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Show SMALL CHANGES ON WALL STREET NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Speculation was quiet, and at the outset there was a little irregularity to prices. Neither the advances nor declines amounted to much, aside from a gain of a point in Union Pacific, The coal stocks were easier, including Reading and Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-vania. A moderate demand arose and St. Paul, Union Pacific and New York Central Cen-tral advanced 14, Reading 1 and the. general market to a good fraction above yesterday's closing. Subsequently Subsequent-ly when call loans which carry over until un-til Tuesday were made at 9 per cent, the market promptly weakened and advances were quite generally lost. Anaconda An-aconda and Great Northern preferred 26 under last night's price and Reading. Read-ing. Northwestern, Wabash preferled and General Electric 1 to 1V4 Around 11 o'clock the market was showing steadiness but business was quite light. Monetary conditions had a repressive effect on the general stock trading and business was exceptionally small U. P. was pushed up over "2 points to 190J4 in the face of the 10 per cent money rate. Other stocks reflected the concern felt over money from time to time, but made in the main a better showing than would be generally expected. ex-pected. Delaware & Hudson. N. P., Eries, Rock Island preferred and American Car preferred declined 1 to 1V4- The market was in a semi-stagnant condition condi-tion at noon. Bonds were steady. Business in stocks became progressively progress-ively smaller as call money rates advanced, ad-vanced, 11 per cent ruling at 1 o'clock. The active list fluctuated with very narrow limits but maintained a good undertone. One hundred shares of American Express sold at 300 compared with 250, the preceding sale on May 17. Pullman jumped 5 points. In the late afternoon when U. P. moved slowly upward to 1912, other stocks began to show moderate sympathy sympa-thy with the movement, and St. "Paul, Southern Pacific,--Beading and Amalgamated Amal-gamated Copper recovered to the high prices f the morning. Pullman extended ex-tended its rise to 8 points, touching 250. , CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. CHICAGO. Aug. 81. Cattle Receipts. 1500; atrong: beerea, $3.90 6.85; cows and heifere. $1.40(5.25; atorkera and feedera. $2.404.30; Tezana, $3.655.40: Weat-erna. Weat-erna. $3.60(6' 5.30; calves. $5.50(5.75. Hog Receipts. 12,000: market lOe higher; high-er; mixed and butrhers. $5.8506.45: good heavy, $5.906.35: vheavy. 5.355.70; piga. $5.25(36.15; bulk, $5.906.35. Sheep Receipta. 14,000; market atrong; sheep, $3.60(g 5.50; lambs. $4.75 g 7.75. ST. LOOTS WOOL. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 81. Wool, ateady; Territory Ter-ritory and Western mediums, 24 (3 28c; fine medium. 18 (g 22c; fine, 14(ql7e. Dr. Loomls, dentist, over Walker's Store. |