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Show i'.?re tisj i r:-iii 1 of i : . MIXED CHANGES IN WAIL STREET NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Prices of stocks shdwed mixed changes from Saturday's closing within a generally narrow range. The gains were most conspicuous and were in the majority. Six thousand shares of United States Steel sold at 48 and 49, compared with 44 on Saturday. . Canadian Pacific, Pa-cific, Iowa Central preferred and Smelting Smelt-ing gained large fractions. Pullman sold at an advance of 4 and General Electric 2i. Great Northern preferred declined 1. While the early rise in prices did not exceed fractional limits ia most of the representative stocks, the buying was of a brisk and varied character, principally princi-pally in the specialties. Railroad stocks did 'not maintain their advance as well as the industrials. Among the advances ad-vances recorded were General Eleetric .4 points. Pacific Coast 3, Smelting 2, International Power 1 and Great Northern preferred. Northern Pacific, Cnion Pacific, New York Central, Iowa Central preferred, United States Steel. Lead, Colorado Fuel and Pittsburg Coal preferred 1 to IV An advar!. in a grvnrf T';'i-iri e.i industrials did not affect the general list, whieh lnjH.'d. I'r.-sstn v.as directed di-rected especially against Reading. General Gen-eral Electric advanced 8, Pullman 54, Smelting 4' j, Norfolk k Weatern, Chicago k Alton. Rock. Island. Southern South-ern Pacific preferred aud Allis Chalmers preferred 1 to 1'4. Bonds were firm. Active bidding for particular stocks stopped in the middle of tb- afternoon and the market became dull and coin-monnlace. coin-monnlace. Prices all around were well sustained, and but few of the standard stocks were quoted at more than a small fraction above last week's elose, des;ite the many spectacular advances in tho specialties. Speculative operations were of .a |