Show I I STOCKS ARE STRONG Speculation Confident on Exchange Exchange Exchange Ex Ex- Ex- Ex change With Average Going Going Going Go Go- ing Up a Little Now New York April 27 Time The stock marl market et opening was uniformly stronger with the average erale of prices impat up imp at least leitt one half per Ilea cent The Time market mar r I ket ct be began an the time tIa day auspiciously and th time the current tone of speculation was rather confident nt Prices held well for Mn tn hour During the time second hour the tone was ts a little moro more unsteady The real action of or the time day clay was con condensed len ed limb into the time hour from noun noon 10 to 1 Time The first sign of oft t weakness knes was waA In iii Rending Reading which sold old off a point Then sellers of Great Northern preferred suddenly sprang sprang- up tip from nil all sides The rime individual indi vl vidual ual sales al s Included no blocks but hut there thero were irene over 1 fort forty sellers Within half halt an hour houm the time stock lost exactly 2 25 per cent Northern Pacific c declined 13 l' l at time the samo saml time but was not as prominent This was a l signal for rOI general liquidation Tho Th market was not panicky at nl all The Time whole list foil fell an average of probably 3 per cent There were occasional points and and frequent fre no- no I quent half points between tran transactions ac- ac tion oven even In active stocks stock The acute liquidation ended as suddenly s as It started For tho time last two hours the marl market et was active and ammO Intensely feverish A sharp rally was vas followed b bv by an almost equally sharp reaction anti and then the time two alternated at quick quid Intervals Fifteen minutes before beCore the time close clos one of the reactions was In pro pro- gress gross Among the larger declines was one of 7 per cent in Delaware ure Hudson Hud Hud- son soil S 8 in him Northwest followed by a rally of 4 1 I in iii Reading rallying rallYing- 1 3 In St. St Paul 3 in Union Pacific 10 In Anaconda with a rail rally raily of or 1 I 4 1 Vi m in Smelting and Refining 2 In Steel common 4 3 in Brooklyn Rapid Transit About the only strong stock was Pacific Mall Mail in iii which all dealings dealings deal deal- ings s were at ut least 1 per cent higher During the time last lust five minutes there was wa some rail rally Time The close did not miot re reflect re- re the time excitement of earlier In the 1 day d. d The Thc bond list ruled on only slightly lower There was no change In Iii government government gov gov- bond bonel quotations The Tho ranco of or prices was as follows Amal Ama Copper 1 2 1021 Am C. C and F F. U tl U ii K 25 S 39 31 do pfd 1 fI Am m. Locomotive 63 61 W 60 GO fc l l do Pfd fd ill 11 Am S. S amid R l J IWi H H S J do 10 pf pfd lm i 1171 1116 Am Su Sugar ar nf Rig lUg 1351 1354 1 35 Am Ton Tom cent cerL 2 Anaconda M. M 1 Co 2 2 Atchison H i SO 9 i S SS 1 i ido bS do fI ll 1001 Brook R. R T T. SO Str- Str ro 0 j 75 A 7 75 Canadian Pacific 1604 11 W 1511 13 Chi Gt Ct West WeISt 20 21 20 z 19 19 i C. C and N N. W W. l 12 C. C M. M and St. St P P. lS lOS Colo Cob Fuel and Iron 51 11 51 l 1 t 15 4 iG 16 C Can arid and S. S 1st pC pfd pd OS 68 Ci 67 67 Con Gas 2 Ill D. D and R. R G G. G 13 13 13 43 41 do pfd d 6 So 85 55 Eric 11 ll mil miln 41 n 40 O 1st pfd pd 1 76 76 t 76 76 76 76 Gen Electric 1074 1 ll 1 Illinois Central li i Vt 1661 4 1 Inti nU Paper 19 L 2 20 N 19 19 ID I. I L. L and N N. 11 HIV HIV- Met l Securities 71 JB 71 70 70 fc Mex Central 23 4 23 Ny 2014 Missouri l rl Pad Pacific fie 92 2 92 92 i 50 9 91 M. M I. I K IC and amid T T. 33 33 i 31 3 31 do pfd id G 67 f 67 r 61 t K tS f n l Ol TO 79 I f 7 75 N N. N Y t 11 13 13 3 1314 13 I Pacific Mali Mal tO IO 40 10 13 13 13 Pressed Steel Car 52 Z 52 2 lO j 19 I Reading c 26 A 1 Rep Steel 25 2 25 1 do pfd PS S S 10 ri 1 M 96 jt 4 96 I Rock flock Horl Island Co 2614 6 i Lt 1 25 25 do pfd Jd G. G ss 6 f K cs ii g G t 63 S. S P. P G 65 GJ i i Si C 5 1 a 1 lil II do pfd ld pl 17 1 i K 1 h i 17 Texas and Pacific 30 3 30 3 3 31 3 30 3 U. U P P. 15 1408 lG U. U S. S Rubber 52 52 GOTs 50 f do pfd Id 10 lOS lOS' 1011 U. U S. S Steel 12 W 12 2 30 3 39 14 40 do pfd pd Wabash 20 j 2 19 91 1 ID 19 IDdo do pfd 43 43 13 43 i 13 W. W U U. 92 Z 92 ICH r 92 N. N P. P 1 19 Sloss Steel SO 84 S M O 0 j 71 74 t 76 |