Show BEAR DRIVE RESISTED Early Losses Largely Wiped Out Yesterdays Market DEPRESSION CAME LATER i 1 Speculative Liquidation Came Into Force and the Result Is a Preponderance Prepon-derance of Net Losses on the Day Few Stocks Maintained a Marked Net Gain but They Were Under Manipulation Union Pacific and Burlington Were Made the Subject of Joint Operations for a Rise I I SILVER Now York Sin Francisco Glhc London 25 d LEAD Now York exchange 13715 COPPER New York exchange 51700 Silver and Drafts New York March 7SIlvcr certificates 6l4eMexican Mexican dollars 40c Bar silver Sic San Francisco March 7SIlver bars I 6lAc Mexican dollars i451 Drafts sight i2c telegraph Thc < Money and Exchange New York March 7 Money on call I steady at 242 ½ per cent t Prlino mercantile paper fi IW1 per cent Sterling exchaiiKP easier with actual I business In bankers1 bllli at flS7 for de mand and JIMll for sixty days posted i rates JIftiiA and JlSM commercial 1 i bllla S1S3K3ISI New York Metals Now York March 7There were no noteworthy changes in tho metal market today Speculative interest was lacklnpr with the Information from abroad about as predicted Tin was dull and about unchanged un-changed though a shade lower abroad L where prices closrrl at IHO 2s 6d for spot and futures at 11R 7s Cd The nominal close bcro was on the Imls of iKKfJMrS Copper WIJM featureless and unchanged at lie for Lake Superior and l tc for casting Jn London rop cr closed at 1 70 COs M on spot and Lii 2x Gd ou futures lead was quiet and unchanged Spoiler though displaying a weak undertone in the absence of buyers was not ouotably lower closing at J397i4f7307Vi Pip iron warrants 9I S 1050 Northern 510009 1050 Southern foundry 1 150 1575 and 1 soft Southern loXXjlB75J San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco March 7The official 1 closing quotations for mining stocks to I day were as follows Alia W IT N H 1 Alpha Con G2JuRtlce 02 Andes < ViKentiick Con 01 Belcher in Mexican IS 1 R itB Occidental Con 03 Uulllcm 01 Ophlr G5 Caledonia Ct Overman q Challenge Con lfl4Savtugc 10 I Chollar < > Scg Belcher 01 C C t Vi 160 Sierra Nov 23 Cpu Imperial 011 Silver Hill 13 Crown Point 10 Standard 3SO JSureka Con 5 Union Con 10 1 I Exchequer 01 Utah Con 01 1 Julia OtYcl Jacket 18 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Am S Jt R cl624 Little Chief 4 15 preferred 9337Vi advlllo C 03 Adams Con 23 Ontario 77JV Alice 10 Ophlr 5 Breeco 125 Phoenix OS Brunswick C 23 Potosi 10 ComHtock T 03 Savage 03 CC Ya 150 Sierra Nov 21 Dead wood 0 Small Hopes < > > Horn Sliver 110 Standard 3S5 Iron Silver 00 BOSTON MINING STOCKS I tivcnuuuo 1275 Iluiniboidt 2500 anuI Cop 10025 Oseela 05 Atlantic 3150 Parrot 5262 i Blnghnm 2100 Qtuluicy i000 I 3 M2Z5cP0i35700 S Po op 750 B Bost 9500 Trnaritck 31500 C IiS340Oj55C Wuiona Centennial 2575 Woiverinca Franklin 2i7 Utah 35J Grain nnct Provisions Chicago March Opening transac Ions la wheat were i Jc lower at 75 Cy to 73Wc for May delivery a condition 15of speculative rrralrs duo to a variety of bearish Innncnccs Liverpool was depressed de-pressed to begin with North wcsl iccelpts wcro liberal and the weather of a mild character calculated to sllllo crop damflsro reports Commissionhouses sold heavily I and during the llrst half hour the market was pounded to 75VS5751C Then the mur I ket became dull and under local buying much of It covering by shorts reacted to 7iUC During the afternoon the pronounced pro-nounced weakness of corn niud omits and lie discouraging oxirorl silualion awoko i bears to the possibilities of tho situation anil tho market declined with Vome celorl tv to 75c and closed weak rie lower at 75715c Corn opened weak on freer country offerings of-ferings libci al receipt and a slack shipping I ship-ping situation Jn sympathy with oals the how point of the day was reached In the afternoon but It steadied again on Iho rcporteu engagement or ft loads for export ex-port May closed e lower at IQQjfflOJic As wits the case yesterday the pats I mark led In the weakness of the grain markets duo tn the unloading of tho longs May closed IP lower at 2l > ic Provisions ware active and strong all day The market opened at a stall advance ad-vance because of a light run of hogs and adxanccd sharply on buying by lnduentlil I packers The close was strong May pork COq higher lard 7ic up and ribs YlfJlOc up RANGE OF THIS LEADING FUTURES Articles Beeps Ships Wheat No 2 March 71J 717i 734 71V I April 7Hi 711 74it 71 May 7 u ri 751j 75 it Corn io2 March ST4 KT S 2S11 May 400J < 0ri 4 OY iOft l Oats No 2 March 21 21 2351 2i I May 25K 25 2lj 21ft Mess Pork iMaiXh JI35 May 1125 1155 1423 4HG2i i Lard j September rC2li 770 > 762 < 7G71A Mnrcli 7oO 7W p May 7M 1WA 7CO 7K July 753 7C2 703 760 Short Ribs March 715 t 7J5 Mny 7121A I22 14 712 720 September 72T 7 22ik 725 7CO I CASH QUOTATIONS Cush fiuolatlonj were as follows Flour dull No 3 spring wheat tJ7i7I71e No 2 red 74 g7Cc No 2 corn lOc No 2 yellow SOc No 2 Loats 2oU i25Ao No 2 white 2Sc No white Wir327ic Nb 2 rye Me fair to choice mailing barloy 4SfDUc No 1 flax seed 5151 No Northwestern 1 15U prime tImothy seed lt0 > mess pork per 1 barrel 14SJVyll40 lard per JOO pounds 7i7ki752l short ribs Bldcn1 loose 5710 fj730 dry palled shoulders boxed OVfy tiXic short clear sides boxed 7rxv 17 > 2 < j whisky basis > of high wines 127 clover 1 contract grade n75 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Rccps Ships Flour barrels 13ft 2SOO Wheat bushels 5100 31000 Corn bushels 238000 191000 Oats bushels SiliXK 1S10V 0 Rye bushels 5tv aOOO Barley bushels 1GOOO OOuO PRODUCE EXCHANGE On tho produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was dull creameries ir > j22c dairies 10S19c cheese dull lOiJGll c eggs dull fresh I3c Coast Grain San Francisco Gal March 7 Wheat steady May 07vlc December Jl03 Barley Bar-ley no sales Foreign Market New York March Commercial Advertisers Adver-tisers London financial cablegram says There wan a general reaction on tho g stock exchange hero today Everything except Americans suffered because money wnS tighter and no news came out to Indicate I In-dicate progress toward peace In South Africa The American department enJoyed en-Joyed a fairly brisk trading In the early mI I hours profitiakliifr put stocks down a lit tic but this soon ended and the market I rallied under the lead of Atchison and t St Paul which wore In good doninnd I I Then Now York cAme In for support buy lug ehlclly C fc O shares Copper sharcfl wore weak 1 ho T nto dividend IB now estimated Hi only Us The bunk bought WXO sold eagle he hard II I I cuing of money rutos was caused in part i ii by tie repayment to the bank of a big silni rrod Homo limo ago Calls were m1 per cent Time money 3i dlscnimw > rtrjj Broker however arc lighting siTy of new loans now expecting the Government Gov-ernment soon to disburse hcavj mounts The February trade reports to show tliit I exports huvti decreased Cu per cent duo 1 mainly to din fall of Iron and coal pr COB Imports hnvo Increased 06 per cent ehlclly In ccrcalg Stocks and Bonds Now York March 7The market made quite a vigorous roslHtanco this morning to an early bear drive By tncans of iho KUHtiilring Innuenco of Individual flocks early leases were largely wiped out ana the level of prices generally carried ocr last night but during tho loiter pail ot the day lie murkot succumhid to dcprcs Hlon and speculative llqulchulon came Into force Jho 1 result Is a predominance or net losses on tile duty A few mocks main tulncd u market net gain but they ivero rather pulpnbly under manipulation for their austuiplng Influence on time rest Of iho market while prortttaklng was going oil TIuc narrowing supply of available credits cred-its and the calling of loans by i some of the hanks WQB the I mOflt Imporlont Influence in iho reaction In addition tho movement oc prices had grown quite obviously under the influence of manipulative pools and lie selllntr lo take protlis by this clasS of operators In a markc where the public IH not taking a large purl had the effect of turning prices downward There iia grown up somti fooling IbaL the recent cnso of the money market hai been In some sort due lo arllllclfjl causes I prompted by tho clolra of large capital tats lo insure smoothsailing for some or the important financial operations recent ly I Set jillORt Such itnlflclal caso must necessarily be 1 lImited In duration tho nniural course or events having their inevitable results m due time Beside the absorption of over 50KOC01 by the subtreasury from thc I money market and Iho seasonable tiirt I In the Help of Iho Interior money move ment to New York the money market ha I felt the effect this week of tIm payment by the Union Pacific of half the purchase price of UH controlling Interest ini tno I Southern Pacific Tio Pennsylvania Railroad Rail-road Is also reported to Intro paid over I several million dollari on account of thU I Long Island railroad purchase Money rates have consequently worked eloper 1 rind seine oC tho holders of stocks on mnr gin havo been prompted lo liquidate I This session was particularly marked lo duy InPennnylvanla Union Pacific and Burllnglon which wcro made tho subject of Joint operations iou a rlac during tho last few days An effort was made to continue pool operations for an advance by > a revival of reports of tho Sf Louis absorption by 1 Great Northern and North ern Pacific jntcroitn This had tho effect of lifting St Paul HJ There was a turn against the shorts in some of the stoel i storks not Included In lie United States Steel corporation which reunited In nd vanecs from 21 i to 6 Yh In the Republic Steel stocks Colorado Fuel and Tcnnes see Coal All of thieFc Blocks fell back after Ihe demand from Ihp shorts had been satisfied The pressure against Amalgamated Copper carried It oft at one limo 1 and It closed with a net loss of a point Thin stoel slocks continued very dull and generally heavy The bond market was quite active to dav but regular Total gales par valuo I iskiOCOO United States refunding 2s declined de-clined per cent qn tho last cull BOND LIST US Is ret reg 103Ji D R G 4t l1 S 2s ref couipI05l Nor Pac 3s 711 1VS 1s icg Ill la U S 3s COJ1P 1I1 Qr Nay Is HO U S n Ja meg 137 isSn U Is-Sn is coup 137i O S 14 SS 127vi U S old 4s reg hi con Cs 11G IT Sold Iscoup1M R G West Is 100yt U SSsrcg UWl So Pac Is 03 U S 5s coup 1UU Union Pac Is KXi Colo So 4s S5 CLOSING STOCKS Railroads Wabash 16 Alchlson 57aa preferred 31 preferred 01 W L IS IS 1 B Ohio Mt 2nd preferred 31i Cart Pac t Third Avo ICO Can So 715 B O pfd S2U C Ohio 11 I 1 Nat Tithe oV Chic G W 10 preferred 102i 1 C B Q Ii75 I2xpress Companies I Chic 1 L 3214 Com-panies preferred iiiZ Adams li Chic E I U05 American 1S7A Chic N W 1711 United States SSA C R I P 12W roll5 Fargo 137 C C C SI L 75i MlMollaneous Cole So O Am Cot OU 1st preferred II preferred S5 I 2nd preferred 1S1 Am Mull Del Hud lS preferred D Lack S 17 Am S F R D aRG preferred 93 preferred < fti Am Spirits Eric 27T preferred 17 1st preferred 65 Am Stqcl Hoop 1 3 G Nor pfd 171e preferred Hock Coal 15 Am S Wire I lock Val i 50 preferred Illinois Cent 41201 Am Tin Plato Iowa Cent iT preferred 101Vt preferred B3 Am Tobacco S l2tl L I E West Ii L preferred Olii I 1 preferred Ill Anaconda M Co 17 Lako Shore 21pi Brooklyn R T 7ff Nash Colo F I I I5 Vhiuhat L ll9l Conl Tobacco 16U Met St Ry 1633 preferred rCO Mox Cent 17tu Fed Steel II Minn StL 7GU preferred SO prcfcrretl 103 Gen Elcir 2HVi Mo Pac S9V Glucofio Sugar 47 M 1 Ohio SO preferred MA Mo 1C S T 20i Intornii Paper 271 preferred Bl preferred 71j N L J 1 Cent 163 A Laclede l Gus S14 N Y Cent tll3T J Nat Biscuit Nor Vpst 4S > i preferred 92 preferred En Nat Load Iffll Nor Pac S4 preferred 5l preferred S7 Nat Steel 45 < i Ont fc West St preferred 102 O R N 42 N Y Air Brake15 4 preferred 75 Npr Amcr 75 PcmiKylvuiiIu 15lt1 Pac Coast 52 Reading 1st preferred SS 1st preferred 71 2nd preferred 62 2nd preferred W Pac Mail 35 = i R G West G5 Peoples Gas 103 preferred 73 I F Steel CarL 0i St Car-L S F 33 preferred 73 LSI preferred 82 Pullman P Car20C 2nd preferred 66R Stand R T 3t > St 1 S r Ol o i Sugar lllt preferred f3 jirferrctt121 St Paul 163 Tcnn C 1 Slit preferred 191 U S Leather St Paul 1 F O 125 preferred I So Pac 15 U S Rubber 10 So Ry 21s preferred 58 preferred 7J > West Union S3A Tox t Pic S1 Rep I S 1611 Union Pin ni preferred 07 preferred P C C St L 60 AVlM Cent IS Amal Cop 100 San Francisco Wool San Francisco Cal March 7 Wool quotations Spring Nevada Ilfjl3c east era Nevada 10fI3c valley Oregon llfilSc Jjill Mounlaln lambs > ilo < i San Jot iulr plains 1 67o Humboldt and Mcndoclno St Louis Wool St Jxwls March 7xVoui quIet Tern lory and Western medium JtJ16J < c line 10ilC coaise 32 < jllc Butter and Eggs i cw York March 7 Bullcr Rocclpla 7185 pncljoges lmr fresh creamery 17 < a 2c Juno creamery I3f720c factory 31tulc Ecrgfe Receipts 7727 packages Unset tled Western at murk lJ5K > lc Southern at mark IPCfilCu Livo Stock CHICAGO Chfcngo March 7CattieRcelps IW Including WX O TexniiM Generally steady liltfliers lower Good I to prime sLiers Ci6 poor lo medium 30cI5il stockuig maid feeders stnciug 275m1 O 1Vi Iq125 helfers 270f 1311 caiitiirs OOb bulls slow 26Icii2 ctilt stcttuit l0lIG25 Iexns fed 5termm lM Texas gniHB stccrs fCSSulCO Texas bulls 2 Hogs Receipt tpday ISC Xl tomorrow 22f X > loft over CCOO Opened ahado lilghor closing weak Ton 5 55 Mixed and biilchers J5ay7i362i4 g wd lo choice heavy MB0 56i rough heavy f5COff5l5 light 5aStfTBCO bulk of sulep fMT WUu1 Sheen Recelntn liOW shlceii uirmr vwv w j sirongr lamhH stoadv to low Good to choice wethQrs > RSOffLSS 4 I fair to cholco mixed OOfruQ WcBtcpii flheop WS3ilsr Texas sheep J2aC375 native lambs 15051 23 Western lambs f500tj523 KANSAS CITY Kansas City Mo March 7 Cattle Re ceL4000tron l Strong Native steers 75 < j > 193 Tcxns steers J3W5l75t Texas cows 12751375 mitlvo cows and heifers S39Sfi > IOD alockcra and feeders J3SOS5CO bulls u uulli > xt3S0ilGcO S30i > J25 pnlv ti rntrr nn > IIogsReceipts 10CO itcady to higher Bulk of sales t53541545 biey S4LI ° t5 hhcoi > Receipt 10CO Slrong Muttons J3WJT1CO Jamb 4p0fT50fy OMAHA Omaha Nob Mardi 7Cattloltecel ts 00 Stead > to atmotigur Natio l steers WOSIS V Sn iJSSV r < S < XSSK SM I stockcra and feeders 4325 7 J50 calve 3r oil7J > hulls slaps etc i7yfH25 J I logs Receipts tjO Snado higher N i vjOKed weak Jlciivy 4337frtif5M3 mix O JiSSlfdiS light fc539ftfiru pigs iO6 633 OUlk 01 hakH f537 ± < f5IO S heeiiFcceiPtg IiO 3oati3 Yearlings t 1 10 ivethers i04FO ewes 35o 100 I comnion mind stuck sheep 3GO3 I laz nb i24j51ODENVER DENVER I Denver March 7 Cattle Receipts yf I Active and linn beef steers J350iJW i trowa J225J7375 feeders freight paid to river JJoowiC5 stockers freight paid to i river jaatflCO bulls stags etc 5200ui a J logs Receipts 300 Steady to lower Light packers J5200535 mixed and iie vy Wg5fO Shcj ffccelpja TOO Unchanged t Sale of Sheepskins London March 7A cabiof 37R9 sheep skins wan held today There was a full nltcnilnnrc butt hero irene not many con I llnental m buyers present an usual Compo I f tlt lon was fair al about Januaiy rate i The demand for rroaxbr < H wan leas sat factory and prices fi per cent lower 1 1 mainly on medium full wool grades Thn Grip Cure That JDoss Cure Laxative BromoQulnlne removes ihe cause SPARKS FROM THE WIRES I The building occupied by ho Fay Stock lug i company and tho JSIyrlo Canning company Filyrla O was destroyed byre I li by-re yesterday Loss > JSOOGO Ono hundred j I persons arc thrown out of work I The Crows Nest Pis conl anil railway I project J the Canadian Lloyds bill and the scheme Intended to complete a niw iranecontlncntal menLo practically under Government control and partially under J Government ownership now engTigo tho j attention of lie Domlnan Government 1 The Jumcl mansion and grounds In Harlem which were occupied by Gcu Washington as headquarter will como 1 Into l tho possession of Now York city as a i public j show place of revolutionary relics through l I lie action of the Board or Public Improvement The mansion was built In 17 1 ft ftAbout About sovcntyflve cases of smallpox ex 1st at Fink a small town cast of Poplar Bltin Mo 1 The people liavo disregarded Iho i l quarantine regulations Balls and uhalns i hnvo been went lo Flsk and every patient and those who have been exposed will be shackled itt order to keep them in doore IN THE BUSINESS WORLD Nothing can be hoard as yet In regard to t this seasons Iron ore prices hut apparently ap-parently the trade has gone ahead with Jlttlo reference lo what decision may b J 1 finally reached 1 Tim steel market Is nllll very hare and premiums arc quite generally paid for prompt delivery over pool prices It Is I possible thai the billet association may 1 this week decree that the lagging official offi-cial prices catch up with the market Present prices for copper would ho out of the question were it not for tho cnormoiio homo dcniond Tho outlook for consumption In Europe la undoubtedly very blue in all branches of the metal trade This Is shown too by the way In which lead and speller are acting hi Europe |