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Show THE WORLD'S MARKET NEWS WALL STREET. Now York, March l-l. Oponing prices today were generally higher, I except in the caso of New Havon, which lost a point. United States Ex-1 press rose three points, owing to the belief that as a result of dissolution i and distribution of assets, the share-! holders would receive more than the market value of the stock. Chesapeake Chesa-peake and Ohio rose a point. Smelting Smelt-ing 1 3-S, and Louisville 1 3-1. Some extensions t the initial gains were made with a broader inquiry for certain Investment specialties. American Amer-ican Telephone gained 1 3-S and North American 2 3-4. The market closed easy. Sustained strength was shown in today's half session. The general market withstood the pressure on New Haven at the outset and the independent in-dependent strength ol many influential influen-tial stockB impressed the shorts, whose buying forced the list higher. New Haven made up its loss and other weak futures rallied. The decision of the federal courts ordering dissolution of the bituminous coal combine weakened all the coalers coal-ers toward the close. New Haven also al-so sold off again, falling two points. Bonds were steady. Kansas City Livestock. Kansas City, Mo., March 14. Hogs Receipts, 600; market strong to 5c higher. Bulk of sales, 8.508.G5; heavy, ?8.G08,75; packers and butchers, ?8.508.75; light, $S.40 8.C0; pigs. S7.50S.OO. Cattle Receipts, 500; market stea-dy. stea-dy. Prime fed steers, ?8.G09.35; dressed beef steers, $7 508.50; western west-ern steers, $7.25g8.75; southern steers, $6.50(0)8.25; cows, $4.357.75; heifers, ?6.755D9.00; stockers and feeders, feed-ers, $G.50S.10; bulls, $7.10(0)8.26; calves, 56.5010.50. Sheep Receipts, none; market steady. stea-dy. Lambs, $6.50S7.10; yearlings, 5G.257.00; wethers, ?5.50G.00; owes,- ?5005.75. Chicago Livestock. Chicago, 111., March 14. Hogs Receipts, Re-ceipts, 10,000; market strong, 5c above yesterday's average. Bulk of sales, $8.S08.90; light, $8.G58.95; mixed, ?8.G08.92 1-2; heavy, ?8.458.90; rough, $8.45S.G0; pigs, 7.108.G5. Cattle Receipts, 200; market weak. Beeves, 57.10 9.70; Texas steers, $7.10S.15; western, $8.758.00; stockers and feeders, $5.G08.io; cows and heifers, $3.70S.50; calves, $7.00(5)10. Sheep Receipts, 1000; market stea- dy. Native, ?-l.S06.50; western, ?1.90G.35; yearlings, $5.S07.00; lambs, native, ?6.S07.75; western, $6.S07.S5. South Omaha Livestock. South Omaha, Neb., March 14. Hogs Receipts, 9000; market higher. Heavy, 8.55S.70; light, ?8.358.60; pigs, ?7.508.25; bulk of sales, $8.50 8.60. Cattle Receipts, 100; market steady. stea-dy. Native steers, ?7.609.10; cows and heifers, G.258.00; western steers, 6.258.25; Texas steers. 5G.00 7.65; cows and heifors, $5.50 7.00; calves. $7.0010. Sheep Receipts, 3-100; mnrkct steady. stea-dy. Yearlings. $G.257.00; wethers, ?5.507.25; lambs, ?7.007.S5. Money. New York, N. Y., March 14. Call money, nominal; no loans. ' Time loans, weaker; 60 days. 2 3-4 3 per cent; DO days, 33 1-4 per cent; G mouths, 3 1-2 per cent. Mercantile paper, 44 1-2 per cent; sterling exchange, firm: GO days, $4.84.25; demand, ?4.8G.30; commercial commer-cial bills. $4.83 1-2. Bar silver, 5S 1-Sc Mexican dollars, 45 l-4c. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, steady. - Sugar. Now York. N. Y., March 14. Sugar Raw, steady.. Molasses, $2.33; centrifugal, cen-trifugal, $2.SG'; . refined, quiet. Metals. New York, N. Y March 14. Tho metal market was dull and practically nominal. Lake copper, nominal; electrolytic, elec-trolytic, $14,12 1-214,25; casting, $14 14.12 1-2. ' Iron Unchanged. Lead. St. Louis, Mo., March 14. Lead, Steady, $3.90; Spelter, dull, $5.15, LONDON WOOL MARKET. London, England, March 14. There was a fair demand for the 11,261 bales offered at tho wool sales today. to-day. The finest grades of Merinos were firm, but most other wools were Irregular and about 5 per cent below the best, |