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Show NX-..' r: :. r - ii.-Tr ; t tr ":rg tr.'.i r !: T ' 1 a t . ar 1 ir- r-u!ar r-ovf -.ft of rrlc-. : ..tic. I un- .:-r.f lu 1 1 eor-'vu 1 s .me f ' are c f df , ' n. pre v a i ' e of a i ''nt In Nort'...-rn I c 8- a dec'.lr.e of e la Union Pacific. These were the principal princi-pal changes. Transactions were on a small scale. There was not enough demand to sustain sus-tain the market at the opening figures, and values were shaded still further. Northern Pacific' advance was converted Into a loss of 114. Pressure was most effective ef-fective in the transcontinental stocks and the metal group. Losses ran from 1 to 1 la St Paul. Northern Pacific, Canadian Pacific Minneapolis, St. Paul A Sault Ste. Marie, I. & N.. B. & O., I-ead. Consolidated Consoli-dated Gas, Smelting.' Colorado Fuel, U. 8. Steel preferred, Tennessee Coal, Republic Re-public Steel preferred, Virginia-Carolina. Chemical preferred, Brooklyn Transit and Rubber Good preferred. New York Central fell 1 and Chicago Great Western West-ern preferred and New York Airbrake i. Offerings dimlnshed. but the lower pricea failed to attract any demand and semi-stagnation resulted. Recoveries were the slightest. Northern Pacific x-. tended Its decline to 2. Sugar 1 and Locomotive preferred 1. There was an isolated advance of 1 in St. Louis & San Francisco second preferred. ' Bonds were steady and dull at noon. Much of the forenoon's losses In the well known railroad storks wera made up. but renewed selling drove the market off again. Great Northern preferred moved up a point, while Ontario & Western declined de-clined to a simitar extent. Little effect T.-as produced' on the general market by the demand for St . Paul, which touched 17614. The ticker was motionless for long intervals, reflecting the listless character of the trading. - Selling of the general list carried prices to about the lowest. Declines were made In Northwestern of 1, Colorado & Southern South-ern second preferred 1. and Kansas & Texas and Smelting preferred 1. Bt Paul was marked up again, this time a point ever last night, with sustaining effect n the market Prices did not hold, however, how-ever, and the closing was heavy and dull. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red. tl.OltfHB: No. 3 red. 93cfr$1.01; No. 2 hard. 6aic; No. S hard. 92&95c; No. 1 Northern. 21.031M; No. 2 Northern. 11.0u1.04; No. S spring. 90ctl.02. , Corn-No. 2. 62: No. 8. 63. Oats No. 2. SOSCWi; No. S, 304- Kansas City Lire Stock. KANSAS CTTT. May 16. Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 7000; market steady; native steers. H60&&); native cows and heifers. $2,260 6 36; stockers and feeders, t3.2Sfi5.0O; bulls. J2.6504.66; calves. 3.006.6O; Western fed steers, K5O&.20; Western fed cows, J160 5.26. - Hogs Receipts 11.000; market 5c higher: buk of sales, t5.25S5.36: heavy, S6.25&6.8:; packers, $3J5S.STVs; pigs and lights, $4 60 t)6.30. . . Sheep Receipts 8000; market strong; muttons, M.2541&E6; lambs, 15.7567.25; fed ewes, $4.25374.76; range wethers,. $4.8&g6.50, St. Louis WooL ST. LOUIS. May 16. Wool Strongj Territory Ter-ritory and Western mediums, 2820c; fine medium, 2426c; fine. 2123& Omaha Live Stock. SOUTH OMAHA. May 1.-Cattle Re-' ceipts, 600O; market 10c lower. Native steers. $4 SOg6.1S; cows end heifers, SL40 6.25; Western steers. $3.2605.10; canners, $2 000125; stockers and feeders, $2.8004 .80; calves. $3.0O.25; bulls, stags, etc., $2.T&? 4.75. - Hogs Receipts, 10,000; market Be higher, heavy, $5.17o.Z;; mixed. $5.1&5.17H: light, $5.12H'g&22i; pigs, KOOfeaOO; bulk of sales, $6.1i?5.20. i Sheep-Recelpts, 2200; market, strong; Western yearlings. shorn, $4.7oJ?6.2S; wethers, shorn, $4.254.S0; ewes, shorn, $3.7604.60; lambs, shorn, $5.0006.00. ' Corner In Corn. CHICAGO. May 16. Corn for delivery oa the Board of Trade during the current month is said to have been cornered. Aa a result the price advanced nearly 3 cents a bushel on the Board of Trade today In less than five minutes time. It was not ui'til the price was up to 64c that, all the ar.aious buyers were supplied. The close was 1 cent below the top figure reached. . Chicago Live Stock. ' CHICAGO. May 16. Cattle Receipts. 9000; steady. Good to prime steers, $5.65 t.65; poor to medium, $4.500 6. 50 r stockers and feeders. $2.7506.00; cows, $3.0006.30; heifers, t3.0Uo6.75; canners. $1.6002.40; bulls, $2.7504.75; calves, $3.OO0.75. Hogs Rec sipts today, 16,000; tomorrow, 27.000; market 6010c higher. Mixed and butchers, $5.2005.45; good to choice heavy, $5.3506.45; rough heavy, $6,100)6.80; light, $5.2506.65; bulk of sales. $5.3505.45. Sheep Racelpts, 18.0CO; sheep and lambs, strong.- Good' to Choice wethers, shorn, $4.60f?r5.25; fair to choice, mixed, shorn, $3.6004.60; Western sheepi shorn, $4.0005.25; native lam'os, shorn, $40006.50; .Western lambs, $5.5037.50. New York Produce. NEW YORK. May 16,-Butter weak; street prices extra creamery. 2122; official offi-cial prices, creamery common to extra, 19021; State dairy common to extra, 18021; renovated common to extra, lots 19; Western factory common to extra. 14 018; Western imitation creamery extras, 19; do. tlrsts, 18. Cheese New weak, old steady; new State full cream, colored and white, fine smay. 11; do. fair to choice. 10 all; do. large colored and white, fine. 10 all; old State, full cream, colored and white fancy, 14; do fine. 13. Chicago Grain. CHICAGO, May 16. Higher prices prevailed pre-vailed in the wheat pit as a result of an active demand from shorta The buying buy-ing was due mainly to additional rain in many sections of the United States. Another An-other factor of considerable Importance, however, was a report that German troops had occupied a Chinese city. Scores of fresh complications In. the war situation resulting from this alleged breach of neutrality induced some shorts to cover. -The market was further bull-Uhlv bull-Uhlv affected by the strength- of corn. Julv opened to c higher at 87 to i 87S7 and advanced to fc838S. Minneapolis, Min-neapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported re-I re-I ceipts of eighty-five cars against sixty-two sixty-two a year ago. .. ' - . The feature of the trading In corn was the congestion of the May delivery. Jros. pects of a "squeese" In that option started start-ed an urgent demand from shorts, but offerings were extremely small. As a result the price of May advanced nearly 3 cents above last night's closing quotations. quo-tations. May opened to 2c -higher at 51 to 63. and sold up to 63. July opened up to at 48 to 48 and advanced ad-vanced to 48. i - . July oats opened a -shade lower to a shade higher at 29. to 29, and sold up to 29. ' . ' July pork was up 25c at. $12.62. Lard was up 6c- st $i.37!s. . Ribs were -unchanged at $7.26. - Clone: Whjat-May. . 95ci July, 87c; September, 80c. Com May. 53c; July, 47e; old,48c; September, 47c; old, 474?47c; December, Decem-ber, 44c; old, 45c. - , - . Oats May, 31c; July, 2?c; September Pork-May. $12.37' July, $12.S7&12.60; September, $12.80. I,ard May, $720; July, $7.35; September, $7.52 V, October, $7.47; December, $7.00. Ribs Miy. $7.10; July, $7.27; September, $7.52. 1 ft ye May, 77fi7Sc. . Flax Cash Northwestern, $1-12. Timothy May, $.'.95. , Parley Cash, 42 if"c. , Clover May, $12.00312.50. . ; - i ' . ..''' ' Y |