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Show WORLD'SMARKETS Stock Market Depressed. New York. March 17 Traders were prepared for lower prices today owing ow-ing to the abandonment of the Harri-man Harri-man dissolution plan, further gold es-i es-i ports and continuance of tight money ' rates The Ilarnman stocks moved 1 widely in London before the opening , here, but the weakness of Union Pacific Pa-cific and the strength of the Southern South-ern Paeific abroad were fully reflect-, reflect-, ed here on the Initial prices. The market mar-ket in general did not come up to expectations in point of movement or volume of business. Southern Pacific Pacif-ic ultimately fell back nearly to Saturday's Sat-urday's close, despite the gradual improvement im-provement of the rest of the mar- ket Bouds were heavy. New York Stock List. Amalgamated Copper 1-8 American Beet Sugar 27 1-3 American Cotton Oil 45 American Smelting & Refng . 68 3-4 American Suear Refng, bid 111 American Tel. & Tel 132 3-4 Anaconda Mining Co 36 1-2 Atchison 101 1-S Atlantic Coast Line 123 1-2 Baltimore & Ohio 100 1-2 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 87 1-1 Canadian Pacific 222 3-S Chesapeake ft Ohio 71 1-2 1 Chicago A Northwestern 183 12 Chicago. Mil. & St. Paul 108 3-4 Colorado Fuel & Iron, bid .... 32 1-2 Colorado & Southern 27 Delaware Hudson, bid ... 168 I Preferred 1 C 1-4 Erie 27 j General Kiectric 138 Crcat Northern prd 126 3-S (Great Northern Ore Ctfs 35 Illinois Central . 121 5-8 Ititerborough-Met 17 1-3 Preferred 5 3-8 inter Harvester, bid 104 1-2 Louisville & Nashville 133 3-4 Missouri Pacific 37 Mo. Kansas & Texas 24 8-4 Lehigh Valley 158 : ; National Lead 4f 3-4 New York Central 106 Norfolk & Western 104 .: x Northern Pacific 114 3-4 Pennsylvania H8 3-4 People's Gas no Pullman Palace Car, bid 157 1-4 Reading 55 5-8 Rock Island Co 21 3-S Preferred, bid 36 Southern Pacific 98 5 8 Southern Railway 25 Union Pacific 147 5-8 United States Steel 59 7-S Preferred . 107 j i Waninsh 8 5-8 Western Union . . 66 1-2 Chicago Market Review I hicago, .March 17 Wheat prices hardened today on account of the fan thai pit dealers apparemh were oversold over-sold This was especially the case In the Ma) option. Opening prices were 1-8Q1-4 lower to 1-Sfjl-J higher. Mav started at 1-2 to 88 1 4ff7'7-S. varving from 1-8 lower to 1-8 1-4 advnnce, and rose to 88 7-8. May corn opened unchanged to 1-S up at 51 1-2 to 51 5-8 and fell to o 1 38 . May oats started a sixteenth to 18 ofT at 32 32 1-8 to 32 1-8 1-4. de-eUned de-eUned to 31 7-832 and rallied to i 1-1 Notwithstanding an advance In Iioro pros isions wavered at the outset First sales were 8 1-2 lower to 7 1-2 up rlth M;n 10.70 for pork. 10 87 1-2 for lard and 10.80 for ribs. ampin 1 1 nimncMmBTM Iarge world's shipments of wheat nnd heavy receipts checked the advance, ad-vance, which wag due partly to a liberal lib-eral decrease in the visible supply. ; The close was nervous, with May -8c net lower. Covering by shorts led to a subse- ' epient advance in corn. The close was firm at 51 C-4c lor May, a net loss ( of l-4c. Chicago Livestock. Chicago, March 17 Hogs Receipts 30.000: market strong. 10c higher, bulk, 8.9009 10; light. 8.909.26; mixed, mix-ed, B.7009.16; heavy. 8.5009.07 1-2; rough. 8.50(52 8.65; pigs. 7.15(57 9.10 Cattle Receipts. 17.000; market generally 10c higher; beeves, 7.15'Tf 9 25; Texas steers. 6 50if?7.65; western west-ern steers. 6. 85(528. 15; stockers and feeders. 6 108.35; cows and heifers. 3.5o8.10, calves. 7.5512.00. Sheep Receipts. 20,000; market strong to 10c higher; native. 620 7.15: western 6 40(527.20; yearlings 7.35(52 8 35; lambs, native, 8 109.10, western, 8.10(529.10. Metals. New York. March 17 Copper Firm; standard spot and March, 14 15 14.75 April. 14.2014.75; May. 14 25 1 1 75. Blectrolyth 15 00 g 15 12 lake 15 2515;37 casting, 14 75 14.87. Tin Easy. March April. 45 75 36.00; May. 45.37 45 50. Lead Steady; 4 309 4.40 Spelter Steady; 6 35 6 45 Antimony Dull; Cookson's, 0 25 9 40. Iron Steady; No 1 northern. 17.75 FJ 18.26; No. 2 northern. 1 7.2". 'n 17 75 No 1 southern. 17 75 18.25. No. 1 southern soft, 17.75 18.25. New York Exchange. New York March 17 Money on call tirm at 4 1-25 per cent; ruling rate. 4 1-2; closing bid, 4 3-4; offered offer-ed at 4 7-S. Time loans easier; 60 days, f per cent; 90 days. 5 3-4f26: n months, 5 l-27t"-4. Prime mercantile mercan-tile paper, 5 3-4 per cent to 6 per 1 enl Sterling exchange with actual business in bankers bills at 4 S2 73 for 60 day bills and at 4 87 25 for demand. de-mand. Commercial bills. 4 82 1-2. Bar Silver, 57 1-S Government bonds tead ; railroad bonds heavy Chicago Produce. Chicauo March 17. - Butter j Steady, creameries. 28 3 612. Eggs higher; receipts 12,21 j eases, at mark cases included. IS 1-2 j 19; ordinary firsts, 17 1-2'?) 18; firsis. 18 3-419 Potatoes Stendv receipts S7 ears; Michigan, 45048 Minnesota, 47 Poultry Steady ; turkeys. dressel, 21; chicks, alive. 16 12 springs. I alire. 16. Sugar. New York. March 17 Sugar Ra 1 Pirm; muscovado, 89 test. .UK; cen- J trifugal, 9. test 3 58. molns.-es. $9 test, 2.83. Refined Steady crushed. 5.05; j granulated, fine. 4.35; powdered. 4 15. Wool. Sr. Louis. March 1 7. Wool Steady. I I territory and western mediums, "l , k 25. fine medium- 1820; fine, 13ft 13 17 |