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Show UPS AND DOWNS IN WALL STREET 'NEW YORK. May Jt Well distributed buying ( orders carried opening prices in the stock market upward throughout the lift. Gains in some of the speculative favorites fa-vorites were wide and very large orders were executed In one or two stocks. Transfers of Reading were in blocks of louu to 8000 shares ai an advance of Ms-Great Ms-Great Northern preferred rose 8. Anaconda Ana-conda 2, Northern Pacific, Delaware & Hudson. Wabash preferred, American Locomotive, Lo-comotive, American Smemng and Lnited States Reduction preferred k to 1V4. end Amalgamated Copper, Tennessee Coal, Colorado Fuel and Pennsylvania large fractions. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis A Omaha sold at a decline of i. v Continued buying of Reading on a large scale revived bullish confidence to a lurge degree and there waa a heavy absorption ab-sorption of the coalers, grain carriers and metal stocks. The movement In Reading overshadowed everything else In point of Importance, but the rapidity of Its rise Induced selling of other stocks when the general list had got materially higher. :eading sold at 1.41. a gain of t. but had reacted to below 1.41 at U o'clock. Advances in other stocks were also shaded shad-ed and there was a perceptible slackening in the demand. Among the Important gains were Pittsburg. C. C. C. A St. Louis preferred ftfc. Wabash preferred and Locomotive Lo-comotive t, Kansas Texas preferred 14. and the common, Erie and the second preferred. Onts-tv & Western, St. Paul, New York Central. Union Steel and Colorado Col-orado Fuel 1 to 1. Dealings decreased on the reaction which reached 2 In Reading. Prices then started upwards again, selected stocks making spectacular advances, but the general run of stocks did not get higher than before. Great Northern preferred rcse 5. Northern Pacific 44. Wabash preferred pre-ferred Colorado Fuel 2. Louisville A-Nashville A-Nashville and American Smelting 14 and Canadian Pacific At noon the trad ing waa dull and prices showed fractlon-"ressions. fractlon-"ressions. There wi heavy buying Of Wabash debentures "B". bonds. Bonds genera llv were steadv at noon. Restricted dealings discouraged any general unlifttnr of prices, but there were a fw storks which were successfully put higher. Pexr Influences did not extend bvnnd holding the market steady m face of the proflt-tsVIng in Reartlnr and other active railroads end sneclaltUs. Great Northern preferred Improved w,. Pullman S. Atlanta Cosst Lire and Colorado Fuel SU. 'RMdl" scond referred I and Rrooklvn Transit and Smelting preferred 'M. Lackawanna dropped 10 points to .-so. Thre were he'ated advances In stocks wMch hd been lasrgard In the esi-'v trading tra-ding and Reading recovered to 1.41T. the best of the dsv. Active resizing went on at other points and nulled price back again. New Vork Central rose 24 and Pennsvlvsnla 1. and both reacted near-1v near-1v a point. Illinois Central "gained JX. Nashville. Chattanooga, and St. Tenuis 14 Northwestern and Wsm Maryland 1V4: T. p. steel and TT. 8. Realtv rallied ral-lied to over las nlrht. Trsdlng be came dull aealn. with the drop in prices. and the closing was easy. Chicago Live Stock. CHICAGO. May 2o.-Cattle Receipts. 1500: market, steady: beeves, $4.006.90; cows and heifers. $1756.35: Blockers and feeders, $2.75ffl4.90; Texans. $4.0004.60; calves. $4.50.75. Hogs Receipts. 11.000; market. 10fll5c higher; estimated tomorrow, 9000; mixed and butchers. $6.3066.55: good heavy. $6.45 fT6.57; rough heavy. $6.2Sff?.40; light $65 6.52; pigs, $5.506.25; bulk of sales. $6.47 6 55. I Sheep Recelots. 5000; market, steady; sheep. $4.6066.40; lambs. $5.4064.75. Omaha Live Stock. OMAHA. May 25.-Cattle Receipts. 1000; market, steady to strong; native steers, $4.2&86.50; cows and hefelrs, $3.004-o0; Western steers. $3.5064-60; canners, $2.00 $.00; stockers and feeders, $3.25f5M.6: calves. $3.0036.00; bulls and stags, $2,759 25- ... Hogs Receipts. 8700; market, active to 10c higher; heavy, $6.3006.40; mixed. $6.30 6.32; light, $6.2666.35; pigs. $5.006.00; bulk of sales. $6.S066.35. gheep Receipts, 100; market, steady: yearlings. $o.654?6.2o; wethers, $5.506.00; ewes. $4.756.75; lambs, $4.2j&6.85. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS. May 26. Wool, steady. Territory Ter-ritory and Western mediums. 25630c; fine tr.edium. 21626c: fine. ISfrZOc New York Siigur. NEW YORK. May 25-Sugar Raw, steady. Fair refining. 2 29-32'S2 15-16c: centrifugal cen-trifugal (.96 test). 3 13-3283 7-16c; molasses sugar. 2 21-3262 ll-16c. Refined, steady. Crushed. $a.20: powdered. pow-dered. $4.60; granulated. $4.60. Coffee, steady. No. 7 Rio. TC. Kansas City Live Stock. KANSAS CITY? May 25.-Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 1000. Market steady. Native suers. $4.2&5.60; native cows and heifers, $2 50ft5.0ii; stockers and feeders. $3.2565-60; bulls, $2.6Gfo4.40; calves. $3.0036.25; Western West-ern fed steers. $3.7565.30; Western fed cows. $2.&i4.00. . Hogs Receipts. 7000. Market steady to 6c higher. Bulk of sales. $6.306.40; heavy $306-42: packers. $6.25&6.35; pigs and light. $5.4O6-30. gheppReceipts. 1000. Market steady. Muttons. I5.256.25: lambs. $oo7.50; range vtthers, $5.256g': ewes. $4.756.25. New York Money. NEW YORK. May 25. Money on call, easv; 3(55 per cent; ruling rate, 4 per cent: closing bid, 3 per cent; offered at 4 per CTime loans, firmer; sixty days. 416'4 per cent: ninety days. 464 per cent; six months. 45 per cent. Close: Prime mercantile paper. 464 per cent. Sterling exchange, steady at $4.R8.2T9 4.85.40 for demand and at $4.S2.0S4 .82.10 for sixty-day bills. Posted rates. $4.83 and $4.86. Commercial bills, $4.81?. Bar silver, 67Hc Mexican dollars. 52Uc. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, firm. Chicago Produce. CHICAGO. May 25 The wheat market optned easier today on reports of rain in the Southwest, but later the loss was regained. re-gained. July opened to He lower, at for to 83c and sold up to 83. Mlnne-cpolls Mlnne-cpolls Duluth and Chicago reported receipts re-ceipts of 162 cars. Corn opened easier, but later became firmer on a good cash demand. July cpened to Vsi4C lower, at 47&47c to 47M; ana advanced to 47-iC. The oats market opcntrl weak. July opened V? lower, at 33tc and sold at 33',c. The provision market, was strong on Mgher hogs. July pork opened 10 to 12c lilxher at $16.30 to $16.32. and advanced to $16 40 Lt.rd was 667c higher at $8.80 8 82. and sold up to $9.85. Ribs were up 6fn7c at 19.3060.321,4 and sold M9:40-. , Wheat The close was steady with July off Uc at 83c. Cern The close was weak, with July Close: 'wheat-May. 6c: July. S3c. Corn May. 474c; July, 47c. , Oats-May. 33Hc: July. 33c. Pork May. $16.20; July. $16.25. Lard May. $.70; July, $8.77. Ribs May, $9.26; July. $9.30. Rye Cash. 616"6c. Flax Cash. Northwestern, $1.15. Timothy September, $3.95. Clover Cash. $11.25. Barley Cash, 41(354c. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red. 9093c; No. 3 red 8fiS?6c; No. 2 hard. 86687c: No. 3 hard 80F83c; No. 1 Northern. 87iSSc: No. I Northern. SBc; No. 3 spring. 8206c. Oats-No. 2. 33 c; No. 3. ttc. Corn-No. 2. 4Xff49c: No. 3. 48648c. |