Show c UllS ONARAMPAGE 1 Tremendous Excitement On New York Stock Exchange i BOUGHT AT ANY PRICE SEOKERS TOUGHS TO EXECUTE 1 THEZR BUYING ORDERS t Heaviest Volume of Business Tor Any I Short Session On Secord Nearly Six Million Shares Changed Hands During the Week Enormous Accumulation Ac-cumulation of Idle Capital f New York Jan Transactions on the i I stock exchange today were the largest for a twohour sesston in many years and had the same volume continued fort for-t the usual live hours trading It vdulfl t have been within a quarter ef a million oft of-t 2000000 shares A i was there were 700000 shares dealt in and the average net rise in prices wa from 1 to 2 points in tho shares Which figured most extensively I exten-sively in the dealings There was a diversion diver-sion of interest from the Pacidcs into S higher priced stock the grangers beng the gainers The excitement on the floor of the stock exchange was tremendous There was an unusually large attendance of brokers for the short session as the contant inilux of outsIde orders rendered it necessary for the large dealers to transfer trans-fer considerable of their business to the hands of smaller brokers at the regular commission between members Stocks opened buoyant and active HIgh prico records passed unnoticed in the C01 fUhibn Brokers fought to execute orders 2 and simultaneous transactions In many 1 Khares were widely apart London had hres wee Y early received large purchasing orders from this side and the quotations from i that quarter showed general advances The rapidity of the rise brought out immense im-mense blocks on realizing sales but the sustained buying power of the market absorbed all offerings after a temporary reaction and prices again mounted upward up-ward The market haled ugan momentarily pending the publication of the weekly bank statement but on its appearance showing increases of 4732 703 in the surplus sur-plus reserve and 3W2 00 in the loan account ac-count bullish enthusiasm was resumed with violence Commission houses were easily the largest buyers II Tho extreme gains in the Pacifies were only fractional while in the grangers they I ranged from 1 in St Paul to 4 Burlington Burling-ton and in the active coalers from 1 to I 2 The Gould and Vanderbilt stocks were comparatively neglected except Southern Railway The greaest strength I and activity was shown in the grangers Atchison the Readings Southern preferred pre-ferred Federl Steel preferred and I Brooklyn Transit Points of heaviness i were great Northern preferred Illinois Central Metropolitan Street Railway I Lead and Lacleae Gas Generally speaking while there were i somo sharp recessions from the extraordinary extraor-dinary high opening the market regained most of the decline The market ciosed with some irregularity but generally strong and active with important gains I in many cases A noteworthy feature was a large rise in Burlington on renewed I 1 rse Eossip concerning the prospective refunding refund-ing of their outstanding bonds This talk however was little more definite New York Air Brake made an extreme advance I ad-vance of 9 points while Southern Railway preferred and Atchison preferred were up over 2 noints each and Federal Steel I common which has lately been rather neglected although reacting from top prices ended with a net gain of 1 The largest 1nI in any specialty was in Brooklyn Rapid Transit which had an Initial nse of 2 points on confirmation otis ot-is acquiring control of the Nassau Elec trc company The weeks business was the most remarkable re-markable in the history of Wall street Transactions for the week in stocks reached the enormous figure of 5S12Oil making the daily average for the full days session over a million snares Deal Ings In the bond market were attended with the usual market variations in the semispeculative issues There was in general a disposition to employ idle capital cap-ital In stock trading where the rapid fluctuations gave promise of a speedy profitable return Investment houses reported re-ported that their books were tIed up with orders for prime liens and although issues is-sues of this character came to hand sue through foreign lc the absorption power of tho market prevented any shad pwer ing in prices Ji L S 2s advanced 1 and the 3s and the 51 new 4s in the bId price U S 5s coupon I declined V > U S 5s registered l 4 and the old 4s registered I The total sales of stocks today were 70S 415 shares including 21000 Atchison i iti S5JO Atchison preferred 7000 Central Pacific Pa-cific 28910 Burlington 152tO Manhattan i9O3 Reading preferred 9 5 Northern Pacific 4CCO Northern Pacific preferred rJ4If O N oi6 rn Island 17130 Union Pacific 18C20 St Paul 11000 South 20910 er Pacific 52520 Southern Railway 390 Southern Railway preferred 3CO Teas Pacific 774ii Inion Pacific preferred 155 1 Cotton Oil 4500 Tobacco 42240 Steel Coton Oi 45 4220 Steel JC20 Steel preferred C9SO Peoples Gas I 53420 Brockljn Transit 3830 Pacific Mail 10670 Sugar BOND QUOTATIONS U s 3s N J C lst U S new 4s reg123 N J C 5sUH U S new 4s N P Ists115 conup 12314 N P 3s G11 u s 4s = N P 4s 102 U S 4s coup 112j K Y C St L US2s SSte 4s I0I1 U S 5s reg1l2 Nor W 651 U S 5b coup12 Nwest consH Dist 3 6is1SNwest deb S119 Atchison 4s1t3O Nay lsts131 I Atcmson adj 4s S iO Nay 4s101 I Can S 2ndsllG rOo S L 6s t rCOH > C O 4Vi 9 O S L es t rHO Chi Term 4s SHReadrig 4s S C O 5518 iR G Ists Slt I C H D 4s1O4St 1 I il c R ti lsts106 con 510 D R G 4slOSt 1 S FEast F-East Tenn lstt10Sfc gen O 12 Erie gen 4s T3 s St P con161 Ere te D isis St P C P t r S lIsts i 113 Gen Klec 5s110 St P C P 5sl20 G H S A Cslvff ISo Ry 5s106 G H S A Standard R 2nL 103 1 I TOs s H 1 C 5s110 T P L G lstsK3 H T C con iT P Rs 2nds 47 Cs 117 U P D G loxva C IsIs110 Ists 91 Xu N U 4s IittVab 1st 6s113 L K V T 2nds 6 Vab 2nds 97 1 K Ac T is 839s Y Shore 4s112 K Y C lstsl11 Wis Cent Ists l21 STOCK QUOTATIONS Preferred iiUfc Rock Island 116fc I B tl At Ohio C St I < k S F 9 > i I Can Pacitic fc > i Preferred 673 e Can Southern 55 Second pfd 304 Cent Pacific 4Ste St L S W 7t Ches Ohio 2 i Preferred 20 Chi Altoir16SVSt PaulI y I C B Q 1 < = 3 Preferred lIt Chi E Ills 6 St P f 0 9C Preferred 14tVI 1 Preferred 1G7 C G W 15 St P M M1SO Chi Ind L 9 So Pacific 31 Preferred 34 So Railway 13V C N W143 Preferred 4S C C C St L 47 Texas Pacific 1S Preferred ISO Union Pacific 47 i Preferred 97 u P D 4 G 13 i I Del Hudson AVabAsh 132 D L VT157 1 Preferred 23k D R L 2UAV L E t 0pal2oJeJcI i j Preferred 2G Erie new la Adams Ex103 F5st pfd 3 American Ex140 Fort Wayne 1S2 United States 59 GtN pflI6 Wells Fargo123 Hocking Vnl 2iAm Cot Oil 3 6 < Illinois Cent116 Preferred say Ilnlis S Lake Erie 3 AY 15 Am Spirits 13 Lke Preferred G5IAm Tobacco 147 Lake Shore 19 j Preferred 139 LuIs Nash G Con Gas iwt Manhattan LIO Com Cable Co lMIY > Met St fly133 Cob F I z Slich Central 113 i Preferred 9 M St L 33 Gen Electricl0 o First pfd 9Haw Com Co 51 ½ Mo Pacific 4cB R I Co My Mobile Ohio 3 IInt Paper 62 I 31 K T 1tVi Preferred 6Y i Preferred 3SV > lLaclede Gas K J CentraL10i i Preferred 3 N Y Central 125 Lend 13 It G W 2 Nat Lin OH 3 N Y C St Pacific Mal SY L MVi Peoples Gas111 First pfd TO Preferred 74 Second pfd 3 Pullman Pal100 Pall0 Nor West v 11 Silver Cert 59 No Am Co 7 Standard R 59y No Pacific 48 i i T 10 Preferred 85i Sugar 127 Ontario W 20V > Preferred 12 t O P N 53T C 1 1 O S L 40IU i S Leather IJ Pacific Coast 1st Preferred 71 pfd S I U S Rubber W Second pfd G Preferred 4Gy Pittsburff ISO Western Union 24 eading 23Ji Federal Steel 53 I E Frt pfd 57V Preferred 13 Preferred 68 Peferred 8V 1J I NEW YORK MINING STOCKS I CholUlr m 10 Ophir 4 i I Crown Point 10 Plymouth 10 1 C C Poft 115 Quicksilver 11 Deadwood 45 Preferred 55 I Gould Curry 22 Sierra Nevada 8 Hale Norcross 7 Standard 20 Homestake 50 CO I Union Con 25 Iron Silcer 5 71Yfillow Jacket 15 Ontario 50QMexican 2 SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS San Francisco Jan HThe official closing clos-ing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows Andes 5 Hale Norcross 9 Belcher s 15 Mexican 31 Bent n Con 4 Occidental Con 32 Occdenta 3 I Best Belcher 3 Ophlr 5 Bullion 2 Overman 5 Caledonia 21 Potosi 13 Challenge Con 11 Savage 8 I C C Va 12 Sag Belcher 2 Con New York 3 Sierra Nevada C Chollar 13 Standard 195 I Crown Point 10 Union Con 32 Eureka Con 30 Utah Con 10 Gould Currie 2 Yellow Jacket 16 J Justice 1 BOSTON MINING STOCKS 1 Adventure 5 Old Dominion SGVi Allouez M Co G Osceola S Atlantic 2 Quincy 145 Boston Mont 277 Tamarack193 I Calumet HC40 Wolverine 37 i Butte Boston S Parrott 37 y Centennial 33 Humboldt 21 Franklin 2W Union Land 12 Y |