Show BIG Bm LIQUIDATION OF LEADING STOCKS Harriman Investigation Causes General Selling Selling Decided Decided Boom in Copper M Market arke v s II lly Ily c. c Shu New Now York Feb 27 Wall all Wall street t sold locks today with as nN a as It 1 bought ought thorn them the previous tiny lIny harriman had proven harm harmless lOBs but his brokers rs took the tho stand and gave away secrets that astonished the street streel Tho TIme mystery of or who had been selling Great Northern orthen nna North Northern rn Pacific for so many ninny monthS month Is solved 1 It Isnow Isnow is isnow now known that there Is Js more oC or the high class stocks In the hands bands of the lie public than limn ever before This testimony b by Otto OLto JT ii Kahn proved absolutely false the he statements of at friends friend that he lie had not boon been selling those stocks tock The Time laYs days proceedings before the In Interstate In In- to Commerce comm commission was simply another blow sit mit It confidence The street turned pessimistic mid re refused c fused fusee to lo believe vc anything Stock made new h levels IK and am there here was wui QuI only a n. veiled alt attempt to lo conceal th time the fact Cut that tho the soiling selling was real ral Reading Heading was wa time the center of attack AmaPa- AmaPa mated Anaconda St SI Paul Atchison and Steel were weak anti and active Stirs SUr the Street In its extreme ha bad humor humor the lie str street t showed Its contempt for fOI time the seven sl by turning to Thomas Il Lawon oh All wan Walt street was vas ringing wIth hl hIs hIM tame name and on aim th the tho curb the day was one long loner roar in which Rt a 1 new high record under his magic touch ouch lie He was hailed bailed as a Hamilton of finance I There was mm mows wo-mows In InV V 1 developments ls of or Importance The rho financial 1 world seemed to have no heart for anything and antI but only a n lI listless Us Interest was wan taken in t the lIP lIP- stocks of oC freight blockades block bloc It- It aries ades and gUILt great Itt volumes of or unfilled or or- or l'- l' tiers der Just JURt at th time th close th there ic was walla a a slight rally due to covering by professionals pro pro- and ancl the time market wn wf S really very near nour cI demoralization wh when whon n the time therong gong rong sounded and und they 1 hInd had na found oun 1 plenty of stock London continued to sell 8 Americans but the thc copper shares 4 were In good de- de mum In t that lint h. h t market marke-L In the Street Sired total numb of or hare of stock sold today tollay amounted II to 1 against the same day last year 10 The Plic total par pur value of or hands bonds scud to today today to- to day Jay amounted tell to lo against 2 the same saimie day Jay year 1 One of oC the reports current In fn time tho afternoon afternoon aft aft- was ivas that as us soon as Cs s congress a adjourned journell the time projected great Areat coal coni company will be he brought nut out Humors ca caused cd hammering of or Reaching Reading Read Reach ing InS the time most Important being that lint George e F. F Baker president provident of Ute the First National bank was was subpoenaed by the J I Interstate Comm Commerce commission loll to tell toll what he lie knows th the call on Rt ReadIng Read Ihl- IhlIng Ing lag which it is alleged ed the B. B and O. O gave a n party of Wall Vall street ors Delay of congress ss In acting on tile the Aldrich bill w ws s 9 not hot pI piesing of CH Tho r range ngo of or prices was a as follows Open High Low Close Erie Krie 31 31 23 3 33 Smelter com US H 10 HO HOT Preferred IU Illy W. W l t National Lead Leac ro 69 69 s fe CH CS Am Ala Loco 73 73 73 71 71 So Railway av 01 25 oJ lIS 25 I. I 7 1 25 1 4 Ana Ann Copper V- V Gy Sort West Vest 53 52 3 53 13 Ho Rock k Island we 2134 21 21 23 23 C. C F. F nn and I. I It 41 I J 12 42 43 Rep Hep Steel Steel j 07 97 I 7 I 97 11 d StoOl com corn f II 13 13 Preferred r 1 l 10 Colo Cob Fo Southern 31 w Z 33 l' l XA J inn llin J W Sugar com com IJ Gas 02 I 02 U. U It n. T r 71 Vi 71 71 00 GO rol Am Car Fd FOr tg i 4 41 43 13 St. St Paul U k H. H A H IV U. U P. P com i 16 com corn i Preferred ed 96 8 98 38 f IS 95 S S. S P. P 1 lly 91 01 1 t W tO SS OS Mo Pacific W 30 80 78 78 IS 70 79 Nor 1 Pacific Hl tin IHfe T Texas n 33 32 V u 32 32 21 Can Pacific Ii 2 4 IS i 13 dies Ches Ohio t. t GOi GO 50 4 49 49 N. N Y V. Cent Ii 1 12 1 21 4 J IlL 11 Cen Cent t. t 15 1 15 Out Onto West i 4 43 I 15 l n H M. M K and T. T 70 71 70 71 Wabash 3 i i o- o 2 30 3 30 Pa Ia n Ry I Y 13 10 1271 Reading HeadinG li 11 11 Iou Lou Nash ash 10 13 1 i |