Show FOREIGN FINANCES FOREIGl London Stock Market inlet and Dull Manchester Markets LONDON March 21LThe stock market I mar-ket has been quiet and dull during the week the general features being unchanged un-changed The new Chinese loan was quoted at a premium of two points The investment stocks continue firm Foreign For-eign securities were neglected owing to the doubtful aspect of European politics tics Ecuadors have fallen four points The mining market was influenced by affairs In South Africa and the Mata bele rlsLng and were flat on rumors of a hitch in the negotiations between Mr Chamberlain and President Krueger Americans were tending lower on fears of renewed gold shipments but business busi-ness in this department was almost lifeless prices being nominal and regu lated by Wall street quotations Canadians Can-adians were also weak There was a good demand for most commercial ventures ven-tures breweries telegraphs ote Manchester Markets MANCHESTER March 2JThe market mar-ket has been quiet but firm for the I week with few or no weak spots both spinners and manufactur being well engaged Several large lines of yarn were taken for Japan and other eastern east-ern markets For the home markets I users were fair buyers and most spindles I spin-dles were under contract Cloth was I Inactive and lower Exchanges were working in a contrary manner but there was not accumulation of stocks and no despondency The miscellaneous miscellane-ous foreign markets were doing daily a I fair aggregate business as was the German market also French producers report a quiet business with firm prices and full employment ANOTHER TRUST PITTSBURG March 29 A gigantic I combine went through the preliminary stage of formation and was practically r effected at a meeting of steel producers held in New York last week Another I meeting will be held in PIttsburg for the arrangement of details I is proposed t regulate the production of steel to actual requirements by methods similar I to those used by the rail pool Not much information will be glyen f r publication but It Js learned from one of the attendants attend-ants at the meeting that at the start the price of the bjllets will be fixed at > 1 5 a 20 per ton and will be changed a cording cord-ing to the price changes of raw materials Pending completion of the combination steel producers have withdrawn from the market and will make no new contracts Nearly the entire production of the United States was represented at the New York meeting embracing capital of several hundred millions of dollars Among the prominent llrms present were Carnegie Steel company ones Laugh Hn Illinois Steel company Hainsworth Steel company Bethlehem Steel company com-pany and Cambria Iron works BOWLING GAMES CINCINNATI March 2JThe first two of a series of bowling games between be-tween a team of ten men from Hamil ton County Bowling plub captained by Charles Schad and a team of ten from the Linden Grove club Brooklyn N Y captained by Nick Thyne were played here tonight The conditions were ten frames each man solid balls for Cincinnati I Cin-cinnati finger and slot balls for Brooklyn Brook-lyn The score I First game Cincinnati 1520 Brooklyn Brook-lyn 1551 Second gam Cincinnati 1495 Brooklyn Brook-lyn 1620 j Highest individual scor Captain Schad 208 B J Wingenfield of Brooklyn Brook-lyn 200 This settles the contest in favor fa-vor of slot and finger balls |