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Show j ... M s 1 2.. Wall Street Affected by Yfcak Honey Market in Lcndca. NEW YORK. Feb. 13. The first trading In the Erie stocks after the announcement announce-ment of the new bond issue found a weak market. The scarcity of money In London Lon-don caused lower prices there this morning, morn-ing, which vat reflected here at the opening: open-ing: all through the International list. Declines De-clines were fractional throughout. Bear traoers did not Immediately follow up their opening advantage and prices hardened hard-ened slowly. Active buying or a few specialties spe-cialties contrlbutedi much to the rally. Smelting- advanced over a point and ther was good rlf in Amalgamated Copper, Leather and Missouri Pacific. Near 11 'oclc-k Rock Island, the Erles and Southern. Pacific fell lower than before, be-fore, carrying the general list with them. The selling- of Erles was the feature, the common losing 1. the first preferred 2, and the second preferred 2T. The whole market, was affected, but the declines were mostly fractional. Rocky Island, Southern Pacific. Bt. Louis-Southwestern preferred, Brooklyn Transit. Metropolitan Street Railway, Leather preferred lost a point, American Twine 21 Metropolitan West Bids Elevated 3, and) Commercial Cable a. Bonds were irregular at noon. The steady declines of the Erles diffused dif-fused a feeling of depression around the room. Decline of a point were numerous and Included all of the speculative favorites. favor-ites. In the case of Southern Pacific, Leather preferred and New York. Chicago Chi-cago & St. Louis second preferred the decline de-cline reached Zifli. Erles sold a good fraction below the noon level. Some buying to cover In the general market steadied the list later when It became dull. Prices generally Improved, led by the Erie stocks, which rallied a point or more from the lowest. Recoveries averaged about a half. The advance Invited renewed re-newed selling or Erie, but the stock was vigorously supported and the rally proceeded. pro-ceeded. The covering movement by the bears In-hioed In-hioed by the support of the Erles and other Morgan stocks caused 1 point rallies In Missouri Pacific, Wabash preferred, Reading and Southern Railway, the last named rising a fraction over Wednesday. The support seemed to be withdrawn when the bears desisted from selling of the Erles' and prices sHpped back again. . The closing- was dull and heavy. - Closing stocks: Atchison, S754; Atchison preferred, 101; Anaconda, 111; B. A O., 100: C & A.. 35; C. G. W.. 27j: C. & O.. E2; Erie preferred. 71: Illinois Central, 145H: L. & N.. 126; New York Central, 14M4: Pennsylvania, 150; Reading, Read-ing, 62,4; Reading first preferred, 876174; Pout hern Pacific. 64: St. Paul. liS1; Southern Railway, 36; Union Pacific, 101; I'nion Pacific preferred. 95: United States 8teel, 38: United States Steel preferred. 8S; Wabash preferred, 50A4; People's Gas, 107; B. R. T.. i: Missouri Pacific, U4; Amalgamate Copper, 68: Sugar, 130; Wisconsin Central, 2S: Wisconsin Central preferred, 64; Corn products, H. KEW YORK METAL. 1 000 Today's clearings, $339,065. Same day last year, $378,687. |