Show STILL A DECREASE Bei > orts from ho Countrys ClearingHouses Clearing-Houses Aside from the Squeeze in iaclcaxvanua the Market ou Wall Street Was Dull toa Degree NEW YORK Oct GAside from the squeeze In Lackawanna the stock market was dull today to-day and the seaeral list sluggish to a degree 1 ho little deal in Lackawanna was a surprise The decline of H per cent in the morning was quickly recovered and then followed a series of pyrotechnics the stock nt one time showing 10 pr cent advance on yesterdays closing figures i fig-ures and showing at the close an improvement on the day or G > 6 per cent The general market closed firm I Governments firm Petroleum Steady and moderately active I T Jr ji Nov 09 bid 1I 1 I 1INAN I The Metals I Silver h 73 Lead u 3ffl Copper 9GO 1 Tin 2090 New Yor1rIonoy Iarket NEW YORK Oct 6Moner on call easy closed offered 2 Prime mercantile paper 759 < Sterling exchange steady sixty day bills S3483K demand 4654 85 I Cleanngs for the IVecic NEW Yom Oct OThe following table Is compiled by Uradtreev of the clearings for the IF 2 weett ended Oct 6 with percentage of increase in-crease or decrease compared with the corresponding corres-ponding weekof last year Dec Now York 8 480216000 J33 Chicago 7185000 3I Boston 80549000 246 Philadelphia 530850oO 305 st Louis 15919000 33 San Francisco 1422400D 257 Baltimore n 12541000 200 PUtsburg 11153000 329 Cincinnati 11018003 318 Minneapolis 7000000 333 Omaha 453000 245 Denver 1903000 637 St Paul 28o8 < > 00 620 Portland Or 114COJO 165 Seattle u 518000 618 Los Angeles 545000 34 Tacoma Vashu 3 7000 C38 Spokane 266000 754 The total for the leading cities of the United States for the week ending Oct 6 Is 4000 630000 decrease 301 Morning Railroad Stocks t k NEW YORK Oct 6 4SConpons11014 North American 5 Pacific 6s 102 New York Centl015 Atchison 191A Oregon Navigation 40 Central Pacific 20ty Pacific Mail 15 Burlington 81 StPaul Omaha 34K D It G prefd 2Ota Texas Pacific 6 ½ NortbCn Paclllo 7 Union Pacific ISJ Northern Pact pd 21 I Wells Fargou130 Northwestern 90 > i West Union 81 Government Bonds Closing NEW YOKE Oct 6 U S 4s reg1l0 i 1 Do Couponll0fk 2S regular 9S J Pacific 68 102 Railroad and Other Stocks Closing NEW YORK Oct 6 1 Atchison 105 N Y Cent101 4 P Am Exp 109 Northwestern 1998 Can Pacific 71 ireferred118 Can Southern 45H Or Imp 9 Central Pacific 20 NavigatIonu 40 Burlington P2Hi Short Line 5 Chicago Gash b9 Pacific Mall 1314 Cotton Oil 345s Pullman 167 Lackawanna133k Reading 18 D Rio Grande 29 A Termln31hl03 Distillers 273 R G W 10 Great Northern 10 Preferred 45 Illinois Central 93 Firsts 65 Kan Tex119 Rock Island 64 i LakeShore 22 St Paul 6J Lead Trust 2i > S St Paul Omaba 34Vi L N 50 Sugar 89 Mich Cent 91V Tar Pac 6 j Missouri Pao 2l8 U S Express15O National Cordage 23 Western Union SH4 Preferred 45 Electric 4334 I North American 5J v Linseed 18 Northern Pacific 7 Fargo 131t rT Preferred 21 Union Pac 18J r Boston Quotations BOSTON Oct 6 ktcbIonl9Mexioao 7 Telephone157 San Diego 1J Burlington8234 Closlnc Mining Stock NEW YORK Oct 6 Con Cal Va 1 10 Sierra Nevada SO Deadwood 50 Standard 100 Gould Curry 10 Union Con n 15 Hale Norcross 30 Yellow Jacket 30 Homestake 875 Iron Silver 10 Mexican 45 Quicksilver 150 Ontario 6 00 Preterredu15 00 Ophir Bulwer 10 Plymouth 10 COMMERCIAU New York General Market L NKW YORK Oct 6HopsSteady T Wool Steady domestic fleece 23JJ2S pulled lS325 I Coffee Options firm 55JSO points advance Sales 132SO bags uctober 051725 November No-vember 16 S1070 < December 16051670 spot Rio firmer No 7 1Si SugarRaw steady demand freely met fair refining SVi centrifugals 96test SJi Musca vado tStebt 3 hi molasses sugar S9test 3 refined steady 450 Copper steady lake 9 CO bid Lead Easv domestic 360 Tin Easier Straits Vu90 bid spelter weaker domestic S7Ht Chicago General Market CHICAGO Oct 5Wheat firm cash 64 December GT s Corn Easier cash 39 December SOife Oats Steady cash 271 December 2834 PorkFirm October 18 97 January 1435 LardFirm October 967 > January 935 Kibs Firm October 875 January 745 Rye46 Iy BarleyNominal Flnx 103 Timothy 35 Chicago Grain Market CHICAGO Oct 6Wheat moderate trade opened unchanged advanced decllIled4 ndvanced 7S on Increased exports and coverIng cover-Ing by shorts declined h on tail oflerinps at advance reacted some closed firm JS higher than yesterday Receipts 163000 shipments 106000 Short clear 950025 Others unchanged Liverpool Grain Market LIVERPOOL Oct 6YbeatDull demand poor No 2 red winter 5 s 5d No 2 red spring 5s 6Hd CornSpot dull demand poor 4s 1348 Futures steady demand fair November 4s Id December 4s 2d January 4s 2 ½ d Chicago Live Stock CHICAGO Oct 6 Cattle Receipts 8500 active to extent of supply stronger prime native na-tive steers 25570 no extra on sale medium me-dium and good steers 495 515 others 450 i75 westerns 330415 no Texans on sale Hogs Receipts 13UOO brisk prime heavy and packers 510 higher light 10 lower mixed and packers 6 41X2 < G CO prime heavy and butchers weights 6602685 prime assorted light 675t580 Sheep Receipts JOOOO slightly lower dull natives 250315 westerns 2 95325 |