Show GRANGERS ATFRONT This Line of fiailroad I Securities Securi-ties Boomed GENERAL MARKET TONE FIRM Mercurial Specialties Wore Relegated Sugar Brooklyn Transit Baltimore Balti-more IS Ohio and Union Pacific Tell into the Background Days Dealings Deal-ings Had an Appearance of Better Distribution Timo Money Market I Showed on Easy Tone Bond Market Mar-ket was Only Slightly Active SILVER f4c New York San Francisco 27 b16d London LEAD New York exchange 100 Now York brokers COPPER New York exchange Now York brokers r Silver and Drafts Now York Aug 3Bar silver COftc Silver certificates GUfifGic Mexican dollars 4Stc San Francisco Aug 3Sliver bars C0c Mexican dollars 49Sf > 1S4c DraftsSight 10o telegraph i2c Money and Exchange Now York Aug 3Close money on call easy IVilHMs per cent Prime mercantile paper 456 per cent Sterling exchange linn at actual business In bankers bills at 4874 for demand and at SIS4 for sixty days Posted rate SIUfH85 and SI SSi Commercial bllla 183f43 New York Metals Now York Aug 3There Is no sign of a reaction In the market for metals hero or abroad Todays developments were Unfavorable un-favorable showing Inherent weakness In nearly everY department In particular At tho close tIle metal exchange called pig Iron warrants very weak with 1200 nominal nomi-nal price lake copper unchanged at lGGOe tin barely steady at v2COJj3235c lend unsettled un-settled at SJ25 nnelter easy at 4 20M 25c t The brokers price for lead Is 100 and for copper ldc San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco Aug 3The official closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were an fellows Alta S 05 Kontuck Con 02 Alpha Con al Mexican 18 Andes 10 Occidental Con 03 Belcher 23 Ophlr 72 B B 21 Overman 10 Bullion 02 Potosl J4 Caledonia 0 Savage 13 Chal Con x 30 Seg Belcher 03 Chollar i 15 Sierra Nov 25 Confidence 110 Silver Hill < 61 C C Va 150 Standard 130 1 Crown Point 17 Union Con 22 G C 23 Utah Con 00 Tf N Yellow Jacket 34 i Justice 07 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Ani S Ref 365O Mexicaml 11 preferred 8750 Ontario 6 Cimohlar 14 Opillr 66 Crown Point 12 Plymouth 10 C C ra 140 QuicksIlver 150 D adsooU It preferred G C 20 Standard 41 1I N 22 SIerra Nov 22 1fonlestako 5000 Unloml Con IS Iron Silver chow Jacket 20 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure S 2231 Ilumboldt S 2500 Alloucz M Co 101 Ooceola CG75 Amalg Cop S325i Parrot 4200 Atlantic J37o Quincy 13200 B M 20500 Santa Fo Cop 475 B B G2W Tamarack 10500 Cal Ilccla 740 00 Wlnona 2FO Centennial ltJ7I Wolverine 3SEO Franklin 1350Utah 2000 TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boston Mass Aug 3 Copper ntocks In good demand and prices show advances throughout tho Hat Boston Montana 3CC Anaconda and Amalgamated were also strong features Ulah and Isle Royal Roy-al wore bought for New York account llornblower it Wicks brokers 53 Stato street Boston furnish the following quotations quo-tations Sales High Low Close Amalgamated 20 JSOOj S Blnglmm 225 9S7 075 987 > A Cochltl 115 S2 Cent Eureka 20 22BO Utah 400 2300 2S75 2000 United Slates 7BO 700 White Knob 1300 CurbBoston f20033CO Navaho 350g > 450 Grain and Provisions Chicago Aug 3 Wheat opened with buyers In the majority flue brief session at Liverpool resulted In nn advance of d In prices there As local prices declined de-clined Ic yesterday this naturally had considerable effect There was a good deal of covering by yesterdays sellcro I at the opening and buying by professional Ii al longs September opened TofeuiSHtC compared with yesterdays closing price of 714071Tic The advance was maintained main-tained but a short time Primary receipts were very largo nearly 60 psr cent larger than a year ago and the quality of receipt re-ceipt of new wheat at Minneapolis was said to be the best In years As coon aa the opening demand was satlsllcd the market turned weak Bears took advantage of the lack of buying orders or-ders to put pressure on the market and prices slid oft very easily under the raiding raid-ing September dropping to 7ic with hardly a rally of consequence It then milled to 7SMic but again declined to 7l3i i < f74c chlclly on account of the lack oC support and not until the session was near the close did the market develop any real strength Then reports of heavy cash business and export engagements engage-ments began to come In local us well as outside points reporting a good business busi-ness September rallied to 75ftc and closed at IWrfHifav bid T Corn with the exception of a few moments mo-ments of llrmneas around time opening was weak anti lower all day The weather was good and the favorable crop prospects encouraged soiling September closed flc lower at 3Gj7c Oats were dull but fairly steady September Sep-tember closed s6c higher at 21 4c Yellow fever reports were tilt one factor fac-tor In provisions Opening prices showed material declines for this reason and until un-til late In the session the market was extremely weak Tho close was heavy September pork lIe lower lard 2tgoo lower and ribs Q7feC lower RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 August 7451 74U 73 74 September 75 75 7iv 75 October 7C 7i 75i > i 7GM Corn No 2 August 37 3714 3C = i M September 37ss 37tI 33I 37 October 3iu 26 i 35 0i Oats No 2 August 20i CKR 20 2O3 i September 211 21V1 21 21 li October 2LV1 21A 21V4 21 Mess pork September 1205 1205 11S71A 1205 October 1195 1202 11875 1202ft Lard September 6SO CE5 CSO CS5 October GSS CtO CS5 6O January C70 C75 C70 675 Short Ribs September 702A 712V 702 712V October 700 707 > 700 707V January G10 G10 C10 C10 CASH QUOTATIONS Cash juotntions were as follows Flour quiet o 3 spring wheat 72j73c No 2 rCd 7778c No 2 corn 33tj334c No 2 yellow S5 i83S ic No 2 oats 21 4 < 5224c Xo 2 white 2323AC No 3 vhllo 2U3ifp iSirc No 2 rye 4SfjOOc fair to choice malting barley S00 > l4e No 1 llax seed 142 prime timothy seed S3lSti325 mess pork per barrel Sl20tT12M lard per 100 pounds 6gO GS2lA short ribs sides loose JGJ5 r7C5 dry salted shoulders iMixod G5VJJ7c short clear sides boxed 75rfl7Ci whisky bawls ot high wines l23 sugars cut loaf unchanged clover contract graile fSOO RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles fleets Shuts Flour bnTOlB 13000 7000 Wheat biishnlH 1tlCOO ir000 Corn bushels 211050 11000 Oats biiulinla jj370000 217000 Rye bushels 7000 Barley bushelB 11000 3000 PRODUCE MARKET On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was firm creamery 119c dairy H717c cheese steady 9L5 eggs firm ftesilli e Coast Grain San Francisco Aug fl Wheat Oulcf Deccmbor ill4 cfl WOG Barley Firm December 7Sc cash 7t5Jict JLL1L St LOUIS Wool Market St Louis Aug aWoolQuiet and uncharged un-charged Stocks and Bonds New York Aug 3Stmur Brooklyn Transit B O and Union Pacific fell somewhat Into the background today An effort was made by the traders to bring forward some of Lila other railroad stocks to toko tho place of these recent favor lira Thcoe did not avail to Jill the gut > left by tho quietude of tile murciirlnt specialties spe-cialties but the days dealings had ac appearance of rapier better distribution as a ronult of these now elements of activity ac-tivity and the general tone of time market was firm and approaching to pooltlvo strength at times I The center of this strength was the granger group which was favorably af icctcJ by the show of increased earning for tho fourth week In July by the Sti Paul system Tile showing was partlcuJW V larly effective because It compared witiiV a very high level of earnings last year and because St Paul him rather been looked upon as the leader of the rtactlori ary tendency In railroad earnings Incident Inci-dent to tho falling oft In general business Thorp was no special foituro of traffic to explain tile recovery which contrasts with a decrease for each of the earlier weeks of the month It Is attributed to general merchandise traffic There was a renewed effort also to advance ad-vance Union Pacific which met with some success At the high level the grangers Southern Pacific and Soulh western were generally a point or inoro 1 to tile good The movement was directed In part to the short Interest and when It recovered In part relapsed Into semi stagnation and dropped lower TIm traders mado something of the large Increase i In-crease In cash prospects In tomorrows bank statement Tho timemoney market continued to show an easy tono today Sterling exchange ex-change advanced a fraction and ox change houses expect gold to go out to London next week The bond market today was only slightly slight-ly active and without any feature Total sales par value SCOO United States refunding 2s when issued and the a declined de-clined Vi and tho 3a old and new 4s coupon cou-pon i on tho last call BOND LIST TJS2srcfl03DRG1at5l02 U S 2s coup ref1OP D R G 4a U S 2s meg 1lJJ Nor Pc 3s t U S 3s reg100V Nor Pac ltmlOi U S Its coup 11O Or Nay letsltd U S n Is reg Or Nas U S a is coup il23 Or S La 65 U S old is reg 1151 Or S L con 5s 1l2 U S old Is coupllV It G W Ists 9S1 I S Sa eg 112 So Pacific Is 7L U S Ss coup113 So Railway s 100u Cob So 4s Union Pao 48 i03 CLOSING STOCKS Atchisoml 2cmi preferred 7 preferred 70i4 abnalm Bait 01110 7i preferred 18 Canada Pac S1 V lmeol Ii B 9 Cailtida So lSm lIi preferred 23 Ciba Ohio is Central 12 Chi 01 rcst 10l Tllird AveImtie 119 Clii B Ql26 Express corn Chi Imld L 23 panics preferred f2 Adams 125 I Cni E Ill 95 Anlorican 151 Chi N tVest157 UnitedStates 45 Clli R I Pac10ti Wemls Fargo 11 C C C St L S Miscellamleu9 Coloradb So 7 Am Cot Oil 14 ½ 1st preferred i0l nroforred 2nd preferred 16 Am Making i Del 1Iucison112 preforred 1 D L rCst 176 Am S Ref 76I Deml Rio G 1S1 preferred 4 mlreferred 6GI Am Spirits JI Erie 1tt preferred 19 P 1st preferred 33 Aol Steel fIoop 1S Gt North pfd i52 priferred C0 Ilocking Coal l3m2 Am Steel W hocking Vat 2 preferred 72 4 lii Central ll6 Am liil PlttO 2 Iowa Central 19 prCferred 7T preferred 16 Am Tobacco K C I Gulf 15i profirteti 1Z L Erie West 27 Amlaeuiia 1 Co J I preferred 2 Brooklyn R I i7 Lake Shore 203 Cole Ftil 1 p Louis Nash 71 Contlmlentl fob 2I Mamlhattaml 1 90s prOferrd Met St fly Federil Stel 3tex Central h2 65 Minn St L 56 Cnn Eltric preferred idm6 Clucoo ug1r 510 Pacific io proerred 03 Mobile Ohio 37 Ineriml Papr Mo K rex 93k preferred jireferred 3Ii La Clede ktm 73 N J ComltrailD Nat Btsclt u N 1 Central10 prcrereeui c3 Norf West 3531 aI Lead 11 preferred 7 preferred Pacihic 5l aL Steel 2I ireferred 71 + lreferrei Si OmIt rcqt 2P8 N Y Air l3rakt l Or Rv Nay 12 Nor Aimlerican lt preferred Pacific Coast 2 Pennsylvania 120 1st preferrd Ioading ii 2nd irofrrei 2 1st irefcrrel C9 Pacific Iahl 31 ZmmuI preferred 2 Peoples Gas 9 B G Western 50 Press Steel Car ej preferred 0 preferred 72 St J S F 9 PulIm Pal ar 112 1st preferred 60 Stan ft T S SmIth preferred Sugar 121 St L So rCst IOI preferred 116 preferred 2 lonn C Iroml St Patti 112 U S Leather It preferred 171 preferred St P OmahaliO U S Rubber 2G So Paciiic mferred 93 L So Railway lOt est l7ntnn preferred Fi Rel I S 0 Tex PacIlic 11 preferred 50 Union Pacific 597 P C C St La 53 Foreign Market New York Au 3Tile Commercial At iertlsers 1083011 financIal cahiegran The markets here were still verf idle today but the news imarder Invesi meat securitIes particularly being In k irand Americans cro histles amId B 5 0 issues were weak on realIzations aftr declaration of Lime dividend UnIon Pt chic vas gOOl but entirely on Nev Yol support Rio Tintos wore strong earl > n tho day on Paris buylmmg but later Ill I relapsed Anacondas however held be rise OsVimlI to New York support Pmo exchange here Will be closed Saturday Satur-day amid 3IoitiaY Butter and Eggs ev York Aug 3ButterRecelIts lob peclcages firm current packed fuc tory l4e1tlc creamery 1fj13 ½ c EggsReceipts 38 packages quiet und i steady Western at mark 1h13c W5t era loss off 15mc |