Show HANDSOME INCREAS I i Earnings of Railroads the Best Feature Fea-ture of Wall Street w a 1 MOVEMENT OF COTTON GAVE STKEITGTH SOUTHERN I I RAILROAD STOCKS i I Sugar Strong by Season of a Treasury Department Decision Escliaaige Firm Money EasyBonds Strong j In Sympathy With StocksNew j York Loans to London I I New York Oct Todays market looked very much as though an effort was being made lo test it for a rise Many of the professional traders have concluded that liquidation has about run its course and there has been a cessation of tht bear campaign Opinions have differed among the professionals as to whether the conditions con-ditions in the stock market are ready for a sustained advance in prices again The bears made an abortive effort early in I the day to raid the market and directed an attack against sugar and Chicago Gas The failure of the raid encouraged tIle bulls to aggressive action ml there were indications of the reappearance in the market of some of the large buying interest terest which were prominent in the late rise This PROFESSIONAL BUYING carried prices up best advances throughout through-out the list ranging from 1 to 2 points But the bulls were apparently satisfied with a short turn and they commenced to sell to realize profits about hale im hour before the close Ttiis carrie < d prices down bflO some cases below last nights close and where net gains are made they were In almost each case fractional The success of the bears was frustrated in part owlnt to the special strength in sugar and Chicago Gas upon Which they relied to work a sympathetic decline in the balance of tho list Sugar was strong on the tifecision of the treasury department depart-ment to hola Dutch > refined sugar conditionally con-ditionally liable to the countervailing duty which applies to imported sugars upon v itch an oxDort bounty Is P rrs dilcago Gas derived strength from rumors of a compromise with the threatened threat-ened competition The market showed considerable INCREASE OF ACTIVITY ns compared with the last few days but was still almost purely professional Don don changed from its recent attitude and sold stocks here Additional reports ot rairoad earnings for the second week in October all show handsome increases and many vacue rumors were afloat of etlll more sriking improvements to be shown in statements not yet issued The large movement of cotton along lines recently released from quarantine restriction was I shown by reports and gave strength to the railroads affected I EXCHANGE atARKET The exchange market continued firm and the local money market easy the man wltttid uvais Of American eagles from the Bank of Englaind fOr Eftitpmsuit for New York not bsiiaiK ocinaldeTKd of I Impoirtanc Some business ia being doftp I tin the placing of loans en long starting Stitch Is in effeo like tendering of mccoy abroad Tlhia netturally tends to keep up I this rate of exchange The continued ewe of the lOC moray market and the large resources in hand by interior banks I owr > 5 to iihe iafjjs payment of dtlbts fist iowinK the crop > movement are me in I duceimenits far itlhus deferring the move I moot of gold this way Bends were strong in sympathy wIth I stocks One 2fi000 block ot Unlom Pacific ooKaiKira1 trust notes was sold sit 63 and I another block of 150000 at itte same price Turns sales S2323000 U S new 4s advanced bid and tfilte 5s coupon declined ° bid MONEY MARKET New York Oct 20 Money on call I I steady ait 202 per cent last loan 2 I ohned 202 per cent Prime mercantile j I paixr iSiVt SterlIng exchange firm teeth i i acyual business In bankers Mis nit 4S4i4 0t4s41i for demand and at 4SOplS24 forGo I for-Go lays POstal rates 4S2itT4S2 and 4S5 Comcnerccal bills 4Sl4 SKver certificates 1 59560 Bar silver SItU Mexican dollars I 4504 I 45GoTOnnmOTiit bonds strong state bonds I duB railroad bonds steady I SLLES OF STOCKS I New York Oat 20 Total gales of stocks today were 402200 shares includins AtcWson preferred 8140 C B Q 27 170 L N 14368 Manhattan 16COO Missouri Pacific 24500 New Jersey Control 3600 New York Central nsos r N0rHiern Pacilic preferred 11135 North weec 4100 O tor W 3127 Reading 31SO Rock island 16323 St Paul 27770 St I Paul II Omaha 7 Southern Railway i preferred 3320 UnIon Pacific t r sec and as essmto paid S720 Wabash pre feTred 7200 American Tobacco 17219 BaC State Gas 5670 ChicnKO GaB 37480 Puilmain 3592 Sugar 33291 Teen C 1 5225 Western Union 4803 ChIcago Great Wcsitsm 11135 I I BOND QUOTATIONS i U S new 4s regl2GVi N Y C lstsH7 U S new 4s N J C 5s113 4 coup 12714 N p INs120j U S 4s im N P 3s 535 U S 4s COUP113MN P 43 Silt U S 2s 9slt Ncr W C312T IT S iis rcclll Nircst consB5 U S is coup115 NWtt tM > 7 5sl7 Can S 2ndsl07 O Nay lstsH2 D R G lstlllVO Nov 4s 91 DBGls SS OSLGatrittt H T C 5sIll 0 S L 5i 1 r 02 H 31 Tro C fe jlg O Imp IsIs t r1014 K P con t r 9S O Imp Rs t r 4t > u K P lIt Den Reading is 84t itilt1I J tar rtlv t o rU7 R 11 W Ists S2 Lti new im Is fit U P lets lOP If K L T 1 3mla f lIlt U P D G 51 K i T I 4s S64 IsIs W STOCK QUOTATIONS Atchion U St Paul l 95 Preferred 30Y Preferred 140 Bal Ohio tab S Pacific 20V Can Pacific S2 Tex Pac 11 r flies OIUo 22WTJ P trust deed Chi Alton 100 2nd asst paid mgt C B Sc Q M Ii P D G 51 i Dei t 0 Hu d lFonl16Wabafh 7 U U AV 155 Preferred 20 D i R G 124 Adams Ex150 l I Vreferred 46Am Express 135 Tort SaylitISi United States 40 lit Nor pfdllo IVells targo106 I I Illinois CentlOt Chicago Gas 05 l I > ile Shore172 Cola crrc I Mich Central 116 Preferred BO 32 Gen Electric I tIt Mo Pacific i M K ClI T 14U Lend 31 Preferred lIlt Preferred 104 ei N J Central 95 t Ore Imp ciI 15 N Y Central 10454 Pullman Pal173 Nor West 14k Siver Cert 59 N Pacific 1914 Standard R Preferred Jt T 5 O R t N a > Sugar 14274 8 t g seiTe Ur O S L 20 Preferred 115 Plttsburjr Ifa Western Union 3904 Reading 241 R G W 22 Rock Island SS4 Preferred SOA NEW YORK MINING STOCKS CSiollar S Ontario 300 Crown Point ESOphir S5 C C Va 1 Ic Plymouth i S Deadwood POQuicksilver 100 Gould Curry 23 Preferred 9 00 Hale Norcross 90 Sierra Nevada 75 Homestake 3o Ca Standard 1 CO Iron Silver 20Unlon Con 30 Mexican 40 Yellow Jacket 43 SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS San Francisco Oct Orhe official closing quotations for mining stocks today to-day were aa follows I Alia 15Justlce 32 S Alpha Con 12 Kentucky Con G ndes 2DMexlcan 46 ifelcher iO Occidental Con1 3 Pst Belcher 53 Ophlr in 13 Bullion 9 Overman 18 I Caledonia Poled 53 I Challenge Con Savage 44 I Chollar KJScorpiOn 4 f I Confidence 1 20 Sierra Nevada S3 C C VW 1 Silver Hill c I Con Imperial Union Con 44 Crown Point Sl Utah Con 17 1 Exdiequer Yellow Jacket 59 Gould Curry Standard 1 CO I Hale 0 Norcross 1 20 ls |