Show r CapPER STOCKS L FIR r NESS ESS N Increasing ing for Metal etal is Prin Principal Cause ause auseN BANK N K CO CONDITIONS BETTER t f BLE IS LOOKED FOR ToDAY 1 t New Tork May StiCk luSt Ut hat win dull to the point of stagnation In n London Loudon Induced u an improve eDt 1 at the he opening here bere but It was wan lOSt loat Until t the last hour ur wa hardly enoUgh h maUve pester any ny In the move meat t with the exception of sonic some special stocks T There re was wag suite a demand fur br tile National Lead Rocks due to the eXpectation that the company would benefit from a proposed COMbination In Inan at an 10 branch of the te trade The Amen ctt con stocks rose ro on rumors of II a of the v vegetable able oil interests The Th of Amalgamated Anaconda and anet D Was due to the re demand for raw capper both hoU here and abroad The Im Ia In the copper trade is an In th far beyond the stocks Immediately ff ted The allegation is Ia isae made ae that the recent heavy exports of copper Mr are pine goIng abroad In part at least as stocks are to 0 let get the ol of the DIone money rat rates over there for hold in 1111 There was a a renewal of tm the recent strength In hi Canadian Pacific but when the 11 1 It ft ha halted ed Mall Mail a point Se was unexplained The George Fuller stockS made wide S STant Tant ranges led nd the New York public utilities and Colorado Fuel d late su tb the latter rising N appearance of the prelIminary fig 1 ursa Ulea of the weeks move movement nt of currency 1 aW more animation than at any any time during the day Outside of oC those tho e estocIa stockS stocIa already mentioned the effect ws not notable except iii ht St Paul Union i and Atchison The fig urea ures indicate a net t gain by the banks bankson on the Interior movement of nearly which i is supplemented 1 by 1 a gain on SUb operations or of Bank Bankers ers era art a generally a agreed eed that there has been a further heaVy heny contraction of o loans and ami reduction of deposIt dep liabIlItIes It will be seeR seen that the promise Is for aft an ex en favorable bank statement The M In the tle stock market WitS was ve very moderate Po Possibly this was dUe to the fact that the inward movement of currency has been checked New York exchange at Chicago fell back today to near par compared with GO cents premium early In the week There was wall transferred today through the oo to Ne New Orleans following folioing the like amount transferred yesterday There was a call today for a 25 21 per r cent installment of cash on to the steamship m merger s syndIcate which calls for tor m 12 ot of which about 51 per cent Is P pay payable able In New York The transaction did I MUse cause a toy In the lOcal mOlt mosey y market rh determined waiting attitude of the ln seems eema to be due to the uncertaintIes of the coal strike and to tM the period of the corn crop The latter I receiving more and more attention every day and Is 18 destined to have a greater Influence on than tha any oth other r one factor news is Ie o aio awaited ot of the result of the Boer Beer peace ce conference Confidence Is grow Ins that t t there ere will be a favor favorable e ee ut caine e The e bond boAd market was dU daill hut but ff first r Total gales J les i Statue on en thelast cell celli 11 iF i Bond U C S ncr ts is F W II D C CU reg u S n ret VL 4 coup COUll t C It N Val U S r 10 M Mx Cent II 51 uS Sn k C lat 1st Inc 11 U f new M 11 St L 1 reg 13 x x IC I T U S gew IV r lie 1 K T Suds ads II 51 coup P rr y C 1 lets SUI U S regU V 1 C gen gent t V S old Is 3 C coup w j 4 11 t t gen sen I US U 5 ill Sm L P s sV V U S Se 8 tOBt N P 3 Atch gen gee 4 N I W V con Ate dj M 48 Reading g gen n 4 B c O 0 4 St L I M ii Mn n B O 0 J con is ii n B tr O 0 con coti St L S F 18 1 Cap S St L Sw l lets 51 C of G 0 is St I 14 Sw 4 C Ut G C lot lilt tue Jpe 1 s 5 A A P Pe PIs e 0 Is hi 90 f Si So Pu Par 05 C B It W t n new w 1 lO Rail L I 4 F P I c M I St 51 P r r St L W IV geJl hi C N con U P 46 4 C R It I P U P con C C C St L 1st gen 45 Ill Wabash ChI Terms Terme 91 80 Wab deb B i eo 0 fL c s SISI w Shore II D R B G W L E B 48 Hele pro pe lieu lien 4 ie Wis C 4 i Erleen Erie 48 S1 Tob gee Con 48 u Stock I I Atchison n 50 SO Rail Ball 3 i rr 51 Preferred It 91 i Bat Bal Ohio rex tx Pee Pac i Preferred 01 T St L W Cu lIt Preferred d 37 17 Ca Can Sout E 11 C i PAcific Ches Che OhiO 4 CM Atton Wabash tl i Preferred 71 Preferred 44 11 I md Ind i L 74 W L E B it 3 i Preferred SI sa Second pfd 34 i CIU E B Ills Wis Central I Chi Cu G W 22 Preferred aI A preferred Adams Ex II B preferred 48 4 AmerIcan Ex S I States C R B I I P i Chi 1 Term T 1 2151 A Jame Cop Ti 71 Preferred 31 01 an C C F FC 51 C C Co C I St Preferred I COlo Southern all 31 Am Lin Linseed OIL I pM 79 70 Preferred A 51 I Second pfd 4 42 Am S I R 48 45 I Del A H Preferred 11 11 I Del L nae nac M Co i iD D R It G 0 41 B R B T 57 07 Preferred tit Cob olo F 1 i Erie Ed 37 11 co Con n Gas cZI Con Tob phi I pfd 11 lIen Gen Electric i Great N N pid Hocking Coat Coal 18 15 HockIng Val 82 list Paper S1 31 i p ferr 90 Preferred 74 III ills Central mt Power it 10 Io Iowa a Control 49 Laclede Gas 51 Preferred 5 Nat Biscuit 47 41 Lake B 15 W SPI i Nat Lead Preferred 1 No American 12 L Louis UIe A Nash Pacific Coast Cout 51 Manhattan 13 Malt MaJl 45 Met St Peoples Gas Mar Mex Central 17 Pressed S Car CarM 45 M St Preferred 50 Mo hbo Pacific Pullman P Car CarM M K tI T Rep Steel 17 56 Preferred N J Sugar UK N Y Central Tenn e 4 I INer I 13 Ner W U B I P Co 1 Preferred 51 Preferred 1 rIe I W U tJ S Leather 13 l Preferred 84 4 Banding r I S 5 Rubber 15 firM rat 4 51 Pr Preferred pfd U 6 S Steel 45 St SL 4 I s S P 11 preferred 90 nm pfd d 51 13 Western estern 31 pEt il 71 Am Lore Loro 51 11 I St L 27 Preferred 51 Preferred She K C Southern 34 14 St Pa Paul ul rn y Preferred S1 51 SO Pacific 15 S Total sales WOO Loans Exchange change and Silver Ne New York Tork May Money on eHll easier at per cent closiNg I bid and asked per cent Prime mercantile per cent Sterling A exchange henvy Y with bull business I Sn In bake bIlts at 4 for fer do de domand mand and at 4 ten PI sixty days rat 4 Commercial billS bUta 1 SI Bar sliver ili 51 dollas 45 bonda say 7 state bo honda railroad bonds firm |