Show I Stocks and Bonds New York Feb To il-To Today's Toay's ays st stock ck marI mar mar- mar mar- I k t showed showed a a further expansion in the dealings e and the the- k great Irregularity i of f the lr h market continued I The selling side rd was rather rather better beter represented than yesterday but many prominent stocks took up the stock tok advance at new points The disposition to take profits was ver very natural qa the eve Of a a. a holiday There was wa ws obviously I Isome some some misgiving al also anong speculative I I buyers lest t the e expectations of coming m deals W would I not t be ei realized U oh This was II I especially where he hee the e t the case among o of the het the local C coming tractions trat trac ig I announcement of the Metropolitan r Railway cl has suffered some The anxiety on the subject was r r ras as an announcement of the plan 1 is I thought possible over the holiday Recent sanguine expectations of benefits bene- bene its fits to accrue to the express companies I from some sort of consolidation suffered from rom eclipse as shown by the sharp drop of or 7 i II In United States State Express although the tha thE stock finally rallied 4 American express after rising nearly five points lost It I again There were however significant points I Ef at strength in the market markEt The Tho steel stel stocks were all au al very heavily bought on n encouraging trade prospects hut but I he hc hI States t Steel 1 stock met enormous offerings g at Sev every S slight i advance ag rr The i late movement In Pennsylvania was regarded re- re reI I as an a alternating movement with wih 1 I I that in Southern Souther Pacific and due to I by the same interest Tex Texas P p. p I ci- ci was wa advanced on UK thc strength I the increase In the yearly dl I on the company's second income I The cause of the strength In the low Ion Central stocks and the Minneapolis St. St Louis stocks was the supposed con co cn petition petton for control between Illinois 1 Ce Ceral Gen Cen ral and Rock Island There W as S v vet large buying of o Southern Railway Ve a an Louisville Nashville and nd of a nua numb of stocks of comparativelY small smal capital which was wa not explained buying of the The fhe Readings Redings continue very large but they showed the effect c profit taking The industrials as a a a rui rg rl the steel storks stocks and outside of some t c the gas stocks were Inclined to hea Amalgamated Copper showed showe a good r re ff recovery covery but closed cosed with a small smal net lot lost The closing was wa active and irregular Business in bonds continued large a athe an anthe the price movement irregular Tots Tob sales par value United State Stale new advanced per cent on the lai call BOND LIST U S S ref sU U S 55 reg U S ref 25 U S 55 coup U S 35 reg 4 Colo So s. s a U S coup ID D R G U S n Ii 45 4 Nor Pac U S n a Is coup Nor Pac IsU Is if U S old 45 reg Union Pac U S old U P cony n CLOSING STOCK LIST Sales High Low Atchison ls 78 preferred 99 98 st Baltimore Ohio preferred Se Canada Southern Ohio 1300 47 Chicago Alton 40 34 preferred 74 76 md Louis 4 preferred 77 p Chi East Ill 14 Chi Gt West E 23 A SP iv B preferred Chi 2 C B. B I P. P Chi Tar Trans lC is preferred s 31 g C. C C. C C. C St St. L. L Colorado Southern 1000 1654 j 1st preferred 2800 66 66 21 preferred 33 Del I 00 12 Del L. L West B D. D Rio Grande 44 oh preferred 93 Erie 40 40 1st preferred 9 preferred 1000 59 54 S 'S Gt Nor pfd Valley 69 69 preferred Illinois Central 1500 1 Iowa Central 47 46 4 preferred 51 E. E Western 69 09 preferred Louis Nash I Manhattan L. L 1344 1 Met St St. By 1701 i Mexican Central 1000 29 28 Mexican National 16 16 St St. Louls 2800 I Missouri Pacific 3 1 Mo Kan Tax 29 24 5 preferred 53 53 1 N. N J. J Central lIP N. N Y Central Nor West 58 5 preferred 91 91 Ont West 31 14 Pennsylvania Ill Rending 59 58 5 1st preferred 83 83 68 65 St St. L. L S. S 62 61 1st preferred preferred 74 4 St St. L. L lCd 26 preferred 59 59 St St. Paul 1 preferred Southern Pacific 69 66 ff Southern Railway j preferred 95 95 S Texas Pacific 40 39 8 T. T St. St L. L W W. W 23 29 23 l preferred 43 s 43 42 42 4 Union Pacific 1044 1045 1 preferred 1000 90 89 89 S Wabash 23 2310 23 preferred 4 4 49 4 W. W Lake Erie 18 18 16 W lil preferred 30 30 W Wis Central 20 20 4 20 preferred 40 40 49 05 Express Companies Companies- Adams 21 American 22 25 United States 00 US' US Wells Fargo 20 Miscellaneous Miscellaneous- Amal Copper 72 Am Car F F. 29 25 25 preferred 1300 1304 85 85 4 Am Linseed Oil preferred Am S. S Ref 1800 47 43 preferred 97 e Ana Mining Co 33 4 33 33 Brook Rap Tran 67 6 64 t J Cob Colo F. F Iron 2400 87 86 Coat Cont Tob pfd General Electric Glucose Sugar 1400 48 47 Hocking Coal 2300 18 I Int mt Paper preferred 74 74 4 Int mt Power Laclede Gas National Biscuit 2000 e 4 4 4 National Lead JJ National Salt preferred North American 93 93 Pacific Coast I Pacific Mall 45 43 Peoples People's Gas P. P Steel Car 84 84 4 preferred 2214 74 23 Republic Steel 1600 16 4 1611 K l preferred 1400 69 69 69 g Sugar W Tenn Coal I. I L. L 67 U Bag P. P Co 14 B preferred 73 75 U. U S. S Leather 11 1125 11 J 11 preferred 81 81 91 k U. U S. S Rubber HI preferred 51 il U. U S. S Steel 44 44 t preferred 94 51 94 Western Union 1400 91 91 J JI Am Locomotive 32 W i 5 preferred 92 92 LONDON CLOSING STOCKS money 94 13 preferred Cons 16 12 N Y CentrallO Anaconda Atchison Ont Vest preferred Pennsylvania Bait Reading Can Pacific 1st preferred Ches Ohio 47 2nd preferred preferred- Gt West 23 So Railway Chi H St P. P preferred Den Rio G. G preferred PacifiC 91 Erie preferred 1st preferred 72 U S Steel 2nd preferred 68 preferred Illinois Louis Nash Mo K 5 Tex 25 Spanish 45 Bar Silver quiet per ounce Money per cent of discount in the open m for short bills is 2 per cent maniC The rate of discount in the open for three months bills is 2 per |