were steady. The bank did trifing
business in discounts and the market in
debtedness has not been completely re-
paid. indian buying of silver offsets
slight American selling.
WALL STREET GOSSIP-New York
stock gossip, reported by H Holbert &
Son, bankers and brokers, 341 Robert
street, National German-American Bank
building, st. Paul-Strong Sturgis & Co
wire us: I'VE have but little to say that
may be deemed satisfactory in regard to
this market. Prices are all lower the
demand is very light and the bears are
disposed to assist all efforts at liquida-
ton. The traction shares have taken a
still further turn downward and the in
Slders are apparently quite Indifferent to
this course. There seems no specific cause
Tor the selling today, and we must as
sumo that exhausted margins and pa
tience have much to do with IT. 1t might
be regarded as a good time to buy per-
fecty reliable railroad shares, were not
the whole market permeating with
sense of anxiety, not defined but general.
1t is possible that a rally may come to
the market between. this date and the
political conventions, but we hardly eX-
pcct II 1t should not come then it will
be idle to look for it during the remain
der of the summer. The shrinking in
prices is having most marked effect
upon the volume of business, and the
commission orders in the street are few
and far between, the dealings being to
great extent for personal account"
SEMoney on call steady at 2612i5 per
cent; last loan at 212. Prime mercantile
paper, 312W412 per cent Sterling ex-
change steadier, with actual business In
bankers bills at $4.SS14 for demand, and
at 4.S44s for sixty days; posted rates,
$500 and $4S9at4S912; commercial bills,
S4.63%44S4l3; silver certificates, 6006015c
MINNEAPOLIS Minneapolis,
May S.-New York exchange Tuesday:
Buying rate 25c discount, selling rate 25c
premium; Chicago exchange, buying rate
5oc discount, selling rate par; sterling,
S4&1s.
TREASURY sTATEMENT-Wa
May S-IooayS statement of the treas
ury balances in the general fund exclu-
SlVe of the $150,G0G,000 gold reserve in the
DIVISION or redemption, shows: Available
cash balances, $14. COL 327; gold, 81, 265, 1856.
BANK CLEARINGS.
st. Paul, 81, 006 S0OO5.
Minneapolis 81, S03, $40
Chicago. $24,013, G65
Boston, 800, 700 343
New York. $1SS, 73S 7S1
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-09
Nav. l9O0. NAV 1Sqq cain
800. compared witt

The following table shows the roads
over which Mondays receipts came in
and the number of loads hauled by each:
Cattle Hogs Sheen Mixed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-09

SHEEP.
Comparative receipts:
Total for today eestimatedl.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-09
NATIONAL INDEMNITY AND INsuR.
ANCE COMPANY.

Principal Office. Baltimore Maryland
(OrganiZed in 1897 Gustav w. Lurman,
President J. Bannister Hall, Secretary.
Attorney TO accept service In Minnesota,
Insurance Commissioner. Cash capital,
$780, 900