Show COMMEEGIAL Bank Statement NEW YORK Dec 23 Reserve decrease 117O specie deciease SlaCOCO The banks rule now jaujo7o In excess of the 25 per cent bullltit SEW YORK Dec 2 lEar silvei MSi Jldii y Market NEW YORK Dec 28 Money on call tight ranging from 410 per cent Prune mercantile paper 5y7M Sterling exchange quiet weak sixtyday bills 480 demand 483H New York ienrml Market JEW VOHK Dee 28 Hops Stiong quiet Coffee Opliuna 01 encl barely steady unchanged j un-changed H to 10 pouts down clojed barely 15 mts dowu to te320 ba uttriiij points cairn > bags December i5735i5so January 156157 I February 1 7X1 0 Mirch 15 I Sslt5 t5t Aprl I 1590 May ibsS st UJ leadYUnl quiet far JaN No 7 17 I Sug rUav dull refined steady quiet Coppter Steady lake Jariuary 14JJ5 Lead Nominal domestic 300 TiniDull but flrm straits 2100 New York Stock Exchange NEW YORK Dec 28The stock market today to-day showed more animation than during the same hours on any previous day this week but the increased activity was had Ban expense of values The pressure was specially severe against centers Sugar reflneries Missouri Pacific Pa-cific St Paul Union Pacific JI Wisconsin Central which were all conspicuously weak while there was not a strong spot to be found4n the list The close was fairly activeeveu at the lowest prices of the session The list is invariably in-variably lower and sugar is dow Louisville 5 Nashville Missouri Pacific and St Paul lii and Heading and Chicago Ga Jpist 1 ten cent each Governments dull and steady Petroleum NEW YORK Dec Petroleum opened steady at 10314 and sagged off t 1 03H closing steady at ry Stock exchange opened at 103J5 highest 103ii lowest I03JS closingatI03i Consolidated exchange opened at 10V highest lOltf lowest ltBJi closing at lOJJi Total sales lOW barrels Boston Quotations BOSON Dec 2 Closing prices Atchison Topeka Santa Fe first sevens 17 Atchl son Topeka Santa Fe land grant sevens Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad 33VJ Burlington lOGJi Mexican Central common ri le P Mexican Central bondscrip Mexican Central first mortgage bonds 70 San Diego 31 Mining Stocks NEW YORK Dec 28 Mining quotations Alice 100 Best Beleher 3 Caledonia B H 115 Chollar o Consolidated Califoania Virginia 173 Comstock S C P laO oi Deadwood roe 814U Eureka Consolidated 0 ElCristo 8140 Hale 1 Norcross 2bO Homestake 5 Horn Silver 8190 Iron Silver SMSfl I TSrnrth Holln Tslo Sim Dntjirin S1J 50 Savage 8150 Sierra Nevada 200 Union Consolidated Con-solidated 2 HornIng Railroad Stocks I NEW YOKK Dec 2 43 Coudons27 1 Union Pacific nn 67t Jis CouponsLOS Fargo Express115 Parlfices1 16 Western Union t25 I Central Pacific4 AmExpress13 Burlington1OSh Can Pacific 7y Rio Grandsl5b Can Southern 5 Northern Pacific SOfi LacirawanaIt Preferred41 Erie 26 Northwesternlllll I Lake Shore lOSyj Preferredt42h4 L N Sty York Centrall07t Mich Central 974 OreponNavigation 99 Kansas Texas 105 Transcontinental SIR Oregon Imp n A Pacific Mail 36 Reading 37JJ Rock Islandn 9 St Paul C9 S L S F 15Ji Missouri Pacific 31 St P Omaha3 US Express83 TexasPacific25 I Chicago Produce Market CHICAGO Dee 23 Wheat Hiehsr December Decem-ber nominally 777s January 7 nominal May 82JJ I 82JJCorn Corn Higher December 31 5 January 30 May 315 Oats Steady December nominal 20 January I Jan-uary 205 bid May 22i22i Rye Steady l December nominal 4t < i i Barley Nominal Pork Higher January 903 February 9n May 0475 fard Higher January 580 February OS2H May tillS Short reinsSteady January 403 February 4I bid May 482ArTEnNOdN ArTEnNOdN Rye Easy 2 00 cash 2415 Barley 200 cash 2582 CO Whisky 103 Shoulders Unchanged Short ClearSides 485i1 9 Short Ribs Cash 4 G04 < j3 Chicago Live Stock CHICAGO Dec 25CattleRereipts 2OnO steady tJ strong beeves 2 Bogs 00 stockers and feeders 2C023uo cows bulls and mixed 120 1 5300 Hosts Receipts 11000 steady to 5 higher 370 mixed 3503TO heavy 343370 light 35073 37 Sheep Receipts 2500 strong natives 300 53330 western corn fed 4 50Q5IO Liverpool Grain Lrvrnroot4Dcc2S Wheat Steady demand poor holders offer moderately Corn Steady demand improving |