| Show I r FI Financial a 1 and Commercial BY DY BYA A. A M. M I. I CIA CHAPMAN PI AN New York Jul July 23 The The stock market market markot mar mar- ket kot toda today was as dull dul but strong in spots At the opening prices a advanced as the they have o dope dono dOlo practically every morning mornin during curin the week then they declined The They recovered reco quickly however an anthe and the tho Indications were vero that the m market was sas being gradually shoved shoed to higher I levels lc el C vels The Interesting feature of ot the da day was the strength displayed by Rock Reel Island lund and the weakness ness shown b by In In- In h Metropolitan Rock Is Island Islands Island's tei ter borough ter-borough borough 1 land lands land's nn s 's s d demonstration of ot strength was wa wash accompanied h by a revival revl of ot tho the report that the thc Important Information would woul bo be forthcoming In respect to some somo denin den deal dealIn In which tho tim road would woul be vitally Italy In In- In As to the probable deal nothing noth noth- ing definite could be bo learned The authors authors authors au au- thors of the tho report said It might b be bo I II I some arrangement with rith wih tho Delaware I Lackawanna Western or that ii It I I might bo be something to do with the San Sar Francisco St. St Louis Tho The only thing thing- that could coul be traced trace In connection with the tho advance was wih the tho fact tact that tho buln buying camo caine from froni Interests Rock Hock Island has hus Morgan been beon particularly popular with the Morgan crow crowd since the tho advent ent as a Junior al partner into that house of or a 0 former official of the tho First National Bank of ot Commerce Affects Although It was an off Jay day the time volume eel vol ume utne of ot business I was greatly limited fora forn for a n full session Tho The heavy rain probably probably ably had some borne effect but there was an abl evident disposition erect to avoid commitments commitments commitments commit commit- ments pending the dividend meeting of ot the board hoard of directors of or the United States Stool corporation ne next nest t week Copper stocks were notably strong The Tho copper Industry Is upon tho the eve ofa of ot ota ofa a boom similar to that witnessed in the tho trade of ot the last three months Tho The quotation for tor Amal Amalgamated Copper went to Baltimore Ohio made a new now hl high h record It I was said tho the buying of ot this stock was for the account of Union Pacific but this was denied emphatically b by persons In iii close touch with the tho latter Interests Union Pacific was active and closed aJ three-quarters three of a point higher An Interesting feature In connection wih with tho the trade In this stock was that ono time sign of ot strength of at a well veil wel known broker who recently sold steel In large blocks appeared as a seller seler This trader traer has stopped slopped tho the advance In Union Pacific each day clay for the tho last three throe days It was not able however and ho lie lost ver very I little stock in doing so Ito From this fact tact It wa was argued he was acting for bl big Interests who are aro accumulating the stock but quietly were quiet disinclined to allow others to take the market out of ot their hands Number of ot shares sold today a year car ago no Par value of ot bon bonds s sold today 2956 year car ago ngo 30 OOOO Range of f Prices Price Quotations received ed over private wire of ot James A A. Pollock Co bankers hankers anti and brokers No G 6 West Vest Second South street I n. n I I. I L I CisI Sales Sole AtchIson 16 1168 1163 Car F y 62 6 6 6 1300 Amu I Loco oco Anaconda Cop 49 8 41 4 00 Amo Smelt H I mn B. B H. H T. T 77 77 1400 n. n and R O. O IOa 1208 1202 Amal Cop SH Can Pac 1851 1863 2000 N. N Y 1313 1351 C. C P. P and I H 13 H 44 2000 C. C and ond O. O I. I 18 78 is 2000 D. D and aud n. n G. G Hi 6 I i Erie Erio 1000 Great Nor pfd Hi 1501 1501 3 00 Illinois Cent 1553 lir GOO M. M I. I K and T. T 46 41 do 10 73 7 73 L. L and N. N Hi Missouri Pac 73 71 1100 N. N and W. W f n 93 U 2200 N Newhouse 21 Northern Pac 1533 1521 1636 1633 2500 Norther N N. Y 1 O. O and W. W V. V 53 2 63 SOO Pennsylvania anlo 1372 UH 1371 17 Peoples People's Gas 1151 25 00 Rock nock Island 37 75 do o. o preferred R. R I. I and S. S 33 33 Reading South Pac 1323 1331 Southern Hr Ii 31 St Souther St St. Paul 1551 37 1600 T Fennessee Cop 39 ai 1600 Union Pao 1971 1983 U. U S. S Steel 71 7 71 do preferred IG 1263 1261 Utah flab fop Cop 51 9 Money closed at per pet cent Total sales |