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Show TRADE ON WALL " STREET IS STAGNANT NEW YORK. July 14. Slight advances were In ths majority at the opening of the stock market today. American Smelting, Erie and Northern Pacific were the only stocks tn the more active list to show signs of heaviness. Movements were confined to small fractions, except tn the case of I'nion PaclAu preferred, which advanced a point. tHecondary prices were not altered much except In the caae of a few specialties, notably the fertiliser group. Canadian Paclflc. Virginia -Carolina Chemt. al and American Cotton OU advanced 1, and Vlr- i ginia Iron t points. Trading tn storks this morning waa on a atUl smaller basis than yesterday, but a nfan tone waa maintained. Dealings were confined to an unusually small number of issues. The fertiliser stocks were strong today In response to short I covering and prospects of good cotton 'crops. Canadian Pacific waa strong on the favorable character of the Canadian government crop report and the advance In leomlon. Profit taking sales In Inter-borough-Metropolitan preferred depressed de-pressed It point from Its highest point. Texas Company Improved If and Iacka-wanna Iacka-wanna declined 12 points on one transaction, transac-tion, a common fluctuation tn the stock. Bonds were steady. A sudden spurt upward of a point In Southern Parlflc to ?3 attracted considerable consid-erable attention In view of the general speculation. Half this rain was soon oat. but neither movement sffected ths aeneral list, which remained at a atand-: atand-: HI. Distillers Securities rained . Rtocka drifted aimlessly thrnuah the afternoon session with business on even a smaller scale thsn yesterday. The market cloeed steady. Aside from a moderate stiffening In the minor specialties, spe-cialties, the list underwent no chsnges In the final hour, tradlno becoming even more stagnant. Stock Uat Close. Amalgamated Copper. 881; American Beet Hugar. SSJ: American Car Foundry. Foun-dry. 584; American Cutton Oil, 58; American Amer-ican Locomotive. 41; American Smelting Refining. $0: American Smelting 4V Refining Re-fining pfd.. -1084 bid; American Sugar Refining. 117i bid; Anaconda Mining Co., 39 bid: Atchison. 12; Atlantic Coast Line. 131 hid: Baltimore Ohio, lout: Brooklyn Rapid Transit; $34: Csnadla Pacific. 1411: Chesapeake Ohio. 83; Chicago t Northwestern. 147; Chicago, Milwaukee 4k St. Paul. 121: Colorado Ptiel A Iron. 35; Colorado A Southern. 54 hid; I -la ware A Hudson. 1711: Denver A Rio (irande. 784 bid; Denver 4 Rio Orand pfd. S7 bid; Krte. 3d: Ureal Northern pfd., 134f; Great Northern Ore life.. d4: Illinois Central. 143 hid: Interhoroiich-Met.. IS; Interhor-ough-Met. nfd.. 519: Louisville A Nashville. Nash-ville. I54: Missouri Pacini-. 49; Missouri. Ksnsss a Teaa. 3; National Biscuit. 135 bid: National Lead. 554 bid; New York Central. nw: Norfolk Western. 1": Northern Paclllc. 1J2; Psclflc Mall. 774 bid: i'ennsylvsnla. 12S; People's Oas, l':. bid; Pullman Palace Car. 1(04 hid: Reading, ex-dlv.. 1S7I: Rock Island Co.. Sit: Rock Island Co. pfd.. (5: Southern, pacific. 1221; Southern Railway. .321; I rnl'.n Peclnc. 1K: 1'nlted States Steel.! 79t I nlted Stalea Steel pfd.. 11HJ; Wabash I 15 bid; Waliaah pfd.. 35 bid; Western 1 I'nion. 11): Standard OIL (55; Lehigh yntev, 1744. |