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Show WALLSTR55T WAS WILD r NEW YORK, Nov.' 18. Excited trading In Sugar, Amalgamated Copper and Chesapeake Ches-apeake & Ohio was the feature of the opening stock market today, but there were large gains also at other points. The dealings In the three principal active stock were in blocks of liwO to 6000 shares. Sugar fluctuated wildly over a range of a point at an extreme advance of 2H- Amalgamated Copper's extreme rise was . Malting preferred rose lft. New York, Chicago & St. Louis and Chicago & Alton a point and Locomotive, Colorado Fuel, U. S. Steel preferred, Brooklyn Transit and Smelting a point. Some Irregularity followed the opening bulge in prices under a rush, to take pro-fits. pro-fits. Business was In larger volume than at any time during the week, and - the variety of stocks dealt In extensive. The conflicting movements of the specialties induced react Tons in the railroad list and .Union Pacific, L. & N. and Southern Pacific Pa-cific sold under yesterday's final prices. U. 8. Steel and Tennessee Coal also gave way, the latter a point. Large purchases of St. Paul. Atchison, Missouri Pacific and Southern Railway ensued later and the general railroad list outside of the Pacifies Paci-fies responded. Among the noteworthy advances ad-vances were Sugar and Butterlck Publishing Publish-ing tn. Atchison preferred. Central Railroad Rail-road - of New Jersey, Missouri Pacific Reading, Kansas & Texas preferred, Mexican Mex-ican Central, U. S. Steel preferred. Republic Re-public Steel, Brooklyn Transit and Corn Products .1 to lft and a great many other minor stocks to a similar extent. Reading's rise of lhi was followed by St. Paul for as much. Northwestern and Wabash preferred rose 1, Great Northern preferred S, Chicago Union Traction preferred. pre-ferred. Allls-Chalmers 3, the preferred 4, United Fruit 34 and other Individual stocks less amounts. But profit-taking meanwhile pressed -the general list, carrying car-rying back St. Paul and Wabash preferred a point and Union Pacific. Amalgamated Copper and Delaware Hudson a point under 1st night. Sugar reacted 1 and Chicago & Eastern Illinois preferred certificates cer-tificates lost 3. The market was quiet and steady at noon. Bonds were Arm at noon. The noon recovery In prices carried some of the active specialties up sharply. Copper recovered to above last night's closing and Sugar touch 11.62. Small fractions frac-tions measured the extent of the rally In the railroad stocks outside of Union Pacific, Pa-cific, which practically regained ,lts loss. Minor stocks continued to figure largely in the dealings, and fluctuations of a point or more either way by this class of stocks were numerous. Prominent stocks were bought steadily during the afternoon and most of them recovered to the high prices of the morning. morn-ing. Contributory influences to the rise were the 2-point gains tn Rock Island preferred pre-ferred and the renewed support to United States Steel, which touched 28. Great Northern preferred lost its early rise of 3 points, and Beet Sugar and Kansas City Southern preferred sold 1 and Toledo Railway Rail-way 3V4 lower. ' New York Sugar. NEW YORK, Nov. 18, Sugar Raw, strong; fair refining, 4Hc; centrifugal. 96-iest, 96-iest, -Sc; molasses sugar, STi. Refined, strong; crushed, $6.15; powdered, 15.55; granulated. 35.45. Coffee Quiet; No. 7 Rio, 8 7-16& Chicago Grain. CHICAGO, Nov. 18. December wheat opened Vi and a to and c lower at $1.10 to 31. lO1, and hold around $1.10. Mav opened and to j,c lower at 8l.loVjJl.10ft to $1.1H4. After touching S1.10i&1.10b the prices steadied at $L10'- During the latter part of the session the market became firm as a result of an active ac-tive demand from Northwestern houses. From $1.10 December advanced ts $l.n"4. May sold up to $1.114- The market closed firm, with December and May showing a gain of Vic each. Closes Wheat December, $1.11; May, Jl.llV4ffl.rn,; July, S8SC. Corn November, Novem-ber, 60c: December. 49c: January. 4514c; May, 4nc; July, 45ic. Oats November, 27gc; December, 2c; May, 314c; July, Slftc. Pork November, $11.10; December, $11.17; January, $12.60; May, $12. 65 12,67. Lard November, $6.S7; December, $6.97; January, $7.u2: May. $7.15Q7-17- Ribs-November, Ribs-November, $6.65; January, $6.50; May, $6.62 6.65. Rye November, 79c Flax Cash. Northwest, $1.18. Timothy-November, Timothy-November, $2.65. Clover November, $12.00 12.25. Barley Cash, 38651c. Cash: Corn No. 2 new, nothing doing; No. 3 new, 4oE46c. Omaha Cattle. SOUTH OMAHA. Nov. 18. Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 2000; market generally steady; native na-tive steers $3.7S6.35; cows and heifers. $;1.5034.U0; Western steers, 82. 90 4 .80; Texas ter, 82.7G4i3.J5; range cows and heifers, $2.3or3.50; canners. 81.75i2.25; stockem and feeders, 82.604.O5: calves, 82.505.50; bulls, stags, etc., $2.003.S5. Hogs Receipts Re-ceipts 6000; market shade to 5c lower; heavy, $4.654.7j; mixed, $4.6534.75; light, SI6ot4.70; pigs, $4.00M.50; bulk of sales, 3I.&34.67. Sheep Receipts 9500; market easier; feeders steady; Western yearlings. $4 X4.); wethers. $4.10fif4.5O; ewes, 83 505 4.50: common and stockers, $2.504.25; lambs, $5.0036.50. ' ' St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS. Nov. 18. Wool Steady; Territory and Western mediums, 22 25c; line medium, 19S21c: fine, 15fifisc. Kansas City Cattle. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Nov. 18.-Cattle Receipts 2O00; market steady; native steers. 33.50f?6.25: native cows and heifers heif-ers $1.50(85.00; stockers and feeders. $2.25 (W4.10; bulls. $1.7rti3 60; calvs. $2.5u5.75; Western steers. $3,0044.75; Western cows. $1 5(rg3.50. Hogs Receipts ?000; market 6c !owr; bulk of salts 4.5"J4.85; heavy. S4.S0 4.00; packers. 84.7064.85; pigs and lights. 84 204)4.70. Sheep Receipts 4000; market Rteady; muttons. $3.75(ft 4.60; lamhs. 84.2ff? 5.S5; range wethers. $4.0ofi4.75; owes, tlttf $J.(W; Colorado lambs, 62 pounds, $" 40; Colorado fed yearlings. 87 pounds. $8.60. |