Show fillING WAS VERY UNSETTLED 1 Wail Street Figures Show a Decline on the Day A ON CHICAGO GAS o2Dor CUT Birr A 5LLnGU r I THE 37EAIS Was BuHr I arlct m n Whole In the Hunfla wi ProtelKon Traders Fair Amount of TIn rai < T-In Bonfla Oiicnso Sun Frneiuo I lnd Liverpool nVcdern Lh Stock MarKets GcnclJ Glimpses New Torlc Feb 20 There was a moderate mod-erate volume Tork of business on the stock rte change today out trading was unsettled unset-tled In tone and the closing prices were the final in a majorny of cases below te fnal F gales of yesterday Speculation opened I dull but firm and some slight gains were made A raid on Chicago Gas was soon made rrhlch sent the stock down 17k percent per-cent and weakened the general market t Tobacco and Kew York Central sold oft and Manhattan 1 t 1 > 4 Missouri Pacific Manhttta Sugar 1 and other shares 10 ff percent per-cent Canadian Pacific was an exception E The declining cent advancing 2f > per cent declning 7 tendency was current before 1 clock and a rally of 1A took place led by Cordage A drive against the Grangers was made about J oclock which was chiefly directed toward Northwest that f tock giving way 1 per cent Burlington and St Paul a and Rack Island i The j depression was communicated to the rest of the list which receded 1l After delivery hour the market became firmer t and partial recovery wale place which t ranged up to speculation being foirisr steady at the close Susquenanna and Western preferred brake 4 4 with a final rally of 2 ½ American exchange dropped 2 but recovered 1 Adams Express made e gain of 4 l London ivas In the market only to a t small extent and mainly a a seller of international Th market t the 1nter1Uonal specialties market as a hole is almost entirely In the hands i pf professional traders t There vrns a fair amount of trading in fronds today Sales 5503000 Money on call easy at lit per cent last Joan 1 ½ bloced at VA per cent f 17 t Prime mercantile pacer 34a4 per r ent Sterling exchange strong vrlth actual i business In bankers bills at SS5i4 SS for jQemiiid and 4S74S7 for sixty days Posted rates 458483 Commercial bUs 4 E Silver certificates 0 I I Government bonds firm State bonds dull Ttallroafl bonds steady r Petroleum Steady Pennsylvania oil F 1 Jsales none March option sales none J closed at LOSVi bid Lima oil sales none The total sales of stocks were 140705 o shares including American Tobacco O Sugar 28700 Burlington 2500 Chicago Chi-cago Gas 23500 JMstilllnfr 10700 Louis t rne Nashville 6000 Missouri Pacific > 6 New Jersey Central 4900 Northwestern f North-western j34M Northern Pacific preferred t pre-ferred 4200 Rock Island 3400 St Paul 6000 United States Cordage 3300 do preferred 2400 NETV TORK GENBBAL MARKET t New York Feb 25 HOPSSteady TVODLrSteady f COPPER Flat brokers price 9 CO K s change price 965 I t LEAD Quiet brokers price 302 ½ Z ext ex-t Change price 307 ½ 30y r Sn ER60 Oj7 COFFEE Opened barely steady at 5 f < points decline closed barely steady at F 10205 pints net decline Salea 11750 t bags including February 1520 March f a561510 April 1500 May 147o1490 July 14SOS1490 October 14SO November f nnd December 14601470 i SUGAR Raw steady sales 5950 bag ban fugal SGtest 3 cent exshio 310 ton jnuECDvado SMest 8 1116 i 500 bags I molasses sugar 2 U16 refined steady t 1 l CHICAGO GENERAL ARKET Chicago Feb 20Tim wheat market L Opened firm and ruled strong during the entire forenoon The Liverpool market was called firm at d advance and with p upward tendency Tne one solitary bearish Ii bear-ish feature In the days announcement t was the receipt of 615 cars o heat at Minneapolis and Duluth but that is alL I Spring heat is worth from 5 to 10 cfents I prn bushel more than the article betas speculated in Wheat closed with a gain of 1 1 cent The leading futures ranged as lollotra WHEAT No 3 < t Opcn j High 1 Low I Closing Fb 51 12 5UT4 51l Way ujo 13 K y 151 3ri54 53 54i 05YL ooro a I Open tHgh J t Low I Closing eb 43 May 4c 4 4r L July MTfe 4 H H j OATSNO 21 OATSNo F 1 Open I High l Low 1 Closing I Feb 2S hay 20 2354 29U 2 p IY 2 2 2 12 f June 2Wa 2 c U mi 12 2 Z i MESS PORK Per BbL I 1 Open I High I Low I Closing ft JIO27 li 2 i i I1002V2 1022 I IlPiPer ilK Lbs t Open I H ilrLwTCloSll I Feb I j l l 647 6 1c Way j 5y j 652 4 j Ct j I C41A SHORT ItTBS Per 100 Lbs j t Open l High 1 Low l Closing i Feb I I 510 Jay J52C j 5SO 525 5 = r J Cash Quotations were a follows 2 LOUH Unchanged WHEAT Spring No 2 51 tNo S spring nominal NO2 red l COKNKo 2 45 i OATS No 2 207k No 2 white 3T gl No 3 white 21 KITS Ifo 2 51 ½ olT IOARLEtNO 5Di1 ½ 2 5314 No a 51GS3 No > FLAX SEED No 1 139 TIMOTHY Prlma seed 58 g 3VEBSS POBK Per barrel 1025 LARD Per 100 pounds 637 SHORT RIBS Sides Goose 510 r SHOULDERS Dry salted boxed nom nB OnT CLEAR SIDES < Boxed nom I insit t WHISKY Distillers finished good pert per-t gallon ill SUGAR Unchanged i rtcle I Q5O I Ship lour 10 957 Wuieat bush 7S lSlSg ret Ia 13 orn bus 1720 ltl 6 t Rye bush l 740 parley bush 740 167 Jl the yVU Uvw xchtng = today te but tcr market was dull creameries 122M > dairies 620 Eggs steady really fresh f i7f6 r SAN ITJRAlfCIsJCO WHEAT SA t I San Francisco Feb 2 HBAT Steads December 9aY May 01h l PKILADELPHIA WOOL Philadelphia Feb JZS = WOOL Moderate demand and steady r territorial and northwestern light ih at E10c heavy fne 7Sc fine medium 1q ai medium 1112 uarterbload 1213 I li pare 101 cmCAGoTi T STOCK d f1 Chicago Feb M O OA1TELE Prices were firm and IDe t higher than yesterday very common d steers 57o2S5 bulk af steers 20523 c cows 54 75 heifexs and bulls 22S3EOJ Texans 10 r stea3yj crime Iicav3 248 n 4D433 lights 3934OO common fceavy at 2002QS common light t 370375 Sheep and lambs were weaker the range of Quotations for sheep was 25 > gi 440 for jwior to choice and for lambs 32il Receipts Cattle 4000 calves 0 hogs 28000 sheep 10000 KANSAS CIT LIVE STOCK Kansas City Feb 25 CATTLE Receipts 5400 shipments 600 Market steady and active Texas steers SCO450 i Texas cows 200310 Colorado steers 3 404 40 beef steers 300 2 native cows L50285 stockers and feeders SDO410 bulls lS > 0375 SHBEP RGcelpts L600 shipments 2300 Market steady and unchanged BOSTON QUOTATIONS Boston Feb 26 Atchison 3 Bell Telephone G 1 C B i Q K > 7 Bj Mexican NEW TORE MiNiNG STOCKS Noir York Feb 21 1 Bnlirer gOphrn I 25 ChOlllu Plymouth 2 CronnPotnt 3 QuleUsIICer 1 D C C Va 2 10 Preferred IS 0 Deadwood 40 Sierra Korafla 5 > 0 G k C 3g Standard 2 50 B t24 t Union Con 28 Hamestnta 17 DO YelloTTJaoiot 05 Mexican GO Iron Silver Ontario 0 SAN FBANCISCO MINING San Pranelsac Feb ZLThc afflalnl closing quotations for mining clocks today war as tolloivfi AHa 28 Justice 06 Alpha Con 7 Keniuoli Con udosnn 21 MencllH 73 Bolcfter 33 Mono nu 20 llcllerliEle Monnl Diablo 10 lele11en 1 OpWr 7 45 Bofllo l Con 76 Overman 12 Bullion 1 POIO h 4 Bulwer Cn 13 Sovnga J7 Caledonia 00 Scorpion Challenge Con 20 Sierra Neynfla 67 Chollar B Silver EIL O < l Confluence 69 Union Con u C C Sria 2 43 Uth Con Con Imp rilt 01 Yellow Jacket 42 Con New Yorli Crown Point 3S Silver DBra05 iii30DH 7cbequer 02 Mczf can dl 4M14 9 UODlfl Curry ii I Drafts sight I2 HN Si DrIB telegraph ita I GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS I 1ew York Feb 20 I TT S fHer1G DlROs b14 I S 53 coup HD D B G 4a 61 I S4sre 112U Brio Seconds D S3 U S 4s coup 112 011 H A 6s 02V4 I Ui2sreg i Ga SA VBIOO pocifto sofQSTOO H < ST Cent ssu > 5h I Ala class A 105 HJT Cent 6a IOH4 A Ala olllJi C155 M K T FirstJB fiOh Ala I class C Ou M Ie T Second 43U All Currency ° 5 Mutual Union tttc LI Now cons 4H i > 14 J Cent Goola in > i Missouri 100 NarPacLlstsill W Carolina Nor Pac 2ds g NCalOUn4S1a N W COD80l8 140 S C NonFund I N W S F teb g18 Tenn S 14eW5s1 OB 8 H R G W ist s G Tern New Set BS1DO St P DonBoJB 7a1b3 Ttmn Oldes n GO Do C l P W is191 Centuries 554 SLI tgenS Preferred 0 StLl3 yj onlBll A1chlon 41 64 4 Ter Pac lets U 8 I 3HtoSacond A I7 Tea Pao Jnils 93 Clnldago2ndsl051 UF ists or VtLlJ C rao 151Sot0110044 West BlrIJ RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS Now York Feb 2 Atchison 4 JU 11 X WG 3 Adam Express 112 Northwestern 9114 Alton T U 2 j PreerredISO Preferred N Y Central 89 Am Exprots 110 VYN E 33J4 B 0 G2 O V 1414 Canada Paa 48fc Ore Imp 9 > i CluladSou 46 OreNav 17 Central PlO ta OreS L TJN W Oeutrl 10 Ii Pacific Mail CnlcaKO Alton 14114 P D lE 2U C B1 Q 1 Piflsburg14 Chicago Gas 73 Pullman Palace 154 CheA 1ss12944 Reading 9 i a aastii I3ftf BicbmonTor7 ColoClL 4Vi Preferred Cotton Oil Cert I8K R O W 164 Del Hudson07 Preferred 43 j > L 4 W o lOS Rack Island 62Ji D R G prf 5544 St Pan b j DlaFco 1 i Preferred H7tt East Tenn St p S o 31 Er8 g Prefcrred109 Preferred 11 SoutLern Pac 174 Fort W yno 1M Sugar Reflnety P24 Great Nor prvl103 TC f 131 C EL oral 80 TezasPno Sn I HooWngYtkl 19 T SO Can Pret 70Ml nilnolfl Central 60j Union Per 6 t St P t D 2 U S Express 42 1LT prel 2244WL k P 5li K 15 > Preferred 13 L E < W 1f 9 Prlertd Preferred 7 Wells Fflrgo EJT102 liBHD Shore12644 Western Union SrI Load Trust 23 > W L Eu 87j I N b2 Preferred 35iA It i y A 6 M iS L 25V Man Con 107 D S11 O lOVl M C r 10W GenElee 29iu nol Den W Nit1Lnleod 20 Missouri Pae 21 cat Fel J 24 Mobile Oho 14 Preferred 613 Kasnrllle cnott 64 H T Cent 21 U S Cordage DHi T A A N54 D Prelerred OGf lB SLK C 1 N J Central 83h Prclerrcfl L je w prer Lit CO rauroaa BS North Am Co 3S Prcfewred XV4 Northern Paa 2V Am Tooacco 374 Preferred 153Prsterr1 8 FOREIGN FINANCES New York Feb 2Tbe Evening Posts London cablegram says The American loan is at 4 premium today The allotment allot-ment letters will be posted tonight The loan was applied for eighteen times over here The rate of the allotment will vary from 5 per cent a a minimum to 10 percent per-cent n the maximum All possible care Trill be taken to favor bona fide applications applica-tions In preference to premium hunters The stock exchange begun with a small account but dearer money Contajroes on American were 2V to 3 Del cent The general toe of the markets today was quiet but firmer Americans improved closing steady Canadian Pacific rallied Grand Trunks have risen sharply on the unexpected increase in traffic Louisville Louis-ville wag exceptionally lower on a general gener-al house tip to sell i Silver stocks were sentimentally better on the parliamentary discussion of tonight the question of an International monetary conference LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool Feb 28 TVHEAT Spot firm demand moderate No2 red winter 4s No2 red spring 5s Cd No1 hard Manitoba and No 1 Call Cl fornia 5s 2d |