Show I COMMERCIAL Money Market NEW YorKApril 21 Money 1 2 LATER Money on call easy at 114 to 2 closed offered 2 Prime mercantile paper 5 7 Sterling exchange 486 for sixty day bills 488 lX for demand New York General Markets NEW YORK April 21 Hops Quie1 steady Palifomia 3 12 Sugar Quiet firm fair refiner quoted at4 1316 96 tea centrifugal 51 G molasses grades 4 4 Copper Firm Lake 163 LeadDull domestio 472 TinQuiet Straits 3GJ Coffee Spot fair rio quiet 14 options opened vo ponts lower and later reacted 20 and 35 points closed firm sales 37 000 baits April 1100 1130 May 1090 1125 June 1050 0 1080 July 1005 f 1030 August 9 SO 1005 September 80 990 Mining Market NEW YORK April 21 Mining shares closed Amador 210 Belcher 712V Best it Belcher 525 Bodie 260 Bulver 75 Caledonia Black Hills lVa California Virginia 1325 El Cristo 260 Iron silver 3 00 Navajo 1 50 North Belle Isle 600 Ophir 900 Plymouth 825 Pronstlte 180 Savage 5 25 Sntro Tunnel 20c Petroleum NEW YORK April 21The petroleum market mar-ket opened atM i4 below last nights close and after a slight decline in early trading it advanced 31 6 cents caused by heavy close 1 orders from the west and l market closed strong at 86J t onolldated Exchange sales 1305000 barrels opening at 84 highest 87 lowest 83closingatS6StoekExchHnge sales 131000 barrels opening at 84X highest 86A lowest 84 closing at 86 Total tales 1836000 barrels New YorK Stock Exchange NEW YORK April 21The stock market was quiet active and decidedly strong today to-day throughout the session and closed at about the best prices for the week The expectation ex-pectation of a favorable bank statement induced in-duced traders to purchase for a quick turn this morning and this gave the market an impetus which carried it to a higher figure than at any previous time during the week The Union Pacific and Western Union were specially prominent and buying In the latter attracted much attention the operations opera-tions being set down to Standard Oil interest inter-est The close was strong at the best prices Governments dull and steady Mornln Railroad Stock aNEW a-NEW YORK April 21 Is coupons 233 Navigation 9Hf 4Hs coupons 7 Transcontinental 22 Pacific t > s 214 Pacific Mail S3 Central Pacific 29 Rock Island Burlington 19 8 StL S F 26 ldoGrande8 St P O 381 Northern Pacific 23V < Texas Pacific 254 N P Preferred 48 Union Pacific 544 Northwestern SH i Wells Fargo Co 35 N Y Central 5 Western union 75V j Afternoon Railroad Stocks American Ex 9 Kans Texas 12 Canada Pacific 58j Mich Texas 127 j CanadaSouthern 5lU ugn Im 50 D L W 2974iReading 61 2s Paul 62 Erie 25 3t Paul 72 Lake Shore 9014 US Express 7834 L N 55y Chicago Produce MarkeT CHICAGO April 21 WheatEasy cash 81 May 81 516 June 82 716 CornSteady cash 53J8 May 553x June WJOatsFirm j OatsFirm liny 31 = Barley Nothing doing Pork Steady cash and May 14 12i < June 14 1734 LardEasy cash 8 0734 May 810 June 815 AFTERNOON Rye Qniet 63 Barlev Unchanged Whisky 15 Shoulders 575 600 short clear 7SO 785 short ribs 730 Chicago Live Stools CHICAGO April 21 Cattle Receipts 2000 strong steers 370 5 stockers and feeders 215 350 > Texas cattle 2 iy 3 40 HogsReceipts 11000 slow 5 lower mixed 5 35 555 heavy 550 57o light 5 20 550 SheepReceipts 3000 strong natives 400 GfO western 5 5 SO Texans 325530 Liverpool Grain LIVERPOOL April 21 WheatQuiet steady and unchanged CornQuiet holders offer moderately new mixed western U < 2Yzd per cental |