| Show A NEW lOW RECORDI I I Amalgamated Copper Takes I a Downward Plunge I I WHOLE MARKET UNSETTLED However Much Soiling Pressure t r Less Acute in the General List I The Few Stocks Which Made a the Morning Show of Strength During inS Hour Succumbed to Weakness I Losses of One to Three Points Made by Majority of the Stocks Bonds Wero Easier I f SILVER Now York 5c i4 Francisco i5c San o r r LEAD T I N6w Tort exchange 137 New York brokers 400 COPPER New York exchange 51650ffl700 New York brokers 1G531700 Silver nnd Drafts New York Dec cThtr silver Sic Mexican dollars ISlsC I San Francisco Dec 6S11vcr bars KKc Mexican lilollars 47 < 4il6c Drafts sight 21he telegraph Be Money and Exchange New York Dcc it jfoncy on cnll firm at n ffS per cent last loan mpcr I cent prime mercantile paper liA Bnor cnt sterling exchange weak with actual Business In bankers bills at flSiis for demand de-mand and at 4S4JilS4l4 rcr sixty days posted l rates H85 and U 1SS1 commercial I bills 1S3hS4 New York Metals New York Dec Irregular conditions continue ton revall In London copper circles cir-cles A decline of LZ JOs on futures and a loss of 3 on spot was thE net result of another day f of heavy selling which brought prices to a level not touched In many years spot bcliif quoted at Ljand fuures t55 Salec of 2200 tonswero reported re-ported At New York however the market mar-ket remains unsettled and nominally unchanged un-changed on tho basis of 1r = 1jij1i00 for ake and l637 fnGG2l for casting A llrmcr feeling prevailed In tho tin market at New York and In London values gained il with spot quoted at 112 15s and futures at noo Here a net rise of 20 10 50 points occurred without much business being done closing firm at 25005J2600c without Lead and sHelter were dull nnd chnnpj either hers or at London closing I at 54374 and EIO 15s and Sl30 and L1G 17s Gd I respectively Iron Unchanged pip iron warrants SlOWXalloO i No 1 1 Northern foundry 14505lo50 No 1 foundry Southern 5155051600 No 1 foundry Southern soft 1500711700 Glasgow Iron warrants closed at 55s lOci and Mlddlesboro closed at 43s l1d 1 San Francisco Mining Stocks 9 San Francisco Dec GTho official closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were as follows Alta 03 Justlco V 01 Belcher 02 Occidental Con 02 ST 13 Ophlr Best B Caledonia 14 Overman OJ J Challenge Con 00 Potosi 02 Chollar 03 Savage r 03 Confidence 55 Sierra Nevada 06 C C Va lCO Silver Hill 27 Crown Point 01 Standard 3r 0 Gould C 05 Union Con 00 Halo N 11 Utah Con 05 Mexican 13 Yellow Jacket 00 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS AS R S H Iron Silver CO preferred 97 Little Chief 12 Adams Con IS Ontario 900 Alice 15 Ophlr 65 Breoco 75 Phoenix03 Bruns Con 15 POtOHi 02 Com Tunnel 06 Savugo 03 CC Va 150 Sierra Nevada 05 Dcadw Terra 50 Small Hopes 40 Horn Sliver 100 Standard 3SO Leadvlllo > Con 03 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure 1900 Franklin S 600 l1ouez 4 LOO Old Domin 25m Ama1 1000 Osceolo 5500 Baltic 4 4lt Parrot 3260 Blngham 2800 Quincy 15i00 Q II GZIOO S Fe Cop 360 Centennial 1500 Tamarack 26500 b COp Bango 900 US lISi Dom Coal 1600 Vlclorla GOO isle Royale 2000 Wlnona 100 Mohawk 3S00 Wolverine 5600 Live Stack CHICAGO Chicago Dec G Cattle Receipts 9500 Strong good to prime 56502750 poor to medium 5400g625 stockers and feeders 2250450 cows Sl25tfTl75 heifers 250 5W canners SL25 jJ0 bulls J20a475 calves 5250Q6C0 HogsReceipts today 2600 tomorrow 24000left over 4000 opened shade hl her closed easy Mixed and butchers Si OS 625 good to choice heavy S590fiC42 light I fS253590 bulk Of sales J5S5G25 Sheep Receipts 000 Sheep slow to lOc lower lambs teady Good 10 cholcd wethers 30Jil5 fair to choico mixcd 2755330 ahccp S3W5MOO native lambs I 25033374 lambs S400JL23 ST JOSEPH St Joseph Mo Dec G Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 2000 Market steady natives 5350 2373r COWH and holfers 512j5GSO veals S2603525 bulls and stagH J2OOSo00 Btockers and feeders J2OQfiM30 Hogs Receipts 1700 Market 10gi5c higher Light and light mixed fo tfOfi G40 medium and heavy 6 203650 pigs I 375510 1 Sheep Receipts 330 Market steady OMAHA Omaha Nob Dec 6ctlle Receipts 1200 active lOc higher native stcera 5400 06 fJ WcHiern steers 3i51 523 Texas otcore S360i3410 cows nnd nelfors 290 460 cannery Sl50ii275 stOckers and feedurs 527SSN40 calves 005330 bulls and lags 175f1IOO Hogs Receipts 11 000 steady to 5c high er heavy filOSeSO mixed 600fiG10 light 5iO G15 pigs 5 7ljffi75 bulk of sales 5600S615 Receipts 1COO strong fed mut tons 50t30Q grass wethers 53000340 fdo lambs S440 500 grass lambs 3WiI 430 owes 2EOa3oO common and stock sheep f2OO111LIJ I KANSAS CITY c Kansas City Mo Dec GCotlleRe ceipts 3000 strong native beef stccra 5l75S700 Texas and Indian steers 3007 4S5 Texas cOW J2C < K2JiO native cows and helfcrn 5175a510 stockers and feed orB J300S440 bulls 200 tOO calves J32G QGCO IIOgl3fleCeJits JOOO 1IOc l1t her hulk of Sales 5Ej035 hom y jIjm pack ers zuGTGa5 mediums jll5aG35 liGht I oat12t yorkers soc1o pigs 1ti5 Li2 Sheep Receipts 2000 strong muttons OOfI400 lambs JLOOJfLSG wethers 325 < 3400 ewes 3003310 DENVER Denver Colo Dec C Cattle Receipts I SCO 2i strong beef steers 3 r7 1iJ50 cows I J2tOg350 stockera and feeders freight paid to river fi1 410 bulls stags etc I lro3rO Hops Receipts 100 Higher light pack ers 003515 mixed and heavy JC15GC25 No flheep t Stocks and Bonds New York Dec GFears of money otrlnccncy gained the upper hand In the stcck market today and precipitated ac tie selling throughout the list The bears were active and energctlc taking the market away at each recurrence of slgno of GtiUlrvg and their buying to cover l at frequent Intervals caused many Irregular rnllles and checks to the dee lnc This de mand quickly fell away on these rallies and the activity In the market was only renewed when prices began to give again way The apparent runnlnjr out of the recent speculative movement In Manhattan and the consequent realizing by tho lonpu was ofcuturc of the market The stool made un effective rally from the point where tho bears In their aggressive onslaught placed in tho late dealings the stock r fell to iij reprcuontlng an extreme de I cljno fAt 7 f-At the same limo Amalgamated Copper Avhleh had fluctuated rather sluggishly 4 all day took a downward plunge to 153 compHrcfVwHh Us previous low record of 414 TnlsuijpeUlgd Jho yvholo market and 1 JAo mado the closing1 active and easy but with the selling pressure much less acute In tho General list than In the stocks named Tho deposit at the pubtreasury for transfer the Interiorof 1000000 completed com-pleted the fright over the money prospect pros-pect which had been gathering force all day with the contemplation of the preliminary pre-liminary liguroi of the weeks currency movement It appeared from iheso Unit tho banks had gained ora the Interior movement by more than SlECOtXW up to last night thus seeming to offset that far tile weeks loss lo the subtreasury Which footed up last night 57115000 Of tho weeks loss to the subtreasury nearly J5000CXX represents deposits oC legal tenders to retire circulation and withdraw Government bpnds These bonds have not been offered tor redemption redemp-tion and there Is l lacking this offset lo the decrcaso In the circulation Tho payment pay-ment for the 2000000 gold exported Is I also included in the subtreasury operation opera-tion New York exchange at Chicago which fell to 50 cents discount nt ono iimc yesterday stiffened to 80 cents discount dis-count today L3U result of tho currency shipment I These unexpected now demands upon the local money supply wcro reflected in calling of loans nod marldn up of money rates Banks marked up their callloan rato over the counter lo 5 per cent and exercised stricter discrimination as to Industrial In-dustrial collateral Tho easier tone of tho foreign exchange market was lost sight It of In this now development although promised relief from the further gold exports ex-ports threatened next week A rise hi the New York money rate will help to prevent pre-vent gold exports but not to the relief of speculative borrowers on call The few stocks which made a show of strength < dii ring the morning succumbed to the weakness JLosso3 1 to 3 points were made by the majority 01 prominent active stocks General Electric after I rising to 2SDi broke to 20y1 on declaration declara-tion of only the Regular quarterly dividend above lend and then fluctuated wildly the lowest with Bonds wcro easier sympathy stockS Total sales par value S3OS9t00 United States bonds were all unchanged on the last cull BOND LIST U S ref 2s reg103l do coupon MB I I do 109 Colo South Is SOD I t I U S 3s coupon reg10S SO-D R G 4sl03 4 do coupon lOaft North Pac 4s lQSi new41rcg1394 do 3s t2i US ncr > rcgl304 Pac 4s 02ft do coupon 139J South 27 < U S old Is regW Union Pac 4s106 do cuponr1l2 do com ls10o u S5s rcK 107 ½ CLOSING STOCKS tchlson r24100 7v 77i 7SI I preferred GSCO 101 100 ICO Bait Ohio 2500 lOHi 1G3 103 preferred 95V f Canadian Pac GSJOO 114 1131s 1130 Canada So 700 So S4Vt I SPa Cues 8 Ohio 2100 48 47 47A Chicago vt Alton SOO MY 25 l 3M preferred i 200 7 v 77h 77Tij Chi I Jnd L SOO 47U 4lr3 46i preferred 400 74 H 74 ½ Chi E I11J 100 13 1 13S3i 13S Chi Great West 1000 24V4 23 s 23 = 4 A preferred 400 S1 S7 SiB Si-B preferred 100 45V 45 45 Chi Nor West 201 Chi R 1 Pac 1800 153 Hl1h H9M ChI Term T 4000 16 15 1511 preferred 2600 20V 29 20A CC C St L 10110 91 ½ 97 Jf Colorado So tiCO HI ½ HVI HIL 1st preferred 100 S ST 5i 2nd ireterrctL 660 26 26 26 UeJ Jlud5Qn 1100 IiJ 12 lil i D l L Vest 400 211 241 211 DeS Rio G j 45 preferred 000 91 I 93 93h Eric 15800 4I 1 4P 4l 1st preferred oGOO 72 15 71D4 71 2nd preferred 1200 58 6il 6G Great Nor pfil liOO 11 lSn 185 Hocking Valle roo f03 63 G3 preferred 4J 8111 81 81 Illinois Central 600 13f1 ½ 188 I 13SJl iowa Central NO 3S 37 3 J preferred 2 L Erie Vest 500 71 61 G I preferred P 125 Louis c Nash t500 Inss 1074 1Oi4 Manhattan L 13i700 143 135 Jet J-et Sl Ry 0400 165 162 162 Mexican Central 2iOO 21 3 23 Mexican Nat 2000 HI HIh IlnnStL 200 JOn 10ilh 10i MissourI Pac 37700 105 ½ 103 103YJ Mo K Texas loQ 25 25 251 preferred 100 3 3 62 N J Central 100 181 1S1 180 N Y Central 12300 1icJ 16i iI J6 Norf Western 1700 59 5i 8 57 preferred 1 00 Nor Pac pfd 1GOO 10004 1001 l00 Ontario West 4700 33 31L 31 I Pennsylvania 31200 151 lIJI l49s Reading 2OOO 49 J 10 1t preferred 3500 804 iO 70 l 2nd preferred 6ioo 59I 551 DS St Ij S li 2c 52 52 ii2 1Sl preferred 51 2nd preferred 200 l iO 70 St L So Vest 400 271J 27 2i11 Preferred XO 6 69 691 St Paul 2Uoo iait 1G3 165k prcferrld lSS Southern Pac 16100 6Il 59k 595g Southern Ry 14700 3JHi 3l4 334 prcerred 4COO 13 12 9 Texas Pac 1100 O 31J 331 T St L West 1ji 19 lI 19Li preferred 200 31 32 3 Union Pac 61300 100Hl 101 ioi preferred 750 00 89 ro Wabash 1000 22 21 21Z preferred iOOO 11 41 11 hle Jl B 18 ndprcerred loo9 2J I VIs Central JCO 21 20 f t rrreferred IO Express Companies Adams e 1S5 American 100 202 202 200 United States 300 02 12 DO Yells Fargo lO Miscellaneous Amalg Copper D6300 7331 60T6 GDft Am Car F 7100 5 8 20 20 4 preferred 3500 S6 S51 M Am Lincaed Oil 35 preferred 1511 Am Sm Ref 9500 111tf1 WA 41 preferred SCO 07 OC > 4 07 Anaconda M Co 1500 313 31 31r Brooklyn n T 1XI G4 I 62 90 < 010 Fuel 1 4 DIY 9O 90 Consolidated Gas 00 2Ji 21i 21i Contl rob pfd 300 115 115 115 General Electric IIOO ZS9 2S014 S2 Glucose Sugar SfJO 10 rolh 31 Hocking Coal 400 li1 1fi Iii Intern Paper 100 2113 2111 201 preferred GOO 7Slh is 7S InteLn Power 1 89 La Cledo Gas Il National Biscuit 2200 Hj J31f 4311 National Lead 7lO 1814 Hi 11 1 Natl SaIl pfd G2 North Alnern t1 Pac Coast 1200 75 7411 Ti 1 Pno Mail 3U0 43 jI1h H Peoples Gas 2roo 100 frl1 i9 Pressed Steel Car 100 12Y 42 f 42 preferred S5 Pullman Pal Car 215 Republic Steel 4rJ 16 1W 15 imrcfcrred f1J ri jS cs Sugar 12IO 123 12J 121 I Tenn C Iron 1600 GI l G 314 Union B P Co H preferred 2J 71 i4 7I U S Leather 1600 12 ll 11 preferred 11 82 Sl1tJ 81 U S Rubber 860 J 6 15 35 preferred 74 53 52 51 U S Steel 18100 42 l n i2 I Preferred 2iQJ 3214 32 Western Union 12JrlO 02 llt American Loco 4tV lJ 31 L 311 preferred 2ro SSl SS SSh Foreign Markets New York Dec CommercialAdver tisers London financial cablegram says Continued cheerfulness dominated the stock market The cauturo of Boer war prisoners inspired IL feelinG of optimism and consols rose sharply to 2y on a rumor ru-mor that the Government will borrow no more on consols but rather will issue a guaranteed Tranavnal loan American stocks were absolutely Idle A bad New York bank statement Is expected tomorrow tomor-row and New York came Mat Tho closo was at the worst with London Indifferent Copper slumped to rrs a ton but Rio Tln Los remain at 2 2 London Wool Auction London Dec OTorlnga at the wool auction sales today totaled 14121 bales Moat of them were of common quality Victoria wus in request and sold readily at current rates Cape of Good Hope and Natal was In fair demand und some lots were withdrawn by holders St Louis Wool Market St Louis Mo Dcc GoolStend Territory and Western modiumn l4Q > 16a line UlSc course Ilgi4c San Francisco Wool Market I San Francisco Cal Dec Quotations Ion I I-on wool here today were Spring Nova da lOSJ2c eastern Oregon loffilSii valley Oregon ISfPISc Fall Alountaln lambs 8 1 yOc < San Joaquin plains tJqj8c Humboldt and Mendoclno IGa12 ½ c 1I BULLDEMANDFO ORAIN Whe Started Off at a Slight Advance SLUMP SOON OCCURRED I I This Was Brought About by Profit Taking Dull Trade Poor Cables I and Outside DeclinesDuring the i Last Twenty Minutes of Trading I I Prices Jumped Forward and Backward Back-ward OneHalf Cent Com Was Moderately Steady Trading Being NarrowOats Had Small Trade Chicago Dec 6 Wheat started in with a small demand which was taken to Indicate In-dicate a continuation of bull demand This brought good advances at the openIng open-Ing but profit taking dull trade poor cables and outclde declines brought a I sharp slump Late In the day strength at St Louis and buying orders from the I Southwest started general buying again During tho last twenty minutes of tradIng trad-Ing prices jumped forward and backward 1Jc Though all tho advances wcro not held the close of the pit was very ilrm l December opened c up at 7V4c sagged oft to 75 = ic reacted and closed fIrm 54 < 5 < j I up at oACf77Gc May opened Ih to oc up at 80 to SOc sold to 0C fell to 79c reacted and closed firm iQ aC up at oU fijSOc Corn was moderately stead trading being be-ing narrow and comparatively limited to local Interests There was a lack of outside I out-side support such as has been present for several days and fears of an In cr l1secl country movement und slackened shipping demand Induced many holders to realize In anticipation of a setback from the present prices Toward the close the wheat strength hclnc1 materially but the closing lgures wore only ctoady December unchanged at 6IVic and May a shade higher at 67c i Oats had a comparatively small trade 1 over a narrow ranee with almost featureless fea-tureless operations May closed firm c hlKher at 45c I I Provisions were dull and steady January Jan-uary pork closed 710c higher lard 2 ½ cup c-up and ribs unchanged RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 n > mhr > T Trtl rclt rsii rp UloIUUII I t IU a IU May Mltil S04 ia7 80 July SOy O 70 W 1I Corn No 2 December 61v 64 ½ G3 GIYf May GS S Gi I July G 6i74 G 6iIJ Oats No 2 December 45 45 II 45 May 45 46 454 45 July 414 413 40 JO Mess Pork January 1662 16iO 1655 16iO May liI li10 1GB li05 Lard December IEO 90 977 J7i January 98 Ifi I70 Dii May IS5 JS7 Iiiy 983 Short Ribs January 850 SW 812 850 Ma 5il 8jl 8GO S6i ½ CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations were as follows Flour firm No2 spring wheat 75c No2 red 0c No 2 oats45 < 46c No2 white 4S < S19c No 3 white JS7 iMSc No3 rye 62M563c fair to cholco malting barley bar-ley 55tC3c No 1 Max seed 143 No1 Northwestern 144 prime timothy seed 5540jC50 mess pork per barrel 1570fi > 15S0j lard per 100 pounds 977 < fi9SO short ribs sides loose 840flS65 dry salted shoulders hoed 7Vj < fi71c short clear sides boxed SS5ftS95 whisky basis of high wines 5132 811 gar clover contract grade 925 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Rcts Ship Flour barrels 320 0 49000 Wheat bushels SIHOCO 310000 Cornv bushels 115000 123000 Oats bushels 210000 277000 Rye bushels 2000 Barley bushels 93000 39000 I PRODUCE EXCHANGE On tho produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was Ilrm creams 15JJ24c dairies 12i 17c cheese 9V4 < Q10Vic eggs firm frceh 21c CURB TRADING HEAVY May Wheat Touches Highest Point in l1day New York New York Dec G1ho regular session of grain markets did not provide much excitement today but curb trading after the regular close was one of the heaviest In months and revealed a shortage among pit traders that exceeded all calculations So vigorous was this demand from scalpers scalp-ers who had been hounding tho market all day In a vain effort to force liquidation liquida-tion by outsiders that May wheat Jumped from S5c to S5c representing the highest high-est point on tho crop Corn sold up sharply but failed to reach its previous high point of G2c for May Coast Grain San Francisco Dec 6VhcatEas December 102 ½ May 106Vi spot easier eas-ier 102 ½ Barley Steady May 7ic cash 77c Butter and Eggs New York Dec 6 Butter Receipts 3400 packages firm State dairy 15g23c State cnamcry 7f25c June creamery lf22cr factory 1lflvlL1e Eggs Receipts 4ROO packages Western West-ern at mark 2Gc Southern at mark 20S > 5c New York Sugar Market New York Doc GSugarRaw steady fair relininG Sjc centrifugal 9Gtest 3o molasses sugar 3c Refined steady crushed 540c powdered 5ooc granulated lOOc |
