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Show pt to Stimulate Interest (ion Pacific and Stand-v Stand-v ard Oil Fails. rTlYING LOW $ Utterances of Gover-, Gover-, Wilson Act as a Check ,0 Waiting Buyers. cy BEOADAN WALL, .iflail News Service. TORK.'Fef- 3.-Tho Investor. IVaecroucdhog. sees a shadow I -Jt.r market was errtitlo. rjrSSilnB waa ulct. An at-t at-t $ SSe w -timulato Interest VL in Rock Island stocks, a firSpM! lc and a flurry In the ''J: the dcclar.it on of a $40 SV h Bhar of the Standard r, f New Jerfley. These Inol-r Inol-r . were not effective and tiffin largely left to the tender ft Si room trader, who. though JjVoUnd his aliort position. BSu difficult for a politician to S taw that could curb activity Ex,TYorktock exchange as much f. rile utterances of Governor 1?. his effectively checked a E fete on thft part of the Investor 2ii4 ne lefucs on what might &worldercd an nttractlve basis iL.MlltJ the market for many follies tliftt are really at-Entsotop at-Entsotop prices. Lfor the Best. LSrtaltly for those who nwkn the Ttttstnt of funds a business, LhUU livelihood of any Immediate ftrtbf better, nor can It be said I lh tvb'lJhed cabinet of the prcsl-Rtf prcsl-Rtf a renewal of confidence, rriiae circumstances Wall street is ifit tor "ffhlMllng to keen up hie Jtft vita he expresses the hope ,'5 fcir'Jf revision will not niatorlully V,i Ifciij'i lank statement proved a At pinl and the news from -yjmklftt: Ike week-end docs not help , jjlMtroj iltuatlon. Paris reporls a lrV3 ta f0'''' ln'3 rom a center Mr.t are not poor, but frugal. '.ilMfiCUr thy do not propose to lot ifKla sitt.il slip from their grasp and tlirir lack of confidence In Oi srn-era srn-era altuatlon iiufrs:etj the thought that perhapH the aottleinent of tho HalJcan difficulty will bring serious commercial distress on tho continent. Viewing tho situation ns a whole thcro is little Inducement In-ducement to encourage optimism in the Immediate courno of prloen. Steel common was under pressure, closing clos-ing with a I0S3 of ono point for tho day. Rumors of labor troubles abound, notwithstanding not-withstanding tho recent Increases In wages, with every Indication that orders show fome falling off. U P. Unchanged. j Union Pacific closed unchanged after fluctuating two poIntH. N'o details were forthcoming regarding the Southern Pacific Pa-cific dissolution, although it Is felt there will be a larger supply of Southern Pacific Pa-cific for trading purposes. That .some Holllng has occurred In anticipation of allotmentH Is Indicated by the drop In the price to IOC. The shares closed fairly steady at a loss of 8. . American Can Is suffering scvoroly from too much good news.- AlmoBt anyone any-one can tell you that tho stock Is to be placed on a. ! or 5 nor cent dividend basin this week. Without questioning the correctness cor-rectness of this prophecy. tho Insiders who anticipated their dividend action find a receding market In which to cash their profltfl. Heading showed strength, which may be attributed to reports of carnlngH for the first half of the fiscal year. As tho shares of this company have been closelv manipulated the actlvltv need not bo taken seriously. Time money was quotably firmer, but offerings wore small. Another million dollars In gold was withdrawn for export late on Saturday and tho Paris demand was apparently as strong today as It was last week. ,, The atook market closed ragged with llttlo sign of any Immediate improvement. improve-ment. OloBbig Stock List. I Salcs.l H. 1 Li. ICls. Amalg Cop 12.400 7.13 729 73 Amcr Agri 100 C39 533 S3 Amer Iteet Sugar .. 100 371 37 37J Amer Can 3.400 433 AOi -102 do pfd i 3.S00 1279 12GJ 1209 Amer Car & Found 100 G3i .531 52 Amor Cot Oil 52 Amer Ice Sec 100 23J 2.'tj 23i Amer Wnseed , 102 Amer Loco loot AOi ibl 392 Amer Smelt & Itef. 1.4001 74 735 731 do pfd toiia Amer Sugar Ruf ... 400 117S 117llll74 Amer Tel & Tel ... 2.S00ll32i 1313'1313 Airier Tob C00I2S4 2S2 2S1 Ana Mln Co 1.100 38 370 378 Atchison 1.200J104 103 1039 lo pfd .1 1011 Atlantic Coast Ijlne ' 130 Bait & Ohio 200I102S 1023 1021 Beth S'teel 7001 IIP! 38i 33 Brook Rap Tr 5J00I fllE H0Q 01 Can ad Pacific 1,600.241 1289ZI2392 Central Leather I.. . .... 2S Chcsa & Ohio I.... .... 759 Chi Great West I I.... ICR Chi Mil & St Paul.. 1,300 114 I113A 113i Chi & N W 200 137i'137i 13C4 Colo Fuel & Iron... S.300 411 3P1 304 Con Gas 300 138 11372 1379 Corn Products .' 2,600 151 141 1J9 Dola & Hud I 1C4 D & R G I 21J do pfd 37Ji Olst Sec 000 1SD 1SD 1S1 krlc 500 311 811 311 do lfit pfd 473 do 2nd nfd 38 General ISlec 200 1421 1421 1421 Great Nor pfd 1,000 1203 12S9 12S2 Great Nor Ore Ctfs 600 40 3S9 301 Til Central 400 12S 1283 12fi Inter Met 2.000 193 182 1S9 do pfd 2.300 G5 C4 C3J Inter HnrvoHtor .... 1,100 114 113 112 Inter Marine pfd !.... uu Inter Paper S00l 12Ql 12 121 Inter Pump 151 K C Southern 100 2C1 2G1 2i Laclede Can .J. . . J. . . . 103 Lehigh Valley 5,500!lC23 IMS 1G15 Lon & Nash 11391 Mill St P & S St M 100 1401 1401 140 Mo K & Tex 1 0,5.7 1. I?,cl1:L 200 41B -lia 411 Nat Biscuit iisj Nat Lead li)0 521 - 525 52 Nat Rv Mex 2d pfd 231 S I "L 100 108 108M08 N Y Ont & West .. 100 312 31Z 313 Norf & Western ... 2.100 110Z 110 110 Norlh Amer go Northern Pac 2.00011201 1191 119R Pacific Mall 200 31 30 29 Penn 1.S00 1221 1213 1213 People's Gas iin Pitts C C &. St Lou 101 Pitts Coal oij Press Sluel Car ....I lOOl 333;' 3S3 331 Pull Pal Car 200llG2 llCIA 1611 Reading 51.8(i0llGfi9!lG5 1G5H P.opub Iron & Steel 1,200 2S 271 271 ,.d(J p.f(l X- ,00 33 85 SSI Hock Isl Co I fl.GOOl 24R 233 24c do pfd I 5,900 44 42 42 St Lou t S F 2d pfd 900 28 271 273 Sea Air Line I 100 201 20i 20 Sloss Shef S & I ... .., .14 Southern Pac 20,400 1072 100 10G3 Southern Ry 100 27 27 "7 do pfd 100 80 S01 SOJ 1 enn Coo 100 33B 338 33 Tex & Pacific 20 Union Pacific 24.200 1G23 IGOi JG03 ,.lo nfd, 100 90 90 89 I. S Realty 734 i 1)0l't' 2.100 Gf.t "flSB CG Li S Steel 52.400 G51 G33 C4 T do Pfd 300 109 10SB 108 I tah Copper 700 G43 54 5451 Va Caro Chem oX Wabash 100 4 4 33 do pfd ' .".00 13 123 124 Western Md I fiOOl 44 4'M 43i Western Union j 100 72 72 72 Westing Elcc I 5.200 73 725 72 Wheel & Lake Uriel !.... 7; Total sales for tho day. 292,000 charts. New York Bonds, U S ref 2s rcg.,101 K C S rof 5s.. 9S1 do coupon .,..101 ?I9 vbj. xob; quv do Cs reg ....1021? 0t 'fiS VZ l31S S fl do coupon ....1021 'Jti sj- jojjsr op do 4s rcg tlojfoti ( Op do coupon ....113!tCG c- j n Pan 3b coupon. 1021 rU " sif- joi op A-Chalm l3t 5s. 60A5SG r op Am Agr 5s ....1011 iG ! joo j s Am T&T cv 4h.10G ?is "" so uoa op Am Tobac Gs ..121 J9i ,si- aj oTS'DS Armour&Co 43. 9irjf iQ kj- u2 auipny Atch gen 4k .... 93 JG "si- PJJ- T B O B & O 4s 97fl S9 sc op do 3Js 91 tSG S. j 2I Chcc Si O 4s..l00150G fr Qop op do conv 41s .. 921f9S "fi7S ufif o X iZ CB&Q JolnL 4s. 953TSK B?r II Jo s.tll do gen 4s .... 96 18 "' aq .uoo op T &' R G ref 5s, S3iyoi sf. orj oi: 111 C 1st ref Is. 95i?98 " op Inter Met 4js .. 81 nj- 3CT. x 31 K Inter M M 41 . fiSlJSH '"By tin n qr Japan 41h 90116 TEG1 s qP S 1 Cotton Market. XJuW TORK. Feh. 3. Cotton closed steady, net unchanged to G jwlnts lower. NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 3. Cotton, spot. Quiet. unchanged; middling, 12 7-1 Gc. Sales, 400 balos. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3. Wool, teady; medium grades, combing and clothing, 23iJ720o: light, flno. 19tfJi24e; heavy, fine, 13ifi18c; tub-wnsihnd, 27ff3rte. Elgin Butter. IvLGIN. Feb. 3. Butter, 31c. |