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Show 00 WORLD'S MARKETS Prices Fall in Wall Street New York. Feb 5 Interviews with leading representatives of railroad 1 nid financial Interests setting forth I optimistic viewg received Kant consideration con-sideration in the face of falling prices 1 m Wall street today More attention a paid to the motives behind tba 1 sale of various securities whose weakness weak-ness permeated the whole market. Legal obstructions to the conclusion of the subwav noi lat Ions, failure to pa off at this time Uik bark dividend of Ca,n preferred and reports of unsatisfactory un-satisfactory conditions In the copper I trade were responsible for the spread! of the bearish sentiment Some re sistance was offered at first by the railroad leaders, but ultimately ther gave way with the rest of the list. Tobacco moved up and down wlth-l I In a range of four points on announce menl of the 5 per cent quarterly dividend div-idend and an extra payment of li per cent. On the curb Standard Oil shares continued their recent advance j Bonds were easy New York Stock List. ( Last Sale 1 Amalgamated Copper 71 8-4 i American Beet Sugar 37 1-2 1 ' American Cotton Oil 51 1 American Smell & Refng 7J 1-8' American Sugar Refng. bid . 116 Vmerii an Tel k Tel ... ni n Anaconda Mining Co tT 1-8 I Atchison 103 1 1 Atlantic Coast Line 129 3-4 : Baltimore S- Ohio PL' Rrooklyn aRpid Transit . 90 1-2 Canadian Pacific 237 1 I ' hesapealcs : Ohio 77 1-2 Chicago (k Northwestern, bid 135 Chicago Mil & St Paul . 113 1-2 Colorado Fuel & Iron 38 j Colorado .- Southern bid . 30 Delaware Hudson bid . 162 ; Denver & Rio Grande bid 21 Erie 31 (General Electric 142 1-1 Great Northern pfd . 128 1-8 , Groat Northern Ore Ctfs bid 3S 12 ' Illinois Central 128 7 8 Interborough Met ... 18 1-2 I Preferred 62 7-8 1 Inter Harvester 110 1-8 j ! Louisville A Nashv ille, bid 138 1-2 Missouri Pacific 41 I Mo Kansas & Texas, bid ... 27 Lehigh Vallev . . 161 1 2 I National Lead 52 1 4 1 New York Central - 18 ' 2 Norfolk H Western ...109 7-8 Northern Pacific 119 Pennsylvania (ei dh 1 .,'..119 3-8 People's Gas, bid 115 Pullman Palace Car. bid .161 12 Reading 164 1-2 Rock Island Co 24 1-4 Preferred 43 1-1 Southern Pacific 105 5-8 Southern Railway 27 I'nion Pacific 159 3 4 United States Steel 64 1-S Preferred 108 1-4 Wabash, bid 3 12 Western Lnion .. . 72 1-4 Chicago Grains. Chicago. Feb. 5 Rain in parts of India, which were predicted where drouth has been a serious menace, gave the wheat market todav a setback set-back Prospects of liberal world Shipments had a further influen. e against the bulls. Offerings, however, were not especially heavy Opening prices ranged from 1-8 to 1-4 lower May started at 93 1-2 to 93 5-8. the same change trom last night as the market taken altogether, and then dropped to 93 1-4. May corn opened a shade to 1-8(51-4 off at 53 3-8 to 53 3-8 12 and fell to ?.3 1-8. Maj oaU Rrhlch started 14 down to a shade up at 34 3-8 to 34 6-8, defended de-fended to 34 1-4. Provisions were firm on active buy ing. due to strength at the yards Pirst transactions were a shade to 7 12 higher with May at 19 45 to 19.60 for pork. 10 37 1-2 to 10 40 for lard, and 10 35 to 10.40 for ribs Fear of damage from alternate freezing and thawing in middle and eastern sections of the winter wheat , crop belt brought about a slight hard- I ening of prices later on The close I 'as firm with Mav 1-4 net lower at 93 12. I Hedging bv countrv dealers led 10 an additional decline in corn The elose. however, was steady at 68 1-8 for Mav 1-25-8 under last night. Kansas City Livestock. Kansas City. Feb 5 Cattle Re-1 celpts, 6,000, including 1,000 southerns; south-erns; market steady to 10c higher, native steers, 7.00O8.76; southern Steers ' - ' 7 4 southern cows and heifers :",, 1; native cows and heifers. 4 007.50; Blockers and feed-I era, 5.7597.50; bulls. 6.000546: alvea, 6.60910.00; western steers. iuftSoO; western cows 4 mj ff-6 SO. Hogs Receipts. 13,000; market' '!"' higher: bulk of sales. 7.5Bdj 7 7." heavy, 7 5f0 7 7O packers anc butchers 7 fr,0j 7 sn- light. 760'?'7 75: pies, 0 255 7.26. Sheep Receipts. 5,000 market I steady; muttons. 4.8505.76; Colorado I lamb;. 7 T.'.'.j s hi range wethers and yearlings, 5.254j7.60 rxnge ewes 3 50 Q 26 I Chicago Livestock. Chicago, Feb. 5 Cattle Receipts, le.uiio, market steady to strong; beeves. 6.359.00, Texas steers. 4.50 06.76 western steers, 6 607 stockers and feeders, 4 7.i'37,iu; cows and heifers. 3.00 7.50; calves. 6.50 10.00 Hogs Receipts, 30,000; market slow. 510c above yesterday's aver age light 7.607.85; mixed. 7 60 7 sT 12: heavj 7 50fi7 90. rough. 7.50 (57.60; pigs 6.40(57 65; bulk of sales, 7 764J 7.86 1 Sheep Receipts. 20,000; marltt slow, steady; native. 4.906 00, west ern. ""m ." '"'. muttons. 641157 s:,; lambs, native. 6.755$80; western 6 75 ,j s 80 New York Exchange New York, Feb 5. Prime mercac-tlle mercac-tlle paper 4 1-2 to 5 per cent Sterling exchange firmer with actual actu-al business In bankers' bills at 4.8346 for 60 day bills and at 4.8765 for d mand ( ommercial bills 4 83 Rar silver. 62 3-8 Government bonds firmer Railroad bonds easier Money on call steadv 2 3-4f3 pet cent; ruling rate. 2 3 4 closing bid 2 7 8. offered at 3. Time loans, steady 60 davs. 3 3-4? 4 per rent 90 days, 4'G4 1-4; stl months, 4 I 4 Metals Npu York. Feb ", Copper Quiet; spot 14.87 12 bid. February. 14;". bid. March. April and Mav. 14 75 Q 15.80; electrolytic, i6.in. lake. 16.50JJ 16 75; castings 16 00(g 18 :r' Tin dull spot 18.6548.70; Pebnv ar 18.50048.70 March, 48 2 5 -ft 48.70, April 48 25748 50. Lead -Steady, 4 2ri'J74 85 Spelter AVeak . 6 fifird 6 75 Lntlmony Nominal; C 00k son s, 9 75 f, Iron I n banged V, Chicago Produce. Chicago, Feb 5 -Butter- Steady; creameries 27 tj 34 1 -2 Eggs Firm, receipts 2.900 cases; at mark, cases included. 205"24; refrigerator re-frigerator firsts 17717 1-2; firsts 24 3-4 Potatoes -Steady, receipts 25 cars; Michigan, 4547 .Minnesota 4.1ft 47: 't w Isconsln, 42ft 47 Sugar. New York. Feb 5 Sugar- Haw Steady muscovado. 89 test. 2.98; centrifugal cen-trifugal 96 test, 3 48; molasses. 9 test. 2.78 Refined -Steady Wool. St Louis. Feb 5 Wool Stead-,, territory and western mediums 21j 25 line mediums. 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