Show ECLlN WERE MORE r NUMEROUS THAN GAIN I Stock Market Irregular of Movement Move-ment and Unsettled of Tone o TKAQING CONFINED TO PROFESSIONALS 1 F SUGAR SHOWS A LOSS OF ONE AND I > ONEFOURTH I il Bond Market in iooti Tone tie tip I ward Tendency Continuing to the Close Oregon Short Line Indulges Indulg-es in an Unward blToot Western Live Stock Markets Sterling Exchange Ex-change Dull and Veak r New York Sept 5The stock market today was irregular of movement and unsettled of tone the result of the days trading being the establishment 2 G of a range of prices extending from 2 I per cent below to 2 bove the closing I of yesterday The declines were more r t numerous than the gains the latter being be-ing mainly confined to the specialties k Speculation was less active than usual and the trading was largely confined to the professional traders London supplying only a small portion of the dealingsand dividing its patronage about equally on each side of the market mar-ket Influences at work in the market were continued favorably the reports of railroads being a bull factor The rumors that the forthcoming government report might show a worse condition of corn was taken as a bear element The grangers were chiefly affected af-fected by the latter point and St Paul was sold by London Western Union was rendered a trifle weak by realization i realiza-tion of profits The general market opened irregular and etoept for a brief period oft of-t strength about 1015 a m wa heavy during the entire irornlng After midday t mid-day a fractional rally took place i which was not lasting and the improvement im-provement was quickly felt I Again at 1 oclock n slight appre before elation in values was effected but r fore 2 oclock the speculation had again taken a downward turn the decline being be-ing checked in the late dealings when r general recovery of a small fraction took place the market closing only barely steady Sugar led in the transaction fluctuating fluctu-ating within a limit of 3 per cent The stock advanced in the early dealings i deal-ings but soon began to sag off and there was steady selling up to the close the last being the lowest price of the day 2 per cent below the highest point of the morning and 11 down from yesterday On sales of 200 shares i 1 Pullman broke 21 per cent Cotton Oil l preferred ard Laclede Gas preferred are down 1 per cent the other declines on the day being merely fractional The grangers lost IH the latter in Burlington Bur-lington The gains offered were Oregon i Ore-gon Short Line 1 B 0 1 Oregon Ore-gon Improvement 124 and Sugar preferred pre-ferred Tobacco American Express 1 per cent The bond market was in good tone all day being quiet and strong during the afternoon The upward tendency continued to the close contnle cose The total sales of stocks today were 159730 share including AtchIson 4600 American Sugar 32900 Burlington 10300 Chicago Gas 7600 General Electric Elec-tric 2700 Louisville Nashville 8400 Missouri Pacific 2600 P C C St I 3Q Reading 5500 R W P certif jrates fifth assessment paid 11700 Bock Island 4700 t Paul 14200 J 14200 Southern railroad 33500 Wabash I ralroad preferred pre-ferred 3600 Western Union 5700 Government bonds strong state bonds dull railroad bonds strong Money on call easy at 1 per cent last loan 1 closed 1 per cent Prime mercantile paper 33y percent per-cent Storlintr exchange dull and weak t with artml business In bankers bills at 4 S6c4 86V for demand and at 4S5cW 4R5 for sIxty dflvs Posted rates 48fl r4 S6 and S7O4S7U commercial commer-cial bills 4SS48S ½ Silver certificates certifi-cates 666 t NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET Xew York Sept 5 I J0 POu let nnoTrst o1v PIG TROX steady f PPFFOIet 11APtPidy 315 RT VFR t q1 TIK Stronj straits 1610 bid plates 1 SPELTER Steady = domestic 35 Sale on hang o pix oars buyers option f S ° ntenhr lead 3 2s 2 tone September b 16 nnrt V tons October tin at 16 COFFEE Options st adv at tinchnneed 1 prlc s pppnins lj points advfmop and rul avnC ad rl l log firm on licht offerings and better local and European buvine owlnc to Havre advanops rlosintr steady at unrhancpd to 10 oolnts Pt advnnce Snips 1nt advlce 19500 bags iiidinc P nternb 12 8 513 00 October f 2 Dprpribor 12COS1263 jIar = h 1233 I Mnv 12 0 123 Soot Tiffo RIo dull No 7 Jo i mild quiet forrtovn 15a5 > 5 j Santos Weak at 5on reis decline sonfl Suit T5 S2rt oof t average SntC S2 receipts 20000 I boss stock 11000 bajr 20 Hamburg Finn nrices ff4 pfjr high t er cloTrt fn cSSlf net advance total le ROOO Rio Quiet No 7 Rio 14 0 exchange 1 < 9 recetnt 9M cleared for the United M States 7 000 cparP Europe 3000 stock 267 < X > 2Jd bags 30 Warphous deliveries from New York yesterdav 5541 bags New York stoCk I tolav 14RS77 bajrs United States stork 3isrtt Afloat for the United States 8tOk i M bags Tot visible for the United States 513903 hrgs against 330S15 last year TGAR Raw quiet and steady refined quirt I CHICAGO GENERAL MARKETS ClSiaffo i Sept 5Corn continued to climb today urged on by crop damage I reports and closed 8 higher for May but wheat failed to connect finishing at a I loss cd 2c for December September n oats closed unchanged and provisions wound up with losses all around Wheat started a shade easier than i L closed yesterday but that feeling only lasted z few seconds at the end of which tune it recovered the U dec dine with which it opened and quickly added anothtr 1c0V per fcushfcl The firmness of the Liverpool market and the smallness of the northwestern receipts were the most reliable features of the early news and another rise in the price of corn was a further encouragement encourage-ment to the bulls In wheat December started at 56 and a little of it changed hands aV l16c under that I recovered to S7gS7 and settled down Into a deep rut at 5755714 So dull did i become at the latter point that for a long time I could not be bought at 57 nor sold at 67 and extremely little was either wanted or for sale at the split Brad streets supply statement showing 4000000 v bushels Increase on both coasts caused a slightly easier feeling to prevail during the last hour of the resslon December sank gradually to 5C4 and rested at SGfe Corn was active and bulgy for about an hour and during the remainder of the forenoon it ruled steady at about c advance ad-vance over the opening price I had to struggle for a moment or two at the sUirV against the effect of heavier local foc lpts than bad been estimated The r price rose until It knocked up against the call price when it fell off about 8 and then hung In a state of suspended 1 animation half way between the opening and the highest point of the early advance ad-vance Short sellers claimed that the shortage of this years corn crop has been heavily overestimated The longs thought to the contrary the effects of the drouth has been by no means exaggerated exag-gerated The party expressing the latter views Is for the present in the majority and the market kept firm May opened at 5 < S54 and rose to > 554 < 354 and from that off to BKgWji the price at the close September fluctuated within a range of itl < 457 and closed at 56 t Business In the oat market was of fairs i tt fair-s volume TheOfluctuatlons continued ton to-n I 1 Q I J I o l = p4 r J 1 a follow those of corn September started at 2994 sold up to 30 and back to 2 where It was at noon closing at 2 The provision market still had some head way on it from the speed of Its upward up-ward progress yesterday when It started today Early buyers however were comforted ar liberal offerings from the packers There were rallies but In the end prices were about at their lowest for the day In comparison with yesterdays closing price September pork is 15c lower and January 22V off Lard for both these months declined 10c Ribs are off 17ii for February and 1 for January Jan-uary uar leading futures ranged as follows WHEAT NO 2 I Open i Hhh1 I Low I Closing Sept 5 53 531A 5 Dec 53I 5M1571 151 56S4 5 May H 62 62C21i6fl 61 CORN NO 2 2 I Open I High I Lov I Closing I Sept 564 157 56 56 Oct 55 56 5 156 Mly 55 5 5 8 5 OATS NO 2 J Open High I Low Closing I Sept 23 10 I29 29 12 Oct 12 30 6 302 30 May 13 3 13 3 MESS PORK PER BBL I Open I High I Low I Closing Sept 1144 I 1415 110 I 10 Jan 1147 1117 118 1395 LARD PER LBS I OpenIHIgh I I Low I Closing Sept 872 872 1862 S6I1I Oct 88 8721 862 8G Jan 825 82m 1810 181 fUORTltBS PER 10 LBS I Open i High I iw I Closing Sept 17So O 7G 565 Oct i80 7S0 76l 156 Jan 1725 725 710 71 Cash quotations were as follows FLOURUnchanged WHEAT No 2 spring 5354 No 3 spring none No 2 red 5 CORNNo 2 5 No 3 yellow 5 OATSNo 2 29i No 2 white 3230 No 3 white 3132ii RYENo2 461 BARLEY No 2 56 No 3J2oo No 4 52 FLAX SEED No 1 113 TIMOTHY SEED Prime 520525 MESS PORK Per bbl 1400gl410 g lii LARD Per 100 pounds 862S865 SHORT RIDSSides loose 770S7SO SHOULDERSDry salted boxed 685 7 00 SHORT CLEARSides boxed s2os40 WHISKEY Distillers finished 82o840 per gallon 133 Article I Bee I Ship Flour 16000 60 Wheat bushels1339000 2t0 Corn bushels16520001 8G0 I Oats bushes163oI300 Rye bushes 1000 Barley bushels 401100 On the produce exchange today the butter market was firm creameries 1 23A eggs firm BOSTON QUOTATIONS 5X 7 Bell Boston Sept 5Atchison5X Bel Telephone Sept 20 Burlington i Mexican Sb San Diego 6 NEW YORK MIXING STOCKS New Yotk Sept 5 Chollar 15 Plymouth 10 Crown Point 0 6 Sierra Nevada PO C C Va 3 70 Standard I 10 Deadwood 5 Union Con 60 GC 60 Yellow JacUet 55 H N 59 Iron Silver 10 Bomcstnke13 50 Quicksilver 1 5 Mexican 1 0 Preferred h1 01 Ontaro Mexlcann 1 I o Bulwer 10 Ophlr 2 0 SAN FRANCISCOMINING j San Franolsoo Sept 5ho official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows Alta 21HN 02 Belle Isle Mexican I 10 Belcher 7 > Monoh 3 I B B irWOphir 210 Bodle Con I M Potosl 61 I i Bulwer Savage 6 Chollar SO Sierra Nevada 98 I Cho18r Vam 3 95 Union Con 681 Crown Point 70 Utah 0 Eureka Con 30 Yellow Jacket 6 I Gould Currr 65 GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS New York Set 5 US5sreg llS3D1tG7s u J5 tTSSscoup 181 DRG4s 80 U S 49 re 14 ErIe Seconds b77 U S 4s coup 15 G H H A 65 u 95 U S 2teu 91 GR B1 78 90 Paciflc6sctOI101 H T Cent 515 Aln classA 1 H T Cent 6 99 AlaOISSSB103 M K Flrt4s 8 Ala class 0 9214 51KT Second4s 4Hi Aa Currency 924 Mutual Union 65 10 La New Cons 4s 94a N J Cent Genlbs 116 Missouri orpaclsts 1124 Nor Faa 2ds N Carolina Pac 8 N Carlna 45 0 iS I NW Coasois110 S C onFund IH NW S F dab 5s11l TennNOWSCtO 78j R GW lst h 67 Tenn Now Set 5s1UH St P Consuls 7s1 7 fcmn Old 65 GO Uo C l P 5s10 Vn Centures 5S4 StLI MJen5s 7t1 Preferred t7 StLzSFgen6s 95 Atchison 73 Tex Pac isIs 87 Dltoeoond A 2Ws TeL Poe 2Ms 2j Canada So 2nds103 UP Istso f9i l4 C Pao1stsof9l 10 Wes Shore 4519 RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS Now York Sept 5 Atchison 75 Northern Pac f Adam E1press147 Preferred 21 Alton T u 30 U P D I G 61 Prelercd 16 North westernI06i6 Am xpreJ510 Preferred 161 B 0 1 N Y Central l01 S CanadIPac G NYN Eh Canada Soil h 53 O V 1i Central Pee 15 ureImp InChes In-Ches 0 h 21j I Ore Nuv 21 Chicago Alton 10 Ore S L U N 7 C B Q 7n Pacific Mail 15 Chicao Gas 7H P D ECon 4 E-Con Gas 12i Plttsburg 5 C C C St L 41 Pullman Paace160 Cob C SI 9 Heading 21 Cotton Oil Cr 3i Richmond Ter 168 Del Hudsonn13 Preferred 23 D L V l RGW 10 D R G lref 3 Preferred 4 D C F Co ISS Rock Island 6 East Tcmn 1 Stlau1o 6 4 ErIc 169j Preferred 1 Erc lcferred 31 8t P 0 Fort Wayne 12 rcferrcd112 GrejtNor pref1i S uther Pac 2oj Grcjt L pret 94 Sugar RcflncrylOl 10cldnlnlef laY T C 1 18 lliinols Central9 Tex Pac 11 lUnos St P DhU 2 T 8 O Cen Fret 70 I K T pef n 21i Union Pacm J6 L E W 1 U S Express 51 ererrrd 7 W 5 L P ns Lake Shore13511 Preferred 17 Lea Trust 431 Wells Faro Erlp L N 56 WeeternUnion 9i 2t g A t 7MWLE 13 Man Con 120 Preferred 46 SLO 5 MSL Hi Mich Cenn 93 Dtc G 121k I Missouri Pac 34 GcnElcch 21 Monle Ohio 20 1atl Linseed 161 Nashville Chat 6 Co1 Fuel J 21 U S Cordage HI Preferred 72 Preferred 311 1 Tax Cent 214 N JCentrOl113 T A A N 5 NW pref 38kjTSLK Ch 1 North Am C 4L Preferred 5 SAN FRANCISCOGENERAL San Francisco Sept S Drafts sight 1 f telegraphic 15 Silver bars 65iC Mexican dollars 531454 Cleared 4G491 centals wheat Wheat dull December 91 cents May L00 teat CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago Sept 5 HOGS Receipts 8000 official yesterday 14000 shipments S1476 left over about 6000 quality rather poor market rather fairly active and on best grades prices are firm while common lots are weak but unchanged Sales ranged at 550S < 526 for light 5402765 for rough packing 550 630 for mixed 5705640 for heavy packing pack-ing and shipping lots CAT1LE Receipts 17000 market fairly active and steady on good grades while common are weak SHEEPRecelpts 10000 market fairly active steady on good grades but 510 cents lower on common KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Kansas City Sept 5 CATTLE Receipts 9200 shipments 4300 market for best firm others weak Texas ste n 210J 25 Texas cows 140JJ 225 beef steers 350g375 stockers and feeders 240330 bulls 1253GO SHEEP Receipts 3000 shipments none Market slow and weak good to choice natives 250300 gcod to choice westerns 225J2300 common ard Stackers 2UO250 good to choice lambs 300400 OMAHA LIVE TOCK Omaha Sept 5 CATTLE Receipts 6000 Buyers were after the fat beeves and for thc Paid steady prices 525 for natives and 37 p for westerns The commoner grades and cow I stuff generally ruled slow and lower II Business In stockers and feeders was moderately mod-erately active and prices were fairly well sustained I SHEEP Receipts GOO no market GOLD AT BUENOS AYRES London Sept 5God is quoted today at Buenos Ayres at 234 The Lust Sad Rites The funeral of the late Gustavus Dyer Dy-er was held yesterday afternoon at the Sixteenth ward school house The attendance at-tendance was very large and there were many floral tributes Bishop Kes ler officiated and appropriate addresses were made by Messrs Bywater Davis and others The members of the bereaved be-reaved family desire to express their gratitude for the many evidences of sympathy shown them by friends during dur-ing their trouble |