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Show BUYING IN WALL STREET NEW YORK,- Dec. 30. Today there was a very heavy opening demand for Union Pacific, Baltimore & Ohio and the U. S. Steel stocks. The buying otherwise was widely distributed, but In smaller lots. Gains were small throughout. Ten" thou-shand thou-shand shares of Union Pacific Bold at $116 (Qli, compared with 114H last night. Buying orders flowed into the market on an increasing scale, blocks of a thousand and more shares being frequently dealt in. Prices got higher all around, under the aggressive rise In various leaders, partic. ularly Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific. B. & O.. Amalgamated Copper and Sugar. These favorites, as well as Northwestern. Illinois Central, General Electric and several sev-eral others, rose a point, and 8t L. 8. P. second preferred 2. Realising forced a reaction before 11 o'clock and a number of stocks fell below yesterday's closing, including Reading. L & N.. St. Paul, Amalgamated Copper and U. S. Steel preferred. pre-ferred. The reaction carried a number of leaders lead-ers a good fraction under last night and was checked by a rise of a point in Rock Island. The market then became dull. Consolidated Gas lost 4ft and Colorado Fuel 1ft. Bonds were firm at noon. St. Paul and Amalgamated Copper betrayed be-trayed the most weakness and their declines de-clines below last night of 1 and 1ft respectively re-spectively Influenced considerable selling of other Htocks. Consolidated Gas ex-tondml ex-tondml its ilron to Ii nnlnts and Kansas & Texas and Metropolitan Street Railway were off 1. Business was pretty light on the decline and did not Increase when the market rallied at 1 o'clock. Amalgamated Copper recovered to above 73 and Northwestern North-western preferred advanced 3V Room traders threw over stocks freely on the rise In call money and trading became be-came animated. Amalgamated Copper bore the brunt of the selling and fell to 71V Other important railroads and specialties spe-cialties suffered losses of a point, Colorado Colo-rado Fuel and Chicago Union Traction I referred $ and New York Dock preferred 10. Prices ruled about ft per cent above the lowest at 2 o'clock. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red, $1.18 1.19; No. 3 red. $1.1561.17; No. 2 hard. $1.14&L16; No. S hard. $1.061.12: No. 1 Northern. t.l$it 1.21: No. 2 Northern. $1.10gl.l7; No. 3 spring. $1.036M1&. Oats-No. 2, SOftc; No. 3. 304c. New York Sugar. NEW YORK. Dec. 30. Sugar, raw, steady; fair refining, 4c; centrifugal. .96-test, .96-test, 4ftc; molasses sugar, 4ftc. Refined, firm, crushed, $6.46; powdered, $5.85; granulated, granu-lated, $5.75. Coffee Steady, No. 7, Rio. 8T4C. - Kansas City Cattle. KANSAS CITY. Dec. 30.-Cattie Re-(eipts. Re-(eipts. aooO; market weak. Native steers, $3.75(6.00; native cows and heifers. $L7561 4.75; stockera and feeders. $2.75ft4.00; bulls, $2.2564.00; calves. $3.(XK.50; Western fed steers, $la0f5.25; Western fed cows, $1.75 (&3.50. Hogs Receipts, 7000; market steady. Bulk of sales. $4.4064.65; heavy. $4.6064.70; packers, S4.5UI&4.65; pigs and light. $3.906 4.55. Sheep Receipts. 1000; market strong. Muttons, 4.00.'(5.25; iambs, $.j.0t67.00; range wethers, $4,50fr5.75; ewes, $3.254.75. Omaha Cattle. SOUTH OMAHA. Dec 30.-Cattle-Re-celpts 3000; market weak to 10c lower: native na-tive steers. $3.5066.10; cows and heifers. $2.5064.10; Western steers. $3.0064.16: Tex- I as steers. $2.753.60; range cows and heir-ere, heir-ere, J2.40&3.66; canners. Jl.75ii2.35; stockera and' feeders, 32.5003.80; calves, J2.50g.5.50; bulls, stags, etc., Il.75fi3.50. Hogs Receipts 8600; market 5c lower; heavy, $4.46r4.65; mixed. $4.5(Ka4.55; Hunt. S4.5Gf4.60; pigs, $4.004.50; bulk of sales, S4.504i6. Sheep Receipts 1700: market steady: Western yearlings. 15.006.ti5; wethers, 4.8o &6.40: ewes. $4.0o4i4.95; common and stock-ens, stock-ens, J2.50g4.80; lambs, 5.25&6.75. Kansas City Cattle. CHICAGO. Dec. 30. Cattle Receipts 9000; market averaged lower; good to prime steers. 35.404(6.40; poor to medium, fe.806.40; storkers and feeders. $2.3564.35; cows. 31 .60S4.25; heifers, 32.256.00; calves. $3.60.35. Hogs Receipts today, 16.000; tomorrow, 14,000: market strong: mixed and butchers'. butch-ers'. 34.504.80;' good to choice heavy. $4.70 4.87ft; rough heavy. $4.5(Kg4.65; light, 31.40 j4.70; bulk of sales, $4.65Ci4.75. Sheep Receipts 10.0U0; sheep steady and lambs 10c higher; good to choice wethers. f4 904i6.50; fair to choice mixed, $4.00414.80; Western sheep. $4.004ii5.60; native lambs, $6.25(&'7.40; Western iambs, $6.007.25. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS, -"Dee. 30. Wool Nominal; Territory and Western mediums. 21i22c; fine medium, 17frl8c; tine, lt$fi7c. Chicago Grain. CHICAGO, Dec. 30. May wheat opened ft to ftc higher at $1.14ft to $L14ft. and quickly, advanced to $1.15ft. Scattered selling caused a reduction to $1.14ft. but the price again rallied to $1.16ft1.15ft. Close: Wheat December, $1.14; May, S1.13ft1.13ft; July, $98ftc. Corn December, Decem-ber, 44 ftc; January. 45d43ftc; May, 45ftc; July, 45ft(ff45ftc. Oats December, 29ftc; May, 31ft'a31ftc; July. 31ftj31ftc. Pork-December. Pork-December. $11.05; January, $12.S5512.87ft; May, $12.75 12.77ft. Lard December. $6.70; January. $fl.75(ti.77ft: May. $7.00&$7.0!!ft: July, $7.1Xaff.l2ft. Ribs-January. $.359 6.37ft; May, $.6& 87ft; July, $6.77ft. Rye-December, Rye-December, 75c. Flax Cash Northwest, $1.24. Timothy December, $2.72. Clover I December, $13.75. Barley-Cash, S&g&oc |