| Show i i BUSINESS WAS FAIRLY LARGE i l Wall Street More Healthy Than For Some Time Past I i SUGAR WAS THE LEADER LEADERI I BUSINESS HOWEVER WAS WELL f DISTRIBUTED I I I l i jConltl Shares Conspicuous in Yesterdays Yester-days Trading StiRar 3Iikes n Gain Rjiilvray Bonds Active und Higher Liverpool Sew York 1 Chicago and Sun Francisco Wheat The Metals Quiet General Glimpses r Glimp-ses of the Worlds Markets NEW YORK April OThc stock market mar-ket today presented a more healthy appearance ap-pearance than for some time past Business Busi-ness was fairly large and the trading was I unusually well distributed conservative operators being gratified over the fact that although sugar exceeded any other individual the stock in point of activity railroad list today forged to the front The continued pressure of money in London Lon-don appears to be beginning to have a i I hopedfor result of attracting foreign capital Into this market London quotation l quota-tion come higher for Americans and l foreign dealers were purchasers in this market choice Investment bonds being also taken An Increase In local commis loc L aba house orders was logically reflected l in the larger totals of transactions for the 1 unusually active railway stocks The continued I con-tinued favorable weather and the absence i ab-sence of any positive unfavorable news helped the bullish sentiment rhere was very little news of importance bearing I 1l upon prices The railroad bond market i sympathized With buoyant stock specula j tton As reflecting the congestion of t 1lon le1 tng congeston money in London it may be note that f British consols made another high record I re-cord today touching 114 The return of tcay ti tho investment of capital in these and ohcr pfinu European mortgages Is so 1 aeagre tha it is only logical that the I iSuroiean investors should turn to this I market The Gould shares were conspic Ious I-ous in te trading nion Pacific trust I < vriififlt > j disnlavinsr excentional activ ity Sug if was well supported and after > closed with again a somewhat erratic coun close gain of Y per tnt The general advance was semmed for an interval about 1 oclock by realizing The losses how sub wJe were unimportant Activity sides in the afternoon session until near the close when revived animation and additional advances were recorded Im adltonal par lrg a buoyant tour to the closing Th Grangers Louisville Nashville th Gould shares and a few of the specialties ialties were in special inquiry The net changes record improvements of 12 per c Jit In the leading shares Railway bonds were active and higher Of Raiwa considerations elsewhere noted Tho sales were 2113000 Money on call easy at 2MJ3 per cent i last loan 3 per cent closed 3 per cent jst Prime mercantile paper 5J per cent L Sterling exchange heavy with actual bills at lSS4SS9i I business in bankers bls 48 F fcor demand and 4ST48S for sixty days I L Posted rates 48S489 and 489490 Commercial bills 4SS4 Bar silver 67i Silver certificates 679i6Sii T Slver certfcate 6 461J Governm3nt bonds strong state bonds dull railroad bonds strong THE TREASURY Washington April 20 Todays statement state-ment of the condition of the treasury shows an available cash balance of 5270470255 Gold reserve 12GG7SOw 04jO2 I NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York April 20 Flour Receipts 12700 exports 19100 Dull and lower a weak undertone in sympathy with the breakin wheat Wheat Receipts 6500 exports 25 000 Spot dull No1 hard 75 f o b I afloat Options declined all the morning t morn-ing under favorable crop news scattered scat-tered liquidation and lower cables ral t 1 lied later on damage in California b > frosts but finally weakened on the rtnoninr nf Diiliith Navigation and closed lc net lower April closed 74 May 721k Hops Quiet Wool Quiet Petroleum Dull united closed 12L i Pig IronteadY southern 1O75cl I U001350 I k 1300 northern 1001350 Silver 674 CopperSteadY brokers price and exchange price 10 Lead Steady brokers 290 exchange ex-change 305 Tin Barely steady straits 1335 1340 < PlatesFirm r Spelter Easy domestic 405410 Coffee Options closed quiet uncharged un-charged to 5 points advance March G51070 April 1270 I Spot Coffee Rio dull No7 1S f mild dull cordova 1618 r SugarRaw firm fair refining 3 J 3 i centiifugal 96 test 4 5164 CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET L Chicago April 20 There was a moderately ately active market the range for the t day being 1I cents in wheat The feature IF fea-ture was the May liquidation many of IF the larger commission houses selling heavily and as shorts covered quite freely on Saturdays decline the market had 01 Saturays delne f very little support and prices declined Among the bear factors presented was 1 good weather In the winter wheat belt warm rains in Illinois and Indiana and I ran Ii the liberal northwest receipts Cables t too were not stron and prospects were for larger weekly worlds shipments The price of corn suffered in sympathy with wheat The trading in oats was pretty generally II scattered and was principally in the way of exchanging May to July at iJc premium for the latter I Provisions opened lower because of the 1 large ran of hogs There were a good I r 1 mtny buying orders at the lower price It and some part of tho early decline was I recovered i The leading futures ranged as to1loca V1IEATNo 2 WHATNo2 e I Open i High I Lw I Close lApril 65 6 64 pri 64 1 lay t 6 6H G i July1 66 k 6 6 I 66 Sept1 I G 67 I 6 6 CORNNo2 IOpen I High I Low I Close pi 1 I I 2 ZMay 1 30 3 2 iay 3 2 July i 31 I 31 I 30J 3 Sept 4 32t 3 2 I 3 bT5No 2 OATSNo I Open I High I Low I Close prl 1 I 1 2ilay 1 1 19 I i July 2 I 20 I 211 1 sept 1 20 2 2 I 20Y Mss PORKPer barrel i Open 1 High I Low I Close pri 85 851 845 sTii 3lIay S52 Y I 86 I 84 I 855 JulY S72 ½ S80 S6Th 81 l ARD Per 10 Ibs I Open I High I Low J Cloe Aprfl1482 1 ½ 48 48 11ay 4 1 4s I 49 I 48 I 40 48 July 1 50 505 50 502 SHORT RIBS Per 10 bs 4 1 en t High f Low I Closet Close-t April 42 42 4Z 42 May 430 439 42 I 430 July 445 447 440 44 Thash FLOtIItNominal ouotatlons were a follows TVHEAT No 2 spring 643 No 3 spring 64643i No2 red GS69 CORN No 2 29 OATSNO 2 1SiS NO 2 white 3954 fi20 No 3 white 13jt19 1 i2t No 237 BARLBY Nominal FLAX SEED No 1 Bi TIMOTHY SEEDPrime 335 MESS PORK Per barrel 850S55 r LARD Per lOOlbs 487y490 SHORT RIBS Sides loose 425430 1 SHOULDERS Dry salted boxed 43 SHORT CLEARSides boxed 4 t 0 tl I WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gallon 12 SUGAR Cut loaf nominal r fRec < j Ship Flour barrels I 7TXXI 1800 Wheat bushels 13000L 1800 5 Corn bushels 10S000119S2000 Oats bushels 290000 347000 Rye bushels 4000 10CO LO Barley bushels 000 1 27000 I 70 On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was weak creamery 1315 dairy 914 Eggs weak 910 SAN FRANCISCO WHEAT San Francisco April 20 Wheat Inactive In-active December 10S1 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago April 20 Cattle Sales were on a basis of 325440 for common to fancy steers with transactions largely at 365 410 Butchers and canners cattle were fairly active at prices declining along with dressed beef and shipping steers and cows and heifers sold freely the bulk going go-ing at 235335 Hogs Hales today were at asutffabo ior common to choice droves largely at 355 < 5o65 straight heavy lots bringing 3 360 light weights sold at 3CO395 Sheep Sales were slow at last weeks reduced prices Sheep were salable at 250 350 for poor to choice and lambs at 350450 Within a week sheep and 3504iO lambs have declined 4050 cents Texas sheep sell at 250325 and westerns at 300350 with an occasional sale for more money sheep Receipts 13000 Cattle 21000 hogs 38000 KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Kansas City Mo April 20 Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 3700 shipments 2000 market slow 510 cents lower Texas cattle 200355 Texas cows 200320 beef steers 300l 390 native cows 190335 stockers and feeders 300390 bulls 193320 Hogs Receipts 6400 shipments 1200 market weak 510 cents lower bulk of sales 3305345 heavies 310340 packers pack-ers 33Mi345 mixed 330350 light 340 350 yorkers 340350 pigs 320350 Sheep Receipts 6300 shipments 200 market weak 10 cents lower lambs 350g > 440 muttons 250 360 I FOREIGN FINANCES New York April 20The Evening Posts London financial cablegram Consols which have been at Il4 closed at 13gs This was the only feature in an otherwise quiet market today Among the speculative specula-tive issues Americans were Inquired for and interest in them is slowly spreading although at present the movement must not be considered firmly rooted hqre The adjournment of congress has long been looked for as a bull point Today the general tip was to buy St Paul The Paris bourse has been firm but closed weaker weaol tureless The Berlin market was quiet and fea I LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool April 20WheatSpot quiet I demand poor No 2 red winter 5s 8d No 2 Ted spring stocks exhausted No I 1 hard Manitoba 5s 7d No1 California 5s 7d I 0 I GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS Sew Yorl April 2J U S4s regnewlirnD R G 7s 114 New 4s new coup118 g RG4s US lsreg fl9c N J Cent Gon153 l7t U 55s coup hi3 NorPaslsts llV I U S 4s res IlOfci Nor Pac Mn 1 IO U E 4scoup K9 N W Consolsl4tS4 S2sreg 25 NW S F dab 53J10V4 Pacific esot 95103 R G W 18tlo 75 Mis50UrlsoIO > St P Consols 7sJ 84 Atchtson 81 Do C P W5BII4 Ditto Second A 45Z StLS F cnndsltSX CaInda So 2nds 1041 U P Ists of 9615 C Pac lstsot951004 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Sew Yorl April 20 Buletu Si Ontarioi3 00 Cholaruu 3 Ophlr 0 I 1 Crown Point nU W Plymoutx JO I 1 C < tVa 1 e Qulckslveo I W Deadwood I Of Preferred 15 10 G k C 20 Sierra Nevada 5 5 H kNu 45 Standard 19 Homestalte 25 00 Union Con 41 Iron SHver 20 Yellow Jactet 30 Mexican 55 lclu Ie t BAN FRANCISCO MINING Francisco April 20 Tbe official San uclsc Apri ofcial closing quotations lor mining stocks today were as lollotTs Alta OS Kentuok Con At Alpha Con OS Lady Washington Andesu 26 Mexican 34 Belcberu 42 Mono u 13 Belle Isle un 21 Mount Diablo B Bn 49 Occidental Con 1 25 Bodie Con Ophlr un 1 IE I Bullion H Overman OP EulwerCcn 42 Potosi un 22 Caledonia Savage 56 Challenge Con 2i i Scorpion = ft Cbolnr mm 3SS1eraNevadaJ 59 Confdence Silver Bill Ul C C Va I ESl3iver King Con imperial 01 Union Con 48 Con NewYork 3 Utah Con 1 Crown Point 03 Yellow lcket 31 Exchequer 22 Silver bars 61 Gould Curry Mexlcandol5n HN I 15 Drat 81 ht 0 1 Julia 15 Drats telegraph 10 01 Justice 0 ROAD AND OTHER BONDS New York April 2 Atchison lCS NorthernPac I Adam Epreasn 49 Pretercd I Am ExpreJsl4 UPD G 3S B 0 1S Norhwestern151 Caada Pac 60 Preferred U6 Canada Sou 53 N Y Centrl 91 CentralPao Hi are Imp 1 Ches 0 67 OraNav u Chicago ARea 104 UreS L U N 73 g B 8 t ECu Hi PittsburgIto Chicago Gas 6P Pullman Palace 159 Con Gas 12011 ReadIng h l2L Cob C I u CS B G W Id D L SV 159 Preferred 43 D Po G pret j Rock Island 72 DCF Oo 185 StPaul Erie lila Preterred16 PleCerred 4Oi StP 0 Fort Wayne Ito Preferred 41 Great or pretl0 SOlt er Pac 19 illinois Central 90 SugarRenneryl6 Laite9horo4S14 Union Paon g Lead Trut 2 t U G Express 40 Man Con Ill Wels Far o Ex t MlcbrCen 90 WestemUnioc 8 Missouri Pac 2 D B G i2j N8 Cordage t4 Gen Eleo u 121 PreCerreduu CO ColPuelSci 31 1 J Central l74 Prferce tOO orthAm Co C6 j 1 |
