Show i CHICAGO LIVESTOCK LIVE-STOCK EXCHANGE Annual Meting Will Be Held Today NEW SCHEME AFOOT aESoLUTIzN FAVORING TiE NIOA RAGOAX CANAL sugar in Demand on Woll Street But tie Stock Drops a Fraction Just the Same Depression in the General Market Due to Various Causes Railway liond Market Decidedly Weak in Tone Western West-ern Live Stock Markets Fairly Active Chicago Dec 5The executive committee com-mittee of the National Live Stock ex change met in the exchange building at tho stock yards this morning preliminary to the annual meeting to be held by the exchange at the same place tomorrow Tho committee among other things will tomorrow report to the national body the recommendation that the exchange ex-change favor the repeal of the tax on oleomargarine and new legislation plO viding for the uniform inspection of meat The latter subject was discussed for some time and much stIes was laid upon the allegations of inefficiency and irregularity in government methods of mea inspection A report will also be made t the convention covering the work of the committee of three sent to Congress last winter to secure legislation legis-lation looking to the prevention to foreign for-eign embargoes on American packing I products and cattle The committee product ctt 1e commIte approved ap-proved a resolution favoring the Nicaraguan II Nica-raguan canal conducted under the control con-trol of the United States THE COUNTRYS CASH Washington Dec 5Todays statement state-ment of the condition of the treasury shows Available cash balance 5173 B6S701 gold reserve S 79527303 WALL STREET New Ylrk Dee Speculation opened weak with fractional declines generally except in Sugar which was in demand In anticipation of time declaration later in the day of the regular quaVtclry dividend divi-dend People who are well informed as to the legal aspects of the proceedings against the company in this state be licve that they will be ineffectual Subsequently Sub-sequently on free offerings from inside sources the stock dropped a fraction below be-low yesterdays closing The volume of I business in I though less than on j Wednesday made up nearly onefourth of the total of the general market Then The-n prices showed slight net change In the railway list the international shares displayed especial heaviness of foreign selling of Chesapeake Ohio Denver Rio Grande preierred and Louisville Lou-isville Nashville The depression in the general market was variously due to anticipation of fair ly large exports of gold on Saturday ac a bills against gold were about all that ap peared in the exchange market Apprehension Apprehen-sion or renewed movements disturbing currency cur-rency and other hnancial discussions also had weigh and together with the European Euro-pean selling induced liquidation Th option to depress prices were improved im-proved to the utmost by the professionals profession-als especially in the industrials There was trade little of interest in the afternoon The railway bond market was decidedly decid-edly weak in tone Business was only moderate the sales aggrsgatmg 51330000 Among the more noteworthy declines ee Montana Central sis 1V > percent per-cent Union Pacific Denver Gulf firsts It Oregon Short Line consol fives trust pjoeipts and Seattle Lake Shore Eastern East-ern firsts 1 p cent Colorado Midland lirst trust receipts dale li4 per cent Government bonds new 4s registered and coupon up 3s and respectively others steady State bonds inactive Railroad bonds heavy Money on call easy at 2V per cent last loan per cent closed 2 percent per-cent Prime mercantile paper 4i5 per cent Sterling exchange firm with actual bus incas in bankers bills at 489489Vi for demand and 4S7 = t4SS for sixty days Posted rates 48489 and 4SOi490 Commercial bills 4S694 Silver certificates 6H 6 NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET New York Dee 5 WOOL Dull COPPER Easy brokers price lOS f exchange price 1075 SILVER 67 LEAD Firm brokers price 5327U exchange ex-change price 330 TIN Steady straits 1410 1420 plates fairly active 110fH20 COFFEE Options opened steady with September 10 points higher and other months 5 points higher to 5 points lower ruled quiet with foreign buying offset by good selling Closed firm at 1525 points net advance Sales 17500 bags including cluding March 13201345 December 1345 bi355 Spot coffee Rio dull No 7 14i mild dull Cordova 18 > SUGAR Raw quiet but firmer fair refining re-fining 3yjQ3 relined active and firm CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET The leadKis futures were ivs rollowxt WHJflAT No 2 I upen I High I Low I Cioen Dee 15614 I jST i 1 56 1 6f Jan 57 4 jSS 1 < 18 t 57fe 1iJ iOsGO6l 1 r O161 CORN No 2 I Open i High I ixi w ieidi I Dee 12 4 I 26 l25 26 Jan Ij2G 261i26 25Ts26 26V May 2S = 29fc 2S4 j26y July ps4 SOU i2e4 j oO L OATS No 2 I Open I High I Low I Clojo Dee j 1 1 117 May 20 l202020 j 12o1 I MESS PORK Per oarrel I Open I High i Low i Close Dee I I 7S2 I 785 I 780 I 7bO Jan I S67 S75 I SC5 I 865 May j I 205 J 910 i 5024 I 905 LARDPer 1An lbs I Open 1 Hign I Low 1 Cloie De I j 520 Ja 535 53 1 535 I 535 May oCO 56Y i 55T 560 SHORT RIBS Per 100 lba I Open I High i Low I Close Dee I 43 JaJ 43Ph t 440 437m4 4373 May 460 I 4623j I 460 460 Cash quotations were a follows FLOUR Nominal WHEAT Spring No 2 5657 No2 red 6061k CORN No 2 2 OATS No 2 17 No 2 white 13S20U o 3 white 1S18 ½ RYENO 2 3535 FLAX SEED No 1 92 MESS PORKPer barrel 7SO790 LARD Per 100 pounds 532555 SHORT RIBS Sides loose 435440 SHOULDERS Dry salted boxed 450 0175 f SHORT CLEAR SIDES Boxed 450 WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gallon 122 Article I Kec i hlP Flour his I SOOOJ iJTooo a Wheat bush 1113000 333000 bu < Wheat 1110000100000 Oats bush211000121000 Rye bush 4000 2000 4 Barley bush 7010 On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market w fn creameries IS21 T dairies 1120 Eggs firm 13f21 lSf2 SAN FRANCISCO WHEAT San Francisco Do 5 WHEAT Quiet Qui-et May L05 CHICAGO LIE STOCK Chicago Dec 5Good fat cattle were once more plentiful but prices were not any better a the demand was fa from active Dressed beef firms xro well supplied with beef and no particular Improvement 0 Im-provement In trade or in prices is expected ex-pected until after Christmas a poul tty and game are lately substituted form for-m Ft beef and mutton at this time Sales of beef sattle were on a basis of 300475 The stocker and feeder branch of the market was rather slow with sales chiefly chief-ly at 250350 The demand for light stock cattle has fallen off materially Butchers and canners were fairly active ave at yesterdays decline There was a good demand for hogs once more from Chicago packers and the supply was largely taken by noon Sales were at 340365 for common to 30365 prime droves Pigs sold at 340360 The sheep trade was fairly active once more good flocks alone showing firm ness Trade continued mostly local with sales on a basis of 150350 for sheep and 240440 for lambs Fat western sheep were wanted at 300325 KANSAS CITY LIVE SOCK Kansas City Dec 5 CATTLE Receipts Re-ceipts 6000 market weak and lower cows and heifers L00325 stockers and feeders 2500350 > HOGS Receipts 16300 shipments 1 100 opened steady closed 5 cents lower bulk of sales 340345 3035 SHEEPReceipts 2300 shipments 100 steady and unchanged OMAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha Dec < a CATTLE Receipts 0 0 market steady native steers 326 450 westerns 275375 cows and heifeis 250S3io canners 150240 stockers and feeders 2705350 calvos 2507550 HOGS Receipts 7500 active and steady heavy 335345 mixed 3335340 light 3301if340 pigs 325340 bulk of sales 335ff34d SHEEP Receipts 200 market firm natives na-tives 32VSo25 westerns 200fi300 common com-mon 425 stock she < ep 175275 lambs l 300 FOREIGN FINANCES New York Dec 5Tho Evening Posts financial cablegram The stock markets were idle today but with a fairly steady tone except for Americans which closed at the worst Fears are felt here of 3 premium on gold in America ere long and a protective tariff is also dreaded as tending tend-ing to cripple the revival in trade already al-ready commenced Consols kept steady the glut of money contracting the influence in-fluence of politics The coin and bullion in the Bank of England increased this 173330000 to the highest figure ever recorded The gold imported for the week amounted to 1908000 but the coin has gone Into home I circulation as usual at the end of the crculation month Other deposits are up 891000 anu I the money market is now very easy again 1 Paris Dec 5The settlement Is terminating termin-ating satisfactorily No failures are announced an-nounced et Possibly there may be one or two tomorrow but no important ones Berlin Dec 5The markets were steady today but there is no revival of speculation specula-tion LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool Dec 5WHEATSpot Steady demand moderate No 2 red winter 5s 3d No 2 red spring stocks exhausted ex-hausted No 1 hard Manitoba 5s P1d No 1 California 5s 4d futures opened firm d higher closed firm Ad higher December 5s 5d January 5s 3d March 5s 4d Tebruary 5s 4d April us 5d May 5s 5d BOSTON QUOTATIONS Boston Dec 5Atchison 16 4 Bell 199V C B Q S2zs Mexican Central 1114 Oregon Short Line 7 San Diego 3 B M 6 f B B 15 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS New York Dec i Bulwer 45 OntarIo fcOO Chollar SaOplilr Irs Crown Point u i7Plvmouti < 0 C Va 2 QuloUsllrfcT 2 Or o Deadwood ilt 1 Preferred 1650 G k C ia Sierra Nevada a 08 H 1N 8 Standard 13 Homestake 20 U 1 Union Con 48 Iron SHver 20 Yellow Jacket 2o Me canum 30 SA FRA1CISCO MINING San Francisco Dee 5 The official closing quotations lor mining stocks todav were as follows Alta 15Kentuck Cft Alpha Con 221 Lady Washington Oi Andesu 22 Mexican 3 Belcher St Mono nn Belle Isle n Mount Dinbloo JoE Jo-E J B fS Occidental Con 76 Bodie Con aOphir 1 0 Bullion Overman 0 BulwerCon Potosi n 61 Caledonia dBiSavage wo 41 Challenge Con 25iScorpon Oi Chollar n 27 Sierra NPT ad a 6 Confidence Silver Hill O C t va 2 15 Silver King 2u Con Imperial 01 Union Con m 00 Con New York Utah I Con I Crown Point 2T Yellow Jacket 22 Exchequer 06Sllver bars 67 Gould Curry 27Mexicandol 5 < Ha5 HN 1 Drarts sight 2yj Julau U2 Dralts telegraph 5 Justice I RAILROAD AND OTHER BONDS Now York Dec 5 Atchison 10V Northern Pncn 4 Adams ETpreB3143 Preferred 15 Am ExpreJsuU4 U P D Go CJ 1 B 0 5 Northwestern 106 Js 55 Preferred 149 Canada Pac Prefered 19 Canada Sou 5 N Y Central Sy7j Central Pao 16 OreImp 04 Ches O 17H OrcNav 18 Chicago Alton IfS Ore S L U N 7 C Bffi Q 824 Pittsburg167 Chicago Gas 649 Pullman Pulace163 Con Gas UT I Reading lO Ji f C I 4 R G W 17 DL W U6 Preferred 40 D K G pref 46S Rock Island i3M DCF Co 18V I St Paul 71 is Erie 12Y Peorred12 Preferred Ki BtPO 41K Fort Wayne 107 l Preferred 12u Great Nor pref117 Southern Pac 2li y Illinois Central 8 Sugar Recnery1O1 ° Lake nora J9 I Union Pac Cd I Lead Trust 30 iU G Express 42 Man Con IDlW 1 Wells Farpo Exluo MichCen HI Western Union S7 Missouri Pac 29t DEG l3tt KS Cordage 6tma GenEleo My Preferred 13 Col Fueii 2 1 J Central K5 1 Preferred 9s 91 North Am Co C5 GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS Sew York Dee 5 U S4s reenowl20XlD R G 7s 113ft 13 New4snow couplSO jD RG4S P3 I S Esreg 1HJJN J Cent Genlhs 119 U SIs coup li = NorPaclstsil34 U S4sre 1101 Nor Pae 2dslt1 U S 4scoup Illy NW Consols hIS U ESsreg 97 NW S Fcleb 5sIll Pacillo 6sof 9310 R G W lst 77 Missouri 6s 10 St P Con Bois 7811 Atchieon 78 Do C P VVEBlliV < Ditto Second A 27 U StLS F rendsiOl Canada So 2nds lJ tLP Ists of 96iu3y C Pao lstsot055l01 |