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Show . J. J . . J. ..i v NEW YORK, Feb. 28. Buying orders contended with selling orders for a time after the opening and the result was a highly feverish market until the bulls eventually got the upper hand. ' When the market was decisively turned - upward up-ward It went with a rush before the Impetus Im-petus of heavy buying orders for both accounts. , Southern Railway preferred Jumped 6 point. Reading and Great Northern ore certificates also scored an over-night .gain of li and others a point. The advances were reduced somewhat before 11 o'clock. 1 '' Prices advanced again, but the demand subsided at the higher level and selling was actively renewed. Most of the -gains were wiped- out. On the advance Reading Read-ing and Anaconda gained 2.. The market rallied -before noon. ' The usual dull period between 12 and - 1. o'clock was curtailed somewhat by the heavy demand for the Harrtroan stocks which- followed the announcement of the ; Impending adjournment of the Interstate Commerce commission hearing. All other stocks sympathised with the rise In Union Pacific. Spirited buying appeared again at 1 o'clock and the market be- I came quiet. Smelting made up all but a small fraction of Its earlier decline. Ana- i conda increased Its advance to i Great Northern preferred and Union Pacific 2, General Electric II, Missouri Pacific, Southern Pacific and Sugar 11. Although the market reached a still higher level by the middle of the afternoon, after-noon, the speculation was uninteresting in the usual market leaders. Much of the demand centered in the low priced stocks. Fresh liquidation In Smelter drove it down 1 below yesterday's figure, but the general gen-eral list stood firm. , The market closed strong and active, j Fresh , buying carried prices ,to the highest high-est of the day Jn the final hour. Anaconda Ana-conda rose Hi; Northern Pacific. Amalgamated Amal-gamated Copper, Union Pacific, 1 to 1. |