Show i Financial F nanc a 1 and Co Commercial mmel c a 1 BY THOMAS TITOMAS C. C New cw York March tarch S. S Stocks S. Stocks almost had hal a a. day a of or excitement In Wall street today In a a. dozen hl issues ues something nearly happened but In every case the incipient excitement fell fel tint flat The re- re suIt ault QuI however was a a series of I n advances vances in specialities that t gave cavo the market an appearance of ac nc- nc ac- ac Everything was waB professional public participation being entirely ab at absent ab- ab sent sent The Tho professionals who were busy II th they would he be able to rouse rouse Interest In their specialties and for that reason thorn there was vas some real foundation sOle lon for tor what was done Most Important of ot tho tire days das e events nt was tho the leciston lJ by the Supreme court cour courtot t of ot Missouri In favor of ot railroads on lH the tho two-cent two faro fare cases About IS 18 railroads rail mil roads had hai banded to together to fth figh t the tIre two two-c two cent nt law law Tho The result of or to tt ll days day's decision was an advance of or Mis Missouri I- I soon Pacific from 67 7 to 70 10 with that tha t stock holding firma firm throughout tho the ac se eel eel- slon Ilon Wabash began to move moa about th the tho e same satire time Missouri Pacific did did but bitt I It t strength was wal duo to t rumors ot or an in agreement nt about aboul to bo Lo made with wih th tho Union Pacific Such an un Jat agreement i h. h s In lino hino with wih tire the announcement made mad se ss e exclusively In this column some months month s ago re regarding Harriman's plans fo for or r the Gould roads roads Edwin Hawley returned to Wall Wallstreet Tal l street unexpectedly and anc Missouri Kan Kansas Kansas I-an I sas Ras and Texas Texas I Kansas ansas City Southern Souther n and Chesapeake and Ohio immediately y b became camo active Hawleys Hawley's s n mo his Iu h Ii ho como cemo a shadow of an and d wherever ho hl moves stocks advance be bp- fore tore him hint Talk now Is that In Iii consid consideration oration ornton of or the tho tariff agreement mad ado e by ty the Southern Pacto arid and Ind tho the Kaunas Kansa es s City Southern HarrIman will wil be bo permitted per permitted to name a n new president fo for r the latter hatter road roal and to put vo t representatives on en the tire board of or t fo directors s- s It II I Is 19 distinctly understood that this thi s does not mean meau that Harriman Is la buyIng buy buy- hl lag Ing control of or tho the property Hermann u cen who took the tire property awa away y from Harriman several years ars ago RhO an and yd d reorganized It It IH is to retire from th the e management b by hl hla own desire Hawley's Hawleys Haw Haw- ley's leys friends are arc buying the tho sto k an amr and d they itro Iro also buying Missouri Kansas Kan Kan- Kansas sas and Texas and Chesapeake an and od d Ohio Reading wa was warm strong shong in tho the morning mornin g. g hut but Just Juat just noon It broke suddenly nJ y two points joints Within 15 minutes r it brol broke brok it tt had regained mo most t of or th the e re loss ant and ana a short timo afterward an announcement an- an was n made made- from Crom Washing ton that the tho Supreme court would n not ot hand down fown an any decision In Iii tho the corn com COI- COI case ce toda today of Prices Quotations received over oer private wire e of James James A. A Pollock Co bankers an and d brokers broker 6 West Second South street I H H. H I L. L L I CiL SaleAm Sales Sale s. s Am Am Car 49 GOO coo 0 Am Am Smelt 83 r 82 83 32 1 8 Si mo Am Imn Locomotive 51 oil U 50 1611 Q mal Amalgam am Cop 09 69 GS SIAl 21 Anaconda Cop 1 lOu 0 Atchison IOU 1041 1031 1033 1032 30 00 Bait Dalt and ant Ohio IOn 1073 lOa 1075 1071 oo Brook Rapid T 72 7 a 72 na 41 00 Canadian Pac rae 1671 6 00 Ches and nl Ohio 64 67 00 C M and St Paul 12 1 Paul Jt 12 36 00 Colo Cob Fuel and I. I 1 33 3 i Consolidated Gas D tumid and Rio Grande Crande 45 H Hi 45 U Erie 26 26 25 2300 oO Great North pfd HO 1403 HO 1401 1000 1600 Louis and ana Nash Missouri Pac Pac 70 6 67 69 M 31 K nn and Tex rex 41 41 Do preferred 3 71 7 New Now York Cen Cemi 1231 1225 1222 1233 2206 2200 OO N Y Ont and West 46 4 Hi 15 46 G Nor and Western estern 4 87 I S 87 fi 1700 10 National atonal L Load Lead a 76 75 1200 Hil 71 Northern Pac lac 1361 1368 1361 1 1291 l 1500 1600 OO Peoples People's Gas 1110 HealIng Heading 1242 1241 10 1010 10 I I 1211 U Rock Island 28 i 22 22 23 I Do preferred i 6 62 1300 n Rep p I 1 and and seo O 20 0 1 ZOO Southern Souther Ry ity Ia 2 24 2 ZIO Southern Pac 1174 1161 Union Pac 1753 Il 17 1765 U US S eel S 1755 45 41 H 4 45 H 14 OO Do preferred IJ 11 10 I 0 Utah Copper opper 41 4 41 n 41 H Tennessee Cop 3 r 38 I 1 1200 00 Newhouse ehouse I 3 i 3 33 I 3 1 1500 Monty Mont closed at 2 per cent Shares Sham Shares sold |