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Show GAINS ON: . WALL STREETS Opening Dullness Is Re-, Re-, licved by More Active Demand. NEW YORK. March 35. The majority of the prominent stocks showed fraction al declines on the opening quotations, but there were conspicuous exceptions, not bly Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Louisville, Louis-ville, Wabash preferred and Mexican Central, Cen-tral, which made slight gains. There wai a decline of 3 in Anaconda. The business was on a small scale. Buying became quite general when it was. perceived thai yesterday's late liquidation was not re newed and there was a number of sharp fractional advances.. Southern Pacific advanced ad-vanced 1 and Union Pacific. Rock Island, New York Central. Pennsylvania, Reading, Read-ing, Wabash preferred and Sugar considerable consid-erable fractions. Heavy selling of St. Paul followed the rally, and It reacted t 166. ex-dlvldend, a net loss of . Amal- . gamated Copper lost 1. Other stocks fett off in sympathy and the gains were largelj reduced or wiped out The market revive! A when the selling for London account wa completed. Pennsylvania and New Tor 11 I Central led the advance, with gains oj I about a point on the published report ol ' the virtual control of the latter in Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania Interest. Bonds were irregular. ' Buying slackened gradually as pricei reached a higher level, but the underton remained firm. Some stocks made fur. ther substantial progress upwards, par tlcularly Sugar, which touched 126. Canadian Pacific and Wabash preferred gained a point before the market turned downward again. A break ln Amalgamate ed to 68c a loss of nearly 3 points, precipitated precipi-tated selling' at others points, and a number num-ber of leaders gave way Immediately. Reactions did not run far outside 01 Southern Pacific, which sold below 63. The privilege of subscription at 60, or st 120. figuring $100 as par. to new stock, did not seem' to appeal to Pennsylvania stock, hosiers, and Its price dropped to a point below last night, and Southern Pacifle also receded to a point below yesterday's close. Selling was active through the fist and lowest prices of the day were touched. Declines were made In New York Air Brake of 3 points. General Electric 2, and Illinois Centtal and St. Louts & San Francisco, Chicago Great Western preferred pre-ferred B, St. Paul preferred. Erie seconi preferred, Alton preferred, Reading first preferred. Termessee Coal and International Interna-tional Power 1 to 1. Amalgamated dropped to 68 ln the late dealings, and th closing was active and easy. Close: Atchison, 81; Atchison preferred. 97: B. & O.. 91; Can. Pac.. 129: Chicago Chica-go & Alton. 32; C. & A preferred. 69; ' Chicago & N. V, 188; Colo. Sou.. 26; D. & R. G., 37; D. & R. G. preferred. 86; Krie. 35; 111. Central. 138; Louisville & Nashville. 120: Manhattan .. 138; Metropolitan Metro-politan St. Ry., 134; Mexican Central. 26; Missouri Pacific. 107; New York Central, 136; Pennsylvania, 141; Reading. Read-ing. 9; Rock Island, 43; Rock Island preferred. 76; St. Paul, ex-dividend. 164; Southern Pacific, 62; 8outhem Railway, 31; Union Pacific. 90: Union Pacific preferred. 9o; Wabash. 28: Wisconsin Wis-consin Central. 25; Amalgamated Copperi 68; American Car and Foundry. 33; Amf Locomotive. 27; Am. Smelting and Re-f lining. 47: Am. Smelting and Refining? preferred. 95; Brooklyn Rapid Transit. -Im; International Paper, 17: National Bis-sult. Bis-sult. 46; National Lead. 25: Northern Securities. 16; Pacific Mail. 37; People's Oas. 102: Pressed Steel car. 61: Pullman Palace Car. 220; Standard Oil. 6R0; Sugar. 124; Tennessee Coal and Iron, 66; United Unit-ed States Steel. 36; U. S. Steel preferred. 86k-: Western Union. 88. BANK CLEARINGS. - Today's clearings, $399,989. Same day last year, J654.9S1. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOXTIS. March 25. Wool Unchanged. Un-changed. Territory and Western medium, 15fl7c; fine, 15ft 16c; coarse. 12Q15c ' San Francisco Wheat. SAN FRANCISCO. March 25. Wheat Weak; May, M.34; December. I.20; spot. dull. $1.3311.42. Barley Weak; May, $1.06; December, 86c; cash, $1.15. |