Show Financial and Commercial BY fy TH THOMAS C. C lir JIT ELL New York May I lh The The I.-The The stock market market mar mar- ket rushed on upward rd nearer to the catastrophe with wih nr new w hl high h records cords records In Inman Inman inman man of tho the leaders Th The lh promise la lafor I Ifor iu for a I wildly excited market next week 4 A stubborn short interest refuses to cover and some of the lc greatest financiers finan ciers of ot the United States are arc plunging on the tho bull bul side llE In the hope of ot ad ad advancing stocks to a level avel nt at which they themselves can liquidate without severe Vere losses It I is a n Harriman market market mar mar- ket from tram beginning to end but gT great at as 1 the advance not a n dollar donar of oC profit Is Ii I. I shown yet for the aggressive party be because because be- be cause cuse they bought their stocks last laft year car far tar above tho the present level and took such s severe vert losses during the panic that It would woul be Impossible for them to liquidate yet at nt a profit proUt On the other hand the Morgan party Is doing nothing except selling a B few thousand shares now and then of at the stocks purchased at the bottom of the tho panic No o opposition Is 18 being being made to the u. the Harriman campa campaign n but los losses ef arc are being leing s scrutinized with extreme care caro for tor a disposition Is growing upon the lie liepart part palt of those In charge of ot tho the market marketto t tto I to spread out and and accelerate public opinion by wild wid advances In the hope of being able to unload before the which is Inevitable this summer comes to pass The action of or in leton congress deliberately deliberate leaving the thc country countr at the mercy morcy of or panic makers by refusing to provide for tor fora torn a n safe safo currency system Is a n danger point of the tho situation I If f congress congro 8 were anxious to cause a n wild wid panic and widespread widespread wide wide- I spread ruin it could no not promote such sucha a thing better beter than by doing exact t what It I Is doing On the tho curb tho the copper storks stocks were 1 strong and active under tho the influence of the bid ble for Ely and Nevada Nevada Consolidated In the Street j The Tue number of ot shards ROld sold upon the t exchange today amounted to I the corresponding day last year The total par value of bonds sold 01 to today tolay to- to lay day was 1000 against the corresponding day ay a year ago I Attempts of ot the tho bears to make maleo capital capital capital capi capi- tal out of ot tho export of ot gold gol Is of ot no I avail for or there thero Is such abundance of ot the metal The Tho he banks are In particularly particularly good shape in to r regard gold because they have been JO transmute nearly of bank banknotes banknotes banknotes notes Into gold old because of or the pf the clerical force in the bureau of or redemption 0 or oC Irlee Prices Pollock Special Wire I 1 lL IL I 1 L. L I Cis ISales lall Am m C. C F. F J I 38 I SIC Am Smelting 1 77 38 n 77 77 77 1 9 9 i iAm Am Locomotive 1 50 I SOIl Am Sugar Am Wool 22 I 2 II I Amal Copper CS GS 3 Anaconda Copper 45 45 4 i 4 flue Atchison 84 1 83 11 B. B and O. O 93 03 7 l Brooklyn n. n r t r SO n 52 0 Canadian Pacific 1159 Chos Che Ohio 44 4 I H 44 I 1 I ll C. C M. M 1 and St. St P. P USA 45 1 31 Cob Colo P. P and I. I 2 Uti Erie 21 21 80 Great Northern 11 Illinois Central Il 1 11 1 I. I I. I Lou LOl an Nash Nah Mexican Central 1611 1011 16 Missouri Pacific 52 2 I 51 I 52 2 I 1800 r. r I i. i K and T. T 2911 2 20 I 1 1700 N. N Y Central 2700 N. N Y O. O and W. W WI 1 10 12 I Nor and anc West Vest 1 I 72 72 Ue 72 1 9 National Lead Lel 1 I 61 GH Il cn f SOl Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Pennsyl a Peoples People's Gas 92 92 I 9 92 I Reading 9 Rock Roc Island 18 I 1100 Rep I. I J and S. S I 20 2011 1 1911 1 0 Southern Ry Ily 1 iSki liz GOO Pacific 1 71 7 Union Pacific 1146 U. U S. S Stool I U IU S 1800 do I 0 Q l 0 QI 1100 C 31 g g 1400 1 i Total sales OO |