Show MAY WHEAT STRONG I I i Brokers Were Active in Disposing Dis-posing of July I ACTED FOR ELEVATOR MEN Corn Was Firm But Not Generally ActiveOats Also Firm May Especially SQ Provisions Were Weak and tho Trado in Hogs Quiet Although There Was a Spurt of Nervous Activity Early Opening Open-ing Showed a Severe Bicak and Great Irregularity in Prices SILVER New York COc San Francisco C1Ylc London Tid L1JAD Now York exchange 4C7 A jl72A New York brokers U5 COPPER Now York exchange 1700 New York brokers 1725 Silver and Drafts New York May Silver certificates roZtCOI Bar silver HOc Mexican dollars Al ½ c San Francisco May 2Sliver bars Oc Mexican dollars I81m1c Drafts night 17c telegraphic 20o Sloncy and Exchange New York May 2 Money on call steady at 2 < 2i > per cent last loan 2 per cent Prime mercantile paper l jPX per cent Sterling exchange steady wit actual business In bankers bills at ISS for demand de-mand and loUs for sixty days Posted raUs 1sJ1II IS5 and IK > ZiISj Commercial bills t ISai1SI New York Metals bw York May Trading very slow In lie markit for metals today Tin how evffr In sympathy with better advice from abroml showed < omo strength closing clos-ing Ilrm hut quiet at NOW nominal Lead continues uri hanged closing dull at JIC7i bid and 172 asked Pig iron warrants war-rants wore weak and nominal no ofllclal quotation given Northern No 1 foundry was quoted at S21u23GO nominal Spoiler ruled dull and unchanged at lWHf T uke copper was also unchanged at 51700 I Jno brokers prlco for lead was 145 and for copper 1725 San Francisco Mining Stocks San Franclsco May 21ho official closing clos-ing quotations for mining stocks today wcro as follows AILI1 11 Alpha Con 02 ndes Inl Iexlcon Z7 Belcher OccIdental lL3 n B Ii Ollhlr 51 Bullion O Oerman 9 Cnlllonla 120 Potosi 1 21 1 Chnllensu 11 SI1aro 0 hollnt 21 Sg Bolcher I I I ConOtlenco SO Sierra Nev 2fi C C Va 1w Sliver Hili 15 Crowii Point 11 Standard 9J C t I Union Con H N 3 Utllh Con ro Justlco If Y llow JaclteL 20 EW YORK MINIG STOCKS Am S 1c It 36DA Chollar 5 18 preferred SSW Ontario S5 Crown Point 10 Ophlr 5 C C c Ya 115 Plymouth Deadwood GO Quicksilver 150 C 1 lrOCerred 750 H 1 1 N q 2 Sierra Nov 35 IIome9lalco 5500 SllllHluld 300 Horn Silver 135 Union Con i Iron Sliver GS Yel Jacket 25 Mexican i BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventuro 1 75 Allouez M Co5 175 Amal Cop KS21 Osccola C700 Allanllc 23 oO Parrot IIW 1 I B MJ29GOOS29900 Qulncy 13500 I 15 8 Bosl Cfl 00 S Fe Cop 5iJ C i II 575200075110 Tamarack 18700 Centennial 1S5 Wlnona 3W Franklln 151i Wolverines 1000 Humboldt 75 00 Utah 2350 TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boston May 2 Copper stocks opened dull and quiet closing weak but without feature Trading very limited Directors of tho United States Mining company have returned from their visit to Iho properly and they express themselves as well pleased with conditions at tho mine Every bondholder has now signed tho ngrocmont relinquished the option to take the stock at Sli rO per share and ofllclal action will shortly ho taken on tho same Hornblower AVceks brokers 53 Stato street Boston furnish tho following quotations Sales High Low Close Amalgamated 763 JS923 5SSS71A SSOOO llIn ham 1150 10CO Cochltl 100 1100 Cent Eureka 21 SO 21 1 00 Utah 220 3000 2000 900 United States tl5 S 75 White Knob 100 1800 Curb Boston 53COg400 Navaho UOOt iOO I Grain and Provisions Chicago May 2Considerations pre II sented at the beginning of the session IP lie wheat pit were the strength of Liver pool dry weather In the central area and frosts In aecllons of Iho AVost and South west The Liverpool traders appeared to havo concluded as has tho bull party In Chicago that Argcnllno shIpments had putted their weekly maximum and lhat wllh only that country and America lo depend on for uovenelghlhs of theIr wheat until next September there was danger in lowering their bids below tho present level Brokers acting for elevator people were acllvo chanfflnpbuylng May and selling July at HIC difference May therefore was stronger than July Ju > closed Vft i Vic up and May gained Vi5c Corn was firm but not generally active July closing unchanged Oats were llrm May especially so July closed = RC higher al 23te < Sc May Tic higher at 22Tfr23c 1 roI lont were weak antI tho trade In hops especially quid although hero was a spurt of nervous activity early The opening showed a severe break and great Irregularity In prices Hog receipts were heavy and till market at the yards weak There was no parllcular demand and plenty of aluff for Halo and In consequence conse-quence there was lllllo recovery July pork closed 2Vc I under Monday al 1217 ½ July lard 20c down at SCK5 and July ribs 17MC depressed at 677X Tho rulo limiting trade In futures on the Board of Trade lo sixty days wont Into effect today RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Clceo Wheat No 2 May G C5 Wi July GH1 f 74 673 Gi Corn No 2 May 10 4IYIA aI o July 111 jl4 40 41 September Il 1l WIi n Oats No 2 May 23A zr 22 1 23 July 3 W1 2314 m1 September m1 23 Ii 22t 111 Mess Pork May 110 121f 1155 1200 July 1210 124 1205 12I7 fj Lard May 600 G Nt IJ i91 r 00 July un 6rJ 1 iooh GL av September c D 71Jy OlJ CtI7L Short Ribs May u n G72 o b0 fl7V T July Gp 62J 1IIVI I September ci2 6i 5 fi70 073 I J CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotation wero 311 follows Flour I Rtwuly No 3 ajirlng wheat KfiGSr No 2 red Uc No 2 corn 40 Soiir No 2 I oat raWi23yAo No 2 whIte fijiM2y c No 3 while 23VW2 > it4o No 2 ryi We No 2 barley UKiKv I No 1 liar ctd S17C prlmt timothy I HMlII 2M ns pnrk per barrel JIIKNKttllO lard per ICO pouius I J5 Ti tM short ribs sides loose JCCT J Jiri dry wtlted shouldwrn boxnil tfjyff Ciic short cln r pdt 5 boxed 57 J057k whisky I illxtlllorji linlahod goods per I allol1ItECIIPTS lUiCHIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Arllcleu RoctlptH Shlpt I Flour bftrrclji SM WOOO i AVhoat bushels 1000 110100 1 I I Corn bushel nJtiuO J TllCW Oats bushels UrSOtOp llfllj I Ilyc bujiheH l u S0 3000 I Barley bushels J30M SOO I I On thA produeo exchange today the hut j s tcr market waa flrm crcumery 1 ltfiiSe I dairy 2WiWhc cheese firm 10Ijl2c II eggs llrm He Coast Groin I San Francisco May YheatInac tI ivw May JU cash Me I Barley No Falos Cash barley ac I Butter and Eggs New York May 2 Biiiicr Receipts l 4SC3 packages firm Veslcn creamer 1jfrOc factory JWlIhc i Eggs Receipts llau packages firm storac AVcstern al mark 3ij13yc Stocks and Bond Now York May 2TherC were no trans uNions of any Importance In the stock market today Sugar opened a I last nights price and moved up alone time SVf points closing with a not sain of about four rho constant lluciuatlons of I this stock offered the room traders about their only opportunity for securing a turn during th perater part of the day and I they traded In It constantly In and out i helping on the aggregate of sales recorded record-ed In the stock market without making any Impression on the stock transfer I books of tho company News of the stock consisted l of rumors without vcrlllcallon There Is undoubtedly a feeling of dread I among speculators that Lhero may be a sudden and sensational development regarding re-garding the stool Industrials and those stocks arc sensitive to every passing rumor ru-mor Thv arc all weak today Tonne > < Beo Coal dropping ut one Ilmo six points Tho rally In the group indicated thai short r selling xvs largely responsible for the decline nnd no very large offerings wcro I brought out by lie drop Long Island moved up 9 > on top of yesterdays 10 rise and saved a net gaIn of six points American Express pained eight points Outside of those special movements tho market generally was excessively 1 dull The announcement of further gold engagements en-gagements for tomorrows French I steamer I steam-er of 2100lXi was iho signal for a general gen-eral Felling movement It had been taken I for grunted hill larpc exports of gold would be made by Saturdays steamer 4 I but the additional shlpmcnl by tomorrows I I tomor-rows steamer bringing the total to to 100 i 100 was a surprise This shipment Is he Hoved to represent a triangular operation hint Is I to say on Londons order to meet I a demand on that center Among tho exporters nro some who havo strenuously I held that no prollt could be made in exporting ex-porting gold at tho highest ligures yet touched for exchange and the rate for demand sterling today was MiC In tho pound low T than the hlghcul rate touched on iho movement It Is fair to assume therefore that t omo concession has been offered to make a margin of prolll on Iho iransnrtlon but In any event the metal Is recognized as being In effect a loan It Is I ovldenl hint the need of money hero In active Irado has not kept paco with the I currency expansion Tho low rate of money coupled with Lho largo loans of New York bunks and their small surplus reflect tho eagerness of capital to placo credits but the demand for rrcdltii Is I not sufficient to absorb tho supply so capitalists must look abroad where interest rates rulo higher This countrys largo gold production and the present rutting of tho Transvaal gold supply makes us Iho source of suppb for the money metal Tho net result Is that we arc not only refraining from calUrg homo mcrchandhH credits but are fllp Ping olll ho moncy metat lo IrtXt the r mId of foreign markets The loud market was dull anti regtilar rotal saics par iaiue 1131V United States refunding 2 whclI issued ul vanceel 1 Hnd the 35 old IS and new Is 41n the bid price LOND LIST U S 2s reund1o1 Jg 1 U S 2s reg IJ Not Pac 3s Ijj U S Is reI 1fJ J9 IOlh U S 3s coupIOCl Or Nay Is 103 tj S n Is res lsJf 1 Int USn JK coup I33J OS L Cst 1 Cs-t I q nltl hl ICI1I11 I con 55 111 ih U Sold Is coup 112rS R G West Is 19 U S Ss leg 1l2 Union Pac Ig iOS U S Ss coup 112 Cob S Is S3 D 11 G 1J 1010 So Pao Is CLOSING STOCKS Alchlson 511i1 prctcrretl it preferred 09W I abash B Ohio S2k1 preferred Ih Can Pile 9I 14 E 10 Can So 511A 2nd preferred 27 C Ohio 2iL Wts Cent IG Chic G W 13f Third jv lJi C B Q 213 Express ccm Chic I L 25 panIcs Ilrocrretl 55 dams 12 Chic E T HI American 15 Chic N W 1t l United States li 1 C R 1 P 10i Wellg Fargo l23 C C C Sl L wr Misceiianeos Cole So G Am Cot OIL Xlh 1st jneferred 12 preferred 01 2nd prcelred 16t4I Ani Malt I i Del llud 114h r IIrcfcrren l D Lack 8 W 17i Am S n I7t D R G 1t1 prruetl SS preferred 6OL Am Spirits Erie J2 pro flrr d I i ls lreferred m Am Steel 1 Hoot 24 a 2or pfd 5tj preferred 70 Hoclt Coal Hj Jm S 110 Hoclt Vat d i preCerred jXt lllnol Cent IL1 Alii rln 1lato tJ Iowa Celt lih preferred 77 preferred SOZ Ani tobacco 103t K C P G 17 IIrorerren 130 I 1 E W j y1 Anconl M Co IJI preferred tiS t Brook h1 72 Lalto Shore 210 Cole Ii 301 L Nash 8t1 Lent Tobacco 2i1 lanhnt L 2 prefnral Sl Met Sl Ry 1531f Fd Hcel 40 Mex ComiC n GPrCllretl rslh lInn Sl L 63 Con Lice ll preferred q i Glucose Sugar 50 ti Iu Pac fS1 TJrpf lcd 91 11 Ohio 42 Tnterna Iaper t1 Mo K t UL preCrred C I preferred I Ltello On9 it Nll IIlllt J1 2 J Cent 1iSh N Y Cent izn4 prorerred Nor Nat 1ctd JI or dcst ih preferred j9 C Jreferred 103 Nor Pac 57 at EtefJl rl k plcCerred 75 lIrclfrrl1 S Omit West 22V1 Air nrak 1135 o R N 12 or mCr JI preferred 71 PilC LOillit ID PennsylvanIa li st iirofired 11 rteadliig iqa fliPreeried 6 l p Inll 1st proferred L 5M t Pco Ic e GaR I i 2nd preferred > pe rl = R G Wesl f I Ij lrf I Ire eCrred j ii Pu Ilm l Ilttr UI St li SF 1C Stull R 1t flrclrred r 1 L Su I tr lit 2nd prefelrcic1 110 preferl SL b W 1P lg rCi1 i JJ Srr lerrocJ U S I lth r 11 fUI lIn l tr rLI1I 0 preferroil 1 172h U Hubbr d l I 0 So Pa llQ I pr lrr iI So ltv Y4 CSt U1lon I Hep I S iry preferred 1 Ii lroCerrcI 1 r 11 Union ex Pne Pac Jr b1 pC n St L oJII r Roview of Wool Market Boston Mmiy 2rhie American Wool and COlton wool Reporter will say tomorrow 1ho and markel ls dllil and In buyer Cavort bu cry icii inMfuctincrB ihcry havo been in the market tlulln Curing llio past wel Mnnllfnctllrols buy In fact are not rend to I1n1 will nOl uo hurried not They viii PUrclm c 11 pound or wool bcyond Current neCel4lty with tlO man uncertain ties In tho SitUation bilities Inoludlng the possi or Lonclon other decline sulc opening it an i St Louio Wool Market Inf Sl Tnndon Louis lIl 2Vool unsettled nond stiles y Western and Tern nrv i medIum 17S20c line HUlie 131j17p coarse Live Stock CHICAGO f Steers Chicago May 2CatiloRecoll8 17000 > rs V stock steal to ICe lower nuichonT Natives f y active al about JOe lower 111 I > TJS best n Jitrt i sale at s 550 GootI on ° today one carload to prlmc steers 175li570 noor 25ftCJI to medIum lt selected fcerlors mixed stockers J00Zi4I 300NlO cows h lihfers Gi O 50U cnnnern 22 f u00 bulls 27Mji25 calves ieaklOd 1eXlM 1v1 bulb steers i00o20 1oa8 i25fl375 250o 1 IQlgi4Reeelp5 Cstlmatc today 3500 tomorrow heft l Ocr 7Ot1 JOe lower Tnp S jJ71L mIxed bUlCh i3t hoot and butehiors i1 t to cholc hoi 1iC 3i i rough hell hteiity SSJMi5O light 335U bulk or Milled tr 5245o SlicepReeeiiits clllt 17000 tiheel steady Inmbl wlak lit lee 011I1 lunIJN now lower SlwKrCC1 sheep Ireflrred Cood to choice vethers j 24ft70 1001 2e WC1llrn shlell Cnlr to Si choice mixed I I 15fQ iingj rofII ear native iambs W 716 Western lambs MC VQ7J5 I I KANSAS CITY I Kansas Oily Mny Calllcnccellll I Ci market steady to lOc lower Nlltho 1 steers iG0fj6i lexi IIlltn fJfNro IIXIlI cow tIM lI1li nntho J luICln Irb4Co tockfM and cows coders and I 53Wj3 bull 31rrflIIIJ 1 w llOnf lierelplK 13WH murkol Bulk of kLilna tj15tT or > lurKRi lower I le heavy 5Ir450 1 luCkCr1II S1lIz527i mIxeih ti1hlfr 1 Ihht i2j5I5 yoi kern 5101515 fj Oofl OO pigs Sheep Receipts 3COO market weaker Lambs J37iijO00 mJttons L7S5b9 OMAIf South Omaha May Calllc Recrnlnl 3500 market active stronger 5 Svo I hMr I I I beef ttfn inV tIVMJS25 s COII and liolfei 1OJ1tJ6 canners t 225O stockers and It I o4jrs 375i calves J3rlOIjoo bUII jltltJ etc QfJUO I I HOLC1IRCelrtJol M Dlllrkct rl lOc low J or Heavy t517CG mIxed fi1 17 light SiOTftjlji pip 75fi500 bulk ot sales J5lVU52d Shtcp Receipts HOC market steady Lambs lower Yearlings > 307jCOO Western West-ern imilons JG2dfJ37i stockers l5Ug COO lambs SCOni6uO DENVER Denver May 2nttielteccipts 350 market steady Beef steers IKfI60 1 I cows 300fi4r4 fowler freight PaId to river S3uttiflSO stockers freight paid 10 river 375175 bully stags etc 200fr 1 00 Hope Receipts 100 market lower Light I packers and mixed 51 MS 20 heavy 00 flu 10 I Sheep Receipts 500 market stiady Goo l fat muttons COQQ60 lambs wiQ l 7GO I Foreign Market I Now York May 2The Commercial Ad I 1 vcrtlsery London llnanclal cablegram sayM Business quiet In the markets I hero today and the tone dull Console dropped Vi on tho hardening of tnu con I tango from IVtSH although the war loan b contango eased from 3Vj u > 5 Americana hung at parity all day There Is no Initiative In-itiative In them here The failure of the Pennsylvania directors to Increase the dividend canned no surprise here but the strikes arc disliked The cloao was haggling hag-gling Copper shares were weak on Paris heaviness Tlntos being i down to KA oxdlvldcnd Thcro was no gold movq 1 menL Call money was In strong lemaltl I and the bills were steady and scarce Tho bank renewed a few loans and lent more money besides doing a large business In discounts Silver was l16d harder forward at Ziid New York refusing to sell under 279lfid at which prlco there were somo contractions the market looks hard |