Show i TOCK MARKET WAS I r 11iliiS1iAIIi DULLI I Distilling was Purchased for aNew f New Bull Pool ST PAUL BOUGHT 1 TO COVER CONTRACTS I Baud Market Strong from Opening to the Close t I I t I Chi Jo Gun Grew Strong on I count of Uci > or < ctl Action of thc I I AttorucvGencruI Louin Shylocks Shy-locks Take si Turn at he Sets niornpre Bill tplit Lumber Snleni I Improvements in Dry GoollH1 j Loail mid Silver Quic < Grain I i Coffee Live Stock ami Other Quo I tntioits I New York larch 24Een for Saturday Sat-urday the stock market was unusually unusual-ly dull and the speculation unimportant unimport-ant Distilling was the only even moderate mod-erate stock which was bought in small blocks it is believed for a new bull pool which bid up the shares 1 SoLon So-Lon stock bought at lower figures was then brought out causing a reaction I of 8 with a recovery of at the close The only other stock the transactions In which exceeded 5000 shares was St I Paul the buying in which was mainly to cover short contracts of a leading bear operator Fluctuations were lim ited to a c range After opening at an advance of 4 Chicago Gas receded 2 1A and then on buying induteed by the report that the attorney general of Illinois would I dismiss the quo warranto proceedings j I rose 1 per cent closing in the inal dealings The general market was dull and featureless At the close the market was strong except for Chicago Gas which became heavy on a dispatch statin that questions asked by the at I torney general during proceedings be fore hIm indicated that he would grant the petition for a writ The bond market was strong from opening to close today I Dry GooilK Market New York March 4For the closj j c lag day of the week there was a fair j business effected by jobbers as the result re-sult of local dealers being present in j good form With the commission trade the demand was moderate but the wire INquest I-Nquest much better Agents report free deliveries of dress goods printed fabrics calicoes white goods staple and dress ginghams and a good demand I for dress styles Clothing linens in fair 1 request Printed cloths in better demand de-mand with sales at 2 bid for sixty four squares Sales for the week at Fall River Providence and elsewhere nearly half a million pieces The tone of the market is steady and strong I Against IumpyJuvicil Cattle i Chicago March 4The agitation of I the question of the more strict enforcement i enforce-ment of the edict against lumpyjawed I I I cattle has culminated here in the ad j I dition of a compromise rule by the Chi I I cage Livestock Exchange which provides pro-vides for strict inspection and provides a heavy penalty for disregarding the I same The adoption of the rule was almost al-most unanimous and it is made signi ficant by the fact that every live stork exchange in the west that has not already al-ready done so will it is believed adopt similar measures II Omalist Xot Afraid Omaha Xeb March 4The South Omaha Livestock Exchange has taken 1L no cognizance of the lumpy jaw legis lation of the Chicago exchange Very few animals affected thus are handled I here and those that come are killed by inspectors ItcciiU nutS Oils New York March 24 Gorernment bonds firm state bonds inactive Petroleum Pe-troleum steady Pennsylvania oil sales none Options April sales I none closed 82k Lima oil sales none I I laimlier Sale Light Duluth Minn March I Loggers in this district are about through their work for the winter having put in about 21000000 feet a slight increase i over the estimates made last fall The 1 sale of lumber has been very light up to date and the outlook is less prom iSing now than a few weeks ago Still XnjRliiK nt Sci mIornKe II St Louis March 24A petition lgned by all the bankers and trust I companies in this city and a large number of leading merchants and business men was mailed to President Cleveland tonight ursring him to veto the seigniorage bill A Ill ter Trust Boston March 24A movement IP on foot to form a combination of the paper manufacturers of the country with a view of raising the prices and Controlling the market Nearly all the large manufactories in the oast have already agree to enter the trust j Kiliort of Speoip New York March 24The export of specie from the port of New York for the wtk was Gold J13S485 siher 408572 The Import lor the week was Gold 140072 silver 113335 general merchandise S92S22S1 dry goods 1 S1127t Jloxton CVantntloiin j Boston March 24Closing prices 1 Atchison 154 Bell Telephone l83 Burlington S34 Mexican 7 I 1 NEW YORK MONEY MARKET I New York March 21 t I Money on call Cisy at 1 last loan 1 I closed 1 Prime mercantile paper 3sv Sterling exchange dull with actual JusT rt > s In bankers bills at lSS26ttip i for Ltnand and 4S7j4S7 4 for sixty Inif I h sted rates tEtz48934 eommefctol bills w < 1fcl tllvT 486li certincat SSjfcfiaSU The teuJ saifs cecf stock today were tI lee shares including American tobacco YC American sugar 40IW BurUncton SfiOO Chicago I gas 5000 DIstilling l iZetto NUonal lead l3OG Reading 2 U Sj Stock Inland 1200 St Paul 77 0 lexas t Pa Ciic 2000 NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET I New York March 24 11 I HOPS tull state common to choice I M719 Pacific coast 18019 ijG IRON Dull Scotch SO American i lI50dlSSO I I SlLV l59 COiPBTi Quiet lake 9 > KAD Firn domesUc 140 I TIN Dull nominal quiet SPELIEit Dull nominal COFFESpet Rio firmer No 7 lV5 1TS > mild qliet and steady Cordova I 1fctj1IJJ 4 Sales rumored late yesterday of liOOO bags Rio No7 afloat at 17 > A I SUGAH Raw dull fair refining 24 centrifugal 9Stefit 3 remed dull No I 6 39l6 < t No 7 Sfl16fcoy No8 3716 To 9 3s No 10 3 5lfttftJA1 No 11 3UCS r 1 3716 No 12 J 3516 fto 13 23W6 off A SlllGlg1 mould A IGliMV Hnndard A 3 3161W4 confectioners A1 I 4 iSlfie cut heel 4 HlftgS crushed 4 ll < m powdered 4 5l6t2 granulatiri I I 4 116N cubes 45I644 I CHICAGO GENERAL aiAUKBK I Chicago March 2L The absence of foreign nors and the I f cbe of todays short day being wedged In between two holidays made business on charge easy and rather weak tht closing being steady with scarcely any l I i ik ft L change from Thursday afternoons quotation quota-tion < tionCorn Corn erweak and closed with ain i ga a-in fl ifc cent j Provisions ware weak and closed 10 cents lower faT pork unchanged for lard and 7J4 cents for ribs I Estimated rcceirth for Monday Wheat j I f 2 cars corn lio cars oats 200 cars i frogs E3000 offeaJS i I WHEAT NO 2 I Open HighestLowest Close 1arch 15 Ir 16611 l1a l5i 1g 5i 15o 7 il i j Ii fo t 9i idg 91o 1 Open IHIghestjLowestl I Close 1 Merch35K I3 1 3i I May J3i fcSZfrufoseSTWOfifc m Uly IM 133 37v m 1 I OATS NO2 i I Open HighestLowest Close M arch l0 t 119 3 ¼ 34 I il 1 ay I 3t1z t t 3JiFJO 31Ji j ygTh 127 1 rit I ifESS PORK PER BBI I OpenrjHlEhestlLowegtl Close I May 11102 lllKiy 11093 llOdj July 11100 oy 102hlO921 < I I LARD PER 103 LBS I Open HlghebtLoTvost Close arch 600 M ay 66 G6W Gt 665 J uly 657L 657 1 652t 665 I SHORT RIBS PER lO LBS 1 OperuJHighcsiULowest Close I I May Ir2 I 372V I o7SiV > I aGTX j July I 570 1 I 12y I 567 i 5G75 I Cash quotations were as follows I WHEAT No 2 spring 5614 No 3 SP rIng C1U No 2 red 55 i i Jh CORN NO 2 1 OATS No 2 30 W No 2 white 32ig > K3 No 1 i white 31SKH41 t 311 RYE No 2 4GV BARLEY 5IXo 2 i nominal No 3 5l < iV No 4 46 5I I i FLAX SEED No I 13S i TIMOTHXPrime 425 j PORK inBV 1085 PORKInQflG SHORT IlIDSSides Ooost 567yfi70 SHOlTLDGhS Dry salt boxed > 75o G AO short deer sides boxed 603i6J3 VIIIS 1CYLMstillers linlshtd gools per gallon 115 Article jjlcc 1 Ship F lour m 40000 rsOOO W heat I 1 i 2 OM 11 t oin 1 Ohts < t3OIOJOil R e SOOO 300 Barley tooitooo On the produce exchange today the but te market vus quiet and uncharged eggs firm unchanged i RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS New York Maich C4 Atchison 153k Adams E IS Alton T H 24 American l EXIHV Preferred 150 B ncgI ln < A Canada Pac CS Can Southern 315 I G Central Pacific 16 Chicago AltonlM c 1 Q SUS Chicago Gas 6J ICon I-Con Gay TfflVj 1 C C at I 11 Iotton i Cer 20y D k R G pfd 5 1 Kno 17V li North pfdlU Prrerm1r Illinois Centl W St P Duuth 25 K T pfd B J L E < t Western Th3I i Lake Shore 12SU Preforred 684 Lead Trust 3 j v L t N 49i3 Mo PanIc 274 Nashville Cliatt 27 Natl Conlage 00 N J CentralU4i Preferred 14 North Pacilic 5 e 1 P D G VV 50d Preferred 2 Northwestern 10Jt N Y Cenmraiito Preferred 1 fe Ws Improvement U1 Or Navigation IV O S li U N64 Pn inc f isu i Plttsburg151 Pullman PalliO Hfadinr 21V R O Western MV Hoc Island 7 Preferred 12 St Paul 6H St P 0 7U reiorr < Hl mu Preferred HiVi it ootlt Ilcifc 2414 Sugar relnr 17J Tea Padhc it f nlon Palfc 1i rw S Express 5 W St L Pac 7 w F lxpess 17 Preferred 1It Wetl Union s D R G i Cot Fuel 1 21t = General Elec 42m Preferrpd 6i NatI Linseed lS i GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS New York Starch 2t TT S 5s reg117 ½ l 85s coup 117 s i IF S 4sretr 113W r S 4s coupIll l S 4 tVas rcc 06 Pacific 6s 102 I 1 Ln Stamped 4s 94k Missouri 6s 110 I Cen Pacific lts 104 D R G Ibtblll D It G 4b S1 J ErIe 2nds S > 1 i M 1C T t Ts < 4W4MK in TGos SU North Pac Istsll3 North Pac 2ils SS Northwestn con 113 Su PC FlslODi flo debenture Gslll I V Ists 1MVJ Atchison 75 R G W Ists id t i do 2tts MINING STOCKS NEW YORK New York March 24 Chollar SO Crown Point 7 > Con Cal Va 2 50 Deadwood fiG fi-G C t > HN ij Homestake11 0 Mexican 1 Si Ontario 7 0 Ophir Zi I Plymouth 2 Sierra Kev 1 W Standard 1 2i Lnion Con 10 Yellow Jacket 5 iron Silver 30 1 Quicksilver 2 00 Bulwcr 3 Preferred Jo 50 MINING STOCKSSAN FRANSISCO San Francisco March 21 1 The official closing quotations for mining min-ing i blocks today were as follows Belcher GG B B 1 40 Bodie Con iJ J > uif j I Chollar 37 Crown Point 11 Con Cai Va 2 G EureKa Con JiG I Ji-G C C8 H N JJ Mexican I 140 Mono 9 Nevada Queen 1 Ophir 21 ii Potosi S6 Savage Ja Sierra Nevada 1 Co Union Con 4 I Yellow Jacket 60 |