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Show . . . y ... J ' r ' a I II . - 4 4 .... -J V p. , ' 2S'E77 TOP.IC, Feb. Zl. The majority of stocks ehowei small fractional los. . on opening quotations. The, slight loiws j were up when the leaders were taken hold of. Wabash, preferred and St. Paul were lifted a point each, and Amalgamated, Amalgamat-ed, "Metropolitan Street Ralr-ny, Tennessee Tennes-see Coal, New York Central. Miiw Kurl Pacific, Pa-cific, and St. Lo-iia & San Francisco were up a fraction. Prices were not long maintained main-tained and were working lower at H o'clock. I'nlted States .Reduction preferred pre-ferred declined 2. V The market worked back to the opening low level and in some cases lower. A number of usually Inactive stocks showed a loss of to 2. The St. Louis it San Francisco certificates for the stock sold 1 , points lower than this stock. SL Louis & San Francisco fell to SSand the second sec-ond preferred lost 2. Lake Shore was offered of-fered at SS without a sale, compared with the previous sale of Si Wabash preferred pre-ferred was then lifted I'm. tha common a point and the market steadied. Bonds were irregular at noon.- , Trading was very sluggish during tha noon hour and, there -re a few recove-Tit. recove-Tit. Wabash stock for?d steadily upward, up-ward, the common touching 324 and the ? referred KVi. but their rlM MA not af-ect af-ect other stocks. Sault Ste. Zitprie pre- f erred gained 1ft. The preliminary estate of the bank ' statement indicating a large cash loss hy the banks caused heavy selling - all ' through the list and prices declined rstv idly. Net losses of a point or more w reoorded and included Smelter, Tenc ' Coal, Cotton Oil. Atchison, B. A O . t - 0 Chicago A Alton, Erie and Read j second. Jersey Central lost t. The bashes fell a potnt below the best, and aA other prominent stocks ruled a large fraction frac-tion below last night. . The active selling movement carried principal stocks between 1 and 2 points below last night. St. Paul was among the principal euerers, losing IV Covering by shorts rallied the market. St. Paul, Wabash. Reck Island Amalgamated Copper, Cop-per, Louisville and Reading recovered 1 to i7i. Otherwise recoveries were fmc- tionai and the demand was) soon satisfied with resulting dulinese. Chicago, St. Paul,' Minneapolis and Omaha fell 11 points from the preceding sale last ' month. United State Express lost 1. The closing was Irregular. Closing stocks: . Atchiwon,' 85: do preferred, pre-ferred, WH: Anaconda, 130; Baltimore A -Ohio, 904; Chicago & A ft on, 34; Chicago A Northwestern. 2ti; C. O- 49; Erie preferred. pre-ferred. 68: Illinois Central, 142; Loulvill A Nashville, 123: New York Cerrtral. 136H; Pennsylvania, 14 7H; Reading, 60; do preferred, pre-ferred, 864; Southern Railway. U: Southern Z: Southern Pacific, 62; St. Paul, 174"; Union Pacific, VJ; do preferred, pre-ferred, 8l: United States Steol, 5H: d preferred, 8T; Wabash preferred, UK; People's Gea, 1Z: North American, lis; Brooklyn Rapid Transit. 67V; MlssouYi Pacific, 131; Amalgamated Copper, 72 Sugar. 13US: Wisconsin Central, 27 d preferred, SiH: Corn products, , Kansas City Cattle. KANSAS CITT. Feb. 27. Cattle Receipt. Re-ceipt. 2000; steady; native steers S3.fr9 6.10; Texas and Indian steers, S3.S0Q4.2O: Texas cows, $2.00(3.10; native cow and heifers, S1.C&84.40; stockers and feeders. tllSTS; buUi. X2.25rJ.eO: calves; $2J6 (.76: Western steers, 3.UQS.OO; do cows, 22.OO01ML HogsReceipts, 6000: market weak t 6e lower; bulk of sales, i.r7.C6; heavy, $ff7.15; packers, K4u7.00; medium, I6.45.86; pigs, 5 .505.50. Sheep Receipts 7000: market, steady; wethers, $i0w6-&)'; ewes. $3.26.45. i New Tork Produce. y NEW YORK. Feb. 27. Butter Recelrt-f 6800 packagae; Arm; State dairy. 1&&-K5 creamery, 28c; June creamery. l&325c Bgge-Jteceipts, 11,400 packages; steady; State and Pennsylvania, ltc; Western uncandled 16c 1 " Sugar Raw, firm; fair refining. JVic; - s centrifugal, M test. $c: molasses sugar, . , $c; refined. Irregular; crushed, $6.36; powdered, pow-dered, $t6 ; granulated, $4.76. Coffee-Firm; No. 7 Bio, 6c |