Show MARKET WAS SOLD SOLO FREELY V Professional il Traders Took Advantage toga tag of or a Dull Dul Opening SELLING WAS WAS VERY V GENERAL Firm l II I fly of S Steel Meet Stock Ij d Now New York May V opening stock market was WIS dull dul and hesitating Tho The principal active stocks showed hoel slight declines but theta there was wan a ft 1 sprinkling ling hag of ot gains galhn Pennsylvania and New NewYork York Central opened down n a shade and Ind then Ihen rallied to a shade over last night Professional operators promptly sold the tho market freely fre I on tho tile news flows of at fur Cur further flier ther gold soM shipments to 10 Argentina on Monday Monda Increasing the thc outgo to 10 that point to Tho The selling was Wi very general and the tho rapid decline In the tho United States Steel Stel stocks had a de tie depressing pressing effect erect on tile tle general trading United States Stales Steel preferred 1 Losses of ot 1 l to 2 was Wi wa scored by St Paul Atchison Southern Pacific Jac Canadian Pacific Illinois Central hIlt Mis Missouri Mi Pacific New Nell York Central Nor Norfolk Norfolk folk Western Wheeling Lake Erie Delaware t Hudson Reading Erie l first preferred and second preferred United States Steel Smelting Brooklyn Hap flap Id Transit Chicago Terminal preferred and Tennessee Coat Coal Lackawanna lost m li anti and Minneapolis and und St lt Louis 2 A A steady stream of at liquidation contin continued continued to pour In on 01 the market The Violent decline In St SI Paul nail and the tho tree free telling selling of ot the tho United States Steel stock on rumors of at closing down of ot the Chi Chicago Chicago cago eago plants overcame the tho resistance reDia tal CO nt at atthe tho the few tew firm points notably Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania an In which yielded 2 81 St Pauls ex extreme decline was 3 The list lt g gner ner ner ally aly was 1 I to 2 points point lower than last I Inight night night Covering Covering by shorts on 01 tho Iho batik bank statement caused a I momentary check to the decline but later Ilter prices were lower Minneapolis and St SI Louis rul dropped OH 9 In the late lae dealings los es reached 2 7 points or over oer o er In Union Pa Pacific rifle Atchison Missouri Pacific Head Beat Heading HeadIng ing lag Copper Co per and nOI other oilier less lea prominent stocks The closing was Very Aery active and weak at al about the low lowest est cot MONEY Time money mone firm 60 and MIl 90 days das 4 tt ft per cent six 81 months montha 4 per cent t Money lone on call coll nominal Prime mercantile paper i per percent percent percent cent 1 Sterling exchange steady with actual business In bankers bills bila at for demand and anti at for tor l 60 GO days Posted rates 4 and 1485 Commercial bills bia 1 Bat lar sliver silver alver 61 Mexican dollars 42 bonds Government irregular bonds bOlda steady railroad SUGAR sUO An steady teady Fair centrifugal 96 90 test leat 1116 3 mo mao lasses sugar lugar IC RefIned Is firm Crushed 45 powdered gT 45 COFFEE No 7 RIo Hlo Ro B 6 BLI LI LIVE LIVI V 13 STOCK STO Cit CHICAGO V Chicago Chiago May 23 Receipts 40 Steady Good to prime steers otters liers poor to medium stockers stackers and feeders cows COA heifers canners 1025 bulls buls 25 calves calel 2500 Texas fed ted steers steer today tOlay 1000 tomor tomorrow row tw left let over Mixed anti and butchers butcher So G lower good to tol choIce holce l heavy rough heavy helvy C 1506 JO light bulk of oC sales ales Sheep 1000 10 Sheep steady Lambs Lamba Good to choice 45 fair to choice mixed western sheep 4 CO native 70 lambs western wOlter lambs 40 KANSAS CITY Kansas Cansas City May Re Receipts 40 nominally steady native steers 4 00 55 native natho cows and belt heifers ers em western steers steen 2030 stockers stackers stocker anti and anI feeders west western wester era ern er cows cons Hags tO market weak weal of sales Mlis WIs cm m heavy hen packers packer medium U light 6 yorkers yorker 6 pigs Ph hrs Sheep G market weak Muttons MotIons 3 lambs range WO MO weibel ether ewes 30 CHICAGO Chicago May 23 Close se Wheat May Mn 77 71 i July Jul 73 Sept 70 iO iO 4 July Jul U 44 Sept Hh H HO O y 36 July 33 Sept 31 1750 Sept Sept 1687 90 S1 July V Sept S July 90 Sept Flax Cash northwest 11 May 04 h 3 G Cash Cosh Cah 2 red 3 red 73 2 No Ni No hard winter 77 7 No S 3 hard winter No 1 northern spring e No 2 spring SO 80 No 3 spring 1665 2 45 15 No 3 H 2 33 3 No 3 32 NEW EW New York May 21 Receipts bushels Opened O ned easier euler on bushels Opened easier ealer on favorable weather and unloadIng but hut rallied with wih the west May m i July CHICAGO WHEAT ny oy 21 July wheat opened a n shade to U Uc c lower at a 73 to 33 3 rind on buying by shorts advanced to 1 74 Bearish crop cop nOvices advices caused selling by local traders and some of the tho ad advance advance adVance vance was a lost the closing being easy eay at lt cO c lower for tor July Jul at 13 WOOL ST LOUIS LOUS St Louis Loul ray May Territory and western wester mediums medium 1613 li flue fIne 16 4 i coarse coar LONDON WOOL AUCTION London May 22 The offerings at the wool 01 auction sales Mies today t d Y amounted to 1 t bales ond Inferior me merinos merinos merinos sold 1011 below blow the tM best prices price All Al grades lal s were In demand Americans bought uh several oU hots of Tho sales ll wilt wU close tomorrow V VV 5 V V |