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Show Tffects trade 1 j Court "Leak" Boosts failroad Shares. HGH C8TT0N REC9RD l I In Pit Maintained, to M I tho Close. si iO Dealings Followed Circulation 3: That Northern Securities 7.1' 311 Bo Decided Mondny. m "SW ork, Jar., 20. There vos a fair fjfactivlty maintained In today's rkct aiul somo show of strength, P.?4j strength was fitful nntl spotty a"narkct was vjowed with some I suspicion by a large element of s on tho lloor. Tho upward if prices met with some posl-ilca posl-ilca and the character of some, ed to stlmulato an upward aroused scepticism and had an d effept on sentiment, contrary jrpo-c In splto of tho higher jrlces sent over from London ng and a much more cheerful chances for peace from thero expressed In the decline of war f jrnarlno insurnnco there was free .?.Jl I" 'ow York which proved taio to absorb kl lems to liave been duo to a rc-:a rc-:a war scare In London after our J ipened. It affected wheat as well it,ipL Interrupt the process of new ira" making In tho cotton market. wie decisive reaction from this gjrlces picked up again when It be-iwn be-iwn that Northern Securities had til mI over three points in the curb V n tho circulation of confidential lat the decision of th Supreme 'the Northern Bccurltles hud al-fjj al-fjj ori made, that It was altogether ij iblo to the corporation, that It m e) handed down next Monday and re had been a "leak" by which art ant Information had become J jthe tipster Northern Securities 4f'4lts gain and (ho total transac-:Hc transac-:Hc stock In the narrow curb mar- ot exceed a few thousand shares, s d 'Incident had considerable IiUlu-ijj IiUlu-ijj he slock exchange. Union Pa-k Pa-k Ich would bo most directly af-Cnny af-Cnny of the stocks now proml- -aded Iiii was held' back by the K f realizing that kept a weight as m n a number of other stocks re-Ll re-Ll itlve, but the Influence seemed to jL f. to Its subsidiary stock, South-he South-he There was no other explana- ho active speculation In that :h carried In points over last I previous buying movement had Isnourl Pacific a point over last c only other stock of first rato e which gained a point was St. fist with this was the persistent resstire on Rock Island and itwL-Popper, which carried them rider last night. Pennsylvania, :lflc, Atchison and United Statoa erred, while not forced far benight, be-night, were withheld from any jy tho some persistent selling, wfcre also sold on the supposl-there supposl-there would bo no buying to so-rol so-rol following the dissolution of f tpist, as wan at one time bo-'ho bo-'ho local tractions were rpac-hen rpac-hen It became known that yes-dvnncca yes-dvnncca were based on tho trip Ion over tho now subway lino ited party of influential cnpllal-;ed cnpllal-;ed States Realty preferred was p on very largo dealings points (cplanatlon. The lato movement n Pacific had a hardening effect arkfct. but the closlhg was Ir-ld Ir-ld below the best them Securities rumor affected ;gton Joint -la and the Oregon c participating 4. Tho United iel second 6s and the Rock Isl-1s Isl-1s largely overshadowed the id market. One or two of tho e Issues showed tho effect of hg, but the tendency was llrm. -iJice. par value S4.670.OW. Unltod pnds were unchanged on call, EW YORK BOND LIST. T?s reg. t05H L & N unl -Is ... fr0;, I 2s. coup.l05 Man c gold 4a....l0Ji eg ......103 Mox Cen 4h TO W ;oud ... .10:4 do 1st Inc .... 35i NIreg....i:i2.v M .V.- St L 4s 97 JL .coun,...133U Al K fz T 4s.... PS Bis rog...i07. do L'nds Me coup. . 1071k X of Mox c 49.... 70 feg 101'i N v c g Sits.... OS MRP ...Wl4 V .7 C g 5s 131VJ fif4s .. Nor Pac 4s 1034 "M6 ...., SS'fe do -Is 72 Jff.C L 4s . 92ijNor & V c 4s.... 37 lf 101 lo S L -is and p.. 111 ....... '.M'i Pcnn cor.v 3Us.. 3fj r la 5s ,. 103 Reading g 4s ... WVj a nc . .. 70 St U & I M c u8,.112, t P'.41s-...103VJ St T. & S F lg Cs 43" a Hs,., .. 761 st t Sw ist3 m .)3I a;n 4s... 92 Sea A L -Is, CO " itlP g 4s HJSy So Pa5 4s S9 c-7a...,13U(, So Ry 5s 112 4s.... 73il T &. P Irts 116& fe',..... - SI T St L ,c TV Is, 71 itjL g 4s W'A Un Pac 4s ifc, fii. 48,. .. S1V, do conv 4s OS 148 .... , ESJJ L7 S Steol 2d 5s.. 74Vfe i; SS AVnbash Ista ....11IVH, t'4s . ,, (j0 doij b Co?! or-1 4s... USS W &. L F 4S.....S3M, J . , fsy. Ccr 4s SO DiC1t .1.JJ C F & I c 6s.... 73 IjaMsi.-lOS W YORK MINING STOCKS. 'i Salca, High. Low. Close. u.ivv) c&a W asu i! u.soo kiy, tebi sofc 1 80 60i 00 i DvPac.,,.,, j.iW) inr,; 11715 117r,; N Jersey .. 1.J00 i3 15l(s 103 "Jo 2.W 3Si 33rs 'ton G.COO .TS 37 ,Wi 4 2,100 SUA Rl' ;Wt ... 2,400 J75 17 VI 1754 invest .... Tft 167H 1R7 brTntnh ... 701) nC lli ii 25- M 24 :L 100 70 79 1C0 IS IS 17i ef erred ,. , f' Pon-Ml 10.) 20 'Ti 2(J. SVV 3ll0 :67't 1C7'A gk & West 100 273 273 272 feforred i.5o. -.OT', 45 4S Ifey1 T k aw fC,tntft ''T0 'i , fed ... " 'ii .jftiV rAJ-jf LWh 1,& JWi.c lfo3 5 F ' Itt'fi f'2L ' Ilrt lex " 1'1M u nit llif-Mox'- ll5W rcd W M5i 57; IK;.08 ' 5-r'"0 22i 221'! Y- Psl. Ri"i:!:.:M',ft : " Wi:d "ICO C2" 2" a SILVER. -f -f New York .505ic -f -f- San Francisco M;c -f 4- London 2J14d -f 4- LEAD. -4- New York exchange M.&554.G0 4- ' COPPER. -f Xow York exchunsc..$12.C2',4'jji2.g7iA -j- STOCKS AXD BOND'S. " f Market active; railroad shares f higher. -f f GRAIN' AND PROVISIONS. vrheat Strong, steady, higher. 4- Corn Firm, higher. Oats-Higher. -f Provisions Strong. -f LIVE STOCK. f Cattle Lower. -f--f I logs Lower. -f Sheep-Slow. - "f f f -f Rock Island Co .. 2G.-10O 24. 23' 24 preferred 4.3W 63Tfe 62' 635 St I, & S F 1st pfd 07Vi 2nd preferred 1,200 4H 44 41 St L S W S00 lui l.r. 15 preferred 3,200 3.'ift 3 Hi T5f St Paul 17,50) 145 111 145 preferred 177 Southern Pac 03,200 51 49) 60 Southern Ry -l.MO 21-& 21G 21 preferred 1,400 0 79.j SO Tex & Pac 2.900 V& 20 20 Tol St L & W 1,0)0 2S 2f 2S', preferred MO 'ja S.S' 30 Union Pae 2S,7tO S01'; 10Vj bO preferred 800 W'.k MVj Wabnsh 500 20 20 2)VV preferred 3,200 3SVi SSy. V & L Erie ..A.... 2iTO 18 IK 17 Wisconsin Cent .... 2.C00 '2 21ii 21"-i preferred 2,200 47 46 -1G Express Cos-Adams Cos-Adams 220 American 1K) United States .... 103 Wells Fargo 203 Miscellaneous Amalg Copper .... C7.SC0 49 50 Amer Car F S00 IQ'.d r.n.J 1!V& preferred 10) GO C9 C0 Amer Lin Oil preferred ,.. 100 2S 2S 27i Amer Loco 700 17-;i 11Vj 17Vj preferred 200 77J 77 77 Amer S & Ref 4SU preferred 200 W DO WH-i Am Sugar Rcf 1,909 125(: 124 121 Anaconda M Co , 75 1 Irookly 11 R Tran ., 12.400 50 49Vi 4FK. Colo F & Iron 23! Col & Hock Coal 14 Con Gas 1.300 191U 103i 193 Gen Elec 100 171V,.-174V, 173 Interna Paper l.COO 12 11 12 preferred 2,700 GOTfe CC Interna Pump 32 preferred 71 Knt Biscuit 39U Nat Lead COO lfi J5 15 North Amer .... S7 Pac Mall 1,500 32 31 31'. People's GaH SCO OS'.i OS MM. P Stool Car 100 29Vi 20'i 29A preferred CO Pullman Pal Car , 215 Rep Steol 100 7 7 7 preferred 200 43 42vA 42-4 Rubber Goods 4.30O 19?i 1S 10VI preferred GOO 7G 75(. 7Ga Tenn C & Iron 00 3S 3S 3S4 U S Leather 500 7 IV- 7j preferred 700 77?i 77i 77 U S Rubber . 1,300 13ft 13 13?i preferred 900 49ft 49 49 U S Steel 7.50O 11 11 ll'.i preferred 17,100 5J 57 57ft West Union - COO SS S7i $1$. Total sales for the day, .579,200 shares. Silver and Drafts. San Francisco, Jan 20. Silver bars, CG?i Mf-xlcan dollars, nominal. Drafts Sight, 12',-i; telegraph, 15. Money and Exchange. New York. Jan, 20. Money on call easy, l?i(9'2Vi per ceht; closing bid and offered, 2 pir cent Time loans eaay; sixty days, &f3yj per cent; ninety days, 3& per cent; six months, 4ly44 per cent. Prlmo mercantile paper, I'iSo per cent. Sterling exchange lirm, with actual business bus-iness In bankers' bills at 54.SG.15S4.S6.20 for demand and at $4.S3.25 1.S3.35 for sixty-day sixty-day bills. Posted rates. $4.S3Wj4.S6i.. Commorclal bills, ii.aS. Now York Metals. Now York, Jan. 20. Spot tin .was unchanged un-changed in London at 130 5s bur futures were 2s Gd lower at 130 15s. Locally tin as quiet and about steady, closing at S23.CO.fe23.90. Copper declined 2s Gd to 57 15s for spot and 57 7s Gd for futures. Locallv copper waa unchanged. Lake Is quoted at $12.7&ft 13.00; electrolytic at $12.02V-4l2.87,,i and coating at $12.60??12.75. Lead was 5 points higher locally at 51.0) I. C5 and unchanged at 11 IG.s 3d In London. Lon-don. Spelter was unchanged at 21 10s In London Lon-don and at 51.955.05 locally. Iron closed at 49s 9d In Glasgow and at 41a lOVid In Middlesboro. Locally Iron was steady and nominally unchanged. No. 1 foundry Northern Is quoted at 15. 0O?i 16.0); No, 2 foundry Northern is quoted at Sll.OOfjlu.GO; No. 1 foundry Southern and No. 1 foundry Southern soft at $S.la 14.25. Live Stock. CHICAGO. Chicago, Jan. 20. Cattle Receipts. 30.0CO; market 10 to 25c lower. Good to prime Btccr,'. Sn.OyfiS.CO: poor to medium, sn.Suff J. 50. Blockers and feeders, 52.25f74.00; cows, ?1. 507(4. 00; heifers. 52.00lf4.50; canners. $1.50 (Q2.10, bulls, S2 00M.10: calves. $3.50f7fi.50. Hogs Receipts. 40,000, tomorrow, 35,000: mixed and butchers, 54 754.93; good to choice heavy, ?4.901T5.eO: rough heavy, St.75fil.90; light. ?1. 15fjl.75; bulk of salts, 51.70'iM-M. Sheep Receipts, 23,000; sheep and lambT slow. Good to cholco wothorx. S4.00fil.25; fair to choice mixed, 53 0&-I.OO: Western sheep, 53.50V-I 23; native iambs, 5I.50S5.S5; Western laiibs, 54-25(05 2.5. ST. JOSEPH. St. Josoph, Jan. 2). Cattle Receipts. 190); steady to 10c lower. Natives. 53.35TJ! 5.15; cows and heifers, 51.7534.25; atockcrs upd feeders, 52 7554.25 Hogs Receipts, 7GO): 5 cents lower Light, 51.5554.&0; medium and heavy, $4.70 Tj4.00. Sheep Receipts. 1CCO; steady. Lambs, fo.Sfl; wethers, 54,50. Oil All A. Eoulh Omaha, Jan. 20. Cattle Receipts. 4000: market slow, lower; native stcors, 53 2.Vti5.00: cows and heifers, 52.50i3.SO; cannerH. ?L50C.10, stockera and feeders, 51.5OJf2.40: calves, ?C.005j5.25; bulls, stags, etc., 52.50ff4.00. Hogs Receipts. S500; market ofilOc lower; low-er; heavy, $4.65H,S0; mixed, 5I.GOT7I.C5; light. 5t.iOJM.G5; pigs, 53.50Ul.23: bulk of sales, 51.603 1.70. Sheep Receipts. '4500; market 10ij20c lower; Westerns, 51.0Q4 75; wethers, $3.73 ff-UQ: owes. 53.C)tf3.0; common and stock-ers, stock-ers, 52,25fj3.G')i lambs, 5l-755i.S0. KANSAS CITY, Kansas City. Jan. 20. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 11,000. Market lower. Native steers, 3a.iiOg4.eO: native cow urjd heifers, 52.lE.fi 3.30; Etocktrs and feeders, S3.0j!jjt;.75: bulls, 52,200.25; calves, 52.5i3 CO; Western steers. 4!S.253'4.10; Western cows, 51 50ff3.20 Hogs Rttcolpta, 11,000; lower; bulk of sales, 54.507j4.75; heavy, 5-l.C0Si.S5; packers, 5-i.50fj4.C5: pigs and lights. $1,2031.05. Sheep Receipts. 1000; lower. Muttons, 53.5O?.20; lambs, 54.G55i6.75; range wethers, $3.251.30; ewes. 52.50J73.90. Grain and Provisions. Chicago. Jan. M. Wheat climbed steadily stead-ily toward tho dollar mark today. The pit was almost bare of offerings and tho market did not roqulro any support from tho bull louder, shorta holding prices upon themselves. Professional speculators In Now York and St. Louis are counted among the principal shorts. A tiexv high record mark was mado for Mav wheat, 02',fe(Q92i'tC, a gain of Mc over yestorday. ' Tho close was practically sit tho top. Olhor grains wcro affected bv tho action of wheat. May corn closing -ftc higher. high-er. Provisions wero 2, to Cc higher. The wheat market was foverlshly strong from start to finish. The ndvancc today was duo largely to the eamc caiiso aa'tho rise yestorday, the congested condition of the market, an enormous lino of wheat for May delivery bo held by Armour Interests. Inter-ests. Notwithstanding that aside from the Armour deal tho situation Heetned bearish, bear-ish, opening prices wero lirm. May ranging rang-ing from a shade lowor to ',tiftc higher, at SOi'sC to 90VAc. An advanco in the price of British consols Indicated a more optimistic opti-mistic feeling In regard to tho war situation. situa-tion. Rains In the Southwest, where tho wlntor wheat crop had been suffering from drouth, was nnothor bear Indication. No attention, however, wan paid to matters mat-ters like consols and rain. It was a question ques-tion of too small a supply for a llboral demand. The leader of tho bulls showed no sign of parting with his holding-, and. In consequence, smaller holders wro encouraged en-couraged to maintain a firm grip on what wheat they had. Offerings woro on that account extrernoly light and wero oagcrlv sought for by the belated shortp, Tho demand de-mand was large for tho May delivery. In elforts to cover shorts advanced prices rapidly. Stop-loss orders coming out on tho rise- accelerated tho upward tendoncv. Tho market continued to gain In strength as tho session advanced, and within the last live minutes of trading: May had reached 82M,g92fcc. a gain of 2Jic. Tho closo was at 02c. Clearances of wheat flour woro equal to ISI.'yXi bushels. Primary receipts were 750- 1j0 bushels. ("urn was strong throughout the. Pnllro Parisian A new high-record mark for May delivery was also mado In this pit, Maj opened a shado lower to a shade higher, at 490 to 49ic and after selling uj) to 50Hc closed at COc The strength In wheat and corn sustained sus-tained oats and prices made further pains. May opened a nhade lower to a shado higher at 41ic to 41v&c. advanced to 42c, and closed at 421i'lVAc Local receipts wero 117 cars. Provisions were llrm in tho face of lower low-er prices at the yards. Tho strong grain markets were tho principal source of strength. Commission houses and shorLs wcro Rood huycrs of lard, whllo packers were fair sellers of ribs. Pork was more or less neglected, but closed firm with May up Gc. tq 513.25. May lard and ribs wero each 2&p higher, at 57-20 and 5C.70. ISstimatcd receipts for tomorrow: Wheat GO curs, corn 250 cars, oats 125 cars, hogs 3C.000 head. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Articles. Open. High. Low. Closo. Wheat No. 2- May OOV-i 92 Vc K!4 D2ifc July 831 81 83i S4- September 79 50 79-; 794 Corn No. 2 January 4G',6 4G 1C'., 40 May .1974, 50 40"i 50i July 4S',, 18?4 45 4S"j Oats No. 2 January 39 May 41-ji 42 -1194 42& July 37 SSVi 37 Vj 3S September 33'. 33i, 33Vi 3314 Mess Pork-January Pork-January 12.95 12.93 12.95 12.05 May 13.17& 13.27 13.17 13.25 Lard-January Lard-January CM 7,00 G.95 C95 May 7.20 7.25 7.17 7.20 July 7.20 7.27 7.20 7.25 Short Ribs-January Ribs-January G.37 6.40 G.37 G.40 May G.G7 0 72 G.G7 0.70 July G.77 0.52 G 77 G.S0 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, firm; No 3 spring wheat. 7SflSGc; No. 2 red, SCQ92y,e: No. '1 corn. 4G-1ic: No. 2 yellow. yel-low. 4Sc; No. 2 oats, 3g39c; No. .1 white. 37iJ41c; No. 2 rye, CGc; good feeding barley, bar-ley, 40JW2c; fair to cholcd malting, 475Sc; No. 1 Max seod, 51-00; No. 1 Northwestern, 51.12; prlmo timothy seed, 53.25; mess pork, per barrel. 513 051713.17; lard, per 100 pounds. 5G.97; chort ribs sides (loose), 56.30 6J0.55; short clear sides (boxed). 5G.G2'fi G.75; whisky, basis of high wines, 51.25; clover, contract grade, $11.25. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Rets. Ship. Flour, barrels 51,100 29,900 Wheat, bushels 99,400 21,100 Corn, bushels : .493,C00 223.000 Oats, bushels 355.400 122.500 Rye. bushels 14,300 4,000 Barley, bushols 199,000 J8.300 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was steady; creameries, 15Q21c; dairy, 13iilDc; eggs, steady, 25g27c; cheese, steady, 10510c. Coast Grain. San Francisco, Jon. 20. Wheat stronger; May, 51.39. Barley stronger; May, $1,061. St. Louis Wool Market. St. Louis, Jan. 20. Wool quiet; medium grades combing and clothing, 17(7T21c; light line. 15S17C; heay line, 12iHV.c; tub washed, 20331c. New York Sugar Market. New York. Jan. 20. Sugar Raw, nominal; nomi-nal; fair refining, 2 27-32c; centrifugal, .90 test. 2 13-32c; molas3ca sugar. 3 29-32c. Refined Re-fined Is dull; crushed, $5.05; powdered, 51.55; granulated, 54.45. Butter and Eggs. New York. Jan. 20. Butter steady; creamery, I5t?2l'c; State dairy, 1-IlUc EggSfflrm; Western, 2SjJlc. Treasury Statement. Washington, Jan. 20. Today's statement state-ment of tho treasury balances In the general gen-eral fund, exclusive of tho $150,000,000 gold reserve In the division of redemption, shoys: Available cash balance. 5224,195.-729; 5224,195.-729; gold, 5SS.54G.394. |