Show OPENING TRADING IN STOCKS IS VERY LANGUID AND SLUGGISH livestock markets arc steady to strong with small sales WALL STREET new york dec 23 tho opening trading in stocks was very languid and the price movement sluggish abany of the stocks quoted acro unchanged from last night and the mixed gains and losses ot tho others were small A decline ot 34 3 4 in sugar was the widest change the purchasing power increased and substantial fractional gains were made by the norfolk and western consolidated gas U S steel preferred and amalgamated copper reading was taken freely at an advance 0 1 38 3 8 and chesapeake and ohio and smelter scored similar gains the general market reacted a slight fraction before 11 northwestern and general electric declined 1 12 1 2 central and south American Telegraph ad points MONEY ON CALL new york dec 23 honey on call steady 2 l per cent time loans easy sixty days and ninety days and six months 3 1 13 34 3 4 per cent MONEY AND EXCHANGE new york dec 23 prime mercantile paper 44 12 1 2 per cent sterling exchange steady bankers bills at tor demand an for sixty day bills posted rates 12 1 2 and commercial bills 12 1 2 bar silver 60 78 7 8 mexican dollars 48 14 I 1 st louis dec 23 wool nominal territory and western mediums 22 fine medium fine SUGAR new york dec 23 sugar raw firm fair refining 4 38 3 8 centrifugal ag test 4 78 7 8 molasses sugar 4 18 1 8 refined firm crushed powdered granulated COFFEE steady no 7 rio 8 78 7 8 CASH WHEAT chicago dec 23 wheat no 2 red 1 12 1 2 no 3 red no 2 hard 12 1 2 no 3 bard no 1 northern 1 2118 12 1 2 no 2 northern no 3 spring w PRODUCE CLOSE chicago dec 23 close wheat dec 34 3 4 may 14 1 4 38 3 8 july 98 1258 1 25 8 corn dec ag 12 1 2 jan 43 58 5 8 may 45 12 1 2 july 45 78 7 8 oats dec 29 38 3 8 may 31 8 july 31 S 8 pork dec 1135 jan 1253 may 1207 12 lard dec l ajan 87 12 1 2 may 7 12 12 1 2 ribs jan 12 1 2 hay 1 july gsg 12 1 2 rye 73 flax 12 1 2 timothy 12 1 2 clover 1275 barley 30 50 OMAHA LIVESTOCK omaha dec 23 cattle receipts steady native steers sab lq cows and heiters western steers range cows and bailers caners 25 stockers and feeders calves bulk of sales Strong heavy mixed 1 light pigs bulk of sales no sheep CHICAGO LIVESTOCK chicago dec 23 battlo receipts 2000 strong good to armo steers poor to medium SO stockers and feeders cows 1354 li cifers canners bulls calv hogs receipts weak mixed and butchers 4 good to choice heavy rough heavy light bulk ot sales sheep receipts shone lambs loc higher good to choice fair to choice mixed western chrep native lambs western lambs KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK kansas city dec 23 cattle receipts 2000 steady native steers aso native cowd and heffers heifers stockers and feeders bulls calves western steers western hogs receipts strong bulk of sales heavy packers CO pigs and light sheep receipts 1000 Strong cut tons lambs range fed ewes NEW YORK BONDS U S refunding as registered U S refunding as coupon los U S as registered U S as coupon U S new as registered U S new as coupon U S old as registered 10 U S old as coupon atchason Atch lson general as atchison adjustment as wi atlantic coast line as 89 baltimore and ohio as baltimore and ohio avys ac central of georgia as ill central of georgia ast 1st inc 92 chesapeake and ohio as chicago and alton aas 82 C B and quincy new as C M and st paul gen as C Northwestern and con aa IV C R I 1 and P R it col as bsh C R I 1 and P R R as 80 C C C and st louis gen is chicago terminal as 83 con tobacco as 75 colorado and southern as denver and rio grande as erie prior lien as lola erie general as F worth and denver city ast 1st 1074 hocking valley louisville and nash as manhattan consol gold as mexican central 43 mexican central ast 1st inc 21 minn and st louis as miss kansas and texas as miss kansas and texas 84 national R R of mexico cori as 81 new york central lol new jersey central as northern pacific as northern pacific as 75 norfolk and western consol as oregon short alno aa and batic penn colv as reading general as st louis and I 1 mountain cou as st louis and san fran fg as assy st louis Swe steni ests seaboard air line as 84 southern pacific as 94 southern railway as texas and pacific ests 1181 toledo st L and western as 82 anion pacific as cocu lO CU union pacific as IT b steel ends as 91 wabash ests Wabash DebB 67 wheeling and lake erie as 94 wisconsin central as 93 colorado fuel and iron 84 |