Show V STOCK MARKET WAS INACTIVE Trading Except in a Few Instances In-stances Was Insignificant In-significant MAJORITY SHOW LOSSES c SUGAR CLOSES DOWN ONE AND THREEEIGHTHS Uoston Wool Breaks But Recovers and Closes at u Gain Bono Fide Trading Moderate Western LiveStock Live-Stock Quotations Lend and Sliver Sli-ver Qniet Heavy rfurchnses J Distilling I New York April 4The stock mar Icfet today was inactive and the net results of the trading are insignificant except in a few instances A majority major-ity of the shares dealt in show losses as compared with yesterdays closing prices but few of the active stocks are down more than a small fraction Sugar which was most prominent In the transactions was offered freely in the early dealings but found ready buyers During the day however the sellers became far more numerous than the buyers and the stock gave way under pressure The stock receded re-ceded in the opening trading rose 1 fell off 1 closing about the lowest low-est and 1 down on the day There were heavy purchases of distilling receipts re-ceipts which it Is believed for the new interest in the SIOCK but there was plenty or stock to be had and after an early gain of 1 per cent there was a reaction of Tvth a final rally of per cent leaving a net advance ad-vance of por cent General Electric oper > d 14 lower but on purchases dn dzce1 by a renewal of the report of the negotiations between the company and the Westinghouse people the stock rose i per cent Sales by Bos ton caused < a break of 1 per cent the short interest seeking to cover at the lower figure This buying put the stock up again the improvement be ng Hf A final reaction of percent per-cent B took place limiting the gain to As to the reported conference between be-tween committees of the General Electric and Westinghouse compan ies the fact is that while commJjtees were appointed by the corporations to negotiate for the maintenance of prices etc no meeting or these com mdttees has been oed as yet and they are no nearer to the desired end than they were when appointed The general market opened strong and was fairly well held during the morning but in the afternoon there was 0 very general depression and most Shares < traded in recorded reactions reac-tions the market however steadying at the close Trading in bonds during the day was moderate with a decided heaviness heavi-ness to the speculative issues There t was no material change either way in the inactive securities the trading in which was quite general The silos of the day were 1386000 t in which Texas Pacific seconds figured for 178000 Government bonds firm State bonds inactive Railroad bonds weak t Petroleum strong and higher closed tM cos lir s bid Money on call easy at 22 per cent last loan 2 per cent closed 2 per cent Prime mercantile paper 4g > 5Vz Percent Per-cent Ier sterling exchr nge strong with actual j business in bankers bills at 48h489 for demand and 488 for sixty days Posted rates 483 A4S9i and 490S490 Commercial bills 4873l4S7 Silver certificates 66 c IRON AND STEEL TRADE New ork April 4The Iron Age i rays > Tee has been considerable buying of Lake Superior ore during the past week the amount involved aggregating about 2000000 tons By far the greater part of this was taken by leading Chicago interests inter-ests the balance being by smaller purchasers pur-chasers So far as can be learned the principal PittsLurg producers the Wheeling Wheel-ing furnaces and the makers in the valleys val-leys have not yet taken hold The sales covered were Norris at 290 Ashland at 3 and Chapin S3 One feature In connection I con-nection with these transactions is the fact that the det guarantee against a decline L de-cline i det mining companies covers cov-ers cnly the particular grade of ore sold at the price made Buyers of pig iron and of ste1 art holding off to await developments de-velopments They show little disposition 10 pay 10 In the valley for Bessemer pig Iron and 1550 for soft steel billets in l > it bur figures which represent the market today Sales have been very light and i is only from Chicago that a fair tonnage of billets is reported in the eastern east-ern markets Prices are below the equivalent equiv-alent of the Pittsburg quotations as the active competition from that quarter is withdrawi for the present There is a more hopeful feeling In the nished iron and steel markets although it Is more m anticipation of better things t t come than in any actual realization of better prices Really very little large business bus-iness has been done rd what is going on is token at the old prices THE COUNTRYS CASH Washington April 4 Todays statement state-ment of the condition of the treasury iJr shows Available cash lalances S1S6 f B20C49 gold reserve 590541887 FOREIGN FINANCES Ntv Tork April 4The Evening Posts U 1tndon cablegram says The coin and F bullion In the Bank of England increased t only 14000 although 340000 in gold way imported for the week The cash has gone into home circulation in conection with the quarterly payments and also i is hoped beca e of a slight revival In trade The details of the movement of i gold for the week are 806000 bought from market chiefly from Pans i the open market chiefy Pars Ll0CO 0 imported from Egypt 0000 from Australia 100000 from Antwerp 11000 from Chi and 010 exported to the continent The decrease of one and a half million pounds in public deposits Is due to tho quarterly payments to the civil service and official salaries The stock markets were stagnant today to-day The prospect of a discussion In the French chamber on the Egyptian questions ques-tions restrict business and makes the tono bullish Americans were Idle and dull i except Canadian Pacifies which improved o im-proved on the report showing a larger cash reserve than was feared r NEW YORK GENERAL 3IARKET I New York April 4 WOOL Firm WOOLFIrm 1 CoPPERQuiet brokers price 937 LEAD Weaker brokers price 93y I r change price S10 t S1LVFK 63 i o COFFEE Options opened dull at 5SJ10 points decline ruled generally weak under lower European cables and larger Brazil receipts cloned steady at 10 points net decline Sales 7250 bags Including May 14651470 1445 October 14CO December 1440 SUGARRaw firm sales 4480 bags centrifugal 95est at 2 1116 5 bogs jnolasses sugar at 2 716 cents Refined quiet t CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET Chicago April 4After a rather lifeless life-less session wheat wound up with a bounce today loslng higher on the reports of the heavy cash business May corn alsO sold higher May oats i I lower and provisions at moderate advances vances s Corn was inclined to bo weak early but became r when the smatl lot of 1 CLITS today were supplemented by estimated esti-mated receipts of 1 cars for tomorrow I b r mate provision market ruled firm and I t Tpilccs recovered some of tho loss of the day before Opening prices were about I f at the closing rates of the day before but began Immediately t respond to II some good buying orders which cropped tip The result oi the days business was an advance of 74 in pork 23 In lard c nd 5 centrf In ribs 5 Estimates for Friday Wheat 2 cars I tI dQ o7 4 1 rj c c U I L 0 I head corn 50 cars oats 140 cars hogs 16000 headThe headTe leading futures ranged as follows WHEAT NO 2 IQpemnglHlghest ILowcst I I Close April 54 53 W54 May 5454I551i 5 5 uly 56M t5Y 5I 61 Sept J5m 57i577 57 57 CORNNO 2 lOpenlngHIghest Lowest I Close April 45A 45 = 4 45 May 46 46g 46 46 July 46 4 46Q45ll 47 Sept 46 47 > t 46 4714 OATSNO 2 lOpeningjHighest ILowest i Close June May 122 4i29 2 2 2S294 July 2 i 2852SIlSl2S 2S1s MRS PORKPer Bbl lOpemnglHighest ILowest I Closo May 111Y11230p210li22 July 1230 142U J1220 11235 LARD Per 103 Lbs lOpenlngjHighest Lowest I Close May 692 ½ I6976926 69734 July I 705 I 71244 705 71 Sept 72 171 I 72 72 SHORT RIBSPer 100 Lbs OpenIngHighest Lowest I Close May I 62234 620 G20 6CO July 1 63234 64244 63234 642 Sept I 64734655 64734 655 Cash quotations were a follows FLOUR Unchanged WHEAT Spj fng No2 50C1 No 3 spring nominal No2 red 545154 1 CORNNo i 464t No 3 yellow 44 45I4 1QATS No 2 30 No 2 white 33V4S3334 No 3 white 3233 RYE No 2 5i BARLEY No 2 5253 No 3 49352 No4 nominal FLAX SEED No 1 13534 TIMOTHY Prime seed 540 MESS PORKPer barrelll 12112 LARD Per 100 pounds 6S7690 SHORT RIBS Sides loose 6COS625 SHOULDERS Dry salted boxed 525 < S537 SHORT CLEAR SIDES Boxed 645 c50 < WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gallon J26 CLOVER SEED 900S925 i Rec I Ship Flour bbls 10000 0 Wheat bush 4000 29000 Corn bush 32000 31000 Oats bush 114000 190000 Rye bush 6000 8000 Barley bush 31000 23000 SAN FRANCISCO WHEAT San Francisco April 4 Wheat inactive In-active December 9G actve BOSTON QUOTATIONS Boston April 4Atchison GI Bell Telephone 191 Burlington 73i Mexican Central Ss NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Now York April f Bulwer 8Ophlr 1 6 Chollar u Plymouth 20 CrownPoint 35 Quicksilver 22o CrownPolnl u Qulctslver C C A Va 2 fa Preferred 14 00 Deadwood 40 Sierra Nevada 75 GtiC Standard 2 65 H N 1 2 Union Con SO Homostake 18 5 Yellow Jacket 5 Mexican 8 Iron Silver Ontario 8 5 SAN FRANCISCO MINING San Francisco April 4The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows Alta 271 Kentuok Con 06 Alpha Con SJusticen 16 Andesuu 2 Mexican 82 Beloher 42 1 Mono n T 7 Belle Isle un Mount Dlablo B B 82 Occidental Con 13 Bodle Con 1 35 Ophir 1 55 Bullion 21 Overman 17 BulwerCon h Potosi 55 Caledonla4 10 Snvgeu u 06 Challenge Con 43 Scorpion u Cholalu 56 Sierra Nevada 81 Confidence n 1 45 Silver Hill 03 C C va 2 70 Union Con 53 Con Imperial 01 Utah Con Con New York Yellow Jacket 58 Crown Point 40 Exchequer 3 i Silver bars > 6556610 Gould Cur 51 Mexican dolnomlnnl ILiN 13 Drafts sight 7tf Julia 07 Drafts telegraph 10 Jula 07lDrafstelegapbl0 An assessment of 25 cents per share was levied on Ophir stock today GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS New York April 4 New4s reg couplSOH D R G7s bl US 5sre 15K D R G 4s tK U8Sscoup noH Brie Seconds b62 U S4srei hll GE 8Ae3 u 96 U S43conp 112 C H S A 7slOl U 9 2reg 93 H f T Cent 59IOSii Pacific 6sof 95100 H T Cent 63100 Ala class A 10 M ICT First 4a S3 i Ala class B 1U6 M K T Second 5 Ala class 0 h 95 Mutual Union 6s 109 Ala Currency 55 JCcntGenias 11234 La New Cons 4s s4 NorPaclsts 113k I Missouri 6s 100 Nor Pac 2dsh 80K Carolina 6s12 N W Consols139 N Carolina 4s 100 NW R F dab 53108 SC NonFund 134 R G W let t8 Teen NewSet Ca 9II St P Consols 7sUSH Tern New SetoslOO Do C P W 5s 112 ¼ Tfinn Oldes CO StLl MgenSs 75Vi Centuries 59U StLS F fen < 58l05 Preferred 654 Tex Pac Ists th Atchison 4s 6 4 Tex Pao Cods 21V Dtto Second A 2Jii u P lets ofl91l3 Canada So 2nds 1M West Shore4s U > C Pao Istsof 95lOOVz ISouthern R R 5s S7 RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS Now York April 4 Atchison u oi Northwestern Oljfi Adams Express143 Preferred 139 Alton T H 38 N Y Central 05H rAfATfd o No Y t N K 373 AtnExpreis112 0 v 6 B 00 58 Ore Imp 7 CanadaPac 3935 Ore Nav 17 Canada Sou h 49 Ore S L U N 53 Central Pao IGit Pacific Mali 221 Ches 0 1734 P D E 4h Chicago Alien H7 Plttsburg J55 C B t Q 4 Pullman Palace 156 Chicago jas il Headlg l23 Can Gas 13 Richmond Ter St L 3i ½ Preferred C OC St Prefered 0 C L 834 R W iON Cotton Oil Cert 2 Preferred 3 Del Hudsonl i Rock Ilnnd 6H D L XV 159 S1 Paul 57j DRGprCf 5734 Preferred115 4 DCFCO 15 StPO 32 East Tonn Preforrad105 Erieh 93 SOI1terPao 171 Pleferred 19h Sugar RlnorJ 10 Fort Wayne l5i T C 1 e l 1 GreatNor preflO TexnsPac 1131 C 3 E L pret 05 T O Cen Pret 7S HocldngVnl y 2634 Union Pacuu 1 llnoICentral 8Hi U S Express 4l5 51 P D 2 W 8 L k P 035 K T pref 26 Preferred l43 L E V 1714 Wells Fargo EXul0 Preferred 7534 Wester 8 LakeShore3735 WL E J2 Lead Trust 32 Preferred4314 LN u 51 MSL 2634 LN A 1 DEG 1 MaD ton 12 Gen Elco 3 M C u 1 NatlLinseed 2034 Mich Cnh 91 ColFueli 2j Missouri Pac 2334 Preferred 65 Mobile Ohio16 H r Cent 154 Nashville Cha1 71 F A A li N 1 U 8 Cordnge 0534TSLKC 1 Preferred 0i PrefeIred 10 N J Central 9531 So railroad IH N W pret 125 Preferred 33 North Am C 4d Am Tobacco 11534 Northern Pao 41 Preferred108 Prererrcd 16ii St P M I M 10n UPDG 4 I I CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago April 4 CATTLE Only about 800Q cattle were received and prices showed no improvement improve-ment the more desirable offerings being no more than sticks and there appeared to be enough In the yards to meet all the requirements of the trade However a sale of some choice 1163pound Texans is reported at 575 Native beef steers find purchasers at 435 and 630 sales being I mostly at 525S < > 00 and something fancy might bring 650 Cows and bulls are sell Ing at L50500 for poor to extra largely at 300450 and stockers and feeders sell fairly at quoted prices Packers had little difficulty in putting hog prices 10f > 15c lower low-er in face of receipts of only about 21000 2101 head Heavy packing hogs sold during the latter part of the morning largely at S15525 SHEEPIn sheep although the receipts were only about 11000 head prices wore off about lOc with a slott trade Common to choice sheep sold at 3504 25 and some sheep were held at 490 sales were chiefly at 400JL50 Lambs were In good demand at 400590 and gopd ones were no lower low-er the bulk of transactions being at 525 52 le Receipts Cattle 803 calves 500 hogs 21000 sheep 11000 50 KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Kansas City April 4 CATTLE Receipts 2200 shipments 1900 Market steady to strong Texas steers 3GO540 Texas cows 1503CO a = t beef steers 440635 native cows 175W 450 stocker and feeders 240475 bulls 254o HOGS Receipts 6700 shipments 1600 Market weak to lOc lower bulk of sales at 4650480 heavy 470490 packers at 460490 mixed 4604SO lights 450470 porkers 440470 pigs 3750445 SHEEP Receipts 36CO shipments SOO Market steady OMAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha April 4 CATTLE Receipts 900 Market steady Steers 460625 bulk 500S570 cows and heifers 1503 2 bulk 275375 stockers and feeders 250450 bulk 300375 HOGS Receipts 4000 Market opened 5c lower closed weak and slow Light 505 4604S5 mixed 4704SO heavy 4 O SHEEP Receipts 1100 Market steady Fair to choice natives 375475 fair to choice natives 375475 fair to good westerns 350460 common stock sheep 2 55 < > lambs 400S5 LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool April 4 WHEAT Spot quiet demand poor No 2 red winter 4s 9d o2 red spring 5s 2d No1 hard Manitoba re 2d No 1 California 4s ld |