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Show COPPER MARKT FIRM AND LEAD UHGHANGED Claim Is Made That Stocks of the Red Metal Are Accumulating. Ac-cumulating. 4- SILVER. New York C6c San Francisco 6Sc -f f ' COPPER. ' -f Now York exchange. ...wl8.12JjlS.60c 4- LEAD. New York oxchango So.35S5.45 -f NEW YORK. Feb. 2S. Spot tin -was unchanged at 105 10s In the London mar-kot, mar-kot, but futures declined Es to 1G5 15s, and the local market was dull and a shado lower with spot quoted at ?3G.163G.35. Copper was about 2s 6d lower in tho London market, with spot selling at 78 15s and futures at 77 5s. The local market mar-ket was llrm In tone, with offerings light, although somo authorities claim that supplies arc accumulating In tho hands of somo of tho largo producers. Lake Is quoted at lS.12WJ)lS.50c; electrolytic, 18.00a1 lS.50o and caatlng, 17.87lS.00c. Lead was unchanged at J5.35g5.45 In tho local market, but wns higher at 16 2s Cd In London. Spelter was unchanged In both markets, closing at 25 6s In London and S6.00fi6.10 locally. Iron was higher abroad with standard foundry quoted at 4Ss and Clovoland warrants war-rants at ISs 4,d In tho English market. Locally prices wore unchanged. No, 1 foundry Northern Is quoted at S18.25 10.S5, No. 2 foundry Northern. S17.751S.S5; No. 1 foundry Southorn, 1S.25I?18.76, and No. 2 foundry Southern at S17.75lJ18.25. New York Money. NEW YORK. Feb. 25. Close: Prime mercantile paper, 51J6i per cent. Sterling exchange, weak, with actual business In bankers" bills at J4.S6gl-J.S6.0S for demand and at S4.E2.G5iT4.S2.70 for sixty-day bills. Posted rates. $4 83V4frl.S4 and S4.S7tM.S7V4. Commercial bills, J4.S2VS. Bar silver, frj-jic Mexican dollars, 51c. Government bonds, firm; railroad bonda weak. Money on call strong and higher, 4VfrS7 per cent; ruling rate, C per cent; closing bid, 4i per cent; offered, 6 per cent; last loan, 6 per cent- Time loans, firmer; sixty and ninety days, 6i5 per cent; six months, o'g&M per cent. Treasury Statement WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. For tho first time since May 1, 1W4, when tho Government Govern-ment made Its payment of $30,000,000 for the Panama canal property and $4,600,000 was loaned to tho Louisiana Purchaso Exposition company, tho dally treasury statement Issued today shows for tho fiscal year a surplus of receipts over expenditures. ex-penditures. Tho surplus today amounts to 11,102,003. This is regarded by tho treasury olllclals as a. remarkably fine showing, especially In view of the fact that tho nxnendltursn nlncr, .Tnlv 1 fnst on account of public works, exceed thoeo for tho corresponding period of last year by nearly J12.CO0.000. A very largo part of this sum was paid out for Panama canal construction. New York Sugar. NEW YORK Feb. 23. Sugar Raw firm; fair refining. 2:2 15-lCc ; centrifugal .95-leet, .95-leet, 3 3-1SS3 7-lGc, molasses sugar, 2i'Q 2 11-lCc. Refined Is Bteady; crushed, $5.20; povdcred, J4.60; granulated, $4.50. New York Butter. .NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Buter Steady; held creamery common to extra, 15ff22c; renovated common to extra. 13Vfcy20c; 'Western Imitation creamery extras, 2lc Cheese and eggs unchanged. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 23 Wool Steady; medium grades, combing and clothing, 2SQ2Sc; light, fine, 20fl"24c, heavy lino, lS-ip 21c; tub washed, 327j40c. LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS, Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 23. Cattle Receipts, 17,000; strong to 10c higher; beeves. S3.COQJ C.40; cows and heifers, S1.6OS5.00; stock-ers stock-ers and feeders, $2.75-1.70; Tcxans, $3.65 4.40. Hogs Receipts, 25,000; Sff-lOc higher; estimated es-timated tomorrow, 27,000; mixed and butchers'. $C.1CS"6.40; rough heavy, $6.15fi C.20; good heavy, SO. 8016.40; light, SG.lOJfi 0 5; pigs, S5.SOS0.10; bulk of sales, $G.23iy 6.35. Sheep Receipts, 23,000; steady; sheep, S3.7&S0.10; lambs, $4.7&fr7.00. Omaha. OMAHA, Fob. 28. Cattle Receipts, 4500: steady to 10c higher; native steers, $4.00 6. GO; cows and heifers, $3. 004.50; can-nors, can-nors, $2.0052.00, stockers and feeders, $3.00 (S4.60; calves, $3.00ftC.50; bulls and stags, $2.7&fl-l.M. Hogs Receipts, 13,000; strong to 5c higher; high-er; heavv. $S.12W0-20; mixed, $6.10776 light. $Gr0OftC.12!; pigs. $5.5OS'5.90; bulk, W.07JC.12Vi. Sheep Receipts, 7500; steady; yearlings, S5.4055.S5; wethers, J5.25gG.80; ewes, $1.75 (85.40; lambs, $6.250.65. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 23. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, MOO; steady to 10c higher; native steers, S4.25flO.CO; native cows and heifers. heif-ers. $2 25ffFi.OO; stockers and feeders, $3.00 ?4.0; bulk. $2.C5'34.00; calves. $3.0037.00; Western fed steers, $3.7505.60; Western fed cows, $2.754.25. HogB Receipts. 11.000: &$10c higher; bulk. $6.10(16. 22; heavy, $6.20gC.27; packers. pack-ers. $6.15G 25; pigs and light, $5.60fiG.15. Sheep Receipts, 7000; strong; muttons, S4.SOiT6.60; lambs, $5.5006.75; range wethers, weth-ers, $5 5006.00; fed owes, $4.2505.35. St. Joseph. ST. J08EPH, Feb. 23. Cattle Receipts. 2400; steady to lOo higher. NatlvcH, $1,000' 0.00. cowb and holfora, $1.6504.60; stockers and feeders. $3.1004.50. Hogs Receipts, 7400; steady to 2c higher. Light. JG.0000.15; medium and heavy, $C.lO0G.22Vt Sheep Receipts, 3000;. Sheop. steady; lambs, 10c higher. |