| Show SPECULATION FIRM IN TONE 5 > Outside of Coal Shares Fluctuations Fluctua-tions Were Narrow Nar-row BIG RAID ON THE COALERS SILVER HOLBS UP WELLS BUT LEAD IS QUIET Liverpool Chicago and California Wheat Chicaso HOR Market Firmer Firm-er Sheep Market Show No Radical Radi-cal Changfe Foreipn finances General Glimpse of the AVorldM Markets New York Iarch 28The stock market was comparatively dull today but the speculation was generally firm in tone Outside of the coal shares the fluctuations were narrow and the trading trad-ing was uninteresting At the opening open-ing prices were a shade lower and made a fractional reaction but the temper of speculation quickly changed and the tendency was upward until after 11 oclock when a raid on the coalers broke Delaware Lackawana 234 per cent and the others of the group 4 per cent Edison Electrical Electri-cal of New York fell off 2 per cent and the general list a small fraction Before noon the pressure on the market was relieved Lackawana rallying J ral-lying P4 and New Jersey Central 11 while Lake Shore advanced 114 percent per-cent and most of the stocks made alight a-light improvement During the afternoon after-noon speculation was less active but prices were well maintained though the gains were slight The gains on the day range from h to 1 the latter in Distilling trust receipts New England Eng-land made a gain of V Lake Shore Chicago Eastern Illinois preferred and National Starch 1 Metropolitan Traction broke 4 on the sale of one hundred shares Edison Electric of New York 3 per cent one the sale of one thousand shares with a final rally f 1 per cent Delaware Lackawana t aJe a net loss of 2 per cent A few otbT shares declined a small fraction The market In the final dealings was verr dull but closed fairly firm Bonds were quiet but in the main firm The sales were 1181000 Government bonds steady State bonds without movement Railroad bonds firm NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York March 28 WOOLFirm COFFER Steady brokers price 9 exchange price 935940 LEADBrokers price 303 exchange price 312W 3 15 SILVER COFFEE Options opened steady at unchanged un-changed to 10 points decline and gradually gradu-ally steadied up during the day on local buying In the face of featureless cables Closed steady at 510 points net advance Sales of 6250 bags including MU ch 1543 April 1515 Slay 14901495 June 1485 SUGAR Raw firm sales of 750 tons of Muscovado 89test at 2 1116 1712 bags do at 2 1116 830 bags molasses sugar w test 2 716 Refined quiet CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET The leading futures Ianged as followa WHEAT yo2 IQpemnglHIghest Lowest I Close March 54 111i4 53 fA May 551h So5 5 J July 5564 56i J6 561f CORN NO 2 IOpeninIHlghest Lowest I Close March 45 145 545i p7i May i3ft 46 4 i464 46fc July 464 I46 46 = k 463w463 OATS No 2 OpeninslHighest Lowest Close May 129 i291i 829W29r June 291f 2S53 29 26 July 29 fe 2y 2S2Si 28 MESS PORKlJr Bbl lUpemnglHlghest Lowest I Close May 71250 1260 11240 I1245 July 126711 f12i0 1255 t262 1 LARDPer 103 Lbs iOpenlnglHIghest ILowest I Close May I 710 710r7 26 707 July 1 725 I 725 I 720 722 Sept l 735 7IT1f I 735 I 737 ½ SHORT RIBS Per 100 Lbs OpenlnglHighest Lowest I Close Jay 6226 I 635 G221h 630 July 64IJ 650 I 6SW t 645 Sept 660 665 655 657h Cash quotations were as follows FLOURSteady unchanged WHEAT Spring No2 5761J No 3 pritifT nominal No2 red 542j5414 CORKNo2 458 OATSNo 2 29 10 2 white 3232 No 3 white 313i < 324 RYENo2 54 BARLEY No 2 53 No3 5153 No 4 4849 TIMOTHY Prime seed 523go30 MESS PORKPer barrel 12371250 LARDPer 100 pounds 700 SHORT RIBSSides loose 62Xg625 SHOULDERS Dry salted boxea 53Pf 50 SHORT CLEAR SIDES Boxed 645 6SHORT 650 WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gallon 12S SUGAR Unchanged i Rec I Ship Flour bblS 5ooi Wheat bush 60001 4000 Corn hush JSOOO 47000 Oats bush 110001 4 OO Rye bush ° 10000 B rl y bush 3000I1L000 On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was sterdy creameries 1020 dairies S1S Eggs firm 11 BULLION IN THE BANK London March 2iThe amount of bullion bul-lion gone Into the Bank of England today Is 541000 THE COUNTRYS CASH Washington March 28 Todays statement state-ment of the condition of the treasury shows Available cash balance 187086041 gold reserve 90689616 GOLD AT BUENOS AYRES London March 2SGold is quoted at Buenos Ayrcs today at 25040 EASY MONEY AHEAD New York March 28The Evening Posts London cablegram says Of the decrease this week in the Bank of Englands coin and bullion 581000 represents rep-resents net Imports for the week Most of the bar gold received is from Paris and it bears signs of being eagles melted into bars by the Bank of France The increase in-crease In other securities Is due to market mar-ket borrowings at the end of the quarters quar-ters requirements Most of it however lus gone to swell other deposits This t foreshadows easy money ahead and for this reason console have risen sharply The stock markets were irregular today Americans were lower on profit taking ard in sympathy with the decline in New York DENVER LIVE STOCK Denver March 28 CATTLE Receipts 174 head HOGS Receipts 222 head Shipments Cattle 777 head no shipments ship-ments 1J hogs The cattle market Is strong demand good Hog market btrong and demand fair CHICAGO LIVE STOCK CfrlcaffO March 28Less than 9000 cattle arrived today and under good buying lor local and shipping account the market regained some the firmness 1 It did not i it lost on Wednesday p n wv ijr recover any considerable part < J ccr r o I 01 that decline of 1020c Shipping and dressed beef steers were quoted at 415650 cows heifers and bulls at L753 and Texas cattle at 2440 the outside figure for choice fed steers The hog market was perceptibly firmer The best heavyweights went at 320525 and the choicest of the lights brought 485490 The sheep market was without radical radi-cal change Poor stuff was neglected and several lots of that sort were left in sellers hands Quotations ranged from 350 to 5 for sheep and 3756 for lambs RECEIPTS Cattle 9000 calves 400 hogs 22000 sheep 10000 KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Kansas City March 28 CATTLE Receipts 4800 shipments 1200 Market steady to strong Texas steers 400g520 Texas cows 225325 beef steers 405625 native cows 140W 415 stockers and feeders 2203500 bulls 275440 SHEEPReceipts 2300 shipments 700 I Market steady I OMAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha March 28 CATTLE Receipts COO One bunch of cornfed natives brought 555 and a part of a load of heavier cattle went at 560 What few steers there were sold at little higher prices There were about half a dozen loads of cows and heifers In the yards and the market was firm on anything any-thing good Two bunches of heifers brought 465 but there were no good cows to speak of Cows 465475 bulls 275w 300 SHEEPReceipts 700 The market did not show any considerable change Fair to good natives are quoted at 350470 fair to good westerns 300340 common and stockers 2503GO good to choice lambs 325S550 I LONDON WOOL London March 28 There was a good selection offered at the wool auction sales today and prices were well maintained main-tained America was a heavy buyer The number of bales offered was 15597 of which SGO were withdrawn The third I series will op i April 30 and the fourth in July with 200000 bales limited to fresh I arrivals to each NEW YORK MINING STOCKS New York March 28 Bnlwer Ophlr 1 60 Chollaru 49 Plymouth 20 Crown Point 35 Quicksilver 2 50 C C Va 2 65 Preferred 15 25 Deadwood 40 Sierra Nevada 70 O C 45 Standard 2 S5 H N 1 10 Union Con 50 Homestake 18 50 Yellow Jacket 50 Mexican 68 Iron Silver Ontario 850 SAN FRANCISCO MINING San Franolscc March 2SThe official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows Alta 26 Kentuck Con 04 Alpha Con 7 L Wash Con 02 Andes 2r Mexican 82 Beloher 42 Mono 22 Belle Isle Mount Diablo 10 B Bu 63 Occidental Con 13 Bodle Con 1 30 Ophir 1 65 Bullion 20 Overman u 17 Bulwer Con 18 Potosl u 52 Caledonia 10 Savage u 37 Challenge Con 43 Scorpion Cliollar 52 Sierra N evnda 81 Confidence 1 45 Silver Hill C C Va 2 70 Union Con 51 Con Imperial 01 Utah Con Con New Yorli Yellow Jacket 58 Crown Point 42 ExchequerSilver bars63 f < 263X Gould Curry 46 Mexicandol 52tf53 H N 130 Drafts sight 74 Justice 15jDrafts telegraph 10 GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS New York March 28 New4s reg coup1204 ID R G 715 bllH US 5sreg 115 D R G 4s 82 U Bscoup ItoH Erie Seconds b 61U US 4s regll1 GH 14A6s 0 U S 4scoup 112ft G H SA 7s 9j U S32ireg 95 H T Cent 6SIOS Pacific 6sof 95100 H T Cent 6sHO Ala class A 105 MKT First 4s 62U AIaolassBlOG M KT Second 4s S15 Ala class Cu 95 Mutual Union Oa 109 Ala Currency 93 N JCent Genlbs 11 La New Cons 4s W NorPaolsts 114K Missouri 6s J00 Nor Pac 2ds E N Carolina Cs127 N W Consols138 N Carolina 4s103 NW S F dab 5310811 S C NonFund 1W B G W lets 674 Teen NewS9t 6s 81 ¼ St P Connols 7s 124 Tern New Set5slOO Do a P w 531121 TflnaOld6s 60 SILI MgenSs 78V4 Centuries 5T StLS F ents10 Preferred 6 Tex Pee Ists S7 Atchison 6 Tex Pao 2nds 854 Ditto Second A 2 U P IsIs of 98 1C3 s Canada 2nds 103 West Shore 1J3V C PlO Istsof95iOOl41Southera R R 5s 8 RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS Now York March 28 Atchison 53J Northwestern 91 Adams Express144Q Preferred 137 Alton T H 3 N Y Central 9US Preferred NYN E 35T Am EXpreJ91 OV I6 i B 0 55tf OreImp 10 CanadaPao3 OreNav 101 Canada Sou 494 Ore S L U N si Central Pao 17U Pacific Mali 23H Ches O 17 H P D E 4V4 Chicago Alton M6 Pittsburg155 C B Q 73 Pullman Palace 1S6H Chicago Gas 71ft Heading 13H Con Gas I3 Richmoc d Ter C OC St L 3715 Preferred Colo C t1 5 4 R G W 16Ji Cotton Oil Cert 251 Preferred 37 Del Hudsonl27y Rock Island 64 H DLW 100 8t Paul 5734 D R prof 8 < Peferredl14 DCF Co 16X St P 0 31 East Tenn u Preferred104 Erie h 9 > Southern Pac 17U Pieferred 1SH Sugar Refinery 100H Fort Wayne 154M T C L 15J4 Great Nor prerl03 TexasPac 9j CELpref 0334POCenPreX 78 HockingVal < y 26V Union Pac 10 jf UUnols Central 87 U S Express 40 St P D 25 W S L 4 P 634 KT pre 2Uj Preferred 14 L E W u 10i Wells Fargo EX105 Preferred 7234 Western Union 8 Lake Shore37i4 W L E 12H Lead Trust 3iu Preferred4234 L tN 61H MS L 26 L N A 7 D B G 104 Man Con1111 GenElec Sojg M 8 C 10 NatlLinsoed 19K Mloh Cen 9 Col Fuel I 19J Missouri Pac 23J4 Preferred 5 Mobile Ohio 17 H T Cent US Nashville Chatt 70 I A A t N 234 U S Cordage 05 T SLK C I Preferredu 0834 Preferred 19 N J Central 9414 So railroad 19Hh N W pref 12ife Preferred 2314 North Am Co 4 Am Tobacco 9334 Northern Pao 4 Preferred108 Preferredu 16jg SLP M G U1C8 UPDG 4 I LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool March 28 WHEAT Spot steady demand poor No2 red winter 4s 9d No 2 red spring and No 1 hard Manitoba 5s 2i re No 1 I California 5s |
