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Show I PRICES 810 UP ON IO0RIS Active Covering Movement in Wall Street Cause of Market's Mar-ket's Firmness. RAILROAD REPORTS ARE NOT ENCOURAGING I ) Heavy Decreases Shown in Net J I Operating Revenue of Large 1 1 Systems. it r i NEtt YORK. March 1. Maneuvering of ? professional speculators was chiefly reft re-ft sponslblo for such price changes aa oc-J oc-J eurrcd today on the stock exchange. The h exist once of what Is generally termed the 1 largest short Interest since last fall fur-''L fur-''L nlslicd the Incentive for an active covcr- l -? lug movement which sent prices upward, r? Stocks were held firmly for higher figures i i u-henover anv extensive demand appeared & and prices advanced at the outset. In I U the early trading Canadian Pacihc gained K " notnts and Atchison and Lnlon Pacific J l. The close showed few important 1 Z thanks for 'he day. Extensive buying of Union Pacific was I V resumed but there was little demand for ' oilier llarriman Issues. Colorado 1-uel ) old off on account of the governments l action hi contesting the company s claims I A mi coal lands. home of the largest railway systems ii .tjbmiLted their January figures today and -I they were not encouraging. The renn-i renn-i i vlvania svsteni reported a decrease in i ''f net operating revenue for all lines or if $ 108.00O. The New York Central proper i earned 5501.000 less-net; the Lake Shore. I ?;5PSO00. and other lines of the system 1 ' i' ieHcr amounts. Union Pacific's decrease " was 1203 000; Southern Pacific. SC.S2.0U0; f Canadian Pacific. 5060.000, anil Heading ir ?20G.ooo. , , .. . . -I European markols were dull and slight-t slight-t lv Inclined toward Irregularity. X Bonds were Irregular, Total sales, pat's pat-'s value. ?2.1 23.000. United States bonds if were unchanged on call. ; Closing Stock List. Sales.j Jl. I L. IClsa Allis-Chalmers pfd -.1-. ; !..; L ' nier Car St V 'i PI '" iimer Cotton Oil.... W00 Bj 60& nfi ( Amer H k pfd.-.. -00 211 1A -VI J Amer he Securities.. 50 213 jfi American Linseed w'ii 1 J? i Amer Locomotive .. 100 M j&ii K k Amer Sm k Kef...., ;00 ... nrefened 100 IO.iJ 10oi lOoa t A n Steel Foundries. 100 -IS -IS m Vmer Sugar Rcf i 700 120 ,119 illOrf . n.eT To? & Tel SuOillB 14M 1 ? ' Amer Tobacco pfd.. 1UU 'JG; I i flOi - American Woolen ... l.oOO ..Ijj oJSj .(!- Anaconda Mill Co a vAv.,-';i" olim- Uchlson S.oOOi OCeilOdS 10b " nreferrod . .... 100 102J lU2il"2 ti Coast lW 100120i!l20ifl20 I Baltimore & Ohio... .1.400 1033I102J 102 I. Bethlehem Steel ... 100 31 .jl ..0J ' Brooklyn R T MWLJUSl .' ' Canadian Pacific ... "S00.213 2123 Jla ;;.-Central leather 2"g,?"s ,ft2r .- preferred 200 1033 1031 10.. .p Central of X J f il Chesapeake & Ohio.. 1.500 S3 S21 S.. 1 Chicaco & Alton 1 Chi Gt Western 2 , y., I t :i preferred -00 lli Hit 44i I h as Sawr: : ' P.iiVsiVSX!::: --i-ivoj-as- sii f r Colo & Southern "h II . ConPolidnlod Gas ... 100 1 in 1 U MH II Corn Products 200 132 1..2I 13i SJ,I: T'l & Hudson ''r I; Denver & Rio G 331 1 2?si 5v 11 . proterreci -, . fi DlFtlllers' ?ecur lo 38J -I'U .ul , Erir. S.600 301 2: 202 I 1 1st preferred S00 MS ll 49 F 2nd prefeirod 10rt 3SI 3S.1 3.1 I G-neral Electric ;:;lnJk P f.t Northern pfd SO0 126 12oJ J1 Gt Nor Or? Ofs.... 100 001 bOJ fiOl II Illinois Central !! IntTborrmh Met .. l.Pn l'U If 11 ft pivferred 1.1 001 .'.31 :.3J I; Inter Warvstor .... lOOlllCJ 116 1104 liitT Marine nfd 1 1353 lnl'-riiail Paper 4U0 Hi 101 HJ i ' Interna tl Pump 400 411 4U tlij Iowa Central 200 17J 17J 17 Kan i-uy Southern.. 100 3U 33 f preferred I t 001 ' Larlede Gas i 2001111 111 1103 ' Louis-, lilt- k Nash... 200114 13 lUi 144i Minn & Pt Louis....! 100 2?? 2S3 271 S M St P k S Fte 300 142 112 1U t Mo Kan k Texas.... 100! 321 :?. preferrod : 1 00 J il Missouri Pacific 11.500 ."7Jj 55 oti National Ris.-nii .... 100 122 122 1211 I National Lad 100 sr.il .".J BP N' R of M 2nd prd.. 1.800' 37i :!71 :57 if Now York- Central.. 1 .."0'J 1 ny 1 1 n? J. 10S-1 :i N V Ont & Wed j I00 12 i 12 115 Norfolk & Western..! SuO W4 hot I North American I l"0l 71 I 71 71 Sit Northern Pacific. .... 2..:00:iJ.'5Zll23J 1231 m ( . Pa-llif Mull 1 no! 2f. I 2S 244 51 S- Pennsyhanla :;,inn:i2r.JJ20 I2iU 1UJ Peoples ;.-is 1.S00 liiSillot 10U me p c c st Louis 107 I I'lltKbuiK Coal SOU 20JI iri mi r Prs-se? Steel Car... lao :'.3i :::i 3.Ti S t Pullman Pal Car nfti r.O-Ml .13 J L'.ftl fil rtv Steel Spring 200i I :in 34i SI Ueadinc 5,snoiir.7 (lni; W"U 1! tR. Repuhii. sioei 700 3ji :;r:ai P,:'. 13 proferreri !....( ys MI 1 nock Island Co 2..".no! I'.njl 3t)l P.0J K R Pi"C"rred 200 GUI Oil COj l L & S K 2d pfd I.... .... tl Ml Kl L South western I :MJ PI - preferred , I. ...I HO wft sir.ps siipf s k i in r.3i ?v:, r.:j i Southern PaclnV H.OdO 1 155 1 15iI KU JBlS Southern Railwav ..I T.HO 27 27 27 preferred 700 55 5H1 fill Wmi leiiuessc-e Centner I I 3S Hlr Tea ft Pacific 20n 2K1 2811 2S j? r SI L West 200 2HJ 2311 22 ? preferrefl . ... .mo r,?. r.r.i 511 ' nion Parili.: 27,100 17f. 171 173& piefe,re(l ,. 00i 1 S Renllv I H73 S Rubber I 7001 47? tOJ 45E h I .S Ste.; I -11.2001 772 77 772 , rrrr?rrcrJ 1,0001 10 1 I.St I LSI l f-.tnli Copper 1 800 45il tf.A 151 u iar Chemical I'n.jno! 701 fin.', jna ' Wabash I 5001 I7'4 171 171 I Diferred I ,7ll0 S3 37!.' 3S1 Western Md Al i... 50 If Wt'stliiRh .:i(,..(.r(. .. ;:oo 7o:i r.os 70 I w.'.lstn,'n l"fon 1 20(! 71'JI 74, 71 JVhnplii," .;. 1, ... ... r-t l"hlSh Valley il.oooj 1 7 1'jj 1 7 1 I7I b Total pales for the day. 2G7.000 shares. Il; New York Mouey. I NICW YORK, March 1 Money 011 call. tteadx. Vl?i'2J per cent: rullnc rate, 2 I' "Tr,1V,,,U: closing hid, 21 per cent; offered' at 1 per ecnu I: '.r,,M,? loans very dull: for sixty days. 23 - 't. per cent; for ninety days. :jrfr?. per I; l'enl: for six months, IJiftSS per cent. ; Prlnm mercantilo paper, 441 per cent. , blerling nxchanpp. steady, with actual I' ."cf;,,.l.fiss 1,1 hankers' hills at Sl.SIi.SOD 4.S4.1tl.for Blxly-day hills, and at 5I.S6.10 , Tor demand.. : Commercial hills. -l.S3l.S333. I , Mar silver. 525c. I ' Mexican dollars, -lt'c. I , Covcrnpient hondu. steady; railroad bonds, Irregular. |