Show DEMAND FOR SOUTHERN PACIFIC HELPS SUGAR NEW YORK Feb 4 In In the opening dealings Sugar gained nearly a point Pacific Pa Pa- for Southern and the large demand cUbe lifted it a large fraction two Forty-two hundred shares of Amalgamated Amalgamated Amal Ama Copper sold at 75 to 75 compared compared compared com com- pared with 75 last night and the price sagged further on subsequent dealings Stocks weakened Immediately and the railroads lost their small smal rise Supporting Sup Sup- potting porting orders ordes appeared in malga Amalga Amalgamated mated Copper and when that stock re recovered recovered recovered re- re covered to 75 i Sugar was taken In hand and lifted to ThIs buying helped other stocks somewhat Lackawanna Jumped i 61 U points pints to- to to The advance In Sugar and Amalgamated Amalgamated Amalgamated Amal Amal- Copper was checked by realizing realizing real real- izing sales but the general market was maintained by strength at other points Large dealings In Distilling preferred lifted it 2 The Minneapolis St. St Paul Pauland Pauland Pauland and Sault Ste. Ste Marie stocks continued the gaining 3 to advance common 31 and the preferred G 6 and Lackawanna rose 1 4 further Bonds were Irregular Prices broke sharply on the announcement announcement announce announce- ment o of gold exports for Thursday Lackawanna reacted 4 Nashville Chattanooga Chattanooga Chattanooga Chat Chat- and St. St Louis Jumped 10 on light transactions and Canadian Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- rose over a es point Amalgamated Amalgamate Copper fell to 74 The market became almost lifeless but hardened slightly A spurt by Metropolitan Street Railway Railway Railway Rail Rail- way to 1721 helped the other tractions but did not benefit the general market which dropped slowly Amalgamated extended Its is loss 2 24 21 and Sugar fell fel to 12 The closing was dull dul and nd heavy eavy Noon Money Money on call cal nominally at 2 2 per cent Prime mercantile p paper per 44 44 per cent Sterling exchange Steady with actual business In bankers' bankers hills bills bis at at 4 d for demand and at 4 for days Posted rates Commercial bis bills 4 Mexican dollars Hc Government bonds strong refunding 25 registered refunding Is 2 coupon Is 35 registered 35 coupon coupon 1 new 45 registered 13 new 45 coupon I old old Id ds 45 registered 12 old 45 coupon Is i registered coupon lO B Bar ar silver siver I |