Show REACTION IN INS S STOCK SIM MARKET Speculative Activity Not Great and Prominent Issues Neglected ST. ST PAUL TAKES TH THE LEAD Stock Is Bid BItI Up Tuo T o Ih Points ts on Rumors Rum Rum- or ors or of or a n Doul ul Pending itil lh Southern Pacific N New Ne' w York S Sept pL rIL 21 Trading Trading In to today's to- to days day's s stock tock market was wa characterized l by Irregularity In price pric movements and with wih a few ew notable le exceptions stocks w were re inclined to be La reactionary The rhe market experienced spasmodic periods of or strength all aU around aronne but ut t there did not appear to be e sufficient fresh h favorable favorable favor favor- able developments elo to enable those operating op op- op- op crating on omi 01 the long hong side Ice of or the market marketto to advance and ane maintain prices at tl the higher level vol Speculative activity was w. pl I. lt not great and mon many o of the more mort promInent prominent prom prom- Issues were comparatively neg There was waN a U good good deal deal of or talk concerning deals udeal but the tho only one which rec received much attention was that l by which It I was ale alleged ld the Southern South South- ern trl Pacific would take over tr O the Chi ca cage cago o Milwaukee and St. St St Paul This han Imas now lecon become an nn old od tory story out but on onIs Its Is revival toc today Y St. St HI Paul was bid up nearly 2 per cent and easily assumed sume leadership of tho time market markOt L Southern Souther Pacific after aCer showing an early farl advance ad ad- l- l vance of i per e cent nt lo lost t virtually all al Its Ut gain all and Union Pacific which it it l lono ono one time line rose a full ful point subsequently sank below yesterdays yesterday's closing n figure Reading RendIng which of or late lato hn has furnished the feature of or tho the market today displayed displayed els dis dis- played cd considerable weakness The Pennsylvania grout group With the of Chesapeake and Ohio receded frac frac- rac- rac S Another advance ance ad In iii tin the price of oC copp copper copper cop cop- p per r m metal ta stimulated l a rise of nearly a ml i point In iii Amalgamated Copper nail and this stock held comparatively t tC C stron strong g throughout the the day The he market markt clo closed c weak with the majority of or the list showing net losses Government Go bonds w were vern rn unchanged Railroad and amid ot other r bonds quiet and S steady t The he range o of prices wn was as follows follows- Open II High h. h Low Close Amal Copper 13 4 Am Car and ane Fd ii 4 43 3 Am Loc mot 76 76 7 71 Am S. S amid lie I l 1543 lr Am SLug Sug Hf flit 13 13 rma 1 In Co 21 1 9 21 Atchison 10 10 11 amid O. O 12 D. D R It T. T f j jt t 79 Can Cn PacIfic lii 7 ChI Gt West est IH 17 17 17 IH Chi ChI arid and N. N W. W IV ZIO C. C r. r r and St. St P hiS lT C. C F. F and amid I. I 57 57 C. C and S. S S. 37 3 37 lh 31 Con al 13 13 3 D. D and n d R. R G. G 43 43 3 42 2 4 4 Erie Eric t iSh H 47 4 47 Gen Elec Electric IntI P p r Iy 17 17 m lCy m 16 17 1 L and N. N 15 Great Nor pd 3 3 31 3 Mex Central Centra 21 Pacific 98 P 97 I Sr r. r i-c. i amid ant T. T 3 36 35 3 National Lend 79 tO Lene 79 19 79 Ty N. N Y C COntral n l r I 1431 Pacific Mail fal S 3 3 3 29 lla 1 6 13 1 S. S Car s f 55 6 55 5 ReadIng Republic Steel 39 29 33 3 37 Rock J Island Co 2 27 27 preferred ant 65 G 65 2 r 65 2 Southern Souther 9 9 H 74 preferred 1 11 US 18 Souther R fly 37 23 3 37 3 37 rm Texas Texus amul Pac 3 3 37 3 Union Pacific 1 IS 18 8 1 r. r R 5 Rubber 55 5 56 5 5 U. U S. S S Steel 45 foy 45 sj 4 S lO 4 Wabash prof I H 41 4 11 I orth r 21 Sloss Steel i 75 7 75 7 75 p S S. S I |