| Show JJLLJ L 7 THE MARKET STAGNANT Closing Was Very Dull and irregular BUT ONE NOTABLE MOVE That Was the Advance in Sugar and Burlington London Sold Small Amount of Stock TJ S Bonds Were Unchanged at Bid Quotations Another Brokerage Firm Forced to the Wall House Was Largely Short of the Market Sterling Exchange Ex-change Was Very Weak SILVJSR Now York 6Oc Snn Francisco London 274i l k LEAD Now York exchange I New York brokers COPPER Now York exchange Now York brokers 1050 Silver and Drafts New York May 23Bar silver GOc Silver crrtincates GOGClc Mexican dollars Wic Sun Francisco May 23 Silver bars COHo Mexican dollars 13lWM9c Dnfls Sight 2c telegraph 15c New York Metals Now York May 2SL Tho main Interest In the metal markets today was tIme rharp decline in the price of Iron al Glasgow and MlcJJlesboro Jn thin former market prices fell off 2s amid In Mlddlesboro they declineil 3s Closing prices nt Glasgow were Cr > s lid and at Mlddksboro ills Vhllu prices In the local market wero un chuiiKud tho market was dull and weak Thin focal market for pip tin was dull while London prices advanced 2 5s for spot and 1 lOs for futures Spot closed at 135 Ifs amid futures at 131 Juno delivery de-livery was quoted at 2S 50 to 23 UO and July at 2S30 to 2350 Copper was it New York unchanged for spot but futures were easy with June August quoted at ISIJilGVic Lead was dull Spoltvr ruled a shade easier Following are quotntjona Copper lake 16iJ1c Elect roly tic 16c casting Lead 3t7ii 4rf Spelter 4474l52 tIn 20oh tin plates i25m4Th it miii iron No 1 Northern 2fri122e Northern M21c pig Iron warrants No 2 nominally 1000 San Francisco Mining Stocks Sun Francisco May 23The official closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were us follow Alia S tAlphlL Con 01 Andes OSlOccI Colt 11 Beichor MjOphir ul Rest D 27 6vorrnan iS Caledonia 110 Potosi dial Con SIXVOKO 11 Chollar lMSCf Uelcher 01 Conflilcnec 05SNevada 20 O C Va I 40 Silver Hill 32 Crown Pt 07Suindurd 4AT Gould 5 C 13 Union Con 19 1 Hale s Nor 13Iiah Con OS Justice OGYellow lackct 13 Ken tuck Con 01 Yellow Jacket 1J Mexican 21 ll NEV YORK aiIKING STOCKS Am Sm R 5371 > JIChollar J IS proferied 330 f OntarIo 710 Crown Pt WlOnhlr I W i Vt 1 3oflnioutii I Deadwood tO Quicksller I Could S C lOpr eferred 750 Ilaic S Nor 25 S Nevadt ti Iomestako 1000 Standard Iron Silver 02 UnIon Con 16 Melcan how JacIc BOSTON MINJNG STOCKS Adventure 400 Allouca 11 Amal Copper 572 Osceola exilir 6i2m Atlmtimtic 220i Parrot 1025 B S Mflt bI722201 Quincy 125i Butte B 64 00 SLULIL Fe Cop Cal 11 725tO larnnrack 1920 Centennlat 16011 liioiia 00 Franklin 1250 Volverlnes 3750 1Iurnboldt 5000 Utah 2525 TRIBINE SPECIAL Boston Mass MIt 23The copper shares hove again Ieen dull prics rid lug fractionally lower except tot CaIn met which broke 35 to 3720 on account of the ihre which broke out in the hot torn of the No L shaft on Sunday PcsT Idont Kvnns of tho United States mlnO has called T directors meeting for tomorrow to-morrow Hornblower S Wooks broker Ki State street Boston furnish the following fol-lowing quotations Sales Illich Low Close Amalgamated JSSOO S770 Blnpham 10CO 975 Cochltl 25 USO Cent Eureka 3ST 23FO 2300 21W Utah 170 2HSO 1525 23r United States S fl White Knob 14 1SOO Curb Boston SSWHOO Navaho ToOOgf COO Grain and Provisions Chicago May 21When the session bo pim the wheat market wa effected by time fact that tim Northwest section was still without rain and by time steadiness of cables Kcports from the Southwest were favorable to the crop but this did not prevent July which had opened > 4 lower at GCe from advancing to 77QG7Vxc Later tho weather prognosllcators said there vus probability of showers In the dry section tonight and time soIling this caused senlJuly back to O3 > ic Tho market steadied stead-ied at this point on covering by shorts and the report that tho visible had decreased de-creased 23 > yiOOO bushels and Limo domes tic visible liVXSOOO bushels recovered to 094G7c < Tho close was steady H under Saturday at Jjfcc Iho corn market was quiet and easy tIme froalcr part of the session Cables wore weak Western farniera offering larger anti the weather favorable DurIng Dur-Ing Urn afternoon however the market Hloiulkd on tho visible decrease of 2510000 bushels July closed Vi over Saturday at b7c b7cOals wore easy and dull In a speculative way The market was Inlluenced by com most of tbn session July closed a shade down at IlMCJllAc Thai provisions market opened lower on liberal hog receipts and lower prices at the yards and sixpence reduction on product prod-uct at ivcrpool Packers were fair buyers buy-ers and during tho session nearly all the opening loss was recovered July pork closed 2ic under Saturday and lard and ribs loft off unchanged RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat May G5i 65 Slfe Ci July G7 67I G6km > WTfv Corn Muv aLf akn 25 > i 36 i July 201 37 SCVj 37 September 37A 37i 37J 37ft Oats May 21 2U6 20L 214 July 21U 21 A 21 2Hi September S oi > Vi 0I VC 2 > OVj Mess Pork July 1117V ns2Vi 1117 ½ uco hard July 075 fiS2li 676 CS2Va September C75 682 G75 CS2H Short RIbs July 650 September CIS 050 613 600 CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations were as foiiow Flour steady No 3 spring wheat 62165c No 2 red 71 Xo 2 corn 2Gic1 No 2 yol ion 2GPi27c No 2 oats j2c No 2 white 24tiij2Ze No S mhlte Zi2Ic No C rye s P4c good feeding barley Wcl27c fair to choice malting 104l4c No 1 flaxsecd 51SO No 1 Northwestern 51SO prime timothy seed 240 mess pork per barrel 101W1025 lard per 100 lbs SbiO i6S2i short ribs sides loose 6 665 div salted shoiders boxed short clear sides boxed 46900 chls ly bals of high wines vio sugars nil clmnet2 clover contract grade 750 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Recnt Ship Flour barrels 10000 imx Yhoat bushels 220TK 151000 I Corn bushels 22sCOO iszOW I Oats bushels 417000 aWWO I Rye bushels v JOOO Biirley bushels i 4000 2WW On the produce exchange today tIme butter market was steady creamery 13 419c dairy 13 1 tTc Cheese steody St4tjt4c Eggs nc I I Visible GrainSupply Now 1rh Mi 2The Islble upplv of grim tMrd3 Maj Mth JK compiled laU by the Now York produce exchange Lu4 to1iotv Wheat 4475GC 3 bushels decrease lCOS bushels 0 Corn IZ6I7000 bushels decrease 25IOOW bl S2HC7SGMO 4WOOO Oams 676000 bushels Increase buhoDr 51000 blrfvlCOTOM bushels decrease bushehi Earle 9HOOO bushels Increase 1110 bushels Coast Grain San Francisco May 2S Wheat Quiet December 93c cash h fcc Barley No sales cnsli 70c Butter and Eggs Nov York May 2S Buttsr Receipts 13CM5 packages firm Western crcnmcry e aov EKRS Hecclpts 175SO packages firm Western loss off 13fi4c Foreign Crop Report London May 25The Mark Lana Express Ex-press today q5y5 Wheat has Improved but oats acid barley are liss promising titan for many seasons French cereals aro throe weeks late In Austria Hun Southern Russia Turkey Greece gary and Persia wheat find honey aro satisfactory satis-factory In Italy lh average will not bo exceeded l Spain expects a good wheat crop Elgin Butter Market Elgin Iii May 2SBulUr Firm 19Ic offerings DW limbs sales MO tubs at 19 ½ c offerings for Ave < k 12i i tub I St Louis Wool Market St Louis May 25Wool quiet and barley steady prices unchanged but not very oleady Stocks and Bonds New York May 23 Tho opening of anew a-new week shnvcd no material chanpo In speculative conditions ami the stock markets mar-kets of New York London Paris and Berlin Ber-lin continued dull and neglected Jn New York another brolmordcie firm announced Us suspension the failure being announced an-nounced as was hut of Price McCormlck t ro on the cotton and stock fxchanges almost simultaneously Tho closlrc out of tho firms contracts on the slock exchange under the rules re stilted In transactions In about 10CW shares That prices W TG Inclined to a tl l of the settle vance und r the Influence flout was satisfactorily explained by time fact that the buying ° f stocKs for the llrm outnumbered lie I selling fully fi to 1 That Is to say the house was largely short of the market Thin failure Is attributed to cotton spec iilailon as the recent movement uf stocka has been In favor of outstanding contracts con-tracts of the firm Last weeks rumors of fInancial difficulties which related to this I house brought pressure to bear and precipitated the assignment The fact that the same kind of rumors are clrculatrd regarding ome other house Is a factor In keeping Wall street sentiment unscttlrd The only notable movements during LImo day were tIme advances In Sugar supposed sup-posed to be bear covering and In Burlington Burling-ton on resumption of being of the shine character as that which has given the stock Its recent strength These ad advanees prompted some sharp rallies at other points And some of the earlier losses loss-es wert recovered TIme market was semi stagnant at times and the closing wan dull and Irregular London sold small amounts of stocK although al-though that market as a whole showed strength on the advance uftho British Into the Transvaal It IB worth remembering remem-bering that LImo speculative world has based Us largist hopes regarding time end of the Transvaal war on llm eJfecl to bn produced In the money market by Limo resumption of tlu gold supply from Limo South African mini but at lImo present cash Into the reserves time there Is a reflux of serves of all the great banks of the world and Increasing difficulty Is being experienced exper-ienced in finding protilable employment for idle capital time Dullness todiv was accentuated by fart ihnt I the veelc will bo Interrupted by a hollilny In New York and by limo London great racing event in rears Strllng exchange was weak today The bond market ViS vei y dull and showed weakness in sympathy with Mocks Total To-tal sales par value 1100000 U S bonds were unchanged In bid quotations quo-tations BOND LIST II Cr Is i01k U s Cii ref when D S isuxl iI do ti Pac 2s 7 13 S ts rer 00 Nor 23 reg 109 ½ 10 Is 101 as COOl lX1m Or Nt v Is 111 i31 10 Is 101 a Is reg 10 Is coup 12t ½ S L 6t old Is reg 115 10 cons Os 114I do coup 115v rt a v is 55 reg 1123k So Pac Is os cotil lIP IJ P Is 106 Cole So 4s S0 CLOSING STOCKS Atclmison imrferred 2tmj W preferred abash S 20 ibt preferred 13al S 0 Can PILe fd1 5 L B 9 I an So 5i Cud pfd tlmes 5 0 27 Wls Coma i54 imi Gt 12 Tliumd Avo 113 C 13 5 Q fi Express coin Ciii Intl S 1 2t raimles preferred Adams 115 100 C k H I 100 American C S N wr 2 I S 15 C It I P ik Weiis Fargo 116 C C C S St L SS Miscellaneous Cob Southern 6 Am Cot Oil 1st pfcl 42 preierred 0 2mul pd 16 Am Malting D L S V 1 1neterleI 22 iei S Hudson 113 Am S S R D S R G 15 pmeiorrcd preferred 67 Aiim Spirits 2 17 Erie 11 preforreti 1st pfd 5t4 Am Stel It 2tj Cm Nor pftl i0il prefemred 70 Ilocking Coal 11 mn St S tV Ilocklng nl 57L preferred i Ill Cent 11V Am Thm Plate In Cent l7 rireIerre1 72 refermod 4 ½ in Tobacco 1 K C P 5 G 16 prefOrti 110 I 16 5 2i Anuconh preferred 91 l3rooklymm II T 70 Lake Shore 5 I I S Naslm i9 Coat Tob dtnlmatttn L 594k rreferral 77 Met St RI iOj Fed Steel 34 Hex Eotmt 12 preferred CG Minn S St L ii len 11ec preferred r54 Glucose Sugar 47 Mo PILe 55 preferred 93k M S 0 3 Intl Paper 2l M K S T hiIi jreerreci rOErrai ti 2q N JCent fl7 ti rIsctmit NN Y Cent 131 pretemreti Nor S West Nail Leal 20 preferred S proiermed Nor Pac 59t Nati Steel preferred ia5 reterrod SO Oat S V 21 N Y Air Br 124 0 IL S N 12 Nor Mimer 11 jreferrcd it Iac Coast 19 Pennsylvania 129r 1st p61 5 Pcading 1C 2nd pfd fj 1st pfd o5t Iac ttil ° nd pfd 23 leopies Gas 93 no W 55 Pressed St C prcferrtcI S7 ½ Imreterred TOt TO-t I S S F 10 luli PILl 5o 1st rftl OS St fi S Tw 2nd pfd 52 Sugar St L S V lO mrofermed 111 preferrel 20t P C S I 72 St Paul 11S U S Leather 10 preferred 172 Preferred 65 St P 5 0 111 U S Rubber So Fec ri preferred So Hr i24 W est Union 70 preferred 55 Rep I S rTe r-Te Pac 16 lreferred 13 P P C CSLL Money and Exchange New York May 23 Money en caiii 1Ti per cent Prlmo mercantile paper U > 4 SterlIng exchange weak with actual bus Incas In bankers hIlls at 245i1S for demand anl tt SI849454 tom sixty days lOStel rat 1SciISs1 commer cUd bills 4531145I Foreign Market New York May Commercial Advertisers Adver-tisers London IVnanclal cablegram says The markets hero were htajrnant today and business was hardly tested The rumor ru-mor that tho cavalry had reachedrJohan ncsburg caused considerable buvlng of Africans Tlntos clipped to 50 the lowest low-est for a long time on tho fall of il In the Maal but rallied to 51 on London buy ing Americans were unchanged and tea tiireles The bank got 2400 gold from Australia Live Stock CHICAGO Chicago May 2S Cattle Hecelptg 22 OX > steers generally about steady choice light Arm butcher stock opened weak closed 0cm natives best on aio today our cars Slmortliorims 355 good to prime steers 300Zl37Q poor to medium i4075 4S5 selected feeders iblri mixed stockirs SK7jtffl2S cows 511WHCO heifers heif-ers 332i > iiul cjiniieri 2lWi31i bulls 7j140 calves easier WOOftfiGO Texans Tex-ans rccolpts 500 best en sHiIc today ono carloa1 5oO > J Ttxas fed steers IOOti520 Texas bulls 432i > tf373 Hg5 RiHolpts today 40000 tomorrow 200CJ estimated left over 4000 Gc to lOc lower top Joii mixed and butchers TiO > f < a2o good ty choice heavy 51W 52S rough hivy S50i > < 510 light l9Mi nC2 fc bulk of sales 5iy i5M Sheep Roclpu = 1100 sheep Strong lamb l tiV bjghor good to chor wother tfisr t fair to choice mixed > > 947S year1 fl VMcrn i1mcop Ings WtVfrj00 native lamb icaiji Western lambs MC H25 KANSAS CITY 23CatUeRC Kanst Mo Ity celpts 0 V msrkrt sieitdv 0tive steers ew 4to Ga3 TOXOB steers MlMfJri ImeittS COWS 0jj343 native and co feeders and 430fi 2f HOgsfl0001 OXSh market 6fJ10 loWer 19 er bulk of sales it6 heavy 4Ji60O Ia0 mixed paclaus issfg0G yorkers i90J493 pigs 400 market strong Sheopflcc05 > < lldClpltt I1 iitumbs < X > 97CQ mutton 4 OMAHA 2200 Omahu May 23 CattleRet0iPL5 native market active generallY stsdy beef steers J44U511 cOS eth stockers and KXiers j7WS2O J3YVft7GO huMB sinus tc HogRReeclpts 1Mxl njrl555f mixed lower closwl active heavy Tmhrtf0 JIflCtf497U light WSHi migs t7Mf 4J3 bulk of sales IMWr71V t mnrKet nhout Shcer > Recclnts Ii2ffrt 460 Plrady yearlings 2 W5cn vrolhor g lambs 025 QS20 stock sheep 40 JioOO 411x50 DENVER 2100 Denver May 2 ratiUrBPcelptB Sl 110 beef Steers market steady to strong 450 feeders freIght frfiCO cows 3ytj460 Jcr fclghL 500 stockers paid to river 350i00 paid to river 37T < iT25 bulls stags etc 1200tj325 Recelpts BW market lower litfU packers 500itOO5 heavy pMfa steiul > ShcepReolpts 15 1 market |
