Show SUAAT THE BOTTOM New Low Record for Saccharine Saccha-rine Stock This Year WA8 FEATURE OF MARKET I Dealings in This Security Larger Than iu Any Others Fluctuations i in the General Market Were Not of I Great Importance Outside vof Sugar There Was n Disposition to Advance Ad-vance Railroad Stocks in the Early Dealings Especially Coalers but Sugar Had Unsettling Influence I I SILVER Now York 53c San Francisco 55Jc London 25d LEAD New York exchange 100 COPPER New York exchange 1250 Silver anti Drafts New York Dec 23Bar silver 5 > V4c Government bonds Wvak Mexican dollars 13c Sun Francisco Dec 23 Silver bars 554e Mexican dollars 17317 c Drafts Sight 7c telegraph lOc I Money and Exchange I New York Dec 23 Money on call firm I at IfS per cent Closing and usked 4 i per cent Prime mercantile paper 5g5per cent Sterling cxchanyo steady with actual I bislness In bankers bills at 187 for demand and at 4S3WLK for sixty days Posted rates SI8IU71 m Commercial bills 187 New York Metals New York Dec 23 Thcro were no special spe-cial features apparent In metal circles at homo or abroad aslclo from slight advances ad-vances In tin and copper at the latter point but this failed to stimulate business busi-ness nnd generally normal conditions prevailed Tin at London finished tim day II 6s higher with spot quoted at 102 lOs and futures at 101 liz 6d The local market was better and closed at 233o but very dull Copper In London also gained 1 12s Gd for spot and 17 iis for futurts At New York prices were as before quoted lake at 1300 electrolytic at 12C76 and cast ings at 12CO with the tone dull Lead was unchanged hero at I00 1 but cased off Is 3d to 10 2s Gd for spot at London Speller declined 2s Cd at London to 1G 12s Gd but was inchangcd and dull here at 115 l San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco Dec 23The official closing quotations for mining stocks to day were ns follows Antics S 01 Justice 06 Beicher 13 Occidental Comi 03 Best Oplmir CC Bullion erman OS Cnlenionla f2 Potosi 03 Chal Comi i2Sav ago 03 Chollar 03 SIerra Nevada lt Confidence SOSiv er lull C C Va 1 Standard 340 Crovn Poirtt 02 Union Con 11 Gould C 01 Utah Con 06 1mb Yellow Jacket 03 Mexican 3i NEW YORK MINING STOCKS A S Tron Shiver 60 preferred 9703 Lithe Chief J2 Adams Con 20 OntarIo 800 Alice 4 Ophir Co Breece 75 Phoenix 03 Bruns Con 15 Jotosl 02 Corn Tunnel 05 Savage 03 C C y 130 SIerra Nevada 10 Dcathv Terra 50 Small Hopes 40 ibm Silver 1SO Standard 340 Leadvlile Con 05 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure 1650 isle Royalo 1875 Ailouez 250 Quincy 13000 Amal 6600 S Fe Cop 250 Baltic 2100 Tamarack Blnham 2100 Trirnountain 2200 C Fr 550CO Trinity 1215 Centennial 10500 U S 1350 Copper R 157o Utah 1950 Franklin J00 Victoria 100 Moliavk 2560 Winona 150 Old Dominion 2145 WolverIne 4550 Osceoha 7100 Live Stock CHICAGO Chicago Dec 23CattleReceipts 19 799 Including 200 Texans Westerns active and lOc to 25c higher good to prime 25 tZi7Jz poor to mecHurn 38OC0O stockers anl feeders 200iJi65 cows l0Oi75 helfers lE0iJ50O canners aO0LO3 bulls i75J15O calves 250J6OO Texasfd steers 3757J475 ILogsReceipts today 40000 tomorrow 35000 left over 7000 mixed steady heavy a shade lower mixed and butchers 50 eJ62O good to choice heavy 62il650 rough heavy 5O1l6OO light 500575 bulk of SnlCS at 5SOj625 SheeRecclpts 20000 hecp active good to choice wethers 39G1J425 fair to choice mixed 26Oj340 Western sheep fed 300fjiO0 native lambs 250f510 ST JOSEPH St Joseph Mo Dcc 23CattleRe cclpts 1500 market steady to strong no tIes 300filT00 cows kand heifers L0 500 stockers and feeders 20Oii4O0 ilogsiteceipts 7000 market Sc higher light and light nflxed 55L1i335 mcimini L and heavy 50Oj655 i pigs vioiriuu built at o75GH Sheep Receipts 300 market best and L steady KANSAS CITY Kansas City Mo Dec 23CattieRe ceipts 1000 steady native beef steers 175 3050 Texas and Indian steers SSOOfMKO Texas cows 5223J3GO native cows 2GOfl > 525 stockers and feeders 53002125 bulls 5225 125 calves 325550 Hogs Receipts HCCO 5c higher bulk of sales at 5oGOftl3pO heavy JG50ft0GO packers pack-ers 5oOfttIG50 medium 5 75G50i light 5opgG10 Yorkers 5500QGOO pigs 375 Sheep Receipts 500 steady muttons 5300fI25 lambs 515051535 Western weth ers I350fJ11O ewes 5300Q350 OMAHA Omaha Nob Dec 23CaUle Receipts 2700 slow and steady native beef steers IOQtfG75 Western steers 5370iQ5IO Texas t steers 3JXffl10 cows and heifers 523TT 4 CO canners L75 < a2GO stockers and feed ers 75il35 calves 300 GOO bulls stags etc JlToQllO FlogsReceIpts 8800 slow heavy S5fO 650 mIxed 5856OO light 555o6Oo Igs i5V55O built of sales at 585JG10 SheepReceipts 2500 t slow axmd steady fed muttons 3GO l25j fed lambs ICO1 I 5GO ewes 75i5O common and stock sheep iCO325 50i325DENVER DENVER Denver Dec 23 Cattle Receipts COO lower beef steers G75fH 50 cows 250ftJ 3 10 stockers and feeders freight paid to river 5300 100 bulls stags etc JlCOJj p Hogs Receipts GOO lower light pack era 300 625 mixed and heavy 25p i 010No No sheep New York Sugar Market Now York Doc 2iSugarRaw oaalor fair refining 3 3lGc centrifugal 90 test 3 1232c molasses sugar 2 15lGc rcnned weak No G t S105 No 7 395 No S 3So No 9 S3 SO No 10 S37fi No 11 370 No 12 370 No 13 3305 No 14 365 standard stand-ard A 145 confectioners A 145 mould A 500 cutloaf 515 crushed 515 pow dered 175 granulated 54G5 cubes 100 l The American Sugar Running company has lowered Its list prices on hard grades of rollqcd sugar 25 points and 15 points on soft grades B U Newell Son Co are meeting tim reduction Arbucklo Bros nave reduced the price of refined sugar 10 points Tho cut Is said 16 bo tho result of overproduction and this means la taken to dispose of the surplus stock St Louis Wool Market St Louts Dec 23Wool strong Terri tory and Western mediums 15il7c line il1Cc coarse llW5c I San Francisco Wool San Francisco Gal Dee QUoUitlona on wool here today wore Spring Nova da 1012o Eastern Oregon lOSlUc Valloy Oregon ISQviCc IaUMgiuatfilu lambs Wf Oc San Joaquin plains 41sc Ilumboldt and Mcndoclno lOJnfcc Stocks nnd Bonds New York Dec 23 Todays stock market mar-ket took on the tone of holiday dullness and limo volume of dealings fell away to little over half u million shares of which IL largo proportion was In Sugar Thft fluctuations in the general market wore not of jcrcat Importance outside of Sugar Su-gar There was a disposition to advance railroad stocks In the early dealings especially es-pecially the coders but the steady pll quldatlan In Sugar had an unsettling influence in-fluence us the stiffness of call loan market mar-ket discouraged speculation The banks generally marked up their standing call loans to S per cent and the greater part of the days loans were made at that rate rateTho Incenthc to business in a call loan rule below H 1 per J cent while brokers charge their eustoriiors J per cent to carry stocks was therefore lacking nnd commission com-mission houses showed a languid interest inter-est In thi market Tho deep cut of 25 points made by i the American Sugar RelIning Re-lIning romjwm In the prlco of sugar thus underbidding their principal competitor com-petitor caused discussion of the probability proba-bility of a resumption of u war In the trade but much attention wusaJso given assertions of the threat of competition growing out of the I grout Increase In the production of beet sugar and the low prices at which that sugar h selling Only twice during the day did Sugar rally as much as a point to interrupt its persistent per-sistent downward course The final prlco was time lowest and G I below Saturdays closing Tho previous low record for this year war broken at 112v8 Todays final prlco was JOOVi Amalgamated Copper maintains its more stable tone fluctuating ovtr less than a point but alwuvs below Saturdays Satur-days level The stocks net loss Is There was some continued disorder In the metal markets in London which was reflected In a 3point decline in National Load preferred here the common stock also losing a point Thf firmness In the coalers was due to the urgent character of the demand for coal which Is reported fo amount to a famine at some points thus maintaining tho prosperity of the years of largest production and greatest profits In till coal trade Niw Yoik AirBrake Air-Brake broke 15 points on the report of a judicial decision against ono of the com panys patents but recovered a large part of the loss The probability that money rates will not relax until some time alter Jnnuary 1st repressed speculation Tho unprecedented unprece-dented holiday trade Is making large local lo-cal demand ion cash and It Is reported that the trust companies are drawing down their deposits with the banks somewhat some-what for their year end requirements There was deposited at the subtreasury KwOOOO today for transfer to New Orleans Many predictions continue to circulate of a January use in prices after money be comes easier Bonds were but moderately active today to-day and Irregular Total sales par value 2709000 United States 3s registered and the new 4s declined per cent on the last cjll BOND LIST U S ref 2s rcglOSi U S Es reg 107 do coupon 10314 do coupon 103 U S 3s reg 10S D R G 4s103 do coupon 1OSA North Pac 4slCGi U S new Is reg130 do 3s 73 do coupon ISWc South Pac 4s 03 U S old 4s reg 1lFl Union Pac 431WX do coupon 112 do conv im1O6 Cob South Is S0 CLOSING STOCKS Sales High Low Close AtchIson llSOO 78L 77 7S preferred 4000 101 100A 100 Bait Ohio 3GOO 102 103 100 preferred 200 91 11 91 Canadian Pac COO 113 113 112 Canada Southern 1200 864k SG S5 dies Ohio GOO 46 4CA 161 Chic Alton 700 35I 35 31 preferred 100 70 7G 7oi Chic Ind L 20 = 3 43 = 51 4874 4Si preferred 300 74 74 74 Chic E Illinois 131V Chic G West h0OO 24 ½ 239 23 A preferred 200 87V S7i S7 > Bjprcterred 200 47 4G 45A Chic N West 201 Chic R I Pac 700 152 150 i ISOt Chic Term T 10 preferred 200 3114 3L 30 CCCStLj 97 Cole So 900 14 Ijy 14 1st preferred 200 5SV4 S4 57 2nd preferred 100 274 27VI 2G Dela Hud 1300 175 171 175 D Lack c West 242 DRG 43 preferred 300 9fl > 1 A oiy 54 Erie llGOO 1114 40 40 1st preferred 5GOO 72 72a 7214 2nd preferred 1100 58 58 58 G Nor pfd 1000 1841 1S33 1S3 Hocking Val GOOO 70 GS > A 70 preferred 1100 5 i 84 S4 Illinois Cent 400 138 13S 137 Iowa Cent 304 preferred 71 L Erie West GO preferred 120 Louisville Nash 3300 10G A 106 105 Manhattan L 7200 i31c 133 i 133 Met St Ry 3700 V3i IGiy 1G2 > 5 Mexican Cent J i 700 24 24 r Mexican Nat 13 Minn St L 200 107V4 lf > 7 106A Missouri Pac 8100 lOUi 102 1021 Mo Kan Tex 25 preferred 100 52A 52A 52 Now Jersey Cent 1400 1SG 184 181 Now York Cent 2900 IGii lfi1 16S Norfolk West GOO 164 56 55 preferred 300 9S 91 91 Nor Pac pfd 9114 Ont West 7300 341 34 X3ll Pennsylvania 10SOO 1ISV 147 147 Reading 57200 5iv 50 50I 1st preferred 8900 SOV SO S0i5 4 2nd preferred 10100 tO i GO1 G9 St L S F 800 56Vt 55 i 55 1st preferred ICO S31 S3A SI 2nd preferred 110 73 > a 73V 731 i SLLSW 7 27 1 preferred 6S A I St Paul 14900 IGl1 1G31 ia3 I i preferred 400 1ST 1SS 18S Southern Pac 16000 GOJi G0 < 4 CO4 Southern Ry 4300 33 32 32 preferred 2100 931 P3 93 Texas vt Pac 100 3S > 1 35 3S1 Tel St L West 100 19 19 18h preferred 334 Union Pac 18GOO 102 101 101 preferred 700 S9V4 SS SSH Wabash 3000 22 22 221f preferred 2GOO 42V 42 4 12 W S L Erie 7 isu 2nd preferred 2SA Wisconsin Cent 700 20 20 20 > A preferred 100 11 y 4iu ijo Express Companies Adams IDO American 202 United States 100 95 9o 93 Wells Fargo 150 Miscellaneous Amal Copper 27500 CSI G3 GGA Amcr Car F 1400 30 29 S3 preferred 200 SThi CGVt SGVl Amer Lin Oil I in preferred 11 Amer S R 900 13 43j 43 preferred 300 97 90E 9G ½ Anaconda M Co 2000 29 284 2Si Brooklyn R T 11300 G5 tIWt 61 Cob F 1c Iron 1400 90i 891 M > ½ Con Gas 215 Gen Electric 400 2S3 2S1 279 ½ Glucose Sugar 3SV Hocking Coal 15V6 Intorna Paper 700 2OI 20 20 preferred 100 75 75 75 Interim Power SS Laclcdc Gas M Nat Biscuit 43 ½ Nat Lead 1100 1GJA 15 ½ 15y Nat Suit I 32 preferred Gl North Amor 93 Pac Coast 100 75 75 74V Pac Mall SOO 45 > j 45 41 Peoples Gas 1200 102 100l 100 P Steel Car 1500 41 40Vi 40 preferred 1500 SI S3 S3 Pullman Pal Car 214 Rep Steel 15 preferred 400 UG GC7III GiVJl Sugar 160903 115 lOfM Hhlft Tenn C Iron 1500 53 G2 Zm4 A Union B P Co 100 11 14 14 preferred too 74 74 73 U S Leather 1300 lit 11 ½ 11 preferred 100 SO ½ SO ½ SOV4 U S Rubber 13W preferred 4SV ½ U S Stool 21800 43 42 4Uft preferred 9100 93 92 n2 ½ West Union 300 91U 91 91 Amcr Locomotive 2400 31 aii 31A preferred GOO S9 9Va S9 |