Show JERSEY CENTRAL IS UP I Advance Caused by Reported Dividend on Preferred WESTERN ROADS WERE DULL Prices Were Inclined to Sag on Reports Re-ports of Damage to Corn Crop in Kansas Reduction in Various Grades of Sugars Had NaJBfCect on tho StockFeature of tho Bond Market Was the Heavy Absorption of St Louis Southwestern Firsts Chicago Grain Dull V SILVER New York Gl C San Francisco tilc 1 London 2fd LEAD New York cvchango 123 New York brokers 5UO COPPER New Now York York l exchange brokers l Ifiilc ft0 C Silver and Drafts New York Aug 23Bar silver Glo Mexican dollars Sc San Francisco Aug 23 Silver bars 6le V Mexican dollars 49il49c Drafts sight 7e telegraphic lOcI lOc-I Money and Exchange New York Aug 23 Money on call I steady actual transactions lHUla percent per-cent Prime morcantllo paper 1575 1 per cent Sterling exchange firm with actual business In bankers bills at S74S7 > 1 for demand and at SJSliOlHft for sixty 183S posted rates USoVfc and 18S HlL 1 SO Commercial bills lS3tff LSI New York Metals fl New York Aug 23Tln took a firmer course today on Increased demand and better news from abroad The other departments de-partments however ruled dull and weak with prices tending downward under heavy cables and neglect At the close tho motal xchaigo called pig Iron warrants war-rants weak and nominal at 511 00 lake l copper very inlet at 16c tin higher at COH > f31CO lead dull at S12o speller easy I at SUOSiK CThc brokers prlco for lead Is iCO and for copper lCic San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco Aug 23Tho officIal closing quotations for mining Btocls today to-day were ns follows V Alto ldlMexican 2C Alpha Con oiIOccidsntal COl 10 Andes I2iOphir 51 B S D 1i Oermnn 07 Bullion m Potosi 071 Caledonia S2ISov ago 10 Chal Con 2115e g Belcher 02 Chol1ar 151 Sierra Nov M Confldenco r liver lull 3iV C C Vn 150fStnimdard 410 V Grown Point 1JpnIOn Con 20 G C 15 Utnh Con cr H h 17 Yellow Jacket fJ Justice 02 NW YORK MINING STOCKS Jm S Rcfi7l2CiMeicaii 21 I referred I SS12I Ontario 650 Chollar 11 I Ofhit 52 Crown Point 12 Plymouth 10 C C Vn 135 Quicksilver 11 Deadwood 16 I preferred GW G C 20 iSierra Ncv 31 H N 17 Standard 3S0 Homestalte WOI lunlon Con 18 Iron Silver S3iY el Jacket 15 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Advenluro 2SOlCentennial 4 IG75 Allouez 1t Co 1OolOsccoii m7 Jmnl Cop 150 Parrot 175 B 11 317OOISanta Fe Cop JiO B D C3OOlWinona 300 I Cal Hecla 760001 Utah OI Humboldt 2500 TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boston Auy 231n sympathy with the general dullness of Wall street and imitating Imi-tating tho tactics of traders over there tho local traders swapped a few copper sharesIn the Boston market which swapping swap-ping practically impressed the whole market mar-ket Common business which u few days ago promised to Improve has again entirely en-tirely disappeared but sentiment still based on tho strong position tIme market continues to favor tho long of copper shares Hornblowcr Weeks brokers 53 State street Boston furnish the following quotations Quo-tations Sales High Tow Close Amalgamated SS900 6300 Blngham llCO 1050 V Cochltl SOO 775 Cent Eureka 5 2375 Utah 2tO 31 23 C07S 0073 United States 1000 950 White Knob 102S 1000 Curb Bobton 275fi32o Navaho 35OJ 100 London Financial Review V New York Aug zJThe Commercial Advertisers financial cablegram says In tho absence of speculation In the markets here today the tone was heavy In the early hours Influenced somewhat by foolish talk of an Impending war with France In the aftsrnoon tho bears closed seine of their contracts on heavy receipts of gold Americans were neglected Paris sold copper shares on tho relapse In the metal New York Fruit JIarkct Now York Aug 23 Interest In the dried fruit market continues generally lax with the situation uninteresting In Its main phases Demand Is however about equal to offerings thus > preventing marked change In quotations which aro as follows fol-lows California dried fruits Prunes Slt ZTTfec per pound as to size and quality apricots Royal 11I llc Moor park lW17c peaches peeled 14fT18c unpeeled MjOc State cvaporn ted apples common Sonc prime liG5ic choice 5 ½ tCc fancy G1Wic Grain and Provisions Chicago Aug September wheat opened a shade up at 73c to 73Vc Llv cd pool showed a vfrl 9id advance heavy rains In tho Northwest were reported ns Interfering with harvesting and traders generally expected a falling oil In primary pri-mary receipts In the near future In tho taco of this tho opening figures were a disappointment Tho causo of this unresponsive unre-sponsive atUl do of the market sal to be found in selling by oulsldo people lluough commissionhouses In dlasust local traders followed tho outside lead l and September dropped early to 734c Later tho pressure oC an expo ex-po l domand began to bo felt This started start-ed tho market upward anti early sellers turned buyers but found offers very scarce September rallied sharply to lOVe and closed strong vsfiic higher at 741 B j7ie Inprovcmcnt In tho weather as viewed from V the standpoint of cornralsors caused considerable liquidation In that cereal September closed vsSiic down at W j J 11e Oats wero again under the depressing Inllucnco of September liquidation Sop tomber closed IVpVie lower at 2Li21ic Provisions wore dull early but later some activity was stlrncd up by a cash demand particularly for lard and ribs This In vlow of time scarcity of cured moats caused V a stronger feeling In mo pit September pork closed 7 < 4c higher lard 2Ac better and ribs 5c Improved RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 August V 7St < 7W 73 7 94 September 73 7t4 73 A 7U October 7li 75J 71 Corn No 2 August September I SO L S9 K October 33V6 3S 37i 2S Oats No 2 August 2l 4 2i4 21 f 2l1 September 2im h 2l October 22 V 21 22 Mess Pork September llW 110256 1097 6 llOgfc October 10KJ 1110 1000 1M5 January 1100 1112 10WV6 1110 Lard September GGP4 GJ21S G67 ½ C72J6 October C72 j C77U 072 C77 January C WJ 652i C47 i G52 Short Ribs Scolcmbcr G97 A 7O 607 7f October 692 700 G92MV 700 I January58Th I 500 5S ½ 5l CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations were as follows Flour r firm No 3 spring wheat 736c No 2 red 74iM1V750 No 2 corn No 2 3ei loss 40ii40c No 2 oats 2c No 2 while 2h4c2t4jo No S white 233i7Z5c good feecJinc barley afc fair to cholco mnltin 414rl5c No 1 llax seed J139 No 1 Northwestern J140 prime timothy seed J3MJ3Oo mesa pork per barrel 41100 1105 lard per 100 pounds 6l0UGl2 short ribs aides loose JC0567SO dry salted shoulders boxed Cfi64c short clear sides boxed 7ZX > y700 sugars cut loaf unchanged clover contract grade 23 V r V RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Recpls Shpls Flour barrels 15000 20vO Wheat bushels 320KO 627000 Corn bushels 1020ifl rjOCOO Oats bushels 237000 V 343000 Rye bushels 3COO Barley bushels 10000 7000 PRODUCE MARKET On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was firm creameries lr 7i2Oic dairies llftlSc cheese steady 1Off11c eggs llrm fresh 13 fll4c Pacific Coast GrainV San Francisco Aug 23 Wheat Easier December 111 May SllGVi Barley No sales Butter and Eggs New York Aug 23 Butter Receipts I G407 packages llrm Current packed factory fac-tory 4li7M6c EiJgS RccclnlH 5M packages firm Western regular packing at mark 10ZilSc Western loss off 1CT7c Stocks and Bonds Now York Aug 23 Business on the stock exchange today was again of small proportion Some Irrcgiilarlty occurred In the movement of prices and net changes showed about an oven dlstrlbu Uon of small gains and losses Special movements were under way In Individual stocky but their tendency exorcised no effect on the cencral list V Stocks which havo tended upward recently re-cently continued In that direction today particularly Consolidated Gas New Jersey Jer-sey Central and St Louis Southwestern Southwest-ern The latter was taken on reports of a possible dividend on Limo preferred stock but Ihe common shares also rose a point While no corroboration has been made rc irarrllnrr thin rciuitpM flml In Mow Jorsev Central that Block moved up two pohults but only retained a not gain of 91 At no time during time day was there any Indication of strength In the Western railroads which were Inclined to sag on reports of damage to the corn crop In Kansas Liquidation developed In American Ameri-can Ice on talk that Interests connected with the properly wore disposing of their holdings An extreme loss of 2l occurred but almost a point was recovered In the closing dealings Arbitragehouses ceasOd trading early but sold ElO0 < shares of various va-rious stocks A bid of 2 per rent was made for call money late In the afternoon but there was no transaction at that rate Business throughout the day vas at tho recently ruling figures of IiglA per cent Reductions Re-ductions in various grades of soft sugars had no material effect on the price of Sugar stock which figured for dealings of less than CCOO shares In the last half hour the prices yielded and the close was easy In tore Tie feature of the bond market today was the heavy absorption of St louls t V Southwestern Mrst and second which gained 1 per cent Total sales par valuo 1203CW United StatcP Government bonds were unchanged In bid prices V BOND LIST U S 2s reflUi Cob So As U S 2s coup ref 101 O R G Isli lfrs U S 3s rcg 110 D fc R G 4 U S 3s coup109 Nor Pac 23 65 U S n Is reg133 Nor Pac g VU S n Is coup133 Or NOV Ists109 U S old 4s reg 115 Or Nav Is 102Vi U S old Is coup115 Or S L Cs ILTA U S 6s rcg 1J2V Or S L con 53112V6 U S fc coup 112 R G W Isls Atchison gen lsI6Oc So Pac Is 7u4 < adjustment la S5i Union Pac Is 1041 CLOSING STOCKS Atchison 27 preferred 76 V preferred 70 Wabash 651 Bait Ohio 72 preferred IS1 Canada Pac 89Vi Wheel L E 8 1 Canada So 49 2nd preferred 231A Ones Ohio 27i WIs Central 13A Chl Gt West 103Vi Third Avenue JlO Chi B Qi25 Express companies Oh Ind L 22 com-panies preferred 53 Adams 122 Chi E Ill 964 American 155 Chi c N West 1C2 i A United States 15 Ohl H I Pac1IK ½ Wells Fargo 123 C C C St L 59 Miscellaneous Colorado So C Am Cot Oil 33Vt 1st preferred 12 preferred 8Sh 2nd preferred 16 Am Malting Del Hudson112 preferred 23 D L West178 Am S Ref 37M Don Rio G 194 preferred SSA preferred CGll Am Spirits V 114 Brio 10 preferred 17 1st preferred 33i Ym Steel Hoop 1911 Gt Noilh ufdl62 preferred W Hocking Cant 14 Am Steel W 35 Hocking Val 341 preferred 71 Ill Central llCVj Am Tin Plato 25 la Central 18ft preferred 7C preferred i3 V Am Tobacco 934 K C P G IWi preferred 123 L Eric West 23Vfc Anaconda M Co 11 preferred OJ Brooklyn R T SO3 Lake Shore 209 Cob Fuel I 31 T ouls Nash 71 Continental rob 25 > t Manhattan L 91ft preferred 77 Met St Ry 152 i Federal Steel 2Hi Mex Central lli preferred W Minim St L i5 Gen Electric 133 preferred 34 Glucose Sugar 52 Mo Pacific 5L preferred V 93 Mobile Ohio 3T Tntcrnl Paper 23 f Mo K Tex f11 preferred CG preferred 31 La Clcdc Gas 7m I N J Central 13514 Nat Biscuit 3114 N Y Central 1206 preferred OZy Norf West 333 i Nat Lead 17 preferred 741 preferred RSi Nor Pacific 61U Nat Steel 25 i preferred 7Ok preferred SPAN Out West 21f 4 SPA-N Y Air Brake 133 Or Hv Nay 42 North Amcr 15 preferred 76 Pacific Coast C6 Pennsylvania 129M 1st preferred S6 Reading 17 2nd preferred C4 1st preferred ES7 Pacific Mall 31 2nd preferred 283 Peoples Gas 9tf R G Western GO Press Steel Car 3S preferred 90 preferred 71 St L S P OTfc Pullm Pal Car 186 1st preferred CG Stan R T G 2nd preferred 331 Sugar 122 St E So West 13 preferred 11G preferred 2Sr Tonn C t Iron GO St Paul 113ii U S Leather 1C preferred 172 preferred 63 St P Omaha 112 U S Rubber 30 So Pacific 231 preferred 94 So Railway 111 West Union preferred 5Z4 Rep I Steal 11 Tex PacIfic j41 preferred 53 Union Pacific 54 P C C St L 54 LiveStock MarketV CHICAGO V Chicago Aug 23 Callle Receipts 9203 Including 2500 Westerns Choice steers steady others slow Westerns and Tex ails steady butcher stock w alc Good to prime steers J510SCM poor to medium me-dium 16G52O stockorsand feeders 325 ffl75 cows 265ji25 < heifers SSOffUO canners 20033 bulls 2GO140 calves S4EOfGDO Texas fod steers J 1155500 grassers J515fl4 bulls 2XC125 JTogr Receipts today J9GOO tomorrow 190CO left over 51ifl light steady others weak lo shade j wer lop r ii7Vs Mixed and butchers C05i good to choice heavy 83O5fl537 ½ rough heavy JSfl500 light 31lj457J bulk of SJ1les 3i5fiVS35 Sheen Receipt 13COO market about steady Good to choice and fair to choice mixed 33511303 Wcslcrn sheep 3COfZ n7o Texas sheep J25033 native lambs SI15 525 Western lambs M7 523 V OMjVIIA Omahn Aug 23 attleRecipts 330 slow and steady Native beef steers t61 ZV7i75 Western stecre l1O1I480 Texas steers 250ffl f cows and heifers 3CO11 lCO canners 173fi2o stockers and feeders feed-ers generally lOc lower 3GOfM75 calves 3C a550 bulls stags etc 27Gcji25 Hogs Rccclpls KOQ shade to Lc lower Heavy SlOOfiSOo mixed SISOffoOO light ltW510 pigs HEOfflM bulk of sales tt90tiS03 V Shejjp Receipts 71CO market slow and steady Yearlings and wGllior 5316 370 stock sheep 32yi 3CO Jambs I2034M > KANSAS CITY Kansas City Aug 23 Cattle Receipts 12COO best natives steady other cattle weak to lOc lower Native steers JlOOfi 565 Texas steers 2S5fr5i Texas cows J2CSf3 native cows and heifers 175g > 515 stockers and feeders J305SICO bulls 2EOHCO calves steady 30ahi25 Hogs Receipts MOO lights steady others eak lo So lower Hulk of sales J i12M1520 heavy 1eis i7 Xr packers 312 fr5 27Vi mixed IR > g 13 light JI52V i50 yorkers J525fi53il pigs flSV515 Sheep Receipts CttO steads Lambs J3E9U23 muttons 3001140O DENVER Denver Aug 23 Cattle Receipts 100 market weak nmUlower Beef steers J3PO < y32Q cows 4225ilCO 1 fcedor freight paid toriver J3COtfi25 stockers freight paid to river JSoJj 125 bulls stags etc 5200fi3 < X > Hogs Receipts 230 market lOc lower Light packers and mixed 300fi507i heavy l75fitM Sheep Receipts 10CO market weak and lowdr Good fat muttons S3GOffJOO lambs l25fi5CO St Joseph LiveStock Market I TRIBUNE SPECIAL South SL Joseph Mo Aug 23 Sheep Receipts 11C00 market steady Flaming two doubles lambs I Nov BroS Reno VIdfl 0110 < i6O R F Cooke IaIiey v V V double lambs Zi8Q VV others CaU Reclipts 2700 best VV steady V Weak to iGe lower 1iogs1tecciPU KM Sc lower |