Show I WAS DULL AND I J ALSO STRONG L Characteristics of the Wall Street flarket Yesterday C GQLD EXPORT MOVEMENT AT LEAST TWO MILLION DOLLARS WILL GO OUT Rimsb Among the Prominent Sharon Wiia > arrovr Ita way and Mls ecllancons Mortgages Displayed itreiiarth Advance in Utah North erns Government Bonds Quiescent Wheat Live Stock Produce and Metals i NEW YORK May 14 Dullness and strength characterized todays stock market and the very moderate total of business records show a trifling improvement im-provement as to distribution There were few new influences bearing upon the speculation aside from the ones that have been worn almost threadbare thread-bare Foreign and domestic political possibilities pos-sibilities and the gold export movement move-ment were again the text of the traders trad-ers who controlled operations upon the exchange London purchases encouraged encour-aged the local dealers the demand including in-cluding a fairly liberal amount of St Paul and Louisville Nasnville The newt of the day was meagre but was avorable in tenor including reports i of placing abroad of American municipal I k munici-pal securities and a reduction of cent in the posted figures for long 1 sterling Actual rates however were j I not essentially changed although an easier tone was appaEnt chiefly due to rather free drawings of bankers I bills and offerings against prospective i shipments on Saturday Considerable uncertainty was apparent regarding the probable extent of the exports of the precious metal but the concensus 01 opinion was that about 2000000 in 4 the aggregate would be shipped des i 1 lined to Paris and Berlin So far as I i could be learned no arrangements in anticipation of the export had been i made up to the close of business The I only withdrawal from the tubtreasury i today was of 300000 in gold coin which was understood to be taken for I Canadian account j i The range among the prominent shares was narrow A sharp rise in j I Atchison bonds was attributed to a r renewed foreigr demand with the adjustment i ad-justment fours in great requeft The j I mad = ct closed firm with fractional net raIns general I Railway and miscellaneous mortgages mort-gages displayed strength being Influenced In-fluenced by renewed foreign purchases of leading issues and by the firmer tone of the share speculation The sajes I I were l13i > 000 Among the principal I advances were Utah Northern 5s 5 I per cent Atcnison adjustment fours I I ilk Northern Pacific terminal firsts i 1 y4Government I Government bonds were without noteworthy features on transactions of I 76000 Money on call easy at 2y3 percent i per-cent last loan 2y closed 2Y per cent Pmr mercantile paper 4s516 percent i i per-cent Sterling exchange steady with I actual business in bankers bills at 48SV = g4SS for demand and at 4S7 6 j I 487 for sixty days posted rates 4SS 1 l T i49 and 489g490 commercial bills 4SSft silver certificates 1 07468 bar silver 67 CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET I The leading futures ranged as follows I 0 vuErNo 2 i Open 1111 Jow Cbs May 162 i2i j62y j62 July 634tJ 63lb 1j3 j6Hs Sept j61 CH Gr 16l CuiiN No 2 1 Open I High I Low I Close May 29 i 1S I 12S j 5 July 29 lu 12 1 > Sept151 I3l j3 1t OA i 0 2 I open hIgh I tJow i Closo MayTIllSMs J19 ilS llS July ll > Vj 1l 4 41 I19 Sept l9vs 120 ll9 IUJ > Mlaa HoUlv barrel I Open i Hlghj i Low j Close lay 1 j i772 lulr lliQ Ir8Q 1 7SO Sept IIM 119 11 1 119 LAKU fer KM Lbs I OPVO i HIBII l Low i Close May 1 1 1460 July 146y 1470 j462 i 470 Sept j477i 14S5j14774i 4S5 bHOKl KlUS1er Ill bs I open I High i Low I Close May J405 I 1 1405 July 410 415J410 J4121A sept j42 42 f 4ni I i42Vi Cash quotations were a follows Flour Dull and unchanged Yhuat No 2 spring Gi 1s t No 3 spring 6 No2 red CG3s667 Corn No 2 29B No 2 yellow 29yi Oats o 2 1916 No 4 white 2121 No 3 whit 19 5 Sj21 Rye No 2 3GH Barley No 2 nominal No 3 f o b 23829k No 4 f o b 2s Flax Seed No 1 S6 Timothy Seed Prime 330 Mess Pork Per barrel 770g775 Lard Per 100 pounds 4604C2V Short RibsSides loose 4I4 VI hibkey Distillers finished goods per gallon U22 = Articles JRectslShlpd Flour barrels jlo 0000 Wheat bushels j s000 I 20 60 Corn bushels TCOOOi 73000 Oats bushels 210OOOll9LOOO Rye bushels lOOOJ 5000 Bailey tushels 101 40 50 On the produce exchange todayl the butter market firm creamery 11015 l15 dairy 9JP13 eggs weak 59 I OMAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha May 14 Cattle Receipts 1300 maxkst 5clOc higher Native beef steers 350415 western steers SOO3SO cows and heifers 2CO370 canners 175250 stockers and feeders feed-ers 300410 calves 300525 bulls stags etc 200325 Hogs Receipts 4500 market 5c lower Heavy 310315 mixed 310 315 light 315320 bulk 315 Sheep Receipts 5400 market steady Fair to choice natives 300 I 360 fair to choice westerns 2SO350 common and stock sheep 250325 Iambs 3504SO KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Kansas City May 14 Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 3000 shipment 2200 Best light grades firm other cattle steady Beef steers 300400 native 300100 cows 002nO stockers and feeders 275 400 bulls 240350 Hogs Receipts 9700 shipments 4000 Market steady at yesterdays close Bulk of sales 305320 heavies 50310 packers S00320 mixed 305330 light 320330 Yorkers 325 330 pigs 00325 Sheep Receipts 5900 shipments SOO Market slow but steady Lambs e SSO430 mutions 250355 SAN FRANCISCO WHEAT Sa Francisco May 14Wlieat Easier December 105 TEXAS FAILURE Hottston Tex May 14 Durable Armistcd and Cronan wholesale and retail hardware merchant filed a chattel mortgage t 1 morning for the 1 7 benefit of their creditors Preferences 1 aggregating 70000 considerable being due to northern and eastern creditors The assets consisted of stocks and Cnsted notes ana accounts and are supposed to be sufficient to liquidate the Indebtedness THE TREASURY Washington May 14 Todays statement state-ment of the condition of the treasury shows Available cash balance 267 601326 gold reserve 5116154105 LONDON WOOL London May HAt the wool auction auc-tion today a capital selection was offered I of-fered and showed a hardening tendency I all around The number of bales offered of-fered was 14500 of which 1500 were J i withdrawn The following are the sales in detail I detai j t New South Wales 3545 bales scoured 1 10Udls 3d greasy 4 d10M I I Queensland 2800 bales scoured 10d Is 3Jhd greasy 7d9d I South Australia 700 bales scoured 10dls Ifd greasy 5dSd Corn River 700 bales greasy 5d Gd GdNew New Zealand 5129 bales scoured 54dls 2d greasy 6Vd10d Cape of Good Hope and Natal 628 bales scoured Is ldls 2yd greasy 5djJ7d Punta Arenas 1580 bales greasy CdSd LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool May 14WheatSpot demand de-mand poor No2 red winter 5s 6 ½ d No1 hard Manitoba 5s 4d No1 California Cal-ifornia 5s 4d Futures opened easy unchanged to 7 lower SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS SAN FRANCISCO May 14The offi cial closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows Ala IS Alpha Con 27 Andes 45 Belcher S Bet Belcher 150 Bodie Con Con l 00 Bullion 10 3 Bulwcr Con 46 Caledonia Ii Challenge Con 59 Chohar 25 Confidence 135 Con Colo Va 310 Con Imperial 5 Con New York 5 Crown PoInt S2 Exchequer S Gould Curie 155 Hale Norcross 185 Julia 20 Justice 16 Ien tuck Con 10 Lady Washington Con 4 Mexican 1 05 Mono 19 Occidental Con 2 05 lOphlr 220 Overman 23 Potosi 140 Savage 110 Sierra Nevada 12 Silver Hill 6 Union Con 1 0 Utah Con 21 Yellow Jacket 7 Silver Bars 63 I Drafts Sight 12 I Drafts Teegraph 1 Mexican Dollars 5 W 5 I BOND LIST U S new Is reg 117 U S new 4s coup 117 I U S 5s reg 111 U S 5s coup 1121 U S 4s reg 10S U S Is coup 109 = I le S 2s reg 94 I Pacific 6s of 95 bid 103 Ala Class A bid 106 Ala Class B bid 106 iAla ClassC bid 100 Alai Currency bid 100 La Consols 4s 97Vi Missouri 6s bid 100 N Carolina 6s bid 124 N Carolina 4s 104H IS Carolina NonFund 1 Tenn New Set 6s 5 Ten New Set 5s 10 Tenn Old 6s bid 6 Va Centuries C1U Va deferred 51 Atchison 4s 79 I Atchison Second A 4 Canada Sou 2nds 0 Southern 5s 92 ½ LNtJn4s 79 ½ I Cen Pacific IsIs of 95 102 Den R G 7s 110 Den R G 4s 91 Erie Seconds bid 6oV4 I G H S A 6s lUa GHSA7s 102 II H T Cent 5s 10S H T Cent 6s 102 M K T first 4s S6Y M K T second 4s bid 5S i Mutual Union 6s Ill N J Cent Genl 5s 119 Northern Pac Ists 116i Northern Pac 3nds 113 Northwest Consols ofd 141 Northwest S F deb 5s bid 103 I Rio Grande West Ists 75 St Paul Consols 7s 130 I St Paul C P W 5s 114 I I 1i t L ul 1 M Gen 5s 78 ½ St L S F Gen 6s 11i I Tex Pac firsts Sos I Tex Pac seconds 224 I Union Pacific Ists of 96 1031i West Shore fours 103U I ORNlstS 109 i Nor Pac 3rds 72 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS I Bulwer 35 ICholor 2 50 I Crown Point o ICon I-Con Cal and Va 330 Deadwood J 0 I Gould Curry 140 Guld Hale Norcross 190 Homestake 2 0 Iron Silver 18 Mexican J Jo Ontario 12 oO Ophir 2 40 I r nti 60 20 Quicksilver n 1 0 k jl Quicksilver preferred ofd 1 00 Sierra Nevada 12 Standard 190 Union Cop < 1 2o Yellow Jacket 7 CLOSING STOCKS Atchison = 15 Adams Express 1 Alton Terre Haute 5 American Express 113 Baltimore Ohio 17 Canada Pacific 60 Canada Southern 49 2 Central Pacific 14 ½ Cites Ohio 16s Chicago Alton Ia4 Chicago Burlington Qulncy 79g Chicago Gas 6 Consolidated Gas Io7 C C C St Louis 3 Colorado Coal Iron 1 Cotton Oil Certificates 13U Delaware Hudson 125 ½ Delaware Lackwanna West 159 Denver Rio Grande preferred 4S ½ Distillers Cattle Feeders Co ISft Erie I4Y Erie 1st preferred bid 30 Erie 2nd preferred 21 Fort Wayne bid 160 Great Northern preferred 115 Chicago Eastern Illinois preferred 99 Hocking Valley 16 Illinois Central 95 Ul St Paul Duluth 2 Kansas Texas preferred 2 4 Lake Erie West 17Y Lake Erie West preferred 6 Lake Shore 148 Lead Trust 2 Louisville Nashville 51 Louisville New Albany 9U Manhattan Consolidated 105s Memphis Charleston 15 Michigan Central 95 Missouri Pacific 25U Mobile Ohio bid 1 Nashville Chatt 68 Kashvll Chat 6 National Cordage 5 National Cordage preferred 9 New Jersey Central los Norfolk West preferred 8 North American Co 5 Northern Pacific s Northern Pacific preferred 1 Union Pacific Denver Gulf 38 Northwestern 104 Northwestern preferred bid 143 New York Central 97a New York New England 45 Ontario Western 14 ½ Oregon Improvement 1 Oregon Navigation 16 Oregon S L Utah Northernbid 7 ½ Pacific Mail 26Vi Peoria Dec Evans 2 ½ Pittsburg bid 162 Pullman Palace 157 Reading 11 ½ Rio Grande Western 16 ½ Rio Grande Western preferred 43 Rock Island n 704 St Paul 7 St Paul preferred 128 i SL Paul Omaha k 43 81 Paul Omaha preferred 124 ½ Southern Pacific 19 4 Sugar Refinery t 124 Tenn Coa1rron i i 1 71 Texas Pacific 8 Tol O Cen preferred 7 Union Pacific Sii U S Express 42 Wabash St L Pac 6 Wabash St L Pac preferred 17 Wells Fargo Express 97 Western Union S Wheeling L E 9 Wheeling L E preferred 3 Minn St Louis 18 Denver Rio Grande 13 General Eltfctrlc 34 National Linseed 3l1 Col Fuel I 2914 Col Fuel I preferred 90 H Tex Cent 2 Tol St Louis K C 5 Tol St Louis K C preferred 10 Southern 9 Southern preferred SO I Tobacco 6 Tobacco preferred 98 i American T C 93 Commercial Cable 150 I t S Cordage preferred 10 U S Rubber 244 I U S Rubber preferred 79 l American Sugar preferred 103 U S Leather preferred 6 FOREIGN FINANCES New York May HThe Evening Posts London Financial cablegram The stock markets were active and actve buoyant in tone today investment stocks and South Americans leading Americans were exceptionally firm closing at the best on the belief or at I least the growing opinion that any candidate for the presidency will have to include sound money in his plat I form American gold bonds were in demand on this theory The influence on other markets has partly been the I partial confirmation of the report of light sentences for the Pretoria prisoners prison-ers Money is tight here s much cash being locked up to the credit of Japan The continental markets were closed today it being Ascension day NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York May 14WeolQuiet CopperSteady brokers 10 exchange ex-change 1 Silver 67 LeadQuiet brokers 300 exchange 305Coffee Coffee Options opened dull with prices unchanged closed dull at unchanged un-changed to 5 points decline Sales 8250 bags including May 1305 Sep tember 1140 Spot Coffee Rio quiet No7 1 mild quiet Cordova 1618 SugarRaw quiet refined quiet CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago May 14For common to strictly choice dressed beef and ship ping cattle the ruling prices today i were 350450 with sales largely at SS5420 stockers and feeders 300 I 390 cows and heifers 275375 bulls 215325 stags 320350 calves 300 475 475Sales I Sales of hogs were largely at 330130 with heavy hogs at 305340 medium r weights 325345 and lights at 330 355 I 355Sheep sold mostly at 300390 a few I I inferior sheep fetching 225275 Texans I Tex-ans and westerns continue to arrive freely but there are more natives than heretofore lambs l 2S5300 with inferior infe-rior lots selling at 315375 Colorado wooled lambs sold freely at 475500 |