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Show WALL STREET I IS IRREGULAR NEW YORK. Aug. 17. Irregularity Irregular-ity was the dominant note of the ptock market today and flucatlons were within a very narrow margin. In the latter trading, however, the market steered a more direct upward up-ward course and added very generally to its gains of the previous day. Yesterday's Yes-terday's primary returns from the Pacific coast, developments in New York state and other parts of tho ; country it Is apprehended, will Increase In-crease the existing storm of controversy contro-versy and perhaps followed by no little uncertainty if not disgust. Denials from abroad of a consummation consum-mation of the much discussed copper cop-per merger imparted some heaviness lo the European supply of that commodity com-modity and the recent large sales here for domestic delivery. Stocks of the iron and steel companies were 1 feenerally strong in the face of re- poited price cutting. United States Steel led these Issues and an apparently appar-ently large- phort Interest In that stock was ayaln materially reduced. In tho railway i:st reading and I'nlou ond Southern Pacific were the most conspicuous The Harriman f hares were helped in no small degree de-gree by the favorable crop reports received from the agricultural districts dis-tricts along that system and the rlso In Rock Island was attributed to the same caude. The most Interesting item from rbroad was (be exhibit of the Imperial Imper-ial bank of Germany, which showed a further gain, in its gedd holdings ind an eneirmoiis increase in deposits. Americans were the strongest feature fea-ture 8 of the London market. Tho only noteworthy railroad ro-turu ro-turu issued today was that of the ilaltimore aud Ohio road for July. In which an increase of $445,000 nl i gioss earnings was reversed to a loss ol $115,000 in net. The feature of the bond market was the strength and activity of the New York Mate canal bonds, which odvanced lo 103, a figure well above (hot paid by the purchasers at public bid yesterday. The entire bond lis-' was stoady with an advanco In IT. S. 4s of 1-4 per cent on call Total 68les, par value. $2,059,000. |