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Show 0 WEEK ON ILL STREET BOURSE f t week Marked by Extreme ; jusumo and Forecast 0f Better Days. Feb. 27. Today's stock T, Smost Idlo and the drift of uuess in the extreme and to-?Jmcar.t. to-?Jmcar.t. Yesterday's set-back -Sblch occurred on Thursday 2ie trader, from attempting and today's traainc Indl-L Indl-L the market Is awaiting some yt t to Kive an lnltiaUvo to 2 St Umt another decision .t ainremo court Is imminent. lte, r'JnP in , tho Northern Securl-i'S,,'?o Securl-i'S,,'?o b Handed down, ag-uness. ag-uness. Tho beginning of jtho auune ettlement is an- a waiting attitude In tho -nrXot Tho Lbndon market e,S stagnant in response to TC Pennsylvania's responso ici" report was an advance of fAine closed unchanged In .rtavy decrease in tV net ! January The bank state- 1 (Ej ? larger gain in cash than fif the preliminary estimates. sentiment would bo more ere there evidence of a more t(i!r money in business. Tho was not clearly cx-8 cx-8 .JS bv a report that some of Sf?fouo banks have Intimated L&s their disinclination to ;co?Cfts at a 2 per cent basis. rfS almost stagnant but 55 'mal losses. Total sales of value S410.O0O. , , of tho stock market during Ms been hesitating and irrog-srai"s irrog-srai"s s"'mrn covcr' serving tticts back almost exactly to iiylcft off on Saturday last. ?ffectlner values have not pcr-fdSS. pcr-fdSS. tho influences which prices remaining In force. ftTt "however has shown signs of SrtoW. and the day-to-day trad-b trad-b fcen keenly allvo to signs that ? in prices had reached a point offset the conditions which It about. Tho borrowing demand is oa the stock exchange showed up of a considerable short ilro demand to cover contracts u ( rcUrf uPn t0 offcct a .U1' 1,1 Vtcnevcr conclusive evidence iKar that the genulno Rolling srtucd so far as to promiso no ifcrther dccllno rreten situation has had a. doml-fh3smco doml-fh3smco upon tho domestic stock i"rcd tho troubled markets abroad terf allvfi tho depression here. It Fttat tho foreign slock markets tr-ipared themselves adequately Wwtbreak of hostllties between Japan, tho continental bourses 'fSfc towing that strong hope was ' '-'ilk to tho outbreak of hostilities, PEKa(ul outcome would bo se-sT'Tt1' se-sT'Tt1' violent decline In tho Rus-,fcytrM Rus-,fcytrM and Government securities )f 5TL-fct!d hi a great volume both in 'fr'nli izi Germany, involved heavy iti forced liquidation In other so-ilvlll so-ilvlll t T'cr which thcro was a readier 'Da telfclns tendency of railroad KM , a lis continued and tho stock ;I T fc inclined to wait for better IH, coalitions for proof of tho con's con-'s cibt tnow blockades and Impaired tUcJency from extreme cold JSi f vt responsible for all declines. tjreisof war over grain rates both - Kia lines and on the trunk lines -fl" ICUJJUL Ul Uil.VK- l.. v. . .... ....... I' ll bitterness of tho competition J.dSLlaj luturo contracts throws sorao ,Sjff5cn the claims of railroad offi-iSswccalldencc offi-iSswccalldencc In tho malntcnunco of TiltV" of traffic fllrjto call is extremely easy, large-imW10 large-imW10 tne almost stagnant stock 1l'a but offerings of tlmo loans ZttZl ktfes less abundant with tho har-JM3 har-JM3 ' ( tho exchango market. Tho O" J fccand for money outside of jfij and railroad borrowinir and off In the volume of bank Sa3 ipct regarded with some mlsglv-25 mlsglv-25 ijosiiblo indications of decreased SJ pstUrlty jkrl market has been dull and ir-Ja ir-Ja f h sympathy with stocks. tfSbtes bonds v.oro unchanged on H YORK BOND LIST. s ; irts....lOlli Man con gold 4s.my 4 ffl iSwup .1 Mex Cen -Is -Ti atJa .105 Mex Cen 1st lnc 13 cjJ, lUip I05fe MftSL -Is ?SVi Kff....l8 MK&lMs Whi l!lluinp... 1321 M K & T L'nds... 77 WPKZ Nat E Mex c -is. 77 40 -3 raup....l07ii N T Cen g 3iAs.. SCV2 I nil SOit N J Cen gen us..l2S& V I "U 3 Sfli North Pac -is.... 102 j .! 01j 100 North Pac 2s.... 70Vi I! OJiyi .. KT N & -W con 4s... U Gis 5s, ..105 Or S I, 4s & Par. 91 fa .i lt in CG!,4 Penn conv 3is.. 95 M ; 0vVs...lCC Reading gen 4s , 90 MB i Ut Sis.. 71k S 1 & X M c 59.113 ii S2 S L, & S F fg 4s SO?; P C s.l(J S L S V ists. . 938!, 1st v i con 75,13H Seaboard A L 4s C5Vj ,! IV CSVi South Pac 4a.... SSVi i f c5s 0 South Ry us U i ILzte'JS Tex & Pao lsta.llu l g U. T S I; & W 4S... 09 1 r"7 t'nton Pac 4s. ...102?; to-'f r , s, l'nlon Pac c 4f).. 91 5 Ii. .... 97V, U S Steel 2nd Ga. 715 j:; i"3 s. 97ij, Wabash Ists 115A .f Dn Wabash deb I.. 09ife jgi. fss, .103 Wis Cen 4s S9 JJI 3.. 6S?i Colo F & I Cs. . 73 m pORK CLOSING STOCKS. S. ils Sales, nigh. Low. Close. fS 7 n p intiwt jtc "25i 113 113 KoV,::::; . . :0.. s 'jSP 3.i lSSfj ids" 13S4 "SKr"- ir.5 IS Irans ? J.., oyA Kl .j.JtL"::::: 3W 19 15 ji ''SjK'""". Pt'V '" u0 ;. g "SiRi"" ? jo" so" 79 t JW 12( 120 12614 U3 'fc lw I&'j IS'- 18 r.'-SgXo1 ' "j& aoiii 101 ;:::8s':" "i p l;i-gSmjTex Hi :KM' ;:::n!v: m S -f SILVER. 4. -f Now Tork ...Kio -f San Francisco SSyic 4. -f London ,..23;td -f 4- LEAD. 4- Now Tork exchange Jl.COTJi.GO 4- 4- COPPER, 4. 4- New York cxchnrigo.....$12.50fJ12.73 4- 4- STOCKS AND BONDS. 4. 4- Dull, irregular. .4. 4- GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. 4- 4- Wheat Active, lower. 4. 4- Corn Active, irregular. - 4- Oats Steady. ' -f 4- Provision Strong to steady. 4- 4- LIVESTOCK.. 4- Cattle Nominal. -f 4- Hogs Active, lower. 4. 4- Sheep Steady. 4. -r- -t--r-"r--r-r-f--r-4--r--f4::l::f4-ir Ont & West , 19 Pennsylvania 2,000 112 11214 112 P C C & St L C5 Reading LOW 39?i 93 r9 lstp referred 7c 2nd preferred 55 Rock Island Co .... 4,900 204 20 20 preferred 000 CO WA 69Vi St L & S F 2nd pfd. 100 41 41 41 St L S West 13 preferred 100 29 2iV-t 29 Southern Pao 2,000 4lk 43'4 43 Southern Ry 500 ISS 184 1& prcfciTcd ... 77 Tex Sz Pac 22V1 TqI St L & W 33V1 prcfciTcd joo 32 J3 32 Union Pac 7.D0O 73i 7i 734 preferred j, SG "VVabaBh 200 17?i 17 17 preferred &00 S3 33 32i w & L Erio .... u& Wisconsin 'Cont .... 100 17 174 17 preferred 200 394i 3I 3S Express Companies-Adams Companies-Adams .... 220 American .... lps United States .'. .... 100 Wells Fargo .... 0G Miscellaneous Amalg Copper S.700 404 41 40 Amor Car & F isi preferred C7 Amcr Cot Oil 1C0 29 29 2S preferred S3 Amcr Ice 300 8 S 7 preferred 2tt 31Vi 31 SOV Amor Lin Oil 9 preferred 26 Amcr Loco ......... 10,000 22 221 22' preferred 73 Amcr S & Rcf 200 47 40?!; 4S preferred .... . .'. "89(4 Amer Sugar Ref .. 700 121 124 123s; Anaconda M Co .... 200 65 65 62' Brooklyn R Tran .. 3,100 39;4 39 S9 Colo F & Iron Con Gas :oo 1S9?1 1S9 ISO Corn Products ' is preferred cs Dlstillcra' Scour's .. 100 23 23 23 Gen Elec 153 Interna Paper n preferred 643 Interna Pump ' 33' preferred 7xit Nut Lend ' 14. North Amer gi Pno Mall 1,500 25 24 24 People's Gas 771, P Steel Car 27 proforred c7 Pullman Pal Car '. 20S Rep'StceP 20) 7 7 7 preferred 42 Rubber Goods .... .... .... 19 preferred 75.1: Tenn C & Iron 34' U S Leather g preferred 77 U S Realty 2V 7 7 7 preferred GOO 49 49 49 U S Rubber .... n preferred KO 4751 471 40 U S Steel 1,600 Hi wH 10 proforred 5,900 55 55 55 Westinghouso Elec. 100 lbS 155 155 West Union 20-) S7 81 Sl Total sales for tho day, 94,000 shares. Silver and Drafts. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27.-Sllvor bars, 5Sc: Moxican dollars, nominal; drafts, sight, 15; drafts, telegraph, 17, Money and Exchange. NEW TORK. Feb. 27. Money on call, nominal, no loans. Time loans, steady: sixty days. 3 per cent; ninety days, 3 per cejit; six months. 4'f4 per cent. Prlmo merenntilo paper, 4aift6 por cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual business bus-iness ln bankers' bills at 54.S6.7G for demand de-mand and at 5I.S3.75 for sixty-days bills. Posted rates, $1 Skg-1.8 and $174.57. Commercial billB, ?l.S3'N.83i Bar silver, 5Sa Mexican dollars, 4Gc Bonds Governments, steady; railroads, irregular. Metal Markets. NEW TORK, Feb. 27. There was only a moderate business reported ln tho local metal markets today with prices continuing contin-uing steady at yesterday's basis with the exception of tin, which ruled rather easy at $27.7oJCS.12 for spot. Copper was quiet at 512.5012.75 for lako and $12.371gl2,C7 for electrolytic and casting. Spelter firm: spot, JS.IO'IJS.IS. Lead. 54. EOS1!. 00. Iron ruled qulot and nominally unchanged. un-changed. Heavy Gain In Specie. NEW TORK. Feb. 27. Another now record for specie and cash gains In tho aggregato was dlHcloscd' ln this wcek'a bank statement. Tho grand total of 3pcclo holdings amounts to 5217.GGL709, which, with legal tenders, swelb tho sum total to $2S9,130,300, an amount far ln excess of all previous high records. |