Show 4 ADVANCE rn STOCKS Average of Prices Shows Net Daily Gain Since 15th SPECIALTIES BUOYANT ACTIVITY nr GRAiGERS AT EXPENSE EX-PENSE OF VALUES J Poor Showing In Wheat Explained By Delayed Movement Preference Being Given to CornRateClt ling Among Trunk Lines and De ression in Coal Industries New fork Oct 9Wlth the exception of last Monday the average of prices on the stock exchange have snown a net nd3Jce for each day since Wednesday Octw i There W5 a genera expectation threfore that there ould be selln to tako profits today which is customary anong professional traders at the end of the week The bouyant tone of some of the Speclaltles held the markEt firm in the first hour of the short session Consoll dated Gas and Third Avenue jumped 6 pomts the former on tall of the termination termin-ation of the local gas war Tobacco continued con-tinued its aggressive advance on the strength of the developments showing the accretion of plug tobacco companies The stock W5 very active and large blocks were absorbed to make way for the upward up-ward coure of the stock The process of bidding up the price of Feeral Steel securities also continued Advances in these and In Metropolitan Street Railway New Jersey Central Minnesota Iron and International Paper prlerred wem between 1 and 2 points 1kmtime the railroad list W5 very dull and showed only slight changes although oarly all changes were gaint The pub llcatlon oC the Burlington statement for SJptember resulted ill immediate activity in the grangers at the expense of values Losses reacnEd about a point in the other members or the group and 1 In Burlmg ton itself Thorn was a general reaction in the railroad list In sympathy but the railroad stock generally were not active I and losses were confined to fractions Burlingtons decrease of 44LII in gross earnings compared with September of last year was a distinct disappointment tho more as St Pauls weekly statement had shown an Increase of about the same amount for the same period The delayed movement of wheat in Eurllngtons territory and the large proportion pro-portion or the business that Is given to corn were advanced to explain the poor showing Prices continued hooT in thc railroads to the c se but net declines were re I striated to fractions outside the grangers and sccaltles Tile bank statement was I without influence on stocks though the growing strength of the clearing house Institutions was evident The foreign exchange market alone has been affected by the foreign situation and in this growing depend nce of foreign for-eign finaneial markets upon the resources of this countrys markets W5 strikingly illustrated With the sudden drop in British and French government securitiES securi-tiES on Monday and early on Tuesday and the upward surge of discount rates in London and at all continental centers I the actual charge tar demand sterling jumped up P4 cents on the pound on account ac-count of the heavy selling of securities here for London account and the high money rates for money abroad had their I effect upon the exchange market and with the later developments in Paris there was buying of London exchange reported here for Paris account while Paris exchange in New York weakened reflecting the pressure of timid Paris capital for transfer trans-fer to London The price of sterling exchange has since dropped a cent with the calmer feeling abroad Another shortlived factor which was made much of by the bears on Monday Mon-day was the supreme court decision against the Joint Traffic association The gloomy forebodings of the bears regarding regard-ing the effect on railroads of this decision were forgotten by Tuesday morning Doubtless the fact that transMissouri railroads whoso ascIatlon had already been outlawed were making money In I abundance while the legal existence of the JoInt Traffic association here proved of no avail to prevent rate cutting and de creased earnings on the trunk lines had lainfluence in reforming the bears opin io11Tho Tho rate cutting among the trunk lines and the continued depressIon In the an thrlClte and bituminous coal industries are the most threatening clouds on the horizon of the stock market Bonds have shown lncreastn activity and Strength during the week the volume of dealings on ri to 331SOOe log3I Friday rising Bonds of western r southwestern sand s-and reorganization bonds generally have been the favcrites There have been large dealings in the new rs and the record price was made today The old 4s coupon and the 55 coupon have advanced 4 wnlll the old 4s registered and the new 4s have declined in the bid price The total sales of stocks today were 15500 shares including Atchison preferred pre-ferred 577i Manhattan 46l Korthern Pacific 4587 Rock Island 1143 Union Pacific 3435 St Paul lll7 AmerIcan Tobacco GS7GO Federal Steel 11513 Federal Fed-eral Steel preferred 162 Peoples Gas 3GS2 Consolidated Gas 32S5 Sugar 10reo BOND QUOTATIONS U S a 1O Do Ss R S new is regl2Thsj Do 1 Do coup12S N Y 8 St L 4s105 U S 4s lll Nor 8 IT Gs123 Do coup112WN W consols H3Y Do 2nds 99 I Do deb 55 120 I U S 5s reS 112 O Nay jets 1B Do 55 coup 1131fo Nay 4s100 Atchison 4s 9W O S L 6s t rlS Do adj 4s flO S L 5s t rl0314 Can So iads 1094 Pac Gs of 9510b Chic Term 4s S9bReading 4s S1t C 8 Ohio 55 116 i R G W lets SS C H 8 D 4 s1H St L 8 I M D 8 R G 15ts111 I Con 5s 9S D 8 R G 4s f11St L 8 S FEast F-East Tenn 1stsl0i Gen 65 Erie Gen 4s 10 St P Con161 F W 8 D 15ts St I 8 C P t r 7C lIsts 119 Gen Elec 55 109 t Dc 5s 11 Can Elec Os 109 So Ry Os S g H SA 6stGG i StRT6s 77 Do lnds102 jr P L G lstsl07 H 8 T C 55 111 Do reg Ins 45 Do Con 6s 110A U P 4s 100 Iowa C lets 101 U P D 8 G L J 4S12 Uist LNUnL4sf0 J lsts SO 31 K T Ins 64 yab 1st Os114 MD J lM Do 4s 90 Do Inds N Y Cent Istsl17 W Shore 4sill N J Cent Si m jWis Cent isis 604 Nor Pee ists 117 I STOCK QOUTATIONS Atchison 12St L 8 S F 4 Preferred 15 Preferred BaIt Ohio 4ii i xrf pfd 20 Can Pas 00 St L S W 0 Can Co 53 Preferred L Cent Pac 26 I St Paul100 Ches 8 Ohio 2Ll Preferred 160 Chi 8 Alton 1521St 1 P Omaha SiC Si-C B QU5 Preferred 1GO C E Ill 53 S P M M1 Preferred 104So Pac 23 C G W 14 So Railway S I Chi Ind 8 L 714 Preferred W Preferred 2tj Tex Pac 10 Chi 8 N Wl31 Union Pac 32 Preferred 1m Preferred 64 C CI10D ½ JJc U P p 8 G 0 C C C 8 St L 3S Wabash 7 Prrerrcd 84 Preferred 20 Del 8 Hudsonl01 W 8 L = E 318 Del L 8 V 140lf Preferred IG7 DP B G 12 Adams Er110 Preferred M Ant x Erie new 12t United States 43 g NtFSJr Preferred 32 Vells Fargo 120 t Wayne174 Am Cat Oil 15 Gt Nor eidjM lreferred 80 Hock Val 3 Am Spirits 11 Ill CentlOSih Prele ed 14 I L E 8 W 14 Am Tobacco 13Gf Preferred 61 I Preferred 128 I Lake Shore 19 Con Gas156 L N 5 Co Cable Co 150 li lggi Cffi Manhattan L g Col F Iron 20 Met St Iti6O 1 Preferred SO I lUch Cent10iaiGen Electric 51 Mina St L7 Jill Steel 96 1st pfd IO Haw Com Co 47 Mo Jac Int Paper 02 Mobile OhIo 25 Preferred Si I M K T log Laclede Gas 4S Preferred 23eLead 12 N J Cent 56 jL Preferred 1 N Y Cent114 Minn Iron 132 I N Y C 8 St L W 11lt Lln OIL 61 1st pfd GO Pee Moll aA 2nd pfd 31 Peoples Gas 103 lf Nor West 12 I Pullman Pal lOS No Am Co 68 SlIver Cert 61 Xo Pac 40 St R Twine G Preferred 71 SUlar 11314 Ont 8 W 14 Preferred 100 O R 8 N 33 IT C Iron 28 0 S l 28 U S Leather 6 IUp Pat C 1st pfd 33 I Preferred CS 2nd pfd rdtJ S Rubber 41 I Plttsburg lI Preferred 02 if g Reading 16 West Union 92 1st pfd 25 Federal Steel 32 nS IF B G W 27 Preferred h Preferred 60 13 R 1 Co 66 Rock Island 102Allouez M Co 4 t BOSTON MINING STOCKS I Atlantio SlfOsceton 63 I Boston 8 Mont2X IQulnc 121 Butt Boston 217 Tamarack172 Calumet Hec5 Wolverine 27 Centennial 19 Parrott 23lf Franklin HlA Humboldt 5 Old Dominion 27 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Chollar 7 Ontario 350 Crown PoInt 50phlr 350 Con Cal Va SOPimouth 12 Deadwood 45Quleksllvr 125 Gould 8 Curry 151 Preferred 4 00 Hale 8 Norcross 92 Slera Nevada iO Homestake 50 00 Standard 1 Ta Iron Silver CS Union Con 20 Mexican 15 Yellow Jacket 10 I SAN FRANCISCO MIXING STOCKS San Francisco Oct 9The official I closing cuotations for mining stocks today to-day were as follows Alta 4TJustice Alpha Con 3Kentpck Con 2 Andes lexlcan 15 Belcher 10 OccIdental Con 42 lhg Beicher 23Opilr 5 I Bullion Oerman 59 Caledonia jOverman 3 Challenge Con IG Potosi 14 Chollar 9 Savage 7 I Confidence 51 Scorpion 4 Con CI Va 10 Sierra Nevada 75 Crown PoInt 10 Union Con 21 Exchequer 1 Utah Con Ii I Gould 8 Curry 20 Yallow racket 13 Hale 8 Norcra 95 Standard 1 75 Stocks In London New York Oct ZIThe Evening Posts London financial cablegram The steadiness stead-iness In the stocks here was well maintained main-tained today Prices generally better notably for Argentines In which there were some speculation for the purpose of a rise Americans were comparatively featureless lInes were better on the Improved situation In Paris A feature was the great strength of copper shares Anacondas being much In favor and said to be bought from Kw York The city still regards the Fashoda question ques-tion somewhat askance In spite of the apparently Improved outlook The London market discount rate Is 0 per cent on the Bank of England borrowing borrow-ing afresh to control the market Weekly Bank Statement New York Oct 29The weekly bank statement shows the follo1ng changes Surplus reserve Increase 52679225 loans Increase f13rg e increase 55 29700 legal tenders Increase l23StOO I deposits increase 15iSIIOO circulatIon Increase 2900 The banks now hold 21991550 in excess of the rerulrement of the 25 per cent rule FINANCIERS REVIEW Conditions Reflect Completion of Bond Transaction New York Oct 29The Financier says The statement of the associated banks of New York for the week ending Oct 29 shows mother notable increase In the various items Loans reflect a gain of 510227300 making the total expansion for the month of October almost 32000000 The Increase In cash for the week was G631500 made up principally of specie receipts The loan expansion account for the Increase of 15581100 In deposits The heavier deposits of course raise the reserve requirement but not enough to offset the cash gain In consellucnce the surplus reserve of the banks is 2C79 233 hIgher than for the previous week and stands at 526991550 or nearly 822000 dfh jrt f 000 more than reported on Sept 17 last Changes that have occurred within the past 30 days are well shown In the do ft eVh Jm posit item which r the time named has increased over 9000000 Naturally these I conditions reflect the completion of the I bond transaction and the effect or gov ernment deposits and gold Imports Of greater interest however is the effect which has been produced In the money market rates having declined to low figures after a period of partial strinr ency The outlook favors an easy money market The natural drift of money now that crop necessities have been met Is in favor of New York and even with a business revival tho supply wIll exceed the demand demandThe The Metal MarketS 1 New York Oct 9Todas metal market mar-ket was a very small affair although the general ruling of sentiment was bullIsh bull-Ish on scarcity of offerings and favorable news from nearly all points As usual on Saturday the metal exchange issued no report today The firm naming the settling price for leading miners and smelters in the west quotes lead at 350 copper l225 and cast lug copper l1i GRAIN 2D PROVISIONS Large Sales of Cash Wheat For Ez part ro United Kingdom Chicago Oct 20Wheat got a weak start from an apparent disposition at Liyeroool to chime in with the bearish I sentiment prevailing here The firm tone i of English government securities also cOn trlbutw by their strength to the desire to sell wheatat the opening Pricts continued con-tinued to drop throughout the forenoon despIte considerable buying against puts that the opening decline brought into play Northwest receipts were liberal 11U cars but a snowstorm Was reported to be prcallIng In the Dakotas which created apprehension of bad roads and a consequent tailing off In reeeipts in that region next week Some buyIng of short wheat was dQne because of that poss hilit The senboar1 reported a fair de rnnn for export and New York advised MIlS of 35 boatloads of which one cargo was for Russia Near the end a large line of cash wheat WS disposed of here for export to the United Kingdom right at the mafket price When that became known the sentiment among trader quickly changed In the endeavor to cover that followed the price forged aneadan the early loss was all recovered December De-cember closed unchanged to lower compared with yesterdays final fiugres Fino J weather and lower cables weakened weak-ened corn at the start Moderate selling was brought about through these rcA lures and In face of a pry lImited demand de-mand the offerings easily depressed prices Later however the market became be-came strong on a good cash business and reports from the country that the weather weath-er was threatening a return or conditions unfavorable to the curing of corn Near the close the buying became more pronounced pro-nounced and prices wound up at a slight advance Oats derived their strength from the firmness in the shlrplng situation Cash held at a strong premium over May and thero was a fair speculatIve trade in futures fu-tures May closed I C advance ProvIsions ruled fairly steady On a slight speculative trade and liberal hog receipts It was reportc that 2500000 pounds of Tlbs were disposed of yesterday day on October contracts but contrary to expectations this announcement did not have much Influence on the market Pork I gained cents lard 216 and ribs unchanged un-changed I The leading futures ranged as follows HEATNo 2 I Open I High Low I Close Oct 1 65r Dec C5SfCC 66l66l63 66 8 B 1 1J May 6667 6t4 464266167 CORNNd Z r I Open I High I Low I COSCI Oct 13HrI3 131Y 32 Dee 317032 jZ2i32t4 dl 132 May = I 33834 tmH33 3424 OATSNo 2 I Open I High I Low I Close Dec 123 4 123 234 234 123 May 12IW2Hs2 24l4 24 MESS PORKPer bbl I Open I High I Low I Close D7S5 I 755 785 753 Jan 900 I 902 895 I 90 LARDPer 100 fbs I Open I High I Low I doMe Dec 453 453 I 480 485 Jan 4 490493 I 400 49 SHORT RIBSPer 100 lbs I Open I High I Low I Close Dec f Jan I 460 I 465 t 4GO 465 Cash quotations were as follows FlourSteadY special brands 4l043 hard patents 35Oj375 soft patents 340 6350 hard straight 310320 bakers 435O WheatSprlng No 2 6566 No 3 spring 62ld tk No J red 670J67 CornNo 2 3232 OatsNo 2 24fiI4 ½ No2 white 2i 276 No rwhlte2Vff2i RyeNo 2 0tY BarleNo 2 1548 Flax ScedNO 1 LOl2102 TlmothPrlmQseed 240 Mess porkPerbarrel 78O27SS LardPer 100 pounds 485400 Short RibsSides loose 500y5i ShouldersR salted boxed 4J004T5 Short Clear SidesBoxed 510520 hiskyDlstlllers finIshed goods per gallon 125 SugarCut loaf 61 grahiated 5H I Articles I Bee Shlp Flour barrels l4t05n I Wheat bushels 1275002070O Corn bushels OOOso400 Oats bushels OOO Re bushels 00 > i 1700 Barley bushels 57Q101 8500 Chicago Live Stock Chicago Oct 9This has been the very worst kind of a week for sellers of cattle the general demand being limited limit-ed md offerings sold anywhere from z to 50 cents lower Many drovers after being held at the stock yards for several das were finally disposed of for IIiuch less than they cost In the country The market today was at firmer prices Choice steers 555013560 medium 45O4 f 43 hm 455 beef steers 37040445 stockers and feeders 2SOtl4Sj bulls 2I5tL00 cows and helfers 3Ot20 calves 221725 western rangers 26O460 Texas grass steers 3li5A0 There was a good demand for hors at stead prices Fair to choice 36Oi53T7 packing lots 32340257 butchers 3400j1 375 mixed 3t5fi370 light 36O3i0 pS 2701J355 Trade in sheep was slow at yesterdays decline Culls to choice muttons L5008 460 western rangers 440450 Inferior t L o00prlmo GOririi t1 brn a05d365 feeders 44Ol ReceiptsCattle 200 Hogs 16000 sheep 1500 Omaha Live Stock Omaha Oct 9CattleRecelpts 00 Nominally stead Prime corn fed steers 51011515 fair to good 4CS0j400 cows 2tft350 feeders L73t415 HogsReceipts I Opened Ii cents higher closed with advance lost Heavy 35013CO light 3600j3G2 mixed 355563 bulk 252e355 SheepReceipts 800 Slow and weak 30S gs5 Good muttons 46O430 fat lambs 5O00jl 545 Kansas City Live Stock Kansas City Oct 21CattleRecelpts 400 Market unchanged HogsHecelpts 5500 Market steady Bulk of sales L43355 heavies 35013Oj packers 34501360 mixed 315ii35n lights 40357 pigs 32301250 SheepReceipts 200 Market strong Lambs 40001575 muttons 300425 Denver Live Stock Denver Oct 21catt1Recelpts 4100 I Market steady on good cattle Beef I steers 40001430 cows 20001350 feeders freight paid to river 3SOfi4ZO stockers freight paid 37501425 bulls stags etc Z25Ig 300 HogsReceipts 100 Market slow to weak Light packers 350355 mixed 345q355 heavy 3351i345 SheepReceipts 1000 Market steady Jt tatRJti and unchanged Good tat 1t 3258J 425 lambs I25j1af1 Coffee and Sugar New York Oct ICoffee options closed steady unchanged to 5 points higher high-er Sales 11000 bags including March 500 Spot coffee Rio dull and easy No7 invoice 50I0 I No7 jobbing rp 6Y mild barely steady Cordova Si5 3St Sugarflaw firm 1 fair refining I 3 116 centrifUgal 9Gtest 4 516 molasses sugar 3 916 refined firm mould A 5 standard stand-ard A 4 confectIoners A 4 cut loaf 5 crushed n5 powdered 0 graau latcd 5 cube 5 u |