Show i SPECULT0N WAS V 111I1f UN ETTLD Restis However Show an Advance Ad-vance on the DayS Day-S VOLUME OF BUSINESS LIGHTER THAN USUAL XUBXEWAI OF THE TALK OF 131 PEJTDIXG GOLD SHIPMENTS i 1 Jgr Again Munijiulatcd By the j Clicinc lcn l Dull and Lifeless and a Great Disparity 1 Shown in the Quotation Western LiveStock Live-Stock Mn rUctfc Wheat GaiiiK n Point Silver Steady The Coon trys Cash f New York Oct 1SThe stock market Opened and closed fn and In the interim speculation was somewhat unsettled but I prices In the main were well held and In a majority of the cases the result of to days transactions Is an advance in quo tajons ranging from to 2 ½ The volume of business was lighter than usual the trading being restriced by n renewal of the talk of Impending gold shipments due to the hardening tendency eiliibitcd by the sterling exchange The stock market exchange bears prope sle gold receipts on Saturday at the latest lat-est but none of the banking houses which do this business would state definitely t when any gold would go forward this week The best opinion Is sterling exchange ex-change must make a further advance to lender exports at a prolit possible and that in any event the movement would b4 light The question was however sufficiently doubtful to make intending purchasers cautious and yesterday the export interest was somewhat timid to put out fresh lines on such slender threads as a prospective gold shipping dw ln movement Trading therefore was limited limit-ed to playing for points by the room traders except in some specials Sugar as usual took the lead in the transactions opening at an advance of U and Immediately taking a turn downward down-ward touching 85S a break of H I a purely a clique movement and hav ing apparently reachEd the desired low point the manipulator sent the stock up to SGTfc closing it within J f of the best and 1 per cent above yesterdays closing The preferred gained y > NEW YORK GENERAL MARKETS New Yrrk Oct 18 HOPSWeak state common to choice old 357 new 5S Pacific coast 37 WOOL Dull PIG IRON Dull TIN Easy plates quiet I SPELTkR Dull SILVER ½ I LEAD Market quiet brokers quotations quota-tions for bullion 3 exchange quotations lor spot SSl V COPPER ilaiket steady brokers quotations quo-tations 9s exchange quotations spot 15201530 sales on change today 5 tons spot tin 1520 COFFEE Options opened steady at 5 10 points advance on local covering and European buying closed steady at 10525 points net advance sales 17000 bags Including In-cluding October 12SO1290 November I 05S1215 December 11401150 January I 1090 waiiDO March 108010S5 May 10O 09 I CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET Chicago Oct 18 Better cables larger cearances smaller receipts and better export demand sent wheat up ½ today I but large offerings at the close weakened the market and May finished but c Jiigher Corn and oats closed practically unchanged un-changed and provisions with slight losses The leading futures ranged as follows WHEAT NO 2 1 Open 1 High I Low Closing Oct 151 152 l 151 ½ Dec 15w5 l 52 = 4 1521 May 67 ½ J57 I37 ½ c5 57 ½ j CORN NO 2 II I Ooen I High I Low 1 Closing Ii Oct i49 ½ 49 ½ 149 ½ 149 ½ n inv 4U WIl 14U 4U Deo 4 r 4S 1t i j47 I May 49 ½ 4949 < 49 I49i49 ½ OATS NO 2 I Open I High 1 Low J Closing Oct 28 28 12731 1271i 1 Nov 2S ½ 2SVi 21 121 May J325 3 = 32321 32321 MESS PORK BBL j Open I High l Low 1 Closing Jan 1237 ½ 11237 ½ 1232 ½ 11235 LARD PER 100 LBS I OpeTHigh I 1 Low I Closing Oct 1730 732 ½ 1 7274k I 730 Jan I 75 1720 S 1 715 t 715 SHORT RIBS PER 100 LBS i Qpen5Thgh5ow I 1 I Closing Oct 1 I I 660 I Oct = 623 I 627 f I 622 ½ 625 It Cash quotations were as follows FLOrR Steadv FLtRStead WHEATNo 2 spring 5453i No3 spring 55 ½ No 2 red 51 ½ < g2 CORN No 2 49 ½ OATSNO 2 71 No2 white 31 4 I OATSNo2 2154 No3 white 303L i EYE NO 2 43 ½ I BARLEY No 2 5 No3 5051 No 4 I < FLAX SEEDNO 1149 TIMOTHY SEED Prime 530 MESS PORKPer bbl 1250Jfl275 LARD Per 100 Ibs 735737 ½ SHORT RIBSSIdes loo e 6COJTS65 I SHOrLDERSDry salted boxed 6 I SHORT CLEARSides boxed 6 WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gallon 121 Article i Rec 1 Ship Flour barrels I 140001 17000 Wheat bushels I 55000 74 000 Corn bushels 147OOOilC5000 Oats bushels 136000253000 Oat bushels I 5000 3000 Sriev arc bushels I 620001139000 I On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was steady creamery 17jf23 I dairy 20 eggs 1618 I CHICAGO LIVE STOCK I Chicago Oct 18 HOGS Receipts O official yester 8aX 28445 shipments S106 left over 900 t Quality fair active early sales a trifle I higher but later the market was steady and anchcflged Sales range 4SOJ510 for I light 455 470 nor rough packing 4653 J b 6 20 for mixed 475 fox heavy packing and shipping lots and 225g > 4SO for pigs CATTLE Receipts 15000 trade slow I jstejady1 Nntives LQitL1S with most J sales at L73 < iZ250 for cons heifers and bulls and 400QS25 for steers SHEEP Receipts 15000 market quiet prod grades steady common easy L75 1 I choice 2W for choice lambs 1250330 poor to i KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK I Kansas City Oct 18 1 CATTLE Receipts 5100 shipment i S500 market slow and weak Texas steers 190S300 beef steers Z75565 native cows 100275 stockers and feeders I feed-ers 2251350 HOGS Receipts 9 O shipments 2100 market steady bulk of sales G0475 Iheavles 455 493 packers 455149i mixed p I mix-ed 455 440475 lights 4600470 pigs 310 III 4D 4 SHEEP Receipts 2800 shipments 500 I ii market steady natives 250J2323 west f ZOD425 tirns 225325 stockers 200 250 lambs t c OMAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha Oct 18 CATTLE Receipts 4000 Common half fat stock was ua usual slow of sale butt but-t quotably unchanged quotations Cow stuff ruled firmer calves were In active 4 request at steady prices and bulls stags i nd rough stock generally were unchanged I unchang-ed The feeder trade was a trifle better Cows 3U90Q235 bulls 150L75 feeders J Cs 328 L923 buls l5 L7 feeers SHEEP Receipts 6000 Receipts were all billed through for feeding and not of l n fered for sale Demand fair and market sBdfemad J nominally steady THE COUNTRYS CASH WaablntoxiOct 1SThie cash balance J J I J j I I1 i H Ia in the treasury today was 1147S2238 gold reserve 59700420 LIVERPOOL WHEAT Oct 18 Liverpool Liverool Oct WHEAT Demand moderate No2 red winter steady 4s 2d No2 red spring dull 4s 4d SAN FRANCISCO WHEAT San Francisco Oct 18 WHEAT Firm December 85 ½ May 94ii cleared 121499 centals wheat BOSTON QUOTATIONS Boston Oct 18 Atchison 5 ½ Bell Telephone 195 C B Q 72 Mexican Central 17 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS New York Oct 18 Chollar CO Plymouth 10 Crown Point 70 Sierra Nevada 9 C C tVa 4 U Standard 115 Deadwood 50 Union Con 78 G l C 70 Yellow Jacket E HN Ki Iron Silver 10 Homestnke15 0 Quicksilver 11 Mexican 15 Preferred 1 500 Ontario 5 00 Bulwer 14 Ophlr 270 SAN FRANCISCO MINING San Francisco Oct ISTho official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows Alta Justice 25 Alpha Con 13 Kentuck Con 7 Andes 65 Mexican 1 2 Belcher 1 OJ Mono 1 i5 Dele Isle 07 Mount Diablo 1 B B 1 20 Occidental Con 10 Bodlo Con 1 20 Ophlr m 2 65 Bullion 43 Overmen 2 Bulwer Con 10 Potosi 7 Caledonla 16 Savage Q ChalleuSe Con 50 Sierra Nevada 01 Chollar 61 Silver Hill 4 Confidence h 1 2u Union Con 70 C C Va 4 60 Utah 06 Con Imperial r Yellow Jacket S3 Con New York OJ Crown Point 75 Silver bars53 ½ G Exchequer 0 Mexican dol SJHtSS Gould Cur fil Drafts sight 12 ½ HN 88 Drafts telegraph 15 GOVERNMENT 1 OTHER BONDS New York Oct 18 US Ssreg U9j D R G 4s 80 U S 5s coup 118U Erie Seconds b73 U S4sreg ½ GILSAOs i US4scoup li4GRSA7s95 U S 2sreg CO H T Cent 5slU3f Pacific Osor95 101 BT Cent 6s 98V4 Ala class A 1C214 M KT First 43 SI Ala class B1N M K T Second 4 42H Ala class C 93 Mutual Union 103 Ain Rurrwnnr S2U NT rAnt fjpnl 117 LaNewqons 48 g4 NorPacists 113 Missouri 6s 11 Nlr Pac lIds 8 24Carolina6s120 NWConsolsl4l N Carolina 4s 101 NW S F dab Ssll2 S C NenFund 2 I G W IStlh 6j Tonn NcwS5t 68 7S4 St P ConsolB 7s13l Tenn New 5et5s10 Uo C P W5s10 Tenn Od 69 60 StLI Mgon5s j9 Va Centuries 58 StLS F genOa 95 Preferred 718 Tex Poe 1sts 8 Atchison 41 fi Tex Pac Cads 25 1 Dittos5econdA 19 4 UP letsof 9105 Canada So 2nds 105 Vest Shore 4s iOu14 g m t 4ks1 C Pao1stsof95iU2 l Southern It It Is 58 DEG7sb115 I RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCK Now York Oct 18 Atchison 5 U P D Gm 414 Adams press17 Northwestern103 Alton T 31 PreCerred1 3 Preferred IjO N Y CentraL 9 i Am ExpreJsu12 NYN E30 BO 69140W 1614 CanadaPao65 Orelmp 15 Canada Son 12 Ore Nay 2 Central Pac 151f10ro S L t U N 6 Ches 0 l8 Pacific Mal 1614 Chicago Allen 12 P D E 314 C B Q 72 Plttsburg153 Chicago Gas 75j PuIrnn Palace 101 Con Gas 0121 Heading l8Is C CCStL 3 RlcbmondTer l75 Cole C 1 7 Prefered 2 Cotton Oil Cert 3 R G W 10 Del Hudson131 Preferred 42 D L W 165 Rock Island 60 D R G pro 32 St Paul 6 DCFCo 914 Preferred119 East Tenn 1014 St P 0 3 Eric 13J Preferredjill PxeCerred 2814 Southern Pac 19 ½ Fort Wayne 1C3 Sugar Refnery 8714 GreatNor preLIII T C 1 1 C EL pref 96 Tex38Pao 97 Hocklng all y In1 P 8t O Cent Prel 72t illinois Central 7J Union Pee 1 14 St P D 2 U S Express 45 K T prel 21 W 8 L I P t L E W 1616 Preferred 1 Preferred 6914 Wells Fargo EXhUG Lake Shorel35 Western UnIon S Lend Trust 3 WL E 12 L N 5 Preferred 490 MN A 7 MSL 401 Man Conl0 DRG 10 ½ M tC o 10 Gen Eleo 3 Mich Cen 99 NatILinseed 19 Missouri Pac 2Tht Col Fuel 1 24 Mobile Ohio 1554 Preferred 72 Nashville Chat 69 H T Cent 1m U S Cordage 12 F A A N 12 Preferred 20 T SLI C 1 N J Central108 Preferred 6 N W prel 2ll So railroad l2h North Am Co 414 Preferred 4ijj Northern Pac 4 Am Tob Co 98 Preferred 1 Preferred 107 |