Show r j L OPENED HEAVY CLOSED HEAVY This Describes the Situation on Wall Street Yesterday STERLING EXCHANGE DULL GRANGERS AND COAL STOCKS LED THC DECLIXE Northern Pacific Show the Heaviest Loss on Rumors Sugar In Good demand and Sold Up 11S Western West-ern Ilvc Stock Markets Silver Meady But Load Shows n Most Decided Disposition to Advance Ncv York May 20The week opened on the stock exchange with a heavy market in sympathy with the weakness of American securities in London and under brisk selling both for the home and foreign accounts Prices declined during the first ilfteen minutes Vorthern Pacific Paci-fic made the heaviest loss 2 ± er cent The extreme depression therein was due to the circulation of reports that the reorganization reor-ganization plan would call for heavy assessments as-sessments on both the preferred and common com-mon stock In the rest of the list the reaction re-action did lot exceed 1 1 per cent in Distilling Dis-tilling Sugar came into good demand and bold up iy and on coverin of shorts Northern Pa tIle rallied IU per centwhtle me general market moved up a traction with the exception of Baltimore Ohio which sold down 1 per cent and the Cordage stocks which broke 44 percent per-cent the latter li the guaranteed Shortly Short-ly after 11 oclock prices moved back a trifle but quickly recovered New Jersey Central recording a gain of 1 BaIt mce Ohio 1 Laclede Gas 1 and Great Xorthern preferred l1 and other shares e al per cent Toward midday there was a renewal of the bear demonstrations and the market again gave way becoming dull and featureless in the next hour and gradually growing wealc During the last two hours the tendency of figures was downward the specialties which have I been most prominent in the recent advance ad-vance the grangers and the coal stocks I leading the decline Speculation closed k heavy Groat Northern closed 6 per cent higher The early dealings in bonds were characterized char-acterized by the buoyancy of the Northern North-ern Pacific issues but they in common with the general market broke badly in the late session The aggregate sales were 12841000 Money on call easy at 131 per cent last loan and closed at IVs per cent Prime mercantile paper 2i 41 Sterling exchange dull but firm with actual ac-tual business in bankers bills at 4S7i 48734 for demand and at 4StiWi 54864 for sixty days Posted rates 4S7 < 54 87 > and 4SS1SS commercial bills 4S4S5 j NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York May 20 WOOL Finn COPPER Firm brokers prices 10Y exchange price 1050S 1060 LEAD Firm brokers price 310 exchange ex-change price 3225 1327V > SILVLItC SUGARRaw market firm sales of 6000 bags centrifugal 5test at 2 and 250 bags do tes at 3118 and 2000 bags concrete con-crete to arrive at 21 exship S3 test NEW YORK PRODUCE New York May OThe greatest excitement ex-citement seen in gram circles in a number t of years was witnessed on the Produce exchange today Wheat naturally came r In for the lions share of die activity the transactions amounting to 33000000 lushels but corn and oats also had a fair trade Fluctuations werE > very violent at times the range of prices being unusually un-usually large The activity was a continuation con-tinuation of the excitement on the curb Saturday when July rose from 72ls to 75 = h in half an hour Today it beat the latter prictr by nearly two cents touchIng touch-Ing 778 during the afternoon and making a total rise of almost four cents per bushel bush-el in two days Freezing weather west and talk of wide spread damage has been of great assistance assist-ance to the bulls and was particularly so today Another very important factor fac-tor today was the heavy decrease of 3 000000 in the visible supply A few minutes before the close a batch of selling orders came suddenly upon the market and knocked l > 4c off the price before be-fore the bulls knew what had happened and the market left off in a whirl of excitement ex-citement Corn and oats also advanced the former form-er lTs2c per bushel and oats Ic CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET Th8 leading futures ranged as tollowu WHEATKo I Art I Open I High I Low Iqloae I May 171i1fCi733 or 72 July 171 l72 7los 71 r 7 HtI Sep eo J72 2 l Hi IjH Li3 CORKKo 2 Art J Open I High J Low J Clctle Nay iJ rgfj3 iiM 153 151 July lt54 j5 I 1531 j512 3ept 555 4 j56 151 454i OATSNo 2 Art I Open I High I Low I l0Sc May 1211 I2g 1 129 2i June 29 i8 I29 I I 2J I July 20 130 I29 I j2 I b MESS PORKPer bbL Art I Open J High I Low I Close July1255 1210 C5i282 ept 12811 lt42 12w 110 LARDPer 100 lbs Art J Open I HIgh I Low I Close July I 690 700 685 I 690 lept 1705 I 715 I 700 1705 SHORT RIBSPer 100 lbs Art I Open I High I Low I Clone July 640 i 635 640 1 1i45 Sept 1 150 I 675 I 650 I 6ti2 I Cash quotations were as follows FLOUK Firm WHEAT Spring No 2 76H76M No 3 > spring nominal No 2 red 72Vs < 72a CORN No ntl o2fc5234 I OATS il J 2i No 2 white 33gJ3 = i i No 3 white 33633 RYE10 2 63 > j BARLEY No 2 5O6J1 No 3 4Sfi501 INC 4 nominal FLAX SLED No 1 L47 4 TIMOTHY Prime seed 500 afESS L PORKPer barrel 127501287 LJiRD Per 100 pounds 680 SH RT KIBS Sides loose 635S640 SHOULDERS Dry salted boxed G50J 5mfz SHORT CLEAR SIDES Boxed 65i1f ffGTo WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gallon L25 SUGAR Unchanged Articles I Rec I Ship Flour bbls I 80001 5000 Wheat bush20000249090 Corn bush377000288000 Oats bush 335000 402000 t Rye bush 30001 Barley bush 6000 3000 I On the produce exchange today the butte I but-te market was firm creameries 1016 dairies 715 Eggs firm 114I2 ftt OMAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha May 20 CATTLE Receipts 700 head Market strong fitters 42511550 bulk 475510 r cows and hellers LSO430 bulk 275363 stockers and feeders 275415 bulk 315Q S 80 J HOGS Receipts 2250 market opened 5 < ftVc higher and closed lOc higher light 430450 mixed 440450 heavy 44532455 SHEEP Receipts none fair to choice natives 3254So > fair to good westerns 3 00 f410 common stock sheep OOGJOO Iambs 375525 market strong KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK slp Kansas City May 20 CATTLE Receipts 3200 shipments 600 Market strong to 10 cents higher Texas steers 300 475 Texas cows 6340 beef rteers 400SJ80 native cows 2000 < J 435 stockers and feeders 250445 bulls at 200 360 HOGS Receipts 5200 shipments 200 Afarket tic hlAheri bulk of sales 435450 heavIes 445400 packers 430Z460 mIxed at 40iil450 lights Llli440 yorkers 430P r440pjgs 3104 25 0 I U SHBEiP Receipts 3100 shipments not any market strong to lOc higher t CHICAGO LIVS STOCK ft B Chicago May 20 J CATTLE 7 Receipts 10000 or 2800 less I 8 1 G 9 I i than arrived a week ago and 6700 less than a year ago Trade was active at an advance of about ICWflfic HOGSReceIpts show a marked improvement im-provement in quality the arrivals last week averaging 22y > A pounds Today market was a surprisingly good one despite des-pite the fact that the arrivals amounted to 5000 more than expected SHEEP Marketing of sheep continues on a much smaller scale than several weeks ago and prices are on the rise as there is a lively demand from the dressed meat concerns There was a further advance ad-vance of 1015c per 100 pounds choice sheep selling as high as 500 LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool May 20 Wheat Spot firm demand moderate No2 red winter 5s 5d No2 red spring 5s 9d No 1 hard Manitoba Mani-toba 5s Od No 1 California 5s 6d futures fu-tures were firm May 55 51fd June 5s Gd July 5s CVd August 5s 7d September Septem-ber 5s Td October 5s 7d FOREIGN FINANCES New York May 20The Evening Posts London cablegram says The stock markets were idle today The settlement will begin on Wednesday Americans opened dull and below the parity pa-rity Northern Pacific was especially flat A general recovery followed and the closing clos-ing was firm The reaction of Saturday was partly due to a bearish article in the Status The glut of money is more pronounced pro-nounced than ever and this should facili tate settlement Arrangements for further fur-ther issues of fresh bonds by American railroads are expected here Rothschilds have ceased buying gold for the present THE COUNTRYS CASH Washington May 20 Todays statement of the condition of the treasury shows available reserve 97158249 cash balance 182594900 gold SAN FRANCISCO MINING San Francs May 2 The official closing quotations for mining stoks today were as follows Alta 07 Kentuck Con 02 Alpha Con On Lady Washington 01 Andesuu 12 Mexican 42 Belcheru 49 Mono hU Belle Isle Uh Mount Diablo 15 B Du 5POccidentalCon 1 Bodle Con 1 15 Ophlr 140 Bullion 07Overman u 17 BulwerCon h Potosi hu 3 Caledonia 06 Savage 36 Challenge Con 21 Scorpion Cholau 24 Sierra Nevada 55 Confidence 40 Silver Hill C C V8 2 41 Silver King 20 Con Imperial 011 Union Con 31 Con New York 031 Utah Con OS Crown Point 4 Yellow Jacket 43 Exchequer 01 Silver bars 66ll66i Gould Curry 2 Mexlcandol 533U HN 10 Drafts sicht J > Justcou r Dralts telegraph 10 GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS 20 New York May US4sregnew122DRG7sb li2t New4sregcoupll5S4 D R G 4s M US SsreR I15V N J Cent Genlbs 1135 U S58 coup i15NorPaolstsll61 U S 4s reg liajj Nor Pac 2ds < 011 U S4scoup 113 IN W ConBolsHI U S2regn ST NW S F deb 5s1li Paclflo flsot 910 J G W lEt 755 Missouri 6s 10J St P Consols 7s12S Atchison 73li > Do C P V bs113 I DlttoSecond A 25 iStLS F c nt53to95 CanadaSo 2nds 104 rj P Istsof W 10554 C Pea lstsol95103H IU RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS Now York May 20 Atchison 7 J I Nor them Pac 0 Adams Eipress143 I Preferredn 21 Am ExpreisllG4113 P D l GJ B 0 6 14 I North lestern tS Casdu Pac 52 Preferred 143 i Canada Sou 53v N Y Central lOlii CentralPac 18y OreImp 9 Ches 0 22 lOre Nay n 35 Chicago Alton 15J 1 OeS L UN 8 g J ig SI C B l Q 79J8Pittsburg = 155H Chicago Gas 73 Pullman Palace 173 Con Gas 143 Heading 18 f Colo C 1 7HR G W 18h > ULVT 1R2U Preferred 41VS D RG I pref 46yRock Island COH DCF Co 21 S1 PauL 04 Erie 1241 I Preferred119l4 Pieferred 27 St P l 0 m 39 Fort Wayne 157 I Prererredll4 Great jor pref26 SoiU ernPao 19 Illinois Central P5 Sugar Reflueryli7j Lake nora145 Union Paon ll LeaaTrust 34 iU I S Express 4J Man Con15 Wells Fargo Exl03 MichCen 100 Western Unioc 92i Missouri Pac 28Vi D it G 14V U S Cordage 4f > Gen Eleo u 33 Y Preferred S1 Col Fuel J 25H N Central 9 Preferred 6 North Am Co os I |