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Show uu jWSJMTS MARKET DROPS AND THEN MAKES RECOVERY New York. Dec. 28. Price changes at the opening of the stock market , today were mostly fractional and In ' almost every instance lower than yesterday's yes-terday's close. Southern railroad preferred pre-ferred and St. Paul went off a point. The substantial fractional losses wer In United States Steel, Reading. American Am-erican Tobacco, pfd., Chesapeake & Ohio, and Chicago Great Western, pfd. Reading subsequently recovered Its initial loss nnd there were slight advances In Consolidated Gas und Pacific Pa-cific Mall. Selling of United States Steel was the most notable feature of the early trading, the stock selling down to 70 5 S, the lowest figures in some weeks I Supporting orders in that and other I stocks brought some recovery. Following almost a week of mod-crate mod-crate reaction, some of the protes-I protes-I plonal elemont seemed Inclined to buy t.trongly on the theory that the market mar-ket was entitled to a rally, and toward to-ward midday a higher leel of prlves were recordod. The strength of Ie-b Ie-b gh Valley. Reading, and the Har-rlman Har-rlman Issues Imparted firmness to the lists. Practically nil earlier losses were wiped out with a spi Inkling of materlnl gains. Bonds were firm. Chloago Livestock. Cattle, receipts estimated at 1S.000, market steady, beeves 4.C5S-7.30; Tex--1 as steers 1.20'tj 5.35; western steers, 4fi5.&0; stockr8 and feeders 3 405 r.iu; cows and heifers, 2..r.0 0.25; , calves 7 254T9.25. Hogs, receipts estimated at 23 000; market slow, light 7.60 SV 8: mixed, I i.fiSflS: heavy, 7.0TtS; rough, 7.00r 1 7.75; gcod to choice heavy. 7.75'aS; pigs'. 7.50tTtS.05; bulk of sales, 7.50 7J0. Sheep, receipts estimated at 15.000; market-' steady, native 2.50 4 35; western 2.75'i 4.30 ; yearllncs 4.701i) 5.S0; lambs, native, 4.2 6.50; western." west-ern." 4.7536.50. Omaha. Omaha, Dec. 2S Cattle Receipts, 30iio. 10c hither. Native steers. 4.40 (ifC.r.O; western steers, 3.50fa5.70; stockern and feeders, 3 25 5 50; calves, 3.50 S .00. Hogs Receipts. 0.600. 10c lower. Heavy. 7.50 7.80; mixed. 7.007.75; light, 7.7517.85; plga, C.75 7.75. She-ep Receipts. 4.000. Steady. Yearlings, 4C35; wethers. 3.40 4.40; ewes, 3 4; lambs, 5.2500.40. Chicago Produce. Chicago. Dec. 2S. Butter, receipts, hicatlv. Creameries. 232'.; dairies, 21 25. Ek. steady, receipts, 4147 coses; at mark, cases included 10 1-2 22 1-2; flints, 20; prime firsts, 31. Cheexe 6teady; daisies. 15 J3 1-4 ; Twins, 14 1-4; Young Americas, 15 1-1 1-2; long horns, 15l-4. Metal Market. New York, Dec. 23 Standard copper,- weak; fpot. 12.0012.15; January. Janu-ary. 12.05 12.20. Lead, dull, 4.15 4 55; New York. Bar silver, 53 7-Sc. i |