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Show "midsummer dullness in the financial district Little in the Wall Street Market to Interest the Public or the Broker at the Present Time. By RROADAN WALL. By Intci imtlniial Ni-wh S'-rvb -ft. NEW Y dtK, July .- Slopes were very dull today. Half the dav's bus! n.: wjis dun ill the fi-t hour and ll. en- was imle t.u Inti-resi lb; public or the broke, s tor the teriiitiTiiIer of th.- .lav. The 'uj iii- el inaln more leewa y tha n hendwa.w.- if nun lo to 3 oVln k S'"'.-' coniUMui nev'-r ut mure, than one-(-ii-;hth ii wa v from CJ. These rf dark davs In the tlnaii'lal di.stib-l. '1'he bad kIiowIpl,' of hurdiu-fcs (or tlu iir:-it months ol the year brouRM cu t.s In si liiries and, in some In ft a 11 es, the wholesale discharge of eini-h'i ees. 1 ( nisfH that have 1 tuit e. la ry u 1 in 1 1 ers. hrunHi oliiees and private- wires hav-beeji hav-beeji tuiBpftiidf-d, and brokers ii'-vr hail so llttb in do. Capital cannot be coaxed into new ventures, old companies fire unable un-able tri finance predion wiintH and re-01 re-01 s'anl 7.n lion pin ris are held up. And the end in not in sight. Coppers Strong Abroad. British conHoln moved up on easier monev at London. 1'nris was strong in a nib I pat ton of a heavy subscription to the new loa n. Except for pome buying In copper Mocks. little fort-iKn interest was tthuwn In our stocks. Cnion Pncillo rose to l'OJ, but inter- et petered out In a short time. Southern South-ern Pa ci tic was steady, Western Union st.n.n- - and Cnited Stat'-.-j r: : 1 rr.-H yalned :r, printK on the repoitM S.'.le f.f some real estate. A n.a ii-a .u.'i ted aine! 1 on bu.Mng winch look-d liki short, covering, cov-ering, pi 1 1 sbu j g coa I i s.Mi eM were active arid higher at the close, common crossing cross-ing 21. ponds were rjulet ami t.rtn, tiie Julv reinvr strc.eiit d'-mand hei ng iinusuaily llniite.. Savings institutions are practically prac-tically out of the market as buyers. Time Funds Firmer. Time funds were a shade firmer as a result of the uniavora bie showing made by la.st week's bank sta temetit. Call funds were offered In exce-s of rcrdr''-Mients rcrdr''-Mients iind time rates are expected to ease off within a few days. fJrohs ra 1I1 oad earnings for the fourth week of June were genera 11 v unfa vora -b!e. Canadian Pacin decreased 20, 00 ; firand Trunk, jm.O'iO; Ht. Louis Southwestern, South-western, ?.26,rioO; Buffalo, liO''heFter & Pittsburg. 5:'4,OuO. .Missouri Pacific increased in-creased $16,000. Prokers tlnd It difficult to arouse Interest In-terest regai ding the rate rase, and the t. ur is growing that the public have lost interest and will not he coaxed back into railroad securities by the set t lenient of this long debate on the question. |