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Show WALLSTREET VERYACTIVE , NEW YORK. " April t-The 'stock market mar-ket opened strong ind active, with a continuance con-tinuance of the recent large demand for the minor industrials. United States Steel, Union Pacific and New York Central were bought In large blocks, but their gains were limited to moderate fractions. Railroad Rail-road stocks weakened a trifle, owing to the meager demand, but betrayed a steadier tone at 11 o'clock. Higher prices prevailed for a large number of Industrial specialties, with the activity centering in those not so well known. Sloss-Sheffleld Steel got up 2V4 and Tennessee Coal,, Smelting preferred. Enameling, Pressed Steel Car, Leather preferred, certificates, cotton oil and Kansas It Texas preferred 1 to H4. Colorado Fuel, which closed Sat-prday Sat-prday at 67. . was quoted ex rights and sold betweeen M'and 66. The rights brought from ! to lti A large demand for railroad stocks was stimulated by a lively movement in the Erles, followed by advances In Union Pacific and New York Central. Erie rose H4. the first preferred pre-ferred 2, the second preferred S. Union Pacific Pa-cific IS. New York Central lk and Great Northern preferred 4. Other active railroad rail-road ttorka were lifted fractions. Bonds were firm at noon. The activity of railroad list was not prolonged pro-longed beyond midday and there were recessions re-cessions reaching a point In Erie second preferred. Meantime some of the industrials indus-trials were rising buoyantly. When the advance late in the day had amounted to 6 points In Tennessee Coal and 6 in Sloss-Sheffleld Steel, the entire market suddenly weakened on reports indicating in-dicating further delay in the Northern Securities case. Reactions of a point or more occurred in some specialties and New York Central, Union Pacific and St. Paul dipped sharply. Later a report that the case was finally disposed of caused a substanial rally, in which Union Pacific touched 132i or more than 2 points above last week's close. Minneapolis. St. Paul & Sault 8te Marie and Republic Steel moved up 1 and the preferred 2. The United States Steel stocks were In much better demand, but gained only fractionally. fraction-ally. Brooklyn Transit continued weak and lost a point. Chicago Cattle. CHICAGO. April 3. Cattle Receipts 28.000; steady; good to prime steers. 35.40 (66.40; poor to medium. 4.26g6.26: stock-ers stock-ers and feeders. $3.005.00; cows. $2.75 4.75; heifers. $3.0065.26: canners. $1.60&2.60; bulls, $2.754.25; calves. $3.006.75. Hogs Receipt today, 38,000; tomorrow. 27.000; shade lower; mixed and butchers. $6.2036.37H: good to choice heavy. $5,309 6.424: rough heavy, $'5.16$.25; light, $6.10 jS.30; bulk of sales,- $6 J506.35. Sheep Receipts. 28,000; sheep and lambs 10ft 16c lower; good to chalce wethers, $5.75 (8C.25; fair to choice mixed, $4.506.50; Western sheep. $5.00&2S; native lambs, $5.60g7.0; Western lambs. $6.607.2o. Chicago Grain. CHICAGO, April 3. Liberal receipts in the Northwest and larger world's shipments ship-ments than expected created bearish sentiment sen-timent In the wheat pit here today. The market opened quite weak, following a decline at Liverpool. Later a steadier tone developed on covering by shorts and buying by commission houses. Predictions of freezing temperatures in Nebraska and Kansas were mainly responsible for the steadier tone. July opened He to q lower at 87c to 87 c, and advanced to 87H7Hc. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago Chi-cago reported receipts of 540 cars against 413 a year ago. Lower cables and liberal receipts caused weakness in the corn market. July opened c to H&c lower, at 47 to 47 47Vc. After advancing to 47H847c the price settled back to 47i,447c. , July oats opened a shade. to VdSC lower low-er at 294c to 29c, and sold up to 294 29&c. July pork wa off 6c at $12.374: lard was unchanged to Zhic lower, at $7.27 to $7.30. and ribs were a shade lower at $7.17. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red. $1.14(S1.16; No. c tl (iKfff1 ! No 1 hard. 11 Tail 115 No. 3 hard. J1.00&1.12; No. 1 Northern. $1.13m.l5: No. 2 Northern, $l.USfcl-13; No. . 3 spring. Jl.0Wgl.13. Corn No. 2, 47S47c; No. 3, 4647c. Oats No. 2. 304c: No. 3. 29c. -Close: Wheat May, $1.14; July. SB& S8c; Sept. 83(mc. Corn April. 46Vic; May, 47Vi'IM7iiN: July, 474c: Sept., 47c. Oats-May. 2929"ic; July. 2920c; Sept.. 2S'S2ST(c. Pork Mav. 112.80; July, $1297. Lard April, $7.10; May, $7.2; July, $7.35; Sept.. $7.50. Ribs-May, $7.02g7.03; July. $7.23; Sejt.. $7.4u4i7.42; October, $7.45. Flax Cash, Northwest, $1.38; Southwest. South-west. $1.24; April. $1.24. Rve April. 78c. Timothy April, $2.90; Sept., $3.10. Clover April, $13.75. Barley Cash, Sfc&fiOc. Kansas City Cattle. KANSAS CITT. April 3. Cattle Receipts. Re-ceipts. 70u0; steady; a shade higher; native na-tive steers. $4.2o(tf6.00; native cows and heifers. $2. 25.. 6.15: stocke,rs and feeders, $3.266.00; bulls, $2.fe54H.25; ckls, $2.6( 6.25; Western fed steers, $4.25ifi W; Western West-ern fed cowa. $3.264i4.C0. Hogs Receipts. 6000; market weak to 3c lower; bulk. $3.1(H&6.30; heavy, $5.25&fi.3o: packers, $5.15tfj6.30; pigs and lights, $4.25 fe5.25. , Sheep Receipts, 4000: market steady to strong; muttons, $5.0oii6.90: lambs. $t.50(f 7.40; range wethers, $6.5txa.76; fed ewes, $5.0Ojir'6.75. New York Money. NEW TORK, April 3. Money on call, strong, 34 per cent; closing, bid and offered. 4 per cent. Time loans, steady; sixty and ninety days and six month, 42 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3 N per cent. Sterling exchange, steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.85.90$i4.So.95 for demand, and at $4.84.15(9 484.20 for sixty-day bills; posted rates, $4.85 aid $4.86ij-t.87; commercial, bills, $4.S3&4.83. Mexican dollars, 43c. Government Gov-ernment bonds. Arm; tallroad bonds. Irregular. |