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Show OIJ VTILt STQZgT NEW .. TORK. March 25. The opening stock market waa nervous and irregular, " wide gains and losses being" maintained. There , were some sharp advances among the ' industrial and International stocks, but they did not fully respond to the rebound shown' in London before trading began here. The tide of liquidation liquida-tion swept. over the market which was attended by severe losses and Semi-de-moralised conditions. Reading, Amalgamated Amalga-mated Copper and the United Steel stock were the chief targets for the selling. sell-ing. The largest loases f the -first hour were: American Express. 15; Oreat North- i ern or cettlflcates, 81; Union Pacific. 4; Anaconda , Missouri Pacific and Great Northern preferred. S and St. Paul, 2. ; Buying orders on a large scale were executed at the low prices and checked the break. Union . Pacific rallied, si; Amalgamated Copper and Canadian Pa- j cine. 2t; Southern Pacific and Great Northern preferred. 2. After Union Paclfio had rallied 4, there waa another dip in prices. Apparently the- subsidence of buying at the higher level prompted a- renewed attack by the bears. Thla decline was arrested for the general list considerably above the previous pre-vious low level. The market became dull on another rally. Bonds were weak. Drastic liquidation was resumed between be-tween 12 and 1 o'clock with the metal stocks the chief sufferers, and the market rapidly approached a state of demoralisation demoralisa-tion in the mid-afternoon when stocks were dumped in an unreasoning frensy. Smelting dropped 121. Amalgamated Copper Cop-per 9i. Great Northern preferred. Union Pacific and Reading 71. U. 8. Steel preferred pre-ferred . and St. Paul 6. Others were oft anywhere from 1 to over 4 points. Prices at the low level looked attractive to the shorts and they bought heavily, raising the market from 3 to 8 points above the lowest.. The market closed at about the lowest, but very Irregular. There were extensive coverings of shorts to take profits during the final hour and this rallied Smelting 4 and many others from 1 to 2. Later J, rices ran off again, in some cases to the owest of the day. Smelting fell an extreme ex-treme 1SL St. Paul s, and Southern Pacific Pa-cific 4. There were some reverlsh rallies ral-lies In the final dealings. Canadian Pacific Pa-cific rose a point over Saturday's close. American Smelting rebounded 4 again at the last. - BERLIN PRICES WEAK. BERLIN. March 25. The tone on the Boerse todsy was calm in comparison with the excitement of Saturday. Banks and industrials recovered part of the. heavy loss they had sustained. Prices, however, are still far from strong. LONDON EXCHANGE CALM. LONDON, March 26. In spite of a further fall in prices In New York Saturday, Sat-urday, the Stock exchange hero today opened much calmer than during the closing days of last week. Americans opened at about parity and an all-around Improvement developed, the features being be-ing Union Pacific which rose 31. and Canadian Pacific, which rojie nearly 4 points. ST. LOUIS WOOL. ST. LOUIS, March 25. Wool, steady; Territory and Western mediums. 24028c; fine medium, 18921c; fine, 14017c. UNION ASSAY OITICE. M". 8. Hananer, J. V. Sadler. 152 & West Temple. P. O. Box 144C OMAHA LIVE STOCK. . . OMAHA. March 25. Cattle Receipts. 4500. Steady to easier. . Native steers, $3.85G$5.76; Western steers, $2.255.25; canners, $29$: stockers and feeders, $8 6; bulls and stags, $2.7604.40. Hogs Receipts, 4000. Market BflJlOc lower. Heavy. $6.0506.121; mixed $6.05 60.71; light, $66.10; pigs, $6.603. Sheep Receipts, 11,000. Market. 10 IRo higher. Yearlings, $6.60; wethers, 5.406.25; ewes,. $5 6 5.70; lambs, $7 B. M. West A Co.. stock brokers, TXT D. W. Walker Blk. Tel. 166; res.. ttlO-X. CHICAGO PRODUCE. 'CHICAGO. March 15. Sentiment in the wheat pit was Inclined to the selling; side at the opening today. The world's shipments ship-ments were larger than had been expected ex-pected and the weather in the Southwest was - more favorable for the new crop. May opened a shade to 1c lower at 75 751 to 761c The corn market opened steady. Cables were weak and local receipts were above the estimate. May corn opened a shade higher at 45Jc, declined to 45c and again sold at 451c The oats market opened easier because of local receipts,- which were larger than expected. Buying by shorts, however, soon caused a rally in prices. May oats opened a shade lower at 41c, sold at 4110411 and advanced to 41c. The provisions market was weak on a decline in live hogs. May pork opened "lc lower at $15.55; lard was down 2c at $8.76; and ribs opened 5c lower at $8.65. Conflicting reports from the Southwest regarding damage by the green bug caused the wheat market to become nervous ner-vous in the last half of the session. The high point for May was 76. The close was steady, with May lc lower at 751c The- corn market became firmer In the last half of the session. May selling up to 46. The close was steady, with May c higher at 46I46c Close: Wheat May. 7Ele; July, 77i 77c Corn May, 451046c; Julv. 45c. Oats May. 41i41c; July. 37ie. Pork May. $15.45; July. $15.65. Lard May, $8.60; July. $8.70. Ribs May. $8.42)98.45; July, $8.50 8.521. Rve Cash. 6869c Barley Cash, 6872c. Fyax, clover and timothy, nothing doing. do-ing. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red, 75e76e; No. 3 red. 7474Je: No. 2 hard. 73i77c: No. 8 hard, 6sl74c; No. 1 Northern. 80Q 85c: No. 2 Northern 80 83c; No. 3 spring. 75082c. Com No. 3. 421048c. Oats No. 2, 41 fc; No. 3. 409401c LEAD AND COPPER. NEW TORK. March 35. Lead Quiet, $6.0096.30. Copper, unsettled, 2525Jc. METAL MARKET. NEW TORK. March 26. Close: Prime mercantile paper, 6061 per cent. Sterling exchange weak with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.88.209 4.83.25 for demand, and at, $4.79 for sixty day bills. Posted rates. $4.80 and $4.84. Commercial bills. $4.78194.78. Bar silver. 651c Mexican dollars, 60c. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, weak. . Money on call strong, 6 9 16 per cent, ruling rate, 6 per cent, closing bid per cent, offered at 8 per cent. Time loans nominal, sixty days t9 6 per cent, ninety days and six months'. 6 per cent. |