Show 1 SUGAR TAKES AN f UPWARD TURN Big Buying Accredited to Peo pie on the Inside BOND MARKET WAS ACTIVE SPECULATION DURING THE WEEK J LESS ANI3IATDD Governmeiits Were Active nnd Strong Notably the New Forms Chicago ICanias City Omaha nnil Denver Live Stock 3IarUefs Silver Sil-ver Shows n De i lett Upward Tendency Ten-dency Lead Cull and Steady Other MarketS in WliicU the Went is Interested New York March 3QA fair degree of activity characterized the speculation in stocks today and the trading was strong In tone A large number of foreign buy I Ing orders were on the board at the opening open-ing for the arbitrage account only part of which could be executed owing to the rapid advance in prices The London market snowed American securities in good demand at higher figures and this fact influenced the market mar-ket very favorably With the exception S JfI of a brief period ot depression the tendency y ten-dency was upward to the close A raid on Chicago Gas was the 11 i ditito cause of the temporary reaction Cne stock which had advanced per cent in the early dealings fell off 1 per cent dosIng dos-ing at a rally of 4 from the low points On buying accredited to inside interest Sugar rose 2Vi per cent closing percent per-cent below the top figures The market closed strong in tone During tho week the trading was about equal in Plume to that of the week preceding pre-ceding The bond market today was active and firm and principally from Kansas Texas securities The total was 5530000 Kansas Texas consols advanced 2 Kansas Texas seconds 1 and Northern North-ern Pacific and Montana firsts 1 The speculation during the week was t less animated than last lei t the aggregate sales reached 9474000 The lain trend of values was improved Government bonds were active and strong throughout the week notablyl for the new fours the registered bonds selling i UI to 320 = 4 which is the highest figure yet leached The total sales of government bonds were 317900 SHARP RISE IN SILVER New York March 30The Evening Posts London cablegram says The fCiture of the markets today was the sharp rise In silver and silver securi ties on the reported armistice between China and Japan There was too a general gen-eral rally notably in Americans by I which the interest grows steadily The Lehigh Valley railroad is understood to have placed here privately 600000 in one year gold notes at a price to yield 5 percent per-cent NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET I New York March 30 COPPERFirm brokers price 9A i LEADQuiet brokers price 305 SILVER COFFEEOptions opened dull and par tiaLr 10 points lower but afterwards ral lied on covering Cables were slow and closed firm at 1015 points net advance Sales of 1750 bags including May 1480 September 1475v SUUAURaw nnn fair refining 2H15 centrifugal 96test 3 sales none Refined Steady and quiet No 6 3915 533i No7 a 7163y No 8 3 5163 Nc 9 3JA3 716r No 10 3V4c3 716 No 11 3g3 716 No 12 3 11G3U No 13 3 off A 35i356 mold A 3 316f 3s standard A 3 31G confectioners A Z 3164 cut loaf 4 914i > crushed 4 916it4 pow dered 4 316lf4 8 granulated 3 3i164 CUCfS lser CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET The leading futures ranged as follows WHEATNO 2 JOpcnmgHighest Lowest I Close = Cht J14 54 3iay t 55I55W1 5ti 55 55r35 July 75767I 56 5ilMJ5 CORNNO 2 lOpeninglHighest Lowesti I Close March 432 146 4514 May I6s 4C54 46 46 July 4qyfe IKTJB 146 46i46 i OATSNo 2 OpemngHlghest Lowest Close May 30 ISO P r 3030 3 June j 29il 1 i > 014 29 io 1i July = I l gu 29 I I 29 29 JulyMESS MESS PORKPer Bbl IQpeninglHlghest Lowest I Jloso Hay 11255 I1257li 1247 ½ 11257k JulyI12T0 1275 1205 11272 LARDPer 103 Lbs I OpeningHighest Lowest Close May 710 7i23 707 ½ 7121k Ji July j 75 7277 722 727M Sept 740 710 740 740 SHORT RIBSPer 100 Lbs lOpenlnslHIghest Lowest I Close Iay 4 632V 637 630 I 6377 July 647 th 652 645 J 1 652Vi Spt I 662 665 f GCO I 665 I I Cash Quotations were as follows I FLOURWinter patents 250S2SO win I i ter straights 235i2CO spring patents 310 I i < tfj50 spring straights 210 283 bakers 175 223 t TfjEAT5prjng Xo 2 573j61 j No 3 spring 55 No2 red 54 5Hs COHXXo 2 45tg45 No 3 yellow oiFtJ1 i C ATS No 24 30 No 2 white 22i < 33f No 3 white S2Ai32 KYE Nc 2 ftC 53 BARLEY No Z S3 No 3 5052 No 3 nominal FLAX SEEDNO 1 in TIMOTHYPrime seed 525 MESS PORK Per barrel 12S LARD Per 100 pj ds 7027O5 ltf 1teB SHORT RIBS Sides loose r GSOS635 HHOULDERS salted boxed 537Y JsSO 1 SHORT CLEAR SIDES fBoxed R K i5o WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gallon 126 SUGARUnchanged i Eec I Ship Flour bbls SOOOI 7000 Wheat bush 14000 22000 Corn bush 840001 55000 Oats bush 122000 159000 Rye bush j 4iVjO 6000 fc Barley bush = i 43000 10000 l On tho produce exchange today the but ter market was firm creameries lOZt20 dairies S31S Eggs steady 111112 WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT New York March 30 Weekly bank statement Reserve decrease 733050 loans decrease 52128300 specie increase 458500 legal tenders decrease J2393GOO depoits decrease 54307000 circulation 42070001 increase 529300 Banks hold 512413450 in excess of requirements THE COUNTRYS CASH Washington March 30 Todays statement state-ment of the condition of the treasury shows Available cash balance S187463 432 gold reserve 90633527 S k r IMPORTS AND EXPORTS New York March Exports of specie from the port of New York for the week were Gold 342759 silver 170351 The receipts for the week were Gold 8325l silver 27M dry goods 4024356 general merchandise 9640472 I CHICAGO LIVE STOCK I Chicago March 30 I CATTLEThere was nothing to disturb values of cattle and theywere steady at I 4J54 for very common to extra steer arid 1755M for cows heifers and bulls and 20055C for Texas cattle This weeks receipts amount to about 42000 head against 48008 for last week 50500 a year ago and 5439t for the corresponding v ok In 1893 HOGS Receipts were about SOCO head and the rital for this week 125000 against 153 > 51 fJr lat week and 165525 a year 030 The market was rather uneventful Ttere aao sale of fancy heavy hogs at 5SQ which Is f c above tho highest fig tire previously reached but the average el salts were about the same as for Fri I a day Common to extra heavy weights were taken at 475525 and the range for lii t too t of lightweights was 460490 From 470 to 490 were popular prices of averages of from 160 to 200 pounds SHEEPReceipts were estimated at 2000 which makes the total this week 63 097 head or about 8000 more than for last week and 4000 more than for the corresponding corres-ponding week last year The demand though light took all the offerings at steady prices quotations ranging from 300 to 500 for sheep and from 375 to 600 for lambs This weeks shipments 15000 head are the largest within the last six months I Receipts Cattle 800 calves 150 hogs 8000 sheep 2000 KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK I Kansas City March 30 CATTLEReceipts 1300 shipments lSOO Market steady Texas steers 370 525 Texas cows 2503360 < beef steers 375fe6 native cows L7a450 stockers I and feeders 42jg480 bulls 3250460 I SHEEPReceipts 1400 shipments 2000 Market steady I OMAHA LIVE STOCK i Omaha March 30 CATTLEReceipts 1300 Several loads of very decent beeves that sold readily at froin 540 to 5SO The demand was good from the dressed beef men and there was quite little Inquiry for shipping account Prices ruled strong and not quotably different from the close last week Cow 4ijg450 calves 5003550 feeders 350 475 SHEEPReceipts 200 There was a strong active demand Market was quotably quot-ably strong NEW YORK MINING STOCKS New York March 30 Bulwer Th Onhi I 45 Chollaruun 49 Plymouth O Crown Point n 5QIIckslJvern 1 00 I C C Vs 2 O Preferred 15 00 Oesdwood iSIeff 70 G C 45 Standard 70 R N I lulintonCon 50 lomestake18 50 Yellowjacket W ME > xrllnuu 80 Iron Silver OntarIo UUh 8O SAN FRANCISCoMNING San Francis March 3OThe omclal closing QuotaUonG for mining stocks today were 118 Collows Alta 25 Kentuclt Can 05 Alpba Can 7 L Wash Con ttJ Aies 27 Mexican 81 I lieS nerh 41 Mono nh Del e 181e un lount lablo 10 B B SOOccidentalCon Ij Bodie Can 1 45 Ophlr u I 611 Hullion 22 Overman 00 17 Duiwer Con 22 Potosi 51 Caledonia 10 avageuu u 20 Challenge Conn 42 Scorpion Cuollaruu 51 SIerra Nevada 81 Contldlnce 140 SlIver Hill U3 CCVa 2 roS Union Con 50 Con ImperiaL 01 Utah Con Con New York 011 Yellow jacket 56 Crown Pain 37 Exchequer 01 SIlver bars 6565 j i Gould Curry dl Mexican del 52W53 ILN 1 211 Drafts stt 7 Justice 160ralts telera11h 10 GOVERNYENT AND OTHER BONDS > ew Iorit larch 3 J New4sregtcoup12Qi D RG7s lJlU 11 S 5sreo ith5 D I R G 4s 2 U S fs coup 115 t Erla Seconds b 6H US4sreg 1il1Gli A6si6 US4scoup 00 11i580R SA 7i01 U S 2sregu 05 H I T Cent 51 Oj1 I Pacific 6of 9100 H T Cent Os j 1 0 Ala class A 00100 > 51 K T First 4s i Ala class J K P Second lR I I Ala class C 95 Mutual Union 63 109 AlaCurrenoy 93 NJCentGlnl 1 21 NewCons oIs 13 Nor PaoIsts ll4h Missouri Nor Pac 2ds hn lL I N Carolina 68 127 N W ConsolslSS5 N Carolina 103 NW 5 F deb 5dJOi s C NonFund 15 n G W lst 67 S I Tenn NewS9t is SHa St P ConsoI87s5 Teln New SetSsIOO Uo C I P 1155 I TennOldOs 60 StLI Mgen iSlS Centuries 59 tLts JenlislOi Pretf1red 00 es Tex Pac Ists 71t Atchison 611 Vex Pac 2nds 5 Dittol3econd A JI U P lstaof 961 3 CanadaSo2od21l West Shore 4sulIS C Pao 18t80t 951oo Southern I R R 51 tS 1 i RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS Now York March 30 Atchison 6 Northwestern 2 AIISmB EpressH3 PrtJCerrpdu13i Alton T 3 38 N Y Central n 9H Preferred N Y 6 N E 00 S8 Am Exreso102 OtW uu 16 B I 0 59 ureImp 101 Canada Pacu E9 Ore Nay II Canada Son 0 49 O e S L 1 U N 6 Central Pac 1 Paciflo MaUn 2 Ches 0 17 P D E 4 Chicago Allen 16 C B t Q 7 PUllman Pulace157 Chicago Oas 71 Headinghu i3 Con Gas 131 RichznoidTcr OucStL38 Preferred Cob C 1 uu 5 R G n n 16 Cotton OU Cert 26i Preferred 163 Del Hudson1 S Rock Island 6 D L w lb > bt PauL 51 D IR pref 37h PreferredII5 D I 0 F Cou HJ S1 f U 3 1 East Teen un Preferred105 Erie 10Y Soutern Pac 2714 tleCerred 2J Sugar ltefinerylC2TW HefnerJuWj Fort Wayne IM T C I reatNor preCI0 TexasPlc 151 g B I pro OIL4 T 0 Cen Pref 78 kfi y 27 UnionPac nt li14 illinois Central Sl14U G Express 40 St i 1 25 w s L I P 61 KtTprof 0 2Z I Preferred H LEIW 175 Vells Fargo Ex10F Preferred 4t Western Union E8 LalteSbore371 WL E S Lead Trust 32 Preferred 41 L N u 5211 1 5 Lou 2 LaN A 7 DaG 00 12 Man Con 10154 Gen Eleo 35 M I C 00 10 NatILinseedu 20 Mich CenhUhO 9 ColFueltI 2514 Missouri Pac 24h Preferred so Mobie Ohio 16 g 1 Cent 5 Nashville Chatt 70 I A A N 215 U Cordage OSI4TSLK C 1 Preferred O ll Preferred 10 i J Central 9714 So railroau 12 riroad N I W pref I33j Preferred 3314 North Am Co 4t1 Am obaccou 1 Norbern Pac 4j Preferred lOS Preferreduu 16 51 P A tt M lo UPDU 4141 LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool March 30 Wheat spot firm demand poor No 2 red winter 4s 9d No 2 spring 5s 2d No1 hard Manitoba 5s 2fedj No1 California 4s lid anloba |