Show STOGK ott THE RISE Remarkable splay of Activity In Wall Street t BULLS SHAD CONTROL SUCCESSETI MUTON OF mqRIC nusT Railways Were Dull at the Opening But Later Became Leaders Short Were Given a Scare and Hastened to CoverMissour Pacific Pa-cific a Conspicuous Leader + New York Dec 9Stocks rose mater ialy today and let off at the best with a and remarkable display of actliy strength The opeiting was firm ac I comnanied f great activity Ignoring the shaded prces of the London imrirlcet Manipulation Man-ipulation of the hlghpriccd industrials caused considerable advance in these specialties Railways responded oily fEebh for the time being btt later bed came the leaderS Purchases of lmili priced usually dormant stocks and oter generally neglected issues of a lower value enlarged the scope of trading and from time to time attracted attention when dealing in the general market was sluggish and devoid of feature Edison Illuminating rose 6 points and Chicago Alton 4 MissourI Pacific rose 30 percent per-cent to 41 The mortgages of the road also showed aggressive strength the consols 6s rising 3 points trust 5s 51 and the colateral 58 8 points The bouyancy of these securities was attributed in part to the operations of a bull pool and favorable comment Influenced by the recent re-cent cancel ton of the companys floating float-ing indebtedness The bulls had complete control of the market and persistent efforts ef-forts were made to advance the promment railways which met with considerable success in the final hour Roc Island started the rise and the inquiry quickly extended to the rest of the granger group and other specialties which had been neglected during the day The shorts were frightened by the decided strength of the market and covered extensive lines in many properties which gave a buoyant buoy-ant tone to the closing gve The bond market broadened materially and round amounts of variOls issues found a ready market at advanced prices Total sales Q5000 U S old 4s registered and the 2s registered reg-istered advanced 1 in the bid price The total sacs of stocks today were 54010 shares including Atchison preferred pre-ferred 1896 Central Pacific 3J752 Burl ingon 391 L N lZ075 oanhatan 10 MetropolItan Street Railway 612 Hawaiian preferred 4620 Missouri Pacific Pa-cific 7095 11 K T preferred 339 Northern Pacific 00 Rock Island 2020 Union Pacific 570 UnIon Pacific preferred pre-ferred 596 St Paul 13720 Texas Pacific Pa-cific 65455 Tobacco 28G6 Steel preferred pre-ferred 1835 Peoples Gas 36 Lead 3510 Sugar 668 Leather 35iO Lather preferred 16057 ester Union 620 BOND QUOTATIONS U S new 45 reg127 N J C 5s14 U S new 4s cou12i Nor Pac Istslih U S 4s 11 Nor Pac 3s 6l U S 45 cou121 Nor Pac 4s1021 U S 2s 99NYCStL 4s105 i S 5s reg1lieNor I lf Os gr U S 55 cOuUJ N W consols13 i District 3 65s18 N W deb 5s11 Atchison 45 99 Or Nay Istsl1 Atchison adj 4s 91s Ore Nay 4s 99 Canada So 2ds10JI O S L 6s t r130 C O 4ts 90J O S L 55 t r 10 C O 5s117 PacIfic 6s of 93102 5s17 Pacfc 910201 Chic Tel 4s 93 Reading 4s SOC SO-C H D s10 R 1r Ists 90 D R Ists 10S SBIM cn 55102 D R G js10 SSF gn 6s12 East Tenn lt107 St P Cnl6l Erie Gen 4s 7 StPCE lsts 120 FrDlsts t r80 IStpCP 5s19 Gen Elec 5s108 So Ry Os104 G H S A Gs1O7 StaniR T Os SO iIgJ f g G H SA 2dslOi T P L 61 lsts1O8 H T C5s12 T P Rg 2ds 46 H T C cn 11 U P In Cent 15t510 UPDG Ists 871 L N Un js 96 Wabash 1st 5513 11 KI T 2ds f Wabash 2ds 93 M K T 4589 West Shore 4s12 IN Y C lsts17 Iret Cent Ists 6 NEW YORK CLOSING STOCKS Atchison 16Rocl Island 10 Preferred 61sSt L S F 813 B 0 5 i Preferred 68 Canada Pacific 831 2d preferred 3 Canada S 5 St L S W 61s Central Pacific 24 Preferred 15 Che Ohio 25St Paul 114 111 ChIc < Alonl6 Preferred 163 I C B P 0 85 s C E I 5 ISt Preferred 16 Preferred 10l 8t P l 11170 I Chicago G W IH So Pacific 2 C I L 71h So Railway 10 Preferred 33 Preferred 4 1 C N W1371Tex Pacific 158 Preferred 183 Union Pacific 38 C C C St L 42 Preferred 70 Preferred 115 U P D G 12 Del Hudson105 Wabash 7 B D L VHi Preferred 2l D R G 14 W L B Preferred 1401 Preferred 5Y Erie new 13 Adllms Express109 I 1st preferred 3 8 American Exp 148 Ft Wayne 175 U S Express 51 Gt Nor pref 137WellsFargo j30 Hocking Valey 2is Am Cotton Oil 33 Illinois Centr11U Preferred 5 L E W 11 1 Am Spirits 12 Preferred 6 Preferred 36 Lake Shore 195 Am obacco11 L N 63 Preferred 126 lanhattn L 9Cons Gas 192 Met St fly102lCom Cable Co181 1IIh Central 110 Cole F I 24 Ollan St L 28 Preferred 7 1st preferred 95 Gen Electric 56 Mo Pacific 41 Haw Coml Co 4i Mobile Ohio 31 IIntnl Paper 5 MK T 11 Preferred 91 Preferred 11 Laclee Gas 52 N J Central 91 Lead 3 N Y Central 11SI ILeac 11 I N Y C S L 13 Nat Lin Oil 10 IN 10 1st preferred 6 Pacific Mall 43 2d preferred 3tPeoples Gas 109 I Nor West 15Y1Pulman PalaceHO Nor A Co 6 Silver Cert 59 Nor Pacific iQ ISIYer R T 7l Preferred 75 Sugar 13 Ontario W 16 11 Prqferred 13 O R N 52 Tenn C I 52Y 3 Ore Short Line 36 U S Leather 6 l P C let pre 79 Preferred G 2 preferred 51 U S Rubber 454 Pittsbur 17 Prqferred 10t Reading 18Weter Union 91s 1st preferred 46 Federal Steel 31 R G W 27 I Preferred l Preferre 63 B R T Co 73 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Cholar 22Ontario 50 Crown Point 170phir 5 Con Cal Va 12 Plymouth 10 Deadwood 45 Quicksilver 125 I Gould Curt 1st Preferred 10 Hale Norross 170 Sierra Nevada 110 Homestke 5 00 Standard 1 75 Iron Silver 7 Union Con 2 I xicn j 32Yclow Jacket 17 SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS San Francisco Dec DThe official closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were as follows Alto l2JustIce 19 Alpha i = 5KentuckCoa 6 Andes 711exicn 3 Belcher 2 OccIdental Con 92 Bet Bobber 42IOphir 62 Cnledonia 21 Overman 3 Challenge Con 17 Posi 2j Cholar 25 Savage 16 Con Ca Va 130 Scorpion 3 Con Imperial 1 Sierra Nevada 110 Crown Point 17 Union Con 23 Gould Curry 28 Utah Con 13 Hale Norcross 1 G Yeldw Jacket 17 Julia Standard 170 BOSTON MINING TOCKS AHouez 51160d Dominion 3 Atlantic 32 OSCeOla 7O iO Atantc Quincy 136 B B G Tlarak 169 Ca HeluGI0 WolverIne 32 Centennial 25 Paott 28 Franklin 18 Humboldt 3 Stocks at London New York Dec 9The Evening Pots London financial cablegram The stock markets here were quiet today the only feature being an improvement in Katrs on first dividend declarations by the led of log deep level mines The dividends five mine alone involve a cash distribution distribu-tion of noo aone Americans were quieter ton Under New York support the mdrket was firm at frt but then became easier and prices consequently close tinder the best I am told that thc recent buying of gold by Spain for shipment to Havana may be repeated Loa Exch and Silver New York Dec DMoney on cal steldy at 28 per cent last ioan 2 6 per cent Prime rercante loqn per cent Sterliog exchange firm wih actual bSI Sterltg hankers his at 4S454S1 for demand and tt 31ii SZ for 6 days Posted rates 482 and 1Sh Commercfal bills 450 Silver certfcates i9fiCO Bar silver I 5 IoxFan dolarM6 1 The M Maket New York Dec 9Thc weel in the metal market draws to a close with the outlook most unpromising Business was almost at a complete standstill today with prIces finally more or less normal News was still indifferent and the local Influences of little importance infuence At the close the metal exchange called pig Iron warnts nominal at 72 Lake CopperQuiet with 165 bid and 12S5 asked TinQuict 180 bid and 1810 asked LeadDul 36 bid and 36 asked asked SpelterDull with 52 bid and 53 The firm naming the settling price fQr leading miners and smelters In the net quotes lead at 345 copper 1275 1J |