Show STOCKPRIGES ERRATIC Closing in Wall Street About Wednesdays Level SPECULATION AT STANDSTILL It Is in Fact Awaiting Developments Factors Which Have Induced the Recent Downward Tendency to a Greater or Less Extent Money Rates Aro Firm and Foreign Exchange Is Also Firmly Held The Movement of Bonds Is Narrow Silver and Drafts Jscw York Nov 7Bar silver 49Ttc Mexican dollars 33c San Francisco Nov fShlvor bars iOc Mexican dollars nominal drafts sight par drafts telegraph 2 ½ c Money and Exchange Now York Nov fMoney on call firm nl frjffi per cent closing bid and asked 5jiG per cent Prime mercantile paper G156 per cent Sterling exchango firm with actual business In bankers bills at at 4S5S7rfi JS7 for demand and at CVOMSSTo I for sixty days Ported rates J1SI14 and 54 1S7I53 Commercial bills IS3V ½ Now York Metals New York Nov 6 Copper declined Sa Pd In London today with spot thero at lie closo at 51 1 1S3 9d and futures 52 fcs The local market was dull but valnon remained unchanged with standard nnotcd at 1100 Lake tl62iiCj 1IS7 ilcclrolytlc lhCzjh170 and casting at llCftg1170 Tin also declIned In London quotations thero losing 7s fcd spot closing at 118 Cs and futures nt 117 Locally tin was dull and a Rhadc easier with spot closing at S2IifCi l6t7 Loud wan dull and unchanged both lucre and in London whero It closed at 10 3Js Cd The closo locally was at 12 Speller steady and unchanged locally at llsc and In Ix > ndon at 10 l 7u Cd Iron was steady and iinchaiiKed In Eng Innd Glasgow closing at fTs 2d und Mld dlosboro at 50 d i The New York Iron iniirk was qulot Warrants contlniio nominal No 1 foundry Northern faOOf 250J No 2 foundry Northern No 1 foundry foun-dry Southern and No 1 foundry Southern soft 2CYij2L San Francisco Mining Stocks San FrancIsco Nov CThmo official closing clos-ing quotations for mining utocka today were as follows Alta 3 05 Belcher J 17 Beat Belcher 21 Occidental Con 10 Caledonia 120 Ophlr n Challenge Con SO l Overman 21 Thollar 07 Polosl M Pontldonco 70 Savage 01 Con Cal Va R7 Seg Hcloher 01 Crown Point 01 Sierra Nevada IS 7nuuld Cnrrlc 07Silver Hill I Haln Nor IS Union Con 17 Justice 071 Utah Con 01 Mexican ISlYcllow Jacket 15 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Adams Con S LIJAlIc J 25 Brceco F4 Ontario Soo Brunswick Con 01 Ophlr > S Comatock Tun 01 Phoenix 03 COIL Cal it Va fO Potosl Horn Silver lJd fiavnge iC Iron Silver Sierra Nevada 15 Lrcndvlllo Con 03 Small Hopes W LIttle Chief 10 Standard 3W BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure 1STh Allonrs J 21M Centennial icco Qnlncy KOCO Cal HMOy50500 S f Io Cop K1I72 Cop RanRe filC2i Tamanick J56CO Dom Coal ISOCO Trlinountnln Mo Franklin UfO Trinity 30fO iio Royale 13 Victoria Old Doom 1GO Wlnona Oacnla fw Wolverine MTCO Parrot 25W Live Stock ChICAGO Chicago Nov 6 Cattle Receipts KOO Including HOY VertcrnH slowly Goorl to prlmo steers pV > fi740 poor to medium J3J > 7tj25 stockers and feeders 2Gfl7Ti holfcr J200ti500 canners SI0fi2J > iJ bnllH 5213i 420 calven jn751f7ffl Texas fed steers J300ffl23 Western steers 350 C0O I HORS Receipts today 23000 tomorrow 20jj Icfl over 20l closeit unchanged Mixed and iutchers m1CPS0 lmeavy iC0i54S3 rough heavy i24cit55 light C20itG5 buIlt of smiles tOli43 Sheep Receipts 1SOOO sheep and lambs ateady Good to choice wethers jarOfc l0r fair to choice mixed J2M331ii Western West-ern alienp 27rrfflR native lambs J3IOij > 525 Western lambs 7tGOO ST JOSEPH St Joseph Nov C Cattle Receipts Kf lOc lower Natives 5375 fKiirt cows and helfona iWG0 venus 550 bulls and stanv 2fKV5i5 tz Hops Receipts firJO 10o higher Light and light mixed J < Ji > Kj0iT medium nnd heavy JOCOtfUi pigs S383J6CO bulk JGlx Sheep Receipts 1700 slow and steady DENVER Denver Nov 0 Cattle Receipts 2C D slow and steady Beef steers IM > fM50 cost J26ftTi 7 feeders freight paid to river fiCOtjl25 stockers SUttfflOO bulls stags etc SlfJlT360 Hogs Receipts 200 slronp Light packers S pack-ers 5C > goCO mixed 31 J < 5 1QC5 heavy So 15pOOO Sheep Rccolnlfl 5000 steady Good fat muttons VIOOy375 lambs 00ICO KANSAS CITY Kansas City Nov C Cattle Rocelpto 9t X > InoludliiR 1MO Toxana steady native steers Ovtfi725 l Texas and Indian steers jaCSftIGo Texas cows 5215fto00 natlvo covs and heifers 175i6 lockers and L feeders 309fff > GO bulls f > j5tJ350 calves t3OJB0 Wesloni steers L715G4 Western cows 2OfiaV > Hoys Receipt J l00o < market l0c hmighet active bulk of shes Zt5ii4ijbtt heavy 3nilluir5 packers S4 t Mt fUS mumfliiulm 6ci662 highit E6l2574 yorkers srcp6sm pigs 5iib40 Sheep Receipts 5000 market steady muttons 3 OOijMlG Iambs JlfOTjC2S rango wethers 3COtfl85 owes loeiJcS4 OMAHA South Omaha Nov 6CattleReceIpts liSOO niurkct stcaly TrtronK natlvo steers JIOf7CO cows and holfors 530 > XJIGO Western steers J360t6 Texas steers l2ii4tJ 0 cows and heifers J2 Sclil lju cannon J1G05275 stackers and feeders p J273I75 calves 10 > 30W bulla stags etc J200S350 HogsReceipts 00 market hOc higher heavy S6fOtbGO mixed i6W6C5 light 5Cc4 75 iuhgs S575i6S0 bulk ou sales Shmoopltccoiuts 11GO market steady fed muttons yearlings RIIOflXM wotli orn J30 3PGO owes 200f3ri common and stockers 1SO310 lambs J005i CO Stocks and Bonds New York Nov 6Time courso of stock prices wits exceedingly erratic nil day und tho closIng prices wore not far from lust night1 level Tim constantly varying1 movement was aoomlngly duo to tho Rrop Int efforts of tho professional operators Ito I-to discover the current In LImo market Tho result of their experiments seemed to I show that thorn was no ciurront Specu lative sentiment has In fact oomo to a standstill and Is waiting for now dovclop nientw The factors which have Induced time recent downward tendency of prices are stilt In force to a greater or ICMH ox tent hut the wel I established principle of speculative markets to discount Hie future makes It doubtful vJien a current movement of prices has run an adequate course to accomplish this object Apprehension Appre-hension ntlll exirts that thcro will bo largo with irasmuIs of gold with a resulting squeeze of money rates In tho local market mar-ket Tho advancing tendency of wages and LImo higher prlcts of materials keep allvo tho nncnslncstv over the proportion of Iho earnings which will ho left for the I stockholders But It may bo possible that the I considerable decline In prices which has already occurred may be sufficient to discount these possibilities At nil events the bear operators who have gono short of tIme market took sufficient ne count of this porfslblllty to want to buy stocks to cover their short contracts The advances caused by this buying met renewed selling of a rather concentrated concen-trated character The origin of this selling sell-Ing wns a mystery t and opinion was divided di-vided as to whether It came from tho bears or was further liquidation of long accounts The mocks most active in the trading woro thoso which hao been recent re-cent favorites In the speculation Thero were pains of 1 to l points at ono time In about a dozen railroad stocks and half as many speOlnlllea Cotton oil had the benefit of Its dividend declaration declara-tion l Sugar broke sharply after Us early strength because of fears of a further Improvement i In prices and rumors of a ate war at Missouri river points The coalers were under fomn pressure owing to ti t reports of rentwed troubles nt the col Ilerliks i of some of the Independent operators oper-ators and Lackauanna Mineod In addition addi-tion on showing of ojirnlngs for the September Sep-tember quarter which revealed a reduction reduc-tion t In net earnings compared with the corresponding period of last year of 1700000 Money rates were rather llrm and foreign for-eign exchange wan also firmly held The weekly statements of the Rank of Eumg1 land m and tho Bunk of France showed continued con-tinued u declines In theIr gold revrves The closing of the stock market was easy and with some Flocks at the lowesl of the dav davTho Tho movement of bonds Wits narrow Total Pales 2050000 United Stales bonds wcro all unchanged on lImo last call NEW YORK BOND LIST IJ S ref 2s rcg IfOli U S fs reg10P coupon 10 > VI coupon 101H U S 35 rcglOS4 Cob S Is i H2i coupon lOSt D R G Is101 U S now Is rcglWVt N Pae la 101H coupon lViii N Iie Us 73Vj U S old la rcgllO11 S Pair Is W coupon lift IT Pae Iii 1 UJ P coat IslWTs CLOSING STOCK LIST 1 SalesIIIghLowClose AlctllKnn 33PV n STiVt Siva preferred 1lit > 1C 5i3 W3i 1 O > 52Jrt Wit loVf 1011 preferred 2iX III i M 1 MV Cnn Pacific ItJaO IaI 133t Ul fan Southern 51 1 I fs O i COOO ttft n 4q C A 2 preferred 20072 72 72 C I t L 100 73 73 73 preferred 00 I < c B I 1 205 G v 3r00 JOVi 2S 20 A preferred SIP SI-P preferred Ill f c N W SCO 22 221 2231 R I P 105 Chicago T i fc T SOil Jflli 10 19 preferred 2KO Dili > fVt CCtSLL S Cola Southern 2S0 3L 51 < SOVj 1st preferred 1X > 71J 72 711j 2nd prforreth 4Ci IT ii Del Hudson tW Itxi Jtl IGlj D iii W SAO 251 250 210 D K G 1100 2n I2i Wi preferred lcd 20I MI 4 5Ifl Erlu iSOO S7i ri7 1st preferred W C i Cij Wi 2nd preferred 300 Rl 51 W Gt No 111 lf > 7 Ilocklne Valley HI preferred ffli Illinois Central JSCO HG 1WV 1 1 trV4 Iowa Central 4 JW 2i 1I1A n preferred VO 72 7Bi 71 L 1C V 2W K M ffi preferred 1JO L 1 N 115CO IK 133 ISM IS-M L 03V ljii 135TS I Mot St Ry llfO ISOVi ir li 1301 Mox Central 200 2VA 2lJ 2T MtX Nallonal ISVi Miami St L 100 10S1 103 107X Mo Pacific IIUiO iw IfS liiOi M K T LMOJ 20 25A 25Ti preferred 12CD M1J 15 teft N J Central IOU 172 172 172 N Y Central 7JCO IJilt ISa 1KT Norfolk W 27IOJ 726 71 72 preferred SO Ontario Ji W 2MO Zr24 SHi 524 < 1 Pennoylvanla 200 lKVt hiS I I 353A Reading 01 MO CVA irjv CI14 1st preferred JMiO S7i SCli JWi 2nd preferred It 0 7i3 757 7G St L S F 1200 78 77 78 1st preferred ICO S3 S3 SO 2nd preferred 7CO 73 72f 72Ti St L i S W 100 SOU 1 rOU preferred 00 > j tvu ja vj St Paul 201CO lttf IWi 11 lsV preferred SCO 1031 10T U3 So Pacific < WMO 70 dnii GOii So Railway 2200 S5 37 C preferred 7CO SJ 523 ICV Texas Pacific L70 5L ti 111 4R l T St L W 1700 3t SO i 30i pivfirrcd 1200 IS1 I7fe IS Union Pacific I3SOO Qi7 KB I031i preferred 2300 91K 01 flh1 Wabash J100 3310 32 23 preferrid 2300 47J 4G 17 W L K 5Ci 2CVJ IJ NJ 2nd preferred tVY o7 M o > Va WlR Central 7W 27li 27 r7B preferred ICO 521i D2 51 Express Companies Adams 200 American 100 210 210 1TV1 Unlle l Slates 1W Vcll3 Fargo 225 Mlscclluncous Anml Copper llfXV WT4 r 2I KV Am fnr t F 30 334 S3 SS preferred OHi Am Linseed Oil 10 U > 1U JR jircferred 10 Am S t R 20V is 114 HU preferred SOO i5 01 > Ana Mimi Co 1100 M 02 01 Brooklyn R T 170 fi2 > t rl tlTn 1 Colo Fuel t Iron 3300 Co 86I KIJ Con Cat 2W 217 2101A 21i5A Coat Tobacco i > X J10 118 i IIS preferred 1000 1S3 1S2 181H Hocking Coal 100 21 SI 21 lateral Paper < > 1 10 19 1U 1 preferred 71 Intrnl Power 100 73 73 72 Lacledn Gas M National Biscuit I51A National Lead P2i National Salt 00 27U 27 No American 1700 120 US lift Pacific Coast I 100 72 7J 72 Pailfln Mall 1IM lli 3DM II Pcoplen Gas IEfiO 102 101J 102V < i Pressed Stool Car 700 01 MIS GO1 preferred SM 03 fCA Ci Pullman Republic Steel 2100 21fl l 20VO 2fli preferred 1C 77 77 3I31C Sugar 2iWO 12fHli H8 < 4 11S4 Tonn Coal tt Iron lROO Cl C3i 1 t1A UBPCo 13 preferred 200 7S 7S 77 U S Leather 1100 31i ia 13 preferred 200 D0 ½ Ml M U S Rubber 100 17 17 17 preferrcvl K U S Steel 17100 rail K S proferrcd 1310 S7i SA S6 Wealcrn Union 700 u 1 n > tAm t-Am Iocomollvo 70 J1i 2W lli preferred P3 1C t Soiitlurn 1500 1 J l ½ > 5V ri i preferred W0 33 Ai M lj Total sales for the day l C1500 shares |