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Show CALM IN WALL STREET. Larger Dealings and Less Violent Fluctuations. ANIelklnr t'oiilrl In Hie fanleky l'e.lln Inlallnc leslenUr, N.w Yomc, May 0. Tho speculative excitement cooled uurlng tho night and Ihu o craters camo lo tho stock cxchaugothla morning wl'h steadier nerves. Afier sleeping over Ihe matter they could sea how tho forelgnera yonterday slid under the ainoke of tho engagement and mado uway wlthl a bagful, of dividend ayera at bargain counter prices, llencu It was that Ihu active etocks both of rallwaya and Industrials oi envd Htoui. one half to tj higher. Coidnije roio i to 21, then receded to 20. American sugar, which opvued up at 81, quickly fell to 77, checking the rising temperature. tem-perature. Fifteen mluutes after tho opening tho maikel was quiet, and weak but not so txcllod aa Jtaterday. Throughout the first hour the busluess presented a striking strik-ing contrast with the naulckv feeling of yesterday. The dealings weie larger than the averagc.but much smaller than for tho past two days, with fluctuations far less vlolmt. (leneral eleetilo fell from 60j(to7D; Chicago gas, 741 to 7I; Mtuhtttaii from K9 lo 120; ltock Isinnd,78i to 70; Western Union, 85 to 84; national cordage, 211 to 111; national Ira J, 8 1 to .12. Alter 10.80 a better feeling set In and hlilher prices than before were reached. llubber,proferied, rose 7 te 87. (Jen. ernleleelrlot to 83. Others to S. The reduction In tho posted rates of exchaligo to 4jS and J-1 nud tho absence of fullurea had a good eflect on tho market. At eleven the matket was comparatively compara-tively firm. Thu slocks closed Arm. The net changes show advances of from 2 to 12 percent In Industrials, except cordage cor-dage which la down. Hallway stocks show declines of 1 (J I) for the day. |