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Show tjjjfrck Market J Is Colorless SP Grold Shipments Announced jjiad Many Small Dealings Mark the Dny's Transactions. aEW YORK, April 23. Today's stock Wjjrket was colorless and Inconclusive. jSTsroall dealings wero transacted at lJe varLitlon In prices and news dc-r,0'pmcnt3 dc-r,0'pmcnt3 wero ignored and "were jjftiout power to move the market. The Hj'figemcnt of J4.COO.003 In gold for HtSjncnt Iarla on Tuesday was an-UtirKccd, an-UtirKccd, and probable further shlp-rijjpits shlp-rijjpits on that date were outlined. The k$FRture of the contTac'- of 8a'e oC t10 foama canal brings the arrangement tcsithe payments Into the immediate jjQjf of the exchange market It is bo--d Uiat an accumulation of ex- "Sngo bills with tho demand for the Moment in view has been absorbed i, Sffn, owing to the high price at which xcAkngc has ruled slnco the various It-i'gponemrntH of the payments were ' iOfcp. offering a prollt to those who 14 fcjfaccumulated the bills. It is evl-.. evl-.. 3it that in the present condition of re(exchangc market gold la the cheap-jjTfonn cheap-jjTfonn of remittance, and it would H'f-caUB0 HUrPri8e if the total 510.000,- Stfejlto be paid to French stockholders 4Jjlil go out in gold. The bank statc-jit statc-jit showf how money continues to jfemulato here, and explains the easy l;jward movement of gold. The ple- flOrlc Inllow of money does not carry , taJndpx of wholesome business actlvl-iijsnd actlvl-iijsnd Is not a favorable Influence on WJstock market. The moderato loan iTinsion shows that corporation nolo io?fies nflV0 not UCPn "ado on a large fcJgJb this week. Wall street expectu ijfjrc of these Issues, however, andfru- fcjir today was busy with two of the ; (T,we railroad corporations, one east r-SUfllfone west, which are expected to Jiiext In the field with large tem-jTHry tem-jTHry loans. Totai sales of bonds, par value, ld;(vJlO,000. Irf.Ho growing dullness of the opera-iiJtini opera-iiJtini In stocks this week has not recited re-cited in any loss of ground so far as ""rjjees are concerned. There were oc-Hitlibnal oc-Hitlibnal recessions, which were made i'jJIs the sentiment of tho traders va-!,iHro,n va-!,iHro,n dav to day, or as their oper-ijions oper-ijions on one side of the market, prov-i'L,Junsuccessful. prov-i'L,Junsuccessful. were followed by the 'tiding up of small speculative con-rtriws. con-rtriws. The neglect of the market is 5iely attributed by the public opinion ijthe street to the prospect of longs' long-s' yiwn-out litigation over the question r eejthc manner of distributing the ns-Utfijjof ns-Utfijjof the Northern Securities com-Jy. com-Jy. But It may be questioned wheth-jother wheth-jother and deeper lying causes are Jftbehlnd the hesitation shown in tho jcLritles markets both here and jsjpad. The condition which is com-P:Sjto com-P:Sjto all of them is the plethoric con-WjSlon con-WjSlon which has developed in the il6ey markets and the backwardness Jjpltal about taking Ilxed lodgement investments. cttoncy on call and ordinary time ans are in redundant supply, with slack demand, while railroad and iiatwratlon notes running from one to V0iie years command a high rate of -jlirest in our own market, and capital -sies In other form are withheld for EwftTpf an absorptive, demand. Govern- j5 Issues Jn London and Paris havo iQjvIth an Improved reception within iilfeek past, but the rate at which they lpU been issued does not Indicate a nWmarket for even these hlgh-grado Mltles. The placing of these Issues J,lS:epted as a symptom, however, of BSible breaking of the deadlock. So Jjfie offer of J37.O00.OO0 of New York rtf,tfi00,l(l9 which is moro than twice vToeSjK'ge m was ever before offered at SKSfckrl3 has foreshadowed the issue of 'Jusslan loan at that point, and ru-of ru-of French subscriptions to such (fcn have Decome more defined ns the I (jMBcl progressed. ntiSSi'9 evident that war expenditures isttWa considerable part In the present -jkndancv In the money markets, Tho .fctfw of Japanese gold to our own - ket is a cas- In point, and the shlp-vl shlp-vl llr S,d f,om New York to Paris "iw a tne aUDI),y 10 tliat market. The I trf shipments are supposed to be re-'oc? re-'oc? 0C(:s "Against the Japanese gold, 't& tja;mcnt of Japanese obligations Jn j If tpu by that loute ofTering advantage i&A Jothors by reason of the free trans-.jjBon trans-.jjBon by telegraph across this contl-t"3lallowed contl-t"3lallowed by the Government. Tho Sjctln of Uie bank of England dls-rfct dls-rfct rate from Zhi to 3 per cent this kfollowlng a similar reduction last fjd;) V marks the assurance felt by tho Ji Ion money market In face of the -Wy nued bidding for gold by Paris. Be-the Be-the outflow of Jauanese gold In the tig fcy market It Is reported that Rus-balances Rus-balances In the banks of western jnv pe have been largely drawn down rr f,the outbreak of tho war and pre-f.b,y pre-f.b,y disbursed in the money mar-"Anothc mar-"Anothc r factor la the money mar- :hat is receiving Increasing atton-Is atton-Is tho growing supply of new gold, f from the Transvaal and from iea, with the prospect of a still er Increase In tho rato of produc-i produc-i by supplying labor requirements in In Rand. How far or how soon this I prove to Influence the measure of , I fiand the rate of Interest is a prob-) prob-) that may enter Into the hesitation :l klug fixed forms for long periods ipianlfested by capital in nearly all J,: fc bond market has been dull and ptsh and has moved conformably to fck market. 2'h and the old A's have declined o the 3's have advanced U and v 1 a 75 on call during the week. CLOSING STOCK LIST. Sales. High. Low. Close 2,000 wi 73W gf cfcrSd10 " 4 0SlfrrlOn 1W H K s'4 IS n wSX : J1 irfrr&cdP. irj" M-JKa11'"" 18 BpS-!::::: J !! Is f SSI?"0"""-" K to'4 Jgfe""-' ew KH, asi. si 1st prrfrrnxl .. . DCO C5U C'i 2nd preferred . . Hoiking Val 2W 713t Ti'-t ls preferred soft llllnola Cent Iowa Cent is preferred 35 Ivan City So 1SV preferred .... ' 25 IxjuIh & Nash 36) losi 103 Manhattan L 100 UV& 1I2V- UV& Met Securitiec ' 7 79 Met St Ity o 3H 1H ' Minn & St L .j; M St P & S S M C1V4 preferrod 117 Missouri Pac 35 sift Ki 9IH Mo Kan & Tex .... Uj 17?; 17 1711 preferred jju Nnt Tt It of Mex profnrrd 00 38ii New York Cent jp; Norf & Went iff) 58 5S preferred &S Ont & West ;. 10) 2114 21 21 Ponnaylvanla -J.7&) 117 1171. 117i PCCaStL ..I. 60 Headlnflr 7(0 AZ -S5 AT 1st proforred 751 2nd proferred C2 Rock Island Co .... M0 28 2?s 2S preferred C3 St L & S F 2nd pfd. HO 4714 471 -t" St L S West ll proferred 100 86 354 23 Southern P&o 1.00) -t,S ASYl Southern Ity 100 21?i 21 21i preferred 300 S5(, 85 0 Tex & Pac , 200 2SV4 2 2i Tol St L & W 200 20H 2S proferred 1.-I0O 3HSi SS 2M Union Pac 6,0 85; Soi SS?i preferred .' S2 Wabash lSvi preferred 000 SOVi 50 SO W & I. Brio CC0 1G 16 1 Wisconsin Cent IS preferred 3C0 -10 40 Express Compnnlos AduniH : .... 221 American ISn United States .107 Wells Fargo 203 MlKccllancous Amalg Copper J.0CO 49 49-'Ji 49Vs Amor Car ic F IS proferred 3C0 72 71 71 Amor Cot Oil proferred S3 Amcr Ico ............ , .... V6 preferred 27 Amor Lin Oil SVt proferred 2SM Amcr Ixico 2CO 19 10 1m preferred 100 Sl',i SIV Amcr S & Ref 4Sl,i preferred 400 03 03 03; Amcr Sugar Rcf .. MO 127 127 127T(, Anaconda M Co 70U Brooklyn R Tran .. 10.3C0 47 45? 47 Colo F & Iron Sl Con Gas 5.CC0 200 20P, 207 Corn Products 13U preferred 70 Distillers' Secura .. 100 22 22 21 Gen 121ec 1W 1GI 1CI 1CT Interna Paper HVl jircfcrrwl C, Interna Pump - 33 preferred .... 71 Nat Lead .... l;i North Amcr .... S3 Pnc Mall 2.T4 Peoplo's Gas .... Jl' P Stool Car 23& preferred - .... .... 71 Pullman Pal Car 212 Rep Steel preferred 30-) 44'i 4-IV4 -i Rubber Goods 300 10 1C 16 preferred 76 Term C & Iron .... GOO S7 S7 37 U S Leather 100 74 74 7ft preferred WO S0 SOU 80 Total Bales for tho day, 71.&O0 shares. NEW YORK BOND LIST. U S ref 2s rog...l05 Manhat c g 4s. ..102 V S ref 2s coup.. 105 Mox Cent 4a C3 U S Ss icg 1WV1 1st Inc 12 U S Ss coup 1074 MJnn & St L4s.. K U S n 4s reg 133 M K & T 4s V3 U S n 4s coup...Lt4 2nds 7S U S old 4s reg.. .107 N R ot Mcx c 4s. 75 U S old 4n coup. 107 N Y C g 3s 9S Atchison gen 43.1CO N J C gen 6s.. ..120 adjustment 4s. W;4 Nor Pac 4s.. ,...103 Atlantic C L 4s. PS Nor Pac 3s 72i B & O 4s 100 N & W con 4s... OTTi B & O 3MtS - PlVi O S L 4s & P.... 054 Cent of Ga Cs...0CP.( Pa conv 3s 97 1st inc 70'j, Reading g 4s C & O 4s 102 ISt L & I M c &S.112v Chi & A 3s.... 77 St L & S F f p 4s. Sli C B & Q n 4s.. 94i St L S'wcst Ists. C M & St P g 43.109 Seaboard A L 4s 60 C & N con 7s....l29ife So Pac 4s SO C R I & P R 4s. 72 So Rv 6s Ill col Be SO Tex & P lsts. ...117 C C C St L g 43.101 T St L fc W 4s. CO Chi Term 4s K"& Union Pno 4s... ,104V Cone Tob 4s oO U P conv 4s.... ft)ii Colo & So 4s.... fZVi U S Stool 2d 5s.. 78 D c R G 4s W Wabash lsts ...117 Erie prior 1 4s... 0S Wabash deb B.. 63 Erie gon 4s S7 VT & L 13 4s.... SO F W & D C 3Bt.l0S TY19 Cent 4s 00 Hock Val 4s...l07 C F Si I con Ob. 71 L Si N unl 4s.... SOii Business of the Baaks. NEW YORK. April 23. Tho Financier this week says: Tho striking features of the New York Associated bonks last week were moro or less Important gains In overy Item, making ma-king new high records. Tho surplus re-acrvo re-acrvo was tho highest of the year, which fact is important becauso of tho probability probabil-ity that tho payment of tho Panama canal money will, now that tho United States ha? secured a clear title to tho property, most likely soon bo mado. ' Loans wero expanded 51,136.200, which amount was smaller than was expected. Tho expansion expan-sion probably reflects part of tho corporation corpora-tion loans which wore effected In tho previous pre-vious week, and also somo borrowing upon sixty-day storllng collateral which has been bought for Investment preparatory to Us employment as a medium for tho transfer abroad of part of tho Panama cunul money. SiecIo pain of $9,963,100 cash, or $2,523,200 less than that which w.13 estimated esti-mated from tho traceable movements of money during tho week. Tho discrepancy between tho official and the estimated gain may bo accounted for by tho bank average system. Deposits Increased $12,-256,000. $12,-256,000. which amount wns iSI3.300' less than the sum of tho gain in tho loans and In CJish. Therefore tho statement does not as closely balance as has been tho caso 1n previous weeks; this, however, may bo duo to tho bank merger, which became cf-feetlvo cf-feetlvo on Monday. Tho required rcservo was augmented $0,-004.000 $0,-004.000 throuKh the Increase In deposits, deducting which sum from the guin in cosh loft $6,SSO,D0O as the increase in surplus sur-plus reserve to $34,203,700. tho highest of tho year. Computed upon the basis of dopoBltu, leas those of $5.203.50Q public money, tho surplus Is $IS,255.073. Public deposits showed a gain of S13.S00. and circulation cir-culation announced $I10.SOO. Tho dally average- of bank clearings for the week was $iS1.0O).00O, or JG.OOO.OO) less than In tho previous week, tho clearings on Saturday, Sat-urday, reilectlng Friday's business, being USO.CC5.207, or below the average. Silver and Drafts. SAN FRANCISCO. April 2C-Snver bars. Drafts, sight. 12c: telegraph, lie, Metal Markets. NEW YORK. April 23. There was llttlo doing In any of tho local metal stocks today, to-day, although tho undertone ruled generally gen-erally firm, with the exception of tin. In which there was a moderato disposition to sell. Spot tin. $27.9022i.l0; April, J27.S7W 2410. Copper, lake. $13.25ii 13,63: electrolytic. $U.li?i'13,25; casting, S12.S7VS'13.12. Spoltcr. $5.200.25. Lead, JI.G0fi4.05. Iron, quiet and firm; nominally unchanged. un-changed. Imports and Exports. NEW YORK. April 23. Total imporls of dry goods and Keneral merchandise at this port for tho week ending today wero vnluod at $10,833,060. Exports of specie from this port for tho woek wero $7S1,W2 silver and $1,567. 054 gold. Imports of opeclo at this port during tho week .woro $W,0S1 gold, and $50,227 silver. Grain and Provisions. CHICAGO. April 23. Ideal weather In tho wheat fields today was coupled with a flood of liquidation In the wheat pit, causing net losses of liQl'c In prices. Corn Is down c. Oats are off Ife'c Provisions closed unchanged to 5c higher. Tho excellent weather In tho Southwest caused an extremely weak opening In wheat, tha May option being down IK to 2fia at SO to STc. July was off jc to c. at 83 to S4c. Almost overy one who had any long wheat appeared to bo anxious anxi-ous to sell. Tho greatest pressure was on May. An effort to liquidate holdings In that delivery started free soiling of tho more, dlatant futures, resulting la still i farther losses. May sold off to 8irUc and July to f3'c Tho decllno was intensified by weakness in all outsldo markets. On the break shorts began to cover, and offerings of-ferings were absorbed so rapidly that a fair recovery was made. May showed tho greatest advance, the prlco xoon reaching tho oponlng high figure. Prices fluctuated fluctu-ated nervously during tho latter part of the session, but the mnrket in general was Inclined to romaln near the low level. Tho closo was weak, with July at S3ic, After May had sold up to 7o the-re- was another reaction, tho closo being at STVl'S' 87c a net loss of lQlHc Clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 172,50) bushels. Primary receipts wero 227.600 bushels, compared with 346,6(0 bushelR a year ago. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago Chi-cago reported receipts of nlnety-slx cars, against 110 cars last week and 160 cars a year ago. Tho slump In wheat and Improved weather conditions caused a wook opening in thu com pit, but In splto of theso ad-verso ad-verso circumstances, a firm undertono was manifested at times. Tho market closed steady at tho decllno. July opened to fic lower at 474 to 47Tt, sold between 45 and 4SWic and closed at 47c May ranged between 47 and 47?ic and closed at 47c Local receipts wero 171 cars with thirty-four of contract grade. ThcTO was a comparatively firm market In oats, tho buying being of good char-actor. char-actor. After opening quarter a to jfl c lower at D5 to flc, July ranged between be-tween 25 and 36o and closed, at SS'iff 35T4C Local receipts wero forty-eight cars. Provisions eased off somo early in tho day, influenced by tho weakness In grains, but thero was llttlo product pressing for salo and tho demand for shorts and packers pack-ers was sufficient to lift prices to a slightly higher level. The market olosod eteady with July pork unchanged at $12.25. July lard and ribs wero each 24VS6c higher at $0.80 and JC.57 respectively. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Articles. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat No. 2 May S7Vt 87 S?4 S7 July, old 83 ST. Stri Sl July, new 84 M S3i S3 Sept., old S1U Sl SI Sl Sept., new SOVi S0& 791 SO Corn No. J May 47i4 47ri 47 47i July 47-'j 45 47 47Vi September 47 47 47 47U Oats No. 3 May 364; Mft 36 S July 35 2 35 33 September 20 30 29 30 Mess Pork-May Pork-May 11.93 12.00 11.50 32.0) July...' li.20 12.27 12.15 12.23 Lard-May Lard-May 6.00 6.02 C.C0 6.62 July 0.75 6.S0 0.72 6.S0 September 6.87 6.92 C.S7 6.92 Short Ribs-May Ribs-May 6.32 6.37 CCD C.37U July ; 6.52 6.57 0.52 6.57 September .... .. 6.C5 6.70 C.60 6.70 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations woro as follows: Flour, dull and weak; winter patents, .TI.70J?4.SO; straights, $4.00$jJ.Si); spring patents, $4.30a 4 60; straights, $3-904 10; bakers, J2.65W 3.20; No. 2 spring wheat. S5fi"91c, No. a, SofSOc; No. 2 red, KVgii7c; No. 2 corn. 4?Q4Sc; No. 2 yellow. 49fj50c; No. 2 oats, 2Sf37c: No. 3 white. 36fT42o; No. 2 rye. G6c; good feeding barley, 00fi34c; fair lo cholco malting, 4.T55c; No. 1 flax seed, $1.00; No. 1 Northwestern, SI 06; prlmo timothy so?d. $2.90; moss pork, per barrel!. bar-rel!. $U.9Ty:l2.00; lard, pnr 1(0 pounds. $6.60 C?6.02; short ribs sides (loose), $.125JJ 6.37; short clear sides (boxed), $6.5096.75; whlsgy, basis of high wines, $1.23; clover, contract grade, $10.73. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Articles. Reels. Shlpmts. Flour, barrels ... 12,800 11,200 Wheat, bushels 30,000 2S.C0O Corn, bushels 14L900 3S.300 Oats, bushels 12L.S00 125,000 Rye. bushels 2.000 1.60) Barley, bushels 43,100 10,900 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On tho produco exchango today tho butter but-ter market was steady; creameries, 1-M 23c; dairies, 13321c; eggs, firm, at mark, cases Included, 16QU7c; cheese, steady, 910c. I Now York Grain and Provisions. NEW YORK, April 23, Flour Receipts, 14.500; exports, TStO; weak and lower to sell; Minnesota patents, So.OO&SuS; Minnesota Minne-sota bakers, $-L0Og4.25; winter patonts, $5.10 Q5.50; winter straights, $4.S5J5; wlntor extras, $3.S5g,4.0); winter low grades, $3.15 3.80. Wheat Receipts, COOO; sales. 2100 futures; fu-tures; spot weak; No. 2 red, $1.03, elevator; eleva-tor; No. 2 red, $1.0721.07, f. o b. afloat No. 1 Northern Duluth, Sc f. o. b. alloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba, nominal, f, o. b. afloat. Sovero declines as a result of decided de-cided Improvement In weather and crop conditions marked tho wheat operations this morning. A number of long accounts wero thrown over and short Interests extended. ex-tended. Tho market closed weak nt g lc net decline; May, $S9igIc. closed, 8Dc; July, SS3&S9-16c; closed, SSc; September, Sep-tember, S3fffCc, closed 83o. Hops Steady; Stato common to cholco 3503, 261535c; 1902. 23froc; old, OQUc; Paclflo coast 1903. 24'?30c; 102, 23fi2Gc; old. 9&14c Hides Steady; Galveston, 20 to 25 pound3, 35c; California, 21 to 25 pounds, 39c; Texas, dry, 24 to 30 pounds, He. Wool Steady; domestic fleece, 2&gG2c Petroleum Easy; roflncd New York, $S.40; Philadelphia and Baltimore, $S.33; do In bulk, $5.43. Coffee Spot Rio quiot; No. 7 invoice, 7c; mild, f;teady; Cordova, 10B13c. Sugar Raw steady; fair refining, 3o; centrifugal 90-tcst, 319-32c: molasses sugar, su-gar, 2c. Refined quiet; No. 2, $4.30; No. 7, $4.25; No. 8, $4.20; No. 9. $4.15; No. 10, $4.10; No. 11, $-1.(0; No. 12, $4.00; No 13, $3 95; No. 14, $3.90; confcctlonscrs A, $4.00; mold. $5.03; cut-loaf. $5.40; crushed, $5.40; powdered, $4.S0; granulated, $4.70; cubos, S4.93. Coffee. NEW YORK, April 23. Tho market for coffee futures opened steady at unchanged prices and ruled very quiet, In keeping with featuroless early news. There was bomo further switching from May to the later positions, but this was consummated consum-mated without any change In prices, and tho market was generally featureless. Sales were roported of 23,250 bags, Including- May at $3.9036.95: Juno at $6.15 &G.20; September, $0.40S6.4f; October. $6.55; November. $0.55; Decomber, $6.7036.75. Cotton. NEW ORLEANS. April .-Cotton-Quiet; middling, 14c. NEW YORK. April 23.-Thc cotton market mar-ket opened steady at a decllno of CfflO points. After tho call tho markot rallied 4?j7 points from tho opening figure. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS. April 23. Wool, steady; medium me-dium grades combing and clothing, 38w 22c; light fine. 34i17e; heavy fine, 12: 14c; tub washed, 2&331c. Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, April 23. Today's statement of tho treasury shows: Avall-ablo Avall-ablo cash balance, $219,0-11,959; gold $1(0,-711,496. Feeling tho Pulse- of CapltaL NEW YORK. April 23. International banking houses in this city havo received Intimations that the Russian Government Is on tho point of making Its proposed $100.0(0.00) loan. If it can be found that such a loan would meet with favor among continental bankers and thcoo of England and the United States. Tentative and Indirect In-direct Inquiries havo been mado of London Lon-don and Now York bankers to ascertain its probable reception In those two places If tno loan is brought out. Live Stock. CHICAGO. CHICAGO, April 23.-Cattlc-Recolpts. ' 3)0; markot nominal; good to prlmo stoers, $5.OOf?G.50; poor to medium. $3.K34.: BtockOrs and feeders. $n.00u4J; cows. $1.73 5L; heifers, $2.254iS.75: cannera, $lX0Zf 2.50; bulls, $2,003-1.10: calves, $2.2500.50; Texas fed steers, $f.O4.73. Hogs Receipts today, 31.(00: Monday. 42,(0); market steady to 5o higher; mixed and butchers', $3,0083.20; good to cholco heavy, $3.10JiG.17: rough heavy. $-LQG.03; light, $4.90ti5.1G; bulk of sales. $3,0050.15. Sheep Rccolpts, 1500; market steady; lambs, steady; good to choice wothcrs, t4.75a6.25; fair to choice mixed. $3.7.g4.60; Western sheep, $4.754f5,45; native lambs. $4.C54.0. WfHtern lambs, clipped, J5.0O3 5.JO; Western lambs, woolcd, $3.90&.75. |