Show I iK OPENED vVITH A VERY 1 FIRM TONE I Prices Generally Are Above Saturdays Sat-urdays Figures SUGAR IS SECOND IN POINT OF ACTIVITY II Closed at a Icet Gain of Seven Eighths T Unfaorahle Reports of Continued Dry Weather Enables Sail Fran clspo Hulls to Push Wheat and Bar py Options Ui > to the llishest AotcU Readied for Some Time All the MtirJccts at Home and Abroad t New York April 9Tlle week opened r on the stock exchange with a firm tone to the speculation and early prices generally gen-erally a fraction above the closing figures fig-ures of Saturday During < the morning the trad was fairly active and except ex-cept for sonic of the specialties the market rs steady to strong During the afternoon the amount of business was light and the dealings irregular the market closing dull but fairly j r steady with a majority of the shares r traded in showing an advance on the days transactions Chicago Gas was sold sharply at the opening on a report that the decision i f it of the attorneygeneral of Illinois in the t quo warranto proceedings would be r against the company After a decline I of per cent encouraging reports were received resulting in a recovery of S I followed toy a reaction of 1A and a rally i of 1 making a net loss of per cent f Sugar was second in point of activity j opening per cent higher sold up additional on purchases induced by a I belief that probably the tariff bill may not become a law on which contingency c the Sugar company would make large I profits A goodly portion of the buying is said to have been for insiders Later in the day realizations and a small f bear raid caused a reaction of the close being at a gain of k The Grangers were only moderately active advancing a fraction in the l morning and reacting during the afternoon after-noon Burlington Quincy showed a decline at the close of Rock Island 2 Northwestern preferred is 1 per cent f higher St Paul made a gain of y There was good buying of Richmond Terminal third assessment paid the < stock advancing per cent and closing z clos-ing at the highest point touched The purchases were induced by reports that the reorganization of the company would shortly be completed 4 The bond market was strong throughout I through-out the day for most of the specialties I f Omaha Live Stock Omaha April 3 Cattle Receipts 2 t 100 Market livelier than it has been k in months at an Increase of 1020c f higher Cow stuff did not show as I much advance but sold freely and fully as well as on Saturday In stockers I and feeders the market was unchanged t Prime beeves 375470 good to choice steers 3603SO grassers 2S5325 l westerns 275305 Texans 225330 feeders 300 350 common and stockers stock-ers 20027G t HogsReceipts 2300 receipts considerably consid-erably lighter than dealers were expecting L expect-ing and prices advanced 510c The L demand was good from all sources and I there was a very narrow range of prices and 480 485 bought about everything SheepReceipts 400 The demand was active The Dun Are Pushing San Francisco April Unfavorable Unfavora-ble reports of continued dry weather enabled the bull element in the local grain market to push wheat and barley bar-ley options up today to the highest notch reached for some time December Decem-ber barley which closed on Saturday L at O9A per cental opened this morning at 105 reached 10S and finally closed r at 107 May barley which closed I Jast Saturday at S9 opened this morning morn-ing at 95 cents and closed at 96 Wheat options were a little less active I ac-tive but ruled strong December I wheat opened at 117 rose to 118 and closed at 117 In May wheat there was little doing This morning at this port there was an aggregate of 19199 tonage under charter for wheat Californias Pent Washington April 9The agricultural agricul-tural department will issue in a few days a bulletin on the San Jose scale of California considered the most serious parasite with which California fruit growers have to contend Active measures meas-ures will at once be taken by the department de-partment to destroy the insects in all localities where they may be found Great damage to fruit growing interests inter-ests is anticipated by the department If the scale is allowed to spread Tihe estate board of agriculture aided by the abcultura department has just completed com-pleted a series of fumigating operations in Virginia which are believed to have destroyed it in that locality Londons Finance New York April 9The Evening Posts London cablegram says The market was fairly active considering that a settlement begins tomorrow Money has been easy for settlement Americans opened dull but closed steadier with little business South F American bonds were lower with a dull tendency Silver recovered t 2Sd with a firm tone There was small demand de-mand from China and scant supplies 133000 in gold was bought and 13000 came in from the continent AVhat Is the Scheme San Francisco April 9C P Huntington Hunt-ington has instructed the land department depart-ment of the Central Pacific Railway company to reduce the rate of interest on all land sales hereafter made to 6 per cent and to reduce the rate on all existing contracts to 6 per cent at the date of the next payment of annual interest in-terest provided 10 per cent of the unpaid un-paid balance of principal is paid at that time This Is a reduction of 1 per vent in the rae of interest on nearly 1500000 Lower California Grain San Diego Cxi April 9Lower California Cali-fornia is in need of rain Twice the acreage of wheat is planted < this year than last and unless rain is in abundance abun-dance within a very few days the crop will not aveage onehalf i should The colonists wet trough a dry season sea-son last year getting about halt a crop < and in spite of obstacles planted with greater faith than ever I this years planting want fails there will be much actual Xe York Money Market t New York April 9Money on call easy at 1 per cent last loan 1 closed 1 per cent Prime mercantile paper S5 ½ Sterling exchange firm with actual business in bankers bills 488 g > 488 for demand and 437437i4 for sixty days Posted rates 4SSV Commercial sLty mercial bills 4S6 Silver certificates Jr 51 Total Stock Sales I i New York April DThe total sales I af stocks were 154542 shares including 11 r L L i 1 d rhl t jt American tobacco 4100 American sugar su-gar 18400 Burlington 6000 Chicago gas 23800 Missouri Pacilic 4800 New York New England 4300 Rock Island Is-land pfd 5900 Western Union 4300 Chicago Live Stock Chicago April 9 Cattle Receipts 18000 in good demand steady to a trifle higher prime to extra native I steers 450485 medium 410425 others oth-ers 325390 Texans 330365 Hogs Receipts 27000 active and 10 I 15c higher rough and heavy 440hl I 475 packers and mixed 425510 prime i heavy and butcher weights 515520 assorted light 510520 Sheep and lambs Receipts 11000 active ac-tive steady top sheep 510515 top lambs 525585 Coal Trust Bnrstcil Denver April 9The United Coal I company of 51000000 capital was placed in the hands of Henry C Brooks today as receiver on application applica-tion of the German National bank a creditor for 88000 The bank charges General Manager James Cannon jr with mismanagement of the companys I affairs 3488 and with misappropriation of HOKUCS Failure Portland Ore April 9Harvey A Hogue the wellknown lumber dealer has filed a trust deed conveying all his property to Thomas Connell Hogues property is estin > fi to be worth about 1690000 His Indebtedness amounts to 140000 Liverpool Quotations Liverpool April 9WheatFirm demand de-mand moderate No2 red winter 4s lOd Corn Easy demandgood new mixed 3s3s lid Futures demand dull moderate i mod-erate April 3s 10d May 3s = d I Donda and OilH New York April Government bonds firm state bonds inactive Petroleum Pe-troleum strong Pennsylvania oil sale sales none closed none April option 83 ½ bid Lima oil sales none San Francisco General San Francisco April 9DraftS sight 121 telegraphic 17 ½ silver bars 62i 62w Mexican dollars 5353 I t1Iay 11614 April 112 December De-cember 1154 I Visible Grain I New York April 9Visible supply of I grain Saturday April 7 Wheat 70 762000 corn 17497000 oats 2654000 I e 357000 barley 582000 Boston Qnotationa Boston April 9Atchison 15 Telephone I Tele-phone 187 Burlington 82 Mexican 914 GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS New York April 9 U S 4s reg 118 4 U S 4s coup 1ISV l U S 4s reg 114 U S 4 ½ coup 114 Pacific 6s ig9j J6U Missouri 6s 102V 2 Ttnn new set 6s 9 Ten new set 5s 100 Tenn new set 3s 103 Canidn Southern South-ern 2nds 104 Central Pacific Ists 104 Denver Rio Grande lets 115 Denver Rio Grande 4s 73 Erie 2nds 82 1 K T Gen 6s 471 M K T Gen 5s S24 Mutual Union 6s Ill N J C Int Cert 114 ½ Northern Pacific Ists 113 Northern Pacific 2nds 8iY Northwestern Consols 139 Northwestern Debentures 5s I 111 St 1 Iron M Gen os 79 St L San Fran Gen M 95 St Paul Consols 122 Sn St Paul Chicago Pacific Ists 110A I Texas Pacific L G Tr Rets S4 Texas Pacific R < Tr Rcts 2 Union Pacific Ists 105 West Shore lOS i Rio Grande 10 4s 75 Atchi Western 1st 78 Atchison er 1t son 3 G H 0 Sa 65 1011 G H Sa I 7s offered 104 H T Cet 5s 103 H T Cent 65 102 CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET Chicago April 9 There was severe enough fluctuations in all the leading markets today to satisfy the cravings of the most restless scalper So far a wheat was concerned the ulti mate result of considerable excitement and a heavy business was an eighth improvement improve-ment In prices cs compared with Saturdays Satur-days value Corn followed wheat to some extent out was independently sustained by small receipts re-ceipts and a fair export inquiry Provisions were very strong and shorts were very nervous Pork closed m higher lard and ribs are 2 cents higher The estimated receipts for tomorrow are Wheat 56 cars corn 260 cars oats 105 cars hogs 20000 head The leading futures panged as follows WHEAT NO 2 I Open HIghestLowest Close April 61 6B4 61V 621 4 May 16H 62 641 62l 162 July 66 i 16 63fs 6194 ICORN NO 2 I Open lHlghestLowest Close I I April I37I 38 ½ 37 8 S81Adilt May 38 1a 13i 13 3S July 139 3 39 ½ 13 39 i I OATS NO 2 I Open HighestLowest Close May 31tf3l 32W 3l1j32g32 June 31od 31 1311JI 131hi July 131 29vC 29 2931 Sept 26 2 26 I 25a261 MESS PORK PER BBL I IHighestlLowest1 Close May I1207V2 1245 12 07 ½ 114 July 1220 11250 1220 I E47 LARD PER 100 LBS i I IHIchestlLowestl Close April 742 ½ Ipri I I lay 722 ½ 740 722 7Jh Tuly 69 715 690 1 Sept 690 I 715 690 i121 SHORT nIBS PER 100 LBS I Open HighestLowestjClo5fc f May I 625 I I 645 I 625 6424 I July 620 I 1 640 6 20 635 Cash quotations were a follows FLOUR Firm WHEAT Spring No2 62Y No 2 red I 621 ACORN A-CORN No 2 3814 No 3 yellow 38 OATS No 2 3li No2 white 33 S35V I 33Y1rt Not 3 whit 143y RYE No 2 50 I BARLEY No 2 5S60 No 3 5456 No I 44 T54 FLAX SEED No 1 301A TIMOTHY prime seed 25430 I MESS PORKPer barrel 1242V < ai245 LARDPer 100 pounds 742JJ745 I SHORT RIES Sides loose 642T65 I SHOULDERS Dry salted boxed 1615 I 675VHISKYDistihlers Cie 12 k short clear sided boxed 602 r I WHISKYDistillers finished goods per I gallon 115 Article 1 RecjShjiv I 1 I Flour bbls I 110001 17000 Wheat bush 26000123000 I Corn bush l9703 373000 I Oats bush ilS500 I3SOOO Rye bush 1 30101 2000 Barley bush 40OOOIJU000 I On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was firm 16S22U2 eggs tairly active a ½ eSg MINING STOCKSNEW YORK New York April 0 Chollar 40 Crown Point 45 C C Va 245 Deadwood 59 GC IIHN 50 JJomestake 1 0 Mexican 12 Ontario7 50 Ophlr 22 I Plymouth 20 Sierra Nev 90 Standard 15 Union Con G5 Yellow Jacket 5 Iron Silver 10 I Quicksilver 2 00 Bulwer 3 Preferred 15 50 MINING PTOCKSSAN FRANCISCO Fan Francisco April 9 The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows Alta 20 Belcher 72 Best Belch 150 Bodie Con 15 Bulwer x 5 Chollar 1 C C Va 2 S Crown Point 53 G C 73 H N 59 Mexican 155 Mono 4 I Navajo CO Nevada Q 5 Cphir 2 S Potosi 93 I Savage G Sierra Nev 110 f Union Con SO Utah 5 Yellow JacKet 60 Eureka Con 20 I RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS New York April 9 1 Atchison 15 Adams Ex150 Alien T H 24 ½ American Ex122 Pieferrecl150 B O SI Can Pacific G9yCan Southern 52 I Ches Ohio 1934 Chicago Alton 110 C B Q82Y4 Chicago Gas 6 Con Gas155 C C C 8t L 3P Cob C 1 1 Cot Oil Cort 12 Del Hudson146l Del L WJG3 2 < 4 L r 4 Dis C F Co 251i D R G pfd 3T < i East Tenn 4V Erie 17A Fort Wayne152 Preferred 3S Great N pfd104 C E I pfd 96 HoeKing Val 19 111 Central 94 ½ St Paul D 2 K T pfd 25 Lake W 16 Lake Shore 26r Preferred rV Led Trust 39 Louis Nash 51 Louis N A g Man Con126 Stem dial Mich Central 99 Mo Pacific a Mobile Ohio 1 Nat Cordage 2 N J Ceutrai114 Preferred 45 N W pfd 25N American 5 N a yft 5VRU P fiC G S Preferred Nwestern t0 N Y Central101 Preferred 143 N Y N E 12 Ontario W 1714 Ore Imp 15 ½ Ore Nay 25 O S L U N 10 Pacific Mail f P D E H Pittsburg 151 Pullman171 Reading 21 ½ y h t Rich Ter thi I G W 14y Preferred 181 Preferred2 Rock Island 71 ½ St Paul 6Hf St Paul 0 iV Preferred 12054 Preferred115 S Pacific 21 = 4 Sugar Refinery 921i Tenn C A 1 19 Texas Pacific 9T O C pfd 70 Union Pacific 21 > 4 U S Express 53 W St L P SVi Fargo Ex123 W Union S W L E 13 2Siinn St L 13 Preferred 301 D R G 11 y Gen Electric 41 R U f i Cob F 1 26 Nat Linseed 20 Preferred 64 Cen Pacific 16V1 |