The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-01

Hog receipts 4,sOo: market loo i,
er. Bulk, $6.90@7.20: top, $50
Sheep receipts 5000; marx.
steady. Yearlings, $5.75@6.75; vas,|
ers, $5.5o@6.35; lambs, ss.5oasrs
ewes, $5.50@5.75.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO. Oct. 1.-Butter-E1tn
26c: firsts, 26@25Ac; dairy e1tr,,
2Sh@241kc: dairy firsts, 2lk@22Ac
+ Eggs-Firsts, 22h @23c; ordinsr
firsts, 21@221c.
Cheese Twins. 1a1x@1sAc: Youn
Americas. 14A@141ac.
Live poultry Fowls, 12ANl5c
ducks. 12@14c: geese, 10@12c; sprin
chickens, 15@16c: turkeys. lac.
Potatoes-Receipts SO cars; MINI.
sofas and Michigans. 38@40c per bu
Ohios, 3s@40c per bu.; Wisconsin,,
Q42c per blu.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, Oct. Flour mar
ket dull, irregular.
Pork market steady. Mess, $1,000
1850.
Lard market easier. Middle We,
spot. $8.45@S.56.
Sugar, raw, market steady. Cent?
fugal test, $3.76@3.ss; Muscavadd
SO test, $2.es@3.12.
Sugar, refined, market steady. Cut
loaf, $3.50; crushed, $50; powdered
$500; graduated. $3.50.
Coffee Rio No. on spot. exc.
Tallow market firm. City, SIC;
country, 81 @6Ac; special, shc.
Hay market steady. Prime S125o
100: No. 2. 921s @31.o0; clover, soc9l
N.15.
Dressed poultry market firm. Chick
ems, 17@27c: turkeys. 13921c: fowls
13@1Sc; ducks, 171s@1sc.
Live poultry market unsettled
Nominal. Fowls. 1s017c; chickens, u
@1sc.
Cheese market firm. State milf
common to specials, 12d15c; skins,
common to specials. 4612c.
| Butter market firm. Receipts 5,10A|
Creamery extras, 271sc; dairy tubl|
21@27c: imitation creamery hrstA|
22M @23c.
Egg market firm. r., pts sHs.
Nearby white fancy, 44G ACC; nearly
mixed fancy, 27@33c; fresh. 2sh csc.
Horse and Mule Market.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Sept. 30.-Horses-
Southern buyers were on hand, and al
| the supply in these types showed q
little Improvement over last Wednes1
day. little better trade was evident
| Eastern traders we're not very enthas
| iastic buyers: selling In this diyisloa
was rather dull.
| The central feature in the maffes
| was the buying Of war horses. In'
foreign governments were strong buy.
ers and a fair supply was disposed 9.
in this side of the market. Tne hns'
ilish took fair supplies, as did 1as
French add Belgians. consisting .
about the usual types, with h'u'
change II, prices. $3.50
Army horses ..-.....-.....sl ~
Heavy draft, choice to good 1ioaa .s:
Eastern chunks, extra quality itoan
Eastern chunks. plain $780,. .aai
Southern horses. extra quail
tty .--.-.... :.
Southern horses. plain !oa =
Choice drivers. with speed. ieees,
3 p,ner 50
Mules-A few cotton mules are 80.
! now and then and the local seq.
claim that a number OF these coula
disposed OF IL they could be secure
but the demand In these types !. |.
tbeen very light. A few big mu'
and miners are being sold out lh.,
must have extraordinary ouah'5
fore BUYERS will. consider taking lhe'
I1a
nc to 1914 hands .-.-.--..S i SSe,,
lis to 15ih hands .-.-....-.. ie le,,
IA to 14h hands -.......- 80
IL to 141e hands ........- 70
Mad Wall Street -
] NEW YORK, October Nv,
| street again went mad today u :.
! sneculation in war issues. SKY ~
| etinr prices were led by Un y,
States steel. which Advanced y p
the highest mark since lse'- "a
j On the stock exchange the Nv
post" was the center OF c,o
wildly excited traders 1anel s I.
the stock exchange were Clos
as the hours went by the '1N'N
business steadily increased. ,r
Sales to two o'clock todsy -
1.21a.oo0 shares. about 3Sc'"V
ahead OF two DAYS previous :,
i On the curb, men pushed anu
med in dense throng In tne
wildly shouting orders and pos
o3rred down. but there -
vmbreIIa in the crowd spca :
objects hadn't a chance ioi ,
Nam of the curb traders were
less. 49,
stock Market Notes;
.irUnited Press Leased wire Sc
Il NEW YORK. Oct 1.-Ini,ea
Steel common stock sold at sl'
highest price since 1907 on ,ns -
exchange shortly before noon
; Bull traders conferred their ar :
on the stock. sending it up .,v
Yesterdays closing price o
/ Of all the trading On the hoos
steel common. =,
Sales during the first two -
we're $4,000 shares ia aneae :.
records set earlier IN the wees !.
) sales recorded reached tots' -
!. loco shares =. -,
! Westinghouse was bid up to e
J -four points from the days .o -
j In this issue alone amounted y =
shares.