Show BO SLUMP IN MAIZE Drop of Over Four Cents in the Market Yesterday 1 BROKERS HIGHLY NERVOUS At the Tap of the Opening Gong the Long Interest Was Thrown Into a SemiPanic and There Was a Tumble Tum-ble in the Price of Four Cents This Slump Uncovered StopLoss Orders Which Pyramid Builders Had Put Back of Their Purchases as a Safeguard j SILVER New York Sc San Francisco y tSc London 27d LTD AX Now York exchange fl37 COPPER New York exchange 1700 Silver and Drafts Now York July 23Bar silver 5Sc Mexican dollars I6l4c San Francisco July 23Sliver bars 5Ste Mexican dollars fiftfic DraftsSight 10 telegraph 12 ½ Money and Exchange New York July 23 Money on call steady at2 to 3 per cent last loan 2 per qcnU Prime mercantile paper 4u5 per cent Sterling exchange llrm with actual business In bankers bills at S1S7 > for demand de-mand and at S4EI1ISS for sixty claw posted rates ISG and 4SS commercial bills 1SI < IS4V2 Now York Metals New York July 23The local market for pig tin was unsettled with the spot price nominal at J270 without buyers August sold at JCC 25 with that prlco asked at the close and 28 bid Other deliveries de-liveries closed as follows July JCC79 bid and J2SSO asked September o73 asked October 25 50 asked November r2 i75 asked The London tin market declined 4 again today thus making a decline of fll on spot within three days This heavy break was said to be due to the collapse of the attempt to squeeze tho shorts SpelLer In London at 122 Futures declined de-clined LI 1 lOs Hosing at C111 Copper ruled dull and nominal here with lake quoted at 17 cents and electrolytic and casting at 1S cents London closed 2s Cd lower at CS Is 3d for spot and at 6S 5d < 9s for futures fu-tures Lead ruled dull here at 4o London Lon-don closed unchanged at 12 Is 3d Spcl tdr was unchanged at homo and abroad with spot closing hero at J3IW to 393 London closed at 1G los Iron was slow of sale with prices nominally nom-inally unchanged and quoted as follows Pig Iron warrants 5050 to 1000 Mo 1 foundry Northern 13 iXKjlS 50 No 2 Northern SHOtWlJGQ No 1 foundry Southern S1175ftl525 No 1 foundry sort SHTo j 1525 The foreign markets ruled quiet with Glasgow quoted at 53s 9d and MlcUlleaboro 11s lOd S45 whisky basis of high wines 4127 clover contract grade 5075 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Recta Slips Flour barrels 19000 10000 Wheat bushels 311000 293000 Corn bushels 221000 97000 Oats bushels 171000 1U1000 Rye bushels 810D Barley bushels 17000 BOW On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was strong Creameries vsuf 3c dairies 1t17c cheese OViQlOyic eggs steady fresh laffriVic Available Grain Supplies New York July 23 Special cable and telegraphic communications to Brad streets show the following changes In available supplies from the lan account Wheat United States und Canada cast of the RocKIcs 15GCOO bushels alloai for rind In Europe Increase 2fOOOO bushels Total supply Increase fioflCOO bushels Corn United States and Canada east of the Rockies ilurnasp 702000 bushels Oits United States and Canada oust of the Rockies decrease 1157000 bushels Wheat Hammered Down New York July 23Ucats had their turn in the gniln market today They hammered down the price of wheat 2c and corn anywhere from 3 to oc per bushel Tho official map showed very little rain In the western grain boll and predictions were for a continued hot and dry period But this speculative contingent contin-gent cared little for that Every rnan In the grain crowd and a good part of tim speculative public was loaded with grain having bougnt on a large advance and the dry weather talk Pit brokers did their best to find bu > crs but could only cell at big concussions One operator olfcred corn all the way down from Cl ½ to tSJ cents before ho could make a trade It was a speculative craze to sell and lasted until the orders gave out when a breathing spell and a slight rally occurred It was bzrlef however for more rain news In tho afternoon brought on another attempt and a deluge of selling orders which weakened September corn hero to CSc Wheat broke from 77Vic to 75V c with the decline In corn and under reports of showers show-ers in the Northwest Coast Grain San Francisco July 23 Wheat easier December 102 cash WifiTlOO barley no sales corn large yellow fairly steady 110fj1i5 iWew York Sugar Market New York July 23 Sugar row firm fair refining 39lGc Centrifugal 96 test 13lGc 1 molasses sugar 351G refined steady Stocks and Bonds New York July ll The surservJcncc of the stock speculation to the varying crop conditions and to the dally wcnfinr niip was again strikingly demonstrated today not tho activity of speculation In stales was somewhat Curtailed as an outgrowth of the somewhat confused sentiment engendered en-gendered In the grain market by the con I Hiotlng price movements growing out of tho technical conditions In the grain speculation The incaslncss of tho short Interest In stock was easily perceived by the forco of the opening biljo In prices Thoic were Indications that a tactical move against the shorts sis belli made and the London market uas used beftro the opening hero to Inlluonoj Now Yonc by a much higher range o pnas th < ne London not only had reports of copious rains In the corn belt but of in Imminent settlement of the steel rlrlke Them was a consequent rush to buy on the part cf the shorts at Ito opening here hut Inc high prices mclttd away within u few minutes under the eager ouorliHs I o realize on tho part of Interests remaining long l of the market Apparently hero was much scepticism regarding the reports of rain but when the grain market opened with a drop In corn almost equal to yesterdays bulge the belief In relIct for the crops was strengthened rIte reassuring oxpresMons by the Secretary of Agriculture as to the present status of the corn crop were also an Inrtuoiice The course of affairs auj5euont to the heavy damage to last year s spr ng wheat crop in the Northwest was cited as a precedent which givc hoii9 of jiuJntc nanco of earntiKH bv railroads 11 the Southwest The publication ol lie plui fo an additional addi-tional issue i vmerl in Sugar Kuf rIng stocU lifted that spccaljy and helped the market The second rls caviled some stjbcks higher than the openln But the subsequent uncertainly of tho price move n cnt reflected tho hesifillon of the trsd erS about repeating last weeks eifort to revive a bull movement with the crop situation still a factor The market was allowed to llo fallow during the midday mid-day period with the exception of a momentary mo-mentary upward rush In the United States Steel stocks of nearly 2 points each on an unconfirmed rumor that tho strike was about to be settled The into advance In prices to the top level of the day seemed to bo bared on the general consideration that lbs limagc to the crops had been discounted and Important Im-portant liquidation had been effected leaving lie way open for an advance The character of some of the buying encouraged en-couraged a following from the professional profession-al contingent The money market was easier In spite of gains by the subtreasury from the market and the growing demand from the Interior for funds At the best prices which were made in the last hour St Paul was 5 ½ V aboyo last tight Union Pacific Pa-cific 1V6 l Atchson I Southern Pacillc and St Louis Southwestern preferred 3A and I Missouri Pacllle 3l The plast prices showed only fractional concessions and the closing was fairly steady Business in railroad bonds was fairly active and tho price movement irregular Total sales par value 2103000 United Slates bonds were all unchanged on the last call BOND LIST U S ref rag 10 ½ D R G 4s do COtti 10iI Nor Pac 3s 72 ° U S 3s reg10S1 Nor Pimc 4s 1031 U S 3s COUl 109 Or Nay j 10 U S tie 4 reg 1374 Or Na Is 1024 U S new 4s coupi3S 0 S L Os 127 17 S old is 113 0 S lA con 5a U6 ½ U S old 4s coup1i3 rIG j 10i IT S 5s reg 1Q7 So Pac i 9l ti S 5s coup 109 Union Pic4s 1039i Cob So 4s SS CLOSIXG STObRS Atchison 73 So Rahlvay 29 lreferrc1 9li4 oreferreti B 0 3 T St L iv rrecriCtl 01 jreferrcl 3 ½ Can Pite 102i tiiioii Ptc ioot Can So G6 preferred Cites Ohio il Wabnsht C 3G ireerred preferred 75 Lake Erie 15 C I L 32 2nd hreterretl pieferred 6 Vis ccitt 2t4 C F 111 123 preferred C C V 234 c C StL 75 J preferred S0 ½ Express Compa 13 iw1ferret1 17 tiles C N v 1O2 Adams 170 C rt 1 i lac 140i American iso C T 201s U S SO preferred 3S Wells Fargo 110 C C C St I 5S ½ Mlscehhumicous Cio So 13 Amal Copper 112 1st preferred 4S Am C F 2nd lreferrel 2l4 hrCtOtred 3 Del Jiutison l57 ½ Am Liutseed Oil 2S Del L 223 Jrefcrrci 60 D R 0 10 m S R pfd 100 preferred 91 it in Iobaecn 120 Erie 36 Ana Mining Co 4414 1st prefeiicd iirooklyn fl T 77 2nd hreferrel 19 Ol Fuel Iton 97 at Nor pfd 1i1 oIi Gas 2llt locking Valley ½ iont Tob preferred 731 hreerrcl 115 illinois Ccitt 111 ion Electric 250 Iowa Ccitt 37 llueose Sugar si lreferreh 72 Iocking Coal 2014 L B Vest t4 nternl Iaper 20i preferred 117 preferred 14 Nasit l024 nlernl Power 9 Manhittlahi 1 i1S Lacledo Gas 90 Met St RI 1Il Nath Biscuit 41 Me > Cent 2l ati Lead dcx Ntttl 9 atI Salt i3 Mittit St L lOP preferred 76 Mo Pac 00 North Am M K T 26 Pac Coast N 1 Cent 157 r tiahl N Y Cent ISO Peopios Gas ijp Nor Wesl 46 rtchsed Steel C 42 preferred ST preferred Si Ont W st r2l nil rtl Car 202 Ienn 14314 Republic Steel Reading 9 ½ preferred 73 ½ 1st preferred 75 Sugar 2nd preferred 5O4 ietmn Coal I ¼ UBPCo15 1st preforretl 76 preferred 70 2nd prefered 6SVI U S Leather 1214 St I S 28 prcerrci preferred 60 U S Rtilbur St Patti preferred nreerrcd ISi 1 S Steel 40 So Pae ui pLeferred SI Tex Pac 10 West Union 93 Review of Wool Market Boston July 23The Boston wool tradc is outuldo of speculative hands at the Droseiit time and whlta th principal demand de-mand comes from manufacturers who are in IpfJ of rII iw iiatprlal to till standing contracts the market shows a firmer coo Tli ipil Jnidi hot improved nid he rfMlt Is that viUao wool here are Increasing Manufartuiers In not cas no forced to pay more money for silp illcs aa was the case a week ago Tho West shows that strength al along > J tho line and tho new clip In many sec honK is i quite well cleared up Mill men who have not been In the market for some time for supplies are surprised at the cost of wool compared with their last purchases Several months ago the manufacturer man-ufacturer could nearly name his price and ho would gel the wool an the Holler did not dare to let him pet away Now ho will pay the price asked or will not get supplied there being soft spots to depress de-press thu market and If he attempts lo buy out West the wools cost moro than Is asked at the seaport Quotations Territory scoured basis Montana line 14S15c scoured 41Gc lino medium 141 l5c scoured 42ftI3c staple 15flCc scoured ISSibc Utah Wyoming and Idaho line iVSUc scoured 44fM5c Oregon Wools Eastern choice greasy 13 fllc average 12T13c staple I4gi5e scoured fine medium and line 4042c valley val-ley iodise scoured 35ft 5c scoured sta plo 454Ge Australian scoured basis Spot prices combining auperllne 71 < 072c good CS p 70c average t VfrG7c clothing superllno 72fj75c good 67ij70c London Wool Auction London July 33At the wool auction sales today 120i 1 bales were offered con slHtlng of a good selection of new South Wales which wag spiritedly competed for Merinos sold freely Crossbreda were In good demand by homo trade some being taken by American buyers Lambs were In Improved demand St Louis Wool Market St Louis July 23Wool steady Unchanged I un-changed San Francisco Wool I San Francisco Cal July Quotations on wool hero today were Spring Nevada 10i712c Eastern Oregon 1013c Valley Oregon ISSplIc FallMountain lambs 7Sc San Joaquin plains 67c < llumboldt and Mcndoclno 9allc F Butter and Eggs New York July 23 Butter Rccclpls 352CO packages Strong State dairy UjD 1PC creamery l5j1Jc factory lay I 15V6C imitation creamery llfilic riggs Rccclpls 10600 packages Firm Western candled lilCc Western un candled Sj12c Foreign Market Now York Julq 22The Commercial Advertisers London firAnclal cable says Tho markets were weak at the opening Americans opened slowly dealers bolnc alarmed by the crop reports but spurted on news that rain had fallen in the crop belt Later thev became stagnant awo tIng t-Ing developments from New York The there caused a reaction of low opening feverish points which was followed by fluctuations and inactivity but the close aa very near the top Live Stock CHICAGO Chicago July nCattle Receipts 53 best V < teady ° X others show closed dull CTnl t jrim steerS t mntcllutn 2 i3555 stoeteis ad cdais cows 290i74if iielfers 11 canners can-ners S165fl233 LuiiS 52 5tflI0 lvil 5e ieas sceri 3 1t1 lower AJt liTlU > W r JogsReeelpS njhiv KOCO l tomorrow 250COT led over IIW ste ily to 5c 1 fhtr mixed and butchers S37of C10 gcod to choice heavy CJ5f > 62 roush heay a > f55 light S5iWi5iT bulk of Calc J58555P5 SheepReceipts 11 Ow sheep malLc t higher for best good to choice wothcrs SaSOfrS 10 fair to choice med 3 2sj SO Western sheep 3354tt ycarlliiss 3t10 tll450 < native lambs KITS Western lambs 440 5 50OMAHA OMAHA Omaha Neb July KCatlloRocoIptri 3500 steady native beef steers S i > Uo Wcplern steers S40QJ1 DO TCMIS Jtctrs 341425 l cows and holeis s20i25 canners 1EXX02 55 stockes and feeder S2EOSISO calves SSOOQSC bulls slags etc 22ofiIOO FlogsReceipts 11000 steady to hide stronger heavy 5755S mixed 67 ½ i570 light 5Cyi570 pigs lW3i0 built of sales S567 ½ i570 SheepRecelpts 9000 sleady and lower wethers S335fiR75 ewes WSovJO Common Com-mon and stock sheep J275Vj32i iambs SIOOS5CO KANSAS CITY Kansas City Mo July 23Catt1cTe cclpls 15000 generally easy to ohado lower native steers 45590 Texas steers 5375fil23 Texas grass cattle 200 fo320 Texas cows 2COfi320 native cows and heifers 250M 75 stockers and feeders feed-ers 275i25 I bulls 2DOIGO calves 250 Hogs Rccclpls 20CCO steady to Fk high er bulk ofsales 25O590 heavy 2t02 005 paclcers 5OSliS90 mixed 560590 light V1GiJ5S5 yorkers za3SljS7O pigs 4254530 Sheep Receipts 40CO steady muttons 200iiC0 lambs 125 < g5CO stock sheep 1501275 DENVER Denver Cole July 23 Cattle Receipts 100 slow beef steers 20025 cows 52 23 iS400 feeders and stackers freight paid to river 3005JCO bulls stags etc S2CO 3250 Hogs Recolpls 200 steady light packers pack-ers S555Ti5G5 mixed 5570fi5SO heavy Sfta5S5 Sheep Receipts 400 weak good fat muttons 300 330 lambs l00j4l5 ST LOUIS St Joseph Mo July 23CattleRe celpts 2035 market mostly 55 > 10c lower natives 39G6E0 cows and betters 125 tij4S0 boils 1101 stags 22j1S0 stockers and Icedors 21il5 vents 2OOiJSSO Hogs Receipts II ICO market generally 5c higher light and light mixed 3COToSO medium and heavy 570gC pigs 235i 4 75 bulk 2756U0 Sheen Receipts 1125 steady to lOc lower low-er lambs lower at steady price top 100 |