Show II MARKETS OF THE WORLD Lack of Confidence Noted in the United States Unted Sttes LOWEST PRICES EVER I j MADE FOR WHEAT i Wall Street Was Dull and Ln interestiuir I I Ont Five Cities in the Country Ap jicar in the Increase Column of I the Clearing House Salt Luke 31 aUcs i Good Comparative Showing Show-ing Sugmr Gives Way Fivc Eighths Per Cent Doth Dun and Bradstrect Report the Money Market Mar-ket Easy but n Decided Indifference Indiffer-ence as to Speculation 1 New York May 11R G Dun Cos weekly review of trade The speculation In grain has again broken records with t t the lowest price ever made for wheat s although receipts are smaller than a year ago while exports are smaller by more than a quarter The prevailing belief is the yield will as in recent years far exceed the government indications which f are again pointing to a short crop i Corn has changed but little and corn products have been fairly steady with oil and coffee unchanged but cotton is weaker in tone although receipts from plantations are a little smaller than a year ago I is a striking evidence of the general lack of onfidence that there is so little spe ulat while money is f abundant almost beyond precedent One large failure about > doubled the aggregate ag-gregate of liabilities for firms failing in the week ending May 3 which would otherwise have been quite small but were 2922792 The number and the general gen-eral average of liabilities are still encouragingly verge couragingly shrinking For four weeks of Apnl liabilities reported were SS86S62 of which S36S7220 were of manufacturIng manufactur-ing and 54077693 of trading concerns For the past week the failures have been 206 in the United States acrainst 257 last year and 7nfn Canada against 23 last year with none of special Importance although four failures of banks are included ON WALL STREET New York May iLA more uninteresting uninterest-ing day has not been experienced in Wall street for months The speculation was stagnant and even the rumormongers rumormon-gers were at work but little The total transactions wore iess than 90000 shares and in only two stocks Sugar and Chicago Chi-cago Gas did the sales exceed 10000 shares St Paul and General Electric made some appearance In the dealings but the rest of the list was sadly neglected I seemed as if the speculative fraternity at large had taken a breathing spell awaiting developments on which to operate oper-ate leaving it to the roomtraders to get up a semblance 6f a market I was expected that the gold engagements engage-ments for Saturday would reach 53000000 and they did come within 5100000 of that figure This incident had not therefore fgre effect on the speculation All of the gold withdrawn for export came from the United States treasury The trading at the opening was firm but upon a slight pressure to sell Sugar gave way and a few other shares a small fraction but the general market was without movement except Chicago Gas ad Lake Shore which advanced z > R and 1 respectively During the first hour the fluctuations were still narrower and the trading in lighter volume The prevailing tone during the morning was firmness but after midday the market became heavy and during the afternoon the tendency of prices was downward The dealings were very irregular during the last fifteen minutes of business and the market closed without change The bond market was firmer with small business The total sales of stocks today were S96S3 shares including American Sugar 22400 Burlington 3 O Chicago Gas 16 5 Whisky 2200 General Electric 8000 St Paul 5200 REVIEW OF THE STOCK MARKET New York May Bradstreets review of the stock market tomorrow will say Entire absence of any bull professional interests in speculation ineffectual efforts ef-forts by bear traders to produce liquidation liquida-tion and manipulation on the one or two industrial stocks made up the record of this weeks stock market Transactions have been on an exceedingly limited scale Jurope having done nothing while outside participation as guag d by the action by commission brokerage firms is at a very low ebb The Okl market was re 1f waiting for an apperance of the amended tariff in the Senate but the publication o trif the measure being attended by reports indicative in-dicative of further delay and possible conflict con-flict between the two houses of Congress its effects were slight if not disappointing ingThr continuance of the gold shipments to Europe which amounted for the weeK to 6000000 has attracted attention but appears to have had no influence on speculative spec-ulative sentiment The extreme ease of the money market mar-ket is in this respect a controlling factor and indeed furnishes the most cogent reason of the absence of any tendency io liouidrte Interest in the industrials centered cen-tered HI usual in Sugar which was the object of manipulation starting with a break and followed up by indecisive fluctuations AS VIEWED BY BRADSTREET I t New York May Bradstreets review I re-view of the state of trade tomorrow will say Warm weather has stimulated farm work as well as sales in seasonable lines of merchandise but renewed tariff uncertainty I un-certainty tends to prolong the period during which merchants will continue to I buy tor actual needs only evidences of which fact have appeared Bank clearings this week amount to 5903000000 a decrease of 55 per cent I from the week before and 3 decrease of 14 per ent compared with the second week of May last year when the total 1 clearings were among the largest on I record The great coal mineis strike has been I extended in the far west and portions of Maryland irf the Virginia and this j has been followed by an increase in the number of industrial shut downs due to I increasing scarcity of fuel Not far I from 175000 men are reported idle in the I coal trad alone and with those idle or I striking in other lines the total out of I work is not less than 225000 I Destruction fs property has been a feature fea-ture of the coal strike in Pennsylvania and Alabama The Pennsylvania and the Aabama Baltimore Ohio railroads are reported confiscating coal in transit I is suggested sug-gested to ship Duluths excess stock of ooal to Chicago to relieve the fuel famine fam-ine Scarcity of Bessemer pig has caused a sharp advance and billets as well are higher hut the increased demand is based on prospective scarcity due to lack of fuel fuelAt western points producers report firmness of soft steel and mills supplied with orders for seeral months Shapes and plates are firmer but in the face of this foundry irons in instances are weaker in price A potent influence favoring fav-oring higher quotations for pig iron is the reduction in output within six weeks of about onethird and a prospect for an extension of restricted production A significant evidence of the condition of general trade Is found in the report of gross railway earnings during April which show a heavier decrease from the month last than total In the same lat year tot preceding months since January 1 113 per cent Increased railway earnings earn-ings last month compared with April 1S93 are few and trifling Total gross earnings for April this year by 118 companies com-panies are 30000000 against 34000000 last year For four months of 1894 gross earnings amount to 5123000000 a decrease from the corresponding time last year of 133 per cent Pacific railroads show the smallest heaviest decrease and trunk lines the Even an unexpectedly bullish report by the agricultural department failed to stimulate wheat prices in the face of excessive Argentine and Russian shipments ship-ments Increased supplies in and afloat for Europe and heavy stocks in the United States t Exports ttes wheat both coast United States and Canada this week continue in fair volume 2815762 bushels ompared with 2775000 bushels last year 2712000 in the second week of May last year > = 3621000 bushels in the like week of 1892 In eastern markets the demand for wool is quiet and sales small but broken stocks tend to steady quotations General trade remains dull in many manufacturing lines at Buffalo Cleve manufacturng lnes land Detroit Cincinnati Louisville Milwaukee Mil-waukee Minneapolis and Omaha except that at the lastnamed more activity is reported in dry goods and hardware rlr At Chicago also there are decreased volumes of sales with millinery and clothing while the natural result due to spring trade being completed and autumn au-tumn trading not having made itself felt is felt at some places Wheat prospects In eastern San Joaquin valley California are less favorable than last week Only two ships for loading load-Ing is available at San Francisco HAS BEEN TIPPED St Louis Mo May nThe grain traders trad-ers of the St Louis Merchants Exchange are preparing to tae action against what they charge is a leak in the monthly government gov-ernment report on crop conditions The trouble comes from the fact that the government gov-ernment wheat percentage has been absolutely abso-lutely tipped twentyfour hours In advance ad-vance in March April and May FOREIGN FINANCES New York May iLThe Evening Posts London cablegram says The markets were lifeless today Americans feebly rallied but closed dull Silver was 2Sd The condition of Indian In-dian affairs financial and political excites ex-cites attention but not alarm 247000 atenton and United States coin were bought by the bank and 210000 sovereigns sov-ereigns came in from Australia BONDS AND OILS New York May 1L Government bonds dull Petroleum steady Pennsylvania oil sales none June option sales none closed 8 bid BANK CLEARINGS New York May iLThe following table compiled by Bradstreets shows the total and the clearances at the principal cities percentage of increase or decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year Cite learingsIIncIDe New 420 82S83546 t2 Chicago 82SR54 82111988 1 22 G Boston 82195 ll i 1 bl005005 268 Philadelphia g Louis 211041COLllT San Francisco 3 7t5I i194 Baltimore Francisc 1 1347S0 1 42 PL burg 12500763 1181 9761 CincinnatI 13500300 12 135010 Kansas City 938507121 S109134 l9J New Orleans S30J13419 Buffalo 41122061 347 412 0 MIlwaukee 419 71 l I 531SOEj I U E Louisville 5723E0 248 Minneapolis ni70709lj 25 0 lnneapols b13221 206 Providence 4230200 288 Cleveland 0201I 29 Houston 39978431153 SL Paul 34096113 rtnver 2917472 442 1niiaflaoli 353463 146 35546 Columbus 0 11 Hartford 32i1oj192 Richmond 2006108 l4 2051081 Washington 19208 270 Wahingtn 186271 20S Dallas 42 197011 L Joseph 1526451 332 Peoria 2257814 283 Memphis 22166162 Portland Or 15740 36 Rochester 154194 17 New Haven 13S09S 211 avsnnsh 1311261 1179 < nnfl Springfield Mass 194S 247 Worcester 1 72 96 Portland Me 1857330 196 Atlanta 11e 1045 210 For Worth 10232 12 WaCo 84861 09 Syracuse 93612j 40 Des Moines 1160S Grand Rapids 1160221 88 Seattle 5US6 513 Lowell 706Ij14 Norfok Wilmington 1024478 I 324 51 Sioux City 73766128 Los Angeles 1216301 332 Tacoma 1 526U2 436 Saginaw Mich 28577 176 Spokane l1h 343228 627 Jacksonville 435178 72 Jacksorvie 1 430120 107 New Bedford 456UU 129 Wichita 456703 249 Birmingham 32650 3H5 BIingham Topeka 142 Lexington Ky 320324120 Blnghampton 4012 297 Bnghamptn Emporla a 631120 Bay City Mich20987d 10 Fall River 67351129 Akron 0 1912 71 281 Springfeld 18751112 Canton 0 181819 I 50 Sioux Falls 1212 277 Fremont Neb 8282 Hastings Neb 914415Gl Chattanooga 1 206928 I 40 Chattoog 1 11981 4 fFarbo 982217 192 Galveston 43010201 128 Salt Lake 1 128327 157 Scranton 1227bl Helena 61135116 Totals deerease for 312 the United sff s g02213 Exclusive of New York t21S13 decrease de-crease 26 DOMINION OF CANADA Cities I ICleringsiIncIIe Montreal f1 76091 = 1 TorontO 59362310 Torunt Halax 125451 771 Hamilton 703374 1155 Hamion Winnipeg 837532 Totals S19S166 decrease 12 4 Not included in total NEW YORK SIDNEY MARKET New York May 1L Money on call easy at 1 per cent last loan 1 closed 1 percent per-cent Prime mercantile paper 2i45 percent per-cent i Sterling exchange steady with actual I business in bankers bills 4SS14SSi for demand 4S7iieiU7U for fiO day bills posted rates 488yi90 commercial bills I 4S6V4IS6ci Silver certificates 64S65 4St C6 Siver certfctes 66 NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York May 1 HOPSInactive AVOOI Steady to firm domestic fleece 1926 pulled 202S PIG IRON Dull COPPER Quiet SILVER LEAD 320 TIN Easy Straits 1210 asked plates dull SPELTERQpiet Domestic 360 asked sales on change live tons June tin 1955 three cars August lead at 337 ½ COFFEEOptions opened steady 510 l dacSt i points ciio 1 gen inactive closed steady at unchanged to 5 points net decline de-cline Sales GOOO bags including August at 1490 September 1460SZ1465 October 14301433 Spot coffee 4m iefc0 7 1S 4 < Mild market quiet cordova 1914 19k Sales 500 bags Central American private terms Warehouse deliveries yesterday yes-terday G590 bags 1 in stock today 253540 bags Unit States stock 302235 bags afloat for the United States 105000 bags total visible for the United States 409295 bags against 353409 bags last year Rio market quiet nominal no quotations quota-tions exchange 9i receipts COOO bags stock 119000 bags Santos market quiet nominal No quotations quo-tations receipts 1000 bags stock 30000 bags Hamburg market quiet sales 5000 bags prices unchanged Havre market dull sales 14000 bags prices M > f lower SUGAR Raw firm sales 17760 bags centrifugals 96test at 213 13200 bags cen trifugals 89test 2316 refined quiet CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago May 1 CATTLE Receipts 14000 slow rather easier Prime to extra native steers 445 SM50 medium 400415 others 375390 Texans none here HOGS Receipts 15000 active 510c higher early late advance lost Rough heavy 425490 packers and mixed 515 520 prime heavy and butcher weights 620if525 assorted light 510S515 SHEEP AND LAMBSReceipts GOOO lambs higher sheep unchanged Top sheep 425g < 450 top lambs 490515 spring lambs 500 525 052 KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Kansas City Mo May 1 CATTLEReceipts 3800 shipments 700 lights firm to 10 cents higher others steady Texas steers 2503SO Texas cows 285315 shipping steers 330440 2815 300 native cows 200i350 stockers and feeders feed-ers 275335 bulls 240330 Steady SHEEPReceipts 400 shipments 9 CHICAGO LIE STOCK Omaha May 1 CATTLE Receipts 2400 The market was about unchanged There was a very good general demand and light cattle sold readily at firm prices while the average grades were a trifle slow Cow stuff was In light supply active demand J > 2 i and firm The feeder trade was slow but steady Quotations unchanged HOGS Receipts 5000 Market was strong and 5 cents higher Demand from all sources somewhat improved As us al sourcs ual the range of prices was narrow about everything selling at from 440 to 450 selng SHEEP Receipts 750 Demand good trade active and prices a shade stronger natives 350425 westerns 425 common and 450 stock sheep 250325 lambs 350 SAN FRANCISCOGENERAL San Francisco May 11 Drafts sight 10 telegraphic 12 ½ Silver bars 623 62 Mexican dollars 5151 Wheat quiet and steady December 101 new seller 102 MINING STOCKS SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco May 1 Ala 40 Belcher 1 70 Best Belcher2 3 Bodie Con 4 20 Bulwer 5 Chollar 81 CCVa550 Crown Point 95 Eureka Con 50 G C 125 H N S Mexican 210 Mono 80 I Nevada uQeen 20 Ophir 460 Potosi 125 Savage 91 Sierra Nay1 45 Union n110 10 Utah 16 Yellow Jacket 05 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS New York May 1 C C Va 675 Deadwood 20 G C 125 Homestake 1250 Mexican2 00 Ontario 700 Ophir 450 Plymouth 20 Sierra Nev 140 Standard 150 Union Con 125 Yellow Jacket 100 Iron Silver 10 Quicksilver 2 00 Bulwer 20 Preferred 15 0 GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS US 55 reg117 U S 5s coup 117 U S 4s meg113 U S 4s coup 113ys reg13 Pac 6s of 95103 TJ S4V > s reg 96 9510 Las4s 95V Missouri 6s 100 T n s6s 102 T 1 s 5s 101 T n s3s 78 Can So 2ndsl04i4 Cen PaIsts105 D R G lsts111 D R G 4s 76 Erie 2nds 77 M K R G 6s 45 M K T G 5s 82I 1 U 6s 109 N J C I C 115 Nor Pac lsts10994 Nor Pac 2nds 82 N W Consols 10 S L I MGos 7 N W Deb109 S L S F GM 95 St Paul consols2D S P C P lstsllO consols19 TPLGTR 834 T P RG T R 22B U P Ists1061 West Shore 104 4 R P1st1O1 Atchison 4s 73 G H S A 6S102 Atchison 4s 32 4 GH S A7s Of 98 H T C 5s 105 HT C Cs100 RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS New York May 1 Atchison 12 Adams Ex14S Alton T H 20 1 Am Ex 112 Preferred152 B C Can Pac f z Can Southern 50 Central Pacific 11 Ches 0 IS Centrl Chicago Alton139 C B Q JSJ Chicgo Chicago Gas 65 Con Gas136 C C C 2 t L 37 i C C I 0 C O Cert 29 Del Huasonl3H D L W16014 D R G pfd 30 D C F Cc 23t East Tenn 3 i Erie 1 Fort Wayne153 Preferred 30 G North pfd104 C E I old 93 Hock Valley 16 1 111 Central 93 St P D 23 KTpfd 23L E W 16 Lake Shore331 Preferred 67 Lead Trust39 L N 414 L N A S Man Con122g M C 5 Mich Central 96 Mo Pacific 29 M 0 11 Pacfc 2 Nash Chatt 73 Natl Cordage 24J N ah C 109 Preferred 48 N W pfd 20 N Am Co 4 No Pacific 4U P D G 5 Preferred 18 Northwestern 108 N Y Central 98 Preferred lOSIA NYNE 69i O W 15 Or Imp 11 1 Or Nay 18 OSLU N 6 Pac Mail 144 PDE 4 Pittsburg 151 Pullman Pal166 Reading 1 Richmond Ter 8 R G W 11 Preferred 15 Preferred 42 Rockltland 6944 St Paul 6 RockIslad 38Vi Preferred 119 I Preferred15 Southern Pac HI Sugar Refinery 106 Tenn C I I71 Tex P Refne S T O C pfd 70 Union Pacific j73 I S Express 50 Pacifc WSLLP 7W F Ex123 Preferred 16U Western Union 5 W L E 12 Mini St L 1 Preferred 47 D R G 1 Gen Electric 3 Nat Linseed 20 C F I 2 H T Cent 5 Preferred 6 T S1 L KC 1 TAA NM 7Preferred 7 BOSTON QUOTATIONS Boston May 1 Atchison 12 Bell Telephone 90 C B Q 78 Mexican Central 7 San Diego 81 CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET Chicago May 18In wheat there was a large trade options being on a much heavier scale Opening trades were at Oli advance but steadily sold down lCtl4 I cents and closed near the bottom The action of the market considering the report acton te port of last night was a great surprise to many operators The government report re-port made the condition 814 against 667 last month but being generally discredited discred-ited extreme weakness resulted Off rings r-ings were heavy from the start and increased in-creased as the session advanced a noticeable notice-able feature being the free selling by the house which took large quantities just prior to the close yesterday Par covered freely on the days decline and his purchases proved a supporting sup-porting factor t the market The decline de-cline caught some stop loss orders around 551 The efforts on the part of the buyers buy-ers of yesterday to realize at the open ing helped to cause the market to rule easy from the start The corn market was rather dull Fine weather prospective larger receipts and the action of wheat all combined to make the situation weak Weak opening trades showed little change but sold off under fair offerings I 4 rallied V4 cent changed some ruled easy and closed buts but-s from the bottom Oats were weaker due to the depression in wheat and corn and increased offerings There was a fair buying on the decline but the close was weak at about the bottom bot-tom Provisions averaged firm on a light run of hogs at the yards The market was generally dull at the close for pork and easy for lard and ribs The range of prices was narrow Estimated receipts for tomorrow Wheat 50 cars corn 185 cars oats 215 hogs 11003 WHEAT NO 2 I Open I High I Low I Closing May 157 57 56 56 July 59Vi5959 59 4 59i35 Sept 1609s 160V 59 15951 CORN NO 2 I Open I High I Low I Closing May 381 38 I373737837 July 39 i 1381 3854 18 Sept 401s I40S40 39t 39 4 OATS NO 2 j i Open I High J Low j 1 Closing May 34 34 34 114 June 18 11 34 8 3 July 30 30 8 30 30 Sept 2 25 251 251 MESS PORK PER BBL I Open I High I Low I Closing May I I I 11232 lIay July 1235 1 I 1445 I 132h 1371 LARD PER O LBS I OpeT I High I Low I Closing May 1735 740 735 740 July 1710 1715 707 712Va Sept 7101a 712 i 705 710 L SHORT ItIBS PER 100 LBS 1 Open I High I Low J I Closing July 6407642 6740 642V Sept 637 IG42H 1637y 640 FLOUR Easy WHEATNo 2 spring 36 No 3 spring no sales No2 red 36 CORN No 2 37 OATS No 2 34 No 2 white 36 36i No 3 white 3536 RYE No 2 3036 BARLEYNone No 3 52S56 No4 52U54 FLAX SEED133 TIMOTHY Prime seed 420425 PORK Mess per bbl 23oi < i3iA LARD Per 100 pounds 740742 SHORT RIBSrSides loose 647y650 SHOULDERS Dry salted boxed 575 587 SHORT CLEARSides boxed 6871 7 1lh WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gal 115 SUGARCut loaf 231 granulated 155 standard A 443 CORNNo2 2714 No3 yellow 38i Article I Recj I Ship Flour I sO1 30 Wheat 210 800 Corn 101000156000 Oats 240011100 Rye 2000 30 Baley O oO iiithe produce exchange todmthe butter market was firm creamery 1015 1015 dairy 812 eggs weak strictly fresh 9 LIVERPOOL QUOTATIONS Liverpool May 1 WHEAT Dull demand poor holders offer freely No 1 California 4s lld 5s Id red western winter 4s 8d4s 10 ½ d CORN Dull demand poor new mixed spot 3s Sd 0aa x |