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Show DIVIDEND ACTION flFFEGTSSTDGKS Passage and Cut Rumors of Impending Payments I Cause Declines NEW VOTtK. Dec. i7.rrre ehanees at the opening to today s stock market H were very confusing. Mexican and Hutch H ill.i rNlnr; I to 2 points while Houston H fH fell 4Vi. Crucible Steel was heavy, H probably as a result of the failure of the H directors to declare more than the rcqu- tl lar dividend, .nnd Hide and leather pre- ferred also racled on rumors affecting H Its dividend prospects. Ralls, notably H -rxn... TA alo ;i, -krd a defllt trend Sr 1 I I'aul preferred rising one point and H Northern l'aclfic njaklnit a corresponding H dot Hn,-. In the cencral IlKt fractional re- H ruled. H The market pursued an erra'lc course H during the morning on the smallest deal- H Inps of the tv.-.-' Independent steels H and several of the oil:, equipments and 1 I motors hi, re the hrunt of an Irrepjlar H reaction, erceptlni? Cru.-lhU which made H more than full recovery, and ReplojfM H I where shorts were driven to cover. Ship- H plnga an.i utilities were heavy, AtUntlc- H I Ou" lr.slnir one point and Teopl" s Can , two. with renewel pressure acalnst food H and miscellaneous snares, Sears-Roebuck t premKinc points Call monev was H freely supplied for tho day and Into next LH Week at seven per cent and exchange on I London was al hlchest nuotatlons In al- I mrst three months. KH Passing of mmon and preferred ' dividends on Santa Cscllia Supar preelpl- issH fated an extensive KdlinR movement In 1 tlir sutrar croup at losses of 2 to s points liOUSton Oil extended Its derne to 4 points and rails also eased although Southern Pacific and Bending were com. parattvely firm V CHICAGO GRAIN. 'i CHICAGO, Iee 17 Active huylnjr on MM the j.art of houses with seaboard con- nectlons broucht alw.ut a material ad- W vance In wheat prices tolay. It wan In - I laH ferred that t'ie huylnir wa.s to remove hedirea apalns; export salrx Cpturns In foreign oxchange rates tende.l alao to H f-'renuthe nthe wheat market, and so. too. I H rlld reports of an effort to rush a wheat f tariff hill through empress Opening I quotations, which ramrod from le low, r 1 to 2't,c advance, With March Jl 69 to 1 hO'i and Mav Jl 32i to 1 64. were I LH followed bj decided k-alns all around ' Corn ascend.-.! with wheat After open- aaaaJ Inc unchanged to c higher. Including I, May at 61 to 68 c, the market scored a molerate general upturn. Oats were firm. Influenced bv the ; strength of other cereals, starting c off to 'ic up. Mn:, 16 to I? '.;c and then hardening for all deliveries, H rTovlslons reflected advances both In M grain and hogs. H The government crop report proved to be alKuit a-M expected Wheat prices Closed firm SVi to cc net higher, with aH March 51.64 to 1.644 and May 1.5S to rH A big .-levator Interest bought corn heavily and It was said considerable export ex-port business was under way The market mar-ket closed firm 14 to liC net higher. with May 71 to 71 He. flH CHICAGO FUTURES. asfl CHICAGO. Dec. 17 H ripen High Low Close March Jl SOU H C4'Z Jl Jl R4 H 1 524 1 59 1 52V4 1 58 I rH May .68 .7i4 .63 rSVsH J"lv -694 .724 .694 .72V May .46T 4KU .46 .4SH July .47 .48 .47 .474 Tork H Jan 22.62 22 SO 22 62 22 30 I-rd Jan 13 30 n 42 13 27 U 42 May 13 47 13.47 13 47 13 47 fl fl I Jan 11 SO 11.55 11 37 11.45 ! flflfl May 11.90 12 05 11.90 12.02 1 flflfl CASH PRICES. CHICAGO, Pec. 17 -Wheat No 2 rco, flflfl J2.03, No. 2 hard Jl 794 flflfl Corn No. 2 mixed 66c; No. 3 yellow H Oats No. 2 white 4744SVic; No. 3 Swl white 47474C flj Re No 2 Jl 554. I flH Barley 66091c fl Tlmothj seed S 6OO6 50 fl Clover seed 116 00080.00. fl I'ork nominal H 1-ard J13.42. Hlbs Jll .0012.50. MONEY MARKET. NEW YOKK 7ieo it Crime mcrcan- tile paper un hnnge.1. H Kxchange strong. LH Sterling: Demand 18 68; cables J3 - flea Krancs. Hemand 6.07c, cables 6 09c. I Ii-lu-lun francs. Demand G.3Sc, cables , fffl 6 i Iflfl Oullders. Demand 31 4 2c. cables 31 62c. i lfll Lire Demand 3 Sic, cables 3.50c 1 I lf Marks. Demand 1.39c; tables 140c. ; I fireece: Demand 7 45c. l-i ffH Ne wYork ex hange on Montreal - 14 lt-16 per cent discount. V IH Time loans firm, unchanged J f NEW YORK SUGAR. j NKW YORK. Dec 17 Raw sugar wa.s ) fll quiet early today. Prices were unchang- fl ed at 4.63c for centrifugal H Tiler.- waj little better In-iulrv noted for reflncl sugar. Three refiners re- sH duced their prices for fine granulated to H I.861 While another quoted 7 90c, a new 4 low record for the year. Eutures wers lulel nnd steadier At 1 n values were S iolnt higher on cov- LOCAL SECURITIES. IflH Bid Ask iflflj Amul. Sugar $ J 11.00 flflj A mat. Sugar pfd 99.00 t, HHfl Con. Wagon 103 so Jflel Cement Securities 124 00 fsflel I'tah-Tdaho Sugar 5 50 jflefl Lion Coal Bonds S5.00 iHefl West CaCha Sugar 100 (0 101.00 flH (Wyoming Btigar 10 00 rfflH Ogden 'Portland Cement PS. 00 Ogden Packing 25 00 JflflJ Peoples Sugar 6 50 !J .flflfl First Nutlonul Bank 320.00 liflflfl Security State Bunk 146.00 ilflflflJ DUTTER AND EGGS. ) (A CHICAOo. Dec. 17. Butter unchanged. L HH ICggs low.-r; receipts 72.1 cases; firsts m Hj CS it C.'c i.rllnar first , fioffi i?4. at mark. I flj cases Included. 58O640J refrigerator firsts H 6606'fa flflj r'oultrya live unchanged. Mi mM WALL STREET FIRM FAILS. NKW YORK. Dec. 17 Failure of the 1 flfl nll street flnn of Hollster. Dyon & 1 SB Walton was announcod today from tho ( ! nostrum of the New York stock exchange. IH 1 of which the concern was a member No iflLBl 1 itement Of llabllltle.i and n-ssets was Is- Q flBfl NEW YORK SILVER NKW YORK. Pec 17 Bar silver 43d Iflfl per j iflH) Money and discount unchanged. HiV AT MINNEAPOLIS. MINNEAPOLIS, -Minn, Dec 17 Flour j fl unchanged j Bran 186.00081.00. jl LONDON METALS. LONDON. Dec. 17. Standard copper I 74 7-- i".d; . l-i trolytl- i'i, tin 211 Ss J fll lead 22 Ss, sine unchanged POTATOES. CHICAGO, Dec. 17 I'otatoeH steady, receipts 24 cars; northern white sacked Jl 35&1 SO. fll mm Ml KflT |