| Show t MUCH BETTER SHOWING MADE f Only Fifteen Cities Now in the Decrease Column SALT LAKE NOT ORE iI i I I EI fER BUSINESS SITUATION SHOWS IMPROVEMENT r S tobbe Report Increased Sales in VaIIou Lines Chicago ICtxiiBixH Cits Omalut ami Dottvci Live Stoclc aiarkots Silver and Lead t RemaIn Quiet IJireriiaal Clifcogo and San Francisco IVneat London b > Lon-don Wool Sales Forclem Finances Finan-ces S S Celi I New York March 8 Brandstreets tomorrow will say The general business S busi-ness situation shows more improvement Improve-ment From several centers this I doS > do-S clare due In part to the adjournment i of Congress and to some extent to S better weather Gains are shown i > Improved demand for lumber and other I I I t building materials and I receipt of larger orders for structural iron and 1 I t JC steel together with the absorption of I available stocks of bessemer pig Iron I In almost all directions Jobbers report I r Increased sales of staple dry goods i hats shoes milinery and hardware J t S IFine foreign woolen gods continue to 1 i attract the special attention heretofore f reported and are competing successfully I success-fully with corresponding AmericanS American-S grades London wool sales report a 1 k moderately umber and stronger marI mar-I f Jiet Speculation In the New York market Is on a limited seals and attracts 1 at-tracts none but professional partici S pau pants ant f S 5 Bonds are neglected Silver held firm Foreign exchange 5s a shade I weaker at 489 for demand sterling The I S S bond syndicate continues to sell long Sterling to houses who might be shippers i i S ship-pers of gold L The tendency ot prices remain as prces S heretofore an advanceibeing reported tt In shoes which has checked the volume of business for fail delivery in cotton V due it is alleged to a spread of confidence f S con-fidence I the prospect for a reduced Cotton a rage pork lard refined sugar i su-gar Indian corn live hogs and leatherS leather-S the latter having advanced sharply i Bessemer pig Iron is unchanged despite t de-spite the market being cleared of available able supplies and lumber while nominally nom-inally unchanged Is firm with an upward t up-ward tendency Cotton Coton goods generally gener-ally are weaker and print cloths once r more down to 2 i The reduction loathe price of steel r Billets at Pit burg is a surprising feature 1 fea-ture The continuance of the movement of i merchandise was about at low ebb during dur-ing February as indicated by gross g earnings of fiftysis of the large railway rail-way companies for that month which ns reported to Bradstreets aggregate 521672000 about 70 per cent of the totala decrease of 18 per cent from the earnings for the like period last year when the falling off compared with February 1893 was 12 per cent The regular monthly report of wheat erodes United States and Canada for February shows a decrease of 9489000 bushels three times the falling off in f February of last year while the January S Jan-uary and February decrease was 16 S 456000 bushels four times the falling fall-ing off in the like period of 1894 The February decrease here in Europe and J afloat for Europe was as contrasted with an increase of about 100000 bushels 1 bush-els each il February one and two a years ago I like exceptional decreases f are to follow during the remaining months of the year the effect on the S visible supply and on prices will be S marked S DUN S CDS WEEKLY BBVIBTiT iS New York March 8It G JunCos Jun-Cos weekly review of trade tomorrow wil say Congressional adjournment and proof that though the rate of exchange rises tS to and even above the shipping point S gold does not go out ha produced a t ranch better feeling Prices do not i Improve and there Is on the whole no 7 gan but some loss in wages WhileS While-S strikes of 15000 coal miners near Pitts burg and several thousand building 5 workers besides strikes In ten or S twelve textile and Iron trades has further fur-ther lessened the purchasing power for the time there is anticipation of improved t im-proved demand for goods in generalS general-S and many are manufacturing and buyS buy-S ing beyond present needs on the strength of it Exchanges through clearing houses ore 79 per cent larger than last year tout 226 per cent smaller than In 1S93 Money markets have hardened somewhat some-what and rather more commercial paper pa-per is offered especially in dry goods S Liabilities of failures in February S amount to 511250122 against 17893670 jast year 0618783 being in manufac manuac S turing S Failures for the weelc have been 34 In the United States against 248 last rear and 58 In Canada S year and fg Canada against 60 last yea S tViAI4L lET S New Tork March 8Two announcements announce-ments were made today of serious import im-port t the street The first of these came from the reorganization committee commit-tee of the Union Pacific and was to The effect tbat the committee had dls banded and that all securities dc pDslted with it would be returned to their owners This action Is taken In accordance with the agreement entered nto for the deposit of securities yjhich provided that in case a permanentS S plan of reorganization had not been S agreed upon by the committee by i JMarch 4 the committee should erase S to exist The date was fixed as that for the adjournment of Conge m forte for-te reason that the failure of that toooy to act on the matter of the com panys debt to the government would be > a positive bar to the formation orS or-S an organisation plan Congress failed to pass any measure of relief and hence it only remained to carry out the agreement between the committee and the depositing security holders S The committee will not formally disband dis-band until j has returned all the securities it held but Its chief functions func-tions are dissolved There was no movement itt Union Pacific stock to Cay the only sale beIng of 100 shares tBT a lecHre of per cent from the preceding price The second notable nrmotmcement oas In the shane of a joint circular issued Is-sued by J P Morgan Co here and by which J S Morgan Co of London I Lon-don declare thrt over 90 per cent of the bonds of the Erie railroad deposited de-posited with them had assented t the change set forth In the cfreular of December 10 3394 and that they would act on the authorization thus given I is generally accepted that foreclosure S proceedings will be begun at once and Sj t a stock assessment variously efmatC at from 50 to 100 a share WHI be l Ied The shaves fall off on the stoclc exchange for the commonS common-S and per cent for the preferred Sugar was again the star performer of the stock market although the I S transactions were about onethird Jess f tractons than on rdfY The stock opened I L at 35 o Jjain of J on last nIghts 1 figures n rose to 97 reacted to 56 re L turned rose fell back to e1lL moved red a UP to iSit closing below the top price but 7 per cent higher than the S final tales of yesterday The buying S was attributed largely to Insiders who t Is claimed are determined to squeeze claime tl Z3 the shojt interest Canada 0 Pacific ono on-o Q J5 G u S t Bales of 700 shares broke 5 ½ per cent 1 the Jast sale being at the lowest of the day The Grangers were also dow lJ per cent The general market was in the main heavy and at the close showe a depreciation of percent per-cent I The market closed generally heavy I The dealings in bonds was light and I prices were tending downward Bales I 5604000 Money on call active at 23 per cent last loan 2k closed at 2t oer cent Prime mercantile 20 35 per cent Sterling exchange easier with actual business in bankers bills at 48S489 for demand and 4 87tfMS7ft for 60days Posted rates 4SS1f89 Commercial bills 485 Silver certificates 60 Government bonds easier State bonds Inactive Railroad bonds easier Petroleum Strong Pennsylvania oil le none April option sales none closed at 108 ½ bid 1037 Lima oil sales none BANK CLEARINGS New York March 8 I89o The following table compiled by Brad Streets shows the total clearances at cearances the principal cities and the percentage of increase or decrease a compared with the corresponding weeK last year I Amount I Inc Dec New York 55R0Hg79 1021 Chicago H76j0i5 135 Boston 8678260 o1 Philadelphia G5072GG St S LouIs 264453 116 San Fracisco 19RlES 1 Baltimore I2liO794209 JItBbur 1140360 15 Cincinnati 12G7100 59 Kana3 City 1008056 14 New Orleans 5972749152 897749 Buffalo n 4l0279 22 Ilwaukee 49713 104 Detroit G 7455ZS 25 Louisville GO 63t2a05 i JInncpols fZ878 Omaha 4591907259 Providence 575iO 14 Cleveland 491682 148 Houston 42O666 St Paul 310880 27 Denver 92 ZO707 Indianapols 34472SS 21 Hartford2255001 Columbus 0 Siii700 kk Richmond 2251435 40 I Washington 1952110 li4 I Dallas 25412 311 S Joseph 1115108 r5 PeorIa 2b G 472 r mphis 1830 fl 4a Portand Ore 158336116 Rocllest 1GClG 107 New Hayen 1H5555 21 Savanah 1790151176 SOJingfeld Moss 90111 SO Worcester 205C66 09 120i966 Portland le 127Gn 901 tfanta 14C6I0 201 Fort Worth 11651 461 WiCO 25214 MOI Syracuse 87 271 iso De 2Ioines lO1L797 Grand ipids Or7g71 geatuc Seatte H 4555521 297 Lowell GI01G1 CI r Wilmington Del 0276211 4571 Norolk 138 9776138 SIoux Ciy 5 161 Ls Angeles j13RII 57 Tacoma 54SO51 iLl Saginaw rch 421a 5804511LZI Spokane 414524 11 Jacksonville 41841 272 Lincoln 20 New Bedford 56L1221S 263 3IU221 Pirmiughani Wicliita I 1 3590531 i72700 I 19i Topeka 49551211 42 LexIngton Ky 42L12515 20 Binghampton 3266101 73 Bay FaU City River 11Ch 25t20I 8087511 Gg Akron 0 712552 4O4 SDrlngteld 0 227Oci igi 227111 I IfSL Canton 0 6 9 21 Sloux 114 2 521 Fremont Nob Il0Ii 2501 Ol Hastns Neb fi l 425 Chattanooga 2100701 10U 101 Fargo u 121 GI nj Nm5nYiIe 1 1021611 Galveston 4C92270 1001 4n227G A LAJt3II I220OI I57 Ronford I 2426111 Helena 1 Scrnton < 172 1 21 Kalamazoo rn L Lit Rock 1 R7lSZ Totals USI10fl227i CSI Emlusha New Y rkL 488 U 4 DpTINON OF CANADA t I mount lIne Dec Montreal 1 5 100255G2I I 12 Toronto r 55013 20 Halifax 1 114252111 1 Hamilton 72tni t 133 Winipeg 1 7Z0261 158 Totals 1 lS2ir lS31 27 Not included in totals because corn oinmq other Jtemi than clearings Not included because of no comparison compari-son for last year DEER InmT Denver March s CATTIE Receipts iflo head hog 224 The market is st ady and demand good choice steers 325375 fair to medium steers 2750323 hulls L00175 good < o choice cows 240g275 common to fair cow 2023 good native feeders 255 31 common to fair dc 29275 calves prime 4050j calves fair to good 250JT350 NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York March 8 OOIteadY COPPER Quiet brokers price 9 exchange ex-change price 35945 TiEAD Steady Brokers price 302 exchange price 210 SIlVEB60 COFFEE Options opened steady and unchanged to 10 points higher and closed steady at 58 > 10 points net decline Sales of 4000 bars including March 1510 3 > Iay 1465 1470 June 1470 July 1485 October 1480 Soot Cot Quiet Rio No 7 16 SUGAB Raw firm sales of 2500 bbls centrifugal 93test at 2c and son bags tnola ses 89test at 2c and 2500 bags centrifugal 95test at 3 Eefmed Dull CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET The leading futures ranged aa t010Wli WHEATNo2 S I Open I HIgh I Low I Cloginl I March l214 52V i 19 lay 55 152 4315 152 8 July 5 f 55tff5s14 5 sat CORN = N 2 1 Open I HIgh 1 Low I CloSing March i51 143l 43 43l May 145lI45 1 143 45 July 141 H1 HwH145 OATSNo2 I Open I HI 1Li 1 1 May June 2 12W4 ZJ25 July 2i 27 127 I2q S 1ESSPORK = P Bbl I Open High I Low 5 Closing ayT0g 1110 111 lM LARDPer 10 Lbs I Open I lEigh I Low Closing May l 1 GC l I GG I hG I G < July I 03 I M7 I 675 I I 677 SHORT RIBSPer 1p Lbs I Open l High I Low I CloinJ frt 15 S 1252f 10t I July 570 5 I u6 575 < ah quotations were as follows 1TLOUR Firm > WHEAT Surinp No 2 54i 5giv No 2 spring nominal > To 2 red 53b3 CORNNo2 431k < OATS No 2 2I1 No2 white 2222VJj No 3 svhltc l1 > Sul RYE No 2 aPi BARLEY Xo Ph 521t54 No 2 5t < gSJ So 4 nominal FLAX SEEDICo 1 141 1 TIMOTHY Prime seed 585 MESS POHKPdr barrel 10 01100 LARDPer 100 pounds Gii2V < KHORT RIBS Sides f 60 0 545 < 550 SHOITLDBlSRD salted bo ed 467 ½ S10LLDE1SBDT VHORT CLEAR SID Boxed s75 S 550 550WHISICT Distillers finished goods per gallon X221 S SUGAR Unchanged S Article I Roc J Shlo Flout bbls 12000 11000 Wheat bush 8000 6WO Corn hush 77000 78000 Oats bush117000124006 IXye bush 5000 5000 Barley bush SOOO 18000 On the produce evohanera today the butter but-ter procucG steady creameries 1018 dairies 810 Eggs steady 1I4 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago March 8 CATTLE Apparently not many cattle I were wanted today and the market was low weak and generally unsatisfactory i r Dressed beef and shipping steers at 7 610 bulk do 440560 cows and bulls 1 liJ 1 o 150540 stockers aofl feeders S50450 Texasred cattis SOOOSOO HO < JS Were active and 5c higher lights 400430 mixed 4D5440 heavy 405450 rough 4054ZO S SHEEP Were quiet but steady Porto Por-to choice sheep 250450 lambs 325435 for lambs S ReceiptCattle 4000 calves 350 hogs S3000 sheep 5000 KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Liverpool March 8 WHEAT Spot steady demand moderate moder-ate No 2 red winter 4s Sd No 2 red spring Bs 2d No1 hard Manitoba 5s 2d No1 California Imrd OMAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha March 8 GATTUE Receipts 1000 market was Steady steers 2005 bulk 410 < 3450 cows and heifer 1003365 bulk 200280 stockers and feeeders 2003 60 bulk 223 325 SHBBP Receipts 400 Market steady fair to good westerns 250390 common Stock Sheep 20000 Iambs 300480 LONDON WOOL SALES London March 5At the wool auction I sales today 11550 bales were offered of which COO were withdrawn The selection offered made bidding very active for both crossbreeds and merinos Ameri can purchases today amounted to 500 bales There was a good demand for Cape of Good Hope and wools from the continent contnent New South Wales 2612 bales scoured 5d2s la greasy 48d Queensland geay 1189 bales scoured 9d lId greasy 574d Victoria 2000 bales scoured 6S4flls 4d South Australia 1SG3 bales scoured lldls greasy 1Ydthi71hd New Zealand 73DO bales greasy 54d Cape of Cood Hope and Natal 62S bales scoured 7di8 > la 3d greasy 41did NEW YORK MINING STOCKS S New York March Bulwer lOOpUlr l 75 Chollar 45 1 Plymouth 2 CronnPolnt 41 0 Quicksilver 1 00 O C Va 2 69 Preferred 1500 DeixVwood 40 Sierra Nevada 65 ao Stananra 290 Bo JT 90 Union Con 40 Homestnlso 11 0 Vellosr JncUot 62 Mexlcann SO Iron Silver Ontario 5 SAN FRANCISCO MINING Ban Francisco March 8ho official closing Quotltonr oHows for minln stoclis toQjiy were aa Ails 32lusllec 06 Alpha Con 8 itentuek Con VS hn9es 3 Medcan 1 05 Belchrn 48 Moro uu 20 Belie isle uUn Mount D blou 1 D tB l050pblr 218 Bodfl Cos gO Overman 17 Bullion H PotosL 57 Dulwer Can 16 Savage iI C ledonla I Scorpion Q Cbnleuo COD 4i SlcrINevada 54 CnOu 61 SIlver HI OJ Confidence 1 6 UnIon Con OCvn 3 IOUtnn Con 07 Con 1mperial Ol Yellow ackel CO Can Nev York O Crown Point 49 Silver bars GOG Exchequer 01 IIerlcan aol lBfM Uould Carry 51 Drofl glghtu 1 H A I Hi DmIls tolorph 1VZ GOYERNJ1NT AND OTHER BONDS New York March 9 I S 5g re lMID R G 78 mH4 U S 5s coop H5 D P G 4s fO U S 4s regn JOn Eriu Secoml b113 US4gcoup Ill 011 05iL0s 93 I tJtCsreg QS CngATsl00 Faciflc0so95100 H l Cent 5 All class A W5 H T Cant 611 II 2 05 M 5t 1 PhsHo 79t Alt class K 7O Ala class 0 115 11 Ji 1 Second Is 5 Ala Cereney 95 Mutull Union 10 Lsl4cwona 4s Y N J Cent Oenlbs 111 MissourI 01 u10 NorJacIstsi12i N Carolina Cs127 Nor PM Ode h f2 N Carolina 45 10 N W COD50lJ 1 S NonFun 114 rJW S IF dot sI5 Tenn NcwSt 6 8l6 R G W lit 14 Tern New SctSn100 St P CODeolt7 12i Teen Old fs 60 uo C l P W5s10H Centuries Sh St LkI 1LenS 6 PreloreO 6 SnLii 1 gcn3slOl AtchIson 4S 33h Tel PlO lsta SHi DittoCecond A IG TeJ Pao Qds Oanaca5o Onda 101 U P lf3 or 9l1 a c PM Istsot 5I0 WeBt Shore4c1II2 RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCS Now York rorcI8 Atchison i P D a G Adam Epregsu l4lNorthwestarnh Sg i lton T It 3YI Protertd13 I PrMcrel N Y CentraL 90 Amnxpreis110 I NLtN 11 2 13O 5S4OtV 16 CrmnlPac 41 Ore Imp 08 CanadaGu 48 OreNav is Cental Fee 1 IOre6 L f D N 4S Ches 2 0 l Paoltc Mali 2l Chicgo Altn 146 P D H 9 C D f Q 70 pltBDurglii Chteaio Uns 7O Pullman PuI c15 COD GaB u iR2 Helding S O C C S1 L 86 RiobmonO Tar Cola C il 4 Preferred CottonOtiCert 25 R w 17 Del HUa5on1 Preterre uu 43 D L 8 W 15714 Jlock Igloudm 1 8n G pref r4 St Paul 5 DCFCo ISill Preferrefiill T P 0 Eat lluu St 2 Ere 9H Preicrre0100 S leCorred 1O BouUern Pac l7 Fort W oyn ll 6uat Refinery 96 lreatNor4ret101 T O 1 1 C a E L prel 90 Texzispao a kf gLVBl T l84 P 12t den Pref SVh mlnoiBOentfal 8 > UnionPnc I St P D 2 U 6 Express 40 KTpref n 2i4W5Lp 1Sf L 5 17 1551 PreCer l g Preferred 7014 Welg Fargo Exl Lake Shore520 Wester Union 9634 Lcarruai 23 Wl L 1h 8 L N 4i15 Preferredh L 4 A G M S L 2712 Man Von 10 DRG lot lL 0 mtl Gen EfM W MfchCen OVi4liatlLinse0 1 MIsourI Pac h l3 Col Fuel 2 1 22t Mobile Ohio 12 Preferred 50 Na5hvne Cbat1 M j 8 T Cent ni U 5 Cordage 0534 1 A A N 101 Preferred 0601 TSL1C C 1 N J Oentrl 8i1 lB Prefered 7 Nd W pre loll So railroad n 10 North Am Co 34 Preferred 31 NorbernPao 2i Am Tobacco 91l PreCerredn I PreferrediOi CLAIM HOT ALLOWED J I McNally Refuses Compensation to Attorneysin Barton Estate LAWYERS TALK OF APPEAL COURT SATS antAC IT WILL NOT ME INTHISVCASE I A 5Ks inS Pod ctbool in the Chamberlain J Cham-berlain Estate C3uses Trouble Earl D Grabs Petition For DID Ern fr cIiagclMi < 3 l > iweit Claim Ind wig WolzS Will Estate of Merion Mer-ion J Jones Other Probate Matters Mat-ters Probate Judge McNally yesterday decided de-cided that the estate of Minnie Barton Bar-ton has suffered enough at the hands of attorneys and overruled the claim of Baldwin and Tatloclc for money alleged to be due for legal services In his decision the court said I concur con-cur in the judgment of my worthy predecessor pre-decessor Judge Blair 1n this that the estate of Minnie Barton deceased ecease has been sufficiently charged in the matter of attorneys fees and if there be any valid and existing claims In favor of Baldwin Tatloclc they must look to W C Hal for an adjustment ad-justment of the same who is in my Judgment the real attorney in the case I propose to protect the estate against any farther charges for attorneys at-torneys fees and therefore deny the compensation prayed for Messrs Baldwin and Tatlock asked time fn which to perfect an appeal but according to Judge HcNally an appeal will not lie in this case and the only recourse the attorneys have is to sue the dered administrator for services ren Chjimlicrlniii Estate A missing pocket book Is causing a I great deal of worriment in the John W Chamberlain estate This cause is on I for hearing on objections filed by children of the deceased to the account I of the administrator a claim being that the two sons of the deceased who were his partners had not properly accounted for proceeds Attorney Straup appeared for the heirs and Judge Bowman for the administrator J W Chamberlain was on the witness stand yesterday Like his brother who J testified on Wednesday he knew nothing noth-Ing of the accounts could not tell anything any-thing about seasons and averred that he knew not where spring entries on the journal ended and fall accounts began The brothers have each test test fed that the deceased kept a private account of ail his transactions in a small account book which could it be found would shed light upon every thing which Is now clouded In mlstl I ness But the boolc is gone Were no man knoweth although J W swpre yesterday that he had entertained sus cion that It had been stolen By whom he did not know His brothers brother-s of the same opinion The case will be argued todav Ludwig Wol Will The will of Ludwig Wolz who died Feb 15 was filed for probate yester tiny by Charles E Pearson of Woods Cross who Is the executor named in the instrument Testator died siezed of lot 4 block 100 plat A valued at 1500 and cash In Zions Savings bank mounting to 5S8493 which by the terms of the will is set apart for these the-se of his widow Hannah Elizabeth Walz and Josephine Abery during their natural lives or until their marriage mar-riage In either event the property too to-o to his children Mary and Ludwig share and share alike i petition March 21 was fixed fa hearing the i Ellzii Gray Estate j Earl D Gray administrator o the I state of Eliza A Gray filed his final I ccount showing a deficit of 230S9o In money on hand with which to pay accounts due for administration The total value of the estate as set out Is I 28S53 35 SIt I S-It will be remembered that Gray vas absent from Utah for some time i i having wedded Madame Berdena the I millinery artist formerly Mr Miller wife of telegraph operator in the employ em-ploy of the elejraph at Omaha During i I his absence in Kansas James L Fran ken was appointed r Grays stead i the latters letters having keen revoked re-voked Gray asks that his account be approved and he be discharged from his trust that the estate pay him for his services and for such other orders as are meet in the premises March 20 vas fixed as date for hearing S Airs Psiv eyjj Claim The estate of Walter D Pavey was recalled on a filing made by Mary U Pav y London Canada who claims that she is the sole heir of the deceased de-ceased and that the estate should goo go-o her Pavey died with 5266058 In bank owned 50 shares of Daly mining Stock valued ac 400 one bond of the Alta club valued at 5300 a life insurance insur-ance policy valued at 2000 time notes aggregating 56900 and real estate In Winnipeg value unknown When the case comes on again the hearing of testimony on this claim will be taken Finally Settled In the estate of Deseret Wells Read final distribution of the account was made The property Is pact of lot 1 block 62 plat B and is equally divided di-vided between Emily and Lila Reed Account AlloTFCtl An order approving and allowing the account of James Johnston guardian made of Andrew J and Hosaline Gibson was Marion J Jones Estute Sarah T Jones asks for letters of administration ad-ministration on tne estate of her deceased de-ceased husband Marlon J Jones who died October 19 1894 aged 36 leaving personal property of the value of 100 and a claim for 5400 for services a receiver re-ceiver in the case of Coombs vs The Utah Paint Oil company Deceased left a wife and three gIrl babies aged I 12 8 and 4 respectively The hearing was fixed for Friday March 19 I |
