Show CORNER IN MAY PORK Two Influential Operators Said to Control Market PRICE STARTS SKYWARD Short Interest in Slay Provision Represents Rep-resents Approximately 150000 Barrels While Contract Stocks Arj but 30000 Barrels A Good Part of These Stocks Are Owned by One of the Men Said to Bo in the Deal to Squeeze Shorts Wheat Ruled Fairly Active at Times Yesterday SILVER New Tork San Francisco Ole London 261lCd LEAD Now York exchange Si 137H COPPER Now York oxchango 51700 Silver and Drafts New York March 19 Silver certificates ol tftwJc Bar Uvcr CO q Mexican dollars tOe San Francisco March 39 Silver bars ClcMexican Mexican dollars 04P5ie Drafts Sight 15 telegraph 17 New York Metals Now York March 10 While there wan no new feature of special significance at tached lo iho local metal market Ibday a generally weak undertone prevailed and quotations were more or Jess in buy ers favor In tin little was done In a incc ulallvc way with bid prices about 25 points lower than yesterdays close The final tone of tho market was quiet al 52500 550 Speller was lower and weak showing a drop of 2i points under a sheer absence ab-sence of buyers and closer weak at J3S7U 39r ½ Lend dull and unchanged at JI37Vi Copper firm S1700 for lake and lt5C2i for cabling Pig iron warrants unchanged San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco March 19The official closing quotations fr mining stocks to day werdas fOllows Altit p Justice 02 Alpha Con 03 JulIa oi Andes oi rtlcxlcnn Bohcher 00 OccIdental Con 04 Best Ophir 61 Bullion 01 Overman 13 Cahedonla 7t Potosi lb Challenge Con 15 Saage 03 Choliar is Seg l3clchcir 01 Confld nce 7OSier ra Nevada 27 C C y 1f0 Sliver 11111 40 Con Iniperlai 01 Standard Crown Point 00 UnIon Con 04 Exchequer 01 Utah Couu 01 Gould Jacket 16 Bale a Ni YORK MINING STOCKS A S Rp575 Iromi Silver 5 60 prferrccl Oiw Little Chief 14 dirns Con 2 Ontario S7 Alice Ophlr 60 Breece 13 Piioeiiix 03 Brunsivick Con 24 Potosi io Corn Tundel o Savage i C C Vu i5 Sierra Nevada 21 Thadw Terra 50 Small IIopes C liormi Silver 1Ij Stnndarh 395 Leudsille Con 05 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure 4 135 Iluinboldi 5 5000 Amai Cop 10125 Osceola S700 AtlantIc 32 Parrot 5250 Blpghnni 2GW Qulncy 17400 113 M 2Z0 S Fe Cop 700 B 10300 Tamarack 33300 C 11 5c00 Winona 600 I Centennial 272D Wolverines 5100 Franklin P2225 Utah t Grain and Provisions Chicago March 19 After holding steady most of the day the wheat market toward to-ward the end of todays session broke on liquidation and closed ViC under yeslcr day Corn closed a shade lower and oats at a llko decline Provisions were active May pork touching the highest price In months and closing 17Ac higher May lard closed 2Utff5c and May ribs 7c Improved Im-proved May wheat ruled fairly active at times but generally quiet and narrow The opening was 3c higher to Jc lower at < 6iic to iGVic and In a few minutes sell Ing by scattered longs sent the market to i6Wc The steadiness nt Liverpool In the face of lie decline hero yesterday tcgother with moderate Northwest receipts re-ceipts were factors lending to support prices and at the decline there was a fair demand while offerings became light May gradually worked up to 7GV c during the forenoon and later rallied an addi tional tfc Primary receipts were heavy and the cash demand very slack and as a result longs seized upon the bulge as an opportunity oppor-tunity lo unload more of their holdings This liquidation was led by St Louis Bears also became more Confident In their operations and May near the end of the session broke sharply to 7f7G c and closed weak ajc lower al 7Gf776V Sea board clearances were 591000 bushels but the bullishnessVf these figures was counteracted coun-teracted by thoprimary receipts which were 78100 bushels compared with G09C X > bushel n year ago Lorn I receipts were 321 cars I of contract gcndc while Minneapolis Min-neapolis and Duluth reported 3S7 cars Against 3CT last week and 716 tIm corre Gpondlrin day a year ago Oklahoma and Kuwait were reported to have come into the enjoyment of longneeded raIns Unpollled weather light contract receipts re-ceipts and tho provision strength were factors which gave the corn market an undertone of strength although the ivlioat Influences could bo seen In the alllludo of many traders Tho market was at Its liest when wheat was at Us high price and tile close showed moderate mode-rate response lo lie break In the neighboring neigh-boring pit May sold between ihc and 31c and closed a shade down at JMsc Receipts were 332 carp 27 of contract grade July ruled n shade over May and scorned UO be In bettor demand than the nearer future whkh showed Its boat strength In the absence of offerings rather rath-er than In any pronounced readiness of the following lo buy Trade In oaln was of a scalplntr charac lor and without Importance May sold between vr anti 25c > and closed a auntie lower at 25 2oc Rprolpls1 were 221 cars Tho provisions market was the moat Interesting In-teresting one on tim floor by reason of tho strength and activity of pork and the rumors concerning n squeeze In the May delivery of that commodity These rumors ru-mors have been floating around for Iho boiler part of n month dying out only to bo revived again Two Influential opo ralors one of Ihom a packer nro said to have coiHrol of Ihe market Tho short interest In May pork repro enls approxl mutely 150000 barrels while contract stocks are hut 30CCO barrels and a good part of these stocks arc owned by one oT lie men said to be In the deal to squeeze shorts The light hog receipts and continued con-tinued good cash demand combined to alarm live short Inlerosl lodav and May pork haying ouencd lOCOc higher al lUVj rt7l610 w > ia bid up by shorts lo SIG 35 the highest prico In iiK > nths Profltlnklne by longs sent the market down to 5ll0 hut It recovered shnrnly to SltJWA mid eloped strong H7l ½ c higher nt 1C27JA Mnv lord sold between 570 nnd J7F5 anti closed 2Vtf5c UP at 7SC < iT7S2iA and May rlhB between 7 CS and 760 with the close 7e bailor at 7O26 Estimated receipts tomorrow wheat P5 mrs corn 220 cars oats ICO cars hogs 26000 hoHri RANGR OF THE LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat March 7514 751 5 April 75 753 4 May 76 76ii tl4 7GS Corn March 40 May ih 4l 41 4Vt July 4tI i1l h1t 41A March 214 2 2I May 2 2 Mess lor Miiy 16 00 1j3 ireo ½ July is 1550 159 1510 Laid i MiTv 7SO 7S3 7ifl 7S2 Jllly 7S7 7S7 7 fe 7WV i Soniembor 7M 792V6 787 7S7Vi Short Bibs May 7 CO 71V 7CO 7C2Vi September 7624 701 iCO 7tX CASII QUOTATIONS CaBhqunluirpno wore ao follows Flour nulcl and ot jady No 3 spring wheat > 72ftcNo arcd7 Mc No 2corn 10o 4Qtc No chow 4Clj10c No 2 oatsL 24ei26c No 2 white No wnIte 2Shc 2 barleY A At OT 1J nYC 9 t rf 4c fair to choice malting 62v67Mic No ii r1x Hood < lKVi NTo 1 Northwestern lT4i Prtmp timothy seed W15 mets Pork per barrel JlGl6lIlG13r lard per ICO Pounds J7S24fl7B6 short ribs Bides oofce 750i7770 dry salted shoulders boxed 6i4ic short clear sides boxed < oft8i2V whisky basic of high vanes 127 cloycr contract grade 10i5 Uiu iy RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Article RccptB Ship Flour barrels SflCOO IGOI 4 wheat bushels 1P1000 sot Corn bushels 2720CO 1760t Oats bushels 2120M 3330CO Rye bushels 9COO 2CCO Barley bushels 37COO 70CO PRODUCE EXCHANGE On the produce exchange today the but daEnles i Cr rinrj < 1l1c ei was dull creameries 1515lc Cheeseuiot 104ciil1c EggsDull fresh l13e Available Grnln Supply Nc York March IP Special cable and telegraphl0 communication lo Brad Streets shows the following changes In Itvallubie supplies Wheat > United States and Canada east uLi T > cHlca decrease 1773000 afloat for inri in Europe Increase 1000000 bushels total supply dceroased 773000 bushels Coin UnIted l States and Canndn east or Ocklcn Increased 012000 bushels Oats United States and Canada cast of Rockies decrearfetl 118000 bushels inii combined Block of wheat at Port land Or Tacoma and Seattle Wash In creased 07000 bushels lost Week Coast Grain San Francisco March 10 Wheat steady May jiOl December S1OIh Barley quiet December C9c Sugar Market New York March lOSugar raw steady fair refining 3 centrifugal 96 test 46 refined steady j Stpcks and Bonds New York March 10 Todays Gpccula ton In stocks continued lo show great animation and additional breadth Tho leaders operated In great confidencevw lag lo yesterdays demonstration of Iho eagerness of tho outside world to participate partici-pate The podls made up of professional traders ihreforo hu < l little difficulty In attracting an effective following In any stock In which they chose to operate by actively bidding up prices as an Incitement Incite-ment The speculative pools were also very actively otigdgcd In taklnc profits all day skillfully choosing tho momciU while they were devcloiilnp new points of Ptronth to sell stocks In which the advance had already al-ready been achieved either carlv in the day or on some previous day This process pro-cess caused much Irregularity In the movement of pi Iced all day In the last hour after prices had very generally touched the top level at about J o clock the professional traders turned to the hear side of the market wlny to the heavy realizing selling that showed all through the Hal and offord prices down boldly taking Ihe marlcjt away from the bulls and uncovering Jiomc lop Ions orders where speculative activity had been unduly extended on Insufficient security The result was a tumbling prices that looked for a time llko demoralization on the part of the bulls The reaction irom I best prices In the most prominent of the I strong stocks ran up from I to 25 and quite a number of stocks which had not been marked up during the day fell below be-low last nights IcvcK There was a momentary rally on covering by loom shcrts but the pro 111taking1 wan rc flowed and many stocks closed at the low point of lie reaction The steel stocks were a conspicuous exception ex-ception They held Urm at encn successive suc-cessive advance all day and In the closing Hurry mounted buoyantly In the face of active selling claewnerc The time fixed for the deposit of these slocks In ass > cnt of the steel merger expires tomorrow and todays buoyancy In the stocks gives rise to lie supposlllon that the plan will promptly bo declared operative This supposition sup-position was without official confirmation There was an excited speculation In the United States Steel stocks on the curb The common sold up 2 1 over last nght and tho preferred 34 1 but reacted On the exchange the preferred steel stocks were remarkably buoyant all of them rising from 111 lo 5 tile last named Tin Plato preferred In the railroad list Burlington ccn i tinned tho collIer of attraction In spite of emphatic denials from President 1 I J 11111 of a purchase or a plan lo purchase control Tho upward movement of lie i stock was Interrupted by frequent rorc 1 lions on profltlaKlng and afler ililng an extreme G It closed 214 lower at a net advance of 3l Other notablo piius of strength were Rock Island Louisville Nashville Missouri Pacific the Alchl soils Union and Northern Paclllc raltl more Ohio New York Central and the Southern Railway stocks Among the less prominent slocks I iko Erie Western advanced d P C CSt C-St L oVi and Unllcd States Kxpres C Delaware JIudaon and Erie second lire Icrred were strong for a lime nut suc cumbcd lo ihe renewed heaviness which developed In the coalers Some Blocks were weak throughout on profittaking notablv the New York public utilities especially Manhattan which last i Great Northern preferred t ½ and Chicago Chi-cago Eastern Illinois 2 A number of other weak spots mlirhl bn enumerated both among the railroads and Industrials Money continued apparently ap-parently abundant nnd tenders were not exacting as lo collateral The nillroad bond market was somewhat some-what less active and profittaking In special spe-cial Issues made It very Irregular Total sales 5770000 United Stale 2a refundIng refund-Ing and the now is advanced > per cent on the last call callBOND BOND LIST U S 2s rot res103 D R G Is 102U do coupon lOhs North Pac 3s THj U S 3s roff IH do Is > nvi do coupon 111 Ore NRV istsilllllQ U S new 4s rcglSSVi do isO I0Iu do coupon 133li is-O S L Cs U S old Is rcEH3 do con 5a 1 do coupon 114 R G W lets 101 U S 63 reg11W South Pac Is 9ML do coupon 1115 Union Pac 1S10G Cob Soulh Is S7 CLOSING STOCKS Railroads abash 1 Atchison US profcrrcd S preferred 91 ½ heeling L 1 E l5 Balto Ohio OZ4j i 2nd preferred 3tt Can Pac 93 i Third Avo 12 Cnn South 62ti B O pfd D2V6 Chesa Ohio TCX Nat Tube W Chi Gt West 22 1 preferred 1W C B fk Q 155i Express com Chi hid L 3r panics preferred 71Vs iVdnmH 155 ChI 13 111 in American 191 Chi NorlhwliSV5 United i Stales 71 C R I P 123 Wells Fargo 112 C C C St L 72i Miscellaneous Cole South 11 Amcr Cot Oil 2G 1st preferred i5 preferred S5 2nd preferred OV6 Amrjr lalt Ft Del I Iumdson preferred 27 D L t West ISo A S R K D K G 4HJ preferred 9nt preferred < WJi Amcr Spirits 1 Eilo 334 preferred 17 lat preferred CHf A Steel Hoop JlVJ Gt North pfd 20b preferred SWi llocklnpr Coal IS A S V 12 Hocking Val B3VS l preferred lOoM ill Cent lIt Amor Tin Plate CSA Iowa Cent l proforrcd 111Vi preferred 5Sri Amer Tobacco 127Vi L E l W fjO preferred MR preferred 23 Ana Mln Co I5V4 Lake Shore 2iOW B R Transll 81 L c Nashville 033i C F I TUinlmttan L 123 > Coi Tobacco lOli Mot St Ry lubji preferred 101 Mex Cent 21 v Federal Steel 17 Mlpn t St L SHi preferred 9D preferred 112 Jen Electric 2U Mo Pac 9i ¼ Glucose Supnr 47 Mobile Ohio S0i1 proforrcd K M K T 21 Inlnl Paper 22 > i preferred i > 3 r > 8 preferred 7lVi N J Central 14 Laclede Gas M N V u CentralIjn Nat Biscuit lOll Norfolk t W 511b preferred y preferred Mt Nat Lend 15 North PHC 7 preferred S1 preferred S9 Nat Steel 5U5 Ontario t w preferred 111 O Ri N J2 N Y Air Brake 153 prcferr Kl 10 North Amor 77JA Pennsylvania 12 ½ fia Const r 7 Reading 1st prcforred 20 1st preferred 72h 2nd preferred Cl 2nd preferred 72G5 Pic ttnil R G W G5 Peoples Gas preferred 0il P SItl Car RS SI L 1 S S F l2 proforrcd 77 hat preferred WW Pull Pal Cnr20i 2nd preferred BSJ S R T 4t St I gouthiw Sugur Ill preferred J > 3 preferred 121 St Paul J52i Cetl T 574 preferred hS U S Lritthe 13 St I Omaha l2 lneferrcd 75 Sotitli PL iso Rubber South BY Mj nroforuil preferred h Uiiioui rxris Vmnul oPIuel 101 Unto PHC i3i 11 l I S Co llVj preferred 5 preferred i 60 Vli Cent C C < L S C3i Money and Exchange New York March 19 Monoy on call steady 2iif72 > i ncr cent prime mercantile mercan-tile pincr ytfiVk per l cent Sterling exchange strong with actual buVlncss In bankers bhilo ati57 for doc do-c tt ii I mend and SlIWf ISl6 for sixty days Posted rates fltBlSoi and JlSSVi Commercial blllB l83UISltt I Live Stock i CHICAGO Chicago March 19 Cat lie Receipts IECO Including ISO TexanS choice strqrs alronjr medium slow butchers mock strong Toxas steady good to prime steer Jlf > tifiCO poor lo medium 3e0fj > 450 stockers antI ceder 52rf1t6 COWS 3265ii35 I halters 52Cli65 canners tt00 5205 bulls J2GWI23 calves fUQ < 500 Tcxans and fed steers JIOS500 Texan crass steers 3259100 Texas bulls i508 > S75 Hogs Recclpls today 13 COO tomorrow 23CO left over 2COO active 5c lo lOc hlpji or tol 520 nilxed and butchers 52t BS7 good to choice heavy i5SftffiCO I rcuph heavy Jo < wftr > 7C light 565S2 > s bulk of vale 557111S5 Sheep Receipts 131CO sheep steady lo strong Inmbs steady to slow good lo choice wothers ICOy5 CO fair to choice mixed f400tr4ti5 Western sheep flGOQt 500 yearlings steady 41311510 native Iambs IG03540 Western lambs 50 > ff 610 KANSAS CITY Kanns City March ID Gallic Recclpte PVO stockers and feeders steady to lOc higher oihprs jicllvo and steady native steers JIOJ35 Texas steers C0t500 Texas cows J265fi375 unlive cows and heifers J32 fTJ75 stockers and feeders 2V54f bulls 300125 calves 5I00 Gro Jogsfleceitts 200 Sqj7iAc higher hulk Of sales 5COu5iO heavy VG5i575 pack era 55Oi57O mixed S53557O light 555 67565 yorkers J5IS17oCO pigs SOofiS 10 Sheep Rrcclpto 2CCO steady millions 31rjIi75 lambs o0yf5 15 OMAHA Omaha MarchtlD Cattle Receipts 4000 steady native bef steers flWXiI540 Western steers 370tFIOT Texas steers 50G1320 cows and heifers S335tM25 cannei3 SlSOiT3CO Mockers and feeders 25 5175 calves 535Oj7O0 bulls stags etc 275ICO Hoes Recelpls 10000 Lc higher heavy f5GOti5fu mixed 55COff5G2A light JTioO < S60r pigs fl70JJ50 bulk of sale 5CO I ui62k Sheen Rccolnts 1000 steady yearlings 5IC55f4 wolhers H25fflG owes J375 0125 common and stock sheep 3 00 DSO lambs 150 325 DENVER Denver Cob March 19Cattlelie colpla 200 market strong beef steers jaOfilO cows JJ2EO5IOO feeders freight paid lo river 3 < XW 171 stockers freight oald lo river S3OOffI75 bulls stags etc 007325 Hogs Rccclpls f 00 steady to strong light packers 5555cO mixed and heavy 53COff5C3 No sheep I St Louis Wool Market St Louis March 19WoolDull Territory Terri-tory and Western medium UtTltJc fine 11 Q15c coarse 1I14c Boston Wool Market Boston March 19The wool market IT steadier Ibis week There Is a firmer lone wllh a good demand and altogether hero 5 Is a great Improvement over recent conditions Territory wools continue lo hold the lint of sales with nrlccs about the same For good lines of fine medium and fine the range Is on the scoured basis of about 10 and lIe with strictly staple lots of I If i ICc Fleeces fine waahed are hold leady In price but offerings are small and d he < mnncl Is light Quotations Tcrrllory scoured basis Montana fine medium and fine HfiUJc scoured I2i I3c staple i546c Utah Wvomlng anti Idaho Inc medium and fine 12SJJc scoured lOfi I2c staple UJWCc Australian scoured basis spot prices combing superfine nominal CS27Cc good 6if63c average COgC3c San Prancisco Wool San Francisco Gal March 19Wool quO taUons Spring Nevada ll < 5J13c eastern east-ern Oregon l713c valley Orocon lig > 15c Fall Mountain lambs 9ftlOc San Joaquln plains 6tJ7c Ilumboldt and Icndoclno 30311C Foreign Market < New York March 39The Commercial Advertisers London financial cablcgram American stocks monopolized all the a t tcntlon In the Block markets here today I Otherwise business was quiet thouch I nrlces wore very lirccular Ocncrul trad lug was checked at tie outset by Iho rumor ru-mor that Von Walderscos Intervention In the dispute with the Russians at Tien Tsln had uroved abortive Then came a report which said that the wholo mattnr had been amicably settled This helped home business but Iho market ended with a depressed ono caused by a cable dispatch saying that Botha had refused finally Gen Kitcheners terms Tho American department was busy with buoyant prices throughout the whole session There was very large professional pro-fessional dealing out the public Is nervous after the long rise lo dabble at thIs high level New York bought heavl h h of 12rles which London sold freely New York bought also a great quantity of Canadian Pacifies here There Is an absurd story current that the men on the miners executive committee have been speculating with the miners funds und that J P Morgan finding them short on Erio Issues Ta now squeezing them Money Is scarce on a call of about a million of local loans London Wool Auction London March 19The offerings at the wool auction sales today were 12S3 bales There wan a much butler dcmancl from the conllncnt and the home trade was a strong supporter while occasional purchases pur-chases by America also nircnglhened this market Merinos were In active vlemand at full i ales Super combing New Soulh Wales greasy marked New England sold at md Fine crossbrcds were In good request Butter and Eggs New York March 19 Butter Kccclplfl 900 packages firm fresh creamery Ifi 22c creamery 13519UC factory lOSflHic Eggs Receipts 2GCT packages steady at the decline Western al mark 12M13c Southern at mark 12ffi2c < |