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Show WALL ST. HAS UNCERTAIN DAY British Exchange Grows Much Stronger; Oils Score Advance NEW YORK, Jan. 27. Extreme dullness attended the earh dAallnRK In the stock ! market today, the nominal trading dln-) dln-) closing the unual irregular mixture o j galTiH and losses. Roy al Dutch soon rose i l'i points and General Asphalt advanced a large fraction. American Can. Vana-.Hum Vana-.Hum S'eel International Paper People's Gas and Chesapeake i Ohio were higher by fractions to a point. The heavy issues 1 Included Atlantic-Gulf, Mav Department Store. Crucible Steel and American Agricultural Ag-ricultural Chemical. Mexican oils also yielded to further pressure Preliminary quotations for foreign exchange Indicated another active day, the British demand rate making a further advance to Z.9y't. In Its ersentiai featiyes the market fol-!oweKl fol-!oweKl lis dull and uncertain routs, of recent days After a further advance In tha European oils, especially Royal Dutch, and Shell Tranirport. as well as more tool buying of General Asphalt, American Ameri-can Can. General Blecttic and International Interna-tional Paper, the list began to sell off Asphalt nml Mexican Petroleum were among the first to weaken with Baldwin Locomotive. Btudebaker and Republic Steel Among the specialties Sears-Roebuck !n"t three points and other miscellaneous miscel-laneous shares fell one to two points The money market was unchanged with call loans at seven per ceut, but the British Brit-ish rate-of exchange made a further gala to$3.K.;'l Oils were the prominent features of the Intermediate cshI.ii. doimwlic Issir.-snowing Issir.-snowing a firmer lone or. the further ad-v:'n.fl ad-v:'n.fl of Royal Dutch. Shipping and BUgars also were I to 2 poin' i hlghOI with secondary rails, sm h an Denver & RIO CMmlc preferred aod New Orleans, i Texas Mexico Then- were no material changes in the later deahgs other :iiau the further strength of oils and improvement in Pacific Pa-cific rslls. The closing was firm. Trading as a whole wa dull and narrow. inte-.-:it centering mainly In foreign exchange and new railroad finam-Ing. Sales approximated approxi-mated 475.000 shares. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK. CHICAGO, Jan. 37. (United states Bureau Bu-reau of Markets.) Cauie Receipts M -ooo; beef iteeTs stfady; early sal.-. mostly i 10 to 15c lower; few choice loads held around $10 00; bulk 67,60(j8.85; better grades fat COl B and heifer.- BlOW, tending lower; oaoners and Low priced butcher 'rows steady: bjilk canners $;t.40'g3.75. bulk light calves steady to lower; shipping ship-ping calves steady, bulk -.pwd .ind chol. irealers n3.oolji3.oo. stockers and feed-ci-s slow to lower. Host Receipts 54,000; mostly 10 to 15c lower than yesterdays average; lights most actlw. top 9 90; bulk 200 pound and down '' 5009.80; bulk 200 pounds and up $5.150f9 35; pigs 15 to 25 lower Sheei Receipts 30,000. no early sales cholos sheep and lambs, Lidding 25 t' 50c lower-, choice uunb-welghl yearlings $3.3o. bidding 25c lower on feeding lambs. KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK KANSAS CITV Mo.. Ian. 17. (United States Bureau of Markets.) Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 5500; beef steers dull 2(966c lower, top $S.6o; best 97. 60i' 7 .); she-stqck w to Sac lower; pome belter grades off more, joci heifers J7.O0; choke- and prim.. ows 96 '''.'''' 60; canners. bulls and calvei steady; practical top on vealers $13.00; gis-d canners around J13.23. bulls $5 Oo-.i 5.50; BtOCkeTS and feeders mostly 25c ..w.-r; bulk of ales $ . 25 ft 7 . 25. Hogs Receipts 9000; opened io to 25c lower, closing lower: heavies declining most; choice lights 39-35: hulk of sales 89.0009.35; nigs itead; go...i and choice fat pigs (9. 76010. 00. 3I,0.,, Receipts b500; market steady to 25c lower; fed ewes S5.V0; lambs mostly 25c lower; 7S pound fed lambs $10.25. CASH PRICES. CHICAGO, Jan 27. Wheat No. 1 hard 1.6; No 2 hard $1 fl". Corn No. 3 mixed 8O061); No. 2 yellow yel-low ij'P .-'i 6 l'j. Oats No. 2 white 4094lHe; Mo. S white 3'."l4 30".c. Rye NO. 2 $1.54 Bar! jv f.2 ' Timothy si ed 14 50 B 6 36. Clover , eed M3 00 22 MO Pork noi'ilnnl. LArd $12.'J7 llibrt 911.2643 12.25. BUTTER AND EGOS. CHICAGO, Jan 27 Butter lower; creamery 4n: standards 46:. Eggs lower j receipts 7600 cases; firsts 5Sc; ordinary firsts 56666C; at mark, cases lncludel 63''t 57'c. Poultry alive lower; fowls 30Vac, springs 2bc. LIBERTY BONDS. NEW YOKE. Jan 2; Liberty bonds closed 3'vs 2 02, flint 4s S7.62, second 4.-, 87 30; first 4s 87.62.; second 4"4s 87.30; tlilrd I's yo.30; fourth 4's 7 70; Victory 3 - , '. 7 V: Vlctorj 4-; l7 34. LONDON RATES. LONDON. Jan. 87 Bar silver iysd per onn' . Money 5't per cent. DiFcount rates: Short bills 6'3 per cent; three month bills 6i'&6 11-16 per cent AT MINNEAPOLIS. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Jan. 27. Flour 20 to 2ai low. r in carload lots, fainilv patents quoted at $9.05'9.25 a barrol In 98 pound cotton sacks. Bran 126.00097.00. i LONDON METALS LONDON. Jan 27 Standard copper 0? 12s bd; electrolytic JE77: tin 174 16s, lead 23 .r.r, 2lnc 24. POTATOES. CHICAGO, Jan. 27. Potatoes irregular: ri i'i ipts .c cars, market easier; northern white sacked 91.10'tri-20 cwt; bulk $1 15 r-l 1 25 cwt. NEW YORK SILVER. NEW YORK Jan. 27 Bar silver, do-! mestlc. 9lVec; foreign 66c. Mexican dollars 604,c |