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Show WORLD'S MARKETS New Yorli, Jan 26. Changes at the! opening of today's 6tock market sug- gested no definite trend, gains and losses being somewhat conflicting. For instance, U. S Steel common, whose directors act on the dividend today, showed no change while the preferred stock was fractionally lower. low-er. Other active issues were either unchanged from yesterday's close or a trifle higher. Several specialties and obscure stocks rose smartly, including in-cluding American sugar aud American beet sugar which gained 1 1-2 and 1 1-4 points. By the end of the half hour the entire llbt was higher despite des-pite the heaviness of our stocks in Ioiidon. London. Jan. 26. Apart from a slight weakening In home rails and Americans in the afternoon the stock market was steady today. A fair business busi-ness was done in American rail gold bonds. Chief interest in the American Amer-ican section centered in Canadian Pacific, Pa-cific, Union Pacific. United States Steel and Southern Pacific at hardening harden-ing prices, but the market finished with an easier tendency. South Omaha Livestock. South Omaha, Jan. 26. Hogs Receipts Re-ceipts 18.000, lower; heavy, $6.50fa 0.60; light, $6 4.r'f7 G.f.iit. pigs. $5 50frfl C4", bulk of sales. $6 50 (q 6.55. Cattle- Receipts 5000; steady, native na-tive steers. $6 258.25; cows and heifers, $5.00ifif7.00; wostern steer6, 6.0038.00; Texaa steers. $6.76725; cows and holfcrs, $4 756.50; calves, $7.009.25 Sheep Receipts 11,500, higher; yearlings, S6.607.50; wethers, $5.75 0)6.25; lambs, $7.60 8.60, Sugar Now York, Jan. 26. The market for sugar futures opened from 1 point higher to 5 points lower Near mouths were firm in sympathy with the strength of the spot situation but later deliveries were easier under moderate realizing At noon prices were around the opening level with uales of 1500 tons. The spot market was firm; centri-fusal. centri-fusal. $3.98(94.01; molasses, $3.21 3.24. Refined, steady. New York Cotton. New York, Jan. L'fi - Cotton closed steady: May, ?s.84; July, $9.05; August. Au-gust. $9.13; October. $9.25; December. Decem-ber. $9.38. New York Exchange. New York. Jau. 26. Mercantile paper. pa-per. 3 4 per cent. Sterling ex change, steady; 60-day bills. $4.82.75; for cables. $4.85.15; for demand, $4.84.65. Government bonds, strong; railroad bonds, firm. Time loans steady; 60 days. 2 2 8-4; 90 days. 3; 6 months. 3 ;; M Call money, s'.eady; high, 2; kw, 1 7-8, ruling rate, 2; last loan, 2; closing bid, 1 7-8; offered at 2. i |