Show iWALL STREEI S EENT nets In Stocks Trading Were jIfOV Broad and Deep I PROMINENT BULL FACTOR MAINE INCIDENT HAS EXERTED GOOD INFLUENCE Large Interests Absorbing Securities With Great Confidence Railways Well Represented I the Advance Drop I Exchange Bond Deal ings Large Prices Improved New York Jan 26If the strength In yesterdays stock market was to bi attributed at-tributed to a natural recovery from the scare caused by the Maines departure for Havana there could be no doubt of the underlying strength and breadth of to days market for securities The Maine Incident has In fact been converted Into an actual bull factor In th3 stock market the exchange of courtesies at Havana being be-ing looked upon as promising more towards to-wards smoothing relations between the two countries than anything that has yet occurred BROAD AND DEEP The movements of todays market were I broad and deep and left no room to doubt that large Interests were absorbing securities se-curities with great confidence and on avery a-very wih scale Hay purchases of 1000share blocks were frequent In leading lead-ing stocks and all through the list there were a number of transactions In bonds In which 100000 par value changed hands In one block Almost ever group of railway rail-way properties In the market was represented I repre-sented In the advance The Group of New York corporations I ro enl was eafr exception and showed signs of heaviness London continued a large factor though Its purchases were probably not as large is this market a was the case yesterday yester-day DROP IN EXCHANGE The exchange reflected the further effect ef-fect of Its development with a sharp drop of sid actual rate for demand sterling I Cringing It down to 484 This Is the point which has started the two last import Im-port movements of sold and there was I talk In the street today of gold Imports This would be the more remarkable In vljw of the hardening tendency of money rates abroad and the continued ease here The local money market showed no effect from todays surrender by New York banks of tho first 10 per cant Installment of the government deposit on account of I the Union Pacific sale This transaction resulted In practically wiping out the sub I treasury debit balance at the clearinghouse clearing-house today which has ben running recently re-cently from over half a million to nearly I a million dollars a day Dealing In bonds was large and prices generally Improved Total sales oa70000 generlb 4s coupon and the new 4s declined de-clined c bid and the 5s coupon advanced advanc-ed A bid CALL MONEY Close Money on call easy 102 percent per-cent last loan 15 per cent prime mercantile I mer-cantile paper 3Q3i per cent sterling exchange change weak with actual buslnsss In I I I bankers bills at 8P4 for demand and at 1 banker bis for 6 days posted rates I 4S3g4S3 ½ and 4S5S4S6 commercial bills 54S1 I Silver certificates 56fi57c bar sliver IGc Mexican dollars 44ic Government bonds weak state bonds dull railroad bonds strong I SALES OF STOCKS Total sales of stocks today were 4S7700 shares including the following Atchison I preferred 11660 B 0 55S3 C B Q prefered B 7B75 L 1 N 9S05 Manhattan 21260 2l 8556 Missouri Pacihic Reading preferred 886 Paclle 360 M K T SC I K T preferred pre-ferred E92O N Y Central 47550 d North I j American 23000 Northern Pacific it i Northern Pacific preferred 2110 Ontario fi Western 19220 Reading 7COo Rock estern St Paul 29130 Union Pacific I I Pa-cific 44040 American Spirits 14S30 Tobacco I To-bacco 3S20 Chicago Great Western 81C5 Peoples Ga 10100 Consolidated 18e 4190 General Electric 3C70 Laclede I Gas 5SOO Sugar 17974 I 580 Sugr BOND QUOTATIONS U S new 4s res127 N Y Cent Ists116 I Do coup12S N J C 55 112 U S 4sfl2t No Pac Ists 116 Do coup114w Do 3s 6 Do lads100 i Do 4s 96 I i i i U S 5s res 113 Nor W 6s 12J Do 5s coup U434 N W consols 144 Can So 2nds IO Do deb 5s 118 i T I R G isis 1071 O Nav ists115 D R G 4s 9l4 0 Nay 4s 95 H T C 5s 11Ot4O SL 6s t T126 Do con 6s 106 0 S L 3s t r 99 Town C Ists 100 0 Imp Ists t r109 K ji con t r 99 D 5s t r 59 K P 1st D D t rib Reading 4s St La new con 41102 R G W lets S i N Unl 4s 5G Union Pac isis 121 lKT2nds6S UPDG1sts56 Do 4s 8 I STOCK QUOTATIONS Atchison 12 Reading 2 Preferred 30 Rock Island 92 Bait Ohio l 14 St Paul 95 i I Can Pac S9lZ Preferred 144 I Chen S Ohio 225So Pac 2 I I Chi Alton 163 Tex Pac l C B Q 99 Union Pac 3 I Del Hudson112 U P D G 9 I Del L W152 Wabash 7 1 I D R G 12 Preferred 181 Preferred 4S Adams Et153 i Fort Wayne 119 < Am Ex 118 11 i Gt Nor pfd J30 United States 40 I Iii Central 107Wlls Fargo 112 i i l lg Lake Shore lS5ICol F Iron 24 I I Mich Cent 101 t Preferred 70 Mo Pac 345 iGen Electric 35 I 11 K T r 13Lad 3 Preferred 1344 Preferred 10 N J C > nt 94 Ore Imp Co 2 1 Y rent 1173d Pullman al1 Nor Lln Silver Cert 56 I Nor Pac 27 I St Rope Tw 4 Preferred 64Sugar 1374 I O R N 49 Vdstern Union i 3 I Ore Short Line 24 JR I Gt W 22 I Plttsburg 16S I Preferred 55 1 j NEW YORK MINING STOCKS i Chollar Ontario 250 Crown Point 25 Ophir 55 Con at Va 100Plymouth S Deadwood SO Quicksilver 100 Gould Curry 30 Preferred 300 Hale NOrc 120 Sierra Nevada G Homestake 4000 Standard 140 Iron Silver 3 Union Con 2 Mexican 2 Yellow Jacket SO SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS San Francisco Jan 6The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows Alta Justice 4 Alpha Con 7Kentuck Con 4 Andes 16 Mexican 2 Belchsr It Occidental Con 160 3ei7 i Belcher 5 Ophir 6 Bullion 10 Overman 9 Caledonia 19 PotosI 33 Caleonia Challenge Con 33 Savage 17 I Chollar 2 Scorpion 5 Confidence s Sierra Nevada u 9 Con Cal 6 Va 115 Silver Hill 3 7on Imperial 1 Union Con r 47 Crown Point 2 Utah Con 1 Gould Curry 3 Yellow Jacket 3 Hale Norcross 130 Standard 143 Julia 1 BRITISH STOCKS MARKET Americans Rise Steadily and Closed at the Best New York Jan 26 Evening Posts London Lon-don financial cablegram Politics restricted restrict-ed all stock markets here today except Americans which rose steadily and I closed quiet at the b tal fit on New York support New York central support entl and Ontario Western led the rise ro I Other markets were featureless Spanish securities were dull Money rates are tightening still further and more was borrowed today from tho Bank of England I Eng-land The East Indian Hallway was offered of-fered 600000 of 2 per cent debentures at only ST Only SOOuO was applied for an I Indication showing the way In which money rates are perhaps tending Silver I London London Jan 26 Consols U 1116 silver sil-ver 26 316d CHICAGO GRAIN REVIEW I Fluctuations In Wheat Yesterday the Result of Scalping Chicago Jan 2GThe opening In wheat was fn May starting at 94 > 4094c an advance of 1 S c while July was li 5c higher at S5c This was partly due to the firmness at Liverpool where 8d a j I vance was shown The destruction of the East St Louis elevator with 250000 bush JI els of whcit also had some effect a It was expected to cause buying Trom there The contrary proved to be the case New loris reported good foreign demand with the May price up 7 cents Against this I was the big snowfall arid tfie bearishness I I this caused wasaSpsciallj inaried In Ju I ly There wete no signs of a renewal of j i I the the Leiter price of bidding that delivery for January up to which 1 r I day but nevertheless the sudden advance I ss j I In pries which that maneuver caused i I yesterday made the bears rather cause tmid and each attack on 5ia ivas Allowed by I a rally Toward midday however the market was allow dto sag May had I touched 97Tfcc and reacted to 34c several times but about 12 oclock the price had gradually declined to 9393s The fluc tuations were apparently the result of scalping as no news of Importance cams in ca Todays clearances from Atlantic ports were equal to 415000 tTushels Liverpool closed Sfcd higher for futures Paris from 5 centimes to 10 centimes higher for wheat and Hour and Antwerp 12 centimes 1 higher About 10 minutes from the close the pit suddenly took on a scene of activity January Jan-uary had been practically nominal at about 96c all day but before tho Leiter people got through with It the prlca waa 101 It closed at 1 May responded to I this rally much more readily than It did yesterday The market had been rather oversold anyway anti the Jump In January I Jan-uary coming just after fresh war news In the shape of a report that a British gunboat had seized a steamer loaded with arms and ammunition In the GulC of Oman and consigned to Russian housed started shorts on a hurried hunt for I cover The top price was reached on this bulge May closed decidedly strong at 94c July Ju-ly had sold as low as S4c early In the day but rallied and closed at SS gc Not much was done In corn May ranged from 23T424c and 235 023TsC and closed ic higher at 2324c Provisions were active and steady At the close May pork was 5 cents lower May lard 5 cents lower and May ribs 2o lower Estimated receipts Thursday Wheat 15 cars corn 75 cars oats SO cars hogs 26000 head The leading futures ranged as follows 4 WHEAT No 2 I Open I High Low CloseT Jan 96 101 Close-T 100 May 942094 94 9395 OW July 55 m L m CORN No 2 I Open I High I Low > Close Jan 27 27I 27l 27 May 25ff292929 July 30 30 3iI030 OATS No 2 I Open I High I Low Close Jan I May 23i237W24 3333723724 July 33I21h2222ijtj3321IO3374i JulyMESS MESS FORK Per Bbl I Open High I i Low Close Jan 992 324f M5I 9S7h May 1002 1005 995 J 9974 LARDPer 100 Lbs 1 Open I High i Low t Close Jan 4S5 May 492 495 487 487 July 500 500 497 497 SHORT RIBS Per 100 Lbs I Open I High I Low I Close Jan I 490 I i May 492 500 J 492 495 Cash quotations were as follows Wheat No 2 spring 90092c No 3 spring SS092C No 2 red 97c0LOO Corn No 2 27027Hc Oats No 2 23Vc No 2 white f o b 25c No 3 white f o b 2124sic Rye No 2 46c Barley No 2 f o b 2740c Flax Seed No 1 ILlS Timothy Seed Prime 275 Mess Pork Per barrel 9S799214 Lard Par 100 pounds 4S5 < S4S7 Short Ribs Sides loose 477495 Shoulders Dry salted boxed 475 5 Sides Short clear boxed 497fj515 Whisky Distillers finished goods per gallon 119 Sugars Cut loaf unchanged San Francisco Wheat San Francisco Jan 26 Wheat easier December 133 May itt Coffee and Sugar New York Jar 26 Coffee Options opened steady unchanged closed dull with prices unchanged to 5 points net lower Sales 6230 bags Spot Coffee Rio dull Mild quiet Sales 600 bags Maracalbo lOt bags SavanlUa and luu bags Mexican all p a Sugar Raw steady refined steady Denver Live Stock Denver Jan 25 Cattle Receipts 1000 Market steady to firm native beef steers 13250410 cows 3000350 stockers and feeders 350425 bulls stags etc 200 225 calves 4750600 Hogs Receipts 200 Market steady light packers 3556865 heavy 3250345 mixed 3500360 Sheep No receipts no shipments no quotations Chicago Liye Stock Chicago Jan 26 Cattle Very few lots of beef steers went as low as 400 and the bulk for offerings crossed the scales at 44iiaW i here was the usual scarcity scar-city of strictly choice beeves Stockers and feeders 430ff435 canners 26Xfj275 bologna bulls 2504S300 exporters 350 3SO with an occasional sale at 4000435 i calves 6300700 for choice to prime lots best beef cattle 5256555 1 Hogs Sales were at an extreme range of 3650397 for coarse packers to prime heavy shipping hogs the crest hulk of the offerings finding buyers at 3S00390 pigs 506375 Sheep Fair to prime lambs sold 325S 6CO Inferior to common lambs 400i3 fed western lambs 523g600 Sheep were strong at 3508473 a good many fed westerns bringing 4100460 and yearlings sold at 4506C10 Receipts Cattle 8000 hogs 14000 sheep 8000 Kansas City Live Stock Kansas City Mo Jan 26 Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts official 8300 of which 400 were southern General market active and strong choice grades 10 cents higher Supply of Texans and Indians light Western West-ern steers 350440 western cows and heifers 259W375 native steers 375S510 bulk 4406420 native cows and heifers 225 < 5425 stockers and feeders 3500500 uhis 320IS5 Hogs Receipts official 13000 Market opened steady and slow closed 2l to 5 cents lower Bulk of sales 365 3JO heavies 3600390 packers 36503 i mixed 3600380 heavies 3600390 yorkers york-ers 37303SO pigs 338365 Sheep Receipts official 2900 Market strong and active Five hundred Mexican lambs sold at 540 western sheep 4400443 medium to choice stuff 3500430 Omaha Live Stock Omaha Jan 26 Cattle Receipts 2600 head Market strong to lOc higher native na-tive beef steers 375M75 western steers 350ST440 cows and heifers SOOfMOO canners can-ners If 01i290 stackers and feeders 350 4S6 calves 30O600 bulls stags etc I HoKS Receipts 4900 head Market j hleher 5MOc Heavy 363S375 nUxed 37063 0 light 375S3SO pigs 3JO3 bnk of sales 304373 Sheep Receipts 5900 head Market active ac-tive fair to choice natives 400SJ4a fair to choice westerns 400460 common and stock sheep 350U4W lambs 4500540 |