| Show COMMERCIAL I Money Market NEWYOIK Dec 18 Money on call easy dosed offered at a per cent Prime mercantile paper 7i9 I Sterling exchangeActive firm sixtyday bllls 480 demand 482 < Bar Silver NEW S YORKDec 18 Bar silver 107 London Mon v Market LosDbj Dec 18 Closing consols money tEll5lnccoifnt 95U S lours 8123U Sours S-ours onehalf SlOj f bar silver 494d per ounce money 1H2 per cent New York General Market S NEW 1OItK Dec 18HopsWeak Pacific coast xass Coffee Options closed steady 5 to 10 points up quiet Sales 232l0bags December 1730 1740 J3nuary i65Ul6t505 February l6O0l1 llio March 5551560 May 15tOjl530 spot Rio firm fair cargoes i9j No7 171 Sugar Raw easy fair refining 49116 Sales l250j nags centrifugals 95test Ja 303 hogs heads muscavado 87teat 4J refined quiet Copper Nominal Lead Weak domestic 412i TmHeavy straits itOliJ New York Stock Exchange NEW YORK Dec 8The stock market today showed no change in its general characteristics eristics from those of the previous few days being dull and narrow but withal firm to srong and final changes of the day while somewhat Irregular and generally for fractional amounts only are in most cases in the direction of higher figures The announcement that the caucus of Republican Senators in Washington had agreed on a conbervat t c financial measure added materially tonally to the feeling of confidence to day and bankers here consider that if these measures can be passed a great deal of gold that has been withheld from the market will be returned to it Governments steady Petroleum NEW YORK Dec 18 January petroleum closed 65h Boston Qnotations BOSTON Dec IS AtcHison Topeka Santa Fe 2S9t Burlington 89 > 5 Mexican Cen tail common J9f San Diego 16 Mining stocks NEW YORK Dec ISAliee 5155 Consolidated Consoli-dated California Virginia 4250 Ontario 3S03 Gould Curry SI 20 Ophir E950 Hale Norcross fcliO Union Consolidated SlriO Homestake lu0 Horn Silver 9O5 Savage Sl50 Sierra Nevada 145 Standard 510D Morniiigllaliroaci Stocks NEW YORK Dec If U S 4s coupon 12J Ogn Navigation 79 PaclficGsl09 North American ll Atchison21 Pacific Mailu 3tV Central Pacific 25 lock Island u 7Oj Burlingtonun St L S Pnu 32 D H 18 St Paul 0 3i Northern Pacific 2114 Texas Pacillcn 143 NP preferredS Union Paclile44l Northwestern l044 Fargo Express 3 York Central14 Western Unionn t64 Closing Railroad Stocks NEW YORK Dec 18 U S 4s Preferred 62H U S 4s coupon 12 Northwestern 104 U S414s reg1034Preferred135 U R 43is eouponJO3tYork Central0314 Pacific Os 101 Ognlmproement 16 Atchison2S1 s Og11 Navigation jAm j-Am Express10 Oregon ShortLlne 16V Can Pacificorth American 11 Can South1S Pacific Mail35 Central Pacitlc 28 Readmgnnn3O Burlinglonun Rock Island7l5 Del Laka23St Paul I 51 li it m t u 18 s Texas Pacillc1414 Kansas Texas ii3 Union Pacificu 44 Lake ShorenUt U S Ex un 65 Louisvi1leNa 727 Fargo Exnress5 Michigan Central 75 Western Union j5i Missouri Pacific 6214 Am Cotton OiL 52h orlhern Pacific 21 Chicago Produce CHICAGO Dec 18 Wheat Easy cash C0g January 0ltt May 100 Corn Steady t cash 5214 January 5155 May 533 533Oas Oas Easy cash 41 January 4ii May 45ltPil514 Pork Dull cash S03 January 100714 May 1107 LardDull cash 59D January 577 May 635 RyeEasy 67 Barley Nominal CS70 Whiskv 114 Shoulders450S4GO j r s Short Clear 5log520 S Short Rib 1754SO Chicago Live Stock CHICAGO Dec 18 CattleReceipts 13000 flat and lower Christmas steers 5UOX25 common to choice 300 J85 stockers i7Mlj 250 Texans 1S3325 Hogs Receipts 35030 lower common to best mixed 31 55330 prime heavy and butchers weights 33o340 assorted light 32511325 SheepReceipts 600Q steady common natives na-tives 4033 125 Christmas stock 50375 westerns 4004 Texans 4 > 0430 S Chicago Wheat CHICAGO Dec IS Wheat opened rather easy and a shade lower but quickly rallied on Rood buying advanced V cents cased off J cents improved i4 cent and dropped off 1 > g held steadier and closed 14 cent lower than yesterday Receipts 353000 shipments S 28000 Liverpool Grain LIVERPOOL Dec IS Wheat Unchanged CornFirm spot 5s 5id January new 5s Shd |
