Show I STCKS MADE GAINS BankStatement Was Not So Bad a Expected INDUCED AtJIV BUYING + SUCCESSFUL RAIDS ON SOME OF THE SPECIALTIES Unon pas1 v Heav Influenced Foi i By Fodigi igpeulton During te w Mas Been of i Professibnai CharacterRailroads a ChacterRairoad Have Gerly Zest Ground t New York < lIar hlQuotatons on the stock exchango left off frctonaly above yesterdays elose and near thc highest The trading nit the outset was ot a hesitating hesi-tating charnict r soowinga disposition to fellow any noveCn the specialties This was indipated by a rise In sugar the Imnrovemeh In this stock cancelng the earlier decline The general market move sympatietically but narrowly Subsequent there was a raid on Metropolitan Metro-politan Street R1Iwa whIch dropped 5 points this inctdnt stimulated short sale on tile other stockswlth conessIons quite materiel lit Illanhattan BrOoaiyn Lransit Sugar and Bay b8aeu uas the lpttet was particularly influenced by the acton ot the Boston exchingf authorities In dis contnuml tradmg ln thestoek This acton ac-ton was subseqthintly taken by the governors gov-ernors dftlie ltical exchal1 The rail rdd sha smoved very ibggfshiy and attempts tolmprpe them wero retarde by the hewlhess of Union Pacific Issues In which for ls selling was quite pronounced pro-nounced Very pessImistic expressions a to the probable character ot the bank statement which had been rife uring the week were partly eradIcated When the statement was published The salient feature I fea-ture of It was a contraction In surplus reserve re-serve of only I15OI0 The loan account showed a reduction of over 3000001 Cash reuction t3OOJ decreased 41300 which reflected sub treasury operations In connection with I Central Pacific settJement lhe statement was received with corslderable favor In ih street and Induced active buying raising the general level of prices above lat night The closing was strong and active actc The stock speculation for the week was largely of a vr1esional character with sales about a million less than those of the previous week While stocks showing advances wer mor numerous than those fIguring for declines gains registered In the riwa s were in obcure properties the general run of shares particularly the grangers and Pacifies losing ground OwIng Ow-Ing to the unusual prominence and support sup-port extended to the specialties many of these proIertes show handsome gains AfuiTY in the cal money market In which quotations fdr a time reached 4 was largely due to the financing of the Central PacIfic settlement with the gov erment the Chicago a Alton deal and various industrial combinations The mOley to pay the Cuban troops had no effect on the moOney market as It was withdrawn from the ubtreasury A largo amount of country bank balance reached New York because of the firmness in the money rates and tlerc were arrivals of I round amounts of gold from the Pacific coast and money gradually eased off from Its high level While money was in particular par-ticular demand there appeared a reflex I In sterling which easing sterlnc exchange again strengtheneda nd money became easier The bond market followed the tendency of stock Irices pretty closely The market mar-ket a a whole showed a Very substantial undertone and some striking gains were recorded in the usually inactive bonds U S old 4s registered declined the new 3s the 5s and the old 4s coupon cou-pon and 3s Vs In the bid price The total sales of stocks today were 315 40 share including Atchison preferred 1575 Central Pacific Pa-cific 50 Burlington 3895 Manhattan I 4525 Metropolitan Street Railway 1863 Union Pacific l152 St Paul 10U5 Am Steel Wire 16GO Am Spirit preferred 380 Tobacco 66 Baytato Gas 570 I Feerl Steel 4r25 Federal Steel preferred prefer-red 3275 Peoples Gas 3715 Consolidated Gas 50 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 1065 Sugar 22BOND BOND QUOTATIONS U S N J C is118 U S new 45 reg19 N P lsts116 U S new 4s N P 3s 68 coup 19 IN P U S N Y C St L U S 4s coup113 4s 107 U S coUp137 Nor W 6s13 U S 5 reg12 Nwest cons143 U S 5s COU111 Nwet debs 5s1 Dist 3 6s17 O Nay Ists11 Atchison 431028 O Na Atchison adj 4s 8 O S L 6s t rl Can S 2nds10 O S L 5s t r10 C a O 4s IReadlng 45 9 ChI Term 45 95 it G Y Ists 96 C O 5s18 St L S I l1 C H D 4s 104 con 6s 107 D R G Ists1O St L S F D It G 45101 gen Cs IN East Tenn 1stslO St P con166 Erie Gen 4s 1 St P C 0 P F VT D 1sts I 1st 12 t r 8 St P C P s19 Gen Eec 5s1H So Ry 55105 G I S A 6511 Standard R G H S A T Gs S lads 10 T P L G 1ts12 I c r C 5510 r P Rg lnds 53 H T C con U P 6s 10 UPDG Iowa C Istsl0 lsts 89 L N U 45 06 Web 1st 5sU Rae con S 120Wah lads rrck P s2idS 67 i W Shore 4s113 31 i T is li I Win Cent ists CS f Y C jts 115 Cob S 4s S74 TOCK QUOTAS Atchison 21 St L S k 1 Preferred 61 Preferred 7 Bal Ohio 69 Second pfd 33 l Can Pacific SWL St L S W ii Can Southern 5011 Preferred 2 Cent Pacific 50 St Paul 1778 Ches Ohio 20 Preferred 169 Cili Alton 171 St P 0 1697 g lIB AM m1 fefre C B Preferred 170 Chi E Ills Gf So Pacific 34 Preferred 122 ISo Railway 12 C G W l5 Preferred 48 g 1ITe Chi lad L S ITex Pac 24 Preferred 33 UnIon Pacific 4114 C N H77 Preferred 7834 Preferred 191 U P D G l C C C St Wabash 8 L 0634 Preferred 21 X Frererreu U0 V 5 L g Del Hudson 1i4 gl Preferred gg Del I YIGl Adams Ex1H D R G 21 American ExlH Preferred 7233 United States 5114 Erie new 1414 Wells Fargo 12 First p00 19 AWre Cot Oil 16 s Fort Wayne 1l0 Preferred 02 G N p0015534 Am Spirits 15 Hocking VaL r i Preferred 40 Illinois Cent114 Am Tobacco 197 m Lake If W 1833 Preferred 147 Preferred 66 Con Gas 2 Lake Shore 200 Cole F I 34l Louis Nash 63 l Preferred 94 Manhattan LI0 Gen Electric 118 Met St Ry252 Haw Com Co 7514 Mich Cent111 Fed Stel 5133 g etiiJii H St L 3 Preferred 3333 First pfd 99 1nt Paper 5033 IMo I-Mo Pacific 45 Preferred 52 Mobile Ohio 23 Lead 3133 l K T 1333 Preferred 114 Preferred 11 B R T CoN 147 I Co-N 3 Central12 ½ Nat Lin Oil fl4 N Y CentrI131 PacIfic Mal 433 N Y C St Peoples Gas 114 LY 13 Pullman Pal IMY First pfd w Sliver Cert 5 Second pfd 31 Standard R Nor Vest IS T 9 gA Co 1 Sugar 14134 10 Pacific 51 Preferred 15 Preferred 78Y T C I 17 OntarIo W 27 U S Leather 6 O R N 45 f Preferred 71A O S L 42f u S Rubber 5033 Pacific Coast 1st Preferred 1G pfd 18 Western Union 91 Second pfd ei Am S W 64 Pltsburg lS0 Preferred 1011 Beading 21 Ore Na pm 70 First pfd 66 I PacIfic Coast 48 R ilt f 5 Cob fI Southern 7 Preferred 75 Flrt pill 531h Roc Island lG Second pfd 2114 NEW YORK IING STOCKS Cholar 32 Ontario 55 Crown Point 1 Ophlr 1 00 go C nl Va 1 6i Plymouth 10 I I Deadwood 45 QuIcksilver 1 31 I I Gould Curry 3 Sierra Nevada 1 2 I Hale Norcross 30 Standar 2 50 Homestake 55 O0Union Con > Iron Silver 65Yeilow JaCket 13 I Mexican 6a I BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure 1 Franklin 21 I Vlnona l Old Dominion 40 Allouez H Co 1033 Osceola W Atlantic 1433 I Quincy 16 Boston ont3l Tamarack 2 Butte Boston 89 rolrQrlne 47 Calumet H760 Plrr tt 47 Centennial C24 Humboldt 2 SAN FflANCISCO STOCKS San FrJr ltolI rCI JThp o fcal 0 I olosinF quotations for mining stocks to day were a follOws Alta i IliGould Cur 28 Alph Con 6 HdiestIorcrosa b3 Belcher Andes l Mexican Justicd IS Benton Con i Occidental Con 23 Best 41 elcher 50 Occidenta 103 Bullion 4 Overman Caledonia g Potosl 27 Challenge Con 3 Savage Cholar 3 Seg Belcher 3 Confidence 66 SIerra Nevadai25 g C Va 175 Standard IsO Con Imperial 11 Union Coil 00 i Crown Point 18 Utah Con 20 Eureka Con 4Yelow Jacket 2 Stacks N LOdm Now York March 1The Commercial Advertisers London nanclll cablegram ble1ram The market here continues Inactive but tho tone today was good Americans were exceptionally dull The bulls were dis auointed by the Union Pacific dividend Union PacifIc and Central Pacific were the weakest features while the coolers Northern Pacific and Atchison preferred were steady Coppers were fractionally lower The Credit Lyonase did Its trt arbltge bust ness in Anacondas with New York today Melal Markets New York March lThe brokers price for led Is 42 and for copper 180 The metal exchange Issues no report Saturday Specie Movement New York Iafch 1The imports of sptcle last week were Jt595 In gold and S9t In silver The exports of gold and sler from thIs port to ail countries for Htls week aggregate 51121Il silver bars and coin and 106021 gold Loans Exchange and Sivlr New York lalch nMoney oi call was steady at 2J per cent last loan 3 percent per-cent prime mercantile paper 314 percent per-cent Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers bills at 4Sa33g4S5a 48W for demand ll11u h for iXi lays posted rates l514S5 and 48649u oommercJal bills 4lz it 8 I Silver certificates nominally O514fl6O14 bar silver 59 MexIcan dollars 41 GRAIN AND PROVISIONS i Government Report Knocked Prices I of Wheat and Corn Chicago March 1The 19800 bushels bush-els of whEt in farmers hands In this countr March 1 a reported by the goy ernment yesterday was a good deal more than the national bureau expected to acknowledge ac-knowledge and 2700 Qushels in excess of th recordbrekIng total of 12 The Liverpool market was affected to the extent of a decline In wheat futures of d and Paris noteil declines of from 3 to 40 centme a bushel Under these conditions May wheat stared here 3c lower at from 653frto69 ½ c down to 6933c and the market became heavy May getting get-ting down to die In the course of an hour from the opening A vat quantity of longtime wheat wa sold out and an equal amount of shorts were covered the readiness with which the holders of the later contracts accepted accept-ed the offerIngs being the only thing that proente a more serious decline Worlds shipments during the week were about StO half of which came from thl country The general expectaton regard lag the visIble supply st1tement was for some increase Near the end of the sessIon ses-sIon May recovered from 69 to 6 and closed at 69i69 The government figures on corn re serves were SOOO bushels which was a surprise as It had ben expected the amount would be less than last years Longs became disgusted and sold out The market ruled heavy throughout with shorts e buyIng at the decline May lost The weakness of wheat and corn caused a decline In the oats market Thee was genera liquidation and every drop in price brought out stoploss orders May closed 1 lower ProvIsions were remarkably steady Buying by packers and better prices for hog were the strengthening influences Pork closed with a loss ot 5c and lard and ribs 23c lower each o The leading futures ranged as follows WheatNo 2 I Open iHigh I Low I Close May 5033335914 69 r 1697G July 6S5fl6St I t 6 6 6 CornNo2 I OpenHigh I ILow I = l Close lay 3534fllii 1334j 31 14 31 3 July 133j I 36 35 d 3 Sept 6WI3J1 36Y1 36 363 Oatso 2 I Open I HghLow I I Close lay iZG2 I 27 12G2G 26 July I 21 I2S0J3333l24s 24 Mess PorkPer bbl J Open I HigiLjLow I I Close May 915 91 910 91236 July 93 I 913 I 05 I 930 LardPer 10 lbs I Open I High I Low I Close May 531 142 531 53 July I 1 551j L55 1 550 552 7 1 r SeP 565 562331 565 Shor bsPerl0 lbs I Open HIghLow I Close May 175 I 4W1i 47241 I 4t July I 4S fl 411 48 I U5 Sep 500 500 1 4911 491 I Cash quotations were as follows FlourLow winter patents 3G375 straights 33743345 clears 31532 sprIng specials 4ttilj410 patents 34037O straigts 2 MO bakers 22361260 WheatNo2 spring b6 No J sprInG 620z6i No 2 red 79 CornKo 2 3f3 OatsNo 2 2O5g2s No2 whIte 2333 fib No 3 white 3S0J29 HoNo 2 5 BarleNo 2 34 Flax SeedNo 1 115 Timothy SeePrIme 20 le s PorkPer barrel O90 LardPer 100 pounds 52733t1530 Short RibsSides loose 4009j47O ShouldersDry salted boxed 42561 4 SiiesShort clear boxed 4850J 190 WhiskyDistillers finished goods per gallon 126 SugarsCut loaf 583 granulated 535 Articles ilteciShlp Flour barrels 13000 13000 Wheat bushels 81000 Corn bushels 27I0t0191oW Oats bushels 284100 211tOO ltye bushels I 6000 4000 Barleybushels 1 cooo 2eoo Pacific Coast Grain Markets San Francisco March 11WheatFirm Slay 1 16 December 118 cash 113 BarleyEasier new 194 Portiana Mardi 1iWfleacwalla Wal Ia SSilj5Sc valley iOebjc bluestem 61 562c Portland Ore March fl1orelga wheat shlnments from Portland for tIne weekending week-ending today were 61570i bushels Chicago Livestock Chicago March 33The few offerings of cattle that came on the market today were sold at unchanged prices sales be lag on a basis of 39533590 nor the commonest common-est to the best grades of native steers hogsWere 2c higher Sales were at 3COiii70 for commoner lots up to 33530 395 for the best droves The bulk of the offerings 5011 at 37561390 nnd pigs went largely at 31555355 SheepWere at unchanged prices sheep were quoted at 3006iziA5 yearlings 4430 480 and lambs 4236j525 ReceiptsCattle 400 hog 21000 sheep 4000 Kansas City Livestock Kansas City March lLCattlReceipts 1011 Market unchanged Hogsitecebts 4009 Market strong to Cc higher buik of sales 3a527o peckers peck-ers lSUOjlll mixed 34553363 lIght 34030 369 yorleera 3553GG 11511 20O5J335 Sheepitecelots 500 llarket was firm lambs 3755f4t muitons331930415 Omaha Livestock Omaha March UCattleRecelpts 400 Market slow and steady native beef steers 40055540 westerns 373475 Texas steers 36e9J469 cows and betters 22530 421 canners 2225461125 stockers and feeders 40053300 calves 4505675 bulls stags etc 27030370 liogsitecelps 4200 Market Sc higher heavy 37530350 mIxed 355ct3gtJ iigilt 35561560 pigs 3003J340 bulk of sales 355 55360 F ShepRecelpts 500 Market nvas firm native muttons 36030420 muttons 17030 430 stock sheep 25061450 ambs 40030 490 Coffee and uar New York March 11CoffeeOptIons closed steady and unchanged to 5 poInts higher Sales 9750 bags includingMarch 30h April 500 51ay 51OJuly 825 Sep tember 543 October 11513 November 555 December 565 spot cotfee 1010 dull No 7 invoIce 6 No 1 jobbing 6 mIld quiet Cordova 83014 SugarRaw strong with upward ten dency fair refining I 1316 centrIfugal 96test 4 1316 molasses sugar 4 116 refined re-fined sugar firm No 6 4 916 No 7 433 No 9 4 716 No 9 4 No 10 4 e Ii 4 516 No 12 4 516 No 13 4 510 No 14 4 116 mould A S 316 standard A Sc confectioners A Sc cutioaf 5 crushed powdered 5 granuiated 534 cubes Denver Livestock Denver Coo March flCatteReceipts 800 Market active and firm beef steers 37530300 cows 32330100 feeders 33530 463 stockers 37535455 bulls and stags 20030300 HogsNone SheepNone London Wool Sales London March 11The besb selection or the series was offered at thewool auction sales today The offerings were 12498 bales including good lines of finehaird New South Wales Queensland and Vie toils merinos which were largely taken by the French Gerinanand Beiglan bu err after spirited competition A few 2holce Russian crcsbretis and some better bet-ter grades of Geeiong were taken princi paily by the home trade During the week q00O bales were sold |