Show iIvY IN WALL STREET Furious Activity Shown in the Stock Market ENORMOUS BUSINESS DONE An Incident of the Very Active Trading Trad-ing Was the High Price Asked for Membership on the Stock Exchange S52000 Was Bid for a Scat Compared Com-pared With a Sale Tuesday of 50 000 Which Was the Record Price Total Number of Shares Sold Yesterday Yes-terday Was 1414700 Li L SILVER New York Glo Sun Francisco London 23d LEAD Now York exchange 437Y COPPER Now York exchange 1700 Silver and Drafts New York Dcq 19 Silver scrtlflcatcs GlrtSc Bur silver Gtc Mexican dollars SOc Sun Francisco Dec 19 Silver bars 6414c Mexican dollars 5O14j5lc Drafts Bight DC telegraph 74c Money and Exchange Now York Dec 19 Money on call steady 45 per cent last loan I percent per-cent Prime mercantile paper iyi < 5vl percent per-cent Sterling exchange steady with actual business In bankers bills at 184 for demand de-mand and i801k 1 for sixty days Posted rates SIS1fMSlV and Saftl 1 85 Com meiclal bills S I9 ½ i7 New York Metals Now York Dec 10 Copper In London remains unchanged al 71 lOs with the local lo-cal market also quiet and nominally 17c lor Lake Superior and l652c for casting copper and electrolytic Trading In lead I wns of a handtomouth character and nominally unchanged nt SI 37 ½ while at London the market was 2s Gd lower to 1C 2s Speltor showed no Important changes In prices remaining at the old basis of 115T420 and 18 12s Gd abroad Sam Francisco Mining Stocks Son Francisco Dec 10The official closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were ns follows Alta 5 Alpha Con 5 02 Andes Mexican 10 Belchor 14 Occidental Con 01 Bn SlOphlr 59 Bullion 02 Overman VJ Caledonia in Polos I 11 Challenge Con 19 Savage 15 Chollar 13 Seg Belcher 02 Confidence SO SIerra Nov 21 C C Va 1j SIlver Hill ti 1 Crown Point luStandurd lUG lU-G C 8C Union Con 05 11 N ISUtnh Con 03 I 1 Justice WYcl Jacket 18 Konluck Con Ol1 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Am S R MCUjAdnms Con 20 preferred 5750 LIttle Chief 15 Alice 40 Ontario GOO Brccco 2CO Ophlr GO Brunswick 15 Phoenix 10 Comstock Tun 01 Polosl 12 C C St L i5 Savage 11 Deadwood S1 Sierra Nov 25 Horn Silver 110 Small Hopes 50 Iron Silver bT ISlandurd sOO Lcadvlllo Con M BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure 775 Alloucz M Co5 250 Amil Cop 94hOsccola 7350 Atlantic 2GWJ Parrot 4975 B M32i00532SOUQulncv 1720 B Best 8176 S Fe Cop 650 C IIS0700f7Sl5 00 Tamarack 2S200 Ccntennlr1 22 25 Wlnona 375 FranklIn I Wolverines 4GOO Uumboldt ooTJiah 3350 TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boston Mass Dec 19 Copper shares opened strong and wILl considerable act ac-t later becoming dull but again active ac-tive during the afternoon but closing at a reaction from Iho highest Lowpriced copper stocks for the ilrst limo In a long while were active am higher all around 1 per cent wns bid to call one thousand shares at 55 for sixty nays Conlcnnlal Eureka Mining company has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share payable January Lsl to stock ol record December 2Lsi llornblower TVccks brokers 53 Stab street Boston furnish the following quotatIons Sales High Low Close Amalgamated 2162 0r 50 5375 9400 Bingham lOSo 15FO 1POO 15EO Cochltl 3jO 1023 1000 10CO Cent Eureka 2 > 3l 21CO 21f0 21CO Utah 1355 C437 33GO 3350 United States 310 1000 Curb Boston 5300g350 Navaho 5323 ujiE0 Grain and Provisions Chicago Dec 19 Figures which later proved to bo Incorrect but which before the mistake was corrected made Minneapolis Min-neapolis receipts discouragingly heavy together with the prospective Increaso of Northwest stocks gave tit wheat market mar-ket a push downward at the start May opened unchanged to fco lower at 72c lo 72i c and soon sold off lo 72 4c The covering cov-ering of shorts followed with the result that the market closed firm it the best price of the day May closed Vi sc over yesterday at 727 j73c IntBrest in corn was centered In tIm Jiinuury delivery but at thai the market was a dull and narrow one wllb little business done January was strong und December steady because the receipts 137 cars contained no contract corn May was steady In sympathy May closed un changed at 36c January nfiVic up at J7c and December lx c up at 41c Outs were us usual extremely dull May closed a shade lower ut C3it23Vic Provisions wcro strong und fairly active ac-tive HOST receipts wore smaller than had boon expected and Llure was a good cash demand January pork closed l7M20c higher lard Co up and ribs 74c be tier Thero will bo no session of time Board of Trade from December 22nd to December Decem-ber 2Cth RANGE OP THE LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 December C9 C9 G9i m January 70 70Vi G9 70A Mjiy 72J 73 72 > 4 73 Corn No 2p December J 40 4114 > 405 4114 January 36fe 3T 30 37 May 3GVi 30 35 26Vi Outs No 2 December 21 < K January ZlA 2l1 1 214 21 May 23i SJh 23 2JVi Mess Pork January 1215 1227Xj 1215 12271 May 1202 1215 l2C2V 1212 Lard December 715 720 715 717a Tnnuurv 6S24 < 87A 6S2J CS7 6 May CSO G95 OS71t G2A Short Ribs January fi25 OS2V C23 CCO May GIEX G37k G20 G37Hi CASH QUOTATIONS Cpsh quotations wore ns follows Flour dull and easy No 3 spring wheat GG4J p 70V c No 2 rod 71fi74c No 2 corn 4Q4e No 2 yellow iOXjc No L outs 2J f22Ac No 2 wblti 2j 2tJIc No II whlto 2i > f LTr7ic No 2 rye bS50c I fair to choice maUliiR bnrlov1 52 55Sc No 1 flax seed lGOTl GO1 > o 1 Northwestern 161 prlmo timothy seed IIO moss pork per hiirrol H12V7rll2C lard per 100 pounds lOJli10 short ribs sides loose S625fp ii50 dry sailed shoulders boxed fc1GSc slicrt clear skies boxed fiG > iifi76 whisky whis-ky basis of hlKh wines 5127 clover contract con-tract grade l0OOlj1025 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Keeps Ships Flour barrels 5fi000 27000 Wheat bushels 219000 20000 Corn bushels G60000 15GOOO Oats bushels 40700 136000 Rye bushels 5000 10000 Burley bushels 77000 10000 PRODUCE EXCHANGE On the produce cxchango today the butter but-ter market was dull creamery 15J72lo dairy 13fi 0c cheese quiet lOVi lHic eggs quiet fresh 22c Butter and Eggs New York Dee 19i3It tor Receipts 5303 pucku jv Market weak but un chiuimg EggmrZZA t078 packages Market qulot Western regular packing at mark 20Jjf24c Western losn off 2 < kJ Coast Grain San FrancIsco Cal Dec 10 Wheat No salos Hurley Quiet May 72c December 715ie 1501 I StoOka and Bonds New York Doc in Tbcro was no appreciable ap-preciable lotup Iii tim furious uvilclty in i Iho block market today or In the broad and varied tradIng Thi total number oC sharcS sold was 1414700 An incident of ho very actIve business IB tIme hhjli prices i I asked for membershIp en Ibo stock ex clnngc Today SftJOCO was bid for u seat ion ion i i-on the cv6bsincc compared with a sub yesterday at JvOOOO which was the record price i A quick market was offered for the vol lilaC of stocks and tin1 stronKtn continued at various points In the list but the taking tak-ing of profits proved heavier than for aomo time past and nude a general inroad In-road upon priors The market fairly turned reactionary throughout U one lime under the Inlluenco of homo violent breaks In SPeCIal stocks Tin Phi to was the mosl effective of llicso when It slumped 3 after the show of early Hlrcnglh A drop of II points In New Yok Air Brake was Impressive In Its I I wu > but hud little effect on the marlcel The reactionary tendency oi Ibo Junior Vandcrbllls developed the fit thai speculator spec-ulator hud been talcing rather too sun gnlno a view of possible readjustments of securities of those companies Cleveland Clucinnotl Chicago and St Louis and the New York Chicago c SI Louis clocks fell back heavily although some went up briskly In the morning An effort was made lo reclaim the bull position In the final hour by sudden advances ad-vances In Northern Pacific Sugar Illinois Illi-nois Central General Electric Chicago Terminal Transfer und time Wisconsin Central Blocks The advances In these from tIme low point ran from 2 to 2V points PrIces did not stiffen In sympathy but the speculative enthusiasm was fully renewed re-newed and the market closed very feverish fever-ish and unsettled with a point or more loss off some of these gains Even the ErIe stocks which have been the real backbone for some days came to a pause today and the llrsl preferred after rising 2A reacted 131 with a final fraction rcac tlonnl rally There was reaction from the high point many time before In the present movement move-ment of stocks and time real lack In to days market seems lo bo that the new stocks which were available lo be rushed up were sustaining forces In the market mar-ket Pretty much time whole list baa been exploited In the course of the present speculation The character of tIm market otherwise than In Ibcso technical particulars was not materially changed Professional on orators Who recently took the bear side of the market with the culmination of the rise sold freely on the short side today to-day as they have done for several days pust but Ibey also covered largely beforetime before-time close The demands of speculation upon the money market bus made no impression im-pression vet upon money rates a dccl opmenl which would prove an effectual check upon excessive speculation The herd market was active and strong Total sales par value 5260000 United States refunding 2s advanced Vi and new 1rIInntl Ic ner cent on the last call BOND LIST U S 2s ret rep 103 D K G 4s 101 r S 2s ref coup 1051A Nor Pac 3s S1V U S 3s TCK HO Is U S 3s coup 110 Or Nay Is lii U S n Is rcff 12Si 43 1O2 U S n Is coup IGSH O S L 6s U S old 4s reg 115I con Sn US U S old 4s COUPUG R G West Is 101 U S 5s reg 113Vfc So Pac Is 82 U S 5s coup ll34 Union riLe Is 1074 ColoSois S3 CLOSING STOCKS Railroads I preferred 2V Atchison 42HW tt L E 12 preferred > 2nd preferred 3W B Ohio SI Wls Cent 1SU Can Pac Si Third Ave ll1 Can So BS i B O pfd 85 C Ohio 34mNat Tube 62 > Chic G W lSii preferred 103 C 13 Q ISo7 Express Com Chic I L 27 panics preferred 024 Adams 150 Chic E I 14Ii American 17S Chic N W 162 United Stales 54 C R 1 P H7 Wells Furgo 13G C C C St L 71 A Miscellaneous Cole So 8 Am Cot Oil 1st preferred I il Hi preferred 2nd preferred 1741 Am Malt 6 Del Hud 120Vi preferred V > Lark VI 180 Am S H 65 D R G 20 preferred preferred M1 Am Spirits 2 Erie > Xi preferred It 1t prof nSls Am Steel Hoop 31 G Nor ptft > preferred Hock Coal 11 Am S WIro 43 Hock Vnl 41 > 4 preferred S7 Illinois Cent 12S = t Am Tin Plato Iowa font 2f preferred preferred 4 > Am Tobacco 111 L E Wost M preferred 120 preferred 111 Anaconda M Co IS16 Lake Shore 22o Brook R T 7S L Nash JsrrsColo F I k 55 Mnnhat L 113 Coat Tobacco 39I Met St Ry 173j preferred 92 Mex Cent 11 Fed Steel Minn SI L CS preferred 7St preferred l03VuGon Elec 179 Mo Puc 63 s Glucose Sugar 4911 M Ohio 44V preferred l Mo K T i6 Intorna Paper inl preferred 424 preferred 73 4 N J Cent HI f Laclcdo Gas 713JW N Y Cent 142ANnt Biscuit 3JW Nor West 41 preferred 91V preferred 417S Nat Lead 20j Nor Pao 7Sk preferred preferred SV5j Nat Steel Ii Ont West 29 preferred 92j O R N 12 N Y Air Brake 152 preferred 71 Nor Amer 19 8 Pennsylvania 13Pnc Coast 59 Reading 25Mi isl preferred KSB 1st preferred 69I 2nd preferred B > j 2nd preferred 37 Pac Mail i lw R G West GT Peoples Gas 99 preferred 91 P Steel Car 99Cl St L S F 91fr preferred ClSJ 1st preferred iGj Pullman P Car 201 2nd preferred 54U Sinn R T 5 St L S W 16S Sugar 150 preferred 10M preferred l15 St Paul 131vi Temi C Jfe T 63 ½ preferred > 1SI U S Leather 14 St Paul O 121 I preferred 75 So Pac 52 U S Rubber 20 So Ry 213 preferred Sl preferred 71 iWest Union Tex Pac 22 Rep I A S 1G Union Pap 7oVi < preferred ris preferred S2s P C C St L > s Wabash 124 Amnl Cop 91 Live Stock CHICAGO Chicago Dec 19Cattlc Receipts 12 COO Active 10pJOc higher butchers steady to strong fat lichens lOc higher Good to 1tIlflI stock 5202rG0O poor to mdluimn i6tI15jO sekctod feeders 174tlbd mixed stockers 273ij375 cows 250il10 imeifers 250i Go cammiers i85ji240 bulls S235ftUO calves MOO SM Texas fed s teems i0lJ3 1 85 5 KPaS8Cn1 325jiCO bulis 2403j 320 HogsBecet Is day 37000 tomorrow 0000 < left over 1000 Mostly 5c high < s closing easier top Sluu Mixed anj btiteimers t 5lB5fi4SO good to choice heavy ff70TJ20 rough heavy J4GSfIC light iGj4S7 bulk of sales SUSfrLSS SlcepReeolpts 10000 Sheep and Iambs about steady at > yesterday decline Gcod to choice wothers SG5 H25 fair lo choice immi xcii 320 870 Wes torn sheep 3G54 i23 Iexas sImetp 224t350 native lambs LOOtt325 rcsteril lambs 15j62S KANSAS CITY Kansas City Mo Dec 10 Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts COOO head Market steady Native sttors IOOfr5r Texas steers 3 25ffICO Texas cows 2 01315 Jmtlvo cows and i0iJ s51J lG5 slockcra and fcodors JJ150430 Lulls 250 I10 calves 123j 5I5 Hogs Rcielpis 15000 head Market sttuIy tim stuoig Bl of salea l77Vf iS2V heavy 5I724ibS5 < packers Suit 1 483 mixed lVlSi iiidu St iOqjI53 yolitors DfrlSi plpx i25Zi75 bhcepRecelptM C00 bead Steady lambs COti5oO muttons lCOffl 15 OMAHA Omaha Dec WCatllo Reeelpls 2CCO head Market strong to lOe hIgher active Native boif sleets IOai55 cows Ind belters J30WI23 uunnofd S1502W oici and ielCN 5 i4i450 clyes 3fli6t bulls sti1s Ote 25OiioO lIogsReieipms 0Si heaI Market 2I Sc hIgher 1Jeny 375It77 mIxed 375 350 Igit 37j3s0 pigs I0liij1C0 buik of snlis 375 ShoopRocelpta lOtO head Market ItWj 1iC Itfwor tluin lust week Fair to choice nutlvcs 3 soft lio fair to choice West OiID W10 comino and stock sheep JG03E0 lambs lSO Glo DP3NV15R HiW Cob Dot > CattlcRocclpts oOO head Market stead Ito weak Biof Steers WtpfflS 76 cows Vf375 fcoderaf freight paid 10 > river 300nM30 stockers freIght paId 53S5l < fc bulls slllEa etc IIOCH Rocelpls 200 bend Market slow und lower MBfil packers lC7gi72i 1 < mixed and heavy 5IG5i70 Slieop Rpcclpts 5000 nead Market slow Review of Wool Market Boston Dec 19Timo American Wool 0111 CW Reporter will say tomorrow limo colder weather of tim past week or ten days bus slarleilVa sompwhat better inslneHH In tho Hoililnsr trade wblcll Is roilcctod in a sllghUyncrea inquiry orwool but the amount of business ac tually transacted In Iho laltcr commodity u in In fact ty shows no Improvement slightly less than that of Jaat week rho time volume OL Kcncrnl fcellntr Ii Um busings In the wotfl market will be oc moderate proportions from now until at teE time turn of thci new year aiainuuc to meet turerK iro buyIng wool only pressing wants The wool trade there fore naiurnlly antlclpatos a dccldcdly improved demand for wool after the turn of the year Th market may be quoted us quite steady Actual selling prices remain re-main unchanged Tho sales of Iho week In Boston amounted to r5570060 pounds domestic and 220000 pounds foreIgn making a total pt 3K > XCOO pounds against a total of 1212 I EGO for tho previous week and a total ot 3363000 for lie corresponding week last rear The sales since January 1st amount to 11147110 pounds against V4l8157iG pounds for the corresponding time last year |