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The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
Closing quotations:


-Broonhalrs latest By mail says their Odessa
correspondent cablss that q blizzard 10 raging
there and that II is freezing hard In his iates.
mail advfces our correspondent stated that 10
would BE- for bad crops n hard fros1 should set
N without snow. but It well known that a
said the winter wheat crops owing TO the warm
weather and few showers Of rain have greatly
improved. and the prospects 10 far for these
crops have very much improved; in fact the con-
dttion OF the crops could not be better and
should nothing happen 10 inture them. II Is
pretty certain that there VIII be q good average
crop Of wheat.
The official report OF the grain crops In Ger
many for this year is lH.6o0.top bu. Of wheat
against lH.5 $50 coo bu. last year: rye 3lA11s 90
bU.. against 3fS SOS oeO bu. barley 1s2 40 90 bu
against l5l.bs4 Glo bu last year; oats al go 0o5
bu-. against ass. 90 90 bu.
The worlds exports Of wheat Aug: to Dec.
:. Gs. .0o0 bu. against IS s32 90 bu. and from
Nov- S,ss.1o bu., against fs.S-.Wo bu. last
year.
This latest reports from Europe state that the
weather has generally continued mild and favor
able for the growing crops
The very much smaller clearancss from this
country for week reduce the estimates materially
bu. Is expected to be the total
The cash business in wheat at Chicago was
100000 bu- No. hard winter. besides 1900 bu.
corn and l05 90 bu- oats At the seaboard
pcrters bought $50. coo bg. wheat. aznvo hu- corn
and 5000 bu- oats
Australia shipped t3s.oo bu. wheat this week.
against ~ 90 bu last week and n1,uo bu. a
year ago
English farmers deliveries Of homegrown
wheat this week were s12 90 bu. At average price
Of slisc per bu-. against 33t. 90 bu. at Src last
week and "a oo5 bu. at Istc a year ago
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
strong Prices Prevailed, but Trading
Iight-Mcchanfcs' Bank Wanted

Another quiet day was experienced on the local
Stock Exchange. but a strong undsrtone marked
made were az or near the top prices of the day.
There were no exciting Developments, and. COM
kst was tame. some trouble was experienced
n Getting tog.thsr on syndicate fractions ana
demand Was fair. but confined chiefly to one
house. the repressntstiys OF which bought .
%hich was bid iaier. I ana "a s 81 asked '' al ''-''
The best I'd sss only Us and SIS. So asked ses T
sold al ,ss 70 early and later sss = was bid and
es.15 asked
The one feature Of the market was ths de-
mand for Aeehanics' Bank stock. the sales and
70 shares mostly N small Iots. and IL Which iIad
brought teos. 80 and $40. the bulk bringing the
and strong bat bids drew out no selling offers
and no trades we're made.
Trading Is ,yus, stocks we're confined as usual,
10 Mississippi Valley. Of which % shares so!d
has been the case ever since the demand started
the buying wss all by one house. which has
nor /. pool; Mercantile was IN demand. and was
bid IL points higher. at Sz,p and $50 asked. 81,
Louis was strong at fsss bid.
Mining rsoeks were quiet. and American -Nettis
nsde Th.rs S''a ~ss n' dsanS for GSantsB eesc
Metallic around ,2.so. and so shares changed
hands at that during the meeting.
International Automatic Air Brake and Coupler
bobbed up again yesterday ana wss 10 demand
and largely higher at A.lS bid and A.s0 asked
Tie last sale made was at s3-s5
BreWery's .f.oe, CO were wanted in quiet
way. snd were bid $1,000. with slo0.75 asked
There we're a number of dead ones trotted out
orders for the more active stocks are scarce
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
NEW YORK POULTRY MARKET.
Review of the Week Shows Prices
Medium, Demand Light.
REPURIIc sPr,r,r


st Nsw York. Jan. 19-Poultry receipts to-
,h were light, but trade was limited. and
ellei demand was for fancy chickens
are recalled.
f,e me market opened quietly on Monday;
W. n receipts were not heavy. ard receivers
" last week
se,sih1 e,Ssih1ekens generally were not saIsble over
sns 3. Dul on reasonably soft-meated chick
fo-s was possible 10 reach i0Gl0iec while
err.a ie~ marks Of very closely graded
~ dppeNed, as well as known fancy marks
sihlo o,io ~ anu anu Michigan scalded, it was pos
Fe,,tJ ~ set llc, but latter extreme.
on.I,as are averaging a little better in
Ss-el1ty, and sold generally al sl.a1Oc. Very
w7ssas sfaded heavy fowls sold up to 10izc,
- an n9 average Iun Of fowls did not ex-
%. receipts later in the week were
xra.'e eoby, ana market ruled slow at steady
arsS fe. WIN desirable grades Of chickens
III 1--WE cleaned up rather closely
o,,t. supply Of turkeys this week was
ssno-, HSdVy, but there was an entire ao-
os1nse eI any speculative feeling. and the
,iono ,i,,o Was confined TO regular consump-
snicha chahnels, which WIS not of sufficient
nh uale 10 make any inroads into the sup
pS coming forward
Ouring the first half of the week IL was
ssrysSSStoie 10 reach nc on all young hens.
f...l sals mixed old and young brought 10Iac. A
~ hhoWn marks Of fancy young toms that
IL IRE closely graded and weighed under Is
Ne ~. each, brought 9izc hut few lots run
,sr-as v1,s. nice enough TO reach SC, while heavy
=. sstas y were not carefully handled had to sell
q, from sq7c per h.
AvNards the close the receipts Increased
...aesrisliy and without any corresponding
..Agshsion In the demand, the market ruled
wax and declined TO iogl9Isc on hens.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20

kes h at the same time was exceedingly quiet
offerings very small all through the mar
ket- In order to purchase. full late prices
would have to be paid Even then little could
De obtained. There was. however, but 4
very mild ;Daui-y. Local movement very
moderate. Receipts II cars. or $3.50 bu., nr
which ears were Inspected and cars
granded contract. Only 1 car or ess bu
taken out Minneapolis had good receipts s.
cars Arrivals at Duluth small. 8 cars No. l
sold in exchange for May at ss4, and In
the regular way $i.S was bid No. / Nortf
western nominally A.e6. Rejected sold sper-
lnsiy at N-62. Jan. delivery inactive 81 s.
bid May sold in exchange at 81 SS and iust
after the close H.79 was bid
Timothy and Glover Seeds.
Nothing transpired to indicate any change.
A few lots were offered and were taken
They were mostly fair country seed ami
ranged at A2Sd4-8 Nothing was done I'm
futures. For Jan. delivery $3.50 was hid
March was nominally about $40. Coun-
try lots still have quotable range OF
s. -Dd4s5 for low grade to fancy. with fair
to good A. 2Sd4t0, and bright seed higher.
Clover-So little offered that no business
was possible. and was nominally steady at
over q range Of s5G1f for poor to choice
Fair to good quality about ss5oGio.25. Con-
tract grade about 81. and March delivery
about xi1H11.N.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
PARADE UNION MEETS TO-DAY.
Laymen and Clergy Seek to Be
Grand Marshal.

The annual meeting OF the Irish Catholic
Parade Union for the election Of grand mar
shal for the parade and other Officers will
be held this evening at o'clock at No. 2s2s
Washington avenue. An animated rivalry
exists between clergymen and laymen for
the honor Of leading the parade as grand
marshal
Among the clerical candidates are Father
J. T. Tetmer of the Church OF the Holy
Name: Father John A Tracy OF ct. Teresa's
Church: Father Dempsey of 81. Patrick's
Church; Father Patrick Dooley Of the
Church Of the Assumption. The following
are the laymen who have aspirations: Jer-
emiah Murphy, Michael Cullen. Peter
Walsh. Michael P. Sullivan, Doctor J. T.
Cunningham.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
,EUcHRE PARTY FOR ST. MARKS.
Proceeds Will Go to Fund for New
Building.

large euchre party and bazaar will be
held at West End Hall. Vsndeventer and
finney avenues. on the evenings Of F'ebru-
airy and g. The money derived from the
entertainment will be added to the fund al
ready raised for the erection of new ST.
Marks Church. at Academy and Minerva
avenues. Most OF the money fer the new
church has been raised by the pastor the
Reverend p. e. O'Rourke. in the parish.
MANY Of the parishiOners having pledged
themselves TO donate certain sum
monthly.
Ground will be broken for the erection OF
the church early next month. and when
the funds derived from the benefit enter
tainment are added TO the amount on hand
1t is expected that the sum will be suffi-
eient to carry on the work Of building with
out unnecessary delay. Many, handsome
prizes have been donated for the euchre
party.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
New York Market Gossip.

The fsllowtas .ynop... q n the s soss,P in regard
10 me SecsSa sy r SIo 9GS c
New York Jan 1s.-Cables from London re-
nav. wee. iS ses ass. tsS aS IN ,s
esy but for New York buying After our opening
CURB Ss0os.s e MG: q aT 3
seiiins was by LAdeburs,, rhsInsnn & Co. who
tSs s's sther Foreign houses Ths sales IN ali .aons
"a to over 5OO59 shares sne were the chief fac
tor IN forcing declines in stocks like Anaconda
Commis.ion houses were heavy seller. at times
to-day. but on decline. received many buying
ders. The extreme declines in nearly all cases
Msny o .soks Were what the street term. honey
combed'' with stop orders and the traders made
There was good deal Of talk in the exchange
OF a bull interest having liquidated week ago
sbe sbseT arSet foloWins this up With heavy selling
orders in the last two days
stocks like Missouri Pasiae and Federal Steel
stocks in the early trading on stories IN the
hut the London selling and growing under
Queen Victoria will be regarded In Europe as a
disaster caused general stampede the effects OF
which made greater by the Withdrawal OF
Missouri Pacific was quoted opening with
giS & Co. fought seDo around the opening and
pool traders hid for the stock during the early
sfS@kl shorty before the close the INSIDE buy
ing orders were suddenly Withdrawn. and stock
a. A. Houssnan & Co were heavy buyers of
Il r T and Union BdClnc at intervals during
the day The room traders were aggressive SELL
ers OF 3. r. 7. and succeeded in reaching -lany
stop orders. The decline WIS considered more
Important because Of fs general BELIEF that some
Important change In the management will occur
" the snanee ssnai n WaSss was
posed 6 bs eennec'sd s IN = some way with the Ms
en- buying % noose9 Of the bonds BY J: q
feet in the bull movement in the stock.
London cables were as fellows:
Iondorp I:&s p. m--Money is abundant and this
Is reffsc.ei in easier discounts Home securities
however. are generally duh and depressed on re-
ported serious illness Of Queen Victoria
American railway shares after opening nat.
now show a tendency toward improvement
Iz:3o D m.-Cousois declined 4: J. C advanced
Z: L 4 y; declined VI Cnien Pacific preferred
ferred declined n: Pennsyivsnla declined 4; y
p preferred declined y: Anaconda declined sS-
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
DISHONESTY IN THE
DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
Four Clerks Discharged and Ger
eral Reorganization of the
Force Is Probable.
REPUBLLC SPECIAL

REPUBLLC SPECIAL.
Washington. Jan. 1a-The Postmaster
General to-day removed four clerks of the
dead letter ofice for dishonesty in connec-
ton with the annual auction sale OF un-
claimed merchandise in that Office.
These clerks. II Is said. made wrong labels
OF the packages to be sold. which con-
ceaied their value. Then. by means OF
marked catalogues. they had confederates
bid in the valuable packages for them. in
this way securing at great bargains such
valuable articles as diamonds. jeweiry, fine
laces. etc.
During the holidays a great deal of such
merchandise is lost in the mails, and after
failure Of all efforts to locate the owner IL
Is sold at public auction. The packages
are supposed to be described accurately, so
that fair prices can be secured.
One OF the clerks removed has been the
chief Of the property division. The ex-
pos1re will result in a general reorganiza-
tion Of the dead letter office
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20

while sQsIzc was top on average young
toms. One sale of fancy graded young
toms was reported this morning at &c,
which Is extreme.
Western capons are coming in quite free
ly, but the plentiful supply OF turkeys re-
duces the demand TO quite light proportions
and hardly enough selling to fairly test
the market. Extra fancy large Ohio and
Indiana capons sell up to 14dl4Isc. but few
straight lines OF either coming that are
fine enough TO exceed 13ilc straight. while
l3c is all that best can command. Mixed
slips and stays sell slowly at from l0Il1c,
The usual proportion of capon-dressed
chickens Is coming forward, and one ship
per who dressed a shipment Of heavy fowls
in that manner ordered his commission
house here TO sell them as capons."
A few fancy Western ducks brought l2c,
or even 12izc. but average grades Of West
ern ducks are more plenty and selling
slowly at 10d1lc.
BOND SALES At NEW YORK.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. Jan. ls.-Sales Of bonds were made
here to-day as follows:
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
Deciae or Court House p,.n,

REPCBI-fC SPECIAL
Hehon. Neb.. Jan. 19.-The Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners have been in session this
week. examining plans for the new court
house. This forenoon the one exhibited by-
j. Riley Gordon OF Dallas. Tex, was So
lected.. and he was employed as archftec:
The building will be of brick, trimmed with
stones and will cost $4,000. -
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
Take Your Time.

The Dixie Flyer now leaves ST. Louis at
10:ls D. m, daily. Through Buffet-Sleeping
ears for jacksonville, Fla. via Nashville,
Chattanooga and Atlanta Particulars at
Illinois Central New City Ticket once, No.
3Qs North Broadway.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
xev York stock Quotations.

st. Louis, Saturday. Jan ~ ieri
The following shows the opening. highest low
est and closing quotations the New York
Stock Exchange to-dsv. Corrected daily for The
Pepublic by y. r. Francis. Bro & Co. bonds and
stocks. "a North Fourth street
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
WEEKS MONEY MARKET.
No Changes-Demand for Money Lixhf
and Rates Easy. hut Unchanged.

The local banks and trust companies during
the past week dsd good general business
though IL ives not % be compared with that
OF the week before. Stfli the situation in very
many ways was satisfactory, and there vas utss
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
a city of st. Louis.
= Corrected daily By Gaylord. Blessing & Co, sD.
LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE

Received daily by d. X. Francis. Bro. & Co 4:
Pittsturg Plate Glass last sale ls2
Westinghouse Air Brake. last sale ls3.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
STOCKS AND BONDS IN BOSTON.
i: time loans 3Is64.

Boston. Jan. 1s.-Quotations on money. stocks
'onds and mining shares were as follows:
Money.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20

cause for complaint. bankers In jority OF
stating that they were well satisfied In
most respects. The demand for money Il IL
true fell OF and was not what bankers
would have liked TO see. and as a consequence
a slightly easier tone prevailed. though there was
no quOtable change in interest rates, the basis
for loans on call and time collateral being from
to per cent In the extreme. with the bulk
cert. There abundance OF funds at an
the banks, the deposits being large all Of the
week and considerable money having accumu-
lated through this and other sources. Checking
brtsk all through the week. and very
satisfactory and good businesr done with
country banks. The bank statements recently
made public show up In the most satisfactory
way. all OF them having made big earnings
Nearly all Of them have held their annual meet
ngs but there have been very few changes In
the directorstes. and none In the list OF Of
rcerS.
The daily average OF bank clearinss the past
week fairly large. and for the week were
In excess OF the week before. and largely so
compared with those Of the corresponding
I,.,,s. & foiiaUx.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
New York Curb stocks.

By wire 70 Bennett WaseTnlan e Co, 81.
Louis:
New York ian. Is.-Ths closing prices on curb
securities to-day were follows:
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
ENORMOUS PROFITS

Hi mining investment naturally attractive to
lhtest0Iss yet every mine Is not a Bonanza.
Slu Sl al mining inv estments not successful.
We ddFise combination investments divided
among promising first issues Of treasury stock
Ut nefeiopment ana regular dividend payers and
our customers have secured from III
10 % per cent interest and from 80 to
NoV per cent profit during 1900. with
OUT a single instance of loss in a list of
xxi AoD investors by acting this advice.
Seokles describing successful plan and
plktADie mining Investments. ProSpsctuses OF
H9Ssing mines and dividend payers. reports.
subscription blanks. etc mailed free to
any one Interested in high rates of
interest, large profits and security OF
principal.
DOUGLAS, LACY & co. EHssEss stssEss. .
70 bfpOADNAN Il NEW ST. New York
Boston; International Trust Co Bldg.
braBfka PniIsdelphia. BetZ Building
I Cleveland: Ciyshoga Building
Chicago: Fisher Building
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
Oats.

Business in the oat market was very
quiet, but when favored with encourage
.nent from the neighboring markets. oats
inclined to the bull sice. Local receipts were
24s cars compared with l91 the correspond
ing day of the previous year, but shipments
hence were about the same to-day as last
year, the quantity being I79. $50 bu.. against
17S Ss8 bu. Ciearances from the seaboari
were again quite small. only $1,000 bu. being
reported Cash business was light both
here and at the seaboard- Receipts 2& cars,
with 3S5 estimated FOR Monday. No. oats
steady. with moderate trading. Nav sold
at 25h9kc. Opened at 25isG2Shc; sold at
2s1.c to 25Sc; closed at 25lsc.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
Provisions.
Rye.

The market was quiet and steady. Very
little inquiry for cash. even millers and dis
tillers not In need of stock to-day and
trade very light. both In cash and futures.
The receipts were two cars and there was
Inspected out of elevators here $50 SKIS. and
two ears. There were no exports from the
sea board. No. I'm store nominally 47a.c
and fresh receipts. free on board. quotably
5O15llxc No. In store nominaIiy about
lsc and sold free on board at i9c. May
sold al 4sifc, and closed at 1910 bid.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
The BAN Ks.

New York Jan. 1sl-Money on call easier at
sterling exchange nominally firm, with actual
business In bankers bills at As5.G4sTA for de-
sLs4l4 s4l. and s4S: commercial bills sAs2&H
ASH silver certificates e4isp psSlsc Mexican dol
strong Experts Of gold and silver from this
MORT 10 ali countries for this week aggregate 81
iI5 s6s silver hars ard coin and 81. s4.s73 gold.
The Imports Of specie this week We're s1i 4,e gold
ard SIIIes silver. The imports Of dry goods and
ns-chandise to the port Of New York for the
wees were valued at SO. SIS Exchanges sa7s
Ga $50: balances 81 97s. s4l-
Boston Jan Is.-Exchanges 81 7si.0ss; balances
81 as. ~. =. 60.
PhilaceIphIa. Pa. JAM H-C1ear1nss fi5.55S.-
so Ra,rinaore. Nd. Jan r.-clearings 80 81 ga;
cnicsgo Jan. 1s.-Clearings SIS OF, ,3ss: balances
8, SO "a Posted exchange AA2i-H- New York
exchanxe aoc premium
Cinri1,afi o., jan 1s.-Money 3ds per cent
New YORK exchange aec premium Clearinss g.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20

Aside from the very encouraging fact
that the local market for oats ruled Arm all
of the week and closed slightly higher
there were no important developments in
this grain during the week. There was Lo
speculation Of any kind to speak of and
terest taken. steady to firm tone pre-
vailed all through the week and price
changes were OF the smallest. and they
closed at a gain of 1zc for Jan, which
was nominally 25i4c and of &c for May,
which was quoted at 25$.c asked.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20

vssbirston jan 1e-To-dsy's statement OF
~ -rraa sllrv balances in the general fund.
sIrisye Of the sis5oco.0o) gol1 reserve In the d.
Vision OF redempton. shows: Avaiiabie cash bal
snces sis7, Isl. $50: gold. ss'.s5.N
Bar Silver.
S,v York Jan. Is.-Bar silver. See.
LS,rdon Jan Bar siiSer steady at y ll-lsd
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
" week iast year ---..-.----. SS.As'sfss S,fJgs&5
Domestic Exchange.

Whitaker q Co.. bond. stock. commercial pa
per and exchange brokers. 5c0 North Fourth
street. quote exchange as follows:
Bid Asked
New York SOC prem loc prem
tlncinnau .-----.---.-----luc QlS
LOUISVILLE .-----s. -s------------..Ipt uls par
chicago .--.------.-.- .-.--.---.lOc prem z3c
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
Government Bonds.
New York Mining Stocks.


Received daily By G. H Walker ( Co. No. :l1
y Fourth street
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
Range of Futures.

There was a strong undsrtone. The mar
The Yale expositor., 1901-06-21
Kssninr FLOWERS Frssh.

Cut flowers, though universally en-
ployed, are seldom treated as they
ought to be, so here are few hints
for those who like to keep their bios
SONS fresh as long as possible.
First of all, they should be put into
some large receptacle and sprinkled
freely with water all over. Only after
this preliminary operation it is wise to
transfer them to the several pots they
are to occupy. They ought to be taken
out every morning, sprinkled as on
the first day, the tip of the stem then
being cut off. and fresh water, flow
ing from a tap, should be allowed to
run over the stalks, holding the flow
ers head downward, says the Philadel-
phia Press.
Finally, and herein lies the principal
secret of success, the water in the
vases may be "doctored" in this man
ner. Mix thoroughly together table
spoonful Of finely shredded yellow
soap, enough chloride of sodium to
cover form, and half pint of water.
Put in portion of this mixture into
every receptacle and fill in the usual
way.
A pinch of borax In each one will
preserve all the coloring of the most
brilliant flowers, and by renewing the
supply of the above solution every two
or three days the flowers will last for
a couple of weeks or more. Palms and
all foliage plants must be carefully
but moderately watered, washed, put
outside daily for bath of air and sun
shine and must not be stood in
draughty places.
The Yale expositor., 1901-06-21
From Greenland's Icy Mountains.
Artificial Silk.

The manufacture of artificial silk, il
is reported, has become quite thirty
ing industry in Germany, although il
seems there are only certain purposes
for which it can be used, but still these
are very numerous. The output of the
Elberfeld district alone, it is said,
amounts to $125,OOO monthly. Certain
disadvantages connected with the
product among which is its highly in.
fammable character, having acted as a
deterrent to its manufacture, but an
Improvement in the process has re-
Gently come into use in France which
avoids most of these disadvantages.
According to this method dry nitro.
cellulose. india-rubber solution and a
salt of tin, preferably stannous chlor.
ide, are mixed together in the proper
lions Of 100 pounds of the first to Z
pounds of the second and pounds OF
the last. To this a suitable solvent,
like benzine, is added in such quantity
as will bring the mixture to the de-
sired consistency.