| Show ALL WANT BUGTON Securities of Line Carried Up to a Record Price j HIGHWATER MARK TOUCHED Strength of the Stock Due to the Pact That Large Competing Railroad Interests In-terests Arc Admiteclly Buying Professedly Pro-fessedly for Investment but Ac cording to the Wall Street Interpretation Inter-pretation With a Possible View to Consolidation or to the Extension of Community of Interests v SILVER 1 NoV York 61 c San Francisco OH c London 2S 31CU l S LED Kcw York exchange J137 if i a c COPPEIU Now York exchange J1700 1 Silver and Drafts NOW York March GSilver cerllflcalcs 7 t5C3Vc S Bar silver Clic Mexican dollars 9c San Kianclseo March 6Silver bars 1 GHic Mexican dollars oOJifjolo S Drafts sight 12c telegraph loc Money and Exchange New York March C Money on call steady ut 2sf3 per cent last loan lii 1 per cent Prhno morcanlllo paper Wt i per cent Slerllng exchange llrm with u actual i isis i ness In bankers bills at Jf7 i for de i mand nnd at ISIM for sixty days Posted rates and flSSVi Commercial bills LK1 IS1 i I New York Metals New York March 6A reaction oc our red In tin both In the local mctnl mar kct and In London due principally 10 a 7 light speculatIve movement Tin hero opened uboul 25 points higher than the clOse of yestcroay ruled quiet bin flrm closing at 2620fjlS The close at Lon don was steady with snot tin quoted at 119 5s und Inturcs al llu Copper ruled l dull but steady Ioiulon was 2a fid high er spot closing at 70 12s Cd while fu lures cloned at 71 2s fid The quota Hour i here were 17Cflc lot Lake Superior and 1C < for casting and electrolytic I icl continued Mow and unchanged at l37 i and speller also was dull wllhout inota blo change the closing basis being 3 S2 t 307 Domesllc Iron markets were in i ruled without change Glasgow closed at 3 lOch andMlddlesboro closed at loc Od San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco March GTiiO ofiicl Iii closing quotations for mining Blocks lo I day were as follows V AltL S 02iH N IS Alpha Con Juuticc 02 Andes 03Mexlcan 1C Belcher OOOccIdcntal Con 03 BB 19iOpblr 63 Bullion 01 Overman 1 11 0 Caledonia ill i PotosI r U Challenge Con 1G1 Savage 10 Chollar OSSpg LJclchtr 01 Confidence 75 Sierra Nov 28 CC Va i lCO Standard 3fi TCrown Point 10 Inlon Con JS Exchequer Oil Utah Con Co G C 1C Ycl Jacket 19 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Am S R o3124 Little Chief 4 It preferred i3l2h Lpadvllle C 03 Adams Con 23 Ontario 77ri Allco JO Ophlr 63 T > lmniilv no Brunswick C 23 Potosl I Comstock T 03 Savage 110 I icit C Ya 3 GO Sierra Nov 2 Dealwood CO Small Hopes CO Uoni Silver 110 Standard 310 Iron Silver 55 BOSTON MINING STQCKS Adventure 4 1300 Humboldt 2500 7 Amal Cop 101 00 Parrot 53 ab > Atlantic SICOQuino 1775 E Blngham 2150 S Fo Cop 775 7 B M35tOOQ3riroJTimarack 31500 i 8 Bost f7CO Wlnona 703 7 c iisoooijsooo Wolverines K500 Centennial 2025 Utah S350 i Franklin 23l Grain and Provisions Chicago March G Wheat started wllh I 1 n good demand frpm shorts and coma I sionhouse the market being Inuenccd by ii u sharp advance at Liverpool and still felt tie Impetus which the market gained on the curb yesterday after tho close Thlii strength was duo lo a sudden fear Hint I the cold weather had done or would do I povcro damages to the Infant crop and as tho weather was still frigid loduy the In fluence remained as a comfort to the I bulls although hue bearishly Inclined SIlPCtllatorK smllnfl ill I If Mn onAnrwl I V t to jiITc higher at oTft to 7Gti7Gifcc and sold lo 7GV o It reacted to 7fic during tho foro noon and hold steady for some lime Lack of oiitsldo demand inter caused a further decline on a very dull market and lho chose was easy May unchanged at 7 eip the bottom price for the dav Following a brief period of moder ate activity at the opening the corn muir hot ruled dull and foaliirelfHs May closed a shade lower at 10WiOTsC Oats wero less h dull than wheat and corn Tho market opened stwidy but tired longs soon let go of considerable < nia n lilies The close was weak May c lower al 234e Provisions were dull but firm on light hog receipts A demand for pork offset moderate selllnc of lard May pork rinsed 7c > higher hard a shade up and ribs Sc higher RANGE OF THE GRADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 Muich 7i4 1WA 71 71 1 April 75Vi 7VA 71 Vi 73i May CJft 7Ci 75j 7G Corn No 2 March 1Ui Nit 11 ll lOJi 4O Oats No 2 March 2IU May 257J 25 23 25 Mess Pork March 1I07J May 1117 II2o 31171 1I22 li Lard March 742W 7 I May 7474 7i7t 715 T 4V 1 July 7KH 7521 752Vt 752 Short Ribs March 705 May 70714 7J2 t 77714 T10 September 722k 72j 720 722 m6 CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotailons were as follows Flour slcadyNo 3 spring whcalt tiSii72cNo 2 red hrc No 2 conmi 1Jc No 2 yell low fe No 2 OutS ytli 2c io 2 wlmitc 2l4ti cc NO 3 Viiite rl4n11c No 2 nyc 53e common harley I0gI6c fair to choice t malting ISfroCc No 1 llax seedfl57 1 < n > 157 > 2 No 1 Northwestern 15SfTl l60 prime timothy seed Si40 mess ork per barrel HOotlUO lard per 10U pounds 57J037 12 short ribs sides loose PollTh > 72 dry suited shoulders boxed l4th slioit cicar sides boxed S7l0 7i f1ih huuisls of high Iiie Sl27 cia var contract grade 107 RKCIillPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Rccps Ships Flour barrels COOOO 33000 Wheat bushels ISfiOOO WiCVi i Corn bushels 519000 MOIVO Oats bUHhels G2ftOO 326001 Ilye bushels 9OuO 17UX Barley bushels K5000 5000 PRODUCE EXCHANGE On the produce exchange today lie butter but-ter I market wuuu active creameries 15fi > 22c dallies lOfjiOe cheese dull 10ViiSlltic i eggs quiet fresh 14tc Coast Grain San Francisco March G Whoqt steady Muy 9S > lc Dccembcr nol barley no sales i Foreign Market Now York March Commercial Advertisers Adver-tisers London llnunclnl cablejfram says BuslnefS on tho stock exchange ro nuilncd narrow cud dull today The public pub-lic seams to bo shy but the oxpi ctttlon of an early agreement for peace In South Africa continues to grow am spread American shares were prominent in ho inullng though time scale or business was I nmall London was buying Urlo and i Peadlug then New York opened ntionc and sent over heavy buying order In I Union Paclllcj and Baltimore Ohio New rouik sold Southern Railway both coin mon tjnd preferred and boiipht AtchiSon li referred Money was hard Stocks and Bonds t I fcxy York March 6The clmracicr of tooayn Btoik market wn very similar I to thaiNnf yrtcrdny Absorption of rail j road Kloohn of a high giudo by buyer of t undant resources and of a substantial 1 kt lnd went on pride < by aide with s ldp due luatinnii In sonic oC time highly Kpociilailve I 5u ncclalilpa go far tin tho rulirond dePart jncnt u war conc rnod activity WilS shifted I to t some extent from those stocks which W < Tf most promInent yesterday A notA I i me feature of the market wns that tt did I not t respond tit any lime with imanlmliv I lo the strength shown by Individual locks Also In thorto stOcks which did j uu iwtnce the strength wan nlmultanc I os Us Apparently the demand for one tock would bo largely aatlHllcd brforo h nuylnfc watt taken up In another Lurlng HIP hitler pan of the day there wax abundant evidence of largo profit I m inking stocks which had been strong I early In tho iny fell back materially anti h many usually nromln nl stocks which i worn not notably active today vroro al lowed Il I to full back below last nights l levol Nevertheless lho days gain arc i jry strIking both by reason of lho character of the tncki afTictcd and the i tsmount of transactions and the extent of I the gains In ihom ie trrdays hate movement in BnrllnK I ion won continued al the outset this i piornlng it i and time stock wan carried up 2i il t o 14ou Vi a record price The strength of the l stock was due lo lie fact thai largo l competing railroad Inttrcsts arc admit tedly buying the stock professedly for l mvoutmem l but according lo lho V Vall I I Btrcet Interpretation with a possible lov lo consolidation or at all event lo lho I i ° xt nslon r > f n community of Interest nlnn Puclllc Northern Pacific and rcim sylvanla were all said to bo inicrcatcd In lho buying I 1 Thy Baltimore < t Ohio stocks continued I to show eonsnlcuous strength the com mon advancing 3 and thr prcfcrrf1 2J There was also a striking movpmnt In I Atchison preferred which curried It up 7 nolnt Tho common Hloclts of this road Tnlon Pacific Southern Pacific and L A I N wero also very strong The latter movement of HIP day had 1 some appearance of manlpnlullon for lho purnoso of sustaining the raarkct while t profittaking was In progress plurwhcre i The reactionary movement look a point or more from the lien prlres of many of tho 1 stocks Thcrp vas a long list of Block i of smaller railroads which wero moved i imli all the I way from a point to 2 Long I Island rose 8 l on light tranaacllons and I closed with a net sain of fil Among ihc Industrials Amalgimaicd Copper and Suyar claimed time largest share of allemlon The former opened down ll l on reports of a renewal of an I iriRonlsm In Montana It wn strongly j I I supported and was rallied 24 at one time I but In the late dealings It broke below lOt and closed with n nH lss h of 24 Sugar Was forced under last nights price for 7 only p brief period and after varied flue i I aLiens closed wllh a i net gain of 1 Tim stcol stocks continued much ncjr lolled and heaxy In tone Thir rolirood bond market continue ac l live i and nrlres cenorally hlghor Total soles T OSOWO TJ S 3s registered declined de-clined Ui per cent on the last call BOND LIST tT S 2s rdf rcg iavlD R G Is 102 17 S 23 ref coup 103 Nor Pee SH 71V TT s 3g nor Ill Nor Pac Is 10j 17 S 3s coup 111 Or Nay Is 110 IT s n Is reg 137Ti In IOPA If S n Is coup 137i OS 11 l r s 127 = IT S old Is rcg H3 con 5s U S 5n coup IH R G WestlH ito T S 5s rcg 111 > 4 So Pac la l 03 IT S os coup UlVi Union Pac Is 10 Colo So 4s fT CLOSING STOCKS RMIroads iTox Pac 23 Atchison f MV W L l E lOi preferred Oh11 2nd preferred 31 B Ohio 01 Vls Cent lS I Can Pac WBi Third Ave 119 Can SoD V B vt O pfd 03 I So-D t Ohio 43ii Nat Tube 63 i Chic G W lOli preferred C B Q 119V Express Com Chic I L 32 panics preferred 711A Adams 15o Chic EM l hii aJ American 1SS Ohict N iV irunitcd Siatcsr5S1i C R I I P J2SVruclls Fargo 137 C C C i St L Miscellaneous Qolo So r Am Cot Oil 27 1st preferred lt preferred S5 2nd preferred lS Am Malt l Del Hud lPA preferred 25 D 1 Luck 1 W l92 Am S R 53 r D P G i preferred TC1 preferred iAm Spirits 1i C Erio 2S profcrred 4 17 lPt < preferrcd i Am SleiI loop h 354 G Nor pfd 19 preferred Sl I lock Coal i5u Am S Wlro SlSPVi Hock ViI 50 preferred 3i lp Illinois Cent hl1l Am Tin Plaio C2 3owa Cent i preferred lOlVi preferred Am Tobacco 121 L 13 h West It I profcrred 121IG I l preferred 111 Anaconda M C 4731 Tmke Shore rin Brooklyn R T 1 7u L Nash iti Colo F f 41 I ii Manhat L b miS Cont Tobacco 41in 1 Met St Ry 1G2 preferred 1COU Mox Cent J7I Fed Steel 43 it k Minn Ei Si L 71 proferrcd SS preferred 103A Gen IJlec 2l3i L Mo Pac I Glucose Sugar IC1 M < t Ohio SI preferred 02 MoKT I iYf Interna Paper 23 preferred preferred 7lvi N J Cent i 17ri Laclcde Gas Sl i N Y Cent lllft Nat Biscuit 39V1 Nor AVcBt H 1uI t profcrred 91 preterrcd 71 Nat Lend 154 i Nor Pac Stt preferred S5 j profcrred S134 Nat Steel 4i 7 Out West 32 preferred lou 4 O R N 12 NT Air Brakehr3 preferred 78 Nor Airier 75 Pennsylvania 132YI Pap Coast MVi Reading 32i 1st preferred SS > 4 liii t preferred 71 2ml preferred C2 2nd preferred 17 POP Mall 3W R G WoSt G5 Peoples Gas u 102tf c preferred 93 P Steel Car 38 St L S 1 2S preferred 73 id 1st preferred 214 Pullman P Car 2CO 2nd preferred fVPi Stand R T Si L S W 25Vt Sugar 111 I preferred SSVi preferred 121 St u Paul 152V Tcnn C < t I i u preferred IfCtt U S Leather 12 4 St Paul it Q 125 preferred 7i So Pac i5s U S Rubber in So i Ry i preferred prclerrcd 79 West Union 57 Union Pac ti24 rvop t I As rf 17 preferred S5J preferred 65 i AVabash 17 > i P C C SI I fil I preferred 31aa Amal Cop 101 Boston Wool Market Hoston March 0 Tho Ameclcin AVool and Cotton Reporter will soy tomorrow There Is as yet no subslantlal Improvement Improve-ment to be noted In the wool market except ex-cept that dealers are disposed 10 exercise a little more discretion In telling although al-though t there Is still more or less prcssuro to liquidate and WOol has been soldut lower l nrlves the past week than ut any ilmo since lie downward movement began be-gan A large line of Territory which was carried as collateral has been parted with at a clean cost of 2Sfc3t5e which Is the I lowest l level yet touched for Choi class of wool1 A portion of the same wools wero sold two weeks previously at a clean coat of 2c A number of holders not pleased WI Eli Ihc amount of stock on baiul and a new clip of 300000 pounds close In sight arc naturally dcslroun of cleaning out the tin ilocks and some consignors who had hilt h crto been holding their wools above the market price havo urged tile commlsRlon houses to let them go In order lo clear Ihe way for lie new seasons product The prlces nt which wools are being sold arc about low enough to Interest Investors l In-vestors and U Is reported lhat ihero have boon some purchases for speculative account ac-count not very extended as yet but suf ricicntly l pronounced 19 Indicate that speculative IntercRls arc carefully walcli Ing l the situation and arc willing lo take hold when what they consider a favorable opportunity prea iHs llself The sales for lie week in Boston amounted to 337luOO pounds domestic and 235000 pounds foreign making a total 6f STOrOO against n total of G5ltj0JO for tho previous h week and a total of LSSVOO for I the corresponding week last year Tho sales sincn January Isiv amounted to31 77XO pounds agulnsl 2501000 pounds for I the corresponding Umo last year St Louis Wool Market St Louis Mo March iWool dull and weak Territory and Western medium 13 0JI line Uiil5c coarse J2fUc I San Francisco Wool Son Francisco Cal March G Wool quotations Spring Novadii Ufal c eastern east-ern Oregon 10M3c valley Oregon litriCc Full Mountain lambs OfflOc San Joaciufii pliilns G it7c Jlumbuldt and Mundoclno S Butter and Eggs New York March G Butter Receipts C062 packages Steady 1 fresh creamery 17 ii22o June creamery i0 0c factory 11 ICcEgps Rccelpta 105CO packages Firm Western at mark 15 > i jlCc Southern at mark i5i515c Live Stock CHICAGO Chicago March G Cutllc Receipts 15 C0 i Including IM Toxans Choice native steers higher otherS about sleidy Ton 552o HmehcnT stock and Tevans steady to strong Good lo prime steers 30 > 6Co poor to modlum SJ65T5CO stockers and feeders llrm 7 t3lGO cows JJ70SIC5 lielfcrn J2 7 > 5i400 cmncrs enhtO shndo lower J2Ck > f2tvi bullo steady J27WICO ivcs i steady fiGfta62S Texas Ni l steers tJOOti IA Texas finiSh steers f33JWUX > ftxun hull IZMWiro llogsnevdpw I today 23 Wt tomorrow 2SCTO psUmnled left over 2JX Shade lower closing weak top ILu724 Mixed and bulchure 351C > pood to choice lcitv > 54TmG24 rough heavy tTiMftri40 light iJ1t bulk or nles jitvoSu Sheep KccolptN 15 WV Sheep and Inmbi steady to shaJo higher Good lo rholeo 1 wpthrn Wa > niS fIr to chalet mixed floor 1 150 AVcstern sheep 2WiS75 imtlvo lambs J tOt325 < Wcettrn lamb J3Wf > 52 KANSAS t CITY I Kansas fy Mo March iCimttleItC celpls COCO Strong Native steers UW I SW roxaK Meprp 1375 175 Toxn cows I 27 2 7 native COWS and heifers J2ri < i I I 475 stockers and f6f < ert J3OfjlIO cullS I fi nnf fn ieAnoA JC i0 c lyeu iE411OCO I o gsRC4iptS 12000 2Jifi5c lower I Bulk or sales rrjffi45 heavy S535G tj 7i pnckcrH zz547 mixed JSTOffWO i Utrhl K 2M735 yorkerf S32C ro K pigs m iE 3h3 I fhcop Rerelnts 2CCO Strong Muttons 1 USSlCO larpbs JWf505 OMAHA I Omaha Neb March 5Cat I Receipts 2 00 Strong Native beef nlocrs 400 I t > AO Westam slcerp j 37lt0 Texas j steer 4rW15S85 cows and heifers t2Z1t2i n42J cinncrsj 2COf315 stockers and feed I eric X257ICO calves fl00n 00 bulls I H tnIM elm 4275frllO Hogs RecfllpUi d > 30 Steady to fdiado I 1 stronger Hcavj 53V 5IO mlxd I5S2 7 I i TJOXJ light XiflnK pigs IX 525 i bulk of sale 552VTrrnTli J Sheep Rertolntf 3100 Active Heady Yearlings CIKQJij75 ivothnrs WCtWJW CVIOM J1WX71CO common and stock sheep 3i0 130 iarnlitt 42Su1510 PKNVRR Denver Colo March CCnttlc Ro cclptH CCO Autlvu und higher Beef I K ers J3 0fl7 cows 5325ft373 feeders I fi i eight paid to river S3OOfMC3 storkors i frclghl yaltl to river fj23fl60 built i slogn etc J200US23 I Hogn Receipts ZOO Market JVff7Vio lilghorvLigpt 1 packers J5 35fjo 40 mixed i and heay1 53iL5t2iA I No sheep |
