Show 1 DEMAND FOR THE WHITE METAL f Big Contracts for Future Delivery Deliv-ery Have Been Let in 4 London A BIG DAY ON CHANGE 1 TRDIXG IV BOXDS VAS VERY ANIMATED AN-IMATED 4 Silver Gains a Point Loudou Wool Sales Western Live tock Quotations Quota-tions A Coniiirelieiisive Glimpse of the Marlcets of the World New York May 13 Advices to bullion brokers in this city from London state that contracts for the future delivery of 3508000 ounces of silver bullion were made There in April which is equal in amount ic the sales during the period of activity caused by the irst negotiations for peace in the eat This goes to prove that London Lon-don dialers are confident of material increase In the demand for the white I LllLI OX WALL STREET Nov York May Speculation on the block exchange today was on a magnificent cent scale tho tranactions aggregating v ery nearly 700000 share The market closed weak with a majority 4 of tile stocks dealt in lower than at the close on Saturday The trading in bonds during the day Was of an animated character the sales aggregating S47S000 There was consid 01 able irregularity in the trading but there was a decided downward trend to the speculative issues Money on call easy at 1Y last loan n closed at 116 per cent Prime mercantile paper 2 i4V per cent Sterling exchange a shade firmer with actual business in bankers bills at 487 4S7 for demand and at 4S64SGV for t0 days Posted rates 4Sa4S7 and 4S7H 3 455 Commercial bills 4S54S5Vi silver certificates cer-tificates 67iG71 NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York May 13 WOOL Firm COPPERStrong brokers price 10Y exchange price 10 > s10 LEAD Strong brokers price 295 exchange ex-change price 320 SILVER 67 fOFFBE Options opened dull with prices unchanged to 5 points lower Very df If mile coffee was for sale and local shorts wanted to cover May contracts which re btilted in a slight rally Closed unchanged sliht to 10 points advance Sales of 2750 bags including May 1445 June 1430 August 14CO December 1450 SUGAR Raw firm fair refining 3 centrifugal Gtest 3s sales of 600 tons of Muscovado SOtesl at 3c Refined faIrly active and steady CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET The leading futures ranged a folIowB WHEATNo 3 WHEA Art I Open t j High I Low I Close May 6 G4 62 164 July 6464yiG5fe 62 s I6a Sept 16 l HI6 64 1 CORN No 2 Art I Open I High I Low I Close May Ims 15 5 150 July 5J50y351 5150 f 051 L Sept iol 5151 J51 151 OASNO2 t I jCrt I Open I High I Low I Close Iay 12 2S4 J2os 12 June 2StfT28 iS 128 l IS l July I 2SV4 T28k rS < Si i S > lfc MESS PORKPer bbl I I Art I Open I High I Low I Close I July b1 11220 ll 17I11i ½ I Sept 1 313i 11225 1237Ji I LARD = Per 0 lbs Art I Open I High I Low I Close 1 July 1 671 I GSO 677 1 < 6SO i i i Pt 1 692fc 1Q5 I C921 I 693 SHORT RIBS Per 100 Ibs Art i o I High I Low I Cloae July 1 615 I 620 615 620 Sept 630 L I 63 I 6i7 3 f Cash quotations were as follows FLOUR Firm tt HEAT No 2 spring 63CS No 2 I spring nominal No 2 red 64t 4ii t CORN No 2 50y I OATS No 2 28 No 2 white 32U321A 3 JXo 3 white kO 132 I RYE No 2 64 BARLEY No 2 51 511 No 3 OOgol I Ko 4 40Vi < g7 FLAX SEED No 1 146147 TIMOTHY SEEDPrIme 500 MESS PORKPer bbl 120512124 I LARD Per 100 lbs 6G7V4J670 SHORT RIBS Sides loose 6103615 r 0 SHOULDERS Dry salted boxed 3Vi I SHORT SIDES Clear boxed 6 WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gallon 124 SUGARS Unchanged CORN No 2 50fe No u chow corn 50 lover 800 Articles I Rec Ship Flour bbls l 90001 0000 sc Wheat bu 8000123103 Corn bu 1107000 2G9000 Oats bu 24S00029S000 Rye bu 3000 5000 Barley bu 210001 22000 On the produce exchange today the butler market was steady creameries Sfr 32c 1 dairies S15 Eggs Steady at llfcfc 1c CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago May 13 CATTLE The cattle tOda TLEhe ctte receipts today were about 12061 against 866S a week ago 1 and trade opened dull at weak prices Butchers stuff sold very well but dressed beef cattle moved off slowly and there was a decline of 510c per 100 I pounds in prices the numerous lots of choice heavy steers selling to a very limited lim-ited extent Native beef steers were saleable at 4203T6CO for poor to strictly choice with a good part of the sales at 500 575 Cows sold actively once more at 175IWSO and bulls were steady with ready sales Texas cattle arrived to the number of bout 2000 head and were in fair demcad at steady prices by dressed beef firms The arrivals of cattle were about 2000 less than the number generally general-ly expected and trade started off moderately moder-ately at last weeks closing prices The average quality of the offerings a fair eing about what Is ordinarily seen at the beginning of the week and a good part o the transactions occurred at 455 470 Heavy hogs told at 425fj475 common to choice mixed 440JT470 and light weights at 430 405 One sale was made today at 450 but that was an extra lot and somo of the sales were at 5c lower than those of Saturday Toward noon the trade became be-came brIsk a large part of the supply be inR taken SEEP The offerings continued much smaller than a few days ago the receipts being estimated at only 7000 head Business Busi-ness was brisk from the opening ana prices were 10S15 higher wooled lambs selling at 3503395 The top price was paid for some choice Mexican lambs heep unlike lambs are mostly clipped fanu choice show native sheep are incood Jpmand at 42S450 common lots selling around 200250 Holders of good native sheep are not anxious to sell at current prices but plenty of common Texans are expected here this month Receipts Cattle 12000 calves 200 hogs 2S000 sheep 7000 KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Kansas City May 1 CATTLE Receipts 5100 shipments 1900 Market slow but steady Texas steers 300450 Texas cows 200325 beef steers 400JZ5SO native cows 225d 3T stockers and feeders 275S445 j bulls 2255 06 22o Receipts 3500 shipments 200 Market steady Bulk of sales 4300450 heavies 43045 packers 43046 mixed 425t45 lights 42O435 porkers 430 435 pE 4 43 EPueelpts 75 shipment 110 > arket strong 10 cents higher MAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha May 1 rrriE ilecelpts 1200 Market weak 1 < rEhecelpt steers 435S560 cow J i I and heifers 175M25 stockersand feeders feed-ers 275Q425 HOGS Receipts 1700 Market opened steady closed strong light 43Kg445 mixed 435445 heavy 445150 SHEEPReceipts 200 Market strong Fair to choice native 323S425 fair to good westerns 3003400 common stock sheep 2006300 lambs 373525 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS New York May 13 Bulwer Ontario u 9 0 I Chollar 490pWr u 1 5 Crown Point uu 3 Plymouth 2 O C Va 2 Quicksilver 3 8 Deadwocd ST Preferred 190 G i Of 3 Sierra Nevada 70 H lN 125 Standard 2 BO Homestnkcu 19 0 Union Con 45 Iron Silver 31 Yellow Jacket 30 Mexican Tel I Yelow SAN FRANCISCOMINING San Franolseo May 13Tho official closlns quotations for mining stocks today were as folloirs Alto OKenluckCon r Alpha Con 05 Lady Washington Andesuuu 16 Mexican 56 Belcher 4SMonou 16 I Belle Isle u > Mount Diablo 15 B B 61 Occidental Con 21 Bodle Con 1 00 Ophlr 1 61 Bullion Overman u 07 1 Bulwer Cn Potosl 33 Caledonia 07 Savage u 21 Challenge Con 23 Scorpion oj Chollar uu 31 Sierra Nca3a b2 Confidence 1 00 Silver Hill l21 C C Vau 2 SOISHver King 20 Con ImpeNd 01 Union Con 37 Con New York 03 Utah Con O Crown Point 46 Yellow Jacket 31 Exchequer Silver bars 67f67ia Gould < Curry 3 Mexicandol SSiiW ¼ U N 120 Drafts sicht HVt Justice Drafts telegraph 5 GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS New York May 13 US4sregnew122DRG7sb 112VC New 4s reg coup D U G 4s fcCh VS Ssres iG JCentGenlfts 114 U S5a coup 116 1101 Paclstsll7 U S 4s rei 112 i Nor Pac 2ds 9 < U S43coup 113vNW Consols133 U frJsreg 97 NW s F deb 5sH7V Pacific 0of > > alo IN G W lst sl0r Missouri 63 10J St P Consols 7s126 Atchison 74 I Lo C l U 53113 I DittoSecond A 26SlLS F rpnflsiOS I Cunnaa So 2nds Ii4 U P lets ot 9u lOSh C Pac lstsol0510i I RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS Now York May 13 I Atchison 8J Northern Pacu 7 Adams EipresslU Preferred 25 < i Am Expreis114 I U P u t l C7g B 0 C Northwestern S7 > s CanadaPac 52J4I 1ruferrtdIH Canada Sou sSS N Y CentraL101 Central Pee 19Orelmp 1 5 Ches 0 22s Ore Nay 714 Chicago Alton 150 OeS L U N 6t < s C B o Q 7SPittsburg155k 1 Chicago Gas HiPullman Pulace 172 h Con GaS 14J iKeadlng 207 Colo C 10 7 iH G W 1GS D L W mi i I Preferred 4i D R G pref 47H Rock Island CSil I DCF Cou 22 51 Paul 66 Erie h 14 Preferred3 I Pieferred 29 St P O 36X Fort Wayne 157 j PreferrbduoII3 I Great Nor preL1215 I Southern Pac 20 tfi lig Illinois Central 97 1 Sugar Hennery HGv LakoSnorel475UnionPac 12Vj LeuuTruat SlnU B Express 38 Man Con U4 Wells Fargo Exl01 Mich Cen I0i a i Western Union 92V4 Missouri Pac 29 iD t e G 15V NS U t > Cordage 6l Gee Elec 3314 Preferred u 1 j Col Fuel it J 26 N J Central S9 I Preferred uu 6 I NorthAm Co S 1 I FOREIGN FINANCES New York May 13The Evening Posts I London cablegram says The markets went ahead again this agin I morning but received a check by a fail ure in the option section so sensitive are they to any unfavorable news Sales were pressed on all sides and for a moment Americans were decidedly weak but the market hardened later and closed with comparative steadiness yet with values 50 cents to one dollar lower on an average aver-age The shakeout will do an immense amount of good a the rise was proceeding proceed-ing in anything but safe lines The American Am-erican loan keeps good Messrs Speyer Bros announce the Central Cen-tral Pacific railroad has made arrangements I arrange-ments to extend its 2095000 first mortgage I mort-gage bonds maturing on July 1 so the principal shall become payable in two and onehalf years from date LONDON OOL London May lAt the wool auction sales today 13309 bales were offered of whkh 2000 were withdrawn There T JaS a better demand The following are the sales in detail New South Vales 3565 bales scoured scoure 6Md2d greasy 4dS d I Queensland 3331 bales scoured Sdj 11s Iid greasy 4 dSd Victoria 2145 bales scoured 6d2s 3d I greasy 54dls l ½ d New Zealand 3609 bales scoured 5d I 3d 3dCape I Cape of Good Hope and Natal 433 bales scoured S id LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool May 13Wheat spot quiet but steady demand moderate No 2 red winter 5s 2V < J No2 red sprin 5s 6d No 1 hard Manitoba 5s 7d No 1 California 5s 2d |