Show FAIRLY ACTIVE FOR SATURDAY Trend of Prices Was Generally Towards Higher Figures MARKET CLOSED STEADY LONDON HOUSES AGAIN APPEAR A S SELLERS Bonds Are Active Iiciitl and Sliver Quiet London Wool Sales Suja r mid Coffee Quotations Gliinps at the Markets or the World New York March 16The share speculation was fairly active for saturday Sat-urday and generally strong in tone the improvement being mainly due to purchases for the short account although al-though there were some rumors that room traders were buying for a use London houses were again in the market mar-ket as sellers chiefly of St Paul which however received strong local support and gained 14 on the day The market opened in good tone and vh51 there were declines on some shares the trend of the prices was mostly in the direction of higher figures In the late dealings there was immediate realiz iug but the market closed fairly steady at a pretty general advance on the day of 1 per cent Bay State Gas is down Canada Pacific Sugar and Reading Great Northern preferred 1 and a few other shares a small fraction frac-tion The bond market was active today the total sales being 663000 The dealings deal-ings at times were irregular but the closing trading was marked by considerable con-siderable strength in tho active issues Money on call nominally at 15 percent per-cent Prime mercantile paper 3is5i5 percent per-cent Sterling exchange quiet but firm with aotual business in bankers bills at 48914 f489V for demand and 4fS4SS for COdas CO-das Posted rates 490 Commercial bills at 4874S74 Silver certificates CITs NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York March 16 WOOL Steady domestic fleece 1420 pulled 19024 COPPER Steady brokers prices 95s LEAD Firm brokers price 300 SILVERfil COFFEE Options opened steady and unchanged closed steady at 5JZ20 points net advance sales 2250 bags including March 1320 May 14 SO June 1480 SUGARRaw steady fair refining 2 1116 centrifugal 9Gtest 3c sales of 2500 bags of Cuba afloat 95test at 2c No 13 3c off A 343 mould A 4 standard A 3 1316 confections A 313 16S4 cut loaf 3 916 crushed 4 91611 powdered 13161V4 H granulated 3 1516S > 4Vs cubes 4 3164 CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET The leading futures ranged as follows WHEATNo 2 I Open I High I Low I Closing March 55S 155Y 55 55 May 561156571f 56 155 i July 57 15fV5S i 57ji 57a CORNNo2 I Open I High I Low I Closing March 144 44 44 44044 May 464 4054 46 141hit44 July 45 4C454 45 lrJ1 OATS No 2 I Open I High I Low I Closing May I291A 2511 294 29i June 129i 29 129 29i I July 12814 12i 2SY2 28 q21 MESS PORKPer Bbl i I Open 1 High I Low I Closing May J1203 11211 11175 11200 July J1217 ½ 1217 U8 11212 ½ LARDPer 100 Lbs I Open I nigh I Low I Closing May 692 I 692 I 880 6STh4 July 702 I 702 1693 J I 697 SHORT RIBS Per 100 Lbs I Open i High J Low I Closing May 1 597IGO0 I 5874 592 ½ July 610 j 610 595 605 Cash Quotations were as follows FLOURWinter patents 205S2SO winter win-ter straights 2332CO spring patents 10 35 spring straights 210g2 bakers bak-ers 175 223 WHEAT Spring No 2 56i 5GOi < No 3 spring nominal No 2 red S 55 CORN No 2 41 < > 44I OATSNo 2 2 No 2 white 3232 No 3 White i232 RYE No 2 5214 BARLEY No 52y 5455 No 3 52i3 No 4 nominal FLAX SEED No 1 1 41 TIMOTHYPrime seed 575 MESS PORKPer barrel llS7f21200 LARDPer 100 pounds 6 i6 Y10 SHORT RIPS Sides loose 5tTio5 7M87 SHOULDERS Dry salted boxed 475 SHORT CLEAR SIDES Boxed 625 G30 WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gallon 126 SUGAR Unhanged I Rec I Ship Flour 1ls 70 4 Wheat bush 100 2 O Corn bush 60 20 Oats lush 18000 Re bush 11740 30 Barley bush OOO 8000 On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was firm creameries 1018 dairies S16 Eggs quiet 1i12 SAN FRANCISCO WHEAT San Francisco March 16 WHEAT Steady December S8 ½ May 9O3i THE COUNTRY S CASH Washington March 16Todays statement state-ment of the condition of the treasury shows Available cash balance 183264 676 gold reserve 90140057 LONDON WOOL SALES London March 16At the wool auction offered of sales today 182213 bales were which COO were withdrawn There was a good assortment The attendance was large and the bidding brisk Prices continue con-tinue hard The continent bought freely tnue Americans purchased a few York and crossbreds shire bought merinos New South Wales scoured 9dls 2d greasy 3d 8d greay 81fd 0 bQ ns dsoured 9dls ld I greasy 4d10J Victoria scoured Edls Id greasy 3id111OMd 37d10td south Australia scoured Isgls Jy 4d greasy 4Vd8d New Zealand greasy 5d91d Cape of Good Hope and Natal scoured 1 d1s 2d greasy 414d115d The imports for the week wee 52710 bales arrivals for next weeks sales 5 263 bales I CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago March 16 CATTLE The cattle market was without with-out noteworthy change Steers sold from 390 to 635 cows and bulls 1500340 and Texans 1503500 HOGS Were active and steady light 255T455 mixed 430465 heavy 42347o rough 41TiS440 SHEEPWere steady sales making on a basis of 275 175 for poor to extra sheep and 350So60 for lambs Receipts Cattle SO calves 10 hogs 15000 sheep 20000 KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Kansas City March 16 CATTLE Receipts 2000 shipments 1500 Market strong for good slow on 15 lIalct poor stock Texas steers 430 Texas cows 2500310 beef steers 470350 na ive cows LSoSSSO stackers and feeders 325O420 bulls 2KJJ423 buls 2r14J SHEEP Receipts 2500 shipments 400 Market steady Prices ranged from 295 1 V5O OMAHA LIVE STOCK il < Ombqr3Iarchjl6Tr J CAJTTLE Receipts 2300 market much Stronger steers 355560 bulk 4CO500 cows and heifers 1500390 bulk 22 < 300 stockers and feeders 2253 bulk 31511 360SHEEP SHEEP Receipts none No market BONDS IN REQUEST New York March 16 Governmen bonds were in request throughout the week and sales were made amounting to 359500 The new fours coupon were traded trad-ed in freely from ll94 to 120 with the final transaction at 119Ts EXPORTS AND IMPORTS New York March tThe exports from New York for the week amounted to 146501 in gold and 482382 in silver The Imports for the week were Gold 1360955 silver 15684 drygoods 3S67 1 general merchandise S333669 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS New York Marsh 16 York Bulcr 15 OphI J 6 Cholar 40 PlymoutD r Crown Point uuu QuIcksilver 2 12 C C Va 2 5r Preferred 14 0 Deadwood 40 SIerra Nevada 70 G C 3 Standard 2 2 U N ODUnlonCon 50 Homostake 17 dl Yellow Jacket g Moxlclnu 80 Iron Silver Ontario 750 SAN FRCCOlG San Francisco March 15The omclal closing quotations for mining stock today were as folows Ala ill Justice 17 Alpha Con 8 Kcntuck Con 0 Andesu 28 Mexican 5 Belcher 42 Mono u 27 Belle Isle 8j Mount Diablo 10 B Bu 1 71 Bodle Can 1 40 Overman uu J I Bullion 2 Potosi 48 Bulwer Con 22 Savage uu 3 Caledonia 9 Scorpion h 05 Challenge Con 39 SIerra Nevada SO Cbolluu 52 Silver Hill VI Confidence 1 35 Union Con 51 CCVa 28 Utah Con 06 Con Imperial 01 Yellow Jacket 55 Con New York 01 Crown Pointa 41 Silver bsrs6id116i Exchequer Mexican del 5O3451 Gould Curry 45 Drafts iIgbt U H 1 1 05 Drafts telegraph 10 GOVRNMNT AN OTHER BONDS i New York March 16 trSSsreg1i5l4DRG7sbll45 U S 5s coup 1i D H G 4s 8 U S4sreg lii ErioScconds b581 U S 4s coup u12 4 G H S A 68 101 U S2sre P5 GB SA 7sl00 Pacifo6aof510 H T Cent Mi5Y Ala class A 10 H 1 T Cent 6102 AlaclassB103 M K Firt 4s 81 Ala class 0 ia M K T Second 4s 47l AlaCurrenoy95 Mutual Union 1 La New Cons 4s 92i 4 NJCentGen1 11 MissourI6s100 N rPaclsts112n N Carolina 6s127 Nor Pac 2ds hu B N Carolina 45101 N W Con8ols 11014 SC NonFund 1 ½ NW S F deb 5sl0O TennNewSet 68 SHI R G W lstn 64 Tern New Set58I00 St P ConsoI 7s12IY lane QdGs CO Do C P W5sIO ½ Va Centures 5814 StLI Mgen 77 Preferred 5Y SfLt S F Jentsi03 Atchison 45 6 Tex Pac Ist8 S Dto Second A I1J Tex Pac 2nds 2Y CanadaSo 2ndsl03 U P lstsot 96l02i4 C Pac Istsof 9510Y West Shore 4s1J RAILROAD AND OTHR STOCKS Now York March 15 Atchison 3IU P D G 3 Adams Express 143 Northwestern 81 Alton T H 31 Preferredul3 Preferred N Y CentraL 0314 Am ExpreJ8nJ1 NYNE 3t B 0 53 OW 1616 CanadPac v OroImp 10 Canada Sou h 48 Ore Nav n 15 Central Pee i74 Ore S L U N 4h Ches 0 16y Pacific Mail 2 ChIcago Alton H6 P D Eh 3 C B fl Q 704 Plttsburg155 Chicago Gas 2J Pullman PalnccI5 Con Gas 3 HeadIng 84 C OC Sr L36 Rohmond Ter Cob C 1 314 Preferred Cotton Oil Cert 24 R G VlT 16 Del Hud8onu126 Preferred 43 D L W l59s Rock Island 62 D R G pref 541 St PauL 1 5I DCF Co JY Peferred117 East Teon159 St P 0 30 Erie h ns Preferred105 Pleferred 16 Southern Pac 17 ½ Fort Wnyneu IMi Sugar Refinery 9716 Great Nor preLI02 T C 1 1414 C ELpref 8 Y Texasnc 8 HockgVal ey 23Y 1 O Cen Pref 75 illinois Central 84 Union Pao 811 St P 5 P 2 U G Express 40 KTprel u 2 W SL P r ½ L E W is Preferred 127 Preferred 71 Wells Fargo Exl0j Lake Shore13614 Western Union 8 Lead Trust 3 WLE 1 L N u 4ni Preferred 39g LN A 614MSL 38 Man Con 108 D R G 10 M C 10 GcnElec 2 Mich Can 91 NatILinseed 194 Missouri Pac u 20 Col Fuel J 2 j Mobile Ohio 121 Preferred 30 3 Nashville Cbstt 63 H 1 Cent 214 U S Cordage 0514 I A A N l y Preferred OS ½ T SL K C 1 N J Central 89 Preferred 7 N W pref 1y So railroad 10I North Am Co 21 Preferred Northern Pach 31 Am Tobacco 3 Prererred 1434 Preferred PJ |