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Show WALL STREET "v HESITATES Slight Upward Jcndency Checked After Bank Statement. : NEW YORK. May 29.-F!rst prices for . stocks showed small gains over last night, ranging up to ttfof the leading issuea Rock Island preferred ' and D. & R. G. preferred advanced about a point. The under-current of nrmness in the ' market , did not arouse any pronounced demand Tor ! stocks. Buying went on cautiously lrf various stocks, but an accumulation - of the general list was checked by the pressure pres-sure of stock In -Amalgamated and Rock Island after they had risen, steadily. St. Paul rose to 160 and Its advance helped toward to-ward more strength in other leading stocks. The epertaltlea made a better showing than the railroads." Anaconda, advancing ad-vancing four and Sugar, Smelting, Colorado Colo-rado Fuel. Tennessee Coal, Manhattan. Leather preferred. Realty preferred and North American &h. New Jersey Central Cen-tral gained S and Hocking Valley 1. Pressure continued against Rck Island and Amalgamated, which lost 1 and lhi respectively. The general market was de-i de-i pressed In -sympathy. National Railroad of Mexico, Northwestern, South Paclflo and Metropolitan Street Railway lost 1. Lead preferred Hi and Consolidated Gas - ' ' ' . Prices steadied before the appearance of the bank statement, hesitated for. a time afterward, and then declined again to about the lowest. The small reduction In view of the stock market liquidation of the week was considered -unsatisfactory. - Bonds were Irregular. . . - . |