Show INE NES OF EASTERN 5 STOCK MARKETS I transactions Were Vere Rather Quiet on the New York ExchangeS Exchange T S WIDE VIDE ADVANCE ADV ANC E ES S SPECULATION SPECULATION AC ACTIVE TIVE IN COPPER COPER SHARES Now New York April 12 stock mar ket Was as runner ritner a tame ana anasI r as compared with tnt tue excited lor jor Sums SOUle tune title J past as a t out an aggregate amount ut 1 business busin s was us nevertheless nev S transacted and nd thiEle were cuns ruble tn ln n prices II rl cs The mamo marao was extremely ir lr r ular alt all cay aay aa teem irom he the the opening son but yielding again um be urt the c cose ose which was heavy In n Lone tone and the he best but with be net hat gains gans remaining lor bC many stocks tOCaS toC tI Operations were ot of f a manipulative character chara ter and seemed to have bave lor tur their object to ds dis courage tue selling of stocks iso biO very tory extorts e were eTe apparent apparent ent nt to attract renewed buying and were by no means so violent or as has been the rule 01 ot late were some wide among investment stocks and some som e stocks j Northwest alter altera a pre im rose 4 1 ponts points St t Paul Paui erred 4 general hectric 3 a tons Gas t Brooklyn union Gas J and a number of ot ress f SS prominent stocks front rom 2 S to s k Speculation continued active In the cop per stocks and Amalgamated copper rat rai rated ed strong y nom irom its hs opening loss but did aid not hoid hod the well w lI with a net n t nse rise of omy only 1 l Rumors were conflicting regarding the tile status of the I The stocks extreme range ange was 3 and it clos ebbed ed with a net gain of a point Rock Hock Island rose 5 from ast nights price and cios l a net gam ot 01 46 4 The New ork public utilities were all stron on nr ot at crate ante ot or adjournment by b the he legislature The aiso also became strong giving rise to a supposition that the of ot a strike on the New Jersey Central l had been averted aV The market developed very et general strength after niter the th o opening weakness which was due to some extent to selling tor Lor London account the tho denials of peace negotiations with the Boers Boors and the nard of the money rate m In n London serving to ss that market The recovery here herd seemed to be closely connected with the more x e ng re the moey This jio aa a not in tu tile money mon outlook itself until most of the day s a requirements had been b met when lenders made considerable conces alexis in the rate of Interest It was as that large loans were here lor or the account of Chicago banks during the he day The preliminary estimates of the interior cash movement f H that tit against New York bra for tOr the week was insignificant and the N New w York ex cx change at Chicago rose to 25 2 cents per compared with aO X cents yesterday esterday The was a debtor today oday at the he clearing house to the extent of 11 6 owing to large penson pension disbursements and a payment of made to tae banks on account of Philippine army ex cx The has there lore tore taken only about from the market for the week and next week will wiit see se the high level Jevel for the month of pen sion slon payments After the close cose of business on the stock exchange announcement was made from Washington that the secretary of the treasury had purchased of gov eminent bonds In this market This with the calling of loans by the tb banks If it I has hns resulted in the reduction of loan av will wUl have the effect of making a much less lesK favorable bunk bank statement than was apprehended With today s payment In London Lon of the Install ment mont on the bonds and the th con of or the stock tOck Exchange settlement there the course of the money mane market in the next few days is awaited to indicate its true condition The heaviness of the United States Steel stocks was a disappointment to the spec as they are basing b hopes of meas meus ures of protection against money gency by large financial interests on the supposition that hat it Is ned to support the prices of these stocks The price movement of bonds was ir regular Total sales par pur value United States bonds were all unchanged on the last call Bond Quotations 1 TT U U S Ss S ref of ra Ss 1 M f v K f iC T P Ss 55 99 coup 1064 N J C 5 gen 32 U S 5 as N P 35 72 7 U S Ss coup AW N P lOos U S new 48 N Y C St 8 res reg J L U TJ S new Is N W IV V con i coup Ore Nay Nav Na v U IT S old res Y Ore Nay Nav U S Is old od 45 O 0 S L Gs coup coull 11 O C C S L con U S Ss s reg Reading gen get 95 U Ti S Os coup R G V i Dis C 3 St L I IL M Is I Atch gen 1022 con can Ss Ath nh 48 Sf ca 96 St ci T T C I i gen Os Gs C 0 z St Paul C 0 St P C P C N con St SL P C P C N S o F So Pac 92 i let leb 12 So Rail Gs Chi 97 91 S R T Os 5 59 Cob Colo S T P D R B G T P Eric Edo gen 88 32 U 13 P F V IV D C Wabash lats ts Wabash Gen Elec 2 V Shore WIs Vis C isis 90 00 I L N Uni Va y Centuri ll Is K T Sl il ilS S Stock Quotations I Atchison 4 W L E 19 Preferred BitI Ou m Second pfd 55 j Can Ohio 92 Vis Cent Central rei 19 91 Third Can ave Southern J 64 B O 0 Ches pfd 91 Ohio 46 Nat Tube 66 ChI Great W V 22 Preferred d C B ChI Adams l x 1116 Ind L 3 Preferred Am American Ex 14 United States 57 Chi E B Ills ChI lm C R B I Am Cot Oil 26 I Preferred C C C C St St SI L Am AlD Malting 5 SO Pret Preferred erred 25 Cola Cob Southern 10 Am S R H 61 First pd 45 i Preferred Second pfd 21 1 77 71 Am Spirits Del p D L I idson V I Preferred 17 y 2 Am Steel H x J u co u m I t H G 45 Preferred 95 15 Erie Preferred 94 Am S W 47 7 First ssi Preferred 11 G pfd 70 A Am Tin Plate I 71 Hocking Great N Joal pM Preferred er r 11 Coal 19 Am Tobacco Hocking Vat Val Preferred 1283 Ills Iowa Anne Is Co R T 82 Preferred Lal Lake 62 Cob CoJo P F I e E W 1 61 Preferred Con Toba Tobacco 4 46 1 Preferred Lake Shore Louis Federal Steel 93 33 Nash Manhattan L Gen Preferred lOll l Met let St R Electric Mexican Central 23 I Glucose Preferred e SUgar Minn t St L Int Paper 96 Mo Io Pacific 11 1 Preferred 79 9 Laclede Gas MobIle Moble 1 K T 1 Ohio Si 81 Nat BIscuit 39 19 27 Preferred erred 96 Preferred 59 I Nat Lead N J Central Preferred 16 ii N Yo Y Central Nat Steel 81 33 5 N Nor W 51 A r e Preferred ct r N Y A f No Pa No American SG SC OntarIo Preferred 76 PacifIc Coast i W First OR 0 IL SI N 4 41 Second pM pfd pfd pM SO 50 63 Preferred 76 PacIfic Mall Mail r 36 Pennsylvania Peoples Gs ill Reading 3 Pressed S Car 42 First pfd 75 71 fJ Preferred 82 52 R it SecOnd pfd 5 Pullman P C G W 9 79 S it T U i Preferred 1 Sugar lU SL 1 S F 40 Preferred I First pfd S Tenn C I Second pfd 65 U L S d Leather St L Preferred St Preferred Paul 64 l t S Rubber 20 8 f Preferred GOY Preferred Western Vestern Union 92 St SL Paul Cop So Pacific 45 lAma So Rop I S 19 Railway 29 2 Preferred Preferred 4 U r S Steel 46 76 46 Tex PacIfic 42 I Preened Union 93 Pacific 92 P C C St S1 L st 64 Wabash Total Preferred I I |