Show BETTERTONE IN STREET Stock Market Shows More Animation < DEALINGS ON LARGE scAt Trading Much Better Distributed Thau for Some Time Past Feeling That Improved Conditions Were Duo to Some Development Not Gent Gen-t rcrally Known Professionals Wore i Among1 the Largest Buyers The Southern Paciiic In Hands of Specu r > c lrtivo Interest r jT SILVFR41 r c I I Now York Til 55 Vic San Francisco I T i Ts r55c London 25id BAD I New S York cxchitngo 5110 COPP15R New York exchange n 128i Silver and Drafts New York Feb 6l3ar silver 55ic Mexican dollars i3Vtc San Francisco l eb GSIIeo barn 5e Mexican dollars 45c Jjrafis Sight 32A I telegraph 15 Money nnd Exchange New York Feb C Money oh call steady al 214 < ir2i per cent Prim mercantile paper l < oMfc per cent Sterling exchange firm with actual business In bankcrV bills at IS7 > i for demand and 1 81 < ijMla4 for sixty days Posted rates IS5Vft and ISS Commercial bills SISOMNSl New York Metals New York Feb G Copper was higher today and active In point of actual business busi-ness nt the metal exchange and by prl yale sales Aboul live million pounds of lake anti electronic for delivery all the year In lots of about 500000 pounds a month was offered for sale at 13c Ac Actual s lcs reported on change were 25 00 pounds Salts of electrolytIc Included 30000 pounds February delivery and 30 fj pounds March delivery at 124c Casllng for February and March delivery was offered at 12jc wllh 123ic bid The local I I market for copper cloned with lake at 1300j132c electrolytic at 13OOc sellers ond casting at JZjf i2ftc The London copper market cloacd C 2 12s Gd higher at 55for spot and 51 his for futures Tin was higher here at 211092160 and II 15s better In London where spot closed at flu 15s and futures at 10i Load was dull and unchanged hero at 410 The London lend market closed 5s lower at 11 7s Gd Spoiler closed very dull here and unchanged at 4 20c but London was 2a Gd higher at 17 153 The Iron market was steady but unchanged un-changed at New York Glasgow closed nt 40s Gd and Mlddleshoro closed at 453 4V il Pig Iron warrants closed here at 311W312oa No1 foundry Northern 31GCO 51760 No 2 foundry Northern SlUOOfi 1G75 No 1 foundry Southern SIGOOJ 1650 No1 foundr > Southern soft JIGOO GIGSO i Son Francisco Mining Stocks 0 San Francisco Feb eThe official closing quotations for mining stocks to ri ay were as follows Alia Mexican 31 Colchcr 00 Oc Con 10 Best 13 27 Ophlr 5 Bullion M Overman 12 Caledonia 32 Polos II f dial Con 12 Savage 10 Chollar 11 I Ses l3elcher3 Cdnlldenco 00 I Sierra Nov 13 AC Cal cC Val 155 Silver 11111 G1 Crown Point00 Standard SC5 Gould Curry 11 Union Con 20 JIalo Nor31 Ulah Con Ot Justice 11 Yellow Jacket 06 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Am S n54700 Lead Con M preferred 97OT Lillie Chief 10 Adams Con20 Ontario C73 Alice 45 Ophlr SO Brecco 65 Phoenix 01 Bruns Con06 Potosi 12 Com Tunnel OC Savago OS Con Cal Va 135 Sierra Nov12 Dead Terra CO Small Hopes 3S Horn Silver 123 Standard 3W Iron Silver GI BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure S 2260 Osceola S SI50 Alloues 325 Parrot 3200 Amalgam 7425 Quincy 11100 Baltic 3075 S Fe Copper SG2J Blngham 2350 Tamarack 257W C IIC203G3 < 1 Trlmfn 23W Centennial 23iIJ Trinity 1375 Cop Range C975 If S 1725 Doin Coal C950 Utah 25M Franklin 1500 Victoria 62o lithe Rojalc 2250 Inona 150 Mohawk 3575 Wolverine 5100 Foreign Market New York Feb Commercial Advertiser Adver-tiser s London financial cablegram says Tho stock market today was cheerful on the more favorable war news from South Africa and on tho reduction of the minimum mini-mum rate of dlscounl by the Bank of England from 5li to 3 per cent Soulh African stocks were particularly active American Issues remained stagnant but they woro harder with Southern Pacific Lho feature on Now York buying orders The stock hero Is reported scarce The coalers woro also bought Rio Tlnloa sold at ISTi out the rise In Amalgamated Copper shares Copper sold at 55 Iho ton Discounts fell lo 24 per cent on tho fall in the hank rate Money Is scarce Tho bank return shows that the market has reduced Its Indebtedness by 17oOOQO by revenue colloftlon but It had lo ro new today twothirds Iho sum duo the bank Now York Sugar Market New York Feb C Sugar Rawntead > fair refining 33lGo centrifugal 95leM l 311lGc i molnyacs sugar j5lGc Refined steady Stocks nnd Bonds New York Fob 6liie stock market showed considerable animation today and thin dealings ere much boiler distributed than for < ome lime past There wore stocks which hung back and somo which foil away on prolit taking after recent considerable advances but Iho general tono of the market was strong Thero was a foellng thai the Improved conditions I condi-tions wero due to some development not generally known mid Iho professional trnflors t who In fact did not know what they were wero among the lurRost buyers buy-ers on thn supposition that others who did know were in the market with them These surmises had to do to a large extent wllh possible 1 developments In tho snit against the Northern Securities com Conlldcnl expressions were heard pany hut > on anonymous authority lint the decision de-cision of the Supreme court was mado up ngaliibl tho admission of lie suit to argument argu-ment Tho supposition also found expression expres-sion that the projectors of the great merger have an alternative plan to fallback fall-back on In case of Ihe declared lllogalliy of Iho present company It was argued hold the that a foreign corporation mlghl sccurlllea of the United States corpora lions and ho outside tho Jurisdiction of tho United Stales laws The reported formation of a leasing company lo control Metropolitan Street Railway on a guarantee of dividend was not of much benelll lo that stock but the evidence thus given of continued planning plan-ning on Iho part of capital towards development de-velopment was an Iniluence zipecula ion A social l gathering of millionaires In Philadelphia was also inndo much of especially as men rated l as antngonlstlr reported to bo present on affable were term The Imporlanco attached to such unsubstantial conjectures Indicated the continued predominance of professional operations In tile market The traders also made much of the reduction of thin rtiscount rato of Iho Bank oC England as promising a rcluxaloln of the pressure upon Now York for gold In detail Of tho days movements Southern Pacific was largely In the hands which speculative Interest of tho samo has boon dealing In It rccenlly and iho movement In Pennsylvania was also al Irlbutcd Lo this operator The Vandor Lake bills as a group were all strong Erie it Western preferred showing a gain of 0 polnls Untied Stales Express made further advance of 73t and Third Avenue a galnrd 7J Profit taking made lie closing niLe somewhat Irregular hut the inroads In-roads upon prices wero not extensive Thn bond market waa activo and broad and showed gertcril I advances Total enlps par value 40556 < > United States 3s declined U per cent on the last call BOND LIST U S ref 2s rcprl03i U S 53 coul06 U S ref 2n coulOSi Colo So 4s 9216 USJsrellM D R G 4sJ02 U S 3si cOlllOS No Pacific lsUtjJ1 iS new Is rcg139 No Pacific 3s jn U S new 4s cou 100 So Pacific Is fll U S old 4s res 112 U P A3 105 < 4 U S old Is con 112 U Peon Is10 U S 6s regIOtj CLOSING STOCKS Sale High Low Closo Atchison I300 TiVt 77 i19 4 Atchison pfd 2SCOO 07 97A 971 Balllmoro Ohio 15200 lOCJi 103i lQhV i Baltimore O pfd 9Si h Canadian Pacific 3EOO 115 115 115 > Canada Southern 2100 S3 SS SS Cheaapcako 0 100 46 45 46 Chicago Alton 1100 31 2liV 31 preferred 700 75i 75Vi 75a Chicago I L 2CCO 5l t K SSPI preferred fCO 77 7516 7GiJ Chicago E I 1 100 142 142 1llhA Chicago Ot W 1000 23 l3 23VJ preferred A S3A preferred B 100 153k l53 I lite Chicago N YV 9CO 223 21S 222 Y C R 1 P 9100 lGi 6 163Vi IGlVi Chicago T T 2M 17 17 If preferred 1SCOt 31 31 C C C St Jco 9 ICO lu5 101V 1tk Colorado South OOW 15U 51 1st preferred 1 ICO TOVi 61 GSU 2d preferred 1GOO 32i C2 > 5 32 Delaware 1 II 173 Dcia L W WO 292 2S9 SiD Si-D fc R G 2WO 45 42 iI 41 preferred 3900 93 93 93lt Erie 12EJO I 394 33 Jlr 1st preferred 240 70 G9f GO I 2d preferred 800 57 Kfc 5GU Northern pfd 187 Hocking ValleY H 2CO GOVd C9 ftSft preferred COO 81Vt KWl S3 Illinois Central 1SSOO 110 137li 339i 1 Iowa Central 100CO 1216 101 13 Iowa Central pfd 2700 77 71 7Gi Lnko Brio ir 2900 71 GO P 71 preferred 1000 13S 133 i 135 A Louisville N GOOO 101 lOP i 10Ph Manhattan L 10300 lV IS 5 i 135 Motiopolllan St Ry 19500 172Vi 17I > 4 171 4 Mexican I Central 5X 29V7t 2S A 29A Mexican National 4700 17V 175 J7 i Minn St L w GOO lOSvi 107 107 f Missouri Pacific 24400 IOSL HCTS iC34 M K t T f > X > 3134 I 2la5 2IH preferred 800 63 52 f fh N J Central 200 195 395 195 N Y Central 11100 IfilM in2Vi 1P7li Norfolk West 19C 564i CCVi KVt preferred 92 OntarIo West 4200 rh 3V S31i Pennsylvania 023i IMJi 149i 1EO Reading 36300 57 50t 57 1st proferre l 2000 82 A S2JA S2i 2d preferred 9109 GIVS 634L caSt ca-St L S P 900 il G2 52i4 lat preferred 2 M 1Vi S3Vi S3V 2d preferred lSOO 75V4 7Bi 741i St L Southwestern 25J4 preferred OW BSA 5SIA GS4 St Paul ISGOO JWsT ICSVI G6tg prefer re < l 700 190 18S4i 190 Southern Pacific 93100 f7 GB1 eoa Southern Ry 3200 33 32 32 preferred lMf 95 01 9iA Texas P 700 190A ISS l ISO T St L W 19tO > 214 21U 211 preferred 9200 40 39Vi 39Vb Union Pacific 49COO 103Vi 102 A 1024i preferred lSOO 804 S9H SS Wabash GKO 23 2S 23 preferred 4100 43v5 4315S 43i W t L E 1500 1S1 IS IS 2d preferred 400 30 29 291 Wisconsin Con 11CO 21 20Ti 2i preferred SCO 1114 40 40Vt Express companies Adams 205 American Ire 227 225 227 llnltoil States 3000 121i 119 121 Wells Fargo 193 MlHcellunoous Amalgamated Cop 26400 75 7311 7i6 American C F 2GO 29 23 2S 1 preferred 400 S7 SO S7 Am Linseed Oil 100 22 22 22 A preferred 47V6 American S R 1900 47 17 17 preferred 200 07i 97A 9714 Anaconda Mining 700 34 33 33 Brooklyn R T 1700 CGi GT Gvli Colorado F t T COO Sfaj 86 S5 ConsolIdated Gas 1600 219 21S 21SU Conl Tobbaco pfd KO liT 117 16M General 121cctrlc SOIl 2Sl A 2SI OV6 Glucose Sugar 200 1814 ISA 4S Hocking Coal GOO 1G 1C lfi Intorimfl Paper 19A preferred 00 7ta 7llL 7II Intornl Power K7 Laclede Gas 100 91 91 90 National Biscuit IR 1 i National Lead 100 IS 18 17 National Salt Zn preferred M North American 200 93 93 92 Pacific Coast 100 71 71 714 Pacific Mall 400 43Tt 45 IS i Peoples Gas 3SCO 101 100 100 Pressed Steel Car 200 411 41W 40Ti preferred 3 Pullman Palaco Car 21S Republic Steel 5100 17i 1G > 10 preferred J100 G94i 6S GSVi Sugar 4SOCO 129 < A 127 12S Penn C I GOO GPt CI 63 ½ Union B t P 13 preferred 200 74t 7IVI 74 U S Leather lfOO 15 i 1114 HV4 preferred SOO Sl SI Sli U S Rubber 500 14Vi 14 lt A preferred l 51 U S Steel 20500 41 43i 314 preferred 1G700 93 93 OJiA Western Union 3EOO 9lh 91 91 5 American Loco 2C0 32 31 31 preferred 1100 92V 02 92tJ Total snlen for the day 761200 shares LONDON CLOSING STOCKS Consols for M K T 25 money preferred 61 Consols for account N V Central 166 ac-count 91 11G Norfolk c W 11 Anaconda 7 Ontario W 31 Atchison 79V1 Pennsylvania 76 preferred lot Reading 234 B1Can O 107Vi 1st pfd 12 Can Pacific11814 1 2nd pfd 32A C O 17 So Railway 33 O O W 21 preferred 97 C M St P1C9 So Pacific cR4 D R G 4Pi U P miVi preferred 91 preferred D2 Erie 10 U S Steel 45 lst pfd 71h i preferred W 2nd pfd D7 ½ Wrahiatitht 25 ½ III Central Ill preferred Ii it N 1074 Spanish 4s 77 ½ liar silver 25 Ad per ounce Money 224 per cent Thn ruLe of dlucount In lie open market mar-ket for short bills Is 2 per cent Tho rate of discount In the open market mar-ket for throe months bills Is 2 per cent San Francisco Wool San Francisco Feb Quolallons on wool here today were Spring Nevada 10Tl2c eastern Oregon infjjsc valley Oregon 3fI5c Fall MounUIn lambs Sic S-ic San JoaqUln plains Gic Humboldt and Mcndoclno logUAc |