Show OF MARKET TODAY NEW cEw YORK YORI May 9 The The market closed strong After a brief period of heaviness In the tho early dealings the movement movement move move- ment was steadily upward and at tho end of the half day session prices were frac fractionally rae rae- above yesterdays yesterday's close Absence of largo large offerings of long longstock longstock stock on the early declines Induced moro more general short covering cohering which was supplemented sup sup- by outside buying Support to Missouri Pacific Ohio and other issues which have been weak of late steadied the whole list Bonds were irregular Rock Island bonds were active and glued gained 1 I to 1 16 points Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar 20 bid American Cotton Oil American Smelting and Refining American Sugar Refining 1034 American Telephone and Telegraph 1224 Anaconda Mining Co Atchison 94 Atlantic Coast Line bid Baltimore Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit 91 J Canadian Pacific 1903 Chesapeake Ohio Chicago Northwestern Chicago Milwaukee SU St Paul 97 bid Colorado Fuel and Iron 27 bid Colorado Southern 23 Delaware Hudson bid Denver Rio Grande 12 Eric Erlo 28 General Electric bid Great Northern preferred 1223 Great Northern Ore Oro Certificates 31 Illinois Central bid In- In preferred International Harvester 1051 bid Louis Louis- Louisville yule ville Nashville 1331 bid Missouri Pacific Pa Pa- Missouri Kansas Texas 15 Valley National Lead 44 41 hid New York Central Norfolk Western 1031 bid Northern Pacific 1094 1090 Pennsylvania 1101 Peoples People's Gas 1204 Pullman Palace Car 15 bid bid Rending 1643 Rock Island Co 31 Rock Island Co preferred 41 44 Southern Pacific Southern Railway 24 Union bit United States St Steel el- el United States Steel preferred Wabash abash I 3 Western Union New Haven |