Show GOVERNMENT BONDS QUIET I State Bonds Are Dull and Railroads I J I roads Steady STERLING EXCHANGE DULL I STOCK MARKET OPEJTEI STROXG BUT SOOX DECLIXED Humor U CI1 Against the Market But Tie Were Aot Confirmed Tilalne Election Failed to Have the Effect That Many Denlers Predicted Pre-dicted Sngrur Steady Quiet Uii ehansrcd Wool Steady Demand Light NEW YORK Sept 15 Money on cal firm at 47 per cent last loan at 5 an4 closing offered ait 5 I t 1 Prime mercantile paper S10 percent per-cent J Mexican dollars 50252 < > 4 f Sterling exchange is dull and steady I t with actual business In bankers bills f at 4S144S2 for sixty days and 484 4814 for demand Posted rates 4S5 43 Commercial bills 4804Slii Government bonds quiet state bonds dull railroad bonds steady The stock market opened decidedly strong on the Maine election and higher high-er cables from London The prominent issues advanced about a point the shorts being the largest purchasers When the demand from this source abated the traders who were bearishly inclined for the moment mo-ment started in to sell In the absence ab-sence of support they bad little difficulty culty in bringing abut a lower range of prices There was also considerable selling by holders who were disappointed on account of the rather feeble response made by the market of yesterdays election In Maine and this was of assistance sistance to the bear manipulators Tobacco bore the brunt of the attack at-tack and fell from CS s to i9t The selling of this stock was base on the 9 reduction in plug I Sugar fell nearly 2 per cent to 11334 on the declining tendency of the market mar-ket for raws while Chicago Gas was adversely influenced dropping 1 t al 58h by Chicago advice that Attorney General Moloney had Entered proceedings proceed-ings against the company The granger gran-ger group lost U4 < g > 2 per cent the latter in Burlington Quincy Manhattan fell 2 Western Union 1 to 79 and Missouri Pacific 1 to 17 Humors of an advance in the Bank of England rte of discount on Thursday and of the embarrassment of a big dry goods fn in this city were used against the market The report of y trouble in the dry goods trade however how-ever could not be confirmed At the decline there was moderate buying of the dividend payers due to statements tat the commercial conditions in New if England wee improving Report hod i that a number of mills employing abut 12000 hands intended starting up shortly This was not without its influence in-fluence in some quarters In the late trading the grangers weakened again under pressure and speculation Stood barely steady intone in-tone Net changes show losses of 2 r per cent Tobacco leading In the Inactive In-active stocks Minneapolis St Louis first preferred fell 44 to 05 Total sales were 198500 shares including 38 300 St Paul 29600 Burlington 28000 Sugar and 25300 Tobacco Bonds were quiet and irregular on rales of 5G6000 In government bonds 55000 coupon 4s of 1325 brought 115 S1SOO coupon regular 115V 2000 coupon reular of 1907 107 and 1000 regular 2s 91 Do ii Is I Atchison 4s 75 I Atchison adjustment 3 Canada Southern 2nds 10 Central Pacific Ists 10 R f Ches Ohio 5s 104 Chicago Xor Pac Trust Reels 5s 391 I Denver Rio Grande Ists 110 Denver Rio Grande 4s 87 I General Electric Debentures 5s S5 Iowa Central Ists 92 I Mobile Ohio 4s 59 Mutual Union 6s 10GV4 I 1C J Central general 5s 113 Northern Pacific Ists 114 Northern Pacific 2nds 112 Northern Pacific 3rds 6G Northern Pacilic consol 5s 4 Oregon Improvement Ists 72 n Oregon Improvement 5s S Oregon Navigation Ists 109 Oregon Improvement consol 5s 8 Oregon Short Line Gs VH Oregon Short Line consol 5s 59 Rio Grade Western Ists G Unon Pacific Ists of Ib9i5 100 United States 4s reg of 19215 United States 4s coup of IH215 United States new 4s reg of 1907 105 United States new coup of 10710 Y United States 2s 91 United States reg 5a 110 nite States 110 United State coupons 10 StuI1H I American Express 107 American Tobacco G I Preferred 95 I Baltimore Ohio 1 Canadian Pacilic 57 Canada Southern 44 Central Pacific 1314 Chicago Alton 152 Preferred 16 V Chicago Burlington Quincy 6 s Chicago Gas 5Sl Chtcao Cot Fuel Iron 17 Preferred 90 Denver Rio Grade 10y > j Preferred 40 P General Electric 2GVl r Illinois Central 87 National Lad u 20 I Preferred 8 Louisville Nashville 3y Mexican Central 8 Michigan Central S7 Missouri Pacific 1 National Linseed Oil 14 N J Central 991 Northern Pacific 1 Preferred 19Vi Ontario Mining 10 Oregon Improvement y Pacific Mall 11 Pullman Palace 141 Quicksilver 1 Preferred 15 Reading 2 14 Rio Grande Western 15 Preferred 40 St Paul G9s Preferred 126 St Paul Omaha 37 Preferred 115 Silver Certificates 64i Sugar 113 Sugr 1131 Preferred 101 Texas Pacific 6 8 Union Pacific 54 U P Denver Gulf 1 United States Express 3 Wa jssh St L Pacific 5 Preferred 13V6 Wells Fargo Express SOP SO-P Western Union 79 San Francisco Board Alta OS Becher asked 51 Best Belcher 95 Bodie Consolidated CO Bulvrer asked 47 Thollar 225 Consolidated Cal Va 175 Crown Point 2 Gould Curry 5 Hale Noreross 150 Mexican 55 Mono 16 Ophir 98 Potosi 95 Savage asked 6 Sierra Nevada 7 Union Consolidated 44 Utah 03 Tellow Jacket 30 Xevr TorU General HnrUei New York Sept 15 Wool Steady moderate demand unchanged Coffee Steady 2540 pit up j dd1 fo I September 950960 October 915 940 December 8SO905 March 890 905 May 980 Spot Rio steady dull No7 10 Sugar Steady quiet unchanged Pig Iron Moderate demand American can 10251250 Copper Firm lake 10751100 Silver C4 SiverCHI Lead Steady domestic 280285 Tin Firm straits 13001310 plates moderate demand Chicago General Markets Chicago Sept 15The wheat crop was disappointed this morning prices not displaying any buoyancy whatever but on the contrary inclining to sag and decline Much wheat has been I bought lately on the expectation thaI a I boom was In process of development but the evidence of a bulge were tamper I this morning than at any time within i the week Consequently speculators were disposed to sell out and await amore I a-more favorable occasion The Maine election was encouraging to some but wa I amount of importance I as a rule not a great portance was attached to it the result I rortance I having been anticipated Northwestern I receipts were heavy at 1474 cars against 1395 on the corresponding day I a year ago Chicago receded 337 cars and inspected out L388 bushels Liverpool 1 Liver-pool cables were all higher Export I i clearances were liberal at 385318 bushels bush-els Bradstreets report on stocks was i not issued today December wheat opened from 60 to 59S8 declined to 59 591A closing at 59 h under yesterday yester-day Estimated receints for tomorrow 175 cars Corn exhibited entire accord with the action of wheat There was only the acton quietest kind of trade and nothing savoring sav-oring of an independent movement was shown Receipts were less than exp ct ed 49S cars arriving where 590 were i estimated Withdrawals from store 1 estmated Liverpool were light at 70000 bushels cables unchanged to d lower Export Ex-port clearances were heavy at 4224oS bushels May corn opened at 24 declined de-clined to 24i424 closing at 24 cined under yesterday Estimated receipts i for tomorrow 315 cars I Oats declined from lack of strengthening strengthen-ing Information and because of weakness weak-ness in wheat and corn Features were absent and a dull monotonous market properly explains the situation Receipts Re-ceipts were 366 cars and 19144 busnels ceipt vero taken from stock Export clearances clear-ances were 61409 bushels May oats closed 1 lower Estimated receipts for tomorrow 300 cars Provisions The speculative atmosphere atmos-phere of the grain markets being weak dampened the feeling in provisions the steadiness succeeded I Temporary opening but it soon wore off and quotations quo-tations were marked lower A partial par-tial recovery iook place before the close January pork closed lower I January lard unchanged and January I ribs 21 lower Closing prices I Wheat September 5S December i 591 May 637i61 Corn Septembe 201 December 21 5121 2 May 24 k Oats September 15 December 16 May18 Pork September 5671 October 575 JanuarY 670 ard September 330 October 332 January 3671 Ribs September 310 October 312 January 335 I Chicago Live Stoclc 1 Union Stock Yards Chicago Sept 15 Offerings of cattle today were large 15ferings fair j for a Tuesday The demand was and prices were steady The hog market I mar-ket was irregular Good packing droves were in good demand at a nickel higher hogs were that much lower whilst light whist lght hog I Offerings were liberal Sheep were slow and welt The sup buyers were ply was moderate but buyer wa I backward Offerings were liberal Cattle Receipts 8500 Fair beef Steer CatteReceipts pounds 36o3So butcher steers SlOOSeO fair stockers and feeders 260335 bulls poor to choice 175275 calves good to choice 525585 Other prices unchanged I Hoss Receipts 15000 Heavy packing pack-ing and shippng lots 2 7325 common to choice mixed 280335 choice assorted as-sorted 330340 light 300340 pigs 200330 Sheep Receipts 7000 Inferior to choice 175300 lambs 250400 I Liverpool Wheat Liverpool Sept 15Spot wheat fn good demand California club 5s 7d No1 northern 5s 4d |