Show I MONOPOLY rHRONED I Industrial Combinations and Trusts Reach Colossal Proportions RECORD FOR TWO MONTHS + CAAT OF NEW TRUSTS AGGKGATE 150qOOOOOO + Demand For itoney to Finance These TrustsEas CausecFAxi Advance Ad-vance I the Loa BatesUn favorable Bank Statement Affected Affect-ed the Price of Stocks New York March 4The stock market today worked under the impetus of lCS terdays movement until the appearance of the bank statement showing a loss of over 500 In the surplus reserve and another expansIon In the loan account the recession being from 1 to 2 points and the standard stocks moved fractionally below yesterdays figures A goo tone prevailed on the London exchange for AmerIcans but advices IS to the nature of the purchases were conflicting some intimating that the movement was hal tated from this side while others arm ed it to 0 confident buying for English investment account There were share advances early here In the steel stocks the anthracites Tobacco Brooklyn Transit Tran-sit General Electric ana prominent rail ways the later improvIng a point in some cases Some of the large bull interests in-terests seemed to lend support to Lur lngton and the stEel stocks New York All Brake was a very strong spot after the appearance oC the bank statement when off of the everything sold Ian i early buyers threw over stocks and the market closed weak at the lowest Stocks in which losses occurred for thp week outnumber those which advanced 2 The market with over to 1 opened wih a show of strength on Monday and thereafter there-after sagged until Friday when a better tone prevailed up to the appearance of the bank statement when price eased off The mom prominent declncf were Third avenue railroad 21 MetropolItan 7 Pits burg Columbus Cincinnati St Louis 9 Burlington Central Pacific and Pacific Mal 4 each The undelying conditions con-ditions were no less favorable than for crib while there were many evidences of circles prosperity In commercial and financial The prevailing feeling of confidence was reflected by the advance In the wages ot iron and cotton workers II various sec tOns of the country The balance of trade which it is usually considered depends de-pends so largely upon the foreign demand de-mand for cereals was strengthened very much by the increasing exports of do mcstc manufactured articles wllch are exceeding the imports by about 2 percent per-cent Indeed the exports of such articles average in value a million dollars for each working day The grdU1 contraction in the surplus reserves shown in the weekly bank statement reseres state-ment together with an expansion in the loans cannot be regarded as remarkable when it is consIdered that money has been needed to finance many railway deals but mord particularly colOssal industrial In-dustrial combinations The capitalization of such concern organized within two months exceeds l5OO Large sums were required to care for Amerctn stocks returned from abroad but there were indications in-dications that some of these stocks were already begnning to be reshipped to London Lon-don A hardening rate for money appeared ap-peared at one time cal money touqhinr 434 but onseU off to 2 per cent Thp higher rates wee established on securities securi-ties which lack an actvq market I is usual for lace to be moving toward the interior at this time but th temporary tme appearance of a hhler ratestarted a in liar of money to New York The Imports of nearly 2I00Q0OO in gold at San Francisco within thp lat seven months has not attracted much attention In the cast This inflow however has been fully reflected in the weekly bank statement of New York Institutions from week to week The bond tbiding during the week was elT irregular with a marked undertone of firmness U S 3s and the 2s ad anced ½ the new 4s registered I new 4s coupo h the 5s 4 ant tile old 45 regis reg-is d > The total sales of stock3 today were 400400 shares including G51 AtchisOn 4OtOO Atchison preferred 10G2 Burlington 3443 Reading preferred ISC Missouri Pacific 18400 OntarIo Western 359 Rock 1840 5410 Union PacifIc 1320 St Paul 410 Southern Pacific 2910 Union Pacific preferred 257 Tobacco 31791 Steel 10134 Steel preferred 33 Peoples Peo-ples Gas 93 Brooklyn Transit 1062 Sugar 710 rCI BOND QUOTATIONS U S 35 107iNor Pac 1s1 U S ii 4s r19 Nor Pa 3 6S U S I 4s c1 Nol Poe 6S7 U S 45 reg112 N y C St regJ12 U S 4s cup131 L 49 loni U S 2s 991 21 V 6s U S 5s reg12 Northw conl4 U S 5s coupl1 Debbrtur 551 District 3 fS17 Ore Na Is11 Atchison 45 10H4 Ore Nay 4s1Q1 Adjustment 4s S3i O S L fg t r18 Can So 2 1u 0 S L 5s t r107 j > 92 Reading 4s Wilt C l > O 4s 92s Redlnp 197 Chic Term 45 96 > R G W Is D4 C O ½ St L 8 > Iron N C H D 4lts104i1 con 5s 111 D R G Is10S1 St L San E D R G 4s1o gen Gs 121lt East Tenn lsiOlb St P con164 Erie Gen 4s Is1010 St P C P 11111 Ft W Den St P C P lst16t J lets t r Silt South By 5s105 Gen Else 5512 Standard Rope G H Ele A GIO l Twine Gs silt GHSA2 > lhO T P L G Is13 H T C 5111 Reg 2s SRI H T C 6s11 U P is 104 Ia Cent 1s107 U I D G Is 90 Ia N U 4s 95 ½ Wab 1st 55115 Pac con 6S15 ½ Yab 2nds 97 N K T 2s 67 West Shore 4s12 N K T 4s 91 Wis Cent 15 60 N Y c 1s151 Cole South 4 87 N J C STOCK QUOTATIONS Atchison 218t L s W si Preferred 6H Preferred 27 B 0 iOltSt Paul 12 Can Pacific Silt Preferred 1G Can Southern 5711 St P 0 93 Cent Souter Pacic 4911 Preferred 170 Cues Ohio 27 So Pacfc 7 Chic Alton 173 So Railway 17 > C B Q10 Preferred 48 C E 1 66 Texas Pacific 24 Preferred 124 Unicin Pacific 46n C Preferre 15 Preferred 790s c I L 9 U 1 D G 1 Preferred 43 Wabash S C N V1S Preferred 21 Preferred 152 W L B M c C grldSt I > 51 r ri 33 preferred 96 Adams Express1l0 Del Hudson ligI Amn Express as D L IU S Exprcss 5 D R G IH WelsIargo Exl5 Preferred iAmn Cotton Oil 34 Prererred 9H 144 Erie new 11 Prefered I 1st preferred5 1 Amn SpiritS MGt W Ft Wayne Preferred 37 Gt Nor prd1f1 Amn Tobacco 195 Hocking Yll y > 8 Preferred 15 Illinois Centml14 Con Gas 21 Lake E l cW 19 Corn Cable Col0 preferred 15 Colo F I 32 Lake SbOre r I Preferred 94 Loul e Nasil t4 Gen Electric 1 Manbaltan J 10 Haw Com Co 76 land J 3i 1 B R T 92 Much emr1 13 lnternl Paper W Unn A St T J Preferred 86 st ireferrsl tC Lacede Gas II Mo lreerr 45I Lead 34 10 0 lfc till Preferred 111 N hs t jilt Federal Steel 51 IFp fe prefenl n Preferred XJ Cellrll 1J5 Not Lln Oil 5 N Y Central JS PacifIc Mail 47 N Y p fi Si L ii Peoples Gas 11 1st preferred 67 Pullman Pal l157 2nd prefered 34 Sllvfr Cert 5 Northwester IS Standard Rope Nor Amn Co 9 Twine 91 > > Nor Pacfo 51 Sugar l3y Preferred 76 Preferred 114 Ont West 26 ITe8e il k o R N 40 U S Leather 6 > A Preferred 71 O S L 43 Preferre Pac C 1st pfdtD U S Rubblr 49 2nd prefer d Gt Preferred 15 Reading 2 Western UnIon 93 1st preferred 6414 Ore Nov pfd 70 Rock Island17 PacIfic Coast 48 Roee S F l Cob Southern 6 1st preferred 7 f let preferred 5 lad preferred IS t 2nd preferred 2 R G r 36 PHtsblrg 180 Preferred 75 I NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Cholg 3rOntaIo 575 Crown Con Cal Point Va M Ophir Plymouth ig Dedwood f0Quictkshlver 175 Gould r Curry 3 Preferred I 00 Hale Sc Norross 3Slerr Nevada0 Hae omestalto 1 5000 Standard 27 IronSilver i i0UnlonCon die 7g chow k t SAN FRANC1SCO MINING STOCKS San Francsr March iTha official I closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were as follows wee a folows Ala O Jtstce 1 Alpha Con entuek Con k Jg Andes v20 Meitican Becher Benton CoielOphir 22 OccldentalCOli lib 28 Bet Beicher 5 Oycnan 10 Bullion i05 Potosi 31 gl gg N i Challenge Con Savage 31 ChohIiir Seg Belchec01 Con Iaiv d Sierra Nevilda 1 Con Imperial 01 Standard 2 Crown PoInt 2 Union Con 6 i Eureka Con40U1 > th ConJ 2 Gould Curry 40YelOWJacket 28 I Hale Norcross 3 BOSTON MINING STOCKS I Atlantic 17 Q incy 17 Bost lIont36 Tamarack 2 30 Butte Bost 51 WolverIne 49 1g Cal r Jei7 3 etlln 43 Centennial 59Humboldt OiJz Franklin B Adventure If Old Domlnion4 Union Lnd OS Osceola 93 WInona 20 Stocks at London I New York March 4The CommercIal Advertisers London cablegram The stock market hero was more activo today and I the tone was good Americans were quiet but hard above parity closing at the best The features were Ontario Nil waukee Central Pacific and Louisville Las Exchange and Silver New York March 4Money on call easIer eas-Ier at 22 per cent last loan 2 percent per-cent Prmo mercantile pdper 313 ocr cent Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers bills at 455 li l gi demand tik at 4134S3 4 for 6 days Posted rates 4S45 and 48G 47 Commercial bills 48 Silver certificates nominally 9WGGO Bar silver 50 Mexican dollars 47 Imports and Exports New York March 4Te imorts ot dry goods and general merchandise at thoport of New York for this week were valued at 11973557 The imports of speche r l J1n 7sa1 J f this week ending Saturday were Gold 279 silver 201 Tbe export oC specIe for the week ending Saturday were Gold 17272 silver 9908 Yet Quotton New York March 4The meta exchange ex-change Issued no report todny The brokers prce for led is 410 copper 10 GRAIN AND PROVISIONS All Reports Concerning Wet Pay voted the Bears Chicago March 4The words shipments ship-ments of wheat and four for the weak were place at near 900 bushes and the predicted cold wave which caused some apprehension yesterday had not put in an appearance by the time business busi-ness commenced With such juicy mOat for their morning mel the bears felt 10 lusty and strong that they knocked c off the price of Mayas soon as they tot a good chance at i The conclusion they had evidently come to on observing the heavy volume of wheat the foreigners had taken this week was that the later did not know what they were about as the weekly requirements of foreign wheat bJ importing countries amounts to only 7OG bushels Reports from California that the wheat crop prospects were crt lent on account of contInued drout caused early sellers to become sOmewhat anxious and a slight rally set in near the close May closed at 7278 a loss of 71 Corn receipts were considerably heavier than expected and the dry weather led to the expectation of freer offerings from the country in the near future That a presumably the reason for the abandonment abandon-ment early In the session of a considerable consider-able sized line of long corn The market felt the effect of that ceiling taken in n f0ff with the downward tendcnm of whet and ruled heary throughout May closed Ifc down Oats ruled weal and lower In sympathy with whOat and corn May lost 1P4 A further decline In the price of los together with the weakness of thp stain markets depressed provisions The market mar-ket continued heavy throughout Perk cents declined 1 lard 7fJiO and rb i7 Theleadlpg futures ranged as follows iheatNo 2 I Open I High I Lw Close May 72107271 7271 7271 17271 July 172172172H 7071 7Ml CornNo2 I Open I HiglLov I Close Ma 136E36B I6 3j36W13 July gi 37 he Sept 427 I l7I 137 1 ilSil p tNc i f T7 I Open r I HlghILowC h Close May 23 1211222 27 h272S July 112 122I 12q l2j t T28 Mess porkPer bb I Open I HIgh Low I i Close May 9Bli 90 930 i93Zlt July 19 95 I 95 193 95 LardPer 10 lbs J Open I High J Low J Close May 540 540 52 537 July 55 552 57 5 Sept 5621 765 560 510 Short RlbSPe 10 1s I 6penHlgh I Low c May 47 46 475 477 July O 14r Si 4Sry Sept i0 i0 I aO 47y Cash quotations were as follows Flouruiet winter patents 5T03S0 straights l401j3C0 clears 233 spring specials 42 patents 3370 straights 032 bakers 2t2C WheatSpring No2 671 No S spring 60 No2 roil 73 CorNo 2 33B OatsNo2 f o b 2 Xo Z whIte 3 0311 No I white 3 = ByeNo 2 a7 BarleyNo2 42 to 52 Flax SeedNo I 115 TlmothPrime seed 240 Mess PorkP bariel 91592 LardPer 10 pounds 52214i525 Short RibsSides loose 450017Q 4 ShoulderDr salted boxed 42 43 Shor Clear SieBoxed 4o50 hlskyDistiers finished goods per gallon 126 SugarCut loaf 570 granulated S20 Articles IEee f Ship Flour barrels ioooo icco Wheat bushels IIGOllC 1 Corn bushels 411030223000 Oats bushels 265000t31000 Rye bushels 12601131D Barley bushels 10 4o Pacific Coat Grain Makets San Francisco Mach WheatMay easy 1181 December 121 BarleySteaY new 10 Cash whet 11 1I Portland Ore March 4In wheat today to-day there was some spirited bidding to meet tonnage engagement ala Vala 591100 cents cents valley and blue stem 6t Tacoma Wash March 41YheatClub 5c blue stem 6 16c |