Show WORLDS MARKETS FEVERISH fluctuations new york the petition by union pacific interests to enjoin tho northern securities plan of alon unsettled the stock market today and caused fluctuations thee seemed due to puzzled efforts on the part of professional traders to find the market any clear idea of the actual effect on the news pt the values the only fact jett was that tho suppositions on which they have traded for two weeks were unfounded their conflicting efforts to reprieve probable mistakes caused a very confused contused cont used price movement but the undertone was weak on account of the apparent hostility between great groups of capitalists union pacific opened 1 18 1 8 higher than saturdays close and then receded as much below that level st paul broke 2 12 1 2 on the opening sale and recovered halt the loss while union pacific was running off losses ran to a point in a number of railroad stocks and specialties and prices ran downwards and upwards in a hesitating manner on the curb northern securities was the only merger stock in which any actual trading was done in the first halt hour today it opened 88 a decline of two points from Saturday 3 high price sold off to 97 14 1 4 then back to 98 northern securities was the only merger stock traded in on the curb during the morning at noon the stock was quoted at 99 a decline of a quarter from the high price sales amount ed to shares aside from the salo of an odd lot of great northern there was no business in that stock nor northern pacific or northern sc 1 I continued to bp the only active feature among the merger stocks on the curb A few lots sold as high as 99 12 only one odd lot of stubs changed hands close sales northern securities 98 34 3 4 northern sec stubs 7 northern pacific great northern WALL new york april 4 the stock market today opened feverish and unsettled as a result of the litigation by tho union pacific interests against the northern securities plan union pacino jumped and st paul broke 21 4 as a reflection of influence prices generally were lower the llo cloncs running to about a point in southern pacific amalgamated copper and sugar the decline in the market became pronounced when union pacific and peoples gas broke badly union pacific sold down from 87 to 84 38 and peoples gas fell 21 2 below saturdays close declines else where reached 4 points ia chicago and 1 in illinois certificates I to 15 8 and ohio acad ing delaware and hudson erie aret preferred missouri pacific canadian and kansas city southern preferred general electric st paul rallied in faco of the general then reacted an rallied over a point again pulling the market up union pacific was taken in lone strings of transaction up to sa 38 3 8 and people a gas last rose nearly a point over saturday the recovery in the general market reached only about saturday s closing level the advance was M characterized by heavy selling of stales steel preferred which carried it drawn a point and union reacted td 88 united states rubber preferred rose 38 3 8 wheeling nd aake arlo first d second prefer nio grande st jauis wt preferred aej calcite unon trac alon preferred fell 11 g to 2 the heavy demand developed for union pacific revived the impression of buying for control of that property as an offset to tho contest over northern pacific control the sentiment in the stock market was nervous and apprehensive owing to this indication and prices fluctuated in a very hesitating manner throughout thedac the general level of prices did not get far from saturdays level MONEY AND 1 new york april 4 prime mercantile paper 41 percent per cent sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers bills at for demand and at for day bills posted rates 2488 commercial bills bar silver 65 18 1 8 mexican dollars 41 1 MONEY ON CALL new york april 4 money on call easy 1 21 1 34 cl bid offered 1 34 3 4 time loans easy od days 3 six months 3 3 44 per cent SUGAR wl new york april 4 sugar raw firm 5 33 centrifugal fla test 3 2132 21 32 molasses sugar 2 2932 29 32 refined farm crushed powdered granulated COFFEE Steady no 7 rio 6 58 5 8 WOOL st louis april si eady territory and western IS 20 fine medium 1517 1416 CASH WHEAT chicago april 4 cash wheat no 2 red no 3 red no 2 haryl no 3 lard no 1 northern no 2 northern no 3 spring CHICAGO CATTLE chicago april 4 catt cattie receipts strong good to prime steers poor to mediums stockers and feeders cows heffers heifers bannera can nera bulls calves OMAHA CATTLE april cattle receipt market strong fo loc higher native steers cows and heffers heifers canners stockers and feeders calves bulls stags etc hogs receipts market be higher heavy 20 mixed light pigs i bulk of sales sheep receipts market slow lower western yearnings yearlings year lings 30 26 owes 90 common and stockers lambs HOGS receipts today tomorrow steady mixed aal butchers good to choice heavy 12 1 2 rough heavy light aulk ot bales 55 SHEEP receipts strong good to choice fair to choice mixed western sheep native amba western lambs CHICAGO PRODUCE CLOSE chicago april 4 close cheats may 8 38 3 8 old 8 sept 4 8 corn april 55 slay 56 july 63 34 3 4 78 7 8 sept 4 oats may 4 july 38 sept 8 pork may 1310 july 1330 2 lard may 2 july ribs may july rye 72 plax timothy clover 1060 barley KANSAS CITY CATTLE kansas city april 4 receipts higher native steers southern steers native cows and heffers heifers stockers and feeders bulls calves western steers western cows fr hogs receipts market steady bulk ot sales 6 heavy SO jackera alga and light receipts market strong buttons muttons 40 lambs range ecca CLOSING NEW YORK STOCKS copper 49 atchison common 71 78 7 8 atchason Atch lson preferred 4 smelter common 49 14 1 4 smelter preferred 83 18 1 8 baltimore and ohio 79 12 1 2 brooklyn 43 B 8 canadian pacific metropolitan traction chesapeake and ohio 33 7 S rio orande common 20 34 3 4 consolidated gas peoples gas sa erlo 26 illinois central 2 manhattan new york central 58 5 8 norfolk and west 8 ontario and western 21 58 5 8 pennsylvania railway 34 3 4 reading 44 18 1 8 rock island 22 68 6 8 southern pacific 49 12 1 2 st paul 14 1 4 sugar 12 1 2 southern railway common 22 14 tennessee coal 69 union pacific 89 steel common 10 78 7 8 steel preferred 6 58 wabash preferred 37 14 SALT LAKE MINING STOCKS morning quotations on the salt lh stock and mining exchange p dished by ogden brokerage 2182 washington ave phone S alice 10 bid ajax 7 12 1 2 bid ben butler 10 12 1 2 bid 1112 2 a bullion beck 1 17 bid askell century 69 bid 70 12 1 2 asked j con mercier ir 53 bid 65 12 1 2 asham daly bid asked paly west 2323 bid 2550 ad daly judge asked i eagle and blue bell 50 bldr asked emerald 1 bid grand central bid ss s horn silver bid L mammoth sa asked little chief 21 2 bid M 8 bid 11 2 tn mammoth bid 3 may day 5 78 7 8 bid 6 12 montana tonopah md ontario bid asked acro 8 asked sacramento 17 bid 18 3 ashi silver king asked silver shield 4 asked so swansea 3 bid star con 15 14 1 4 bid 16 asked sunshine 8 asked delro ay bad 32 12 1 2 asked i uncle sam con 17 bid 19 14 1 4 united states mining 2075 alf a utah 50 bid 60 asked M g victor G S M 2 12 bid butki wabash S 1 basked yankee 40 bid 45 asked |