Show POFESH CHARGE Market Yesterday was Entirely En-tirely in their Hands FLUCTUATIONS WERE ERRATIC I Speculation in Third Avenue Covered Cov-ered a Range of Three and Three Quarters and Sugar Continued to Share with that Stock the Largest Amount of Attention Tenncosoe Coal Advanced Three Points and Gavo Sympathetic Strength to tho Other Iron and Stool Stocks SILVER Now York COc San Francisco 60c London 27 LMSrt V LEAD New York brokers SI15 COPPER New York brokore J1GM Silver and Drafts New York March 17 Silver certificates COiGdAc bar silver fOe Mexican dollars dol-lars I7ftc San Francisco March 17 Silver bars GOc Mexican dollars IS igJOc Drafts Slight 17e telegraph 20c Money and Exchange Now York March 17Close Money on cull firm at 5 per cent Prime mercantile piipcr 5y5lt per cent Sterling exchange steady with actual business In bankers bills at SfFS tor demand ard ntS182 for sixty days posted rates 5ISiy and USi commercial bills Sl 41MSKl New York Hotels Now York March 17The brokers price for lead Is l3 and for copper J1C50 San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco March 17The official closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were as follows Alta 3 Alpha Con 03 Andes 12 L asii Con 02 Beiciler Mexican 23 B B 3 Occidental Con 13 iitillioii 01 Ophilr Cnledonla 125 Overman 31 Cilthlongo Con 27 Potosi CholIne 25 Savage 15 Confidence 39 Seg l3elcller 05 C C Va 170 SIerra No 1 rown Point 15 Sliver Hill 06 Exchequer 03 Standard G C nlor Con It Utah Con Ii Justice Id Jacket Kentucic Coil NEW YORK MtNG STOCS fll S 1t30flri Mexlcnii Preferred 9151 OntarIo 850 CholIne 22 OphIr ES Crown Point i3 Piynioimthi 12 C C Va 170 QuicksIlver 110 Deadwood 0 Preferred 756 Gould CiSiSlorra Nay CO Halo Nor 2o Standard 300 Homestake 5000 Union Con 2 Horn Silver 125 Yellow Jacket 1C Iron Silver 63 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure 150 Franklin 1100 Alloucz 150 Parrot H50 Amalgam C 93rO Qulncyi 13203 Atlantic 2300 Santa Fo Cop GM Boston M C3SOO Tamarack lIOO Butlo Bos 03 1VOO Wlnona 2e Calumot II 73300 Wolverines 10 00 Centennial 17TO Utah aW Oaceola G512Vi TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boston Maps March 17 Copper stocks woro dull today until the announcement of llio dividend on Parrolt iy per cent when buying orders appeared which found very few soil orders Market closed Irone with good buying off Eureka at 2Cvfc2n50 llornblowcr Weeks fv > State street Boston furnish the following follow-ing quotations Sales Illgli Low Close Amalgamated 2i 3500 OIGO 2500 Ulngham 1100 1050 Cochlta 200 1100 Conlon Eureka BCO 2350 2300 2300 Ulan 100 2050 2023 2950 UnIted States 50 900 Whllo Knob 3000 Curb Uoalon 322JMOO Navaho JOOOfl 700 Grain and Provisions V Chicago March 17The opening In wheat was marked by a good deal of ac tlvlty and strength Liverpool showed a good advance following the gain In prices hero yesterday but the chief factor for tho I tlnio being was the continued cold woalhrr in tile winter wheat belt and the growing conviction among traders that next reek would bo marked by a Hood ot crop diiinngrn reports and a corresponding cor-responding advance in the price of wheat May opened at GTlffiC7lic an advance of iW6tc over yestonlay This advance was sufficient for many holders and realizing soles caused a tOni porary ret back May reacting to CTVic with considerable wheat changing hands at those llguies Then tIme market again turned upward and for Ihe remainder of the short session buyers were largely In tho majority During the last hour of trading a now and decidedly Influential factor developed In tho engagement for export of 101000 bushels here and ICC loads at the seaboard whllo foreigners were good buyers of fu tires May wheat reacted to G7o and at the clo e was In demand at C7867V Corn was firm at lie opening timid nl this close with Homo weakness intervening Considerable avlivlty was shown all day A good cash demand was reported May closed lie higher Oats snowed moro activity than of bate and bcorcd a small advance Elevator pcoplo were niodoralo sellers May closed tfrtc higher Provisions V wero aclivc and strong throughout and new high prices for the cason wore recorded Tho advance In hog prices tho strength of Iho grain markets and the small stocks woro factors in Iho strength and In nplto of heavy coinmla slonhoilio selllnsr prices advanced steadily stead-ily May pork olood l7Vie higher Slay lard 5U7c higher and May ribs 7c higher S JIA + GE OF LEADING FUTURES Articles Upon High Low Close Wheat No 2 March May GTh 07 674 57i July 6314 K5s C7 6S4 Corn No 2 March May 37 3791 37 July CS SSi 31t3 33 September i CSV X > A 3S Oats No 2 May 21 21y 2 2i July 2256 23 22 ii 23 Mess Pork May 1120 11S5 1120 11331A S July 1115 11CO 1116 1127 lard May C10 Glo C10 C15 Short Rib Sides JUly fii2y fili 012VJ 615 July Gir GSO G 121 G 17Hi CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations were us follows Flour steady winter pat lOfcoeO straight 2M < Li330 spring specials JSQ spring pats ttl093l5 straight t S2COiirCiO talcors 2O2 IO1 No 1 spring wheat 62f66e No 2 ned 00i70c No 2 corn 56c No 2 oats 3ijlc No 2 whIte 2G ½ JSc No 3 White 25iZi213m No 2 nyc 4A50c No 2 barley 3Gii4c No 1 ax seed G3 prIme timothy sesti 245 mess pork per barrel 1070311 lard per 100 pounds J5P5KG 10 short ribs sides loose M C0fi 25 dry salted shoulders boxed WfiGyc short clear sides loxod C > GW whisky distillers finished fin-ished goods per gallon 12U sugars nutloaf 5lW granulated 533 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMISNTS Artlolca Rets Ship Flour barrels 12COO WOW Wheat bushels 2JW 30000 Corn miohels SOWO lunWJO Oal bushels 3MXO 22oo > Ry hushclH SOuO ftOuO Barley luiahcls rtttO 10CO On tho produco exchange today tho butter but-ter market was easy creamery l < j21c dairy lUS2c cheese firm 12fflUc eggs fresh L54f1Uc Coast Grain San Francisco March 17 Wheat steady May 5Sc December 41049 cash D71Aic BOrIC no salon cash bar I Icy 75c V S London Markets Now York March 17The Commercial Advertisers London financIal cablegram i say The mnrketn hero were Isis to day celebrating St Pitlcks day Otherwise Other-wise they wore Idle but thu one was hard on the reported collapse of the Free State resistance It Is hoped the Transvaulera will follow suit Time War loan waft at 111C premium Tho allotment Is expected ex-pected on Wednesday Americans wero 1 very fulM but no moves V were upward Paris strongly supported Tlntns which rose ono The bpnk bought CJOoco cold In l > ar Money was a shade easIer half of the large amount due the bunk was repaid re-paid |