Show A SPASOII1CAKET Futile Efforts of Stocks to Climb to a Secure Station CHICAGO GAS LEADING I I SUGAR COMES NEXT IN POINT OF ACTIVITY I In Chicago Corn Beached the Lowest Low-est Decline In aionthsrollowed By Wheat and OatsRumor In I London That Bank Is Borrowing On Consols Western Markets I New York Oct HThe action of prices in todays market might be likened lik-ened to the toilsome and arduous efforts ef-forts of a weakened animal to climb to a secure station only to be continuously con-tinuously tumbled backward by a single sin-gle hostile stroke The ready success of the bears in depressing prices led them occassionally to take profits These spasmodic covering movements were achieved without affecting any marked change in the general level of prices and the upward course soon resulted re-sulted in an almost stagnant condition There would be a spirit of activity whenever the bears renewed their raid and apparently the desire to sell only ceased when the bears ceased in setting set-ting the example by short selling Chicago Gas continues to occupy by far the LARGEST SHARE OF ATTENTION and ranged over 4 points during the day Sugar which came next in point of activity was also under very heavy pressure and declined at one time 3 twints below last nights level The firmest tone of the market during the day was in the last hour and it looked as though prices would be allowed to recover to within a fraction of last nights close but a renewed drive In I the last ten minutes of trading knocked i the toilsome climbers again Net losses ranged from 1 to 2 per cent in the most j active stock in the list There was no reflection of any development In affairs i of the day in the course of prices the market being wholly professional The fact was demonstrated with sufficient clearness that yesterdays recovery was nota resumption of a sustained upward course of prices but was simply sim-ply due to PROFESSIONAL MANIPULATION to force a covering of the short contracts con-tracts which had been freely put out for a day or two previously The gold which was shipped from Europe last week began to arrive today 3200000 being deposited In the assay offices and 5150000 In the clearing house vaults The money market continues easy though with no appreciable change in rates Sterling exchange was steady in spite of the advance to 3 per cent in the Bank of Englands rate of discount No further engagements of gold for import are announced but they are considered likely before the week closes and the sharp fail in the rate of exchange ex-change of Paris leads to the supposition that the next shipments will be from there The trade statement for September Sep-tember issued by the government makes it likely that the excess of exports ex-ports over Imports for that month will be found to foot up 55000000 against nearly 4iooocoo for August and over 1 517000000 for July j The delayed cotton movement which j has not yet attained Its full force Insures i In-sures an additional heavy trade balance bal-ance in favor of this country for the i current month The movement of gold for the season Is therefore considered certain to be heavy unless the rates for money in foreign financial circles shall advance so fir as to make it more profitable not to draw on these foreign credits for gold shipments I BOND DEALINGS Dealings in bonds were on a reduced scale and the tone was weak though fluctuations were unimportant Total sales 1350000 United States old 4s j were advanced r4 bid The total sales of stocks today were 391050 shares including Atchison preferred pre-ferred 11831 C O C030 C B I Q 2SCG5 Li N loloO Manhattan L 4350 Missouri Pacific S733 M K T preferred 5105 N J C 3545 Northern Pacific preferred 10643 Northwest 3SOO Reading 5400 Rock Island 14807 St Paul 3G 55S St Paul i Omaha 3210 Union Pacific 12100 I Bay State Gas 5445 Chicago Gas 70820 Sugar 37042 Western Union 5075 Chicagp Great Western 11550 BOND QUOTATIONS U S new 4s wg127 N Y Cent lsts117 U S new4s I N J C Sa1124 coup 12714 N P lits110 IT S Is 113VN T 3s lIlt V S 4s coupIll N P 4a Sip U S 2s rep 931 N W Ge123 U S 5s reti1357k Nwest cons144 U S Sc coup 115 Nwest debs 5sll7 D 18 R G lsts110 O Nov l tsH2 D Sr R G 4cOct 0 Nov 4s 91 H Se T C us110 O S L Cs t rHS H T C siO1 iO S L 5s t r Ollt K P con t r 891A O Imp Ists t r100 K P 1st Den O Imp 5s e r 41 ser iliv t rH7 Reariine 4s La new cons 4s 97 R G AV isIs Sl L N U is S3 U P D G M K T 2nds 61 isIs 4Si II K T 43 8G STOCK QUOTATIONS Atchison I3Rock Island STi Preferred 2altSt Paul 92 Baltimore Se O lalt Preferred 139 Can Pac s > l Tex Pac 10 Ches Se Ohio 21Union Pacific 21 Chi Se Alton3d r P D G 7 = 4 C B Se Q 32 Wabash 7XJ Del A Hudson 113 i Preferred 1S D R G 12 Adams Ex1St Preferred 43 American Ex 11G Fort Wayne167 United States 41 Gt Nor pfd35 Wells Fargo 108 Illinois Cciii102 Cob K 1 22 Lake Shore 17 Preferred SO Mteh Cent1042 Gen Electric 33 Mo Pacific 29 Lead 34 M K T 13 Preferred 102 Preferred Sly5 Ore Imp 1 N J Central 93 Pullman Pal123 N Y Central107 Silver Cert 57 I Nor West 14 Standard R I N American Co 46 T fi Nor Pacific 1S Sugar 140 O R N 31 Preferred 1l3OA O S L 17 Western Union S7 PHt burg IK R G W 22 Reading 24 Preferred 53 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Chollar 0 50 Ontario 300 Crown Point 72 Ophlr 90 C C Va 1 Plymouth 9 Deadwood 9U Quicksilver 100 Gould Curry 4o Preferred 9 00 Hale Norcijss 1 SIerra Nevada 1 00 Homestake 23 00 Standard 175 Iron Silver 29Union Con 50 Mexican ToIlets Jacket Co SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS San Francisco Oct 14The official closhiff quotations for mining stocks today to-day were as follows r Alta t lSTustice C6 Alpha Con 14 jxentucky Con S Andes 32Mexican 53 Belcher 59 Occidental Con125 Best 18 Bclchor Cl OpMr 1 00 Bullion 11 Overman is Caledonia w 41 Potosl f2 aiflllenge Con JSSavaffe 49 Chollar 74Scorplon 5 G C a 135Sierra Nevada 110 Con Imperial 2 Silver Hill c Crown Point 72TInlon Con 50 Exchequer 4Utah Con 22 Gould Currie 47 Yellow Jacket 64 Halo Norcross 1 30 Standard 1 so New York Honey Market New York Oct 14I p m Money on call steady at 2t455 < last loan 3 dosed 2g3 Prime mercantile paper 4ffS percent per-cent sterling exchange steady with actual business In bankers bills at4S4J4 for demand de-mand and 4Sl ifi4S2 for CO days posted rates 4S2483 mid 4S5tt4S5V Commercial bills 4S11 Silver certificates 575S Bar silver 57 Mestcon dollars 44 Government bonds firm State bonds dull Ratlroad bonds weak r |