Show AN IRREGULAR MARkET There Was Rally After Opening I Open-ing Then Yielding CLOSE WAS HEAVY IN TUNE I Operations Were of a Highly Manipulative Manipu-lative Character and Seemed to Have for aa Object the Discouragement Discourage-ment of Selling Stocks Fluctuations Fluctua-tions Were Not So Violent or Fever ich as HasBean the Rule Lately Speculation in Coffee Stocks Rallied Ral-lied From Opening Loss SILVER Xcw York k SOC San Francisco K KC 112AD Now York exchange f > 37 1 COPPER I Now York exchange 1700 Silver and Drafts New York April 12 Silver certificates CCcUar liar silver fOr Mexican i dollars lIe San Francisco April 12Silver bars 59Sc Mexican dollars ° c Drafts sight 12Vic telegraphic ISc Money and Exchange Nov York April 12 Money on call firm at 4iG per cent last loan 1 per cenL Prime mercantile piipcr SWVA percent per-cent Sterling exchange steadier with actual business In bankers bills at IS7va for demand de-mand and at 5Ih1 for sixty days Posted rates JlfWj and flSJ Commercial bills l3iilSl New York Metnls New York April 12The metal market was quiet today I The general I list WOH without change except tin h which was I nominally quoted about JO points lower The close for that metal was dull and nominal at fKOO In London lowevur prices declined L 1 under liquidation spot closing at LI 114 5s and futures at 112 Copper In London advanced lOs to IGO 13s Pd tor spot and 7Q s but this factor did not Influence the I local market which ruled d lull and nominally unchanged at I 17CO for Lake Superior and JlGfciV for casting and electrolytic Lead clusod didl at t 5 1 37Jt In I London I prices reached the lowest itolnt slimes 1S37 declining Is 3d to 12 7s 6d but trading was slow Spelter was dull at 30fg305 Domestic Iron markets were Inactive Pig Iron Warrants War-rants SnBOfj IdoO Northern foundry 51325 if lOr0l Southern foundrj JllOOfJlo CO ard soft Southern 3MT15W > Glasgow warrants war-rants closed at t3s Od and Mlddlcsboro at 15s 3d 1 San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco April 12Time official closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were as follows t Aba 7 01 t Justice 5 C L Amlphuu Con ml Iexlcumi Aulles Oceldcmmtal Con llelcher Opimlr 1 IfJ Het B l9Cjv erinan ml Uulhion 01 Louomti 9 vage I hiii C ri 1I Scg I3elchmor t 41 I NevmmdL oil flilence 7ISllv or I I ill C C Va 27OSttndard iI S Crown loint 13 llmuinii Con I Gould utah COn II 3 Bale TclIow Jacket 1 7 Koiitimck Con 01 NEW YORIC MINING STOCIS 45 S it51m12t6 Iron Sliver 39 imrefried iC0 LIttle Chief 14 t1ani Con 23 OntarIo Alice Omhir 1Iiocnix OS liruin Ctum otosi Corn Tuiiimmch 1 Savage 07 C C i 19S Sierra Nevada 25 lcmdsv rerrm 50 Smith ihopes 1 Horn Silvnr 110 Suindaril Leadsliie Coim 03 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure 1 15r0 I liliiihiOl1t 5 250 Ainml Cop llS12 ½ Osceoha AtlantIc iitm0 Parrot l25 Bimihinmmm 2587 uincy p S Fe Cop 13 J49fl Timniamacic 31960I II 1100 ltmtaiu I Centeiirmiiul 250 innumn 15 Irrtnlciln 1W Volscnimmcs 5lC Grain and Provisions Chicago April 12Time most influential factor in thai wheat market early WUK thc heavy export business as revealed by Immense clearances from the seaboard which in wheat imd flour to 12S1000 bushels bush-els Of this 015CCO bushels represented the raw produces A light domestic movement and smaller slmlimimmeals from Argentine together to-gether with steady cables completed thc bullish array May opened a shade lower lo unchanged at I1c to 711fi714c and under covering Tjy shorts and Investment buying largely for the local account rallied I ral-lied during time forenoon to 71Tfcfi72c Outside Out-side support jiowever failed when longs attempted to take profits Long wheat was olfered because of the m lightness of I the days export business and roporls minimizing min-imizing reports of Inquiry from Insects Aside from narrow scalping Interest there was nobody to care for thc offerings offer-ings and Mav broke with considerable rapidity lo 70y i70TC and closed Tvcak ViSiTJiC lower at 70fcc The corn market preserved Its firmness but offered little of Interest May closed I unchanged at 433JC Oats were strong on a good cash demand and good shinning business May closed unchanged at 25Mlc Provisions were quiet and steady sustained sus-tained by light receipts higher prices at the yards and a fair cash demand May i pork closed 2C higher lard lOc up and ribs 12Vdc Improved RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 dnv d 2 70L l bul 71ii 12 ¼ 0 71 Corn No 2 APrIl 1 May It i33i lF l Jmml 43I ii 45 4 F Oats No 2 2tIll 2k 25 1 f Tutly 25 23 25 2 fI sieSM Pork Ilmi s I 110 1 I31 Ii Ii lhI P11 Jutl 116 li6P II Lard lav S52 S27 S3 m Jmml SlP S 25 I7 82 S22 S77 S2J Short Ribs 3lty S30 S 32 S20 Sc Judy s021 Sl2 S0V ro SO S 00 805 CASII QUOTATIONS Cash quotations Worcns tollows Klour sleady1 No a t rprlng wheat I Q7fijCe No 2 red 7hm78c No 2 corn 13e No 2 yellow yel-low Uic No 2 oats 26z27c No 2 white 29Ae No o while STjjiflaniac No 2 rye 53c mood fendiimg barley 4Ge fair 10 choice mailing m r > lf Sc No i llax seed SJCO No 1 Northwestern JlCO prime timothy tim-othy m seed SIJO 1 mess pork per barrel W I 140ft1115 lard per 100 pounds SI2lri m Jl5 short rifts sides loose JS20aSIO dry salted shoulders boxed iVJlfjC f short clear sides hoxed SSSilvfrtO whisky basis of l hlah wines 127 clover con true grade 1075 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles RcptK Shpts Flour barrels LGIXX 1iOOO Wheat bushels 65000 S6Cm O Corn bushols 162000 7000 Oats bushels 205000 SOOiCO Rye bushels 30M 7000 Darley bushels 1SCW 4CW PRODUCE EXCHANGE On thc produce exchange today the butler but-ler market was steady creameries IRS COVc dairies JKrilSc Cnucse Steady 11iiJ2c Eggs Steady fresh Ic Coast Grain Snn Francisco April 12 Wheat Inactive Inac-tive May 1 OOf C December 5101T Barley No tmlus Butter and Eggs New York April i 12 Butter Receipts 12cO imckagos steady fresh creamery 1G QCI fahUirv 11H1114 < Eggsu fac1lpt3 i 0120 jiackagcs firmer Western fresh ISvAfflfc do storage lie Ncw York Sugar Market Now York April l2StlgLr1taW firm fair rcflnlng GjlGc centrifugal 96 test n332c I molasses sugar 3 1I3 c r 3IS pomi < rcti W cflruj u Stocks and Bonds New York April 12 Todays f kel wan rather ft tamo affair ka Stock m with the excited dealings for con ird pant bul nn Imposing aggregate moifl zggregam0 mo of business was nevertheless and there wero connlderabl trnuc In prices Thc market was fiucitlati i Irregular all day recovering nhutrply i the opening thbe depression but yIelding before the clone which was heavy j a and decidedly below the beat but considerable not gains remaining many Important stocks OikrutloM Or 01 a hlxhly manipulative character z4 seomcd to have for their object td in HUT courage the selling of stocks No ° Jl1 aggressive efforts were unimiWi r v ry tract renewed buying amid I nuciimn1 vas ere by no means so violent or foviri as has been the rule of late Jouri h hero I were some wide advances hlKhiirlced In vest ment stockn nmon s amid usual y active stocks Northwestern s r n preliminary decline rising i points < Paul preferred 2J General KlcclriV I cc 2 C ConsolldaKd Gas GA Brooklyn Unlo 9 nuid a nuniber o1hess prominent fu omim 2 to 2 Mtoe S Speculation continued acllvo in the per stocks and Amalgamated Copper c A1 iI fi1 strongly from Its pcninVj los nil did > it diw not hold the advaiuu well closing with a net rise of only V CIOinK Rumora weio conlllctlng stains cf Iho Burlington deal regarding The stOck th extreme range Was Sli and It clospd a net gain of a point Rock lian tt 6V = from last nights price and cii with a net gain of l flit NV y public Hilling were all strong n ly l on account of thc llxlng the mmpparct date adjournment by h the legislature coalers also became strong giving Th its a supposition that the hanger of s trike oim lie Ness Jersey Central 4 1 eeim averted Time market 4ibvcioped vonc I s tremmgthi after tIme upenlng mvcaknc eneru which was duo In some extent to Selhin for London account the dcnlala o iicgotlallonH with the Uoers and the t hsrti enlng of money rates In London t o dopress that miirkcl Tho renver servin I hero seemed lo be closely connected th more cheerful feeling r wlh tm warding MM money m outloOk This was not In i i the money outlook JLself until rcnccirf of tIm days requirements had been moq when belated lenders made consil1crIIbl mm concepslono In the rate of Interest u was asserted that it I bingo loans were plawii i bore l for the account of Chicago banks during l the day TIme preliminary mates of Ito Interior cash movement eti In dlcated t that the balance rigalnst NW York for the week was Inslgnlllcant tt tho New York exchange at Chicago f flail to 21 cents per thousand compared wifs I CO cents yesterday Ca The subtreasury was a debtor triht al tIme clcarlnghouso to thc extent St 51ISC711 owing tolargo pension illmuburue meats and a pfLjmfnt of J300000 madr to Ihc banks on account of Philippine armv expendllurea I Thc subireasiiry haB army hero tolore t taken only about JlOnoOOO from the market for thc week and next useeefr t will see the high level for the month of v m pension payment I After the close of business on the stock exchange announcement was made from Washington that the Secretary ot the Treasury had purchased lCAGCn of Cow ernment bonds In thin market Tills with the culling of loans by the banks if i jr has resulted In the reduction of the loan averages will tficroforc have the cffec of making a much less unfavorable bank statement than was apprehended With lodays payment In London of the Installment In-stallment on the exchequer bonds and I thc conclusion of the stock exchange settlement j set-tlement there the counc of the money market In lie next few days la awaited to Indicate Its trio condition Tho heaviness of thc United Slates SteI stocks was a disappointment to the Hp i ulRtora as they mire basing hopes c measures of protection against money stringency by large financial interests oh the supposition that It Is designed to support sup-port the prices of these stocks Thc price movement of bonds was Ir rogular Total sales par value 5295314 I United States bonds wero all unchanged on the lost call callBOND BOND LIST tS ref 2s reg1O3 ½ D it C Is1Ol clo coupon North Pac 3s U S 3s reg IlQh do is JiI do cOUi0iL 111 ½ Or Nat ists 110 U S now Is rcg122 do is Ill do coupon IX 0 S L s l2 U S old Is reg133 ½ do consol o5ll do couipomi li31 R Cr V ists101 U S rs ier 111 South Pac lit k 10 COmlPfl hIM habit Bac Is I0 Cob South is SP t CLOSING STOCKS Pallronds w 1i E I Atchison 6V11 2tmd preferred preferred 931 is b Baltb 0 D2 Third AVe I Can Pac 9i4 B 0 Ifti 91 Cami Souith 1 Nat Tithe 6 Cimesa Ohio 4G lireferred hiSs Clii Gt West 22i Express corn C B imanies Clii hid I4 405 Adams Jm lmrfcrrcl I I American I cliI E ILTmmitei States Si Clii Northisv 20i ½ Vebis Furo it C fl L Mie1inmmeolis L 0Vt Amer Cot Oil 9 7 Cob South 19 preferred S 1st preferred ISh Amer Malt 2nd preferred 21 prcferied 25 Del i1udson17P A S Cis 1 1 V 22 preferrel D It G 15 ½ Amer Spirits 2 imefcrrcd mii prof rrcd I File 25 L S 11 4I 1st preferred 7l preferred 9L Ct North pfth 210 A S Wire ilocking Coal 19 Preferred lP hockIng Val 5Wi Amer Tin Plate d Ihi Cent 1h0 preferred 11L Iowa Cent a2h mer iobaccoim pfeferred G24 preferred li 16 V 61 mmtL 7shin Co preferred 125 B R Transit i Lake Slmore 230 C F 1 Con Tobacco Man L 128 prefCrrcd lfb let St fly 16Sl Fedetni Steel Nex Cent 2ii referred 1 311mm St J SWi then Eiec prefnrr lJ2 Gimmcosjs Smmgiir 4 I 7slo imreferroti Mobile 1 0 51 Tmltmul Paper i i j T prcferred ci preferred Laeiede Gas j Central15 Nut Biscuit I N Y Central160V preferred Norfolk V cli Nmt iemmd preferred I6 preferred North lac cS Nut Steel refnried 16 preferred Ontario N V Mi Bralce 11 0 11 N North 1immer mlofnrred 76 tic Coast Pnnnsylvaiiln 15i Jt preferreul Ruuling t 2imul preferred pieferred 15 1L 3lahI 2imtl Tmreferrcl 321 ° ninle ml Gms G P Steel Car u3 preferred Cir9 1st preferrctt S 1 2iid prererreth Sugar Si I Somithw1 preferred l mref rrcd 1ri U S iciLilmCr hmreferre1 192 preferreti 5j St P Qnitiiu1 iO U S fluither Smutmtli Pac 431 nrcfereti 41 tutu Pr west Union preferred 79i Amal Cop Texas lnc l2 Rej I S Umilomi 1ac 9 prerre 4sS refnrrctl S U S ICC 1 21 Wmnbaitim P ci |