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Show "J ' - T ' " 1 c:;:ri:;3 h "r'J-Clrccti Arcir.n!::VL-:t;::.r-: Let SL:its St:t!lily. NEW YORK. May 1. While the demand for Stocks was only nominal, offerings were equally scant and the earlyarket showed much stability. A few of the leas active stocks were about a point abve yesterday's clone, notably Denver A Rio Grande. The uiial speculative favorites hardly varied H from thPir initial prices. Penmylvanla was lifted lHi ard MiMOurl Paciftc a point, with some hardening effect ef-fect on the general market, but the demand de-mand was soon satisfied and the market became very dull arun. . Prices fell back a fraction. Bonds were firm at noon. The declaration of the dividend In Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania proved t have been discounted by the earlier rise in the stock and the announcement was without marked effect. Aside from heaviness In Amalgamated Copper speculation was without eential change and room traders were content to await definite operations by the larger speculative interests. The paucity- of offerings rsther more than any keen demand for stocks induced in-duced the traders to bid the market up late in the day. Metropolitan Securities sdvsnced 2. Metropolitan Street Railway 1 and New Tork Central. Manhattan. Brooklyn Transit and Ice common L Wisconsin Wis-consin Central preferred declined a point. Delaware it Hudson was marked np by Intervals, In alU Minneapolis St. Louis rose IV A small selling movement move-ment to take profits clipped fractions off the top rrices. Metropolitan Securities reacted IV4 and Third Avenue declined The closing was Intensely dull and heavy. MSIMWSSM BANK CLEARINGS. Today's clearings, $503,902. Same day last year, $373,841. Chicago Oraln. CHICAGO, May 1. July wheat opened unchanged to a shade higher rft 72 72c. sold off to 72c but later on covering by shorts advanced to 72c. The market became stronger later on higher outside markets and good export demand' and after selling up to 73c, July closed c higher at 72'5(73c. Close: Wheat May. 78c; July, 72TS73c; September, Sep-tember, TOtjTOc. Corn May. 44c; July, 4646c; September, Sep-tember, 44444c Oats May. 83ic; July, Sl!i$31c; September, Sep-tember, 29(329C. Pork May. $1?.85;. July. $17; September, $16.66. ' Lard May. $ 123.15; July. $9.22f9.75; September. $9.27. Ribs May, $3.40; July, $9.40; September, 29 32. - Hax Cash, Northwestern, $1.11. . Rye May, 49e. Barley Cash, 4254c. T Timothy May, $3.65. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red. 77c; No. 8 red winter, 70fd?76c; No. t hard winter, 74c; No. hard winter. 6974e; No. 1 Northern spring. 7fcg0e: No. 2 spring. 7879c; No. 8 spring. jlT9c Corn No. 2, 4445c: No. 3. 43644c , Oata-No. 2, 0c; No. 3, &30c N - Chicagro Cattle. CHICAGO. May 1. Cattle Receipts, 1500 including 800 Texans; steady. Good to prime steers, $5.00&5.50: poor to medium, me-dium, $4.2555.00; stockers and feeders. $3.00 64.90; cows. Jl.5Oj5-4.90; heifers, $Z6085.25: csnners, $L6O&2.80; bulls, $2.504.60; calves, $2.5O-a00; Texas fed steers, $4.00 64.76. - Hogs Receipts today, 16.000: tomorrow. 10,000; left over. 8700; steady. Mixed and butchers, $C80Q7.00: good to choice heavy, $7.007.16; rough heavy, H.SO6.90; light, $.6Ot.90; bulk of sales, $6.80Ji.06. Sheep Reoelpta. 9000: sheep and lambs, steady. Good to choice wethers. $4. Tit (.90; fair to choice mixed. $3.7594.60; Western West-ern sheep, $4.a6.S6; native lambs, $4.50 6.75. |