Show COMMERCIAL J Money Market j NEW YOBK February 12 4 J Money3344 LATER Money on call easy 34 dosed offered 2 Prime mercantile paper 56 Sterling exchange dull steady 485K for sixty days bills 4 8S > for demand Bunion Niw YOR February 12Bar silver 10134 On Wall Street NEW YORK February llrhe settlement settle-ment of the strike last evening started the bears to cover this morning and trading for the day was generally upon a higher plane than that of yesterday Ihere was little feature among the usually active list though there was an active trading in tour gr five stocks The movements however possessed little significance the extreme fluctuation fluctua-tion for the day among a great majority of the stocks being confined to less than 1 per ctnt The opening was strong the first prices showing advances over last evenings eve-nings special figures of from ys to The market remained strong on moderate moder-ate DUhinets and further advances raneing up to per cent were established estab-lished in the first hour The market closed generally at small fractions better than the opening I Murnlnlr Railroad Stock q NEW YORK February 12 601tnments Oregon Navg 91 3s bid100 Transcon 32 4s 128 Pacific Mail 57 4s 110se Rock Island 126 Pac6s12ri StLSF 32U Cen Pacific 38 St Paul 0 49 Burlington 31 Preferred 9 D R G 2134 Tex pacific 23 Northern Pac 2714 Union Pacific 564 Preferred 59 Wes1argo 29 Northwesrern1l5X w U 74 N Y Central 113 r r4 Afternoon Stook Market Governments Preferred 5934 3s o 100 Northwestern1l5 4s coupon128 N Y 0 133 8coupon110X 0 N 102 Pac 6s 126 Transcohtl 3234 Am Express 100 Ores 1m Co 43 OanP m Pacific 1 563 Can Southern 58 Texas Pac 23 Central Pac 3734 Union racifi56i n R G 2435 US Express 02 Erie 24 Fargo Ex 129 Kansas Tex 31 W D 73 North Pac 274 Bank Statemout > NEW YORK February 12 The weekly bank statement shows reserve decrease of 1862000 BanKS now hold 18610000 in excess of the rule New York General Markets NEW YORK February 12 Lead firm common 434 Sugar firm refined steady Hops quiet steady Cot ee fair rio quiet 1434 options steady rather quiet Sales 29250 bags February 293 1300 March 1290 April May June and July 12801285 Chicago 1roduco Markets CHICAGO February 12 WheatWeak sharply lower cash 75 March 73 May 79 1316 Corn Weak lower cash 3134 March 34 May 39 OatsEasy cash 24e May 29 PorkEasy cash 1360 May 1375 Lard Easy cash G72X May 685 Whisky 118 AFTERNOON Rye54 Barley50 5034 Whisky 118 Shoulders 750 7 60 short clear 730 d 735 short ribs 695 Chicago dive Stock CHICAGO February CattleReceipts 2000 steady shipping ship-ping steers 950 to 1500 pounds 350 500 stockers and feeders 2 50 O 385 HogsReceipts 801 0 strong rough and mixed 500 530 packing and shipping 55 555 light lower480 550 SheepReceipts 1000 steady natives na-tives 350 485 western 350 470 Lambs 100 500 European Finance LONDON February 12 130 pmCol sols closed at 100 316 for money and 100v6 for account Liverpool Grain Market LIVERPOOL February 12 WheatQuiet but steady unchanged un-changed Corn Quifit but steady holders oiler moderately I New York Mining Market NEW YORK February 12 Mining shares were lifeless with the following prices bid Best Belcher 9 Bodie 195 Bulwer 1 Caledonia Black Hills 120 Consolidated California and Virginia Vir-ginia 1850 Eureka 5 50 Horn Silver 150 Iron Silver 250 Iron Hill 140 Gould Curry 4 50 Petroleum NEW YORK February 12Petroleum opened firm at6314 highest 53JM lowest 63X closin 63 Sales 993000 barrels Cotton Futures NEW YORK February 12C L Greene Cos report on cotton futures says Lt was a quiet but stubbornly firm market all day Prices averaged fractionally better with a close firm at 3 per cent over last evenings figures |