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Show jJL Continues to ?:?rl( Wall Street. ARE HOLDING BACK !lWbr They Aro Walt-frThat Walt-frThat Something. EfcOhio Shares Thrown on ,Fifttasb Suffers. hL- Feb. lS.-The stock mar-SJifto mar-SJifto swpiatlon In the course Siwiw wwilHnP"9" of the pro-Jl"; pro-Jl"; urday was a striking &F,74 rlsid lirulUtlons upon the -SErf tte current market. Even Tm, ', few ami limited, and this YlC'-ed as the common ox-BKtt ox-BKtt Immobility o tho mar-IKfHseffbat mar-IKfHseffbat remarkable, how-Hfc.- an occasional spurt of s!mV$ execution of orders for ttocla seem equally wlth- ffcwCtohU3 suggested that ScMlona eharc In the mat-tm mat-tm &rctd by somo more ac-jf-Bi .Ufni forces, with n pur-'7L' pur-'7L' $ iartct in stable cqulll-HSir cqulll-HSir the working out of other financial world. Cer- 'itWns Bothinc m today's ,nc,ws SSfLnt over the outlook for-fmSva for-fmSva of tho selling: was ill -r, that tho traders wore tSMl d-ctinea In prices, as they 6 .Vivco to bo toward the nd-;i4yar nd-;i4yar and Tuesday iff, ,V tthlch some very laree of- Waidm" re & Ohl and r Penn-.mli Penn-.mli absorbed at the ppenlncr IJHiiri'r that may have lntlml-iXiu: lntlml-iXiu: element This sell ng was SMmuiht accurate knowledtro that '4idvarice toward a settlement imij.pennsylvanla conflict had 5ilkL Wabash preferred waa also M Another snowstorm cave rjMli farther Impairment of rall-ml'rirt rall-ml'rirt a kind of which tho Bal- Si1 January statement was n. iuKt example, with Its decrease ttt.,rt 0 J.S5.CC0 from the pre- . jHK Steel preferred showed the Sldtii more confident tone of S-lfcLinies over tho outlook. Amal-iJBft?;r Amal-iJBft?;r suffered from the re-copper re-copper litigation In the New ,,7i Foreign Influences were dc--hltho actual transactions for "aKct were on an Insignificant ilraipproach of tho tlmo for rc-2;tl9 rc-2;tl9 Supremo court at Wash-i Wash-i JBaJto possibility of an early dell de-ll 1H & Northern Securities case In WW repressive Influence upon the MM A Hsht recovery late In the BfHptUciilly all lo9t, and tho clos-Bfjiut clos-Bfjiut at about the lowest. HBtC! dull and heavy. Total sales. HHk JLtfMOJ. United States bond HHftaftd on call. HeTT YORK BOND LIST. HH)re;...10SVi L. &. N. u. 4s ... 93 WWi VA) M. c g. -Is 103 YiWW" Hcs. Con. 4s.... 6-1 II Mel IK 1st Inc. 12 AA lirtr. .lX-'i M. : St, L. 4s.. OS V) : 13 M., K. & T. -Is... 97 Pjf h,.W7 2nds 77i PjS i....157 Mex. Nat. c. 4s.. 71 l (. ts, Mi X Y. C. p. 3s. . 07V W i . Sift N J C. cr. 5s.. .13 .1 t 9?i N Pac. -Is 1021 Tit iti. ...ioivi 2s mi 1 V M N W. c. 4s .. 97; Cl5j...lci 0 S. L. Is & p.. 71H - ... 70 Pcnn, c. 34s. .. 0o fit.. .103. Reading p. -Is.... ; fc... . 7 SL L & I. Mt (J ; :Q.t Is K consol 5s 112 M I St P, St. L. & S. F. rt iff. e. 7s.l3H St L. S. W. lets 03 ,S L4P. Is CS S A. L. 4s GS t ,- BJi S. Pac 4s S5 wt St S. Rallwr.y to....us J3 li. .. 7i T. & P. lsts 11G "3 T , S. Li. & W. 4a W .KU U. Pac. 4s 112y, I lj- .. y, conv. 4s K V. S. S. 2nd 5s.. 72 ijg pu... 97 Wabash lata ....110 - ' S3H deb. B CIVi D. C. W & L. B. 43.... S9 . iM Wis, Cen. 4s ... SDi Ct!.lCi3 Colo. F. C. Cs 70 CLOSING STOCKS. ; Bales High. Low. Close, 'j 10,700 W'i 6& C6?i . . & mi Eovi s3v; .. . 2.M0 76ii 75 76 S7 3- 2.M0 US 115 llri ?J" 155 S lV 15ii 15U 15U y . 163 135& 139 13 . :::: :::: 1790u . m vs io iou 1; ioo w ig 10 ' 5 WO G3 K 6214 iTl u ' - 1Sj0 22ii K'Ji 22 Hua.. wo 1M 1E9- t 2C) w" -W 0 20 20 11,1(0 i'l'a 244 24i rfigl' ' 2'4W 41 f!j 7 73 &, Sl lo M 127 127ii 127- M . IS h " 103 W if 20-) S S7 SGl'j 3 8iV W ? CI 5S l!... ., ts- sx K i WVfc 10 15 '.'.if;;" 500 K 2o?i, ufo listi ii4t " ' ' iw W 20' 20fri sl.v, ii4 to 11-1 'nr " s-w? T6 & t5l " W SO SO 70 ft" M 2ia; l'Wr M N;' 100 14 14" ?4 "c at 5t .Jlu- ::: 2fo mf...r m b :3 a?!; LJ M" 31- 3& -f- -- 4- SILVER. 4- New York . ..59ic 4- -f San Francisco .....59,ic -f London 277-16d -f 4- LEAD. -f Now York exchango J4.5O-l.G0 -f 4- COPPER. 4 New York exchango ...$12.621S.00 4 STOCKS AND BONDS. 4 Stocks Irregular; bonds steady. 4 GRAIN AND PROVISIONS, l -f "U'heat Active, higher. -f 4 Corn Steady, higher. 4- Orlts Nervous, but higher. 4. 4 Provisions Active, steady. 4 LIVE STOCK. 4 Cattle Sternly. 4 Hogs Firm, higher. 4 Sheei Steady, higher. 444-4-44-444-4-4-44-4444 Union Pac . U.ECO 771 J "Gl 77 preferred 100 S3 S9V.- S "Wabash 100 1S'.4 1S4 1SV1 preferred 1,70) 35 3iu. W & L E 14 Wisconsin Cen .... 100 18 1S IS preferred 100 41& U-Ti 41 Express Cos Adams 220 American 190 United States .... 105 AVolIe Fargo 210 Miscellaneous Amaltramntcd Cop. 4SU 47 47?L Am Car & Found.. 200 19 19 19 preferred CS; Am Cotton Oil 29 preferred 6S Am Ice 200 SVi Sli SVi preferred BOO 31 30 31 Am Linseed Oil .... 200 9 0 9& profcrred 27 Am Locomotlvo ... 2,900 22 21vfc 22 preferred , 78 A S & R 47 preferred 100 91 91 91 Am Sugar 3,500 124"4 121 124 Anaconda Mining Gl Brooklyn R T S90 A2M 413i 42 Colorado P & I.... 100 30 30 00 Con Gas 2.20O 193v. 192',i 192 Corn Products 2(0 1S 1S 18 profcrred 70 Distlllcra' Sec 2311 Gen Electric 500 1G5 1G5 1(5 lntem'l Paper 11 preferred 1G0 53 65 Go Intcrna'l Pump 33 preferred 71 National Lead 1 15 North Am 81 Pacific Mall 4M 27 27 27 People's Gas 900 PS?, 9S',i 93 Pressed Steel Car 200 29 29 29 preferred C9 Pullman Palaco 210 " Republic Steel 100 Tvi 7 7 preferred 100 44 44 43 Rubber Goods 17 preferred 4 .... 76 Tenn C & I G(0 37,i 364 Mil U S Leather 100 7 7 7 preferred 4(0 76 76 76 U S Realty 714 preferred B3 U S Rubber ui preferred 47 U S Steel 4,300 11 11 11 rrrcferrcd 14.100 E7'4 65 55 "Westlnghouse Elec. 100 1G0 lfiO 1G9 Western Union 1(0 S7v SV& S7S Northern Sec S9 Total sles. 224,400. Silver and Drafts. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 18 Sliver bars. 591dc. Drafts-Sight. 12; telegraph, 15. Money and Exchange. NEW YORK, Fob. 18. Money on call steady. 1J1 por cent; closing bid 1 per cent; offered at 1 per cent. Time loans, steady; sixty and ninety days, 33j4 per cent; six months. 4JT4 por cent Prime mercantile paper, 4G5i per cent. Rtrllntr v.-.hcrt strnnnr. rvlth nrtnnl business In bankers' bills at $4 .85. SO J? 4.55,85 for demand and at ?4.82.SOfj4.S2.S5 for sixty-day bills Posted rates, J4.S3'ff4.S4 and S4.S5. Commercial bills, $4.S2fr4,S2?i. Bar silver, D9Hc. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Fob, IS. Spot tin advanced ad-vanced 16s ln London to 126 5s, and futures fu-tures wcro 17s Cd higher at 123 10s. Hero tin cased off In splto of tho foreign gains, closing qulot at $2S.45 bid for spot. Copper was steady-In the local market, with lako quoted at $12,G2$713.00 and clcc-trolvtlc clcc-trolvtlc and casting at $12.37ft12.62U. in London copper was Gs lower at 5G 15s for spot and 7s 6d lower at 5G for futures. Lead was steady and unchanged hero at 5-l.001f-l.eO, but declined Is 3d to 11 Is Sd ln London. ,PMrP . Spelter was unchanged at J5.OCVfi5.10 In tho local market and at 21 lis Gd ln Lon- dIron closed at EOs 9d in Glasgow, and at 42s 9d In Mlddlcsboro. Locally Iron was quiet and unchanged. No. 1 foundry Northern is qdotcd at $1D.X51G.OO; No. 2 foundry Northern, JH.COID.OO: No. 1 foundry foun-dry Southom and No. 1 foundry Southern soft at $13. 751 1.25. Grain and Provisions. Th" Chicago board will be closed Monday, Mon-day, Washington's birthday. CHICAGO. Feb. IS. Wheat opened Arm on 3trong Liverpool cables. May and July both being up ViC'tfc, respectively. On tho thcorv that the prospects of war complications compli-cations in Europe had been considerably exaggerated traders with bearish proclivities proclivi-ties thought the wheat should be sold on that account. Snow in tho Southwest also brought out selling orders. During tho first half hour the market exhibited a moderato degree of weakness, and May declined to 97c, while July sold off to SSVic. On the decline, however, the demand de-mand bocamo so urffent that tho market readily advanced and prices wero soon above the opening HciircB. Buying after tho early docllne w.13 of a general character, nearly all of tho large houses Liking that side of the market. Domestic news was of an extremely bullish bull-ish nature. Scarcity of good milling wheat was a feature. Prlvato dispatches stated that millers at interior points of Kansas and Oklahoma were paying fancy pnees for hard winter varieties, putting that grado of wheat beyond the reach of exporters. ex-porters. Northwestern advices were of a. similar tenor, Minneapolis reporting that black, amutt samples sold for f ajnoji. bushel. Tho seaboard reported the foreign for-eign situntlon even stronger than yesterday yester-day With such a suite of affairs prices encountered llttlo opposition In the upward course, Late ln the day May sold to with, in ire of tho dollar mark, touching 99o twice during the last few minutes of trad- s&V&ra sssr ar - Slinncapo la. Duluth and Chicago reported ?ecclpisPof 299 cars, ngalnut 241 cars Inst wfloi- nnd 177 car3 a year a;o. Corn had about the same experience as wheat, fluctuations being sharp and aud- n with the speculative feeling a nervous ner-vous ono on account of the foreign situation situa-tion There was a good deal of corn for ffinv nnrt there was an urgent demand LMrteS Aside from tho war tho ImS factor was the scarcity of good n htrcneth of wheat, however, rn' ? S,,?,nc?rt corn prices. Tho open- Mis Ik Hn.ng6oc ism& 5ulv closida Shade higher at ,B3ffWe. Local receipt were 222 cars, six of con- trOalsBwodre nervous and Influenced largely tho action of wheat and.corn. Scnlp-"y Scnlp-"y i?Qi .iViri pr about their own way, but ?n hri lncUned l to trade on donsorva- tines owing to tho uncertainty of the tlvo lines, owing oponlng a shade .for? Muhcr nt 43 to 4lc. May do- 'urBto 13c. but ra-Ulcd again and c ln0 1 i? h ton at 4lc July was un-cKnSed un-cKnSed at Local receipts wore 129 CJVtf.vinir for Investment account and cov-..ertoif cov-..ertoif by wecteUy In Ma: pork. caused firmness In provisions. Thcro was a fair amount of liquidation ln progress the entlro day and at times tho market allowed a tendency to weaken, but actlvo support on tho soft spots resulted in rallies. ral-lies. Tho closo was firm, with May pork up 17-c. at 515.15. May lard was 2c higher high-er at" $7.77. and ribs were 5c higher at $7.25. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Articles. Open. High. Low. Close. S 99 97 9i Julv (old) 90 91 SOU 91 July (new) RSTA 90 SS 90 September (new) Sl Soft S4 85 February B2U f,2 KJi 62 May ..I:. 65 56 55 ES-fl jlrty ; 5SVi 53 53 53 Oats. No. 2- February j jul J... 3934 40 30 39 M?yM.Tf.?"....15.10 15.17 14 95 15.15 ;.; 14.S5 14.97 14.8G 14.97 May"!" 7-'5 7-77 7-70 7 I7 july 7.85 7.9) 7.77 7.70 Short Ribs ,,.. - n- May 1-g Xr i- july 7 35 7-3o (.27 i.3i CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations wero as follows: Flour, firm" No. 3 srlng wheat, S5i?97c; No. 2 red. 9Gn.01; No. 2 corn, Glc; No. 2 jellow. 02c: No. 2 oats, 41Kff42c; No. 3 white 42-13c; No. 2 rye, 73c. good feeding feed-ing barley. 40tNlo; fair to choice malting, iKc, No. flaxseed. 51.11; No. 1 Northwestern. North-western. $1.17; prime timothy seed. 5325; mess PorkT por barrel, 51-I.S7f?15.00; lard, nr hundred pounds. 57.G5iT.67: short rib sides (loose). JG.S7'S'7.00; dry salted shoulders shoul-ders (boxed). 12c. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Article.. Rccps. Ships. cVrnf'bushels 1W.JC0 203.500 Oats, bushels 19,000 s.ow Rye. bushelu IiIiaOO Barley, bushels 8.4(0 S.700 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On tho produce exchange today tho butter but-ter market was firm; creams. 151iC5c. Eces. firm at mark, cases Included, 27 2SC. Cheese, firm. I0tfl0?ic New York Cotton. NEW YORK, Feb. IS. The cotton market mar-ket opened at an advance of Oft? points on tho old crop months, whllo the new crop |