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Show f toe MARKET " iONGERAT CLOSE J-fiRise and Fall All Day, Ul Range Is Generally HM Harrow. :JRE BY THE BEARS -illPLAINLY IN EVIDENCE int Developments in tad Circles That Have Tect on. Situation. rORK, Aug. 17. Irregularity. iobI conspicuous feature of t'o- z market. Prices rose find foil I'a'tly. mostly within narrow range, some of the more active fca-'(jglBtorcd fca-'(jglBtorcd substantial gains at the (fVflf"Tho trading bore evidence of i Pressure and general pjofesslonal- 4 though close observers expressed hlon that stocks are gradually . jilnto stronger hands. This belief njjSto be based largely on the opera-y opera-y f- "certain prominent banking and Itajg-e houses, as well as on the con-iease con-iease of money, further prospects ,lijlTcrops and advices from the load-.f.lroad load-.f.lroad centers which almost unl- report Indications of awakening At tho moment, however, ft Ibe said that traffic Is moro than L 'tits own, but the trunk lines are " plled with cars and making ready B&fcprospeotive Improvement qiHthe most Important development I cjday In railroad circles was the i3Hon of the annual reports of the fftljtn" lines for the fiscal year. The ''Pacific system showed a net loss Mr.wlth the previous year of about p.-while the Southern Pacific rall-; rall-; ported a net decrense, same pe-.'JS.SCS.OOO. pe-.'JS.SCS.OOO. In both hiHtanccs, ggtf.Vthe falling off was largely due ,Eed taxes, that Item In the Union 3J!ftatoment being 17.05 greater than . ?T7, and Southern Pacific 36.3J per Wiiatcr. Both lines show material , ;unet earnings for tho month of iuUffhe pessimistic utterances of the Sland-Frlsco system dealing with railroad conditions In which the Knt was made that 400,000 men are ..employment excited some Interest vnot have a serious effect. As a he coalers held comparatively firm. KJlRcadlng was frequently subjected tmrp led the Industrial stocks, mnk-llmharp mnk-llmharp recovery from Saturday's Tid the coppers moved In sympathy ilHanother cut In the price of metals, claratlon of a SC dividend, pre-pAfor pre-pAfor tho quarter, though not so Vby the Standard Oil company of juJrsey In place of a previous dls-"THit dls-"THit of S9 was tho only noteworthy -Jof the outside. The vagaries of Jfcnown market manipulator from island caused some uneasiness In -.atfve quarters, but elsewhere thev Bubject of good-natured ridicule-IWRthe ridicule-IWRthe greater part of the day'a s was done In the early session, ajtlbccomlng very restricted In the an, while the list developed a .Undertone. In tho last half, bowlder bow-lder the lead of St Paul. Smelting ,jalng, tho market grew strong and sins' was active at the day's best Ok local money market ruled steady sWlflrttli 150 change In the rates for Jcommodatlons' and a very slight gor call loans at 1 per cent. nraent bonds were unchanged on m- moral bond market was easv. es, par value, 51.13-1,000. IiiBjjU'ew York Bonds. Sffreg ,..103111 Japan -Is .. 7S Jpon ....103? do 41s SS2 5Sreg ... 100:1' do 2nd sor -. Sli -juppn ..ilOOSMar. c g 4s ... PCS VBreff ...120iMcx Cent 4s .. S1J lJupon ...1211 do 1st Inc .. 17 ob f 4s .. 73i Minn & S L 4s. 80 fcSfj 108l;M K & T 4s .. lS JpMs ... fl9S do 2nds S3 UNCt. 4s .. 00JX RR of c 4s Sli --ja4a .... 96 N Y Cent g 3js 9U mSBs ....1022 N J Cent g 5s.l22i ftl'L 4s. 032 .Nor Pac 4s ..,.102 jfOfilo 4s, SPjS do 3s 72,V vmtiy.i. .. 924:iCor & XV c 4s. f)73r WV 4b 74J O S L. rf 4s ... Dlf UGa 5B.107 :Penn cv 3Js,1915 041 Itaiillnc ... 73 i do con 4s ...103 """lilnc ,.. Til jRead gen 4s ... 075 i ifllne ... oDJ.Re of Cuba ns.105 1 TOllo 4Js.lOG S L & I M c 5s.l03 Ut 3Js.. 67 S L & S F fg 4s fiOJ VrMR' n 45. 962 S L S XV c 4s.. 75 J$P 4s. 65? Sea Air Line 4s 59 m MM G4 South Pac 4s .. S7i .M48 ... S5i. do 1st 4s 031 jfJptlL g 4s 945 South Rv 5s ...100 'K .... 7U Tex fc Pac lsts.110 .J4st .. 64i To S 7- & XV 4s 755 Hi fKo 4s.. Dl Union Pac 4s..l01i . Ijtcv 4b 09i; do cv 4s 94j Tj;4 .. 92tU S Steel 2nd Bs 09 'H .... S6 Wabash lsts ..109i Jtt4s ... S7 'xVaat Md 4s ..74 fl49...103i W & Ij E 4s.. 75 . iMfr-" 682, Wis Cent 4s .. 73? , IK4B .. 931' XY Nil & II Cs.123 tNov York Money. YjjKRK, Aug. 17. Close: Money i W cent; mlins rate, .Jfli! closing bid. 1; offered.' 1. WmiS steady and dull; sixty days, Jbpuiety days, 2 J per cent; six fBTtq '4 per cent. XMrc'antile paper. 3i54 per cent. jqachango steady with actual aflkbsnkcrH' bills at ? 4.St.90Q,4.S5 BH bills and at J4 SS.4o for de- JKl bills. 4.Si(5;4.SIS. jy-SBPollars. 45f. bond:i steady. Bfconds easy. ijKeasury Statement. afcTON, A up. 17. Today's jyjMf' lno truaaury lmianees In tlio' 7Vft-Bl'OW8. Available cash bal-i7?l?BC'4eo! bal-i7?l?BC'4eo! l'ol and bullion, tferlffoltl certlflcatcs. 53G.0oC.C30. |