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Show FEVERISH IN W ALL STREET k ... NEW YORK. Jan. 19. Stocks opened active and higher today, except Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, which fell on the threat of labor troubles, and its affiliated stock. Baltimore Balti-more & Ohio, which lost a small fraction. , ' Misgivings over the feverish movements in Reading, which advanced SttG&ft, undermined un-dermined the feeing of confidence at the opening and the' market reacted. Some of the favorites were depressed half or more below last night, and Amalgamated Copper, Cop-per, which had risen to 76, fell off to 75. The subsequent erratic fluctuations of Reading, which covered a range of 2S. disturbed sentiment, and the market made but little headway upward when support appeared. Ontario A Western made a rapid rise to 464 before 11 o'clock, but the, list generally remained heavy. A rise of a point in Erie arrested the decline for the time, Reading rallied 1. There were gains of a point In Erie second preferred, American Ameri-can Express, Pacific Mall and Steel Foundries, Foun-dries, I In Pere Marquette, and 6 in Federal Fed-eral Mining. The selling on the Erie strength forced down Union Pacific, Baltimore Bal-timore A Ohio, .the Chicago Terminal stocks, Republic Bteel preferred. Pressed.. Bteel Car and Linseed preferred a point. The market was dull and steady at noon. Bonds were very firm at noon. Reading continued to fluctuate between 88 and 89. Stocks generally displayed a better tone, the continued demand for the Erles having a strengthening effect. Erie touched 41ft, while the first preferred rose IV Northwestern also moved up 2H and Steel Foundries t and the preferred . Railroad stocks showed 'more strength, especially St. Paul and New York Central, which were lifted a point. Pere Marquette preferred sold 2 points higher and Pullman a similar amount lower. The coal stocks were quiet and responsive to the Reading fluctuations, which were narrow during the past hour. Kansas City Southern preferred pre-ferred advanced 2S. . Brooklyn Transit weakened 14 on the report to the State Railroad commission concerning large outlays required by the system. Metropolitan Securities fell 1 In sympathy and Metropolitan Street Railway Rail-way 14 and, Manhattan a point. Reading was forced back to 87H and Central Railroad Rail-road of New Jersey lost 1. Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis rose 6. Kansas City Southern preferred 2Vfc, American Express Ex-press i. and Canada Southern. C. C. C. A St. Louis and St. Louis A Southwestern preferred 1 to 1. ' Minneapolis & St. Louis preferred fell . General Electric IS and National Railroad of Mexico preferred pre-ferred 1. In the late dealings Amalgamated Amalga-mated Copper waa forced down to 74V4-The 74V4-The closing was active and easy. Kansas City Cattle. KANSAS CITY. Jan. M.-Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 7000: market slow to steady; native steers. I3a&6.78; native cows and heifers. heif-ers. $1.7554.S0: Blockers and feeders, $3.X? 4 25; bulls, t2.2S4i-l.00; calves. $3-O0j.5O; Western fed steers. $3.505.26; Western fed cows. $2.O03.50. Hogs Receipts. 13,000; market strong; bulk of sales. S4.60ft4.80; heavy. J4.7&&4 85; packers. 34.6564.80; pigs and lights. 4.00&4.'.0. Sheep Receipts, 3000; market steady; muttons, $4.255.75; laml. $6.007.50; range wethers, I5.504j6.60; fed ewes, $4.005.10. New Tork Sugar. NEW YORK. Jan. 19. Sugar Raw, firm; fair refining. 4c: centrifugal. 96-test, 96-test, 5c; molasses sugar, 4c. Refined, firm; crushed, $6.75; powdered. $6.15: granulated, gran-ulated, $6.05. Coffee Steady; No. 7 Rio. 8c. St. Louis Wool. 8T. LOUIS. Jan. 19. Wool Nominal; Territory and Western mediums, l22c; fine medium, 17lSc; fine, 16617c. ' Omaha Cattle. SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. 19. Cattle Receipts. Re-ceipts. 3200; market, steady; native steers. $3.50&5.56; cows and heifers, $2.6o4.70; cancers, can-cers, $1.50Q2.5O; stockers and feeders, $2.50 474.00; calves, $2,5043.56; bulls, stags, etc., $l.S04z3.4O. Hogs Receipts. 9500; market, steady; heavy. $4.504.55: mixed. $4.509455; light. $4.25(4.55; pigs, $3.75$4.25; bulk of sales, $4.50to4.57. Sheep Receipts. 7200: market, strong; Western yearlings. $5.506.25; wethers. $5.00(85.50; ewes, $4.2&tJ5.2S; lambs, $6.40 7.40- J Chicago Cattle. CHICAGO,' Jan. 19. Cattle Receipts, 17,000; good to prime steers. $5.75f6.25; poor to medium. $3.75t5.50; stockers and feed-ers feed-ers $2.254.35; cows. $1.25&4.50; heifers. $2.00 05.25; canners. $1.2562.45; bulls, $2.104.10; calves, $3.00t7.00. Hogs Receipts, today. 35,000; tomorrow. 28.000; steady; mixed and butchers, $4.40t 4.65; good to choice heavy. $4.r4.70; rough heavy, $4.40tt4.55; light. $ltt30ifj4.50; bulk of sales. $1.4.-t4.. Sheep Ueoipts. 20.000; sheep and lambs, i steady; good to choice wethers, $5.(i54i.i.60; I fair to choice mixed. $4.0Otf5.0o; Western sheep. $4.3MjS.C0; native lambs, $5.75&7.75; Western lambs, $5.757.73. New York Money. NEW TORK. Jan. 19. Close: Money on call, steady. If3 per cent; closing bid, 2 per cent: offered. 2 per cent. Time loans, easy; sixty days, 2 per cent: ninety days, 3 per cent: six months, 32 per cent. Prime mercantile, paper. 4t4'i per cent. Sterling exchange, strong, with actual business In bankers' bills at $4.87.75 for demand de-mand and at $4.85.35 for sixty-day bills: posted rates. $4.80 and $4.88; commercial bills. $4.84i4.85. Mexican dollars. 47c. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, i arm. |