Show HfAT STRUCKSTOCKS Along With Other nfuence I Produced a Lethargic Ilarket CLOSED UNTIL TUESDAY I DECISION OF DIREcTORS OF STOCK EXCHANGE Ony aBrief Period of Activity Yes ter ayWek s of Some Stocks I Due to Speculative Short Selling Money Market Tight and ond Very Dull Now York Sept 2There was a brIef period of actvity on the stock exchange this morning and a brIsk demand manifested mani-fested for a few stocks but the dealing I becamo more and more perfunctol as the I day proceeded Tne market was under the combIned influence of the exhausting I heat the tihtenlng money market and the approach of the Labor day rdca It had fallen Into complete lethargy by noon and the governing committee was Induce to reconsider its refusal to close the ex I change on Saturday and decIded tu suspend sus-pend trading from 3 i oclock today until 10 oclocknext Tuesday mornIng The announcement of thIs decision demonstrated j dem-onstrated that the weakness of some t stocks earlier In the day had been due to I speculatIve short selling shown by the demand to cover short Manhattan I scored an extreme Improvement aCer marked early weakness of lh and Tobacco To-bacco aCer a loss ot nearly 4 points recovered re-covered I The early activity centered In the Pacifies the preferred stock showIng show-Ing special strength on the decision of the Northern Pacific directors announced later in the tlay to put aide a reserve fund of 3r to Insure the continuity ot preferrc dividends The common stock fell off a pOint on sntg by holders disappointed dis-appointed In expectation that the surplus would b distrIbuted as a dividend on tile common stocks The common stock rallied ral-lied only feebly on the presidents statement state-ment that consideration ot dividend on the common would be In order If business continued at its present level General Electric continued to show strength and closed at the best at a net gain ot 1 Baltimore Ohio also renewed Its advance Daltmore aso renewel vance To market generally drifted to a lower level In the later dealings due to taking of trader profit In anticipation of I the three das Interval of trading The money market hardened further cal loans general being market up to 3 percent per-cent on the expectation that tomorrows I bank statement would show a sun further I fur-ther decline In cash holdings and surplus reserve The higher money rate was not reflected In the change market which was slightly Irnr In tone Bonds were very dull but prIces were more Irml held than for stocks Total sales t23t5i MONEY MARKET Money on call at 213 per cent Last loan 2 per cent Prime mercantile paper Is per cent Sterling exchange steady Uith actual business in bankers bills at 14h n for demand and 482it4S3 for C days Posted rates 4SWitM and 41 Commercial bUs 4h Silver certfcates S9W 6y Bar silver C Mexican dollars 46 SALES OF STOCKS The total sales of stocks today were 315200 shares including 6645 Atchison I preferred 1 sdn ferred 11234 C B Q i 1 Manhattan 210 hssourl Pacific 3025 Northern Pa elfin 240 Northern Pacific preferred 3919 Bock Island 4610 UnIon Pacific 10610 St md f tj 103 Paul 12110 Union 1 ld llreferred 3250 1lnn Iron 35iO Cotton Oil 24815 Tobacco 7252 Chicago Gas 60 Peoples Gas IlC5 General Sugar Electric 4400 Pacific Mail 10 r BOND QUOTATIONS U S new 3s10 1 K T 4s 8 U S new 4s regl2N Y C lts16Y U S 4s104 N J C U S 4s coupl1Y N P late1l2l U S 2nds 9S N P 3s 6 U S 5s reg12 N P U S 55 coup ll2h Nor W 6s12 Can S 2ndsl0 Xwest cons13 D R G 1St811 Nwct debs 5s18 D R G 4s 9i O Nay Ists15 Gen Elec 65107 0 Nay 4s100 GHSAGslt55 O S L6st r127 ½ G H S A O S L 5s t r1y lads 1C Pac 6s ot 95102 H T C isll1 Rending I 45 S2 In 4f15 l T C con IR G W lets 6s 100w U P 4s 9Sh i Iowa C l0jU P D G Missouri as10 lets 76Th sfu 2idS1 i6T I STOCK QUOTATIONS Atchslon Ireferred 36It IIReading First pfd lS 43 Bal Ohot flock Island104 Islandl04Y Can Pacfl 56 St laul12 ent Pacrlc i3 Preferred 15 Ches Ohio 23 Tex Pac 15 Chi fsA fs 15D Union Pacific 33 I C D Qlil Preferred 6 Chi E Ills 5 U P D G 6 Del Hudson l0G Wabash 8 D L W19 Preferred 2Y D R G 144 Adams Ex100 Preferred 55 AmerIcan Ex 130 F tef WayneUnited I States 1f i Gt N pfd137 Wells Farg1 Illinois I Cent1l24Colo F I BLake n i Lake Shorel72 Preferred 80 Met St Ry 524 Gen ElectrIc 46 lch Central107 Lead 3 M o Pacific 36 Preferred 10 M h T 12tjPaclCc Mali 3t I Preferred i5 Pullman PaliS7 Pulman 3Y PallSY N 1 Central 9J Silver Cert 5 g i i N Y Central g aJrY Nor West 15 T S3 No PacificI9Sugar 11 Preferred 7 ½ Preferred 15 O R N 7YI Western Union 9tY O S L 6R G 21 Plt burg 169 I Preferred 6 NEW YORK 1IIING STOCKS Colar Qntario 36 Crown Point 120phlr 15 C C Va 34Plymouth 1 Deadwood 21 Quicksilver I 1 25 Gould I Curry 12 Preferred 3 50 HalE Norcross 70 Sierra Nevada 5 HomestaIC 4 00 Standard 1 31 Iron SUve 6 Union Con 13 Mexican 10 Yeow Jacket 1 SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS San Francisco Sept 2The fcial closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were as follows Aba 10 Justice 10 f 19 19 Alpha Con 2 Kentucky i 5 Andes 7 MexIcan 13 Reicher 15 Occidental Con 5 Rest Belcher 17 Ophlr 17 Bullion 2 Overman 5 Caledonia 1 Potosi 15 Challenge Con 1 Sa vale 10 Cholar 1 orplon 2 Confidence 2 Sierra Nevada 5 C C Va 3 Lnlon Con 1 I Crown Point 1 Utah Con 6 I Exchequer 1 Yellow Jacket I Hale Gould Norcross Curry 1 Standard 15 I |