| Show COMMEECIAL Weekly JJanlr Statement NEW YORK Nov 8Tho weekly bank statement state-ment shows a reserve decrease or > S3 26C The banks hold S2644OC01ess than Qthevequlre ments The bank statement caused anotner rush to sell stocks A drop of 1 par ceijt is common and the market closed weak at the lowest price of the day Honey Market NEW YORK Nov 8 Money on call 45i5 Prime mercantile flaper68 mercantie 6 Prme Sterling exchangeQuiet steady sixtyday bills 479H demand 4b54 Bar Silver NEW YORK Nov SBa sliver 5l02j London Money Market LONDON NoV 6 Consols money 9i con sols account 94U U S fours S126JT U S curs onehalt 1OV Bar silver 40d per ounce Money 44Ji per cent New York Stock Exchange NEW YORK Nov Todays stock market was simply an annex to that of yesterday and weakness is still the great characteristic of the dealings prices being stilt lower this morning The market opened a shade better than last evenings prices but the pressure to sell caused n further decline and upon the Issue of thabank statement showing reduction of surplus sur-plus reserves there was a sharp break and losses were numerous The close was active and weak at or about the lowest prices of the day as compared with last evening Reading wih is down 17 Lackawanna Northern Pacific preferred and Michigan Central each 1J4 St Paul 1H Illinois Central and Burlington 8 Quincy each 1 per cent and other fractional amounts while Pullman 114 higher and Pacinc Mail 1 per cent GovernmentsSteady Petroleum NEW YORK Nov 7Peroleum spotopened at 713 closIng the as opened at 76l j closing at7t S Closing Railroad Stocks NEW Yom Nov 8 U S 4s coupon 1237 UnionPacific44l PacifleOs h 113 Fargd Express 3 Atchison2Oif Western Union 79J Central Paclc 20 American ExlH Can Pacific731i 8 Pac1lc Burlngton D t R G 2D 4 Can Southern4016 NortherPacUlc 2J Laclmwanna 3 Preferred016 Erie Northwestern 10516 1ansas Texas 11114 York CentraiLake Shore10IlL Ognlav1gntion 511 LouIsvllleNash 731k North Amorican 30 MichIgan Central 16 Pacific Mail3914 Oga improvement 3114 Rock Island6914 Ogn Short Line 221L St L S Reading3114 St P 1 02014 St Texas Pacific1614 U S Chicago Wheat CHICAGO Nov 8There was a good specu lathe trade feeling and again nervous and unsettled un-settled at times but a little pressure to sell was particularly noticeable in the early part of the session but later the offerings became quite heavy and there was a general run to sell again The money market no doubt had considerable influence on the market for alter a steady opening open-ing and slight appreciation a report that the New York bank statement had made an unfavorable unfa-vorable showing and a decline in stocks had a depressing feeling and prices were carried to the lowest point The opening was firm at yesterdays yes-terdays closing to a shade above advanced to a point 14iic over yesterdays closing eased off slightly held steaay awhile broke rapidly to a point 2c lower for December tc lower for May than the top figure reached early in the morning recovered on shorts covering and some export buyingand prices advanced 5tat5111c ruling quite firm Closed 3c lower for December Decem-ber 3c lower for May than yesterday Ro ceipts 685000 shipments 219000 Chicago Produce CHICAGO Nov 8 Wheat Firm cash 96J December S8i May 105 Corn Firm cash 52 4 November 211 May is31I Oats Firm cash 431j December 43 May 6a Mess pork Steady cash 975 Jan uary 1170 May 1230 Lard Steady cash 605 January 6C5 MayOSO Rye Easy 66S Barley Firm feO YVhisKy 114 Shoulders 5505 6214 Short Clear 5750507 Short Ribs540 Chicago Live Stock CHICAGO Nov 8 Cattle Receipts 4000 steady steers 275520no grangers on sale Hogs Receipts 20000 slow strong higher for heavy light lower rough and common 350 < g375 mixed and packers 383393 prime heavy and butchers weights 395410 light 37n3SO Sheep Receipts 2500 active and steady to lower natives 400490 fed westerns 423 450 Texans > fed 465 MinIng Stocks NEW YORK Nov 8AlIce 8200 Adams Consolidated S200 Consolidated California Virginia S400 Commonwealth 8240 Deadwood Dead-wood T S125 Hale Norcross 2CO Horn Silver 325 North Belle Isle SJ4U North Commonwealth 50 Ontario 5950 Sutler Creek 4300 Liverpool Grain LIVERPOOL Nov 8 Wheat Holders offering of-fering New No 2 winter 7s 514d firm No 2 spring 7s Sd firm Corn Holders offer moderately Spot and November 4s 9d firm December 4s RId firm January 4s iO14d firm New York General Market NEW YORK Nov aHopsQuiet barely steady Pacific coast 35C430 Coflee Options closed steady unchanged to 10 points up Sales 22600 bags December 17IllOil713 January lfL25tG35 February 157lfliltSO May l530flJl53 Spot Rio fai cargoes 9l2 No 7 18 Sugar Raw nominal fair refining 5516 centifugals 96 test 57g refined lower C S1 extra C 5 il67 116 white extra C 5918 5 1116 yellow 5 11C5 5lfi off A 59lG5l mould A6 5 IGi standard 316 confectioners confection-ers A 6 516 cut loaf 6 1116 crushed 6 1116 powdered jy granulated 6J4 cubes 6Ja Copper Neglected Lead Nominal steady domestic 535 Tin Steady straits 2095 plates steady A Story of Congressman Rogers It is related of John Rogers the Arkansas Ar-kansas congressman that he recently sat down in a barbers chair when the barber asked if he would not take off his collar Certainly said Rogers pleasantly anything to accommodate and getting get-ting out of the chair removed his coat and vest let down his suspenders and began unbuttoning his shirt Jes yo collah sah said the astonished aston-ished barber jes de collah thatll be enough understand said Rogers Im going go-ing to take it off And he peeled his shirt off over his head Yon see I have my collars made on my shirts he calmly said as he sat in his undershirt and enjoyed himself Cincinnati CommercialGazstte |
