Show SHORTS PUNISHED BY WILLING BULLS fAil All Stocks Advance and General Gen sen- en- en eral Boom Expected Along Wall lall Street c i My Hr C. C New York Kew-York York Fob Feb b. b 28 s. Everything inS inS' that list t Wall street said and thought on Wed Wed- it said and thought thou today tony but ut from exactly the tho opposite point poin of view and so 80 tm Instead of oC stocks It bought stocks and Instead ad of or thinking thinking think think- ing that the end ha had come It thought I that hat the time mum has hRS begun The re result result re- re sult cult was a sharp advance ad in In every evOly stock on the list on the tine curb eurl und lend in lit cotton In and coffee Shorts were severely pun pun- shed Time Tho change of moment however was not convincing as Us It was wars too sudden It gave Ja the Impression lon of or tl support by t tine tho ho seven sc Had lIal support not been ten extended the whole list might have havo collapsed Professional Wall VaIl street feels reels that the tho only salvation for or the thc stock market lies In mucking the he quotations look as us thou though h nothing serious enIous was wall lone done In theAlton tine the Alton deal leal This Is one of tho the times Umes when Wall street rejoices that It l is If habitually misrepresented for tho tine re result re- re hulL sult of oC this misrepresentation is that lint the lie public is 18 unable to appreciate tho the enormity of or the tho financial crimes crimes' disclosed dis dis- ls- ls clo closed d in the tao hearing of oC tho the Interstate Commerce commission n nig Iere Boom Market The rhe sever seven refuse to believe t that hat the tine nubile Is able to appreciate what was Vas and today's tit demonstration showed showell tint that there them Is latent power for or emer emner- s rl Tle best bent information was that the nod flock Island people hind had come to tho tim support of the market first having realized what might be e the effect if they thoy y continued to complain about their bargain in Chicago go ln and Alton Edward II H. harriman has apparently accomplished what he lie set l out to do frighten do-frighten frighten oC other oilier her high hh-h financiers Into silence It Is lit an In open secret that the Investigation lion now lion under way woy was waR inspired by Stuyvesant Fish but It Is no secret t that Mr lT surprised d Iris Inn enemIes enemies enem enem- ies los by the thu frankness with which ho lie disclosed corporation secrets Many well meaning InV Investors were thoroughly thorough thorough- ly angry o over o cr the tine d' d disclosures anti and I threats of or punishment are heard hard on every hand han Conservative bankers are arc therefore uI I advising their customers to have havo nothing to do with the tho market even though It does doeR have the outward of or a n. boom The enthusiasm extended to London where Americans ns closed strong In lie he street The total number of or shares sharell of or stocks sold today amounted to against the same tiny day ay a et year ago tSo The total par value of or bonds sold to today today today to- to day was against f tho the same sanie da day a year a ago o. o James Speyer is ls reported to havo have said to the Moore Brothers anI anti and other Rock flock Island insiders that Speyer and Company Company Com Corn pany would not take hold hoM of oC tho the Rock Island in an aggressive ag wa way until the preferred stock i ID 19 retired and control ot or the company compan left to the tho common stockholders Early adjournment of con congress ress certain tam tain passage 3 O of or the tine Aldrich bill anti and an ati adjournment of or the Interstate Commerce Commerce Com Corn merce commission hearings were the bull ar arguments today The Tho St. St Paul directors failed Called to get geta ceta a quorum to act on tho the semi annual tl tJ trust have e inken take ink of or the tine steel en jI 2500 shares preferred stock at tinder the tine recent lecent order They subscribed sub sub- scribed for tor much more than the tIme compan company com corn pan pany would let tl them em have of or Prices Price N The range of or prices was as ns follows Am Car Fd 13 Iy II H 3 1311 H 41 Am Smelting I l. l HO 1311 HH Am 71 7 I 4 72 4 Am Sugar ug r 1314 Am Wool 32 23 23 32 Amal Copper I 3 i S 11 Ana Copper 2 th I 4 I AtchIson Bait and amid Ohio tOS n. n TI R. Transit 69 roY i 69 60 roZ Can Cail P Pacific IS I 18 Clues and OhIo 49 51 19 tH 2 i 1 C. C M. M and St. St Iii 11 C. C F. F and r. r 11 II- II 42 4 41 Erie Erl 4 I and 3 3 Mex Cent i Vi 23 Mo Pacific TSi 80 73 M. M K and T. T corn com W 12 42 Preferred 71 a 71 70 0 70 J N. N Y 1 N. N Y 0 and W. W 41 m 12 I N W. W SI Nat Lead 68 6 67 6 Nor Pacific lb Ii Peoples People's Gas 93 95 93 1121 hock I. I 21 21 Rep r. r S. S 4 32 So itY 21 SO Pacific u 51 m U. U S. S Steel ill 43 i |