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Show WORLD SJi AR K ETS WALL STREET. New York. .May 15.- With buying, power reduced to a minimum hear traders In Wall street undertook n scrips of celling movements todaj The operations were not on a laige scale, however, and thev accomplished 111 tie outside of a few obscure Issues Eager to cover advantageous prices pri-ces induced occasional rallies, but thert Was lltt'e in the general mors ment to encourage active speculative operations The nnnouneed intention or the governor of California to sisn the alien-land bill was cited as one lource of caution on the part ol trs drs in entering upon new commit ments. Honda were steady Leaning was suddenly bid HP a ; .mil , causing t he general marl et to reverse its course. Prices did no. hold welP on the rally and by 11 o'clock the list was below the open ing figures. A break of 4 1-4 in Lmerican ( 'j'.ton Oil weakened other fertiliser shares. Selling orders were withdrawn and fiin market became steadier. There was little inclination to buy and Canadian Pacific met Block on all tnl lies. Chesapeake & Ohio, and New Haven si I i tied after displai inp earlv strength Action on the dlvl dend of both roads is to he taken later in tlx- day. Speculation in storks was at .i Standstill Traders were nonplussed over the restricted action of the mar-ket, mar-ket, tentative operations in hoth the long and short side falling to cause hardly anything more than a nominal movement either wav Comment was aroused by a decline in United States Steel fives to 9ft 3-4 'the lowest in a very long time NEW YORK STOCK LIST. Last Sale. malpamated Copper . 'j! J American Beet Sugar, bid M M American Cotton Oil 1 - American Smeltlnp & K?fK B'' -American Sugar Refining, bid. .108 American Ti & Tei Anaconda Mining Co nl , Atchison S? fi Atlantic Coast Line 'Z Baltimore & Ohio . it i c Brookljn Rapid Transit J' Canadian Pacific 2 ' hfsapeake & Ohio ., Chicago & North Western - Chlcago. Mil. & St. Paul l i Colorado Fuel & Iron . . . 31 Colorado & Southern, bid. . 3d Delaware & Hudson, bid 161 l-Uonver l-Uonver & Rio Grande, bid . . 19 Krie . 28 11 General Fiectric ,187 58 Great Northern pfd 125 3-4 Great Northern Ore Ctfs., bid.. S3 1-4 Illinois Central .....1141-2 interborough-Met. 141 interborough-Mel pfd ... 49 3-8 Inter Harvester, pfd 109 LOU1SV llle & Nashville . . . ISO 7-8 Missouri Pacific 34 8-4 Missouri Kansas & Texas, bid SS 14 Lehigh Valley if2 81 j National Lead, bid 46 Mew York Ontra I . . ... 99 Norfolk & Western, bid ...105 Northern Pacific 11 4 Pennsylvania . .110 1-8 People s Gas 109 Pullman Palace Car bid ... 154 Reading .159 1-9 Rock Island Co 19 1-2 Rock Island Co pfd 33 Soul hern Pacific 96 1-4 Southern Railway 24 8-4 Cnion f':!ifir 147 s United Stalos Steel 69 1 United States Steel pfd 105 5 - Wabash 2 1-2 Western I'nion hid 66 Chicago Grain f'liicaco. May IV Fresh weakness developed today In wheat owing to fine Russian i rop report and because Of ideal weather here. Some specu- I latoro, however, were playing for a ' rally They oxprc'sed belief that selling had become too unanimous for safetv Opening prices were 1-8 to 3-8c lower July started at 87 1-2 to 87 3-4c, the same change from las' j nleht as the market taken altogether Alter reading to 87 7-8c, another sag ensued to 87 3-4c. Lightness of off-Tings made corn firm when Byrapathj with wheat had worn off. July opened l-8frl-4c I lower to a shade higher at 66 3-8 to 65 5 8c, and hardened to T5 3-4c Demand from shorts carried oats up. Jul) which started unchanged to 1-Rc off at 35 1-4 to 35 3-8c. rose to 35 8 -4c . . . . . . i un. Provisions advanced wun nogs i u--openlng range was the same as last night to 2 1-2c higher, including Julv as follows Pork, $19 42 1-2 Lard, $10.85. Ribs, $11 06 Wheat Later an upturn took place In consequence of better milling demand de-mand big Seaboard clearances, lateness late-ness of the season In Canada and expected ex-pected shrinkage In the Pacific coast yield. The close was steady with July 1-Sc net higher at S8c. Corn A further advance was induced in-duced by country refusals to sell on dei lines The close how ev er w as easy at 55 5-8c for July, a net gain of a shade Money. New York. May 15 Money on call steady, 2 :l-4n3 per cent; ruling rate 2 7-8 per cent .closing bid. 2 3-4 per cent; offered at 2 7-8 per cont Time loans, steady, 60 days. 3 3-4 per cent. 90 days, 4 per cent, six months. 4 1-2 per cent J Prime mercantile paper, o l-4ari 1-2 per cent. ' Sterling exchange steady with act-1 act-1 ual business in hankers' bills at $4 S3 j for 60-day bills and at $4.86 30 for I demand. Commercial bills. $4.82 1-2 Bar silver, 61c. Mexican dollars. 48c ' Government bonds steady; railroad rail-road bonds, easier Metals. New York. May 15 Copper, steady, Standard, spot and May, $15.50 offered, of-fered, June, $15 45 offered; July, $15.47 1-2 offered, August, $15 35 offered, of-fered, electrolytic, $15.87 1-2$ 16 00, castings. S15.62 1-2. Tin. weak; Spot and May, $48 05tff 48.25 June. $47.5048 00, Julv. $47 Oh 'i 47.25 Lead Bteady, $4 3n bid. Spelter quiet. $5.405 50. Antimony, dull, Cooksons, $8.75 j , 9 00. Iron, easy No 1 northern. $17 00$ 17.60; No. 2 uorthern. S16.76Q17.00; No 1 southern. $17 DOiff 17.50; No. 1, southern soft, $17 00$ it 50 Kansas City Livestock Kansas City, Mo.. Mav 15 Cattle Receipts 3600. Market strong a tlve steers, $7 2j$8.65, southern steers. $6 00fci7.75. southern cows and heifers, $4 50fci'7 25. native cows and heifers. $4.7598.36; stockers and feeders. $G.50'a8.00. bulls, $5.75fTi 7.60; calves, $6.5010 00; western steers, $7.00$ 8 36, western cows, $0 50Jjj 7 25. Hogs Receipts 8000 Market strong to 5c higher. Bulk, $8.80 U 8.41.' 1-2 heavy, $8i258.36; packers and butchers. $8.3008.42 1-2, llghi, $8 35$8.45; pigs, $6.7"$i7.7o. Sheep Receipts 700ti Market steady Muttons. $4.006 50, Colorado Colo-rado lambs, $7 00tf7 S. 35: range wethers weth-ers and yearlings, $4 400 7 25, range ewes, $4.006.25. Chicago Livestock. Chicago, Mav 16. Hogs Receipts 1 20,000. Market slok, steadv Bulk, $8 50fa8.Cn ; light, $8,400 S. 62 1-2. mixed, $8 300 8 1-2; heavy, $8.00$) 8.67 1-2; rough, $8.0O8.20; pigs, $6 5Q4J 8 35. Cattle Receipts 4500 Market steady. Beeves, $7 10$ 9 00 Texas steers. $7.5$ 7 75 western steers, $7.0008.16 stockers and feeders. $5 85 7ro; cows aud heifers, $8.1608.00; calves, $6.50$9.00. Sheep Receipts 6000 Market steady Native. $5 80$i6 2O; western, $6.00$7 00, yearlings, $6 50$ 7 60. lambs, native. $6.50$8.70; western, $6 6608.76. Omaha Livestock. South Omaha, May 15 Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 280O. Market strong Native steers, $7 00$8.75; cows and heifers. $6 00$)7.75, western steers. $6,760 8.00, Texas steers, $6.0007.60; range cows and heifers. $5 507.35; calves, $7 00$10.00. I Hogs Recolpts 9000 Market steady Heavy, $8.1008.26; light, $8.26$8 32 1-2; pigs, $7 00$8 00; bulk of sales $8.1608.26, Sheerj Receipts 3600 Market strong. Yearlings, $7 00$ 7.50, wethers, weth-ers, $6 607.00, lambs. $7.85$8.36 Sugar. New York, May 15 Raw sugar, steady, muscovado, $2 802.83; centrifugal, cen-trifugal, $3.30$3.33; molasses, $2.65$ 2 j& Refined, steady |