Show Iii N W1L J STREET I Business in Wall Street Unusually Un-usually Narrow PRICES SLIGHTLY HIGHER Room Traders Proved Unable to Force Prico Down in Spite of Ono or Two Incidents Rather Unfavorable Unfavor-able to Values and Turned Perforce to the Long Side in Order to Get the Requisite Movement in Prices to Offer Any Field for Trading at All SILVER New York 52c San Francisco SUeS S LEAD Now York exchange 51GOSM53 Now York brokers flc5 COP ER New York exchange S1700 Now York brokers 51725 Silver and Drafts Now York May 1SIIcr certificates COHCO ½ c Bar silver GC gc 1 Mexican dollars Ii I c San Fanclsco May ISilver bars COc Mexican dollar SaJc 1 Drafts Sight 1714 lelcgrnph 20 Money and Exchange Now York May llone on call steady at 1i211 per cent last loan 2 per cent Prime mercantile paper 4trl per cent Sterling exchange heavy with actual business In Imnkeru bills lit I flSS j for demand and ISlfH4 for 00 days I posted rah 1E5i11 1 lMy and HSltl1I commercial bills silkfISi I New York Metals New York May lTherc was some Irregularity Ir-regularity In the market for metals today Tin In sympathy with favorable advices from abroad ruled firmer but quiet closing clos-ing at 2975fj2n vs pB iron warrants however how-ever wero weak but not quotably lower closing at S1550 Northern No I foundry was quoted at Jlliil lake copper continues I contin-ues dull and unchanged at 1700 Lead ruled dull and nominally unchanged on the basis of IG7M < l72 spelter was easy at 1rx > fi IJ I Tho brokers nrlco for lead was 5415 and for copper 51725 San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco May 1The official closing quotations for mining stocks to day wero as follows S Alta S 01 Alpha Con 02 Andes 031 Mexican 28 Belcher 12 Occidental 07 H B 20 Ophlr 67 Bullion 02 Overman ID Caledonia 130 Potosi 21 1 Challenge 15 Savage 05 Chollar q 21 Bey Belcher 02 Contldonco SOC Sierra Nov 35 SO-C C Va 1C5 Silver 11111 15 Crown Point 12 I Standard 3CO G f C 22 Union Con 22 H N 32 Utah Con 10 Justice 02 Yellow Jacket 22 NEW YORK MTNIN GSTOCKS Am S It 37n7iA Chollar S IS preferred S7o Ontario S2T Crown Point 10 Ophlr 51 C C Ya lAG Plymouth 12 Deadwood 03 Quicksilver lCO G C2O preferred 750 II N 23 Sierra Nov 35 Hompstakc iiOOO > Standard 3GO Iron Silver r i Union Con IS Mexican 25 Yel Jacket 10 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure 175 1 A M Co 3 175 Am Copper SOW Oaceolv C700 Atlantic 01 Purrol JILtJ 13 M237000300W1 Quincy 300 JB B 7000 S Fo Cop CCO C 1I7G200S7500 Tamarack JKJW Centennial ISGO Wlnona 3M Franklin HiC Wolverines 1000 Humboldt iOIJ Utah 2075 TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boston Mass May 1Copper stocks opened quiet and havo continued so all day so Brokers Inclined lo buy stocks of Ihoir ppeclallles as offered but did not bid for them London visible supply of copper May 1st 27175 tons Increase oi1 i33 tons slnco April 15lh Hornblowor Weeks brokers 53 State street Boston furnish tile following quotations Sales High Low Close Amalgamated 1523 0000 S9C0 JSKCO Blngham 50 1050 Cochltl 150 llCO 1060 1103 Cent Eureka 133 2100 Utah 100 2000 United Stales 900 S75 White Knob 520 1800 Curb Boslon 350iCO Navaho JSOQg 7U0 Boston Wool Market Boston May 1 Thero has been a very HghL business In the wool market this week and the feeling among the dealers Is that manufacturers aro going to wult until after London auction sales which open next month before buving so that they can govern their actions by the lone of the market there Tho movement in Territory wools has been abnormally small but the market Is reported as fair ly steady Flnu medium ard tine wools are quiet at 56iD7c on the scoured basis Fleeces outside of quarterbloods are slow and prices nominal Quotations Unwashed medium etc Missouri quar tnrblood combing 23c threeclghtha blood 2iJc braid combing 22f 23c Territory wools Montana and Dakota fine medium and line ZfrfiSlc scoured 50 Cf57c staple GQfiG2c Utah WyomIng medium and line 16f19c scoured 55tj57c staple COi G2c Idaho line medium and fine 171Sc scoured SSftSOe medium 20 < 21c scoured G2OG3c Australian scoured basis spot prices combine supcrllno nominal OJftWc good SSQOOc average SOiiSSc Available Grain Supply New York May 1Speciui cable and telegraphic advices to BradstrculM ahow the following changes lu available supplies sup-plies UH compared with the last account Wheat United States and Canada east of Rockies decrease SiasoCO bushels Liverpool Corn Trade News atloat for ond In Europe Increase lOOOUUO bushels total supply dccrwixo 2IOSOCO bushels Corn Inltcd States and Canada cast of Hocklcb decrease 3J07000 bushels Oats United Slates and Canada east of Rockies increase 1000 bushel Tho aggregate stock of wheat held ut Portland Or and Tuconm and Seattle Wash Increased 13IOCO bushcla last week Butter and Eggs New York May 1Butter receipts 7COO packages llrm Western creamery 1614 > 20c factory 3fllVie LSKS Receipts J1SC2 packages S llrm storage Western at mark IJiftU c regular reg-ular packing at mark 124JJi3ic Southern at mark 1ljI2c St Louis Wool Market St Louis Mo May 1Wool quiet pond ing London sales next Tuesday Territory and Western medium 17G20c line 133170 ccarse Uftlfic Stocks and Bonds Now York May Business was BO apathetic and so narrow today In the stock market that little can bo deduced to throw light on tile business or financial situation Prices are jus a rule slightly higher but about Iho only explanation to be offered la that roomiradcra In stocks proved unable o get them down In spite of one or two Incidents rather unfavorable un-favorable to values and turned perfume to till long aide In Order to pet the requisite movement In price to offer any Hold for tudlnt at all I Even Sugar although still absorbing a largo proportion of attention became comparatively qnloaccnt and limited Its range to a little over three points The stock moved both above and below hint rlKht The failure ot the Pcnimylvanih director to advance tint omlannunl dlvl i dead rHto proved Ineffective to awaken the market from Its apathy When the small bear rnthnr timidly offered PennRylvunlu down below lust nlKht without bringing out any upprocla bio sulea the whole market took on a firmer tone Mlpxourl Paeltlc rose nearly two points But whether the market moved up or down the wmnll professional trailers tailed equally to attract any tel lowing1 The closing van dull and heavy und net change wore mixed Thf local trnrtlon stoks led by Metrn rut n hrvM rtthor ncutn dnnretwlon nt ftiint of Ui mdltl l confirmation of tile conatllullonallty of the franchise tax law New York Central rallied from Yesterdays depression on rumor of a settlement set-tlement of the labor troubles A Mnall shipment of gold was announced to go by Thursdays French steamer It Is generally gen-erally expected that largo shipments will be midO next Saturday The bond market wan dull and the general gen-eral tendency was reaetlonal Total sales par value 1C93GGO United States refunding refund-ing 2s when Issued advanced = and lie old 4y and Cs SA In the bid price BOND LIST U S 2 P R G ls 22 U S 2s rcg 22l N Pac Ss U S 3s regi0 N Pou Is U S Is coup 1u1t Oh Nau isis io II S Il Is re121 Or Nui Is l0lf U S n Is coup 133 0 S L if s old 4s reg IIP 0 S L con Os 17 S old is coup114 11 5 isIs U S Si U Pac 4s 1O1 IT S Os coup J12 C S 4e D R G Ists 10i So Pae 4s CLOSING STOCKS Railroads preferred 74 Atchison 2C Wtbnsh S preferred 7 ireferred B 0 3i J E 10 Can Pac 1i4 2nd ifd Can So 55 Wis Cent Ciiis 0 n ThIrd y 107 C G Express CCI C B l1UI1CS C I I 2rM 0nms Ec 125 preferred 56 Am Express 150 C E ill 102 U S Express 46 C N W162 Wells Fargo 121 C P 1 Pac1OS4 Miscollaneois C C C St L Am Cot Oil Cob So 64 profeired 25 let pfd 12 Am i1alting 2nd 111 11W profcrrei 21 Dcl lItid i1i Am S B II L V177 Preferred 1 It 0 19i Am Spirits preferred by nterred 17 Erio 121 Am Steel Iloop 1st pfd io irefcrred 73 Ct Nor pfd 157 Aitt S W Iock Coal l7 jiroferred IT Ieek Val 40 AlIt Phi Plate lii Cent 11i preferred IT Iowa Cent All lobacco iO3 preferred 50J preferred 131 K C P G 17 Aita 711 Cc Ev 29IDRT 72 S preferred 25 C I I Lake Shoro 210 Coit Tobacco 35 N 52 lreferrcd Sll ilitn 1 t42 Fed Steel IiI Ii-I Met St fly i53 prcferrcd 61 Mex Cent 13 Geiu Electric Mba St L oi Glucose Sugar preferred tui preferred Mo Pee 59 intl lapei 24 11 0 12 preferred 55 Sr IC T 1I Laclede Gas 71 ireferrcd lIl Nat Biscuit N J Cent 118 preferred N Y Ceiit 3lt Nat Load 22 N W iS preferred 1Ui preferred 7914 Nat Steel N Pac 577 preferred SI preferred 7r1 N Y Air Brake 125 0 W 22h N American 0 II N i2 lac Coast 51 preferred 75 1st lfd 85 Piitiiiqivania 13614 2nd pfd 51 iteading 1Si Puc Stall 32 1st pd 9 Pcople Gas lt1 2nd pfd II P Steel Cat it u 50 irefcrred 79 preferreti S6 ½ Pill Palace S 1st ptd 59 Sugar 112 2nd pfd 34 lreferretl 111 St1SW12 TC1 pieferrcL 3O U S Leather St rTtul IlSr piofcmred 71 Preferred 1IT U S Rubber 30 St P preferred So Pzic 56 W Union So 113 13 11 T SCo preferred 57 preferred 54 Pox Pac 19 ¼ P C C St L 51 U Pac Live Stock S CHICAGO Chicago May 1 Cattle Receipts COOO steers steady butchers stock steady lo strong natives good to prime iS5i575 lioor to medium Wi05M 75 selected feeders feed-ers steady SlaSfruOO mixed I stockers slow 3GOHS cows S300filGO heifers 53 Ktf4 W canners strong MOf3CO bulla steady StJKMHSO calves SOc lower than last Tuesday SIMJTOOO Texans Texas fed steers steady Sl00ff525 Texas bulls strong S3255i375 JIops Recelpta today 23 XX1 tomorrow 25000 estImated left over 2500 0il0c low Sr top 35lP inlxcd an1 1utellers S2M1 o45 good to choice llcavy 53E4i547I6 rough hoavy foD > f5SO light 510Toi5 bulk of sales 53ati3IO Sheep RocelptB 9000 sheep and lambs strong for best others steady good to choice wethers 85274500 fair to choice mixed 5lnOfi525 Western sheep KWQ oCO yearlings r X > TiCOO native lambs jEOJff75 Western lambs COOS72o KANSAS CITY Kansas City May 1 Gallic Recclpls 0000 market steady to shade lower native na-tive steers 0yfi523 Texas steers 350 ITHS5 Texas cows S300fr373 native cows and heifers S3l5ft500 stockers and feeders feed-ers jalGiSlO bulls 32yJ300 11 OJTS Receipts 11000 market 5f10o louver built of sales 2047525 iteav 8525 t7iS4i paciters 5i535 mIxed 3l5ii 5IZ light 5 OOijS25 yoricers 504ij525 pigs 5 il5ii5O5 1 Sheep Receipts 3000 market steady lambs J5OOfjC7o muttons J175 575 OMAHA Omaha May 1 Cattle Receipts 1100 market 50 lOc lower native beef steers 400 525 cows and heifers J5COIHOO canners J225 7S0 stockers and feeders 5375fi523 calves JCOff700 bulls stags etc 2SO1Z42O Hops Receipts 0000 market oTTlOc lower low-er heavy V274i5l0 mixed JTiSSfTS 27JA light 2i > 75276 pigs 17STiS20 bulk of sales J3 23 > i527lA Sheep Receipts 2CCO market steady yearlings S COfj 000 western muttons 3r Tij 0 stockers 54Wg520 lambs JCCO DENVER Denver Cob May 1 Cattle Receipts 2CO market strong beef steers SI I2SiS0O cows i2T fl50 tecdcra freight paid to river AIIS5 t stockers freight paid J37Mtl7C bulls stags etc 20 < > ff3 2Tj Hogs Recelpta luOOj market steady light packers S5COijo3i > mlxell 5COJo33 heavy 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