Show STEEL TflCK WEA 0 II LCL uBUUlw wfbr American Wire and Steel Still Continues to Drop GENERAL LIST IS LOWER Market was Extremely Irregular ITev York Tractions and Severn of the Other Specialties Showed Weakness There was a Period of Strength Late in the Day in Sugar General Electric and Some of tho Railroad Stocks Money Market Was Easy Bond Market Was Quiet SILVER Now York 59V6c San Francisco n39 London iu LEAD New York exchange C714I TfJVi New York brokers 4 IS COPPER Now York xchannro New York brokers I72Vj 175J Silver and Drafts Now York April 18 Silver ccrtlilcates itIe lIar silver r > 9VC Mexican dollars 17lc San Francisco April IS Silver ban 5Wc 5WcMexican Mexican dollars ISWlve Drafts sight 17 ½ c telegraph 0c Money and Exchange Now York April iSChose Money on call easier at SAftSi IRa cent last loan 2 per ecu I Prime mcrcintll > paper ij75 per cent Stcrlliifc Ixchangf llrm with actual bu incaa In banker u bills at HSrftla7l for demand mini m l 81 for sixty days pustod rattB IWi and JISSj conuner clal bills JlS3i ISli New York Metals New York April IS Trading was fairly active In tho mirlot or intlala today Cables from London averaged up us rather unsatisfactory LTndor this Inlln oncc I in nstd l off n partial 10fi2G point and dosed qtilet and easy at 31 00 bid and 11 21 asked Lake copper ruled quiet and unchanged ehuslmmg at 51700 PlK lion vurrants were quoted officially for the ilrst time In months at 51000 and weak at thai Spelter wan a shade firmer on a good export Inquiry closing llrm at i5ijI0 I Lmud continues dull and unchanged at 5lfi74 bid and Jl72 asked The brokers nrlcc for lead Is SJlu and for copper J17ij5717ii San Pranbisco Mining Stocks San Franclbco April 18Tue oHlclal closliiK quotations for inlulni stocks today were aa follows AUft 5 06 Alpha Con Andvs in Mexlran Belcher SIB Oocl Con ii SI-B B ii Ophlr Bullion 01 Overman Caledonia 130 Potoal 2ij I hal Con 22 vagi U Ohollar 12 1 Sog Uelcher iiI ii-I onlldenco Sierra Ncv 2 C Va 170 Sliver Hill Crown Point 191 Standard Exchequer 03 Union Con Si H C luau Con ii II N Yellow Jacket Justice 05 Nlif YORK MINING STOCKS Am Snit Rfj3TMrhollar 11 preferred SJW OntarU S Crown Point 1 15 Onhlr t J O Va 160 Plymouth l Deadwood 50 i Quick Silver I i C t C 2CI prrivrrcd 7X I HN 3S Sierra Nov 71 Jlomrstako 5000 Stm < Uird Iron Silver OVlTninn Cuii Mexican aiYollov Jacket 3 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure lfl Allouor 5 200 Atnulgamatd 03 01 Parrot 1360 4 Atlantic 2oOQ Qulncy 3SOO Host Mont 31300 St Fo Copr TJnttc Bost 7501 Tamarack Cal Jlocla 71500 Vlnona 454 < enlennlul 210 Wolverines 1051 I Franklin 1650 Utah 3131 Oaceola G750 TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boston Mass April IS Copper stocks opened quiet Lie feature being the sell lug of lone Montana through A boar trader at 2 < C later bnv orders uppeaiod and tho few copper shares prcsMliif for sale were quickly absorbed Montana rallied to SiHj i Utah 32 Arcadlnn W Qulncy ISy being Iho fcaUiresU During tho afternoon copper were usaln offered dowr by a bear trader supposed to be for people who It Is said arc not yet ready for an upward movement The closing while off from tho highest was considerably consider-ably higher ti1in Iist night Tomorrow Is I a legal holiday In Massachusetls and Dloston market will be closed Horu blower Weeks 63 State street Boston furnish tho following quotations Sales IIlRh Low Close Amalgamated 130 > 3CI 112 CO SD3CO liln ham ln 1100 Cochltl t 100 JI CO 1100 1100 < cnt Eureka ISTi 2S7i 21 nO 350 Utah 270 IttOO 3100 > 3200 United States lOfO White Knob 2500 Curb Boston 5I501300 NaAaho PiOOfj 700 Grain and Provisions Chlengo April IS Tho volume of the wheat buxlncHH was not large The open JiiFf was aiTt4c under yesterday Mav at WifcfiGc and July at C7lifji7c Cables wore weak and the rains together with the perfection of mild weather MJOII wcro regarded as excellent from the view point of u Kialn of wheat anxious to expand A email cash buuinoss vu > > done early and as eurn whowctl a tllsnosMtlon lo an cond time market tinned up soino touching COWc and July 6e There was considerable consid-erable long May put into time pit on mime bulge and there was some out boiling under un-der lie pressure of which May docllmd to oic and July to 66c About noon the strength of corn was more apparent and with the added assistance of a Now York report tiC K loads taken for I export time niarkit slowly rocovorod and closed ateady VhC down May at C Jc and July at Tho corn market was fairly active anil strong Heavy buying by Inlliiontfal in loiCMls proved the main factor Two men between them absorbed 2O50000 bushels I or wore credited with MO doing Tho i niovonniit from now on IH expected to be j light May closed c < ftc up July closed 1Tho oats market was quiet amid rathor firm Them wag not much sidling pros inure and the corn strength was a help Mny closod up Vic July 1ic The provisions market was quiet but stead at a slight decline from yesterday Hoys wore lower and receipts liberal Thure was fair cash demand for lard Pork closed Do down May bird closed 3c lower and July 2Vc depressed May rlbrt closed MirsG lower as lid July HAKG 1C i OF Til 13 I LKADINC PUTI rues ArtIcleS Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 April May Lri IGII JJifl July f7 67mth i7 Septonibor S US > I CP 6Si Corn No 2 Mtmrm J 3J tj Rmi son iou ion Setember 10 i0i ii 10 o 23 23 23u 23S Jui 28 23 SemLomuubem 2wY 22 4 22 Iqrk 1B02 J8W 18M14 1295 July JS10 1322J 1307Vj 1310 727H 7SO 725 723 July < 730 740 7 CO 7S1 September 77VA 710 7S71 710 Short Ribs May 70 i5 717A July 711 720 715 71 September 715 717i 712U 715 l CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations were as follows Flour easy No 3 spring wheat OiaIie No 2 red a < T70o No 2 corn iKHtc No 2 oats 24lic No 2 while 27Mc No 1 white 33v 7c No 2 rye Me No 2 barley UWKJe No 1 llaxsood 173 prlnio tlmulliy sooJ Jt05fili mew porl v nor barrel 1225 iaQl lard per 100 youndK 71uli7j abort ribs tldes floose J7lOr75 < lry wilted iiouuhiJu 1 lKV t r1f7r shori oloir IdQs 7 i hitihL lstii19m finished goods per giUlon S123V sugars cut loaf 4003 granulated 04 1 RECEIPTS ANJJ SHIPMENTS Rcpts SiipL Flour barrels 1200 11000 Wheat bushels 18000 7000 Corn biiBholfl ll7W 031000 Oats blinhcls 2SJOT 5SOOOO Bye bushels v SOOOO uOCOO Barley bushels JSWO 35000 L PRODVCE EXCHANGE On Iho produce oxchange today tho butter but-ter market was llrm creamery 1icm18c dairy ISWIGc Clievsc IIiTn 12 > ffl3c 1ggs steady fresh J0e Coast Grain San Francisco Cal April ISWheat no aaJcf barley Inactive December 7lV c Stocks and Bonds New York April irhie uncertainties oC the speculative situation were so great today that operators In Htock maintained a hesitating mood and refrained from active operat Ions Professional traders found It dinicult to Inducu and following Itlirr for an advancu or a dicllm The rnarlcut wan full of ilteaatlHfactluii regard Ingr conditions In tin trade upon which tho movement of Blocks showed lo hinge I There ster plenty of authorities who j I were willing to be quoted In opposition to I tho gloomy view cxprfMHcd by the chairman chair-man of tim > American Stool and Wire com II 1 mans regarding the outlook In tluj trade sews of the concession In prices In some lInes of tim stool trade however seemed to siiKlaln his view or worn piriinpn the rosults of time expreflslon of those vlow The cotullct of opinion brought no deli i nllo conclusion either vay lie whole I speculative situation remaining unsettled Trlcts In 1m general list started upward up-ward incouragcd by higher prices from Tendon and under Impulse of antagonism lo the bear campaign which Is alleged to be at the bottom of thy selling of Iron and steel Htocka Speculators however lost conildonco In their own views as to 1 the Insincerity of the unfavorable opln I Ions exprtKyed over the Iron trade outlook I out-look when they saw the Iron and steel Kloeks again manifesting uculo depression depres-sion American Steel and Wire sold a point below last night Tt did not get back above last nights price In the subsequent I subse-quent trading and closed V off Tho I not loss of the preferred was 1 points The othir Iron and steel rlocks were so weak There seemed a sort of speculative dull waging In Steel and Wire and Federal Fed-eral Steel the later stock crobslng tIme former and closing nearly a point higher and at a net loss of only > 4 The renewed weakness of Steel slocks being perceived the opening advances In I the gemral list began to bo conceded In one or two of the railroad atock advances had rrached over u point but they were vry generally wiped out The market Was extremely Irregular for Limo rest of tIme day Tho Now York tractions and some of the other specialties howc l weakifoB There WHS a period of strength later In Sugar General Electric and somo of the railroad stocks but these maneuvers maneu-vers failed to attract any following or to dlsslpato tIme feeling of uncertainty Net chancres aro mostly small and the closing vns heavy and sluggish Tho money market continued to work esier call loans dropping to 2ri per cent I In the last dealings Tho subtreasury Is I disbursing large sums lo the market ami New York exchange at Chicago rose to 10 cents discount today compared with 10 I rents discount on Monday Indicating a ivlaxallun of Interior demand for cur rcncv or perhaps a cessation of the selling stocks for Chicago account Sterling cx ohangu continues lo harden and largo loans arc mndo on sterling collateral This means that London is taking advantage advan-tage of the lower Interest rates here to borrow money In this market The bond market was rathor quiet and Irregular Total unties par value 81830000 TTnitcd Slates new Is advanced Ja In tho bid price BOND LIST US2srfg 103 DRC 17 S 25 reg 014 No Pac 3s F Ss rag 10014 NoPac hi 1 5 3J Coul 110 Or Nat Ii i0S U S ii is rag132k Or iav is U S ii is coup 1332 0 S L hi L S o 4s reg hl1 ½ 0 S L con 5s l133i IJ S 0 Is coupll4 R C W Is T S is U Pac 4s 1O iI S 59 Cotut il3 C S 4s D It C 1 101 Soum Pac is CLOSING STOCKS Atchison 0 preferred preferred 70 Waiisii 13 0 0 irtiferrctl 23 Calm Pap Oblt imeei 1 I 30 amu 2nd ifd 30 i 0 mi wis Ccitt I7 Chute ca v Express coat 13 Q C lmmd zduiuiis 120 preferred i Anieriirnn 1IS C E ill 103 UnIted Slates IS 4 S N W 101 Wells Fargo 123 C R 1st t1h0 7iliscchiamieous C C St L 62 Ammi ot Oil 20 Cob Soil 6 lretcrrod Is 1111 m8 Amu Malting 1 2nd Ifd T i6 preferred 2i rich 1Tua 115m Am Stat Ifg 37 D 1 prefcmrel 59 1 R G 2P mii SiiirtI preferred 7tm ireferrd 37 Erlo Y14 Am SLeti I p 27 1st mfd 41 prefcmrd Nom hfd 159 Am Sti V Il t ilock Comd iS preferred Hock rni 39 Am Tium Plato Jul Cent liPit preferred Iowa Con 13 Aiii Tobacco lmCerrOt 52 preferred 135 1 C P G 1S Anti Mg CoT Co-T Erie V 31 Broolclvut B r lreferiCd Id Cob F I Lake Shore 2lO Comut Iobac 2s 1ouls Ntqmi Si mnoCermect Momu L Dimi 1rei Steel tet St Ry 15s puctorrcd Mex Cent 14 ½ Gen Eicc 13 Mmmi St L 65 Glucose Smigat irefered 01 preferred 23 Mi Pac 35 Imilmii Paper 21 M 0 13 hrfrred 63 IC 1 Ltmelede Gas 72 prefuruthl J Nut BIscuit N J Cent 116 trtorrcd N Y Cent 133 Nat head 23 Non r 33 iimcferr1 preferucul 78 Nut Sled 59 Nom Pac 29 iimefemri preferred N V Air Brake Out i No Anmemicumi 0 It N V1 Ptme Cst irefetLeQ 70 Ii 1td 51 Poimmisyivaimla 137 2nd pfi 6 liematImir 1 ½ Poe uiuih 33 1st iltl 52 teoples Gu 103 2mid pftl 8li Prsti Stool CarR Car-R Cl preferred Si ireferred S712 Stmimm li T SL Li S 1 1iF1 Sumgam 10m 1st pfd j9 lreferrei lii 2111 pIth i0ii Tcmimi C I 55M St L S V 12 1 S Lemtthci 1I plefemted t2 ½ lreferrii 70 St Patmi 12tmic 17 S Rumbber preferred172 ½ St P est limiion Soul Pac It I S Co Soum itv preferred ti1 humofrreU p u C St L 63 leX Pac 20m4 ThIrd 313 lYnioui Pee 57 Foreign Market New York April ISJiio Commercial Advertisers Xondoti financial cablegram saysr Tho markets wore stagnant but steady today Lord Roberts ienflnrc of Gens Bnller and Warren vos much de balo l but was not regarded as disturbing Americans oponed ult on the break In Now Aork yosiorday and the strike ami there was llttlo damage but the continent I conti-nent bought slightly New York became unsettled t soiling Ilnally Tho street closed t disheartened Norfolk Wislern waa again tin feature touching JO and clos Ing at iOm4 Louisville timid Nashville was heavy It Is said that a fherpool house Is In dinicuUy TInlos wore Hat at 5ii oil Limo copper statistics but recovered tu i CO In Paris support The weeks outgo of gold was 3KCOO Paris Is Inquiring In the American nuir kt i l but here are no supplies Monoy was again lu demand Pulls were up on the rise In Now York exchange The large sum duo the Bank of England wns nit renowwl at G per cant and a fair now discount bUHlncs3 was ddne at 1 per cent Butter and Eggs Now York April IS Butler Receipts tail tiiilf if ti X TMI tr iaocuges Vestorn croumery i54i Fe factory Ii15 BggsElecelpts 1G1t inucitages n f stemujy i ottviur Viesten 12ff 13c Postern regular 12mj12c < Live Stock CHICAGO 14oOO Chicago prll I 18Cat llo Receipts Steers steady to shade lower lucIiers tHtouk sloacly Natives best on tuthu todu y S cars at < oG5 good lo nHmo steers w36o pooV u nicdimn Vll l5 oclcclod feeder SlcOiUO stocicems mlxtd m4355 cows P li1l30 luMf t rs Iff11 i1 nuneis I22VrjMi bulls 2S4ul25 calves laOIjiXCO Toxans best iii sale fr < i i t today three cmmrs imt tso fed I stOcrs 10i15 hulls Zi25iu375 HogsReceipts today 2500 eslhmuiated i toulorrov t left over SuICO FiuirIy active 10cjower Top t55 nmixed 71111 hiumtclars good to ehoic heavy 0c576 moumgui Imuuy 5iSiiStij higiut bumti of snhu SllJti1S7O Sheei > Rocolpts 1ljo Sheop umml lambs month lO1lSe lower Hood to cimolee iTrA fbsbfair inchoice mixed i jxio A cstorn sheep sj 7Sii 611 V YVLl1hIummf > 9 W luutlve hMnbH StJNi iMi WjJwtorn lauitFtjCdiif > lo OiUVUA uinaha April 18CaltIe Hocolpt MW Varktl acUvr Rtronyor Nnilv beer strs 4 201 tO Oust4 and helfr n lvn t Go canners tJ2 CO stac culvcs S ete 2S i1ogs1LEeeIpms S4 Market ik iOwrr hIeuvy z51m55 unixed 3t74fios Ii in pIgs l73f5iO bulk o iii305 bhcep Receipts Slop Steady lanili lower yearlings r70UCK Western iota I c ion fjU7frtCO stock sheep IlSOfiutO lambs fiCO 725 KANSAS CITY 1ammsis CIty AprIl 18 Cnttlc Receipts 30000 Markot weak rtcudy to strong I > utlvp Hleors JlOCfrtoo Texan Htors 8400f10 Texan cows 27WfiyO nutlvii tows and htlfcrH S2ttiiZ10 stackers ana feeders 3 Lt57c5 0 bull 33006HoO HOKK RecLlplit uooo Market weak to luc lower Bulk of snit 5 IMfoK hwivy l iJS62 < packer 34M7Jrw mlxttl 34Krr50 light SulUfiSW yorkers Tilii 5rO pigs l1i35 I I Sheep Receipts 30CO M irket strong Lambs l < X > ftiQO miilloim JSOOtrC3 DRNVRR Denver April 1SCnttlelLieeipms If Market strong beef steers llS1iIW5 cows 3255iC42o feeder freight jjnlil l to rIver i04tu0u slockcra freight paid lo river J37V5CO bulls Klocs etc 2C05 2 I rw fllli nt l I IV Hogs rtocpliitP 061 Markot 14110c lIgh er Light packers 5551iJ5C5 mIxcdJoi V > j T heavy Ti2VTr530 fb Shoeji Receipts none IMK Review of Wool Market Uoston April 15lhe American Voot I and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow I Homo of tile large inHnnfaelurers havo I i I been In the markut since our last review I and huve tak < n noino wool mostly m I I dlmn and quarterblood domontle iKith t 1 llofce and Territory They have i > urI ur-I hascd a little rnoro frocly of medium I pulled wools rue vcoks business llKur 1 i up a small total however connlderulily 1 Mmaller than that of the previous Vck 1 I Iut US Limo result of tho looking around on tho part of manufticlnrorH ami thn takhig of t sample bags It Is felt by tlio trade that an Increased business is about to develop or Irt developing V hat biit1 IICPR has been done has been at vry steady prices which are quotably nut changed |