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Show WALLSTREET IRREGULAR N. - NEW YORK. Feb. 18. The . opening stock market today was largely one of specialties, and the trading was rather quiet The United States Rubber stocks advanced a point, and Lead, 8meltlng and Metropolitan Street Railway a large fraction. frac-tion. There was an active demand for Chicago Great Western on a rise of 14, and 4500 shares of Union Pacific sold - at 126ft and. 126. compared with 125 last night. Consolidated Gas opened down a point.. The movements were of a mixed character, charac-ter, allied stocks moving contrarywise. For example, Reading and Norfolk and Western became heavy, while Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania and other stocks under U. 8. control advanced. In the industrial quarter Metal stocks generally rose, but U. 8. Steel fell back. The principal feature of the trading trad-ing was the sustained advance in Union Pacific, which touched 1.26. coincident with a rise in Northern Securities on the curb. Southern Pacific improved to 68 sympathetically and Union Pacific ' rose 134. St. Paul also showed strength. Stocks of Southern and Southwestern railroads rail-roads were mostly under pressure, including in-cluding Illinois Central, L. & N., Southern Railway, Kansas & Texas, Norfolk and Western. Union Pacific started upward again after af-ter the publication of the bank statement and reached 1.28. Prices hardened in sympathy, but the general movement was narrow. Great Northern preferred rose 7, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Colorado Colora-do Fuel preferred 5, Lead 3, the preferred 2. United Fruit 3. Federal Mining 6, and Chicago Great Western, American Telephone, Tele-phone, Dock preferred, U. 8.' Express and Cotton Oil a point or more. Toledo, St. Louis & Western preferred and Pressed Steel Car preferred lost 1. Some hesitation hesita-tion developed in the advance. The closing clos-ing was somewhat irregular. New York Sugar. NEW YORK. Feb. 18. Sugar-Raw, firm; fair refining. 4 7-1644c; centrifugal 96-test, 4 15-lti5c: molasses sugar, 4 S-lt3 44c: refined, firm; crushed, $6.75; powdered, pow-dered, $6.15; granulated, $6.06. Coffee-Quiet; Coffee-Quiet; No. 7 Rid. 8c. Chicago Grain. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. At the opening May wheat was c lower to Vc higher, at $1.1941.19tb. Offerings were of such large quantity that the price quickly broke to $1.18- Covering by shorts caused a rally to 81.19H. July opened Vsac lower, at $L01&l.om. and sold off to $1.01Vi. At the closi May was oft HfeVi at $1.19V Cil.l94; July closed He lower. Close: Wheat May. $1.19tt&l.l!i4; July, $1.01tf: September, 9Zc. Corn February. 43c: July, 47ig474c; September, 47'sc; May. 4fi',c, Oats February. 30i3OHc; May. 30-Qi SOTfcc; July. 30H30c; September, 2Wc. Pork February, $12.65; May, $12.S2(fcg 12.85; July, $12.95. Lard February, $6.72: May, $6.9ogi C.92H; July. $7.02Vi; September, $7.15. Ribs February, $6.65; May, $6.826.85; July, $6.97H. Rye February, 75c. Flax Cash. Northwestern, $1.25, Timothy February, $2.85. Clover February. $12.85. Barley Cash, S48c Cash Wheat No. 2 red. $1.22; No. 3 red, $1.151.19; No. 2 hard. $1,174x1,20; No. 3 hard, $1.1261-19; No. 1 Northern, $1.201.23; No. 2 Northern, $1,1411.22; No. 3 spring, $1.0831.20. Corn No. 2. 4434c : No. 3. 44J4fj44Vjc Oats No. 2, 31c; No. 3. 30ic. Kansas City Cattle. KANSAS CITY. Feb. 18. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 1000; market, steady and unchanged; un-changed; native steers. $3.75SG.70; native cows and heifers. $1.75&4.60: stockens and feeders. $2.75&4.25; bulls. $2,0043.75: calves, $3 O07.O0: Western steers, $3.75i&S.25; Western West-ern cows. $2.00(94.00. Hogs Receipts. 500: weak to 6c lower; bulk of sales, $4.70ft4.90; heavy. $4.854r4.95; packers, $4.75S4.90; pigs and light, $3.9U& 4 HO. Sheep Receipts, 1000; market, steady: muttons. $4.906.9'): lambs. $7.0ora7.!O: range wethers, $5.20ti6.90; fed ewes, $2,904)6.50. Omaha Cattle. SOITTH OMAHA. Feb. 18. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 3000; market, slow; native steers. $3.25i6.50; cows and heifers, $2.75(64.00; canners. $1.75g2.60; stockers and feeders, $2.5064.00: calves, $2.75&6.75; bulte, stags, etc.. $1.8003.75. Receipts Receipts. 7500; market, 1"V lower; heavv. $4.70Ca4.75; mixed. $4.o4.8o; light. $4.50(64.65; pigs. $3.7564.40; bulk of sales. $4.6244.70. gheep Receipts. 1800: market, steady; Western veaiilngs. $5.75ffi.ia; wethers. $5.O0tfi5.75; ewes, $5.756.80; lambs, $6.50 7.90. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 18. Wool Steady ; Territory and Western mediums. 214j22c; fine medium, 17&18c; fine, 16617c. New York Money. 1 NEW YORK. Feb. IS Close: Money on I call, nominal; no loans. Time loans, steady; sixty and ninety days, 3 per cent; six months. SVifiS per cent. Prime mercantile mer-cantile paper. 3fc44 per cent. Sterling exchange, steady, with actual business In bankers' bills at $4.87.66'54.87.60 for demand, de-mand, and at $4.85.30 for sixty-day bills. Posted rates. $4.86 and $4.88. Commercial hills. 14.84Tifii4.854r. Mexican dollars, 47c. Government bonds, easy; railroad bonds, steady. Chicago Cattle. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Cattle Receipts ROO; market steady; good to prime steers. $5 607.6.10; noor to medium, $3.805.46; mockers and feeders. $2.40&4.30; cows. $125 4.4.50; heifers. $2.005.00; canners, $1.35ig 2 65; bulls. $2.00A4.00; calves. $3.iOf?.60. Hogs Recelp's today, 270.00; Monday, 42 000; mark?t steady: mixed and butchers'. butch-ers'. $4.70i&4.95; goad to choice heavy. $4.S5 05.00: rough heavy, $4.65&4.75; light, $4.65 4.86; bulk of sales, $4.8064.90. Sheep Rec;ipt3 3000; sheep and lambs steady; good to prime wethers, .$5656.10; fair to choice mixed. $4.50'5.50; Western sheep, $4,7046.10; native lambs, $5.75478.75; Western lambs. $5.7&&8.15. |