Show MELT AWAY Extraordinary Tumble at Close of Stock Market ST PAUL WAS HIT HARD Number of Other Securities Carried Swiftly Downward Powerful Interests in the Piuanclfil World Thus Convoy Warning to Li1 j the Spcculatlvo World r I Silver and Drafts c Now York Dec 1GBar silver Sc Mexican dollars 37 c San Franclaco Dec 10 Silver bare iSHc Mexican dollars nominal Drafts Sight par telegraph 2 lilonoy and Exchange New York Doc 1C Money on call cteady at iiG3 < Kr cent closing offitfcrt at 4 I per cent time money easier Hlxty and ninety days S per cent ulx monthS C per cent Prime mercantile paper t per cent Sterling exchange Heavy with actual business In bankers at JlSG7iiS1 XSGS73 for demand and at 1KJ125 IEJ25 for sixty day lillls Posted rates flSlVj and 5ISS Commercial bills 182 183 New York lictnls New York Dee CTin followed up Its mlvnnco of yeatorday wllh another but more moderate gain today Ixmilnn prices vcro 13 higher at 117 lor spot and 117 7s 3d for futures Locally the market p mar-ket wan firm and slightly higher spot closlnp at SS012GOO r Copper advanced 3s Oil In London to fO Ss M for spot and tCO 17s Cl for futures but remained dull and nominal hero Standard Is quoted at 1075 lake at 51103 and electrolytic and casting at ll5 Load was qiiiot and unchanged here at U2 and In London at 10 17a Cd SpelLer continued unchanged in London nt 19 l 17s 6d bia was live points lower and easy locally at 403 Iron was unchanged at 1oa d In Glos KOW but declined Us in Mlddlesboro to 47s 3d Locally Iron was quiet and unchanged un-changed Warrants continue nominal No J foundry Northern IB quoted ut 2300 CjCoOO No 2 foundry Northern No 1 foundry Southern and No 1 foundry Southern soft at 220023 00 Boston Wool SEnrkct Boston Dec 13Tho wool market IB fully as atroiu a n week ago and prices hat were LI1t rather asking prices than otherwise now hay bieomo jlEiirct at which acttial sale huvo liccn made ho tcndoncYIs sllll ujnvaid and somo grades of wool havo been further advanced Manufacturers arc looking tho market over and It hi stated as a fact that not for yearn ham the different houses been ty > wojl cleaned up on orders and offlots of wool For Territory wools thcr3 Jo si foood demand for all RradeH but especial ly for fine wools with medium wools doIng do-Ing better Prices are vury firm with the tendency upward Fine staplo Territory Terri-tory e < S3Oc < strictly flno Uic line and medium 0t3c medium Jaft47c California wools ae Urmcr Tim demand de-mand IB steady at tho rovIflcdVnuotnllonB Northern county cleaned boats u2fti > 5c mlddln counties JSfciOc southern 15Q47c full free 1lNSe New York Sugar Market Now York Doc 165uganflaw steady fair refining 3 7lCc centrifugal iClcsl 3 1lCc mohisscu sugar 3 1ICc relined re-lined Quid Butter and Eggs New York Dec 10 Cutter Receipts C100 packages steady State dairy 200 23c creamery 2ijj ± c creamery otra SOc Eggs Receipts 7209 packages steady State and Pennsylvania 20c Western uncandlecl poor to fancy 2027C Stocks and Bonds New York Doc 1C There was an extraordinary ex-traordinary inciting of prices In thu lust half hour of lociays market following a marking up of quotations during the previous pre-vious portion of the mission Shortly before be-fore 2W prlcec wore at the highest of the day find net gains of two polnlH or ovor had been attained by leading Htocjcs hero and UVMO in all the principal groups iul has h-as Ponnaylvanla Southern PatHie Missouri Mis-souri Pacific St Paul Rock Island preferred pre-ferred Delaware Hudson and Sugar In tim last half hour St Paul dropped back abruptly W and Homo of the other stocks were carried fjwlflly downward The Interpretation of the movement was believed lo be that the powerful Intcrcuix In the financial world which announced their organization for tho protection of the money market desired lo convey a warning that thoy had no Intention of allowing those plans to be Interfered with There was moro or leas realizing before tho close by the professional traders ivhp bought In yoslorduyit market and < mvry this morning Previous to the final slump the course of prices was nulto pro pqr ously upward There verc reports of aa suruticrH received by the State department depart-ment regarding the Intentions of Groat Britain and Germany In Venezuela which Hcrvcxl to cause a better xcnllment on that Kubjcct but the principal Influence In llio rlao wan the reassuring effect of the formation of the bankers pool providing pro-viding 5000COO for use In a possible money market emergency The effect was to rollcvo tho stock market from thu Tresanro of liquidation Off rings became be-came HO light In fact that It was found easy to bid up prices on very light purchases pur-chases This was the notable case among the hpicllvo stocks among which the heating jmpply is J always light cape chilly In tho Vninlfrbllt group There vas some mirprlso oxprcxucd hovcver over time extent of the probe tlvo measures talrcn by the banks There was much surmise as to n possible ren iiCitl l for these measures whIch hua not been disclosed and adisposition to con aldor that time existence ot such a need was Indicated by the formation of tho pool While It was ronognlzrd that no part of this fund would likely llnd Us way directly Into the Btock market it c waa considered probable that further withdrawals of loan from The stock market would be avoided owing to the unfavorable effuct on sentiment which c the heavy stock liquidation had caused 1 Tin nnnciUDl goiu uliiiMi It is l huped will no achlnvod by large rcsoiircu uvalhiblu Jii upon sentiment Part of thu present strIngency la undoubtedly duo to tho withholding of funds by person who haVe bcconio tImId or who have deter mined to wall for high money rules be tore lending their resource Call loan rates did not get above G Ht per cent lo day and ran off to below 5 pr cent when tim principal demands had becn mot The tlmo money market was also called easier in tone although not quo tabiy chiuifcod Much satisfaction WR folt bccauao notwItlmUindhur the easier toho of money sterling escJiango rates 1 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4 1LvER 4 If New York lSc 4 San Francisco 1711C + London I1 + + 1JEAD + 4t Nov Torlc exchange 12 + + COPPER + + 1 New York + + STOCKS AND BONDS + + There was extraordinary melting + + of prices just at the close of the + + stock markeL It was taken as + 1 warqi g from powerful ilnancial + + intereuts to speeWativo world to he + + careful + r GPAIN AND PROVISIONS + + Wheat weak and lower on easier 4 + cable 4 4 Increnoed receipts caused a turn + 1 bie a corn + ± Oats ruled essler + + Provisions OpOflC1 firm + LiVID STOCK 4 4 cattleSlow but stpady 4 r + 3iogS1Fl0c higher + + SheepShear and lambs steaAy + yielded an additional fractIon Tha stock market clocd distinctly weak i3onds became iris in sympathy wI Ui stocks but yielded at tho last Total salc par Value 2Gt100 United States iies is declined per cent out the last call NEW TOnIC BOND LIST T7 S ref s rcgI0 L N unified coupon ItJS4 4q 101 U S a rog1OT Mex Ccii is coupon 1V 1st Inc 22 ii S hew ls reg12c M St L 4s103 coupon 1 M 1C Texas 13 S old is regl0 4s 93 coupon 1O 2uids 8 U S s y Can 1iits102 coupon 10Th gen is 101 Atc1iison get ls101 N J Cen gen ndJustnient 15 S Gs B 0 la100w N Pac 4s103 2i48 til N W comm 45 9u6 coui Beading gi Is 3J Can So 2iiUs1G St L I Mt C 01 Ga Gs jiy consol 1st inc SL L S F C 0 iiLs 10 l C s l I St r4 S W ists i5 C B Q new bids Si 18 93 S A P is SG C M St P So Pac 4S geui So fly Chi N W 1 P IsIs116 COflZOl T St L W C Ti L 1 lr ID 1s 107V U PhiC C C C St cony Ii gao 1s td Wabash Ists llj Clii fer 4 2nfl lOT CoIo So 4s 52 leb 1 72 D it c ls 100 West Shore 49 113 Erie prior llen4s ½ W L B ls 91 Ft W Den Wls Ccii is 9I IT Val i4s 1OS Con Tob 45 G2 var City 1st 16 CLOSING STOCK LIST Sales 111gb Low Close Mcluion 3S70u St 19 714 preferred l060 9S 97 973 Bulb Ohio l0iO 96 ¼ 91 94 preforred GOO 03 2 9t CanadIan Pac 810O 327 325 126 Canada So 1G0 7f 75 70 Chcs Ohio uoo i 4l l5 Clii 31 2Oi 31t proferred ml mu L 11 prefrrcd 01 Clii B illino1 l9 Clii rtcat rcst 6ic 233k 23 A preferred Ii Jrcfrrel S t l a Chi Northwest l1 217 213 21G CIII Term T tfth 16 13 15 preferred 1OO 5O 30 2O C C C 7 St L 00 9l SW Colorado So 10 264 2 25 lit preferred Stcu 6 67 ½ G7 2nd ircterred 860 4l iOf ii Del IJwlson 700 158 196 157w Del t1 rqt 160 214 211 21 Den Rio C 19C 31 GV 37 preferred 7W P4 b7 8S Vrlc 2320 iit OA 31 1st preferred loc < J M C2 C2V1 2nd preferred 1700 41 12 4H Great North pfd 1 GOO ISOTd JSTVt ISSVj Hocking Valley 700 100j 93 fSfc Dref erred 1200 MVi 9 > OoA Illinois Central 4JCOO 111 ill 14O4t Iowa Central > IOO 37 35 SO preferred 4 3 L Erie West GGO 49 > A 45 4B preferred f ll i Louis Nash OSOO 12 0 11S JJOVi Manhattan L 12000 lirrt 143J4 Ij34 Mci Street Ry 3700 1J5 4 13091 ISC I Mexican Cent 300 2J4L 20ft 21 Mexican Natl lli Minn Sz St L > 15 MissourI Pac r0300 1 IO4V < 101 102 No IC JtjxaB 22411 2 preferred 7CO 53 C2i teN te-N J Central Ib3 N Y Central S7W 1B2 150 150 4 Norfolk West 4000 G1 CSli 08 preferred W Ontario West 4400 2S 27 27 PcnnKylvaniu 12000 111114 152 l2 Reading 61900 Id 174 rI7J Isi preferred c1 s i 2nd preferred 2C 7Ek 71 SI Louis S F 501 C6 uiG 66 1st preferred 101k 70i Oh 79 2nd prcfurrcd 46 G7 64t 67 SI L Southwest 06 271 2G preferred 1314 57i t73 St Paul CiCOO 1741 167 673 preferred VJ 191 1901J J Southern Pac RS100 t rS 19 Southern Ry llSOO 80k 2i3i preferred Texas Pac fi200 3S T SI L Went 1400 i 26 26 preferred 300 46 45 Union Pox f5700 07 ti preferred 1300 o 1 91 Wahash 1100 26 26 preferred 2700 1O 39 Wheel L E EOQ 22 22 22 2nd preferred 10 32 2 32 WIs Central 700 Z114 ii4 l4 preferred COO 1S1 1S Express ComiLuie r Adams 2CA American 200 21 2U9i am Unllod Status 120 Wells Fargo 210 Miscellaneous Amalud Coppnr lr > 000 Klc M14 GAmer G-Amer Car F 1200 3aii 32V 3Sj prof erred SQ 83U SS Sfti Amer Linseed Oil II preferred iOO afi 30Vi S7 Amer Sm Ref M MXi 31 9 3S A preferred 8W S1V6 W > W Anaconda M Co SCO 8fi SI C Brooklyn R T qEOO G3 fil G1tA Colomilo F 1 1400 A 7u 7S Con Gas 1800 SjjJH 203 2US Coat Tob pfd SOO 115 lin l113 General Electric 100 170Vi 175 171Vi hockIng Coal 3000 1L 18 t 18 Inlfrnl Paper GOO lOVi IGA lC > i prfcrred 70 lntern1 Power Ki National Biscuit 4 < A National Lead 700 2C 25 t 25 North American 200 111 110 110 Poe Coast 5 Pac Mall 100 37 37 U7 Peoples Gus 1200 1CO 9O3 i 11L Pressed Steel Car 7CO G75fi 57 57 prcforred 40 WA CO 00 Pullman Pal Car 2 1 Republic Steel SX > U5J1 1514 13 4 preferred LOO 75 7C 74ii Stuor 21003 1JSU I20 i lai Tenn C Iron 1300 SAV 1 W r3L Union B P Co 1JDO rJd 1SV1 12 profnrrcil 73i U S Leather 3100 1111 11 jift preferred 400 87 44 fc SJJ U S Rubber 100 1C 16 15 preferred ie U 3 Stwl 358Vt 32it 31W 31U profirrcd 18JO Sj J S0 Si Western Union 900 Sail 7j b7 Amer Loco lHO 2t 2tV4 2fii preferred 400 12 914k flU K C Southern 1EOO 29 l Sfldi 2v Z ptfforrud 800 < BSZt K flA r > r Alr T l l 1C Orjl < 44M O T Island 162CO Rock asv ff preferred 8JOO 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