Show I NO EFFECT ON O STEET I S EE Message Was of Little Consequence to Stock Operators ONLY THE U P AFFECTED SIGHT DECLINE BY FEASON OF ONB PARAGRAPH Some Railway Stocks Advanced But Coalers Were Weak IXtcney Market Mar-ket Notably Easy But Sterling Exchange Weak Bar Silver 6U Grain Markets New York Dec Although speculators ulators in stocks have sought to influence in-fluence prices for several weeks by surmises sur-mises on the contents of the presidents message the actual publication of the document today had little effect on the market There was nothing in it that came as a surprise almost every point havins been accurately foretold in detail de-tail Prices of stocks had been advanced ad-vanced to some extent in anticipation of the message and there was some expectation ex-pectation that its publication would be met by a decline caused by realizing sales But the market held fairly steady After its publication until a raid by the bears in the final hour which was encouraged by the weakness of New Jersey Central and the Coalers UNION PACIFIC AFFECTED Union Pacific was directly affected by the paragraph devoted to it in the message and declined nearly a point Most of the days movement of prices was however due to special causes and was especially marled in the specialties spe-cialties Sugar was the leader in point of activity and strength and advanced at one time 3 ½ point Its strength was caused by the approaching dividend period and belief in the advantage arising from the newly applied countervailing counter-vailing duties valm dutes RAILWAYS ADVANCE Some 6f todajs railway statements of earnings for the fourth week in November No-vember were so favorable as to lift the piiccs of their stocks The Centers were decidedly weak Thc money market continued notably easy and it was reported that large sums are offering on time loans for Chicago and other western banks in this market Notwithstanding the ease of money and a sharp stiffening in the discount rate both in London and Berlin sterling ster-ling exchange was weak The bond market was active with the exception of an interval of dullness at midday and prices advanced without with-out interruption Total sales 37SU00 > U S bonds were unchanged in bid prcesMONEY MONEY MARKET Money on call easy at 1W 2 per cent last loan 2 closed 1V prime mercantile mer-cantile paper 34 > per cent Steillng exchange weak at 485 ½ 4 So for demand and 4 S2t for 60 days Posted rates 4 834 84 and 4G 487 commercial bills 482 Silver certificates 59 G60c bar all vet ftc Mexican dollars 4740 Government bonds firm state bonds dull railroad bonds strong SALES OF STOQKS The total sales of stocks today were 309300 including Burlington 1J130 L N 7753 Manhattan 23952 Mo Pacific 13040 N J C 14 552 Northern Pacific 3 246 preferred 11732 Rock Island 14S9J St Paul 57535 Union Pacific 8 27a Peoples Gas 14495 Sugar Su-gar 71897 Western Union 3994 C f G W 15410 BONDS U S n 4s tog RSLN J C 5s 112i Li S n 4s c1SIN Pacific Ists 11J U S 4s do 3s 6 b S 4s coup114 do 4s S3 U S 2Jb 89 N i W Csl2l U S u s reg1l42 orthvv con 141 5 U S 5 couplH74 do deb 5s 110 D R G Isle l0SiO N Ists 115 O I G s 90 0 Nay is 92 9t II 1 C 5s11 10 S L 6s t r113 H T C con 0 S L os t rlO I 105 O 1 lets t r 100 K P con t r 901i 1 5d t r 2j K pp 1st tb Den Reading 4s 8 5 < i Div t r112 In G V Ists 83A La n con 4s100Unlon Pac Ists 10H SI K T 2ds Mall P D G la 51 N Tstdli IU N Y f lets 119 I NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Chollar 3a Ontario 2 50 Crown Point l Ophir 05 eC Va 1 W Imymouth 8 Deadwood SO QuicksIlver 1 0 uould 5 Curry 35 preferred 9 frJ I nale < Nor 1 2 Sierra Nevada 50 uomestake 30 0 Standard o 110 I Iron Silver 20 Union Con 20 Mexican 25Ycliow Jacket 28 NEW YORK CLOSING STOCKS Atchison 1 Heading 21 Preferred tSh Hock Island 90 B A O lA St Paul 931 Can Pacific 80O 1 Preferred l1j Ches Ohio 21 Sa Pacific 20 Chi Es Alton Ibl vex < Pacific m Vi Del i Hudson 10S U P t r 2ji I C B < Q 90 U P D G S i Del A Hudson 103 Wabash 77a Del l L ludsonl0 reterred IS D LRG ilrr Adams Express Preferred 45 American Ex 115 Ft Wayne 1C9U S Express 40 Gt Nor urefIO Wells largo 112 ills Central10244 C F 1 1 Lake Shore 113 > 4 Preferred 2H Mich Central 102 Gen Electric 33 I 7llo Pacific 32Vi Lead 311i 51 K T 3oi Preferred 104 Preferred 343 O I Co t r loV Nlj eK 83 Pullman Pal 1 Ii2fe NYC 10714 Silver Cert 59 Nor West 13 S R Twine 4 No Pacific 10Sugar 141 Preferred ElI Preferred 111 O R Nav 36R G Western 21 O S L IS 1 Preferred 5G IMttsburg 16734 |