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Show WORLD'S MARKETS LOW PRICES IN MARKET New York, Mar. 18. There was 'further liquidation of industrial shares on the stock market today, owing to discrimination egalnsi then iu loans and to poor earnings of some 'of them. Dow record prices were 'made in some Instances and there 'was little indication of Support Im- I ; portant stocks, after some hesitation, responded to short covering, due to J the belief that the list was thorough- j ly liquidated. Bear traders were Impressed Im-pressed by the Stability of the leaders lead-ers In the face of renewed selling of minor stocks. Bonis were Irregular New York Stock List (Last Sale.) Amalgamated Copper 68 1-2 American Beet Sugar 26 1-2 American Cotton Oil 43 American Smelting & Refng... 68 American Sugar Refng bid .. Ill American Tel & Tel 132 3-4 Anaconda Mining Co 36 1-S Atchison 101 1-8 Atlantic Coast Lino 123 Baltimore & Ohio 100 1-'- Brookln Rapid Transit 87 1? Canadian Pacific 223 Chesapeake & Ohic 71 1-2 rhirago & Northw, bbid 133 Chicago, Mil & St Paul ins .v Colorado Fuel & Iron 32 5- Colorado & Southern 26 1-2 Delaware fr Hudson, bid 15S Dcner ft Rio Grande 19 Erie 26 8-8 General Electric 137 Great Xortbcrn pfd 125 7-8 Great Northern Ore Ctfs 34 Illinois Central, bid 121 Interborough Met 17 1-3 Dralorrxrl F.f4 i Iuter Harvester, bid 104 1-2 Louisville & Nashville 133 Missouri Pacific 36 5-8 Mo Kansas A Texas 24 1-2 Lehigh Valley 154 National Lead 47 1-2 New York Central 105 3-8 Norfolk & Western 104 12 Northern Pacific 114 3-4 Pennsylvania 118 1-S People s Gas 109 3-4 Pullman Palace Car. bid ... 157 Reading 155 Rock Island Co 21 Preferred 35 1-2 Southern Pacific 98 3 8 Southern Railway 25 Union Pacific 146 3 1 I nued States Steel 59 3-8 Preferred 107 1-2 Wabash, bid 3 5-S Western Union 67 New York Exchange. New York. March 18 Prime mer cantile paper. 5 3-4 6 per cent. Sterling exchange, steady with actual actu-al business in bankers' bills at 4 8275 for 60 day bills and 4.8720 for demand de-mand Commercial bills. 4.82 1-2 Bar silver, 56 7-8. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds irregular. Monev on call firm. 3 1-24 ::-4 p-r cent; rilling rate. 4 3-4. closing bid. 4, offered at 4 1-4. Time loans easier; 60 and days, 5 3-4 6 per cent; six months, 5 1-2 5 3-4. Cmcago Market Review Chicago. March 18 -Buying of wheat bv a leading long sent the market mar-ket up todav The upturn was excited excit-ed bv buving of flour in large lots. Opening prices were SolrVV higher Mav started at SS 3-8l-2. a gain of 1-8l-4. and advanced to 88 5 87 3-4. M u corn opened unchanged to l i higher at 51 3-47-S and went to 52 1-4 ff 3-8. May" outs began at 82 L-43-8, a shade to 1-8 1-4 up, and advanced to 32 1-2. A lighter run o( hogs sent prov.-sions prov.-sions higher The opening was unchanged un-changed to 7 l-2tflf dearer with these prices for May. Pork. 20.77 1-2: lard. 10 70 to 10.72 1-2: ribs. 10.82 1-2. Speculative buying today made lbs highest hog market of the year. Falling Fall-ing off In receipts helped the market upward, though the big packers were not active bidders A lop price of $9 30 was expected early and was realized. .. . , ( attic trade was steady on a light supply Buers held off ?omewhat at lower prices were expected tomorrow- . . , Lambs were slow on lack of orders. but hheep were fairly steady at the closing prices of last nifchu Increase in the world's visible sup-plv sup-plv sent wheat off slightly but the depression de-pression was temporary. The close was firm at Ss 3-4Ti7-s for May, l-2vi 5-8 above last night Light receipts tended to keep the market fairlv steady The close v.-as firm. 3-8(01-2 net higher for May at 521-8 (&1-4. Chicago Livestock. Chicago, March IS Hogs Receipts 12,000; strong to 5c higher, bulk. 8.9c. 9.16; light 8 95(&9.30; mixed, 8.8iij 9.20; heavy, 8.65 9.12 12; rough, 8.55' w 8 70; pigs. 7.109.1i. Cattle Receipts. 3,500; market steady: beeves. 7.259.15. Texas steers 6.507.65; western steers. 6.8fi 8.15 ; i 6tockers and feeders, 6.15(5 8.20; cows and heifers, 6.508.10; calves. 10.50ft 11 50. Sheep Receipts, 7.500. market slow, natives. 6. 157.00; western 6 20 5 7.00; yearlings. 7.208.26; lambs, native, 7i858.80; western. 7.858.S0. Omaha Livestock. Omaha. Neb.. March 18 Cattle-Receipts. Cattle-Receipts. 4,700, market 6teady; native steers. 7.73ff8.76: cows and heifers. .508.15; western steers, 6.768.30; Texas steers. 6.007.75; cows and heifers, 5.007.25; calves. 8.259.25. Hogs Receipts. 10.500; market higher; heavy. 8.808-T5; light. 8.70tf s su pips. 7.5" fi 8.25; bulk of sales. 8.65 8.75. Sh.-ep Receipts. 3.000: market si. . xearlings. 7.0tf 7.r- aethers 6 006.60. lambs. 8.008.85. Eoston Wool. Boston. March 18 Domestic wool continues to move slowly toward the! mills. Values are firmer, but principally prin-cipally through the unwillingness of holders to accept low bids. Shearing is active in tbe west, but growers are reported to be holding for high prices and bidding has been slow Some old territory fine staple changed hands recently at 60 cents, clean. Fair trading is reported in j I Texas and California stock, mut near-by near-by fleeces are dull Demand for pull-ed pull-ed woo) Is very light. Metals. ; New York. March IS Copper 1 H Firm; spot to June, 14 00914.75; elec- . trolytlc, 15.0015.12, lake. 15 25 Tr 15.37: castings 14 75 to 14 87. Tin Firm, spot to March. 46.00 4i..25; April, 45 87 46.25; May. 45 75 "'(46 00 I H Lead Steady; 44.3044 50. j H Antimony Dull; Cooksons, 9.25 H Iron Steady: unchanged. i H Wool. H St Louis. March IS Wool Steady. rl territory and western mediums, 21 a ' 25; fine mediums. 1820; fine. 13 l Sugar. New York. Mar. IS Raw sugar ! H firm; muscondo, .89 test. $3.0S; cen- H trifuga!, 96 test. ?3.58; molasses. .S9 il test, $2.83. refined, steady .M |