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Show STEADIER IN WALLSTREET NEW YORK. Feb. 8. Prices started upward up-ward briskly In the opening dealings In the stock market on well distributed, demand. de-mand. After a succession of small advances ad-vances and declines arising from the opening strength and traders' realising, prices surged strongly upward under the leadership of Reading and Ontario Sc Western. Both stocks were absorbed in huge blocks and established gains of 2 and 2 respectively during the first hour's business. . The numerous specialties figured fig-ured extensively In the buying movement and made material advances, but the standard railroad stocks rose only moderately. moder-ately. Among the Important gains were U. 8. Rubber preferred. 5. Great Northern North-ern preferred and Federal Mining S. and Northwestern. New York Central. Chicago Chi-cago Terminal preferred,' Pacific Mall, L. 8. Rubber, Woolen and Realty 11- Reading was well sustained and a number num-ber of Industrials .were lifted sharply, but realizing at other Volnts made inroads on prices. The Metropolitan tsocks. Tennessee Tennes-see Coal. Chicago A Alton, JCansas City Southern preferred. Detroit Southern and National Lead were forced 11 under last night, and soma of the market leaders lead-ers a fraction. Central Railroad of New Jersey, Rock Island preferred, Texas Pacific, Pa-cific, eGneral Electric. Pacific Mall and Republic Steel preferred rose 1 to Z point. There was a sale of 100 shares of Burlington at 250. Bonds were steady at noon. Spasmodic bidding up of selected stocks had but little effect on the general market and much Irregularity was manifested In most of the prices. Manhattan's rapid rise of 8 points after 12 o'clock and Reading's Read-ing's bulge to 87 did little more than to steady the market. Metropolitan Street Railway moved up a point over last night and Metropolitan Securities recovered Its loss. Northwestern preferred Jumped 6 points, while American Express fell off 6. The recovery In the Metropolitan tractions trac-tions carried Metropolitan Street Railway 2. and Metropolitan Securities over last night. Pacific Mall rose 2 and Federal Fed-eral Mining . The general tone was rather rath-er heavy, and the local tractions reacted 1?1. Lead and Pacific Coast lost 1. B. A O. was run up a point at 2 o'clock. There was free realizing under cover of the bidding up of Pennsylvania, which caused reactions of a point In strong stocks and carried many active Issues below be-low last night. New Haven. Northwestern. Northwest-ern. Delaware A Hudson and Colorado Fuel lost 1 and Pacific Coast 2. Ontario A Western rallied vigorously to 48,B. A O. got up to 106. and the closing was generally strong and active. Kansas City Cattle. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Feb. 8. -Cattle-Receipts. 6000: steady to 10c lower; native steers. $3.50i6.75; native cows and heifers, $1.754.25; stockers and feeders. $2.io4.2o; bulls, $2.254i3.3; calves. $3.00r6.50: Western West-ern fed steers. $3.50&6.25; Western fed cows. $2.003.75. Hogs-Receipts. 18,000: market lc lower: bulk of sales, $4.5OM.90; heavy. $4.86Sj4 924: packers, $4.754i4.90: pigs and light. $4.094.80. Sheep Receipts. 5"K- steatiy: muttons. $4.6096.86; lambs, $6 5o7.65; range wethers. $5.2S8.75; fed ewes, $4.766.35. Omaha Cattle. SOUTH OMAHA. Feb. I.-Cattle-Re-celpts 3rt; market slow: native steers. $3.&5.60; cows and heifers. J2.7VWI.10; canners. $1.303.55; stockers and feeders, $2.404.25: calves, $3.505.75; bulls, btags, etc.. $l.SO3.75. Hogs Receipts 7000; market 10c lower; heavy. $4.656.4.75; mixed. $4.304.75: light. $4.45(94.55; pigs, $3.50&4.40; bulk of sales, $4.604.65. gheep Receipts 4500: market steady: Western yearlings. $."..75.40; wethers. $5.00 T5.60; ewes, $4.2.V5.25; lambs, $6.257.40. Chicago Cattle. CHICAGO, Feb. 8. Cattle Receipts. 23.000; market slow; good to prime steers, $5.60ff'6.25: poor to medium. $3.7565.45; cows. $l.LO4.35: stockers and feeders. $2.3565.55; heifers. $2.00(34.90; canners $1.2565.55; bulls, $2.0063.40: calves. $3,0067.25. Hogs Receipts today. 50.000: tomorrow. 40,000; market 15c lower; mixed and butchers'. butch-ers'. $4.70 4.85; good to choice neavy. J4.. 64.90; rough heavy. $4.60i4.75; light. $lr54 4.65; bulk of sales. $4.604.80. Sheep Receipts 18.000: sheep steady rd lambs strong: good to choice wethers. $5.60 66.00; fair to choice mixed. $4.50-35.25; Western sheep. $4.5006.25: native lambs, $5.7568 00; Western lambs. $5.75ff8.'J0. . New York Sugar. NEW YORK. Feb. 8.-Sugar Raw. dull: fair refining, 4c; centrifugal, SG-test. &Hc; molasses -sugar, 4c; refined quiet; powdered. pow-dered. $6.15; crushed. $6.75; granulated, 6.05. Coffee Quiet; No. 7 Rio. 8Hc St Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 8 Wool-Steady ; Territory Ter-ritory and Western mediums, 21022c; fine medium, 1718c; fine. 1617c. Chicago Grain. CHICAGO, Feb. 8. May wheat opened off i to ic at J1.16H to $1.16V and sold at $1.167. July opened H to Vc lower at $1.01H to $1.014. After selling off to J1.01S. the price steadied around $1.014461.01. May sold off to $1.16 and July to ll.COfcp l.w May closed c lower and July was down lc. Close: Wheat May, $1.16V4; July. $1.00T4; September. Sep-tember. 926927ic. Corn February, 42Hc; May, 45c; July. 41c: September, 46c. Oats February. 30c; Mav, 3OV&30fcc; Julv, 29Mi30c; September, 28Tifi-29c. Pork February. $12.62V4; Mav, $12.82H; July, $12.92Vi. Lard February. $6.70; May. $6.87H; July, $7 00; September. $7.10. Klbs February. $6.62; May, $6.82H; July. $6 95ij.97 Rye February, $4.00. Flax Cash. Northwest. 41-23. Timothy February. $2.85. Cloverd $12.60. Barley Cash, 3864'. Cash Wheat No. 2 red. $1.20; No. 3 red. $1.12(1.17; No. 2 hard. $1.14ty1.17; No. 3 hard. $1.0&1.15: No. 1 Northern, tl.20; No. 2 Northern. $1.1101. 16; No. 3 spring, $1.05 116V4. Cut in Refined Sugar. NEW YORK. Feb. 8.-A1I grades of refined re-fined sugar were reduced 10 cents a hundred hun-dred pounds today. New York Money. NEW YORK. Feb. 8 -Close: Money on call steady at 20214 per cent; closing bid, 2; offered, 24 per cent. Time loans steady; 60 and 90 days. S per cent; six months, 34 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 3HO 4V per cent. Sterling exchange weak, with actual business in bankers' bills at 14.87.8504. 87.90 for demand, and at t4.86.65 for 60-day bills; posted rates. $4 R6H and $4.89; commercial bills. $4.851,04.85. Mexican Mex-ican dollars, 47Hc. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds firm. |