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Show WALLSTREET IS STAGNANT NEW TORK, March 10. United States Steel preferred was lifted easily in the opening stock dealings today on light transactions. While hut few orders were executed, the busing orders were more nu-nr.eroua nu-nr.eroua St. Paul. Pennsylvania. Union Pacific and the active specialties rose 48 . Anaconda Jumped I points. The market lapsed Into complete stagnation stagna-tion before noon. Minutes elapsed without a single transaction being recorded on the tape. . There was no perceptible drift to prices of the usually active stocks. St. Paul preferred, rose and Ice preferred and Westlnghoiise Electric a point. Bonds were steady at noon. Lass than 300 shares of stock were dealt in between 12 and 1 o'clock. Indicating the utter stagnation of the market. The market was slightly more active with the passing of the lunoh hour, the small gains of the morning being wiped out. Prices shrank generally back to last night's level, or slightly below for the most prominent stocks. The closing was stagnant. New York Money. NEW TORK, March 10. Close: Money on call easy, 112 per cent; closing bid 1, per cent; offered at I per cent. Time loans quiet; sixty and ninety days, S'gan per oent; six months, 34 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4464 per cent. Sterling Ster-ling exchange steady, with actual business In bankers' bUls at $4 M.flO4.86.70 for demand, de-mand, and at HM.7&&4.SX.80 for sixty days. Posted rates, $4.84 and $4.87. Commercial Commer-cial bills. $4.83. Mexican dollars, 46 cents. Bonds Governments, steady; railroads, rail-roads, irregular. ' Chicago Grain. CHICAGO, March 10. May wheat opened lower to higher at and July was to to higher at sSSSVd 6t. The market eased off. May declining to 92, while July reacted to 88. Close: Wheat May. M; July, 9'gS94 ; old. 80V. September, 84HSS4'4; old. 864. Corn-March, Corn-March, 49; May. July. 60. Oats May, 41; July, &: September. 33. Pork -May, $13.87: July, $14.10. Lard May. $7.32; July. $7-47. Ribs May. $7.22: July, $7.327.55. Rye May. 68C69. Flax Cash, Northwest, $1.16. Timothy March, $3.06. Clover March. $11.(5. Barley-Cash, Barley-Cash, 3757. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red. 95 J97; No. 3 red, 9S396; No. 2 hard, 8M590; No. 3 hard, SO'4'86: No. 1 Northern. 91696 ; No. 2 Northern. 69-S4; No. 3 spring, SOVS. Corn No. 3, 43(&M3i4; No. 4, 3S342. Oats-No. Oats-No. 2, 39; No. 3. A. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS, March 10. Wool Firm ; Territory and Western medium, 181319c; fine medium, 1517c; fine, la's 16c. Kansas City Cattle. KANSAS CITY. March 10, Cattle Receipts. Re-ceipts. 6o00; steady;, native steers, $3.80 5.25; native cows and heifers, $2.003.2O; Blockers and feeders. $3.00ft4.20; bulls, $20 63.75: calve. J3.00.50; Western steers, 34.4064.60; Western cows. 32.O0I&3.6O.. Hogs-Receipts, Hogs-Receipts, 7000; market 64flOc lower; bulk of sales. $5.0X56.35; heavy. $6.20i&.30; packers. pack-ers. $5.1065.36; pigs and lights, $4.0066.10. Sheep Receipts, 3000; strong; muttons. $3.8o65-10; lambs, $4.7566.66; range wethers, weth-ers, $4.20-81.50; ewes. $2.76640. Chicago Cattle. CHICAGO. March 10. Cattle Receipts. 8000; slow; good to prime steers, $5.10iS.76; roor to' medium. $3.60S.0O; stockers and feeders, $2.Ors'4.25: cows, $1.604.00; heifers, $2.0084.50; cannei-, $1.6o20; bulls, $.00 4.00; calves, $3.0006.50; Texas fed steers. $4.C"5H.75. Hoys Receipts today. 27.000; tomorrow, 20,000, loT5c Uwer: mixed and butchers, $5,364)6.60; good to choice heavy, $5.505.66; rough heavy, $6.305.50; light, $5.4M6.50; bulk of sales, $5.35rao.50. Sheep Receipts, 13.000 sheep, steady; lambs, steady; good to choice wethers, $4.254.86; fair to choice mixed, $3.60U'4.26; Western sheep. $3.50ti6.35; native lambs, $4.S5j;6.5; Western lambs, $4.5036.75. BANK CLEARINGS. i 0 - (t) Today's clearings, $o96,921 ( 0 Same day last year, $573,175. 0 Week's clearings. $2,109,546. ft) Same week last year. $2,730,737. LOCAL QUOTATIONS. New Tork stock quotations. A. A. Gibson Gib-son Co., 215 South Main street. Phona, 16. Open. High. Low. Close Erie com Z2 23 22 22 Smelter com 47 47 47 47 preferred SI 1 Alton 3 K 39 33 So. Ry. com. 19 19 19 19 preferred K2 .... .... 82 Norfolk 55 56 64 64 Rock Island 19 19 19 19 Steel bonds 72 72 72 Steel com.. .. 10 lo 1 l' Steel pfd 55 56 65 55 Rait. & Ohio 74 74 74 74 Colo. Fuel 2S .... .... 2H Copper 4n 45 46 4o Sugar 124 124', 134 124 People's Gas 95 0 96 96 Met. Traction 113 113 B. R. T 40 40 40 40 Man. Ry 143 144 14.1 144 St. Paul 1CS 13 13X Union Pac .7 73 73 73 73 Atchison com 65 flfiv, 64 ( W Southern Pac 43 4:1 43 43 Mo. Pac M 8S 67 r " Texas 22 CS Can. Par IK Uo J 10 110 N. y. Cent 114 x. 114 Ills. Cent 12i 126 Out. & West 19 19 19 19 Wabash pfd ..34 34 Penn. Ry.. 112 112 112 112 W. U. Tel SS S CHICAGO GRAIN. May wheat 92 94 91 9t May corn 61 62 50 62 May oats 40 41 S 41 May pork 13.70 13.90 13.55 13.S7 July wheat 8S 9 ST w |