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Show ' ! : " U r' I :' k . W J . W W dJ . U--Ul!- iHC Slight Rally cn lzl Street Is . Followed by St2jnant I.Iarket. -. -IIUMHM-IH- NEW TORK, April 4. Opening prices wer lower than last night owing to the denial of rumors of a settlement of the Southern Pacific contest. Southern Pacific reacted Other losses were limited to within a half point. Trading was very dull. Some further slight declines were made, but there was no pressure of consequence con-sequence outside of Southern Pacific. Illinois Il-linois Central and Louisville & Northwestern. North-western. Southern Pacific touched 6C and Illinois Central lost a point. Business mas virtually stagnant. Wabash preferred was lifted a point and Southern Pacific rallied as much. The market then became be-came firmer. . Tho market was dull and steady at the rally until the appearance of the bank statement. The large reduction in surplus sur-plus reserves induced prompt reselling, which carried prices to the lowest of the day. Declines below last night reached lVa in Sugar, 1 in Southern Pacific and Brooklyn Transit. 114 In St. Paul and Colorado Fuel, and a point In Atchison. RQck Island, Texas Pacific, St. Louis & Southwestern preferred and Amalgamated. Amalgamat-ed. Westinghouse Electric fell 2, Lake Erie & Western preferred $ and Des Moines and Fort Dodge 4, with a rally of Hi. There were fractional rallies all around the room and the closing was dull, and about steady. ' Closing stocks: Atchison, 81; preferred, 97; Baltimore & Ohio, :'; Canadian Pacific, Pa-cific, 128; Chicago tk Alton. 304; Chicago Chi-cago & Alton. preferred, Chicago Chi-cago & Northwestern, 182; Colorado Southern. 254; Denver & Rio Grande, 35; preferred. 854; Erie, 34; Illinois Central, 135; Louisville & Nashville. 117; Manhattan Man-hattan L. 3&4; Metropolitan Street Railway. Rail-way. 133: Mexican Central, 26: Missouri Pacific. 106; New'ork Central. 131; 1 Pennsylvania. 13S; Reuding, 6S Rock Island, K; preferred, 7i; St, Paul, 161, Southern Pacific. 67: Union Pacific, 90; preferred, 89;- Wabash, 26; Wisconsin Central. 24; Amalgamated Copper. 65; American -Car and Foundry, 41; American Locomotive, 27: American Smelting and Refining, 49; preferred, 93; Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 67: Colorado Fuel & Iron, 55; International Paper, 16; National Biscuit, Bis-cuit, 44; National Lead, 25; Northern Securities, (; Pacific Mail. 34; People's Peo-ple's Gas, 101; Pressed Steel Car, 61; Pullman Palace Car, 21a; Standard Oil. 6S; Sugar, 120; Tennessee Coal and Iron. 634; United. States Steel, 35; preferred. 85; Western Union, 5. San. Irancisco Grain. SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.Wht Steady: May, $1.32V4: December, $L21; spot, steady, $1.35Jjl.37. Barley Steady; . May, $1.11; December, 85Hc; cash. $1.164. BANK CLEARINGS. f Today's clearings. $400,767; same day last year, $551,560. Week's clearings, $2,933,473; same week last .year, $3,964,235. Chicago Grain. CHICAGO. April 4. A bearish sentiment senti-ment prevailed in the wheat pit during the first hour of trading and lower prices were realized. May selling down to 73c after opening a shade to V&Vc lower, at 73 73 c. Close: Wheat May, 7:j73c; July, &i'arac; September. 6c. Corn April, ilc; May, 42ic; July, 43tc. - Oats April, 33'; May, 33V:; July, 30Sc Pork May, $17.50; July, $17.00; September, $16.70. Lard May, $9.77; July, $9.65; September. Septem-ber. $.. - Ribs-May, $9.5714 ; July, $9.471,,; September." Septem-ber." $9.40. Flax Cash. Northwest, $LUH. Rye May, 5oe., Barley 42io3c." , Timothy $3.30. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red. 7374e; No. t red. 68(S72c: No. 2 hard winter, 72c; No. $ hard winter, 674j71c; No. 1 Northern spring, 76-mc; No. 2 spring, 7677c; No. 3 spring, 6Si76Ve. Corn No. 2, 42c; No. 3. 3RS9c. Oats No. 2, 321i32V4c; No. 3, 31432c t St. Louis Wool. ' ST. LOUIS. April 4. Wool Unchanged; Territory and Western mediums, 1517c; fine, U(gl6c; coarse, 12(gl5c. New York Money. NEW YORK. April 4. Prime mercantile paper, 5Ji6 per cent. Sterling exchange, steady at $4.86.90 for demand and at $4.83.75i4.83.$0 for sixty days. 1 Posted ratrs, $4.83',ifft4.88. , Commercial bills, $4.83-(.83H Mexicon dollars, 3K.c. Bonds, Government steady; railroads, ir-1 ir-1 regular. Government bonds closed: Refunding 2s registered and coupon, 106; 3s registered, 107: 3s coupon, 10tt4; new 4s registered, 135; new 4s coupon. old 4s regis tered and coupon, 110; 5s registered and coupon, 103. ' Chicago Cattle. CHICAGO. April ' 4. Cattle Receipts, 300; nominal; good to prime steers, $4.9 5.60; poor to medium, $4.0O4.85; stockers and feeders, $2.75to4.80; cows. $1.60S4.60; heifers, J2.5CKa5.00; canners. $1.6002.75; bulls. $2.60e-4.25; calves, $3.0O7.00; Texas fed steers. $4.50i&.00. Hogs Receipts, today, 12.000; tomorrow, 30,000; left over, 3400; steady; mixed and butchers. $7.10ig7.35; good to choice heavy, $7.35a7.55; rough heavy, $7.10i7.S5; light, $6.8567.20; bulk of sales, $7.1567.40. Sheep Receipts. 1000; sheep and lambs, steady; good to choice wethers, $5.50(6.65; fair to choice mixed. $4.50(6.50; Western sheep, $5.0007.00; native lambs, $5.507.60; Western lambs, $5.5o&7.80. |