Show ii UP ILKE j OCKET Market Opened With Prices Soaring Skyward A DROP SOON FOLLOWED Then the Market Gathered Itself Together To-gether and Ignoring the Continued Pressure of Liquidation Which Continued in Force at Several Points It Resumed Its Irregular Show of Strength Straggling New Points of Strength Being Unaffected Unaf-fected by the Weakness of Others SILVER Now York G4c San Francisco V c LEAD Now York exchange 437 > COPPER Now York exchange 51700 I Silver and Drafts Naw York > Dcc 25Sllvcr certificates GliytxX Bar silver Olc s iuexican dollars 50c San Francisco Dec 26 Silver bars Gle Mexican dollars 5OViiE1c < j Drifts sight 12e telegraph lac Money and Exchange Now York Dec 20 Money on call fii mat m-at 15G per cent last loan 1 per cent Prime mercantile paper lajftSV per cent Sterling exchange Inn with actual business In hankers bills at 181 for demand de-mand and 4SOflS1 for sixty days Post oil rates ISiijI si Commciclal bills iGIEO ½ New York Metals I Now York Dcc 25Time metal market C was about nominal today In the absence oi advices from abroad amid trading If there was any was conllned to supplying Immediate requirements Tin was nominally nomi-nally quoted at 2700fi2S Me lead at l37 lake copper was dull lit 17c for Lake Superior Su-perior and CG2c for casting and electro lytic speller was dull and unchanged at 481y i87 ½ San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco Dcc 20The official closing quotations for mining stocks to day wcro as follows Alia 01 Alpha Con 0 Andes OS Kenluck Con 01 Belcher 12 Mexican 1 Best B lilOcd Con 03 Bullion rtiOphlr < V5 Caledonia 17 Ovormau iofl Clial Con 1f Potosi 12 Chollar 12 Savage II Confidence 50 Seg Belcher OJ C C Va SOS Nov 20 Con Imp 150 Silver III11 15 Con < Imp 01 Standard 30 Crown Pt 10 Pnlon Con IS Gould C Utah Con m Halo L N 17 Yellow Jacket 16 Justice 02 NEV YORK MINING STOCKS Am S 1 Co312t darns Con 20 preferred 9673 iittlo ChIef 16 Alice Con 10 OntuiJo i3rcoco 20 Ophir 5S l3runswlck 17 Phoenix 10 Corns Ton 01 Potosi 10 C C Va 125 avagc 2 Deadwood Ter 55 S Ne 2 1lorn Sliver 110 Small 1Iopez 50 Iron Silver f5 Standard 200 Leacivilbo Con 03 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Advonturo 1075 ilouc 250 jtniai Copper 9200 Osceola Atlantic 2700 Pnrrot 4975 Bost ir 3J322O0 Qulne 173CO T3utto l3ost 8201 Santa Fe Cob 651 Cal JIocia S2L00 Cnnmirick 32500 Centennial 2225 Wlnona 100 Franklin 1500 Wolverines 4600 Humboldt SOOOUtah 2373 TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boston Mass Doc 26Tn Boston tim ° market broadened out considerably tolay resulting in much higher prices through otit tlmo list C2 hltl WaS time feature ad lanclnfr 2 to 11 1 closing at 1275 thou sands of shares having been traded In 1 Ytah was also well bought closing at 31 and thp buying of Blngham was of a very confident nature time stock ailvano lug 125 to SIG75 The balance of the copper list was generally Higher Horn blower Weeks brokers 53 Slate street Boston furnish the following quotations Sales High Low Close Amalg cxdlv 1700 9212t1 J1100 59212A I E11 20351675 1550 1673 C ochilti 17J15 1100 IlTO 1275 Centennial Eur 300 25 = 10 2525 25GO Utah 1705 3425 33 S7xi 3100 United States 970 1037 1000 1000 CurbBoston 300 350 Navaho 5350 I z ylw Grain and Provisions Chicago Dec 2fl Wheat was profoundly and solemnly dull There was scarcely enough business to keep brokers awake nnu nearly all ot that was of a local scalp Ing l order The opening was linn on a moderate worlds shipment and for a lime prices held fairly steady helped later by Limo lslble Increase of only 3S10 000 bushels Later talk that the Government report tomorrow would be decldely hoar and the nbsenco of good shipping InquIry caused weakness and prices declined un dee ensuing liquidation Max sold be tween 73Vii73 and 72ic closing yc lower low-er at i24i2c Corn was fairly active early but ruled dull thcrafter May closed unchanged at R53fic January a shade higher at 351T3Gc and December Ic lower nt 3c Oats were at a standstill closing unchanged un-changed for May Provisions started tlrm on light hog receipts re-ceipts and higher prices at tim yards Later prices eased ofT on liquidation of December lard In which a squeeze had b p thrcatunol January pork closet 7 > vC lower lard 22 4c lower and ribs 5c depressed de-pressed RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 December 70K 70 > i ra yt n9Vt t January 70Ji 70 70 70 r May 734 73 72 i 72 1 Corn No 2 December 17 37 7S f 3t3 y 4 January 35vi 3CU 3r4 3 h May 35yv 2G 35 S5ft Oats No 2 December 2lh 2tA 21 21 1 January 2l1 2PA 214 211 May 23 23 23 23 Mess Pork January 1222 1225 1212y 1212 > May 1220 1220 1215 1215 Lard December 722VA 722 X 6S7ii CS7W January GS5 CS7 f 77 > 4 G77Vi May G024 G95 GS71 GOO Short Ribs January 620 G20 G22v G25 May 610 G0 6S2 635 CASH QUOTATIONS Cich quolnllons were as follows Flour Dull anil unchanged No 1 spring wheat 0iii1e No 2 red 72 > < Ti7lr No 2 corn 36c No 2 yellow 1Wtc No 2 oats 22Vic No 2 while 25tefi2tc No 3 while W 25tc No 2 ryp r4Wiie fair to choko mailing barley 52 57c No 1 flaxseed 157 No 1 Northwestprn 161 prim timothy seed St50 me > s nork per barrel S1112f1125 lard per 100 pounds r GM sliort ribs sides loose S 125Tj6 dry salted shoulders boxed short clear sides boxed > GOJi670 whisky whis-ky basis of high wines 127 clover contract I con-tract grade 1025 fl035 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Reaps Ships Flour barrels 15000 S2WX Wheat bushels H72000 20000 Corn bushels 11SGOOO 222000 Oats bushels S20000 23HOCO Rye bushels 10000 SOOO Barley bushels 1SGOCO 06000 PRODUCE EXCHANGE On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was Inactive creamery lS1 23c dairy H72flc Cheese dull 10 > 4 < 5JHc Eggs fnirly active fresh 2Gc Coast Grain San Francisco Dec 2G Wheat Inactive Inac-tive May 103h Barley no sales Visible Grain Supply Nov ork UPO 6tia visible supply nf grain Saturday December 2Jnd as compiled by the Now York Produce Exchange Ex-change in as follows Wheat 6lGf3v bushels increase 391000 bushels Corn 7W000 bushels decrease 67JOOO bushels Outs 3357COO bushels decrease C30000 bushels Rye 126SW bushels decrease 22C > 00 bushels Barley 2857000 buahcln decrease C23C00 bushels Butter nlid Eggs New York Dec 2 < > Butter Rocclptii 12i13 packages Steady Creamery St > c Juno creamery I71i23c factory UA Ibe Egg Receipts 75M packages Market firm Western regular parking at mark 1023c Western loss otf 25c Stocks and Bonds Now York Dee 26tlio stock market went through some vicissitudes today but Us most fiHionlshing phiso was the umler current of strength whlrh has rome into support the market MO persistently of late and driven off nil moods of depression After opening with a skyrocket advance In price followed by a drop like the skyrockets sky-rockets stick tIme market gathered Itself together mil Ignoring the continued pressure of liquidation which continued In i force at some points It resumed Its Irregular I Ir-regular show or strength straggling new points of strength being unaffected by the I I weakness at others The sharp reaction at mlilnesslon was iluo moro than anything else to the extremely ex-tremely doubtful character of some of the opening advances The character of Limo StOCkS affected and Limo violence of the Jump In prices guvo u suggestion of a speculative debauch such as Is the In varlablo nrrompaiilment of the culmination culmina-tion of t 1 bull market Professional traders hnv been constantly on the lookout look-out for the signs of such a culmination and they sold tIme market eagerly on tho opening rise These offerings were supplemented sup-plemented by the very heavy prollttak ing of those long on the market At this period Of the market it took on an appearance ap-pearance of general weakness prices crumbling throughout tne list TIIC surprising sur-prising opening gains In a number of Industrial In-dustrial specialties and a few railroad stocks were very generally wiped out and some of the important railroad stocks hail fallen from a fraction to a point below Saturdays closing level Tho violent break In the Northern Pa tlllc stocks hail 11 large Influence In the decline as the unbridled speculation In the same Issues has been Limo salient point In the market for some days A published statement that tho preferred stock would not bo retired on the coming 1st of January Jan-uary was the causo of the break as it would take away the reason for the recent I re-cent speculation TIme common stock was carried down an extreme Si and the preferred pre-ferred 3 points A 6 per cent money rate emphasized the ciutious feeling and the relapse to 5 percent per-cent later In the day was an important element In tIme rally The substantial I character of the buying orders cneouii te red at lie I decline discouraged the bears and their buying to cover helped the rally I U had Its Inception in the local traction stocks which were all very strong with accompanying rumors ol consolidated control Missouri Pacific Reading llrst preferred Peoples Gas and Sugar were ulso conspicuous features of the late re coory Tho closing was very reffl but with tIme undertone strong i Tho opening outburst was palpably duo in largo part to manipulation and was explainable ex-plainable by Limo busy operations of speculative specu-lative Cliques during ihe I holiday Interval In making demommstrl live bids for almost any amount of the storks affected without with-out actual transactions bring imolvcd 85 a restraining influence The opening prices In Brooklyn Transit varied nearly thrc points on an extreme advance of 5 4 and th ere wero wide openings on running sales In Tennessee Coal Sugar St Paul Eric llrnt preferred anil ALchlson Tho actual Rains In theso slui ks ran from 2 to over o points except Eric first preferred whereat where-at no time no more than a fraction over Saturday wus gained There seemed to be plent > of funds available for borrowers borrow-ers and tbero Is a feeling of assurance that the yiir will be turned wlhout trouble trou-ble In Hie I money market Tho railroad bond market was active and showed only a few weak spots Total sales par value 111000 All United States Government bonds advanced 1 percent per-cent on the last call BOND LIST 0 S ret 2s res10 Nor Pc 3s Jj 10o ½ do coup lOij I do IS 2s reg l11 Or Nav Is Ill HOi do Is i 102Yi n J Is eoun rcg 1WVS Short Line Cs 120 ½ lo coup Iffiifc do cons Cs US old Is rcff 116fcR G W Is ICOj I old 13 coup llCw So Pac3 S3 s rcg 1H So Ry os lllVt do COUP 1H St R Tw 6s 70 C ole So 4s K knlon Puc Is 107W D RGiS lOttJ CLOSING STOCKS tllOfl preferred 25 preferred S W L F 13 B ult 0 S2 2nd pfd rae 9 Whs Ccmmtrai C ami Timird 120 CC lies all o O 2ViB O pfd 85 01 NiiU Tube 1C Phi Gt Vest r R O 111 preferred 103A GUI mdVi wi Express Coni 72 patieS c > g5Td 9IYL larns 100 17S American ICG N W O 57 United States I n T P 11Y2 C p G c StlT 72 Wells Fargo 13S Miscellaneous ole So 5t C 41t Am Got Oil 32 2nd 1st pfd pfd 17i lreferrel 00 > D el Hudson 122 MulLing D L V lSO4 breterrl vAin Sin 1 R K D TIG preferred Sl3 ireferred Ama Spirits E rie ty iri nfd 5 S Preferred 17 Am Suel Iloop 32 OOP Pt Nor pfd l 1 locking PCoaV H t Preferred 77 nf Am Steel W IP h ocking Vat 42i I ll Cont Au Preferred ST 22iAni Tin Plato W > I a Cent 45 preferred r preferred TI p r jrv Am JOD 112 I F Preferred 11V1 preferred 135 in I pniterred Ai Anaconda M Co 4S L vke Shore 2343 LuiKG onorc yi n rookln T > m o i L i Nash 57L 4 ° ° t I Manhattan L 116 M ot T TIT Lommt Toh I KJ Iet St Ry 5lt i7i Preferred OT 1i M ex Cent ° Stccl Alnn < ot L iU3 tirr > forrn l Rl MPopacrCd G ° Liectric l9 M o Pee 71 GGlucose Glucose Sugar t7 171 im i 0 45 M i 2 T i mTi a 1 prferrcd lIJi jrOferred N J Cent ° edo Gas N Y Cent 1 lIz ati BIscult Nor o West II jnelerred preferred S2 19 N or Pac S24 nrpfrvrrnrJ 0t0r101 00t6 preferred s7 4 Na T Steel O nt Vest M pru trrcd 0 R t N 7r i X Air l3rako1i nreferred P i flrtIm > JcrIcan 19 v Pennsy Ivan la 1Ii 1 I < Oist 61 Reading 354 ist f j 1st pfll 60 fllpiI i W R Peojmlos Gas preferred St t JLJ OC S F C SSi ullrnaum 2 f ol t LI W isL g r lreferrcd l1refdrred 1i7 Paul preferred S4 u S Ixri t T > x1 ° jo 1 i < v < f So Pac 1 Preferred 75 = i ulbor Sortuiimva r preferred 77 W n on Sq Pox Pac W1 R uPiSteel Union 1ae 5 PFOfCTCd AnialCop Live Stock CHICAGO noail SleersCioc low ToleiiMslK8 Good to nrimo steers 32 G0 poor to mefllum 37Vfi3 rfeloctcd fwdors M7 < o mixed Htockers 250 373 or > w < > SM25 heifers GOfiJCO canlierF hfA af I H i Lj4 SrCl I 00 lgi JlO jVo gnussers 330T 400 hulls S 2lm nea1 tomor 30000 head left over 5000 hcml Mar ket opened strong to 5 cents hlRher closed weal Top S510 llxcd and btmteh l eI good to choice hoavv rough heavy i75iiiSfl himli ID4i7 bulk of sales l94502i1 SheepUeceipts 12000 head Sheep and lambs mostly 10 to 15c higher Good to choice wethers 3S5fi 173 fair to cholco mixed J3405i300 Ueslorn sheep d S51 S > 4STexas sheep 2COfio75 native lambs 5i53o5 western lambs 500Q5CO KANSAS CITY Kansas City Dec 2t Cattle Receipts GCCO head Market steady Natives M lJr1 5 40 Texas steers J300fc 195 Texas cows ni gC10 native cows amid heifers 1 soi 42i i Btockers and feeders J2GOfM25 bulls 25i323 calves 161i523 Hogs Receipts EOuO head Market strong to 5c higher Bulk of talcs iitpu gj07 heavy J4 l37Iffl97Y packers tl M Wo 00 mixed l87fH9i6llj ht 48013600 yorkers S4S5tz0O Jigs I1Ijl5 bheep Receljita 1000 head Market strong to lOc hlchor Lambs 350SG 10 muttons OMAHA Omaha Dec 23 Calllo Recolpls ISO head Market steady on best lOo lowe on common Native befo steers 13557055 b estcrr steers SIGOIO Texas steers WOOfJ375 cows and holfrrs 3W > fll5 canners 17VIi2S3 Ktorkcra and fcedeiji J300S150 calves 100GOO bulls stags etc J225MOO Jlopw Receipts 4VM head Market 5c higher closed weak advance lost IIeav 4s1 ½ a1I92 M mixed IS7K llphf PKH lWlf > lK bulk of sales Sheep Receipts 200 head Market 2oc higher thnn lat week Fed muttons 3Sj Ii23 Weriterns WGfrffLW common and stock Bhccp r50fr3K lambs D13NVBR Denver Dec 25 Cattle Receipt 200 heart Slow and steady Beeves T3bOfiGV5 2 cows 2EO < rlOO feeders freight paid to 1 river J300JI30 Klockcrs frIght paid l32f Q > iGQ bulls sIngs etc 20 > J32S Hogs Receipt 200 hoad Market steady Light pnrkors ISOri83 mixed and heft vy ti41400 Sheep Receipts 200 head Market steady San Francisco Wool Market San Francisco Dee Quotations on I wool hero Spring Nevada lK12c eastern east-ern Oregon lOffMe valley Oregon 15tn < c Fall Mountain lambs tf10c San Jouquln I plains GjSc Humboldt and Mendoclno I 104Z112e |