| Show l i T WHSKY TUCHES THE LWEST FIGURE I It < I Supporting Orders However f r Cause a Recovery and Advance FEELING OF DISQUIET IN TEE SUGAR CROWD > SALES OF THE STOCK WERE VERY HEAVY 1 St Paul aiT Lender Among the Grangers Grang-ers Pallmnn TakeN si Shoot Dovrn f ward Build AlarUct Opens Weak re j But Soon Jleeovers Demand For Domestic Wool Quiet Though V There is More Inquiry Than a i Week Ago r 1 f ¼ New York Sept l8The share speculation Sett ulation today was irregular and unsettled unset-tled with the general trend of prices in the lower figures the industrials showing th > greatest depression Sugar Chicago Gas and Distilling led in the transactions Whisky trot share were very heavy early in the dealings and were offered for sale with the result of sending them down to 9 the lowest figure ever touched I touch-ed by the stock Supporting orders came in at the decline which caused a quick recovery and before noon the stock had moved up to 1 In the afternoon af-ternoon conflicting stories touching the property C used a feverish trading but after a reaction to 10 an advance to 1 was effected from which there was a reaction of at the close leaving again a-gain on the day of 3 per cent There was a vague feeling of disquiet in the sugar crowd on talk of unfavorable unfavor-able expressions against the trust by the coming state conventions of political polit-ical parties Sales of the stock were so v iheavy as to compel the belief that they were from insiders and as a result the I iince declined up to about 130 oclock Us when a decline of 2 to 94 had been I effected Covering of short contracts + subsequently led to a recovery of 96 followed in the late dealings by a reaction reac-tion from yesterdays closing being 14 and for the preferred 1 per cent Losses in the industrials were tobacco and leather preferred 2 per cent and General Gen-eral Electric In the railway list the grangers showed show-ed most activity and St Paul was the leader in the transactions being bought by London and by the room traders 7 and fluctuating between 6564 < closing cos 65164 ing 4 below the final quotation of yesterday yes-terday Burlington moved within a i range of losing on the day Rock Island rose V4 declined 1 and rallied S per cent k Declines were established of 1 in J Pullman and in Kansas Texas pre ferred The market closed about steady for the railway list but weak for the industrial group The bond market opened rather heavy and continued weak until the early afternoon ri af-ternoon when under good buying prices recovered the active list showintr a Blight improvement I The total sales of stocks today were 297630 shares including American To I bacco 3500 Sugar S5GOO Burlington 80 Burlngton I 36900 Chicago Gas 48500 Distillers 32 GOO General Electric 3GOO Louisville JCashville 16400 Reading 1L700 R W P fifth assessment paid 3COO Rock Is land 10700 St Paul 34500 Western Union 5100 I Government bonds firm state bonds firm railroad bonds firm Petroleum easier Pennsylvania oil sales none October option sales none closed 88 Lima oil sales none Money on call easy at 1 per cent last loan 1 closed 1 per cent Prime mercantile paper 35 per cent Sterling exchange weak with actual business in bankers bills at 4SG486V4 for demand and 4S54K > 4 for 60days posted rates 4SGIt4S6 and JS74 87 commercial bills 84H4S4y silver certi ficates 64 bid WOOL MARKET QUIET Philadelphia Sept 18The market for domestic wool is quiet although there is more inquiry than there was a week ago There has been a fair demand de-mand for fine unwashed and low at onefourth Lloods and prices on this prces F description are well maintained Ohio L Pennsylvania and West Virginia washed XX and above 1819c X and above 1718c medium and l718c above 21 22c quarter blood 2122c combing 1618c New Tork Michigan and Wisconsin Wis-consin etc 1617c quarter blood 21 2c common 1516c Texas 1822c Colorado Utah Idaho and Wyoming fine 1820c medium 99 ½ c fine me 4 dium 99y c DOW GOES WHISKY STOCK New York Sept l8The pri e of Whisky trust certificates sold today at > per share the lowest price on record I Humors were circulated of umor a change in v management and these were partly confirmed later by e announcement that Nelson Morris nad resigned as director More resignations are expected ex-pected but no information is obtain able as to who will step out BOSTON WOOL MARKET Boston Mass Sept lSThe opening of wool In London today had considerable t effect cn the market here and dealers are waiting for a standard by whIch to make prices The market today was very strong due to stiff prices expected the result of a large number of Amen can buyers In London Fleece wools are fr dull and the price is not as strong as it wa Territory wools are rather quiet witn prospects of an increasing demand and slightly firmer prices Todays quo aUonr are Ohio and Pennsylvania eecc No 1 2lt2 x and above 1819 Michigan X Michigan No 1 20 i Montana fine medium 0Ql3 No 2 me l dium 1214 California wools spring north 33015 middle cpunty spring 11 < S12 I southern defective northern fall 2730 1s Australian combings super 43S44 average aver-age CS40 clothing 3S40 I I WOOL IN LONDON London Sept 18The attendance at the opening of the wool auction sales today was large The main interest was centered i the sensation which the Unit ed States are likely tc cause Sales In 1 detaIl New South Wales 2555 bales scoured IsiEDls 5d greasy oy digDiAd Queensland 1802 bales scoured 9s3s 2d greasy 4d7 d Victoria 2038 bales scoured 9dls k 3d leas 9dff9 Ad South Australia S32 bales scoured t Bidl ld greasy 2 Ad 1 i4d New Zealand 4SS7 bales scoured 8d k ls 3d greasy 4d10d Cape of Good Hope and Natal 1S25 c bales 61ld scoured 74d jls 5d greasy 5Ad 4 Charles Balme Co sold a representative represen-tative selection and the bidding Improved though the first lots were not disposed of before 7 oclock The American buyers ventured on a few lots I is stated out of 13000 bales the Americans did not buy over 100 with better selections of American needs They are expected to do I 0 more to test American competition NEW YORK GENERAL aiARKETS New York Sept 18 HOPS Quiet WOOL Inactive BUTTERQuiet state dairy 14g22c f EGGS Dull western fresh loH plS receipts re-ceipts 8000 pkgs lt71 PIG IRON Dull = COPPERFIrm lake 9S3 bid LEADSteady domestic 315320 r SILYER63X TIN Active steady straits 1665 plates t quiet spelter firmer domestic COFFEE Options closed steady at 5 a 25 point net advanpe sales 24000 bags Including September 1380 October 1293 g November 1230S1235 January U551200 March 5gll90 Slay 1255 Spot Ro nominal No 7 15 ½ mild o lull Cordova 1819 sales 50 bags Rio t c No S per levelms at 13116 also yesterday yester-day 1000 bags Rio Nos 7 and 8 at 13 60 c and t and 1500 baga Central American 8 15 baS can private terms Rio Steady No 1 Rio 1 0 ex Q 03 2 J q C change 10 1516d receipts two days 9000 bags stock 248000 bags Warehouse deliveries at New York yesterday yes-terday 3995 bags New York stock today to-day 120589 bags United States stock 153000 bags SUGARRaw dull sales 1000 bags centrifugal cen-trifugal 96test 34c refined dull CHICAGO GENERAL MARKETS Chicago Sept IS Wheat opened atc at-c decline from yesterdays closing figures I fig-ures and suffered a further c in I few minutes It stopped at the latter point and for the remainder of the forenoon fore-noon seemed to be confined entirely to local scalping operations and very little of that The receipts at Chicago Minneapolis Min-neapolis and Duluth were 935 cars together to-gether compared with 569 eo the corresponding corres-ponding days of last year Cables were unsatisfactlry London Mark Lane Express characterized character-ized the condition of the wheat market as wretched Business in oats was limited McPherson Mc-Pherson Co bought quite a good sUPply sup-ply of May but from that on transactions were confined to local parties and scattered scat-tered May started at 354c sold at < 55 g 36c and down to 3 Shortly before the close it sold at 3 again closing at 3 The provision market was quiet and almost al-most featureless all forenoon but woke up when the grain markets began to show their afternoon strength and also became strong Prices were at the top of the days range and the session was coming to a close January pork Is up 12V a lard lOc and ribs 7ic over the closing price of the day before The leading futures ranged as follows WHEAT NO 2 I Open IHigh I I Low Closing I Sept 15 l g 153 1 553 Dec 56ift 56 ½ 55G6I > 55a 15t156 May I614 161 Y160 161 I CORN NO 2 I Open I High I L I Closing Sept 54A 55i 544 5514 Oct 5424 55 ½ 541A54 53 Dec 15 J53V 5 5 May 53s53548 53Vi53 54V OATS NO 2 1 I Open i High I Low I Closing Sept 30i ISOli 08 30Vi Oct 30 4 30 30 1301 May 3 136 j3 3536 MESS PORK PffiR BBL 1 Open 1 Hijjb I Low > 1 Closing Jan 11400 1410 1395 1410 LARD PER JOQ LBS I Open I High I Low I Closing Oct SS5 8921 88 8921 Jan 815 i 820 S1 ½ I 817k SHORT RIPS PER 100 LBS I Open I High < Low I Closing Oct I 767 I 775 I 7C5 I 7T5 Jan I 715 I 720 7I2 720 Cash quotations were as follows quottons folows FLOUR Easy WHEAT No 2 spring 5354ii No 3 spring 52No 2 red 5353i 54 CORN 527No JJa551 No3 yellow 51OATSNo OATSNo 2 SOU No2 white 329 33U No3 White 31i33Vi RYE No 2 47 BARLEY No 2 53A No3 5154 No 4 50Jz52is FLAX SEEDNO 12 T rOTHY SEEDPrime 570 MESS PORKPer bbl 140351410 LARD Per 100 lbs 895S900 SHORT RIBS Sides loose 770S7SO I SHOULDERS Dry sailed boxed 770 I 7SO I SHORT CLEARSides boxed 81011 823 WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gal 133 13 Article I Rae I S1up Flour 201 20 I Wheat bushels 112601 63000 Corn 6000 I Oats bushels 245000 Rye bushels I 131501250 Barle 450 t On the produce exchange today the but tel market was firm creamery 1524 dairy 1321 eggs flrm 15S16 BOSTON QUOTATIONS Boston Sept 18 Atchlson GT Bell Telephone 201 Burlington 75U Mexican Central S NEW YORK MINING STOCKS I New York Sept 18 Chollar 40Plytnoutb 10 Crown Point CO Sierra Nevada I 0 1 C C Va 4 00 Standard 11 j 1 Deadwood 50 Uplon Con 11 I G C 5i Yellow Jacket 70 H N 60 Iron Silver 10 Hornestake14 00 Quicksilver 150 Mexlclnu 1 s Preferred 14 01 I Ontario I 03 Bulwer 15 Ophtr 2 CO j SAN FRANCISCOMIXING I San Francisco Sept 18The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as I follows I I I Alta 14H N 73 Atn HIl 3j Belle Isle Mexican 1 3 1 Belcher 77 Mono tG B AB 1 3 Mount Diablo 1 I I Bodie Con 1 40 Ophir 281 Bulwer n Potosi 72 Chollru 59 Savage u 07 C C va 430 SIerra Nevada 110 Crown Point 80 Union Con 77 Eureka Con V Utah 07 I Gould Curry Yellow Jacket 74 Gcud Curr I I I GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS New York Sept 18 t S Ssreg 110L D Z R G 45 7 8 U S 5s coup 119J4 Erie Seconds b76 I U S 4arcg 114 GE SA6s 05 I US4scoup 115 CR SA 7s 9214 U S 2sreg 0 H T Cent SslIO Pacific Cs of93 1U1 H iT Cent 6s100 I Ala class A U2 M KT First 4s 80 Ala class B 103U M K T Second 4s 43J Ala class C 9 U Mutual Union 6s 110 Ala Currency 92 N JCent Genlb5 16 I LB Now Cons 4s K > NorPaclsts 11214 Missouri Os 100 Nor Pee 2ds 88V4 I N Carolinadsi5 N W CnoislIOy N Carolina t8 NW S F deb 551H b S C NonFund Hi R GTV let 06 Tenn s NewSst Gs 785j St P Consols 7slJ I Tenn New Set 5s lUi Do C P W 5s109 Tenn OldOs CO StLI MgenBs 81 Va Centuries 583 6tLSF Jen6s 05 I Preferred iY Tox Pac Ists 8 Atchlbon 45 72 < i Tex Pao Cads 2bVz I I Ditto Second A 234 U P lstsof 931C5 > i Canada So 2ndsl01 West Shore 4s10f C Paclstbol85 I02K Southern R R 5581 DRG7s 1m I RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS Now York Sept 18 Atchison r t Preferred JBJ Adams Express 145 t U P D G Alton T H 3 Northwestern 103 Preferred 163 Preferred 141 Am lixpres100 N Y Central lOOJi B 0 75 N Y CcntrnLIOY Canada Pac 65H O W h lOJf Canada Sou IJI Ore Imp Wi Central Pao 1 3roNav u 20 Cues AO 201 OreS L U N 8 Chicago Alton 11 Pacific Mal HJ C13Q 755 P D E 3 i Chicago Gas 6774 Pttsbnrp 152 Con Gas 1S Pullman Palace 157U U O C St L 39 Reading IDS Colo C I Richmond Ton 18 Cotton Oil Cart 0314 Preferred 21 Del Iludson133h R G IV 10 1 DL W 171 Preferred 4U I I D R G pref 31S Rock Island C3fe D C F COu 10i 81 Pau1 6j1 J I East Tennu 1 Preerred121 Erie 15 stP 0 aeu > EriePieferred t Pieferred 31 Preferred110 i Fort Wayne 151 Southern Paq 20Ji 1j I Great Nor prelulul Sugar Refinery 931 C E L oref 95 T C 1 1SH i Hocklne Valley 19 TexnsPac ISY Illinois Central 3l2 T O Cen Fret r I St P D r Union PacK l Pac-K T pref 2 U S Express 5 I L E W li W S L P t i i Preferred 72k Preferred lili I I Lake Shore153 Wells Fargo ExllS Lead Trust 40 Western Union l03 L N fbS W L E 12U I M N A 7 Preferred 41 Man CCDIi M5 L 12 MC no 10 DILG 114 Mich Cen 93 Gen Elec 37i Missouri Pac 28 STatl Llnaecd 15 Mobie Ohio 19H Co1Fuel1 23V Nashville Chat Preferred u 72 I U S Cordage 15 Preferred SVi Preferred 26 T A A N 4j I N J Central111 T 8LK C 4J N W pre 24tI Preferred I North Am Co 48 So railroad 1 Northern Pac 44 Preferred 43J Ex dlv CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago Sept IS HOGS Receipts 14000 official yesfer day 25072 shipments 7494 left over about 12000 quality not quite so good market slow and weak at the closing prices of yesterday CATTLE Receipts 7500 market fairly active prices steady unchanged SHEEPReceipts 9000 only moderate firmer ly active and prices active and rather KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK LIE Kansas City Sept IS CATTLE Receipts 8600 shipments 1500 market steady and strong Texas steers 225 < g235 Texas cows L50350 < Y 1 I beef steers 3 50575 native cows 15011 1 300 stockers and feeders 175g300 bulls 1 175225 SHEEP Receipts 2700 shipments 200 I market slow and weak good to choice natives 50323 good to choice westerns west-erns 225300 common and stockers 200 350 good to choice lambs 350125 OMAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha Sept 18 I CATTLE Receipts 5 good fat beeves I were in active demand and strong some corn fed natives bring 5555tSO On the under grades there were slow but steady I The cow market was Indifferently SUpplied sup-plied and generally firmer Business in stockers and feeders was lively and I prices strong and higher SHEEPReceipts 500 demand not urgent ur-gent and trade slow with prices weak SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL San Francisco Sept 18 Drafts sight 1Y telegraphic 15 silver bars G3i63 Mexican dollars 5333Vfc Cleared 136567 centals wheat Wheat quiet and steady DecemberS December-S May 97 LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool Sept IS Wheat steady demand de-mand moderate No 2 red winter 4s SVfcd No2 red spring 4s e ½ d |
