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Show IS CHECKED NEW TDRK, March 10. The . market opened weak under the Influence of reports re-ports of renewed hostilities between large holders of Southern Pacific. That stock broke 1 on the sale of 1000 shares, and Union Pacific lost . The declines elsewhere else-where were fractional, and there were a few small gains, but these were among the less important stocks. Large purchasing orders appeared for some of the metaj stocks, and their strength was diffused to some extent In the general market, checking the reaction. reac-tion. An advance In the price of pig lead was reflected by the rise of 1 la Smelting preferred. Amalgamated . also rained 1, and Anaconda 3 on the rise of copper. Elsewhere prices rebounded sharply. Sugar, Missouri Pacific, Pennsylvania, 8t. Louis-Southwestern and New York Central Cen-tral advanced a fraction above last night. The higher level of prices Invited renewed selling, which was concentrated against the Pacific for a time, but soon extended all around. Most of the- speculative favorites fa-vorites sold below their opening prices, ar.d showed little rallying power. The check to the recovery dlacouraged the buying demand, and the market became be-came dull and heavy for a time. A slump of 9 In American Ice preferred, and 4"i In the common on light selling created a bad Impression, and soon afterward there was a plentiful spilling . of stocks all around the room, and some bad breaks in prices. Metropolitan Street Railway and Minneapolis Sk St. Louis dropped 3. Southern South-ern Pacific 7, New York Central 2. Delaware & Hudson and St. Louis tc San Francisco 2. Rock Island 2. Union Pacific Pa-cific 2, American Malting 1, American Malting preferred 2, and many active stocks between 1 and 2 points. Amalgamated Amalga-mated Copper reacted 1 and then rose a point, as did New York Central and Southern Pacific, and the market rallied, but was extremely feverish. .An advance of 1 In the new United States 3s, and 1'4 in U. 8. 4s and 6s gave surmise of purchases pur-chases by the treasury for the relief of the market. Bonds were lower at noon. Pennsylvania broke to 142. and St. Paul, the Pacifies, New York Central and other active stocks fell lower than before. Covering of shorts caused rallies later, but the Improvements were slight except In a few cases, and were followed by dullness. dull-ness. Southern Pacific and New York Central rallied a point. American Grass Twine lost 1. Pacific Coast and North American 3, Steel foundry preferred 4. Minneapolis A St. Louis and Michigan Central 6, and Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Pitts-burg 6. The bears had sold freely during the day, and their covering to take profits resulted re-sulted in a general rally which reached 3 In Southern Pacific and Metropolitan Street Railway, and between 1 and 2 for the principal speculative stocks. The buying buy-ing slackened at the advance, and there were fractional recessions. In the final dealings SL Paul dropped to near 166. and the whole market quickly crumbled to about the low level of the day. The close was active and weak. Prices held fairly well at the noon rally. No attempt was made to increase the re-, covery, bull operators being contented to hold the list steady so as to Invite further fur-ther liquidation and bear selling. Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania weakewd decidedly, and sold well under the fdlenoon lowest. American Ice rallied , and "the preferred 2. The close: Atchison, 80; Atchison preferred. pre-ferred. 97: Baltimore Ohio, 91; Canadian Cana-dian Pacific. 127; Chicago & Alton, 31: Chicago & Alton preferred, 69: Chicago & Northwestern. 184; Chicago Northwestern North-western preferred, 210. bid; Colorado Southern, 2rt; Denver & Rio Granle, 30; Denver & Rio Grande preferred, (W; Erie, 34; IHInois Central. 139: Louisville & Nashville, Nash-ville, 117; Manhattan. L, 141; Metropolitan Metro-politan St. Ry.. 132; Mexican Central. 26: Missouri Pacific. 107; New York Central, 138; Pennsylvania, 142: Reading. 67; Rock Island, 41: Rock Island preferred, pre-ferred, 76; St. Paul, 15; Southern Pacific, Paci-fic, 60H; Southern Railway, 31; Union, Pacific. 91: Union Pacific preferred. 91; Wabash. 27; Wisconsin Central. 21; Miscellaneous Amalgamated Copper, 73; American Car & Foundry, 39; American Locomotive, 28; American Smelting & Refining. Re-fining. 4; American Smelting & Refining preferred, 95; Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 6C: Colorado Fuel & Iron, 65: International Interna-tional Paper. 15; National Biscuit. 46; National Iad. 24: Northern Securities, 106: Pacfflc Mall. 36; People's Gas. 101; Pressed Steel Car, 60; Pullman Palace Car, 222 bid; Standard Oil. 675 bid; 8uar. 126; Tennessee Coal & Iron. 61 '4: United States Steel, 36: United States Steel preferred, pre-ferred, 85; Western Union, 881. Chicago Orain. CHICAGO. March 10. Close: Wheat-March, Wheat-March, 74V&74c; July, 71S71c; September, Sep-tember, 704-7vc. Corn May. 47347c; July. 44?44c; September, 43c. Oats May. 3434c; July. 31c; September, Sep-tember, 28j28Sc. Pork May, $18.40; July, $17.92: September, Septem-ber, $17.72. Lard May, $10.22; July. $10.15; September. Septem-ber. $10.0P. Ribs May, $3.97; July. $9.80; September, Septem-ber, $9.70. Flax-Cash. N. W., $1.11. Rye May, 60c Barley Cash, 44856c. Timothy, May, $3.96. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red. 73071c: No. 3 red, t73c: No. 2 hard winter, 7173c; No. 3 hard winter 68tr71; No. 1 Northern spring. 7778e: No. 2 spring, 7677c; No. 3 spring, 7(Kfi77c. Corn No. 2. 46i45c; No. 3. 4041c Oats No. 2. 34c; No. 3. 34c. The remainder of the sisslon was dull, with fears of a bearish government report. re-port. May sold down to 74 and closed! gi c lower at 74ii74c. New York Money. NEW YORK. March 10. Money on call firm at 6 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, pa-per, 6 per cent. Sterling exchange, fairly steady, with actual business In bankers' bills at $4.86.254.86.50 for demand, and at $4.82.254.83 for sixty day. Posted rates, $4.834M84 and $4.S7(f4.87. Commercial bills, $4.82fc4.83. Mexican dollars. 38c. Government bonds, strong. Ref. 2s reg., $107; coupon, $107: 3s reg., $107; coupon, cou-pon, $107; new 4s, reg., $135; coupon. $136; old 4s reg.. $108; coupon. $1; s reg.. $103; coupon, $103. NEW YORK METAL. NEW YORK, March 10. Bar sil- ver, 49c. LONDON, March 10. Bar silver closed firm at 23 5-16d. NEW YORK, March 10. Lead firmer, $4.37. Copper, unsettled, $14.2514.60. |