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Show WCRLD'SMARKETS STOCK SELLING MODERATE New York, March I In the belief that the rally had been pushed as far as was expedient, room traders in Wall street sold stocks moderately to- ' day. I Kew Haven stock sold down to 1 , 12LI 1-4. the lowest for a quarter of a century. Can responded to contin- ual pressure for both accounts Among the geneial run of stocks fluctuations were trivial and slight .losses for the most part were made up before noon. Bonds were steady. New York Stock List (Last Sale) Amalgamated Copper 70 c American Beet Sugar, bid ' 85 American Cotton Oil, bid 47 Amer Smelt. & Refining ".' 69 5 ? Amor Sugar Refining, bid Mil American Tel. & Tel. 130 'i Anaconda Mining o "' '-v -"! A'chlson . .'J J-8 Atlantic Coast l ine, bid "'"'ill 1 9 Baltimore & Ohio iqV ,7 Brooklyn Rapid Transit . .' ' 90 ' Canadian Pacific . " ' f Chesapeake & Ohio 1 "74 -t'o Chicago & Northwestern "135 " ch.cago. mil ft st Pau ;;.;;10g Colorado Fuel ft iron 4 1 4 Colorado ft Southern ' 27 18 Delaware ft Hudson IBS jl-nver ft R0 Grande.' bid ".' 19 1-2 Erl g7 , ; General Llectric .. Gieat Northern, pfd. 197 1 Groat Northern Ore Ctfs R 1 Il lnols Central 1p V iliilei borough-Met. 17 ? c , deferred ... . ... . ..IIY.'Z 'l Infer Harvester, bid ur Louisville ft Nashville"'" "p'c 1 b Missouri Pacific " J (Missouri, Kansas ft Texas' ". J6 gCj (Lehigh Vallev ,?2 S ! .National Lead .'.'.?.'. 50 K New York Gentral .. Iflg 1 9 Norfolk ft Western . "'1 Northern Pacific 1 Pennsylvania ' 10 , o People's Gas. bid ... m 1 Pullman Palace far. bid ' 1 Reading 1K- - ' Rock Island Co. ....." ,0 ""2 Preferred ' 30 , , Southern Pacific . " gg - "f Southern Railway .. . or T'nlon Pacific .. , 152 3 8 United States Steel pj" To ''rr!m,d '.;:.io8 U4 vl abash 1 Western Cnlon " ' 1 . Chicago Grains. f'hlcago, March 4. Wheat prices leaned to the bear side today because of rains in tho Ohio valley and fa-vorable fa-vorable conditions elsewhere in the winter crop belt. A liberal increase in tho European vlslbl supply was j also an Influence against the hulls. Opening tujures were the same as last night to l-S--4e lower. Ma; started start-ed at 91 5-8c to 'Ji 3-8c. May corn opened at last nights level, 52 3-4c, and fell to 52 l-2c May oats, which started unchanged at 34c. held at 33 7-834c. Provisions weakened under liberal offerings due to a decline at the yards. First sales were 2 l-2oc to 15c lower, with Ma at $20 3d for pork, $10.77 1-2 to $10.80 for laid, and $10.72 1-2 for ribs Promise of heavy w heat recripts all this month led to a further setback There was talk, too. that abandoned acreage would be the smallest in years. The close, however, was firm, with Mav l-4c5?3-8c net lower at 91 3-8l-2c. Subsequently corn prices worked I still lower despite a moderately good j spring demand The close, though was steady at 52 l-2c for May l-4c, 1 under last night Chicago Livestock Chicago. Mar. 4 Hogs Receipts 2-1.000; market weak. Bulk of sales, j $8.408.50: light, $8 30(:8.65 mixed. $8.268.52 1-2; heavy, $8.108.60; rough. $8.108.25; pigs $6.508.25. Cattle Receipts. 5000; market 1 firm. Beeves, $7109 25; Texas I st . r . 30'o 0 2.", western steers $C I07.90; blockers and feeders $6.258.15; cows and heifers. $3.35 7.'.o; calves. $7.00Ti 10 50. Sheep Receipts 1(1.000; market 4 I BlTong Native, J5.356.90; western II 3.757.0jD; yearlings, $6.858.00:11 is. native, $G..",fKi 7-, western jl -7 ' 1 1.85 : New York Exchange : New York, Mar. l.-Clo?e. Prime jl mercantile paper. 5 to a 1-4 per cent. I Sterling exchange, stcadv with act- jj ual business in bankers' bills at I ' ' CO for GO-day bills and at $4.87.40 for de,mand. Commercial bills. $482 75. Bar silver. 59 5-Sc. Government bon is stead v; railroad bonds irreg lar Monev on call easier. 23 1-2 per j cent ruling rate 3. closing hid 2; of- 1 fered at 2 1-2 Time loans, steady: CO and 90 days and six months. I 3-4f?o per cent. Metals. New York. Mar. 4 t'opper & Steady, spot to Juno M4 37 1-2? W lt.7."; electrolytic S 1 :, on Tf 1 .) e,2 1-2. 1 ke, ?15 2-.15 37 1-2; casting. $14.75 H ' ' 1 I 87. I Tin Quiet, pnt and March. $47 75 11 'o IV2.r. April. $47 501; 4s 00; Mav. $17 251747.75. Lead Steady, f4.2694.35 Spelter Steady. $6.15(5)6.25. Antimonv Dull; Cookson's, $9.25 C 9 0 1 Iron Steady; unchanged South Omaha South Omaha. Nob , Mar. 4 Cattle Receipts 5200, niarke' steady. Native Na-tive steers. $7.60g)8.75; cows and heifers, $4.5017 f, 75. western steers I 6.00(g8.l5; Texas steers. $."..001? 7.25; calves, $$.2509.25 Hogs Receipts 12.30u market lower. low-er. Heaw, $8.108.25;' light $8 M 8 10: ni-s." $7.6008.00; bulk of sale?. $8.00H 8.25. Sheep Receipts 7400; market j higher Yearlings, $6.75 ft 7.75: weth-ere. weth-ere. $6.60(96.60; lambs, $8.008 75. Chicago Produce- rhioago. Mar. 4. Butter Steady; j j creameries .'- .1 36c 1 Eggs Weak; receipt 5,260 cases: at mark, cases included. 17017 l-2c: ' r refrigerator firsts, itviiv Dr?'11 1 18 l-2c. Potatoes Stead receipts 75 cars: j Michigan. I547c; Minnesota 44 j 47c; Wisconsin, 43047c. Boston Wool. Boston March I. Very little do- j meatic wool is changing hands with values showing an easier tendency. j w Interest in the new clip Is Increas- ing. bill active bidding has not yt f I" 'in. Old ungraded territory brinP I m 10 cents and eLht months Texas sells , for 18 tcj 19 rents. Sugar. New York, March 4 Raw sugar Steady; nnuseovado. 9 test, $$.M: h centrifugal, .9c test. $3.34. molass3' j .89 test, $2.79. Refined steady. u o Wool. , St Louis. Mar. 4 Wool -Steady. 1 Territory and western mediums, 2l(n 8Sc; fine medium-. S1"2"c. 'fine lo 17c. J |