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Show WLD'S MUKER UNION PACIFIC ONCE MORE LEADS MARKET New York, Feb 17 The higher range of prices In ixindon today helped to advance opening prices of stocks here over last night's closing ItrveL -Tho Southwestern railroad stocks were runong the few exceptions to show eioelines, St. Louis Southwestern losing a iMjlnt; Union Pacific, Rock Island and General Electric rose 1, and U. S. Steel, Consolidated Gas and Tntetboro Metropolitan preferred large fractions. Extensions of the opening advances were made iu many of the less active stocks, but tho ueual leaders began to feel the weight of realizing snles. This selling forced Reading down a point from Its high figure, and cancelled the ealns generally gener-ally In other prominent stocks. Large offerings depressed the Copper Cop-per stocks below yesterday's final fig u res, Anaconda losing a point. United States Steel was heavily traded In at SO on the way down, but ultimately went ii' trifle lower. There was a sharp upturn at 11 o'clock under the leadership of Union Paclfle, which touched 1S61-4. Tho market showed uneven strength. Union Pacific, 2 point rise, contrasted with steady realizing In Reading, and a 2 point drop In the second preferred. Bonds were weak. Sugar and Coffee. New York. Feb 17. Sugar Raw firm: muscovado. S9 test, 367; centrifugal, centri-fugal, li'i test. 417; molasses sugar, 1542. Refined steady. Coffee Spot steady; No. 7 Rio, S 3-4c; No. i Santos, San-tos, 91-Sc. Chicago Produce. Chicago. Feb. 17 Butter steady. Creameries, 2oy,f?2Sc; dailies, 21 25c. Epgs sirong; at mark, cases Included, In-cluded, lS 26c. Receipts, 5.132 cases. Firsts. 2."5e; prime firsts, 2C,c. Cheeo steady; daisies, 16 3-4 017c; twins, 16 1-116 2-4e; "young Americas. 16 l-2ri lG 3-4c. Omaha. Omahn. Neb., Feb. 17 Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 2,f!0(: 10c hlsher. Natle steers, $4 juT7; cows and heifer, I $3 6'Vi o fill; western steer. fS.23'36; cows -nd heifers. $2.Rtfg)4.SO: stock-ers stock-ers and feeders, $3r5.70: calves, $4 i8.2."). Rogs Receipts, 10,700; 10c hlghor. Heavy. .8.009 05; mixed and light, $8.70(j? 8.90. pigs. J7.7ji0S.5O; bulk, ?s.soiS.no Sheep-Receipts. 9.200 Stronger. Yearlings. ?7S1: withers. JO1?? 8.20; owes, $3.25iTiC65; lambs, 57.33 0.00. Chicago Livo Stook. Chicago. Feb. 17. Cattle Keceipis estimated at 9,0(10; market steady to utronr. beeves, i 45ft7.85; Texas I ftteers, $4.1015.20; western steers. SlOCrtUO; stockers and feeders. $4.20y5.Sn; cows and heifers, $2 30 5.90; calves, $7'ez7.20 Hogs Receipts estimated at 24.000: market 1.1 to 13c hkhcr; light S.o fB9 23: mixed. $S.73'a9.27 1-2; heavy. IS.S5-99.32 1-2: rough. ?8 85fc !; Spod to choice heavy, J909.32 12; pi gs. $7.909.03; bulk of sales. S9.10.rt9 -0. Sh"en Receipts estimated at S.nmi; market strong. 10c higher: native $4.457.25. western, $3fj i.lo: ar; lings. $7.30S.CO; lambs, native, i..a fa 9.10; western. $7.25J 9.10. Chicago Close. Chicago. Feb. l7.-CIohe: Wheal May. ?U3 Wl Ju' lv, $1,04 3-8: September. 99 3-lc. 'Corn May. C7 7-8c; J". bSa-hc; I September, M 1-lc. Oats May. 47 7-S4Se; July. JI..-S S14 1-2c: September, 41c. Pork Mav. J23.CS; July, 23 02 1-2. lrl May, $12.S2 1-2 12.S5; July, Jl.lSOai2.S2 1-2. |