Show Financial and Commercial New York Dec Dee Rallying naU 1 in from low prices esta established shel In a raid t th the stock Atod market closed at nt th the best s of oC the dl day this afternoon with net Ib at ad s In many Issues The j anC stocks Hocks wore wre In which there are reason reasons for dpp depression slon such as n the railroad equip r Tnt shares stocks tock Involved In In the lean Imm Su Sugar banking ar house hOlse failure and in Amer Ami Declaration D of o a scrip dividend of 1 H per cent for the quarter on Sester stern Union Telegraph Tle raph resulted in a slight recovery re rt covery for that stock The banking situation Is much Improved ed d the Improvement ment being evident ident e lr e ever 24 N hours The only trouble now now- Is that thu Iho th banks have made themselves too toe strong In cash cah for the good of business and ind each ach Institution hesitates to pa pay on out each cah freely freeh Tho rho best authorities look loo for tor t tight ht mone money the next three tree weeks wels veel and then they expect it to become mud much easier but hut 2 per pl cent money monEY I Is hardly bartH looked for F nr to P Went d Time Tho Th New York banks fear Car that if the they reduce the Interest rale rate too loo low there will 1 be withdrawals to the West est The rate rat was too low last week and In iii addition addIton ii to causing sharp advances in the stock the market mar mar- 1 ket lcd It caused shipments to lo the West est estIn In spite spile plc of oC the sharp which were occurring occurrinG from time lime tm to lo time lime con con- hankers bankers insist that thai Investment purchases should be Le made without re re- re serve fr The They frown at nt nn any margin tradIng tradIng trad- trad Ing however and rather rejoice when they thEY see the thC professionals upseL upset Currency continued at a n premium today tok to to- to- to k day dl and money ranged between 22 and 10 II per cent cent Copper metal was reduced Ii in price here and In London Metal stocks stock were wc all nn weak with wilh the exception o of Amal Amalgamated and Anaconda which were marvelously strong coi COT th their lr mk trade position Goldfield mines will wi be reopened to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow with wilh wages of the miners fixed at nt 4 U a da day The Cripple Creek system will wi be b adopted and the he camp will wl h be an am open shop The opening of o these mines minet td nearly nearh million dollars week weekly means mUS a milon for tor business and Is a big bull bun i ment ment r In the Street The total number of or shares share of or stock sold on the New York stock exchange toda today amounted to a against p. p tho the same day a year ago Total par of or bonds sold old tOJI today OCO a year yeat a ago o. o The directors of oC the Western Union met tocla and de declared Telegraph company today I de-I dared clan d a quarterly l dl dividend dividend of end of oC 1 m 1 per percent pe cent payable In stock I In iii time the quarterly report of the company compan m the net deficiency in feH revenue nUe over ex- ex is i given I en as All An the figures are not yet et In and the thet t- t revenues re for Cor the Quarter ending December Decem Decem- her ber 31 are aro part partly estimated and part partly y reported for Cor a total of ot 00 The 10 H per cent a advance In the wages of em em- which was prior to lo the unsuccessful unsuccessful strike b by the operators proved pro a heavy tax tX upon the earnings s of the company 0 and the he situation was further I aggravated sr n ane by the general financial de de- de D' D use lined to One of the rumors which bears used t to depress s th the market was that Edward Edward I H. H r harriman was WS seriously Ill 11 The he on only I basis for the story was WIL that thai Mr If Harrl Harl I man had a slight attack o of grip and a as asi there there- was no business calling wa pressing for his presence at al his office he yielded I to to his wife's advice and remained a at ati f home home I r. r In the gold oll and sliver silver sl er shares share trading I Ins was ns fairly active cl c. but prices were uninterrupted I I IThe The new t twenty dollar dolar pieces gold-pieces sold old I Iata ata at-a premium of or 10 0 on the curb Collect Collectors Collect I ors are taking them 0 off the market As I Ithe they the were put In circulation to o relieve rele e the I stringency the situation Is rather rather awk awk- I ward Collectors want rant them because they nrc arc struck upon the medal press To r re relieve r I of oC their anxiety no J lieve liev the collectors amore more mon JC oln b L nek the or ordinary or-Ic or r- r coin press tI bem being beilig use used c Clou IrleeN Irice I i received recel over private Closing prices p wire of ot James A A- A Pollock and company H. H Sales Am Am iii-i iii C. C I 1 31 3 2911 2941 gl 1 loO I Ft 1 I HI 69 Smelt 1 I I Am m. tm I 1311 3 36 I l 35 35 oo I 1 hoc J Am OCt I n 97 I 1 Am 16 16 I 16 I ZOO I I I 1 Am Wool IG 5 46 I cO CopI Cop CopI 2821 2871 27 I 8 3 OI I Atchison I 11 71 li I and Ohio 1 SOJI SO 80 I SOil tOO nail Bait and Ym Dal R. R T T. 1 3 I 36 Brooklyn P. P Pacific ac I I l II 8 1 t 71 1811 RI CIC g'S gS Cites antI SSI IS Glib SU 1 lh i St is 3 I I 1200 C. C M. M t an St St. l 19 i I 19 I 1 I. I 1 J r Colo Cob Fuel and ond 11 lG 16 J I 16 1 I 1100 Erie Erie i 17 pfd Nor Not IH Great 10 1 II 1 Illinois minol Central Cl Nash t I 3 53 I 1110 Inu anil Central I 1 11 lii 1 13 1 14 1 I 2 2300 30 en u. u n 51 I 3 00 I url Pacific 1 l II 1100 2100 anil I 2511 a K Mo York o lc Central i I 9 1 91 1 2 1 g f Nw y I 1111 n 11 31 HI N. N I Y Y Ont Onto and andI W I 1 I ant I I L National nal r. I 39 1 38 I 38 rr N Pacific 11 Pennsylvania II 1 3 II I 1 1 11 anla 11 20 p. p Peoples People's Gas I 76 II 81 Sl I I Hock flock 1 Hi 15 s I 1 I 1 1 1 r 5 I I. I I 1611 l 1 K-il K Ron Hop I 1 antI and S. S IGI R Southern ano Halwa I l 1 1 13 I l 90 Southern i 73 I 1071 4 13 2300 Union 11 5 1 88 U U. S. S Steel I 2511 2111 lo o phI I II 4 utah Ulah Copper 1 1 15 H 1511 51 SO Tennessee Copper I I 1 28 t I. I I. I I 1 I I. I CM M 5 I I 4 I OI Money Mone closed at al 6 per cent bid hll Total sales sails OO |