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Show ISpecordfar One Day's U Bond Peals Broken Bfcj g, steel Sinking Fund Securities mm Tdken to Extent of Seven HM Million Dollars. Mm yfty; YORK. Nov. 23. The maintenance Hi; the minimum discount rato of tho IJgRiak of Englnnd, the lack of apprchcir- t0 the demand money market fljLrt atd cvldonce of steady Improvement Ib Industrial circles, were among the con-n?ritutin con-n?ritutin factors In today's strong and Kntire stock jnarkct United States Steel Lfld's were tho leaders, the preferred and LHsr-nnon shares, together with the slnk-mmt slnk-mmt tMA bonds, moving to a now high lB"irj for the present movement, Tho Hft'JTtinucd absorption ot Uieso bonds at IHfShl"hcr lovol was In excess of $7,000,000, ?SehD was bolleved to break all records Bfert day's dealings In any Individual bond IHijjV fte stock exchange, and was assumed K h for Investment accounu IB As proof of a belter state of the steel IBtii Iron trade It Is only necessary to jRrfu today's advance of $3 a ton In bar I Mum by one of the Independent companies compa-nies This advanco has been or was fol-Bibirid fol-Bibirid by kindred companies, a fact ad-Balttln? ad-Balttln? of Ntfl" doubt. Out-of-town banks W:7r& other financial Institutions wore lead-Hw lead-Hw of monoy on call In this market to-London to-London account eomo 50,000 shnrcs Itfifjtocka were bought. That a largo part He.' London's purchases were really for k'tr York account. Including the short Unrest In tho Bteol slocks, was gencr-W gencr-W bellaved. W- After an Irregular opening prices lna , ilftmber of actlvo Issues, chiefly Amalgamated Amalga-mated Copper. Sugar and Pacific Mall, a decided drop, tho result. It seemed, market manipulation. Railroads wero prrally quiet, a number of specialties Itrllclpatlng In the Improvement. Save jr tomo momenta of hesitation, tho mar-fctt mar-fctt held strong throughout tho aftcr-tcon. aftcr-tcon. Lltilo Increase ot business was resorted re-sorted until tho final hour, when West-tra West-tra houses came In and nought the gen-inl gen-inl list. The Steel Issues and stocks In dallar Independent companies registered father gains, and closing prices In this rroup wero In many Instances the best t( tho day The most marked exception to tho gen-irtl gen-irtl rus was Union Pacific, which was cxJer pressure all day and mnde a net (fictional gain. Transactions In tho stcol iberes, which made net gains of l4Vi points for the common nnd preferred, re-rpatlvcly, re-rpatlvcly, aggregated almost one-third of tie day's total operations. The Steel bced led tho bond mnrkot, ns several itjje blocks changed hands. The net ad-V.nzte ad-V.nzte was 2i per cent. JJ J Government bonds wore unchanged on r,a)L Total sales, par value, aggregated II ; NEW YORK EOND LIST, fl jUSref2sreg . .IOI'a Man con g -Is ..103Vi i I coupon . . lOIV.- Mox Cen Is ... 70 I 5U8J-3 reg . . . lOIVb 1st Inc 27 I J coopon . .Mb M & S L 4s ... 97,i I c I S New is reg 130Vz Mo K & T Is ..102. coupon 120 2nds .. .. ..... SCH j US Old. -Is reg luov Nat of Mex c -Is Sl I coupon . 130 X Y C gon 3s 100Vi I Utch gen 4s .10-: KJC gon 6s ..135V4 ft L Adjt 4g loo No Pac 4s 105U i H L 0 -Is ..103', No Pac 3s 71 V j B k 0 3Hs . . . 934 Nor &. W c -Is 100?i I II,: Cm of Ga 5s . .HIVi O S L Is Ss P 103 I- lit Inc .00 Penn conv 3s .102 s Ctcs & O Ifcs 10S Vtoail Gen -Ss 1024 ,,Ctl & Alton 34s R2M S L & I M c 5s 110 CB & Q n 4.i luo S L & S P -Is.. 69 '; CM & s P g Is lKAi Seaboard A L 4s S4 tVS & w c 7u .125. So Pac Is '9C C R I & P 4s SlU So Ry 6s 11SA I ti&S & S r- -s 103 T S L & W 4s .. S2 I S1 ZCTm.ia M U P 4s 10G lV?J1rToi'la kUi conv 4s .. ...115ti I tnl?? .4s s&1 v s Slccl - 5s- 93Vi I : tnfc R 9, ,s J01 Wabash lsts ...117(, 5T llcn 4s 102Li Wabash Deb E 07 'tMu?0? MM: W & I. E 4s ... 924 ftv 110 C F & S Con 4s 5 I j CLOSING STOCK LIST. R Sales. High. Low. Closo. V ?n 5,200 S9 SSVi SS frrAu, C'200 30J, 105 1 :,e 0il W Kfc 90 Vs I 200 91 94 93 I ft"d'ln P-ic 9,8W 134 13216 134 I of N Jersey , 100 1-100 49 4W i -Werred S3 Aif - x9,,e3t M.100 25 24 25 ! P u ? C3L 1 200 200 19S St,P 12.000 174 173 173 I teffe-p!? 1W 1S3 183 1S3 1 C0 South TOO 23 22 22 it! i" Preferred .... 100 GS LS ' 57V 100 35 35 35" 5. Ktrerrcd, .. a66 $S FS"' S5 C9.700 39 SS 3S J ZfF W0 30 30 30 l ;iS,M'tlsh 1,6 133 1SSH t JStt qLL I-500 iro'4 icsvi 1CS I f Sfank t 1C'C 123ii 121 1221 r Aemdb..S.?r " 100 M W $ 1 Ja,1 io.4W ios i6t iosw XuS1:- C00 G3 C2 C3 f fgfei":.: JSl & IV . ! g i JptavSftMf "I.7W 42 41 42 CoWV- -'O.COO 135 135 135 V Wine lL 200 7C 7' 77 I gfessC :::: 8 r feS"" g is S I SilWk-; 11.000 S-l S3 sag J 5lLwr.2dPfd- 2.400 CS 67 C7 I Pttfcrr1 1'1W 26 23 25V4 I Bo pi6" 50) K5 C3 03 i l&P 7W 55 95M i K Pad 2,200 53?? 02 C2 ttf!5,' 2,100 23 22 234t I fVPh Vric 00 20 20 20 i t)ttUL S00 21 23 23 mr t;"c PW 201 117 117 117 l633 cmpanler au." 100 217 217 215 ft! i" 120 llljAPPcr 110,100 7S 7C 7S Mi MtA& P 'KW 321 31 32 St o'ii: J W,!Sttrrf"""'"''-"" '3" 'i EAsr SnrJii 100 lGr iSfelrci? is! W0 31 iml 34 IS?",'; 1.-100 104 102 103 K Uflr Kef .... ic.300 149 147 HSVi -- -- 4- SILVER. New York &$c -f- San Francisco 55c -f 4 LEAD. ' New York J4.20ffl.70 COPPER. -f 4- New York, casting Hl.50Sl-l.75 Anaconda M Co ... 9tJ 114 114 111 SioW"? ?Tran IWOO GSi C7 C7 Colo F & Iron 3S.300 fil 47 0 Son Gas 00 215 215 215 Corn Products 2.S0O 24 23 23 pre'erred SCO SO 79 SO Distillers' Securs, .. 70) 30 3C 35 Gon Elec 4.600 193 192 191 Interna Paper 1.200 19 19 19 " preferred C00 7S 77 77 Interna Pump o preferred COO S5 SS' S3 OTat.c?d 1.400 21 " 23 23 North Amer i.coo 105 103 103 Pac Mall 3,00) 45 42 45 Peoplo s Gas 2,00) lOSVi 107 10S P Steel Car S.000 3S 36 3SVI preferred 3.G00 87 S4 S6 Pullman -Pal Cor 230 Rep Steel 4,900 17 16 17 preferred l.ooo 09 CSVi C9 Rubber Goods 2,000 23 23 23 preferred loo S7 S7 87 Tonn C Ss. Iron 15.100 77 74 76 U S Leather 4,200 14 14 14' preferred SOO 95 94 95 U S Realty SOO S2 S2 Sl U S Rubber 1,600 34 38 33 preforrod 1.000 91 S9 91 U S Steel 21C.500 29 27 27 preferred 256.C00 9 5 90 94 Westlnghouso Elec. 1.CO0 1S1 ISO 1S0 Western Union 92 Total sales for the day, 1.350,400 shares. Bnnk Clearings. NEW YORK, Nov. 25. The following tablo, compiled by Eradstrcct, shows tho bank clearings at tho principal cities for tho week ended November 23, with the percentage of Incrcnso nnd decrcaso as compared with tho corresponding week lost year: Inc. Dec. Now Y'ork $1,740,841,235 S2.0 .... Chicago 1G4.030.S19 13 S .... Boston 127,107.603 29 0 .... Philadelphia 110.139.369 20.5 .. . St. Louis 52.973.719 .... 2.7 Pittsburg 40.476,014 3S-3 .... San Francisco 27.710.096 10.4 .... Baltimore 22.S21.925 31.2 .... Cincinnati 19.52S.400 3.9 .... Kansas City 20,321,369 13.7 .... Los Angeles 6.4S3.S44 12.1 .... St. Joseph 3,772,657 1 4.0 .... Denver 4.C41.010 10.3 .... Seattle 4.21S.955 21.0 .... SALT LAKE CITY'.. 4.497.169 S.7 .... Spokane, Wash.. 2,455,692 3419 .... Trtcpma 2,610,709 89.5 .... Helena 664.446 29.6 .... Totals U. S $2,5C7,079.C4S 55.1 .... Outside Now Y'ork.. S20.23S.613 17.6 .... Totals Canada $ 75,727,293 44.3 .... Silver and Drafts. NEW Y'ORK, Nov. 25 Bar silver, 6S cents. Moxlc.in dollars, 47 cents. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 25.-Silver bars, 5S cents. Mexican dollars, 46 cents. Drafts, sight, par; telegraph, 2 cents. Money and Exchange. " NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Money on call, steady to strong, 2i per cent, closing bid and asked. 3 per cent. v Tlmo loans firm; sixty days, 3 per cent, nlnoty days, I per cent; six months, 4 per cent Pi-Imc mercantile paper, 4IT1 per cent. Sterling exchange, firm with actual business In bankers' bills at $4.S6.S(J4.S0.90 for domand and at ?I S1.05S4.S1.10 for sixty six-ty day bills. Posted rates, $(.S5 and S4.S7Si.SS. Commercial bills, 51 35-l-S!. New York Metals. NEW Y'ORK. Nov. 25. Tho London tin market roporlcd a sharp advance with spot closing at 135 10s and futures at 134 15s Tho local market responding to the foreign firmness was also higher with spot quoted at $29.COS29 So Business was cry quiet at tho advance. Coppor also was higher In London with spot quoted at 66 12s Cd and futures at 67 2s 6d. Locally tho spot was firm but with a material change. Lake Is hold at $14.S715.12, electrolytic nt $ll.75'16 00; casting ut 511.60SM.75. Load wus lower In London at 12 ISs 9d. In the New Y'ork market tho tone was firm and prices still range from $4.20 to $4.70. Spelter was unchanged at 25 6s In London Lon-don and at $5.76ff5.S7 In tho New Y'ork market. Iron closed at 51s lOd In Glasgow and at 47s lld In Mlddlesboro. Locally trop was firm; No. 1 foundry northern ls quoted quot-ed nt $10.55ft'17.25; No. 2 foundry north-orn north-orn at 516.2516.75; No. 1 foundry southern south-ern and No. 2 foundry southern at $16 75 17.25. Bradstreot's Opinion. NEW Y'ORK, Nov. 25. Bradstreot's to- ' morrow will say: "Cold weather Is needed to movo retail stocks of winter clothing, drv goods and shoes, reorders for which from Jobbers nro not brisk. On tho other hand, tho trade In holiday goods has begun be-gun well and good feeling as rcgardH this line. Is coupled with conlldenco to trado In spring fabrics, which la proceeding pro-ceeding belter than a year ago Manufacturing Manu-facturing Industry lfl active In most lines the country over, winter employment In tho Iron and allied trades ls assured, and labor ls better employed than a yenr ago at this date Holding by farmers Is credited cred-ited with nffectlnK collections at several Southern points, but as a whole paymeu'.s are better than a year ago. "All tho metals arc strong and copper, lead nnd tin show slight advances on the week. "Business failures In tho United States for the week ending November 24 number 193. against lfO last week. 167 the like week In 1903, 1S2 In 1902. 1S9 In 1901 and IS! In 1900. "In Canada, failures for tho week number num-ber 31, as ngalnst C4 last week and 13 In this week a year ago. "Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending November 21 nggregato 1.-332.3CC 1.-332.3CC bushels, against 1.2S9.642 last week, 3.S51.7C7 this week Inst year, 4.179.CS5 In 1902 and 5.117.178 In 1901. From July 1 to date the exports aggregate 2S.010.4I7 bushels, bush-els, ngalnst GS.272.795 last year, 109,43S,000 In 1902 and 123.293.031 In 1901. "Corn exports for the week aggregate r, 09 bushels, against 139,978 last week, tt),9ll a vear ago. 255,174 In 1902 nnd CS0.973 in 1901. From July 1 to dato tho exports of corn aggregate 10,959.550 bushels, against "1503.511 in 1903, 2,613,251 in 1902 and 17.059,-S79 17.059,-S79 In 1901." ( Logan & Bryan Stock Letter. James A. Pollock Ss Co.. C West Second Sec-ond South street, furnish Logan & Bryan Now Y'ork Htock letter, under dnto of to-dav. to-dav. as follows: Market ls closing strong. Some little Irregularity developed In early leallngs on large selling In Pacific Mail. Amalgamated and Sugar, which tended to unsettle tho entire Hat. Steel stocks and -tilled shares continue to be favorites. It Is freely predicted by authorities In New York that Steel preferred will sell at ICO on this movement. Tho general tone of he market and shnrp recoveries from all sinking spells continue to give encour--igcment to believers In higher prices. Tho volumo of business ls largo, nnd, considering con-sidering the two-sldedncss of tho market, mar-ket, profit-taking sales are woll takon. Tho markot nets well and looks llko rolng higher. St- Louis "Wool Market. ST LOUIS, Nov. 25. Wool steady; mc-llum mc-llum grades combing and clothing, 21 light fine. lS-322cr heavy- fine. 13S ISc; tub-washed, 26G'39c- i |