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Show 1, DULLNESS MARKS )' WALL STREET WEEK General Offishucss Characterizes. Day on Curb and in Pit Resumo j of Week. NEW YORK. April .V-Tha movement of stocks was desultory and sluggish today, and llio trading was dull. Prices weni off In the early market, ow ing to the Impression create! by yesterday's yester-day's trailing that a reaction wns due, and the traders wore Inclined to take There was no sustaining force by the BtrOniTlh of .1 fTV rlnle ml Ierod tho realizing sales of yesterday and Thursday. With this ndvnntago lacking, holders did not seem disposed to press the selling, and the decllno was very moderate. Boforo tho closing the market recovered rather more than ltsi decline and closed strong at small net gains. Tho decllno in the cash holdings of tho banks aroused no misgivings, owing to tho belief that yesterday's receipt of Japanese gold did not Hgurc In tho statement. The expansion expan-sion of the loan account was not unexpected. unex-pected. Although that Horn was carried" to a new high lovel by the amount of the weeks Increase, and a considerable inroad in-road was mad.) in the surplus item, the exlrcmo ease of tho money market makes the growth of tho loan Itnm look healthy. Tlio present condition of monov in New York Is fairly plethoric and arouses some discontent among bankers, who aro quite satisfied to eco further exports of gold. The weok's bank clearances throughout the united States show an Increase over the corresponding week of last yoar for -7 the first tlmo in a long while. Tho growth Jb found in tho flvo largo cities outside of iow ork and Boston, especially the great cotton centers. For all other cities the average is less than last week. Total sales of bonds, par value, S9I0.0O0. The stock market has maintained a considerable degreo of activity and variety varie-ty this week. Occasional reactions and constant irregularity have not detracted hi from tho nnDearanco of strength. The nc- mb Hon of tho market In faco of tho hcavv Mj realizing sales has been an Incentive to a K moro cheerful speculative sentiment Mjt rather than an obstaplo. The pro.lt-tak- Mm- lng has been achloved at small cxpenso of values, and has not Interfered with tho progress of the market bv tho succession to the now points of strongth. Much of tho dealings were supposed to ? lw on behalf of professional operators of a largo class, an dtho occasional largo selling by the same Interests argues a considerable distribution of securities. Tho futuro of tho market would naturally depend on tho extent to which tho dls-trlbution dls-trlbution represents a real digestion of I securities. Whoro the secondary stago of a specu lative advance represents a passing from the hands of strong operators to thoso of small speculators of small resources and timid methods, the advance is soon fol-, fol-, lowed by reaction and letting go of hold- I ings. Tho belief that there has been im- . portant absorption of stocks this week by lnsido interests In various properties, and of an Investment character, has been a strong Influence in maintaining tho firm undertone of tho rrnrket. The improve-i improve-i ment In tho speculative tone of tho mar- ' I "et was duo in tho ilrst place to tho small jOf-" effect produced by various Incidents that Hhl , seemed to he unfavorable to values. V Afi X Tllc successive advances following these vV3B''aeveIopments caused a belief that the bad T "'lii AT lkCWB l"0,1 been already discounted, leav-l leav-l f"m2 lnjf no Prospect of further declines, and V cZls pointing to tho long side of tho market A-Jt ES s the one of advantago for professional fffl operation. Tho strength which followed 31 tho decision of tho Supremo court in tho Northern Securities case was the ilrst MMM Btrlklng demonstration of this tendency mum of tho market. This was followed this Mam week by the reception accorded to tho H. announcement of the appeal to the courts Wj by the Union Paclllc Interests to enforco ffl the return to them of tho Northern Pa- 1, dllc holdings which they hod placed In IIU the Northern Securities merger. Tho 1 ilrst impression suggested by this action j was a reopening of the whole conlllct for 1 1 tho control of tho Northern Pacific, with Mm i the threat of hostile movements botweon 1 the two most powerful groups of capital-1 capital-1 1 Jsts in the country. But prices proceeded II on their upwartl course. This, with tho Hll ' , amicable- conferences reported between . ' many of the capitalists connected with 1 - tho two sides of the controversy lulled OH the apprehension of the public and even HIM aroused the suspicion that undisclosed W j plans and policies might lie behind the MmM i apparent hostilities. One feature of tho HI news, which Is unfavorably regarded Is HI the succession of small bank failures El which comes to hand almost dally Thin 82 H evidence of widespread strain on tho M llnanclal fabric is regarded as dlsqulet- B H The bond market has Improved In spite II of the congestion of the dealings In m United States Steel second 5s, Union Pa-K2HJI Pa-K2HJI clllc conlrovertibles and other seml-spoc-v ulatlvc Ibsuuk I Hj. United Stales 3s registered and tho new I HJ' 4s registered have advanced Vi and tho r 2s and old -Ib i per cent on call during tho I ' NEW YORK BOND LIST. f H "US ref 2s rcg..lOO Man con g -Is ..302'.i L'l Coupon 100 Mex Cont 4s ... WA Mr U S 3s icg 100 1st lnc 13& r 3 Coupon 107 Minn & St L -Is. 05'A I 1 U S n 4s reg ..133 Mo K & T -Is .. WTf, r Coupon 130 2s 7SA ' ill u s ', is reg..lOZ; Nat 11 R of Mex HI Coupon 307 con -la 71 HI Atchison gen -Is 99','j' NYC gen 3,ss.. 901& Hi ndjst 4s 00 N J C gen 5s....32SlI K Atlantic C L. 4s. 93 Nor Pac 4s 103i Mi B 6z Ohio Is ...1(0 3s .' rzVk W' 3V:s CM Norf o 4s.. 07-'- C of Georgia Cs.107 O S I, 4s & p .. 83' ! 1st lnc , . C3 Pcnn con 3tiS oo'A ' C & Ohio 4Vi ..Vf2K Reading gen Is. 07 " M Oft Alton 3',4s.. 7676 St L, Si r M c 5s.ll2'A ' C B & Q n 4s.. 91W St L&SF fg Is 82',I c M 8s S V g4s.l0S St L S W Is ... 93 C N W c 7S..123W Seaboard A L Is 67?i ( C R I & P 4s .. 721b So Pac 4s IHJ col 5s ..... ...SI I So Rv os 1131; M C CC&SL gls.100' Tex & Pac Is ..117U Chic Term 4s . . SO I T St L & W 4s. CS'A II Colo & So 4s ... Si5 conv 4s fflil II & KG OSU'U S Steel 2nd 5s 78 ILi i I-rlo p lien 4s .. '."7i AVabnsh Is .. ..117 PI , Ken 4s SG& Deb B 02 m Iloek Vol 4's ..103 Is ... SVt. 'M V w Jfe D C Is.-lOG hvis Cent Is ... sr L & N uni 4s .. S54 Colo P & 1 CsN 71 I CLOSING STOCK JVIST. H , , , Sales. High. Low. CIoho I Atchison lb',100 71' 7 74?i HJI preferred 3 &( oi in HI Bait Si Ohio 2, GOO SliB S0i XI J ".-f"rrcd 1" "':1,,,t'n,p'ie m iic no" iii J i fiitial of N J irS J (''i'3 & Ohio 1,9 32;(. 02 32"i CM fc Alton 1W SS zi K J preferred ' so HJ Chl & (?reat AVcst. 2,iVX) 17A lCi 17 HJ O-jl & Northwest... ICO :71i ITlVi 371 , Cbl M & St P 2.050 1lft llS-ii UW J preferred . --iiT. HJ Chl Term & T If" HJ ir. f.-rrtd GOO 20 2P 20'.', I C C it St j I; ...f 75 J HJ Coin Hoiithern -v HJ 1st preferred ., 53 IHJ 2nd preferred .... 200 2Ti''L 2-ii- s H Del & Hudson . 100 152& 152"T W. Del Jj &: VTcbi i; H Den & Rio G 2iy. HJI preferred 7ji? MM, Erie 2,' 2fli 2tft NvJ HH lf.t piefcrred 1,4(0 (Kli OPi ttlli HHHr 21 preferred " 100 42U 42M 4' f Hocking Valley fl MU preferred prt s5y HJI Illinois Central .... 3J iSOfi 130'. HJI lowa Central ICO i'JVt iv juit MM preferred , .... HH K a Southern 39 HI preferred .... , 3Gia ifuln & Nash 1,000 J09VS 1(0 vJj m Mardiatlan L , 1,40 livj H3'I MKT "f IMIbbBI I SILVER. 4- I 4- New York 539ic 4- -f San Francisco 53?lc 4- 4- London 24 13-16d 4- ' DEAD. 4- I'Tew York exchange S4.603M.G5 -f COPPER. , 4- New York exchango .$12.871713.12 4-4- STOCKS AND BONDS. 4- 4- Railroads irregular; Governments 4-4- steady. 4. 4- GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. 4-4- Wheat Active, higher. 4-4- Corn I-lrm. 4-4- Oats Weak. 4--f- Provisions Steady. 4-4- LIVE STOCK. 4 4- Cattle Nominal. 4-4- Hogs Active, higher. 4- Sheep Steady. 4- 4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 4-4-4- 4-4- Mct Securities 500 Slvi SO Mot Su-eot Uy C.400 117 114H 117 Minn it St' L , 47 M St P z S Ste M 01 preferred 119 Missouri Pac 3,200 94U P3? WA Mo K & Toxas 17 preferred 39',tj N R of Mcx pfd , .... 37 N Y Contral 000 117',t llCVt 117A Norfolk & "West.... 300 K) 6SVi K preferred 8S . Ontario & West.... 200 ' 2l-"JJ. 21Vi 21 Pennsylvania 9,200 HO'i llSfe llVy P C C & St Li 1 01 Reading C.SOO 45 44Vi 44Ti 1st preferred 7Sli 2nd preferred K& Rock Island Co .... C.C00 21 23; 21 preferred 400 00 c.i-; CGTa St D & S V 2d pfd. 300 47 47 47 St L Southwest 14 preferred 200 34Vj S4Vi 24i Southern Pac My. 49 COi Southern Ry 700 224 22A 22 preferred 100 1 Soft 55" J Texas & Pac ICO 2l?i 2451 24 T St L & West 200 2.-.yt 25U 2Bi preferrcfl ICO 37 37 8U Union Pao 21,700 S7',i S6T3 bi preferred fX 92'a 92 924. Wabash 19& proferrcd 0(0 '."Stl 37 3S Wheel & D E 400 17'j 17j 17 Wis Central , ISVi preferred 41 Express Cos-Adams Cos-Adams .... 224 American 110 United States 107 Wells-Fargo " 201 Miscellaneous Amalg Copper 2,700 51 5HJ r.1 Aaior Car & F 19 preferred '. 73 Amcr Cot Oil 291 lreferrcd SS American Ico 300 Vi 'Vl A preferred .... 3C0 2S 2S 2S Amer Unseed Oil.. 300 S S S preferred 2S Amer Loco 21vi preferred 1(0 S2 82?4 S2 Amer Sm Sz Ref... 200 15 4S?i 4S proferrcd COO 93 S3 92 Amcr Sugar Ref... 700 127 120 127 Anaconda M Co.... 100 7S 7S 7S Brooklyn R T 35,700 40 4 Mi 40 Colo F & Iron MO 32i 3191 3 Cons Gas 2,90) 2011 2(0 201 Corn Products 2C0 13 13 13 preferred 70 Distillers Secur's .. 000 22 21?i. 22 General Elcctrio .. KO 163 163 103 Intern'l Paper 11 preferred OVll Intern'l Pump .'. 55 preferred 77 National Load 200 15 151 35 North American SI Pac Mail 2S People's Gas 11,100 90 90 Pressed Steel Car 2951 preferred 71 Pullman Pal Car 200 Republic Steel V 7 preferred SCO 47 47 40 Rubber Goods 300 19 19 1911 preferred 77 Tenn C & Iron 200 59 -V) V S Leather COO 7 7 0 preferred 7S tt c- rnnw.. .-vi f.r ex' j j "vuiij r.-j i-llt 'J l rii preferred lt EC 50 Ki U S Rubbor 2CO 13 13TJ 33i preferred 400 M D9 G9 U S Steel 1,700 11 11 11 Droferrcd 13.S0O Clfi 01 01 Wesllnghouso Elcc 101 Western Union .... 300 SO ?9 SS Nor Securities 9S Total sales for tlic day, 154,100 shares. Silver and Drafts. SAN FRANCISCO, April 9. Silver bars, 6391c Mexican dollars, nominal Drafte-Slght, 12; telegraph, 15. Metal Markets. NEW YORK, April 9. All metals were steady today, without new feature. Tho volumo of business transacted was small and chiefly for nearby wants. Copper ruled quiet: Lake. J13.2Sf13.fO; electrolytic, S13.12st13.25; masting, ?12.S7 U 13.12. Tin On spot. S2S.03S2S.30. Load-Spot, U.Wi'S to. Spelter t0.23Tja. 30 3ron Quiet and nominally unchanged. Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, April D.-Todny's statement state-ment of tho treasury balances In tho general gen-eral fund, exclusive of tho $150,000,000 gold reserve In tho division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance, $220,875.-3G2. $220,875.-3G2. Gold. 3120,823,515. Bank Statement. NEW YORK. April 0. The statement of averages of tho clearlng-houso banks of this city for the week shows: Loans $1,015,503,000 Increase 15,825,900 Deposits l,0S3,512,SCO Increase 10,143,40) Circulation 35,022 $00 Decrease 1.257.200 Legal tenders 71,193,200 Docreaso '. 514,100 Spcclo , ... ....... 223,101,400 Decrease- ; 2SS.700 Reserve 294,294.000 Dccrcaso . S90.SO0 Reserve required 172,23$,2fO Increase 4,935,850 Surplys '. 22.910,100 Decrease 4,S3S,G50 Ex. U. S. deposits K,940,7W Decrease 4,Jf5,l0 Money and Exchange. NEAV YORK, April 9. Closo: Money on call nominal; no loans; tlmo loans eusy; CO days, 2 per cent; 0 days, 2ip.'J per cent; six monthH, 34171 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4fjl per cent. Sterling Ster-ling exchange steady, with actual busl-ncim busl-ncim In bankers' bills at J I.S7.35T4.S7.40 for demand and at ri.S4.Sft?i'4.SI3 for 00-day bills. Posted rates, y4.S5 and $4.$8. Commercial Com-mercial bills, ?1.84XM.S4. Mexican dollars. dol-lars. 43c. Bonds Governments asv; ndl-roads ndl-roads irregulor. Live Stock. CHICAGO. CHICAGO, April 9.-CntlIc Rccolpts, 500; market nominal; good to prime steers, .iAo'ih: poor to medium, ?3.75S5.CO; stockers and feeders, $2.7554.25; cows, F-.00 5'l -5; heifers, 32.25.25: cannors, S2.CJT 2.fO; bull3, i2.234.10: calves, J2XOSu'0' Texas fed btccre, $l.(OQl.C0. Hogs Receipts 600. Monday, 2S,(00-Itft 2S,(00-Itft over, CSOl; market sleady; mixed and butehors', I.C-45.32; good to choice heavy, ?5.10T(f.30; rough heavy, J4.9fHi5.io: light, 34. 755(5.10: bulk of ealcs, f 1. 9535.10. Sheop ltecelpts. SjOO; nnukot stendv lambs, Hteady; good to choice wothors, Jl'75 ((i'5.C5: fair to choice inived, $1,001! 1.50; Western sheep, $l.3o-'sr5.15; native lamb3. 51.C033.tO; Western lainba, i5.500.25. OMAHA. SOUTH OMAHA, Aprll 9.-Cattte Receipts Re-ceipts 1(0; market nominally, unchanjed, Hogs Receipts 32.00; market 0c higher; heavy, 34.95S5.05; mixed, Si.i21f 1.90; light, $4.9035.00; pigs, $I.003'I.SO; bulk of sales. JI.93S(6.00. Shcop Receipts 100; market steady; Westerns, $4.7535.30: wethers, fl.CO 35.25: owes, $4.2535.10; common and stockers, stock-ers, 53.0O31.S5; lambs, 55.0035.90. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CITY, April 9.-Cattle-Re-celpts ICO; market unchanged. Hogs Receipts 2000, market steady; bulk of sales. $1.9335.05; heavy. J5.0O3G.10; pack-era, pack-era, $4.933 5.00; pigs and lights, 11.2533.00. Sheep Receipts, none; market nominally steady; muttons, $4.5035.30; lambs, J5.25W 5.P0; rungo wothers, $5,0035.35; ewes, yj.503 0.00. Butter, Eggs and Sugar. NEW YORK, April 9. Butter quiet; creamery, 15(23c; State dairy, l&ffiOc Eggs Strong; Western firsts, 17Hc; Western storago selections, ISc. Sugar Raw. quiet; fair raining, 3 fi-32c; contrlfugal. 9C-test. 3y-3 21-C2c; molasses sugar. 2 2fl-32o; refined is quiet: crushed, 55.40: powdored, ?4.80; granulated, $4.70. I New York Cotton NEW YORK, April 9. Tho cotton mar-kot mar-kot opened easy at a decllno of 4 points to an avcrag.i of 3 points. Trading was exceedingly quiet, prices after declining .c to 7 points showing little tendency either way. Cotton Futures. NEW YORK, April 9.-Cotton futures opened stcudy.'May, Jli.78; June (offered), "v 511.90; July, $15.00; August, 514.40; September. Sep-tember. 512.80; Octobor, 41210. Cotton futures closed qulot. AprIL 51I.5S: May, 514.71: June, 514.87; July, $14.97; August, Au-gust, $11.42; September, $12.75; October, Spot cotton closed quiet; middling up-lands, up-lands, $10.00; middling gulf. $15.25. Sales, ISO bales. 1 Grnin and Provisions. CHICAGO, April 9. Warmer tOmpera-turo tOmpera-turo officially predicted for Kansas and Nebraska was tho potent lnfluonco In the wheat mnrkot. Tho effect was a net loss of l'4c In tho July delivery. Higher prices at Liverpool Imparted firmness to wheat here at tho opening, lrcezlng weather in Kansas also brought out somo buying orders. Initial quotations on July were a shado to Uac higher at $7 to SSc. bontlmont in tho pit, however, soon turned bearish, tho prevailing opinion be- 1 f ,at 11,0 ra,n and snow which wero delnylng farm operations In tho Northwest North-west wero of sufficient benefit to winter wheat to moro than offset any probablo decrease in acroago of spring wheat. At tho samo timo tho weather bureau forecasted fore-casted warmer weather for Kansas and Nebraska. This caused additional selling, and In tho absence of any material support sup-port tho markot became weak. Tho volumo vol-umo of business was comparatively light, tho market being inclined to develop into a waiting afTalr pending tho iosuanco of tho Government crop report, duo Monday. Mon-day. Intimations that the figures would show a moro favorable condition of tho crop than generally anticipated increased the bearish tendoncy. Prices steadily declined de-clined throughout tho day, tho close being be-ing practically at the low point. After touching 8dc. July closed at S03SGc. May ranged between 94i and 95'-c, and closed at 9-lUc. Infiuoncod by steady cables, by firmness firm-ness In wheat and by unfavorable weather, weath-er, tho corn market was firm, with a short timo early in tho day. Tho weather weath-er forecast, howevor, was for clear skies. Little- support from the big bull trader was In evidence tho buying being mainly by shorts. Tho cloaa was weak, July u 1 lower at 51S61c, j Oats ruled weak. July closed at CHic a loss of c Tho trend In provisions resembled tho , action of tho grain markets. Opening prices wero a trifle higher on a fair demand, de-mand, but offerings were moro libcrtl than tho demand. Tbo closo was weak ',lth.,!ll.'J0c,lowor: Iard "as or 20c, and ribs 22'525o lower. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. r,t,cl" Pen. Higlu Low. Close. Wheat No. 2 May MVj poi juK ?i4 Ju y (old) S9 9 K7$I 85 July (now) SS 8S SC 80 Sept. (old) 52 82 81 61 Corn, No. 2 Mav '"I 54 53 WW Jul-Y ; 51 51 51 LIU September .... .. 50)1 EO-1L 50 L0l Oats, No. 2 3Wi 3S K 3S July S?i 3S?i 37--Ji S7?i Scptcmler 31 02-vv 32 3 Mess Pork Iny 12.82 12.82 12.45 32.50 J"Iy i 12.97 13.(0 32.0") 32.07 Lard My C.77 0.77 0.52 0.55 J"'y C.92 0.92 C.070.72 Short Ribs Mfjy 0.07' G.70 C.S5 0.45 July 0.85 C.S7 0.52 C.02 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations wero as follows: Flour, dull and easy; winter patents, $4.8035.00; stralghLs, $4,50gM.'0; spring patents, 54.403) 4.70; straights, $4. 003-1. 20; bakers'. $3.003 3.50; No. 2 spring wheat. 90398c; No 3. S3 (595c; No. 2 red. 97c3il.(0: No. 2 corn, 033 Kwic; No. 2 yellow. 53Vi3'53o; No. 2 oats 3Sc; No. 3 white. 39fll2y,c; No. ryo. OSc; good feeding barley, 3533So; fair to cholco malting, 443'55c; No. 1 flax Beed. $1.09; No. 1 Northwestern. $L1C; prlmo timothy seed, $2.90; mess pork, per barrel, 512.50312.02: lard, por 100 pounds, $0.5236.55; short ribs sides (looso). JG.2530.37; short clear sides (boxed). 57.0037.25; whisky, basis of higli wines, $1.2$; clover, contract grade, 511.W). RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Articles Recptu. Shir Flour, barrels 24,5(0 .14,200 Wheat, bushels 22,900 40 SCO Com, bushels 140,700 CSicoO Oats, bushels 111,900 120 200 Rye, bushels 4.900 9 -ltO Barley, bushols 43,1(0 40,400 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On the produce exchango today tho butter but-ter aiarkot was atoady; creamery, 14324c dairy, 12(?21o: eggs, firm, liAlQTte: checso, woak. gilOic Coast Qrnin. SAX FRANCISCO, April 9. Wheat Qulot but stoady; May, $3.33; December. $1.33. Barloy Quiet but atoouy; May, $1.09 asked, December, 99?ic. |