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Show MU'SMITS MARKET SHOWS STRENGTH DURING DULLNESS New York, April 17 Tho stock-market, stock-market, after earlv weakness, today Improved In the second hour. Union Pacific. Reading. Now York Central, t. Paul and Amalgamated Copper showed some support, while American Ameri-can Can made completo recovery. United States Steel also mado up much of Its loss but continued heavy on rumors connected with tho next dividends. Bonds wero steady. Opening prices reflected a degree of steadiness which soon gavo way to irregularity. Tho several issues of tho International Mercantile Marine company showed a hotter tone, tho common stock advancing 3-8, the preferred pre-ferred a full point and the 4 1-2 per cent bonds 1 1-4 points. Fractional gains wero made in Anaconda Copper, Union Pacific common and preferred pre-ferred Ropubllc Iron. Missouri Pacific Pa-cific and tho Can issues, with a gain of a point for Tennessee Copper. United States Steel, which opened with n slight advance, soon sagged, a& did the Can Issues and Union Pacific. The depression prevailing in the financial fi-nancial district was shown In the general gen-eral declines in tho first hour. Pressure Pres-sure was directed mainly against the leaders, Union Pacific, Reading and United States Steel falling under yes-terdaj's yes-terdaj's lowest prices with losses of from "one to two points In all standard stand-ard Issues "Weakness in tho fertilizer shares was. tho leading foature of the small grqup, Virginia-Carolina Chemical declining de-clining moro than two points, with a decline of moro than a point in American Am-erican Cotton Oil. On th clapso Into dullness, the familiar fa-miliar oxpedlent of bidding up specfal stocks to create a following was resorted re-sorted to. Boom traders wero easily Induced to Join the movement in Bethlehem Steel and Harvestor I stocks, owing to the apathy of the rest ' of tho list, and thoroby advanced those issues several points. Elsewhere Else-where prices were scarcely altered, but the market showed a decided degree de-gree of strength and steadiness in the faco of almost completo stagnation. OGDEN WHOLESALE PRODUCE (Selling Price.) Qgdon, Utah, April 17. Butter Creamery, extra. In cartons, 35c; creamery firsts, 34c; cooking, 25c; ranch 20c. Cheese Eastern, 22c; Utah, 18c; Y. A., 19c. Efigs Ranch, por caso of 30 dozen. ?G.00. Cane, G.30; beet, 6.10. Dairy Products. Chicago, April 17. Butter Steady; creameries, 2S31; dairies, 24(9)28- Eggs Steady; receipts 32,499; at mark, cases included. 18l-2; ordinary ordi-nary firsts. lSl-2. firsts. 19. Cheese Firm; daisies, 17 l-4l-2; twins. 1G l-4l-2; young Americas, 16 3-4(5)17; long horns, 16 3-417. New York Money. New York, April 17. Money on call steady 2 l-2a3. Closing bid, 2 3-4; offered at 3. Time loans easier; sixty days. 3 1-2; 90 days. S l-2aC-4; six months, 3 3-lai. Close Prime mercantile paper, 4 1-4 to 1 1-2. Sterling exchange, steady, with nctual business In bankers' bills at 481 10 for sixty day bills, and at 4S7.15 for demand. Commercial bills, 483 1-2. Mexican dollars, 17c. Government bonds', steady; railroad rail-road bonds Irregular. Metal Market. New York, April 17. Standard copper, cop-per, quiet; spot, 15.50alo.S7 1-2; July, 16.55al5S7 1-2; electrolytic. 1G 1-S; casting, 15. 3-Sa7-8. Load, quiet, I.15a4.22 1-2. Speltor, quiet, G.70 G.90 Bar silver, 58 7-S. Kansas City Livestock. Kansas City. Aurll 17. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 5,000, including no southerns, market strong: nativo steers, 6.50a SGO; southern steors, G.OOaSOO, southern south-ern cows and heifers, 4.00.16.00: native cows and heifers. 4.G0aS.00 stockors and feeders,' 5.00a7.00; bulls, 4.50a 0.50; calvCB, 5.00aS.00; western steors, G!00aS.25; western cows, 4.00a6.25. HogS-Recoipt3, 10.000. markot strong to 5 cents; higher; bulk of sales, 7.65aS.0O?- heavy, 7.95a$.05; packers and butchers, 7 50aSOO; lights. 7 50a7S5; pigs., 5,75a7 75 Sheep Receipts, 7,000, market! & irir'-' ' " ' ' i i in mi i --m steady, muttons, 1.50aG.50; lambs, G50a7.90, fed wethers aud ycarllugs, G.00a7.00; fed ewes, 3 GOaO.00. oo |