Show YEllOW FEVER FEVERS S I AFFECTS STOCKS Outbreak of Causes Southern Railroads t to Slump a Little MARKET IS DEADLY DULL SMALL ERIE ERfE MOVEMENT ENT FAILS TO BE EFI LIST New Kew York Lork July slight of interest In the Erie stock stocks today scarce scarcely l ly sen to move the thc general market In wa wan strong trong th that t dividends were to o be Inaugurated on ErIe second referred and conjecture was mostly confined to the rate at which te the InitIal dividend be pi placed ape but the bele beSet Iu In te the Erie second preferred divi dead has been a factor in the market market Ion or many week weeks and with which recent dividend wih Increases been treated did not offer much to look for a wide In Inthe Inthe the Erles Eries following action so lorg long expect expected ed The Thc buying or of the three classes of stock of the e company m te y came from bitt yat Z Zor few sources c ca a and was at attributed r to ohe or two of the larger traders who were un unable Unable able t to find ay any oter other stock for which any motives exited existed for a trader traders move movement ment The unresponsiveness of the United States Steel stock stock to the terly statement of net earnings published late yesterday w was s an felOn reason for scepticism over over thE the power of news long long expected to mOVe prices rices The quarterly rep repOrt rt w was favorably commented upon and wa was considered to tomake tomake make a strong trong showIng The l Itch ck of response In the corporations stock was thought to be d due to the fact l that some of the ut estt mates of speculators had pointed to net earning earnings for the tho quarter as hIgh a as 32 00 in place of the tho actually reported But then there h wore estimates yesterday d Y as low as 8 c The ra de decrease crease I In te the volume Of bf unfilled orders on hand compared wih with the beginning of the previous quarter was considered moderate in view of the wa lull known to have oc occurred in the trade and nd the belef belief Is prey prevalent alent that there there 11 been something something like a rush ot of order orders since the frt first of the month That holders ot of stocks are not indifferent to bad news of special properties Is 15 Indicted indicated by the occasional sharp bre breaks in specialties Pittsburg coal preferred declined to a new low level levei today as a a result or of the s suspension or of it Its dividends The Tho coton cotton maket market was thrown ito into some excitement again to today today day by the publication of the the govern governments meats ments revise figure figures ot of the crop acre acreage cre age and the yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans was to the subJect ot of discussion with a slight effect ot of depressIon on some of th southern railroad stock stocks News from grin grain crops continued favor favorable able abie Money remans remains very easy but for foreign foreign eign exchange rates rose and ther there Is a Supposition that some ot of the Japan loan proceeds are remitted abroad The establishment of oC Erie second preferred on ii 4 4 per cent dividend bais basis wa was accord lag to the beat expectations but the de r IO eoP of the dividend K for a full year at this time wih with for payment in two Installments was a general sun sur surprise prise prise The ErIes Enies rose In consequence In Inthe inthe the final dealings at which time t the ivi dead was announced and made the cbs cos cosIn In ing fir firm Bonds were steady Total sales par value alue S call United bonds wore ore unchanged on |