Show lUNSETE U MARKET I II I Ii i t Two Stocks Monopolized Most of the Attention S + SUGAR GQ S UP AND DOWN DROPPED FOUT POINTS AND TN RECOVERED Brookly Transit Was Sold Hevi and Went Dow With Sugar Money Bates Aavaced t Six PerCent Per-Cent anti Dropped t Three Pacifies Were Higher New York larch 21The professional 2Th character of he trading today was shown by the fact that or the 6Z0 shares traded in nearly half were in the two stocks which moved most erratically Sugar and Brooklyn Transit Immediate ly after the opening the leading industrials indus-trials were pressed for sale sympathetically sympathetic-ally with the sudden declines In Sugar and Brooklyn Transit An Idea ofthe vlo lence of thc movement in the specialties 1S conveyed by the fact that Sugar droped H points from the highest in the morning and Brooklyn TransIt 4 Subsequently Sub-sequently they each recovered 4y points from the lowest leaving Sugar Spur cent of on the day and Brooklyn Transit H4 up Accompanying the decline in Sugar there was disseminated the dOnial by an anonymous official of the company that any deal with competitive firms was in exIstence he early decline in Brooklyn Transit appear6d to be realizing on the announcement of the companys absorp tion of Brooklyn Transit The rally seemed to be buying on advance information informa-tion that tile Brighton Beach railway had been bought in the Interest of the lan sit company The prospect that the Third avenue line might have to give up its Amsterdam avenue privileges resulted in a break of 120 which dipped to 2 The general market showid moderate sympathetic sym-pathetic movements with the leaders anti developed weakness when call money rates reached 6 per cent and then rallied when money wQrked easier to 3 per cent Besides the financing of industrIal combinations com-binations there are several reasons for the present stiff money rates One Is the settlement every ten days making six payments in all of a million dollars to the government In settlement of Central Pacific Pa-cific obligations Another reason rt tile preparation for the April divIdend and interest j In-terest disbursement and a third is a tendency I ten-dency 1 rt1 nl interior movement of money which It was calculated would last about three weeks London was a I seller today of moderate amounts of the Union Paclfcs New York Central and St Paul which stocks however showed i fractional advances The pacldcs except Northern Pacific preferred were up frac I tionaly while Central Pacific and Southern South-ern acfc gained over a point each The grangers moved but slightly either way and tone the market closed with an unsettled toneho bond market lacked a decIsIve tone and gave alternate appearances of weakness weak-ness and strength with the upward tendency ten-dency in vogue at the end U S 5s advanced and the new 4s coupon lr the bId price The old 4s coupon declined The total sales of stocks today were 629409 shares includIng Atchison preferred pre-ferred 150 Central cic 735 Burlington Burl-ington 17950 Manhattan 13GO Met St Ry 7333 Northern Pacific 330 UnIon Pa fc 733 15170 St Paul 1415 Southern Pacific 24915 Union Pacific preferred Pacifc American Steel Wire 2451 Tobacco To-bacco 19295 Federal Steel 5S Federal I Steel preferred 3000 People Gas 1369 300 Brooklyn Transit 1559 Sugar 1G5 Tennessee Coal N Iron 1685 St L 13559 S W preferred BOND QUOTATIONS U S 3s 107N J C 5s 18Y U S n 4s regI2Qii N Y C St L Do coup rcg12y 4s lOU lO-U S I Nor W 6s13 Do coup 13y Nwest cons H3y Do 2ds 09 Do deb 5s122 U S 5s reg11 O Nay lsts11 I Do5s coup 120 Nay 4s 101l District 3 GSs117 ½ O S L 6s t rl2 Atchison Gs 102 O S L 5s t rl1 Do adj 4s 82 Reading 45 S91 82y Can So 2ds 109 R G W lsts 96o C o 4s 93 St L 111 Chi 4ys 99 Con oS 11s C Ohio 5s 119 St L San F 19 C H D 4is114 Gen 65 12y D B G 4yslM St P Con167 D R G 4s1o18t P C PEa P-Ea t R Istsl0 lIsts 122 Erie Gen 4s 73 So By 5s 106 F W D 1st5 Standard Rope t r 841 Twine 6s 86 Gen Elec 5511 Tea Pac L G G H S A 6s11 Ists 12 Do 2ds 10 Do Rg Ids 52 Iwa 2s 1sts109 Pnion Pac 4s lM Iwa L N Unl ls 91 U P D G Pac Con 6s 6 Ists 92 Do 4s 931 Wab 1st 55 15 N Y C lots 111 Do 2ds 96 No Pac Ists18 W Shore 4s 14 Do 3s 67 Is Cent lots 6 Do 4s 103 Cole South is 87 s NEW YORK CLOSING STOCKS I Atchison 21 Rock Island 16 I Preferred G S1 Paul 12 Bait Ohio 69 Preferred 173 Can Pac 82 St P Om72Y Can South 571 Preferred 17 Cent Piic W So Pac 36 Ches Ohio 26 So Railway 12 8 Chi Che Altoii 11 t Preferred 49 Chi B Alon 139 Tex Pac 2 Chi E II 6 Union Pac 46 Preferred 120 Preferred SO 8 ni Ind L 8 I U P D G l2h Preferred 4 Wabash 7 I Chi N W l47ik Preferred n Preferred V1711 Wheel L E 1 C C C St L 1937 Preferred 32 Preferred 91 I Adams Ex113 Del Hudsonno American Ex 10 Del L V1G1 United States 5 Del D R G 20 Wells Fargo 12 Preferred 73 A Cot Oil 3 Erie new 1 IA Preferred s First pfl IS Amn Spirits 13 Ft Wayne176 I Amn3pirts 38 Gt Nor pfd 190Am Tobacco 21 Hocking Val 8 Preferred 12 Illinois Cent 1Bi Cons Gas 213 Lake Erie W 18l Com Cable Cola Preferred 651u Col F Iron 35 Lake Shore 200 Preferred 91 Louis Nah 6h Gen Elec117 Manhattan L 10 Federal Steel 52 Met St Ry 251 I Preferred 8 MiCil Cent113 Intnl Paper 51 1lch St L 5 Preferred 83 I lnn First pfd 99 Laclede Gas 52 Mo Pac 45 Lead 33 Mobile Ohio 391h Preferred 12o Mo K T 13 Amn Steel Preferred 38 Wire Co G2 = N J Cent114 I Preferred 102 N Y Cent135l Nat Lin Oil 51 N Y Chi St Pac Mal 47 L 1 Peoples Gas 18 First pfd 67 Pullman I Pal 159 Second pfd 33 Silver age 60 Nor West 17Standard Rope No Amer Co 1711 TwIne 9 No Pac 5 Sugar lG Preferred 78 Preferred 17l Ontario V 21 T C Iron 52 Ore R Nay 45 U S Leather Gk O S L 12 Preferred 7 Pac Coast 1st 12U S Rubber 51 pfd S8 Preferred 16 Second pfd G Vest Union 93Y PI tsburg lEO B R T Co107 Reading 231 Ore Nay pfd 72 First pfd 65 Pac Coat H R G Yo i Cob South 7Y S1 L S F 10 FIrst pd 62 First pfd 701 Second pfd 2F ecotd pfd 3 Con Tobacco Co fl So IJ S w s Hr Preferred 89 Preferred 29 3 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS ChoBar 3S Ontario 55 Crown Point 23 Ophir 110 Con Cal Va 2 15 Plymouth 10 Deadwood m c Quicksilver 2 CO Gould Curry 40 Preferred G 1 5 Hale Nurcross 84 Sierra New 120 Homestake 550 Standard 25 Iron Silver 6 Union Con 55 Mexican 5Yelow Jacket 25 SAN FRANCSqO nNIG STOCKS San FracIsco March 21The official closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were as follows AIa 14 Justice 21 Alpha Con S Kentucl Con 12 Andes 20 Mexican 7 Belcher ii I Occidental Con 2 Best Belcher 51 O1hl1 11 Bullion 5 Oerman 13 Caledonia 40 otosi 31 Challenge Con 13 Savage 30 Cholar 37Seg Belcher 3 Confidence 0 Sierra Nov 12 Con CaI Va 2 15 SlIver Hi 4 Crown Point 21 Standard 270 Eureka Con 40 Union Con 60 Gould Curry 4lUtah Con 22 Hale Norcross 30 Yellow Jacket 26 Julia 4 BOSTON lINING STOCKS Al0uez 1In Co 874 Quincy lG Atlantic 30 Tamarack 22 Boston Mont 337 Wplwerine 44 Butte Boston 86 Parrott 4 Calumet H73 Humboldt Z Centennial 44 Adventure 13 Franklin 24 Winon IG Osceola 88 i i Stocks at London I New York March 2The Commercial Advertisers London financial cablegram The markets were generally stagnant today to-day Americans were quite inactive They opened firm the only feature being Union t PacIfc and New York Central on the amalgamation story New York bougHt slightly then the market petered out closing depressed Spanish 4s were rI Anaconda was 5 on rumors that there w1 be no increase of he divIdend lJdh was 3 Tintos 919 Las Exchange and Silver New York Marlh 21 atoney cn call York easier at 3 aer cent last ian 3 Prune mercantile paper 34Jl pr cent Sterling exchange eajy WICi actual business in banker bills at 485fj483 for demand and 4S3 for sixty days posted rates 484b4y and 4148tl commercial bills 42 i SilvOr certificates nominally 60I60 ½ Sivr certfcate nomnaty G6y Bar silver W MexIcan dollars 471l i Met Quotations I New York March 21The only feature i OfNr cI1 J f of Importance In todays metal market was a further stiffening of iron due to continued urgent demand and a more arbltr bearing Of producer The other devartment were destitute of price variation and showed little change prce In other respect At the close the metal exchange called I caled Pir iron warrants firm at 105 bId and U5 asked j Tin unchanged at 275 Lead quiet with 40 bid and 45 asked Spelter firm wltf1 63 bid and 610 asked The brokers price for lead is 42 and I for copper 1750 |