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Show WALL STREET BEARS ARE IN ASCENDANT Logan it Bryan, members New York and Boston stock exchanges ami Chlrago board of trade, 169 South Main street, furnish fur-nish the following received over their private pri-vate wire yesterday afternoon: From Logan & Bryan's New Tork office of-fice Whilo tho active Issues, with Tew exceptions, as the consequence of the days s trading closed higher than Saturday, Satur-day, still fluctuations were very erratic and nervousness predominated. There was not so much news relative to the status of affairs In Mexico as has been tho case recently, but advices to the effect ef-fect that the constitutionalists were attacking at-tacking federals at Tamploo served to undermine the issues of corporations having hav-ing Interests In that locality, which was notably the case In the instance of Mexican Mexi-can Petroleum. Cains wore fairly well maintained until the last half hour, when a renewal of liquidation In Canadian Pacific Pa-cific unsettled the market and caused the came to closo decidedly feverish 3iid Irregular. Nothing special transpired at tho rate hearings, though the opinion was expressed that something of importance impor-tance Is likely to occur this week. Steel Meeting Today. The supreme court failed to make known Its findings In any of the cases of ltal Interest to the financial community. commu-nity. The Steel corporation will on Tuesday Tues-day hold Its qunrterly meeting, and the results of the pust three months will be made public. Earnings are estimated at between 512.000.000 arid 51S.000.000, which, on Its face will be very useful. No change, however, is anticipated In the disbursement disburse-ment of the ordinary shares of the company, com-pany, in view of the strong financial and physical condition of the corporation. Ap prehension and uncertainty continue to be the dominating Influence, and foreigners foreign-ers look quite seriously upon the Mexican affair, having no doubt In mind the experiences ex-periences which grew out of the Boer and Balkan wars. While on technical grounds rallies may be promoted from time to time, it does not as yet appear as If liquidation has run its course, and .therefore, .there-fore, In the absence of constructive occurrences oc-currences or some decided assurance from Washington relative to the legislative programme pro-gramme or from the Interstate commerce commission as to the rate cases, feverish unscttlemcnt will perhaps continue to bo tho order of things. Concerted action among Influential Interests seems lacking, lack-ing, and the clement committed to the side of declining prices Is in tho ascendancy. ascend-ancy. From Palnc, Webber &. Co., Boston The rumored acceptance of mediation In the Mexican situation was responsible for heavy short covering and considerable speculative buying at tho opening. Opening Open-ing prices, however. were practically highest for the day. and during the nes-slpn nes-slpn there was little change until near tho close, when prices reacted easily. In the local market United Stales Smelter and Greene stocks were most affected by the Improvement in the stluatlon American Ameri-can Smelter and Mexican Petroleum lost practically their gain In the last trading trad-ing in New York. Wc look for continued activity with sharp rallies whenever the war news seems to justify it. Curb More Cheerful. From the Gallagher curb letter, New York The curb market was moro cheerful cheer-ful today. The coppers were quite active early In spots, and some of the stocks, like Bradon and Green Cannnca. which were weak late last week, led the advance. ad-vance. The Cobalts wore quiet and irregular. irreg-ular. Tonopah, C3peclully Belmont, were Inclined to weakness. Oil shares, despite another cut in crudo oil, were steady. |