Show W AS A GENERAL DECLINE IN i PRICES Chiex Impetus Was Furnished From Abroad It BOND MARKET VERY HEAVY I l G V RXUElS SAGGED SLIGHTLY L if UNDER THE SAIVES Visible Grain Supply Chicago Omzha and Kansas City LiveStock I I I i Live-Stock The Metal Quiet Sterling Exchange Steady The Countrys Cash tiverjKiol San Francisco and Chicago Wheat General Glimpses of the Worlds 3IarUets l I r NEW TORK May 11A general decline de-cline i prices averaging per cent was recorded today and the market displayed more fatures of interest than in several days previous The above average loss was shown after a small general rally from the lowest during the intense dullness which prevailed after midday The chief impetus to the decline was supplied by large foreign t selling orders in all the London favorites favor-ites which were recived at the opening open-ing together with a general drop in the market for American issues in London I In the first half hour when most of the r days losses were recorded the London houses were free sellers but before their orders could be completed the level of prices had dropped below the limits placed upon the European offerings The weakness in London which was sol so-l plainly reflected here was induced by the fears of international complications growing out of the Cuban situation and these were not entirely relieved by the news f the postponement of final r action in the case of American citizens by the Sp nish ministry However the I Washnstjn houses that had sold the t market freely during the morning were among the larger buyers at the close Anther matter which operated to unsettle I un-settle the market in no small degree was the engagement of 2050000 gold for export by the German steamer sail f ing tomorrow More gold will undoubtedly undoubt-edly be exported later in the week but for the next week thEre is a little better bet-ter outlook for the exchange market I is currently reported that a large issue C of American railway bonds is to be placed in London late this week I against a sortlqa of which at least it r will be necessary for the venders to Ie draw exchange The latter operation will amount to over S3QOOOOO The granger stocks were the leaders in respect re-spect to the activity of trade and the extent of fluctuations their feverish tone being party due to uncertainty as to showing of the government crop report the strength of Tobacco due to Inside coverings did not cause any sp cial strenfth in the general trust group i though Boston orders advanced Rub her common and preferred Money was t easy on small transactions I The bond market was dull and heavy ith saies of 937000 Governments sagged slightly under sales of 59000 Monev on call firm at 21 4 per cent f Jest loan 2 closed offered at Z Prime mercantile paper 451 per cent Sterling Ster-ling exchange steady with actual business I busi-ness in bankers bills at 4SS4SSi for demand and 4S7a44S8 for sixty days i Posted rates 48S449nd481 t 490Commercial Commercial bills 4S7 Silver certificates 676S Bar silver 67j IT FELL FLAT New York May 11The bureau report re-port fell flat on exchange today although al-though i showed the proportion of the contemplated acreage actually planted May 1 to be 87 9 per cent against 795 pea cent last year The official report is not regarded seriously and is regarde seioush generally gen-erally believed to be considerably under un-der the facts Popular opinion points to a larger increase than indicated officially of-ficially the latter figuring out only a little over an 8000000 crop Good pa te were buyers in the afternoon b ing bulls on strong statistical position posi-tion Sentiment is weak respecting the new crop positions however on a belief be-lief of a big yield The market closed cos steady a a net advance of 29 points or within a point or two of the best Jrics of the session on all the active ac-tive positions VISIBLE GRAIN New York May 11The visible supply sup-ply of grain Saturday May 9 a compiled com-piled by the New York produce exchange ex-change is as follows Wheat 54000000 j bushels decrease 1519000 corn 10337 000 bushels decrease 982000 oats 7852000 bushels decrease 388000 rye 1555000 bushels increase 131000 barley bar-ley bushels 1112000 bushels decrease 27000 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK k Chicago May 11 Common to fancy native steers were saleable at 350440 with the bull of trading at 385420 I stockers and feeders 350400 > cows f and heifers 275 and upward bulls 225 t 325 calves 300450 rt There was a fairly active packing demand for hogs sales being largely at 330335 common to choice heavy droves 300 335 light weights 330g > 355 hogs 320340 pigs 335345 Common to prime sheep were wanted at 250400 and lambs sold at 300 510 largely at 425 and over with quick t sales of fancy Colorado lambs at 510 l KANSAS CITY LivE STOCK P Kansas City May 11 Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 4400 shipments 800 market weak lOc lower Beef steers 300 410 native cows L90330 stockers and feeders 2GO375 bulls 2450315 I Hogs Receipts 6400 shipments 1700 market weak 5c lower bulk of soles 305320 heavies 250310 packers Irs I-rs 3JG < < 320 mixed 305325 lights is 10325 yorkers 320325 pigs 260l E Tt25 I Tt25Sheep Receipts 7800 shipments 1200 market steady lambs 365425 muttons 2503tO OMAHA LIVE STOCK f Omaha May 11 Cattle Receipts 700 market steady on light steers heavies ts10c > lower native beef steers t S 350400 western steers 3003S5 t Ows and heifers 250360 canners 175250 stockers and feeders 300 400 calved 300500 bulls stags etc 200325 Hogs Receipts 1400 market 510c lower heavy 305310 mixed 305 S 310 light 310320 bulk of sales 307 j310 Sheep Receipts 5600 market steady lair t choice natives 300350 fair to choice westerns 280340 common and stock sheep 550325 lambs 3504G5 JfW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York May 1L Flour Receipts f O exports 16200 barrels Lower to report swl only few a orders car lot business doing Mills Wheat Receipts 233700 Spot quiet No 2 red 73i1 No 1 hard 7 Options O ned strong on chinchbug reports but tU ned sharply and was weak and lowermost lower-most of the day under predictions of rain weak cables liquidation talk of gold exports ex-ports and fears of a bearish crop report lo 74c net lower No 2 red May 68 closed 69 September o9 6 4fo70 cloed 5 G 70coO1 S 53 Woor QuetZ PetroleumJQuiet United closed 12 I Pig iron Quiet Southern Scotch 1075 I f lS00 Northern Aiherican TD001350 If c l S j J t 0 S 0 c CopperSteady brokers 104 exchange broker 10A 10Ta10 0oTin Lead Steady brokers < 300 exchange Plates Tin Steady Steady straights 1335134o Spelter Quiet domestic 405410 Coffee Options unchanged 40410 points unchange lower cCosed firm at unchanged prices to 15 prces points net advance Sales 14230 bags 15lL55 Including May 13031315 September Spot coffee Rio steady No 7 14 Mild Quiet Cordova 1G18 It Sugar Raw firm fair refining 3 cen trifugal 56 tet 4 sales 750 tons Mari tI Mar this molasses 89 test at Breakwater 3 ex ship at Boston 360 tons Peruvian centrifugal 9 test at 4ft refined fairly active and firm fne CHIdAGO GENERAL MARKET Chicago May UFair speculative ac tivity was reported in wheat during the early hours after which there was more demand th market fluctuating within VC range Initial trading at rale Inita tring w V0S advance but the market gradually declined de-clined 1 ½ rallied 14 changed some and closed steady at 6l4 for July The early firmness was due largely to the high temperature in tempratur the wheat belt and bug stories and some outside buying Shower were again reported in the northwest north-west and receipts in that section were secton wee 100 cars smaller than a week ago There were light rains in Texas Kansas Ne braska and Iowa but was very hot in Illinois and Tnrlann wa tnI ntVinr Vinnrl I the state reporof Kentucky teC an Improvement in condition of 5 points and I the Illinois report was also very favorable favor-able Black sea shipments were reported wee heavy and there was a increase on ocean passage of 900000 bushels both of which cost the price something as did the weather indications In addition the worlds shipments were very heavy amounting from all countries 8714000 amountng frm al countrie 0 8740 bushels Local showers were predicted for almost the entire winter wheat belt tonight and tomorrow and the government govern-ment report this afternoon was expected expel by the bears to favor them as usual Fluctuations in corn covered 1c range The feeling was strong early The action of wheat together with the light receipts were responsible for the strength Afterwards buying ceased prices sagged back Oats were fairly active and stronger early but weaker and lower later Receipts of hogs were 40000 and a a result the provision market was weak and remained in that condition for along a-long time A recovery took place in the afternoon but did not benefit pork very much The leading futures ranged as follows x VHEfNo 2 I open i Wish fLOW Close May 63i 163 61 61 l July G4fc j6i 61 161 Sep 16Hs 16 bi 163s COKNNO i Open i High i Low I Close May 12 12 I2T 25T July 1308 30i 30 I 30 Sep 31 131 131 131 UAiS No I Open i High I Lr1 I Close May I = II = I 118 Jt l94 l194 19 Sep 4 I O ½ l0l 119 4 119 AL PoiUv fit barrel I open t High I Low I Close May 1 752 j July j6 770 1755 I 760 < Sop 78 I 781 1775 I 177 I LAHJcr UU lua I Open I High I Low I Close May f = = I = 455 July I 460 I 4C 45T 4G2 Sep j 475 477 4723 477 HHuKl Kind 1er 1W i I Open i High i LOW i Close May j 1 397 2 July 4 I 4016 J 407 i 400 I 405 Sep 1 417 71420 140 140 Cash quotations were as follows Flour Neglected WheatNo 2 spring 6154 6E No2 re 664J6 5 I 29Oats CornNo2 2U No 2 yellow corn Oats No 2 18 No2 white 18i19U No3 white 1920 Rye No 2 364 BarleyNo2 nominal No 3 30 No 4 28 Flax Seed No 1 8 Timothy Seed Prime 335 Mess PorkPer barrel 755760 Lard Per 100 pounds 453 1 Short RibsSides loose 400410 ShouldersDry salted boxed Short Clear Sides boxed 444 Whisky Distiller finished goods per gallon 122 Sugars Nominal Articles IRectslShlpd Flour barrels 1 6000 6000 Wheat bushels 100DO110000 Corn bushels 30000223000 j I Oats bushels j 149000 170000 j j i Rye bushelb 1 3000 1000 Barley bushels 11701 j 7000 On the produce exchange today the butter market was firm creamery 1115 daily 913 Eggs Steady 79 SAN FRANCISCO WHEAT San Francisco May 11 Wheat easy I December 105 new seller 102 BOND LIST u S new 4s reg 116 U S new 4s coup 116Vs U S 5sreg 121 U S 5s coup 111 U S 4s reg 10S U S 4s coup 110 U S 2b reg U4 Pacific Js of 95 103 10 Ala Class A 106 Ala Closs B lOG Ala Class C 100 Ala Currency 100 La New Consols 4s 97 Missouri 6s 100 N Carolina 6s 12 N Carolina 4s 104 S Carolina NonFund 1 Ten New Set 6s 84 Tenn New Set 5 10S Tenn Old 6s 6 Va Centuries 61 Ya Deferred 6 Atchison 4s 781 Atchison Second A 40 Canada So 2nds 10Ph O R N Ists 109 L N 4s 80 80y Cen Pacifies Ists of 95 1011 Den R G 7s 110 Den R G 4s 91 91Y Erie Seconds 65 GHSACs 105 GHSA7s 102 H T Cent 5s 109 HTCenL6s 100 M K T first 4s 86 11 K T second 4s 5 Mutual Union 6s Ill N J Cent Genl 5s bid 19 Vnrtnprn T3if ifir > Ists llhA Northern Pacific 2nds 113 Northwest Consols 13S Northwest S F deb 5s 109 Rio Grande West Ists 76 Sa Paul Consols 7s bid 130 St Paul C P W 5s 114 4 St L 1 M Gn 5s 7Sy 5t L S F Gen 6s 1 2 Tex Pac firsts 8 Tex Pac seconds 21 Union Pacific lets of 96 103 West Shore fours 106 Southern 5s 92 Nor Pa 3rds i 2 ½ SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS San Francisco May ILThe official closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were as follows Alta 17 Andes 50 Belcher 73 Best Belcher ISO Bodie Con GO Bullion 35 Bulion 3 Buiwer Con 31 Caledonia 15 < Challenge Con 60 Chollar 275 Confidence 1 60 Con Cal VaV 335 Con Imperial u 3 Con New York 5 Crown Point 70 Exchequer 14 Gould Currle 15 Hale Norcross 195 Silver Bars u 68 Julia 25 Justice i 18 Kentuck Con 10 Lady Washington Con 5 Mexfcas 120 Occidental Con 1 90 Ophir 251 Overman 20 Potosi 145 Savage S 95 Scorpion 8 Sierra Nevada rl20 Silver Hill 6 Union Con 10 TJtnh Con i t2 Yellow Jacket 73 DraftsSight 7 7 Drafts Telegraph 10 Mexican Dollars 54i55 assessment of 25c a share has been levied on Silver King 2 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS WEST Bulwer SO Chollor I 1 yo r Crown Point 160 Con Cal Va 270 Deadwood 100 Gould Curry SO Hale Norcross 125 Homestake 25 0 Iron Silver 22 Mexican 70 Ontario J 1300 Ophir 175 Plymouth 10 Quicksilver 1 0 Quicksilver preferred 150 Sierra Nevada 95 Standard 160 i Union Con SO Yellow Jacket 55 CLOSING STOCKS WEST Atchison Iflfe Adams Express 4S Alton Terre Haute 55 American Express 113 Baltimore Ohio 17 Canada Pacific 5H4 Canada Southern 49 Centra Pacific r 14 Ches Ohio 16 Chicago Alton exdiv 154 Chicago Burlington Quincy 79 Chicago Gas 67 Consolidated Ga 157k C C C St Louis 3 Colorado Coal Iron 1 Cotton Oil Certificates 1 Deleware Hudson 126 I Deleware Lackawanna West161 Denver Rio Grande preferred 47 Distillers Cattle Feeders Co 17 Erie 14 Erie preferred 37 Erie preferred 22 < 37Y Fort Wayne 160 Great Northern preferred 115 Chicago Eastern Illinois preferred 99 99y Hocking Valley 16 Illinois Central 95 St Paul Duluth 24 Kansas Texas preferred 25 Lake Erie West 17 Lake Erie West preferred 691 Lake Shore 149 Lead Trust 29 Louisville Nashville 49 Louisville A New Albany 9 Manhattan Consolidated 1061 Memphis Charleston 15 Michigan Central 94 Missouri Pacific 2oVi 2571 Mobile Ohio 18 Nashville Chatt G I National Cordage 4 National Cordage preferred 9i New Jersey Central 10 Norfolk West preferred 4 North American 5 Northern Pacific Northern Pacific preferred 1 Union Pacific Denver Gulf A 3 Northwestern 104 Northwestern preferred 147 New York A New England 50 Ontario Western 14 Oregon Improvement 10 Oregon Navigation 35 Oregon Short Line U N 7 I Pacific Mail 26 Peoria Dec Evans 2 Pittsburg 21 I Pullman Palace 157 Reading ut Rio Grande ester 16 Rio Grande Western preferred 43 Rock Island G9 St Paul 76i St Paul preferred 127 St Paul Omaha 42 St Paul Omaha preferred 13 421 Southern Pacilic 19 Sugar Refinery ll Tenn Coal Iron 2T4 Texas Pacific 8 Tol O Cen preferred 73 Union Pacific 734 U S Express 40 Wabash St L Pacific 4 Wabash St L Pac preftrred 6y Wells Fargo Express 97 Western Union 85 Wheeling L E 8 Wheeling L E preferred 36 Minn SL Louis 18 Denver Rio Grande 12 General Electric 3414 National Linseed 17 2 Col Fuel I 29 Col Fuel 1 preferred 2 H X Tex Cent u 10 Tol StPioUfgIS C 534 Tol St Louis K C preferred 10 Southern 9 Southern preferred 29 Tobacco 29U G Tobacco preferred 97 American T C 95 Commercial Cable 150 American Sugar preferred 103 Leather preferred 63 Rubber 23 Rubber preferred 79 Cordage preferred 19 THE TREASURY Washington May 11 Todays statement state-ment of the condition of the treasury shows Available cash balance 269 323154 gold reserve 117938871 FOREIGN FINANCES New York May 1L The Evening Posts financial cablegram says London The stock markets were quiet and steady on the whole the only feature I being the flatness in Americans on the Cuban incident The closing was fat and I at about the lowest Consols were also easier Kaffirs were fat Speculation just now runs largely in shares of cycle companies The settlement will begin tomorrow The Paris bourse opened dull on the selling of Spanish securities I closed better The Berlin market was steady The two million pounds due from Germany Ger-many on account of the Japanese indemnity indem-nity has now been remitted LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool May HWheatSpot steady demand poor No2 red winter 5s 6d No1 hard Manitoba 5s 4d No1 California 5s 5d |