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Show Small Gains snl Losses Characterize ttc Day's Dealings in St: cis. " NEW YORK, April 20. The opening movement of prices was exceedingly irregular, ir-regular, a number of the snail gains being be-ing promptly lost , and some of the small losses as promptly recovered. Amalgamated Amalga-mated Copper rose K. which measured the largest movement. Prices fluctuated in a confused manner. A Jump of 2 in Manhattan to 1414 had some little sustaining sus-taining effect on the market." Other stocks I in which the demand was ample enough I to induce good gains consisted mainly of minor stocks and included Fort Worth and Denver City Stamped, which advanced ad-vanced points. General Electric 2S. Evansvllle.A Terre. Haute 34. Criorii1 i Fuel VJk. Metropolitan Securities declined The" Gould group' displayed relatively more stability than other stdeks, but were only moderately active. The market yielded a fraction all around before 11 o'clock. The inability to move prices far In either direction discouraged dis-couraged the traders and the market became be-came dull. Reading was under pressure and lost over a point and the second preferred pre-ferred 1. Wabash preferred. Southern Pacific, Amalgamated, Metropolitan Street Railway, Colorado Fuel, Evans-vllle Evans-vllle tt Terre Haute and 8t. Paul reacted 1 to IVi. General Electric extended its gain to V Weetinghouee Electric RH. and American Car. Preesd Steel Car preferred pre-ferred and Consolidated Gas 1 to IVi. Bonds were steady at noon. Small offerings forced the market fractionally frac-tionally lower and St. PauL Union Pacific. Pa-cific. AmaJga.iiated Copper and Smelting fell a point under Saturday's close: Pennsylvania, Atchison, Rock Island and Southern Pacific lost substantial fractions frac-tions and the heaviness of the leading stocks bad a decreasing effect on long operations. Northern Securities dropped to 96H on apprehension over the decision on the application for a stay of the Judgment Judg-ment arsunst the company. The fall in prices was still In progress when the news was bulletined that the Northern Securities company petition for a modification of . the decree against it pending an appeal had been granted. There waa an abrupt recovery alter the publication of the news. Losees were wiped out and net gains of 1 to lfe in New York Central. Union Pacific St. . Paul. Missouri Pacific and Southern Railway preferred were established. Manhattan rose an extreme 2. Northern Securities on the curb Jumped from HTs to Free selling carried prices backward a point or more for the leaders and the market became extremely dull. . St Louis Wool. 8T.-LOUIS, April 20. Wool Unchanged ; Territory and western mediums, 1517c; fine, life 16c; coarse. 12Q15c. . . Kansas City. Cattle. KANSAS CITY. April 20. CattleReceipts, CattleRe-ceipts, 6000,-including 250 Texans; strong to 5c higher. Native steers, 84.003525: Texas and Indian steers. R0O6.25: Texas cows, t-50fii.OO; native cows and helfem, $2.Hg4.80; stockers and feeders, $2.76.0O; bulls. 2.80(&4.25: calves, 2.7587.00; Western West-ern steers, $2.90(36.00; Western cows, $2.00 j4.K. i Hogs Receipts, 8000; market weak to Be lower. Bulk of 'sales. $7.Oa7.20; heavy. $7.10(87.25; packers,-r.00S7.12Vi. - Sheep Receipts, 4000; market, steady. Muttons, $3.80(&.15; lambs. $5.507.50; range wethers, $410S.30; ewes, R1&&5.90. Chicago Cattle. CHICAGO. April 20.-Cattle Receipts. 2T..00O; steady. Good to prime steers. $6.10 5.60; poor to medium, $4J6S.00; stockers and feeders, 100-4.8S; cows, $ien4.75; heifers. $2 5O&5.0O; canners. tl.0ia2.75; bulla $2.50i4.50; calves, $2.6035.75; Texas fed steers, $4.005.10. Hogs Receipts, today. 35,000; tomorrow, 30.000: left over. ISOO; steady to 6c lower. Mixed and butchers, $7.00(97.60; good to choice heavy, $7.80(7.60; rough heavy, $7.10 &7.S5; light, $6.8037.15; bulk of sales, $7.10 7.30. . 8heep Receipts, 18,000; sheep, slow; lambs, lower. Good to choice wethers. J4.75C6.75; fair to choice mixed. $4.0064.73; Western sheep, $4.505.75; native lambs, $4.60(36.80; Western lambs, $4.6O.80. San Francisco Grain. SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, Wheat-Firmer. Wheat-Firmer. May. $1.84: December, $L254. Spot, dull. $1.351.38. Barley Firmer. Ma-, $1.0714; December, Decem-ber, 44c; cash. NEW YORK METAL. 0 NEW YORK, April 20. Bar all- f) ver, 60 cents. Copper and lead . quiet, . , un- changed. ' Chicago Grain. CHICAGO. April 20. Disappointing cables caused quite general selling in the wheat pit at the start today and July was off 14c at -FfrtitttKc while May was a shade higher to W&c lower at 7714877V?. A good demand for July developed arly in the session and that option became strong. advancing to ac. May sold at 7TJ4f78c, but steadied aiound T!c , Close Wheat May. 10H1?104c: July, 7274c: September. 69ie. Corn May, 44c; July, 44c: September, 43T4C. Oats May, 3514c: July. 34c; September Septem-ber 28c Pork-May. $18.10; July,- 17.60317.62tt: September. $17 30. Lard May. $9 90; July, $9.85; September, $9 80(29.8'n-4. Ribs-May. $9.87; July, fS.mi&.X; September. $9.70. Flax Cash, Northwestern. $1.12. Rye May. 60660: Jul. Hc Barley Cash. 42ti64c. Timothy April. $3.70. Cash Wheat No. X red.' 78c: No. S red. 6S76c; No. 2 hard winter, 7276c: No. $ . hard winter, 6872c; No. 1 northern spring. 81c: No. 2 spring. 806lc; No. 8 spring. 71&81c. Corn-No. 2. 44S44ic: No. 3. 42843ttc . Oats-Nq. 2, 33c; No- 3, 32c Brought Down His Wan. Baron Speck von Sternburg. the newly-elected Charge d' Affaires from' Berlin, Ber-lin, was at a dinner where In a purely humorous spirit the courage of the various va-rious nations of the world was being Impugned. The German's courage was pretty severely attacked by an Englishman. English-man. Baron von Sternburg took revenge re-venge on him with this brief story: "An Englishman and a German were to fight a duel. They were locked in a pitch-dark pitch-dark room together with cocked pis-tola pis-tola All was still and neither could tell , where the other was. - Finally the German, not "wishing to have murder on his soul, tiptoed to the chimney and fired up 1U There was a shriek and the Englishman, badly wounded, came tumbling down,M (. ". . .. i |