Show WOOL FLURRY SIMMERS DOWN Market Quiet Though Prices Are Well Maintained STOCK MARkET NERVOUS IXFLUEXCIS UPON SPECULATIVE MOVE31EYTS head anti Silver Qnicl Boinl Prices Agttin Slumped Chicngo General MarKeft SterHns ExclmiiKe Dull Iul Western hiVe stock Mnrlscts General Glimpses S Boston Jan 7Th flurry which attacked at-tacked the wool market ten days ago lias simmered down and the market i quieter although prices are fully maintained main-tained The conditon of the market 5s considered strong with prices in the dealers deal-ers favor While the general expression is that the tariff bill win not pass yet manufacturers do not feel like disregarding garding the movement and ar keeping their eyes open for all available clips I is estimated that during the flurry the weeks business amounted to fully 10OOG000 pounds Fleece wools sar strong with a fair tradfl Territory wools are firmer but the advance has been less marked than with the fleeces Australian wools a selling well at advanced prlces Territory wools Montana fine medium and fine 1114 scoured 363S Montana No 2 medium 14lfi scoured 3233 Utah Wyoming etc5 medium and fine 10303 scoured 34Q35 Utah Wyoming etc1 No 2 medium 12 scoured C2 California wools northern spring 11 33 scoured 3336 middle country spring Ii5il3 scoured 3232 Austrlan scoured basis combing superfine su-perfine 36SO combing good 4346 combing average 40 43 Queensland I combing 42J4L 4013 WALL STREET New York Jan 7Thc stock market i t day was nervous and evidence was pretty clear of support by powerful financial finan-cial interests There wa also an active movement of large dimensions The influences in-fluences operating upon the speculation were not changed in any material decree de-cree Retorts of renewed disturbances both political and financial in Europe and lower prices for our securities in London gave tone to the local opening Accordingly the market started in active ac-tive and heavy Rumors of probable heavy exports of gold by Wednesdays steamer continued discussion of the government gov-ernment call and the probable developments develop-ments incident thereto predictions of tight money and liquidation of investment invest-ment in railroad bonds for local and foreign for-eign account were all taken into account ac-count but I was soon patent to experienced ex-perienced observers that strong hands were under the market No loan certificates certifi-cates were applied for by any of the New York banks and money on call at the stock exchange did not exceed the Ifgal rate and eventually was offered freely at 2 per cent The engagements of gold for shipment by the mid week steamer though fairly large aggregating i0 fell short o the extreme estimates esti-mates The reports of increasing friction fric-tion between England and Germany on the Transvaal question disposed the financial nancial community here to consider the prospect of trouble between this country coun-try and the first named nation in the Venezuelan controversy a very remote The initial prices recorded declines of If2 Pe cen but the selling movements soon abated ard on a considerable diminution I diminu-tion in the volume of business a rally occurred all along the lne The upward movement was inspired by large purchases pur-chases of the International stocks in foreign for-eign account which led to pressure on the part of powerful banking interests acainst the shorts The dealings for London Lon-don were estimated as high as 20000 shares Late in the day the market was tested by the bears and there was some liquidation quidation causing recessions of IfjiTi percent per-cent Among the less active shares Bore wide changes were noted In the final dealings prices stiffened generally The closing was Iln with the changes ir recrulaf Bond prices slumped again today The sales amounted to 51357000 Money on call easy at 2I6 per cent mat m-at loan 3 i per cent closed offered at 3 per cent Prime mercantile paper 69 per cent Sterling exchange dull with actual business busi-ness in bakers bills at 4S94 for demand I and 4Si14S7i for sixty days Posted rates 48S > S and 4902490 Commercial bills 4S6iL I Silver certificates GEf < Government bonds firm and higher I State bonds inactive Railroad bonds weak The total sales of stocks today were 230CS4 shares including American Sugar 44SOO American Tobacco 18400 Atchison S 4SOO Burlington 19200 Chicago Gas 6GOO Distilling 2400 Kansas Texas preferr fd 4300 Lousiville Nashville 12600 Missouri Pacific 5500 Reading 3900 Rock Island 0000 St Paul 54300 Southern Railroad 3200 Southern Railroad 2ro Southen Raird preferred pre-ferred 3600 Tennessee Coal and Iron 27M United States Leather preferred 5500 Rubber 4700 Western Union 10300 S CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago Jan 7 CATTLE Trade was slow and prices were largely 5glO cent lower The choice grades of light weight cattle sold the best the greater part oft of-t e cattle selling at 3S54SO and a few rommon steers find purchasers at 320350 The cow and heifer trade was fairly active at mead prices Bulls sold mostly 675 at 200S225 and primp calves brought 675HOGS HOGS The market was slow and SjtlO cents lower Prime to extra hogs SSo 350 Bulk of sales 3703SO SHEEP There was the usual good demand de-mand from city dressed meat frs and prices were steady on the basis of 200 I13O0 for common to choice native sheep KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Kansas City Jan 7 CATTLE Re ceJcts 6000 shipments 2100 Best grades steady others weak Beef steers 275 6 3 native cows 75340 stockers 2TD I feeders 250 355 bulls 2002S3 HOGS Receipts 1400 shipments none Market weak 5 lower bulk of sales 3ii60 heavies 353 T363 packers 345 365 mixed 340ff3GO lights 330350 yorkers 340J2350 pigs 320340 SHEEP Receipts 3800 shipments none Market steady OMAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha Jan 7 CATTLE Receipts S500 Market slow weaker all sold Native steers 2752405 westerns 275 360 Texans 225igi335 cows and heifer 5406325 cannes lSOfMiO stockers and feeders 2765350 calves 250275 bulls stairs etc L75300 HOGS Receipts 3800 Market sc lower active at 1 Ine HeaT 345355 mixed 345 350 light 3453521 pigs S10345 bulk of sales 345 350 SHEEP Receipts 3 market firm n3 tives 22SiS2S westerns 200310 common com-mon and stock sheep 200300 lambs 300S345 CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET Caicasro Jan 7 WHEAT Was easier 4 for a second or two at the opening but soon became strong England was a liberal lb eral and anxious buyer at the seaboard taking forty boat loads at New York for prompt shipment country millers counl mier showed up in force here and paid 2e In store over May price for 157000 bush cia of No 2 red the Argentine crop was said to be damaged to the extent of 20 per cent by rain and the stocks of wheat In Europe and afloat therefore are 212S 0 less than they were a week ago There was one cloud on the horizon however that was well watched The financial situation Is assuming a serious case But too news and the situation generally favored better prices The Liverpool Liv-erpool cable quoted wheat higher and consols lower due I was said to the te S critical situation In potltal affairs and I the advices concerning the Argentine i crop were quite unsatisfactory The r > celots in the northwest were fully 200 cars less than yesterday and only 12 cars more than a week ago The Worlds shpment last week were officially reported re-ported at C512000 bushels or about 700 0 bushels under the estimated weekly requirements All this tended to alarm shorts and there was active covering with only limited offerings and the competition com-petition set prives up easily On the first advance however there were free realizing real-izing sales which started the re of J But the late cables brought the BOWS of a further advance abroad and the buying ever again set in and there was another advance which wag well held at let up to the noon hour Tie corn market was strong and a mod erate amount of speculative business I was done a Oats were fairly active and strong influenced acve song fluenced by corn Shorts were the prin prn dual buyers Live stock receipts were considerably larger than were expected and in consequence conse-quence products suffered considerably in price The loadlig futures were iv follcwai W lBATNo 5 I 7 I Open i HlKti Low i Olom Ja 0614 5 56 57 Feb J5GV > i 50 15T May 53 0 J58 60 8 July 59f 164 11 61 CORN No S I I Open i High i iowan Oow S J iow-an 26 12Gi 126 2G lsy j2 j j2S k 2i 2HI IlIay 29V4 129 I I20 I 2 OATS No I Open I HIghj I Low i Cl Jan j I 1 17 Feb 117 17 i7 17 May l9U 11T 1 jms 117 ilESS POR1C Per barrel I Open i High i LoU Ian Clone J i-an i 07H TOS r57i2 MJ725T May 50IY J I j 940 192 j LAHD Per 103 IDS I Open I Higu Law o Jan I 542 ½ I 543 542 545 MayjS70 572 1521 154 SHORT RIBSPer 100 lbs I Open I High i Low I dole Jan 445 Mayj 475 477 470 I 475 Cash quotations were as ow FLOUR Nominal WHAT Spring No2 58 No 3 1 spring 56V No 2 red 61163Vfc CORNNo 2 26 OATS No 2 lib17 No2 white 19 S i 2o i No3 white 1S19 19U RYENo 2 33A BARLEY No 2 nominal No 3 21S33 No 4 2 FLAX SEEDNo1 92 TIMOTHY Prime seed 377 MESS PORKPer barrel Di292 1 LARDPer 10 pounds 940 t925 SHORT RIBS Sides loose 440445 SHOULDERSDry salted boxed 437 I 4671h SHORT CLEAR SIDESBoxed 467 t 475 4Gn i WHISKY Distillers finished goods per I gallon 122 Article 1 HpC I nlp Flour bbls 1 6000 6000 Wheat bush I 28000 55000 Corn bush 205000 130000 Oats bush 1250000167000 Rye bush j SiOOOl 2000 Barley bush 51000 21000 On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was steady dairy 1220 creamery 1924 Eggs steady fresh S 9 i cheese 4 LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool Jan 7W H E A T Spot steady demand moderate No2 red winter win-ter 5s 2d No 2 red spring stocks exhausted ex-hausted No 1 hard Manitoba 5s 4d No1 California 5s 5d futures opened dull 1hd lower closed firm dd higher January 3s 4d February 5s 5J4d March 3s 6d April 5s 6d May 5s 4Vd CORN Spot quiet American mixed new 3s 2d Futures opened quiet dower l d-ower closed firm id higher January and February 3s 2d March 3s 3d April 3s 3d May 3s 34d June 3s 3 d dFLOURSteady FLOURSteady demand poor St Louis fancy winter 7s 3d Hops at London Lon-don Pacific coast 2 pounds NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Nol York Jan 7 Bclwer 12 Ontario 800 ChoUaru POOphtr ISO Crown Point n 30 Plymouth 20 C a Va 2 SO QnIcksiivr2 CO Deadwood 60 Preferrea 1400 G C 55 Sierra Nevada 6 B Nl2OStandard 50 I Homestnke 2Q odlUnlon Con 60 IronSiyer i SYellow JaoUei bO helicaL CO SAN FRANCISCO MINING San Frimolsco Jan 7 Tho official closing quotations for minIng stocks today were as follows Alta 12 Kentuck Con 0 Alpha Con e 2 il Lady Washington UI Andes 53 Meiictn 63 Belcher 32 1 Mono 05 Belle Isle n Mount Diablo Ii B B 1 O Occidental Con 77 Bodle Con WjOphir 1 6J Bullion HilOverman g 3 Buhrcr Con 1 I Potosi 05 Caledonia KilSavnge 33 Challenge COt 34Scorpion 02 Cuollar 51 Sierra Nevada CP Confluence I 2 Silver Hill 02 C c Va 2 60 Silver King 2 Con Imperial 02 Union Con M Con New York ri Utah Con 08 Crown Point 29 Yellow Jacket i2 Exchequer C8 Silver bars f6 Goulfi CurryMexIcandol i 53Ka5i HN 1 2i Drafts sight Par I Julia fDralts 1 telegraph Par Justice C4I An assessment of lOc per share has been levied on Mono GOVERNMENT AND OTHER B ms Sow York Jan r U S4s regnew114 < D R G 7s ItO New4sneiv couplHvj D R G 48 SirS Si-rS Bsreg II2H NJCentGonl Ill US 5s coup H2v > Ncr Paolsts i3 U S 4srec 1C81S Nor Poe Ids 101 pj g U S4scoup 19 N W Console 133 U S2sreg 56 NW S Foeb 53Hl Pacific Csot05100 R G TV lain 7U Missouri Oslthi St P Consols 7s 123 Atchison COvj Do C P W 5H109 Ditto Second A 20e StLS F cAn dslOo Canada So 2nd3 Iti UP Istsof 8810414 C Pao 1s1sot 9510 14 RAILROAD AND OTHER BONT > Now York Jan 7 Atchison 13 Northern Pacu 24i Adams Express 40 Preferredhh fl Am ExpreJS in U 1 I > < u 34 B 0 30 North Hestern SOU CanadaPacti Preferred O Canada 46 N Y Central 9 4 Central PaD 1 OreImp 3t Ches O iShOreNav 15 Chicago Alton 153 OreS L U N e C B Q 73 PHtGburg 163 Chicago Gas C3HH Pullman Palace lO Con Gas u HH Heading 2i Colo 0 1 u 2 R G XV 13 D LW lS I Preferred 0 D K G pret 40 Rock Islandh M DOE COh 14 St PauL C3J Ene SIb Preferred 124H Pieferred 2PH St P 0 d2W Fort Wayne 161 Preferred118 Great Nor pret 110 SovtlernPao jQj Illinois Central Ij Sugar Relner S0 LaiteEliora135k Union Pac 2i4 Lead rust 1 U S Express 4 31 Man Can 19 Wells Fargo Ex BO SUch Cenn f3 Western Union 83U Missouri Pac 2 D 1tG jujj 1 N S Cordage un Gen Elec 23 i Preferred W Cot FuelJ I 2H N Central P5 Preferred 98 Nona Am Co |