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Show SOI IE ADVANCES IN WALL STREET NEW , YORK, Oct. 27. -Trading was very dull at the opening of the stock exchange today. Gains were in the majority. Stocks 'that had opened above yesterday's dosing were not supported sup-ported after the opening, the entire market selling off to below yesterday. The readiness of the room traders to take profit in Beading forced it down 1 from the best. -Union Pacific sold nearly a point below last night and the general list' a moderate fraction. The. market grew -firmer--toward 11 o'clock, bnt continued intensely dull. ' The. market closed strong and moder-, atejy active: Prices advanced on the bank statement, which reported a heavy loan contraction instead of an increase, as expected. ; The recovery reached about the level of the opening prices. St. Paul rose 1 and National Railroad of Mexico preferred 14, Northwestern, Great Northern preferred and Delaware & Hudson sold a point under last night. There was some large buying- of U. 8. Steel towards the last, at an advance of a point, and Amalgamated Copper also was a point higher. NEW YORK MONET. NEW YORK, Oct. 27. Close: Prime mercantile paper, 66 per cent. ... Sterling - exchange, weak, with actual ac-tual business in bankers' bills at $4.&o.75(4.85.83 for demand and 14.80.75624.80.83 for sixty-dsy bills. ' Posted rates, $4.81 Vi and $4.86. 'Commercial bills, $f.80(E 4.804. Bar silver, 70c Mexican dollars, o4ic Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, steady.. Money on call, nominal; no loans. Time loans, strong; sixty days, 6(g6H per cent; ninety days, 646' per cent; six months, 6 per cent. ST. LOUIS WOOL. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 27. Wool Steady; Territory and Western medium, . 23(a) 27c; fine medium, 1821c; fine, 14( 16c. T NEW YORK SUGAR. NEW YORK. Oct. 27. Sugar Raw, steady; fair refining, 3Hc; centrifugal, 9o-teet, 4c: molasses sugar, 3c. Refined, Re-fined, steady: crushed, $o.60; powdered, $5.00; granulated, $4.90. Coffee Steady; No. 7 Rio, 8c. CHICAGO PRODUCE. CHICAGO. Oct. 27-n wht mrkt today opened strong on fair demand by borti and commiaiOB-iioiuei. Cablaa war firm, JCorthwMtern receipts were light, and the weather waa unfavorable for the moTe-ment moTe-ment of the new crop. Decern ber opened H 4c to H H higher at 7373Hc, aold at 73H73c and closed firm, Vic up at 73 H 78 Vie. - Toe corn market waa firm on a good demand de-mand by ahorte and light offerings. December Decem-ber cloaed ahade higher at 43V4( 3Vc. The oata mark waa firm. December opened H 3 Vie higher at 33V4e, and aold at 33 H 33 He. The proviaiona market waa quiet and Arm. January pork opened 57Ve higher at $13.30, lard waa unchanged to 2 He higher at $8.87 H2 8.40. and riba were unchanged at $7.50. Close: Wheat December, 73H734c; May, 77ic. Corn December, 48,(g48Hc: Mav, 44c. Oata December, 33 He; May, J4Tc. Pork January, $18,471 ; May. $18.77. Lard October, $9.65; January. $8 874. Bibe October, $8.15; January, $7.44 Rye--Caih, 634 65 He Barley Cah. 41352c. Timothy December. $4.05 4 10. Clover and flax, nothing doing. Cash: Wheat No. 3 red. 73 73 He; No. 3 red, 7273e; No. 2 hard, 72S7oo: Jo. 8 hard, 7174e; Ko. 1 Northern, 78(3 8 0o; No. 2 2torthern, 75(3 79c; No. 8 spring, 71 78c. Corn Ko. 2, 46Vo: "So. 3. 4348Hc Oat Xo. 2, 83e; "o.,3, 82Vc. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. CHICAGO, Oct. 27. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 500. Stesdv. eeves, $3.85(5. 7.00;; cows and heifers, $1.40rt5.1o'; calves. $5.00(&7.75; stockers and 'feeders, 'feed-ers, $2.6Q(3.L$0. Hogs Estimated receipts. 8000. Strong to 5c higher. Mixed and butchers, butch-ers, f5.95(S65; good heavy, $6.35(& W5; rough heavy, $5.95(5:6.20; light, $6.056.50: pigs, $5.S06.25; bulk of sales, $6.15(6.45. Sheep Receipts, estimated 3000. Market steadv. Sheep, $3.25(55.50; yearlings, $5.40(ff6.50; lambs, $4.50(5 7.65. KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK. 1 KANSAS CITY, Oct. 27. Cattle Receipts, 1000. Steady; native steers, $4.00(56.75; native cows and heifers, $2.00(34.75: stockers and feeders, $2.75 4.75; bulls, $2.10(23.50; calves, $2.75 (56.50; Western steers. $3.505.25; Western cows, $2.25(53.75. Hos Receipts, 40fi0. Strong to higher; bulk of sales. $6.256.35; heavy, $6.25(56.35; packers, $6.25 6-37; lights, $5.60(56.35. Sheep Receipts, 1000. Market nominally nom-inally steady; muttons, $4.60(55.50; lambs. $5.757.35; range wethers, $4.50(15.75; fed ewes, $3.75(55.35. OMAHA LIVE STOCK. 'OMAHA, Oct. 27. Cattle Receipts, 400. Market unchanged. Hogs Receipts, 4800. Steady, 5c Jorer- Heavy, $6.0006.15: mixed, !S-.58-15! ht $6J3(6.30; pigs, $5.006.00: bulk, $6106.15. Sheep Receipts, 15D0. Steady. Yearlings, $5.50(56.00; wethers, $5.25 5.60; ewes, $405.30; lambs, $6.75 7.30a ' |