Show TOBACCO THE FEATURE A Big Advance Which Was Credited to Manipulation UGAR WAS VERY ERRATIC IRREGULARITY TH CHIEF CHARACTER OF SPECULATION Government Bonds Steady State Bonds Quiet Railroad Bonds Generally Pinn Money Easy Sterling Exchange Cull Tobacco a Feature Wall Street Closes Generally Firm May Wheat HigherPork 2 12 5c Lower KansasCity Cattle lOc Lower KasasCit Catte New York Feb 17 Money on call quiet at 111 per cent last loan 1 ½ and closing offered at 1 ½ Prime mercantile paper 3 per cent Mexican dollars 5O3 Sterling exchange dull with actual business in bankers bills at 4S54S5Vi for 60 days and 4874S7 for demand Posted rates 4S51A4SS Commercial bills 4834S4 ½ Government bonds steady state bonds quiet railroad bonds generally firm There was a falling off in the trading trad-ing at the Stock Exchange today The sales aggregated 154056 shares against 179000 shares yesterday In todays total sugar figured for 32600 shares Tobacco 19200 and Leather preferred 13700 These were the three most active ac-tive stocks Irregularity was the chief characteristic character-istic of speculation at the opening but subsequently the market showed a tendency to improve the result of a sharp rise in Tobacco This stock Jumped 311 per cent to 72 ½ and the advance was credited to manipulation Sugar was erratic and closed s percent per-cent lower on the day The reports of fresh competition and realizations by a small pool account for the decline de-cline In the railway list Northern Pacific and the grangers were firm while Hocking Valley and the Anthracites I cites ruled weaker The first mentioned men-tioned were bought by foreign houses I I about 3000 shares being taken Hocking Hock-ing Valley stock fell Il per cent and I the bonds 5 < 39 ½ per cent on the revival r apO dSt t vival of the receivership reports It II was stated that the company had not provided as yet for interest due March 1 Nothing official however could be obtained on this scoe The losses In the Anthracite group were far less important and excited little interest Among the Gould stocks Missouri Pacific Pa-cific fell to i93 Manhattan was feverish g otetai ish ranging between 86 ½ and 57 The belief still prevails in certain circles cir-cles that the directors contemplate a reduction In the dividend rate This is being used by the bears with some effect against the stock In the last hour speculation showed firmness on covering of short contracts but In the final transactions leading bear operators oper-ators again sold and the market inconsequence in-consequence left off steady to firm There was little news to affect speculation spec-ulation although believers in higher I prices attempted at one time to use the reported improvement in the iron and steel trade to bid up the market for stocks The falling off in the earnings I earn-ings of the St Paul road for the second week of February had no influence I and less attention was paid to the I proceedings of the Lexow investigation I committee The usually active stocks show but slight changes either aJ1 Tobacco gained 2 per cent while Western Unloi and Missouri Pacific lost ili per cent Bonds were firm in tone today The total sales were 1237000 Cincinnati Dayton Ironton fives rose 1 < o 1091s Houston Texas Central first fives Ito I-to 1091 L N New Orleans MobIle Mo-bile second sixes 1 to 103 Flint Pere Marquette Port Huron fives 2 to 78 and St Paul Minnesota Manitoba Man-itoba second sixes 1 to 120 Columbus Hocking Valley issues were very heavy the consolidated fives having dropped 5 to 63 and the general sixes 92 to 551 Manhattan railway consolidated con-solidated fours fell 1 to 94 and Union Pacific sinking fund eights 1 to 92 In government bonds 52000 coupon fours of 1925 sold at 122122 3000 regular fours of 1S07 at 1174 and 50 000 coupon fives at 113 BOND QUOTATIONS Ala c A 4310G X W gen 6sl20 Ala J c B 5103 IN C consol 4s101 Ala c C 4 93 1C C consol 6s 122 Atchison 4s S Nor Pac Ists115 Adjustments 47 ½ Nor Pac lads 55 ½ I I Can South 2s 107 Nor Pac 3rds SS i I Cher 4s of l 971033lNorthw con141 I I Cher 4s of ISIS 104 i Debenture 3s111 i I g 1 i j 0bi Cher 4s of 1S991M Ore Imp risr1 S5 I Ches Ohio 5s10 Ore Imp 5s 18 C N P trust Ore Nay Ists112 receipts 5 42O S L 6s1H I D of C 3C 5s109 O S L con 5s 73 ½ B i JG1 si gh D R G Ists112 Phil i5 4s Sl D R G 4555 lIst pfd incms 41 Erie G L 34s 65R G W Ists 72 Ft W Denv r S L Iron M I City lets 3StJ 1 general 5s 75W 7 Gal Har San Stet1 San i Ant 1st Cs 10 I general Cs Ill I Gal Har San St Paul consols130 i I I Ant 2nd 7s 76St P C P IsHCV 1 Gen E deb 5s 9 IS Car 4s105 H T C 5sl09Southern Rv 5s S9U H T C c Cs102 IS P of Cl lslOS jn Central Ists 3GTenn n s IsSO t P console ml Tex Pac Ists S9 K P 1st Den Tex Pac lads 21I 2 division 116 U P Is of isos jO4a La consol 4s 95bU S 1s r 1925 122 ½ M K T Is 504U S 4s c 1925 122h i St K T 45 ti S a r 1307 m M nP 4s 6StU S a c 1907113 M Union 6s110 u S 2s 95 4 N J C gen 5s11 U S reg 5s113 ½ N Y C St U S coupons113 Xio fs iU coupons13 Louis 4s 106 I STOCK QUOTATIONS Am T C s Xat Linseed Oil 13 Atchison 1 1C J Central 9S Adams Ex143 Norfolk West 11VI TE I A T H 56 I Preferred 1724 Am Express 111 1 N American 414 Am Tobacco 71N Pacific 1414 Preferred 100 i Preferred 38 Bay State Gas 1 IN west 10t t B Ohio 15 4 Preferred 152V Bnin Land s X Y Central 92 B R P 16NYCSLL11 I I Can Pacific 14541 1st preferred 1 II Can Southern HU 2d preferred 23 I Canton Land r X Y N H170 Central Pacific 1114N Y N Eo 37 Vhes Ohio 17 X Y S AT 9 t r lg Chic Alton 1C2 I I Preferred S3 Preferred 170ntario Minlng104 l01 C B Q454 Ontario West H3 7hic E I 42 Oregon Nay 14 Preferred 93 O S L U X 14 Chicago Cos 76 Pacific Mall 25 Cleve s1l iP I D ECon 2 E-Con Coal 3 iPItts W pfd 15 I Con T C y sSiL1 27 I rIVal 11Y I Preferred 7 j Preferred 11 701 F Iron 2 Reading 241 Preferred 90 iR G A v 12 C tr1 i 11 IR I Preferred MY Com Cable 150 Rock Island C6 Del Hudson107 R W Ogd 117 177 D L West 15254 St L Swest 354 D R G 1 Preferred 1054 Preferred 41St Paul 75 Gen Electric 3134 Preferred 1321 131 Erie 14St Paul vt D 1x I Preferred 34 Preferred S5 Fort Wayne 16 St Paul 0 4S > a G N pfd 120 Preferred ISO Harlem 232 St Paul M M114 M r2 fh i Hocking I Coal 3 Silver cert 64 Hocking Valley 5S Pacific j54 Gka 35 S Railway 9 + ral 92 Preferred 2S Iowa Central 7 Sugar uaaj Preferred 2454 Preferred 10 I K T 1314 T Coal Iron 26 I Preferred 2 i Preferred 28 Kings Porn 3 Texas Pacific S L E West 16 01 0 Cen Jo Preferred 6 Preferred r Lake Shore 1554 T St L Kan Nat Lead 22 City 5 Preferred S9 1 Preferred 1S54 Long Island 46 Union Pacific 7 Louis Nash 49 U P D G 174 Louis N A 1 U S Express 3 Preferred 114 U S Leather 7 Man Con S Preferred 5GV item Charl 15 U S Rubber 1 Mexican Cent SJit I Preferred 70 = Michigan Cent S r B River 150 1 Minn St 1 I W St 1 P 654 common 1S i Preferred 15 1st preferred 774 V F Express 9 lad preferred 47 Western Union 81 Missouri Pac 20 Wisconsin Cen 2 I Mob Ohio 21 tA i 1 E 174 Nash Chatt STV < Preferred 954 SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS San Francisco Feb 17The official I closing quotations for mlnln stocks today to-day were as follows Alta 0 Potosi 4 Belcher 20 Savage 4 Best Belcher 61 Sierra Ne n 3 Standard 1 G Union Con 33 Mexican 33 Utah 0 I Ophir SlIYellow Jacket 2 |