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Show OILS flPJD RAILS" ' GO 01 DECLINE Speculative Shares Fall During Quiet Session on Wail Street NEW YORK. Feb. 7 The same Issues which have served the purposes of speculative specu-lative fritereets for the last fortnight wcr acaln most pr. min-nt al the opening "f today's stock market Oils Shippings find ( local utilities were the outstanding features, fea-tures, General Asphalt. Atlantic Culf and Manhatted Elevators soon recording j-alnH of 1 to nearly 2 points. Last Saturday's! Inquiry tor 'Reading shares was lanfnv ! lively resumed, the firt preferred gain-I Ing a large fruition. Heaviness of Mexican Mexi-can Petroleum gave the list an Irregular! setback within the first half hour President Wilson's rejection of the plea of the railroad unions for a rehearing ' and rumors of a possible hitch In the Reading plan provided the shorts with material for a general attack during Hie morning. The several RenllnF issues fell 1 1 to 24 points, other rails also becoming becom-ing heavy. Leading oils. part l-nf irlv 1 Mexican Petroleum. Roal Dutch, Shell 1 Transport and Houston fell hack 1 to .i 1 points and Crucible Steel forfeited Its early ealn of p, .-.nd in.r,- besides Bold-wln. Bold-wln. Studebaker, American International and International Paper yielded 1 to 2 points under i.ressurf 1 all money was available at S per cent but time funds were In scan' supply. iiis and stefc, eaneclally Royal Dutch and Vanadium displayed Increasing heaviness at inlddav, but (cod and gas shares were strong. Jains of 1 to :i points were madl I Bl 1 Suwr.. Consolidated Consol-idated o.aa and R 0 lee ;.r- Italls rallied ral-lied only slightly from their reversal of the mr.rnlng. CHICAGO GPAIN CHICAGO, Feb, :. Wheat Prices de-1 de-1 lined today after a show of firmness at the OUtset. Th- initial appearance of strength was due to active lulng nn the pari 'f house lth northwestern rnn-pe'-ton. but when this demand was sat-! sat-! Is fied the market underwent a material I sae;. Hears contended that with com -tl'ion from Argentina; Australia and In- die P ''' ri Miles Could r.o longer be depended de-pended upon for the maintenance of domestic do-mestic values. OpenlnT prices, which va-, va-, Old from unchanged figures to one cent higher, with March $1 57L, to 1.6s and May 51.47'4 to I 48. were followed by I slight further calns and Ihen by a setback set-back all around to well below Saturda s finish. . 1 1 Corn swayed with wheat After open-I open-I ing unchanged tft cent higher. Includ- , ln May nt 864t to B6Jo, ii,- market harlened a little mcire nnd then suffered a mislerate general decline I Oats were goverped by thr action of other cereals, starting c off to advance. ad-vance. May 42-V to 48c, and later scoring scor-ing slight furnier gains before beginning begin-ning to weaken. Large receipts of hogs had a depressing depress-ing effect on provisions. Rallies In wheat failed to last. It was said India sold 1.000 000 bushels to Italy cheaper than the wheat could he obtained In the United States. Predictions of business busi-ness with Oreece proved mvthlCSl. The co.e was unsettled. 2Li to 2ic net lower with March $1.54 to 1.54- and May $1 .44, to 3 4". A big Increase of the visible supply total Of ' orn led later to aib'ISlonal weak-lUei weak-lUei The close was nervous. s'9f4 to lHc net lower, with May 654 to C54c OGDEN LIV-STOCK MARKET. Cattle Receipts 695: choice liea si.-rs $7 .00f 7 .76; gocl steers $6.00'?? 7.00: fair steers f5.O0f 6 50; choice feeder steers $r, 007.00: choice cows and heifers heif-ers 16,00496 60; fair to good cows and heifers 'ion,:, oo; cutters $3.00-74.00: ; runners $2.OO'T2 50: choice feeder cows bulls 004H 00; veal calves $S .00't?9 .00. Hoes Recelots 3177; bulk of sales $inoo; feedtnhogi $9 6010.10. Sheen Kc-ceots C94 : choice lamhs $8.00"i?9 00: w ethers tZ.QOTt 5.50: fat ewes $3.00-64.00; feeder lambs $7. 00 ra 8.00. Arrivals. Ed Todenhoft. Lincoln. Neb.. 1 car hoes. Ed Todenhoft.' Brady Island. Neb., 1 car hogs. Fd Todenhoft. Staplcton. Neb. 1 car hogs. Ed Todenhoft. Llewellyn. Neb., 2 cars cattle. Ogden Packing A Provisions company. South Omaha. 4 cars of hogs. 0. O. Whitlock. South Omaha. 4 cars of cattle. Ilenllne Ai Arbuckle. Plearanton. Neb., 4 cars hogs. Swift Av Company. South Omaha, 15 cars of cattle. 12 cars of hogs Ilenllne & Arbuckle. South Omaha. 2 cars of hogt 1, S. Ilenllne. Wood River. Neb. 1 car hogs. R E Graham, Border. Wyo.. 2 cars cattle. A. Brummell. Border. Wyo . 2 cars cattle. cat-tle. V Havens Livestock company. Denver, 9 ears of cattle. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. (United States P-u-reau of Markets.) Cattle Receipts 11.-000: 11.-000: beef steers and such stock 25 to 50e higher; top steers $10.00; bulk beef .-tteers $7.50"ff S.75; bulk butcher cows and heifers heif-ers $5.00''? 6.25: buk canners and cutter' 82.2604126: bulls stead v: hulk beef and bolognas $4 75-?i6.00. calves steady; bulk light vealers to packers $10. 00-5 11 00; stockers and feeders strc-ng. Hogs Receints C9.ooo: lights 15 to 25c lower; others 25 to 35c lower than Saturday's Satur-day's averace: top $10.15; bulk 200 pounds down 19 76j 10 00; bulk 220 pounds up $9.00'?9.3r; pics steady to 10c lower. Sheen Receipts 20.000: lights 25c lower; top $10.00; bulk 9. 00O10. 00; yesrlinga and sheep strong to 25c lower; choice 91 pound ycarllncs $7 00: top ewes 6 00 ; bulk $4.005.00; feeder lambs nominally steady. CHICAGO FUTURES. CHICAGO. Feb. 7 Oepn High Low Close Wheat-March Wheat-March $l.B7ii 11.68 $1.54 $1.544 May 1 47'i 1.48'4 1.444 1.4 Corn Mav .66 .66T'j 66U 65 July .68H .C8T'i .67 Oats-May Oats-May .42 .43 .48 42; July .4Sfi .44 .43 .43 Pork-May Pork-May 21.60 21.60 21.35 21 50 ijard Mav 12.45 12.55 12.35 12.42 July 12.60 12.75 12.60 12.75 Ribs-May Ribs-May 11.00 11.60 11.45 11.52 CASH PRICES. CHICAGO, Feb. 7. Wheat No. 2 red $1.87; No. 3 hard $1.66. Corn No. 2 mixed 02c; No. 3 yellow :.9 V'-i i.nuc. Oats No. 2 white 4141ic; NO. 3 wlilte 89fy40c. Rye No. 2 $1.45'.-. Barley 61 lie Tlmothv sent $1 :.(Oi mi. Clover seed JlO-OO-ii 20. 00 Pork nominal. 1-ard $11.77. Ribs 111.004911 00. KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Feb. 7. Cattle Receipts 8300: 1 eef steers and Blockers 26c higher; besi steers .'": imik (6 50 1 s.00; good COO pound stockers $7.35; feetf-ers feetf-ers steady to strong; few ' above $7.50; such stock steady 25c higher, cannn.s and l ulls Hteadv: calves alrong to jOc I l -her; good vealers $11.50; practical lop $10 00. Sheep Receipts 12.000; very slow: earl? sales killing classes steady -to strung; ewes M r.O, wethers $5.2.'.; jeaPllngs 7.75; lambs $9.25. AT MINNEAPOLIS. MIN'NEAP" (LIS. Minn.. Feb. 7. Flour 20 to 26 cents higher. In carload lots. f.unil i.alenls quoted u $.un 11 harrel In 9H pound cotton wicks 1 Iran $20 OOfJ 2 1 1111 |