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Show oo WORLD'S MARKETS' Favorite Stocks Higher. New York. Feb. 21 Concerted sup- j port which appeared when bears made I a demonstration at the opening of the stock market today led to hasty cov- i ering which put the favorite stocks gradually higher Bear traders became weary later owing to the semi -demoralized condition con-dition of various new flotations Bonds were steady New York Stock List (Last Sale.) Amalgamated Copper 67 American Beet Sugar 35 1-2 I American Cotton Oil 49 American Smelting & Refining Refin-ing ex dlv 68 1-4 American Sugar Refining ...115 American Telephone & Telegraph Tele-graph . 132 1-4 Anaconda Mining Fo :t5 Atchison 101 Atlantic Coast Line 125 Baltimore & Ohio 100 Brooklvn Rapid Transit 88 3-4 1 Canadian Pacific 220 1-4 Chesapeake A Ohio 72 blcago A: Northwestern .. ..133 1-2 Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul . 107 5-S Colorado Fuel &. Iron 34 Colorado & Southern 27 1 -2 Delaware A: Hudson 160 7-8 Denver & Rio Grande 20 1-S Krle . . 28 5-8 General Electric 138 Great Northern pfd 12 Great Northern ore ctfs 35 5-8 Illinois Central 122 lnterborouh-Metropolltan ... 17 Preferred 59 International Harvester 107 ! - Louisville & Nashville .. r .... 131 7-8 Missouri Pacific 37 1-2 Missouri, Kansas & Texas .... 25 3-8 benign alley 1-- National Lead 48 8-4 New York Central 105 1-2 Norfolk & Western ,106 5-8 Northern Pacific 115 ::-8 Pennsylvania 118 1-1 People's Gas . 109 I ullmau Taluce Far 168 Reading 15" 3-4 Rock Island Co. . 22 Preferred 88 1-2 Southern Pacific 88 1-2 Southern Railway 35 1-2 Union Pacific 156 3- I'nlted States Steel . 61 3-8 Preferred 108 1-8 Wabash 3 Western Union "87 Indicates bid quotation Chicago Livestock. Chicago. Feb 21 Cattle Receipts, 2000; market steady; beeves. 8.754 9 00. Texas steers, 5 25'5 7 00; western west-ern steers. 5.00(97.60. stockers and f.rjr-s 5.50497.90; cows and heifer. 8.1007.16; calves. 7.004910.60 Ho Receipts 17,000; market strong, tol light 8.16 8.40; mixed. 8.1098.40; heavy 7.9008.86; rough. 7.9008.10; pigs." 6 251T8 20; bulk of sales. 8 30 'a g is Sheep- Receipts 8000: markt I firm; native. 6 10?7 6.65: western. 5-1006.76; 5-1006.76; vearlings. 6.707.35; native na-tive lambs, 7.4008.86; western, 7.40 8 85. Metals. New York. Fob 21 Copper firm; spot and February. 14 25 bid; March, April and May, 14.25014.76; electrolytic. electro-lytic. 15 00, lake. 15.25 casting, 14.75 fin steadv; spot. 48 50 48.67 1 -2. February, 48.26 0 48.67; March. 47.76 4J 48.25; April. 47.50 0 48.00 Lead was Steady at 4. 252r4. 35 Spelter quiet at 6.2606.86, Antlmon quiet Cook-son's, Cook-son's, 9.8009.40. Iron steady aud un- changed Chicago Grains. Chicago. Feb 21 Plentiful moisture mois-ture over the em ire w inter crop belt eased prices today in wheat. Of-rerlngi Of-rerlngi however, were light accordingly ac-cordingly the market especially rallied ral-lied in sympathy with the May option and firm cables. The opeuing was 1-8 cenl to 1-4 cent loer. May started at 92 5-8 cents to 92 5-83-4 cents, a loss of 1-8(31-4 cent to 1-4 cent, touched : ' ' 1-8 cents and steadied stead-ied to 92 7-8 cents. Corn showed decided firmness owing ow-ing to the wet weather. May opened open-ed a shade off to 1-8 cent up. 52 1-8 cents 10 &2 1-408-8 cents and advanced ad-vanced to 52 6-8'Hl3-4 cents. Notwithstanding meager demand, oats hardened ow lug to the strength In corn May, which started uncbung- cd to a sixteenth higher at 84034 1-8 cents to 31 1-8 cents, rose to 31 Renewed scarcity of hogp gave pro-rlslona pro-rlslona an upturn. First sales ranged from last night's level to otff'7 1-2 cents higher, with Ma nt 1982 1-2 to 19.85 for pork. 10.62 1-2 to 10.65 (or lard and 10 50 for ribs. H Dl ipite export demand here as well ju west, wheat prices later slipped H back The close was steady, with H May 1-4 cent net lower at 92 5-8 H cents. H The corn market afterwards re- H laxed when wheat failed to hold. The j close was steady at 62 1-2 cents for H May, 1 -4 -ff 3 -8 cent above last night. New York Exchange New York. Feb. 21. Mone on call ' easier al 2 1-23 per cent: ruling H rate 8 1-4 per cent: closing bid, 2 1-4 I per cent, offered at 2 3-4 per cent. H Time !ouna easier: 60 and 9o days and i'. months at 4 1-2T4 3-4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 5 per cent. H Sterling exchange steady, with actu- H al business in bankers' hills at 4 83.-15 83.-15 for 60 da bills and at 4.87 50 for demand. Commercial bills, 4 82 3-4. Bar silver. 61 5-8. Mexican dollars. 48 1-2 Government bonds steady, railroad bonds heavy. South Omaha Livestock. South Omaha. Neb., Feb. 21 Cattle Receipts fun: market stronger, native na-tive steers. 7.008 50; cows and heifers. heif-ers. 5.00f?7 40- western steers. 5.50?f 8.00 Texas steers. G.006.50; cows mid heifers. 4.50g6.76: calves. fin'c Hogs Receipts 5900; marke higher; light. 7.9008.10; heavy. 780 'a S lo , pigs, 5 606. 50. bulk of sales. 8 98.10. Sheep Receipts 7000; 'market steady; yearlings. 7.25 07.90; !, -wethers, 5 756 60; lambs. 7.7808.75- H Chicago Produce. Chicago, Feb 21 Butter easy, for creameries 88085. Eggs firm; receipts re-ceipts 6682 cases, at mark, cases included. in-cluded. IT'filS; refrigerator firsts, 13 (tl4; firsts. 19(t?l-2. Potatoes steady; receipts 7:. cars. Michigan, 1648. Minnesota. 45ff 48; Wisconsin. 43 U? 48 Poultry firm, turkeys, dressed. 21 chickens, alive, 14; springs, alive. 14 I Sugar. New York. Feb. 21 -Raw sugar Finn; muscovado, 89 test. 2 98. centrifugal cen-trifugal 96 tost. 3 48; molasses sugar, M test, 2.73. Refined steady. Wool. St lx)Uis. Feb 81. Wool steady territory and western mediums. 21"' 25; fine mediums, 18020; fine, 13 1 18.' |