Show Financial and I Commercial I New cw York Jan Expectation that 2 h that the attorney general gentral would announce late Inte tonight tho tire government plan of or procedure in the antl anth aton a- a tion ton caused the stock m market rl et to sell Hen off sharply Just at the tho close chose toca today The market marlet was ns heavy hel throughout tho the session but toward midday the coverIng covering cov coy ering cring erIng of or shorts gave ga e lome somewhat substantial substantial sub sub- undertone It I developed later however that lint about all nI the transactions I consisted In the evening up UI of 01 contracts b by professionals who were afraid of ot tho the effects of or the liar anti announcement The harrIman litigation has haH been used so 80 much to break brenk the sto stock k market market mar mar- ket that most persons In Walt Wail al street beleve believe that actual announcement will cau cause e a sharp rally unless it I bo more wi drastic la tc than even e tho the friends of ot Pres Pres- ident Roosevelt elt believe e belc possible David Lamar Lmar and ant his Iris outfit of trained bears beirs gave nn an fU exhibition it hi New York Central Delaware are Dula and and United States Steel that frightened the street until tire the tie identity of the t performers per per- formers Conner was wag discovered Rock Hock Island stock tock is going down own Th Th situation In Smelters Is hi such that selling It ir Is like t playing with dynamite le One favorable ta orble development o of the lay was the thA report that tho the presidency r r f tho the Knickerbocker Trust com company pan would be bl offered to Samuel Sloan Tire The Til report It was believed was wal put out outs out's as ts a feeler If J BO so tin tim tm friends of Mr Sloan must feel nattered flattered for It I net met wi with th general approval ol I r. A Announce Official announcement was made malle by liy the Missouri Pacific that It had sold I hat of or short time notes t ti to a brokerage linn Irm and that the thc notes notcH lad iad been heen placed with wll Investors In l As a hatter of ot fact the Goulds ha have hat t taken l en nearly all 31 the tho notes notes Banks announced a 1 gain of ot about on known tn movements of of oC none A gain In cash o of Is confidently ent expected this week Tho The feature of ot the situation th that t Bankers are beginning to figure on 01 is 1 the release of high class bonds bonus li h by the government o as ns banks return government govern govern- government govern govern- ment depo deposits This Tills is going Kolls to bring nero oro of ot these thle bonds Into Wall al street find and Ld onles mo may be he compelled 1 to sell l om some stocks to take lake care of these bonds The curb culb market was steady to today a iut ut not ey very active t Chief among the tho stocks tra traded et In were Con Con- Utah Nevada Utah e and anel Cumber Cumber- land Ely and Boston Consolidated In Iii the lie Streit tr The Tine total sales of or stocks tot today were against tho the cor- cor da day a year er e r a ago o. o The Time total par pil value of bonds sold tolay tolay to- to 13 lay was wa GO against i L I year ago Announcement that the thc American Locomotive company compan would discharge hun hundred red men and ant shut down Its ts Providence plant F February 1 caused a sharp LIol break In the stock Money lol e loaned at 11 1 1 per ler cent today toda Range of Range flange of or prices received over o private i wire of ot James A. A n Pollock and comI company tankers and and brokers S I II 11 1 Sales Ann Am Car I 1 20 20 29 a Am S. S melt met 1 i 2 t Am Loco 37 7 35 Gl Am Sugar ug 1111 1200 1111 Il Cop COI 49 S n o Ann Ana Copper SA 32 1000 Atchison 71 U 72 U. U and O. O 8 8 80 1000 13 It H. Trains H 13 Can Cal Pacific H OO z anti o. o 1 C. C M. M r. r an and St. St P. P 9 11 11 1111 9 JJ C. C F F. 1 20 O 9 GOO COO I. I 1 Hi 14 15 41 Gt J I Jn 12 lO 1202 ld 1 17 11 1181 81 57 UI- UI 11 SUU SOO te Mex Cent 11 15 Mo Pacific 43 U 43 2600 l K o. o 43 3 31 2311 3 2100 N. N Y V. 97 17 N Y V. O. O W. W 33 23 33 J 23 sat l Lead ad r 1300 Nor NUl I G 1 4 I 15 11 IS OO aD Gas 8 85 SG 85 Reading IO n 1 1000 nock flock Island i 1 1 13 13 1000 Rep Hep J. J an arid S. S 17 1 17 1300 So o Jh 17 10 10 1100 mo 1 1 Pacific 75 73 74 U U. U P 1 1 1 1223 G GOO I. I U S. S Steel 28 28 l 92 9 I ng Utah Copper 25 25 21 1 Tenn Cop 28 29 c 9 9 91 9 wOO 1 31 I 31 3 31 Money Ione cOS d offered at 2 per ller cent cent Total sales |