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Show ACTIVITY IN WALL STREET NEW YORK. March It The stock market mar-ket today opened active and higher, with large dealings very well distributed. There were gains running to a point or upward among the local tractions. Sugar. Canadian Cana-dian Pacific, St. Paul and Union Pacific. The demand was freely fed at the opening open-ing higher level, but prices held steady for a time. Later there was a general relapse, re-lapse, averaging per cent. General advances ad-vances were made by a few important stocks. Bag preferred rose 4 and D. & R. G. preferred 2. The market rallied agjrresslvely after 11 o'clock. The rally forced prices of the active ac-tive leaders a fraction higher and a number num-ber of the minor stocks were'llfted a point or more over last night. Northern Securities Securi-ties touched 9e on the curb. Priees fell back again under the weight of offerings at the hlKher level. Profit-taking wu noticeable no-ticeable in the Erles. The market became dull at the reaction. Bonds wer Irregular at noun. A loes of a point was scored by Hrle first 1 referred before th market responded to the heay buying of Pennsylvania. Resultant Result-ant ral.les were small, as fresh, offerings, of the Erie influenced the professionals to offer the market down again. St. Paul reacted to the lowest, and Metropolitan Street Railway showed distinct heaviness. The market became dull and rattier spotty. spot-ty. The general list eased off to the lowest low-est of the day. but Pennsylvania and Wabash Wa-bash preferred resisted tde general tendency. tend-ency. Gains were generally lost in the final hour and there woa a liberal proportion of the market leaders below laat night's close. The rise of 1 in Wabash preferred pre-ferred was taken advantage of for further fur-ther realising elsewhere. The market steadied at the laet. but the closing was dull and irregular. Chicago Cattle. CHICAGO, March 16. Cattle Receipts. 23,0u0: steady to slow; good to prime steers, t5.2i5.S0; poor to medium. 816.g5.00; stockers and feeders, t2.50fc4.J0; cows. 11.60 44.00; heifers. 32.0OS4.50l canners. ll.-3 2.60; bulls, J2.0O34.0C; calves, tU.Onti.S; Texas fed steers. i4.O04.6O. Hogs Receipts, Re-ceipts, today, 32,000; tomorrow. 30,Cv: about 5c lower; mixed and butchers, ti.SO'cv 5.50; good to choice heavy. J5.i6fi5.65: rough heavy, I6.3iv96.60; light. I4.8ne5.35; bulk of sales, S5.35&6.45. Sheep Receipts. 3J.0O': sheep and lambs, steady to strong; good to choice wethers, 84.20(85.00; fair to choice mixed. 33.50irt.2n: Western sheep. $2.6o6.00; native lambs, $4.00(35.60; Western lambs, 24.6085.75. Kansas City Cattle. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. March 16. -fettle Receipts. 11,000: market, steady to 10c lower; native steers. 83.80ti6.3D; native cows and heifers. 2.8,4.25: stockers and feeders, 83.0O4.4O; bulls. $2&Ti3.i6; calves, 83. 00423.60; Western steers. t3.40tf4.60; VV est-ern est-ern cowa, t2.0tyj.60. Hogs-Receipts. 10.000; market. &310e lower; bulk of sales. S5:169 6.40: heavy, 8S.30gi6.45; packers, 8o.25So.40; pigs and lights. 84.10W6.26. 8heep Receipts, Re-ceipts, 5000; steady to 10c lower; muttons, 83.86.10; lambs. 84.756.60; range wethers, k3t9Jf ewes, 82.75ti5.S0. |