| Show STOCK8 A 1GllTftjE STOGKS + HGHTIE Transactions xceedei a Million and a Quarter Shares k j PRICES AT TOP NOTCH II SUBSTANTIAL GAINS MADE I MANY SHARES > Heavy Absorption of Securities Continues Con-tinues and Yesterdays Prices Were tr Higtie3tForYears j S Time of Transactions Next t the I t Largest On Record Ur P Advance I t f f New York Jan 3A batch of Invest I ors today brought the totaltransactions to o er a milloahrali quarter Snares i the largest of the present movement and I I lalI the ol largest in the history of the exchange The prices attained toaay were I generally tho highest in years and the Jet gains were material in manY hares anVl fractional advances for the rest of c f list Tne Lonaon market vas firm I ilnd the public absorption of securities was confident In the locat market There I as a period of realizing before noon i and short selling as well as realizing after I I delivery hour but prices picked up rap I Idly In the final dealings and the mer ket ended with a very good tone The buying of coinmJssIon house was liberal and extended to a great variety of shares New York Central made an extreme rise of i5 and gossip was revived of a closer amalgamation of ceneral and northwestern northwest-ern railways Union Pacific preferred was up an extreme 3i on talk of the future fu-ture plan of the Vanderbllts In connection connec-tion with that property Manhattan rose 5 and Metropolitan 3 the possibility beIng discussed of these roads working harmoniously Manhattan however lost 2Vi of its earlier advantage There were substantial advances in American Steel < t Wire International Paper New York Air Brake Sugar Leather and Consol dated Gas I was announced that Consolidated Con-solidated Gas had disposed of a large block of treasury stock which had been hanging over the market The grangers were up fractionally to over a point with St Paul leading and all attained record high figures in the current movement except Burlington which was within ig of the best Missouri Missou-ri Pacific displayed considerable inactivity inac-tivity on the Idea that the annual report which will be published before long will be favorable The bond market developed exceptional 000The activity transactions footing up S365 The course of prices coure was notably up notbl ward throughout especial features of strength beng Atchison adjustments Erio generals and Manhattan console Many oft ho less active issues registered ma terial Improvements Kansas Texas 5s exceptionally jumping 8 points U S 5s coupon advanced s in tne bid price Total sales of stocks today were 1250 WX shares including Atchison 52530 Atchison preferred 112 Central Pacific G3 BurlIngton l3 D H G pre ferred 5M Great Northern preferred I 3370 Nashville Illinois 27000 Central Manhattan 10S50 Louisville 110500 Metropolitan I oo 1 ropolitan o Missouri Pacific SSSm I New York Central 4S200 Northern Pacific Pa-cific S > 000 Northern Pacific preferred 17000 Rock Island 203SI Union Pacific 8o Union Pacific preferred 12 Pafc Paul 37iOO Southern Pacific 11350 Paifc Southern 7100 Southern preferred 12000 Wabash preferred 8500 Paper 16 435 To bacco 13GSO Steel 25900 Steel preferred 8503 Peoples Gas 18000 Consolidated Consoldated Gas 8900 B R T 45000 Lead 13100 Pacific Mail 10800 Sugar 5r Tenn Coal Irl 135 Leather 85 Lethe Leth-e preferred 85 Western Union 10 BOND QUOTATIONS U S 310 N P Ists115 U S new is regl29VS N P 3s 697i U S new 4s N P 4s 1025 coup 1504NYCSLL U S 4s 112JA Is 10714 I U S 4s coup 115k Nor AV CS129 U S 2 9SU Nwest consH2 ½ U S 5s reg112 ½ Nwest debs 5sl22i U S 5s coup113 O Nay Ists11514 Dist 2 65s119 O Nay 4s10214 Atchison 4s11214 O S L 6s t r131 i Atchison adj 4s 823 s O S L5s t r110 f 110 Can S 2nds1U Reading 4s S674 C O 4Hs 33s R G W Ists sail Chi Term 4s 9 St L I M C O Is11814 Con 5s 10S C I D 4Uslo4 St L S F D R G lstslOSyi 1 Gen 6s 123 D R G 4s101 St P Con162 East Tenn Ists 1044St P C P Erie Gen Is 76 isIs 119 I F IV f D Ists St P C P Ss121 I t r S6 So Ry Is10614 Gen Elec Is110 5s10Y G H S A CslOS T 6s S9 G H S A T P L G Ists 110 2nds 107 T P Rg 2nds 46i H T C 5s110 U P is10114 H T C con U P D G 6s 110 isis 90 A Iowa C Ists 4 Wab 1st Is115 I L X U 4s 0614 Wab 2nds 5s15 M K T 2nds G V Shore 4s112 M K T 4s 9114 AVis Cent 1st COV N Y C IRs 9tY Colo S 4s GY N J c Is11414 S STOCK QUOTATIONS Atchison 23 St L S F 514 Preferred 6014I Preferred 6714 gI Bal Ohio 67 I Second fcC 3514 I Can Pacific Si St L S AAT S14 Can Southern 1714 Preferred 8Y Cent Pacific 47 St Paul128 Ches Ohio 2614 Preferred 16S Chi Alton169 St P 0 16 C B Qiasi Preferred lbS Chi E Ills C4 So Pacific 3S Preferred 11414 So Railway 1314 C G W 15 Preferred 4SH Chi Ind 1 814 Tex Pac 17 Preferred S3 Union Pacific 47 C N V147 i i Paclfe I Preferred 1SS V P D G if C C C St L 47 Wabash Sg Preferred 9 1 Preferred 237k i I I Del HurtsonllWAAr L E 6 Del L AV15 Ireferred 27V D D G 2 Adams Ex10216 I Preferred 72 American Ex133 Erie new 15 United States 56 First pfd 4034 Wells Fargo123 I Fort 1Vaynl 1S5 lAm Cotton Oil 36 Gt N lfd16314 Preferred 5514 Hocking Val 2 Am Spirits 13 y Illinois Ceat117 t 1634 Lake K AV Ily Am Tobacco 3Gy Preferred IS l I i Preferred 137 Lake Shore155 Con Gas 19334 Louis Nash 6734 Com Cable Co S Y Manhattan Ll1634 Colo CablI I 3414 Jet St Ity19634 Preferred UY Such CentralIll Gen Electric100 M St L 40 Haw Com Co 5734 First pfd 98Y B R T Co 2s Me Pacific 46 Int Paper 6 Mobile Ohio 3 I Preferred 9 1 K T 1314 Laclede Gas 52 I Preferred 3734 Lead S9V N J Central 1O34 i Preferred llflj N Y Central131U Nat Lin Oil S34 N Y C St Pacific IalI Sy L 16 Peoples Gas11234 First pfd 74 Pullman p157 Second pfd 39 l Silver Cert 3334 I Nor West 19 I Standard R x 3Y I No Am Co 7 I T 9 No Pacific 4S Sugar 132 Preferred r i Preferred 112 Ontario AA 19T C 1 39 O R N 4i Iu S Leather 7U O S 1 4634 Preferred 74 Pacific Coast 1st U S Rubber 46 pfd 5 I Preferred 114V Second pfd E AArestern Union So Pittsburg 170 I Federal Steel 54 Reading 22i Preferred 5 First pfd 57 O R N pfd 7214 l R G I 32 Pacific Coast 4S14 Preferred 72 i Colo Southern 734 Rock Island12034 1 First pfd 5434 St P M M1SO i Second pfd 22 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Chollar 10 Ontario 500 50 Crown Point 10 Ophir 43 C C Aa 1 2 Plymouth 10 Deadwood 45 Quicksilver 150 15 Gould Curry 2 Preferred 5 00 Halo Norcross 10 Sierra Nevada 50 Homestake Iron Silver 50 g Yellow Standard Jacket i 2 11 6 I I Mexican 2 Union Con itl SA SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS San Francisco Jan 20The olllcial cbs ing quotations for mining stocks today were a follows Alta 4 Justice 7 Andes 3 Kentucky Con S Belcher 1C Mexican 10 Benton Con 4 I Occidental Con 28 Belcher 3 Ophlr Bullion 2 Overman r Caledonia 2 PotosI 14 Challenge Con 1 Savage 1 Chollar 12 Sag Belcher 2 Confidence 5 Sierra Nevada 63 C C Va 1 30 Standard l 95 Eureka Con SO Union Con 19 Gould Curry 2 Utah Con 11 Hale Norcross 7 Yellow Jacket 1 BOSTON MINING STOCKS Adventure 9 Osceola 90U Allouez M Co C Quincy 15134 Atlantic 1 31 j Tamarack SOS Boston Mont 234 Wolverine 1934 Butte Boston 03 i iPartott 3 j Calumet HGSI Humboldt1 215 Centennial 33 Union Land 9li Franklin 24 Boston L 56 Old Dominion 3334 I Stocks at London I s New YOk Jan 20Thg Commercial Advertisers London financial cablegram Stock I markets here were active today Americans ware strong and active al toaY I with a slight reaction a the close but they were buoyant in the street The 1 favorites were St Paul and Atchison preferred ferred The only dull spot was Central Pacifc Money Is hardening Cetl I Loans i Exchange and Silver New York Jan 20 Money on call firmer firm-er 23 per cent last loan 3 per cent Prime mercantile paper 1f314 per ent Sterling exchange steady with actual business In bankers bills at 4840j4S5 I3 aJ for demand and at 4S2iHS3 for 60 days Poste rates 48334 and 48334 Commer cial bills4S1U 482 > Silver certificates 59fiCO Bar silver 504 Mexican 5JMC The Metal Markets New York Jan 20Tin has again asserted as-serted Its supremacy in the advancing i 1ndJ metal movement today jumping up 70 to 8714 points The market was fairly active all day with sellers and conservatives inclined in-clined to hold off for further developments develop-ments Copper advanced an additional 12 1g nJsu while the bid price for spelter erased up 5 points Aery good news from primary points and encouraging English cables were chiefly responsible for the further rise At the close the exchange called pig iron coe firm at S25 nominal Lake CopperStrong with 1475 bid and 1500 asked TinStrong and higher with 2300 bid and 2350 asked Lead Steady with 42334 bid and 42534 asked Spelter Firm with 5S3 bid and 540 asked The brokers price for lead is 400 and copper 1525 |