Show TRADE AND FINANCE New York Feb 3 Wall Street Speculation was fairly active but twothirds of the bus ss was done in the industrials St Paul and Western Union being the only stocks in which trading was even moderately active Western Union gained 3 f on the day Oregon Short Line declined 1 Bonds generally are firmer Governments quiet Petroleum closed 80 bid SPECIE IMPORTS New York Feb 1mports for tlfe week Specie 3335Tl exports specie sold 718252 silver 560 30i > r THE BANK STATEMENT < New York Feb 3 Reserve increase 2580000 Loans increase 759000 Specie increase 1 36o3000 Legal tender increase DliTOOO Deposits increase 4114000 The banks TiQwvhold 111623000 in excels of legal requirements THE GRAIN TRADE ABROAD London Feb 3 The weather has been fair for heat which has been ffreen and promIsing and farm work is progressing The wheat market was dull and father despondent though a fair business has been done in L Plata wheat and a few cargoes of White wheat haYe been sold otherwise the week ha been without features The United Kingdom stocks are reduoecl and exports are higher but this ha had no effect upon the market upn France has ceased to buy and prices are unchanged The parcel trade is noderate Spot business is i quiet and easy and the country trade quiet California prompt is i quoted at 26s 9d red winter parcel February and March 24s 3d Flour is dull and slow at 3d lower Maize In all positions i dull owing to the mild weather prices are easy and the American parcels I are fairly steady spot moderate mixed American on Tjassaere is quoted at 18s XTotfntry trade is quiet Barley is 3d down and active at a decline de-cline spot Is quiet Oat are unchanged GOVERNMENT BONDS 7 New York Feb 3 U S 4sreg ItS J Twos res r5 US 1scoup U3J4 Pacific ref 102 RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS d x New York Feb 3 Atchison lltCen Pacific 12A Burlington v7J > 3 iNor Pacific 12V west nh Ml Preferred 17 Preferred VtiV N American Si N Y Central 102VOre Amrcan 2 Pacific Mal 174 Rio Grande pfd 32 > 4 1 1 St P O 37 Great N pfdl02 > A Preferred112 ½ Texas Pacific 8A Union Pacific 181 Fargo Expreas123 W Union 84 Sugar 803k American Ex111 Can Pacific 71 Chicago Gas 65ifrCottohQll n T 2Th fn uifUuers zifc iv x T plU 23 Lake Shore l27Y Led Tust 294a Mo Pacific 2 Nat Cordage 17 Improvement 12Y Preferred 40 Short Line 6Tl Pullman 103 Reading Hft1 R < G W 1 St Paul 5 Preferred 42 U S Express 54 Firsts 69i Electric 34 Linseed 21 BOSTON QUOTATIONS Boston Feb 3 Atchlson 77l7ijTelephone i Burlington i Mexican Cen 61 San Diego I MINING i STOCKS i New York Feb 3 Chollar 4V Crown Point 50 C a Va 2 8 Deadwood 100 GC 63HN 5 Homestake10 50 Mexican 103 Ontario5 50 Ophir 190 Plymouth 35 vSierra Nay 80 Standard 12 Union Con 80 Yellow Jacket 6 Iron Silver 10 Quicksilver 1 50 Bulwer 5 Preferred 12 0 NEW YORK MONEY MARKET New York Feb 3 Money on call easy 1 prime mercantile mercan-tile paper 3S5 sterling exchange dull with actual business in bankers bills 487 487 for demand and 4843i3 > 4 85 for sixty days NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York Feb 3 HOPSQuiet common to choice 1522 Pacific1 coast 16JZ22 COPPERQuiett lake 995 LEADQuiet domestic 335 TIN Nominal COFFEE Options opened quit unchanged un-changed prices to 5 points decline ruled dull generally weak with small local trading and closed steady 5 points decline de-cline to 5 points advance Sales 2250 btfgs March 1610 May 1570 June 1540 spot Rio market quiet No 7 17 SUGAR Raw strong demand good fair refining 2 i centrifugal 96tegt 3 reflned more active off A 31315S4 mould A 4 516tt standard A and onf toners ton-ers A 516H cut loaf and rushed 413165 powdered and cubes 4 51Guh granulated 4 15likS CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago Feb 3 CATTLE Receipts O top steers 4SO490 others 375470 cow lSOgJMi HOGS Receipts 10000 10 lower rough and common 490510 packer and mixp 5l5i523 prime heavy and butchers weights 30t5 SHEEP Receipts 1000 unchanged d CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET Chicago Feb 3 WHEAT Fair trade opened fe lower declined Vs more on larger reJ2lpts In the northwest I lower cables and smaller exports ex-ports for the week advanced on over ing by s ort and on rumors that big tracers here and In New York were under the market with a view of lunnlnpr a corner closed firm at top higher than yesterday The reported corner 5g credited credit-ed owing to the fact that there has been a quiet buying for Inside parties for the past two or three days and because It was argued the extremely lov prices with the likelihood that the tariff question will be settled soon rendered the aitua toi favorable for forcing a advance In values Receipts 38000 bushels shIpments ship-ments 4000 bushels others unchanged CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET Chicago Feb C WHEAT Firm cash 6012 May 64 A CORN Steady cash 3 fe May 38 6tV M 9 97 OATS Steady cash 28 8V May 1275 PORK Steady cash 12651267 May LlDSteady cash 745750 May 740 740Rl G42 BS Steady cash 637642W May RYE AND BARLEY KomlnaJ FLAXTlrm 3 TIMOTHY Firm 25 LIVERPOOL QUOTATIONS Liverpool Feb 3 I yeroo WHEAT Qulet No 1 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