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Show HEAVY IN WALLSIREET NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Opening dealings in stocks today showed the declining tendency tend-ency with which the market closed last night gaining force." Opening sales of 8500 shares of Amalgamated Copper carried It down Ts and the price subsequently receded reced-ed 1. Brooklyn Transit lost a point and there were large fractional declines In Baltimore & Ohio, Rock Island. Union Pacific, Pa-cific, Kansas & Texas preferred, the United States Steel stocks and Sugar. Buying orders became ample enough to check the fall after the first ten minutes. This support was most effective In the coalers and Western stocks, some of them rallying to a large fraction over last night. Reading recovered to 88. Brooklyn Brook-lyn Transit and the United States Steel stocks made up their losses and Amalgamated Amalga-mated Copper nearly so. Fresh attacks on Amalgamated Copper drove It down to 73 The market was dull and heavy ami while free from active pressure made poor response to advances in Individual stocks. L. A N. rose 1 and St. Paul and New York Central a point. There were gains beside In Iake Erie & Western of 5 points. C. C. C. & St. Louis of 2. Northwestern 2. Atlantic Coast Line 2, Canada Southern South-ern 1 and Chicago Terminal preferred and Linseed 1. Bonds were steady at noon. Except for the large absorption of Erie little Interest was manifested In the active stocks during the noon hour, the speculation specula-tion centering in numerous less well-known well-known properties. Of these, the C. C. C. & St. Louis. South Shore & Atlantic and the Chicago Terminal stocks displayed ' unusual activity and the advances awakened awak-ened some activity In other usually dormant dor-mant stocks. St. Louis Southwestern preferred. pre-ferred. Northwestern preferred. Iowa Central Cen-tral preferred. General Electric and Manhattan Man-hattan Improved 1 to 1. Chicago Terminal Termi-nal 4. the preferred 5 and C. C. & St. Lrfnils Vc ana the prererred 5. cast iron Pine yielded 1 and National Enameling IV The aggressive strength of specialties caused the Ut to rise gradually. St. Paul gained 1. Northwestern rose an extreme 5, the preferred 3V, Chicago Terminal Ter-minal 6. C. C. C. & St. Louis 4. Peoria and Eastern 34. St. Joseph and Grand Island first preferred 1. the common 2Vi and Iowa Central. 8t. Louis & Southwestern, South-western, and Chicago I'nlon Traction 1. Lackawanna lost 2. Kansas & Texas preferred pre-ferred and Kansas City Southern preferred pre-ferred and 8t. Louis & Southwestern preferred pre-ferred reacted m. Prices declined slowly until Reading was marked up suddenly to Amalgamated Amal-gamated Copper was lifted above last nights, and Central Railroad of New Jersey Jer-sey also advanced 2V The decline was checked, but there was only a moderate response In the way of a rally. Northwestern North-western rose 7Vi In all, Pere Marquette, Linseed preferred. St. Joseph and Grand Island 3, and the first preferred 4i. The closing was irregular and quite active. Chicago Grain. CHICAGO, Jan. 20. May wheat opened unchanged to ,,c higher at S1.1431-14. After touching 1.14'S1.14Ti, the price quickly dropped to H.131. On buying by longs the loss was regained. re-gained. The market closed strong with May up ?c at $1.15. Close: Wheat May, fl.15; July. BftiCiWc: September. 91Hc Corn January. 427c; May. 447?45c; July, 45iig45fec: September. 45Hc. Oats January. Janu-ary. S0ic; May, 3Hg3Hc; July, 31ig31Vic. Pork January. I12.62V4; May. 112.75. Lard -January. $6.66; May. Jfi.HTMj; July. J7.00. Ribs January. K40; May, .70i.T2H: Julv, $.86. Rye January. 75c. Flax Cash, Northwest. I1.12H- Timothy January. J2.H). Clover January, J12.65. Barley-Cash. Barley-Cash. 3S&G0C. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red. J1.17; No. 3 red. $1.12151.16; No. 2 hard. $1.17; No. S hard. $1.06'&1.14: No. 1 Northern, $1.1S: .No. 2 Northern. $1.1231.4; No. 3 spring. $1.06S 1.14. Corn No. 2. 43tH3',ic; No. 3. 424'a42c. Oats No. 2. 304 31c; No. 3, 30',4c Omaha Cattle. CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Cattle Receipts, 3500; steadv, good to prime steers, $5.70To) 6.25; poor to medium. $3.75Jf6.50; stockers and feeders, J22.Vo4.2o; cows, $1.254.40; heifers, $2.0Ot5.10: canners. tl.2Sii2.4o; bulls. $2.104.10; calves, $3.0O6.90. Hogs-Receipts Hogs-Receipts today, 25.000; tomorrow, 18,000; strong; mixed and butchers, $4.40ir4.6(L good to choice heavy, $4.Wfr4."0; rough heavy, $44f&4.50; light, $4.354.50; bulk of sales. $4.4584.57. Sheep Receipts. 6000; sheep steady; lambs, steady; good to choice wethers, $5.0n&5..V); fair to choice mixed. $4.O04.9O; Western sheep. $4.J58 6.5o; native lambs, $5.7587.65; Western lambs, $5.75fj7.65. Kansas City Cattle. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. 20.-Cattle Receipts, 3000; market slow; steady; native na-tive steers, $3.75.75; cows and heifers. $1.754.60; stockers and feeders, $3.0074.30; bulls, $2.75(&4.00; calves, $3.00fl6.50i Western West-ern fed steers. $3.50&f.25; Western fed cows, $2.00fi3.75. Hogs Receipts, 10,000; market steady; bulk of sales, K604b0; heavy. $4.75&4.82; packers, $4.604.80; pigs and lights. $4.0064.70. Sheep Receipts, Re-ceipts, 3000; market steady; muttons. $4.25 65.75; lambs, $6.OOii7.50; range wethers, $o.50(Sj6.50; fed ewes, $4.25fc5.00. Omaha Cattle. SOUTH OMAHA, Jan. 20. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 2500; market, steady; native steers, $3.505.6o; cows and heifers, $2.604.10; canners. $1.6002.50; stockers and feeders. $2.504.00; calves, $2.505.55; bulls, stags, etc.. $2.002.50. Hogs Receipts. 10,000; market. 6c higher; high-er; heavy. $4 57V4P4.65; mixed, $4.554.60: Mght, $4.40f4.55; pigs, $3.7S&4.25; bulk of sales. $4.5534-60. 7 Sheep Receipts, 2500; market, steady; Western yearlings, lo.50ig-6.25; wethers. 15.noe5.50; ewes, $4-25&5.25; lambs, $6,259 7.50. St Louis Wool. 8T. LOUIS. Jan. 20. Wool Nominal; Territory and Western mediums, 21922c; fine medium, 17018c; fine, 16917c. New York Sugar. NEW YORK. Jan. . Sugar Raw. firm; fair refining. 4c; centrifugal, 96-test, 96-test, 6Hc; molasses sugar, 4Hc. Refined, firm; crushed, M 85; powdered, $6.25; granulated, gran-ulated, $15. Coffee Steady; No. 7 Rio, ai-fl. |