Show SPECULATORS S SI I WERE AT Sf SEAS I Strong Opening of or thc Stocks anti and Heavy Purchases Were cre He Be tl Them I IS S OFFERINGS WERE VERY HEAVY Well Wel Takes Take ant nn bIle Affecting the lie Market to Some Sonie Extent It Soon New York Match March prices In Inthe Inthe the tho stock market today were well wel tho the previous close This was wait noticeable a lo In the tha Pennsylvania group mid amid IUd tho the western stocks slacks Purchases l of many of the thin loaders were In lii I blocks blacks of ot a thousand or ur more Northwestern advanced S 2 points and Can Canadian mIlan adian Pacific Union Pacific New Central Sugar and Copper 1 I to Hi 1 SpeculatIve Sp operators op who be bc bewildered by the action Iclon of the tho market Af After A After ter the tho strong opening heavy offering came comae from all al quartos quartets and St Ht thaI Bal Baltimore a Imore Ohio Missouri Pacific Ontario Western antI and Hock Island a fraction under yesterdays closing cosing Ix I x tensho buying was waa begun at al thin the lower lawer range and In Hit t th market 1000 1080 rapidly again eclipsing tho the opening ol figures Pennsyl Pennsylvania I vania vanla and Union Pacific were taken In blocks and tho timo general Inquiry seemed urgent urgen Bt St St Paul and la t were added to Ih tim ha I earlier ealer gains of a I point or mure more Lack lck I awanna jumped 11 6 Realizing begun bOGun nt itt lt U it 1 and uM the tho market larket became quiet I bidding for tor Canadian Its II controlled stocks A 1 rise of H 1 ili In Canadian Pacific le 2 26 In Duluth South Shore and Atlantic c 4 In la Minneapolis Bt St Paul 1111 Sault Bault Rte Sto Marie darIe and 2 1 In thu preformed This was Ig IK Ignored nored by the tho general market which sold ore oft ar steadily on nn an In volume of oC offerings Tho The Canadian group thou then re reacted 10 reacted acted Sharp against Tennessee which lowered It I almost 2 points and tho tim maintenance of af n a stiff 4 per cent call money rate contributed to the tho de tie depressing pressing factor factors The mornings advance In n a few stocks was waft wiped out but time tho retained n is 1 fraction of the therIse rIse II londs wore were slightly nightly Irregular nt at lt noon The ho pressure was not 11 continued ll anti and the tho hardened slowly Union got Rot back to Its IR highest and United States Steel 1 and sold a trifle abOve Ibao their best bent prices s of af the tho forenoon The Tue failure of call cul money fluency to show any an flurry encouraged buying maneI strongly Union Pacific advanced an extremo 24 Z North Northwestern Northwestern western 3 Wabash preferred 2 p New Now York Central SH 2 Delaware n 2 Ht St Paul 2 Canadian 1 and 1 Pennsylvania IV 1 Gains an ns of ot 1 J to 10 1 vere fairly general There was a buoyant ll rise ilso 1180 of o IC 44 H In in Wabash debenture H 11 1 bonds on largo large transaction Profit taking checked check ll the Iho rise United l tell fell ti 8 The Thi doting closing was smas Irregular and rather dull 1 Continued hardening of ot prices carried tho thin average higher than before The run United States stocks wading R On Oil tarlo tarla Western anti pot got a point over last night tot for tho the first time brute Union Pacific extended Its 11 rite rise to about 2 Closes Cloce Money on cull cili strong per percent cent closing bid bitt M 1 i at nt 4 per Time loans Joans CO and 00 04 j dae days and six months 34 3 per Ier cent Primo mercantile paper maper per tent coat leI Sterling stonily with In bankers bills at nt bi l hll for Car I i demand mind nl at lt 4 for tor t O rates r le Ki nfl 4 R Hi 3 87 Commercial hills bills hl S 53 liar nr silver 6 Mt 54 i Mexican dollars 43 41 bonds bond Government steady bonds bond strong railroad I II |