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Show BUSINESS CONGESTED Wall Street Dealing in But Few Stocks. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LEADER Coalers Were Strong, Due to the Belief Be-lief that nn Adjustment of Labor Disputes waa Assured American and Wells-Forgo Express Jumped up on the Conviction that Developments Develop-ments aro Fending In the Express Business Bond Market was Active and Broad. siLvnn. New York M'tc San Tranclsco , 5-c London ,, ,,.. 25'sd LEV.D. New York excharge UPi COPPER. New York exchange $12 V'l Silver and Drafts. New York Teb 10 Bar silver. 54'f.e. Mexican dollars, 41,c San Francisco rrb 10 Silver bars, 65c. Mexican dollars 4c Drafts-Sight, 12V4c, telegraph, 15c. Money nnd Exchange. New York, Feb 11 Close Money nn coll steady at 2l-fJ2. per cent, closing bid 2H rer tent Prime mercantile paper 44ii per cent Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers bills nt 1IS7H for demand, nnd at $1 M4 for sixty days Posted rates II fvl nnd II SS Com-merclal Com-merclal bills, II Vd4 84. New York Metals. New- lork, Feb 10 The week opened with a decline of about .c In prices for copper with a very slow demand at that The current prices here nre 124 to lt',a for lake 12, to IJiJo for electrohtlc and 12 to 12V for casting copper The London Lon-don market was 2s 6d lower spot closing nt (M 17s t'.l and futures at CM t Tin here wna a shade firmer, closing with spot at 124 40 to $24 London closed 2a Ud hlkher at 1112 lVs for spot and fins Cs for futures I.ead waa eiulet and about unchanged here at Jl 12U and London waa la tvl higher, at 111 10s Spelter waa unchanged at New York nnd Iondon closed unchanged at 17 12a 6d Iron ruled steady to Arm here onl unchanged un-changed Glasgow was about 2s higher at Ms fid and Mtddleiboro closed at 4s lijid rig Iron warrants here closed nt 111 vw?i2.Vi No 1 foundry Northern, 117 00 ifilKni Nn 2 foundry Northern lllv, 17 2V Nn I foundry Southern. IK 25iil.7V, No 1 foundry Southern soft, lie i.fil TV San Francisco Mining Stocks. San Francisco Feb 10 The official closing qjotations for mining stocks today were aa follows Alts .. $ rsrviexlean $ 31 Ilelcher f Occidental Con . 10 n i H ... 25 Ophlr S4 Caledonia . 24 Otetman "1 Choi Con . .. 17 I'plosl 11 t hollar . II !saage 10 Conddence. , m Sierra Nev ... 1 .14 c C tt'i . 1 00 sllter Hill 71 Crown Point . Mstsndarl .. . 3 " OO II Union Con .... . HAN 21 Utah Con ... 'I Justice 13 Yellow Jacket . .IS NEW YORK MIN1NO STOCKS. Am S A It 147 on tadvlllo C ..$ ( preferred 07 iii,lnttle Chief . 11 Adams Con . to .Ontario 6.71 Alice . .41 Ophlr i llreece S.1 I'lioenlx (H Ilrunswlck C 0- Potosl .10 Comslock T OVic'SaenKe . , (s C c K a 1 20 isierra Nev . 13 Peadweod T ro Small Hopes. 35 Horn &Uer 1 vi standard . 340 Iron Silver fl ' DOSIOV MININO HT6CKS. Adenture $ 21 vi vtnhawk . $3inn Allouez II 't Parrot 31 ro Amalgam d 7iOi Qulncy 11000 lleltle 1 if Copper 3 to lllngham 2-. 60 Tamarack 2S5i c a. II KVW.W OTOfti Trlmountaln 7J r1 Centennial 12 01 Trinity 13 71 Copper It B100 Culled States 17i1 I)om Coal 72 121 j Utah 21 1.1 1-ranklln lico victoria . 61. Isle Hoyale 2JK Winona 150 Osceola e2to Wolverlno . to 23 Old Dom . 52 00 St. Louis Wool Market. St Iouls Feb 10-Wool. steady, Ter. rltprv and Western mediums liDltfc. line, 1281.C, coarse, lJ16c San Francisco Wool. San Francisco Feb 10 -Quotations on wool hero today were Spring Neada, liil.c Lastern Oregon 10il3c, Valley Oregon 13S(15c fall-Mountain lambs. 6tj1o, San Joanuln Plains, 6ej8e:, Humholdt and Mendocino, 10ti:i,c. Now York Sugar Market. New- lork, Feb 10 -Sugar-Haw, J"'.'"li' .'a.l.r.feflnn?. M 16c, centrifugal, n TM;S H-"c. mn'asses sugar. 2 6-Hc. Hetlned ateady crushed, $5 2j, powdered. Ilea, granulated, $175 Butter and Eggs. Uaw Vrk' r1b lo-iiutter-necepts, CS00 packages. Arm, Slate dairy, 15i.1c, creamery, a) ic, June creamery, 16aj0c, factnry, 14i13c. Fggs-necelpts. 4V0O packages llrm, State und Pennsylvania, .ijac, Western at mark, 2!v?i2vcfja Ijlgln III. teb 10-nuttcr-Flrm at 27c Olferlnga were 57CO pounds, at 27c, and all sold nt that figure. Bales of tho week were W)1,Cmi pounds Torclgn Market. anew.iYork,r rb '"-The Commercial AderllserH rondon tlnunclal cablegrim i1? ,il'0i,3!.KB regarding the Boer war atrengtlitned the stoiTt market todty Knr. ,r.Biw.'re '""X actUe.but were disturbed by I irgo realization duo to the difficulty of carrying over weak bulla who tvuo shaken out Arnerlcin slocks wero lltcly. The professional contingent la wnklng un Appcrentlv. howeter, li is all New York I'L'V'Vl V,11",? P'"'d around 1 arlty. At Hrst the Heading Issues wero bid up on New 'iork uc count Iiter lho aamo sources cuised a renewed demand for 1 rle, Heading and Southern ltallwny Thn close wua strong United Statea Steel waa In demand In the atreet Hlo Tlntus sold ut 4',i Conrcr opened JJo down, but recotered 10 fllr, the, ton Tho market wna n hea y borrower of funds Silver wua weak on free American sulea " Stocks and Bonds. New York, Feb 10 Theia wna aoino np. prehension In speculative ilrclea that the supported market em Saturday, uftcr thn ippearance of the bank statement, would be dissipated nnd that a setb.dk was lm-mlnent lm-mlnent In tho prices of stocks Tho he ivy Iro lossea r; ported oar Sunday, especial, ly that at I'aterson ciuaed adllllnnil an prehension before the ciiilng Ihe un. eislncss however, proted tn bo unround. id Thero was abundant buying of stocks from the opening and but little llauld i. tlouwa encountered Thero was Indeed prortt-taklng In mam of ihe stocks which hate hid striking ad unces recently, but tie strength waa dlttrled to new inlnlB 'ioday s market, although disclosing some striking features of strength by no means took on Ihe full prnportlona of 11 lull market, in elthor Ihe Volume nf deal, ngs lho extent of the advances or the breadth of the dlatrlhutio 1 Tho hulk of the business was still congealed In com-riMri'eS, com-riMri'eS, 1 ft- ,"ak notabiv Southern 1 ai Ine and the Headings and stocks most Is nearly ntllel to them There were some Inllcatlons of a common origin for Ihe active dealings In both these lendeia The. buy ng of Southern Pacific Is nvow edit based on the rale of earnings reported report-ed for the company and the possibilities of reduced operating expenses and refund-ng refund-ng of hlgh.lnterest mortgages Thn gain In the price of ihe stock extended to ik . Jn? I!".".!" of ,he coalera waa due'to the belief that an adjustment of labor dHputes was assured Tho sofl-cnal car. rlers shared In the movement Manv of Ihe less prominent stocks were featureless feature-less Soma of this class of stocks which rose last week suffered shatp reactions American Lxi'rcsa rose u and Wella targoS on the conviction that develop, ments ure pending In the impress busl- ness The Industrials generally were Inclined In-clined to bo heavy, except those having to do with Iron nnd steel The bond market waa active and broad but somewhat Irregular Total sales, par value $1425010 United States bonds were all unchanged on the last call. BOND LIST. U S ref 2s reg 10Si U S 6s coup .. I'M IJ B ref 2s coup los. Colo A So 4a . 424 U 3 Cs reg . 10i, D it H O ti ...102H U S Cs coup . llnij No Pao 4s 10o'a V 8 n 4a reg 1st) No Pao 3s 74H USnli coup 130 So Pao 4a 94'. V S old 4a reg 112 Union Pao 4s . 1M IT S old 4s coup 112 conv 4s lOti's U S 6s reg 106 CLOSING STOCKS . . . Sales High Low Close Atchison 1SH) iV, 771.4 7S preferred 4 600 !0 9Slj OS-, B 4. O 5 4X) 103 10li 104's preferred . , 9tU Can I'ae 1 3a0 115J, 115U Uiii Can bouth 5m ti. ii( s', Ches .t O 7 900 47CJ 4Ct 4oJ Chicago A- Alton.. 1 10 24U 3P, 34H preferred . 700 Te.1 75s 7b Chi Ind Si Louis ,. 2 ft 62' tl i., preferred six) 7ceJ 7J! 7i,IJ Oil i E 1 300 113 ll, 143 Chi A. O IV 110) 21U 21 22'J A preferred , ,, 3 11 preferred 200 41 41 4IU Chi &, N W li) KP5 2.-0 2191, C II I 4 1' 2 SCO lb. HI Wi Chi Term A. Tran. 200 17 17 !, preferred lut 32', 3.11 JllJ C C C &. 3 L 2. TO 104'J ion; 101 Colo South 7.10 Pi lit, lb 1st preferred 1 000 K', hiU .ili 2nd preferred .... 21a0 3?i 3J"J 32S Del & Hud . 7(0 171 171 1-214 Del Lack & West. 700 2S3 2SUj 2S2 UdHU . . 41 preferred 1300 93, 01. 9J Lrlo . 2b srn 4014 soij 40, 1st preferred ... 7100 7fri CDls 70 2nd preferred . . 1 soo 57 60 6"'i Ot North preferred 5i, ltsv, issi 1SS Hocking Valley . . ll 19 b9 bV, preferred rM ?1i4 siu 8 Illinois Central ... 3" 111 H2S H, Iowa Cen 301 5'. 41i 45 preferred 4 WO 0 Wj 79'4 Lake Lrle & W . 100 to bJ el I referred ., . .133 Louis A. Nash.... 2l00 1MV, 10J, I11S Manhattan L 610 1341 113', 1B, Met St lty 120.Hl 17JI 17Ii 171H Mex Cen an ja;, 29 .1', Mex Nat 2 900 lb, 161, 10'J Minn &. S L 200 ,M KiJ 1191, Mo Pao II soo 10IU 103tJ i(i3'J M K c T 5"0 .'14 2IU 311. preferred 4'io 5.15 6.1 5-.vI N J Cen 100 103 191 111 N Y Cen 6 90) K5'4 16H5 K4'4 Norfolk A West .. 4 100 51 57t5 57)5 preferred . . . t'5 Ootirlo ct West.. 5mo IP, 31 S4, Pennsylvania 11 W 1W4 liO', IWi Heading . 101 TOO Bt, 67', 5S, 1st preferred ... a S315 53 f3ij 2nd preferred .... 55 Too C5', 6l'i is; S L Jt S r ... . 12V, 62'J fJ 1st preferred . . . MJ. 2nd preferred .... 1 ooi 75 75 75i, 8 L ct. 8 W' 21 20 20 SV preferred m 6ij 6SVJ t"l St I aul 31 400 167' li, 1071 preferred 1 li Wi 10114 112 Southern Pao . 117 500 175, 63 6". South lty . . . ovrt 13, H 331, preferred . 1 WO o,i4 or; 91', Tex A Pic 21H0 3,n4 39 39 Tol S L W 2 600 231, 22V4 22'4 prefeired 8 tJM 4."i 41 4i, Union lao 4 4M lot loja. jm, preferred 1 100 00 SO, 59J W'abash 3 SOO 2314 2VI 2.1, preferred 910 4I'J 4i, 41. WMieel X. I, E ., 2.410 111 17 li 2nd preferred .... 1 noo SO'i 29Vi 3o4 Wisconsin Cen . .. 700 201 20 2oI preferred 41J Express Cos-Adams Cos-Adams . . 215 American 1200 21) 239 211 United Slates . . 001 ut ikij 120 Wells Fargo .... 200 200 200 2.1 Miscellaneous Amal Cop 56 500 7HJ 71", 71T Amer Car A Found 6 29 2, 20 preferred . . 100 si4 S7S ti't Amer Linseed Oil. . 2Pj preferred . ... . 41 Amer S A It ... . 1 1"0 4T4 47 47 preferred . . Jffl 0Ti 0-1! "714 Anaconda M Co . . 4'1 31 33; 331 Brooklyn II T 1200 r7, (B, 66; Colo F & I . 2100 M4 Ml4 M, Con OaJi .. . 601 21HJ 217 211 Con Tnb pref .. . 100 117i, U7VS HO'j Oen Electric 2o.) 21 211 202 Olucose Bugir . . ft"0 41V4 41 4-4 Hocking Coul 3m0 17, 174 17' Intern 1 Taper .... 19 191, llij n, preferred .... . 7l4 Intern 1 Power M Laclede Ois M Nat niscult COO 4H 4V4 41 Nat 1 end 17'i Nat Salt 10 preferred O North Amer oi Pacific Coast ... . , 91 Pacific Mall ... 2oo 41?, 45', 4 Peoples !s 110.) Id 1001, inn4 Presse.1 Steel Car P) lOVi -105 40 preferrol ... . M Pullman . . I'd 220 5 nepuhllc Steel . 1 4f 16V, 16. 16, preferred . 1 0.10 roll 6t 09 Suror . 11 sf 129. 121, l4 Tenu C A, I 1 leal I Pi Id Mil Unl m Dng A Paper 101 lPj nu 14 preferred . I1 71 741, 7IJt preferreil . 1 1 HV4 SP5 H's U F. Rubber . '4 preferred .. . 100 Mf, hi Wi V S Steel 26100 4l4 4J! Wl preferred .. 20 701 1 93'4 Hi's w'estern Union ... 30.1 9PJ 91, api preferred bO.) 91 92i Wi Total sales 712 900 LONDON CI.OSINO STOCKS Cons for money 01', N Y Cent ....! for occt . . . 95 Norfolk At W'.... !Mt Anaconda ', preferred . .. 01 Atchison 7H Ontario S. W'.... 31', preferred .. loo. Pennsylvania ..77 nalt O I07IJ Heading . ... 29H fan Pac IIS 1st preferred .. 42iJ Chos Ar O 47 2nd preferred . 31 Chi O W 21. South lty 14 Chi MBP ..171 preferred .. .. 97 D A II O . 41V, So Poo 671, preferred 93ij Union 1'ao lf Lrle .. . 4 nf .preferred .. .. .'l 1st preferred .71 tl S Steel 41', 2nd preferred 67V, preferred ,. .. Illinois Cent 1I54 W'nhish 2.C-U Iouls Ai Nosh 1071, preferred .. ..4. MKAT .. 23 Spanish 4a 77'4 preferred . 51 Par slher dull 23d per ounce Money t'4fl2"4 per cent. The rute of disc aunt In tho open market for bhort bills la l1i! per cent The rate of discount In thn open mar. ket for three month bills Is -Vn21M6 ler cent |