Show I W AS A WiLD UPROAR II i IN THE HEA T PIT An Exciting Day Among Chicago 1 Chi-cago Dealers BOND MAEKET FIRM > GAINING STRENGTH Lead and Silver Were Both Unsatisfactory Un-satisfactory I I I Dun ClearIng for the United Mutes hurt Cnnndii Several More S CItIes Apiienr This Week in the Increase Column General lie vlcvr of the Past XVecUs Business Ii Busi-ness News of the Markets of the World ion i 1 New York April 5The speculation r on the stock exchange todiy was confined r con-fined almost entirely to home trading Ai the opening the market was firm and active the first prices made being be-ing as a rule higher than the closing figures of yesterday sugar and Distilling Distil-ling being exceptions opening a fraction frac-tion lower and receding in the early dealings while the rest of the list under un-der the leadership of Lead went up 1 per cent to Hs in the first few minutes min-utes Sugar on small selling declined I s and then under fairly good buying took an upward turn advancing 2 and reacting at the close Distilling fell off in the opening trading as the effect of Judge Gibbons ordering the trial on its merits of the suit of the company against the Illinois Trust law There was a quick recovery of the loss and during the afternoon an advance of 13k of which 4 was lost in the closing clos-ing sales Between 11 and 12 oclock the market was very strong on a light volume of business and prices rose 114 to 2 ½ Toward noon there was a partial par-tial reaction but after midday the market became strong again and with an occasional reaction continued to advance ad-vance to the close the llnal dealings being in most cases at or near the best of the day The grangers were firm in a few of the active shares The bond market was firm in the early dealings gaining strength as the day advanced and closing strong 1 AS VIEWED MY BRADSTREET Outlook Appears io Be Anything hnt Roseate f i New York April Bradstreets will i t say tomorrow I Special telegrams from important distributing dis-tributing centers report general trade quite irregular previ us gains having I been followed by shrinkages in many instances Chicago jobbers in cotton dress fabrics fab-rics silks hardware clothing and lumber lum-ber report increased sales but at St Louis unfavorable weather has checked the demand for dry goods and millinery millin-ery Kansas City reports considerable activity ac-tivity in general lines as does Omaha where improved weather and good roads have stimulated business Planting throughout Nebraska is being be-ing pushed but the crops need rain At both cities last mentioned live stock interests have Improved The industrial feature of the week is found in thirtyone strikes throughout the country involving 40000 employees i principally among building trades at New York and Chicago Textile industries in-dustries at Patterson and New York coal miners and coke operators in western west-ern Pennsylvania also struck While bank clearings for March are 16 percent per-cent larger than in February they averaged av-eraged about 13900000f daily contrasted con-trasted with 13 < 5 000000 in February Except for Febr ry last and September Septem-ber and August of 1S93 last months clearings total is the smallest of any month for six years it is 31 per cent less than in March 1893 Three months clearings aggregate 11026000000 33 per cent less than last year Bank clearings this week aggregate about 5950 000000 28 per cent more I than last week but the total is 20 percent per-cent less tLan the like week last year Further advances in wheat are due to the scare based on frozen crop damage The monthly report of worlds supply of wheat indicates the United States will carry over more available wheat to July 30 than on any like date except in 1893 On April 1 the worlds wheat stock was smaller than one year ago the like of which has never been reported re-ported since February 1891 Exports of wheat flour included both coasts United States amount to 2778000 bushels bush-els this week against 2966000 bushels last week 3636000 bushels in the week a year ago and atrifie less than 3000000 bushels each in corresponding weeks two and three years ago Thre were 199 business failures reported re-ported to Bradstreets this week against 246 last week and 186 in the week a year ago 160 two years ago and 178 three years ago AS SEEN KY DUX Seigniorage Veto Has Greatly Helped Undines New York April GR G Duns weekly review of trade says Improvement in business has continued contin-ued sin e the presidents veto which has been sustained in the House But the best news of the week is a great decrease of failures of which full returns are given for the first time by months in the quarterly statement The number was 2000 In January 1 202 in February and 1005 in March The commercial liabilities were 31320 S67 in January 17930419 in February and 14760803 in March Nearly half the commercial liabilities were of firms failing during the first month much more than half of the trading liabilities liabili-ties 54 per cent as the full statement chows 42 per cent of the manufacturing manufac-turing liabilities and 49 per cent of the other commercial liabilities Moreover nearly twothirds of the banking liabilities liabil-ities were of failures in the first month and over half of the railroad liabilities liabili-ties Though the number of commercial commer-cial failures 4297 in the United States was never equalled in any quarter until the third quarter of last year the average of liabilities is only 14840 which is lower than appeared in the records for thirtyeight years at anytime any-time closely preceding any serious e I verse The degree of commercial soundness sound-ness and health thereby indicated gives l ground for hope that the liquidations t consequent upon the disaster of 1893 i have been in a large measure accomplished accom-plished 1 Wheat has been lifted about 4 cents i by reports of serious injury to the plant but the accounts are more than usually conflicting and there Is much uncertainty about the extent of the injury Western receipts were 1711147 f bushels for the week against 3170971 last yarv but the exports from the Atlantic I At-lantic ports were 749477 bushels against 1042135 last year Crn has declined 111 cents with western receipts of 2296169 bushels Pork illustrates the contrariness o t the hog by raising half a dsllar and lard is u shade higher The failures for the pst week have been 249 in the United States against 195 last year and 26 in Canada against 28 last year 0 f f Wheat Flnrry Frisco San Francisco Apiii 6There was a r lively flurry in May wheat on the board hera today the price being forced up to 117 per ce t f x advance of i L I < j l itt fL i I i I 2 cents on yesterdays closing price The advance was due to the efforts of Mc Glauflin Co who appear to be putting put-ting a finishing touch to the deal which the pool for which they are agents has been carrying on I WEEK IN FIXAXCE I Bradstreet Reviews the Movements Mailr I New York April 6Reviewing the financial situation Bradstreet will o morrow say The feature of the present I pres-ent week was the suspension of the foreign purchasing which furnished the motive power of the previous weeks market Various causes were assigned for the sudden slackening of interest in Americans in London and it was I even suggested that misconceptions in regard to the difficulties in South Carolina Car-olina had been effective in this connection connec-tion The more reasonable view of the matter is that the interest suddenly shown in our securities abroad was largely speculativethat the speculation specula-tion was overdone and quickly exhausted I exhaust-ed itself In support of this it might be mentioned that the foreign investments invest-ments dealt in for bonds has also been of a less active character At the same time London has appeared only as a moderate seller and retains for the time the greater part of its purchases I of both stocks and bonds in this market mar-ket The absence of liquidation from I this source has therefore sustained prices and though the professional element ele-ment made several attempts to bring about a reaction they meet with no success and seem to have only increased in-creased the outstanding short interest The trading was well distributed throughout the entire list The support I sup-port was divided among a number of commission houses it seems to come from one source and leads to the be I lief that the Gould party are on the i bull side Richmond Terminal Missouri I Mis-souri Kansas Texas partook in the improvement The granger and trunk line stocks were qtlet except for some pressure which the bears applied to the former early in the week St Paul rose I from 63Y to 64 I I New York Honey Market New York April 6Money on call I easy at 1 per cent last loan 1 per cent Prime mercantile paper 35Mj per cent I Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers bills 4S3ViQ4 iA for demand and 48748714 for sixty I i days posted rates 4SS489V com I mercial bills 486Vi Silver certificates 6lThe I The total sales of stock today were 210588 shares including American Sugar I Su-gar 30000 Burlington 7000 Chicago Gas 12000 Cheaspeake Ohio 5000 Distilling 11100 Missouri Pacific S 000 National Lead 7000 Rock Island 60000 St Paul 25000 Western Union Un-ion 71000 ICansas City Live Stock Kansas City April 6 Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 6700 shipments 1500 Steady to stronger Texas steers 290325 Texas cows 175250 shipping steers 285425 native cows 175325 stockers stock-ers and feeders 275350 bulls 175111 290 HogsReceipts 5900 shipments 1000 Opened strong and 510c higher closed weak to lOc lower Bulk 46S470 heavies packers and mixed 460475 lights packers and pigs 450g > 470 SheepReceipts 2200 shipments 900 1015c higher I i Chicago Live Stock Chicago April 6CattleReceipts 0000 active steady prime to extra native steers 440465 medium 410 430 others 330390 Texas 33S0 HOgsReceipts 11000 active 5c higher closing strong rough heavy 425460 packers and mixed 480 490 prime heavy and butchers weights SfJl 505 assorted light 5505 Sheep and lambsReceipts 12000 rather easy but not lower top sheep 495550 top lambs 525580 4 Abundance of Wine Washington April 6 6Dlscouragin reports come from the consular agent at Castellamare Italy as to the enormous enor-mous wine crop The grape crop is so abundant that many districts have not barrels and demijons sufficient to hold the juice and the cisterns are all filled with wine The great French wine crop by reducing the market of that country for Italian wines will compel large exports to other countries Suffered from the Cold Snap t New York April 6 Reports have 1 been received from the fruit growing regions of New York covering the damage done to the fruits and grapes i by the recent cold snap I From the grape growing regions the I reports are more favorable than a week ago Grapes had not been down when the freeze occurred and it is believed no material injury to the season yield I i will result i I State Bank Maters I Washington April 60er 150 Democratic Dem-ocratic members of the House today united in the request of Chairman Hol i man of the Democratic caucus for a caucus on the state bank question next Thursday I I Bonds and Oils I New York April Government I bonds firm state bonds inactive Petroleum I Pe-troleum steady Pennsylvania sales 11 none April options none closed 82 ½ bid Lima oil sales none i Bullion in the Bank London April Amount of bullion i gone into the Bank of England on balances I bal-ances decreased 25000 pounds GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS I New York April 6 U S 5s reg lira V S 5s coup US U S 4s res 114 U S is coup 114 u I S 4VzS retr SO Pacific 6s of 95 102 16 LOUl lana stamped 4s 96 Missouri 65 10 Tenn nev bet 6s 10216 Tenn new set 5s 101 Tenn new set 3s 78 Canada Southern South-ern 2nds 103i Central Pacific Ists 101 Denver Rio Grande Ists 114 Denver Rio Grande 4s 77 ½ Erie 2nds SO M K < feT fe-T Grit Cs IS M K T Gen as SJ Mutual Union 6s 111 N J C Int Cert 11H4 Northern Pacific Ists 113 Northern Pacific 2nds 86 Northwestern ConsoH HI Northwestern Debentures 5s 111 st L Iron M Gen 5s 78 > 4 St L San Fran Gen M tl5 St Paul Consols 32 St Paul Chlctlo Pacific lsts 111 Texas Pacific L G rr Bcth 4i4 Texas Pacific R G Tr Rets 2Gv Union Pacific Ists 107 West Shore 105 Rio Grande Western 1st 71 Atchison 4s 76 Atchison 38 MINING STOCKSSAN FRANCISCO San Francisco April 6 The official closing quotations for mining slcclcs today were as follows AIm 13 Helcher EJ Ursa Belch 2 40 Bodle Con H Bulver 5 Chollar 27 C C Va 2 SO Crown Point 53 Iureka Con 20 G C 70 H N 55 Mexican 1 35 Mono 6 Navajo 10 Nevada Q 5 Ophir 2 5 3 Iotosi T4 Savage 33 Sierra Nev 1 HO Union Con 71 Utah Yellow Jacket 59 MINING STOCKSNEW YORK New York April 6 Chollar C C C Va 22 > Ieadwood i CO H N 153 Fomestaks 11 00 Mexican 150 Ontario 700 Ophir 2 65 Plymouth 20 Sierra Nev 105 Standard 140 Union Con TO Yellow Jacket fcO Iron Silver 10 Quicksilver 200 Bulwer 5 Preferred 15 r NEW YORK GE ERA MARKET New York APr 6 HOPSQuiet prl PIG IRON Dull American 12001300 COPPER qulot lake 850 LEAD Easier domestic 320 SINER 13 dull TIN Firm straits 1325 bid plates I SPELTEREasy domestic nominal Jl ER COFFEE Options opened lralanll I heavy under Bearish pressure in conss quence of dull spots and absence of speculative specu-lative support closed dull 1015 points 1 net decline Sales 11250 bags including April at 16SO May 1B101620 June 15PO I j r v w c I fi11595 < > July 1570rrf575 September 1500 1520 October 140 December 1430 1405 spot coffee dull Rio dull No 7 17Y mill quiet Cordova 104gl9 sales 500 bags Central American p t Warehouse deliveries de-liveries yesterday 10430 bags New York stbck today lo9tCO bags United States stock 225JS2 bags afloat for the United States 261000 bags total visible for the I United States JSfOOS bags last year 527 26S Lags Rio Market firm No7 Rio 15 000 I exchange dd receipts 4000 bags stock 1150 < iO bags Santos Market quiet good average Santos nominal no quotations receipts 2000 bags stock 55000 bags Hamburg Market steady sales 7000 bags prices Vt pfg lower London Market quiet April 3d lower September J3 higher other months unchanged un-changed Havre Market deafly sales 20000 bags near months unchanged to J4f higher later months unchanged to 11f lower SUGARRaw market dunf sales none refined quiet and steady RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS New York April 0 Atchison 1fltg Adams Ex150 Alton Ter fL Liy 1 American Ex113 Preferred150 B 0 Sy Can Pacific lii Can Southern 52l Cen Pacific Ifi Ches Ohio 10 Chicago Alton 140 C B Q 83 Chicago Gas 64Y Con Gas136 C C C St J 4Slh Colo C 1 12ls Cot Oil Cert 32 I Del BudsonH2t DelL W10iD R G pfd 3l3 Dis < SL CFCo 25 East Tenn 1 Erie 25iEast Wayne1W I Preferred 31 Great N pfdl04 I C E J p50i5 Hocking Val 20 I III Central 91 St Paul D 24 I K T pfd 2ii Lake E W 161 Lake Shore151 Preferred iJS Louis Nash 32 Man Con125 item Char 5 Mich Cen 9S2 Mo Pacific 32 Mobile Ohio lF > i I Nash Chat 75 Nat Cordage 22 IN J Central114 Preferred 44 N W pfd 25 N American 5 IN Pacific 5i U P D G Preferredii4 Nwestern 109 4 N Y Centril10i g Preferred 1IJ Ontario W 17 > 4 Ore Imp 16 Ore Nav 25 OSL UN IQ1f PacIfic Mail 17P D E lt i Pittsbnrg 151 Pullman 170 I Heading 21 41Uch Ter S V4 R G W IHi Preferred 18 Preferred 42 Rock Island 72 St Paul f5s St P 0 40S Preferred125 Preferred 155 M I IS Pacific n 2n Sugar Refinery 92i Tenn C i in1 Texas Pacific 10 T O Cen 1 fd i < Union Pacific 224 U S Express f 52 W St L P SS Fargo Ex 122 Preferred lS3 Whealing L E 124 W Union 85 > 4 PreferredtOMinn St L 13 D R G 1 Gen Electric 101 Colo H 1 27 Nat Llnseed20y Preferred CS BOSTON QUOTATIONS I Boston April f Atchis on 35 Telephone IS Mexican S Burlington 821 R San Diego i h i LIVERPOOL GRAIN LIverppol April 6 WHEAT Demand poor holders offer sparingly No 1 California 5s ld5s 2J led western winters 4s 1005s 1hd CORNFirm demand moderate new mixed 4s d Receipts of wheat for the past three Jays 120000 centals including 89000 Ameri can Receipts ot American corn tor tne bad past three days 23200 The weather is AVIIERE WE ARE AT Dank Cleilriugs for the United States and Canada New York April 6 The following table compiled by Brad streets shows the total clearances at the principal cities and the percentage of increase In-crease or decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year Cit s IAmountsllncIDe New york 258175712i2 Chicago 78161 212 Boston 86793728 1212 Philadelphia 700437 St Louis J9411179 215 g Igg 11 San Francisco 12552393 122 Baltimore 125270 I J5 Pltt burg 24583i 191 Cinclrnat 130170 1 8 Kansas Cit 932639 173 New Orleans S557218 211 Buffalo 434011 1503 I auke a59221 167 Detroit 5879155 185 k 1 8j Louisville 6952SIS 207 Minreapolis 4S20766 1327 I 1nleapols 4520716 5070 232 Providence 42010 1232 Cleveland 4317540 216 431540 1 iG Houston 3222959 393 I St Paul m 3299 3 5 Denver 180 18 Indianapolis 3469631 12 Indianapols 3459t1 I Columbus 0 34iO8 40 121 Hartford 25376 9 5 Richmond 21232 3 51 Washington 3tGO419 39 I Duluth 1942653 781 I Dallas 20996229 St 1348974 261 Peoria H 1S303 25 Memphis 1415131 jWO Portland Or 109456 IlfO I Portand i Hocheter 148GSI 209 I ew Haven 146769 101 Savannah 1631452 11 SprIngfield Muss 1214i 53 nrodo 1210058 1210 d u u 12003 1219 Portland Me 1256432 171 Atlanta 10272 lI1 Atanta 1 Fort Worth 9004f8 32S Yace 124523 15 J Syracuse 91426 11 l5 Des Moines 121389 171 Grand Rapids 1 703237 1212 780Shl 410 Seattle 780S7t Todl Seale 56061 1410 Wilmington Del 6S45 27G Wimington 12152f342 SIOUX City 78i112 1 355 Les Angeles 73Q49 1133 Tacoma 551171 1511 SagInaw Ich 246100 3U Spokane 3239521 I iX 3 Jacksonville 522605 525 Jacksonlle 5i22 1112 New Bedford 5579 22k Wichita 1S77U5 Birmingham 36127 40 Topeka 151036 260 Lexington Ky 3409 162 Binghainptofl 10iO 1971 Emporia Ran 73865601 3ay City Uch 106 1all Rlver 7873 101 Akron 0 18339 4Ui Springfield 0 13513 to 0 Carter 0 11 Sioux Fals 12994 95 FreMont 1 GO Hastings Neb 1297 Hastngs Chatanoogi 22825 Fargo 95f7 Nashville Galveston 35089i8 23flS 450 107 I gait Lake 1301f60 250 Scranton i5557 I Helena 51151 11 T t ifr United States 918662181 212 Exclusive of NEW York t1OSO421 210 DOMiNION OF CANADA CItes Ai1Omtsllnci Montreal 1 1 112il3 Toronto I 61629131 I Halifax 11742501225 Hamilton 1256921 139 WInnipeg 781226 Total 1981469 22 CHICAGO GENERAL MARKEr 1 Chicago April 6 It was a wild uproar day in the wheat i pit First there was a drop of 1 cents in May and then a series of jumps until it had advanced 2Vt cents and later a sudden collapse of 118 with a gain of cat I c-at the end Spreaders who had been Swcrking in the expectation of July goIng I i to a premium of 31A cents were stranded by those months coining together for a few minutes I with a clash ordet the covering cover-ing of a line of short wheat for a Baltimore Balti-more house who found it was unable to 1 to further margin calls respond cs were among the reasons for the great excitement excite-ment which ruled during the greater part of the session Corn and oats received some benefit from the strength of wheat but lost it all again Provisions were weak and dull pork closing at from 15 to 18 cents decline The leading futures ranged a follow WHEAT NO 2 I Open HighestiLowest S I April 63 65 62 63 ApnI661 IS 64 Julyv 65ij3i63i1 6 16S 8 I CORN NO 2 = I I Open lHlghestlIowest1 Close April 3 8 37 1S4 1 May 13T 1 Ills 31 39t41139 I July 3955fj5940 l9t1139i911J9ii I OATS NO 2 1 Open HighestlLowest1 Close I May 3131a 31Ita 31 June 3l it 131 131 July 95 l0 2 2QL SeptM3SS 26 12C 125 j T 121 MESS PORK PER BBL I Open Highest ILowest1 Close May 2of111h1112 Il97r Iiifli1 Julj l 1203 12bO 11105 11200 JEl LARD PER 100 LBS I Open IHighestlLowestl Close 1 ApriVTTl I I I 1715 I iray 705 71254 70254 710 1fay IS July 690 G92Y 68 687k SHORT RIBS PER 100 LBS I Open HlghestlLowestC105e May G10 61714617 61254 uly 610 I IU2V 605 60o 1 Cash quotation were as follows FLOUR Firm wee I WHEAT Spring No2 6 No 3 sprng WHASIrn No2 red 6 I CORNNO 2 ssvi I OATS No 2 3jys No2 while 32 NOj a white 3Y3fi RYENo2 50 BARLEYNo 2 nominal No 3 50jS No i 455G 4556 FLAX SEED130 SEEDlW TIMOTHY Prime seed 425430 MESS PORKPer barrel ll9oll97V5 LARDPer 100 pounds 722 ½ 11725 I SHORT RlBSSides loose C10Sfil2V SHOULDERS Dry salted cboxed 581 G121 short clear sides boxed 601 VM 650 WHISKY Distillers fin hied gods par 1 gallon 115 SUGARS Cut loaf 524 granulated 419 tandaid A 436 i Article I Rec f I Ship Flour barrs 24000 25001 o 2OO Wheat bushels 260 1001 Corn bushels 2 0 31900 Oats bushels 220117IO Rye bushels 50 70 Barley bushels O 1i today the hut On the produce exchange U AJ v ter market was nrm unchanged eggs unchanged steady e I |