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Show ADVANCE HI. WALLSTREET NEW YORK. Jan. 18. In the stock market today opening dealings were largely, concentrsted In the recent favorites. favor-ites. Gains predominated and the few losses) were small. Prices advanced steadily during the first hour, the large demand for representative repre-sentative railroad stocks and specialties contributing to the strength of the general gen-eral list. Reading was the chief feature and rose to 86. targe blocks of various other favorites were taken, and gains approximating ap-proximating a pom were numerous. Other gain of consequence were St. Paul, Kan-sis Kan-sis -A Texas, Kansas City Southern preferred. pre-ferred. .Amalgamated Copper. Bugs''. Brooklyn Transit and Smelting 1 tol. Northwestern - preferred 2. Buffalo, Rochester at Pittsburg 4. and Chtago. St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha five. Amalgamated Amal-gamated Copper lost its rise before II O'clock. ' - Reading's aggressive rise to 88 was through offerings of many 6000 share block and upward, one string of successive succes-sive quotations footing up 27,600 sharea The general list responded unevenly. Union Paclfio rose 1. Northwestern preferred pre-ferred 6 and New York Central. Rock Island, Reading second preferred and Virginia Vir-ginia Carolina Chemical. 1: St. Joseph and Grand Island first preferred fell4. Before noon Illinois central re;u . and -Reading A. and trading suddenly became be-came dun, until Ontario A Western shot up two points.. Bonds were firm at noon. The buoyant outbreak in the coalers imparted im-parted a considerable degree of strength to the entire market, although the traders frequently sold the high priced Industrials snd the metal stocks whenever a profit showed. A reaction of over a point In Ontario On-tario at Western - started realising all around the room and the market fell back a good fraction. . Selling orders were distributed In the general market under cover pf the tremendous tre-mendous buying of Reading which advanced ad-vanced it to 8714. Rock Island was also heavily bought and approached 38, but Important stocks otherwise made little or no progress upward during the afternoon. Colorado Fuel gained 1. The market reflected re-flected the professional pressure. Union Pacific leading and running off a point from the best. . . . . . . The rtoe In Reading extended to 6 points but the growing weight of the realising elsewhere broke the market with some: violence. The quick reaction largely wiped out the earlier gains and carried some Important leaders under last night. Illinois Central after rising 2 on its extra dividend reacted R. and Reading reacted li. There baa been gains established in Reading . second preferred of 3, Central Railroad of New Jersey and fteel foundries foun-dries preferred 1 and Snuff 6. Hocking Valley preferred fell 86. Chicago Terminal preferred 1 and . Toledo, St. Western L Quick profit-taking bytS room shorts rallied the market. Baltliflhre A Ohio rose 1. The closing dealings were active and strong. . Chicago Grain- . CHICAGO. Jan. 18.-At the opening May wheat was up 4c $l-lfl-1& Aj-ter Aj-ter selling off to $Ll6. the market suddenly sud-denly rallied. May advanciag to $L1. The close was firm with May up at $L168"1.16. Wheat-January. $1.14: May. n.l$l.ie: July. 98e: September, 91c. Corn-January. 42c; May. 46c; July, 46c; September, 46c. Oats-January. 30c; May. 31c: July. 31c Pork Jan u-ary? u-ary? $13.42: May. $12.612.67. January. $6-62; May. $8 86; July7; Ribs-January. $.2: May, $6.67tr.70; July. $6.2. Rye-January, 75c. Flax-Cash, Flax-Cash, Northwest, $1 23. Timothy-March. $3.90. Clover-January. $12.90. Barley CCashWhet-No. 3 red. $1.19; No $ red. $U40U7: No. 3 hard. $1.14 117; No. 8 hard, $1.061J4; No. 1 Northern. $1.19; No. 3 Northern. $1.16U: No. spring, J1.0&S1.16. Oats No. 2, lc; No. 3. 31c. Corn No. I. 4343c; No. 3. 424c St. Louis WooL ST LOUIS. Jan. 18. Wool Nominal;-Territory Nominal;-Territory and Western medium, 21622c; fine medium, 17618c; fine. 18170. " New Tork Sujar. NEW TORK. Jan. 18.-Sugar-JUw, strong; fair refining. 4c; centrifugal .96-test. .96-test. 6c; molasses sugar. 4c; refined, firm: crushed, $6.76; powdered, $4.16; granulated, gran-ulated, $6.05. Coffee-rS toady; No. 7 Rio, c . ' Kansas' City Cattle. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 18.-Cattle-Re-celpta, 6000; market 10c higher. Native steers. $3.60(g6.76; native cows and heifers. $1.754.50; Blockers and feeders, $2.7og'4.A, DU-llaT $22684.00; calves. $3.00(87.00; Vest-ern Vest-ern steers, $30(36.25; Western cows. $1.75 rHoga-Reeelnta. 14.000. Market "tronsto 6o higher. Bulk of sales. heavy. $4.764.82; packers. HSOW' ''. pigs and Hghta. $4.004.70. ... . Sheep Receipts. 4000;. market strong to Mo higher. Muttons. RM6-76; lamba. $.0O7!6O; range wethers, $6.50a)6.50; ewes, $4.2660.00. Chicago Cattle. CHICAGO. Jan. 18.attleRecelpts 21.000; good to prime steers. $5.65.25; poor to medium. $3.766.46; Blockers and feeders. feed-ers. $2.2&S4.S5; cows and heifers, $1.25a5.. canners. $1.26S.50: bulla, $2.004.2O; calvea $3.007.00. HogsReceipts today. 35.000: tomorrow, to-morrow, 33,000; mixed and butchers, $4.40 4.70: good to choice heavy. $4.0ff4.75; rough heavy, $4.40H.50; light. $4 304 55; bulk of sales. $4.504.66. Sheep Receipts, 30,000; sheep steady; lambs, strong; good to choice wethers. $5.0086.61); fair to choice mixed. $3.9004.90; Western sheen. $4.35 6.00;; native lambs, $5.76(87.75; Western lambs, $5.7507.81 Omaha Cattle. SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. 18. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 2500; market active and stronger; native steers, $-606.76; cows and heifers, $2.SO4.16; canners, .502.40: stockers and feeders, 22.50fr4.00; calves. $2.506.76: bulls, stage, etc, $1.76ei50. Hogs-Recelptj 10 -000; market shade higher; heavy, $4,660-4.66; $4,660-4.66; mixed, $4.6004.66; light, $4 454.60: pigs. ti.75ff4.26; bulk of sales. $4.604.66. Sheep Receipts. 6500; market steady; Western yearlings. $5.60S.26: wethers. $4.806.60; ewes, $4.256.26; lambs. $6.2537.40. NEW YORK METAL. 0 NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Bar sll- ver, 0c. Lead and copper, firm and un- 00 changed. ' " New York Money. NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Close: Money on can very quiet, 13 per cent, closing bid 1. offered at 2. Time loans, easy; sixty days. 2 per cent; nlety days, t; six months. 3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 44 per cent. Sterling exchange, strong with actual business In bankers' bills at $4.87.604.87.e5 for demand, and at $4.86.2604.86.30 for sixty-day bllla Posted rates, $4.86 and $4.88. Commercial bills. $4.85. Mexican .dollars, 47c Government Govern-ment bonds, easy; railroad bonds. Arm. 1 |