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Show WORLD'SfilARKETS STOCKS OPEN STRONG BUT SOON DECLINE. New York, Dec. 2. Stocks showed a fractional improvement at the opening open-ing today on a moderate volume of business. ' Selling orders depressed St. Paul a j point and cancelled the gains In other Btoslts. j A subsequent rally restored prices generally to the opening figures or J above. Union racltic. Southern Pa- ' cSflc, Reading, U. S Steel, American 1 Smelting and American Copper ruled 1-2 to 3-4 above yesterday's closing. I The market became listless in tho I second hour on a steady but small volume of operations, these being j wholly professional Sentiment among traders was about equally divided, I but neither side evinced any special j iicllnation to assume a market posl- i tlcn Hoard room gossip had It that the 60-called pool, which Is supposed to havo engineered the recent advance, ad-vance, had dissolved without liquidating liquidat-ing moro than a small part of its holdings. These were estimated at ail the wav from cno.Ourt to 750.0"O shares. Prices were declining and vere well below yesterday's close at noon, Union Pacific, Atchison, Missouri Mis-souri Pacific and Lehigh Valley losing u point. Ilonds were easy. Chicago Livestock. Chicago, Dec. 2. Cattle Receipts estimated at 3,"0); market steady: foeoves, -i.5ua7.5Q; Texas steers, 4.20a 5. ID; western steers, 4.'-.ria0.4, slock-ers slock-ers and feeders, 3.3a5 75; cows and heifers, 2 25aC25; calves. 7.o0aI).0O. Hogs Receipt estimated at 21,-"0; 21,-"0; market steadv to 5c lower; light. C.85a7.25; mixed." 6.45a7.35. heavy. C.S5a7.37 1 2; rough, 0.S5a7.00; good to choice heavy, 7""a7.32 1-2; pigs, C.40a7.10; bulk of sales, 7.05a7 23. Sheep Receipts estimated at 23,-000; 23,-000; market steady to 10c lower; native. na-tive. 2. 254 25; western. 2 754.20. yearlings. 4.20a5 20; lambs, native, 4.25aC.50; western, 4.50a0.45 Omaha Livestock. Ohama, Doc. 2. Cattle Receipts, floe); market strong. Native steers, vl.OO'tj 7.75; cows and heifers, $3.U0'1 5.40; western. $.'5. 50ft. 5.80; strikers aud feeders. $J.00't 5.4"; calves. $3.50 C fi 00. Hogs Receipts, 3,5"0. Shade easier. eas-ier. Closud strong. Heavy and mixed, mix-ed, $7.05fi7.15; light, ?7.15(Ti7.40. pigs. $0,254 C.70; bulk, $7 05ra7.15. Sheep Receipts, 4.0u0 Slow to shade lower. Yearllugs. $ I 00''i 5.15; wethers. $3 1o5i 4 00; ewes, $3.25i3 3.15, lambs, $5.60y 6.40. Chicago Froduce. Chicago, Dec. 2. Butter steady, creameries. 2329c; dairies. '.'3 270. Eggs steady; llrst, 30c; Jrime do. 32c. Cheese BteaJy. Daisies, 15 l-2i 2-lc; Young Americana and Long-horns, Long-horns, 15 l-4 5i l-2c. Sugar and Coffee. New York. Dec. 2 Raw sugar quiet; Muscovado. ".13; centrifugal, !'0 test, 3.13; dwImucj sugar, 3 IS. i Refined quie'. I Coffee Spot firm; Rio No. 1, 7 13 1 a. Metal Market. i New York. Dec 2. Standard copper I quiet; spot and January, $1.45ij 12 00. I Lead quiet. $4.454.55, New York. , bar silver, 55c ' J |