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Show STOCKS AT LOWEST IM EOR YEAR NHW YOmc, Fab. 17. Coming on top f th unfavorable developments which already had weakened th eperuletlvs po. anion, rsports of J. P. Morgan a lllneaa cued a deluge of eelllng la Wall street today and soma a lock, fell to the loweet lvl of more than, a year Foreign hou.es wr actlvs sellera eapeclally of Steel. Canadian Panne. Reading and l'nlon Pacific. Pa-cific. IJeuldallon waa In force also In nu-meroua nu-meroua minor atocka against which thers d'acrtunnation oa th part af banking institutions m the placing of aaSSS., When the Bret excitement war otr price began to mend elowly, but th rory waa 1 tailing and tradera were cautious about taking a definite etand. The critical point reached In negotla-llona negotla-llona lo avert a etrlke of railway firemen waa en unsettling factor which hslnd to restrain speculation Bonda w.rs heavy. On a further rally loe see war In some reeea reduced to frartlone, but bualnaa sicssdlngly dull. Tin usual noon hour lethargy was Increased bv a desire t watt ilevelopmenta in the Mexican altu-atlun altu-atlun and the tlremen'a negotiation After rscoverlss of 1 to It had been effected In th ectlve stock a preaaurs again developed end the market weakened, weak-ened, tanadlan Pacific aold ovar I potnta below leet week'a loa and Pennaylvenl reached a new low level on reiterated rumore ol a larga atock laaua Ths marks! closed unssttled. Acute weakness broke out in new quarters and there wae further eelllng of the previously previous-ly weak feat urea which put dowa many atocka to th lowest of the day. Mia aouii Pacific went off oesr I paint In short order, ami round amounts of soma of the higher priced railroads war. also aold. Partial recoveries were mads later, but the general movement ess nervous snd unsettled. Btoak List Cloae. Amalgamated Copper. U. American Beet Sugar, lit; American Cotton OIL 10. American Smelting A Banning. tt. Aaisr-S. Aaisr-S. "'. Banning. 11,; Amerfoan Tel. A Tel.. 1121. Anaconda Mining Co. Il; Atchlaon. Itll- Atlantic Coast Tins. 12l, Baltimore A Ohio. 100. Brooklyn Rapid Trsnslt. SA. Canadian Pacific. 21; Chesapeake Chesa-peake A Ohio, 74: Chlcego A Northwest. ?,r,ri '"'C4E'. MBwauks A St. Paul. 1l J; S?,!pf4l.'V,, lron- Si Colorado A Southern. Ill; Delaware A Hudson, 1101 bid; Denver A Hlo Orande. 1st. Brie. 31; Oeneral Blectrlc 1171; Ureal Northern preferred. 111; Great Northern Ore Certificate. Cer-tificate. Ma Illinois Central, 111a; In-terhorough-Mel . 171, do preferred. Ml IV,',er- ,"f r.r7l,r lli Loulavllla A -saah-' villa. 134; Mlsaourt Wolflc. II. Missouri. Kansas a Texas, sf; Lehigh Valley. 1MI: i''!UJl'l: N,w Tortt Cantra". 101; Norfolk A Weetern. sr.-righta loss; Northsrn Pacific, 1HJ,; Pennsylvania, 111. P.,S,pl- P". u - Pullman PalacT Car 110; Read In. 1IJ- Rook Island Co., II do preferred. If; Southern Pacific. 1004: Boollter i Railway, 21; Union Pacific, id; WHEAT TAKES SPURT THEN DROPS BACK OIUCAOO. Fsb. 17 Althowgh wheat advanced today on account of strained relation between Russia and Austria, the market aoon dropped back owing to sailing sail-ing pressure. Wall atreet weaknaea tied much to do with the reaction. The open-In open-In was r to 191c up. May started at Hli '? 10t i B 1 Kt iouehd IliAllc. end then declined to file Mar corn opened a shads to 191c higher st 12o to lllr. and fall to lie May oat, which started a sixteenth to C dearer at Mo to 1419141c, dssceaded 111914c Bulllshnsss In th semimonthly report of provisions atocka carried packing house products upgrade First sales were shads to 1971c hlghsr. with Mar at 111 IV. f?,rk; ,T;:t w '10 7 '" U ana 110.171 for ribs Statements that Russia was Importing wheat from Argentina helped bring about a rally. Th does was stsady, with Mar lc net higher at pile. "r Kxport Inquiry prevented much further setbsrk In corn and later ran th market up. The cloae waa steady. 9c net high er. May at life Oloaiac Quotations Wheat-May. lite: July. Slc; September. Septem-ber. fOfc mvMay, lo; July. U96Mje: September. Sep-tember. 14le4lc. Oata Mav, 1419111c: July. I4c; September. Sep-tember. I4c. Pork -May. 111.771; Jniy. in. 7714) i 71, lard- May, 110. 6; July, 110. ITV September. Sep-tember. 110 711910. TH " Short rib-- May. 110. 1.21: July, 110. u, September, 110.441. Cash Closing. Cash: Wheat -No 1 red. Il.otei.oi No. I red. fief) ll. 1. 1. No. 2 hard sialic No 3 hrd. MMttei No. 1 northern" 111 9llc. No. i northsrn, IffifOo; No I northern. U9Mc, No, J aprlng, Hfestlc No. spring. I4tl7c; No. I spring, 7l Mc: velvet chaff, Ul9flc; durum. 179 3j,fcSt' LJSt! "o 1 yelloe, mg 4fc; No. J yelfow 404sc. No 4. ill ilii.nt' ' whlU' 4Tlc, So. 4 yellow; 4u4f 4 l 3 ,rn"". HMHi) no. i. u t)3-4c; No. 3 White. 324J1V; No 4 while, tlfilc: stsndard. 33 0 311c. Rya- N.. 7, 3fe. Parley 4!4)71c Timothy 12.7-.sy7 71. Clover Ilia If to Pork 111.171. lard 110. I. RysAf 1714)10 2 LIVE STOCK MARKETS KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CITY. Feb 17 -Cattle Receipt.. Re-ceipt.. 11.000, Including o southerns market. atead N'etlve steers. 17441. 7i, soulhern stsera, MSf.sei southern cowa and heifers. 44)l M; native cowa and heifers. 1494; alorkera and feeders, M9 7.M; hulls. r, IStfg M. ralvee. M.tnfllO; eatern steers, M.lOffl.U; weetern cowa, Hoga -Recelpta. fooo. market, strong to V higher. Bulk of aalea, 17 MAT In ttVl ."? " 1rl: i''k,'r" and blttch.ra: IS.U, light, 7 fe9i.1t; pig., 1.7tfl Sheep- -Receipts, 11.000. markst. stsady lot lowar. Muttons. 4.r.0414.24; Colorsrio lamha. Ml 7t. rsngs wethers snd ysar-llnga, ysar-llnga, K . 2141 1 . Hi. ; rsngs ewsa, 13. 1091.71. LIVERPOOL ORAXN. I.IVBRPOOL. Fsb. If. Closing; Wheel -Spot, firm; No. 1 Manitoba, not quoted. No 2 Manitoba. 7s 7d ; No 3 Msn-Itoha. Msn-Itoha. 7s 4ld: futttrss. Arm; March 7s 11.1 Msv. 7a lf.1. July. 7a Id. ' Com Spot, quiet; American mixed new. 4a 10,d; American mixed old. Is nomine): American mixed vi, Oalveston la 74; future, atrong: March (La Plata ' te fid. March fAmefican mixed), 4a mid Flour -Winter patents, 21s Id. CHICAGO PRODUCE. CHICAGO, Fab. 17. Butter aaay, creameries. 21911c. Eggs aaay; receipts 7 Us cases; at msrk, cases Included. 1791V-; refrleer-ator refrleer-ator firsts. Itc; firsts. 119111c Potstoea wsak; raoelpta 12T cara-Ml. cara-Ml. hlgan 4V'ff .'i. Mlnnesots, 474 50c Wlacnnaltl, 4411MIC. Poultry, alive easy: lurkeya, lie, chickens. Ufa; springs, I4r. METAL MARKET. Silver at 11 cente an ounce. I,ead at 14.15 per 100 pounds. Copper cathode at AL.lli 100 pound. |