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Show WALLSTPvEET FLUCTUATES NEW YORK, March 4--4rhe direction of prices in the stock market was downward at the opening, but the losses were slight. Trading was In small amounts. Fluctuations Fluctua-tions became quite variable, some stocks showing sympathetic heaviness with the weakness of the Southern iron group, while others followed the buying of Atlantic At-lantic Coast line. St Paul and the coalers. coal-ers. After declines had been made of 5 points In American Snuff, S in 8 loas-Sheffield snd 1 to m In Tennessee Coal, the Republio Steel stocks. International Power, Pow-er, Kan. Tex. and Wisconsin Central preferred, supporting orders became operative. ope-rative. Atlantio Coast line, Delaware & Hudson, St. Louis & San Francisco second sec-ond preferred and Sugar advanced a point each. Prices were held in sympathy with the rise of 1 in New York Central, 1 In Reading and I In Northwestern. Union Pacific rose to L$4Vi after the bank statement state-ment appeared. The rest of the market rallied and came up again in the sympathy sympa-thy with the movement In Union Pacific St. Paul rose a point. The closing was moderately active and firm. New Tork Sugar." NEW TORK, March . Sugar Raw. firm; fair refining, 4c; centrifugal. 96 test, 6c; molasses sugar. 4c. Refined, steady; crushed, $6.15; pow-dred, pow-dred, 86.10; granulated, $6.05. Coffee-Quiet; No. 7, 7c New Tork Money. NEW YORK, March 4. Close: Money on cell- nominal, no loans. Tim loans, firm: sixty days, 3 per cent; ninety days, & per cent; six months. 23 per cent. Prim mercantile paper. 4 per cent. . . Sterling exchange firm, with actual business bus-iness In bankers' bills at 34.86.76 to $4.86.85 for demand, and at $4.84.75 for sixty-day bills. Posted rates, 84.86 and 24.87. Commercial bills, 34.844.84. Mexican dollars, 46c. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, steady.' . Omaha Cattle. SOUTH OMAHA. March 4. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 100; market unchanged. Hogs Receipts, 7000; market 6c higher; heavy, 34.8604.96; mixed. $4.774.85; Tight. 34.704.80; pigs, 23.75&4.60; bulk of sales, 84.77e4J6. ' Sheep Receipts. 700; market steady; Western yearlings, 35.756.86; vwethers. 35.00O6.83; ewes, 34.55tpo.60; lambs, plSUjj 7J0.. Chicago Cattle. CHICAGO. March 4. Cattle Receipts. 200; good to prime steers. 35.5006.30; poor to medium, $4.0065.00; stockers and feeders. feed-ers. $2.404.46; cows, $2.5O4.20; heifers. $2.4004.75; canners. $1.2502.75; bulls, $2.25 64.00; calves. $3.007.00. Hogs Receipts today, 11,000: Monday. 40,000; 6c higher; mixed and butchers' 34.fS 5.10; good to choice heavy" $4.856.12; rough heavy, $4.SO6.06; light. $4.80&5.00; bulk of sales, $4.9065.10. Sheep Receipts, 2000; sheep and lambs steady; good to choice - wethers, $5,259 6.00; fair to choice mixed. $5.605.76; Western West-ern sheep, 35.60(56.00; nstlve lambs, $7.00 67.80; Western lambs. $7.607.80. Chicago Grain. Close: Wheat May. $1.161.16; July. 99o; September, 91c. Corn March. 46c; May. 48c; June. 4848c; September. 4S48c Oats March. 31c: May. 32c; July, 31c; September, 29330c Pork-May. Pork-May. $13.67; July. $12.80. Lard May. $7.02; April. $8.92; July. $7.1&eT17; September, Sep-tember, $7.27. Ribs May. $6.72; July, $6.95S.97; September, $7.10. Rye March, 78c. Flax Cash, Northwest, $1.38. TimothyMarch. Timo-thyMarch. $3.06. Clover March, $12.60. Barley Cash. 49c. |